Comments for Rogue Politics http://roguepolitics.com Christian ~ Constitutional ~ Conservative ~ Sago.Com Testbed Site Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:47:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on NewsBusted video with Jodi Miller: You’ll laugh and you’ll cry but all at the expense of the Democrats! by Michael Haltman http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2012/03/09/newsbusted-video-with-jodi-miller-youll-laugh-and-youll-cry-but-all-at-the-expense-of-the-democrats/#comment-565 Michael Haltman Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:47:09 +0000 http://sago.com/?guid=13a8a3968349051977b00620ef2fef7d#comment-565 Thanks for the link. Thanks for the link.

]]> Comment on As an Incumbent I Know More Than You Do by John C. Drew, Ph.D. http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2012/02/22/as-an-incumbent-i-know-more-than-you-do/#comment-551 John C. Drew, Ph.D. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:14:51 +0000 http://www.unifiedpatriots.com/?p=26630#comment-551 I was pretty shocked by Rep. Campbell's explanation of why he voted differently from the Republican activists in the room that night. In my initial article I sort of left out how Campbell's comments caused an eruption of boos in the room. Maybe I should have left that in... I was pretty shocked by Rep. Campbell’s explanation of why he voted differently from the Republican activists in the room that night. In my initial article I sort of left out how Campbell’s comments caused an eruption of boos in the room. Maybe I should have left that in…

]]> Comment on “Combat Journalism” Taking The Fight To The Left by Janet Musick http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2012/02/08/combat-journalism-taking-the-fight-to-the-left/#comment-542 Janet Musick Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:20:03 +0000 http://www.unifiedpatriots.com/?p=25690#comment-542 I'd like to see conservative bloggers all over the country spotlight the mainstream media's biased love affair with Obama and the Democrats the way this blogger has done. Then what we need to do is target liberal and Democratic blogging sites and get the message out to that demographic. Otherwise, we're preaching to the choir. Thanks for the great, informed blog post! I’d like to see conservative bloggers all over the country spotlight the mainstream media’s biased love affair with Obama and the Democrats the way this blogger has done. Then what we need to do is target liberal and Democratic blogging sites and get the message out to that demographic. Otherwise, we’re preaching to the choir. Thanks for the great, informed blog post!

]]> Comment on The Second Democrats’ Lie About Voter Fraud Refuted by Jeri LeRoi http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2011/12/24/the-second-democrats-lie-about-voter-fraud-refuted/#comment-540 Jeri LeRoi Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:33:09 +0000 http://sago.com/?guid=c39f52a0dd3d0ae58de07e7c545dd714#comment-540 Unfortunately a vital step has been left out. There should be proof of citizenship when someone REGISTERS to vote. All you have to do is check a box that says you are a citizen to obtain a voter registration card. This can then be used as creditials to vote, if you are then required to show a photo ID, all it does is prove your face supposedly matches the name. It does not prove citizenship. Drivers license nor military ID prove citizenship. Until you are required to show a birth certificate or Naturalization papers to obtain these photo ID's you will cotinue to have voter fraud. The Acorn and affiliated groups turn in thousands of registrations every year with names from the phone book, cemetary and even disney characters and sports listings. The ACLU, Women's league of Voters LaRaza and similar organizations sue every state that tries to pass laws to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Look at how the DOJ has vilified Arizona and Georgia for trying to protect the legal citizen's vote. Unfortunately a vital step has been left out. There should be proof of citizenship when someone REGISTERS to vote. All you have to do is check a box that says you are a citizen to obtain a voter registration card. This can then be used as creditials to vote, if you are then required to show a photo ID, all it does is prove your face supposedly matches the name. It does not prove citizenship. Drivers license nor military ID prove citizenship. Until you are required to show a birth certificate or Naturalization papers to obtain these photo ID’s you will cotinue to have voter fraud. The Acorn and affiliated groups turn in thousands of registrations every year with names from the phone book, cemetary and even disney characters and sports listings. The ACLU, Women’s league of Voters LaRaza and similar organizations sue every state that tries to pass laws to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Look at how the DOJ has vilified Arizona and Georgia for trying to protect the legal citizen’s vote.

]]> Comment on George Soros: ‘Not much difference’ between Romney and Obama by freon http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2012/01/30/george-soros-not-much-difference-between-romney-and-obama/#comment-534 freon Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:03:49 +0000 http://sago.com/?guid=a0f3687d2025499648800443a347d6d5#comment-534 soros your a communist no one wants you here in America go back to your country < soros your a communist no one wants you here in America go back to your country <

]]> Comment on Allen West Votes Yes To Kucinich and No To Boehner – Good by Florida’s GOP Establishment Trying To Redistrict Allen West Out Of A Seat? : Reagan's List http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2011/06/04/allen-west-votes-yes-to-kucinich-and-no-to-boehner-%e2%80%93-good/#comment-533 Florida’s GOP Establishment Trying To Redistrict Allen West Out Of A Seat? : Reagan's List Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:09:35 +0000 http://www.unifiedpatriots.com/?p=4030#comment-533 [...] to raise the debt ceiling when other tea party congressmen balked, Congressman West has been quite rebellious against the Party’s leadership and has had some fairly harsh words for Boehner.  This may be [...] [...] to raise the debt ceiling when other tea party congressmen balked, Congressman West has been quite rebellious against the Party’s leadership and has had some fairly harsh words for Boehner.  This may be [...]

]]> Comment on To Rick Perry; Go From the Subliminal to the Sublime From Here on Out by Janet Musick http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2012/01/04/to-rick-perry-go-from-the-subliminal-to-the-sublime-from-here-on-out/#comment-497 Janet Musick Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:02:28 +0000 http://www.unifiedpatriots.com/?p=23308#comment-497 I agree with you on Perry. He's got a lot going for him that some of the others don't have. I like his tax ideas and his positive attitude on this country. If he can do it in Texas, he can do it in Washington. I agree with you on Perry. He’s got a lot going for him that some of the others don’t have. I like his tax ideas and his positive attitude on this country. If he can do it in Texas, he can do it in Washington.

]]> Comment on The Second Democrats’ Lie About Voter Fraud Refuted by Photo ID to vote? - Page 68 http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2011/12/24/the-second-democrats-lie-about-voter-fraud-refuted/#comment-474 Photo ID to vote? - Page 68 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:19:03 +0000 http://sago.com/?guid=c39f52a0dd3d0ae58de07e7c545dd714#comment-474 [...] Re: Photo ID to vote? hundreds of cases per year??? ...According to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, hundreds of voter fraud cases are prosecuted in Georgia alone every year... The Second Democrats’ Lie About Voter Fraud Refuted | Rogue Politics [...] [...] Re: Photo ID to vote? hundreds of cases per year??? …According to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, hundreds of voter fraud cases are prosecuted in Georgia alone every year… The Second Democrats’ Lie About Voter Fraud Refuted | Rogue Politics [...]

]]> Comment on Meet Wil Cardon Candidate for US Senate in Arizona by Rich Alger http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2011/09/20/meet-wil-cardon-candidate-for-us-senate-in-arizona/#comment-438 Rich Alger Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:57:22 +0000 http://www.unifiedpatriots.com/?p=13298#comment-438 It sounds like this is a good setup for Wil Cardon to become a recognizable name and a possibly good, vetted candidate to replace McCain in 2016 It sounds like this is a good setup for Wil Cardon to become a recognizable name and a possibly good, vetted candidate to replace McCain in 2016

]]> Comment on Throw Me a Bone… Pay My Tuition by rogue http://roguepolitics.com/blog/2011/10/13/throw-me-a-bone%e2%80%a6-pay-my-tuition/#comment-428 rogue Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:43:25 +0000 http://www.unifiedpatriots.com/?p=16138#comment-428 Socialism is founded in the idea that we each have an ownership interest in our fellow man. Do a little research on social compact theory Rousseau, Voltaire, etc. If we accept the idea that we have a collective ownership, we must also accept the idea of collective responsibility. Thus you get silly, bumper sticker slogans like, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." This is silly because even a cursory understanding of human nature reveals "ability" will shrink when "needs" are met regardless of output. It doesn't take a psychological genius to understand people are inherently lazy and will avoid work, or do sloppy work, whenever the reward is not based on quality or quantity. Socialism disconnects work from reward. This is the first evil. Next, in order to have socialism like any business, factory farm, etc. somebody has to organize the work, count the beans, decide who gets food or healthcare, etc. This automatically creates a work breakdown where somebody (or a committee of a few) is in charge, a larger subset will have the bean counter and organizational desk jobs and the rest will be field hands doing the hard work. Which sounds a lot like a Southern Slave Plantation. Effectively that is what it is. Cuba, for example, works this way. Everybody dirt poor but the Castro brothers and their favored few. We have the plantation owner, the house slaves and the field hands. In socialism the "plantation owner" may not hold title to the plantation but he receives and uses all of the benefits as though he did own it. We can see from Cuba, USSR, China, North Korea, etc. while decoupling reward from work, socialism next ties reward to political influence. This is the second evil. We have all heard the phrase, "It's not what you know, it's who you know." That is socialism in a nutshell. Now I wouldn't say the free market doesn't have its political system. We have all seen the "brown noser" move up at the expense of the more qualified and more productive. This is particularly true in larger companies. The free market has a corrective for this type of behavior. It's called competition. Promote too many incompetents and your competitors will put you out of business. Socialism can, like the plantation, be broken down on racial or ethnic lines. There is only one game and you are forced to play according to it's rules. The free market eliminates racism over time by punishing those who make decisions based on factors unrelated to quality and productivity. Another truism about socialism is this; If we take the brightest guy in the room and allow him to see socialism in operation, workers are fed little (rice and beans) and housed poorly while leaders and the politically connected are fed well (filet mignon and caviar) and have summer homes on the Black Sea, and we allow him to apply his intellect to either increasing productivity as a worker or getting involved in party politics which will he choose? Read Bastiat, Mises, Friedman and Hayak. Socialism is slavery. Liberty works. Socialism is founded in the idea that we each have an ownership interest in our fellow man. Do a little research on social compact theory Rousseau, Voltaire, etc.
If we accept the idea that we have a collective ownership, we must also accept the idea of collective responsibility. Thus you get silly, bumper sticker slogans like, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” This is silly because even a cursory understanding of human nature reveals “ability” will shrink when “needs” are met regardless of output. It doesn’t take a psychological genius to understand people are inherently lazy and will avoid work, or do sloppy work, whenever the reward is not based on quality or quantity.
Socialism disconnects work from reward. This is the first evil.

Next, in order to have socialism like any business, factory farm, etc. somebody has to organize the work, count the beans, decide who gets food or healthcare, etc. This automatically creates a work breakdown where somebody (or a committee of a few) is in charge, a larger subset will have the bean counter and organizational desk jobs and the rest will be field hands doing the hard work. Which sounds a lot like a Southern Slave Plantation. Effectively that is what it is. Cuba, for example, works this way. Everybody dirt poor but the Castro brothers and their favored few. We have the plantation owner, the house slaves and the field hands. In socialism the “plantation owner” may not hold title to the plantation but he receives and uses all of the benefits as though he did own it.
We can see from Cuba, USSR, China, North Korea, etc. while decoupling reward from work, socialism next ties reward to political influence. This is the second evil.
We have all heard the phrase, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” That is socialism in a nutshell.

Now I wouldn’t say the free market doesn’t have its political system. We have all seen the “brown noser” move up at the expense of the more qualified and more productive. This is particularly true in larger companies. The free market has a corrective for this type of behavior. It’s called competition. Promote too many incompetents and your competitors will put you out of business.
Socialism can, like the plantation, be broken down on racial or ethnic lines. There is only one game and you are forced to play according to it’s rules.
The free market eliminates racism over time by punishing those who make decisions based on factors unrelated to quality and productivity.

Another truism about socialism is this; If we take the brightest guy in the room and allow him to see socialism in operation, workers are fed little (rice and beans) and housed poorly while leaders and the politically connected are fed well (filet mignon and caviar) and have summer homes on the Black Sea, and we allow him to apply his intellect to either increasing productivity as a worker or getting involved in party politics which will he choose?

Read Bastiat, Mises, Friedman and Hayak.

Socialism is slavery. Liberty works.

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