Friday, October 24, 2008
So it's all Mr. Magoo's fault
There he was, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan being grilled by Democratic Rep. from CA Henry Waxman. Greenspan as we all know was in charge during the Clinton economic boom of the 90's and was a big champion of deregulation and lower interest rates and so Waxman asked him "so you would say your view of the world, your ideology was wrong?" and Greenspan said "partially" although he said that during the last 40 years he saw growing evidence that his views were right so he came to his new position rather late. What Waxman really means is that the conservative view of the world, the conservative ideology is wrong and no sane person would be against regulation of the market and most importantly Wall Street. Never mind that scores of people took out mortgages they could never pay back, to paraphrase the Bard the fault lies not in our stars but in conservatism. So here is the true essence of liberalism, as Bernie Goldberg once noted about the media and I'll apply here liberals don't really see themselves as liberal at all, just reasonable, their truths are so self-evident and so of course we can't let market forces go unfettered (the Randian view, since outdated). It's all good though, it's not that common that the issues in a presidential election become so clear and focused, this can only help the voter make a truly informed decision. We'll know how most of the country feels after November the 4th but I can feel it in the wind, there's nothing like a good nipple to suck on. If we're weaned off government too early we'll be sucking on blankets like cats taken away too early from their mothers so blame it all on Mr. Magoo if it makes you feel any better.
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Cnnservatism is about taking personal responsibility and people prefer to have someone else be to blame for all the problems of the world.
ReplyDeleteActually I agree with tao from my last blog, Bush bailing out Wall Street ain't conservative either. Who are we to criticize Obama when Bush just nationalized the banks. Truthfully they aren't conservative at all just neocons and neocons are really for bigger government just like the liberals but because the "con" comes after the "neo" people vote for them. BTW being a neocon has nothing at all with being Jewish, the common criticism when people like Pat Buchanan use the term. For me it just means a new type of conservative, one who ain't for smaller government and so I had Bush's number before alot of the other people here.
ReplyDeleteAs Soapie likes to say that conservatism doesn't need any qualifier, such as "neo" or "compassionate" in front of it.
ReplyDeleteRight, conservative should just be conservative but now we have so many brands, it has that "new and improved" label on it all the time. "Compassionate conservative" implies that conservatives aren't by nature compassionate and "neoconservative" implies there is something wrong with the old conservatism. Just give me conservative.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I consider myself a conservatively leaning moderate. It best describes my actual standing in the scheme of things. Actually, neither of you have likely seen anything I have written that isn't just plain conservative' except perhaps my language. I can't stand Bush, and I'll be glad to see that stubborn liberal spender go. I know he had a tough congress, BUT....
ReplyDeleteStarting next Wednesday, no matter what else happens, we bloggers have got to start pushing for gains in the House and Senate. We'll know how bad the damage is by then. I wouldn't really care who the President was IF we had both Houses of Congress.
There's no doubt in my mind anymore that Obama is rabidly anti-wealth. There he was yesterday making what the media called his closing arguments, constantly harping on tax breaks for corporations and that "the wealth doesn't just trickle down" as McCain would have it. Only a true Marxist or at least a socialist is this obsessed with wealth and to punish it and the part that gets me is he's so open and upfront about it, entirely comfortable using the language he uses because he knows half the country thinks his way (believe me he knows about the 1/2 & 1/2 principle). I've been thinking about blogging about nothing else until after the election is over.
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