tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post7154023816845385949..comments2023-10-31T03:58:32.056-07:00Comments on Empathic Rationalist: Daniel Spirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-49435334454163564232010-04-22T05:22:38.960-07:002010-04-22T05:22:38.960-07:00Unfortunately, other forces were at play than the ...Unfortunately, other forces were at play than the amount of Governmental expenditures.Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-18614724502066137252010-04-22T05:18:49.476-07:002010-04-22T05:18:49.476-07:00Well maybe if a bunch of bureaucrats didnt debase ...Well maybe if a bunch of bureaucrats didnt debase the Reichsmark with policies of an ever intrusive government and blank check tax and spend the bad Austrian artist would never have gotten a hearing.<br /><br />A pet peeve of the world's.YoungManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340487788178787173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-44165024234821821202010-04-21T19:09:33.822-07:002010-04-21T19:09:33.822-07:00YoungMan,
It's borderline, but fine, I'll...YoungMan,<br /><br />It's borderline, but fine, I'll publish it. <br /><br />But at least get your facts right -- I'm a SECOND generation federal bureaucrat, not a third generation bureaucrat. And as for the fascism accusation, I'm sensitive about challenging whether people belong in their country because that's what they did during the Third Reich. Call it a pet peeve.Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-7633806654519277672010-04-21T15:51:38.338-07:002010-04-21T15:51:38.338-07:00Dan,
I don't doubt that you would rather sing...Dan,<br /><br />I don't doubt that you would rather sing the Star Spangled Banner than la Marseillaise, but you consistently advocate policies and philosophies that advocate state power and control at the expense of individual liberty. That is traditionally dirigiste French if not Soviet, and if you will is Colbertist if not Marxist rather than progressive. What it certainly is not is Jeffersonian. As a self-described admirer and student of the man and his philosophies, you can hardly say otherwise.<br /><br />Further, if we are going to start tagging each other with totalitarian ephitets, your philosophies and postings convey the essence of Leninism. Neener neener. Only you could manage to turn a discussion of libertarian opposition to an expanded state bureaucracy into a denounciation of the facicst essence of the TEA party movement. Guess I'd be scared of the TEA party movement too if I were a third generation Federal bureaucrat. But that's what happens when your Beltway and an overdose of EJ Dionne and Eleanor Clift have created your myopic Weltanauuschung (sic).<br /><br />Nasty, maybe but no more than many of your other postings.YoungManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340487788178787173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-66788291544268692352010-04-20T04:56:17.979-07:002010-04-20T04:56:17.979-07:00Young Man,
The next time I choose not to post one...Young Man,<br /><br />The next time I choose not to post one of your nastier diatribes, just remember: I posted this last one.<br /><br />I felt charitable ... and besides, it does seem to convey the essence of the Tea Party movement: if you don't agree with someone, question his/her patriotism. That, by the way, just as much as support for totalitarian government, is critical to the fascist mentality.Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-65581147208087046832010-04-20T01:07:55.176-07:002010-04-20T01:07:55.176-07:00I dont watch the NFL or NBA anymore. They both b...I dont watch the NFL or NBA anymore. They both bore me.<br /><br />It's easy to pick on the French stuff. But I repeat my offer. It would be cheaper send me and your family to France for good rather than to spend my tax dollars (I wrote checks last week, that werent generated by being a govt employee, something you have never done in your life) to keep you ensconsed in your your civil service protected web with all of its entitlements so you can concoct other ridiculosus theories about the equivalence of earned utils and the leisure to eat vegan foie and drink chablis over a 6 hour meal.<br /><br />Just because youre happy working 40 hours per week and who cannot function in the private sector, doesnt give you license to interfere with those of us who can produce more and supoort your dilletantish pontificating. But I guess working for the government and dilletantish pontificating have always been the hallmark of being a Spiro. <br /><br />You love your country. Your country is France. Stop Pretending.YoungManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340487788178787173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-35211916493327111242010-04-19T19:00:08.407-07:002010-04-19T19:00:08.407-07:00Young Man,
I was figuring the pro-France comments...Young Man,<br /><br />I was figuring the pro-France comments wouldn't thrill you. But as much as I love my country, it isn't perfect and can always learn from the examples of others.<br /><br />By the way, do you agree with my suggestion about the NFL season?Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-71279834566643663432010-04-19T13:02:58.805-07:002010-04-19T13:02:58.805-07:00Hey Dan,
Last time I checked, there are 5-6 non-s...Hey Dan,<br /><br />Last time I checked, there are 5-6 non-stops from Dulles to Charles de Gaulle every day. I'd be happy to buy you a one-way ticket.YoungManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340487788178787173noreply@blogger.com