Comments on: The Corner vs. the Messiahmercial http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html ... for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: carol http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html/comment-page-1#comment-81 carol Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:49:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html#comment-81 Well, Chris, I think there's a big difference between making sure that all Americans have the basics (yeah, that tired "chicken in every pot" idea) and becoming Marxists who give away the rich folks' furniture. You are right that most folks would rather have their own wealth than crumbs from the tables of the elite. However, for many people, wealth is the ability to pay the mortgage, put food on the table, and send the kids to college. <br/><br/>Conservatives like to accuse liberals of living in la la land. I can think of nothing more unreal, however, than telling everybody they can become wealthy. Talk about a ponzi-scheme. The greatest economy of all time was built in post-war America -- you could become rich. But even if you didn't, you could buy a home and send your kids to college. If that's what Mr. Obama is selling, I'm buying. If that's marxism, then I'm a socialist. But I think that capitalism thrives in a system designed to ensure there are working people (that would be the vast majority of the population) who can afford to buy the goods aspiring millionaires are selling. Making sure the workers can buy chickens is what made Mr. Purdue his money.<br/><br/>And yes, your sister should lay off the purple shirts . . . maybe you should just humor her and move towards blue . . . :) Well, Chris, I think there’s a big difference between making sure that all Americans have the basics (yeah, that tired “chicken in every pot” idea) and becoming Marxists who give away the rich folks’ furniture. You are right that most folks would rather have their own wealth than crumbs from the tables of the elite. However, for many people, wealth is the ability to pay the mortgage, put food on the table, and send the kids to college.

Conservatives like to accuse liberals of living in la la land. I can think of nothing more unreal, however, than telling everybody they can become wealthy. Talk about a ponzi-scheme. The greatest economy of all time was built in post-war America — you could become rich. But even if you didn’t, you could buy a home and send your kids to college. If that’s what Mr. Obama is selling, I’m buying. If that’s marxism, then I’m a socialist. But I think that capitalism thrives in a system designed to ensure there are working people (that would be the vast majority of the population) who can afford to buy the goods aspiring millionaires are selling. Making sure the workers can buy chickens is what made Mr. Purdue his money.

And yes, your sister should lay off the purple shirts . . . maybe you should just humor her and move towards blue . . . :)

]]> By: chris http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html/comment-page-1#comment-77 chris Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:01:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html#comment-77 Ah yes, the purple shirt. Nina's favorite color. She was found of buying me purple shirts for a while. I was wearing one of them during one visit, and was hit on by a complete stranger while taking the subway to midtown. Unfortunately, this complete stranger wasn't an attractive woman, but a gay man. When I got back from visiting Nina, one of my friends who is gay told me that purple is "a big gay color".<br/><br/>Thanks, Sis. Let's stick with Mets shirts from now, okay?<br/><br/>Say, do you think Obama will share his campaign wealth with McCain to give him a better chance, make things "fair"? Not a handout, but a hand up, as Obama is fond of saying? Perhaps McCain, or even Palin, would like a half-hour infomercial as well? Especially since they don't have most of the networks and newspapers working for them?<br/><br/>Personally, I didn't see the informercial. You've heard one "chicken in every pot" Ponzi-scheme sales pitch, you've heard them all. What Obama and those of his political mindset will never wrap their minds around is that most Americans (84%, in fact) don't want scraps of someone else's wealth; we want to make our own - and keep it. Ah yes, the purple shirt. Nina’s favorite color. She was found of buying me purple shirts for a while. I was wearing one of them during one visit, and was hit on by a complete stranger while taking the subway to midtown. Unfortunately, this complete stranger wasn’t an attractive woman, but a gay man. When I got back from visiting Nina, one of my friends who is gay told me that purple is “a big gay color”.

Thanks, Sis. Let’s stick with Mets shirts from now, okay?

Say, do you think Obama will share his campaign wealth with McCain to give him a better chance, make things “fair”? Not a handout, but a hand up, as Obama is fond of saying? Perhaps McCain, or even Palin, would like a half-hour infomercial as well? Especially since they don’t have most of the networks and newspapers working for them?

Personally, I didn’t see the informercial. You’ve heard one “chicken in every pot” Ponzi-scheme sales pitch, you’ve heard them all. What Obama and those of his political mindset will never wrap their minds around is that most Americans (84%, in fact) don’t want scraps of someone else’s wealth; we want to make our own – and keep it.

]]> By: Kirk Petersen http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html/comment-page-1#comment-75 Kirk Petersen Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html#comment-75 ollie, you're right about the battleground states, and I would add the live event in Florida at the end. It says something about the enthusiasm that Obama generates that he can fill a huge venue with people eager to help celebrate a half-hour commercial. ollie, you’re right about the battleground states, and I would add the live event in Florida at the end. It says something about the enthusiasm that Obama generates that he can fill a huge venue with people eager to help celebrate a half-hour commercial.

]]> By: ollie http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html/comment-page-1#comment-74 ollie Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:49:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/10/the-corner-vs-the-messiahmercial.html#comment-74 Obama was careful to include endorsers from the battleground states and to feature couples from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Colorado, etc.<br/><br/>Note that AP hammered Obama on one thing that he DID NOT say (e. g., healthcare) Obama was careful to include endorsers from the battleground states and to feature couples from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Colorado, etc.

Note that AP hammered Obama on one thing that he DID NOT say (e. g., healthcare)

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