tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post1146960092827672239..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Bank Robbery Gets A Whole New MeaningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-18405104884700608072010-12-23T23:40:36.960-05:002010-12-23T23:40:36.960-05:00As through this life you travel
You meet some fun...As through this life you travel <br />You meet some funny men<br />Some rob you with a six-gun<br />And some with a fountain pen.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-88050409182363756142010-12-23T14:22:34.343-05:002010-12-23T14:22:34.343-05:00I love this quote from the article:
“There is a s...I love this quote from the article:<br /><br /><b>“There is a stigma that we go in, kick the door in and throw grandma out head first and board up the windows,” Mr. Jaffa said. “We are doing a lot of good out there.”</b><br /><br />No, apparently you just break in after hours and throw out Grandpa's ashes and then change locks without a warrant or even bothering to call anybody.The Archer of the Foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075768526819990250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-64590100268481159682010-12-22T02:17:33.161-05:002010-12-22T02:17:33.161-05:00Unfortunately, Marx did have a point.
After the...Unfortunately, Marx <i><b>did</b></i> have a point. <br /><br />After the disaster of "neo-liberalism" in Russia in the 1990's, the Russians adopted a new proverb: "The Communists lied to us about socialism, but they told us the truth about capitalism."<br /><br />However, I don't think the problem is capitalism or socialism as such. The problem is, that America is a psychopathic country. It is not just Bush or the neo-cons. Americans in general, do not have a moral compass. They have no internal "gyroscope" to keep them steady. "Religion" not only does not seem to help, but only gives a moralistic veneer for pathological narcissism, incapacity for empathy or love, and fundamentally predatory, conscienceless behavior. <br /><br />Think about this for a moment. The plutocrats (evil as they are) could not commit these frauds and crimes all by themselves. They were helped by sheriffs, police officers, and loan agents who consider dumping the lifetime possessions of a family to be no more significant than taking out the trash. That is a classic sign of clinical psychopathy.<br /><br />I could say a lot more, but I will stop here. I recommend that everyone read psychologist Dr. Robert Hare's books, especially "Snakes in Suits." That will give everyone an idea of what we face.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-379344779299222712010-12-22T01:50:01.512-05:002010-12-22T01:50:01.512-05:00Count me among the folks who had no idea what a pl...Count me among the folks who had no idea what a plutocracy the US was becoming until the past couple of years.<br /><br />BTW, if the party of Grover Cleveland returned to its roots, they would be the majority party right now. Instead, they brand themselves mostly by contempt for the white middle class.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.com