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2016-09-28 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-09-28 02:37|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Executive orders, phone calls, and the right judge mean a lot more than laws. They even trump state referenda. Over the past half-century, presidents have ruled not by enforcing laws but increasingly through agencies that write their own rules, interpret them, and punish unaccountably—the administrative state.

I don't see a good end this. The elites don't understand the notion of unintended consequences. Once the rock is tossed off the cliff, one cannot be certain what it might hit.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-28 07:06|| 2016-09-28 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 They don't give a rats arse what it hits. As long as they get to throw it and it makes them feel good about themselves.

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-09-28 08:12|| 2016-09-28 08:12|| Front Page Top

#3 If it is to be repaired, it will not be repaired in a day, two days, or a year, or in the single term of a president. But we must start somewhere.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-28 08:17|| 2016-09-28 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 It requires a deep social readjustment. History says that requires a lot of blood to be spilled.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-09-28 10:53|| 2016-09-28 10:53|| Front Page Top

#5 A very good essay. RTWT. Wait till after to consume alcoholic beverages. You'll need them.

Posted by Lonzo Shusose8882 2016-09-28 14:46|| 2016-09-28 14:46|| Front Page Top

#6 It requires a deep social readjustment. History says that requires a lot of blood to be spilled.

I keep telling people this. No one wants to face it, I tell them to prepare. It is coming.

Posted by Hupineting Uleting6436 2016-09-28 16:44|| 2016-09-28 16:44|| Front Page Top

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