Oligogracy: Feel the Paine

Note from a nitwit

From the December 15th GOP primary debate:

"Ron Paul: She took my time, so I’d like — I’d like to finish. If she thinks we live in a dangerous world, she ought to think back when I was drafted in the 1962 with nuclear missiles in Cuba. And Kennedy calls Khrushchev and talks to them, and talks them out of this so we don’t have a nuclear exchange."

Cool. I'll bet Jack would love that depiction. Yep, he just picked up the phone and called old Khrushchev and the whole problem just solved itself. The part of the story that he left out was how they planned to get together for drinks the next time Khrushchev visited the UN. Jack and Niki were very close you know.

Seems like I remember something about brinkmanship, and a naval blockade, and threat of nuclear war. Then again, it would be a real shame to let reality interfere with the way Ron Paul really, really, really wishes things were. C'mon Peter Pan fans "clap if you believe". Sheesh.

Anti-Oligogue Pith

1 - Compromise is an agreement between two or more parties to remove the best solution from consideration.

2 - It is as unreasonable for conservatives to confuse being charitable with being liberal as it is for liberals to confuse being conservative with being uncharitable.

3 - Open-mindedness is a malady of the insecure and uninformed.

4 - There is neither virtue in loyalty to a party without principle, nor vice in partisanship based upon it.

5 - When considering handing power or authority to a trusted leader, pause and ponder that same power in the hands of a successor that may not be so much to your liking.

6 - Trying to please everybody simply results in a loss of trust from your friends and a loss of respect from your enemies.

7 - Conservatives are a rare example of a group that eagerly seeks to divide itself, where no outside enemy could hope to do so.

8 - Without the engagement of principled people at every level of our political institutions, politicians will find a way to corrupt any system.

9 - Liberty demands that we keep accountability as close to home as possible and only as far away as necessary.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Feel the Paine

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