tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post3974777153791278610..comments2024-03-20T02:13:42.947-05:00Comments on real economics: The high costs of "American exceptionalism"Jonathan Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-40311095210943150772013-09-16T14:25:16.714-05:002013-09-16T14:25:16.714-05:00You are welcome Jonathan. And I have a message fo...You are welcome Jonathan. And I have a message for the labelmakers of the world, meaning those people who try so hard to put a label on a person as being a leftie or a liberal or a conservative or socialist or (this could go on for a long time)...here is the new definition of a 'political activist' = <br /><br />Anyone who is willing to do anything political.<br /><br />We are tired of gridlock and of the moneyed elites throwing their weight around. One day I'll call out the conservatives and the next I'll call out the liberals and the next the libertarians...in no small measure because these are false labels put on people who hold within themselves stances that might fall into any box or even transcend them.<br /><br />We just want to see society problems addressed. To try stuff and tweak it to make it better when the ever-present unintended consequences appear AND when the corrupting forces start their process of extracting their pound of our flesh.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252804186064393926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-81203765024144089172013-09-16T10:28:11.456-05:002013-09-16T10:28:11.456-05:00Thank you Mike. I must admit I have had been burn...Thank you Mike. I must admit I have had been burned MANY times by insisting that we have much to learn from the rest of the world. Unfortunately, it's a message many of my fellow countrymen do NOT want to hear. So about halfway through writing this post last night, I came real close to throwing it out. So I really appreciate your comment.Jonathan Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217670446743983955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413935813892441553.post-32635641449141529722013-09-16T10:04:28.030-05:002013-09-16T10:04:28.030-05:00"We must stop using the language of force and..."We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement."<br /><br />...and speaking truth to power is still a man's greatest gift to mankind.<br /><br />Thanks for posting this Jonathan. Until I read this, I had imposed upon myself a shell of isolation, similar to the one I'd employed since 1980 to protect me from the insanities of our American 'regimes' who lead the world into harm's way.<br /><br />But I must stop existing in this shell and speak up. Life without doing so is a faux existence merely prolonging my faux sanity in these insane times.<br /><br />It is good to hear my voice, even if I'm only echoing Putin and your words. Again, many thanks and best wishes!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252804186064393926noreply@blogger.com