tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post8397959698483206567..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: PSLallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-45836614097430051512010-09-19T12:06:00.364-04:002010-09-19T12:06:00.364-04:00Interesting demographics Jerome.Interesting demographics Jerome.JImhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795849285955713444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-25563132140902165182010-09-19T11:13:03.733-04:002010-09-19T11:13:03.733-04:00Hey Michael, Your post reminded me of another aspe...Hey Michael, Your post reminded me of another aspect of the "nostalgia factor" I didn't mention: the Cold War. The few times I've watched Beck (though it seems it may be necessary to watch his show more now), I saw the repetition of the rhetoric I remember from the last so-called "populist" (right wing version) "revolt" -- a reinvention of "the Communist threat". Communism doesn't really even exist in China anymore, and yet, I've heard lots of rhetoric swirling around insisting the Dems were somehow Marxists! Hard to believe (I'm naive I guess) this would resonate even with the Tea Party people: half of them are younger than 50. But I guess that's an aspect of nostalgia: you long for an era you never lived in -- when right/left (and everything else) was more well defined. Or at least such divisions make it easier to (mis)characterize enemies...<br /><br />Tea Party Demographics:<br />http://www.gallup.com/poll/127181/tea-partiers-fairly-mainstream-demographics.aspxJeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03180821886873256057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-55568154177588871962010-09-19T11:11:11.421-04:002010-09-19T11:11:11.421-04:00The attempt to minimise the influence religion and...The attempt to minimise the influence religion and specifically the Old and New testaments which Founders had extensive knowledge is misguided. They not only looked toward Greco Roman history and particuarly the ideas of Cicero but also examples of representative government among the ancient Israelites. The Great Awakening which was a Christian revival movement was also enfluential prior to the Revolution. The Founders recognised the good and evil of human nature, and did not trust to the victory of "Our Better Angels". The Founders recognised that what they had created was fragil and would require good and moral behavior of the population in order to survive. <br /><br />Socialism trusts in expansive government,in fact government takes the place of religion. The judgement of people is suspect and the elite leaders of socialism are the ones in which power and trust is to be place. Socialism is a poor fit for US Constitutional government.JImhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795849285955713444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-41193779219779447392010-09-18T23:59:02.239-04:002010-09-18T23:59:02.239-04:00Another nail on the head Michael. It's diaboli...Another nail on the head Michael. It's diabolical how the First, Second and Tenth Amendments, among others, have been so profoundly mis-used and mis-represented. The Founders, with whom Jim, O'Donnell et al delusionally claim kinship, were progressive thinkers who are undoubtedly turning over in their graves with all that is happening now.Robert G. Zuckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450306458083217831noreply@blogger.com