tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post1063603567350439417..comments2024-03-29T02:19:19.866-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Fabius Maximus — Our Right & Left have lost their way. Saul Alinsky points to a better politics.mike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-16138945894310394132017-04-23T15:51:52.069-04:002017-04-23T15:51:52.069-04:00Trump has already abdicated. He's now a figure...Trump has already abdicated. He's now a figurehead, which is probably just fine with him. He apparently told Kasich that he could run things as VP if he accepted and Trump won. Kasich would have been a better president than Pence.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-58050016934622581302017-04-23T15:49:17.731-04:002017-04-23T15:49:17.731-04:00I was listening to an interview with Paul Craig Ro...I was listening to an interview with Paul Craig Roberts and they were discussing Mike Pence's visit to the DMZ. To the best of his recollection, PCR said that a vice president would never be the one to make the kinds of statements that Pence made. It would normally be left to the president or the secretary of state.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-49436943556845433352017-04-21T22:30:33.147-04:002017-04-21T22:30:33.147-04:00We have all types - from Obama to Trump to Pence t...<i>We have all types - from Obama to Trump to Pence to McCain. Thank god Trump is just a con man.</i><br /><br />Yes, but Trump seems to have abdicated, having been shown how the game actually works. Now the question is who is in charge?Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-91036137408728948972017-04-21T22:19:19.756-04:002017-04-21T22:19:19.756-04:00:-):-)Sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756430577510633914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-13080005597714820782017-04-21T18:58:20.131-04:002017-04-21T18:58:20.131-04:00We have all types - from Obama to Trump to Pence t...We have all types - from Obama to Trump to Pence to McCain. Thank god Trump is just a con man.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-78089143712618897452017-04-21T15:50:15.080-04:002017-04-21T15:50:15.080-04:00We MUST preserve the status quo! Thank god we don&...We MUST preserve the status quo! Thank god we don't have any non-radical sociopaths running things. Sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756430577510633914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-67783280100473816962017-04-21T14:04:30.839-04:002017-04-21T14:04:30.839-04:00Radicals of all stripes have the necessary ingredi...Radicals of all stripes have the necessary ingredients: ideology and a scapegoat.<br />Sometimes they have good intentions. Those kinds of radicals, the "true believers", are worse than sociopaths.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-69352019275758669982017-04-21T10:34:59.062-04:002017-04-21T10:34:59.062-04:00It's a bit of a stretch to think Alinsky's...It's a bit of a stretch to think Alinsky's advice leads to "Paul" Pot. I think a few more things factor in to that type of outcome. Sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756430577510633914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-40219787956160226942017-04-20T00:03:37.243-04:002017-04-20T00:03:37.243-04:00Paul Pot was a 'young radical'. So forgive...Paul Pot was a 'young radical'. So forgive me for being skeptical that better politics will emerge from applying the advice from this book.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com