tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post708995393743596110..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: De Facto Mandates and the Illusion of FreedomBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-72802281924834459482012-07-02T08:10:53.862-04:002012-07-02T08:10:53.862-04:00Buncha loony libruls.Buncha loony libruls.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-43492480831807833832012-06-30T13:06:28.189-04:002012-06-30T13:06:28.189-04:00But our corporations said no (via their employees/...<i>But our corporations said no (via their employees/our elected politicians).</i><br /><br />Yeah, the thing that gets me is that so many small business owners seem to buy this line of bullshit, and they keep trumpeting the megacorporate line.<br /><br /><i>I've always thought that the fundamentalist/patriarchal "Daddy brings home the bacon & Mommy stays home w/ the quiverful" crap is really intended to eliminate the flexibility of two-income households. Lot harder to go on strike, quit & look for a new job, yada, if there's only one household income.</i><br /><br />Yeah, patriarchy even hurts the average man, who is often too insecure to see it.<br /><br /><i>It's never been about freedom per se with those guys, it's always freedom for white male property owners. Their freedom not to buy you insurance, their freedom to shoot you if you look scary, etc. While the freedom of wage earners has to be curtailed because they're always getting up to bad stuff. That's why they love the originalist reading of the Constitution so much, because it was written in 1787.</i><br /><br />Thanks for commenting! Yeah, the "libertarian" notion of freedom is really odd- it's basically feudalism, and the dumb libertarians think they'll be the lord of the manor. Scratch that, I think they just want to be the overseer cracking the whip.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-34149450278895423992012-06-30T12:38:10.654-04:002012-06-30T12:38:10.654-04:00It's never been about freedom per se with thos...It's never been about freedom per se with those guys, it's always freedom for white male property owners. Their freedom not to buy you insurance, their freedom to shoot you if you look scary, etc. While the freedom of wage earners has to be curtailed because they're always getting up to bad stuff. That's why they love the originalist reading of the Constitution so much, because it was written in 1787.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-91095920875888024982012-06-29T21:54:32.841-04:002012-06-29T21:54:32.841-04:00Well, someone's wrong:
Mass transit, for inst...Well, <a href="http://www.rickross.com/reference/jbs/jbs1.html" rel="nofollow">someone's wrong</a>:<br /><br /><i>Mass transit, for instance, is a mistake not because freeways are more cost-effective, but because it will allow the government to control the movement of its citizens. By getting rid of cars, "they'll be able to restrict where you go," director Bearly says.</i><br /><br /><i>ties one to the whims of an employer and removes a bargaining chip from the workers</i> <br />I've always thought that the fundamentalist/patriarchal "Daddy brings home the bacon & Mommy stays home w/ the quiverful" crap is really intended to eliminate the flexibility of two-income households. Lot harder to go on strike, quit & look for a new job, yada, if there's only one household income.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-11754397907632027482012-06-29T16:16:01.738-04:002012-06-29T16:16:01.738-04:00I wish we had a public option.
But our corporatio...I wish we had a public option.<br /><br />But our corporations said no (via their employees/our elected politicians).<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com