tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post3340493276588777560..comments2024-03-16T05:19:07.061-04:00Comments on Retirement Blues: Quote of the DayJazzbumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-71906333811951237452013-08-16T14:11:02.830-04:002013-08-16T14:11:02.830-04:00Credit where it's due.
You were right on, and...Credit where it's due.<br /><br />You were right on, and expressed it very clearly.<br /><br />I'll check out the Frum quote. Like Stockman and Bartlet, he's one of those rare conservatives who occasionally says some things that hit the mark.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-15099019953190687592013-08-16T13:16:53.561-04:002013-08-16T13:16:53.561-04:00Thanks for the quote & link!
The demise of c...Thanks for the quote & link! <br /><br />The demise of conservatism as a political philosophy is the central problem with our politics. I'd thought that I might be being a bit too glib when I've said that conservatism, in the US today, is the act of convincing resentful whites to sit through ads for gold coins. But I just came across <a href="http://nymag.com/news/politics/conservatives-david-frum-2011-11/index2.html" rel="nofollow">this David Frum quote from a few years back</a>: "Conservatism has evolved from a political philosophy into a market segment." <br /><br />That about captures it. Not an eternal principle, not the way things always have been & will be, but it's where we are right now. (Just wrote about how Amity Shlaes' agitprop-as-history fits into all this). It's no fun at all, and very bad for America.reflectionephemeralhttp://www.poisonyourmind.comnoreply@blogger.com