Comments on: The National Review Swings Left http://the-classic-liberal.com/national-review-swings-left/ Libertarian & Old Right Conservative News, Politics, Economics, Opinion, Analysis. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:22:38 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: theCL http://the-classic-liberal.com/national-review-swings-left/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 theCL Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:58:41 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=9108#comment-2219 Chris, <blockquote>There is a simple free market solution to satisfy the desires of the preservationists. Buy the building. That is, let them put their money where their mouth is.</blockquote> Of course! The same goes for their "green" cars and magic elixer energy sources. Just make 'em! If the stuff is actully good, efficient and affordable, people will buy them! But the Left prefers to use government force, instead of the creativity of their minds. On National Review ... I like picking on the "institutions" of conservatism. It keeps things more honest. Besides, it's my nature. As an example, teaching my catechism classes was probably one of the most difficult jobs my pastor ever dealt with. :-) MI, We've all become too concerned with requiring how others live their lives (via government force). Our Founder's were right! Us "modern" folk however ... not so much. Chris,

There is a simple free market solution to satisfy the desires of the preservationists. Buy the building. That is, let them put their money where their mouth is.

Of course! The same goes for their "green" cars and magic elixer energy sources. Just make 'em! If the stuff is actully good, efficient and affordable, people will buy them! But the Left prefers to use government force, instead of the creativity of their minds.

On National Review ... I like picking on the "institutions" of conservatism. It keeps things more honest. Besides, it's my nature. As an example, teaching my catechism classes was probably one of the most difficult jobs my pastor ever dealt with. :-)

MI,

We've all become too concerned with requiring how others live their lives (via government force). Our Founder's were right! Us "modern" folk however ... not so much.

]]> By: Chris Wysocki http://the-classic-liberal.com/national-review-swings-left/comment-page-1/#comment-2218 Chris Wysocki Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:11:23 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=9108#comment-2218 There is a simple free market solution to satisfy the desires of the preservationists. <em>Buy the building</em>. That is, let them put their money where their mouth is. And a minor nit - one person posting on NRO does not constitute "National Review says...". They're a pretty free-wheeling bunch over there with lots of diverse opinions. If Rich Lowry were to write this up as an Editorial, then it would be the "official" position of National Review. But, that's not bloody likely. There is a simple free market solution to satisfy the desires of the preservationists. Buy the building. That is, let them put their money where their mouth is.

And a minor nit - one person posting on NRO does not constitute "National Review says...". They're a pretty free-wheeling bunch over there with lots of diverse opinions. If Rich Lowry were to write this up as an Editorial, then it would be the "official" position of National Review. But, that's not bloody likely.

]]> By: Michigan J. Blogger http://the-classic-liberal.com/national-review-swings-left/comment-page-1/#comment-2216 Michigan J. Blogger Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:32:42 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=9108#comment-2216 People have this idea freedom only applies to people who share their ideas. For the Liberals, freedom means anyone can do anything as long as it is something that is for "the betterment of everybody." I have the freedom to buy 1,000 acres of land, but my freedom ends if I want to do something the Liberals do not approve of, like displacing a tree frog or cutting down some trees to build a house. If I do that, then I hate Mother Earth and I am destroying society because I am selfish. It's like gun ownership. Because people like Nancy Pelosi and Sean Penn think gun owners are nuts who only want to kill the innocent, they want to take the right to bear arms away from Americans, thus eliminating a freedom they don't agree with. People have this idea freedom only applies to people who share their ideas. For the Liberals, freedom means anyone can do anything as long as it is something that is for "the betterment of everybody."
I have the freedom to buy 1,000 acres of land, but my freedom ends if I want to do something the Liberals do not approve of, like displacing a tree frog or cutting down some trees to build a house. If I do that, then I hate Mother Earth and I am destroying society because I am selfish.
It's like gun ownership. Because people like Nancy Pelosi and Sean Penn think gun owners are nuts who only want to kill the innocent, they want to take the right to bear arms away from Americans, thus eliminating a freedom they don't agree with.

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