Comments on: On The Edge Of The Slippery Slope http://www.conservativepup.com/on-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/.html life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marlene http://www.conservativepup.com/on-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/.html/comment-page-1#comment-180 Marlene Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:35:53 +0000 http://www.conservativepup.com/?p=248#comment-180 Hey Pup! Great article, thank you for writing that. It was also great to hang out with all of you on Saturday. Hey Pup!

Great article, thank you for writing that. It was also great to hang out with all of you on Saturday.

]]> By: Conservative Pup http://www.conservativepup.com/on-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/.html/comment-page-1#comment-173 Conservative Pup Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:18:36 +0000 http://www.conservativepup.com/?p=248#comment-173 Kathy, you are so right. One of the first rules is to stir up fear and uncertainty, and they are doing a great job of that. It sure sounds like Alinsky methods to me. And I agree that the execs of companies who got bailout money maybe need some rules laid down for them. It just really bothers me that government would set rules for a private sector company; course, I guess they are mostly owned now by us, the taxpayers. Only it won't get to be us who sets the rules, it will be government "speaking for" us making the rules. What a mess. Kathy, you are so right. One of the first rules is to stir up fear and uncertainty, and they are doing a great job of that. It sure sounds like Alinsky methods to me.

And I agree that the execs of companies who got bailout money maybe need some rules laid down for them. It just really bothers me that government would set rules for a private sector company; course, I guess they are mostly owned now by us, the taxpayers. Only it won’t get to be us who sets the rules, it will be government “speaking for” us making the rules. What a mess.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.conservativepup.com/on-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/.html/comment-page-1#comment-171 Kathy Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:32:50 +0000 http://www.conservativepup.com/?p=248#comment-171 Good posting, Pup. I'm not interested in rookies being in charge of my life either. Good posting, Pup. I’m not interested in rookies being in charge of my life either.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.conservativepup.com/on-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/.html/comment-page-1#comment-170 Kathy Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:28:16 +0000 http://www.conservativepup.com/?p=248#comment-170 Let's remember one more thing...President Obama was a community organizer, the Saul Alinsky way. The community organizer's job was to foment and use the anger of the poor and dissatisfied to intimidate and put pressure on the banks (and who knows who else)...which sort of leads us to how we got in this housing bubble. I think I see the same thing going on here...stir up and make the have nots really upset with people who have more. They are playing on people's current status. Rahm Emmanuel made a very telling statement when he said "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." More Alinskyism? And don't think for a minute that the Bolsheviks didn't use this strategy in their revolution too. Let’s remember one more thing…President Obama was a community organizer, the Saul Alinsky way. The community organizer’s job was to foment and use the anger of the poor and dissatisfied to intimidate and put pressure on the banks (and who knows who else)…which sort of leads us to how we got in this housing bubble. I think I see the same thing going on here…stir up and make the have nots really upset with people who have more. They are playing on people’s current status. Rahm Emmanuel made a very telling statement when he said “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” More Alinskyism? And don’t think for a minute that the Bolsheviks didn’t use this strategy in their revolution too.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.conservativepup.com/on-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/.html/comment-page-1#comment-169 Kathy Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:15:55 +0000 http://www.conservativepup.com/?p=248#comment-169 Hi Pup, it just keeps comin' at us, eh? I hadn't heard about the Barney Frank remark. If one accepts federal bailout money, I am in favor of government (i.e. taxpayers) regulating how it is spent, unless it is a loan and they are to pay it back. But, and I reiterate, failed businesses should be allowed to fail and their CEOs take the responsibility of that. This is exactly what Hoover and Roosevelt did not that many years ago. And this is exactly what the Socialist/Progressives have been waiting to do for so many years. Hi Pup, it just keeps comin’ at us, eh? I hadn’t heard about the Barney Frank remark. If one accepts federal bailout money, I am in favor of government (i.e. taxpayers) regulating how it is spent, unless it is a loan and they are to pay it back. But, and I reiterate, failed businesses should be allowed to fail and their CEOs take the responsibility of that. This is exactly what Hoover and Roosevelt did not that many years ago. And this is exactly what the Socialist/Progressives have been waiting to do for so many years.

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