Comments on: Limits of Power http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/11/12/limits-of-power-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=limits-of-power-2 @TAC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:36:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Polites http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/11/12/limits-of-power-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 Polites Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:17:11 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1252#comment-2219 Looking forward to your review, Clark. I'm interested in your take on his urgings with regard to climate change, which seemed a little misplaced in the scheme of his other criticisms of government profligacy. Looking forward to your review, Clark. I’m interested in your take on his urgings with regard to climate change, which seemed a little misplaced in the scheme of his other criticisms of government profligacy.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/11/12/limits-of-power-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 Kyle Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:02:37 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1252#comment-2207 I am not much of a conservative myself but I can say that The Limits of Power needs to be read regardless of where you lie on the political spectrum. I am not much of a conservative myself but I can say that The Limits of Power needs to be read regardless of where you lie on the political spectrum.

]]> By: Scott Lahti http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/11/12/limits-of-power-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 Scott Lahti Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:29:17 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1252#comment-2202 I wonder if it was Alex James of Blur: "Alex James said that pigs are 'intelligent and engaging', but you mustn't give them names or you couldn't then eat them...In response to the big question of the day, from the UN, about whether we should feed hungry people and not livestock animals, Alex James' considered reply was that 'we all deserve a pork life' (one of Blur's albums is 'Parklife') and 'we all deserve a bacon sandwich'. " nesxvegans.makessense.co.uk/news/2072.html I wonder if it was Alex James of Blur:

“Alex James said that pigs are ‘intelligent and engaging’, but you mustn’t give them names or you couldn’t then eat them…In response to the big question of the day, from the UN, about whether we should feed hungry people and not livestock animals, Alex James’ considered reply was that ‘we all deserve a pork life’ (one of Blur’s albums is ‘Parklife’) and ‘we all deserve a bacon sandwich’. ”

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]]> By: Craig http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2008/11/12/limits-of-power-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2199 Craig Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:26:13 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/blog/?p=1252#comment-2199 The campaign addressed nothing in a serious or principled manner because that's the nature of political campaigns. You cannot successfully appeal to morons (who make up the majority of voters) by treating them like intelligent, competent adults. You win elections the same way you win hog-calling contests: by convincing swine that you have something for them. (I should apologize to the porcine species for insultingly comparing them to American voters. In the fine words of a British punk-rocker whose name eludes me at the moment, pigs are "intelligent creatures, and they make a good bacon sandwich.") The campaign addressed nothing in a serious or principled manner because that’s the nature of political campaigns. You cannot successfully appeal to morons (who make up the majority of voters) by treating them like intelligent, competent adults. You win elections the same way you win hog-calling contests: by convincing swine that you have something for them. (I should apologize to the porcine species for insultingly comparing them to American voters. In the fine words of a British punk-rocker whose name eludes me at the moment, pigs are “intelligent creatures, and they make a good bacon sandwich.”)

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