Showing posts with label socialism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socialism. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Book Review: Makers and Takers... by Peter Schweizer

Peter Schweizer has elevated the national debate again. Rising above the he-said/she-said din of cable news debates, Peter has produced a well-researched and fascinating analysis of the psychology that is inherent in liberalism. As in his last book Do As I Say..., Peter avoids the name calling and bitter politics that seem to be part of almost every discussion.

By reviewing scores of peer-reviewed, large-scale public surveys; Peter quantifies a pathology and redefines factitious disorder syndrome to include the type of liberalism practiced by the far left today. Better known as Munchausen syndrome, these disorders are characterized by exactly the same self-delusional and malingering traits exposed in Makers and Takers.

If Munchausen by proxy means inflicting the disorder on others, then surely the United States is the left's proxy.

If the present lurching towards the proven failure of socialism isn't self-explanatory enough, then this research becomes self evident: Those who are naturally inclined to resist personal responsibility and accountability find a happy and willing enabler in liberalism. If the primary motive of a Munchausen patient is to obtain sympathy, nurturance and attention; then the message of liberalism is surely a sirens song.

The question I have is this: If one man, researching publicly available data on his own can produce this work, how could the thousands of so-called political science professors and researchers have missed it all this time?

The book is currently #2 on Amazon non-fiction.


Saturday, May 24, 2008

Atlas will shrug

Get a load of Represtative Maxine Waters (D CA) threatening to socialize...ahhhhhhh...take over all oil and gas companies. Classic example of the parasites threatening the hosts.

While I generally call bad government the result of unintended consequences, this display is an example of something far more dangerous. The House and Senate have spent 15 years screwing with the oil market here in this country. From taxes to unmanageable drilling and refining regulations, the impact has been higher prices and tightened supplies. This new socialist movement has used the power of big government to screw up markets then claims they are the only ones who can come in and save it.

The dirtiest little secret: The government makes about 5 times more money per gallon of gas than oil companies. Last year, Exxon made about 9 cents per gallon profit. Nice profit when you think of all the gas we use. The combined taxes in this country average 42 cents per gallon.