AMERICAN CONSERVATISM IN 2008 AND BEYOND

... two sad facts:

The first being that the people that our Founders disregarded as human beings but imported to labor on their behalf could not be buried in some of the earliest European centered cities.

The second is no one is raising a hue and cry over the near presence of crass commercialism (Brooks Brothers and Century 21 Department Store) so close to this spiritual and patriotic site. Read the sarcasm that was intended.

That belief is certainly understandable.

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That belief is certainly understandable.

Sure, it's understandable that people are bigots. But it's still wrong.

Cycloptichorn

Cycloptichorn wrote:

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That belief is certainly understandable.

Sure, it's understandable that people are bigots. But it's still wrong.

Cycloptichorn

I see you are still throwing the bigotry charge out there, cyclops, so you must be feeling well?

A suggestion though, maybe you should try something else instead of the bigotry charge when you run out of all of your other arguments, because it is getting a little old and frankly tiresome and dumb.

By the way, if you need any money, I heard Beck say that a reward has been offered by some lib if they can "take down" Beck by bringing forth some tapes on the guy. Surely in this age of computers, something could be cut and paste together with a computer? I am sure Soros or other folks like him have enough money to "take down" many conservative pundits out there, and if before the election this fall, all the better, right?

I don't think "hung up" is the correct term, ci. I do believe more people should be paying attention to him, ci, because Soros himself thinks he owns the Democratic Party, because didn't he say he paid for it? If you think he is an insignificant player in the political game being played in America, I think you are very very wrong, ci. You need to pay attention to who he is, what he is doing, and why. It isn't just Moveon.org that has much influence on the Democratic Party, but many other organizations he has his finger in as well.

Yes, I am anti- Democrat. Put in different words, I am anti-donate to stupid and socialist causes.

It's fine for you to have your opinion about Democrats, fallacious as it may be. But it sort of takes the wind out of the sails of your argument that Soros is in some way a bad guy, when you admit this sort of thing.
Cycloptichorn

"It can be seen that the concept of the open society is a seemingly inexhaustible source of difficulties. That is to be expected. After all, the open society is based on the recognition of our fallibility. Indeed, it stands to reason that our ideal of the open society is unattainable. To have a blueprint for it would be self-contradictory. That does not mean that we should not strive toward it. In science also, ultimate truth is unattainable. Yet look at the progress we have made in pursuing it. Similarly, the open society can be approximated to a greater or lesser extent."

http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/97feb/capital/capital.htm
THE CAPITALIST THREAT
What kind of society do we want? "Let the free market decide!" is the often-heard response. That response, a prominent capitalist argues, undermines the very values on which open and democratic societies depend.

by George Soros
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I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life is endangering our open and democratic society. The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

The term "open society" was coined by Henri Bergson, in his book The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932), and given greater currency by the Austrian philosopher Karl Popper, in his book The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945). Popper showed that totalitarian ideologies like communism and Nazism have a common element: they claim to be in possession of the ultimate truth. Since the ultimate truth is beyond the reach of humankind, these ideologies have to resort to oppression in order to impose their vision on society. Popper juxtaposed with these totalitarian ideologies another view of society, which recognizes that nobody has a monopoly on the truth; different people have different views and different interests, and there is a need for institutions that allow them to live together in peace. These institutions protect the rights of citizens and ensure freedom of choice and freedom of speech. Popper called this form of social organization the "open society." Totalitarian ideologies were its enemies.
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