Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Politics

  • It’s about Liberty, not Race

    Opposition to Obama's policies is precisely that, opposition to his policies.  If you think race has anything to do with it, you are either delusional or lying.  One must realize that for a leftist, lying is not wrong if it is in the service of what they take to be a noble end.  Mendacity's affront…

  • The Bigger the Government . . .

    . . . the more to fight over. The best proof of this to date is the bitter wrangling and the wastage of time, effort, and money over Obamacare.  This fight will continue until Obamacare is repealed or gutted.  In the long and nasty process, the political climate in this country is bound to become…

  • An Incorrect Promise?

    This from The New York Times: The split between lawmakers and the White House reflects the dilemma the president finds himself in as he seeks to follow through on last week’s acknowledgment about his incorrect promise on health care coverage. A statement is either true or false, correct or incorrect.  "No Republican voted for Obamacare'…

  • Libertarian (‘Losertarian’) Party Strikes Again

    Ken Cuccinelli could have won in Virginia had the Libertarian candidate not siphoned off votes.  Libertarianism is a healthy, if extreme, counterbalance to the the hard leftism that controls the Democrat Party, and the soft leftism of the RINOs.  But the Libertarian Party is not only unnecessary, but destructive.  Libertarians should follow the lead of…

  • But What if I Want a ‘Crappy’ Health Plan and by Which Standard is it ‘Crappy’?

    For liberal scumbaggery and dumbassery, it is hard to beat Ed Schultz.  This is the guy who called the sweet and loveable and ladylike Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut."  Now he is saying that the health plans that Obamacare will outlaw are 'crappy.' If so, there must be some one standard relative to which they…

  • Trust the State, Lose Your Freedom

    A Pond away, the American-born Janet Daley of The Telegraph see things with exceptional clarity.  Concluding paragraphs: Economic freedom, as well as political liberty, is being traded in at a startling pace even in the US, where it was once the be-all and end-all of the American dream. US citizens are discovering that their president’s…

  • The Wages of Presidential Deception

    Barack Obama does not have proprietary rights in presidential mendacity: he has many illustrious predecessors.  But Obama has pushed the arts of deception, prevarication, and empty bluster to new heights.  Unfortunately for him, the economy is bad, which fact will make it difficult for him to get away with his lies, bullshit, and Orwellian abuses…

  • Who are the Extremists? Contemporary ‘Liberals’

    Steven F. Hayward: But the sound and fury against the Tea Party is a sideshow.  The second aspect of the current partisan divide reveals the real extremism in politics today, and it isn’t to be found among Tea Partiers.  The complaint against the supposed “extremism” of the Tea Party is nowadays followed by a much…

  • Orwellian Bullshit

    The POMO prez, Barack Obama, said last night (emphasis added): As soon as I took office, I asked this Congress to send me a recovery plan by President's Day that would put people back to work and put money in their pockets. Not because I believe in bigger government — I don't. Obama is not…

  • A Note on David Mamet

    I stumbled upon a good brisk read the other day by David Mamet in the genre, How I finally saw the light and stopped being a benighted leftist.  The title is The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture (Sentinel, 2011).  Here is a taste, from a footnote on p. 10: *The Left and…

  • Obama as Bullshitter

    While listening the other day to Barack Obama shuck and jive about fiscal responsiblity, shamelessly posturing as if he and not his Republican opponents is the fiscally responsible one,  when he is in truth the apotheosis or, if you prefer, the Platonic Form of fiscal irresponsibility, I realized just how uncommonly good our POMO Prez…

  • Message from Malcolm on the Shutdown

    Here's an outstanding short item from Thomas Sowell. Perfect clarity. Thought I'd pass it along in case you haven't seen it. Best,Malcolm P.S. Hope your trails aren't Barackaded… Not yet.  Let him try.  My affirmative traction Jeep will find a suitable trailhead despite the machinations of our very first presidential affirmative action hire.  Related articles Jeep…

  • Norman Podhoretz on Barack Obama

    It is good to see that Podhoretz the elder is still writing.  Is Obama an incompetent, way out beyond his depth?  Or is he very skillfully executing the plan he had all along?  N-Pod argues the latter. The key to understanding what Mr. Obama has pulled off is the astonishing statement he made in the…

  • Vero Possumus

    Yes we can!  (. . . lob a few cruise missiles at Syrian military installations in a futile attempt to save face after yammering about a red line.)

  • Obama Indicts Obama

    Another brilliant analysis by VDH.  Ends thusly: So why is there such a disconnect between what Obama once declared and what he subsequently professed? There are four explanations, none of them mutually exclusive: A. Candidate Obama had no experience in foreign policy and has always winged it, now and then recklessly sounding off when he…