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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17764 Michale Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:01:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17764 Looks like Obama's speech is long on hysterical rhetoric blaming (you guessed it) Wall Street, but short on facts.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-kansas-speech-some-suspect-facts/2011/12/06/gIQAUU45aO_blog.html?hpid=z1 I mean, seriously.. If Wall Street is so evil, why is Obama continuing to take money from there??? Michale..... 131 Looks like Obama's speech is long on hysterical rhetoric blaming (you guessed it) Wall Street, but short on facts..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-kansas-speech-some-suspect-facts/2011/12/06/gIQAUU45aO_blog.html?hpid=z1

I mean, seriously..

If Wall Street is so evil, why is Obama continuing to take money from there???

Michale.....
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]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17731 Chris Weigant Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:49:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17731 tinsldr2 - What I refrained from pointing out is that Teddy lost on the "Bull Moose" ticket, running on this platform. Didn't want to clutter a very interesting speech up with conclusions... Like reading Tocqueville, there are quotes in that speech that both Lefties and Righties will love. That's one of the main reasons I felt a transcript of it was worth printing... -CW tinsldr2 -

What I refrained from pointing out is that Teddy lost on the "Bull Moose" ticket, running on this platform. Didn't want to clutter a very interesting speech up with conclusions...

Like reading Tocqueville, there are quotes in that speech that both Lefties and Righties will love. That's one of the main reasons I felt a transcript of it was worth printing...

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17727 Michale Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:30:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17727 <I>"No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life. "</I> I like these old quotes.. They are so applicable in the here and now... :D Michale.... 116 "No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life. "

I like these old quotes..

They are so applicable in the here and now... :D

Michale....
116

]]> By: tinsldr2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17721 tinsldr2 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:43:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17721 "No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life. " Gitmo? unemployment under 8%? Ending the war? Patriot act? Taxes? Cap and trade! Go Obama! No, really just go, Teddy says he should be hunted out of office! "Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights. ... Nor should this lead to a war upon the owners of property. Property is the fruit of labor; ... property is desirable; is a positive good in the world." "When I say I want a square deal for the poor man, I do not mean that I want a square deal for the man who remains poor because he has not got the energy to work for himself." ~ Agree!!! re-distribute my work ethic not my wealth! Will finish the article later but once again thanks Chris! "No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life. "

Gitmo? unemployment under 8%? Ending the war? Patriot act? Taxes? Cap and trade!

Go Obama! No, really just go, Teddy says he should be hunted out of office!

"Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights. ... Nor should this lead to a war upon the owners of property. Property is the fruit of labor; ... property is desirable; is a positive good in the world."

"When I say I want a square deal for the poor man, I do not mean that I want a square deal for the man who remains poor because he has not got the energy to work for himself." ~ Agree!!!

re-distribute my work ethic not my wealth!

Will finish the article later but once again thanks Chris!

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17718 Michale Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:45:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17718 <I>The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of Passionate intensity.</I> <B>"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."</B> -Dr Martin Luther King Michale 111 The best lack all conviction, while the worst
are full of Passionate intensity.

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
-Dr Martin Luther King

Michale
111

]]> By: DerFarm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17716 DerFarm Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:11:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17716 So much passion, Michale Leave it to the Irish to get it right Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of Passionate intensity. So much passion, Michale

Leave it to the Irish to get it right

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
are full of Passionate intensity.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17702 Michale Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:36:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17702 HawkOwl, How I read that quote is just because someone is a "have" and another person is a "have not", that doesn't give the "have not" the right to take a "have" and try to make him into a "have not".. It's apropos in the here and now because that is exactly what the defunct Oowzer movement tried to do.. Michale..... 100* HawkOwl,

How I read that quote is just because someone is a "have" and another person is a "have not", that doesn't give the "have not" the right to take a "have" and try to make him into a "have not"..

It's apropos in the here and now because that is exactly what the defunct Oowzer movement tried to do..

Michale.....
100*

]]> By: Hawk Owl http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17700 Hawk Owl Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:27:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17700 Interesting quote, Michale. I'm not sure how exactly it applies in a world, in a time where houses were sold by banks, realtors, speculators etc. to people who clearly were not financially capable of making the payments, then sold the mortgages to speculators who "bundled" and diced them by the thousands to sell to other speculators who'd make a quick profit during the boom times, then sell them to other speculators, who'd sell them to . . .?? Who is the "owner" amid all this? Or does your reading of TR imply that only carpenters "build" their own homes ? ? ? Interesting quote, Michale. I'm not sure how exactly it applies in a world, in a time where houses were sold by banks, realtors, speculators etc. to people who clearly were not financially capable of making the payments, then sold the mortgages to speculators who "bundled" and diced them by the thousands to sell to other speculators who'd make a quick profit during the boom times, then sell them to other speculators, who'd sell them to . . .??
Who is the "owner" amid all this? Or does your reading of TR imply that only carpenters "build" their own homes ? ? ?

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17691 Michale Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:43:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17691 <B>"Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."</B> This deserves to be repeated over and over and over and over and over again.... This is so apropos to today's world, it is downright scary!! All in all a very good speech... Michale.... 093 "Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."

This deserves to be repeated over and over and over and over and over again....

This is so apropos to today's world, it is downright scary!!

All in all a very good speech...

Michale....
093

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17688 Michale Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:22:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17688 <I>President Barack Obama gave a speech today in a small town in Kansas. </I> Wait!? I thought Obama said he was in Texas... :D Michale..... 090 President Barack Obama gave a speech today in a small town in Kansas.

Wait!? I thought Obama said he was in Texas... :D

Michale.....
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]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/06/teddy-roosevelts-the-new-nationalism-speech/#comment-17687 dsws Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:29:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4903#comment-17687 TR was much too fond of great struggles. TR was much too fond of great struggles.

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