Comments on: Jingo Bells http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/ "Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy. Fri, 25 May 2012 12:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Higgins http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-350700 John Higgins Sat, 09 May 2009 19:38:35 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2515#comment-350700 I lost all respect for Olbermann when he insinuated that the D.C. v. Heller's finding that there is an individual right to armaments protected by the Second Amendment was EVIL because as we all know, weapons are bad and the founders were only talking about muskets anyway right? What a douche. I lost all respect for Olbermann when he insinuated that the D.C. v. Heller’s finding that there is an individual right to armaments protected by the Second Amendment was EVIL because as we all know, weapons are bad and the founders were only talking about muskets anyway right?

What a douche.

]]> By: Psychopolitik 2.0 » History cannot fail, it can only be failed http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-350696 Psychopolitik 2.0 » History cannot fail, it can only be failed Sat, 09 May 2009 15:52:48 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2515#comment-350696 [...] Long spotted the McCarthyist tinge to this, but what I noticed also is a whiff of ahistorical arrogance.  Considering the vast scope [...] [...] Long spotted the McCarthyist tinge to this, but what I noticed also is a whiff of ahistorical arrogance.  Considering the vast scope [...]

]]> By: b-psycho http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-350694 b-psycho Sat, 09 May 2009 15:18:09 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2515#comment-350694 On top of just being dickish, Olbermann shows he either thinks the US has reached the end of history or that he knows squat about it. Practically speaking, it is impossible for a state to remain in one form very long, so dissolution is closer to the norm than he implies. Rather than shout "TREASON!" at every instance of secessionist talk, it'd be more productive to analyze the reasoning behind it. Obviously Hannity's reasoning is bullshit (after all, he's part of the same people that were gloating when liberal celebrities were threatening to move to Europe. If you accept the pie-in-the-sky idea of elections as "the voice of the people", you can't back away just because your side lost), but that doesn't mean there's no argument that isn't. On top of just being dickish, Olbermann shows he either thinks the US has reached the end of history or that he knows squat about it. Practically speaking, it is impossible for a state to remain in one form very long, so dissolution is closer to the norm than he implies.

Rather than shout “TREASON!” at every instance of secessionist talk, it’d be more productive to analyze the reasoning behind it. Obviously Hannity’s reasoning is bullshit (after all, he’s part of the same people that were gloating when liberal celebrities were threatening to move to Europe. If you accept the pie-in-the-sky idea of elections as “the voice of the people”, you can’t back away just because your side lost), but that doesn’t mean there’s no argument that isn’t.

]]> By: MBH http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-350679 MBH Fri, 08 May 2009 23:14:59 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2515#comment-350679 Well said. Olbermann is overalla positive force. But from time to time, he loses perspective. Nice of you to keep him balanced. Well said. Olbermann is overalla positive force. But from time to time, he loses perspective. Nice of you to keep him balanced.

]]> By: Kevin http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-350663 Kevin Fri, 08 May 2009 05:15:50 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2515#comment-350663 Man, Keith Olbermann is the biggest douche in the universe (this year, anyway). Man, Keith Olbermann is the biggest douche in the universe (this year, anyway).

]]> By: Ray Mangum http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-350656 Ray Mangum Fri, 08 May 2009 02:25:16 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2515#comment-350656 Now it's the time for liberals to get to say, "America, love it or leave it." But they just don't do jingoism as well. Smugness, yes, which is what their jingoism comes to anyway. Now it’s the time for liberals to get to say, “America, love it or leave it.” But they just don’t do jingoism as well. Smugness, yes, which is what their jingoism comes to anyway.

]]> By: Briggs Armstrong http://aaeblog.com/2009/05/07/jingo-bells/comment-page-1/#comment-350653 Briggs Armstrong Fri, 08 May 2009 01:39:28 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=2515#comment-350653 Kudos Dr. Long! Kudos Dr. Long!

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