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So long as we’re talking about coerced rather than voluntary action, I think that this is pretty much spot on. Discuss.
This is your (belated, sorry) Weekend-Plus Open Thread. Talk about what you want, within reason and dignity.
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AND, in a longstanding Orange Juice holiday tradition, we once again present the inimitable K D Lang performing Jingle Bell Rock, from Peewee Herman’s classic Christmas Special! – Vern
About Greg Diamond
Somewhat verbose worker's rights and government accountability attorney, residing in northwest Brea. General Counsel of CATER, the Coalition of Anaheim Taxpayers for Economic Responsibility, a non-partisan group of people sick of local corruption.
Deposed as Northern Vice Chair of DPOC in April 2014 when his anti-corruption and pro-consumer work in Anaheim infuriated the Building Trades and Teamsters in spring 2014, who then worked with the lawless and power-mad DPOC Chair to eliminate his internal oversight.
Occasionally runs for office to challenge some nasty incumbent who would otherwise run unopposed. (Someday he might pick a fight with the intent to win rather than just dent someone. You'll know it when you see it.) He got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012 and in 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002.
None of his pre-putsch writings ever spoke for the Democratic Party at the local, county, state, national, or galactic level, nor do they now.
A family member co-owns a business offering campaign treasurer services to Democratic candidates and the odd independent. He is very proud of her. He doesn't directly profit from her work and it doesn't affect his coverage. (He does not always favor her clients, though she might hesitate to take one that he truly hated.)
He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.)
In tuff economic times, should the government consolidate?
Why does the OC need all of the cities and school districts and water districts, etc?
I figure that if there are 6 cities and 4 school districts and 4 water districts, the OC taxpayers would save about one hundred million in management costs.
*Steve Nash comes back and the Lakers win one! It is a terrible struggle however. Our designated good one Derrick Fisher has left the Mavs on wavers. Maybe by play-off time he will be coming back to the Clippers.
This is the last week of NFL Fantasy Football. We were in two leagues. One we didn’t make the play-offs. The other wound up winning the Semi-finals for the Play-offs and today we will find out if we win or come out 2nd in the Finals.
Crazy people are running around the country trying to buy firearms before CNN really turns on the heat and demands that Texas and Arizona Secede from the Union. Meanwhile, the Native Americans don’t care….cause no one is going to take away their bows and arrows.
The NFL Play-offs are underway. We are going with the 49’ers, the Pack, The Falcons and the Broncos…..those we think will be the final four.
How stupid is this poster…..it’s obviously backwards.
The “Left” side of poster…..is Liberalism “all are equal” and should all get a box!
the “Right” side of poster….is conservatism, Captilism that no matter how small you can succeed in providing “more boxes” for yourself and your family ! Without guilting people to “give you one” !!
Poster reflects how the twisted minds of liberals perceive the world. Sigh.
Thank you for your contribution to this discussion.
Are you suggesting that liberalism seeks equality of result — a “Harrison Bergeron” sort of situation? Kurt Vonnegut grew out of that one.
More to the point: are you under the impression that in the right panel the young kid has outproduced and outhustled the taller guy in order to get the second box? Seems to me that under the charitable model, he was given in freely — on those occasions when it happened; under the mandatory redistribution model, some higher power took it from the bigger guy and gave it to him; or under the law of the jungle, he stole it, and perhaps tied the bigger guy’s arms into a “hands up!” position. I don’t see any freaking factory in that picture.
In tuff economic times, should the government consolidate?
Why does the OC need all of the cities and school districts and water districts, etc?
I figure that if there are 6 cities and 4 school districts and 4 water districts, the OC taxpayers would save about one hundred million in management costs.
mmm mmm I smell a refund
I don’t think that this is necessarily incorrect, but — cook, are you calling for a larger government?
*Steve Nash comes back and the Lakers win one! It is a terrible struggle however. Our designated good one Derrick Fisher has left the Mavs on wavers. Maybe by play-off time he will be coming back to the Clippers.
This is the last week of NFL Fantasy Football. We were in two leagues. One we didn’t make the play-offs. The other wound up winning the Semi-finals for the Play-offs and today we will find out if we win or come out 2nd in the Finals.
Crazy people are running around the country trying to buy firearms before CNN really turns on the heat and demands that Texas and Arizona Secede from the Union. Meanwhile, the Native Americans don’t care….cause no one is going to take away their bows and arrows.
The NFL Play-offs are underway. We are going with the 49’ers, the Pack, The Falcons and the Broncos…..those we think will be the final four.
How stupid is this poster…..it’s obviously backwards.
The “Left” side of poster…..is Liberalism “all are equal” and should all get a box!
the “Right” side of poster….is conservatism, Captilism that no matter how small you can succeed in providing “more boxes” for yourself and your family ! Without guilting people to “give you one” !!
Poster reflects how the twisted minds of liberals perceive the world. Sigh.
Thank you for your contribution to this discussion.
Are you suggesting that liberalism seeks equality of result — a “Harrison Bergeron” sort of situation? Kurt Vonnegut grew out of that one.
More to the point: are you under the impression that in the right panel the young kid has outproduced and outhustled the taller guy in order to get the second box? Seems to me that under the charitable model, he was given in freely — on those occasions when it happened; under the mandatory redistribution model, some higher power took it from the bigger guy and gave it to him; or under the law of the jungle, he stole it, and perhaps tied the bigger guy’s arms into a “hands up!” position. I don’t see any freaking factory in that picture.
Merry Christmas, all. Enjoy a safe holiday.
I second that emotion…same to you Ryan.
GROUP HUG!!!!!!!!!