Comments on: Government-Defined Patriotism

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:02:56 +0000

Yes indeed, and it was considered an enlightened and “Progressive” means of Government that restore Social Equality, would lift-up everybody, protect everybody, guarantee everybody all the same things in the name of Fairness. Funny I never read about “fairness” in the Constitution or Bill of Rights.

Usually during implementation there’s a funny catch though, and a couple million wind up incarcerated or dead - or both.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:25:50 +0000

What’s worse, is that this could set up a blackmail situation where politicians can essentially demand donations or “revoke” a company’s “patriot” status.

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:44:40 +0000

Yes, it does- and would that name be fascism?

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:44:37 +0000

A very similar (almost exactly similar) program of government rewards and regulatory interactions with companies and corporations was implemented in “post-Weimar” Germany in the 30’s - this behavior has a specific name.

By: Don Winans

Don Winans — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:51:13 +0000

To M. Simon: It ends with “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer”

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:07:58 +0000

This story was the lead at a daily news blog under the headline: “Obama: Patriotism means union-only.”

Readers of this blog will really enjoy The Union News:

http://theunionnews.blogspot.com … http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheUnionNews

By: Your Majesty

Your Majesty — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:58:28 +0000

Sen. Brown is right about one thing: this legislation has not received enough publicity.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:49:06 +0000

It sounds better in the original German…

By: M. Simon

M. Simon — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:48:37 +0000

Well we have already have Ein Volk. The Unity Candidate will bring us together.

If this is any indication Ein Reich is well on the way.

Any body know how that slogan ends?

By: Valjean

Valjean — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:38:43 +0000

Ah, the endgame of regulation: “if you play by the rules …” You know: OUR rules.

Philosophically, this has absolutely nothing to do with patriotism. Merely a mask for “let’s strong-arm corporations into giving goodies to our major constituencies.”

Pragmatically, Japan tried this govt/corporate paddycake about 20 years ago. Growth went into the toilet for about a decade.