tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8805189466568496532..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: The dead hand of welfareAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-52395703404055410642011-01-16T15:18:08.272-08:002011-01-16T15:18:08.272-08:00Rehan, I love it!Rehan, I love it!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21291013904399825052011-01-16T15:17:38.998-08:002011-01-16T15:17:38.998-08:00Retarius, what a lovely welcome back. Thank you a...Retarius, what a lovely welcome back. Thank you and a very Happy New Year. :-) No, I've not read it but I will check it out on Amazon. I can't stay away from the place!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46524614525269277312011-01-15T21:51:40.921-08:002011-01-15T21:51:40.921-08:00Check out this killer about the Blair generation: ...<b>Check out this killer about the Blair generation:</b> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIQ4su7xWuA<br /><br /><b>There is also the Larkin poem (as an example of his private doggerel):</b> <br /><br /><i>I'd like to see them starving <br />The so-called working class <br />Their weekly wages halving <br />Their women stewing grass</i>Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-41987496135235047192011-01-14T19:53:11.658-08:002011-01-14T19:53:11.658-08:00Welcome back, Gorgeous. The Anastasia-dependent ar...Welcome back, Gorgeous. The Anastasia-dependent are relieved indeed. <br /><br />I've been chopping through the official history of MI5 during the holidays (and I see that "Militant Tendency" and "subversives" appear here by the usual propinquity). There's a lot of juice in the 800+ pages of main text by Christopher Andrew. Have you read this book?Retariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165689727557860449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51017018297499983632011-01-12T17:25:00.873-08:002011-01-12T17:25:00.873-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13364184993425551322011-01-12T17:03:25.575-08:002011-01-12T17:03:25.575-08:00In this country, libraries were started not by the...In this country, libraries were started not by the state but wealthy gentlemen who sought to give back to the community, just as Carnegie built his great college. One of the reasons America will never have as big of a welfare state as Britain is because it can't, we have a much more violent, individualistic, swashbuckling culture, filled with exploding cars, machine guns and fantasizing about large takeovers and taking the world by storm. As such, America will suffer far more social angst for the same amount of welfare as England, because people don't tolerate as much here. Americans are powderkegs, they don't take "no" for an answer, and that's part of the reason we don't have an NHS and Obamas attempt to create a much lighter version has encountered fierce resistance. And there's a reason why kids on welfare are more likely to go to prison then college, and it ain't money: they just want to kill someone. It's not about the cash, it's about revenge.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30305469409163217222011-01-12T16:43:09.765-08:002011-01-12T16:43:09.765-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23597493349095071562011-01-12T16:38:23.158-08:002011-01-12T16:38:23.158-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-25729480012500625582011-01-12T16:35:03.663-08:002011-01-12T16:35:03.663-08:00Perspective cannot include what you are forced to ...Perspective cannot include what you are forced to do, for that is not of you but taken from you, stolen, destroyed and defiled.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42081580274811668102011-01-12T16:33:51.511-08:002011-01-12T16:33:51.511-08:00@MGON, treason: Being an individual means having v...@MGON, treason: Being an individual means having value and a vision of what things are, it includes not only enterprise but perspective, and perspective includes loyalty where it is due. This said, I would say that the Chagos Islanders can commit treason whenever they want considering as how the British government has treated them.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-39490739110428839402011-01-12T16:31:41.890-08:002011-01-12T16:31:41.890-08:00@MGON: I mean a ghetto, a place like Bankhead, Atl...@MGON: I mean a ghetto, a place like Bankhead, Atlanta, GA where a large percentage of the people live on welfare. It's a place of despair insofar as welfare is involved. People have pride and identity in their work, you take that away from them and you take away a lot of the value they have in themselves. Once you do that, and they cannot value others either.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90541715578819857042011-01-12T15:21:25.553-08:002011-01-12T15:21:25.553-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-19490142634909923592011-01-12T15:14:55.024-08:002011-01-12T15:14:55.024-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21844392143277057132011-01-12T15:11:36.355-08:002011-01-12T15:11:36.355-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4250834235900312032011-01-12T15:11:17.488-08:002011-01-12T15:11:17.488-08:00Adam, treason is never an option.Adam, treason is never an option.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-47972315902456508812011-01-12T13:55:07.152-08:002011-01-12T13:55:07.152-08:00@Adam: Become the 51st state? ;)@Adam: Become the 51st state? ;)Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73875203283681614162011-01-12T06:43:25.438-08:002011-01-12T06:43:25.438-08:00@Adam: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A WELFARE COMMUNITY? ...@Adam: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A WELFARE COMMUNITY? GO TO THE HOOD, AND THEN SAY THAT NONSENSE! IT DOESN'T CREATE "SHARED HUMANITY," JUST SHARE JEALOUSY, DISTRUST AND RACISM!Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-85162411840915198782011-01-12T04:49:11.397-08:002011-01-12T04:49:11.397-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60475257597605249932011-01-12T02:13:57.467-08:002011-01-12T02:13:57.467-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46084453819863521992011-01-12T02:06:54.743-08:002011-01-12T02:06:54.743-08:00No, I do not, but I know that people like Jack Jon...No, I do not, but I know that people like Jack Jones were actively working for the KGB.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73711055739410691662011-01-12T02:03:49.174-08:002011-01-12T02:03:49.174-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36280530227489372192011-01-12T01:57:12.958-08:002011-01-12T01:57:12.958-08:00Adam, left-wing subversion, not stopping short of ...Adam, left-wing subversion, not stopping short of spying for the Soviets, seems to have been a regular feature of the era of Heath, Wilson and Callaghan.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-58017936005724283122011-01-12T01:55:59.377-08:002011-01-12T01:55:59.377-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-37795443833389461932011-01-12T01:53:55.895-08:002011-01-12T01:53:55.895-08:00David, I have a comment to make about Super Mac...David, I have a comment to make about Super Mac's memo to the Iron Lady, the one released under the thirty year rule. So, keep watching!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-118055442679302092011-01-12T01:44:05.378-08:002011-01-12T01:44:05.378-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com