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Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 9:37pmSanction this postReply
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My impression is that there is a swelling vocal opposition to the present administration, at least in terms of what it is actually trying to do, if not in its claims...

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Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 11:36amSanction this postReply
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The shifts in the opinion polls are not surprising.   The popular vote was close (and not contested).  Last week on Meet the Press, Newt Gingrich acknowledged that there is a feeling that we all want the new President to be successful, even if we oppose certain specific policies.  (See the Warren Buffett links here on RoR, recently.)  At the same time, you have the automatic opposition from the other side of the aisle -- which is why we have another side to the aisle.

Just as President Bush's war in Iraq could not be successful -- physically impossible -- and generated opposition and criticism, so, too, are there social and political consequences to the physically impossiible "war on the economy." 

As even during the Republican administration, consistent advocates of a liberated marketplace criticized the President and Congress, it is inevitable that the even greater intervention by the Democratic administration will generate even more vocal opposition.

(For a read on what Pres. Obama's leftwing supporters are demanding, check this out from Z Magazine:
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/viewArticle/20734)

What I find interesting is all these media references to Atlas Shrugged.  Many people who never heard of it now have.

(Edited by Michael E. Marotta on 3/15, 12:34pm)


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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 7:41pmSanction this postReply
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There's also an excellent PJTV video interview with Yaron Brook. I submitted it, but it didn't get posted.

I especially like the idea he presents that it isn't time to go John Galt just yet. It's still time to fight, according to Mr. Brook.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 2:21amSanction this postReply
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Darnit, Scott!  I was posting your video submission this after noon when I got home!  Do you still want me to? It's really great.  I can put it in another category.

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