tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post2160897978019114385..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: Diversity careRick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-88140455423559967002009-07-31T13:02:24.206-10:002009-07-31T13:02:24.206-10:00I'm currently reading Vanity Fair (the book, n...I'm currently reading Vanity Fair (the book, not the magazine)--one thing that strikes me is the number of aristocratic or would-be aristocratic families (this is circa 1815) who manage to lead very upscale lifestyles without any significant income or assets. They do this by stiffing and often ruining their creditors, who are mostly middle-class people.<br /><br />It seems to me that the money that will be "made" by the beneficiaries of Obamaism--university and k-12 administrators, tenured professors of pointless subjects, trial lawyers, politicians and senior government officials, lobbyists, owners and executives of politically-well-connected companies, etc--is being obtained in a very similar manner, the only difference being that the class of victims is more diffuse.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-47208196033175801102009-07-31T02:46:23.090-10:002009-07-31T02:46:23.090-10:00David,
"Feral desk surgeons"! Ha ha ha!...David,<br /><br />"Feral desk surgeons"! Ha ha ha! That's hilarious! Your health — or not — brought to you as a service by the feral government.<br /><br />Anon.,<br /><br />I'm not looking forward to an insurrection. The cost would be high, the odds of it succeeding minuscule. Secession, on the other hand …Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-26916825633187425072009-07-30T14:13:46.701-10:002009-07-30T14:13:46.701-10:00Lord of Mercy, can we just go to war already and g...Lord of Mercy, can we just go to war already and get the inevitable out of the way. How heavy does the White Man's Burden have to get before he shrugs and heads for the ammo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-51896801523089047162009-07-30T10:56:49.901-10:002009-07-30T10:56:49.901-10:00"federal desk surgeons"...I read this th..."federal desk surgeons"...I read this the first time as "feral desk surgeons"...might be better that way...David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com