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Contrarian Views: A World Where...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008. My friend posting a comment. As anonymous wrote, “I feel it in my bones that something cataclysmic is coming.” Hyperbole? Written after the writer has spent two tours of duty in Iraq; maybe not. Could we even imagine a world where laws are routinely ignored, where justice is a quaint concept, where poverty is most common, and where wealth and power rule supreme? David M. Smith. Again, well said! Thu Nov 13, 03:59:00 AM. Thank you, Dave, for your service! And you, too, David.
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Contrarian Views: Change and Hope
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Friday, November 07, 2008. Americans have rejected opportunity in favor of certainty. When we go to bed at night, we want to know we will be able to sleep in a bed the next night, regardless of our ability to earn a living for ourselves and our families. Most Americans, including many Republicans, are tired of being afraid. I may be spending the rest of my life preparing to die as a dinosaur. I hope not. David M. Smith. The problem is "the pitiless crowbar of events" has a way of laying to waste utopian ...
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Contrarian Views: Taxpayer Bailout
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008. I am amused at how the word “taxpayer” gets attached to the word “bailout” when referring to the Paulson Plan and other congressional proposals to loosen the credit markets. Add another word, “crisis”, and we have created a narrative that makes the solution for relieving the tight credit markets unacceptable to the general public. David M. Smith. Tue Sep 30, 01:48:00 PM. David M. Smith. The Classical reason for balancing the Federal budget is to keep the private sector from h...
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Contrarian Views: Do Americans want to be free people?
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Friday, September 23, 2011. Do Americans want to be free people? Anything and everything worth doing takes effort, time and money to get done. Nothing has ever been free and nothing will ever be free. Everything has a cost. Free people pay their own way, sometimes with saved money and occasionally with borrowed money. Dependent people expect others to pay for the things they want. Do Americans want to be free people? David M. Smith. Sun Sep 25, 06:31:00 PM. David M. Smith. I hope you are right. I can...
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Contrarian Views: Where did this guy come from?
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Thursday, September 11, 2008. Where did this guy come from? This story can’t possibly be true, can it? David M. Smith. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David M. Smith. View my complete profile. To Infinity and Beyond. Mark D. Roberts. It Takes A Church. Stand to Reason Weblog. Between Rock and Hard Place (Colorado Moderate).
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Contrarian Views: The Best I Could Hope For
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008. The Best I Could Hope For. Why would a Republican care if a Democrat is experienced, prepared, or competent, and why would a Democrat care if a Republican is experienced, prepared, or competent? Is someone who is accomplished in the functions of government we oppose better or worse for the country than someone unaccomplished in the functions of government we oppose? David M. Smith. Wed Sep 10, 11:15:00 PM. David M. Smith. If Senator Lieberman were to be nominated, I wouldn...
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Contrarian Views: No Taxation Without Representation
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Thursday, September 04, 2008. No Taxation Without Representation. Many, if not most, American citizens who will be paying for my retirement have not even been born yet and won’t be voting for at least another 18 years. Not exactly the American way envisioned by our American founders. Young and healthy taxpayers will be forced by the Federal government to pay for my well being in old age. Not exactly the end of slavery envisioned by Abraham Lincoln and the abolitionists. David M. Smith. David M. Smith.
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Contrarian Views: A tale of two narratives
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Thursday, July 02, 2009. A tale of two narratives. Bernie Madoff is rightfully receiving universal condemnation and ridicule for swindling investors out of 50 billion dollars. He is always described, among other things, as a rogue, thief, scoundrel, and criminal, . His financial “victims” are said to be “ruined” and “suffering”. Perhaps 1 billion dollars is the line of demarcation. Probably not. Expecting the media to be fair and truthful is always expecting way too much. David M. Smith. Some of Jackson&...
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Contrarian Views: Believe
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009. So we're going to have a tax cheat in charge of the IRS, a man instrumental in the pardoning of terrorists as top terrorism watchdog, and a woman whose husband gets tens of millions from foreign governments in charge of implementing foreign policy. David M. Smith. Tue Jan 27, 12:41:00 PM. In any case, I hope you'll give Obama credit for listening to Republicans on the stimulus package. Tue Jan 27, 04:03:00 PM. David M. Smith. How are you doing? I bet it is breathtaking. Hey Dav...
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Contrarian Views: Election Prognosis
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Thursday, October 30, 2008. I’m usually not in the prediction business, but why do we have these big elections every four years if pundits can’t take advantage of the opportunity to make fools out of themselves? Since I fancy myself a pundit, here goes:. Neither McCain nor Obama would ever be mistaken for a Kennedy or an Eisenhower, but both seem equally presentable. Both also have attractive wife’s. However, since Cindy McCain is beyond attractive; she is gorgeous, slight edge McCain. Personally, I coul...
