Month: August 2011

>LOVE AND CAPITALISM CO-EXIST?
Liberalism’s ultimate genius, however, is its Orwellian capacity to saturate our society with newspeak and newthink.

DR. J. K. LYLES) – Capitalism is the most loving economic system ever devised by human beings. From its first cogent articulation in 1776, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations explained capitalism as the only economic system that linked a person’s self-interest to the highest possible service to mankind as a whole.

It is crucial to recognize that “self-interest,” in this sense, refers not only or even ultimately to self-service but instead to the larger impulse of a person to serve and support his or her family. This distinction, between one’s self-interest and family interest (rooted in love), is pivotal to understanding the true nature of capitalism. Capitalism is not founded upon greed. Capitalism is founded upon love – the love of one’s spouse and children.

“Blasphemy!” Our state-sponsored culture derides service to one’s family as selfish, short-sighted, pedestrian. Is it? Ask yourself, what motivates you? Are you truly motivated by the quest for money and possessions? Are you sure? For instance, if you could amass 100 billion dollars this year, wouldn’t you trade every penny of that, instantly, for the health and survival of your son, your daughter, your spouse?

Is there really any amount of money that could atone for the death of one’s child? What about personal acclaim, fame, power, service to Man? Would any of these atone for any singular harm that might befall one’s own family, harm occurring because of one’s pursuit of such goals? In this it is easy to declare that capitalism is not motivated by greed. Capitalism is motivated by honor – the honoring of one’s family.

https://www.teaparty.org/article.php?id=1166

>The past two Village Council elections were that too many voters focused on one issue

The problem in the past two Village Council elections was that too many voters focused on one issue, Valley Hospital, and didn’t ask enough questions to the candidates regarding how they would cut costs and bring down property taxes.

Nor did the voters ask enough questions regarding the candidates’ plans for increasing the health of the downtown, dealing with the BOE, and improving village services. People blindly voted for the CRR candidates without requiring them to give us sufficient details as to how they would deal with the non-Valley issues facing the village.

>Does true leadership exist anymore in our local government?

We are mad as hell, at the way the Village is being governed and we are not going to take this anymore. What are you people thinking? Small town dirty politics during a depression is going to bring you down, except for Paul Aronsohn who voted no on the pay raise.

We would like to see the job descriptions of all paid governmental personnel in the Village and a history of wage increases.

Should the Village Manager serve as a mayor of a another community? That could very well be a conflict of interest and a violation of his fiduciary responsibility.

This Village is no longer appealing to many of our residents. Our roads are in disrepair. The parking issue has been bounced around for decades. Parking of course is less of an issue since the downtown has been going downhill for years.

The Village Engineer has been policing sign permit violations so tickets in the amount $125. can be slapped on hardworking small business owners.

Does true leadership exist anymore in our local government? I think the system needs a total revamping by the local residents. Throw out the self serving guys immediately.

We the people are fed up with all the bullshit coming out of the Village Hall.

>Climate Change Hoax : Reader Points out the Obvious 

Maybe Perry is right. How do climatologists explain the previous periods of extreme global climate change over millions of years, since fossil fuels have only been used over the past couple hundred years or so? Oh, right. it must have been a series of mysterious huge asteroid collisions that triggered extremely warm periods, followed by an ice age, followed by subsequent warming periods (which we have not witnessed since in the past several thousand years).

Or, maybe the climate around the globe naturally tends to change over thousands of years, seeking some equilibrium. Which do you think is more plausible? Given the misinformation and questionable “facts” put forth in favor of the current global warming debate, one must seriously question the premise that fossil fuels are the culprit. Maybe it is true. But, until there is truly indisputable evidence, I’m a skeptic.

However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t moderate our consumption of them and preserve our landscapes and seascapes. It just means we shouldn’t blindly disrupt our economies to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, just to satisfy the rants of a handful of questionable scientists and their lemming followers. Rather, we should pursue a balance between our massive energy needs and pursuit of the most economic sources of supply to satisfy those needs.