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"Rahm Emanuel, Noted Gun Violence Expert and Mayor of the Country's Murder Capital, Calls For National Boycott of Chicago"

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Blogger Andrew_M_Garland said...

Forcing one company out of town or a small sector into submission makes it much easier to extort the other businesses in the bandit's territory, I mean city. Al Capone showed Chicago politicians how to do it, and Chicago politicians are showing the country

The nature of the state - Cafe Hayek
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[edited]  There is a notion that the state is a legitimate agency deserving respect; that despite its flaws, it generally promotes or tries to promote the welfare of its citizens. This is increasingly difficult to understand, much less to accept.

The late Mancur Olson had a far more realistic view: The state is a stationary bandit. Ordinary people might have to tolerate this, but they should understand that dealing with the state is dealing with organized thuggery. Obey the state because it can unleash its guns and prisons on you. But, please don’t pretend that the state’s commands are issued with your best interests in mind.
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The fundamental problem with politics is that it is driven by incentives, like all other activities. Political parties are organized to collect the spoils of government. They benefit from implementing good policy only to the extent that they can confiscate more of the prosperity of the citizens.

Their fight for dominance is not primarily driven by greater prosperity for the average citizen, and so that prosperity will often suffer from the fight.

Possibly the populace will reject nanny (protection racket) government after the general economic collapse which is coming. But, the example of Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930's, and of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela doesn't cheer me. Each became or has become more popular as his country declined.

7:06 PM

Blogger Reliapundit said...

why don't they just make chicago a young black male free zone?

ONLY KIDDING!

if these killings are merely chicagos thugs turning their territories into self-cleaning ovens then should anyone really care?

is this thugs killing other thugs or are innocent people being killed?

7:45 PM

Anonymous Matthew W said...

Is that a photo of Rahm dancing or is that really Tim Curry??

8:36 AM

Anonymous chester arthur said...

Think about what we've been told lately.That the NRA and GOA are just pressure groups shilling for some nebulous group of capitalists who don't care what happens to real people,they just care about their profit.Yet,these are VOLUNTARY associations.Ordinary citizens who believe in something band together to protect their rights.On the other side,we have Feinstein's attempt to use pictures she's seen to determine what we can own.She wants to force her choices on the rest of us.A voluntary act in your own self-interest is the last thing she would approve of.Rather like obamacare,a mandatory association forced on the rest of us by someone who knows nothing about medicine or insurance.So think about this:what matters most to you, a voluntary choice in your own self-interest,or getting along and being subserviant to people for whom your interests,your health and well-being,and your freedom of choice are unimportant compared to their whims and demands?

9:25 AM

Anonymous W.H. Thompson said...

Doug -

Many thanks for the link to heyjackass.com. I'm adding more and more stats and metrics everyday in order to illustrate the slow-motion train wreck that this broke, violent, liberal and progressive utopia has become.

Check back early and often.

W.H. Thompson - purveyor of heyjackass.com

10:42 AM

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