tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post6218017406693415468..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Togetherness: the Obama doctrineSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-69661288254974448612013-01-23T10:10:30.678-05:002013-01-23T10:10:30.678-05:00I was re-reading the excerpts from the speech and ...I was re-reading the excerpts from the speech and I have to wonder what all the references to "we" and "together" are. Unless he's specifically referring to the Democrat party? The right has made no secret that they are not "together" on any of this, and that they don't consider Obama, Democrats, leftists, progressives, etc as part of any "we" which <i>they</i> are a part of. So what is the point of his speech? Unless it's just to publicly slap the right. In which case I applaud him. Otherwise, he's just blowing more hot air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-22455292224381779652013-01-23T00:59:35.980-05:002013-01-23T00:59:35.980-05:00Sometimes I think it is too bad that one couldn...Sometimes I think it is too bad that one couldn't just wave a magic wand and make the livelihoods of every right-winger disappear. I would be very interested in seeing how they would react if all opportunities were stripped from them and given to a third worlder.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-14385482142065483322013-01-22T15:09:39.492-05:002013-01-22T15:09:39.492-05:00But one cannot simply "will" a job into ...But one cannot simply "will" a job into being. The fact that they can point out a small percentage of the population who "make it" as proof that the system works really only proves that the system does not work. a working system would work for the majority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-3382217475223132492013-01-22T12:15:21.531-05:002013-01-22T12:15:21.531-05:00Their solution is "personal responsibility.&q...Their solution is "personal responsibility." It's up to each person to find his place by making himself useful -- and presumably it's up to that person to just die quietly if there's no place for him. If people want to help this theoretical unfortunate, that's fine -- but the right-wing appears to recognize no automatic obligation to do so that could be enforced by law.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-43297880207449774962013-01-22T09:39:35.956-05:002013-01-22T09:39:35.956-05:00"A different worldview persuades others that ...<i>"A different worldview persuades others that not everyone can or will "find independence and pride in their work,"</i><br /><br />But we can't know whether it's possible until we actually provide the opportunity to everyone. If the right-wing believes that government should not create jobs and should not coerce big business to create jobs, what, exactly, <i>is</i> their solution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com