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07-08-2006, 06:06 PM
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Got the gist. Is this part of a "study"? 
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07-08-2006, 09:59 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite There is not now ... nor has there ever been ... such a link at townhall.com. It's a site for serious economic and political commentary. Lying leftists will say anything to denigrate those who disagee with and disprove their sophomoric contentions. ================================================== ======= Well, here is Bold Brooklynite's BIG LIE,,,, Where he called me a lying leftist. By now all have been able to see him for what he is. No need to repeat it. As for Sowell. He has his place. BUT, he had advantages far greater than many. While growing up in a family of very modest means, his mother was a tremendously positive influence through his early teen years. The advantage Sowell had others did not was that his obvious talents were noticed and nurtured. Education was stressed in his home, unlike many other children of poverty, who do not have ANY positive role models and are more likely to be shot ten times than be nurtured once. Somehow, someway, Sowell's abilities were seen and nurtured and he had the good fortune to attend one of NYC's very best and exceedingly selective high schools.... Stuyvesant. You do not get into that school without serious ability. I've read a few of Sowell's works. I managed my way through his critique of Marxism and it was just ok to me. Then again, dull stuff to an extent. His criticism of "Judicial Activism" seemed empty to me especially during the Schiavo case, where the far right did everything possible to legislate from the bench, not to mention from the Florida Governors residence. Without taking a stance on the issue, I thought his work was not balanced. His piece criticizng the movement for national health care was dead-on. Then again, I earn a living as an employee benefit consultant specializing in health insurance. His piece critical of those wanting an increase to the minimum wage seemed, well, kind of dumb. Kids can get by on minimum wage. Adults cannot. Adult heads-of-families certainly cannot. On his work criticizing the liberal media bias, I thought this was straight from the OReilly hour and was unoriginal. Most of this criticism today relates to leaks of government surveillance of private citizens. Only the hardest core of the conservative base chooses not to disagree on this. I have not read any of his work on gay marraige or parial birth, but don't think it would or could influence what I believe. Someone I respect who is a Sowell devotee told me she hated his latest book, "Black Rednecks and White Liberals." Apparently he downplays the individualistic aspects of traditional black culture instead choosing to assert that southern black culture is a relic of dysfunctional southern redneck culture. His best-received work was about 30 years ago. "Race & Economics" is the "Bible" of Conservative Black American money and politics. I did read this book and while it was interesting, I thought his conclusions were self-proclaimed. Sowell is tremendously literate and skilled at turning a phrase. But too much of his work is just driving his reader to his pre-ordained conclusion, balance and sound reasoning be damned.! But Sowell would tell you that's ok in his "ends justify the means" world. Race & Economice... interesting. Against national health care.... me too! The rest? To me, just far -right zealous psycho babble. I'm sure Bold Brooklyn just copies and pastes straght from Sowell's pieces. Don't forget the link to "How To But A Semi-Automatic Handgun" on the towwnhall.com website. And do not be fooled by this guy rejecting me. So I called him a few bad words. Hell, if he's really from Brooklyn, he's heard it before. Do not be fooled. May of you exposed him . I exposed him. Then again, he just keeps exposing himself.
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