tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post5717253758192082344..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: The Underrated Gift of SanityCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-71768940854398453722015-04-04T09:54:25.075-07:002015-04-04T09:54:25.075-07:00I have nothing against dreamers or idealist becaus...I have nothing against dreamers or idealist because they constantly challenge humanity to aspire towards our greater angels. <br />But!<br />Today's western society has seemingly developed a massive case of ADHD where the new and shiny is granted equal or greater standing than the true and tested. People go about ripping down Chesterton's Fence without a passing thought of what troubles or beasts those fences were meant to restrain, or vulnerable gardens to protect. People treat values and principles as if they are fashion, which can be changed, accessorized, and cast off for new, without consequence to self or society. <br />As an example, I offer a coworker who in a debate about the ACA, after I outlined the many negative effects and risks, replied "Well we need to do something so we should just try it.". The new slogan of these current generations in a nutshell "Just try it". Don't think, don't look into the lessons of the ages, just take the blind leap with the rest of the lemmings. That same coworker now is anxiously seeking new work leaving a job he is very good at and was very well compensated for, because he can't cover the dramatic rise in his young family's health insurance.<br /><br />Just try it indeed.TSgt Ciznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-21786261002289400362015-04-01T12:17:24.501-07:002015-04-01T12:17:24.501-07:00Bravo! Excellent piece.
I have always thought Joh...Bravo! Excellent piece.<br /><br />I have always thought John Ross (of "Unintended Consequences" fame) had a pretty good take on this business, e.g.:<br /><br />https://dontmarry.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/feminisms-terrible-blunder/Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-44716522915769538622015-04-01T08:20:44.288-07:002015-04-01T08:20:44.288-07:00Outfreakinstanding piece of writing.Outfreakinstanding piece of writing.GamegetterIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963151027331481180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-53220429037186054422015-03-31T18:19:35.896-07:002015-03-31T18:19:35.896-07:00Superb and will be sharing. Maybe your best writin...Superb and will be sharing. Maybe your best writing and post ever, hard to say but this one stands out and will make progressive heads explode from left coast to left coast.<br /><br />I love it and agree with every word.PatriotUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171721694866847529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-8491078811838031632015-03-28T12:20:11.841-07:002015-03-28T12:20:11.841-07:00Sweet Briar College was a finishing school where w...Sweet Briar College was a finishing school where well-born Southern women destined for marriage to "good" families were sent to stop them getting knocked up by one Daddy's field hands before Daddy could find a gentleman caller willing to take his princess off his hands, preferably one with useful business connections.<br /><br />Now that the age-old ideas that nice girls don't and a father's job is to stop his daughter from making poor life choices, not acquiesce to letting her "follow her dreams" (into the bed of every field hand in sight), are considered obsolete, Sweet Briar was living on borrowed time.Dick Slaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-38177805496120403792015-03-26T19:37:42.726-07:002015-03-26T19:37:42.726-07:00A top shelf piece Cap!A top shelf piece Cap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-53093929903149012682015-03-26T13:53:14.205-07:002015-03-26T13:53:14.205-07:00The best yet!!!The best yet!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-84597753224571061702015-03-26T11:40:01.149-07:002015-03-26T11:40:01.149-07:00Re Sweet Briar College
The Princeton survey rates...Re Sweet Briar College<br /><br />The Princeton survey rates them very highly on beautiful campus, and accessible faculty.<br /><br />I wouldn't say their program is a farce but it is weak.Their B.A and B.Sc. programs in physics would get a student half-way to a degree in a real university.<br /><br />Oh yes the riding program- "The Sweet Briar College Riding Program is focused on the development of active and responsible women utilizing interactions with horses and horse sports and recreational activities in a strong instructional program as the medium. "<br /><br />I bet the majors in that program are popular. Terrence Popp at Redonkulas.com notes that horse women are worth dating because they are hypersexual. Crazy but hypersexual.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-24002230652408435632015-03-26T07:13:37.277-07:002015-03-26T07:13:37.277-07:00Fantastic post Captain!
The transition back to ...Fantastic post Captain! <br /><br />The transition back to a reality-based society will be as painful as it is inevitable.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097451556633262624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-47316732500543276712015-03-26T06:25:26.412-07:002015-03-26T06:25:26.412-07:00The decline is long in the making; let’s hope that...The decline is long in the making; let’s hope that the pendulum swings back to sanity, rationalism, responsibility, a rejection of victimhood and the exaltation of life on earth.<br /> <br />During my first real job days at The Johns Hopkins Press in a beat up old warehouse next to TV hill, the aisles of books stacked neatly in boxes were for the most part written by academics that probably couldn’t hold a real job outside the Ivory Tower. It was a sea of philosophy of feces. Nihilism, postmodernism, moral relativism ect, by the hundreds…this is what some 40 odd years has produced: culture wars, or a state of existential crisis. Only a handful of books in that warehouse (not pure science\medicine) were worth keeping. And those were the ones I confiscated at 18.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55562537053172918402015-03-25T22:27:04.423-07:002015-03-25T22:27:04.423-07:00This was really good.This was really good.chris muirhttp://www.daybydaycartoon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55918914593248840672015-03-25T21:28:44.041-07:002015-03-25T21:28:44.041-07:00Good one, Captain.
Your missive reminded me of the...Good one, Captain.<br />Your missive reminded me of the revelation I had when I read "Atlas Shrugged" in my late teens.<br />I have had no confusion or disappointments since. <br />And that was 35 years ago. I keep my family and friends close, and my powder dry...<br />Some of us may actually be around to rebuild, after this shit is over. <br /><br />Mad MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-3689285040073302992015-03-25T21:18:40.517-07:002015-03-25T21:18:40.517-07:00This post dovetails nicely with this one:
http://...This post dovetails nicely with this one:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.wordaroundthe.net/2015/03/a-mad-world-run-by-fools.html</a>LordSomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483452672640797537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-87564850028711859502015-03-25T19:38:05.788-07:002015-03-25T19:38:05.788-07:00http://www.abc15.com/news/national/university-of-p...http://www.abc15.com/news/national/university-of-phoenix-has-lost-half-its-students<br /><br />Hey captain, hope you post this. prime example of the bubblecoolstudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-75062673598128295692015-03-25T10:04:03.757-07:002015-03-25T10:04:03.757-07:00Excellent essay, but you did not address the path ...Excellent essay, but you did not address the path being taken by many, even if they agree with everything you wrote. That path is to get a government job and vote for politicians that promise to expand the role, and of necessity, the size of government. Big government likely isn't viable in the long term (although the U.S. has a long way to go before its government matches the size of government in countries like France),but for many it appears to be the safest place to work.Ottawa MJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-30211062241093991992015-03-25T09:57:22.564-07:002015-03-25T09:57:22.564-07:00Cappy, like you say, "enjoy the decline."...Cappy, like you say, "enjoy the decline." Now I am beginning to understand why Rome fell. Will you feed a starving feminist in the coming collapse, or will you give her the boot?😂LonestarWhackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146778422916908595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-31418591243789373312015-03-25T09:08:14.686-07:002015-03-25T09:08:14.686-07:00Telling the truth?
Nah. It'll never catch on....Telling the truth?<br /><br />Nah. It'll never catch on. People love their stupid delusions too much.<br /><br />Very enjoyable read, though,mojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-787242732519301222015-03-25T08:22:01.226-07:002015-03-25T08:22:01.226-07:00"Cap - this is some of your best writing ever..."Cap - this is some of your best writing ever."<br /><br />Definitely. It ranks up there with the "Inanity of our Political Arguments" essay.Edward Teachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499750460000582470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-75227737418310352362015-03-25T05:38:51.307-07:002015-03-25T05:38:51.307-07:00Great article - so good that I had to share a link...Great article - so good that I had to share a link to it with the sweet folks at Sweet Briar. I imagine it will have the half-life of a chocolate eclair in front of Oprah but at least I gave it the old college try (pun intended). :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-3779571094383600202015-03-24T22:39:42.271-07:002015-03-24T22:39:42.271-07:00Cap - this is some of your best writing ever. Hec...Cap - this is some of your best writing ever. Heck leave out the three examples and lead with the explanation of our delusion and this could be your Galt speech (albeit 50 or so pages shorter). I have to say that although I enjoy the normal cussing and staccato layout of your posts - this one was a head above the rest. Respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-70418501067095883762015-03-24T19:59:09.192-07:002015-03-24T19:59:09.192-07:00Re: Sweet Briar College.
I'm convinced that ...Re: Sweet Briar College.<br /><br />I'm convinced that we are experiencing the beginning of the end of the current collegiate system in America. These smaller private colleges and lower tier state schools are caught in a precarious position. Either spend additional money to keep up with the Jones' University (i.e. spending all this money on college lifestyle enhancements and luxury dorms to attract students.) or go out of business. Some, like William Peace University have bought some time by going coed, but as we can see with Sweet Briar, even adding shiny new buildings aren't enough to keep the doors open. <br /><br />I really have my doubts that the current system is sustainable, even with the trillions being thrown at it. Mark my word. Just as you are seeing these websites chronicling the demise of retail stores and paying tribute to malls that are dead, in the very near future, don't be surprised to see websites start to pop up paying tribute to the ghost towns that were once college campuses. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-48607645463192399842015-03-24T18:29:20.759-07:002015-03-24T18:29:20.759-07:00sweet briar patch college lolsweet briar patch college lolgrey enlightenmenthttp://greyenlightenment.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-82355899288891137402015-03-24T18:12:55.240-07:002015-03-24T18:12:55.240-07:00Net Neutrality will put an end to the free exchang...Net Neutrality will put an end to the free exchange of ideas and thought. That is why it passed the FCC Commission....with votes predictably along party lines. 20 years ago almost everyone will have forgotten....if they ever were aware of....the freedom of speech the internet allowed for the brief 20 years it was unfettered by politics.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-56658350970300489892015-03-24T18:00:19.170-07:002015-03-24T18:00:19.170-07:00Perhaps the worst negative propaganda is that cour...Perhaps the worst negative propaganda is that courage is no longer necessary, that heroism is laughable, and that it is ridiculous for men to fight and perhaps to die for their country. And so we have American soldiers yet again cutting and running, this time from Yemen; leaving behind what Mark Steyn estimates to be half a billion dollars worth of weapons. Yes, even the US Marines cut and ran.<br /><br />Courage is the most basic virtue, but it requires not much intelligence to appreciate. You have humiliated yourselves in front of the entire world. Do you think they will not despise you?<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-66010473334970501612015-03-24T17:22:20.037-07:002015-03-24T17:22:20.037-07:00When I think of these things, I am reminded of the...When I think of these things, I am reminded of the 8thC (I believe) Byzantine empire, when all the young kids were eagerly taking vows and retreating to monastries.<br /><br />Of course, there was a lack of people fighting the Muslim invaders and population shrinkage.<br /><br />Sound familiar?Robert of Ottawanoreply@blogger.com