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Offline michelleo

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David Brooks says
we need a government program to force the upper class and lower class to live together.

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I doubt Murray would agree, but we need a National Service Program. We need a program that would force members of the upper tribe and the lower tribe to live together, if only for a few years. We need a program in which people from both tribes work together to spread out the values, practices and institutions that lead to achievement.

If we could jam the tribes together, we’d have a better elite and a better mass.

Where have I seen this play out before?  Oh yeah, I remember: it's a scene in Dr. Zhivago where multiple families have moved into Dr. Zhivago's house in the city, and they're burning books and furniture for heat.

And David Brooks is supposed to be a conservative.  He's GOP establishment, perhaps. NOT CONSERVATIVE!!

All the more reason for our LittleVarykino.

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 10:23:15 PM »
It never ceases to amaze me (that's a figure of speech, because I stopped getting amazed a long time ago) how the liberal mind believes that basic human nature and iron laws of human interaction can be engineered for a positive outcome without a greater negative consequence. They can witness the failures of that kind of thinking over and over and over again, and they still think they can force square pegs in round holes.
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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 03:20:09 AM »
Brooks is neither Conservative or a Republican . He's a Commie mole .

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 04:13:29 AM »
Anyone whose political prognostications are based on how well a candidate maintains the crease in their pants reveals himself to be an utter and complete dolt.
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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 06:34:08 AM »
It never ceases to amaze me (that's a figure of speech, because I stopped getting amazed a long time ago) how the liberal mind believes that basic human nature and iron laws of human interaction can be engineered for a positive outcome without a greater negative consequence. They can witness the failures of that kind of thinking over and over and over again, and they still think they can force square pegs in round holes.

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...because they believe when they think "it" the idea has more merit than when someone else came up with it.

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 06:40:29 AM »
Any Conservative who begins a statement with the words "we need a government program . . ." needs to be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.
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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 07:58:39 AM »
Any Conservative who begins a statement with the words "we need a government program . . ." needs to be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

And is not a conservative.

And someone should inform David Brooks that rich and poor already do live together; these people are called "families with children", something of an anachronism to the Left these days.
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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2012, 08:00:09 AM »
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David Brooks says
we need a government program to force the upper class and lower class to live together.

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I doubt Murray would agree, but we need a National Service Program. We need a program that would force members of the upper tribe and the lower tribe to live together, if only for a few years. We need a program in which people from both tribes work together to spread out the values, practices and institutions that lead to achievement.

If we could jam the tribes together, we’d have a better elite and a better mass.

Where have I seen this play out before?  Oh yeah, I remember: it's a scene in Dr. Zhivago where multiple families have moved into Dr. Zhivago's house in the city, and they're burning books and furniture for heat.

And David Brooks is supposed to be a conservative.  He's GOP establishment, perhaps. NOT CONSERVATIVE!!

All the more reason for our LittleVarykino.


Thanks for posting your website url, michelle.
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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2012, 08:22:05 AM »
Brooks is neither Conservative or a Republican . He's a Commie mole .

The only good commie mole...!

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2012, 09:06:09 AM »
Any Conservative who begins a statement with the words "we need a government program . . ." needs to be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

And is not a conservative.

And someone should inform David Brooks that rich and poor already do live together; these people are called "families with children", something of an anachronism to the Left these days.

Exactly what I was thinking.

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2012, 12:28:57 PM »
So our little pants crease connoisseur is moving to Harlem, right?

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2012, 12:41:21 PM »
So our little pants crease connoisseur is moving to Harlem, right?

Well.... probably not yet MNHawk. The government program hasn't even been rolled out yet.
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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2012, 01:10:02 PM »
So our little pants crease connoisseur is moving to Harlem, right?

Well.... probably not yet MNHawk. The government program hasn't even been rolled out yet.

Liberals don't lead by example as an individual. They can't do anything unless everyone is doing it , or being forced to.
Its the 5 year old thing again.  Every one must get a cookie. Why do I have to clean the playroom and billy gets to play in his room!
Its not fair! We must all pitch in! (because then you might not notice I am shirking.)  Safety in numbers, stupid sheep.
 

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2012, 09:14:45 PM »
So our little pants crease connoisseur is moving to Harlem, right?

Well.... probably not yet MNHawk. The government program hasn't even been rolled out yet.

Liberals don't lead by example as an individual. They can't do anything unless everyone is doing it , or being forced to.
Its the 5 year old thing again.  Every one must get a cookie. Why do I have to clean the playroom and billy gets to play in his room!
Its not fair! We must all pitch in! (because then you might not notice I am shirking.)  Safety in numbers, stupid sheep.
 

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Re: David Brooks thinks rich and poor should be forced to live together
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2012, 07:43:49 AM »
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David Brooks says
we need a government program to force the upper class and lower class to live together.

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I doubt Murray would agree, but we need a National Service Program. We need a program that would force members of the upper tribe and the lower tribe to live together, if only for a few years. We need a program in which people from both tribes work together to spread out the values, practices and institutions that lead to achievement.

If we could jam the tribes together, we’d have a better elite and a better mass.

Where have I seen this play out before?  Oh yeah, I remember: it's a scene in Dr. Zhivago where multiple families have moved into Dr. Zhivago's house in the city, and they're burning books and furniture for heat.

And David Brooks is supposed to be a conservative.  He's GOP establishment, perhaps. NOT CONSERVATIVE!!

All the more reason for our LittleVarykino.




Woah......this guy is way behind the times. He's never watched an episode of "Wife Swap" .
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