tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post114797050977396991..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Rush Limbaugh and Our Alan ReynoldsHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1148341493087170132006-05-22T19:44:00.000-04:002006-05-22T19:44:00.000-04:00Oh, I've always assumed you made a massive fortune...Oh, I've always assumed you made a massive fortune on the gold run-up of the 1970's.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1148082477930611462006-05-19T19:47:00.000-04:002006-05-19T19:47:00.000-04:00Hope I happen to be tuned in for Rush's reaction t...Hope I happen to be tuned in for Rush's reaction to the next one. I think you're right that Rush thought you were doing "column by request" work.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1148071462280712072006-05-19T16:44:00.000-04:002006-05-19T16:44:00.000-04:00James, altho there's a poetry to what you say, rea...James, altho there's a poetry to what you say, real life must interfere with abstractions at some point. Anything that can be learned from 30 or 90 million illegal immigrants can be learned from 12.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1148069255165909002006-05-19T16:07:00.000-04:002006-05-19T16:07:00.000-04:00That's kind of taking Mills a little too seriously...That's kind of taking Mills a little too seriously, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Walls provoke insular thought patterns. The very existence of a wall on the borders provokes that "us vs. them" mentality.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1148067601627557162006-05-19T15:40:00.000-04:002006-05-19T15:40:00.000-04:00Not inimical to liberty as long as the gate freely...Not inimical to liberty as long as the gate freely swings out.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1148061450787507472006-05-19T13:57:00.000-04:002006-05-19T13:57:00.000-04:00"I want to seal the borders. I'm fine with a Fortr..."I want to seal the borders. I'm fine with a Fortress America."<BR/><BR/>Don't you find this idea even a little bit inimical to liberty? Freedom? Et cetera? I personally find the very idea grossly repugnant.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147997710208144852006-05-18T20:15:00.000-04:002006-05-18T20:15:00.000-04:00My next child will be conceived on top of the wall...My next child will be conceived on top of the wall. We shall name him Tom Van Dyke Baker, which in Swahili means Beautiful Fortress.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147993880001129322006-05-18T19:11:00.000-04:002006-05-18T19:11:00.000-04:00I want to seal the borders. I'm fine with a Fortr...I want to seal the borders. I'm fine with a Fortress America.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147991345814855992006-05-18T18:29:00.000-04:002006-05-18T18:29:00.000-04:00Ooo. And Pink Floyd lyrics from "The Wall." That w...Ooo. And Pink Floyd lyrics from "The Wall." That would, like, bend space and time, man.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147991297375395702006-05-18T18:28:00.000-04:002006-05-18T18:28:00.000-04:00Someone's been hitting the Oxycontin a little too ...Someone's been hitting the Oxycontin a little too hard again.<BR/><BR/>Seal the borders! Fortress America! I call dibs on being the first person to graffiti "The Wall" with "Kilroy was here!"James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147989561513162662006-05-18T17:59:00.000-04:002006-05-18T17:59:00.000-04:00Limbaugh's down to 90 million:"By the way, I need ...Limbaugh's down to 90 million:<BR/><BR/>"By the way, I need to issue a correction. Senator Sessions' fix, the top is 90 million now, between 60 and 90. I said it was 30 and 60 million that the new amendment adjustments allow for. You know, it used to be a hundred, 217 million, somewhere between there, those two numbers, after Jeff Sessions did his magic, the range now is between 60 and 90 million, but, I mean, so what? I got it wrong by 30 million, ten million here, ten million there. What are we talking about anyway? These numbers are still ridiculous, they're still absurd. I mean, it's crazy when the top figure now gets reduced from 217 million to 90 million and you think, "A-ha! Victory!"Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147984864825628312006-05-18T16:41:00.000-04:002006-05-18T16:41:00.000-04:00"And if you can go by little Athens, GA, there are..."And if you can go by little Athens, GA, there are a heck of a lot of illegals in the U.S. right now. "<BR/><BR/>I live in San Jose, where one in 18 residents is an illegal alien. I know the issue as first-hand as can be without having crossed the Rio Grande in my skivvies (like my tax-paying, job-holding friend, Octavio). I just find the histrionics incredibly amusing.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of histrionics, I count a minimum of four logical fallacies in Buzz's response above. But then, passion tends to override reason, doesn't it.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147981711257598022006-05-18T15:48:00.000-04:002006-05-18T15:48:00.000-04:00I loved "V."And if you can go by little Athens, GA...I loved "V."<BR/><BR/>And if you can go by little Athens, GA, there are a heck of a lot of illegals in the U.S. right now. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I was sitting in a restaurant the other day listening to a white man instruct two Mexican men that Americans love Mexicans and that they will be able to make a better life for their family here if they can find a way to get them here. He went into detail about what sort of material situation they would probably be able to put together based on working "one and a half jobs." <BR/><BR/>I gotta believe this kind of recruiting from businessmen of various types is not an uncommon thing.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147976786399675802006-05-18T14:26:00.000-04:002006-05-18T14:26:00.000-04:00"James: Alan is very familiar with intolerance. He..."James: Alan is very familiar with intolerance. He writes about liberals all the time. Disagreement, which is what Alan and Rush are engaging in, is not intolerance. Learn the difference."<BR/><BR/><I>Et tu, Brute?</I> Disagreement implies discussion. Devoting 15 minutes to a one-sided harangue is called trying to silence someone with a differing opinion.<BR/><BR/>"...but clearly has a blind spot with regard to ongoing alien invasion of the U.S."<BR/><BR/>Does anyone have an urge to watch "V" when they read stuff like that?<BR/><BR/>"A month or so ago he actually put forth the absurd proposition that the bulk of the illegal invasion occurs from aliens entering this country on legal temporary visas."<BR/><BR/>You mean the proposition that's essentially true? Dr. Reynolds seems fairly reasonable to me. Not to mention you're inflating the illegal alien figure by at least 8 million.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147973898924542592006-05-18T13:38:00.000-04:002006-05-18T13:38:00.000-04:00Little outbursts of internecine conservative warfa...Little outbursts of internecine conservative warfare do give me delightful moments of <I>Schadenfreude</I>. Remember, Dr. Reynolds, dissent is not tolerated by fanatics and fundamentalists. Especially when it's right.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147972054109074032006-05-18T13:07:00.000-04:002006-05-18T13:07:00.000-04:00It should be noted that Rush identified Dr. Reynol...It should be noted that Rush identified Dr. Reynolds as a major economist and a serious scholar. The exact transcript will probably be available tonight on his website.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.com