tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post3482149212328754430..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: In Defense of Small-Town LifeHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-57396418759141344992008-09-12T11:21:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:21:00.000-04:00hgh sprayvery good comments<A HREF="http://www.webspawner.com/users/fsaturn/" REL="nofollow">hgh spray</A><BR/>very good commentsthe best hgh human growth hormonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638774257694473368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-30601931286794899672008-06-07T18:53:00.000-04:002008-06-07T18:53:00.000-04:00Um, James, I'll rely on you for a summary. Aristot...Um, James, I'll rely on you for a summary. Aristotle is sitting on my to-do pile. I sort of get the gist.<BR/><BR/>I say this because I did a benefit with Lou Grant, who brought in a piece with Himself playing Saul Alinsky in his life story. I played bass while he spoke-sang. Very artsy.<BR/><BR/>But you seem to agree that Obama's view of "community" is political. This is not good, in my view.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-47423206109351388182008-06-06T18:03:00.000-04:002008-06-06T18:03:00.000-04:00I recommend reading "Reveille for Radicals" by Sau...I recommend reading "Reveille for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky. It'll both broaden your mind a wee bit, and give you a good indication of where Obama is coming from. It's community organizing with an emphasis on channeling resources, which usually, now, come from government.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-18200893560737892622008-06-06T17:40:00.000-04:002008-06-06T17:40:00.000-04:00James, it's my observation that those on the left ...James, it's my observation that those on the left [not necessarily liberals, mind you] see government and society as synonymous. <BR/><BR/>Those who lean to the right [not the fascists, mind you] see government as attending society, government being an artificial abstraction of society, which itself is basically organic.<BR/><BR/>So when Barack Obama sees "community organizing" as more a political activism thing than an organic and decentralizing one, I get the willies.<BR/><BR/>Outside of his foreign policy philosophy, this is at the heart of my reservations about him, that all things are political.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-14772237591981066712008-06-06T16:07:00.000-04:002008-06-06T16:07:00.000-04:00Jim Manzi is an excellent writer, and you can find...Jim Manzi is an excellent writer, and you can find both his Corner posts and original essays at <A HREF="http://www.theamericanscene.com" REL="nofollow">The American Scene</A>.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that a need to refocus on local community is so much a conservative/liberal thing as a necessity whatever side of the political/social aisle one finds themselves on. If there's one thing my work in government-based social services is teaching me, it's that the community makes a mistake in trusting that government can meet its needs -- whether we're talking poverty or security -- when the focus is on state/national level discussion.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com