tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post635794740217272286..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: The Third Way triumphedLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-67695397221614961842016-04-09T20:22:13.216+12:002016-04-09T20:22:13.216+12:00I certainly agree with your comment about 'col...I certainly agree with your comment about 'collective memory'-the current young people seem to have no idea that although they haven't lived through a process it can still happen. I heard a person say the other day that a 'little' more inflation would be a good thing. I suppose if you haven't lived through runaway inflation you might think that but how depressing that we must repeat errors over and over again. Many of the people who began the welfare state would be appalled at the state of it at the moment. It takes I guess three of four generations for it to sap the strength of a nation.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-59720578332744884762016-04-07T23:33:28.583+12:002016-04-07T23:33:28.583+12:00Well what the hell should we expect when virtually...Well what the hell should we expect when virtually nothing has been done to free our public education system from the grip of the left?<br /><br />This is National's responsibility and they have been utterly ineffective cowards on the issue.<br /><br />As they have on most issues.<br /><br />And morons cluster over at Keywiblog telling you how great Key et al are and massively down voting anyone who dares to disagree.<br /><br />The country is done and its John Key, the Nats, and the kind of idiot Nat supporters you find on Kiwiblog who are to blame.<br /><br />Redbaiterhttp://truebluenz.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-3281882752498899032016-04-07T23:00:53.314+12:002016-04-07T23:00:53.314+12:00The West is in serious decline, and we shall only ...The West is in serious decline, and we shall only value limited govt again when the present model is well and truly bankrupt.<br />JeffWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-49590148902396926682016-04-07T19:45:41.132+12:002016-04-07T19:45:41.132+12:00I had a similar experience with my daughter, I was...I had a similar experience with my daughter, I was trying to discuss things in what I thought was a rational way and I was subjected to invective that took me quite by surprise. It certainly upset me. But if we cant explain things to our children, how do we expect to convince anyone else?davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312282243883488495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-76192305936154785222016-04-07T12:52:17.206+12:002016-04-07T12:52:17.206+12:00It seems that people today are willing to trade Li...It seems that people today are willing to trade Liberty for the security of gov't welfare with all of the controls and interference into our lives that comes with it. Maybe in time people will come to appreciate and value Liberty and not take it for granted.<br />"You are greedy if you want live off your own earned money, You are needy if you want to live off other peoples earned money".Don Wnoreply@blogger.com