Monthly Archives: December 2005

Kiss Of Smeg

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Phil Kadath

I’m sure we all remember the picks by the Kos Kommandos for the 2004 election and their humiliating defeat when every single one of them lost. Kos sure knows how to pick a loser. And he did it again this … Continue reading →

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Market Forces

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Phil Kadath

Karol at Alarming News find us a link to the Simon’s Brain Blog post where Simon gets fed up with his co-op food center. With the people, with the poor quality of service as well as the more often than … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Phil Kadath

If a man believes that ‘The Common Good’ is intrinsic in certain actions, he will not hesitate to force others to perform them. If he believes that the human benefit of injury caused by such actions is of no significance, … Continue reading →

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The Trial of Saddam

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Professor Booty

Even if its editorial policies did a 180, the New York Times would have a hard time erasing its image as a left-wing mouthpiece with bureau chiefs who look like this: That’s John Burns, Baghdad Bureau Chief for the Times, … Continue reading →

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The Common Good

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Phil Kadath

Starting last Friday, the topic of the ‘RNS Quote of the Day’ has focused in the flawed concept of “The Common Goodâ€?. I’m hoping to be able to continue this for the rest of the week because the concept deserves … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Phil Kadath

Every social system is based, explicitly or implicitly, on some theory of ethics. The tribal notion of ‘The Common Good’ has served as the moral justification of most social systems – and all of the tyrannies – in history. The … Continue reading →

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If one standard is good

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Phil Kadath

Two must be even better, right? Last week I posted about how half of the ‘Member Nations’ at the UN either refused to vote in favor of or just plain refused to vote on a resolution “Expressing Serious Concernâ€? about … Continue reading →

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Projection

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Phil Kadath

Since liberals rarely say what they mean, and when they do, they immediately spin it so that they can deny what they said, when the Iranian ‘president’ Ahmedinejad speaks on his wish to eliminate Israel, they immediately think that he … Continue reading →

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This is not Autoblogging

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Phil Kadath

You see, the first time I tried Autoblogging, the video card in my laptop went T.U. The second time I tried it, our server crashed. That was back in Jan of 2004, when Nukevet Neal and our host at the … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Phil Kadath

“The Common Goodâ€? is a meaningless concept, unless taken literally, in which case it’s only possible meaning is: the sum of the good of all the individual men involved. But in that case, the concept is meaningless as a moral … Continue reading →

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