tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post8932457482110348657..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: A Little Thought, PleaseDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-87124383400047710012008-09-17T23:57:00.000-04:002008-09-17T23:57:00.000-04:00I note that you use the phrase "increasingly cynic...I note that you use the phrase "increasingly cynical American public." Lately, I keep hearing "cynical" used in a decidedly derogatory manner, specifically in reference to McCain's choice of Palin as VP. For me, "cynical"="not naive." The way you use it here, "cynical" might be related to not being awed by Obama, or not buying into advertising fallacies. Personally, I think that one can be a cynical optimist. I'm happy to see someone using "cynical" more in the way that I understand it. Realizing that it's not, in itself, a positive term, still I think a bit of cynicism is not a bad thing to cling to (along with guns and religion, of course!).Literacy-chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925734773412633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-49734663184404266022008-09-17T13:32:00.000-04:002008-09-17T13:32:00.000-04:00"My opponent has the misfortune to be a member of ...<I>"My opponent has the misfortune to be a member of the incumbent party at a time when our economic cycle is facing a downturn. Though this has little to do with his policies, and my policies would do nothing to alleviate it, I'd like you to vote against him just to show that bad luck will not be tolerated in our country."</I><BR/><BR/>That's a home run right there. I wish a political candidate had the guts to say that!<BR/><BR/>It doesn't take a lot of study of economics to know that there's something called the business <I>cycle</I>, the key word being "cycle." There will always be booms and busts; some will be similar in causation and character, others will not. The temptation is always to say that "this crisis is different/worse." Maybe so. But if you really want to lay the blame for the current downturn on someone, you'd better get ready for a long list of culprits, starting with the American homebuyer for thinking that home prices would go up indefinitely. Tracing this back through the Fed to the President is awfully convoluted. Besides, Bush didn't install Greenspan, who arguably could be blamed for keeping interest rates too low for too long.<BR/><BR/>It's so disingenuous when candidates take the credit for creating jobs and point the finger at others for losing jobs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com