Hitlery: "America's Margaret Thatcher"?
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
I had put together a great post yesterday, and just before I went to the button to save it, my browser crashed. So much for the superiority of Firefox (oh who am I kidding? IE would have just locked up).
Anyway, John Hawkins re-posted a great post from StephenBainbridge.com about a recent piece by the Times of London calling Hitlery (of all people) "
What a fucking insult to the free people of the world! Bainbridge put together this chart in defense of Mrs. Thatcher's incredible prowess as a stateswoman, likewise showing Hitlery's similarly incredible inferiority to the woman who led the British effort to bring the Soviet Union to its knees.
| Thatcher Quotes | |
| There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. | We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society. |
| People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top | Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. |
| I owe nothing to Women's Lib. | I'm not some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette. |
| No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he had money as well. | We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. |
| If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. | Children's lives are not shaped solely by their families or immediate surroundings at large. That is why we must avoid the false dichotomy that says only government or only family is responsible. . . . Personal values and national policies must both play a role. |
Strong capitalist woman with real individual power or psychotic socialist nutjob bitch - which would YOU choose to lead your country, especially in a time of war?
The women of the free world should be insulted. And the men, too - I know I am.
RWR
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Greg · 797 weeks ago
How beautifully insigthful and poetic--and ironically illustrative of the dichotomy between Thatcher and Hitlery. On one hand, we have Thatcher, who was powerful, yet used her power to bring prosperity, true peace, and liberties to society. On the other hand there was/is Hitlery, crushing the world's prosperity creators in order to consolidate power under those of her own ilk.
Perhaps more profound is the principle that power is not something to be sought after in and of itself. Power, like a gun or money or academic acumen, is simply a tool to be used--hopefullly for justice and righteousness sake. Marxists, while mouthing the mantras of "social concern/health care/feeding the children," etc ... always produce destitution and concentrated power for the elites. It is those who actually produce something, employ someone, raise someone, love someone--actually DOING something other than making self-promoting "profound-sounding speeches" but are void of substance--who are making this a better world and have a genuine concern for their fellow human beings.
Sage · 729 weeks ago
2007-01-25T01:51:49
RightWingRocker · 729 weeks ago
RWR
2007-01-25T04:20:38
Anon · 729 weeks ago
Somehow this reminds me of Stalin's speech... There is something to think about. I hope somebody will.
2007-01-26T04:14:02
RightWingRocker · 729 weeks ago
Something to think about indeed.
RWR
2007-01-26T21:52:12
Chris · 729 weeks ago
2008-09-14T06:47:13
RightWingRocker 28p · 729 weeks ago
You are either a really bad satire troll or a fool.
RWR