Comments on: Bye Bye Binghamton http://rssbinghamton.com/bye-bye-binghamton/ A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:43:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/bye-bye-binghamton/comment-page-1/#comment-740 Jim Willis Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:01:30 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=337#comment-740 Thanks Justin. And thanks WHB. I appreciate the encouragement. You're observations are keen WHB. Bloomberg reneging on term limits is only the latest example of leftist arrogance. The rule of law does not apply to those with no conscience. I'll never forget a sage old congressional aide I used to work with in Washington. His name was Jim McKenna. In a conversation we had one time, he made a comment something like, "Have you thought about the fact that no political system ever created by man has survived for more than a few hundred years? And that maybe, just maybe, democracy has failed?" That was in 1987. Quite sobering to a starry-eyed young man fresh from working at the White House and now working on The Hill. I still think about his comment from time to time. Seems like we say this every four years, but somehow, this year it seems like the most important election we have had, or will have, in a generation. Will we embrace socialism, which inevitably leads to tyranny? Or will we step back from the brink? Tough to say at this point. Thanks Justin. And thanks WHB. I appreciate the encouragement. You’re observations are keen WHB. Bloomberg reneging on term limits is only the latest example of leftist arrogance. The rule of law does not apply to those with no conscience.

I’ll never forget a sage old congressional aide I used to work with in Washington. His name was Jim McKenna. In a conversation we had one time, he made a comment something like, “Have you thought about the fact that no political system ever created by man has survived for more than a few hundred years? And that maybe, just maybe, democracy has failed?” That was in 1987. Quite sobering to a starry-eyed young man fresh from working at the White House and now working on The Hill. I still think about his comment from time to time.

Seems like we say this every four years, but somehow, this year it seems like the most important election we have had, or will have, in a generation. Will we embrace socialism, which inevitably leads to tyranny? Or will we step back from the brink? Tough to say at this point.

]]> By: WHB http://rssbinghamton.com/bye-bye-binghamton/comment-page-1/#comment-737 WHB Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:56:49 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=337#comment-737 Jim, good to see you back up and running. Tax-flight of course is nothing new. I seem to remember a slogan i learned in grade school. "No taxation without representation." What I am finding interesting is the declining influence of the voter (albeit indirectly). I cite the recent move by Bloomberg to turn back time and vanquish term limits. It seems he hopes to accomplish this without the vote of the people. If half or more of a voted body is about to be kicked out of office due to term limits just change the law so you can stay. Then there is the growing influence of Soros and ACORN types. One a political machine the other a non-profit extension of political machines subverting the people. I think it was the Austrian economist Mises who said, "A democracy can only survive until the people realize they can vote themselves anything they want." Jim, good to see you back up and running. Tax-flight of course is nothing new. I seem to remember a slogan i learned in grade school. “No taxation without representation.” What I am finding interesting is the declining influence of the voter (albeit indirectly). I cite the recent move by Bloomberg to turn back time and vanquish term limits. It seems he hopes to accomplish this without the vote of the people. If half or more of a voted body is about to be kicked out of office due to term limits just change the law so you can stay.
Then there is the growing influence of Soros and ACORN types. One a political machine the other a non-profit extension of political machines subverting the people. I think it was the Austrian economist Mises who said, “A democracy can only survive until the people realize they can vote themselves anything they want.”

]]> By: justin http://rssbinghamton.com/bye-bye-binghamton/comment-page-1/#comment-736 justin Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:38:31 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=337#comment-736 Glad to have you back to the blogging board Jim! We missed your creative and passionate blogs, and we certainly miss our former Binghamton neighbors! Still living behind enemy lines, Justin Glad to have you back to the blogging board Jim! We missed your creative and passionate blogs, and we certainly miss our former Binghamton neighbors!
Still living behind enemy lines, Justin

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