105 Replies to “It’s Ryan”

  1. So, now the serial liars on the left are peddling Ryan as an Ayn Rand disciple. Here’s what Ryan has said about that (at National Review):
    “I, like millions of young people in America, read Rand’s novels when I was young. I enjoyed them,” Ryan says. “They spurred an interest in economics, in the Chicago School and Milton Friedman,” a subject he eventually studied as an undergraduate at Miami University in Ohio. “But it’s a big stretch to suggest that a person is therefore an Objectivist.”
    “I reject her philosophy,” Ryan says firmly. “It’s an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person’s view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas,” who believed that man needs divine help in the pursuit of knowledge. “Don’t give me Ayn Rand,” he says.
    Read more at: http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=29490

  2. Best part of the video besides the deer in the headlights look on Obambam’s face was when he called in the little girl in explain what was being said and to drop off the talking points on index cards so he could mount some kind of a rebuttal.
    Paraphrasing Sir Winston: Never has so clueless ascended so high an office with the help of so many.

  3. Could someone explain to me where voting for medicare part D, the auto bailouts, TARP and more fit into the plan to fix fiscal catastrophe?!?!
    Tulky compared Ryan to Harper earlier. Brilliant compariosn! They both like to talk free market before stabbing free market believers in the back to cheers of ‘why thank you can I have another’.

  4. LAS >
    A serious and prosperous minded US could only dream of having a Harper presidency.
    A man like that is one in a few billion; the current +310 million US population bolstered by millions of illegal crack heads could never produce a Harper, even with LAS Vegas odds.
    Harper’s coming was truly a once in a millennium miracle for Canada, he smacks of divine intervention.

  5. “Whew. How will the Obama gang, who don’t want to touch this (or any other issue) deal with this?” ET
    Could start with a H and end with a Y….Hope not

  6. Thanks for the daily laugh Knightcap you are truly a caricature par excellence. You and the other Harperbots worship Harper every bit as blindly and fanatically as Obamabots worship Obama. Just change Harper to Obama and you are the same.

  7. Both Ryan and Harper are trained economists.
    Ryan is more the Heyak Austrian/Friedman Chicago school of economics.
    Harper, I’m sure, has similar sentiments, but was outvoted by the Keynesean segment in our Marxist and left of centre parties as he grudgingly agreed to a much less damaging stimulus package that was passed in the U.S.

  8. Harper, I’m sure, has similar sentiments, but was outvoted by the Keynesean segment in our Marxist and left of centre parties as he grudgingly agreed to a much less damaging stimulus package that was passed in the U.S.
    He has yet to drawn overall spending down to pre-stimulus levels. Fact is Harper’s spending was out of control before the stimulus and was on track for deficit. Harper will never balance a budget and neither will Ryan.

  9. LAS said: “Tulky compared Ryan to Harper earlier. Brilliant compariosn! They both like to talk free market before stabbing free market believers in the back to cheers of ‘why thank you can I have another’.”
    Translation: “I want what I want RIGHT NOW! WAAAAH!”
    Dude. Government composes about HALF of the North American economy in terms of jobs and consumption. You can’t pound the shifter into reverse and burn rubber on a social institution the size of the US or Canadian government. It will break. If it breaks people will starve in large numbers.
    You do things -slowly-. You inexorably reduce budgets and employee counts, probably five to ten percent a year. You slowly remove regulations on myriads of small issues, one at a time, watching for problems to crop up.
    You do it slowly because that’s how it grew in the first place. Slowly. You do it fast, you get Russia. A wasteland peopled by alcoholics whose chief export is strippers and ambitious criminals.
    If Ryan and Romney show up half as smart as Mr. Harper the USA will be luckier than they deserve.

  10. Actually, LAS, you are quite wrong. Those of us who appreciate Harper do so based on hard facts; his many accomplishments within the economic and societal infrastructure of this nation, as well as his foreign policy accomplishments.
    Those who worship Obama are not focused on facts, on accomplishments but on emotional fantasy. With regard to his past accomplishments,there are none, whether as ‘editor’ of the Harvard Law Review, a task he left to others; as a lecturer in law; as a community organizer; as a member of the Senate. Nothing.
    With regard to his presidency, we who do NOT worship Obama point to his disastrous debt tripling, his stimulus which served, not for shovel ready projects but to prop up the unionized civil service; his health care bill, which so many are opting out of and which will cost multimillions, his refusal to enable energy self-sufficiency in the US, his sidestepping of Congress and reliance on Executive Fiat; his blatant lies to the people about the economy, about members of the GOP; his denigration of the US to foreign nations; his insults to allies such as the UK – including his support for Argentinian takeover of the Falklands; his support for the violation of the constitution by the Honduran dictator; …and so on.
    We deal in facts not fancy. Try again.

  12. I think Obama will win the election in November.
    Obama deserve to be reelected. He gave people hope.
    The fact that the economy is mostly a Bush legacy. Obama is slowly fixing that. But it takes time.
    Obama finally bring the USA in the civilized world with obamacare.
    He pulled out of Iraq. GREAT.
    Now he must pull the USA out of Afghanistan and not start new war.
    4 more years!!!

  13. Quebecois NDP separatiste >
    “4 more years!!!”
    ……Of exclusive all paid golfing tours, lavish foreign family vacations, front row seats to NBA B-ball games, and Motown parties at the White House, yeeeeeehaw!
    A black transgendered Mari Antoinette with a wooki – every Frenchman’s wet dream.

  14. Quebeckie, just stick to saying stupid things while everyone else delves into the deeper issues of things.
    Oh wait… you already did.
    Never mind.
    Paul Ryan is incredibly intelligent which should floor the Obama/Biden ticket. As Americans are financially starved, I think any ticket that wasn’t Obama et al would suffice.
    And now, the Paul Ryan love page:
    http://heygirlitspaulryan.tumblr.com/

  15. “Not a high risk / high return option that Christie would have been…”
    Ha ha, good one. Governor Shlubb was heavy on the “risk”, almost non-existent on the “return”, apart from a bit of tough talking to the unionized teachers. He didn’t oppose obamacare, was in favor of the ground zero mosque, he appointed an islamist sympathizer to NJ superior court.
    Keeping christie far from the whitehouse is common sense, and self-preserving.
    mhb23re

  16. The thing is, quebecois, and I acknowledge that you, as merely a morass of physical particles, are unable to think, but, we who do think, consider that people cannot live in the imaginary world.
    Imaginary beings occupy the imaginary world, whether they be of unicorns or the King With No Clothes, or Humpty Dumpty who, alas, was unable to be put back together again..
    We, on the other hand, must live in the real world.
    This means real jobs not hoped-for-jobs; social costs that the taxpayer can pay and which he need not fob off to his hoped-for grandchildren and great-grandchildren; Energy that actually exists rather than hoped-for rays from the sun or a windstorm; food that can actually be grown rather than farms closed because the tractor causes imaginary dust;…and so on.
    Reality, quebecois, always trumps fiction.

  18. Reading the “downer” emails two thoughts come to mind; 1/. people continue to drink Kool-Aide from the (are you scared yet?) glass;
    or 2/.the Chris Mathew’s comment in the accompanying video “you must have PHD’s in your constituancy because the electorate are all gimme! gimme?. Cheers.

  19. By the way, quebecois, how can you possibly talk about much less experience ‘hope’?
    After all, you have frequently informed us that you are only a pile of physical atoms acting only within basic physical deterministic laws. That means, you are unable to experience emotion. Atoms don’t feel a thing since they, ah, don’t have a mind. Nor do they have any sense or awareness of a future existence, ie, atoms are unable to hope. Ah well.

  20. OK, now’s the time I sit down to a heaping helping of crow. On this blog, I ridiculed Mitt Romney as Tim Hudak on a large scale, and he would make Casper Milquetoast look like William the Conqueror. So far, I’ve never so happy to be so wrong.

  21. By the way, quebecois, how can you possibly talk about much less experience ‘hope’?
    After all, you have frequently informed us that you are only a pile of physical atoms acting only within basic physical deterministic laws. That means, you are unable to experience emotion. Atoms don’t feel a thing since they, ah, don’t have a mind. Nor do they have any sense or awareness of a future existence, ie, atoms are unable to hope. Ah well.

  23. You do things -slowly-. You inexorably reduce budgets and employee counts, probably five to ten percent a year. You slowly remove regulations on myriads of small issues, one at a time, watching for problems to crop up.
    Which would be a great point if that were what Harper was doing. In the real world, Harper has overseen the incremental growth of government and regulation. His government is even banning caffeinated alcohol drinks and expanding the War on Drugs. You’re in fantasyland and that’s your problem.
    You also keep saying we got here ‘gradually’ and that (somehow) means we’ll leave here gradually. Statist expansions actually tend to be pretty quick, like the New Deal or Medicare or SS. Victories for freedom like NAFTA tend to also be ‘big steps’ and unpopular.
    And Russia’s sad state has nothing to do with drawing down government too fast. The Baltic states went full capitalism right off the bat and they are almost on top of Europe.
    So you’re 0/3. And all of my points about Ryan stand.

  26. If it’s true that many whites voted for Obama to prove to themselves that they weren’t racist, then it should follow that they can vote against him this time to prove that they’re not retarded.

  27. LAS – you have to provide evidence not generalities.
    To claim a growth of regulation is irrelevant; because regulation in itself, is neither good nor bad. You have to provide data and an evaluation. That is, to regulate the manufacture of an automobile can be a positive value, while regulating when you must unionize can be a negative value.
    Removing dangerous foods/drinks from the market, as for example, the caffeine alcohol stimulant and ‘bath salts’, as was done by the UK, the US, and Canada, is a positive value. At least, I hope you consider this positive; you may prefer these goods.
    Reducing the power of a black market economy, drugs, that harm our youth and set up a vicious gang related economy that rejects the rule of law, is a duty of the government, which must provide law-abiding citizens with a safe environment. You may disagree.
    And step-by-step incremental change is a basic mode within good governance. Good government not bad government. Bad government can also do things slowly, as did the Third Reich, until it was too late when their democracy was taken from them.

  28. Am I the only one here who sees the opportunity for the demorats to haul out the sex scandal card? Mr Ryan’s divorce from seven of nine (Star Trek reference) seemed to have caused a lot of tongue wagging a while back. His economic skills and understanding will be for naught once the Chicago slime machine winds up.

  30. ET have you ever had an original thought in your life? Or were you born pathologically mendacious?
    Reducing the power of a black market economy, drugs, that harm our youth and set up a vicious gang related economy that rejects the rule of law, is a duty of the government, which must provide law-abiding citizens with a safe environment. You may disagree.
    Of course! We’re going to reduce the black market by expanding it! We’re going to increase freedom by destroying it!
    Commending a ban ‘bath salts’ and caffeinated alcohols despite the lack of evidence they are dangerous immediately after asking for evidence for other claims to shift the goalposts. Vintage ET.

  33. Overheard in Barry’s cabinet meeting….
    “Get my teleprompter ready, I’m going to need it. And whatever you do…., hide Biden!”

  36. Take a look at the comments on the CBC website – the usual vitriolic, hateful and just plain STUPID comments that you would expect. No matter that the US economy is about to be flushed down the toilet (along with a number of others). These so called progressive types are lousy at math – either that or they really do believe in the tooth fairy.

  38. As usual I am late to comment. I like Ryan. With him Romney is doubling down on economic issues which is what the election will be fought upon. Ryan is eloquent (more so than Romney) and brings the Tea Party into Romney’s tent. Watching that video reminded me what a powerful and logical thinker he is. Romney made the right choice. I suspect Ryan has been fully vetted and the Obamabots will have a tough time finding dirt on him much like they have with Romney.
    In choosing Ryan, Romney has shown that not only does he want to win but he wants to win on principles not thirty second spot optics. They may lose because the media is in the tank for Obama but if so, Ryan will provide leadership over the next four years from congress (he is allowed to run for his seat under Wisconsin rules) and be in a great position to run in 2016.

  39. Lefties on Fox News’ Special Report are saying that Democrats are thrilled about the choice of Ryan as Romney’s running mate. Since the left always lies, this means Obama and company are horrified at the pick.

  40. To Ken @8:30 p.m.
    I agree with you – I rarely look at CBC but got sucked in with their headline about Romney flubbing Ryan’s introduction – it also reminds me of why I dislike the MSM so much. Also, not sure if they are so much “dummies” as they are shallow, spiteful and hateful of those who are willing to work hard and be responsible for themselves WITHOUT government “help”.
    Cheers 🙂

  41. O’Dummer, And Doh! Biden.. Dumb and dumber.I was sort of hoping for Condie Rice, but I think she has a touch of Colin Powell in her. Doh! Biden makes Sarah Palin look like Einstein.

  42. I think the biggest deal here is that if the Romney/Ryan ticket succeeds we’re looking at a Tea Party presidency in 8 years. It’s a Liberals worst nightmare.

  43. I guess Obugger wasn’t the smartest man in the room on that particular day. Even Joe Biden @ 5:55 looked more intelligent, and that’s saying something.

  44. ET, to follow up on your comments, this election then becomes a tale of two narratives. The first is about the Economy, and the second is Class Warfare. The US will show what kind of nation it is by which of these two narratives it supports.
    As Phantom rightly suggests, Canada has begun to enter a mode of solving its problems. The crisis came in the early 1990s. Fixing the problem started with the increasing focus on controlling spending and balancing budgets, and as Phantom notes, these things are not done overnight but incrementally.
    So now the US is approaching its fiscal crisis. It remains to be seen how it will respond. What’s interesting about this election, unlike so many, is that there is a very clear and sharply contrasted choice for the American voter.

  45. Just checked my Email, and found a request from Mitt Romney for a $15.00 contribution. Any other Canadians get this?The request came with the Ryan announcement.

  47. Posted by: Quebecois NDP separatiste at August 11, 2012 3:57 PM
    Holy crap, is QNS the poster behind “new”? Looks like it to me. Similar structure and broken English.

  48. Well, on one issue, I agree with the man from GLAD:
    ET, you’re dead wrong when you say:
    Reducing the power of a black market economy, drugs, that harm our youth and set up a vicious gang related economy that rejects the rule of law, is a duty of the government, which must provide law-abiding citizens with a safe environment.
    First, that black market economy was created by government. Is there a black market for Red Bull, polo shirts, or Q-Tips? No. People want those things, and the market efficiently provides them, because the government stays out of the picture. But marijuana – which can be grown for nothing – costs $250/oz BECAUSE of, not despite, government. If people could pick up an ounce of quality pot at their local LCBO for $50 (at the usual $5/producer, $45/government ratio), those Toronto gangs would disappear overnight. They certainly wouldn’t have the $500 needed to buy a handgun.
    And because it’s a black market, there are frequent fights over territory, which is the main reason for the gunfights. The only comparable thing I can think of is the Toronto Jeweler whose shop was bombed by another Jeweler last year. Does Burger King bomb McDonald’s? Does Tim Horton’s bomb Starbucks? In a free market, these things don’t exist.
    Purity? Quality? Adulteration? These problems exist in a free market, for sure – European wines and olive oil, Chinese foods, etc. – but in a free market, we also have watchdogs (FDA, Health Canada, etc.) to provide some, if imperfect, monitoring. In a black market, people don’t get even that level of protection. So how, EXACTLY, is government providing the ‘safe environment’ that you say is their duty? Government is doing the exact opposite – creating an unsafe environment.
    My dear ET, while you are quite right for dismissing the Quebooboisie’s 17th century determinism, I’m afraid you’re guilty of 19th century moralism. Your vision of a desirable world is not necessarily the same as mine, and I reject your attempts to impose your views upon mine. I am not queer, and I hope neither of my daughters choose to be lesbian, but I don’t suggest that I have the right to dictate other people’s sexual choices. I do think I have the right to say whether those people have the right to teach/impose their views on me or my kids, so that’s why I prefer vouchers for schools, and no public funding for PRIDE parades, for example. I’m not going to produce an exhaustive list.
    In another thread, Kate ridiculed (rightly) the demonization of smokers. I don’t smoke cigarettes, but do have a cigar once or twice a year. But the slippery slope she demonstrates is ever present. Look at NYC: Bloomberg wants to eliminate trans-fats, salt, sugar.. what’s next? Once you give the neo-fascists – that’s the “My views are superior to yours” crowd – an inch, they take a mile. You don’t have the right to dictate my actions, so long as they’re not hurting you. I’d like to think I have enough class not to light up a cigar next to you in restaurant, and I’d also like to think that, if you objected, I’d put it out. But that’s civility, not morality, and there’s a huge and significant difference.

  49. I’m somewhat favourable towards Paul Ryan. I’m aware that he is a practising Roman Catholic, which is consistent with his apparent comments about Ayn Rand (which I consider unfortunate).
    As with most “conservative” politicians, the best and worst case scenarios are extremely divergent from one another.
    In this case I have to think the best case scenario for the nation is that he stays exactly where he is. Few vice-presidents do much while in office, or much afterwards (other than Al Gore, and he’s a good bad example).
    But if Romney-Ryan is a go, what they have to do primarily is to TELL THE TRUTH to the American people about the laws of economics, that everything one consumes has to be produced first, that an economy is based on voluntary exchange for MUTUAL benefit or “profit”, that all progress stems from producing more or better or cheaper goods and services, and that the profit motive is a GOOD thing. And that is just the beginning of it.

  50. kevinb – first, what did I say about ‘sexual choices’? I don’t recall making a single comment about governmental roles in that. So I find your comment bizarre.
    Second,there is a black market for all goods and not just ‘illicit goods’.
    That includes clothing, cigarettes, liquor, household goods and so on. Does the government create a black market? Yes and no.
    Yes, because a government imposes import and sales taxes. You can choose, of course, to reject such taxes but that means that common societal needs would have to be financed solely from individual income taxes.
    No, because it’s cheaper to sell goods without such taxes and without renting a store, hiring staff etc, and such is the nature of a, heh, ‘free market’. In other words, black markets will always exist to reduce costs.
    As for your comments about marijuana, that’s a different topic. Nothing to do with morality. I’m opposed to addiction because of the social and psychological costs. That’s my view; you have a different view.

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