Comments on: WSJ Editorial: Welfare State is Defense-less State http://rjmoeller.com/2009/12/wsj-editorial-welfare-state-is-defense-less-state/ In Defense of "Mere Conservatism" Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:15:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MotherGoose http://rjmoeller.com/2009/12/wsj-editorial-welfare-state-is-defense-less-state/comment-page-1/#comment-1385 MotherGoose Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:11:19 +0000 http://rjmoeller.com/?p=1356#comment-1385 I'm with you on WSJ being the only publication of merit. We know we've devolved when we can get better reporting from Pravda and Novosti and the leftist rags in the UK than from the MSM in our own country...a very sad state of affairs when the media is no longer the watchdog of government but is, instead, the mouthpiece supporting the current communist agenda. Time for America to wake up and be active. I’m with you on WSJ being the only publication of merit. We know we’ve devolved when we can get better reporting from Pravda and Novosti and the leftist rags in the UK than from the MSM in our own country…a very sad state of affairs when the media is no longer the watchdog of government but is, instead, the mouthpiece supporting the current communist agenda. Time for America to wake up and be active.

]]> By: Gary B http://rjmoeller.com/2009/12/wsj-editorial-welfare-state-is-defense-less-state/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Gary B Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:33:16 +0000 http://rjmoeller.com/?p=1356#comment-1380 Chuck Colson wrote a fantastic commentary on essentially this same subject this summer as it pertains to bigger government and shrinking religion in a nation: http://www.crosswalk.com/news/commentary/11604311/ The sad thing is, so many religious people have helped spear-head the very growth in government that is antithetical to a healthy religious society. I know it is a cliche, but the Founders really would be so disappointed with the easy short-cuts we are taking, short-cuts that will/can only lead to "serfdom" (Socialism). A lot of people scoff at that notion today, and say "Well, is Europe right now really so bad a place?" To that I have one simple response: "It ain't America." Sadly, it may soon be. Chuck Colson wrote a fantastic commentary on essentially this same subject this summer as it pertains to bigger government and shrinking religion in a nation:

http://www.crosswalk.com/news/commentary/11604311/

The sad thing is, so many religious people have helped spear-head the very growth in government that is antithetical to a healthy religious society. I know it is a cliche, but the Founders really would be so disappointed with the easy short-cuts we are taking, short-cuts that will/can only lead to “serfdom” (Socialism). A lot of people scoff at that notion today, and say “Well, is Europe right now really so bad a place?” To that I have one simple response: “It ain’t America.” Sadly, it may soon be.

]]> By: Phillip Sandusky http://rjmoeller.com/2009/12/wsj-editorial-welfare-state-is-defense-less-state/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 Phillip Sandusky Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:42:50 +0000 http://rjmoeller.com/?p=1356#comment-1374 "...European leaders are no longer able to ask their people to make major sacrifices." Would you make a major sacrifice if your nation treated you like a subject, kept you on a short leash, and took your money in order to run their social programs? He!! no, you would not give anything other than the least you could. There is no real loyalty to a cr@ppy nation. “…European leaders are no longer able to ask their people to make major sacrifices.” Would you make a major sacrifice if your nation treated you like a subject, kept you on a short leash, and took your money in order to run their social programs? He!! no, you would not give anything other than the least you could. There is no real loyalty to a cr@ppy nation.

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