ScottD

Retired IT network engineer and sci-fi author.

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

Reposting this so that I can pin it, to come back to it later with more time to analyze.

[Students For Liberty @sfliberty]

In 1825, a rich Welsh industrialist bought an entire American town to prove that socialism could work.

He had the money, the buildings, the theory, and hundreds of eager followers waiting to move in.

Two years later, it was over. 🧵

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@RandyWKirk1 It's not surprising to me at all. Whenever I watch the stock it takes a hit. If I ignore it it has a chance to rise. Guess what I did today. Hint: notice what happened to the price.

[Willis Eschenbach @WEschenbach]

Happy 96th birthday to Professor Thomas Sowell, one of the greatest thinkers of our time and the undisputed king of the epigram! In his honor, here are twenty of his most famous quotes:

1. “Nearly a hundred years of the supposed ‘legacy of slavery’ found most black children being raised in two-parent families in 1960. But thirty years after the liberal welfare state found the great majority of black children being raised by a single parent. The murder rate among blacks in 1960 was one-half of what it became 20 years later, after a legacy of liberals’ law enforcement policies.” (A Legacy of Liberalism)

2. “Public housing projects in the first half of the 20th century were clean, safe places, where people slept outside on hot summer nights, when they were too poor to afford air conditioning. That was before admissions standards for public housing projects were lowered or abandoned, in the euphoria of liberal non-judgmental notions. And it was before the toxic message of victimhood was spread by liberals. We all know what hell holes public housing has become in our times.” (A Legacy of Liberalism)

3. “The blacks in the West Indies had all sorts of experiences growing their food, selling the surplus in the market, and being responsible for budgeting what they had. Black slaves in the United States were deliberately kept from having that. Dependence was seen as the key to holding the slaves down. Ironically, that same principle comes up in the welfare state 100 years later.”

4. “If we wanted to be serious about evidence, we might compare where blacks stood a hundred years after the end of slavery with where they stood after 30 years of the liberal welfare state. Despite the grand myth that black economic progress began or accelerated with the passage of the civil rights laws and ‘war on poverty’ programs of the 1960s, the cold fact is that the poverty rate among blacks fell from 87 percent in 1940 to 47 percent by 1960. This was before any of those programs began.” (A Legacy of Liberalism)

5. “What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. Insofar as they fail, they receive the money. In so far as they succeed, even to a moderate extent, the money is taken away.” (Free to Choose, 1980)

6. “The way the [welfare] programs are organized, poor people are only paid to do things that are counter-productive, such as breaking up their families, such as not earning above a certain level of income.”

7. “The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people’s money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.”

8. “Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in the modern welfare state, whether in Western Europe or on this side of the Atlantic.”

9. “The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. Although the big word on the left is ‘compassion,’ the big agenda on the left is dependency.”

10. “Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area, crime, education, housing, race relations, the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.” (Is Reality Optional?)

11. “The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore, we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.”

12. “Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export.”

13. “As long as human beings are imperfect, there will always be arguments for extending the power of government to deal with these imperfections. The only logical stopping place is totalitarianism, unless we realize that tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom.” (Ever Wonder Why?)

14. “The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.”

15. “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”

16. “Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.”

17. “It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication, and a government bureaucracy to administer it.” (Knowledge and Decisions)

18. “I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.”

19. “Racism is not dead, but it is on life support, kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists.’”

20. “The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish, and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his ‘basic rights.’”

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@DowdEdward Yeah. Staggering stupidity.

[Trump Lover❤🇮🇳🇺🇸 @SUBRATA30016572]

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

These are all common sense!

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@TulsiGabbard Bless you both.

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma. The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful. He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain but is finally home resting. Now recovery begins. We’re so grateful for the outpouring of prayers and kind messages from all of you. Our hearts are full. ❤️

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

Amen.

[ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump 🇺🇸 @BarronTNews_]

A Prayer for Tulsi Gabbard
Heavenly Father,
We come before You lifting up Your daughter Tulsi Gabbard as she stands beside her husband Abraham in this difficult hour. Lord, be their refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1).
For Abraham, we ask for Your healing touch. You sent out Your word and healed them (Psalm 107:20). By the stripes of Jesus, we believe he is healed (Isaiah 53:5). Guide the hands of the surgeons with wisdom and skill, steady their work, and bring complete restoration to his body.
For Tulsi, do not let her heart be troubled or afraid. Give her Your peace — the peace that surpasses all understanding — to guard her heart and mind in Christ Jesus (John 14:27; Philippians 4:7). Strengthen her and help her; uphold her with Your righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10). When she feels weary, renew her strength so she may run and not grow weary, walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).
Help her to cast all her anxiety on You, because You care for her (1 Peter 5:7). Remind her that Your grace is sufficient and Your power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).
We choose to trust in You with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5). You are the God who heals all our diseases and redeems our lives from destruction (Psalm 103:2-3).
Surround Tulsi and Abraham with Your presence, fill their home with Your peace, and let them feel the comfort of Your unfailing love.
We pray all of this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Great Physician and the Prince of Peace.
Amen.

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@GabbardAloha Thank you.

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

It's just a cliché now, but it merits repeating: government agencies don't solve the problems they're created to address because that would put an end to their cushy jobs and extraordinary benefits, rather, they exaggerate their need in order get larger budgets.

This fraud thing, as far as I know, is comparatively new, not at all surprising.

Thank you Nick Shirley, and all of the new independent media.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 This is a prime example of fraud and waste inside California's homeless industrial complex

California bought this hotel for $8 million in 2020 and now wants $20 million to fix it. That is $625,000 per homeless person.

6 years later and NOTHING to show.

EXPOSE IT ALL.

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

We are getting ready to head to the hospital for my husband’s surgery and just wanted to say thank you so much to all of who have shared messages, prayers and well wishes for Abraham. We are humbled and so grateful to be surrounded by aloha during this really tough time. 🙏🏽

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@TulsiGabbard Bless you both.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

The mainstream media failed you once again, here are two examples.

They tried to debunk, cover for fraudsters, and slander my name. The governor even called it “white supremacy” to expose the fraud.

Now it’s all true, and they get to move along like they never lied to you.

It’s time to support independent journalists and leave the mainstream (fake) media behind.

𝕏 makes this possible and allows you to support independent journalists directly on the platform. If you appreciate my work and want to support, please do so. It’s not expected but very much appreciated 🙏🏼 https://t.co/R7E4gNUnC6

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@GuntherEagleman Read the history of the communist takeover of China. It will then make more sense.

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@warDaniel47 If you're asking that question seriously, then you don't understand the liberal mind.

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

Most likely is that he hopes to get the US to stop it's aggressive stand, or use this message for its propaganda value. Regardless of anything he says, or we do, there is virtually 0 chance he would honor that stance from his side. The leaders of collectivist ideologies know full well that honesty does not work for them. Their only possibility for success is through deception and force.

[ScottD @tsdunn321]

@mattvanswol @reddit_lies Well said, Mr. Van Swol.

[C3 @C_3C_3]

Time in Federal Government…

Alexander Hamilton: 5 years
George Washington: 8 years
Thomas Jefferson: 10 years
John Adams: 12 years

Bernie Sanders: 35 years
Nancy Pelosi: 39 years
Mitch McConnell: 41 years
Chuck Schumer: 45 years

It explains everything.

Founders vs Grifters