10.08.2007

A quick quiz from my man, Boortz

1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above

2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."

A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above

3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."

A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Jose f Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above

4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common ground."

A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."

A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above

6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."

A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above

Answers:

(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005

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1 comment:

Josee said...

Whenever a politician talks about the common good, my instinct is to fear for my bank account. What exactly is the common good anyway? And why do the people who crow about it get to decide what's good for society?

The common good is not served when the government funds the health care, housing, food and education of some at the expense of the personal liberty and property rights of others. Any action funded with money taken by force from productive people can hardly be labeled "good." In this scenario, there is no common good, only opposing feelings of resentment and entitlement.

My family's contribution to the common good includes being fiscally responsible and raising healthy, educated, well-adjusted children who have a good chance of not being criminals. The financially irresponsible, the uneducated and the criminals cost society quite a bit of money. Does prevention count as contributing to the common good? If so, won't they please just let us keep our money and spend it raising our family and educating our children how we see fit? Pretty please? Or must I "request" this at gunpoint the same way our government does? Geez.