tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post9194654658610378660..comments2023-11-02T10:50:42.128-05:00Comments on CLOSED: Nebraska: another example of how government can't fix every problemTLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-30221477254086374542008-10-22T20:45:00.000-05:002008-10-22T20:45:00.000-05:00I agree, Father. There is a great deal at stake in...I agree, Father. There is a great deal at stake in this election. I wish that McCain's campaign would stress how millions of people lost their lives in the 20th century as socialists attempted to impose a new order.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-22948713555527382852008-10-22T07:06:00.000-05:002008-10-22T07:06:00.000-05:00Well, this reflects one of the hardest issues in p...Well, this reflects one of the hardest issues in political philosophy: How much can we realistically expect any government to improve deep-seated problems in society?<BR/><BR/>All I'll say here is that I can identify with that "Neo-Conservative" who described us neo-cons as "ex-liberals who've been mugged by reality." I used to vote like a Democrat and I subscrbed to Sojourners. But I haven't voted for a Democratic candidate for president since Jimmy Carter, and now I read First Things instead of Sojourners.<BR/><BR/>And basically I've come to agree with the famous quip of Ronald Reagan back in the 1980s:<BR/><BR/>Big (activist) government isn't the answer to society's problems; it is the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com