New Book: "Leviathan on the Right"
By: john4_SamRasoul_2008
Published On: 5/24/2007 6:12:13 PM
The conservative, but in my experience consistent, Cato Institute, of Washington, D. C. has a delight in store for anyone, with their new book Leviathan on the Right < http://www.catostore... >, by Michael D. Tanner.
They describe the book as the story of:
"How Big-Government Conservatism Brought Down the Republican Revolution"
I began my my political life as a Conservative and have always valued Conservatism as an anchor we must always have ready. This even as we experiment with new technologies, or something else that the past, and The Founders, will provide perfect guidance on. Something like preventing the seizure and consolidation of ever greater power, by an ill-educated, greedy, oligarchy, possessed of little self-control.
Anyway, try this book, as it has value for any thoughtful and concerned citizen.
Try going to the The Cato Institute < http://www.cato.org/... > and type "Goodlatte" into their "Search Cato" window. They have quite a few references to Congressman Goodlatte (R-VA-6th), and on the whole I believe, well -- see what you think about his evaluation by these ideological but secular "Conservatives".
Then try Candidate Sam Rasoul 4 Congress (D-VA-6th) < http://www.sam2008.c... >
For the post, with hyperlinks, please go here:
http://blog.360.yaho...
Comments
"and we don't torture" (presidentialman - 5/25/2007 1:25:10 AM)
The quote is from my philosophy teacher. People like George Will, David Horiwitz and others on the right who think that Universities are all filled with leftist socialist professors, was proven true with my philosophy teacher. We studied Hobbes, Kant,talked about Strauss. For those who need the skinny on Hobbes and Kant, I'm going to go in depth in a minute but Hobbes is concerned about anarchy, and being the protector. Kant is concerned about a will and what makes it a good will. I don't think they have wills or good wills but my professor said that "yes even Dick Cheney has a will," to which I said "does Hitler have a will" to which my teacher said, "yes but he didn't use it." So anyrate. This might seem like an oxymoron but hear me out. Is Bush stupid? Yes, he had to of killed a lot of cells as an alcoholic and a cocaine user. Is Bush smart? And I would say yes. My teacher thought him in the school of Hobbes-that's Hobbian not Hobbit to you-as Hobbes basically says don't concern yourself with enjoying life except that you enjoy life by living in a stable government society. Meaning you could be evicted from your apt. tommorrow and find yourself living on the streets. You're not enjoying life and yet you are because you can apply for welfare, go to a soup kitchen. The fact that there is a structure set up for you in times of need makes thatlife enjoyable, which sets up the next Hobbes bit and Bush. Take the war on terror, Bush is a President, he is your president. He has vowed to fight the war on terror for your safety, thus his illegal wiretapping and checking your emails and sending those bad Muslims and Al-Queada fighters away to Gitmo, is all for your benefit. So when he scares the public into fear-that's Hobbes, Bush is the state and you are going to do what the state wants because what's best for the state is best for you. As my professor said "you are a mouse, know you're place"
That to me is "Leviathan on the Right." And its ironic because Bush is compared with Reagan and the Reagan Revolution came to power totally against the idea of the Hobbian method. (Think Evil Empire)