tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post5471555426845716444..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: David Brooks' vibrant vision for AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74229730576442645712011-02-08T07:24:59.984-08:002011-02-08T07:24:59.984-08:00"Julius Caeser, a black man"
Yeah, so wa..."Julius Caeser, a black man"<br />Yeah, so was Albert Einstein.<br />Just going over old posts and found this non-sequitor that nobody bothered to resond to because, I guess, it makes no sense.<br />Why didn't I realize that there was a nego on all those coins stamped Julius Caesar.<br />Man, you have some weird people commenting here.really?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26652783298405645952011-01-28T16:03:35.814-08:002011-01-28T16:03:35.814-08:00>he effects of the crop failure and the peasant...>he effects of the crop failure and the peasantry's dependence upon the potato was largely due to policies enacted by absentee Anglo-Irish landlords<<br /><br />You could, with equal logic, blame the tribes who originally chose that inauspicious area to settle in; or blame the inventors of agriculture per se (think how much misery they have caused, how many thumbs lost in threshers!); or even pin Hurricane Katrina on the white race, your bete blanc, as well. Me, I take a middle-of-the-road position on these questions. I blame Julius Caesar, a black man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64105166191276393842011-01-28T08:51:18.703-08:002011-01-28T08:51:18.703-08:00>So Jews are not hypocritical.
It's just ...>So Jews are not hypocritical. <br /><br />It's just that their religion (which applie[s] to everybody on the entire earth) provides for two different castes of people that are to be treated differently by God's direct orders.<<br /><br />LOL. You have a fine satirical hand, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48476005846100165242011-01-28T08:46:43.688-08:002011-01-28T08:46:43.688-08:00>Not so fast. Who's "our"?<
A...>Not so fast. Who's "our"?<<br /><br />Answer: Brooks clones to whom all other ethnies, including Chinese, are mere cattle - or in their terms, "human capital."<br /><br />>Some people today view a country and a people like a pro sports team. Today I am a Yankee and tomorrow I am a Cardinal after being traded. America is [viewed as] an empty jersey waiting to be filled.<<br /><br />Excellent. For good writing and thinking this beats hollow anything Brooks wrote in this column.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17603165844051327502011-01-28T08:32:27.301-08:002011-01-28T08:32:27.301-08:00>Human capital is always a good thing.<
Rel...>Human capital is always a good thing.<<br /><br />Religious fanatic alarm bells are going off.<br /><br />Is Chinese human capital good - for Filipinos? (Or vice-versa?)<br /><br />Is Hutu human capital good - for Tutsis? (Or vice-versa?)<br /><br />Which humans? The rising-tide-lifts-all-boats idea is not universal and probably can't be universal.<br /><br />"Human capital" is a meaningful term only to bankers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54127337294865221822011-01-28T08:16:08.459-08:002011-01-28T08:16:08.459-08:00>Steve, imitating the behavior of Svigor is usu...>Steve, imitating the behavior of Svigor is usually considered a giant step backwards. Even Dennis Mangan has accused Svigor of being an anti-Semite, and we know that Mangan doesn't throw around that term lightly.<<br /><br />Address the point. Here it is again:<br /><br />"Maybe, David, you could talk Israel into testing this big idea of yours out for us first. How many people are there in China with 120+ IQs who would move to Israel if only given the opportunity? Think of how Israel would benefit from 20 million brilliant Chinese immigrants."<br /><br />The point is that Brooks is a two-faced hypocrite. He pushes "diversity for thee (and thy people), nationalism for me (and mine)."<br /><br />That point is true, and all your intimidation tactics - name-dropping ("Dennis Mangan") and name-calling ("antisemite") - are an obvious and contemptible attempt at smokescreening. What have you to hide?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87478782896302837492011-01-28T01:56:00.807-08:002011-01-28T01:56:00.807-08:00what "Truth" knows about america's h...what "Truth" knows about america's history of immigration could fit on an index cardUdolpho.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976984423336975944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41330206196289649302011-01-27T23:43:07.497-08:002011-01-27T23:43:07.497-08:00Colonialism's body count weighed rather more h...<i>Colonialism's body count weighed rather more heavily on the people Europeans encountered than on Europeans themselves.</i> <br /><br />The historical record says that you are wrong. Colonialism was a net plus for the people the Europeans encountered, at least in terms of body count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36988768711207560422011-01-27T23:39:42.744-08:002011-01-27T23:39:42.744-08:00"Did non-Europeans starve millions of Irish t...<i>"Did non-Europeans starve millions of Irish to death in the 1840s?"<br />No, no one did. If you're talking about the several hundred thousand that died, it was crop failure, not 'genocide'.</i> <br /> <br /><br /><br />It was not really "crop failure", was it? There was an abundance of food in a country in which a million people died of starvation. That's <i>politics</i> at work, not "crop failure".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62019464906164636042011-01-27T22:21:38.944-08:002011-01-27T22:21:38.944-08:00Everything dies eventually, Svigor That is part of...Everything dies eventually, Svigor That is part of the universal cycle.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48428499714081312642011-01-27T19:01:23.730-08:002011-01-27T19:01:23.730-08:00We've had large numbers of immigrants for 150 ...<i>We've had large numbers of immigrants for 150 years...and I think we've "survived."</i><br /><br />You're right, of course. Every terminal patient is surviving - right up until he isn't.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82163131534196744382011-01-27T18:38:20.961-08:002011-01-27T18:38:20.961-08:00Using the Brooks logic; "importing High IQ fo...Using the Brooks logic; "importing High IQ foreigners is always good" China should be STOPPING their High IQ types from emigrating and Germany/Switzerland/Korea/Japan/Israel/Sweden should all be competing with the USA for High IQ Chinese.<br /><br />Why isn't anyone doing this? The answer of course, is that David Brooks is smart and the Chinese, Japanese, Swiss, Israelis, Germans, Swedes and Koreans are all stupid.<br /><br />USA -We're No. 1!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2084719627636281282011-01-27T15:34:12.235-08:002011-01-27T15:34:12.235-08:00"No, no one did. If you're talking about ..."No, no one did. If you're talking about the several hundred thousand that died, it was crop failure, not 'genocide'. by you're reasoning WASPs are responsible for the immigrants who died in the 1919 influenza epidemic"<br /><br />A million died, a million emigrated. Not exactly genocide, but the effects of the crop failure and the peasantry's dependence upon the potato was largely due to policies enacted by absentee Anglo-Irish landlords.SouthernAnonyianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26699941538598282852011-01-27T08:52:48.261-08:002011-01-27T08:52:48.261-08:00"IMO, a great deal of elite policymaking...ut...<i>"IMO, a great deal of elite policymaking...utterly ignores the invisible folks living on the floodplain...other than perhaps a few carefully sanitized mascots."</i><br /><br />Well thanks for the compliment. As I've said here before, Democrats care more about - and grant more moral authority to - a black single mother on welfare than to a white man in a blue collar job. Carefully sanitized mascots, indeed.Captain Jack Aubreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88146674203573966972011-01-27T00:55:38.267-08:002011-01-27T00:55:38.267-08:00Too dumb to choose a name said,
Even Dennis Mang...Too dumb to choose a name said, <br /><br /><i>Even Dennis Mangan has accused Svigor of being an anti-Semite</i><br /><br />and then Svigor said,<br /><br /><i>I can't recall Dennis ever calling me an anti-Semite, but it's not like he'd be wrong. </i><br /><br />In fact, Svigor is wrong. Israel has no better better friend than Sviggy. How can we figure that out?<br /><br />Brooks' plan for the US, importing a a "cognitive elite" is good for the US, <i>the exact same plan for Israel</i> must be good for Israel. To accept that Svigor is anti-Semitic leads to the conclusion that David Brooks is anti-American. Not just Jews live in Israel. Too Dumb didn't call Svigor anti-Arab as well. He must think there's a connection between a country and it's majority and founding ethnic group.<br /><br />If Svigor wanting to apply Brooks' plan to Israel shows he hates Jews, Brooks' wanting to apply it to the US shows how much he hates white gentiles. Were you not only too stupid to pick a handle, you were too stupid to see that?<br /><br />The US has a 4 point IQ advantage on Israel. If the US needs to import aliens to think, Israel needs to even more.robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31599155881915007702011-01-27T00:10:30.952-08:002011-01-27T00:10:30.952-08:00"THAT'S the kind of country that can surv..."THAT'S the kind of country that can survive large numbers of immigrants."<br /><br />We've had large numbers of immigrants for 150 years...and I think we've "survived."Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87113935663365889352011-01-26T22:04:45.099-08:002011-01-26T22:04:45.099-08:002) Singapore isn't a real democracy. So there&...<i>2) Singapore isn't a real democracy. So there's no risk of immigrants changing the dominant political/economic system.</i><br /><br />Yup. One of these days I'm going to figure out how to drag Saudi Arabia into this discussion. SA has LOTS of immigrants. And they're treated like slaves.<br /><br /><i>THAT'S</i> the kind of country that can survive large numbers of immigrants.<br /><br />(I think I just found my argument)Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88485040017971755282011-01-26T16:44:54.530-08:002011-01-26T16:44:54.530-08:00"Because if that many Chinese moved in to bec..."Because if that many Chinese moved in to become "Americans" (defined as possessing American citizenship) but still felt loyalty to their own people, the Han Chinese -- as you can be sure they would -- then we real Americans could find ourselves well and truly screwed when those Han elites start sending for their people in China to move in by the hundreds of millions, nicely reducing China's overcrowding -- and taking America completely away from us.'<br /><br />Some people today view a country and a people like a pro sports team. Today I am a Yankee and tomorrow I am a Cardinal after being traded. <br /><br />America is an empty jersey waiting to be filled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82453671312367502692011-01-26T14:39:29.147-08:002011-01-26T14:39:29.147-08:00the telegraph had an article that an Indian engine...the telegraph had an article that an Indian engineer sold the tech that made china's stealth fighter possible. He's now in jail. when we are as 'vibrant' as Brooks wishes, he won't be, WE will be put in jail for spreading 'hate' for pointing out he, an indian was selling secrets to china. it's almost reached that point with the israeli lobby already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33820678789289913892011-01-26T14:16:34.703-08:002011-01-26T14:16:34.703-08:00Did non-Europeans starve millions of Irish to deat...<i>Did non-Europeans starve millions of Irish to death in the 1840s?</i><br />No, no one did. If you're talking about the several hundred thousand that died, it was crop failure, not 'genocide'. by you're reasoning WASPs are responsible for the immigrants who died in the 1919 influenza epidemic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47834721434070755852011-01-26T12:52:02.209-08:002011-01-26T12:52:02.209-08:00David Brooks should move to the favelas of Rio De ...David Brooks should move to the favelas of Rio De Janiero so he can experience the future of the U.S. Don't worry, I hear that the city is very "vibrant" (ie there's a drug war going on).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20455312081382841382011-01-26T11:04:59.999-08:002011-01-26T11:04:59.999-08:00There's something obviously wrong with this li...<i>There's something obviously wrong with this list. Colonialism's body count weighed rather more heavily on the people Europeans encountered than on Europeans themselves.</i><br /><br />Did non-Europeans starve millions of Irish to death in the 1840s?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74801274917116171672011-01-26T09:51:41.051-08:002011-01-26T09:51:41.051-08:00There's also going to be decreasing enthusiasm...<i>There's also going to be decreasing enthusiasm for Israel, domestically, as our increasingly "diverse" population decides that America should have higher priorities than fighting Israel's enemies.</i><br /><br />Don't kid yourself. Wanna bet that the Jew will figure out how to get into the heads of all those Muslims in this country and other Third World varieties, and change their mentality in favor of the Chosen People? Wanna bet? After all, they successfully got into the heads of you white folks.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823851448364528821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24152707424407874512011-01-26T09:50:00.062-08:002011-01-26T09:50:00.062-08:00Brooks has one of the densest, most mediocre minds...Brooks has one of the densest, most mediocre minds ever granted to a man. This is the person who followed Safire? I didn't read Safire consistently, but he did seem to make sense when he put words together. Is anyone who reads Brooks fooled into thinking that his babblings have any meaning?Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823851448364528821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36640872350748107032011-01-26T08:34:17.625-08:002011-01-26T08:34:17.625-08:00Captain Jack has it right, I think. I also live o...Captain Jack has it right, I think. I also live on high ground, as he put it.<br /><br />Plenty of people live on lower ground. Policies that seem very sensible to elites, that visibly make the lives of me and most people I associate with better, sometimes utterly screw over people living on lower ground. <br /><br />And just because I live on high ground, doesn't mean I always will (a serious illness can move you down into the water damned fast), and certainly doesn't mean my kids will be able to find a spot up at the top of the hill. Regression to the mean happens: in my family, my generation of cousins is overwhelmingly educated professional class, ranging from school teachers to executives and researchers. But a few of our generation just didn't get the same roll of the IQ and mental health dice. They're delivery drivers, property managers--people living a little further down the hill, a little more vulnerable to the floods. <br /><br />And beyond that, the people born right smack in the middle of the flood plain are still people. Policies that make people like me 10% better off and screw them to the wall are just lousy policies, even if they don't land on me or my family. Policies that amount to pulling the ladder up behind me are still worse. <br /><br />IMO, a great deal of elite policymaking (all policymaking--plumbers and truck drivers are rarely consulted) utterly ignores the invisible folks living on the floodplain or down in the valley, other than perhaps a few carefully sanitized mascots.none of the abovenoreply@blogger.com