Illegal Gal

OK so I stumbled upon this http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2009/01/barack-obamas-hillary-clinton.html. Not truly as boring as a babbling article about institutional something, not making past mid page, but this article on 'I will step aside and support you because you are going to give me a really powerful job Hillary,' held my attention long enough to make me nervous. Seems the Constitution doesn't mean much... Now what says you?

ps, did BO ever find his US birth certificate? ;-p

Institutionalize the Institutionists

In my more reductionist moments, this is how I think about the difference between Democrats/liberals/progressives and Republicans/conservatives/libertarians:

Democrats: fundamentally believe that the world was once bad, but can be made better because people are fundamentally good.

Republicans: fundamentally beleive that the world was once perfect, and we must continually fight against its inevitable dissolution because people (except themselves and their friends) are fundamentally bad.

But Brooks is out with another, maddening argument: that it's individualists (meaning, in this context, people who look out for themselves and believe they are better than the system) vs. institutionists (those who take their proper position in society and like it). I really hate being preached to by the penny loafer set, but think this merits some discussion.

JEK
Not a cog, to the benefit of himself and his apparatus

Shout out to the Wingers!

No, not the right wingers, the Matt Wingers. I remain hopeful there's a difference...

;->


These are my cousins in Ohio. Matt is a much more regular blogger than I, so if you're looking for more internet-based information from someone with many of my same genes, he's the place to go. And he's kindly linked my blog from his. Right back atcha, boss.

JEK

Back from the break

In five, four, three fingers, two fingers, one finger...

And we're back. If you're just joining us, this is Nation Indivisible, a loose affiliation of three or so people who, when the moment moves them, post what's on their minds. Not all of it, because otherwise our coverage of the stimulus might have been improved. Short version: I'm with 538, not TPM.

I'm coming to you now, with the first, belated post of 2009, from Washington, DC, where I will be, both by turns and often simultaneously:

- Cold yet warmed by patriotic zeal

- Well fed on food, with an extra helping of Hope

- Attending the Southern Presidential Inaugural Ball, where I will join my fellow citizens in celebrating the election of Barack Obama while being alone among Dixiecrats in trumpeting their loss in the War of Northern Aggression.

- Leaving on Wednesday morning, possibly tarred and/or feathered.

Pictures and reflections to follow.

JEK