tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post6318434507053369529..comments2024-03-27T02:14:18.237-07:00Comments on Beers with Demo: Change we will not believe inDeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02448369692335981936noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-52683653457970376952010-12-29T22:24:10.612-08:002010-12-29T22:24:10.612-08:00Very nice blog!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I ...Very nice blog!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your blog and take the feeds also...SEO Londonhttp://www.totally-londonseo.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-49854693428319497782010-12-27T09:45:26.287-08:002010-12-27T09:45:26.287-08:00Hitler's rise was pretty sudden with his takeo...Hitler's rise was pretty sudden with his takeover done over the course of a few months. Argentina might be a better example. <br /><br />"inordinate amount of power granted to the Dept. of Health and Human Services."<br /><br /> Granted via an election. This can be reversed with another election.<br /><br />Stevestevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470634215313696595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-72367318459133811322010-12-27T09:20:43.758-08:002010-12-27T09:20:43.758-08:00Oh, I forgot about Argentina as an example of a ma...Oh, I forgot about Argentina as an example of a man (Peron) already in power who used his position to leverage, intimidate and decree his way to consolidation of power and a statist paradise.<br /><br />Nazi Germany may also qualify as Hitler leveraged big gains by the Nazi party in democratic elections in the early 30s in order to get himself named Chancellor.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448369692335981936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-40264125063781317212010-12-27T07:40:23.931-08:002010-12-27T07:40:23.931-08:00Steve, that is why I did bring up the Chavez examp...Steve, that is why I did bring up the Chavez example.<br /><br />And here, think of the power grab by the FCC over the internet and the inordinate amount of power granted to the Dept. of Health and Human Services.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448369692335981936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-68697800759787205702010-12-26T21:04:23.415-08:002010-12-26T21:04:23.415-08:00I'm thinking Chavez in Venezuela who slowly su...I'm thinking Chavez in Venezuela who slowly subverted the rule of law to consolidate power to himself. <br />Even if we get this mess fixed, why do we have to tolerate the political <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_seeking" rel="nofollow">rent seeking</a> (aka theft through government) that the law actually encourages?B-Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984499113019674536.post-71684443563421011572010-12-26T20:44:42.601-08:002010-12-26T20:44:42.601-08:00"
This is how dictatorships, or at least, kle..."<br />This is how dictatorships, or at least, kleptocracies happen: bit by bit and piece by piece."<br /><br /> Most of the historical examples I can think of off the top of my head involve relatively sudden shifts in power. Russia, Red China, Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein, Castro. Which ones were you thinking of? All it takes is 60 senators and a new POTUS to change things. Given current voting realities that could be done with about 53% of the vote. Wanting to dictate policy without having the necessary votes seems to come closer to a dictatorship.<br /><br />Stevestevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470634215313696595noreply@blogger.com