tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post8300025603924988820..comments2024-01-13T08:49:14.041-08:00Comments on Myrhaf: The Myrhaf Endorsement: AbstainMyrhafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-78727514895991347942008-10-26T19:59:00.000-07:002008-10-26T19:59:00.000-07:00I have thought a great deal about this issue as we...I have thought a great deal about this issue as well. I came to the conclusion that Obama is the fast boat to hell and McCain is somewhat slower. So the election is all about how fast we get to a very bad place. <BR/><BR/>Given that my state does not count votes if you do not darken the little oval in a particular race, I will vote third party for president as a protest vote. In this way, my vote does get counted as a protest vote.<BR/><BR/>I will be voting Republican otherwise, even though one on the ballot wants the state to regulate a woman's reproductive choices. However, he may best serve as a speed bump on Obama's Road to Serfdom. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, I just want to get it all over with so that we can see what we are actually facing and make our personal plans to shelter ourselves and our children the best we can.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-40825484580276470412008-10-24T13:28:00.000-07:002008-10-24T13:28:00.000-07:00I respectfully disagree with the case Mr. Myrhaf m...I respectfully disagree with the case Mr. Myrhaf makes. I won't argue with every point now (since I intend blogging on it soon). For now, I'll mention only the one aspect that is rarely mentioned: judicial appointments.<BR/><BR/>As bad as McCain is I yet believe he will select better judges, most particularly the 1-3 Supreme Court slots that are likely to open up over the next 4-8 years. He and Obama have clearly stated their direction on this all-important issue. Obama would select creatures like Ginsburg. McCain would appoint someone like Roberts or Alito, and possibly even Thomas. Both clearly said whom they would not have voted for: Thomas in the case of Obama, Ginsberg in the case of McCain. You decide for yourself which is worse.<BR/><BR/>Economic legislation can be watered down. Even bad foreign policy can be endured. The Supreme Court decisions (almost without exception) last forever and the Justices themselves can be in power for decades, far beyond any later administration.<BR/><BR/>Also, as a side issue (in this context), for those worried about a religious influence, note that it is Obama who wears his Christianity on his sleeve, not McCain.<BR/><BR/>Think about the future. Hold your nose (til it's bloody, if necessary) and vote for McCain.Jeffrey Perrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841019772535869442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-52138721116266357362008-10-23T20:19:00.000-07:002008-10-23T20:19:00.000-07:00Some of you may have heard that Leonard Peikoff ha...Some of you may have heard that Leonard Peikoff has explained why he will abstain in the vote for President. It's in his latest podcast:<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://peikoff.clublogic.org/podcast/getaudio.php?filename=2008-10-20.033.mp3Paul Hsiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779998765205366214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-161284575251261792008-10-22T12:49:00.000-07:002008-10-22T12:49:00.000-07:00The biggest danger posed by Obama is that he, like...The biggest danger posed by Obama is that he, like FDR, drives the economy into a very long recession/depression -- long enough to see a generation of children raised on the same mindlessness we see now, but with a level of entitlement mentality and consequent resentment that would have appalled even the most ardent New Dealer.<BR/><BR/>This will give the future Fuehrer plenty of what Konrad Heiden calls "armed bohemians", the raw material from which the SA and later SS were built.<BR/><BR/>Obama is not the end of America. IMO America ended in the 1960's, when liberalism died. Since then, it's just been a matter of time on a rudderless ship. After two decades of relatively calm and unchallenging weather, here come a storm that we've seen before, and weathered before -- but the last time this happened, we *had a rudder* and a crew that could use it, even if the bridge was still empty, as AR once pointed out. <BR/><BR/>Now the rudder is busted, and the crew is sitting below decks wondering who's going to tell them what to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-74769912522637590722008-10-22T08:58:00.000-07:002008-10-22T08:58:00.000-07:00Sadly, I don't think you're being a worry-wart. T...Sadly, I don't think you're being a worry-wart. The threat is very real.Kyle Haighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608497826478356055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-32347709209430232612008-10-21T19:41:00.000-07:002008-10-21T19:41:00.000-07:00A poster on HBL addressed this topic recently. His...A poster on HBL addressed this topic recently. His main point was that who to vote for will depend on how bad you think the situation is or on how much time you think we have left. If you think time is short, then we need to buy more of it with a bad McCain presidency. But if you think that we still have plenty of time, then a bad Obama presidency may better allow Objectivism to spread in the culture.<BR/><BR/>I think he is right and it is not an easy decision to make. There are days where I am terrified by Obama and see him as the end of America. And then there are days where the Conservatives so disgust me that they almost make Obama look good. The best we can hope for is that if Obama wins, he is kept somewhat in check by a reinvigorated Republican contingent in Congress. For the first time in my life I am very fearful for both my and my country's future. I hope I'm just being a worry-wart.madmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375140131881725965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-79772611349317349832008-10-21T10:55:00.000-07:002008-10-21T10:55:00.000-07:00Myrhaf's reasoning, and proposed course of action,...Myrhaf's reasoning, and proposed course of action, essentially matches my own. My one caveat is that if the Republican in a local race is a serious religionist it might be better to abstain or vote Democrat in that race as well.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that, all I can say is "Brace yourself." We are about to get a lot poorer and a lot less free. Speak out about what is happening wherever possible. We'll definitely have a target-rich environment.Kyle Haighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608497826478356055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-50239884006410571172008-10-20T19:17:00.000-07:002008-10-20T19:17:00.000-07:00I've been planning to vote for McCain on the he-mi...I've been planning to vote for McCain on the he-might-do-some-good-by-accident "principle," since Obama is guaranteed to do the bad thing every time, but this post is making me reconsider. In any case, there's a terrible, terrible time coming.<BR/><BR/>(BTW, I put a link to your blog on my own. It's new: <A HREF="http://fourrs.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">The Four Rs</A>.)Zerzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17810323151734135913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-28021886234877625142008-10-20T18:59:00.000-07:002008-10-20T18:59:00.000-07:00I think it's time to start making little stickers ...I think it's time to start making little stickers saying "Don't blame me, I didn't vote!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-66439810571519914002008-10-20T18:49:00.000-07:002008-10-20T18:49:00.000-07:00It gets worse, by the way. Administrative law is ...It gets worse, by the way. Administrative law is my bailiwick, so as soon as I saw the "Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking," I understood the inevitability and likely permanence of the forthcoming regulations in a way I wish I could convey to others. So I'll try right now.<BR/><BR/>Under the government-slanted Adminstrative Procedure Act, the ANPRM is one of the arcane steps of process by which executive agencies set forth and formalize new rules/regulations. Don't be fooled by the word "proposed." There's nothing proposey about it. The rules in the ANPRM are the rules that are going to be enacted, in substantively final or near-final form.<BR/><BR/>The APA requires more steps, such as public hearings and formal comment on the record. The agency, however, gets the last word. It is required to answer all written formal comments and all questions or comments from the hearings. All it has to tell the Executive in order for the rules to pass muster and be enacted is that, in the case of Comment A, the Agency determined that the rules will not have the negative impact the commenter indicates, based on X, where X is a government-subsidized study or what have you. That's it. There is very little standing in the way of "proposed" rules becoming law.<BR/><BR/>Once the rules are enacted, the only way to get them torn down is to sue, and to do that you have to have standing as a person negatively impacted by the rules. But that's not enough! You have to be negatively impacted in a manner and degree not forewarned by the agency in its ANPRM! That's right; the agency can propose rules and state in the economic impact summary that they expect them to impose grievous hardship upon the public, and when it happens like that, the court will dismiss the lawsuit because the impact was stated in advance. "But this ruined my livelihood!" "Too bad. The EPA warned you it would. You should have gone and started a different livelihood or something."<BR/><BR/>In theory, our ultimate recourse to bad administrative law is to go to the polls and elect a better Executive who will appoint better agency heads who will "propose" only desirable rules. Our secondary recourse is to elect a legislature that will not delegate broad authority to agencies through organic program statutes, so that the agencies' swimming pool is small enough that their rulemakings won't affect too many of us too deeply.<BR/><BR/>Our choices are Obama and McCain for the executive, and the same bunch of bums we've had for decades for the legislative. I am not optimistic. Those rules will become law, and nothing any of us can do will get rid of them.<BR/><BR/>Have a great week, everyone!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125745545009130612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-13058061005160581372008-10-20T17:00:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:00:00.000-07:00He's lying big time about his Ayers connection. It...He's lying big time about <A HREF="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/20/the-blurb-that-never-was/" REL="nofollow">his Ayers connection</A>. It's bad enough that he consorts with a terrorist, but why <A HREF="http://www.patterico.com/2008/10/20/evidence-of-obama-ayers-tie-sent-down-the-memory-hole-almost/" REL="nofollow">lie about it</A>?<BR/><BR/>He spent 20 years at the foot of Wright. What if he's spent 20 years at the foot of Ayers as well? Then there's the Cornel West suggestion. I think this guy's not the milquetoast liberal that everyone thinks he is.<BR/><BR/>As much as I'd like to see capitalism rise from the smoldering remains of the American economy, I'm going to have to live through that. A principled defense of capitalism could still be made with McCain in the White House, just as it could have been (and was) when Reagan was there. It's harder but at least I won't be making it while waiting 6 months for a routine checkup and walking to work because cars are killing the planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-28537428501199304192008-10-20T13:31:00.000-07:002008-10-20T13:31:00.000-07:00In voting for the lesser of two evils, there is on...<I>In voting for the lesser of two evils, there is only so much evil a voter should be asked to swallow. I will feel better about myself not voting for either Obama or McCain. Whichever one is elected, things will get worse. There are arguments for and against both men; they come out to a wash. Who knows which candidate would end up marginally worse than the other?</I><BR/><BR/>Amen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-84070391345422767602008-10-20T13:22:00.000-07:002008-10-20T13:22:00.000-07:00I'm abstaining too. I always knew McCain was a sta...I'm abstaining too. I always knew McCain was a statist, though I initially gave him the benefit of the doubt he would restrain growth in spending. After McCain voted to give $700,000,000,000.00 to the Orren Boyles of our world, it is clear McCain would be leading the charge to Sovietize America. And the Dems and their media pals would blame the disaster on "GOP free market policies," asking for a bigger dose of govt. If we're going red, let the Dems have total power and total credit.jhbowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377271992125388319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-41631042374841326462008-10-20T11:58:00.000-07:002008-10-20T11:58:00.000-07:00Here in California, it appears that the state does...Here in California, it appears that the state doesn't count abstentions at all, even to say "X" number of people who voted otherwise didn't vote for president. My wife and I are planning on writing in a candidate, however, the state even makes this tough with rules for qualification. If you don't meet these rules, your vote for that position is simply dropped.<BR/><BR/>FYIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com