I'm doing an Objectivist Podcast

[Scottmkiv]

I'm doing an Objectivist Podcast, and I hope some of you out there will enjoy it. It's a weekly show, and we mainly discuss current events.

You can subscribe on iTunes (and I hope you will) or just follow the direct links I provide.

6/8/11

Objectivist Podcast

There's more talk about the Republican presidential field. It's getting weirder and uglier, but it isn't getting any more appealing. Is a vaguely free market candidate who doesn't want to enforce Christian edict with the power of law too much to ask for? Apparently it is.

We talk about Alan Greenspan's hypocrisy, and general idiocy. He is desperately trying to dodge the blame for the problems he caused, but we make sure to call him out on it. Not that Bernanke is any better, but he is truly Greenspan's intellectual protege.

Next we move to Obamacare. The Solicitor General is claiming in court that the healthcare mandate isn't really a mandate. All you have to do to avoid it is earn less. It's a "let them eat cake" level of detachment from reality in today's economic climate.

Finally, we get back to some international news. The Syrians are sacrificing their own people in order to paint Israel as the bad guy and regain the Golan heights. Of course, the only use they have for the Golan heights is to attack Israel. Doubtless, the world will blame Israel for the killings anyway.

[Selene]

There's more talk about the Republican presidential field. It's getting weirder and uglier, but it isn't getting any more appealing. Is a vaguely free market candidate who doesn't want to enforce Christian edict with the power of law too much to ask for? Apparently it is.

Next we move to Obamacare. The Solicitor General is claiming in court that the healthcare mandate isn't really a mandate. All you have to do to avoid it is earn less. It's a "let them eat cake" level of detachment from reality in today's economic climate.

Scott:

I do not know if I welcomed you to OL, if I did not, welcome.

You refer to "talk" about the presidential field. This always goes on. Which "talk" are you referring to and who/whom? is doing the talking?

Do you really consider that Ron Paul would "impose" Christian edict by law?

As to that asinine argument by the Solicitor General, it was his only response that he could come up with to flippantly answer the Court's direct question.

The Federal state is going to lose the Florida case. Even though two (2) of the three (3) justices are Clinton appointees, one being elevated by Clinton to the Appellate Court, they cannot find a single path to validate the mandate. Moreover, because the incompetents in the Senate, in their rush to judgment [thanks to Joe "Quisling" Lieberman], failed to include a severability clause in their version, the entire law will be struck down. As the Pensacola Judge's powerful decision clearly stated, every single page of the 2,700 + page law is unconstitutional.

Even Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942), wiki here cannot save this piece of cobbled statist tyranny.

Adam

Post Script: Good luck with the podcasts, count me in.

Edited June 10, 2011 by Selene

[Scottmkiv]

Scott:

I do not know if I welcomed you to OL, if I did not, welcome.

Thanks, I'm happy to be here

You refer to "talk" about the presidential field. This always goes on. Which "talk" are you referring to and who/whom? is doing the talking?

Do you really consider that Ron Paul would "impose" Christian edict by law?

The talk is just Jeff and Me. We are avidly keeping up with the way the GOP is shaping up and lamenting it. I don't think Ron Paul would impose Christianity too much, although I can't say that I love his stance on abortion. http://www.ontheissues.org/tx/Ron_Paul_Abortion.htm

As to that asinine argument by the Solicitor General, it was his only response that he could come up with to flippantly answer the Court's direct question.

I guess it was the best legal defense he could come up with on the spot, but it's still stunning to hear an Obama appointee make the argument.

The Federal state is going to lose the Florida case. Even though two (2) of the three (3) justices are Clinton appointees, one being elevated by Clinton to the Appellate Court, they cannot find a single path to validate the mandate. Moreover, because the incompetents in the Senate, in their rush to judgment [thanks to Joe "Quisling" Lieberman], failed to include a severability clause in their version, the entire law will be struck down. As the Pensacola Judge's powerful decision clearly stated, every single page of the 2,700 + page law is unconstitutional.

I really hope you are right, but it's never safe to assume the supreme court will rule logically. I do think you are right in this case though.

Post Script: Good luck with the podcasts, count me in.

Thanks for the support!

[Selene]

Scott:

As to the Supreme Court, there are four (4) definite votes against the law, Alito, Thomas, Scalia and Roberts.

I am reasonably sure the wicked witch of the West Ruth "Buzzi" Ginsberg.

Sonia "I am a latina" Sotomayor and Stephen "my brain melts like ice cream" Breyer will be in support of the law because they never met an unconstitutional path to take away individual rights that they did not want to run down.

That leaves Kennedy who could come down on either side and who is very political - I think he would vote with the fabulous four to void the law, but he may not.

That leaves the always slick and untruthful Kagan who will most certainly have to recuse herself.

Therefore, the worst case scenario would be a four (4) four (4) tie without Kagan which means that the lower court would be upheld which is why it is critical to win the case in this circuit right now.

The other two possibilities would be 5-3 with Kennedy making the right decision.

Adam

[Scottmkiv]

Objectivist Podcast

On the agenda for today: Obama's contempt for the constitution and congress. He's blatantly ignoring the war powers act. Of course congress is too cowardly to vote for war, so it's hard to blame him too much. We talk about Ayn Rand vs. Jesus. Is the GOP trying to have its cake and eat it too? More than a third of businesses expect to drop healthcare coverage in 2014 when Obamacare's uglier provisions start to take effect. Lastly, a Kuwaiti politician is calling for the legalization of sex slavery. Apparently female POWs are the best candidates for a life of rape and torment. She checked with Islamic clerics and scholars, and her idea is totally Koran approved.

[Scottmkiv]

Objectivist Podcast

There's lots of good news for this week. The 10th amendment is making strides. Individuals now have standing to sue the federal government for overstepping its constitutional bounds. Obama holds a secretive golf summit. So much for his promised transparency. The senate votes to eliminate ethanol subsidies. It's about time!