Comments on: Confucius on the Massachusetts Election http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/ What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jason http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-244 jason Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:58:16 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-244 Hey Danny, great post. I'm studying Chinese, and most academics totally misinterpret Confucius to fit a liberal agenda. Actually, it's surprising that not many have picked up on these parallels. Confucius' entire purpose was to return society to its traditional roots, which included small government and family values. This article I saw just before I got to your site picked up the theme pretty well: http://www.guanximaster.com/historical-china/120/what-the-tea-party-could-learn-from-confucius/ It's obviously not a 2010 thing - this kind of thing's been going on for thousands of years. Anyway, thanks again for the blog. Hey Danny, great post. I’m studying Chinese, and most academics totally misinterpret Confucius to fit a liberal agenda. Actually, it’s surprising that not many have picked up on these parallels. Confucius’ entire purpose was to return society to its traditional roots, which included small government and family values. This article I saw just before I got to your site picked up the theme pretty well: http://www.guanximaster.com/historical-china/120/what-the-tea-party-could-learn-from-confucius/ It’s obviously not a 2010 thing – this kind of thing’s been going on for thousands of years. Anyway, thanks again for the blog.

]]> By: Irene King http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Irene King Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:12:48 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-18 Danny, I followed the link from the RCP site and was pleased to see the comment was much extended over here. Don't be uncomfortable about being associated with the "Tea Party" phenomenon. I am. And I guess we're both members of a couple of very rare breed of people: you, an open-minded liberal, and me, a black conservative. Who'da thunk? Danny,

I followed the link from the RCP site and was pleased to see the comment was much extended over here. Don’t be uncomfortable about being associated with the “Tea Party” phenomenon. I am. And I guess we’re both members of a couple of very rare breed of people: you, an open-minded liberal, and me, a black conservative. Who’da thunk?

]]> By: Danny Fisher http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Danny Fisher Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:46:07 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-16 Thank you Kevin, I greatly appreciate your response and your forwarding my thoughts to others - Best, Danny Thank you Kevin, I greatly appreciate your response and your forwarding my thoughts to others – Best, Danny

]]> By: Kevin http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Kevin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:42:46 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-15 Danny, Great post. I echo your sentiments and will forward your writings to my different groups I belong to. The disconnect between the governors and the governed has never been stronger in my lifetime. Thanks for your expression of what a number of us are feeling right now. Danny,
Great post. I echo your sentiments and will forward your writings to my different groups I belong to. The disconnect between the governors and the governed has never been stronger in my lifetime.
Thanks for your expression of what a number of us are feeling right now.

]]> By: Freedom Fan http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Freedom Fan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:43:35 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-14 Danny, I can understand that you are still uncomfortable with the thought, since the decent folks in the Tea Party movement have been maligned by the ruling elite and the MSM as a bunch of uneducated racist hicks. But the concerns you have expressed exactly mirror those of the vast majority in the Tea Party movement who want to restore fiscal sanity and democracy to America. I speak as someone who has attended many rallies, including the 9/12 march on D.C. which drew more than a half million folks. Danny, I can understand that you are still uncomfortable with the thought, since the decent folks in the Tea Party movement have been maligned by the ruling elite and the MSM as a bunch of uneducated racist hicks.

But the concerns you have expressed exactly mirror those of the vast majority in the Tea Party movement who want to restore fiscal sanity and democracy to America. I speak as someone who has attended many rallies, including the 9/12 march on D.C. which drew more than a half million folks.

]]> By: Danny Fisher http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Danny Fisher Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:16:09 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-13 Hi Freedom Fan, thank you for your kind words of encouragement. Although allow me to clarify that my comments are independent of any specific movement. I respect different points of view across the political spectrum, but I do not consider myself a member of the Tea Party movement. Best, Danny Hi Freedom Fan, thank you for your kind words of encouragement. Although allow me to clarify that my comments are independent of any specific movement. I respect different points of view across the political spectrum, but I do not consider myself a member of the Tea Party movement. Best, Danny

]]> By: Freedom Fan http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Freedom Fan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:49:26 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-12 Danny, welcome to the Tea Party movement. We patriots surround the self-annointed "educated class". Our numbers will grow like a juggernaut and we will win. Your essay is marvelous indeed; kudos my friend. Danny, welcome to the Tea Party movement. We patriots surround the self-annointed “educated class”. Our numbers will grow like a juggernaut and we will win.

Your essay is marvelous indeed; kudos my friend.

]]> By: Dawna http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Dawna Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:58:34 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-11 Great post. You have expressed my sentiments exactly. This needs to be read by everyone in Washington. Great post. You have expressed my sentiments exactly. This needs to be read by everyone in Washington.

]]> By: Michele http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Michele Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:21:19 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-10 Hi, I followed the link you left on Mort Zuckerman's limp post at the Daily Beast about Obama: "He's Done Everything Wrong." I love everything you say here. Including the Camille Paglia references. Words of truth, especially these days, feel like warm bath water sliding over my skin. There's so much disinformation and blatant propaganda (I don't even bother calling it bias anymore) by the media, I get so excited by posts from liberals with open minds. I grew up a San Francisco liberal hippie kid, and stayed that way politically until around 9/11 when I started questioning the media, the education system, my friends... It all rang false. anyway, I won't blather anymore about my political evolution. I am just happy to find intelligent people with truly open minds. People like you, open-minded and thoughtful, will be the ones to make a difference in this political climate. Thank you for the great post. Hi, I followed the link you left on Mort Zuckerman’s limp post at the Daily Beast about Obama: “He’s Done Everything Wrong.”

I love everything you say here. Including the Camille Paglia references. Words of truth, especially these days, feel like warm bath water sliding over my skin. There’s so much disinformation and blatant propaganda (I don’t even bother calling it bias anymore) by the media, I get so excited by posts from liberals with open minds.

I grew up a San Francisco liberal hippie kid, and stayed that way politically until around 9/11 when I started questioning the media, the education system, my friends… It all rang false. anyway, I won’t blather anymore about my political evolution. I am just happy to find intelligent people with truly open minds. People like you, open-minded and thoughtful, will be the ones to make a difference in this political climate.

Thank you for the great post.

]]> By: The Clear Air – waka waka waka http://insearchoflosttime.net/2010/01/20/confucius-on-the-massachusetts-election/comment-page-1/#comment-9 The Clear Air – waka waka waka Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:41:14 +0000 http://insearchoflosttime.net/?p=100#comment-9 [...] see the process in action, read this fine post by my friend Danny Fisher. Related content from Sphere Posted by Malcolm on at 10:41 am, filed [...] [...] see the process in action, read this fine post by my friend Danny Fisher. Related content from Sphere Posted by Malcolm on at 10:41 am, filed [...]

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