Bircher/Tea Party Strib Editorial

[CatholicEdHead]

I read this in the paper and just rolled my eyes. It is more Bircher than Tea Party as they actually go back to Eisenhower to bash the government. Their listed reasons for bad government are beyond laughable.

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/232745621.html

But, from our perspective as Christian populists within the Tea Party, Sunstein offers a false choice. He suggests that we must choose between following these right-wingers or those right-wingers. But as Pope Francis recently reminded all Christians, religion is not an ideology.

It is not ideological for a Christian populist today to know with certainty that the federal government is bad, bad, bad, in all three branches of government. The White House has been filled with a string of narcissists since Dwight Eisenhower. Congress for decades has been infested with self-important millionaires who self-finance their campaigns. And neglected U.S. Supreme Court justices, in a smug and elitist way, have decided important cultural issues by 5-4 votes.

To make matters worse, few of the federal agencies deliver. Space shuttles blow up. The federal health care website has “glitches.” Federal antipoverty programs create permanent poverty. The Federal Reserve causes recessions. The Department of Defense is a department for war.

Our Christian populist perspective on the federal government is becoming the general population’s perspective on the federal government. Polls show that federal institutions are increasingly unpopular.

[progree]

1. Well, a Counterpoint Op Ed. I'm sure glad it's not a Star Tribune editorial

representing the view of the editor or the editorial board like I first thought. I thought, OMG, has the Strib changed that much!

(I haven't been reading much of the Strib since they put their pay wall up -- yes, I know, 10 free articles (really pages) a month (a 3 page article counts as 3 articles in this). I have to keep track. I know I should support them, but what they are charging is too darn high. Wish the newspapers would come up with some sort of better arrangement for this than either free or high prices.

[Brickbat]

3. If you're on a Mac and hit "command-period" while the story is loading, you can view it.

I don't know what the keyboard command is on a PC, but you can also hit the "x" or "stop loading" command on your browser. It takes a little practice, and it doesn't always give photos a chance to load, but that way you can read the articles.

[progree]

4. Probably the Esc (Escape key) on the IBM PC. Is this for after the quota is reached, or

to keep it from "counting" the number of articles while one still hasn't reached the limit? (on the Star Tribune, they give 10 articles a month free). Thanks! (The New York Times is another one that has a limit, and I'm skittish about looking at articles there).

If you're on a Mac and hit "command-period" while the story is loading, you can view it.
I don't know what the keyboard command is on a PC, but you can also hit the "x" or "stop loading" command on your browser.

[Brickbat]

5. The way I use it is that at the beginning of the month, I click through stories I want to read, and

then all of a sudden I get the reminder that I've hit my limit. So I go back to the home page, click on the story I want to read, and stop the loading. I do that for the rest of the month and usually forget that I get the "free" 10 at the beginning of the month. Either I remember, or I don't. It's easy once you get used to it. I hope it works for you!

[progree]

6. Thanks! n/t

[Mnpaul]

2. There are some great responses

the authors got taken apart in the comments.