LJS Comment of the Day
By: Mr. Wilson on
November 17, 2007
Who cares about public participation? Lets be honest, do you really want the lowest common denominator making decisions that could very well determine the future of our City? The average citizen in this town cares more about who the next football coach will be or what Britney Spears is up to, and comparatively nothing about economic development, economic multipliers, tax incentives and tax breaks for investors. If we listened to the majority of voters, we'd still be picking up the pieces from the one term Al Gore presidency. I think the sensible among us can see the fallacy in following the majority. I, for one, trust the business community and the investors in this community to make the best choices when it comes to business and investment issues. The rest of you can have your say when it comes to issues you actually have expertise in, like flipping burgers or greeting consumers at Wal Mart. Investors, shareholders, and the self employed are the real heroes in a capitalist society like the USA. To be against this project is un-American. If you don't like it, move to Massachusetts.There's a lot going on in there, all of it worthy of discussion. Some of his points make for pretty good debate fodder. For example, do we really want "the lowest common denominator" helping to make decisions? It's an inflammatory question, sure, but an intriguing one if you're willing to dig into it. And he is right that most voters -- even those not among the group Mr. Baugh labels "the lowest common denominator" -- are ignorant of many important topics. He also leaves plenty of room for ridicule. Being against the arena is "un-American"? Who knew? At least he thinks I'm a "real hero". That makes me feel good about myself. So have at it, folks. What does Mr. Baugh get right, and where does he miss the mark?
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Seems like he’s advocating Fascism as defined by Mussolini.
the “picking up the pieces” part made me giggle. Also public input might just be for show, to make it seem like the public was involved.
I loves me the LJS comments as well.
That depends on whether or not you want the “lowest common denominator” to help pay for your project that benefits the real heroes in our society. He sounds like Rush Limbaugh, Coby Mach, and Strom Thurmond all rolled up into one.
He also has poor grammar.
I really hope this is an attempt at intentionally presenting the viewpoint of a caricature of a pro-business “conservative” extremist of sorts.
Lee Baugh left out the part about
how those adversely affected by
the StarTran route changes can just
simply relocate to the appropriate
streets—it’s really just that easy….
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