My Heroes – Huey Long
“My voice will be the same as it has been. Patronage will not change it.
Fear will not change it. Persecution will not change it.
It cannot be changed while people suffer. The only way it can be changed is to make the lives of these people decent and respectable. No one will ever hear political opposition out of me when that is done.”
— Huey Long, on the floor of
the U.S. Senate, March 5 1935
Long was revered by the masses as a champion of the common man and demonized by the powerful as a dangerous demagogue.
Had it not been for an assassins’ bullet, he could very well have unseated Roosevelt and became President. He used every dirty trick in the book to fight for the common man. Unlike many of the politicians in the south during his time, he refused to use bigotry and racial hatred as a tool to get elected.
It is not a question of “caring” for the less fortunate, but a matter of who should be responsible. Government should never be the benefactor. The government (those officials, duly elected to political office) does not have the wherewithal to determine the truly needy. Instead, caring for the needy should fall on society (family, friends and neighbors) who have an understanding of those in need and thereby avoid fraud, waste and abuse of mandated revenues obtained through taxation of the citizenry.
Entitlement programs do nothing more than waste money and perpetuate mediocrity. What is the quote … “Don’t feed them fish, but teach them how to fish?” Self-worth and self-esteem are the result of personal accomplishment. Teach people how to achieve and you will eliminate mediocrity and slovenliness. Continue to give them handouts under the pretense of “helping” them and you do nothing more than enslave them to their current circumstance.
We have a new idiot on FriendBurst.
Okay can I stop the bold. LOL
It appears that anonymous assholes have visited this blog. They dare not identify themselves.
Nobama 1
John 0
Lemur -10
Nobama made a good point…about the personal attacks.
Oh… and to the topic of the blog itself. I am just finishing up reading “All The King’s Men” (1946), a Pulitzer winning novel by RObert Penn Warren. I did not realize until just now that the main character of the book was so obviously inspired by Huey Long. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read; the prose is just incredible. Unfortunately, I now realize how it is going to end. Willie Stark is going to get assasinated.
I should rent this movie next…
Good Night John, Lemur, Joko, Dustup, Hardcase and the “gang.” It has been an interesting evening … I enjoyed it, thanks!
See ya soon
I read all the Comments.
Noticed that the “Conservatives” did not address any issues actually raised in the blog.
I didn’t see one comment on Huey Long.
And they think they Won a debate.
Misdirection and Obfuscation, with flights of Paranoiac Delusional fantasies.
The truth I am missing is how Lack of Medical Care, a lack of Pension, low wages and bad working conditions are actually good for people and the country.
I was not well informed about Huey Long. Had heard of him and knew he was a politician from Louisiana. Not much more… Now that I have googled i know a lot more, and I thank you.
I see I missed a food fight here… 😉 That “Little House on the Prairie” world view that would take in the homeless…. Who is stopping them? Maybe we can have debtors prisons and “poorhouses” again… It all worked so well.
Nobama. In all the bellowing and ranting you have done on this blog, not once did you even address the topic of this blog. It appears that your mind cannot conceive of discussing topics other than your rants.