(Via Instapundit) Professor Bainbridge strains mightily to appeal to sweet reason…
At bottom, my problem with [Bruce] Bartlett’s argument that we can afford higher taxes and greater regulation is that regulation and taxation are like the story about how to boil a frog. If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
In the United States today, the thermostat is still set pretty low. The Heritage Foundation has warned us, however, that the Obamabots have turned up the heat a tad. It is the proper function of conservatives to resist and to seek to turn down the heat. It would be nice to have Bartlett and [James] Joyner with us.
…but it is too late: the two that he’s trying to reach are gracefully finishing their transition to the Other Side, where their social views are compatible enough with existing mandated opinion, and where they may find available a discreet amount of funding for apostates*. I say this with no real heat: such things happen. I will say this, though: when they do complete their transitioning, they will demonstrate it by attacking Professor Bainbridge.
Such things also happen.
Moe Lane
*Which is frankly something that the Right needs to emulate. As Tom Clancy
the two that he’s trying to reach are gracefully finishing their transition to the Other Side
I like James, but I’ve been suspicious of him due to his continued linking to John Cole’s demented rantings. A commenter actually mentioned that if JJ continued, he’d fall into the abyss just like Cole did. Joyner’s reaction? “Oh, I don’t think that would happen.” Think. Think. The proper response would have been “John used to be reasonable even when I disagree with him, but he’s obviously gone insane and I will not be joining him. Ever.”