Comments on: Intellectual Protectionism amelioration committee http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/10/04/intellectual-protectionism-amelioration-committee/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Russ Nelson http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/10/04/intellectual-protectionism-amelioration-committee/#comment-70 Russ Nelson Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:09:51 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/10/04/intellectual-protectionism-amelioration-committee/#comment-70 Yes, the Wikipedia LTV page is very tedious. It should start off with "Any theory of value that doesn't take time into account is nonsense." and head off from there. I didn't know that Ricardo initially created the LTV. I thought he was smarter than that. Oh well, everyone has their weaknesses. Since Marx also pushed the LTV, I don't see a strong reason to modify my LTV page. -russ Yes, the Wikipedia LTV page is very tedious. It should start off with “Any theory of value that doesn’t take time into account is nonsense.” and head off from there.

I didn’t know that Ricardo initially created the LTV. I thought he was smarter than that. Oh well, everyone has their weaknesses. Since Marx also pushed the LTV, I don’t see a strong reason to modify my LTV page.
-russ

]]> By: Steve Griffin http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/10/04/intellectual-protectionism-amelioration-committee/#comment-67 Steve Griffin Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:01:44 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/10/04/intellectual-protectionism-amelioration-committee/#comment-67 This post hits home in that I'm from Oklahoma and am able to witness Carson's Senate race first-hand. Your analysis is right-on with the "The Margarita Model For Two-Party Systems" link. The problem you have is that Oklahoma is an extremely conservative state, even those who claim they are Democrats are usually more conservative than they are liberal (there are some exceptions in the SouthEastern part of the state, but for the most part its true)....so, if a Democrat wants to even think about getting elected, it usually means that he or she has to have some of the Democratic party's principles compromised in order to even have a chance. The values of the Democratic party's national platform simply won't win votes here...so it has to be diluted. Sad, but true. That's why Democratic Presidential candidates hardly ever see Oklahoma as a "winnable" state....but we have a Democratic Governor and congress men and women who have been elected. There is a schism that takes place between national and local politics. In regards to iPac, while I support the priciples the organization stands for, I doubt their endorsement for Carson truely means much for the state of Oklahoma in the end simply because of the way politics work here. Good though-provoking commentary. This post hits home in that I’m from Oklahoma and am able to witness Carson’s Senate race first-hand. Your analysis is right-on with the “The Margarita Model For Two-Party Systems” link. The problem you have is that Oklahoma is an extremely conservative state, even those who claim they are Democrats are usually more conservative than they are liberal (there are some exceptions in the SouthEastern part of the state, but for the most part its true)….so, if a Democrat wants to even think about getting elected, it usually means that he or she has to have some of the Democratic party’s principles compromised in order to even have a chance. The values of the Democratic party’s national platform simply won’t win votes here…so it has to be diluted. Sad, but true. That’s why Democratic Presidential candidates hardly ever see Oklahoma as a “winnable” state….but we have a Democratic Governor and congress men and women who have been elected. There is a schism that takes place between national and local politics. In regards to iPac, while I support the priciples the organization stands for, I doubt their endorsement for Carson truely means much for the state of Oklahoma in the end simply because of the way politics work here. Good though-provoking commentary.

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