Comments on: Stormin’ Norman, Decentralist http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/ Place. Limits. Liberty. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: nyscof http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/#comment-3590 nyscof Fri, 29 May 2009 12:15:39 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485#comment-3590 Too bad the city didn't heed Mailer's plan to stop fluoridation which cost NYC $24 million in 2008, alone. Organized dentistry claims that for every dollar spent on fluoridation, $38 is save. Yeah right. New York City low income residents have bombed out teeth and dentists won't treat Medicaid patients so it's off to the emergency room at ten times the cost of a simple filling, on the taxpayer's dime. Meanwhile, the city keeps fluoridation but plans to cut many dental clinics, saving $2.4 million, while unfilled tooth decay is rampant and fluoride is not reducing tooth decay. See Fluoridation Fails New York http://www.freewebs.com/fluoridation/fluoridationfailsnewyork.htm Adverse health effects of fluoride http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health Too bad the city didn’t heed Mailer’s plan to stop fluoridation which cost NYC $24 million in 2008, alone. Organized dentistry claims that for every dollar spent on fluoridation, $38 is save. Yeah right.

New York City low income residents have bombed out teeth and dentists won’t treat Medicaid patients so it’s off to the emergency room at ten times the cost of a simple filling, on the taxpayer’s dime.

Meanwhile, the city keeps fluoridation but plans to cut many dental clinics, saving $2.4 million, while unfilled tooth decay is rampant and fluoride is not reducing tooth decay.

See Fluoridation Fails New York
http://www.freewebs.com/fluoridation/fluoridationfailsnewyork.htm

Adverse health effects of fluoride
http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health

]]> By: kurt9 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/#comment-3574 kurt9 Fri, 29 May 2009 02:34:21 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485#comment-3574 A blog about decentralization: http://athousandnations.com/ A blog about decentralization:

http://athousandnations.com/

]]> By: Esmeralda_Pearl http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/#comment-3481 Esmeralda_Pearl Wed, 27 May 2009 22:15:40 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485#comment-3481 Bill, Thank you, I remember the campaign, it was one of the best NYC has seen. I think it was the last hurrah of "old New York" as I remember the town. The secession/51st state has remained viable in some quarters. If I was a NYC resident I would be concerned about the percentage of my taxes that were redistributed "Upstate." Mailer was right about urban renewal and the neighborhoods. As I recall, Mailer also opposed the destruction of the old Penn Station. Fortunately, Moses didn't his way regarding the LOMEX and other expressways that would have bisected Manhattan island! (The 1964 World's Fair in Flushing, Queens was his last big project.) Quite a few of the older building were destroyed to make room for concrete monstrosities. He was 100% right regarding the War in Iraq: <i>" "Fascism is more of a natural state than democracy. To assume blithely that we can export democracy into any country we choose can serve paradoxically to encourage more fascism at home and abroad. Democracy is a state of grace that is attained only by those countries who have a host of individuals not only ready to enjoy freedom but to undergo the heavy labor of maintaining it."</i>--N. Mailer I believe that the same sentiment would apply to the current situation in Af-Pak. Bill,

Thank you, I remember the campaign, it was one of the best NYC has seen. I think it was the last hurrah of “old New York” as I remember the town.

The secession/51st state has remained viable in some quarters. If I was a NYC resident I would be concerned about the percentage of my taxes that were redistributed “Upstate.”

Mailer was right about urban renewal and the neighborhoods. As I recall, Mailer also opposed the destruction of the old Penn Station. Fortunately, Moses didn’t his way regarding the LOMEX and other expressways that would have bisected Manhattan island! (The 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing, Queens was his last big project.) Quite a few of the older building were destroyed to make room for concrete monstrosities.

He was 100% right regarding the War in Iraq:

” “Fascism is more of a natural state than democracy. To assume blithely that we can export democracy into any country we choose can serve paradoxically to encourage more fascism at home and abroad. Democracy is a state of grace that is attained only by those countries who have a host of individuals not only ready to enjoy freedom but to undergo the heavy labor of maintaining it.”–N. Mailer

I believe that the same sentiment would apply to the current situation in Af-Pak.

]]> By: KMD http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/#comment-3477 KMD Wed, 27 May 2009 20:44:50 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485#comment-3477 A charming piece. Mailer's left conservatism still surprises me. I read "The Castle in the Forest" and was happy-but surprised-to hear Mailer offer a somewhat approving take on Nicholas II and the Hapsburgs in Austria. A charming piece. Mailer’s left conservatism still surprises me. I read “The Castle in the Forest” and was happy-but surprised-to hear Mailer offer a somewhat approving take on Nicholas II and the Hapsburgs in Austria.

]]> By: D.W. Sabin http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/#comment-3473 D.W. Sabin Wed, 27 May 2009 18:11:20 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485#comment-3473 As Transport Workers Union of America President Mike Quill said :"I don't give a damn about John "Lindslay". Mailer and the beloved Breslin might have run a decent and amusing campaign but they lost soundly when compared to the other manic bard, Hunter S. Thompson's miraculous near upset for Aspen County Sheriff on the anarchic Freak Power Ticket. The smooth boy swells of tony Aspen were petrified that this nut who liked to shoot guns indoors and broadcast Screaming Sows from loudspeakers mounted on his Red Shark chevy might actually win. The scare alone was worth it. Would that we might have a campaign like these two in this programmed, polled, monied and farcical age of "political action". Would that we actually had scrappy writers like these two for this nancy boy era of have a nice day grabass. We shall refrain from dwelling on that little prison pen pal episode. Brooklyn remains the uber -local and may Walter O'Malley be running a soccer league in the third ring of Hell. As Transport Workers Union of America President Mike Quill said :”I don’t give a damn about John “Lindslay”. Mailer and the beloved Breslin might have run a decent and amusing campaign but they lost soundly when compared to the other manic bard, Hunter S. Thompson’s miraculous near upset for Aspen County Sheriff on the anarchic Freak Power Ticket. The smooth boy swells of tony Aspen were petrified that this nut who liked to shoot guns indoors and broadcast Screaming Sows from loudspeakers mounted on his Red Shark chevy might actually win. The scare alone was worth it.

Would that we might have a campaign like these two in this programmed, polled, monied and farcical age of “political action”. Would that we actually had scrappy writers like these two for this nancy boy era of have a nice day grabass. We shall refrain from dwelling on that little prison pen pal episode.

Brooklyn remains the uber -local and may Walter O’Malley be running a soccer league in the third ring of Hell.

]]> By: lilian calles barger http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/#comment-3472 lilian calles barger Wed, 27 May 2009 18:06:38 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485#comment-3472 Mailer was on to something I have believed for a long time. The government that works best is the one that is literally closest to the people. How about right across the street? Decentralization, community standards and responsibility allow for individuals to flourish within communities of mutual interest. Communitarian politics needs a fair hearing. However, communitarian politics is contingent on an economic system that allows the small enterprise to prosper. With the Wallmarting of America such an economic system is unlikely. There is now some hope. With the economic meltdown of large scale business an opportunity may arise for the revitalization of the local in all its wonder. Power to the neighborhoods! Mailer was on to something I have believed for a long time. The government that works best is the one that is literally closest to the people. How about right across the street? Decentralization, community standards and responsibility allow for individuals to flourish within communities of mutual interest. Communitarian politics needs a fair hearing. However, communitarian politics is contingent on an economic system that allows the small enterprise to prosper. With the Wallmarting of America such an economic system is unlikely. There is now some hope. With the economic meltdown of large scale business an opportunity may arise for the revitalization of the local in all its wonder. Power to the neighborhoods!

]]> By: Norman Mailer Speaks » Blog Archive » Quick scan of the net - norman mailer http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/05/stormin-norman-decentralist/#comment-3469 Norman Mailer Speaks » Blog Archive » Quick scan of the net - norman mailer Wed, 27 May 2009 17:41:04 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485#comment-3469 [...] http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485There would be no inane happy-talk about the “family of New York” from Norman Mailer. He realized that “the good farmers and small-town workers of New York State rather detest us.” Rather indeed. “The connection of New York City to New … [...] [...] http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=3485There would be no inane happy-talk about the “family of New York” from Norman Mailer. He realized that “the good farmers and small-town workers of New York State rather detest us.” Rather indeed. “The connection of New York City to New … [...]

]]>