In a previous life, I said that my opinions differ from Josie The Outlaw's less than a "thimbleful in the ocean." Well, that was then. She could've just quit while she was ahead.
And she is entitled to her opinion. This is just one opinion I do not share: Supporting The Troops (her definition...I'll link to it, but not embed it).
Women should by their nature be doves. So, their pretending any authority in regards to war is inane and presumptuous. This youtube event is proof positive that if you listen to any woman long enough, you may come 'round to regret having ever started.
"To celebrate the many lives lost on all sides, by innocent men, women, and children...I support them quitting the military and coming home...I support ALL human beings, including those human beings targeted by US troops..."
Well, fuck that.
I support being a warrior for the essence of being a warrior. And, I don't ask for anyone else to agree with me or any other warrior. I support the notion of a warrior always being a him, and never a her. Whether it's David smiting Goliath, Leonidas fighting in the shade of Xerxes' arrows, or Dan Morgan tomahawk chopping his way through waves of redcoats, the glory of battle is beyond the comprehension of the wimmen-folk. And the involvement of said wimmen-folk queers the deal for warriors on both sides.
There aren't any "innocent bystanders". Only the foolish. Get in the fight, or get out of the way.
Let the politicians lay claim to the soldiers' victory. I submit that the true warrior cares very little for political claims and so-called "support." When I die, I hope I've either lived or died well enough that I can stand before my God and say that I killed as many of our enemies, His and mine, as I could. His Blessings are the only "support" I'll ever give a shit about.
Fighting to defend your home or family or way of life is honorable, too. But, if all you ever prove willing to fight is a defensive war, you'll fight a lot more of them than if you're willing to occasionally walk up to a bad guy and bust his nose.
I do not expect women, or for that matter all the Beta-males of the world, to have much of a sense of honor regarding battle. But, I would appreciate their not waxing expert on things they so-poorly comprehend.
"Heavily armed and bloodthirsty." Just for the glory of it.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Continues, And I'd Say, Evolves
As this philosophical discussion continues its gravitational pull towards, as Concerned American would say, "sportiness", remember this:
Not all of those guys that we harken back to as the Founders of the Great Thing, were perfectly like-minded even with each other. Nor were they perfectly like-minded with that Great Document.
I don't even agree universally with Josie Outlaw. But, the disagreements aren't a thimble-full in the ocean.
Not all of those guys that we harken back to as the Founders of the Great Thing, were perfectly like-minded even with each other. Nor were they perfectly like-minded with that Great Document.
I don't even agree universally with Josie Outlaw. But, the disagreements aren't a thimble-full in the ocean.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Free Raymond Felton
What mistake did Raymond Felton make?
Was it simply owning an FN Herstal handgun, that holds "up to about 20 rounds", according to an AP news report, or that it was loaded with 18 rounds? No.
Was it the act of leaving said handgun at his own house, where his estranged wife continued residing? Mmm-mmm-maybe.
Was it the decision to live and work in a state that has gun laws that contravene and infringe upon his fundamental right to self-protection? Ding-ding-ding-ding.
The first report I read said that his wife filed for divorce on Monday, and had a friend of hers turn the pistol in to the police-gang (who also like carrying the FN Herstal Five-seveN, by the way) on Tuesday. So, I'm guessing the charges get dismissed with some judicial finger-wagging, due to Raymond's not being in actual possession of the weapon at the time.
Personally, I'm hoping Mr. Felton "sticks to his guns" so to speak, tells the Manhattan D.A. that it's none of his fucking business what kind of guns and how many bullets he owns, stores, and carries around with him on his very person and demands his firearm be immediately returned. If he does, I think this has the makings of a first-rate 2nd Amendment infringement case.
I stand behind Raymond Felton's right to keep and bear arms.
Was it simply owning an FN Herstal handgun, that holds "up to about 20 rounds", according to an AP news report, or that it was loaded with 18 rounds? No.
Was it the act of leaving said handgun at his own house, where his estranged wife continued residing? Mmm-mmm-maybe.
Was it the decision to live and work in a state that has gun laws that contravene and infringe upon his fundamental right to self-protection? Ding-ding-ding-ding.
The first report I read said that his wife filed for divorce on Monday, and had a friend of hers turn the pistol in to the police-gang (who also like carrying the FN Herstal Five-seveN, by the way) on Tuesday. So, I'm guessing the charges get dismissed with some judicial finger-wagging, due to Raymond's not being in actual possession of the weapon at the time.
Personally, I'm hoping Mr. Felton "sticks to his guns" so to speak, tells the Manhattan D.A. that it's none of his fucking business what kind of guns and how many bullets he owns, stores, and carries around with him on his very person and demands his firearm be immediately returned. If he does, I think this has the makings of a first-rate 2nd Amendment infringement case.
I stand behind Raymond Felton's right to keep and bear arms.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Fran Poretto and the Nice Guy Trap
Do you recall how eloquently Milton Friedman responded to a question or challenge on economics (or on anything, for that matter)? It could be the most profound wisdom, but he always wrapped and delivered it in the simplest package. Like getting an entire feast in one delicious, tender morsel? Satisfying, completely, to the worst hunger.
Such is this essay from Francis Poretto, citing this essay from James Delingpole. Witness...
Compromise is potentially constructive only when it's strictly about means: i.e., when the two sides angling toward a compromise sincerely agree on the end to be sought, and are both willing to allow that they might be wrong about what means would best serve that end. Under those conditions, everyone involved will be watching the outcome and judging the means applied by that standard alone. When the ends are opposed to one another, compromise must disserve one or the other. It cannot be any other way.
As Delingpole, at Breitbart London, says:
It's what I call the 'Dogshit Yoghurt Fallacy'.
On one side of the argument are those of us who think yoghurt works best with a little fruit or maybe just on its own. On the other are those who believe passionately that what yoghurt really needs is the addition of something more earthy, organic, recycled - like maybe a nice scoop of dogshit.
Now you can call me a dangerous extremist if you like, for refusing under any conditions to accommodate the alternative point of view. Or you could call me one of those few remaining brave souls in a cowardly, compromised world still prepared to tell it like it is: that dogshit into yoghurt simply doesn't go, no matter how many expert surveys you cite, nor how eco-friendly it shows you to be, nor how homeopathic the dosage.
Let us all abandon the nonsense of feeling guilty for refusing their dogshit yoghurt.
Such is this essay from Francis Poretto, citing this essay from James Delingpole. Witness...
Compromise is potentially constructive only when it's strictly about means: i.e., when the two sides angling toward a compromise sincerely agree on the end to be sought, and are both willing to allow that they might be wrong about what means would best serve that end. Under those conditions, everyone involved will be watching the outcome and judging the means applied by that standard alone. When the ends are opposed to one another, compromise must disserve one or the other. It cannot be any other way.
As Delingpole, at Breitbart London, says:
It's what I call the 'Dogshit Yoghurt Fallacy'.
On one side of the argument are those of us who think yoghurt works best with a little fruit or maybe just on its own. On the other are those who believe passionately that what yoghurt really needs is the addition of something more earthy, organic, recycled - like maybe a nice scoop of dogshit.
Now you can call me a dangerous extremist if you like, for refusing under any conditions to accommodate the alternative point of view. Or you could call me one of those few remaining brave souls in a cowardly, compromised world still prepared to tell it like it is: that dogshit into yoghurt simply doesn't go, no matter how many expert surveys you cite, nor how eco-friendly it shows you to be, nor how homeopathic the dosage.
Let us all abandon the nonsense of feeling guilty for refusing their dogshit yoghurt.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Any Questions?
Does there remain any question as to whose interests (its own or its citizens) guide the behavior of this regime?
"There's no question that the US is engaged in economic spying. If there's information at Siemens that they think will be beneficial to the national interests, not the national security, of the united States, they'll go after that information and they'll take it."
And if you've considered the possibility that American citizens' interests and those of the US government are far from being one in the same, ask yourself whose interests Edward Snowden sought to harm. Give him 30 minutes, and make up your own mind.
Uncensored video at Liberty's Torch.
Thank God there was one person, when faced with a decision between what was right and what was lawful, made the decision that enforces and serves Liberty.
"There's no question that the US is engaged in economic spying. If there's information at Siemens that they think will be beneficial to the national interests, not the national security, of the united States, they'll go after that information and they'll take it."
And if you've considered the possibility that American citizens' interests and those of the US government are far from being one in the same, ask yourself whose interests Edward Snowden sought to harm. Give him 30 minutes, and make up your own mind.
Uncensored video at Liberty's Torch.
Thank God there was one person, when faced with a decision between what was right and what was lawful, made the decision that enforces and serves Liberty.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Not Neill Grading's Fault
A spokesmonkey for Hickory's Neill Degrading and Destruction claims that they were nowhere near this new sinkhole: http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/sinkhole-corvette-museum-swallows-eight-rare-vettes-154608933.html
Southport Murderer Indicted for Manslaughter
I just got back from a long weekend that was too short.
I learned while I was out on the ocean that the Brunswick County DA announced a Grand Jury had indicted Bryon Vance Vassey for manslaughter, for shooting and killing 18-year old Keith Vidal on Jan 5.
Reports say the murderer has been released after having to post only $50,000 bond. That seems particularly cheap, as does the manslaughter charge rather than 1st degree murder. It also seems odd that the SBI, originally reported to be taking the investigatory lead, has not released a report.
Worth noting, the NC Police Benevolent Association says, "Detective Vassey employed authorized law enforcement action to stop the continuing threat of deadly harm to Officer John Thomas and others." But that statement contradicts Vassey's own recorded statement to his dispatcher claiming he fired in response to a perceived threat to his own life. This is a good example for you to remember if/when the NCPBA calls you up seeking a donation to their slush-fund. Remind them that you know they're prone to fabricating stories to exonerate murderers, and you'd rather not fund such thuggery.
Another story that doesn't quite jibe: "Southport police chief Jerry Dove said Vassey, who has been with the department for nine years, has a spotless record..." (State Port Pilot). I heard rumors from Southport locals that Vassey has had a recent history as a loose cannon, a "heavy badge" prone to throwing his LEO weight around. So, which is it, Chief Dove?
I learned while I was out on the ocean that the Brunswick County DA announced a Grand Jury had indicted Bryon Vance Vassey for manslaughter, for shooting and killing 18-year old Keith Vidal on Jan 5.
Reports say the murderer has been released after having to post only $50,000 bond. That seems particularly cheap, as does the manslaughter charge rather than 1st degree murder. It also seems odd that the SBI, originally reported to be taking the investigatory lead, has not released a report.
Worth noting, the NC Police Benevolent Association says, "Detective Vassey employed authorized law enforcement action to stop the continuing threat of deadly harm to Officer John Thomas and others." But that statement contradicts Vassey's own recorded statement to his dispatcher claiming he fired in response to a perceived threat to his own life. This is a good example for you to remember if/when the NCPBA calls you up seeking a donation to their slush-fund. Remind them that you know they're prone to fabricating stories to exonerate murderers, and you'd rather not fund such thuggery.
Another story that doesn't quite jibe: "Southport police chief Jerry Dove said Vassey, who has been with the department for nine years, has a spotless record..." (State Port Pilot). I heard rumors from Southport locals that Vassey has had a recent history as a loose cannon, a "heavy badge" prone to throwing his LEO weight around. So, which is it, Chief Dove?
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Will Stand No Nonsense
I used to pretend that I could consider myself well-read. After discovering that Lawrence Auster characterized his own reading list as "meager," I discarded that nonsense.
Ace Of Spades HQ posted a link to The Federalist's Top Ten (but really eleven) books "that people lie about reading", and named Moby as one he wished he'd read. Ben Domenech at The Federalist quotes William F. Buckley saying about not having read Moby Dick until he was 50, "To think I might have died without having read it."
Of Domenech's 11, I've so far read only Atlas & 1984.
Right now, I'm cruising through the fifty-first chapter of Moby Dick, largely because I was going through Auster's list looking for a certifiable classic that I'd not read. Do check out that exhaustive list, linked above.
Here's a recent stanza from chapter XLV that I enjoyed:
Thirdly: Some eighteen or twenty years ago Commodore J——, then commanding an American sloop-of-war of the first class, happened to be dining with a party of whaling-captains, on board a Nantucket ship in the harbour of Oahu, Sandwich Islands. Conversation turning upon whales, the commodore was pleased to be sceptical touching the amazing strength ascribed to them by the professional gentlemen present. He peremptorily denied, for example, that any whale could so smite his stout sloop-of-war as to cause her to leak so much as a thimbleful. Very good; but there is more coming. Some weeks after, the commodore set sail in this impregnable craft for Valparaiso. But he was stopped on the way by a portly sperm whale, that begged a few moments’ confidential business with him. That business consisted in fetching the commodore’s craft such a thwack, that with all his pumps going he made straight for the nearest port to heave down and repair. I am not superstitious, but I consider the commodore’s interview with that whale as providential. Was not Saul of Tarsus converted from unbelief by a similar fright? I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.
Don't know if my top eleven would be the same as Domenech's, but I'll report back after I finish Melville's classic, on whether or not I'd include it in mine.
Ace Of Spades HQ posted a link to The Federalist's Top Ten (but really eleven) books "that people lie about reading", and named Moby as one he wished he'd read. Ben Domenech at The Federalist quotes William F. Buckley saying about not having read Moby Dick until he was 50, "To think I might have died without having read it."
Of Domenech's 11, I've so far read only Atlas & 1984.
Right now, I'm cruising through the fifty-first chapter of Moby Dick, largely because I was going through Auster's list looking for a certifiable classic that I'd not read. Do check out that exhaustive list, linked above.
Here's a recent stanza from chapter XLV that I enjoyed:
Thirdly: Some eighteen or twenty years ago Commodore J——, then commanding an American sloop-of-war of the first class, happened to be dining with a party of whaling-captains, on board a Nantucket ship in the harbour of Oahu, Sandwich Islands. Conversation turning upon whales, the commodore was pleased to be sceptical touching the amazing strength ascribed to them by the professional gentlemen present. He peremptorily denied, for example, that any whale could so smite his stout sloop-of-war as to cause her to leak so much as a thimbleful. Very good; but there is more coming. Some weeks after, the commodore set sail in this impregnable craft for Valparaiso. But he was stopped on the way by a portly sperm whale, that begged a few moments’ confidential business with him. That business consisted in fetching the commodore’s craft such a thwack, that with all his pumps going he made straight for the nearest port to heave down and repair. I am not superstitious, but I consider the commodore’s interview with that whale as providential. Was not Saul of Tarsus converted from unbelief by a similar fright? I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.
Don't know if my top eleven would be the same as Domenech's, but I'll report back after I finish Melville's classic, on whether or not I'd include it in mine.
Friday, January 31, 2014
He That Struggles With Us...
"He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill." -Edmund Burke
(Allow me a brief editing note: There's something screwy going on that occasionally replaces the D'Souza video above with another that I've embedded previously. Some Blogger hiccup, or perhaps something more sinister? I don't know.)
Update: Burke was actually referring to strugglers against, as much as or rather than alongside. And, I learned just after posting this that D'Souza had been doing just that...against none other than dyed-in-the-wool Communist Bill Ayers last night at Dartmouth. 2 hours worth of debate, that Ayers chose to claim wasn't really a debate (actually kicks off his part of the program by claiming the best thing about America is Chicago, ha! Good one, Bill). Word is that D'Souza pretty much owned the debate.
Brought to Dartmouth University by the Young America's Foundation.
I've been trying to watch this for much of the morning, but the video seems to have unrelenting buffering problems. Very aggravating. Going to post the link, in spite of not having seen entire thing. Katie Pavlich vouches for it, though, so that's good enough for me.
Sic 'im boy, sic balls. http://new.livestream.com/abbson/dsouza-ayers-dartmouth/videos/41007905
(Allow me a brief editing note: There's something screwy going on that occasionally replaces the D'Souza video above with another that I've embedded previously. Some Blogger hiccup, or perhaps something more sinister? I don't know.)
Update: Burke was actually referring to strugglers against, as much as or rather than alongside. And, I learned just after posting this that D'Souza had been doing just that...against none other than dyed-in-the-wool Communist Bill Ayers last night at Dartmouth. 2 hours worth of debate, that Ayers chose to claim wasn't really a debate (actually kicks off his part of the program by claiming the best thing about America is Chicago, ha! Good one, Bill). Word is that D'Souza pretty much owned the debate.
Brought to Dartmouth University by the Young America's Foundation.
I've been trying to watch this for much of the morning, but the video seems to have unrelenting buffering problems. Very aggravating. Going to post the link, in spite of not having seen entire thing. Katie Pavlich vouches for it, though, so that's good enough for me.
Sic 'im boy, sic balls. http://new.livestream.com/abbson/dsouza-ayers-dartmouth/videos/41007905
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
No Use (UPDATE: Enlightened)
It seems to me that the harder I study, the less I know.
Case in point, I think that at least 99% of Dinesh D'Souza's fans are singing in Mark Steyn's choir. And vice versa.
Why then, would Steyn, in a SteynOnline article today, preface his thoughts by writing, "I have no use for Dinesh D'Souza..."? He may well have reason for his professed lack of utility, but unless it's particularly notorious, why say so?
Someone help me out here. Anyone?
Bueller?
(UPDATE) Apparently I wasn't the only one so perplexed...
Steyn says, "Some readers demanded to know what I meant by that "no use" crack."
And points to this, his review of D'Souza's "appalling" book. There you have it.
Case in point, I think that at least 99% of Dinesh D'Souza's fans are singing in Mark Steyn's choir. And vice versa.
Why then, would Steyn, in a SteynOnline article today, preface his thoughts by writing, "I have no use for Dinesh D'Souza..."? He may well have reason for his professed lack of utility, but unless it's particularly notorious, why say so?
Someone help me out here. Anyone?
Bueller?
(UPDATE) Apparently I wasn't the only one so perplexed...
Steyn says, "Some readers demanded to know what I meant by that "no use" crack."
And points to this, his review of D'Souza's "appalling" book. There you have it.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Channeling Strother Martin's Captain
Via WRSA & Doug Ross
"What we have here, is a failure to communicate."
Edit to add, we also have a failure to blog a legibly-sized version. So, click the above link and go straight to Ross. All the better for your eyes.
"What we have here, is a failure to communicate."
Edit to add, we also have a failure to blog a legibly-sized version. So, click the above link and go straight to Ross. All the better for your eyes.
Friday, January 24, 2014
If You Like Your Humanism...
...You can keep it.
"I don’t know anyone who might have any valid reasons to question the wisdom of homosexuality as a lifestyle, artificial insemination or gay marriage.
You know, besides overturning millennia of legal, ethical and moral thought on these subjects.
Only racists and homophobes would do that."
from John Ransom, at TownHall
"I don’t know anyone who might have any valid reasons to question the wisdom of homosexuality as a lifestyle, artificial insemination or gay marriage.
You know, besides overturning millennia of legal, ethical and moral thought on these subjects.
Only racists and homophobes would do that."
from John Ransom, at TownHall
Shots Fired At Lexington Green?
Dinesh D'Souza to be arrested on Friday. Via Drudge...
"D'Souza first learned he was being investigated in the middle of 2013, several months after 2016 had earned $33 million at the box office and become the second-most-popular political documentary in U.S. history. The film included an interview with Obama's half-brother, George Obama, who was mildly critical of the president.
Molen says D'Souza is being singled out for "an alleged minor violation" in the same way the IRS reportedly targeted conservative Tea Party groups for retribution. "In light of the recent events and the way the IRS has been used to stifle dissent, this arrest should send shivers down the spines of all freedom-loving Americans," Molen says.
Edit to add: Frankly, I think D'Souza and O'Keefe should both tell Cuomo and the Empire State to go piss up a rope.
"D'Souza first learned he was being investigated in the middle of 2013, several months after 2016 had earned $33 million at the box office and become the second-most-popular political documentary in U.S. history. The film included an interview with Obama's half-brother, George Obama, who was mildly critical of the president.
Molen says D'Souza is being singled out for "an alleged minor violation" in the same way the IRS reportedly targeted conservative Tea Party groups for retribution. "In light of the recent events and the way the IRS has been used to stifle dissent, this arrest should send shivers down the spines of all freedom-loving Americans," Molen says.
Edit to add: Frankly, I think D'Souza and O'Keefe should both tell Cuomo and the Empire State to go piss up a rope.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Don't Go Changin'
Congrats to Western Rifle Shooters Association on their 7000th post. Perhaps they didn't make the Fab50, but I can't think of any one source that I trust more to give us the straight poop.
Peoples' Cube Putin vs. Obama. (I think it says more about the weakness of one politician, than the strength of the other).
Not just the donut-burners to worry about when it comes to rogue LEOs here in NC.
Are you a man, or a subject?
The conviction to withdraw consent comes from deep inside, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have this kind of reinforcement:
You guys rock.
Peoples' Cube Putin vs. Obama. (I think it says more about the weakness of one politician, than the strength of the other).
Not just the donut-burners to worry about when it comes to rogue LEOs here in NC.
Are you a man, or a subject?
The conviction to withdraw consent comes from deep inside, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have this kind of reinforcement:
You guys rock.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Vassey Wouldn't Like It
The Southport police officer who murdered 18-year-old weakling Keith Vidal would surely not approve, but I think it's a positive sign in an otherwise bleak state of circumstance. What's that, you ask?
This morning, I heard on the radio that the town council of my nearby little town, "XX", has voted unanimously to fund and equip each of its police officers with personal, wearable POV cameras that record up to 12 hours without recharging. So, everything every officer sees and does on-duty, immediately becomes part of the record. If there are local officers who "don't have time for" reasonable, non-lethal police work, any outside pressing interests would also, logically, be part of the record.
Speaking of scumbags, the NC Police Benevolent Association apparently has evidence (of which no media outlet is aware) that exonerates Vassey, so they've rushed to his defense. Also, Bryon Vassey, the murderer, has a spokes-cretin but remains uncharged. Methinks this thoroughly and immediately delegitimizes the NCPBA. Just another union, protecting its member-thugs. Remember this if/when the NCPBA calls you for a contribution.
Thumbs up for the town of "XX"...at least murderer Vassey probably won't be inclined toward transferring here.
This morning, I heard on the radio that the town council of my nearby little town, "XX", has voted unanimously to fund and equip each of its police officers with personal, wearable POV cameras that record up to 12 hours without recharging. So, everything every officer sees and does on-duty, immediately becomes part of the record. If there are local officers who "don't have time for" reasonable, non-lethal police work, any outside pressing interests would also, logically, be part of the record.
Speaking of scumbags, the NC Police Benevolent Association apparently has evidence (of which no media outlet is aware) that exonerates Vassey, so they've rushed to his defense. Also, Bryon Vassey, the murderer, has a spokes-cretin but remains uncharged. Methinks this thoroughly and immediately delegitimizes the NCPBA. Just another union, protecting its member-thugs. Remember this if/when the NCPBA calls you for a contribution.
Thumbs up for the town of "XX"...at least murderer Vassey probably won't be inclined toward transferring here.
Friday, January 10, 2014
An Open Letter to Mark Levin
I'm a fan, Mark. You know that.
But, I learned whilst visiting Brock's place that you have issues with the 10th Amendment Center and the concept of Nullification. And worse, he says you have derogatory things to say about Judge Napolitano. I'm still learning about Nullification, but in a measure of scholarship credibility between you and the Judge, I'm afraid you'll be found woefully lacking.
Partly due to your infatuation with "Honest Abe", I've long sensed some condescension from you, Mr. Levin, regarding the South. So, I'd be interested to hear your definition, and defense, of the term "neo-confederate", that you supposedly used to characterize Dr. Tom Woods. I've listened to the name-calling on your show, and confess that I got a kick out of it when you called the New Jersey Governor "Krispy Kreme", so I know that's your shtick. But, I'm inclined to be on Dr. Woods' side here.
Let's hear your debating skill, absent the snark. Is your term "neo-confederate" another way of shouting "raaaaaaciiiiiiiist" to dead-end an argument? That's a tactic that we know the Statists use, and it's fine to turn it back on them, but let's not use it against each other, m'kay? Could you win a debate on the strength of your Constitutional scholarship?
I'd like to suggest Brit Hume to be the moderator/scorekeeper. Choose your weapons (co-debaters) Mark, and let there be some real dialog about the Constitution! I believe it'll be an invaluable learning experience for all America.
Man up, or shut up, Buttercup! If you win, I'll keep the link to marklevin.com right there in the sidebar. If you lose (or refuse to play), Dr. Woods' site will replace yours.
There, I said it!
Full disclosure: I'm still sore about getting suckered into that stamps.com scam of yours.
But, I learned whilst visiting Brock's place that you have issues with the 10th Amendment Center and the concept of Nullification. And worse, he says you have derogatory things to say about Judge Napolitano. I'm still learning about Nullification, but in a measure of scholarship credibility between you and the Judge, I'm afraid you'll be found woefully lacking.
Partly due to your infatuation with "Honest Abe", I've long sensed some condescension from you, Mr. Levin, regarding the South. So, I'd be interested to hear your definition, and defense, of the term "neo-confederate", that you supposedly used to characterize Dr. Tom Woods. I've listened to the name-calling on your show, and confess that I got a kick out of it when you called the New Jersey Governor "Krispy Kreme", so I know that's your shtick. But, I'm inclined to be on Dr. Woods' side here.
Let's hear your debating skill, absent the snark. Is your term "neo-confederate" another way of shouting "raaaaaaciiiiiiiist" to dead-end an argument? That's a tactic that we know the Statists use, and it's fine to turn it back on them, but let's not use it against each other, m'kay? Could you win a debate on the strength of your Constitutional scholarship?
I'd like to suggest Brit Hume to be the moderator/scorekeeper. Choose your weapons (co-debaters) Mark, and let there be some real dialog about the Constitution! I believe it'll be an invaluable learning experience for all America.
Man up, or shut up, Buttercup! If you win, I'll keep the link to marklevin.com right there in the sidebar. If you lose (or refuse to play), Dr. Woods' site will replace yours.
There, I said it!
Full disclosure: I'm still sore about getting suckered into that stamps.com scam of yours.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Cruise
I'm organizing a cruise southward, and looking for crew. We're going to attempt to tow those climate scientists and eco-Nazis tourists back into the unfrozen waters of the Caribbean.
I didn't say, and do not mean to suggest, that we'll be towing their boat.
Comment on whether you'd like to join us or contribute provisions...
I didn't say, and do not mean to suggest, that we'll be towing their boat.
Comment on whether you'd like to join us or contribute provisions...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Francis Poretto: Inheritances
From Liberty's Torch
There's a wealth of things I could write about today...as usual. But in wandering among them, seeking a common theme, I happened upon one I would not have expected. The more I contemplated it, the more sense it made to me. I wonder if it will affect you, Gentle Reader, the same way.
...
It was once said of the French -- derogatorily -- that their core problem is that they think they built Paris, whereas they really only inherited it. Granted that, if we except the banlieues, they've done a decent job of preserving that patrimony. But it would be pathetically wrong to claim credit for originating it. I hope contemporary Frenchmen don't give themselves that particular air. But there are many inheritances in the world. Not all of them are acknowledged. Not all are appreciated and preserved. Some are treated with contempt:
They unwound and flung from them with rage, as a rag that defiled them
The imperial gains of the age which their forefathers piled them.
They ran panting in haste to lay waste and embitter for ever
The wellsprings of Wisdom and Strength which are Faith and Endeavour.
They nosed out and digged up and dragged forth and exposed to derision
All doctrine of purpose and worth and restraint and prevision:
And it ceased, and God granted them all things for which they had striven,
And the heart of a beast in the place of a man's heart was given…
An inheritance of value is not to be treated in such a fashion. The great problem, of course, is that not all of us evaluate by the same standards. It gets worse when one surveys the changes in standards that have occurred over time.
Read the entire essay, and tell me, please...what civil response yet remains for good men who love life and liberty?
There's a wealth of things I could write about today...as usual. But in wandering among them, seeking a common theme, I happened upon one I would not have expected. The more I contemplated it, the more sense it made to me. I wonder if it will affect you, Gentle Reader, the same way.
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It was once said of the French -- derogatorily -- that their core problem is that they think they built Paris, whereas they really only inherited it. Granted that, if we except the banlieues, they've done a decent job of preserving that patrimony. But it would be pathetically wrong to claim credit for originating it. I hope contemporary Frenchmen don't give themselves that particular air. But there are many inheritances in the world. Not all of them are acknowledged. Not all are appreciated and preserved. Some are treated with contempt:
The imperial gains of the age which their forefathers piled them.
They ran panting in haste to lay waste and embitter for ever
The wellsprings of Wisdom and Strength which are Faith and Endeavour.
They nosed out and digged up and dragged forth and exposed to derision
All doctrine of purpose and worth and restraint and prevision:
And the heart of a beast in the place of a man's heart was given…
An inheritance of value is not to be treated in such a fashion. The great problem, of course, is that not all of us evaluate by the same standards. It gets worse when one surveys the changes in standards that have occurred over time.
Read the entire essay, and tell me, please...what civil response yet remains for good men who love life and liberty?
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