tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6286206426090236030..comments2024-03-18T21:33:35.309-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Learning and Relearning the Americoon Way (11.01.10)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41336645657059614072007-11-10T11:56:00.000-08:002007-11-10T11:56:00.000-08:00Anonymous said "...but still he *is* a great philo...Anonymous said "...but still he *is* a great philosopher, even a spiritual one..."<BR/><BR/>Of what use is a Philosopher, a lover of Wisdom, who is not wise? Who not only makes such monumental 'errors' of judgment such as choosing Nazi Germany over America, but who would not even acknowledge it as a mistake? <BR/><BR/>This is not merely a trivial item of preference such as choosing candidate X over candidate Y, or a disagreement over party affiliations - this is a defining choice and reflects his deepest most fundamental judgments and values and ultimately his estimation of what is Good, Beautiful and True - or whether or not they even exist - which in the end, for him, they did not. <BR/><BR/>He may have put some fine looking decorations upon his philosophical house, but he showed his foundation to be rotten to the core, and I guarantee you that if you look closely at those pretty adornments you'll find them to be corrupt as well.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88243789864013951122007-11-10T02:46:00.000-08:002007-11-10T02:46:00.000-08:00For more on American exceptionalism, try "Our Firs...For more on American exceptionalism, try "Our First Revolution" by Michael Barone, about the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Also, "Albion's Seed" by David Hackett Fischer which tells the story of the four waves of English/Scots immigrations to America. There's an analysis in the back of the book on every Presidential election for 200 years (well, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit) with electoral maps showing how presidents are really chosen. Fascinating!! James Bennett's "The Anglosphere Challenge" is also interesting. Bennett defines the Anglosphere as Great Britain, Canada, Australia, US, India & Japan. His website is "Albion's Seedlings", lots of good book recommendations there. "Chicagoboyz" is also in that same flavor . <BR/><BR/>Susan LeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88981548708845309042007-11-10T02:28:00.000-08:002007-11-10T02:28:00.000-08:00Dear Bob, your view of Heidegger is not the whole ...Dear Bob, your view of Heidegger is not the whole story; he is a very ambivalent figure, I agree that his view of America is bullshit and indeed, and I can't understand why he never apologized because of his behaviour in 1933; but still he *is* a great philosopher, even a spiritual one; I wonder if his writings "Vom Ereignis" - published a long time after his death (in 1989) - are translated yet into english; it contains a lot of spiritual stuff about the origin of beeing, ideas which are able to connect western und eastern spirituality. I think you would like it.<BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>Jens (I learnded about you by reading What is Enlightenment and your wonderful book), Editor of the german anthroposophical magazin<BR/>www.info3.de )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74077310782501847892007-11-09T22:39:00.000-08:002007-11-09T22:39:00.000-08:00Hey John! That's great news! :^)I'm so glad yer do...Hey John! <BR/>That's great news! :^)<BR/>I'm so glad yer doin' well! <BR/>As far as the vitamins, I highly recommend the Walmart generic multivitamins. More vita for the buck!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48583555912456942352007-11-09T22:09:00.000-08:002007-11-09T22:09:00.000-08:00You have to start somewhere...why not at the begin...You have to start somewhere...why not at the beginning?NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79207047419355180222007-11-09T22:08:00.000-08:002007-11-09T22:08:00.000-08:00JWM !Somewhere is here...Great to hear from you!JWM !<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&chapter=9&verse=10&version=72&context=verse" REL="nofollow">Somewhere is here...</A><BR/><BR/>Great to hear from you!NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87706682399135865612007-11-09T19:38:00.000-08:002007-11-09T19:38:00.000-08:00Dilys:re The Prayer.Yikes.I am reminded of the com...Dilys:<BR/>re The Prayer.<BR/><BR/>Yikes.<BR/>I am reminded of the common quip, "Be careful what you pray for." To which I often respond, "Yeah- Never pray for humility."<BR/><BR/>I read somewhere about a correlation between fear of God and Wisdom.<BR/><BR/>Hi gang. I've been here in Lurk Mode for a while- content to sit back, and take things in. I've been working a lot lately, too. Just got the one-year follow up after last October's troubles. Everything was very good. BP, Cholesterol, EKG stress. The doc took me off the lipitor, so now I need to find the best organic herbal nature friendly gaia approved nonexploitational culturally sensitive, recyclable, and recycled vitamin pills. You know- something fermented out of the toe fungus from some snotnose bat found only on one remote island that's all full of giant gorillas and stuff. The kind of crap you can only get at like Trader Joe's, or something.<BR/><BR/>JWM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59991359875220637812007-11-09T18:35:00.000-08:002007-11-09T18:35:00.000-08:00Ah outrage. I think Jesus said, "This is a house o...Ah outrage. I think Jesus said, "This is a house of prayer, but you have made it a house of robbers"? <BR/><BR/>Where was ever your house of prayer, troll? Where was your altar? Your sacrifice? Where was your worship for the One? <BR/><BR/>Your private interpretation of the scripture is just that - suited for your own justification and egotism.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67498495350657930292007-11-09T16:32:00.000-08:002007-11-09T16:32:00.000-08:00And besides that, they're irritating as hellYeah, ...<I>And besides that, they're irritating as hell</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I suppose they are, somewhat in the manner that a dog barking incessantly at a squirrel might be.<BR/><BR/>Of course the dog is neither so vain nor so stupid as to think he is unveiling devastating wit when he's making all that noise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25716387561965361602007-11-09T15:53:00.000-08:002007-11-09T15:53:00.000-08:00Actually, I think Herr Troll is trying to say that...Actually, I think Herr Troll is trying to say that his anger is just as justified as Jesus's was. These lefties do have a high opinion of their moral outrage, don't they? And so yet again I'm reminded that at the end of the day it's the moral zealotry and absolutism of the Left that's the real danger. Their needle is pegged <I>all the time</I>. They are <I>always</I> cranked to 11. They'll lie, they'll slander, they'll throw food, they'll slit tires, they'll undermine the principles of classical American liberalism -- whatever it takes to satisfy their moral passions. <BR/><BR/>And besides that, they're irritating as hell and most of them dance funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85887356381630655342007-11-09T13:31:00.000-08:002007-11-09T13:31:00.000-08:00miss tear underware said "...Of course, they'll ne...miss tear underware said "...Of course, they'll never really totally assimilate, but their children, since they aren't tainted by their non-american past, can be treated as real equals. We can look past their dark skin color as long as they work hard and pray to the correct God..."<BR/><BR/>My oh my, you <I>are</I> an angry little bigot aren't you?<BR/><BR/>"But what will we do with those who were..."<BR/><BR/>What <I>is</I> it about you leftists, that you always want to <I>do</I> things with people? Especially 'people' as a group? Maybe something in the roots of your herr....Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49174145680356280522007-11-09T13:21:00.000-08:002007-11-09T13:21:00.000-08:00Magnus,I didn't know they did Droll in Norway?;-)Magnus,<BR/><BR/>I didn't know they did Droll in Norway?<BR/><BR/>;-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12286365762939032802007-11-09T13:16:00.000-08:002007-11-09T13:16:00.000-08:00Still worth reading, though. Just needs to be put...Still worth reading, though. Just needs to be put through the dream-machine for a couple of cycles....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16624142092638233042007-11-09T13:13:00.000-08:002007-11-09T13:13:00.000-08:00Pffft. What a disappointing conclusion to God and...Pffft. What a disappointing conclusion to God and Gold. With Soros in the shadows, I knew there had to be another shoe somewhere. Stay tuned....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27942996696908455402007-11-09T13:02:00.000-08:002007-11-09T13:02:00.000-08:00Hair etc.: he was really just resentful of how muc...Hair etc.: <EM>he was really just resentful of how much money they were making. Silly Jesus.</EM> <BR/><BR/>Ah, the familiar calumny that Americans are preoccupied with money over morals. <EM>Sehr interessant</EM>!<BR/><BR/>"The American knows nothing, he seeks nothing but money. He has no ideas; consequently the state is no spiritual or customary institution (Fatherland ), but an artificial convention. ..." (Ceasar p. 152)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47037065877018675282007-11-09T12:51:00.001-08:002007-11-09T12:51:00.001-08:00Yes, what might be taken as frustration or anger i...Yes, what might be taken as frustration or anger is, when seen by those who dwell in Reality, obviously resentment. Whenever someone gets upset with me for espousing my thinly veiled fascism I know that they really just resent me for telling the truth.<BR/><BR/>Its similar to when Jesus got upset with the money changers in the temple. He thought he was angry because they we doing horrible things and that his anger was justified, but no, he was really just resentful of how much money they were making. Silly Jesus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70886308764383355162007-11-09T12:51:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:51:00.000-08:00Piling on in praise of Justice Thomas' My Grandfat...Piling on in praise of Justice Thomas' <EM>My Grandfather's Son </EM>. On a recent trip, I was so weepy over its early chapters that the stewardess was concerned she had a basket case aboard. Read it, <STRONG>read it</STRONG>. And, not least, buy it. The <A HREF="http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/the_prayers_of_clarence_thomas.html" REL="nofollow">prayer</A> that he came to in connection with the confirmation hearing ordeal would hoover out anyone's soul. I am not worthy even to review a book by this man.<BR/><BR/>And now that Sarkovsky says he <A HREF="http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-never-understood-why-we-had-to-fight.html" REL="nofollow">just "doesn't get"</A> anti-Americanism, it may be time to diligently catalogue the tired Old World's tired old calumnies, and identify the recycled categories in a display of exaggerated world-weariness, especially <A HREF="http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2007/11/highly-recommended.html" REL="nofollow">Ceasar's</A>: <EM>Aha! I see you embed our old familiar the Degeneracy Thesis! très intéressant!</EM>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84736972398483108222007-11-09T12:44:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:44:00.000-08:00Ask not for what the troll bawls.... As Bob said, ...Ask not for what the troll bawls.... <BR/><BR/>As Bob said, nothing causes more resentment than reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83393993505096204152007-11-09T12:41:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:41:00.000-08:00hair on der bottom - My what an angry little troll...hair on der bottom - My what an angry little troll you are! You certainly have it all figured out -so, March On!<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah...WOOF!NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38512944869938983252007-11-09T12:35:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:35:00.000-08:00You're right. What they need is to changed from t...You're right. What they need is to changed from their inferior selves into more perfect pseudo-americans. Of course, they'll never really totally assimilate, but their children, since they aren't tainted by their non-american past, can be treated as real equals. We can look past their dark skin color as long as they work hard and pray to the correct God.<BR/><BR/>But what will we do with those who were raised anglo-american but don't wave and salute the flag properly and who deign to think outside the correct theo-political norms? Maybe we should deport them to some third-world shithole, which was obviously not created by anything Anglo-Americans have ever done, and let them come begging back after they realize how foolish they were to reject Reality. Yes, deportation is the only solution to those damned Leftists. Now all we need is some non-absurd and non-arbitrary criterion for deciding who really is a Leftist. Man, this job of purifying the world of everyone other than proper white anglo-americans[and those who aren't but who will play our game] is tougher than I thought.<BR/><BR/>March on Christian Soldiers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53146749020768491162007-11-09T12:15:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:15:00.000-08:00How to eliminate the non-angloamericans: Invent ch...How to eliminate the non-angloamericans: Invent cheaper birth control. Since they don't want the bother of caring for anyone else, even their own children, they eliminate themselves. The countries that can afford reliable birth control already wither on root, so the next step is to make cheaper birth control for the most misruled countries where people barely can afford food. Then wait, and eventually colonize the vast empty lands.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps!<BR/><BR/>wv:sarexMagnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57304339796971590892007-11-09T12:10:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:10:00.000-08:00And with Veterans day coming up, thanks to the Vet...And with Veterans day coming up, thanks to the Veterans for making it possible!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24241968307681382532007-11-09T12:08:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:08:00.000-08:00mr. undercutting bottom said "...Though we do need...mr. undercutting bottom said "...Though we do need them to do all those jobs we don't like. hmm, what to do?"<BR/>Hey! Almost got the shift key down! Impressive! But then again, what you have to say is just as under whelming as ever. Everything is not simple, it just seems that way because you are.<BR/><BR/>What to do about them? If they're here legally, let them! Just as the long trail of immigrants before them from the Vietnamese to the Italians, Irish, Germans, English, etc, etc, etc... the hard workers will get established, begin to earn more than the snotty folks that are here now (that'd be you) looking down on them, and force them to begin applying themselves once again .<BR/><BR/>What’s the end result? America prospers as a new wave of immigrants become Anglicized and Americanized.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87856515782058725942007-11-09T12:00:00.000-08:002007-11-09T12:00:00.000-08:00Has anyone read Theodore Dalrymple's new book? In ...Has anyone read Theodore Dalrymple's new book? <BR/>In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas<BR/><BR/>Any good?<BR/><BR/>Just finished "My Grandfather's Son" by Clarence Thomas<BR/><BR/>1)great read<BR/>2)brother-under-the-pelt for sure<BR/>3)lets wankers have it with both barrels<BR/>4)mirrors Raccoon-style return to Faith<BR/><BR/>I was glued to CSPAN during those hearings & even taped the last several days. Remember standing up & saying Yes Yes Yes when he shut the panel's BS down. Turns out he thought: screw the nomination, got righteous about the bull & asked the Holy Spirit to speak thru him. <BR/><BR/>It definitely was powerful & memorable.<BR/><BR/>Way to go Clarence!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71965183629238470822007-11-09T11:42:00.000-08:002007-11-09T11:42:00.000-08:00wow, I didn't realize before how simple everything...wow, I didn't realize before how simple everything is. Your philosophy, and that which follows from it, is responsible for all that is good and everything else is responsible for all that is bad.<BR/><BR/>Yes, those non anglo-americans are so useless. The only question is whether we should try to convert them[but why, they are so ungrateful when we try] or eliminate them. Though we do need them to do all those jobs we don't like. hmm, what to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com