tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post664833899570881107..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Obama: Stage IV Metastatic LiberalismGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53158386564979197272013-03-01T08:09:56.574-08:002013-03-01T08:09:56.574-08:00"Would you believe seven St. Bernards in heat..."Would you believe seven St. Bernards in heat?"Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33403305250667324442013-03-01T07:01:18.631-08:002013-03-01T07:01:18.631-08:00Heino
and Hal Phillip Walker?<a href="http://travistation.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/tumblr_lrx03lofkb1qemxfbo1_500.jpg?" rel="nofollow">Heino</a> <br />and Hal Phillip Walker?gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63793140207681607442013-03-01T06:50:43.633-08:002013-03-01T06:50:43.633-08:00Would you believe Millard Fillmore and Tony Orland...Would you believe Millard Fillmore and Tony Orlando?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48502630645136344512013-03-01T05:42:25.381-08:002013-03-01T05:42:25.381-08:00Sounds like a Maxwell Smart line:
" it would...Sounds like a Maxwell Smart line:<br /><br />" it would be nice to have another Reagan or another Elvis."<br /><br />" I'd settle for Nixon and Billy Joel."<br /><br />"GW Bush and The Dave Matthews band?"son of a preacher manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055448926930885913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60572098172619249332013-03-01T05:28:00.148-08:002013-03-01T05:28:00.148-08:00I remember the Barone warning that Gardner referen...I remember the Barone warning that Gardner references.<br /><br />Maybe St. Barack or St. Michelle can replace Mother Teresa who <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uom-mta022813.php" rel="nofollow">according to a "scientific study", was anything but a saint</a>. <br /><br />One of the authors is from the University of Montreal's Department of Psychoeducation. As much as that sounds like one of my sarcastic <i>mal mots</i>, that's what they call it.<br /><br />We are strangers in a strange land.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86515742536590871832013-03-01T04:57:05.434-08:002013-03-01T04:57:05.434-08:00Apropos, A Nasty, Brutish, Imperial PresidencyApropos, <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100204252/a-nasty-brutish-imperial-presidency/" rel="nofollow">A Nasty, Brutish, Imperial Presidency</a>juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51102107192043226742013-02-28T20:09:01.752-08:002013-02-28T20:09:01.752-08:00Just reading the Emperor now, this bit caught my e...Just reading the Emperor now, this bit caught my eye as particularly relevant after four years of Obama-driven class warfare:<br /><br />"Without an Emperor, there will be, sooner or later, no more kings. When there are no kings, there will be, sooner or later, no more nobility. When there is no more nobility, there will be, sooner or later, no more bourgeoisie or peasants, This is how one arrives at the dictatorship of the <i>proletariat</i>, the class hostile to the hierarchical principle, which latter, however, is the reflection of divine order. This is why the proletariat professes atheism."<br /><br />America has its own version of the hierarchy, one which (judging by its fruits) was every bit as valid as the Imperial version, and which is even now being strangled by the very same dictatorship of the proletariat.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3036153454203771932013-02-28T14:22:35.313-08:002013-02-28T14:22:35.313-08:00Thus, the typical atheist who asks for miracles in...<i>Thus, the typical atheist who asks for miracles in order for God to "prove" his existence is really asking for God to remove his freedom.</i><br /><br />It's disheartening, at times, to see how desirous so many people are to give up their freedom.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11096541531148120102013-02-28T11:58:15.806-08:002013-02-28T11:58:15.806-08:00Cardinal Arinze is nearly as old as Ratzinger or I...Cardinal Arinze is nearly as old as Ratzinger or I would put my money on him. It's probably wrong to bet on popes. <br /><br />Right now I'd settle for Nixon and Billy Joel.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79267817277942247042013-02-28T11:35:27.400-08:002013-02-28T11:35:27.400-08:00Actually, in that case the authority is supposed t...Actually, in that case the authority is supposed to come from the office, not the man. Although the one doesn't preclude the other, and it would be nice to have another JP II. Then again, it would be nice to have another Reagan or another Elvis.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38095828770341876912013-02-28T10:55:03.617-08:002013-02-28T10:55:03.617-08:00" The more of these one "possesses,"..."<i> The more of these one "possesses," the more intrinsic authority.</i>"<br /><br />It will be interesting to "See" who the Cardinals pick as the new Holy Papa. And what qualities are radiating from him, if any.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4647221564771018142013-02-28T10:12:40.594-08:002013-02-28T10:12:40.594-08:00Not so damaging and unpleasant but about as shocki...Not so damaging and unpleasant but about as shocking, it's a little like becoming the ground for live current. You may not be able to turn loose even if you want to. As long as there is a flow, you are there. <br /><br />That's the way the <i>logos</i> or <i>rhema</i> -- in what ever form it takes -- is when you really connect with it. <br /><br />I'd also agree with John with regard to divergence between force and authority. It has become much clearer over the years.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25492449735397095022013-02-28T09:42:44.210-08:002013-02-28T09:42:44.210-08:00UF writes, "God governs the world by authorit...<i> UF writes, "God governs the world by authority, and not by force. If this were not so, there would be neither freedom nor law in the world."</i><br /><br />I've only read MOTT once but that chapter and this concept may have been the most eye-opening for me.<br /><br />These things take time to percolate through the brain. Hear it, live a little, recognize it in experience which reinforces it, repeat.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.com