tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5992298923510216381..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Triumph of the Will: Let the Rot Begin (10.24.10)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25706918264767761762008-11-05T08:24:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:24:00.000-08:00$$ crisis, what $$ crisis??'...His home a log-cabi...$$ crisis, what $$ crisis??<BR/><BR/><I>'...His home a log-cabin, his parents were poor, many trials and hardships he had to endure...' Then the Illinois senator harvested more campaign cash than anyone before him, using both the Internet and traditional high-roller dinners to bring in more than $650 million from some 3 million donors for his presidential campaign. The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry, raised less than half that amount, as did George W. Bush and Al Gore combined in 2000.</I> <BR/>[not strange at all, may the richest man win, to the victory go the spoils]<BR/><BR/>hey he mighta rather jumpstarted the redistribution with some of that sta$hgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57870772271316777822008-11-05T08:09:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:09:00.000-08:00Happy Guy Fawkes Night, to any British brothers of...Happy <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night" REL="nofollow">Guy Fawkes Night</A>, to any British brothers of the mask out there. I must say, there would be something rather cathartic about running around town with a burning barrel of tar on your back (or just generally watching things explode) right about now...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30499473308457209842008-11-05T06:23:00.000-08:002008-11-05T06:23:00.000-08:00Marilyn Ferguson, New Age Author, Dies at 70 "In t...Marilyn Ferguson, New Age Author, <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/books/05ferguson.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow">Dies</A> at 70 <BR/><BR/>"In the dawning new age, people would exercise their talents to the fullest; war and social hierarchies would disappear; and the human race, impelled forward by thrilling new scientific discoveries, would embrace the happiness that belonged to it by birthright."<BR/><BR/>lolNiggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42879735234169476282008-11-05T06:14:00.000-08:002008-11-05T06:14:00.000-08:00Capt Fezzi’s on the way to the office but he phone...Capt Fezzi’s on the way to the office but he phoned to say he just got 10 more jokes. But he’s holdin’ strong…except for one. Well, he told me…but you know me and secrets. Anyway, he said (just kiddin’ around now) he said, Fido, slap this baby on the Lady Liberty, will ya:<BR/><BR/>Christy Brinkley/Halle Berry/And that guy from the new Batman movie 2012<BR/><BR/>That’s nuthin, he said, “The slogan is ‘Why not?’”<BR/><BR/>Said, “Fido have you seen ‘em? They could be models for cryin’ out loud.”<BR/>Unquote.<BR/><BR/>I told him he better pull over before he runs aground again.<BR/><BR/>Van, Ricky says thanks.Fidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02642704557546153909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50309961801543556232008-11-05T06:11:00.000-08:002008-11-05T06:11:00.000-08:00Ha! Ok, last one before heading into work,Obama De...Ha! Ok, last one before heading into work,<BR/><BR/><I>Obama Declines GOP Request to Redistribute Votes<BR/>by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace<BR/><BR/>(2008-11-05) -- President-elect Barack Obama today politely declined a request from the Republican National Committee to "redistribute the votes" from yesterday's Congressional contests in order to "spread the power around."<BR/>READ THE REST AT...<BR/>http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3187 </I>Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36790075269371134752008-11-05T06:08:00.000-08:002008-11-05T06:08:00.000-08:00You know, one litle thing that's been bugging me, ...You know, one litle thing that's been bugging me, why were McCain's yard sign colors <I>yellow</I>, white and blue?<BR/><BR/>What the hell was up with that?!<BR/><BR/>Someone made that choice, purposefully.<BR/><BR/>Morons.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68514092033534592272008-11-05T05:57:00.000-08:002008-11-05T05:57:00.000-08:00Hey Ricky, a big Yep to you.Hey Ricky, a big Yep to you.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90251467022018091132008-11-05T05:53:00.000-08:002008-11-05T05:53:00.000-08:00Ge, it's not Americas chickens that are coming hom...Ge, it's not Americas chickens that are coming home to roost, but Marx's. How the real source of America's power, as De Tocqueville identified it, our Goodness, was targeted for destruction was through the tactics set out by Antonio Gramsci. Two good summaries of that, are,<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.academia.org/lectures/lind1.html" REL="nofollow">The Origins of Political Correctness</A> <BR/><I>"So the Marxists’ had a problem. And two Marxist theorists went to work on it: Antonio Gramsci in Italy and Georg Lukacs in Hungary. Gramsci said the workers will never see their true class interests, as defined by Marxism, until they are freed from Western culture, and particularly from the Christian religion – that they are blinded by culture and religion to their true class interests. Lukacs, who was considered the most brilliant Marxist theorist since Marx himself, said in 1919, "Who will save us from Western Civilization?" He also theorized that the great obstacle to the creation of a Marxist paradise was the culture: Western civilization itself."</I> <BR/><BR/>, and in more detail,<BR/><A HREF="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=260" REL="nofollow">Gramscian damage</A><BR/><I>"The Soviets had an entire “active measures” department devoted to churning out anti-American dezinformatsiya. A classic example is the rumor that AIDS was the result of research aimed at building a ‘race bomb’ that would selectively kill black people.<BR/><BR/>On a different level, in the 1930s members of CPUSA (the Communist Party of the USA) got instructions from Moscow to promote non-representational art so that the US’s public spaces would become arid and ugly.<BR/><BR/>Americans hearing that last one tend to laugh. But the Soviets, following the lead of Marxist theoreticians like Antonio Gramsci, took very seriously the idea that by blighting the U.S.’s intellectual and esthetic life, they could sap Americans’ will to resist Communist ideology and an eventual Communist takeover. The explicit goal was to erode the confidence of America’s ruling class and create an ideological vacuum to be filled by Marxism-Leninism."</I><BR/><BR/>And all of that was and is made possible by the ideas, realized or not, by Descartes, Hume, Rousseau & Kant, they are the source of what are taught our kids in school, and that make cultural marxism/political correctness possible.<BR/><BR/>Know your enemy folks, it's not the people, and it damn sure isn't the coloring in their skin, it is their ideas, and they aren't confined to Dem's.<BR/><BR/>BTW, for all the bad times that are likely coming, one of the ways where we can decelerate the latest frenzy of hate and degrade America first meme, kicked off by algore's contesting the 2000 election, is by not letting the battle descend to leftist standards of behavior on our part.<BR/><BR/>Don't soften your attack, don't let up on the attack, but don't undermine your attack by conceding their main target, your goodness.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73392955162105697662008-11-05T05:52:00.000-08:002008-11-05T05:52:00.000-08:00I lol'ed: OlbermannI lol'ed: <A HREF="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?v=e46U2GnzSU" REL="nofollow">Olbermann</A>Niggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74269440178065071522008-11-05T05:25:00.000-08:002008-11-05T05:25:00.000-08:00Ricky checking in…My parents voted for Obama and a...Ricky checking in…<BR/><BR/>My parents voted for Obama and all I got was this superficial President.<BR/><BR/>Don’t get mad at me. “I voted for Thomas Sowell”. Loved the guy ever since I laid ears on ‘im.<BR/><BR/>*commercial break*<BR/><BR/>Ok. Sorry about that. But I couldn’t keep it bottled up any longer. The libs should understand. Anyway, I feel better now. It is my right to do so. Apparently.<BR/><BR/>But seriously my fellow Raccoons, and I am serious, keep an eye on me. In fact…<BR/>I do solemnly swear… to treat the office as sacred, as I have since becoming an adult, and the man occupying it with as much respect as I can outwardly muster. Set an example of how to act when your guy doesn’t win, and point out the difference to those who didn’t know how to. I will act like a man who loves his country, this will be easy, and what it stands for. This is still my country and he will be my President. May God bless the United States of America. Amen.<BR/><BR/>I actually feel like I’m over it already. Honestly. Looking forward to the inauguration too. Ben’s right, he can’t do much. And will add that he hasn’t done anything yet. “Just words, just speeches…”Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31431006852935268292008-11-05T02:44:00.000-08:002008-11-05T02:44:00.000-08:00Here's to Obama's half-whiteness, like Bob...Here's to Obama's half-whiteness, like Bob Marley's [which headline editors & everyone seem happy to sweep under the rug]<BR/><BR/>Last night Rev Wright issued this comment: "America's chickens have come home to roost!"<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury...<BR/><BR/>I sought for the key to the greatness and genius of America in her harbors...; in her fertile fields and boundless forests; in her rich mines and vast world commerce; in her public school system and institutions of learning. I sought it in her democratic Congress and in her matchless Constitution.<BR/>Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.<BR/>America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.<BR/>The safeguard of morality is religion, and morality is the best security of law as well as the surest pledge of freedom.<BR/>The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other.<BR/>Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts-the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.</I><BR/><BR/>-Alexis De Tocqueville <BR/>nearly 2 centuries agogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5470288751413450402008-11-04T23:16:00.001-08:002008-11-04T23:16:00.001-08:00Ok, my wife is going to hurt me if I don't come to...Ok, my wife is going to hurt me if I don't come to bed. Night all.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91882886445647383902008-11-04T23:16:00.000-08:002008-11-04T23:16:00.000-08:00Double yep on Sowell's book. As Churchill said "Yo...Double yep on Sowell's book. <BR/><BR/>As Churchill said "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."<BR/><BR/>We're forgetful enough to need to be reminded how stupid we can be on a regular basis - sadly, it's not like we haven't done the same before: Wilson... FDR... Carter... here we go again.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3930794956469338502008-11-04T23:05:00.000-08:002008-11-04T23:05:00.000-08:00Hi from Australia - I always thought you guys woul...Hi from Australia - I always thought you guys would be smarter than us, but alas, no.<BR/>Speaking of Wilber - Do you realise than americans have just voted in to office the first president example of full fledged boomeritis - wilber-style!! I guess michael moore will be the offical presidential "documentarian" for the foreseeable future.<BR/>I never thought americans would voluntarily vote against liberty and for the mediocrity of "equality", let alone a self-designated "dear leader" - you live & learn. <BR/>It does remind me of the last line of "the Candidate" - "what do we do now?"<BR/>NOTE: if you really want insight into america's/world's future, re-read Sowell's "vision of the annointed (self-congratulation as abasis for social policy)"<BR/>Best regards from a big fan - CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2014052305084724102008-11-04T23:03:00.000-08:002008-11-04T23:03:00.000-08:00Well, g'night folks! Tomorrow a new day dawns a (r...Well, g'night folks! Tomorrow a new day dawns a (real) Hope springs eternal! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81546653795646674282008-11-04T23:01:00.000-08:002008-11-04T23:01:00.000-08:00Van-Good point. That's why I don't believe our Mil...Van-<BR/>Good point. That's why I don't believe our Military (vastly Conservative) would ever follow orders to force our citizens to give up their guns (as some conservatives fear).<BR/><BR/>They cherish liberty, as most Americans do (even though some Americans are very ignorant of what it takes to keep those liberties).USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58305223992071944792008-11-04T22:56:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:56:00.000-08:00Pro-Bush Canuck-Aye! Fortunately, there are even q...Pro-Bush Canuck-<BR/>Aye! Fortunately, there are even quite a few Democrats, in the House, who are pro-Second Amendment here. <BR/><BR/>And we still have enough Republican and a few Dems in the Senate who will refuse to curtail our liberties on that front.<BR/><BR/>Without the help of the vast majority of Congress, President-elect Obama can do nothin' to hurt our liberties in any major way.<BR/><BR/>He can select two more Leftist judges to the SCOTUS, to replace two of the oldest Leftists, but again, no major change.<BR/><BR/>Even the "fairness Doctrine" is unlikely to get passed, because I doubt the MSM want's to give equal time to Conservatives.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, abortion laws are unlikely to change and I wouldn't wanna be a coal miner right now, but no President can do too much irreversible damage in 4 years.<BR/>We gotta be vigilant and alert though.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19232468830261572372008-11-04T22:54:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:54:00.000-08:00Canuck said "Never, ever forget: Mao Zedong was pr...Canuck said "Never, ever forget: Mao Zedong was profoundly right: "power grows from the barrel of a gun"."<BR/><BR/>Ehhh... the <I>exercise</I> of power relies upon the barrel of a gun, but real power follows from the web of ideas and beliefs which those holding the guns, and those manufacturing them, and those paying for them, and those feeding and clothing those who hold them, believe to be true. If the one leading the firing squad doesn't take that into account, he may be surprised to find the squad pivots towards him when he calls 'fire!'.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80139955985124464792008-11-04T22:37:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:37:00.000-08:00Just as many international flashy dictators have b...Just as many international flashy dictators have bowed before the US Marines ( and, I will add, before Canadian combat snipers ) domestic insurrcetionists ( the guy who probably wrote O's "memoir" ) will bow before an armed citizenry.<BR/><BR/>Never, ever forget: Mao Zedong was profoundly right: "power grows from the barrel of a gun".<BR/><BR/>leftists want to own all of those guns.<BR/><BR/>Conservative liberals want to distribute ownership across the phone directory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50388937893550063022008-11-04T22:26:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:26:00.000-08:00In Canada we've avoided electing flaming Marxists ...In Canada we've avoided electing flaming Marxists for almost 25 years. Nonetheless we did do it in 1970, and ALL of the restrictions on civil liberties broached by Pierre Trudeau (who was not only a Marxist, but also spent a carefree motorcycle driving summer of '41 sporting a german helmelt) are still supressed.<BR/><BR/>As Americans you may not be aware that people like Matk Steyn have been forced from Canada into the US under threat of prosecution.<BR/><BR/>Charles Johnson has done more than most Americans to alert the popualation to the precipitous slide that awaits apathy.<BR/><BR/>I cannot possibly tell you what to do as Americans. But here is where I would start:<BR/><BR/>1- rifle with TUNED scope (marlin + 8x)<BR/><BR/>500 rds .223<BR/><BR/>1- 12 ga. mossberg pump<BR/><BR/>100 rds 12 OO<BR/><BR/>(no handgunds alowed in Canada)<BR/><BR/>if you can get the $200 stamp in your state, buy and learn to fire an automatic weapon. <BR/><BR/>Disclosure: I am working with an Israeli firm now. <BR/>These things make sense, yet are far from you circle (grate).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74823988062910298702008-11-04T22:12:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:12:00.000-08:00Hey doggie careful how you tease your betters to w...Hey doggie careful how you tease your betters to wit:Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. – H. L. MenckenJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202441664961886198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82194037572981447602008-11-04T22:11:00.001-08:002008-11-04T22:11:00.001-08:00Braggart?Pretty good as far as being annoying, but...Braggart?<BR/>Pretty good as far as being annoying, but I'm afraid if you were watching, you'd find a 100% correlation of the things I've said I've done with the things I've actually done. No brag, or bullshit.<BR/>Nice try.<BR/>Oh, C+ for the confused mess of allusions in your post to Van. That's better trolling, fer sure.<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9724644924286110312008-11-04T22:11:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:11:00.000-08:00dogriver:You really don't get it, do you?You can't...dogriver:<BR/><BR/>You really don't get it, do you?<BR/><BR/>You can't "rub it in our faces" because we weren't part of some farcical psudeo-Roman adoration cult in the first place.<BR/><BR/>You know what, I REALLY wish blessings upon you, your family, your friends, and everyone you come into contact with in the next several weeks and thereafter.<BR/><BR/>That's it. No strings attached. I'm a Christian. I love you as any other soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70258775320516974352008-11-04T22:10:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:10:00.000-08:00doglicker, you make my point, you are already far ...doglicker, you make my point, you are already far more you than I could ever sink to, even if I somehow managed to down a full bottle of scotch.<BR/><BR/>Even in your 'celebration', you experience nothing but dealing out degradation - which we don't accept, and you are left holding.<BR/><BR/>Such a pitiable creature you are.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65831424724984781582008-11-04T22:07:00.001-08:002008-11-04T22:07:00.001-08:00dogriver:Woof!dogriver:<BR/><BR/>Woof!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com