A Little Something………….

……….from Roger Scruton.

“Real freedom, concrete freedom, the freedom that can actually be defined, claimed, and granted, was not the opposite of obedience but its other side. The abstract, unreal freedom of the liberal intellect was really nothing more than childish disobedience, amplified into anarchy.”

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Excerpted from Michael Ledeen’s War & Democracy

The belief in the inevitability of peace and democracy rested on one of the great conceits of the European Enlightenment, namely the belief in the perfectibility of man. In this view, man’s basic goodness (as found in “the state of nature”) had been corrupted by a selfish society (a notion that finds much favor among today’s more extreme Greens), but that once the heavy weight of misguided was lifted, man’s intrinsic goodness would reemerge. In our modern rendition of that Enlightenment folly, an appeal to reason is sufficient to change the world. Back in the Clinton years, it was widely believed that all future conflict would be solely economic; the age of military warfare had passed, henceforth products, markets, and human ingenuity would determine who is rightly top dog and who needs to get with the program. And so the defense budget was slashed, military men and women were treated with contempt by the president and his wife, and we turned inward. After all, if historical inevitability ruled, why bother with national security? Tyranny was considered a passing phenomenon, headed for the ash heap, and certainly no threat to us.

It was all wrong, as are most beliefs in the vast impersonal forces that are held to determine human events. The great constant in man’s affairs is change, the direction of that change is determined by human actions, and many of the men and women who take those determinant actions are evil. Machiavelli is not the only sage who recognized it, but he put it nicely: “Man is more inclined to do evil than to do good.” Rational statecraft starts right there.

The American Founders knew it: recognizing man’s innate capacity for evil, they designed a system of checks and balances to thwart the accumulation of power by any group, lest the entire enterprise fall into wicked hands. They knew the battle for liberty would never end, Benjamin Franklin famously warned we would have to fight to keep our republic.
Continue reading…. War and Democracy

The Tyranny of Those Damnable Bleeding Hearts

Dropped into a comment by reader Just Another Richard and well worth quoting….

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
C.S. Lewis

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From Did She Say That

When I was about 11 or 12, my mother rented all the episodes of ROOTS. I tried to watch it, but I couldn’t. I got real emotional and left the room. My siblings stayed and watched, but my mother joined me in another room. She told me it was O.K. because it was the past. It’s important to know the past. I didn’t watch the complete Roots, until I was 20.

When I was 14, we went to the slavery museum in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s a wax museum with a duplicate of a slave ship. I almost vomited when they started explaining what it might smell like, how long they had to endure these conditions, and how many of them killed themselves. I hated it.

I’m not big on apologies though. I never had to ride on a slave ship. I never wore chains around my feet, waist, and arms. I never had to endure 1/10th of the things slaves had to endure.

If the United States government wants to apologize, do it to all the people that love excuses. I love progression. If it weren’t for slavery, I wouldn’t be an American. If it weren’t for slavery, black people wouldn’t be apart of this great melting pot. That’s the truth.

The real apology should come from us Black Folk. I know I’m going to catch some flack for this, but fuck it.
Continue Reading…U.S. Govenment Apologizes For Slavery; Now It’s Our Turn

Why Are Americans So Willing to Give Up Freedom?

If you haven’t read Ligneus’s post on Adam Smith, do so. If men like that governed today in America, we wouldn’t have to deal with pompous pretenders like Obama or McCain. In the comments I remarked as follows:

“Must be the redneck in me, but i could never have conceived that so many would willingly throw down freedom”.

Indeed, it’s the fact that so many Americans are willing to allow the government to control their lives that has me flabbergasted. I have no answers for it, but “Just Another Richard” left an eloquent response, reproduced below.

Ah but zee, you fail to see the human capacity for self delusion, together with its ever faithful companion slothfulness. With a choice between a hard road and the easy way out, people will always rationalize the easy way…its so much simpler, after all, what’s to think about…be happy

The fact that, in the burdensome chores of struggle and endeavor, can be found our own redemption, where the sense of accomplishment can give meaning to existence, where the heavy load of actually thinking for yourself trains the mind to become self sufficient, to be an instrument of its own creation. To free the mind from the irrationality of conspiring minds and petty spiteful dogmas.

Now this does not always result in setting one’s self upon the right path, indeed, many an intellectual’s personal biography can attest to the wasted path to hedonism. But the mind, cautioned by reason and human dignity, aware of its own limitations in a cosmos of such vast and incomprehensible possibilities, does not flee from its own inconsequence, but embraces its own insignificance, for this in truth is what we are; to do otherwise is to rage against our very being, which as you can see, has such devastating and deleterious consequences, crushing aspiration and leaving shattered lives. Just look to those lost souls fleeing their very own lives in pursuit of a release by means of the excessive use of drink or drugs. There is nothing wrong in inconsequence, it is the natural state of being, IT IS LIFE. Those foolish ghosts, forever chasing the ephemeral illusion of fame, celebrity, fortune and power, are the natural born destroyers of what is most sacred in this earthly realm … LIFE.

Like many another, I too struggled in this life to find my meaning, to find my place, and just like most others, I too struggled with my fears, my failings and my doubts. But it was only when I reflected back upon my own soul, that I was able to discover myself. No outside bauble or trinket could satiate my hunger. No greater accumulation of wealth (hah…funny), no position of power in a hierarchy, could gain anything more than fleeting moments of respite from the longing. Only when I came to terms with myself, I cast off the goals of a shallow society, and recognized myself for what I was…just a simple individual, living out this tiny span, did I learn to accept myself on my terms and NOT someone else’s.

The fact that Marxism is a cult of death and destruction is obscured by the illusion that tomorrow we will be one step closer to Utopia if only we believe, is now indisputable and is the most cruel lie humanity could embrace. But for the mind that has cast aside all belief in any greater meaning, or indeed, any meaning, what is there left to do, for when such a mind looks inward it can be filled with nothing but fear and loathing, for there is nothing of substance to be found within; but to join in with the pack to create Utopia upon the hill tomorrow, gives meaning to an empty shell, a meaningless, and soul crushing existence, where that ultimate fear, greater even than the fear of death, must never be faced…the fear of facing one’s self.

I would only add that men cannot make the spiritual journey that Richard describes in a Marxist or Islamic society. The West grants men the freedom to find their way, or lose their way. Sadly, too many Americans are lost.

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From….Flanders Fields

Americans can no longer trust their own government, because that government is not operating for the best and vital interests of America. The natural functions of our government have had it’s processes co opted by a coalition of internationalist forces which operate on behalf of private corporate interests. Those internationalist forces and the corporate leftists, which together make up most of the corporatist network, are intent upon establishing a socialized world accountable to their doctrinal command, and they are not of an American-loving, freedom-loving intent. They may have American faces, but they do not have American loyalties. Their loyalty is to themselves and to a leftist doctrine for controlling the peoples and resources of the world.
Continue reading...American Patriotism Internationally Applied

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It has always irritated me when the left says they will take America “back”. Back? They never, ever had it. What they want is to take America to hell.

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I come from a pretty moonbatty family and I can tell you first hand that most lefties think don’t care for outward signs of patriotism such as flying the flag, pledging allegiance or getting choked up during the National Anthem.

To the Left, the most patriotic thing an American can do is to work towards changing America into something which it has never been before.

Working to create a new and different America is their idea of patriotism, because the America that they love exists only in an imagined future, and not in our history.

And it is a future that will never come to pass if I have a damn thing to say about it.

Worth Quoting – Michelle Obama: Envy and Revenge

Michelle Obama, wife of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama, symbolizes everthing ill about the politics of race. She also represents the very lowest motivation in life: envy and revenge. Some call it social justice, but that’s only a fancy name for the base reaction to life– pure materialism. It’s all about fame and fortune. Ultimately, now, it’s about the White House.

The Obama’s degrade the very idea of the White House. Instead the home of our country’s leader, they are suggesting that is should be the triumph of envy. Economic jealously. The lowest of the low should sit in the Oval Office. This is justice. This is the juvenile insult the whole world offers America through the Obamas. The Third World believes it has a right to sit on the throne of power. The Third World had nothing to do with the creation of that throne, nor any capacity to contribute to it, nor has it any comprehension of how the throne was established, or what it means, or what it’s worth. The “have nots” simply look at it, and envy it, and are angry that they don’t have it. The Obamas represent the non-white Third World. They represent envy. This is the secret of their popularity.

Continue reading…. Michelle Obama: You Owe Me
Also see… “Is Michelle Obama Emotionally Disturbed?”

Super Slave on Rev Jeremiah Wright

Black & White on the Grey Matters (Jermiah Wright)

I want to say that it’s been so long since I have heard a sane black American speak that I forgot how much I used to enjoy the black race, but, no doubt, that will be bait for the race card hucksters to crow about. Too bad.

“Super Slave” nails Rev Wright and his militant black theology and he certainly could give Barack Obama a clue or two. But, unfortunately, I think the Obamas of the world refer to this kind of black man as an Uncle Tom. That’s a shame. I’d call him my kind of American.

Oh, Christo-phobes will be offended. This guy knows his Christianity. He must read a different bible than Obama.

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There is a mathematical boundary surrounding a black hole, called the “event horizon,” that marks the point in which there is not enough energy in the universe that can prevent an object from falling into it. I believe there is a political equivalent to the “event horizon,” where the migration towards socialism/communism reaches a point of no return. I’ve often stated that when the voting dependent outnumber the voting producers, all is lost short of a civil war.In this election, we have three socialist candidates for President, all poised to jettison the treasury doors and play Robin Hood. Do you need any more proof that we are treading precariously close to the event horizon?
from…Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler » Where Did We Go Wrong?

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I love comments and this one deserves it’s own post. Thank you LL.

After reading this post, and so many others these past few weeks, I’ve come to the conclusion that Obama cannot lose. Oh, he might lose the election, but what he represents for America will claim victory regardless.Let’s say that the progressives, represented by Obama, do lose the general election. What’s their response going to be? Racism. That old worn out saw is going to be paraded again throughout the social conscience of America. Is it a lie? Yes, but what does the truth have to do with it?

Let’s say that the progressives win the general election, then what? They’ll make a claim of moral victory as they throw the country into sociological tailspin, pushing every left wing agenda they can imagine starting with legislation and the federal court systems. It’s easy to blame the eunuch’s of the GOP, the extreme ranting of the progressives (Kos Kids), the socialist mindset of our universities, the Islamic invasion happening world wide for the past 40 years, the failure of the Christian church to actually believe/act upon the Word of God (Bible), the economy or last nights pizza. I’m sure all have had some effect, there’s enough blame for everyone to get a ’super-sized portion’, but blame is not the issue. The world is about to change, drastically.

As I set here listening to NPR news and the propaganda they’re shoveling today, I wonder how we’ll look back on the first decade of this millennium. Will Americans accept the loss of their freedoms quietly like Europe has? Will we become a bunch of whiners like the Islamic’s have and reconquer our freedoms through legal manipulation? Bullets are not the answer, but a groundswell of indignation from the vast silent majority would change things.

One final point: Were you aware that during the American Revolution less than 1/3 of men of fighting age actually fought in those battles long ago? And what did they accomplish? They kicked the ASS of the greatest military power of the age!!! It’s not a good thing to make America angry, eh? Why do you think Osama hasn’t attacked a second time? My guess is the next attack is going to ring America’s bell – or – that will be his intent.

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Can you imagine a group invading the Navajo Reservation, demanding welfare, calling Navajo “kaffir” with a bullhorn, attacking Navajo religious figures and buildings, raping and stealing from Navajo, and calling themselves “Navajo” while disparaging everything about the Navajo, and on and on.

That is exactly what is happening in little England. Just replace the word Navajo above with English.

The Navajo Reservation in Arizona has about 200,000 residents and is half the size of England, which has 50 million. That’s quite a disparate land distribution. Yet England, under a pact with dhimmi traitors like Blair and the Islamist-loving United Nations, accepts hundreds of thousands of Islamonazis each year. Other immigrants just invade illegally. Number of immigrants taken in by the Navajo? None, unless you show you have Navajo ancestry. Ditto for most non-Western countries.
continue reading…Being Muslim: A license to rape, rob and murder

Worth Quoting: Comment of the Day

Somebody once said that most modern literature seems to be nothing more than a cataloging of neuroses. That’s part of the phenomenon — utterly self-involved people with little or no understanding of life outside of elite-university writing/arts programs, and nothing to communicate save their own self-generated angst.

One of the things that makes classic literature so invigorating and timeless, compared to the navel-gazing crap of today, is that so many writers lived full lives before they ever set pen to paper, and as a result had a far more sophisticated understanding of life, people and reality.

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Not Found in Any White Church Bulletin

As good as anything written in The Onion, enjoy “In My White Church”…

I know that some of you have expressed misgivings about details that have recently emerged about what goes on in my white church.

First of all, let me bring some context to the idea of the “white church”: A place where Americans of European ancestry can come together as one, singing the hymns of our white forefathers, untroubled by the darkness of the streets outside where people of color often despise us, excoriate us, and denigrate us as “The Man.”

With that background, it should be easier to understand why white people, in the unique setting of the White Peoples’ Church, occasionally gather to hear the words of the Imperial Wizard. Yes, the Imperial Wizard has said some hurtful things about people of color and Jews and even Catholics… but he has done a great deal for the white community, and has moved whites of lesser station to struggle to overcome the burden of their whiteness and go on to accomplish great things.

continue reading at…

Schmaltz und Grieben mit Alois, Klaus, Deb und der Lugers: In My White Church

Judaism in China

Dennis Yeagley offers a welcome respite from politics with his Jews in China….

Ever thought about Jews in China? The Jews seem to have a long history just about everywhere in the world. But, do they have a history in China? Yes they certainly do.

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…there is even more compelling evidence found in the written language of the Chinese. In fact, this evidence is Edenic in nature, or at least Noachan. That is to say, there is evidence from the earliest Chinese pictographs that first people inhabiting the region we call China knew of the Hebrew account of creation. This is according to the studies of Ethel R. Nelson, Richard E. Broadberry, C. H. Kang, et al. In a series of three small books, Nelson out lines the meaning of the earliest known Chinese pictographs on tortise shells. There are over 150,000 of these “oracle bone” specimens, some of which date from over 3,500 years ago. (The first dictionary attempting to account for their meanings was complied in 121 AD by Xu Shen, called the Shuo Wen…

continue reading David Yeagley’s… Jews in China

Worth Quoting: Death of the Bush Doctrine

But it is the Bush Doctrine that has been shelved. In its hunger for Arab support against Iran — and perhaps in a quest for a historic “legacy” — the administration has dropped “with us or with the terrorists.” It is hellbent instead on bestowing statehood upon a regime that stands unequivocally with the terrorists. “Frankly, it’s time for the establishment of a Palestinian state,” Rice says.

When George W. Bush succeeded Bill Clinton, he was determined not to replicate his predecessor’s blunders in the Middle East, a determination that intensified after 9/11. Yet he too has succumbed to the messianism that leads US presidents to imagine they can resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Clinton ‘s legacy in this arena was the second intifada, which drenched the region in blood. To what fresh hell will Bush’s diplomacy lead?

read it all at …The Jerusalem Connection International: Death of the Bush Doctrine

H/T: Center for Vigilant Freedom

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Bush’s ignorance about the true nature of Islam has put all of the West in harms way.

Bush makes some very glib, naive (very Western) assumptions that are quite false: “I believe, deep in the soul of every man, woman, and child on the face of this Earth is the desire to live in a free society. And I also believe free societies yield peace. And, therefore, this notion of two states living side by side in peace is based upon the universality of freedom, and if given a chance, the Palestinian people will work for freedom.”

This very commonly held assumption ignores religion and ideology and their power. The Islamic vision is not one of freedom — which is, in a way, actually anathema to religious Muslims. Islam is about submission. (Islam in Arabic means surrender!) And radical Islam is about imposing that submission. Palestinians passionately committed to their Islam and the word of Muhammad are more concerned with driving out the Jews and controlling the land they believe is theirs than with instituting “freedoms.”

To establish policy without this essential understanding is to miss the boat entirely and to generate an unstable situation.

Arlene from Israel

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‘Political Correctness’………defined
“A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”