tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post6074221806269285958..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-63412455901805634522013-09-22T14:12:45.239-04:002013-09-22T14:12:45.239-04:00Not one thing said about GOYA and the Death's ...Not one thing said about GOYA and the Death's Head? <br /><br />The pictures are part of the presentation, you know -- not merely extraneous "decoration."<br /><br />Sometimes we spend more time searching for suitable illustrations than we do in actual writing.<br /><br />Robber Barons had nothing whatsoever to do with my purpose in presenting this bit of verse, although if by NEW CLASS of Robber Barons you mean The Oiigarachs (Soros, the 83-year-old, cradle-robbing Bridegroom, is one of them, of course) then the remark makes sense, because of course THEY design and implement the policies that now threaten to ruin OUR country and OUR lives.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50556277593119197572013-09-21T20:13:35.597-04:002013-09-21T20:13:35.597-04:00I await your response as to at least one example o...I await your response as to at least one example of a nation that is a shining example of freedom.<br /><br />----<br /><br />AOW, waiting for Ducky when he's called out and all that we hear are crickets chirping.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-84457858929955343012013-09-20T13:34:36.333-04:002013-09-20T13:34:36.333-04:00Duck,
Some of the robber barons did "give bac...Duck,<br />Some of the robber barons did "give back," however. Historic Williamburg is but one example. You know more examples, I'm sure.<br /><br />Is America <i>a shining example of freedom</i>? Compared to many other countries, yes.<br /><br />I await your response as to at least one example of a nation that is <i>a shining example of freedom</i>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50054618228140579682013-09-20T13:04:06.950-04:002013-09-20T13:04:06.950-04:00btw - NOTHING shouts freedom like the emergence of...btw - NOTHING shouts freedom like the emergence of a new "class" of <i>Robber Barons</i>.... unless, of course, they all appear to "ring" the nation's capital instead of emerging from regional power centers.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-24414327005799121372013-09-20T13:01:13.237-04:002013-09-20T13:01:13.237-04:00Canardo is a proud, unapologetic Marxist who never...Canardo is a proud, unapologetic Marxist who nevertheless refuses to own up to the title.<br /><br />Call him a Zinnian if you like.<br /><br />The Left's abominable penchant for looking longingly, zealously and EXCLUSIVELY on the Dark Side is the reason why "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder."<br /><br />Marxists today are still Master of Deception. The remarkable thing about it, however, is their infinite capacity to deceive THEMSELVES. <br /><br />They truly BELIEVE their foul-minded worldview to be the whole truth.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81245593901178461802013-09-20T12:49:13.740-04:002013-09-20T12:49:13.740-04:00Critical Theory - aka "The NEW McCarthyism&qu...Critical Theory - aka "The NEW McCarthyism"<br /><br />The publication of Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States"<br /><br />The Obama Depression<br /><br />The passing of Obamacare and the stealing of 1/8th of the American economy without a single Republican vote...<br /><br />Nope, "freedom" is NOT the direction in which America is now headed. "Progress" is evidently, a "totalitarian".Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9214997699005837072013-09-20T12:48:18.203-04:002013-09-20T12:48:18.203-04:00Mr FreeThinke, sir,
Please check your spam folder...Mr FreeThinke, sir,<br /><br />Please check your spam folder. I left a poetical missive to Ducky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-74253077593557480412013-09-20T11:27:37.834-04:002013-09-20T11:27:37.834-04:00Your opinion stands in stark contrast to those tha...Your opinion stands in stark contrast to those that risked their lives, fortunes and honour to establish the United States of America, Ducky. But then its founding occurred before the advent of your hero Karl Marx, and the contribution of his hate filled sewage to the inflamed minds of his followers.<br /><br />Not sure how you relate McCarthyism and slavery, but including them on the same list is warped thinking, no? McCarthy sought to expose the inroads that communism had made into the life, thought and politics of the country. Communism itself is the ultimate form of slavery, as any half-witted comrade, such as yourself, should know, Ducky.<br /><br />Are implying that Atlas Shrugged wasn't wasn't written to expose the ideas, philosophy and policies of the first half of the 20th Century leading to the current expanding statist malaise? You must have read a Marxist interpretation of the book. Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81927665046495099752013-09-19T19:44:34.120-04:002013-09-19T19:44:34.120-04:00Waylon, when was this country a shining example of...Waylon, when was this country a shining example of freedom?<br /><br />Manifest destiny and the native American genocide<br /><br />Slavery<br /><br />The robber barons<br /><br />The great depression<br /><br />McCarthyism<br /><br />The publication of Atlas Shrugged<br /><br />... let us knowDucky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-66158728243215999702013-09-19T12:23:10.603-04:002013-09-19T12:23:10.603-04:00Wasn't it FDR who said that there are 'no ...Wasn't it FDR who said that there are 'no accidents in history'?<br /><br />He should know. Therefore speaking of half-assed efforts in war may have been no accident, but rather a deliberate attempt to undermine the moral authority that should have been in the hands of America, if the country had remained true to its founding ideals. <br /><br />The enemies from within have seized power generations ago with the ultimate goal of dragging the once shining example of a free country to the dustbin of history, I believe. Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-19457244396483016282013-09-19T07:29:00.972-04:002013-09-19T07:29:00.972-04:00Yes, dead is dead.
That people express outrage ac...Yes, dead is dead.<br /><br />That people express outrage according to the means has never made any sense to me.<br /><br />The last stanza speaks to how askew the world's moral compass has become.<br /><br />I'm glad that I'm as old as I am!<br /><br />Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-57001444682439127622013-09-19T01:41:09.259-04:002013-09-19T01:41:09.259-04:00A bomb is just another kind of chemical weapon.A bomb is just another kind of chemical weapon.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-62447011654042738462013-09-19T01:39:32.230-04:002013-09-19T01:39:32.230-04:00Yes, dead is dead. Yet, many seem to make the met...Yes, dead is dead. Yet, many seem to make the method more important than the result.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-16869790514342471152013-09-18T22:51:51.624-04:002013-09-18T22:51:51.624-04:00Good point, Jerry. No I didn't mean that, of c...Good point, Jerry. No I didn't mean that, of course. I was thinking of more traditional kinds of warfare.<br /><br />I'm against the half-assed wars we've been waging ever since Korea. There's been no real justification for any of them. Nothing's been gained and there's been terrible loss of life, a big waste of money, and a lot of ill will. What good is that? <br /><br />What I was thinking, however, is that if anyone should attack us and do serious damage -- more serious than 911 -- we should not hesitate to do whatever it takes to stamp them out as quickly as possible.<br /><br />Aggressors deserve to be neutralized. That would include us too, if we were anywhere near as bad as many like to think nowadays.<br /><br />Nuclear war is not really an option for reasons all of us have known all too well all our lives. Certainly a Last Resort only, but then the boomerang effect would be hell.<br /><br />The poem is supposed to be an example of black humor -- gallows humor -- satire, but it does make the point -- I hope -- that dead is dead no matter how you get there.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-23153651159818371242013-09-18T19:47:39.049-04:002013-09-18T19:47:39.049-04:00So every war should be a nuclear war? That's ...So every war should be a nuclear war? That's giving everything you've got right from the start. Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-8457307447930031382013-09-18T18:50:21.767-04:002013-09-18T18:50:21.767-04:00I couldn't agree more, BB, and that is what th...I couldn't agree more, BB, and that is what the verse really attempts to illustrate.<br /><br />Same to you, Jerry. <br /><br />No one could hate war more than I, believe me, but IF you must have a war, give it everything you've got right from the start. Don't hold back. Be as brutal as possible, and it's apt to be over and done with a lot sooner than trying to kill people using something like The Marquis of Queensbury Rules.<br /><br />War is not a tennis match or a game of bridge.<br /><br /><b><i>"Moderation in war is imbecility."</i></b><br /><br />~ Lord Acton<br /><br />Hey! Thank you both for visiting. A pleasant surprise. Take care.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-88095380428425657352013-09-18T18:02:37.466-04:002013-09-18T18:02:37.466-04:00I guess there is a right way and a wrong way to ki...I guess there is a right way and a wrong way to kill.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-41967289033570269512013-09-18T15:42:13.161-04:002013-09-18T15:42:13.161-04:00The 'Rules of War' has a bit of an oxymoro...The 'Rules of War' has a bit of an oxymoronic tone, no?BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-59774851579011309952013-09-18T12:00:30.834-04:002013-09-18T12:00:30.834-04:00Outing as in PICNIC or would it be EXPOSURE?
Than...Outing as in PICNIC or would it be EXPOSURE?<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by -- whoever you may be. ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-23212309262370347532013-09-18T10:52:38.675-04:002013-09-18T10:52:38.675-04:00A fine outing, sir!
A fine outing, sir!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com