tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post6922099523034174475..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-86214363239701110532012-11-05T15:59:53.193-05:002012-11-05T15:59:53.193-05:00Well, AA, I long ago came to the conclusion that w...Well, AA, I long ago came to the conclusion that we are not here to eliminate adversity but rather to be tested by it.<br /><br />That's why the Utopians are ALWAYS wrong, and why all their experiments and "revolutions" end tragically.<br /><br />Of course, the short term answer to combatting human nature is to embrace Jesus Christ.<br /><br />Trouble is very very few can figure out who He really is, and those who are cocksure they known tend to be among the most dangerous souls on earth. <br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-86115154585226978662012-11-05T14:18:49.370-05:002012-11-05T14:18:49.370-05:00balle=battle
balle=battle<br />Average Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211406136371011324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-70880006228211448252012-11-05T14:15:24.927-05:002012-11-05T14:15:24.927-05:00Power, Greed, Power, Money, Power, the enemies of ...Power, Greed, Power, Money, Power, the enemies of civilization.<br /><br />There is no long term answer to overcome human nature. The best we can do is to try to hold our heads above the water and survive. Maybe we can win a balle every now and then, but we will NEVER win the war. Another Powerful, Greedy, Moneyied bastard will rear it's ugly head, and take the place of the one just defeated.Average Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211406136371011324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-46792984787700683942012-11-04T22:29:53.523-05:002012-11-04T22:29:53.523-05:00"Those who refuse to join the battle will be ..."Those who refuse to join the battle will be trampled and swept by the tides into Oblivion."<br /><br />I do believe the thinkers of Ancient Greece, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle night find themselves in agreement with you, were they able to communicate with us. Of course I, myself, have a real affinity for Aristotle.<br /><br />I will fight the batte with the man or women who most closely aligns with the principles that I have lived my life by and attempted to convey to my children and those who might honor me by listening to an aging fool.<br /><br />In order to fight one must believe in the fight. Neither Obama, or the Human flipper Mittens Romney does that for me. Gary Johnson does. Perhaps I was born two hundred and sixty fie years too late. Who knows, BUT AS THEY SAY it is what it is.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-26235341869332354062012-11-04T19:17:40.685-05:002012-11-04T19:17:40.685-05:00Gives a little backstory to Adams and the Alien an...Gives a little backstory to Adams and the Alien and Sedition Acts.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-70425872370686481062012-11-04T15:30:23.722-05:002012-11-04T15:30:23.722-05:00American politics has always been so damn contenti...American politics has always been so damn contentious!<br /><br />I will say, however, that this particular election cycle has been the most contentious of <b>MY</b> lifetime. **sigh**Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-62616043144013260132012-11-04T12:59:41.165-05:002012-11-04T12:59:41.165-05:00The POINT, my friend, is that "purity" i...The POINT, my friend, is that "purity" is unattainable, and probably undesirable. There is a time and place for <i>everything</i>.<br /><br />Ideals are discovered and developed in "ivory towers" and the sacrosanct chambers of the individual intellect.<br /><br />The practical <i>application</i> of ideals is another matter. By its very nature implementation of noble aspirations and ideal concepts must be subject to and tempered by the rough and tumble of the workaday world.<br /><br />Like or not we all live on many different levels all at the same time. Jefferson and Adams are no less because they resorted to less-than-noble tactics than you or I.<br /><br />In any genuine power struggle -- not the decorous, choreographed, highly-regulated proceedings that occur on the Golf Course, at Bridge Tournaments, Chess Matches, or the Olympic Games -- it ALWAYS descends to a no holds barred. blood and guts struggle for ascendancy.<br /><br />The moronic attempts to fight "moral," "decent" "sane," "decent," "temperate" wars in the post-WWII era are the primary reason we have lost our edge, and are rapidly being overwhelmed by powers militantly antithetical to OUR best interests.<br /><br /><b><i>Confused alarums of struggle and flight<br />Where ignorant armies clash by night.</i></b><br /><br />Matthew Arnold's stark nineteenth century poetic vision was chillingly clear. In those few words he defined the essence, the very nature of earthly existence.<br /><br />We are here to FIGHT for what we believe to be right and good.<br /><br />Those who refuse to join the battle will be trampled and swept by the tides into Oblivion.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-84940026874028098642012-11-04T12:16:04.778-05:002012-11-04T12:16:04.778-05:00Seems we haven't fallen from our early beginni...Seems we haven't fallen from our early beginnings now does it.<br /><br />Principle it seems has never been of prime importance or the great motivator.<br /><br />So what, we continue to demand descent to the lowest possible ethical denominator?<br /><br />No thanks, principles are important and worth thinking about and working to achieve. Maybe in the next millennium.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.com