tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post4434681987812780732..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-59398658117962917172013-12-08T19:48:47.249-05:002013-12-08T19:48:47.249-05:00Gingrich on Mandela:
http://rationalnationusa.blo...Gingrich on Mandela:<br /><br />http://rationalnationusa.blogspot.com/2013/12/what-would-you-have-done-newt-gingrich.htmlLes Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-29324111406619769042013-12-08T15:44:34.904-05:002013-12-08T15:44:34.904-05:00Zisek on Mandela.Zisek <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/mandelas-socialist-failure/" rel="nofollow">on Mandela</a>.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-36857663961280708572013-12-08T06:19:13.963-05:002013-12-08T06:19:13.963-05:00FreeThinke said...
Jen, I do my best to disco...FreeThinke said...<br /><br /> Jen, I do my best to discourage personal feuds and antagonistic remarks.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-40850743854745991882013-12-07T22:05:43.691-05:002013-12-07T22:05:43.691-05:00There is enough pain, injustice, anger and contemp...There is enough pain, injustice, anger and contempt in the world. I don't believe we have any inherent right to add to it. <br />----<br /><br />I agree. I probably added to it today. :(<br /><br />As for the post, you have inspired me to do more research. So, thank you. :-)<br />The older I get, the more interested I become in history. I have a LOT of reading to do!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-27100925501299945662013-12-07T20:24:36.024-05:002013-12-07T20:24:36.024-05:00Jen, I do my best to discourage personal feuds and...Jen, I do my best to discourage personal feuds and antagonistic remarks. I believe we are all entitled to our feelings and opinions, but not to express them inisistently and repeatedly in ways that disrupt the primary purpose of the discussion.<br /><br />It's discouraging, because even though I have made my views abundantly clear, most disregard them when their feelings are running high. The atmosphere then becomes toxic, and having a serious discussion becomes more and more difficult as discourse degenerates into little more than a repetitious exchange of preconceived notions and bigoted opinions that take no differing perspective or new information into consideration.<br /><br />There is enough pain, injustice, anger and contempt in the world. I don't believe we have any inherent right to add to it. <br /><br />I'm sorry if I did wrong in making this post. I thought it a courteous, thoughtful, appropriate gesture. It seemed completely uncontroversial to me. It never occurred to me that it might start a conflagration.<br /><br />"LIFE IS A MINEFIELD"<br /><br />One just never knows what could happen no matter where you step.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-59050012499507774362013-12-07T20:20:50.552-05:002013-12-07T20:20:50.552-05:00Thank you for the deletions, FT.
Eye-opening, an...Thank you for the deletions, FT. <br /><br />Eye-opening, and sad. Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-6885067670037257532013-12-07T20:06:46.375-05:002013-12-07T20:06:46.375-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49533948271375181122013-12-07T20:03:18.792-05:002013-12-07T20:03:18.792-05:00I apologized if my observation hurt you. I also sa...I apologized if my observation hurt you. I also said that I hope you will find healing for your trauma. I was being totally sincere. I said that I was anonymous because your vitriol is hurtful. <br /><br />I was right. <br /><br />Please don't direct anymore comments at me, or about me. And do not mention my children again.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-90508835303005360682013-12-07T20:00:46.716-05:002013-12-07T20:00:46.716-05:00______________ CONSIDER THIS ______________
ABRA... ______________ CONSIDER THIS ______________ <br /><br /><b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN:<br /><br />SIX-HUNDRED-THIRTY-FIVE-THOUSAND DEAD <br /><br />Countless hundreds of thousands MAIMED<br /><br />Countless hundreds of thousands WOUNDED<br /><br />Countless hundreds of thousands made ILL<br /><br />Countless hundreds of thousands driven INSANE<br /><br />Countless hundreds of thousands WIDOWED<br /><br />Countless hundreds of thousands ORPHANED<br /><br />Countless hundreds of thousands IMPOVERISHED<br /><br />Countless MILLIONS of DOLLARS worth of PROPERTY DESTROYED.</b><br /><br />I'd advise each and every one to THINK a little -- and consider carefully what OTHERS have said -- before delivering a hair-trigger response next time. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-52010266348158506342013-12-07T19:16:03.516-05:002013-12-07T19:16:03.516-05:00Beatrice Fowler said
It's always very sad to ...Beatrice Fowler said<br /><br />It's always very sad to see a person ... or groups of people ... who are incapable of seeing or listening to anything outside the dinning contents of their own tiny minds. <br /><br />Nothing is more dangerous than the little man or woman who knows he or she is right no matter what others think, or what evidence comes to light that indicates otherwise.<br /><br />Such a person sets a perfect example of bigotry at its worst.<br /><br />"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-4788802908467514982013-12-07T19:01:41.480-05:002013-12-07T19:01:41.480-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-44120767392920660262013-12-07T18:52:18.475-05:002013-12-07T18:52:18.475-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-18817570269499095192013-12-07T18:25:32.834-05:002013-12-07T18:25:32.834-05:00Nelson Mandela Quotes You Probably Won’t See In Th...Nelson Mandela Quotes You Probably Won’t See In The U.S. Media:<br /><br />“If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.”<br /><br />“All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.”<br /><br />“From its earliest days, the Cuban Revolution has also been a source of<br />inspiration to all freedom-loving people. We admire the sacrifices of the Cuban people in maintaining their independence and sovereignty in the face of the vicious imperialist-orquestrated campaign to destroy the impressive gain made in the Cuban Revolution. … Long live the Cuban Revolution. Long live comrade Fidel Castro.”<br /><br />“It is our duty to give support to our brother Moammar Gadhafi, our longtime supporter: … especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people … our African brothers and sisters.”<br /><br />“If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.”<br /><br />“we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”<br /><br /><br />Think about those, when you think about defending this Terrorist!<br /><br /><br />Don't believe them? Google them.Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-91506622018938592192013-12-07T18:17:29.470-05:002013-12-07T18:17:29.470-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Redfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200980898006471782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-26814855659157896862013-12-07T18:06:27.832-05:002013-12-07T18:06:27.832-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Conversations Over Dinner with a Brainless Liberal https://www.blogger.com/profile/00665107241265282889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-70288714004262034812013-12-07T17:58:16.938-05:002013-12-07T17:58:16.938-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-35106537370668674902013-12-07T17:22:07.371-05:002013-12-07T17:22:07.371-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.A. Lurkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-54274724050077531092013-12-07T17:13:06.585-05:002013-12-07T17:13:06.585-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.A. Lurkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58370545729184883352013-12-07T17:11:12.567-05:002013-12-07T17:11:12.567-05:00From what Divine Theater has herself said on other...From what Divine Theater has herself said on other blogs, she suffered greatly during her childhood. It looks like she is haunted by the evils that she experienced, and projects her (justified) hatred onto anyone who hurts children. Although understandable, this projection is in active denial of much of history, and I can't imagine that fostering such an active, bitter resentment in her heart is good for her physical or spiritual health.<br /><br />Just a guess......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-12714422821663308602013-12-07T16:56:15.388-05:002013-12-07T16:56:15.388-05:00Good question Finn and a good point Free...
I'...Good question Finn and a good point Free...<br /><br />I'd like to hear a well reasoned response...Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-30624041647051867072013-12-07T14:40:31.632-05:002013-12-07T14:40:31.632-05:00"How many children did they blow up?"
C..."How many children did they blow up?"<br /><br />Come now, you're being disingenuous. <br /><br />I could be obnoxious and retort by asking you "white, black, or native?" Or point you towards Colonial atrocities against the French, or Puritan atrocities against the Accadians, but the point is, you're lying to yourself if you think atrocities did not occur or were one sided.<br /><br />The question is why? Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-88842927430816633822013-12-07T14:30:46.023-05:002013-12-07T14:30:46.023-05:00I doubt that it's simply "because the Bri...I doubt that it's simply "because the Brits were driven away" that the Dark Continent has sunken deeper into an enslavement quagmire. The Brits most responsible were the likes of Cecil Rhodes. He has bequeathed to the world a band of Rhodesians (the Rhodes scholars and Bill Clinton is a good example today)a rapacious band of greed driven swine out to rule the world through a central government whilst driving the greater part of the population to extinction or outright slavery to the rule of the committee of the elect.<br /><br />The apparatus of this all encompassing enslavement has been built piece by piece over the better part of the past century. I think it should be apparent that we are almost at the arrival at the terminal "of their hearts desire".Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28406247943950310482013-12-07T14:04:04.901-05:002013-12-07T14:04:04.901-05:00_________ THIS BEARS REPETITION __________
Let us..._________ THIS BEARS REPETITION __________<br /><br />Let us consider Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William Tecumseh Sherman, Woodrow Wilson, FDR and Harry Truman, among many others we could name. <br /><br />In light of much of the misguided reasoning and false equivalency used in a vain attempt to dishonor, discredit and condemn Nelson Mandela, every one of those prominent American leaders would qualify as terrorists, mass murderers and war criminals worthy of repudiation, condemnation and eternal vilification.<br /><br />If you don't know why, please study history.<br /><br />Several years ago I wrote this satiric poem:<br /><br /><br /><b>________ HAPPILY ENSLAVED _________<br /><br />_______ To Robert Mugabe, et al._______<br /><br /><i>When'er the Brits are driven away<br />Black tyrants often come to prey.<br /><br />When White Men let their burden down<br />Savages will take the crown<br /><br />Place it on their nappy heads<br />Throw themselves in with the Reds<br /><br />Rule their folk with iron hand<br />Wreaking havoc o'er the land.<br /><br />When blacks rule blacks, no one is free<br />Their nature turns to tyranny.<br /><br />How much blood might have been saved<br />If they'd stayed happily enslaved!</i></b><br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br /><br />While that very sadly has been true in most cases after British Colonial Rule ended, <b>it was most emphatically NOT true in the case of Nelson Mandela, and that is why we laud him here today.</b><br /><br /><b>Naturally, the Red Diaper Babies, Parlor Pinks, Massachusetts Marxicrats and other Leftist Dodos among us will worship Mandela NOT because of his superior statesmanship and enlightened handling of Power once achieved, but simply because he WAS a COMMUNIST.</b> <br /><br />That deranged element still prefers to take its nourishment directly from Karl Marx's mummified posterior. <br /><br />Fanatics of ANY stripe who FEEL their way through life, instead of taking time to THINK beyond the obvious, very often miss the deeper significance in events -- as we are permitted to see them.<br /><br /><b>There is always much to know beyond what may seem obvious.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58223982541755546042013-12-07T13:44:56.823-05:002013-12-07T13:44:56.823-05:00The most revealing insight into the character of N...The most revealing insight into the character of Nelson Mandela that I've seen in the blanket coverage from the media of the world doesn't erect a cardboard cut-out of the man and fill a page with common perceptions that all genuflect before, but show rather than tell something of a personal perception about Mr. Mandela. This is from a former journalist whose experience with him dates to before his imprisonment.<br /><br />"Possibly because he was only able to spend quality time with his own children when they were adults, Mandela was obsessed with children. If they were present, he would focus on them, not the adults. He told tween Jess Heard that she would live to realize her dream of taking the stage, and she has. He assured young Tyler Pike he would overcome a birth defect to his arm to become a cartoonist, and he has. Then we all joined in singing Happy Christmas."<br /><br />http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/12/05/raymond-heard-farewell-madiba/<br /><br />That's not the only reference to his attention to young people that I've seen. But this seems to indicate something like a common touch and a genuine interest in those young people to advance to a better life. That could be an indication that he's reformed his evil ways. Does it mean that those slugs hanging onto his coat tails as he's buried (the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and other assorted "progressive" slugs worshiping him with a clenched fist salute belong in an adoring throng of the so-called common people?) There's something wrong with that last picture and the one painted by most of the MSM.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-20774228513285145582013-12-07T12:03:52.993-05:002013-12-07T12:03:52.993-05:00Either your system "works" for ALL its&#...Either your system "works" for ALL its' citizens sans "scapegoats", or it's "ripe" for a justified revolution.<br /><br />And killing "innocents" is only justifiable if your own innocents are similarly taking losses. Killing those directly responsible, (ie government officials directly responsible for repression) is, hjowever, perfectly acceptable, in my limited view.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.com