tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post4613361501683902742..comments2024-03-29T03:38:13.003-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: Conflicts - Internal/External-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-72497638590982607382016-02-10T20:01:15.056-05:002016-02-10T20:01:15.056-05:00Individualism gets suffocated at the point where i...Individualism gets suffocated at the point where it may be said a nation becomes OVER-civilized. Once that stage arrives a people becomes effete. <br /><br />The wild beasts and barbarians, forever snuffling, howling, growling and slobbering outside the city gates, can actually SMELL the weakness, and soon move in for the kill.<br /><br />It has been ever thus.<br /><br />Those who want "IN&FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-60066811441409307252016-02-09T12:05:44.354-05:002016-02-09T12:05:44.354-05:00The question is, will the Civil War have destroyed...The question is, will the Civil War have destroyed Individualism (Civil Rights) as well...?Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-69015131533743945472016-02-08T19:25:18.230-05:002016-02-08T19:25:18.230-05:00It was the CIVIL WAR that destroyed Federalism.
S...It was the CIVIL WAR that destroyed Federalism.<br /><br />States Rights became a thing of the past. Dictatorial Centralized Power arrived with Lincoln, and never really left. It's just gotten <i>"progressively"</i> worse (pun fully intended ;-).<br /><br /><i>"The UNION must be preserved,"</i> Lincoln said. As for the STATES, <i>"Well FUCK 'em!"</i> was hisFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-72421159032344773802016-02-08T18:26:01.187-05:002016-02-08T18:26:01.187-05:00"Ask not what your country can do for you, as..."Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for it," kinda sums up the reversal.<br /><br />I think it was the "neo-progressive" that moved the <i>are</i> to<i> is</i>... or maybe it was the hubris that believed that there was a way to promote "good" trusts and punish "bad" trusts that flipped things. You've got to kill em ALL.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-76192133303769979792016-02-08T17:12:24.000-05:002016-02-08T17:12:24.000-05:00The United States are vs. The United States is.The United States are vs. The United States is.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-33903136903601381482016-02-08T17:10:39.599-05:002016-02-08T17:10:39.599-05:00It was "progressive" to centralize power...It was "progressive" to centralize power to turn are to is.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-3938192038172146332016-02-08T10:23:40.753-05:002016-02-08T10:23:40.753-05:00...Sounds about right, time-wise... and also where......Sounds about right, time-wise... and also where the <a href="http://wankfiles.blogspot.com/2016/02/right-problem-wrong-solution.html" rel="nofollow">smaller is better</a> train vis business AND government, went off the tracks.<br /><br />Yes, once States lost their militias after the Civil War, the rest of their rights disappeared as well. It's "why" I'm such a 2nd Amendment-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-65215454683989369712016-02-08T10:16:30.467-05:002016-02-08T10:16:30.467-05:00The Wilsonian era FT mentions... I also believe is...The Wilsonian era FT mentions... I also believe is where America went AWRY amending the Constitution to make Senators popularly elected insto of appointed by their state's legislators. We lost both good Senators and representation of state governments at the federal level, but gained national political parties.<br /><br />Imagine if Senators represented their state's government, rather (((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-45532951669203790482016-02-08T01:54:55.830-05:002016-02-08T01:54:55.830-05:00Canardo (Ducky) would be quick to accuse "Tim...Canardo (Ducky) would be quick to accuse "Timber Queen" of being one of my "sock puppets," but he'd be wrong. "Timber Queen" is, however, my ideological fraternal twin.<br /><br />We must have been separated at birth. ;-)<br /><br />Ducky is ALWAYS wrong when he accuses some poor soul of being one of FT's sock puppets, because I never USE false ID's at FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-85846843442113551852016-02-08T01:49:04.649-05:002016-02-08T01:49:04.649-05:00CAUGHT IN PASSING at LUCIANNE.COM
Timber Queen s...<b>CAUGHT IN PASSING at LUCIANNE.COM</b><br /><br /><br /><b>Timber Queen said</b><br /><br /><i>The whole press corps still treats politics as theater or sport. No one ever explains policy on a post-debate show. Must all talk be of the horse race? It’s a democracy, not an off-track betting parlor. We must all think less like political consultants and more like citizens, and journalists should FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-1612275114681579652016-02-07T18:58:48.027-05:002016-02-07T18:58:48.027-05:00I agree 100%.I agree 100%.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-62124227471210322732016-02-07T15:06:58.506-05:002016-02-07T15:06:58.506-05:00I think "too big to fail cronyism" is a ...I think "too big to fail cronyism" is a perfect, and ripe target for conservatives who believe they are maintaining the American Revolution.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-6257988149003551082016-02-07T11:32:06.815-05:002016-02-07T11:32:06.815-05:00...for an anti-trust electorate would dismantle co......for an anti-trust electorate would dismantle corporate prerogatives and eliminate "too big to fail" cronyism.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-77184961854709747082016-02-07T11:30:34.224-05:002016-02-07T11:30:34.224-05:00IMO, the establishment interest is behind that stu...IMO, the establishment interest is behind that stultifying position.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-54747972830434923382016-02-07T11:06:38.062-05:002016-02-07T11:06:38.062-05:00I think for once we are in complete agreement, The...I think for once we are in complete agreement, Thersites-FJ. <br /><br />It's ironic how the Left preaches "diversity" when they are <i>really</i> seeking is RIGID, UNSWERVING, UNTHINKING, UNQUESTIONING U-N-F-O-R-M-I-T-Y.<br /><br />In Unity there may be "strength," but there is also the grave danger of STULTIFICATION.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-24592085745180784852016-02-07T10:47:43.927-05:002016-02-07T10:47:43.927-05:00Real Progressivism.<a href="http://politicaltealeaves.blogspot.com/2016/02/bernies-trustee-state-vs-trust-busting.html" rel="nofollow">Real Progressivism</a>.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-18089707262703417582016-02-07T10:38:24.089-05:002016-02-07T10:38:24.089-05:00The "establishment" owns the media and t...The "establishment" owns the media and therefore have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo and NOT discussing alternatives. My war on "bigness" is, IMO, the solution to 95% of the problems you listed.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-52192393094936797712016-02-07T09:24:56.966-05:002016-02-07T09:24:56.966-05:00ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE, WHICH SHOULD BE OUR...<b>ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE, WHICH <i>SHOULD</i> BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS TODAY:</b><br /><br />Unfortunately, the tone of the Republican debates in general has been warped by the undue influence of the ENEMEDIA in the persons of agenda-driven "moderators." <br /><br />The moderators' focus has been more on sparking loud, sensationalistic "food fights" among the FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com