tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post7905857497797608486..comments2024-03-28T08:51:04.478-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: Drive-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-19244956378524971702016-01-21T15:23:55.602-05:002016-01-21T15:23:55.602-05:00Same thing –– no difference. THREATS engender FEAR...Same thing –– no difference. THREATS engender FEAR of being FORCED to do something against your will and conscience. No one I know likes that, but when sophistry and guile are used to SEDUCE the innocent and ignorant into ceding their God-given rights to a Charlatan or a Demagogue in exchange for his dubious "protection," that's when COWARDICE trumps all and makes sure EVIL wins FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-36032693916877208902016-01-21T14:14:09.924-05:002016-01-21T14:14:09.924-05:00threat or force...?<i>threat</i> or force...?-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-77011805442863137972016-01-21T13:07:03.114-05:002016-01-21T13:07:03.114-05:00__________ A SIMPLE SONG __________
Sing God a si...<b>__________ A SIMPLE SONG __________<br /><br /><i>Sing God a simple song, lauda laude<br />Make it up as you go along, lauda laude<br />Sing like you like to sing, God loves all simple things.<br />For God is the simplest of all, For God is the simplest of all.<br /><br />I will sing the Lord a new song, to praise him, to bless him, to bless the Lord.<br />I will sing his praises while I live,FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-2716275545105375282016-01-21T05:55:02.214-05:002016-01-21T05:55:02.214-05:00For double negation... note the "backs" ...For double negation... note the "backs" of the male dancers in the video... 00-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-12677409734444317012016-01-21T05:48:58.803-05:002016-01-21T05:48:58.803-05:00In order for something "new" to emerge, ...In order for something "new" to emerge, there has to be a radical negativity, FT. And Gert is right, something of the old always manages to cling on to it.<br /><br />And I agree, this is an important election. The final question being, if a single negation will be enough, or whether the "form" of our Republic will require change as well (to Bernie "Socialism" or -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-38771898320210361012016-01-20T23:07:46.203-05:002016-01-20T23:07:46.203-05:00"The monarchette... sounds like someone had &...<i>"The monarchette... sounds like someone had "trust issues" with democracy and needed a fall-back plan."</i><br /><br />It's a manifestation of how no 'revolution' is ever 'complete' and how the 'Old Order' always manages to salvage something, then co-opts some in the 'New Order' into the older paradigm. Nothing to see here, really.<br /><Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-21692350534018957662016-01-20T22:09:11.330-05:002016-01-20T22:09:11.330-05:00Somehow the latest turn in the "conversation...Somehow the latest turn in the "conversation" has reminded me of the derogatory phrase:<br /><br /><b>"They know the PRICE of everything and the VALUE of nothing,"</b><br /><br />It's more than a bit like New Yorkers so obsessed with making money they think nothing of Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, Rockefeller Plaza, FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-52447515413544402272016-01-20T21:05:59.375-05:002016-01-20T21:05:59.375-05:00We'll definitely need a bet! :)
The monarche...We'll definitely need a bet! :)<br /><br />The monarchette... sounds like someone had "trust issues" with democracy and needed a fall-back plan. <br /><br />Talk about a nation of <i>hedgers</i>....;)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-55223443549236334502016-01-20T19:26:59.568-05:002016-01-20T19:26:59.568-05:00"Of course your "ace" in the hole (...<i>"Of course your "ace" in the hole (the 'monarchy') is closer to a deuce, IMO."</i><br /><br />If it's the British <i>monarchette</i> you're referring to, it has ZERO executive power. Even the 'Queen's speech' is written by the PM. Not worth the Semtex.<br /><br />Trump, otoh, seems capable of ruling by decree, if he gets the job.<br /><br />I Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-69563177365737380762016-01-20T19:23:18.391-05:002016-01-20T19:23:18.391-05:00I hope that there aren't any ponies there.... ...I hope that there aren't any ponies there.... ;)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-51603943725932791552016-01-20T18:22:28.058-05:002016-01-20T18:22:28.058-05:00All of which may be summed up nearly in the famous...All of which may be summed up nearly in the famous story about the little boy who was all agog and practically jumping out of his skin with delight when he and his mother came home from a trip and found their house filled knee-deep in excrement.<br /><br />The mother was horrified and thoroughly shaken. She could not understand the boy's reaction.<br /><br /><b><i>"But, Mama, don't FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-3142243630019529402016-01-20T18:12:13.325-05:002016-01-20T18:12:13.325-05:00___________ Elation for Days _________))
Speak qu...<b>___________ Elation for Days _________))<br /><br /><i>Speak quietly. It helps to soothe the nerves.<br />Yelling –– any harshness –– is abrasive ––<br />An agitating force no one deserves<br />Denying peace, obnoxious and invasive.<br />Refresh the soul with calm, sweet introspection.<br />Opening the mind clears out the dross.<br />Find serenity under prayer’s direction.<br />Needs depart, FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-36488960928934568362016-01-20T16:25:50.555-05:002016-01-20T16:25:50.555-05:00__________ I Hail Thee, Obama __________
In speec...<b>__________ I Hail Thee, Obama __________<br /><br /><i>In speechless wonderment I sit and grieve ––<br />Hopeless, now deprived of further gain ––<br />And left without much in which to believe.<br />I still feel good, however, ‘neath the pain.<br />Living with far less might take me back ––<br />To a leaner, harder, better time ––<br />Hope, Ambition, there took up the slack ––<br />Exciting FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-65887319255125254002016-01-20T16:23:28.335-05:002016-01-20T16:23:28.335-05:00War and politics are short and of little importanc...War and politics are short and of little importance in the Great Scheme, but ART is LONG.<br /><br />Art is all that endures of former civilizations most of whom are remember primaril-if-not-solely for the work their artists left behind.<br /><br />No matter what conditions surround us, it is always possible for the creative mind to escape into realms of purest Beauty unimaginable to the mundane FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-4594759556417073182016-01-20T16:18:00.625-05:002016-01-20T16:18:00.625-05:00_________ Deafening Decay _________
Delight to so...<b>_________ Deafening Decay _________<br /><br /><i>Delight to some, to others desecration<br />Eradicating every single chance<br />At peaceful, soul-enriching contemplation<br />Fostering the hope for sweet romance.<br />Ears and mind, instead, sit stunned –– assaulted.<br />Noxious noise befouls the atmosphere <br />In throbbing pseudo-ecstasy exalted<br />Neutralizing all that’s clean and FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-86278589063347269812016-01-20T15:16:29.389-05:002016-01-20T15:16:29.389-05:00Not every leader is a Marcus Aurelius. ;)Not every leader is a Marcus Aurelius. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-74795131479069098612016-01-20T15:13:41.225-05:002016-01-20T15:13:41.225-05:00If you design and limit your Government properly, ...If you design and limit your Government properly, you should be able to survive multiple years leadership by complete idiots ala Bush/Obama. Of course your "ace" in the hole (the 'monarchy') is closer to a deuce, IMO. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-59000661590560461792016-01-20T14:29:45.841-05:002016-01-20T14:29:45.841-05:00I see that a blind and vengeful God still cares: h...I see that a blind and vengeful God still cares: he gave us Sarah Palin... and now she's back! <i>Yeeee-haaw!!</i>Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-64752758835294232522016-01-20T13:31:03.198-05:002016-01-20T13:31:03.198-05:00SOurce- ibid.SOurce- ibid.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-73541853468629112652016-01-20T13:30:08.292-05:002016-01-20T13:30:08.292-05:00for...
In short, the wager of Western thought is ...for...<br /><br /><i>In short, the wager of Western thought is that <b>radical negativity</b> (whose first and immediate expression is egalitarian terror) is not condemned to being expressed in short ecstatic outbursts after which things are returned to normal. On the contrary, radical negativity, as the undermining of every traditional hierarchy, has the potential to articulate itself in a -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-62839056834285882016-01-20T13:00:31.297-05:002016-01-20T13:00:31.297-05:00Sorry, but I'm afraid that we're forever d...Sorry, but I'm afraid that we're forever destined to continue <a href="http://thersitescorner.blogspot.com/2016/01/circling-drain.html" rel="nofollow">circling the drain</a>...<br /><br />All the more reason to adopt a more positive attitude... and stop sweating the small stuff (politics).-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-10654880291526461622016-01-20T10:00:10.464-05:002016-01-20T10:00:10.464-05:00_________ Death to Defeatism _________
Has life d...<b>_________ Death to Defeatism _________<br /><br /><i>Has life defeated you? I rather hope<br />Defeatist rhetoric will die aborning,<br />Though seen by many merely as a warning,<br />Each bitter word will serve to weave a rope<br /><br />By which we’ll hang ourselves when the despair<br />We manufacture with denunciation<br />Of all the grievous faults that plague the nation<br />Convinces usFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-13762089098139690012016-01-20T09:54:17.090-05:002016-01-20T09:54:17.090-05:00__________ Time to Maintain __________
The time t...<br /><b>__________ Time to Maintain __________<br /><br /><i>The time to wrap and hold it has arrived.<br />It looks as though expansion’s at an end.<br />Maintaining what we have is now contrived<br />Earnestly our assets to defend.<br />Taking stock we should feel gratified.<br />Our catalogue of battles lost and won<br />Mostly leaves us feeling satisfied.<br />At least we did our best, and FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-83627270811091666162016-01-20T09:46:23.256-05:002016-01-20T09:46:23.256-05:00__________ A Task Completed __________
A swelling...<b>__________ A Task Completed __________<br /><br /><i>A swelling joy makes breathless with delight<br />The one who oversees and masterminds<br />Altruistic projects of all kinds.<br />Satisfying is Artistic Sight.<br />Knowing how things ought to look’s a Gift<br />Combined with Wisdom, practical yet kind,<br />Overcomes the fears that blind then bind<br />Most people to a crippling sense of FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com