Comments on Pro Libertate: Regime-Speak: Three Examples

D.D. -- You're doubtless aware of Mencken's dictum...

2006-09-21T22:18:00.000-06:00

D.D. -- You're doubtless aware of Mencken's dictum that Democracy is based on the idea that the people know what they want and deserve to get it -- good and hard.

That's more or less how I read I Samuel chapter 8, which describes how Israel rejected the unique privilege of being ruled by God and embraced the notion of having a king like all other nations. The Lord told Samuel, almost in so many words, "This people is suited only for slavery, so they can settle for it."

Our rulers are made of the same stuff as the rest of us, only in their case they can give unfettered expression to those traits the hoi polloi can exhibit only under special conditions.

This is one reason why so many people are charmed by the inarticulate, incurious little fool now occupying the White House: His abundant shortcomings, and more importantly, his arrogant indifference to them, are perversely reassuring to a demos largely uninterested in the good, true, and beautiful -- but passionately attached to the trite, the transient, and the trashy.

Your comments about the jury system are also quite perceptive; that's a topic about which I'll unbosom myself at some point. I've never served on a jury, and doubt I would ever make it through the screening process, since I wouldn't be inclined to convict anyone who hasn't committed a genuine offense against persons or property -- and I regard the "government" to be the single largest criminal influence in our society, as it is in any other.

You and the gang at JBS/TNA are just simply much t...

2006-09-18T00:05:00.000-06:00

You and the gang at JBS/TNA are just simply much too optimistic about America. You keep harping about Bush the Younger and his fellow minions in high places deceiving the populace over and over again, yet not criticize or slam the imbecilic commoners for voting these thugs into office over and over again or accepting what they see and hear on the radio or especially the scat tube.

Listening to the commoner whining about the myriad dogmatic Goebbelisms endlessly propounded within the indoctrination centers, otherwise known as pubic screw systems, yet observe them nevertheless sending their precious "chilluns" into those debauched cesspools anyway is simply beyond insane. It's tiresome...sigh... It's sorta like blaming a con man solely for taking advantage of another's greed. If the victim wasn't a greedy slimeball themselves to begin with, the con man would fail miserably and get nada, nothing, zilch. He doesn't steal from the victim, after all, but his deception overtakes them with promises of a windfall for them and such.

On second thought, perhaps, it's that "we must be a catalyst for change from within" argument rather than take heed of the "come out of her" as the Bible commands. I would advise simply to stop playin' by the rulebook of these institutions altogether and quit playing politics, economics, whatever, by the media-propagated statist rules and metrics. They all naturally prescribe play by a more or less consistent statist rulebook and are full of half truths and deceptions.

Only one whose own integrity is heavily compromised can be so easily conned and deceived. Remember, we are after all supposed to be a largely self-governing folk, which is needless to say only feasible and workable when/if we remain morally stout and not compromised ourselves. However, when we become depraved, we lose the critical ability to self-govern and others will increasingly, eagarly, and necessarily do it for us.

IOW, it's US that's the problem, not THEM! Got that?

Yes, it's the commoner heart and mind that needs molding and reworking, not the elitists at the top. We're run by the decades-old cabal of closet thugs and con men precisely because the commoner has wanted them there! It doesn't matter whether they were/are fooled, deceived, conned, whatever, they still mindlessly take heed and lap the deceptions up in gobs and we continue to inherit the results and consequences therefrom. In general, we can't say, "the devil made me do it," we likewise can't claim the elitists made me think this way, or caused me to act a certain way, fooled me, deceived me, etc.

Lastly, the concept of "justice" in my observation is often arbitrary. I look at it thus: It applies to "just US" or the rule, law, regulation, et al is applied to "just US." Even juries are no longer randomly selected from the peer populace for criminal trials, who if everyone eligible were fully knowledgeable of the constitution and rule of law, this wouldn't matter, but the state now attempts to pick and choose malleable "agreeable" doormat folk for jury duty. I've never served on a jury, but have been screened thrice.

Along with this news was the fact that the House p...

2006-09-17T17:53:00.000-06:00

Along with this news was the fact that the House passed a bill authorizing 700 of 2000 miles of fence to be built on the southern border. Guess no one thought about putting money toward the purchase of the fence, nor did they consider that the Senate has already said it will not vote on any immigration bill before the end of the year; the non action will cause the House bill to die. Could it be that our representatives are getting ready for re-election?! More doublespeak.

will,i must say, i like the altered nazi propagand...

2006-09-16T20:27:00.000-06:00

will,

i must say, i like the altered nazi propaganda posters. whoever does them, should go into business and sell them. on another note, your article once again points out why america has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world. these bureaucrats simply cannot read. maybe they ought to call it the "injustice" department. and the US mint? jeesh. these folks probably proclaim to be Christian and pound their chests saying, "Lord, thank you that i'm not like that man! thank you for the power to read, but not use it. thank you for wisdom, but allowing me to reject it. thank you for a conscience, but allowing me to sear it. and thank you most of all, for this nice....fat...and cushy govt job that guarantees me a comfort zone and ....and GUNS...guns for me to oppress my fellow man and thus keep me safe!"

this is simply sick. i wonder how these people go to bed at night?