tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post9079390668145535702..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-74628795380345706352007-02-01T18:36:00.000-07:002007-02-01T18:36:00.000-07:00Even evil men give good gifts to their children, taylor. How many times have you heard that Hitler was kind to children, dogs, was a vegetarian, didn't smoke ad nauseum? Likewise so many others. Wanting to protect HIS family while sacrificing anyone else put him on par with the Mafia. Come to think of it, thats what Government is.<br /><br />What I despise about 24, and similiar "entertainment" is the fact that these characters are all teat sucking statists. Here are people, just like Concentration camp guards, who'll swear they're just following orders for the good of many, all the while drawing a salary on MY dime and taking a leak in my face calling it the showers of freedom.<br /><br />Time to tune out these people once and for all and get in touch with reality.DrFixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912619928812368990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-5042817311655914152007-01-31T13:54:00.000-07:002007-01-31T13:54:00.000-07:00Mr. Grigg,<br /><br />I forgot to mention that I wrote <a href="http://n-k-1.blogspot.com/">this post</a> at a blog I was invited to write at which was inspired by "24." I think you might find it interesting, particularly as you have spent some time on the theme yourself (shredding the Constitution in the name of freedom).<br /><br />I hope you check it out and enjoy it.<br /><br />Looking forward to your upcoming book. Is it going to be available on Amazon or only at a special location?Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16192780977787646373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-3682045006588741362007-01-31T13:47:00.000-07:002007-01-31T13:47:00.000-07:00Jack Bauer is a person of questionable morality and integrity in most regards, but there is one aspect of his character that rises above all others and is worthy of some acclaim: he is a family man.<br /><br />He might not be YOUR family man (as evidenced by his willingness to kill innocents and others), but he is HIS family man, and that quality deserves some amount of respect I think.<br /><br />He often exhibits a blind faith in his "nation," as represented by the Commander-in-Chief which he has an almost phone-call-to-God-in-heaven type relationship with, but at the end of the day, he's just trying to get home and see his family and ensure their safety.<br /><br />That's the sense I get, anyway. Maybe no one else sees that and maybe no one else sees it as redeeming, after all his other unsavory aspects, but I personally have a lot of respect for a man who works as hard as Jack does to protect his family from harm.Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16192780977787646373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-62850198790229822722007-01-30T21:46:00.000-07:002007-01-30T21:46:00.000-07:00Your thoughts mirror mine on this! We must be related somewhere (Grigg and Gregg were interchangeable at one time). Keep up the good work!<br />Kenneth R. Gregg<br />kgregglv@cox.net<br />http://classicalliberalism.blogspot.comKenneth R. Gregghttp://classicalliberalism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-47032419720781847982007-01-30T16:42:00.000-07:002007-01-30T16:42:00.000-07:00Will, I read that piece by Farah early yesterday (Monday) morning and I was tempted to ask you about it over here, quoting a few nibbles for your perusal, but I should've known you'd of caught sight of that piece at some point, but I didn't think you would comment on it so soon, much less belabor an entire post on it. But I'm glad you did as you know how to reveal this mindset for what it really is.<br /><br />And I thought much the same about his piece, as well, since I agree totally with your take on it. Although I haven't seen the show "24" because, as I've mentioned elsewhere, I loathe Hollyweird and virtually all its productions because most of the dramas produced therefrom are fully greased and lubricated with Gramscian cultural messages, not to mention the gobs of hedonism, for the purpose of imbibing the commoner mind.<br /><br />I gathered from Farah's piece, along with your dissection of the show and idols in general, of just how easy it is for even Christians, or anyone else for that matter, with otherwise innocent motives, to be so deceived. I admit I have had that kind of mindset myself in the past.<br /><br />In their warped view that we really are "at war" we should be "acting like it." But for some reason that "acting like it" only seems to apply to the Soldaten. No, no. The problem with that view is manifold. IF we were really...<I>really</I> "at war," for the <I>defense</I> of our country and its citizens, life wouldn't be a damn party for the populace at large and folk like Farah and others who are livin' large would be much more subdued. It's not like that, though, yet he keeps carping that tired "we're at war" clarion call.<br /><br />Yes, it does get tiring. It's amusing in that Farah frequently makes a lot of sense and makes some potent arguments about issues in many of his pieces, but then jumps off the cliff blindly right into the state's corral when it comes to anything concerning the Iraq War.<br /><br />A very good rebuttal argument and detailed examination of Farah's piece and the larger than life Jack Bauer character of the "24" show. A hat tip to ya, Will ;).<br /><br />You should send your piece to Joe Farah and see what his response would be, if any. And if he did respond, I'd be very interested to see how he counters your arguments. I'd hope you could post it verbatim and respond to it here.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-67245719331653401542007-01-30T12:33:00.000-07:002007-01-30T12:33:00.000-07:00It's interesting that, out of all the back-stories the writers could have created to explain Curtis's personal enmity towards the terrorist Hamir, they chose to use Iraq (1st Gulf War) as the stage. Now they wouldn't be trying to imply that Iraq was producing international terrorists 15 years ago in an effort to reinforce the fiction that "Iraq sponsors international terrorism and must be invaded again," would they? Nah.FBC3http://www.blogger.com/profile/13314315553263566044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-71021144833861910422007-01-30T06:36:00.000-07:002007-01-30T06:36:00.000-07:00will,<br /><br />great piece.i wonder what "switched" in joeseph farah. i used to like his stuff, but his support for the president i cannot fathom.i used to read his stuff and vox day'ssince at one point they shared the same beliefs, but now they are 180 from each other. man, what is happening out there?rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12473173027048173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-25506074137295225632007-01-30T05:42:00.000-07:002007-01-30T05:42:00.000-07:00Where we stand now:<br /><br />"No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in danger when they set up symbols of liberty as fetishes, worshipping the symbol instead of the principle it represents."<br />~Wendell PhillipsKoWThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001944568202667654noreply@blogger.com