tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post1085855577757685359..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Not Worthy Of TrustAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-2966213125453210972015-11-11T09:21:00.242-06:002015-11-11T09:21:00.242-06:00Well, there are no grand unification theories and ...Well, there are no grand unification theories and there are no plenary solutions.<br /><br />There are many paths to success in this country for people who are being trod upon. Many have found them and now enjoy success.<br /><br />I am not qualified to offer solutions, but minorities and other disadvantaged who have lived it and escaped it are.Silverfiddlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20459303082477319532015-11-11T07:31:34.750-06:002015-11-11T07:31:34.750-06:00SF,
A Gordian Knot?SF,<br />A Gordian Knot?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-65269788926526181452015-11-11T07:25:17.762-06:002015-11-11T07:25:17.762-06:00AOW,
I don't know. I do know that coddling p...AOW,<br /><br />I don't know. I do know that coddling people and telling them its all whitey's fault is not the answer. We need more successful minorities preaching a positive message. "I did it; you can to. Here's how..."<br /><br />But that would just be a start. It's a complex issue.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-83042573585144629572015-11-10T20:21:30.383-06:002015-11-10T20:21:30.383-06:00SF,
But how, exactly, to solve the problems in Bal...SF,<br />But how, exactly, to solve the problems in Baltimore? It's been aroil with problems for well over a century.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3115186256511799852015-11-10T20:18:53.731-06:002015-11-10T20:18:53.731-06:00AOW,
When you read the history of Baltimore, the ...AOW,<br /><br />When you read the history of Baltimore, the housing and the neighborhoods, and that although laws have changed, the inequities set in place are still there, it is a very common thing here in America.<br /><br />That's no excuse for anything, but it is a very real factor in people's lives, and yes, race relations have gotten much better.<br /><br />I believe that the activists that we see at Mizzou and Yale are not this generation's MLKs. They do not want racial harmony. They have other agendas.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-46136963038966507142015-11-10T18:14:03.534-06:002015-11-10T18:14:03.534-06:00I'm not trashing Judge Napolitano, but he is n...I'm not trashing Judge Napolitano, but he is not an independent source.<br /><br /><br />He has an agenda, and there is nothing wrong with that, but you're going to get a certain viewpoint from him, just as you will from Rachel Maddow and her playpen of kids.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-56246172180601704792015-11-10T17:04:28.639-06:002015-11-10T17:04:28.639-06:00SF,
Is there institutional racism? I sure that th...SF,<br />Is there <i>institutional racism</i>? I sure that there is.<br /><br />But many of the remedies being advocated now are making the situation worse, IMO.<br /><br />I am one of those people who recognizes just how far this nation has come with regard to race relations. I'm worried now that we're regressing at an alarming pace.<br /><br />More injustice does not remedy injustice.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-50537593533689654542015-11-10T17:01:43.603-06:002015-11-10T17:01:43.603-06:00For the record, I do not accept Andrew Napolitano ...For the record, I do not accept <i>Andrew Napolitano as an intelligence expert</i> (Duck's words).<br /><br />I cited a link about -- but put in my own question mark after it.<br /><br />That said, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-6201110076788702362015-11-10T15:56:05.071-06:002015-11-10T15:56:05.071-06:00Duck,
The dean of the University of Missouri was f...Duck,<br />The dean of the University of Missouri was forced out without evidence?<br /><br />Since you're following this matter quite well, perhaps you can answer this question: <br /><br />Did Obama come out in support of the ouster of the dean? I saw something to that effect on the web, but I didn't have time to research whether what I heard was rumor or fact.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62352943043868437782015-11-10T14:30:30.038-06:002015-11-10T14:30:30.038-06:00Duck,
Ahem. It wasn't the link that I wanted ...Duck,<br />Ahem. It wasn't the link that I wanted to delete, but rather that particular commenter, who is banned from this blog.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-15076524248756155942015-11-10T14:23:45.856-06:002015-11-10T14:23:45.856-06:00@ Ducky: "However, unlike you I was able to ...@ Ducky: <i>"However, unlike you I was able to change my mind."</i><br /><br />I don't want to throw water on our sudden warm comity, and I accept and appreciate that you have changed your mind.<br /><br />Can't you see that I have changed as well?<br /><br />* I used to be pro-invade everything, but now am against it except for existential threats (and I do support efforts like in the Philippines, where we advised and the Filipinos did the fighting and dying). Granted, it took me actually being in a war to turn against it, but here I am (and I didn't throw my medals of the White House fence).<br /><br />* I was pro-NAFTA, but am now very anti-TPP<br /><br />* Although I think Ta-Nahesi went over the edge with his latest salvo, reading people like him has made me a believer in institutional racism and that many structures are still firmly in place, even as I ridicule crap like "check your white privilege."<br /><br />* I used to support government enforcing my religious beliefs, but no more. What I do want is a government enforcing the rights of all, including high school football coaches who pray on the field and have never taken unfavorable action against any student who did not join him.<br /><br />So, maybe there are two old dogs on this thread who have learned some new tricks...Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-18558968380686412362015-11-10T14:10:21.979-06:002015-11-10T14:10:21.979-06:00Ducky,
Wow.
I wish I could take back those mean ...Ducky,<br /><br />Wow.<br /><br />I wish I could take back those mean things I said about you below. I am genuinely heartened by this comment of yours.<br /><br />Are we actually agreeing that agents from all corners peddle "pure crap" to all sides, because that is what too many partisans want to hear?<br /><br />In fairness to AOW, and the ABC News story she links to, the Clintons did accede to the demands and send stuff back and write a check for other stuff. As I said below...<br /><br />That particular incident was just one landmark on a long trail of lies, deceptions, blame-shifting, rapes, murders, multi-billion dollar catastrophes, scapegoating and corruption left behind by the Clinton Corruption Caravan.<br /><br />I think Bill Clinton was a pretty good president, but I also believe the Clintons represent the very worst of our corrupt political class that increasingly doing the bidding of global elites to the detriment of our nation.<br /><br />I have not cited Jude Napolitano for years. I don't gratuitously go after conservative fonts (other that deriding Whirled Nutz Daily). To each his own, but please, since you seem to be spilling out candor, can't you admit I rarely cite the usual suspects? I tired of Hannity, Rush, (never liked O'Reilly), and the rest of the blathering shows long ago. I don't run them down, they do a public service, I just got tired of listening to them.<br /><br />I also used to be a big msnbc fan back when I was plugged into that. I loved Chris Matthews, and he used to have a fairly balanced panels, even if it did sag leftward...<br /><br />But I came to the conclusion years ago that its all crap. Not all lies, but 99% spun and blow-dried crap, shaped and molded into fake plastic totems and shibboleths designed to reinforce preconceived notions of the partisans its peddled to.<br /><br /><br />Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-54863370281065997032015-11-10T13:15:49.626-06:002015-11-10T13:15:49.626-06:00Well, Silverfiddle, I agree with you (and you, Z. ...Well, Silverfiddle, I agree with you (and you, Z. Mark it down if you like). None of this at Missouri or Yale is passing the smell test.<br /><br />However, unlike you I was able to change my mind.<br />Today's Democracy Now! featured a couple of students from Missouri and it was pure crap.<br />One said that she had never experienced hate speech directly but even claims of hate speech made her feel unsafe in her black body.<br />Now when they start using qualifiers my radar goes up and I look a little closer for some evidence.<br />There just wasn't any here.<br />Never was in the Yale case.<br /><br />One interesting video from Missouri involved a senior photojournalism student on assignment from ESPN trying to cover a rally involving the football team being threatened. He was prevented from covering the rally and the person heading the charge was reported to be a professor.<br />Now I've a dog in that fight to a certain extent since I'm concerned with photographic self expression.<br /><br />This isn't a culture that listens well (let alone thinks).<br />Point out that the lead of this thread is a smear on Hillary and your accused of being a Hillary lover.<br />I have no idea what happens when you point out that accepting a shill like Andrew Napolitano as an intelligence expert lacks even a basic level of critical thought.<br /><br />There's a beam in your eye, Silverfiddle. I'm trying to work on mine but you seem not to be aware of yours. Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10843735086730642862015-11-10T11:45:25.745-06:002015-11-10T11:45:25.745-06:00"Was Ollie North involved in the deal that so..."Was Ollie North involved in the deal that sold chemical capability to Saddam?"<br /><br />It was official US policy.<br /><br />Jimmy Carter's weak-kneed mishandling of Iran and ushering the "saintly" Ayatollah into power is what created Saddam Hussein.<br /><br />As we're seeing now, when the US goes weak and ball-less, a counter-weight will spring up, and the bitter realities of realpolitik rear their heads. When this happens during GOP administrations the lefties scream and sling crap. When it's a Democrat administration, it's all cool...<br /><br />Now stop pestering the adults with your tired propaganda you heard the cool kids over at MSNBC reciting, ad nauseum Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34011467359122537782015-11-10T11:36:06.770-06:002015-11-10T11:36:06.770-06:00Once again, Ducky flaps in to make my point. His ...Once again, Ducky flaps in to make my point. His hero Hillary can do no wrong.<br /><br />The Clintons had to settle with the government over the issue. Did you miss that?<br /><br />That particular incident was just one landmark on a long trail of lies, deceptions, blame-shifting, rapes, murders, multi-billion dollar catastrophes, scapegoating and corruption left behind by the Clinton Corruption Caravan.<br /><br /> Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-23796702230040741032015-11-10T09:46:50.534-06:002015-11-10T09:46:50.534-06:00Was Ollie North involved in the deal that sold che...Was Ollie North involved in the deal that sold chemical capability to Saddam?<br /><br />I'm surprised Hillary was directly involved in the Libyan deal. Usually we get the Israelis to handle this sort of thing.<br /><br />Anyway, if you recall, I posted that the right wingers wasted everyone's damn time bollocksing the Benghazi hearings.<br />Trey Gowdy couldn't find his ass with both hands.<br /><br />It's long past the time that the whole Libyan fiasco should be analyzed but no, <i><b> Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi </b></i>.<br /><br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8273606222185413752015-11-10T09:41:03.845-06:002015-11-10T09:41:03.845-06:00Someone posted a link to a pretty complete discred...Someone posted a link to a pretty complete discrediting of the suppose theft. AOW saw fit to delete it.<br /><br />It's old news, a continuation of the nonsense spread about the Clintons trashing the White House when they left.<br />But if it's on the web and it supports your position it's true, right?<br /><br />Any half assed jackie can throw up (almost literally) an article and it becomes truth.<br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-42295196721260382712015-11-10T09:38:09.501-06:002015-11-10T09:38:09.501-06:00The Clintons MADE right wing media. It would neve...The Clintons MADE right wing media. It would never have existed, there would be no Matt Drudge, had the liberal MSM played the game straight.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-40441732647705774082015-11-10T09:36:20.874-06:002015-11-10T09:36:20.874-06:00Where's Ahab, when you need him? ;)Where's Ahab, when you need him? ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-84109544530420881612015-11-10T08:57:27.512-06:002015-11-10T08:57:27.512-06:00Leftwing red-ass baboons screamed when Ollie North...Leftwing red-ass baboons screamed when Ollie North sold arms to keep two enemies fighting each other while using the proceeds to fight communism is Central America...<br /><br />...but when Hillary traffics in shady international arms deals to terrorists, not a peep.<br /><br />...I'm beginning to believe those progressives may have a hidden agenda...Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52157037705327159932015-11-10T08:29:30.620-06:002015-11-10T08:29:30.620-06:00Jon,
Supporting Hillary is not an exercise in fut...Jon,<br /><br />Supporting Hillary is not an exercise in futility. Z is right. Nothing sticks to her. She could murder a big-eyed immigrant child on national tv and apologists like Ducky and Jersey (and they are Legion) would say it was Bush's fault, the little urchin was really Louie Gohmert in costume, the child started it and got what he deserved...<br /><br />Z is right. Hillary is unassailable.<br /><br />She like an old battleship, rusted at the waterline, stern sagging, hull riddled with scars from past battles, but somehow she stays afloat... Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-23135776945214020942015-11-10T08:24:51.892-06:002015-11-10T08:24:51.892-06:00Ducky, like most of his ilk, has a mind like a ste...Ducky, like most of his ilk, has a mind like a steel trap: Slammed shut, and impervious to information that would pierce his hopium bubble fantasy world.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-82813234847264754532015-11-10T08:20:18.943-06:002015-11-10T08:20:18.943-06:00Indoctrinated is a better word.
Seriously, this i...Indoctrinated is a better word.<br /><br />Seriously, this is how a country ends up with a dictator, or a dictatorial regime hiding behind the facade of democratic elections, and it can happen from any side, not just leftwing empty heads as in this case.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-57810727342157714172015-11-10T07:44:34.410-06:002015-11-10T07:44:34.410-06:00Ducky,
The Big Business of College Football is wh...Ducky,<br /><br />The Big Business of College Football is what swung the issue at Mizzou.<br /><br />Of course punish racism where you find it, but the stuff they cited was pretty nebulous.<br /><br />A swastika in a bathroom of the sexual ambiguity dorm? Probably a false flag, given the history.<br /><br />Rednecks driving by in a pickup shouting racial slurs? What's the school supposed to do about that? Were they crackers in the truck even students?<br /><br />The one actionable incident was a drunk student interrupting some rehearsal by mounting a stage and insulting people.<br /><br />This was one more clear example of neo-commie agitators infesting a legitimate social issue and rotting it from the inside.<br /><br />The vulgar shrieking, the finger-snapping, pulling in gender, LGBTQ and "muslim women in hijab..." <br /><br />I started noticing this after 9/11. If you watched the Soros-sponsored DC protests, very little was about the war. All kinds of activists got to mount the organization's corporate stage for their five minute rant.<br /><br />My favorite was a college-age woman in hijab screaming how she had no rights whatsoever in the United States... while standing on a stage... screeching and preaching to all of America... on national tv...<br />While here sisters in muslim lands are chained to the stove, forbidden to drive or go to school, subject to rapes, beating and stonings...<br /><br />It's leftwing idiocy.<br /> Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-47589355465627220362015-11-10T07:40:42.359-06:002015-11-10T07:40:42.359-06:00SF,
The indoctrinated progs in the video AOW provi...SF,<br /><i>The indoctrinated progs in the video AOW provided are especially scary. </i><br /><br />Wanna take bets as to how many of these progs have high-level college degrees? What, exactly, did they learn at the universities?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com