tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post3624345952119373877..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Recommended ReadingAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-45574884988730956602018-04-29T19:45:02.331-05:002018-04-29T19:45:02.331-05:00I do not care about Obama; he is consigned to the ...I do not care about Obama; he is consigned to the dustbin of history. What I do care about is the thousands of others just like him who are right now angling toward the presidency so that they might finish his work of destroying the American Republic. You ask how and why, but I imagine you already know the answers to these questions. All one needs to do is examine the evolving progressive political philosophy and the hatred these people have for our American traditions. The answer to the question why therefore becomes self-evident. As to how, one need only to realize the number of children who have been subjected to public education brainwashing over the past 70 years, who then became parents and enrolled their children into public education programs—because it was the law—to see how it was carried out. The beat goes on ... and this is the game the leftists are playing. Yes, it will take time to achieve their goals, but as with all good communists, they are willing to wait it out. They realize that most of America is fast asleep.Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431792764655370675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-63233044511051520772018-04-29T14:22:39.030-05:002018-04-29T14:22:39.030-05:00Yes. Going back to Roman times - about which more...Yes. Going back to Roman times - about which more is known about Britain - I've asked the same question: why did this group come to elevate 'fairness' more highly than many? I would love to know the lore before it was recorded. Baysiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562129788572031587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10969109901051098752018-04-29T11:26:42.058-05:002018-04-29T11:26:42.058-05:00I understand the pressures you are under to confor...I understand the pressures you are under to conform to post-modern idiocy, AOW, and i empathize, but giving in to what-I-cannot-help-but-see-as COERCED DEGENERACY on the part of the Powers that Be IS a major factor in bringing about our ruination. YOU for instance shpuld NOT hve be sbjected to "criticism," or "discipline" for maintaining the standards YOU find acceptable.<br /><br />I still writhe in indgnation for having been forced to abandon Peiping, or Peking in fabor of Beijing and all the rest of the unnecessary, hidden, unwanted, rather silly superficial changes that have been forced on us in recent years.<br /><br /><b>I will DIE calling Negroes NEGROES, Indians INDIANS, Peking PEKING, Burma BURMA, Ceylon CEYLON, and Great Britain GREAT BRITAIN, etc</b>. <br /><br />Militantly panderng to the Lowest Common Denominator, –– as we have been doing since the SICK-sties ––, has done enormous harm to our CULTURE and or sense of IDENTITY.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-35194057976801475522018-04-29T11:09:58.427-05:002018-04-29T11:09:58.427-05:00Laura said of Barack Obama:
"Just the way he...Laura said of Barack Obama:<br /><br /><b><i>"Just the way he treats folks, using them until he has bled them dry, then tossing them aside, shows that he has no deep emotional attachments to anyone ..."</i></b><br /><br />I generally agree with most of you statement, Laura, but I question that one, because, as far as we know, Obama been loyal to Michelle and their two daughters. Anyway you slice it, he's certanly been a Good Provider.<br /><br />I have to rate Barack higher than William Jefferson Clinton no the morals and loyalty scale.<br /><br />Still, Obama's personality has always struck me as dry, cold, and eerily detached. He has always seemed haughty, and lacking in modesty as well.<br /><br />I've often wondered if ANYONE <i>really</i> knows him?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-40147859597885190752018-04-29T10:57:52.960-05:002018-04-29T10:57:52.960-05:00Yes, I agree, AOW but then don't we have to as...Yes, I agree, AOW but then don't we have to ask ourselves why THAT has occurred too?<br /><br />I be;ieve virtually every human action is the result of a RESPONSE to STIMULI.<br /><br />If the stimulus is born of an EVIL purpose, then the response is bound to reflect and magnify that evil, –– or don't you agree?<br /><br /><b>LACK of CENSORSHIP may be a good thing, but NOT in a society that has been deliberately rendered VALUES-NEUTRAL.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-25973854993031066672018-04-29T09:31:19.515-05:002018-04-29T09:31:19.515-05:00It is easy to understand why the lefties elected B...It is easy to understand why the lefties elected Barack Obama's from listening to the like of an Idiot like Wanda Sykes's sick little diatribe, when one realizes just how deeply Obama's anger at America really ran. What I think is that his real anger is at his parents and family.<br /><br />Stop and think, Obama’s biological father was an alcoholic womanizer, and from all appearances, his mother was a 60's radical atheist bed hopper as well, who most likely filled his head with all kinds of hateful anti-American rhetoric. Lord only knows what kind of hate filled propaganda was drilled into his head when he was in the madras in Indonesia. Just look at the kinds of pukes he associated with in college and in Illinois. And even when he was in office. Just the way he treats folks, using them until he has bled them dry, then tossing them aside, shows that he has no deep emotional attachments to any one, and I highly doubt that he is even capable of forming any.<br /><br />Yes siree, the folks really out did themselves on this one when they elected that con artist.<br />The question is, when, if ever will the sheeple wake up and see what an imposter they put the White House? And Thank God that he’s OUT and that we have a wonderful American there now to replace the filth that was occupying the White House for the previous 8 years.Laura Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838549102605136060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-29481528967324511942018-04-29T09:00:30.488-05:002018-04-29T09:00:30.488-05:00After calling the [ancient Britons] "backward...After calling the [ancient Britons] "backward and none too bright," Baysider said:<br /><br /><b><i>"[The English] possessed an incredible sense of "fairness" and a key factor was the reliable outcome people could expect under English law to honor their contracts."</i></b><br /><br />Considering the English we know today –– and for the past four-hundred years at least –– are a curious amalgam of ancient Celtic tribes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, ancient Romans, and Norman French one can't help but wonder exactly HOW the British we've known until the post-Churchillian Era anyway, came to be who and what they were?<br /><br /><b>Precisely what MAKES a people develop salient characteristics, such as Bayasider describes that distinguish them from other identifiable gtoup entities?</b><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-76788159769084998272018-04-29T08:42:53.399-05:002018-04-29T08:42:53.399-05:00FT,
what are we supposed to do when The Law, ITSEL...FT,<br /><i>what are we supposed to do when The Law, ITSELF, becomes so corrupted by rabid, unprincipled partisans that it's designed primarily to serve best the interests of insurgent REVOLUTIONARIES or entrenched OLIGARCHS while ignoring or discountng the deepest needs and true desires of the CITIZENRY?</i><br /><br />For starters, the electorate should be more proactive with regarding to electing representative.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-41867213041830257812018-04-29T08:40:54.750-05:002018-04-29T08:40:54.750-05:00FT,
What has happened to education is due, in larg...FT,<br />What has happened to education is due, in large part, to the <b>FACT</b> that few parents bother to attend school board meetings, PTA, and back-to-school nights. They have surrendered their children to the system and don't want to be bothered with spending time being involved in their children's education.<br /><br />Damn!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-46724939217369487372018-04-29T08:39:06.601-05:002018-04-29T08:39:06.601-05:00FT,
I don't like the changes, either. Neverth...FT,<br />I don't like the changes, either. Nevertheless, I have to be aware of them and mark papers accordingly because these changes in spellings have been declared acceptable for standard English. I <b>suggest</b> the older forms, but get called on the carpet if I mark them as spelling errors.<br /><br />Personal anecdote heard on this morning's local news: "The polices came." Sheesh. Even my ESL student in Beijing -- yes, I've branched out to international teaching -- knows better than to say "polices."Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-27728047535229328382018-04-29T08:36:05.925-05:002018-04-29T08:36:05.925-05:00FT,
Excellent bit of verse in every way with "...FT,<br />Excellent bit of verse in every way with "STALIN by STARLIGHT"!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-71861610627695276212018-04-29T08:32:45.783-05:002018-04-29T08:32:45.783-05:00Baysier also said:
"When you abandon the rul...Baysier also said:<br /><br /><b><i>"When you abandon the rule of law –– particularly fair and equitable law –– you open the door to the kind of intense corruption and economic stagnation we recognize most readily in tinpot dictator ships."</i></b><br /><br />True enough, Bay, but what are we supposed to do when The Law, ITSELF, becomes so corrupted by rabid, unprincipled partisans that it's designed primarily to serve best the interests of insurgent REVOLUTIONARIES or entrenched OLIGARCHS while ignoring or discountng the deepest needs and true desires of the CITIZENRY?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-65792869863885986052018-04-29T08:24:06.655-05:002018-04-29T08:24:06.655-05:00___ STALIN by STARLIGHT ___
The song a leftist...<b>___ STALIN by STARLIGHT ___ <br /><br /><i>The song a leftist sings <br />Through years of endless springs ––<br />The gurgling cesspools make at eventide ––<br />The murmurs and the sighs <br />That true morons hide –– <br />A great Collective Theme! <br />That's Stalin by Starlight.<br /> My heart and I agree <br />The State is everything to me.</i></b><br /><br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88950149076889348742018-04-29T08:18:16.815-05:002018-04-29T08:18:16.815-05:00What is now called "TRIBALISM" is as nat...What is now called "TRIBALISM" is as natural and normal as baseball, motherhood and apple pie USED to be. <br /><br />After all, isn't it right and good that we consider the needs and feelings of our FAMILY first, our personal FRIENDS second, and our individual COMMUNITY –– <i>i.e.</i> our HOME TOWN –– third? <br /><br />County and State come next, THEN the nation as a whole.<br /><br />I noticed as far back as sixty-five years ago, that COMMUNISM teaches the exact opposite. <b>Loyalty to and reverence for the STATE must come first. If a child notices any form of dissension or disloyalty to the State on the part of parents, siblings or personal friends, that child has a DUTY to INFORM the authorities that his parents must be DISCIPLINED –– pssibly even JAILED or <i>EXECUTED</i></b>.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-39020511644305068722018-04-29T08:04:52.712-05:002018-04-29T08:04:52.712-05:00Sam said,"[T]his nation's educational sys...Sam said,"<b><i>[T]his nation's educational system has so thoroughly brainwashed students over the past seventy years to the point where most voters have no idea how important federalism is toward maintaining a free republic."</i></b><br /><br />Agreed, but if we are to have any hope of reversing the destructive process and recovering sanity in publuc education, <b>don't we have to learn HOW and WHY this perversion of our original core principles and the rapid slide into degeneracy we've seen in our lifetimes occurred?</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34308561594247638312018-04-29T07:53:01.319-05:002018-04-29T07:53:01.319-05:00Not when a peson is genuinely hateful.Not when a peson is genuinely hateful.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-33930679071637945892018-04-29T07:48:26.616-05:002018-04-29T07:48:26.616-05:00Do you think that's bad, CI?Do you think that's bad, CI?<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-18835369947803854232018-04-29T07:46:18.833-05:002018-04-29T07:46:18.833-05:00Changes of that sort are a sign of cultural and in...Changes of that sort are a sign of cultural and intellectual DEGENERATION. PERIOD!<br /><br />Part of the reasin why Enflish Usage has gone to HELL in the past half century.<br /><br />I'm sure double negatives will soon be deemed ACCEPTABLE.<br /><br />Ye gpds! What next?<br /><br />ESPERANTO?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-40980161621405373522018-04-29T03:09:41.400-05:002018-04-29T03:09:41.400-05:00Repeal the 17th Amendment. Repeal the 17th Amendment. (((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-74232589540526830702018-04-28T21:34:07.455-05:002018-04-28T21:34:07.455-05:00@ Baysider
If we are in a post-Constitutional env...@ Baysider<br /><br />If we are in a post-Constitutional environment ... if federalism is dead, then the American people have no one to blame but themselves. If the citizens of states were paying attention, they would demand that their respective states insist on maintaining their sovereign and separate powers. But the fact is that this nation's education system has so thoroughly brainwashed students over the past seventy years to the point where most voters have no idea how important federalism is toward maintaining a free republic. It may not be too late to turn this around, but such a move will have to begin with a re-introduction in schools to American Civics. I'm not holding my breath, however.Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431792764655370675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-32941795978089154172018-04-28T18:01:07.400-05:002018-04-28T18:01:07.400-05:00Baysider,
Outstanding comments! Thank you for wei...Baysider,<br />Outstanding comments! Thank you for weighing in.<br /><br />Yes, most species -- <b>and especially human beings</b> -- have an inherent wariness of "the other" and group with their own kind. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-79377636524814499332018-04-28T17:59:13.748-05:002018-04-28T17:59:13.748-05:00Decades ago, our pastor preached an unforgettable ...Decades ago, our pastor preached an unforgettable sermon on the Golden Rule. He pointed out that the Golden Rule inherently assumes that a person "loves himself." Never before or since have I heard that interpretation. And, no, our pastor wasn't a tightwad, nor did he draw a big salary.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-31118904777176549182018-04-28T11:57:33.532-05:002018-04-28T11:57:33.532-05:00True, but the self-sufficient are the ones usually...True, but the self-sufficient are the ones usually called selfish.<br /><br />I guess I'm riffing Ayn Rand.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-29133683555885483462018-04-28T11:27:13.647-05:002018-04-28T11:27:13.647-05:00About dialog vs. dialogue:
https://writingexplain...About dialog vs. dialogue:<br /><br />https://writingexplained.org/dialog-vs-dialogue-differenceAlways On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-4712370536551314232018-04-28T11:20:04.160-05:002018-04-28T11:20:04.160-05:00FT,
I suspect that the words were shortened to use...FT,<br />I suspect that the words were shortened to use less space per line. I might use a Google search to see if I can discover when the changes were made. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com