tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post6434695301898001803..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: A Nation of LawsAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-44429687042929934922013-09-21T08:27:46.728-05:002013-09-21T08:27:46.728-05:00I think you have hit the nail squarely on its head...I think you have hit the nail squarely on its head. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us.Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780557316548397352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-50143599160614132062013-09-21T00:11:32.294-05:002013-09-21T00:11:32.294-05:00Nicely written piece. The state educates but does...Nicely written piece. The state educates but does not teach. It is not in the best interest of the State to teach things which might contradict it. I firmly believe that teaching people how to think and reason is not in the best interests of the Government and it seems that fewer and fewer people are doing those things... they are simply mindless, uneducated consumers. Just the way the politicians like it.Harrisonhttp://capitolcommentary.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-55631700175812380922013-09-20T21:00:39.530-05:002013-09-20T21:00:39.530-05:00Z,
I'm privileged to have Sam posting here.
I...Z,<br />I'm privileged to have Sam posting here.<br /><br />I have recommended to my American Government students that they check my blog every Thursday, Sam's usual day to post.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52850486354586445662013-09-20T20:41:33.264-05:002013-09-20T20:41:33.264-05:00Ducky, the Pope did not say 'ignore abortion, ...Ducky, the Pope did not say 'ignore abortion, who cares about gay marriage and homosexuality?' but he might as well have if we listen to the media. <br />I guess there's really nobody left who will defend the rights of the unborn. I'm hoping he realizes how naive he was in those statements; how he let the media/secularists misinterpret and win. Sad.<br /><br />Sam, excellent piece. And, as I usually do, I'll remind us all that it's the MEDIA by which Obama has won. THEY know he's saying one thing and doing another. You are absolutely right about him. The media knows how America really can't afford any of what's happening now. THEY know the job prospects are bad. THEY KNOW. And Americans would have known had the media had the guts to tell the truth against someone who's of their ideology.<br />Without a free and honest media, we're done, folks.<br /><br /><br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20848883127999827842013-09-20T15:40:04.408-05:002013-09-20T15:40:04.408-05:00Katharine,
The chasm is such that what you suggest...Katharine,<br />The chasm is such that what you suggest in an impossibility.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-82000716992490799042013-09-20T15:37:16.464-05:002013-09-20T15:37:16.464-05:00.
"Nominate Louie Gohmert."
Kaaaaaaaaa....<br /><br />"Nominate Louie Gohmert."<br /><br />Kaaaaaaaaaching!!!!<br /><br />Nominate also MRS Bachmann.<br /><br />~@:o?<br />.Ema Nymtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291372077565212886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-53035276244861464332013-09-20T15:12:16.504-05:002013-09-20T15:12:16.504-05:00It would make life so much more pleasant and agree...It would make life so much more pleasant and agreeable, if there some way to stop people from making personal remarks that do nothing either to inform or to advance the argument.<br /><br /><br />--------------------> Katharine HeartburnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-31022239311752563202013-09-20T15:05:08.756-05:002013-09-20T15:05:08.756-05:00Nominate Louie Gohmert.Nominate Louie Gohmert.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-65696240162176920442013-09-20T12:57:58.457-05:002013-09-20T12:57:58.457-05:00Okay, Ema … you have two people and, therefore, a ...Okay, Ema … you have two people and, therefore, a government. Which of those two gets his or her way?Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388694472897425202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-42587717019469420032013-09-20T10:46:20.753-05:002013-09-20T10:46:20.753-05:00I think that Emma is lost!
The blog she’s looking ...I think that Emma is lost!<br />The blog she’s looking for is this way <br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />V<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20714710801222472592013-09-20T10:40:21.465-05:002013-09-20T10:40:21.465-05:00AI would enforce the current laws to the letter. I...AI would enforce the current laws to the letter. In an "IDEAL" world, there wouldn't be any need to control immigration, because there wouldn't be a stampede over national borders like so many wild cattle on a rampage. Illegal aliens are human beings and they know full well the consequences of their actions. Illegally they should be thrown out and sent back to where they came from and be penalized form returning for a set amount of time. If they enter this country They know what they have done, and it is time to pay the bloody piper...I think American immigration laws are fair enough. It is the mindset of the new “immigrants” I question. That perhaps, is were the focus should be.<br /><br />We have great immigration laws already on the books, we just need to enforce all of them and protect our borders from illegal crossings.<br /><br />As far a Gun Control, the Liberals “Pet Dream”, we don’t need no stinken new laws we should try enforcing the ones we already have.Rottweilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05169370591461093067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-26203546427575809062013-09-20T10:31:10.869-05:002013-09-20T10:31:10.869-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rottweilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05169370591461093067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-46138926306573486812013-09-20T10:18:37.269-05:002013-09-20T10:18:37.269-05:00There is only one way to reach the masses, in my o...There is only one way to reach the masses, in my opinion: the people of states must reject such rubbish as the federal government’s core standards in education, and it must demand an education model that pays more attention to civics education than with multicultural studies. We might fix this problem in the next sixty years, if we start right now. Sadly, the American people pay lip service to education—and our rankings in the world reflect this.Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780557316548397352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52137766900267356452013-09-20T09:16:59.472-05:002013-09-20T09:16:59.472-05:00You say:
It is my contention that the American pe...You say:<br /><br />It is my contention that the American people are soon to embark upon a new and dangerous ground. They do so quite unconsciously, and what I mean by this is that when we go to the polls to vote for the latest best hope for mankind, we do so without a clear understanding of his or her philosophy. Barack Obama is an example of this.<br /><br />Exactly right. How do we reach the masses who will continue to vote this way? <br /><br />Debbie<br />Right Truth<br />http://www.righttruth.typepad.com<br /><br />Right Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274108313586611205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62997350435290261962013-09-20T08:18:19.416-05:002013-09-20T08:18:19.416-05:00...at least T.S. Eliot didn't, like WH Auden, ......at least T.S. Eliot didn't, like WH Auden, pretend to have "found" a new rational ethic based upon the strict enforcement of a new belief system (Marxism/communism).<br /><br /><i>But quite Suddenly, in the years 1930-5, something happens. The literary climate changes. A new group of writers, Auden and Spender and the rest of them, has made its appearance, and although technically these writers owe something to their predecessors, their ‘tendency’ is entirely different. Suddenly we have got out of the twilight of the gods into a sort of Boy Scout atmosphere of bare knees and community singing. The typical literary man ceases to be a cultured expatriate with a leaning towards the Church, and becomes an eager-minded schoolboy with a leaning towards Communism. If the keynote of the writers of the twenties is ‘tragic sense of life’, the keynote of the new writers is ‘serious purpose’.</i> - George Orwell, "<a href="http://orwell.ru/library/essays/whale/english/e_itw" rel="nofollow">Inside the Whale</a>"Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73096586164722380902013-09-19T15:50:20.593-05:002013-09-19T15:50:20.593-05:00No, Ducky … of course not. We should throw off ev...No, Ducky … of course not. We should throw off every aspect of our founding philosophies and embrace communist doctrine. Alternatively, you could follow the example of T. S. Eliot and find a country that more closely mirrors the darkness of your own heart —and move there. I was thinking of a place like such as Kyrgyzstan. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945887384596946397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-68683462319914512552013-09-19T14:44:23.582-05:002013-09-19T14:44:23.582-05:00Our Declaration of Independence affirms the legal ...Our Declaration of Independence affirms the legal basis of the United States of America is natural law. <br /><br />-----<br />Does this mean we should continue at all costs what T. S. Eliot called the insane search for a rational ethics and continually worship Locke's cult of property?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-91135065441091646102013-09-19T14:41:32.948-05:002013-09-19T14:41:32.948-05:00The reliance on divine law.
Interesting that Pope...The reliance on divine law.<br /><br />Interesting that Pope Francis stated recently that there is a great danger in becoming too doctrinal.<br /><br />"The church's pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently," Francis said.<br />"We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel."<br /><br />Back to the Gospels. <br />This Pope may make it possible for me to return to the Church.<br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64725454759954454182013-09-19T14:17:27.956-05:002013-09-19T14:17:27.956-05:00I wonder if the "Founders" ever anticipa...I wonder if the "Founders" ever anticipated that American Society would degenerate to the level of voting for B.O. twice or that there would ever be an AG as low as Eric Holder!JonBerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718776762194333398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3380149608179354572013-09-19T13:14:03.645-05:002013-09-19T13:14:03.645-05:00The Founders certainly knew about the possibility ...The Founders certainly knew about the possibility of corruption and degeneracy, and did their best to warn against it, but apparently, they never anticipated the tremendous agglomerated power bound to come from increasingly sophisticated techniques in Mass Communication, massively Intrusive Surveillance of individual citizens aided, abetted and shaped by an Educational Establishment directed by self-anointed Oligarchs and run by The Bureau of Central Command and Control from the nation's capital guided, of course, by The Ministry of Truth.<br /><br />As a result of this tragic lack of foresight on the part of the Fouders apparently, the great mass people today have been persuaded to believe they are happier and better off growing more angry, envious, spiteful, captious, cantankerous, demanding and prone to violence while nursing their grievances and lusting for vengeance against the very people -- the ONLY people -- who have ever provided them with actual sustenance, a reason to hope, and a measure of security. <br /><br />A hate-based determination to bring down those with positive vision, discriminating tastes and refined preferences who are richer, smarter, cleverer, kinder, more productive has overcome and supplanted the once-prevalent desire to EMULATE those in better, more comfortable, more interesting, adventurous, and rewarding circumstances.<br /><br />Is it any wonder that Envy is listed high among the Seven Deadly Sins, and that we have been told for thousands of years the "Vengeance belongs to God?"FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3726149918038002082013-09-19T12:38:51.015-05:002013-09-19T12:38:51.015-05:00As do we all, Robert. We oughtn't to forget th...As do we all, Robert. We oughtn't to forget that we are no more in possession the truth than anyone else, since we perceive Reality only through the narrow prism of our own, particular vision.<br /><br />If we looked at The Globe only from one side and in one light all our lives, we would never become aware that there's a lot more to it than we'd been conditioned to think.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-61338817482779720162013-09-19T12:34:18.073-05:002013-09-19T12:34:18.073-05:00Good morning, Ema!
Your last paragraph is a clea...Good morning, Ema! <br /><br />Your last paragraph is a clear and perfectly accurate description of what our particular form of government is, indeed, <i>supposed</i> to be. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work that way in practice. <br /><br />What we have, instead, is government by highly organized special interests of many kinds who work ceaselessly and spend huge sums of money to circumvent and subvert the will of the people. Also, we do, indeed, have individuals with powerful intellects who for reasons of their own -- not always monetary -- develop clever-but-often-unscrupulous methods of <i>seducing</i> great masses of people who become identifiable as FACTIONS into follow the lead of these "Pied Pipers," "Starry-eyed Utopian Visionaries" or corrupt, power-mad Demagogues.<br /><br /><b>The THEORY that is SUPPOSED to govern us is beautiful. The REALITY is something other.</b><br /><br />Most people find it easier just to follow the loudest voice, the flashiest, sexiest image, the most enticing, mouth-watering promises of a life of greater ease and abundance, and so we have what we have.<br /><br /><b>Give the great mass of lazy, ignorant, misinformed, unquestioning people the message that they have been exploited cheated,and ill-treated by those who have given them occupation and made it possible for them to survive. Then tell them they have the moral RIGHT to DEMAND that they be continually rewarded with more and more money in exchange for making less and less effort. Tell them these things in such a way as to get them ANGRY and REBELLIOUS by pretending that YOU are on THEIR side, and the majority will soon be eating out of your hand, and zealously marching behind you as you lead them straight into HELL.</b><br /><br />If "HELL" is The People's Choice, why then HELL is the right place to be, of course. Any who oppose The People's Choice are Enemies of the People -- TRAITORS -- and must therefore be put out of commission.<br /><br />Does anyone have a BETTER explanation for how it REALLY works? If so I'd be eager to hear it.<br /><br /><b><i>"Democracies are most commonly corrupted by the insolence of demagogues."</i></b> <br /><br />~ Aristotle (382- 322 B. C.) <br /><br /><b><i>"In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will cultivate, and improve. Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. <br /><br />The people themselves are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe their minds must be improved ..." <br /><br />“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”</i></b><br /><br />~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-13247308417406852162013-09-19T12:01:05.674-05:002013-09-19T12:01:05.674-05:00Self-interest and the threat of immediate and/or f...Self-interest and the threat of immediate and/or future use of force "underpin" our system of laws.<br /><br />When sustaining the laws no longer serves our self-interest, one will revolt/rebel. Individuals who rebel are most often labelled "criminals". Groups who rebel, are labelled "revolutionaries".Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34658786267178007432013-09-19T12:00:20.508-05:002013-09-19T12:00:20.508-05:00Excellent post! Bravo!Excellent post! Bravo!Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845520038316676855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-50500245836212246072013-09-19T11:57:18.234-05:002013-09-19T11:57:18.234-05:00In other words... only FORCE and/or the THREAT of ...In other words... only FORCE and/or the THREAT of the FUTURE use of FORCE underpins our "System of Laws"Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.com