tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post5445289671979654669..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Communist Goals For The United StatesAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-30399438568521467342014-02-26T18:52:53.655-06:002014-02-26T18:52:53.655-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Liberalmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612454539046863752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58451923910704530892014-02-26T12:37:52.670-06:002014-02-26T12:37:52.670-06:00How ironic that student riots in Venezuela are und...How ironic that student riots in Venezuela are undermining the communist regime.<br /><br />And we can all agree that communist propaganda has found a ready home in today's Democrat Party. I have two posts up on Venezuela. One is Marco Rubio's speech answering Democrat Senator Tom Harkin's praise for Cuba. Dems will swallow any lie favorable to communism and ignore every truth negative to it.<br /><br />P.S. AOW: I've got a new post on Islamic terrorism and how blind some are to the real danger...Mike's Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3687709193604017502014-02-26T03:16:13.260-06:002014-02-26T03:16:13.260-06:00Hey, Duck.
What do you think of the Hirshhorn?Hey, Duck. <br /><br />What do you think of the Hirshhorn?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52204980219936262882014-02-26T03:15:48.678-06:002014-02-26T03:15:48.678-06:00I'll have to look up that matter about the Vie...I'll have to look up that matter about the Vietnam Memorial. I don't recall any such controversy. I wasn't keeping up with politics or the news back then.<br /><br />Of course, prior to the building of The Wall, we saw traditional monuments. Now we see such walls quite often. For example, there are numerous victims'-names walls related to 9/11.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-89371385961765831732014-02-25T19:27:44.467-06:002014-02-25T19:27:44.467-06:00The sculpture discussion now reminds me of the con...The sculpture discussion now reminds me of the controversy over the Vietnam memorial.<br />Ross Perot stirred everyone up and had a conventional statue installed (it isn't really sculpture) while the main monument is a more abstract sculptural work.<br /><br />The Wall still moves people to tears and the statue is largely ignored.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-26271691605786341322014-02-25T19:24:37.215-06:002014-02-25T19:24:37.215-06:00Interesting is an understatement.
I'm a prett...Interesting is an understatement.<br /><br />I'm a pretty big advocate of Montessori. The grand niece attends a Montessori pre-school.<br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-36741979970316333722014-02-25T19:16:07.927-06:002014-02-25T19:16:07.927-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-23347595027589763242014-02-25T18:43:40.782-06:002014-02-25T18:43:40.782-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Liberalmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612454539046863752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-2944230320152924232014-02-25T16:30:12.758-06:002014-02-25T16:30:12.758-06:00Duck,
Do you find this an interesting conundrum? ...Duck,<br />Do you find <a href="http://fountainheadinstitute.com/a-little-recognized-influence-on-the-montessori-movement-by-marsha-familaro-enright/" rel="nofollow">this</a> an interesting conundrum? Relate the following to my blog post today. Excerpt from the link:<br /><br /><i>...Rand wrote many other works, including an essay on education called “The Comprachicos,” now available in The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution. In it, she discussed the Montessori Method at some length. She also published an article by the late Beatrice Hessen, “The Montessori Method,” in The Objectivist magazine, which article is now reprinted in John Chattin-McNichols’ Montessori Schools in America: Historical, Philosophical and Empirical Research Perspectives.<br /><br />These two articles introduced millions of Rand’s readers to the Montessori Method and movement – and many of them stayed. I, for one, had been searching since I was a child for a way of schooling which kept the joy in life while guiding students in learning. The Rand and Hessen articles intrigued me and led me to a life-long love for the Method, which included founding Council Oak Montessori school in Chicago. Currently, I am working on a new college using the Method (see www.collegeunitedstates.org).<br /><br />I do not think I am an exception. You will find Rand’s influence in Montessori schools all around North America, from North Carolina and Pennsylvania to Illinois and Colorado; from Toronto to Texas – and I’m sure almost anywhere you look. ... </i>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-84317132705249368002014-02-25T16:09:26.313-06:002014-02-25T16:09:26.313-06:00Duck,
I might add that hard edge, monumental reali...Duck,<br /><i>I might add that hard edge, monumental realism was also the only type of painting accepted by Ayn Rand. </i><br /><br />Well, she was certainly entitled to whatever personal tastes in art that she had.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-53903227454831128802014-02-25T16:08:00.532-06:002014-02-25T16:08:00.532-06:00Duck,
I posit that it is possible that abstract ar...Duck,<br />I posit that it is <b>possible</b> that abstract art helps to break down society's appreciation of traditional art forms, which could also be considered standards and appreciation of culture.<br /><br />I said "possible."<br /><br />Now, I happen to like some abstract art. But, frankly, some of "the art" that I recently saw at the Hirshhorn Museum was a joke. People get paid for creating such "art"? Gimme a break!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-24459896052463320932014-02-25T14:25:27.618-06:002014-02-25T14:25:27.618-06:00... I might add that hard edge, monumental realism...... I might add that hard edge, monumental realism was also the only type of painting accepted by Ayn Rand.<br /><br />The opposition to abstraction seems to come from authoritarians on both sides.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10728371180485256202014-02-25T14:21:12.228-06:002014-02-25T14:21:12.228-06:00No, I can honestly say that I see no relationship ...No, I can honestly say that I see no relationship between abstract sculpture, public or private, and communism.<br /><br />Initially Soviet art was avant-garde but it was purged and replaced by Soviet realism.<br />In other words, Skousen argues similar to Stalin.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-1449156098688726072014-02-25T07:57:06.158-06:002014-02-25T07:57:06.158-06:00FT,
I am concerned that the Right is floundering s...FT,<br />I am concerned that the Right is floundering so much. I have a theory as to why, and my theory isn't the same as some of what you typed in above. <br /><br />The 2014 and 2016 elections will be interesting. It <b>COULD</b> be that the Democratic Party will suffer some of the same woes that the GOP as been suffering -- that is, not having a charismatic leader. Obama will not be running for POTUS again, and that fact may drastically affect the Democratic Party. We shall see.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-68112280495427393832014-02-25T07:11:58.585-06:002014-02-25T07:11:58.585-06:00Great great piece.Great great piece.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43825305736387630082014-02-25T04:57:14.102-06:002014-02-25T04:57:14.102-06:00Addendum: Seeing two sides to the argument does no...Addendum: Seeing two sides to the argument does not mean that you agree with both sides.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-31272401152024826172014-02-25T04:56:44.084-06:002014-02-25T04:56:44.084-06:00Duck,
I could argue both sides of the question -- ...Duck,<br />I could argue both sides of the question -- and convincingly too.<br /><br />Do you understand that there are two sides to the argument?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-908257148244260772014-02-25T03:08:01.991-06:002014-02-25T03:08:01.991-06:00Everything listed has, indeed, made itself manifes...Everything listed has, indeed, made itself manifest and become entrenched in our society. Most certainly the Cultural Marxist Agenda has had a dispiriting, perplexing, degenerative effect. but of course YOU KNOWN THAT, but simply refuse to admit it, because it doesn't suit your nefarious purposes.<br /><br />You and your kind have nothing to offer but DENIAL and DEFAMATION.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-21050553825945244652014-02-25T03:02:30.965-06:002014-02-25T03:02:30.965-06:00You lost the argument before you uttered a word, C...You lost the argument before you uttered a word, Canardo, because you can think of nothing better to defend your position than SNEER at ours.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-44513437139028084222014-02-25T02:59:12.502-06:002014-02-25T02:59:12.502-06:00HEAR! HEAR!
C I, you've just made the same p...<b>HEAR! HEAR!</b><br /><br /> C I, you've just made the same point I tried to make (in many more words) above. Blind, fanaticism is deadly no matter WHAT cause it purports to serve.<br /><br />BUT, Marxism, the multi-headed Hydra, and its vile derivatives is a CANCER on the body politic, and somehow -- like all cancers -- it must be burned out, excised, or poisoned to DEATH before it kills the Host.<br /><br /><b><i>"Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice."</i></b><br /><br />We always walk a very fine line between sanity and madness, it seems.<br /><br /><i><b>"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants."</b></i><br /><br />~JeffersonFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-29538113301076079962014-02-24T22:01:13.287-06:002014-02-24T22:01:13.287-06:00This video nailed it. It's a horrible reality....This video nailed it. It's a horrible reality.Trekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43739071184764494502014-02-24T21:22:26.999-06:002014-02-24T21:22:26.999-06:00How does it advance a communist agenda to install ...How does it advance a communist agenda to install contemporary public sculpture?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-54129901924494810262014-02-24T18:28:10.060-06:002014-02-24T18:28:10.060-06:00They had a plan. They implemented it. There was li...They had a plan. They implemented it. There was little resistance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34579516325253690622014-02-24T16:43:17.318-06:002014-02-24T16:43:17.318-06:00I'm still curious to know what communism has t...I'm still curious to know what communism has to do with abstraction.<br /><br />Any of the right wingers here familiar with the relationship between the Leo Castelli gallery and the CIA in the 50's?<br /><br />The video is a silly screed on so many levels.<br /><br />Keynes, Stalin and Alinsky. Three who have nothing to do with each other except in Sam's mind.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64918698613203205192014-02-24T16:19:33.389-06:002014-02-24T16:19:33.389-06:00I don't expect you to tie into anything, musta...I don't expect you to tie into anything, mustang.<br /><br />With the distinct possible exception of McCarthy era hysterics.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.com