tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post8621572851049060368..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: You Say Democracy, I Say RepublicGerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-84823575663750678352020-02-04T20:45:50.355-08:002020-02-04T20:45:50.355-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-88259865481119082642020-02-04T20:40:48.266-08:002020-02-04T20:40:48.266-08:00Clinton apologists are morons by definition. But t...Clinton apologists are morons by definition. But there's no shortage of them. See e.g. Neera Tanden a Debbie WS...Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-6054503546502073412020-02-04T12:49:28.619-08:002020-02-04T12:49:28.619-08:00Goodstein....what a maroon!Goodstein....what a maroon!Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-62463793778167247662020-02-04T10:19:57.611-08:002020-02-04T10:19:57.611-08:00https://youtu.be/R_voNrPcJT0 : JDhttps://youtu.be/R_voNrPcJT0 : JDGerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-47068062538501087112020-02-04T10:09:48.806-08:002020-02-04T10:09:48.806-08:00I'm convinced that Robert Mercer's donatio...I'm convinced that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer#Brexit" rel="nofollow">Robert Mercer's</a> donations swung it for the Leave campaign.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-55198109773195125442020-02-04T09:39:04.125-08:002020-02-04T09:39:04.125-08:00Dunno about MB but if that story is even only half...Dunno about MB but if that story is even only half true it's still a strong argument to get Big Money out of Big Politics.<br /><br />Won't be easy though. France e.g. has had a cap on campaign funds for decades. But it's also has campaign slush fund scandals for decades!<br /><br />And in the US it will even be harder to cap campaign spending... <i>'cos Freedom!</i>Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-26566345194074510152020-02-04T06:13:57.565-08:002020-02-04T06:13:57.565-08:00Bloomberg spiked the Iowa caucus results... Bernie...Bloomberg spiked the Iowa caucus results... Bernie has no lead and Biden is still viable... lol!Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-9895973996013862222020-02-03T13:14:02.447-08:002020-02-03T13:14:02.447-08:00btw - What do you think of Michael Bloomberg's...btw - What do you think of Michael Bloomberg's recent leveraged buyout of the DNC? Think he can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAi0cSCUWfg" rel="nofollow">shut Bernie out</a> at the betting window?Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-58058141203697412712020-02-03T13:06:26.291-08:002020-02-03T13:06:26.291-08:00erratum - "exhortations" for 'exulta...erratum - "exhortations" for 'exultations', aboveJoe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-12866817897471350392020-02-03T13:04:19.664-08:002020-02-03T13:04:19.664-08:00There is a bit of that, no doubt. But that doesn&...There is a bit of that, no doubt. But that doesn't mean we couldn't profit from the founding of a 'modern' Dionysian Chorus )Plato, "Laws") (w/corresponding exultations to virtue) to "build a new sense of identity".Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-9148788523025243672020-02-03T11:32:37.752-08:002020-02-03T11:32:37.752-08:00It all smacks a bit of intellectual masturbation t...It all smacks a bit of intellectual masturbation to me, farmer. Playing with syllables...Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-63244797005474022742020-02-03T11:01:41.394-08:002020-02-03T11:01:41.394-08:00Let him go ahead.
Ares is a democrat.
There are no...<i>Let him go ahead.<br />Ares is a democrat.<br />There are no privileged people <br />on a battlefield.</i> - Archilochus of Paros<br />-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-7669468242945109512020-02-03T10:32:31.450-08:002020-02-03T10:32:31.450-08:00[...] it's honour.
Does it come with an omert...<i>[...] it's honour.</i><br /><br />Does it come with an <i>omerta</i>? ;-)Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-15037677492836927042020-02-03T10:25:59.406-08:002020-02-03T10:25:59.406-08:001.a form of government in which possession of prop...1.a form of government in which possession of property is required in order to hold office.<br /><br />2.a form of government in which rulers are motivated by ambition or love of honor.<br /><br /><br />ORIGIN<br /><br />late 15th century: from Old French timocracie, via medieval Latin from Greek timokratia, from timē ‘honor, worth’ + -kratia ‘power’. timocracy (sense 1) reflects Aristotle's usage, timocracy (sense 2) Plato's.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-35880256684867138762020-02-03T10:22:49.536-08:002020-02-03T10:22:49.536-08:00...and NOT in the "modern" sense. In th......and NOT in the "modern" sense. In the ancient one, where the organizing principle isn't money, it's honour.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-56273494377532922242020-02-03T10:20:56.948-08:002020-02-03T10:20:56.948-08:00...and just for the record, I prefer "timocra......and just for the record, I prefer "timocracy".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-38512945189536069912020-02-03T10:20:46.507-08:002020-02-03T10:20:46.507-08:00Yeah, I thought you would want to respond to this ...Yeah, I thought you would want to respond to this one!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-90036952405849417162020-02-03T10:18:50.871-08:002020-02-03T10:18:50.871-08:00Which case would maximize your ability to "go...Which case would maximize your ability to "go where you want" in the least amount of time? A highway with rules governing vehicle operation, or one without any rules governing same? Freedom is a bellum omni contra omnes.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-6018789287515509322020-02-03T10:15:32.816-08:002020-02-03T10:15:32.816-08:00Imagine a highway system with no rules of the road...Imagine a highway system with no rules of the road or requirement to stay "right" (or left in your case).-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-62736439102883172112020-02-03T10:10:22.022-08:002020-02-03T10:10:22.022-08:00Liberty has an organizing principle. Freedom, doe...Liberty has an organizing principle. Freedom, does not.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.com