tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post1400006743957316902..comments2024-03-08T07:09:46.527-07:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Further On Up The RoadWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-53254095509102637542007-11-09T20:34:00.000-07:002007-11-09T20:34:00.000-07:00Brilliant. Stunning, clear, depressing, and brill...Brilliant. Stunning, clear, depressing, and brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-36043039219037815162007-11-08T17:25:00.000-07:002007-11-08T17:25:00.000-07:00In the Richard Adams story "The Plague Dogs" one o...In the Richard Adams story "The Plague Dogs" one of the unfortunate canines, Rowf, had been repeatedly subjected to senseless near death drowning experiences by curious (sadistic) government "researchers". Unlike humans undergoing waterboarding and other forms of torture, however, Rowf and the other animals at the research center lacked the option to reveal (mis)information that would end their pain and suffering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-53542639817409651692007-11-08T12:30:00.000-07:002007-11-08T12:30:00.000-07:00That last panel cartoon has my black little heart ...That last panel cartoon has my black little heart flirting with despair...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-42506411974818553382007-11-08T09:12:00.000-07:002007-11-08T09:12:00.000-07:00Most journalists like William Norman Grigg wet the...Most journalists like William Norman Grigg wet their pance at even the thought of attacking Israel and Zionism. This article is a perfect example of the false opposition front which many, otherwise good, journalists fearfully subscribe to. Go to www.bollyn.com to read the real reason why Mukasey should not be AG. He is a rabid Israel Firster Zionist with a long documented history to prove it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-9168095764171191762007-11-08T07:03:00.000-07:002007-11-08T07:03:00.000-07:00i no longer recognize this country, its politician...i no longer recognize this country, its politicians, and many of its people. <BR/><BR/>to think that this country is actually DEBATING not only what torture is but also WHEN its "appropriate" to use it, is incomprehensible.<BR/><BR/>so many of the aforementioned unrecognizable people in this country are hateful, mean-spirited, and filled with an ethnocentric superiority complex ("our country is best; we know best; we can do whatever we want; don't do what we do, do what we say;" etc etc etc)<BR/><BR/>it won't take long when we'll echo the immortal words of a that great man, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz: "The chickens have come home to roost."thelonegunmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881448261925225797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-68869079057975747692007-11-08T05:27:00.000-07:002007-11-08T05:27:00.000-07:00Speak truth to power, my brother. The monster is ...Speak truth to power, my brother. The monster is in it's death throes. Keep pushing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-19688804678581305282007-11-07T23:47:00.000-07:002007-11-07T23:47:00.000-07:00Stop calling it "waterboarding." My god.. that sou...Stop calling it "waterboarding." <BR/><BR/>My god.. that sounds like something you do on the weekend at the beach! Giving this form of torture such an innocuous name serves to diminish its sinister nature. I'll betcha Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales love that name. <BR/><BR/>Call it what it is. Water torture. Simulated drowning. Hearing the term "waterboarding" makes me want to visit the local surf shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-68751882880564275232007-11-06T09:07:00.000-07:002007-11-06T09:07:00.000-07:00Bellinger is a lawyer. He's into the "that depen...Bellinger is a lawyer. He's into the "that depends on what the meaning of "is" is" type of reasoning.<BR/><BR/>Upon his return from law school, Senator Jim Webb's Appalachian auntie asked him: "Have they learned you how to lie yet?"<BR/><BR/>I guess one man's lie is merely another man's obfuscation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1475098987417830162007-11-05T22:30:00.000-07:002007-11-05T22:30:00.000-07:00John Bellinger: "Well, I'm not willing to include ...<I><B>John Bellinger</B>: "Well, I'm not willing to include it or exclude it, I mean, these are issues that our justice department as a matter of interpreting both the domestic law on torture and international law, has concluded that just don't want to get involved in abstract discussions of applying the law to any set of facts."<BR/><BR/>How should the question of US citizens suffering torture at the hands of foreign interrogators be considered “an abstract discussion”?</I><BR/><BR/>I see his response in a different light, perhaps. I actually do look at torture, as well as any other matter, in the abstract as one, who is not a moral relativist that is, should be able to quite easily.<BR/><BR/>Ergo, Bellinger's inability or refusal to see torture as a black and white issue is indicative of his moral relativism and, by extension, the Regime's view in toto on torture as well as many other issues we're supposedly "wrestling" with today.<BR/><BR/>And, from merely observing the cultural landscape, this moral relativism is unfortunately the unequivocal view of the populace at large as well. Maybe the concept and true meaning of "torture" hasn't reached the level of confusion and meaninglessness of, say, theft, yet, to the populace at large, but I'm sure it's gettin' there soon enough.<BR/><BR/>Already the concept and consequently the meaning of "theft" has been so diluted and obfuscated that most folk today can't discern theft properly in the <I>abstract</I>, only the "in your face" street variety. Sure they may say "stealing is evil!" in general conversation, but if you looked in their pocket at the "Property of the U.S. Government" pens and other miscellaneous artifacts in their possession as well as those who get a government check for whatever reason, their definition of theft is clearly skewed, vague, and thus relative.<BR/><BR/>And such is often the case with other issues as well, unfortunately.<BR/><BR/>IOW, hypocrisy and/or relativism is rampant everywhere and is demonstrated by many on every side involving almost every major issue. <BR/><BR/>Many folk inside and outside government speak with a forked tongue. They often say one thing, yet do the exact opposite. Again, generally the folk in government reflect the folk outside of government, who elected the former into the political position to be their representative in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Sigh, merely A sign of the times in which we live and I only can see it getting worse, not better, until the King of Kings arrives.<BR/><BR/>If folk, even Lincoln perhaps, could've read the tea leaves as far back as 1865 and foresaw what the war's aftermath would spawn, especially in terms of federal government aggregate growth, there might of been a concerted effort to reverse course and take us down a different path. At the very least, many would've made an earnest attempt at slowing down the growth and influence of the Washington D.C. juggernaut into the Leviathan it has become today.<BR/><BR/>But one of the default casualties of the War between the States was the people's belief that the central government played a minor role in domestic issues. After all, most of the contemporaries of that era called it the "Civil War" themselves. The Feds had, through this war, demonstrated to ALL of the states, not just those of the South, who was really calling the shots in domestic affairs.<BR/><BR/>Yes, there are many references to sowing and reaping in the Word, but one of my favorites is Hosea 8:7: "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind."<BR/><BR/>We're certainly reapin' the whirlwind, baby. Enjoy!...sigh.dixiedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-43105147038785995992007-11-05T20:07:00.000-07:002007-11-05T20:07:00.000-07:00William,You're gonna reap just what you sow. That ...William,<BR/><BR/>You're gonna reap just what you sow. That saying is definitely true. After all, it is from The Word.<BR/><BR/>How can we expect people to love us when we throw our weight around to the extent that we do? This concept is lost on megachurch Christians, which is one reason I am no longer part of that scene.<BR/><BR/>Epic git-tar by Clapton and Beck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com