Archive for February, 2008

Brutality toward Veterans

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Some Americans may know of legislation to disarm Veterans returning from military service as part of ongoing attempts to negate second amendment rights. This tendency distinguishes modern dictatorial regimes that prefer servants to citizens, that dislike accountability and, perhaps worst, intend to do things to citizens that might occasion ordinary decent people to seek justice as supported by Second Amendment rights.

The following real life horror story relates to these matters. It was brought to my attention by a post from the “5301 Club.”   (more…)

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Corruption of Speech: Notes & Reminders

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

“A social system based on lies will bring ruin to mankind more than any overtly brutal force…the most dangerous symptom of moral corruption is the depravity of human speech… whatever is done nowadays ostensibly for the common good is actually motivated by clever calculation of  the advantages such acts will bring to those initiating them…[1]

Few are more cruel than those endlessly prating about “compassion”; few more intolerant than those forever enforcing codes proclaiming tolerance and diversity. Corruption of language marches together with corruption of youth, families, social relations, law and the Constitution itself. (more…)

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The Odd Angles of Political Speech

Monday, February 4th, 2008

“What will it be, Rip: grim humor and satire or just plain grief?”

Regular readers know that Rip and I (that’s Rip van Winkle, a not-so-fictional character born about two hundred sixty years ago, skilled in time travel and handling the shock of ‘progress’) have been following the horse race for the White House, assessing the official handicaps the nags are carrying and those they are bequeathing to us serfs. Rip’s inclined to grim humor and even more inclined to don snow shoes, grab an axe and head off to the woods for some ice-fishing. Needing the fire and more enmeshed in the collapse of the American era, I tend to serious grieving which includes diagnosis and prescription.

We decide to compromise in terms of satire or grief, something we will not do on Super Duper Tuesday or in November ‘08. (more…)

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