tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post7845338135630669402..comments2024-01-09T21:24:26.589-05:00Comments on The Catholic Libertarian: Where have all the leftists gone?Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-89060650568846260592008-03-08T15:13:00.000-05:002008-03-08T15:13:00.000-05:00Bill--There is someone on the horizon. I don't kno...Bill--<BR/>There is someone on the horizon. I don't know what his name is--but he's Chinese.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-82515508421720687442008-03-08T09:50:00.000-05:002008-03-08T09:50:00.000-05:00Rob,Are you sitting down? Prepare yourself for a r...Rob,<BR/><BR/>Are you sitting down? Prepare yourself for a relevation:<BR/><BR/>The SWORD is actually mightier than the pen.<BR/><BR/>I was discussing the state of the nation (yeah... shocking, huh) last night and while going off on one of my pessimistic rants realized... my pessimism is TOTALLY JUSTIFIED.<BR/><BR/>There's NO ONE on the horizon, Rob. No one. And as you infer - and I agree - the game is rigged for all meaningful intents and purposes. So... where does that leave us?<BR/><BR/>Well... I can fantasize about a military coup. (No... not the "end" of democracy... just a "time out.") Not gonna happen though. (*SHRUG*)<BR/><BR/>(And hey... for those who think I've slipped my tether... my fantasy really isn't that far removed from the fantasy of Ralph Nader or Ron Paul supporters or indeed the fantasy of anyone believing that HRC, Obama, or McCain offers any true hope for reversing the downward slide of America.)<BR/><BR/>Anthony... I've probably mentioned this before, but I'll reiterate:<BR/><BR/>You have young children. I assume you and your wife are upper-middle class give or take. Build a nest egg. Explore with your children as they grow other opportunities for starting a new life abroad. I don't know where the future lies for your children or mine or our grandchildren, but as I tell my own daughter as she approaches college graduation, think about the possibilities of new frontiers.<BR/><BR/>Anthony... can you imagine what this country is gonna be like in 20...30...40 years? If you're imagining a brighter tommorrow all I can say is "cheers!" <BR/><BR/>BILL<BR/><BR/>* Hmm... I wonder if my EXTREMELY pessimistic rambling are being influenced by my present reading - a novel of Roman history...??? (*SMILE*)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-73459668586399423812008-03-08T07:35:00.000-05:002008-03-08T07:35:00.000-05:00in order to appear relevant, the media wants to ha...<EM>in order to appear relevant, the media wants to have is a Democrat debating a Republican.</EM><BR/><BR/>Wrong. So very wrong. The "free" press is free only so long as it is <B>NOT</B> influenced and guided by <EM>conventional</EM> relevancy. This country will be stuck with a one-party government exactly as long as the press plays along with that political paradigm. Only the press can inform the people that there are alternate ways of thinking out there. That is how and why an independent press sprung up and briefly thrived in the 1960s--Rolling Stone magazine being one of the few survivors known to the bleating merinos of Generation-X and beyong.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-14534166320088716122008-03-07T08:04:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:04:00.000-05:00"...considering the realities of our two-party sys..."...considering the realities of our two-party system, in order to appear relevant, the media wants to have is a Democrat debating a Republican. They cannot fit into this dichotomy a debate between, say the left wing Chomsky and a libertarian such as Justin Raimondo."<BR/><BR/>Agreed. Very good point. <BR/><BR/>BILLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-24872690933469472402008-03-07T07:28:00.000-05:002008-03-07T07:28:00.000-05:00So considering the realities of our two-party syst...<EM>So considering the realities of our two-party system, in order to appear relevant, the media wants to have is a Democrat debating a Republican.</EM><BR/><BR/>That's the way it looks now only because dissent from either extreme of the political spectrum has been quashed, silenced, and literally beaten to death. It is not true that the far left was irrelevant in the 1960s. But the mainstream right, which was in power (with the passive complicity of the mainstream left) suppressed it, sometimes violently (as I've been writing about on my blog). <BR/>What we are left with is nothing but two parties who will not credential those on the extremes. We have today, in effect, a one-party state.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.com