I guess VDH has seen The Matrix (or read the book on Neo's shelf).
Posted on 11/16/2012 6:15:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In the last week, it is almost as if the entire American moral landscape has been turned upside down in eerie fashion — in matters that vastly transcend fornication and adultery. The Petraeus-gate matter is the stuff of tabloids now; but soon the real issues relating to when and what Eric Holder knew, and by extension the president, and how exactly Benghazi (the crime of indifference to the besieged, the cover-up of the truth, the actual mission of our consulate and annex) fits into this labyrinth of deceit, both petty and fundamental, may overshadow the present sensationalism.
Nothing seems real anymore, not pre-election federal data on jobs or food stamps or the release of such “facts”; not foreign-policy information like an Iranian attack on a drone; not the supposedly competent federal relief in response to Hurricane Sandy. Even Saddam Hussein’s plebiscites could not achieve margins like the 19,605 to 0 we saw in 59 Philadelphia precincts. Does anyone care?
Susan Rice, who flat out deceived five times in a single day on national TV, is supposedly seriously being considered as Secretary of State when Ms. Clinton leaves — the latter now plans to be “busy” when hearings on Libya resume. (If a John Bolton cannot be confirmed as a UN ambassador, how could Rice avoid a filibuster?) How can anyone now read Broadwell’s book and assume the research and analysis are disinterested?(continued)
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I suggest getting in touch with your inner rebel.
Friendly fire ....
Because rules are for the little people.
And the little people are easily quieted by free stuff.
Don’t give me that crap about Southern liberty when the south was keeping millions in slavery!
I guess it depends on whose liberty is in question.
I see the same reality but am actually pretty optimistic. It’s just been my life experience that for every door that is slammed close another one seems to open.
In the last week we’ve had how many people sign secession petitions in how many states? While I’m officially undecided on secession, it does fill me with hope as there are a seriously large number of folks thare righteously pissed off and looking to give something else a try. Even if it’s radically different than what we’re used to.
Cryptic reference but funny. Thanks for the chuckle.
This post is incredibly cryptic. May we acolytes have a hint? Or are these things that need not be discussed in polite and genteel company?
I happen to like storytelling. Its often more reflective of reality than so called nonfiction. Amazing the amount of information that a carefully woven tale can impart, no?
A fine suggestion- I will surely consider it as an alternative to the despair I'm in the grip of at present.
The insane parts are primarily heavily populated urban areas.
I recall an experiment done with rats many years ago, and the effects of 'too many rats in the cage' seem to be similar in humans, too.
Very sorry. It was a long Friday night. My humble apologies.
I guess VDH has seen The Matrix (or read the book on Neo's shelf).
History is always written by the winner.
For thousands of years ,landowners owned everything beneath their property to the center of the earth and everything above their property to the heavens. Then, in the twentieth century, those rights were just taken away in a case called United States v. Causby. So now, people can fly planes over your land, through what always been your airspace without ever asking for or paying for your permission.
The collectivists won that battle without firing a shot. Things have just gotten progressively (pun intended) worse since then.
...and, for the most part, only voted once.
Our political system is efficient in the sense that it selects leadership that is reflective of the underlying morals and philosophy of the electorate that chose them. While it is by no means unanimous...keep in mind that a large portion of the electorate still chooses sanity, its obvious that the sane and engaged are currently outnumbered.
I’m so stealing that.
They won't call it that. They'll just make sure the stores are nearly empty and only the people who have time to stand in line will get just one (whatever).
Folks who work won't have that kind of time...
Kentucky presents an even bigger void in narratives. Aside from Merton Coulter’s book on Kentucky in the war and reconstruction, I do not know of any extended book length general treatment of the conflict in that state. Coulter’s book is now more than seventy years old and the subject seems ripe for a new treatment. There are a number of books on expat Confederate military units. One of the best is William Davis ‘The Orphan Brigade’ published in 1980. The war seems to have left deeper scars in Kentucky than Missouri. A number of prominent unionists found it expedient to leave the state after the war. The odious General Burbage among the first. The bitterness of the post war divide is clearly illustrated by the incredible events surrounding the assassination of Gov. Goebel and the near state civil war that followed. This is another chapter in US history that cries out for a good non-specialist book length treatment.
Being from the South does give one a somewhat different perspective on history and makes current events disturbing as it evokes some old memories of how bad events can go.
The internal war in Missouri seems to have been so traumatic that after it was over aside from permanently alienated groups such as the James-Yonger Gang, people simply drew a curtain of oblivion over the events of 61-65 for day to day purposes. While politics were intense in the state there doesn't appear to have been the kind of protracted political violence that continued in Louisiana , for example
I know you also hate black people. LOL!
Check your stores, logistics, and commo, the status of the nation doesn't look good.
BLOAT.
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