Rush Limbaugh – An Army Of One

NoisyRoom.net ^ | 6-8-2010 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

[KC Burke]

Please forgive me for “talking around” you.

I am not normally so discourteous, but just happy to be able to drag our old squirt guns to fuss with old friends.

I think that Huck was making a much narrower distiction than it probably appeared on its face. But then I have known him a long time and once went figuratively looking for him when I thought a building fell on him on September 11, 2001.

[Noumenon]

I so bad...

[Huck]

Never heard of him. Is he interesting/worthwhile?

[Huck]

That’s because the AoC was not a consolidated gubmint. The states had their own Bills of Rights. The very fact that the Constitution required a bill of rights is telling.

[Huck]

That’s because it was a confederation, not a consolidated gubmint.

[Jacquerie]

On what philosophical basis were the Articles of Anarchy based?

[Noumenon]

At the very least, you should have a copy in your library. All kidding aside, Quigley's take on history is fascinating, and he was a major influence on the likes of Bill Clinton, for instance. A surprising number of our alleged leadership had both Quigley AND Machiavelli on their nightstands. Read the Amazon reviews to get a better sense of his work, Tragedy and Hope - A History of the World in Our Time.

I mentioned in another post that Quigley's best characterized as an authoritarian paternalist, but his reading of history and cultures is breathtaking. He is also rumored to have had 'inner circle' access, but I can't speak to that. He is mostly correct, aside from his over-the-top hatred for this country's 'right wing' and his utter and complete sontempt for the common man. And that doesn't really emerge until he gets to the end of his historical journey. Combine what you now know with his observations and, well... You won't look at things quite the same way.

If nothing else, you'll gain an understanding of one of the big sources of the ideas and the perspectives that have animated our ruling elites.

[Jacquerie]

The Virginia Bill of Rights was not incorporated into the Virginia Constitution.

[Huck]

Combine what you now know with his observations and, well... You won't look at things quite the same way.

Thanks for the tip. Is there a particular work I should get?

[Jacquerie]

That’s because the AoC was not a consolidated gubmint

More precisely, it was not a "gubmint" at all.

[Noumenon]

This one: Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time. Not cheap, but worth it. Even the used copies sell for nearly the same or more. I've got the 1966 edition.