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To: MistyCA
It's really very pathetic

Pathetic is too soft a word, they are cult-like in their following of sKerry & don't care what he says or does, they can't & don't & won't hear any of it.

86 posted on 10/07/2004 12:22:05 AM PDT by blondee123 (Proud Member of the FR Pajama Blogger Brigade - New Sheriffs in Town!)
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To: blondee123

Forgive me for posting something so long here, but I think it is important in understanding some of the mindset behind much of our problem. If you follow this article you will see the globalist mindset of Rhodes and Quigley that helped establish the elitist society who subscribe to those ideals. Mind you, Quigley changed his mind and died believing he had been wrong to promote this idea as defined in his book, "Tragedy and Hope". It's interesting to delve into this mindset because it sort of helps you understand the desparation of the "elite" to win.



Reviewing the Rhodes Legacy
by William F. Jasper

"In America, where idealism is the yardstick used to judge a generation's collective virtue, Rhodes scholars are its masters," says Rhodes scholar Peter Beinart. "They are chosen as much for their public-spiritedness as for their academic prowess. Not all want to run for elective office, but the bulk think their talents can be most fully realized through public service. Like Clinton, my peers believe earnestly in government. Above all, they believe in themselves in government."

Writing in the "My Turn" section of Newsweek's January 16th issue, Beinart, a 23-year-old student now in his second year at Oxford University, offers a perceptive critique of the "Rhodie" tendency to giddily embrace idealism as summum bonum. Beinart notes that "such idealism should be refreshing. Yet after a year at Oxford, it makes me uneasy. The commitment to government my colleagues express so passionately is rarely linked to a clear vision of what government should do .... I'm afraid that the idealism for which Rhodes scholars receive praise is less an antidote to the problems of American politics than a symptom of them."

"Lacking a vision of political service in pursuit of specific ends," observes Beinart, "the rhetoric of idealism allows Rhodes scholars to justify and celebrate political service per se. Idealism masks an ideological vacuum."

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1995/vo11no04/vo11no04_rhodes.htm


88 posted on 10/07/2004 12:38:49 AM PDT by MistyCA
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