Posted on 09/12/2023 3:05:26 AM PDT by CFW
I mentioned on Monday that on his long-running Radio Derb John Derbyshire drew his listeners' attention to an observation of yours truly:
I can't improve on Steyn—nobody can—so I'll just quote him from that piece.
I always feel Derb thinks I'm a bit of a pantywaist on the hardcore issues, but in today's America even a reasonably sentient pantywaist should be able to get to the nub of the issue. Here's the bit Derb quoted:
So two years later the American Right still talks about the justice system and the election campaign as if either term means what it does in functioning societies. As I said above, I don't intend to comment on this week's Trump indictment either, nor do I wish to talk about who would make the best president, who has the best platform, who has the skill-set to implement the platform ... That would be all well and good if we were in, say, France, but, when the dirty stinking rotten corrupt U.S. justice system is criminalizing political opposition, there's no point pretending this is a normal situation, right?
[snip]
It would be different if there were still any such thing as equality before the law. When a mob stormed the Capitol, you'll recall, Nancy Pelosi hailed it as an "impressive show of democracy in action". But that was the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, and the mob was on her side. It's different when it's her window getting broken.
Like I said: There's no point pretending this is normal, right?
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
Normal is long gone in the rear view mirror ….
So is the United States. Most people are just oblivious to the fact.
Find a pocket of safety and prepare to make a stand should plan B be necessary and the Rapture doesn’t come.
Thanks for posting.
Well summarizes the situation.
We are in very dangerous waters.
‘So two years later the American Right still talks about the justice system and the election campaign as if either term means what it does in functioning societies.”
He must be a member here.
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I wish Rush Limbaugh had set up and anointed Mark Steyn as his successor. He was the best of the guest hosts.
But that would have been excellent if Rush had "annoited" Mark. Always enjoy Mark.
While businesses preach the religion of DEI - Divisiveness, Elitism and Indoctrination.
That’s about the size of it.
Mark politely declined.
“Maybe half the country - or, to be more precise, forty-six per cent of registered voters - THINKS THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE SYSTEM NO LONGER PROVIDES FOR ANY MEANINGFUL COURSE CORRECTION. You can vote for an end to open borders, but you won’t get it. You can vote to bring home the jobs that got shipped to China, but China owns all the politicians, all the “big guys” with the “ten per cent”. You can vote against two-decade wars that end with the world’s hyperpower losing to goatherds with fertiliser, but back at the Pentagon they just take a twenty-minute tea-break, throw a dart in the map, and start it all up somewhere else.”
Emphasis mine.
Dear Lord, please guide and strengthen us.
Tatt
Correct. How long before more people wake up to the truth? I have come to the conclusion that people believe what they want to believe and that is why they refuse to see.
Maybe half the country - or, to be more precise, forty-six per cent of registered voters - thinks the real problem is that the system no longer provides for any meaningful course correction. You can vote for an end to open borders, but you won't get it. You can vote to bring home the jobs that got shipped to China, but China owns all the politicians, all the "big guys" with the "ten per cent". You can vote against two-decade wars that end with the world's hyperpower losing to goatherds with fertiliser, but back at the Pentagon they just take a twenty-minute tea-break, throw a dart in the map, and start it all up somewhere else.
Is he brilliant or what?
Bookmark
The vast majority of Freepers will continue to do the same thing (vote) and expect different results until the day they’re marched into reeducation camps.
At the heart of the issue is that fighting and dying - losing home, family, and treasure, to boot - is unthinkable for most people because it’s an unwinnable effort. Hand guns and long rifles cannot prevail against our military weapons - tanks, drone strikes, or the release of bio-weapons to disable or kill vast numbers of people, just to name a few. What (exactly) do you propose citizens (Freeper or otherwise) do to change this destructive and deadly course of history?
An Article V COS while we can.
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