tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post1876307862470130924..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: America Flunks Sun TzuUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-27920014733187601342012-07-05T16:52:43.619-04:002012-07-05T16:52:43.619-04:00I like the idea of "American Exceptionalism&q...I like the idea of "American Exceptionalism". But that "Exceptionalism" isn't about doing "nation building" in Afghanistan or Iraq. It is about the openness of our political discussion. Unlike, for example, Germany, where the People and the Government are sufficiently distrustful of the People that they ban "Mein Kampf". We are more like "Publish and be damned", which I take to mean God will sort you out.<br /><br />Yes, the guy in the Ice Cream video was spot on. I am not focused on Jack and Neal, who are up close. I am focused on those further away. But, I love the dialogue between Neal and Jack—"Keep Up The Fire".<br /><br />Regads — CliffC R Kriegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563658418464959198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-28766530777121330672012-07-05T13:21:41.586-04:002012-07-05T13:21:41.586-04:00I interrupted Guy Lombardo and "Anniversary S...I interrupted Guy Lombardo and "Anniversary Song" for that?<br /><br />I will get back to you.<br /><br />Regards — CliffC R Kriegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563658418464959198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-11068186488804379742012-07-05T12:40:41.036-04:002012-07-05T12:40:41.036-04:00It's because I'm not after you. I'm af...<a href="http://youtu.be/vjOrOMVFCbs" rel="nofollow">It's because I'm not after you. I'm after them.</a>Jack Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-44008830459672312132012-07-05T12:32:17.080-04:002012-07-05T12:32:17.080-04:00Assuming of course that your scathing commentary w...Assuming of course that your scathing commentary was directed at me, based of course on your somewhat skewed interpretation of my meaning, I respond.<br /><br />First, your estimate of what I have ever grasped about what America ever was is a self edifying assessment that has no basis in fact or in any sort of logic. I assure you, I am an ardent student of history, particularly of America, and it is through the lens of that history that I form my OPINIONS about what is coming. Your cynicism as voiced in numerous responses to my commentaries is no less odorous than my predictions or pronouncements. Typically however, what you utter is gospel while what others who happen to take a different tack have to say is without validity or value.<br /><br />QUIT??? Not on your life bucko!! I'll quit when some government commissar presides over the disposal of my lifeless, but well spent body. You talk of freedom? Well...so do I and believe me, I, along with millions of others will insist on and continually push for...the freedoms that we cherish and envision. I think the New Englanders said it best in the pre-Revolutionary War days..."Don't tread on me." I would strongly submit that liberalism and progressivism in America would be well advised to head that warning.<br /><br />We will however, always give the ballot box a chance.<br /><br />BTW..."rational debate" is by its very definition the process by which opposing views are both accepted as valid premises, and then discussed. You seem to miss that in your dismissals of opposing viewpoints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-34471524486806155152012-07-05T11:28:29.832-04:002012-07-05T11:28:29.832-04:00This whole notion that "America, as we know i...This whole notion that "America, as we know it, is dead" really gets under my skin.<br /><br />First, I have to wonder if you may have EVER fully grasped WHAT America ever was!<br /><br />Second, it reeks of quitting, which is truly "un-American," if there is even such a thing.<br /><br />I can suffer atheists. I can suffer communists. I can suffer terrorists. The sacred documents of our Founders give us tools to accomodate, in varying degrees, the full spectrum of humanity that sets foot upon our shores.<br /><br />What America can't tolerate is ostriches that bury their heads in the lies they grew up with and festered over the years.<br /><br />Fight! Even if it is for some erroneous, fabricated reality. America is forged in the cauldron of rational debate. Sometimes there is blood. We will endure.<br /><br />Quitting drains the life blood. Quitting will cause us to wither.Jack Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-79306549222968184492012-07-05T11:07:00.365-04:002012-07-05T11:07:00.365-04:00I'm with Kad. Modern day terrorism has galvan...I'm with Kad. Modern day terrorism has galvanized the entire might of what (at least in the beginning) was the greatest superpower in the history of the race. And that overwhelming might has failed profoundly to eliminate, dare I say even moderately disturb, the terrorist rhythm across the world. And, in our zeal for security, we have collectively surrendered a sizable portion of our personal freedoms. America - Loss, Terrorism - Win.<br /><br />Corruption is not a tenet of American democracy. Rather, it is a by-product of our government centric society in which the "privileged" are not only allowed, but tacitly encouraged to make "secret deals." The government controls the rules of the game, and the players are sent in from the bench according to current necessity. The entire WS financial meltdown...the one we had....and the one we are about to have......was conceived, aided, and abetted by folks who controlled the government strings and the folks who did the deeds....all of them good friends and associates...likely members of the same country clubs...and assuredly members in the "elite" part of society. It knows no partisan bounds and is immune to politics du jour. All you have to do is examine Treasury, The Fed, and other quasi government institutions ostensibly set up to "protect" our economic and financial well being...but in fact, to establish and operate one of the most byzantine monetary manipulation schemes in history. The Mafia is no doubt jealous that they didn't think of it first....wait....maybe they did......<br /><br />In November, millions of "exceptional" Americans will drink their glass of KoolAid and head for the polls.....with only one thing guiding their hand over the ballot...."What's in it for me?"<br /><br />In the end, they will get what they voted for......and they will not like it.....but it will always be someone else's fault.<br /><br />This system is what made America great....and is what will make America an historical artifact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-37010100321845996672012-07-05T10:37:37.392-04:002012-07-05T10:37:37.392-04:00It's a rather wordy condemnation of "Amer...It's a rather wordy condemnation of "American Exceptionalism," but the point is there.<br /><br />The problem with Afghanistan, is not strategy, but that they have not truly embraced a fundamental tenet of American democracy: corruption is kept under the table.Jack Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-62463591569448354262012-07-05T08:51:07.803-04:002012-07-05T08:51:07.803-04:00I've been of this opinion for over a decade. ...I've been of this opinion for over a decade. The ostensible military aim of the terrorists is to burden us with the weight of our own overreaction. They are clearly winning that war with ease. We beat the Soviets with such a strategy. It's ironic we can't see its efficacy now that its being used against us.<br /><br />That we've gutted our own civil liberties in the process is the gravest injury we do to ourselves, and the terrorists' greatest triumph.Craig Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824029248081902170noreply@blogger.com