tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7467712962428478007..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Classification NationFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-41700447203148237002019-06-22T15:14:35.459-04:002019-06-22T15:14:35.459-04:00Since the great Robert Heinlein has already been m...Since the great Robert Heinlein has already been mentioned, let me show how he felt about secrecy:<br /><br />"Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy . . . censorship. When any government, or any Church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,” the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything--- you can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. ---R.A.H. Revolt in 2100."<br /><br />At one time I spent a year on Adak, a barren island in the Aleutian chain. One of my tasks was to go through files of drawings, sketches and correspondence from the WWII era, when upwards of 80,000 soldiers were assigned to those wind-swept beaches and crags. The ultimate purpose of our search was to locate and destroy meaningless classified files.<br /><br />Among this collection we found a free-hand drawing of a proposed Officer's latrine to be built in a similarly proposed building. A careful search of records showed that the building had never been built, yet the "Top Secret Toilet" lived on in a musty drawer for another ten years.Oldfarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723282658199062459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-21574570202662943762019-06-22T11:18:03.608-04:002019-06-22T11:18:03.608-04:00Soap box, Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box. Wh...Soap box, Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box. Where in the Spectrum are we right now?<br /><br />If i am ever on a jury, no matter what the charges are, or who is on trial, if an FBI agent testifies, I WILL ASSUME THEY ARE LYING, and i will try yo convince the other jurors that they are lying.<br /><br />The only tool the FBI really has is credibility. As far as i am concerned, they cashed that chip in, trying to get Hillary Elected, if not before. As far as i am concerned, they are writing checks on an overdrawn account. If they are unable to gain convictions, the FBI will quickly lose the only currency they actually have with their masters, since they are actually supposed to be "Law Enforcement".<br /><br />Fidelity<br />Bravery<br />Integrity<br /><br />What was that, again? Try selling that to someone else, Buddy, I'm not buying...cchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602623244259500735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-36443600367189233182019-06-22T10:32:56.313-04:002019-06-22T10:32:56.313-04:00The Deep State has in place many supposed fail saf...The Deep State has in place many supposed fail safe methods to protect themselves. Their smugness is bolstered by two facts, a supportive news media that will go to bat for them at any length and a dumbed down general population too occupied to care. If prosecutions of these evildoers is not successful, I fear the worst.pc-nothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13786855979790657221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-90760286196936588082019-06-22T09:13:56.393-04:002019-06-22T09:13:56.393-04:00Shipstones - From another great Heinlein book. You...Shipstones - From another great Heinlein book. You impress me daily, sir. HoundOfDoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556737215893357679noreply@blogger.com