tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2823666931608499633..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Quickies: We Are Doomed EditionFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-41349849458277001362016-05-06T01:52:03.668-04:002016-05-06T01:52:03.668-04:00There is another great difference between us and t...There is another great difference between us and <i>those men</i>. The problem is that in our age the State is very nearly omnipotent as well as omniscient. Modern technology has virtually eliminated the possibility of hiding in some redoubt, a place from which to sustain resistance against it.<br /><br />The fire has not completely gone out of the minds and hearts of men. This and many other websites are a testament to that. The problem is that individual or local action will be squashed immediately, yet without individual and local action there is no possibility for larger action to coalesce into a movement.<br /><br />I don't expect anything to change until people decide that they would literally prefer death, because resistance to the modern State is functionally the same as suicide.MissAnthropynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-81250873679655390272016-05-05T22:51:11.685-04:002016-05-05T22:51:11.685-04:00MB said it: "...electing Trump could be the v...MB said it: "...electing Trump could be the very revolution you are looking for."<br /><br />I'm delighted that at long last we have the <i>possibility</i> of breaking some of the many chains that bind us: to cut back on the regulations that are smothering our business, to cut back on the flood of immigration (both legal and illegal) that is drowning our culture, to cut back on the pervasive police state that threatens our very existence.<br /><br />If Donald Trump manages to accomplish even 10% of what he says he will do, he will be the greatest president in our lifetime! And the beacon of the Shining City on the Hill will burn brighter than ever! <br /><br />Perhaps you're just disappointed that the time for muskets hasn't yet arrived, while instead there is a breath of fresh hope in the air. If so, me too; I was just fixin' for a fight! And now what am I going to do with all that ammo.... ;)Eskymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947922645001422523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82092106861901564642016-05-05T20:25:11.988-04:002016-05-05T20:25:11.988-04:00Francis' comment to Malatrope gets at the issu...Francis' comment to Malatrope gets at the issue each of us face: it's a matter of scale. What in fact can we really control? First and foremost, can we control ourselves? Can we do it without help? <br /><br />I think each of us need a personal plan. Here is mine. Check out what David prays (after he sent Uriah to the front and had relations with Bathsheba):<br /><br />Psalm 51:9 Turn your face away from my sins,<br />And wipe away all my errors.<br />10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,<br />And put within me a new spirit, a steadfast one.<br />11 Do not cast me out from your presence;<br />And do not take your holy spirit away from me.<br />12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation;<br />Stir within me a willingness to obey you.<br />13 I will teach transgressors your ways,<br />So that sinners will return to you.<br /><br />Things are bad, but there is hope. It will get better.RichJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114129487213506587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-71541576406867495592016-05-05T17:31:09.609-04:002016-05-05T17:31:09.609-04:00Well I've been telling my HOA to go f themselv...Well I've been telling my HOA to go f themselves for a while now. It's a start... HoundOfDoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556737215893357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-5575603049470254762016-05-05T12:48:53.939-04:002016-05-05T12:48:53.939-04:00Fran,
Cheer up and listen to this beautiful conce...Fran,<br /><br />Cheer up and listen to this beautiful concert put on by our "enemies?" the Russians in ancient Palmyra:<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-05/russian-orchestra-performs-concert-syrias-palmyra-ruins-recently-held-isis-live-webc<br /><br />Then contemplate that our friends, the Brits are about to elect a Muslim Mayor in London.<br /><br />Then contemplate that electing Trump could be the vary revolution you are looking for.<br /><br />MBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42942867410946508842016-05-05T12:21:01.750-04:002016-05-05T12:21:01.750-04:00The question is, are we gonna sit back and watch, ...The question is, are we gonna sit back and watch, or do something about it? We're gonna sit back and watch. The reason, I think, is a lack of immediacy. It's not like you're witnessing someone in distress who's in need of your help. We're all pretty well insulated from the s*** hitting the fan. Until the s*** runs out. Too late then.brinsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-49519533681252554092016-05-05T11:56:26.260-04:002016-05-05T11:56:26.260-04:00Really, Mal? Organize it. Plan a campaign for it. ...Really, Mal? Organize it. Plan a campaign for it. Lead it. Then get back to me -- hopefully before my arteries collapse.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-8680633355511118032016-05-05T11:26:32.806-04:002016-05-05T11:26:32.806-04:00Three percent of us. It's enough for a revolut...Three percent of us. It's enough for a revolution.Malatropenoreply@blogger.com