Posted on 09/08/2012 1:01:49 AM PDT by No One Special
That was the money quote for me, too! Saved it to my great quote file.
But really, this whole article is a keeper. I think I will copy the entire thing for future reference.
I wish everyone would read this, especially high school civics classes. Unfortunately, I think the average attention span is too short to grasp it.
One small point. I was a little confused at first by civil right vs. human rights. I am not sure whether these terms are well-understood by the general population. The context explained it, so I get it now. Maybe we need different terms or better education on this. Or maybe I’m the only ignorant one!
You mean point 4 about the “juristocracy?”
I think that is one of the most dangerous developments in our society.
I used to think that the courts were arbiters of justice and fairness until I got some first-hand exposure. Now I am more aware of judicial news as well.
The courts may dispense justice in petty matters (though even there I have my doubts) but in matters of major importance, they are political and partisan. And in private matters between individuals, they are based on which party has the most money and how much of it lawyers can extract by dragging things out as long as possible.
I despise the legal system as it currently exists in practice.
O’Reilly = lazy blowhard
This is an extraordinary speech and oh so timely.
It’s not short, and it will not fit on a bumper sticker.
We are well served to have such a fine mind speaking for the cause of liberty...pass it on to your friends, lists, everyone!!!!
Thanks for the ping...Wish there was some way to get this out to even more people....bookmarked for later.
Indeed an extraordinary speech!!
It was a great way to start the day. Especially agreed with his closing argument, that we must enter into ‘the others’ domain to begin the long task of righting the ship of freedom.
Thanks for the ping SE.
Even the footnotes are great- this is quite apt:
[10] In his widely discussed 1978 Harvard address Alexander Solzhenitsyn noted that “the press has become the greatest power within the Western countries, exceeding that of legislation, the executive and the judiciary”. This may have been one of the reasons why he was never praised for this address in the West, in particular by the media and by the academic world. It was regarded as criticism of the West and this is something that no one from the East may dare to do. However, it was a criticism of the negative aspects of Western civilisation.
Amazing read. Simply amazing.
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Funny how liberal western media and academia can criticize and tell everyone else how live but are so thin skinned when it comes to someone daring to critique and dissect their world views!!
I don’t think science has anything to do with communism or socialism.
Communism falls seriously short of the scientific method in that it not only fails to allow free experimentation to test hypotheses it empowers men to impose their way upon all other men and suppress any and all challenges(testing).
There is nothing even remotely scientist about communism, communism/socialism in practice is antithetical to the scientific method and therefore everything science stand for. Those who support socialism do so either out of the lust for power (thinking they will be in charge) or out of the foolish lust for the free ride is proponents promises them. In either case particular the latter, they are but animals being lured into the chains of slavery to other men.
I hope your siblings objected to the Teacher and school.
Such a thing as that is an example of corruption in the school system used not to educate but to indoctrinate.
BFLR
I totally agree. Subjugation might seem more efficient (social control) to the tyrants, but that is definitely not scientific.
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