"I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours."
Henry David Thoreau
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Definition of a Demopath
"DEMOPATHS:
Demopaths are people who use democratic language and invoke human rights only when it serves their interests, and not when it calls for self-criticism or self-restraint. Demopaths demand stringent levels of human “rights” but do not apply these basic standards for the “other” to their own behavior. The most lethal demopaths use democratic rights to destroy democracy.
Demopaths differ from civil-society free-riders; the latter enjoy more rights than they grant to others simply out of selfishness or laziness. Demopaths are fundamentally hostile to granting others’ rights, and secretly despise the values of civil society (which demands that they tolerate and respect others). Instead of coming along for the ride, they want to sink the boat.
Demopaths use the jargon of civil society and human rights to convince their targets. Through this progressive discourse, demopaths exploit on people eager to believe that civic values can resolve the problem. Sometimes demopaths are completely hostile to the cultures in which they live, and manipulate human rights as a Trojan horse to enter the city and sack it."
From Augean Stables
http://www.theaugeanstables.com/reflections-from-second-draft/demopaths-dupes/
Demopaths are people who use democratic language and invoke human rights only when it serves their interests, and not when it calls for self-criticism or self-restraint. Demopaths demand stringent levels of human “rights” but do not apply these basic standards for the “other” to their own behavior. The most lethal demopaths use democratic rights to destroy democracy.
Demopaths differ from civil-society free-riders; the latter enjoy more rights than they grant to others simply out of selfishness or laziness. Demopaths are fundamentally hostile to granting others’ rights, and secretly despise the values of civil society (which demands that they tolerate and respect others). Instead of coming along for the ride, they want to sink the boat.
Demopaths use the jargon of civil society and human rights to convince their targets. Through this progressive discourse, demopaths exploit on people eager to believe that civic values can resolve the problem. Sometimes demopaths are completely hostile to the cultures in which they live, and manipulate human rights as a Trojan horse to enter the city and sack it."
From Augean Stables
http://www.theaugeanstables.com/reflections-from-second-draft/demopaths-dupes/
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
The essence of Tea...
"There are Private-sector jobs that pay taxes and Public-sector jobs that consume taxes, and that tea party sympathizers are almost all Private-sector workers who are tired of being host organisms to the high salaries, generous pensions, and general waste being conducted by those Public-sector parasites." Mark Alexander, Redwood City, CA.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Safety or Liberty?
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Overwhelm the system
Barack Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within. (WAYNE ALLYN ROOT) Click for the rest of the article.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Ode to a Politition
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Sunday, July 25, 2010
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