tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post116404319220004346..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Review of the News, November 20William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164315615212892232006-11-23T14:00:00.000-07:002006-11-23T14:00:00.000-07:00Trish -- Isaiah isn't crying; he's, uh, over-smili...Trish -- Isaiah isn't crying; he's, uh, over-smiling painfully because of a dentition issue (baby ones about to leave, adult ones coming in). In the other pictures we took, Isaiah wasn't smiling at all. <BR/><BR/>We didn't do anything, um, special to arrange for the arrival of our girls. They just came as God sent them. William is of the opinion that we should "order" (his word, bless his uncorrupted little heart) a third girl so we'll have the full Brady Bunch set: Three of each. Besides, it would be good for Jefferson, our youngest son, to have a little sister to protect. Because of Korrin's health issues, if we have another child it will be via adoption. We briefly tried to arrange an adoption earlier this year, but the mother wasn't amenable to any "solution" that didn't involve killing the child, so she enriched some local abortionist. <BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for your kind words about our kids! I've seen a photo of you with yours, and they're beautiful, too.<BR/><BR/>Scary as the school-to-work matrix is, there are always lacunae that can be exploited by people who are willing to work and make the sacrifices necessary to live free. I'll probably be musing about these matters in the blog pretty soon....William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164263966085854382006-11-22T23:39:00.000-07:002006-11-22T23:39:00.000-07:00Okay, Will, thanks for letting me know that three ...Okay, Will, thanks for letting me know that three beautiful boys can't be photographed without one of them crying. My own three boys were photographed last Easter and, sure enough, the youngest cried, as seems to be the case in your sons' picture. Second, and I don't mean to be personal here, but how did you happen to get the girls?!? Just curious, after three boys :) to know if anything special (prayer?) was required or if the girls were just a lucky miracle :)<BR/><BR/>Regardless, all those children are just lovely!<BR/><BR/>My question is that if Leviathan is such a selfish beast, and I'm with you on the belief in that, how are you going to keep your children from acquiescing to Leviathan? We homeschool, sure, but what if this whole scary National Service scheme comes into the picture, under the guise of the ever-growing School-to-Work agenda of the elite?Trish, Comic Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433689289015988744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164173760582582072006-11-21T22:36:00.000-07:002006-11-21T22:36:00.000-07:00Hehe...I certainly don't claim to be a regulation ...Hehe...I certainly don't claim to be a regulation expert by any stretch and I assume others so designated perform that duty in my field of IT. I only build, repair, and administer networked machines and of course am familiar with network topologies and such.<BR/><BR/>I knew that USC designated United States Code, but I was unaware that the Federal Register is merely for publishing changes, deletions, and amendments to federal regulations while the CFR is the compendium of published regulations.<BR/><BR/>One learns something new everyday ;).dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164134539830285152006-11-21T11:42:00.000-07:002006-11-21T11:42:00.000-07:00DD,I work for a small contract manufacturing pharm...DD,<BR/><BR/>I work for a small contract manufacturing pharmaceutical house...one of the many hats that I wear is that of being the regulatory affairs guy for the company. The Code of Federal Regulations, specifiaclly 21 CFR (derived form Title 21 of the United States Code -USC)is the bible in my industry. The Federal Register is where any additions, deletions or ammendements to the various CFR chapters are announced.Captain Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563942938766163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164133347963834772006-11-21T11:22:00.000-07:002006-11-21T11:22:00.000-07:00DD,what CK said supports one of my points. i don'...DD,<BR/><BR/>what CK said supports one of my points. i don't think americans are stupid, apathetic, and responsible for what's going on. i used to think this way. i simply think that they simply don't know. CK had never heard of the CFR, yet i believe him to be an informed american, and even as an informed american he had not heard of the CFR.<BR/><BR/>the JBS was founded for this reason, to educate the public. i sincerely believe that if the media of this country reported the truth, and was actually a govt watchdog, then we would have a very informed public, and a very accountable govt at all levels. <BR/><BR/>man...people have been either distracted or are simply too busy to deal with the issues we face. i cannot blame them all for not knowing...not anymore.rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12473173027048173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164129946037533872006-11-21T10:25:00.000-07:002006-11-21T10:25:00.000-07:00...CFR (other than the Code of Federal Regulations...<I>...CFR (other than the Code of Federal Regulations)</I><BR/><BR/>Hmmm, do you mean the <A HREF="http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html" REL="nofollow">Federal Register</A>? Oh my bad, yes there exists also a <A HREF="http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html" REL="nofollow">Code of Federal Regulations</A> webpage as well, but it looks like it may be, in essence, merely a mirror of regulations that have been published in the Federal Register glancing at it. Could be wrong, though. It might only be a search engine for those regulations that only cover certain agencies within Leviathan, perhaps?<BR/><BR/>In any event, thanks, as I never thought of the CFR acronym as "Code of Federal Regulations" and didn't know of it, even though I known for years about the Federal Register.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164127016333381812006-11-21T09:36:00.000-07:002006-11-21T09:36:00.000-07:00Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an elitist org...Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an elitist organization of globalist-minded folk who are key actors "installed" into <I>influentual</I> (i.e. mind-molding/shaping) key positions that affect large segments of the population and culture.<BR/><BR/>In government, that position would be exercised via power (doh!); in the media, entertainment, academia, religions, etc. that position would be exercised via mind-shaping, mind-molding, and mentoring the flock or herd.<BR/><BR/>In short, it basically is an organization whose raison d'ĂȘtre is to promote world government by subverting the cultural institutions using the <A HREF="http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1999/07-05-99/vo15no14_gramsci.htm" REL="nofollow">Gramscian method</A>, or <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Gramscianism" REL="nofollow">Neo-Gramscianism </A>.<BR/><BR/>Ever wondered how things seem to always move Left or ever more socialist continually, albeit gradually, even when you thought the "Right" folk were steering the ship of state, church, whatever?<BR/><BR/>Well, that's why. Grand, eh ;)?dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164123894712909342006-11-21T08:44:00.000-07:002006-11-21T08:44:00.000-07:00DD,The morning caffeine fix hasn't kicked in yet,s...DD,<BR/><BR/>The morning caffeine fix hasn't kicked in yet,sooo...you mentioned that Rick Warren is a CFR comrade. Ummm...what's CFR (other than the Code of Federal Regulations) and what does Warren's involvement mean?Captain Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563942938766163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164118947845727042006-11-21T07:22:00.000-07:002006-11-21T07:22:00.000-07:00...right now I'm in the middle of a phone call, an...<I>...right now I'm in the middle of a phone call, and trying to keep the Grigglings from tearing each other to shreds....</I><BR/><BR/>LoL! "Grigglings," now <I>that</I> is funny! And yes, your Kinder are a fine and wonderful set to look at, judging by your pic, that's for sure ;). With those precious children's welfare and freedom on your mind, of course, I can absolutely understand you being up-in-arms about the prospects for a future notice for involuntary servitude arriving via Leviathan's post office. But, given their ages, you can at least remain worry free for over a decade, correct? Given that a draft would probably target 18 year olds at the absolute minimum I'd hope.<BR/><BR/>I read that SWAT episode you presented again just now and, I tell ya, it is beyond enraging, Will. I'm surprised the city's folk didn't rise up in indignation and demand the prosecution of the SWAT team leader, Carlos Artson, at the very least! Again, I'm NOT surprised...sigh. One extremely critical mistake that Balyko makes here, and inadvertently by extension supports much of the state's story is that he argues merely about the gun not being pointed towards the officers, and NOT the following:<BR/><BR/>A). The officers should've expected that a lawful resident of the property and premises could very likely be armed and attempt to defend against an <I>illegal</I> break-in, which would be their right to do. Ergo, dismiss the plan for using a so-called "no-knock" warrant and go with a standard search warrant, albeit deciding a marijuana "seed" as being sufficient probable cause for said warrant or not is another matter entirely.<BR/><BR/>B). Most significant, IMO, is Balyko and others not questioning the <I>legality</I> of "no knock" warrants in the first place. It's quite noteworthy that the Justice Department claims there is <A HREF="http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/noknock.htm" REL="nofollow">Authority of Federal Judges and Magistrates to Issue "No-Knock" Warrants</A>, via <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Leon" REL="nofollow">United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984)</A>, which established "good faith" (whatever that would entail in the oft-corrupted mind of today's state-sanctioned Stormtroopers is anybody's guess) as an exception to the exclusionary rule for admitting evidence thus seized in a criminal trial. Still, if one reads and tries to absorb the totality of the Justice Department's "no-knock" page above, the DOJ basically claims that since no statute explicitly <I>prohibits</I> serving a warrant in a "no-knock" fashion, it can thusly be served is what I gather. Of course, in your SWAT story above the perpetrator of this particular "no-knock" warrant was local government (Baltimore) I assume? That would be another matter entirely in that case as there may indeed be clear local and/or state (Maryland) statutory language allowing the use of "no-knock" warrants in that jurisdiction.<BR/><BR/>Unless it's otherwise crystal clear, the government should <I>never</I> be given any quarter in constitutional matters and assumed to be operating constitutionally. And if where this state-sanctioned murder occurred by means of a "no-knock" warrant is allowed by the state/local statutes in question, those folk concerned should be demanding a redress of grievance in the matter. Because of the huge propensity for abuse with a "no-knock" warrant, as this case aptly demonstrated, they should be considered unconstitutional, a clear violation of the 4th Amendment. Won't happen, of course, but that's just my two cents worth.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, on an unrelated matter, I guess you probably already knew that the author of <I>The Purpose Driven Drivel</I> (sic), Rick Warren, is a CFR comrade? I always knew something was not right with that man after seeing a few excerpts from that best-sellin' book, that could of just as well have been written by MacLaine's hand, as it delved approvingly but subtly into a few New Age concepts and phenomena, not to mention a smattering of paganism. I guess it should be assumed that since globalist tentacles reach into the highest tiers of the private sector and, naturally, in the eminent realm of the public sector, why should we have not expected a few of those tentacles to be slithering within a church or two? Especially a megachurch that's on the mainstream media's wavelength. The Church of Scientology is also, but they are well-known to most Christians as a farce right away, but Saddleback Church? "No, couldn't be! The fine pastor of that church wrote <I>The Purpose Driven Life</I> after all, a living Christian manifesto in essence!" they'd exclaim.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.......discernment is a useful God-given tool to be always utilized, but rarely is :(.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164115815715068362006-11-21T06:30:00.000-07:002006-11-21T06:30:00.000-07:00Hehehe, Rick, Isaiah's rather equivocal expression...Hehehe, Rick, Isaiah's rather equivocal expression was intended to conceal the loss of a few baby teeth.<BR/><BR/>Those teeth came out naturally, I hasten to specify, in order to pre-empt any unfortunate speculation regarding needlessly severe parental discipline.William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164092329343557522006-11-20T23:58:00.000-07:002006-11-20T23:58:00.000-07:00will,what did you do to isaiah on the day of this ...will,<BR/><BR/>what did you do to isaiah on the day of this photo? :-) man. looks like you took his candy from him. ...or he got some discipline. :-)rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12473173027048173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164073812248567712006-11-20T18:50:00.000-07:002006-11-20T18:50:00.000-07:00Yo, Dawg - It's not often that I'm accused of Pang...Yo, Dawg - <BR/><BR/>It's not often that I'm accused of Panglossian tendencies, hehe. My view -- whimsical and romantic as it may be -- is akin to that expressed by Maximus in that childish but oddly affecting film "Gladiator": "There once was a dream called Rome." That character lived in the crepuscular phase of a degenerate empire, just as we do, but he still cherished the memory of a republic he'd only read about, and learned of from those who kept the traditions alive.<BR/><BR/>Not to wax Platonic or anything, it seems to me that any polity is primarily an aspirational entity. It exists in the hearts and minds as an ideal, one that is imperfectly transcribed in a constitution and laws. <BR/><BR/>Our republic (1789-1861, RIP) will live in some form as long as there are people who understand its principles and cherish its memory -- and who would re-create it if given even the slightest opportunity.<BR/><BR/>Our only tangible hope, of course, resides in the completed work on the Cross, and in the promise of Our Lord's impending return. <BR/><BR/>I'll have more to say about this subject, I'm sure, but right now I'm in the middle of a phone call, and trying to keep the Grigglings from tearing each other to shreds....William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164073229142911412006-11-20T18:40:00.000-07:002006-11-20T18:40:00.000-07:00DD,I agree with you on our Lord's return being the...DD,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you on our Lord's return being the ultimate solution. Short of His return, the only thing that I can conceive of that will turn this nation around and restore it to its former glory is the complete ablation of most of the instituitons and officers, as presently constituted, inside of the Beltway.<BR/>DD, please understand that I, in no wise, am I suggesting anything that even resembles a revolution or civil war. I am simply stating what historically has been necessary in order to treat the disease of civil corruption when it is as advanced as it presents itself in our generation. Even then, unless most of the bureaucratic matastases are removed, the corruption tends to reestablish itself; hence we see the need for the ultimate cure, the Second Advent of the Prince of Peace.Captain Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563942938766163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164063501721253012006-11-20T15:58:00.000-07:002006-11-20T15:58:00.000-07:00Agreed, ck. Ya hit the nail perfectly. Those folk ...Agreed, ck. Ya hit the nail perfectly. Those folk you mention that stare at ya as if you needed medication are a critical element to why we're in this mess to begin with.<BR/><BR/>First, the republic is not dying but is already DEAD, Grigg. I certainly agree with you about the drug enforcement, traffic enforcement, and various other and sundry gestapo tactics being perpetrated by the state without consequence, but this kind of crap is to be expected in a quasi-depraved, rudderless, all but godless society whose dependency mindset and savings rate are at all time highs and lows respectively as Anne Williamson points out so matter-of-factly. There are exceptions, but so what. The aggregate commoners of the modern era are a sad lot, as one who examines the recent antics and bizarre, thuggish behavior exhibited by your average commoner trying to get a stupid video game console aptly and beyond ALL doubt demonstrate, for cryin' out loud! THAT, unfortunately, is the cultural makeup of the average run-of-the-mill commoner of post-Christian America today, Will, not that niche community in Troy, Texas or that fine niche enclave whom Ron Paul represents. They are not the rule. Bread and circuses by any means necessary is the rule!<BR/><BR/>Second, given all the fine exposure and details of the never-ending and ever-increasing gestapo events of the day you provide, you STILL are optimistic about the resuscitation of the Republic?? This is where I've often disagreed with the JBS. Just to clarify, I'm certainly an optimistic chap, but about something entirely different - the imminent return of the King of Kings, not about this former great country.dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1164059925763200892006-11-20T14:58:00.000-07:002006-11-20T14:58:00.000-07:00Will,I just read a statement from Nancy Pelosi, (D...Will,<BR/><BR/>I just read a statement from Nancy Pelosi, (D) CA, wherein she stated that Rangle's proposal to reinstate the draft was not something that was going to be on the table when Congress reconvenes in January. It is notable however, that she left the issue open-eneded for a later date. She further stated that Rep. Rangel is "a strong voice for social justice in our country" and his support for the draft was "a way to make a point." Yeah...right. If you believe that then I have a pineapple plantattion outside of Anchorage that I can make you a good deal on.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, the article also stated, "...they will try to pass bills that directly affect the pocketbooks of working-class and middle-class people, including raising the minimum wage, cutting interest rates for student loans and allowing the Medicare program to negotiate lower drug prices." Ok, more entitlements as I see it. Of course there is no free lunch...someone has to pay for this and that someone is....? If you guessed us, the middle class, you earned a gold star. As I see it Will, this is more than just a matter of political enslavement; it's all about economical enslavement too with compulsory redistribution of wealth being the primary tool. The political elite already have the poor/lower class pretty well enslaved through economic-political entitlements and they just about have the middle class there too. The State giveth and the State taketh away. I realize that this kind of thing has been going on for a century or more, but I believe that it was FDR who really got it rolling. I hope his butt is roasting in some sort of political hell.<BR/><BR/>I realize that I am preaching to the choir here, but it feels good to vent to someone who understands. Most of my friends and associates tend to stare at me like a deer into the headlights or ask me if I need to be on medication when I try to discuss these kinds of things with them. Keep up the good work Will.Captain Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563942938766163570noreply@blogger.com