tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post2828903443571171578..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Presidential Dictatorship: Not Thinking Things ThroughWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-35515758463507376902010-08-06T22:09:46.445-06:002010-08-06T22:09:46.445-06:00With most intellectuals convinced that unchained g...With most intellectuals convinced that unchained government is the wellspring of progress and the economy trapped in an accelerating death spiral as a result, some form of dictatorship is probably inevitable. When society chooses a suicidal course one can only try to get out of the way.Marc Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05638073945201888881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-40941004773698873102010-08-06T01:51:50.987-06:002010-08-06T01:51:50.987-06:00That woman from the peoples republik of Massachuse...That woman from the peoples republik of Massachusetts was right to complain about that dastardly game. Nannygov has to remove anything that would ever offend us in life and place us in a cocoon of touchy feely good kumbaya singing vibes. It is a part of political correctness after all.rainbows and unicornsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-29656782216112028472010-08-06T01:08:48.280-06:002010-08-06T01:08:48.280-06:00If there is such a list, Will, would you be surpri...If there is such a list, Will, would you be surprised to be on it, or surprised if you weren't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-49141826632148268102010-08-05T22:23:46.557-06:002010-08-05T22:23:46.557-06:00Another great one, Will.
And thanks for supplyi...Another great one, Will. <br /><br />And thanks for supplying that horror story on Andrew Jackson (it made me think for a minute that you were writing about Bush II). <br /><br />The more I learn about our early presidents, the more convinced I am that power mongers have occupied that office from the git-go.Ex-JBSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-39551395000188737002010-08-05T19:14:42.939-06:002010-08-05T19:14:42.939-06:00Wonderful article, Will, but I must take issue wit...Wonderful article, Will, but I must take issue with the "not thinking things through" analysis. It seems to offer these despicable invertebrates the excuse of being merely mistaken. I am convinced that such wannabe petty despots know very well what they do; and have thought things through, according to their own fashion: all the way through to the real dictatorship in which they envision their wonderful selves holding exalted position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-38400253189672810642010-08-05T08:48:26.422-06:002010-08-05T08:48:26.422-06:00This article goes beyond the "villian of the ...This article goes beyond the "villian of the moment" in the Whitehouse. It gets to the heart of the delusions that have crippled this country for generations. The ever increasing powers of a centralized government, transformed by an imperial presidency, and allowed to flourish by a catatonic citizenry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-30478405838089760112010-08-05T08:05:27.694-06:002010-08-05T08:05:27.694-06:00Great post, and hilarious pictures.
I rarely defe...Great post, and hilarious pictures.<br /><br />I rarely defend McCarthy (this might actually be the first time). He was a guest on Bill Bennett's radio show yesterday morning. I agree that he is very much a neo-Leninist* as you noted, but he did say that Thiessen's column went too far and that using military/intelligence to pursue a non-US citizen on non-US soil would set a dangerous precedent.<br /><br />Thiessen is truly in a category of his own....see his latest book.<br /><br />*nice term BTW, I'll have to use it in the futureDaniel Hewittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-88442169766786582182010-08-04T13:45:35.068-06:002010-08-04T13:45:35.068-06:00" 'Regulations issued by the Treasury Dep..." 'Regulations issued by the Treasury Department under the Bush administration "prohibit U.S. persons from engaging in any transactions with individuals labeled by the Government as `Specially Designated Global Terrorists'. . . ."<br /><br />This begs a few questions, of course. First and second: Why would you not laugh in the face of a "regulation" by the "Treasury Department?" When did the (dead) Constitution give them the power of legislation? Or law enforcement, for that matter.<br /><br />Third: Which treasury department is it? The Federal Reserve's (whose Secretary puts one of the two signatures on your dollar bills), or the one established by the Constitution for the original General Government (supposedly the other signature on the bills).<br /><br />Fourth: So is it safe to assume that the GWOT is really about money (or what passes for such) and not the safety of the federal slaves of Amerika?<br /><br />Linda JuneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1727150214631362412010-08-04T12:18:46.791-06:002010-08-04T12:18:46.791-06:00Senator John C. Calhoun, in the Senate, January 13...Senator John C. Calhoun, in the Senate, January 13, 1834:--<br /><br />"It cannot be necessary, before so enlightened a body, that I should undertake to refute an argument so utterly untrue in premises and conclusion--to show that Congress never possessed the power which the Secretary claims for it--that it is a power, from its very nature, incapable of such enlargement, being limited solely to the safe keeping of the public funds--that if it existed, it would be susceptible of the most dangerous abuses--that Congress might make the wildest and most dangerous association the depository of the public funds--might place them in the hands of the <b>fanatics and madmen of the North, who are waging war against the domestic institutions of the South, under the plea of promoting the general welfare.</b>"<br />......<br /><br />"But it is attempted to vindicate the conduct of the Secretary on the ground of precedent. I will not stop to notice whether the cases cited are in point ; nor will I avail myself of the great and striking advantage that I might have on the question of precedent : this case stands alone and distinct from all others. There is none similar to it in magnitude and importance. I waive all that ; I place myself one higher grounds--I stand on the immovable principle that, on a question of law and Constitution, in a deliberative assembly, there is no room--no place for precedents. To admit them would be to make the <i>violation of to-day the law and Constitution of to-morrow ; and to substitute in the place of the written and sacred will of the people and the legislature, the infraction of those charged with the execution of the laws</i>. Such, in my opinion, is the relative force of law and constitution on one side, as compared with precedents on the other. "<br />............<br /><br />"If we are to believe what we hear from the advocates of the administration, we would suppose at one time that the real question was, Bank or no Bank ; at another, that the question was between the United States Bank and the State Banks ; and, finally, that it was a struggle on the part of the administration to guard and defend the rights of the States against the encroachments of the General Government. The administration the guardians and defenders of the rights of the States ! What shall I call it ? audacity or hypocrisy ? The authors of the Proclamation [of 12/10/1832] the guardians and defenders of the rights of the States ! The authors of the War Message against a member of this confederacy--the authors of the 'bloody bill' the guardians and defenders of the rights of the States ! This a struggle for State rights ! No, Sir, <b>State rights are no more. The struggle is over</b> for the present. The bill of the last session which vested in the Government the right of judging of the extent of its powers, finally and conclusively, and gave it the right of enforcing its judgments by the sword, destroyed all distinction between delegated and reserved rights ; concentrated in the Government the entire power of the system, and prostrated the States as poor and helpless corporations at the foot of this sovereignty."<br /><br />But what could Mr. Jackson do ? leave the united States as pawns of british imperial and financial interests ? (free trade produced what for 90% of Southerners ? the Bank o'USA produced what for the people ?) Calhoun's and Davis' South was played like a fiddle by the british. Against a unified, disciplined, well organized and well directed enemy (international money power, residing in England) only a unified phalanx can do anything.6-19noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-20257107146408090382010-08-04T09:25:30.253-06:002010-08-04T09:25:30.253-06:00Obama is a pawn, like those before him. The perman...Obama is a pawn, like those before him. The permanent state--which hardly suffers a change of staff after an election--is always increasing its power. People are understandably confused when the Executive indicates his agreement with an expansion of state power that was happening anyway.TJPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-8611532888958462522010-08-04T08:37:00.225-06:002010-08-04T08:37:00.225-06:00Another great post.
Once again the conservative ...Another great post. <br /><br />Once again the conservative supporters are contradictory in their thinking. Obama is a usurper but he's not tyrannical enough. <br /><br />Each new president is worse than the last. What happens after Obama if the neocons return to power?David Singhiserhttp://libertas.wsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-57762381184531620982010-08-04T00:51:02.383-06:002010-08-04T00:51:02.383-06:00Oh, and another thing, the more I learn about Jack...Oh, and another thing, the more I learn about Jackson, sans the lies told me while growing up, the more I hate him. He is, yet again, another example of the villains that aspire to be president.MoThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13996714804361467430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-11348631395666746392010-08-04T00:41:17.418-06:002010-08-04T00:41:17.418-06:00Just recently some FedScum rep in the House call f...Just recently some FedScum rep in the House call for Bradley Manning to be executed! Amazing that the very ones who lied us into evil imperial wars are more than happy to kill anyone who exposes the lies for what they are. They on the other hand are too exceptional to be bothered by such trifles like "conscience" or "morality".MoThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13996714804361467430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-68750553743236807902010-08-03T22:30:32.830-06:002010-08-03T22:30:32.830-06:00Saw a page last week that said obama wasn't so...Saw a page last week that said obama wasn't socialist enough. The imperial executive was just getting warmed up under shrub the lesser. We'll get through the great leap forward with healthcare and welfare checks for all. The banksters and Soros will give the manchurian puppet his orders and he'll do as he is told.the misery indexnoreply@blogger.com