"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
~C.S. Lewis
Yeah, those libs are definitely meaner. And they do it for our own good....
I think it's all about the cult of victimhood liberals seem to find refuge in. Failing at so many of life's demands, or at least feeling themselves inferior to others for one reason or another, they hide under the umbrella of incompetence, and demand that we all adhere to the lowest common denominator.
My dad says it in a nutshell: "There ain't no free lunch."
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Sitting here listening to my favorite music. Pink Floyd. Now as the band
could really not exist other than Waters, Glimour, Mason and Wright, I do
like th...
Don’t panic! This blog has changed
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My heart sinks. I have to master a new blogging system, and hope that it
works. You see, the new blog will show only one…
Colonel Neville Dead At Age Seven.
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UPDATE: Neville [no relation] is now on YouTube and here's the link to his
channel. As Pete and Dud and Derek and Clive once said, now it's time to
say goo...
On hiatus
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I've run this blog for a long time. Especially by Internet standards. But,
as you may have noticed lately, I'm just not updating the site on a regular
basi...
The Lynch List, 09-Jul-2012
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First: Equality of Opportunity is a much-abused buzz-statement. I have
argued in the past that this is a codeword for Equality of Outcome, and
been critici...
THINGS ARE MOVING - AGAIN
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The WSJ’s Peggy Noonan checks US election numbers: The polls are tightening
and no one is sure why. A Reuters/Ipsos poll through…
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
~C.S. Lewis
Yeah, those libs are definitely meaner. And they do it for our own good....
Ah, Erik, WHAT an excellent quote.
And rejoinder.
Spot on.
I think it's all about the cult of victimhood liberals seem to find refuge in. Failing at so many of life's demands, or at least feeling themselves inferior to others for one reason or another, they hide under the umbrella of incompetence, and demand that we all adhere to the lowest common denominator.
My dad says it in a nutshell: "There ain't no free lunch."
Wow all I can say is that you are a great writer! Where can I contact you if I want to hire you?
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