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108 टिप्पणियां:
Ahhhh. Gorgeous.
There may be a new Jackie Kennedy, but with more drive, passion, and Middle Americanness.
"A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can end legal protections for around 430,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela." - U.S.News
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-09-12/appeals-court-rules-trump-administration-can-end-legal-protections-for-more-than-400-000-migrants
So- Trump is upholding the law as it was written. Very dictatorial, wouldn't you agree?
Gray skies, gray waters, kinda like our world today, but there is a light, if even so faint.
"So- Trump is upholding the law as it was written. Very dictatorial, wouldn't you agree?"
Hitlerian.
Oh WoW. This one is in my best of all time favorite list. Thanks.
Oh, so not mortgage fraud?
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show ~ Reuters
"A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Fed governor Lisa Cook, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
The document, dated May 28, 2021, was issued to Cook by her credit union in the weeks before she completed the purchase and shows that she had told the lender that the Atlanta property wouldn’t be her primary residence." ~ Reuters
I look forward to reading a swarm of mea culpas from all the Athouse commentariat who wrote that she had to step down immediately, she should be put in prison, etc etc. Surely they'll be commenting any moment now, right?
Meanwhile, how many members of Trump's cabinet have actually claimed multiple properties as primary residences? Three? One couldn't make this stuff up.
A video on Orwell's essay on fascism
https://youtu.be/05FFux4uPd8?si=FmB4re9rU2LXvrsO
TIKs other videos on the nature and history of fascism/nazism are very worthwhile.
Even in the 1940s, per Orwell, the word as used at the time, had entirely lost its meaning, becoming the equivalent of calling someone or something "poopy".
WE ARE blaming the left for his death.
Why?
The left's terrorist inspiring words: Repeated daily.
"Trump is an existential threat to democracy"
"Trump is Hitler"
"Trump is a fascist"
"Trump is a King"
"Trump's supporters are fascists"
"Trump is a Nazi"
“Trump's supporters are Nazis"
"Trump is a dictator and he will end our democracy"
“Trump is an existential threat to democracy”
“Trump’s supporters are an existential threat to democracy”
“We're in a war right now to save this country. And so you have to be willing to do whatever is necessary in order to save the country." – Senator Chris Murphy(D)
“This fascist administration didn’t come from anywhere... We’re gonna fight, fight, FIGHT!” --AOC
All of those words come out of elite democrats in positions of power. That rhetoric trickles down and emboldens the leftist cultists to act. Formerly normal teens and young adults - radicalized.
The entire cult of democratic buy into all of that. they are collectively hypnotized with hate - and they are addicted to that hate, and they want more. and they want blood and death. After all -Trump is a Nazi, so they feel duty-bound to kill him. ..and anyone who agrees with him. This is also called communism.
Cook is out - and she will not get her job back.
Try not to kill anyone, KAK.
Sometimes, when constrained such as this image was due to atmospheric and meteorological issues, the image takes on a more abstract aspect and allows for a broader interpretation. I think I see a turning point.
Looks like Stephen King stepped in it big time.
Defamation.
In US political rhetoric these days calling someone or something "fascist" is a way to create an excuse for bad behavior. Much as the USSR and fellow travellers used to do in Orwells day.
sad and gray - like our hearts. The corrupt left remove all joy out of life. but there is a circle of light.
Peachy suddenly embraces pronouns as Charlie Kirk’s killer is now to forever be known as “they”.
Well the sky is gray, I doubt all the leaves are brown though.
A document viewed by Reuters. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Your Party, pal
This has been drowned out because of the much bigger news, but Bruce Dumont just passed away. He hosted a radio program called "Beyond the Beltway" which I used to listen to.
Hi. Happened to watch Jesse Watters tonight. Very good!
His interview with Tim Pool starts at 11:58 mark. I recommend the whole show but at least watch that. Thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si3Co9FLnL0
russia sends drones into poland trump says oh could have been a mistake. What a worm.... :( Poland says bullshit NOT A MISTAKE..And you know trump and having no ARTICLE 5 deal IM NOT HAPPY IS LAME!! What a worm DO SOMETHING get happy!
Apt photo.
Dark days on the horizon.
No sun.
But it will rise.
Russia was attacking very close to the Polish border. Uke and probably Polish jammers probably knocked out the,Russian gps-equivalent on those things. Its a normal countermeasure.
Not a Russian mistake. They meant to be close to the border. Probably intimidation. Turned into a decent NATO air defense exercise, four countries assets involved to track and intercept.
Re: Fascism
Communists called everyone to their right (including other communists) “fascists”.
Come to think of it, the Russians and fellow travellers are still calling everyone fascists.
Maynard..
Oh really? hmmmm. History repeats.
AOC does a terrible job representing "her district"
Sure would be nice to oust her.
If it wasn't for X Tyler Robinson would be a Registered Republican that donated money to Trump and wore Trump t-shirts.
Fortunately the left does not dominate the town square anymore. Their lies were revealed in real time.
Putin didn't kill Charlie Kirk. It was the left. The people who accuse Trump and the USA Right of being "putin lovers".
The people who support Zelensky and Netenyahu and the globalists hate Trump. And hated Charlie Kirk.
This will never happen. The democratic Party is 100% rot.
Wesley Hunt
@WesleyHuntTX
You will NOT gaslight your way out of this.
NOT this time.
The Democrat Party must finally look in the mirror, condemn the political violence they’ve unleashed, and apologize for poisoning an entire generation into believing conservatives are “fascist threats” to democracy.
Tyler Robinson got on that roof, took aim, and assassinated Charlie Kirk, because their propaganda worked.
https://x.com/WesleyHuntTX/status/1966563023017165276
DINKY DAU 45 said...
russia sends drones into poland trump says oh could have been a mistake. What a worm.... :( Poland says bullshit NOT A MISTAKE..And you know trump and having no ARTICLE 5 deal IM NOT HAPPY IS LAME!! What a worm DO SOMETHING get happy!
One of the most common ways to defeat drones is to spoof or jam the GPS signals and tell the drone to fly somewhere or to fly in a random direction.
The Russians didn't attack Poland. They aren't stupid.
People who think the Russians actually tried to attack Poland are stupid.
Ukraine is about to fall. Several globalist EU governments are about to fall. NATO is getting desperate. I expect some shenanigans will be attempted to provide NATO an excuse to get directly involved in Ukraine and to arrest some "Putin Sympathizers."
Appropriate and elegant photo. Thanks
Sunrise - 6:29. Perhaps that is what God's Grace looks like.
Putin and Iran never called me a white supremacist. Neither them supported open borders for the USA. Or laughed when Charlie Kirk was shot.
The Russians were, shall we say, deliberately careless.
Those Shahids, even without jamming, are prone to go astray.
Something similar happened in Romania when the Russians were trying to interdict grain shipments from Odessa in 2023.
Poland says the Russian drones had Polish and Lithuanian SIM cards installed to help them navigate, and that they didn't go to random places in Poland, but near cities and military bases. It was every bit as intentional as Chinese Navy ships 'accidentally' running into Philippine Coast Guard ships. It was a test.
And the Russians in the field don't think "Ukraine is about to fall". Quite the opposite: they say they're getting slaughtered by Ukrainian drones.
AP: "AI cheating is "off the charts" says California teacher who advocates targeted use
Teachers around the country say that student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat."
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/09/12/denmark-picks-french-italian-sampt-air-defense-system-over-patriot/
As I predicted, Euros will start replacing Patriot. They cant get any Patriots anyway, Lockheed Martin, who makes the missiles, has full order books. Samp-T is from MBDA, owned by Airbus and BAE. The missiles are the Aster line. There are still production hangups for SAMP-T Aster missiles, but with lots of orders these should be cleared away.
The low-end (non-ballistic) system is Diehl's Iris-T.
"Anonymously-Run Website Publishes Names of People Accused of Mocking Charlie Kirk's Death"
Isn't this like people rating neighbors for having people over during the lockdowns?
I'm afraid we, the supposed sane side, may become the people we oppose.
I'm OK with it - the entire structure that ended a mans life - needs to be brought down, Lem.
Lem - think of the Democrats as actual Nazis. That is who they are.
In Chicago a person is shot every 4hrs and 18 min. Someone is murdered every 19 hrs 39 min. But our gov JB Pritsger thinks all is well, nothing to worry about. We don’t need any help because we are doing such a good job here.
Either fight back or they will kill us.
Elon Musk.
That is a sublime photo. How much of artistic “genius” is just happenstance?
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
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1h
They could have hit the brakes after the softball shooting. They didn't.
They could have hit the brakes after the SPLC shooting, but they didn't.
They could have hit the brakes after the Rand Paul beating, but they didn't.
They could have hit the brakes after the 2 Trump assassination attempts (3 if you count the guy on stage in 206 with a knife) they didn't.
And now, after a successful assassination of, like, an influencer, they are blaming the same people.
This is different.
If they aren't going to change over this, they aren't going to change over anything.
[Copy/paste]
J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling · Sep 11
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.
No Man Is An Island
John Donne
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
Where were the fully-armed and masked ICE agents at the Madison rally? Surely there must have been some brown-faced attendees gathered downtown and ready to be arrested without warrants because they might speak spanish .
Charlie Kirk was opposed to the Civil Rights Act of 1965 because more black folks got to vote and MLK was not a good man. Really strange reasoning for our newly-promoted saint who loved Trumpism and knew nothing about the mid-century racial conflicts.
Watch out gadfly. Stephen King may be in legal trouble for defaming CK. Don't believe everything you read on the intertubes is a good rule to live by.
BTW I'm reading on the intertubes North Korea is executing people for watching western movies. It's a shame really. Unforgiven is one of the best movies of all time.
"It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."
"This photograph is one of the more difficult and inscrutable, and therefore best, images from the magnificent series left us by Ann Althouse." - Kirk Kowalski, Vintage Photo Journal (May 2062)
that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.
… an interesting question is why is it cheating? what’s being asked when writing outside the classroom?
Charlie Kirk was opposed to the Civil Rights Act of 1965 because more black folks got to vote and MLK was not a good man.
@gadfly, Charlie Kirk was born in in 1993, some 28 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1965 was passed. I was around back then, and I can assure you that nearly all the opposition to the Act came from Sothern Democrats.
When reviewing & reflecting on the comments of Team D and Team R here, seems easy to include that a portion of our population is always at "war with the other side". Most often it does not turn deadly. Thank goodness.
BYW, it was the Civil Rights Act of 1964. You may be confused by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was a different bill.
Big Mike - I agree and disagree. As a Texas born in 1970, I think the South takes too much "shit" from the North and both liberal coasts.
As you know, George Wallace when he ran for president in 1968 had decent support in all regions of the country. Strongest in the South, yes, but he had support across the country.
I often wonder how many, if any, Democrats in leadership today would sign Declaration of Independence.
Humperdink: "I often wonder how many, if any, Democrats in leadership today would sign Declaration of Independence."
Hell, I wouldn't, and I'm a hat-wearing Trumper. We seceded from the freest country on Earth at the time. A huge chunk of Parliament was sympathetic to us. We'd had de-facto independence for a very long time, and the worst "tyranny" from Westminster had only been happening for a few years. We seceded because we wanted the benefits of the British Empire without paying the costs. One of the biggest factions for independence was the Southern slaveowners.
Come to think of it, the Democrats would probably be elbowing people aside to sign the Declaration. JSM
I'm glad that Alaska summit was such a success.
@Political Junkie, here is the voting breakdown per Wikipedia:
House of Representatives:
Southern Democrats: 8–83
Southern Republicans: 0–11
Northern Democrats: 145–8
Northern Republicans: 136–24
Senate:
Southern Democrats: 1–20
Southern Republicans: 0–1
Northern Democrats: 45–1
Northern Republicans: 27–5
This analysis counts Texas as a southern state because it joined the Confederacy 105 years prior. IMAO by the 20th Century it was more a western state than a southern. The lone Southern Democrat supporting the Act was Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas, an ally of President Lyndon Johnson. The lone Southern Republican who voted against the Act was Senator John Tower of Texas, an opponent of LBJ. The lone Northern Democrat who voted against was Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a former officer in the KKk.
Kevin McCarthy disappointed me. On CBS This Morning, Nate Burleson asked him if the Kirk (pbuh) shooting was a moment for the Republican Party to tone down its rhetoric. I hope I would have said "Buddy, that's like asking the NAACP right after Dr King was killed if it should tone down its divisive rhetoric." Instead, McCarthy reverted to RINO squish form and said something about how both parties need to tone it down and be like RFK Sr after MLK was shot. People reveal their true selves under stress, I suppose:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cbs-host-asks-kevin-mccarthy-whether-republicans-need-to-reflect-on-their-rhetoric-after-kirk-assassination/ar-AA1Mn2Ka?ocid=BingNewsSerp
JSM
Big Mike at 618 - Everything you wrote is correct.Nothing I wrote at 531 is incorrect.
Big Mike - Except if you polled Texans and asked if they viewed themselves as more Western or more Southern, I would bet Southern would win.
Knowing how colorful most sunrise photos are, I love this one on a gray morning. I always feel a sense of adventure on a gray, dark, rainy or foggy morning. The world just feels like a different place.
yes it's unsurprising, thats why hes no longer in leadership
the audacity of the thirteen colonies to challenge the supremacy of then the largest army in the West was rather remarkable, the British were carrying out the second Mysore war in India, under the capable hands of Warren Hastings, who was impeached by Edmund Burke for his troubles,
Kirk’s issue w the CRA of 1964 was not about blacks voting. He did think MLK’s focus on race ended up being divisive.
From Grok:
Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, expressed strong criticism of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, viewing it as a pivotal error in American history that expanded federal government overreach and inadvertently created mechanisms for reverse discrimination against white Americans. He described the law’s passage as a “huge mistake” during a December 2023 speech at Turning Point’s AmericaFest conference, where he stated, “I have a very, very radical view on this, but I can defend it, and I’ve thought about it… We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.” Kirk argued that the Act, originally intended to combat discrimination, has been weaponized into a tool for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and affirmative action, which he saw as “anti-white” measures that undermine constitutional freedoms and individual merit.
In an April 2024 podcast episode, Kirk elaborated that the Civil Rights Act “created a beast, and that beast has now turned into an anti-white weapon,” claiming it established a permanent federal bureaucracy that enforces racial preferences and erodes free speech and property rights. He linked this to broader critiques of civil rights figures like Martin Luther King Jr., whom he called “awful” and blamed for fostering America’s ongoing “fixation on race,” arguing that the Act’s legacy prevents a truly colorblind society.
Narciso: Mysore War, yes. I didn't know anything about it until I toured Wellington's house in London. And yet we seceded from an Empire that could do something that big as basically a sideshow. JSM
Cornwallis did succeed over there, in ways he couldn't here,
I investigated the Hasting's impeachment a rare failure on the part of Edmund Burke, an early exercise in Lawfare,
this was Goldwater's position, fwiw, and time has proven he was right,
Wisconsin plays at Alabama starting at 11am CST today. Go Badgers!
One might argue, the great Imperial project was wrong in India, but it happened in the midst of the war with France,
Goldwater was a racial moderate unlike Johnson who was a signer to the Southern Manifesto, he was also a Jacksonian, which contrasted with the expeditionary nation of the New Frontier, which misunderstood the enemy in this hemisphere and 3000 miles away,
No American revolution means no French bankruptcy, means no French Revolution, means no napoleonic wars, means no bolivarian revolution, means the globe color coded as three empires, means no communism, means no millions dead. Means German speakers hemmed in by stable empires, means no world wars. Ok, maybe some Japanese wars, but kept at lower scale. Means no Gandhi or Mandela. Also means slavery ended without a half million deaths. The crown could have paid off southern planters with Indian gold and let them migrate to Latin America.
I love my freedom as a US citizen, but I could have had just as much as a subject of British America without all the deaths. JSM
I think the Revolution would have happened later, look at the Indian Mutiny a century after Clive, look what happened in Russia, when Catherine suppressed the Enlightenment, Alexander 2nd came along too late, and we know what happened then,
Oops, left out, but should be clear by implication: no ChiCom empire, possibly the greatest threat ever to life and liberty. JSM
And no Irish. Bloodshed- the first modern Irish uprising was led by Deist notables inspired by us and the French. JSM
that cake was baked back in Cromwell's era, and solidified with the battle of Wolfe Tone in 1690, under King William
Indian Mutiny - interesting - how much of it was due to the accidental empire not quite having the proper tightness of grip? And how much of that was due to the Brits’ experience in the am rev and napoleonic wars? JSM
Wolfe tone was the leader of the 1790s secular rebellion, not the risings against King Billy. But I understand what you mean. Still the cake could have been eaten peacefully without our example of successful secession. JSM
you probably know about the push to get Democrats to stop using words and phrases like "birthing person" to make themselves more appealing. Today's Washington Post requested ideas about what words Republicans should avoid to make themselves more appealing to "normal people."
…how kind of them to do the work…
My usually better half: So, how do you feel knowing the shooter was a groyper and Nick Fuentes follower? Isn’t it weird that after blaming the left it turns out the shooter killed him because he wasn’t right wing enough?
Me: What on earth are you talking about?? I mean, yes, that would certainly be a surprise. (Goes to sleep on couch to avoid pointless argument)
Seems her facebook feed went full Inga. Never go full Inga.
But other than a Guardian article with one anonymous source I haven’t seen anything else supporting the idea he was from the left (besides, you know, common sense). Has anyone seen any other sources I could share with her?
the Grauniad is already a step too far,
@Lem Vibe Bandit: "Isn't this like people rating neighbors for having people over during the lockdowns?"
Why no, it's not. I never heard of people 'rating neighbors', but snitching on people to comply with a regulation is snitching, getting someone in trouble with an appeal to authority that you happen to support. Shining a light on hateful conduct, someone gloating over the bloody death of a victim with a different point of view, is allowing everyone access to see that behavior and make their own interpretation.
Why would someone run from their own posted content? Since our country is so evenly divided, maybe it'll be a badge of honor for them. And after all, cancel culture doesn't provide that latitude - you're just banned and shunned, without rights of input or even appeal. But this is just reinforcing the idea that the 'internet is forever', and it's left to the user, whether or not to jump the guardrail.
John Mosby @ 7:21
There would have been no, " We hold these truths to be self evident. That all men are created equal.............."
How many of those deaths were subjects seeking the birthright god endowed them with?
“I'm glad that Alaska summit was such a success.”
Like certain Kings, Kak forgets nothing and learns nothing.
At this point he is not trying to convince others, in the face of evil he is trying to convince himself.
since then they fired rockets into the interior, and the Russians fired back, (previously on NCIS)
Who else is looking forward to Lisa Cook's defamation suit against Bill Pulte?
England was better than most, but it was a place where you had to call your betters Sir, or Lord, or Your Grace just because their parents were snootier than you, or be beaten. It was the ultimate suck up society. The Magna Carta was a deal with the aristocrats wanting some rights opposed to the king, not a bill of rights for man. The Corn Laws alone showed what England was. Parliamentary government was structured to prevent ordinary folks from having a real voice.
George 3 was insane, his sons Prinny and Silly Billy were hopeless perverts. Feudalism was a necessary step in human development but made aristocracy so strong it needed a powerful Kiki n the ass to break it.
The British Empire was good in that it kept France and Germany from doing more of the same which would have been worse. Europe was just too powerful for the native societies to win, so the hope of leaving them alone to develop in their own way was not going to happen, and their native leadership was as bad or worse at the time.
So the American revolution was an extension that legally killed the aristocracy in America although the Boston Brahmins and the Southern Plantocracy still had practical power for many decades.
Even Canada partially shed the arrogance of Britain after a time, and retains most of Britain’s worst features. So in my opinion the American Revolution was necessary to make America good, even though it was not perfect for all. A work in progress. Man changes in steps, and then gradually. Then makes another step.
“Like certain Kings, Kak forgets nothing and learns nothing.“
I stated that Trump would not be able to end the war in Ukraine quickly and easily, as he claimed. I argued that he would never sanction or punish Putin for his aggression. I predicted that he would weaken NATO. Republicans in Congress assured us that these concerns were unfounded. They lied.
the Corn Laws were exacerbated by Malthus,
America had a few Colonies, the Philippines was one, in 1898 Spain ceded it to the US after the war. Perhaps it would have been better for the u s to leave it in the hands of Spain and be innocent, but I think if we had not taken it then Japan would have conquered it earlier and the u s might have just had to leave it alone to be Japan’s slaves. Spain had no power to fight Japan. The u s presence certainly deterred others. There are people on the blog more knowledgeable on that whole subject than me. The u s left in 1946 leaving an independent country.
Hawaii is a question, it was too strategic to leave alone, some other country would have taken it too. The idea of a peaceful lasting Polynesian paradise of natives is a phantasy, Hawaiians were war like anyway, Kamehameha was a conqueror.
yes the insurgency that a host of officers including Pershing encountered was grueling for a time, many officers learned small unit warfare there,
one wonders if magsaysay had lived, would he have still faced an insurgency like the NPA, the Huk were a more domestically sourced operation,
In the world of Kakistocracy I am afraid that there is only black and white, truth and lies. There is no gray, no interval for gestation. Goals have no induction period.
Where in the world of diplomacy and International relations has this ever been the case? It is a Greta Thunberg approach, you will do as I say and accomplish my goals now and completely or I condemn you.
Give peace a chance man. No I’ll just call everyone a liar.
🔝 Pollyanna is clearly today’s guest editor. ✍️
Zelensky understood long ago that this is the only language Putin respects. Poland understands that Putin’s Russia must one day be crushed, just as Nazi Germany was. The confrontation between good and evil is inevitable, and it is only a matter of time.
“I predicted that he would weaken NATO. Republicans in Congress assured us that these concerns were unfounded. They lied.”
If I am today’s editor Pollyanna then I will make one more. The above seems plaintive and childlike. NATO is not strong or weak, it merely has certain capabilities and it lacks certain capabilities. If only NATO or Trump would do… is not a real world choice that people can independently make outside of events.
For example, the EU must out of necessity pay Putin more for energy than it can give Ukraine in weapons. If you think that there is no subtlety, that all Trump needs to do is bark a command and Putin will be defeated by NATO and the world will be safe, you are wrong. If you don’t know that all diplomacy is based on public lies and hidden influence, you misunderstand.
Don’t be bound by simplicity in black and white. There is no Santa, or at least NATO is not he. The strength of NATO is not a deterministic point, it is a continuum that is dynamic to events.
"I love my freedom as a US citizen, but I could have had just as much as a subject ..."
Well alrighty then.
I don't know what Charlie Cook thought about the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts. Christopher Caldwell and others have written about the massive change that those acts brought to American politics and society. I don't think they're necessarily saying that those laws were a mistake, but they are saying that the change was massive and mind-boggling and wasn't all for the better.
It's something similar to talk about the New Deal. Does anyone seriously want to "repeal the New Deal"? What does that even mean? Some of it already was "repealed?" People don't want most of what remains repealed. The New Deal did mark a massive change in the country. Wasn't some of it necessary? Wasn't much of it for the better? But was it all positive?
Rusty: "There would have been no, "We hold these truths to be self evident. That all men are created equal.............."
How many of those deaths were subjects seeking the birthright god endowed them with?"
The universal rights stuff was promulgated by fancy-pants world citizens like Jefferson and Franklin, who palled around with French philosophes.
Most of the men who picked up muskets and died were doing it to preserve their customary rights as Englishmen (ethnic or cultural), and their colonies' rights vis-a-vis the crown as memorialized in their charters. You could remove the "hold these truths" bit from the Declaration and it would still stand as a complaint for breach of contract.
The universal-rights language inspired all those other bloody revolutions that followed ours. Had we just negotiated adjustments to the relationship over a cuppa like proper English people, maybe those other horrors would never have taken place. CC, JSM
American colonist thought they were Englishmen, until the Crown reminded them, a century later, there was a similar dynamic in Cuba, with regards to the Mother Country,
there was a 10 year insurgency, that failed, and a generation later there was another instance, that Weyler, tried to suppress,
the other revolutions of a Roussean character, certainly in France, but in South America, it was more mild, one might say Bolivar was too ambitious in trying to unite a continent,
for the next century, there was a clash between the land owning faction, like Santa Ana, like Rosas and more classical liberals like Benito Juarez or Sarmiento
Niall Ferguson argues in his book "Empire" that the AmRev so impressed the Brit elites that they later offered Canada a deal that covered most of what the Americans had asked for, without all that icky violence.
There's some truth in that, and twenty years ago it might have been a pretty good argument against revolution, but any comparison between the rights of Canadians/Brits/Etc. and those enjoyed by Americans, based on the last ten years or so, must conclude that we have it better.
Retro-utopianism can be fun, but it's ultimately fruitless.
Narr (12:55pm):
Yes, I have long thought that Canada is only as free as it is because of the example of the US next door. This in reply to suggestions that the American Revolution didn't make much difference, given the similarity between the US and Canada. Of course, those suggestions have become less frequent in the last decades as Canada has become less and less free.
A useful comparison occurs to me. Chick-fil-A is famous for its cleanliness and its enthusiasic, polite, and efficient employees. Being cheap, I go to Bojangle's whenever I get a 2-for-$5 coupon for Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuits (their biscuits are amazing). My local Bojangle's is also very clean, with enthusiastic, polite, and efficient employees. Maybe that's just luck, or an excellent manager, but I can't help thinking it's because it's right next door to a Chick-fil-A and would go out of business if it didn't compete in the qualities Chick-fil-A is famous for, as well as the quality of the food.
https://www.wildcardsworld.com/economics-world-building-and-the-merchant-princes-empire-games-series/ here's one scenario
"This in reply to suggestions that the American Revolution didn't make much difference, given the similarity between the US and Canada. Of course, those suggestions have become less frequent in the last decades as Canada has become less and less free."
Check out the "Small Dead Animals" blog for a sense of how things are going in Canada these days.
At heart, Kevin McCarthy has always been a squish.
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