Freedom from something is not enough.
It should also be freedom for something.
Freedom is not safety but opportunity.
Freedom ought to be a means to enable
the press to serve the proper functions of
communication in a free society.
-- Zechariah Chaffee, Jr.
(1865-1957)
Source: Nieman Reports, April 1948
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Myth / co / pithecus.....
The need for myth building is rooted in
social & culturally antiquated self moorings.
social & culturally antiquated self moorings.
quote of the day.....
If liberty means anything at all,
it means the right to tell people
what they do not want to hear.
-- George Orwell. [Eric Arthur Blair]
British author.
Source: Animal Farm 1945
it means the right to tell people
what they do not want to hear.
-- George Orwell. [Eric Arthur Blair]
British author.
Source: Animal Farm 1945
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Homage ....
I for one does not have true privilege
To judge the high or low
For they both exist
In the realm of God's creation.
To judge the high or low
For they both exist
In the realm of God's creation.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Quote of the day......
Joan Walsh@joanwalsh
Joan Walsh Retweeted Bernie Sanders....
Anytime you say "but" after an important declaration,
clarification or apology,
you're saying the opposite in what follows.
https://twitter.com/joanwalsh/status/801283907308126208
Joan Walsh Retweeted Bernie Sanders....
Anytime you say "but" after an important declaration,
clarification or apology,
you're saying the opposite in what follows.
https://twitter.com/joanwalsh/status/801283907308126208
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Quote of the day....
That frequent recurrence to fundamental principles,
and a firm adherence to justice, moderation,
temperance,industry and frugality,
are absolutely necessary to preserve
the blessings of liberty,
and keep government free.
The people ought, therefore,
to pay particular attention to these points,
in the choice of officers and representatives,
and have a right to exact a due
and constant regard to them,
from their legislators and magistrates,
in the making and executing such laws as are
necessary for the good government of the State.
-- Vermont Declaration of Rights
Source: Article 16
and a firm adherence to justice, moderation,
temperance,industry and frugality,
are absolutely necessary to preserve
the blessings of liberty,
and keep government free.
The people ought, therefore,
to pay particular attention to these points,
in the choice of officers and representatives,
and have a right to exact a due
and constant regard to them,
from their legislators and magistrates,
in the making and executing such laws as are
necessary for the good government of the State.
-- Vermont Declaration of Rights
Source: Article 16
Tuesday, November 08, 2016
Quote of the day.........
The fate of the country does not depend on
how you vote at the polls --
the worst man is as strong as
the best at that game;
it does not depend on what kind of paper
you drop into the ballot-box once a year,
but on what kind of man
you drop from your chamber
into the street every morning.
-- Henry David Thoreau.
(1817-1862) American author.
Source: Slavery in Massachusetts (1854)
how you vote at the polls --
the worst man is as strong as
the best at that game;
it does not depend on what kind of paper
you drop into the ballot-box once a year,
but on what kind of man
you drop from your chamber
into the street every morning.
-- Henry David Thoreau.
(1817-1862) American author.
Source: Slavery in Massachusetts (1854)
Friday, November 04, 2016
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
Look at the proud!
their spirit is not right in them,
but the righteous live by their faith........
It is alright if one has little respect for
Other's virtues....
but should be aware of one's own
short comings.
their spirit is not right in them,
but the righteous live by their faith........
It is alright if one has little respect for
Other's virtues....
but should be aware of one's own
short comings.
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Quote of the day.....
[There can be no] rational administration of government
when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.
-- Polybius
(ca. 203-120 BC,) Greek historian
when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.
-- Polybius
(ca. 203-120 BC,) Greek historian
Monday, October 31, 2016
Quote of the day.....
Integrity is doing the right thing,
even if nobody is watching.
-- Jim Stovall
(1958-) American writer, blind
even if nobody is watching.
-- Jim Stovall
(1958-) American writer, blind
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Quote of the day......
If you tell the truth,
you don't have to remember anything.
-- Mark Twain
[Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)
you don't have to remember anything.
-- Mark Twain
[Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Quote of the day...........
The road to tyranny, we must remember,
begins with the destruction of the truth.
-- Bill Clinton. 42nd US President
Source: speech at the University of Connecticut,
Oct 15, 1997.
begins with the destruction of the truth.
-- Bill Clinton. 42nd US President
Source: speech at the University of Connecticut,
Oct 15, 1997.
Friday, October 14, 2016
Quote of the day..........
There can be no public or private virtue
unless the foundation of action is
the practice of truth.
-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist
unless the foundation of action is
the practice of truth.
-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist
Quote of the day..........
There can be no public or private virtue
unless the foundation of action is
the practice of truth.
-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist
unless the foundation of action is
the practice of truth.
-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist
Quote of the day..........
There can be no public or private virtue
unless the foundation of action is
the practice of truth.
-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist
unless the foundation of action is
the practice of truth.
-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Quote of the day......
Nothing astonishes men so much as
common sense and plain dealing.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
Source: Essays, 1841
common sense and plain dealing.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
Source: Essays, 1841
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Quote of the day.....
Every State is known by the rights it maintains.
-- Harold J. Laski
(1893-1950)
Source: A Grammar of Politics, 1925
-- Harold J. Laski
(1893-1950)
Source: A Grammar of Politics, 1925
Friday, September 30, 2016
Quote of the day.....
Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that,
in our endeavour consciously to shape our future
in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact
unwittingly produce the very opposite of
what we have been striving for?
-- Friedrich August von Hayek
(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974
in our endeavour consciously to shape our future
in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact
unwittingly produce the very opposite of
what we have been striving for?
-- Friedrich August von Hayek
(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974
Monday, September 26, 2016
Quote of the day......
It is discouraging to think...
how many people are shocked by honesty
and how few by deceit.
-- Noel Coward
(1899-1973) British playwright
how many people are shocked by honesty
and how few by deceit.
-- Noel Coward
(1899-1973) British playwright
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Higher Education......
One begins embrace false education
By virtue of once privilege and
Self arrogance....
By virtue of once privilege and
Self arrogance....
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Quote of the day......
O, what a tangled web we weave,
when first we practice to deceive!
-- Sir Walter Scott. 1st Baronet, FRSE (1771-1832)
Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet
Source: "Marmion", Canto VI, Stanza 17
when first we practice to deceive!
-- Sir Walter Scott. 1st Baronet, FRSE (1771-1832)
Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet
Source: "Marmion", Canto VI, Stanza 17
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Humanity.....
Humanity is the only
conceivable Intelligence
All else is ambiguity,
distortion and disease.
conceivable Intelligence
All else is ambiguity,
distortion and disease.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Quote of the day......
The liberties of a people never were,
nor ever will be, secure,
when the transactions of their rulers may be
concealed from them.
-- Patrick Henry
(1736-1799) US Founding Father
* * * * *
Freedom is the right to question and change
the established way of doing things.
It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace.
It is the understanding that allows us to recognize
shortcomings and seek solutions.
-- Ronald Reagan
(1911-2004) 40th US President
Source: Address to students at
Moscow State University, 05/31/88
* * * * *
A free press is not a privilege
but an organic necessity
in a great society.
-- Walter Lippmann(1889-1974)
American writer, journalist, and political commentator.
nor ever will be, secure,
when the transactions of their rulers may be
concealed from them.
-- Patrick Henry
(1736-1799) US Founding Father
* * * * *
Freedom is the right to question and change
the established way of doing things.
It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace.
It is the understanding that allows us to recognize
shortcomings and seek solutions.
-- Ronald Reagan
(1911-2004) 40th US President
Source: Address to students at
Moscow State University, 05/31/88
* * * * *
A free press is not a privilege
but an organic necessity
in a great society.
-- Walter Lippmann(1889-1974)
American writer, journalist, and political commentator.
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
A mischief heart.....
If one has lots of mischief
Yet not selfishness-hatred or
Wickedness in one's heart
Then it must be Love for others.
Yet not selfishness-hatred or
Wickedness in one's heart
Then it must be Love for others.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Quote of the day....
Purveyors of political correctness will,
in the final analysis,
not even allow others their judgments...
They celebrate "difference," but they will not allow
people truly to be different --
to think differently, and to say what they think.
-- Mark Berley
Source: Argos, Spring 1998
in the final analysis,
not even allow others their judgments...
They celebrate "difference," but they will not allow
people truly to be different --
to think differently, and to say what they think.
-- Mark Berley
Source: Argos, Spring 1998
Monday, July 25, 2016
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Musings....
The moral view is secular view.
* * * * *
Diversity is natures expressive
intelligence in evolution.
* * * * *
Diversity is natures expressive
intelligence in evolution.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Quote of the day.....
History is fables agreed upon.
-- Voltaire[François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)
-- Voltaire[François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Quote of the day.....
Propaganda is persuading people to
make up their minds while withholding
some of the facts from them.
-- Harold Evans
(1928-) British journalist, writer, editor.
make up their minds while withholding
some of the facts from them.
-- Harold Evans
(1928-) British journalist, writer, editor.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
It does not matter....
It does not matter Who one is and
what One's color,ethnicity,nationhood or
The office One hold or the fancy title and
Riches and even the power One yields.
What matters is,
Are you One of those that enables life ?
If not for the sake of Others or
For any reason but
For One's own glory..... or else
One is just a parasite that leads a life
living off Others.
what One's color,ethnicity,nationhood or
The office One hold or the fancy title and
Riches and even the power One yields.
What matters is,
Are you One of those that enables life ?
If not for the sake of Others or
For any reason but
For One's own glory..... or else
One is just a parasite that leads a life
living off Others.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Quote of the day......
Glenn Greenwald Retweeted
Edward Snowden @Snowden 15h15 hours ago
Politics: the art of convincing decent people to forget
the lesser of two evils is also evil.
Edward Snowden @Snowden 15h15 hours ago
Politics: the art of convincing decent people to forget
the lesser of two evils is also evil.
Thursday, June 09, 2016
Attainment ..../ Salvation....
Attainment ....Salvation through
conscious and staged acts is
Wo/Man's best fantasy...
conscious and staged acts is
Wo/Man's best fantasy...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
quote of the day.......
A Fatal Tendency of Mankind.
Self-preservation and self-development are
common aspirations among all people.
And if everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of
his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of
his labor, social progress would be ceaseless,
uninterrupted, and unfailing.
But there is also another tendency
that is common among people.
When they can, they wish to live and prosper
at the expense of others.
This is no rash accusation.
Nor does it come from a gloomy and uncharitable spirit.
The annals of history bear witness to the truth of it:
the incessant wars, mass migrations,
religious persecutions, universal slavery,
dishonesty in commerce, and monopolies.
This fatal desire has its origin in the very nature of man -
in that primitive, universal, and insuppressible instinct
that impels him to satisfy his desires
with the least possible pain.
-Frederic Bastiat(1801-1850) French economist, statesman, and author.
"The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)
Self-preservation and self-development are
common aspirations among all people.
And if everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of
his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of
his labor, social progress would be ceaseless,
uninterrupted, and unfailing.
But there is also another tendency
that is common among people.
When they can, they wish to live and prosper
at the expense of others.
This is no rash accusation.
Nor does it come from a gloomy and uncharitable spirit.
The annals of history bear witness to the truth of it:
the incessant wars, mass migrations,
religious persecutions, universal slavery,
dishonesty in commerce, and monopolies.
This fatal desire has its origin in the very nature of man -
in that primitive, universal, and insuppressible instinct
that impels him to satisfy his desires
with the least possible pain.
-Frederic Bastiat(1801-1850) French economist, statesman, and author.
"The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Quote of the day.....
"Among the several cloudy appellatives
which have been commonly employed
as cloaks for misgovernment,
There is none more conspicuous
in this atmosphere of illusion
than the word 'Order'."
-- Jeremy Bentham
(1748-1832) English jurist, philosopher, and
legal and social reformer.
which have been commonly employed
as cloaks for misgovernment,
There is none more conspicuous
in this atmosphere of illusion
than the word 'Order'."
-- Jeremy Bentham
(1748-1832) English jurist, philosopher, and
legal and social reformer.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
In a world of distortion.....
In a distorted world
One should be aware that
One's sense of fantastic is
Often replaced by
The ridiculous, absurd,
Obscene and obscure.
One should be aware that
One's sense of fantastic is
Often replaced by
The ridiculous, absurd,
Obscene and obscure.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
To "captive" others.......
It is in the nature of primitive intelligence
That seeks to "captive" others.
That seeks to "captive" others.
Quote of the day...Discourses present past and future...
Arguments from one's own experience
are bad and reactionary arguments.
--- Gilles Deleuze.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Quote of the day.....
The test of a great and powerful nation is
not how many wars it can engage in,
but how it can resolve international conflicts
in a peaceful manner.
--Bernie Sanders on Google....Dec 30, 2015
not how many wars it can engage in,
but how it can resolve international conflicts
in a peaceful manner.
--Bernie Sanders on Google....Dec 30, 2015
Friday, April 08, 2016
To be the one that is of just world....
Treat others kindly... No matter what
It if it's in prison or even Gitmo or
A godforsaken place...
Treat others kindly and do what best you can
To be the one that is of just world....
Perhaps you will be doing something
The world has failed to do in the first place
Treat others kindly....and
Do what best you can.
It if it's in prison or even Gitmo or
A godforsaken place...
Treat others kindly and do what best you can
To be the one that is of just world....
Perhaps you will be doing something
The world has failed to do in the first place
Treat others kindly....and
Do what best you can.
Friday, April 01, 2016
Quote of the day.....
No cause is left but the most ancient of all,
the one, in fact, that from the beginning of
the one, in fact, that from the beginning of
our history has determined
the very existence of politics,
the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
-- Hannah Arendt(1906-1975)
Source: The New Yorker, 12 September 1970
* * * * *
I am not free until I say so.
And there's a good chance
I am going to have to fight once I do.
Ever since I declared my Independence,
I have had to support and defend it.
-- Eric Schaub.
the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
-- Hannah Arendt(1906-1975)
Source: The New Yorker, 12 September 1970
* * * * *
I am not free until I say so.
And there's a good chance
I am going to have to fight once I do.
Ever since I declared my Independence,
I have had to support and defend it.
-- Eric Schaub.
Editor/Publisher of Liberty Quotes,
American activist, speaker, writer
American activist, speaker, writer
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Quote of the day.....
"The whole premise of terrorism is
To try to disrupt people's ordinary lives."
-- Barack hussein obama, Cuba- 03/11/2016.
In an interview with ESPN during the Baseball game.
To try to disrupt people's ordinary lives."
-- Barack hussein obama, Cuba- 03/11/2016.
In an interview with ESPN during the Baseball game.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Monday, March 14, 2016
Fair play........
In a world of fair play there are no Winners or Losers
What you have is Sporty Spirit, Fun and Fellowship.
What you have is Sporty Spirit, Fun and Fellowship.
Monday, March 07, 2016
Quote of the day......
The fundamental source of all your errors,
sophisms and false reasonings is
a total ignorance of the natural rights of mankind.
Were you once to become acquainted with these,
you could never entertain a thought,
that all men are not, by nature,
entitled to a parity of privileges.
You would be convinced, that natural liberty is
a gift of the beneficent Creator to
the whole human race, and
that civil liberty is founded in that; and
cannot be wrested from any people,
without the most manifest violation of justice.
-- Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804)
Source: The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775
sophisms and false reasonings is
a total ignorance of the natural rights of mankind.
Were you once to become acquainted with these,
you could never entertain a thought,
that all men are not, by nature,
entitled to a parity of privileges.
You would be convinced, that natural liberty is
a gift of the beneficent Creator to
the whole human race, and
that civil liberty is founded in that; and
cannot be wrested from any people,
without the most manifest violation of justice.
-- Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804)
Source: The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775
Monday, February 29, 2016
Quote of the day.......
Sometimes people call me an idealist.
Well, that is the way I know I am an American.
-President Woodrow Wilson- September 8,1919
in a speech at Sioux Falls, North Dakota.
* * * * *
The idealist is incorrigible:
If he is expelled from his heaven,
he makes an ideal out of hell.
-Friedrich Nietzsche,
Mixed Opinions and Maxims, aphorism 23 (1879)
Well, that is the way I know I am an American.
-President Woodrow Wilson- September 8,1919
in a speech at Sioux Falls, North Dakota.
* * * * *
The idealist is incorrigible:
If he is expelled from his heaven,
he makes an ideal out of hell.
-Friedrich Nietzsche,
Mixed Opinions and Maxims, aphorism 23 (1879)
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Values.....
To inculcate values means
To produce autonomous beings
That are capable of right /correct action.
To produce autonomous beings
That are capable of right /correct action.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Relationship with God......
The idea of having a relationship with God is
Other worldly.
where as a relationship with humanity is
Simple reality.
Other worldly.
where as a relationship with humanity is
Simple reality.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Monday, February 08, 2016
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Oneself as a guide.....
One should thrive to be role model to
Ones children and younger generation
Not in appearance but
As a guide in faith and understanding.
--- Stalker.
Ones children and younger generation
Not in appearance but
As a guide in faith and understanding.
--- Stalker.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Scapegoat-- Quotes of the day...
He who is punished is never
he who performed the deed.
He is always the scapegoat.
Author- Fredrick Nietzsche
* * * * *
The scapegoat clearly illustrates this:
A first expiatory animal is sacrificed,
but a second is driven away,
sent out into the desert wilderness.
In the signifying regime,
the scapegoat represents a new form of
increasing entropy in the system of signs:
it is charged with everything that was "bad"
in a given period, that is,
everything that resisted signifying signs,
everything that eluded the referral from sign to sign
through the different circles;
it also assumes everything that was unable
to recharge the signifier as its center and
carries off everything that spills beyond
the outermost circle.
Author: Gilles Deleuze
* * * * *
The first domesticated animal was the scapegoat.
Author: Yanko Tsvetkov
Inequality of a relationship.........
In a relationship that is not rooted in
Equality or mutual respect,
It is either mistrust or anxiety
Both being the distortions of intelligence,
The being never arrive at clarity.
Equality or mutual respect,
It is either mistrust or anxiety
Both being the distortions of intelligence,
The being never arrive at clarity.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
To Hate...
One does not hate anybody
Other than oneself
It is in one's inability to see the hatred with in
One begins to transfer one's hatred on to others
Thus seeking relief.
Other than oneself
It is in one's inability to see the hatred with in
One begins to transfer one's hatred on to others
Thus seeking relief.
Class Act.....
It is neither Nobler nor Just
To undermine or destroy one Tradition
To enable or to legitimize another Tradition.
To undermine or destroy one Tradition
To enable or to legitimize another Tradition.
Monday, January 04, 2016
Quote of the day.....
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause
is not to be skillfully attacked,
but to be ineptly defended.
-- Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
French economist, statesman, and author.
Source: "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)
is not to be skillfully attacked,
but to be ineptly defended.
-- Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
French economist, statesman, and author.
Source: "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)
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