tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post5977000221478243738..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Patriotism bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-83581379784200713152016-09-01T08:50:41.914-07:002016-09-01T08:50:41.914-07:00I was at Stone Mountain last year, lying on a blan...I was at Stone Mountain last year, lying on a blanket with my family watching the fireworks. The finale was patriotic and a voice came over the loudspeaker, "Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for our national anthem."<br /><br />I stayed on my blanket, as did my family around me, and everyone else got up and stood, looking down at us quizzically from time to time. I thought how great it was that no one bothered us about it. There's some freedom left here.<br /><br />But interesting how it's not just the schools that condition us, but the businesses as well (or do they reflect the "education"?). Everyone is instructed to rise at the song's beginning, and everyone does so because everyone else is doing it too. No thought required.<br /><br />This reminds me of the old story wherein four generations of women are together for Easter dinner. While prepping a ham, the youngest asks her Mom why she cuts of its end. Unknowing, she asks the Grandmother. They each agree that that's the way it's always been done. They then ask the Great Grandmother who is sitting in the next room. She yells back, "Because that's the only way I could fit it into the pan!" :) Brutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-87988398377244364972016-09-01T07:37:03.788-07:002016-09-01T07:37:03.788-07:00Maybe don't yell next time.Maybe don't yell next time.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-36178467042101018872016-09-01T06:00:13.923-07:002016-09-01T06:00:13.923-07:00THE ZIONIST NEO CON ISRAELI FIRSTERS WERE THE FIRS...THE ZIONIST NEO CON ISRAELI FIRSTERS WERE THE FIRST TO GET ON THEIR MSM S AND YELL TRAITOR RACEBAITER CRIMINAL MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY ETC.I PERSONALLY WILL NOT ATTEND ANY PUBLIC FUNCTION SPORTING EVENT AUTO RACING/NASCAR ETC BECAUSE I WOULD BE IN THAT PREDICAMENT.I JUST WENT TO A CAR SHOW IN A SMALL NO ILLINIOS TOWN .AND HAD NO IDEA THAT AT 12:00 NOON THEY WERE GOING TO GO INTO THIS MILITARY DIATRIBE.THEY HAD LOUD SPEAKERS SET UP TUNED TO THE HIGHEST DECIBEL THEN THEY GAVE PRAISE AND A PRAYER TO THE MILITARY ,THEN CAME THE ANTHEM AND LITERALLY EVERY PERSON STOOD AT ATTENTION AND EITHER SALUTED OF HAD THEIR HAND OVER THEIR HEART.I HID IN AN OBSCURE SPOT TO NOT BE SEEN AS I COULD NOT DO THAT.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103614947039972906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-83487225880879332152016-08-31T10:55:20.221-07:002016-08-31T10:55:20.221-07:00There is plenty of blame to go around (politicians...There is plenty of blame to go around (politicians, mothers who must put a positive spin on the senseless loss of a son, the people who stand and applaud in church every time a child announces he has "signed up to serve"), but the buck stops with the guy pulling the trigger. <br /><br />They join voluntarily, therefore they kill innocent people voluntarily.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-70481139479621503742016-08-31T10:23:57.821-07:002016-08-31T10:23:57.821-07:00What do the selfless troops do to defend against t...What do the selfless troops do to defend against the following predatory realities?<br /><br />(1) The income tax - is there anything more predatory than the proposition that some entity takes any portion of the fruits of one's labor? The more it is argued that such theft is wholesome or necessary, the more profligate it becomes.<br /><br />(2) Asset forfeiture, i.e., highway robbery perpetrated by the state's domestic privileged purveyors of violence. <br /><br />(3) The War on Cash - SARS (Suspicious Activity Reports) and all the rest. Is there anything more predatory than tracking the entirety of an individual's transactions?<br /><br />(4) The War on Drugs - nuff said.<br /><br />(5) Occupational licensure - <br /><br />(6) Gun laws - what could be more predatory than seeking to infringe, in any way, upon the absolute right of one to keep and bear arms?<br /><br />We live in a world that would be better off with a final solution for all those who would wear the imprimatur and uniform of Caesar. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-4146842507655897782016-08-31T08:54:34.220-07:002016-08-31T08:54:34.220-07:00It’s a bit of a conundrum. We live in a world tha...It’s a bit of a conundrum. We live in a world that most likely requires selfless (or not too bright) individuals to defend against predatory threats. However, the powers that be use them for aggressive purposes. Do you stigmatize the troops or the voters who are the prime cause of the misuse? The voters appear to be as at sea as the troops.<br /> TomO<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-49539775905940332902016-08-31T08:05:57.160-07:002016-08-31T08:05:57.160-07:00If the US were just 50 countries, I might actually...If the US were just 50 countries, I might actually watch international sporting events.C. Staytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396087766472554582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-54649734509051951092016-08-31T08:04:29.344-07:002016-08-31T08:04:29.344-07:00The US government has indoctrinated citizens into ...The US government has indoctrinated citizens into the myth of military heroism. What C.S. Lewis says about past national hero stories could be equally applied to our present military "hero" cult:<br /><br />"The actual history of every country is full of shabby and even shameful doings. The heroic stories, if taken to be typical, give a false impression of it and are often themselves open to serious historical criticism. Hence a patriotism based on our glorious past is fair game for the debunker. As knowledge increases it may snap and be converted into disillusioned cynicism, or may be maintained by a voluntary shutting of the eyes."C. Staytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396087766472554582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-79877641945115000692016-08-31T07:52:54.595-07:002016-08-31T07:52:54.595-07:00We should all sit - or even boo! Can you imagine ...We should all sit - or even boo! Can you imagine the fright of our rulers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com