When fascism came to America it came clutching a bible and waving the flag. On January 20, 2025. A ll worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building, and meeting; and, faithful to the commands of an eminent Guru, set about realizing the Truth. That alone is the best of religious observances. Milarepa Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. Rumi Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom. Rumi Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future . ...
Yeah, he's a fun one. Melo-demagogist extraordinaire.
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Right. Allen West was forced to retire from the army or face court martial for torturing a prisoner in his custody. He also lost his House seat -- rejected by the people in his own district. All he has is bombast and factless accusations that play into the hands of his low-information followers.
ReplyDeleteThose are the same people who apparently have forgotten who actually illegally sold weapons to Iran -- an enemy of the U.S.
Les, I saw where this video was posted. What else would anyone expect from a blog that promotes and glorifies pornography, racism, and antisemitism. One doesn't expect those folks to know a fact if it sat on their face.
It is no wonder they'd choose Allen West, a loser, as someone to back up their "false facts".
You are correct Shaw and certainly the crowd of which you speak eat hid brand for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
ReplyDeleteWhat is unnerving is his play to extreme nationalism and militarism. Shades of facism. There are many who blindly refuse to see this.
"The Ominous Parallels"... Parallels Between Rightwing America and Nazi Germany. A book by Professor Leonard Piekoff written in the early
eighties remains true today.