I voted for Trump, because let's honest; the Left has progressed so far into their agenda that, at this point in time, no one else but Trump has the steely spine to turn things around. But Trump can't do it alone. It will take Trump and the rest of us to save America.
Twenty-five years ago or so I used to correspond occassionally with some of the writers at NR Derbyshire, Dreher, Williamson, and - groan - even Goldberg. Derbyshire was memory-holed, Dreher went on to ponder religion, while all the rest appear to have had their brains stewed in swamp water. Old man Buckley may have been an elitist (in the good sense of the word) but he always had common sense. NR's current clowns, not so much.
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Oliver Anthony doesn't take sides in politics. He damns both parties and the entire D.C. system today. And we love it. Anthony hits a jackpot button in most people because the emotional screams in his lyrics finally give us sanity in this lunatic world. It is cathartic to listen to him.
He was attacked by NR because he is over the target. Epstein and Ped island owns the high-brow society which is why Epstein's lists will be buried by the FBI just like Hunter's laptop.
Satan is running America. Oliver Anthony is a modern day prophet. I'll follow the prophet.
Señor Suber: Thank you for a place to say the following. I had to vote my own party: Hillbillies and Rednecks. Don't let Andrew Breitbart have died in vain! Mark Antonio Wright is a self-righteous arsehole. Sadly, his tribe is very large. Therefore, I am so thankful for a place like this to be able to say that. Mil gracias.
Aug 15, 2023·edited Aug 15, 2023Liked by Don Surber
Guthrie got his…Huntingtons Chorea at 56. Not only do you punch out as basically a gibbering drooling idiot, early, but you never know which one of your Kids or Grandkids or Great Grandkids also get the ‘Door Prize’…and you are lucid enough long enough to understand that. For example his two older daughters also died from it. But he sounds like the kind of asshole who wouldn’t care. 8 kids from 3 wives…what do you think?
Sometimes people do things they know are wrong to get attention. Is the best response to give them attention? Or to let them alone so they can ponder the consequences? Perhaps we should not give attention to the NR...
It seems to me that there is truth on both sides of this argument. Like everything else in life, it is never is all one thing and none of the other. Yes, it is true that we have been betrayed by the globalist moneymen by their offshoring of what was formerly American industrial capacity, but one must ask why did they do so? Is it because a unionized workforce demanded more and more without concomitantly adding value to the thing they labored to produce? I ask this, not in an accusatory way, but simply as a reflection of reality. I have much sympathy for the sentiment expressed in Anthony's song, but I also believe that it remains true that opportunities are available for those who are willing and able to find them. "Willingness" and "ability" both are required, however. Those who lack one or both of these qualities will not find success, but that has ever been the case. The only constant in life is change, and "adapt or die" is not merely a biological maxim. What disturbs me more than our changing economic circumstances is the political pendulum that is swinging toward fascism (in its original sense, the welding together of industry and the state) and the iron grip of tyranny that grows stronger and tighter around our individual lives, which is the outgrowth and result of the laxity that prevails in our individual moral choices. If we, as individuals choose to not control ourselves and restrain our passions, the government will do it for us. The Founders knew this because of their familiarity with Holy Scripture; we have lost this familiarity and thus seen fit to abdicate personal responsibility, allowing/requiring government to step in and enforce strictures of its choice. These strictures may not be the ones we would freely choose, given the option, but they are and will always be enforced with considerable vigor nonetheless. And this, too, has ever been and will ever be true until Jesus comes. Which brings me to my final point, viz., that our physical lives are destined end, but our spiritual existence is everlasting. "How should we then live" in this world in order to prepare for the next is the only question of importance; every aspect of our physical existence shall end, whether good or bad, but the prospect of eternal bliss or damnation remains completely in our hands. The choice in this regard is entirely ours; let us aspire to choose wisely.
Don, all your posts, but especially this one make it so clear to me that all other journalists (or even so-called journalists) are so woefully under-educated in comparison to you. It isn't even a fair fight.
THANK YOU for educating us all to relevant history, even when we all knew all along what was correct in our 'gut'.
It is interesting that the Americans who joined the Communist Party or who joined Communist youth groups in the 1930's and '40s believed that Communism would protect the working man from "big business" that paid slave wages. None of them knew what Stalin was doing at the time, and if they were told the truth about Stalin they wouldn't have believed it. They idealized FDR, and socialism and communism because they thought these were good for the working man. Starting with Clinton, the so-called progressive movement forgot the working men and women of America, and chose the side of the globalist predators and crony capitalism of the CCP. They have brought crony capitalism to the US in which the working and middle class have lost tremendous wealth to the billionaire class, and they have brought totalitarianism with it.
The so called progressive movement is no longer about protecting workers from big business, it is about protecting the government allied with big business from the workers.
Here is an article that describes how the government created a cellular network that has two way communication with each election precinct in the country. Through this network they have been able to monitor the election and even change results since 2020.
Wright is wrong.
The condescension of Wright and NR is so deep, my chest waders are useless.
Redneck MAGA greetings to all.
I voted for Hillbillies and rednecks because they are the real Americans and they are the ones who will vote for Trump.
As to National Review - Bill Buckley wept.
I voted for Trump, because let's honest; the Left has progressed so far into their agenda that, at this point in time, no one else but Trump has the steely spine to turn things around. But Trump can't do it alone. It will take Trump and the rest of us to save America.
Once again Don, you hit it out of the park
So you are saying National Review is north of Richmond?
Twenty-five years ago or so I used to correspond occassionally with some of the writers at NR Derbyshire, Dreher, Williamson, and - groan - even Goldberg. Derbyshire was memory-holed, Dreher went on to ponder religion, while all the rest appear to have had their brains stewed in swamp water. Old man Buckley may have been an elitist (in the good sense of the word) but he always had common sense. NR's current clowns, not so much.
Oliver Anthony doesn't take sides in politics. He damns both parties and the entire D.C. system today. And we love it. Anthony hits a jackpot button in most people because the emotional screams in his lyrics finally give us sanity in this lunatic world. It is cathartic to listen to him.
He was attacked by NR because he is over the target. Epstein and Ped island owns the high-brow society which is why Epstein's lists will be buried by the FBI just like Hunter's laptop.
Satan is running America. Oliver Anthony is a modern day prophet. I'll follow the prophet.
Señor Suber: Thank you for a place to say the following. I had to vote my own party: Hillbillies and Rednecks. Don't let Andrew Breitbart have died in vain! Mark Antonio Wright is a self-righteous arsehole. Sadly, his tribe is very large. Therefore, I am so thankful for a place like this to be able to say that. Mil gracias.
Excellent work. The National Review should change its name to the National Uniparty.
Guthrie got his…Huntingtons Chorea at 56. Not only do you punch out as basically a gibbering drooling idiot, early, but you never know which one of your Kids or Grandkids or Great Grandkids also get the ‘Door Prize’…and you are lucid enough long enough to understand that. For example his two older daughters also died from it. But he sounds like the kind of asshole who wouldn’t care. 8 kids from 3 wives…what do you think?
Sometimes people do things they know are wrong to get attention. Is the best response to give them attention? Or to let them alone so they can ponder the consequences? Perhaps we should not give attention to the NR...
America--LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !
It seems to me that there is truth on both sides of this argument. Like everything else in life, it is never is all one thing and none of the other. Yes, it is true that we have been betrayed by the globalist moneymen by their offshoring of what was formerly American industrial capacity, but one must ask why did they do so? Is it because a unionized workforce demanded more and more without concomitantly adding value to the thing they labored to produce? I ask this, not in an accusatory way, but simply as a reflection of reality. I have much sympathy for the sentiment expressed in Anthony's song, but I also believe that it remains true that opportunities are available for those who are willing and able to find them. "Willingness" and "ability" both are required, however. Those who lack one or both of these qualities will not find success, but that has ever been the case. The only constant in life is change, and "adapt or die" is not merely a biological maxim. What disturbs me more than our changing economic circumstances is the political pendulum that is swinging toward fascism (in its original sense, the welding together of industry and the state) and the iron grip of tyranny that grows stronger and tighter around our individual lives, which is the outgrowth and result of the laxity that prevails in our individual moral choices. If we, as individuals choose to not control ourselves and restrain our passions, the government will do it for us. The Founders knew this because of their familiarity with Holy Scripture; we have lost this familiarity and thus seen fit to abdicate personal responsibility, allowing/requiring government to step in and enforce strictures of its choice. These strictures may not be the ones we would freely choose, given the option, but they are and will always be enforced with considerable vigor nonetheless. And this, too, has ever been and will ever be true until Jesus comes. Which brings me to my final point, viz., that our physical lives are destined end, but our spiritual existence is everlasting. "How should we then live" in this world in order to prepare for the next is the only question of importance; every aspect of our physical existence shall end, whether good or bad, but the prospect of eternal bliss or damnation remains completely in our hands. The choice in this regard is entirely ours; let us aspire to choose wisely.
in grade school and in scouts we sang this parody:
this land is my land
this land ain't your land
i got a shotgun
and you ain't got one
if you don't get off
i'll blow your head off
this land is private property
Don, all your posts, but especially this one make it so clear to me that all other journalists (or even so-called journalists) are so woefully under-educated in comparison to you. It isn't even a fair fight.
THANK YOU for educating us all to relevant history, even when we all knew all along what was correct in our 'gut'.
It is interesting that the Americans who joined the Communist Party or who joined Communist youth groups in the 1930's and '40s believed that Communism would protect the working man from "big business" that paid slave wages. None of them knew what Stalin was doing at the time, and if they were told the truth about Stalin they wouldn't have believed it. They idealized FDR, and socialism and communism because they thought these were good for the working man. Starting with Clinton, the so-called progressive movement forgot the working men and women of America, and chose the side of the globalist predators and crony capitalism of the CCP. They have brought crony capitalism to the US in which the working and middle class have lost tremendous wealth to the billionaire class, and they have brought totalitarianism with it.
The so called progressive movement is no longer about protecting workers from big business, it is about protecting the government allied with big business from the workers.
Here is an article that describes how the government created a cellular network that has two way communication with each election precinct in the country. Through this network they have been able to monitor the election and even change results since 2020.
https://www.israpundit.org/report-engineers-discover-nationwide-cellular-network-connects-election-equipment-and-gives-federal-government-access-to-election-systems-at-precinct-level/comment-page-1/#comment-63356000264571