tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post2573085290917456116..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: Common Sense About State SecretsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-90231370770012909642010-02-26T16:23:10.083-06:002010-02-26T16:23:10.083-06:00Kathy,
Yep, lots of Anons ... we should start a 1...Kathy,<br /><br />Yep, lots of Anons ... we should start a 12 step program perhaps ...Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-21996952718981031692010-02-26T14:07:23.333-06:002010-02-26T14:07:23.333-06:00Found your blog from the link you left on HP. I wi...Found your blog from the link you left on HP. I will add it to at least one of my blogs, and to my reader on blogspot. <br /><br />I must say there are quite a few posting comments here, with the same name, Anonymous. :)Kathy Podgershttp://shoe08.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-40122617445736731332009-12-30T00:02:17.444-06:002009-12-30T00:02:17.444-06:00I never thought of it like that, but it really is ...I never thought of it like that, but it really is true. <br /><a href="http://www.ghostpapers.com/" rel="nofollow">Term papers</a>daniel johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542612372929827946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-61222354797210518752009-04-18T09:04:00.000-05:002009-04-18T09:04:00.000-05:00Anonymous (7:45 PM),
Administrations and Congress...<B>Anonymous (7:45 PM)</B>,<br /><br />Administrations and Congress are subservient to the vast military in a very real sense.<br /><br />The article <A HREF="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/04/economy-of-destruction-reaps-poverty.html" REL="nofollow">Economy of Destruction</A> and others it links to show that most military money, which is power, comes from the treasury.<br /><br /><B>Anonymous (7:48)</B>,<br /><br />You said "I think it is disengenous to think that all that govern are evil doers". I didn't say that so I agree with you.<br /><br />It is power that corrupts and I give a formula for that <A HREF="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/04/toxins-within-power.html" REL="nofollow">Toxins Within Power</A>. Anyone will become corrupt when exposed unless they master it.<br /><br /><B>Anonymous (8:21)</B>,<br /><br />You said "when those secrets serve humanity". That is in the eye of the beholder. The struggle is "who is to be the beholder". In our open society theory the people are the masters when it comes to deciding what they think is serving humanity.<br /><br /><B>Anonymous (8:37)</B>,<br /><br />You said "When war is actual war, that is one thing" ... Madison explains that as does Eisenhower in the link to his speech. A permanent military that spends most of the money is the grave danger they warned about.<br /><br /><B>Anonymous (9:48)</B>,<br /><br />You said "So if war is not the answer, what is your answer to those who spend every second and every breath hating the United States of America and its citizens?"<br /><br />It depends on their mental construct. If theirs is like yours it will be more difficult to settle differences without war. <br /><br />If they realize <A HREF="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/04/find-and-you-shall-seek.html" REL="nofollow">we are all doomed unless we find another planet to live on</A>, and take care of this one in the interim, it may be resolved without war.<br /><br />I admit that since <A HREF="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/04/too-big-to-stop-killing-war-class.html" REL="nofollow">we spend more on military killing machines than all the rest of the nations of the world combined</A>, it would take a mental revolution to accomplish the task.<br /><br />But if we are left to war to solve problems within our species then we are doomed for certain.<br /><br /><B>Anonymous (11:13)</B>,<br /><br />You said "Great post. More Americans should read Madison, Jefferson and Paine, in particular."<br /><br />Thanks, and I agree we should read more of them.<br /><br /><B>Chicken Little</B>,<br /><br />Keep working on the problems and sharing your thoughts. Thanks.<br /><br /><B>Anonymous (12:35)</B>,<br /><br />You said "One of Madison's worst". Go to the link in the article where General and President Eisenhower said what Madison said in even stronger words. That warning of Eisenhower's address is most remembered.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-85073577126396618782009-04-18T02:35:00.000-05:002009-04-18T02:35:00.000-05:00One of Madison's worst.
You'll notice the title "o...One of Madison's worst.<br />You'll notice the title "observations, "<br />due to the fact that none of the assertions are substantiated with anything more than an appeal to his supposed authority or expertise.<br /><br />In 1795, the country was younger than the average video game enthusiast, and had no track record of warmongering or corruption.<br />He was speaking about the history of Europe.<br />Our government is supposed to have checks and balances to prevent a repeat of that history.<br /><br />But he did warn that debt and taxes are two of the three worst things we could experience. These are within the realm of the congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-71982845292031591212009-04-18T01:29:00.000-05:002009-04-18T01:29:00.000-05:00Your argument is very valid and it has been proven...Your argument is very valid and it has been proven far too many times. <br /><br />The question has become, "What is the Citizenry to do about this problem" Do we choose leader that we can trust in time of war to use their power with restraint? (Eisenhower engaged in War as a President knowing the dangers of his own actions).<br />Or do we elect leaders that we are not certain how they would act under the circumstances of war. President Bush reacted to an attack on U.S. soil directly against the enemies that brought us 9/11 but then used his executive war powers to extend that war to Iraq probably for personal reasons.<br />President Obama is using the powers of war directly against the citizentry. Taking over U.S Corporations and firing their C.E.O.'s under the vail of an economic meltdown that can be averted by taking our resources being spent in Iraq and Afganistan is the same as condoning the war. <br />President Bush declared a war on terrorism. President Obama quickly change the name of this war, and declared a war on American Capitalism. By keeping the military engaged overseas, he makes sure the generals are not thinking of a coupe. South American presidents have done this for years. Chavez is the last one to use this tactics. <br />Beware of the Communist society coming our way.Ed Jaramillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12762524063589987022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-72171954442869797102009-04-18T01:13:00.000-05:002009-04-18T01:13:00.000-05:00Great post. More Americans should read Madison, J...Great post. More Americans should read Madison, Jefferson and Paine, in particular. Most have no idea just how foreward-thinking these men were and how applicable things like the Federalist Papers and "Common Sense" are to todayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-25865463622583450992009-04-17T23:48:00.000-05:002009-04-17T23:48:00.000-05:00So if war is not the answer, what is your answer t...So if war is not the answer, what is your answer to those who spend every second and every breath hating the United States of America and its citizens? 9/11 may not only be a memory, it could also be the future if the "drunk on change" folks do not wake up and realize that there are still jihadists out there, and their #1 goal is to kill Americans. I do not like war-husbands die, wive's die, children die, and people are forced to endure tragedies that no person should ever have to endure. However, hate is real and it exists throughout this world. So, no matter what we want, war is a reality--the problem is that no one is willing to fight a war the way it must be fought to win. America was established as an independent country. The American government should do what is necessary to protect Americans, not seduce Americans to be like everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-40473806715055851222009-04-17T22:37:00.000-05:002009-04-17T22:37:00.000-05:00Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhap...Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded.<br /><br />Yes indeed. When war is actual war, that is one thing. But what if war is merely a way of thinking? Such as when FDR introduced the <br />word WAR to describe a WAR ON IGNORANCE,<br />(FDR's words, not mine)? What about a WAR ON POVERTY? Equally scary. By the time things got to the WAR ON CANCER history was repeating itself, this time as farce. <br /><br />Is it no wonder we still have ignorance,<br />still have poverty, and still have cancer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-5464577395708343202009-04-17T22:21:00.000-05:002009-04-17T22:21:00.000-05:00But when those secrets serve humanity, are they no...But when those secrets serve humanity, are they not good?<br /><br />The Internet created an avenue for spreading knowledge for making fertilizer bombs.... and since most state-sponsored public schools and libraries left that knowledge out of the mainstream, we did not see many big booms in public until the advent of ths net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-24675182038585085982009-04-17T21:48:00.000-05:002009-04-17T21:48:00.000-05:00the "they" who spend our money are elected officia...the "they" who spend our money are elected officials of the people. It is not us against them. It is us against us. I appreciate your efforts to educate us, but I think it is disengenous to think that all that govern are evil doers. We are evil doers...look around you. Government officials are not different than us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-76668635401339309522009-04-17T21:45:00.000-05:002009-04-17T21:45:00.000-05:00What do you propose we do about the current admini...What do you propose we do about the current administration who evidently know that they still possess many executive priviledges because of 2 ongoing wars? <br /> I think we should invoke the Declaration of Independence because it allows us to refrain and object to the tyranny that has taken the form of the u.s. government, which is the two party republic that we have now, it has been converted to a fascist state in the span of 4 decades. <br /> We all know power does corrupt, but there are people behind the goverments with the big money and big handed political agenda's that seek to gain more wealth and prosperity for their respective families. It does them no good to have intellectual minds working against their b.s., so what do they do? They take funding away from schools and promote more jiving and idiocy in the mediocrity that surrounds the young and old everyday. <br /><br />Sir, we are dealing with a powerful serpent with powers that are awesome and dangerous. We definitely need to do something...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com