tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post715894486403022472..comments2023-10-16T06:34:49.367-05:00Comments on Old Whig's Brain Dump: The Tenth Amendment informs me that today is the bicentennialAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-70885278187065617772009-06-17T10:44:02.040-05:002009-06-17T10:44:02.040-05:00Yup and though they are not yet I would feed cloth...Yup and though they are not yet I would feed cloth and house them tend to there medical needs and more.<br /><br />Bandage there wounds and treat them well in captivity.<br /><br />Presents quite a conundrum for you doesn't it Prob.. <br /><br />I say that truth is in history. That the greatest nation to date is the nation which has brought a more humane attitude to mankind. That be us. <br /Starsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-27901253232403366902009-06-12T09:33:04.581-05:002009-06-12T09:33:04.581-05:00I believe Ron has said as much.I believe Ron has said as much.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-73039268440244706752009-06-11T02:26:12.943-05:002009-06-11T02:26:12.943-05:00As for "intervention" - a diplomats word...As for "intervention" - a diplomats word that I think is far more accurate - take as an example the action taken by NZ and Australia in Solomon Islands.<br /><br />The force is predominantly police and is known by the acronym of RAMSI.<br /><br />As was the case in Timor L'Este, the NZ and Australian forces were not landed until a formal request for assistance was made by the The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-10089683453946146242009-06-11T02:15:29.775-05:002009-06-11T02:15:29.775-05:00What do you mean by "interlopers"?
Are ...What do you mean by "interlopers"?<br /><br />Are Palestinians "interlopers" in the Levant? There are many who say "yes", and equally as many who say "no".<br /><br />The Ibo had always lived in the southeast corner of Nigeria, and equally as important, Cameroon. They were suppressed, politically and actively, by tribes from the north and west. The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-51061765322025234502009-06-10T09:16:30.403-05:002009-06-10T09:16:30.403-05:00Yes, I remember Biafra.
The question is, though,...Yes, I remember Biafra. <br /><br />The question is, though, what can a bunch of interlopers do? All we have to work with are guns and money. What evidence do you have that interloping works?Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-9381586508657923192009-06-10T08:30:32.467-05:002009-06-10T08:30:32.467-05:00I will be like the fish that eats the bate off th...I will be like the fish that eats the bate off the hook. :)Starsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-47478616029657589502009-06-10T03:32:49.116-05:002009-06-10T03:32:49.116-05:00"Where would the Hutu/Tutsi distinction be wi...<i>"Where would the Hutu/Tutsi distinction be without statists?"</i><br /><br />Probably very much the same, except that the killing might the other way around. <br /><br />They are separate "tribes", and I put that in quotes because they consider themselves "separate peoples", perhaps even "separate nations"; much like Germans and French, or Norse The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-1218214935274895482009-06-09T22:30:14.670-05:002009-06-09T22:30:14.670-05:00Where would the Hutu/Tutsi distinction be without ...Where would the Hutu/Tutsi distinction be without statists?<br /><br />Ron, I just want evidence. I see the lack of it. The evidence I've seen is only that there are places it might possibly be hiding. There is certainly evidence that people act on ideas and that early Americans were acting on ideas from the Bible, though the design of the government doesn't come from there. There areAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-81766398564252587772009-06-09T21:55:08.598-05:002009-06-09T21:55:08.598-05:00I have always been a big fan of Thomas Paine. The...I have always been a big fan of Thomas Paine. The introduction of his <em>Common Sense</em> is one of my favorite, simple explanations of government. (The rest of the book is mostly about how King George is a big fat doody head.)<br /><br />As for the Christian bent to the Constitutional government of this country, the concept of a democratic republic comes from the various heathen peoples, notLibertyBobhttp://www.libertybob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-42994475231221495812009-06-09T20:45:07.602-05:002009-06-09T20:45:07.602-05:00Now now who is being dismisive.Now now who is being dismisive.Starsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-67291114673947796302009-06-09T20:13:05.418-05:002009-06-09T20:13:05.418-05:00Seeing that the religion card has been played alre...Seeing that the religion card has been played already I'll toss this thought into the mix -<br /><br />"<i>The moral of the story is simple: When people see their interests threatened by another group, this perception brings out the most belligerent parts of their religion. Such circumstances are good news for violent extremists and bad news for moderates. </i><br /><br />That quote is The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-35854760435258418362009-06-09T14:38:00.515-05:002009-06-09T14:38:00.515-05:00I actually hadn't noticed anything worth picki...I actually hadn't noticed anything worth picking up since I picked this fight.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-14918870488366299552009-06-09T08:56:46.277-05:002009-06-09T08:56:46.277-05:00Ah......your overlooking the fact that I also said...Ah......your overlooking the fact that I also said that the manipulators were busy with a war.<br />Whence the war won money-ipulators went back to manipulating and keerash went the economy,just like this recession.<br /><br />Also if they weren't predominantly Christian why the Christian bend to the Constitution.<br /><br />No need it they weren't predominantly Christian.<br /><br />AlsoStarsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-77281053669412794422009-06-08T22:56:34.831-05:002009-06-08T22:56:34.831-05:00Somalia is a place infected with hyper-religiosity...Somalia is a place infected with hyper-religiosity.<br /><br />Ron, "Only because the vast majority of the people were Christians was there order" is an unproven assertion. The colonies in America were founded, certainly, by Christians who had in common the fact that they were sick and tired of the religious wars of Europe's recent past, but I'd say that the fact that there wasAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-119808671353105172009-06-08T19:40:17.621-05:002009-06-08T19:40:17.621-05:00Heh! Good luck in the days of the Wild West...
Y...Heh! Good luck in the days of the Wild West...<br /><br />You want to find out what it would be like without "government"? Head for Somalia.The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-87539664358637398592009-06-08T19:11:17.055-05:002009-06-08T19:11:17.055-05:00Only because the vast majority of the people were ...Only because the vast majority of the people were Christians was there order. Only. And the powers that were then were as Paine said were occupied. Ofter the war once men of money and influence were once again free to kanive they did and wrecked the money just like today. There was hyper inflation and a whole lot of grumbling to the point that if constatutional convention had not of been Starsplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104986136505112560noreply@blogger.com