tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post4958503719452528498..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: The American Republic's Crisis Of Authority And Legitimacymark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-65123384920053502482021-01-05T06:09:45.793-06:002021-01-05T06:09:45.793-06:00Very nice. John AndraVery nice. John AndraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84649898748409469532021-01-04T14:45:45.701-06:002021-01-04T14:45:45.701-06:00Seems to me self-determination was largely the poi...Seems to me self-determination was largely the point. If one, or multiple, generation/s fail in honor or virtuosity it hardly seems fair to complain that some distant ancestor didn't bind them in such a manner as to relieve them of the burdens of agency. But then life is typically unfair.<br /><br />The DS has been built one brick at a time. Millions, across multiple generations, have had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-20710696912487053632021-01-04T13:15:15.482-06:002021-01-04T13:15:15.482-06:00Not "may be" ...Not "may be" ...mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-4354021014611433912021-01-04T13:05:51.403-06:002021-01-04T13:05:51.403-06:00Nixon probably could have survived all the theatre...Nixon probably could have survived all the theatre about Watergate. What compelled him to give up was a bunch of little old ladies in Nebraska discovering he was a potty-mouth in the oval office. That was a political battle he knew he could not win. <br /> Less "sophisticated" times.<br />Tom S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11537252630228113432021-01-04T12:39:43.720-06:002021-01-04T12:39:43.720-06:00Not sure if anyone else is reading "The Fourt...Not sure if anyone else is reading "The Fourth Turning" by Strauss and Howe. I am well into it now and highly recommend for the current Crisis. It is directly relevant to Mark's excellent post here as the authors predicted that America would enter the cyclical "Crisis" phase sometime in the 2020s--- and this was written in 1997! <br /><br />One valuable insight of the bookTschifty Mccoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145718212696956164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29500718634179701102021-01-04T12:22:38.293-06:002021-01-04T12:22:38.293-06:00Mega dittoes to that final sentiment DM.Mega dittoes to that final sentiment DM.Tschifty Mccoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145718212696956164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18355483591981074332021-01-04T10:49:39.111-06:002021-01-04T10:49:39.111-06:00In the next grand experiment, the people must expl...In the next grand experiment, the people must explicitly design their founding documents to actively and perpetually limit the power and authority of Leviathan. The cynic in me knows that some level of "bureaucracy" is crucial to a modern state, but IMO, it is a blindspot of the founding fathers that they presumed we would always act for individual liberty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-89019112231062732342021-01-04T10:14:47.439-06:002021-01-04T10:14:47.439-06:00Watergate was the first successful attempt by an e...Watergate was the first successful attempt by an entrenched, unelected bureaucracy, and their friends in the liberal media, to topple a legitimately elected Republican president. The burglary itself was a nothing burger.<br /><br />WaPo, with help from slimeball Mark Felt (FBI), was able to turn a molehill into a mountain. True, Nixon was his own worst enemy, embarking on a stupid coverup, and Titan 28https://www.blogger.com/profile/09046922743675836512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-12884224836983609982021-01-04T09:07:15.197-06:002021-01-04T09:07:15.197-06:00Great article, Mark, thank you.
msoGreat article, Mark, thank you.<br /><br />msoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81110898445626054512021-01-03T21:29:33.097-06:002021-01-03T21:29:33.097-06:00I'm a strong believer that the convergence of ...I'm a strong believer that the convergence of unforeseeable events can change the political culture. It happened in the sixties and I suspect it is happening again, only this time to shift the country rightward. Attempts to stifle that shift are part of the process, as are the responses -- sometimes violent -- to those attempts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-54116626173352467042021-01-03T19:56:54.291-06:002021-01-03T19:56:54.291-06:00Your discussion of 'authority' and 'le...Your discussion of 'authority' and 'legitimacy' is refreshing, and a reminder of just how serious all this stuff is.<br /><br />But may I suggest that Casey is hardly the most important modern-day SCOTUS breach of 'authority; its rejection of Natural Law in Roe was a predicate for Casey. (Yes, Dred Scott was just as evil for the same reasons, but that's not 'Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-39668690673428646802021-01-03T18:11:50.971-06:002021-01-03T18:11:50.971-06:00I have a way to deprogram Atkins and it only leave...I have a way to deprogram Atkins and it only leaves a very small opening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-52466666616318002562021-01-03T18:09:50.434-06:002021-01-03T18:09:50.434-06:00There is MUCH packed in this article. 1st thing t...There is MUCH packed in this article. 1st thing that hit my mind was the 3 newest SC members... intended to align to Scalia in many respects but obviously not completely. Would think they would have a grasp on the Founder's authority and legitimacy intent. <br /><br />2nd) the shift to a more progressive style e.g. thought process, social agendas, and progressivism in general is merely (AmericanCardiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905240590569993870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11918823128374583172021-01-03T17:12:16.195-06:002021-01-03T17:12:16.195-06:00According to this Atkins' web page, his
"...According to this Atkins' web page, his <br />"term on the DNC does not officially begin until the close of this year's Democratic National Convention." (2020)<br />In any case, his stuff about "how *do* you deprogram 75 million people?” is *classic* Stalinistic.aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17422321198384348852021-01-03T16:39:09.955-06:002021-01-03T16:39:09.955-06:00"The much anticipated prospect of coercing de..."The much anticipated prospect of coercing deplorables against their consciences has become ever more open and explicit in Prog fantasies."<br /><br />Relevant to this is an article by Jordan Alexander Hill, at <br />https://quillette.com/2021/01/03/return-of-the-strong-gods-understanding-the-new-right/ , which starts with <br /><br />< In mid-November, just two weeks after one of aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-15385851421656484282021-01-03T16:33:37.751-06:002021-01-03T16:33:37.751-06:00Wow! Is your keyboard smoking?
I still back up a...Wow! Is your keyboard smoking? <br /><br />I still back up a century + on our failures towards maintaining constitutional authority but I get the gust of it and am in agreement. How we got here only really applies when / if we are considering change. <br /><br />Yes, feature vs bug is a more accurate description. <br /><br />The republican hawking is another "feature" of sorts. The longdevilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256049667739001018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46826526061295014752021-01-03T16:06:27.533-06:002021-01-03T16:06:27.533-06:00And so it ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
S...And so it ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.<br /><br />Sad.Mojlnirnoreply@blogger.com