tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post8747099827391176161..comments2024-03-28T06:37:07.024-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Fleet Weak 2017Aesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-76014748069777316512017-12-06T21:14:45.720-08:002017-12-06T21:14:45.720-08:00I was no kind of harsh on JD. The "yappiest p...I was no kind of harsh on JD. The "yappiest people" comments weren't intended in his direction at all.<br /><br />Simply noting that people that had never been anywhere but the US tend to have the rosiest opinions about there, and the worst about here, having no experience to base their imagination on.<br />It's also why everyone else is trying to get <i>here</i>, not anywhere else (except as a consolation prize), and the ones who make it here for the right reasons - like freedom, not just economic opportunity - are far harder on their home sh*tholes and their shortcomings than I ever would be.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-78810546475432717282017-12-06T18:35:32.427-08:002017-12-06T18:35:32.427-08:00Great response to James Dakin, Aesop. He's a ...Great response to James Dakin, Aesop. He's a 'thinker', which I respect, but he so often fights below his weight. It's likely that his tough circumstances cloud his discernment. But he is still an asset in the 'fight'. Don't be too hard on him.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488874925115370046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-60376296715009346462017-12-05T19:10:48.526-08:002017-12-05T19:10:48.526-08:00Got it: anarchy is better than rule of law.
Good l...Got it: anarchy is better than rule of law.<br />Good luck with that when things get sporty.<br />Mayhap visit Venezuela or Zimbabwe.<br /><br />And yes, they'd be shocked at the restrictions we put up with.<br />Mainly because they can't read to begin with.<br />I've seen the Third World, from Tijuana to Central America to western Asia, and I wouldn't give you so much as a popcorn fart for the deed to the whole shebang.<br /><br />As Bill Whittle pointed out, if things suck so hard here, go down to Key West, and tell me which way the raft traffic is going.<br /><br />When your map and the terrain don't match, it isn't the terrain that's wrong.<br />Anybody that thinks there's a better country anywhere else isn't paying close enough attention to reality, neither there or here.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-9241954097191597372017-12-05T17:17:05.438-08:002017-12-05T17:17:05.438-08:00Freest country on Earth. By what definition?
Sure...Freest country on Earth. By what definition?<br />Sure you can shout what a douche Trump is from the rooftops and nothing happens but so what?<br />Right now I'm in a third world shithole and the everyday folks are a whole lot freer than you or me in the States. They pretty much do what they want to.<br />Start a business, drive around, scratch their ass and nobody gives a good God damn. They'd be shocked at the restrictions we put up with. <br />They may have to bribe their way into some things like getting power or phoe service but what's the difference from paying some corporation or gov. body money to do the same?<br />Oh yeah, I do prefer to live in the States and part time an even more restricted place, Australia but free they fucking ain't.lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011213166003657827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-50394171566824903722017-12-05T15:13:53.851-08:002017-12-05T15:13:53.851-08:00“The society that separates its scholars from its ...“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” – Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (ca 410 BCE)<br /><br /><br />Pretty sure Aesop, that this about covers it in spades. Btw, as I am sure your aware, not enough amphibs to even move us any more, word has it though that is about to change, seems too that they are making room for you Long Arm of Decision boys new toys the Triple 7s.MarshFoxhttps://saltsageandshot.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-81089269015935225902017-12-05T14:39:48.026-08:002017-12-05T14:39:48.026-08:00That's the point, James: this is the best ther...That's the point, James: this <i>is</i> the best there is.<br />Everything else is south of us along the slope to hell.<br />That doesn't means it's the best it's ever been, or even close to what it once was.<br /><br />And invariably, the yappiest people about things are the ones with the least experience with anything elsewhere.<br />Dunning-Kruger meets poli sci.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-34022590660750992502017-12-05T12:17:18.894-08:002017-12-05T12:17:18.894-08:00Hmmm. Freest country on earth. Are you sure? Ho...Hmmm. Freest country on earth. Are you sure? How about the indefinite detention without charges? That kind of sounds like a Third World craphole dictatorship to me. So, we have the freedom to bitch about it, so what. The jingoism is getting a bit deep. Or is it The Delusion? No, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but that doesn't mean I'm under any illusions. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-41641075067068169522017-12-05T10:21:40.099-08:002017-12-05T10:21:40.099-08:00One positive freedom we've seen is gun rights....One positive freedom we've seen is gun rights. Kommiefornia notwithstanding, the rest of the nation has become much more gun-friendly. I'd also note that the misuse of our military has a silver lining in that storm cloud - we have a LOT more combat veterans in our population. Thanks to Obama, there's a lot more firearms in that population as well.<br /><br />Can Trump and Matthis fix the US military? We'll see, but if they can't, who can? tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.com