RE: "I wouldn't worry too much about libertarians being ridiculed.
Remember the old saying, "He who laughs last, laughs best."
That's fine if your goal is for YOU to be prepared to crawl into YOUR
bunker and protect YOUR relatively insignificant backside. If, on the
other hand, one's goal is to try to educate and convince others of the
wisdom of the noble and just cause (in this case, Ron Paul's candidacy
and principles), and by doing so to advance the cause in a peaceful
(gasp!) and non-threatening (gasp!) manner for the benefit of all,
then such an attitude is particularly selfish, juvenile, and
counterproductive. It's the sort of rationale the preachers use on
their subjects: "If you don't do what I tell you you ought to do
(including sending me your money), then you're going to burn, baby,
burn! And, I'll have the last laugh.
It is quite striking to me how many "Christian" folk, particularly in
this buckle of the bible belt, are so (1) quick to take up arms
against fellow humans and (2) so focused on preserving their own
little pitiful kingdoms and progratives, at the expense of the common
good, when the two are in apparent conflict. These traits remind me
of those I associate with the criminals who use up oxygen in public
buildings in Washington DC.
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On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Rocky <[address removed]> wrote:
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> I just spent all afternoon "cleanin' 'em and loadin' 'em." Spent all
> afternoon Friday "preparin' to use 'em" - 300 rounds worth anyway.
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> Yeah, I agree that it was curious that Evensen called out the
> African-American ministers and gave a pass to the blood-thirsty fascist
> white ministers - especially given that Rev. Wright reminded me of Dr Paul
> in many of his remarks. I suspect that it will be the ministers of the white
> churches who will be most eager to get on the "Clergy Response Team"
> bandwagon, as well.
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> I wouldn't worry too much about libertarians being ridiculed. Remember the
> old saying, "He who laughs last, laughs best."
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> And I don't know if Eversen's lord told him to "Clean 'em, load 'em, stack
> 'em and prepare to use 'em", but common sense should certainly be whispering
> something like that in everyone's ear.
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> Rocky
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> "...distracting people at the mid-point of their all-too-quick mental
> journeys from 'It would be nice if...' to 'There oughta be a law!' " -
> stolen from Starchild
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> --- On Sun, 5/11/08, Thomas Paine <[address removed]> wrote:
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> From: Thomas Paine <[address removed]>
> Subject: Re: [ronpaul-570] The four horseman
> To: [address removed]
> Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008, 7:23 PM
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> He provides a handy list of
> preachers that he says "pretend to speak for their followers while
> chasing stardom and money that is their true god and their real goal
> in life." His list is comprised of Jeremiah Wright, Jesse Jackson,
> and Al Sharpton. (Notably, all black folk.) It is curious that
> preachers Rod Parsley and John Hagee, two of the wild-eyed
> televangelists that are among John McInsane's spiritual advisers, are
> not included on Mr. Evensen's list. Perhaps that's because Parsley
> and Hagee also extort treasure from their hapless audiences and chase
> "stardom and money" by making frequent references to mythological
> end-times features. Mr. Evensen's appeal for "donations" in the
> middle of his essay is noted.
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> The profound and most original slogan at the head of Mr. Evensen's web
> site is: "Clean 'em, load 'em, stack 'em, and prepare to use
> 'em!"
> With characters like this around to provide fodder for the rhetorical
> cannons, the job of ridiculing libertarians is made an easy one.
> And, providing such a link on a board associated with Ron Paul,
> belittles and besmirches that for which Ron Paul has worked and
> advocates.
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> At the foot of Mr. Evensen's web site is this quotation: "As for me
> and my household, we will serve the Lord." Apparently, Mr. Evensen's
> lord told him to "Clean 'em, load 'em, stack 'em, and prepare
> to use
> 'em!" I wouldn't know whether to fear more "the
> authorities" and the
> hungry hordes, or Mr. Evensen in his cowboy hat, string tie and suit
> costume.
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