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14 years ago @ Big Peace - Library Of Congress Fu... · 0 replies · +3 points

Actually I've noticed that during pledge weeks PBS always run shows that appeal to those who aren't flaming leftists--like programs on the Battle of the Bulge, the Civil War, etc.

Then after they rake in the money from the suckers they revert to the usual left-wing propaganda.

14 years ago @ Big Peace - Library Of Congress Fu... · 0 replies · +1 points

Lordy, I'll never grow a beard again!

15 years ago @ Big Peace - Intelligence Report: L... · 0 replies · +2 points

Well said, usvrsthem. I'll have to remember your phrase "the movement of unintended consequences."

15 years ago @ Big Peace - Intelligence Report: L... · 2 replies · +9 points

Part of the reason for this behavior is the Left cannot use facts to state their case, because the facts do not support their causes. They are very much based on emotion, inner guilt and narcissism.

15 years ago @ Big Peace - Intelligence Report: L... · 0 replies · +11 points

Some non-Muslim "antifa" Leftists created a major disturbance in Germany at an event with Robert Spencer recently. They used familiar Brownshirt tactics--the kind that we've seen in this country too, in places like Madison, WI and on many college campuses....
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=43957

15 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Today's Open Thread: #... · 0 replies · +1 points

I agree with you about Stanwyck!

15 years ago @ Big Peace - D-Day: 67 Years Ago T... · 0 replies · +4 points

Thanks gawnit. Since I'm a Baby Boomer myself I didn't see any reason to mince words. Of course there are lots of us who either always stayed faithful to America, or like me, came back to reality eventually. But with the way so many of us flew the flag of the New Left, we've almost destroyed this great country.

15 years ago @ Big Peace - D-Day: 67 Years Ago T... · 2 replies · +5 points

[part 2...] This all went into a tailspin when we Baby Boomers got into positions of influence. And oh, yes, in recent years Baby Boomers have loudly been making what are supposedly tributes to "The Greatest Generation," but look more closely. The movie "Saving Private Ryan" is really a celebration of liberal, self-absorbed, unpatriotic Baby Boomerism. But we can still hope to have more good, strong leaders and more courageous people in the days ahead. We already have good people like Paul Ryan, Herman Cain and Sarah Palin fighting hard for American values, along with lots of other unsung people.

We've lost a lot of ground in the last 45 years, but if we work hard and bravely we just might make our country worthy again of the respect of the men who fought in D-Day.

15 years ago @ Big Peace - D-Day: 67 Years Ago T... · 0 replies · +5 points

"Our men were courageous and our leaders strong"

--Yes they were. Those men and the Americans who got through the Great Depression were as a whole better than we are as a whole. But I don't believe in the label, "The Greatest Generation." There have been many other great generations over the years, such as:

--those who settled North America and carved out colonies where liberty started growing

--those who fought and won the American Revolution

--those who fought the Civil War, a tragic, terrible time for all, but one that was filled with greatness

--those who built American free enterprise and a booming economy, from the early period of English colonization onwards

--the many generations, from our beginnings as 13 colonies into the 20th century, who worked hard, saved, sacrificed for their families, communities and country, and believed in self-reliance

15 years ago @ Big Government - The Law: What Is Liberty? · 0 replies · +1 points

There is a movie which is effective in showing Robespierre, St. Just and Billaud-Varennes in action: "Danton" from the early 1980's. It might not be the easiest movie to find these days, but it is very worthwhile. When I saw it back in the 80's I was a leftist college student, and it helped change my point of view. It was made by the Polish filmmaker Wajda, and in addition to relating some of the events of the French Revolution, it was also an indirect comment on the ravages of Communism in Poland.

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