Makes me wonder – you a Heinlien fan, Chris? Cuz damn if’in the DD Crew isn’t starting to look a LOT like the Lasarus Long family, horniness, gingers and all!
Well, Mr. Muir?
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
Here’s hoping it’s a long time before any of the Owens clan has to meet the last item on that list, although I think Jack did check that box, most gallantly.
January 2, 2024 at 11:15 am
Chris+muir
Never read Heinlein actually
January 2, 2024 at 6:01 am
Lergnom
Bravo, Sam, on number 4. Let’s just hope it’s Lazarus Long, and not ‘Farnham’s Freehold’.
Stay safe
We must fix the legal system to make marriage a attractive proposition to the American Male. If a man gets married he throws the dice. According to the statistics I’ve read, a man has a 1 in 5 chance that his marriage will be successful. If it isn’t then he will have a far worse outcome than the female.
With a collection of “screeching feminists”, bitchy karens”, and raving fans of moslum rapists/killers most young men of any Quality are hiding out and praying to avoid them.
To make marriage attractive to the American Male we must also make marriage attractive to the American Female, otherwise she’ll never marry him in the first place. Here’s a couple numbers for you:
The first number is $37k/yr. That’s how much an unmarried mother of two can get, cash equivalent, from the state. But only if she’s unmarried and that doesn’t include any child support that we’ll ignore for the moment. Let’s say a modest man wants to spend $10k/yr on himself. Well then he needs to earn $47k/yr to be a potential replacement, right? Nope, see that $37k/yr is tax-free, so he needs to out-earn after taxes which means he really needs to earn $60k/yr or more. So what percentage of men earn $60k/yr or more? Less than 1/3rd.
So that’s why Bureaugamy (Marriage to the State), is keeping actual marriages from happening and causing a lot of kids to be raised in single-mother households. And we all know how well kids raised by single-mothers turn out….
So how do you fix this? How to dismantle the welfare state so that men are an actual alternative to government? Well then the second number comes into play: 56%. Women control 56% of suffrage. The adult population is 52% and change female, and the other just over 3% difference comes from disenfranchised felons. So there is no way to end the welfare state, nor the anti-male divorce laws, without ending women’s suffrage. And considering that ending women’s suffrage would not only destroy the Democrat party but also result in ending tons of government jobs both directly (welfare offices and the like) and indirectly (shrinking of government once men control suffrage), they’re not going to let that happen so there is no chance of an amendment repealing the 19th.
That’s why the only solution within our control is revolution. Alternatives are patriarchal religious resurgence or extra-terrestrial invasion, but neither have good odds of occurrence.
The ‘essential’ Heinlein Three are
“Starship Troopers” (read the book, the movies suck)
“The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”
“Stranger In A Strange Land”, uncut version.
Thinking Muir’s exposure to Heinlein is like mine, limited to the excellent choices and quotes from the gallery right here, all the editing and cherry-picking already done. Thank y’all!
Didn’t sing, but man could he herd them sheep! And far from annoying him, he LIKED it! Especially that last part…”That’ll do Pig…that’ll do.”
January 2, 2024 at 4:36 pm
ULTRA-MAGA TOP DAWG JTC
None more memorable, or more true, than this…
“Ignorance is curable. Stupid is forever.”
Which Larry eventually admitted, was the source of his brilliant “Cain’t fix stupid.” Smarter and more well-read than those other posers like Foxworthy.
January 2, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Vince
For a little lighter Heinlein reading, I would suggest ‘Have Spacesuit Will Travel’, written in 1958 for teenage boys.
John Wyndham, Ray Bradbury, Heinlein, Philip Dick, ACClarke, Asimov, Richard Matheson but maybe most challenging Philip Wylie all filled my Sci-Fi fixes in 60’s.
For me, Heinlein’s best quote and one I repeat far too frequently, is:
“Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”
–Robert Heinlein
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Doing her part for the gene pool.
She is…feisty lot she cranks out too, gonna need a lot more like that!
Makes me wonder – you a Heinlien fan, Chris? Cuz damn if’in the DD Crew isn’t starting to look a LOT like the Lasarus Long family, horniness, gingers and all!
Well, Mr. Muir?
Not to mention the interesting skill sets…
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
Here’s hoping it’s a long time before any of the Owens clan has to meet the last item on that list, although I think Jack did check that box, most gallantly.
Never read Heinlein actually
Bravo, Sam, on number 4. Let’s just hope it’s Lazarus Long, and not ‘Farnham’s Freehold’.
Stay safe
WHAT????
Really?
Go, Sam!
Mari, Kiko,…who am I missing?
The boy. Samuel I think is his name.
Four is good. One for Mom. One for Dad. One for America. And one more, just in case.
We must fix the legal system to make marriage a attractive proposition to the American Male. If a man gets married he throws the dice. According to the statistics I’ve read, a man has a 1 in 5 chance that his marriage will be successful. If it isn’t then he will have a far worse outcome than the female.
With a collection of “screeching feminists”, bitchy karens”, and raving fans of moslum rapists/killers most young men of any Quality are hiding out and praying to avoid them.
To make marriage attractive to the American Male we must also make marriage attractive to the American Female, otherwise she’ll never marry him in the first place. Here’s a couple numbers for you:
The first number is $37k/yr. That’s how much an unmarried mother of two can get, cash equivalent, from the state. But only if she’s unmarried and that doesn’t include any child support that we’ll ignore for the moment. Let’s say a modest man wants to spend $10k/yr on himself. Well then he needs to earn $47k/yr to be a potential replacement, right? Nope, see that $37k/yr is tax-free, so he needs to out-earn after taxes which means he really needs to earn $60k/yr or more. So what percentage of men earn $60k/yr or more? Less than 1/3rd.
So that’s why Bureaugamy (Marriage to the State), is keeping actual marriages from happening and causing a lot of kids to be raised in single-mother households. And we all know how well kids raised by single-mothers turn out….
So how do you fix this? How to dismantle the welfare state so that men are an actual alternative to government? Well then the second number comes into play: 56%. Women control 56% of suffrage. The adult population is 52% and change female, and the other just over 3% difference comes from disenfranchised felons. So there is no way to end the welfare state, nor the anti-male divorce laws, without ending women’s suffrage. And considering that ending women’s suffrage would not only destroy the Democrat party but also result in ending tons of government jobs both directly (welfare offices and the like) and indirectly (shrinking of government once men control suffrage), they’re not going to let that happen so there is no chance of an amendment repealing the 19th.
That’s why the only solution within our control is revolution. Alternatives are patriarchal religious resurgence or extra-terrestrial invasion, but neither have good odds of occurrence.
I hear ya.
Chris+muir,
The ‘essential’ Heinlein Three are
“Starship Troopers” (read the book, the movies suck)
“The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”
“Stranger In A Strange Land”, uncut version.
“The Notebooks of Lazarus Long” are very good, and a good starting point.
https://minerva.fandom.com/wiki/The_Notebooks_of_Lazarus_Long
Thinking Muir’s exposure to Heinlein is like mine, limited to the excellent choices and quotes from the gallery right here, all the editing and cherry-picking already done. Thank y’all!
“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” https://www.azquotes.com/author/6509-Robert_A_Heinlein
Guess RAH never saw the movie “Babe”…
Didn’t sing, but man could he herd them sheep! And far from annoying him, he LIKED it! Especially that last part…”That’ll do Pig…that’ll do.”
None more memorable, or more true, than this…
“Ignorance is curable. Stupid is forever.”
Which Larry eventually admitted, was the source of his brilliant “Cain’t fix stupid.” Smarter and more well-read than those other posers like Foxworthy.
For a little lighter Heinlein reading, I would suggest ‘Have Spacesuit Will Travel’, written in 1958 for teenage boys.
That was the one that hooked me.
And Mush, he said…
Musk…
IIRC, that was also my first Heinlein.
John Wyndham, Ray Bradbury, Heinlein, Philip Dick, ACClarke, Asimov, Richard Matheson but maybe most challenging Philip Wylie all filled my Sci-Fi fixes in 60’s.
Add in Jack Williamson, “Doc” Smith, and A.E. Van Vogt.
Zar Belk!
For me, Heinlein’s best quote and one I repeat far too frequently, is:
“Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”
–Robert Heinlein