“But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.
Ah, yes, Mr Anson had a prophetic streak, too. Reckon what he’d think about what’s been going on this year?
June 16, 2020 at 12:16 pm
Brent Dotson
Would probably be thinking that he didn’t go far enough when he described “the crazy years”, but foreseeing this crap was beyond the ken of mortal man. (As an aside, I named my son “Anson” after RAH)
Do remember it was “Only (he) could do it”, tricky Dickie who ended the space program for awhile converting perfectly good SV launch vehicles into a lawn ornaments, and a flight qualified space lab into a walk through amusement park experience. Big government fails the people every time we elect it.
{o.o}
In reference to Rand: “poison as cure and poison as antidote.”
June 16, 2020 at 9:27 am
Old Codger
Tricky Dick hated the Space Program every bit as much as LBJ – if not MORE! Being the micro-souled creatures they are, politicians are constitutionally incapable of understanding that our species NEEDS horizons and frontiers and shrivels up without them.
The rest of the world has the USA as a horizon and frontier to seek, conquer, plunder and destroy, not necessarily in thet order.
That is why all of the brainwashed were educated that way, and why Carter, Bush, Obama and others imported such a large enemy asymmetric army eager to do battle against the great evil they see as the USA. Ilhad. Her faith demands she destroy the evil she sees in the USA. And more.
They have said that they were going to do it for generations. They finally see the prize. Their eye is on the prize.
It’s a tough pill, but like other medicine, it may heal us or kill us.
SCOTUS did right yesterday, and Gorsuch laid it out perfectly.
And PDJT’s EO today also is actual fairness done right.
We’ll see if either of these true steps in reinforcing the Men Created Equal thing we embraced long ago and acknowledging change in what that means will be accepted in the spirit in which they are enacted. Not holding my breath.
As to D’s and R’s not mattering much, same as it’s ever been…said as much a few days ago discussing the parallels of the 1860’s and now.
But you employ some dialectics yourself in implying if the “teams” are indistinguishable from the players then all in attendance are just there for the bread and circus, which so many are, D and R alike.
But not all Lyle. Believing so either for real or as a debate device does explain your fatalism, or maybe it is your belief that the end times are near…or here. Looking around that’s understandable and might even be true. It is sometimes a function of religious dogma to believe that all is pre-destiny and nothing we do matters. It does seem that way sometimes, but my belief in God (not church) is based on His making us unique among his Creations in that we can have hope, and have the tools to try, to not give up the struggle for self-determination and survival that is His greatest gift to us.
Don’t get too hung up on the labels…and I would note that DJT is NOT a Republican. It is fun to watch sometimes, especially with Trump in the game. But remember he is not calling the plays; he is carrying them out masterfully but it is the Patriots with the ball right now, have to see what we can do with it. D’s and R’s are a matter of semantics and the voting system, while P’s will determine the outcome…it ain’t over until it’s over some sage said.
Unless God does indeed decide that now is the time. That would be fine with me too. But in the meantime, I ain’t going to just roll over and accept the terrible fate that you seem to believe is inescapable.
Dang it Chris, that is a response to Lyle of course, whose usual dark words and fatalism this time was topical and civil enough to deserve engagement I thought.
You are of course the arbiter of who stays and who goes, just explaining my comments to him. And actually my points come across well enough anyway.
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Come to think of it Progtard DildoCrats absolutely reek of methyl mercaptan and stercobolin.
You stole my punchline. 🙂
Great minds think alike. Of course, the stench is obvious.
Umm, Sam on a horse. DBD needs some Lady Godiva artwork.
Been there done that
DBD’s Makers vs. Takers hearkens back to Atlas Shrugged’s Producers vs. Looters.
Ayn Rand was quite prophetic. So much of America now resembles her dystopian novels …
Who is John Galt?
“But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.
~Robert Heinlein
Zar Belk!
Ah, yes, Mr Anson had a prophetic streak, too. Reckon what he’d think about what’s been going on this year?
Would probably be thinking that he didn’t go far enough when he described “the crazy years”, but foreseeing this crap was beyond the ken of mortal man. (As an aside, I named my son “Anson” after RAH)
Is Sam riding SIDEsaddle?!?!
She is.
Sidesaddle and bareback … my mind definitely would need to rise quite a ways if I wanted it to be in the gutter.
Is Zed balding or is that someone else holding the reins of Sam’s horse?
Hat hair.
Plus he’s looking upwards
“What fuels these Marxists be?”
Not much and it is toxic at any time.
Do remember it was “Only (he) could do it”, tricky Dickie who ended the space program for awhile converting perfectly good SV launch vehicles into a lawn ornaments, and a flight qualified space lab into a walk through amusement park experience. Big government fails the people every time we elect it.
{o.o}
And yet we are continuously told that problems caused by Big Gov need to be solved by more Big Gov.
In reference to Rand: “poison as cure and poison as antidote.”
Tricky Dick hated the Space Program every bit as much as LBJ – if not MORE! Being the micro-souled creatures they are, politicians are constitutionally incapable of understanding that our species NEEDS horizons and frontiers and shrivels up without them.
The rest of the world has the USA as a horizon and frontier to seek, conquer, plunder and destroy, not necessarily in thet order.
That is why all of the brainwashed were educated that way, and why Carter, Bush, Obama and others imported such a large enemy asymmetric army eager to do battle against the great evil they see as the USA. Ilhad. Her faith demands she destroy the evil she sees in the USA. And more.
They have said that they were going to do it for generations. They finally see the prize. Their eye is on the prize.
Appears Zed’s holding a fly mask.
Does Sam in the first panel look exactly like Skye in the header, or is it just me? 😉
Yup, sisters.
Guys… That bar ain’t moving much.
Actually they are identical twin sisters. Skye did trick Zed when she came home a few years ago…
I thought Skye was a younger sister. Just saying… 🙂
Identical? So which one colors her hair?
I thought Skye was younger?
Sam has long red hair, which can shift color ranges depending on the light, and Skye has really dark brown/black short hair.
PopProbTerm
It’s a tough pill, but like other medicine, it may heal us or kill us.
SCOTUS did right yesterday, and Gorsuch laid it out perfectly.
And PDJT’s EO today also is actual fairness done right.
We’ll see if either of these true steps in reinforcing the Men Created Equal thing we embraced long ago and acknowledging change in what that means will be accepted in the spirit in which they are enacted. Not holding my breath.
Black lives matter.
All people are created equal.
BLACK LIVES MATTER MORE
– Animal Farm 2020
How about sending the demoncraps halfway to Mars? Then eject cargo.
We could tell them that, halfway there the project was defunded…
Or halfway there, Trump made a speech in favor of it.
Is it just me, or does Zed look like a retired Popeye?
Interesting
https://www.coindesk.com/resignation-at-identity-initiative-raises-doubts-about-immunity-passes
Some people matter more than others.
– BLM Farm 2020
Protestors in Olympia, Washington had the support of the mayor — then when they vandalized her home they became ‘Domestic Terrorists’
https://twitchy.com/brads-313037/2020/06/16/protestors-in-olympia-washington-had-the-support-of-the-mayor-then-when-they-vandalized-her-home-they-became-domestic-terrorists/?utm_source=twtydaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=2871be8d3ecaf3098362840e99c48c07
Irony meter pegged over at the above incident. So delicious.
As to D’s and R’s not mattering much, same as it’s ever been…said as much a few days ago discussing the parallels of the 1860’s and now.
But you employ some dialectics yourself in implying if the “teams” are indistinguishable from the players then all in attendance are just there for the bread and circus, which so many are, D and R alike.
But not all Lyle. Believing so either for real or as a debate device does explain your fatalism, or maybe it is your belief that the end times are near…or here. Looking around that’s understandable and might even be true. It is sometimes a function of religious dogma to believe that all is pre-destiny and nothing we do matters. It does seem that way sometimes, but my belief in God (not church) is based on His making us unique among his Creations in that we can have hope, and have the tools to try, to not give up the struggle for self-determination and survival that is His greatest gift to us.
Don’t get too hung up on the labels…and I would note that DJT is NOT a Republican. It is fun to watch sometimes, especially with Trump in the game. But remember he is not calling the plays; he is carrying them out masterfully but it is the Patriots with the ball right now, have to see what we can do with it. D’s and R’s are a matter of semantics and the voting system, while P’s will determine the outcome…it ain’t over until it’s over some sage said.
Unless God does indeed decide that now is the time. That would be fine with me too. But in the meantime, I ain’t going to just roll over and accept the terrible fate that you seem to believe is inescapable.
Dang it Chris, that is a response to Lyle of course, whose usual dark words and fatalism this time was topical and civil enough to deserve engagement I thought.
You are of course the arbiter of who stays and who goes, just explaining my comments to him. And actually my points come across well enough anyway.