Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure, I’d face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good. – from the poem, ‘Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff‘ by A.E. Housman (1859 – 1936)
“If the Internet is the ‘information superhighway,’ social media is the off ramp into a holding pen. As it was designed to be.” Ol’ Remus, in his Yer Ol’ Woodpile Report blog
“Cage of freedom That’s our prison Where the jailer and captive combine Cage of freedom Cast in power All the trappings of our own design Blind ambition Steals our reason We’re soon behind those invisible bars On the inside Looking outside To make it safer we double the guard Cage of freedom There’s no escaping We fabricated a world of our own Cage of freedom, growing smaller ‘Til every wall now touches the skin Cage of freedom, filled with treason Changing sides as the losses begin Our suspicion tries escaping But they step up the security There’s no exit–there’s no …
“Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society” – Aristotle (384-322 BC)
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” – Romans 13:8 (KJV)
“Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24 only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.” 1 Samuel 12:23-25 (KJV)
“Reports of widespread hunger in collapsing Venezuela confirms my opinion: food stands alone as the indispensable preparation for survival. Why? All else can be managed as needed, they’re answerable with non-perishable inventory, often with as-found inventory. By “all else” I mean the other two of “cold-wet-hungry”. You can be any two of these and survive, but not all three. You may be cold or wet on a given day, but you will be hungry every day. No gaps. Therefore: solve food first.” – Ol’ Remus, in his Yer Ol’ Woodpile Report
“When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.” – Euripides
“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) US Abolitionist Preacher
“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.” – Thomas Paine
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” – Romans 10:9 (KJV)
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Abolitionist Preacher
“’We love death more than you love life.’ This is civilization’s ultimate challenge. Will the lovers of death and destruction overwhelm and defeat those who love life and have created great civilizations that celebrate human creativity and achievement? Will all that is left of three thousand years of human civilization be reduced to rubble and a mindless religio-ideological lockstep? The Islamic State is not just a challenge to Judeo-Christian Western civilization. It is a challenge to civilization itself–to the very idea of civilization. And that is why it is doomed to fail. Life will always conquer death in the end. …
