Ray, I wonder how deep Gorsuch's critique actually goes. Why are we over-governed, swamped with laws and regs? The simple answer is that our culture has lost its way, spiritually and philosophically. It no longer has any fundamental beliefs re human nature and the nature of reality--not that can be expressed in the public sphere as the basis for governance. Law has become a substitute--legal positivism. Right and wrong no longer is rooted in fundamental morality but in law. That's the basis, as well, for the simple minded libertarianism that Gorsuch often expresses--like Scalia before him. Not always, but too often. Never forget that Gorsuch gave us Bostick, the poster case for law replacing morality as the governing mechanism--mechanism because its heartless. We have become a nation--like most Western nations--no longer founded on truths that are self evident. Instead we are nations ruled by laws that are unmoored from self evident truths, that reject self evident truths as a matter of perverted principle.
My gut feeling is there is a huge amount of illegal activities on the left that are ignored.
The unequal way the law is enforced is a huge issue. Jan 6 vs Antifa is an example that bothers me, or all the other protests that disrupted Congress such as code pink.
I was called into jury duty and a judge, Schwarzenegger appointee, gave a nice speech about how judges were impartial and it was the juries duty to decide. The counter example was Conrad black’s conviction that went all the way to scotus, he won, yet he still ended up going to jail.
I’m still amazed at how Trump survived the lawfare.
I just went to a two day real estate seminar and 3 stories, mentioned off hand by the speaker, of our government about rule of law and selective prosecution were terrifying.
When the George Floyd thing happened & BLM took off, I went to the original BLM website to see what they were all about (website was revamped long ago). The BLM propaganda was insane at that time. There was nothing about black men being shot by police on the website - in fact there was NOTHING about men, black or otherwise. It was all rainbow flag/queer theory. Women, LGBTQ & kids living in "communities" and abolishing "white supremacy". I hit the donate button to see where it would go. The page had a list of links to donate to, but they were all rainbow flag causes. One I remember was for "black transwomen to move to safe communities". Then there was a blue button to donate at "Act BLUE". When I saw that page, with all of the democrat politicians you could choose to donate to, I knew that whole thing was a scam. I also suspected at that time that the next agenda to be pushed was the trans activism. I remember telling friends not to endorse or donate to BLM until they looked at the website, but most people just virtue signaled anyway & couldn't be bothered to spend 5 minutes finding out what they were actually endorsing.
Homeowners in the wealthier communities around us all put up those little "Black Lives Matter" in their front yards. When I visited in my hometown around that time, my old house had a giant "Black Lives Matter" banner hanging from the front of the house. I believe my parents possibly turned over in their graves.
George Soros and others like him polished their halos and gained street cred for their humanitarian philanthropy when in reality he and they are philanthropaths. What’s a philanthropath? A philanthropath is a psychopath masquerading as a philanthropist. They are ghouls whose goal is destruction and chaos where they profit.
Hour-long Interview of Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammad bin ... al Thani. He's only 44 yrs old; never went to Harvard (Qatar U.).
Notable remark: "We live in extended families; we care for our elders in our homes. At one point, we were told that to get a certain rating, we must have Homes for the Aged, so we built one. It has never been occupied."
otoh, population of Qatar is 1/4 that of New York City.
Still, the interview was a like the dove signaling signs of life.
EDIT: Steve Bannon talking to Israel365 Action. "I don't trust Qatar . . .University protesters should be deported or dis-enrolled . . .Israel is fighting for the Judeo-Christian West, they need to get the job over with as quickly as possible ..."
Jim Kunstler is an excellent wordsmith: one of those people you read not just for their views but for the sheer pleasure of experiencing their eloquence. As for Woke, evil always burns itself out. The Devil always wins until he doesn't. The greatest weakness of Leftist ideologies is that they always fight against reality - an adversary who always has the last word. Hopefully, the "gay" and transgender nonsense will fade away to the fringes of society where the Flat Earthers and Scientologists reside.
List of 50 reasons to distrust the fbi.
Marks former brother’s in law’s case is mentioned.
https://sharylattkisson.substack.com/p/from-leaks-to-lies-50-reasons-trust?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/when-corruption-path
Cassander - Book you may like by Judge Gorsuch:
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/legalism-threatens-our-rule-of-law/
Hat tip powerlineblog
Ray, I wonder how deep Gorsuch's critique actually goes. Why are we over-governed, swamped with laws and regs? The simple answer is that our culture has lost its way, spiritually and philosophically. It no longer has any fundamental beliefs re human nature and the nature of reality--not that can be expressed in the public sphere as the basis for governance. Law has become a substitute--legal positivism. Right and wrong no longer is rooted in fundamental morality but in law. That's the basis, as well, for the simple minded libertarianism that Gorsuch often expresses--like Scalia before him. Not always, but too often. Never forget that Gorsuch gave us Bostick, the poster case for law replacing morality as the governing mechanism--mechanism because its heartless. We have become a nation--like most Western nations--no longer founded on truths that are self evident. Instead we are nations ruled by laws that are unmoored from self evident truths, that reject self evident truths as a matter of perverted principle.
Great comment.
My gut feeling is there is a huge amount of illegal activities on the left that are ignored.
The unequal way the law is enforced is a huge issue. Jan 6 vs Antifa is an example that bothers me, or all the other protests that disrupted Congress such as code pink.
I was called into jury duty and a judge, Schwarzenegger appointee, gave a nice speech about how judges were impartial and it was the juries duty to decide. The counter example was Conrad black’s conviction that went all the way to scotus, he won, yet he still ended up going to jail.
I’m still amazed at how Trump survived the lawfare.
I just went to a two day real estate seminar and 3 stories, mentioned off hand by the speaker, of our government about rule of law and selective prosecution were terrifying.
“It’s a giant graft machine” - Elon Musk on Joe Rogan, speaking of Soros’ gaming the system:
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1898724379258650986
When the George Floyd thing happened & BLM took off, I went to the original BLM website to see what they were all about (website was revamped long ago). The BLM propaganda was insane at that time. There was nothing about black men being shot by police on the website - in fact there was NOTHING about men, black or otherwise. It was all rainbow flag/queer theory. Women, LGBTQ & kids living in "communities" and abolishing "white supremacy". I hit the donate button to see where it would go. The page had a list of links to donate to, but they were all rainbow flag causes. One I remember was for "black transwomen to move to safe communities". Then there was a blue button to donate at "Act BLUE". When I saw that page, with all of the democrat politicians you could choose to donate to, I knew that whole thing was a scam. I also suspected at that time that the next agenda to be pushed was the trans activism. I remember telling friends not to endorse or donate to BLM until they looked at the website, but most people just virtue signaled anyway & couldn't be bothered to spend 5 minutes finding out what they were actually endorsing.
Homeowners in the wealthier communities around us all put up those little "Black Lives Matter" in their front yards. When I visited in my hometown around that time, my old house had a giant "Black Lives Matter" banner hanging from the front of the house. I believe my parents possibly turned over in their graves.
George Soros and others like him polished their halos and gained street cred for their humanitarian philanthropy when in reality he and they are philanthropaths. What’s a philanthropath? A philanthropath is a psychopath masquerading as a philanthropist. They are ghouls whose goal is destruction and chaos where they profit.
"Philanthropath" is a perfect description of these people.
Bill Gates is one of the biggest!
o/t, or perhaps an antidote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kut47PODRSs
Hour-long Interview of Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammad bin ... al Thani. He's only 44 yrs old; never went to Harvard (Qatar U.).
Notable remark: "We live in extended families; we care for our elders in our homes. At one point, we were told that to get a certain rating, we must have Homes for the Aged, so we built one. It has never been occupied."
otoh, population of Qatar is 1/4 that of New York City.
Still, the interview was a like the dove signaling signs of life.
EDIT: Steve Bannon talking to Israel365 Action. "I don't trust Qatar . . .University protesters should be deported or dis-enrolled . . .Israel is fighting for the Judeo-Christian West, they need to get the job over with as quickly as possible ..."
Bannon shot the dove.
Amen
Amen!
Jim Kunstler is an excellent wordsmith: one of those people you read not just for their views but for the sheer pleasure of experiencing their eloquence. As for Woke, evil always burns itself out. The Devil always wins until he doesn't. The greatest weakness of Leftist ideologies is that they always fight against reality - an adversary who always has the last word. Hopefully, the "gay" and transgender nonsense will fade away to the fringes of society where the Flat Earthers and Scientologists reside.
Did you see about hundreds of millions in loans going to people 12 and under?