tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post793352124821455082..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Mad Rant: US PoliticsMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-87564832755136914222013-03-08T22:30:42.399-06:002013-03-08T22:30:42.399-06:00Some people could rise above their station, it was...Some people could rise above their station, it was not common, but it did happen and even today it's not automatic. As for Galileo, he was not put under house arrest for his scientific theories, it was for his comments about Scripture being in error and making some insulting remarks about the Pope -who was his sovereign. He could have recanted his theological arguments and still stuck by his scientific theories and been perfectly fine but he refused to do that. Moreover, he had not even proven what he claimed.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-60831971565173723402010-09-29T15:39:57.994-05:002010-09-29T15:39:57.994-05:00Ah Huey Long -say what you will about him; the man...Ah Huey Long -say what you will about him; the man wasn't boring.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-55689747648630824662010-09-29T10:17:08.550-05:002010-09-29T10:17:08.550-05:00I feel your pain. I'm getting used to being v...I feel your pain. I'm getting used to being viewed as a nutter for being to the right of the Grand Ole Party. I never thought I'd agree with Huey Long, but it seems he was right in his analysis of the two parties. "The only difference I ever found between the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership is that one of them is skinning you from the ankle up and the other, from the neck down."Baron Korfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215856728880521796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-39233375822042008412010-09-29T10:04:06.570-05:002010-09-29T10:04:06.570-05:00Or rather, dude, Rand Paul -son of the great TX Re...Or rather, dude, Rand Paul -son of the great TX Rep who's running for the senate out of Kentucky and who the GOP leadership fought tooth and nail.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-65982102414478471202010-09-29T05:44:01.674-05:002010-09-29T05:44:01.674-05:00dude, Ron Paul!dude, Ron Paul!Manuel Marques Pinto de Rezendehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265528253922767869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-2606521374367607602010-09-29T02:59:15.131-05:002010-09-29T02:59:15.131-05:00This was me venting -not trying to reveal some sta...This was me venting -not trying to reveal some startling new truth. Part of what generated this was the reaction of the GOP leadership to the Tea Party candidates and other "conservative" or "libertarian" GOP candidates; which has been adamant opposition to them in most cases even if it means favoring someone clearly to the left of where most Republicans are.<br /><br />As to being known as a monarchist, my conservative GOP parents are sympathetic but leftists tend to read me pretty well. They say, 'you're must be crazy, that's archaic, reactionary and backward' to which I say, 'yes, yes and yes!' On the other hand it is the conservative criticism that is harder to dispute when royals are supposed to be non-political yet you have the Queen of Jordan calling for wealth redistribution, the Crown Princess of Norway championing the "gay" movement and almost every prince in Europe beating the environmentalist/global warming drum.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-81764809248444327692010-09-29T02:27:44.423-05:002010-09-29T02:27:44.423-05:00You know full well that telling a Right Wing Conse...You know full well that telling a Right Wing Conservative Republican in America you are a Monarchist will lead them to conclude you’re a godless, Immoral Liberal who wants to impose a Socialist State and rule by Elites, and the left will decry you as a NAZI, and you also know full well that what matters in an Election is simply whatever emotional power the Candidate Can generate, so while I can fully appreciate this post, I have to say it was Old News to me years ago.<br /><br />Americans are like the rest of the world when it comes to Democracy. They don’t see through the fact that Campaigns aren’t Really, and really only vote according to Party Loyalty and whichever Party thy think will serve their interests, or else hey Vote on Raw Emotional Passion. Obama is President now because of his Hope and Change feel good ad campaign, and the Governor f Texas is Governor because at Election Time he wears a Cowboy Hat and talks about the Free and Independent Republic of Texas, and its all an Act.<br /><br />Both Parties are owned by Corporate interest and often the same Corporate interests for either pull the Strings, and neither really want to rock the boat, its smoke and mirrors.<br /><br />However, the Tea Party Candidates do Interest me. While I have problems with some of them, such as O’Donnell, it seems they have a cog in the Machine of the Body Politic created by “The Establishment”, and it will be interesting to see how long it takes them to either succumb or build new, just as elitist Establishment.ZAROVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668854596329493360noreply@blogger.com