The Common Sense of Revelution
"Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil."
Thomas Paine, Common Sense.
Garrison Keillor has his uses. Love him or hate him, it's true. But, this isn't about him. It was due to his website of Writers Almanac that I learned the significance of the 10th of January 1776.
Common Sense was principled. It was about basics...Basics. Something we've lost in our complicated march to a socialist fascist existence...Common Sense was about Independence. Thanks to Thomas Paine's pamphlet, we are where we are today, the United States of America, not deficits, bailouts, and declines in Personal Liberties.
America, "you've come a long way, baby". We never should have started smoking, it just makes a pretty girl look old after a while.
The Appalachianist
Thomas Paine, Common Sense.
Garrison Keillor has his uses. Love him or hate him, it's true. But, this isn't about him. It was due to his website of Writers Almanac that I learned the significance of the 10th of January 1776.
Common Sense was principled. It was about basics...Basics. Something we've lost in our complicated march to a socialist fascist existence...Common Sense was about Independence. Thanks to Thomas Paine's pamphlet, we are where we are today, the United States of America, not deficits, bailouts, and declines in Personal Liberties.
America, "you've come a long way, baby". We never should have started smoking, it just makes a pretty girl look old after a while.
The Appalachianist
posted by Hill Billy Rave | Thursday, January 08, 2009
9 Comments:
Thomas Paine (i'm sure the kids in his school use to say, "Thomas, you're such a pain) loved revolutions--after ours was over, didn't he go and help the French have theirs
I read that the porn industry was looking for a 5 billion bailout...Absolutely Nuts!!!
If only we could get back to the basics. Defining and resulting actions in deeds such ones as Thomas's - would certainly help. But would the average joe do the action in deeds?
We definitely need a back to basic mentality...
Janie, I know. Ain't it ridiculous? LOL, I guess they are worried it will soon be imported from China! It's crazy.
I agree with you on the back to basics mentality. I really think that is what we need now.
Sage, I rightfully don't know. My knowledge of the man ends with the Revelution. Hang on while I google...Seems like I had learned it as a foot note once...Yep, he did.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine
Quite the rebel rouser he was. Monarchies surely thought he was a pain,LOL.
Chinese porn?!? Don't let that happen, A.I. :-) People magazine did a story not long ago on the rise of elderly people in China acting in porn movies and popularity of these movies. I guess that shouldn't be surprising for a country that eats cats that they would also enjoy seeing nekid old people...but this is coming from someone who once watched one with midgets because she wanted to see what they looked like. I, however, quickly learned my lesson.
LMAO Murf!!! Midget Porn, think they'll gt bailed out?
Well, you see that is how I know we are back in Ameica. We start off talking about high mindedness and end up talking about porn . . . midget porn . . . how about a Chinese midget porn. I know it was metaphor, but to think the poor little brown snake is trying to hibernate and we sound like CBS, and in that sense you are so right about a need to get back to basics. Does CBS do the news anymore? Today all they could talk about was someone who wanted his donated kidney back from an estranged wife who had had an affair with her therapist. These new people or lack of news people, it is my belief, are as much responsible for 911 as anyone. Walter Konkite would have at the very least talked about radical Islam in the Muslim world, and this country could have been more prepared or at least aware of something beside Wong Lee's beastiality moments in kiddie under pants. By the way, Thomas Paine was hard to get along with, but he wrote his brilliant pamphlet when we needed it most. Washington and the army were freezing and starving at Valley Forge. God bless the man.
Orson Scott Card's "Empire"
Bill, Thomas Paine may have been hard to get along with. And, after reading up on him briefly in reference to Sage's comment, he wasn't a complete champion of Libertarianism. He was for minium wage and a guaranteed income such as Social Security. He apparently wrote that in France. And, common sense says those are both a double edged sword...Like how I played those words? But, he was a real intellectual.
But to counter the comic book idea of our Revelution, only so many people were for Independence. Some were loyalist...Damn Torries...and many were reluctant or neutral at best.
WNCWU, I'm a fan of Orson Scott Card. I wish they would hurry and finish Ender's Game as a movie. I'm not a Sci Fi fan either, but I make an exception when it comes to Card. I don't know Empire. Alot of novels of that nature are cheesy, but coming from Card, I doubt it is. I should read it.
Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, that's Maneuver Warfare!
Thanks for stopping by. How's life on the other side of Tannasee Ridge?kecash
I use a web site called Refdesk.com as my home page. Today there is an excellent article on Thomas Paine. He was all you say he was and more. It is an interesting article. Bill
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