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Everybody knows me as Felix on this site.My Motto is "Ex igne resurgam!" "There are many such interventionists in America, but there are more people among us of a different type. [...] There is a policy open to this nation that will lead to success--a policy that leaves us free to follow our own way of life, and to develop our own civilization. It is not a new and untried idea. It was advocated by Washington. It was incorporated in the Monroe Doctrine. Under its guidance, the United States became the greatest nation in the world. It is based upon the belief that the security of a nation lies in the strength and character of its own people. It recommends the maintenance of armed forces sufficient to defend this hemisphere from attack by any combination of foreign powers. It demands faith in an independent American destiny. This is the policy of the America First Committee today. It is a policy not of isolation, but of independence; not of defeat, but of courage. It is a policy that led this nation to success during the most trying years of our history, and it is a policy that will lead us to success again."--Charles Lindbergh CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. --Ambrose Bierce, THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) "Italy for thirty years under the Borgias had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed, but produced Michelangelo, DaVinci, and the Renaissance. And Switzerland had brotherly love and five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did they produce? The cuckoo clock." --Orson Welles in "The Third Man" (film; 1949) "The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace."--H. L. Mencken, discussing Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal Democrats of the 1930's "Suppose two-thirds of the members of the national House of Representatives were dumped into the Washington garbage incinerator tomorrow, what would we lose to offset our gain of their salaries and the salaries of their parasites?"--H. L. Mencken "The only social responsibility of a corporation is to deliver a profit to its shareholders."--Milton Friedman "The socialists have a certain kind of logic on their side: if the collective sacrifice of all to all *is* the moral ideal, then they wanted to establish this idea in practice, here and on this earth. The arguments that socialism could not and would not work, did not stop them: neither has altruism ever worked, but this has not caused men to stop and question it. Only *reason* can ask such questions - and *reason*, they were told on all sides, has nothing to do with morality, morality lies outside the realm of reason, no rational morality can ever be defined." -- Ayn Rand, "Faith And Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World" "Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for the nation's troubles and use as a justification of its own demand for dictatorial powers. In Soviet Russia, the scapegoat was the bourgeoisie; in Nazi Germany, it was the Jewish people; in America, it is the businessmen." --Ayn Rand, "America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business," CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL "Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."--Groucho Marx I have said (elsewhere here at B & W): "The Western Left aren't just obtuse; they appear to be suicidal." (discussing their apologetics for the theocratic regime in Iran) "Spleen (Pluviôse, irrité...)" Pluviôse, irrité contre la ville entière, De son urne à grands flots verse un froid ténébreux Aux pâles habitants du voisin cimetière Et la mortalité sur les faubourgs brumeux. Mon chat sur le carreau cherchant une litière Agite sans repos son corps maigre et galeux; L'âme d'un vieux poète erre dans la gouttière Avec la triste voix d'un fantôme frileux. Le bourdon se lamente, et la bûche enfumée Accompagne en fausset la pendule enrhumée Cependant qu'en un jeu plein de sales parfums, Héritage fatal d'une vieille hydropique, Le beau valet de coeur et la dame de pique Causent sinistrement de leurs amours défunts. One translation: January, irritated with the whole city, Pours from his urn great waves of gloomy cold On the pale occupants of the nearby graveyard And death upon the foggy slums. My cat seeking a bed on the tiled floor Shakes his thin, mangy body ceaselessly; The soul of an old poet wanders in the rain-pipe With the sad voice of a shivering ghost. The great bell whines, the smoking log Accompanies in falsetto the snuffling clock, While in a deck of cards reeking of filthy scents, My mortal heritage from some dropsical old woman, The handsome knave of hearts and the queen of spades Converse sinisterly of their dead love affair. Credit: Charles Baudelaire, LES FLEURS du MAL (1857 edition) Things I just love: American Southern literature & the culture & food of the region, 1920's & early 1930's cartoons, live-action films, and music--especially music that sounds like something from Max & Dave Fleischer's studios, nonfiction historical works--especially ancient history, old black-and-white horror, crime, detective and suspense "B" movies, the Libertarian Party, vintage radios and phonographs, old radio drama shows from the 1940's and 1950's, travel to Asia, Japanese food & movies, pulp novels, legal books and cases for reading, capitalism, &, most of all, my charming wife. Things I hate: Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken (in equal measure) and all of the other radio talk show blowhards on the left and the right (except for those marvelously apolitical eccentrics, Art Bell and George Noory), reflexively anti-American European leftists, people who base their knowledge of the American South upon "Deliverance" and "The Beverly Hillbillies," rap alleged "music" & 120 decibel car stereos, large government budget deficits, the decline of civility in American politics, useless communist dinosaur ideologues on college campuses or this website, "reality" television shows, &, most of all, income taxes. Felix made 186 ballots, which resulted in 4836 votes. that is over 26 votes per ballot. very impressive! blog entry Ron Paul as Nostradamus?entry #19. posted on 11:37pm Jan 16, 2012 - mood: sadRon Paul, our modern-day Cato the Younger or at least Nostradamus, and his many subsequently true predictions about our national follies from circa 2002. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJG_oFFDK0 no comments. : add comment blog entry Ron Paul= Nostradamus?entry #18. posted on 11:35pm Jan 16, 2012 - mood: sadRon Paul, our modern-day Cato the Younger or at least Nostradamus, and his many subsequently true predictions about our national follies from circa 2002. no comments. : add comment blog entry Al Pacino, Chris Walken, the Lincoln Assassinationentry #15. posted on 2:03am Nov 30, 2009 - mood: amusedI just can't make it any plainer than that. no comments. : add comment blog entry Drunkest Idiot in the World--Benny Hill Remixentry #14. posted on 11:29pm Oct 20, 2009 - mood: amusedThis security camera video's making the interwebs rounds--of the world's drunkest fool, who just has to have one more six pack of beer. Now, it's enhanced, with the Benny Hill theme music ("Yakety Sax") and a few stop edits. Comedy gold! no comments. : add comment blog entry Art Bell Parody # 4entry #13. posted on 10:45pm Aug 24, 2009 - mood: drunkPrivate entry. only available to my favorite users. blog entry Art Bell Parody # 3entry #12. posted on 10:33pm Aug 24, 2009 - mood: drunkPrivate entry. only available to my favorite users. blog entry Art Bell Parody # 2entry #11. posted on 10:29pm Aug 24, 2009 - mood: drunkPrivate entry. only available to my favorite users. blog entry United States Monetary Policy Now Like Zimbabwe'sentry #10. posted on 1:59am Aug 23, 2009 - mood: angryEconomist Dr. Marc Faber predicts hyperinflation or complete debt default for the United States in the future... no comments. : add comment blog entry United States Monetary Policy Now Like Zimbabwe'sentry #9. posted on 1:56am Aug 23, 2009 - mood: happyDr. Marc Faber predicts hyperinflation &/or debt default for the United States... no comments. : add comment blog entry "Hyperinflation Nation"entry #8. posted on 1:51am Aug 23, 2009 - mood: frustratedA preview of a documentary predicting 1920s Weimar Germany style hyperinflation will be coming soon to the United States... no comments. : add comment more entries from Felix |
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Joined : Jan 18,2004. Last On : May 11,2013. Gender : male Status : SuperUser MY BALLOTS CHOICES COMMENTS MY profile : Religion : Agnosticism Political Affiliation : Libertarian, baby! Over 18 years of age : Yeah, that's a pretty safe bet. Place I want to visit : Antarctica Last Movie I Saw : "The Perfume of the Lady in Black" (Italian giallo from the 1970s), "Cold Fish" (Japanese thriller) Goal in life : Electing Ron Paul as President or at least setting him up to cause as much disruption as possible Last Book I Read : A WORLD ON FIRE: BRITAIN'S CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Favorite Movie : "The Producers" (original or remake) Social Security # : None of your damn business Music : 1920s to early 1930s jazz and dance music; 18th century French harpsichord composers Favorite Food : Middle Eastern; Greek; Thai; Southern U.S. cuisine Favorite Season : autumn Birthday : August/Leo Favorite Color : black Favorite actors : Christopher Walken, Sir Christopher Lee
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