tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post115228574320799867..comments2024-03-26T05:18:53.709-04:00Comments on Pen and Sword: Another Week Under Our BeltsJeff Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1152309992131138402006-07-07T18:06:00.000-04:002006-07-07T18:06:00.000-04:00Sure. That's worked great so far.Sure. That's worked great so far.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1152308728392963722006-07-07T17:45:00.000-04:002006-07-07T17:45:00.000-04:00Over at Free Republic last month, Dr. Jack Wheeler...Over at Free Republic last month, Dr. Jack Wheeler gave his suggestions to Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki for a real peace plan. Hang Saddam. Shoot al Sadr. More stuff like that.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, kick ass and take names. Or is it take names and kick ass. That'll get it done. Good show Wheely.JGug1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04589212768325432447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1152307887516882182006-07-07T17:31:00.000-04:002006-07-07T17:31:00.000-04:00NW, Nicely said.NW, <BR/><BR/>Nicely said.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1152307592565775052006-07-07T17:26:00.000-04:002006-07-07T17:26:00.000-04:00I don't recall pushing any conspiracy theories. I...I don't recall pushing any conspiracy theories. I was just pointing out a pattern. Pointing out patterns and discussing them does not constitute a conspiracy theory. As Aristotle once said:<BR/><BR/>"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1152299927240172412006-07-07T15:18:00.000-04:002006-07-07T15:18:00.000-04:00Not everything can be a conspiracy, but from what ...Not everything can be a conspiracy, but from what we'e seen from these ducks, you can hardly ever count one out. <BR/><BR/>Thanks to Kerstin from me also for identifying Bacon as the source of the knowledge/power quote. I suspect the context in which he said it is different from the one in which I hear it today.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1152292382325189442006-07-07T13:13:00.000-04:002006-07-07T13:13:00.000-04:00Apparently, "knowledge is power" originated with S...Apparently, "knowledge is power" originated with Sir Francis Bacon, "English author, courtier, & philosopher, advocate of inductive reasoning in science, wrote 'Advancement in Learning, 1605' ..."<BR/><BR/>I like your interpretation of the phrase, but I always took it to mean that by refusing to seek knowledge, one lives in darkness. Not power in the sense of military might, but power in the sense of human advancement.<BR/><BR/>Other quotes of his include:<BR/><BR/>"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."<BR/><BR/>"He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many."<BR/><BR/>"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."<BR/><BR/>"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."<BR/><BR/>Ok, I admit I have to think about that last one a bit ... :)<BR/><BR/>KerstinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1152290123930218832006-07-07T12:35:00.000-04:002006-07-07T12:35:00.000-04:00Of course, no one wants terrorist attacks to happe...Of course, no one wants terrorist attacks to happen, so if the FBI is stopping them, that's good. The problem some people have is that people outside the FBI use this success as a political tool. When you hear of a foiled plot to take down the Brooklyn Bridge, it makes everyone warm and fuzzy for a few days. When you find out a year later that the "plot" consisted of one crazy guy with a blow torch, it makes you wonder why the media made such a big deal out of it in the first place. <BR/><BR/>When you hear of a foiled plot by Muslim extremists to take out the Sears Tower, again, warm fuzzies all around. When you find out the guys weren't even Muslim, but rather some odd Christian/Jewish/Haitian voodoo group, it makes you curious. When you find out that the group may have been talked into some of their more violent ideas by an undercover FBI agent, it makes you wonder why the FBI needs to resort to what is arguably entrapment to make an arrest for a crime that hadn't happened yet. <BR/><BR/>When you look back at other news going on around the same time as some of these foiled "plots" that were hailed by the administration as great successes and proof that their strategies were working, you wonder if maybe they just made some stuff up to cover up the bad news. It's kind of like having a Friday afternoon bad news dump whenever you want it. When the administration continues to harp on "successes" that were proven fraudlent or empty for months afterwards, it makes one wonder if you ever get anything but feel good propaganda from the people in charge, and whether or not one should ever trust anything they say again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com