Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David

The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish

All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

That's What I Figured. Dammit.

Rob Smith reports that he's dying. Someone wrote jokingly once that "perfect health is just the slowest possible rate of dying." There's a difference though, I think, when The End is staring you in the face, and the only question is "Days, months, or a couple more years?" For those of you not familiar with Rob's site Gutrumbles, or his (appropriate) persona of Acidman, Rob started his blog after life hit him in the balls. With a 10 pound sledghammer. Repeatedly. Blogging is Rob's version of therapy. Sometimes reading his posts is much like watching an all-day plane crash, but he's usually entertaining, never boring, and he's often very insightful. Getting a huge dose of reality forced down your throat tends to strip away the bullshit, and Rob's been stripped raw.

I hope he stays with it as long as he can, and Rob? I'm gonna miss you when you're gone.

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