tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post2405234014335452149..comments2024-03-28T11:33:22.185-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : Why Do We Still Celebrate the 4th of July?Daniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-37419084091445908072011-07-06T01:18:49.670-04:002011-07-06T01:18:49.670-04:00It was with the election of Slick Willy when I sta...It was with the election of Slick Willy when I started a tradition with my sons, going to the Range and teaching them the proper use and safety with multiple modern firearms, later was dinner with family and lighting off our own fireworks and then a campfire to discuss the freedoms and Blessings to be an American. I recounted stories my Grandparents told of Nazi Germany and Poland, I explained that Freedom is not Free. We discussed the importance of responsibility and Moral character, two of them took those lessons to Heart, one is floundering. Perhaps they will tell stories of their Dad making a stand with other brave men who will not give up this Great Country without a Bloody Battle against those who are no longer Fellow Countrymen but Treacherous Traitors. I will have taught them nothing, if I am not willing to fight for my Grandchildren's Future against all enemies, Foreign and Domestic. I believe there are many of the same thought, and the Left has made a terrible Tactical error in underestimating the willingness of many to fight when they have had enough Tyranny, May G-D Bless our efforts.Greg RNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-29831868497513802732011-07-05T16:52:23.812-04:002011-07-05T16:52:23.812-04:00"Put out an arrest warrant for him immediatel..."Put out an arrest warrant for him immediately, before they act and ruin our 4th of July weekend. We're celebrating our independence, you know."<br /><br />An arrest warrant? How old-fashioned! A government that hires "swarms of officers" to oversee our income, our email, our diet, our health, and subjects us to unreasonable searches at airports, bus stations, subways, and any public building, doesn't need to resort to "arrest warrants." It would be a waste of time and paper. It seeks to be efficient and responsive. It will just break down your door and take you into custody, and God help you if you show the slightest hint of resistance or defiance. You will be slammed to the floor by three well-equipped goons, like that woman was at an airport who wanted to retrieve her eyedrops from her luggage, or punished with public detention in a glass cage like that woman who argued about putting mother's milk into containers. Arrest warrant? The Feds no longer need no stinkin' arrest warrants!Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-28165258004223553892011-07-05T15:05:09.711-04:002011-07-05T15:05:09.711-04:00I'd say we celebrate the original founding of ...I'd say we celebrate the original founding of this country and foundation they laid our for our future. Now it's the hope that we can return to that foundation before it's all gone.<br /><br />We have a lot more people in our society than 235 years ago and there was necessity for rules and laws but with more people come more taxes and our government has enjoyed the fortune off the peoples backs.<br /><br />We can complain and we ARE but let's not forget what the USA stands for...even though we see the government lying and doing it differently at our expense. We will fight back until we're dead or we have won.purplewingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000313897111035843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-67461484685833737822011-07-05T14:27:39.780-04:002011-07-05T14:27:39.780-04:00Hopefully it is a day to reach out to the ignorant...Hopefully it is a day to reach out to the ignorant and educate them. Our government doesn't seem to realize that the USA is a powderkeg right now. If the liberal elites think they can use that to their advantage good luck. I take time to chat with vets and active service military whenever possible. They are overwhelmingly NOT down with the idea of martial law. I fear a great storm is coming.steadystevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-23719457310603560802011-07-05T10:06:54.711-04:002011-07-05T10:06:54.711-04:00They're usually shocked when they come face to...They're usually shocked when they come face to face with it, whether it's minorities turning on them or a growing libertarian impulse. To them history is a forward movement led by them.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-55750159536071046182011-07-05T03:25:08.515-04:002011-07-05T03:25:08.515-04:00Sultan said:
"The flip side of what the left...Sultan said:<br /><br />"The flip side of what the left is doing though is undermining itself. It rose to power by exploiting an American identity. Take away that identity and the game begins to change.<br /><br />A people without a history have less hesitation about burning their bridges. Which is what the left wants, but they haven't considered the possibility that they will be on the wrong side of that bridge."<br />~~~~~~<br />My suspicion is maybe they have considered it. its a sort of suicide out of guilt. I suspect to them, its "justice"Michahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13850094101476338498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-13941259988024538282011-07-04T20:38:46.427-04:002011-07-04T20:38:46.427-04:00History is kept alive by collective memory. The st...History is kept alive by collective memory. The stories we tell and retell. <br /><br />The flip side of what the left is doing though is undermining itself. It rose to power by exploiting an American identity. Take away that identity and the game begins to change.<br /><br />A people without a history have less hesitation about burning their bridges. Which is what the left wants, but they haven't considered the possibility that they will be on the wrong side of that bridge.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-78316498931930333332011-07-04T20:35:40.356-04:002011-07-04T20:35:40.356-04:00Students learn what they are expected to know. Whi...Students learn what they are expected to know. Which is that the planet is endangered by pollution, civil rights protests are important to democracy and learning to settle conflicts is the most important function of world government.<br /><br />National origins have been edged out of the curriculum, popular entertainment, the media and most other places. That makes it easy to put across pieces like a Time Magazine piece which says the Constitution is irrelevant because George Washington never saw a plane.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-12477779192794433462011-07-04T20:20:12.451-04:002011-07-04T20:20:12.451-04:00It’s very difficult to not feel bitter about the s...It’s very difficult to not feel bitter about the state of the country, of its population, and what’s being surrendered. Most people haven’t a clue to why we ought to celebrate the 4th. I’ve done book signings at Colonial Williamsburg for ten years on the 4th (I’m just back from one), and I can vouch with certainty that most of the thousands of people who stream past my tables to watch the evening fireworks are utterly ignorant of the reasons the country came into existence. Most of them are candidates for a Jay Leno man-in-the-street question-and-answer test. Abraham Lincoln prosecuted WWI. General Patton wrote some book about South Africa, “The Crying Country.” George Mason invented mayonnaise. Benjamin Franklin founded Quaker Oats. But then, I’m ascribing an imagination to them that they aren’t capable of. <br /><br />But while we can score many Americans for their ignorance and for simply wanting to be dazzled by fireworks, much of the blame for their ignorance can be pinned to our government-dominated education system, run by the overbearing troika of the NEA, teachers’ unions, and a Marxist-saturated academia, with a big assist from the MSM, dedicated to dumbing-down the public and conditioning it to be good, obedient Germans. Nature does not tolerate a vacuum, and neither do empty minds. Most Americans have been rendered helpless against the daily attacks on their freedoms. They’ve been systematically lobotomized of any sense of personal value and independence from the government and from the group. Once their capacity for reason has been sabotaged or emptied, the totalitarians and sundry collectivists are free to fill in the blanks, from kindergarten up through graduate school, and beyond. <br /><br />Which leaves thinkers and observers such as Daniel and a handful of others to double-down on the Declaration and the Constitution and perhaps reciting the St. Crispin’s Day speech from Henry V – “we chosen few….”Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-294087110975543982011-07-04T20:09:02.904-04:002011-07-04T20:09:02.904-04:00and those towns and villages are under siege too.....and those towns and villages are under siege too...Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-91742112641411595982011-07-04T20:06:53.640-04:002011-07-04T20:06:53.640-04:00Those names on your Declaration of Independence ar...Those names on your Declaration of Independence are the same names still to be found in the small towns and villages of old England. <br />We have all but surrendered our freedoms to those at home and in Europe who believe in the divine right of the bureaucrat and politician.<br />Some of us still hope that in Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas and other like states there is still a place for free men. <br />I hope we are not entirely wrong.dave snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-64235231062933505472011-07-04T16:34:36.282-04:002011-07-04T16:34:36.282-04:00You hit the nail on the head with this. Great art...You hit the nail on the head with this. Great article; and let the truth be told.Mr. Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788827806209721786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-57396089958187156112011-07-04T14:23:22.239-04:002011-07-04T14:23:22.239-04:00"When the fireworks go up over New York City,..."When the fireworks go up over New York City, those celebrating will be living in a place where smoking, salt and sugar are banned. Pursuit of happiness? As long as there's no sugar in it.'<br /><br />reminds me of the great Dylan line -- "I like my sugar sweet..."<br /><br />Maybe "dependence" is just easier that "independence."but pygmieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263583377507852507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-5933489337299410382011-07-04T11:41:44.355-04:002011-07-04T11:41:44.355-04:00You'll have to excuse me Sultan, for I was a l...You'll have to excuse me Sultan, for I was a little confused this year. Wasn't sure if I was supposd to fly the rag of Mexico or the Stars and Stripes above my garage.<br /><br />Or was it supposed to be a white flag?No Buenonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-80668350128116653342011-07-04T11:22:56.379-04:002011-07-04T11:22:56.379-04:00If nothing else, we still have the freedom to spea...If nothing else, we still have the freedom to speak out on these things, without fear of being arrested or taken out and shot. (For now, anyway.)<br /><br />Don't despair, and don't give up!Monoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-31587175365942274022011-07-04T09:13:37.558-04:002011-07-04T09:13:37.558-04:00Good stuff as usual Daniel but I think it's th...Good stuff as usual Daniel but I think it's the people that are the problem though. They have willingly embraced self-destructive behaviors and have prostrated themselves before the altar of multiculturalism. They watch as the West falls apart and they do nothing other than continue their lemming-like march into the abyss.<br /><br />All men are not created equal and to claim so is to fly in the face of mother nature. The races are not equal, the sexes are not equal and even people within the same race and sex are not equal. They should be equal before the law but as we've seen with the criminal bankers, that too is a silly fantasy.<br /><br />Perhaps people are celebrating the surrender of their territory and their identity? Because that is exactly what the West has done for the last sixty odd years and it is absolutely tragic.<br /><br />We are witnessing the greatest crime ever committed in human history. Will we ever wake up to the evil being done to us?<br /><br />Proud Brit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-5810105059868950742011-07-04T08:56:11.399-04:002011-07-04T08:56:11.399-04:00This is why I thank God every time he sends anothe...This is why I thank God every time he sends another pig to rot in hell, for it is THEY who are the enablers for this swill. May every last one of those filthy maggot bastards rot in hell for dishonoring their oath to the Constitution!Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.com