tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post2448894070338277687..comments2024-03-29T00:24:13.128-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : The Liberal God Dies AgainDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20262454535660793462013-12-06T08:29:38.227-05:002013-12-06T08:29:38.227-05:00The answer to Liberal failure is on the face of el...The answer to Liberal failure is on the face of elderly Liberal women. That pinched look and those deep anger lines come from a lifetime of never finding anything good about anything. Can you just imagine what kind of life they lead, most of them rich and never exposed to the turmoil they create with their insanity. The lack of basic pleasure in anything anyone else does without their know it all guidance. They destroy everything they touch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518677967627217789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-65583795897810953032013-12-05T18:45:41.419-05:002013-12-05T18:45:41.419-05:00Unfortunately the New York Public Library has dras...Unfortunately the New York Public Library has drastically scrubbed its collection in general. Its circulating books are now primarily books that were printed in the last few years. Anything older than that is vanishing from the system every day and even the research materials are being trucked out of the city.<br /><br />If you want a Chinese movie from the last 2 years, you're in luck. If you want an important book that's much older than that, the NYPL is no longer the place.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-48711476831643296592013-12-05T18:17:23.311-05:002013-12-05T18:17:23.311-05:00Dear Daniel -- Love your writing, eloquent and pow...Dear Daniel -- Love your writing, eloquent and powerful.<br /><br />Have you read Whittaker Chambers's memoir, "Witness"? <br /><br />Shockingly, but not surprisingly, it has been "scrubbed" from the stacks of the New York Public Library -- there are No Circulating Copies in the entire system! This outrageous censorship hasn't been noted by anyone that I know of.<br /><br />Chambers says, in his passionate and beautiful "Letter to My Children" that serves as his introduction to the memoir, that we are in a great spiritual war: that it's the war of those who believe God is God, versus those who believe Man is God. That we are battling the second-oldest faith of mankind, born in the Garden of Eden when Satan whispered in Eve's ear, "Ye shall be as gods...."<br /><br />Chambers, who left the Communist party and testified against Alger Hiss in the famous treason trial (Hiss was convicted of treason), believed he was leaving the winning side (Communists, Leftists) and joining the losers who are fighting the long defeat. Yet he, a believing Christian (Quaker), could do no other.<br /><br />I would urge every American citizen to read this book. You can find it on Amazon or Ebay for a modest sum, even if the NYPL has burned it. When you do, you will see why.<br /><br />Yours in the ranks of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-39068556779656483492013-12-05T15:20:16.102-05:002013-12-05T15:20:16.102-05:00Had he lived Kennedy would have ranked as an avera...Had he lived Kennedy would have ranked as an average President. His death afforded the Leftists an opportunity to build a myth, ignoring the truth (he was quite conservative in his policies - tax cuts, smaller government, national defense) and building the phony, Liberal construct of "Camelot" as suggested by his widow.<br /><br />I never got the connection. Was JFK supposed to be King Arthur (cuckold) and Jackie, Guenevere (adulteress)? LBJ works in the role of Mordred, the king's treacherous, illegitimate son who works to unravel all of Arthur's good works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-34221804934353813062013-12-05T12:55:55.539-05:002013-12-05T12:55:55.539-05:00Those of you who are curious, the full Art Buchwal...Those of you who are curious, the full Art Buchwald poem, "We Weep," can be found here: http://iht-retrospective.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/1963-art-buchwald-we-weep/?_r=0. Mr. Greenfield also linked the article in which it was first excerpted, "What's to Like About JFK?" on Rule of Reason in his article. Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-28342848360339415102013-12-05T12:03:18.533-05:002013-12-05T12:03:18.533-05:00To the anonymous Irish: I'm surprised that Cat...To the anonymous Irish: I'm surprised that Catholics would place a mere man as high on a pedestal as your family did. Maybe that is how the Catholic Church was destroyed from within as Jesus was shoved aside while the progressive ideal that Daniel so brilliantly writes of in this commentary became the new Catholic religion.<br /><br />ElaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-55825660090828293352013-12-05T11:52:52.982-05:002013-12-05T11:52:52.982-05:00All of this frustration about never reaching the i...All of this frustration about never reaching the ideal is easily avoided by a simple act. Believe in and trust God. God gave us all we need to live in joy and fulfillment. He gave us the only idea that will never fail. Throughout human history we have seen what happens when people reject God and his plan for their lives and until the end of the world, this will be so because human history is a rerun of the snake in the Garden of Eden. Over and over and over, the con man uses his charm and wiles to lead people away from the light and into the darkness. And so it will be until the end of time. <br /><br />ElaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-76466264036793531602013-12-05T11:41:59.305-05:002013-12-05T11:41:59.305-05:00Daniel: You've been linked below.
When the Rou...Daniel: You've been linked below.<br />When the Rough God Goes Riding the Liberal God Dies Again<br />Sometimes it's possible to set Sultan Knish to music. This is one of those times: <br />http://americandigest.org/<br /><br /><br />Sadienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-29158385879342902842013-12-05T11:11:05.599-05:002013-12-05T11:11:05.599-05:00Once again I've come away amazed by the insigh...Once again I've come away amazed by the insight in your post. Thank you so much for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-33003458976084654972013-12-05T06:31:27.298-05:002013-12-05T06:31:27.298-05:00Kennedy was the last "liberal"president ...Kennedy was the last "liberal"president in the original meaning of the word and not in what the meaning has been distorted into. Surely Daniel you must have watched some of JFK's speeches on Youtube, even if he did not write them himself he must have agreed with the content, a content the depth of which none of Obama's well spoken and well brought ones (be it always from a cue) ever even approached. You Daniel, are to young to have experienced the hope Kennedy restored that America would once again be the America that by the sacrifice of many of it's sons had not only liberated Europe from Nazism but had brought optimism to the world for the future. Do not forget either that Kennedy valiantly partook in WWII and showed real merit, not just a media invented one. Further he proved himself well in the Cuba crisis and thereby also proved he had outgrown making decisions based on other peoples ideas like the Bay of pigs invasion he had inherited from the Eisenhower administration. On a personal level he may have had many human weaknesses and had he not been murdered he also would have made erroneous decisions but he deserves better than being thrown in a pot with Stalin or Obama.mindRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160934421830568737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-32710673477909277842013-12-05T03:10:12.430-05:002013-12-05T03:10:12.430-05:00The god or ideal of liberalism – which, if left un...The god or ideal of liberalism – which, if left unchecked, can only lead to the totalitarianism described by Greenfield here – rests fundamentally on the god or ideal of altruism, in which individuals are expected to sacrifice themselves and their values to the next-door neighbor and to the nation. Every dictatorship and totalitarian system rests on the ideal of altruism, and the notion that if everyone was just properly educated and trained and disciplined, men would become robots and automatically "do the right thing" without thought or personal motive. Every man on a white horse and every dictator or wannabe dictator has inveighed against selfishness, and has a vision of a literally selfless creature who does "the right thing" without being asked to or prodded with whips, guns, or torture, because he has been programmed to act without personal reasons. Whether it's Woodrow Wilson or FDR or Truman or JFK – or Obama – they have all counted on the same magic of force and on the same morality of altruism. And so had Hitler and Mussolini and Pol Pot and Lenin and Stalin, whose "idealism" could only lead to the charnel houses of totalitarianism. Britain and Western Europe are well on their way to liberal totalitarianism, because what is done is in the name of good of "all." That's altruism in action. And now Europe and the U.S. are faced with a pincer movement between secular altruism and the altruism preached by Islam, which certainly isn't as "refined" as the Western brand. Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-27724063886857558982013-12-04T22:46:50.254-05:002013-12-04T22:46:50.254-05:00Obama, Mao, Stalin and the rest of them= golden ca...Obama, Mao, Stalin and the rest of them= golden calf.<br />Punishment usually follows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6745553040007748322013-12-04T22:17:47.897-05:002013-12-04T22:17:47.897-05:00Both parties believe they are gifts to mankind but...Both parties believe they are gifts to mankind but both parties are corrupt to their very core. Neither party stands for much except lining their pockets anymore.Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-1590402355517072762013-12-04T21:53:42.399-05:002013-12-04T21:53:42.399-05:00It's human nature to believe in something grea...It's human nature to believe in something greater than yourself. So when people don't believe in God, they'll believe in anything or anybody. It's called paganism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-76398239693920730952013-12-04T21:43:25.668-05:002013-12-04T21:43:25.668-05:00I consider myself a conservative , and I agree wi...I consider myself a conservative , and I agree with your values 98% of the time. But I am finding my views more in conflict with both parties every day . It seems more and more everyday that both sides have the "game " perfected and will say or do whatever necessary to maintain the status quo. Let's face it,, if there ever was an American Dream..... it died a long time ago. And what was that crushed dream we were all fighting for? no one even remembers except the dream to just survive.. and to survive in what? a bankrupt nation with no future to offer anyone..except the ones who get theirs now while the getting is good.. Where are the leaders of true vision,, the leaders with a long term solid plan for America, A plan beyond driving their associates and shareholders stock high enough to grab that bonus...for the short term? God help us.....God help us all!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-50344969674143840082013-12-04T16:07:29.623-05:002013-12-04T16:07:29.623-05:00"Liberalism" is as old as the first reco..."Liberalism" is as old as the first recorded wars. Taking and entitlement of scared "elites" who build "empires" on the corpses of their supporters.<br /><br />There WAS freedom before slavery. It all started like this.... http://www.marcrubin.com/noah-article3.ivnuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-76142875854137252882013-12-04T15:37:18.245-05:002013-12-04T15:37:18.245-05:00Part 2.
My Mother returned the hand piece to its c...Part 2.<br />My Mother returned the hand piece to its cradle and my father helped her sit down. She had a stunned look on her face and she looked around at us as if seeing us all for the first or maybe last time in her life. It took her a minute to gather her thoughts and then she tremulously said “I have bad news”. “President Kennedy was killed today”. I instantly understood the gravity of the moment as I sure knew who President Kennedy was and what he meant to me, my mother and in fact all of Ireland. I didn’t have a clue who was President of Ireland but I sure knew the importance of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the latest in a long line of heroes who we Irish felt sure was going to make the world a better place for us. He was a living God. He could do no wrong and could solve all problems. He was the living superman that the comic version was a mere shadow of.<br />The world changed for me in that instant. It was never the same again. We never finished that Rosary. My father put the kettle on. My mother was shattered, smaller, frail. We kids milled, uncertain, confused and unsettled. My heart felt blacker than the night outside. How could this Superman have succumbed? Maybe she had made a mistake, maybe just a rumour. No, I wouldn’t accept it. He would be all right and all would be fine with the world in the morning, except I had this uneasy feeling it wouldn’t be. I had been certain that this man was the second coming and now my Mother was saying that he was dead. It was my Auntie Kitty who had called and she was a world traveller. She always seemed to know everything before anyone else so I knew it correct.<br /><br />My world changed in a second. <br /><br />I have travelled much of it since that devastating night. I was bestowed a new citizenship. More wars have been fought since the “War to end all Wars”. Dictator thugs come and go. We have another monster in the Kremlin. Thieves and liars and conmen abound. Bobby was killed. They killed Martin. The Queen still sits on the toilet. We have better guns to kill more people more devastatingly. The elite get richer. The last good priest died a while back. I no longer believe what they continue to spout and blather. A football player is now worth a hundred and fifty million dollars and yet he has still to say something or anything that will help us. What price a man like John Fitzgerald Kennedy? Max.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-19670559868312825672013-12-04T15:35:48.469-05:002013-12-04T15:35:48.469-05:00Another Irish view.
Certitude
When was your last ...Another Irish view.<br />Certitude<br /><br />When was your last moment of Certitude? Mine was crushed forever in that second I saw the grief paralyse my mother’s face. We were saying the Rosary, all of us on bended knees, leaning against the chairs in the kitchen in Grange hall. It was November 22, 1963, Friday evening, Irish time, dark and dreary and I remember the wind throwing rain at the thick glass in the kitchen window. I was eleven. My idiot younger brother was eight and he was making rude signs at me behind my mothers back. The three yorkies had chosen their destination and stay for the duration of the Vatican performance. Belle was draped across the back of my legs as I leaned against the seat of the chair. Life was good because Belle ran our house and had picked me. I later discovered that whom she honoured each night was less a function of love and more a consequence of who had last slipped her a piece of roast beef. I rarely was such honoured, it was usually my father and it was only in later life that I figured out the scam. My father had greatest access to the left-over roast beef. The game among us children was to try and entice the various dogs to switch allegiance by trading places, while looking pious and without the parents noticing.<br /><br />The ‘phone rang and my Mother did something she never had done before. Nothing ever interrupted the Rosary in our house. She rose and picked up the receiver and we all looked around trying to understand this event. Belle started moving and I reached back to re-assure her, I didn’t want to have the little traitor move to a more favoured or advantageous pair of legs. My Mother said “Hello”, then a pause and then “What” in a tone of foreboding I had never before or ever since heard in the timbre of her voice and then a half-strangled groan. Belle jumped from the back of my legs and ran to my father who had started to stand-up. The sense of disaster was overpowering and I felt a sense of unease like never before in my young life. My father was now standing by my mother’s side with his arm around her waist while she spoke for a minute or two longer. I could hear words intermittently but didn’t know what was being said, other than it was trouble. The telephone was a relatively new technology in Ireland and in its rudimentary form it rang a short single ring for a local call, a longer continuous emittence for long distance and a curious chirping sound for an out-of-country call. I had only ever heard the last one once before, when my grandmother died in Canada. I shuddered to think what this might be.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-81434830110422079592013-12-04T14:18:28.793-05:002013-12-04T14:18:28.793-05:00To what seems like a majority of people in America...To what seems like a majority of people in America these days, truth is defined by power. <br /><br />Another brilliant essay. Thank you.<br /><br />mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-84757857319974874632013-12-04T13:35:23.678-05:002013-12-04T13:35:23.678-05:00ThanksThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com