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I do not like the news presented in this piece. In fact, I truly hate it. But more than that, this ongoing issuance of "decisions" by the Supreme Court without any explanation is pure bullshit. I don't want to candy coat this. It's a total disgrace and calls into question the honesty, dignity, morality and complete lack of candor of the "majority" in the Court. Justice Sotomayor has nailed it and it's just too bad that as citizens we cannot do anything about this literal travesty of justice. In fact, there is no justice at all to this "decision" which, in total, is allowing a dictatorship to sink it's claws into the republic and its citizens. Shame on all of those five lame justices who have allowed their names to be placed in a literal legal hall of shame.
The philosopher George Santayana said it best: "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." And the history we are currently repeating bears an increasingly chilling resemblance to 1930s Germany.
Meredith Blake has done a masterful job on her writing of the recreation of the Anne Frank display. Great interview with Leah Litman and Jen Rubin. Amazing columns today by our Contrarian team!
I do not give up on human nature. I recognize that everything we believe is a human construct, and therefore it is within our control to correct and make whole. To believe otherwise is to participate in a waiting game for someone, something, or whatever to come fix our problems. We are the agents of our future without promise of success or failure, but the requirement we must act if we wish to see change.
I do not like the news presented in this piece. In fact, I truly hate it. But more than that, this ongoing issuance of "decisions" by the Supreme Court without any explanation is pure bullshit. I don't want to candy coat this. It's a total disgrace and calls into question the honesty, dignity, morality and complete lack of candor of the "majority" in the Court. Justice Sotomayor has nailed it and it's just too bad that as citizens we cannot do anything about this literal travesty of justice. In fact, there is no justice at all to this "decision" which, in total, is allowing a dictatorship to sink it's claws into the republic and its citizens. Shame on all of those five lame justices who have allowed their names to be placed in a literal legal hall of shame.
The philosopher George Santayana said it best: "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." And the history we are currently repeating bears an increasingly chilling resemblance to 1930s Germany.
Dr France:
I have to agree.
Here's an excellent source of authentic contemporary material on the early days of the Third Reich.
The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship (1941), by Ernst Fraenkel.
You probably will not find the book on the shelf at your local library. Go to a good independent bookstore and order it.
\Vince S
Thank you for this citation. I'll spare no expense in locating a copy.
R. F.
Meredith Blake has done a masterful job on her writing of the recreation of the Anne Frank display. Great interview with Leah Litman and Jen Rubin. Amazing columns today by our Contrarian team!
I do not give up on human nature. I recognize that everything we believe is a human construct, and therefore it is within our control to correct and make whole. To believe otherwise is to participate in a waiting game for someone, something, or whatever to come fix our problems. We are the agents of our future without promise of success or failure, but the requirement we must act if we wish to see change.
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