July 4

Posted on July 5, 2013 by KG

‘..The Declaration of Independence was not only a national statement, but an individual statement as well. It envisioned a government fit for individuals, rather than massive masses. A government that would free individuals to pursue their own goods, rather than enslaving them to the greater good that is intellectually fashionable at any given moment. And that is what makes it more relevant than ever. The Redcoats are not about to march into Boston, but the Regulators are. The rising power of government has transformed its laws and systems into a means for the elites to impose their will on the whole country, to stamp out their private pursuits of happiness for collective ends. ..’
Daniel Greenfield
Perhaps it’s now time to mark this day with a reminder of just how fragile – and endangered – liberty is.

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11 Responses to July 4

  1. The Gantt Guy says:
    July 5, 2013 at 18:39

    As usual, Bill Whittle nails it on this Dependence Day

  2. KG says:
    July 5, 2013 at 19:44

    Good stuff! Thanks for the link, Gantt.

    • The Gantt Guy says:
      July 5, 2013 at 20:06

      Well, Sir, it’s Friday so the usual rules apply. The privilege of which I wrote this morning is a great and worrisome burden come this evening, after a couple bottles of a very nice Marlborough pinot noir.

      Friday night – drunk & melancholy. Again.

      • KG says:
        July 5, 2013 at 20:19

        Well, you at least wait until Friday, Gantt. :grin:
        Drunk and melancholy is sometimes an entirely reasonable response to the crap life throws at us.

        • The Gantt Guy says:
          July 5, 2013 at 20:32

          :grin:

          Drunk and melancholy is the standard Friday evening condition. The end of the week. A time for a little self-reflection. To review the various occasions over the past week when one lets ones self down. When the right words come 5 minutes after the end of the conversation. When the right lips kissed at the wrong time turn out to be the wrong ones, perhaps at the right time. When the perfect words at exactly the right time result in an embroilment in a situation which, if made known to the wrong people, could have life-altering consequences. When the wrong person picking up my phone at the wrong time could mean a very frosty home-life for the foreseeable future.

          Oh well, there’s always next week’s fuck-ups to look forward to…

          I’m in that god-forsaken cesspit called Wellington all next week. The woman/man ratio is 5:1, so I wonder how much trouble I can get myself into… :mrgreen:

  3. KG says:
    July 5, 2013 at 21:02

    “Oh well, there’s always next week’s fuck-ups to look forward to…”
    A hell of a lot of us are members of that club. I have a lifetime of them to look back on.

    “The woman/man ratio is 5:1, so I wonder how much trouble I can get myself into…”
    Oh, I dunno…..depends if you regard it as trouble or opportunity. :mrgreen:
    Think of the present time as just crossing a harbour bar, Gantt. The crossing is a bastard, but there’s smoother water out there.

    • The Gantt Guy says:
      July 5, 2013 at 21:10

      It’s the fuck-ups of next week that make us nostalgic for last week. I was never so brilliant as the me I look back on from a distance of a decade or more! :lol:

      If past experience is anything to go by, it’s definitely opportunity as opposed to trouble. There have been surveys taken by condom-maker Durex which indicate Kiwi girls are the easiest in the world. Just between you and me (and I’m sure you won’t tell anyone else) I’m sure their sample was taken in Wellington. And I can confirm the survey findings, from personal evidence via a statistically-significant random sample. :shock:

      The simile is perfect, KG. A harbour bar indeed. Would that home life were as easy as a cold beer, a warm bar, a pretty girl and some good live music. Oh well *shrug* I guess we must atone for our past sins in some manner.

  4. Darin says:
    July 5, 2013 at 23:09

    “The rising power of government has transformed its laws and systems into a means for the elites to impose their will on the whole country, to stamp out their private pursuits of happiness for collective ends. ..”

    Not me they don’t,I’m going Galt,I will not submit and I will do whatever I so please and only I will decide what becomes of my time,talent and fortune.If they don’t like it,F—them.

  5. RWT says:
    July 6, 2013 at 08:30

    It’s probably just a public holiday over there now, in their hearts they know they’re no longer free, and i doubt this switch happened recently.

    • KG says:
      July 6, 2013 at 09:16

      It’s been happening over a long period of time, RWT. And it’s a bloody tragedy. What a wasted opportunity. :sad:
      But perhaps that’s an inbuilt feature of democracy, or at least the universal franchise.