Anniversary

On March 10, 1982 I enlisted in the United States Army.

Conscience is the expression of the ego in the moral realm.  To make a moral judgment and to act on it are basically selfish acts.  It's the self that sees through its own eyes and acts on its own knowledge of right and wrong.  You couldn't be selfish if you can't live with yourself.  Rational Selfishness as defined and advocated by Ayn Rand was limited to acts which benefited one's self but caused no harm or inflicted a cost on another person.  The narcissist, especially in the political realm, isn't concerned with the injuries and burdens inflicted on other people.  In fact, the more destructive the consequences of obedience to those who obey the narcissist, the better.  Human sacrifice with beating hearts cut out and victims flayed alive, that's great.  Millions worked to death in slave labor camps in Siberia, as far as the narcissist is concerned that's better.  In order for me to say, "I, Leslie Bates, do solemnly swear to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America..." I have to say "I". That was my ego speaking when I took the oath of enlistment.

Some people have a problem with persons acting on their conscience.  I don't.

Thought For The Day

When I was enlisted in the United States Army the Army was going though several transitions.  The Army was transitioning from the M1 steel pot to the first generation of the K-pot helmet.  The Army was transitioning from the M60A3 tank to the first generation of the M1 Abrams tank with the 105mm rifled gun.  The Army was transitioning from the M113 APC to the first generation of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.  The Army was transitioning from the Huey helicopter to the first generation of the Blackhawk helicopter.

I'm sometimes compelled to explain why I don't believe in the concept of God.

Let's start with the age of the universe.

According to the current idea (we call concepts a theory because someone may come up with a better idea) the universe is 13.5 billion years old.  The galactic core is 30,000 light years away. It takes 30,000 years for light from the galactic core to reach Earth.  That's five times the age of the universe according to the Book of Genesis.

I once chewed out SFC Steve Barry, one of the founders of the Special Forces Underground.

Steve,

What the Hell is your major cognitive malfunction?

You know damned well what Objectivism is. You created The Resister as an essentially Objectivist publication. If you had not done so, I would never had taken the trouble to post the text on the internet or to contribute to it.

And if you bothered to remember correctly you would know that every Objectivist, from Ayn Rand on down to the newest reader, ABSOLUTELY LOATHED COMMUNISTS. Collaborating with that species of vermin is never an option.

And killing Mussolini was not an act of murder. Killing Mussolini was an act of tyrannicide. And tyrannicide is nothing more than hunting down and killing a predatory animal.

If you are going to get this disconnected from reality then you may as well go all the way and convert to Islam.

Physical force, like fire, can be useful, but the use of physical force, like fire, must be limited.  Libertarians, and some Republicans, understand this fact.  The people running the Democratic Party, and their servants in Anti-fa and BLM, refuse to understand this fact.  The facts are facts and aren't subject to a popular vote.  Those who have an instrument of coercion will use it to obtain what they need or believe they need.  Mussolini was explicitly clear on this point.  As far as a self-styled "progressive" is concerned, if a person can't be used they're garbage to be disposed of.  They could be elderly people or little girls confined to wheelchairs and they'll feel good about it.  The so-called "progressive" politicians and their willing servants want to disarm us, the decent and productive people, so we can be used.  They have a need for us but we have no use for them.  We, the decent and productive people, must identify and treat the so-called "progressive" politicians and their willing servants as mortal enemies.
 

 

 

Obituary

Rush H. Limbaugh III has died of lung cancer at the age of 70.  I used to listen to Limbaugh on KSTP-AM 1500 when I worked at a parking ramp in downtown Minneapolis along with publishing online and contributing to The Resister.   The initial Wikipedia article mentioned his immortal soul going back to Hell, the pejorative has since been deleted.