Grandpa loves "Victicrats" and so will You.

Hey, all, grandpa is finely catching up with the times. He actually digs Rap music now. He also said he loves the new word, victicrat, and hopes its use spreads like wildfire. lol
He actually said that the above video would be declared as the official song of the Griper site.
It is said that it will only be available on youtube for a couple of more days so give a good listen while you can. Spread the word too and let's really make this a hit song.

Nudity in Front of Children?

Ok, my friends, here is one to discuss.  Hillary Swank, the actress, has revealed that her boyfriend's son sees her in the nude all the time. He is 6 years old. Admittedly, she says that it is in the bedroom but is there a difference in a small child seeing an adult nude in the bedroom as opposed to parading around the house in the nude as we hear that some do? Another question that might come up is whether or not it matters if the nude person is a woman or a man? Here is the story.

With Equality comes Justice?

“Grandpa, why do you argue against the concept of Equality? It would seem to me that if people were to be treated fairly that treating people, as equals would be the fairest way of all. People all possess the same attributes. People all possess the same qualities. So, how can people not be seen as equals? How can you treat people fairly if you don’t treat them as equals?”


Grandpa just looked at me and said,

“ A very good question, boy, and one that man has been grappling with ever since they grasped the concept of justice. And it will be a question that haunts you for the rest of your life as you interact with others.

It is also a question that I can’t give you a real answer to either. Nobody can. The answer to that question will have to come from within you. I will only be able to give you a few ideas about it but you must take those ideas and build from them yourself.

First of all, boy, equality goes against the laws of the nature of our existence. Science teaches us that the very essence of our existence is the essence of power. Science also defines this power in terms of opposing forces. These forces are further defined in terms of motion and resistance. All objects, even man, possesses power of some degree and the amount of power that one object has can be determined when it interacts with another object. The object of greater power will have the ability to move an object of lesser power even though that object of lesser power will attempt to resist movement.

Equality, on the other hand, can only be achieved by the laws of man. And the laws of man can never have the power that the laws of nature possess. For the laws of nature recognizes the power each object possesses and declares that each object will abide by these laws, voluntarily or involuntarily. The laws of nature make no judgment of the behavior of any object.

The problem with the laws of man is that in order to achieve equality it is necessary to eliminate the power that some possess or to give power to some that do not possess it. This is an impossibility. The most that the laws of man can do is to forbid the use of power by those who possess it and penalize those who do not abide by the laws. This is not an achievement of equality.

This only creates the illusion of equality. And what gives man the right to go against the laws of nature by forbidding the use of some power? It is the God concept within us all that declares that there is a concept of morality by which we are bound to abide by. So, boy, even if every man abided by the laws as enacted, equality still would not be achieved.

We would only be living a life within an illusion rather than living in the reality of life as created. The justice that we’d find in this life would not be real. What greater injustice is there then to live in a world where injustice exists but cannot be seen? The voice of injustice that would exist in a state of illusionary equality would never be heeded for it would fall on the ears and eyes of the blind and deaf. You cannot create the illusion of equality without creating the illusion of justice achieved.”

Health Care Reform, or is it?

Well. people, You have a choice. You can submit obediently to the experts in white coats who cite all of their scientific statistics when it comes to health care reform or you can listen to the common people who rely on their unscientific experience of suffering when it comes to reform.  You have the choice of theoretical perfection or the reality of it with all of its imperfections.



Update:
Found a story where a new idea is being proffered to Congress about the litigation issue in regards to malpractice of health care reform.

Another Update:
Found this sampling of health reform over at Looking at the Left. Just thought you'd like to see what our representatives are using these days. Yes, these are being sold in Washington D.C. among other things as you'll see when you visit El Marco who snapped this pic.

click on the image to get the full picture.

Politics of Peace and War?

Grandpa was asked to give a speech at a local political rally and here was what he had to say,

“My friends,
I have no speech to give you on this occasion. Speeches are meant to be given in order to convince others of a certain way of thinking and to this end today I have no desire to convince anyone of anything. But I do have a quote I’d like each and everyone to think about. I will not reveal the author of that quote because I want you to ponder his words and the meaning behind them without the added influence of knowing who authored them.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns.  We do not allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?

Think about what is being said here. Ponder the meaning behind the words. There is a lot that can be justifiably implied from the above statement. First of all, I think that everyone can agree on the fact that the above statement is a political statement. I think we can all agree on the fact that the author is referring to a time of peace rather than a time of war also. I further think we can all agree that the enemy of which the author speaks of is within a nation over which rule has been established.

Now, the question becomes in ascertaining what type of political system would divide the people of a nation up into camps of allies vs. the enemy? If not the system that is at fault then what type of person would think that ideas other than his own and of his allies need to be suppressed and why?

What is it about a person’s ideas in regards to politics that he would think that he needed to disallow anyone else to have their own ideas in regards to politics? While the author is acknowledging that ideas are more powerful than guns, is he not also acknowledging that there are ideas out there that may be more powerful than his own ideas?

If so, then what are those ideas that he espouses to that he knows are less powerful then the ones he wishes to eliminate? If so, then what are the ideas that he considers so powerful as to think there is a need not to allow them?

What are those ideas that the author of the above statement would consider himself as being at war with? Maybe a better question is what is that idea that is so powerful that it doesn’t need to suppress the ideas of another man, even the ideas of a man who would suppress this idea if given an opportunity? What is it about this idea that gives itself such power over people or is it an idea that actually reveals the power already possessed by the people themselves?

When you ponder over these questions think of the following statement also.  Tis a quote from another man, a man whose ideas run along the same line as the man I have already quoted.

The meaning of peace is the absense of the opposition to socialism.

How many persons would take this as meaning that socialism is the politics of peace?

Questions, my friends that is all I have for you this day. But questions only you can answer for yourself. I cannot answer them for you nor can anyone else."

With this said grandpa stepped down and as he did, a hush fell over the room.