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“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22 Trumps latest campaign promise is to grant police complete immunity from prosecution. Isn’t there a term to describe such a State? Gee, it’s right here on the tip of my tongue… “Darkness will be preferred to light, and death will be thought more profitable than life; no one will raise his eyes to heaven; the pious will be deemed insane, and the impious wise; the madman will be thought a brave man, and the wicked will be esteemed as good.” I think a lot about this lately. | ||
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 XXX "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks" FYI - if you ID as "conservative" nowadays, Trump owns you. | |||
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Great quote from a great book. What are some of yalls favorite books? | |||
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Great book, to my surprise it was actually one of the subject texts to be studied in school here. Sadly my year ended up with Shakespeare, Catch 22 would have got a lot more of my attention. | |||
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I read "Cannery Row" not long ago, short but I really enjoyed it. | |||
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Two pretty good prophets, George Carlin and Hunter S. Thompson... TomP Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906) | |||
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I just finished the first 4, yes 4, as each section has two books of Lord of the Rings. I read Hemingway’s Bimini book in Islands in the Stream every year. I read a ton of non-fiction hunting memories. My favorite is Kambaku. My favorite Boddington is Elephant. Falkuner’s Big Woods collection. | |||
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While entertaining, Catch 22 is ephemera. Shakespeare is for the ages. | |||
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I know alot about Shakespeare too. But I meant books. We can debate if Midsummers Nights Dream is the best pure comedy of the era but thats really a different thread. | |||
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I don't believe in prophets, or time travel, so "anything" by: Greta Thunberg, is out of the question... Some of my faves with a political bent, in no particular order: " Chesapeake " by: James A. Michner " Hiroshima " by: John Hersey " Uncle Tom's Cabin " by: Harriet Beecher Stowe " The Ox-bow Incident " by: Walter Van Tilburg Clark " When Hell Was In Session " by: Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton Jr. " The Art of War " by: Sun Tzu Henry David Thoreau's essay: " Civil Disobedience " How about yours ZZ? . | |||
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A Tale of Two Cities is always strong. For history, A Distant Mirror about the plague and Guns of August both by Barbara Tuchman are great. Giant by Edna Ferber is a must for Texans. I love Don Quixote and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Anything by Cormac McCarthy too. | |||
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Cool. I have a paperback copy of Edna Ferber's " Cimmeron " that I've been dragging along with me for 50 years now. . | |||
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Modern prophets? Ayn Rand George Orwell Robert Heinlein Mike Judge (Idiocracy and Office Space) Aldous Huxley Thomas Malthus (not so modern) #dumptrump opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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I will admit, the similarities between today's society and Judge's " Idiocracy " are uncanny. The folks at the Babylon Bee & The Onion have also been hilariously accurate with some of their satire. Life imitating art imitating life that's stranger than fiction. Strange times indeed. . | |||
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