“The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather than to the mind. The `polish and pipeclay’ school is not yet extinct, and it is easier for the mediocre intelligence to become an authority on buttons, than on tactics.”
- - Captain Sir Basil Liddel Hart, in Thoughts on War, 1944
“Force always attracts men of low morality.”
–Albert Einstein
May 20
Posted by R. Stanton Scott in Background, Foggy Bottom Line, Gays in the Military, Homosexuality, Torture, US Military, Whack Jobs
It seems I really touched a nerve with this comment on a post about gays in the military over at The Western Experience. The proprietor, Jason Corley, responded sharply, and upon reflection I would like to say something about why I am more open about my background than he. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Blogger Background
“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
–Retired General Norman Schwartzkopf
Always make sure someone has a can opener.
–Murphy’s Laws of Combat
May 15
Posted by R. Stanton Scott in Military Quotes, Torture, Whack Jobs, Wingnuts, Wingnuttia
Degenerates who think torturing prisoners is morally acceptable edition:
“Hold it the Greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.”
–Juvenal
Bonus quote on the same subject:
“A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.”
–Walter Lippman
May 13
Posted by R. Stanton Scott in Choice, Edifying Blogs, Theories of Policy Change, Whack Jobs
I’m no fan of Ross Douthat, but I have to admit that his New York Times Op-Ed from Monday offers an interesting hypothesis: that American policy entreprenuers may improve their chances of implementing their preferences by framing their supporting arguments in terms of freedom and liberty rather than beneficial outcomes. I can think of several possible examples off the top of my head: Roosevelt’s framing of the New Deal in terms of freedom from want and fear, anti-tax groups framing taxation in terms of coerced wealth redistribution, and NRA arguments about handgun ownership. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Abortion, Pro-Lifers, Whack Jobs
“Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision. ”
–Blake Clark
“A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. ”
–John F. Kennedy
May 9
Posted by R. Stanton Scott in Military Quotes, Treason in Defense of Slavery
Special Georgia Nullification Edition:
“War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.”
General William Tecumseh Sherman
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