With Tommy Carrigan on Thursday. Despite the title card, we didn’t discuss Iran or Israel even for a moment. Instead, we had a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion of American history and the future of the nation and the world.
What Robert Spencer asserts around the 16-17 minute mark in this video encapsulates so much in so very little time. To wit, Republican Presidents like Eisenhower and Reagan, both very good men, nonetheless and arguably had the opportunity to nix what FDR and even Wilson before FDR instituted, i.e., a massive national government takeover of the federalism inaugurated by the Founding Fathers of America and which takeover resulted in the 9th and 10th Amendments being effectively moribund forthwith as the Left in our time is trying to make the first 8 Amendments null and void as well, and especially the 1st and 2nd.
Since Wilson, and certainly since FDR, it has only been a rear-guard effort at best to thwart the national-security state eclipsing the original three branches of government. Wilson and FDR began the growth of all this rot and the forever dismal Biden, nominally in charge, is trying to complete the utter evisceration of the limited government and federalism begun by the Founding Fathers, which founders are the ONLY group of people to institute a government put forth on the principle that government is optimal which ordinarily governs least. Even ancient Athens at its best, England too, the Dutch Republic at its best, Switzerland as well, et al. did not create what the Founding Fathers of America DELIBERATEY created.
It’s all being lost in our time. Due to ignorance, stupidity, avarice, cynicism and a whole host of other negatives. Man is a collective idiot most of the time with an occasionally shining moment—and those moments are brief indeed. Like the American “experiment” begun in the late 18th century.
gravenimagesays
Too true, Wellington.
David Msays
What a traitor to western civilisation Trudeau is,
I can’t recall where I read it – but I gather it is an old Jewish saying “All is lost.. let us say Tehillim.”
gravenimagesays
+1
R_notsays
the democrats cheat. Trump didn’t clean up last time and nothing happened when the democrat’s domestic terrorists rioted, looted, vandalized, attacked and you better believe they will start that in force!!! And they undo everything positive that Trump did. The democrats have totally allowed jihadis and commies to rule their platform even while they had a low standard.
R_notsays
I really enjoyed listening to that young man (and you too of course!!)!
It’s a shame Robert Spencer, being such a widely read man, is not familiar with Augustine’s CITY OF GOD which is a huge multivolume work depicting the ancient world and the characters in it. He would discover that there were philosophers before Socrates and also schools of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Stoics, Epicureans, etc. Augustine details these Philosophical Schools of thought as well as the poets, actors, Pagan deities, ad nauseum. What Augustine was witnessing was exactly what the topic for tonight is about, the end of Roman Civilization. His prose is clear, his thinking is deep, his wit is apparent, his range extraordinary. As a student of Western Culture Augustine is the illumination for his Age and the Age that followed and for that matter, any Age.
gravenimagesays
Raymond, your idea that Robert Spencer is not familiar with the work of Augustine, nor many of the main classical philosophical schools, is simply mistaken. Where did you get this idea?
Spencer has a Master’s Degree in religious studies.
James Lincolnsays
An excellent – and thought-provoking video.
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Brigitte from Germany says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erNIIK_jYT4
This is Gaza 2 days ago.
Nice beach there.
Wellington says
What Robert Spencer asserts around the 16-17 minute mark in this video encapsulates so much in so very little time. To wit, Republican Presidents like Eisenhower and Reagan, both very good men, nonetheless and arguably had the opportunity to nix what FDR and even Wilson before FDR instituted, i.e., a massive national government takeover of the federalism inaugurated by the Founding Fathers of America and which takeover resulted in the 9th and 10th Amendments being effectively moribund forthwith as the Left in our time is trying to make the first 8 Amendments null and void as well, and especially the 1st and 2nd.
Since Wilson, and certainly since FDR, it has only been a rear-guard effort at best to thwart the national-security state eclipsing the original three branches of government. Wilson and FDR began the growth of all this rot and the forever dismal Biden, nominally in charge, is trying to complete the utter evisceration of the limited government and federalism begun by the Founding Fathers, which founders are the ONLY group of people to institute a government put forth on the principle that government is optimal which ordinarily governs least. Even ancient Athens at its best, England too, the Dutch Republic at its best, Switzerland as well, et al. did not create what the Founding Fathers of America DELIBERATEY created.
It’s all being lost in our time. Due to ignorance, stupidity, avarice, cynicism and a whole host of other negatives. Man is a collective idiot most of the time with an occasionally shining moment—and those moments are brief indeed. Like the American “experiment” begun in the late 18th century.
gravenimage says
Too true, Wellington.
David M says
What a traitor to western civilisation Trudeau is,
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/trudeau-announces-halal-mortgages-to-help-muslim-canadians/ar-AA1njAjD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=fdb5ea1a3e4d4d57cc893d4eb1c609e6&ei=16
dumbledoresarmy says
I can’t recall where I read it – but I gather it is an old Jewish saying “All is lost.. let us say Tehillim.”
gravenimage says
+1
R_not says
the democrats cheat. Trump didn’t clean up last time and nothing happened when the democrat’s domestic terrorists rioted, looted, vandalized, attacked and you better believe they will start that in force!!! And they undo everything positive that Trump did. The democrats have totally allowed jihadis and commies to rule their platform even while they had a low standard.
R_not says
I really enjoyed listening to that young man (and you too of course!!)!
Raymond F. Bullock says
It’s a shame Robert Spencer, being such a widely read man, is not familiar with Augustine’s CITY OF GOD which is a huge multivolume work depicting the ancient world and the characters in it. He would discover that there were philosophers before Socrates and also schools of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Stoics, Epicureans, etc. Augustine details these Philosophical Schools of thought as well as the poets, actors, Pagan deities, ad nauseum. What Augustine was witnessing was exactly what the topic for tonight is about, the end of Roman Civilization. His prose is clear, his thinking is deep, his wit is apparent, his range extraordinary. As a student of Western Culture Augustine is the illumination for his Age and the Age that followed and for that matter, any Age.
gravenimage says
Raymond, your idea that Robert Spencer is not familiar with the work of Augustine, nor many of the main classical philosophical schools, is simply mistaken. Where did you get this idea?
Spencer has a Master’s Degree in religious studies.
James Lincoln says
An excellent – and thought-provoking video.