Maybe you're not part of it, and I'm not "part of it".... but in a sad and sick way, WE ARE PART OF IT.... these labs were built using our tax dollars, in our name, and all because for the last few decades we fell asleep and let the idiots run our government, our schools, and our once-trusted agencies. We are now awakening to this sad fact, that the absolute WORST among us are now holding the reins of power. Our ancestors would be ashamed of us. What happens now in America and indeed the West, will determine whether we go into that good night of oblivion and history, or whether we rise again.
Eventually all civilizations fall, what rises out of the ashes will hopefully be smarter, stronger. However, this is also true of the DS, they too will rise up stronger and smarter, then the process to poison humanity starts again.
It used to be civilizations lasted thousands of years, then over time as technology improved, the timeframes began to shorten … centuries.
Now, we’re at the pinnacle of instant travel, where communications are near-instant / real-time. The timeframe then shortens to decades.
Is it the so called ‘Great Awakening’ ? Whatever name we attribute to it, we are part of it whether we like it or not… thus we must act.
Nice screen name.... I grow my own basil and make a mean pesto, which I usually serve on angel hair pasta with pan-seared sea scallops.
But to your point, yes,it's up to us to recapture our civilization from the idiots and firmly establish it again in ways our Founders intended.
It's going to be a great effort and I don't expect I will be around to see it all happen in my lifetime. I will just be happy to have been a part of the beginning of it.
I agree. It is nothing but self-serving to protest "I am innocent!" Innocent of what? Innocent of standing by, while depraved bullies took over our society and government, imposed violence all over the world, and made victims out of everyone? No, we're not innocent. Ignorant, maybe. With the independence of a sock puppet. But weak minds and weak wills are only symptoms of sin.
There is a famous (so famous that it has been targeted by the "woke" culture to be more diverse) painting by Norman Rockwell, called "Freedom of Speech."
It depicts a common citizen standing up in a meeting of some sort and speaking his mind. This painting should become our very own symbol, and taught to future generations after these fake government tyrants are gone.
Good painting. Norman Rockwell is one of my favorites. In fact, I think he is on a level with Rembrandt for realism of depiction. I don't know why he is so neglected as a leading figure of American art. (Maxwell Parrish is on a par, but not so associated with Americana as Rockwell. Maybe that is the reason for his obscurity.)
Oh, I love Maxfield Parrish's work too. I think their relative obscurity today is because in their own time (first half of the 20th Century) they were regarded as "illustrators." Their work was mostly seen in advertisements, book illustrations, magazine articles, etc. As such, they enjoyed popular support but to the artsy crowd they never had the "gravitas" of the Old Masters.
Like you said, I think they were easily as good as the classical painters -- and in Parrish's case even better in terms of capturing light and the way light appears to emanate right off the canvas -- but in the arrogance of the Art World, they were never considered "serious" painters. Their work, when it was commented on at all, was considered "sentimental" and "naive" by the critics of the time.
I'm just glad their work survived so we can appreciate them today.
We had been taken over, those idiots were installed, and likely were told they could steal anything that was not nailed down; you know, just like the Ukrainian leadership. I would not be surprised to find some of these installed politicians are worth 100's of millions. Biden's could be in the billion dollar range; you know the Clinton's and Bush families may have far surpassed a billion dollars.
Maybe you're not part of it, and I'm not "part of it".... but in a sad and sick way, WE ARE PART OF IT.... these labs were built using our tax dollars, in our name, and all because for the last few decades we fell asleep and let the idiots run our government, our schools, and our once-trusted agencies. We are now awakening to this sad fact, that the absolute WORST among us are now holding the reins of power. Our ancestors would be ashamed of us. What happens now in America and indeed the West, will determine whether we go into that good night of oblivion and history, or whether we rise again.
Yep. We've been asleep at the helm for so long we forgot which icebergs we ran into.
We should ask our Oracle Greta Thunberg, maybe she can figure it out.
I believe we will indeed rise into a new era.
Eventually all civilizations fall, what rises out of the ashes will hopefully be smarter, stronger. However, this is also true of the DS, they too will rise up stronger and smarter, then the process to poison humanity starts again.
It used to be civilizations lasted thousands of years, then over time as technology improved, the timeframes began to shorten … centuries.
Now, we’re at the pinnacle of instant travel, where communications are near-instant / real-time. The timeframe then shortens to decades.
Is it the so called ‘Great Awakening’ ? Whatever name we attribute to it, we are part of it whether we like it or not… thus we must act.
Nice screen name.... I grow my own basil and make a mean pesto, which I usually serve on angel hair pasta with pan-seared sea scallops.
But to your point, yes,it's up to us to recapture our civilization from the idiots and firmly establish it again in ways our Founders intended.
It's going to be a great effort and I don't expect I will be around to see it all happen in my lifetime. I will just be happy to have been a part of the beginning of it.
We need to remove the threat of the DS so they don't just start over again. And I grow and make my own basil pesto too.
Basil Pesto is a solid pesto :)
I agree. It is nothing but self-serving to protest "I am innocent!" Innocent of what? Innocent of standing by, while depraved bullies took over our society and government, imposed violence all over the world, and made victims out of everyone? No, we're not innocent. Ignorant, maybe. With the independence of a sock puppet. But weak minds and weak wills are only symptoms of sin.
There is a famous (so famous that it has been targeted by the "woke" culture to be more diverse) painting by Norman Rockwell, called "Freedom of Speech."
https://imgc.artprintimages.com/img/print/freedom-of-speech-february-21-1943_u-l-q1hyiai0.jpg
It depicts a common citizen standing up in a meeting of some sort and speaking his mind. This painting should become our very own symbol, and taught to future generations after these fake government tyrants are gone.
Good painting. Norman Rockwell is one of my favorites. In fact, I think he is on a level with Rembrandt for realism of depiction. I don't know why he is so neglected as a leading figure of American art. (Maxwell Parrish is on a par, but not so associated with Americana as Rockwell. Maybe that is the reason for his obscurity.)
Oh, I love Maxfield Parrish's work too. I think their relative obscurity today is because in their own time (first half of the 20th Century) they were regarded as "illustrators." Their work was mostly seen in advertisements, book illustrations, magazine articles, etc. As such, they enjoyed popular support but to the artsy crowd they never had the "gravitas" of the Old Masters.
Like you said, I think they were easily as good as the classical painters -- and in Parrish's case even better in terms of capturing light and the way light appears to emanate right off the canvas -- but in the arrogance of the Art World, they were never considered "serious" painters. Their work, when it was commented on at all, was considered "sentimental" and "naive" by the critics of the time.
I'm just glad their work survived so we can appreciate them today.
This is why we should be mad. We should be pissed.
We had been taken over, those idiots were installed, and likely were told they could steal anything that was not nailed down; you know, just like the Ukrainian leadership. I would not be surprised to find some of these installed politicians are worth 100's of millions. Biden's could be in the billion dollar range; you know the Clinton's and Bush families may have far surpassed a billion dollars.