Four score and a dozen years ago today, the world was struck by Red October.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Jefferson Davis Elected
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Perilous Landslide
Eight dozen and a year ago today, the bête noire of this weblog was elected the 28th POTUS in a landslide victory.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
German and Austro-Hungarian Revolutionaries
Seven long dozen years ago today, revolutionaries were making their way in Austria-Hungary and Germany.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Lords Reject Euthanasia
A motion to allow assisted suicide was recently withdrawn in the House of Lords due to its opposition. So Independent Catholic News reports.
H/T: The Western Confucian
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Ottoman Sultanate Abolished
A long dozen years short of a century ago today, the Ottoman Sultanate was abolished.
Burkean Reflections
A year short of eleven score years ago today, Edmund Burke had his Reflections on the Revolution in France published.
Poll Results: Who Should Have Won the American Founding?
The results for the poll, asking who should have won the American founding, ending on midnight between September and October, are as follows:
Total votes: 102.
- The Anti-Federalists: 29 (28 %)
- The Loyalists: 27 (26 %)
- Monarchist Secessionists: 21 (20 %)
- The world would have gone to the dogs no matter what: 15 (14 %)
- Everything was just fine as it was: 10 (9 %)
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Quote of the Month
There is no such thing as the consent of the governed, unless you count "not blowing up Capitol Hill" as "consent". Government is about force. The talk about "the consent of the governed" is rhetoric intended to make the subjects of a democracy feel as if they are not sheep being shorn until time for the barbecue. Time for adherents of elected government to come up with a better argument.previous
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