Writes “Deogolwulf” at his eloquent weblog The Joy of Curmudgeonry:
It is funny when ministers and parliamentarians make a promise of treating the voting public like grown-ups and responsible adults; it is just the kind of language to use when one wishes to flatter children and adolescents.previous
The results for the poll, asking what is the best way to counter democratism, ending at midnight between 2009 and 2010, are as follows:
Total votes: 55.
121 years ago today, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary passed brutally from this world.
Three dozen decades and a year ago today (January 20 in the Julian Calendar), what is called the trial of Charles I commmenced.
“I do stand more for the liberty of my people, than any here that come to be my pretended judges.”
A quarter of a millennium and six years ago today, Norwegian writer Ludvig Holberg passed away.
He was the author of – amongst many other works – The Political Tinker, which made fun of know-nothing people wanting influence in politics. Can we imagine what he would have thought of universal suffrage?
A quarter of a millennium and four years ago today, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.
Sixty years ago today, the Republic of India was proclaimed, replacing the Dominion of India.
Seven long measures years ago today, the Versailles Peace Conference approved the creation of the League of Nations.
371 years ago today (Jan 14 in the Julian Calendar), the first American colonial constitution, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, was adopted.
Ninety years ago today, Queen Wilhelmina refused to extradite the German Emperor.
A century and two dozen years ago today, Baron Roman Nickolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg was born.
93 years ago today, the Persona Non Grata of this weblog delivered his “peace without victory” speech.
Nine score and a year ago today, Prince Oscar Frederik of Sweden and Norway was born to Crown Prince Oscar and Crown Princess Josephine.
Seven score and nine years ago today, Jefferson Davis resigned as United States Senator.
Seven long dozen years ago today, the Versailles Peace Conference commenced in France, four dozen years on the day after the German Empire was proclaimed.
321 years ago today, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu was born.
361 years ago today (January 6 in the Julian Calendar), the Rump Parliament voted to put Charles I on trial.
Three dozen decades and eight years ago today (January 4 in the Julian Calendar), Charles I attempted to arrest some parliamentarians.
A Roughrider's dozen years short of a century ago today, President Warren G. Harding ordered troops home from Germany.
Four score and a dozen years ago today, the 28th President of those United States issued his “Fourteen Points.”
A long dozen decades ago today, Emperor Norton, who – amongst other things – proclaimed the United States Congress abolished, passed on.
Five years short of a century ago today, a Bolshevik envoy approached the Imperial German representative in Constantinople.
Eleven score and a year ago today, the landed gentry of those United States voted for electors to the Electoral College.
Seven years short of a century ago today, a bill was introduced in the United Kingdom that was to become the Military Service Act 1916.
Two years short of a dozen decades ago today, J.R.R. Tolkien was born.
Writes Vox Nova:
Tolkien chose monarchy as the form of government which most satisfied him because, looking to history and knowing how monarchies worked, he saw that monarchs rarely were concerned about the lives of ordinary people and let them therefore live, as they would like, as long as the people themselves did not organize themselves as a threat to the monarch’s power (despite what “democratic” propaganda might suggest). Again, the Shire presents this picture well, because the Shire existed in its anarchical state under the auspices of Gondor; the king in theory had authority to dictate laws, but in practice, rarely had the need to do so because the people of the Shire caused no major disruption when left to themselves. Tolkien thus understood that monarchies, by their very nature, tended to be more anarchical, and this makes sense, because there is, in theory, far less heads and people vying for (and claiming) power in a monarchy than in other forms of government.
2 years short of a century ago today, the Republic of China was established, with Dr. Sun Yat-sen as first President.
51 years ago today, the Cuban Revolution led to regime change.
Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. interviewed Mr. Humberto Fontova a few years ago on his book Fidel: Hollywood’s Favorite Tyrant.
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
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