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		<title>By: NAHALKIDES</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/david-solway/fiddling-while-washington-burns-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5266441</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel the same way as you, and despair.  But consider this:  if there were any real leaders out there among the Republican Party, and they started saying the same things Solway does in this article, I think you might see a groundswell of support.  Whether it would be enough to carry the day against the Democrats&#039; legions of pseudo-intellectuals and material parasites is hard to say.  The right man, if we had him, could make a lot of difference right now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes I feel the same way as you, and despair.  But consider this:  if there were any real leaders out there among the Republican Party, and they started saying the same things Solway does in this article, I think you might see a groundswell of support.  Whether it would be enough to carry the day against the Democrats&#8217; legions of pseudo-intellectuals and material parasites is hard to say.  The right man, if we had him, could make a lot of difference right now.</p>
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		<title>By: NAHALKIDES</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NAHALKIDES]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brief, pithy description not just of our political life but of a decadent culture.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brief, pithy description not just of our political life but of a decadent culture.</p>
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		<title>By: magpie5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the broader sweep of history there is nothing new under the sun ; we&#039;ve seen this all before , but under diferent circumstances ; let&#039;s face it , we humans have been sculptured by the forces of evolution to struggle , suffer and  to endure , as is the fate of all living creature , but we are badly suited to affluence and easy living without becoming debauched , degenerate , frivilous and decadent 

What was once the priviledge of the rich and famous has now became mainstreamed to the &#039;&#039;great unwashed &#039;&#039;; indeed the average working person has an easier , more affluent life than a Roman Emperor or a French aristocrat  and better entertainment than they could ever of imagined ; more horsepower at their fingertips , the magical power of electricity , Godlike power of communications and the life giving power of modern medicine 

Unfortunately , we humans can suffer depravity , but none too much affluence , methinks ; most of us lack the self descipline required and lack direction and meaning ; infact , we are the victims of the &#039;&#039;perfect storm&#039;&#039; of post moderism ...existential despair and affluence that bodes an ill wind for the future 

Our enemies around the world such as the Chinese , Russians and Moslems are looking upon other with amused detatchment ,and not a little contempt , as a civilisation in full blown meltdown ; indeed they are gazing upon us like famished , leering wolves just waiting for their opportunity ..and let&#039;s face it , we do deserve it]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the broader sweep of history there is nothing new under the sun ; we&#8217;ve seen this all before , but under diferent circumstances ; let&#8217;s face it , we humans have been sculptured by the forces of evolution to struggle , suffer and  to endure , as is the fate of all living creature , but we are badly suited to affluence and easy living without becoming debauched , degenerate , frivilous and decadent </p>
<p>What was once the priviledge of the rich and famous has now became mainstreamed to the &#8221;great unwashed &#8221;; indeed the average working person has an easier , more affluent life than a Roman Emperor or a French aristocrat  and better entertainment than they could ever of imagined ; more horsepower at their fingertips , the magical power of electricity , Godlike power of communications and the life giving power of modern medicine </p>
<p>Unfortunately , we humans can suffer depravity , but none too much affluence , methinks ; most of us lack the self descipline required and lack direction and meaning ; infact , we are the victims of the &#8221;perfect storm&#8221; of post moderism &#8230;existential despair and affluence that bodes an ill wind for the future </p>
<p>Our enemies around the world such as the Chinese , Russians and Moslems are looking upon other with amused detatchment ,and not a little contempt , as a civilisation in full blown meltdown ; indeed they are gazing upon us like famished , leering wolves just waiting for their opportunity ..and let&#8217;s face it , we do deserve it</p>
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		<title>By: physicsnut</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[physicsnut]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not exactly frivolity ---
saw on LonelyConservative
that CASS SUNSTEIN is going to be overseeing the NSA
 hmmm - anything to WORRY about ????????]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not exactly frivolity &#8212;<br />
saw on LonelyConservative<br />
that CASS SUNSTEIN is going to be overseeing the NSA<br />
 hmmm &#8211; anything to WORRY about ????????</p>
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		<title>By: rebaaron</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rebaaron]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was always thus. We fiddled while Hitler conquered all of Europe. We let the Communists have their way with the world until Reagan stopped them in the 11th hour. The Muslems will kill millions before we wake up. Bush tried to stop them but was discredited by the Left. Obama is, how do I put it, an ally of the Islamists, and he was reelected. As Daniel Greenfield put it, a majority of the electorate doesn&#039;t know how to make change.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was always thus. We fiddled while Hitler conquered all of Europe. We let the Communists have their way with the world until Reagan stopped them in the 11th hour. The Muslems will kill millions before we wake up. Bush tried to stop them but was discredited by the Left. Obama is, how do I put it, an ally of the Islamists, and he was reelected. As Daniel Greenfield put it, a majority of the electorate doesn&#8217;t know how to make change.</p>
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		<title>By: Clare Spark</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clare Spark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives have long worried about luxuries of all kinds as the ticket to decadence and downfall. I wrote about that here: http://clarespark.com/2011/04/03/progressives-the-luxury-debate-and-decadence/. &quot;Progressives, the luxury debate, and decadence.&quot; It organizes competing narratives regarding progress as contrasted to decline and fall. (Evelyn Waugh wrote a novel with that title: Decline and Fall.) Depoliticizing has deeper causes in my view than a yen for escapist entertainment.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Conservatives have long worried about luxuries of all kinds as the ticket to decadence and downfall. I wrote about that here: <a href="http://clarespark.com/2011/04/03/progressives-the-luxury-debate-and-decadence/" rel="nofollow">http://clarespark.com/2011/04/03/progressives-the-luxury-debate-and-decadence/</a>. &#8220;Progressives, the luxury debate, and decadence.&#8221; It organizes competing narratives regarding progress as contrasted to decline and fall. (Evelyn Waugh wrote a novel with that title: Decline and Fall.) Depoliticizing has deeper causes in my view than a yen for escapist entertainment.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph X.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph X.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something that everyone knows. Everyone also knows there&#039;s not a damn thing we can do about it. We&#039;re all hooked. Reading this &quot;mag&quot; is another exercise in time-wasting, albeit slightly less than reading Huffpost or watching CNN. 


Nothing will happen until cities actually do start to burn from race riots and/or jihadist attacks. Then some of our populace may wake up... but it&#039;s doubtful. The Boston bombings did nothing to wake us up, because the real reason for the bombings didn&#039;t fit the PC narrative.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is something that everyone knows. Everyone also knows there&#8217;s not a damn thing we can do about it. We&#8217;re all hooked. Reading this &#8220;mag&#8221; is another exercise in time-wasting, albeit slightly less than reading Huffpost or watching CNN. </p>
<p>Nothing will happen until cities actually do start to burn from race riots and/or jihadist attacks. Then some of our populace may wake up&#8230; but it&#8217;s doubtful. The Boston bombings did nothing to wake us up, because the real reason for the bombings didn&#8217;t fit the PC narrative.</p>
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		<title>By: Lorraine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 07:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for putting this into words.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for putting this into words.</p>
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		<title>By: truebearing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[truebearing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Taking up arms in defense of our own liberty?&quot; Not on Obama&#039;s watch. The Left has cultured a nation full of idiots -- the only constituency that would voluntarily elect them. They will fight to maintain America&#039;s mindless mass of lemmings at all costs. 
Americans have been surgically separated from the human survival code -- morality -- both by the insidious Left and the even more insidious, self-indulgence. Nothing will wake America up until its very survival is in doubt....when it will  probably be too late. If enough Americans re-discover that morality is a gift, not a punishment or deprivation, we will have a chance at survival.
Great post, David.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Taking up arms in defense of our own liberty?&#8221; Not on Obama&#8217;s watch. The Left has cultured a nation full of idiots &#8212; the only constituency that would voluntarily elect them. They will fight to maintain America&#8217;s mindless mass of lemmings at all costs.<br />
Americans have been surgically separated from the human survival code &#8212; morality &#8212; both by the insidious Left and the even more insidious, self-indulgence. Nothing will wake America up until its very survival is in doubt&#8230;.when it will  probably be too late. If enough Americans re-discover that morality is a gift, not a punishment or deprivation, we will have a chance at survival.<br />
Great post, David.</p>
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