tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post3574689455492100340..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Quotations read todayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-49939011394370110962020-02-08T03:29:22.976+02:002020-02-08T03:29:22.976+02:00Donald Trump received thin applause when he appear...Donald Trump received thin applause when he appeared at Davos, but he pointed out that the U.S. is the only country which has more jobs to be filled than unemployed and where the disparity between the highest and lowest income-earners is narrowing.<br /><br />https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-the-davos-elite-have-seen-the-future-but-didnt-recognize-it-its-the-u-sTomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-10240215068982830082020-02-07T22:13:55.742+02:002020-02-07T22:13:55.742+02:00We complain of the mediocrity, or even sub-mediocr...We complain of the mediocrity, or even sub-mediocrity, of our leaders and their bureaucratic hangers-on, but we do not see that our system does much, perhaps everything, to guarantee the rise of such people to the top. Power, or at least its simulacrum, is the consolation prize of those who want to be outstanding but lack the talent for anything except manipulation, plotting, dissimulation, and betrayal. Such types are encouraged in a polity that describes itself as both democratic and meritocratic.<br /><br />Theodore Dalrymple<br />The Lessons of Richard II<br />https://www.takimag.com/article/the-lessons-of-richard-ii/Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-34170750102230204802020-02-07T13:07:19.962+02:002020-02-07T13:07:19.962+02:00O Britons! now so brave and high,
How will ye ...O Britons! now so brave and high,<br /> How will ye weep the day<br />When Christ in judgment passes by,<br /> And calls the Bride away! <br /><br />Your Christmas then will lose its mirth,<br /> Your Easter lose its bloom:<br />Abroad, a scene of strife and dearth;<br /> Within, a cheerless home!<br /><br />http://www.newmanreader.org/works/verses/verse49.htmlTomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.com