03JAN2019 – Photo of the Day
Month: January 2019
03JAN2019 – Quote of the Day
Much of the appeal of feminism is that it encourages women to do what they always felt like doing anyway: take everything personally. But to succeed at the highest level, you need some objectivity, which feminism hates. Feminists see objective reality as a conspiracy out to make them feel bad about themselves.
Steve Sailer
Mitt Romney is the New John McCain
I lived in Massachusetts while Romney was governor. He was useless. This knife in Trump’s back is completely in character for Willard Mitt Romney. I remember when he challenged Ted Kennedy for his senate seat. Romney, a supposedly sincere Mormon twisted himself into a pretzel explaining how abortion wouldn’t raise any moral problems if he had to vote for it. And as Governor he would take all the abuse from the Democrats and the Press with nary a peep. He’s the only Republican I’ve ever seen that can make the Bushes seem macho by comparison.
I guess we can depend on Romney to be the new spoiler in the Republican senate delegation. But boy will he get praise from the media. I wonder if they remember his binders full of women?
02JAN2019 – American Greatness Post of the Day – Nationalism is America’s Comeback Kid by Ken Masugi
Ken Masugi has a post on resurgent nationalism and uses as a proof that even “reliable liberal E.J. Dionne, … makes apologies on behalf of nationalism.” in an article that Masugi quotes.
Well at least we don’t have to click on Dionne’s post. This tells you that the 2020 Dem candidates will be touting themselves as populists. Hah!
12JAN2019 – Quote of the Day
“But we are living in a skeptical, and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age: and sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hyper-educated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of kindly humour which belonged to an older day.”
James Joyce
02JAN2019 – Quote of the Day
What goes unsaid eventually goes unthought
Steve Sailer
02JAN2019 – Photo of the Day
My 2019 New Year’s Resolutions
I’ve been reading through the resolutions and predictions from various sites. Pretty dismal stuff. While I won’t deny that the coming year will be full of rampaging House democrats investigating and impeaching whatever they can, I don’t think throwing up my hands and waiting for the apocalypse is the correct response.
What I think should be done is look at the situation on the ground and figure out ways to make changes. Granted everything we can do as individuals will be incremental and local but nevertheless, it should be done. Actions are cumulative and at the local level they can be significant to the individuals around you, especially people you have close ties with. And action boosts your morale and the morale of those around you. Pollyannaism isn’t necessary. It doesn’t do any good to be unrealistically optimistic about the situation we’re in, but refraining from despair is key and making even a small improvement in your local situation is very encouraging.
And in line with that idea, I think it’s important not to spend all your time reading doom and gloom. Following politics is inherently depressing because so many of the players are terrible human beings. Make sure you reserve a good chunk of your free time for pleasurable activities that provide uplift and a chance to interact with people who share your interests and point of view.
In the last few months, more folks have been commenting and some of the readers have kindly provided articles of their own to the site. I find this extremely encouraging and take it as a positive sign for the direction OCF will be going. A community of like-minded individuals sharing their interests and opinions is the original concept I had for the site and now I am beginning to understand how to attract the people who would be interested in this and how to organize the web pages to accommodate this.
I intend to run some promotions to increase readership substantially which should also expand the scope of the topics covered. I know about photography and have some literary and musical preferences that I can write to. Adding individuals with other interests and expertise will expand the circle of people who will be drawn to the content here.
Beyond that, I am interested in having other writers on the political side. I have had some folks who have expressed interest in this. But I definitely don’t want the site to be politics 24/7. As important as it is it would bore me to death. That’s why I do the Trump humor posts. I have to break up the horror with some humor.
But let’s do the New Year’s thing.
I resolve to:
- Put in some time at my fiction writing.
- Research actionable ideas to improve the political/cultural situation.
- Identify the best existing cultural, educational and commercial resources in order to avoid wherever possible the corrupt versions around us.
- Help my family, friends and folks on our side to thrive in this nihilistic culture we’re living in.
- Share as much happiness and good humor as I can with those on our side of the divide.
Happy New Year everyone. Stick around and in the New Year stop by and resolve to leave a few comments. I’d love to hear from you, even if the comment is critical.