Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Remembrances for August - 2024

 

Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family on the day they reposed.  Many thanks.

But one may ask:  ‘What good does it do to pray for the departed?’  An answer is offered here:  https://orthochristian.com/130608.html

Along with prayers and hymns for the departed:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6je5axPodI

1 August

Rev James Henley Thornwell, one of the most formidable theological writers of the South.  You may read some of those writings here:

https://archive.org/details/collectedwriting01thor

3 August

Miss Flannery O’Connor, one of Dixie’s best writers, fiction and non-fiction.

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/flannery-oconnor-1925-1964

4 August

Robert ‘King’ Carter, one of the most influential men of colonial Virginia, and the builder of the historic Christ Church in 1730.  His great influence would continue through his descendants, one of whom is our papa, Robert E. Lee.

https://www.christchurch1735.org/about/the-church/meet-the-carters

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19474872/robert-carter

https://christchurch1735.org/virtual-tour/

16 August

Robert Johnson, an extraordinarily talented blues guitar player from Mississippi.

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/what-makes-this-musician-great-robert-johnson/

21 August

John Taylor of Caroline, Virginia, an underappreciated agrarian political philosopher.

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/john-taylor-republicanism-liberty-and-union/

24 August

Jerry Clower, one of the South’s finest comedians.

https://www.wideopencountry.com/jerry-clower/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3573/jerry-clower

26 August

William Byrd II, a colonial Virginian of many attainments.

http://westover-plantation.com/about.htm

30 August

Gen John Bell Hood, one of Lee’s best lieutenants, he gave his left arm and right leg for the cause of Southern independence.

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hood-john-bell

Also, to celebrate some of the saints of August from the South’s Christian inheritance of various lands, use either of these links:

https://southernorthodox.org/orthodox-saints-for-dixie-august/

https://confiterijournal.blogspot.com/2020/09/happy-feast-for-saints-of-august.html

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

Friday, July 26, 2024

Offsite Post: ‘The US and the Black Abyss of Revolution’

 

There is a school of thought about the United States’ War for Independence (1776-83), that it was fought to prevent a revolution rather than to initiate one.  No one ought to believe it.  From that time until today, Titanic hubris directed against the primordial foundation of human society – an official religion and a kingly ruler, both established by divine ordinance – has been the dominant force guiding the United States.  The two foremost political philosophers who sought to justify a liberated US in the 18th century – John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (representative of Yankeeland and Dixieland, respectively) – leave no doubt about this.  Here is Jefferson writing to Adams:

‘we are destined to be a barrier against the returns of ignorance and barbarism. old Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests & kings, as she can. what a Colossus shall we be when the Southern continent comes up to our mark! what a stand will it secure as a ralliance for the reason & freedom of the globe! I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. so good night! I will dream on, always fancying that mrs Adams and yourself are by my side marking the progress and the obliquities of ages and countries.’

Likewise, here is Mr Adams casting his own aspersions on the old order:

‘John Adams explained in perfect Enlightenment style why the Framers had rejected any divine intrusion into their work:  “It was the general opinion of ancient nations that the Divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men,” he wrote, but the new state and federal governments of America “have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature”—principles that had somehow eluded man’s understanding until 1787.  Further, Adams declared, it must not be pretended that those involved in devising these new governments “had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or houses, or laboring in merchandise and agriculture. . . .”  Rather, Adams predicted:  “[I]t will forever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.”  Nor would Locke have had it any other way’ (Christopher Ferrara, Liberty: The God That Failed, Tacoma, Wash., Angelico Press, 2012, p. 550).

Early citizens of the US were apprehensive about what kind of society had been set up by leaders like Jefferson, Adams, etc.:

In 1811, ‘Samuel Austin, President of the University of Vermont, warned his congregation in a published sermon that the Constitution “has one capital defect which will issue inevitably in its destruction.  It is entirely disconnected from Christianity”’ (Ibid., p. 525).

Samuel Taggart of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, who served as a Presbyterian minister and as a US representative, warned in 1812, ‘ . . . it [the US constitution] takes no notice of, and is not at all connected with religion.  . . . It is a bold experiment, and one which, I fear, can only issue in national apostasy and national ruin’ (Ibid.).

Nevertheless, contemporary supporters of the ‘American experiment’ still happily gush about the States’ overthrow of the God-established order.  Here is William Federer, for example, exulting in the downfall of kingship:

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The rest is here:

https://www.geopolitika.ru/en/article/us-and-black-abyss-revolution

And also here:

https://katehon.com/en/article/us-and-black-abyss-revolution

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Offsite Post: ‘The Bill Cassidy Comedy Tour’

 

Coming soon to a Louisiana city or media outlet near you, the hilarious hijinx of US Senator Bill Cassidy!  Bring the whole family to experience all the knee-slappers and side-splitters that are the hallmark of Illinois Bill!

And since we’ve heard from so many of you folks clamoring for a preview – ‘Don’t be stingy, lay some of those hee-haws on us now!’ – well, we’re so excited about our man we’re happy to comply!

Here’s the set-up on fiscal responsibility:


U-S Senator Bill Cassidy is once again not seeing eye-to-eye with Governor Jeff Landry as the senior senator opposes the idea of sending Louisiana National Guard troops to the U-S-Mexico border. Cassidy has concerns about the projected cost to the state…

 

“The Advocate reported it might cost as much as three million dollars and if you add that to the $135 million we’re going to spend on closed primaries that’s a lot of money for a state like Louisiana.”

And here’s the punchline:


As I travel across Louisiana, nearly every community has desperate infrastructure needs. Congress came together to put forward a historic investment in our nation’s roads, bridges, waterways, and online infrastructure. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is the largest investment in infrastructure and coastal resiliency in the history of our state.

 

 . . . The law is $550 billion of new infrastructure spending, combined with regular, baseline annual spending.

 

 . . . received the single largest award in the entire country at $600 million to build a Direct Air Capture hub in Southwest Louisiana

For the price of one boondoggle carbon capture project, Louisiana could fund the Louisiana Guard at the Texas border and closed primaries four times over.  Good one Bill!

Here’s ol’ Bill winding up on Pres. Trump and Jan. 6:


Cassidy said he voted to convict Trump “because he is guilty.” In a follow-up letter sent to newspapers around Louisiana, Cassidy acknowledged the vote would draw complaint.

 

“I have no illusions that this is a popular decision. I made this decision because Americans should not be fed lies about ‘massive election fraud.’ Police should not be left to the mercy of a mob. Mobs should not be inflamed to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power,” Cassidy wrote. “I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution.”

And here comes the finish:


Republican Congressman Clay Higgins issued a warning to FBI officials investigating the Capitol Riots, saying that they are "going down."

 

More than 1,100 Americans have been charged for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 riot, which took place in 2021 when a group of former President Donald Trump's supporters violently protested the 2020 presidential election results.

 

Higgins, a Louisiana Republican, has been a vocal proponent of the theory that federal agencies planted people at the scene and provoked the riot as an excuse to arrest conservatives.

 

Speaking to Lara Logan, a former CBS News correspondent turned right-wing commentator, Higgins, a former law enforcement officer himself, advanced his theories, claiming the FBI is tracking Trump supporters who were in Washington over the days leading up to the Capitol Riots and treated as suspected terrorists. He said those on a supposed list are still tracked by air marshals to this day despite not being convicted of crimes.

And the flourish:


Republican Rep. Clay Higgins accused the FBI of having a “ghost bus” of informants impersonating pro-Trump supporters during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack in Washington, D.C.

 

The remarks were made at a Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Clay drilled FBI Director Christopher Wray on whether the agency was involved in the insurrection — where the angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

 

 . . . “Can you confirm that the FBI had confidential human sources at the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally on January 6 here in D.C., sir?” Higgins asked.

 

“Congressman, as we’ve discussed before, I’m not going to get into where we have or have not used confidential human sources,” Wray responded.

Audiences always enjoy a comedic duo.  Nice work fellas!

And of course you will hear plenty of old classics, like these great lines about the freedom of the press in the Ukraine:

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The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2024/02/garlington-the-bill-cassidy-comedy-tour/.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

Friday, July 19, 2024

Offsite Post: ‘The Good Ol’ Boy Network Extends beyond Louisiana’

 

Moon Griffon has hung a memorable name on the corrupt members of the political leadership class in Louisiana – the Good Ol’ Boy Network.  Unfortunately, there is abundant evidence that this Network exists in many other States besides Louisiana.  Andy Roth, who is leading a counter-network, the State Freedom Caucus Network, gives some illustrations:

 

It has been less than a month since we helped launch our latest Freedom Caucus in the great state of Missouri and they’ve already upset the Swamp in Jefferson City so much that their RINO leaders retaliated against them.

 

Last week, the Missouri Freedom Caucus (MOFC) attempted to pressure the legislature to finally pass Initiative Petition (IP) reform, in order to stop left-wing dark money from being able to influence ballot measures in Missouri. This is an issue that the entire Republican apparatus in the state - including the RINOs - have professed is incredibly important.

 

The RINO leadership in the MO Senate was holding IP reform up, so the MOFC responded by blocking Gov. Mike Parson’s administration appointments until it was brought up for a vote.

 

In response, not only did the RINOs that run the Missouri legislature refuse to bring up IP reform, a key campaign promise from the state’s Republicans, but the RINO Senate Pro Tempore Caleb Rowden removed State Senators and MOFC members Rick Brattin, Bill Eigel, Andrew Koenig, and Denny Hoskins from their roles as Chairs and Vice Chairs of various committees.

 

All they asked was for the senate to pass IP reform. That’s all it took for them to get booted from their committees.

 

We’ve seen this happen so many times. Our members were removed from committees in Idaho for calling out the special interests that have control over the state government. Our entire South Carolina Freedom Caucus was booted from the GOP Cloakroom for refusing to sign a “loyalty pledge” to never criticize their fellow Republicans (most of whom are liberal). And our Georgia Vice Chair Sen. Colton Moore was booted from the Republican Caucus for calling for an investigation of corrupt Fulton County DA Fani Willis.

 

It only took less than a month for the delicate sensibilities of Missouri RINOs to rear their ugly heads.

And Pedro Gonzalez, over at Chronicles, shows further how Red State governments like those in Montana and Wyoming have made themselves a part of this shameful Network by undermining families:

 

Medical transitioning for minors is prohibited in Montana. But that is a small obstacle with myriad workarounds. The Kolstads did not realize that the fate of their family was sealed the moment they admitted Jennifer into the care of the state. But what choice did they have? It seems the Kolstads thought that if they went along, like hostages, everything would work out for them in the end. They were wrong. 

 

Against the Kolstads’ wishes, CFS moved Jennifer into residential care for treatment and counseling in the neighboring state of Wyoming. Unlike Montana, Wyoming has not outlawed transgender treatments for kids.  

 

Social workers simply arrived at their home with police and notified them that Jennifer was to be surrendered because the Kolstads were supposedly “unable or refusing to provide medical care.” From then on, communication with Jennifer was dramatically limited and restricted by the state. 

 

When Jennifer returned to Montana, a judge told the Kolstads that they may never get her back. Not as a girl, anyway. 

 

“We were told that letting Jennifer transition and live as a boy was in her ‘therapeutic best interest’ and because we aren’t willing to follow that recommendation, the court gave CFS custody of Jennifer for six months,” Krista told Reduxx. “CFS is now going to place Jennifer in the care of her birth mother in Canada, who has never really been a part of her life. The judge said to us ‘you need to expect that reunification with your family may not be what you are expecting.’” 

 

According to the Kolstads, Jennifer’s biological mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.

 

This story caused such a stir—because it is indeed horrific—that Montana  Governor Greg Gianforte felt compelled to comment on it. You would be forgiven for expecting the Republican governor of a reliably red state to send in the cavalry.  

 

Gianforte said his office reviewed the case and that Lieutenant Governor Kristen Juras, “a constitutional conservative,” concluded all had occurred in accordance with “state policy.” The hospital and social workers and courts had done nothing wrong.  

 

“To give them their best shot at reaching their full potential, children deserve to grow up in happy, healthy homes with loving families,” Gianforte wrote on social media. “Sadly, this ideal is not always realized.”

 

With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats? The latter abuse you while the former enable the abuse by saying it’s consistent with the laws of the land. They’re just doing their jobs—as did the guards in Stalin’s camps. 

Wherever one looks these days, he meets with the same self-serving, thin-skinned, vindictive, cry-babies in political office.  No one should be terribly shocked; the weakening of Christianity and recrudescence of paganism that the West is undergoing produces not only weightless buffoons like Jimmy Fallon and raunchy entertainers like Taylor Swift but also the self-centered, self-gratifying politicians that we know so well in Louisiana, as well as the Rowdens in Missouri, etc.

Our faith has grown weak because we have forgotten what the Church is.  . . .

The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2024/02/garlington-the-good-ol-boy-network-extends-beyond-louisiana/.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!