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Friday, February 5, 2021

More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters

My 11th book PUBLISHED and RELEASED, purchase paperback now at Amazon, other sites/retailers soon to follow, hardbound/ebook available within days. The follow-up to previous book thus entitled More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters...

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My 11th book project, soon to be published sometime during the winter/spring of 2021, thus manuscript below temporarily available online in draft form. It is follow-up to my 10th book (or click here), consequently the cover already designed although slightly modified of the previous (click here for all books)... The following proems are short, topically introductory comments, followed by poems also short, 4-to-12 line complimentary verses....

More Proems & Poems
on the
Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON,
Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT
&
Other Neglected Matters

No. 101 - What Is Politics
No. 102 - What Is Politics / 1st Reprise
No. 103 - What Is Covetousness
No. 104 - What Is Covetousness / 1st Reprise
No. 105 - What Is Covetousness / 2nd Reprise
No. 106 - What Is Covetousness / 3rd Reprise
No. 107 - What Are Possessions
No. 108 - What Are Possessions / Reprise
No. 109 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 1
No. 110 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 2
No. 111 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 3
No. 112 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 4
No. 113 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 5
No. 114 - What Is Politics / 2nd Reprise
No. 115 - What Is Politics / 3rd Reprise
No. 116 - What Is Politics / 4th Reprise
No. 117 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk
No. 118 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 1st Reprise
No. 119 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 2nd Reprise
No. 120 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 3rd Reprise
No. 121 - Ethics versus Politics
No. 122 - Ethics versus Politics / 1st Reprise
No. 123 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 4th Reprise
No. 124 - Matthew Twenty-Five / Part 1
No. 125 - Matthew Twenty-Five / Part 2
No. 126 - Matthew Twenty-Five / Part 3
No. 127 - Ethics versus Politics / 2nd Reprise
No. 128 - Ethics versus Politics / 3rd Reprise
No. 129 - Epicurus and John Locke
No. 130 - Incapable of Gray / Part 1
No. 131 - Incapable of Gray / Part 2
No. 132 - Incapable of Gray / Part 3
No. 132 - Incapable of Gray / Part 4

No. 134 - Pursuit of Happiness

No. 135 - Pursuit of Happiness / 1st Reprise
No. 136 - Pursuit of Happiness / 2nd Reprise

No. 137 - Fierce Regard, Fervent Respect

No. 138 - Pursuit of Happiness / 3rd Reprise

No. 139 - Bill of Right

No. 174 - The Rescissionist / Part 6
No. 175 - The Rescissionist / Part 7

No. 176 - The Rescissionist / Part 8

No. 177 - Break and Toss the Linear Scale

No. 178 - Secrecy thus Conspiracy / 3rd Reprise

No. 179 - The Rescissionist / Part 9

No. 180 - The Rescissionist / Part 10

No. 181 - The Rescissionist / Part 11

No. 182 - The Rescissionist / Part 12

No. 183 - The Rescissionist / Part 13

No. 184 - O America!

No. 185 - Soul of America

No. 186 - Violence Consistently Inconsistent

No. 187 - Kennedy Half-Right, Half-Wrong

No. 188 - The Rescissionist / Part 14

No. 189 - The Rescissionist / Part 15

No. 190 - A Reprobate Mind

No. 191 - A Reprobate Mind / 1st Reprise

No. 192 - A Reprobate Mind / 2nd Reprise

No. 193 - A Reprobate Mind / 3rd Reprise

No. 194 - A Reprobate Mind / 4th Reprise

No. 195 - A Reprobate Mind / 5th Reprise

No. 196 - My Life Matters!

No. 197 - My Life Matters! / 1st Reprise

No. 198 - My Life Matters! / 2nd Reprise

No. 199 - No Less, No More Clarity

No. 200 - What Is Democracy

No. 201 - What Is Democracy / 1st Reprise

No. 202 - What Is Democracy / 2nd Reprise

No. 203 - Rights in the Plural / Reprise

No. 204 - My Life Matters! / 3rd Reprise

No. 205 - The Year 2021 / Part 1

No. 206 - The Year 2021 / Part 2

No. 207 - The Year 2021 / Part 3

No. 208 - The Year 2021 / Part 4

No. 209 - One Last Appeal

No. 210 - One Last Appeal / Reprise

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

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To my daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren, who I love more than they know. It is my hope they someday will read this book when aged enough by human experiences hence mildly or gravely despondent over the human yet quite inhumane experiments, that is, the political and social monstrosities called Government.

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To the following (incomplete list of) influences, who in various decrees marginally or largely shifted my ideological thus moral paradigm(s), facilitating and fostering the conclusions in this book. Consequently in somewhat chronological order; the Taoist and Greek writers, the Apostles and their Gospels and Epistles, the Early Church writers, the theologians and economists of the School of Salamanca, Roger Williams (his book The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience), John Locke, Richard Cantillon, John Stuart Mill, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Jean-Baptiste Say, Claude-Frédéric Bastiat (of course the essay The Law as well his complete works), Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton (his article No. 84 only) thus the Federalist Papers, then the arguably preferred Anti-Federalist Papers therefore contributors, Patrick Henry (his fiery speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention), writers and orators like Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman) as well chiefs Red Jacket, Joseph, Luther Standing Bear, Seattle and others (as compiled by numerous historians), Henry David Thoreau, Lysander Spooner, Mark Twain (his short story/prose War Prayer) and the American Anti-Imperialist League, Carl Menger, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises (particularly his books Liberalism and Human Action), F.A. Hayek, Garet Garrett, Albert J. Nock (his book Our Enemy, The State), Frank Chodorov, John T. Flynn, C.S. Lewis (his book Mere Christianity), Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt (his masterly book Foundations of Morality), Ayn Rand (her book Atlas Shrugged and television interviews), Murray N. Rothbard (his two volume historical work on Economic Thought), Martin Luther King Jr. (his speeches and sermons on nonviolence and peace), John Lennon, Milton Friedman, Francis Schaeffer (his book True Spirituality, most noteworthy the section on covetousness), as well the few (among many) contemporaries per their books, essays, articles, lectures, shows, podcasts, documentaries and interviews like Lew Rockwell, Jeff Deist, Tom Woods, Walter Block, Hans-Herman Hoppe, Jesús Huerta de Soto, Walter E. Williams, Jeffrey Tucker, Rand Paul, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Niall Ferguson, Hernando de Soto Polar, Thomas Sowell and of course Ron Paul (consistently a noninterventionist hence a man of peace).

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Is 1:18 / Mt 5:9
2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23

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Sunday, February 16, 2020

The most profoundly far-reaching Biblical commentary of the 20th century...

The most profoundly far-reaching Biblical commentary of the 20th century was by theologian Francis Schaeffer. But do not let my bold assessment keep you from reading further...

One oft argues, qualifies then categorizes his/her own preferences as principles while others' preferences as whims as well errors and detriments. The condition, intellectually disoriented even psychologically disordered, seems to exhibit one of numerous human paradoxes, yet more importantly, unquestionably thus precisely, an ethical dilemma impossible to resolve. However the seemingly paradoxical dynamic as often unrecognized or ignored is of course covetousness. For if lingeringly entertained, presumption usually proceeds into such qualifying and categorizing of preferences of one or some versus others, followed by arrogance then violence manifested by personal, social or political actions against the dissented.

"The climax of the Ten Commandments is the Tenth Commandment – 'Thou shat not covet' – this commandment is an entirely inward thing. Actually, we break this commandment before we break any of the others."

The aforementioned quote is perhaps the most profoundly far-reaching Biblical commentary of the 20th century, well articulated and postulated by theologian Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) in his 1971 book True Spirituality, identifying the last of the Ten Commandments as already broken before breaking any of the previous nine. To summarize; all sins spring from the one sin; covetousness. Yet the profoundness thus consistency of that truth are best understood by rightly expanding the previous statement. The disrespect and disregard of others' dissent thus actions against the same, spring always from covetousness first, soon followed by presumption then arrogance and if acted upon personally, socially or politically; violence.

This poet submits (maybe too persistently) covetousness as the common sin among humanity. It logically follows, common grace for humanity is discovered by recognizing then respecting and regarding others' universal propensity and consequentially sole right to consent and dissent on all matters.

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Proverbs 18:9

"He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster."

Proverbs 18:9

Commentary... Another translation reiterates "is brother to one who destroys", thus quite strong the proverbial condemnation upon those whose slothfulness inspire covetousness then eye and pursue the fruits of others' labor. Without of course the consent of all effected, the pursuits of the slothful and the covetous proceed to disrespect and disregard then transgress and trample others' rightful dissent via club, knife, gun or the more socially acceptable method; government legislation, a politicized way to say "violence merely legalized".

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Thoughts on Solomon...

"So it is here the studious might grapple historically, theologically thus uncomfortably the otherwise preferably, conveniently glossed-over contrast hence conflict of one empowered versus principled, privileged versus plebian, politic versus polite, presumptuous versus pacific (or the interesting reference 'poor in spirit', Mt 5:3). That is to say, the contrast hence conflict unavoidably exists vacillating between potentate and prudence, presidency and probity today, further suggesting the contention between princedom and peace, of course save one (Is 9:6). So it was for Solomon the king coveting with scepter and sword versus Solomon the sage counseling with paper and pen.

The lesson is not how Solomon’s wisdom exercised power by day upon throne amid throng, rather how Solomon’s wisdom critiqued power by night upon scroll amid solitude."

Note:
Taken from my forthcoming book More 100 Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. See link below for this and other proems and poems...

PROEM & POEM No. 111 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 3...
https://cafeperq.blogspot.com/2019/02/more-on-human-ability-to-reason-human_17.html

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

My own paraphrase of St. Matthew chapter 25 (may God forgive me)...

An alternative consideration for this 4th of July; my own paraphrase of St. Matthew chapter 25 (may God forgive me)...

When the Lord comes and all the holy angels with him, then shall He sit upon the throne of glory, He shall judge both the great and small, each according to their deeds. And before the Lord shall be gathered every tribe, nation, empire, as well United States rightly last for priding herself as first.

Alas the Lord shall open the books the final time, recorded therein shall be every thought and every act committed against the Creator of heaven as well his creation on earth. Like thunder He shall declare His word. Like lightning He shall cast His gaze. Then shall He judge the multitudes from all tribes, nations, empires, then will come the multitude rightly last for priding herself as first, and the Lord shall say, "You falsely accused me and spied on me, you jailed me then tortured me, shot me, bombed me, droned me while starving me, robbing me, raping me, killing my children, slaughtering my cattle, burning my fields as well destroying my home, my marketplace, my school, my house of prayer, my workplace therefore my people. You did these blasphemous things aggressively without cause, relentessly without mercy, covetously disregarding and inhumanely disrespecting each and every person and their privacy, preference, possession and property."

Then the multitude, rightly last for priding herself as first, will cry out in a single loud voice, "O Lord of All! When did we falsely accuse you and spy on you, jail you then torture you, shoot you, bomb you, drone you while starving you, robbing you, raping you, killing your children, slaughtering your cattle, burning your fields as well destroying your home, your marketplace, your school, your house of prayer, your workplace therefore your people?" And the multitude will wail then gnash their teeth, crying out again, "O Lord of Hosts, we beseech you! When did we do these blasphemous things aggressively without cause, relentlessly without mercy, covetously disregarding and inhumanely disrespecting each and every person and their privacy, preference, possession and property?"

Behold the multitude, rightly last for priding herself as first, will fall mute and prostrate by the heaviness of fear, and the Lord of All shall answer as a roar of rushing waters, "Verily I say unto you. Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least among those created in our image, you have done it unto me." And suddenly, there shall be a great silence...

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).

Sunday, October 28, 2018

The disease-ridden heart of Democracy

Jordan B. Peterson, a psychology professor at University of Toronto recently and precisely wrote, “It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city." Yet we live in a society where every citizen determines each election cycle to rule others with full force of government by one's preference and vote. Upon election win, the voting majority care little to nothing for the losers, even gloat while arrogantly presuming a better society shaped by their mere preference. The voting minority are no better, for immediately there arises intense covetousness of the winners' newly acquired power, with the ardent intent to seize it the following election.

Such is the disease-ridden heart of Democracy, sickened by the carcinogenic isms (save one) hailed as cures per medicine-show charlatans otherwise revered as politicians, bureaucrats, judiciaries, generals, reverence enforced by well propagandized agents, soldiers, and police officers.

I recently, perhaps mistakenly aligned with a small polity, assuming a loftier alternative, but soon realized their intent to seize power, against the will and consent of the "losers", was inherently no better regardless the noble goal. Martin Luther King Jr., pastor, orator, activist and man of peace, was quite right when he eloquently articulated, "In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends." As he later concisely put it, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."

Note(1):
Often I follow the word "isms" with the parenthesized "save one". It is assumed one is aware of my greater ongoing, seemingly endless thesis and emphasis on Individualism. Empirically, praxeologically it is simply, rightly defined by the consistent regard for the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent on all matters, inseparably a constant respect for the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason. Other definitions have led to erroneous arguments and conclusions.

Note(2):
By some of these posts, you are reading drafts for my follow-up book; More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, Singular Human Right to Consent & Other Neglected Matters.

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).

Sunday, September 23, 2018

It is logically, ethically this simple

It is logically, ethically this simple...

A person campaigning in favor of more legislation, will be a politician coveting, presuming thus legislating, furthering government intervention, imposition, intrusion, incarceration, confiscation, conscription, invasion, occupation, termination, annihilation, that is to say, increasing legal violence.

A person campaigning in favor of only rescission, will be a politician coveting not, presuming not thus rescinding, reducing government intervention, imposition, intrusion, incarceration, confiscation, conscription, invasion, occupation, termination, annihilation, that is to say, decreasing legal violence.

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Chances are...

The analysis is quite logically simple but emotionally difficult... First, jot down your list of moralities versus immoralities. Exhaustive or brief list, theological or philosophical list, (seemingly) logical or sentimental list, it matters not. Now list your political positions, domestically or internationally applicable, determined by your previous list, it could be in forms of rights, policies, programs, laws, taxes, regulations, fines, bans/prohibitions, wars and more.

Chances are, most or all items on your lists are not desirable, agreeable even tolerable by all effected and/or involved.

Chances are, you know not all will desire, agree upon nor tolerate your politics.

Chances are, you support the use of political, judicial force upon those unconvinced by your politics.

Chances are, your acceptance of political, judicial force is preceded by presumption that feels more like religious, moral and/or educated principle(s).

Chances are, those who oppose are regarded (and be honest) as mistaken, misguided, unprincipled even selfishly stubborn or simply stupid necessitating the use of force for their "own or common good" of course.

Chances are, you (as most others) see as less tyrannical the democratic majority rule on such matters over oligarchical minority rule, though both result to using force by some upon others.

Chances are, most if not all items on your lists will disregard one or more individuals' singular human right to consent or not consent, inseparably, disrespect one or more individuals' peculiar human ability to reason.

If you are struggling with this analysis, began by merely inquiring in this way. When is force upon one preceded NOT by presumption of another, and when can the presumption of a consenting few, some, many or most religiously or morally trump the prerogative of dissenting others.

If you are not struggling, instead you disagree, then you highly regard your own political presumptions therefore prefer trumping others' personal prerogatives. Any other view of it is arbitrary regardless the religious or moral trappings.

As a tangent note, I purposely used the verb "trump" for many despise the current president (perhaps rightly so). But is not the aforementioned "trumping" far more despicable logically thus ethically, indicting all presidents, politicians, bureaucrats, agents, officers and more critically, indicts our own politics as citizens as well condemns our own covetousness for political power over others.

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Kindle price from $3.99 to $1.99

I requested the publisher to permanently reduce the Kindle price from $3.99 to $1.99 ... Per the book's topic, it seems appropriate to make the e-book version as widely accessible as possible...

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Monday, August 20, 2018

It started with an idea

It started with an idea and working title My Allegiance (purposely misleading) in 2006 while writing thematically related verses for the 4th book Commentaries by an American Poet. At the time, I was conducting a 6-week solo peace demonstration in front of the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery, when on a hot August afternoon while looking down Dexter Avenue from the capitol steps, I decided to write a book on "my allegiance" to peace and liberty oppose to merely a flag and a country-turned-empire. Although it became immediately clear, more reading, studying and pondering were necessary thus repeated a thousand times in preparation. Of course many books, essays, lectures, articles, interviews, podcasts, videos, etc have influenced this project, it was the particular re-reading the two treatises by Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) entitled Human Action and Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition that morphed the emphasis from peace and freedom to the Singular Human Right to Consent, thus inseparably the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason.

Note:
The lower 4 photos were taken by sympathetic onlookers and a local journalist in August 2006. The journalist's photo led to a short news radio interview as well. Obviously, photos were taken prior to the suit and fedora era... :-)

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

My 10th book is now available....

My 10th book in paperback is now available at Amazon (click link or book cover). Other sites and stores will shortly follow as well the hardbound and e-book versions...

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Friday, August 10, 2018

So why am I egotistically quoting myself

So why am I egotistically quoting myself... :-). Yes, admittedly, poets/writers are self-absorbed, narcissistically assuming their readers-without-purpose wait giddily with anticipation for the next creative spasm of rippling butterfly-effect-like significance, desperately hanging on each and every poetic word, literary phrase and inebriated grunt. Consequently, poets/writers are also a bit psychotic. Normally that would be however in this case, merely a shallow, self-serving, marketing ruse... :-)

As quoted from my forthcoming 10th book entitled 100 Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. Performing my final review, to be published/available in a few weeks...

"All actions Past, Present thus Future are judged without exception as rightful, moral or ethical by those involved or affected per Reason manifested by Consent or Dissent, a commonly ignored consistency nonetheless universally constant."

D.C. Quillan Stone

"Interaction is obviously and constantly indicative of individual reason towards individual purpose or preference thus individual consent, the obvious and constant precedence for groups’ achievable purposefulness."

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"Diversity is a consideration of individuals first and foremost, not of groups, else it is a matter of denying individuality in part or whole, in a word; presumption, first cousin to covetousness."

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Three banners with quotes

UPDATE: Three banners (more forthcoming) with quotes taken from my newest book (see cover/link further below), feel free to use or abuse, post or burn (metaphorically of course)...

"Rights are conjured, save the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence either applicably erroneous or worst, requiring commodities and services by forceful measures. By so doing, the one aforementioned right of course is disregarded, inseparably disrespecting the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason."

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"It follows, when reason’s expression per individual consent as well dissent are honored in rhetoric and practice concerning all matters, only then can be found genuine fairness, equality, justice, freedom, that is to say, the sole ethic among non-omnipresent, non-omniscient and nonomnipotent thus quite finite mortals."

D.C. Quillan Stone

"The propensity to compile lists of morals and rights, as well to conjure excessively longer lists of laws, codes, ordinances and policies determined presumptuously, arbitrarily, intrusively, always lacking unanimous support (majority at most), have been among the gravest of misunderstandings and undertakings throughout history, and in so doing brutishly disrespecting even brutally disregarding the actual one moral, one right, one basis for law or code, and one social justice since the first encounter of two, three or more; the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent."

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Sunday, July 8, 2018

UPDATE: Just completed redesigning front/back covers...

UPDATE: Just completed redesigning the front/back covers (click covers or here to read on-line draft), consequently discarded working as well previous covers as shown among various proems/poems online. Meanwhile, editing manuscript a final time midway publishing process(es), thus to available in hardbound, paperback and ebook in 3-4 weeks... Click here for the 9 books published thus far....

Below is the interior author/poet photo...

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

I would've hoped after 17 years of American warmongering

I would've hoped after 17 years of American warmongering in several countries (with no end in sight), there would be the same moral outcry as levied against recent practice(s) by Trump administration per U.S. longstanding immigration laws by past administrations.

I would've hoped after 17 years of American military atrocities abroad (largely under-reported), initiated by President Bush, expanded by President Obama, continued (and most likely to be expanded as well) by President Trump, there would be the same compassion for the children as well infants, teenagers, mothers, fathers and elderly killed by U.S. bullets, bombs and drones.

I would've hoped after 17 years of American invasions, occupations, operations (covert and overt) thus mass devastation(s) disguised as War on Terror, combined with 47 years of more operations (covert and overt), poli-economic interventions, manipulations thus mass disruptions masked as War on Drugs, there would be an understanding of causes and effects, therefore the largest displacement of people in human history exacted by the U.S. government as intentionally or apathetically allowed by U.S. citizens.

I would've hoped by now we the American people would be shamed to contrition by the incalculable millions of lives ruined and terminated by our well-bloodied hands. Instead, we disregard the one human right while heralding as moral our misguided principles supported by mere preferences schemed by unabashed covetousness.

Come let us Reason (Is. 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

What is ethically worst?

What is ethically worst? US laws or policies that "temporarily" separate children from their parents -or- US bullets, bombs and drones that "permanently" separate children from their parents.

By the way, immigration laws are not the only legalities that forcefully separate children from parents, yet where is the "consistent" moral outcry. Moralities or Ethics demand consistency, for that is the essence and characteristic of Truth, else it is mere preference(s).

What should be obvious are the politics, presumptions, fads and trends, sentiments even raw emotions that separate the heart from mind, empowering instinct over reason, rendering quite inconsistent thus unethical the misguided principles thus conjured morals.

Come let us Reason (Is. 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Bill of Rights; Unnecessary and Dangerous

Perhaps the most insightful piece among both Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers is Federalist Paper No. 84, surprisingly written by one founding father (crony) I despise the most, the father of central banking Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804). Yet, this federal-centralist proposed the Bill of Rights as "unnecessary" and "dangerous", of course confirmed by U.S. history, as well elaborated by Proems & Poems 19, 20 & 21 in my latest and 10th book One-Hundred Proems and Poems on the Peculiar Human Ability to REASON, Singular Human Right to CONSENT and Other Neglected Matters. Below is an excerpt from Proem No. 21...

"True to Alexander Hamilton's predictions implied in Federalist No. 84 and as bold it may be to say, every aspect of life not mentioned in the U.S. Bill of Rights are intrusively touched by government law, regulation, policy, license, permit, tax, tariff, ban, surveillance, etc. Bolder still yet no less true, every aspect of life particularly mentioned in the U.S. Bill of Rights are intrusively touched by government law, regulation, policy, license, permit, tax, tariff, ban, surveillance, etc.

Ironically, the historically assumed and quite stringently constitutional interpretation “whatever is not written, is not allowed” already began the slow, unnoticed digression in the late 18th century, until the tyrannical convenience “whatever is not written, is allowed” fully matured in the 20th and 21st centuries. To disagree is to ignore implications in and around Mr. Hamilton’s arguments against the Bill of Rights, to insist on disagreeing is to overlook U.S. history entirely."

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

100 Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters

My 10th book; manuscript completed, edited, front/back covers designed, thus hopefully published/released sometime in June or July 2018 (click here for prior 9 books of poetry)... The following proems are short, topically introductory comments, followed by poems also short, 4-line complimentary verses, will remain online in draft/unedited form only for a few more months...

100 Proems & Poems
on the
Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON,
Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT
&
Other Neglected Matters

No. 1 - What Is Murder, Rape, Slavery and Theft

No. 2 - What Is Tyranny

No. 3 - What Is Justification

No. 4 - What Is Justification / Reprise

No. 5 - Psychosis and Depravity

No. 6 - Each Action, Every Activity

No. 7 - Each Action, Every Activity / Reprise

No. 8 - The Decisional Expression

No. 9 - Space (x,y,z) by Time (t)

No. 10 - The Decisional Expression Simplified

No. 11 - Tower of Babel

No. 12 - Tower of Babel / 1st Reprise

No. 13 - Tower of Babel / 2nd Reprise

No. 14 - Nimrod’s Tower versus Solomon’s Temple

No. 15 - Language Confounded

No. 16 - Language Confounded / Reprise

No. 17 - Divine Force, Human Force

No. 18 - Daftly Mob Deftly Robbed

No. 19 - Conjured Lists

No. 20 - Conjured Lists / 1st Reprise

No. 21 - Conjured Lists / 2nd Reprise

No. 22 - To Reason Is Human

No. 23 - To Reason Is Human / 1st Reprise

No. 24 - To Reason Is Human / 2nd Reprise
No. 25 - To Consent Is Unalienable

No. 26 - To Consent Is Unalienable / 1st Reprise

No. 27 - To Consent Is Unalienable / 2nd Reprise

No. 28 - To Consent Is Unalienable / 3rd Reprise

No. 29 - To Consent is Unalienable / 4th Reprise

No. 85 - What Is Tyranny, What Is Slavery

No. 86 - What Is Tyranny, What Is Slavery / 1st Reprise

No. 87 - What Is Tyranny, What Is Slavery / 2nd Reprise

No. 88 - What Is Tyranny, What Is Slavery / 3rd Reprise

No. 89 - What Is Tyranny, What Is Slavery / 4th Reprise
No. 90 - What Is Tyranny, What Is Slavery / 5th Reprise

No. 91 - The Academic Bomb / 2nd Reprise

No. 92 - The Academic Bomb / 3rd Reprise

No. 93 - The Economic Bomb

No. 94 - The Economic Bomb / Reprise

No. 95 - Sum of All Isms / Reprise

No. 96 - Jefferson, Epicurean or Lockean / Part 1

No. 97 - Jefferson, Epicurean or Lockean / Part 2

No. 98 - Jefferson, Epicurean or Lockean / Part 3

No. 99 - So What Is Individualism

No. 100 - So What Is Individualism / Reprise

The bonus section (if you will) below will be included in the book as well. As the section's title implies, it was a book project abandoned in favor of the more particularly important topic (above) regarding reason and consent.

MY ALLEGIANCE
- The Abandoned Project / Cantos -

Preceding Quotes by Roger Williams
I. Vainglorious Erections
II. Thy Birth and Blood
III. Cowáump, Nowáump

Preceding Quotes by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
IV. Sophisms for Paltry Profits
V. Germ of Hatred and War
VI. The Barmecidal Aegis
VII. Sweet Redolence of Benevolence
VIII. Love in Market Square

Preceding Quotes by Claude Frédéric Bastiat
IX. Inhumation of Logic
X. The Heart and Art of Harmony
XI. Not by Smith’s Hand Hidden

Preceding Quotes by Spooner/Bruce, Burke, Mason, Franklin, Flynn, Hazlitt
XII. Nothing to Hide
XIII. Songs of Troubadours
XIV. Every Passion Natural
XV. Ineradicable Thistles
XVI. Man's Trinity of Ills
XVII. The Silver Rule

Preceding Quotes by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
XVIII. Game Shell
XIX. Sweat Warm, Hands Worn

Preceding Quotes by Carl Menger
XX. Fitted and Fixed as Iron and Steel
XXI. Liken Knees Deep in Dung
XXII. Obelisk to Sapience

Preceding Quotes by Ludwig von Mises
XXIII. Individualismo
XXIV. Dark Wombs to Marked Tombs
XXV. Das Naturgesetz
XXVI. O Violence, The Devil

CONNOTED COLLECTIONS of CANTICLES

O Publius - Nos. 20-21

Ability and Virility - Nos. 33-34

Zen, Yin and Sin - Nos. 11, 36-43
America! - Nos. 58-59

How So - Nos. 81-82, 91

Te Deum Laudamus - Nos. 85-86

Dagger `Neath Cloak - Nos. 93-95

Carissimum Te Esse Mibi - Nos. 96-100

CONFESSIONS & CONDEMNATIONS

Confession I - By Logic Then By Faith

Confession II - Study of God by Study of Man

Confession III - Study of God by Study of Man / Reprise
Confession IV - Arrogant Bastards

Condemnation I - Broken Fountains, Blistered Levees

Condemnation II - Casting Five Castigations
Condemnation III - Casting One Last Castigation

Condemnation IV - Either/Or
Condemnation V - Pax Americana

Commentary I - Diversity of Individuals
Commentary II - Subjected, Enslaved, Citizen’ed
Commentary III - Liberty Already Lost
Commentary IV - A Good Person
Commentary V - Meaning of Life versus Means to Life

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

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Is 1:18a / Mt 5:9a

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