CULTURE OF IGNORANCE – PART ONE
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.” - Thomas Edison The kabuki theater that passes for...
View ArticleWHO ARE THE REAL TRAITORS?
“I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American.” – Edward Snowden “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in...
View ArticleMAY THE ODDS EVER BE IN YOUR FAVOR – THE REAPING
“Human history seems logical in afterthought but a mystery in forethought. In every prior Fourth Turning, the catalyst was foreseeable but the climax was not.” - The Fourth Turning – Strauss &...
View ArticleFOURTH TURNING: THE PEOPLE vs BIG BROTHER
“The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule. If there is a war, it is likely to be...
View ArticleFOURTH TURNING – THE SHADOW OF CRISIS HAS NOT PASSED – PART THREE
In Part One of this article I attempted to illuminate the concept of generational theory as articulated by Strauss and Howe in The Fourth Turning. In Part Two I provided proof this Crisis is far from...
View ArticleFOURTH TURNING: CRISIS OF TRUST – PART 2
In Part 1 of this article I discussed the catalyst spark which ignited this Fourth Turning and the seemingly delayed regeneracy. In Part 2 I will ponder possible Grey Champion prophet generation...
View ArticleQUOTE OF THE DAY
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” Samuel Adams
View ArticleNO WAY OUT
I know there are many people out there who don’t watch the daily drivel emanating from their 72 inch HD boob tubes. I don’t blame them. Most of the shows on TV are dumbed down to the level of their...
View Article‘MURICA
I sure hope Samuel Adams was right, because the majority are hopeless. “It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the...
View ArticleGREY CHAMPION ASSUMES COMMAND (PART ONE)
At each of these great gates of history, eighty to a hundred years apart, a similar generational drama unfolded. Four archetypes, aligned in the same order – elder Prophet, midlife Nomad, young adult...
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COMMON SENSE – 2017
“Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.” – John Adams Thomas Paine was born in 1737 in Britain. His first thirty seven years of life were...
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COMMON SENSE – 2017 (PART TWO)
In Part One of this article I explored Thomas Paine’s critical role in the creation of our nation. His Common Sense pamphlets inspired the common people to uncommon acts of courage and heroic feats of...
View ArticleQUOTE OF THE DAY
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his...
View ArticleTHIS DAY IN HISTORY – Samuel Adams writes that the confederation is not dead,...
Via History.com From Philadelphia, Samuel Adams writes to his friend Colonel James Warren that the idea of a confederation, or loose political union, among the colonies “is not dead, but sleepeth. To...
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DEMORALIZED, DEPRESSED, DETACHED & DEFIANT
I’ve now been running The Burning Platform blog for over ten years. It’s been over eleven years since I wrote my first article – Why We Need Ron Paul – in May 2008 during the Republican primaries. I...
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WHAT WOULD COOL HAND LUKE & VIRGIL HILTS DO?
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me...
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BOILING POINT
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” ― H.L. Mencken After writing a particularly depressing article where I come to a...
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FOURTH TURNING DETONATION (PART TWO)
In Part One of this article, I discussed the dramatic events that shaped 2020 and will continue to have a major influence on the direction of this Fourth Turning moving forward. The immense power of...
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THE DELTA SCAM
“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.” ― George Orwell, Animal Farm “There are three types of lies — lies, damn lies,...
View ArticleQUOTES OF THE DAY
“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.” Bruce Coville “When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob,...
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