Brass Tacks Politics

04/07/2025

Jefferson’s Original Rough Draft of The Declaration Contains a Lesson for America’s Critics – The Long Arc of the Moral Universe Bends Towards Justice

July 4, 2023 Happy Independence Day! Today we Americans celebrate the declaration and intent of our Founders to dissolve the political bands which had connected them with the King of England and th…

24/06/2025

I made this one during the COVID coercion era. I might have to update it now to add you know who on there.

23/06/2025

Have we just witnessed a good example of an international version of Israel's "mowing the grass" strategy they have long utilized in Gaza and the West Bank? It appears so.

23/06/2025

Remember the passage in Of Mice & Men when Lenny almost drowned after George told him to jump in the river? Then Lenny was so thankful George pulled him out he forgot he was the one that told him to jump in. It fits.

23/06/2025

The opposite of courage isn't cowardice. Courage is a virtue, the golden mean of rational action, despite fear, found between the vices of cowardice & recklessness. The reckless too often call the courageous cowards.

23/06/2025

Too many people have rotting brains because of unquestioning unprincipled support for POTUS. This person wants to "Liz Cheney" Thomas Massie, meaning he wants to primary Massie and get him out of there in favor of a more pro-Trump candidate. Really? Liz Cheney is a warmonger apologist and friend to the "deep state' establishment. She is a fake Conservative. Thomas Massie is against the warmongering, against the growth of the bureaucracy, and a true Conservative. So the only similarity is they both opposed Trump on something. This is what happens when principles take a back seat to politics. Where does it end? The person they replace Massie with might disagree with Trump on the best fast food burger and get exiled at this rate 😂

23/06/2025

Nothing triggers a Leftist like telling them their "ends justifies the means" mentality is coercive, immoral, and unable to be universalized. Apparently the same is true for the warmonger simps on the Right 🤣

23/06/2025

Look at these dumb MFers trying to smooth over comments supporting literal regime change in Iran as offensive operations are occurring at the same time. We already know Israel and likely the US have their covert ops assets deployed in Iran and in the region, and their propaganda assets are working full steam ahead in the media trying to plant seeds to gain public support. Remember Operation Ajax? That intervention ultimately led to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. But that is only a warning of potential negative consequences, the real argument is about the unwise decision to initiate this and the immorality of conducting such operations in themselves. Coupled with the risk of escalation and blowback from the illegal and unwise "preemptive" attacks, this is a recipe for disaster and it ignores the possibility of better options. The only potential value of all of it would be as a "nudge" towards serious negotiations, but as I constantly reiterate, "ends do not justify the means" and it appears the essential trust necessary for that path has been eroded.

23/06/2025

No thanks, Trump.
Massie > MAGA.
If Trump will throw principled Conservatives under the bus due to disagreement, he will throw anyone under the bus. I stand with Massie & the Constitution.

23/06/2025

Careful what maxims you try to universalize, what actions you support by a politician - one day the tables will turn & someone you don't like is going to justify their actions against YOU, your RIGHTS, & the CONSTITUTION!

23/06/2025

So-called Conservatives are trying to argue the Constitution & subsequent law allows a POTUS to do whatever he wants with the military offensively & Congress gets clean up duty. That's contrary to our entire system.

23/06/2025

Returning from Iraq in 2003, I joined the group Iraq Veterans Against the War. That war was obviously sold via illogical fear, lies, & sophistry. It was a mistake. The same warmongers are doing it to us again with Iran. So sad.