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PReSiDeNT'S DaY 2013...
“All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts not only because of their historical development - in which they were transferred from theology to the theory of the state, whereby, for example, the omnipotent god became the omnipotent lawgiver - but also because of their systematic structure, the recognition of which is necessary for a sociological consideration of these concepts. The exception in jurisprudence is analogous to the miracle in theology. Only by being aware of this analogy can we appreciate the manner in which the philosophical ideas of the state developed in the last centuries.”
“The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life breaks through the crust of a mechanism that has become torpid by repetition.”
“Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.”
Carl Schmitt, Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignity (also known as the "Crown Jurist of German National Socialism, also known as Nazism)
WB: If you want to concoct a philosophical theory of extrajudicial killing, Carl Schmitt is Mr Ground Zero. Schmitt was just the kind of chap who could have written a wonderful 16 page memo explaining extra-judicial killing under Presidential authority. In fact, for Hitler, that is apparently precisely what he did.
The orginal image was "The Convict" by George Grosz. George Grosz was an activist/artist of the Berlin Dada movement. One who took great issue with the kind of thinking evidenced above.
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" They " tell us it's all for our own safety and good.
A quote comes to mind. I can't remember who said it, or the exact wording, but it goes something like this:
In a democracy the government fears the people. In a dictatorship the people fear the government.
Sebadoh "Decide"
You give faith to deadly snakes, retain the need for names
Now burn your books for me
Confusion must end, jarred-up sympathy
I've been here, but you won't hear, what have you to say to me?
Blood-crazed
Vampires wear a straight face
The love, hate
Expression of your dead weight
Oh, go back down and load up what you can't sell
And you don't sound the same
And there's no one around who cares what you say
Oh, I wanna trust you; don't do that to me
I'm right here without my fear
And all I need to be
Can't take a switch-hitting twist in the name game
I made a mistake trusting you with what I make
Crowd control, assume the role
Mr. Pointy-shoes put a pen to your soul
Crowd control, assume the role
Mr. Pointy-shoes, put a pen to your...
Blood-crazed
Vampires wear a straight face
All the love, hate
Expression of your dead weight
Dead weight
Psychosociopathologically insane evil president's day.
Light on the insanity; heavy on the evil.
Obama hypercounterfeiting exponentiallly on a parabolic curve straight up, beaming whats left of the economy into a black hole for eternity while foreclosing and stealing all of our properties and businesses.
Great reason to sit at home depressed all day.
great reason for going to the range and working on your skills. And I don't mean cooking