The emblem of “Stronger Together”, dating back past Roman times, is the fasces. “Stronger Together” is so central to their ideology that the Italian Fascists adopted the fasces (fascio in Italian) as the basis for their name and as a … Continue reading
What we’re looking for is good enough and on time. By short-circuiting the big questions and providing ready answers, religion makes decision-making fast. In this sense, a good, rigid ideology works the same way. Judgements can be made fast. Your … Continue reading
That sounds like something Jim would say. Except he would give excruciating detail about the method of execution. Sean FlynnDecember 16, 2009In response to my suggestion that the U.S. Constitution should require any government employee who votes for or enforces … Continue reading
After the long nightmare of Microsoft health insurance, to finally be delivered into the arms of the kind and loving bureaucrats who give their all to ensure America’s veterans never want for care… Sean Flynn2:59 PM PDT, June 25, 2008Microsoft … Continue reading
“Freedom from fear” and “freedom from want”, two of Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, are insidious positive rights. They are provably incompatible with liberty. Give the government the enough power to assuage James’s fear and I will fear that government. Give the … Continue reading
Jim: If Barney Frank could reach into my pocket he would take everything in my wallet and…Sean: If Barney Frank could reach into your pocket that isn’t all he would grab. Sean FlynnMarch 26, 2009During a conversation about economics and … Continue reading
I was watching “Fight Club” (again) last night and thinking how lucky we are that you were never fashion-seeking enough to have embraced nihilism. Sean Flynn17:34 July 9, 2007[In an IM chat with me.–Joe]
My dream is to attend Boomershoot with an energy weapon. Sean FlynnMay 9, 2007[This was while discussing potential changes for Boomershoot 2008 with Ry and I. This is actually close to one of my nightmares from a few years ago. The … Continue reading
Do you guys think that was even remotely funny? Good! That indicates you have at least a tenuous grasp on reality. Sean FlynnApril 28, 2007[I think maybe Rolf’s and Tim’s puns were a little over the top at the time. … Continue reading
Godspeed and good hunting, Joe! Sean Flynn April 11, 2007 9:58:55 PM[In reference to my deposition in the PNNL case the next day (which was earlier today).–Joe]
You’d be so much more dangerous after law school. Barb may have saved the world from… I’m not sure what. It would be scary. Sean FlynnApril 9, 2007 17:28[I once told Sean that I had briefly considered going to law … Continue reading
Mr. Hamilton has an amazing way with words. They can be like the Zen master smacking you upside the head, knocking you free of your ‘self’ for a moment of clarity. … I don’t think Greg is really being flippant. … Continue reading
What typically gets lost, and lost deliberately, is the meaning of the word ‘compromise’. In a compromise, both sides gain or lose bargaining points in a mutually acceptable, if not optimal fashion. In the gun control debate, the meaning of … Continue reading
You both observe that he frequently evades responding to your points. That means he can assemble his points with a quick copy-paste, or hand the job to a trollbot. If you and Rolf are building huge dielectical muscles and/or using/building … Continue reading
The author lives in a flatland where self-reliance is in an inaccessible direction called ‘up’. Sean Flynn3/30/98In reference to a rabid anti-gunner.
I’d like to believe that the anti’s [anti-gun proponents] are emotional, but I’m cynical enough to think that their ultimate leadership is driven by a cold desire for power and a grandiose need to alter the architecture of society. … The … Continue reading
When I first met Sean Flynn he was a member of the Microsoft Gun Club. He has attended many Boomershoots and volunteered many hours to making Boomershoot a great event. I’ve traveled to Olympia with him to attend gun rights … Continue reading
A chief aim of the Constitution as drafted by the Constitutional Convention was to create a government with enough power to act on a national level, but without so much power that fundamental rights would be at risk. It is … Continue reading
Snoqualmie Valley Rifle Club (SVRC) puts on USPSA like matches once a month during the summer (they wimp out from about October through March). I usually don’t go because I go to the steel matches at Renton on the same … Continue reading
Sean Flynn and I woke up at an obscene hour this morning and drove to Olympia Washington for the rally to oppose I-594. As you might imagine from the number of QOTDs he has provided and the numerous posts that … Continue reading