You get your ass on the beach. I’ll be there waiting for you and I’ll tell you what to do. There ain’t anything in this plan that is going to go right.
- Colonel Paul R. Goode, in a pre-attack briefing to the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, Omaha Beach, Normandy D-Day June 1944
The belief that man and the world that he inhabits are naturally good necessarily leads to the conclusion that one’s own particular society is desperately and uniquely evil. This in turn leads to the special sense of grief and misery found within the political radical. Thus we have the ironic situation of an allegedly idealistic and optimistic view leading to a negative and pessimistic attitude.
On the other hand the recognition of how dark and flawed human nature actually is makes the Conservative in the free nation grateful and happy for the grand exception that surrounds him. And he is inspired to improve it, not to overthrow it.
We’re giving away copies of our Morrowind Lorebook, as well as some goodies from last year (until we run out of them)! Reblog this post with the tag “Giveaway” for a chance to get the pictured items (while supplies last), winners will be chosen in five hours.
This is so cool! Today the baby appears to be perfectly healthy with no sign of brain damage after birth, which is amazing since this particular condition usually is treated after birth and tends to get worse.
