[As usual, if you’d like to opt out of the Tucker drops, you can unselect in the settings, top right] “Tucker Carlson's 2024 speech in Scottsdale, Arizona for the International Order of T. Roosevelt.” Youtube:
I watched and listened. Having grown up on a farm in rural CT, I understand what it means to be truly connected to the land and to animals. It's actually a spiritual connection that keeps one grounded. As far as what Tucker said about TR, it transcends politics.
I’m enjoying listening to his talk. I am not an outdoorsman, but my father is. He always said he went fishing to get away from people. Tucker echoes that sentiment in his talk.
Since TC mentioned Austin, which I have lived in for almost all of my life, I will say a few words about it.
Austin used to be weird, due to extreme tolerance. I once saw a guy in a tuxedo riding a unicycle and reading a book. Austin was the only place someone like Willie Nelson (not that I have any use for him) could get off the ground. It played a significant role in the Rocky Horror cult. (Rocky Horror is very Austinian.) But those days are gone. Austin has been taken over by Lefty intolerance. It's all about enforcing conformity. It has lost its once distinctive character.
All I can say is thank God Austin is in Texas: that at least puts a ceiling on the worst abuses. I have not actually been following the local news here on the pro-Hamas protests at UT Austin, but it seems that the response was appropriately strong.
Over a hundred years ago, on August 31, 1910, Teddy Roosevelt gave his famous “New Nationalism” speech in Osawatomie, Kansas. In that speech the former president projected his vision for how the federal government could regulate the American economy. He defended the government’s expansion during his presidency and suggested new ways that it could promote “the triumph of a real democracy.”
Roosevelt’s quest for “a real democracy” and for centralizing power was a clear break with the American founders. James Madison, for example, distrusted both democracy and human nature; he believed that separating power was essential to good government. He urged in Federalist No. 51 that “those who administer each department” of government be given “the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist the encroachments of others. . . . Ambition must be made to check ambition.” If power was dispersed, Madison concluded, liberty might prevail and the republic might endure.
(Snip)
Three years after Roosevelt’s speech, the Sixteenth Amendment, authorizing a federal income tax without regard to source, became law. Roosevelt had his wish—the 1913 tax was progressive: Most people paid no income tax, and the top rate was 7 percent. Roosevelt probably envisioned rates not much higher than that, but once Congress established the principle that some people could be taxed more than others, there was no way to calculate or determine what the national interest was.
Within one-third of a century after Roosevelt’s speech, the United States had a top marginal income tax rate of more than 90 percent.
When the individual liberty of the founders was transformed into the national interest of Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressives, we were only one generation away from a major threat to all our personal liberties. That threat still exists today.
From 1910 to 1939, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, was home to the Eugenics Record Office, a center for genetic research aimed at preserving a “pure” American hereditary ideal by ridding the nation of the “unfit” and “degenerate.”
Tucker is just so good. Yes, TR was a lion. If we lose touch with the natural world from which our ancestors evolved, which formed their mores, culture, art and science, we'll lose touch with our humanity.
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I can't believe Teddy Roosevelt had the audacity to preserve land, and establish wildlife refuges and national parks. 🙄
"During his time in office, he quadrupled the amount of protected land (from 42 million acres to 172 million), created 150 new national forests, 18 national monuments, five national parks and 51 wildlife refuges—often with the assistance of executive orders."
And started the train you live everyday to deal with statist initiatives imposed on freedom. He is a faux hero who continued the march toward federal agencies listening to your phone calls, don't be deceived.
This is the real danger: fanaticism. Do you assert that Eisenhower was a dangerous radical? Because the top marginal rate during his administration was 91%, and he made it clear from the start that he had no intention of trying to curtail the New Deal.
I'm sure it's just coincidence, and we could have done soooooooo much better without dangerous men like the Roosevelts, Truman, and Eisenhower, as well as the Congresses which passed their programs, and that it's sheer coincidence that at the end of Eisenhower's term, in 1961, we had something no other nation had ever had, a huge and thriving middle class.
The average family could buy a good house and be supported by a single income earner. Most women were stay - at - home wives and mothers.
This argument is trotted out over and over and it is completely false. No one paid 91% and the effective tax rate was far lower. Sure the average family living at a level YOU would never tolerate could get by on one income at a job you would never tolerate. So can you if you choose right now. 800 sq ft house, one shitty car, no vacations, no eating out, certainly no vacations other than visiting grandma and grandpa. Oh, and no phones other than the ones rented to you and 3 channels of tv, from 8am to 10pm. Yes, those were better times and if you are cool with that go for it. You won't. Living in those conditions is not terrible, but romanticizing it is naive. I lived it and wouldn't go back to that for any period of time. The current myth that the "boomers" ruined it for everyone is simply untrue.
Teddy made standard policy ignoring checks and balances and ruling by fiat declaration. He was a statist of the worst kind. "I know better, so screw the process". Now we have a mentally challenged sock puppet who is controlled by , who the hell knows.
I watched and listened. Having grown up on a farm in rural CT, I understand what it means to be truly connected to the land and to animals. It's actually a spiritual connection that keeps one grounded. As far as what Tucker said about TR, it transcends politics.
I’m enjoying listening to his talk. I am not an outdoorsman, but my father is. He always said he went fishing to get away from people. Tucker echoes that sentiment in his talk.
Fish bite bait to get away from fish
Tucker truly appreciates and loves the land
Or, as lobotomized leftists call it, "white supremacy"
Since TC mentioned Austin, which I have lived in for almost all of my life, I will say a few words about it.
Austin used to be weird, due to extreme tolerance. I once saw a guy in a tuxedo riding a unicycle and reading a book. Austin was the only place someone like Willie Nelson (not that I have any use for him) could get off the ground. It played a significant role in the Rocky Horror cult. (Rocky Horror is very Austinian.) But those days are gone. Austin has been taken over by Lefty intolerance. It's all about enforcing conformity. It has lost its once distinctive character.
Sounds like San Francisco of the 1980s… I hope it’s demise won’t be the same. Unfortunately, misery follows Leftist run places from what I have seen.
All I can say is thank God Austin is in Texas: that at least puts a ceiling on the worst abuses. I have not actually been following the local news here on the pro-Hamas protests at UT Austin, but it seems that the response was appropriately strong.
Before we get all Excited about Teddy. To quote Paul Harvey." Now The rest Of The Story"
Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive Vision of History
https://fee.org/articles/teddy-roosevelt-and-the-progressive-vision-of-history/
Burton W. Folsom
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Over a hundred years ago, on August 31, 1910, Teddy Roosevelt gave his famous “New Nationalism” speech in Osawatomie, Kansas. In that speech the former president projected his vision for how the federal government could regulate the American economy. He defended the government’s expansion during his presidency and suggested new ways that it could promote “the triumph of a real democracy.”
Roosevelt’s quest for “a real democracy” and for centralizing power was a clear break with the American founders. James Madison, for example, distrusted both democracy and human nature; he believed that separating power was essential to good government. He urged in Federalist No. 51 that “those who administer each department” of government be given “the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist the encroachments of others. . . . Ambition must be made to check ambition.” If power was dispersed, Madison concluded, liberty might prevail and the republic might endure.
(Snip)
Three years after Roosevelt’s speech, the Sixteenth Amendment, authorizing a federal income tax without regard to source, became law. Roosevelt had his wish—the 1913 tax was progressive: Most people paid no income tax, and the top rate was 7 percent. Roosevelt probably envisioned rates not much higher than that, but once Congress established the principle that some people could be taxed more than others, there was no way to calculate or determine what the national interest was.
Within one-third of a century after Roosevelt’s speech, the United States had a top marginal income tax rate of more than 90 percent.
When the individual liberty of the founders was transformed into the national interest of Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressives, we were only one generation away from a major threat to all our personal liberties. That threat still exists today.
______________________________________________________________________
When Long Island Was the Eugenics Capital of the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNlvhvztZ0I
Dec 10, 2014
From 1910 to 1939, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, was home to the Eugenics Record Office, a center for genetic research aimed at preserving a “pure” American hereditary ideal by ridding the nation of the “unfit” and “degenerate.”
(Snip)
theodore roosevelt eugenics movement
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=theodore+roosevelt+eugenics+movement&va=g&t=hj&ia=web
Tucker is just so good. Yes, TR was a lion. If we lose touch with the natural world from which our ancestors evolved, which formed their mores, culture, art and science, we'll lose touch with our humanity.
Tucker has a strong appreciation of nature. As Scripture says, "The heavens declare the glory of God." (Psalm 19:1)
@ 43:14, did he take his gum and put it in his pocket? haha, that's friggin awesome!
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The father of executive orders is not someone to be admired.
He is only looking at the love of wilderness part of Teddy
Why is that?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-theodore-roosevelts-executive-orders-reshaped-countryand-presidency-180962908/
I can't believe Teddy Roosevelt had the audacity to preserve land, and establish wildlife refuges and national parks. 🙄
"During his time in office, he quadrupled the amount of protected land (from 42 million acres to 172 million), created 150 new national forests, 18 national monuments, five national parks and 51 wildlife refuges—often with the assistance of executive orders."
He also stood up the FBI in the same way.
And started the train you live everyday to deal with statist initiatives imposed on freedom. He is a faux hero who continued the march toward federal agencies listening to your phone calls, don't be deceived.
This is the real danger: fanaticism. Do you assert that Eisenhower was a dangerous radical? Because the top marginal rate during his administration was 91%, and he made it clear from the start that he had no intention of trying to curtail the New Deal.
I'm sure it's just coincidence, and we could have done soooooooo much better without dangerous men like the Roosevelts, Truman, and Eisenhower, as well as the Congresses which passed their programs, and that it's sheer coincidence that at the end of Eisenhower's term, in 1961, we had something no other nation had ever had, a huge and thriving middle class.
The average family could buy a good house and be supported by a single income earner. Most women were stay - at - home wives and mothers.
Terrible, terrible times.
This argument is trotted out over and over and it is completely false. No one paid 91% and the effective tax rate was far lower. Sure the average family living at a level YOU would never tolerate could get by on one income at a job you would never tolerate. So can you if you choose right now. 800 sq ft house, one shitty car, no vacations, no eating out, certainly no vacations other than visiting grandma and grandpa. Oh, and no phones other than the ones rented to you and 3 channels of tv, from 8am to 10pm. Yes, those were better times and if you are cool with that go for it. You won't. Living in those conditions is not terrible, but romanticizing it is naive. I lived it and wouldn't go back to that for any period of time. The current myth that the "boomers" ruined it for everyone is simply untrue.
Teddy made standard policy ignoring checks and balances and ruling by fiat declaration. He was a statist of the worst kind. "I know better, so screw the process". Now we have a mentally challenged sock puppet who is controlled by , who the hell knows.
we don’t need no legislatin’! potus has got a phone an’ a pen.