Comments on: Three years: in memory of FredHJr

By: kolnai

kolnai — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:25:21 +0000

I seem to have first come here right after Fred’s passing; consequently, unlike some of the others above who I’ve come to respect and read on a daily basis over the past few years (T, Baklava, Curtis, rickl, JJ, SteveH), I never got to do the same with him.

Still, one thing I know is that no one so respected and admired by everyone here could be anything but remarkable, his loss profound.

I don’t remember if I wrote something like this for last year’s memorial, but if so, I am more than happy to be repeating myself this year.

RIP Fred.

By: foxmarks

foxmarks — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:29:15 +0000

Gee, I feel old(er) now.

I love how the intertracks can connect people who would likely never meet.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:32:56 +0000

Fred is missed.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:01:44 +0000

Minds meeting minds!

That’s what’s special here, and FredHJr had special and wise things to say and a talent for saying them. That is not to dampen those of us who have not his talent or profundity; few do. But we should try because he would agree with Emily Dickinson:

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.

Never stops at all! Fred hasn’t stopped either.

By: M of Hollywood

M of Hollywood — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:38:05 +0000

To all the beautiful “changers,” including Fred in heaven:

The Thomas Sowell piece above is brilliant. I listened 3 times. It is the most succinct statement I can remember.
The two premises: brilliant.
The three questions: brilliant

When talking with those who have not yet changed, to avoid argument we can just ask what is their foundational belief:
a belief in the possibility of redemption of each soul or a belief in social engineering.

Amen.

By: M of Hollywood

M of Hollywood — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:16:32 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm1rBe_RoU0&feature=youtu.be and here is another “changer”, Thomas Sowell on himself once having been a Marxist.

By: rickl

rickl — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:54:01 +0000

I’m in the mood for some Ann Barnhardt:

http://barnhardt.biz/index.cfm

Since I can’t link to her individual posts, see “Stupid, Stupid Jackasses Part 1 & 2”.

Don’t miss the video of her reciting Patrick Henry’s speech in Part 2.

I’m there now. I’m with her, and Henry: Let it come.

And no, I don’t think Fred would object to me putting it on this thread.

By: Wry Mouth

Wry Mouth — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:51:43 +0000

RIP. Indeed, when the salesman says hurry up, this is a limited-time offer, it is time to put your hand over your wallet and say thanks-but-no-thanks.

By: baklava

baklava — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:29:52 +0000

Thank you for reminding us old timers Neo

By: T

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:01:58 +0000

Neoneocon,

I’m sure most of us have not committed the date of Fred’s death to memory, yet, even if unspoken, we remember him oftentimes in our conversations and especially vividly now as we realize that it has already been three years.

If I may be so bold as to speak for all of us, Thank You for the reminder and the memorial.