Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

What wimps we are

Posted on 2017-08-29 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In this degenerate and wicked generation, it comes as no surprise. In 1900, Galveston (once the port city for Houston and now a major port and part of the huge Houston megaplex and “suburb” of Houston) was … Continue reading →

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Western civilization – crumbling?

Posted on 2017-08-26 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Is “Western Civilization” falling apart?  Some recent stories seem to make a very strong argument for that. Google and Facebook have been in the news for years (at least in alternative media) because of their complete lack … Continue reading →

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And so it begins…

Posted on 2017-08-24 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton And so it begins… “Bikers for Trump Arizona” in a Facebook posting, announced that their members will be in Phoenix at a pro-Trump rally to defend the rally against planned AntiFa “counter-protesters.”  An e-mail posted by them … Continue reading →

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The terror of local government in the Fifty States, part 1

Posted on 2017-08-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The attitude and record of local governments across the Fifty States is incredibly distressing, to me and many others. It is not a series of isolated incidents, or of a few big urban areas or small rural … Continue reading →

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Nationalists and supremacists – segregated by color?

Posted on 2017-08-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The scene is familiar in the second decade of the 21st Century, especially in university towns.  A “protest” march (not quite a mob) of people bearing signs and torches and chanting slogans winds its way down a … Continue reading →

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War: clouds on the horizon

Posted on 2017-08-15 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The drums of war are pounding: the dogs of war snap at their tethers, seeking to be let loose. Or so you’d believe looking at the major, mainstream media – and much of the alternate media. A … Continue reading →

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Billions for conquest and tribute – not one penny for defense?

Posted on 2017-08-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The tremendous expense of deploying a missile fleet capable in the long term of countering nuclear threats has spawned a debate in the American military establishment, as talked about in a recent Stars and Stripes article. How … Continue reading →

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The warping of American society: political correctness, assault by lawyer, and more

Posted on 2017-08-13 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Tradition, indeed, everyday life, is increasingly warped in the 21st Century. This is not incidental or unintended. Many people doing this warping want to twist society to and past the breaking point. They want to completely change … Continue reading →

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Ignorance, hypocrisy, and other character defects

Posted on 2017-08-11 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton While I am concentrating on conservatives and liberals in this article, does it not apply to virtually all of us?  We can all be ignorant, unknowing, hypocrites, inconsistent, and prone to attacking others with hurtful words or … Continue reading →

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Ramping up the nanny state – a tiny delay

Posted on 2017-08-11 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The Trump administration has put on hold an Obummer-era FRA/FMCSA regulation that would have required companies to test all drivers/railroad engineers for sleep apnea, presumably adding that to all the other requirements for CDL (commercial drivers licenses). … Continue reading →

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