HULK SMASHED
Yes, the rich need our help!
fuck bush!
Think I'll call his vet and make an appointment to have Boortz put to sleep.
..is he talking rich or is he talking really rich? Because I'm making more money that I ever have but I'm spending a hell of a lot more too.
Here, Rich People, take my tax money and let me help you through this difficult time.
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
You too can drink deeply of the Social Darwinism Kool-Aid...
In a national disaster, I would advocate we eat the rich.
Of course, if we would just abort all the black babies, we wouldn't have to worry about such a distasteful dilemma.
so Boortz is basically saying 'fuck the poor'?
and who, exactly, is going to mow the rich people's lawns if all the poor people are dead?
In case of emergency, Neil Boortz maybe used as a flotation device.
Ebony wkes up ina starnge kitty's bed.
What did I ever do to deserve this?
I said I'm sorry. I did inhale. But, but, but, my mother and father drank during prohibition, and like, well, I only inhaled 50 or 60 times.
Forgive me and take this cup away from me.
Oh, well..., there seven different kinds of fair.
.
.
...I think it would be fair to kick Neal Boortz' ass and see if he rich, fat wallet will keep his emotions out of it.
and who, exactly, is going to mow the rich people's lawns if all the poor people are dead?
Robots? Clones?
God?
Because I'm making more money that I ever have but I'm spending a hell of a lot more too.
I bet it's all spent on luxury items. 
And if you're making more money, imagine how those who aren't feel.
Why do people vote for Republican presidents?
Someone needs to explain this.
...cloned robot-gods!
Wow, I haven't heard that much hate speech against the poor since the repukes ran Reagan on that crap.
so if there is no poor people then surely the rich people have no one to opress or exploit? Will they have to start exploiting each other?
i mean can you imagine a society just made up of rich folk?
i can't
Why do people vote for Republican presidents?
Someone needs to explain this.
pie
Vanity. Vanity. All is vanity.
Why do people vote for Republican presidents?
Someone needs to explain this.
Terror, taxes, gays, abortion. I think those are the biggies. I know a "South Park Conservative" at work who thinks Dubya's an incompetent moron, but voted for him anyway 'cuz Kerry would raise his taxes.
What-ever.
I bet it's all spent on luxury items. Well, I am a Civil War re-enactor.
Last year, I spent a lot on political contests in support of democratic, liberal groups and candidates.
This year, I'm donating about the same amount to charitable organizations.
who will fill all the meinal jobs and get paid crappy wages?
gosh a western nation would totally collapse without the invisible poor....
Boortz is a wanker!
you gotta save the rich first because they give all the poor jobs...don't ya know nothin'?
...cloned robot-gods!
Monkeys are probably also an option.
(Monkey Hate Lawn!)
i wish Boortz would tell of a nation presnetly or in the past which was totally made up of rich people...
Mmmm-mmmm. Save the rich. Nice and plump. Make good eating.
i mean can you imagine a society just made up of rich folk?
i can't
Moonbootica
Think 18th century France.
Fuck that fucking fucker.
What a worthless piece of shite.
I hates me some robot-gods that clone monkeys!
what we need now more than ever is a
Robin Hood
i wish Boortz would tell of a nation presnetly or in the past which was totally made up of rich people...
Atlantis!
Ever since Katrina, the bastards don't even hide the racism and viciousness anymore. What is funny is that these squealing little piggies probably wouldn't do well in an emergency. They are such spoiled brain-washed idiots that they would be helpless if the power went off and they couldn't operate their can openers and blow dryers.
God?
I hear he's pretty handy with a weed whacker.
I hates me some robot-gods that clone monkeys!
But when they grab you with their metal claws, you can't break free... because they're made of metal, and robot-gods that clone monkeys are strong.
Neil Boortz fed to bovine causes mad cow disease.
you just need a nasty dose of the plague, dieseas doesn't care whether your rich or poor.
in 19th century London Cholera was only taken seriously when the wealthy starting falling ill.
and who, exactly, is going to mow the rich people's lawns if all the poor people are dead?
My first thought too, sort of. Apparently a sufficient portion of the rich people will suddenly be okay with doing all the minimum- to-low-wage jobs.
I like the idea that's always presented that the rich create prosperity. As if each rich person has 2000 people in their employ instead of just being a white welfare class that is currently taking advantage of the transfer of money from the US Treasury to their greedy little hands.
but voted for him anyway 'cuz Kerry would raise his taxes.
The standard of living for the less-monied has plummeted.
Someone needs to point out that their one-vote has put them in the crapper.
All those supoosed dollars being sent to Iraq are doing what exactly?
But when they grab you with their metal claws, you can't break free... because they're made of metal, and robot-gods that clone monkeys are strong.
I better buys me some insurance against that!
Is that a picture of Boortz?
Does anyone have a profile shot of him?
What city does he live in??
Just wondering.
you just need a nasty dose of the plague
that is on the way!
My first thought too, sort of. Apparently a sufficient portion of the rich people will suddenly be okay with doing all the minimum- to-low-wage jobs.
Probably those losers who are just barely millionaires. Who do they think *they're* fooling?
heh the Black Death didn't care whether you were rich or poor in mid-14th century Europe.
Jeebus. Does it even begin to cross Boortz' tiny little mind that HE WOULDN'T BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE GETTING SAVED?
Fuck no. Just like Malkin and Limpballs and the rest of their useful idiots - they're so convinced they're part of the kewl kidz club they're more than happy to pull the lifeboats in.
What a wake up call that'll be.
Of course we save the rich. If we don't, who else will we eat?
Neil Boortz+Karl Rove: separated at birth.
I better buys me some insurance against that!
Oh, but surely I'm too old...
three of four people agree:aristocrats heads look better in a basket.
You can check out his website. He is rather full of himself. He seems the typical overpriveleged white male who couldn't fix a carburator or fry an egg but seems to think he is this titan of self-reliance.
It's now nearing 5 pm, left coast time.
I believe I'm going to indulge in a martini, with some GWPDA-provided pickled veggie.
Anyone interested?
" who do I want to save first? The rich. "
he's only saying the obvious.
Um...how much money do you need to be rich? Will winning the Powerball count?
It's just a more active version of Social Darwinism.
clearly if gilligan's island is faced with a tsunami, we must save the howells first. this is because they created jobs for the rest of the castaways, and besides, they might be able to pay us a reward.
before i bother to read the link, let me just say that i listened to ole neil in north carolina on my way up to md., around the time eschacon was happening.
i can only say there are too many batshit crazy radio dudes out there.
Boortz is a pissant. He claims to be a libertarian but he is just a media whore. He purposely enrages in the same fashion as the lesser trolls from this site. Ignore his sorry ass.
If I ever meet this cocksucker Boortz in person, he's in a world of shit.
Blue collar men are better in the sack than rich men.
You tax-and-spend liberals with your class warfare...
OT: historical events today
# 530 - Antipope Dioscorus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
# 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the forces of William the Conqueror defeat the Saxon army and kill King Harold II of England.
# 1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
# 1586 - Mary I of Scotland goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England
# 1960 - U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps.
# 1964 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes general secretary of the CPSU and leader of the Soviet Union, ousting Nikita Khrushchev.
# 1966 - 175 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam
# 1967 - Vietnam War: Folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.
# 1968 - Vietnam War: 27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio in San Francisco for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War. Charged with mutiny, their long prison sentences are later reduced to two years.
# 1968 - Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours.
three of four people agree:aristocrats heads look better in a basket.
I am so fucking ready to go to the barricades.
You can't spell "Boortz" without "boor".
God, what a dick.
ĦChingando frotacionado!
wheech ees to say Ħ"Fuck-eeng wankerrrita!
thees name "Boortz"...
eet sounds like what I do een my leeter box.
As eef to say: "Whew! Joo better stay out of there for a while, eh? I just Boortzed een there!".
so.
"clearly if gilligan's island is faced with a tsunami, we must save the howells first."
I save the Professor and hope he comes up with an avian flu vaccine made from coconuts.
Bush is rich and he can barely walk around a race course without getting lost. And every business venture he attempted failed miserably. Many rich inherited their money and are lazy halfwits blowing their money on psychics, polo ponies, and what ever is the 'in' thing at the moment.
Rich is 45mill+
Wealthy is 450 mill+
In a national disaster, save my First Lady Laura Bush soft vinyl mask!
Apparently Ayn Rand was reincarnated as a selfish, white, obscure, reactionary talk radio asswipe...as she should be.
Rich is 45mill+
Wealthy is 450 mill+
So yeah, I'd recommend winning the Powerball or Lotto or whatever.
Boortz is such a jerk-off, but then that's typical of rightwingnut pundits. They worship rich people regardless if they became rich by committing crimes (like Cheneychins at Halliburton) or whether they inherited it or won it through a mega-lottery ticket.
The sycophancy of Boortz and his fellow boot-lickers of the rich (O'Reilly, Hannity, Coulter, etc.) is about as disgusting as it gets.
sorry, i got about one sentence into the transcript, couldn't take anymore. like i said, batshit crazy.
let me guess, boortz is no doubt rich.
strangle the goose, eat the rich.
woe is ordinary people when rich people do stupid things.
He seems the typical overpriveleged white male who couldn't fix a carburator or fry an egg but seems to think he is this titan of self-reliance.
I'd like to drop this clown off in Crenshaw and see how long he'd last without Big Government saving his white ass.
Totally OT but...
did you know that on David Lynch's website, he has a video EVERY DAY of him telling that day's weather in LA? (yes That David Lynch)
ok, that's a bit peculiar
Bootz is an idiot.
I would have been first, but I think my refrigerator is going the way of the republicans. Mopping up water on the lower level.
So where is WalterNeff?
Missed the thread so far -- anyone made the Motorhead reference yet?
Apparently Ayn Rand was reincarnated as a selfish, white, obscure, reactionary talk radio asswipe...as she should be.
Repeatedly.
So yeah, I'd recommend winning the Powerball or Lotto or whatever.
I'll have to kill off all my coworkers so I don't have to share.
But I was going to do that anyway.
i'm thinking of starting a charitable foundation...
i want to label it the 50caliber for the poor foundation.
you apply and prove that you're poor, the foundation will furnish you a 50caliber weapons and 500 rounds.
and enough gasoline to reach washington , dc.
the last requirement, fire at will. that's george and all those with whom he runs...the running dogs.
helpless as a rich man's child
Is that guy for real?
Actually, the problem with Boortz is that he is largely self-made. He used to pick cotton in Texas. I am not making this up. He basically slaved away in the Atlanta market starting on the old Ring Radio. He actually used to be much more moderate, but he's been pure shill for at least 10 years. Hell, he used to bitch that no matter how hot the economy was at the time, it could have been hotter if it weren't for Clinton. And it's just not fair to say that it's Bush's fault that it cooled down.
The other problem with Boortz is that he's an asshole 24/7. It's how he makes his money. He's a professional asshole.
I'd like to drop this clown off in Crenshaw and see how long he'd last without Big Government saving his white ass.
Neil Boortz
You dumb racist fuck.
who would build and fund roads etc.?
nothing would get done in Boortz world......
This is assuming a 12% return and based on the 5% yacht, 5% plane rule.
I'd like to drop this clown off in Crenshaw and see how long he'd last without Big Government saving his white ass.
All social darwinist libertarians should be shipped directly off to the lawless regions of Afghanistan, where they can truly sink or swim on their own merits.
I'm sure an intelligent and enterprising fellow like Boortz would become a warlord in no time.
thees name "Boortz"...
eet sounds like what I do een my leeter box.
His royal kittiness wins todays prize for best comment!
...these squealing little piggies...
sekmet
'Ere now, let's not get personal!
That would make sense. Rich people breed less than poor. Poor people would swell their numbers more rapidly than the rich would.
What is truly surprising is he didn't want to save scientists and doctors.
Kind of stupid.
is there some disagreement that our culture idolizes the "rich"?
Boortz is also an egomaniac.
social darwinist libertarians can never given an example of a existing or past social darwinist libertarian state, its really quite pathetic.
to me most libertarians are corporate shills.
Apparently Ayn Rand was reincarnated as a selfish, white, obscure, reactionary talk radio asswipe...as she should be.
She was actually reincarnated as one of Alan Greenspan's rejected intestinal parasites.
Boortz described the poorest Americans as "a drag on society" and stated that they "don't achieve squat.
That's because they work full time at Wal-Mart before going to their second shit job so their kids can eat.
They sit around all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them.
Doesn't that describe Paris Hilton? Or the Bush twins?
They have children they can't afford.
That would be probably 80 percent of the Middle Class, too.
They're uneducated. They can barely read."
Uh, no. Case and point:
1) Paris Hilton
2) George W. Bush
3) You
social darwinist libertarians can never given an example of a existing or past social darwinist libertarian state, its really quite pathetic.
But if there *was* one...
Everyone in it would be rich.
Why do people vote for Republican presidents?
Someone needs to explain this.
pie
Becuase Democrats tend to run Republican lite candidates.
Why not go with the real thing?
Most white male talk show hosts are losers who have never amounted to anything in the real world. Savage has never been a successfull anything. As for Boortz, he practiced law, was a speech writer for Lester Maddox, and has been on radio since the 1960's. He has never been a captain of industry or a venture capatalist or had a successful business.
and who, exactly, is going to mow the rich people's lawns if all the poor people are dead?
watertiger
It's revenge for knocking their lawn jockeys over back in the '80's.
(sniff sniff)
Eet smells like someone boortzed een here
so.
The program NOW on PBS has the whistleblower on who exposed the "no bid" contract of Halliburton.
Her name was Bunatine Greenhouse and she said there was no reason to have a "no bid" contract for more than one year. She then found out the administration wanted a 5 year contract.
Halliburton was also charged with over $60 million in fraudulent charges to the army. The administration gave them a waiver over the objections of the Ms. Greenhouse.
For performing her job and her civic duty she was subsequently demoted by the Bushboy administration.
I'm sure an intelligent and enterprising fellow like Boortz would become a warlord in no time.
Eli
Warlord? That's what they're calling the guy on his knees?
Hmph...who knew?
Man, they shot a 50cal at their old dummy on Mythbusters the other day. The size of the ammo was ridiculous. They looked like some sort of vibrating sex toys or something.
You dumb racist fuck.
i second that
also in Boortz world who would there be to tax or fill factories?
surely there would be a decline in population as well?
a distitic lack of workers as well....
... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little to discourage this trend.... Rand had often protested, 'Protect me from my followers!'
Nathanial Branden, in a review of "Therapist" by Ellen Plasil.
They're uneducated. They can barely read."
Uh, no. Case and point:
1) Paris Hilton
2) George W. Bush
3) You
There are also educated poor people, who either couldn't clear the work/experience hurdle, or got laid off, or had something catastrophic happen to them and weren't rich and well-connected enough to have a safety net.
Boortz spent the whole day that Katrina hit ranting about how the government had blown the whole thing out of proportion. These gubment clowns are scaring everyone away and the result will be a disaster later on when the real one hits..type garbage. What a total ass.
Hasta Luego, murcielagos...
'dios.
so.
Also OT, from thread below:
But Soprano, it is such a cute story! Jude must have been a very special cat, ahhhhh.
Plum P
He was very special--half Siamese, all black (even his gums and his toe nails), a great talker. We fell in love at first sight and stayed that way for 19 years 8 months and a day.
Have you ever tried one of those circulating cat-water fountains? Maybe your kitty would drink from one of those. They cost about $60, but you might save that in a few months if your water bill is high enough.
All social darwinist libertarians should be shipped directly off to the lawless regions of Afghanistan, where they can truly sink or swim on their own merits.
I consider the Congo and the rest of the lawless regions of West Africa to be the ideal libertarian petri dishes. Free enterprise, lack of government intrusion and zero taxes will create heaven on Earth in this part of the globe.
Boortz is looking forward to a bottle in the head at his next public appearance.
I can say without much hesitation that wealthy people are not listening to Boortz. I suspect his audience is far from affluent. Why the fuck do they listen to these assholes?
She was actually reincarnated as one of Alan Greenspan's rejected intestinal parasites.
Thers
I think you got the language a little convoluted there. Don't you mean one of the intestinal parasites that rejected Alan Greenspan?
In this country, people don't achieve squat. They sit around all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them. They have children they can't afford. They're uneducated. They can barely read. And the high point of their day is Entertainment Tonight on TV.
I am fighting the urge to piss in Boortz' mouth and then run him over with my car.
Does that make me a bad person???
Well, unless they're willing to pick up and bury all the dead bodies themselves, the rich will have a dilemna.
The either bring laborers in from Mexico (HEAVENS! ILLEGALS!) or they have to put up with stench.
I say we all eat cans of sauerkraut if the big one comes. That'll give 'em a real post-mortem whiff of how we feel about 'em.
who out there doesn't want to be "rich"?? hands?
Code Pink
God, I love them.
Howdy all. Coming in late here and all, but personally, I think we should save the nublie coeds first.
Um, and bartenders. Priorities and all.
Unlike side issues like unemployment, unions, and minimum-wage laws, the subject of work itself is almost entirely absent from libertarian literature. Most of what little there is consists of Randite rantings against parasites, barely distinguishable from the invective inflicted on dissidents by the Soviet press....
Bob Black, The Libertarian As Conservative, 1984
did you know that on David Lynch's website, he has a video EVERY DAY of him telling that day's weather in LA? (yes That David Lynch)
ok, that's a bit peculiar
Well, he did have a cartoon way back called The World's Angriest Dog (or something like that). Every panel was the same shot of an angry dog.
You dumb racist fuck.
i second that
You tax-and-spend liberals are so coddled by the nanny state, you wouldn't know a parody if it took a piss on your face.
I've noticed my Neutogena facial massager seems to be a dual use device.
boortz; kevin whitmire at the DaMN; limbaugh ...
unnatural triple, indeed.
fat
stupid
old
white
greedheads
....................
I can say without much hesitation that wealthy people are not listening to Boortz. I suspect his audience is far from affluent. Why the fuck do they listen to these assholes?
Tena
Becase if it wasn't for all those other poor folk, they'd be tax-free and rich!
Most white male talk show hosts are losers who have never amounted to anything in the real world. Savage has never been a successfull anything. As for Boortz, he practiced law, was a speech writer for Lester Maddox, and has been on radio since the 1960's. He has never been a captain of industry or a venture capatalist or had a successful business.
sekmet
Your first sentence defeats your idea.
Clearly this being the real world they have amounted to something.
But your first sentence also applies to most bloggers.
Scuse me. Gotta go and take a boortz. OOOh crampy.
Does that make me a bad person???
Dartanyon
On the contrary !
Excuse me, it was The Angriest Dog In The World.
Why the fuck do they listen to these assholes?
I bet his dumbfuckhillbillymurkan audience was cheering when they heard that because they think, "Someday -- someday -- because I work really, really hard (harder than those negroes) I'll be rich, too."
nubile, shit.
I'm so old I can't even spell it.
social darwinist libertarians can never given an example of a existing or past social darwinist libertarian state, its really quite pathetic.
In one of my first ever encounters with an Internet Libertarian, back in the Clinton years, I got the specimen to admit that his ideal government was the Icelandic Thingmote.
I am not making this up.
I can say without much hesitation that wealthy people are not listening to Boortz. I suspect his audience is far from affluent. Why the fuck do they listen to these assholes?
Tena
What does your Pioneer husband listen too?
Can it be received in the Aspen summer home where you spend a quarter of the year being one of the idle rich?
You tax-and-spend liberals
Now that's rich
"I can say without much hesitation that wealthy people are not listening to Boortz. I suspect his audience is far from affluent. Why the fuck do they listen to these assholes?" - Tena
I don't think they believe he's talking about them. Ever see those polls where something like 60% of Americans think that they will die as one of the upper 1% in income? That's the true tragedy of the last 25 years. People that aren't even on the team thinking they're in the game.
I consider the Congo and the rest of the lawless regions of West Africa to be the ideal libertarian petri dishes. Free enterprise, lack of government intrusion and zero taxes will create heaven on Earth in this part of the globe.
Sure, any place with no government, law, or order should be the ideal place for libertarians, if they were sincere about their beliefs.
Which they're not.
his ideal government was the Icelandic Thingmote.
Who among us doesn't love the Thingmote?
"I am fighting the urge to piss in Boortz' mouth and then run him over with my car.
Does that make me a bad person???"
--Dartanyon
Not at all. I'll join you. Let me know when and where.
Does that make me a bad person???
Dartanyon
Not if you remember to clean up the mess when you're done.
I am a bitter unhappy little loser. Pity me.
I suspect his audience is far from affluent. Why the fuck do they listen to these assholes?
Alienated, middle class white men listen to me because if you listen closely to the code words I use, what I'm ranting about isn't actually saving rich people, but letting the niggers die.
Does that make me a bad person???
Dartanyon
On the contrary !
xegar
Thank you, xegar.
You tax-and-spend liberals are so coddled by the nanny state, you wouldn't know a parody if it took a piss on your face.
I know racists when I see 'em. You know what I did last time I was lost in a "bad neighborhood"? Politely asked for directions. EEEEEEK!
Thieves should never be entrusted with the common good.
Kill The Poor
Dead Kennedys (from the album Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, 1980)
Efficiency and progress is ours once more
Now that we have the Neutron bomb
It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done
Away with excess enemy
But no less value to property
No sense in war but perfect sense at home
The sun beams down on a brand new day
No more welfare tax to pay
Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light
Jobless millions whisked away
At last we have more room to play
All systems go to kill the poor tonight
Gonna
Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor
Tonight
Behold the sparkle of champagne
The crime rate's gone
Feel free again
O' life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White
Jane Fonda on the screen today
Convinced the liberals it's okay
So let's get dressed and dance away the night
While they
Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor
Tonight
Friday night skeevotz (sp.?) blogging.
Your first sentence defeats your idea.
Clearly this being the real world they have amounted to something.
You mean he has a job? So do janitors. In some cases, that's an accomplishment. I'm not sure Boortz sees it that way.
But your first sentence also applies to most bloggers.
?
ooh, rapier wit.
NOW is also showing how corporations renege on their pension plans and wind up dumping their pensioneers on the government (taxpayers).
There is $450 billion in pension plans that have been underfunded or reneged on. And there are more to come.
Meanwhile Bushboy & the Goopers dole out more tax cuts, subsidies and "no bid" contracts to these corporations, while running huge deficits.
"I am fighting the urge to piss in Boortz' mouth and then run him over with my car.
Does that make me a bad person???"
--Dartanyon
Au contraire! I find that heroic.
May I know you and count you as my friend?
Who among us doesn't love the Thingmote?
Could he beat up the Hulkmote?
I believe I'm going to indulge in a martini, with some GWPDA-provided pickled veggie.
Anyone interested?
flory
After reading that boorish crap, I'm ready for one. Thanks, Flory.
"social darwinist libertarians can never given an example of a existing or past social darwinist libertarian state, its really quite pathetic."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Soc...ocial_Darwinism
Because Social Darwinism came to be associated in the public mind with racism, imperialism, eugenics, and pseudoscience, such criticisms are sometimes applied (and misapplied) to any other political or scientific theory that resembles social Darwinism. Such criticisms are often levelled, for example, at evolutionary psychology.
Similarly, capitalist economics, especially laissez-faire economics, is sometimes equated with Social Darwinism because it is thought by some to involve a "sink or swim" attitude toward economic activity. However, the fact that some Social Darwinists are advocates of capitalism and laissez-faire does not mean that all capitalists are Social Darwinists.
Social Darwinist theory itself does not necessarily engender a political position: some Social Darwinists argue for the inevitability of progress, while others emphasise the potential for the degeneration of humanity, and some even attempt to enroll Social Darwinism in a reformist politics. Rather, Social Darwinism is an eclectic set of closely interrelated social theories -- much in the way that Existentialism is not one philosophy but a set of closely interrelated philosophical principles.