We are the "New Jews"

Own a Bible, gun, American flag, marry a member of the opposite sex , seek your Congress Critter to reduce taxes and look out................your one of them. Wait till they find that you live next door or sit in the next cubicle, your life may change forever.
I have a coffee cup at work that says "Infidel" on the side in big bold letters, several people have said I need to throw it out. In the words of Ron White "I don't think so scooter."

Last time I looked this was A-M-E-R-I-C-A, not your watered down, pasty Hollyweird, President apologizing for version, but the land of the free home of the brave version.

The Constitution, remember that document, says we have the right to "freedom of speech" " lawful assembly" etc. Currently many are beginning to believe that only certain groups have the right to assemble and make their views known. Those that feel this way of course are the ones that won the election and now they intend to ram their power and vision of America down our throats.

Common decency, respect, give and take debate are out the window as the elites plow headlong into their "new version" of America.

As in the 1930's they are trying to label us as fast as they can and trying to pass laws that when they manage to slap a label on you, it will affect your right to free speech, possibly to gain employment, or hold specific types of jobs. You wouldn't want a "racist" or "bigot" teaching your kids would you?

We are the "New Jews". They feel we are responsible for a multitude of sins, from alleged global warming, terrorist attacks on our soil, to the way the rest of the world views us.

In the 1930's one of the ways that the German people were controlled was that the opposition view point was silenced. In Castro's Cuba the only media outlets that are allowed to relay the news is are the ones "approved" by the government, and guess what.......they are owned by the Communist Party.

Our country has progressed further faster than any other given our short history. We did not do it by allowing the government to control us the way many seem to want to hand over control to them today.

Face it, the left is worried about any grassroots movement from those of us on the right. Why else would all the Lame Stream ridicule and deride those that participated on April 15th. The Secrete Service broke up the protest in front of the White House and the Washington Post came out with some limp wristed survey saying that 41% want bigger government in their lives.

We have worked ourselves into a great nation, why do we want to surrender our greatness? Why not embrace it and improve upon it? Make those that lag behind come up to where we are the world will be better for it.

WP

People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals...

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

That quote from Men in Black about sums up today's society. Americans today get their news and information from a variety of sources, the problem is that we either cannot or will not take the time to think about or check the information or source we are digesting. We see or hear the data and based on our perception of the world, make a judgement as to believe or dismiss the content of the data. Sometimes we make that call based on if the news is good or bad to our position in the political realm.

Today, for my political position, I find little favorable news. The man in the White House, the leadership of the Senate and the House all seemed hell bent on reshaping America into something that most of us never intended or expected America to become.

Our forefathers took up arms against, not just a tax on tea but against their perception that their "Rights as British Citizens" were being violated. No representation in Parliament for anything. Taxes, choice of appointees of government positions, providing housing for British soldiers etc. was forced upon them with no means for a redress of grievances anywhere.

We now fast forward to today. We have representation, we also have a growing sense that this representation is not only working for their own political and monetary gains and gains of their contributors, but they are moving this country away for our own identity and sovereignty and pulling us down from being a leader in the world, to be just another group equal to the lowest common denominator of the rest.

Their approach is both subtle and in your face. Obama stated he was for "wealth redistribution because it is fair", on the other hand they play up one crisis and slip things by while we're not looking, i.e. pork spending in the "stimulus" package.

"The consequences of a prolonged economic downturn — including real estate foreclosures, unemployment, and an inability to obtain credit — could create a fertile recruiting environment for right-wing extremists and even result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities,”

That was the quote from the now infamous DHS "secretly leaked" memo. Interestingly it leaked days before the planned "Tea Parties".

This should appear to anyone thinking that these statements are an attempt to paint opposition voices as the "New Jews". People to be feared and marginalized and roadblocks to the government's ability to deal with crisis and ease the suffering of the population.

An attempt by one group of people to scapegoat another group is a an long standing practice to divert attention for what you are really doing. It locks the blame for part of societies ills on one group and allows you to tamper in other areas while everyone is distracted. It also leads to dehumanizing those individuals, indicating that they are inferior or dangerous. This step can lead to the justification of stereotyping and allows those doing the scapegoating to have a feeling of innocence and unity and prevent them from looking at a rational explanation for the cause of whatever the conflict is.

Liberals, let's not even say liberals, some people do not want the facts of some issues. They either cannot follow the thought process that leads from A to B to C or they have a more sinister agenda in mind that usually involves you losing or subjugating some if not all of your freedoms.

Cuba

The current administration is talking of relaxing the sanctions against the Cuba government, or more specifically Fidel and Raul Castro.

We originally posted these sanctions due to the confiscation of US capital, property and defining shift towards communism.

The Times produced a handy list of ten reasons to hate Castro:

1. Sending homosexuals to forced labour camps.
2. Executing people attempting to leave Cuba (as recently as 2003).
3. Urging the USSR to launch a nuclear first strike against the USA.
4. Holding 316 known political prisoners in 2006.
   
5. Banning independent trade unions.
6. Single candidates for all seats in the National Assembly.
7. Computer and internet access is severely restricted.
8. In 2003, 22 libraries raided with 14 librarians arrested with jail terms of up to 26 years, for having banned literature.
9. Opposed even modest economic reforms, including the opening up by Gorbachev.
10. Cuba's imperialist adventures in Africa, including supporting the Mengistu regime that was behind the 1980s Ethiopian famines that Bob Geldof relaunched his career off of.

Not a glowing set of recommendations to say the least.

What else has Castro "given" to Cuba:

He stated that he believed in private property, but confiscated the property and wealth of Batista's followers claiming it was gained "illegally".

He confiscated all "inherited property" and instituted state farms with all the workers becoming state employees.

Cuba has one legal political party, The Communist Party" all newspapers though not government owned are published by "different" political organizations. Castro silenced all newspapers critical of his new regime.

In the late '50's there were various "purges" and hasty executions, many administered by Raul Castro himself.

Religion was subdued and clergymen expelled from the country.

One of Castro's main exports has always been Revolution, ask Angola or Ethiopia.

Obama seems to think that opening up our hugs to Cuba will change the way we look at that country today and that their past is nothing to be concerned with.

From where I sit the Castro brothers past is not to be forgiven.

WP

Do We Want a King?

America was founded on the principal that everyone had the same rights, and that we all have the right to vote to have an equal say in how our lives are run.
We elect Representatives on a revolving basis to insure that the will of the people is what is adhered to.
We have a set of rules by which we are governed, the US Constitution, and if necessary those rules can be changed by following the procedure outlined in Article 5, and again we all get to vote on it.

Over the past several decades we have see a growing desire for the Federal Government to be given more and more authority over our everyday lives, to a point where we seemed hell bound for many socialistic policies and solutions.

Now socialism has been tried in America before. Various groups tried Utopian Socialism, The Harmony Society, The Shakers, Oneida Community to name a few. All to no real accomplishments or lasting very long. Mostly because, when you do not have an established set of governance that all agree to, you are doomed to the wishes and egos of everyone, and as has been said before "a house divided cannot stand".

Now the American plan was set up so that everyone knew the rules, could live their life and when they got out of bounds there is an way for you to be kicked back into play. No single figurehead was deemed necessary or wanted. We have lived that way for over 200 years and now suddenly we up and want to change.

Many desire the Federal Government take the lead in our lives. Do these people believe that because it's the government that the decision will be better? That, for example, a small committee of say 5 people will have more insight into building cars that dozens of individuals who have been doing it all their adult lives will? Or maybe many do not feel qualified to take on such weighty matters. That is interferes with their visits to the mall or time at the spa or takes time from their golf game.

I am amused that so many of our Hollyweird brethren support such government interference when no so long ago they gave us the fight against being blacklisted for communism, or stared in movies such as "The Manchurian Candidate", "Three Days of the Condor", "RollerBall", "Network", "Conspiracy Theory", "Capricorn One" etc, and other works that railed against the establishment and an over bearing, interfering government entities.

Many of our forefathers who rebelled against "no Representation", moved to the hills to make moonshine and not pay taxes, they ran away from the city to the mountains just to avoid the government for having too much say in their lives.

Today we cannot seem to get to a place fast enough where we will let the government tell us, what to eat, what to drive, how and when we can worship, how we define various institutions in our lives, how much of our own money we get to keep, how big our bonus will be, which doctor to see and whether we deserve a particular medical procedure and on and on. The list grows by the minute and we cannot find it within ourselves to say no.

Maybe this is just the nature of man. When the Israelites found themselves in the desert they panicked without out a leader and they built a golden idol to hold them together. The showed no confidence in their faith or their own abilities to carry on. Most civilizations throughout history had leadership that was gained and retained by might or passed from father to son etc. leaving the will of the people out of the equation.

Americans are different, at least up to this point. We love our independence, the rights we are guaranteed to speak our mind, to protect our own, to live where we want, to make our own choices about most everything in our lives. These rights have been paid for over and over again in the words of Crosby Stills and Nash, "buried in the ground."

The governments of Europe, their people have had a ruling class for 100's of years, so it remains as no shock that they have and enjoy a more heavy national ruling government.

The thought of this situation for an American should be revolting and go against all we believe and desire, but maybe we're too lazy to carry on the fight...................or are we.

Fascism

Maybe this is where we're headed?



fas·cism:
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

Fascism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Common aim of all fascist movements was elimination of the autonomy or, in some cases, the existence of large-scale capitalism.

The Labour Charter of 1927, promulgated by the Grand Council of Fascism, stated in article 7:
"The corporative State considers private initiative, in the field of production, as the most efficient and useful instrument of the Nation", then goes on to say in article 9: "State intervention in economic production may take place only where private initiative is lacking or is insufficient, or when are at stakes the political interest of the State. This intervention may take the form of control, encouragement or direct management."


Fascism: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics | Library of Economics and Liberty

Where socialism sought totalitarian control of a society’s economic processes through direct state operation of the means of production, fascism sought that control indirectly, through domination of nominally private owners. Where socialism abolished money and prices, fascism controlled the monetary system and set all prices and wages politically.

Levels of consumption were dictated by the state, and “excess” incomes had to be surrendered as taxes or “loans.”


To maintain high employment and minimize popular discontent, fascist governments also undertook massive public-works projects financed by steep taxes, borrowing, and fiat money creation. While many of these projects were domestic—roads, buildings, stadiums—the largest project of all was militarism, with huge armies and arms production.

The Big Takeover

A great summery of the financial meltdown.


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover/print

It's over — we're officially, royally fucked. No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far. It happened when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was forced to admit that he was once again going to have to stuff billions of taxpayer dollars into a dying insurance giant called AIG, itself a profound symbol of our national decline — a corporation that got rich insuring the concrete and steel of American industry in the country's heyday, only to destroy itself chasing phantom fortunes at the Wall Street card tables, like a dissolute nobleman gambling away the family estate in the waning days of the British Empire..............................