Public Address, July 4, 2009, Norwich, CT Town Green:
I read this the other day: Top 10 Best States for Personal Freedom; published in Human Events, 06/30/2009
The freest state is New Hampshire, followed by Colorado, South Dakota, Texas, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, Arizona, and North Dakota. New York is the least free, followed by New Jersey, Rhode Island, California, and Maryland.
….CONNECTICUT IS NEAR THE BOTTOM…
I am from Hartford, Connecticut, one of the original 13 colonies. Connecticut’s colonial and revolutionary history was well known to me even as a boy. I lived in Hartford’s South End which was only a short bike ride to where a backwater of the ‘long tidal river’ (the Connecticut River) forms the cove at Old Wethersfield - Connecticut’s oldest town. There are 300 landmark historic houses in Wethersfield, 50 of them built before the American Revolution.
As a boy I knew that George Washington and the French General Rochambeau planned the Yorktown Campaign at the Joseph Webb house in Wethersfield. Webb’s home was General Washington’s Headquarters for a while.
Silas Deane, Joseph Webb, and Isaac Stevens, all Wethersfield men whose names were as familiar to me as friends and I was a recurrent visitor to their Colonial homes, which were open to the public.
I visited these and other sites maintained by the Colonial Dames and the Wethersfield Historical Society, places kept as living museums, many furnished with Colonial Era antiques and in some cases with possessions owned by the families.
Nathan Hale, from Coventry, Connecticut, rode with Tom Knowlton’s Rangers while under the command of Connecticut General Israel Putnam.
In college I lived less than a mile from the Hale Homestead and had already been to the Hale residence many times before then.
General Putnam was an original member of the legendary Roger’s Rangers, named for Major Robert Rogers, Father of the American Ranger and author of ‘Roger’s Standing Orders.’
The point: Those who once inhabited these places where America was born were not abstractions to me - the boy who wandered in and out of their kitchens, sitting rooms, hallways, and barns.
That boy felt kinship and attachment to their lives as well as to their passion for and commitment to American liberty, a devotion that I was to make my own precisely because of their example which was both close and distant.
The rich colonial history of Connecticut and the independent, hard working, innovative spirit of the Connecticut Yankee was as much a part of my cultural heritage as my European ethnicity.
Connecticut is called the Constitution State because the ‘Fundamental Orders of Connecticut’ was the first written document to create a system of self-governance – ANYWHERE.
The Fundamental Orders established local (State’s) rights, preserved individual rights as the foundation of a just government by consent and under God, and put limitations on government in 1639…
…150 YEARS BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Connecticut was known as the Provisions State because Connecticut supplied most of the food and cannons for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war.
In fact, the Stanton-Davis Farm of Stonington, right down the road there, was a Revolutionary War Provisioner. It is still in operation today and has not missed a harvest since 1654!
It was Connecticut beef and corn that kept Washington’s Army from starvation at Valley Forge.
And Connecticut has been known as the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ for the many firearms and munitions manufacturers that have called Connecticut home.
In Viet Nam I carried an M-16 rifle and a Colt .45 automatic pistol manufactured by Colt’s in Hartford, shotguns and ammunition made by Remington Arms, of Bridgeport, and a machete manufactured by the Collins Company of Collinsville.
I might have been 10,000 miles away from home but the people of Connecticut, their sweat, their toil, and all of their skill was with me in things I could hold, use, and depend on to keep me alive. I knew that then, I remember it now.
It was my honor as much as it was my duty to serve my State and my nation in the jungles of Viet Nam…and 34 Years later again, in the deserts of Iraq…
BUT IT WAS NOT MY RIGHT TO DO SO.
It was and remains a privilege to serve in the armed forces, the privilege of military service a concept handed down in the ancient Code of Chivalry that the man at arms serves only at the pleasure of God and King.
Does anyone remember when police were called ‘Peace Officers?’
A Peace officer focused on keeping the public peace, the people’s well being was the focus.
Now we have ‘Law Enforcement Officer’s whose focus is on enforcement of the law; “Force” being the operative concept…
TODAY we have a ‘Brother’ in the white house alright – ‘Big Brother,’ and Barrak Hussein Obama is absolutely Orwellian in every measure of the word.
In Obama…
• We have a President who can’t find his Birth Certificate but the Government of Kenya has established his birthplace there as a national monument.
• We witnessed the inauguration of a President where the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court omitted key words.
• We have a President who believes in and is an outspoken advocate of late term Abortion.
• We have a President who Bowed To the Saudi King.
• Obama dishonored the Flag and refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in a public place.
• He dare not speak without a teleprompter.
• He has Communists for friends and supporters.
• His preacher for more than 20 years, Jeremiah Wright, hates America.
• And Barrack Hussein Obama is a friend to Bill Ayers and Ayers’ wife, Bernadine Dohrn – SDS terrorists who allied themselves to the NVA during the Viet Nam War.
I WAN’T TO ASK YOU,
Do we have a Communist in the White house or just a run-of-the-mill Socialist? Maybe you can tell the difference – I can’t. To me one is just in more of a hurry than the other…
Here are some quotes from Marx and Lenin, appropriate for THIS 4th of July, 2009, in Norwich, CT.
• “Take away a nation's heritage and they are more easily persuaded." Karl Marx (Was talking about the NEA?)
• “Democracy is indispensable to socialism.” V.I. Lenin
• “Democracy is the road to socialism.” Karl Marx
• “The goal of socialism is communism.” V.I. Lenin
REMINDER : WE DO NOT LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES FOR US A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4.
So who were Obama’s supporters’s during the Campaign: Here is a partial List:
President of Iran – Mahmud Ahmadinejad
Bill Ayers
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Hugo Chavez
Communist Party of Illinois
Communist Party USA
Scads of SDS terrorists like Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn who was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted for over a decade.
Jane Fonda – you remember her – Hanoi Jane?
NARAL (Abortion Lobby: you know them: Save the Whales, Kill the Babies…)
Planned Parenthood (the largest single Abortion Provider in the country and heavily funded with your tax dollars.)
NEA and all of the little ‘EA’s: among the greatest consumers of government largesse with so little to show for it. Remember Hillary’s, “IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD?” Well, I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said: “IT TAKES A SCHOOL TO BANKRUPT A VILLAGE.” Our kids rank lower on comparative scales with the rest of the developed world and because of what they do not learn in school they are increasingly disconnected with their own heritage.
Black Panther Party (New)
ACORN
NORMAL (Marijuana legalization lobby) – ‘Potheads for Obama,’
Cora Weiss, (Collaborator with the NVA and Hanoi Politburo; Director of the Committee of Liaison – tried to force families of POW’s to make propaganda in exchange for contact with their POW family members held by Hanoi. No POW family accepted her tainted offer.)
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Progressive Caucus (US House of Representatives; socialist; linked to the DSA)
Daniel Ortega, (Sandinista), Communist President of Nicaragua and friend of Chris Dodd
Moamar Qadhafi - Libyan Dictator and terrorist mastermind.
Socialist Party USA; Socialist Party of Connecticut
Young Communist League
Muslim American Society: Originally, ‘Muslim Brotherhood,’ they endorse suicide bombings as "martyr operations…not suicide.”
Speaking of suicide bombers, do you know Code Pink Founder, Jodie Evans - Obama met with Jodie Evans, at his $5 million Hollywood fundraiser and was photographed with her there. Evans supported the terrorists in Iraq and said in an interview that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had a "valid argument" for attacking America on Sept. 11, 2001. Yep – another friend of B.O.
I know what’s right with America. I don’t have any trouble talking about what is right with America; what concerns me is what is WRONG with America TODAY:
How far is New London from Norwich? 20 miles? Do You Remember The Little Pink House in Norwich? Kelo v. City of New London? Suzette Kelo? Norwich took her house and gave it to another person to sell for a profit…And the Supreme Court is ok with that…
In America today the police can drag a mother from her car for not wearing a seatbelt, handcuff her, take her kids out of their car seats and put them into state custody as they haul mommy off to jail, and the Supreme Court is ok with that, too.
Our armies are all over the world and we are in a weakened state right here at home and cannot protect our own borders - but what does that matter when politicians on their own initiative create ‘sanctuary’ cities like New Haven and Hartford, and welcome illegal immigrants with access to social services that we as taxpayers pay for? (Pause)
We are in an Orwellian state of PERPETUAL WAR FOR PERPETUAL PEACE.
BTW: More Americans were murdered in California than have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in 5 years
And speaking of the Americans in uniform who risk everything for this country – THEIR country - Remember when Janet Napolitano of the DHS said this:
"The possible passage of new laws relaxing restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergency of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.”
DON’T YOU LOVE THEIR WAY WITH WORDS?
…I don’t know about you, but a politician who won’t trust me with a gun I don’t trust with my vote…
AND - Who said this?
Barrack Hussein Obama:
“A Marxist radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is the President of the United States…
"THIS IS A WATERSHED ELECTION WHICH CHANGES THE FATE OF THE WORLD. The world now becomes very much less safe for all of us as a result.
"Those of us who have looked on appalled during this most frightening of American presidential elections – at the suspension of reason and its replacement by thuggery -- can only hope that the way this man governs will be very different from the profile provided by his influences, associations and record to date.
"It’s a faint hope – THE ENEMIES OF AMERICA, FREEDOM AND ALL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION WILL CERTAINLY BE REJOICING TODAY.”
(The Spectator.co.uk; Melanie Phillips, 4 and 5 November 2008. http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips)
Why is Bill Ayers, that REVOLUTIONARY, TERRORIST, AMERICA-HATING toad from Chicago, even worth mentioning?
Because he is what he is and he is a friend and mentor of Barrack Hussein Obama and THIS is what Bill Ayers, the Professor of Children’s Education, wrote in his book, Prairie Fire:
"Our final goal is the...the seizure of power, and the creation of socialism."
Ayres' Book, Prairie Fire, is dedicated to Sirhan Sirhan – convicted killer of Robert F. Kennedy.
Obama launched his political career in Bill Ayer’s living room. On that day, Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn welcomed the Obama’s and members of the media into their living room where they had a copy of the FBI’s ‘Ten Most Wanted’ book displayed on their coffee table, OPEN TO THE PAGE OF Ayer’s wife, Bernadine Dohrn who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for 10 years.
Under an Obama presidency the links to our brilliant American Past, let us hope, is only interrupted. The uniquely American character of opportunity, innovation, and optimism has been replaced by uncertainty as the Obama socialist agenda wraps our future in its web and injects the heart and soul of America with its venom.
A vote for Obama was a vote for the ACLU, the National Lawyer’s Guild, and the parasitic Socialist International, known in Congress as the ‘Congressional Progressive Caucus.’ Look it up – they are all Democrats.
We have lived under a one-party system since at least the administration of Woodrow Wilson - one party with one idea: Separate you from your wealth with oppressive taxation and use the money to strip you of your rights.
One party with two factions – Democrat and Republican:
• Under the veil of compromise the Democrat and Republican Party delivers conspiracy.
• The Democrat and Republican Party promises reform but delivers revolution.
• And the Democrat and Republican Party at every level profanes the sacred institutions of this nation as it dismantles our past for a collectivist future.
The Democrat and Republican Party has for decades pursued an agenda that has brought America to the edge of extinction, encumbered our liberties with chains, and daily subjects us to the arrogance and effrontery of office-holders who have nothing but contempt for the American people and for our country.
THEY DON’T BELONG HERE ANYMORE.
My last words to you on this 4th of July of 2009 come to us from a long ago time, when the future of America was also in doubt:
I quote:
“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own (Suzette Kelo, are you listening?); whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, UNDER GOD, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.” GEORGE WASHINGTON, [address to the Continental Army before the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776]
AND
“We should never despair. Our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth New Efforts and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.” GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to Major General Philip Schuyler, Jul. 15, 1777
Washington’s light shines to us through the ages, driving out the darkness pledged by Barack Hussein Obama and his legion of conspirators. He is not alone in this conspiracy.
We must survive the next four years…
…AND SEND SOMEONE TO CONGRESS WHO KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN.
THANK YOU…
The Roman
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
China's Economy - State Run and Paid for with Capital from Western Investment and trade
Bernake’s monetary policy and the Fed’s bailout plan has and will continue to flatten economic growth like a cow pie drying in the sun.
China’s growth will slow but nowhere near U.S. levels, so China has pulled the “thanks, but no thanks” to U.S. stocks because it knows that the U.S. stock market won’t rebound for some time. They know that layoffs in the U.S. manufacturing jobs will result in new hires in their country, and foreign investors are fleeing U.S. markets.
Projection: China’s growth will hit 8% in 2009 compared with the U.S. growth of 2%
The Chinese banking system is dominated by four big state-owned banks that can write a whenever the party – and the Army – tells them to, and to whom, and with $1.4 trillion in cash there’s no liquidity crisis in China.
China is using its capital to build more infrastructure: roads, bridges and cities at record pace.
The McKinsey Global Institute reports that:
“In 20 years, China’s cities will have added 350 million people—more than the entire population of the United States today.”
“By 2025, China will have 221 cities with more than one million inhabitants—compared with 35 in Europe today—and 24 cities with more than five million people.”
“By 2030, 1 billion people will live in China’s cities…170 mass-transit systems could be built…40 billion of square meters of floor space will be built in five million buildings—50,000 of which could be skyscrapers.”
By the year 2025 China will have 221 cities with more than one million people living in them, you can only imagine the kind of money that is going to be made, as China’s newfound consumer class enters the marketplace and replaces the American consumer as the supreme driver of world growth.
..And we paid them to do it…while dumbed down Americans remain blinded by the daily news about petty issues and the ups and downs in the Dow…
China’s growth will slow but nowhere near U.S. levels, so China has pulled the “thanks, but no thanks” to U.S. stocks because it knows that the U.S. stock market won’t rebound for some time. They know that layoffs in the U.S. manufacturing jobs will result in new hires in their country, and foreign investors are fleeing U.S. markets.
Projection: China’s growth will hit 8% in 2009 compared with the U.S. growth of 2%
The Chinese banking system is dominated by four big state-owned banks that can write a whenever the party – and the Army – tells them to, and to whom, and with $1.4 trillion in cash there’s no liquidity crisis in China.
China is using its capital to build more infrastructure: roads, bridges and cities at record pace.
The McKinsey Global Institute reports that:
“In 20 years, China’s cities will have added 350 million people—more than the entire population of the United States today.”
“By 2025, China will have 221 cities with more than one million inhabitants—compared with 35 in Europe today—and 24 cities with more than five million people.”
“By 2030, 1 billion people will live in China’s cities…170 mass-transit systems could be built…40 billion of square meters of floor space will be built in five million buildings—50,000 of which could be skyscrapers.”
By the year 2025 China will have 221 cities with more than one million people living in them, you can only imagine the kind of money that is going to be made, as China’s newfound consumer class enters the marketplace and replaces the American consumer as the supreme driver of world growth.
..And we paid them to do it…while dumbed down Americans remain blinded by the daily news about petty issues and the ups and downs in the Dow…
Friday, November 28, 2008
Obama and the New Cold War
America's Greatest Generation made the world safe for Communism, ushered in the Cold War, and started shooting wars in places like Korea and Viet Nam where they had no intention of winning.
Only eight days after Truman removed him from command of US Forces there, General MacArthur had this to say about Korea:
"The tragedy of Korea is further heightened by the fact that its military action is confined to its territorial limits. It condemns that nation, which it is our purpose to save, to suffer the devastating impact of full naval and air bombardment while the enemy's sanctuaries are fully protected from such attack and devastation. Of the nations of the world, Korea alone, up to now, is the sole one which has risked its all against communism." Farewell address to a Joint Session of Congress (1951-04-19) (MPEG audio)
Less than a generation later, the question of 'the enemy's sanctuaries' condemned another nation...Viet Nam, with sanctuaries in Laos and Cambodia that gave the Communist all that he could hope for to refit, replenish, and reanimate himself for new depradations against the population of South Viet Nam.
What will repeat itself next?
In 1963 and after much preparation, Nikita "We will bury you" Khrushchev tested President Kennedy with 'the Cuban Missile Crisis' and brought the world close to a nuclear war. To coin a phrase, 'Obama is no Kennedy' and his ability to create an administration worthy of the United States of America is questionable - across the board.
Putin and Medvedev will put everything on the line and waste no time doing so. Putin is a chess master and his opening moves at chess are characteristically strong.
So he sent Medvedev to trash the Monroe Doctrine last week. Before giving Venezuela's Chavez the tour on a Russian nuclear warship (November 2008) Russian 'president' Medvedev met with Chavez's leftist allies, including 'presidents' Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Rafael Correa of Ecuador. He met with Castro in Cuba the next day...Cozy. All of the tablecloths were red...
This is not mere posturing.
Putin, like most serious Americans, doubts '57 -State" Obama's abilities and like most of us it is likely that he holds Obama in utter contempt. Putin is gonna Bitch-slap Barrack Obama 'til he owns him like a ho. That'd be fine with me except that there are 20,000 Russian nuclear warheads pointed at us, not to mention the proxy states of North Korea, and Cuba, China, Venezuela, and Vietnam...not exactly our friends.
By the way, where are all of those Russian Submarines at the moment?
And what wasn't on the jumbo screen in 1963 is radical, fundamentalist Islam, hater of al things American. Except for the leftist bombings that killed Americans in the 60's (250 bombs set between September 1969 and May 1979, and they allied themeselves to a foriegn power (North Viet Nam.) and 70's, only Islam has practised more deliberate death and destruction against America.
We have no equal and we have no friends.
What we have is a Commander in Chief who is duck out of the water.
Only eight days after Truman removed him from command of US Forces there, General MacArthur had this to say about Korea:
"The tragedy of Korea is further heightened by the fact that its military action is confined to its territorial limits. It condemns that nation, which it is our purpose to save, to suffer the devastating impact of full naval and air bombardment while the enemy's sanctuaries are fully protected from such attack and devastation. Of the nations of the world, Korea alone, up to now, is the sole one which has risked its all against communism." Farewell address to a Joint Session of Congress (1951-04-19) (MPEG audio)
Less than a generation later, the question of 'the enemy's sanctuaries' condemned another nation...Viet Nam, with sanctuaries in Laos and Cambodia that gave the Communist all that he could hope for to refit, replenish, and reanimate himself for new depradations against the population of South Viet Nam.
What will repeat itself next?
In 1963 and after much preparation, Nikita "We will bury you" Khrushchev tested President Kennedy with 'the Cuban Missile Crisis' and brought the world close to a nuclear war. To coin a phrase, 'Obama is no Kennedy' and his ability to create an administration worthy of the United States of America is questionable - across the board.
Putin and Medvedev will put everything on the line and waste no time doing so. Putin is a chess master and his opening moves at chess are characteristically strong.
So he sent Medvedev to trash the Monroe Doctrine last week. Before giving Venezuela's Chavez the tour on a Russian nuclear warship (November 2008) Russian 'president' Medvedev met with Chavez's leftist allies, including 'presidents' Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Rafael Correa of Ecuador. He met with Castro in Cuba the next day...Cozy. All of the tablecloths were red...
This is not mere posturing.
Putin, like most serious Americans, doubts '57 -State" Obama's abilities and like most of us it is likely that he holds Obama in utter contempt. Putin is gonna Bitch-slap Barrack Obama 'til he owns him like a ho. That'd be fine with me except that there are 20,000 Russian nuclear warheads pointed at us, not to mention the proxy states of North Korea, and Cuba, China, Venezuela, and Vietnam...not exactly our friends.
By the way, where are all of those Russian Submarines at the moment?
And what wasn't on the jumbo screen in 1963 is radical, fundamentalist Islam, hater of al things American. Except for the leftist bombings that killed Americans in the 60's (250 bombs set between September 1969 and May 1979, and they allied themeselves to a foriegn power (North Viet Nam.) and 70's, only Islam has practised more deliberate death and destruction against America.
We have no equal and we have no friends.
What we have is a Commander in Chief who is duck out of the water.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Obama's Supporters - The Ususal Suspects
Obama's Grand List of Supporters
Obama: “A Marxist radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is now the President of the United States…this is a watershed election which changes the fate of the world…the world now becomes very much less safe for all of us as a result. Those of us who have looked on appalled during this most frightening of American presidential elections – at the suspension of reason -- can only hope that the way this man governs will be very different from the profile provided by his influences, associations and record to date. It’s a faint hope – the enemies of America, freedom and all of Western Civilization will certainly be rejoicing today.” (The Spectator.co.uk; Melanie Phillips, 4 and 5 November 2008. http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips)
From the Urban Dictionary
1. Obammunist: Devout followers of Senator Barack Hussein Obama, 2008 US Presidential candidate, usually characterized by screams, tears of joy and a desire for "change." Usually found at Obama rallies, Starbucks and college campuses.
2. Obammunist: A bizarre cult of the personality arising in the 3rd Millennium in the United States in which millions of people discarded all forms of rational thought and became mesmerized by the liquid delivery style of Senator Barack Obama. These people were led, Pied Piper like, into the swamps of despair upon discovering that Obama's far left philosophy didn't work any better than any of the other socialist experiments of the past century.
List of Supporters of Barack Huseein Obama
ABC
Affleck, Ben
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, President of Iran
Allen, Woody (who married his own daughter)
Anniston, Jennifer
Ayers, Bill
Bernhardt, Sarah (Homosexual comedienne)
Berry, Marion; Cocaine addict and convicted criminal Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Bishop, Dale Leo (Executed in prison for murder), last words were for Obama
Buffet, Warren
Byrd, Robert, former Dem. Senator and KKK Kleagle
Carter, Jimmy
Castro, Fidel
Castro, Raul
CBS
Center for Constitutional Rights
Chavez, Hugo
Clintons
Clooney, George
CNN
Colbert, Stephen
Communist Party, Illinois
Communist Party, USA
Daddy, Puff
Damon, Matt
Danson, Ted
Davidson, Carl, SDS
Degeneris, Ellen
DeNiro, Robert
Dog, Snoop,
Edwards, John
Evans, Jodie, Code Pink Founder
Fonda, Jane (age 71)
Farrakan, Louis
France (poll, 80% for Obama)
Galloway, Joe, British MP and friend of Hussein (Saddam, the late)
Garner, Jennifer
Gore, Al
HAMAS
Hanks, Tom
Hayden, Tom
Hollande, Francoise, France (Socialist Party)
Jackson, Jesse
Jackson, Jesse Jr.
Jackson, Samuel L.
John, Elton
Johnson,Magic
Kennedy, Caroline
Kennedy, Ethel
Kennedy, Patrick
Kennedy, Teddy
Kerry, John
Klonsky, Michael (SDS; Maoist Communist Party candidate)
Lehay, Patrick (SEN. D)
Maher, Bull
Marxists/Socialists/Communists, all for Obama (Under Karl Marx’s writings we are to support the party with the best interests of the mobilization of the proletariat.")
MSM- Main Stream Media (i.e., David Gergen, the senior CNN commentator, who said, "Actually, Rev. Wright may love this country more than many of us ...”)
Russert, Tim: Meet the Press for Obama: David Brody, Maureen Dowd, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gwen Ifill, Ruth Marcus & Jon Meacham. Along with Russert, all these seven are Democratic Party operatives and committed Progressives (the politically correct term for socialists).
McGovern, George
Moore, Michael
MoveOn.org
MSNBC
Muslim Americans for Obama
Muslim American Society (Muslim Brotherhood)
NARAL (abortion lobby: Save the Whales, Kill the Babies)
NEA and all of the little ‘EA’s
Black Panther Party (new)
ACORN
NORMAL (Marijuana legalization lobby)
Obama Youth (Islamic)
New York Feminists for Peace - Far Left FemiNazi Wackos
Weiss, Cora (Collaborator with the NVA; Committee of Liasion)
Sarandon, Susan
Pelosi, Nancy, Speaker of the House
Reed, Harry, Majority Whip, U.S. Senate
Democratic Socialists of America
Progressive Caucus (US House of Reprehensibles)
Ortega, Daniel, Communist President of Nicaragua (Sandinista)
Glover, Danny
Progressives For Obama (PFO)
Project Islamic Hope
Qadhafi, Moamar, Libyan Dictator
Redford, Robert
Rezko, Tony
Wright, Reverend Jeremiah
Richardson, Bill (Governor)
Sanders, Bernie, Socialist (US Senator, D. Vermont)
Rockefeller, Jay
Sharpton, Al
Smith, Will (actor)
Socialist Party USA
Spector, Phil
Teamsters
Time Magazine
Hartford Courant
LA Times
Washington Post
Terrorists – Weathermen
Weathermen Terrorists (2008) - Howard Machtinger, Jeff Jones, Steve Tappis, and Mark Rudd.
Rudd, Mark
West, Cornell, radical Marxist professor, racist introduced Obama as "my comrade."
PBS
Portman, Natalie
Rock, Chris
Soros, George
Spielberg, Steven
Springsteen, Bruce
Steenburgen, Mary, wife if Ted Danson
Streisand, Babs
Warren, Rick - Saddleback Church; Christian Author of 'Purpose Driven Life.'
Winfrey, Oprah
Yee, James, West Point graduate; accused in 2003 of being part of a spy ring at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, held 76 days in solitary confinement but charges were dropped over "national security concerns that would arise from the release of the evidence," if the case had proceeded.
Young Communist League
New York Feminists for Peace:
An organization of more than 100 New York feminiNazis: Cora Weiss; Katha Pollitt, columnist for The Nation; Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times writer Margo Jefferson; Alice Kessler Harris and Linda Gordon; Barbara Weinstein, president of the American Historical Association, and Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School. Susan Sarandon and Francis Fox Piven.
Progressives For Obama (PFO):
Established in March 2008 and co-founded by Tom Hayden, collaborator with North Vietnamese Communists during the Vietnam War and who organized riots at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago in Grant Park, the same place Obama held his victory party 40 years later. PFO's members include Danny Glover, Barbara Ehrenreich, the Honorary Chairwoman of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Bill Fletcher, Jr., a Maoist, current DSA leader and executive editor of ‘Black Commentator.’ Fletcher is co-founder of the Black Radical Congress which has close ties to the Communist Party USA. PFO Internet webmaster is Carl Davidson, a Marxist who is also a national steering committee member of United for Peace and Justice, a prominent member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, an admirer of Fidel Castro, and a former vice president of Students for a Democratic Society.
Senator Bernie Sanders is the only openly socialist member of the U.S. Senate.
Political scientist Andrew Hacker is the author of the 1992 book Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal).
Leslie Cagan is the pro-Castro co-chair of United For Peace and Justice.
Muslim American Society:
Originally, the Muslim Brotherhood. Called themselves the Muslim American Society after 1993. The Muslim Brotherhood is an international Islamist group that largely operates underground. The Brotherhood's goal is to spread the rule of Islamic law throughout the world and have endorsed violence as a means of doing so. MAS' magazine, March 2002 endorses suicide bombings as "martyr operations…not suicide.”
Code Pink Founder, Jodie Evans - Obama met with his terrorist supporting fundraiser, Jodie Evans, at a $5 million Hollywood fundraiser held last week at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion on Tuesday, June 24. Obama met with Evans and was photographed with her at the fundraiser. Evans is co-founder of the leftist anti-American group Code Pink. She and Code Pink have endorsed the terrorists in Iraq and have sent over $600,000 in cash and humanitarian aid to "the other side" in Fallujah. Evans said in an interview last month, on June 3, that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had a "valid argument" for attacking America on Sept. 11, 2001.
"Vote Hope 2008," the Obama supporters' 527 group, federal records show. The group is led by San Francisco lawyer Steve Phillips, son-in-law of wealthy financier and Democratic political donor Herbert Sandler. "The 527s obviously are a challenge to the system, but the Supreme Court has said they're permitted, and there's no way to impose (donation) limits on them," said Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, and an expert on campaign finance law.
Purpose Driven Life Author
Rick Warren, who leads the 20,000-member Saddleback Valley Community Church, called Obama" an amazing man" in an interview with CNN’s Wolfe Blitzer and said he has the potential to be president of the United States because "he has good character." This is a curious endorsement in view of Obama’s pro-abortion stand.
Obama: “A Marxist radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is now the President of the United States…this is a watershed election which changes the fate of the world…the world now becomes very much less safe for all of us as a result. Those of us who have looked on appalled during this most frightening of American presidential elections – at the suspension of reason -- can only hope that the way this man governs will be very different from the profile provided by his influences, associations and record to date. It’s a faint hope – the enemies of America, freedom and all of Western Civilization will certainly be rejoicing today.” (The Spectator.co.uk; Melanie Phillips, 4 and 5 November 2008. http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips)
From the Urban Dictionary
1. Obammunist: Devout followers of Senator Barack Hussein Obama, 2008 US Presidential candidate, usually characterized by screams, tears of joy and a desire for "change." Usually found at Obama rallies, Starbucks and college campuses.
2. Obammunist: A bizarre cult of the personality arising in the 3rd Millennium in the United States in which millions of people discarded all forms of rational thought and became mesmerized by the liquid delivery style of Senator Barack Obama. These people were led, Pied Piper like, into the swamps of despair upon discovering that Obama's far left philosophy didn't work any better than any of the other socialist experiments of the past century.
List of Supporters of Barack Huseein Obama
ABC
Affleck, Ben
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, President of Iran
Allen, Woody (who married his own daughter)
Anniston, Jennifer
Ayers, Bill
Bernhardt, Sarah (Homosexual comedienne)
Berry, Marion; Cocaine addict and convicted criminal Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Bishop, Dale Leo (Executed in prison for murder), last words were for Obama
Buffet, Warren
Byrd, Robert, former Dem. Senator and KKK Kleagle
Carter, Jimmy
Castro, Fidel
Castro, Raul
CBS
Center for Constitutional Rights
Chavez, Hugo
Clintons
Clooney, George
CNN
Colbert, Stephen
Communist Party, Illinois
Communist Party, USA
Daddy, Puff
Damon, Matt
Danson, Ted
Davidson, Carl, SDS
Degeneris, Ellen
DeNiro, Robert
Dog, Snoop,
Edwards, John
Evans, Jodie, Code Pink Founder
Fonda, Jane (age 71)
Farrakan, Louis
France (poll, 80% for Obama)
Galloway, Joe, British MP and friend of Hussein (Saddam, the late)
Garner, Jennifer
Gore, Al
HAMAS
Hanks, Tom
Hayden, Tom
Hollande, Francoise, France (Socialist Party)
Jackson, Jesse
Jackson, Jesse Jr.
Jackson, Samuel L.
John, Elton
Johnson,Magic
Kennedy, Caroline
Kennedy, Ethel
Kennedy, Patrick
Kennedy, Teddy
Kerry, John
Klonsky, Michael (SDS; Maoist Communist Party candidate)
Lehay, Patrick (SEN. D)
Maher, Bull
Marxists/Socialists/Communists, all for Obama (Under Karl Marx’s writings we are to support the party with the best interests of the mobilization of the proletariat.")
MSM- Main Stream Media (i.e., David Gergen, the senior CNN commentator, who said, "Actually, Rev. Wright may love this country more than many of us ...”)
Russert, Tim: Meet the Press for Obama: David Brody, Maureen Dowd, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gwen Ifill, Ruth Marcus & Jon Meacham. Along with Russert, all these seven are Democratic Party operatives and committed Progressives (the politically correct term for socialists).
McGovern, George
Moore, Michael
MoveOn.org
MSNBC
Muslim Americans for Obama
Muslim American Society (Muslim Brotherhood)
NARAL (abortion lobby: Save the Whales, Kill the Babies)
NEA and all of the little ‘EA’s
Black Panther Party (new)
ACORN
NORMAL (Marijuana legalization lobby)
Obama Youth (Islamic)
New York Feminists for Peace - Far Left FemiNazi Wackos
Weiss, Cora (Collaborator with the NVA; Committee of Liasion)
Sarandon, Susan
Pelosi, Nancy, Speaker of the House
Reed, Harry, Majority Whip, U.S. Senate
Democratic Socialists of America
Progressive Caucus (US House of Reprehensibles)
Ortega, Daniel, Communist President of Nicaragua (Sandinista)
Glover, Danny
Progressives For Obama (PFO)
Project Islamic Hope
Qadhafi, Moamar, Libyan Dictator
Redford, Robert
Rezko, Tony
Wright, Reverend Jeremiah
Richardson, Bill (Governor)
Sanders, Bernie, Socialist (US Senator, D. Vermont)
Rockefeller, Jay
Sharpton, Al
Smith, Will (actor)
Socialist Party USA
Spector, Phil
Teamsters
Time Magazine
Hartford Courant
LA Times
Washington Post
Terrorists – Weathermen
Weathermen Terrorists (2008) - Howard Machtinger, Jeff Jones, Steve Tappis, and Mark Rudd.
Rudd, Mark
West, Cornell, radical Marxist professor, racist introduced Obama as "my comrade."
PBS
Portman, Natalie
Rock, Chris
Soros, George
Spielberg, Steven
Springsteen, Bruce
Steenburgen, Mary, wife if Ted Danson
Streisand, Babs
Warren, Rick - Saddleback Church; Christian Author of 'Purpose Driven Life.'
Winfrey, Oprah
Yee, James, West Point graduate; accused in 2003 of being part of a spy ring at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, held 76 days in solitary confinement but charges were dropped over "national security concerns that would arise from the release of the evidence," if the case had proceeded.
Young Communist League
New York Feminists for Peace:
An organization of more than 100 New York feminiNazis: Cora Weiss; Katha Pollitt, columnist for The Nation; Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times writer Margo Jefferson; Alice Kessler Harris and Linda Gordon; Barbara Weinstein, president of the American Historical Association, and Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School. Susan Sarandon and Francis Fox Piven.
Progressives For Obama (PFO):
Established in March 2008 and co-founded by Tom Hayden, collaborator with North Vietnamese Communists during the Vietnam War and who organized riots at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago in Grant Park, the same place Obama held his victory party 40 years later. PFO's members include Danny Glover, Barbara Ehrenreich, the Honorary Chairwoman of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Bill Fletcher, Jr., a Maoist, current DSA leader and executive editor of ‘Black Commentator.’ Fletcher is co-founder of the Black Radical Congress which has close ties to the Communist Party USA. PFO Internet webmaster is Carl Davidson, a Marxist who is also a national steering committee member of United for Peace and Justice, a prominent member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, an admirer of Fidel Castro, and a former vice president of Students for a Democratic Society.
Senator Bernie Sanders is the only openly socialist member of the U.S. Senate.
Political scientist Andrew Hacker is the author of the 1992 book Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal).
Leslie Cagan is the pro-Castro co-chair of United For Peace and Justice.
Muslim American Society:
Originally, the Muslim Brotherhood. Called themselves the Muslim American Society after 1993. The Muslim Brotherhood is an international Islamist group that largely operates underground. The Brotherhood's goal is to spread the rule of Islamic law throughout the world and have endorsed violence as a means of doing so. MAS' magazine, March 2002 endorses suicide bombings as "martyr operations…not suicide.”
Code Pink Founder, Jodie Evans - Obama met with his terrorist supporting fundraiser, Jodie Evans, at a $5 million Hollywood fundraiser held last week at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion on Tuesday, June 24. Obama met with Evans and was photographed with her at the fundraiser. Evans is co-founder of the leftist anti-American group Code Pink. She and Code Pink have endorsed the terrorists in Iraq and have sent over $600,000 in cash and humanitarian aid to "the other side" in Fallujah. Evans said in an interview last month, on June 3, that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had a "valid argument" for attacking America on Sept. 11, 2001.
"Vote Hope 2008," the Obama supporters' 527 group, federal records show. The group is led by San Francisco lawyer Steve Phillips, son-in-law of wealthy financier and Democratic political donor Herbert Sandler. "The 527s obviously are a challenge to the system, but the Supreme Court has said they're permitted, and there's no way to impose (donation) limits on them," said Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, and an expert on campaign finance law.
Purpose Driven Life Author
Rick Warren, who leads the 20,000-member Saddleback Valley Community Church, called Obama" an amazing man" in an interview with CNN’s Wolfe Blitzer and said he has the potential to be president of the United States because "he has good character." This is a curious endorsement in view of Obama’s pro-abortion stand.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Election 2008: They're Inside The Wire
"We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times." --George Washington
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, is a date which will live in infamy. While most presidential elections are followed with calls for unity by both candidates, Barack Obama issued no such call in his speech last night, with the possible exception of his observation, "I may not have won your vote tonight, but ... I will be your president, too."
Of course, none was expected -- liberals have elected a Socialist with deep ties to cultural and ethnocentric radicalism, and his executive and legislative agenda poses a greater threat to American liberty than that of any president in the history of our great republic.
Obama has twice taken an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" and to "bear true faith and allegiance to the same."
He has never honored that oath, and, based on his policy proposals and objectives, he has no intention to honor it after again reciting that oath on 20 January 2009. Obama seeks to, in his own words, "break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution."
For that reason, this morning, the symbol of our national heritage of liberty, the American flag atop the 35-foot mast at our editorial offices (The Patriot Post), was respectfully lowered, inverted, and raised to full mast as a sign of national distress. It will remain inverted until next Tuesday, when we right it in honor of Veterans Day.
Today, at least 55,805,197 Americans are concerned for the future of our nation's great tradition of liberty. Some 63,007,791 Americans have been lulled, under the aegis of "hope and change," into a state of what is best described as "cult worship" and all its attendant deception.
One of our editors, a Marine now working in the private sector, summed up our circumstances with this situation report. It aptly captured the sentiments around our office:
"It's been tough, fellow Patriots; tough to stomach the idea that more than half of my fellow citizens who vote, have booted a genuine American hero to the curb for a rudderless charlatan.
What a sad indictment on our citizenry that some are so eager to overlook his myriad flaws -- his radical roots, his extreme liberalism, his utter lack of experience or achievement.
Barack Obama is the antithesis of King's dream: He's a man judged by the color of his skin rather than the content of his character.
If it's God's will that Barack Obama is our next president, then so be it. We Patriots will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and wade back to the war front, intent on liberty or death."
This battle is lost, but the war is not. Let's roll.
Mark Alexander, Publisher
UPRIGHT
"Ok. It was a bad night. It wasn't the blow-out the Democrats were hoping for, but it was plenty bad enough." --Rich Galen
"I come to this moment of national decision with deep concerns about the next president. [Barack Obama's] victory is likely to unleash an ideological and vengeful Democratic Congress." --Michael Gerson
"Obama ... talks less and less about bipartisanship, his calling card during his earlier messianic stage. He does not need to. [Obama now has] large Democratic majorities in both houses. And unlike Clinton in 1992, Obama is no centrist." --Charles Krauthammer
"'E Pluribus Unum' is no longer our national motto. These three words are: 'Do For Me.' As in: What will the government do for me?" --Michelle Malkin
"Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good." --Walter Williams
"Most change in America doesn't come from politicians. It comes from people inventing things and creating. The telephone, the telegraph, the computer, all those things didn't come from government. Our world is going to get better and better, as long as we keep the politicians from screwing it up." --David Boaz
"Conservatism always has been and always will be a force to reckon with because it most closely approximates the reality of the human condition, based, as it is, on the cumulative judgment and experience of a people. It is the heir, not the apostate, to the accumulated wisdom, morality and faith of the people. ... Our challenge is not to retreat to the comfort of self-congratulatory exile but to sweat and bleed -- and be victorious -- in the arena of public opinion." --Tony Blankley
WE DEPEND ON YOU!
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EDITORIAL EXEGESIS
"The American electorate has handed [Barack Obama] and his fellow Democrats the kind of sweeping victory they haven't had since at least 1976 and in certain respects since 1964. We'll now find out if the Democratic Party has learned anything since the last two times it held all the levers of power in Washington. ... The economy was by far the dominant issue, and voters held GOP Members who belonged to the party in the White House responsible.
There's some injustice in this, because if anything Democratic policies have prevailed the past two years in Washington. But neither Mr. Bush nor John McCain made that case clearly to voters. The Democratic temptation will be to interpret this victory as a mandate for renewed liberal government. Republicans hope they do.
The last three times the Democrats won this kind of victory -- in 1964, 1976 and 1992 -- they overreached and suffered big losses two years later. ... Republicans can console themselves that soon Democrats won't have George W. Bush to kick around anymore. They'll now have to take responsibility if the economy stays in recession, or if Iraq turns chaotic again after an abrupt U.S. withdrawal. Americans have entrusted Democrats with what will essentially be unrestrained power, and we'll soon see if liberals have learned to govern." --The Wall Street Journal
INSIGHT
"Since our last meeting we have been through a disastrous election. It is easy for us to be discouraged, as pundits hail that election as a repudiation of our philosophy and even as a mandate of some kind or other. ... Bitter as it is to accept the results of the November election, we should have reason for some optimism. ...[I]t is possible we have been persuasive to a greater degree than we had ever realized. Few, if any, Democratic Party candidates in the last election ran as liberals. Listening to them I had the eerie feeling we were hearing reruns of [Barry] Goldwater speeches. I even thought I heard a few of my own." --Ronald Reagan
DEZINFORMATSIA
Adoring media: "It's not an overstatement to say that this is what the world wanted." --NBC's Dawna Friesen
Distractions?: "Look at how our attention was able to get pulled into pigs and lipstick and plumbers. We got a plumber who's the third member of the GOP ticket, in effect, and that's, it's all of our fault, yes, and there will be time to bloody our own backs with chains, but it's also the sorry state of our discourse as if, Tavis, we don't have enough serious issues to concentrate on. I think we may find out it was a movement year, we may find out we all had to step aside and just let it happen, and we may decide we went down too many rat holes of distractions on our way there." --NBC's Brian Williams
Unintelligible argument: "If you are hungry, you're not that interested in freedom of the press. If you are impoverished, you are interested in keeping yourself warm against the cold, and it's harder to think in Jeffersonian rights-of-man terms. Once those first two freedoms are secured, the others tend to follow. It's a very conservative argument that without order, nothing else is possible." --Newsweek editor John Meacham
When redistribution means keeping your own money: "For years, Republicans have argued that the way to help struggling working people is to give more money to the wealthy. Obama is saying that we should cut out the middleman and help working people directly. My hunch is that Obama's argument will prevail, and that conservatives will then work overtime to try to deny the judgment that the people have rendered." --Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne
Fairly unbalanced:
"[Sarah Palin] brought out the crazy people. That's what the Republican base is. The Republican base are people who don't want the queers to get married. They don't want a woman to have a right to privacy. They want to do away with capital gains taxes, which has nothing whatsoever to do with their life. What Sarah Palin did was bring out the knuckle-draggers, the mouth-breathers..." --CNN's Mike Malloy
Too little, way too late: "I don't know what Barack Obama's worldview is. ... And do we know anything about the people who are advising him? ... He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational [sic] speeches. ... What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama? --PBS's Charlie Rose ++ "We don't know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy. ... I don't know what books he's read. ... There's a lot about him we don't know. --NBC's Tom Brokaw
Sub Section: Newspulper Headlines: His Name Is Obama, You Racist Jerk!: "Where's Osama This Election?" --San Francisco Chronicle Web site
Where's Joe the Plumber When You Need Him?: "Obama Addresses Overflow Crowds" --U.S. News & World Report Web site
What Would We Do Without Attorneys?: "Attorney Says Killing, Beheading Not 'Normal'" --Associated Press
We Blame Global Warming: "Winter Comes Early for Spring Awakening" --CBC.ca
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Microsoft Says Next Windows Won't Be as Annoying" --Associated Press
News You Can Use: "Before Killing, Talk of a Shootout" --New Hampshire Union Leader
Bottom Stories of the Day: "Obama Thanks 'Gracious' Press" --Agence France-Presse (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)
THE DEMO-GOGUES
Mourning in America: "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. ... It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America." --Barack Obama, declaring victory on Election Day
Redistributing wealth: "The reason that we want to do this, change our tax code, is not because I have anything against the rich. I love rich people! I want all of you to be rich. Go for it. That's the America dream, that's the American way, that's terrific. The point is, though, that -- and it's not just charity, it's not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class -- it's that when we actually make sure that everybody's got a shot -- when young people can all go to college, when everybody's got decent health care, when everybody's got a little more money at the end of the month -- then guess what? Everybody starts spending that money ... and everybody is better off. All boats rise. That's what happened in the 1990s, that's what we need to restore. And that's what I'm gonna do as president of the United States of America. John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic. You know I don't know when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness." --Barack Obama
Bankrupting coal: "What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out there. ... So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted." --Barack Obama in January in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle -- the Chronicle spiked this part of the interview ++ "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad. Because I'm capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it -- whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, uh, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers." --Barack Obama in the same interview
We can hardly wait: "I can't think of a time that I have been more excited at the prospect of change. ... It's issue after issue. I think we will have a better policy on Iraq. I think we will have a better policy on energy. I think we will have a better policy on immigration. I think we will have a better policy on education. I think we will have a better policy on health care. It's a huge list." --Sen. Chuck Schumer
VILLAGE IDIOTS
Barack Almighty: "There's this beautiful thing about my husband. He thinks he can really do anything -- he does. With his own power and will, he can fix it." --Michelle Obama on her all-powerful husband
Obama's election is just like a terrorist attack!: "I haven't seen this sense of unity since 9/11, really, really, and 9/11 was this tragic experience that brought us all together and now we're all brought together in the name of hope. Not since 9/11 have I experienced anything even kind of close to this." --Oprah Winfrey
Gun grabbers: "America should take notice thareasonable policies on guns are carrying the day. ... The gun issue has clearly lost its status as a 'wedge' issue in most places and most races." --Brady Campaign chief gun grabber Paul Helmke
Demos raise taxes: "As you know, whenever Democrats get in, taxes do go up. And if they go up and they work the way that Bill Clinton's tax plan worked, I'm okay with that. ... We want everybody to be able to go to the doctor. We want everybody to be able to do all the things they want to do -- then somebody's got to pay for it, and it's people making a lot of dough, and that's the way the American system has always been." --Whoopi Goldberg
Non Compos Mentis: "[T]he people of Iraq are not better off than they were before [the surge]. So before we start passing out too much credit, what we need is a success strategy for Iraq. We don't have one yet." --former presidential candidate Wesley Clark
Race bait: "Being a racist and a sexist was a good calling card for the Reagan administration." --Al Franken
SHORT CUTS
"Perhaps the biggest mystery of all is why anyone would want more money and more power in the hands of the federal government, which is really the basis of Obama's campaign." --Burt Prelutsky
"I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do something... He needs to do something about those skinny legs! We're gonna make him do some squats and then we're going to go give him some bicep curls to beef up the scrawny little arms. But if we only could do something about putting some meat on his ideas." --Arnold Schwarzenegger ++ "I disagree with Arnold Schwarzenegger about one thing. He said Obama needs to go out there and do some squats. He's already done squat! Barack Obama has done diddly-squat!" --Rush Limbaugh
"Barack Obama's staff pleaded for get-out-the-vote volunteers in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. The memo said not to come if they're expecting a vacation, they should only come if they want to work. Look, if they wanted to work they wouldn't be Democrats." --Argus Hamilton
"According to recent news reports, Bill Clinton has now become an adviser to Barack Obama. Do you know who is really upset about this? Michelle Obama." --Jay Leno
Veritas vos Liberabit -- Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis! Mark Alexander, Publisher, for The Patriot's editors and staff. (Please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world, and for their families -- especially families of those fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, who granted their lives in defense of American liberty.)
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Tuesday, 4 November 2008, is a date which will live in infamy. While most presidential elections are followed with calls for unity by both candidates, Barack Obama issued no such call in his speech last night, with the possible exception of his observation, "I may not have won your vote tonight, but ... I will be your president, too."
Of course, none was expected -- liberals have elected a Socialist with deep ties to cultural and ethnocentric radicalism, and his executive and legislative agenda poses a greater threat to American liberty than that of any president in the history of our great republic.
Obama has twice taken an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" and to "bear true faith and allegiance to the same."
He has never honored that oath, and, based on his policy proposals and objectives, he has no intention to honor it after again reciting that oath on 20 January 2009. Obama seeks to, in his own words, "break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution."
For that reason, this morning, the symbol of our national heritage of liberty, the American flag atop the 35-foot mast at our editorial offices (The Patriot Post), was respectfully lowered, inverted, and raised to full mast as a sign of national distress. It will remain inverted until next Tuesday, when we right it in honor of Veterans Day.
Today, at least 55,805,197 Americans are concerned for the future of our nation's great tradition of liberty. Some 63,007,791 Americans have been lulled, under the aegis of "hope and change," into a state of what is best described as "cult worship" and all its attendant deception.
One of our editors, a Marine now working in the private sector, summed up our circumstances with this situation report. It aptly captured the sentiments around our office:
"It's been tough, fellow Patriots; tough to stomach the idea that more than half of my fellow citizens who vote, have booted a genuine American hero to the curb for a rudderless charlatan.
What a sad indictment on our citizenry that some are so eager to overlook his myriad flaws -- his radical roots, his extreme liberalism, his utter lack of experience or achievement.
Barack Obama is the antithesis of King's dream: He's a man judged by the color of his skin rather than the content of his character.
If it's God's will that Barack Obama is our next president, then so be it. We Patriots will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and wade back to the war front, intent on liberty or death."
This battle is lost, but the war is not. Let's roll.
Mark Alexander, Publisher
UPRIGHT
"Ok. It was a bad night. It wasn't the blow-out the Democrats were hoping for, but it was plenty bad enough." --Rich Galen
"I come to this moment of national decision with deep concerns about the next president. [Barack Obama's] victory is likely to unleash an ideological and vengeful Democratic Congress." --Michael Gerson
"Obama ... talks less and less about bipartisanship, his calling card during his earlier messianic stage. He does not need to. [Obama now has] large Democratic majorities in both houses. And unlike Clinton in 1992, Obama is no centrist." --Charles Krauthammer
"'E Pluribus Unum' is no longer our national motto. These three words are: 'Do For Me.' As in: What will the government do for me?" --Michelle Malkin
"Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good." --Walter Williams
"Most change in America doesn't come from politicians. It comes from people inventing things and creating. The telephone, the telegraph, the computer, all those things didn't come from government. Our world is going to get better and better, as long as we keep the politicians from screwing it up." --David Boaz
"Conservatism always has been and always will be a force to reckon with because it most closely approximates the reality of the human condition, based, as it is, on the cumulative judgment and experience of a people. It is the heir, not the apostate, to the accumulated wisdom, morality and faith of the people. ... Our challenge is not to retreat to the comfort of self-congratulatory exile but to sweat and bleed -- and be victorious -- in the arena of public opinion." --Tony Blankley
WE DEPEND ON YOU!
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood." --John Adams
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EDITORIAL EXEGESIS
"The American electorate has handed [Barack Obama] and his fellow Democrats the kind of sweeping victory they haven't had since at least 1976 and in certain respects since 1964. We'll now find out if the Democratic Party has learned anything since the last two times it held all the levers of power in Washington. ... The economy was by far the dominant issue, and voters held GOP Members who belonged to the party in the White House responsible.
There's some injustice in this, because if anything Democratic policies have prevailed the past two years in Washington. But neither Mr. Bush nor John McCain made that case clearly to voters. The Democratic temptation will be to interpret this victory as a mandate for renewed liberal government. Republicans hope they do.
The last three times the Democrats won this kind of victory -- in 1964, 1976 and 1992 -- they overreached and suffered big losses two years later. ... Republicans can console themselves that soon Democrats won't have George W. Bush to kick around anymore. They'll now have to take responsibility if the economy stays in recession, or if Iraq turns chaotic again after an abrupt U.S. withdrawal. Americans have entrusted Democrats with what will essentially be unrestrained power, and we'll soon see if liberals have learned to govern." --The Wall Street Journal
INSIGHT
"Since our last meeting we have been through a disastrous election. It is easy for us to be discouraged, as pundits hail that election as a repudiation of our philosophy and even as a mandate of some kind or other. ... Bitter as it is to accept the results of the November election, we should have reason for some optimism. ...[I]t is possible we have been persuasive to a greater degree than we had ever realized. Few, if any, Democratic Party candidates in the last election ran as liberals. Listening to them I had the eerie feeling we were hearing reruns of [Barry] Goldwater speeches. I even thought I heard a few of my own." --Ronald Reagan
DEZINFORMATSIA
Adoring media: "It's not an overstatement to say that this is what the world wanted." --NBC's Dawna Friesen
Distractions?: "Look at how our attention was able to get pulled into pigs and lipstick and plumbers. We got a plumber who's the third member of the GOP ticket, in effect, and that's, it's all of our fault, yes, and there will be time to bloody our own backs with chains, but it's also the sorry state of our discourse as if, Tavis, we don't have enough serious issues to concentrate on. I think we may find out it was a movement year, we may find out we all had to step aside and just let it happen, and we may decide we went down too many rat holes of distractions on our way there." --NBC's Brian Williams
Unintelligible argument: "If you are hungry, you're not that interested in freedom of the press. If you are impoverished, you are interested in keeping yourself warm against the cold, and it's harder to think in Jeffersonian rights-of-man terms. Once those first two freedoms are secured, the others tend to follow. It's a very conservative argument that without order, nothing else is possible." --Newsweek editor John Meacham
When redistribution means keeping your own money: "For years, Republicans have argued that the way to help struggling working people is to give more money to the wealthy. Obama is saying that we should cut out the middleman and help working people directly. My hunch is that Obama's argument will prevail, and that conservatives will then work overtime to try to deny the judgment that the people have rendered." --Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne
Fairly unbalanced:
"[Sarah Palin] brought out the crazy people. That's what the Republican base is. The Republican base are people who don't want the queers to get married. They don't want a woman to have a right to privacy. They want to do away with capital gains taxes, which has nothing whatsoever to do with their life. What Sarah Palin did was bring out the knuckle-draggers, the mouth-breathers..." --CNN's Mike Malloy
Too little, way too late: "I don't know what Barack Obama's worldview is. ... And do we know anything about the people who are advising him? ... He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational [sic] speeches. ... What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama? --PBS's Charlie Rose ++ "We don't know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy. ... I don't know what books he's read. ... There's a lot about him we don't know. --NBC's Tom Brokaw
Sub Section: Newspulper Headlines: His Name Is Obama, You Racist Jerk!: "Where's Osama This Election?" --San Francisco Chronicle Web site
Where's Joe the Plumber When You Need Him?: "Obama Addresses Overflow Crowds" --U.S. News & World Report Web site
What Would We Do Without Attorneys?: "Attorney Says Killing, Beheading Not 'Normal'" --Associated Press
We Blame Global Warming: "Winter Comes Early for Spring Awakening" --CBC.ca
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Microsoft Says Next Windows Won't Be as Annoying" --Associated Press
News You Can Use: "Before Killing, Talk of a Shootout" --New Hampshire Union Leader
Bottom Stories of the Day: "Obama Thanks 'Gracious' Press" --Agence France-Presse (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)
THE DEMO-GOGUES
Mourning in America: "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. ... It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America." --Barack Obama, declaring victory on Election Day
Redistributing wealth: "The reason that we want to do this, change our tax code, is not because I have anything against the rich. I love rich people! I want all of you to be rich. Go for it. That's the America dream, that's the American way, that's terrific. The point is, though, that -- and it's not just charity, it's not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class -- it's that when we actually make sure that everybody's got a shot -- when young people can all go to college, when everybody's got decent health care, when everybody's got a little more money at the end of the month -- then guess what? Everybody starts spending that money ... and everybody is better off. All boats rise. That's what happened in the 1990s, that's what we need to restore. And that's what I'm gonna do as president of the United States of America. John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic. You know I don't know when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness." --Barack Obama
Bankrupting coal: "What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out there. ... So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted." --Barack Obama in January in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle -- the Chronicle spiked this part of the interview ++ "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad. Because I'm capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it -- whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, uh, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers." --Barack Obama in the same interview
We can hardly wait: "I can't think of a time that I have been more excited at the prospect of change. ... It's issue after issue. I think we will have a better policy on Iraq. I think we will have a better policy on energy. I think we will have a better policy on immigration. I think we will have a better policy on education. I think we will have a better policy on health care. It's a huge list." --Sen. Chuck Schumer
VILLAGE IDIOTS
Barack Almighty: "There's this beautiful thing about my husband. He thinks he can really do anything -- he does. With his own power and will, he can fix it." --Michelle Obama on her all-powerful husband
Obama's election is just like a terrorist attack!: "I haven't seen this sense of unity since 9/11, really, really, and 9/11 was this tragic experience that brought us all together and now we're all brought together in the name of hope. Not since 9/11 have I experienced anything even kind of close to this." --Oprah Winfrey
Gun grabbers: "America should take notice thareasonable policies on guns are carrying the day. ... The gun issue has clearly lost its status as a 'wedge' issue in most places and most races." --Brady Campaign chief gun grabber Paul Helmke
Demos raise taxes: "As you know, whenever Democrats get in, taxes do go up. And if they go up and they work the way that Bill Clinton's tax plan worked, I'm okay with that. ... We want everybody to be able to go to the doctor. We want everybody to be able to do all the things they want to do -- then somebody's got to pay for it, and it's people making a lot of dough, and that's the way the American system has always been." --Whoopi Goldberg
Non Compos Mentis: "[T]he people of Iraq are not better off than they were before [the surge]. So before we start passing out too much credit, what we need is a success strategy for Iraq. We don't have one yet." --former presidential candidate Wesley Clark
Race bait: "Being a racist and a sexist was a good calling card for the Reagan administration." --Al Franken
SHORT CUTS
"Perhaps the biggest mystery of all is why anyone would want more money and more power in the hands of the federal government, which is really the basis of Obama's campaign." --Burt Prelutsky
"I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do something... He needs to do something about those skinny legs! We're gonna make him do some squats and then we're going to go give him some bicep curls to beef up the scrawny little arms. But if we only could do something about putting some meat on his ideas." --Arnold Schwarzenegger ++ "I disagree with Arnold Schwarzenegger about one thing. He said Obama needs to go out there and do some squats. He's already done squat! Barack Obama has done diddly-squat!" --Rush Limbaugh
"Barack Obama's staff pleaded for get-out-the-vote volunteers in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. The memo said not to come if they're expecting a vacation, they should only come if they want to work. Look, if they wanted to work they wouldn't be Democrats." --Argus Hamilton
"According to recent news reports, Bill Clinton has now become an adviser to Barack Obama. Do you know who is really upset about this? Michelle Obama." --Jay Leno
Veritas vos Liberabit -- Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis! Mark Alexander, Publisher, for The Patriot's editors and staff. (Please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world, and for their families -- especially families of those fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, who granted their lives in defense of American liberty.)
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Hubris: Arrogance - What Democrats wear like clothes
Hubris, sometimes spelled hybris, 1st described in the ancient Greek (ὕβρις), is a term used in modern English to indicate overweening pride, self-confidence, superciliousness, or arrogance, often resulting in fatal retribution. In ancient Greece, hubris referred to actions which, intentionally or not, shamed and humiliated the victim, and frequently the perpetrator as well. It was most evident in the public and private actions of the powerful and rich. The word was also used to describe actions of those who challenged or showed contempt for the gods or their laws, especially in Greek tragedy, resulting in the protagonist's downfall.
Thus, hubris alone, through its employment as insult, affront, abuse, the slur, or mere rudeness, can be effective in the destruction of an individual or his character & reputation.
Hubris, though not specifically defined, was a legal term and was considered a crime in classical Athens. It was also considered the greatest sin of the ancient Greek world. That was so because it was not only proof of excessive pride, but also resulted in violent acts by or to those involved. The category of acts constituting hubris for the ancient Greeks apparently broadened from the original specific reference to mutilation of a corpse, humiliation of a defeated foe, or irreverent "outrageous treatment" in general.
The meaning was eventually further generalized in its modern English usage to apply to any outrageous act or exhibition of pride or disregard for basic moral laws. Such an act may be referred to as an "act of hubris" or the person committing the act may be said to be hubristic. Atē, ancient Greek for "ruin, folly, delusion," is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his/her hubris, or great pride, that leads to his/her death or downfall.
Ancient Greece
Violations of the law against hubris included what might today be termed assault and battery; sexual crimes ranging from forcible rape of women or children to consensual but improper activities or the theft of public or sacred property.
Two well-known cases are found in the speeches of Demosthenes, a prominent statesman and orator in ancient Greece. These two examples occurred when first, Meidias punched Demosthenes in the face in the theater (‘Against Meidias’), and second when (in, ‘Against Konon’) a defendant allegedly assaulted a man and crowed over the victim.
Perhaps one of the most vivid examples of hubris in ancient Greek literature is demonstrated by Achilles and his treatment of Hector's corpse in Homer's Iliad. Similarly, Creon commits hubris in refusing to bury Polynices in Sophocles' Antigone.
Another example is in the tragedy Agamemnon, by Aeschylus. Agamemnon initially rejects the hubris of walking on the fine purple tapestry, an act which is suggested by Clytemnestra in hopes of bringing his ruin. This act may be seen as a desecration of a divinely woven tapestry, as a general flouting of the strictures imposed by the gods, or simply as an act of extreme pride and lack of humility before the gods, tempting them to retribution.
One other example is that of Oedipus. In Sophocles,' ‘Oedipus the King,’ while on the road to Thebes, Oedipus meets King Laius of Thebes who is unknown to him as his biological father. Oedipus kills King Laius in a dispute over which of them has the right of way, thereby fulfilling the prophecy that Oedipus is destined to murder his own father.
Ikarus, flying too close to the sun despite warning, has been interpreted by ancient authors as hubris, leading to swift retribution.
In Odyssey, the behavior of Penelope's suitors is called hubris by Homer, possibly still in a broader meaning than was later applied.
The blinding and mocking of Polyphemos (the Cyclops) called the nemesis of Poseidon upon Odysseus who already bore Odysseus a grudge for not giving him a sacrifice when Poseidon prevented the Greeks from being discovered inside of the Trojan Horse. Specifically, telling Polyphemos his true name after having already escaped was an act of hubris.
Hubris against the gods is often attributed as a character flaw of the heroes in Greek tragedy, and the cause of the "nemesis", or destruction, which befalls these characters subsequent to their act of hubris. However, this represents only a small proportion of occurrences of hubris in Greek literature, and for the most part hubris refers to infractions by mortals against other mortals.
Aristotle defined hubris as follows: to cause shame to the victim, not in order that anything may happen to you, nor because anything has happened to you, but merely for your own gratification. Hubris is not always the requital of past injuries - this is revenge. As for the pleasure in hubris, its cause is this: men think that by ill-treating others they make their own superiority the greater.
Crucial to this definition are the ancient Greek concepts of honor (timē) and shame. The concept of timē included not only the exaltation of the one receiving honor, but also the shaming of the one overcome by the act of hubris. This concept of honor is akin to a zero-sum game. Rush Rehm simplifies this definition to the contemporary concept of "insolence, contempt, and excessive violence" to reputation.
Modern times: "pride goes before a fall"
In its modern usage, hubris denotes overconfident pride and arrogance; it is often associated with a lack of knowledge combined with a lack of humility. An accusation of hubris often implies that suffering or punishment will follow, similar to the occasional pairing of hubris and nemesis in the Greek world. The proverb "pride goes before a fall" is thought to sum up the modern definition of hubris. In reference to someone being in hubrity: hubrity is a fulfillment of being hubristic or a continual behavior of being prideful. Victor in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein exudes hubris in order to become a great scientist, but is eventually regretting this previous desire. Faustus in Christopher Marlowe's play, ‘Dr. Faustus,’ exudes hubris, all the way until his final minutes of life.
Popular culture
Odysseus' ten year journey home was the result of hubris: after blinding the Cyclops, he mockingly declared his name to the monster as he escaped. This allowed the Cyclops to call upon his father Poseidon for help and curse him. *Odysseus' ten year journey home was the result of hubris: In the beginning scenes of the Futurama episode "A Head in the Polls," characters Bender and Fry are seen watching the recurring show-within-a-show The Scary Door, a parody of The Twilight Zone.
This episode specifically parodies the episode "Time Enough at Last." In this comedic version of the classic, after breaking his only pair of glasses, a man realizes aloud "Wait, my eyes aren't that bad, I can still read the large print versions!" at which point his eyeballs fall out of their sockets.
The man starts to panic, but still the optimist, the man states "Well, luckily I know how to read Braille." Then his hands too fall off. Finally, silencing momentary screaming, his tongue and head follow suit. Bender watching says to Fry that the man was "cursed by his own hubris."
In a memorable scene in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, John Forbes Nash loses to his arch rival Hansen in a Game of Go. Nash then states that, for him, losing is impossible, that his playing was flawless. Hansen smugly replies, "The hubris of the defeated..."
In the film, ‘300,’ the narrator says “The God King (Xerxes) has betrayed a fatal flaw: ‘hubris,’ easy to taunt, easy to trick ... the mad king throws the best he has at us. Xerxes has taken the bait.” Xerxes sends his best soldiers to attack the Spartans, falling into a Spartan trap.
During the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis had attained a seemingly insurmountable lead in the Snowboard Cross event final until she attempted a celebratory method grab as she neared completion of the course. The unnecessary move caused her to fall, allowing Tanja Frieden of Switzerland to pass her and win the gold medal. The media has cited this incident as an example of modern-day athletic hubris.
Groupthink, narcissism, victory disease, self love all contain elements of hubris.
See:
“Wiktionary, the free dictionary:” Cairns, Douglas L. "Hubris, Dishonor, and Thinking Big." Journal of Hellenic Studies 116 (1996) 1-32.
Fisher, Nick (1992). Hubris: a study in the values of honor and shame in Ancient Greece. Warminster, UK: Aris & Phillips. A book-length discussion of the meaning and implications of hybristic behavior in ancient Greece.
MacDowell, Douglas. "Hybris in Athens." Greece and Rome 23 (1976) 14-31.
Owen, David (2007) The Hubris Syndrome: Bush, Blair and the Intoxication of Power Politico's, Methuen Publishing Ltd.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris"
Thus, hubris alone, through its employment as insult, affront, abuse, the slur, or mere rudeness, can be effective in the destruction of an individual or his character & reputation.
Hubris, though not specifically defined, was a legal term and was considered a crime in classical Athens. It was also considered the greatest sin of the ancient Greek world. That was so because it was not only proof of excessive pride, but also resulted in violent acts by or to those involved. The category of acts constituting hubris for the ancient Greeks apparently broadened from the original specific reference to mutilation of a corpse, humiliation of a defeated foe, or irreverent "outrageous treatment" in general.
The meaning was eventually further generalized in its modern English usage to apply to any outrageous act or exhibition of pride or disregard for basic moral laws. Such an act may be referred to as an "act of hubris" or the person committing the act may be said to be hubristic. Atē, ancient Greek for "ruin, folly, delusion," is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his/her hubris, or great pride, that leads to his/her death or downfall.
Ancient Greece
Violations of the law against hubris included what might today be termed assault and battery; sexual crimes ranging from forcible rape of women or children to consensual but improper activities or the theft of public or sacred property.
Two well-known cases are found in the speeches of Demosthenes, a prominent statesman and orator in ancient Greece. These two examples occurred when first, Meidias punched Demosthenes in the face in the theater (‘Against Meidias’), and second when (in, ‘Against Konon’) a defendant allegedly assaulted a man and crowed over the victim.
Perhaps one of the most vivid examples of hubris in ancient Greek literature is demonstrated by Achilles and his treatment of Hector's corpse in Homer's Iliad. Similarly, Creon commits hubris in refusing to bury Polynices in Sophocles' Antigone.
Another example is in the tragedy Agamemnon, by Aeschylus. Agamemnon initially rejects the hubris of walking on the fine purple tapestry, an act which is suggested by Clytemnestra in hopes of bringing his ruin. This act may be seen as a desecration of a divinely woven tapestry, as a general flouting of the strictures imposed by the gods, or simply as an act of extreme pride and lack of humility before the gods, tempting them to retribution.
One other example is that of Oedipus. In Sophocles,' ‘Oedipus the King,’ while on the road to Thebes, Oedipus meets King Laius of Thebes who is unknown to him as his biological father. Oedipus kills King Laius in a dispute over which of them has the right of way, thereby fulfilling the prophecy that Oedipus is destined to murder his own father.
Ikarus, flying too close to the sun despite warning, has been interpreted by ancient authors as hubris, leading to swift retribution.
In Odyssey, the behavior of Penelope's suitors is called hubris by Homer, possibly still in a broader meaning than was later applied.
The blinding and mocking of Polyphemos (the Cyclops) called the nemesis of Poseidon upon Odysseus who already bore Odysseus a grudge for not giving him a sacrifice when Poseidon prevented the Greeks from being discovered inside of the Trojan Horse. Specifically, telling Polyphemos his true name after having already escaped was an act of hubris.
Hubris against the gods is often attributed as a character flaw of the heroes in Greek tragedy, and the cause of the "nemesis", or destruction, which befalls these characters subsequent to their act of hubris. However, this represents only a small proportion of occurrences of hubris in Greek literature, and for the most part hubris refers to infractions by mortals against other mortals.
Aristotle defined hubris as follows: to cause shame to the victim, not in order that anything may happen to you, nor because anything has happened to you, but merely for your own gratification. Hubris is not always the requital of past injuries - this is revenge. As for the pleasure in hubris, its cause is this: men think that by ill-treating others they make their own superiority the greater.
Crucial to this definition are the ancient Greek concepts of honor (timē) and shame. The concept of timē included not only the exaltation of the one receiving honor, but also the shaming of the one overcome by the act of hubris. This concept of honor is akin to a zero-sum game. Rush Rehm simplifies this definition to the contemporary concept of "insolence, contempt, and excessive violence" to reputation.
Modern times: "pride goes before a fall"
In its modern usage, hubris denotes overconfident pride and arrogance; it is often associated with a lack of knowledge combined with a lack of humility. An accusation of hubris often implies that suffering or punishment will follow, similar to the occasional pairing of hubris and nemesis in the Greek world. The proverb "pride goes before a fall" is thought to sum up the modern definition of hubris. In reference to someone being in hubrity: hubrity is a fulfillment of being hubristic or a continual behavior of being prideful. Victor in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein exudes hubris in order to become a great scientist, but is eventually regretting this previous desire. Faustus in Christopher Marlowe's play, ‘Dr. Faustus,’ exudes hubris, all the way until his final minutes of life.
Popular culture
Odysseus' ten year journey home was the result of hubris: after blinding the Cyclops, he mockingly declared his name to the monster as he escaped. This allowed the Cyclops to call upon his father Poseidon for help and curse him. *Odysseus' ten year journey home was the result of hubris: In the beginning scenes of the Futurama episode "A Head in the Polls," characters Bender and Fry are seen watching the recurring show-within-a-show The Scary Door, a parody of The Twilight Zone.
This episode specifically parodies the episode "Time Enough at Last." In this comedic version of the classic, after breaking his only pair of glasses, a man realizes aloud "Wait, my eyes aren't that bad, I can still read the large print versions!" at which point his eyeballs fall out of their sockets.
The man starts to panic, but still the optimist, the man states "Well, luckily I know how to read Braille." Then his hands too fall off. Finally, silencing momentary screaming, his tongue and head follow suit. Bender watching says to Fry that the man was "cursed by his own hubris."
In a memorable scene in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, John Forbes Nash loses to his arch rival Hansen in a Game of Go. Nash then states that, for him, losing is impossible, that his playing was flawless. Hansen smugly replies, "The hubris of the defeated..."
In the film, ‘300,’ the narrator says “The God King (Xerxes) has betrayed a fatal flaw: ‘hubris,’ easy to taunt, easy to trick ... the mad king throws the best he has at us. Xerxes has taken the bait.” Xerxes sends his best soldiers to attack the Spartans, falling into a Spartan trap.
During the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis had attained a seemingly insurmountable lead in the Snowboard Cross event final until she attempted a celebratory method grab as she neared completion of the course. The unnecessary move caused her to fall, allowing Tanja Frieden of Switzerland to pass her and win the gold medal. The media has cited this incident as an example of modern-day athletic hubris.
Groupthink, narcissism, victory disease, self love all contain elements of hubris.
See:
“Wiktionary, the free dictionary:” Cairns, Douglas L. "Hubris, Dishonor, and Thinking Big." Journal of Hellenic Studies 116 (1996) 1-32.
Fisher, Nick (1992). Hubris: a study in the values of honor and shame in Ancient Greece. Warminster, UK: Aris & Phillips. A book-length discussion of the meaning and implications of hybristic behavior in ancient Greece.
MacDowell, Douglas. "Hybris in Athens." Greece and Rome 23 (1976) 14-31.
Owen, David (2007) The Hubris Syndrome: Bush, Blair and the Intoxication of Power Politico's, Methuen Publishing Ltd.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris"
The Tenets of Communism
10 Planks of Communist Manifesto for takeover of America
The American public has believed the lies of their "leaders" who applaud "the fall of Communism." But they have sold out the country to anti-Christian, anti-American statutes and regulations on the federal, state, and local levels.
Posted below is a comparison of the original ten planks of the Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx in 1848, along with the American adopted counterpart of each of the planks.
The American people have truly been "buried in Communism" by their own politicians of the Republican and Democrat parties.
One other thing to remember, Karl Marx was stating in the Communist Manifesto that these planks will test whether a country has become communist or not. According to Marx, if they are all in effect and in force the country IS communist. Communism, but by any other name...??
1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868), and various zoning, school & property taxes. Also the Bureau of Land Management.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
Misapplication of the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 1913, The Social Security Act of 1936.; Joint House Resolution 192 of 1933; and various State "income" taxes. We call it "paying your fair share".
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
A ‘Death Tax,’ which we refer to as Federal & State estate taxes (1916); or reformed Probate Laws, and limited inheritance via arbitrary inheritance tax statutes.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
We call in government seizures, tax liens, Public "law" 99-570 (1986);
Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" (1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill); or the IRS confiscation of property without due process.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
We call it the Federal Reserve which is a credit/debt system nationally organized by the Federal Reserve act of 1913, establishing the Fed as a privately owned bank. All local banks are members of the Fed system, and are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the State.
We call it the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated through the ICC act of 1887, the Commissions Act of 1934, The Interstate Commerce Commission established in 1938, The Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, and Executive orders 11490, 10999, as well as State mandated driver's licenses and Department of Transportation regulations.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
We call it corporate capacity, The Desert Entry Act, and The Department of Agriculture, as well as the Department of Commerce and Labor, Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, National Park Service, and EPA and IRS control of business through corporate regulations.
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
We call it the Social Security Administration and The Department of Labor. The National debt and inflation caused by the FED has caused the need for a two "income" family. Women in the workplace since the 1920's, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, assorted Socialist Unions, affirmative action, the Federal Public Works Program and, of course, Executive order 11000.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
We call it the Planning Reorganization act of 1949 , zoning (Title 17 1910-1990) and Super Corporate Farms, as well as Executive orders 11647, 11731 (ten regions) and Public "law" 89-136.
10. Free education for all children in government schools; Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form; Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.
People are being taxed to support what we call 'public' schools, which train the young out of independent thought and action and become compliant drones who will work for the communal debt system. We also call it the Department of Education, the NEA and Outcome Based "Education."
The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals
You are about to read a list of 45 goals that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963. As you read this, 39 years later, you should be shocked by the events that have played themselves out. I first ran across this list 3 years ago but was unable to attain a copy and it has bothered me ever since. Recently, Jeff Rense posted it on his site and I would like to thank him for doing so. http://www.rense.com
Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10, 1963 .
Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China; Admission of Red China to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, and healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture."
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ‘united force’ to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
Note by Webmaster: The Congressional Record back this far has not be digitized and posted on the Internet.
It will probably be available at your nearest library that is a federal repository. Call them and ask them. Your college library is probably a repository. This is an excellent source of government records. Another source are your Congress Critters. They should be more than happy to help you in this matter. You will find the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto interesting at this point.
Webmaster Forest Glen Durland found the document in the library.
Sources are listed below.
Microfilm: California State University at San Jose Clark Library, Government Floor Phone (408)924-2770 Microfilm Call Number: J 11.R5
Congressional Record, Vol. 109 88th Congress, 1st Session Appendix Pages A1-A2842 Jan. 9-May 7, 1963 Reel 12
1963- The Year That Changed America
By Greg Swank
12-4-2
Over the years, I have shared in debates and discussions regarding the current state of affairs in the U.S., and the changing social climate of this great nation. Since the "baby-boomer" generation, society and its culture have become noticeably different than the way it was 50 years ago. From the late 50's to the 70's a series of events took place contributing to the way we are currently living. However, like anything else, there has to be a starting point at which the wheels are put into motion. Sometimes it can be a single event, such as war, but more often, it is a series of events, some intentional, some planned, others unpredictable. There is always a pivotal point when things begin to change. I believe that time was 1963.
For my generation, some of the following will certainly stir old memories. If you born later, this may serve as a brief history lesson into the times your parents traveled through.
By 1963 television was the leading sources of entertainment. The public enjoyed a different type of programming back then. Lessons on life could be viewed weekly on "Leave it to Beaver" or "My Three Sons." There were hero's back then that never drew blood, "The Lone Ranger" and "The Adventures of Superman." Cartoon series evolved, such as, "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons" without messages of empowering the children, using vulgarities or demeaning parental guidance. Family's could spend a weekend evening watching "Ed Sullivan," "Bonanza" or "Gunsmoke." For those who enjoyed thrill and suspense, we were blessed with "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and the "Twilight Zone." 'My Favorite Martian," "Ozzie and Harriet," "Donna Reed" and "Sea Hunt" also kept viewers entertained weekly.
Movie theaters were not multiplex units with 15 screens, rather, one single, giant big screen with adequate sound and hard seats without springs. "Tom Jones" had won the Academy award for best picture. "How The West Was Won," "Cleopatra," "Lily of the Fields," "The Great Escape," "The Birds," and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" were all box office hits.
By years end, "The Beatles" had played for the British Royal Family and were laying the groundwork to conquer the U.S. the following year. Eric Clapton began his journey to fame with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jim McCarty and their band, "The Yardbirds." Out on the west coast the surf was beginning to rock'n'roll with "The Beach Boys" and their first song to reach the top ten list, "Surfin' U.S.A."
"Joys of Jell-O" recipes for quivering florescent foodstuff hit the stores. U.S. Postal rates went up to five cents for the first ounce. AT&T introduced touch-tone telephones. The Yankees played in the World Series again; but lost to the Dodgers in four straight. The government and NASA began the Apollo program.
This is just a brief snapshot of some things that were going on back in 1963. Remember?
While some of these events played an important role in the direction of change that affect us today, many of them were lost to much greater, more political events, that I believe put everything into motion.
On January 10, 1963, the House of Representative and later the Senate began reviewing a document entitled "Communist Goals for Taking Over America." It contained an agenda of 45 separate issues that, in hindsight was quite shocking back then and equally shocking today. Here, in part, are some key points listed in that document.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, and healthy."
27. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
You can see the entire list on this web page - http://www.truthtrek.net/politics/takeover.htm
Now, I am not saying that the U.S. is under some kind of Communist control, but what I do find frightening, is of the 45 issues listed, nearly all of them have come to pass. Remember this was in January 1963.
In 1963 the news media showed women burning their bras as the women's liberation movement took off with the publishing of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan. Martin Luther King was jailed in April and civil unrest was being brought to the forefront. On August 28th the media brought us live coverage of the march on Washington and Dr. Kings famous "I had a dream" speech. The Cuban missile crisis found its way in to our homes and our nation was gearing up for conflict.
By September of 1963 we had lost some very influential people, Pope John XXIII, Robert Frost, and country legend Patsy Cline, to name a few. In the early hours of November 22nd we learned of the quiet passing of C.S. Lewis and hours later we were brought to our knees when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and our nation mourned.
So you see, while long since forgotten, 1963 could very well have been, one of the most important years since our founding fathers provided us with the Constitution of the United States. Which brings me to one final and extremely important decision that was made during this most provocative year.
On June 17, 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that any Bible reciting or prayer, in public schools, was deemed unconstitutional.
While American's have endured great prosperity over the past 40 years we have also lost our moral compass and direction. In reviewing the research, data supports 1963 as a focal point, demonstrating a downward slope in our moral and social decline through 2001.
Certainly, one would have to agree that all of these events have had a profound impact on the way our current social structure has been changed. Personally, if I had to choose one specific event that has demonstrated the demoralization of our country, it would have to be the decision of the U.S Supreme Court in June of 1963.
But there is always "hope." As always, I welcome your comments and can easily be reached. Thanks for the response to "Daddy, What's Fluoride?" My email is: greg@truthtrek.net
Comment
From Founders' America
foundersamerica@hotmail.com
12-7-2
Jeff...adding a couple of my own numbers:
__ 46. Import anti-white racists from the Third World, via an open-borders policy, then force their integration to divide and conquer white Western civilization in North America.
__ 47. Feminize and disarm both the citizenry and military; especially disarm white males.
Founders' America
P.O. Box 71024 Richmond, Va
23255
Are You A Practicing Communist?
Many Americans pride themselves as being relentless anti-Communists. A lot of people think of the communists as the bad guys and the cause of our troubles and that of the rest of the world's. This bad guy must look really bad and we should spot him easily in a crowd. Let's examine what a communist really is.
Communism is a way of life that is contrary to most teaching of the Holy Bible and that of the common people, as our beloved country the 50 united States of America was founded to be. In 1848, Karl Marx wrote the ten (10) planks of the Communist Manifesto.
It is the foundation of what communist ideology is all about. A true communist or communist country would be practicing all ten (10) planks. Today, here in the 50 united States of America, we ARE practicing all ten (10) planks and we don't even realize that we are in reality communists. We would rather call ourselves something else.
The 1st Plank: THE ABOLITION OF PROPERTY AND LAND AND THE APPLICATION OF ALL RENT IN LAND TO PUBLIC PURPOSES.
As in the old law of Moses and in the first 150 years of the united States of America, when you owned land, you had absolute title to that land and no other party could lay claim on it whatsoever unless you sold the land or voluntarily let another party lay claim.
But then, you had the right to get it back, even if it will take your grandchildren to claim it all back.
Today, we only have what you might call a 99 year lease. The State can confiscate your land for non-payment of taxes or some supposed crime. The only reason the State can do this is that you don't really own your land. The State has controlling interest on your land and you are merely paying rent and this rent goes toward the public use such as paying toward the interest on the national debt.
The 2nd Plank: A PROGRESSIVE, GRADUATED INCOME TAX.
Need this be explained? We all know that there is an income tax in the 50 united States of America and that the more you make, the higher your tax bracket, the more you are taxed. We did not have income tax until the 1940's. Through instruments of government such as the public fool (school) system and with the help corporate funding we have been convinced it applies to everyone even though it doesn't.
The 3rd Plank: THE ABOLITION OF ALL RIGHT OF INHERITANCE
In the old Law of Moses and the first 150 years of the united States of America, there was NO inheritance tax. In the Law of Moses, land was transferred to the eldest son absolutely.
In the first 150 years of the united States of America, inheritance and/or your assigns was also absolute. There were no third parties involved.
This started with the birth certificate and then getting a marriage license which makes the State the third party.
When a spouse dies, the other spouse cannot claim the fruits of the marriage because of the third party, the State. Now, the state would in effect say "buy me out." Then the land would be forced to be sold just to pay the State, and almost always attorneys, who always want cash.
The 4th Plank: THE CONFISCATION OF ALL PROPERTY OF EMIGRANTS AND REBELS
Some people are beginning to find out about what is really going on. They are beginning to rebel against these communist and/or satanic practices and in the process, SWAT teams are sent against them. Businesses are padlocked; homes are liened; bank accounts seized; some are jailed without due process; and many are outright killed. What will it take to practice the Bible?
The 5th Plank: THE CENTRALIZATION OF CREDIT IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE BY MEANS OF A NATIONAL BANK WITH STATE CAPITAL AND AN EXCLUSIVE MONOPOLY
This brings us straight to the Federal Reserve Banks. The basis of the Federal Reserve Note is credit, which is the reason it lacks gold and silver backing.
The government borrows these notes (they didn't borrow anything of value) to pass on to the people and you will notice how huge the federal debt is. All for the cost of printing these paper notes.
In the Law of Moses and in the first 150 years of the united States of America, people used gold and silver coins which have intrinsic value.
The Federal Reserve Bank has a monopoly on issuing currency today, despite and in violation of Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution for the 50 united States of America, "No State shall make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of Debts." This worthless paper currency is distributed through the local banks.
The 6th Plank: THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE
This is accomplished by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) which controls, regulates and licenses all newspapers and magazines; radio and television stations, local or national distribution who are in a corporate or in a State created entity. Transportation is controlled by the various State Departments of Motor Vehicles and enforced by the various law enforcement agencies. Isn't it strange that we hired peace officers (to keep the peace), but somehow they became law enforcement officers?
The 7th Plank: THE EXTENSION OF FACTORIES AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF PRODUCTION OWNED BY THE STATE AND THE BRINGING INTO CULTIVATION WASTE LAND AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOIL GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMMON PLAN
Factories are all controlled by the government by means of permits and licenses, and various other agencies like O.S.H.A., labor boards and others. Smaller businesses are really extensions of these factories because most are franchises. You cannot put up a business and start selling somebody else's product unless you first ask for and pay for this privilege. Even if you will buy and sell in bulk. Farms are told which crop to plant and are sometimes paid not to plant. Farms are controlled by various government agencies like Soil Conservation Districts, Bureau of Land Management and Desert Land Entry Act where government owned desert is leased out to farmers. And what about U.S. Wetlands?
The 8th Plank: EQUAL LIABILITY FOR ALL TO LABOR AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ARMIES, ESPECIALLY FOR AGRICULTURE
Equal liability is accomplished by means of the Social Security Number and most are members of an industrial army because you cannot get a job with a corporation unless you have a Social Security Number (slave number). You are part of the Social Security Army and being unemployed, the unemployment office will send you to work.
The 9th Plank: THE COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURE WITH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND THE GRADUAL ABOLITION OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND COUNTRY BY THE MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION OVER THE COUNTRY.
Real wealth comes from the land and in 1920's, almost half the population owned their land outright. That has fallen steadily since then through farm foreclosures because these farmers are needed in the cities to work in factories. Equal distribution is not distributed evenly but rather distributed where you are needed. By the turn of the century, this country is expected to have but a few super corporate farms (like ConAgra?) instead of millions of family owned smaller farms, just like in Russia!
The 10th Plank: THE FREE EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Do you need this explained? Even private and church schools need to have permits and licenses from the government and follow approved curriculum. This way our children can be indoctrinated with humanistic principles, and communistic ideology. Subtly but effectively.
One big difference between Russia and the 50 united States of America is that in Russia, people do not pretend to have private property, they don't call themselves free and homeowners like in the 50 united States of America. Private property has been subjugated to the 10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto.
NOW, are you a practicing communist? Be honest....
The American public has believed the lies of their "leaders" who applaud "the fall of Communism." But they have sold out the country to anti-Christian, anti-American statutes and regulations on the federal, state, and local levels.
Posted below is a comparison of the original ten planks of the Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx in 1848, along with the American adopted counterpart of each of the planks.
The American people have truly been "buried in Communism" by their own politicians of the Republican and Democrat parties.
One other thing to remember, Karl Marx was stating in the Communist Manifesto that these planks will test whether a country has become communist or not. According to Marx, if they are all in effect and in force the country IS communist. Communism, but by any other name...??
1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868), and various zoning, school & property taxes. Also the Bureau of Land Management.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
Misapplication of the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 1913, The Social Security Act of 1936.; Joint House Resolution 192 of 1933; and various State "income" taxes. We call it "paying your fair share".
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
A ‘Death Tax,’ which we refer to as Federal & State estate taxes (1916); or reformed Probate Laws, and limited inheritance via arbitrary inheritance tax statutes.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
We call in government seizures, tax liens, Public "law" 99-570 (1986);
Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" (1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill); or the IRS confiscation of property without due process.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
We call it the Federal Reserve which is a credit/debt system nationally organized by the Federal Reserve act of 1913, establishing the Fed as a privately owned bank. All local banks are members of the Fed system, and are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the State.
We call it the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated through the ICC act of 1887, the Commissions Act of 1934, The Interstate Commerce Commission established in 1938, The Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, and Executive orders 11490, 10999, as well as State mandated driver's licenses and Department of Transportation regulations.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
We call it corporate capacity, The Desert Entry Act, and The Department of Agriculture, as well as the Department of Commerce and Labor, Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, National Park Service, and EPA and IRS control of business through corporate regulations.
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
We call it the Social Security Administration and The Department of Labor. The National debt and inflation caused by the FED has caused the need for a two "income" family. Women in the workplace since the 1920's, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, assorted Socialist Unions, affirmative action, the Federal Public Works Program and, of course, Executive order 11000.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
We call it the Planning Reorganization act of 1949 , zoning (Title 17 1910-1990) and Super Corporate Farms, as well as Executive orders 11647, 11731 (ten regions) and Public "law" 89-136.
10. Free education for all children in government schools; Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form; Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.
People are being taxed to support what we call 'public' schools, which train the young out of independent thought and action and become compliant drones who will work for the communal debt system. We also call it the Department of Education, the NEA and Outcome Based "Education."
The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals
You are about to read a list of 45 goals that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963. As you read this, 39 years later, you should be shocked by the events that have played themselves out. I first ran across this list 3 years ago but was unable to attain a copy and it has bothered me ever since. Recently, Jeff Rense posted it on his site and I would like to thank him for doing so. http://www.rense.com
Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10, 1963 .
Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China; Admission of Red China to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, and healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture."
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ‘united force’ to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
Note by Webmaster: The Congressional Record back this far has not be digitized and posted on the Internet.
It will probably be available at your nearest library that is a federal repository. Call them and ask them. Your college library is probably a repository. This is an excellent source of government records. Another source are your Congress Critters. They should be more than happy to help you in this matter. You will find the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto interesting at this point.
Webmaster Forest Glen Durland found the document in the library.
Sources are listed below.
Microfilm: California State University at San Jose Clark Library, Government Floor Phone (408)924-2770 Microfilm Call Number: J 11.R5
Congressional Record, Vol. 109 88th Congress, 1st Session Appendix Pages A1-A2842 Jan. 9-May 7, 1963 Reel 12
1963- The Year That Changed America
By Greg Swank
12-4-2
Over the years, I have shared in debates and discussions regarding the current state of affairs in the U.S., and the changing social climate of this great nation. Since the "baby-boomer" generation, society and its culture have become noticeably different than the way it was 50 years ago. From the late 50's to the 70's a series of events took place contributing to the way we are currently living. However, like anything else, there has to be a starting point at which the wheels are put into motion. Sometimes it can be a single event, such as war, but more often, it is a series of events, some intentional, some planned, others unpredictable. There is always a pivotal point when things begin to change. I believe that time was 1963.
For my generation, some of the following will certainly stir old memories. If you born later, this may serve as a brief history lesson into the times your parents traveled through.
By 1963 television was the leading sources of entertainment. The public enjoyed a different type of programming back then. Lessons on life could be viewed weekly on "Leave it to Beaver" or "My Three Sons." There were hero's back then that never drew blood, "The Lone Ranger" and "The Adventures of Superman." Cartoon series evolved, such as, "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons" without messages of empowering the children, using vulgarities or demeaning parental guidance. Family's could spend a weekend evening watching "Ed Sullivan," "Bonanza" or "Gunsmoke." For those who enjoyed thrill and suspense, we were blessed with "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and the "Twilight Zone." 'My Favorite Martian," "Ozzie and Harriet," "Donna Reed" and "Sea Hunt" also kept viewers entertained weekly.
Movie theaters were not multiplex units with 15 screens, rather, one single, giant big screen with adequate sound and hard seats without springs. "Tom Jones" had won the Academy award for best picture. "How The West Was Won," "Cleopatra," "Lily of the Fields," "The Great Escape," "The Birds," and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" were all box office hits.
By years end, "The Beatles" had played for the British Royal Family and were laying the groundwork to conquer the U.S. the following year. Eric Clapton began his journey to fame with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jim McCarty and their band, "The Yardbirds." Out on the west coast the surf was beginning to rock'n'roll with "The Beach Boys" and their first song to reach the top ten list, "Surfin' U.S.A."
"Joys of Jell-O" recipes for quivering florescent foodstuff hit the stores. U.S. Postal rates went up to five cents for the first ounce. AT&T introduced touch-tone telephones. The Yankees played in the World Series again; but lost to the Dodgers in four straight. The government and NASA began the Apollo program.
This is just a brief snapshot of some things that were going on back in 1963. Remember?
While some of these events played an important role in the direction of change that affect us today, many of them were lost to much greater, more political events, that I believe put everything into motion.
On January 10, 1963, the House of Representative and later the Senate began reviewing a document entitled "Communist Goals for Taking Over America." It contained an agenda of 45 separate issues that, in hindsight was quite shocking back then and equally shocking today. Here, in part, are some key points listed in that document.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, and healthy."
27. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
You can see the entire list on this web page - http://www.truthtrek.net/politics/takeover.htm
Now, I am not saying that the U.S. is under some kind of Communist control, but what I do find frightening, is of the 45 issues listed, nearly all of them have come to pass. Remember this was in January 1963.
In 1963 the news media showed women burning their bras as the women's liberation movement took off with the publishing of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan. Martin Luther King was jailed in April and civil unrest was being brought to the forefront. On August 28th the media brought us live coverage of the march on Washington and Dr. Kings famous "I had a dream" speech. The Cuban missile crisis found its way in to our homes and our nation was gearing up for conflict.
By September of 1963 we had lost some very influential people, Pope John XXIII, Robert Frost, and country legend Patsy Cline, to name a few. In the early hours of November 22nd we learned of the quiet passing of C.S. Lewis and hours later we were brought to our knees when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and our nation mourned.
So you see, while long since forgotten, 1963 could very well have been, one of the most important years since our founding fathers provided us with the Constitution of the United States. Which brings me to one final and extremely important decision that was made during this most provocative year.
On June 17, 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that any Bible reciting or prayer, in public schools, was deemed unconstitutional.
While American's have endured great prosperity over the past 40 years we have also lost our moral compass and direction. In reviewing the research, data supports 1963 as a focal point, demonstrating a downward slope in our moral and social decline through 2001.
Certainly, one would have to agree that all of these events have had a profound impact on the way our current social structure has been changed. Personally, if I had to choose one specific event that has demonstrated the demoralization of our country, it would have to be the decision of the U.S Supreme Court in June of 1963.
But there is always "hope." As always, I welcome your comments and can easily be reached. Thanks for the response to "Daddy, What's Fluoride?" My email is: greg@truthtrek.net
Comment
From Founders' America
foundersamerica@hotmail.com
12-7-2
Jeff...adding a couple of my own numbers:
__ 46. Import anti-white racists from the Third World, via an open-borders policy, then force their integration to divide and conquer white Western civilization in North America.
__ 47. Feminize and disarm both the citizenry and military; especially disarm white males.
Founders' America
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Are You A Practicing Communist?
Many Americans pride themselves as being relentless anti-Communists. A lot of people think of the communists as the bad guys and the cause of our troubles and that of the rest of the world's. This bad guy must look really bad and we should spot him easily in a crowd. Let's examine what a communist really is.
Communism is a way of life that is contrary to most teaching of the Holy Bible and that of the common people, as our beloved country the 50 united States of America was founded to be. In 1848, Karl Marx wrote the ten (10) planks of the Communist Manifesto.
It is the foundation of what communist ideology is all about. A true communist or communist country would be practicing all ten (10) planks. Today, here in the 50 united States of America, we ARE practicing all ten (10) planks and we don't even realize that we are in reality communists. We would rather call ourselves something else.
The 1st Plank: THE ABOLITION OF PROPERTY AND LAND AND THE APPLICATION OF ALL RENT IN LAND TO PUBLIC PURPOSES.
As in the old law of Moses and in the first 150 years of the united States of America, when you owned land, you had absolute title to that land and no other party could lay claim on it whatsoever unless you sold the land or voluntarily let another party lay claim.
But then, you had the right to get it back, even if it will take your grandchildren to claim it all back.
Today, we only have what you might call a 99 year lease. The State can confiscate your land for non-payment of taxes or some supposed crime. The only reason the State can do this is that you don't really own your land. The State has controlling interest on your land and you are merely paying rent and this rent goes toward the public use such as paying toward the interest on the national debt.
The 2nd Plank: A PROGRESSIVE, GRADUATED INCOME TAX.
Need this be explained? We all know that there is an income tax in the 50 united States of America and that the more you make, the higher your tax bracket, the more you are taxed. We did not have income tax until the 1940's. Through instruments of government such as the public fool (school) system and with the help corporate funding we have been convinced it applies to everyone even though it doesn't.
The 3rd Plank: THE ABOLITION OF ALL RIGHT OF INHERITANCE
In the old Law of Moses and the first 150 years of the united States of America, there was NO inheritance tax. In the Law of Moses, land was transferred to the eldest son absolutely.
In the first 150 years of the united States of America, inheritance and/or your assigns was also absolute. There were no third parties involved.
This started with the birth certificate and then getting a marriage license which makes the State the third party.
When a spouse dies, the other spouse cannot claim the fruits of the marriage because of the third party, the State. Now, the state would in effect say "buy me out." Then the land would be forced to be sold just to pay the State, and almost always attorneys, who always want cash.
The 4th Plank: THE CONFISCATION OF ALL PROPERTY OF EMIGRANTS AND REBELS
Some people are beginning to find out about what is really going on. They are beginning to rebel against these communist and/or satanic practices and in the process, SWAT teams are sent against them. Businesses are padlocked; homes are liened; bank accounts seized; some are jailed without due process; and many are outright killed. What will it take to practice the Bible?
The 5th Plank: THE CENTRALIZATION OF CREDIT IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE BY MEANS OF A NATIONAL BANK WITH STATE CAPITAL AND AN EXCLUSIVE MONOPOLY
This brings us straight to the Federal Reserve Banks. The basis of the Federal Reserve Note is credit, which is the reason it lacks gold and silver backing.
The government borrows these notes (they didn't borrow anything of value) to pass on to the people and you will notice how huge the federal debt is. All for the cost of printing these paper notes.
In the Law of Moses and in the first 150 years of the united States of America, people used gold and silver coins which have intrinsic value.
The Federal Reserve Bank has a monopoly on issuing currency today, despite and in violation of Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution for the 50 united States of America, "No State shall make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of Debts." This worthless paper currency is distributed through the local banks.
The 6th Plank: THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE
This is accomplished by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) which controls, regulates and licenses all newspapers and magazines; radio and television stations, local or national distribution who are in a corporate or in a State created entity. Transportation is controlled by the various State Departments of Motor Vehicles and enforced by the various law enforcement agencies. Isn't it strange that we hired peace officers (to keep the peace), but somehow they became law enforcement officers?
The 7th Plank: THE EXTENSION OF FACTORIES AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF PRODUCTION OWNED BY THE STATE AND THE BRINGING INTO CULTIVATION WASTE LAND AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOIL GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMMON PLAN
Factories are all controlled by the government by means of permits and licenses, and various other agencies like O.S.H.A., labor boards and others. Smaller businesses are really extensions of these factories because most are franchises. You cannot put up a business and start selling somebody else's product unless you first ask for and pay for this privilege. Even if you will buy and sell in bulk. Farms are told which crop to plant and are sometimes paid not to plant. Farms are controlled by various government agencies like Soil Conservation Districts, Bureau of Land Management and Desert Land Entry Act where government owned desert is leased out to farmers. And what about U.S. Wetlands?
The 8th Plank: EQUAL LIABILITY FOR ALL TO LABOR AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ARMIES, ESPECIALLY FOR AGRICULTURE
Equal liability is accomplished by means of the Social Security Number and most are members of an industrial army because you cannot get a job with a corporation unless you have a Social Security Number (slave number). You are part of the Social Security Army and being unemployed, the unemployment office will send you to work.
The 9th Plank: THE COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURE WITH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND THE GRADUAL ABOLITION OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND COUNTRY BY THE MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION OVER THE COUNTRY.
Real wealth comes from the land and in 1920's, almost half the population owned their land outright. That has fallen steadily since then through farm foreclosures because these farmers are needed in the cities to work in factories. Equal distribution is not distributed evenly but rather distributed where you are needed. By the turn of the century, this country is expected to have but a few super corporate farms (like ConAgra?) instead of millions of family owned smaller farms, just like in Russia!
The 10th Plank: THE FREE EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Do you need this explained? Even private and church schools need to have permits and licenses from the government and follow approved curriculum. This way our children can be indoctrinated with humanistic principles, and communistic ideology. Subtly but effectively.
One big difference between Russia and the 50 united States of America is that in Russia, people do not pretend to have private property, they don't call themselves free and homeowners like in the 50 united States of America. Private property has been subjugated to the 10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto.
NOW, are you a practicing communist? Be honest....
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