Posted on 10/27/2008 8:44:10 AM PDT by joanie-f
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, in ‘Democracy in America’:
[The principle of equality prepares men for government that] covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic character cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent and guided … Such a power … stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd ...
One week and one day from today it appears that the people of America may elect Barack Hussein Obama President of the United States and leader of the free world. They may also be electing to the Senate and the House of Representatives a majority – perhaps even a filibuster-proof majority – of democrats from Obama’s own party.
Congress’s approval rating sits at nine percent, and yet the voters will be voting for ‘more of the same’. Why? Because their particular senator and/or congressman brings home the local bacon. Yet they resent the other 530+ ‘leaders’ who sit on the Hill and do exactly the same for their respective constituencies.
Such is the mindset of the citizenry of America 2008: What’s in it for me? and Don’t bother me with the particulars.
In past elections, whatever the make-up of the ‘leadership’ in Washington, and whatever the make-up of those who placed them in office, there was always reason for hope that America would rise above mistakes made, or errors in judgment ... next time ‘round.
I do not believe such is the case this time. An Obama election, and a democrat majority in congress, will ensure a permanent left lock on power for the remainder of America's existence. They have seen to it, by directing a left-leaning path for the past fifty years. We are on the brink of closing the door behind us, making impossible any return to conservative leadership.
Barack Obama is an inexperienced 'leader', with no record of meaningful accomplishments, and dangerous delusions of grandeur -- a self-serving ideologue whose mentors and associates embrace anything but what is best for America.
Many of them serve a Marxist god.
Most of them speak more ill of, than praise for, our republic.
Most of them despise the capitalist system and the free market.
Some of them despise the white race.
Most of them place little value on human life – those born, and those as yet unborn -- except to the degree that it can advance their ideology.
Most of them hold our Constitution in utter disdain and seek to declare its irrelevance with every stroke of their arrogant pens.
Most of them believe themselves to be members of a chosen elite, who possess the right to author oppressive laws that apply to the common man, but from which they are exempt.
Most of them believe that the right to own personal property, and the right to save the fruits of one’s labor, are gifts bestowed by the state, and they can freely be taken away, or redistributed, at the whim of the ruling class.
Most of them do not believe in the citizen’s right to defend himself.
Most of them believe that success is not achieved through hard work and personal industry, but rather through a government-authored and enforced state of ‘equality’.
Most of them believe that personal responsibility is an intolerant concept, and that we all must share the negative consequences of, and pay the price for, the foolish, frivolous, or self-serving actions of others.
Most of them believe that our children are wards of the state, and that parents must look to the state for child-rearing guidance, or answer to the courts.
Most of them believe in a borderless world in which the concepts of national identity, national sovereignty, and national pride are irrelevant.
Most of them consider a lie, or the breaking of a law, even more worthwhile than the truth, or obedience to law, if the end suits their purposes.
Most of them hold that a belief in God, and Biblical morality, serve merely as a roadblock on the pathway to self-realization.
What have these leftist ‘leaders’ – in politics, academia, and the media -- achieved over the past few decades, which will ensure their political pre-eminence, effectively rendering their power coalitions omnipotent, from this time forward?
The power of special interests has expanded to the point where the power of the people pales in comparison. The recent actions taken by both the administration and congress in an effort to confront the looming financial meltdown were taken (1) in opposition to overwhelming public sentiment, and (2) in order to place the gargantuan bill, aimed at least in part to bail out ‘friends of congress’, on the shoulders of the American citizen (and his children). And the left played an enormous role in both the cause of the meltdown, and its proposed ‘solutions’.
Like the bailout legislation, countless other laws are passed each year (the majority of them, I suspect), not with the benefit of the American people in mind, but with either the furtherance of a political agenda, or ‘payback for political favors done’, as their intent.
America is being overrun with illegal invaders crossing our southern borders. Our ‘leadership’ in Washington is doing nothing about the invasion. Our mainstream media is keeping a tight lid on the rising cost of that invasion – ‘cost’ in terms of taxpayer dollars, violence on the streets of our cities, frequent injuries and deaths incurred by our Border Patrol agents, and the infiltration every year into our society of millions of people who bear no allegiance to our republic, a sub-group of which seeks to annex a portion of our nation for themselves. They are dramatically altering the very fabric of our society. And our ‘leaders’ continue to pander to them, at our expense. Illegal aliens cannot vote (yet), but their American-born offspring can. And these children will vote for the party that keeps the entitlement pipeline flowing.
Much of the above, and much more, has been the result of the decades-long infiltration of heavy-handed, left-leaning ideology into our schools, our media, and our ‘leadership’ in Washington.
But there have always been those who sought to keep our left-ward movement from becoming an unstoppable march: (1) There were patriots in congress who sought to keep the socialists in check; (2) There were media decision-makers intent on retaining a sense of fairness in their reporting; (3) And, above all, there were a majority of the citizenry who saw it as their civic duty to be well-informed, to know the real backgrounds and agendas of the candidates, and to weigh those considerations against the most powerful one: what is best for America (as defined by the Constitution).
None of the above three conditions exist anymore -- not to the degree that they must, in order to succeed in holding back the march toward the total tyranny of the left.
If Barack Obama ascends to the presidency, the chipping away at our republic's foundations represented by all of the above conditions will increase ... in both intensity and speed. And our enemies will be emboldened because a novice (and an anti-American novice at that) will be serving as America's Commander-in-Chief.
Americans want change. And change they will get. It will not necessarily be a change in direction, but a change in the speed with which we achieve the destination so carefully laid out by our ruling elite. They have been patiently working for decades, but their patience is wearing thin, and their foot is on the accelerator. We have already witnessed the shifting of gears, in our leadership's lightning-fast unconstitutional response to their self-created economic meltdown.
Those in power will become ever more arrogant about their desires to achieve a United Socialist States of America. The socialist steamroller will be moving us toward the dark abyss at break-neck speed, and standing in its way will prove hazardous to your health.
Hang on. We’re about to embark on a dizzying national nightmare.
~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed
That you did. :)
I never realized that Scripture has 'meter'. You learn something new every day. :)
~ joanie
>Eight days and counting ... :(<
>Those in power will become ever more arrogant about their desires to achieve a United Socialist States of America.<
We have already reached that station. Now we are waiting for the frightened masses of people to calm down and hear the commands coming over the loudspeakers. If they don’t obey, a short period of martial law will bring them under control.
Are you thinking that the tent cities are overly large these days? Compared to what we’ll have next year at this time, these are nothing. That’s when we’ll understand that a home on four wheels is all that many can afford and they are thankful for what they have.
As long as people put their political party before their country, we’ll have sheeple that are easy to control. Someone who is hungry and unemployed is a fine upstanding Democrat who will vote exactly the way they are told to. The aged person who can’t afford all the recommended prescriptions will vote for a government controlled health plan.
The couple who watched their retirement plans go out the window are scared stiff. They don’t know what to do. They are literally lost. None of the old methods for investing work anymore. Getting out of the market and holding cash is so strange to them it seems perverted. Having three months of household expenses in cash at home is frightening for them. They feel like fish in an aquarium. That’s not the way Americans want to feel! They feel as though the Republican Party has let them down.
We are going to see many, many people making emotion led decisions in the next eight days that they will be sorry for later.
When you are able to set aside sixteen minutes, please watch the video that is linked in Response #3. It is possibly the most chilling thing I have witnessed in recent memory, and was filmed twenty-three years ago, when the Soviet defector had no knowledge of what we are currently experiencing.
~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed
Thanks for the compliment.
I read the interview with Yuri about 10 or 12 years ago. Thanks for the video. I wish I knew how to save it on to my PC.
Thanks for the heartfelt insights.
~ joanie
My humble contribution that pales in comparison, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, well...
May God help us!
And thanks, also, for the graphic. I've 'stolen' it to use on my weblog, with your implied permission, of course. :)
~ joane
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed
All... not praying for America are part of the problem..
Agreed. Prayer is our most powerful weapon. Many ignore its power, and many simply provide lip service to it. The Lord discerns the difference between true believers and pretenders.
Thank you for the reminder.
~ joanie
On another thread a couple of people suggested that the unrest and division in this country is only a result of a "small fringe" on the left. In light of that mindset I'd like to re-post my response to that here.
It has hardly been a fringe element fomenting the divisions and unrest in this country. Nearly all the major media has ignored the truth and poured fuel on the fire by doing so. They carried the water for the "Bush lied" meme. They published national security secrets. They refuse to vet 0bama just as they refused to expose the Clinton's lies and crimes. Even Bill and Hill aren't immune to it and got trampled by the media's willful complicity with 0bama's lies and lack of resume.
It is hardly a small fringe element when Sen. Kennedy is one who denigrates our troops with lies.
It is hardly a small fringe element when Sen. Kerry denigrates our troops with lies.
It is hardly a small fringe element when Sen. Durbin smears our troops with lies.
It is hardly a small fringe element when Cong. Murtha denigrates our troops with lies and false accusations.
It is hardly a small fringe element when Cong. Murray denigrates our troops with lies and praises the good works of Islamic jihadis.
It is hardly a small fringe element when Sen. Reid declares the war lost just as we make good progress. Or tries to use the power of the Senate to silence Rush Limbaugh with a lie.
It is hardly a small fringe element when Speaker Pelosi falsely calls the President a liar.
It is hardly a small fringe element when the NYTs (the most recognized newspaper in America) allows an ad to run that calls an American hero and patriot, risking his own life and limb to accomplish a herculean feat, "General Betrayus."
It is hardly a small fringe element that bankrolls a half dozen or more radically anti-American groups like Moveon.org.
It is hardly a small fringe element when no serious condemnation of these things is heard. Or when it is condemned it is buried or the one who condemns it is mocked and savaged by the press.
It is hardly a small fringe element when a working guy asks "The One" a simple question then finds over 100 reporters on his lawn and his entire life exposed in the national media.
It is hardly a small fringe element when a radical and criminal group like ACORN is funded with hundreds of thousands of tax dollars by our Congress and hundreds of thousands more from the campaign of one of the Pres. candidates.
It is hardly a small fringe element when a major network and their longtime leading talking head fabricate a story from whole cloth to derail the Republican candidate.
The unrest and division is no anomaly confined to a fringe of hotheads and kooks when all of this and more is promoted and encouraged from a wide swath of our national leadership. This division is not arising in a vacuum. It is being encouraged and spread from Congress, from the biggest media outlets and from universities across the nation.
Indeed. I join in prayer for our country!
By all means. If it can be helpful in converting even a handful of the misinformed electorate, it's certainly worth every ounce of energy of our combined efforts.
BTW, looks good on your site but resizing caused it to become a little frayed around the edges. Try THIS ONE? I even added a nice RED border for you...
Brief aside: Unless you happen to be running a rare 64 bit system, all things are stored on our computers in 32 bit packets(?). Everything up to 32 bits in size will take up 32 bits of space. Between 33 bits and 64 bits will take up 64 bits; between 65 and 96; 96 bits, etc. Out of habit more than anything else, I try to make the size of my graphics fit just under the cutoff to reduce wasted space. Probably more anal than anything, but...
Indeed; Gramsci would have been beside himself with his CONTRIBUTION. The Long March is bearing much fruit.
Yes it is but very few see it.
... and for the excellent insights. I couldn't agree more. Those who attribute the motives and actions of the base of the democrat party to a small subset of that party have not been paying attention for the last fifty years.
Your list is impressive and entirely fact-based.
~ joanie
Now, all better, I think ;^)
Thanks, also, for the storage advice. I was not aware of any of that and will be keeping your advice in mind from now on.
Stay well and vigilant, FRiend ...
~ joanie
Thank you. I rattled it all off of the top of my head. But I'm not bragging it's just a very deep well of seditious acts to draw from.
Bookmarking. Thanks. Many of us know some of this, and work hard to share, this is a great account. So many others are waiting to be sheared and happy about it. What a rude awakening that will be, if the shearer takes office.
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