CHANGE IT BACK!!!!
Posted on 03/23/2010 4:56:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
A terrible thing happened to America on Sunday, March 21, 2010.
The country took its biggest step ever down a road diametrically opposed to its original intent of keeping the state small so that the individual can be free and great.
Therefore, in this unprecedented crisis of values, this is what needs to be done:
1. Know and teach America's core values.
We got to this point solely because over the past few generations, Americans have forgotten the values that have made America distinctive and great. Even the "Greatest Generation" failed to communicate them.
In a nutshell, they are what I call the American Trinity: "In God we trust," "Liberty" and "E Pluribus Unum." The left has successfully made war on all three -- substituting secularism for God and religion in as much of American life as possible; substituting equality (of result) for liberty; and multiculturalism is the opposite of "E Pluribus Unum."
People who do not understand American ideals -- especially small government -- now dominate our schools, our entertainment media and our news media.
(My own contribution here is a video titled, "The American Trinity" at prageru.com. Please view it and forward it.)
2. Recognize that we are fighting the left, not liberals.
Conservatives and centrists are no longer fighting liberals. We are fighting the left.
Liberalism believed in American exceptionalism; the left not only does not believe in it, the left opposes it. President Obama, when asked if he believes in American exceptionalism, replied, "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism, and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism."
Liberalism believed in creating wealth; the left is interested in redistributing it.
Liberalism believed in a strong defense. The left believes in cutting defense and a strong United Nations.
3. Democrats should be referred to as Social Democrats. This is not meant to be cute, let alone as a slur. But calling Democrats Social Democrats is an effective way of reminding Americans that there is no longer any difference between what is now known as the Democratic Party and the Social Democratic parties of Europe. When the Democratic Party returns to its roots as a liberal, not a left-wing, party, we will happily resume calling the party by its original name. However, since no Democrat can cite a significant difference between the Democratic Party and the SD parties, there is no good reason not to use the more accurate nomenclature.
4. Work tirelessly to repeal the bill.
We must single-mindedly work to repeal the government health plan. We all know that it is difficult to repeal entitlements because they are like drugs and it is very difficult to wean people off drugs. But it is not impossible. We need to warn our fellow Americans that entitlements will do to America what drugs eventually do to addicts.
All Republicans must run for office on the "repeal" issue. Even when they lose, the difference between right and left, between Republicans and Social Democrats will have been made clear; and clarity is our best friend.
5. Our motto: "The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen."
I used this phrase in addressing the Republican members of Congress. It has become widely used, including by Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., on the House floor during the Congressional debate on Sunday. It encapsulates this epic battle of American values versus leftist values. Every movement needs a motto. I nominate this.
6. Do not let other matters distract.
Neither Republicans nor conservatives are united on every issue facing America. Immigration is one example. But we are united on the big government vs. free individual issue, which, more than anything else, has defined America. If we allow any other domestic issue to divide us, we will lose.
And here's why: If Americans forget what America stands for, it won't help us if there is not one illegal immigrant here. And if we do remember what it means to be American, we can handle anything.
7. Acknowledge that we are in a non-violent civil war.
I write the words "civil war" with an ache in my heart. But we are in one.
Thank God this civil war is non-violent. But the fact is that the left and the rest of the country share almost no values. The American value system and the leftist value system are irreconcilable. If the left wins, America's values lose. If American values prevail, the left loses.
After Sunday's vote, for the first time in American history, one could no longer confidently believe that the American system will prevail. And if we don't fight for it, we don't deserve it.
Prager wrote a good piece here.
Prager is right on many counts. What he means is that we are in a national conflict over the future of our country. The Left and the Democrats (pretty much the same thing) have their agenda. If we oppose that agenda, then we must engage ourselves through all legitimate means to do something about it. And we must not give up.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
President Ronald Reagan
“Western thinking has become conservative:
the world situation should stay as it is at any cost;
there should be no changes. ....
The communist regime in the East could stand and grow due to the enthusiastic support
from an enormous number of Western intellectuals who felt a kinship and refused to see
communism's crimes. And when they no longer could do so, they tried to justify them. In
our Eastern countries, communism has suffered a complete ideological defeat; it is zero
and less than zero. But Western intellectuals still look at it with interest and with
empathy, and this is precisely what makes it so immensely difficult for the West to
withstand the East.”
[Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn at the Commencement, 8 June 1978, Harvard University]
bttt
Thomas Jefferson would not be happy with Sunday’s actions.
WWTJD?
You think they'd support the US Government?
I always figured it would be cheaper for them to sit by and let us kill ourselves, but they might pledge aid and support to The One.
“We defy this Unconstitutional act by not complying!”
Step # 1.
The non violent Iranians have not had too much luck with a non violent civil war. The other side has the guns, holds the power, and counts the votes.
That should tell us something about what is coming on the horizon.
They WANT a showdown.
Don't poke the sleeping bear.
Exactly. Abuse & robbery are not “non-violent” just because the victim chooses to acquiesce.
“but they might pledge aid and support to The One. “
If they do, we kill them all fast.
I’ve had a leftist ask me why, when I mentioned the fact that the free individuals of America were arming up to an extent never seen before, that I would advocate murder in order to fight the democrats’ policies.
They JUST DON’T GET IT, or, I believe, they are simply intentionally obtuse to the fact that anything the government does is with the inherent threat of killing those who won’t comply.
A fine piece...except we have heard these same points for a over decade.
AND IT HAS FAILED.
We are facing ruthless SOB’s who HATE us...radicals who want us dead.
Does Dennis not know this?
Unless you are talking about a real shooting war, forget it! The scum who voted for OBAMACARE and the entitlement class are not going to let anyone vote this away in 2010. They have been waiting for decades to take this country down.
We all better get our minds clear as to what has to be done. Otherwise a lot of innocent Tea Party protesters are going to be gunned down this summer.
There were massacres before the revolutionary war. It might be time that the government will water the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots.
CHANGE IT BACK!!!!
The Social(ist) Democrats are more than willing to use force, ie, MURDER, to advance their agenda. How willing are we to resist with force as well?
A couple of points of clarification -
1) when using the force of government, the inherent threat of killing the non-compliant is always there.
2) “more than willing” - most leftists get a big ol’ stiffy at the thought of using the guns of government to punish and kill their ideological opponents.
Prager is catching up to the harsh reality. But he’s still behind the curve.
Like Waco?
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