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Kitty Werthmann tells a powerful story about growing up during the third reich.
Say Any Thing Blog Spot ^ | 2/22/2010 | Kitt Werthmann

Posted on 03/26/2010 5:58:08 AM PDT by GailA

“What I am about to tell you is something you’ve probably never heard, nor will ever read in history books. I believe that I am an eyewitness to history. I will not tell you that the German chancellor took Austria by tanks and guns. I will not distort history.

We Austrians elected him by a landslide – 98% of the vote. I’ve never read that in any American publication. Everyone thinks that the Germans rolled in with tanks and took Austria by force. Not at all.

In 1938, Austria was in deep depression. Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed. We had 25% inflation and 25% bank loan interest rates.

Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy daily.Young people were going from house to house begging for food. Not that they didn’t want to work; there simply weren’t any jobs. My mother was a kind Christian woman and believed in helping people in need. Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those poor, hungry people – about 30 daily.

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Totalitarianism didn’t come quickly, it took 5 years after 1938 to realize full dictatorship
1 posted on 03/26/2010 5:58:09 AM PDT by GailA
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To: GailA; ExTexasRedhead; GOP_Lady; Mrs. Don-o

America Truly is the Greatest Country in the World. Don’t Let Freedom Slip Away

“After America , There is No Place to Go”


2 posted on 03/26/2010 6:00:34 AM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: GailA

No matter how many times it happens, liberals brush it off and say “it can’t happen here.”


3 posted on 03/26/2010 6:06:21 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (I miss having a First LADY.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

If you had gone around in 1920 telling people “In twenty years a major European country will be shoveling people into ovens by the trainload” you would have been thought a lunatic.


4 posted on 03/26/2010 6:14:29 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

They are going to find out the hard way that it can happen here, if we don’t stop it


5 posted on 03/26/2010 6:17:36 AM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: GailA

This is a very good read. The Comment section is also very informative.

>The banality of evil.

>Universal Healthcare where you have everyone pay, a smaller set beneifit, and exterminate the set that is a burden.

>Educated people, some even with Doctorates.

>In comment section - redirection of focus on Christianity (religion) as the evil. Always redirect, focus, inflame when the real issue is more about the perversion of unquestioned power and authority. Any group can attain that evil. The Dems ARE that banal evil: they WILL NOT BE QUESTIONED!!! OBAMA WILL NOT BE QUESTIONED.

Good stuff. Thanks for posting!


6 posted on 03/26/2010 6:24:50 AM PDT by Voter62vb
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To: GailA

Wake up AMERICA!!!!!!


7 posted on 03/26/2010 6:26:49 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfW9ubP0wYo


8 posted on 03/26/2010 6:32:36 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: DuncanWaring
If you had gone around in 1920 telling people “In twenty years a major European country will be shoveling people into ovens by the trainload” you would have been thought a lunatic.

If, in 1989, when Reagan left office, someone told you in 20 years, we would have a black Muslim Marxist as President, who would seek the active destruction of America, people would have thought you a lunatic.

9 posted on 03/26/2010 6:34:03 AM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: GailA; GOP_Lady; seekthetruth; freekitty; jesseam; GOPsterinMA; Nachum; Free ThinkerNY; ...

We’re seeing it all over again. Welcome to 1933 Germany.


10 posted on 03/26/2010 6:37:27 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: GailA

Only until the evils of this Fascist Reality that the Democrats have just forced on the American is felt by the media types FAMILIES will you get at least a similance of truth.

But then the Democrats will have instituted censorship regarding ANY nefetive comments on Obamacare and it’s progeny.


11 posted on 03/26/2010 6:37:57 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: GailA

It’s all about baby steps, and the left has been taking them for decades. People are angry at health care reform, but it’s only another incremental step. Government long ago unlawfully seized the power to regulate virtually anything (via the Commerce Clause). They can LEGALLY confiscate any or all income and redistribute it for any purpose.

Politicians already believe they have the right to do as they please. Now they are only haggling over the details.

Don’t put too much faith in guns, either. They don’t have to confiscate them. So long as they keep taking baby steps, most gun owners will never reach the point of open rebellion. Is civil war likely when they give the vote to millions of new citizens and convicted felons? Maybe, but probably not.

Don’t count on the courts either. They’ve been stacking them for decades. Even the Supreme Court hangs by a thread, only one appointment from being controlled by the hard left. The lower courts are stacked with some of the most extreme ideologues you will ever know!

We conservatives are running out of chances to turn the country back from the abyss, especially peaceful ones. I don’t think it’s over, but how many more opportunities are we going to get? Not many. Let’s make 2010 and 2012 count for all they are worth. We may not get another chance.


12 posted on 03/26/2010 6:40:19 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Governor Palin backs RINO extraordinaire Juan McPain (and that just sucks!))
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To: CitizenUSA

A Dictator isn’t interested in getting unemployment taken care of - Not yet. It must reach 20% or higher. I believe that with our culture of large TVs, new cars and iPods we will need only 15% national unemployment before looting begins.

There may not be a “Russian Army” to worry about. The invading army in our case is larger, more bloodthirsty, hates us on a personal level and moves silently. This is Islam.


13 posted on 03/26/2010 6:46:32 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Celerity
I believe that with our culture of large TVs, new cars and iPods we will need only 15% national unemployment before looting begins.

Precisely why I just ordered another 20 round drum for my Saiga 12.

14 posted on 03/26/2010 6:47:57 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("We are as numerous as the stars in the heavens, and we are all gun-men.")
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To: GailA

bookmark for later.


15 posted on 03/26/2010 6:48:49 AM PDT by RatsDawg
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To: Voter62vb

You’re welcome. It came in my morning email from TN Eagle Forum. The Eagle Forum has been on the front lines fighting this crap for decades. http://www.eagleforum.org/

I had the pleasure of hearing Ms Phylis S. speak many years ago, and I’ve been a believer ever since.

Most states have chapters. They also keep up with state legislation. Sign up for your state’s Eagle Forum email alerts.


16 posted on 03/26/2010 6:56:47 AM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: GailA

Fascinating in more ways than one. Thanks for posting.


17 posted on 03/26/2010 6:57:49 AM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: exit82

That’s true.


18 posted on 03/26/2010 6:58:06 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Marty62

They own the MSM, that is where most of slick willie’s ‘appointed’ friends went after he left the WH.


19 posted on 03/26/2010 6:58:37 AM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: GailA

Bump


20 posted on 03/26/2010 7:17:17 AM PDT by painter (No wonder democrats don't mind taxes.THEY DON'T PAY THEM !)
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