Posted on 12/13/2015 2:00:02 PM PST by SatinDoll
The fear in both the GOP and Democratic party is visible at the surface when it comes to Trump, and it's not that he's any of what they've accused him of. No, it's really much simpler than that, and both Republican and Democrat parties, along with the mainstream media, are utterly terrified that you, the average American, is going to figure out what underlies all of these institutions in America.
No, it's not that they're evil.
It's worse, for evil frequently is recognized and fought back yet for decades America has not awakened to what has been going on in the political and media establishment. It was evident during the Vietnam war and has only gotten worse since.
For those who don't recall the Tet Offensive was an attack launched by the NVA and VietCong by some 70,000 troops in a coordinated series of attacks across more than 100 targets. It was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South's population.
Tet failed in its military objective, in that there were too few troops spread too thinly, and once the US and South Vietnamese figured out what was going on they literally slaughtered a huge number of the attackers. To put perspective on this at the Battle of Hue roughly 500 US Marines and South Vietnamese were killed but over 5,000 NVA and VietCong died in that one battle alone.
The story was repeated through the country; while the North managed to attack they lost virtually the entire attacking force, while not managing to take one mile of territory. They also failed to incite rebellion, which was the primary goal of the offensive in the first place.
Our media, however, reported that we lost. They were present and they lied, including Walter Cronkite. Cronkite reported in February of 1968 that the war "was a stalemate and probably unwinnable" despite knowing that the NVA had virtually been rendered soldierless in the Tet offensive as their casualty rate ran ten times the South's.
Tet was a desperation move; the North was in serious trouble. They were failing to take territory and losing men and material at an ridiculous rate compared to the Americans and South. Simply put we were the better fighting force and it wasn't a close call. In the first few days of their "offensive" they lost ten thousand men against about 750 on the other side and it just got worse from there with total losses on their side being close to 50,000, or virtually all of their remaining fighting-age force.
Cronkite didn't care about the truth. He wasn't evil, he was indifferent. He didn't give a damn about the fact that a totalitarian government was being handed a victory over millions of citizens, he simply wanted to make a further name for himself and push his political agenda.
Likewise there are those who claim that Obama and similar are evil in their view of Muslims and terrorism and of course they wish to draw a distinction between left and right sides of the aisle. Wrong. They're all indifferent.
The political goal is more power for them and their friends, mostly economic power. More ability to extract from you by force and threaten you with jail or worse if you try to resist. More power over your daily life. More power to tell you that you must bake a cake for gays (because your religious convictions don't matter) but if your religious convictions are Muslim then they do matter and must be protected because that's where one of the big reservoirs of oil and undeveloped people that can be exploited in the future reside.
They literally don't care if you get blown up or shot and it doesn't matter if they're Democrat or Republican. They don't care if you live under a freeway overpass because your health "insurance" that you are forced to buy covers so little that you have to spend $6,000 before one dime is covered, and you don't have $6,000. They don't care that a Christmas Party was shot up by a couple of Islamic Nutjobs who they could have identified if they did care and in fact they shut down an investigation on "civil rights" grounds that probably would have identified the shooters years before.
Jeb Bush has never apologized for giving Driver Licenses to the majority of the 9/11 hijackers in Florida because he doesn't care. What he cared about was making sure that illegal immigrants could roof houses during the housing bubble so his buddies could make money. That 3,000 Americans died as a plausibly direct consequence doesn't matter to him.
Marco Rubio supports allowing the illegal invaders to remain here because he doesn't care if it screws you out of a job. Like Bush, what he cares about is his corporate patrons that want cheap labor. He cites all these Fortune 500 companies that were started by immigrants but I'll bet that not one of them was an illegal invader. Ditto for his Nobel Prize winner claims. Oh sure, they've been immigrants -- the legal variety. The illegal ones are the roofers working under the table or the gang members. That there is immense criminal and economic collateral damage doesn't matter to him; he's not evil, he's indifferent.
Ben Carson refuses, despite being a surgeon, to speak against the medical monopolies. He knows exactly what's wrong in that regard both in the hospital and drug field. He's not evil, he's indifferent to the damage that his own profession has done to you over the last 30 years.
Hillary Clinton knows damn well that during the Benghazi attacks there were military resources available to interdict them. But she has famously said "what difference does it make" and, in her view, she's right. She's not evil, she's indifferent -- to the lives lost there and to any other collateral damage including the arming of what has turned into Daesh! Her goal is globalism, socialism and statism, all for her own personal aggrandizement. That you are harmed or even killed doesn't matter to her.
Folks, this is where Trump is really freaking the establishment out. See, Trump already has anything material that he wants, and if something pops up he wants and doesn't have he can simply stroke a check. He has no need to play the indifference game; there is no amount of money he can gain or lose in his lifetime that will change his lifestyle. He has his own security and doesn't need yours, he has his own money and also doesn't need yours.
The visceral reaction you're seeing in the media isn't about Trump's policies. It's fear that's motivating them.
They fear that you might come to realize that you can't demonize the "other side" for being evil; rather, they are both equally guilty almost to a single man and woman at being simply indifferent as to how much you get screwed and by whom, up to and including your death and the death of your children, so long as their desire for more power and control, either for them or their friends, is realized.
If that happens -- if you quit the left/right, republican/democrat, liberal/conservative game and instead demand the indictment of all of them for their treasonous and outrageously unlawful behavior along with their removal from office and are willing to back that up with action up to and including a general strike until they are all gone and in chains then they are all screwed.
That is what is driving the animus toward Trump.
“The ‘jihadist’ must move amongst the ‘moderate Muslims’ as a fish swims in the sea.”
So true. Looking around at times, YOU probably wouldn’t be surprised how often such a paraphrased quote has come to mind.
I disagree with the author.
They ARE evil. They are not indifferent. They want power and will do whatever it takes to get it.
That is evil, not indifference.
Exactly. Much has been exposed that cannot be hidden again.
He's lit a fire that hopefully will keep burning.
If that's ALL he does, he's done this country a huge service.
That’s what I have read numerous times: there was no Viet Cong after Tet.
They were all committed to the offence by orders from the North and then wiped off the fave of the earth.
One author ( retired military general ) suggested the North wanted them gone anyway.
“He doesn’t have the presidency and the power that goes with it. The author in his article has somehow missed that facet of human nature.” I’d say the power to set this country back on a path to greatness is the biggest responsibility Trump has ever faced and his willingness to engage the process speaks volumes to his capability. :)
OUTSTANDING article/posts. THIS IS THE MOST EVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC.
1. http://www.usdebtclock.org
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10,000. We could fill a list of thousands of grievances.
—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Apropos of nothing....we were picnicking on the lawn of the Shakespeare Festival Theatre in Stratford before a performance; and Bill Buckley moored his sailboat *The Cyrano* and he and Pat came ashore with Mr & Mrs Cronkite, also just in time for the curtain.
At that time, mid-60’s IIRC, I was so enamored of Buckley [& Goldwater] that I thought, if Bill could endure Cronkite, so could I. :)
The article is rubbish. The author is trying to repackage truth with his unique spin. His spin is what’s rubbish.
It looks like Trump wasn't part of the Kabuki show "they" had planned for US in the fall and they are not indifferent any more.
Here's a repeat from the past that goes well with the article.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Considering the PTBs' talent for bad behavior and not playing well with others who get in the way, here's another quote from that same source:
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.I read that war is when your government tells you who the enemy is.
We're not there yet, but it looks like it's been placed on our itinerary.
Can Trump change that? We'll just have to wait and see...
I sure hope so, but I didn't see any reason for hope until he showed up.
Hits the nail on the head pretty much I’d say.
It’s as simple as saying that those in power have no motivation to change things and they are in fact afraid of true change (not the Obama kind which was simply more government, but the REAL kind - less government and more individual freedom) because change threatens their grip on power.
The American People need to wade deeply into that truth.
I personally think that it’s past time for pitchforks, ropes, and torches.
“I heard her on the America News Network (featured on her website). I know she supports Ted Cruz. And Sen. Cruz stuck by her when Pamela’s would be Muslim killers came calling.”
Blasphemy! You obviously didn’t get the memo.
I heard her on the America News Network (featured on her website). I know she supports Ted Cruz. And Sen. Cruz stuck by her when Pamela's would be Muslim killers came calling.I found this reference to a blog post by Pamela Geller dated in May, 2015:
Pamela Geller endorses Ted Cruz for president: 'the best candidate in the field'
Too bad no one commented on my analysis of the drive by media.
You made me laugh! Thanks for the “Maniac” link. I hadn’t heard that song in a long, long time. I looked back at my “Richard Blade’s Fashback Favorites” CD collection to see if I had it, but I don’t.
I am alright with Cruz and Trump going at it. Hell, that’s what politician’s do. I just hope they don’t pull the full-fledged burning-one’s-bridges maniac card when doing it. We’ll see.
Yes he is
Jeb Bush didn’t give the 9/11 hijackers drivers licenses. That is a silly statement, and I am no big supporter of Jeb.
Excellent article.
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