Posted on 09/12/2003 7:21:01 AM PDT by carlo3b
THE DEBATE! DID YOU SEE WHAT I SAW?A TRUE CAUSE FOR ALARM
While watching the debate last evening between the nine candidates for the nomination for the Democratic party, I was struck by the differences between those people on the TV and the people that I interact with everyday. It wasn't just the level of rhetoric spoken by the participants, one expects that the parties in a contest must clarify the divisions separating each, but it was the level of unmitigated bias and hatred loaded in the questions posed by the supposed news journalist, the answers given, and the audience responses. It was not only shocking, but very sad.
There seemed to be a visceral hatred, and a deep gulf between what we think of America in general and what they think of Americans in particular.
They have honed the art of fear, knowing if they keep an uninformed populous in constant fear, and demonize the other side with lies and falsehoods, unharnessed by a willing accomplice in the free press, they know that in the minds of far too many, Fear wins. Healthcare, Social Security, War, Recession, Race..THEY ARE COMING!
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
-H. L. MenckenNow please don't get me wrong, I am not a Milquetoast kind of guy on any issue, (HA!) but I am an eternal optimist by nature. It wasn't at all a surprise that I wouldn't agree with most, if any of the positions taken by every candidate on the Democrat ticket. Nor am I suggesting that all Democrats are un-American or anti-American because they disagree with me. I am afraid that we disagree on what are the most fundamental tenants of our form of government, natural law and a moral culture. They cloak their insidious message in a controlled dialogue, and feeding empty platitudes, like fairness, equality, inclusion, and diversity. When it is the very opposite that they practice.
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."
-Johann von GoetheThere was an absence of pride in the tone of every speaker. There were no words of optimism, no claim of greatness on their part. Only lesser degrees of despair. At one point they argued over which one would take back the Bush tax refund money quicker, that the viewers had just received in the mail. Much to my shock, to the rousing applause of the audience. They couldn't articulate enough their utter disgust of our victory in Iraq, and their love of an international control of our sovereignty.
"The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both."
-James Dale DavidsonThey fed the illusion, that we must take more from the Americans that produce, and give more domestically, and world wide, to whom they define as those in need.
"From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need."
-Karl MarxThey mocked our morals, and spat out the hatred of their President and Commander-in-Chief, knowing full well that our enemy combatants are watching and that their words were going to bolster their resolve. They would rather do nothing than fight for our safety, peace through passivity, appeasement, and swords into plowshares. Abandon the war, and de-fund the military. That is now, as it has always been, the recipe for war. They are a ship of hope that seems bound to be sunk by the enemy of opportunism. No matter how earnestly we seek world peace there is always some war bent person, who's ideology and ambition that will kill peace in its infancy.
"To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."
-President George WashingtonWe must ask ourselves, all Americans, the single most important question defining our most crucial national interest. If Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong II, Adolf Hitler, or Joseph Stalin, had a choice of whom they wished would win the next presidential election, which would the choose? Any of the nine candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, or President George W Bush?
The bottom line is I believe we are at a crossroads in this great country, and the two party system is at least working better than we even imagined. The divide is crystal clear. The Democrats have figured out that the more they make us dependent, the more power they have to keep feeding the insatiable beast, more taxes from the hard workers, less payers to object. In the end game, everyone is a victim, and socialism, as it always has, will fail miserably, and so will we all.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.
Alexander TytlerThe Republicans, for the most part, believe in the power of the people. However, to be elected, one must start with getting elected, and staying in power long enough to make the incremental changes to the betterment of all. But you have to get elected, and that sometimes is the Achilles heal of politics. Whom is saying what, to get in a position to do well, for the most, and which is a wolf in sheep's clothing? That dilemma is fraught with danger, and we are more often sodomized that satisfied. Trust your instincts, but verify your conclusions.
Trust, but Verify
-President Ronald ReaganBut you must vote, and hope!
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
-PlatoWhen we look at the results of every pole, and most elections.. it has a clear and defined separation between the givers and the takers, the can do, and the won't try. So far, we are winning, but only by a razor thin plurality.
"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."
-Sam EwigAnd I, for the first time in my life, believe that I understand the pre War mentality. Stop it early, or suffer the regret, forever. I think I can see road signs, red flags, omens of history, beckoning us to beware of the danger ahead.
"History is a vast early warning system."
-Norman CousinsThe only thing that can bring the masses of those that will not educate themselves to the issues, or the consequences, is guidance and insistence. In that endeavor we can not be dissuaded. But should that fail, the only alternative is to out maneuver, overwhelm, and ultimately overtake. Nothing short of the future of our Republic is at stake.
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
-George SantayanaWe must be stronger in our resolve, quicker in our responses, definite in our purpose.
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
-Margaret MeadIt is we, who must bring this country together, sooner rather than later. It is we, who must take control of events before we, and all of America, have events control our destiny. Our country is divided, and it is we, who must bring it together before it is too far gone and much too late to repair.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other."
-President LincolnFor those with the power of persuasion, must persuade! For those with the knack of organization, must organize! For those with the power of the purse, must spend for the cause.. donate!. And for all of us, VOTE, and VOTE, and VOTE, and VOTE!
"Live free or die."
-New Hampshire State Motto
I guess he figured you can't be taxed or thrown in jail by an editor!
--John Philpot Curran
That pretty much sums it up!..:O)
The Democrats have figured out that the more they make us dependent, the more power they have to keep feeding the insatiable beast, more taxes from the hard workers, less payers to object. In the end game, everyone is a victim, and socialism, as it always has, will fail miserably, and so will we all.
This has been my *life* since moving here nearly 5 years ago. You must be fortunate enough to live in a fairly conservative area because all of this sounds like it is a revelation to you. People I interact with at work (save for a handful), out in public, etc. all *live* the demonRATic way of life. It is like a disease that has gutted their brains. They walk mindlessly through life expecting and anticipating that this is what life is all about.
You are so right - activism is where it's at. And, a little bit of "conservative radicalism" doesn't hurt. We saw that here in Atlanta last March during the pro-America rallies.
We ***SHALL*** overcome!
It wasn't Hillary taking over the country that scared me the other night when I was watching the debate. It was the fear of the UN taking over the country, and having the "new" President allow and encourage it that scared me.
I admit that I am highly partisan, but I asked my son if people in the US didn't understand that each and every candidate (Lieberman to a lesser extent) up there was endorsing the UN to make our countries foreign policies.
I already can't stand it. Without panicing, I'm genuinely afraid for the nation at this point. The DemonCraps only want to divide us. And divided we CAN fall. I was just thinking this morning that we are likely to need counseling after the upcoming campaigns. Or straight-jackets.
The Democrats are truly becoming "Al Qaeda, Western Division".
Prairie
Jefferson didn't have a paper like the Palm Springs Desert Sun! (Ca.)They print from two to five "Bush-Bashing" letters daily and rarely a rebuttal. You know they must get tons of rebuttals in this, a conservative community.
Anti-gun letters are a shoo-in, try sending them a pro-second amendment letter and see whether it gets published. Pro homo letters are daily fare, almost never a disparaging word. All editorials are from a liberal point of view with an occasional rebuttal.
Consider the alternitive my dear friend, what would for bird cage lining without them...Hmmmmm? :^)
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