Orson Scott Card: One Party Rule Forever! [Obama's coup d'etat - census to Rahm Emanuel]

rhinotimes.com ^ | February 19, 2009 | Orson Scott Card

[Tolik]

Because the mainstream press refuses to see anything wrong in the Obama administration, even the most outrageous actions are given astonishingly gentle treatment – if they get any treatment at all.

So of course we hear almost nothing about the coup d'etat that is under way in the White House.

People have been talking about a "historic realignment," but of course that is nonsense. Most Americans report mostly conservative viewpoints on most issues. That hasn't changed.

What will change, apparently, is how many voters the Obama administration can produce out of thin air to swing the next election. And as many elections as possible after that.

How is Obama going to accomplish this? He has just moved the constitutionally-required census from the Commerce Department to the White House – specifically putting it under the thumb of his political strategist, Rahm Emanuel.

Here's why it matters:

1. When the census takes place in 2010, the results will be used to determine which states lose seats in the House of Representatives, and which gain. This also determines which states lose electoral votes, and which gain.

2. For many decades population has been shifting from the big northeastern states to the Sun Belt. There is no reason to suppose that the trend is changing, except that California may join the ranks of states losing population this time around.

3. The states losing seats and electoral votes have been mostly states that Democrats count on to deliver big chunks of their vote. The states that gain have been, as often as not, those that deliver their votes to the Republicans.

Of course, as liberals move from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, they bring their voting habits with them, and some states that used to be solidly Republican are now swing states. But this is not enough for the Democrats.

Remember, the Democratic Party is the one that tried to steal the 2000 presidential election by a highly selective recount in Florida; and when that didn't work, the solidly liberal Florida Supreme Court selectively nullified any election law that might prevent the theft of the election. Only the US Supreme Court put a stop to this openly partisan attempt at election theft.

Well, they're at it again. In a nation that is almost evenly divided between left and right – with a slight lean, most of the time, toward the right – Obama and Emanuel already have the tools that will allow them to do to the country as a whole what was attempted in Florida.

This will be done by the use of statistical manipulation based on highly doubtful premises.

We have been hearing for years about how the homeless, the poor and illegal immigrants have all been "undercounted" in the census. Either they can't be found – or they hide from census officials.

Since these groups tend to vote for the Democratic Party, naturally Democrats have been very concerned to make sure these people are counted in the census.

How many of them are there?

Millions, say some.

We have no idea, say the honest.

"But if we don't count them, then the states that bear the biggest burden of dealing with the homeless, the poor and illegal immigrants don't get their fair share of federal dollars and programs!"

Here's an idea – adjust those dollars and those programs to target those states.

But no, the left wants to go after the census itself. They want to "adjust" the census by adding "estimated" numbers of uncounted homeless, poor and illegal immigrants.

This is functionally identical to the practice of the old Democratic Party machine in Illinois, where dead Democratic voters in Chicago turned out in large enough numbers to counterbalance all the Republican votes downstate.

Now it won't matter how many voters there are. If the census has been jimmied to give Democratic-leaning states more congressional seats and more electoral votes than the actual count of real people would justify, the Democrats will have their "historic realignment" without having to actually persuade anybody new to vote for their candidates.

And Obama has set himself up to rig all future American elections, not through any democratic process, but by fiat. Just like a dictator.

Remember how, when the Patriot Act was passed, we were flooded with outraged stories in the press about how Americans' rights were going to be trampled on?

None of it came true.

But now we have a genuine attack on the roots of the Constitution and the principle of counting only people who can be proven to exist when apportioning the House of Representatives. It's a naked grab for power. It's a coup d'etat.

And the so-called freedom-lovers in the leftist media are absolutely silent about it.

If Bush had put Karl Rove in charge of the census without so much as asking Congress for permission, the howls and screams would have been deafening. Obama does the identical thing ... and the freedom-loving left is fine with it.

Because they don't love freedom. They just love having their views prevail, without regard to democracy or human rights.

And just in case the American people might hear about this naked power grab by Obama, the Democratic Party hasn't given up yet on their effort to apply the Fairness Doctrine to radio – and only radio – so that they can selectively kill free speech and press freedom where it will damage only Republicans and conservatives.

The Democratic Party has demonstrated, time and time again, their absolute hatred of Democracy. They hated Bush for bringing democracy to Muslim countries that used to sponsor terrorism. They hate it when Americans who disagree with them use their constitutional rights to speak out for their viewpoint.

And, most of all, they hate democracy when it leads to their losing power. The years of Republican control of Congress made them so insane that they obviously have vowed: Never again.

No matter how stupidly those ordinary Americans vote, they're going to fudge the census so that Democrats will always keep the White House and the House of Representatives.

If this is allowed to stand, we will never have an honest census, or an honest election, again.

What can we do?

Lobby your state governments to file suit in the US Supreme Court, challenging the right of the president to control the census.

And if that doesn't work, lobby your state legislatures to call for a new Constitutional Convention in order to pass a constitutional amendment that requires that the census be conducted by an independent agency, which is allowed to count only living people who are actually located and named, with no "estimates" and no fudging.

Obama and Emanuel and others involved in this coup are counting on the media to sweep this under the rug, so that Americans won't get all agitated about something as dull as the census.

So don't let yourself get bored or distracted. Your vote is about to be discounted. Your most basic freedom as an American – the right to vote and have a real chance at changing things – is being taken away.

Check with your friends in Mexico and Cuba and the old Communist bloc about how much they enjoyed generations of one-party rule.

Because that's what Obama decided to try for in his first month in office.

[Tolik]

Orson Scott Card:

Because the mainstream press refuses to see anything wrong in the Obama administration, even the most outrageous actions are given astonishingly gentle treatment – if they get any treatment at all.

So of course we hear almost nothing about the coup d'etat that is under way in the White House.

People have been talking about a "historic realignment," but of course that is nonsense. Most Americans report mostly conservative viewpoints on most issues. That hasn't changed.

What will change, apparently, is how many voters the Obama administration can produce out of thin air to swing the next election. And as many elections as possible after that.

How is Obama going to accomplish this? He has just moved the constitutionally-required census from the Commerce Department to the White House – specifically putting it under the thumb of his political strategist, Rahm Emanuel.

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The Democratic Party has demonstrated, time and time again, their absolute hatred of Democracy. They hated Bush for bringing democracy to Muslim countries that used to sponsor terrorism. They hate it when Americans who disagree with them use their constitutional rights to speak out for their viewpoint.

And, most of all, they hate democracy when it leads to their losing power. The years of Republican control of Congress made them so insane that they obviously have vowed: Never again.

No matter how stupidly those ordinary Americans vote, they're going to fudge the census so that Democrats will always keep the White House and the House of Representatives.

If this is allowed to stand, we will never have an honest census, or an honest election, again.

...  Obama and Emanuel and others involved in this coup are counting on the media to sweep this under the rug, so that Americans won't get all agitated about something as dull as the census.

So don't let yourself get bored or distracted. Your vote is about to be discounted. Your most basic freedom as an American – the right to vote and have a real chance at changing things – is being taken away.

Check with your friends in Mexico and Cuba and the old Communist bloc about how much they enjoyed generations of one-party rule.

Because that's what Obama decided to try for in his first month in office.

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[penelopesire]

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[ConservativeMind]

I sure am glad this man calls himself a strong Democrat—STILL!

[Tolik]

Orson Scott Card's article featured on Rush Limbaugh show 10/22/08:

Orson Scott Card: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? (Devastating)

[null and void]

It took the duly elected leader, Hitler three months to ban all other political parties in Germany.

Anybody willing to risk a couple bucks on the over/under for our own ‘duly elected president’?

[Jeff Head]

GREAT article!

Emanuel is Obama's demographic and propoganda reichsleiter.

They are certainly trying to put in place a strategy and organization that can maintain their power...but they will be dissappointed.

They are involved in so much over-reach at the current moment and the consequences and results are going to be so monstorous, that IMHO, they will not be able to contain the backlash if we all do our part.

That means we must do all in our power to get the word out to freinds, relatives, and neighbors and ask them to do the same as the consequences begin to take effect. I still believe, based on what I am seeing this marxist ideolog do, that we can start the come back road in a big way in 2010...but we are going to have to wrok hard for it.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS

NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES

OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

[ozark hilljilly]

“But now we have a genuine attack on the roots of the Constitution and the principle of counting only people who can be proven to exist when apportioning the House of Representatives. It’s a naked grab for power. It’s a coup d’etat.”

I recall some FReepers here being openly mocked and flamed for even saying that this would be a “bloodless coup” shortly after the election. We were being “hysterical”.
Sometimes it sucks to be right. : (

[Mr. Jeeves]

People are getting way too hung up on the fake "Democrat" and "Republican" labels used by the single Federal Government Party that has held power in DC since FDR's day. The fact is that a large majority of American political office-holders favor the expansion of government power. It doesn't matter if a politician has an (R) after his name if he votes for the same exact government power grabs time after time, then goes home and brags about how he is fighting the good fight for conservatism because he managed to slow down the implementation of said power grab to take place over three years instead of one.

Obama's goal with the census isn't to keep "Republicans" out of power, it's to keep dissenting, pro-Constitution, small-government advocates out of politics entirely. Unfortunately, that's the MSM's and the so-called "Republican" party's goal, too.

I think the electoral process is already too corrupt and fraud-tainted for the census manipulation to make much more of a difference - in a perverse way it might even be a good thing if becomes so easy for "Democrats" to win elections that they spend fewer taxpayer dollars each cycle to make it happen. ;)

[Diogenesis]

It IS a coup d'etat driven by the MSM.

PART 1: - Incredible, proven, systematic, pro-Clinton, pro-Obama, pro-RINO, media Bias.

NB. Bill Clinton Finished Third in Battle for Campaign Coverage

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PART 2: - Endless Warrantless loans to Criminal Illegal Aliens and then Bankers (who pay Congress kickbacks)

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PART 3: October Surprise to THROW Election2008, driven by ..... the MSM.

Rep. Kanjorski: $550 Billion Disappeared in "Electronic Run On the Banks"
"On Thursday Sept 15, 2008 at roughly 11 AM The Federal Reserve
noticed a tremendous draw down of money market accounts in the USA
to the tune of $550 Billion dollars in a matter of an hour or two.
Money was being removed electronically. The treasury tried to help with $150 Billion.
But could not stem the tide. It was an electronic run on the banks
The treasury intervened but had they not closed down the accounts they estimated that by 2 PM that afternoon.
Within 3 hours. $5.5 Trillion would have been withdrawled
and collapsed and within 24 hours the world economy."

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FLASHBACK: from 9/15/08:

“U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday he is confident
that the markets are resilient and can deal with the latest financial blows.
“We are working to reduce disruptions and minimize the impact
these financial market developments on the broader economy.” ...

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
said eight years of Bush “brought us the most serious financial crisis
since the Great Depression.”

His Republican rival said John McCain said he was happy the
federal government decided not to use taxpayer dollars to bail out Lehman Brothers.”

How did Obama know THEN
that we would experience the ‘most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression’
when those who did not plan the takeover would not know for three more months?

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October 10, 2008, another massive selloff.

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PART 4: The Perps give themselves unaccountability and total control.

[broncobilly]

I sure am glad this man calls himself a strong Democrat

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A democrat who is also a Mormon is a completely different creature than a democrat who is a Saul Alinsky disciple.

[originalbuckeye]

Even though California is losing people at an alarming rate, watch the Dems pump up the census here to give California even more power nationally. California may lose us soon. Businesses are rapidly leaving here to go to more business friendly states. Colorado (is it actually more business friendly? I know it is controlled by Dems, too!) is even advertising on our TV trying to lure business there.

[Tolik]

Hitler's party was the largest in parliament, but he never won the majority:

German election, November 1932

With the nation clearly divided into two extremes, Hitler would be appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg almost three months later, on January 30th, 1933.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Rise_to_power

Even on the next elections, that took place shortly after the Reichstag fire: German election, 1933 they won more seats in Reichstag, but not more than 50%

More machinations were needed:

despite achieving a much better result than in the November 1932 election, the Nazis did not do as well as Hitler had hoped, polling 43.9%, rather than the 50+% that he had expected. Therefore, he was forced to maintain his coalition with the Nationalist German National People's Party (DNVP) to control a majority. In addition to this, Hitler needed a two-thirds majority to pass the Enabling Act (a law which allowed him to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag), which he gained by persuading the Centre Party to vote with him. The bill was passed on March 23. Only the Social Democrats opposed the measure, which came into effect on March 27. Moreover, Social Democratic representation was suppressed, because some Social Democratic deputies that were elected to the Reichstag were prevented from taking their seats by the Nazi SA. Had the Communist Party participated, its representatives would have contributed 17% of the Reichstag votes. Instead, their representatives were under arrest for their suspect role in the Reichstag Fire.

The idiots did give the store away.

[birddog]

bump...

[Islander7]

[pappyone]

Orson Scott Card’s “Enders Game” probably the best science fiction story of all time.

[henkster]

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin

[null and void]

uh huh.

When did Clinton ever get a majority?

And wasn’t W ‘selected not elected’?

In all three cases the Führer/President who actually got the office was the product of the legally constituted democratic process.

[Diogenesis]

"The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth."

..... Bene Gesserit Precept

[Trod Upon]

Should a new Hitler actually arise, I predict a mad rush among patriots to get the first shot at him.