A Rising Anti-Government Tide

WaPo ^ | 5/22/2009 | Newt Gingrich

[Madame Dufarge]

"Similarly, Nazi leaders in Germany do not fear possible national economic ruin in wartime. They feel that, whatever happens, they will remain on top, that the worse matters become, the more dependent on them will be the propertied classes. And if the worst comes to the worst, they are prepared to sacrifice all other interests to maintain their hold on the State.

If they themselves must go, they are ready to pull the temple down with them."

From the preface to The Vampire Economy - Doing Business Under Fascism by Gunter Reiman, September 1939

[dragnet2]

Watch Sacramento politicians and interest groups work to overrule the people of California.

Then look again at the 62 percent-plus majority in California in favor of smaller government and lower taxes.

In the great tradition of political movements rising against arrogant, corrupt elites, there will soon be a party of people rooting out the party of government. This party may be Republican; it may be Democratic; in some states it may be a third party. The politicians have been warned. ____________________________________________________________ Here, he pretty much nails it.

The level of arrogance of those in government is being balanced by the level of utter contempt of government, by the people.

[dragnet2]

Why don't you remember it

You read 54?

Then you ask this?

lol...

Get lost.

[PhilDragoo]

Mexico and the United States - Google Books Result

Proposition 187 had been a mainly Republican effort, but even some prominent national Republicans opposed it as being bad for their party. Others quietly distanced themselves from anti-immigrant talk. One such politician was George W. Bush who successfully ran for governor of Texas in 1996 on a platform sympathetic to immigrants. Bush got a large share of the Hispanic vote both then and in his successful bid for the U.S. presidency in 2000.

And tried in 2006 to ram "comprehensive immigration reform" through with the help of other Washingtonians such as McCain and Kennedy.

[PhilDragoo]

The level of arrogance of those in government is being balanced by the level of utter contempt of government, by the people.

Certainly cynicism at inner party hyprocrisy and elitism contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union, the interior counterpart to Reagan's exterior pressure.

"As long as they pretend to serve us, we pretend to support them."

[dragnet2]

What the insiders did, (both the feds and their state co-conspirators) to CA Prop 187, was not an accident or mistake.

They literally burned the ballots and declared a free election of the people, illegal.

The results of that epic government intrusion is quite evident from Sacramento to North Carolina.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

That was not the subject he was addressing, he was talking about the tax, big government issue. He was not talking about abortion, national defense, or immigration policies, so it would have been off-topic for his article to mention any of them.

Meantime, you are one of the people of California, and, as we all know, the people have the kind of government they deserve. You Californians owe all Americans a big apology for allowing this to happen.

[AvOrdVet]

Dick Cheney/John Bolton 2012

Now you've got the winning ticket!.... except a little reversal is necessary... John Bolton/Dick Cheney 2012

[wastoute]

Well, here is a prediction. If the Dems are just "making noise" about gun control and actually do nothing then we may just ride out this economic deterioration and be able to build back to something more like the Founder's intent slowly. It would certainly be the favored outcome but I don't see the folks in power giving it up. I don't see us mounting violent insurrection for any reason short of an attempt to disarm us and the prudent wouldn't do so. If Zero is smart enough to leave the 2nd A alone he and his minions just may survive and surrender power peacefully the way it has been done for over 200 years. We will suffer the effects of their "unintended consequences" for generations but let us hope the folks learn from this mistake and move in the direction of the values that made us what we were. But we must never let our guard down and we must watch the tripwire.

Μολὼν λάβε

[ripley]

“The Rising Anti-Government Tide”

It’s a shame that more than fifty percent of the “electorate” feel “powereful” when these people are in office;

Rising anti-government tide? Don’t bet on it. Look for Democrat majorities to be cemented into place for a long time to come.

IMHO

[Daveinyork]

We got tax cuts, which increase tax revenuew, but the GOP never even stopped the growth of government, let alone shrunk it. Newt IMO got too wrapped up in his new found celebrity status to be able to get anything done, and too many Republicans believe in a cheaper and better welfare state.

Besides, welfare reform has not even scratched the surface in even slowing the growth of the social malignancies that the welfare state has unleashed. We never needed welfare reform. We needed welfare abolition.

[bamahead]

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[Noumenon]

Excellent find. I’ll have to dig that one up. Books from that era contain insights that just aren’t taught today.

And we sure seem to be going down that road, aren’t we?

[MeekOneGOP]

bumpers !!!

[MeekOneGOP]

bump again for a reminer to check this article out later!

[MeekOneGOP]

reminDer!!

[Landru]

"This vote is the second great signal that the American people are getting fed up with corrupt politicians, arrogant bureaucrats, greedy interests and incompetent, destructive government."

HA!!
Oh Newt, we knew you well but considering you said the above?
It's virtually guaranteed the GOP will swing a hard 180* in the opposite direction.

They've already started visa vi attacking the two lone remaining conservatives Dick Chaney & Rush, don'tcha know you're next? ~eh, Mr. Steele? ;^)

You da bomb, Shelby! LOL

[Madame Dufarge]

Ludwig von Mises Institute has it:

The Vampire Economy

[mo]

THAT’s GOT to be the first honest political reporting in the Compost since the 1950’s.....

[Luke21]

Don’t forgot the arrogant, lying, biased media whores. We hate them too.