What is the real reason why Obama wants all children to go to college?
So he can have more future voters like this:
College students cheering for Karl Marx? Considering the “quality” education students are receiving, it is only a wonder that not even more students aren’t members of the modern-day Komsomol:
It’s only a matter of time before the liquidation of the Kulaks 1% begins…
This past year, the last surviving veteran of the 1st World War passed away at the age of 110. She was Florence Green, a British citizen who served in the Women’s Royal Air Force as an officers’ mess steward.
For the first time since the guns stopped on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918, the voices from that most horrible war are now silent.
Though begun as “Armistice Day,” Veterans Day has expanded in the United States as a day for all those brave men and women who fight to keep us free. Poppies have become the traditional symbol of remembrance for that war. John McCrae’s poem is still moving and appropriate:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Though none are left from that war, let us never forget them.
Requiescat in pace
I have written previously on understanding conservatives and progressives as necessary to forge a path towards victory for liberty and America
Now we must ask, “How do we get there?”
To answer that we need to understand how the left grabbed power. They did not start out demanding things like gay marriage and free partial birth abortion for pre-teens. They played the “Long Game.”
Progressivism has been festering in America since the 19th Century, and broke through to the mainstream with the election 100 years ago with the election of the racist warmonger Woodrow Wilson. Today we face an ever greater problem. Not only does America have to contend with a Transformative Socialist, but one with the advantage of over a hundred years of successful effort to smash the America that was, and build the utopian delusions of the few.
The progressive left have been following the “boiling frog syndrome” to implement their vision step-by-step. Under the guise of “helping the poor” the left institutionalizes charity in the state as welfare. The state then provides more and more until it becomes accepted as an entitlement. Then the complaint is raised that more is never enough, and soon it becomes accepted wisdom that if the government doesn’t give the people something, that they are denying it to them, be it contraceptives or “Obama Phones.”
This gradualism can be seen when it comes to the mores and norms concerning sexuality and marriage. Divorce became not only freely available, but socially acceptable. From that the core of the family was rent asunder. With contraceptives and “free love,” the important relation of marriage, sex, and child-rearing was destroyed, thus tearing away one of the underpinnings of any society. In lieu of family, people are forced to rely on the state, and even cherish their new parent Leviathan. Continue reading
In order to defeat the Leviathan of the Left, we must understand those progressives that so threaten our virtue and our liberty. As Sun-Tzu said:
“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.”
—Sun-Tzu
So, what is the core ethos of the Democrats and the left?
The ultimate root of the divide between “right” and “left” can be traced back to the French Revolution. Edmund Burke, who can be rightly said to be father of conservatism as American know and understand it, believed that there was much good in society, and eliminate what evil there is, but only press those changes necessary to eliminate that evil itself, without wrecking the rest of society. Though Burke took the side of the Americans in the War of Independence, he was against the French Revolution, but for the same reason: While the Americans wanted to preserve their domestic institutions, the French wanted anything but.
When the French Revolution came about, it was clear that the Jacobins wanted to destroy society so as to replace it with their delusions of a “scientific” utopia. It is this core ethos that is shared by the modern Progressive left, as well as of Fascists, Communists, and other assorted expungers of freedom. The left’s core principles can thus be summarized in five points Continue reading
I previously spoke on the Aftermath of the 2012 election. In order for the Republican party to forge ahead towards really and truly defeating the Leviathan of the left, we need to keep in mind the words of Sun-Tzu:
“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.”
—Sun-Tzu
What is “conservatism”?
Perhaps we should start with Edmund Burke. He was a member of British Parliament in the late 18th century, and , sided with the “colonies” during the American Revolution. He argued that it was the British Parliament that wanted to impose change on the colonies by interfering with internal matters that they generally had never interfered with before.
Burke believed that there was much good in society, and we ought to eliminate what evil there is, but only press those changes necessary to eliminate that evil itself, without wrecking the rest of society. Burke noted that even during English revolutions that “the nation had lost the bond of union in their edifice; they did not, however, dissolve the whole fabric. On he contrary, in both cases they regenerated the deficient part of the old constitution through the part which were not impaired.” Upheaval was not meant to tear down society and impose some leftist fantasy, but “to preserve our antient indisputable laws and liberties.”
In contrast to the modern Progressive left, Burke did not believe in the strict “contract theory” of society/government, and that a temporary majority (or even a plurality) did not have a fundamental right to reorder society upon a whim. Continue reading
William A. Jacobson, over at Legal Insurrection, upon commenting on the disaster the befell the Republicans, titled his commentary “Dunkirk” in reference to the evacuation from France of British and allied forces in 1940.
This brings to mind the words of Winston Churchill:
This is good advice for those whose side lost in the 2012 election. To quote Cmdr. Peter Quincy Taggart, “Never give up. Never surrender.”
When I was making predictions as to I mentioned that I felt being a bit of a “Pollyanna.” And was I ever!
At least I have the solace that I was not alone. Most on the right were predicting a Romney victory and gains in the Senate. This failure was that we were looking at 2010 as the model, while what we got was 2008 as a model. The pollsters were right; those who complained about “skewed polls” were wrong. The problem, was that the Republicans were believing their own hype. Even Romney hadn’t allegedly prepared a concession speech.
The entire right built up their fictional success until it became one huge sounding chamber. What happened to the Republicans in 2012 is exactly what happened to the Democrats in 2004. The only question is: Will the Republicans rebound like the Democrats did in 2006 and 2008?
The Republican loss can not be attributed to any particular group in the GOP’s coalition. However, special mention can be noted of Akin in Missouri, and Mourdock in Indiana. There is a simple lesson that can be learned there: NEVER say anything in regards to, or connected with, RAPE as being even slightly positive. Continue reading
It’s prediction time! My “official” prediction for the 2012 election are below. I’ve typically not been a “Pollyanna” but I’m going to go out on a not-too-pessimistic prediction.
President. Romney win with 296 EV, with Obama getting only 242. Romney will win all the McCain states, and easily add back Indiana, North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia. I feel that Ohio and Colorado will go Romney, but by narrower margins than the other states. That is enough to win. I think he’ll also add New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Iowa by a hare. I’m also going to throw in the wild card of ME-2 (Maine is one of two states to split their electoral votes: one per district, and two for the statewide vote). Continue reading
A couple of years ago, I was talking with a scientist who had immigrated from Bulgaria, had lived under Communism, and had since become an American citizen. The words she spoke to me still gives me a chill of terror:
“How could you let this happen here? This is socialism; this is communism. I know; I lived under it for forty years! We were invaded and had it imposed on us; we didn’t have a choice – you do. Why are you letting this happen?”
Remember these words as you go vote…
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