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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE -- HOW DEMOCRATS CAUSED THE MORTGAGE MELTDOWN AND ECONOMIC CRISIS
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Adolf Hitler's Political Techniques similar to Obama's Saul Alinstsky Tactics
This may sound familiar:
A report prepared during World War II by the United States Office of Strategic Services described Hitler's psychological profile:Hitler's primary rules for manipulating society were: -- never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.
A report prepared during World War II by the United States Office of Strategic Services described Hitler's psychological profile:Hitler's primary rules for manipulating society were: -- never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
A Reader's Comment: I think "Spinning for Obama"
We received a fairly long comment to the post
http://curesocialism.blogspot.com/2010/06/obama-coast-guard-stops-clean-up-of-oil.html#comments
BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard59 Days Into Oil Crisis, Gulf Coast Governors Say Feds Are Failing Them
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I regret that Blogger does not display comments in a way that they are easy to see (without hunting for them), because I value an exchange of ideas and a discussion of these topics. I would like the commenters' points to be prominently visible. I hope to transform this blog into a more sophisticated website that will allow that.
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However, I would like to comment myself on the comment, because (independently of the importance of hearing all sides in a discussion) I happen to think that the comment illustrates the classic Obama spin:
Anonymous said...
This is funny, right? This entire website is devoted to reveal the extent to which the Democratic Party is trampling on civil liberties, and centralizing government. Yet in order to hold this view, you have to forget the lasting negative effects of the previous administration. You can look at the patriotact, for instance. For more economic destructions that occurred during the lastadministration, you can research the eclipse of WTO treaties in the United States,and the NAFTA superhighway.I don't believe that those who run this website consider these things, because thisis a google ad hut, where they direct you to pointless jargon in order to sell clickable ads.What a shame.
June 18, 2010 3:52 AM
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I want to comment because this reflects the STANDARD formula being followed Every objection to the direction of the country is "answered" by saying "why didn't you object to these things under Bush?"
Well, WE DID object under Bush. That's the first problem with the argument.
Back in 2005, all the well-known conservatives and conservative organizations were screaming about massive overspending under a Republican Congress and President Bush. The reason that the Republicans lost in 2006 is that conservatives went on strike, and stayed home. (And I don't mean on election day, I mean in the thousands of actions that need to take place during an election leading up to election day.)
If the Republican Party does not have a "come to Jesus" moment like "the Prodigal Son" and return to its conservative roots, conservatives will not continue to play the sucker and support the GOP. There will be a third party "Tea Party" -- and at this point conservatives don't give a damn whether it succeeds or not. Conservatives ar enot going to keep subsidizing disastrous GOP policies of over-spending and expanding big government.
NEXT, the World Trade Organization treaty (GATT) was signed BY BILL CLINTON in 1995. Not by a Republican. NAFTA was pushed through the Senate by Bill Clinton and by Al Gore's famous debate with Ross Perot.
The "New Left" embarked on a deliberate plan to hijack the Democrat Party in the 1960's, and has become a truly Marxist party. The Republican party has FAILED to distinguish itself and create a contrast. The GOP has from lack of backbone fallen into a "me too" surrender, instead of standing up and fighting.
THAT is the point of this website: To educate, inform, and motivate peopl to understand that the Democrats of the "New Left" are truly Marxists, and that the GOP needs to START opposing this Marxism in America.
http://curesocialism.blogspot.com/2010/06/obama-coast-guard-stops-clean-up-of-oil.html#comments
BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard59 Days Into Oil Crisis, Gulf Coast Governors Say Feds Are Failing Them
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I regret that Blogger does not display comments in a way that they are easy to see (without hunting for them), because I value an exchange of ideas and a discussion of these topics. I would like the commenters' points to be prominently visible. I hope to transform this blog into a more sophisticated website that will allow that.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
However, I would like to comment myself on the comment, because (independently of the importance of hearing all sides in a discussion) I happen to think that the comment illustrates the classic Obama spin:
Anonymous said...
This is funny, right? This entire website is devoted to reveal the extent to which the Democratic Party is trampling on civil liberties, and centralizing government. Yet in order to hold this view, you have to forget the lasting negative effects of the previous administration. You can look at the patriotact, for instance. For more economic destructions that occurred during the lastadministration, you can research the eclipse of WTO treaties in the United States,and the NAFTA superhighway.I don't believe that those who run this website consider these things, because thisis a google ad hut, where they direct you to pointless jargon in order to sell clickable ads.What a shame.
June 18, 2010 3:52 AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I want to comment because this reflects the STANDARD formula being followed Every objection to the direction of the country is "answered" by saying "why didn't you object to these things under Bush?"
Well, WE DID object under Bush. That's the first problem with the argument.
Back in 2005, all the well-known conservatives and conservative organizations were screaming about massive overspending under a Republican Congress and President Bush. The reason that the Republicans lost in 2006 is that conservatives went on strike, and stayed home. (And I don't mean on election day, I mean in the thousands of actions that need to take place during an election leading up to election day.)
If the Republican Party does not have a "come to Jesus" moment like "the Prodigal Son" and return to its conservative roots, conservatives will not continue to play the sucker and support the GOP. There will be a third party "Tea Party" -- and at this point conservatives don't give a damn whether it succeeds or not. Conservatives ar enot going to keep subsidizing disastrous GOP policies of over-spending and expanding big government.
NEXT, the World Trade Organization treaty (GATT) was signed BY BILL CLINTON in 1995. Not by a Republican. NAFTA was pushed through the Senate by Bill Clinton and by Al Gore's famous debate with Ross Perot.
The "New Left" embarked on a deliberate plan to hijack the Democrat Party in the 1960's, and has become a truly Marxist party. The Republican party has FAILED to distinguish itself and create a contrast. The GOP has from lack of backbone fallen into a "me too" surrender, instead of standing up and fighting.
THAT is the point of this website: To educate, inform, and motivate peopl to understand that the Democrats of the "New Left" are truly Marxists, and that the GOP needs to START opposing this Marxism in America.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Friend of the Court Brief Filed in Support of Lawsuit to overturn "Obama Care" Health Care bill
MARK LEVIN of Landmark Legal Foundation files FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF in support of Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit in Virginia to overturn Obama Care health care bill.
If successful, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit woudl repeal the "Obama Care" legislation. A hearing has been scheduled in Richmond in Federal Court on July 1.
http://www.landmarklegal.org/uploads/Landmark%20Legal%20-%20Brief%20Filed.pdf
If successful, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit woudl repeal the "Obama Care" legislation. A hearing has been scheduled in Richmond in Federal Court on July 1.
http://www.landmarklegal.org/uploads/Landmark%20Legal%20-%20Brief%20Filed.pdf
Friday, June 18, 2010
Obama Coast Guard STOPS clean up of oil in Louisiana
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-gov-bobby-jindals-wishes-crude/story?id=10946379
BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard
59 Days Into Oil Crisis, Gulf Coast Governors Say Feds Are Failing Them
By DAVID MUIR and BRADLEY BLACKBURN
June 17, 2010
Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state's oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor's wishes, those barges sat idle, even as more oil flowed toward the Louisiana shore.
Louisiana Governor Jindal frustrated over decision-making red tape.
"It's the most frustrating thing," the Republican governor said today in Buras, La. "Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges."
Coast Guard Orders Barges to Stop
So why stop now?
"The Coast Guard came and shut them down," Jindal said. "You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard, 'Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.'"
A Coast Guard representative told ABC News today that it shares the same goal as the governor.
"We are all in this together. The enemy is the oil," said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Lauer.
But the Coast Guard ordered the stoppage because of reasons that Jindal found frustrating. The Coast Guard needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board, and then it had trouble contacting the people who built the barges.
The governor said he didn't have the authority to overrule the Coast Guard's decision, though he said he tried to reach the White House to raise his concerns.
"They promised us they were going to get it done as quickly as possible," he said. But "every time you talk to someone different at the Coast Guard, you get a different answer."
BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard
59 Days Into Oil Crisis, Gulf Coast Governors Say Feds Are Failing Them
By DAVID MUIR and BRADLEY BLACKBURN
June 17, 2010
Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state's oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor's wishes, those barges sat idle, even as more oil flowed toward the Louisiana shore.
Louisiana Governor Jindal frustrated over decision-making red tape.
"It's the most frustrating thing," the Republican governor said today in Buras, La. "Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges."
Coast Guard Orders Barges to Stop
So why stop now?
"The Coast Guard came and shut them down," Jindal said. "You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard, 'Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.'"
A Coast Guard representative told ABC News today that it shares the same goal as the governor.
"We are all in this together. The enemy is the oil," said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Lauer.
But the Coast Guard ordered the stoppage because of reasons that Jindal found frustrating. The Coast Guard needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board, and then it had trouble contacting the people who built the barges.
The governor said he didn't have the authority to overrule the Coast Guard's decision, though he said he tried to reach the White House to raise his concerns.
"They promised us they were going to get it done as quickly as possible," he said. But "every time you talk to someone different at the Coast Guard, you get a different answer."
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Third Graders Sing Thanks to America's Military Veterans
From the third graders of Tussing Elementary, Colonial Heights, Virginia. The music teacher wrote the song and had all the third graders sing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5pfBUUZNbFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5pfBUUZNbFM
Obamaland collapsing in Illinois (GOP set to win Governorship, Obama’s Senate seat, pick up House seats)
http://escapetyranny.com/2010/06/12/obamaland-collapsing-in-illinois/
FRED BARNES – WEEKLY STANDARD: Obamaland is crumbling. Democrats have firmly controlled Illinois, the president’s home state, for nearly a decade, turning it into what one Republican called “a deep blue state.” But this has changed almost overnight. In the midterm elections on November 2, Democrats stand to lose the governorship, Obama’s old Senate seat, two to four House seats, and any number of state legislative seats and down-ticket statewide offices.
Democrats have been hit by a perfect storm, mostly of their own making. Illinois rivals California and New York as a fiscal and economic basket case.
Democratic misrule has reached epic proportions, with the school districts, vendors, and doctors who treat Medicaid patients going unpaid for months. Unfunded state liabilities are mounting. And on top of all that, the trial of impeached former governor Rod Blagojevich, already dominating the news, is expected to continue for months.
“Who would have guessed two years ago that Illinois would be in play,” says veteran Republican official Pat Durante. “Thank you, Democrats, for screwing things up.”
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/self-destruction-illinois
FRED BARNES – WEEKLY STANDARD: Obamaland is crumbling. Democrats have firmly controlled Illinois, the president’s home state, for nearly a decade, turning it into what one Republican called “a deep blue state.” But this has changed almost overnight. In the midterm elections on November 2, Democrats stand to lose the governorship, Obama’s old Senate seat, two to four House seats, and any number of state legislative seats and down-ticket statewide offices.
Democrats have been hit by a perfect storm, mostly of their own making. Illinois rivals California and New York as a fiscal and economic basket case.
Democratic misrule has reached epic proportions, with the school districts, vendors, and doctors who treat Medicaid patients going unpaid for months. Unfunded state liabilities are mounting. And on top of all that, the trial of impeached former governor Rod Blagojevich, already dominating the news, is expected to continue for months.
“Who would have guessed two years ago that Illinois would be in play,” says veteran Republican official Pat Durante. “Thank you, Democrats, for screwing things up.”
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/self-destruction-illinois
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Obama is "STILL a MUSLIM" he tells Egypt's Foreign MInister
INTERCEPTED from Egypt's "NILE TV" --
"The American President told me in confidence that he is a Muslim," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Nile TV. That could explain why Obama has instructed that the term "Islamic extremism" no longer be used in official government documents and statements.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=128&view=item&idx=2041
"Obama told me he is still a Muslim, who supports the Muslim agenda." This was a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Nile-TV. It was made on the «Round table show».
Adul Gheit said he had a one-on-one meeting with Obama, where the US President told him that He was still a Muslim, the son of a Muslim father, the step son of Muslim stepfather, that his half brothers in Kenya are Muslims, and that he was sympatetic towards the Muslim agenda.
Adul Gheit claimed Obama told the Arabs to show patience. Obama promised that once he overcame some domestic issues, like the Health care reform, he would show the Muslim World how to deal with Israel.
Source: Israeli magazine, Israel today.
"The American President told me in confidence that he is a Muslim," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Nile TV. That could explain why Obama has instructed that the term "Islamic extremism" no longer be used in official government documents and statements.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=128&view=item&idx=2041
"Obama told me he is still a Muslim, who supports the Muslim agenda." This was a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Nile-TV. It was made on the «Round table show».
Adul Gheit said he had a one-on-one meeting with Obama, where the US President told him that He was still a Muslim, the son of a Muslim father, the step son of Muslim stepfather, that his half brothers in Kenya are Muslims, and that he was sympatetic towards the Muslim agenda.
Adul Gheit claimed Obama told the Arabs to show patience. Obama promised that once he overcame some domestic issues, like the Health care reform, he would show the Muslim World how to deal with Israel.
Source: Israeli magazine, Israel today.
The Government CANNOT Stimulate the Economy with Borrowed Money -- only WRECK it
"Stimulus" spending cannot work because the government does not have any money to spend. The government can only take the money out of the economy, by taxing or borrowing. Government 'stimulus' simply puts back into the economy what the government earlier took out. This has been described as scooping water with a bucket out of the deep end of a swimming pool and then pouring the water back into the shallow end. The level of the water will not change. Keynesian economics is in error because the government has no money to spend without first taking money away from its citizens.
Furthermore, money is lost in the round-trip due to government red tape, overhead, and waste. The economy is weighed down by the burden of suffocating national debt. The private sector is disrupted and undermined, delaying recovery in the employment markets. Moreover, government borrowing depletes the supply of national capital, which would otherwise be available to invest in businesses creating lasting, sustainable private sector jobs.
Government spending is deceptive. Government bailouts and subsidies offer a seductive allure at first, yet end up being destructive and corrupting over time. It takes a sophisticated understanding of economic history to see that government spending to try to buy prosperity leads to ruin in the end.
FDR's Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau confessed that the "New Deal" was a failure in testimony before Congress on May 9, 1939: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work." SEE Human Events and The Heritage Foundation
What would happen if the Treasury holds its "auction" of Treasury Bonds... and nobody will lend us any more money? Our entire government could collapse. Imagine no money to print social security checks, no money to pay for Medicare, no money to pay the salaries of government workers. We can no longer live on borrowed money. And I blame both Democrats and Republicans. The irresponsibility has to stop. We must reduce our debt exposure before we find that no one will lend us any more money.
Furthermore, money is lost in the round-trip due to government red tape, overhead, and waste. The economy is weighed down by the burden of suffocating national debt. The private sector is disrupted and undermined, delaying recovery in the employment markets. Moreover, government borrowing depletes the supply of national capital, which would otherwise be available to invest in businesses creating lasting, sustainable private sector jobs.
Government spending is deceptive. Government bailouts and subsidies offer a seductive allure at first, yet end up being destructive and corrupting over time. It takes a sophisticated understanding of economic history to see that government spending to try to buy prosperity leads to ruin in the end.
FDR's Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau confessed that the "New Deal" was a failure in testimony before Congress on May 9, 1939: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work." SEE Human Events and The Heritage Foundation
What would happen if the Treasury holds its "auction" of Treasury Bonds... and nobody will lend us any more money? Our entire government could collapse. Imagine no money to print social security checks, no money to pay for Medicare, no money to pay the salaries of government workers. We can no longer live on borrowed money. And I blame both Democrats and Republicans. The irresponsibility has to stop. We must reduce our debt exposure before we find that no one will lend us any more money.
Primary School for the Tea Parties (Lessons Learned from June 8 Primary Election)
http://www.intellectualactivist.com/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=1183
The one big thing everyone wants to know about Tuesday night's primaries is: what about the Tea Parties? What effect are they having on the actual outcome of political races?
There are some political spin-masters who have been trying to present this year's elections in terms of an "anti-incumbent" sentiment, but being "anti-incumbent" is a non-essential, and those who raise this issue are largely using it as a smokescreen. What they're trying to obscure is the role of political ideas. They don't want us asking: why are voters against these particular incumbents at this particular time? Why do they support the incumbent in some races, even while they reject the incumbent in others?
For example, why did Arkansas voters support incumbent Senator Blanche Lincoln in the Democratic primary last night�even while this very same incumbent is 20 points behind in the polls going into the general election against a Republican challenger?
The answer, of course, is that this year's big political trend has been clearly ideological: the Tea Parties are driven by opposition to the runaway growth in the size and power of government. Those who join the Tea Party movement or sympathize with it generally believe in the ideas of individual rights and constitutionally limited government. But the question is: how big an effect is this movement actually having at the polls?
CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE
The one big thing everyone wants to know about Tuesday night's primaries is: what about the Tea Parties? What effect are they having on the actual outcome of political races?
There are some political spin-masters who have been trying to present this year's elections in terms of an "anti-incumbent" sentiment, but being "anti-incumbent" is a non-essential, and those who raise this issue are largely using it as a smokescreen. What they're trying to obscure is the role of political ideas. They don't want us asking: why are voters against these particular incumbents at this particular time? Why do they support the incumbent in some races, even while they reject the incumbent in others?
For example, why did Arkansas voters support incumbent Senator Blanche Lincoln in the Democratic primary last night�even while this very same incumbent is 20 points behind in the polls going into the general election against a Republican challenger?
The answer, of course, is that this year's big political trend has been clearly ideological: the Tea Parties are driven by opposition to the runaway growth in the size and power of government. Those who join the Tea Party movement or sympathize with it generally believe in the ideas of individual rights and constitutionally limited government. But the question is: how big an effect is this movement actually having at the polls?
CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE
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