There's a giant vat of it, being prepared as we speak, in DC.
Gradualism Stew....
Wake up, America.
Preppers’ PING!!
The author raises a very good question. Gradualism is one of the techniques used by the left.
Gun control, erosion of rights and death by increments...look at the tax code as an example.
The majority of Americans won’t be aware of a problem until half a million are vaporized by a nuke... and then only because it interrupted their power supply to their facebook, play station, Xbox or American Idol.
Oh yes, there is going to be a big event all right, Judgement Day.
I’ve been saying all along that there will be no big event. No one is taking away anyone’s guns. It is all one big “bread and circuses”.
Liberties are eroded a little here and a little there in the name of “Patriotism” (Patriot act anyone?). Pogroms. Electronic surveillance and propaganda. On line monitoring. All of this is being done while most people run in circles waiting for the “event”.
Be assured ... if the Government wants you they will get you. All the popguns in the world are meaningless. All the voting is meaningless. All the conspiracy theories are meaningless. This is basic Sun Tzu. Buy all the MREs you want, it won’t matter one bit unless the real threats are addressed. Wanna start somewhere? Start with the electronic voting machines and get rid of them.
There's a giant vat of it, being prepared as we speak, in DC.
Gradualism Stew....
Wake up, America.
America is going through “Death by a thousand cuts”. There is not much blood left in her.
We have come to believe its just going to be a slow devolution into economic collapse. Things will just keep getting worse and worse.
Don’t forget the Obama effect. In his remaining time, he will accomplish much more neutering of police in black areas and his other racial policies will cause the next few summers to be explosive in black areas.
We didn’t do much to prevent the ‘08 and ‘12 big events. Seriously doubt we’ll do much to prevent the big ‘16 event. After that, it’s everyone for themselves.
Empires rise and fall, but history doesn’t show many “fire from Heaven” moments.
We've been well prepared for the "Big Event" should it ever come or, more likely, when it comes. And I don't mean in a "prepper" way.
I see how well prepared we've become since the airports were locked down by the TSA and we all meekly, for the most part, put up with it, accepted it and went on with our business.
Add to that the unprecedented surveillance and recording of all communications and the use of the IRS to take down opponents.
Then consider that what little outcry occurs about either is only politically one-sided or silenced in the former mainstream now one-stream media.
The event (I'm tempted to call it an exercise) currently underway in Baltimore, like the ones before it, does seem designed to condition us to open the door to obama's national police force.
Not unlike the straw that broke the camel's back, the "Big Event" will come because the foundational things have been eroded enough for a dramatic change to be inevitable.
And then, of course, a quick response "solution" mandatory.
"They" are clearly preparing for it, at least that's one way to put it. Never let a crisis go to waste.
"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life.You might call it a long term project.
If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."
~ Joseph Stalin
Better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it.
The key element that distinguished the Fabians from the Marxists was that the Fabians insisted on gradualism. The history of the last century and a half has shown that they were right. Where the Marxist violent revolutionaries all have flamed out the Fabians just keep rolling up victories. They have been halted here or there occasionally but never rolled back.
Where is your “line in the sand?”
is analogous to
Just what IS enough for you to take a stand on conviction?
My wife mocks me for my rigidity and forceful opinion, but she is the type to miss all the little signals and wake up one day to suddenly proclaim, "WTF?" when my response is, "What have I been telling you?"...
Far too many Conservatives are lax in exercising their convictions. If that statement were wrong, we wouldn't be faced with the reality of a 3rd progressive POTUS (I have grave doubts Conservatives are going to gain anything in '16).
Given the author's background, this article is a wake-up call in more ways than one. But for me and, thankfully, many here, it's:
"Yep...just like we've been saying all along. Couldn't have written it better myself.".
Guazetto di Rane (Frog Leg Soup)
Ingredients
2 tablespoons plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 pounds frog legs, skinned and rinsed in several changes of cold water
Salt and pepper
1 onion, coarsely chopped
1 carrot, coarsely chopped
1 rib celery, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup 00-grade flour
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup canned tomatoes, crushed by hand
Directions
Pat the frog legs dry and season them aggressively with salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over high heat until smoking. Add the frog legs and sear until dark golden brown on all sides. Remove the frog legs to a plate lined with paper towels and set aside.
In the same pan, place the onion, carrot and celery and cook over high heat until the vegetables are browned and soft. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and cook, stirring for another 2 minutes. Add the white wine and stir with a wooden spoon to dislodge the browned bits at the bottom of the pan. Add the tomatoes and remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil, bring to a boil, season with salt and pepper and return the frog legs to the pan. Reduce to a simmer, cook for another 10 minutes, then remove from heat. Divide evenly among 4 warmed pasta bowls and serve immediately.
Sounds pleasant to me. What could go wrong?
Better to go with a “bang than a whimper”? A catastrophic event is better than slouching through a thousand stumbles and missteps?
“To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” Winston Churchill
Armed conflict is the failure of politics.
Our politicians may at times seem to be striped polecats, but politics always beats the alternatives ... at least until they cross that last, final line.
This is creeping destruction of the country. Notice how your life has changed, if it has, in the past seven years. How many freedoms have you lost? How much different do you managed your life now as opposed to then?
Do you have the same freedom of speech as you did seven years ago? Have you changed your buying habits and why if you have? Does your money now buy less than seven years ago? Are you saving more or less money for the future?
Are you content with life or worried about the future? What worries you about the future, if anything? Are you keeping closer tabs on your kids than seven years ago?
In my opinion, we are creeping, bit by bit, to ruination (the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.
Notice I didn't mention prepping - darn, I just did. Prepare as much as you can for living independently of public utilities and what's in the grocery store - just in case there is a major emergency. It is at this time of year I would make sure I was prepared for a hurricane, to do without power for several weeks. No power in the area means no gasoline, closed stores including drug stores, and possible loss of water in the faucet.