Actually, NJJ, this is not flame worthy at all. I found it interesting, provocative and well written. Kudos to you for a worthy vanity...
If you catch too much grief, just don your asbestos suit and carry on!!
Can you believe how our country is being stolen right out from under us and there's nothing we can do because of the way it's been done?
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I blame Ayn for the current economic problems. Making heroes out of greedy capitalist pigs laid the foundation for this mess.
parsy, the philosopher
Ayn Rand had a lot of terrific things to say. For example, Collectivism is not a good idea that has been implemented poorly (referring to the NYTimes favorite collectivist, Uncle Joe). It’s a morally repugnant idea, not matter how it is implemented.
She was the bulwark against the fashionable intellectual leftism of her day (1940’s - 1950’s). That being said, Atlas Shrugged is a fantasy morality tale. Ayn Rand was also a raging narcissist and anti-religion bigot. Let’s keep things in perspective.
BTW, I met my wife 30 years ago and we fell for each other because we were Ayn Rand fans. She still thinks Atlas Shrugged was her best work. I still go for The Fountainhead (i.e., “Man’s ego is the fountainhead of his progress”.).
I would be honored to join you in the furnace, if that is what comes to pass, but I'll not flame you. It was 'Atlas Shrugged' that converted me back to active Catholic Christianity (and I am entirely serious when I say that) because I saw that when we reach for the purest and best in ourselves, all we can do is gin up a faint echo of He who gave Himself for us. So her Objectivism simply slid off my duck's back. Her spot-on indictment of socialistic democracy and the Weslay Mouch's who populate the corridors of power has remained with me, something I've never even found to have faded, but seems only to get clearer and clearer every day. This does not console me.
But I applaud your work on this. I will stand beside you against the oppression we have been promised. I think we won't be alone.
Well Said !!
Dagny
Go ahead and make some of the other points. These so far are good ones.
However, I don’t think it will be “many millions” by your side.....sadly.
And Communists are killers - just remember that.
See you in the Gulag!
What do you think happened in 2006. I know what you meant, i.e. they may increase their majorities in each house, but the public isn't very impressed with their performance now. I think many of the new rat members of the House may be in jeopardy on Nov 4, 08. The Senate may take a Divine Intervention. The dems are defending 12 seats, and the GOP are defending 22 seats, IIRC.
Take heart! Even the AP is starting to tell the truth: "As an Illinois state lawmaker, he also supported a ban on all forms of semiautomatic weapons and tighter state restrictions generally on firearms. He argues local communities should be able to take the steps they feel are necessary to reduce crime."
We do need a few more Wyatt’s Torches around here though to get the attention of the Commie/Socialists.
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If the Obamination wins, it's time to go Henry Bowman.
Your sentence about the catacombs was very powerful. I was down in the catacombs and it was a very moving experience to see the pictographs and writings of the early Christians.
Times of trouble will make us stronger and closer to God.
Placemarker ... in quiet, calculating agreement.
Incorrect.
...will likely be accompanied by a Democrat Socialist/Marxist takeover of both houses of Congress..
The Socialist/Marxists have spent the last 28-30 years successfully executing a plan to systematically infiltrate and take over the democrat party.
They have been successful.
Return them to power - especially with their coveted 60% veto-proof majority, and it will not matter if their "{Pretty, Polished, Programmed Puppet gets into the WH. They WILL institute all their Socialist/Marxist agenda. The little messiah is not needed.
If we hamstring McCain with them in the majority - and with the 60% majority = his veto pen will have no ink.
WAKE UP SHEEPLE.
I have never been an advocate of "vote straight ticket" - but this is the one time we must, if we are to survive. Many say, oh no - sometimes the demRat is a better choice. To you I say - NOT WHEN the demRats ALL vote, consistently, in a block. Please note that they do this on National bills all the time.
They did it time and again to protect Fannie and Freddie - and where are we now? WE are being blamed for the collapse/
At this point, it may not be a matter of making a statement but of survival.
Galt's Gulch was made up of the 'strikers of the mind' BEFORE the country was taken over by the Socialist/Marxists.
Whether the little messiah gets into the WH or not will not make a difference if we don't vote straight ticket and keep the Socialist/Marxist who make up the 'democrat' block in both houses - they WILL enact their Socialist programs. The little messiah is but a Pretty,Polished, Programmed Puppet.
I have my 'survival' spot picked out. Just a place where I can become all but self-sufficient as to food, heat, water, no mortgage, low taxes, etc.. Just going back to the simple life - with my 'puter and bathtub added! - like my grandparents lived in the 20-40's.
They owned their land, no mortgage on the farm house (built in 1848 by my great-grandfather) , had no credit cards (debt) paid as they went, worked for NO ONE else...etc.
I'm thinking this is the way to go - not just for myself but for my kids, grandkids and maybe several more generations - as a sanctuary to ride out decades of Socialism...
A new ap for a credit card came through. In looking at the man's credit history, I saw that he had EVERY credit card that existed, from the time that company issued it's first credit cards (remember, the credit card system started in, what, the 1950’s?)
Every time a company issued a new CC, this person applied for and got it.
His credit line was “unlimited” on each one.
He had, however, never charged a penny on any of them.
His ‘employment’ was unlisted.
His occupation was “Engineer - GE”
His name was = JOHN GALT.
(When I mentioned this to coworkers, they hadn't a clue what I was alluding to.)
But, in the early ‘60’s, there WAS a real JOH GALT - an engineer - unlimited wealth - etc...
(I used to wonder: "If enough of the "Galt's Gulchers" with unlimited credit lines had all the CC' s - what would be the effect if they all, at once, maxed them all out - and then 'disappeared' to the "Gulch" - what would be the effect on the economy?")
'dollars' won't be anywhere. They have long had a system ready to implement that will totally eliminate cash.
All transactions will be with plastic.
Your every movement, your every transaction, will be instantly known...much as, for example, truck drivers are now.
A long hauler's every movement and location to the square foot is documented. Every fuel purchase instantly documented (and they not allowed to use cash) and just how fast they drive from point A to point B.
When they approach a weigh station, electronics can read - WITHOUT them actually pulling into the weigh station - their weight and give them a pass-by green light or a pull-in red light...Every minute, every action, is instantly documented - and I have only touched on a few.
Every town has web cams to watch every citizen.
Our guns will not be confiscated first - first, purchasing ammunition will be stopped...empty guns aren't much use. People are up-ammoing (how's that for poetic license?) now - but without a resupply, how long will ammo last.
Our ability to communicate will be curtailed.
But you are right in many ways. Freedom/Country loving people will not go quietly into the dark night of totalitarianism. We will fight - regardless. But having a way to grow much of one's own food and other self-dependent ways of old will be essential.
Speaks for me. Just outstanding. Thanks.
