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Deconstruction or Renewal - The Time is Now (Vanity)
shibumi's brain | 2/2/2011 | shibumi

Posted on 02/02/2011 2:33:01 PM PST by shibumi

We humans see patterns, plans and plots everywhere.

Whether it’s our observation of nature, the cosmos, our history or our personal lives, we seek to ascribe shape and purpose to all we encounter.

Even to the seasoned observer, the events of the last several years have been the stuff of puzzlement and consternation. We have seen the near collapse of our banking system and auto industry. We have also watched the greatest departure ever from our original laissez faire capitalism into full blown fascist partnership between government and industry, with the government calling the shots while overtly robbing the equity owners of the companies they “saved.”

Government regulation run amok has reached historic proportions, with the intentional bankrupting of vital sectors in the energy industry and the hamstringing of others. Coal is being regulated out of business as domestic oil production is blocked or halted by fiat.

Management by crisis is the order of the day. As if by design the crises erupt in one industry, then another. Mines collapse and oil rigs explode as if scripted by Lucas and Spielberg. Leaving no segment of society untouched by the crisis meme, systems such as healthcare that are the envy of the world are suddenly declared dangerously defective and unfair, the government’s appetite for control knowing no bounds, restraint or sound judgment.

Not content to dismantle the structure of Domestic America, the current administration has, one can only assume with purpose, sought to mangle every long standing alliance and traditional friendship which the United States enjoyed. Accommodation, appeasement and concession have been the order of the day toward implacable foes who view the US with nothing but contempt on the best of days.

As if on cue from some unseen puppeteer the Middle East has erupted jeopardizing not only our own military objectives and security, but the very existence of our greatest ally in the region, Israel. Here is the one place in the world where we have the dangerous mixture of the least diplomatic sway and the greatest economic dependence. True leadership calls for nothing if not that the leader be proactive, but our Amateur Usurper in The White House has been, at best, reactive, late, weak and wrong.

We are about to see our struggling economy, gasping for air after being water boarded by our leaders, get a full-body dunking (in $200 a barrel oil) by our enemies.

It doesn’t take any kind of second sight to know that this could be a very different scenario right now. Unabashed self-interest, including full-blown domestic energy production, elimination of taxes for corporations that produce here and reflective tariffs for foreign goods from protected economies, coupled with action on clear and purposeful military objectives would set the world to howling in outrage, just like the Soviets howled before capitulating the Cold War.

Foreign eruptions and upheavals may possibly be coincidental or completely unconnected to our domestic turmoil and international ineptitude. But personally, I don’t believe in coincidence.

Hedging against the fact that our current societal makeup is far too stable to countenance such disruptions as we see in the Middle East, our erstwhile leaders are champing at the bit to open the floodgates at our border and enfranchise an underclass inculcated in Marxist rhetoric and street thuggery. Clear, principled and resolute actions on our part are the only weapons which could render their efforts moot, both at home and abroad.

A pattern of our own is in order, and we have a good one at hand. It’s a bit dusty from underuse and lack of reference, scorned, misread and abused, but in 224 years, no one has yet come up with a better one. It starts out “We the People…..”


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: economy; egypt; egyptcrisis; marxistbrotherhood; muslimbrotherhood; oil; thecomingdarkness
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This is what you get when you mix a pot of coffee, a computer and three feet of snow.
1 posted on 02/02/2011 2:33:05 PM PST by shibumi
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To: humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; Salamander; TheOldLady; 50mm; Larry Lucido; Markos33; ...

Ping


2 posted on 02/02/2011 2:36:19 PM PST by shibumi (An Ancient Lunatic reigns in the Trees of the Night!)
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To: shibumi

Simple, brilliant, concise, and perfect analysis of the current situation, Sensei.


3 posted on 02/02/2011 2:42:00 PM PST by TheOldLady ("20 Years Ago Desert Storm began...where were you...?" "I believe I was hitting it." - Lazamataz)
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To: shibumi

Well put and stated.

Taking a step-and-a-half back is a good way to gain a view one should be aware of.


4 posted on 02/02/2011 2:43:09 PM PST by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: TheOldLady

Thank You! - very much.


5 posted on 02/02/2011 2:54:00 PM PST by shibumi (An Ancient Lunatic reigns in the Trees of the Night!)
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To: humblegunner
"Well put and stated."

Thanks. I have a great staff. (And a pile of commas over in the corner.)
6 posted on 02/02/2011 2:56:26 PM PST by shibumi (An Ancient Lunatic reigns in the Trees of the Night!)
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To: shibumi

Well done, Shibumi!

Bump.


7 posted on 02/02/2011 4:07:29 PM PST by 50mm ( I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
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To: shibumi

8 posted on 02/02/2011 4:08:37 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: shibumi; TheOldLady

“This is what you get when you mix a pot of coffee, a computer and three feet of snow. “

I have rats.

/A salamander of simpler hobbies

:)


9 posted on 02/02/2011 4:27:00 PM PST by Salamander (I can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
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To: Salamander

And I have an ice glaze on everything outside as far as I can see.


10 posted on 02/02/2011 4:30:43 PM PST by TheOldLady ("20 Years Ago Desert Storm began...where were you...?" "I believe I was hitting it." - Lazamataz)
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To: JoeProBono

LOL! Indeed.


11 posted on 02/02/2011 4:31:11 PM PST by TheOldLady ("20 Years Ago Desert Storm began...where were you...?" "I believe I was hitting it." - Lazamataz)
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To: shibumi
As if on cue from some unseen puppeteer the Middle East has erupted jeopardizing not only our own military objectives and security, but the very existence of our greatest ally in the region, Israel.

It kind of makes one wonder doesn't it.

I've read nutcase theories on this.. but some plausible ones as well.

12 posted on 02/02/2011 4:41:02 PM PST by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: shibumi

Nice sum-up Shibumi! :-)


13 posted on 02/02/2011 4:49:09 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: shibumi

For later reading.


14 posted on 02/02/2011 5:07:04 PM PST by MWestMom (Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
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To: shibumi

Well written! It’ll be “renewal,” because a government that repudiates its debts will be a much smaller government.


15 posted on 02/02/2011 5:31:42 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
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To: shibumi

Brilliant.


16 posted on 02/02/2011 9:04:08 PM PST by MWestMom (Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
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To: MWestMom

Knowing that Kansas Moms with three beautiful children have to have (de facto) good sense and taste, I take that as a supreme compliment.

Sincere thanks!


17 posted on 02/02/2011 9:47:35 PM PST by shibumi (An Ancient Lunatic reigns in the Trees of the Night!)
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To: shibumi

Remember Orwell’s “1984”?
The Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Plenty exist in this administration.
Now all they need to do is begin the Ministry of Love.


18 posted on 02/03/2011 5:47:27 AM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Darksheare

Ministry of Love?

Larry Sinclair holding out for a cabinet appointment?


19 posted on 02/03/2011 5:57:03 AM PST by shibumi (An Ancient Lunatic reigns in the Trees of the Night!)
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To: shibumi

Well, remember that the various ministries in that book do the polar opposite of their names.
The ministry of plenty creates shortages to keep the people in line.
The ministry of truth spouts lies to keep the people uninformed.
The ministry of love promotes hate and division among the people.
It also promotes love for the government only.


20 posted on 02/03/2011 6:04:12 AM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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