Thus your handle, eh?
Posted on 03/23/2010 4:56:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
A terrible thing happened to America on Sunday, March 21, 2010.
The country took its biggest step ever down a road diametrically opposed to its original intent of keeping the state small so that the individual can be free and great.
Therefore, in this unprecedented crisis of values, this is what needs to be done:
1. Know and teach America's core values.
We got to this point solely because over the past few generations, Americans have forgotten the values that have made America distinctive and great. Even the "Greatest Generation" failed to communicate them.
In a nutshell, they are what I call the American Trinity: "In God we trust," "Liberty" and "E Pluribus Unum." The left has successfully made war on all three -- substituting secularism for God and religion in as much of American life as possible; substituting equality (of result) for liberty; and multiculturalism is the opposite of "E Pluribus Unum."
People who do not understand American ideals -- especially small government -- now dominate our schools, our entertainment media and our news media.
(My own contribution here is a video titled, "The American Trinity" at prageru.com. Please view it and forward it.)
2. Recognize that we are fighting the left, not liberals.
Conservatives and centrists are no longer fighting liberals. We are fighting the left.
Liberalism believed in American exceptionalism; the left not only does not believe in it, the left opposes it. President Obama, when asked if he believes in American exceptionalism, replied, "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism, and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism."
Liberalism believed in creating wealth; the left is interested in redistributing it.
Liberalism believed in a strong defense. The left believes in cutting defense and a strong United Nations.
3. Democrats should be referred to as Social Democrats. This is not meant to be cute, let alone as a slur. But calling Democrats Social Democrats is an effective way of reminding Americans that there is no longer any difference between what is now known as the Democratic Party and the Social Democratic parties of Europe. When the Democratic Party returns to its roots as a liberal, not a left-wing, party, we will happily resume calling the party by its original name. However, since no Democrat can cite a significant difference between the Democratic Party and the SD parties, there is no good reason not to use the more accurate nomenclature.
4. Work tirelessly to repeal the bill.
We must single-mindedly work to repeal the government health plan. We all know that it is difficult to repeal entitlements because they are like drugs and it is very difficult to wean people off drugs. But it is not impossible. We need to warn our fellow Americans that entitlements will do to America what drugs eventually do to addicts.
All Republicans must run for office on the "repeal" issue. Even when they lose, the difference between right and left, between Republicans and Social Democrats will have been made clear; and clarity is our best friend.
5. Our motto: "The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen."
I used this phrase in addressing the Republican members of Congress. It has become widely used, including by Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., on the House floor during the Congressional debate on Sunday. It encapsulates this epic battle of American values versus leftist values. Every movement needs a motto. I nominate this.
6. Do not let other matters distract.
Neither Republicans nor conservatives are united on every issue facing America. Immigration is one example. But we are united on the big government vs. free individual issue, which, more than anything else, has defined America. If we allow any other domestic issue to divide us, we will lose.
And here's why: If Americans forget what America stands for, it won't help us if there is not one illegal immigrant here. And if we do remember what it means to be American, we can handle anything.
7. Acknowledge that we are in a non-violent civil war.
I write the words "civil war" with an ache in my heart. But we are in one.
Thank God this civil war is non-violent. But the fact is that the left and the rest of the country share almost no values. The American value system and the leftist value system are irreconcilable. If the left wins, America's values lose. If American values prevail, the left loses.
After Sunday's vote, for the first time in American history, one could no longer confidently believe that the American system will prevail. And if we don't fight for it, we don't deserve it.
Nothing a little Secession wouldn’t cure. I, for one, am sick of co-existing with these sorry Bastards!
Self righteous little secular humanist brat.
I’d blame the parent. Not parentS. You know easily, based on his writing, that this kid doesn’t have a father in the home, or at least one who is a MAN.
I’m with you.
That beats my “sitzlust” ;-)
Who do you shoot when the culture is poisoned?
Look, I’ll risk being called a misogynist and chauvinist. And of course, I am talking about generalities and trends, so you don’t have to say “my case is different”, ok?
Women have bought the feminist lies and most can’t even smell reality when it’s put in their faces. They’ve destroyed families through no-fault divorce and raised sissy sons.
Weak, immoral men have taken advantage and gone along to get laid by loose women who believe the lie that they should act like men to be happy.
The birth rate drops as a result and its easier to have foreigners walk in and take over.
Demographics is destiny.
Basically, the culture has bought into evil and the republic is dead as a result.
“For now. This sitzkrieg will not last.”
Amen.
... ALL enemy, foreign AND domestic...” that is the oath.
Enemy - a thing, group or person to be closed with and destroyed.
Ad Triarios Redisse!
And if that don’t work..
Fire the FPF!
OK, but I won’t be canceling my order from Wideners.
“I consider immigration to be THE central issue. There is ZERO hope of ever having anything resembling a restored Constitutional Republic once the voting roles are bloated by 20,000,000 hard core leftist/Democratic voters from Mexico.
Anyone who doesn’t get this is delusional. Amnesty is game, set and match in a way that Health Care isn’t. Heath care is a terrible battle to lose, but immigration is the war.
So, yes, I’m obsessed and will continue to be obsessed, until such time as we lose on that at which point I will withdraw from politics, it being at that point a total waste of time. “
“Post of the Day!
Nothing else matters compared to this!!”
Worth repeating!
Oh, no.. the mother is an attorney who is involved with Dems up in NY, has pictures of herself with Elliot Spitzer and the father is supposedly an Annapolis grad and Gulf War vet......
The Modified “Bowman Strategy” would be to AVOID confrontation with the agents and then go after who sent them.
We'd better pray a good portion of those trigger-pullers are more concerned with the future of the Republic than preserving the source of their paycheck if things progress that far.
Also, per HB, never discount the multifunctional aspects of the common framing hammer.
So the moronic little twit claims the only way a 25-year-old can get by without medical care paid for via their parents is 'military or jail'?
I can find no fault with your logic. If it's really dead then there is nothing to fight for. Somedays I feel that way. But I have so many good friends who "get it" and are mad as hell.
Therefore I think there is a core to the resistance still available to us.
If it’s a war, then when do we get to start shooting?
OH boy, I agree with you 100% and we have already witnessed the fact that they could give a rats behind about what we think! I think they, the Dems, are just gonna push and push, yes they are that arrogant!
I think the author’s point is a good one that should be considered, though: if we let our country slip away, it won’t matter whether we legalize everybody or nobody. There will be no America left to preserve. It won’t matter who lives here. In fact, in an ironic twist, you’ll probably find yourself fleeing to some Latin American country for freedom.
Bambi is one step (the “climate change” bill) away from getting total control and destroying our country forever. He doesn’t need the illegal immigrants to achieve this; it’s already within his grasp if we let him get away with it. That’s where we’ve got to fight.
World War I – Woodrow Wilson (D)
World War II – FDR (D)
Korean War - Harry Truman (D)
Vietnam War – JFK & LBJ (D)
Liberals love war.
Thus your handle, eh?
Hayek had it right, though, in that the WORST of thugs would always end up as the enforcers in any collectivist society.
The people who refuse to use the whip on their fellow citizens will be replaced by those who will. Those who are OK with the whip, but not with the scourge, will be replaced by those willing to use the worse device of punishment.
Maybe those who are a core to the resistance need to concentrate in a state and resist the federal government.
Maybe it will end like the Jewish/Roman conflicts. Maybe not.
He and his mother felt he was entitled to health care benefits until he was 26 because he was pursuing an education. I said it is fine, you can pay for your kids health care until they are 30, just as long as YOU pay for it, not me. I stated that my son joined the Army and would be getting money for his education that way, also he will be earning his health care by giving something back in return.
Let me just say it got really ugly. If I were in front of that child I’d be in jail right now. However, like all libs they would never say that to your face, and I can promise you he would not question my son to his face! Actually I don’t think he’d have the nerve to go up against my 13 yr. old. My boys are not bullies but they can take care of themselves.
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