Posted on 02/23/2009 7:42:48 AM PST by Tolik
Finished the last of the Ender “quartet” a couple of weeks ago.
The guy can definitely write!
I have another of his works in my “to do” pile.
That’s true. I just wanted to show the post readers that Hitler did not win outright the popular elections. But up to a point everything was kind of legal.
Orson Scott Card, the sci-fi author? I’ve loved his sci-fi, now I like his political commentary too.
"Bend over and take it like a man"?
I loved “Treason” - get a recent edition, some changes are there, “Wyrms”, “Worthington Saga”. I read, but was cols with Earthfall quintet.
In Ender’s series, I like but see different strength in the “vertical” and “horizontal” parts: The vertical is going deep into the future and is more hard core scifi - contact with ET, development of human societies on different planets. The horizontal series follow the Ender’s game (”shadows” titles) in the Earth real time and are more political scifi - what might happen in a near future. IMHO, the second is weaker as literature, but fascinating as a political exercise.
It doesn't matter, not if those same Americans keep giving Obama the benefit of the doubt on issue after issue. Last week a Fox News poll result found a majority of Americans believe government should supply people with most of what they need to survive. Including shelter, food and healthcare.
Its Obama's version of euro-socialist America. For the time being, anyway. Even though his support has dropped off, Obama keeps pushing his liberal agenda with very little opposition.
He wrote a lot of political commentary since 9/11. Follow the links in my PING post to a ton of good stuff.
Orson Scott Card is a great author and American. I like this guy a lot.
The Communists took over in Spain (just before the Spanish Civil War) by the same route. They weren’t actually elected to anything, but because of the vagaries of Parliamentary governments and political appointees, they ended up in charge.
In the case of the US, it will have to be a much more overt coup.
What Obama will probably do is what is called in Spanish an “autogolpe,” that is, a self-coup. This occurs when an elected leader essentially declares the structure that elected him to be null and void and institutes his own personal autocratic government.
One Party to Rule them All...
One Party to Bring them,
And in the Darkness Bind them!
Thanks. I just did some research. Interesting, total lib on some things, total conservative on others.
Seems to me one of several solutions to this democrat party intention to stay in power in perpetuity is to have a constitutional convention. That suggestion is generally shot down for various reasons but it would be preferable to a continuation of the destruction of this Republic. Another opposition approach would be for the Republican party members to re register as democrats en masse and choose candidates who are pro American. This is essentially what the democrats are getting by with already by supporting RINOS and by running less liberal candidates in states where necessary to fool the voters. Republicans do not have to make it easy for the socialist, communist, democrat party to destroy this nation. Of course, there is always the General Sherman approach. Physically destroy the whole country so nobody wins. That may be what we will be left with.
HEY! Leave me outta this!!
I don’t know why he’s still a Democrat.
I also don’t know why he won’t let Ender’s Game be made without using blue screens, when we’re far, far away from filming in a zero-g environment.
Apologies - no Freeper would ever consider an autogolpe! But then, no Freeper would probably ever get elected to high office in the first place, alas...
“Because they don’t love freedom. They just love having their views prevail, without regard to democracy or human rights.”
That is why I refuse to cede them the name “liberal.” Nothing liberal about them. From card check, to fairness doctrine, to mandating private medical info be reported to the government, they have demonstrated that they care nothing for the Constitution.
I see Obama trying to pass something like the Enabling Act sometime in the future. You?
for later
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