Our politicians are claiming that they are not socialists or communists but you decide...
so·cial·ism [soh-shuh-liz-uhm]
–noun
1.a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2.procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3.(in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
com·mu·nism [kom-yuh-niz-uhm]
–noun
1.a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Those sound a lot more like what is happening in our country than these:
cap·i·tal·ism [kap-i-tl-iz-uhm]
–noun
an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
re·pub·lic [ri-puhb-lik]
–noun
1.a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2.any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
3.a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
4.(initial capital letter) any of the five periods of republican government in France.Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.
5.(initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.
Don't let others twist your reality. Educate yourself. Do not let those that are trying to undermine and overthrow our nation define the terms of the debate! A socialist is a socialist not a 'moderate'. A communist is a communist not 'progressive'. If we concede the terms we set ourselves at a disadvantage. Do not give an inch; we are in a war of words, elections and legislation that as a nation we cannot afford to lose. We must retake our country while there is still something to take back!
(All definitions are from www.Dictionary.com)
Monday, March 22
Before it is too late
I usually spend some time in thought and a little research before I post anything but this time I feel it is better to allow my emotion to speak...
Regardless of your opinion of the content of the healthcare bill think about the repercussions! We just had a single party in our government threaten and bribe its way to the passage of one of the biggest federal power-grabs in history! Where do we draw the line? At what point do we admit that we have left our Constitutional Republic far behind in the dust? Look at history, I am begging here look! Please study the events that led to the rise of some of the worst totalitarian governments in history and then objectively look at where we, the United States, are as a nation on that same path. Be it the unconstitutional regulation of intra-state commerce, the blatantly constitutionally illegal restriction and INFRINGEMENT of our "Creator given" right to bear arms, or the federal control of the education system, we have been headed down this dark and scary road to totalitarianism for some time. All I have is my one small voice amid the billions in the world but I am choosing to use it to hopefully influence a person or two to study the history and see what is happening. Our greatest defense against any of the forms total government control may take, be they Fascism, Nazism, Socialism or Communism, is an educated citizenry! We must deal with this threat now or our children and grandchildren most certainly will feel the boot heel of totalitarianism pressing firmly against the backs of their necks!
Regardless of your opinion of the content of the healthcare bill think about the repercussions! We just had a single party in our government threaten and bribe its way to the passage of one of the biggest federal power-grabs in history! Where do we draw the line? At what point do we admit that we have left our Constitutional Republic far behind in the dust? Look at history, I am begging here look! Please study the events that led to the rise of some of the worst totalitarian governments in history and then objectively look at where we, the United States, are as a nation on that same path. Be it the unconstitutional regulation of intra-state commerce, the blatantly constitutionally illegal restriction and INFRINGEMENT of our "Creator given" right to bear arms, or the federal control of the education system, we have been headed down this dark and scary road to totalitarianism for some time. All I have is my one small voice amid the billions in the world but I am choosing to use it to hopefully influence a person or two to study the history and see what is happening. Our greatest defense against any of the forms total government control may take, be they Fascism, Nazism, Socialism or Communism, is an educated citizenry! We must deal with this threat now or our children and grandchildren most certainly will feel the boot heel of totalitarianism pressing firmly against the backs of their necks!
Wednesday, January 27
Where has our liberty gone?
They came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;
They came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
They came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.
- Martin Niemoller
It would be quite easy to modernize this but I won't, it conveys the same deep meaning now as it did when it was written in the 1940's. Bit by bit, generation to generation our liberty has been quietly stolen. Others with no right to it have come to power under pretenses which were either noble but misguided or outright false and taken things away from us that were not theirs to take. Liberty is something that cannot be touched, tasted or smelled, but when it is gone its absence is obvious.
Think of the "evil" smokers and how they are not allowed to smoke in their own apartments in California, not because the property owner restricts it (which was their option all along) but because an overreaching state government passed a law restricting what they could do behind closed doors. And how was California able to get away with it? Because most folks don't smoke now days and don't care what is done to smokers because it doesn't affect them. An even better example is the laws in some states against sodomy. I know sodomy is still illegal in Texas and Pennsylvania to name 2. Step past the immediate thoughts of the gay rights debate and look at the larger issue... These governments are regulating what 2 consenting adults can do behind closed doors in their own home on their own property. If that is acceptable then what is to stop them from forcing us to install remote control devices in our thermostats so the state can regulate our energy use (in other words how warm or cold our homes are)? That is something the California State Assembly is actually trying to pass right now. Or to use the ridiculous to make my point why then can't the government create and enforce a law requiring the interior walls of all homes and apartments to be painted baby blue? Once we as a society allow our state and federal governments to dictate the goings-on inside our private property the sky is the limit.
Time and again these laws slip in because they seemingly only effect a small percentage of the populations and we Americans have a track record of being terribly short sighted and when it comes to our voting horribly self centered. Though I do not see a Nazi-style genocide in our future, I do fear the slow onset of a totalitarian regime as we pass law after law and regulation after regulation that mirror those put in place by dictators such as Hitler and Stalin. Don't wait until "they" come for you and there is no one left to speak out.
They came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
They came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.
- Martin Niemoller
It would be quite easy to modernize this but I won't, it conveys the same deep meaning now as it did when it was written in the 1940's. Bit by bit, generation to generation our liberty has been quietly stolen. Others with no right to it have come to power under pretenses which were either noble but misguided or outright false and taken things away from us that were not theirs to take. Liberty is something that cannot be touched, tasted or smelled, but when it is gone its absence is obvious.
Think of the "evil" smokers and how they are not allowed to smoke in their own apartments in California, not because the property owner restricts it (which was their option all along) but because an overreaching state government passed a law restricting what they could do behind closed doors. And how was California able to get away with it? Because most folks don't smoke now days and don't care what is done to smokers because it doesn't affect them. An even better example is the laws in some states against sodomy. I know sodomy is still illegal in Texas and Pennsylvania to name 2. Step past the immediate thoughts of the gay rights debate and look at the larger issue... These governments are regulating what 2 consenting adults can do behind closed doors in their own home on their own property. If that is acceptable then what is to stop them from forcing us to install remote control devices in our thermostats so the state can regulate our energy use (in other words how warm or cold our homes are)? That is something the California State Assembly is actually trying to pass right now. Or to use the ridiculous to make my point why then can't the government create and enforce a law requiring the interior walls of all homes and apartments to be painted baby blue? Once we as a society allow our state and federal governments to dictate the goings-on inside our private property the sky is the limit.
Time and again these laws slip in because they seemingly only effect a small percentage of the populations and we Americans have a track record of being terribly short sighted and when it comes to our voting horribly self centered. Though I do not see a Nazi-style genocide in our future, I do fear the slow onset of a totalitarian regime as we pass law after law and regulation after regulation that mirror those put in place by dictators such as Hitler and Stalin. Don't wait until "they" come for you and there is no one left to speak out.
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