Tonight, I'm not in an optimistic mood, or having optimistic thoughts. I try to stay away from politics on the weekend, and think about things regarding my Faith, religion and culture, and what's going on in those realms. This weekend I had a bit of a tiff with some Statist friends. They believe the myth of FDR, that he handled the Depression well, even though all economic evidence, GDP, unemployment numbers etc. show his programs were an abysmal failure. (Current Administration is doing exactly the same thing with the same results.) As usual when challenged and can't support their argument, Leftists make the Ad hominem attack (insulting or belittling one's opponent in order to invalidate their argument). I responded, this was on Facebook, but took it down. I broke my rule of withdrawing when that happens. I have friends that have "unfriended" me, or hid me on other social sites because they don't want to hear any opposing view; it "upsets" them. This saddens me. I search out opposition, I want to know what others are thinking. These are personal friends in the real world, not cyber world.
Statists believe in the Keynesian economic model of borrowing and spending money to get out of a national recession or depression. It failed in the Soviet Union, China, Venezuela, Cuba, every African country that tried it, every South American country that tried it, every Middle Eastern/Islamist country, North Korea...the list goes on. Yet every time, people in this country that thrive from the foundations of liberty, law, tradition, religious principles, reject them for Stalinism, Leninism, Maoism, Fascism, Communism; willingly becoming useful idiots.
Resisting this, people that desire liberty, that desire to make their own decisions about how they want to live their lives, have a few radio talk show hosts, a cable news station that gives a platform for dissenters against the reign of Statism, and some bloggers, essayists, and think tanks.
The Statists, that even tell us what kind of toilets and light bulbs are acceptable, have all the major TV and Radio news outlets, all the major newspaper outlets, most governorships, state legislatures, Congress, the Executive Branch, most all judges in the Judiciary, the Arts, film and theater culture, and their endless lists of fascist groups that want to force the rest of us to live according to their dictates. Yet they still bitch they don't get their way. With the exception of a few "out" years, Democrats have controlled most of the political and economic agenda of the 20th century, and much of the first decade of this century. Their Stalinist propaganda machine is magnificent. We have Back Panthers intimidating voters, ACORN controlling votes, gender studies, the "New Left", Environmentalists, feminists (that only support Leftist women, are are most vile hateful misogynists if the woman is conservative), undocumented workers (undocumented Democrats), and all the rest.
These people are critical of non violent protest by middle class citizens against high taxes and profligate spending, yet give a pass to Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. This is the same mindset that had Leftists in the 1930's denying Stalin's purges and the planned famine in Ukraine. Same thinking, and that terrifies me. Look at the paragraph above and how much influence and power they have, that they didn't have then. FDR laid the ground work for this.
For the five or six thousand years of civilization humankind lived under the tyranny of a king of some sort, a tiny political elite, and a couple hundred years ago our Constitution was written. The people on this continent experience more freedom, and as result more creativity in every life endeavor. Now the people in power have turned the rock foundation of America into the sand foundation of Amerika.
It's 114 days until election day. I hope and pray that enough of the people that believe that printing money, borrowing money, bribing fat cat capitalists, supporters of Islamofascism, and all the other useful idiots get thrown out before the most free, charitable, wealthiest nation ever in history sees its Roman fall.
Like I said, I'm not in too optimistic mood tonight. It may be because people I know, and that are smart, think Stalinism and Fascism are better than the capitalism and liberty they now enjoy.
Tomorrow, all bets are off, and I'll support truth telling, liberty loving people. Then I'll challenge again, until the inevitable Ad hominem attack of the useful idiots that support the destruction of liberty in this country; then try again the next discussion. These people must must must be defeated.
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