Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Jefferson
Thursday, August 19, 2010
How can words define us if their meanings change?
All of us can probably agree that historically speaking, some of the most radical policies have been passed in times of war or strife. The New Deal and the Patriot Act are just two examples. The New Deal caused the depression of the thirties to become the “Great” depression (read New Deal or Raw Deal) and Americans gave up control of their own lives, because they believed their politicians could adequately make their lives better.
When the Patriot Act was introduced, Americans trusted that their government would only intrude on the terrorists. Do you feel the same way now? What if some nut job who was associated with the tea parties committed a violent crime, and the entire group was deemed a terrorist organization? Those who supported the Patriot Act could become the terrorists they so despised, in the eyes of formerly trusted politicians. Okay, we’ll come back to this is a minute.
Take a look at the illustration below. In school, we learned that there was only right and left. We are going to focus on the socialism line for today’s purposes.
Fascism is still on the right, isn’t it? That’s because there are two different lines. Fascism cannot hold the same place as Anarchism because it is a socialist policy.
Fascism is manipulated capitalism. Just like Nazism and Communism, Fascists pick the winners and losers in the economy. Big business is state-owned with unionized workers, while the small businesses are privatized (sound familiar?). The purpose of these economic policies is to equalize the citizens.
Now return to pondering about the times of great strife in America. It isn’t necessarily accurate to say that Fascists love wars in a physical sense: they love creating war-equivalencies. The war on hunger, the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, the war on global warming, and the war on healthcare costs all have something in common. Each of these has been used to tug at the emotions of good Americans, because in times on war we’ll do anything to win!
Over the years the ‘crisis’ or ‘war mentality’ of Fascism has come to mean ‘war’ in a physically violent sense. Due to the fact that most Conservatives and Republicans are supporters of our military and of military actions, their ideology has become synonymous with Fascism.
We contend that America is no longer the capitalist nation we once were. America has morphed into a sort of ‘Soft-Fascism.’ If you disagree, just think of how many institutions were taken over by the government in the last three years.
Please purchase Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Fascism, you will learn things you didn’t know and be better prepared to speak on the subject of socialism in general.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
What Do YOU Think Fascism is?
Before we post a full review of Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg, we want to pose a question to our audience: what is Fascism? How does Fascism differ from Nazism or Communism? Please feel free to speak your mind. If you believe that George Bush was a Nazi, like many progressives have accused him of being while he was in office, then that’s your opinion. Choose your words carefully, because the definition of Fascism has been distorted over a century of progressive revisionism.
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
“Arguing With Idiots” by Glenn Beck
Up until the last year and a half, can you remember a time when conservatives and libertarians openly argued their political views with liberals and progressives (other than the few in the media)? Most conservatives and libertarians have always left political arguments alone and said “live and let live.”
As progressives move the Overton Window further to the left, those of the politically right-of-center see their country slipping through their fingers. For so long they have lived virtuous lives; paying the bills, working hard and voting and that was enough to see their children grow into adulthood. But for the first time in American history, the current adult generation believes their children will have fewer opportunities than they had during their lives.
While taxation does play a part in the general sentiment of what the tea parties (for lack of a better term) stand for, the movement is broadly focused and represents a culmination of factors that everyday Americans are fed up with and have decided to say “ENOUGH.” Many of these freedom-loving Americans have never imagined that they would find themselves standing side-by-side with fellow Americans holding signs at the nation’s capital but their children’s future is at stake.
These Americans are new to openly spouting their beliefs and, as such, need to be prepared to meet resistance on the battlefield of ideas. That’s not to say they are stupid by any means; in fact, it’s quite the contrary. As with anything, debate takes practice. The truth is that liberals have traditionally been the party who go to rally for “change.” Nevertheless, Glenn Beck’s recent book Arguing With Idiots is a good introduction to educate these first-time politically-active Americans in defending their beliefs.
Beck uses his trademark tongue-in-cheek humor to poke fun at both sides of the political aisle in Arguing With Idiots while packing each chapter full of information. The end of the book is full of citations so when you are done reading Arguing with Idiots, you do not need to cite Glenn as a source – because we all know how that would go in an argument with an idiot.
Arguing With Idiots is original and isn’t dry by any means. It will make you laugh and you will be left with a newfound knowledge of situations facing our country today. Anyone new to politics should read this and other books, which will be featured in future weeks. Knowledge is power and burying your head in the sand does little to help you understand WHY you hold a particular set of beliefs.
“New Deal or Raw Deal” by Burton Folsom
Think back to your days as an American History student. There was one thing that has always stood out in the majority of classes in high school and college; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an important presidential figure, if not the best President this country has ever elected. Name your top five favorite Presidents. FDR will probably fall somewhere in your list, unless you have taken the time to analyze his policies and how they have affected the United States.
Three events that many associate with FDR's presidency are the Great Depression, The New Deal and World War II. FDR is often credited with pulling the United States out of the Great Depression but this is a fallacy perpetuated by progressives and liberals alike. The New Deal 
actually exasperated the Great Depression. Many of the New Deal's programs adversely affected the lower- and middle-classes; the people whom FDR publicly intended to help.
Read about the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in New Deal or Raw Deal, where farmers were actually paid NOT to farm. Programs like this were eventually deemed unconstitutional after implementation. Nevertheless, Roosevelt’s policies have arguably damaged the country and that damage persists today. Remember, Roosevelt pushed for a second bill of rights.
During one of Roosevelt's presidential campaigns, utilizing his public works program (NRA), he had 300,000 workers hired just before the election. Once he was voted into office, those 300,000 public workers were let go. Roosevelt used government funds, not to help citizens in the long run, but to stay in power as long as possible. By targeting key swing states, Roosevelt was able to direct federal dollars to those states. Even in traditionally Republican states, Roosevelt won re-election. However, after Roosevelt's death, the US Congress put term limits on the president... Roosevelt wasn't really as popular as the textbooks make him out to be, was he?
Now assimilate this trend from the late thirties and forties to the present day...The American people are tired of excessive spending by Washington bureaucrats… Democrats AND Republicans. This fall, party contributions by big business and big labor will not determine election winners – the people will. The people are angry and tired of Washington games and consistently being lied to by politicians.
You MUST read New Deal or Raw Deal. This book is a careful analysis of the Keynesian policies of the New Deal and the reason those policies have always failed.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Pete Stark exemplifies reason for term limits!
Pete Stark Raving Mad strikes again
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/08/02/pete-stark-raving-mad-strikes-again/