There is a great 'story' in the Times Online UK addition: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece
It is a parody of Barak Hussein Obama - The Messiah, The Bringer of Light and Peace. It is couched in Biblical references and parallels to Jesus. It is as funny as it is insightful. It pokes fun at the non-critical, non-analytical approach people seem to be taking towards BHO.
It starts out:
He ventured forth to bring light to the world
The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers.
And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.
The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.
When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: “Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?”
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It continues - and is a bit long -- but WELL worth the read.... Check it out...
Friday, July 25, 2008
I see a need for a video project
A liberal friend of mine sent me the following link: http://www.imvotingrepublican.com/
I is attempt at humor by using every snarky mis-characterization of Republicans.
I think we should launch a counter-attack... I was mulling over some ideas - maybe you would like to add your own...
I have the start of a script for a similiar add:
I am voting Democrat so that:
- The government will raise my taxes to the where there will no need for me to balance my own checkbook, a task I do not like
- The government will kill off private school choice - because it is so hard for me to decide what to do about my childrens education
- The government can institute even more self esteem programs. Because I think it is important to feel good about yourself, even if you never accomplish anything in your life
- The government will take over health care - because I want time to take a 6 month trip before my heart bypass surgery
-The government will raise taxes and regulation on evil corporations so that they will just leave America alone. Because all the pollution created by all of that manufacturing in America makes it hard to breath
- The government will keep lowering standards to achieve diversity. That way my grandkids will know in advance that they have no chance to get into college
- The government will ban the use of fossil fuels. Because - I like the dark
- The supreme court will be packed with activist judges. Because all of this 'by the people, for the people' form of government is really hard
- The government will ban guns once and for all - then crime will disappear - and I will feel safe knowing that when seconds count - the police are only minutes away
- We can run our country just like the europeans, because I am embarrassed by living in the greatest country on earth
- We can redeploy our military. Fighting evil is too hard - I would rather the military become a giant, global, meals on wheels anyway
- And last - so that the government can continue to try to censor inconvenient political speach - so we wont have these annoying videos to contend with anymore....
I is attempt at humor by using every snarky mis-characterization of Republicans.
I think we should launch a counter-attack... I was mulling over some ideas - maybe you would like to add your own...
I have the start of a script for a similiar add:
I am voting Democrat so that:
- The government will raise my taxes to the where there will no need for me to balance my own checkbook, a task I do not like
- The government will kill off private school choice - because it is so hard for me to decide what to do about my childrens education
- The government can institute even more self esteem programs. Because I think it is important to feel good about yourself, even if you never accomplish anything in your life
- The government will take over health care - because I want time to take a 6 month trip before my heart bypass surgery
-The government will raise taxes and regulation on evil corporations so that they will just leave America alone. Because all the pollution created by all of that manufacturing in America makes it hard to breath
- The government will keep lowering standards to achieve diversity. That way my grandkids will know in advance that they have no chance to get into college
- The government will ban the use of fossil fuels. Because - I like the dark
- The supreme court will be packed with activist judges. Because all of this 'by the people, for the people' form of government is really hard
- The government will ban guns once and for all - then crime will disappear - and I will feel safe knowing that when seconds count - the police are only minutes away
- We can run our country just like the europeans, because I am embarrassed by living in the greatest country on earth
- We can redeploy our military. Fighting evil is too hard - I would rather the military become a giant, global, meals on wheels anyway
- And last - so that the government can continue to try to censor inconvenient political speach - so we wont have these annoying videos to contend with anymore....
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Storm Damages our Property - Prayers Requested
A violent thunderstorm just ripped through Northeast Ohio. Below is photo evidence of the devestation:
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Some questions answer themselves
Ok - so I was reading an article about the intra-racial feud between the Rev. Jesse Jackson of the monochrome coalition and Barak Hussein Obama. Funny stuff. But, later in the article, came the following verbage:
"Roughly seven in 10 black children are born out of wedlock, according to government statistics. About 35 percent of blacks under 18 years old live below the poverty line, and 24 percent of blacks over 65 die below the poverty line.
The question of why such conditions have persisted through decades of social spending is the subject of vast academic research and is the veritable third rail of social debate."
"Roughly seven in 10 black children are born out of wedlock, according to government statistics. About 35 percent of blacks under 18 years old live below the poverty line, and 24 percent of blacks over 65 die below the poverty line.
The question of why such conditions have persisted through decades of social spending is the subject of vast academic research and is the veritable third rail of social debate."
It takes 'vast academic research'? Really? The reason those conditions still persist after decades of social spending? The reason IS 'decades of social spending'. We have wasted trillions of dollars on the 'great society' that Johnson envisioned. The spending has CAUSED many of the problems. It has solved none of them.
How can I say this? Let me draw an analogy to how you raise kids. What happens if you do everything for your kids? Give them things they did not earn? Expect nothing from them in return? Always make excuses for them? Treat them as if they are not capable of doing for themselves? You would raise kids that become dependent, with a sense of entitlement, limited motivation, and no sense of self respect.
We have done this to entire generations of welfare recipients. We have destroyed the inner citites. We send them the message that they need the government - that they are not able to do for themselves - and that they should EXPECT the government to bail them out. We tell them they should not be 'punished' for out of wedlock births. When did raising your own kids become 'punishment'? And when did your kids become my responsibility?
Look at the mess that happened in New Orleans with hurricane Katrina. You saw an entire city wondering when the federal government was going to bail them out. In Missippi - you saw everyone banding together to bail themselves out. New Orleans (and Louisiana) have been in Democatic (Liberal) hands for 100 years. Mississippi, on the other hand, was run by Republicans (Conservative). Coincidence? I think not.
But, you will hear the Democrats complain that we need to spend even more. When the real solution - we need to spend WAY less.
As I heard on the Radio - Liberals can never admit that their programs are failures. They only think they have not spent enough - or have not done it long enough.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Tale of Two Houses - Do as I say, not as I do
In the interest of full disclosure - I did not come up with the facts of these houses myself. But all editorial comment and fairy tale crap was produced my own, gunpowder stained, hands.
Once upon a time there were two men. One was a world leader in fighting Global Warming, This man made an Oscar winning movie to scare little children into giving up modern technology in favor of third world status. He also won a Nobel Peace Prize (He beat out a woman who helped saved countless Jewish children during WWII -- but forget about that for now).
The other was an EEV-VIILL Oilman. This man helped to pollute the air by producing oil and gas to power American industry and prosperity. This man raped the land for profit and helped drive a poor little bird the Feathery Butted Nut Scratcher (I claim poetic license) to the edge of extinction. This man also disrupted the Zen of the Earth by being a Fighter Pilot in the military the John 'the forehead' Kerry likened to Ghengis Khan (even though he could not pronouce it, being from MA and all -- and the hell with Rather's forged documents to the attempting to prove the contrary).
How can we more fully understand how the minds of these two men work? They are truly polar opposites, all would agree. (BTW, the ice caps are melting on both poles, thereby raising sea levels and threatening global something or other...... but, I digress) We could listen to their words (though the Oil man is sometimes hard to follow, his grasp of the spoken word and the English language being a bit....suspect). Or, we could watch their movies (Not fair - only one has made a movie -- unless you count all those way cool bombing videos from Iraq). No, this will not do. We need to compare something tangible, something concrete. Something that shows how they ACTUALLY live - not just what they proclaim to believe.
I know, boys and girls, let's look at their houses. Because, as we all know, good stewardship of the planet (I need to add that to my list of words I do not like) begins at home. Surely, these men's true colors will be revealed by looking at the houses they live in. Won't this be fun? (Clapping and cheering soundtrack). Let's use an analysis of their houses to test our hypothesis that the good man will have a good house, and the bad man will have a bad house. First, though, I need to explain 'hypothesis' to the Liberals in the audience. (This is needed because, as we all know, Liberals are driven by 'feelings' - not by analytical thought.)A hypothesis is part of the scientific method. Let us review the scientific method:
The steps of the scientific method are to:
Ask a Question - For instance - Is man responsible for Global Warming
Construct a Hypothesis - Like - Yes, he is. He is making too much CO2.
Test Your Hypothesis - Can't do an experiement, so lets make a computer model (Though ours left our water vapor and the effects of the SUN - I am not joking)
Analyze Your Data - Our model says the earth should be warming, but it isn't. Not for the last 10 years - even cooled .7 degrees last year.
Draw your Conclusion - The computer model was crappola. (To be accurate - this does not, in and of itself, disprove global warming)
Communicate Your Results - Don't hold your breath waiting to here this on CNN, CBS, NBC, etc.
Formulate a New Hypothesis - Man made global warming is B-S. Analyze THAT.
Okay - back to our lesson, children. In our case - the question is 'Will a 'good' man live a more responsible way than an 'evil' one? Our hypothesis is 'yes, he will'. Our test will be looking at the houses of these men. Let's do that, shall we?
HOUSE # 1: A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South.
HOUSE # 2: Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area a blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
So, is our hypothesis correct? First, we will put names to these two men. I know, some of you already guessed - you are SUCH clever children. But, for those of you that went to public school:
The good man is Al Gore
The evil man is George W. Bush.
Now, if you thought that house #1 - the energy guzzler, belonged to George W. Bush -- you are WRONG. (I know - I just damaged your self-esteem. Let me share this with you - I don't care - wrong is wrong).
The porcine dwelling belongs to the renowned environmentalist, Nobel Prize winner, Uber Film maker, and all around Paragon of all that is noble, Al 'do as I say, not as I do' Gore.
The energy efficient house (the 'green' house - another for my list of words) does, in fact, belong to that ex-oilman, Halilburton lackey, mumble-tongued, and all around C-Student (oh wait - so was Al) --- none other than George W. Bush!!!
Are you suprised? Shocked? Befuddled? Well, you should not be.
Because you see, children, the moral of the story is this - Liberals never want to live in the world that they have planned for you. And Conservatives (even marginal, 'compassionate' ones) - just do the right thing - even when no one is looking.
Once upon a time there were two men. One was a world leader in fighting Global Warming, This man made an Oscar winning movie to scare little children into giving up modern technology in favor of third world status. He also won a Nobel Peace Prize (He beat out a woman who helped saved countless Jewish children during WWII -- but forget about that for now).
The other was an EEV-VIILL Oilman. This man helped to pollute the air by producing oil and gas to power American industry and prosperity. This man raped the land for profit and helped drive a poor little bird the Feathery Butted Nut Scratcher (I claim poetic license) to the edge of extinction. This man also disrupted the Zen of the Earth by being a Fighter Pilot in the military the John 'the forehead' Kerry likened to Ghengis Khan (even though he could not pronouce it, being from MA and all -- and the hell with Rather's forged documents to the attempting to prove the contrary).
How can we more fully understand how the minds of these two men work? They are truly polar opposites, all would agree. (BTW, the ice caps are melting on both poles, thereby raising sea levels and threatening global something or other...... but, I digress) We could listen to their words (though the Oil man is sometimes hard to follow, his grasp of the spoken word and the English language being a bit....suspect). Or, we could watch their movies (Not fair - only one has made a movie -- unless you count all those way cool bombing videos from Iraq). No, this will not do. We need to compare something tangible, something concrete. Something that shows how they ACTUALLY live - not just what they proclaim to believe.
I know, boys and girls, let's look at their houses. Because, as we all know, good stewardship of the planet (I need to add that to my list of words I do not like) begins at home. Surely, these men's true colors will be revealed by looking at the houses they live in. Won't this be fun? (Clapping and cheering soundtrack). Let's use an analysis of their houses to test our hypothesis that the good man will have a good house, and the bad man will have a bad house. First, though, I need to explain 'hypothesis' to the Liberals in the audience. (This is needed because, as we all know, Liberals are driven by 'feelings' - not by analytical thought.)A hypothesis is part of the scientific method. Let us review the scientific method:
The steps of the scientific method are to:
Ask a Question - For instance - Is man responsible for Global Warming
Construct a Hypothesis - Like - Yes, he is. He is making too much CO2.
Test Your Hypothesis - Can't do an experiement, so lets make a computer model (Though ours left our water vapor and the effects of the SUN - I am not joking)
Analyze Your Data - Our model says the earth should be warming, but it isn't. Not for the last 10 years - even cooled .7 degrees last year.
Draw your Conclusion - The computer model was crappola. (To be accurate - this does not, in and of itself, disprove global warming)
Communicate Your Results - Don't hold your breath waiting to here this on CNN, CBS, NBC, etc.
Formulate a New Hypothesis - Man made global warming is B-S. Analyze THAT.
Okay - back to our lesson, children. In our case - the question is 'Will a 'good' man live a more responsible way than an 'evil' one? Our hypothesis is 'yes, he will'. Our test will be looking at the houses of these men. Let's do that, shall we?
HOUSE # 1: A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South.
HOUSE # 2: Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area a blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
So, is our hypothesis correct? First, we will put names to these two men. I know, some of you already guessed - you are SUCH clever children. But, for those of you that went to public school:
The good man is Al Gore
The evil man is George W. Bush.
Now, if you thought that house #1 - the energy guzzler, belonged to George W. Bush -- you are WRONG. (I know - I just damaged your self-esteem. Let me share this with you - I don't care - wrong is wrong).
The porcine dwelling belongs to the renowned environmentalist, Nobel Prize winner, Uber Film maker, and all around Paragon of all that is noble, Al 'do as I say, not as I do' Gore.
The energy efficient house (the 'green' house - another for my list of words) does, in fact, belong to that ex-oilman, Halilburton lackey, mumble-tongued, and all around C-Student (oh wait - so was Al) --- none other than George W. Bush!!!
Are you suprised? Shocked? Befuddled? Well, you should not be.
Because you see, children, the moral of the story is this - Liberals never want to live in the world that they have planned for you. And Conservatives (even marginal, 'compassionate' ones) - just do the right thing - even when no one is looking.
More words and phrases that I do not like
I was a bit hasty in my first, introductory, post. I am hence forth amending my list. I will no longer number them - I hope you can keep up.
- Anything followed by 'Justice". This includes, but is not limited to 'Social Justice', 'Economic Justice', and 'Racial Justice'. You can be sure that anything followed by 'Justice' will be nothing resembling true justice. It will be one person (or group of persons) being shat upon so that another group can be given something that they neither earned nor deserve. All this with the stated intent of either 'leveling the playing field' or 'making up for past wrongs'. It does so by either tipping the playing field in an unfair way OR making a whole NEW set of wrongs.
- Diversity. As a general rule, I am all for diversity, but only if it comes about without screwing someone. However (knew that was coming) - I see no value in diversity for diversity's sake. Because, and examples abound, forcing diversity, by defintion, screws someone. If you want more blacks in college - someone else loses out - simply because they are NOT black. What the hell is fair about that? One of my best friends tried for 10 years to get on a Fire Department in Michigan. It was physically impossible for him (a white him) to get a high enough score to make up for the 'bonus' points awarded to less qualified candidates. All with the goal of diversity. Luckily, he finally made it - but what the hell is fair about making him try TEN times? I also would like to know the name of the person who did NOT get into Princeton to make room for Michelle Obama (who then later whined about having to actually pay off her student loans while she was make $317,000/year. I wonder which of us she thought SHOULD pay them off).
- Multi-culturalism. This is the notion that all cultures are equal. It's net effect is to attempt to devalue American culture by saying that we are no better than anyone else. By that logic, we should attempt to 'accept' anything anyone wants to do. This is BS. This country has a unique set of values that made us great. Liberty being the first among them. The liberty to exercise our God given (yes, God is a legal construct at the root of our founding documents - deal with it) abilities for the betterment of ourselves, our families, and by extension - the country. Our culture also values hard work, and sees the value in the individual reaping the benefits of that work. It does not accept the value of seeing 1/2 of it taken and given to others who did not earn it. It prides itself in self-reliance and eschews handouts. It values compassion and charity - but not when exercised by the gov-ment. When done from Washington, it is neither compassion nor charity. It is confiscation done under the threat of force and is corrosive to both the giver and the receiver. When people say we should not hold ourselves above other cultures - I say YES WE SHOULD. Our culture and values have shaped this country into the greatest country ever devised by man. A lot Islamic countries are still trying to emerge from the 1500's,. The USSR is ... oh wait, they already disappeared. Africa can no longer feed itself. And the Euro-weenies (who SHOULD know better, are on a headlong, downward march towards a Euro-welfare state). I'll take the US anytime.
-Separation of Church and State. This concept, which a lot of people seem to believe is our founding documents (it is not) is a canard. The phrase is from a letter by Thomas Jefferson - not the Constituion nor the Bill of Rights. The salient text from the First Amendment expressly prohibits the Congress (and also the States) from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion". This was born of the desire to prevent a 'Church of England' sceanario. But, it has been perverted by those that want to ban religion (well, SOME religions) from the public sphere. Fort Collins Colorado decided they should not use Red and Green lights at CHRISTMAS because they we too 'religious'. Teachers have been disciplined for having a Bible in the classroom for private devotions. Obviously both were immediate precursors to the establishment of the 'Church of the United States. This happens because no-one remembers that the rest of the amendment says 'or prohibiting the free exercise thereof''. It is also ironic that only Christian faiths seem to suffer this scrutiny. Schools seem to have no problem having 'Islam' days where kids take Muslim names. Also, the gradual appearance of Muslim foot washing stations at universities and airports seem, IMHO to be at least as offensive to the sensibilites as Red and Green lights. Oh, one more thing, if we are not a nation build on Judeo-Christian principles and history - why the hell isn't my mail getting delivered on Chrismas Day? Get all those Federal and State employees back to work. Gotta keep religion and government separate, don't you know.
- Anything followed by 'Justice". This includes, but is not limited to 'Social Justice', 'Economic Justice', and 'Racial Justice'. You can be sure that anything followed by 'Justice' will be nothing resembling true justice. It will be one person (or group of persons) being shat upon so that another group can be given something that they neither earned nor deserve. All this with the stated intent of either 'leveling the playing field' or 'making up for past wrongs'. It does so by either tipping the playing field in an unfair way OR making a whole NEW set of wrongs.
- Diversity. As a general rule, I am all for diversity, but only if it comes about without screwing someone. However (knew that was coming) - I see no value in diversity for diversity's sake. Because, and examples abound, forcing diversity, by defintion, screws someone. If you want more blacks in college - someone else loses out - simply because they are NOT black. What the hell is fair about that? One of my best friends tried for 10 years to get on a Fire Department in Michigan. It was physically impossible for him (a white him) to get a high enough score to make up for the 'bonus' points awarded to less qualified candidates. All with the goal of diversity. Luckily, he finally made it - but what the hell is fair about making him try TEN times? I also would like to know the name of the person who did NOT get into Princeton to make room for Michelle Obama (who then later whined about having to actually pay off her student loans while she was make $317,000/year. I wonder which of us she thought SHOULD pay them off).
- Multi-culturalism. This is the notion that all cultures are equal. It's net effect is to attempt to devalue American culture by saying that we are no better than anyone else. By that logic, we should attempt to 'accept' anything anyone wants to do. This is BS. This country has a unique set of values that made us great. Liberty being the first among them. The liberty to exercise our God given (yes, God is a legal construct at the root of our founding documents - deal with it) abilities for the betterment of ourselves, our families, and by extension - the country. Our culture also values hard work, and sees the value in the individual reaping the benefits of that work. It does not accept the value of seeing 1/2 of it taken and given to others who did not earn it. It prides itself in self-reliance and eschews handouts. It values compassion and charity - but not when exercised by the gov-ment. When done from Washington, it is neither compassion nor charity. It is confiscation done under the threat of force and is corrosive to both the giver and the receiver. When people say we should not hold ourselves above other cultures - I say YES WE SHOULD. Our culture and values have shaped this country into the greatest country ever devised by man. A lot Islamic countries are still trying to emerge from the 1500's,. The USSR is ... oh wait, they already disappeared. Africa can no longer feed itself. And the Euro-weenies (who SHOULD know better, are on a headlong, downward march towards a Euro-welfare state). I'll take the US anytime.
-Separation of Church and State. This concept, which a lot of people seem to believe is our founding documents (it is not) is a canard. The phrase is from a letter by Thomas Jefferson - not the Constituion nor the Bill of Rights. The salient text from the First Amendment expressly prohibits the Congress (and also the States) from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion". This was born of the desire to prevent a 'Church of England' sceanario. But, it has been perverted by those that want to ban religion (well, SOME religions) from the public sphere. Fort Collins Colorado decided they should not use Red and Green lights at CHRISTMAS because they we too 'religious'. Teachers have been disciplined for having a Bible in the classroom for private devotions. Obviously both were immediate precursors to the establishment of the 'Church of the United States. This happens because no-one remembers that the rest of the amendment says 'or prohibiting the free exercise thereof''. It is also ironic that only Christian faiths seem to suffer this scrutiny. Schools seem to have no problem having 'Islam' days where kids take Muslim names. Also, the gradual appearance of Muslim foot washing stations at universities and airports seem, IMHO to be at least as offensive to the sensibilites as Red and Green lights. Oh, one more thing, if we are not a nation build on Judeo-Christian principles and history - why the hell isn't my mail getting delivered on Chrismas Day? Get all those Federal and State employees back to work. Gotta keep religion and government separate, don't you know.
A preview of thing to come
I warn you - this is a rather long post - but do yourself a favor and stick around to read it.
I am posting a copy of an interesting letter. It was written by a trucker who lives in Canada. He was born and raised in his early life in Poland. He spends a lot of time driving in the US. The letter was written to a Radio Show (Quinn and Rose www.warroom.com.)
Now - you may think some of what he observes about the oppresion in his homeland is NOT possible here. While I admit that it seems quite remote - the overall message is one I think we should heed. When you hear 'Social Justice' - think Socialism. This drive we are seeing for the 'gov-ment' to take care of increasing more of our 'needs' is a caustic, damaging, and ultimately deadly trend. It strips people of honor, dignity, motivation, and self worth. Follows is his letter...
I was born in Poland, in mid 70's. I spent first 16 years of my life living in what O'Bama calls "social justice", I have to tell you that he makes my skin crawl. The things he speaks of I have heard before, only difference was it was said in Polish back in the early 80's. That version of "social justice" included secret police raids on "dissidents" who dared to speak out against the system, soldiers in the streets of my home town, Marshall law was declared and everybody caught in the street after dark without proper authorization was taken immediately to jail.
I remember officials from the ruling party on TV every-night telling us that everything was fine and it was all the fault of Western Capitalists who were oppressing us. I remember lineups at stores for everything from a loaf of bread to a washing machine. I remember that we were told that the Socialist system was the best on Earth, and our dear friends in Moscow were coming to our aid and that the conditions we lived under were only temporary.
Under "social justice" everybody was equal, only some of my countrymen were more equal than others. Party officials had special passes to government stores where shelves were full of western European products. They had all the gasoline they wanted while the rest of the country had to do with rations (that is if they were lucky enough to be able to buy a car). Everything from bread to gasoline was rationed and I remember that my father traded 4 bottles of home made moonshine for a box of chocolate so that we could have that for Christmas. I also remember care packages our church received from time to time. If it wasn't for rice from Arkansas we wouldn't have anything to eat. The only reason the food actually got to the people is because it was distributed through the churches, and the ruling class knew that if they would mess with the church they would have a revolution on their hands. Things were so bad that at one point we couldn't buy clothes and had to rely on clothes from care packages send from America.
Yes Sir I can honestly say I have had all of the "social justice" I can stomach. I live in Canada now, my father was lucky enough to escape in mid 80's and brought our entire family to Canada in 1992. In many ways it was just trading one "social justice" for another seeing that Canadian system is very "socially" oriented. I live in Ontario now which I sometimes like to call "Michigan Light" and being a long distance truck driver I spend most of my working time in USA. I must admit that I can't believe my ears when I hear these people speak so badly about their own country.
I suppose they do not realize that the "social justice" they are so vocal in advocating is simply another name for Socialism. They must be insane to think that the government will better their lives. I know what unchecked government can and will do to its people and I would rather die then go back to the system I was born under. When I was young every kid's dream was to immigrate to America. People born in America are the luckiest people in the world. They have freedoms that we were only dreaming about when I was growing up. If they lived under that version of "social justice" every single one of them from ACLU to Code Pink would be locked up, tortured and then quietly executed as "enemy of the state".
When I hear Democrats speak about "fixing" education and health care, I must admit my skin crawls. I live under socialized health care and I gotta tell you first thing to go is the health care. If you want a perfect example of that, look at Ontario. After years and years of Liberal government we are closing hospitals and have a severe shortage of doctors and nurses. People are dying waiting for MRI, and vital surgery. I broke my leg couple of years back and it took me 8 hours to see emergency room doctor, he looked at my x-rays and sent me off to get a cast. I waited 8 hours for a 5 minute consultation and 20 minute procedure to put a cast on my leg. Few years back we had a situation in one of Toronto's hospitals when a SWAT team shot a father who was trying to get the doctors to take a look at his baby son. Apparently he waited so long that the child was getting worse and worse so he left the child with his wife and went home to get an air pistol (yes sir an Air Pistol that shoots BB's) came back to the hospital and threatened some doctors with it. The SWAT team was called in and the man was shot dead right there in the hospital. His son died soon after because it took the doctors too long to get around to him. Universal Health Care, free health care for everybody. I don’t remember the details exactly, but I think that the only consequence of that was that some bureaucrat lost his job. But, hey, its free, right?
--End of Letter --
This is the world that BHO wants to create - the the Euro-weenies want for us.... This would NOT be an America of which I would be proud.
I am posting a copy of an interesting letter. It was written by a trucker who lives in Canada. He was born and raised in his early life in Poland. He spends a lot of time driving in the US. The letter was written to a Radio Show (Quinn and Rose www.warroom.com.)
Now - you may think some of what he observes about the oppresion in his homeland is NOT possible here. While I admit that it seems quite remote - the overall message is one I think we should heed. When you hear 'Social Justice' - think Socialism. This drive we are seeing for the 'gov-ment' to take care of increasing more of our 'needs' is a caustic, damaging, and ultimately deadly trend. It strips people of honor, dignity, motivation, and self worth. Follows is his letter...
I was born in Poland, in mid 70's. I spent first 16 years of my life living in what O'Bama calls "social justice", I have to tell you that he makes my skin crawl. The things he speaks of I have heard before, only difference was it was said in Polish back in the early 80's. That version of "social justice" included secret police raids on "dissidents" who dared to speak out against the system, soldiers in the streets of my home town, Marshall law was declared and everybody caught in the street after dark without proper authorization was taken immediately to jail.
I remember officials from the ruling party on TV every-night telling us that everything was fine and it was all the fault of Western Capitalists who were oppressing us. I remember lineups at stores for everything from a loaf of bread to a washing machine. I remember that we were told that the Socialist system was the best on Earth, and our dear friends in Moscow were coming to our aid and that the conditions we lived under were only temporary.
Under "social justice" everybody was equal, only some of my countrymen were more equal than others. Party officials had special passes to government stores where shelves were full of western European products. They had all the gasoline they wanted while the rest of the country had to do with rations (that is if they were lucky enough to be able to buy a car). Everything from bread to gasoline was rationed and I remember that my father traded 4 bottles of home made moonshine for a box of chocolate so that we could have that for Christmas. I also remember care packages our church received from time to time. If it wasn't for rice from Arkansas we wouldn't have anything to eat. The only reason the food actually got to the people is because it was distributed through the churches, and the ruling class knew that if they would mess with the church they would have a revolution on their hands. Things were so bad that at one point we couldn't buy clothes and had to rely on clothes from care packages send from America.
Yes Sir I can honestly say I have had all of the "social justice" I can stomach. I live in Canada now, my father was lucky enough to escape in mid 80's and brought our entire family to Canada in 1992. In many ways it was just trading one "social justice" for another seeing that Canadian system is very "socially" oriented. I live in Ontario now which I sometimes like to call "Michigan Light" and being a long distance truck driver I spend most of my working time in USA. I must admit that I can't believe my ears when I hear these people speak so badly about their own country.
I suppose they do not realize that the "social justice" they are so vocal in advocating is simply another name for Socialism. They must be insane to think that the government will better their lives. I know what unchecked government can and will do to its people and I would rather die then go back to the system I was born under. When I was young every kid's dream was to immigrate to America. People born in America are the luckiest people in the world. They have freedoms that we were only dreaming about when I was growing up. If they lived under that version of "social justice" every single one of them from ACLU to Code Pink would be locked up, tortured and then quietly executed as "enemy of the state".
When I hear Democrats speak about "fixing" education and health care, I must admit my skin crawls. I live under socialized health care and I gotta tell you first thing to go is the health care. If you want a perfect example of that, look at Ontario. After years and years of Liberal government we are closing hospitals and have a severe shortage of doctors and nurses. People are dying waiting for MRI, and vital surgery. I broke my leg couple of years back and it took me 8 hours to see emergency room doctor, he looked at my x-rays and sent me off to get a cast. I waited 8 hours for a 5 minute consultation and 20 minute procedure to put a cast on my leg. Few years back we had a situation in one of Toronto's hospitals when a SWAT team shot a father who was trying to get the doctors to take a look at his baby son. Apparently he waited so long that the child was getting worse and worse so he left the child with his wife and went home to get an air pistol (yes sir an Air Pistol that shoots BB's) came back to the hospital and threatened some doctors with it. The SWAT team was called in and the man was shot dead right there in the hospital. His son died soon after because it took the doctors too long to get around to him. Universal Health Care, free health care for everybody. I don’t remember the details exactly, but I think that the only consequence of that was that some bureaucrat lost his job. But, hey, its free, right?
--End of Letter --
This is the world that BHO wants to create - the the Euro-weenies want for us.... This would NOT be an America of which I would be proud.
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