Democracy vs. Republic. What IS the difference?
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Aristocrat v. Peasant
According to Webster's:
Peasant (def 2.) : a usually uneducated person of low social status
Aristocrat (def. 3) : one believed to be superior of its kind
If you take a step back and examine our modern society with an unbiased view, difficult as that may be, you will note the obvious:
Although the terms have fallen into disuse, they are quite applicable to our current social arrangement.
Our new "self-styled" aristocracy believes itself to be the superior of its kind. Just a little, or a lot depending on the source, better than the hoi polloi that make the major bulk of Americans.
They believe themselves to be smarter, better educated, more attuned to "political realities" and, oh yeah, RICHER than the rest of us. Ergo, they are superior.
Better educated? Well, most of them went to better schools, but education is more than the school. Someone has to learn from those schools and not just buy your schoolwork from the local laissez faire nerd. That is where RICHER comes in handy.
Smarter? Exactly how many of these supposedly smarter upper class types keep stepping on their own appendages publicly and repeatedly. Bill Clinton, George Bush, Paris Hilton. The list goes on.
But, truthfully, RICHER comes in handy here as well, because many people are loath to embarass the rich because it might cut into their own profit margin. Others might hope to profit from these gaffes themselves.
More attuned to political realities? Well, after years of indoctrination by Socialist educators and mentors (i.e. Obama's recent revelations of his mentors), that is definitely open to question.
Webster’s (again)
Reality: def 2. a (1) : a real event, entity, or state of affairs (2) : the totality of real things and events.
Peasant (def 2.) : a usually uneducated person of low social status
Aristocrat (def. 3) : one believed to be superior of its kind
If you take a step back and examine our modern society with an unbiased view, difficult as that may be, you will note the obvious:
Although the terms have fallen into disuse, they are quite applicable to our current social arrangement.
Our new "self-styled" aristocracy believes itself to be the superior of its kind. Just a little, or a lot depending on the source, better than the hoi polloi that make the major bulk of Americans.
They believe themselves to be smarter, better educated, more attuned to "political realities" and, oh yeah, RICHER than the rest of us. Ergo, they are superior.
Better educated? Well, most of them went to better schools, but education is more than the school. Someone has to learn from those schools and not just buy your schoolwork from the local laissez faire nerd. That is where RICHER comes in handy.
Smarter? Exactly how many of these supposedly smarter upper class types keep stepping on their own appendages publicly and repeatedly. Bill Clinton, George Bush, Paris Hilton. The list goes on.
But, truthfully, RICHER comes in handy here as well, because many people are loath to embarass the rich because it might cut into their own profit margin. Others might hope to profit from these gaffes themselves.
More attuned to political realities? Well, after years of indoctrination by Socialist educators and mentors (i.e. Obama's recent revelations of his mentors), that is definitely open to question.
Webster’s (again)
Reality: def 2. a (1) : a real event, entity, or state of affairs (2) : the totality of real things and events.
This obviously does NOT include the current “close your eyes and repeat ‘it MUST be true, it MUST be true” attitude of certain leftist/Liberal/Socialist/Communistic world leaders living in Washington, D.C.
The tactic is the same one Clinton tried, The Big Lie, fine tuned by J. Stalin in post WWII U.S.S.R. Keep telling the same lie often enough and eventually people will start believing it.
Reality is not defined by what some aristocrat wants to be true, i.e. Great big Socialist One World Government with a docile proletariat happily toiling away at distasteful tasks, and a kindly, beneficent gentry running things only because they are qualified and better able to handle the complicated tasks involved.
Reality is almost a hundred years of dreadful history highlighting the immense, repeated failure of Socialism to accomplish anything useful besides allow tyrants to massacre millions of their own people in relentless efforts to maintain their power and control over those people.
Economies devastated, famines hushed up, five year plan disasters, mass murder commonplace. Propaganda works, for a while, but eventually, the truth will out.
EVENTUALLY THE TRUTH WILL OUT.!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Cut Pensions? Military or Congressional….. You Decide.
The latest travesty out of Washington, D. C. (Department of Corruption) is that they are considering cutting, “slashing”, military pensions because of the current fiscal crises.
Once again, they are crying “Wolf”, when what they are really doing is trying to protect their own massive pensions and perqs, while digging into the pockets of citizens and veterans who, unlike them, have EARNED their pensions and medical coverage.
Congressional pensions are monstrous, monolithic, unbelievable, and other adjectives that elude me at the moment. Congress has THEIR OWN MEDICAL COVERAGE, paid for by taxpayers, at no cost to them, which is more extensive than the average citizen gets with his exorbitant monthly payments.
They get travel allowances, public vehicles, just to go to work. That would be nice for the rest of us, too.
Taxpayers also get to pay for their staff, furnishings (regardless of cost), cable TV, Cell phones. The list goes on. AND, we don’t get to check it out. All CONFIDENTIAL, by the way.
Obama is running around the country claiming that Republicans are responsible for the current difficulties, along with Tea partiers, and/or any other real Americans who disagree with his programs, when any thinking American realizes that the problem is not with a particular party or bloc, it is with the system that rewards graft and corruption with more graft and corruption.
Basically, the Pres claims that it is their fault, it is someone’s fault, it is anyone’s fault, but it is not his failed socialist programs or his lack of ability to actually govern that is at fault.
Apparently he is incapable of learning from history which is replete with examples of just how ineffective Socialism and its offshoots cannot deal with modern realities of government, and as a sidebar, the murderous repression of their own citizens that seems to be part and parcel with that form of government.
So, STEP UP! Spread the word!.. Get everybody involved. Everyone who either is a veteran or has one in the family. Don’t let the the Socialist/Liberal clique gut our military from the back door. Don’t let disrespect our Vets with this cowardly and greedy move. Tell somebody, tell everybody. Raise the roof on this one. We will all be sorry if they get away with it.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Ego stroke!
Well, I re-read a SciFi book I have had floating around for a while. It's call "The Forge of the Elders" by L. Neil Smith.
The guy has a way with political observation that just drives me up the wall, i.e., how can he be so eloquent stating the obvious that I have known and fretted about for years when I can hardly get a sentence out without going into near apoplexy with rage.
Yeah, he's good.
So, I emailed him asking permission to use some quotes.
And, HE ANSWERED!
Rather quickly, too. I was impressed. So, as I re-read the book AGAIN, looking for quotes and/or observations, I will re-transmit them along both here in the blogs and on Facebook.
Just to maintain my status as a card-carrying member of the Lunatic Fringe.
Keep checking in. Oh, and comments are welcome. Rx
The guy has a way with political observation that just drives me up the wall, i.e., how can he be so eloquent stating the obvious that I have known and fretted about for years when I can hardly get a sentence out without going into near apoplexy with rage.
Yeah, he's good.
So, I emailed him asking permission to use some quotes.
And, HE ANSWERED!
Rather quickly, too. I was impressed. So, as I re-read the book AGAIN, looking for quotes and/or observations, I will re-transmit them along both here in the blogs and on Facebook.
Just to maintain my status as a card-carrying member of the Lunatic Fringe.
Keep checking in. Oh, and comments are welcome. Rx
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
generic post
well, the guvmint is continuing their program to leech their way into each and every single aspect of our/ your lives..
I am pissed about it.. That's why I do this. I don't expect a following. But somebody might find it.
So, now I see the Liberals starting to break ranks. I mean there are more and more ex-Liberals coming out and denouncing the Liberals in general, Liberal media specifically, Liberal politicians in excrement.
Look at the new book lists. They are starting to fill up with "exposes"
So, as the Establishment continues their program of pogroms of rights and liberties, more and more of their membership begins to see through the facade.
This is heartening and exciting. Yet, they, yes the proverbial they, continue with the underhanded or covert order of business in preparation for the big unveiling.
I know there won't be a "big unveiling" of their actual intent, but it will eventually become evident to everybody what they are working towards and then the feces with hit the fan.
I expect a suspension of Posse Comitatus to allow the Armed Forces to operate inside the borders of the country for maintaining order, i.e., suppressing riots, protests and other civil disorders.
One possible aspect of this will be the Federalization of all, repeat, ALL police agencies, local and state.
Continued unConstitutional decisions by the Supreme Court. Look at the recent trend and you will see for yourself.
The quote has been," Have they even READ the Constitution?'"
With their record, one has to wonder.
Vilifying the Tea Party movement, slandering the FOX network, more and more outright lies about everyone and anyone visible on the Conservative side.
A notable exception seems to be Republican politicos who play the game according to their rules. Making deals, taking payoffs, pork barrel politicians of all stripes. They are OK, because they can be "handled", as opposed to the Pauls, Palins, and Maclachans who speak to and apparently for the actual people of this country.
Ranting down. Feel free to comment
I am pissed about it.. That's why I do this. I don't expect a following. But somebody might find it.
So, now I see the Liberals starting to break ranks. I mean there are more and more ex-Liberals coming out and denouncing the Liberals in general, Liberal media specifically, Liberal politicians in excrement.
Look at the new book lists. They are starting to fill up with "exposes"
So, as the Establishment continues their program of pogroms of rights and liberties, more and more of their membership begins to see through the facade.
This is heartening and exciting. Yet, they, yes the proverbial they, continue with the underhanded or covert order of business in preparation for the big unveiling.
I know there won't be a "big unveiling" of their actual intent, but it will eventually become evident to everybody what they are working towards and then the feces with hit the fan.
I expect a suspension of Posse Comitatus to allow the Armed Forces to operate inside the borders of the country for maintaining order, i.e., suppressing riots, protests and other civil disorders.
One possible aspect of this will be the Federalization of all, repeat, ALL police agencies, local and state.
Continued unConstitutional decisions by the Supreme Court. Look at the recent trend and you will see for yourself.
The quote has been," Have they even READ the Constitution?'"
With their record, one has to wonder.
Vilifying the Tea Party movement, slandering the FOX network, more and more outright lies about everyone and anyone visible on the Conservative side.
A notable exception seems to be Republican politicos who play the game according to their rules. Making deals, taking payoffs, pork barrel politicians of all stripes. They are OK, because they can be "handled", as opposed to the Pauls, Palins, and Maclachans who speak to and apparently for the actual people of this country.
Ranting down. Feel free to comment
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Gun Contol in History
Whether you agree or not, it's an interesting lesson in history. Something to think about...
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent. Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns! While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
You won't see this data on the American evening news or hear our president, governors or other politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans.....before it's too late! The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.
With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are 'subjects'. We here in America have the second amendment (thank God) "The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" Gun control, for our safety and the safety of the children, is the cry of those that would forfeit our God given right to self defense! (remember the 56 million who died for lack of guns to defend themselves)
If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to all of your friends and acquaintances.
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