Pop Quiz: History

Which political party used this slogan?

Free love and free niggers will certainly elect [politician redacted].

Need a hint? Here it is without the redaction:

Free love and free niggers will certainly elect old Abe.

Still scratching your head? I’m sure it’s obvious by now. The Democratic Party. The same party that oppresses minorities and women today were pro-slavery and hated Lincoln. Confusing, I know. That’s exactly how progressives like it; confusing.

Dissect the slogan and you can see the seeds of progressive oppression of women (”free love”)  and minorities (”free niggers”) alike, as well as scare tactics they use to this day (let no crisis go to waste).

I’ve seen progressives try to decry the fact that they support the frighteningly racist American party by saying, “No no, those were southern democrats; and southern democrats were conservative. ” What they don’t tell you—either because of “moral relativity” or sheer ignorance—is that so-called southern democrats were fiscal conservatives.

That’s the only common thread shared by the slavelords of early America and the Republicans of today. The democratic descendants of white (and black) slave owners still practice a hateful form of oppression. Sure, they no longer own slaves, much to their disappointment I’m sure, but they still try to keep minorities under their thumb by leading them to believe they need gov’t intervention to be successful in this country.

How do they not only oppress select classes but get their support as well? In a word: Marketing. Marketing is a powerful tool. How do you get 45 million Americans to ingest known carcinogens that risk the life of themselves and likely those close to them? Marketing. That’s what the tobacco industry has learned.

Gee, why didn’t learn about this in your Gov’t-sponsored history class in your gov’t run school? There is much more you can find out, too. The democratic slogan above is discussed in April 1865: The Month That Saved America. Check it out.

Videos of the Moment IV

Obama, Where’s My Check (at)?

Barbara Boxer meet Dr. Evil

This lady cracks me up. How does someone this tiny and insecure end up on the senate? Then again, how does someone like Obama end up … oh never mind.

Open Letter to President Obama

It’s better to listen than to watch, otherwise you’ll get overwhelmed by the dated garb and goofy acting. The content of the open letter is actually quite good.

Cities

I made a reference to a co-worker’s lunch today stating, “I smell home cooking! It’s only the river … it’s only the river.” I had to explain it’s from an old Talking Heads song. I prefer Phish’s rendition much better, though.

The Left, the Right, and James Von Brunn

You know, I was all prepared to deliver a post in response to the back-and-forth of the left and right trying to push off ownership of this James Von Brunn, the nut-job who shot a security guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, because it’s quite silly. Right-wing, left-wing, at this point it’s moot because a man was murdered by a nut-job.

Then I made the mistake of visiting my favorite left-wing propaganda blog, the Huffington Post, where I read a post about Glenn Beck “spinning” the shooting. I don’t know much about Beck. I’ve heard him a couple of times and he seems like the kind of guy who uses controversy rather than truth to get attention. He’s not in the same league as Coulter or Ingraham, or even Limbaugh. But I digress.

Have you read it? It’s simply full of conjecture and supposition. I know. I should have come to expect this from our leftists. But with no context, warning, or reasoning, Joseph Palermo, the author, throws in this brilliant liberal standby quip:

It’s also clear that Beck and his fans just can’t get over the fact that a black man is now their president.

What?! Not only is that out of left field, pun intended, but it’s completely asinine. It’s as if Huff requires her hate filled blog to have certain liberal catch phrases included in her propaganda at predetermined intervals. Oops, I forgot to slip this one in. Man, Huff’ll be pissed! Oh, I can cram it between the paragraph about Beck interviewing Netanyahu and the paragraph about Beck’s producers. I’ll add a little flair at the end of that para to make it appear tied together.

So, I’m no longer feeling charitable, thanks to our blue dog morons we’re stuck sharing this great country with. So, Palermo, Huff fans, and noncommittal moderates, here’s an easy-to-digest breakdown of the major flaws in Palermo’s moth-eaten blog post:

Quote: Are any laws on the books against using the public airwaves to incite violence[?] Because that is clearly what Beck is doing.
Retort: Silly liberals. This is why we call it the “thought police”. I’m going to go out on a limb here and declare that Beck is not, in fact, telling people to commit violence. What Beck IS doing is inciting an emotional response. While getting on the air and telling people to commit crimes is a crime, telling people to be upset about something is NOT a crime. But I know, if left up to you and your anti-freedom cohorts, it would be crime to even insinuate disagreement with the left. Oh, forget the fact that the left burned effigies of Bush, called for his assassination and likened him to a terrorist. That was different, now, wasn’t it?

Quote: In Beck’s world President Obama brings “identity politics” and “political correctness” to the White House …
Retort: You don’t have to dig very deep to find Obama’s aptness in identity politics. Does the name Sotomayor mean anything to you? You know, the “wise Latina” with a “compelling life story”? And that whole political correctness? Come on. You’re making this too easy. I suppose my favorite recent PC crap is how terrorism is now called “man made disaster”.

Quote: In Beck’s world … it’s the “Left” that is “racist” because unlike conservatives, who judge people only on their individual merits and character (the three white men sitting at Beck’s table nodding in agreement), all liberals see is people of different races and classes and genders, which “divides” America.
Retort: Ooooo, now you’re getting into the meat of things! There are undoubtedly racists on the right, but only the left has made racism a tool used for political gain. You see, the leftist dogma thrives on the oppression of the lower class, minorities, and women. Without the harsh and often artificial dividing lines the left would have no purpose. That is why the left expends so much effort trying to demonstrate how much these groups of people need them to get ahead. The right flat out doesn’t care about race, gender, or class. You’re right about that. We recognize this is country made up of diversity, and no matter where you start out in life the opportunity to excel is there for all of us. So, while you’re pointing your finger at us calling us racist because we recognize that all classes, genders, and races are given the same opportunity in this country, it is actually you who are the racist for wanting to keep them from doing it on their own.

Quote: Beck and his guests at the opening of his show today all agreed that the Nazis were not rightwing but a bunch of leftwingers (like Obama and Nancy Pelosi) … AND … All those white guys who hail Hitler and the Nazis because they were so good at kicking the crap out of Socialists, labor unionists, Communists and Soviets, women who didn’t know their place, and even “degenerate” Dadaists and surrealists, and don’t forget the Jews.
Retort: Wow. I’m not sure if Palermo really believes this crap and is completely ignorant of history or if he just knows his liberal sheeple readers won’t question what he says. How can someone try to paint the Nazi party as a right-wing party? After all, the Nazi party in Germany was called National Socialism. Socialism, Marxism, Statism, Communism, and yes, Fascism: All of these are left-flavored socio-political ideologies. So if these are all the left-flavored ideologies, what is on the right? Capitalism, Libertarianism, and Conservativism. I know what you’re thinking. Everything on the left is thought of as evil and oppressive. Ah, yes. Now you’re catching on! The right believes in the freedom and liberty of the individual, and the left believes in the power and control of the government.

After spotlighting Palermo’s misdirected argument that the crazed racist, National Socialist luvin’ madman Von Brunn was somehow a right-winger, I found that the real fun happens when you get to the comments. As I wrote in a previous post, liberals have a short list of strategies they so eagerly revert to when confronted with solid arguments. I’m not kidding about this. It happens every time, and as demonstrated by Palermo’s post they don’t even need an excuse to whip out their ol’ standbys. Allow me to demonstrate. Check out the following comments to Palermo’s post and how well they line up to the liberal strategies I outlined in my earlier blog post:

LIBERAL STRATEGY 1: DEFLECTION (or the But-Bush argument)
Comment: would Beck have attributed such an event to the policies of Bush? – adoantarel

LIBERAL STRATEGY 2: DIVAGATION (or the What’s-That-Behind-You?! argument)
Comment: When was the last time you read of someone being gunned down by a progressive liberal with a Masters degree? – EspritDeVoltaire
Gee, ever hear of the Weather Underground? Crimethinc? Recreate 68? The Ruckus Society? And the latest version of the Black Panther Party sure had a swell time threatening voters with a club.

LIBERAL STRATEGY 3: DIVERSION (or the Look-At-Me-I-Am-Smart argument)
Comment: While Beck’s skills as a bigoted propagandist are considerable, in order to more effectively communicate his rants he really ought to educate himself on the difference between “incidents” and “incidence”. – WolfLady
Way to focus on what’s important there, liberal.

LIBERAL STRATEGY 4: DEPARTURE (or the Tolerance-Is-A-One-Way-Street argument)
Comment: why do all these pundits (idiots) look like mama’s boys (closet homo)? – wlaurencew

LIBERAL STRATEGY 5: DEVIATION (or the Race-and/or-Gay-Card argument)
Comment: In addition to all the groups you listed, the nazi’s also persecuted homosexuals, much like many self-titled conservatives do today. Many don’t know this, and it bears pointing out. Doesn’t sound particularly leftist to me. – adoantarel
Well, get used to being wrong, liberal.

The following types of comments are becoming commonplace enough among the liberals that we need to add a new strategy to the list:

LIBERAL STRATEGY 6: DIVINE INTERVENTION (or the oh-holy-and-righteous-government-please-save-us-from-ourselves argument)
Comment: You know, sometimes I think our first amendment is a curse rather than a boon. – Vanderkamp
Stoopid freedoms.

Comment: Why is the US unable or too fearful (land of the brave?) to introduce such a law, preventing a resurrection of the Third Reich? – Frederic
Laws are great! The more the better! Somebody control us PLEASE!

Comment: Why the FCC hasn’t stepped into this in a manner even remotely close to their hysteria over a ‘wardrobe malfunction’, is, frankly, beyond me. – CynAnne
Oh please.

Fireproof, but not liberal-proof?

Awesome.

Fireproof is the top grossing independent film of 2008. Are you as surprised as I am?

I saw Fireproof and it was every bit of hokey I expected it to be. What shocks me was unlike the tripe mass produced in Hollywood and eagerly consumed by the witless masses, Fireproof actually closed with a message deeper than the standard Do-what-feels-good-and-as-long-as-nobody-gets-hurt-you’re-a-hero concept popularized by our culture. It was enough that I ended up liking the movie. What?! I can’t believe I just said that.

I think that’s what has been missing for so long from our pop culture mired in Sean Penn-esque stupidity: The depth of unconditional truth.

But something doesn’t add up. If, as we learned from the all-powerful, all-knowing Chairman Zero, our country is one of the largest Muslim nations in a decidedly non-Christian culture, how can a low-budget, independent film like Fireproof do so well?

Huh. Must be a lot of closet Muslim fans of Kirk Cameron.

Videos of the Moment III

While Google was celebrating the ever-important creation of Tetris on June 6, the good people of the country were recognizing the 65th anniversary of D-Day.

This video is a speech given by the late, great President Ronald Reagan on the 40th anniversary of D-Day.

An interesting and little-known fact: After the event, President Reagan was completely embarrassed when some pimply-faced computer geek pointed out to him that his speech totally took the wind out of the sails of the new video game Tetris, which was released on the same day.

Especially worth noting in the speech, President Reagan states that on the day of the beach landings Americans were, “Filling the churches at 4:00 AM in Georgia … and … kneeling on their porches and praying in Kansas … and … ringing the liberty bell in Philadelphia.” He also said, “God was an ally in this great cause.”

Can you imagine that going on today?

California Acts Normal, Asks Forgiveness

In a striking momentary lapse of insanity, California attempts to use reasonable endeavors to claw their way out of a massive deficit.

H.D. Palmer of the Department of Finance said, “I dunno, I just kind of said it like a joke: ‘Let’s dump CalWORKS.’ Then we started looking at the numbers and we realized that would save the state $157 million.”

But then, as quickly as they entered the realm of common sense they left it behind. Said Nancy O’Hara, assistant director of the Yolo County Department of Employment and Social Services, “We remembered who we are. We’re California, dammit. We don’t have the attention span to mess with ‘absolute truths’ and ‘fiscal responsibility.’ Besides, we’re so far in debt, $157 million is just scraping the surface. It’s hopeless, we can’t do this on our own. We need someone to save us. You know, from ourselves.”

“What kind of message would we send the nation,” asked Bruce Wagstaff, director of the Department of Human Assistance in Sacramento, “if we didn’t follow our great president’s lead into unprecedented, careless spending? We need face East and send our penance vibes to Washington in the hopes we didn’t offend The Great Chairman.”

What kind of message, indeed.

Men: The Demise of America

America is weakening. Nobody is foolish enough to argue against that point. Socially, economically, mentally, spiritually, and physically we are losing our ground. From what I can tell, we’ve been weakening as a nation since around the time of the sexual revolution.

Why?

Because of men.

Not because of what men have done, but what we have left undone. In this fantastic commentary on cnn.com by Roland Martin, he writes:

I am convinced that our city streets have turned into killing fields because dads have abdicated their responsibility in the raising of their children. Yes, mom is vital. But there is something different about dad speaking, lecturing, cajoling, disciplining, embracing, loving and caring.

…

Our schools are filled with children losing their minds, and teachers unable to control them. When that happens, it’s typically mom, grandma or an aunt coming to the school to deal with the problem. Ask a teacher or principal today and they will say they rarely see dads.

Take a dip into pop culture and you see the results of an emasculated society. Take a gander at the trash on TV. Note the increase in teenage pregnancies that result from increased promiscuity. Yes, promiscuity leads to pregnancy despite what the ever-so liberal NYT rag wants you to believe.

And here is the kicker. We men have allowed this to happen. Liberal dogma is the machine behind this declination but we men are ultimately responsible for not doing our part and letting liberal dogma cleave us from our responsibilities. We’ve become the butt of jokes and we had it coming.

What do you expect to happen when you are dishonorable, absent, and selfish? As Martin says, “It has gotten to the point that a mother is considered essential in a family, but a father is optional, expendable, and increasingly irrelevant.”

Where do we start? I like Martin’s idea:

The failure of manhood in America — fatherhood — has reached epidemic proportions. And unless our religious and cultural institutions say enough is enough, we are going to see another generation of children growing up with dad absent and unaccounted for.

In other words: No more excuses. Man up. Free yourself of the liberal trash that’s been cluttering your mind through media, public schools, and so-called “higher” educational institutions. Seek truth. Oh, it’s out there, and like John 8:32 tells us, it will set you free.

Credit Cards: No More Grace Periods

My oh my people are up in arms. Why? Because new legislation could mean that credit card companies could start charging you interest from the moment you make your purchase.

That means no more grace periods. You think it’s a good idea to have a credit card or three to keep your credit score up? Well, it’s gonna cost you, and I honestly don’t feel bad for you.

Why? Because what you fail to understand is it’s not your money. You’re paying for the privilege to use money that belongs to a business. If you don’t like that they dare to charge you for using their money, then here’s an idea:  Stop using their money.

Videos of the Moment II

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine

This is audio from the definitive Greatest American President before he was president speaking out against the socialst tumor we are facing again today.

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Do you remember the original in the 80’s? I didn’t even know they were remaking it until I found it on a conservative blog. What’s this doing on a conservative blog? I asked the same question. Watch it and you’ll see parallels to The Administration … “hope” … “savior” …

NASA Warns Of Super Solar Storm 2012

Never let a good crisis go to waste. — Liberal mantra.

What if this actually happens? It’s the equivalent to a mega-electromagnetic pulse hitting the Earth. Everything electromechanical would be fried. How long could you survive without modern conveniences like computer-controlled utilities, including running water? Imagine the chaos that would ensue if this were to actually happen.

The Pursuit and Capture of Happiness

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

This quote is just another instance of pesky right-wing propaganda that the neo-statist liberals love to hate. Or, as we’ve come to recognize it, the Declaration of Independence.

When it comes to the Declaration of Independence, the quote above is arguably in-your-face conservative. Let’s break it down:

• truths—For truth to exist, right from wrong must be established. For the liberal dogma to succeed, truth, and therefore right and wrong, must be subjective so that it can be manipulated for political gain. In other words, for conservatives truth delineates policy. For liberals, policy defines truth.
• created equal—Liberal dogma relies heavily on the oppression of minorities, women, and the poor. Liberals throw terms like “racist” and “misogynist” in the face of their opposition, but the truth is that without convincing minorities and women that they can’t get ahead without the intervention of government is the greatest form of oppression. And what about LBJ’s “war on poverty”? This war has been going on for nearly 50 years now. If they really wanted to end poverty, they would have by now. Truth is, they need poverty to generate class envy that puts “hope” into false promises. That’s how statists get into power.
• Creator—Oh you mean like God? Sure. Recognize that this country is founded on the belief in a higher power. It’s open-ended enough to welcome all beliefs. But here is the problem: Atheism. The church of non-belief. All major religions remove the emphasis from self and put it on a creator, except for the religion of atheism. As it turns out, atheism is the religion of choice for many liberals. Why? Because, if God exists, so does truth and as we know truth is the round peg in the square hole of liberal dogma.
• unalienable Rights—Liberals shudder at the thought that one can maintain rights without the approval of the state. They believe, like good statists do, that rights are to be handed out like brownie points. You agree with the state? Well then you get a radio show! You suit up in the state’s civilian army gear? Well here, have a gun! But if  you have a bumper sticker that questions the state, you’re a terrorist.
• Life—Imagine being a liberal and being pro-life. I’m not saying it’s impossible, just that it’s illogical. In statism, humans are not equal, right-bearing creatures of our Creator. They are either assets or liabilities. Are you an unwanted fetus of a careless woman? Barry calls such creatures, “mistakes”.
• Liberty—Liberty provides us the freedom to do as we please. You want to build your life around your business and be the most successful in your field? Go for it. You want to devote your life to helping the needy? More power to you. That is, unless you subscribe to the liberal dogma. In that case, only the state knows what’s best for the state; your individual wants and goals are irrelevant.
• Pursuit of Happiness—What’s the key word here? Wrong, it’s not Happiness. It’s Pursuit. You see, our Framers knew that a government could not promise happiness. Happiness is up to the individual to achieve. To say that the state can provide across-the-board happiness is absurd. The state, however, can provide the open door to happiness.

It’s this last part that I want to focus on; the Pursuit of Happiness. This article contains research that proves Republicans (conservatives) are happier than Democrats (neo-statist liberals). In addition to being Republican, the study shows other areas in which there are disparities, and there are three we need to notice above all others:

• People who worship frequently are happier than those who don’t.
• The rich are happier than the poor.
• Whites and Hispanics are happier than blacks.

What does this mean and how does it relate to the Declaration of Independence? Remember, the Declaration contains all the goods that the liberals call right-wing propaganda: Liberty, a Creator, truths, and so on.  However, conservatives embrace the values and virtues on which this country was founded. We believe, actually we know, that these traits are what make this country the greatest in the world. While liberals are out apologizing to foreign nations for our fundamental virtues, we conservatives are basking in the glory of them, and in our Pursuit, we have indeed captured Happiness:

• People who worship frequently are happier than those who don’t. (Creator)
  Show me an Atheist conservative and I’ll show you a wolf in sheep clothing.
• The rich are happier than the poor. (Liberty)
  Personal success is one of the greatest achievements of mankind. It’s what gives us progress and innovation. Liberty provides the pathway to personal success.
• Whites and Hispanics are happier than blacks. (created equal)
  How can one possibly be happy while being oppressed? Making a group believe they must rely on another group to thrive is just another cruel form of slavery.

So, are you depressed? Are you sad? Chances are, you’re a liberal. I’d be sad, too.