Thursday, March 04, 2010
Stop calling Obama a Communist!
We posted an earlier version of Victoria playing her song, but it has since been removed. Here is the latest version, found at both iOwnTheWorld and NewZeal:
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We posted an earlier version of Victoria playing her song, but it has since been removed. Here is the latest version, found at both iOwnTheWorld and NewZeal:
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Can you believe there are folks out there calling Democrats "Communists"? This distracts from solving America's problems like health care, welfare and the impending threat of global warming! It lowers the political discourse...
Compliments of CommieBlaster
UPDATE 5:30PM:
Found at NewZeal - Obama's College Marxism:
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Compliments of CommieBlaster
UPDATE 5:30PM:
Found at NewZeal - Obama's College Marxism:
As a college student, Barack Obama expressed Marxist views, including the need for a new socialist U.S. government, according to a student who says he shared the future president’s opinion at the time...
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“He was arguing a straightforward Marxist-Leninist class-struggle point of view, which anticipated that there would be a revolution of the working class, led by revolutionaries, who would overthrow the capitalist system and institute a new socialist government that would redistribute the wealth,” says Drew, who says he himself was then a Marxist.
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“He was arguing a straightforward Marxist-Leninist class-struggle point of view, which anticipated that there would be a revolution of the working class, led by revolutionaries, who would overthrow the capitalist system and institute a new socialist government that would redistribute the wealth,” says Drew, who says he himself was then a Marxist.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
A gathering of the Pasadena Patriots/Altadena Tea Partiers, probably on orders from some FOX News executive or Dick Armey:
U/T: All Tea Partiers - stay strong and keep the faith!
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U/T: All Tea Partiers - stay strong and keep the faith!
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
So far...
Screenshot from today's Drudge Report:
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Screenshot from today's Drudge Report:
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
It appears more and more are figuring it out.
A group has emerged on several college campuses called Campus Gulag. They setup fake gulags on campus to educate others on the direction this country is going.
Of course, this lowers the political discourse and should be stopped immediately! In fact, one campus did shut it down. If only campus administrators had that kind of power in North Korea or the former Soviet Union....
Picture from Gateway Pundit:
Link to Campus Gulag
UPDATE 11.2: Video of campus gulag. Theliberal progressive communist administrators played right into their hands!! Just like a certain hope & change guy has given credibility to our Commie Obama hat's prophetic warning...
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A group has emerged on several college campuses called Campus Gulag. They setup fake gulags on campus to educate others on the direction this country is going.
Of course, this lowers the political discourse and should be stopped immediately! In fact, one campus did shut it down. If only campus administrators had that kind of power in North Korea or the former Soviet Union....
Picture from Gateway Pundit:
Link to Campus Gulag
UPDATE 11.2: Video of campus gulag. The
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Civilian National Security Force = Marxist Revolution?
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Today's American Thinker has an incredible 3.5 page piece on the origins and aspects of Marxism. Kelly O'Connell writes, If Obama were a Marxist, what would he believe? Not a hit piece, as the title may suggest. And, differing from the 'He's Not a Socialist' articles of late, O'Connell actually starts with definitions of Marxism, Communism and Socialism, and a term new to us, Neo-Marxism. Refreshing, in a dark way.
Charles Krauthammer writes about Obama's foreign policy mishaps - "amateurishness, wrapped in naivete, inside credulity" - at Townhall, Debacle in Moscow.
Rush Limbaugh warned David Checketts that if he joined the other investors interested in buying the Rams, some of those soulless leftyliberals progressives communists would attempt to derail the acquisition. Checketts said he's stand by Limbaugh. The efforts to paint Limbaugh a racist were echoed by Washington Post's Michael Wilbon, CNN's Rich Sanchez and NFL's union leader DeMaurice Smith. Limbaugh responds in today's WSJ, The Race Card, Football and Me:
James Taranto has a 4-page behind-the-scenes summary on the ACORN-Pimp story. How two 20-somethings not only brought down a nationwide corrupt organization, but who they went to for help and how they chose to release the story in 5 videos to expose and exacerbate the MSM bias. Taking On the 'Democrat-Media Complex'.
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Critics warn reborn Marxism is exceedingly dangerous since it is delivered below the radar, and represents a devious bloodless communist assault, a polar-opposite of the violently murderous Bolshevik and Mao uprisings.
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Marxism is a violently revolutionary doctrine. Marx claimed capitalism's Armageddon was inevitable, but followers should bear arms to hasten change. Since the rich will never give up their capital voluntarily, it must be taken by force. After this, the arduous task of rebuilding society begins. Lenin's "New Man" is created by education. Those who don't adapt can be eliminated to purify the whole. But capitalism must be destroyed before healing can occur.
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Marxism is a violently revolutionary doctrine. Marx claimed capitalism's Armageddon was inevitable, but followers should bear arms to hasten change. Since the rich will never give up their capital voluntarily, it must be taken by force. After this, the arduous task of rebuilding society begins. Lenin's "New Man" is created by education. Those who don't adapt can be eliminated to purify the whole. But capitalism must be destroyed before healing can occur.
Charles Krauthammer writes about Obama's foreign policy mishaps - "amateurishness, wrapped in naivete, inside credulity" - at Townhall, Debacle in Moscow.
Having failed to get any movement from the Russians, Clinton herself moved -- to accommodate the Russian position! Sanctions? What sanctions? "We are not at that point yet," she averred. "That is not a conclusion we have reached ... it is our preference that Iran work with the international community."
But wait a minute. Didn't Obama say in July that Iran had to show compliance by the G-20 summit in late September? And when that deadline passed, did he not then warn Iran that it would face "sanctions that have bite" and that it would have to take "a new course or face consequences"?
Gone with the wind. It's the U.S. that's now retreating from its already flimsy position of just three weeks ago. We're not doing sanctions now, you see. We're back to engagement. Just as the Russians suggest.
But wait a minute. Didn't Obama say in July that Iran had to show compliance by the G-20 summit in late September? And when that deadline passed, did he not then warn Iran that it would face "sanctions that have bite" and that it would have to take "a new course or face consequences"?
Gone with the wind. It's the U.S. that's now retreating from its already flimsy position of just three weeks ago. We're not doing sanctions now, you see. We're back to engagement. Just as the Russians suggest.
Rush Limbaugh warned David Checketts that if he joined the other investors interested in buying the Rams, some of those soulless lefty
My racial views? You mean, my belief in a colorblind society where every individual is treated as a precious human being without regard to his race? Where football players should earn as much as they can and keep as much as they can, regardless of race? Those controversial racial views?
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Having brought me into his group, Mr. Checketts now wanted a way out. He asked me to resign. I told him no way. I had done nothing wrong. I had not uttered the words these people were putting in my mouth. And I would not bow to their libels and pressure. He would have to drop me from the group. A few days later, he did.
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Having brought me into his group, Mr. Checketts now wanted a way out. He asked me to resign. I told him no way. I had done nothing wrong. I had not uttered the words these people were putting in my mouth. And I would not bow to their libels and pressure. He would have to drop me from the group. A few days later, he did.
James Taranto has a 4-page behind-the-scenes summary on the ACORN-Pimp story. How two 20-somethings not only brought down a nationwide corrupt organization, but who they went to for help and how they chose to release the story in 5 videos to expose and exacerbate the MSM bias. Taking On the 'Democrat-Media Complex'.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
The WSJ's Daniel Henninger reviews Michael Moore's latest movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, in his opinion article, Michael Moore's 'Socialist' President.
For those not born, too young or who weren't paying attention in the 60's, you no longer have to wonder what it looks like when a US president loses a war that could otherwise easily be won. Obama's behavior since Gen. McChrystal's request for more troops to fulfill the mission Obama hired him to do several months ago is disgraceful. It is, in our opinion, and we've never said this before... impeachable. McChrystal's critics say he is trying to dictate policy through his public statements. One such public statement was the fact that his commander in chief spoke with him exactly once in his first 70 days as the war commander. WSJ Opinion Page: Obama and the General:
It is the General's public image that has gotten Obama off his **s on this issue. There are four scenarios: 1) Obama steps up and we win this war - real victory, 2) Obama is shamed into giving McChrystal some of the requested troops and resources and we continue to take the fight to the enemy, or 3) Obama surrenders but keeps troops there to die, or 4) Obama surrenders and pulls out of Afghanistan.
An AP story reported on Drudge today: US forces leave isolated Afghan base after attack.
Obama's hesitation is sending a very clear signal. Even if he gives McChrystal the requested troops, McChrystal's job will be harder now than it would have been. In short, more great American soldiers will suffer.
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Of all the issues raised in the two-year campaign, Mr. Moore picks one, the famous charge that will not die: "Obama is a socialist."
Unlike the president, Mr. Moore doesn't duck. "The more they called Obama a socialist," he says, "the more he rose in the polls."
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We live in an age of ideologically transgendered leaders.
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The most immediate problem facing the U.S. is not that we have too much capitalism, but that we don't have enough of it.
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The important difference between the "socialist" Barack Obama and the Republicans is he'd settle for 2% annual growth (gotta pay for the green dreams) and they might get 3%. In a world of China, India and Brazil, growing at rates between 5% and 9%, we need more. A future president who puts the U.S. back in the race with these fast runners could call himself a communist for all I care.
Unlike the president, Mr. Moore doesn't duck. "The more they called Obama a socialist," he says, "the more he rose in the polls."
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We live in an age of ideologically transgendered leaders.
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The most immediate problem facing the U.S. is not that we have too much capitalism, but that we don't have enough of it.
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The important difference between the "socialist" Barack Obama and the Republicans is he'd settle for 2% annual growth (gotta pay for the green dreams) and they might get 3%. In a world of China, India and Brazil, growing at rates between 5% and 9%, we need more. A future president who puts the U.S. back in the race with these fast runners could call himself a communist for all I care.
For those not born, too young or who weren't paying attention in the 60's, you no longer have to wonder what it looks like when a US president loses a war that could otherwise easily be won. Obama's behavior since Gen. McChrystal's request for more troops to fulfill the mission Obama hired him to do several months ago is disgraceful. It is, in our opinion, and we've never said this before... impeachable. McChrystal's critics say he is trying to dictate policy through his public statements. One such public statement was the fact that his commander in chief spoke with him exactly once in his first 70 days as the war commander. WSJ Opinion Page: Obama and the General:
Recall that in March Mr. Obama unveiled his "comprehensive new strategy . . . to reverse the Taliban's gains and promote a more capable and accountable Afghan government." The Commander in Chief pledged to properly resource this "war of necessity," which he also called during the 2008 campaign "the central front on terror." The President then sacked his war commander, who had been chosen by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in favor of Gen. McChrystal, an expert in counterinsurgency.
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Gen. McChrystal's liberal critics also have very short memories. In 2003, Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki clashed with his superiors by saying many more troops were needed to pacify Iraq. He became a Democratic hero and is now Mr. Obama's Veterans Secretary. In this case, Gen. McChrystal has become a political target merely for taking at face value Mr. Obama's order to fight the war properly. His superiors, the Central Commander David Petraeus and Adm. Mullen, back him, but can hardly be said to question civil control of the military.
In an interview with Newsweek, Gen. McChrystal said he wouldn't resign if the President rejects his request for more troops. If he were really trying to dictate policy, he'd have given a different answer. But we don't think Gen. McChrystal should stay to implement a Biden war plan either. No commander in uniform should ask his soldiers to die for a strategy he doesn't think is winnable—or for a President who lets his advisers and party blame a general for their own lack of political nerve.
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Gen. McChrystal's liberal critics also have very short memories. In 2003, Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki clashed with his superiors by saying many more troops were needed to pacify Iraq. He became a Democratic hero and is now Mr. Obama's Veterans Secretary. In this case, Gen. McChrystal has become a political target merely for taking at face value Mr. Obama's order to fight the war properly. His superiors, the Central Commander David Petraeus and Adm. Mullen, back him, but can hardly be said to question civil control of the military.
In an interview with Newsweek, Gen. McChrystal said he wouldn't resign if the President rejects his request for more troops. If he were really trying to dictate policy, he'd have given a different answer. But we don't think Gen. McChrystal should stay to implement a Biden war plan either. No commander in uniform should ask his soldiers to die for a strategy he doesn't think is winnable—or for a President who lets his advisers and party blame a general for their own lack of political nerve.
It is the General's public image that has gotten Obama off his **s on this issue. There are four scenarios: 1) Obama steps up and we win this war - real victory, 2) Obama is shamed into giving McChrystal some of the requested troops and resources and we continue to take the fight to the enemy, or 3) Obama surrenders but keeps troops there to die, or 4) Obama surrenders and pulls out of Afghanistan.
An AP story reported on Drudge today: US forces leave isolated Afghan base after attack.
KABUL (AP) - U.S. forces have withdrawn from an isolated base in eastern Afghanistan that insurgents attacked last week in one of the deadliest battles of the war for U.S. troops, the NATO-led coalition said Friday.
The pullout from the Kamdesh outpost near the Pakistani border is likely to embolden insurgent fighters in the region. The Taliban swiftly claimed "victory" for forcing the coalition to leave and said they had raised their flag above the town.
The pullout from the Kamdesh outpost near the Pakistani border is likely to embolden insurgent fighters in the region. The Taliban swiftly claimed "victory" for forcing the coalition to leave and said they had raised their flag above the town.
Obama's hesitation is sending a very clear signal. Even if he gives McChrystal the requested troops, McChrystal's job will be harder now than it would have been. In short, more great American soldiers will suffer.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Coke's CEO Muhtar Kent comments on the soda tax idea floating around DC:
I have never seen it work where a government tells people what to eat and what to drink...
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If it worked, the Soviet Union would still be around.
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If it worked, the Soviet Union would still be around.
A CEO who knows his history? Did he just call President Obama a commie??
Our advice: order your Leninade now, while it is still tax-free!
U/T: Reason.com - who used a picture of our hat in their post!
UPDATE 9.17:
We asked the RealSoda CEO, Ushanka.us friend, Commie Obama Rally Cap owner, the idea man behind Leninade, and the Willy Wonka of the soda world to offer his $0.02 on this matter. His reply:
So they say they will not raise taxes on 95% of the population... so I guess only 4% drinks soda then?? !!
Well, actually this is another example of how the politicians who have no real scientific knowledge find another way to collect money from the general public under the supposed guise of protecting people from overconsumption of something. Now, again... if you don't have nationalized medicine then you should not be so worried about paying the costs of overconsumption. So the argument that makes most sense is to let people eat and drink what they want and pay their own medical bills and/or insurance.
Just as is the case with the schools, they banned sodas including stuff like Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi and then they introduced fruit juices which have the same sugar per ounce (albeit "natural", whatever that means) as what's in sodas. That is to say, the caloric content is essentially the same but one is banned and the other is forced down peoples' throats. Of course the liquor stores in the perimeter of the schools are selling sodas like there's no tomorrow...
Should the tax on sodas be limited to those with HFCS? Or cane sugar? How about evaporated cane juice? How about honey (more fattening than sugar)? How about concentrated fruit juice additives which are like simple syrup when added? The government doesn't care if you get fat or not; they just want your money. Their death panels will take care of anyone who overindulges once their health scare plan takes effect :(
Yours effervescently,
Danny
Well, actually this is another example of how the politicians who have no real scientific knowledge find another way to collect money from the general public under the supposed guise of protecting people from overconsumption of something. Now, again... if you don't have nationalized medicine then you should not be so worried about paying the costs of overconsumption. So the argument that makes most sense is to let people eat and drink what they want and pay their own medical bills and/or insurance.
Just as is the case with the schools, they banned sodas including stuff like Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi and then they introduced fruit juices which have the same sugar per ounce (albeit "natural", whatever that means) as what's in sodas. That is to say, the caloric content is essentially the same but one is banned and the other is forced down peoples' throats. Of course the liquor stores in the perimeter of the schools are selling sodas like there's no tomorrow...
Should the tax on sodas be limited to those with HFCS? Or cane sugar? How about evaporated cane juice? How about honey (more fattening than sugar)? How about concentrated fruit juice additives which are like simple syrup when added? The government doesn't care if you get fat or not; they just want your money. Their death panels will take care of anyone who overindulges once their health scare plan takes effect :(
Yours effervescently,
Danny
Link to RealSoda. Link to our Leninade commercial.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Frank Thomas, at the WSJ no less, is the latest to fail in his effort to paint Obama as the anti-socialist. His article: The Red Scare Returns.
He follows the same tired old script (yawn):
1) Do not acknowledge recent socialist actions by our Dear Leader,
2) Offer something as a definition of socialism, ie. a line that has not been crossed so therefore he's not a socialist, and
3) Mock and mis-represent those of us - and our numbers are growing - that label our Dear Leader a socialist with the intent to silence our voices or distract from our compelling arguments.
We'll use the three items above as the outline of our retort:
1) Ignoring Recent Events:
There is no mention of GM, Chrysler, forced TARP money to banks, or any other recent event in his article. What journalism school teaches its students to make a case against something by ignoring the thing you're making a case against? (rhetorical)
We'll quote from the far more moderate analyst, Rush Limbaugh, on these events - his Morning Update for tomorrow:
The federal government has taken over America's mortgage industry – 90 percent of all home loans are under government control. Our largest automakers are under government control, as are large swaths of our financial sector. The entire free-market energy sector is waiting for the axe to fall – via "cap-and-trade" regulations, which will effectively nationalize them. Unaccountable, unelected government czars now set policy – in an executive branch that is unrestrained by Constitutional checks and balances. Intelligence officers who, under a previous administration, served our country in a time of national peril – are now subject to political trials, by an out-of-control Justice Department.
Let the record show, we were calling Obama, and the Dems, socialists when it wasn't popular. We also use the words Marxist, Statist, and Communist. These labels may lower the political discourse, but it is becoming apparent that the days are numbered for our right to do so if Obama's agenda is not stopped.
2) Socialism Il-Defined
Thomas Franks says the Red Scare is only legitimate if the following occurs:
No Huey Long materialized to haunt the wealthy and we have endured no wave of sit-down strikes.
Nope. It isn't Huey Long that is doing the haunting. Many of those wealthy, and not so wealthy, have lost 40-50% of their wealth in the past year. Some of them lost it when the government told them to take 10 cents on the dollar as Chrysler bond holders.
It appears Franks has caught that nasty swine envy bug going around - in comments about Atlas Shrugged (in our library at the left):
The book's sales skyrocketed in early 2009, proving that when bankers puff asset bubbles and wreck the world, a large part of the public can be counted on to learn from that experience that bankers are the real victims of society, presumably deserving even more tax cuts and deregulation.
Shall we assume Thomas trusts his money with someone other than a banker?
3) Demonize Us
Today, from the floor of town-hall meetings and the heights of the Republican Party, alarmed Americans fret about secret socialists and denounce the president as a dictator. They make plans to pull their children out of school rather than have them exposed to his hypnotic oratorical powers. They quail at imaginary death panels, storm at imaginary threats to gun rights, and froth at an imaginary birth-certificate scandal. And it has required only eight months of Democratic administration to bring the right to a boil.
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So it doesn't really matter that there isn't much of a proper, visible, '30s-style left in America. One Van Jones is all it takes to negate the Obama administration's cautious centrism. The radicalism is just under the surface, if you're willing to believe.
And it's this willingness to believe, with its escalating cries of "socialism" and "indoctrination" that intrigues me most. Can people really be moved to worry about communism with the Soviet Union gone? Can you really hope to gin up a red scare without almost no reds?
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...where else is a suspicious mind to go when there are no other explanations being offered?
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And so we all dare to call it treason. Calling it treason is a movie in which we can all have a role.
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So it doesn't really matter that there isn't much of a proper, visible, '30s-style left in America. One Van Jones is all it takes to negate the Obama administration's cautious centrism. The radicalism is just under the surface, if you're willing to believe.
And it's this willingness to believe, with its escalating cries of "socialism" and "indoctrination" that intrigues me most. Can people really be moved to worry about communism with the Soviet Union gone? Can you really hope to gin up a red scare without almost no reds?
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...where else is a suspicious mind to go when there are no other explanations being offered?
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And so we all dare to call it treason. Calling it treason is a movie in which we can all have a role.
So we're all 'birthers'. And traitors. (yawn)
As for his comment: "Obama administration's cautious centrism", we blame the public schools.
Our suggestions for Mr. Frank:
1) Get ten minutes with colleague Bret Stephens and discuss that thought that communism isn't a threat because there isn't a Soviet Union,
2) Assuming you are in the NY office, look out the window tomorrow at that pit across the street and ask yourself if anyone discounted the radical muslim threat before 9/11 in the same manner you discounted the socialism threat with your intellectually lazy Huey Long line,
3) Consider a different old-media outlet that is more in tune with your enlightened ways of thinking. The New York Times will be the same commute, and
4) Buy one of our Commie Obama Rally Caps. Winter is coming!
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Saturday, September 05, 2009
It has been MONTHS since someone has come out and argued that our Dear Leader is not a socialist. Once the takeovers of GM and Chrysler, the firing of the GM CEO, and the ownership of selected banks back in the Spring, no one has had the gall to make this claim. Until now.
John Cavanagh, clearly desperate for more funds for his non-profit Institute for Policy Studies, has decided to take one for the team. In a web interview with state-run Yahoo! TechTicker he offers the following:
Carbon credits are kinda like stocks. They can be traded. And the White House will be the Washington DC Carbon Exchange, or WDCCE. Ignore the whole GM, Chrysler, Bank TARP, etc. Until our Dear Leader puts a cap on emissions, he's not a socialist.
Marx said "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." That doesn't mean he's a communist!
Obama has a dilemma here, and we blame the public schools and their failure to three generations of Americans.
On one hand, he is forced to send shills of John Cavanagh's miniscule caliber out there to stand in rising waters and stick his finger in the 'He's not a Socialist' dike.
On the other hand, it is people like John Cavanagh that are the product of the public school systems and are energized to vote by 1-2 syllable words like "hope", "change" and "free stuff".
Will Cavanagh's loyalty be rewarded with a stimulus grant for the Institute for Policy Studies, or a Czar post?
Link to interview, with video.
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John Cavanagh, clearly desperate for more funds for his non-profit Institute for Policy Studies, has decided to take one for the team. In a web interview with state-run Yahoo! TechTicker he offers the following:
Market-based Socialism: Even Obama's highly criticized cap-and-trade proposal is based on a "market framework" of carbon credits, which can be traded, Cavanagh says. "If [Obama] were really a Socialist or European Social Democrat, he'd say: ‘OK we're going to cut emissions by 20% by 2020 and we're going to do this by we the government are going to say you the petroleum sector must cut by this much.' He's not doing this. He is using market mechanisms."
Carbon credits are kinda like stocks. They can be traded. And the White House will be the Washington DC Carbon Exchange, or WDCCE. Ignore the whole GM, Chrysler, Bank TARP, etc. Until our Dear Leader puts a cap on emissions, he's not a socialist.
Just a Sliver: Health-care is the area where Obama has faced the most criticism for being a "socialist," but by the President's own admission the public option is "going to be one piece of the health-care system," Cavanagh notes. "He's not saying ‘we want government run, government owned healthcare.' And again, he's doing it in a market framework. He's saying I think the government can do it more efficiently and cheaper."
Marx said "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." That doesn't mean he's a communist!
Obama has a dilemma here, and we blame the public schools and their failure to three generations of Americans.
On one hand, he is forced to send shills of John Cavanagh's miniscule caliber out there to stand in rising waters and stick his finger in the 'He's not a Socialist' dike.
On the other hand, it is people like John Cavanagh that are the product of the public school systems and are energized to vote by 1-2 syllable words like "hope", "change" and "free stuff".
Will Cavanagh's loyalty be rewarded with a stimulus grant for the Institute for Policy Studies, or a Czar post?
Link to interview, with video.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
We received some Torano cigars in a free sampler pack recently, and lit one tonight. A Carlos Torano Exodus 1959. Tasty, very smooth with an even burn. Different than what we're used to, so the jury is still out, but definately not a reject.
Two American Thinker articles deserve mention tonight. It appears more are making the outrageous comparison between Obama and previous Communists. Pretty soon the political discourse will be completely derailed as all conservatives will see Ushanka-wearing commies around every corner! It reminds us of the time an Obama supporter tried to buy one of our Commie Obama hats because she thought it was "cute". But we digress...
James Lewis' 9-page article, Obama as Leninoid, starts with a bang, but does lack momentum. The point is: those with knowledge of history of evil are making comparisons that seem to stick.
As to "scapegoating the rich and all enemies of the regime":
and to the tactic "Demonizing the Opposition":
Andie Brownlow's article is From Russia With No Love, discusses the 'ol KGB theory that the US can be destroyed from within in four steps: Demoralization, Destabilization, Crisis, and then forced Normalization. A good refresher about the tactics of that For-The-Greater-Good crowd.
Andie blogs at AndieBrownlow.com.
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Two American Thinker articles deserve mention tonight. It appears more are making the outrageous comparison between Obama and previous Communists. Pretty soon the political discourse will be completely derailed as all conservatives will see Ushanka-wearing commies around every corner! It reminds us of the time an Obama supporter tried to buy one of our Commie Obama hats because she thought it was "cute". But we digress...
James Lewis' 9-page article, Obama as Leninoid, starts with a bang, but does lack momentum. The point is: those with knowledge of history of evil are making comparisons that seem to stick.
As to "scapegoating the rich and all enemies of the regime":
Leninoids always find victim groups, or create them, or import them, and then claim to speak on their behalf. That is happening today in the United States with illegal immigrants. These are not just accidents but deliberate policy.
and to the tactic "Demonizing the Opposition":
It's weird for an American president to consider most of the American population "the enemy."
Andie Brownlow's article is From Russia With No Love, discusses the 'ol KGB theory that the US can be destroyed from within in four steps: Demoralization, Destabilization, Crisis, and then forced Normalization. A good refresher about the tactics of that For-The-Greater-Good crowd.
Can America return to conservative values and save itself from the jaws of Marxism, or will it spiral down a path of self destruction guided by none other than the former Soviet Union?
It can be argued that the destabilization of our culture and economy, magnified by policies of the Obama Administration, conform to KGB plans for the collapse of the United States. The only question remains: Is Obama masterminding the current events for economic collapse, or is he just the hapless puppet holding the hot potato?
It can be argued that the destabilization of our culture and economy, magnified by policies of the Obama Administration, conform to KGB plans for the collapse of the United States. The only question remains: Is Obama masterminding the current events for economic collapse, or is he just the hapless puppet holding the hot potato?
Andie blogs at AndieBrownlow.com.
Labels: Cigar, Not a Socialist
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Democrats are being sacrificed on the altar of Obama's authoritarian fascism. The man is eating his own. We gotta stop calling it socialism, folks, because socialism's lost it's bite and what he's doing is really not socialism anyway. Socialism is where the government owns the means of production. Fascism is where politicians run it but it's privately owned. We are fascists. Obama is turning this into a fascist nation, think Mussolini. Other than the automobile business, some of the banks, they've taken that over and they're running that, but for the most part he's in bed now with the Big Pharma. He's going to be in bed with them and running it, making decisions for the private sector but he's not going to own it. But he's got everybody scared to death.
So fascism is the more apt analogy to what this country is becoming with Barack Obama at the helm. And because it is his party and they are engaged in the biggest and most dangerous political gamble in history, they are betting that Obama's march to fascism and his relentless slandering of America will result in their reelection.
So fascism is the more apt analogy to what this country is becoming with Barack Obama at the helm. And because it is his party and they are engaged in the biggest and most dangerous political gamble in history, they are betting that Obama's march to fascism and his relentless slandering of America will result in their reelection.
Except the auto companies and some banks...
We are still going to call our Commie Obama Rally Cap 'facisionable'.
Labels: Not a Socialist
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Firas Alkhateeb is the artist. A 20-year old muslim history student at the University of Illinois. A Dennis Kucinich supporter.
He photoshopped the Time magazine cover in January. Then someone else took his joker-art and created the socialism poster.
Alkhateeb tells the LA Times:
Regardless, Alkhateeb does agree with the Obama "Hope" artist about "socialism" being the wrong caption for the Joker image. "It really doesn't make any sense to me at all," he said. "To accuse him of being a socialist is really ... immature. First of all, who said being a socialist is evil?"
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. We blame the public schools for this...
Be sure to visit our posts below. Yesterday's post with the joker video. Creeeepy. And our collection of poster spinoffs.
See Alkhateeb's flickr album. Some good photoshop work, plus plenty of pictures of mosques and the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia.
U/T: Drudge
Labels: Not a Socialist
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A new poster, with a familiar theme, is popping up in St. Louis. The significance of the Aug 22 date is unknown. Maybe a local Tea Party group? We'll post an update when we find out.
U/T: Dana Loesch
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U/T: Dana Loesch
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Not the Hope/Change poster we're used to.
Could someone else be thinking the same thing we do when we wear our sexy Commie Obama hat??
This poster has been seen in our old home town of Los Angeles. Nobody has taken responsibility, but we suspect Nathan Hale, or someone with the same character and values.
U/T: Newsbusters, Tammy Bruce, and Atlas Shrugged
UPDATE 8.4: So an LA/MSM article suggested the only thing missing from the Obama poster is a noose. The momentum on this story seems to be going the other way, and likely with more force with each lib comment. Links:
Jim Treacher has some fun with it.
Michelle Malkin recalls some images of Bush - here and here.
We found the missing noose - here, on Sarah Palin.
And Jim Treacher, in the same theme, suggests "Recursiveness" in his modified poster:
UPDATED 8.4 2:45: Found another at SondraK's site!
UPDATED 8.4 3:45: We couldn't resist...
UPDATED 8.4 3:55: Add a t-shirt to the momentum!
UPDATED 8.6: Cliff Kincaid applies the makeup to Commie Ayers:
UPDATED 8.6 4:50pm: Rusty at Jawa Report posted this pic today:
UPDATED 8.8: We found this several days ago, but do not remember where. Ugh.
UPDATED & BUMPED 8.10: The hits keep on coming! Found more at Moonbattery and FreeRepublic. Here are the most creative:
Our Favorite spinoff:
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Could someone else be thinking the same thing we do when we wear our sexy Commie Obama hat??
This poster has been seen in our old home town of Los Angeles. Nobody has taken responsibility, but we suspect Nathan Hale, or someone with the same character and values.
U/T: Newsbusters, Tammy Bruce, and Atlas Shrugged
UPDATE 8.4: So an LA/MSM article suggested the only thing missing from the Obama poster is a noose. The momentum on this story seems to be going the other way, and likely with more force with each lib comment. Links:
Jim Treacher has some fun with it.
Michelle Malkin recalls some images of Bush - here and here.
We found the missing noose - here, on Sarah Palin.
And Jim Treacher, in the same theme, suggests "Recursiveness" in his modified poster:
UPDATED 8.4 2:45: Found another at SondraK's site!
UPDATED 8.4 3:45: We couldn't resist...
UPDATED 8.4 3:55: Add a t-shirt to the momentum!
UPDATED 8.6: Cliff Kincaid applies the makeup to Commie Ayers:
UPDATED 8.6 4:50pm: Rusty at Jawa Report posted this pic today:
UPDATED 8.8: We found this several days ago, but do not remember where. Ugh.
UPDATED & BUMPED 8.10: The hits keep on coming! Found more at Moonbattery and FreeRepublic. Here are the most creative:
Our Favorite spinoff:
Labels: Not a Socialist
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Monday, July 20, 2009
The RNC Chairman should know better than to label an Obama policy as "socialism". Fellow Republicans Allahpundit at Hotair or James Taranto at WSJ might call him "Stupid" or "Right Wing Nut" as they have others [in their failed attempts to intimidate conservative commentary, our brilliant analogies, and our use of foreshadowing].
In today's Breitbart news:
"Yes, next question." Hmmm. It appears the leader of the minority party has lowered himself to emotionally-charged name-calling. Not the right approach to bridging the divide and bringing people together for the greater good of America! This will take the political discourse down another notch in this great time of despair, uncertainty and 9.5% unemployment.
Click the label below to learn more about this phenomenon of calling Obama a Socialist. Or, go to CommieObama.com - click here! - to buy one of our cool hats!
(Welcome to the party, Mr. Steele!)
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In today's Breitbart news:
The chairman of the Republican Party on Monday called President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul health care "socialism," accusing the president of conducting a risky experiment that will hurt the economy and force millions to drop their current coverage.
Michael Steele, in remarks at the National Press Club, also said the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and key congressional committee chairmen are part of a "cabal" that wants to implement government-run health care.
"Obama-Pelosi want to start building a colossal, closed health care system where Washington decides. Republicans want and support an open health care system where patients and doctors make the decisions," Steele said.
Asked if Obama's health care plan represented socialism, Steele responded: "Yes. Next question."
Michael Steele, in remarks at the National Press Club, also said the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and key congressional committee chairmen are part of a "cabal" that wants to implement government-run health care.
"Obama-Pelosi want to start building a colossal, closed health care system where Washington decides. Republicans want and support an open health care system where patients and doctors make the decisions," Steele said.
Asked if Obama's health care plan represented socialism, Steele responded: "Yes. Next question."
"Yes, next question." Hmmm. It appears the leader of the minority party has lowered himself to emotionally-charged name-calling. Not the right approach to bridging the divide and bringing people together for the greater good of America! This will take the political discourse down another notch in this great time of despair, uncertainty and 9.5% unemployment.
Click the label below to learn more about this phenomenon of calling Obama a Socialist. Or, go to CommieObama.com - click here! - to buy one of our cool hats!
(Welcome to the party, Mr. Steele!)
Labels: Not a Socialist
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Regular Ushanka.us readers understand that our philosophy here is that we see liberals as 'communist-inspired'. We don't see them, individually, as communists. But we see their collective desires addressed only by a communist system. Our assumption that this would never happen was disproved by our new president who has acted on behalf of all these liberal factions, having only ignored the demands of the blacks and gays to date.
By following this philosophy, we have avoided several right-wing themes. We don't need to address these to make our point. Having said that, we feel inclined to post the links below to some of those themes that have gained traction. For your review and assessment:
Worker's Revolution
ACTIVE, the American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front, has called for a National Strike Against the Dictator for November 4. For you few that still have jobs, you are being called on for this one-day strike.
Obama's Birth Certificate
A favorite theme among the fringe, this went mainstream this week when Army Reserve Major Stefan Frederick Cook requested the President to produce his birth certificate to verify that he has the right to order Major Cook to war. Silly, right?
Well, Major Cook's orders were revoked. Hmmm. That's probably the end of that, right?
In today's news at the Ledger-Enquirer:
So, original lawsuit wins. Then Cook loses his job. Lawsuit is updated to address retaliation and potential of future illegal deployment orders, and two more officers join the fight. This is so easily fixed. Obama just has to show the birth certificate that he used to get a driver's license in Chicago. Why drag this out?
Guns
Want to send the message that you're a right-wing wacko? Just tell people that you're afraid that Obama will take your guns. It is that easy. You might even get on CNN or one of the other state-run outlets!
But, there are some that connect the 2nd Ammendment to the founder's experiences with Britain. There is a worn-out story about a little bridge North of Concord Massachusetts that we won't bore you with. There are more important things, like the 47 million uninsured Americans...
Well, those right-wingers at The Wall Street Journal hid a small opinion piece in Saturday's paper, Second Ammendment Confidential:
Those on the fringe sure are weird!
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By following this philosophy, we have avoided several right-wing themes. We don't need to address these to make our point. Having said that, we feel inclined to post the links below to some of those themes that have gained traction. For your review and assessment:
Worker's Revolution
ACTIVE, the American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front, has called for a National Strike Against the Dictator for November 4. For you few that still have jobs, you are being called on for this one-day strike.
Obama's Birth Certificate
A favorite theme among the fringe, this went mainstream this week when Army Reserve Major Stefan Frederick Cook requested the President to produce his birth certificate to verify that he has the right to order Major Cook to war. Silly, right?
Well, Major Cook's orders were revoked. Hmmm. That's probably the end of that, right?
In today's news at the Ledger-Enquirer:
...retired Maj. Gen. Carol Dean Childers and active U.S. Air Force reservist Lt. Col. David Earl Graeff have joined the suit “because it is a matter of unparalleled public interest and importance and because it is clearly a matter arising from issues of a recurring nature that will escape review unless the Court exercises its discretionary jurisdiction.”
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the revised suit states Cook lost his job at Simtech Inc., a corporation that does Department of Defense contracting in the field of information technology/systems integration, because of the suit. It also states that Cook has been subjected to “gossip” from people who believed Cook was “manipulating his deployment orders to create a platform for political purposes.”
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the revised suit states Cook lost his job at Simtech Inc., a corporation that does Department of Defense contracting in the field of information technology/systems integration, because of the suit. It also states that Cook has been subjected to “gossip” from people who believed Cook was “manipulating his deployment orders to create a platform for political purposes.”
So, original lawsuit wins. Then Cook loses his job. Lawsuit is updated to address retaliation and potential of future illegal deployment orders, and two more officers join the fight. This is so easily fixed. Obama just has to show the birth certificate that he used to get a driver's license in Chicago. Why drag this out?
Guns
Want to send the message that you're a right-wing wacko? Just tell people that you're afraid that Obama will take your guns. It is that easy. You might even get on CNN or one of the other state-run outlets!
But, there are some that connect the 2nd Ammendment to the founder's experiences with Britain. There is a worn-out story about a little bridge North of Concord Massachusetts that we won't bore you with. There are more important things, like the 47 million uninsured Americans...
Well, those right-wingers at The Wall Street Journal hid a small opinion piece in Saturday's paper, Second Ammendment Confidential:
Now making their way to the Court are cases about whether the right to bear arms also applies to the 50 states via the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. If it doesn't, then Heller is a hollow shell.
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Judge Sotomayor has said that it would be appropriate to recuse herself from any rehearing of Maloney v. Cuomo by the Supreme Court, but this week she stopped short of promising to do so. Our guess, based on her history, is that she'll vote like the Court's four liberals who dissented in Heller and say gun rights don't apply to the states.
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Judge Sotomayor has said that it would be appropriate to recuse herself from any rehearing of Maloney v. Cuomo by the Supreme Court, but this week she stopped short of promising to do so. Our guess, based on her history, is that she'll vote like the Court's four liberals who dissented in Heller and say gun rights don't apply to the states.
Those on the fringe sure are weird!
Labels: Gun Rights, Not a Socialist
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Rush made a point this past week about C-SPAN. He observed previous congresses would debate legislation on the floor, for all to see. Stimulus, health care, and other destructive policies are now being drafted in private, and by one party.
This is clearly a liberal revolt of YouTube - where their discussions could be spliced from the boring C-SPAN into one-minute clips that would convey the true - communist - intentions of the liberal mind.
Equal damage is being done in the Executive Branch with the use of Czars - people influencing and executing policies, and who knows what else, accountable only to Obama. Below are links to three of the better write-ups on the subject. Don't read if you scare easily.
Stanislav Mishin, Russian blogger at Mat Rodina, writes:
Cliff Kincaid, at Accuracy in Media, exposes one of Obama's Czars, John P. Holdren, his Science Czar. Holdren has a history of promoting flawed ideas such a population explosions and promoting a "Planetary Regime" of world government. These ideas then lead to suggested policies such as mandatory abortion and involuntary sterilization. One wonders what causes revulsion in liberals when this doesn't... Kincaid rightfully asks, Is Obama's Science Czar a Crackpot? Regarding Holdren's world government hopes:
Kincaid refers to a report by Zombietime (our source of the photo) - one of our highly respected blogroll bloggers. Here is a link to the very throrough Zombietime report.
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This is clearly a liberal revolt of YouTube - where their discussions could be spliced from the boring C-SPAN into one-minute clips that would convey the true - communist - intentions of the liberal mind.
Equal damage is being done in the Executive Branch with the use of Czars - people influencing and executing policies, and who knows what else, accountable only to Obama. Below are links to three of the better write-ups on the subject. Don't read if you scare easily.
Stanislav Mishin, Russian blogger at Mat Rodina, writes:
There is a new silliness in the Western Anglo Media, comparing the US Emperor's Czar program to the number of Tsars that Holy Russia had. It is a good thing that the US/UK public is ignorant not only of ancient history but also of recent history, otherwise they might start to worry.
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The commissars were mostly young, had little achievement outside the power structure, self assured, true believers. They knew very well that outside their positions, created and granted by the dictator, they had little hope of career success.
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Fast forward to modern transitional America. The American Emperor has taken the six commissars of his leftist predecessor and created at least 28 more. Yes, commissars do multiply quickly at first and many more are in the works, until the American parliament (congress) and the oblasts (states) assemblies (state senates) are powerless show pieces and all power centers (commissars) flow only to the dictator.
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The commissars were mostly young, had little achievement outside the power structure, self assured, true believers. They knew very well that outside their positions, created and granted by the dictator, they had little hope of career success.
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Fast forward to modern transitional America. The American Emperor has taken the six commissars of his leftist predecessor and created at least 28 more. Yes, commissars do multiply quickly at first and many more are in the works, until the American parliament (congress) and the oblasts (states) assemblies (state senates) are powerless show pieces and all power centers (commissars) flow only to the dictator.
Cliff Kincaid, at Accuracy in Media, exposes one of Obama's Czars, John P. Holdren, his Science Czar. Holdren has a history of promoting flawed ideas such a population explosions and promoting a "Planetary Regime" of world government. These ideas then lead to suggested policies such as mandatory abortion and involuntary sterilization. One wonders what causes revulsion in liberals when this doesn't... Kincaid rightfully asks, Is Obama's Science Czar a Crackpot? Regarding Holdren's world government hopes:
Zombietime highlights that the Holdren book declares on page 917 that "If this could be accomplished, security might be provided by an armed international organization, a global analogue of a police force. Many people have recognized this as a goal, but the way to reach it remains obscure in a world where factionalism seems, if anything, to be increasing. The first step necessarily involves partial surrender of sovereignty to an international organization."
This statement is followed by the important caveat: "But it seems probable that, as long as most people fail to comprehend the magnitude of the danger, that step will be impossible."
In this case, the caveat is not convincing, in part because Holdren seems to have dedicated his career to exaggerating "the danger" and can be counted on to continue to do so in his White House position.
This statement is followed by the important caveat: "But it seems probable that, as long as most people fail to comprehend the magnitude of the danger, that step will be impossible."
In this case, the caveat is not convincing, in part because Holdren seems to have dedicated his career to exaggerating "the danger" and can be counted on to continue to do so in his White House position.
Kincaid refers to a report by Zombietime (our source of the photo) - one of our highly respected blogroll bloggers. Here is a link to the very throrough Zombietime report.
Labels: Not a Socialist
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Happy 4th! Hurry and read these top picks before you start blowing stuff up!
L.E. Ikenga, a "first generation born West African-American woman whose parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1970's from the country now called Nigeria" finds a disturbing comparison between our new president and a common trait among African leaders. American Thinker, Obama, the African Colonial.
Kyle-Anne Shiver, also at American Thinker, comments on our 'Wimp in Chief's' position on the crisis in Honduras in, Obama's True Colors Shine in Honduras.
Careful Ms. Shiver. We don't want to be rash and label Obama a Communist!
Another from American Thinker, America's Socialist Past by Ryan Siefert, is a short but necessary historical review of the damage from socialist inspirations.
"Russian media are now abuzz with speculation about a new war in Georgia, and some Western analysts are voicing similar concerns" - so reports Cathy Young in the WSJ Opinion section on Thursday. She asks, "What would the Kremlin gain" from a war with Georgia:
YES! That was our response when reading Gordon G. Chang's WSJ Opinion, How to Stop North Korea's Weapons Proliferation. He writes about that N.K. ship, Kang Nam, that has been trailed by US warships (as if trailing is a foreign policy). Chang explains a legal way to board or sink the Kang Nam, refering to the North's May 27 rejection of the armistice that ended the fighting (not the war) in 1953. When you read this, remember how Clinton turned down a chance at Bin Laden for a lack of legal justification...
Did the North wait for Obama to replace Bush before setting sail with illicit cargo? If so, pretty smart. The only way Obama will get tough is if the criticisms of his pathetic foreign policy migrate from here to the nightly news...
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L.E. Ikenga, a "first generation born West African-American woman whose parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1970's from the country now called Nigeria" finds a disturbing comparison between our new president and a common trait among African leaders. American Thinker, Obama, the African Colonial.
Obama has been living on American soil for most of his adult life. Therefore, he has been able to masquerade as one who understands and believes in American democratic ideals. But he does not. Barack Obama is intrinsically undemocratic and as his presidency plays out, this will become more obvious.
Kyle-Anne Shiver, also at American Thinker, comments on our 'Wimp in Chief's' position on the crisis in Honduras in, Obama's True Colors Shine in Honduras.
Obama's response to the Honduran military removing a dictator-wannabe from office (at the behest, it must be noted, of the Supreme Court and the Honduran Congress), and escorting him to the border, was sure and fast. He declared the military action an "illegal coup" faster than you can say Fidel Castro. And just as quickly the rest of the region's socialist gang chimed in too. The real Castro brothers. Hugo Chavez. Daniel Ortega.
Birds of a feather do tend to flock together.
Birds of a feather do tend to flock together.
Careful Ms. Shiver. We don't want to be rash and label Obama a Communist!
Another from American Thinker, America's Socialist Past by Ryan Siefert, is a short but necessary historical review of the damage from socialist inspirations.
There seems to be a need in American society to have to relearn the same hard lessons over and over again, regardless of whether the results were seen on the other side of the planet or suffered through by our own people.
We're living in a country that elected a President that believes in redistributing wealth. He's mentioned this himself, from the "Joe the Plumber" incident[i] to his critique[ii] of the failures of the civil rights movement. Whether you call it Socialism, Communism, Marxism, or by its simpler name, theft, they are all part of the same economic system that destroys private property and puts everything in central control of the state.
We're living in a country that elected a President that believes in redistributing wealth. He's mentioned this himself, from the "Joe the Plumber" incident[i] to his critique[ii] of the failures of the civil rights movement. Whether you call it Socialism, Communism, Marxism, or by its simpler name, theft, they are all part of the same economic system that destroys private property and puts everything in central control of the state.
"Russian media are now abuzz with speculation about a new war in Georgia, and some Western analysts are voicing similar concerns" - so reports Cathy Young in the WSJ Opinion section on Thursday. She asks, "What would the Kremlin gain" from a war with Georgia:
A crushing victory in Georgia would depose the hated Mr. Saakashvili, give Russia control of vital transit routes for additional energy resources that could weaken its hold on the European oil and gas markets, humiliate the U.S., and distract Russians from their economic woes. Mr. Piontkovsky also believes the war drive comes from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is anxious to reassert himself as supreme leader.
YES! That was our response when reading Gordon G. Chang's WSJ Opinion, How to Stop North Korea's Weapons Proliferation. He writes about that N.K. ship, Kang Nam, that has been trailed by US warships (as if trailing is a foreign policy). Chang explains a legal way to board or sink the Kang Nam, refering to the North's May 27 rejection of the armistice that ended the fighting (not the war) in 1953. When you read this, remember how Clinton turned down a chance at Bin Laden for a lack of legal justification...
...an armistice as a legal matter cannot remain in existence after one of its parties, a sovereign state, announces its end. Today, whether we like it or not, there is no armistice.
Furthermore, there has never been a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War. This means the U.S., a combatant in the conflict, as leader of the U.N. Command, is free to use force against Pyongyang. On legal grounds, the U.S. Navy therefore has every right to seize the Kang Nam, treat the crew as prisoners of war, and confiscate its cargo, even if the ship is carrying nothing more dangerous than melons. Because the Navy has the right to torpedo the vessel, which proudly flies the flag of another combatant in the war, it of course has the right to board her.
Furthermore, there has never been a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War. This means the U.S., a combatant in the conflict, as leader of the U.N. Command, is free to use force against Pyongyang. On legal grounds, the U.S. Navy therefore has every right to seize the Kang Nam, treat the crew as prisoners of war, and confiscate its cargo, even if the ship is carrying nothing more dangerous than melons. Because the Navy has the right to torpedo the vessel, which proudly flies the flag of another combatant in the war, it of course has the right to board her.
Did the North wait for Obama to replace Bush before setting sail with illicit cargo? If so, pretty smart. The only way Obama will get tough is if the criticisms of his pathetic foreign policy migrate from here to the nightly news...
Labels: N. Korea, Not a Socialist, Russia, Weekend Reading
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Remember. He's not a socialist!
Cartoon at IBD today:
Related - Mary Anastasia O'Grady - ultimate expert on Central and South American communist movements - wrote in yesterday's WSJ, Honduras Defends Its Democracy. A MUST read to get the facts straight before venturing further into this story of constitutional government and freedom.
The MSM is reporting this as a coup rather than a Supreme Court and military command acting as their constitution requires. Our thanks to O'Grady for the real story!
The Honduran Supreme Court and Military Command are the heroes of 2009. For us - the envy is strong within...
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Cartoon at IBD today:
Related - Mary Anastasia O'Grady - ultimate expert on Central and South American communist movements - wrote in yesterday's WSJ, Honduras Defends Its Democracy. A MUST read to get the facts straight before venturing further into this story of constitutional government and freedom.
Hugo Chávez's coalition-building efforts suffered a setback yesterday when the Honduran military sent its president packing for abusing the nation's constitution.
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Yesterday the Central American country was being pressured to restore the authoritarian Mr. Zelaya by the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, Hillary Clinton and, of course, Hugo himself. The Organization of American States, having ignored Mr. Zelaya's abuses, also wants him back in power. It will be a miracle if Honduran patriots can hold their ground.
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Yesterday the Central American country was being pressured to restore the authoritarian Mr. Zelaya by the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, Hillary Clinton and, of course, Hugo himself. The Organization of American States, having ignored Mr. Zelaya's abuses, also wants him back in power. It will be a miracle if Honduran patriots can hold their ground.
The MSM is reporting this as a coup rather than a Supreme Court and military command acting as their constitution requires. Our thanks to O'Grady for the real story!
The Honduran Supreme Court and Military Command are the heroes of 2009. For us - the envy is strong within...
Labels: Hammer/Sickle, Not a Socialist, Venezuela
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Obama's first directive to his employees at GM - "Stop making cars, and start making t-shirts!". Even less profitable than washing machines, which the Soviets made in their military factories. $19.99. Oh, and remember, Obama is not a socialist! UT: Drudge
Steve Gilbert at Sweetness & Light gives us the unemployment graph. Imagine what this will look like in a year... Click here to read his write-up.
Say Uncle reports that some Tennessee restaurants do not like the new law that allows concealed carry licensees to carry heat in their restaurants, and that they've posted signs barring those with background checks and clean criminal histories. He is starting a list of the gun-free-zone restaurants - here.
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Steve Gilbert at Sweetness & Light gives us the unemployment graph. Imagine what this will look like in a year... Click here to read his write-up.
Say Uncle reports that some Tennessee restaurants do not like the new law that allows concealed carry licensees to carry heat in their restaurants, and that they've posted signs barring those with background checks and clean criminal histories. He is starting a list of the gun-free-zone restaurants - here.
Labels: Gun Rights, Not a Socialist
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
as reviewed by blogger, Eric, at Classical Values:
Legitimate questions from an objective thinker, or just more rancid words from another "stupid" "right wing nut"?
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In theory, "socialism" is still a perfectly legitimate word, but I worry that it is becoming delegitimized. As it is, the responsible critics of Barack Obama's economic programs are very, very careful not to use the word "socialist," and if they do, it is only to distance themselves from those who call Barack Obama a socialist.
Even as it excoriated his policies, The Economist recently defended Barack Obama against the charge that he's a socialist, because
"No true leftist would be as allergic as he has been to nationalising tottering banks, nor as coldly calculating in letting Chrysler, and probably General Motors, end up in bankruptcy court."
Sorry, but this avoids an important issue. At what point can nationalization be said to have taken place? By what standard is government ownership of 72% of a company less than "true" socialism?
Even as it excoriated his policies, The Economist recently defended Barack Obama against the charge that he's a socialist, because
"No true leftist would be as allergic as he has been to nationalising tottering banks, nor as coldly calculating in letting Chrysler, and probably General Motors, end up in bankruptcy court."
Sorry, but this avoids an important issue. At what point can nationalization be said to have taken place? By what standard is government ownership of 72% of a company less than "true" socialism?
Legitimate questions from an objective thinker, or just more rancid words from another "stupid" "right wing nut"?
Labels: Not a Socialist
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Ahh, peace and quiet. Albeit for a short time. The loud mouths screaming "Obama is not a socialist" are sleeping in today. Why strain the ol vocal cords on the day Obama takes a 70% stake in a major American corporation?
Ion Mihai Pacepa, former Communist and Romanian Chief of Intelligence, and only author with two books in our library to your left, writes in today's WSJ, What I learned as a Car Czar:
From today's WSJ Editorial, The Obama Motor Co.:
A picture of the East German Trabi:
None of this would have happened if we had had National Health Care this past decade.
Our question: Who will buy a 2010 Corvette?
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Ion Mihai Pacepa, former Communist and Romanian Chief of Intelligence, and only author with two books in our library to your left, writes in today's WSJ, What I learned as a Car Czar:
They say history repeats itself. If you are like me and have lived two lives, you have a good chance of seeing the re-enactment with your own eyes. The current takeover of General Motors by the U.S. government and United Auto Workers makes me think back to Romania's catastrophic mismanagement of the car factories it built jointly with the French companies Renault and Citroen. I was Romania's car czar.
When the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decided in the mid-1960s that he wanted to have a car industry, he chose me to start the project rolling. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. I knew nothing about manufacturing cars, but neither did anyone else among Ceausescu's top men.
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In 1945, the British voters, tired of four years of war, kicked out Winston Churchill and elected a leftist parliament led by Labour's Clement Attlee. Attlee nationalized the automobile, trucking and coal industries, as well as communication facilities, civil aviation, electricity and steel. Britain was already saddled by crushing war debts. Now it was sapped of economic vigor. The old empire quickly passed into history. It would take decades until Margaret Thatcher's privatization reforms restored Britain's place among the world's top-tier economies.
The United States is far more powerful than Great Britain was then, and no American Attlee should be capable of destroying its solid economic and political base. I hope that the U.S. administration, Congress and the American voters will take a closer look at history and prevent our automotive industry from following down the Dacia [picture below], Oltcit or Jaguar path.
When the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decided in the mid-1960s that he wanted to have a car industry, he chose me to start the project rolling. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. I knew nothing about manufacturing cars, but neither did anyone else among Ceausescu's top men.
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In 1945, the British voters, tired of four years of war, kicked out Winston Churchill and elected a leftist parliament led by Labour's Clement Attlee. Attlee nationalized the automobile, trucking and coal industries, as well as communication facilities, civil aviation, electricity and steel. Britain was already saddled by crushing war debts. Now it was sapped of economic vigor. The old empire quickly passed into history. It would take decades until Margaret Thatcher's privatization reforms restored Britain's place among the world's top-tier economies.
The United States is far more powerful than Great Britain was then, and no American Attlee should be capable of destroying its solid economic and political base. I hope that the U.S. administration, Congress and the American voters will take a closer look at history and prevent our automotive industry from following down the Dacia [picture below], Oltcit or Jaguar path.
From today's WSJ Editorial, The Obama Motor Co.:
GM, we are told, will now be able to make a profit and some day even return money to taxpayers. If you close your eyes and imagine that GM's private managers would be able to make decisions based solely on business judgment, you can even start to believe.
But then you snap out of it.
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[From the print edition, but missing from the online version. Why?] Now that the government owns GM, it's only a matter of time before Congress starts to micromanage its business judgements. Every decision to close a plant will be second-guessed, much like a military base-closing. And what about buying parts from foreign suppliers? Will those also be banned when Mr. Gettelfinger [UAW head] demands it, even if the costs are lower? GM's managers and directors will have one eye on enhancing shareholder value, but the other on maintaining their political viability in Washington.
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The larger corruption will be when government tries to vindicate its ownership by favoring GM over Ford and the other auto makers that aren't wards of the state. The TARP legislation contained one blatant example in the form of a $7,500 tax credit for consumers who buy GM's new electric car, the Chevy Volt. Expect more such favoritism, including huge new subsidies for green cars if consumers prove resistant to their charms.
Mr. Obama likes to say he's a pragmatist who only prefers a government solution when it will work. But in resurrecting an industrial auto policy that even the French long ago abandoned, the President has made himself GM's de facto CEO. Our guess is that he'll come to regret it as much as taxpayers will.
But then you snap out of it.
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[From the print edition, but missing from the online version. Why?] Now that the government owns GM, it's only a matter of time before Congress starts to micromanage its business judgements. Every decision to close a plant will be second-guessed, much like a military base-closing. And what about buying parts from foreign suppliers? Will those also be banned when Mr. Gettelfinger [UAW head] demands it, even if the costs are lower? GM's managers and directors will have one eye on enhancing shareholder value, but the other on maintaining their political viability in Washington.
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The larger corruption will be when government tries to vindicate its ownership by favoring GM over Ford and the other auto makers that aren't wards of the state. The TARP legislation contained one blatant example in the form of a $7,500 tax credit for consumers who buy GM's new electric car, the Chevy Volt. Expect more such favoritism, including huge new subsidies for green cars if consumers prove resistant to their charms.
Mr. Obama likes to say he's a pragmatist who only prefers a government solution when it will work. But in resurrecting an industrial auto policy that even the French long ago abandoned, the President has made himself GM's de facto CEO. Our guess is that he'll come to regret it as much as taxpayers will.
A picture of the East German Trabi:
None of this would have happened if we had had National Health Care this past decade.
Our question: Who will buy a 2010 Corvette?
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Author, Stanislav Mishin - Russian blogger who knows his history:
Article - link.
U/T: Drudge
UPDATE 5.30: Added Stanislav's link and some more text from the article.
Stanislav Mishin's Blog: Mat Rodina. Check it out! His perspective, from Russia looking into the US, brings clarity that is rare among conservative writers and bloggers in the US.
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It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system...
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Then their faith in God was destroyed...
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The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system...
---
Then their faith in God was destroyed...
---
The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
Article - link.
U/T: Drudge
UPDATE 5.30: Added Stanislav's link and some more text from the article.
Stanislav Mishin's Blog: Mat Rodina. Check it out! His perspective, from Russia looking into the US, brings clarity that is rare among conservative writers and bloggers in the US.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Goodness. We keep an eye out for lefties calling shenanigans at the few of us that label Obama's policies as socialism, and we get broadsided by so-called conservatives desperate to keep the S-word out of public discourse.
We're starting a new label: Not a Socialist. Click the label at the bottom to see our previous posts on this topic.
Same culprit as last time - link to our retort - with the same non-intellectual critique: Those who speak of the word we don't speak of are "stupid". Yes, AllahPundit at the new, enlightened mainstream HotAir. Title: Stupid: RNC to pass resolution rebranding Democrats the “Democrat Socialist Party”
This time AllahPundit is responding to the RNC's recent revolt against Chairman Steele, insisting that the Obama policies be called what they are - Socialist.
It's as if he calls us "stupid" enough, we'll fall into line and stand by for our marching orders. To AllahPundit we simply say, "Wake up and smell the Socialism!"
We'd leave a comment, but HotAir revoked our account. One of our comments had the name of our cool hat - The CommieObama Rally Cap. Go figure.
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We're starting a new label: Not a Socialist. Click the label at the bottom to see our previous posts on this topic.
Same culprit as last time - link to our retort - with the same non-intellectual critique: Those who speak of the word we don't speak of are "stupid". Yes, AllahPundit at the new, enlightened mainstream HotAir. Title: Stupid: RNC to pass resolution rebranding Democrats the “Democrat Socialist Party”
This time AllahPundit is responding to the RNC's recent revolt against Chairman Steele, insisting that the Obama policies be called what they are - Socialist.
It's as if he calls us "stupid" enough, we'll fall into line and stand by for our marching orders. To AllahPundit we simply say, "Wake up and smell the Socialism!"
We'd leave a comment, but HotAir revoked our account. One of our comments had the name of our cool hat - The CommieObama Rally Cap. Go figure.
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Friday, April 24, 2009
We reached self-actualization as we read these two recent articles.
April 22, James Taranto, WSJ Best of the Web, commenting on AP's favorable comparison between Obama and Gorbachev. His analysis concludes:
April 23, Allahpundit, HotAir, RNC Members to Steele: When are you going to call Obama a socialist? His professional opinion:
So two leading conservative (?) commentators use labels to convey the inappropriate nature of... using labels.
We offered our brilliant retort to the "Obama is not a Socialist" defense last month - here. And despite our request for clarification from the Princeton economics professor, Alan S. Binder, we have not heard back.
The difference between the lefty professor and the Taranto/Allahpundit pair is that the professor offered a definition of socialism, albeit a weak one. The two righties, who obviously don't want to be seen as righties, offered no definition. So we do not know how they came to their decision not only to not categorize Obama's policies as socialist, but to go the step further and attempt to intimidate anyone who does connect those dots.
Taranto has good analysis of the silliness of the Obama-Gorbachev comparison. It doesn't fit, and if AP had anything to be proud about, they'd be embarrassed. One future comparison Taranto didn't mention: Gorbachev's popularity at the end of his term was at 5%...
Nor did Taranto clarify the "presided over the disintegration of the country he had been chosen to lead" comment. The Soviet Union disintegrated from the bottom-up. If unchecked, this right wing nut foresees an Obama that will do as much top-down damage as his envy and communist-inspirations will allow.
Allahpundit's warning that the "stupid" ones within our ranks will be embarrassed if our "alarmism ... doesn't pan out" if the government intervention in the banks becomes temporary as Obama promises. This is intellectually lazy, as nearly every decision in Obama's first 100 days is the same decision Karl Marx would make under the same conditions. Obama agonizes, thinks deeply, and weighs all the options - then decides the most socialist option he can get away with.
The problem with calling Obama a Socialist or even Communist is that it does shut down discussion. It is the ultimate in name calling and should be reserved for cool places like Ushanka.us.
However, it is OUR RESPONSIBILITY to educate those around us to what socialism is and how it will impact our lives. Then let others draw the connection between socialism and firing a CEO, taking ownership in a public company's stock, giving money to banks that don't want it then dictating salary caps, taxing bonuses at 90%, refusing the payback of money from banks, identifying political opponents as terrorist threats, and offering government health care. To name a few.
Just because they are liberals doesn't mean they are not smart. If you wanted to convert the US into a socialist country, you wouldn't - you couldn't - require government healthcare, take full ownership of banks or auto companies. But, you could create an environment where private health care would collapse if faced with an artificially-supported government option. (See WSJ Editorial) Or you could keep banks in a near-death state if you tell them they cannot pay back their TARP money until they pass a stress test of your choosing. Or you could take over an auto company if you choose to decline their restructuring plan and instead suggest converting the bailout funds to common stock. See the trend?
The awareness of Obama = Socialist is gradual. Some of us see it now. Some will figure it out soon. Others won't believe it until they are declined an MRI, a hip replacement, a life-saving treatment, or a tire rotation on their GM vehicle.
To see some people that get it now, watch our March 15 Cincinnati Tea Party video.
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April 22, James Taranto, WSJ Best of the Web, commenting on AP's favorable comparison between Obama and Gorbachev. His analysis concludes:
Gorbachev was a communist who presided over the disintegration of the country he had been chosen to lead. There are those who say the same thing about Obama, but most of them are right-wing nuts.
April 23, Allahpundit, HotAir, RNC Members to Steele: When are you going to call Obama a socialist? His professional opinion:
Stupid.
...
If you’re going to drop the S-bomb, I think, you should be very, very sure that that’s the way we’re headed. How lucky (or unlucky) do you feel?
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If you’re going to drop the S-bomb, I think, you should be very, very sure that that’s the way we’re headed. How lucky (or unlucky) do you feel?
So two leading conservative (?) commentators use labels to convey the inappropriate nature of... using labels.
We offered our brilliant retort to the "Obama is not a Socialist" defense last month - here. And despite our request for clarification from the Princeton economics professor, Alan S. Binder, we have not heard back.
The difference between the lefty professor and the Taranto/Allahpundit pair is that the professor offered a definition of socialism, albeit a weak one. The two righties, who obviously don't want to be seen as righties, offered no definition. So we do not know how they came to their decision not only to not categorize Obama's policies as socialist, but to go the step further and attempt to intimidate anyone who does connect those dots.
Taranto has good analysis of the silliness of the Obama-Gorbachev comparison. It doesn't fit, and if AP had anything to be proud about, they'd be embarrassed. One future comparison Taranto didn't mention: Gorbachev's popularity at the end of his term was at 5%...
Nor did Taranto clarify the "presided over the disintegration of the country he had been chosen to lead" comment. The Soviet Union disintegrated from the bottom-up. If unchecked, this right wing nut foresees an Obama that will do as much top-down damage as his envy and communist-inspirations will allow.
Allahpundit's warning that the "stupid" ones within our ranks will be embarrassed if our "alarmism ... doesn't pan out" if the government intervention in the banks becomes temporary as Obama promises. This is intellectually lazy, as nearly every decision in Obama's first 100 days is the same decision Karl Marx would make under the same conditions. Obama agonizes, thinks deeply, and weighs all the options - then decides the most socialist option he can get away with.
The problem with calling Obama a Socialist or even Communist is that it does shut down discussion. It is the ultimate in name calling and should be reserved for cool places like Ushanka.us.
However, it is OUR RESPONSIBILITY to educate those around us to what socialism is and how it will impact our lives. Then let others draw the connection between socialism and firing a CEO, taking ownership in a public company's stock, giving money to banks that don't want it then dictating salary caps, taxing bonuses at 90%, refusing the payback of money from banks, identifying political opponents as terrorist threats, and offering government health care. To name a few.
Just because they are liberals doesn't mean they are not smart. If you wanted to convert the US into a socialist country, you wouldn't - you couldn't - require government healthcare, take full ownership of banks or auto companies. But, you could create an environment where private health care would collapse if faced with an artificially-supported government option. (See WSJ Editorial) Or you could keep banks in a near-death state if you tell them they cannot pay back their TARP money until they pass a stress test of your choosing. Or you could take over an auto company if you choose to decline their restructuring plan and instead suggest converting the bailout funds to common stock. See the trend?
The awareness of Obama = Socialist is gradual. Some of us see it now. Some will figure it out soon. Others won't believe it until they are declined an MRI, a hip replacement, a life-saving treatment, or a tire rotation on their GM vehicle.
To see some people that get it now, watch our March 15 Cincinnati Tea Party video.
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Friday, March 20, 2009
To avoid a line-by-line destruction of this article, we'll quote sparingly. First, Binder deceives with his own definition of socialism:
Socialism means public ownership and control of businesses, right? So which industries does the president propose to nationalize?
What should we call it when policies push businesses out of business and create an environment where only the government supplies the goods or services? Had Obama said he was going to nationalize an industry, we'd have far more yelling "Socialism" than we do now and he would have had less of a chance to get his vision passed.
Just because Democrat policies are wrong and fail every time they are tried doesn't mean Democrats are not smart.
We suppose Binder would ask us what our definition of Socialism is. We draw a line, with "Full Government Control" at the right end, and "Limited Government as our Founders Envisioned" at the left end. If a policy requires more taxes from the masses, or less market-based options for the masses, or an unfriendly investment environment for the masses, then we move our pen closer to the right end and call that policy socialist.
Binder's definition at the beginning of his article casts the rest of his text as flawed. He summarizes:
So where does all this leave us on the road to socialism? If Mr. Obama is able to get all of these proposals through Congress, the U.S. will have a fully private banking system, propped up with temporary government support; a uniquely American health-care system that covers virtually everyone; and a somewhat more progressive income tax.
If this is socialism, then let's make the most of it.
If this is socialism, then let's make the most of it.
From our reading, we assume Binder thinks:
1) If 100% of the banks aren't owned by the government, we don't have socialism. (para 3)
2) Government mandated health care is a right, (para 4)
3) therefore, the US should have a health care program like Canada or the UK. (para 5)
4) The taxes to pay for health care are marginal. (para 6)
5) The richer you are, the less you'll pay for health care. (para 7&8)
6) Returning to the Clinton tax rates is ok, (para 10)
7) because maybe we'll have another 1990's-like economic boom. (para 11)
8) "a uniquely American health-care system" requires government management (para 12)
In short, this is an Ivy League Elite defending the leftist agenda of an administration staffed with Ivy League Elites.
This article is written in a vacuum.
His line about national health care costing less for the rich ignores the higher income taxes, capital gains taxes, national debt and other Obama burdens that the rich will suffer alone. It also assumes it will work.
While he gives a poor definition of Socialism, he speaks to, but fails to define, Middle Class or the Rich. Intentional, given that most readers of the WSJ could find themselves in either category?
No reference to history and no reference to the future. History shows commies will take what they can, when they can. Binder does not consider applying this to Obama's trillion dollar grab nor to Social Security, the War on Poverty, etc.. History also shows that socialist policies fail, and liberals' solutions to these failures is to pile on more socialist policies until they bankrupt their country or are driven from power.
We have three assignments for Professor Binder.
1) Identify the part of the Constitution that justifies health-care for all.
2) Justify your confidence of a national health care program with a national initiative authored by Democrats that worked.
3) Look at the decisions President Obama has made. Then, using our definition of socialism, identify which of those decisions increased government power, scope or control, and how many reduced these measurements.
Beware, we will grade objectively. This isn't the Ivy League.
UPDATE 9.11.09: Linked by Doug Ross. Thanks!
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