What's so bad about that, you ask? Well, currently Puerto Rico pays no income tax, while reaping virtually all the benefits of statehood. That's one big reason the islanders have voted against statehood several times.
The Progressives are agitating through their numerous front groups for Puerto Ricans, for illegal immigrants, for ex-convicts, and for residents of Washington, D.C. to push for voting rights. And it begs the question, who would be the primary beneficiary of those votes? (Of course, there are "front groups" on every side; but which are trying to defend America, and which are trying to weaken it?)
The new Mexican-American War? Anyone not living in a cave or getting their news exclusively from MSNBC and their ilk knows that there is a war going on at our southern border. Mexican drug gangs are quickly turning into major power players ("do as we say or we'll cut your family's heads off")south of the border, and thugs are now making military-style incursions across the border into our own country. While their hit-and-run attacks don't always go as planned, Tucson, Arizona has become the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world. Fed up with these foreign incursions, kidnappings, tortures, murders, and the utter non-response of the federal government, Arizona finally took matters into their own hands and enacted a law allowing police to arrest ILLEGAL aliens. The law doesn't specify race or point of origin, and should be a model for other states, since we seem to be under a subtle attack from many nations, as well as from our own government and social elites.
As must now be expected in an age when sanity has been displaced as the ruling thought process, mobs of people are trailing behind Al Sharpton and other race-baiting, opportunistic miscreants to shout down the AZ law. The obnoxious Left is raging against the law, falling back on their usual meme of calling supporters racists or "Nazis".
Every time you hear someone on the Left call a conservative a Nazi, know that it is evidence of how deliberately crappy and indoctrinational our non-educational system has become. I mean, how long has it been since a teacher actually taught that the term "Nazi" was a German contraction for "National Socialist"? In truth, one of the primary and most effective (against an uninformed populace) weapons of the insidious Left is their skill at accusing their enemies of their own sins. I believe the term is "guilt transferrance". It is the way that liars typically win arguments, and how evil governments rewrite history to make themselves look like heroes, and make the good guys appear to be the bad guys. Want examples? Compare American history textbooks from a century ago to those in use today.
OK; we have radical Muslims around the world and in our own country attacking us verbally, politically and violently. Those within our borders enjoy the protection of our legal system, with (former) combatants and terrorists living the fat and lazy life in our prisons as they proselytize and recruit the lame-brained and disaffected among us. Our valiant CiC treks around the world apologizing for America while conveniently leaving out all the things those countries should be thanking us for. Meanwhile, a Christian minister is dissed because he dares to imply that his religion is superior to another one...one that urges its followers to blow themselves up to get virgins in the afterlife, that treats its own women as slaves, that shows no mercy, and that pledges to enslave, torture and kill anyone who will not submit to it. Have I got that all straight?
Honestly, what kind of preacher would Rev. Graham be if he didn't believe his faith was superior to all others, and have the courage to speak it plainly? Better yet; when was the last time you heard a Muslim cleric claim that Christianity was as valid as Islam? Yeah; thought so.
You really hit the nail on the head with a lot of this. Beck may have been the only mainstream source. As you mentioned, there was a New American article on Thursday and the John Birch Society also sent out a call to action on Wednesday.
ReplyDeletePart of the reason you might not have heard from groups like the JBS or seen articles from non-mainstream sources such as the New American might literally have to do with funding. Resources are limited in the world of real volunteer activism and while many more people are being snapped awake by the cacophonous alarm clock of what's going on around us, the crumbling economy and plight of free enterprise is a serious barrier. On that note, what sets us apart from these leftist groups? Is America really "changing” as media keeps suggesting? Many left-wing activists have certainly been wisped into this line of thought by years of propaganda but again, a big part of it is probably funding. A lot of these groups, which you accurately labeled "front groups", have the support of big foundations and are also being propped up by the same process that's squeezing our resources. Many of them such as La Raza, a group connected to the Reconquista movement and whose name literally means “The Race”, are receiving federal tax dollars! Such redistribution of wealth is not only offensive; it is a blatant violation of our Constitution!
You’re right that there is a war being waged against the American republic and our personal, economic, and religious freedom. It is as much leftist as it is globalist.
For the honest Marxist, if that isn't an oxymoron to the readers here, this is simply a part of the plan. Marxists see the "struggle of the worker" as transcending national boundaries. They also see their philosophy as bigger and more sophisticated than the individual or individuality, and also more advanced than God or religion. Equalizing the "haves and have-nots" globally is an important step towards establishing a communist utopia. (On this point, I've always wondered how so many Marxists can continue to "believe" in light of the horrible abuses that always occur under instances of communism. Perhaps the ones who actually know about them and aren't just deluding themselves make excuses a la "the ends justify the means" on the basis of their utopia only being fully realized once it goes global. However, most of the readers here probably know better that this is just a grotesque pipe dream. Well, we aren’t the only ones...)
Consider the second group. These are the straight globalists. Some may hold to ideas from the "realist" school of political philosophy such as the Wilsonian mirage of achieving world peace through global governance. Some in the neoconservative movement see this as an issue of empire or think that our "just and fair" system would benefit those who would come under it under us, our “allies”, or perhaps the UN. However, most of the driving force in this camp is made up of oligarchs, plain and simple. They see themselves as above the rules and are seeking power and profit for the sake of power and profit. So, if you've ever wondered why the wealthy Establishment would ever encourage the seemingly counterproductive ideologies of Marxism or Progressivism, consider the corporatist realization on the top versus the idealistic push from the bottom thus far as well as this intersection on the point of globalism. Most of those starry-eyed young people are simply tools of this Establishment. If they ever found out what they were really fighting for (or that it was conservatives and Christians standing up to it), they'd probably lose their lunch. Unfortunately, they’ve been trained to resist and dismiss anything outside of their packaged revolution.
Henry; Thanks for your gracious remarks. I've gone back and provided credit to JBS, I wasn't aware of their article at the time.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most difficult tasks we face is to convince those on the other side - especially the young high-schoolers and college crowds who, even as they trudge to class every day, are convinced that they already know everything worth knowing. It seems to be much easier to influence thinking in small dribs and drabs than it is to present it to them wholesale and in plain sight. In that, we have lost the advantage. The inexorable problem we face is that we cannot afford the luxury of giving up, while the enemy within gets full pay and benefits to poison impressionable minds.