We love Mr. Whittle here in happy individual freedom land. Regarding the next four years of USA doom and gloom the low information and voting fraudsters gleefully obtained (hattip to ChicksOnTheRight) here is Bill Whittle's virtual inaugural.
Sidebar regarding my last post: collectivists are the poo flingers. They don't have logical rational or truthful arguments so they fling insults (poo) instead. This leftist tactic works pretty well especially on low information voters because most center-righters don't like to be yelled at, are kind, decent people who don't resort to flinging poo back - but some are getting better at it. I'm not tolerating leftist-colletivists any more; so if you feel the strong need to fling poo, sorry, for cleanly purpose you must use bathroom outside. Here ya go:
"The true evil that has to be defeated is ideological, and its name is Collectivism - along with its twin brother Statism. Those two things should be on your mind EVERY SINGLE TIME you start going at it with a leftist liberal (or even a moderate/independent). Has anyone here noticed it's always what I'M talking about? Collectivism is the backbone of their entire ideology. EACH AND EVERY VIEW THEY HOLD is ultimately derived from it. You take ANYTHING a leftist liberal says, and when you strip it down to brass tacks it is UNILATERALLY nothing more than pure Collectivism.
But here's the dirty little naked secret they don't want to admit:
Collectivism is bullsh*t. Never mind the fact that, eventually, it LITERALLY kills the people who practice it - it simply doesn't work in any way, shape, or form. It is inherently flawed. Why? Because it denies The Self as the highest moral value and highest moral priority. And the thing about The Self? It is from where EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTS as a human being is derived. That's WHY societies that hold sacred The Individual are always the most free (AND the most prosperous). Because they're a society built around the inherent rights of the Individual.
But Collectivism builds itself around the rights of "the collective." (Which, you'll note, is a term that NO self-proclaimed collectivist has EVER been able to specifically define.) As a result, it ALWAYS, ALWAYS, proves itself a SELF-destructive ideology - preferring instead to value The Community over The Self."
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... "Collectivism is anathema to a free society. But, of course, Collectivists - though they're remiss to admit it - don't actually WANT to be free. They want to be subjects (if not outright slaves). They want to be ruled. They want to have their livelihoods provided for them. They want people to tell them what to do, what to eat, what to drive, what to read, to whom to listen, how to live, how to think. You know why Collectivists hate Rights? Because Rights come with personal responsibility and accountability. And personal responsibility and accountability are EXACTLY what Collectivists do not want. Because responsibility and accountability are Individual concepts. Collectivists want to rely on the collective - where everyone and no one is responsible and accountable for everything at all times. Collectivists want a life free of responsibility, and thus, devoid of Rights.'
Why do you think that every single thing a Collectivist says and does, every effort they make on a political scale, is an effort to and geared to LIMIT or REMOVE the Individual's rights? Look at it closely sometime. It's everything for which they stand. Take ANYTHING they're going on about, and look at it closely. Every single time, you'll find that it's an effort to deprive people's rights. Every. Single. Time.
Take any leftist liberal, take any Democrat - from Barack Obama to his bleating mindless sheep that are the "99%". Take any socialist, populist, communist, marxist position - take any person holding them - and take them apart. Every single time, it's Collectivism."
"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficial. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greater dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." - Justice Louis Brandies, Olmstead v United States, 277 U.S. 479 (1928)
You are free to choose to read this blog... or not. I will never shut up. You can't bully me to post your dribbling nonsense comments.
I am free to choose whether or not I will post your comment...
Ravings from deranged lunatics will not be posted. Think of it this way, look at your bedroom. Is it tidy? Is it clean? Is your bed made? Are you clothes hung up in the closet? Do you have your favorite knick knacks or awards on the shelf or favorite painting or picture on your wall?
How would you like it if I came into your room ... and took a crap all over everything.
If you are normal and don't have a poo fetish, I'm betting you wouldn't enjoy it.
My blog is my room - and you cannot poop in it. I will not tolerate poo.
If you have a worthwhile comment with something beneficial to add for public reading, I may allow it.
Otherwise, go throw your toys and shite around somewhere else. And guess what, leftist rants don't CONVINCE me I'm wrong - about ANYTHING! In fact, they make me VERY HAPPY I'm a center-right, conservative-principle, freedom-lover, small-government thinker.
Remember the movie Jaws when Roy Scheider's character first sees the shark? He was complacent, he was tossing out fish guts all nonchalant... then the shark apears. SHOCK!
Roy stands up in immediate horror of the size of the shark. He backs away slowly reeling in fear knowing his boat is too tiny and says the classic line "you're gonna need a bigger boat". I reacted the same when leftist lying team of Obum-skis got themselves into the people's White House.
What?!?! I am still recoving from the shock and horror of how indoctrinated America was - and still is. There are millions of Americans just like me - who couldn't care much about politics or speaking out before 2007... but now they are. We have to. We've tolerated the IDIOCY from the Left for FAR too long. Leftist-statist, marxist-communist, socialist control-freak ideology has crept into America's institutions, public schools, Hollywood and media. It is a cancer and its evil tentacles keep growing. Outraged, horrified citizens became the T.E.A. party. "Democrats" aren't the only problem because big government Rs have to be fought too.
But I digress.
You are free to choose - to go read and comment elsewhere. Please do. I write to vent or share interesting ideas I think about or from many others.
You don't like it? I don't care. I'm completely free to choose and swiftly delete your comments! HA HA HA ha ha ha!
So do you even know who wrote a book called "Free to choose"? It is "The international bestseller on the extent to which personal freedom has been eroded by government regulations and agencies while personal prosperity has been undermined by government spending and economic controls."
Perhaps you are just a fool or don't know. Perhaps you are in your 20s, full of leftist indoctrination by leftist teachers teaching leftist curriculum. Are Mr. Friedman's philosophies and teachings still relevant today? John Stossel discusses:
What happens when truth and reality shows leftists they are wrong? Lefties react with anger and double down on lies. Their deranged reality is false and the light of the truth exposes their illusions.
If you get rid of your hate and anger, you might be able to let some truth in. Don't be scared, it doesn't hurt. You'll have to give up your favorite hobby of hate and anger though - that will be hard for some. The big tent of truth is open to new comers, come join us. Read some Milton Friedman or Thomas Sowell... the truth awaits.
And in the mean time, this comment over at AT captures an interesting question many of us are thinking about:
"This is NOT about race, color or creed . . . this is about a government, with malice and forethought, PURPOSELY pitting brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, in order to exert power and control over ALL!!! This is about the progressive mentality which says that the average person is "not smart enough to know what is good for them" and needs to be TOLD what to do!!!
Their ultimate goal is for the government to OWN everything with all the people working for them and being GIVEN what the government thinks they need to continue to work and be a "productive part of society." And if you get too sick or too old to work? Well, you KNOW what comes next . . . look at the Obamacare Bill, and you decide what it is going to do! They will TELL you what food you can grow to eat, they will control the water supply and TELL you what your daily allotment will be, they will TAKE your guns - for the public good - so you can't protect yourself from others OR the tyranny of the gov't, they will TELL you how much energy you can use, they will TELL you where you can live, they will TAKE every single thing you own "for the public good" and TELL you what you need! And if you think it CAN'T happen here, look around you and see exactly what has happened in the United States in the past 12 years or so!
There are examples of this mentality all over the world, and not a single one of them has been successful because ultimately when the people fell they have NOTHING left to lose, will rise up and fight back. The real question for me is how far away are we from this ultimate fight for our self-preservation?"
What part of the 2nd amendment do you not understand? It is NOT to protect hunting. It is about DEFENSE. You aren't in the NRA, your bogus "argument" for less guns proves you are a leftist, communist liar.
Perhaps Thomas Sowell can help you understand why banning MORE guns does not work:
"Guns are not the problem. People are the problem — including people who are determined to push gun-control laws, either in ignorance of the facts or in defiance of the facts.
There is innocent ignorance and there is invincible, dogmatic, and self-righteous ignorance. Every tragic mass shooting seems to bring out examples of both among gun-control advocates."
Have you ever been to Chicago? I highly doubt it because you have no idea what you are talking about. Its a dangerous place where criminals HAVE GUNS already. Chicago lefties coddles the crims and instead bans guns for the peaceful, legal, law abiding citizens - so they CAN NOT defend themselves.
Why do you want to NOT allow people to defend themselves - especially from mentally deranged nuts like Adam Lanza? His mother acquired guns legally. She knew her son was nuts, yet she didn't keep him safely away from the guns. Sandy Hook shooting is HER FAULT and because her son was nuts. Sandy Hook was LEFTISTS' fault, as well, for closing down mental institutions. Mrs. Lanza had nowhere to institutionalize her son - and he should have been locked up.
Ted Cruz (R) Texas explains some 'banning' proposal truths:
"Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo, and their cohorts followed Rahm Emanuel's advice to "never let a good crisis go to waste" when they used the Sandy Hook shooting to renew their assault on the Bill of Rights. Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell added, in effect, that one should never let a dead child go to waste if one can exploit him or her for political gain.
"...the good thing about Newtown is, it was so horrific that I think it galvanized Americans to a point where the intensity on our side is going to match the intensity on their side."
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"The hard facts are that gun control in Australia and the United Kingdom has done nothing to reduce violent crime, and has probably increased it. The hard facts are that the cities with the toughest gun control laws -- Chicago, Washington DC, and New York -- are far more dangerous than cities and states in which people can carry guns openly. The American people are not interested in snake oil and quackery, which is why Feinstein & Co. must deal in emotional propaganda as well as outright falsehoods. "
Good morning from Auckland on a sunny, summer day in January 2013. Yep, while N. America is freezing cold, we have lovely, relaxing summer weather. We have a work holiday today Monday the 28th and are probably going for a hike nearby on a trail, then maybe do some gardening or barbecue-ing... we'll be chillaxin' for sure.
"I don’t think Obama knows exactly what he’s going to go for in his second term,” Levin said, "as he will look for opportunities to exploit as events unfold. I am sure they've drawn up a partial a list, and we already know that it includes, but is not limited to, gun control; attacks on the First Amendment such as religious liberty; amnesty for illegal aliens; union expansion; institutionalizing Obamacare; institutionalizing voter corruption; de-industrialization via the EPA; destroying the capitalist-based economy via tax increases, smothering regulations, massive deficit spending, and endless borrowing; and hollowing out our military; etc. This will effect all of us. It will do extreme damage to the nation in many respects. I think Obama sees himself as correcting historic wrongs in this country, as delivering the fruits of the labor of other people to people who he believes have historically been put upon. I think there’s a lot of perverse thinking that goes on in his mind, radical left-wing thinking. He was indoctrinated with Marx and Alinksy propaganda. You not only see it in his agenda but in his words -- class warfare; degrading successful people unless, of course, they help finance his elections, causes, and organizations; pretending to speak for the so-called middle class when, in fact, he is destroying their jobs, savings, and future. Obama's war on our society is intended to be an onslaught in which the system is overwhelmed.”
How to fight that agenda? Levin said the answer certainly doesn’t lie in the current Republican Party leadership. “I think the Republican Party, its apparatus, its so-called leadership, the parasitic consultants, represent an institution that is tired, old, almost decrepit, full of cowardice and vision-less. It has abandoned the Declaration of Independence and any serious defense of constitutional republicanism. The Democrat Party is now a radical 1960s party; it’s the anti-Constitution, anti-capitalism, anti-individual party. It largely controls the federal government, including the massive bureaucracy and much of the judiciary -- what I call the permanent branches of the federal government. The Democrat Party represents the federal government, and the federal government expands the power of the Democrat Party. They're appendages of each other. On the other hand, the GOP today stands for capitulation, timidity, delusion -- so mostly nothing. Republicans may speak of the Constitution, limited government, low taxes, etc., but what have they done about them? Next to nothing if not nothing. Even when Bush 43 was president and the Republicans controlled Congress. What did they do? They went on a spending binge. They expanded Medicare, the federal role in local education, drove up the debt, etc. Meanwhile, we are lectured by putative Republicans like Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Tom Ridge, and a conga line of others trashing often viciously NOT Obama and what the Democrats are doing to our nation, but conservatives, constitutionalists, and tea party activists who are the only people left standing for liberty against tyranny in this country."
But, said Levin, the answer isn’t to start a third party – “The problem is a practical one. If we go third party, I can see the Democrats winning elections for a generation. Given the radicalized character of that party, that would seal our fate, and the fate of our children and grandchildren to, as Reagan put it, 1000 years of darkness. The day may come, perhaps soon, when abandoning the GOP for a new party is the best way to deal with events and stop the rise of tyranny. I think the answer at this moment is for conservatives to retake the Republican Party. Reagan did it, and Reagan was opposed by the Republican establishment every step of the way, including the Bush family. But this is a constant fight, just as fighting the Democrats is a constant fight. After the Reagan presidency, Bush 41 and Bush 43, who'd opposed the Reagan Revolution, immediately dragged the nation back into the Republican mush. In fact, they sought to distance themselves from Reagan and his achievements, using such silly phrases as "a kinder and gentler" conservatism or "compassionate conservatism," as if all the opportunities, wealth, jobs, and enterprises Reagan's policies launched were neither kind nor compassionate. There is an intransigence in the Republican Party that sabotages and obstructs those who have answers for this nation based on our founding principles. And so we had a brief eight-year period where Reagan showed us the way and created a foundation on which future Republican presidents could build, and they haven’t. They invoke Reagan because he is beloved by the American people, but they reject his principles and policies. Keep in mind, George W. Bush was the most profligate spender in world history until Obama came along; the Tea Party grew out of the last months of Bush 43 and the early months of the Obama presidency. Yet Bush administration staffers are everywhere today: the media, advising candidates, leading fundraisers, etc. And they arrogantly and condescendingly lecture conservatives about responsible, moderate governance. They also cheerlead for more establishment candidates, like John McCain, Mitt Romney, and the like, who are not only sure losers, but have no grasp of the urgency of our times and the principled agenda necessary to address it. Meanwhile, the Reagan and traditional conservatives, the constitutionalists and the tea party leaders, are all but unheard and unseen on TV, even some of our favorite outlets."
