It would seem that the state nanny, has some very delinquent kids who need to be disciplined.
On Oct 30, 10:00 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Socialism and everyone and everything connected to it is repugnant. It is > also anti-American, un-American, subversive, and almost traitorious. > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Lone Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > American thinker. A compendium of scawlings by low life gutter trash > > > On Oct 31, 10:02 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: *Travis* > > > Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2008 > > > Subject: The Repugnance of Socialism > > > > Too bad this type of common sense is not more common. > > > > B > > > >http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/the_repugnance_of_socialism.html > > > > October 30, 2008 The Repugnance of Socialism*By* *Kyle-Anne > > > Shiver*<http://www.americanthinker.com/kyleanne_shiver/> > > > > "The worst difficulties from which we suffer do not come from without. > > They > > > come from within...They come from a peculiar type of brainy people, > > always > > > found in our country, who if they add something to our culture, take much > > > from its strength. Our difficulties come from the mood of unwarrantable > > > self-abasement into which we have been cast by a powerful section of our > > own > > > intellectuals." > > > - Winston Churchill, on Leftists > > > > Earlier this year I read a column in which the writer rejoiced because > > the > > > word, "socialism," is no longer a scary bogeyman to Americans. When I > > > Googled the writer and learned he was only 31 and graduated from > > Columbia, > > > it wasn't hard to figure out how he got it all wrong. > > > > Since he had clearly been taught our "revised" history -- the one that > > > glosses over the 100,000,000-grave killing fields of the communists and > > > makes high drama out of the "sufferings" of the Hollywood blacklisted and > > > the McCarthy hearings -- he didn't have a clue about what actually > > > happened. This pitiful, Ivy-League indoctrinated writer had reached the > > > false conclusion that Americans used to be scared down to their woolies > > of > > > the big bad commies, but weren't anymore. > > > > *Isn't it hard to believe that reasonably intelligent parents actually > > pay > > > big bucks for those fancy degrees in poppycock?* > > > > Americans weren't *scared* of socialism, silly. They found it > > *viscerally > > > repugnant.* > > > > *One must never mistake repugnance for fear. The first is based upon > > > reason, the latter upon emotion.* > > > > And the reasons for loathing socialism are as clear as the nose on > > anyone's > > > face. > > > > No fully-grown human being with a single ounce of self-respect *ever* > > *wants > > > * to be taken care of by others. No person with dignity will tolerate > > being > > > told what to do, what to think, how to work or how to be an "acceptable" > > > person. No free man or woman will tolerate the loss of liberty in > > exchange > > > for material comfort. > > > > Many generations of Americans vehemently rejected these notions over and > > > over again, not out of fear, but out of the kind of visceral loathing > > that > > > makes a normal person wretch, gag and grab for his religion and his guns. > > > > *The Lure of the Nanny State* > > > > "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its > > > victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under > > robber > > > barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty > > > may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but > > those > > > who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do > > so > > > with the approval of their own conscience." > > > - C. S. Lewis > > > > A great many Americans -- perhaps even a majority -- seem poised to hand > > > over vast amounts of their hard-earned money and their hard-won liberties > > to > > > the promised "collective > > > redemption"< > >http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/obamas_politics_of_collective... > > .>being > > > offered by Barack Obama and his socialist band of "progressives" in > > > Congress. With the votes of nanny-state supporters from all classes > > among > > > us, their utopian dreams will be put to the test on our own ground and > > the > > > reach of our federal government will be expanded drastically according to > > > their plans. > > > > But how does this really play out? > > > > *Always and everywhere it is tried.* > > > > *The Socialist's Lure* > > > > One of the simplest realities of life is that the person who pays the > > bill > > > is the one who makes the decisions. When that person is you, you decide. > > > When the payer is a state collective, the collective decides. And you > > > obey. > > > > *This ain't rocket science. The freedom to decide is the reason all > > > children finally leave the security of the nest and jump to the ground. > > > It's innate. This will to be free. To decide for oneself.* > > > > Consider only these 3 areas of Obama's collective plan for the redemption > > of > > > American society: > > > > - Obama wants to use a lot of taxpayer money to offer education to > > > children from birth through college. Free to mommies and daddies. On > > the > > > taxpayer dollar, rather than on the parents'. > > > > The socialist lure: Give the state your children and the state will > > relieve > > > you of the burden of educating them and teaching them values and > > knowledge. > > > Parents, you're off the hook. > > > > The result: The state then makes all the decisions about what your > > children > > > will be taught, how they will be brought up, what knowledge is important > > and > > > what is not. > > > > - Obama wants to bring the federal government's involvement into > > > healthcare to an unprecedented level. > > > > The socialist lure: Give the state your money and the power to enforce > > > healthcare for all, and the collective state will relieve you of your > > > responsibility to provide this service for yourselves and your children. > > > > The result: The state makes healthcare decisions. Healthcare is then > > > rationed according to need, as decided by the state. > > > > - Obama wants to enshrine positive rights to all citizens that include > > a > > > guaranteed "living wage" to all regardless of individual work. > > > > The socialist lure: No citizen will be without the means to live a > > fairly > > > equitable life regardless of individual delinquency or extra effort. > > > > The result: The poor and unfortunate become wards of the state and > > vastly > > > increase in number. Work incentives plummet. > > > > - Obama wants our politics to be nice, not mean or divisive. He wants > > > unity. He wants us all to get along. > > > > The socialist lure: Peace. Harmony. Goodwill to all. No good guys and > > > bad guys. All will be nice and we will sing Kumbayah in perfect harmony > > all > > > over the world. > > > > The result: Anyone who dissents, who finds error, who sees things > > > differently will be silenced. This is the only way collectives ever > > enforce > > > their ideas of "unity." > > > > Progress? In the memorable words of C. S. Lewis: > > > > "We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means > > > doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the > > > man who turns back soonest is the most progressive." > > > > *Freedom and individual responsibility are inseparable.* > > > > The choice we are facing in this election is simple. We have freedom > > only > > > when we accept personal responsibility for ourselves and our children. > > If > > > we want to divest ourselves from the responsibility to provide for > > > ourselves, then we also forfeit our freedom to make our own decisions. > > > > Great leaders have appeared from time to time to warn free people of the > > > innate deceptiveness of the socialists' lures. Ronald Reagan saw the > > evil > > > as clear as day. Reagan's "ten scariest words in the English language": > > > > "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you." > > > > Winston Churchill expounded further on leftist ideology: > > > > "Let them quit these gospels of envy, hate and malice. Let them > > eliminate > > > them from their politics and programmes. Let them abandon the utter > > > fallacy, the grotesque, erroneous fatal blunder of believing that by > > > limiting the enterprise of man, by riveting the shackles of a false > > > equality...they will increase the well-being of the world." > > > > John McCain is a leader in the same mold as Reagan and Churchill when it > > > comes to seeing the innate evil within the Marist lure and its deceptive > > > threat to real peace and any prosperity worth having. But of these three > > -- > > > Reagan, Churchill and McCain -- McCain is the only one who has seen > > > firsthand, from the inside, how it is that collective regimes may appear > > > fair and just and unified. > > > > McCain learned the hard way that socialist fairness is a carefully > > > choreographed illusion, that socialist justice is a capricious commodity > > > doled out on a whim by dictators with hard-core boots and clubs. > > > > Unity? Unity is obtained through coercive means and by taking children > > very > > > early into indoctrination as model, happy future workers for the > > collective > > > "good." > > > > So, Obama got his ideas by palling around with radical communist > > > revolutionaries of the 60s. Obama chose these radicals as mentors and > > > friends. Obama's own parents were from the same mold as well. Happy > > > socialists all. > > > > John McCain spent a good deal of his adult life with radical socialists > > > too. Five and a half years to be precise. Only McCain got his education > > on > > > the merits of communism from inside one of their "utopian" cells under > > > force. > > > > Perhaps never before have Americans had such an easy choice for our next > > > President. Here's hoping we've raised more freedom-loving patriots than > > > fools. > > > > Or Obama's victory celebration may turn out to be the biggest April's > > Fools > > > Day we could have ever imagined. > > > > *Kyle-Anne Shiver is an independent journalist and a frequent contributor > > to > > > American > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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