"It is most curious. Conservatives
think that Reagan the Baffled won a great victory over the Soviet Onion
by spending it into penury. Grrr. Woof. But in the great sweep of things,
what he did was to increase military spending. The Russians didn’t
matter: The Pentagon quickly found another financial pretext in Terrorism
after the budgetary godsend in New York. Subsequent presidents continued
the trend. From a Chinese point of view, it is wonderful. They build
their economy while we assassinate ours. They don’t need a military. Ours
is doing the job for them.
"The trick is to keep America’s wars going as long and
inconclusively as possible until the land of the free (free lunch, free
rent, free everything) ends up selling pencils on street corners. I
figure Beijing pays the White House under the table."
Why the Romnibus Wasn't the
Omnibus
by Fred Reed
I have been a bad person. I did not vote. I confess it. I would rather be
caught in a gay brothel dealing in underage boys than in a voting booth.
The two are equally degrading, but voting carries the further implication
of low intelligence. Ages ago a Japanese friend told me “We are not too
intelested in Amelican national erection.” Me too either.
What was the point? We suffered Years of blather from unqualified
charlatans who regard the public as ignorant hamsters of low caste, and
what do we get? The same unqualified charlatan. We could have done it
without an election. Think of the peace and quiet.
This deplorable practice – holding elections, I mean – is thought to be
fraught with consequences. For example, I am told that the defeat of
Romney signals the end of rule by Angry Old White Men. I hope so. I enjoy
living in the Third World, and soon Americans will be able to do so from
the comfort of home.
To me Mr. Romney’s candidacy signaled the Republicans’ admirable capacity
to do the impossible: find an aspirant even more depressing than Obama.
But they managed. It was a triumph of the human spirit. Never
underestimate American ingenuity.
How was this result achieved? Mr. Romney asserted that Russia is
America’s most perilous adversary, wanted to deal fiercely with China,
asserted the nonexistence of Palestinians, pledged his undying troth to
Israel (America presumably would be a second wife), wanted to attack
Iran, and thinks we need to increase the military budget.
Oh god. Oh god.
Were the Chinese paying him off? If you want to bring the United States
down, keep it spending. On anything. On everything. Does nobody
understand this?
It is most curious. Conservatives think that Reagan the Baffled won a
great victory over the Soviet Onion by spending it into penury. Grrr.
Woof. But in the great sweep of things, what he did was to increase
military spending. The Russians didn’t matter: The Pentagon quickly found
another financial pretext in Terrorism after the budgetary godsend in New
York. Subsequent presidents continued the trend. From a Chinese point of
view, it is wonderful. They build their economy while we assassinate
ours. They don’t need a military. Ours is doing the job for them.
The trick is to keep America’s wars going as long and inconclusively as
possible until the land of the free (free lunch, free rent, free
everything) ends up selling pencils on street corners. I figure Beijing
pays the White House under the table.
So much for Romney. By contrast, with Obama we will have little cause for
alarm, other than abolition of the Constitution, currency controls,
selective denial of passports to enemies of the administration,
uncontrolled inflation, wild federal spending, and a level of
surveillance that would frighten a laboratory rat. See? The Democrats are
much better. I feel so liberal.
In a decade I figure we will look longingly at North Korea as a model of
civil liberties.
Then we have the gender gap. I am told that women favored Obama by a
margin of twelve points, while men went for Romney by eight. Here is
clear evidence that women do not understand politics. It is too difficult
for them. They worry their pretty little heads about trivia like
schooling, health care, peace, security, paying the bills, and having a
livable country in which to live. No nation can long survive such an
agenda. Repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, I say. Should women ever evolve
politically, which doesn’t seem likely, they will see the wisdom of
killing child goat-herds in Afghanistan, like their sexual betters.
And the geography gap. I have seen Mr. Romney quoted as describing Syria
as Iran’s “route to the sea.” This is fascinating. He doesn’t know where
Iraq and Turkey are. And what does he think the Persian Gulf is? A ham
sandwich? Oh well. There’s always Google Earth.
But the hamstervolk want a hamsterfuehrer who Looks Like America, and if
a candidate were discovered to know where his wars were, he would be
thought elitist.
We come to the threat of socialism. Mr. Obama, I am told more often than
I really think necessary, is a socialist. He is going to make America
into Europe, thought to be expiring of socialism, a sort of economic
gangrene. The same people also tell me, often with curious orthography,
the he is a Marxist, a communist, a Moslem, and an America-hating
Christian. This notion is an example of the remarkable versatility of
barely existent minds. If the man is a Marxist or communist, these being
explicitly atheistic, then he cannot be a Moslem or any kind of
Christian. If he is a Christian, then he cannot be a Moslem or a…
But socialism. On the outdated theory that words mean things, I had
recourse to the dictionary and found that socialism is “an economic
system in which the means of production and distribution belong to the
government.” Thus America cannot be socialist, since the means of
production belong to the Chinese. Nor can I understand why Europe is
regarded as socialist. I have walked the streets of Madrid, Paris,
Sevilla, Frankfurt, on and on, and seen no indication that the stores and
restaurants belonged to government. Neither, I thought, did Siemens,
Dassault, BP, BMW, Mercedes, Santander, Leica and, most importantly, Bass
and Guinness.
Europe looks to me like a capitalist economy with good health care and
long vacations. I feel deeply threatened by this nightmare, and hope that
Congress will impeach Obama before he can impose such a dreadful thing.
The idea that Obama could turn the US into a socialist realm is more
interesting psychologically than economically. It suggests depths of
giddy retardation that could be plumbed only in a bathysphere.
Corporations control the US. They own Congress. Do you really think that
the CEO of Lockheed-Martin wants to see the company nationalized and
himself put on a federal salary? Oh sure, any day now. In fact, I expect
it by nightfall.
Yes, I know. I will get email telling me of the economic collapse of
Europe, in stark contrast to America’s booming economy, full employment,
staggering trade surplus, and incorruptible government.
For all these blessings brought to us by our laudable leadership, I
suggest that instead we ought to borrow Angela Merkel, Uri Avnery, or
that unpronounceable but indescribably gutsy and intelligent woman who is
giving the dictators hives in Burma. Diversity would be our
strength.
www.fredoneverything.com
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