Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Say hello to the Food Police!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Can We Stop the Insanity?
How many elections have come and gone? How many Presidential candidates have claimed that they will make America great again, yet have failed? How many campaign promises have been made and broken? How many regimes have relied on the same statist principles to run our country, and have made a mess? Are you tired of reading so many questions? Are you tired of answering them? Are you sick and tired of politics yet?
"Insanity [is] doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. " Albert Einstein, (attributed) US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
Are our leaders guilty of insanity? Or are we, the People, guilty of insanity for choosing the same type of politicians over and over again and expecting different results?
Shouldn't we end the insanity?
How about now? How about right now?
There are two ways to stop the insanity that has become American politics. Either we break the cycle of electing stupid people as leaders by choosing a different politician with different ideas, based on a different mindset that long ago worked for America to make this country great. Or, we should break the cycle of electing stupid people by not voting at all. Stay home and don't cast a vote--any vote. No one. Period.
The second option is not so good. If not one single American voted, somehow, someone would get elected by default, and most likely it would be the same type of stupid politician with the same stupid ideas who upholds the current stupid power structure by perpetuating this stupidity for another four years.
So why don't we try something different for a change? Why don't we elect a different kind of politician--one who understands real economics and wants to go back to doing the time-tested and proven things that once made America the greatest nation in the history of the human race? Shouldn't we at least try to do something different? Shouldn't we all at least try to stop this insanity?
Forget the Republican Party. It is fascist. Fascism is un-American. Forget the Democratic Party. It is socialist. Socialism is un-American. Why don't we give peace and liberty a chance? These are truly American characteristics. Why don't we give capitalism and the free market a chance (and no, we have never been a purely capitalist country. Partial capitalism has made America great. Let's try the full, laissez-faire version to make it better.) Capitalism is an American characteristic. Let's restore the Constitution, which is the only document that keeps us safe from the tyrrany of government. Bring America the great back again, shall we?
Won't you even try something totally different?
Here is how: Vote for Ron Paul for President. The Republicans have failed America. The Democrats have failed America. Let's put a Libertarian in the Oval Office. How much worse off could we be, since we're already scraping the bottom of the barrel?
Vote for Ron Paul for President of the United States of America!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Uh-oh! Is Someone's Party Feeling Threatened?
Statement: Ron Paul thinks we'd be safer without the CIA
Bill Maher - I would feel pretty naked without the CIA
Ron Paul - You'd feel naked, but you'd be a lot safer because you'd be less likely to be attacked by terrorists.
My Answer: First, Bill Maher is an asshole and a Party line hack, so anything he says is questionable. Second, Ron Paul is correct, and here is why: the CIA is responsible for much of the American-sponsored terrorism around the world, as the arm and the sword of the American Foreign Policy that has resulted in the blowback of 9/11. If it weren't for the CIA, America could not have been able to do all the rotten, unethical, immoral things that have angered the fanatics and provoked them to strike back at us on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. If the owner of RonPaulExposed.com finds Ron Paul's statement appalling, then he needs to stop drinking the government kool-aid and start looking for the truth; unless of course he is a Party line hack, like Bill Maher, in which case he's hopeless because when Big Brother tells him 2+2=5, then 2+2=5.
Statement: Paul has voted against funding our troops while in combat.
My Answer: Ron Paul is a non-interventionist, and as such, he believes that we should keep our nose out of other people's business. This includes the end of unconstitutional warmongering, empire-building, nation-building, etc. Ron Paul supports the troops by vowing to bring them home immediately, and not just the ones in Iraq, but all of them around the world. There is no better support that a President can give to our troops than to bring them home to the safe and loving arms of their families. The RonPaulExposed.com owner would rather keep funding a war the majority of Americans are against, with taxpayer money Americans would be better off pocketing, in order to keep Americans soldiers in harm's way and watch them be maimed, crippled and killed. Maybe the website owner should be the one exposed!
Statement: Ron Paul is a political opportunist.
*In 1988 Ron Paul ran for president as a Libertarian, despite being a life long Republican. Now he's running for president as a Republican. Seems he runs on the side that seems the most expedient at the time.
My Answer: According to this logic, Ron Paul was a lifelong Republican who ran as a Libertarian because the Libertarian Party was the side that was most expedient at the time. Does anyone really believe that the Libertarian Party had a snowball's chance in a furnace of cranking out a Presidential frontrunner? It seems that the website owner doesn't have enough facts about history to be making such bold statements. Ron Paul is a lifelong Libertarian who did indeed run on the Libertarian platform. Paul has a better chance of being elected as a Republican, because America is not very familiar with the Libertarian Party or its philosophy, thanks to the propaganda against it by the two major Parties. What matters is that Ron Paul holds the same beliefs as a Republican as he has held as a Libertarian. As a matter of fact, Ron Paul's philosophy about politics and economics run diammetrically contrary to the views held by the Neocons, who have adopted the same Statist mindset as their Socialist Democrat counterparts. Ron paul today is the Ron Paul of yesterday. There is no flip-flopping here.
Statement: Ron Paul believes in conspiracy theories.
*Paul believes Bush is determined to impose martial law through a bird-flu scare.
"They're determined to have martial law."
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2007/240507ontherecord.htm
*Paul believes Bush will concoct something to scare the American people.
"I think freedom's been sliding for a long time and it got a lot worse after 9/11 and I'm always afraid of some concocted event that will scare the American people"http://educate-yourself.org/cn/ronpaulwarnsofUSdictatorship11apr07.shtml
My Answer: The phrase "Conspiracy Theory" has aquired an undeserved negative connotation. This negative connotation works in favor of the government, because it can be used to discredit anyone who holds a view different from the Party propaganda. A conspiracy is nothing more than the act of several individuals in unison planning or conspiring to attain a specific goal. A conspiracy theorist is an observant person who sees through the government imposed blinders to the truth and states his beliefs about it. The term "conspiracy theorist" does not mean crazy, insane or lunatic. This is something the government wants everyone to believe. If the government says 2+2=5, and I believe otherwise, I am a "conspiracy nut." The website owner seems to believe that our dear Leader would never impose martial law on America. Time will tell, now won't it? I'd like to hear him explain why he believes the government would be against having ultimate power and control.
Statement: Paul leads Houston area in Pork\Earmark spending
http://chip91.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/ron-pauls-personal-pork-projects/
My Answer: The name of the blog is "Conservatives and Libertarians United Against Ron Paul - Watching what Ron Paul does. Not what he says." Obviously, Ron Paul's Libertarian philosophy goes against the statist-minded insanity of the Neocon website owner. I may be wrong but I didn't see any comments from Libertarians on the page. Go see the blog, read the main post and the 16 replies, and judge for yourself if Ron Paul is wrong.
Monday, October 22, 2007
The Great Distraction
And now for a commercial:
A man and his one-trick pony perform a song and dance. They groove to the rhythm of "The Hustle", while singing the "Star-Spangled Banner."
And now, back to our show:
The greater the contradiction, the more believable the illusion of potentially different ends by the different means, and the greater the illusion of freedom of dissenting views. It is the great distraction, which rivets all eyes on the play, to avoid the viewing of the bigger picture, where the ends are shown to be harmoniously in sync. The illusion flitters away before the eyes like an evaporating dream upon awakening, when one notices that any other ideology not similarly labeled as the wings produces clearly different ends by totally different means. Then one sees the distraction clearly, and the commercial's true meaning shows itself.
And now for another commercial:
Two hands cover a mouth, and the voice of reason is muffled.
Ah, yes. This one now looks familiar.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Did the Iranian President Cause "Hate Crimes" in New York City?
Another New York Post article on 10/21/2007, entitled, “Hate crime vs. Jews on rise in city,” links the rise in “hate crimes” against Jews to Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s visit to Columbia University. Interestingly, the author, Angela Montefinise, did not give a reason for the spike in crimes.
Joel Levy, New York director of the anti-Defamation League, was quoted in the article as saying, “We have certainly noticed a surge in the number of such incidents recently.” Mr. Levy also said, “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that may of the incidents in the recent surge occurred immediately after the visit from Ahmadinejad. We had a hater, a Holocaust denier, a man who has said he wants to destroy the state of Israel and has built a nuclear weapon for that purpose, visit the city. I think that brought out some of the hate.”
Exactly how much accuracy is in Mr. Levy’s statement? First, how would Ahmadinejad’s visit incite Americans to spray paint swastikas and other anti-Jewish graffiti? Might it be because these Americans found a grain or two of truth in the Iranian’s statements about America’s imperialistic foreign policy and Israel’s oppressive treatment of Palestinians?
Second, though violating another person’s property is a crime, hating is not. Being a hater is not a crime. Might the Iranian have a good reason to hate Israel’s role in the oppression of Palestinians? So calling him a hater is irrelevant.
Third, is it a crime to deny the holocaust? Since when is it a crime to have a contradicting opinion? Thousands of people have questions about the holocaust for which there are no sufficient answers. Must they all accept everything they’re told unquestioningly as gospel and follow the herd blindly? If those who question the holocaust are wrong, then wouldn't they end up with their foot in their mouth by the truth alone? Is it really necessary to silence these people of dissenting opinion through public shaming by name-calling and emotional outbursts? Is this really the American way?
Fourth, the current government mantra that Ahmadinejad said he wants to wipe Israel off the map--this current catalyst used to stir up anti-Iranian sentiment to sway public opinion in favor of an attack on Iran--has been shown to be a mistranslation from the Persian language. The reason this is nothing more than State propaganda is because no one in the media seems interested in getting to the truth about what the Iranian President really said. It’s what our government says it is, period. Is this the American way?
Fifth, the claim that Iran has already built a nuclear bomb makes no sense, since the current hoopla is about Iran’s pursuance of the means to build a nuclear reactor. If the whole brouhaha is about stopping Iran from acquiring the means to build a bomb, then how have they already built one? Should Americans also blindly believe this man’s statements too?
The New York Post's articles seem to be a bit one-sided. Is this good journalism?
Bill Maher and the "moron"
A New York Post article on 10/21/2007, entitled, “Maher muzzles moron,” describes how Bill Maher personally helped security remove a rowdy protester from his talk show audience during Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” The unidentified man from the audience stood up and held up a sign that read, “9/11 is a cover-up fraud” and shouted. When Maher tried, unsuccessfully, to shout him down, he called security. Maher was quoted as saying, “do we have some f---ing security in this building, or do I have to come down there and kick his ass?” When security forcefully removed the man from his seat, Maher ran into the man’s aisle and helped shove the man out the door, while shouting, “Out! Out! Out!” After this, other protesters stood up and began shouting, whereby Maher shouted into his microphone, “This isn’t the Iowa caucus, OK? We’re not here to debate!”
Imagine the anger that prompted Maher to first use expletives, and then to threaten the man with violence? And for what reason? Because the audience member vocalized a point of view that was contrary to the official government story, which Bill Maher so dearly embraces! And, as he said, this was not a debate. Rather the topic of 9/11 is not open to debate. As far as Maher is concerned, what the government says is true, and anyone who contradicts it is a kook, a nutcase, a loony and a conspiracy nut. If Maher had any credibility, he would debate that audience member, and let reason and logic show what the truth really is. After all, if the man is wrong, he would put his own foot in his mouth, right? But, no. That might open up a can of worms.
Friday, October 19, 2007
What does it mean to be an American?
The other day, I overheard two people, obviously strangers, talking about politics. The older gentleman called the younger man a "subversive." He said that since the young man was against the so-called "War on Terror," that he was for the terrorists and against America. He is therefore un-American, a traitor to his country, and that he should be arrested and sent to one of the many U.S. concentration camps around the globe like Abu-Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay.
This is what we've come to in America today. If an American doesn't believe in the government's propaganda, he is "un-American," and should be tortured, without due-process, without being found guilty, without any contact with family and loved ones for an indefinite amount of time or forever, whichever comes first. Does this sound "American" to you?
I thought the younger man's point of view was valid, and that the older gentleman should have known better, being supposedly wiser in his years. I believe that the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. I believe that every good American citizen, including every elected official in the political sphere, has a duty, as an American, to uphold the Constitution. To uphold the Constitution, by the way for those who aren't fully aware, means to protect and obey the Constitution. Every American in a position of power and influence must protect and obey the Constitution, and that includes the members of the House of Representatives, The Senate, Congress and the President of the United States of America. The Constitution must be followed, obeyed, and adhered to no matter what the circumstances, no matter what, no ifs, ands or buts. Period.
More Americans have died on the battlefields of foreign lands in the so-called "War on Terror" than at Ground Zero on that horrible day of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The reasons given for war against Iraq were false and based on lies. 9/11 has been used as an excuse to attack this defenseless country which had no WMD's and had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11. We've all but forgotten the so-called mastermind of 9/11--Osama...who? Have we found him yet?
How am I, as a free-thinking American, supposed to support a war that was planned and executed in ways that the Constitution (the Supreme Law of America) expressly forbids? How am I expected to support the President when he blatantly ignores the Supreme Law of America?
If the older man knew my view, he would probably lump me into the same category as his younger fellow American. Am I a "subversive" too? As an American, I love America and what it has always stood for since its birth: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
How, then, am I a good American? Because I want, not the destruction of America, as this foolish man would most likely claim, but the prosperity of America. I want the wars to end, so the lives of American soldiers will be spared, so their injuries will stop. I want the troops to be home with their families and loved ones. I want America to go back to a gold standard so that we will never see inflation again. I want America to give up its adherence to Marxism, Socialism and Keynesian false economics, which make the rich poor, and the poor poorer. I want America to eliminate both its Nanny Welfare-State and its Daddy Warfare-State. I want the government to stop becoming Big Brother and stop trying to usurp the constitution and destroy all our liberties. I want the government to stop its obvious drive towards tyrranical one-world government, which would destroy America as we know it by crumbling our sovereignty. I want America to stay out of the affairs of other nations so we can stop being hated all over the world.
I want America to once again become the greatest nation in the history of the human race, the America that is not hated but loved and adored because it sets an example for the rest of the world to emulate. Now, how does this make me unpatriotic, un-American and a "subversive"? If anyone is subversive, it's the current fascist regime that is destroying the only document that protects us from the tyrrany of government gone wild. It's important that Americans stop following the herd like mindless cattle, and start analyzing what's going on around them. That is the American way!