It is all About Control

We all, or at least we all should, know that leftists want to control us. They seek power over the stupid unwashed masses(us), so they can show us how to live properly according to their beliefs. The ironic thing about this, is the fact that they usually charge social conservatives as being the group who wants to put their boot on your neck.

The left wants to do it through government regulation. You see, we all are just not smart enough to handle this freedom thing, so we need to be shown how to do what is right for the collective. Personal freedom isn’t as important as saving us from ourselves.

This reasoning has been used for one hundred years to justify the murder of millions upon millions of people, who just would not fall in line. As I first said in my epiphany, from over a year ago, global warming is the new communism. Please read that post if you have not before. That theory is a tad bit inaccurate though. It is better stated to say that environmentalism is the latest cause du jour of the totalitarian communista hordes.

The left has been very, very successful using environmental totalitarianism to further their goals. We should be very well aware of this. They use the EPA to deny requests to build things we need like nuclear power plants, housing, and oil platforms. All too often their objections are purely political and not based on any real evidence or science.

I must say, that not all environmentalism is wrong. On the contrary. As stewards of the earth, we are responsible for its wellbeing. We ought to preserve the natural world as best we can. Radical environmentalism is of course no good to anyone, except those seeking power.

Global warming is of course the jewel in the crown of the environazi. Their Great Leader Al Gore, is seen as a prophet, and a rock star. They rely on false data, or no data at all in making their claims. No matter how many times their models are refuted, they will always come up with excuses as to why they are correct. We are always on the precipous of disaster. We must act right now or it will be to late.

The goal of all of this, as I stated, is control. They want to control what and how you do things. That want to make it "fair" for all. Of course as the poor Soviets found, "fairness" isn't really the same for everyone. It sucks for the overwhelming majority. Fairness is a gulag, or a work camp in Siberia. That is of course assuming you were lucky enough to actually make it to the gulag, instead of being shot like a dog in the street.

This post was precipitated by this "study" being reported on in the Guardian.

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Tara Garnett, the report's author, warned that campaigns encouraging people to change their habits voluntarily were doomed to fail and urged the government to use caps on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon pricing to ensure changes were made. "Food is important to us in a great many cultural and symbolic ways, and our food choices are affected by cost, time, habit and other influences," the report says. "Study upon study has shown that awareness-raising campaigns alone are unlikely to work, particularly when it comes to more difficult changes."

Please read the whole thing.

So now they are ready to get government to force us to change our eating habits! Forget downsizing your house or car, they aim to actually force us to eat how they want us to eat! The article goes on to explain that this is a moderate approach as opposed to outlawing meat-eating altogether. They know that even the rubes would never agree with that. So they want to start with just slowly limiting how much meat we are allowed to have.

Our friend at Ramblings From Oz, has come up with the ultimate unfortunate solution for these fascists. Ultimately force most be counteracted with force.

One last note on this topic today. The radical environuts and the radical PETA types are in this together. They have a mental disorder that makes them think eating animals is wrong. They see animals as better than humans. That is the important distinction we must all realize. They would just as soon see you and your family dead, if it saves the animals from your BBQ pit. All of them think humanity is blight on nature for some reason. It probably has a lot to do with all the liberal guilt they have been taught at the universities for years.

Poor Harry

I just ran across this on YouTube and thought it was greatness.

Waisted Faith

I received one of those chain emails about God saving us from ourselves today. The sentiment was nice, and correct to a certain extent. I think that a person's faith can see them through some very difficult times. It is correct as a believer to believe that God will provide you a path to pull yourself out of whatever pit you are in. He may even intercede in some cases.

Having faith in God to rescue you from financial stupidity is not the best idea. I don't think the Creator should be seen as a bankruptcy court for the irresponsible. Unfortunately you see this all the time. The TV shyster preachers claim that if you send them your money, your financial miracle is going to come any day now. They prey on the weak-minded folks that got themselves in a bad financial situation to begin with. Sending the TV preacher with the nice hair your last $200 instead of paying your electric bill will end up with you sitting in the dark. It most likely isn't what God would have you do either.

Yes there is a common component of giving to receive blessings in most religions. Call it karma, reaping what you sow, or whatever. Giving is good for the soul period. Helping others is a rewarding thing to do. It should not be your financial plan though. That is just silly. Trusting God to ward off the repo man, on the car you haven't made a payment on in six months, is most likely not going to work well.

I feel like the leaders of the Church, the individual everyday minister, need to focus on one's personal responsibility more. Yes you should trust God to show you the path, but don't rely on him to bail you out when you have been irresponsible. Like any good parent, He will let you learn things the hard way.

For to long people have used their Faith as a crutch to convince themselves that their irresponsibility is OK because the man with the plan upstairs is going to jump in and intercede at any moment. Most of the time they are disappointed with the results. The TV preacher tells them that all they need is faith, and when it fails to deliver the pile of cash they want, they lose what faith they had, and end up worse off than they were.

As I said, I think faith can help you through difficult times. Say the man of the house loses his job due to him being injured. A family's faith/hope, friends, and church can all help them overcome the difficulty. Sitting on the front lawn waiting for the refrigerator to mysteriously get filled up is not the answer.

Rudy Jumps the Shark

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Rudy Giuliani has officially jumped the shark in my opinion. He stated the following in an interview when asked about publicly funded abortions.

Ultimately, it's a constitutional right, and therefore if it's a constitutional right, ultimately, even if you do it on a state by state basis, you have to make sure people are protected,

This has got to be the end for him. Can the Republican party really nominate someone as liberal as Giuliani for President of the United States?



This is antithema to everything conservatives stand for. Whether or not you think abortion should be legal isn't really the issue here. The issue is that Giuliani thinks your money should be given to poor women so they can have an abortion. This is a ridiculous position to hold, when you are claiming to be a Republican. You have the Constitutional right to drink beer if you want as well, yet we are not giving free beer away on the sidewalks. Rudy's statements further illustrate that he is not a conservative, and he is not fit to be awarded the Presidential nomination for the Republican party.

Fred may be the man to lead us

HatTip:Insty

Black and Right

Thanks to Chris at Anarchangel for posting this. I had not seen this guy before. Check out this video and if you like it, there are more at Bob Parker's YouTube site. His blog can be found here.

Preach it sister!

In the 20th century, secular humanism crept into American and Western governments, promising openness and tolerance for diverse groups, religions and philosophies, she said.

“What we got was narrow positivism, moral relativism and the totalitarian reign of the radical multiculturalist,” Brown said. “It promised peace. What we got was a process of permanent revolution, tumult, strife and a ceaseless assault upon the foundations of faith, family and civil society. It promised if not the pursuit of truth, at least rationality and acknowledgment of objective reality. What we got was postmodernism.” The battle, in her view, is not political but theological: “Contrary to the prevailing secularist dogma ... a society cannot exist without a fighting faith. Where society has nothing to die for, it has nothing to live for and cannot long survive.”

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HatTip: Drudge

Wow. This statement is as on point as it gets. It, in a very concise way, illustrates perfectly what is wrong with the secular progressive's governance model and how it has failed miserably.

I am not a religious person, but I totally get what she is saying and agree with her. Good nomination Dubya.

The sad thing is, she is a direct example of how the leftist's don't practice what the preach. She was a sharecroppers daughter, that went to segregated schools, and worked her way up to the California Supreme Court. The Democrats opposed her nomination for years because she wasn't an atheist zealot I guess, despite her minority status.

New side banner

You will notice a new side banner that proclaims 'I stand with Israel'. I do stand with Israel, and thought this nice banner would show that. The blogger who graciously created and hosts it can be found by clicking the banner.

There is a scripture listed as well. While I have no problem with this whatsoever, my reasons for supporting Israel are a little different. I am not saying the creator of the banner agrees or disagrees with my reasoning, just that I am not supporting Israel for religious views or purposes. The significance of the Holy Land to most of the large religions around the world is obvious. In fact many who are not religious have 'felt something' in varying degrees from being there, especially at places like the Temple Mount.

My support comes from a political/what is right view. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. They have been fighting the terrorists for years for their very survival. The tiny country has been our ally along the way, and we as good people have supported her right to exist.

The Israelis no doubt, as Jews, are probably the most maligned group of people in history. From the days of captivity in Egypt, to the Holocaust, and unfortunately even today, the Jewish peoples of the world have been slaughtered and discriminated against at every turn.

Forget Newt

As much as we share in our beliefs, he can not be the nominee. Not that he has a chance anyway necessarily. Lots of conservatives were looking to him for relief from the crew of RINOs. The party of family values does not need to nominate a philanderer however. That is one of the multitude of reasons Rudy should not get the nomination. We conservatives need to let our voices be known to these sham RINOs and immoral perverts. "This is not good enough!" This should be our mantra. We our looking for our political leader. The standards should be set high. We are looking for the man to lead us into the next phase of the GWOT, and to lead us away from the crazy socialists. We are looking for our new Commander in Chief we can be proud of, and that our Armed Forces can be proud to serve under.

That is right. We don't want a closet liberal that is 'electable'. We want a REAL conservative Republican. While Newt certainly is a conservative and I agree with him on many, many issues, I can not in good conscious support him anymore.

I am not a perfect man. Many mistakes have been made in the past. I will never cheat on my wife however. Sure many people do it, and hopefully the majority of them can reconcile with their wives, themselves, and their God. It isn't equivalent to killing babies, or torturing puppies to be sure, but it is still wrong. I have overlooked Newt's wife cheating ways for a while now.

I came to a realization this morning that I can not overlook it anymore. There must be honor. If we can not risk it all for our beliefs we are no better than the moral relativist leftists. I am sick of playing the game. I don't want to compromise for someone we think can win anymore. Why should we sell our souls? Just so we can beat the Democrats? Don't get me wrong, I will pull the handle for Rudy if he is the nominee. I won't like it, but it will happen. It will also continue to push the GOP in the wrong direction.

Are we to be the conservative party of Canada now? Must we continue to serve our PC taskmasters in the media? Will we continue to be hypocrites by preaching our beliefs, and electing people that don't follow them? No damn it NO! How can we claim to want to preserve marriage, while at the same time electing people that have no reverence for the institution at all. How can someone be a family values man, and break the most important value?

So there you have it. Newt is off my list. So pray tell who should we support you ask? At the moment I am leaning towards Duncan Hunter. He seems to be a great guy. A real conservative. He built the border fence in San Diego, is against gay marriage, pro-life, a fiscal conservative, and most importantly a staunch supporter of the RKBA. He supports national concealed carry, and would veto any renewals of the Clinton Gun Ban. There will be more info about Hunter here in the near future.

The Wild and Free Pigs of the Okefenokee Swamp

by Steve Washam
based on a telling by George Gordon

Some years ago, about 1900, an old trapper from North Dakota hitched up some horses to his Studebaker wagon, packed a few possessions-- especially his traps--and drove south.

Several weeks later he stopped in a small town just north of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia.

It was a Saturday morning--a lazy day--when he walked into the general store. Sitting around the pot-bellied stove were seven or eight of the town’s local citizens.

The traveler spoke, “Gentlemen, could you direct me to the Okefenokee Swamp?”

Some of the oldtimers looked at him like he was crazy.

“You must be a stranger in these parts,” they said.

“I am. I’m from North Dakota,” said the stranger.

“In the Okefenokee Swamp are thousands of wild hogs,” one old man explained. “A man who goes into the swamp by himself asks to die!” He lifted up his leg. “I lost half my leg here, to the pigs of the swamp.”

Another old fellow said, “Look at the cuts on me; look at my arm bit off!”

“Those pigs have been free since the Revolution, eating snakes and rooting out roots and fending for themselves for over a hundred years. They’re wild and they’re dangerous. You can’t trap them. No man dare go into the swamp by himself.”

Every man nodded his head in agreement.

The old trapper said, “Thank you so much for the warning. Now could you direct me to the swamp?”

They said, “Well, yeah, it’s due south--straight down the road.” But they begged the stranger not to go, because they knew he’d meet a terrible fate.

He said, “Sell me ten sacks of corn, and help me load them into the wagon.”

And they did.

Then the old trapper bid them farewell and drove on down the road. The townsfolk thought they’d never see him again.

Two weeks later the man came back. He pulled up to the general store, got down off the wagon, walked in and bought ten more sacks of corn. After loading it up he went back down the road toward the swamp.

Two weeks later he returned and, again, bought ten sacks of corn. This went on for a month. And then two months, and three.

Every week or two the old trapper would come into town on a Saturday morning, load up ten sacks of corn and drive off south into the swamp.

The stranger soon became a legend in the little village and the subject of much speculation. People wondered what kind of devil had possessed this man, that he could go into the Okefenokee by himself and not be consumed by the wild and free hogs.

One morning the man came into town as usual. Everyone thought he wanted more corn.

He got off the wagon and went into the store where the usual group of men were gathered around the stove. He took off his gloves.

“Gentlemen,” he said, “I need to hire about ten or fifteen wagons. I need twenty or thirty men. I have six thousand hogs out in the swamp, penned up, and they’re all hungry. I’ve got to get them to market right away.”

“You’ve WHAT in the swamp?” asked the storekeeper, incredulously.

“I have six thousand hogs penned up. They haven’t eaten for two or three days, and they’ll starve if I don’t get back there to feed and take care of them.”

One of the oldtimers said, “You mean you’ve captured the wild hogs of the Okefenokee?”

“That’s right.”

“How did you do that? What did you do?” the men urged, breathlessly.

One of them exclaimed, “But I lost my arm!”

“I lost my brother!” cried another.

“I lost my leg to those wild boars!” chimed a third.

The trapper said, “Well, the first week I went in there they were wild all right. They hid in the undergrowth and wouldn’t come out. I dared not get off the wagon. So I spread corn along behind the wagon. Every day I’d spread a sack of corn.

“The old pigs would have nothing to do with it. But the younger pigs decided that it was easier to eat free corn than it was to root out roots and catch snakes. So the very young began to eat the corn first.

“I did this every day. Pretty soon, even the old pigs decided that it was easier to eat free corn, after all, they were all free; they were not penned up. They could run off in any direction they wanted at any time.

“The next thing was to get them used to eating in the same place all the time. So, I selected a clearing, and I started putting the corn in the clearing.

“At first they wouldn’t come to the clearing. It was too far. It was too open. It was a nuisance to them.

“But the very young decided that it was easier to take the corn in the clearing than it was to root out roots and catch their own snakes. And not long thereafter, the older pigs also decided that it was easier to come to the clearing every day.

“And so the pigs learned to come to the clearing every day to get their free corn. They could still subsidize their diet with roots and snakes and whatever else they wanted. After all, they were all free. They could run in any direction at any time. There were no bounds upon them.

“The next step was to get them used to fence posts. So I put fence posts all the way around the clearing. I put them in the underbrush so that they wouldn’t get suspicious or upset, after all, they were just sticks sticking up out of the ground, like the trees and the brush. The corn was there every day. It was easy to walk in between the posts, get the corn, and walk back out.

“This went on for a week or two. Shortly they became very used to walking into the clearing, getting the free corn, and walking back out through the fence posts.

“The next step was to put one rail down at the bottom. I also left a few openings, so that the older, fatter pigs could walk through the openings and the younger pigs could easily jump over just one rail, after all, it was no real threat to their freedom or independence--they could always jump over the rail and flee in any direction at any time.

“Now I decided that I wouldn’t feed them every day. I began to feed them every other day. On the days I didn’t feed them, the pigs still gathered in the clearing. They squealed, and they grunted, and they begged and pleaded with me to feed them--but I only fed them every other day. Then I put a second rail around the posts.

“Now the pigs became more and more desperate for food. Because now they were no longer used to going out and digging their own roots and finding their own food, they now needed me. They needed my corn every other day.”

“So I trained them that I would feed them every day if they came in through a gate and I put up a third rail around the fence.

“But it was still no great threat to their freedom, because there were several gates and they could run in and out at will.

“Finally I put up the fourth rail. Then I closed all the gates but one, and I fed them very, very well.”

“Yesterday I closed the last gate and today I need you to help me take these pigs to market.”

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The price of free corn

The parable of the pigs has a serious moral lesson. This story is about federal money being used to bait, trap and enslave a once free and independent people.

Federal welfare, in its myriad forms, has reduced not only individuals to a state of dependency; state and local governments are also on the fast track to elimination, due to their functions being subverted by the command and control structures of federal “revenue sharing” programs.

Please copy this parable and send it to all of your state and local elected leaders and other concerned citizens. Tell them: “Just say NO to federal corn.”

The bacon you save may be your own.

Copyright 1997, The Idaho Observer. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for non-commercial purposes in entirety, including this notice.

This is a very good lesson about the dangers of Federal largess, and becoming dependant on the government. Hat tip: Weetabix at the The Other Side of Kim forums.