It Starts With Jokes
Sep 27, 2011 Political
The left likes to manufacture a crisis and then react to it. A manufactured crisis is one sure way to get the mob on the left riled up so it reacts to the situation and then the liberal left in government can swoop in to save the day. One can never tell what the crisis will be or how it will start but sometimes things start out as a seemingly insincere gesture or “joke.” so they can see how things fly. If resistance is great then the issue is dialed back. If there is not a lot of resistance then it is time to press forward. Often the Overton Window is used to suggest something outrageous so that when people balk the issue can be dialed back to where the politician wanted it in the first place.
The left knows that it is in trouble for the election in 2012. Obama is on his way to being a one term leader and it is possible the Republicans will pick up 20 or so seats in the House and hit 60 seats in the Senate.
Governor Perdue of North Carolina suggested that the next Congressional election should be suspended for two more years to give politicians time to work on the economy. It is reported as a joke though she did not say it as a joke and asked for people to support the idea. Float the idea, create the crisis and then move in for the kill.
A few problems with this. If this issue were Constitutional I am not sure Congress would go for it. The Republicans do not want to suspend an election. Besides, why should we give a pass to the people who are causing the problems? Make them stand for election and let the people decide if they deserve to return to office.
This fits right in with the belief of liberals that we need less democracy in this country in order to get things done. Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, believes that things are too mucked up and that we need less democracy to accomplish things. Gridlock and political stalemate is too much and should give way to systems that require less democracy.
Our country was founded with a system that is cumbersome and slow by design. Too much makes it through Congress as it is and making things easier by taking away governance with the consent of the people would make things worse. Sure, politicians would be able to get more done but at what cost?
We the People need to have control over government and not the other way around. To the Socialist progressives, this is not good. But it is in the best interest of the people and the country and we can never allow for less democracy which includes suspending elections.
Ever notice the Socialist progressives only come up with this when they do not have complete control? Less democracy would give them more control and that is what they want.
What we need is not less democracy but fewer Socialist progressives in office.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Birds Of A Feather
Sep 4, 2009 Political
Socialists like each other. Socialists will protect each other, even while saying bad things about each other, but all the bad talk is ending in a group hug with all the socialists in the Western Hemisphere schmoozing and practically having a group grope.
The fly in the ointment, or lotion, has been the ouster of Manuel Zelaya, the former President of Honduras.
A member of the Commie club was tossed out of his own country for attempting to subvert the Constitution of Honduras by asking their Supreme Court to change the law to continue to allow him to, in effect, be President for life. His own party tossed him out of the country in his PJs- that is how outraged they were.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Thursday that the United States would formally suspend nearly $30 million in aid to the coup-installed government in Honduras. She also suggested for the first time that the United States might not recognize the country’s elections this fall if the ousted president was not returned to power by then.
nytimes.com
That’s it, Billary- you go girl- Save The Socialist! The fact that Zelaya was prepared to go around the term limits of his country’s Constitution in an unlawful manner, and attempt to become a Dictator, is of no concern to our government, indeed, Nobama is cool with the idea,as that seems to be in vogue now, what with all the tin pot Dictators popping up like Orville Redenboker Kettle Corn. Castro (he’s old hat), Chavez, Morales, Zelaya, Ortega, and more I can’t remember right off the top of my head.
All of them want to be Dictator for Life in their respective countries, at least. And all of them are driving their countries into the ground. Great examples to follow, to be sure.
Zelaya even had the ballots for his spurious legal challenge to his Constitution printed in Venezuela- they were confiscated by the authorities when he attempted to smuggle them into Honduras, and that apparently was what triggered the coup, if you wish to characterize it as such- I prefer the term, “Expedited Impeachment”.
It was his own party that followed their lawful Constitution, and now they are being punished by the “Freedom loving” United States? The US wants to re- impose a dictator? Yes, Virginia, there is a Satan, and I think he resides in the White House- if not Satan, at least his retarded son.
Who else would punish a foreign government for following its laws, and attempting to protect their Democracy? Sometimes, looking at what our government is doing, I feel as if I am in the middle of the film “Idiocracy”- a film I couldn’t watch all the way through, simply because it was too painful to see liberals portrayed so nakedly realistic.
But here they are acting stupidly in real life, endangering not only our own country, but a democratic neighbor, one of the “good guys”- how backwards is that?
The announcement amounted to a gamble that the threat would finally force the de facto government to back down. So far, that government, led by longtime congressman Roberto Micheletti, has resisted intense international pressure, both economic and political. Its members argue that Zelaya’s removal was legal because he had violated the constitution by organizing a referendum that could have allowed him to evade the one-term limit for the presidency.
But the reasons for the coup supporters’ vehemence go deeper: They fear that the leftist Zelaya would have introduced the socialist-style agenda promoted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, a Zelaya ally and leader of an anti-American bloc in the hemisphere.
washingtonpost.com
Kind of reminds you of Ted Kennedy and his attempts to manipulate the laws to suit him, doesn’t it? Those crazy Socialists- they don’t feel as if they are bound by ethics, or laws, or even morals, do they? As I have said before, they are trying for a Hemispheric Kumbaya with Global reach- around here, and it is repugnant on several levels, the first and most disturbing is that the beacon for Freedom, the “Shining City on the Hill”- the United States of America, would even participate in this farce, much less take the side of a Chavez wannabe, and then try to force the issue with the withholding of monetary aid to the country.
Even the Unions, bastions of Communism that they are, are participating in this, refusing to unload the Honduran ships that dock in our harbors.
This is shameless, classless and clueless behavior on the part of this administration. But that is now par for the course, sadly- our government is no longer something we can look to with pride, but now, with shame and disgust.
You go, Honduras- Keep up the good fight!
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Tags: democracy, dictators, honduras, lawful ouster, socialists
Is a World Government Next?
Jul 27, 2009 Political
I used to be sure it would never happen- after all, there are some great cultural divides between cultures and countries, not to mention the religion aspect- that one’s a biggie. But what is emerging with the ouster of Manuel Zelaya, former President of Honduras, is beginning to change my mind about the possibility of something beginning to stir.
First, some background on the Honduran situation. The ouster of Zelaya was not a coup in the strict sense of the word, as the Honduran military does not control the government, but just assisted in removing the former president, who was trying to pull a Chavez- like “President- for- Life” scheme out of his hat by changing the Honduran Constitution. This was (and is) illegal, so he was removed. The new President is a member of Zelaya’s own party.
Ask yourself, what would we do, if Hussein tried to do illegal, unconstitutional things- wait, that IS happening, isn’t it? But I digress—-
Hussein and Chavez seem to be partnering on a resolution where the UN will re-instate Zelaya- a wrong move on so many levels it is hard to know where to start.
The United Nations on Thursday begins a debate over a new U.N. military doctrine called the “Responsibility to Protect,” which would authorize the world organization to be used as cover to intervene in the sovereign affairs of a nation state, supposedly to protect the people of a country against their own government. The first target could be anti-communist Honduras.
The “Responsibility to Protect,” also known as RtoP or R2P, is mostly the work of the World Federalist Movement, a group dedicated to world government by strengthening the United Nations system. It is the major force behind the “International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect.”
R2P was sold as something to be exercised against regimes practicing genocide against their own people. But the new doctrine is so vague and subject to political manipulation that one can speculate it could be used to justify some form of U.N. intervention in Honduras on the pretext that the people there are somehow being victimized by a popular military-backed regime. In fact, some Hondurans are telling this columnist that they are fearful that U.N. “blue helmets” are right now being prepared to invade their country.
newswithviews.com
Yep, it is looking as if our hemisphere is going “bananas”, as in Banana Republics (not the clothing store)- as power will be consolidated by “partnerships”, managed by the UN in a world where international law is ascendent, and every other country’s liberties and laws are secondary.
It is difficult to dismiss these concerns as baseless rumors, considering what will be happening at the U.N. The key U.N. official orchestrating the debate, General Assembly President and Lenin Peace Prize recipient Miguel D’Escoto, is the same figure who recently managed passage of a U.N. resolution supporting the return to Honduras of Manuel Zelaya, who was removed by the military on the orders of the Honduran Supreme Court and Congress. Zelaya is a lackey of Venezuelan communist ruler Hugo Chavez, who is using his oil money to buy and influence governments throughout Latin America.
In an ominous development, blogger Jason Poblete, an astute observer of Latin American affairs with excellent sources,reports that “The Obama Administration is considering a United Nations Security Council Resolution against the constitutional government of Honduras.” If true, anticipated U.N. sanctions against Honduras could be followed by the world organization being used as cover for outside forces to invade Honduras and reinstate Zelaya.
The new government in Honduras replaced Zalaya because he was trying to set himself up as president-for-life, Chavez-style. All of this was found to be in violation of Honduran law and the Constitution. Despite what officials of the Obama Administration said in trying to orchestrate media coverage of this crisis, it was not a military coup in any sense. The military doesn’t run Honduras today. In fact, the new president, appointed by Congress, is from Zelaya’s own political party. Zelaya was dismissed because of the simple fact that he tried to violate the law and the Constitution.
newswithviews.com
This “Responsibility to Protect” is just a cheap way to legalize the “change in management” by the UN, and a way for the UN to get a foot in the door for consolidation of power by the few, to the detriment of the many. And it’s not just State powers that seem to have a stake in this quiet struggle, but the Catholic Church seems to have anted up, all while denying that they are in the game at all.
D’Escoto, or as he is called, “Father D’Escoto,” will preside over the U.N. debate, which is expected to run into Friday. Pope Benedict XVI endorsed the “Responsibility to Protect” in an April 2008 speech before the U.N. but has been unclear about how it should be implemented. He has called for dialogue in Honduras.
On the ground in Honduras, an overwhelmingly Catholic Central American country, the Catholic Church has backed the ouster of Zelaya because of the realistic fear that he was a front man for Chavez. In a statement, the Catholic bishops of Honduras declared that Zelaya had been removed from office on the basis of a valid court order.But not all of the Catholic elements in the country are opposing Zalaya’s return. The Jesuit-run Radio Progreso has been acting as a mouthpiece for Zalaya and his supporters and is the source of the recent report that Zelaya intends to invade the country in cahoots with something called the Peaceful Resistance Front. The Catholic Church in Honduras fears that Zelaya could spark a bloodbath. Such a spectacle could provide the cover for U.N. intervention.
newswithviews.com
It appears that everyone wants a slice of the pie, but the real losers will be the smaller countries in this hemisphere, and indeed, beyond, as you could reasonably expect that Russia might seek to re- instate their control over the satellite countries that surround them, evoking a “Cold War” era look to the revised map.
Likewise, China might decide that Korea, Viet Nam, and even Japan might look good as trophies- who would stop them?
R2P is usually offered as a possible remedy in the case of Darfur, a region of Sudan where people are being massacred by the Islamic regime. But this was never realistic. President Obama promised but has failed to do anything about this. The real source of the problem in Darfur is the communist regime in China, which directly finances the Sudanese regime through oil purchases. Obama won’t confront China because he needs Chinese help to finance his tax, spend and debt policies.
newswithviews.com
Actually, he won’t confront China, because he can see himself doing much the same with the countries here in our hemisphere, all with this quasi- legal UN “law”, and he looks like he is going to begin with Zelaya and Honduras.
He should let democracy run its course, but he just can’t do that.
Because at his core, Hussein does not believe in democracy.
And that is bad for all of us.
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Tags: democracy, R2P, revolution, un