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Common Sense Alert!

Fascism comes to America

Yesterday, David Alelrod acknowledged that one of the ways the Senate health care bill will slow down the rise of medical costs is by 1) limiting the salaries of the CEOs of health insurance companies, 2) limiting the amount they can spend on administration, and 3) limiting the amount of profits that can go to shareholders. Another way of saying this is,
1) diminishing the quality of leadership, 2) diminishing the quality of administration, and 3) diminishing the ability to attract investors. No one could argue that this is anything less than true and pure fascism (government control of private industry).

To the pragmatist, this may seem like a reasonable approach, but to those whose pragmatism rests on a foundation of core principles, this is unAmerican. If the federal government can simply legislate this level of control over one industry, it can legislate total control over all industries. Is it really unreasonable to suspect that this may be the secret agenda of certain of our nation's power brokers? Is it really only a wild conspiracy theory to believe that, just as there have been men in the past who have thirsted for power, there are men alive today who are motivated primarily by a desire to exercise power over others? After all, Mussolini was a favorite of the American left until his association with Hilter made him anathema.

New Hitlerian definition of humanity.

Apparently China and the UN are now defining human beings in terms of "tons of CO2 emissions." See the following excerpt from China Daily (December 15, 2009).

As a result of the family planning policy, China has seen 400 million fewer births, which has resulted in 18 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions a year, Zhao said. The UN report projected that if the global population would remain 8 billion by the year 2050 instead of a little more than 9 billion according to medium-growth scenario, "it might result in 1 billion to 2 billion fewer tons of carbon emissions."

In other words, if we could just eliminate enough pre-born babies, or as they do in China, eliminate by needle in the brain more born but unlicensed babies, then we could stem the tide of global warming and save the planet. But what kind of cold and unfeeling planet would it be for those who survive this holocaust to live in!

As for the Videos. . .

The first one was good. It was great to see the Gipper as he burst onto the scene with "The Speech."

Unfortunately, I did not make it even half-way through the second video, interesting though it was. I cannot stand to watch or listen to Obama. My four minutes of viewing did remind me, however, what a complete jackass he is. And a dangerous jackass. Fawning and groveling before the world of Islam was an utterly disgusting spectacle. This creep is a disgrace to this country, and a traitor to this country. I don't know about his birth certificate; but if he did turn out to be an alien, totally unqualified to be the president, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.

Doesn't he love to quote "the holy Koran"? Can anybody remember this "Christian" ever quoting the Holy Bible?

The False God of Diversity

Almost immediately after the shootings at Fort Hood on November 5, General George Casey said, "Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse."

How sad for the families who lost loved ones in the attck to have to listen such tripe from the Army's Chief of Staff. Casey went on to reiterate, "I will tell you that I firmly believe the strength of our Army comes from our diversity." To be kind, this is pure balderdash. Diversity is not the strength of the Army or our nation. Our strength is in our freedom, established by God and enshrined in our Constitution.

America has always had diversity in the armed forces and always will. But its strength is in the liberty that produces this diversity, not in the diversity itself. The Army could be just as strong even if every soldier was a fair-skinned, freckle-faced red head from Terre Haute, IN. The real strength of our Army is in each individual's commitment to serve and defend this great Constitutional American Republic in which we live.

Diversity has no intrinsic value in and of itself. Only the competence and integrity of individuals have intrinsic value. People should be judged on their competence and interity regardless of their ethnicity (I believe MLK said something about this). Today's definition and practice of diversity is devoid of common sense. It is a misplaced priority, a false god. Instead of extolling the virtues of diversity, General Casey ought to be extolling the virtues of allowing every United States soldier to carry his side-arm with him (or her) at all times, 24-7.

Forget about diversity, General Casey. We have sacrificed our resolve and unity as a nation for too many inane concepts such as this and now it has cost us 13 precious lives.

Now, Obama Won't Go to Berlin

Rush reports today that the Obamessiah has spurned the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Germany for the commemoration of the fall of the Berlin wall. Rush surmises, correctly, I think, that Obama doesn't want to be upstaged by the memory of Ronald Reagan calling on "Mr. Gorbachev" to "tear down this wall." Rush says communists don't celebrate their defeats, that Obama will go there when the wall is put back up, in order to sign it. Great stuff by Maharushie.

To celebrate Obama's fear and respect for the Gipper, enjoy the Brandenburg Gate speech.

For some video. . .

The true motive behind legalized abortion.

According to data collected in 2005 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, abortion killed at least 203,991 African-Americans in the 36 states and two cities (New York City and the District of Columbia) that reported abortions by race. During that same year, according to the CDC, a total of 198,385 African-Americans nationwide died from heart disease, cancer, strokes, accidents, diabetes, homicide, and chronic lower respiratory diseases combined. These were the seven leading causes of death for black Americans that year.

As Ruthy Ginsburg recently acknowledged, "Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion" (July 2009). Yes, she really said that.

AOL Readers Don't Like Obama

A state-run AP poll makes a big deal of how, it claims, Obama's approval rating has risen from 50 to 56%. AP apparently wasn't checking with many AOL readers, however. Apparently, the leftist web site's readers can't stand Obama. On general approval, the economy, health care reform and Afghanistan, readers disapproved of Obama by 70 to 75%, with 25 to 30% approving. And the samples were pretty large, approximately 150,000. Apparently AOL's readers are not fooled by the web site's biased reporting.

Connect the Dots

"Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Muammar Qaddafi and Vladimir Putin have all praised Barack Obama. When enemies of freedom and democracy praise your president, what are you to think? When you add to this Barack Obama's many previous years of associations and alliances with people who hate America-- Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Father Pfleger, etc.-- at what point do you stop denying the obvious and start to connect the dots?"

--Thomas Sowell, 2009

Declaration of Rights

"[A]ll men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights. . . among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty."

--George Mason, Declaration of rights for Virginia, quoted in McCullough, John Adams.

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