If it quacks like a Marxist...

Marx on establishing absolute authority in the name of the working class:

"The first step on the path to the workers' revolution is the elevation of the proletariat to the position of ruling class. The proletariat will gain from its political domination by gradually tearing away from the bourgeoisie all capital, by centralizing all means of production in the hands of the State, that is to say in the hands of the proletariat itself organized as the ruling class." -The Communist Manifesto (1848)

But as Orwell warned in Animal Farm:

"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"

Human nature loves a leader. Only in free world communes and cooperatives wherein people freely join with others to labor and divide fruits of that labor, does communism ever find success. In actual fact, "forced" communism and it's cousin socialism is a death sentence, the end to a free society.

We, the middle class, are the bourgeoisie Marx spoke of. We're the ones Obama seeks to make into the proletariat. Just one problem, communism never works when forced on society and "forcing" is the only way to enforce communism! That means a central state government, supposedly ruled by the proletariat according to Marx...but ask any of the former Soviet Union citizens how they as proletariat "ruled" their country. The iron hand of dictatorships, terror by secret police, genocide and puppet elections were the reward through their dark age of Soviet communism.

It appears Obama may visualize himself a dictator over the coming proletariat class he and his mentors and henchmen hope to convert by force in this country. But only if we allow it.

Rather let's defend against Obama's rush to Marxism and the destruction of the middle class. Let's halt his attempt to create a sad and demoralized proletariat. We should all swear John Galt's motto:

"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." - John Galt, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Meaning we preserve capitalism, the driving desire to strive for excellence for ourselves in a free society. We preserve the wealth accruing to those who will work to earn it and allow the kindness of human nature to provide charity to those who can not earn it.

We will refuse to countenance a government which will steal from one to provide for another. We will refuse to allow such a government to make us all little more than slaves.

And we must refuse a government determined to murder human spirit by declaring human accomplishment along with the natural pride in earning a fair reward for such accomplishment as wrong.

Obamanation Health Care

How to compete with government entitlement programs which need never show a profit? Private business can't...and that's the whole idea!

It's nothing new to say we have an uneducated population of superficial thinkers who've never been taught to scratch beneath the surface of a glittery facade or discern what is true and what is just too good to be true. It's no surprise then that these superficial thinkers see nothing wrong in our government suggesting private medical insurance companies should compete with a government run national insurance plan. Of course the Marxist/Fascist view would be to ruin the private sector medical insurance companies thereby making government controlled health care the only choice. While our superficial thinkers don't recognize this end game, there are others among our population who do and rejoice in anticipation of a utopia of government medicine.

It all sounds reasonable to our woefully uneducated 20 to 40 year olds. The bad old insurance companies need to be straightened out! They charge too much and the average little guy can't afford it!

Superficial thinkers think superficially, of course. They have no idea that insurance premium rates have gone out of control due in part to the demands of union bargainers who force companies to provide coverage for all manner of simple and even low cost procedures or care. These include coverage for everything from a quick exam for a sore throat to marriage counseling! When a policy must cover more, the premium necessarily must go up.

Rest assured, this cost adjustment would be true if we receive government insurance coverage as well. Our increasing taxes will pay the premiums and will rise with each new need for coverage. No matter if you don't believe in artificial insemination of gay men who've received transplanted wombs (which you'd also pay for) your tax premiums would rise. Think this is science fiction and a frivolous argument? Think again:

"He (Prof. Brannstrom) says that it may even be technically possible one day to transplant a womb into a man, and use hormone injections to allow a pregnancy to succeed."-Professor Mats Brannstrom, presenting his work at the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology annual meeting in Madrid in 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3035628.stm

Too bad if you are morally against such procedures. You'll pay your taxes to cover it or face fines and/or imprisonment!

Then there's the illegal alien factor. Insurance costs for the average LEGAL citizen, covered by a company policy or who buys his or her own coverage, have gone up exponentially to offset the cost of every illegal alien who uses Medicaid in our hospitals for general practice and emergency care gratis...over and over again.

It is estimated that Medicaid costs to our taxpayers for illegal aliens is over 2.5 billion a year...and rising. That's your taxpayer dollars at work...just not at work for you, the LEGAL citizens footing the bill!

In an ever accelerating race toward fascism, Obama and his handlers, abetted by a House and Senate spinning out of control, use whatever horror stories they can invent to manipulate our woefully ignorant population of superficial thinkers. What they won't share is that illegal aliens (or their sanitized term, undocumented immigrants ) are driving up the count of people they number without health insurance. This provides the administration with false evidence of need to bolster their argument.

Since 2008 it's estimated that 59% of the nation's illegal aliens are uninsured, compared with 25% of legal immigrants and 14% of U.S. citizens. This information was researched by the Pew Hispanic Center (pewhispanic.org). Illegal aliens represent approximately 15% of the nation's 47 million uninsured people, accounting for about 30% of the increase in uninsured since 1980.

While many might find the idea that illegal aliens will eventually be provided US government national insurance paid for by LEGAL citizen taxpayers unbelievable, it's on the fast track in the current government health care bill headed toward our Senate. But many certainly believed the stimulus package would jump start the economy too. Just like the stimulus scam, the national insurance program being pushed by our budding fascist regime is just another way to rob US citizens of freedom, employment and honestly earned monetary gains.

And while Obama's administration plans the destruction of private sector health insurers, those very insurers, along with those employed by them will be expected to pay THEIR taxes to the entity which seeks to destroy them!

Since when has even our most fiscally responsible administrations ever been concerned with taxpayer funded programs showing a profit? With few exceptions our government has run every program under their governance into deficit territory, including Medicaid. They will do exactly the same thing with national health care should it be adopted...after they've destroyed the private sector insurance companies, of course.

Soon my comrades, we citizens shall live the Marxist/Socialist dream...Mediocre health care for everyone!

Oh, except for our glorious dictator...er, I mean President...and the Senate and House along with all the other fawning politicos kissing the hem of the anointed one. THEIR health care will continue to be premium quality on demand.

WE the taxpayers will pay for it!

Wake The Giant

Ripples build into irresistible waves when the tide finally comes in...

It's past time the hard working, law abiding people who are the backbone of the United States wake up to rid ourselves of the ineptitude and just plain evil greed for power and wealth our employees in the local, state and federal government have enjoyed for way too long.

It's been said the best way to kill a snake is to cut off it's head. Although for many years we've labored under the obviously mistaken belief that change in government is effected beginning at the local level, we must wake up to the fact that our system of government is now upside down.

This snake needs killing.

It needs killing before it devours everything our forefathers toiled for, shed blood for and put their trust in "we, the people" to preserve!

There was good reason (better than we may have realized in retrospect) many of our founding fathers did NOT wish to form a union overseen by a central government. They foresaw the possibility that their states, heretofore autonomous, accounting to their hardworking citizens only, would be swallowed by an overbearing oligarchy. That's the many ruled by the few, folks. Look familiar?

Below is a link to a petition that every law-abiding, red blooded American should read and sign. It's a letter received by Glen Beck (the story link is on the page) from a woman who put it all on the line. Let her speak for all of us!

Sign the petition and pass the link on to everyone you know who wants to restore constitutional law and liberty to this country!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/8/an-open-letter-to-our-nations-leadership

Truth Of The Moment

...but not a moment of truth!


Ah, the ever changing truth in politics, open ended and impossible to successfully nail down. At least that’s the case in narcissistic lefty land. Really, you must understand it all depends upon the day, the hour or the minute as to what the truth is in their warped realm. What is true now may not be true tomorrow and of course, it all depends upon what the definition of “is, is.”

Welcome to the age of no accountability. Without a moral compass, truth is just a word. It certainly isn’t a philosophy, condition or indisputable state of being we can all relate to anymore. When it comes to politics especially, you can't count on the truth being, well…the truth.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) as:
“A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy.[jma: NPD first appeared in DSM-III in 1980”

The NPD person will do anything to acquire what is called “narcissistic supply”, defined as anything perceived as useful to the NPD's insatiable neediness. This includes adoration and esteem from their victims, money or other valuable stock or trade, physical and/or mental support. Should the victims of the NPD person be depleted of this “supply” those victims find themselves objects of scorn to the NPD person and tossed aside like an empty bag. But, most alarming, should the NPD person discover in future that the victims are again capable of being a potential supply source, he or she (the vast majority of NPDs are male) will not hesitate to return in order to exploit those victims again.

But back to the “truth of the moment” and how the Narcissistic Personality Disorder monster may use considerable charm and ruthless drive to acquire at any cost the power he so desperately craves and is bound to pursue.

Dr. Luther Hofmann-Engl has a very informative collection of information on NPD and the game of lying NPD personality types enjoy at: www.chameleongroup.org.uk/npd/lies.html

Dr. Hofmann-Engl writes:

“The attitude of the narcissist towards lying is very childish and simple: If the narcissist lies and gets away with it, (s)he interprets this as being clever and superior to others. In this sense, while common sense clearly sees lying as a social ill, the narcissist views lying as an excellent tool to obtain what (s)he wants and as a means to demonstrate how stupid others are.

A person now, who wishes to engage in real communication and shows openness, will be viewed by the narcissist as an utter fool who deserves to be exploited. Willingness to communicate and to show openness will be seen be the narcissist as weakness and stupidity. –Dr. Ludger Hofmann-Engl (www.chameleongroup.org.uk/npd/lies.html)”

I define “truth of the moment” to be whatever one wishes it to be at any given moment. Whatever needs to be said to get a victim…or in the case of the citizens of the United States, victims…to believe what is normally perceived as a solid state of being or natural condition, universally understood or historically known as “truth”. By communicating this truth of the moment, victims are made to feel relief, comfort, happiness or contentment. In the case of the people of the United States, this “truth” is meant to fool us into believing the best interests of the country are being served. No matter that tomorrow, next week, next month or next year that “truth” will be a lie. It served the purpose for the “moment” and another lie can be made into a “truth” for the next “moment”! Using Dr. Hofmann-Engl’s observation above, the “utter fools” of our country who deserve to be exploited will be charmed again and again into believing more lies parading as truth. Or would that be truths parading as lies. Hey, it’s the truth of the moment! The author of that “truth” gets to pick!

We might surmise then that a leader of a nation of “utter fools” is finding it easy to use the truth of the moment to push through an agenda which may be harmful, if not completely lethal, to the freedom and prosperity of the citizens of the greatest nation the world has ever seen, the United States of America.

We would be correct.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder types can rarely be rehabilitated, and ONLY if they wish to effect that rehabilitation themselves. Few even recognize they are the self-serving vampires they are. Since they are without normal empathy for their fellow man, believe themselves to the smartest people in their spheres of experience and are arrogantly disdainful of those they see as inferior (everyone who isn’t them) the only way to deal with them is to protect yourself from them.

When our leaders tell us lies wrapped up as truth as an expediency to steal our freedom and prosperity, the time has come to rise up and clean house!

But Can He Moonwalk?

Since Obama loves the TV camera so much, couldn't he at least dance?

The abrupt death of Michael Jackson and the predictable wave of worshipful mourners shown swarming the streets on every TV station got me thinking about parallels. The moony-eyed worship of movie stars and musicians used to be confined to the US teenager who eventually outgrew the immature behavior. Today cult personality worship pervades a disturbing percentage of our population. The influence of worshipping cult personalities, many with questionable moral and ethical character, affects the manner in which many of our young men and women conduct their lives long after it should, including how they determine who to vote for as president.

Talk about a case of mass arrested development!

It's an appalling realization that a huge chunk of our electorate vote for their politicians based on the same criteria and with the same immature vision one expects to find in a teenie-bopper! Does my idol look good, dress sharp, appear sincere? Yes! Oh, my idol cares about me! He looks through that TV screen and I know he sees the real me! Understands me! He is soooo "cool", letting the media "catch" him bare chested for a bit of cheesecake...and oh yeah, he plays with his dog! Isn't that precious? All right, so he promised to get a rescue dog, but that was just a tiny lie. He can promise me anything with sparkling eyes and a smile. And if he smilingly reneges, I'll forgive him! He's so cute! He's a STAR! Who cares what he actually does...it's what he SAYS he'll do! That's what really matters. He tries, but those mean old Republicans stop him. But really...0he's so wonderful! He's my HERO!

Having been born in the nifty fifties, I gratefully appreciate the fact that my elders and educators provided me with REAL heroes and role models to admire. My teachers taught history and current events making certain to laud the accomplishments of men and women who actually deserved our respect. But at the same time we were taught to maintain a level perspective realizing that these great men and women along with their deeds and accomplishments, while worthy of our deepest respect and even reverence in some cases, did NOT deserve to be worshipped as demigods.

We find ourselves today in a country staggering under a horrible infection of full blown personality worship. In most cases, men and women who are the recipients of this worship don't even deserve more than a modicum of respect, much less reverence. While in the past we could count many authentic heroes among our popular entertainment and sports figures, we sadly find few worthy recipients of such praise today. I'm talking about the current crop of popular yet shallow icons we observe in movie, television, music and sports entertainment...and sadly, as it turns out, in our political arena.

Obviously, pointing out that we should've seen this coming serves no other purpose than to attempt to pinpoint the beginning of this "cult of personality" worship.

I recall visiting a friend many years back who emigrated to the US from England and noticed a rather extensive collection of royal family collectibles in her home. The collection seemed to begin with the crowning of the current Queen Elizabeth, progressing through Princess Diana, then the young princes and all sorts of memorials in between. I learned that the English people were pretty keen on their "royals" and attended in droves every sort of special royal occasion, much like their ancestors did when they were REQUIRED to offer their worship centuries ago. While today we might say that the royals "ain't what they used to be" still there is that definite star quality that continues to attract and dazzle the faithful masses.

Poor US of A. We really haven't been able to truly enjoy having a royal family to worship, have we? Oh yes, we had JFK and "Camelot" and perhaps this was the beginning of our modern longing for royalty to worship. But going back earlier in our history we can find many exemplary (and some not so exemplary) figures who did or could've lassoed in a crowd of personality worshippers with their charisma. After all, our founding fathers wanted to make George Washington king and it was our great fortune that he and wiser men prevailed. It just might be that a certain lust to hero worship is in our DNA, certainly as idealistic youth. But maturity used to bring wisdom and while we've always enjoyed and even admired the talents of our movie stars, musicians and athletes, all of us grew up understanding that real heroes actually accomplished real and meaningful things.

We still have heroes worth our respect in this country. Sadly, our children have been indoctrinated into a liberal agenda in our public classrooms then allowed to marinate in a deteriorating and warped popular culture outside those classrooms. Parents, either by benign neglect or fear they will alienate and thereby lose their children's love, have abdicated their roles as moral and educational authority.

Dear reader, I've no idea when your preteen through college formative years occurred, but if you're reading this I'm pretty sure they didn't include the upside down morality exalted by the popular culture today.

Our schools and now our government have hijacked moral authority, rightfully the province of the family and more elementally, the individual. Worse, these schools no longer provide their most important service, teaching the foundations whereby critical thinking evolves, the very critical thinking which should enable our youth to do more than rely on sound bites to effectively arrive at logical judgments. This includes the critical thinking our young people need in order to make one of the most profound judgments they will face, the choosing of our country's leader.

Our old and proper heroes have been well and truly buried...in the dark stacks of some antiquarian book store, and the memories of we who read them. They're entombed in history books our children will likely never see. And our genuine heroes of today labor in anonymity, ignored by a sycophantic mainstream media bent on propping up false idols.

No wonder our young people wail and shriek over the death of a music icon. They also faint and moan over a slick-packaged empty suit, propped up by a mysterious cast of directors and money pushers and takers.

One must believe the evidence of one's own senses!

Welcome to George Orwell Jones' Blog!


Wherein I point out the emperor has not clothes, that all the honest politicians in the world will fit on the head of a pin, the educational system of the United States has succeeded in dumbing down it's electorate, and the coming administration must depend on setting up a schizophrenic system of thought in order to succeed.

Thus...

"Totalitarianism demands, in fact, the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably demands a disbelief in the very existence of objective truth. The friends of totalitarianism in this country usually tend to argue that since absolute truth is not attainable, a big lie is no worse than a little lie ... It is pointed out that all historical records are biased and inaccurate, or on the other hand, that modern physics has proven that what seems to us the real world is an illusion, so that to believe in the evidence of one's senses is simply vulgar philistinism. A totalitarian society which succeeded in perpetuating itself would probably set up a schizophrenic system of thought, in which the laws of common sense held good in everyday life and in certain exact sciences, but could be disregarded by the politician, the historian, and the sociologist ." - George Orwell

In the current hearings for appointments to the upcoming Obama administration one might certainly keep in mind the above quote. Along with the President elect, we are being asked to accept appointees who have skipped along the fringes of breaking the law as well as those who actually did. The proposed appointee for Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner being just the most recent tarnished character.

Mr Geithner breaking the law is being labeled an "honest mistake". Even allowing the extremely thin possibility that he did NOT know he was breaking the law, since when has ignorance of the law become an excuse? Try that out on the patrolman who stops you for speeding on an unfamiliar highway sometime. I'm sure the fact you weren't aware of the speed will result in getting an "honest mistake" pass.

We are being maneuvered into classic "doublethink". From Wikipedia:

"Doublethink is the act of simultaneously accepting as correct two mutually contradictory beliefs."

Case in point: We are taught that breaking the law is wrong and punishable. Then we are expected to accept that a person who breaks the law is qualified to be our Secretary of the Treasury simply because Barack Obama wishes it so.


We are sleepwalking to a dystopian society ruled by a cult personality.


WAKE UP!

Are you rousing from the "hope and change" trance a bit? Then consider this...

A Personality cult arises when a country's leader or candidate for leadership uses mass media to create, from what seems thin air, a heroic public image. It is done through unquestioning flattery and praise along with the complete suppression of any unflattering facts. Personality cult figures include dictators. And dictators rule dystopias.

In a dystopia, the emphasis is on pressuring it's citizens to conform in terms of the requirement to NOT excel. The government or "state" may force it's society to become ruthlessly egalitarian. Ability and accomplishment is suppressed or stigmatized as forms of inequality. Personal competence in the form of providing for oneself the benefits of everyday living...food, shelter, health care and even social pastimes...is suppressed by the state. Why should one citizen (or should that be comrade?) excel while his brother does not? Dystopia represses the honest intellectual with particular force, because the pseudo-intellectual as well as the non-educated is willing to accept it, while the honest intellectual is punished by presenting the whole truth, not just that which flatters.

Left to the devices of the radical left, the green pseudo-scientists and the self-flagellating guilt ridden recipients of capitalistic gain (as if that's a bad thing) we will soon find ourselves in a world that spurns innovation and excellence. Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for every high school senior, yet in the current political climate what teacher would dare? This formidable book very succinctly exposes the mantra's of "equality of opportunity" and "public good" as justifications for opposing free market capitalism and competition.