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As the freedom-fighting, liberty-loving, 'Occupy Everything' bunch use their iPhones to call their collective Moms to send blankets, sleeping bags and other assorted Eddie Bauer winter 'occupation' accessories, I find myself inextricably drawn back to the OWS 'thing'. Yes, as a stray dog laps at the eerily-green puddle of anti-freeze under almost any 1982 Chevrolet, I'm going there again. Keep the 55-Gallon Drum of Hand Sanitizer ready for this one.
It has been my contention that the Occupy 'Movement' has its roots deeply embedded in other organizations which are made up of malevolent fringe groups. I use the word 'Malevolent' purposefully.
I'm sure there are other words which may suffice, but when you look up the actual meaning of the word, yeah, it's what this is the one which communicates the message most succinctly:
From Dictionary.com:
ma·lev·o·lent [muh-lev-uh-luhnt]
adjective
1. wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
2. evil; harmful; injurious: a malevolent inclination to destroy the happiness of others.
3. Astrology. evil or malign in influence.
Yes, I believe this IS the word I am looking for.
Why malevolent?
Consider the following - see which items YOU agree with (it's like a TEST but you'll need to administer it to yourself, because I'm too far away to give you a Gold Star)...
HERE COME THE TEST, HERE COME THE TEST, BETTER GET READY 'CAUSE HERE COMES THE TEST!
Do any of the following statements frustrate you, or sound like something which you've said out loud, or thought to yourself? Give yourself one point for each item listed below if you've agreed with it, thought it, or said it out loud - we'll check you score in a moment!
The corporate tax rate is 35 percent but thanks to loopholes they (corporations) pay less than 18 percent, lower than the vast majority of low and middle-income taxpayers.
It is legalized grand larceny!
Do the following facts annoy you?
FACT: Exxon-MobilProfits: $45 billion in 2009
Federal taxes paid: ZERO
FACT: General ElectricProfits: $10.3 billion in 2009
Federal taxes paid: ZERO
Tax Rebates Received $1.1 billion
FACT: Bank of America (BOA)Profits: $4.4 billion in 2010
Federal taxes paid: ZERO
TARP Bailout $45 billion in 2008-09
FACT: Wells Fargo
Profits: $12 billion
Tax Credits: $19 billion after purchase of Wachovia Bank
Billionaire Warren Buffet said the tax burden for low and middle income taxpayers should be reduced “I think people at the high end, people like myself, should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we’ve ever had it.”
If you agreee with a majority of the items above, congratulations, you're a Communist Sympathizer! SOURCE
Shoot, I'm old enough to remember when this was a sort of a 'Bad Thing'.
Ah, but the times they are a-changin'...
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| I just hope I look as good as Bob Dylan does when I'm 96 years old... [ACTUAL UN-RETOUCED PHOTO] |
The insidiousness of Communism, Socialism, and dare I say, a National Socialist Party (feel free to exchange the word 'Nazi' here) are that they appeal to the lowest common denominators of human emotion: Envy, Greed, Need, and Fear.
Mixing metaphors (midstream) these may well be called the "Four Horsemen of Communism". Giddyup Pardners, time to Ride!
ENVY: Shows how others have 'gotten over on you' personally, professionally, and politically
GREED: Others 'got it', and you obviously are entitled to more of it - whatever IT happens to be
NEED: The evil twin of Greed, as in, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" - Karl Marx (The really-unlikeable Marx Brother)
FEAR: That feeling of knowing that you're not good enough to make it on your own - you yearn for other comrades to accompany you on your personal road to nowhere
In Marketing, we call the promotion of the above items to cause a predictable emotional response:
The "FUD"
- Fear
- Uncertainty
- Doubt
No, this is NOT the FUD we're talking about:
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| This is 'Elmer Fudd' (Notice the doubling-down of the d's) |
Ah, here's the FUD we're talking about...
The above video compilation was found on the American Nazi Party website (just below their Christmas Party invitation - seriously). The evil genius of their method is that they hit upon topics which 'a lot of people' (particularly the weak-minded, un-educated, and ill-informed) agree with. Given the number of people who AGREE with the OWS 'occupiers' (currently 30+%) you can safely say that US Education Unions have 'earned their keep'. When I see Union Initiatives posted on Communist websites, yeah, I can connect the dots to determine who's working with who(m).
I found the following on the Communist Party USA site in an article entitled, "Organizing for jobs, jobs, jobs":
America Wants to Work (AFL-CIO) in alliance with many community and activist organizations including Moveon.org are organizing a week of actions Oct. 10-16 demanding jobs. Thousands of grassroots actions, marches, vigils, delegations and speak-outs are being planned in cities and neighborhoods across the country.
Click here to organize or join local actions.
A national National Teach-in called Students and Youth Rising for Jobs and Economic Justice will take place Oct. 12.
What you can do to mobilize support for the American Jobs Act:
1. Circulate the attached petition among coworkers and neighbors or the online petition being circulated by the AFL-CIO and other organizations.
2. Join with others who are supporting the American Jobs Act and help organize an action during Oct. 10-16.
3. Secure endorsements of the bill from prominent individuals and organizations.
4. Help organize and participate in delegations visiting your congressperson.
5. Explore the possibility of a city council hearing.
6. Organize a jobs committee in your neighborhood or community organization.
Make no mistake, when discussing the goals of Union Leadership, Communists, Socialists, and Nazis, these folks are all peas who stumble blinkingly out of the same pod. As they continue to cross-pollinate each others' agenda, the lines will continue to diminish between them. In the end, they'll only be classified as 'a little Left of center'.
In the movie, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", nomadic alien beings place a 'pod' next to your bed as you sleep; in the morning, your 'pod person' takes your place and your human self is 'no more'.
The challenge for America in 2011 is to stay awake to ALL threats, foreign, domestic, and dare I say it out loud, a-l-i-e-n? No, I don't check next to the Sealy Posturepedic for a large, green pod (luckily for me there is normally a Golden Retriever there with little room for anything besides her and her pillow), but I often look at myself in the mirror to confirm that I am still who I think I am.
Most times I see the person I remember most, but sometimes, I get a glint of greenish eye-shine, and then, in a flash, it's gone.
It's kind of like this in the country I always thought I'd grow old(er) in. In a flash, in a rush, in a moment, everything's changed, and a bit more 'poddish' than I expected it to be. If I / we allow it to happen on my / our watch we may as well just stay asleep - pod or no...
No. Not on my watch.
3 comments:
Well said Moos. This is not the United States of America that I grew up in and I am seriously homesick.
As one who lives in NYC (and I suspect at times that you feel the same way), life gets pretty lonely around here.
Fellow bloggers and patriots have become my family and inner sanction besides the Lord above.
Called a neighbor who is a school teacher this evening. She was working because it is open school night.
Decided to have a conversation with her recently brain damaged son. Up until his accident, he and I were on the same page regarding where our country was going and the slime making the moves. However, tonight this now dysfunctional and not so coherent young man informed me that he is going door to door for the Working Families Party hyping OWS.
Needlesstosay, this broke my heart because (i) this man in his condition has been deemed "unemployable" and (ii) at fuill throttle would never have considered such a thing.
What about his parents? One is a public school teacher and the other a MTA bus driver. In other words, look for the union label.
Adding greater insult to injury, back in the day (30 years ago) when we first became acquainted, they despised unions.
The travesty herein is that Communist are using those who simply don't know any better (the young man) to pursue an anti-capitalist, anti-American, anti-The Man agenda.
Btw, Nice to make yr acquaintance. Our mutual friend, Grumpy Elder, speaks highly of you.
Puma, Unfortunately our kids do not have the benefit of the education which I so gleefully ignored as a child. I learned about our country, our government, our history and figured everyone would have the same opportunity to do so.
When you're not taught anything other than how 'A bunch of Old Rich White Guys' created this nation to take advantage of the poor, you're pretty much destined to be, what's the word... Oh yeah, 'uninformed'.
Also being old enough to have lived through the 1960's I recognize when history repeats itself at the insistence of those who got history wrong the LAST time they had a chance to make it. Why else would someone dust off Ayers and Piven to instruct the new crop of useful idiots?
Question is: Who's using who?
Thanks for stopping by - Grumpy's good people, maybe one day I'll actually get to meet him in real life.
It's a dream I have.
Mike
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