Romney: Didn't We...

When people are taken hostage they are customarily bound and gagged: bound, as to prevent escape; gagged as to prevent them from speaking.

Though I have no proof, I believe that years ago the Catholic Church was deliberately infiltrated by elements that were intent on sowing mischief. There was much to be gained by the diminution of the Church’s credibility and power. Offshoots and lesser Christian denominations were targeted as well, but there the approach was more directly ideological. These would essentially evolve into politically-driven social clubs.

In politics, a similar strategy has now become apparent. The Democrat Party - the weaker of the two American political parties, weakened primarily by the indiscretions of Bill Clinton - became a cesspool for leftist tripe. The Republican Party also would not remain immune to anti-American trends.

In our last presidential election it was interesting to note just how the strategy works. The people were presented essentially with a Hobson’s choice. On one hand, a known entity, saddled with all of the trumped-up failures of the past; a war hero, who quite appropriately wrapped himself in the American flag, but was a ‘progressive’ (new word for ‘socialist') nonetheless. On the other, an unknown. “Let’s try something different,” became the excuse of the duped who thought themselves as modern and, above all, (oh so) tolerant. (The Islamization of America had not yet entered the frame.) The office at stake was not that important after all. We’d been attacking it, belittling it, mocking it for eight years without seeing much of a difference.

As the table is now being set for the 2012 election cycle, we see more of the same. No doubt, Obama’s record constitutes a serious drag for Democrats as Republicans continue to poll well. But far from taking the opportunity to change course, we’re merely changing masks and party labels. Romney should be out by virtue of his health care blunder in Massachusetts alone. The real standard bearers of conservatism continue to be demonized by both the Left and the Right. ‘Centrist’ and ‘no labels’ are exalted, but stand firmly for the status quo: a sometimes rapid, sometimes slow descent. When what we really need to do is tear up the tracks going forward and turn this train around.

As I’ve said previously, Obama’s election was no accident. All was in place to bring it about. I maintain, that under McCain it would now be no different. In some ways it might even be worse.

I am simply amazed how many who claim to be on our side are perfectly willing to denounce Palin; how many laugh and nod their heads knowingly when someone outrageously and publicly claims she is no more than masturbatory material.

Romney looks good on the golf course. I may be mistaken, but didn’t we just try that?

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What Is Not

“Earth is off the shelf of and planetary geology.” - JB

This represents the same basic argument that prevailed during Galileo’s time. Galileo essentially discovered that the earth orbits the sun. This got him into trouble with the elites of that time - philosophers and clerics - who subscribed to the view that the sun orbits the earth, thus making the earth the center of the universe. He was denounced to the Roman Inquisition. Although cleared a year later of any offence, the Catholic Church nevertheless condemned heliocentrism as heresy and Galileo was told to abandon his support for it. When he later defended his views in his most famous work, ‘Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems’, he was tried again and forced to spent the remainder of his life under house arrest. Isn’t this the same as what is going on today re ‘global warming’?

Eventually we would come to accept that our solar system itself is merely some insignificant adjunct to some insignificant galaxy on the fringes of the universe. What does that do to our considerable egos? Some say it lead to existentialism; nihilism and beyond. Let me suggest that the next (and possibly final) knot along this thread may yet emerge, namely that the true center of the universe is the human mind. This would certainly go a long way toward uprooting whole herds of sacred cows - ego for one. Alan Watts and Carlos Castaneda came tantalizingly close to articulating this concept. The scriptures of all the world’s religions allude to it.

As we strive to understand all ‘being‘, we remain largely ignorant of ‘non-being’ which cannot be measured or quantified by our senses or by the extensions thereof. The scope and significance of ‘non-being‘, some say, can only be grasped by what Zen refers to as ‘no mind’ (or ‘no thought‘).

It is ‘non-being’ within which what some call ‘God’ resides. So, even if we - who look to telescopes, rulers and scales as the ultimate test of reality - should succeed in figuring out everything there is to know about all there is, we would still fall infinitely short of figuring out what is not.

Tiananmen Square

I wouldn’t give a plug nickel for anything (Google, GE, GM. etc.) connected with the U.S. government right now. As we speak, they are devaluing work, initiative, talent, representative governance, law, education, alliances, etc. - all, as a matter of official policy. They’ve all done it in the past, to be sure. But now it’s blatant. It cannot be said that they are doing it on our behalf. Every poll shows that they’re governing against the will of the people.

Michelle Obama let the cat out of the bag when she said, “Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual…” Looks like the people don’t really want to go there after all. But, “Barak will never allow…” What’s that all about? Aren’t Americans a free people? And who says that Barack (or anyone) has all the answers?

And while we’re at it, what does she consider “usual”. True, there are modifiers: “uninvolved” and “uninformed”. Another mystery: Who’s uninvolved? The people all over the country who are now busy organizing the biggest, most profound defeat of any political party in history? Who’s uninformed? The man who doesn’t know how many united states make up America; who doesn’t know what’s in the bills he signs?

Today, Obama wouldn’t allow pictures be taken of him and Netanyahu together. Israel is our closest ally in the Middle East. All the others have been playing us for chumps. And remember how hard it was to get Obama to wear that American flag pin on his lapel?

Obama was telling us exactly who he was from the very beginning. Now we act surprised that he’s been true to his word? It’s not hard to infiltrate any institution in a free society and destroy it from within. How do you think our economy got the way it is? Ditto, our educational system; our charities; our foundations; our churches – and now, our government as well.

Look what’s happening to the Catholic Church in Europe at the moment. It’s being destroyed from within. It only takes one kid who claims abuse; it takes just one martyr infiltrator to agree to be the abuser; it takes just one motherless boy to stand at the president’s side and watch him sign health care legislation. The God-hating press will do all the rest.

The dignity of even the most virtuous man always hangs by a thread. That thread is trust. When trust is broken, he becomes a pariah. It’s all done with smoke and mirrors. The trust our president engenders is thinner than gossamer. It’s pure Madison Avenue illusion – always has been. For it to continue it will increasingly require meatier measures – like the picture of Mao on an exterior wall overlooking Tiananmen Square.