Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters

The only thing that the Left and the Right actually agree on is that growth alone will fix the economy. From there on, however, their approaches differ. Whereas the Left favors opening wide the back doors of the armored truck and heaving fistfuls of dollars out into the street, the Right says it’s time to keep the trucks locked up at the depot. This fundamental difference also colors our approach to foreign policy. As liberals are presently in charge of nearly everything, consider the following likely conversation between our State Department and the PA regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

U.S. State Department: “We want you to reach a peace agreement with Israel during this term of the Obama administration. What would it take for you to accomplish this?”

PA: “Impossible. We do not recognize the existence of the Jewish State.”

U.S.: “We will give you money - as much as you want. And we will give you more afterwards to help make you into the most prosperous nation on earth.”

PA: “We will take your money, but we will only buy guns and knives so we can slit the throats of the Israeli Jews.”

U.S.: “So you see, we’re making progress. You now recognize that there actually are Israeli Jews. We will give you an initial down payment and much more after you agree to come back to the table for further negotiations.”
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Or, imagine our conversation with the King of Saudi Arabia:

U.S.: “We will give you money so that you will keep the oil flowing to Europe and America.”

SA: “We have more than enough money. Money means nothing to us. Another Rolls Royce or two will not make a difference. We already have plenty. These only serve to remind us that we are nothing. We do not produce Rolls Royces. It does not improve our self-esteem to drive them. It is you who should feel proud for having produced what is arguably the finest land vehicle the world has ever known. We, on the other hand, simply use them as we would toilet paper.

“We produce nothing. We have no skills, no imagination - only resources. It is these resources - our resources - with which you spin your magic: building great industries and communication networks, creating timeless art and philosophies, etc. We simply allow you to pump oil out of our wells. Although you pay us handsomely, it’s only money, which is essentially worthless to us because we do nothing to earn it.”

U.S.: “But we’re prepared to pay you even more.”

SA: “Save it. It will help neither us nor you. You have done more than enough to inflict us with a fatal case of ‘Dutch disease’ (as defined by your own economists). The only way we will be helped is for us to destroy you. Because every day you continue to exist on this, our shared, planet reminds us of our humiliation before God.

“We have therefore decided to pronounce everything you do as evil. And thus we have discovered our power over you. We are now in the position to drain the very blood from your veins. And only this (by the grace of Allah) will restore our self-esteem and bring us back to some semblance of life. In other words, we must kill you.”

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Defending America

I had to look up the word “trenchant” again. Something didn’t quite fit. I guess it could mean ‘strong’. There was nothing strong about McCotter’s speech – or trenchant. It was matched, I thought, by the scattered applause. What were there, about a dozen people?

True, everything McCotter said was credible and worth hearing. We say the same thing every day in one way or another on this blog. I did note one significant omission, however, when he said, “We (Republicans) defend America from her enemies and we support her allies”; this, a clear reference to Israel no doubt. Fair enough. What McCotter failed to say was, “We defend America from her enemies at home (as well as abroad)!"

Our enemies at home are currently our most immediate threat. We don’t have ‘differences’ with our enemies. We’re in a war. Until that’s settled, we don’t have a ghost of a chance of doing anything overseas. I would urge Mr. McCotter to name the enemy right here at home. It is not Democrats as we have come to know Democrats. It is the socialist/Marxists that have driven the once proud Democrat Party into the dirt and who now, under cover of its once hallowed name, are exploiting our own rules to wage war against America itself.

Lest we forget, it was leftist democrats who were singularly responsible for causing our housing meltdown, from the ashes of which they raised up Barack Hussein Obama, who’s been wreaking havoc on the institutions of our nation ever since he’s been in office.

“We stand for…blah, blah, blah” is no longer enough. We must fight the beast in our midst. We must name it. We must hold it accountable. We must make it clear in no uncertain terms, “Hell no! We won’t go there! We will refuse to submit to being enslaved by debt, communist propaganda and ignorance. And YES, capitalism works if it’s allowed to do so! Capitalism is not broken. The reason we’re in the state we’re in is because capitalism has been misused and deliberately skewed to give the impression of failure - so that we would yield en masse to authoritarian rule under Barack Hussein Obama and his faux Democrats.”

Defending the nation includes defending it from its enemies within. These, unhappily, are now in power. They do not comprise a majority. Defending the nation includes defending it from lies; from rabble-rousers; from ruthless opportunists; from starry-eyed impractical dreamers; from ideologues; from would-be tyrants; nihilists and anarchists. Such folks will always exist in a country as big as ours. But they certainly don’t need to be in power. Given the keys to the school bus, they pose a clear and present danger. It’s high time we put down some rules as to the kind of people that can be allowed to govern this great country. Let's at the very least stick to adults. (Does anybody realize that Obama would never be allowed to hold a government job under present rules?)

There’s a very wealthy CEO who lives in Bombay with his family. He’s very fond of cars and owns a stable of them. His latest acquisition was a Rolls Royce Ghost. His teenage son takes the keys and drives two blocks down the road to a bar where he drinks. He hands the keys to the valet who then parks the car somewhere in the back. America is the Rolls Royce; the teenage son is Obama. Think about it, Mr. McCotter.