Bubba

One of the hallmarks of totalitarianism is that there is no longer any way to ascertain the truth. Truth is simply what someone says it is. We talk endlessly about the new norm. Joblessness is what it is. Promises are meaningless in that there are no longer any standards by which to measure progress. Words are just words that mean nothing beyond vague intention. It all is simply accepted. There is no debate; no new ideas; no argument.

We see this in the clip above. Jared Bernstein does not seem entirely comfortable with what he’s saying even though he appears to be talking to a wall. As such, he still retains some semblance of a reality in which words count for something. He clearly does not believe that the examples he enumerates are valid. He has been fated only to rise to the level of hack.

POTUS says essentially the same things. But he says them with conviction and aplomb. He either believes what he says or he is a reasonably good actor reading from a script.

We here, in America, have come to simply accept an awful lot of rubbish. We accept high tax rates. We accept corruption. We accept onerous regulation; intrusive searches. It is what it is; it can’t be helped. We accept joblessness; outsourcing; speed limits; fees; etc.

The other day I found myself in Times Square. A bunch of people were gathered under a huge multi-story screen that showed live video of the street below. People were excitedly pointing to themselves on this screen and taking pictures. Surveillance was celebrated as a kind of game. People were waving their arms and pointing to themselves. They were being watched and they felt important.

All this goes beyond Times Square - the Great White Way, as it‘s called. We accept Iran’s nuclear weapon’s program by which, we have every indication, they plan to wipe Israel off the map. As such, we accept genocide. We accept Iran’s mistreatment of women. We accept lashing, stoning, hanging, genital mutilation, abortion. We accept pornography; mosques built on Christian cemeteries; illegals crossing our borders. We accept repeat offenders; DWI killers, suicide plotters, voter intimidators.

We refuse any standards by which to separate good from evil, right from wrong. “It’s all good“, we say. “Whatever.” We need do nothing but clear our minds, think happy thoughts and submit. No standards; no critical thinking ; no logic; no plan. We wear our pants low to make it easier for cellmate Bubba to have his way with us.

Corruption Doubled, Tripled and Squared

I’m talking about corruption with all its bells and whistles – CORRUPTION on the highest order.

At first our currency/economy was based on gold. Then we got rid of gold and based our currency/economy on productivity (the talent, sweat and hard work of our population). Next, we based our currency/economy on credit (future productivity).

Note that each step expanded the universe of money significantly. Clearly, the gold supply is finite as there is only so much of it to go around. A calculation involving human productivity clearly increased the amount of what can be termed ‘distributable value’ or wealth. Adding to this a calculation involving future productivity (i.e. credit) had the effect of increasing it even more. Each step expanded the opportunity for individuals to generate untold riches, even as the basis for these (first gold, then productivity and, finally, credit) became more and more illusory and, at the same time, less and less stable.

The latest scam to increase the universe of money once again is ‘cap and trade’ which would essentially base our currency/economy on air. Step one was to declare CO2 a pollutant. Step two involves charging everyone emitting CO2 a fee for the unpardonable sin of breathing; and, thus, move vast amounts of money into the pockets of the people who were in on the hoax. Governments are in on it; academe is in on it; banks and investment firms (GS, Fannie and Freddie) are in on it; computer companies (Google) are in on it; media; education; unions – anyone who has been tireless in promoting the deal did so with the promise of a big pay-off to follow. Chicago was to be the center for trading in carbon credits. Already an exchange similar to the New York Stock Exchange is all set up there and ready to go.

When the University of East Anglia e-mails were released to the public the scam was exposed, it drove a stake in the heart of a world-wide fiction. The Left latched on to it big time for they rightly assumed it would put an end to capitalism. The one-worlders under the auspices of the UN latched on to it for they could now envision their dream - the dissolution of all borders - as being within reach. The religious wing, the environmentalists, viewed it as their ticket to a pristine world without man-made pollution.

Corruption equals the absence of principles. Any human endeavor lacking principles is bound to fail. The West has been in the process of shedding its principles for a long time. We have now reached the point from which there is no way forward. We have reached the wall. The attempt to tax air was the last straw. Still, those committed to what was obviously a hoax persist. They will now be tempted to apply force to get their way. We’re in for some rough sledding, folks.

Everything Is Broken

There is no respectability left in this Congress. There is no one who levels with the American people who elect its members. There is only the corrupt Right and the corrupt Left who work in tandem to pass the baton of corruption between them. The few unaligned voices in the middle are systematically drowned out. Reason has been deemed the flattened carcass of a skunk in the middle of the road.

With each turn of the screw by the executive branch it gets uglier. The modesty wraps of the sausage factory peel back exposing the scam. Obama is exhorting the legislative chambers to implode. The American people have awoken from their torpor. They are aware that our system of representative governance is broken; that our country hasn't been governed effectively in years. The best that can happen now is that no further legislation be passed - not until the people have had a chance to clean house.

Obama, on the other hand, knows exactly what he’s doing. He has assigned Congress an impossible task. He has given them a gun and is inviting them to pull the trigger. This would leave only himself in tact – with unlimited power.

Every Washington second-tier politician knows that the curtain has slipped. ("Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.") They are collectively fighting for their lives. Some know what's coming. Some have already left the sinking ship. It is not altogether clear that the American rank and file will know what to do; or that they’ll even be given a chance to do it. They are at a severe disadvantage. All the major institutions - the media, academe, organized labor, Hollywood - are against them. The world has turned against them. They know the way to go with Sisyphus' stone is up. But every foothold has been ground down.

After the Congress has been replaced by a rubberstamp politburo, it will be the military’s turn to be replaced. Then the dollar. I might have the exact order of events wrong. But, either way, all these things are being meticulously planned for. It is the fulfillment of a dream that every Trotskyite has had since the fall of the Soviet Union. They feel they can get there now that Obama is in office. It’ll be interesting to see what they can do to muck up our elections. But in the end, it won’t really matter – will it? With Congress broken, with the economy broken, with a Marxist occupying the White House, it’s hard to see how they could fail.

MY APOLOGY: Obama is no Marxist

There is something almost irresistibly romantic in those who espouse communism. The young especially, who have lived sheltered lives; who may not yet have ventured out into the real world and are reluctant to do so - to put their mettle to the test; afraid, that once cut off from the proverbial apron strings, they might fail. To them, often the game outside appears rigged. Low self-esteem contributes. They demand an ideal world – a utopia – where every want is a right to be freely accommodated; where no one can claim to have more than any other. And that is the childish fear that permeates every aspect of the human condition: to be seen as having less; of being less than the next best thing one can imagine.

To children at home, it seems that communism works quite well. Dad goes to work and brings home the bacon. The money is shared and given out to each according to his or her need. If the 17-year old should need 50 bucks to take his date out to the burger hop on Saturday night, Dad might spot him the change and even let him borrow the car. The teenager did score a 98 on a health exam this week, after all. Also, he did do an admirable job in cleaning out the garage this past Tuesday. Mom too always seems to have enough cash on hand to buy groceries, get the car washed, and go to the hair salon.

The 17-year old does not yet understand that the communist model breaks down and becomes unworkable when it’s imposed on society at large. He may not yet have read enough of the history books that chronicle the rise and fall of communist nations; of how these never achieved much worth mentioning, and of how it invariably became necessary for the proverbial iron boot to live in close proximity to the collective necks of the people, a constant reminder to those who might count themselves among the elites, and a constant menace to those who might not yet have learned the fine art of boot licking. They might not yet be familiar with terms such as ’gulag’ and ‘re-education center’; or conceive of empty store shelves, hunger, and thwarted opportunity. As such, we might excuse their misguided embrace of a system that promises much but consistently fails to deliver.

With recent revelations by Andrew Breitbart (in conjunction with Matt Drudge and the Glenn Beck radio and FOX News TV programs) of high corruption within taxpayer-funded ACORN, it seems we might have been all too kind in calling our current president a communist. 'Thug' seems a much more appropriate description. But, of course, those who never had occasion to achieve anything more than putting up multi-digit scores on video screens would fail to appreciate even this level of endemic corruption. “They all do it,” is the glib response one is likely to hear out of the mouths of these babes – these hollow Peter Pans. Participatory democracy, the “rule of law”; the concept of “critical thinking”; the “right of ownership”; the freedom to pursue one’s bliss, all this means nothing to them. Been there, done that. Everything still sucks.

It’s more a psychological problem than a political one. People no longer feel the need to mature beyond childhood. Yet life is unstoppable and, for those who refuse to take that turn into adulthood, life becomes pathology.

Particularly with respect to the law we’ve become jaded. Highway speed limit signs read 65. We go 85. We’ve let Clinton off the hook for lying under oath; we refuse to acknowledge criminality on every level. California is set to release thousands of prisoners (presumed criminals) due to budget shortfalls. So what?

Why is it that no attempt has yet been made to identify and punish the culprits who caused our bank failures? Why has the MSM yet to delve into Obama’s past associations, birth certificate controversy, political appointments, agenda, etc? Why is it left up to Breitbart and ‘burlesque queens’ like Limbaugh and Beck to shout out the truth and raise questions. Why were allegations of voter fraud never pursued by Republicans and Democrats alike. Why is Charles Rangel still in office? Why is evidence that points to ‘global warming’ as being a hoax routinely suppressed? Why is there no evidence of highways, bridges and schools being built? Where has all the stimulus money gone?

Our political wars have gone way beyond ideology. We are now firmly entrenched in corruption. It is of such magnitude, it almost defies description. It’s like the eye trying to see itself.

I was wrong when I referred to Obama as a Marxist in past postings. Obama is no Marxist. I apologize to Marxists. Obama, along with the whole bunch of them – Republicans and Democrats alike – is nothing more than a two-bit crook. Look to the likes of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela to know what we are on the verge of becoming.