Posted by
Ralph Reagan on Friday, February 20, 2009 7:23:52 AM
One of the claims of the recent "victors" in the last election is that their ideas are avant garde and the ideas of conservatives are passe.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The old world with it's ideas had been left behind as the original settlers came to the New World. They were leaving behind physically, mentally, and spiritually anything to do with the Old World shaking the dust off their feet metaphorically. You don't hear much about the Old World/New World contrast because it doesn't fit in with the liberal way of thinking anymore.
In the few centuries past people from all over the world fled to America for freedom. Freedom from persecution, freedom from tyranny freedom from oppressive taxes etc.
The statue of Liberty says "give me your poor tired huddled masses, yearning to breathe free". (Not let's get a quick buck.)
Desire for freedom used to be a requirement to be an American. Belief in freedom first is very important or we become like any other third world country.
Numerous tired old ignorant ideas from Europe and the old world were rejected outright as never ever being suitable for America ever.
Namely 1. Having a king or dictator, 2. Causing folks to be serfs either in name or effect, 3. Ever allowing someone who by virtue of their religious title to also have a political office.
In my family tree we had folks who voted with their lives and livelyhoods to fight King George III. These same folks later voted to not adopt the constitution and keep the Articles of Confederation. Why? Because first hand they repudiated any form of centralized government. And now we are seeing the worst of their fears realized.
Forget the idea of not creating a central government, that's here and has been gaining strength from it's creation. Liberty has always been in peril everytime the National or State legislatures is in session. This season however a new force has reared it's tyrannical head.
The idea that wit has overtaken wisdom has always been a particularly evil one to me. For years the quick comeback has been a substitute in all venues for right thinking.
I'd like to address just one idea. If the original Americans were fleeing European oppressions of the various sort. They did not remain in Europe to stifle or modify such oppressions. Therefore those who prepetuated the oppressions were left alone to perpetuate these oppressions to the their full extent. Today any idea that is ever mentioned in Europe needs to be looked at with a very jaundiced eye.
So all ideas from Europe being rejected is the prudent course.
Acorn and their ilk. has put forth the ideas that everyone deserves to be rich, all outcomes need to be equal, and they are uniquely qualified to rule by virtue of their strident demands and their organization. All of their ideas have been tried in Europe and rejected as useless flotsam floating in an irrational communist mind.
First the American idea of no king in America is quickly becoming passe with the continued outright worship of Obama.
Second the idea that taxes must be raised to fix the insolvent will cause widespread serfdom with feality sworn to the indigent, slothful, and insolent.
Third the new religion arising up to worship liberalism with it's Prophet Obama is quickly assuming the role of precinct organizing replacing the entire Democratic Party structure is violating with rapine force the separation of the ecclesiastical and the political.
The only course of action for a real American is to embrace the new ideas of limited government, limited taxes, and personal responcibility.
The hand outstretched for government patronage is also the first to be handcuffed to slavery and oppression. The borrower is truly a slave to the lender.
Only the entire repudiation of suckling at the government teat is the course of action for anyone who considers themselves actual Americans.
ACORN is merely a communist organization. From small ACORNS big travesties grow.
Moral rejection by the people of oppressive governments is actually the newest idea in the ideas of man and government. The idea of liniting government powers through moral actions and the idea of individuals being governed by morals rather than oppressive government is a very avante garde idea which the communists, liberals, and now ACORN rejects entirely. Who's passe now?