Nothing happens if the MSM doesn’t want it to happen!

For some time I have had the opinion that nothing of consequence happens in this country if it is not orchestrated, or at least condoned, by the mainstream media or by lawyers. Both groups will deny that this is the case, but numerous events point in the same direction.

Last month, I was in Columbia, SC for a rally that took place in conjunction with the Republican presidential candidates’ debate. The rally was in the coliseum next door to the hall where the debate was being televised. There were around 8,000 people present at the rally to promote The Fair Tax, HB 25, that would replace the federal income tax with a consumption tax(national sales tax). As the rally progressed, several of the candidates, including Hunter, Coxe, Tancredo, and Huckabee, spoke in support of the movement to the assembled crowd at the rally. There seemed to be little, if any, news coverage of the rally in-spite of the large and very vocal crowd.

As the rally progressed, the crowd left the coliseum and crossed the block to the hall where the debate was going to be held in a short time. Now, there were at least 7,000 people on the street, dressed in Fairtax.org t-shirts and waving signs and chanting and singing as we(yes, I was in the throng) circled the block where the news networks had set up operation. There were about two dozen scraggly looking anti-war protesters and perhaps fifty or more supporters of various candidates on hand. All of them were soon completely lost in the huge crowd of Fairtax supporters. A few of the candidate’s supporters asked questions of some members of the crowd and were surprised to find out that we were not all bussed in for the event by organizers. We completely surrounded the news trucks, beating on the doors and demanding attention. The Columbia P.D. soon realized they were not prepared to control such a crowd, but also realized we were being orderly and posed no threat.

The demonstration continued for about an hour, during which time people inside the hall for the debate were seen pressed up against the windows to see what all the commotion was about. It was obviously a major event to anyone who was there.

The next day, I eagerly picked up a local newspaper to read about it. To my complete shock, there wasn’t even a mention of it. I checked the Drudge Report to see if it was covered by the MSM. Not a mention. But, there were several stories about the anti-war protesters that were there.

NO COVERAGE! None! 7,000 people(others estimated 8,500) in a vocal and visual demonstration, WERE TOTALLY IGNORED BY THE MSM!

Is my point becoming clear now? Am I wrong? The MSM are not behind the Fairtax movement, so it doesn’t exist!

It’s time to wake up, people! WE DON’T COUNT! It’s time to do something to show them that we DO.

Is the government of the U.S. really in the control of “the people”?

I was half listening to Sean Hannity recently when I suddenly had a flash of insight into the way I think our government works. Sean was speaking about the Republican Party and how it is different from the Democrat Party. I don’t remember his words specifically, but I do remember the content and my reaction to it.

Sean was posing questions, rhetorical questions, regarding which party should be supported. As he went through his list of topics, including such things as; “Which party will fight Islamic terrorists?”, “Which party will protect our borders?”, etc, it occurred to me that there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between the parties. It also occurred to me, in that instant flash, that the two parties actually are working together in a complicated, well-choreographed dance to accomplish goals and objectives that are not in the interest of the citizens of the U.S., but are designed to garner them(government) more and more power over us. Let me try to explain what I mean.

The Democrats were in power when I became aware of government in my early twenty’s. I realized at some point in my adulthood that they were sucking the life out of me through taxation, but was too busy fighting to maintain my lifestyle to think much about it. I just worked harder and more to make up for the increasing tax load.

During the Reagan years, I realized that I really was conservative and decided to become more active in politics. I changed my voter registration from Democrat to Republican and began to keep up with elections and candidates. When the Republicans took control of Congress after the 1994 elections, I was convinced that a revolution was underway that would take the burden off those of us that worked. But alas, Bill Clinton was President and stood in the way of Republican progress.

Then, when Dubya came along, I thought that here was the chance to finally have a breakthrough for producers. After six years of Dubya in the White House and a Republican Congress, not a damn thing has been done! We have McCain-Feingold that is designed to help Democrats and incumbents, “No child left behind” which is simply a huge social give-away and a gift to the teacher’s unions that should be called “the keep ’em stupid” act, and the prescription drug program that is the largest welfare give-away ever!

Under Dubya and the Republicans, we have the largest increase in the size of government in the history of our country. We are in a war with Islam (I know, it’s the “War on Terror”, … bullshit…) that we won’t fight to win. We fight little skirmishes and let them escape back into their “safe” zones rather than leveling any town that harbors the roaches. The Republicans gave us “tax cuts” that expire, of all things! With both houses and the Presidency, why couldn’t we have tax cuts that don’t expire unless they really didn’t want us to have cuts at all?

If these goons are our friends, who needs enemies?

And now, Hannity(who I really like, btw) wants to blow smoke up my ass! Give me a break! The Republicans were defeated because they wanted to be! They knew they could better advance their personal objectives if the Democrats regained power. The Republicans lost because they were not conservative! And they still aren’t!

The Democrats, through their mouthpieces the MSM, have pushed the fantasy that the Republicans lost because they weren’t listening to their “progressive” constituents. That idea has absolutely no basis in fact. The Democrats that ousted Republican incumbents mostly ran on conservative platforms.

With those anecdotes in mind, consider the following:

• Those elected to the Senate or Congress want to get reelected and gain more of whatever it is that motivates them(power, graft, personal wealth, whatever).
• They are willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish their goals, or they would never have been elected in the first place.
• The political party system has evolved into a system that prevents those from outside the two parties to have any significant influence.
• The mainstream news media(known from now on as “MSM”) has almost complete control over what is relayed to the dumb masses and has a socialist agenda due to the large number of journalism majors educated in socialist schools in the U.S. being in charge of the companies that comprise it.
• There is a large underclass in this country made up of people with low I.Q. The percentage of the population that this underclass comprises is growing because they reproduce at a higher rate than the general population and because of the influx of uneducated and unskilled illegal aliens from Mexico and Latin America. These unskilled and uneducated people lack the skills and education because they have a lower I.Q. than the general population. Otherwise, they would have a successful life in their home country and would not want to come here for menial jobs. These people are easily deceived with shallow rhetoric, empty promises, and outright lies.
• The primary method used by politicians in Washington to remain in power is through income redistribution. They take resources, in the form of taxes, from those who produce and pay them out in the form of “programs” to those that produce less. (Tax the wealthy and pay to the “poor”) People of high I.Q. tend to be more productive, although work ethic has a larger impact on production.
• People with a low I.Q. did not get that way due to poverty, they are impoverished because they have a low I.Q. (mostly due to heredity) or they have a poor work ethic(lazy bums).
• There are now more voters that are non-productive that can be controlled by the MSM than voters that are productive.

With the aforementioned factors in mind, all congress-weasels want the same thing, but they are elected by different constituencies. For example, Congressman A is elected from a liberal district that always elects Democrats. The only thing he has to do is continue to spout the Democrat line and “bring home the bacon”, and he gets reelected. Congressman B is a Democrat, but is elected in a district that is about evenly split between conservatives and liberals. She has to “act” conservative to get elected because only conservatives would vote for anything other than a Democrat. She can support conservative legislation in congress with her party’s blessing as long as the legislation has no chance of passing without her vote. This makes her maintain some support among conservatives in her district without alienating liberals. However, she is always there to vote with her party when every vote counts.

Congressman C is a Republican from a conservative district. It is not likely that a liberal or a Democrat will be able to unseat him. He can be a mouthpiece for the conservative movement without actually doing anything that will forward the conservative movement. In his position, he actually has more power if his party is in the minority, because he can pose as an “opposition” voice to those evil liberals(Democrats) in almost every issue without having any impact on the legislation.

So, with these (admittedly highly simplified) scenarios, those who want big government or more power over the people will succeed every time! Since they are all working together, Democrats and Republicans, for the same goals, they can decide beforehand how the issue will proceed and which issues will be sacrificed in order to keep up the charade of actually having two parties with opposing agendas.

All of which brings me to my epiphany. We don’t have a say-so about what goes on in Washington! That may come as a shock to some of you, but think about it. Since when have you been able to call your congressman and talk to him or her? Who do you talk to? You talk to an aid. That aid has his own agenda that he pursues through his closeness to the congress-weasel. Nothing gets through that he doesn’t want to get through.

I have been to Washington. The congress-weasels are treated like royalty! After awhile, I think they begin to believe they really are royalty. And we are simply their subjects, the dumb masses.

I don’t believe this country can return to a free society under the present system. And trying to change that system or replace it with another would be catastrophic.

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

Hello world!

I would like to introduce myself.

I am a retired LEO living in a southern state with my wife of 34 years. My children are grown and leading productive lives. I am college educated with a bachelor’s degree and some post-graduate study. Some would describe me as upbeat and cheerful. Others might describe me as opinionated and radical. Perhaps all of those words are valid in describing me.  No one would describe me as passive.

I love life! Every day that I live is wonderful. Some are better than others, I will admit. But if the sun comes up and I am sucking in air, it’s a great day.

My freedom and my family and friends are the most important things in my life. That said, I will give my life to safeguard any and all of them if need be.

To those who happen along to read my ravings, I hope you will join me in debating topics that are relevant to our freedoms as Americans and to our future.  At the very least, I hope you will be entertained, educated, and/or inspired to action.

Let the ravings begin…