Mark Levin: The Liberty Amendments [Update]

While commenting over at my friend Steve's blog, I mentioned Mark Levin's new book as being one that contains excellent ideas and solutions for taking our country back from the hardcore liberal/progressive/socialist/communist/ Islamo-fascist puppets and pawns of the ObaMAO BADministration. 

The added fact that the media of mass deception lets scandal after scandal "go away" instead of doing their job to report the truth about them shows that they are not on the side of WE THE PEOPLE.  

Congress seems to be no better (except for a few conservative heroes like Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, and Libertarian Rand Paul); but there are currently too few of these TEA Party supporting representatives to get anything done.  The establishment Republicans are at fault because they do not do anything to counter the Democrats.  Our Judiciary is out of control, too!  And the Executive branch is the worst EVER in the history of the United States of America!

So, what are WE THE PEOPLE supposed to do about this?

I think that Mark Levin has some excellent answers.

Mr. Levin's new book is called The Liberty Amendments and you can read the first chapter at that link. I am about to read the chapter for myself and will comment about it after I finish reading it.

From what I had heard on Hannity's show last night, Levin's ideas are good and sound alternatives for the states to pursue and for WE THE PEOPLE to get out from under of the grip of the unconstitutional tyranny that all three branches of this current evil [my word, not his] government are inflicting upon us!

Be back later.

~ Christine

Hat tips:

Cry and Howl

Mr. Obama … “You’re no Ronald Reagan!”

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Mark Levin Show

The Liberty Amendments first chapter

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Update:  8/14/13

I apologize for the delay in finishing this post.  With distractions aside now, I was able to finish reading the first chapter of Mark Levin's The Liberty Amendments.

I suggest that everyone (who is genuinely interested in this post and subject matter) read the entire first chapter [NOTE: PDF FORM] for themselves.  It will give a much more thorough summary than what I can provide here.

Levin is a highly educated man who "knows his stuff" when it comes to the United States Constitution.  Most of what he writes is understandable for the average, educated person.  However, I found myself looking up a few vocabulary words like "profligacy" which means:

prof·li·ga·cy

/ˈprɒflɪgəsi/ Show Spelled [prof-li-guh-see]  

noun

1.

shameless dissoluteness.

2.

reckless extravagance.

3.

great abundance.

 

Well, that descriptive word certainly applies to the current state of affairs in our "softly" tyrannical Federal Government!!!  And the term "dissoluteness" runs rampant as well!

 

dis·so·lute

/ˈdɪsəˌlut/ Show Spelled [dis-uh-loot]   

adjective

indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.

 

Such words only BEGIN to show the reasons why Levin wrote this book!  When you read the first chapter, it's encouraging to see someone who sees what is going on, is horrified like most of the rest of us, but also sees that the usual "every two year congressional election changes" as well as "every four year (or eight year, as in this case) presidential election" as being more of the same kind of road to either ignoring our Constitution, or actually intending to destroy it and turn the U.S.A. into a kind of socialist=Marxist=communist=tyrannical dictator led type of country; fooling the various constituencies (whether they be poor, black, Hispanic...name your group!) into thinking that a powerful federal government will bring them into some kind of wonderful life in utopia. [Pardon the run-on sentence!] Trouble is, when the elites get power...guess what happens to the pawns who helped get them there?  [Hint:  take a look at history and the Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot regimes that promised utopia and ended up killing hundreds of millions of THEIR OWN people!!!]

 

Levin does not share the actual Liberty Amendments that he thinks are needed in the first chapter.  (I can't wait to get the book!!)  However, as an honest conservative who knows the U.S. Constitution better than most; as well as being known as "The Great One" radio talk show host that he is, I'm confident that he will give us excellent ideas on how to get our nation back on track towards being the Constitutional Republic that the Framers intended!

As an honest broker, he does address the fact that the state convention method has not been successful in the past.  Admittedly, I need to do some research to see how many times it has been attempted in the past and the nature behind each attempt.   He also does share how much work will be involved as well as how the current evil [my word, not his] "powers-that-be" in the federal government (as well as the lapdog media) will fight tooth and nail against the solutions that he offers.  However, there has not been "such a time as this" where WE THE PEOPLE feel so totally ignored by those who are supposed to SERVE US as representatives in our nation's capitol; but instead get in there and serve THEMSELVES.  The latest egregious way that they have shown their elitism was when they all voted to exempt themselves and their staffs from the ObamaSCARE HELLcare exchanges!!!

Nonetheless, as more and more people are being awakened to the "soft" tyranny going on via the federal government, I think that the states and WE THE PEOPLE will WANT a way out that purposely zips right past the federal branches that are inflicting so much harm upon us all!

I am greatly encouraged after reading through the first chapter of Levin's book!  I really think that it will be a best seller and the liberal newspapers, T.V. pundits, and the rest of their ilk will probably go all apoplectic over it!  Once word gets out that there is a remedy - written into our U.S. Constitution by the highly intelligent and Judeo-Christian oriented Framers - for fighting (and winning) against the tyrannical forces of evil that are currently wreaking havoc upon our nation, the TEA Party and other conservative groups will be emboldened to press ahead and work hard - DOING WHAT IS NECESSARY in order to get out from under the strangle-hold of "soft" tyranny that we are experiencing; with the ultimate hope of preventing hard-core tyranny that would be much more difficult to recover from.

 

As Levin writes at the end of the first chapter:

 

What follows are proposed amendments to the Constitution--

The Liberty Amendments.

 

It is my hope and aspiration for our country that these amendments can spur interest in and, ultimately, support for the state convention process.  In any event, should there come a time, sooner or later, when the states convene a convention, these amendments or amendments of the same nature--as I make no claim of unassailable knowledge-- may prove useful and find their way into the debate.  But a plan is what is needed, as is a first step.  This is mine.

 ~  Mark Levin

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Hat tip:

 

Mark Levin's The Liberty Amendments first chapter.


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Update # 2:  8/14/13

To get a sneak peek at the amendments that Mark Levin proposes in his new book, read the following review:



American Thinker: Mark Levin's "The Liberty Amendments"

More (from Mark Levin's site):

Book Reviews

• American Spectator:Jeffrey Lord
• American Thinker: Thomas Lifson
• Breitbart: Joel Pollak
• David Limbaugh
• Jen Kuznicki Review
• Legal Insurrection: William Jacobson
• Newsbusters: Brent Bozell
• RedState: Daniel Horowitz
• Dan Riehl
• Senator Ted Cruz comments
• USA Today: Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Media Center Brietbart-8/12/13 - Brietbart News Interview
CNS News-8/12/13 - States Should Call Convention to Propose Amending Constitution
Fox News-8/12/13 - Interview with Sean Hannity
Fox News-8/13/13 - Interview with Neil Cavuto

The Myth of Separation of Church and State

I read an article link while over at the TEA Party Community this morning, and wanted to share the article here along with some thoughts that I had after reading it.

I am not a Constitutional scholar (as Barry Soetoro seems to claim - ha!), and I'm not extremely well read on all of the interpretations of our Founding Documents.  However, I think that I have a good general knowledge of them; as well as how and why our founding came about.  Moreover, my 24 years of Bible study has helped me see that the truth of our founding is entrenched in Judeo-Christian laws, faith, and values that come directly from the Bible.

First, here is a link to the article:


Examiner.com: The Myth of Separation of Church and State.


I would like to draw your attention to the long comment posted there underneath the essay. The author of that comment seems to be saying (at least that is how I interpreted it) that a completely secular government here in the U.S. was the goal of the writers of the Constitution. However, I disagree with that and here is why.

Before the Constitution was written, The Declaration of Independence came first. The document is filled with acknowledgement of God and pointed towards the fact that England's king usurped power by inflicting governmental power over the colonies (and, thus, was taking away their God given rights) while at the same time, the powers-that-be in England tried to form one government approved certain Christian denomination over the people. 

Our nation is (or was) based on Judeo-Christian values in order to preserve our freedoms, liberty, and justice.  But when government becomes all too powerful, it leads to tyranny.  Our freedoms, including religious freedom, are taken away.  Without God's Word as a guide, our nation would not have existed (IMHO) and this "great experiment" would not have survived.  Now, I'm not so sure of our survival anymore.  Those who would have us become a socialist/communist/Islamo-fascist nation are intent on rejecting the very principles, morals, values, and ethics that allowed us to become great in the first place.  They are getting away with corruption, deception, propaganda, and downright evil - all the things that created Nazi Germany, Leninist and Stalinist Russia,  Imperial Japan, and all of the communist nations with dictators (like Mao) that have killed hundreds of millions of people. 

The way I see it is that denying (or repressing) our Judeo-Christian values is having a devastatingly negative effect on our culture, government, freedoms, liberty, and the justice that used to exist here.

The current attempt to bring Muslim sharia law into our nation is proof that such a religion (more like a political jihadist "religion" of force) is detrimental to our Constitutional Republic and needs to be suppressed.  Why?  Because they want a caliphate - which means that their goal is to take over (by jihad) not only the U.S. but the world.  Even the perpetrators of radical Islam admit that Christianity or Judaism cannot exist in their world.  Even the non-religious aren't safe.  Christians, Jews and secularists are all labeled as infidels and deserving of death if we don't convert to Islam.  This is according to their "holy" book, the Koran.

I think that the balance of church and state can exist while not infringing upon religious beliefs that come from the Bible.  False religions and dangerous cults notwithstanding, the plumb line of Scripture guided our Founders towards envisioning a Republic (as Franklin stated when created - "We have given you a Republic...if you can keep it.") 

The principles that our nation was built on can only be kept by those with faith in God - and is not achievable without Him.  Why?  Because without the Creator and Judge of the Universe as a basis for good, anything goes and evil will flourish.  Just a few of my thoughts on this issue.

Your thoughts?

Hat tips: 

Examiner.com
Charters of Freedom

Independence Day 2013: News, Reflection, and Prayers for America

Our Founders' Wisdom

[Independence Day] will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.

~ John Adams on the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Happy Birthday, America!

Happy Independence Day America!  As it turns out, yesterday, Egypt had taken brave steps in order to achieve their own independence from the radical Islamic Sharia-law jihadist Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed Morsi.   He and many in his government were taken into custody by the Egyptian army.


The reactions here in the U.S. to this historic event that just happened in Egypt are certainly varied! 

They range from a so-called "anti-Obama" tweet where one can "read into it what you will":

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Was that an anti-Obama Tweet? (Reader Poll) - Calling Dr. Rorschach

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To a poll held in Egypt telling us why this happened:

 

Fascinating new polls reveal why Egyptians are turning on Morsi & Muslim Brotherhood.

joelcrosenberg at Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog - 22 hours ago

 

Jerusalem, Israel) — It’s been an extraordinary week here in the epicenter. As the bloody civil war intensifies in Syria, Egypt is now on the verge of civil war. Let’s pray that doesn’t happen. But two fascinating new polls reveal shed light on why the Egyptian people are turning on President Mohammad Morsi and calling for Morsi […]

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As well as blog posts describing who the interim president is and what is next:

 

Joel Rosenberg's Weblog

Inside The Revolution: Drama builds amidst military coup in Egypt. Muslim Brotherhood leadership arrested. Who is Adly Mansour, new “interim president”? - >> Watch the 2013 Epicenter Conference on Friday, July 5, 2013 from Jerusalem. (Jerusalem, Israel) — As if there is not enough drama in the epicenter already...

 

BREAKING: Morsi removed. Under house arrest. Tanks on the move in Cairo. Is Egypt on the brink of civil war?

joelcrosenberg at Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog - 22 hours ago

 

(Jerusalem, Israel) — In two days, we will host the 2013 Epicenter Conference here in Jerusalem amidst a horrific civil war in Syria and the very present possibility of a civil war in Egypt. As I write this at 9pm local time, here are the latest developments: Millions of Egyptians have been demanding that President […]

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Of course, we have ANOTHER threat (probably an empty one) that:

 

Obama Deeply Concerned About Removal of Morsi and Suspension of Hated Islamic Constitution – Warns He’ll Cut Off Aid If Morsi Arrested

nicedeb at Nice Deb - 9 hours ago

Obama released a terse statement today, expressing his displeasure with how things are going in Egypt, reiterating his threat to withhold aid if the military doesn’t meet his demands, which includes not arresting Morsi or any of his supporters. Is his Highness afraid of what Morsi might say about his dealings with the White House […]

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So I ask readers...why is Obama on the wrong side of history...yet again?

 

And...why is an Obama appointee claiming that Sharia law is superior to American law?

 

sharia unveiled

Obama Appointee Claims Sharia Law Is Superior to American Law

 

It is great to know that:

 

"We the People"

The Obama Administration Is Afraid Of An Informed, Angry Electorate

 

 

The above link to a "We the People" post doesn't say it, but that title is a direct quote from a letter written by hero/traitor (depending on how you look at it) Edward Snowden. ** [more on this below]

 

I thank God for blogging friends like Steve over at Cry and Howl who continue to inform Americans about what other people in other nations see in Obama and what they really think about him:

 

Cry and Howl

Egyptians Love Obama … NOT!!!

 

At Steve's link (above), you will see photos that have apparently been banned by most of the mainstream media of mass corruption.  Steve writes:

 

It appears that Egyptians are even more upset with Obama than America has been. The below pictures represent the stunning link between Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. These pictures will never be aired in the US mainstream media. What do you think of them?

 

The fact that the media of mass deception continues to hide facts and information that would be detrimental to the ObaMARXIST BADministration should alarm EVERY AMERICAN!  Unfortunately, there will always be those who remain uninformed and apparently like it that way.

 

 

**The following is an article that EVERY AMERICAN should read.

 

GulagBound.com

Snowden vs. National Security? It’s the Domestic Totalitarian Technocracy, Stupid!

 

Excerpt:

 

The heart of the matter is the burgeoning power of the state over our lives. The data being collected on us all is making former East German totalitarians of their Stasi envious. Last week I wrote: never before has the government of a nation spied and maintained intelligence upon its own population to any degree approaching this, without it being a totalitarian, terrorist regime. But I could have ended that with “to any degree approaching this.” period.

And the tragic distraction is that many notables seem absorbed with fulfilling the old adage, “Generals always prepare for the last war.” That is especially calamitous,
when in the last war, one was fighting for an entity which was not the enemy but which now is. According to their tragic misconception, in order to maintain the strength of U.S. intelligence and armed services in the world, they verbally fight for preserving the surveillance state and so they attack those who warn the sovereign people of its insurrection against our sovereignty and freedom, via our own government. That is a travesty so great that if it were ever found to be knowingly intentional, it would be treasonous by default.

It is as if such apparently strong conservatives in the mix, though they may have focused upon Barack Obama for a long time now, still do not understand he was “selected, not elected” to be president of the United States of America in order to be its revolutionary saboteur and the Structural Marxofascist designer in chief of the new Anti-America. That is meant literally. Barack Obama and the powers behind and collaborating beside him, are America’s foremost enemy

But do those who attack the exposers of Anti-America’s revolutionary intelligence service have a point? Yes, most travesties do. We (authentic America) must continue to fight against a constant barrage of cyber-warfare (from North Korea, China, etc.)  that threatens our banks, our businesses, our military, and our personal data. We must also continue to fight the war on terr… pardon, let me be precise… the Islamist jihad for global caliphate.  And yes, added to that cocktail may be poured the need to fight aggression of numerous kinds, including very harmful espionage, from quarters such as Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and even Western Europe and Israel.

But is the regime that has captured our national security complex chiefly interested in that? No, they have made it very clear that they do not even wish, for example, to call Islamists what they are. In fact, they are very busy promoting Al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood Wahhabis in the Mideast and in the cases of Egypt and Libya, overthrowing cooperative regimes, in order to do so. Further, while “the great game” with Russia is being carried out, for real or for show in that region and southern Asia (and more so versus China, Islam, and general corruption in the African nations), the U.S. has become closely tied in numerous ways, by America’s own globalist despots, to both China and Russia. That has been going on for decades, fomented through Democrats and the top-down controllers of the Republican Party, alike
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Muslim Brotherhood? They have had a working relationship with the CIA since Operation Paperclip (we inherited them from Hitler) according to noted investigative reporter/author, John Loftus. He reported on this extensively, years ago, significant slices into which are readily available online. And there we have “Arab Spring.”

Further, Obama’s NASA has given China critical strategic defense technology, his military flew a drone to Iran and left it for them to reverse engineer (though it could have easily been recovered), and they are collaborating with Russia in joint military “disaster response,” within the USA, to be engaged when they deem the time is right. This joint U.S./Russian effort, to quote the Russians, includes, “monitoring and forecasting emergency situations.” Having been educated to a degree in the arts and practices of the USIC, that is the United States Intelligence Community (suggestion: when we read “community” there, we should all say “awww”) what does one suppose that to mean?  It is the Obama regime doing that, hardly Ed Snowden. It is the Anti-American insurrectionists doing these things, not a resistance whistle blower, who prior NSA whistle blowers assured us had to leave the country, admitting “It was the only thing he could do.”

So, neither Marxists, nor fascists, nor Islamists are to be regarded as the enemy, nor as suspected terrorists. (We have them all in this “administration,” whether in “kinetic action” fact or in sympathy, from Obama himself, on down.) Who then are our personnel in intelligence, our armed forces, and “homeland security” being taught are the most suspected of any and all suspected terrorists?

The answer to that has been clearly reported from numerous sources by now: Evangelicals, returning veterans, constitutionalists, pro-lifers, and of course, those who take seriously our founders’ admonition of the Second Amendment, to form free militias, in order to practice vigilance for our Sovereign People’s state of freedom. In short, the chief enemies of the Obama/NWO regime are any who would take seriously the “duty” prescribed us by our national charter, the Declaration of Independence. to oppose their despotism by whatever means are appropriate and necessary.

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So let us see what may be seen and hear the sounds in the air. This is not a matter of liberty adjusted for security, but of America vs. Anti-America, of popular sovereignty vs. despotism reaching totalitarian levels never before available. A government of free people does not “need to know” what its people are doing. A free people always needs to know what its government is doing.

There is no security in granting the state powers of hegemony over the People. That is utter insecurity. To be free and independent of just such control is the very reason our ancestors watching us now from Heaven fought the American Revolution, though today’s rapid trend is worse than what they faced.

 

Read it all here:

 

GulagBound.com

Snowden vs. National Security? It’s the Domestic Totalitarian Technocracy, Stupid!

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Last, but certainly not least (in fact, most importantly!!!) I want to share an Independence Day message and call to prayer that I received via email from the "Concerned Citizen" publication of Concerned Women for America:

  

  On this Independence Day, let's take time to reflect on the blessings we have in this nation. Our forefathers designed a government based on Biblical principles and one that would guide a people grounded in God's Word. John Adams' said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." 

 

We have strayed. Lost our moorings. And our society is showing the results of our decisions not to follow God's design for life, sexuality, family, and generally doing what is right in our own eyes.

 

      But we can take back lost ground - with His help and by His grace. 

 

      We ask you to pray for our nation. There are many critical concerns facing this great land. Ask God to give our leaders wisdom to protect our nation, its families and our freedoms.

 

Pray that all God's people will see the importance of being salt and light in our culture and take the time to pray and act, taking a stand for righteousness.

 

 

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5: 13-16)

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Detect The Wrong, Then Apply The Remedy

Found two blog posts that were written back in 2009 that need to be read again today.  With all of the scandals swirling around the ObaMARXIST BADministration, we now can see why the warnings given by many conservatives about the true intentions of BHO and his nefarious handlers were not simply "conspiracy theories."

First, Write 2 Fight's post entitled, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country" is indicative of why the 9/12 Project and various TEA Party organizations formed. Many started in order to fight against ObamaSCARE HELLcare and all of the out of control spending, executive orders, bailouts, wasteful spending on so-called "green" energy and the stupid stimulus bills that didn't create jobs but probably lined political crony pockets were rammed through the Democratic House and Senate. Ultimately, America's detrimental direction went from bad to worse through all of the criminality that has been going on; including the plethora of scandals that make our heads spin in disbelief. How could anyone in their right mind trust this government...EVER?

Excerpt:

Remember  the quote “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country?” In typing class the quote was used to practice keyboard skills.  The faster you learned to type the letters, the more likely you were to snag a secretarial job.  In the process of  learning to type quickly, the quote was committed to memory.

Patriots need to reach into their memory pool to pull out  the quote, dust off the words, and shout the quote to fellow citizens: “Now is the time for all good men  to come to the aid of their country! ” It is a desperate plea for help in the 11th hour. Standing shoulder to shoulder,  patriots have a chance to block the governmental encroachment on personal rights that is taking place on a daily basis.

 Sadly, the call  may be too late. However, the American spirit is not to be underestimated. If the call to action is heeded, enemies of the Constitution may find themselves facing angry patriots instead of sheeple who follow along blindly to the luring sounds of Utopian pipes.

“Nothing  you see happening in our country today is just ‘Left-Wing insane legislation,’ ” says Savant Noir, a history scholar who acknowledges the insidious dismantling of individual rights hidden in an agenda. ”It is, in fact, brilliantly executed. The powers in control know exactly what they are doing and they’re doing it at breakneck speed. While people have been yakking about ‘conspiracies’ for years, or while they waste their time with the latest sensation or hyperbole, this agenda has been marching forward uncontested and unimpeded.” Patriots must become aware of the policies within our country that fall under the category of an overall plan to destroy our way of life while proclaiming it is “sustaining” life. [a.k.a. Agenda 21]

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Agenda 21 is aimed at supporting big government take over of private property rights, medical freedom, education, and economic well being. The Constitution guarantees citizens freedom to control government; Agenda 21 guarantees government control of the citizens. The policies of Agenda 21 are enemies of the framework of our government precisely because they seize government control over individual rights. Sadly, many citizens don’t understand the importance of the Constitutional guarantees and will probably be blind until their personal land is seized, their personal water supply is diminished or cut off, or their kindergarten child is taught about homosexualism.

“Sustainable development” is another word for governmental land grab leading to robbing Americans of their private properties in the name of saving the environment. ”Sustainable Medicine”  is a little more personal because it’s a grab of  citizens’ health care including grandma’s right to live.  These policies are justified by buzz words such as: ”global equity, “common good “or “environmental stewardship.” Ostensibly reasonable words on the surface, aren’t they? They have pervaded our society. “Global warming,” “Universal health care,” “Global governance,” “Global citizenship,” and “Global monetary system’” are used openly.

Read the rest HERE

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The second article from the same blog reads, Enslaved? Or Free?

Excerpt:

Enslaved? or Free?

If given a choice between freedom and enslavement, most people choose to be free. In fact, our forefathers risked their lives to avoid enslavement. It was through life or death challenge that our nation was created by men and women of strong character who gave credit to God for their success. “In short, we must now determine to be enslaved or free. If we make freedom our choice, we must obtain it by the blessing of Heaven on our united and vigorous efforts.” (George Washington, August, 1776). Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.” The choice is the age old battle between good and evil or truth and deception.  Today the gulf between freedom and enslavement is gaping open and some are choosing enslavement through willful inattentiveness or unabashed greed for power and money.

Daniel Webster knew of the inherent danger of “inattention of the people to the concerns of the government, from their carelessness and negligence.” He said, “I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing.”

We live in a time of crisis. Never has our Nation been confronted with a critical choice as we face today. A Trojan horse has been wheeled into the highest position in our country under the auspices of smooth talking “change.” Czars and members of congress without ethics or morals have jumped out of the Trojan horse to reveal themselves as enemies of the Constitution. Elected representatives who have vowed to uphold and defend the Constitution are destroying the structure of our country as they vote in favor of  legislative bills that kill free enterprise and private property rights in favor of government control over private decisions. These elected elitists refuse to listen to average Americans, their constituents, whom they disdainfully label as “right wing nuts.” Greed and power prevail over common sense while bribery and coercion in exchange for legislative favors are practiced.

Sensible policies that have made our country strong and successful are being thrown out to be replaced with unparalleled debts to foreign countries, government seizures and closings of private businesses. Freedom of speech is threatened by the practice of propaganda, political correctness, internet censorship, spying, and media control. Truth is distorted, omitted or denied. Patriots who question the new policies are placed on watch lists with the label of “questionable characters.”

Texas Governor Rick Perry says, “This is an administration hell bent on taking us toward a Socialistic country and we ought not to be afraid to say that.”
 http://www.mywesttexas.com/209/11/11/news/top_stories/doc.

In 1969 Ezra Taft Benson, former Secretary of Agriculture, in a book entitled, An Enemy Hath Done This, lists ten ways in which the Republic is being destroyed, all of which can be applied to our current plight:

1. By diplomatic recognition and aid, and trade negotiations with the communists. [dictatorships]
2. By disarmament of our military defenses.
3. By disarmament of our security laws and the promotion of atheism by decisions of the Supreme court.
4. By loss of sovereignty and solvency through international commitments and membership in world organizations.
5. By undermining of local law enforcement agencies and Congressional investigating committees. [or refusal to prosecute]
6. By usurpations by the executive and judicial branches of our federal government.
7. By lawlessness in the name of civil rights. [Jihads]
8. By a staggering national debt with inflation and a corruption of the currency.
9. By a multiplicity of executive orders and federal programs which greatly weaken local and state governments.
10. By the sacrifice of American manhood [womanhood] by engaging in wars we apparently have no intention of winning.

When we examine the above list, we see we are not exempt from one of them. In fact, some are destructive on multiple levels.

“In this day of gathering storm, as the moral deterioration of political power spreads its growing infection, it is essential that every spiritual force be mobilized to defend and preserve the religious base upon which this nation was founded. For it is that base which has been the motivating impulse to our moral and national growth. History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual reawakening to overcome the moral lapse, or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.” General Douglas MacArthur, 1951, A Soldier Speaks
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George Washington and our founding fathers called upon God to help win the Revolutionary War and then again when the foundation of the country, the Constitution, was being created. Belief that God endowed men with unalienable rights that no man could be could limit or destroy, namely that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is the basic belief upon which our country rests. The function of the government is to protect these God given rights, no more, no less.  John Adams said, “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of  law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”  In other words, when we allow government to control our natural, God given rights, our freedom is curtailed and we become enslaved to tyranny.

“I am shocked and saddened at what I find. I am sorry to say that all is not well in so-called prosperous, wealthy and powerful America. We have moved a long way–and are now moving further and more rapidly down the soul-destroying road of socialism. The evidence is clear–shockingly clear–for all to see. With our national prestige at an embarrassingly all-time low, we continue to weaken our domestic economy by unsound fiscal, economic and foreign aid policies which corrupt our national currency. Ever-increasing centralization of power in the federal government in Washington D.C. is reducing our local and state governments to virtual federal field offices, while weakening individual initiative, enterprise and character.” Ezra Taft Benson, An Enemy Hath Done This, pp.30-31.

Do we have the moral fortitude to choose truth and right over lies and deception? Do we have the guts and character to come to the defense of our country? George Washington said, “Truth will ultimately prevail, where there are pains taken to bring it to light.” Are we ready to go through pain to save our Constitution before it’s too late?

“Are we as citizens intelligent enough to be vigilant? Do we detect the wrong? Are we ready to apply the remedy? Apathy must go; it needs to be replaced by the outraged righteousness of a people who rose to greatness in this world through the spiritual values that their forefathers wrote into the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States . . . We cannot, we must not, shirk our responsibility . . . This challenge can be, and it must be faced with resolute purpose and effort.” Former Senator John L. McClellan, Crime Without Punishment
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Daniel Webster makes a plea for his countrymen to solve the problem. “Make them intelligent, and they will be vigilant; give them the means of detecting the wrong, and they will apply the remedy.” Daniel Webster, 1837.

Read the rest HERE


Agenda 21?   We are living in it people!  Just as the Daniel Webster quote above instructs:

“Make them intelligent, and they will be vigilant; give them the means of detecting the wrong, and they will apply the remedy.” Daniel Webster, 1837.


Hat tip: Write 2 Fight

Orwell's "1984" Becoming a Reality in 2013?

The fictional story of George Orwell's book entitled "1984" is becoming more of a reality with each passing decade.  All of the advances in technology have helped our world tremendously, but the misuse of it all (when put in the wrong hands of power)  also works, unfortunately, towards the detriment of our privacy, liberty, and freedom.

This weekend, Fox News is reporting on How Will Big Data Impact Your Privacy? Your Secret's Out and gives us points to ponder:

Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. ET Hosted by John Roberts

Every step we take, every move we make, "Big Data" is watching us. Our computers, phones and countless other devices are generating long trails of electronic data -- information that can be stored and analyzed who-knows-where for who-knows-what by who-knows-who.

When our lives can be retrieved at the stroke of a key, what happens to privacy? Does the government become too powerful?

Could our traditional freedoms be threatened and do we care?

This weekend, Fox News delves into the world of daily data and examines stories that would have seemed entirely unconnected only a few years ago: Government whistleblowers fretting about a mysterious new spy center in the Utah desert.

A Massachusetts teacher instructing grade-schoolers on what not to do with an iPhone.

A new breed of political operatives leading an unprecedented get-out-the-vote effort.

A California entrepreneur trying to mine data from social networking sites.

In today's world, it all ties together. And in 'Fox News Reporting: Your Secret's Out' we're connecting the dots.
 

Read Catherine Herridge's article:


Fox News.com: NSA data center front and center in debate over liberty, security and privacy,


Excerpt:

Twenty-five miles due south of Salt Lake City, a massive construction project is nearing completion. The heavily secured site belongs to the National Security Agency.

"The spy center" -- that's what some of the locals like Jasmine Widmer, who works at Bluffdale's sandwich shop, told our Fox News team as part of an eight month investigation into data collection and privacy rights that will be broadcast Sunday at 9 p.m. ET called "Fox News Reporting: Your Secrets Out.”

The NSA says the Utah Data Center is a facility for the intelligence community that will have a major focus on cyber security. The agency will neither confirm nor deny specifics. Some published reports suggest it could hold 5 zettabytes of data. (Just one zettabyte is the equivalent of about 62 billion stacked iPhones 5's-- that stretches past the moon.

One man we hoped would answer our questions, the current director of the NSA General Keith Alexander, declined Fox News's requests to sit down for an interview, so we stopped by the offices of a Washington think tank, where Alexander was speaking at a cyber security event last year.

Asked if the Utah Data Center would hold the data of American citizens, Alexander said, "No...we don't hold data on U.S. citizens," adding that the NSA staff "take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing that they do, and securing this nation."

But critics, including former NSA employees, say the data center is front and center in the debate over liberty, security and privacy.

"[It] raises the most serious questions about the vast amount of data that could be kept in one place for many, many different sources," Thomas Drake told Fox News.
 
Drake -- who worked at the NSA from Aug. 2001 to Aug. 2008 and was unsuccessfully prosecuted on espionage charges -- says Americans should be concerned about letting the government go too far in the name of security.

"It's in secret so you don't really know," Drake explained. "It's benign, right. If I haven't -- and if I haven't done anything wrong it doesn't matter. The only way you can have perfect security is have a perfect surveillance state. That's George Orwell. That's 1984. That's what that would look like."

Read the rest: Fox News.com

Consider the fact that such a monstrosity of data collection COULD BE BLATANTLY ABUSED. Remember that this ObaMARXIST BADministration has an attorney general who believes they should "never let a good crisis go to waste." Our current government is headed by the worst political criminals ever in the history of the United States of America!

The Bible informs us about what we need to know in order to be saved and enjoy life eternal with God in heaven.  What's more,  Bible prophecy is being fulfilled right before our very own eyes!  It is astonishing to me that people refuse to study the prophetic sections of the Bible - especially the book of Revelation.  It helps to put everything that is going on in this world in perspective.

If this world was all that we were meant for, then we would be discouraged, distraught, depressed, and without genuine hope.  However, we were not meant for this world!

As Christians believers, we are  Not Of This World  [NOTW] because Jesus' Kingdom is not of this world!

Jhn 8:23 And He said to them, "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

Jhn 18:36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."

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Recommended site to visit:

American Prophet.org

Quote for the day:

Remember That the Lord Himself Is Your Chief Reward

In Genesis 15:1, we find God making this statement to Abram:  "Do not be afraid Abram.  I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."  God was making great promises to Abram in those days about his future, and it would have been possible to be both fearful of the future and prideful about the blessings God was going to bestow.  But God reminds Abram that He, God, is Abram's true reward.  Land and descendants and blessing would be nothing apart from God in his life.

~  Dr. David Jeremiah

Matt Bracken: Democide

In case you missed this very sobering video in my Day of Resistance post, I am sharing it again along with written commentary from Western Rifle Shooters Association blog.

If you care ANYTHING AT ALL about our freedoms here in America, then I urge you to watch the video, read the commentary written by Matt Bracken, and then share on your blog, website, forum, Face Book page etc. so that more people will be educated and informed regarding what is really at stake when ObaMARXIST and his ilk want to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of We The People; RIGHTS that are given to us under God first, and then under the Charters of Freedom that are guaranteed by our United States Constitution!!

~ Christine




Full Text of essay:

Quote:

Spread this latest work by Matt Bracken and friends far and wide, especially the video:

Democide: Socialism, Tyranny, Guns and Freedom

Democide is the elimination of a despised group by a government. It includes genocide, politicide, and other forms of state-sponsored mass murder. The hated minority headed for extermination may be defined by religious, racial, political, class, cultural or other attributes. Between 200 and 260 million people were the victims of democide in the 20th century, several times more than were killed in international wars during that period.

The first widely studied modern democide occurred in Turkey between 1915 and 1923, when the Turkish government decided to eliminate the country’s Christian minority, primarily ethnic Armenians and Greeks who had Turkish roots extending back to before the Islamic conquest. Two million Christians were murdered on forced marches into deserts without water or food. This democide occurred in view of Western reporters, who took photographs and posted contemporary wire reports. The fact that the democide was known outside Turkey did not deter the Turkish leaders.
The Armenian Genocide, as it has become known, was also widely known inside Turkey, where the majority Muslim population either supported or at least passively tolerated the democide. It was impossible to miss the sight of thousands of Christians at a time being rounded up and force-marched through towns and into the burning deserts on one-way trips.

Stalin and Hitler both noticed the lack of world reaction to the democide of Turkish Christians and planned accordingly. In the Soviet Union, Stalin’s henchmen purged millions of “kulaks” (farmers deemed to have too much wealth), intellectuals, businessmen, and anyone who had ever traveled outside the USSR or even had had contact with foreigners.

In Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe, Hitler proceeded with his own “final solution to the Jewish problem.” Where the German national socialists simply eliminated Jews as quickly as possible in mass graves and gas chambers, Stalin’s international socialists deported their “class enemies” to Siberia, where they were put to work in Gulag slave-labor camps, with years of torture through cold, malnutrition and brutal working conditions preceding the release of eventual death.

Stalin also devised another means of democide when he ordered the forced starvation of the Ukrainians, and five million more innocent victims were added to his totals. In Communist China seventy million people were the victims of democide, murdered by overwork in slave-labor camps, by direct execution, and by regional forced starvation. Millions more were victims of democide in Pakistan, Cambodia, Rwanda, North Korea, and many other countries.

Democide, as the name implies, does not happen in the dark of night without any awareness of it in the country where it occurs. The Turks knew the Christians were being mass murdered. Average Germans were fully aware of what was happening to the Jews between 1938 and 1945, and a large majority either actively supported or at least tolerated it. (I strongly recommend reading Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, by Daniel Goldhagen, to fully appreciate the wholehearted German support for the Jewish democide.)

Today, we sometimes hear that the Second Amendment has outlived its usefulness, that it is a relic of our barbaric past and is no longer needed in the modern era. Horrific mass shootings by deranged individuals are cited as the primary reason for Americans to surrender their most effective firearms and rely solely on a state monopoly of force for their protection. This government-dependent attitude is shortsighted, historically ignorant, and extremely dangerous.

In each of the cases cited above, a necessary preliminary step on the road to democide was the confiscation of privately owned firearms. In Turkey, “reasonable” gun control laws enacted in 1911 permitted the democide of two million Turkish Christians a few years later. In Germany, the “commonsense” 1928 gun control laws of the Weimar Republic preceded Hitler’s Holocaust by a decade.

The Weimar politicians did not intend for their gun control laws to lead to the slaughter of millions of people, but it is an historical fact that those gun control laws permitted the Nazis to carry out their Holocaust. How? By making it economically and militarily feasible to round up and mass murder entire towns without any significant resistance.

In fact, the Nazis quickly learned that they needed only a hundred ordinary military policemen to exterminate towns of a thousand Polish Jews in a single day. Contrast that fact with the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. If the Jews had not first been disarmed, using previous gun registration lists as a map for confiscation, the Holocaust would not have been possible.

Likewise in the Soviet Union and in every other case, democide was preceded by “reasonable and commonsense” firearms registration, followed eventually by gun confiscation and then by the extermination of a despised minority population.

During the past two centuries, while America has avoided tyranny, Turkey, Germany, Russia and the other nations mentioned above have spasmodically lurched between monarchs, democratically elected leaders, and often quite popular dictators, allowing them frequent opportunities to commit democide against their unwanted minorities.

The situation is fundamentally different in America, because we have a centuries-old tradition of private firearms ownership guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The Second Amendment does not “grant” us this right; it puts into writing our God-given natural right to effective self-defense, including armed defense against tyranny.

“Pure democracy” has been described as two wolves and a sheep voting on their dinner plans. The two wolves might see this election as an expression of their highest democratic values, but for the outnumbered sheep, pure democracy is highly problematic. On the other hand, a republic has been described as two wolves and a well-armed sheep voting on dinner plans. The well-armed sheep can veto the outcome of the dinner election simply by brandishing its firearm. The sheep has inherent rights as a sovereign individual, including the right to self-defense, a right that cannot be stripped away by a simple majority vote.

So, when a democratically elected American president speaks of “fundamentally transforming” his country, and of his need to act outside the constitutional framework, the population should be on guard. When that leader begins to push for strict new “commonsense and reasonable” gun control laws, including national firearms registration in the name of “public safety,” the citizenry should be on high alert.

Can any glib politician, pundit or ivory tower academic give us an ironclad guarantee that tyranny will never arise in the United States? Not even a popular tyranny, like those of Ataturk, Stalin, Hitler or Mao? Can anyone assure us that today’s “commonsense” gun registration lists will not be used for future gun confiscation? Of course not.

The future may be unknowable, but history is well understood, and American gun owners know and understand the history of democide in the 20th century. That is why they will never accede to what is currently portrayed in the predominantly left-wing mainstream media as “commonsense and reasonable” new gun control laws.

While American gun owners lament and regret the inescapable fact that deranged individuals in a free country may on rare occasions murder a dozen or a score of unarmed victims, they also understand that government democide murders by the million. And in every case, tyrants can conduct these democides only after disarming their unwanted minorities, rendering them helpless to resist murderous government pogroms.

American gun owners will never permit this historical pattern to be repeated in their country, because they understand that the government’s heavy hand will be kept in check only as long as they are armed. Ask yourself: Were the Armenians, the Jews or the kulaks treated better, or worse, after they were disarmed and rendered helpless by their oppressors, who thereafter held an absolute government monopoly on armed violence? The answer is too obvious to require elaboration.

Naive utopians and other “low-information voters” might not understand the historical pattern, and we don’t expect them to bother to learn it. Cynical and dishonest “progressives” who do understand the historical pattern cannot yet reveal their ultimate goal of creating a disarmed and helpless American citizenry. Nevertheless, millions of Americans understand their hidden aim with crystal clarity, seeing through the false sincerity of power-hungry leftist politicians who are actually Marxist wolves dressed in Democrat sheep’s clothing—for now.

But unless and until these secret Stalinists and sundry other “progressives” can figure out a way to disarm Americans, they cannot execute their historically standard final solution to the “reactionaries-standing-in-the-way-of-utopia” problem. And this is a thorny problem for them, because tens of millions of Americans, disbelieving their deceitful bromides, will stick to their guns no matter what.

Unlike the Armenians, Jews, kulaks and other exterminated peoples, Americans who support the Second Amendment will never be disarmed quietly by government edict prior to meekly boarding a train to a socialist “reeducation” camp. They will not be taken at government gunpoint on a one-way forced march into a desert or a Zyklon-B “delousing shower,” simply because they foolishly agreed to be disarmed by their future oppressors in the dubious name of “public safety.”

If American “progressives” truly intend to disarm the American people, they will have to do it the hard way, by taking their bullets first, one at a time. As the 300 Spartans announced to the vastly larger Persian army at Thermopylae, “Molon Labe!”

You want our guns? Then come and take them!

No registration—no confiscation—no extermination!

Freedom now, freedom forever!

Please see the YouTube video of the same title.  /unquote

Hat tip: Western Rifle Shooters Association - Bracken: Democide

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The following is a video sarcastically entitled, "A Tribute to Communism" by the creator. The reason being that there are a lot of pro-communist propaganda videos on Youtube, "celebrating" the tenets of that evil ideology. Prepare yourself for another devastatingly sobering account (as has been masterfully described in the essay above by Matt Bracken) of the real truth about what ObaMAO and his ilk believe. Remember, as CommieBlaster.com informs us on a daily basis, the links between the following ideologies which are held by most in the ObaMARXIST BADministration cannot be ignored!

PROGRESSIVES = SOCIALISTS = COMMUNISTS = LEFT-WING RADICALS = ANTI-CAPITALISTS = UNAMERICAN

Day of Resistance - Saturday, February 23, 2013

Breitbart.com/Big Government: Day of Resistance Coast to Coast Rallies Set To Challenge Obama Agenda

Excerpt:

Conservatives and Tea Partiers plan to reignite the flame of 2010 next Saturday at rallies in cities and towns across America. The event is titled the "Day of Resistance," and head organizer Dustin Stockton told Breitbart News that February 23 was picked as the date for several reasons.

“The first is one which I’ve been getting ruthlessly abused for and that is because the AR-15 caliber is .223,” Stockton said in a phone interview. “It’s also the day that we raised the flag in Iwo Jima and it’s also a Saturday, so people who work regular hours can also attend.”

More than 50,000 Americans have already signed up for 97 rallies in more than 30 states across the country. The rallies will focus on Second Amendment issues and President Barack Obama’s push for gun control, but they will also branch out into all aspects of oppressive big government.

“The main hook is Second Amendment defense and executive actions by Obama,” Stockton said. “At the same time, we feel like the GOP establishment argument on guns is that ‘this is all crazy talk, what you’re hearing doesn’t matter and they’re not going to actually come take your guns away.’”
Stockton claimed the average law-abiding gun owner believes the president is seriously pushing for gun control, among other left-wing policies, and cannot stand the establishment GOP’s unwillingness to fight back. However, guns are not the only issue that has conservatives upset: the gun control fight is a new launching pad for a bigger discussion, similar to how Obamacare sparked the Tea Party movement’s beginnings in 2009.

“We think that gives us an opportunity to talk about how Obamacare is affecting people’s personal privacy and all the other issues the Tea Party movement has to talk about,” Stockton said. “We’ll talk about over-regulation, bailouts, crony capitalism, Benghazi, Fast and Furious."

"Fast and Furious is a big one for me," Stockton explained. "When the top cop in the country is as crooked as Eric Holder, it really cements our argument that ‘yeah, you really need to not be counting on law enforcement for protection. You need to be taking personal responsibility.’”

Those interested in getting involved can either find a rally near them on the Day of Resistance website, or they can (through the end of this week) sign up to create their own event in their own town or city. “You have three options: You can sign up to attend, you can sign up to volunteer, or you can sign up to organize your own rally,” Stockton said.

Stockton has a Political Action Committee, Western Representation PAC, that is spending $25,000 from its cash reserves on the rallies in addition to money they have raised for the events; he said about $9,000 has come in thus far. TheTeaParty.net is sponsoring the events as well.
 

Nice Deb shared:


Via Matt Bracken, someone who connected the dots – (readers of this blog should know what I’m talking about) - created this unsettling video.

This video highlights the relationship between socialism, tyranny, the right to keep and bear arms and American freedom from 1776 until today.

Can any glib politician, pundit or ivory tower academic give us an ironclad guarantee that tyranny will never arise in the United States? Not even a popular tyranny, like those of Ataturk, Stalin, Hitler or Mao? Can anyone assure us that today’s “commonsense” gun registration lists will not be used for future gun confiscation? Of course not.

The future may be unknowable, but history is well understood, and American gun owners know and understand the history of democide in the 20th century. That is why they will never accede to what is currently portrayed in the predominantly left-wing mainstream media as “commonsense and reasonable” new gun control laws.

While American gun owners lament and regret the inescapable fact that deranged individuals in a free country may on rare occasions murder a dozen or a score of unarmed victims, they also understand that government democide murders by the million. And in every case, tyrants can conduct these democides only after disarming their unwanted minorities, rendering them helpless to resist murderous government pogroms.

American gun owners will never permit this historical pattern to be repeated in their country, because they understand that the government’s heavy hand will be kept in check only as long as they are armed. Ask yourself: Were the Armenians, the Jews or the kulaks treated better, or worse, after they were disarmed and rendered helpless by their oppressors, who thereafter held an absolute government monopoly on armed violence? The answer is too obvious to require elaboration.

Naive utopians and other “low-information voters” might not understand the historical pattern, and we don’t expect them to bother to learn it. Cynical and dishonest “progressives” who do understand the historical pattern cannot yet reveal their ultimate goal of creating a disarmed and helpless American citizenry. Nevertheless, millions of Americans understand their hidden aim with crystal clarity, seeing through the false sincerity of power-hungry leftist politicians who are actually Marxist wolves dressed in Democrat sheep’s clothing—for now.

But unless and until these secret Stalinists and sundry other “progressives” can figure out a way to disarm Americans, they cannot execute their historically standard final solution to the “reactionaries-standing-in-the-way-of-utopia” problem. And this is a thorny problem for them, because tens of millions of Americans, disbelieving their deceitful bromides, will stick to their guns no matter what.
 

Hat tips to all links.