Bye Bye Miss American Pie
I kept a wonderful article, but I wonder why. Those of us who know, know. Those of us not paying attention, don't pay attention.
Most of us lead lives of quiet stupidity punctuated by judgment against that which is not part of the hum of meaningless existence. Being able to reject and mock make us feel good. After all, only gods can judge others. We need no longer read Lord of the Flies
In the slaving days, after the British made the trade illegal, the slaves were often pulled by their chains overboard by the first few who were thrown into the ocean. There was a chain reaction, literally, as the crime of trading slaves vanished with the last person to go into the water. I read one story where the British came upon an nearly empty ship with many bowls of farina on a table, still hot. Today, we have slaves who volunteer to jump and I do not want to be attached.
Below is good excerpt, I thought, that may awaken some people, but those who know, know and wonder what to do. Those who don't know, won't even read the excerpt, which, now that I think about it, requires some awareness to even understand. Anyway, most people will just skim the crazy conspiracy talk, having been trained to think that conspiracy means fiction, then check in at the concentration camp.
I usually find a funny or clever photo to capture the eye, but what's the point? Those in the know, will be amused, but don't need it. Those not in the know will add the image to cascade of meaningless data that passes by, as Vonnegut put it, their peep holes onto the world.
Then, you will go pay your school tax, your real estate tax, your federal income tax, your state income tax, your telephone tax, gas tax, tolls, social security premium, and read about how your electricity costs may double as that wonderful solution to no problem "cap and tax" may be enacted. At least, we can feel good about supporting all the illegal aliens who can get here. This year, Clinton lectured the Pakistani: tax everything, we do.
There is a cliff up ahead, to change metaphors. I don't think I can watch anymore. There are a few historical instances of peoples throwing themselves off a cliff to avoid defeat or slavery, or to retain honor , but I can't find an instance where they jumped off because, well, come on, what is the big deal?
It may be time to set up a monastery to keep a library of what is being destroyed by the self-absorbed. those who don't trust other people, and a medieval religion. Or perhaps, find America's progeny and help dignity reawaken there. I wonder where that might be?
He's right, with a whimper.
Most of us lead lives of quiet stupidity punctuated by judgment against that which is not part of the hum of meaningless existence. Being able to reject and mock make us feel good. After all, only gods can judge others. We need no longer read Lord of the Flies
In the slaving days, after the British made the trade illegal, the slaves were often pulled by their chains overboard by the first few who were thrown into the ocean. There was a chain reaction, literally, as the crime of trading slaves vanished with the last person to go into the water. I read one story where the British came upon an nearly empty ship with many bowls of farina on a table, still hot. Today, we have slaves who volunteer to jump and I do not want to be attached.
Below is good excerpt, I thought, that may awaken some people, but those who know, know and wonder what to do. Those who don't know, won't even read the excerpt, which, now that I think about it, requires some awareness to even understand. Anyway, most people will just skim the crazy conspiracy talk, having been trained to think that conspiracy means fiction, then check in at the concentration camp.
I usually find a funny or clever photo to capture the eye, but what's the point? Those in the know, will be amused, but don't need it. Those not in the know will add the image to cascade of meaningless data that passes by, as Vonnegut put it, their peep holes onto the world.
...Cloward and Piven were inspired by radical organizer [and Hillary Clinton mentor] Saul Alinsky:
"Make the enemy live up to their (sic) own book of rules," Alinsky wrote in his 1989 book Rules for Radicals. When pressed to honor every word of every law and statute, every Judeo-Christian moral tenet, and every implicit promise of the liberal social contract, human agencies inevitably fall short. The system's failure to "live up" to its rule book can then be used to discredit it altogether, and to replace the capitalist "rule book" with a socialist one. (CourtesyDiscover the Networks.org)
Newsmax rounds out the picture:
Their strategy to create political, financial, and social chaos that would result in revolution blended Alinsky concepts with their more aggressive efforts at bringing about a change in U.S. government. To achieve their revolutionary change, Cloward and Piven sought to use a cadre of aggressive organizers assisted by friendly news media to force a re-distribution of the nation's wealth.
In their Nation article, Cloward and Piven were specific about the kind of "crisis" they were trying to create:
By crisis, we mean a publicly visible disruption in some institutional sphere. Crisis can occur spontaneously (e.g., riots) or as the intended result of tactics of demonstration and protest which either generate institutional disruption or bring unrecognized disruption to public attention.
No matter where the strategy is implemented, it shares the following features:
The offensive organizes previously unorganized groups eligible for government benefits but not currently receiving all they can.
The offensive seeks to identify new beneficiaries and/or create new benefits.
The overarching aim is always to impose new stresses on target systems, with the ultimate goal of forcing their collapse.
Capitalizing on the racial unrest of the 1960s, Cloward and Piven saw the welfare system as their first target. They enlisted radical black activist George Wiley, who created the National Welfare Reform Organization (NWRO) to implement the strategy. Wiley hired militant foot soldiers to storm welfare offices around the country, violently demanding their "rights." According to a City Journal article by Sol Stern, welfare rolls increased from 4.3 million to 10.8 million by the mid-1970s as a result, and in New York City, where the strategy had been particularly successful, "one person was on the welfare rolls... for every two working in the city's private economy."...No, you may think," this is crazy stuff. Who would be so diabolical?" You may think how good you are for being sensitive to those in need. You may vote for Clinton because she speaks for women or some other nonsense. What is this the Stockholm syndrome?
Then, you will go pay your school tax, your real estate tax, your federal income tax, your state income tax, your telephone tax, gas tax, tolls, social security premium, and read about how your electricity costs may double as that wonderful solution to no problem "cap and tax" may be enacted. At least, we can feel good about supporting all the illegal aliens who can get here. This year, Clinton lectured the Pakistani: tax everything, we do.
There is a cliff up ahead, to change metaphors. I don't think I can watch anymore. There are a few historical instances of peoples throwing themselves off a cliff to avoid defeat or slavery, or to retain honor , but I can't find an instance where they jumped off because, well, come on, what is the big deal?
It may be time to set up a monastery to keep a library of what is being destroyed by the self-absorbed. those who don't trust other people, and a medieval religion. Or perhaps, find America's progeny and help dignity reawaken there. I wonder where that might be?
He's right, with a whimper.
Labels: Barack Obama, Clinton, Cloward and Piven, Saul Alinsky
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