Post by Rob W. Case on Feb 22, 2011 3:21:44 GMT -6
I am very reluctant to believe most things that I read from today’s American media outlets. Most of the media in this country acts as an activist “propaganda wing” to protect and defend the Obama administration’s communist agenda. It is a bold and radical statement to make, I know, but a true one at that. One of the most bold, recent cases was when the Communist Party USA organized and drove “protesters” out to Washington D.C. to organize a “protest” charged to protect and defend the Obama agenda in time for the 2010 mid-term elections. Some of the most actively charged Communist affiliated activist groups (note that, activist groups) were out in Washington in support of the Obama and Democrat agenda, and urging activists and fellow communists to get involved in “solidarity.” Then, the activist media came along (as they are usually called to do) and gave those activist groups a “mainstream” makeover before releasing their stories to the public.
From the CPUSA website, from October 1st 2010.
The most crucial midterm elections in our nation's history are barely a month away. What's at stake? The future of the changes our country voted for in 2008 with the election of President Obama.
Remember, this is from a radical Communist website. Continuing on from the Communist website….
...Millions are coming forward to counter fear and hate with unity and hope, and to protect the democratic majorities in Congress. The Communist Party USA and Young Communist League stand with them. While thousands are rallying in Washington for jobs, hundreds of thousands of other patriotic Americans who can't make it will be there in spirit. They will spend their day canvassing door to door, phone banking, registering new voters and talking to their neighbors and co-workers about the issues. This activism will ensure millions will also march united to the polls on Nov. 2. to guard the change they voted for in 2008.
Again, a radical communist website. But it wasn’t just the website’s efforts to clamor in support of the Obama agenda. It was the well funded Communist affiliated political coalitions that actually came to Washington to stage a performance. Some of these coalitions were as follows.
*Green For All (Van Jones' organization)
*National Council of La Raza (Communist leading group working to get millions upon millions of illegal aliens amnesty.)
*AFL-CIO (the real target behind the “police, firefighters, “infrastructure,” and other groups that the President so often cites in his rhetorical speeches.)
*SEIU (An ultra-Communist union that was very active in getting the so-called “health care bill” passed. Of course, they were designed to collect from the passage of the bill, but were exempt from having their members be subjected to the provisions that everyone else would have to be.)
*George Soros' Campus Progress
*International Socialist Organization
*The National Education Association
*The American Federation of Teachers
*The Gray Panthers
….among other radical organizations hell-bent on thoroughly destroying this country, and rebuilding it to make it work for the profit of said organizations and then some. And yet, the activist media gave them a “make-over” (as to be expected), and dressed them up as something that they are not.
The AP described the organizations as, “a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups,” and also cited that, “the message is about job creation, quality education and justice.” And the photo used with this story was priceless. The photograph featured two people who gave what is commonly referred to as the “peace sign” with the Washington monument serving as the backdrop to the picture used. All it needed was the song “stars and stripes forever” playing in the background as the “cherry on top.”
Why do I mention all of this? I mention it for this reason. This protest in Wisconsin is of the same ilk that the Washington protest from the fall of 2010 was made from. This is an organized effort driven by the same organizations as a means to propagate a message that is not only disingenuous, but is also an effort to continue to secure funding from the individual, the struggling taxpayers, to them and their political action committees that have already started accumulating the funding for Obama and the Democrats 2012 campaigns.
The Challenge:
When you simply follow the money and follow the habits and interests of these organizations, while having at least some degree of knowledge about how the government works, this sort of stuff sticks out like a sore thumb. And as we live in a media driven culture, we are inundated with impressions generated and marketed by professional image creators. So it is a challenge to try and cut through the manufactured imagery and get to the actual substantiated center of the matter.
What is Real:
The epic struggle behind these rallies is one that is very important. We are now racked with so much debt I don’t know how we are able to function, and with a severely shrunken economy (and jobs that are permanently gone as a result), there is not nearly enough revenue being created to sustain the overwhelming economic weight. Every business, every individual who works for that business is struggling simply to make ends meet the way things currently stand. Because this is happening, it is no wonder why more businesses are going out of business. After all, the economy requires that people spend money and if people are not spending money (perhaps because they are unable to produce it), and the government is spending trillions of dollars that hasn’t been made yet, and/or is very slow at being made, then how is it ever going to catch up? It isn’t. It can’t. It’s impossible. And so what are these people protesting against? Well, point blank, they want the government to force more money out of the taxpayer. While we make sacrifices every day to simply survive, feed our children, and pay our bills, their demands for more only intensify our struggles, and necessarily add more to our current economic pressures. Some of these people griping about paying their own pensions make $89,000 a year. Their base salary is about $55,000 a year and benefits and pension worth another $34,000.
The Irony of it all:
I have heard day in and day out for years and years and years repeated from the Democrat Party how the Republican Party has all of these corporate special interests and how inhumane, draconian, and un-sacrificial they are. The image propagated is that Republicans are out for themselves and their interests, and screw everybody else. This false and simplistic accusation has been repeated over and over for decades. Yet, what is evident? Most of the Democrats special interest groups are thoroughly incorporated into the fabric of taxpayer funded services and programs. The money for these interests is thus accumulated at the expense of the taxpayer. Republican special interests aren’t. Republican special interests are invested predominantly within the private production sector. Democrat special interests come from organizations and bureaus tacked on to the private production sector, apart from the funding they receive from large corporations who receive massive tax breaks and loopholes in exchange for their cooperation and participation in some of the Government’s programs. What really bothers me is that, for example, in the state of Illinois, and at the Federal level, not only do the Democrats know that we cannot sustain holding the full economic weight of funding their political interests, but they are willing to go well beyond their provided means to satisfy the moment, and in a way, buy their supporters motivation in hopes to win another political term. And still, all of the government’s revenue comes from us, so if our representatives borrow from other sources, and those creditors raise their interest rates, or want a large portion of their money now, then prices, taxes, and so forth, by necessity, have to go up to pay not only the debt, but the interest rate which makes paying the debt a lot more difficult.
Looking to 2012 and 2014:
What really ignites fear in the Democrats nationally regarding this issue in Wisconsin is that it will create a bold state by state compare/contrast dynamic. What that means is that if states that are governed by Conservatism have bettered their economic situations by 2012 and beyond, and if those governed by liberalism (like Illinois) continue to grow worse in their financial state, then a difference will be reflected vividly and openly as a result. While liberal states like Illinois, California, New York, Massachusetts, and so forth will continue to consume themselves, and if states that have elected Conservative governors stay true to Conservative policies, and draw the respective lines that it is designed to draw against massive expansion and endless debt, then those Governors will reap improvement for their states and become living and breathing examples that will draw in favor for the Conservative cause in the near future. But liberals don't want that. They want the next election to be like 2008, in the sense that it become a popularity contest between two candidates who aren't all that different.
At any rate, It is a fascinating development that is worthy of attention.
From the CPUSA website, from October 1st 2010.
The most crucial midterm elections in our nation's history are barely a month away. What's at stake? The future of the changes our country voted for in 2008 with the election of President Obama.
Remember, this is from a radical Communist website. Continuing on from the Communist website….
...Millions are coming forward to counter fear and hate with unity and hope, and to protect the democratic majorities in Congress. The Communist Party USA and Young Communist League stand with them. While thousands are rallying in Washington for jobs, hundreds of thousands of other patriotic Americans who can't make it will be there in spirit. They will spend their day canvassing door to door, phone banking, registering new voters and talking to their neighbors and co-workers about the issues. This activism will ensure millions will also march united to the polls on Nov. 2. to guard the change they voted for in 2008.
Again, a radical communist website. But it wasn’t just the website’s efforts to clamor in support of the Obama agenda. It was the well funded Communist affiliated political coalitions that actually came to Washington to stage a performance. Some of these coalitions were as follows.
*Green For All (Van Jones' organization)
*National Council of La Raza (Communist leading group working to get millions upon millions of illegal aliens amnesty.)
*AFL-CIO (the real target behind the “police, firefighters, “infrastructure,” and other groups that the President so often cites in his rhetorical speeches.)
*SEIU (An ultra-Communist union that was very active in getting the so-called “health care bill” passed. Of course, they were designed to collect from the passage of the bill, but were exempt from having their members be subjected to the provisions that everyone else would have to be.)
*George Soros' Campus Progress
*International Socialist Organization
*The National Education Association
*The American Federation of Teachers
*The Gray Panthers
….among other radical organizations hell-bent on thoroughly destroying this country, and rebuilding it to make it work for the profit of said organizations and then some. And yet, the activist media gave them a “make-over” (as to be expected), and dressed them up as something that they are not.
The AP described the organizations as, “a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups,” and also cited that, “the message is about job creation, quality education and justice.” And the photo used with this story was priceless. The photograph featured two people who gave what is commonly referred to as the “peace sign” with the Washington monument serving as the backdrop to the picture used. All it needed was the song “stars and stripes forever” playing in the background as the “cherry on top.”
Why do I mention all of this? I mention it for this reason. This protest in Wisconsin is of the same ilk that the Washington protest from the fall of 2010 was made from. This is an organized effort driven by the same organizations as a means to propagate a message that is not only disingenuous, but is also an effort to continue to secure funding from the individual, the struggling taxpayers, to them and their political action committees that have already started accumulating the funding for Obama and the Democrats 2012 campaigns.
The Challenge:
When you simply follow the money and follow the habits and interests of these organizations, while having at least some degree of knowledge about how the government works, this sort of stuff sticks out like a sore thumb. And as we live in a media driven culture, we are inundated with impressions generated and marketed by professional image creators. So it is a challenge to try and cut through the manufactured imagery and get to the actual substantiated center of the matter.
What is Real:
The epic struggle behind these rallies is one that is very important. We are now racked with so much debt I don’t know how we are able to function, and with a severely shrunken economy (and jobs that are permanently gone as a result), there is not nearly enough revenue being created to sustain the overwhelming economic weight. Every business, every individual who works for that business is struggling simply to make ends meet the way things currently stand. Because this is happening, it is no wonder why more businesses are going out of business. After all, the economy requires that people spend money and if people are not spending money (perhaps because they are unable to produce it), and the government is spending trillions of dollars that hasn’t been made yet, and/or is very slow at being made, then how is it ever going to catch up? It isn’t. It can’t. It’s impossible. And so what are these people protesting against? Well, point blank, they want the government to force more money out of the taxpayer. While we make sacrifices every day to simply survive, feed our children, and pay our bills, their demands for more only intensify our struggles, and necessarily add more to our current economic pressures. Some of these people griping about paying their own pensions make $89,000 a year. Their base salary is about $55,000 a year and benefits and pension worth another $34,000.
The Irony of it all:
I have heard day in and day out for years and years and years repeated from the Democrat Party how the Republican Party has all of these corporate special interests and how inhumane, draconian, and un-sacrificial they are. The image propagated is that Republicans are out for themselves and their interests, and screw everybody else. This false and simplistic accusation has been repeated over and over for decades. Yet, what is evident? Most of the Democrats special interest groups are thoroughly incorporated into the fabric of taxpayer funded services and programs. The money for these interests is thus accumulated at the expense of the taxpayer. Republican special interests aren’t. Republican special interests are invested predominantly within the private production sector. Democrat special interests come from organizations and bureaus tacked on to the private production sector, apart from the funding they receive from large corporations who receive massive tax breaks and loopholes in exchange for their cooperation and participation in some of the Government’s programs. What really bothers me is that, for example, in the state of Illinois, and at the Federal level, not only do the Democrats know that we cannot sustain holding the full economic weight of funding their political interests, but they are willing to go well beyond their provided means to satisfy the moment, and in a way, buy their supporters motivation in hopes to win another political term. And still, all of the government’s revenue comes from us, so if our representatives borrow from other sources, and those creditors raise their interest rates, or want a large portion of their money now, then prices, taxes, and so forth, by necessity, have to go up to pay not only the debt, but the interest rate which makes paying the debt a lot more difficult.
Looking to 2012 and 2014:
What really ignites fear in the Democrats nationally regarding this issue in Wisconsin is that it will create a bold state by state compare/contrast dynamic. What that means is that if states that are governed by Conservatism have bettered their economic situations by 2012 and beyond, and if those governed by liberalism (like Illinois) continue to grow worse in their financial state, then a difference will be reflected vividly and openly as a result. While liberal states like Illinois, California, New York, Massachusetts, and so forth will continue to consume themselves, and if states that have elected Conservative governors stay true to Conservative policies, and draw the respective lines that it is designed to draw against massive expansion and endless debt, then those Governors will reap improvement for their states and become living and breathing examples that will draw in favor for the Conservative cause in the near future. But liberals don't want that. They want the next election to be like 2008, in the sense that it become a popularity contest between two candidates who aren't all that different.
At any rate, It is a fascinating development that is worthy of attention.
