Thursday, April 16, 2009

Something of Historic Proportions is Happening

by Pam Geller
(this might well be a long read, but after my day in at the Tea Party yesterday - I felt it was VERY appropriate. Read on, and remember - in the midst of everything that is coming down around us, do you realize what the news chooses to focus on instead? A lady from California in serious need of mental help who is applying for the copyright to a nickname "OCTOMOM")
I am a student of history. Professionally. I have written 15 books in six languages, and have studied it all my life. I think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is just a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes, these exist but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus.

Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it.

Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about 10 - 15 years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.

We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make massive loans to people whom we know can never pay back? Why? We learn just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the $700B we all argued about so strenuously just this past September.

Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it? I thought this was a government of "We the People," who lent our powers to our elected leaders. Apparently not.

We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy. Why? We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, and school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?

We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (now violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it wants marriage to remain between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?. We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then allow Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose?

Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, and Social Security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college and know precisely what I am talking about.) The list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth. It is potentially 1929 x 10. And we are at war with an enemy we cannot name for fear of offending people of the same religion who cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.

And now we have elected a man no one knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla, Alaska. All of his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary. (Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe is more important.)

Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: Change. Why?

I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now. This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.

And that is only the beginning.

I thought I would never experience what the ordinary, moral German felt in the mid-1930's. In those times, the savior was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they did know was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory and promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his "brown shirts" would bully them into submission.

And then he was duly elected to office, with a full-throttled economic crisis at hand [the Great Depression]. Slowly but surely he seized the controls of government power, department by department, person by person, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The kids joined a Youth Movement in his name, where they were taught what to think.How did he get the people on his side?

He did it promising jobs to the jobless, money to the moneyless, and goodies for the military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe, and across the world.He did it with a compliant media. Did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and change. And the people surely got what they voted for (Look it up if you think I am exaggerating) Read your history books. Many people objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and made fun of. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930's while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though .

Don't forget that Germany was the most educated, cultured country in Europe. It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And in less than six years - a shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency - it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors. All with the best of intentions, of course. The road to Hell is paved with them.

As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope I am wrong, close my eyes, have another latte and ignore what is transpiring around me.

Some people scoff at me; others laugh or think I am foolish, naive, or both. Perhaps I am. But I have never been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what I believe, and why I believe it. I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb."
- Benjamin Franklin

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. After all, that's what this country is about, isn't it? Freedom? But I am deleting your blog from my bookmarks. I don't want to read your rederick on a blog that I thought was about decorating, prim, and family. You will stir up more bias and hatred and this country does not need that. You need to pray and keep yourself and your hard-heart in mind.

Cookie said...

I will leave your comment up because (as I mentioned in my earlier post showing pictures of the Tea Party) you are entitled to your own opinion.
You say this is about "decorating prim and family" - does that not include my feelings?

I beg to differ, but if you feel led to no longer stop by, that is certainly your perogative.

Tina said...

Well, I must say that the truth of history cannot be denied and it seems we, as a country, are doomed to repeat our mistakes. In this instance, it seems we are doomed to repeat other country's mistakes.

I find it interesting this love affair many have with this man who is now the president of the US and how all accountability and common sense has gone by the way side in the star struck eyes and brains of many of the people who voted for him.

The founding Fathers are rolling in their graves.

We must have a foundation or we ramble around aimlessly and blind.

The Heritage Foundation website and also reading Mark Levine's new book are good places to begin getting back to the foundation of our country's values and beliefs. I'm going out to get it today. We need to review what makes this country great and what "real" freedom is.

That's my opinion based on the truth of history and rooted in God which is what the Founding Fathers roots were.

God Bless America!!

Oh, and by the way, Thanks for posting this and for being real. I think it's funny that people often consider your right of free speech, if it is in contrast with yours, as "retoric"
And yes! it's important to be real and not fragmented. I appreciate people who's views penetrate every area of their life and they don't compartmentalize it as Oh, I'm talking about art so my core values don't enter in. That is what we call authenticity.
Thanks for posting this and now I'm off my soap box.
Wow, sorry this was so long!
Blessings and thanks,
T

Cookie said...

Such Wise Words, Tina - thank you for sharing your insight.

I welcome anyone to comment here, be it pro or con... however I did set my preferences to avoid any more "anonymous" comments from folks who seem to love posting their opinions but have no face or name to stand behind their words.

thanks so much!

ohiofarmgirl said...

Keep talking...it only takes a spark to light a fire and I believe we are going to need one if we are to see the kind of change that we need for real freedom.
We are in the midst of scary times and as you point out just read what actually happened in history and you will see we are headed down a dark path.
God Bless America Dianntha
Please keep sharing

Briar Rabbit Primitives said...

Hmmm...Just stopping by to see what was up on your bolg, buddy. No comment on this from me, as I am on the "Other Side of the Fence"... ;) Everyone is entitled to their own opionions & thoughts & though we certainly differ on politics...You are my friend til the bitter end! Have a Grrrrreat Day Buddy! Hugs, Starla

kat449 said...

"Rhetoric"?????
Hatred???
Biased???
Family???

Whew......I come to you not just as a friend, or sister in Christ, but as a "Mother" of a son who was a U.S. Soldier & fought for our freedom...our personal safety and freedom of speech, the freedom of choices about where we choose to spend our time, our Countries money, and can express our beliefs.
One of the things I embrace about "most" of the amazing women who do blog, is that no matter what the topic, or subject is...its always addressed with respect for eachother. Whether we agree or agree to disagree, Ive never felt such sadness as I do right now seeing someone blatantly and ignorantly trying to insight what she claimed you were...which was to insite anger...But even this anonymous author has the same right to freedom on where she chooses to spend her time...I thank God and our US Soldiers for the gift of safety as we voice whats important to us. Albeit decorating, making our homes comfortable and "prim happy" for our families, or discussing matters with respect.
and dont worry Cook, youre covered in prayer...and adore your heart....its all thats good.
Respectfully done with my R.H.E.T.O.R.I.C ((((Kat)))) "Scaredy Kats' Olde Crow"

prairiegirl said...

Amen!!!