How Did We Get Here?

Have you ever wondered just how in hell did the Republic that was the United States of America descend from being a republic to being a democracy?
You ask, "What is that fool talking about? The United States is and always has been a democracy."

WRONG !!

The United States, at its founding, was a republic. I am sure you all have heard this story: Just after the completion and signing of the Constitution, in reply to a woman's inquiry as to the type of government the Founders had created, Benjamin Franklin said, "A Republic, madam, if you can keep it."

We managed to keep it for about 90 years, depending on how you count. Assaults on our republic began almost immediately after its creation. For the most part, most of them were defeated and our republic survived.

The assault began after the War Between the States (not civil war) with the addition of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments the enemies of our republic turned the tide and began undoing all the work our Founding Fathers and early patriots fought and worked so hard to win for, not themselves, US!!

And we began our trek down the road to democracy.

Until the "progressive" movement came on the scene in the closing years of the 19th Century, the way of life our founders envisioned for us was being built.
Teddy Roosevelt who became known as the "trust buster" was a leader of the progressive movement.

Then, along comes another progressive dream, the income tax.

For the first half of the 20th century the country was governed (ruled) by progressive-marxist-socialist. Just as we have now. Harding, Coolidge and Hoover are the exceptions.

And we traveled farther down the road to democracy.
What is our money really worth?
In the election of 1896, the Free Silver forces supported Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan; Republican candidate William McKinley ran on a platform that included backing paper money with gold. McKinley was supported by businessmen who believed the adoption of the gold standard would stave off inflation and help the country achieve economic prosperity—McKinley won the election. In 1900 he made good on his campaign promise, signing the Gold Standard Act into law.

Gold remained the standard of the U.S. monetary system until early in his presidency, on April 5, 1933, F.D.Roosevelt,democrat, signed Executive Order 6102, which ordered people to turn in their gold to the government at payment of $20.67 per ounce because the U.S. could no longer guarantee the value of the dollar in gold. The executive order enabled the Federal Reserve to expand the nation's money supply without regard to gold reserves.

We have left our republic in the dust and arrived at a democracy. Now to advance to socialism. Don't fear, it's just a short step.

We continued plodding down that road at a steady, but when compared to 2009, slow gait until August 15, 1971.
What happened on August 15, 1971 you ask. President Richard M. Nixon, republican, order his Secretary of the Treasury, John Connolly, democrat to remove all ties of the U.S. dollar to gold.
This was done allegedly to prevent "speculators" causing wild fluctuations in the value of the American Dollar. Which was probably true but misguided. By removing all value of the dollar to gold, Nixon and Connally provided cover for the damage Lyndon B. Johnson (democrat) did to the dollar by attempting to prosecute two wars (Vietnam and Poverty) simultaneously. He lost them both and with the assistance of Nixon, left us at the door of socialism.

Read what a Member of the House of Representatives has to say.

We are not quite there yet, but close.
By aiding and abetting each other a democratically elected democrat congress (elected in 2006) and a compassionate, conservative, democratically elected republican president led us to the brink of economic meltdown.
So, they decide to get together and help.


What does our democracy do next?
Why elect a full blown marxist-socialist-democrat, of course.

One last thing:

Our military training manuals used to contain the correct definitions of Democracy and Republic. The following comes from Training Manual No. 2000-25 published by the War Department, November 30, 1928.

DEMOCRACY:

* A government of the masses.
* Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of "direct" expression.
* Results in mobocracy.
* Attitude toward property is communistic--negating property rights.
* Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether is be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences.
* Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.

REPUBLIC:

* Authority is derived through the election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them.
* Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles and established evidence, with a strict regard to consequences.
* A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass.
* Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or mobocracy.
* Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress.
* Is the "standard form" of government throughout the world.

The manuals containing these definitions were ordered destroyed without explanation about the same time that President Franklin D. Roosevelt made private ownership of our lawful money (US Minted Gold Coins) illegal. Shortly after the people turned in their $20 gold coins, the price was increased from $20 per ounce to $35 per ounce. Almost overnight F.D.R., the most popular president this century (elected 4 times) looted almost half of this nation's wealth, while convincing the people that it was for their own good. Many of F.D.R.'s policies were suggested by his right hand man, Harry Hopkins, who said,

"Tax and Tax, Spend and Spend, Elect and Elect, because the people are too damn dumb to know the difference".

Administration: The Game

The following is from a clipping that my mother placed in a folder along with some other miscellaneous, personal "stuff".

I believe the source of this article to be the Shreveport Journal, the afternoon paper published in Shreveport with a democrat-labor slant. (At that time Shreveport supported two daily papers.) The Shreveport Journal and The Shreveport Times, published by the Ewing family, which was conservative and even in the democratic south, supported republican candidates, when they could be found. Now, The Shreveport Times is known only as The Times and is owned by Gannet Corp. (USA Today), any questions.
I also believe this column was written sometime between October 1962 and November 21, 1963 when Kennedy's popularity was at an all time low and before he became a martyr to the left.
Goldwater had begun preparing to take on Kennedy in the presidential election in 1964.
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"The Rambler....Finds a New Game
by John McKelway

Someone recently slipped the Rambler a game that might be of some interest to members of the present administration.
Presumably, it was given as a Christmas gift and it may be a big hit in some areas of the city. In other areas, however, it is likely it may have been tossed out with the Christmas tree.
Like most games nowadays, it is a version of Monopoly. But it is not without its special twists. It is called " Administration."
The rules of the game, for example, start out with this explanation:
"Unlike other board games, nobody really wins at Administration. During the game each playere gets poorer as, little by little, all money and property pass into the hands of the Administration. Thus the game is much like real life.
The object is to remain "financially solvent" if possible and the winner is the player who is still able to pay of his debts at the end of the game.
As one plops around the board, after a throw of the dice, he is able to pick up certain pieces of property.
These include such holdings as "The Managed News Service", the "Re-run TV Network," the "Featherbedded Railroad", the "Lemon Auto Co.," the "Rusty Steel Co.," and the "Big Brother Power Co."
HOWEVER, THERE ARE other blocks to land on and some of these carry rather snide directions such as:
"Collect $2,000 for information on fellow taxpayer."
Or, "Election time; Administration exacts your contribution. Pay $3,000."
Or, "You are remanded to public psychiatric hearing for remark critical to the administration; lose one turn."
Or, "You get free Medicare but each other player pays tax of $1,500."

Apparently, the game can get quite complicated. Quoting again from the rules: "When a player lands on another player's privately owned property, rent shown on the deed is paid as follows:
1. The landing player pays rent to the property owner.
2. The property owner is taxed half of his rent by the Administration, except that unions are exempt from this tax.
3. If the property has a union, and if the union is owned, the property owner pays half of his remaining rent to the owner of the union."
Still another aspect of the games comes in the collection of cards the player must draw from time to time.
These are broken down into three groups, "Planning, Court Rulings and Favoritism."

The Planning cards include such directions as:
"Share the wealth. Give $5,000 to the player who has the least cash."
"Administration announces a new welfare program. You get something for nothing. A new tax. Pay $5,000".
"By extensive correspondence, you refute Administration claim that you owe $600 in back taxes. Pay $500 postage."
"Administrative planning staff hires malcontent leftist professors recently employed by the university. Pay $2,000 staff salaries."

"COURT RULINGS" cards include these notices:
"You win case but must pay $1,000 to Administration for court record."
"You lose case and are charged $3,000 for contempt of court.

"FAVORITISM" cards run like this:
"Rusty Steel Co. gets order from Communist for 190 million shovels. Administration subsidizes sale. If you own the company, collect $5,000 from the Administration."
"Administration gives you $9,000 for concocting an October crises for the next election."
"Collect $3,000 for not raising cotton."
"As a relative of the chief administrator, you get cheap oil lease from Administration, which you sell back at a profit. Collect $4,000."

According to the message on the box the game comes in, Administration is "simple enough for children" and "delightful for adults." And, Administration is the game "the entire nation is playing."

It is put out by "The Administration Co." of Shreveport, LA." "

A Moderation Rant

Ronald Reagan, "A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers."

Barry Goldwater, "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"

Now, from the dark side, Lyndon Johnson, "Extremism in the pursuit of the Presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue.""

Ever since the 1964 election, the "extremism" charge has been used extremely effectively by leftists and "moderates" against the right.
The term "extremism" has been primarily used to attack certain politicians -- Goldwater, Reagan, DeLay, Paul, Palin and even G.W. Bush -- and what they stand for. Such politicians are widely regarded -- validly or not -- as enemies of statism and defenders of capitalism.
America was founded by men who opposed the violation of individual rights -- men who opposed statism. If "moderation" in politics is the current ideal, then any uncompromising defender of the principles of man's inalienable rights -- the principles of freedom and capitalism -- could be labeled an "extremist."
Why is it used against proponents of smaller governments but not against proponents of bigger governments? Why Goldwater, Palin or Paul, but not Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid?
"Moderation" in politics implies inconsistent, middle-of-the-road and compromising, it promotes a lack of principles and integrity in politics.
You, who are "moderates" cherish the status quo. You are desperate to preserve the present political system -- a chaotic battleground of countless pressure groups fighting for more government favors and handouts at the expense of individual rights. The attacks on "extremism" serve to advance statism.
Conservatives should resolve to bury the "extremism" smear once and for all. They should do so by making a ringing declaration: a "moderate" defense of our form of government is an extreme vice -- a consistent and principled defense of our constitution and heritage is an extreme virtue.

Kennedy and Limbaugh

Three cheers for Rush. He has the guts, intestinal fortitude for those whose feminine sensibilities may be upset by the manly term.
That is only one of the manly attributes Edward M. "little teddy" Kennedy was lacking on the fateful night of July 18, 1969. Had little teddy's surname been anything but Kennedy, he would have been jailed for leaving the scene of an accident/homicide. The punishment would have been more than a "go and sin no more", not even slap on the wrist from the constabulary of Hyannis Port, MA. After all, this is the man who would be King.
I will not mourn the loss of the remnant of the rum running Kennedy family which continues to pollute this planet with the family bilge.
As far as I am concerned, the sooner Edward M. "little teddy" Kennedy draws his last breath, the sooner we can all draw a sigh of relief.
The "lie 'n'" of the senate is more a coward, adulterer, and a drunk than a person to be honored. He is certainly not a creature to be idolized or admired.
This is only speculation for I am mad, as any fool can see.

How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Robert Gibbs

Whew, who will Obama's press secretary attack today?
Since taking office Gibbs has succeeded in attacking Rush Limbaugh, no surprise there, Rick Santelli of CNBC and Jim Cramer of CNBC. The latter is akin to a dog biting the hand that feed him.
This has been the most all out assault on the people of the press since Jimmy Carter.
This is the most marxist-socialist administration since "Landslide" Lyndon Baines Johnson. Who, by the way is the political god-son of Eleanor Roosevelt.
"Landslide" has the distinction of being the only president, at this point in time, to lose two wars simultaneously, Vietnam and Poverty. Obama is trying to outdo "Landslide" by losing the war on terror and destroy our economy and capitalist economic system

Bend Over and Grab Your Ankles

Our old buddette, San Antonio's Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, the Democratic caucus leader, is at it again.
This time the liberal darling of San Antonio is sponsoring a bill, now moving through the legislature, that sounds more like New York, Massachusetts and California than Texas. It is a bill designed only to make the "greenies" feel good about themselves and to gather revenue for the state through monetary penalties (fines) rather than by direct taxation. The fines can be upto $25,000.
Remember, businesses do not pay fines and/or taxes, YOU DO.
This "do gooder" bill has many unintended consequences. The enterprises most likely to be affected by this ill-conceived legislation are grocery stores and mass merchandisers, Wal-Mart, Target, and the like. In short the places you spend the bulk your disposable income.

The Great Imposter or Catch Me if You Can

In the early 1960's a movie was released called The Great Imposter.It was based on a true story of a bright young man who didn't the patience for the normal way of advancement. He found that people rarely question you if your papers are in order.
For readers who cannot recall, with clarity, the 1960's there was another film base on what is basically the same plot called Catch Me if You Can.
In The Great Imposter financial reward was not a motive. The fellow did it just to prove it could be done. Whereas, in Catch Me if You Can the protagonist motive and reward was monetary. (And to prove he could do it.)
The reason I am providing this background is, at this time we have one the greatest imposters, if not the greatest imposter in the history of our country residing in the White House.
It appears that his experience of being a "community organizer" did little to qualify the bamster to even be a let's pretend president.
This just in: "Puff" Daschel has withdrawn his name for HHS.
I am sincerely happy to see the bamster faced with all these staffing problems. If his name were Richard Nixon, he would already be gone. It is satisfying to see the dems feed on their own.

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, hangs out with other ducks.......
The bamster in no way has the credentials to be president. And the MSM said Sarah Palin was unqualified.

The Most Transparent and Ethical Administration, EVER

In barely two weeks after his immaculation, the bamster is finding staffing his court a more than difficult task than he ever considered. His Secretary of the Treasury (IRS, etc) failed to pay his taxes for several years and failed to pay taxes on an illegal immigrant under his employ.
Now he is "sorry". Yeah, sorry he got caught. What an arrogant SOB but, he is so damn smart.
Ron Paul gets it.
Then, a former United States Senator, who is the bamster's designate to oversee health and social programs for the indigent, has been found to have tax and other issues which should disqualify him for government service. Tom Daschle is the honest and open guy the bamster has chosen to introduce nationalized "health" care.
I remember during the campaign people were saying, "He's won't be so bad". They were right, he will be worse.

Just how Freaking Stupid is the EPA ?

I initially herd (you will understand later) about an EPA ruling that animal flatulence, that is farting to you folks in Northwest Louisiana and Northeast Texas, is a major pollutant and therefore subject to a greenhouse gas emissions tax. EPA's Air Pollution Target.

EPA officials deny that a farting tax on animals is in the works. John Millett, a spokesman for EPA's air and radiation division said, "EPA is not proposing any type of tax on livestock..." Riiiight, your government would never lie to you or attempt to cover you with fertilizer straight from the bull.

Would it?

The American Farm Bureau Federation said, based on federal agriculture department figures, it would require farms or ranches with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50 per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog.
Farmers from across the country have expressed outrage over the EPA report, both on Internet sites and in opinions sent to EPA during a public comment period that ended last week. Many call it a "cow tax" and say the EPA proposed it.

"It's something that really has a very big potential adverse impact for the livestock industry," said Rick Krause, the senior director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation.
The fee would cover the cost of a permit for the livestock operations. While farmers say it would drive them out of business, an organization supporting the proposal hopes it forces the farms and ranches to switch to healthier crops.

"It makes perfect sense if you are looking for ways to cut down on meat consumption and recoup environmental losses," said Bruce Friedrich, a spokesman in Washington for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"We certainly support making factory farms pay their fair share," he said.

The Insanity of it all

In late September 2008, The Idiot, Secretary of the Treasury Henry (Hank) Paulson, Jr., appeared hat in hand before congress to beg for a $700,000,000,000 taxpayer bail out for his Wall Street and Financial sector buddys. He warned that financial ruin was imminent if the bail-out was not rammed through immediately !!! The miracle pill failed once in the House, so the Senate took it, added another $150,000,000,000 in porcine embellishments, and it passed !! Thanks primarily to republican turncoats. The lying democrats, pardon the redundancy, were allowed by their Speakerette of the House to vote "nay" without future punishment.
Yesterday, the idiot, spoke again and like Oliver asking for MORE.
For crying out loud for the amounts they are talking about (Breaking news: Now the democrats are wanting to spend $500,000,000,000 to $700,000,000,000 MORE!!) they could write checks for every man, woman, and child in the United States for almost $4,000,000,000 EACH!!

The shame of it is: WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION AND SENT MOST OF THE BASTARDS BACK !!

Even worse, we replaced some "good" republicans with democrat S.O.B.'s !!

PILING ON PALIN

It seems as if the old line, "mainstream", northeast establishment, country club republicans do not have "stones" enough to admit their culpability for their part in handing the reins of our government over to a person with terrorist ties. So, they compensate for their lack of "nads" by jumping on the girl.
This situation has left me with no other choice but to go rogue.
Truth be known, I started going rogue when I cast my vote in the November 4th election. (I voted early.)
I voted for Chuck Baldwin for president, although I had to write him in. Being in Texas, my vote had no impact on the outcome of the election debacle.
I voted for the Libertarian candidate for senator. Cornyn lost me when he voted for the bail out disaster. His staff reassured me that he would oppose the measure.
Kay Bailey Hutchison lost any future vote she may have received from me for the same reason.
Only Congressman Hall was honorable to keep his promise to his constituents. And I did vote for him. Sadly, he is not 40 years younger.
I would not vote for Rick Perry for P.L.O*., he is one of those opportunistic democrat changeovers from the Reagan-Bush I era.

PALIN in 2012

ATTACK !, ATTACK !!, ATTACK !!!

FREEDOM DAY—01/21/2013

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Cycle of Democracy

The following is a famous quote questionably attributed to a great Scot: Alexander Fraser Tyler (1770)a.k.a. Lord Woodhouselee, Scottish professor of history at Edinburgh University

Apt for the times we are living in and possibly more important the times we are heading towards.

Life Cycle Of A Democracy

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average of the world's great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage"

Change is not always progress.

Karl Marx's "10 Planks" to seize power and destroy freedom:

1. Abolition of Property in Land and Application of all Rents of Land to Public Purpose.

2. A Heavy Progressive or Graduated Income Tax.

3. Abolition of All Rights of Inheritance.

4. Confiscation of the Property of All Emigrants and Rebels.

5. Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an Exclusive Monopoly.

6. Centralization of the Means of Communication and Transport in the Hands of the State.

7. Extension of Factories and Instruments of Production Owned by the State, the Bringing Into Cultivation of Waste Lands, and the Improvement of the Soil Generally in Accordance with a Common Plan.

8. Equal Liability of All to Labor. Establishment of Industrial Armies, Especially for Agriculture.

9. Combination of Agriculture with Manufacturing Industries; Gradual Abolition of the Distinction Between Town and Country by a More Equable Distribution of the Population over the Country.

10. Free Education for All Children in Public Schools. Abolition of Children's Factory Labor in it's Present Form. Combination of Education with Industrial Production.

We are almost there, to complete the transition----

Vote Obama