Posted by Tina
The content in this article, which is the first in a series from FrontPage Magazine) cannot be easily summarized. It has a nauseating effect. In fact, I think we all have a duty as Americans to read such material in full so we can begin to grasp the severity of what is being done to America in the name of “fundamental transformation.”
In the article Robert Spencer lays out startling information that indicates a “…record of perfidy, malfeasance and crimes against the American people.”:
It doesn’t get any more explosive than this: a high-ranking former Obama administration official charging that the administration made a conscious decision to support al-Qaeda – so where is the mainstream media?
Brad Hoff reported in Foreign Policy Journal last Friday that “in Al Jazeera’s latest Head to Head episode, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Michael Flynn confirms to Mehdi Hasan that not only had he studied the DIA memo predicting the West’s backing of an Islamic State in Syria when it came across his desk in 2012, but even asserts that the White House’s sponsoring of radical jihadists (that would emerge as ISIL and Nusra) against the Syrian regime was ‘a willful decision.'”
These are dark days in our history and at least half the country is unaware of the dangers that surround us. Others scoff and turn a blind eye. I don’t know how to prepare for what might be ahead of us. Nuclear or chemical attacks are a strong possibility in the near future. On the economic front there;s been talk of everything fro severe inflation to deflation…neither of which would be easy to endure.
We can only do our best to stay informed…and we can pray…and we can reject the Democrats with passion in the next election!
This is another tip of the iceberg kind of thing, makes me wonder what revelations we’ll find about Obama in 20-50-100 years from now? Eventually all secret plans are exposed. As the article points out…for many of us (liberals), we may be the unknowing victims of a diabolical plan by a man who does not have our best interest at hand (understatement).
Front Page magazine is an excellent resource. A creation of the wise and brilliant intellectual giant David Horowitz. I visit it every day.
David Horowitz’s personal journey from communism to conservatism is compelling. I highly recommend intelligent folks read “Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey” — http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Son-Generational-David-Horowitz/dp/0684840057/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1439606120&sr=8-9&keywords=david+horowitz
Progressives, being the intellectually bankrupt cowards and fools that they are will ignore it. I suggest they watch this video instead (a medium more suited to the mental capacity of progressives). — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCis1U1nFR0
This is also a Horowitz creation. I rely on it for helping me to understand the intertwined left in this country (you know, the people Chris and Dewey take their marching orders from — http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/
By the way, I read this on Front Page this morning. It is an eye-opener on progressive racism —
Salon: Mouthpiece of the Racist Left
One of America’s ugliest opinion forums.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259789/salon-mouthpiece-racist-left-matthew-vadum
Pie they articulate the truth so very well at FP. The radical left is not only nuts but also dangerous.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Betrayal or threat to the solvency of the US dollar on the world market. Is our dollar about to turn into wallpaper?
U.S. Officials Invoke Threat to Dollar in Pitching Iran DealL
“Obama, Kerry warn that rejecting nuclear deal would lead to financial complications
WASHINGTON—U.S. officials rarely muse publicly about threats to the dollar’s elite global status. But the Obama administration is invoking that concern in a novel way in urging Congress not to block its nuclear agreement with Iran.
In recent days, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry warned that walking away from the deal between Iran and six world powers and reimposing sanctions would create financial complications that would diminish the dollar’s status as an international reserve currency.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-officials-invoke-threat-to-dollar-in-pitching-iran-deal-1439477139?mod=trending_now_9
Re #5 Peggy : I wish I could afford a sub to the WSJ and read that article. I used to buy a WSJ issue from time to time when they were available in or outside of Barnes and Noble. I would park myself beneath a nice shady tree in Bidwell park (I love that name “Bidwell” and John and Annie lived up to that name), and read it from front page to the last scrap.
If I could afford it, I would first subscribe to IBD, which 30 years ago I did subscribe when it was affordable.
When I did subscribe to IBD, I remember a progressive idiot I knew then who exclaimed to me, “Playing the stock market is just a form of legal gambling!” To which I responded, “You regularly gamble in South Lake Tahoe and you chastise me?”
That shut the progressive commie jerk’s yap in a millisecond.
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Pie, as Tina pointed out the US is under attack from every angle. With a strong military and the support of foreign allied countries we can make the world a somewhat safer place.
But, how do we stop the financial transformation that will render our money useless? With Iran and Russia cutting deals between the two countries without the exchange of oil with US dollars and the value of the Chinese and Japanese currency dropping the US dollar is being set up for hyperinflation.
Our children will live in a third-world country if/when our currency has no value.
Peggy after six years of the fundamental transformer, Obama, and many more years before that of progressive ideas it’s not easy to see what could be done. But we do have a chance to reverse things IF we can gain a majority of economically smart people in Congress.
Some of the fixes (But not all) would include: 1. Reform and simlify tax laws and lower tax rates, 2. Open up oil and gas, 3. Rid ourselves of Dodd/Frank…it’s killing community banks, creating monopolies in banking, and making it difficult for smaller business to get loans, 4. Get the feds out of the student loan business and give education monies back to the states…encourage colleges and universities to lower costs through incentives in the law, 5. Trash Obamacare and it’s thousands of pages of regulations and replace it with sensible laws that fix the problems we had before it was passed, 6. create policy that invites investment and savings, 7. Make sure our military is once again formidable…and more.
I worry about the state of our economy but I also still have faith in the American people. We are like a giant that’s been drugged and has fallen into deep sleep. Once awakened with policies that empower people rather than government, that create opportunity rather than dependency, that create energy policy to meet our energy needs, and by making college and trade schools affordable and more accessible, the people will make America a leader for freedom and positive growth once again. Make America a force to reckon with once again and the other powers will back off…they will have to.
I agree with everything on your list plus these. 1. Take away unions from all gov’t workers, from city to federal. The taxpayers loose when salaries are negotiated between elected officials and gov’t workers who help get them elected. 2. Every gov’t employee will be on the merit system with no more tenure or job security. 3. Make school vouchers available to every student at the local level. Low income students should have the same educational opportunities as the affluent. They should not be used as pawns to pay educator’s salaries. 4. Eliminate or greatly cut back the EPA. They are out of control. And on and on.
I too have faith in the American people. I just don’t have any for the generation after us, the Millennials. They were the ones educated by the 60’s radicals and told socialism and a free ride is better than capitalism and hard work ethics where you get to reap your own rewards.
The generation I have hope for and faith in is our grandkid’s. Reading a book called “The Fourth Turning.” Kids will rebel against their parent’s way of life and will actually take on similar values and characteristics of their grandparents. Just look at the change taking with the pro-life movement. Those are young people who did those videos.
Here’s a write up on the book. I’ve been reading it off and on this summer.
“The Fourth Turning, by Neil Howe and William Strauss, is a fantastic book that explores US history, drawing definite cyclical patterns that date all the way back to the War of the Roses. Here’s the crux of it.
A human life lasts roughly 80 years. Even though humans are living longer on average today, a full life has always been about 80 years…averages were skewed downwards in earlier times, because there were more premature deaths, but a “full life” has always been about 80 years.
At any given time, you’ve got about 4 generations of people inhabiting the US, separated by about 20 years each. These generations are shaped by their shared experiences…so their beliefs, their actions, etc, are really a function of the country they grow up and live in.
Now here’s where it gets interesting – roughly every 20 years…going back to The War of the Roses in England, and carrying through to the Glorious Revolution in the New World…all the way to the present day…a new era dawns in America.
These eras fit into one of four categories which always repeat in the same successive order. Sounds wild…I couldn’t picture it until reading the book…but here are the four eras that Howe and Strauss define:
Crisis – Oftened defined by a major war, calamity, depression, etc. Think Revolutionary War, Civil War, and Great Depression/WWII.
High – What follows the Crisis. Hey, we got through it, now things are looking up, up, and up. I think this is what Jim Rogers says he sees in Sri Lanka – the war is almost over, Crisis phase nearing an end, what a great time to invest. In the US, the post WWII baby boom, suburban migration, and Leave it to Beaver would make up the High. We can go to the moon, we can do anything we put our minds to!
Awakening – A younger generation comes of age, and resents all the rules set by The Man during the High period. Since Highs follow Crises, they are characterized by rules and structure. Think 60’s America as the resistance to this – Woodstock, Tie Dye, and Free Love.
Unraveling – The Awakening uprising is integrated into mainstream culture, and society starts to split apart at the seams…hence the name. The individual rules the day. It’s “me first.” Old timers lament the lack of virtue and civic spirit. Prime time for Wall Street and Las Vegas.
According to The Fourth Turning, each generation is shaped by the era it was born in. I grew up during an Unraveling…so according to How and Strauss, that has shaped my beliefs. The only world I know is one of relative peace and prosperity. Depressions and major wars are things I’ve only read about.”
http://contraryinvesting.com/social-mood-socionomics/the-fourth-turning-into-the-greater-depression/
I honestly believe America will be great again, but it will be our grandkids who save it. Sadly we won’t be around to see it. The path will be long and the work will be hard and I know they will succeed.
Peggy I love your list! Thanks for adding to my list.
There is much to do and one has to be concerned that there won’t be enough leaders stepping to get these things accomplished. Still I am an optimist at heart.
“Kids will rebel against their parent’s way of life and will actually take on similar values and characteristics of their grandparents.”
I found this to be basically true in my grandchildren. A lot of them are victims of divorce and addiction and they want a totally different life from the one they were brought up in. My own are a miracle to behold. They seem wise beyond their years…responsible and smart enough to spend their younger years, when they have good minds and more energy, to lay a good foundation for their lives. You’re right…these kids are up for the tasks ahead!
I have one foot firmly planted in a high period and a toe in an awakening period. I guess that makes me an over-lapper 🙂 The lovely childhood didn’t prepare me for the rebellion and chaos that would follow.
I never got too deep into the awakening era. I loved most of the music but couldn’t stand the drug use, rebellion, and down right idiocy of people around me. That’s not to say I didn’t make mistakes but I had too much respect for my parents and for what they had been through to rebel loudly. They taught me a lot just from their stories and reminiscing.
We did have Vietnam, and I witnessed and resented the attitudes of the rebellious anti-war movement. As a young mother I experienced the inflation of the seventies and the gas lines. But generally speaking I too have been fortunate to live in relative peace and prosperity.
Tina: “We did have Vietnam, and I witnessed and resented the attitudes of the rebellious anti-war movement.”
Your resentment would have been better spent on the government that forced your countrymen to die and commit war crimes for nothing.
Here is the latest I received from Drudge.
Doomsday clock for global market crash strikes one minute to midnight as central banks lose control:
“China currency devaluation signals endgame leaving equity markets free to collapse under the weight of impossible expectations”
w/video
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/11805523/Doomsday-clock-for-global-market-crash-strikes-one-minute-to-midnight-as-central-banks-lose-control.html
Tina, it sounds like we both belong to the same era. I was born in 1948, but to a career military father. I too did not support the anti-Vietnam movement. Because my husband was in the Air Force during the war I supported the troops, but learned to not trust our gov’t. He and friends who served shared stories that changed my view of those in charge.
I too am blessed with a very bright 13 year old grandson. Since we don’t talk politics among the family he’ll ask me questions when we go on our sushi lunch dates or I pick him up from school. Questions like what’s the difference between the Occupy Wall Street movement and the TEA Party? The Islam vs Christian faith? Why are you a Republican and my parents Democrats? Etc. I’ve given him a copy of the Constitution and told him to read it and not rely on what anyone says. Look up the facts for himself. My library is full of books and information for him to read.
He’ll be in 8th grade this year and will be learning more US history. He’s asking questions about our revolution and civil war, which he knows are my favorite subjects and have been to several of the original states and the battlefields. It should be a fun year for us both. And he’s a straight A student who was in the Gate STEM program before Jr. High.
He’s the one who gives me hope. He’s mature beyond his years and is thinking about tomorrow. My sweet beautiful granddaughter is into fashion and singing lessons and enjoys living in the present.
Peggy, if you haven’t already, you might consider this book for your grandson—
http://www.amazon.com/Ulysses-S-Grant-Selected-1839-1865/dp/0940450585/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1439835536&sr=1-1
The included letters provide fascinating personal insights. It is also very interesting to read about many of the future civil war commanders serving together in the U.S. Army during the 1846 war with Mexico.
Here is an excerpt from Grant’s account as they moved into Mexico—
“When Camargo was reached, we found a city of tents outside the Mexican hamlet. I was detailed to act as quartermaster and commissary to the regiment. The teams that had proven abundantly sufficient to transport all supplies from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande over the level prairies of Texas, were entirely inadequate to the needs of the reinforced army in a mountainous country. to obviate the deficiency, pack mules were hired, with Mexicans to pack and drive them. I had charge of the few wagons allotted to the 4th infantry and of the pack train to supplement them. There were not men enough in the army to manage that train without the help of Mexicans who had learned how. As it was the difficulty was great enough. The troops would take up their march at an early hour each day. After they had started, the tents and cooking utensils had to be made into packages, so that they could be lashed to the backs of the mules. Sheet-iron kettles, tent-poles, and the mess chests were inconvenient articles to transport in that way. It took several hours to get ready to start each morning, and by the time we were ready some of the mules first loaded would be tired of standing so long with their loads on their backs. Sometimes one would start to run, bowing his back and kicking up until he scattered his load; others would lie down and try to disarrange their loads by attempting to get on the top of them by rolling on them; others with tent-poles for part of their loads would manage to run a tent-pole on one side of a sapling while they would take the other. I am not aware of ever having used a profane explicative in my life; but I would have the charity to excuse those who may have done so, if they were in charge of a train of Mexican pack mules at the time.”
2Lt U.S. Grant
Camargo, Mexico
August, 1846
Excerpt from Ulysses S. Grant—Memoirs and Selected Letters
Re #11 Chris :
#11 Chris :
Tina: “We did have Vietnam, and I witnessed and resented the attitudes of the rebellious anti-war movement.”
Your resentment would have been better spent on the government that forced your countrymen to die and commit war crimes for nothing.
The biggest lie of the century.
Thanks RHT447, I’ll find it for him. Any other recommendations gladly accepted.
Which part is a lie? That men were forced to die in Vietnam? That’s called the draft. That they died for nothing? Well, what did they die for? To fight communism? We lost, and yet communism still fell, due in absolutely no part to the war in Vietnam. That they were forced to commit war crimes? The evidence is incontrovertible.
So what is the lie? He can’t say, because he does not have facts on his side.
Chris no war is without war-crimes, that’s not an excuse, it’s just a reality. However, I would like to think American’s behaved far more responsibly than the NVA or VC. We tend to be more chivalrous than other nations, well, maybe not Canada, but in general. ; )
Yes, we had the draft, but it wasn’t all draftees over there doing the fighting, the majority were enlisted volunteers.
We lost the Vietnam War? I don’t recall any surrender…that’s a loss. I do recall we kept getting more and more involved in South Vietnam’s war and pretty soon advisors were replaced by ground troops. I also recall a mutually agreed upon peace treaty was signed with the NVA communists, who later broke the treaty because they had no intention of honoring it. If we had lost, they wouldn’t have waited until we had removed our troops – they were afraid to take us on head to head. Their biggest offensive…Tet, was by all measures a complete failure and the North suffered horrendous losses. During the course of the war the NVA and Viet Cong lost 1.1 million soldiers to 58,000 US KIA. 58k KIA is terrible, but they lost 1.1 million (likely much more). That doesn’t look like stats of a loser to me. America could have taken North Vietnam and forced a surrender in a matter of months if it was a real war with no enemy targets off limits.
Unfortunately, we were tasked with two sets of leaders, military and politicians back in Washington D.C. There was a lot of confusion, a lot of bad PC orders were handed down, a lot of restraint was forced on us…kinda like we have in Afghanistan now.
Don’t get me wrong, I was not in favor of the Vietnam war, but once we were committed I was not about to be protesting against it. Those young American’s that did indirectly helped to kill our troops. That’s a fact. They caused the war to be drawn out and that meant more causalities in the North and South. Those stupid Vietnam war protesters thought they were doing the troops a favor when in reality they were doing Ho Chi Minh a favor. I think those protesters were rats….spoiled, leftist, liberal rats that had no clue what they were doing and how much it hurt us. I did not appreciate them calling my friends Baby Killers and spitting on them. Typically this would happen at an airport where the hippies and anarchists were protesting. They were despicable…now they are just democrats.
Another book for Peggy—
http://www.amazon.com/Commanders-Civil-War-William-Davis/dp/0831715057/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1439857674&sr=1-1
I received this book as a gift a ways back (as you can see from the 1990 publish date) and is probably out of print. However, there look to be multiple copies available through Amazon.
Where as Grant’s memoirs are probably a bit dry in places for a thirteen year old, this book is an easy read and chock full of photos and illustrations.