It’s Movie Time for Conservatives
Most enduring political truths are exposed and accessible in the 1995 Mel Gibson classic Braveheart: freedom, eros, love of country, sacrifice, loss, anger, vengeance, lust, hatred,betrayal, evil, and everything in between. Conservatives should see moderate Republicans in the character of Robert the Bruce’s leper father.
“You admire this man, this William Wallace. Uncompromising men are easy to admire. He has courage; so does a dog. But it is exactly the ability to ‘compromise’ that makes a man noble.” — Robert Bruce’s father, advising his son to betray William Wallace
In Braveheart, the elder Bruce and his fellow “nobles” conspired to use William Wallace’s bravery and heroic pursuit of freedom to their advantage. They ultimately betrayed Wallace, allowing his capture, torture, and death at the hands of Edward Longshanks.
Here in the US, the treachery and betrayal was no less self-serving, but their consequences could alter history to a sharper degree than the Bruce’s. Scotland was not the last beacon of liberty on the planet; America is.
The next time we’re asked to support a moderate Republican, we should remember William Wallace’s words to the frightened Scotsmen who wanted to cash it in and return to their farms.
Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you’ll live… at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin’ to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take… OUR FREEDOM!
What’s life without freedom? What’s death without honor? What’s Republican without conservatism?
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The Rush to Climate Change Laws
According to reports, Barack Obama will spend most of the afternoon of January 20, 2009, signing Executive Orders to ban or limit activities that produce CO2. Bankrupting the coal and steel industries apparently can’t wait for legislative action.
Why the rush? Why is Obama in such a hurry to put tens of thousands of people out of work?
Obama and the left want to get CO2 laws in place so they can claim the laws stopped and reversed global warming.
Temperatures have been dropping for 8 years and have not risen in 11 years. Moreover, the coming winter could be one of the worst in recent memory. The Arctic Sea ice buildup is nearly equal to 1980 in extent and exceeds 1980 in density [click]. Already, the extent exceeds any in the past six years [click].
Most people are “concerned” about anthropogenic global warming can’t spell CO2, much less know that temperatures are falling and sea ice increasing. Those people will accept that an Executive Order signed on January 21, 2009, reversed a 100-year global warming trend.
So, come October or November 2009, the IPCC will pronounce global warming has stopped, and warn world governments not to rescind the draconian laws that caused this wonderful piece of happy horseshit to drop from the throne of Zeus, aka Obama.
Since the beginning, the goal of the global warming alarmists was to expand the role of government and to limit personal liberty. Global warming is just a convenient tool for advancing socialism, and Barack Obama is the first openly socialist president in the history of the Untied States–he will comply with the Central Committee’s orders.
(Whatever the scientific consensus on global warming might be, the fact is that no positive correlation exists between increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 and temperature. People like Al Gore make the logical error post hoc ergo propter hoc. It’s also physically impossible for CFCs to cause the Ozone hole, but that didn’t stop “scientist” from claiming the opposite, nor did that fact stop the wackos from claiming credit for shrinking the the ozone hole over the northern hemisphere despite continued increases in CFC releases.)
He Gives a Damn Good Concession Speech
Holy crap! That was the best speech McCain ever delivered. It was heartfelt and powerful. It was moving. It was . . . remarkable.
And it reminded me of a great reason to celebrate. Let me explain.
I was born in 1963 when there were still “Colored” and “White” drinking fountains. Obama’s a few years older.
Tonight, despite my best efforts and many others, we have a black President. That’s amazing in a very good way.
If there’s a silver lining in this election, it’s this: America is now a color-blind society. Martin Luther King must be smiling, not for Obama’s election, but for America’s maturity.
God bless America.
Now What? **Corrected**
Sober, I scratch out some ideas for recovery.
- The conservative movement must forget the Republican party. If the GOP wants to come along with us, they’re welcome. But we won’t listen to their nonsense about "big tents" and "get over Reagan." The Republican party was an irresponsible steward of conservatism for the past 20 years. Tonight it got its just desserts. Too bad the rest of us have to endure re-education camps, economic depression, and malaise because of them. We’ll run as Republicans, but the morons who orchestrated this abortion better not even think about telling us how to do it.
- The movement needs an intellectual nexus. Buckley, Kirk, and Friedman are gone, and their replacements are pygmies. Perhaps Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams can fill the role. Perhaps the third is Rush Limbaugh. (Don’t laugh–he’s forgotten more about political philosophy than the entire staff of National Review ever knew.)
- We need a new journal of opinion. The Weekly Standard is Hollywood; National Review is overrun with wimps and cowards; the others lack seriousness. A new magazine, backed with billions, could inspire a new generation.
- We must target teachers’ unions and education. CORRECTION: [I copied portions of this from a draft I never posted, for good reason, and copied the wrong damn paragraph at that. ] The NEA has a stated purpose of gaining complete control of US Federal legislation. It has protected teachers who, without parental permission, require kindergartners to sign Gay Pledge cards; teachers who place communist "social justice" indoctrination above actual education; teachers who intentionally undermine the authority of parents. Conservatism must view these people as bad teachers. The way to remove them is to destroy the NEA’s financial ability to defend them.
- Stop spending. Hoard your money like a miser. We have no reason to support the American economy.
- Identify one fresh, conservative candidate for US House and Senate NOW and push them. (One candidate in each state, of course. That’s 50 gains in the House and 10 gains in the Senate, considering the rotation.)
- Potential candidates need to put the movement before themselves. No more fights to the death only to tear apart the certain winner.
- Be nice. This will be very difficult for me, but I’ll try if you will. More Reagan will help.
- Read "Democracy in America" and "The Conservative Manifesto." One predicts what happened; the other prepares the recovery.
- Have a drink. I have to run to the store for six pack.
Domnus vobiscum, and God bless America.
**Note on correction** My wife, whom I love and admire beyond reason, performs small miracles (and some large) with students every day as a special education teacher. I certainly did not mean to hurt or denigrate her or the many wonderful teachers like her. I apologize for my copying error. I chose not publish the original post precisely because it read "mean." I was hasty and unobservant. I beg your forgiveness.
We’re All Communists Now *************
Americans, faced with the choice of Marxist-socialism or republican-capitalism, a plurality chose communism.
Their moral weakness, combined with viral corruption of character, has created a majority coalition of indecisive morons known as independents, children who want government to make their decisions and butter their bread, and neo-Marxists, like Obama. We fought the Cold War for nothing.
Over the next two years, we will see the most complete change in a nation seen since the Bolshevik Revolution nearly 100 years ago in Russia:
- Obama names Bill Ayers Secretary of Education
- Carbon-taxes based on the pseudo-science of anthopogenic global warming will bankrupt the coal industry
- Electricity rates will skyrocket, forcing the federal government to nationalize the electrical power generation and distribution industry
- Obama’s minions in Congress will purge the Democrat party of moderates. Charges of "corruption" will lead to abandonment by the White House and Democrat party leaders. Joe Lieberman will high on this hit list
- The government will take over the auto industry in the US in order to "save it." Auto workers will be come government employees
- Obama will announce that, due to continued economic and financial problems, the US government will permanently maintain ownership of banks
- Electricity rates will be based on income and usage, allowing those above Obama’s arbitrary line of wealth to pay the electric bill those below the line
- Iran and Iraq will fight a short, brutal war which Iran will win after the US withdraws in 6 months
- In March 2009, the US Congress will pass a sweeping "reform" of the military, cutting military spending 25 percent, eliminating most new weapons systems in development, and forcing the retirement of most flag officers so Obama can appoint friendlier faces
- Either by replacing retiring Justices or by expanding the Court to 15 Justices, Obama will turn the Supreme Court in his personal rubber stamp
- The US will sign non-aggression pacts with Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran obligating the US to refrain from action against those countries
- Unemployment will rise in fits and starts, eventually reaching 12 percent late in 2009
- Congress will overhaul the unemployment system, granting permanent benefits
- Congress will reinstate numerous entitle programs eliminated by the Contract with America and Bill Clinton
- Late in 2009, Congress will create the National Civilian Security Force (NCSF), part of the Department of Homeland Security and authorized to investigate, arrest, and prosecute anyone suspected of crimes against the people
- Congress will pass legislation requiring federal registration of all privately owned fire arms and authorizing the NCSF to perform unannounced inspections of the homes of fire arms owners and those suspected of owning unregistered weapons
- Congress will re-enact the "Fairness" Doctrine, making it far more onerous than the last one; Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage will retire in the face of mounting legal bills and NCSF prosecutions
- Iran will conquer Israel after a blitzkrieg of missile and heavy artillery. Israel’s cries for help will go unanswered as Obama cites the non-aggression pact signed with Iran
- In 2010, the NCSF will arrest George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld, charging them with crimes against humanity. A war crimes court will be established at the Hague. In July 2010, Rumsfeld and Bush will be handed over to the court for incarceration.
- The worsening economic depression will make internet access unaffordable for most people, driving the government to nationalize the internet, regulating content and bandwidth
- The Supreme Court will refuse to hear an appeal from a ruling that declares the Catholic church in violation of sex discrimination laws. The church will have 180 days to ordain and recognize a woman "priest." After the church refused to comply, all church property was seized and priests ordered into service as chaplains for the NCSF.
Please print this. If I’m right, even half-right, this site won’t be here when you come looking for it.
If McCain, by some miracle, wins, let this serve as a warning of would might have been and what might yet come.
By the, Obama’s communist code name is "Delgado."
UPDATE: I accidentally posted this last night, so I’m moving it to the top. Allahpundit concedes.
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