Watched Glenn Beck on Fox yesterday. He did a whole show in response to an interview the Comrade gave to Harry Smith on another network. In the interview, the Comrade challenged anyone to show evidence that he's a socialist, and claimed that he's a strong supporter of free market capitalism. And he laughed about it. Almost nervous laughter, like when you tell a big honking lie and are astounded that anyone believes it.
Glenn Beck outlined the Comrade's early life and influences as well as his adult life and influences. Call me psychic, but I grew up with the Bill Ayers, Abie Hoffmans, even what's that guy's name -- Franz Fanon -- even the "redeemed" David Horowitz. I can spot a marxist 100 yards away, especially when he talks as much as the Comrade does. Matter of fact, during the 2008 campaign, a friend of mine thought I was nuts and hysterical for saying the Comrade was a marxist... But guess what? I was right, and that's very clear now.
As noted previously, the Comrade repeatedly voted "present" while in the Illinois Assembly, and while in the US Senate, he had the most liberal voting record among all there. Do believe the "present" votes were either for stuff he didn't really care about, or to disguise his socialist tendencies. He works very hard -- now -- at disguising his dedication to marxist principles, but you know what -- the Comrade is so amazingly, profoundly marxist that marxist ideals are reflected in everything he says and in every decision he makes.
"Fairness" and "justice" are words the Comrade uses almost profligately. He assumes these are everyone's values. And maybe they are. But when the Comrade says "fair" and "just," what he means is "egalitarian." That is -- everyone deserves the same results, no matter their personal preferences nor how hard they work or don't work. This is a key feature of marxism and socialism. It's blind to individuality. It lumps everyone into a big collective.
The Comrade also seems to regard capitalism using the marxist definition of capitalism. He has displayed only contempt and some degree of moral disapproval for not only "fat cat" Wall Street investors and financiers, but toward the whole concept of profits. Profits are evil to the Comrade. We must wipe out profits and "redistribute" them he says.
In talking to Joe the Plumber, the Comrade said he wasn't trying to take away anyone's success, just trying to ensure that other people had the same opportunities. Similarly, some guy the Comrade appointed to run the FCC (I think) noted that some people would have to step down from their success to give other people a chance to run things.
You know what? That is so totally marxist and socialist, it's not even funny. Marxists and socialists see wealth or any type of prosperity as a fixed pool. It doesn't grow, it doesn't shrink. It just sits there and people take turns owning and managing it.
On the other hand, free market capitalists regard wealth and prosperity as achievable for everyone and a constantly expanding pool. It's kinda like the old Cheetos commercial with Jay Leno, where he says, "Go ahead and eat them! We'll just make more!"
And the trouble with marxism and socialism? Marx (the man) had this vision that this one single pool of wealth would be created by everyone working together (yeah, sure), and then it would be divided up pretty much equally (yeah, sure.) This, of course, would all happen automatically.
The way it works in real life? You need a highly centralized and usually eventually pretty repressive and brutal government to first collect -- or steal -- what individuals produce. Then you need the same highly centralized and brutal government to develop some kind of "redistribution" program and then enforce it.
And worse? While the government directs and hoards and redistributes, it also denies anyone the ability to work outside of its authority. In other words, the government actually ends up limiting productivity and wealth, throwing everyone into a kind of government-enforced destitution.
What usually results is a black market, because most average citizens are not willing to starve and subsist in dire poverty. The black market sometimes overwhelms the government's scheme -- because that scheme is unsustainable, and the government really can't imprison and kill everyone, though they often try. (Read up on the Canadian "single-payer" socialized medicine scheme, or about the USSR at just about any time of its existence.)
But getting back to the Comrade's marxist tendencies... He's so marxist (as opposed to simply socialist or totalitarian) that he's leaving it up to congress to devise his marxist programs -- after all, the schemes have to be "democratic," according to Marx. That's the one feature so far that separates the Comrade from other more conventional dictators. The ONE AND ONLY FEATURE.
Think about that. This administration represents a so-far bloodless political coup against the USA.
And has that worked? Only if you consider that congress now has the support of less than one-third of the population, and Reid, Pelosi, and other of the merry marxists enjoy public support in the single digits -- that is, less than 10%. In other words, they are just about universally despised across the country. And most of them will be looking for another job soon.
So, Comrade, how's this all working out for you? And to his knee-jerk following -- Hey, fools! Wake up and smell the cofee.
Save the republic.
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