Multer madness

Last weeks Newsweek magazine featured Ted Kennedy being worshiped for his tireless promotion of government run health care. (’The Cause of My Life’, July 27, 2009) In that article Kennedy refers to the US as “the richest country in the world”. Yet he voted for the bailout packages because the country is in serious financial trouble. Which is it?… actually it is both. The people are going poor but the government has more and more of our resources. It’s sad and dangerous.

The goal of the US Constitution was NOT to keep “the people” in power over the government. The goal of the Constitution and the individual liberties that used to be guaranteed by the Bill of Rights was to make sure the people always had the power to maintain power over the government. US citizens have not yet lost power over the government but they have lost the power to hold on to power over the government. Thus it is only a matter of time before the government exercises its’ power over US citizens and US citizens are powerless to stop it. One group is large, well organized and well armed. The other is not, but has a “right too vote”. Who are you betting on?

If you look closely at the words people use you can gain insights into what they really mean.  The word “prejudice” deserves a close look.  We all know what “pre-” means; and the “-judice” part is obviously related to the word “judge,” as shown by other words such as “judicial” and “judiciary.”  So the real meaning of “prejudice”  is to pre-judge:  to make a decision about the rightness or wrongness of something before you have all the facts.

Suppose you ask a friend what he thinks about a dispute between two people and your friend replies:  “well, I don’t know all the facts, but clearly, Joe acted stupidly.”  That’s prejudice.  No textbook could give a clearer example.

Suppose you call your friend out on this; and instead of apologizing, he tries to weasel out by saying, “I’m sorry if anyone got the impression I was judging Joe, just because I called him and all his co-workers stupid.”  This is a person who has an ego problem; he can’t admit a mistake.  Would you want such a person to be in charge of how your money is spent, what kind of car you can buy, or what kind of health care you can get?

Republicans are pretty bad in many ways but when they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, they often do the right thing.  They usually admit what they did, apologize publicly, and often step down from their office.  Democrats, on the other hand, tend to deny everything, and fight tooth and nail to hold on to power.  The clearest example I can think of is Nixon compared to Clinton.  Another good one is the cases of Congressmen Mark Foley (R) and Gerry Studds (D), both of whom were found to be involved in sexual shenanigans with under-age Congressional pages.  Foley stepped down at once; Studds remained in office for years, even though he actually had sex with the boys, whereas Foley just exchanged racy text messages.

Any politician can be a great guy when things are going well; the real test of character is how they behave when they’re in trouble. An important quality for a President is honesty and morals.  There’s no one on the planet who has more power to cover up their mistakes and bad behavior.   Please keep that in mind between now and the next election.

The economy and the government systems we have relied on for a long time are about to collapse. I predict it will happen in less than 3 years. Those who want to “hope” along with Obama will reap the benefits of their hope. I think you are better off preparing yourself. Keep food, water, gasoline, and the ability to maintain your lifestyle as best you can. Some call it hoarding and say it is bad. Just refer to it in your head as savings if that’s what it takes to make you feel better. “Savings” has been traditionally thought of as applying only to money. But why do you save money?… so you can get things later. Pretty soon your money will be worthless so you are simply jumping over the “money” step and saving the items rather than the money.

Everything will be wonderful soon. I’ve run the numbers and done the calculations. We only need 4 more laws and a 3% increase in taxes for everything to be just right.

A society is in trouble when the easiest way to get ahead is to join forces with the government… to wear the mask that makes us anonymous and allows us to avoid face to face confrontation with the people who we force to support us against their will.

The FDIC makes sure you won’t lose your money; but no one makes sure that your money won’t lose its’ money.