Why Socialism Sucks. An Interview with Dinesh D’Souza ~ Ep. 1268 ~ The Dan Bongino Show®

From the Dan Bongino Show's description of this episode on youtube.com/Bongino or in his Show Notes:

In this show, I interview author Dinesh D’Souza about the growing threat of socialism in the United States. We discuss his new book “The United States of Socialism” available here.

When you stop and listen to what Dan and Dinesh are saying, you will realize that this truly is a battle of ideas between Freedom loving Americans, and those that are trying to turn this country toward Socialism.  As you will learn from this interview, the type of battle that the Socialists have turned to in the 21st Century has been to engage in Cultural Warfare.  During the days when Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto, the strategy was division by pitting the workers against the entrepreneurs.  The poor against the rich.  In this century, it is about dividing on race, gender, religion and any other type of division that they can find.

In one of the great segments in this interview, they discuss Antifa.  Dinesh really nails it, and if you look very carefully, there is a lot of correlation between the riots and Antifa, who appears to have had major involvement in the coordination of the riots in many cities across the United States.

There is no doubt that you will find this interview to be very informative.  And if you are paying very close attention, you should also learn the reason for not ever voting for Demonicrats.  Don't be surprised by what else you may learn from this great interview.

SHOW NOTES for Episode 1268

Whoever Controls the Story, Controls the World ~ Video by JJ McNown on Fortis Media

From JJ McNown's description of his video on the Fortis Media youtube channel:

Death and Life are in the power of the tongue.

To paraphrase, death and life are in the power of the MESSAGE. What message? Any message.

Whoever controls the world’s prevailing narrative essentially controls the entire world.

People’s minds, hearts, behaviors, emotions, and beliefs are shaped by what messages they are exposed to. If they are exposed to lies, they are more likely to believe them. If they are exposed to Truth, they are more likely to receive it. If they are exposed to messages of joy, they will be more likely to be joyful themselves. If they are exposed to messages of depression, they will be more likely to despair.

Friends, the things we say and do have CONSEQUENCES. For wrapped up within our every word and deed is the potential to administer either life or death. Peace or chaos. Joy or sorrow.

I think you’ll really enjoy this video,

JJ

Yes, JJ, I KNOW they will really enjoy this video!

Over the last two months, I've been posting a lot of videos from JJ McNown, and the Dan Bongino Show. I remember seeing this video by JJ way back when I first started my surge. I just took it as a message from the Lord that I needed to get rolling on my blogs, which I did, but had never posted this great message presented by JJ McNown. But anyway, when JJ is explaining how the OTHER side is trying to control the narrative, I realized that it is something to motivate us, to do our part, to get out the pro-America and Liberty message.

Whether it is on our blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and anywhere else where you can share the Patriot narrative, we need to do so. Except now, with this Chinese Coronavirus plague upon us, it is more important than ever.  They are flooding us with their propaganda, and meanwhile, giving us data that isn't accurate, which makes it all the more difficult to mitigate the spread of the pandemic.

Just watch this video below, and keep up with my blog posts as much as possible, share the information, make it go viral; just do something. JJ is right. Watch this!

Absolute PROOF That Bernie Sanders is a Communist? ~ Video by Fortis Media

On February 20, 2020, I posted "President Elect, Bernie Sanders? ~ Video by Fortis Media," which was the full video. This morning, when I was checking out the latest videos on Fortis Media, I found one that seems to be very relative to what is going on in the Democrat Caucus in Nevada today. When I last checked, Bernie Sanders looks to be celebrating a resounding victory today. Looks like the Bernie Bros will have some partying to do tonight!

Bernie Sanders describes himself as a Democratic Socialist, but JJ McNown begs to differ, as he will tell you in this video.   Is Bernie Sanders a Communist? You decide.



RELATED STORY:
Bernie Sanders, this will never be a Socialist Country!

Liz Warren's "Joe the Plumber Moment" - Man says, "We Get Screwed"

So, here is a moment when Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is confronted by a man that has a very good question for her, about suggesting that the government should pay off school loan debts. It immediately reminded me of Obama's "Joe the Plumber Moment."

On "The Five," on Friday (1/24/20), they discuss what this means for candidate Warren, and if this will be something that makes the voters think twice about voting for a socialist candidate.

As you will see in the video of the segment, they all have some excellent analysis, except for Juan. Juan Williams, the lone Leftist in the panel, suggests that we should remember the Bible parable about the Prodigal Son.  He might just receive a lot of email about that, as Jesse Watters mentions.

Thank you to Fox News, and "The Five" for the use of this segment for educational purposes. Thank you to the gentleman who confronted Liz Warren, I think in Iowa, and for your personal responsibility to take care of your children through your hard work. You are a great American!

VIDEO: Socialism MUST be defeated if America is to Remain Great!

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As an additional feature here on Blogging In Our Time 2 Escape, this blog will be including videos that have been posted on the johnny2k's America Facebook page! Videos can sometimes say more than what can be expressed in text.  Be sure to visit the archive with hundreds of videos to peruse.

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Don't be afraid!

WE the PEOPLE

are the MOB
ONE NATION UNDER GOD

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
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Global non-warming will be death of socialism ~ By Lord Christopher Monckton

Lord Monckton

Lord Monckton reveals end result of 'mad climate scare'

So, it is one thing if the Left disparages the global warming deniers, but it is a completely different issue when it comes to what many on the Left would like to do to any of us that question the idea that this world will be doomed because of man-caused global warming:

Let me give you a single, telling statistic. In a recent opinion poll, 27 percent of "Democrats" said they thought that anyone who questioned the party line on climate change should be arrested, charged, detained, interrogated, tried, convicted and imprisoned.

For the sake of argument, let us imagine that the "Democrats" are right and that, unless the West commits economic hara-kiri in the name of saving the planet for socialism, we are all doomed. Let us pretend that the grim profiteer of doom, Lord Stern, was right to assert that unless we shut down the West there is a 1-in-10 chance that the world will come to an end by 2100.

Even if the world really did face Thermageddon within this century, that fact would not in any way justify the “Democrats” in putting questioners of their beliefs into prison.

For now, to the Left's dismay, not only are we able to say what we think about anthropogenic climate change, but the nonconformists like Lord Monckton and people like myself still have the freedom to show the climate change hysteria or what it is: It is backed by both the Socialists and globalists. For now, the deniers only have to face the normal negative feedback from the cyber-bullies, and deal with the possibility of being blackballed in our careers. At this time, we still don't have to face jail time for our writing or speaking about our doubts regarding man-caused climate change.

But, that can change.  In fact, the current President did his best to transform America.  The change, as illustrated and emphasized in the video below, was intended to warm up Americans to accept Socialism.

I am sure hoping that the people who see this post will incite freedom-loving patriots to spread this story around.  There is another election coming in less than one year.  The Democrats will nominate a Socialist, whether it be Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.  We don't have to allow one of them to occupy the White House.  However, as Lord Monckton mentions in this column, the American people would find out about the evils of Socialism, maybe in one generation.  Unfortunately, it may not take another election, as there is already a Socialist in the Oval Room.  And an election in November 2016 may not even happen.  Just sayin'...

The Socialist
So, I was looking through the videos in my archive, and I came across this one from 2012... It kind of goes along with the Democrat Debate the other night.... and the fact that Democrat=Socialism these days, more than ever! It wasn't exactly the change I was looking for!
Posted by Johnny2k's America on Thursday, October 15, 2015

RELATED STORY

• December 2, 2015 ~ The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever ~ By Christopher Booker

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Global non-warming will be death of socialism

The Forces of Darkness are gathering in Paris as I write. My own bags are packed, for the army of light and truth will be there, too, though in far smaller numbers than the enemy. I had hoped – we had all hoped – that with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the future of freedom…

Who is John Galt? ~ By Lord Monckton

Lord Monckton

Lord Monckton asks if freedom-loving tycoons will begin to vanish

You will find this column by Lord Monckton to be very informative as it examines the similarities and differences between Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and the real world of today:

Prescient though Ayn Rand was, she could not have foreseen the sheer, staggering number of deaths caused directly by socialism in its various hateful, hate-filled forms over the past century.

And now these murderous creatures propose to establish no less than a totalitarian world government, with overriding powers of taxation, of regulation and of enforcement. There is to be a new climate court to bring to heel the few nations whose leaders have found the courage to speak out against the screeching harpies of environmentalist socialism.

In the past, those who wanted to escape national or international socialism could escape from Germany or Russia or China. But, when very nearly every nation on Earth has signed the new and tyrannous Treaty of Paris, where shall we go, those of us in whose breast still burns that flame of freedom?

So, who is John Galt? You won't find that out in this commentary and blog post. You'll have to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand to find out. But at the same time, you may just learn that there may be a very nefarious reason why the Obama administration fears tea partiers more than ISIS. Just sayin'...

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Who is John Galt?

Last year, the Ayn Rand Institute was kind enough to send me a copy of "Atlas Shrugged," the masterwork of that great prophetess of liberty and of free markets. I read all 1,100 pages in two days. For, although the novel has a powerful political message, and one that America is ignoring at her peril, it…

VIDEO: You don't have to work, but you'll feel better if you do

As an additional feature here on Blogging In Our Time 2 Escape, this blog will be including videos that have been posted on the johnny2k's America Facebook page! Videos can sometimes say more than what can be expressed in text.  Be sure to visit the archive with hundreds of videos to peruse!

Post by Johnny2k's America.

But to emphasize the point, take a look at this video created by Alphonzo Rachel, known as Zo:

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Don't be afraid!

WE the PEOPLE

are the MOB
ONE NATION UNDER GOD

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
johnny2k's Tea Party Gear

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WIFLI Briefing for Aug 15, 2012 - Who’s in the White House?

You may be wondering why my effort to keep this blog fluid has dwindled down to a trickle, to the point where I only added one post in July, and only this one so far in August.  I want to address that issue before I get to the subject of this WIFLI Briefing of extraordinary importance.

Call it a sabbatical.  I've been working on several projects that has been keeping me busy.  I've started a new Facebook page, called johnny2k's America, that is doing very well.  Part of the content of the page is from videos that I have uploaded to the page, which tends to take a lot of time.  The other project that I have taken on is that I'm very active on my friend's group, Politics and Other Daily Bull.  Yes, there are some very rewarding benefits to being active on the social networks like Facebook.  The viral affect always seems to be exponential.  The more we do for others seems to always come back to increase the results of our own efforts.  Yes, that is the way it works.  It didn't take a government agency or project to teach me that principle of success.  So, Mr. President, that is where you are wrong. 

There has been no doubt in my mind that building social networks is crucial when it comes to developing the credibility to attract more viewers. With limited time on my hands, I've found that it is a good thing to have Twitter and Facebook accounts that are active. Most of my efforts lately were directed toward the potential that I have found with Facebook and Twitter activity.

I really felt the need to explain my recent absence on this blog. The last thing that I want anyone to think is that I've decided to call it quits. No way! I've only just begun! Because of my understanding of the social networks, I'm discovering the true magic of multiplying our time by finding like-minded friends, and finding out that they virally proliferate the message that we are "collectively" trying to spread!

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By now, I'm pretty sure you want to know what this edition is all about. Hopefully, you haven't lost your interest quite yet... Oh, good. You're still here... Because, folks, there is that question that we must keep right on top of our agenda that we talk about everyday: "Who's in the White House?"

The truth is, I had most of the content for this column picked out and ready to post several weeks ago. But something held me back. I wasn't sure that it would be wise to bring up the "Is Obama Constitutionally eligible to be President" question at this time. It almost sounded like a desperate attempt to salvage what may have seemed like the presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, wasn't able to win without something that would make Barack Obama look bad.

No matter what comes out about Obama and eligibility between now and election time, it will have very little influence on the final results. You have seen how the "birthers" have been disparaged in the media. Their (the "birthers") objectives to protect the Constitution seems to have been ignored and berated. I really didn't want to fall into the trap, their trap, to make the bloggers that mention the eligibility questions and looking like a conspiracy theorist somewhere out on the extreme right-wing fringe. And of course, from there, the rhetoric would devolve into the "birthers" being labeled as racists because we brought up something bad about the first Black President.

Mitt's choice for VP:
REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI)

But, now?  It has all changed! Something happened this last weekend that told the Conservative base of the Republican Party that Mitt Romney was not just another milquetoast GOP establishment candidate. Mitt wants to win!  He really is serious about wanting to win!  Mitt Romney made a courageous choice for who his Vice President will be. And Mitt Romney has now defined the difference between the two parties and their candidates.

It did not take long for Conservatives to realize the bold choice that Romney made in picking Paul Ryan. I was sensing the gigantic, giga-watt spark it seemed to provide those of us that were feeling very little optimism about a GOP win so we could fire the Obamaniac.

Yes, it has all changed over the weekend. And I could sense the major panic among the Leftist supporters of the Obama regime. The Democrat/Obama minions, his operatives, like Debbie Wassername Schultz, came out of the woodwork to say that they were happy about the Paul Ryan pick for the VP side of the GOP ticket. They were saying that it shows how extreme the GOP ticket will be. That's truly a sign of their desperation at this moment.

And then it hit me. As bad as it is getting already, with the Democrat sliming machine running at full throttle now, how bad could it get if it is close to election time, and the Romney/Ryan GOP team has a chance to win? Is it possible that Obama would be so desperate to remain in power that he would do something very sinister, such as to create a crisis so that there is an excuse to postpone the election? What would happen if the Constitution of the United States was thrown under the bus in order for Obama to remain in power?

To what length would Barack go to stay in power?



And in this edition of the WIFLI Briefing, we must ask ourselves to what length that We the People should go in order to stay free?  I'm just sayin'...

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Welcome to this edition of Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing!

What is WIFLI?
You may be wondering what the acronym "WIFLI" means. I started out by calling these issues the Time 2 Escape Daily, but that didn't work out very well. I quickly learned that putting these issues together on a daily basis was a task I was unable to accomplish. To replace "Daily" in the title, I borrowed the acronym WIFLI, which literally means "When I Feel Like It." Putting together a post on this blog WIFLI works much better for my schedule, and for the higher quality of each issue that is eventually published!

FAIR USE NOTICE: This edition of the Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the U.S. Copyright Law.

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The lead story that you will see below may not have seemed plausible before, which was most of the reason I held up posting this WIFLI edition. However, it now makes sense to ask who is in the White House. It may be time to ask ourselves who Obama will ultimately give his allegiance to: We the People? I think not!

I had to include this story, as I have had questions about what the President would do if it looked like he was going to lose, long before Doug Hagmann's column was written back in July.   And being that it is looking more and more like Israel will end up in a military conflict with Iran and her allies, a crisis beyond our comprehension that could commence at any time, and very possibly before November 6.

Soetoro’s 2012 election contingency 
From Canada Free Press ~ By Doug Hagmann ~ Published Jul 22, 2012

DOUG HAGMANN

Who’s in the White House?

My source looked at me and posed a question I did not expect: "Do you know who is in the White House?” I was uncertain if he meant who was present there now, or if he was talking in a more general sense knowing that he has followed my research on Barry Soetoro (a/k/a Barack Hussein Obama II), so I asked him for clarification. I thought it was a fair request. With that, he became visibly agitated and had a look in his eyes I’ve never seen before. “You can’t answer that [expletive deleted] question. Trust me, few can, and those who can won’t, because they’re either part of the ‘royal round table’ or they’re gutless [expletive deleted].”

Based on his agitated state, I was careful with what I said next. I told him that we’ve covered this matter very comprehensively, adding that Obama’s dog’s papers are more valid than Obama. I told him that he was correct in that we both know that we do not know Obama’s legal name or his actual parental lineage I began to verbally list the various inconsistencies with his identify, at which point he stopped me with a raise of his hand.

“Enough,” he stated and apologized for his previous outburst. “We both know the guy is a an imposter, a ‘Manchurian Candidate,’ and he’s there to do a job, implement a very specific agenda. And he’s not planning to leave until that job is done, the agenda completed,” stated my source. “It’s no accident, his lack of history, lack of bona fides. It’s all about his lack of allegiance to our country and the Constitution that ‘43’ called just a ‘G-d damned piece of paper.' And Bush was an American President, at least on paper. Where does Obama call home?  Where does his allegiance lie? That’s what the eligibility brouhaha is all about and why it’s so important, but 'hardly anybody gets it.' When he said he was a citizen of the world, those were not just words, but an admission of sorts. And fundamental change and transformation, that’s what it’s all about.”

... Jumping forward ...

The Plan

“Look,” stated my source, “I’ve been told that the people with the real power are using the guy in the White House to implement the whole globalist power structure thing. They made certain that they had someone in the White House to go along and implement certain things by executive order, appointments, and other methods to bring about the deconstruction of the U.S., and making our Constitution irrelevant, or at least subservient to international law. I can’t say I know this for sure because it’s all second hand, but it makes sense from my perspective at DHS,” he added.

“Remember when I told you about DHS planning a response for chaos, civil war, rioting, insurrection or whatever you want to call it? Well, that’s not happening fast enough, and there are people who don’t think it can be accomplished in one term. That’s why a second term is critical, and that’s why there’s desperation sinking in. Napolitano is corresponding a lot with the White House, to Valerie Jarrett, to the Secret Service, and to others I won’t name. But there is some plan in place to assure the reelection of this guy so he can finish the job he was given,” he said.

“We’re talking about something taking place to make sure that Obama stays in office. I’ve been privy to ‘contingency plans’ ordered by Jarrett for one that defines the protocol for DHS response to the ‘temporary suspension of U.S. elections due to international and domestic crisis.’ It’s a real document, ordered by Jarrett and contains plans for travel restrictions, gun possession ban by citizens, and in general, ‘martial law.’”

“You know, I heard rumors about the same thing under Bush and laughed, calling it conspiracy nonsense. Now I’m not so sure, and think that maybe it was just too early and the wrong person. Anyway, I’m not laughing anymore.”

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Remember these words: "It's not about what he has DONE. It's about what he's going to do NEXT." You will understand why those words are so important when you see the video trailer for the new book, "Fool Me Twice," below.

Watch trailer exposing Obama's 2nd-term blueprint
Devastating plans on jobs, immigration, military, health care
From WND ~ Published July 24, 2012

A video trailer released yesterday on Youtube.com and spreading across the Internet introduces an explosive election book that will reveal President Obama’s specific, devastating plans for the next four years.

“Fool Me Twice: Obama’s Shocking Plans for the Next Four Years Exposed,” by New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott, uncovers the blueprint for Obama’s second term – the actual, extensive plans created by Obama’s own top advisers and progressive strategists.



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“[The Borg] operate toward the fulfillment of one purpose: to ‘add the biological and technological distinctiveness of other species to “their” own’ in pursuit of ‘perfection.’ The concept of perfection is the unifying idea at the core of the Borg. … This is achieved through forced assimilation, a process which takes individuals and technology, enhancing and controlling them.” [Emphasis added.]

It isn't just political rhetoric when it comes to explaining difference between the two political sides; Republicans vs Democrats, or really, more like Conservatives vs Progressives. It is all about eliminating the existing ignorance about what each side wants, that we must keep the contrast in the forefront of the debate prior to the election. And who better to define their sides better than the candidates?  They are both doing well in that department.  Here is a story about Barack Obama's plan for us:

'Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated' 
Exclusive: Patrice Lewis compares Obama collectivist goals to Star Trek's Borg 
From WND Commentary ~ By Patrice Lewis ~ Published Jul 20, 2012

PATRICE LEWIS

It was Saturday night. The air was hot and sticky, and my husband was covered with sawdust and sweat after a long day of working in our wood shop. It’s the busy season for our home woodcraft business, and putting in 70-hour work weeks isn’t unusual.

That kind of work schedule is why he became spitting mad at something he heard on the radio. “President Obama made a speech in which he said, ‘If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. … If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen’!”

This is NOT the kind of thing a self-employed man needs to hear after a 14-hour workday.

The gist of the speech, we learned, is that no business owner can take credit for his or her successful enterprise. We must remember the teachers who influenced us; and more importantly, we must give credit to the government that built the roads and bridges and the Internet and other infrastructure that made any success possible.

Now, don’t get me wrong – I don’t know a single business owner who isn’t grateful for the support structure underneath him. We’ve all had people who have positively influenced our business efforts: parents, teachers, friends, mentors, bosses. … But we’ve also had those who have detracted from our business endeavors: tax collectors, bureaucrats, regulators, pencil-pushers and administrators (almost every one of them from the government) whose sole purpose is to make our business accomplishments more complicated, expensive and difficult.

Obama – a man who has never started a business or made payroll or taken entrepreneurial risks – dares to claim that without government infrastructure beneath our feet, we could not achieve success. His attitude is typical of progressives who insist that The Village must be given credit for anyone’s individual accomplishments.

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In the following column, David Limbaugh amplifies on the message in the Patrice Lewis column above, when he reflects on the anti-business nature of Barack Obama:

Government the granddaddy of business? 
David Limbaugh pummels Obama for nonstop burdens on American entrepreneurs 
From WND Commentary ~ By David Limbaugh ~ Published Jul 16, 2012

DAVID LIMBAUGH

Obama has few people with business experience in his administration. He has no former CEOs in his Cabinet, and there is almost no top-level private-sector experience among his inner circle of advisers. Time magazine’s Fareed Zakaria, a liberal and a big fan of Obama’s, admits that even the business leaders who voted for Obama believe he is, “at his core, anti-business.”

George Buckley, CEO of 3M, said: “We know what his instincts are. … He is anti-business.”  Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts, said: “This administration is the greatest wet blanket to business and progress and job creation in my lifetime. And I can prove it. … Everybody complains about how much money is on the side in America.”

Even Obama’s attacks against Romney are mostly grounded in Obama’s antipathy toward Romney’s success in business and Obama’s innate hostility toward the private sector.

Obama’s punitively anti-business policies have made it very difficult for businesses to flourish and for job growth to occur. His anti-business attitude and rhetoric have poisoned the market that much more.

If and when Obama is defeated in November, we should anticipate an explosion in business and entrepreneurial activity among ordinary Americans who realize they’re about to be liberated from the most anti-business president in our history.

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"President Obama, I feel your pain. You were in way over your head when you essentially became the CEO of the largest economy in the world.

You had less business experience than a seven-year-old girl running a front-yard lemonade stand."

In this piece, Michael Reagan expounds on Obama's constant demonization of the rich business owners, giving new meaning to, "There you go again."  Could the class warfare strategy be something that completely backfires for Obama's re-election effort?  Let's hope so.

Reagan: There You Go Again 
From GOPUSA Commentary ~ By Michael Reagan ~ Published Jul 12, 2012 12:44 pm

There you go again, Mr. Obama -- again and again and again, engaging in class warfare.

Trying to make voters think Mitt Romney cares more about the offshore bank accounts of the wealthy than the pocketbooks of the middle class.

Proving for the umpteenth time that you know nothing about economics, how wealth and jobs are created or why businesses and rich people are moving themselves or their money overseas to escape the taxes you think aren't high enough.

"There you go again, Mr. Obama."

That's what my father would have said to the president's latest dumb idea to punish rich and successful Americans by raising their taxes.

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"Mitt Romney got rich because he is smart and he works hard. That makes him pretty darn cool, in my book. Those of you who resent the rich: Get over it and study how they did it. Along the way, you’ll discover that the rich not only pay most of the taxes, but in all likelihood they pay your paycheck, too." ~ Herman Cain

And Herman has it right. It seems like Obama and his minions on the left not only refuse to give those that built their businesses any credit, they are making sure that entrepreneurs are being chained down by taxes and regulations, and potentially the Obamacare monstrosity. I think that Herman Cain did very well to disclose the perfect storm that will face our economy with four more years of Obama.

Rich is cool 
Herman Cain: Stop resenting wealthy people, and figure out how they became that way 
From WND Commentary ~ By Herman Cain ~ Published Jul 22, 2012

HERMAN CAIN
He's rich, and he's cool!

If the polls are any indication, it hasn’t worked, but the Obama campaign spent big money over the last month attacking Mitt Romney for what it apparently believes is the worst sin imaginable: He is rich.

And as we know now (not that it was a big surprise), President Obama’s disdain for those who have earned substantial wealth runs deep. He doesn’t like you having all that money (unless you contribute it to his campaign), and he really doesn’t like you taking credit for having earned it. That’s why he said the following:

“Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something – there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.

“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.”

As far as Obama is concerned, anyone who is successful got that way because of the system, by which he means the government. Democrats sometimes refer to the rich as “the winners in life’s lottery,” which is to say they merely got lucky in a game of chance – and that’s why they need to fork over so much of their wealth in taxes, so Democrats can “spread the wealth around” to all those other smart, hardworking people, who just didn’t happen to win life’s lottery.

What a load of cr-p. To listen to these people, you’d think being rich was the worst thing anyone could do.

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I want to show you my new friend's video to conclude this WIFLI edition. Virginia Prodan, as you will read and see below, knows what it was like to live in a country that allowed no freedom to express her religious beliefs.

And you see, I am one that is beginning to believe that the United States of America is quickly headed in a direction - a "transformation" - that should the desires of Obama and his supporters (followers) be realized, in four more years, we certainly could be living in the same kind of nightmare that Virginia had to endure.

Virginia Prodan's Fight for Freedom and Escape from Romanian Communism

Virginia Prodan was an attorney in Communist Romania under the rule of Nicolae Ceausescu. She became a target of the Securitate, Romania's secret police, when she became a Christian and began fighting religious persecution in that country. She was granted political asylum by the Reagan Administration in 1988, and currently practices law in Dallas, Texas.

Published by VirginiaProd on Jul 4, 2012

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Assuming that we do have an election in November, I am hoping that you will be informed by then, and be aware of the differences between the candidates. Don't even try to tell me, ever, that there is a fuzzy line between the parties and candidates. No, the line is extremely vivid, more than it has ever been in the last few decades (since Reagan vs Carter).

By November 5th, it would be frightening should any one pull a lever for a candidate without realizing the importance in determining how we will live in America in the near future.  You know, like financial freedom where you determine what you do, or financial "security"where the government is the nanny that decides how you will live.

And please understand that I know I'm not supposed to say anything like this, but I will anyway: I have this feeling, deep inside me, that the present administration will resent the thought of losing power enough that anything goes. Martial law, including the elimination of people that are willing to fight for freedom. Some of us are going to desire to live free, or die. If I ever do "disappear," it won't because I wanted to.  I'm just sayin'....

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'You're-on-your-own economics'? Bring it on! ~ By Robert Ringer

The truth is that, throughout history, the vile left has never been interested in lifting people up. Instead of focusing on income inequality, their focus should be on setting people free – to be on their own! – to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them.

Robert Ringer's column titillated my sincere desire to make sure that his writing is read by as many people as possible. This is about We the People knowing that the President is wrong about what needs to be done to help the American people, and Robert reinforces our knowledge of what has been going on in this country since President Obama came on the scene four years ago. We really wish more people had been aware of what then candidate Obama told "Joe the Plumber," that he wants to "spread the wealth around."

The scariest thing is that not only were people not listening and staying informed, but that they ignored the warning signs of what was to come in Obama's first three years. President Obama and his Marxist minions are of the belief that government can solve all of our problems. Conservatives believe that individual responsibility with laissez faire free market capitalism ultimately does better in the end: Every time. Why would anyone want to change how we do things that has helped America prosper in the past few centuries?

But as I read through the column several more times, I discovered another two paragraphs that influenced me to say something about what We the People can do to prove the President is wrong, and Robert Ringer is right:

No civilized person wants to see those who are seriously health challenged or mentally challenged suffer, so the question is not whether or not such people should be helped. The question is, who is best equipped to help them – politicians, whose chief aim is to perpetuate their own power, or free individuals, who have a genuine desire to be charitable to those who are incapable of fending for themselves?

If the scam of politicians taking from those who produce and giving the stolen loot to those whom they deem to be "in need" worked, the poverty rate would not be about the same today (14.3 percent) as it was when the Great Society was launched back in 1965. What Lyndon Johnson's "generosity" proved is that it doesn't matter how much of other people's money you give away, it does nothing to lift people up. The hard evidence shows that it is government's redistribution-of-wealth policies that have not worked.

No, we do not really need the government to be our nanny. And being that this is the Christmas season, this is the opportune time to make this proposal; there is never a better time to display the great generosity of the American people. YOU, not the government, can reach out to give less fortunate people assistance in many ways.

Hopefully, you have heard about the "pay it forward" events where people pay for the meal at a fast food establishment for the person in line behind them. It also recently came to the attention of the media that there have been anonymous donors that help out people that are trying to pay off a layaway purchase at various retail establishments.

We are aware of all the people with the financial capability that give large sums of money to many of the various charities and "causes." We even help out orphans around the world by funding or adopting them. America is still the most generous nation on the planet.

But, there is still the possibility that we could actually go a step further.

It is my belief that if every one of us that has the financial means, the time, and the opportunity to help out one other individual or family that is struggling along, there probably wouldn't be a need for government agencies to step in and spend the taxpayer's money on the many programs that have been instituted in order for us to gain some type of "collective salvation."

We the People really can prove that Robert Ringer is right, and Obama and his Marxist minions are wrong. We the People can make a concentrated effort to help lift up those that really could benefit from our assistance.

Between now and next November, and that really isn't too long from now, it is time to re-educate the American population, and counter all the lies that have been fed to the masses by those on the left in the schools, unions, the media, and most of all, the government. If We the People step up, we can make a very positive impact on what - or who - less fortunate people expect to come to their assistance.

Isn't it time that we start thinking about others? Our friends, our relatives, or our neighbors? Can you do something to help out somebody? I am sure you can. Even moral support can help. Let's take this country back from those that keep their power because they can take from those that have to give to give to people that don't have. WE the PEOPLE can do a much better job! I think that we can show that "You're-on-your-own economics" has worked, and always will.

It's time to learn and teach that is better to love your neighbor rather than the government. I'm just sayin'...

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'You're-on-your-own economics'? Bring it on!

ROBERT RINGER

By Robert Ringer

December 14, 2011 ~ 2:25 pm Eastern

© 2011

Oops! The presidential pretender went and did it again. A lot of red ink has passed over the socialist dam since he unthinkingly told Joe the Plumber that he wants to "spread the wealth around."

Or since he told Charlie Gibson that "It's a matter of fairness" when Gibson repeatedly asked him to explain why he would want to raise the capital-gains tax when the historical evidence proves that higher capital-gains taxes actually decrease government revenues.

Of course, there have been endless not-so-subtle clues as to Obama's impeccable collectivist credentials since then, but, on the whole, he tends to choose his words carefully so as not to awaken the sleeping frogs. One must always be mindful not to let the water get too hot.

But last week Obama let it all hang out in a speech at a Kansas high school when he said, "[T]here is a certain crowd in Washington who, for the last few decades, have said, 'Let's respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. The market will take care of everything,' they tell us. If we just cut more regulations and cut more taxes – especially for the wealthy – our economy will grow stronger."

Moving in for the kill, he went on to say, "And that theory fits well on a bumper sticker. But here's the problem: It doesn't work. It has never worked. … I mean, understand, it's not as if we haven't tried this theory. We simply cannot return to this brand of you're-on-your-own economics if we're serious about rebuilding the middle class in this country."

That's right, folks, capitalism had nothing to do with the United States becoming the most prosperous country in the history of the world. It had nothing to do with millions of ambitious people starting with nothing and becoming millionaires and even billionaires. And it has nothing to do with the fact that "poor people" (as defined by the Census Bureau) in the U.S. live better than middle-class people in most other countries.

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Managed economy or free markets? ~ By Henry Lamb

America has almost forgotten what a free market really is. Government's insidious expansion of control over business activity, while denying that its control is implementation of Marxist/communist/socialist/progressive principles, is steadily killing free-market capitalism in America.

It will continue under Barack Obama and a Democratic majority in Congress. If free-market capitalism is not restored in the next election, it may vanish from the earth.

When you finish reading Henry's column, I'm sure that you will know where Henry Lamb stands on capitalism and a free market economy. And by the time you read what I have to say, you'll definitely be aware of where I stand when it comes to not just free market economics and true capitalism, but also on the importance of free enterprise based on the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans that made this country great!

At my age, some events of my life are no longer coming back to me with absolute clarity. However, there was one event that changed my perspective forever, and I can actually recall enough of that time with enough accuracy to make a point. It was 30 years ago, so I shouldn't be expected to remember every detail perfectly, but I remember enough to get my point across, I hope.

I was in the USAF (U.S. Air Force). Just prior to going on leave, I had learned that I was going to be promoted to Staff Sergeant, which rarely happened with just under four years in service. It happened that I was good at taking tests, and did well in the test for my promotion. Well, that's part of the background to this story, because my transformation happened when my family and I returned back to Iowa for some well deserved R & R.

During my time back in Iowa, I took a day to hang out with my two best friends, Phil and Dave. We went up to the Mississippi river at Phil's parent's cabin. Dave, Phil and I had fun fishing, but I didn't do so well in catching anything. Well, not until I caught the entrepreneurial bug, as we talked about various business ventures to start. Well, you see, we were young and dumb, and we thought that we could actually live our dreams by someday starting our own business! We just couldn't unanimously agree on what would work for us. It didn't matter, I was infected with the desire to DREAM, to work for myself. I just didn't know what I'd do for a business.

That all changed when I returned after leave to my duty station at Eglin AFB. My boss had been out of town for several days. I found out where he went when he returned. He had just attended a huge convention of fired up people up in Washington D.C. (of all places!). He was excited to tell me about what he was doing there, and I was even more ready and excited to hear what he could tell me. Well, SMSgt Wagner found out how easy it was to recruit people when he talked to somebody like me, that was looking for an opportunity!

Yes, I joined Jim and Yolanda in the business venture, in the summer of '81. Nearly 30 years ago, I began learning about free enterprise. And I got to meet a great American patriot and entrepreneur by the name of Bill Britt, a very successful Amway distributor from North Carolina, and my upline Double-Diamond... It was his words, which I heard both at conventions and on tape, that taught me about the benefits of capitalism and the loss of freedom with socialism.

When I finished up with my commitment with the USAF, I returned with my family to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I was fired up! The country was still trying to recover from the four years of Jimmy Carter. The economy here in Iowa was hurting. I just knew that I'd be highly successful after showing all my friends and relatives "the business." I already had my two friends that talked about getting a business going, at least in my mind. But, while I was out of town serving my country, they got busy in their lives. Dave got a job with a jewelry store and Phil became a firefighter. Okay, so I got two immediate "no's"! Hey, that's okay. But, the story became really sad after that.

After failing at convincing so many of my friends and relatives that there's a better way to live - with a dream - I became an expert at sharing the business with cold contacts, people that I met anywhere, anytime. Despite my lack of credibility, I forced myself to discuss the business opportunity with all kinds of successful professionals: Doctors, lawyers, realtors, insurance executives, and even a former Iowa Governor that was living in Cedar Rapids! They were all kind to me, but said, "no thanks." That was when I decided to try to help people that had not been so successful in life. And that is when I found out that socialist propaganda had already infected society. That was thirty years ago!

When the successful professionals I had talked to said, "not interested," in many cases it turned out to be a time issue. Yes, I knew all of the responses to that "excuse," and they all failed to convince anyone, but it was okay. They were succeeding, and by far, exceeded anything I've been able to do with my life. But none of those people put me down for having a dream. It was a different story when I discussed the business with people that were not professionals. Of course, some of them were in unions. They had things taken care of. And believe me, many of them that I still know aren't doing too bad (except for the ones that were working in manufacturing jobs that were moved overseas). Their lifelong careers at manufacturing plants, with great union benefits, have really paid off. Many are my age, and they are comfortably retired.

And the ones I contacted that were living in mobile home parks and apartments? Do I really need to say what their response was? Probably not, but I will tell you anyway, just so I can make the point clearer: I was told that 1) They deserved a better income in their jobs, and didn't feel obligated to have to work any harder than they were already, 2) They didn't think it was right that the owners of the companies they worked for made at least 100 times what they made (though, now it is thousands of times in many cases), and 3) If they made any more money, they'd lose their government benefits or pay more taxes!

Now, let's get back to what Henry Lamb tells us in his column. The government's managed economy system is all about confirming those afflicted with class envy. That's simply what is called Marxism. Really, had it been that I would rather have free health care rather than eventually flying in my own private jet, I would have stayed in the Air Force. Free or subsidized housing? Yep, that could have been taken care of too. Oh, but no, I had to go and start believing in free enterprise and Ronald Reagan economics... and true freedom - economic freedom. That seems to be long gone. I'm just sayin'... or dreamin'....

Managed economy or free markets?

HENRY LAMB

By Henry Lamb

June 11, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern


© 2011

Editor's note: Listen to this column online.

America was once the envy of the world. Even the poorest people in America had far more than most of the rest of the people in the world. Throughout the first two centuries of her existence, America welcomed people from everywhere and supported their efforts to invent, to build, to create and to produce wealth from whatever enterprise struck their fancy. Labor unions and government regulations have put an end to that era.

For at least the last 50 years, government has continually tightened its grip on the economy by imposing ever-tighter controls over the activities of all businesses. Whether to promote safety or to protect the environment, government has made it nearly impossible for American business to compete with the rest of the world. In addition to this burden, labor unions, especially public employee labor unions, have fed Democrat candidates a healthy diet of campaign contributions in exchange for contracts that a free market would never tolerate.

The housing market crumbled because of government intervention. The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 and subsequent revisions imposed government management of the housing industry by forcing banks to issue loans to credit risks a free market would never tolerate. To entice banks to make these unjustified loans, the government guaranteed repayment. When some of the people couldn't, or wouldn't, repay their mortgages, the government took your tax money to make good the guarantee. This is the single most important cause of the current economic disaster, and the responsibility rests upon progressive Democrats who firmly believe that government must control and manage human activity.

Environmental regulations and government-mandated comprehensive land use plans have destroyed the concept of private property rights and elevated government to be the singular authority that controls the use of all land – regardless of who owns it. There are countless horror stories in which government destroyed the lives of enterprising Americans by preventing them from using their own land and resources. Ocie Mills and his son spent nearly two years in a federal prison for dumping 19 loads of building sand on his own property. Bob Brace fought through the courts for 12 years to win the right to convert his own pasture to a cabbage field; he lost. Wendy Birnbaum has been fighting for 12 years to use her 112 Washington acres as a campground. She still has to pay monstrous taxes on her land, but cannot use it to produce revenue. There are literally thousands and thousands of these cases in which government rolled over its citizens with no thought of being limited by their consent.

Marxists/communists/socialists/progressive Democrats are absolutely convinced that if left uncontrolled by government, people will destroy the planet, kill their neighbors with faulty products and force people to work for slave wages. Capitalists know that the conditions the progressives fear most are the inevitable consequences of the very policies they advocate. The former USSR and Cuba are but two very good examples to document this fact.

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Free stuff ~ By Victoria Jackson

After I got kicked out of Olive Garden, my mom said, "We are so tired of hearing about Obama, the Muslim, the communist, the birth … we have heard it for five years now and we are sick of it."

Me: (Five years?) "Um, yeah, me too."

I started thinking. If you are in a burning building, when do you quit screaming "FIRE!"? When everyone is safe.

That's why I must keep bothering my friends and neighbors with horrible facts. Sorry.

Victoria says it all in her conclusion: "Liberals say they care, but they keep them there. We say we care, and we want them outta there! I'd rather be a conservative and help the poor get rich!"

In this column, Victoria explores the art of persuasion, as in trying to explain to somebody why liberalism, progressivism, socialism, and communism don't work.  For an example of her "lack" of having the "gift of the art of persuasion" that she gives us, she was talking to a young woman - an obvious idiot - who voted for Obama and planned to again in 2012, and Victoria "tried to give her a crash course on capitalism / socialism / communism to no avail." But, I have to tell Victoria that it seems that she DOES have the "gift," and I believe that you will agree after you read this very persuasive column, "Free Stuff." Victoria firmly believes that we need a Republican candidate who does have the gift, "someone like Reagan, because there are a lot of dumb people out there who need a calm, coherent, persuasive, good communicator who doesn't get frustrated by idiots."

Oh, by the way, speaking of the Gipper... HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, RONALD REAGAN! I know that Ronald would be proud of Victoria Jackson.

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"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." – Winston Churchill


Free stuff

VICTORIA JACKSON

By Victoria Jackson

Posted: February 04, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Walking the streets of San Juan for my first time, I try to think up adjectives for my postcard. It looks "beat up," poor, tired and dirty … bruised. Orwellian. What America will look like if Obama wins in 2012. I went to the Starbuck's Internet Cafe and couldn't get a connection. The barista told me, "Unfortunately, a man died today and fell into the Internet and broke it, so no one can get service. It's in the newspaper. I'm sorry." I looked at my friend Larry. After a long moment of confusion, we burst out laughing. I still don't understand that sentence.

I'm scared and saddened that there are still Americans who don't understand who is running our government and what their goals are.

I try to educate my friends and family, but my enthusiasm sometimes gets in the way. I do not have the gift of "the art of persuasion."

I got kicked out of Olive Garden this week.

I was at my friend's 80th birthday party, and I innocently invited her grand-niece to my next W.I.N. meeting. Niece said she couldn't come to my house to pray for our country because she voted for Obama and is voting for Obama in 2012. Oh. OK. I was dying of curiosity and asked her why she voted for him. Her reasons:

1)  "Change"
2)  He's ending the war, someday
3)  He loves his daughters
4)  He's a "strong" leader
5)  He gives me "free stuff"

I tried to give her a crash course on capitalism / socialism / communism to no avail. She gets "free stuff!" She doesn't care where it comes from or what the big picture is.

She said, "What's wrong with communism? Everyone should be equal." My heart rate quickened. My blood pressure shot up. Everyone is created equal, but everyone doesn't end up equal because of the choices they make. Some good, some bad. Why should I be punished for her bad choices? When she said that "Republicans only care about themselves," I almost exploded. When she said I wouldn't understand because I'm a "movie star" I almost stabbed my eyes out with my fork. I couldn't find it in myself to scream out, "My mind-numbingly boring waitress-typist-file-clerk-gym-coach jobs also supported you! Not just my TV jobs! You idiot! You should be thanking me!"

What made someone ask me to leave was when I was trying to explain abortion to this Obama-lover. I told her that Obama voted not only for "partial-birth abortion," which is cracking the skull of a baby and sucking it's brain out, but that he promoted a law that says if a baby accidentally survives an abortion it should be killed. She said, "Where did you hear that?"

Me: "It's public record. The Internet."

Her: (condescending) "Oh, come on now – you believe the Internet?! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

I then pointed to a stranger at the next table and said, "Freedom? I should have the freedom to kill her?" I was trying to explain that a baby has the same rights as the stranger sitting next to me … but I guess it all went wrong.

I do not have the gift of "the art of persuasion." Let's hope we can find a Republican candidate who does, someone like Reagan, because there are a lot of dumb people out there who need a calm, coherent, persuasive, good communicator who doesn't get frustrated by idiots.

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