Posted by
Darvin Dowdy on Saturday, December 06, 2008 9:49:40 PM
Many of us joked about having to “Hold Our Nose” when we did our duty and pulled the lever for John McCain on 11/4/08. Because that analogy works. And this “smell” comparison continues to work because the GOP, its hierarchy, its myriad of consultants, advisers, strategists and the many conservative pundits continue to “Not Get It”. In fact they’re moving off in the absolute wrong direction in their attempts to solve the problem of waning GOP popularity. Or should I say the former GOP voters are forced to move away because of the ideological stench that is being emitted from this band of over educated, clueless idiots. I’m not saying these aren’t brilliant in their particular field of expertise but they’re blinded by their own arrogance. Many are academic elitists who’ve assigned themselves some sort of god-like infallibility. And they feel that any knowledge learned outside the halls of some ivy league university is some sort of lower form of knowledge. Not worthy of consideration. And the contempt “they” have for Middle America has surfaced. They no longer try to conceal it. This is evidenced by how we, out here in fly over country, continue to be ignored. No one is coming to us asking what we think.
And what do we think? How do we define, down to the lowest common denominator what the root problem of our Nation is? Well maybe the contempt by some of these elitist might be justified because “we” are a bit fragmented, too. Scatter brained, if I might be so bold. We middle Americans continue to want to blabber on and on about the symptoms and ignore the root cause. Its like a weed growing in your yard. The homeowners association keeps sending you letters. You whack the weed, smile and walk away. Three days later the weed is, again, a foot high and you have another nasty letter in your mail box from the HOA. What “we” are not doing is to get to the essence of the “weed”. The root system. Attack it. Remove it.
Let me try to give you an example. One person is asked what they think. “Well we jailed 2 of our valiant Border Agents – Ramos and Compean. Free Ramos and Compean! That’s what’s wrong with the GOP!” Ok. Say for instance that our politicians do that. Convince Pres. Obama to pardon them. [which I hope happens] One weed whacked. But its just going to happen again and worse! The weed will grow back with a vengeance. Because we did not get to the root of the problem which is the ability of a foreign [Mexican] government to influence “our” U.S. government. ( LINK ). How did that happen? How is the Mexican government able to circumvent the American Voter and get what they want from “our” elected representatives? And in this particular case, convince the elected representatives [that we put into office] to rule against us!! How can this happen? The situation with Border Agents like Ramos, Compean and Deputy Gilmer Hernandez being thrown in jail for doing their job is the effect of a much deeper and more serious cause.
Another frustration for many of us is why our Nation can’t seem to engage and decisively defeat an enemy in warfare. Especially since WWII. It seems like our military must walk around on eggshells, afraid of being charged with War Crimes. And the Geneva Convention. Well there were actually 4 Geneva Conventions. With all their protocols, revisions and ratifications. These are simply legal documents all open to one’s own personal interpretations. But our poor military officers and NCO’s must have all of this immense documentation memorized. One small mistake and not only is their career over but they’ll also be charged [by an over zealous JAG] and thrown under the jail for decades. The original Geneva Convention and the Int’l Red Cross were worthy and good endeavors but what they’ve become over the decades is just another international org that has excessive and increasing influence on “our” United States of America and how we conduct warfare. If you do a study of the above links you’ll begin to see that these Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) in essence want to turn warfare into something that is no longer “unpleasant” or “dangerous”. They’ve totally gone over the line and we, the average Middle American, do not want to see our Military hamstrung when the time comes for us to conduct aggressive warfare. But you see this is something we do not want and we’re angry about – the effect. But our elected representatives continue to grovel and pander to this international body rather than resist it – the cause.
In a previous post I touched upon the siphoning off of our Nations wealth by foreign nations as a result of our elected representatives allegiance to that sinister international body – the WTO. We, the citizenry, don’t like the fact that we’ve run a trade deficit since 1991. Never do we enjoy anything close to a trade surplus. And our loss of high paying manufacturing and other jobs that are now outsourced to other nations - the effect. Our elected representatives continued attachment at the hip with the WTO/GATT – the cause.
You show me a serious problem with these United States of America today and I’ll just about guarantee that problem is nothing more than an effect caused by some sort of foreign, outside influence. This as a result of our elected leaders and their consultants/ staff’s being heavily influenced by globalism/internationalism. Usually this “brainwashing” happens at the university level and they carry it with them, to some degree, into their careers afterwards. Even with our courts and judges on the bench at the highest level!! ( LINK2 ) Its contaminated all aspects of our society.
I’ve been very hard on the academic elites. There’s some very bad characters out there that have control of our universities and are using these positions to poison the minds of our children. But I want to make those who visit my little blog aware of one real, honest-to-goodness champion out there who is fighting the good fight for us and battling to preserve our Nation’s sovereignty. His name is Dr. John Fonte of the Hudson Institute. And, yes, he happens to be true academic type. Looks the part. Writes like one, etc. But that’s where it stops. The man has put on the armor, taken up his broad sword and confronted the dragon. And he’s done it without going off on the deep end like your Pat Buchanan types. What Dr. Fonte does best is to simply report. But what he reports on gets complicated. He’s reporting on an enemy who has woven an intricate web designed to be almost invisible. But this stealthy web is slowly and quietly being pulled over our Nation. Without even knowing it we will become entangled. Trapped. Most of the freedoms we enjoy lost forever. I want to introduce you to one of Dr. Fonte’s excellent essays. Probably his best: “Global Governance vs. The Liberal Democratic Nation-State”. I’m begging you to read through it. Its lengthy. He calls us Liberal Democratic Nationalists. Don’t be offended! That’s what they call folks like us in academia land. He explains this term in the piece. This piece is aimed at academia so he has to be precise. He uses the term “Transnational Progressives” to describe what I’ve been calling “globalists” or “internationalists”. Again, its a very lengthy piece but once you get started you can see that all he is doing is “reporting”. Reporting the way it should be done. Honest facts. It’s a bit scary once you get started because we’re much farther along than even I could have imagined in the process of losing our Nation and becoming just another piece of a world community puzzle. It was also hard for a non-academic like me to wade through. It’s a bit dry and clinical. But get through it! At least once. I plan on re-reading it at least 2 or 3 more times. Once you’ve read that piece, I have another assignment for you. Yes, another Fonte essay not nearly as long. In this piece he refers to “us” with a much more friendly term “Civic Conservatives”. Which I like much better. I hope you’ll read these essays and then send Dr. Fonte an email of encouragement. You have to know that he is being diminished and blocked out of the picture by the main stream Transnationalists that are in control of the universities, the media, the department of state, etc. So I would imagine that Dr. Fonte would appreciate some support and encouragement. And for him to know that there are like-minded folks out here. I also plan on putting a few bucks in an envelope and sending it to his particular branch of the Hudson Inst. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by. Darvin Dowdy