Project 365, Week 41, Days 284-290

October 11 - 17, 2010

In the Criminals of the World Series we have Pot Pol of Cambodia, and keeping him company is none other than Hitler himself. Next is Pope Innocent IV (yeah right) who in 1184 established The Office of the Inquisition. Appropriately, next is Maurice Strong (thanks Canada), the originator of the Global Warming hoax and con that will cost the world plenty. He was at the founding of the United Nations Environmental Programme and together with his disciples, Al Gore included, are making billions on the global warming hoax. He is also the major proponent of One World Government, One World Currency, and One World Bank. The couple of Hitlers next were actually prepared at a request of the President of George's Fan Club. The first picture of Hitler is at the moment when he was informed that Germany is not winning anything and the second picture shows him still trying to convince the world that Germans are winning after he has learned the truth. Rounding this bunch is Leonid Brezhnev who ordered the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia and later the invasion of Afghanistan.

Project 365, Week 40, Days 277-283

October 4 - 10, 2010

As we continue with the Criminals of the World Series we have that rascal Kim-Il-Jong, Chief of the North Korean Communist Party oops, Korean Democratic Workers Party and Uncle Ho-Chi-Minh of North Vietnam. To help us solve their crimes we enlisted the help of none other than the famous Belgian Detective Hercules Poirot and more than famous Sherlock Holmes. Then there is the Prime Minister and sometimes President of Greece. Since they abolished monarchy nobody knows who is who in Greece hence their problems. Next is Prime Minister of Japan Tojo who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor for which and the other atrocities he was hung by the allies after the war. The last but not the least is Josef Visarionovich aka Stalin. He too looks like Trotskij but again it doesn't matter - they all look alike to me.

ARIZONA BORDER PROBLEM

Lot of words are being said about the new Arizona law dealing with illegal immigration. I say, it's about time somebody took action. From what I have read about the law, and the law itself, it is obvious that Arizona took a desperate last resort action where they took the federal immigration law and made it their own. Why? The answer offers itself: The federal government could care less about the security of our borders and are derelict in their constitutional duty to protect the citizens of the United States of America.

The federal government decided to file a suit against Arizona to stop the enforcement of the new law. Very bad move for Obama. What I hear the feds say is that our borders should remain porous so millions more Mexicans can come over and claim California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas as their own. This is fine with me as long as the citizens of these states agree and as long as Mexico allows us to send millions of Americans to Mexico. It is my hope that the suit will lay bare the fact that the federal government is in contempt of the citizens of the United States and that the public will finally learn to what degree is our government guilty of abandoning their constitutional duties.

The claim that the border cannot be secured because it is so long and running through desert is a bogus claim and the biggest BS I ever heard. Look at the border between old Soviet Union and China. It was one of the best guarded border in the world to prevent Chinese expansionist policies and I say if the Soviets could do it so can we.

Greece and European Union

Today, we had a scare on the Wall Street. The Dow Jones dropped over 1,000 points at around 3:00 pm and then made up the loss a little bit so that we were down about 350 points for the day. The reason: Financial situation in Greece and other European Union countries. Greece is leading the way into the financial abyss. President Obama, Democrats and Republicans listen carefully and take notes. The dire situation in Greece was caused by the Greek government. The news outlets are telling us that the Greek demonstrators are targeting symbols of capitalism and even killing people. Why are they targeting the symbols of capitalism when the crisis has been caused by government is anyone's guess. Actually, there should be no guessing involved. Greek government like all European governments and now also United States are spending like crazy bestowing all kinds of benefits and entitlements on their citizens using money they do not have. Greek spending went through the roof so that Greeks can have everything they dream off and then some. Finally, the well ran dry.

The Greeks are looking at other countries to bail them out. Bailouts do not work. Let me repeat BAILOUTS DO NOT WORK. We can see it right here in the United States. President Obama and Democrats spent lots of money in the first few months in the office, much more than all presidents before him combined, and the results are nowhere to be seen. They can demagogue the issue any which way, the only result which is sure is that we are following in the footsteps of Greece and all European Union countries.....yes, to the proverbial financial abyss.

Situation in Europe is a lesson to be learned by our politicians. But I will bet anything that this lesson will be lost on them. Why? Because of their ideology! What exactly caused the crisis in Greece. Greece grew the government quickly just like President Obama is trying to do. The salaries commanded by the Greek government workers are staggeringly high. Add to that their benefits and you do not have to be a Harvard graduate to know that something will break sooner or later. The Greek government also bestowed unspeakable benefits and entitlements on regular folk and Greek workers. Everyone loved what amounted to a Change They Can Believe In. And they believed in it. The European mentality of "You Have It and I don't - Fork It Over" got better of the people. In order to be able to afford the entitlements Greek government borrowed heavily. They ran high deficits and national debt skyrocketed. How did they imagine they will be able to repay these loans is a mystery. When the bill became due, the Greek government did not have the money. So now, other, still little bit more wealthy European Union countries will bail out Greece to the tune of $145 billion. I wonder what will happen when Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain default on their loans.

The United States has been put on the same path by President Obama and the Democrats with a tacit approval from Republicans. High spending, new entitlements, nationalization of the health care industry, increased taxes, regulation of everything that moves, climate control legislation, open invitation to illegal aliens to come and share the paradise such as it is, and other nonsense legislation and regulations will take us to the edge of the abyss and into it just like it happened to Greece. Our so called leaders cannot claim that they are too stupid to know better and not to realize that they are de facto sabotaging the United States with their policies because they are all graduates of Ivy League schools or other great schools, and there are numerous examples of what happens when they follow their foolish policies. Therefore, in my opinion, there is only one explanation left that explains the misbehavior of our "leaders", and that is that they are knowingly destroying the United States of America.

Illegal Aliens

Although not many people read this blog I can't stand it any longer and must comment on the situation in Phoenix, AZ. Incredible as it may sound, there are people in Phoenix protesting the newly enacted Arizona law regarding illegal aliens. It is obvious to me that the protesters haven't got the foggiest what the law says and that they are there for the sake of the protest itself no matter what the issue and to create chaos and behave unruly and perhaps even rough up the police.

Had they read the law before starting the protest they would have discovered that the new Arizona law repeats a federal law already on the books. So there is nothing new under the Arizona sun. To me Arizona is making a statement by accepting the federal law to be a state law. Their statement accuses the federal government of dereliction of duty under the Constitution. The way I see it the government of the United States of America are in dereliction of duty to guard the borders and protect its citizens as required by our Constitution. Thus the federal government created untenable situation in the United States as a whole and the border states in particular. In addition, the federal government did not heed requests for better control of the border for years on end.

I can understand why our so called elected representatives would want to encourage illegal immigration from Mexico. Cheap labor for Republicans and potential voters for Democrats. It is obvious that the politicians are putting their own narrow interests first and above the safety and welfare of the public. And the "open border" crowd is not helping to resolve the issue either, that's for sure.

So, here is my "Immigration Reform" Program:

1. Temporarily deploy National Guard and/or Army on the Mexican border immediately to stop further breaches of the border.
2. With the stimulus money already passed by the Congress hire and train enough Border Patrol agents to guard all of our borders the way it ought to be done so they can take over from the National Guard/Army in 18 months. Anyone still maintaining that Army cannot guard borders consult with Russia and North Korea.
3. Install electronic surveillance equipment on the border to report any breach of the border and make image(s) of the intruder(s). All the prisons have it why not the border.
4. Register all illegals already in the United States.
5. All illegals to pay $1,000 fine. Time payments may be arranged. $1o billion dollars, plus or minus, thus collected to be applied to government debt. Law shall be passed to enact balanced budget for the federal government.
6. Deport all illegals without a job except family members of those who have jobs.
7. Illegals who are parents of children born in the United States will be allowed to stay.
8. All illegals who are permitted to stay may request naturalization after 5 years in the United States and may become non-voting citizens.
9. Establish a work program. Companies with jobs which cannot be filled for reasons allowed under the law with Americans or illegal aliens already in the United States will register their positions with the Department of Labor with the appropriate documents required by law.
10. United States will advertise the approved positions in Mexico and/or other countries and will fill the positions and issue work visa.

How is that? And you thought I was just making ATC's. Fooled you, didn't I?

George

Socialism

The other day I learned on TV that there was a scientific poll on socialism conducted among American public by one of the mainstream polling companies (I forgot their name but it was one of the major political pollers). According to the results of this poll 53% of Democrats and 17% of Republicans expressed a favorable view of socialism. Needless to say I was totally shocked. In essence these people kind of legitimized in their minds such brutal regimes as Pol Pot in Cambodia, Mao Tse Tung in China, Stalin in Soviet Union, Castro in Cuba, Chavez in Venezuela and most importantly Hitler in Germany. Yes, Hitler was a socialist as the NSDAP or National Socialist German Workers Party was a socialist party as the name tells us.

I lived for the first 23 years of my life under a socialist regime and I do not wish it on anyone. Our family came from blue collar background on all sides as far back as one could see so our family did not have it bad. But there were those who were persecuted just because the grandfather owned a small business. My friend could not get into college because his father owned a furniture workshop where he worked alone. He was labeled as exploiter of the working class and enemy of the people and that was that. Never mind the fact that he exploited himself. On daily basis we had to listen to praises of the Soviet Union, our brother and protector and guarrantor of world peace. We had to listen how our heroic socialist workers are on the path to exceed the Five Year Plan and that we have just overtaken the United States in production of matches per capita or some such non-sense. Never mind the fact that there were no matches in stores. After a while some people got so pissed about the propaganda that they got violent. Of course, everyone was poorer than the proverbial church mouse because wages allowed people to barely survive. This gave rise to underground economy which worked just fine if you had the money. If you did not have the money there were ways how to get some for yourself by stealing from the State or by engaging in underground enterprise if you had marketable skills. To learn more about life under socialism go and read "What if ..." post on this blog . Very educational article on what happened to Austria where people wanted a "change" in 1938.

It is shocking and very alarming that there are those among us who view socialism as a legitimate government system. For years, the crimes of socialist regimes have been publicized, discussed and condemned by all normal people. Yes, there are quasi socialist governments which are supposedly taking care of their people such as Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France and Great Britain to mention just few major socialist countries. These countries mix socialism with private enterprise to guarantee a source of income for the State. We all know that pure socialism is a utopian philosophy disregarding a human nature. As such it is doomed to fail. We know for a fact that socialism, or its facsimile, has failed everywhere in the world where it was tried. And it is failing in the listed countries.

Why is it failing? The people of the socialist countries traded some of their important freedoms and pursuit of happiness for government guarantees, handouts, and general control of people's lives from cradle to grave. In Great Britain private gun ownership is illegal. The government seized all private guns. They even outlawed the Fox Hunt. You may think this is a ridiculous argument but today it is the Fox Hunt and tomorrow it may be the tea or rugby or cricket. What are the Brits going to do then?

Germany does not have freedom of speech in my opinion. Try to talk about the Third Reich as Hitler's regime was called. Or try to discuss the Holocaust from the Nazi side. Don't even dare to deny the Holocaust in Germany. All of these topics may land you in prison for a long time. Whether you agree with the topic of discussion or not you cannot even mention these hot historical topics in Germany.

All of the socialist countries enacted to various degrees several socialist/communist measures identified by Karl Marx as a must in his Communist Manifesto. See if you can recognize some of the following socialist/communist measures:

Centralization of means of production in the hands of State.
Heavy and progressive tax.
Abolition of right of inheritance.
Confiscation of all property of rebels.
Centralization of credit in the hands of State
Free education for all children in public schools.

Some of us may think that free education for all children in public schools is a good thing. Not when you learn that the real purpose of this seemingly good measure at that time was to control the children's education and to indoctrinate and brainwash them in conformance with the
socialist guidelines of the State. Sounds familiar?

Maybe I'm nuts but can someone explain to me satisfactorily why 53% of Democrats and 17% of Republicans have a favorable view of socialism? I can undestand that the poor may have a favorable view of socialism as they will be taken care of under the socialist regime. They may not know that they may not be taken care of to the extent they are now. In order to equalize the standard of living for all, the socialist regime does not lift people from the bottom up rather it pushes the top down. I can understand the populist view that our CEO's do not deserve to make the astronomical sums of money they make and which no mortal can even imagine much less to hope for. So people are envious. The socialst regimes depend on the class envy and demonization of America. Socialist regimes frown upon, discourage or directly outlaw success. Success and freedom are the last things a socialist regime can tolerate. Hence the general and global hate of America. Here people are still "allowed" to succeed, we still have freedom although limited in some respects, and we still can pursue hapinness. We can afford to absorb millions of illegal aliens and improve their lives. And all of this drives the rest of the world nuts.

Recently, United Nations issued a list of countries with the best standard of living in the world. The number one country on this list and, therefore, the country with the best standard of living in the world is Luxembourg. It is a nice and scenic small country in Europe to be sure. It is a Duchy ruled by a parliament with the Grand Duke acting as a head of state much like Queen Elisabeth in England. I have only one question about Luxembourg: Why is there no line at the Luxembourg's border? Why is the line at the US border instead?

OK, I'm all ears. Anyone wants to attempt to explain why lot of Americans have favorable view of socialism?

George