Repeat After Me
People of good will urge that we need a national debate on such issues as immigration and bank bailouts. Yes, that is true. But you must understand that the nature and function of the Democratic and Republican parties is to PREVENT there being any real discussion of issues, to make sure that the people have no input that might upset the power-holders. The parties have to be broken up first before any real issue can be addressed.
I am not opposed to Obama as president because he is part African. Just being from Illinois is enough for me.
I don't advocate bailing out anybody, but it is curious that our rulers will bail out immensely wealthy people who speculate in pieces of paper and not people who actually make things.
If our ruling spokespersons really believe that Americans are "an indispensable people," then why are they replacing us with foreigners?
How our Congresspersons like to argue about how to spend money that they don't have and does not even exist yet!
I don't know about you, but unlike all the people who now claim they were honestly misled, I never believed Iraq had anything to do with 9/11.
Call me backward and provincial, but I don't see why my Southern city needs an ice hockey stadium and team, especially with taxpayer subsidy.
It cannot be repeated too often that the purpose of politically correct censorship is to punish people who tell the truth; p.c. is perfectly happy with liars.
This cannot be repeated too often as the usual bunch of "conservative leaders" bother their heads about how to redirect the Republican party. Repeat after me: The Republican Party and conservatism are not the same thing. They never have been. They are not now. They never will be.
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"If our ruling spokespersons really believe that Americans are an indispensable people, then why are they replacing us with foreigners?"
Clyde you keep getting better!
I agree with all you say, Dr. Wilson, except for one item of terminology. Shouldn't that read "Congresscreature?"
"This cannot be repeated too often as the usual bunch of “conservative leaders” bother their heads about how to redirect the Republican party. Repeat after me: The Republican Party and conservatism are not the same thing. They never have been. They are not now. They never will be."
I read Paul Gottfried's article "Clowning, I hope," over at Takimag a few days ago. I think it ought to relieve our worries over the direction of the Republican Party. It seems there is a fierce debate between "reformists" and "traditionalists." On the reformist side are David Frum, David Brooks, etc. And the traditionalists are being led by Sean Hannity. Oh boy, oh boy. Didn't somebody recently mentione colonizing parts Greenland and Northern Canada? It looks more appealing every day.
"I don’t advocate bailing out anybody, but it is curious that our rulers will bail out immensely wealthy people who speculate in pieces of paper and not people who actually make things."
In his book, The House of Morgan, Ron Chernow recounts an observation made by W. D. Straight, an employee of Morgan at 23 Wall Street in 1910. Straight "was appalled at the way the House of Morgan bossed around the State Department. Davison [Henry Pomeroy Davison, chief operating executive of the House of Morgan at the time], might chafe at government control, but Straight saw things quite differently. When Pierpont instructed Davison, 'You might as well make it clear that when we want to discuss things with the U.S. Government we want [the secretary of state] and not [the assistant secretary],' Straight commented sardonically, 'It was not difficult to see where the real power lies in this country.' [p. 135]
In other words, the speculators bailed themselves out; the U.S. Government is just their surrogate.
Amen.
I'm surprised to hear you say that.
"I am not opposed to Obama as president because he is part African. Just being from Illinois is enough for me."
And he's not from there either!
I'm not quite sure where Mr. Obama is from. He was born in Hawaii, raised in Hawaii and Indonesia, educated there and at Harvard and ended up in Illinois for reasons not entirely clear (although Steve Sailer says he chose Chicago because of its potential as a venue for racial (read anti-White) activism). I don't put much stock in political candidates' claims, geographic or otherwise. Bill Clinton and John Edwards are certifiable Southerners as well as being two of the biggest rascals unhung! I note that the good people of Prof. Wilson's South Carolina returned Sen. Graham to office (another worthy candidate to join the aforementioned on a gallows).
Clyde,
Our masters do not think that Americans are an indispensable people. On the contrary, they hate us with a passion. The American GOVERNMENT is the indispensable object to them, not the people who pay its bills. Remember, that is all the U.S.A. is today, just a government ruling over a big diaspora of people of different backgrounds, ethnicities, nationalities, loyalties, religions, and customs. The terms "American people" and "American nation" are oxymoronic contradictions in themselves.
Regarding #8 - Jon Edwards --
Does anyone else remember his statement about parenting in the primary "debates"? He said something to the effect that as a parent, he it was not his place to "impose" his values upon his children.
Um, what? This is one of the stupidest things I've yet heard. So, in other words, his children are dead beat freeloaders, renting rooms in his house for free until they come of age to do whatever their un-cultivated value non-system urges them to do. As idiodic as this is, it is representative of mainstream parental attitudes.
Now I ask you, gentlemen, is it any wonder the American people are not really represented by the parties?
Mr. Van Oosbree (#8), you are correct. The Southland is heavily populated with scalawags (like Clinton, Edwards & Graham) and carpetbaggers (all those GOP transplants). Folk like Prof. Wilson are, at the present, marginalized and disenfranchised -- but unvanquished.
Dr. Wilson,
Your words:
"This cannot be repeated too often as the usual bunch of “conservative leaders” bother their heads about how to redirect the Republican party. Repeat after me: The Republican Party and conservatism are not the same thing. They never have been. They are not now. They never will be."
The Republican Party is a fox den with a false front which looks like a chicken house (Nixon's Southern strategy). The stupid chickens keep standing around outside, admiring the facade and not comprehending why, when one of their number goes into the house, he never returns. Meanwhile, from a distance the wolf howls, scaring even more chickens into the "house." A careful reading of Uncle Remus tells one that Brer Fox and Brer Wolf often collude.
I appreciate Dr. Wilson's wit, really I do, but is TRI not from Illinois? Unlike, as has been mentioned, the President-elect. I suppose, having been born in Illinois (near Rockford), I ought not take offense, as I had the good sense to leave.
"This cannot be repeated too often as the usual bunch of “conservative leaders” bother their heads about how to redirect the Republican party. Repeat after me: The Republican Party and conservatism are not the same thing. They never have been. They are not now. They never will be."
My elderly father is fond of saying that "the Republican Party were the knaves of my youth; and now they are the knaves of my old age - its nice to know that at least some things never change."
Simple fact. The State of Illinois elected Obama to represent it in the Senate of the United States. Preceded by years of public activity in Chicago.
One consoling possibility about BO is that he may be more Chicago-machine-corrupt than he is left-ideological-driven. As Mencken said, a little graft is always tolerable.
Prof. Wilson might not care that the current clown is from Africa, but the Japanese apparently do. Talk of wanting future US treasury bonds denominated in Yen is circulating mi-level in Japan, they even have picked a nickname "Obama bonds." Perhaps unfair to the man, but nonetheless indicative of our future status.
I see where Obama is now being compared to Lincoln. And I thought we had something to worry about. Pardon me, I'm all choked up with patriotism.
Fine article. And J Meng, I'd like to know the role the House of Morgan played in getting the US into World War I.
Regarding #8 Scotsbard:
I think “Congresscreature?” might not quite be the term we're looking for. "Creature" implies a Creator, and we can't have that. Perhaps "Congressbeing" or "Congresslifeform."
On the difference between the parties, no one said it better than the redoubtable Huey P. Long: high popalorum vs. low popahirum, but the bark is off the same tree.
@20: "Congressthing" or "Congressbeast" would be better still.
How about "Congressvermin"? At least it would be biologically accurate.
Clyde,
I don’t see why my Southern city needs an ice hockey stadium and team, especially with taxpayer subsidy.
Chronicles explained it best several years ago, so I'll repeat the reason. It's so billionaire owners can rent luxury boxes to millionaires, while ordinary Joes pay the debt service on the bonds, and $10 for hot dogs.
Of course that doesn't explain the need, a pitchman has to go in and grease up the politicians first, then make a sales pitch to the local press about how a sport franchise will revive a God-forsaken downtown, and so it goes. It's more pieces of paper changing hands. Just pray that your city's team never wins a championship should you be unlucky enough.
@19: R. Y. Hayne, you will have to do your own research. However, it is a matter of record that Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr. made the following remarks in the House Foreign Affairs Committee of the 1st Session of the 70th Congress: "Is it not a fact that the World War was started by the shipment of munitions?...was not the cause of the war our continued shipping of munitions abroad?" It is a fact that the House of Morgan was the chief purchasing agent of American munitions for the allies, which eventually became a 3 billion dollar investment in terms of foreign loans to the British and French. You might also check the Nye Committee's investigation into the munitions industry during World War I.
Mr Wilson,
I think those billionaires are going to get into trouble soon with regards to their pro athletic teams. Many of them will find it increasingly harder to get the butts in the stadiums as they gouge the average fan. At Ford Field in Detroit 2 cokes 2 dogs and a sied of fries costs $30. That is two thirds the price of a cheap seat ticket. Parking in the parking structure across the stadium is $40. When you have such a poor product(the hapless Lions) it is getting harder for them to sell tickets. For the past few weeks there have been at least 5,000 empty seats in Ford Field. Although the Lions are the pinnacle of what constitutes a bad football team, most folks will no longer shell out big money for a mediocre to poor franchise team. People will start to just watch on TV or tune out totally.
"Call me backward and provincial, but I don’t see why my Southern city needs an ice hockey stadium and team, especially with taxpayer subsidy."
I agree hockey doesnt belong in Atlanta. The Thrashers are horrible. While being a huge NHL fan, I do not believe that others who are not should be forced to pay for it.
Professional sports is simply another gimmick to fill the pockets of corporations. I enjoy athletic competition, but once it became professionalized it lost its purpose. One could make a case that baseball (when it was a pastime not a religion) was once part of American folk culture. People played and watched the game for relaxation and conviviality. In my neck of the woods, we have a baseball league where all the rules (no gloves, only underhand pitching, etc), uniforms, and manners are based on 19th century baseball. It's real competition, the players are gentleman (exept on the rare occasion where the umpire screws up), and the spectators are treated to a relaxed, old-fashioned atmosphere. The league is called Silver Ball, and I think there are teams across the country. Perhaps its nostalgic but if one attends such a game, the differene between amatuer (in the true sense of the word) and professional will be readily apparent.
I know the previous comments were about ice hockey, but my point is that sports were often connected with an organic culture. I made my point about baseball, but NASCAR, too, originated out of prohibition bootlegging. Ice Hockey, in Canada and Russia, was a natural kind of recreation in such extreme climates. But when sports became packaged and sold nationally and globally, they were transformed into cheap and vulgar imitations of their original spirit.
@5 PcH
Foreigners are Americans too. They can vote in many places, they can own guns, business, skyscrapers, crime syndicates etc. Hey, being American is a state of mind, and the Constitution is a living brathing document, and I'd like to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.
In answer to the apparent need for hockey rinks in the South, I suspect the Romans imported their own forms of entertainment and food when conquering and subduing other peoples. The South is no different, and "Olive Gardens" are fast replacing BBQ restaurants.
I recall whilst in graduate school in Athens back in the early 1980's, the Atlanta Flames played at the Omni. It was an extreme cultural disconnect to see: one, a team name that referred to the burning down of an American city by Sherman's fellow war criminals; and two, people in the first row of the stands waving large Confederate Battle flags to cheer on the team.
The Flames are now in Calgary, and Atlanta's new team is called the "Predators," perhaps to honor Sherman once again.