It seems I’m having to change my mind more often these days… I recently hit play on Dr. Fauci’s COVID-19 segment on PBS where he says the New York Response was the correct one. Looking at the current stats that appears to be true! After reviewing my previous critique of Governor Cuomo and the state’s reaction to the global pandemic I feel I have to retract my strongly voiced criticism. It looks like the Governor’s approach of Early, Often and Up Front has left him the darling of the Democrats.
Gov. Cuomo’s strategy was two-fold. First, He demanded the filthy, disease-riddled, urine-soaked New York Subway system remain open specifically because those who would be in First and Direct contact with those elderly individuals possessing pre-existing conditions could get to work unobstructed. Second, by Forcing New York Nursing Homes to admit COVID-19 Positive elderly into their facilities. By doing both, the Governor was able to literally decimate the most vulnerable and likely to die from the virus… This plan resulted in well over 30,000 lives lost almost immediately. Early, Often and Up Front. Once the most likely to contract and pass away from the disease had done so, the Subway was sanitized (for the first time in 100 years) and the order forcing nursing homes to admit infected elderly into their midst was rescinded. But there is the genius. The highest risk population most likely to contract and subsequently pass away from the disease had been dramatically reduced leaving far fewer remaining to perish from it today. Now the numbers look promising… so much so that the Governor is receiving praise from Dr. Fauci. (Is Fauci a German name? I’ll have to look into that.) If one must judge from current lead stories emanating out of New York and landing on headlines across the country you can only end up where I am now. New York got it Right on the Corona Virus thanks to the leadership of Andrew Cuomo.
Just the basic feels, can you tell me where it hurts?
There is no fact you are receiving.
No distant learning on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves, your lips move but you don’t know what you’re saying.
When you were a child, you had a Fever. You thought the Great Big World was not Fair… Now you’ve got that feeling once again, you steadfastly refuse to understand…. that your Socialist Utopia is a sham.
Youuuuuuu… Have become… Comfortably Dumb.
This post is from 2017… but with the advent of AOC, I thought it interesting to remind all of us of two things.
The Democrats Created the Mares which are eating their own.
If there was ever a testament as to why a Parent should Never Send Their Child to any institute of “higher” learning… it’s AOC. She is truly a glowing example of the educated ignorant. So very comfortably dumb…
Both of the above facts make me smile for a number of different reasons, not the least of which is the honesty that the Democrat Party, and a sad number of Republicans, have been withholding from all of us for so very long. AOC, the self-styled love child of Eva Peron and Frida Khalo, IS the Democrat Party. She is Norman Thomas. She is the Petulant Lenin. She is She is the conversation democrats have been having behind closed doors since Chicago ’68… she is what they have always believed. She is Honest. She is Ridiculous, and possibly Dangerous to every human on the planet, but Honest.
AOC, like all of her Socialist predecessors have been convinced that Marx has just been misunderstood. Socialism simply has not been orchestrated correctly. Mao didn’t do it right… Mussolini didn’t do it right… Stalin didn’t do it right… Hitler didn’t do it right… Pol Pot didn’t do it right… Chavez did it right but the Venezuelans are stupid… etc. etc. etc.
Don’t take her seriously at your own risk…
So on with the previous post…
No Sh*t, there I was… well, not directly in harm’s way but kinda like I was there. Sorta. An associate and I decided to go down to our local University to see Milo Yiannopoulos. It turned out my friend made it and I did not. What do you do? However, during the stroll through, around and inside the protests, my friend had a chance to ask some questions of our best and brightest. Keep in mind, these folks are our future…
(He was also texting me video files of what was happening. It was classic. If you want to see who Milo is and don’t yet know, I suggest the youtube. He also has a MyFace page.)
My favorite was a video of protesters smashing their faces against a large bank of windows and shouting inane slogans about fascism while demanding Milo not be allowed to speak. (If any one of these screaming University attendees had been taught critical thinking their heads would have exploded from the level of cognitive dissonance. that is the only thing which could have made these videos better.) All this was occurring while my associate laughed in the comfortable confines of a largely empty hallway. It had overtones of a B-movie zombie franchise. Hilarious!
But the title of this little diddy comes from a question my Friend asked one of the Useful. (Post updated to include one of New York’s newest Representatives.)
Clandestine Operative: Have you read, or seen, anything by Milo? Like on Facebook, or his columns?
Female Protesting Something: No! I don’t want to legitimize his Hate!
Hahaahhaaaaahahahaaahaaaaa! Now that’s Learning! Her parents must be proud! I hope they’re spending a crap load of money for that education… although I suspect it’s student loans she and her parents will expect the rest of us to pay off.
I wonder what it would have been like to try this on my professors… “Ah, No Dr. Rossi, I did not read the Mein Kampf assignment because I Refuse to Legitimize Hitler’s Hate!” Or, better yet, “Lenin!? No Way! You can shove all his writings right up your a**!” Or may be “Gandhi? Gandhi!? That Child molester? I refuse to read a word he wrote. If you try to make me I’ll report you to the Dean! Fascist!” (I added that last bit for dramatic contemporary-foolish-college-student effect even though I personally knew what it meant then and would not have employed it out of context. I most likely would have called him a Communist.)
Anyway…
If you don’t know who Milo is I recommend checking him out. I predict he will be a bit much for most of you, but I think he may be borderline genius. I had a Russian professor once upon a time who had similar mannerisms when he lectured, and I suspect similar tastes in men, who I still believe was brilliant to the nth degree. But I digress. Listen to what Milo is saying… wave off the super gay theatrics. It’s his angle. Don’t get me wrong, he will be the first to tell you he’s super gay, but his point is “Who Cares!?”, being Gay shouldn’t automatically make you a Useful Idiot. And that’s a good point. And that’s why they Hate Him.
So I’ve decided to change mine. (Just like Mayor DeBlasio… or Mr. Wilhelm…whatever…)
People don’t like me. I’ve taken an admittedly unscientific poll but the results are clear. I’m despised. There are many reasons for this… many, many reasons…
So, by changing my name I will wipe the slate clean. I mean there are a bunch of people out there who haven’t met me yet and my reputation under my old name can’t precede me. All I have to say is “That’s not me.” It will be like being born again! (Kinda… actually very similar…)
And, as long as I don’t get too attached to my new name I can always change it again down the road if I screw it up a second or third time…
The Socialists have been doing this for a hundred years! Once they were Socialists, then Communists, then Progressives, then Social Democrats, then Democratic Socialists, then Liberals just to be super confusing, then Leftists, back to Socialists and even Anarchists to render the term meaningless, then back to Progressives… anon, anon… Just like the criminals they are.
Think about it, “Hillary Clinton” is a way better name than “Suicide Inducing Harpy” which is what she used to go by.
Come on! It doesn’t matter what you call yourself.
Your name says it all… who cares about your actions. Instant Indulgence, without having to purchase it.
We do it all the time.
All you have to do is pick something like Catholic, Conservative, or Liberal and that’s what you are.
You don’t even have to know what that moniker means because it means whatever you want it to. Brilliant!
So what if you only go to Mass at Midnight on Christmas Eve… and support abortion. It doesn’t matter. So what that when you’re confronted with Socialist principles you cringe in disgust… you’re “Liberal” and you’re going to continue to vote for “Liberals” no matter what. You can even wear the mantle of “Conservative” though you couldn’t explain free-market capitalism if your life depended on it, and you support catastrophic spending by huge extra-constitutional government as long as it is “your guys” in charge… NO problem!
We’re finally at the point where words have no meaning.
And never worry, if some malcontent tries to assign a definition, you can just combine a bunch of them like “conservative-liberal-pacifist or liberal-progressive-social democrat or left leaning-anarcho-capitalist”, there are no rules…go nuts!
So remember, as long as you keep changing what you call yourself nobody will ever challenge you. And if nobody Challenges you, then even you will never have to genuinely understand what your new name means. You’ll Never Feel Stupid Again!
So… it’s time for me to make the change.
I’m going with “Omnipotent”. (It says it all.)
I know, it’s a bit of a mouthful but “Enlightened” seemed a to feminine and I’m saving “Super Genius” for future use.
Oh… and it’s “Mr. Omnipotent” to you. Or, possibly “Your Highness”. I’ll have to think about that.
Socialism is rampant in New York City. Even those few New Yorker’s calling themselves “Republicans” are Liberal Leftists.
In regard to the Towers, They are My Liberal Leftists and killing them will always be met with the most Extreme, Angry, Flag Waving, Gun Clinging, Military Dispatching, Terrorist Killing, that I and every other Individual Freedom and Liberty Loving Citizen of this Country can muster. So get over yourself. You don’t own the outrage.
In other words, Mr. Trump, I understand you defending New York. But the fact that you could only toss out William F. Buckley followed by a very, very, weak ‘among others’ is illustrative.
You know Ted is right… even Buckley, if he were here to say it, would announce how correct Ted is. Ayn would do the same. So would Milton Freidman and Murray Rothbard, “among others”. (All of whom I’ve been holding out hope you’ve read…) When your prominent Anti-Socialist, Conservative and Individualist Leaders in Thought refer to the place they reside as “The Belly of The Beast” it is not meant as a compliment. They were on the ground, so to speak, and recognized the poison that is collectivism and the danger it poses all Americans first hand… in their own city.
So, to be able to pull out not even a handful of Anti-Socialists from over 8.5 Million people… which swells to over 13 Million Monday-Friday… makes Ted’s point.
It’s tantamount to stating Austin, Texas or Boulder, Colorado are bastions of American Capitalism and Rugged Individualism.
Frankly, Ted knows he has so few friends in New York City as it not to matter if he is insulting.
So the Only take away I get from your exchange with him is you are yet another Elitist who see’s the United States as New York and Los Angeles… with a bunch of sh*t in between you have to fly over.
For almost 100 years the Left in this country has spent untold treasure, and untold man hours, crafting arguments that pit one group against another.
The creation and nurturing of these groups is called Balkanization.
It is the political tactic of getting individuals to identify with a small group sharing similar interests, then pitting them against other small groups who seem to oppose said interests. The outcome of this manipulation, they hope, is to gain one or the other small groups support in the form of money, and votes, come election time. We have all seen this. While it is certainly found on both sides of the aisle, it is the sole motivator used by the Socialists. It is the proverbial “Us vs. Them”, whomever that may be. The reason this is the foundation of Socialist politics can be found when individuals educate themselves as to what Socialism is… then recoil in disgust. Because of this common reaction to Progressive ideology, they are left with identity politics.
The upside for the Statist Left is it distracts us from the paramount task of protecting our Natural Right to Indivdual Feedom and Liberty as outlined in our Founding Documents… what is otherwise a unifying cause.
There is fantastic writing on this phenomena out there, so will I not bore you.
But, what makes the IRS scandal important is the unifying effect it has on the population. No matter who you are, if you are productive in any way, you are afraid of the IRS. They have enjoyed that power, fostered it since their inception. The rub for Liberals lies in the Unity part…
When your entire political success relies on small groups that you keep mad at those you consider your enemy, things start to fall apart when everybody unites. And, everybody is uniting in outrage over the IRS scandal. This makes for a very interesting tap dance the Left must perform in order to retain their base (by feigning outrage along with them) while also trying to defend and preserve the fear the IRS reputation evokes. They must have a complicated, unintelligible, unnavigable tax code allowing unlimited power over the population and it’s productivity. Socialism requires “special people” with the authority to redistribute wealth.
If you doubt me, you will have plenty of opportunity to see for yourself over the next week or so. During the hearings look for your local Leftist and count the number of “but’s” in their statements and questions. In other words, they will start by saying how unbelievable… horrible… terrible… it is for the IRS to target certain groups “BUT”… and then they will go on to defend its legality, or justify it in some way. They simply cannot lose the power of the IRS. Liberals on both sides of the aisle know and love the power they find in the U.S. tax code.
For the Socialists, government exists to take your money and give it to someone else… and you’re supposed to love it. Or at the very least fear it. Caligula had a famous quote; “Let them Hate me, so long as they Fear me.”
So yes, this scandal matters. And I think it matters in a very big way.
In a Global way… in a Macro sense…
In fact, the timing could not be better… well, it could have been better. It could have happened 50 years ago. Anyway, it was not long ago that those who supported ideas like the Gold Standard were dismissed (after Nixon) to crazy-ville by the Liberal Left. But time has allowed for many additional alternatives regarding taxation, from flat to consumption.
Many more individuals have become interested in the function of money. These two facts only make it harder for those who have anointed themselves the smartest people in the room to do as they wish in regard to our economy. Education has that effect.
So it brings us to today…
The Left has no choice but to try to shut down this IRS scandal.
They cannot afford all of us getting together and opposing something so important to the foundation of their Ideology. The power of taxation cannot be modified in any way that reduces their ability to redistribute wealth.
They cannot afford alternative ideas designed to fund government functions which do not require one human forcing their subjective decisions upon other humans. The individual cannot become more independent through the reduction of bureaucratic oversight and punishment.
They cannot afford to have this discussion continue much longer… particularly now that many of us know Liberals exist on both sides of the aisle and no longer fall for the old trick of party identity, but instead have endeavored to gain some ideological understanding.
While it’s a bit late, I’m happy it’s happening.
Cheers to the IRS and the Elitists who run it! All the better to see you with…
(052013)
It appears the current Mayor DeBlasio of New York is also tap dancing…
The incubation period (as far as we can tell) for Ebola is currently at 21 days.
Ms. Hickcox has been released from the quarantine and ask politely to quarantine herself voluntarily at Home in Maine.
The White House believes this is the correct way to proceed.
The CDC, read White House, believes this is the correct way to proceed.
While Ms. Hickcox has said openly that she may, or may not, have Ebola… her treatment is uncalled for.
Clearly Nurse Hickcox believes the idea of quarantine for a disease that does not present for 21 days is inhumane… as she has stated.
And, She along with her lawyers promise to sue.
I would be lying if I said I was surprised…
However, isn’t her admission that she ‘may or may not’ have the disease exactly the reason for the quarantine?
I will ask all of you…
Is the inconvenience of an extra 14 days too much to ask if it saves the life of a single child?
Is the expectation that we treat rapidly fatal diseases for which we have no cure with extreme caution unreasonable if it could save the lives of our children?
Wouldn’t you expect Medical Personnel to ‘Do No Harm’ and err on the side of such caution?
And finally…
Wouldn’t you expect the White House to agree with such wisdom until we can get a better handle on a rapidly fatal disease… if not for us, for the children?
We have all heard this appeal for decades. It has been used ad nauseam.
And yet, where are the hand wringing, bleeding heart, Liberal Leftists with their concern?
Are they too occupied with the latest, fresh from Latin America, killer of children called the Enterovirus D68? Nope… not there either.
Is the Press voicing their concerns for the children? Nope.
How about our President and his party who care about everything more than we do? Nope.
So I guess “Equal Opportunity” now only applies to Deadly Communicable Diseases.
If not in America, then Where can a Killer Microbe get a Fair Shake?
Once upon a time watches that couldn’t keep time and Cars that didn’t run were the Status Symbols of the Rich.
All you needed was a Rolex on your wrist or a Land Rover in your gara… well, in the shop… and you advertised for all who cared that you were doing so well that you could afford stuff that didn’t work. You Had Arrived!
But thanks to folks like Nanny Mike Bloomberg, things are a Changin’.
Now a Smoking Habit is all the rage for those wishing to demonstrate their ability to prolifically waste money.
It’s the New Cool…
From Movie Stars to your next door neighbor.
How did this occur?
Well, when you take something that is a mediocre product, harmful even, and Force the price up so high through taxing and regulation that ‘normal’ everyday people cannot afford it something changes… (Remember Palm Pilots? Saffron? Pepper used to be this way too, but it’s very unlikely any of you are that old.)
Because only the Rich, and those who want you to think they’re Rich, will buy them. The Genuinely Rich get to continue eating. The Rich in Name Only get the benefit of losing weight, but looking very, very hip.
That Product becomes a Talisman for all to see which says “I’m doing Awesome! In fact, I’m doing way better than you. And, I can afford this crappy item whenever I want. Nana nana nanaaa…”
I suppose there might be some honesty well after the fact of owning these things is over… I’m guessing Lung Cancer will be considered a drawback after the Coolness wears off as it’s hard to sell or give away.
Same with a Land Rover…
Ask anyone who owns one and they’ll regale you with what an ‘amazing’ and ‘wonderful’ piece of… equipment… it is. But return after they have sold it and you get the truth. Prepare yourself by setting aside an hour or so to listen to the horror stories of wasted time and vast black hole of expense associated with such items whose equity is built entirely on Status making for a very small and inexpensive secondary market. But Rich people can often lose the kind of money that would make the rest consider stepping in front of a bus…
I have stated before my Love of Rich People. My opinion has not changed.
They are the Guinea Pigs for the rest of us. Companies experiment on them and the only the best ideas find their way down to the masses (me). I like it that way. Rich folks can afford to waste their money-making my life better. Bless their Hearts.
But I just can’t figure out how smoking fits into that paradigm… unless removing themselves in the slowest possible way from being a long-term healthcare burden on the rest of us is taken into account. However, I don’t give most folks the credit for thinking that far ahead, or being that benevolent.
Regardless of how turns out in the long run I will always be fascinated be the unintended consequences created by The Meddlers like Bloomberg, et al.
According to advanced reviews Bill and Hillary Clinton are cast having strangely similar tastes and proclivities. One reviewer noted the Characters mirror each other to such a degree that the Director could have cast a single actor if the story didn’t need both appearing at the same time. Rumor has it Anthony Weiner auditioned for both leads. It was also noted that one might be interested in buying stock in Lamp and Ashtray manufacturers with the rate at which they are destroyed.
One critic quipped, ‘Now when someone hands me a cigar, I’ve started thinking twice about smoking it.’
The primary concern regarding the success of the Musical, according to reviewers, are the abundant option Theater goers have in New York.
However, even with stiff competition we predict It’ll be hard to beat.
First, for full disclosure I’m not Catholic. And, this post has nothing to do with indicting the long-held Leftist views of The Catholic Church. But there is a very interesting take away from the Cardinals’ statement that needs to have some additional attention… and it has nothing to do with Gay Marriage.
Cardinal Dolan decided to take the opportunity during his reflections of what Pope Francis should and should not do to make it clear The Pope is not a Marxist. And this is how he did it:
“The Catholic Church is “always concerned about excesses on the left, which is collectivism, socialism, communism, and excesses on the right, which is unfettered, cut-throat capitalism,” Dolan said. “Somewhere in between is the via media, which will come to a fair, equitable, just, economic system.”
Pope John Paul II, having lived under a Communist regime in Poland, “was a bit more sensitive to the excesses on the left. Francis, he’s a bit more sensitive about the excesses to the right.” As Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis lived under right-wing regimes in Argentina for much of his life.”
Let me help those of you not used to deciphering such speech. What Cardinal Dolan is saying above is The Church is always concerned when the Left attempts to remove God from the position of Ultimate Authority… But Capitalism (He’s actually describing Fascism… which is just a Flavor of Socialism/Communism) never Requires God… and this is unacceptable. What’s interesting is the “Socialism” he says the Church “is always concerned about” and the Capitalism (Actually Fascism) which he describes as “cut-throat” are One in the Same.
He goes on to illustrate my point in the second paragraph of the quote. Since Pope John Paul II grew up under a Communist Regime he was sensitive to the Horrible Leftist Ideas. But, since Pope Francis lived under “Right Wing” regimes in Argentina the implication is he is sensitive to supposedly “Capitalist” Ideas.
There is only two things that could be at work here.
Either Cardinal Timothy Dolan knows that there has never been unfettered Capitalism practiced anywhere in the World, as the closest we’ve been able to get is here in the U.S. Thus, he is intentionally trying to sow confusion in the minds of anyone who is listening…
Or
The Cardinal lives in a Magical Universe where the only Political Spectrum in existence is Socialist in Nature. There’s No Capitalism… none… to be found anywhere in it.
In Other words, All Governing Theory is Statist and there are only variations with Communism being on the Left Wing of the Spectrum and Fascism (What he, and most Progressive Socialists, describe a Capitalism) being on the Right Wing. (It’s worth noting that the Catholic Church has practiced Religion as Government for most of it’s existence… and their Theocratic Model would fit somewhere in the Middle of this imaginary Statist Spectrum.)
But either of these options just don’t seem to be the behaviors of trusted men.
So…
Giving Cardinal Dolan the benefit of the doubt, Let’s assume he doesn’t know what Capitalism is. And, let’s also hope he finds some time for Enlightenment in regard to the One Governing Theory that protects each and every one of us regardless of our RACE, CREED, COLOR, GENDER or RELIGION. I have Faith.
Until that time, it’s profitable to note, and remind all around you, that Capitalism, Property Rights and One’s Freedom to Choose are what protect Liberty. This formula is a Profoundly Unique Governing Paradigm, it has been found only one place on Earth. This might explain Cardinal Dolan’s, and Pope Francis’, inability to understand what the Rare concept in self governance is.
Just to be “fair”, Cardinal Dolan and Pope Francis grew up in Socialist Countries (St. Louis and Argentina) ultimately to reside in Socialist Countries (Manhattan and Italy) so we might want to go easy on them.
If nothing else, this is yet another example of the enormity of our task. The fact that there are otherwise intelligent people in positions of power who do not know the difference between Capitalism and Fascism… or if they do they don’t want to admit it… tells us that there is much work to do indeed.
I propose we start with the Useful Idiots. At least we Know they Don’t Know. Nothing Sinister there, just ignorance.
Long time Obama Supporter, Shannon Rogers-Guess-Richardson, attempted to kill President Obama and his Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg.
It is suspected she was attempting to frame her Husband, a Veteran and 2nd Amendment supporter.
The Democrat Actress has stated openly her desire to seek divorce from her third husband. According to her son, the Actress had become extremely careful not to consume food that was not “directly from the store to her hand”. Not an unreasonable precaution considering ricin was being produced in the home’s kitchen.
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