The betrayal of America

[EveningStar]

Max Friedman
The Augusta Free Press
February 20, 2006

This column is a rant, not a soft, cuddly piece of fluff opinion. It is going to tell the truth like you have never heard it before. To quote Jack Nicholson from the movie "A Few Good Men" - "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth" - but I'm going to give it to you anyway.

So, as your mother used to do to those of you readers who are old enough to remember, hold your nose and take your medicine, because the doctor is in, and he's operating with a chainsaw.

After 35 years in the news/journalism business, from D.C. to Vietnam, I can honestly say that most of the leading Democratic Party politicians and their far-left support groups are traitors to this country. Besides the few who are deceased or out of office, today's DP is loaded with leaders who have sold out this country to the communists, to the Islamofascists and to their egos. Others are just plain stupid, addle-brained and knee-jerk jerks.

(I'll get to the Republicans in a minute)...
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[The_Sonarman]

Good rant.

[Native American]

Good rants definitely have their place in society.

[EveningStar]

Yes. This is indeed a 4 star rant. It may or may not be very responsible or accurate but it sure is entertaining.

[bannerman]

Yes. This is indeed a 4 star rant. It may or may not be very responsible or accurate but it sure is entertaining.


"What Walter Duranty started in the NYT in the 1930s by covering up the mass murder that Joseph Stalin was perpetuating on the people under his control, was continued over into covering up for the so-called Viet Cong and their North Vietnamese masters, the mini state terrorist regime that the Palestine Liberation Organization had established in Lebanon, and now the extent of the threat that Islamofascism poses to the U.S. and Western civilization. Look at how so-called Moslem advocacy groups in the U.S. have been portrayed despite the fact that their leaders have been convicted of supporting terrorism, and that their members call for Jihad against the U.S. and the West.

now here we have a fairly interesting insight into our "pals" at the NYT eh?

[DoctorDoom]

Yes. This is indeed a 4 star rant. It may or may not be very responsible or accurate but it sure is entertaining.:rolleyes: It's an opinion piece. If you want to see irresponsible and inaccurate, check out what passes for news in the MSM.

It's a marvelous rant and dead on target.

[Aethariel]

Glee, I always knew I wanted to destroy America! I'm just glad the thoughtful Mr. Friedman helped me figure that out for certain. He's the very picture of the American Dream-- the ability to believe whatever you want, no matter how ridiculous it might be. A true patriot, indeed!

[Wyatt_Junker]

One need not talk about secret allegiances or societies to understand the obvious. We don't need to look at the roll call of the CPUSA either. It is plain, already open and there is no shame in today's politics when it comes to socialism. It doesn't matter whether that person is a Russian agent or not, a Chicom Maoist or not or a homegrown acid dropping hippie. Their message is clear and since there is no shame, they are open and forthright about their goals.

Here's what's more frightening than even if every member of Congress wore a red fez with a gold star on the front: Nearly 45% of the voting public agrees with the goals of the old school committed commie retro culture. I'm not sure how to get that back. There is no need for covert meetings, secret handshakes or underground seances. This is all out in the open. America has reached her apex. We are at that point of the roller coaster, the highest point, slowly rolling along just before going down the biggest, most scariest drop. And just when you think that's bad, then the corkscrews.

We have accepted socialism openly and without shame. There are no protests. The Boston Tea Party? HAHAHAHAhahahahaha....

What was that? What were THOSE GUYS SO UPTIGHT ABOUT!?

We really have no idea.

What scares me the most, and I have talked to many a pastor on the subject, is that America is not mentioned in Revelation either directly nor insinuatingly. Unless someone would like to read it differently. If so, explain it to me. I do not see her on the horizon.

And it will not come apart at the seams from a foreign threat. It will be our own undoing from within. The me-first-gimme-gimmes are winning slowly and there is no one brave enough to take them on.

[DoctorDoom]

And it will not come apart at the seams from a foreign threat. It will be our own undoing from within. The me-first-gimme-gimmes are winning slowly and there is no one brave enough to take them on.The most interesting observation is how closely the US has followed this scenario.

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with a result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence:

From Bondage to Spiritual Faith
From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage
From Courage to Liberty
From Liberty to Abundance
From Abundance to Selfishness
From Selfishness to Complacency
From Complacency to Apathy
From Apathy to Dependency
From Dependency back into Bondage"

-- From "The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic" by Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee (1748-1813), Scottish judge and historian at Edinburgh University

History repeats itself.

[DoctorDoom]

Glee, I always knew I wanted to destroy America! I'm just glad the thoughtful Mr. Friedman helped me figure that out for certain.Any day that gives you new knowledge or insight is a good day. We're happy to be of service in your quest toward self-awareness.

[Aethariel]

I think a growing socialistic trend is inevitable. Free-reigning capitalism screws over way too many people in economies of massive scale, and as the world starts to strip itself of acceptable targets for indigent poverty, the entire system is called in to question. Unrestrained capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with the Enlightment ideals of our repubic, and it seems only natural that the economic proceedings of our country are altered as we continue on a progressive course. :3

[Naturalized-Texan]

I think a growing socialistic trend is inevitable. Free-reigning capitalism screws over way too many people in economies of massive scale, and as the world starts to strip itself of acceptable targets for indigent poverty, the entire system is called in to question. Unrestrained capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with the Enlightment ideals of our repubic, and it seems only natural that the economic proceedings of our country are altered as we continue on a progressive course. :3
Where do we see the very worst poverty in the world? In socialist countries, of course.

Where do we see the most prosperity and the least poverty in the world? In capitalist countries, of course.

The reason is that freedom reigns in capitalist countries, while government coercion reigns in socialist countries. Freedom works every time it's tried.

[EveningStar]

Where do we see the very worst poverty in the world? In socialist countries, of course.

Where do we see the most prosperity and the least poverty in the world? In capitalist countries, of course.

The reason is that freedom reigns in capitalist countries, while government coercion reigns in socialist countries. Freedom works every time it's tried.

And yet, the left here wants to undo all of this. Makes no sense, does it?

[DoctorDoom]

And yet, the left here wants to undo all of this. Makes no sense, does it?The left making sense is oxymoronic. It's rather like liberal thought.

[Warlady]

Yes. This is indeed a 4 star rant. It may or may not be very responsible or accurate but it sure is entertaining.

I disagree. It's a 5 star article and not a rant at all. I have read most of this before but never so well conglomerated into one seamless article. He did a great job. I will pray for his safety.

[Patriot Heart]

The trouble with Libs is, many of them have a tremendously guilty conscience that they live in a proper home, eat three squares a day and drive a gas burning auto. They don't really want to do any of the dirty work that actually results in freedom and a higher standard of living for the poor, it is so much easier and more satisfying the take more money from those that have already worked hard, and throw it at the masses. Who cares if you drag your own country down also? At least you don't feel so guilty!

[DesertFox]

Unrestrained capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with the Enlightment ideals of our repubicMalarkey. Unrestrained capitalism is the only way to realize America's Enlightenment ideals, and the only hope for the world. Read Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics; he debunks every lie, fraud and deceit imaginable about free-market economics, e.g., unrestrained capitalism.

[EveningStar]

I disagree. It's a 5 star article and not a rant at all. I have read most of this before but never so well conglomerated into one seamless article. He did a great job. I will pray for his safety.

I was using the 4-star rating system so he got 4 stars out of 4. :D

Do you really think someone will try to harm him, WL?

[Wyatt_Junker]

I think a growing socialistic trend is inevitable. Free-reigning capitalism screws over way too many people in economies of massive scale, and as the world starts to strip itself of acceptable targets for indigent poverty, the entire system is called in to question. Unrestrained capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with the Enlightment ideals of our repubic, and it seems only natural that the economic proceedings of our country are altered as we continue on a progressive course. :3

Where do you get this watered down shit?

The very reason America suffers enormous debt, manufacturing jobs are down and pockets of the inner cities experience poverty is because of socialism.

Besides feeding a standing military, every other contributor of our debt is baseless waste used to get votes, a this-for-that-act of political prostitution. And poverty is never solved by filling up some useless scum's ATM with freebie cash, nor by assuming nothing back in return and just giving it away. Manufacturing jobs are down because of excessive regulation, unions and the unrealistic American worker's expectation of a certain 'lifestyle'(thanks to a union's over evaluation of bolt-turning jobs).

Look at China. 95% of China is in economic ruins. 95% of China is still under the red curse of communism. Everyone is paid the same annual stipend. It is why everyone there wants to be a school teacher because in addition to making what a surgeon does, they also get 3 months off every year. Nice incentivizing there. Talk about total naivete of understanding the human spirit.

The rest of China is in an economic boom. Hong Kong is total unregulated economic anarchy. It is free market chaos with no constraint. Definitional capitalism. Anyone can become an entrepreneur on a split second whim. It even makes America look slow. No paperwork, no laws, unfortunately not a lot of quality control but that is changing due to the free market correcting itself without gov. interference. No FDA. No USDA. No EEOC. No OSHA. No min. wage. No child labor laws. No EDD. No EPA. No green fee. No ADA. etc. etc.

And because of that, the human spirit is enthusiastic in HK with the expectation of what could be. And also the rest of the world is looking at HK with total awe, amazement and wonder scratching their head as China's little experiment takes off like a stock car compared to other nations 3 wheeled kiddie trikes.

The further one goes towards mandated, regulated socialism the more robotic the citizens become as their spirit is ripped from their being. The more a society goes toward a forced collective, the less they think for themselves since there is no incentive to do so. The more a society embraces socialism, incrementally, the harder it is to ever go back and retrieve that independent world leader spirit as it is lost in forgetful tribalism.

Why do African tribes do so many drugs? Why do they dance around bonfires snorting ground up ca-ca-caine? Because they want to forget the burden of the collective. Because in having total agrarian socialism, there is no one(literally) above the rest, thereby everyone is an unblinking automaton adopting oral hand-me-down tradition without question. Socialism is only established in the unfeeling cultic tradition of no free inquiry. You think capitalism is bad? Try advanced communism. See how even socialism incrementally encourages no one to greatness, no one to achievement, no one to anything beyond 'the group'. There is absolutely no excellence, no demands and nothing very inspiring. Sure there is folk lore or else they would go insane, but it is continual retreads. Stories that they tell each other, things that they whisper into each other's ears to believe what is easier. Read African myths and legends. Now compare them to quotes by Lenin. You will be amazed.

It is no wonder that today's dull-eyed Russians, victims of generations of brainwashing are hard-won to accept the colorful, the untried or experience faith. They are beaten down. They have no god. And in that wake, in that vaccuum there is only brutality and take what you can. Fraud and violence are the two pillars upon which they depend. It takes a long time before the Ukrainians that come here can truly understand what it means to live in a soceity like ours. They understand the rugged side of life(it is a part of general desperation), but they fail at the individual side of American life. It only comes in fits and starts. But historical Americans have always had to deal with both, the rugged individual. Life was hard for most of American history. This is no longer. It is also why we are losing our character. But we have always had the individualism due to the freedom of inquiry of an open society. However, that too, is changing. We are also now losing our individualism and creativity as socialism slowly takes root.

The Left voting block does not think creatively. They assume themselves in the unresearched. In fact, they look pridefully at whatever is unresearched and canonize it, intentionally looking to see how they can make something sound even more rabid or more insane than the day before, adopting it only because it gains them some feckless association with the bizarre. And to resist only because resistance itself is a virtue without questioning why. Thus, we have the demographic of the easy, which uses cliches like tribal fairy tales in order to pass on 'the legend' in their insular made-up world. It adopts a 'truth' which is really nothing more than a grid of ever recent hand-me-down lore, not even realizing anymore that what they created was a lie. Its the ultimate in self-deception. Today's political Left that wants socialism, and so invokes the lie just like Lenin did in his day in order to get power not even realizing that behind him stands Stalin licking his chops.

[DoctorDoom]

Another http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/white/rating/rating_5.gif rating is hereby given to Wyatt J for his masterful analysis.

[Maggie_T]

This is a Hall of Famer.


These are the most treacherous Democrats ever to sit in Congress, the most incompetent, the most egotistical, and the most stuck on stupid bunch of SOBs in modern American political history (Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi being the prime examples), and a lot of the American people are the dumbest bunch of yahoos ever to go into a voting booth to help them carry out this betrayal.


Absolutely, my friend. However, let's give due where due is deserved. The dumbest bunch of yahoos that go into voting booths are not the only ones to blame. In fact, they are the result of various degrees of indoctrination: primary/high school, and then college, where commie teachers "teach" them to hate and be ashamed of their country, and to vilify and insult their president (as recent news confirms).

Some of these students are wise enough to shake off the indoctrination once they leave the rarified ambience of academia and go into the real world and start earning a living. Unfortunately, others are not so bright ... as we can see in this very thread. Pity.

[Maggie_T]

Where do you get this watered down shit?

From our "lerning centers," Wyatt. This is the sort of crapola that the Ward Churchills "teach" and that students of lesser intelligence - not to mention those with a chip on their shoulder - lap up like kittens lap up warm milk. And while your analysis is indeed worthy of 5 stars, it is totally wasted on liberals. They just don't want to admit it. They stick to the indoctrination of the Ward Churchills with the same fanaticism that Islamofacists stick to the belief that they will get 72 virgins if they kill every infidel out there.

No wonder liberals and Islamofacists get along so well. They have so much in common.

[Maggie_T]

I love this guy, Max Friedman. I can't wait for the "second installment" of his rant. :)

[EveningStar]

I love this guy, Max Friedman. I can't wait for the "second installment" of his rant. :)

Here's (http://www.augustafreepress.com/stories/storyReader$35654) his bookmark, Maggie. ;)

[Maggie_T]

Oh, thanks, love.