My latest in PJ Media:
The Democratic Party propaganda machine, more commonly known as the mainstream media, has been gushing over the establishment Republicans who appeared at the Democratic National Convention to denounce President Trump and endorse Joe Biden, but as last night’s Republican National Convention showed, the days of the Republican Party being a pale shadow of the Democrats are over. In 2020, as in 2016 but not for a considerable period before that, we actually have a choice, not an echo, as Barry Goldwater offered America way back in 1964.
As Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster demonstrates, the United States has been under the control of what is essentially a one-party system in two factions since at least the early 1950s. One of the most damaging aspects of the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the first Republican president since the onset of the Great Depression, was his refusal to challenge the basic premises of the New Deal. That’s how we got into this fix.
The Eisenhower administration was generally a period of great prosperity. However, after twenty years of New Deal expansion of the government, it was widely expected by observers from both parties that Eisenhower would at least attempt to fight the leviathan and diminish the gargantuan and ever-growing federal government. Instead, he did little to halt the expansion of federal power. He resisted numerous measures that would have repealed or rolled back New Deal programs. He was determinedly bipartisan, going along with numerous Democratic initiatives, even when they involved the centralization that he warned against. In 1954, he stated his guiding philosophy: “I have just one purpose, outside of the job of keeping this world in peace…and that is to build up a strong progressive Republican Party in this country. If the right wing wants a fight, they are going to get it. If they want to leave the Republican Party and form a third party, that’s their business, but before I end up, either this Republican Party will reflect progressivism or I won’t be with them anymore.”
George W. Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Paul Ryan couldn’t have said it better.
There is much more. Read the rest here.
Emilie Green says
Which Way, America?
(A) The way of the Founders/Framers
or
(B) The way of the EU/USSR/PRC/UN/Islam model
Under (A), rights are pre-existing and inalienable, inherent in each person by simply existing. Government is organized, with the consent of the governed, and most importantly with defined limitations, solely to protect those rights.
America became great precisely because of what government was prevented from doing, thereby leaving the people alone, to create, to invent, to produce, and most importantly, to keep the fruits of their labor.
Under (B), rights are “granted” by government which exists unto itself regardless of the consent of the governed, acting as the final arbiter. Here, what government “gives” can as easily be taken away. And with (B), there are no limiting principles placed on governmental power.
Well, which do we (or a voting majority) really, really want, (A) or (B)?
The idea of centralism has always been a false premise. Moving toward a “compromising center” always means abandoning your founding principles. And you will note that all “compromise” is a one-way ratchet, moving in one direction only, towards that of more government.
Do we want freedom FROM government (which is the question with which the Framers wrestled) via limited, constitutional government whereby government itself is bound by law, or do we want total government. Madison (Fed. 51) put it this way, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.”
To varying degrees each one of the 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto has found its way into our laws; The Democrats would take us full-bore. Do we have to live as citizens or as subjects?
Trump is the only choice.
Sabri S. says
Islam is the only way forward for America and Canada! My God, do you see what is happening in your largest and most “progressive” cities like Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, New York, etc..?
Canada has been totally peaceful throughout their muslim communities, as well as the muslim communities in the good old USA. So much for muslims being violent. We are all at home watching your actions on live TV and live internet streams. America is finished, and it is time to usher in the new way. We are glad to be a part of it. Allah U Akbar!!
Chrissie01 says
Are you serious? Because Islam is so wonderful, all the Muslims are so desperate to leave and desperate to go West?
My advice: Mind your own business, take your wrapped women and leave us alone.
We have always found a way forward – without you.
Yours is the way of monoculture, religious persecution and social stagnation.
Linda M Gusch says
AMEN!
spiro says
Amem
Chrissie01 says
and one more thing: We do not want you around. You are not welcome.
Can I come to your countries and celebrate religios and other diversities?
Can I come to your countries and demand that you consider MY culture and MY habits?
NO, of course not.
Then don’t come to us and ask.
And again another thing:
The basic principle of fairness is that compromises and benefits work in two directions.
I have yet to find the first muslim who gets that.
Mary Ann Abiuso says
Perfect
Linda M Gusch says
AMEN!!
Seeking Deliverance says
Utter hogwash typed out by “Sabri S.” for Islam has murdered, tortured, maimed, and raped let alone overtaxed more people than any other government form or religion combined. I have not even discussed the fact Islam destroys every country and its history upon occupying it. Islam is the scourge of Humanity utterly murderous and barbaric.
Seeking Deliverance says
Utter lies and hogwash uttered by “Sabri S.”
Dawne says
Islam is not a religion of peace. Those muslims who are peaceable are not following their religion correctly. And the muslim communities in Canada can sit watching the television smugly because their religion is now in full control in Canada – you’ve already won the battle there with very few shots fired.
Linda M Gusch says
You said it! What a disgrace! We now have to live next to a soon to be completely Muslim society right above America!
A Gnostic Agnostic says
Islam is destroying the U.S. on purpose to make Islam the “only solution” because that is all Islam does: attack/kill others and accuse the other side as doing the same. Projecting the crimes of the House of Islam onto non-Muslims is what Islam is all about.
Islam is the only way backwards – it takes a “believer” to “believe” the opposite of what is true, like a (dead) polygamous pedophile genocidal warlord is the greatest model for all of humanity for all of time (as if Muslims don’t absolutely worship the pig nature of Muhammad). Having sex with children is like an illness in Islam as Muhammad was a pedophile man, and everyone wants to be like Muhammad, a bloody pig with no regard for anyone or anything but himself and his pedophile dick “Allah”.
Islam divides the world in two: “believer vs. unbeliever” and because it takes a “believer” to “believe” themselves superior to others and/or others are inferior to themselves, what side are all Nazis/supremacists pinned on? The “believers”. This is Islam: “believe” you are superior to everyone else, and accuse the other side of what you are guilty of because you can not account for your own actions. An “unbeliever” can’t possibly do any of that.
Mary Ann Abiuso says
Agree
gravenimage says
+1
Robert says
Islam….that’s the death cult whose leader Muhammad (May he suffer infections) was a war lord, raised armies and had men, women and children slaughtered, treats women like second class citizens, still believes in slavery in some areas. Muhammad the pedophile and his lieutenants took underage little girls for sex slaves. Sick cult that I would not even worthy of being called a “religion”.
Giacomo Latta says
You cannot even be non-violent within your own community. parts of muslim families have been killed by other family members, this in Canada as well as the US. Take yourselves and your hate manual elsewhere.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Giacomo.
And Sabri S. literally applauds this–he cheered for a Muslim who beheaded his own little 13-year-old daughter:
Sabri S. says
May 28, 2020 at 5:49 am
No, they are not barbarians…far from it…This father did the right thing, as uncomfortable as it may be for westernized hypocrites to admit. He protected his family, stood up for his culture, and sent a definitive deterrent to any other dumb teenage whores that this behavior is not to be tolerated at any level…Allah U Akbar and onward muslim soldiers in the US, Europe and beyond!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/05/islamic-republic-of-iran-father-beheads-his-13-year-old-daughter-in-honor-killing#comment-2241109
Reziac says
Well, of course, since Islamic interests are funding many of those instigating the rioting. (Antifa is in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood.)
Meanwhile, not a single Muslim has stepped forward to condemn the violence.
FYI says
“My God”?
You mean your demonic Arab god “khayru-i-makireena”
{HINT#1 the greatest of deceivers koran3:54}?
a god whose greatest enemy is “a man called the King of Kings”
{HINT#2 SAHIH MUSLIM vol 5 hadith #5611}?
a god of hate and evil,a god who CURSES Christians and Jews{koran 2:65,koran 9;30}
a god who MISSED the Golden Rule and the 2 chief commandments which is WHY islam is a religion of hate and violence.
a god who discriminates against Non-muslims koran 98:6 and insists women are HALF the
value of a a man{koran 2:282}
That is some god you have there:he even gets the name of the Actual Judeo-Christian Biblical wrong{it is not allah}
And then we have your African slave selling{Sahih muslim 3901},child raping ‘prophet'{Sahih Bukhari 5:58:236}muhammad who proved himself to be,and confirmed he was a false prophet.
Your putrid,unholy koran,the Book of Holes:not worth the paper it is written on!
islam:False god,false prophet,false scripture.
Beware the KoranoVirus:the disease of islam..
RELIGIOUS islam has a Doctrine of HATE al walaa wal baraa and a religious Apartheid system koran 98:6
It is hostile to ALL non-muslims including atheists,it persecutes ‘apostate’ ex-muslims and tells muslims NOT to be friends with Jews and christians koran 5:51
islam has a death penalty for Apostasy.
POLITICAL islam is anti freedom,anti democracy and uses the Legal system via the ‘islamophobia’ scam to get money
To hell with the religious nazis of islam and its sick ‘religion’ and pedo ‘prophet’ and the Lefties{=INFIDELS btw} and Treasonous politicians.
I wouldn’t be too cocky muslims with your daily BUTT show,your false piety,your worthless ‘prayers’ to your false god.. and all that OCD like wudu ..
You have even kindly told us your goal..
Wally yahoo Wackbar!
James Lincoln says
Sabri S,
You have no credibility on Jihad Watch. Zero.
What you are is a “very devout” muslim.
Back in May 2020, you posted that the father did the right thing by beheading his 13-year-old daughter.
Here’s the proof:
Islamic Republic of Iran: Father beheads his 13-year-old daughter in honor killing
MAY 27, 2020 11:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER
“Sabri S. says
May 28, 2020 at 5:49 am
“…This father did the right thing, as uncomfortable as it may be for westernized hypocrites to admit. He protected his family, stood up for his culture…”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/05/islamic-republic-of-iran-father-beheads-his-13-year-old-daughter-in-honor-killing
Wellington says
A slam dunk, James. My compliments.
FYI says
@James Lincoln
Well spotted.
islamic{and Lefty/Fascist} trolls provide a most useful service to us:they remind us of the reality of their perverse cult’s political and religious agenda and its threat to our freedoms.
Sabri s and his ilk should go live in Pakistan or Soddy Land since they hate our freedoms so much.Of course they wouldn’t have our freedoms there:yet they leave their islamic hell holes and come here bringing their evil cult with its pedo ‘prophet’ and they want to recreate their islamic cess-pits here.
gravenimage says
+1
Linda M Gusch says
Surely you jest!!
NO ISLAM IN AMERICA!!
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE UNDER ISLAM, PACK YOUR BAGS AND GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM?!
I’LL HELP YOU PACK TO GET RID OF YOU!!
Jerome B Bigge says
I’d rather live under Mr. Putin in Russia than live under Islam!
gravenimage says
The appalling Sabri S. wrote:
Islam is the only way forward for America and Canada! My God, do you see what is happening in your largest and most “progressive” cities like Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, New York, etc..?
………………….
The idea that replacing the rioting, arson, and looting we see now–bad as this is–with Muslims rioting in the streets, burning down Churches and Synagogues, raping Infidel women, girls, and boys, and slaughtering unbelievers is just grotesque.
Then, Sabri S. would impose barbaric Shari’ah law on us–then we would also have floggings, amputations, and stoning in the streets.
More:
Canada has been totally peaceful throughout their muslim communities, as well as the muslim communities in the good old USA. So much for muslims being violent. We are all at home watching your actions on live TV and live internet streams. America is finished, and it is time to usher in the new way. We are glad to be a part of it. Allah U Akbar!!
………………….
Ah–right. What could *possibly* be more peaceful than mass murdering female students, plotting to blow up a train, murdering a guard at the National War Memorial, stabbing police constables, and killing an elderly woman with a hammer? (Canada) This list is, of course, just partial; off the top of my head.
Or shootings at a recruitment office, multiple shootings on freeways, a massacre at Ft. Hood, bombing the Boston Marathon, a massacre at a Christmas party, a truck attack on bicyclists, and a massacre at a gay club? (US) This list is of course also just partial.
Then, the implication that Muslims have not been involved with the current rioting is also false:
“London: Black Lives Matter protesters scream ‘Allahu akbar’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/07/london-blm-protest-joins-allahu-akbar-chanting-pro-yemen-demonstrators
Whatever a nation’s problems, they are not improved by imposing the horrors of Islam.
akizur says
So, if Islam is so peaceful and great and much better than western society, why don’t to stay in an islamic country? If Islam is so peaceful why is there so much violence in islamic countries, killing christians just because they are christians? Muslims are always deluding themselves.
Carl says
Thoughts like yours, weather in jest or true,
reminds me of the act of scraping my shoe
to free my foot from the shit
or you.
In other words You are DoDo!
terry sullivan says
us must leave un and kick un out of usa
Bob says
“The Party of Bush, McCain and Romney Is Dead.” I hope that is true. I’m sick and tired of Leftist, wolves in sheep clothes RINO’s. When I was a liberal, I thought, I was told by other leftists that Republicans were conservative. When I converted to conservatism lo and behold I found out that the Republicans were 55 mph leftist, while the Dems were 120 mph leftists. Both were driving on the same road and in the same direction, one faster than the other, First, I realized the Left lied to me about Republicans, Second, OK, are there any people out there who think like me? I thought I was alone. It wasn’t until I was pointed to Rush that, yeah, there are other people out there like me and they call themselves conservative. I found a home. I shall never turn back, not even if you dunked me in boiling oil. Leftist are liars, phonies all. It is time we have a conservative party. The last time was Eisenhower, whom I remember from childhood. However, never underestimate the craftiness of RINO liars.
Bob says
“As for me, give me liberty or death.”
Dapto says
Romney is a member of the Soros Nazi Cabal and he to wants to send all republicans to concentration camps for disposal, its time to take Romney out with the trash.
Wellington says
Dapto: I have nothing for Romney but asserting that he “wants to send all republicans to concentration camps for disposal” does nothing to help the conservative cause and only makes all people saying such look like loons. Indeed, it hurts the conservative cause, will certainly be used by Leftists as evidence of how conservatives think even though no true conservative thinks this way, and thus a statement like yours is what really needs to be thrown “out with the trash.”
gravenimage says
Agree, Wellington. This kind of unhinged rhetoric does not actually help.
Adam says
Party Spirit sucks.
George Washington was right.
And yes I am using periods.
Wellington says
Washington lived at a time in America before political parties were really formed—or even thought of, for example, the Constitution doesn’t mention or even anticipate in any way a party system and the earliest evidence of a party system in America only occurred at least two years after Washington, great man that he was, became President.
That being said, a strong two-party system is a good way to conduct a nation but it is predicated on the assumption that both parties will be responsible and have the best interests of the nation first and foremost in mind, much as the Republican Party did during WWII when FDR and the Democrats controlled the executive and legislative branches.
The problem is NOT a two-party system. The problem is a broken two-party system and here the modern Democratic Party, which has placed party about country (even though virtually every Democrat would deny this obvious truth), is egregiously at fault. Anyone doubting this need only think of Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Omar, Pressley, AOC, Tlaib, Biden, Obama, et al. as validation of this hypothesis.
Ray Jarman says
+1
James Lincoln says
Wellington says,
“The problem is NOT a two-party system. The problem is a broken two-party system and here the modern Democratic Party, which has placed party about country (even though virtually every Democrat would deny this obvious truth), is egregiously at fault.”
100% correct.
The “modern” Democratic Party does, indeed, prioritize the party over country. They spend more time protecting their party than protecting the citizens that they represent. Absolutely sick, this did not happen with the classic JFK type Democrats.
Any ideas on how the current “modern” Democratic Party can be fixed?
Or should it be dismantled, reformed, and renamed?
Or should it be left in place with an added very strong Independent Party as a major player in the mix?
This type of stuff is more in your wheelhouse, I’m at a total loss…
Wellington says
I’m of the belief, James, that the Democratic Party is beyond repair and must be replaced with an old-fashion style liberal party. I am not a liberal of course, but a conservative, but I would welcome a new party which would emulate what the Democratic party was half a century ago or so. The Democratic Party of today needs to go the way of the Whig Party. It has outlived its usefulness and is now a menace to what made America great.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Thank you for your reply, make sense to me…
curious george says
Wellington says
The problem is NOT a two-party system. The problem is a broken two-party system and here the modern Democratic Party, which has placed party about country (even though virtually every Democrat would deny this obvious truth), is egregiously at fault. Anyone doubting this need only think of Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Omar, Pressley, AOC, Tlaib, Biden, Obama, et al. as validation of this hypothesis.
…………………….
As usual Wellington, +1 for the overall post.
It appears that the root cause of the problems we are facing can be traced to the heart of man.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”
– Jeremiah 17:9-10 (650-570 BC)
This, in my opinion, was one of the guiding principles the framers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States understood.
It doesn’t matter what time period one studies; the one common thread is that the heart of man is deceitful and desperately wicked.
George Washington Warned Against Political Infighting in His Farewell Address
https://www.history.com/news/george-washington-farewell-address-warnings
Wellington says
I trace the origin of the demise of standard liberalism into Leftism, curious george, with the 1962 Engel v. Vitale Supreme Court decision that concluded, quite wrongly I believe, that a non-denominational, voluntary school prayer in the public schools was unconstitutional.
The Founders were insistent upon the importance of religion in society (e.g., as mentioned in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance) and most in society need to be guided by an enlightened religious system. Christianity and Judaism certainly fulfill this role just as Islam does not. Taking religion out of the public school system was the first great mistake among so many others to follow which has led to the mindless contempt for America by so many on the Left. Big things, including very bad big things, usually have small beginnings. The Engel v. Vitale decision is my choice here for the genesis of a very troubling downward trend which afflicts us to this day.
Myron J. Poltroonian says
“the King(s) is[are] Dead. Long live the Populist Prince!”
Gray says
It would be lovely to see Donald Trump prove that Mr Marx ( Karl, not Groucho) was not expressing a fundamental truth of Western Parliamentary Democracy, when he observed: ‘The people of Britain are free, every five years, to choose which set of oppressors they wish to oppress them.’
tgusa says
At this point you may have noticed similarities between the PLO and the democrat party. Therefore I am now referring to the democrat party as the DLO.
Art Nickel says
Thank God.
Those people were following the Democratic Party down the Rabbit Hole.
spiro says
To sabri s
Your on the path to eternal destruction
Following a pedophile leader if he lived
and there’s some doubt about that
Oh yeah your peaceful Islamic countries are even worse or why did you come here
Jan Favre says
Bush the fake born again has joined the axis of evil
gravenimage says
How so.