The Pathology of Evil in Politics

Do purely evil individuals exist who can hide their true nature from the rest of the world? And are these individuals drawn into politics as a conduit for dominating an unsuspecting and acquiescent populace?

There is a theory that evil is a pathological disorder. The observation that psychopaths, including sociopaths and narcissists, all exhibit chronically evil behavior is a persuasive argument toward that theory. In Andrew M. Lobaczewski’s book, Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes, the case is made for equating evil and psychosis in the political arena:

The actions of [pathocracy] affect an entire society, starting with the leaders and infiltrating every town, business, and institution. The pathological social structure gradually covers the entire country creating a “new class” within that nation. This privileged class feels permanently threatened by the “others”, i.e. by the majority of normal people.

Lobaczewski also references the following passage from The Sociopath Next Door, by clinical psychologist Dr. Martha Stout:

Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken.

And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools.

Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless.

You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience, that they seldom even guess at your condition.

In other words, you are completely free of internal restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently invisible to the world.

You can do anything at all, and still your strange advantage over the majority of people, who are kept in line by their consciences will most likely remain undiscovered.

Dr. Stout estimates that this psychosis affects approximately 4% of the population. It seems obvious that many of these will gravitate to politics, where power over others is most attainable. Lobaczewski places the amount of undiagnosed psychopaths that become the pathocracy at 6%:

Approximately 6% of the population constitute the active structure of the pathocracy, which carries its own peculiar consciousness of its own goals. Twice as many people constitute a second group: those who have managed to warp their personalities to meet the demands of the new reality. […]

This second group consists of individuals who are, on the average, weaker, more sickly, and less vital. The frequency of known mental diseases in this group is at twice the rate of the national average. We can thus assume that the genesis of their submissive attitude toward the regime, their greater susceptibility to pathological effects, and their skittish opportunism includes various relatively impalpable anomalies. […]

The 6% group constitute the new nobility; the 12% group forms the new bourgeoisie, whose economic situation is the most advantageous. […] Only 18% of the country’s population is thus in favor of the new system of government.

The question is how do we recognize and ferret out the sociopaths and narcissists currently in power in both political parties? This is an inherently difficult task due to the ability of these psychopaths to disguise their disease. I believe it is possible to identify them through critically observing and identifying the inconsistencies between their apparent irrational behavior and the image they are trying to present.

For instance, what are we to make of a President who suddenly bursts out laughing while being interviewed on the potential for economic depression in the US? How about a jovial President giving a friendly “shout out” to a colleague before delivering a listless homily on the brutal murder of thirteen American soldiers at the hands of a ruthless domestic Islamist terrorist? Perhaps the picture of Obama striding down the White House steps while his “friend” Professor Gates is helped by Officer Crowley is an indicator of his true personality.

Another example is the unfathomable pardon of Marc Rich, charged with 51 counts of tax fraud and with running illegal oil deals with Iran during the hostage crisis, as orchestrated by now-Attorney General Eric Holder. His latest unfathomable deed is the NYC show trial of self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees. Holder has not justified what possible good is derived from either action.

These examples of objective evidence can be applied to many members of Congress as well, and the list of potentially evil psychopaths goes on and on. What then are we to do? My advice to women I have known in my life was to always marry a “nerd”. They may have dull and simple personalities, but they are trustworthy. (This may have been a self-serving piece of advice.)

Likewise, the politicians least likely to be psychotic are those with simple, down-to-earth personal philosophies. Of course, this can be faked as well, but their authenticity is usually apparent based on the type of lives they have led and whether their words match their deeds. Who do you think of in this category? Two names immediately jump into my mind: Sarah Palin and Ronald Reagan.

In an attempt to maintain a grasp on sanity in this crazy world, I’ve identified some distinctions in my belief system, which I am fairly sure I share with the large majority of Americans, i.e., Lobaczewski’s “normal people”:

Good: Love, honor, integrity, honesty.

Evil: Corruption, greed, narcissism, lust for power.

Good: The belief in individual freedom and liberty as guaranteed by the US Constitution.

Evil: The belief that individuals should be controlled and subjugated by the State, i.e., socialism, fascism, communism, globalism.

Good: The belief that in an environment of freedom and equality, individual initiative and entrepreneurial spirit is the strength of the nation, i.e., capitalism.

Evil: The belief that the ends justify the means; that lying, subterfuge, and the killing of innocent humans are acceptable in achieving political goals, i.e., radical Islam and leftism.

Good and evil coexist in every nation and within every individual. The focus must be in identifying and defeating the evil actions and policies of those in power. This includes legally removing them from power when their policies cannot be abrogated.

Please join me in the effort to defeat evil in 2010.

Andrew Thomas aka Angel
Published in American Thinker.com

Global Warming Definitively Proven to be Man Made!

Unfortunately for the true believer Warmist cult, proof that the phenomenon is man-made is that men manipulated the data. Global warming has finally been proven to be a gigantic lie, perpetrated by hundreds of so-called scientists and other slime-balls in pursuit of huge government grants and professional accolades. These grants are now understood to be blatant bribes doled out by a dishonest administration eager to have its evil agenda ratified by “science”. When it is all unraveled, this will be known as the greatest scam in world history.

Angel

ClimateGate the Musical

The Wreck of the US Economy

(Sung to the tune of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”)

The legend lives on from the Capital on down
Of the woman they call Speaker Nancy
The Speaker, it is said, filled the House with dread
When her eyes buggered out like a banshee’s.

She was second mate on the cruise ship of state
Known as the US Economy
The captain and crew were inexperienced too
And appeared to have recent lobotomies.

The ship carried a load, 12 trillion or so
Of deficit spending, weighed down
When the ship hit the storm of healthcare reform
Some passengers started to drown.

Captain O and his crew immediately knew
As the stern of the ship began sinking
With quick action now, they drilled holes in the bow
Spreading wealth equally was their thinking.

As they sank deeper in debt, everyone got wet
And the Captain they started to doubt
His advisors were dull, drilling more holes in the hull
To let the rising deficit drain out.

When this didn’t work, Cap’n O said with a smirk
This ship wasn’t seaworthy when I took it
The last captain, the old salt, this is all his fault
And if we drill more holes in her hull we can fix it.

To the lifeboats then, the passengers ran
But alas, their anxiety grew
For Cap’n O, with aplomb, in his great wisdom
Drilled holes in the lifeboat hulls too.

The US Economy went down with nary a sound
And took all of her sister ships with her
The SS Japan, Europe, and Afghanistan
All went straight down to Davy Jones’ locker.

The captain and crew, and Nancy Pelosi too
A “One Global Government” flag they unfurled
They had exempted their lifeboat and kept it afloat
And now rule over a poor drowning world.

Angel

Our Subservient President

Obama's Tragic Address

How do you believe our beloved President Obama would rank these in priority order?

1. The men & women of the US armed forces
2. His legislative priorities
3. Himself

On Thursday, 11 soldiers and civilian police in Ft. Hood, TX were slaughtered execution-style at close range and over 30 others wounded, allegedly by a US Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan. The President immediately addressed the nation concerning this horrific event.

However, his expression of grief was very odd. He spent the first two minutes of the four-and-a-half minute address in a light-hearted discussion of his earlier “Tribal Nations Conference” on Native American rights, including a “shout out” recognition of a conference attendee.

When he finally got around to the purpose for his public appearance, he gave an uninspired and rambling dissertation on the tragedy. Even then, he could not keep the topic focused on sympathy for the pain of others:

I want all of you to know that as Commander in Chief, that there’s no greater honor, but no greater responsibility for me (emphasis his) than to make sure that the extraordinary men and women in uniform are properly cared for…

Poor soul, it’s so saddening to know how this tragedy affects him. Listening to this address provides some insight into Obama’s character and how he ranks his priorities.

Angel

Tim Hawkins Sings the Truth

"Social Justice": The End Game of the Left, Part II

Tax the rich,
Feed the poor,
‘Til there are no
Rich no more.

“I’d Love to Change the World”
Ten Years After (1971)

Over the Columbus Day weekend, my wife and I travelled to Brooklyn, NY to visit our daughter and her boyfriend. I was strictly admonished by my wife not to talk politics during the visit, since my daughter’s boyfriend is a radical leftist. He, being a well-educated social science buff, and I, being who I am (a well-educated “right-wing nut job”), we had created many spectacular fireworks during past political debate sessions.

Things went well up until Sunday afternoon, when we were both seated on the couch benignly watching a football game on his 60” television screen. During a commercial break, there was a news announcement concerning another New York City tax increase. Before I could catch myself, I blurted out the Ten Years After lyric at the top of this article.

It was as though I had hit his “ON” button. He immediately jumped off the couch and started screaming, “That’s RIGHT! That’s EXACTLY RIGHT!” I replied, “But shouldn’t the lyric be “Til there are no poor no more’? Isn’t that true social justice?” He stated with upmost certainty (from his standpoint, no rational debate was possible) that the wealthy in this country are wholly responsible for the world’s misery and must be utterly destroyed by the most horrible means possible.

“Then you want everyone to live in poverty?”, I queried.

“Absolutely”, he replied.

Sometimes I think I have heard it all, but this left me stunned. Before we could go on, my wife and daughter swooped in and broke up the mêlée.

But the incident left me with the thought that perhaps his viewpoint is not unique. Is a blind hatred of the “rich” driving much of the left’s apparently self-destructive behavior? In a previous AT article, “The End Game of the Left”, I concluded that the goals of the left are “abortion and eugenic elimination of the ‘undesirables’, the euthanasia of the old and infirm, and the genocide of those who disagree.” But what was missing from this evaluation is the ultimate motivation for these travesties. Is it all driven by obsessive rage and hate?

I don’t think it is quite that simple. There appears to be an abundance of negative emotion in the leftist mind, but that is only part of the equation. Almost everyone, including the leftist, believes that they are basically good and decent human beings. This is true among religious and atheists, and even thieves and murderers. I believe that in order to emotionally reconcile inherently “evil” feelings of hatred toward others, the leftist embraces “social justice” as a pious compensation.

The original concept of social justice was envisioned as a virtuous governmental function, protecting the downtrodden and disadvantaged from a heartless society. As a form of coerced charity through taxation, the government decides what is just and provides for the “common welfare”.

In Friedrich August Hayek’s book, “Law, Legislation, and Liberty: The Mirage of Social Justice, he states:

It is one of the axioms of the tradition of freedom that coercion of individuals is permissible only where it is necessary in the service of the general welfare or the public good. Yet…the vagueness of the different terms which have been employed has made it possible to declare almost any interest a general interest and to make large numbers serve purposes in which they are not in the least interested. The common welfare or the public good has to the present time remained a concept most recalcitrant to any precise definition and therefore capable of being given almost any content suggested by interests of the ruling group.

As a result of this vagueness of definition, the foundation of hatred within the leftist mind has perverted the original intent of social justice. Babies must be aborted, grandma must be killed, and the infirm must be euthanized, all for the “common welfare”. How does this reconcile with the concept of using the wealth of society to champion the poor and helpless? “Justice” is no longer part of the equation. It has devolved into social engineering and tinkering without a heart and soul. Through the twisted filter of hatred, social justice has become a force for evil.

So why do the wealthy and powerful on the left (the “poweratti”) embrace this philosophy? Because they believe they will not be touched by it personally, and they can use it to garner additional political and/or social power. Taking the health care issue as an example, those currently in Congress have chosen to follow the refrain, “Government-run health care for thee, but not for me”. Other wealthy and politically-connected poweratti obviously believe they will be able to obtain quality health care from other sources, either overseas or in a domestic black market of private physicians and hospitals exclusively for the wealthy.

By enflaming hatred of the wealthy (and by extension, Capitalism), the poweratti can brandish social justice as a weapon to seize complete control of government and essentially enslave the populace. How ironic that this hatred should result in extending their power and privilege!

In the leftist utopia of social justice, wealth is no longer created. The Capitalist goose that laid the golden eggs is spread like pâté. Income and property are confiscated, housing and employment are assigned, as in Cuba and Venezuela. Scientific advancement and medical breakthroughs are ground to a halt, as in the old Soviet Union where technology was frozen in the 1950s. Entrepreneurship, personal advancement, and wealth creation are violently quashed, as in the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Mao Tse Tung. Hunger, disease, and death become familiar houseguests, as in all repressive regimes.

The end game of the leftist poweratti is to rule the nation and eventually the world by bringing us down to the lowest social common denominator through the manipulation of those who obsessively despise wealth.

Andrew Thomas aka Angel

As published in AmericanThinker.com

Obama to Sell America for One Piece of Gold

While America is focused on the empty shell of government-run health care, Obama is moving the pea to the Copenhagen shell in a classic misdirection ploy. In December, bribed with a metal of Nobel gold and a $1.4 million purse, he will most likely sign the Copenhagen climate change treaty. Unfortunately, this treaty is the greatest threat to the sovereignty of the US in the post-revolutionary history of our country.

Once signed, the treaty will obligate the US to pay a huge climate tax to an unelected world bureaucracy to dole out to third-world countries as a penalty for being excessively successful and using more than our “fair share” of energy resources. This agreement facilitates the shift to a one-world government, and will supersede our Constitution. We will be obligated to provide ever-greater tribute to countries which have been unsuccessful in developing wealth, primarily due to their corrupt, socialist leadership. China will graciously sell us carbon credits to limit their pollution levels. Our tax dollars will fund the growth of global despotism and slavery, based on the hoax of a non-existent climate crisis. The unholy alliance of the Copenhagen Agreement has no escape clause, and extends our obligation into perpetuity.

Listen to what noted climate-skeptic Lord Christopher Monckton has to say about the treaty, in a speech to the Minnesota Free Market Institute, here. You can view his complete speech here.

This impending tragedy eclipses the horrors of the Obama domestic agenda, and deserves our immediate attention. If there was ever an urgent need to organize and fight for the survival of our nation, this is it.

Angel

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Administration Official Tells the Gory Truth

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Food Fight: The Ultimate Assault on Freedom

Our regulation-hungry leaders in Washington are acquiring a new taste in governmental control. A sumptuous feast of tempting regulatory delicacies awaits under the guise of improving the safety of our food supply. Is there a clandestine plan to control and collectivize food production for the purpose of controlling the American people? Or is it a well-meaning but horrendously misguided attempt by the administration to “protect” the public through draconian regulations heaped onto farmers and small food processing businesses? After all, leftist policy-makers are the masters of unintended consequences. If it is not an intentional Cloward-Piven strategy to collapse the food production industry in order to cause shortages and rationing, it has all of the earmarks.

As is observed in other C-P schemes, the attacks on our food supply are complex and multi-faceted, and devastating in their cumulative impact. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Obama’s “food czar” Michael Taylor are the prime weapons in this assault.

Radical environmentalist organizations such as the Sierra Club have long fought battles alongside the EPA against individual farmers for producing “animal emissions” and farm dust. Now the EPA is using the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as a weapon against agriculture. The latest and most egregious example of this is the EPA enforcement of the act to turn off the water supply to the farmers of the San Joaquin valley. Arguably the most essential of America’s “bread baskets”, it was producing as much as 12% of the nation’s agriculture, at least until the EPA decided that the protection of the three-inch Delta Smelt was more important and deserved the water more than the farmers. Now 40,000 residents are out of work and ironically short of food. They are waiting in lines up to five hours long for food packages marked “Product of China”. Farms are going bankrupt and being abandoned in droves. Obama has so far denied requests to reverse the EPA’s decision.

There are 1,320 officially-designated endangered species in the US. Each one can be used to regulate and restrict agriculture as the EPA so deigns. As the wise comedian George Carlin once said, “Species disappear at a rate of 25 a day, regardless of our behavior. Let them go gracefully.”

That brings us to the two-edged sword of the FDA. I have worked with FDA (known to insiders as “the Agency”) for over thirty years, so I know from personal experience that it can be a force for good in protecting public health. It has restrained many a pharmaceutical and medical device business from illegal or unethical practices. On the other hand, it has destroyed good companies and prevented beneficial products from reaching the market, many times based on the political agenda of the Agency at the time. In this case, the sword is being directed by Obama political appointees and the legislation currently before Congress. It is pointed directly at the heart of the food industry.

There are two major pieces of food legislation in progress, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (HR 2749), and the Food Modernization Act of 2009 (HR 875). These bills unleash a cornucopia of new regulations and harsh penalties on small farmers and food processors. Fines of up to $7.5 million can be assessed and sentences of up to ten years in prison can be imposed for violations of the new regulations. All farms and food businesses must pay a mandatory annual FDA registration fee of $500. There are fears that the new laws will make growing organic foods illegal by outlawing the use of manure and requiring chemical pesticide application to all crops. Other frightening interpretations of the provisions in these bills include potentially mandating genetically-modified (GM) crops and “terminator” seeds that will require farmers to purchase new GM seeds each season.

One thing is certain. The Obama administration is fundamentally changing food regulation to more closely resemble the current regulations on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. New FDA draft guidance documents have been issued on food regulation, with more to come. These automatically become law in two years with no congressional approval required.

One example of the unsustainable burden being placed on the food industry is the FDA’s new draft guidance document “Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Fresh Tomato Food Chain”. Don’t let the term “guidelines” fool you. This is an Agency code word for “enforceable regulations”. Under this guidance document, all growers must develop written procedures for risk mitigation strategies, employee hygiene practices, employee training and other employee policies, internal quality audits, and process validations. They must keep written records of environmental assessments, water usage, pest control, crop production practices, corrective action processes, and the conducting of employee training and internal audits. All of these documents and records are subject to unannounced FDA on-site inspection. Violations will result in fines and/or imprisonment.

These types of regulations are very difficult for established pharmaceutical and medical device businesses to follow. Many of them must hire legions of professional consultants (mostly retired FDA inspectors) to interpret Agency laws. Imagine the difficulty that will now be faced by a local farmer or a corner bakery. Many will be driven out of business.

Is it so farfetched to believe that our benevolent Democrat-controlled legislative and executive branches would want to control the American populace through acquiring power over one of our basic needs for survival? To paraphrase an old adage, “once you’ve got them by their stomachs, their hearts and minds will follow”.

The use of food to control and enslave populations has been evidenced throughout history. The most well-known example of this was the Stalinist revolution. Of course, he blatantly starved to death millions of Ukrainians who attempted to rebel against his authority. But he also used food to control the people of Soviet Russia. In the book Food Nations, an essay entitled “Food and the Politics of Scarcity in Urban Soviet Russia, 1917-1941” by Mauricio Borrero, states:

In the first decades of Soviet power, a “politics of scarcity” developed in response to the government’s claims to control all aspects of food supply (production, transportation, and distribution) and its inability to perform these activities in a consistently reliable manner…In the context of persistent shortages and widespread social upheaval that was sometimes spontaneous (Civil War) and sometimes state-induced (the Stalin revolution), the government’s control of food supplies became one of the “sticks” by which it sought to restore order and enforce discipline…Thus, with sharply reduced food stocks at its disposal, government rationing policies alternated between notions of food as a right to be given to all and as a privilege to be awarded by the state to selected groups of people.

I believe the intent of our President in implementing these overwhelming regulations can be established in his famous pre-election quote: “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want …That’s not going to happen (under the Obama administration).”

Forget government-run healthcare, forget “cap and trade”. Those issues don’t matter to people who don’t have enough to eat. Government regulation and control of our food supply is the ultimate assault on our freedom.

Andrew Thomas aka Angel

edited version published in AmericanThinker.com

Tea Party Gone Mad? No, G-20 Anti-Capitalist Protesters - Which is the Unruly Mob, G-20ers or 9-12ers?

It Is All Unraveling

Everything has changed. Nothing will ever be the same again. We have learned how to change the future and our destiny. The carefully laid plans of the evil corrupt denizens of Washington and the radical left are now being exposed to the light...the light of millions of everyday Americans finally discovering their power to overcome those who would enslave them. ACORN is crumbling before our eyes. Their corrupt path to our esteemed President Evil is about to be exposed. The dominos are beginning to fall, and soon the entire fascist dreams of the left will collapse. It is apparent now. We are winning, and we cannot be stopped. Our anger, our outrage, our energy to defeat those who seek to destroy our country has been focused. We will not falter. We are ready again, as in generations past, to fight to the death for our freedom and liberty. This is a seminal moment in history.

Personal Photos from the Largest Protest Event in Washington DC History - The 9-12 March on Washington (Click to enlarge)

Personal Videos from the 9-12 March on Washington

Obviously Racist Anti-Obama Singer at 9-12 March on Washington

NYT: "Thousands" Protest at 9-12 March on Washington; Daily Mail: "1.5 to 2 Million" - Which is Right?

The War of Ideas: 9-12ers vs. G-20ers

We will have a unique opportunity in the next few days to witness breathtakingly opposing ends of the political spectrum engaging in precisely the same activity. Similarities and disparities between the 9-12 March on Washington and the Pittsburgh G-20 protests will be glaringly obvious, as they will occur within two weeks of each other. I do not believe anything on this scale has ever happened before in American history.

Not only will we be able to compare the behavior of the protesters themselves, we will plainly observe the comparative reactions of the MSM, political pundits, and the Obama administration. This should be extremely enlightening, and it may initiate a tipping point in American politics.
Before I expound on that postulation, let’s look at some facts and suppositions about the two events:

9-12 March on Washington

Number of protesters expected: Tens to hundreds of thousands.

Protester profiles: Middle Americans (mainly conservative) of all ages, many middle-aged and seniors.

Themes of protest: Government attacks on personal freedoms and oppressive taxation.

Anti-protesters: Probably hundreds of ACORN and SEIU harassers. Dozens will be trolls masquerading as right-wing crazies.

Additional non-DC police for event: None (at this time).

Press coverage: MSM will be unsympathetic. They will either ignore the event or denigrate and ridicule the participants. Anticipate press interviews to focus on anti-protesters and those carrying “Where’s the Birth Certificate” posters. Look for the descriptive term “Astroturf” in press accounts.

Likely WaPo / NYT headline: Teabagger Parade Erupts in Violence – A smaller than anticipated group of self-styled “radical domestic terrorists” incited DC onlookers into violence yesterday, as a Teabagger was seen attacking an SEIU bystander’s fist with his face. Future restrictions on right-wing hate marches are being considered.

Pittsburgh G-20 Protest

Number of protesters expected: Tens to hundreds of thousands.

Protester profiles: Young men and women (20s & 30s), many unemployed, radical left-wing, anarchists. All are members of “fringe” organizations, e.g., Code Pink, American Communist Party, Earth Liberation Front, PITA, Black Panthers, STORM. In past such events rioting, looting, and vandalism have occurred.

Themes of protest: Anti-capitalism, anarchy, communism, socialism, “green” causes.

Anti-protesters: Probably none. No trolls, no 9-12ers.

Additional non-Pittsburgh police for event: 4,000

Press coverage: Extensive coverage of protests, probably sympathetic or neutral. Denigration or ridicule of the protesters is unlikely. Will the MSM make any comparisons to the 9-12 protest? Not likely, as this would draw additional unwanted attention to conservative ideas. Look for the descriptive term “Populist” in press accounts.

Likely WaPo / NYT headline: Thousands Protest Evils of Capitalism – In a largely peaceful demonstration, 300 riot police were hospitalized with rock and shrapnel wounds. Local fire officials estimate being able to contain the blazes set by arsonists around the city by sometime next week. This great protest event emphasizes that freedom of speech is the foundation of our society and cannot be abridged.

Although I am being somewhat satirical in this presentation and emphasizing the frustration many of us experience in having our conservative ideas suppressed and debased, please do not lose heart in the struggle. As I stated earlier, this may be a tipping point. We know that the truly populist conservative message will be heard by those in power. Some commentary and news outlets such as Fox News will present it fairly, and the internet will spread the word.

Am I wrong in the observation that there is evidence of some liberals in the media and in the general public having second thoughts about the direction Obama and his administration are taking us? Perhaps Obama will inadvertently make good on his campaign promise to bring us together. As his true agenda becomes increasingly clear to those of us (liberal and conservative alike) who cherish our freedoms, more of those on the left are taking notice. Although it may not be apparent to those who currently deny or refuse to see the truth, Obama’s agenda is the precursor to statist slavery. Will enough citizens of this country open their eyes and act in time to stop it?

Just as the increasing violence and hatred of the jihadists must eventually force moderate Islamic people to choose between radical Islam and peaceful coexistence, moderate American liberals are waking up to the fact that our country is in mortal danger. At some point, we all must choose between the polar opposite ideas of fascist socialism (i.e., communism) or Americanism and the principles of personal freedom and liberty, democracy, and capitalism. The 9-12 and G-20 protests will frame that decision.

The Obama Pain Index

It is becoming widely known that there is a serious requirement for a quantitative rating system to accurately determine the precise amount of anguish and suffering being exacted on American citizens by each action and policy of the Obama administration. At this point in time, the preponderance of this pain is being felt by conservative-leaning citizens, since most of those on the left are still numb with the debilitating disease, “Obama Messiah Syndrome”. This is thankfully beginning to dissipate, as indicated by recent polls, and pain levels on the left will soon approach the rest of the country. In my selfless attempt to fulfill this urgent need, I have used the model of the “Schmidt Sting Pain Index”.

The Schmidt Sting Pain Index is a scale developed by entomologist Justin Schmidt, who allowed himself to be bitten by dozens of venomous insects in order to gauge their pain level and rate them on a scale ranging from 1.0 to 4.0+. His account is harrowing and painful to read (Warning: not for children or pregnant women):

1.0 The Sweat Bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.
1.2 The Fire Ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch.
1.8 The Bullhorn Acacia Ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
2.0 The Bald-Faced Hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
2.0 The Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
2.x The Honey Bee and The European Hornet: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns on your skin.
3.0 The Red Harvester Ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
3.0 The Paper Wasp: Caustic & burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
4.0 The Tarantula Hawk: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath.
4.0+ The Bullet Ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel.

In like fashion, after intense scientific investigation and personal agony, I developed the “Obama Pain Index”:

· 1.0 The Hypocrisy Bee: Listening to the Obama administration rail against “astroturf” protests against Obamacare, and then watching them organize 500 of their own pro-Obamacare astroturf demonstrations across the country. Feels like a mild jab in the groin, mitigated by the knowledge that most of the Red Shirts (ACORN) and Purple Shirts (SEIU) probably won’t show up unless they are paid.

· 1.6 The Underground Tarantula: Finding out that the Stimulus bill was actually written by former members of the radical Weather Underground from the 60’s now running the radical “Apollo Alliance”, and still hearing some people wonder out loud why no one was allowed to read it. A searing sensation like a hot poker stuck in your ear, smoldering with the realization that we have been had.

· 2.0 The Senior Snuff Spider: Seeing AARP officials deny they support Obamacare while running pro-Obamacare television ads paid for by their shell organization, “Health Action Now!” A heavy gnawing in the gut, followed by the bitter taste of betrayal.

· 2.3 The Selective Prosecutor Beetle: Hearing Eric Holder declare that he is conducting criminal investigations of the CIA patriots who uncovered multiple terror plots through interrogation of murderous terrorists because he must “follow the law”. This, after dropping the open and shut voter intimidation case against the Black Panther Party thugs who were captured on video threatening voters with clubs. An angry piercing sensation like being repeatedly jabbed by six foot long needles, accompanied by the insane urge to strap Holder to a waterboard.

· 2.5 The Democrat Stink Bug: Listening to Democrat congressmen try to foist a crappy government-run healthcare plan on their constituents while repeatedly voting down Republican amendments to force Congress to adopt the plan for themselves, preferring their current privately-run “Cadillac” healthcare plan. Has the sensation of clenching your jaw so hard your teeth explode.

· 3.0 The King Bee: Remembering candidate Obama say that we all need to have “skin in the game” and sacrifice our lifestyles by not keeping our thermostats at 72 degrees and not having all we want to eat, then witnessing President Obama throw Wednesday cocktail parties, go out on $250,000 dates with Michelle, take luxurious vacations in Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard, and set the White House thermostat to 80 degrees in the winter. A bolt of lightning passing through your head with simultaneous blood shooting from your eyes (apologies to GB).

· 3.3 The Two-Headed Depression-Hyperinflation Beetle: Knowing that the US economy cannot sustain its current level of perceived stability much longer while under the burden of a $9 trillion ten-year deficit, tax revenues shrinking by 18%, and a true unemployment rate of about 20%, while the Obama administration announces that “the stimulus is working”. An agonizing feeling of impending doom in the pit of your stomach, followed by profound sadness.

· 3.7 The Killer Panel Bee: Hearing Obama tout his government-run healthcare by saying, “Maybe you’re better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller”, while ridiculing those who dare suggest that “death panels” are part of the plan. The true horror is in the realization that “death panels” have already become law, slipped into the Stimulus bill along with dozens of other Constitution killers during the dead of night (see “The Underground Tarantula, above). Feels like being dropped into a slow wood chipper feet-first.

· 4.0 The Green Hornet: Endless propaganda about “green jobs” and a “green economy” powered by windmills and solar panels, while Obama gives $2 billion in loan guarantees to Brazil to drill for oil to sell to China. Proves that he knows global warming is a total farce, but a convenient “crisis”. Like burying your fingers into your chest and pulling out your heart in utter frustration.

· 4.0+ The Evil Army Ant: Witnessing Obama announce a new national day of celebration in honor of his emerging AmeriCorps shadow army…on September 11, 2009. Produces an agony similar to what the dread Pirate Roberts would feel strapped into Prince Humperdink’s torture machine set on “12”.

This article is a public service announcement to warn all American Thinker readers to be wary of any of the above dangerous species. Please immediately report any other “venomous insects” that may qualify for the Obama Pain Index. Your cooperation is appreciated.

Published in AmericanThinker.com
by Andrew Thomas aka Angel

ObamaCare will deny health treatment to Republicans…Farfetched, right?

A recent mailing from RNC Chairman Michael Steele includes a typical “push poll” and an appeal for donations. This particular fundraising message includes the suggestion that Democrats could use the release of personal information mandated by the Obama healthcare bill to determine your political persuasion and as a result “GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment”.
Of course, this is patently absurd. It could never happen in a free civil society like ours. All right, there is some evidence that ObamaCare may ration health services to seniors due to the fact that their lives are of lesser value to society than a younger person’s. But a person’s political beliefs certainly don’t impact his value to society, do they?
Well, OK, the DNC may consider opponents to their policies “right wing domestic terrorists”. But I’m sure Democrats wouldn’t devalue the lives of conservative opponents just because they consider them “terrorists”, would they? Don’t be silly.
But the crux of my argument is that it would be ethically and morally repugnant and totally unimaginable for one political party (especially one as ethically and morally pure as the Democrat party) to punish private citizens based on their political party affiliation. Oh, except for that little episode of Obama taking over GM and Chrysler, and then targeting the dealerships of those owned by Republican contributors for closure.
Well, there you go. This irresponsible assertion by the RNC has absolutely no evidence to support it. This is unabashed Republican fear-mongering and is totally farfetched. Of course, if you asked me what was farfetched six months ago…

Andrew Thomas aka Angel
Edited version published in AmericanThinker.com

Spider-Man Artist Pens Our Fate

Steve Ditko is the co-creator of Spider-Man (along with Stan Lee), and has had a long, distinguished career as a pen-and-ink artist of comic superheroes. In a Breitbart.com post by Batton Lash, one of his works from the ‘80s is displayed, “In Principle – The Unchecked Premise”. I have always enjoyed Ditko’s quirky stylized art, but this particular work appears to foretell the future. Take a look.

Beware the Counterrevolution

It is important to note from the start that the struggle between liberty and socialism will never end, at least not in our lifetimes. If by chance it does, it will be because evil has triumphed. As long as people are free to make their own choices, some of those choices will always be for self-destruction or slavery (moral masochism). That is just the nature of human beings. However, once the slavery of socialism is self-imposed through trickery or stealth, there are no more choices. That is the weakness of a free people. The weakness of socialism is that it cannot be revealed for what it truly is until it is too late to stop it. Like all things evil, it cannot stand the light of day.

The reason I say that the struggle will never end is that no matter how many times it is beaten back, the socialist left keeps returning. It is relentless. When their evil intent is revealed, the leftists retreat and then re-package it in different wrapping paper. Socialized medicine becomes Hillarycare becomes Obamacare. Healthcare is a right for everyone, they say. Who would dare oppose that? Environmentalism becomes global warming becomes climate change. Who could be against saving the planet? The weakness of a free people is exploited. The problem for these strategies is that once people have had a chance to examine the packages, they are discovering that they are Trojan horses. They do not save the planet nor provide quality healthcare for all Americans. Their sole purpose is to dramatically expand the power of the government over its citizens, providing the potential for complete enslavement.

Americans are finally waking up to this fact, albeit almost too late. They are angry. They have been misled. Surprising the socialist left with their ferocity, they are storming into town hall meetings and confronting their dishonest legislative representatives. Hypocrisy is being exposed. We have taken the high ground and are on the offensive. It is time to high-five each other and celebrate our victory.

Au contraire, mon frère (as George Carlin would say). We are facing the most ruthless and power-hungry government in American history. They have the most effective and dedicated propaganda arm the world has ever known, i.e. the misnomered “mainstream” media. They are changing the face of America surreptitiously through an unelected and completely uncontrolled group of leftist radicals (including an avowed Communist) known as “Czars”. Congress has been relegated to the status of “useful idiots”. The government commands the powerful thuggish shadow armies of ACORN and SEIU, with the intent of forcibly drafting millions of our kids, brainwashing them, and inducting them into a third shadow army, AmeriCorps.

Do you really believe that the next elections in 2010 and particularly 2012 will be the solution to the current socialist infestation? Do you think that people who are as addicted to power as Obama, Emmanuel, and Axelrod will passively accept their ouster in a fair general election? After fighting the good fight, will they gracefully withdraw from power? No. This administration currently controls the census, which can initiate creation of additional congressional districts in liberal areas of the country based on their populations as counted by leftist community organizers. The left dominates election committees and polling volunteers. If they decide to sabotage voting machines or vote tabulation software or servers, who will provide the oversight to prevent them from doing so? They run the largest organized voter fraud organization in the world (except for perhaps Iran) a.k.a. ACORN. Who knows what “October surprises” they have planned? I expect to see the New Black Panther Party more actively menacing voters at the polls, since the Obama administration refuses to prosecute this voter intimidation.

Leftists do not see election fraud or other dirty tactics as illegal, immoral, or unethical. This is because the socialist agenda is for the good of the nation, a noble cause to promote and protect at any cost. In other words, the ends justify the means. In the final analysis, it is difficult to predict what they are capable of. The rules don’t apply to them. We can only study the actions of other socialist leaders such as Lenin, Stalin, Castro, and Chavez, and make assumptions.

Not so confident now, are you? In reading the comments sections of American Thinker and other conservative blogs, you can observe that the anger of the commenters is palpable and rising. People feel trapped and threatened. The natural temptation is to turn to violence. My message to you is to resist this temptation.

I have to respectfully disclose that I too have fallen prey to the (understandable and justifiable) hysteria. Before last January, my wife and I would never have dreamed about having a firearm in the house. Our kids are out and on their own now, so the fear of a tragic accident is lessened. Today, we are weapons experts. We joined the NRA and now we haunt the local gun shows, window shop at army-navy stores, and take firearms safety classes. Our new hobby is target practice at the local pistol range.

At this point in the struggle, violence cannot be our response to the attempts to steal our freedoms. This is because it is the very tactic that the left is prepared for. The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report several days ago indicating that right-wing militias and hate groups are on the rise and threatening insurrection. This is essentially a recycled article that is trotted out by the SPLC with each new presidential administration, citing many of the same tired anecdotal examples such as Ruby Ridge and Waco’s Branch Davidians as evidence of growing violence. The only thing new in the piece is blaming the supposed increase in extremist activity on alleged racism toward a black president. No evidence to support this contention was presented, however. Nonetheless, many news outlets, including Associated Press and CBS News, picked up the story and sensationalized it. A quote from the article states, “All it’s lacking is a spark”. All that is missing in this leftist wishful fantasy is another Timothy McVeigh. If he doesn’t show up on his own, they may need to create him. They would love nothing better than capturing a group of violent “right-wing crazies” on video committing some atrocity.

However it’s done, the entire right side of the political spectrum will be implicated, tarred with the same brush. The goal will be to shut down all dissent through intimidation, justified by righteously proclaiming a war on domestic terrorism. Conservative conversation will be squelched as “hate speech”. Talk radio, internet blogs, Fox News commentators, Tea Parties, and any other conservative outlets of communication or assembly will be forcibly eliminated under the guise of protecting public safety. The “mainstream” media will joyfully cooperate in this endeavor, and anyone identified as a conservative politician will be vilified and transformed into an instant pariah. Game over, they win.

What is the answer? I like to use the karate analogy. There are two styles of karate, hard and soft. Hard karate is employed by the more powerful fighter, using his size and strength like a bull to overwhelm his opponent. In soft karate, the fighter uses the opponent’s size and strength against him. It is more stealthy and graceful. It is the matador. The opponent is defeated by finesse rather than brute force.

We need to study the weaknesses of our opponents, and capitalize on their mistakes (and there are currently many). The Obama administration is tripped up when they accidently reveal their true agenda. These mistakes need to be “picked, frozen, and personalized” (Alinsky’s rule #12).

Another example is the “Obama Joker” poster that mysteriously appeared around LA and elsewhere. It was a very clever and creative means of passive resistance that delivered a powerful message. Although, as Sonia Sotomayor says, I don’t endorse this tactic.

That’s great, you may say, but there’s really no way I can personally apply the soft karate method to the fight against American socialism. Again, au contraire, mon frère. There is a golden opportunity rapidly approaching for us to peacefully assemble in massive numbers and demonstrate our resolve to oppose the pure evil of socialist enslavement. It is the 09.12.09 March on Washington. This is perfect timing, as the Senate will potentially be voting on Obamacare later in September. In a truly Orwellian move, Obama is scheduled to make a major announcement concerning expansion of AmeriCorps on September 11.

I may be going out on a limb, but I believe this could be one of the seminal events in American history. It may be the turning of the tide. I will be there, and I hope to see thousands of other American Thinker fans there, as well.



Edited version published in AmericanThinker.com

Andrew Thomas aka Angel

Obama to Conservatives: Shut Up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jifjRVLVjzA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebreitbart%2Etv%2Fobama%2Ddont%2Dwant%2Dthe%2Dfolks%2Dwho%2Dcreated%2Dthe%2Dmess%2Dto%2Ddo%2Da%2Dlot%2Dof%2Dtalking%2F&feature=player_embedded