The Left and Morality--Response to John Little of Omega Shock

Re those voting for Hillary: "We are so dumbed-down, that we will vote for her, without realizing how important all this is."

John, I believe that it's worse than that. It's that many if not most of the people voting for Hillary won't even care about the moral issue because their primary desire is for political power.  The Democrat party "has become a habitation of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!" (Rev. 18:2)

"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind" (Rom. 1:28)

I know, there are plenty on the right side of the aisle who are guilty of wrongdoing.  But those things are not policy with them, as they are with the left.  The right still admits to the existence of moral categories, and they're still humiliated when caught doing wrong.  But the left denies the existence of objective morality, calling it a purely human construct.

If you survey the university scene, you'll find that objective morality basically ceased to exist there decades ago.  And it's at the universities--with the intellectuals and the future leaders--that the direction of society is determined.  The contempt on the campuses for traditional values and morality is stunning.  These are the strongholds of the left, and this is the intellectual and philosophical base of Hillary's supporters.

If you've never done so, please go online and check out two publications which have wide readership in Portland OR, the city my wife and I live near.  You really have to read them to truly understand where our society is:  Willamette Week and the Portland Mercury.  A total jettisoning of moral values, except those values found useful by the left in argument.  As I like to say, the left doesn't really believe in morality, but finds it a convenient club with which to bash their opponents, who DO believe in morality.

If you really pin a lefty down on a moral issue, and he finds no way to escape, he'll just look you in the eye, spit in your face, and say "To h--l with your outmoded, bourgeois morality!"

This could be 50% of our electorate, John.

A Response to Mike Gleason and Chris Powell

Mike Gleason, of Money Metals Exchange, and Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee had a very interesting discussion on the overt manipulation of the gold and silver markets.  The following is my contribution to the discussion:

This discussion--a great one, by the way--opens up a much larger question than simply whether or not gold investors can make a profit, or even whether or not the markets can be controlled surreptitiously to the benefit of governments. It is actually the question of, "What are the limits to governmental power? Are there any limits? Do the people really have any rights? Will the people ever force governments to back down from their power grabs, as long as they're reasonably satisfied? Will the people ever even care?"
I know that is several questions, not one. I have a hard time encapsulating it in one question. Perhaps another reader, or the staff at MME can come up with one!
What's really scary, Mike and Chris, is that our current leadership was elected. They were elected by people with absolutely no interest in whether the markets, let alone metals markets, are manipulated by government. And if they were told this in a way they could understand, they would probably agree that this is a proper function of government!
The United States, more than any other nation on earth, is really just a concept. It is a concept that exists in the hearts and minds of its people. And if that concept is lost, the nation no longer has any real existence. I think we've reached that point.

Safest place to be in a terrorist attack

This is copied from Dave Hodges' Common Sense Show blog, entitled "The Safest Place to Be in a Terrorist Attack is Next to President Obama".  I think the key paragraphs are worth saving and pondering:

It is so clear that if terrorists wanted to assassinate political figures, such as a President, they could and they would. If John Hinckley can get close enough to shoot President Reagan, then a “Muhammad Atta” should be able to get even close enough to President Obama. Then why don’t they? The answer is simple, all terrorism is state sponsored terrorism and terrorists are not going to bite the hand that feeds them. And who controls the state? The elite who are using these tools of political manipulation which will perpetuate their agenda. And what is their agenda? The agenda of the NWO is clear and unmistakable. They seek to erase all national boundaries, as evidenced by the hordes of immigrants which are destabilizing the so-called Western democracies.
Through fear mongering, perpetuated by a series of so-called terror attacks, the NWO is conditioning the sheeple to accept a brutal, totalitarian dictatorship which will include the elimination of all individual civil liberties and the NWO is using Muslims to accomplish this goal.

 

Response to Nancy Armour's editorial in USA Today sports page

Ms. Armour,

I read with interest your commentary on Aaron Rodgers' "Calling out prejudiced fan".  While it was totally inappropriate for that fan to make his vulgar comment during that moment of silence, and Mr. Rodgers was correct in rebuking him, both his comments afterward and yours revealed a lack of understanding of the true nature of Islam, and of the situation we face because of our lack of understanding.

First of all, you make a false comparison between the radical Islamists and pseudo-Christian cultists:  The latter in no way reflect the teachings of the Bible or the example of their Founder, while the former much more precisely follow the precepts of the Quran than do the so-called "moderate" muslims.

Secondly, it's instructive to notice the reaction of the two groups to atrocities committed in the names of their respective religions:  In the case of evil done in the name of Christ, Christians are very quick and vocal to condemn any and all such acts.  What has been the response of the Muslim community to the bombings, beheadings, shootings, kidnappings, rapes, and other heinous deeds done in the name of Islam and of the Prophet?**Crickets**.

Perhaps the silence is due to fear.  That's VERY instructive, is it not?  Perhaps it's due to embarassment, the embarassment of holding a position that's not orthodox, and voicing that position would only show them up for the apostates they are.  And perhaps, just perhaps, it's because they are in agreement with the "extremists".

What do you think?  Which is it?

Remember, the Quran is very specific regarding the necessity of spreading Islam by the sword and of prescribed treatment of those outside the "House of Islam".

Islam, when it is in power, gives "infidels" (that's you and me) three options:  1) Convert to Islam; 2) pay a special tax and accept second-class citizen status (for Christians and Jews only); and 3) death.  There is, of course, a fourth option:  Flee for your life.

A personal anecdote may be instructive.  My wife and I have a Kurdish friend who came to the US in 1996.  As he became exposed to Christianity and compared it with the Islam he grew up with, he made this observation:  "If you take Islam to its logical conclusion, you've got to kill everyone who won't submit.  If you take Christianity to its logical conclusion, Christ died for us."  This, from an insider, Ms. Armour.

What the fan did was boorish.  What Mr. Rodgers did was the correct response to boorish behavior, but for wrong (but politically correct) reasons.  What you wrote was well-crafted and correct according to the received "wisdom" of our society, but inaccurate.
 

Thank you for your attention.

David J. Smith

My Career as a Pharmacy Tech

I spent eight horrible months as a pharmacy technician in a small-town outlet.  When I finally saw the handwriting on the wall, my main thought was, Why didn't I cut my losses sooner??  I should have been gone in four months, not eight.  I was introduced to a world I hardly knew existed.  I learned that a large percentage of the population lives from prescription to prescription.  Pain-killers are a very great portion of all scripts, and the people who are addicted to them (read: ALL OF THEM except a few post-op patients) are frantic if they don't get them.  The abuse is so widespread that we had a standing rule to double-count pain meds.  This got to be very tedious when the script called for 240 tabs (30 days x 8 tabs/day).  I'm in my sixties and on NO meds (a rarity, I'm told).  There were patients in there who were younger than me on as many as sixteen meds!  No, they didn't look healthy.  If YOU were on 16 prescriptions, do you think you'd look healthy?  My boss (pharmacist) was a walking stress test.  I can't believe he had been living like that for his forty-year career.  Like I said, at the eight-month point, it was time to GO...  I've never looked back and never regretted that decision.

Re: Isaac and Ishmael

 This was my comment on John Little's excellent article, The Heart of Darkness on Omegashock.com:


Great, great article and analysis! Such good material on so many fronts I can’t enumerate them all without fear of leaving someone out.
But I would like to add my second to your take on Islam. My wife and I spent several years overseas in Islamic countries and I can testify you’re spot on.
At one time I was thinking about the surface similarity between Islam and Judaism. There are so many parallels, e.g., fasting, almsgiving, food purity (halal=kosher), animal sacrifice to name a few. I remember thinking, There are so many similarities–why didn’t they just become Jews? Then a light went on...Ishmael would rather eat dog doodoo than join forces with his hated half-brother Isaac! So he concocted this religion, this counterfeit Judaism, both to establish his own brand and to get back into the good graces of his father Abraham, which he’s been trying to do for the last four thousand years. Remember, he was the firstborn, the heir, and was disenfranchised by his father in favor of his younger brother. You, having lived in the Middle East for as long as you have, understand that in these societies there is NOTHING that trumps inheritance. It’s all-important. Ishmael has been smarting over this all these centuries, and the enmity will never go away outside of Christ.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Blessings to you.

Re: Bank Bailouts, etc.

Observations: 

Mortgage debacle:  If the money given to the bankers (in 2008) had been given INDIRECTLY via paying off mortgages instead of directly into the banksters' pockets, the net result as far as the banksters were concerned would have been the same, but the effect on the economy would have been far, far different. Actually, even the banksters would have been better off, since their balance sheets would have been looking a lot better without all the defaults and foreclosures, AND they'd have the money to boot! Win-win-win. But then, how would we perpetuate the indebtedness with which the public is shackled? Such a dilemma!

Foreign Policy and Blowback:  As I view the madness with which our foreign policy is being conducted, I can't help but wonder if the opposition will be content to just watch us collapse economically into chaos, or if they'll be vindictive enough to attack when we're in that weakened state. My bet's on the latter.

Gold and Silver:  I'm amazed at the unwillingness of the public to buy at low prices, although the physical market is showing signs of rationality.