GRINDING AMERICA TO A HALT

Maybe I should have said "grinding America to a pulp."  Nearly the same thing, as we watch the country gradually giving up the tenets of liberty, individual rights, and the pursuit of happiness.  Can you imagine an entire global government based on all of the tyrannies of the past and implemented by today's and future technologies?  Suddenly, I just remembered Reagan's admonition that "This is the last place on earth."  He was right, but at the time we thought we might be remaining as the one place on earth, escaping the tyranny of the left ideologies. 

Today I was also thinking about how we used to think the pendulum was swinging left and right.  A few years of this.  The next few years of that.  Back and forth in a continual fight for balance and stability.  But now I believe the pendulum has gone over the point of coming back.  The swing over time has worked like this:  5 inches left, 1 inch back to the right, 6 inches left, 1 inch back to the right, 7 inches to the left, 1 inch back to the right.  As you can see the left just gained 18 inches to the 3 inches gained on the right.  This continual gain by the left has gone on now for over 100 years and the weight gain on the right is so far out of balance, that the left gains have pushed the pendulum over the swing bar and the whole thing is crashing, smack into of the body of citizens.  The last 4 to 5 decades have taken that left swinging pendulum off in such a fast frenzy that the right is now sitting there wondering what the heck happened.  To be gruesome, you could imaging Poe's "Pit and the Pendulum" and the damn device has just landed square on the neck of the victim and come to a dead stop.

If you were looking for balance with leftists, you were, or are, a fool.  I heard Mark Levin today saying that he does not feel compelled to work with those who break into his house and steal his possessions.  (paraphrasing)  That was his response to a caller who lamented, "Why can't the Republicans work with the Democrats for the good of the country."  Well....that has been tried and obviously that didn't work out too well.  That pendulum pressure of "can't we all just get along" has ended very badly for all of us.

I have been a Republican all of my adult life.  While I have not agreed with the Republican Party on all things, I have, in the past, thought they were at least on the better side of liberty, individual rights, and the pursuit of happiness.  While I observed the Democrats were hypocrites and most definitely only interested in taxing everyone to death.  I've been correct on that, but the pendulum swing on the Republican side of the aisle has either stopped or been so weak and to the left as well, that the Democrats must be laughing themselves silly.  I heard another talk show host, locally, today asking what the Republicans should do now to recapture the American public to their side.  That talk show host hinted that the Republicans should let go of any of the social values on abortion, gay marriage, illegal immigration, etc. in order to recapture the imaginations of the younger Americans who now think "We Are The World."  I disagree with that idea completely.  The conversation of what to do next is going on all over the airwaves and in meetings of conservatives.  All, I might add, to the complete delight of the leftists and their dear leader in the White House.

Today I learned a lot about Richard Nixon setting up the EPA in order to implement UNESCO's plans within the United States.  I learned more about how both Bush's are involved inextricably with the global socialist movement, specifically about Bush the Second implementing UNESCO's infiltration of our public school system to create "global citizens."  Actually, I have known most of this already, but more about it was revealed to me today.  So what matters Republican?  One can only wonder.  I can say all the Democrat presidents have been worse, but so what?  It is 9 inches left and 1 inch right....and deliberately so on the part of both parties. 

One can grab the gushing jugular vein on one's neck and try to stop the bleeding.   We are coming to a halt as far as the nation is concerned.  

Over the last few years of being involved in the effort to try to save our nation, one thing I want to share with you that may seem like a "sally come lately" to the revelation, but the people we are electing are really in only two categories.  They are either complete idiots or they are cunning bastards.  In some cases they may be both.  To be honest, several years ago that thought never occurred to me.  I only knew I didn't agree with the leftist ideology.  It never occurred to me that Republicans would adopt the leftists' cursed schemes out of stupidity or cunning selfishness.  It also never occurred to me that our judicial system would be willing accomplices to shredding the Declaration and the Constitution.   Well, that just tells you how naive I am.  Alas.

I do have a thought on the financial end of things. (a href="http://conservativesonfire.wordpress.com/"> (For my friend in Venezuela.)

I think the collapse will not come quite yet.  The reason I think that is that the globalists are not through bleeding the body.  They are still enjoying the fruits of our labors, so until the last drop of blood is gone, they will allow us to suffer the grinding blade slowly.  There is no riper fruit in the world to rape other than America.  At least not yet.  Plus they have enough hate of us to drag this out as long as they can.  As soon as they realize they have finished us off, the collapse will come and the land that used to be America will be divvied up just like Europe after WWII.  Just a thought.

The last several days I have been caught up in a small firestorm over the regional consortium of which I wrote an op-ed the end of last week.  There was a flurry of commenting on the newspaper's website, phone calls and emails, and also, plans to attend the propaganda Dog and Pony Show in order to, at least, make objections known.  The word is out and the City Council here has been alerted that more than a few people are not happy about this Federal take over of local control.  There is also planned an appearance at the County Commissioners meeting on Thursday evening to support a resolution to forbid the publishing of names and addresses of gun owners.  This is obvious reaction to the newspaper in Connecticut that did publish those gun owners personal information, including a map of their homes.  How we all do scramble around trying to fight off the latest attacks against common sense and decency.  Think of the productive time we are losing by having to do these things.  No...don't think about it.  It will drive you crazy!!

Carry on...as will I.

Hat tips to Michael Chapman, Michael Coffman, Tom Deweese, Charlotte Iserbyt, and Curtis Bowers.

DODO BIRDS IN AMERICAN EDUCATION

Here is what you need to worry about.  Now that the Dodos of Climate Change have been proven wrong and their prizes for "science" are all bunk and rubbish, what do they do next?  Answer:  Ignore facts and indoctrinate the heck out of everyone, man, woman, and child in the country.

The Dodos are not going away, unfortunately...extinct though they may be.  Someone has forgotten to tell them their bone-headed ideas don't fly.  (The Dodo was a flightless bird after all.)  No, they just keep showing up with more bunk and rubbish.

The bad news is this garbage about Climate Change has been flooding the school systems thanks to the Federal Core Curriculum requirements and even state and local indoctrinaires on the subject.  So our children are growing up with abject, foul lies.  It's deeper than just the bogus climate science lies.  The system is full of lovely "Sustainability" indoctrination.  (Straight from the Agenda 21 handbook) Remember Race To The Top?  That much ballyhooed program that was supposed to elevate the quality of education in America?  Guess what?  It wasn't about education.  It was about indoctrination. Have you heard of S.T.E.M.?  It is sold as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.  Yet,  turns out it is nothing other than another arm of "Sustainable" indoctrination for turning our students into global Marxists.

I'm a little late getting into this education subject, but found this today and here are some excerpts:

The Greening of the Department of Education: Secretary Duncan's Remarks at the Sustainability Summit

September 21, 2010

"Through the Race to the Top and other programs, we've unleashed an avalanche of pent-up reform activity across the states and literally thousands of districts."

Historically, the Department of Education hasn't been doing enough in the sustainability movement. Today, I promise you that we will be a committed partner in the national effort to build a more environmentally literate and responsible society."
"But this Education Department is just getting started in this important work. It's been clear for a decade or more that education plays a vital role in the sustainability movement. In 1996, President Clinton's task force on sustainable development issued its goals. One of them stated that all Americans should have access to lifelong learning opportunities so they will understand the concepts involved in sustainable development."
"This week's sustainability summit represents the first time that the Department is taking a taking a leadership role in the work of educating the next generation of green citizens and preparing them to contribute to the workforce through green jobs. President Obama has made clean, renewable energy a priority because, as he says, it's the best way to "truly transform our economy, to protect our security, and save our planet."

And by the way, the U.S. Green Building Council is involved as well.  

"The U.S. Green Building Council is working with school districts and universities to incorporate green technology into schools."  

 You know that has to be good.  Nevermind that the U.S. Green Building Council only promotes the International Code Council regulations for American buildings.

So what does all of that mean?  Well, let's see who is training the teachers to implement this Race To The Top indoctrination plan.

Kim Rakow Bernier is the Outreach Director at a nonprofit organization called Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org) and the Co-Chair of the K-12 and Teacher Education Sector of the U.S. Partnership for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (www.uspartnership.org). She has facilitated over 200 professional development workshops and keynote presentations on integrating global sustainability into the K-12 classroom at conventions including ASCD, American Association of School Administrators, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, National Council for the Social Studies, and National Science Teachers Association. 

 And what does she have to teach teachers who teach students?

Excerpt:

"For example, of course a beef patty comes from a cow, but there are many steps in between the cow and the burger“ the grass and grain used for feed, the water needed to produce that feed, the fertilizers and pesticides used on the grazing land, the slaughterhouse, the transportation of the beef to a restaurant, the energy to heat the stove to cook the burger, and so on. Students are asked to think about impacts, both positive and negative, of each of the processes, products, and technologies along the way. After their diagrams are complete, students then brainstorm creative ways to reduce their footprint related to a cheeseburger. They come up with all kinds of ideas including eating organic beef, eating smaller patties or fewer burgers per week, informing themselves and others about the beef industry and its impacts, and making their own cheeseburgers. Through this exercise, students are unpacking their connections to the cheeseburger on their plate and finding tangible ways that they can make both small and large impacts on economic, social, and environmental issues."

 Well, O.K.  Let's make sure the kids lower their carbon footprint and consider every step of food process before they sit down to eat.  Now that will certainly put a damper on one's appetite.  Not that all of that knowledge is horrible, but really...do you need to tell every child they have to consider every aspect of producing and eating a cheeseburger or they will be killing the planet?  Yes, according the Federal Common Core Curriculum.  I wonder if Bill Clinton thought about all of that when he was eating all of those cheeseburgers?  Hmmmm....

Here is one from a "Sustainability Math Lesson."  The teacher relates her method here:  

"She developed a unit on habitat to provide a context to teach math skills like area and transformations. Her students explored the concept of habitat as they calculated areas of various habitats around the world for the endangered snow leopard and reflected on ways to support the survival of endangered species.  This lesson also had an unexpected geography connection as they located snow leopard habitats on a world map."

 I guess you have to include endangered species into a math lesson, otherwise a student might think math would have something to do with manufacturing a product or some other tragic consequence.  I'm sure that will make a huge difference to figuring out how much gasoline costs to drive 30 miles in an obsolete car.  You won't be able to drive out of your neighborhood, but you sure as heck will know where the snow leopard lives and how many of them exist.  Hmmmm.....again.

So there you have it.  The Dodos are in charge of teaching our students how "unsustainable" their lifestyles are and how they better shape up or they will be extinct as ....well...as Dodos.  Thank you so much Bill Clinton and Arne Duncan for taking over our classrooms so the world will not fry itself out of existence with the help of human beings.  I'll bet Bill Clinton has no idea where the snow leopard lives or how many cheeseburgers he has eaten in his lifetime. 

A friend of mine wrote me these words in an email this morning:

"Marx could only dream of this level of indoctrination, Lenin worked for it,
Stalin killed for it and the Hitler Youth stand supreme and alone as to what
happens when education is propaganda and indoctrination."