Amber

It Is Not Too Soon to Recognize Nascent Tyranny

September 16, 2009 | america, american ideals, democracy, media, obama, obamacare

From Dr. Mary Graber, at Pajamas Media:

Well, history tells us that most terroristic socialist regimes were started by disaffected intellectuals, who learned their theories in universities and then imposed them on the “people.”

History, however, is less likely to tell about tragedies that are stymied by individuals not afraid to speak up. History will not give us the footnoted evidence about the citizens who were propelled to take action by Congressman Broun’s words.

We will never know what would have happened had decisive leaders like Ronald Reagan not challenged the Soviet Union or invaded Grenada. We don’t know what would have happened if Saddam Hussein were still in power.

We do know the mistakes of waiting too long, of paralysis. We know that by the 10 million killed under National Socialism and 100 million killed under communism.

Extreme?

Could all those post-election presidential well-wishers on the air, the intellectuals, the “moderates,” including the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, have predicted the extreme actions of this president after only seven months in office? Would they have predicted Obama nationalizing car companies and banks, firing the CEO of GM, and setting salaries; stoking racial fires with unsubstantiated evidence, while appointing an attorney general who has allowed voter intimidation; appointing a racist judge to the Supreme Court for her ability to “empathize”; moving the census to the White House; going on an apology tour to all our enemies after declaring himself a “citizen of the world”; using public funding for a civilian corps of youths; seeking to advance his political agenda through the arts and schoolchildren; demonizing private citizens who express criticisms of his policy; attacking the opposition media; and instituting a shadow government of “czars”?

When the British surrendered, at Yorktown, during the American Revolution, they marched out of their fortifications to surrender playing the tune “The World Turned Upside Down.”

I feel that way, all the time, now. Things that you thought you could count on, such as the concept of ‘invesitgative journalism’ no longer exist, people who you thought you could trust suddenly become wimpy or disappear…in college, a Buddhist sect suddenly became popular on my campus, and I noticed,. suddenly,. that people I knew were walking around with dazed expressions on their faces chanting over and over again, “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.” I feel that way, now…invasion of the body snatchers.

People I know, intelligent people, talk to me about conspiracies…and it is getting harder and harder to argue. It seems like people in positions of authority and trust have been ‘gotten to,’ and are changing their lines to save their lives. How else do you explain the fact that it took a young, unknown investigative journalist to crack open Acorn? Where were the FEDS??? Where were ANY of a NUMBER of local police organizations?? And, of course, WHERE was ANY reporter? WTF is going on?