Sunday, October 14, 2012

The Nanny-State In America Rant




When I hear the term “Nanny,” I conjure up an image of a very prim and proper English spinster whose job is to raise and protect the children of the wealthiest of the British upper, upper class. Our Nanny runs the household, supervises the staff, and is always the very soul of virtue and respectability. First and foremost among her awesome responsibilities is to see that absolutely no harm, physical or otherwise, befalls the offspring of the upper crust Brits in her charge. After all, the future leaders and rulers of the “Empire” must be protected at all costs regardless of the hardship and sacrifice to be endured. I’m not really sure just how close my stereotypical characterization comes to hitting the mark never having had the opportunity to experience or witness it first hand. For myself, I wouldn’t want my young ‘uns raised that way but it’s really a very personal issue and I sure as Hell don’t think I have the right to tell others how to raise and bring up their Rug Rants as long as it doesn’t interfere with me and mine. After all, I suppose the Nanny performs a service that is needed and desired by those who can afford it and do not want too much interaction with those they chose to bring into this world. Good for them, I guess.



When I hear the term “Nanny-State,” however, my reaction is vastly different and overwhelmingly negative. The Nanny-State and the Nanny-Staters do most definitely interfere with me and mine and this is simply unacceptable and not to be tolerated in any manner, shape, or form. These folks and their philosophy are reprehensible and pose a clear and present danger to all those who value freedom and independence. Those who believe in this tyranny euphemistically known as the Nanny-State represent the very antithesis of choice, free will, and personal responsibility. To a man and woman they have nothing but contempt and loathing for the American way of life. They deeply despise our traditions, institutions, and even our own history. They are authoritarian in the extreme and ardently believe that most Americans constitute nothing more than the, “little people,” who cannot think for themselves or act in their own best interests. According to them, we simply lack the intellectual prowess or acumen to make decisions for ourselves and live life as we so choose. We need to be led around by the collective nose and be told what we are to do regarding every single aspect of our lives no matter how seemingly insignificant and inconsequential. They believe in a philosophy that might be termed, “For Your Own Goodism,” and are utterly convinced that they constitute the “Enlightened Ones” who will paternalistically make all of life’s decisions for us. You see, only they are qualified to do that.



In our country, the devotees of the Nanny-State are members of an exalted Far Left niche known as the LFE(Liberal Fucking Elite). They are really nothing more than extreme Socialists and absolute statists. They believe in micromanaging every and all aspects of life in America from how it is governed right down to what each individual can and cannot eat and drink. They are “Cradle to Gravers” and will provide all of life’s necessities and desires whether we approve or not. They treat the American citizen much like an overbearing and bombastic parent treats small children. In that type of environment, they need never make decisions and never have the luxury of choice. The tyke will listen and obey or face serious consequences meted out by the adults who control his or her every action, movement, and thought. The youngsters grow up without free will and never learn to mature and take responsibility for their own actions and mistakes. They are taught that without the parent, they will never and can never succeed. They are not taught to think independently and for themselves but rather are forced into a position of complete dependency and reliance upon others for everything and anything they will ever need, have, or want. They, therefore, can never become adults in the true sense of the word but rather are forced into a type of permanent adolescence and can thus never become independent, self-reliant, and free.



This is exactly what the Nanny-Staters desire for the American citizen. They want us ever so compliant and obedient to their world view and, like children, we are to be seen but never, ever heard. A compliant, obedient population is easily controlled and managed. A docile and passive population is ever so malleable and moldable and is easily persuaded or coerced into doing the bidding of a self-proclaimed and anointed “Master” class even if it is patently harmful and inimical to its own best and self interest. The LFE, the Nanny-Staters, are creating an entire population of lemmings who will blindly rush off the cliff even if it means their own demise. They are easily swayed and led because they cannot think for themselves and make rational decisions and choices. They blindly follow no matter where they are being taken and this is exactly where those on the Far Left want our nation to go. It appears that so many more of us have come to rely on government for our every need that the very nature and character of the United States has been forever subverted and destroyed. Virtually gone are defining American characteristics like rugged individualism, providing for oneself with no outside interference or force , and a boundless optimism in the future that has driven so much of this country’s unparalleled success. American Exceptionalism has seemingly been replaced by the concept of American Mediocrity and too many of us have been taught – brainwashed – into believing that mediocre is the most we can expect or strive for. This is certainly not the America I grew up in nor is it the one I want to leave for my children and grandchildren.



How, then, is the Nanny-State defined? A web-piece entitled, “Nanny State (http://en.wikipedia.org),” explains that the term, “conveys a view that government or its policies are overprotective or interfering unduly with personal choice.” The same source also notes that according to Dictionary.com it means, “A government perceived as authoritarian, interfering, or overprotective and has also come to be associated with socialist practices of having the government basically baby the populace by being in charge, in control of, and even financing all of its needs.” Those descriptions seem an apt characterization of life in the United States in the early 21st Century because we are becoming rapidly less self-reliant and ever more dependent upon government largesse much as the masses of ancient Rome relied upon their elite for their very survival. At times, I fear that we have already walked so far down that path we many never find our way back.



The American Heritage Dictionary (www.ahdictionary.com), explains that the Nanny-State is a, “government perceived as having excessive interest in or control over the welfare of its citizens, especially in the enforcement of extensive public health and safety regulations.” Encyclopedia.com explains that the Nanny-State means, “government institutions and practices of the Welfare State collectively, perceived as overprotective, interfering, or excessively authoritarian.” Can anyone say Obamacare (see The Obamacare Rationing Rant of 4/15/12)? Can we all say massive new taxation? Huge and failed government bailouts? Unaccountable and unelected government Czars? Massive and useless government “stimulus” packages? Our sorry excuse of a leader and his cronies are nothing less than extreme anti-Capitalists, anti-American collectivists and Barry Boy Obama is our Socialist-in-Chief. Everything he has done and will continue to do comes at the expense of our liberty, our freedom, and our independence and it’s being perpetrated upon us by design, on purpose, and with tremendous malice aforethought!



As I look around and see what is happening to my country, I am ever more convinced that we are living in a real, live version of George Orwell’s famous novel, 1984. I never thought we’d ever confronted by an actual “Big Brother” bent on controlling every facet and aspect of our lives from the simplest to the most intricate and personal. Well, apparently I couldn’t have been more hopelessly wrong and naïve. This is what happens when so many of us stop vigilantly and jealously protecting and preserving our hard fought for rights and freedoms. They gradually slip away and are lost to us forever never to be regained. That’s what Nanny-Statism and the LFE are all about and that’s all they’re about! That’s all that Obama and the Boys are all about.



He and the other Socialists in our midst know full well that they can’t stage a third-world style military coup in this country so they rely on a strategy known as incrementalism. They chip away at our liberty and freedom ever so slowly – just a little bit at a time – so that we barely notice the slow erosion until one day we wake up to find that the beach is completely gone swallowed up by an unrelenting and unstoppable ocean! Alright, we say, so this mayor says I can’t have salt and that one says that we can never consume trans-fats while some other self-appointed guardian of my health insists that I can no longer smoke. These are such little things, right? Wrong! They represent a true loss of freedom and choice. They represent government micromanagement of our very existence and deciding what is and is not good for us much as the parent of a young child carefully and thoughtfully selects what the tyke can and cannot eat or drink, where he can and cannot go, and with whom he may and may not associate.



I hope we all had these kinds of concerned, responsible parents but I have news for the Socialists and Statists out there: the government makes for one damned lousy Mom or Dad and as far as I’m concerned is guilty of extreme child abuse when it gets this involved in our everyday lives! This is absolutely not what our Founding Fathers envisioned all those years ago. They foresaw a nation of free responsible adults more than capable of making their own decisions and acting in the best interests of themselves, their families, and their communities! Those folks expressly created a strictly limited government which is why the Ninth and Tenth Amendments were included in our Bill of Rights (No, you can look ‘em up if you’re so inclined). Well I gotta tell you, a government that can regulate or forbid my salt intake or force me to wear a helmet while riding a Harley or a Schwinn is by no stretch of the imagination in any way limited!



You care for a few examples of just how far the Nanny-Staters have succeeded in implementing their agenda and completely subordinating the individual to the will of those who would control and regulate our every waking – and sleeping – moment? Certainly, you got it. A piece entitled, “18 Examples of the Nanny State Gone Wild (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com),” perfectly illustrates just how far we have moved away from the Founders’ vision of a strictly limited and nonintrusive government of, for, and by the people. The article points out, for example, that one Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s Mayor with a pronounced Napoleonic Complex, “has announced that he wants to ban all large sodas and sugary drinks in order to fight obesity.” Where the Hell does the Diminutive One get off dictating what size beverages we can consume? He seems to be reacting to the so-called problem of childhood obesity that I’ve been hearing so much about recently. Hey, Mike, here’s a news flash for you. My family’s girth is absolutely none of your damned business! I guess New York City must be doing really well if this is what the Mayor deems a top priority. Give me a freaking break and mind your friggin’ concern!!



Wait, for it becomes even more ridiculous and nonsensical. In a place called Minnetonka, Minnesota, “you can be fined up to $2,000 for having a muddy vehicle.” A muddy vehicle? In Hazelwood, Missouri, it is “against the law for little girls to sell Girl Scout cookies in front of their own homes,” while over the “past couple of years there have been quite a few instances all over the country where lemonade stands run by children have been shut down by police because the children had not acquired the proper permits.” Proper permits? Lemonade? Let’s see, here we’ve got a bunch of enterprising kids building some sort of stand, offering a perfectly legal product to folks in their neighborhood, and hopefully making a few bucks! They are learning first-hand and early about satisfying consumers, profit and loss, and the problems to be overcome when starting your own business. Can’t have that, now can we?



The article further points out that in, “many states it is now illegal to collect any rain that falls on your own property,” and that in San Juan Capistrano, California, “it is against the law to hold a home Bible study without a conditional use permit.” Hmmm, if I understand this you can’t have a bunch of folks over at your own home to discuss the Bible. You need government permission to discuss religion with like-minded friends and acquaintances? This sounds very close to Totalitarianism to me and absolutely nothing like the nation I grew up in and have come to love so much. Furthermore, in Hilton Head, South Carolina, “it is illegal to have trash in your car,” while in Louisiana, “one church was ordered to stop passing out water because it did not have the proper permit.” Additionally, “at public schools all over the United States, the lunches that little children bring from home are now inspected to make sure that they meet USDA guidelines.” I’ll tell ya, if any damned school official tried to inspect and then confiscate the lunch my mother had packed for me those folks would never have gotten over it and then they’d have to deal with my father when he got home from work. It sure as Hell wouldn’t have been pretty!



When taken as individual, isolated instances, the Nanny-State examples proffered thus far don’t seem all that ominous. When viewed collectively, however, they can only be seen as extremely menacing and freedom-destroying designed to subordinate the individual and the family to the whims of an ever increasing pernicious and pervasive Statism that will, if left unchecked, destroy this nation as envisioned by our Founders and as presently constituted. There can be no doubt about that whatsoever. The author of the piece correctly maintains that at, “at this point the nanny state has become so oppressive that it is strangling the life out of us. If you look back throughout history, the societies that have really thrived have had a very high degree of liberty and freedom. When the bureaucrats get the upper hand, it can suck the life out of any economy.” It really doesn’t take much analysis or observation to realize that the professional bean counters, pencil pushers, and paper purveyors have gained the ascendancy and they along with the LFE in America have changed for the worse what used to be properly termed the American Dream. They are rapidly turning that dream into a Hellish nightmare!



The piece correctly notes that our, “rights are being stripped away a little bit with each passing day, and we are being told that we need a permit or a license for almost everything. Many younger Americans have been living this kind of straight jacket existence for so long that they don’t even remember what real liberty and freedom are.” In fact, we “are steamrolling down the road to totalitarianism, and most Americans don’t even realize what is happening.” The piece also speaks to something that I find more than just a tad worrisome and if my fears ever come to fruition, it can mean nothing less than the destruction of the United States and everything it stands for and represents. It seems to me, that far too many of my fellow citizens are completely unaware or are not even slightly troubled by government’s intrusion into our daily lives and activities.



They seem to view this ever growing encroachment, this increasing attempt to exert more and more control over everything we do as just no big deal. Americans have always jealously and passionately defended and guarded our precious rights and freedom. It seems, however, that this is no longer the case. It appears that far too many of us have become dangerously apathetic and cannot connect the dots between an ever more powerful government and a loss of freedom and liberty. We are allowing our nation to be destroyed without even putting up a fight or voicing and objection. Apparently, we have become so fat, lazy, happy, and stupid that we don’t even recognize the dangers we face. As the piece concludes, “Sadly, there are many Americans that actually agree that the state should regulate nearly every detail of our lives. There are many Americans who actually believe that life is better when there are millions of rules that we all have to follow. There are too many of us who sincerely believe that too much liberty and freedom is a bad thing.” Finally, the author concludes that, “if we are not careful the control freaks are going to destroy this nation. They always tell us that the rules that they are imposing upon us are for our own good, but every time they lay another burden on our backs they just suck a little bit more life out of us all.”



Implementing the Nanny-State is the goal and battle plan of the Far Left in the United States and they are not at all shy about what they want. They need to smother and stifle us with so many rules and regulations that we’ll literally drown in them. The hope of the LFE is that most Americans will simply throw up their hands, give up the fight, and raise the white flag of surrender. They hope we’ll just go along to get along, stop resisting, and simply give in to the Liberal destruction of the United States. Americans, it seems to me, no longer have the will, stamina, and determination to endure a long and vicious fight. This is what they’re counting on and hoping for. They want us to become too tired and worn out to keep the battle between Liberalism and Americanism going and that we’ll just go away resigned to our fate. They want to wear us down to the point that we simply no longer have the energy to keep on defending and fighting for our precious freedoms, institutions, and way of life.



The LFE among us think in the long term and if it takes 20, 30, 50, or 100 years they’ll keep fighting to implement America’s demise until they emerge victorious. No fight is too small for them to wage and this is why we see so much of the Nanny-State being constructed at the local and community levels. When Nanny-Statism is the norm at the town and community levels, it will move in a coordinated fashion to the state and national stage. That strategy may be termed the “trickle-up” implementation of Nanny-Statism but the “trickle-down” theory works as well. If they can implement their agenda on the national level as in Obamacare then it will spread to every level of society from the top down and this is equally effective.



For example, “in the United States it is illegal to operate a train that does not have an “F” painted on the front. Apparently without that “F” we all might not know where the front of the train is.” I kid you not folks and you simply can’t make this stuff up. That’s how stupid and moronic those on the Far Left actually believe the rest of us “Little People” really are! How about this for all you damned Socialists out there? “F” You!! Additionally, I’m willing to bet that you had no idea that in, “America today it is illegal to milk your cow and sell the milk to your neighbor. If you do this, there is a good chance that federal agents will raid your home at the crack of dawn.” Furthermore, it is, “illegal to give a tour of the monuments in Washington D.C. without a license.” Let’s see, your Aunt Tilly and Uncle Jasper from Podunk, Iowa, have come to visit and you’ve planned a trip to our nation’s capitol to show them the sights. They’ve always wanted to see the Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Memorials and they’ve even brought their camera to record their visit. Watch it, Buddy, for you are now guilty of the heinous crime of touring without a license and there’s gonna be Hell to pay! Furthermore, “In the state of Alabama, bear wrestling is completely illegal,” while in, “Fairbanks, Alaska, it is illegal to give alcoholic beverages to a moose.” Listen, if some damned fool wants to wrestle around with a bear, that’s his own business but I’ve gotta tell ya, I’m greatly relieved at the prospect of not having to deal with the all pervasive and overwhelming societal dilemma of drunken moose! I’ll sleep better just knowing that. The author of the piece concludes that, “This is not what our Founding Fathers intended and this is not what America is supposed to be about.” Yuh think!?!



There is really only one word that sums up the total effect of the myriad rules, regulations, and laws that seem to control an ever expanding area of our everyday lives. It can be defined as no less than out-and-out and undisguised oppression. We are no longer ruled by an absolute monarch by are indeed ruled by an absolute ideology that is no less tyrannical than the potentates of yore. The breaking point for Americans back in the 1770’s was the onerous Tea Tax that was arbitrarily dictated to the colonists and about which they had no choice – or so thought the royal authorities. Come on, you all remember the rallying cry of, “No taxation without representation!” I’m sure you do. Well, I’d be willing to bet the ranch that children and young adults from elementary school right through college are completely unfamiliar with battle slogan for, sadly, it is no longer even taught. The powers that be do not want our youth to learn that at some period in our history, there was a point at which the average citizen stood up and yelled, “No, you’re not doing this to us!” There’s virtually none of that spirit of freedom and independence left in America and we seem to have become a nation of sheep eagerly waiting to be shorn. We face a tyranny today no less harsh and freedom-denying as did folks back in 1776 but it is not the fault of some foreign monarch in a far off, distant land who demands to be obeyed.



No, unfortunately it is our own fault. The people who would enslave us now and destroy our freedom and liberty are fellow Americans. They are Socialists, statists, and absolutists who are every bit as dangerous as were the old Divine Right Rulers of centuries ago. They are the main components of the LFE and are Hell-bent on destroying our rights – all of them. They will not rest until the only choice we have left is blind obedience to the whims of an elite class to which the vast majority of Americans are forever denied entrance. We are here only to do the bidding of our so-called enlightened “betters”. Anymore than that will not be tolerated, expected, or permitted by those on the Far Left. You see, those extreme Liberals have no desire to govern but rather prefer to rule with an iron fist and a hob-nailed boot! They do not believe in uniquely American institutions like separation of powers, federalism, or limited government and in fact do all they can to first weaken and then destroy them until the land of our birth is utterly unrecognizable and completely unfamiliar.



The Nanny-State and its big government proponents, of course, could not exist without a base of support. No group or ideology can succeed unless a very large percentage of the electorate is willing and eager to support its policies at the ballot box. The key to understanding how and where that support comes from is to realize that creating dependency in America is a huge priority for those of the LFE. Without a completely dependent and non-thinking constituency, advocates of the Nanny-State could never possibly succeed. Without a huge and multiplying class of dependents, Socialists like President Barry Boy could never have been elected let alone stand a damned good chance of getting re-elected. In the last four years, we’ve experienced more government interference and meddling into our lives than had ever been imagined by all other American Presidents combined. I have read that just in the year 2011, our Usurper-in-Chief created and put into place over 70,000 new rules, regulations, and restrictions that we all must obey or face the consequences. This will seem like a mere drop in the bucket once that horror show known as Obamacare is fully implemented. The monstrosity runs into thousands of pages and virtually no one in America has read it or comes even close to understanding the consequences it will have for the citizens of our soon to be once great nation. Remember, the Affordable Health Care Act has nothing whatsoever to do with the state of our health or our health care system. It is about nothing but control, power, and a tremendous loss of personal freedom and that’s all it’s about.



A piece entitled, “Government or Business (http://mjfellright.wordpress.com),” truthfully points out that if, “re-elected, the current White House occupant will continue to use class warfare as an excuse to reduce and eliminate taxes on political groups inclined to elect proponents of nanny state huge government programs.” If this trend continues, “eventually a majority of Americans will no longer pay taxes.” Right now, apparently, approximately half of the eligible population pays no taxes and there exist fewer and fewer of us out here to carry the load and provide the necessary funds to keep the country going. This can only mean that the administration, “will increase the tax burden on successful businesses and individuals.”



This is simply part and parcel of the Socialist mind-set: punish success and reward failure. It is completely ass-backwards, unproductive, and dangerous to the continued existence of the United States. As a matter of fact, “The majority of people will not care how much tax rates rise. Since they will no longer be paying taxes, higher tax rates will not affect them.” This being the case it is obvious that as, “businesses fail under the added tax burdens, more people will be laid off and require government assistance. This will create a huge underclass of Americans dependent upon government for survival who will exist under government control.” The author ominously warns that, “This is not coincidental.” This is key, folks. What’s happening to America is no mere accident or happenstance. It’s part of the Nanny-State philosophy, structure, and strategy. It is purposeful, well thought out, and planned and is being executed brilliantly and relentlessly. If the Saboteur-in-Chief is granted one more term, our nation as we have come to know and love it can’t possibly survive in any meaningful or recognizable form.



There can be no escaping that conclusion. The train wreck we are rushing toward will be like nothing America has ever witnessed or experienced including the Great Depression and two world wars. What we are heading for will make those cataclysmic events seem like a Sunday picnic in the park. The Nanny-Staters know full well what’s coming and they eagerly, passionately, work for its implementation. It matters not a whit to them that what they advocate has failed miserably every where and every time it’s been tried. They are well aware that the Socialist Nanny-State model has completely destroyed the economy and social fabric of virtually all of Western Europe but they are sure they can get it “right” in America. They are fully cognizant of the fact that as, “more people become dependent on government, fewer people are left to pay the cost. It goes deeper and is far more dangerous than that, however, because, “the socialist entitlement mentality makes more people less productive. As more and more people become less and less productive, an ever-smaller minority of productive people become responsible for shouldering the burden of a completely lopsided, unfair system.”



Not surprisingly, “when a tiny number of productive people are required to deprive themselves of the fruits of their own labor in order to finance the lives of the remaining population, where is the incentive for them to produce?” There is none. There is nothing to be gained financially, socially, or psychologically and this is where the Nanny-Staters want to take us. As more and more Americans realize that there is really no reason to work hard or take risks and start a business more and more of us they fervently hope will simply give up and become dependent upon an all-powerful, all-pervasive, and completely intrusive government. The piece concludes that, “reliance on a big nanny state makes people less responsible for themselves, less self-reliant,” which is, “the antithesis of the American way of life.” That’s where we’re presently headed if those Bastards are not thoroughly and overwhelmingly defeated!



Most of us want to leave to our children and grandchildren a better America than the one we were born into but the problem has become a definitional one. Just how does one define the term “better?” Those on the Far Left define it as restricting and limiting individual choice and freedom in favor of something vaguely termed, “the Greater Good.” They demand that the individual subordinate his own needs, wants, and desires to that entity known as the STATE. All action, ideas, and outcomes will come from the top down instead of going from the bottom up as was intended by the Founding Fathers. In their view, society’s basic and most important unit was the individual citizen for whom the government worked and served. The free individual did not work for the government or the state but rather the opposite was true. The government exists to serve the needs of the citizen and before our revolution rocked the world, that was simply unheard of. For thousands of years of human history, the individual existed solely to serve the needs of the state and the very few elites who ran it. We the people counted for nothing but existed as merely the tiniest cogs in a huge machine. Most folks today are still governed according to this philosophy and mind-set while we, in fact, remain one of the few exceptions to that rule. The Nanny-Staters of the LFE fully concur with the view that the individual counts for nothing. If individual citizens are allowed to freely act or express themselves, that can only be seen as a threat to the state’s power and control over the rest of us. This, of course, must in no way ever be tolerated.



These people want us to display nothing but obedience for that will ensure their total control over all of our activities from the smallest to the largest. How bad is it getting? Far worse than most of us could have possibly imagined. A piece entitled, “Nanny State Betrays Decline and Fall of America (www.infowars.com),” speaks directly and succinctly to that point. Writer Paul Joseph Watson explains that in New York City the, “Department of Health has slapped strict regulations on anything deemed risky recreational activities conducted by programs or organizations.” Well, that’s certainly vague enough to cover anything you can think of isn’t it? The piece notes that activities most of us grew up with are now verbotin. The growing list includes: wiffle ball, dodge ball, kick ball, freeze tag, red rover, frisbee tossing, and tug of war which have all been placed under the new Big Brother rules. Wiffle Ball? Dodge Ball? Now just try and tell me that the Nanny-Staters out there are about anything but control, conformity, and a loss of freedom and choice.



Banning such classic children’s activities as these clearly illustrates just how pervasive and intrusive government has become. They will tell you that these games are being black listed to prevent harm or injury from befalling the “children,” but that is merely a smokescreen. All of these games involve some element of risk and the Nanny-State Socialists are trying to eliminate all elements of risk-taking from our lives and instead replacing it with a government provided blanket of security that will keep us from all harm. Hey guys, I got news for you. Life itself involves risk and in the real world there’s always going to be some harm. To shield our young ones from these facts of life does them no favors and can only prevent them from growing up into reasonable, responsible adults who are not afraid of venturing out into the world and experiencing it as it actually exists!



Additionally, the activities cited above all involve elements of competition which by necessity means that there will be winners and, of course, losers. Most adults know that we can’t win all the time and therefore by definition we will occasionally lose. Again, it’s part of life and the Socialists among us simply can’t have that. They believe in a society where there are no winners and losers but rather everyone is the same. Ain’t equality great? If those Far Left Liberals can grab our kids at the earliest possible age and inculcate them with these beliefs they will develop into nothing more than mind-numbed robots marching in lock-step to do the bidding of the state. This, by the way, is nothing unusual. In ancient Sparta, for example, children were removed from the home and parental care at the tender age of seven to be raised, educated, and brainwashed by the state. By the time Sparta was done with them, they were truly obedient and loyal servants to the whims of an all-powerful and pervasive system that despised anything resembling freedom of thought, initiative, or individuality. This is exactly what happened in Communist China centuries later when the Great Leader Mao of the Little Red Book took the helm. Children were removed from parental control and turned over to the government to be raised and molded by a system that minimized the importance of the individual and severely stifled any form of free will or thought. This is exactly and precisely the goal of the Nanny-Staters and the Far Left in America today. The article further points out that age old favorites like Capture the Flag and Steal the Bacon are also forbidden in the Big Apple. Once again, we see the concepts of competition, winning and losing under assault but to introduce the ideas of Capturing and Stealing? Unthinkable and unacceptable on any level.



The article explains that this, “is all part of the process of the state replacing the parents as guardians of the children and it is designed to ensure that kids become nothing more than drug-addled, dependent slobs with no energy and no life experience, perfectly molding them to grow up as obedient, video-game playing, Clockwork Orange-style Droogs.” The writer is absolutely correct in his assessment of where our nation is headed and there are those of us out here who feel we are rapidly reaching the point of no return. The piece concludes that these, “examples barley scratch the surface of the nanny state offensive that has been launched as part of the establishment’s social engineering programs.” The author further informs us that the, “state is deliberately being extreme in its smothering takeover of society so as to shock and awe Americans into obeying without question. The move is akin to how a stallion horse is castrated and gelded in order to alter their behavior by making them more docile.” The analogy is absolutely spot-on for Americans have indeed been castrated by an increasing intrusive and absolutely out of control central government. Watson correctly insists that these, “developments represent a total power grab on behalf of the federal government as it bids to become the supreme authority over Americans from cradle to grave. This is about a complete transformation and re-engineering of society,” and warns that it, “is imperative that Americans re-assert their individuality and the right to make their own choices and live their lives as they wish by resisting every encroachment the state makes as it tramples personal freedom.”



In an article entitled, “A free ride courtesy of the Nanny State (http://silvie.com),” the ever irascible yet irrepressible Bill O’Reilly remembers that when he was young, “most everybody worked. No one was on welfare,” and in fact, “just 6 percent of Americans received welfare payments in 1962.” By contrast, now more, “than 100 million of us are getting money from the government, and that does not count Social Security and Medicare, programs workers pay into.” This is not an example of government or societal compassion but rather government control and dependence. As that giant government umbrella inexorably covers more and more of us, it is impossible to escape the conclusion that it can only mean a concomitant loss of freedom and autonomy. The individual is being rendered inconsequential and impotent while the power of the state grows exponentially. This must result in negative structural changes to the United States that can only bode ill for the future.



The author continues that what, “we are seeing is the rise of the Nanny State,” and that, “self-reliance and ambition made the United States the most powerful nation on Earth. But that ethic is now eroding fast.” In fact, “Presiding over and joyously encouraging this societal shift is the purveyor of social justice President Barack Obama.” O’Reilly correctly posits that, “We are creating a dual society: In one corner: Americans who work hard to succeed. In the other corner: Folks who want what you have.” It seems more and more that the latter group is growing rapidly while the former is dwindling away at a dizzying and fearful rate. Dependency and unproductivity are becoming ever more the norm while self-reliance and the age old can do spirit of America has morphed into let the government do it for me! What too many Americans seem not to recognize or appreciate is the fact that once government does more and more for you, it will then inevitably do more and more to you. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson: a government that is powerful enough to give you everything you want is also powerful enough to take away everything you have!



I wonder just how long it will be before we begin hearing and seeing news stories informing us that the police power of the state will begin to monitor how our children spend their recreational time? You know – how, where, and under what conditions will our children be allowed to socialize with kids their own age? Will the Nanny-Staters actually become that invasive and intrusive? Will the parent, the child, or both be punished by the powers that be if the young ones are allowed to recreate in ways that do not meet with state approval? Will we see the creation of a Playtime Czar if the Bamster is reelected? How about a full-blown Cabinet position entitled something like the Secretary of Kiddy Entertainment and Activity? Will thousands of official guide lines, rules, and regulations be issued from the White House detailing and specifying just where, when, and how our children’s social activities can be overseen by government ministers, snoops, and spies? I know, I know, it’s just my raging paranoia bubbling and boiling over again and I might benefit from getting back on my “meds” and seriously increasing the dosage!



You think so? Pay attention. A piece entitled, “Cops Interrogate Family for Allowing Kids to Play Outside: Social Services harass mother for having free range children (www.infowars.com),” should serve as a warning shot across all of our bows. The piece informs us that a, “family has been harassed by social services and police for the egregious crime of allowing children to play outside,” and constitutes yet, “another example of how the Nanny State is running wild in America.” You may want to read that last just one more time and reconsider exactly how paranoid I really am. It appears that a Virginia mother, “was interrogated by police four times and visited by social services twice after her children were spotted playing outside unsupervised.” Oh no, not that! The parent at the very least must be sent off to an official Nanny-State Reeducation Center to have her mind made right!! Mom explained she is, “one of only two families that allows my children to play outside at all in our neighborhood (which is very safe).”



Well certainly, something must have been drastically wrong. The “offense” probably occurred at two or three in the morning and obviously the miscreants must have surreptitiously snuck out of the house unbeknownst to the parents of these aspiring juvenile delinquents. When the cops showed up at 4PM on a Saturday afternoon, her 10 year-old ran home to tell the folks that he and his siblings had been busted. The husband went out to see what the problem was and found an officer was writing a report, “stating that the children were left outside unsupervised.” Forget about the fact that the kids carry cell phones and must check in with Mom and Dad every half hour, “the mother was told by her neighbors that it just isn’t safe anymore to allow your kids to play outside.”



I guarantee you that it was the neighbors who called the police and ratted Mom out! Well, she asked the police if her children – consisting of two teens, a pre-teen, and a five year-old – had misbehaved or caused trouble? The officer responded, “No, they were very respectful kids, I just wanted to make sure they were okay because it was odd seeing them outside unsupervised.” Think about that statement for a moment. A cop was just not used to seeing children playing outside by themselves. What does that tell you about where our society has come and where it is going? The author queries, “How fundamentally warped has society become when children are not allowed to play outside in a field right next to their own house without suspicion being cast on their parents by authorities and neighbors?”



Welcome to the Nanny-State, America, and I hope to Hell you enjoy it!



Much Luv Y’all and Have a Great Day!

The Fifth Horseman

(Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)













Wednesday, August 22, 2012


THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL GUN CONTROL TREATY RANT


I have singled out the United Nations as the subject of a number of my screeds and rants and there are times when I grow weary of researching and writing about that venal, loathsome, and virulently anti-American organization (see The United Nations Rant of 12/22/08 and The United Nations Human Rights Council Rant of 12/19/10). While as a country, we wisely rejected the purpose and concept of the old League of Nations created in the aftermath of World War 1, we did not do so at the end of World War 11 when we not only joined the United Nations but were instrumental in its birth and creation. Many folks way back then warned us to reject it in its entirety and demanded that we have absolutely nothing to do with it – ever. They were mocked, ridiculed, scoffed, and lambasted by all of the far more sophisticated, worldly, intellectual internationalists who seemed to genuinely, albeit naively, believe that World War One was indeed the war to end all wars despite the evidence of World War Two. War was deemed obsolete and that problems between and among nations could be better solved by a reliance on international organizations, discussion, negotiation, and good will.


Well, isn’t that just so very nice and so very, very civilized? It works beautifully as long as everyone remains on the same page and uses the same playbook. There is, however, always someone ready, willing, and eager to screw up the works and way back then he went by the name of Adolph Hitler. Those ever so earnest and sincere folks who championed the United Nations, international cooperation, and “Kumbayaism” forgot about that pesky little thing called human nature and the very real fact that the world has and will be forever governed by the aggressive use of force. Hitler looked around and saw the world yapping and palavering away and must have laughed himself silly! While everyone else including us was foolishly disarming at a dizzying pace, the Austrian Corporal busily created one of the fiercest and most effective war machines in world history. People like him despise any and all displays of weakness and will take advantage of it every single time it is exhibited anywhere and everywhere on the planet. The world’s “strong men” will always use that weakness for their own brutal and nefarious purposes whenever they can. When that old fool Neville Chamberlain declared that, “we have achieved peace in our time,” Adolph must have been performing cartwheels while men like Winston Churchill knew damned well what was coming.


The world stood by and impotently threatened as Germany’s aggression became ever more open and undisguised. Every time the Nazis grabbed yet another country, territory, and chunk of land the world wagged its collective finger and boldly declared, “You’d better not do that again. We’re not kidding this time!” Yeah, I’ll bet that really left Adolph shaking in his hob-nailed boots. Then came December 7, 1941, and we finally got pissed off! It takes a lot to get us fighting mad but when we do someone’s gonna pay! Pay they did as both Germany and Japan were literally destroyed, defeated, and humiliated. It cost us and our allies a gigantic price in both blood and treasure but we prevailed. So what did we do? That’s right, we promptly created and became the major force in the brand new United Nations and we, of course, hosted and still house that awful, corrupt boondoggle that sits on Turtle Bay. Apparently we learned not a damned thing from our experience with the defunct League of Nations and were eagerly willing to make the same exact mistake once more. Talk about Déjà vu all over again!


The UN has failed miserably and catastrophically in performing the single most important function with which it has been tasked – preventing armed conflict around the world and providing at least a forum for the globe’s downtrodden, poor, and weak. It has been an unmitigated, stupendous, and colossal failure! How can that body even purport to speak for and champion the planet’s most miserable and abused inhabitants when so many, if not all, of the world’s worst, most evil tyrants, dictators, and thugs calling themselves “Colonel” are members of the General Assembly, the Security Council, and even take their turns at chairing such United Nations’ bodies as the Human Rights Council!?! Libya, China, and Iran on the Human Rights Council? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me! That’s some damned sick joke, alright!


Those Bastards fly into New York City and live like royalty. They stay at their palatial embassies, dine at only the finest of restaurants, and refuse to pay the tens of millions of dollars in parking violations it owes to the Big Apple. Talk about scoff laws, well I guess. They have this thing called Diplomatic Immunity which is really nothing more than a free get out of jail card which means they literally can’t be prosecuted for any number of serious crimes that would leave me or you bunking with Bubba and holding on to that bar of soap with both hands! And they absolutely hate, loathe, and despise this country and everything it stands for and represents. I have long wanted the United States out of the United Nations and the United Nations out of the United States. If we really feel some overwhelming need to be part of some international organization, how about we start a new one? How about an organization whose membership consists solely and exclusively of nations that constitute some form of real, functioning democracy? You know, countries in which those who are governed actually have a say in how they are governed and what they will and will not accept from their leaders who they freely choose. How’s that for a radical concept, an exercise in hope and futility?


The United Nations, through its membership, literally constitutes just one large hate club and its target is always the United States and to a lesser extent our very few allies. Israel, our only real and staunch friend in that part of the world, is villainized and attacked with equal venom. We and the West in general are seen as nothing less than the greatest force for evil in planetary history and absolutely nothing will change the hearts and minds of those who view us as the Great Satan. No matter how generous we are, regardless of the speed, expertise, and generosity we exhibit in response to grave and deadly emergencies around the globe, world opinion regarding our nation simply will not change. For example, our current, pathetic, sorry excuse of a President has bent over backwards, frontwards, and side-ways disgracefully kissing ass in the Middle East, Indonesia, Western and Eastern Europe, and anywhere else he can think of and it hasn’t helped. He has bowed, scraped, and groveled to virtually every two-bit, tin-horn gangster and thug he comes across while going out of his way to purposely insult long-standing allies like England and Israel. The man has absolutely no grace or shame whatsoever.


He views us in exactly the same light as do the overwhelming numbers of the UN member states. He is constantly talking about our “evil” past, his Apologize for America Tours are by now famous worldwide, and he is forever wailing and moaning about the fact that we remain the planet’s only real superpower. You see, to him this is grossly unfair and horribly one-sided and in his first term he has done everything he can to remedy that situation. He wants to level the proverbial playing field and take us down as many pegs as possible. American Exceptionalism is not recognized by this “leader” and to him we are just one of the one hundred and ninety or so nations that share the planet. If he is granted still another term, he’ll do his damndest to complete what he sees as his number one, most important priority – the destruction of this country.


Listen, I realize that many Americans agree that the United Nations is at best useless and has no real power to influence or affect the way America is governed or the daily lives of our citizens. Those pontificating, arrogant, and self-important egomaniacs have no real practical influence on how America conducts its business especially within our own borders. After all, their self-aggrandizing is largely meant to boost their already swollen egos and opinions of themselves and the third rate, third world shitholes they pretend to represent so why bother getting my bowels in an uproar over this impotent, weak, and essentially worthless and corrupt international travesty? Well, for starters we have spent countless billions of taxpayer dollars supporting and propping up the United Nations which could have far better spent here at home or better yet, not spent at all. Perhaps, however, taxes are not enough of an issue to get Americans to finally do something about our membership in this horribly anti-American and anti-Capitalist body.


All right then, how about a far more emotionally charged issue like maybe gun control? Yeah, that might do it. After all, Americans have been screaming and yelling about it for many, many decades. There are literally millions of Americans deeply divided on the “gun” issue. There exist those of us who absolutely, adamantly, and perhaps even vehemently support your Second Amendment Right to own and carry firearms with which you can defend your property, your families, and your life. To us “gun nuts” this is simply a matter of common sense and logic. As long as the bad guys can obtain guns, then the good guys should be able to defend themselves from the miscreants, malcontents, and viciously violent criminals who stalk and prey on our country’s communities and neighborhoods. On the other side of the issue, of course, are those who advocate gun control which really has come to mean disarming perfectly law-abiding American citizens thereby rendering them defenseless and impotent against the predators in our midst. (see The Second Amendment Rant of 2/3/09)


Yes, yes, certainly the “gun issue” is emotionally charged but what the Hell has that got to do with the United Nations you ask? This is strictly an internal domestic American issue to be debated and decided upon only by American citizens. Nobody from the “outside” has any business getting involved with our domestic policies and squabbles. It’s much akin to you and a relative getting involved in a heated, perhaps stormy, argument regarding issues relating to your family. Into the fray steps a total and complete stranger with absolutely no business interfering in your internal family issues. Outsiders need not meddle! Exactly, you say and ask again what the Hell has this got to do with the United Nations? Well, try this on for size: the United Nations International Gun Control Treaty. Bet you hadn’t heard about that attempt to corrupt and destroy just a bit more of American sovereignty and autonomy. No, I didn’t think so.


This is but one more “stealth” tactic in Obama’s arsenal for shaping and molding our nation into a country where “Big Government” controls any and all aspects of the lives of its citizens. One of the first things done by any and all dictators and dictator wanna-be’s is the deliberate disarming of the civilian population thereby rendering the average citizen unable to defend against a rapacious, authoritarian, and brutal regime. The only folks left with firearms are the army and the police who exist solely to do the bidding of those who control the government. Hitler did this as did Fidel Castro, Mussolini, and countless other tyrants throughout history. Once a population is disarmed, it is by definition helpless to fight back against a government run amok and is no longer concerned with protecting the rights and freedoms of the citizenry. Anyone who has paid attention to Obama’s first term in office must conclude – if honesty is the measuring stick - that the Brother-in-Chief has no interest in governing but only in ruling. He would love nothing more than to disarm the average citizen who takes advantage of his 2nd Amendment right to own a gun. This is part and parcel of his authoritarian and Socialist mindset. He, of course, cannot speak about this openly and honestly for there exist far too many of us “gun nuts” to let him get away with that.


How, then, can he accomplish his goal? By approving and insisting that the Democrat controlled Senate ratify a proposed international gun control treaty which would be binding on all signatories. Once that happens, a complete gun ban certainly won’t be far behind. He can use as his excuse the idea that we are honor and duty bound to enforce any treaty duly ratified by the United States Senate. You see, we would have no choice save to comply. A piece from the Monetary & Economic Review entitled, “The UN Treaty On Small Arms Could Take Away Your Right To Own A Gun,” notes that, “Barack Obama is still firmly committed to the Left’s plan to eliminate the right of American citizens to keep and bear arms.” Executive Director of Gun Owners of America Larry Pratt points out that as a, “Senator Barack Obama voted wrong on gun rights every chance he had. He is now under tremendous pressure from the anti-gun Left to do everything he can to eliminate your right to keep and bear arms . . . and he will do it the same way the Radical left has always managed to sneak anti-gun bills through the Congress – using dirty tricks and secret back-room deals.”


The piece continues that while there certainly exist any number of Senators and Representatives who would love nothing more than to destroy our right to own a gun there are too many 2nd Amendment advocates out here for them to get away with a move like that. Oh, what to do, what to do? The answer is simplicity itself because Obama, “ordered his UN ambassador to vote in favor of continued talks to regulate firearms around the world.” There you go. The Hell with what the American people want, the Hell with our Constitution, and the Hell with our Bill of Rights as well. Obama will simply not have something as inconsequential and trivial as a silly old Constitutional Amendment stand in his way of disarming, taming, and pacifying the American citizen! John Bolton who was our ambassador to the UN before Obama was crowned and anointed took the exact opposite view and that gentleman, “dramatically stood up for America’s Second Amendment rights in opposing any push towards a Global Gun Control Treaty.” He, “understood that a UN Treaty had the power to undermine the Constitutional rights of American gun owners.”(see related video)


In fact, when our Saboteur-in-Chief ordered his UN ambassador to vote in favor of continuing discussions on a UN International Gun Control Treaty, “he put America on a path that would require us to follow the edicts of the United Nations instead of our own U.S. Constitution.” The author of the piece cited above maintains that placing the United Nations above our Constitution constitutes, “a violation of President Obama’s oath of office when he swore to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Read that last sentence one more time folks, for it is crucial in truly comprehending the mindset of our Egomaniac-in-Chief. This guy has no intention of preserving, protecting, and defending our Constitution or anything else that contributes to the greatness and success of the United States. I am constantly amazed that after the destruction he has purposely wrought that there remain so many Americans who still approve of his plans and policies and will absolutely vote for him again!


They are obviously fully aware of his attitudes about and intentions for our nation so it stands to reason that they absolutely agree with him. This is far more than merely disappointing and frustrating. It is maddening. It is disgusting. It is horrendous and it displays an attitude and mindset that spells doom for the United States and all who love it. Are there really so many out there who seriously prefer welfare to work and food stamps rather than productive, meaningful, and gainful employment? Can this be true in America? Are there really so many out there who reject our Founding Principles and heritage in favor of adopting Socialism and collectivism? Are there truly so many Americans among us who do not recognize American Exceptionalism and how much good we have done in the world? Sadly, even tragically, the answer is yes. This November’s election will give us a definitive answer to these and other questions. If the charlatan is reelected, I believe that my country as I have come to know and love it is truly over because we simply will not survive a second Obama term.


Larry Pratt notes that, “if the United States becomes a signatory to the final version of this arms control treaty, our Congress many be required to enact legislation to put America into full compliance with its terms. It’s a deadly trap for America’s gun rights and a clever loophole that Congressmen can hide behind, claiming that they have no choice but are being forced to pass gun control laws or face sanctions from the UN.” In fact, “in order to comply with this edict, the United States would have to disarm its civilian population, reserving firearms only for military and police forces.” Well, Bull-Dippy to that! I for one don’t give a flying rat’s ass about the threats of UN sanctions from that completely useless and anti-American boondoggle! In fact, if those Bastards want to play that game then how about we simply stop paying our dues and contributing the billions upon billions of dollars that we have wasted on the United Nations for so many years? Without our funding, just watch and see how quickly it withers and dies.


Lest you believe that it is only us gun nuts, far right wingers, and crazed NRA members who favor the right of citizens to keep and bear arms, you should be aware that we are only the latest in a very long line of those that have defended your right to own a gun. How far back does that line extend in our history? Right back to the beginning – straight back to our Founding Fathers! Alexander Hamilton, for example, insisted that, “The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” Thomas Jefferson – perhaps you’ve heard of him – warned that, “No free man shall ever be disbarred the use of arms,” while James Madison clearly stated that, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms . . . shall not be infringed,” and continued that the possession of firearms by the people, “is the best and most natural defense of a free country.” These long dead white guys absolutely knew that all governments, even the one they created, tend to take as much power as they can at the expense of liberty and freedom.


They understood all too well that without the ability of the colonists to arm themselves there would have been no American Revolution and we would have remained a possession of Great Britain. There is no denying this stark reality. George Mason proclaimed that, “to disarm the people – that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” These guys knew first hand what living under an absolute monarch was like and they thoroughly understood the concept of tyranny. Samuel Adams concluded that, “said Constitution be never construed to authorize . . . to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.” The United Nations can stick its proposed worldwide gun ban right where the sun don’t shine and any American politician who agrees to ratify it should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail! Hey, just as an exercise in contrast let’s see where those in favor of banning guns seem to be coming from. One of them maintained that, “the most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.” Who said that? Adolph Hitler. (please note that all of the above quotes were found at www.walterewilliams.com)


The UN International Gun Control Treaty not only constitutes an affront to our sovereignty and an insult to our way of life as a free people, it illustrates the total and utter hypocrisy of that venal institution. The United Nations is supposed to be the organization that champions the poor, downtrodden, weak, and powerless. It is supposed to seek freedom for the oppressed and enslaved billions around the world. It is supposed to ease their pain and suffering at the hands of brutal, tyrannical, and homicidal dictators and psychopaths. Instead, the gun control treaty completely throws them under the proverbial bus. It takes away any and all hope for a future of freedom, prosperity, and dignity. How can they fight for themselves without the prospect of obtaining the requisite firepower necessary to battle back against those who would enslave, abuse, and murder them? The gun control treaty is no more than a tool to be used by brutal dictators around the globe to maintain their power and control and most of these guys are long-standing members of the United Nations. That fact alone should be sufficient to relegate it to the fabled ash heap of history. There is absolutely no reason for it to exist and even less of a reason for the United States to in any way involve itself with it.


The same piece noted above concludes that as, “bad as this would be for the United States, it would actually be even worse for people in oppressed countries. This treaty would help tyrants and rogue nations to disarm their civilian populations, giving them a monopoly of force so they could crush any opposition. That’s why countries like Iran support civilian arms control.” The author insists that if, “this passes, your right to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, will be eliminated – replaced by the global governance of the United Nations. Freedom, as you know it, will be extinguished forever.” It continues that, “sovereignty, like individual freedom, is something that once lost is never fully recovered. Allowing the UN to put its authority above our own Constitution would assuredly be the beginning of the end of America as we know it.”


Are we really at the point where we actually have to wonder whether most Americans still agree with the sentiments expressed above? Do we have to worry that freedom and sovereignty are no longer held in high esteem or are even particularly valued at all any more? These are questions that not too many years ago that would never have been seriously raised let alone considered. It would have been unheard of to question or to doubt that all but the fewest and wackiest among us would have abandoned the very underpinnings of the American tradition that has set us so uniquely apart from the rest of the world and allowed us to become a beacon and example for others to follow and emulate. Is that beacon’s glow about to be extinguished or is it simply no longer appealing to the rest of humanity? Have Americans really reached that point where we agree with so many across the globe that the United States is just a greedy, powerful bully that has wreaked havoc on humanity? Have those on the Far Left in this country finally managed to fill us, once the most confident, optimistic, and forward thinking people on the planet, with a terrible sense of fear and foreboding? Have Obama and his subversive ilk so undermined our collective self-confidence that we no longer trust our Founding, our institutions, and even our very history? Have we become so lazy, fat, and stupid that we can no longer recognize a threat to our freedom and independence when it comes from something so un-American as the United Nations and the thugs and Socialists who control it?


Certainly, no discussion of guns or gun control escapes the ever vigilant National Rifle Association and the proposed United Nations treaty is no exception. NRA Vice-President Wayne LaPierre penned an article entitled, “Reject the U.N.’s Gun-Ban Fantasy(www.nraila.org.)” He correctly maintains that the, “moment President Obama reversed the Bush administration’s opposition to the U.N.-mandated international gun control treaty, he placed Second Amendment freedom in immediate danger.” This is certainly and unquestionably true but it is even more important and devastating than it appears. Think about the wildly dangerous precedent it sets as far as our Bill of Rights and our very freedoms are concerned. This is not mere conjecture or speculation but should properly be viewed as a huge red flag and a shot across the bow of anyone who at all appreciates our freedoms, values, and traditions. I have always believed that the first ten amendments are sacrosanct, inviolate, and chiseled in stone. They must not be touched, changed, or tampered with.


For the first time in the history of the entire world, the power of government was unambiguously and unmistakably limited. Think about that concept. Never before had absolute monarchs been told, “No, you can’t!” They were informed in no uncertain terms that the people were no longer merely slaves and that government was not all powerful and omnipotent! Can you imagine the power and impact of that statement and sentiment? For the very first time, the common people, the average guy, had hope that life may not just have to be decided by the whims of autocratic, aristocratic, and arbitrary emperors, kings, and queens. That was truly radical and revolutionary for not just its time but for ours as well. Most of the world’s population is still ruled as they were hundreds and even thousands of years ago. Our Bill of Rights must remain forever untainted, unsullied, and pure! Ever since that time, whenever people the world over thought of freedom they thought – and still think – about the United States.


Well let me tell you folks, if Obama and his hordes of America-Hating Socialists, ideologues, sycophants, and lackeys succeed in their plotting and planning, our freedom and our liberties will not and cannot survive. We have become so far removed from our Founding, that too many Americans don’t even recognize the ominous and freedom-killing policies these Bastards want to inflict upon us! Indeed, LaPierre correctly contends that the proposed UN Treaty will, “cripple the American firearms industry, treating civilian firearms and ammunition the same as warships and attack helicopters,” while the United Nations, “hides its intentions behind impenetrable labyrinths of bureaucracy, paperwork, regulations, and elite-speak.” He goes on to predict that if, “we give even an inch to the U.N.’s one-world gun banners, an impeachable global bureaucracy will spring up to enforce every new rule and we’ll never regain our lost freedoms.” The key phrase here is, of course, lost freedoms and no, LaPierre is not just being hysterical, paranoid, or both for losing our precious freedoms is a real possibility if the Far Left succeeds in implementing its agenda! It’s not just a logical outcome but actually the only possible outcome. If they are not thoroughly and totally defeated, we will not even recognize the land of our birth for it simply won’t exist anymore!


The NRA piece continues that we, “stand in direct contrast with the rest of the world in terms of human freedom and given the chance, they’ll impose their worldview on us.” Anyone who doesn’t agree with that last statement better damned well wake up in one big hurry and smell the coffee! The piece notes that, “They believe that the government is sovereign. We believe the sovereign is the individual. They believe that government can provide for our security. But history proves that’s not true.” You and I realize the truth emanating from these statements, but I am forced to wonder just how many out there still recognize their veracity. I fear the number is rapidly dwindling and may disappear altogether if our current Disaster-in-Chief is granted a second term. The NRA officer maintains that, “nothing offends Americans like an elitist attack on their way of life. The world’s utopians don’t understand, and can’t understand, how deeply freedom is ingrained in our culture. That’s why we do more to defend it than anyone else in the world.”


I know this certainly used to be the case and the overwhelming majority of Americans have absolutely believed, accepted, and rejoiced in that characteristic of our national identity and experience. I am now forced to question just how deeply the concept of freedom is still ingrained in our beings. Myself and others of my persuasion see the increasing loss of freedom almost on a daily basis and it seems to be more and more accepted and viewed as just a normal part of our lives in 21st Century America. Have we as Americans completely lost that sense of hope, optimism, and confidence that has so characterized this country through virtually its entire history? A crucial question that we must ask ourselves is if we can no longer defend our own freedom here at home from other Americans, how the Hell can we defend the freedoms of others around the world? If this is indeed the case, then America has radically changed from what it once was. The world has come to rely upon us like no other force to champion liberty around the world for those that cannot defend themselves from tyranny, despotism, and fear. Has our nation changed so much and so fast that many of us no longer even recognize the country we love?


The NRA piece maintains that the, “truth is that people around the world don’t need more government. They need more freedom. The right to keep and bear arms is as relevant and modern an idea as anything in our society today.” Furthermore, LaPierre correctly insists that, “Deep down, everyone shares a right, a burning desire to be free,” and the, “Second Amendment guarantees that freedom. That’s why it’s history’s most valued, most cherished, most irreplaceable idea. And no amount of United Nations funded studies, statistics, commissions, and seminars will ever prove otherwise.” Finally, the piece concludes that, “America is still a beacon for the rest of the world . . . proof that ordinary people can be trusted with extraordinary power,” and that, “set free, we can live in peace, govern ourselves and control our own fates.” These words and ideas are crucial for understanding what this nation has meant to the world as well as the idea that, “we hold in our Constitution the most precious, unique and hopeful human freedoms mankind has ever known.” Amen to that and I sure hope that the writer’s optimism is well placed and deserved.


Another worrisome aspect of the United Nations Gun Control Treaty involves something called a registry. This sounds simple and uncomplicated enough and most folks merely shrug their shoulders at such a concept. We’re all familiar with the process of applying for a license in order to carry a handgun concealed or otherwise. Some of us don’t like the idea of needing permission from the state in which we reside to own and carry a perfectly legal product. After all, handguns are still legally manufactured and sold in this country and I’ve never been in any part of the United States where I can’t find a “gun store” to purchase a pistol and ammunition. Others, however, find the whole licensing and permit process to be sound and prudent policy that will hopefully make it at least more difficult for the crazies and criminals out there to purchase lethal weapons and turn them on innocent Americans. That argument is at best faulty for nothing will or can prevent anyone from obtaining handguns if they really want one. Licensing and registration only make it more difficult and sometimes impossible for decent, law-abiding Americans to purchase weapons for self defense. This again is and should be an internal debate to be decided only among and between American citizens and absolutely nobody else. A UN sponsored international system for gun registration is a completely unacceptable intrusion into our national sovereignty and must not be tolerated for any reason – not now, not ever!(see related video)


An article entitled, “CFR Says Don’t Worry About Hillary’s Small Arms Treaty (http://askmarion.wordpress.com),” argues, “that the treaty does not endanger the Second Amendment and the sovereignty of the United States.” This is CRAP, HOOEY, and BALDERDASH! The Council on Foreign Relations is a part of what’s been termed the “Globalist Imperial Network” and is a notoriously Far, Far Left Socialist-Communist outfit that wants nothing less than to control every damned individual on the planet and supports all manner of international organizations like the United Nations. A UN sponsored international gun control treaty is something that leaves them breathlessly salivating! The CFR maintains that the, “treaty will prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit transfer, illicit production and brokering of conventional arms and their diversion into the illicit market, including their use in transnational organized crime and terrorism,” and does not impose restrictions on firearms ownership in the United States.” BALLS & BULLSHIT!!


A treaty such as the one contemplated by the One-Worlders at the United Nations by definition is an invasion of our sovereignty and an affront to our concept of freedom and individual rights. It can be nothing else and no amount of UN or Far Left lying, dissembling, and pontificating can change that immutable fact. If this treaty is ever implemented and enforced that will be the beginning of the end of the United States as presently constituted. If the UN can be so blatantly invasive in this area of our lives and national sovereignty then who is to say what’s coming next? Will the end of free speech and free press be far behind? How about your First Amendment right to peacefully assemble or the Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment? This is not merely my raging paranoia boiling over but is in fact a logical outcome once we allow ourselves in any way to submit to the edicts and pronouncements of the United Nations.


The article continues that, “the globalist treaty will force strict licensing requirements for firearms ownership; create an international gun registry; and mandate that all unauthorized firearms (including semi-automatic assault rifles) will be confiscated and destroyed.” Furthermore, the UN treaty facilitates and assures the, “overriding of our national sovereignty, and in the process, providing license to the federal government to assert preemptive powers over state regulatory power guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment in addition to our Second Amendment Rights.” Yeah, but I’m just being paranoid, right? The article concludes that, “Every dictator’s goal is to disarm the people. Think how different the landscape of Hitler’s Germany would have been if the people, the Jews, had not been disarmed. And consider Switzerland, one of the most peaceful countries in the world, where everyone is trained to be part of that national militia and everyone keeps their guns and assigned weapons at home. The United States hunter and private citizen is the world’s largest army and disarming them has long been the goal of the global elite. The 2nd and 10th Amendments plus Posse Comitatus and the Dick Act of 1902 protect us as long as we understand our laws and history and take a stand!” The problem as I see it is that far too many in this country no longer take a stand on issues like national sovereignty, the crucial nature of the Bill of Rights, or the utter and absolute necessity of defending, preserving, and protecting our magnificent Constitution – every single word of it!


I am thoroughly convinced that this proposed treaty will in fact become our reality in the not too distant future. I am losing that faith I once had as to the wisdom of the average American citizen and more people seem content to receive some form of government hand-out every year. Right now in the United States of America over one hundred million Americans – about one-third of us – receive some sort of “government assistance” on a regular basis and seem pleased and content to do so. Indeed, more people than ever before rely on food stamps and find absolutely nothing wrong with that but gladly accept them as their due. Too many Americans find nothing at all wrong with receiving unemployment insurance checks for just short of two years and when that finally stops, they rely on Social Security Disability to pick up the slack. Too many of us seem content to have become wards of the Obama collectivist vision for dependence is what those on the Far Left need in order to maintain their position and power. They are all in favor of international organizations like the United Nations which they believe should have more authority and legitimacy than our own Constitution.


Our Socialist-in-Chief would love nothing more than to see our sovereignty subordinated to the United Nations which he finds more appealing than the government and the people he was elected to serve. This is why I believe that the UN global gun ban treaty has a very good chance of becoming a reality. Too many Americans believe with the President and his racist toadies that our nation and people are out of step with the rest of the world and that we too should jump on the internationalist band wagon and sing of peace, love, and the brotherhood of man as long as the man’s skin tone is not white. They believe that it is the white, Anglo Saxon male that is to blame for all of the world’s problems.


It is the overly aggressive and mean spirited Teutonic white guy who has caused endless warfare, the scourge of such diseases as AIDS, global warming and any other damned thing you can think of. Of course, Obama and that Far Left Liberal Mob approve of the UN’s International Gun Control Treaty and despise all things that even slightly smack of American Exceptionalism and nationalism. These sentiments, according to them, have no place in the 21st Century but are better left in the past to be replaced by One-Worldism, all powerful and highly centralized governments, and a loss of individual freedom and self-reliance. According to them, America’s time has come and gone and we are no better than any other third-world shit hole of a nation that makes up so much of the UN membership and leadership.


In an article entitled, “Obama Expected To Sign Global Gun Control Treaty(www.examiner.com),” we note that apparently, “the United States will sign on to an International Gun Control Plan pushed by the United Nations that’s already received the blessings of Secretary Clinton,” and that, “Secretary Clinton has been pushing for the United States to become a party to a global gun control treaty since she began heading the State Department.” Additionally, “President Obama appears to be overly sympathetic to such an international power grab.” In fact, the article informs us that, “Last week the Obama administration took its first major step in a long-range plan to ban firearms in the United States. The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for U.S. citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations.” He knows damned well that this treaty would never make it through the House and Senate if Americans had their druthers so once again he won’t even give us the choice of rejecting or approving the damned thing. He has proven time and again that he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about what American citizens want or what they feel is important. He has total and utter disdain and contempt for the American citizen whom he is supposed to represent. The fact that this man has even the slightest chance to win a second term actually keeps me awake at night wondering what the Hell has happened to my country!



The peace maintains that by, “signing international treaties on gun control, the Obama Administration can use the U.S. State Department to bypass the normal legislative process in Congress,” and that, “once the U.S. government signs these international treaties, all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments .” This has never happened on this scale before and should be viewed as an outright attack on American sovereignty, autonomy, and independence by our own damned President! If that doesn’t constitute some form of treason then I don’t know what the Hell does and as such should be regarded as both a high crime and misdemeanor. Indeed, the Examiner piece predicts that we, “will wake up one morning and find that the United States has signed a treaty that prohibits firearms and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public. We will wake up another morning and find that the U.S. has signed a treaty that prohibits any transfer of firearm ownership,” and then, “we will wake up yet another morning and signed a treaty that requires U.S. citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment.”


Whether you do or do not favor gun control or the 2nd Amendment is not the point here for reasonable American citizens are free to agree or disagree with one another on any position they feel passionately enough about. Letting foreign governments or international organizations have anything to say or do about the internal affairs of the United States is sheer madness. This is a slap in the face, an insult, and a threat to all American citizens who value their freedom and independence. Unless we are ever vigilant we will lose those hard fought for rights that so many who came before us died to preserve and protect!


Folks, it’s time to lock and load!!

Much Luv Y’All and Have a Great Day!
The Fifth Horseman
(Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)

















Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Agenda 21 Rant


Have you ever heard of something called Agenda 21? Me either and I have always prided myself on being a pretty well informed type who has managed to stay current pertaining to the important issues facing our nation and its future. The things that seem to matter greatly to most citizens and about which so many folks are ardently passionate produce in me nothing more than a giant yawn and a heart-felt Ho-Hum. I cannot, for example, tell you whether or not the New York Yankees play in the American or National League. I have no clue who the reigning NASCAR champion is and I have absolutely no idea who won last year’s Super Bowl. I am blissfully and purposely ignorant regarding such matters and I regard them as no more than mere trivialities and distractions. But hey, that’s just me. I certainly do not fault or criticize those who get excited about such things and even admire them to an extent. They are dedicated to a sport or a team and the true “fan” is steadfastly and unwaveringly loyal regardless of how well or poorly his favorites fare from one season to the next. This is both laudable and admirable but in the end frivolous and meaningless. No matter who wins or loses, life will go on as it has and the disappointed sports aficionado can always look forward to next season with its renewal of hope and optimism.



Issues that I view as important regarding the fate of the nation and its continued greatness and prosperity are matters about which I do become excited and passionate and over which I will never compromise, prevaricate, or turn away from. Defending and upholding our magnificent Constitution is just such an issue as is maintaining a strong, vital, and modern military. Strengthening and safeguarding our peerless Free Market Capitalist system which has transformed the United States into the wealthiest, most powerful, and most generous nation the planet has ever seen is always a task worthy of taking on as is maintaining our superb institutions, traditions, and history. These, and many more, are the things that keep me awake at fretting and worrying about the fate and future of my two little granddaughters. Will they grow up, I wonder, with the same opportunities and advantages that I have been fortunate enough to experience? Will they enjoy the same freedoms that I have been blessed with by virtue of having been born in the greatest nation that God ever gave mankind? Will their futures be bright with hope and promise the things that the United States has always been so famous for and is the impetus for the tens upon tens of millions of immigrants who have struggled – and died – just to get here? Yes, I do worry and fret about such issues and have been repeatedly admonished to find an outlet or release for myself, something that might distract me for awhile. Hey, maybe I’ll become a wild-eyed, fanatical sports fan!



Well, that’s not happening. I seem to focus more and more upon what I view as the purposeful, willful, and malicious attempt to destroy our nation, undermine its very foundations, and transform it into something it was never intended to be. Who would attempt anything so sinister? Well, certainly we have enemies out there who delight at the very prospect of taking us down. Do I worry about some known – or unknown – foreign government that commands large and modern armed forces declaring war on the United States? Not particularly. Do I worry about terrorists destroying America? No, for while they can certainly hit us from time to time, they can’t bring us down. Whom, then, do I see as the only enemy that can and if given the opportunity certainly will bring about the end of this great nation as envisioned by the Founders and presently constituted? There is but one answer and it’s almost too painful to contemplate let alone verbalize. Sadly, even tragically, the enemy is us. Fellow Americans, fellow citizens would love to destroy this nation and institute their vision of what the United States should and must become. It’s not a pleasant or happy thought yet it is reality and therefore must be faced, understood, fought, and defeated. It’s difficult to wrap your minds around that isn’t it? It’s not a comfortable vision or prospect. It is nonetheless true.



Who are these enemies of America? Who are these fellow countrymen that loathe and despise their own great nation to the point that they blame the United States for all of the world’s ills? From poverty and hunger to war and disease we are said to be the chief culprit. They view us as greedy and grasping, as power-mad despots determined to bend the world to our will. We are accused of raping the earth, stealing its resources, destroying the environment and so much more that we can never atone for or make right the wrongs we have perpetrated since our very founding over two centuries ago. In their view, we must fundamentally be destroyed for our sins are seen to be so heinous and vile. Who are these Americans who feel this way? I call them the LFE (Liberal Fucking Elite) and they are extreme, Far Left Wing Americans who desire nothing less than our literal demise as a sovereign entity. The earth must be cleansed of our evil existence and we must forever pay for the malfeasance we have wrought on the rest of the globe and its population. These type are animated first, foremost, and always by their hatred of the United States and they cannot be reasoned with, placated, or appeased. They must be defeated for there is no middle ground or room for compromise. They constitute our nation’s most dangerous, destructive, and vicious enemy. They are the folks that bring us schemes and plans like Agenda 21.



What, then, is this thing called Agenda 21? It is nothing less than a very serious attempt to literally destroy our history, our cherished traditions, and institutions. It is the Far Left’s plan to turn America into but one more failed Socialist state modeled on what has already taken place for so long throughout Western Europe. Its advocates are utterly passionate in their desire to destroy Free Market Capitalism and replace it with a system which not only doesn’t recognize the value of merit and competition but actually punishes both. In their world view, failure must be applauded and rewarded while individual success, initiative, and creativity are not to be tolerated or excused. These are the misguided zealots who refuse to keep score in children’s sporting events for fear of hurting someone’s feelings and perhaps causing low self-esteem. There can be no winners or losers in life but everyone is guaranteed a trophy or medal. There is no first place and by definition, therefore, no last place either. Mediocrity must reign supreme while excellence must always and forever be sacrificed on the alter of Statism!



They are One-Worlders and forever prattle on about creating that fabled New World Order. They despise qualities like freedom, self-reliance, and rugged individualism and instead espouse what might be termed “Big Brotherism” and the collectivist mind set. They constantly malign and denigrate the amazing contributions America has made to the world and mock and excoriate anyone and everyone who still celebrates the United States and recognizes it as the most amazing force for good that the world has ever seen or will ever see again. Those on the Left champion “open” borders, do not recognize American sovereignty, and reject the notion and concept of American Exceptionalism. They are sympathetic to despotic, brutal, and inhumane regimes all over the globe that routinely murder their own citizens by the tens of thousands, destroy concepts like human rights, and as a matter of course enslave their own people. They despise concepts like patriotism and nationalism and view America as certainly no better and in many ways far worse than even the most dictatorial and murderous of nations.

These are the ones that champion such schemes as Project 21. A piece entitled, “Agenda 21 Today (http://americanfreedomwatchradio.com),” maintains that, “Agenda 21 is the 21st century plan for a new world order through global governance,” and that it is, “the ELITEST plan to control your life demanding you do as I say not as I do. You will be required to give up your individual freedom, your personal property and redistribute your wealth. Gone forever will be American exceptionalism, American nationalism and the western way of life as all will be classified as unsustainable.” As with most statist-collectivist schemes, to understand the Agenda and its focus one must suspend one’s notion of definitions, reality, and common sense. These folks are masters of “double-speak”, prevarication, dissembling, and propaganda. They will never say what they truly mean right out loud in front of God and everyone else for that would provoke very angry reactions from far too many Americans. They use language we all think we understand but most of us are simply not fluent in Liberal Speak.



Advocates of Agenda 21, for example, use language that we think we’re thoroughly familiar and comfortable with. The piece speaks to the four “E’s” of Agenda 21 and correctly asserts that, “they are not what they appear.” Those four “E’s” include Education, Equity, Economy, and the Environment. Well, simple enough you say and if there is any confusion or doubt, the Webster’s is right there on the book shelf in our home-office. Not so fast there, Skippy! The word Education according to the Agenda 21 mob really means, “Indoctrination into believing that nature is more important than man and the group is more important than the individual,” and that the, “new purpose of education is to learn values not facts. Students must become global, not American citizens.” Huh, who woulda thunk it? The term Equity is equally distorted to mean, “theft of private property, open borders, remove God, morality, and responsibility.” Does that sound equitable to you? Economy is redefined by this crowd to mean, “Redistribution of America’s wealth to foreign countries by outsourcing jobs, factories and technology creating massive unemployment,” while the term Environment is perverted to mean that nature, “is more important than man. The new god is Mother Earth. Phony science creates phony regulations destroying energy independence and industry. Each policy and regulation is in place to control more and more of your life.”



Let’s face it, folks, Agenda 21’ers are nothing more than Socialists-Communists who despise this country and all it has come to stand for over the past 236 years. They care not a whit for our long standing traditions and institutions. They are collectivists and statists in the extreme and the individual counts for nothing but must be subordinated to some vague and fuzzy notion of the, “greater good.” Your dreams, hopes, and aspirations are meaningless and we have become no more than the smallest, most inconsequential cogs in a Far Left Juggernaut Hell-bent on trampling our precious and hard-won rights and freedoms!



Well, what do you think of this Agenda 21 thing so far? Are you comfortable with what these Socialist miscreants and malcontents want to do to our magnificent country? Stay with it, because it only gets worse from here. In a piece entitled, “What is Agenda 21? (www.teaparty911.com),” the writer poses questions that could only come from those wigged out, wacky Tea Party rabble rousers. Oh wait, I am one of those wigged out, wacky Tea Party rabble rousers! The author asks, “If you were to hear in the very near future that the United States will have no privately owned property, no air conditioning, no dams, no paved roads, no way to correct rivers for flood control, no golf courses, no pastureland for grazing, would you believe it?” Well no, most Americans could not comprehend such a scenario and would think that anyone who suggested such a bizarre state of affairs must be some kind of conspiracy nut whose hold on reality is tenuous at best. After all, who could envision such a bleak and dark picture of our not too distant future? These are the kinds of priorities that are at the very top of Agenda 21’s wish list and they spell out a literal death knell for the American way of life. Our demise has been planned, worked, and fought for by those on the Far Left and they will not be discouraged or deterred from pursuing their ultimate goal of transforming America into something that is the very antithesis of what most Americans hold dear.



The Tea Party article referenced above informs us that this is a United Nations brainchild and virtually all of that body’s members constitute no more than an anti-American, anti-Western Civilization club and that within the pages of Agenda 21 can be found a, “substantial attack on the American Declaration of Independence and our Constitution,” and that, the primary target for the changes proposed . . . is the United States of America.” What are some of these changes which constitute nothing less an outrageous attack on the American way of life? Well, let’s see. On page 337 of the document we note that ski runs will be deemed unsustainable and therefore must be eliminated. Furthermore, we see that on page 350 grazing of livestock will be prohibited and on the very next page we discover that there must be no more, “disturbance of soil, surface plowing of soil,” or the building of fences. Moving on to page 728 we are informed that, “commercial agriculture, modern farm production, chemical fertilizers, fossil fuels, etc.,” will be but distant memories. Just these four proposals, a mere fraction of the document’s suggestions, should be enough to scare the living shit out of anyone who loves this country. We are talking about the complete destruction of our economic system, all prospects for future prosperity, entire industries shutting down, and unemployment that will make the Great Depression and our current deep recession look like a Sunday picnic in the park. Proposals like these portend the destruction of our entire way of life. It’s obvious that these Agenda 21’ers despise the ski industry, ranchers, and commercial farming which all generate billions upon billions of dollars to the economy and employment to who knows how many millions of us!!



But wait, it only gets worse. On page 730 of the document under consideration we note additional activities that have been deemed unsustainable and must therefore be denied to us. Any industrial activity – read that ANY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY – will be forbidden as will construction of any and all single family homes! Well, there goes the rest of our shrinking industrial-manufacturing base as well as a defining element of the fabled American Dream: you know, the part that maintains that a man’s home is his castle. That single but utterly crucial characteristic of our national culture and collective psyche has fostered more productivity than virtually anything else you can possibly think of or imagine and it has animated hope and hard work for literally generations of Americans. It is one of those things that truly sets us apart from and above billions of people across the globe that are prevented from realizing this kind of hope and optimism. We further notice on the same page of Agenda 21 that technology, range lands, and plantations will also come under the Socialist knife.



Further traditional American activities deemed unsustainable included in the hit list we are analyzing are: harvesting timber and modern hunting; power line construction; and a vague notion of, “economic systems that fail to set proper value on the environment.” Well, might that last mean virtually anything? Emphatically NO! It refers only to our Free Market Capitalist system which these folks loathe and despise to the point of outright fanaticism. Remember, this has been an extremely perfunctory look at the goals and priorities of those that champion such destructive and negative goals as are found in the Agenda 21 camp. You know, it’s been my experience that most bad guys, the evil doers, will actually tell you what their plans are if you just learn how to properly listen and pay attention. For example, way back in the 1920’s there was this fellow you may have heard of – Adolf Hitler. Remember him? He wrote a book entitled Mein Kampf and it was nothing more than his blueprint for what he would do if the world but gave him an opportunity. He wasn’t taken seriously and was deemed by most at the time as just another raving lunatic with a book and a microphone. Well, we know how that turned out don’t we? Osama Bin Laden – recently deceased – did exactly the same thing back in 1996. His formal declaration of war on our country was all over the internet back then in which he boldly and unabashedly spelled out in very simple language what he planned to do if given the opportunity and Boy, did he ever! Rule of thumb folks. When someone tells you that he intends to do you serious bodily harm or even kill you, it’s best to take them seriously. The world is now and has always been governed by the aggressive use of force and to deny this reality of human nature is done only at our own peril!



Similarly, those of the LFE have been warning us of their intentions for at least fifty to sixty years and it’s more than time that we take them damned seriously for they are not kidding or just blowing air. They see the United States as history’s darkest blight on humanity. We are the quintessential embodiment of pure evil incarnate and crippling us and bringing this nation to its knees is viewed as the highest of all planetary virtues. We are seen as no more than greedy, selfish, and callous brutes who have harmed mankind in many more ways than can possibly be enumerated without losing one’s very sanity and sense of balance. We are no more than Darth Vader and the Evil Empire come to life. According to the Liberal elites both here and throughout the world, the United States as a nation must not be tolerated or forgiven but must be destroyed if not literally then certainly virtually. As a nation, we must surrender our sovereignty to international organizations like the United Nations and the World Court that represent humanity’s best interests while we, conversely, constitute humanity’s most dire threat and danger.



They are flat out telling us their intentions and unfortunately far too many of us are not listening, we are not taking them seriously, and we refuse to see them as the dire threat they represent to our sovereignty, national identity, and our very way of life. By the time enough Americans wake up and face the threat that is the LFE it may be too late to save and restore our country. The best we’ll be able to do is look around, ask what in the Hell happened and why didn’t we see it coming? These are not difficult questions to answer if we are but honest about and to ourselves. It’s happening because we have allowed it to happen. As a nation, we have become far too fat, happy, lazy, indolent, and complacent. We have stopped jealously protecting and safeguarding our precious rights and freedoms. Our Founders long ago warned us as to the consequences of such sloth and indolence. We have stopped being vigilant and have taken our liberties for granted for so long that we have failed to realize or appreciate how fragile and delicate they are. We have ignored what made us great and have placed in mortal danger our status as the freest, most independent, wealthiest, and most powerful national entity the world has ever witnessed or experienced. We have thrown out our heritage and with it perhaps our future. It’s time to once again take our enemies at their word because they are deadly serious about their intentions.

Make no mistake, those who advocate Agenda 21 are our enemy. I realize it is not comfortable for many of us to view as an enemy fellow Americans, but as painful as it may be to contemplate it is nevertheless our present reality. The article explains that the Agenda 21 crowd, “have laid the groundwork for an agenda of global control,” that completely destroys national sovereignty and thus freedom and independence. For example, “a controlled media would dictate the flow of information and ideas and prevent dissent,” while, “control of international development manages and redistributes wealth.” Additionally, “full disarmament would put the power structure into the hands of those with armaments,” and, “tying environmentalism to poverty and economic development would bring the entire agenda to the level of an international emergency.” We’re literally facing the prospect of, “one world, one media, one authority for development, one source of wealth, one international army.” This will in the minds of these dictatorial Bastards facilitate what they term the “just society” with, “political and social equality rather than a free society with the individual as the sole possessor of rights.”



Most people instinctively understand that a free society cannot and has never existed unless it is firmly rooted in the concept of individual rights, opportunities, and freedoms. We must remember that Agenda 21 is first, foremost, and forever a United Nations scheme and that immediately makes it suspect in the extreme for that mob is, for the most part, virulently anti-American, anti-Capitalist, and anti-Western Civilization. Anything and everything it proposes or even contemplates is utterly antithetical to the sovereign interests of the United States and these folks aren’t at all shy about it. Let’s see what the UN had to say about it. The organization explains that, “Agenda 21 proposes an array of actions which are intended to be implemented by every person on earth . . . it calls for specific changes in the activities of all people.” Additionally, “effective execution of Agenda 21 will require a profound reorientation of all humans, unlike anything the world has ever experienced.” Quite ambitious, don’t you think?



Well, if Agenda 21 is so pernicious, so destructive, and so evil then why have virtually no Americans ever even heard of its existence let alone its substance. If you just randomly surveyed your family, friends, and acquaintances you would get many blank and/or confused stares and expressions. If you broadened your inquiries to include the general public you’d get the same reaction but just on a much broader scale. Americans have always been ready to fight and defeat a recognizable foe and threat but if we can’t see it and clearly identify it we simply can’t comprehend that a threat exists. In the past we have jealously fought to protect our freedoms, rights, and liberties from all who would destroy them. This, however, seems not to be so in the case of Agenda 21. Perhaps it’s because that group includes many American citizens and not since the Civil War have we faced that kind of internal threat. Well, make no mistake for we are in the midst of another civil war in our country and the sides are clearly drawn. This time, it’s not the North versus the South and has nothing to do with the preservation of state’s rights or slavery.



This time it’s a war between those who love freedom and independence against those who would destroy both. It’s about preserving our American way of life or completely destroying it. It’s between those who cherish American national sovereignty and exceptionalism and those who view those virtues as vices. Yes, the threat is that real, it is upon us now, and most of us don’t even see the danger. The Far Left has perfected what might be termed its stealth technique of societal destruction. It’s pernicious, insidious, and ever so very gradual. It has taken them fifty or sixty years to get us to the point where we now stand and it has been fed to us incrementally, a little at a time, so that we have been lulled into comfort, safety, and inertia. Their very language is lofty and grand and completely void of any danger signals unless one knows how to read them. When you hear words like “sustainability” do you feel threatened, do warning sirens begin to shriek? Of course not. After all, what could be threatening about something so innocuous as sustainability? When we hear folks who only want to preserve the environment and “save the planet” do evil intentions come to mind. No they don’t but they should for in “real speak” they translate into destroying America, discarding Capitalism, and subordinating our nation to the will of the Globalists and One-Worlders.



In a piece entitled, “Why Are Americans Ignorant of Agenda 21 (www.newswithviews.com),” the author posits that if, “you were to ask at random the question, ‘Have you ever heard of Agenda 21?’ the answer would be an overwhelming ‘No’, although it is being implemented in every local community.” The author defines it as, “the global plan to change the way we eat, live, learn and communicate because we must save the earth.” Well, who could argue with saving the earth? Who could possibly be against such a noble endeavor? Who but we Far Right, out of control, out of touch Conservative Neanderthals? Sure, until you accept the proposition that the earth doesn’t need saving from us puny, weak, and virtually powerless human beings. The planet is far more resilient and recuperative than anything we mere mortals could possibly do to it or even imagine. Compared to the awesome power of Mother Nature, we mortals are about as significant as a flea on a hound dog’s ass! I give you as merely two examples: the devastation wrought by Mount St. Helens blowing its top and the Exxon Valdiz oil spill in Alaska. The first, of course, was an all natural event while the second was caused by evil mankind and our wanton disregard for the environment. In both cases there was damage and in neither did man’s puny efforts contribute to the healing process. Mt. St. Helens is once more a pristine forest and the Alaskan coast has returned to the beauty it has always been noted for before the devastation. Mother Nature, once again, healed herself and there’s no denying that immutable, unalterable fact. As usual in our boundless hubris and overly developed sense of self-importance, we humans tend to vastly overestimate our own power.



The article continues that Agenda 21’s, “regulations would severely limit water, electricity, and transportation – even deny human access to our most treasured wilderness areas, it would monitor all lands and people. No one would be free from the watchful eye of the new global tracking and information systems.” Does the “Agenda” sound so benign anymore? A gentleman named Maurice Strong who was the head of the UN Conference on Environment and Development back in 1992 maintained that the, “current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class – involving high meat consumption and large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and workplace air conditioning, and suburban housing are not sustainable. A shift is necessary which will require a vast strengthening of the multilateral system, including the United Nations.”



You might want to read Mr. Strong’s statement again for it is very telling and instructive. One would think that as an influential member of this international organization, he might be interested in such things as decreasing world poverty and striving to achieve America’s middle class standards for the impoverished, starving, sick, and dying billions that represent the mass of humankind globally. You’d think that wouldn’t you? No, instead he attacks the middle class, its values, and affluence. The condescending, arrogant Son of a Bitch seems to want those his organization purports to champion to remain forever in a state of squalor, filth, and misery. His statement is nothing more than an attack on the American way of life and that of Western Civilization. Instead of desperately wanting to improve the lives of those he is supposed to help, he attacks the single most successful enemy of poverty the planet has ever seen. This makes no sense whatsoever to most of us unless one understands the ultimate goals of the LFE.



These hypocrites do not desire that people lift themselves out of poverty and achieve a middle class existence. It serves their interests to maintain a poverty stricken world for that is where they get their support and power. An end to poverty puts these phony Bastards right out of business for it destroys their power base. Without a constant pool of poor people, they have no one to demagogue and no dependent class to do their every bidding. Additionally, these folks depend on class warfare to continually fan the flames of discontent and agitation. If their “constituents” were ever to reach the level of even the poorest American, they could no longer be bamboozled and scammed and would be far less malleable, pliant, and easily led. Furthermore, if the poor world-wide ever reach any real level of affluence they would be free to think about the future and that of their kids and grandkids, as do most Americans. Life would no longer be only a struggle from one meal to the next nor would they routinely die of dehydration by contracting something so mundane and curable as Diarrhea. Once life’s necessities have been secured, people are not so easily led nor are they content to merely follow.



Once they have even the slightest glimmer of hope the folks who devise and implement destructive schemes like Agenda 21 might actually have to go out and find some form of real, gainful, and productive employment as they could no longer merely mooch off the more affluent. These people would pass out cold at that horrific prospect for they are probably not competent to do anything but blow air and hatch insidious Socialist plots bent on destroying Capitalism, prosperity, and hope. As author Joyce Morrison concludes, one “of the main goals of Agenda 21 is to redistribute the wealth to third world countries and to bring our great nation to its knees in the name of socialism, fascism, communism or some other “ism.” She’s right. Agenda 21 is being pushed by those who despise the United States and want to irreparably harm it. I would expect this around the globe from those who absolutely despise us and all that we stand for. Tragically, the Far Left in our own country is completely on board the Agenda 21 program and will do everything they can to implement it in America. They are both destructive and insidious and must be stopped.



An article entitled, “UN Agenda 21 – Coming to a Neighborhood Near You (www.americanthinker.com),” is particularly useful for it goes to the issue of tactics. If the champions of this anti-American claptrap tried to ram it down our throats at the national level it would go down in flames never to be resurrected. The Far Left strategists are, however, more politically savvy than that. They hope over time to implement it successfully all over the nation on the local level – on the community level. Once it has been implemented in town after town all over the nation, the Socialists will take their Agenda to the state level and then finally to the national level. It will take years but these guys are ever so patient and persistent and they are very aware that success nationally is yet decades away. This matters not a whit to them for if nothing else, they take the long view. They plan to keep hammering away in local communities and they depend on “community organizers” at the local level to convince localities that implementing Agenda 21 is not just good for them but good for the nation. Once it becomes common place and generally accepted locally, it is certain to one day be implemented nation wide and once that occurs America as we have come to know and love it will be over having been transformed into but one more failed, miserable Socialist state.



The authors of the piece correctly note that, “most Americans are unaware that one of the greatest threats to their freedom may be a United Nations program known as Agenda 21.” They further inform us that, “The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division of Sustainable Development created Agenda 21 as a sustainability agenda which is arguably an amalgamation of socialism and extreme environmentalism brushed with anti-American, anti-Capitalist overtones.” This is exactly one hundred percent dead-on accurate and can only be denied by those who don’t know anything about Agenda 21or the ultimate goal of the LFE which is the destruction of the United States. The United Nations and the proponents of Agenda 21know this Socialist, anti-American tactic would be rejected out of hand by the vast majority of Americans so they resort, as always, to subterfuge, deceit, and outright lying. It’s their way and that leopard will absolutely never change its spots!



In fact, the United Nations purposely recommends avoiding the term and suggests a cleverly named alternative: “smart growth.” This is an excellent example of Liberal Speak, for who could possibly object to anything labeled smart growth? Americans have always been growth oriented for that is part of our heritage and the smarter we do it, the better off we are for it. It’s been that way throughout our history and it’s one of the hallmarks of our national experience. This euphemism fits exactly into the American psyche and lexicon. It is a term we can all naturally feel comfortable with. What, after all, can possibly be negative or threatening about the concept of smart growth? The authors of the piece explain that participating, “in a UN-advocated planning process would very likely bring out many of the conspiracy-fixated groups and individuals in our society such as the National Rifle Association, citizen militias and some members of congress.” Clever guys, these UN types.



The piece continues that this, “segment of our society who fears one-world government and a UN invasion of the United States through which our individual freedom would be stripped away would actively work to defeat any elected official who joined the conspiracy by undertaking LA21. So, we call our process something else, such as comprehensive planning, growth management, or smart growth.” Authors Scott Strzelczyk and Richard Rothschild correctly maintain that, “residents of any town, county, or city that treasure their freedom, liberty, and property rights couldn’t care less whether it’s called Agenda 21 or smart growth.” Whatever it’s called, most of us who pay attention know when we’re being threatened and by whom. Those who advocate for this nation’s demise count on the hope that the majority of citizens are lazy, unaware, and uninformed. November’s looming Presidential election will go a long way toward explaining whether they are right or wrong. The piece concludes by noting that, “regardless of political orientation, two indisputable facts remain. Agenda 21 is a direct assault on private property rights and American sovereignty, and it is coming to a neighborhood near you.”



The Liberal, Far Left scheme to destroy our country has not gone unopposed. On January 13, 2012, the National Federation of Republican Assemblies approved a resolution that exposes Agenda 21 as a, “disregard for American freedom, private property rights, and a key player in the leftist, move toward one world government,” and that it, “assaults the very foundation of America.” (www.republicanassembies.com). The resolution clearly insists that Agenda 21 is, “a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control,” and that it is, “being covertly pushed into local communities throughout the United States of America.” Additionally, this “plan of radical so-called sustainable development views the American way of life of private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms all as destructive to the environment . . . .”



The Far Left’s plan is both un-American and anti-American at its very core. It attacks and seeks to destroy our most basic and important rights and freedoms and constitutes a vicious and unwavering assault on at least 236 years of our history and national identity. Whether or not these Socialist-Communist malcontents and saboteurs succeed is entirely up to us. Even if they fail, it is enough to know that they are out there, they are deadly serious, and they hate everything our country represents and stands for. These fellow “citizens” rely on the very Founding Documents that they are actively trying to destroy. The rights that others sacrificed and died for gives the Left license to spout this crap and the fact that they do it through the graces of the United Nations tells us everything we’ll ever need to know about them and their Agenda 21.



A brief piece entitled, “Stop Agenda 21: The Constitution Should be our Only Agenda (http://tedcruz.com),” explains that Agenda 21 constitutes, “a dangerous United Nations plan that takes aim at the American economy – and American freedom – in the name of environmental reform,” and that, “under the guise of world sustainability the plan establishes a regime of rules that attempt to bypass Congress and the American people, handing over power over vast areas of the U.S. economy to unelected UN bureaucrats.” How many of you are comfortable with this nightmarish proposition? No one who cherishes American uniqueness and exceptionalism can be anything but disturbed by the prospect of the United Nations interfering so blatantly in the affairs of our sovereign nation. No one who gives a damn about individual freedom and rights can be in any manner sanguine about what the United Nations has planned for our country.



The problem is that only a tiny percentage of Americans have ever heard of Agenda 21 let alone its goals and priorities. It gets virtually no coverage in the major media – you know, all the usual suspects – and I have rarely if ever heard it discussed in what has been dubbed the “alternative” media. It seems to have successfully flown completely undetected under our radar and I believe that as improbable as it may seem its advocates have at least a reasonable chance of succeeding. The author of the piece frankly states that Agenda 21, “attempts to abolish unsustainable environments, including golf courses, grazing pastures, any paved roads, and that it hopes to leave mother earth’s surface unscratched by mankind.” Additionally, “Agenda 21 dehumanizes individuals by removing the very thing that has defined Americans since the beginning – freedom.” Those who champion such Socialist schemes despise and abhor the very notion of free individuals freely making decisions that they deem in their own best interests and in the interests of America. That must be left to others who obviously know far better how life should and should not be lived!



A piece entitled, “Al Gore, Agenda 21 and Population Control (http://endoftheamericandream.com,” speaks directly, succinctly, and very realistically about life in America should Agenda 21 ever become a full-fledged, bona fide reality. It posits, “imagine going to sleep one night and waking up many years later in a totally different world. In this futuristic world, literally everything you do is tightly monitored and controlled by control freak bureaucrats in the name of sustainable development and with the goal of promoting the green agenda.” What would this mean to the average American citizen? Well, “an international ruling body has centralized global control over all human activity. What you eat, what you drink, where you live, how warm or cold you home can be and how much fuel you can use is determined by them.” Furthermore, anyone who “dissents or tries to rebel against the system is sent off for re-education.” It gets even better for the, “human population is 90 percent lower than it is today in this futuristic society, and all remaining humans have been herded into tightly constricted cities which are run much like prisons. Does all of that sound good to you?” Come on, that would never happen in America, would it? Well, according to the piece, thus far 178 nations have signed on to Agenda 21 and I believe there are only about 192 nations out there.



Much Luv Y’all and Have a Great Day!

The Fifth Horseman

(Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)