I Like Ike! Citizenship Day Sept. 17, 2008
I LIKE IKE! ---- U.S. Constitution Week and Citizenship Day Sept. 17, 2008 My fellow Americans! The marathon race for the White House is now at the U.S. Capitol -- the Peoples' House -- the candidates are making the turn onto Pennsylvania Avenue. Soon the presidential race will pass by the Justice Department. Please… do us some justice… Before you vote, learn more about our American Heritage. The 2008 election has the greatest potential, we may ever see, to completely polarize or jointly unite our Nation -- We the People, citizens of the United States of America! Two Hundred Twenty One years ago this week, our founding fathers finished the U.S. Constitution. The delegate to the Constitutional Convention, who had met in secrecy, signed the document on September, 17, 1787. Dr. Franklin stated it is a republic – yours, if you can keep it. In 1787 Ben Franklin was in the middle (location and thought) – a Pennsylvania (Keystone State) moderate. The North and South were struggling to be understood and Dr. Franklin had temperance, wisdom and moderation on his side. He was steadfast during the laboring pains our Nation’s birthing process. This brings us the question of your vote. Will your vote be for an individual, a party platform, a cause, or a protest against the status-quo? Granted, each qualified candidate and the various party tickets have some excellent ideas. However, I am of the opinion that for the past 40 plus years the U.S. Presidency has been leading us in the direction of mounting an American Empire, with an Imperialistic Executive Branch of our federal government. I Like Ike! Not the hurricane in Texas! I like the WWII Supreme Commander of the European Allied Forces, the five star, U.S. Army General and the 34th President of the Unites States of America, Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower and his half century of public service. I’m old enough to remember the "I Like Ike" buttons and today I still remember what he said in his Presidential farewell address on January 17, 1961. "In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." I think a large number of the founding fathers would like Ike too, he was a moderate. History shows us that some candidates "run" to the left or right and then govern in the middle. Please, before you vote, investigate the growth of U.S. military-industrial complex. Look at its relationship to the gross domestic product. For example; this fiscal year the Department of Defense sales/transfer of arms and equipment to foreign governments will be $32 billion, up from $12 billion in 2005. Please note that our national debt is $9.6 trillion, an all time high – and it is increasing at a rate of $1.3 million each and every minute. On September 11, 2008 -- Patriot Day -- U.S. Army General David Petraeus, the outgoing commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, said he’ll never declare victory in Iraq. "This is not the sort of struggle where you take a hill, plant the flag and go home to a victory parade... it's not war with a simple slogan." His next post is the U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in Afghanistan. He said "the trends in Afghanistan have not gone in the right direction... and that has to be addressed". The General said Afghanistan remains a "hugely important endeavor." September 17, 2008 is Citizenship Day. My Fellow Americans please do us justice. Before you vote, learn more about our American Heritage. Learn about our struggle for Independence, the summer of 1787, the Great Compromise and matters of States’ rights. Be a student of the Industrial Revolution, the New Deal and the Red Scare. Be aware of lobbyist tactics and federal bail-outs. Ask about alternative energy options, climate change and more. There is no requirement to believe all you see, hear or read. My Mom taught me and others to read between the lines – she’d say "the truth is often in the middle." Are we due for a Revolution? Are the Executive powers disastrous and misplaced? We the people, have a participatory form of government, a republic, yours if you can keep it. Our republic is a hugely important endeavor. Do you want to participate? ©2008 Art Yeaman, Diversified
Submitted by Marsha on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 7:14am.
When I saw your name and face yesterday I knew it was familar but couldn't figure out why for awhile. I've never had the pleasure of seeing one of your performances but am impressed at someone who spends alot of their time keeping us connected to our past. Benjamin Franklin was definitely a man before his time. If he could come back and walk among us I think he would not only get up to speed very quickly but also still have the wisdom that seems to have wained to a degree in goverment. It's advice like your blog that is a valuable tool when considering who to choose come November. No doubt you have a website somewhere, I may just use you to help get my Daughter a little more interested in American History. She's getting there, coming home each with new information she wants to share. Before the school year started though she just had no clue how something "like that" could be interesting. Thanks for the inspiration on both levels!
Submitted by ArtYeaman on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 7:16am.
Good day Felix, Thank you for the feedback. My observatons on "Empire" are just that observation, well documented and specific. You said my "comments on the Industrial Revolution and the Red Scare" are troubling too. Please tell me what is so troubling to ask people to be a student of the Industrial Revolution and the Red Scare or any period of history for that matter? Again, thank you for adding to the American Experiment. Tell us more about "take the county back"
Submitted by ArtYeaman on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 7:26am.
Good day Marsha, Thank you for the kind thoughs and words.... They are greatly appreaciated. Sure... you may find me at www.MeetBenFranklin.com Until we meet, I bid you good day Your friend and well wisher, B.Franklin, printer aka Art Yeaman, DEEEEA
Submitted by FelixKulpah on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 9:07pm.
I just saw a dem commercial about McCain, saying "we can't afford more of the same." I say there are a lot of things I can't afford, but I find a way to get what I need. You misunderstand me to think I do not want people to study history. I do not have anything to say about the industrial revolution, however, I believe that the "red scare" and "taking back the nation" are entrwined subjects. We, the true, patriotic Americans, must take back the freedom of our culture from the artificial, anti-american direction we are being led. Culture is supposed to devolop naturally to produce and be produced by the common people and the great thinkers that comprise it. What we have now are fictions portrayed as facts, mass deception be instilled as the new values, political indoctrination disguised as civics, and liberal political causes disguised the new religious ethic. I ramble. Back to the red scare. It is not that I don't want people to learn, it is that I don't want them to be mislead. The problem is that the portrayal of that period has been whitewashed to such an extent that the casual student would think that it was just mass hysteria and government oppression. Being the opened minded person that I am, I realise that even though there probably was some individual hysteria, and perhaps mistakes and abuses, that does not mean that there were not Soviet cells in America. The theory behind the red scare was that of espionage and demoralization softening the country for an eventual Soviet invasion. The Soviet Union has fallen so we are no longer threatened by the communists, but we are still plagued by a counterculture of leftists who have many of the same goals as the old red menace. However, the new menace is one that says they are your friend and smiles while they tell you it is good for you to hurt yourself. Destroy your industry to save the climate. Kill your babies to improve your lifestyle. Destroy the military to help the poor. Jesus would vote for Obama. If only Franklin were alive today, maybe people would listen to him and understand how much garbage they are putting into our minds. I could go on for pages and pages, but one of the things that really annoy me are these people who come up with these wacko conspiracy theories. They are not widely believed, yet, but they keep spinning these wild stories saying all kinds of things about America and it's government. The more they say it, the more they will eventually be believed. Franklin would have a field day with these sorts, but I can understand that some would be misled because the conspiracists are crafty. First, they are never your enemy, they are your friend, letting you know all that the government is doing to you and how much America is hurting women and children in the third world. It is always the same, they claim they are your friend yet do not act like friends. It reminds me somewhat of a book that I have been reading called "Israel and the new left." It is a bibliography printed in the 70's, it's main theme being a critical stance from Israelis towards European socialist Jews, asking them why they praised the Soviets, when they were the ones selling weapons to the Arabs who wanted to kill their brothers. To paraphrase a quote from the book, "you care about the poor in the third world, you care about the oppressed in Asia, but you care nothing for your own people." I look at these sophists in the same way; they smile, they call us friend, but they care more for their ideology than they care about their country. Second, they try to link their conspiracy theories as closely as possible with documented and specific facts. I will use as an example two anti-semetic classics, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," by author unknown, and the "International Jew" by Henry Ford. Both of these were pursuasive in that they corresponded so closely with actual events; this made them believable in that the reader met fact after fact after fact. It is quite difficult to argue against thing which are true, however, truth in them was camoflage and a diversion. Truth was left behind when the made the "big leap." To explain the "big leap," think of a two paragraph news article. The first paragraph is completely factual, the second is a complete fabrication, an expression of idiology that while it is suggested by the first paragraph, is not proved by the first paragraph. The "big leap" is best epitomized by referring to the John Birch Society. While they are definitely not leftists, they sure aren't Republicans like McCain and Palin. They will start out with facts, and then make the "big leap." For instance, the facts are that the Council on Foreign relations is funded by the Rockefellers, many influential people and corporations are members of the CFR, and many CFR members end up serving in high government positions. These are all verifiable facts; their "big leap" is to go from facts to the unsubstantiated stance the the CFR has an undue influence on the government and is involved in a vast conspiracy to destroy democracy. Leftist apologists do the same thing. So believable, so persuasive, so friendly, so deceptive. Perhaps you can channel the spirit of Franklin and sort all this out. America needs someone of keen mind and humble spirit who is both wise and down to earth. We need someone to cure this country of it's sickness, where America is no longer a nation, just a place where people live. Keep up the good work. Semper fidelis. Submitted by FelixKulpah on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 10:02pm.
Look what I came across surfin the web! It's not Franklin, but it relates to what I was trying to say! “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But a traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of the nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman orator, statesman 42 B.C. esprit de corps Submitted by FelixKulpah on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 5:59pm.
It has been brought to my attention that my previous post could be misinterpreted. The quote from Cicero, "A nation can survive it's fools" is NOT an endorsement for Mike Heemer.
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There is nothing as hard hitting as substance combined with style. To top it off you present us with a visual of Benjamin Franklin. It doesn't take much math to put 2 and 2 together: Franklin, one of the greatest of all Americans, was a moderate, just like Senator John McCain.
Who better than John McCain to break the status-quo that has deadlocked our nations Congress? Who has a greater record of reaching accross the aisle to compromise and get bills rolling? Who better to beat back the military-industrial complex but this man who knows and has pride in our military, and has promised to make the big corporations responsible and accountable. Who else has the no-nonsense leadership style to direct our troops to crush the enemies of this nation. We will prove Petreus wrong; McCain will plant the flag of victory in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, and when the dust settles our troops will come home to one big ole victory party.
Your observatons on Empire are troubling, as are your comments on the Industrial Revolution and the Red Scare. It saddens me to think that this nation, which once led the World in technology and all industrial efforts, has fallen so far. Maybe if the Red Scare had been more successful everything might be better today. Sure, Nixon got Alger Hiss, but the liberal backlash came down so hard on McCarthy that he couldn't get the job done, and there remained a festering anti-Americanism that has sickened the heart of this county.
As for Empire, we have taken the World and ourselves for a bumpy ride. There was Kennedy, involving us in Vietnam and attempting to overthrow the Cuban government. After too brief a respite, we had Carter, meddling in the Middle East, establishing the Saudi doctrine, funding Afghan insurgents, and interfering with the Iranian government. More than anything, I feel Carter's legacy paved the way for the current clash of cultures. After another too brief a respite, we had Clinton. He was not so bad, all he did was a missile attack on Sudan, wars for oil in Somalia and Bosnia, and an illegal overthrow of the Hatian government on behalf capitalistic corporate interests.
Attempts to build Empire abroad are bad, but i am more worried about this Orwellian nightmare here at home. The liberals are entrenched as federal employees in all offices of the government, they brainwash college students to radical activism against their country's interests and patriotic spirit. They control the television, the movies, the newspapers and magazines, so that our entertainment is thinly veiled indoctrinaton. They control the public schools, telling us that education can be fixed with more money and less religion, while the teachers unions are more interested in supporting "Progress Florida" and backing democrat candidates than they are in teachers or students. Worst of all, anyone who dissents to fight against the tide is publically reviled.
Yes, it is indeed time for a Revolution. Not a communist revolution, not a sexual revolution, not a cultural revolution, it is time for an American Revolution.
Let's take the country back. McCain Palin 2008. OOH-RAH!