Speaking Up For All of Us

What is the most dangerous weapon in the world? Maybe you think it's a nuclear weapon, a missile, or a gun? You would be wrong. The most dangerous weapon in the world is a pen aided by a piece of paper. With such a set of tools, one can illustrate the truth, or bury it. Why do you think Hitler burned books?

On the onset of this blog I articulated the following on our "About" page: They say the pen is mightier than the sword. I agree - Alexander conquered nations with a sword, I aim to conquer injustice and deceitful venomous politics with a pen. And so I embark on this journey, hoping that my pen sparks a fire of curiosity and inspiration within you.

The mission of this blog has always been to ask tough questions and provoke people to think beyond the surface level. Just like Socrates asked too many questions, we are trying to do the same. This past weekend the tech mongols of Silicon Valley proved their political crusade was never against just Donald Trump. Not only did they erase and ban him from all social media platforms, but they began censoring conservative's across the nation. We simply cannot stand for a crusade against free speech because it is a slippery slope.

For those who have been to the Holocaust museum in DC, a quote based on a poem from a German Lutheran pastor by the name of Martin Niemöller has been inscribed along the wall:

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

Censorship and oppression never stops with the first group. While I have always been a "conservative" and an American, I first identify as a human, and it is dehumanizing to silence an idea simply because you disagree with it. Voltaire once said, "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Such a philosophy has been a fundamental piece of the bedrock of this nation, and we cannot let it fall by the way side. Tyrion Lannister from the show Game of Thrones once said, "When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar; you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say." My greatest fear is they will not stop with conservatives, and I need to speak out now in the hopes they do not come for you.

I firmly believe people have been led astray - take the two passages below:

The really dangerous American fascist... is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power... They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection. - New York Times, April 9, 1944 Henry A. Wallace.

Someone very profoundly once said many years ago, that if fascism ever comes to America it will come in the name of liberalism. What is fascism? Fascism is private ownership, private enterprise, but total government control and regulation. Well, isn’t this the liberal philosophy? The conservative, so-called, is the one that says less government, get off my back, get out of my pocket, and let me have more control of my own destiny. - Ronald Reagan.

So who is in charge today? Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter operate at the behest of the government. Small businesses have been run out of town as those at the top of the business world have amassed immense power. You know I understand largely why people liked Bernie Sanders. In the case of one company I will not name, they had been one of the most powerful forces within their industry. Overtime however, as new trends emerged their business began to sink. Despite a dampening bottomline, the regular workers at the bottom either got laid off or had to endure pay cuts, but the members of the executive suite had salary increases and received millions of dollars in bonuses. Do you think that is right? I certainly do not. Such "crony capitalism" can be found in many "big businesses" across the world. We do not condone such behavior, and believe such an attitude towards business has diminished the economic power of capitalism. Companies like Apple and Walmart have shipped many of our jobs oversees to places like China where they engage in a mix of slave labor and pay that is little to none, yet we have permitted them to get away with such conduct because we still purchase their overpriced products. In turn they have abused their monopoly to stifle all forms of competition. Amazon has spread across many industries, and the lobbying powers of all these firms have financially laid siege to our weak and corrupt politicians.

So people like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates get to live the American Dream, but you do not. You have a great idea? Well that is too bad because the oligarchical powers are going to overcome you with sheer force. Take Parler for example. As social media firms ban conservatives, they go and make a new smartphone app, but Google and Apple ban it from their stores. They proceed to make a website, but then Amazon cuts off it's hosting capabilities. Do you think that is right? One party control - republican or democrat - must be avoided at all cost. Historically when one party has unchecked power they tend to morph from their original stances into an authoritarian body with nobody to challenge their ideas.

Twitter said Donald Trump incited violence, but did you listen to his speech? He called for "peaceful protesting." What happened at the Capital is horrific and we do not condone it. We condemn all forms of violence, from protests to needless wars. Just in the way that people who violently rioted all summer, the actions of a few are not representative of the whole. What about Kathy Griffen who held a decapitated figurehead of Trump? She is allowed to stay on Twitter? Why? What about the Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran who said on Twitter, "Our stance against Israel is the same stance we have always taken. #Israel is a malignant cancerous tumor in the West Asian region that has to be removed and eradicated: it is possible and it will happen." Does that not violate Twitters terms of service? What about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which suppresses Muslim Uyghur's in re-education camps? They get to stay on Twitter? Yet the current leader of the free world and those fighting against tyranny have been given the boot?

People have been talking about "systematic racism" all summer. I agree our society is skewed in some respects - take for example the education system. Those in affluent communities or those that can afford private school are afforded the luxury of a great education as they can go onto college with ease, but what about those in the inner cities? They have been largely controlled by Democrats for decades who oppose charter schools and school choice. Why?

The government is supposed to be delivering financial relief to the American people after immense hardship, yet they rather engage in attempting to impeach the President with just a few days left in his term. Such a tirade should illustrate how government is not truly working for the people. Are they trying to deflect claims about election fraud? I still not have gotten an explanation around the near impossible statistical anomalies. For those denying any fraud happened, one user on Twitter said, "There's a difference between not having the evidence and not hearing the evidence. Pass it on." If nothing happened, why can't we investigate? Why have we not been allowed a day in court to debate the Equal Protection clause?

I saw the following quote online, "Only in America will we stop a football game, drag out a measuring chains and look at a play fifteen times from six different angles to make sure we make the right call, but won't verify the integrity of an election of the highest office in our nation!" What about this example a man posed, "I just went to pick up some groceries and a bottle of wine. I thought I had my ID with me but had forgotten it in the car, so they told me I couldn't buy the bottle of wine. I just asked a simple question, 'Does the over forty rule no longer apply?' To which they responded 'No, company policy.' It got me thinking, all I wanted was to buy a $16 bottle of wine, no big deal, and Target did more due diligence on that $16 bottle of wine than our respective State and Government does to secure and ensure a fair and orderly election." Why is that?

I feel that many on the left do not understand the Trump movement nor have had a true dialogue with someone who voted for Trump. I had written a piece I prepared to publish anticipating a second Trump term. The left has hammered the President as a dictator, yet if he truly was what they say, wouldn't it be him doing the censoring and not the other way around? Despite what the media says, Donald Trump placed number one on the most admired man in America poll Barrack Obama had previously reigned champion for over a decade, while Biden appeared much further down. The Presidents approval rating has also gone up, and over fifteen million people voted for him than the first time around. Yet I am supposed to believe massive voter turn out in four very liberal cities propelled Joe Biden to the top? Needless to say, I have decided to publish my piece below as to why I and many other people went out and voted for Trump. I decided to leave it unedited and give final comments on this piece at the end.

The Sequel

Some have said they would crawl through miles of broken glass to vote for Donald Trump. The enthusiasm exhibited for him at his rallies has been nothing short of palpable exhilaration, to the point it has become evident the excitement did in fact translate to legitimate votes.

My social media remains littered with lunacy. A certain collection of people cannot fathom how America can vote for what they think is some racist, xenophobic, bigoted fascist regime. Despite the disconnect and disinformation, America will continue down the path of global prosperity, because a better world is the byproduct of a booming United States. The most crucial aspect of the Donal Trump phenomenon concerns its inevitability. I want to recap a segment from the Greg Kelley show from Monday night, which discussed First Lady Melania Trump's Republican National Convention (RNC) speech:

"For many years, I watched him [Donald Trump] grow concerned and frustrated, and I'm so proud to see the many things he has done in such a short time. America is in his heart. So while at times, we only see the worst of people in politics on the evening news, let's remember how we come together in the most difficult times. And while debate rages on about issues of race, let's focus on the strides we have made and work together for a better tomorrow for everyone."

Donald Trump was like you and me sitting at home unhappy about the direction the country was heading down as expressed in my last piece concerning economic decline and negative spirits festering a home in the Democratic Party. In the second debate Trump said to Biden:

"But why didn’t he [Joe Biden] do it four years ago? Why didn’t you do that four years ago? Even less than that. Why didn’t you when you were vice president? You keep talking about all these things you’re going to do, and you’re going to do this, but you were there just a short time ago and you guys did nothing. You know Joe, I ran because of you. I ran because of Barack Obama, because you did a poor job. If I thought you did a good job, I would’ve never run. I would’ve never run. I ran because of you. I’m looking at you now, you’re a politician, I ran because of you."

Henry Ford once said, "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."Donald Trump had the means and the conviction to go against the grain and take on a media and political complex hostile towards outsiders who have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at him in an attempt to force him to capitulate or stifle his agenda. What reason did Trump voters have to abandon him to vote for Biden when he was a resoundingly worse candidate than Hillary? Kamela barely lasted a second in the primary process, and its just the stark reality that they were not great candidates.

Many that parrot the Democratic talking points of the President as a Hitler esque dictator are wildly out of touch with the Trump movement. Record low unemployment for people of all denominations across the board fly in one ear and out the other. Joe Biden was the architect of a crime bill that disproportionately sent minorities such as African Americans to prison, while Trump years later enacted criminal reform policies. No matter how many facts or statistics you cite to some people on the left, they refuse to accept anything other than the narrative that Trump exists to suppress the down trodden and line his pockets. So be it, we're not going to be deterred from protecting the American Dream and the right of all citizens to pursue the life they want to live.

I'll never forget, when I was in high school I had been working at a food factory during the summer to make some extra money. One worker everyone called Junior used to work in the freezer, and every morning when he would see you, he would take his gloves off walk right up to you, shake your hand, and wish you a great day. One morning around 6 AM I had been walking in the parking lot to start my shift when I bumped into Junior. He stopped me, and rather than simply wish me good morning and good day, he wanted to tell me something that has profoundly sat with me many years later. Junior didn't make a ton of money, but he looked me dead in the eye and said, "You know I am so grateful to this place. I immigrated here with nothing, and because of this factory I have been able to purchase a home and a car and create a good life for myself." I was taken aback, but told him I was happy to hear his comments, but I still to this day believe in that moment I experienced the American Dream up close in its most raw form.

From Clinton to Bush to Obama the reality many in coastal areas have not been fully privy to is the economic decline that has taken place across this nation. Factory after factory was closed down only to be repackaged oceans away at a significantly cheaper cost where citizens are paid well below what they deserve. Decades ago the American factory was the forefront of upwards mobility. Academia, before it became corrupted, labeled factories as "good jobs" because people of all backgrounds could perform some sort of function and begin their ascension of upwards mobility towards prosperity. In modern times those deemed the "elitists" look down on such jobs. Joe Biden told everyone, "You need to learn to code," but the thing is not everyone has the means nor the interests to endeavor down that path. In a similar story, one worker had told me he was thankful for the job the factory provided him of sweeping the floors. He had no skills and nobody would hire him, but with that job he was able to study and eventually put himself through higher education and propel his life to the next level. Such opportunity was once part and parcel of the American identify, and Donald Trump is singularly trying to promote that reality again.

Most people do not know the origins of the American Dream. During the Great Depression a man by the name James Truslow Adams wrote a book titled The Epic of America, in which he gave birth to the notion of such a vibrant idea that it became a vital component of the fabric of this nation. To quote one passage:

"The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.”

In the preface of the book Adams also states:

"He [James Truslow Adams] has endeavored in particular to trace the beginnings at their several points of entry of such American concepts as 'bigger and better,' of our attitude toward business, of many characteristics which are generally considered as being, 'typically American,' and in especial, of that American Dream of a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank which is the greatest contribution we have as yet made to the thought and welfare of the world. That dream or hope has been present from the start. Ever since we became an independent nation, each generation has seen an uprising of the ordinary Americans to save that dream from the forces which appeared to be overwhelming and dispelling it. Possibly the greatest of these struggles lies just ahead of us at this present time - not a struggle of revolutionists against establishment order, but of the ordinary man to hold fast to, 'life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' which were vouchsafed to us in the past in vision and on parchment."

The most sacred entitlement Adams is trying to summarize beholden within the Constitution is your right to be left alone and pursue prosperity. Democrats have imposed fierce lockdowns under the guise of the virus neglecting the prospect that Americans can act in responsible manners on their own. Politicians - Republican and Democrat alike - have sold out American jobs hollowing out once prosperous communities that are now barren ghost towns. Don't believe me? You can take a trip to many of these places. Adams was optimistic during a time very few people were and outlook was grim, and we are now in the current moment of a similar predicament of which the Dream has triumphed as it always has. In todays context the "Elitist" is the proper substitute of the "European upper class" Adams cited.

I have spent some time consuming mainstream media and came to realization if that is all you ingest its no wonder you dislike Donald Trump. I ask that in this particular juncture in time you take a step back and look at what Donald Trump has accomplished. Maybe you don't like his tweets or think he's rough around the edges, but he's fighting for your right to the American Dream. We're all in this together and I want to see you succeed. Racial equity and the rights and access to economic prosperity is the heartbeat of the Trump coalition despite what mainstream news would tell you - if not, how do you explain the immense uptick in minority votes for Republicans? So let's move forward together. Are you ready for the sequel?

END

We will not get the sequel immediately, but I believe we will in some fashion eventually. I however fear in the immediate future the attack on free thought. Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat I believe your voice needs to be heard. We cannot let these monopolies continue to subvert the sanctity of our republic. With the current campaign against free speech, who's to say Wix will not shut me down at some point. I of late have recently thought maybe I need to shut down the blog out of fear for my personal well being, but I was reminded of a speech Rush Limbaugh's father gave on the Founding Fathers as they fought against the British Empire (I'll attach the speech below).

Take this passage:

Each had more to lose from revolution than he had to gain by it. John Hancock, one of the richest men in America, already had a price of 500 pounds on his head. He signed in enormous letters so that his Majesty could now read his name without glasses and could now double the reward. Ben Franklin wryly noted: “Indeed we must all hang together, otherwise we shall most assuredly hang separately.”

Fat Benjamin Harrison of Virginia told tiny Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts: “With me it will all be over in a minute, but you, you will be dancing on air an hour after I am gone.” These men knew what they risked.

The penalty for treason was death by hanging. And remember, a great British fleet was already at anchor in New York Harbor.

Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor, and the nation they sacrificed so much to create is still intact.

And remember their opposition in King George III had said, "Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit," as well as "Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel."

With that spirit I cannot sit idly back. I do fear in the current climate I may be personally attacked for this blog - maybe even thrown in the gulag, but I believe the stakes are too high to give up, and some things are bigger than ourselves. Those before us sacrificed everything so we could be here today, and so it is with my pen I will continue to write in the hopes that it can make a difference. Andrew Jackson once said, "It is to be regressed that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes," and it is because of such actions I promise to always be a voice to those who may not always be able to stand up and speak truth to power. I promise to be a voice to the down trodden, to the poor, to the oppressed, and to those seeking a chance at living the American Dream.

The media in an effort to attack conservatives today echos the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), "A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted—in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however, has never learned to walk forward." I reject such speak as a means to undermine what Calvin Coolidge made the essential principle of his administration, "If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth and their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction cannot lay claim to progress. They are reactionary."

Reagan told us, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." We cannot be the generation that gives up our liberty - the world and future generations depend on us.

Rush Limbaugh's fathers speech:

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/my-fathers-speech/