Re: Expensive oil is the only way to stop gluttony

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:47:17 -0700 (PDT), "bvallely@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<bvallely@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Jul 19, 9:45 am, Enough Already <enough_alre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Instead of whining and demanding that a finite resource "must" sup****t
>> endless population growth, intelligent people should welcome rising
>> oil prices. Price is the only thing that gets the average taker to
>> conserve, which is what we should have been doing all along.
>.
>Yeah, let's crush average Americans from free people into a bunch of
>peasants.  That way, the super rich like Nancy Peolsi, Ted Kennedy,
>Ted Turner, Laura David and algore will be able to have their
>chauffeured limos speed down empty freeways to their private jets.
>Then, the super rich democrats can fly over the formerly free serfs
>who are forced to stand in the rain waiting for a bus.
>
>Drill here.
>
>Drill now.
>
>Pay less.
What is the Liberal Left and What is its Goal?

by TYSK

The liberal left is neither a singular entity nor even a single group
or organization. Liberalism is a mindset just as conservatism is a
mindset. For the average liberal there is not one "goal" or outcome
for which they strive.

I am sure that most individuals afflicted with a liberal mindset would
be unable to name any particular goal for their beliefs. It is in many
ways like a religion ... a set of pre-defined attitudes and opinions
by which they make decisions in life. Most often these attitudes and
opinions are not of their own formation or arrived at through
considered thought. Instead, they are learned from others' repeated
pronouncements of them. Those making these statements often have come
to learn them in the same way. Much the same as fables and Bible
stories are passed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately
many of the "proclaimers" are entrenched in the schools and colleges
and their views are imbedded in impressionable minds not yet skilled
in giving these ideas critical examination.

The key to the successful spread of liberalism is specifically its
lack of critical thought on the results of liberal ideas and solutions
for society's problems. In fact, to be judgmental or to offer analysis
of liberal prescriptions is in itself considered being anti-liberal.
Just as a critic of any religious denomination is labeled a heretic,
so too critics of liberalism are labeled uninformed or unenlightened.
In other words you must take their beliefs and accept them even if
they are contradictory or counterproductive.

In order to accept liberalism a person must operate on an emotional
level almost exclusively. Persons steeped in logic or the physical
sciences are far less likely to be swept into the liberal camp. In
addition, as people age and experience the trials of life and reflect
on the cause-and-effect relation****p of events they tend to become
less liberal and more conservative in their thinking.

    "Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man
over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains." — Winston Churchill†

Tragically, this means our young are the most vulnerable to liberal
indoctrination. Whether by design or happenstance, it is a fact that
the teaching profession has a history of attracting persons of a
liberal, or leftist, ideology. This places them precisely where they
need to be in order to spread their philosophy.

    The tenth plank of the Communist Manifesto states, "Free education
for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory
labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial
production, etc." — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels – 1848

While most practitioners of liberalism have no true goals or agendas
for their beliefs, those in position to affect public policy often do
have such goals. The common liberal is but a pawn in the ongoing
struggle between socialism and freedom. Those in power on the left
know that our system of representative democracy enables them to
pursue their statist agenda by winning over the majority of the voting
public to their positions and candidates. They are well aware that
most people have little time or inclination to study about or give
great thought to im****tant matters of the day. Instead, large numbers
of voters cast their ballots based purely on emotional terms ... the
very heart of liberalism's appeal.

(One could argue that the average conservative is no less a pawn for
those on the right. Yet, by definition, a conservative arrives at his
beliefs through the process of critical thought. As such, he is much
less likely to be swayed by wrong-headed proposals even should they be
offered up as "conservative". Most conservatives will weigh issues and
solutions on their individual merits and only then decide if they are
worthy of sup****t.)

The true agenda of the left is statism or control of the society by a
small elite group. They are a patient lot and willing to achieve their
goals over a long period of time through seemingly minor and
incremental changes in the laws and attitudes of the nation. Through
the constant hammering of emotion driven issues — education, the
environment, child safety, gun control, nuclear war, etc. — they
gradually affect the laws and policies that govern our society. All
the while moving us closer to their goal of a nation of serfs working
for the benefit of the powerful few that will control every aspect of
a citizen's life.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great
moral crisis maintain their neutrality",
                                     John F. Kennedy.