Kissing the Devil

I was watching Glenn Beck the other day, and he is promoting the idea of "reaching out" to political opponents, trying to find common ground and work together on things we agree on...and not allow this leviathan, lawless, divisive government to keep us estranged any longer.

As always, a noble Beck sentiment.

Here's my problem.

I'm happy to reach out to other good, patriotic Americans to help save our country. But anyone who supports Øbama simply cannot be a good, patriotic American.

Not possible.

To suggest that one can love Øbama and love America is like saying one can be a committed Christian and a Satanist.

Mutually exclusive.

Look, there are only two choices:

1) If you like Øbama because you don't know who he really is, you're not a good American, because you can't be bothered to stay informed about the most important issues that face our country. You're a crappy citizen.

2) If you KNOW who Øbama is, and like him, you are simply not an American at all. Since America is an IDEA, not a plot of land, if you reject the IDEA...you reject America.

You can't believe in collectivism, and a huge, intrusive government and claim to be an American. Again. Not possible. Contradiction in terms. Mutually exclusive.

If you understand that America is an IDEA...a collection of Truths, Ideals, and Liberties...

....ones that include small, Constitutionally limited government, a free market, and maximum individual liberties...

...then you cannot reject every one of those in practice...and call yourself an  "American".

You are, in fact, by definition, Anti-American.

Which is precisely what Øbama is—as he has so ably demonstrated: Anti-American. No matter WHERE he was born.

And anyone who supports him is supporting Anti-Americanism.

And I just can't "reach out" to that.

Sorry Glenn.

Love you, brother, but....no.

/gun

Manly America

My friend Kerr Mudgeon posted this: James Madison talking about the "manliness" of the American people.

I thought that was interesting, because just this morning I was thinking, how...well, let me put it to you the way it floated into my head while hauling ass over the mountain, listening to Michael Monroe's latest CD.

It was sort of me in the afterlife, explaining:

"When I was an American, America was badass. Nobody fucked with us. We were rich, happy, free and generous.

Now America is a pussy. They're disdained, insulted and attacked from all sides. They're broke, depressed, subjugated and dependent on handouts."

I'm sorry it turned out the way it did. And I wish I hadn't lived to see it. But I'm glad I grew up in the invincible America with "manly" Americans.

It was a lot more fun.


The Gunslinger

Lovely Quote

A commentor at American Thinker said this with regard to the difference between the political sides:

"A lucid piece. But, it leaves open the question as to whether any reconciliation between Americans and Statists is possible."

A succinctly stated, clear distinction. Nice.

Considering my position that "America is an Idea"...it makes perfect sense to me that those who hold the Constitutional Idea are Americans...and those that who believe in the primacy of the State, are, in fact, not Americans.

The Gunslinger
(American)

American Trinity 101

In this one...he helps define the "exceptionalism" of America.

I'm now carrying around a penny in my pocket...as a totem...and a teaching tool.

The Gunslinger

Prager Nails the Problem....

He's defined the mission it seems to me. At least until the apocalypse comes...and it becomes a whole new ballgame.

Educating ourselves, and our fellow citizens in the true American IDEA is the best long term defense against the darkness.

The Gunslinger

Who We Come From; Who We Are

The American Pioneer

Two hundred years ago you walked across this land
You held a small child by the hand.
No one caught you when you fell,
Or wept to see you fail.
You broke the soil, and lifted up the grain,
And left a trail to follow.
You shouldered a forest to build a cabin,
Log by Log by Log.
You had it done by winter so you made it through the cold.
When you lost your corn to Summer,
And you lost your child to Fall,
With no place to go for turning back
You stood, and took it tall.
Then another came, and then another,
Strong like you, then more,
To build a thousand cities
Where no city stood before.
You ached, and farmed the valley.
You strained, and mined the hill.
When hope died in your bosom,
It hardened into will.
You hammered a true nail.
You drew a straight plan.
You flew with the eagle.
And you bowed to no man.

by A. B. Curtiss
(from the poetry book Dragons Guard the Zoo

Why Stuff doesn't make us "Materialistic"

America is an IDEA. It's not about an accumulation of cool "stuff".

Communists, aka Democrats/Progressives/Socialists are all about the "stuff". They see ours and want it. And they believe that when they get it, they'll have what we have. That they'll be "equal".

What they don't get is that our stuff is just the byproduct of our IDEA. And without it there just isn't that much stuff to go around.

What's even funnier is that they call us "materialistic" because we've got stuff. But from our point of view, it's just what accumulates when you implement our IDEA.

And of course it's the Commies that are completely materialistic—they are completely obsessed about our stuff, how much we have, where we got it, how they can get it and how to prevent us ever having more of it than they.

It's all they think about. It's all they talk about. Just listen to them. Whether it's clothing, housing, education, broadband, televisions, shoes or health care...they want our stuff.

And they never, ever, get the IDEA! And they always end up losing all their stuff, and then want more of ours.

Losers by definition. Losers by historical fact. Losers till the end.

What's even funnier is that when they've used up, broken or lost all the stuff they've stolen or wheedled from us...they've got nothing again, and no prospects or any more. But as long as we keep our Idea first and foremost, and don't worry about stuff....we'll have more of it than we'll ever need.

You can't miss that point when you compare the quality of life in America to everyone else on the planet...including Europeans.  Our IDEA created, innovated, manufactured, imagined, invented more stuff than the world knew what to do with.

And they all still think it's about the stuff.

I guess it's hard when you're just looking in the window at our success. You don't understand the inner workings, the inner life...all you see is the grand, glorious, sparkling, shining stuff.

But their ignorance does not excuse their attempts to murder our American IDEA. And I for one won't tolerate it, or ever forgive it.

I will die to defend the American IDEA, if necessary, kill to preserve it. And so will millions of others.

Our domestic enemies should really try and understand this...

The Gunslinger
(fair warning)