decay – Page 27 – A Nod To The Gods

Irrelevant

December 9, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 4 comments

An excerpt from essay in 2007 – Before Obama, before Fort Hood, before Boston, before ISIS, before Paris, before San Bernadino

We are told again and again by experts and talking heads that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unquantified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the ‘silent majority,’ is cowed and extraneous. Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China’s huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet. And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery? Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were ‘peace loving?’

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don’t speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. Keep Reading…..

Immigration, Refugees, & Terrorists

December 7, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 1 comment

On the whole, the adaptation of guest workers is a separate and comprehensive issue. We must create the conditions for immigrants to normally integrate into our society, learn Russian and, of course, respect our culture and traditions and abide by Russian law. In this regard, I believe that the decision to make learning the Russian language compulsory and administer exams is well grounded. This should be mandatory for all guest workers regardless of their future employment.

On San Bernadino Terrorism:
But just as it is the responsibility of Muslims around the world to root out misguided ideas that lead to radicalization, it is the responsibility of all Americans — of every faith — to reject discrimination. It is our responsibility to reject religious tests on who we admit into this country. It’s our responsibility to reject proposals that Muslim Americans should somehow be treated differently. Because when we travel down that road, we lose. That kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like ISIL. Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our co-workers, our sports heroes — and, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. We have to remember that.

We were founded upon a belief in human dignity — that no matter who you are, or where you come from, or what you look like, or what religion you practice, you are equal in the eyes of God and equal in the eyes of the law.

On Syrian Refugees:
Obama said people should “remember that many of these refugees are the victims of terrorism themselves.” “That’s what they’re fleeing,” he continued. “Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values. Our nations can welcome refugees who are desperately seeking safety and ensure our own security. We can and must do both.” He also had harsh words for Republicans who have said the U.S. should only admit Syrian Christians, pointing out that accepting all faiths is one of the things that separates the U.S. from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and Daesh. “That’s shameful,” Obama said. “That’s not American. That’s not who we are. We don’t have religious tests to our compassion.”

On Illegal Immigration:
And let’s be honest -– tracking down, rounding up, and deporting millions of people isn’t realistic. Anyone who suggests otherwise isn’t being straight with you. It’s also not who we are as Americans. After all, most of these immigrants have been here a long time. They work hard, often in tough, low-paying jobs. They support their families. They worship at our churches. Many of their kids are American-born or spent most of their lives here, and their hopes, dreams, and patriotism are just like ours.

I know some worry immigration will change the very fabric of who we are, or take our jobs, or stick it to middle-class families at a time when they already feel like they’ve gotten the raw deal for over a decade. Our history and the facts show that immigrants are a net plus for our economy and our society.

Because for all the back and forth of Washington, we have to remember that this debate is about something bigger. It’s about who we are as a country, and who we want to be for future generations.

There Is No Grey Area

December 6, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 3 comments

If Obama even mentions gun confiscation in his ~~power play~~ address to the nation tonight, impeachment proceedings should begin immediately. As POTUS he is sworn to uphold the Constitution no matter what his fucking lawyers say.

Taking away guns from law abiding Americans won’t stop the Religion of Peace from getting their hands on them dumbass.

A Fine Tooth Comb

December 4, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 2 comments

Well this is strange. How in the hell is the media allowed into San Bernadino apartment only 48 hours after attack? And if the FBI did clear the apartment and turn it back over to the owner, how do they leave a shredded document and Rafia Farooks drivers license, the mother of the killer? Now I’m not FBI and have no training in collecting evidence, but from every cop show I have ever seen, this would be considered important.

CVZj5IzUYAAsPNA — MSNBC Handling Evidence…Brilliant!!

Is it just me, or is this extremely sloppy investigating? This raises some serious questions.

Bizarro World

December 4, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 1 comment

Inevitable Demise

November 30, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 0 Comment

Bracken continues too impress. Below is a glimpse of his summation of events in Europe, who is behind it, and it’s inevitable demise.

When any non-Islamic country, such as France, attains approximately a ten-percent Muslim population through dangerously naive immigration policies, violence and civil war become a constant threat. Ten percent of a total national population translates into more than fifty-percent of fighting-age men in key urban districts, due to the concentration of Muslims in Sharia-zone ghettos, combined with aging European demographics. Later, these Muslim ghettos will serve as sanctuaries and bastions for the jihadists, until and unless they are finally pulverized with artillery shell fire or aerial bombs. France and Germany will not be exempt from the lessons of history that were hard taught in Beirut, Sarajevo, and Damascus.

Thousands of the recent Muslim muhajirs currently arriving in Europe were schooled in prolonged and savage religious and ethnic civil wars. Today’s Europeans, deliberately brainwashed with politically correct fairytales about the benefits of multi-culturalism, have utterly no idea what horrors await them. Increasing European discomfort will not change the outcome one iota. Just because the Europeans may tire of the irritating presence of Muslims (both new immigrants and native born), the Muslims will never willingly leave Europe. Nor will the Muslim immigrant invaders knuckle under and turn quiet and docile again.

Read it all here, it’s worth it.

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Matthew Bracken was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1957, and attended the University of Virginia, where he received a BA in Russian Studies and was commissioned as a naval officer in 1979. Later in that year he graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, and in 1983 he led a Naval Special Warfare detachment to Beirut, Lebanon. Since then he’s been a welder, boat builder, charter captain, ocean sailor, essayist and novelist. He lives in Florida. Links to his short stories and essays may be found atEnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com .

Two Wrongs

November 29, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 0 Comment

Beyond the scourge of drugs, what drives the crime rate in Chicago is the same thing that contributes to crime in so many other American cities — family breakdown and particularly the absence of responsible fathers. The fate of Laquan McDonald, abandoned by his father when he was 3 years old, is not a rare occurrence for kids in Chicago, and is increasingly common across the United States. Forty percent of children were born to unmarried women in 2013, and more than 70% of black children are born to unwed mothers. Given these socio-economic realities, isn’t it obvious that black kids in Chicago have problems that cannot be blamed on racist cops? Officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with murder, but the hourly updates on CNN about “unrest” in Chicago isn’t a story about one trigger-happy cop. No, it’s the Endless White Guilt Trip that the liberal media can’t quit shoving at us, insisting that “society” (a term that is liberal media shorthand for white middle-class suburbanites) is to blame for whatever is wrong in American race relations.
The problem with this kind of blame-shifting — to make “society” or “racism” the explanation of what happened to Laquan McDonald is that it is antithetical to personal responsibility. Instead of blaming the criminal for his fate, we blame society. Instead of blaming the cop, we blame racism. Why are there protest mobs on the streets demanding “Justice for Laquan” when (a) his mother already got $5 million from the city, and (b) the cop who shot Laquan has been charged with murder? Keep Reading….

Blinded By The Light

November 24, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 0 Comment

The plight of the neurotic and oft offended new children of the corn…

“The person will pass from the bubble of college to the bubble of social enforcement, keen on perfecting the world. And for the rest of his or her or xer professional life, they’ll be shouting BE QUIET to a calm, rational adult who is too terrified to say “you’re a terrible child who understands nothing. Go to your room.”

These people will produce nothing. They will create no great art, write no symphonies, conjure no novels that speak across the decades, sculpt nothing of beauty. The world outside the bubble is irredeemable. It cannot, of course, be remade all at once, but tomorrow’s a new day. Rome wasn’t wrecked in a day.”

— James Lileks

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Keep Your eye On The Ball

November 24, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 0 Comment

It comes to mind that there is a bunch of peripheral stuff going on that has the media, politicians, and the American public so inundated with crisis, it’s hard to focus on important issues of the day. Now all of these things may be coincidence but it keeps our attention shifting from one crisis to the next, when our attention should be on one thing only, which is getting this country healthy again.

I don’t know about you, but I think the U.S. has more to worry about, more too focus on, than bringing in a new batch of refugees. If the U.S. government doesn’t tighten it’s collective belt, it won’t matter that Putin is in the Ukraine, it won’t matter that ISIS has taken another city, it won’t matter that college students are offended by whatever injustice they perceive has been done to them, it won’t matter that the LGTB community can’t buy a cake, it won’t matter how many Mexicans are here, it won’t matter whether climate change is a hoax, it won’t matter because the country will have destroyed itself by the very people who were elected to protect her.

This country is in free fall thanks to Democrats and Republicans alike and until we stop throwing good money after bad, our fate will have already been chosen for us by political incompetence. Choose your next President wisely my friends. Keep your eye on the ball and remember the person elected will need to undo a half century of bad decisions pushed by progressive agendas and self serving politicians.

$3.25 Trillion: Government Collects Record-High Taxes in Fiscal Year 2015. Although the federal government brought in approximately $3.25 trillion in revenue in fiscal 2015, according to the Treasury, it also spent approximately $3.69 trillion, leaving a deficit of approximately $438 billion.

So to be clear, apparently 3.25 Trillion is not enough. My question, your question, and the question to be asked of our elected officials….why? If it were your family budget I would imagine you would be in trouble, maybe lose your home…….same thing for the country if you think about it.

Somebody has to run the place, but the government now employs more people than manufacturing….disgusting really.

So as you choose your next President, think about the man or women who has stood up against big government, is not content with the status quo, and is wiling to make enemies not friends in DC. I am aware of one.

Bam!!

November 22, 2015 jeffli6 Comments 0 Comment

Notice that ISIS does something terrible, and the overwhelming thrust of the conversation on Meet the Press is that the American people have done something wrong and must look inside their hearts and feel guilty over the overwhelming racism and Islamaphobia in their society. News flash: We’re not the villains here.

— Jim Geraghty

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