Hi, Sparrows, I have just finished (mostly) moving this blog to WordPress. It gives me a lot more flexibility. I think you will like the look of it. It is MUCH easier to post and see comments. I also think you will like the "preview" of the links that "pop up" when you roll over them.
I will leave the past posts here as well, but all new ones will be at the new site only.
Let me know what you think of it. See you all there.
Lyn W-H
Monday, October 12, 2009
BRAINWASHING TACTICS EXPLAINED
The link to this video was forwarded to me by someone on the 9.12 list. (It was first posted by James, so a h/t to him.) It is an interview with a former KGB operative who later defected to the U. S. Although the interview was conducted in 1985, the tactics are timeless and still being used by the Left today. Currently, we are so numb to this insidious brainwashing that it rarely reaches our conscious awareness unless we are alerted to it.
I want to look into the CONTENT of the indoctrination of the Left in a subsequent post, i.e., the theories espoused, terminology used, etc. However, this video is a terrific introduction to considering specific content because it describes the PROCESS used. He is speaking in terms of the old Soviet Union, however, the tactics and goals remain the same no matter whether the label is communism, socialism, Marxism, statism, etc.
It is good to have the frame for the "big picture" before trying to fill in the details. This video provides that framework.
I want to look into the CONTENT of the indoctrination of the Left in a subsequent post, i.e., the theories espoused, terminology used, etc. However, this video is a terrific introduction to considering specific content because it describes the PROCESS used. He is speaking in terms of the old Soviet Union, however, the tactics and goals remain the same no matter whether the label is communism, socialism, Marxism, statism, etc.
It is good to have the frame for the "big picture" before trying to fill in the details. This video provides that framework.
Friday, October 9, 2009
THE NOBEL HOPEY-CHANGEY POPULARITY PRIZE
Obama received an early call this morning telling him that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. The White House reported that he was “humbled by the recognition.” (If only that were true). The only shock here is that no one knew he had been nominated, or by whom. Perhaps a nomination in this case was unnecessary? Was there even a real competition once Obama’s name was in the mix? Or was this award simply an extension of the unhealthy and irrational adulation that has been demonstrated ad nauseum by those on the Left?
I pose this question due to the fact that the nomination was reportedly made back on February 1, 2009—on what basis? Campaign rhetoric? Guess this goes to show that if one is really good at telling others what they want to hear, you win!! Yessiree, that is the very thing we want to teach our children—you needn’t achieve anything, you needn’t consider the possible consequences of your words, you needn’t do the really hard work to reason out moral solutions, you needn't develop skills and demonstrate concrete success. Talk a great game, try to please everyone, and you excel because you are…you, you wonderful you!
Nobel Committee Chairman Jagland stated that Obama’s “initiatives have yet to bear fruit”. The PM of Norway, Stoltenberg said that “The exciting and important thing about this prize is that it’s given to someone…who has power to contribute to peace.” Huh, and here I thought that the Nobel Peace Prize was actually to honor accomplishments. (Even Al Gore made a movie, a bad one, but still….) So, it sounds like the prize was given for what it is hoped he will do, and because it is believed he has the power to do it. I’m with Walesa who commented, “So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far.”
It can be no accident that those American politicians honored with this Prize, Carter, Gore and now Obama, all have extreme Leftist views. Perhaps we can change the name of the Nobel Peace Prize to the “Nobel Appeasement Incentive Prize”, or the “Nobel Hope Prize”, or the “Nobel Encouragement for Good Intentions Prize”, maybe the “Nobel Expectations for the Future Prize”. I am certain that we can devise names that much better describe the criteria upon which this Prize is being awarded. Let’s call a spade a spade here, this is not about establishing world peace. It is about selecting a popular figure who can best promote an agenda.
My conclusion is that the Nobel Peace Prize, (whose reputation was irreparably harmed by its previous, dubious recipients), is now officially a joke. Me thinks me smells a big, fat, disgusting rat-the fix was in. Are we surprised?
I pose this question due to the fact that the nomination was reportedly made back on February 1, 2009—on what basis? Campaign rhetoric? Guess this goes to show that if one is really good at telling others what they want to hear, you win!! Yessiree, that is the very thing we want to teach our children—you needn’t achieve anything, you needn’t consider the possible consequences of your words, you needn’t do the really hard work to reason out moral solutions, you needn't develop skills and demonstrate concrete success. Talk a great game, try to please everyone, and you excel because you are…you, you wonderful you!
Nobel Committee Chairman Jagland stated that Obama’s “initiatives have yet to bear fruit”. The PM of Norway, Stoltenberg said that “The exciting and important thing about this prize is that it’s given to someone…who has power to contribute to peace.” Huh, and here I thought that the Nobel Peace Prize was actually to honor accomplishments. (Even Al Gore made a movie, a bad one, but still….) So, it sounds like the prize was given for what it is hoped he will do, and because it is believed he has the power to do it. I’m with Walesa who commented, “So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far.”
It can be no accident that those American politicians honored with this Prize, Carter, Gore and now Obama, all have extreme Leftist views. Perhaps we can change the name of the Nobel Peace Prize to the “Nobel Appeasement Incentive Prize”, or the “Nobel Hope Prize”, or the “Nobel Encouragement for Good Intentions Prize”, maybe the “Nobel Expectations for the Future Prize”. I am certain that we can devise names that much better describe the criteria upon which this Prize is being awarded. Let’s call a spade a spade here, this is not about establishing world peace. It is about selecting a popular figure who can best promote an agenda.
My conclusion is that the Nobel Peace Prize, (whose reputation was irreparably harmed by its previous, dubious recipients), is now officially a joke. Me thinks me smells a big, fat, disgusting rat-the fix was in. Are we surprised?
Thursday, October 8, 2009
OUT-OF-CONTROL OBAMATONS
How concerned are we about the stories coming out of Detroit where people lined up for what they believed was money from King Obama, (who obviously has a Royal Treasury about which the rest of us are unaware)?
There is a video here from the local Detroit network. The transcript of the WJR interview with one woman is posted, along with Rush Limbaugh's commentary, here. In the meantime there is another interview of a woman that was also asked about the origins of the money. It is not yet available on the internet. She said in part, "maybe he's getting it from his stash ... I don't know it's Obama money and he's givin' it to us ....that's why we voted for him."
And lest we forget that all of these folks were once children, you may want to watch school kids perform a song supporting the healthcare "reforms" desired by our "Dear Leader".
After watching and reading all these items, please remind yourself that there are still more of "us" than there are of "them". New Zealand really would not be large enough to accommodate all of us, trust me.
There is a video here from the local Detroit network. The transcript of the WJR interview with one woman is posted, along with Rush Limbaugh's commentary, here. In the meantime there is another interview of a woman that was also asked about the origins of the money. It is not yet available on the internet. She said in part, "maybe he's getting it from his stash ... I don't know it's Obama money and he's givin' it to us ....that's why we voted for him."
And lest we forget that all of these folks were once children, you may want to watch school kids perform a song supporting the healthcare "reforms" desired by our "Dear Leader".
After watching and reading all these items, please remind yourself that there are still more of "us" than there are of "them". New Zealand really would not be large enough to accommodate all of us, trust me.
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