LOOKEE LOOKEE, CRAPPEE CRAPPEE

From the pen of Melanie Phillips a once-upon-a-time lefty who like Orwell 'woke-up' to their ideological hypocrisy, writes about Donald Trump, a man she opposed but now provisionally accepts...like most thinking people:

"Far from his leftist caricature as another Mussolini in the making, he is actually restoring constitutionality and the rule of law – in contrast to the Obama administration which undermined both. Trump is enforcing the law against illegal immigrants, for example; and when the courts made their dubious rulings against his own admittedly dubious order suspending immigration from states designated as a danger to US security, he didn’t ignore the courts but tore up his order and drafted a new one.

Amongst the public, people are getting the measure of this most unusual President and are coming to understand the distinction between his style and substance. While his loose-lipped way of speaking is far from ideal, because language matters and the US President should be careful to be accurate in what he says, people understand what he actually means – which by and large they find to be sensible and true. They discount the careless or coarse way he talks because that’s the way many of them talk too. What matters to them is not what he sounds like but what he actually does."

Unlike the sort of politicians we are most familiar with; who look good, say good things but deliver crap!

PROGRESSIVE = REGRESSIVE

The following excerpt illustrates what happens when you have ideologues running the show.

I'd ask Sen. Schumer how it would be possible for Secretary of Education DeVos to make education any worse than it is for many Americans. I'd suggest to Rep. Richmond that if the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan were the Secretary of Education and wanted to sabotage black academic achievement, he couldn't find a better method for doing so than keeping our public school system as it is. Many black politicians and educators would never have their own children attend the rotten, dangerous schools that are so much a part of our big cities. Many black parents, captured by these schools, would like to get their children out. But that's not in the interest of the education establishment, which wants a monopoly on education. Black politicians and academics are the establishment's facilitators. That explains their hostility to Betsy DeVos. She would like to give more parents a choice.

It is no different in Australia. When the so-called 'progressives' take control of the agenda we see the power brokers saying one thing and doing another. We see that the ones who suffer the most are the very ones that the 'do-gooders' claim to be 'helping.' We see unions making ideological deals that elevates the union boss up the promotional ladder while at the same time causing the union members to lose their jobs, Whyalla and Townsville losing their mines and factories being a case in point among many.

 Mugabe once replied to a journalists question of why he allowed so much farming land to lie fallow: "when people starve they rely more on the government"...just as the 'progressives' like to control the population through ignorance, welfare dependency and bureaucratic control over as many avenues of private lives as possible.

BTW I really have problem using the term 'progressive' to define the ideologues of the left, regressive would be a far more eloquent descriptor of their purposes and intentions. Another case of semantics claiming lies as 'truth' (fake news) and the ever ongoing trashing of JC values.

BACKWARDS TO THE FUTURE

I watched a program on youtube where Larry Arn, the president of Hillsdale College and one of America's leading educationalists was interviewed by Mark Steyn. 

Steyn posed a compelling question about governmental interference in education.

The point was made that the ideologies lurking behind much bureaucratic interference not only impacted the subject matter and courses of what was being taught in schools, but had also transformed the moral and educational faculties of the teachers themselves.

An interesting and disturbing thought because if it is indeed true that our teachers and educators have been 'hollowed-out', it means that a reversal in the downward trend of the culture wars is impossible and the current 'revolution' in the West against the neo-feudalism of the elites is but a blip on the screen of our stampede towards 1984.

MANIPULATION AS A HIDDEN PERSUADER

Hollywood elitists attend the Oscars night of Dionysian revelries adorned in their most extravagant and costly frippery, but still manage to signal their moral superiority by attaching small tokens of their 'commitment to the betterment of women':

Glam American actresses Emma Stone and Dakota Johnson adorned their pricy Oscars ceremony gowns and handbags with golden Planned Parenthood pins in the shape of the group's logo.

Of course for anyone in the know this Planned Parenthood caper was in no way established for the betterment of anyone, much less women, but hey, who cares about history never mind the actual, real and pressing needs of the women they SAY they are trying to help?

Beneath their costumery of progressive benevolence, liberal Hollywood "helpers" and global do-gooders exhibit a cold indifference toward the actual wants and needs of their supposed beneficiaries in the Third World. They're raising hundreds of millions for abortions, not for food, water and education.
This, Ekeocha accurately diagnoses, is "cultural imperialism."
And, remember, it's marinated in racist eugenics: Margaret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood in 1916 "to stop the multiplication of the unfit." It would be "the most important and greatest step towards race betterment." In an essay included in her writing collection held by the Library of Congress, Sanger urged her abortion clinic colleagues to "breed a race of thoroughbreds." Nationwide "birth control bureaus" would propagate the proper "science of breeding" to stop impoverished, nonwhite women from "breeding like weeds."

Planned Parenthood activists blanketed the Third World with population-control propaganda preaching "the fewer, the merrier" and "Why carry more burdens?"
Outside of the privileged Hollywood bubble, Obianuju Ekeocha speaks for millions in condemning the butchers, predators and enablers of Planned Parenthood.

The scriptures speak eloquently about those whose despotism has blinded them (2 Corinthians 4:4: “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers)” to reality and these Hollywood creatures who have literally sold their souls to achieve their positions in the hierarchy have the temerity to preach morality(?) to the many beautiful women of Africa whose hearts and souls are pure in their love for children regardless of their lack of financial superiority or powerful 'connections':

Ekeocha actually travelled to African neighbourhoods and interviewed women about the "noble cause" of elitist abortionists.
Catholic nuns, Muslim schoolgirls, millennial-age young women and elderly grandmothers all made their position clear:
"No to abortion!"
"We love babies, so we do not support abortion."
"We don't need any safe abortion as not[h]ing is safe in killing."

THE PATH TO (IN)SANITY

I have long championed the book 1984 as essential reading for Christians as a blueprint of the coming age, and the following extract only illustrates the point.

When (if) you read this think of how many have been coerced into 'believing' that gender is a construct of society only and not a biological fact. Think of the endless and omnipresent propaganda behind the Anthropogenic Warming cult, as fast as evidence against it comes to the fore so the propaganda doubles and triples on the 'settled science' and 'scientific consensus' indoctrination. No matter how many major, minor or otherwise invisible research scientists disagree with the so-called 'consensus', no matter how many times the cheating and manipulation of statistics is uncovered, the propaganda merely increases in volume until it becomes overwhelming to the point when one just wants to surrender in order to stop the assault on the senses.

Think of the non-stop 'marriage equality' propaganda, it has now reached the point where ordinary people are wanting it to be passed just so the news cycle can go back to 'normal'...how many times have you heard that sentiment voiced on TV?

............................just like Winston:

George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was modelled on one such totalitarian hellhole: the Stalinist Soviet Union. So his book features horrific and coercive mind-control activities carried out by the State. In one memorable scene from the book the hero, Winston Smith, is being tortured by O’Brien of the Thought Police to cure him of his “insanity”. He endures a few weeks of this, as O’Brien tells him that reality is whatever the Party says it is. Consider this harrowing account:

‘You believe that reality is something objective, external, existing in its own right. You also believe that the nature of reality is self-evident. When you delude yourself into thinking that you see something, you assume that everyone else sees the same thing as you. But I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal. Whatever the Party holds to be the truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party. That is the fact that you have got to relearn, Winston. It needs an act of self-destruction, an effort of the will. You must humble yourself before you can become sane.’

He paused for a few moments, as though to allow what he had been saying to sink in.

‘Do you remember,’ he went on, ‘writing in your diary, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four”?’

‘Yes,’ said Winston.

O’Brien held up his left hand, its back towards Winston, with the thumb hidden and the four fingers extended.

‘How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?’

‘Four.’

‘And if the party says that it is not four but five – then how many?’

‘Four.’

The word ended in a gasp of pain. The needle of the dial had shot up to fifty-five. The sweat had sprung out all over Winston’s body. The air tore into his lungs and issued again in deep groans which even by clenching his teeth he could not stop. O’Brien watched him, the four fingers still extended. He drew back the lever. This time the pain was only slightly eased.

‘How many fingers, Winston?’

‘Four.’

The needle went up to sixty.

‘How many fingers, Winston?’

‘Four! Four! What else can I say? Four!’

The needle must have risen again, but he did not look at it. The heavy, stern face and the four fingers filled his vision. The fingers stood up before his eyes like pillars, enormous, blurry, and seeming to vibrate, but unmistakably four.

‘How many fingers, Winston?’

‘Four! Stop it, stop it! How can you go on? Four! Four!’

‘How many fingers, Winston?’

‘Five! Five! Five!’

‘No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?’

‘Four! Five! Four! Anything you like. Only stop it, stop the pain!’

Abruptly he was sitting up with O’Brien’s arm round his shoulders. He had perhaps lost consciousness for a few seconds. The bonds that had held his body down were loosened. He felt very cold, he was shaking uncontrollably, his teeth were chattering, the tears were rolling down his cheeks. For a moment he clung to O’Brien like a baby, curiously comforted by the heavy arm round his shoulders. He had the feeling that O’Brien was his protector, that the pain was something that came from outside, from some other source, and that it was O’Brien who would save him from it.

‘You are a slow learner, Winston,’ said O’Brien gently.

‘How can I help it?’ he blubbered. ‘How can I help seeing what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four.’

‘Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.’

SWITCHEROO

When Marxism replaces Environmentalism:

"There was a time when true environmentalists strove to protect wild things. Now the green shirts have become enemies of the environment by pushing green energy and demonising the building blocks of life - carbon and carbon dioxide." [V Forbes]

A JEREMIAD ON FAKE NEWS

President Trump is excoriated in the press for saying that Sweden has been having issues with immigrants refusing to assimilate and creating problems of violence and sexual depravity.

The main-stream-media runs hot with denials and a concomitant denigration of Trump with his 'fake news' stories. Unfortunately for them, his somewhat clumsy reference to 'last night' (meaning he watched a program on TV 'last night') actually proved to be rather prophetic and indeed showed the media and the Swedish Government for the LIARS they really are [emphasis mine]:

Swedish politicians rushed to state that such problems were simply unknown. The city of Malmo was a model of multicultural harmony. One of the police officers interviewed by Horowitz said their comments had been taken out of context. “He is a madman.” And so on.
Just a few hours later, violence erupted in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after a mob of around 30 began attacking officers with rocks and setting fire to cars. But Trump had not been exercising metaphysical powers of prophecy. Both he and Ami Horowitz were accurately reflecting Swedish reality, as has been steadily reported over many years despite attempts by the Swedish authorities to suppress such information.
A few weeks previously, three police officers were taken to hospital after being attacked by a mob in Rinkeby, and officials placed more than 50 areas on a high risk list of places with high levels of migrants where police admit they do not have control. National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson said he needed a further 4,100 officers and specialist staff to deal with the surge in incidents since migrants entered the nation in their thousands. He said: “We have to go to work against unrest in the asylum centres which places a much greater demand than might appear outwardly.”[M Vespa]

This world of ours has been heading down the path of self-destruction for so long now that when someone gets into power who wants to bring a halt, or at least slow down the suicidal lemming-like behaviour; the elites who are leading the charge over the cliff go berserk.

One could be tempted to allow such mass perversity to continue were it not true that those who will ultimately suffer the most are the poor, disenfranchised and the middle classes....not unfortunately the architects of the problems in the first place.

Why? Because these parasites, money/fame grabbers, power lusters have no morals, no honour, no respect and will roll over to whoever or whatever gets ultimate control thus enjoying the benefits of whatever circumstances prevail.

I say thank goodness that this is all going to come to an end one day, perhaps not too far in the future.