Tea Party!!

Wahoo!! Look at the tea party candidates go! Much to the chagrin of the Republican establishment. I recently discovered an old war horse radio talk show host named Bob grant from WABC in New York. From what I understood with what I heard, he was a staunch conservative. Well, the first show I listened to, he was going on about the fact that if he lived in Delaware, he would've voted for Mike Castle over Christine ODonnell. I was devastated. He threw in with Karl Rove and the rest of the liberal media. This was the moment everyone knew that Karl Rove was a Republican more than he was a conservative. A distinction without a difference you ask? n n n n nooo.
Big difference. Just take a look at John McCain. Liberals and progressives, (what the hey, we'll just call them socialists shall we?) insist on making the distinction the difference between D and R. THIS is more a distinction without a difference. Why? Just take a look at how just about everyone running for any election runs to the right (conservative) or at least to the middle (spineless). Very few will run on out and out socialism. Why? Well I'll let you figure it out.
I'll tell you that the more I follow politics, and learn, and absorb the processes, I learn to recognize more quickly aspects and seeds of a progressive agenda. I've Expanded my awareness. I can see that the progressives constantly have the ball in motion. They are constantly running plays in the form of focus groups, the use of the (complicit) media to disseminate info supportive of the agenda. Leaving out anything that would make it look bad. Ordinarily, that would be where the media would investigate and report. Instead, they let it stand. Diversion, distraction, and outright deceit.
I also think a growing number of people realize the outright instigation of class warfare. Forget for a moment (for those who care) the tenth Commandment:
'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'
Then there is what's known as "The Golden rule": "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." (Matthew 7:12, see also Luke 6:31) The common English phrasing is "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".
If you have less than someone else and you covet what they have to the extent that you vote into office a politician who will legislate the taking from said folk and redistributing it to you, keep in mind, you are not the only one getting redistributed to. how much will that really benefit you? After everyone else gets a few pennies, you'll get your few pennies. yay. Now, extend it down to those with less than you. They're looking at what you have with a dribble of spittle emerging from the corner of their mouth.....Get it? It will never end. The bar will continue to change levels until everyone fits the system.
What I find reprehensible are the ones who wish to wield this power of redistribution, pointing out differences in people and groups of people instigating this envy because that's what will get them elected. Examples of this abound in the media. Most recently in the form of calling income earners of 250K millionaires and billionaires. Putting aside the fact that individuals in the 250K category are mall shop owners, franchise owners, 2 income families, gas station owners, otherwise small business owners. I can't think of very many positions where someone else will put someone on payroll at 250K compared to the number of 100K or 150K positions. That's why the categories with income of 250K or more contain the word "owner". This title comes with responsibility and risk. Those 2 items need to be rewarded.
Other examples are references to "fat-cat bankers" (Obama). What about the media outrage over the big 3 auto execs flying in private jets to testify before congress. They were so emasculated that they then all carpooled in a hybrid to the next visit. The point of this is the incitement to envy and covet. Does pointing out what someone else has compared to what you have really accomplish anything? Other than making a few "feel better"?
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Emotion.
Appealing to the lowest emotions is the easiest way to garner support and get votes.
It's a little more work, but the opposite can be accomplished also by changing the frame of the issue. For instance: Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Abraham Lincoln
In other words, Rich people can inspire that others may also be rich. However, demonizing and demoralizing the "rich" makes it less desirable to become rich in a sense. Not that being rich isn't the best revenge, but the opinions of others undulate and agitate creating discomfort amongst peers.
Other ways higher emotions can be appealed to is presenting successful (which needs to be defined on an individual basis) people and describing the level of self discipline it took to get there. Combine self discipline with passion and the ability to make decisions (as well as the ability to learn from incorrect decisions) and very literally anyone can become successful.
You will hear these kind of things only if the tea party continues in it's present form for another 50 to 80 years. The media hates this country as it was founded, Academia hates this country as it was founded, The media is being more and more ignored in favor of alternative media. So market forces may just solve this problem eventually. The next problem will be academia. Between tenure and unions, this is a much bigger problem that will take much longer to unravel.
I'm open to ideas but until the market - and this may also be the answer - basically defunds the major institutions in favor of patriotic American loving colleges, I don't know how to tackle this one.
In fact, my answer to folks who would tell me that because I didn't go to college, I just don't "get it", I say because I didn't go to college--I kept it!
Go Tea Party!!