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I’m Old Enough to Remember When Leftists Used to Quote Orwell’s 1984 as a Warning

Posted: June 20, 2023 by datechguy in Uncategorized

Col: The reason we’re pinned down General is we can’t get any air support!

General Patton: The hell with that Nobody’s getting any air support! If you can’t put some fire in this battalion Col I’ll get someone who can! [Turns to another officer] Major, you the executive officer here?

Maj Walker: Yes Sir:

General Patton: What’s you’re name?

Maj Walker: Walker Sir

General Patton: Well you’re now the commanding officer. You’ve got four hours to break through to that beachhead down there if you don’t make it by then I’ll fire YOU

Patton 1970

One of the reasons why I’m constantly recommending people like Don Surber is that he constantly puts things exactly the right way.

He achieved that today in his post SJW’s on the run with these two paragraphs:

A few people began praying. The anniversary of the decision became a focal point of the prayers. Republicans began mouthing the words of the pro-life movement. For more than 40 years, Republicans strung the electorate along. Then Donald Trump — the flawed vessel of conservatism — came along and appointed three actually pro-life justices.

Last June, Roe v. Wade was swept abortion rights into the dustbin of history, right alongside Dred Scott (black men have no rights) and separate but equal. The reversal of Roe may have cost Republicans the midterm election but so what? What good is power if it is not used for good? It’s not as if Charlie McCarthy and Go Along With Mitch are doing anything. Dude, where’s my J6 footage?

emphasis mine

When the GOP says we should not fight the culture war, when even Donald Trump, who delivered on Roe when nobody else did suggests the abortion issue might be a loser my mind goes back to the 4-3 ruling that legalized gay marriage in Massachusetts that put us where we are today.

Under Massachusetts law it only took 25% of the legislature to get something like this on the ballot for the people to vote and it was something we were well on our way to getting.

But Mitt Romney was our governor and Mitt Romney wanted to be President and Mitt Romney, for all his Mormon faith didn’t want to upset the alphabet people to do anything that might hinder those national ambitions so he did nothing and the measure never made it to the ballot at a time when it would have been soundly defeated. Massachusetts was a stepping stone to him and he didn’t want any waves when he was crossing.

Mitt had the power but the end of his power was more power, and whenever I see all the evil and destruction LGBTQ+ has done to our society in one generation I never forget that it was Mitt Romney who made these things possible.

If you make the goal of electing republicans seeing a person with an (R) next to their name in office and make it clear to candidates that this is your goal that’s the only goal you will achieve.

But if you make the purpose of electing republicans achieving conservative ends and advance the conservative agenda and make it clear to candidates that if they don’t achieve that goal you’ll fire them, they’ll work to achieve those ends, even if they hate your guts. As Orwell put it

Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

George Orwell 1984

If you make the squishes know you’re their only path to power, they’ll kiss your hand every time.

The Big Apple

Posted: June 20, 2023 by chrisharper in Uncategorized
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By Christopher Harper

For the first time in about a decade, I visited New York City. It’s a mess!

Although the city still has many sterling attractions, including museums, music, and sporting events, the Big Apple has hit hard times.

It reminds me of the 1990s when crime soared, racial tensions affected daily life, and the subways became a haven for crime and chaos.

Just before I arrived in town last weekend, a 34-year-old man was murdered on a subway near Union Square. That’s where I used to teach in the 1990s. Just after I left, a man slashed the legs of people on an East Side subway. I had difficulty sleeping because of the constant peel of police sirens, even in a relatively quiet neighborhood.

I spent about a dozen years in New York living and working on the West Side, which is generally considered a bit hipper and younger than the stolid East Side, where I stayed this past week to meet an old friend near the United Nations.

What surprised me on the East Side, which is generally considered older and wealthier, is how many restaurants had died from COVID. Many eateries closed, including McNally’s, a hangout for fans of the Mets and Buffalo Bills. Ironically, the locale is being turned into a healthcare facility.

Homeless people slept in the middle of the day on sidewalks across from the United Nations. I don’t remember the homeless situation being that bad when I lived in the city. However, a recent Wall Street Journal analysis found that homelessness had soared in recent months because of massive increases in rent throughout the country during COVID.

What really surprised me was the amount of dog poop on the sidewalks. Back in the day, I remember loud arguments if people left poop behind.

New York was never particularly friendly, but it seems even less friendly now than I recall. Almost no one makes eye contact or offers a hello or good morning. In a diner where my friend and I had breakfast, the waiter wore a face mask and seemed more interested in our finishing our food to seat another party than serving us.

When Rudy Giuliani became mayor in 1994, he faced many of the same problems that exist today in the city. He focused much of his time on the “broken window” theory of fighting crime. This theory states that visible signs of crime, anti-social behavior, and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes. The theory suggests that policing methods target minor offenses such as vandalism, loitering, public drinking, jaywalking, and subway fare evasion help to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness. Giuliani’s adoption of the strategy made New York a better and safer place to live.

It may be too late for such an approach.

I realize many New Yorkers will find this post offensive, but I now understand why thousands of people have left the city to find kinder and quieter climates.