Liberals like to call conservatives Nazis. They regularly compare George Bush to Hitler. The interesting thing about this is that it makes no sense. The Nazis were much closer to modern day liberals than to modern day conservatives. Check out some of the reasons from Joe Mariani from Chronwatch:
The Nazi Party platform contained 25 demands, adopted in 1920 and essentially unaltered at the time Hitler took power. Many of those socialist demands resonate far better with modern-day American liberals than Conservatives. Consider the following examples:
7. We demand that the state be charged first with providing the opportunity for a livelihood and way of life for the citizens.
Does this sound more akin to the liberal belief that the government is responsible for job losses or gains, or the conservative position that jobs are created by private enterprise (though helped or hindered by current economic policies)? Does it sound like a demand for welfare?
11. Abolition of unearned (work and labour) incomes. Breaking of rent-slavery.
This is aimed directly at landlords and large business owners. It hardly seems likely that capitalists and conservatives would insist that no one receive any money unless he personally earn it by doing the actual work themselves.
12. In consideration of the monstrous sacrifice in property and blood that each war demands of the people personal enrichment through a war must be designated as a crime against the people. Therefore we demand the total confiscation of all war profits.
If that doesn't sound like today's standard liberal hate speech against Halliburton, nothing ever will.
13. We demand the nationalization of all (previous) associated industries (trusts).
Nationalization of industries is hardly in line with the conservative aim of privatization of industries. It's liberals, in general, who want to nationalize industries (starting with healthcare).
14. We demand a division of profits of all heavy industries.
Wealth redistribution? Does that sound like a particularly right-wing ideal?
15. We demand an expansion on a large scale of old age welfare.
Republicans and conservatives are accused of wanting to halt Medicare and steal Social Security in every election cycle, so this demand for expansion could hardly be a part of any conservative agenda.
25. For the execution of all of this we demand the formation of a strong central power in the Reich. Unlimited authority of the central parliament over the whole Reich and its organizations in general.
Conservatives, who favor more limited government with lower taxes (in order to restrict its growth), would directly oppose a strong central government with unlimited authority (possibly resisting with guns, which German citizens first had to register, then surrender).
Hmmm....who are the modern day Nazis, really?
---Katie
Friday, November 26, 2004
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Something to be thankful for....
I had trouble thinking of something to write for Thanksgiving. Of course I am thankful for my family, my church, the many material blessings God has given us. I am thankful that my kids are home for the holiday and that they made it here safely. I am thankful my parents are with us for a little while longer.... but I did think of something I am thankful for this year, in particular.
I have great neighbors.
We had three hurricanes impact us this year. Most of us had minor roof damage, fence damage (my dogs can still get out if I leave them unsupervised!), and lots of branches and perhaps trees to clean up. Others had more serious damage right up to having to completely redo the insides of their homes because of water damage. For some of these folks Hurricane Charley damaged the roof enough so that Frances and Jeanne could finish things off with lots of water. I know people who are still in temporary housing. But for most of us, the greatest inconvenience was doing without power for days at a time.
What I like about my neighbors is that they take care of each other. Our next door neighbors managed to snag a generator. They ran an electric cord for us so that we could have fans, TV (we had cable during all three outages, for some reason) and internet. It made things so much more bearable. And when we got power back on our side of the street, they loaned their generator and window air conditioner to an across the street neighbor who still did not have power. In fact, there was a section of our neighborhood that did not get power back until two days after the rest of us did because of a tree that had taken a power line down in their grid. Many of us had neighbors across the street who did not have power while we did. What warmed my heart every time I went out and everytime I returned home was seeing the power cords stretching across the streets all around our part of the neighborhood. My neighbors were taking care of each other. We are a community.
I love my neighbors. They are a reason to give thanks today.
---Katie
I have great neighbors.
We had three hurricanes impact us this year. Most of us had minor roof damage, fence damage (my dogs can still get out if I leave them unsupervised!), and lots of branches and perhaps trees to clean up. Others had more serious damage right up to having to completely redo the insides of their homes because of water damage. For some of these folks Hurricane Charley damaged the roof enough so that Frances and Jeanne could finish things off with lots of water. I know people who are still in temporary housing. But for most of us, the greatest inconvenience was doing without power for days at a time.
What I like about my neighbors is that they take care of each other. Our next door neighbors managed to snag a generator. They ran an electric cord for us so that we could have fans, TV (we had cable during all three outages, for some reason) and internet. It made things so much more bearable. And when we got power back on our side of the street, they loaned their generator and window air conditioner to an across the street neighbor who still did not have power. In fact, there was a section of our neighborhood that did not get power back until two days after the rest of us did because of a tree that had taken a power line down in their grid. Many of us had neighbors across the street who did not have power while we did. What warmed my heart every time I went out and everytime I returned home was seeing the power cords stretching across the streets all around our part of the neighborhood. My neighbors were taking care of each other. We are a community.
I love my neighbors. They are a reason to give thanks today.
---Katie
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