Ray Bradbury Endorses Reaganomics, Capitalism

The Comic Con host asked Ray Bradbury how we should get out of this recession. Looks like he expected a different answer. Pretty funny.
Hat Tip Theospark.

The Road To Serfdom

60% of Americans receive more from the Federal Government than they put in. We are very close to the tipping point that leads our country to serfdom. There are 5 more videos in this 6-part series and they can be found at Nearly Nobody's News. 70% of Americans believe in the free market system, and 30% believe in Socialism. That 30% are working hard to change the culture of America. Stossel asks Congressman Paul Ryan a good question. How, if he is talking about the Constitution now, can he explain that he voted for TARP and the auto bailouts.

Capitalism, Ayn Rand Style

Here is a good synopsis of Ayn Rand's theories of government and freedom. I love how she refuses to let go of her central thought, despite the best efforts of her questioners.
Hat Tip Can You Be A Part Of My Life.

We are on a Precipice, Alright.

Obama got that part right. Precipice = 1. A very steep or overhanging place. 2. A hazardous situation. Our country is teetering on the edge of socialism. Will we become a socialist country or remain capitalist.

Thinking of a precipice at this time of year, for a gal in my generation, brings visions of the Grinch. The Grinch brought all the presents to the top of Mount Crumpet. Will Obama dump our entire country over the edge of the precipice? Or will some little thing hold us back. One or 2 votes in the Senate, perhaps? One small thread to carry the hope of a nation.

These are dark days for those who believe in freedom. For those with an independent spirit. For those who believe that American means the promise of Equal Opportunity, not Equal Outcomes. The Entitlement Czars are in charge of the Treasury. Our debt almost equals our annual income already. Is this any way to run the place?

Anyone who would throw away capitalism for socialism is a Grinch. For the simple reason that our children will not be born into the Land of Opportunity like we were. They will live in a place that is different. Changed. A place with far less Hope.

Read Me a Bedtime Story...

Do you like capitalism?

I do not like it, Uncle Sam.

I do not like capitalism.

Do you like it here or there?

I do not like it here or there.

I would not like it anywhere.

I do not like capitalism.

I do not like it, Uncle sam.

Would you like it with liberty?

Could you like the bourgeoisie?

I do not like it with liberty.

I will not like the bourgeoisie.

I do not like it here or there.

I do not like it anywhere.

I do not like capitalism.

I do not like it, Uncle Sam.

You may like it.

You will see.

You may like it with prosperity!

I would not, could not with prosperity.

Not even with my czars! You let me be.

I would not, could not; it's too cutthroat!

I will not, will not, let “them” gloat.

I will not like it, I shall reign!

Only I must control my vast domain.

Not without Marx! Not in my country!

Not even with my czars! You let me be!

I do not like it on Fox.

I do not like it in my talks.

I will not like it in the White House.

I do not like it, nor does my spouse.

I do not like it here or there.

I do not like it ANYWHERE!

From the Desk of sECULARsTUPIDEST.com

Steve Wynn Puts Gov. Granholm in Her Place

He says that it is private sector jobs that raise everybody's standard of living. She tells him his view is "simplistic" and defends the role of government. He corrects her and makes a great case for CAPITALISM. You GO, Mr. Wynn!

Old Fashioned Video for the Kiddies (and grownups too)

This old-fashioned video is very educational, in a patriotic sort of way. May I suggest showing it to your children in place of Obama's speech. Somebody needs to get some perspective on the good things that have come from our capitalist society. Capitalism is not a dirty word. Remember. A government powerful enough to give you everything you need is powerful enough to take everything you have.

Are We the Laughing Stock of the World?

Here is an opinion article from Pravda.ru about the loss of American Capitalism. Sad.

American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper

It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.

True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.

Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.

First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.

Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.
The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.

These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?

These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters.
Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.
Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "freeman" whimper.
So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.
The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.
The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Stanislav Mishin

Thank you jrvause for posting this.

Stimulus makes me nauseous

Oh, please don't do it. Please don't. Please DON'T. Please don't spend my children's and grandchildren's prosperity. Please don't pass the largest spending bill ever to be passed in the history of this country. Please don't put through a HUGE batch of entitlement programs that will essentially turn this country into a socialist nation. Please don't take away hope from my children. Please don't take away the incentive that comes with capitalism. Incentive for my kids to plan to work hard to get ahead. To exert themselves to make a good life for themselves and their families.

Do you remember my post about Memories of Socialism? I wrote about my experience as a foreign exchange student in Sweden in the 1980s. I specifically *asked* the kids there what they planned to do when they "grow up". To a MAN they said that they didn't plan to do anything grand. Because if they did, the government would take it all away from them. They would end up supporting 4 families in addition to their own. And the drunk down the street has a nice apartment. Their words.

Please don't.