Thread: To Your Battle Stations, Conservatives

To Your Battle Stations, Conservatives
By David Limbaugh
January 9, 2009

The best long-term solutions for our ailing economy are to restore market forces in every possible sector, reduce the crippling tax burden, and restore responsible fiscal practices to the federal government. Sadly, the incoming Obama administration plans on moving in the opposite direction in all these areas and believes it has a mandate to do so. Are conservatives asleep or just worn down?

Too many Americans have succumbed to the propaganda that the market is inherently evil and fraught with excesses fueled by "capitalistic greed" and that such systemic corruption has led to our economic woes. Only large-scale government intervention can rescue us from this pernicious system.

Under Democratic and Republican administrations alike, we have advanced ever more rapidly away from a free market environment and toward a command and control economy. Steadily we have accepted the notion that politicians should pick winners and losers based on their ideas of fairness rather than having market forces be the ultimate arbiter.

We have swallowed the fearmongering admonitions of public officials who insist that even apart from the moral question of picking winners and losers, our government must bail out "essential" segments of the economy, such as the automobile industry, lest the entire economy be doomed for extinction. Indeed, this word "essential" has proved to be an essential tool for the left in these difficult times.

True conservatives out there -- however many remain -- must not forget the ominous words of Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who said: "Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things."

Perhaps this statement was not as sexy for sound bite purposes as Obama's cavalier remark to Joe the Plumber that we need to spread the wealth around a little bit. But it is even more revealing.

Sure, much has been stated about Emanuel's comment, but not nearly enough. For in all the media-generated excitement over Obama's pecs and the faux conservative approval of Obama's "moderate" appointments, it appears we have failed to grasp the significance of this revelation.

If we'd take a breath and view this soberly, we'd see that Emanuel's remark is evidence that liberals are now coming out of the closet. They'll no doubt still eschew the liberal label, but they'll unapologetically embrace liberal policies in a way they wouldn't have before.

Emanuel -- on Obama's behalf, by the way -- might as well have stated: "We liberals are not the least bit concerned about the economy, not because it isn't every bit as bad as you've heard, but precisely because we believe it is. You see, we finally have a chance to implement our ideas on a grand scale. We've helped brew the perfect storm by imposing policies that largely led to the mortgage meltdown and scapegoating corporations for them, thereby demonizing and discrediting the free market to the point that full-blown government solutions are now plausible rather than political suicide. We are not sorry for our current predicament, but elated about it. In our view, the ends always justify the means, so what's a little widespread economic hardship en route to our grand vision for an America where we are in power and we get to pick winners and losers? And by the way, all that stuff we said about the growing deficits and national debt under Republican administrations was important, but not in the way you think. It was important for us to get elected, but now that we have been, we can be honest and tell you that a growing debt is just another necessary means to the end of expanding government power. We are giddy about the reported $1 trillion deficit because it gives us a license for more of the same -- and then some. Next stop, nationalized health care."

I respectfully suggest that those sanguine "conservatives" who believe Obama's "moderate" appointments are cause for comfort are fooling themselves. You'll see how relatively irrelevant some of these appointments are when Obama presses forward with his "stimulus package" (an enormous set of earmarks that are being sold under cover of eliminating earmarks), redistributes wealth under the guise of tax cuts, and signs America on to a sovereignty- and economy-destroying cap and trade program in homage to the global warming myth.

But as egregious as those policies are, they'll pale next to his push for socialized medicine, which, if realized, could irreversibly change the American economy, not to mention destroy the quality of health care.

Boy, is it ever time for the loyal opposition to rear its head. The way things are going, Obama's agenda will be nearing the end zone before the defense suits up for the game.

Now is the time for all good conservatives to quit trying to be loved by the liberal media and come to the aid of their country.

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We have swallowed the fearmongering admonitions of public officials who insist that even apart from the moral question of picking winners and losers, our government must bail out "essential" segments of the economy, such as the automobile industry, lest the entire economy be doomed for extinction. Indeed, this word "essential" has proved to be an essential tool for the left in these difficult times.

These segment of the economy would not be "essential" if the policies of our Government since Reagan was not a game to see who could send the most manufacturing jobs overseas. Anything solid that we once had, that made us a world economic leader, is gone. The manufacturing backbone of our country was broken by policies that rewarded those who moved their businesses and jobs overseas and penalized those who kept them here. The same can be said with the tech industry who was given additional incentives to import workers here to avoid giving Americans jobs. Those who have been planning the NWO for decades if not centuries are in control of BOTH PARTIES in the US. They have found ways of effectively blocking any third party candidates from becoming viable. By the people not standing up when the could have, we have allowed and participated in the death of our economy. This could be worse than The Great Depression! In the 1930's we were still pretty self sufficient. We knew how to hunt and fish, grow and can our own veggies, sew our own clothes. We could live with limited or no electricity if we had to. Trading and bartering were still used along with US currency. Neighbors still helped neighbors and hard, backbreaking work was something everyone was used to. We are now a flock of spoiled sheeple who have given up the ability to be self sufficient. We now find ourselves at the mercy of those who wish to destroy us. We have traded our freedom and self sufficiency for some pretty cut glass. It looks nice, but it is worthless and the price was way too high.

The best long-term solutions for our ailing economy are to restore market forces in every possible sector, reduce the crippling tax burden, and restore responsible fiscal practices to the federal government.

None of his presecriptions address globalism, whether the export of manufacturing or international labor arbitrage. Indeed, globalism has put "market forces" to work on its behalf by lowballing wages and prices.

America needs to get back to making and doing things again. The notion that we could export millions of jobs and economic processes overseas, and still magically keep on buying, buying and buying, is what's coming home to roost now.

Originally Posted by BetsyRoss

The best long-term solutions for our ailing economy are to restore market forces in every possible sector, reduce the crippling tax burden, and restore responsible fiscal practices to the federal government.

None of his presecriptions address globalism, whether the export of manufacturing or international labor arbitrage. Indeed, globalism has put "market forces" to work on its behalf by lowballing wages and prices.

America needs to get back to making and doing things again. The notion that we could export millions of jobs and economic processes overseas, and still magically keep on buying, buying and buying, is what's coming home to roost now.

Exactly BR, you hit the nail on the head!

Thank you. In the recent past, when we seemed to be prosperous, everybody around the world came a'running with bushel baskets. Asia to sell us stuff, India and Mexico for our jobs; it's hard to think of a player who didn't stick out their hands towards America, yelling, "Cha-ching!!!" At the same time, ordinary Americans were on the receiving end for a lot of verbal abuse from these same parties. Supposedly we were spending too much and living too high (but that's the engine their plans were running on, too, talk about biting the hand ...).

We were slammed for our high salaries, by people who didn't understand the need to heat homes, pay mortgages, and pay off student loans. I've had the displeasure of interacting with many foreigners who didn't bother to understand our economic ecology. They thought our salaries were all discretionary, when in many cases their countries didn't bother providing 7 x 24 electricity, clean water, sidewalks, covered sewers, universal public education, paved roads, parks, public libraries, etc. etc. .... They didn't understand how our salaries helped pay for all these things, they were just here on work visas enjoying them.

And they loved slamming our schools, even though many came from nations where they blatantly don't bother trying to educate all children, even putting many of them to work at hard labor at early ages. They just loved to compare the cream of their school system's crop to our average students. The takeover of our society and economy by their 'brainbox" [their term] seemed gleefully inevitable to them. Not any more. The party's over.