Why Democrats/Progressives Want to Destroy the Middle Class

I've often wondered why Leftist Democrats and Progressives hate the middle class so much.  Why do they have so much envy and work like demons, night and day, to undermine, demoralize, and destroy the backbone of this country.

My primary theory was they had a rich neighbor that made them feel bad or they grew up in a broken home, poor and wanting to destroy those they always perceived as being "better" than them.  To bring the "rich" down to their own level so to speak.

I recently read a great article in WSJ entitled "The Soccer Mom Revolt Against Common Core" that changed my mind to their motivation.

In the last paragraph of the article, discussing the Obama administration's troubles implementing Common Core, it states exactly what drives the enduring hate:

Prof. Greene thinks the administration’s education agenda has crossed the wrong voters. “They’re going to lose,” he said, citing White House hubris and overreach. “You can’t beat organized upper-middle-class people. They will fight back and you will lose.”

The Democrats and Progressives are always and forever about gaining power.  The upper middle class is one of the few bastions of power left that can stand up to them and thwart their final takeover of the culture.  For this, they must be destroyed, because nothing must come between a Leftist and power.

Classic Propaganda from Washington Post

I recently came across this story about a CDC study on the gay population.  In the article it states that 1.6 percent of adults say they're gay.  

The party line has always been that the gay population is about 4 percent.  So what does WashPo have to say about that?  Their analysis is that it's "a slightly smaller assessment".  

When an estimate is cut by more than 50%, I wouldn't say that is "slight".  I would say it's massive and just another example of how the people driving the narrative manipulate perceptions.  

One obscure article in itself doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme, but a steady drip, drip, drip, multiplied by thousands of years will grind even a mountain into dust.

The National Health Interview Survey, which is the government’s premier tool for annually assessing Americans’ health and behaviors, found that 1.6 percent of adults self-identify as gay or lesbian, and 0.7 percent consider themselves bisexual.

The overwhelming majority of adults, 96.6 percent, labeled themselves as straight in the 2013 survey. An additional 1.1 percent declined to answer, responded “I don’t know the answer” or said they were “something else.”

The figures offered a slightly smaller assessment of the size of the gay, lesbian and bisexual population than other surveys, which have pegged the overall proportion at closer to 3.5 or 4 percent. In particular, the estimate for bisexuals was lower than in some other surveys.

Things I Learned from Call of Duty

• You can't outrun a machine gun. 


• Never hide behind a car when people are shooting at you. 


• Teamwork always beats the lone wolf. 


• Cleverness and tactics can compete with raw speed. 


• It's important to mute the other players, otherwise you'll lose all hope for the future of this country.


• There is no perfect weapon. Just the right one for the right job.


• Enemies always show up at the worst possible time.

Is Communist Manipulation Still Occuring

Over the last several years I've been excited to see the fracking energy revolution in our country.  It's been a great benefit to the US by raising the standard of living and increasing energy independence.  It's also giving me the personal satisfaction of once again seeing the Doomsday Prophets and the Peak Oil magpies proved wrong.

Despite all the benefits to individuals and our country, the Left has been rabidly opposed to fracking. I've been a bit baffled as to why, other than they can't stand to see people become independent and our country do well.

The hammer the Left has used to beat against fracking has been the usual Luddite environmental arguments,  but the link between more, cheaper energy and global warming didn't seem strong enough to justify the zeal they have for shutting fracking down. 

I've recently read a couple items that have made the reason more clear.  The first is an excellent book by M Stanton Evans called, Stalins' Agents, about Soviet infilttration of FDR's government.
The  second was an article I read in the Wall Street Journal this weekend which was about how Putin is running diplomatic circles around western politicians despite having a country on the decline.  In the article it states:

 But time isn't on Mr. Putin's side. Russia's failure since 1989 to build an effective economy keeps his reach short. U.S. diplomacy may be wobbly, but U.S. development of shale oil and gas attacks the core of Russia's strength. With the U.S. out of the gas-importing business, a lot more natural gas is on world markets, and Gazprom's OGZPY +0.82% customers are demanding better terms. Fracking hurts Mr. Putin in the wallet, and Russia has never had much cash to spare.

 As I read this, the gong went off in my head that this sounded exactly like the tactics the Communists used in the 30's and 40's, when they used NGO's (front groups) and government infiltration to influence US policy to favor the USSR.

The article also states:

The Edward Snowden caper was a stunning Russian success—and an embarrassing U.S. failure. An old KGB hand, Mr. Putin knows that intelligence and propaganda were among the Soviet Union's greatest assets—and now, Russia's spooks and spinmeisters are back.

 Is it a far stretch to believe that Russian intelligence, agents in the US, and fellow travellers are once again actively manipulating credulous and sympathetic government officials in subverting our own best interests in favor of once again propping up Russia?  In light of the rabid attacks on fracking by the Left, it doesn't seem too far fetched.

Why we pay taxes

I'm glad I'm able to give up 30% of everything I work for so that I can do my part to support higher education. I'm appalled at the conditions these professors are forced to toil in. How can a society that purports to care, treat the most vulnerable and necessary people in our society this way. A society is judged by how it treats it's professors, and ours will be judged rather harshly I'm afraid.
Fat City | The Weekly Standard

Sambo's burned down

We were driving down to the property last week and were stunned to see the old Sambo's restaurant had burned down. Apparently, it was caused by faulty electrical equipment in the early morning hours.

We're really going to miss the place, even though Sambo's had shutdown and been turned into Poppy's. There was nothing better than stopping by for $9.99, all you can eat ribs after canoeing all day.

From 2011-02-07

Some of my favorite memories are of eating there with Mom and Pops on their visits, when they would stay at Henry Horton. I think the best one was when we were chowing down on a Saturday evening, when in walks a gal in her wedding dress. I guess she'd just gotten married and had to get some ribs before heading off on her honeymoon.

From Drop Box

Goodbye fair Sambo's, we hardly knew ye!

Pathfinder

Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Awesome book. If you like OSC, you'll like this. I'm looking forward to the next one.



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