Risking Mortification of the Flesh
By Robert Ringer
Kudos to Dick Morris for the great job he’s doing to help raise money for the League of American Voters in an effort to stop Obamacare from passing the Senate. Voters under thirty have been the strongest supporters of BHO’s attempt to put a stranglehold on the nation’s economy and gain ever more control over people’s lives.
After the League of American Voters ran ads in Arkansas, North Dakota, and Maine, however, the under-thirty crowd changed its tune and now opposes the Democrats’ Orwellian legislation by an eye-opening 65-25. Which proves again that what I first wrote about in 1979 in Restoring the American Dream is true: Short of a violent counter-revolution, education of the masses is the key to defeating the progressive movement to socialize America.
Informed people know that government-run healthcare has nothing to do with helping those who are uninsured … that global warming is a scam … that most members of Congress are totally corrupt and that a large number of them are guilty of treason … to name but a few of the more egregious items. Yet the government keeps inundating us with its trickle-down lies.
But the times they are a changin‘. The progressives are now getting it from all sides, thanks to Fox News, conservative talk radio, conservative and libertarian bloggers, and, above all, a strange humanoid by the name of Glenn Beck to whom God handed a divine mission.
Though the Republican establishment (that’s right, Republican) is up in arms over Beck, they’re too late. The only thing that can stop him is an assassin’s bullet, and let’s hope that doesn’t happen. And if it did, it might just trigger an acceleration in the citizen revolt that is now well under way.
Much like the Founding Fathers, I believe that Beck has committed himself to using his fame, his fortune, and his enormous talents to defeating the poisonous progressive movement in this country.
Beck is the guy I’ve been waiting for since 1982, when I wrote:
When soliciting others to help in a mass education program, be prepared for a great deal of frustration. Not only are most people apathetic, but even those who most fervently believe in freedom and free enterprise are rarely willing to back their beliefs with either time or money. Frank Chodorov, in his wonderful book, The Income Tax, poignantly noted this unfortunate truth when he wrote:
“If, for instance, those who prate about ‘free enterprise’ were willing to risk bankruptcy for it, even as the men of the Declaration risked their necks for independence, the present drive for the collectivization of capital would not have such easy going. Assuming that they are fully aware of the implications of the phrase they mouth, and are sincere in their protestations, the fact that they are unwilling to suffer mortification of the flesh disqualifies them for leadership, and the case for ‘free enterprise’ is hopeless.”
In simple terms, what Chodorov was saying was: If capitalists are unwilling to put their money where their mouths are, then the case for freedom and free enterprise is lost by default. And that, in the final analysis, is where the issue really will be decided.
Glenn Beck, who was fifteen years old when I wrote this, is the first person I have seen with the talent, money, drive, and, most important, willingness to “risk mortification of the flesh.” As I’ve said in previous articles, he has dragged the evildoers in Washington into a war with him that they cannot win.
The more they try to belittle Beck, the more attention they will draw to him — and to the facts he exposes on a daily basis. On the other hand, the more they try to ignore him, the more free rein he has to shed light on their dastardly deeds.
Beck has announced a massive rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, which gives the socialist oligarchy in Washington nine months to think about it. Unless they do something to stop him, that massive gathering of anti-government-corruption folks — I’m guessing it will be at least 1-2 million strong — will overwhelm the lies and treasonous acts of Obama and his progressive allies in Congress.
In the meantime, you can’t afford not to contribute to your own freedom. I urge you to go the League of American Voters Web site and make a down payment on saving your children and grandchildren from a lifetime of enslavement. Click here
to watch their eye-opening 30-minute video.
The repression of truth by the progressive fascists is becoming shakier by the day. Let’s make sure it spreads throughout the land before they resort to iron-fist tactics and establish an outright dictatorship in place of the shadow dictatorship that is now in place.
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Sooner or later, fully socialized health care is going to be the law of the land. In fact, it may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back and crashes America to the point of no return and no more muddling through. The only way S.H.C. (Socialized Health Care) is not going to happen is if the country collapses first, before it happens.
Frankly, in the long run—which is what really counts—I don’t believe that education alone will stop a “violent counter-revolution” from taking place. One of my father’s witticisms was, “people don’t know because they don’t want to know; and the reason they don’t want to know is because they don’t care; and the reason they don’t care is because they’re to god d**ed busy living their day to day trashy lives. Trash —(i.e. scr**ing, boozing, blaspheming, partying, and all the other activities that humanoid tripe like to occupy themselves with 24/7) —you know what I’m talking about: The exact same garbage-life that Mr. Beck lived before he became the exception to the rule. Education worked with him because, unlike most, he wanted to become erudite; Not so, with the hoi polloi; whom, for the most part, like blissful and indulgent ignorance.
Personally, even though I don’t believe in education, I’m still going to speak out until it becomes time to separate the men from the boys. Murphy’s Law applies in this current crisis more than ever: I’m expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and preparing myself to deal with whatever happens.
I have great respect for individuals like Mr. Robert Ringer. He has a long track record that I can count on. I would never bet the farm against his advice. I rely on his judgement as a tool to help perfect my own. That’s why it’s not a waste of time for me to post here—the only place I post, by the way.
I have a feeling that before this crisis is over, Mr. Ringer is going to stick his neck way out of his green tortoise shell in order to help educate “the folks.” I think he’s ready for “a great deal of frustration.” I sincerely hope he is rewarded for his efforts, and that this site grows into a forum of well written opinion, commentary, and argument.
As far as Mr. Glenn Beck goes, he’s the best we’ve got. We’re going to need more than him if education fails, and events lead to the violent scenario that I think is nearing a certainty.
I rarely make predictions or give out financial advice, but there is a two trillion dollar balloon-payment, in the form of short-term treasuries(with less than a year to maturity), that the U.S. Government has to roll over real soon; so be ready for trouble if China and/or the rest of the world stop playing ball with America. I think America can muddle through by coercing the rest of the world into floating the paper dollar; maybe even until the Baby-Boomer start to retire, but I wouldn’t stake my life on it.
It will be interesting to see when and how the funding crisis finally unfolds. When it happens, inflationism is sure to occur, followed by a period of demonetization. “Brothers and sisters,” you better look out when demonetization starts to happen. This, in turn, will cause so much economic pain, that, in the end, the humanoid tripe will not be able to get funding for all their short-term desires. And then just wait and see: Once the welfare checks become worthless, than watch the blood fly. The only education that’ll be taking place at that time is the kind that comes out of the barrel of an AK-47.
Keep your head down, and just be sure that you don’t learn more than you teach!
Robert,
I’ve come to believe that the majority of Americans have been living in a reality distortion field where they believe, and have been encouraged to believe, that because they simply WANT something, or even for the simple fact that they were born, they are somehow “entitled” to it.
Until there are serious and painful deprivations and material losses to people who are undeserving of the material goods that they’ve been able to accumulate in the increasingly dysfunctional social and economic system in the U.S. as it’s evolved, nothing real or substantial is going to change.
The macro economic imbalance in the current American financial system at present is staggering. Americans, overall, are still unprepared to psychologically objective enough to admit and face what we’ve allowed to insidiously occur with our self serving politicians and the multi national corporations who appear to be pulling the string with these politicians.
At some point, Americans lost touch with the art of extrapolation of trends and failed to grasp that the charted course we were all seduced into feeding into, was an eventual dead end.
People will only change their ways when the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of actually making some real and significant changes to our values and behavior. We aren’t there yet (or even close), and until conditions become so bad with enough Americans out of work and losing the things they value the most, that even the lies of the politicians and media who support them, are recognized by the majority for what they are, pure propaganda with malicious intent. Our faith has been misplaced and we have, as a nation, been taken advantage of as a result.
Change starts with more thinking adults starting to express their disgust and dissatisfaction with their votes of no confidence in the present oligarchy and the nefarious organizations supporting the continuation of business as usual.
Business as usual has become the political and business practice of parasitism and plunder by government mandate. In the end, this will be recognized in hindsight as nothing more than a form of national cannibalism with the few
remained in power, at the eventual cost of the impoverishment and financial destruction of the nation as a whole.
We all live here and want out children to have a prosperous and secure future. Thus, we have to speak up and get others to wake up and then speak up, as we each have an individual stake in the future for ourselves and for those to whom we are personally responsible.
Mr. Deusimplicitus
I enjoyed reading your meaningful comments, including this one: “People will only change their ways when the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of actually making some real and significant changes”
Yes, I agree with the above statement, as a rule of thumb, if I can edit out a few words so that it reads like this: “People will only change their ways when the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of actually making………….changes”
I suggest that we call this the Theory Of Change Relative To Pain, and make our hypothesis a bit more concise: Most people will change only when pain forces a change.
Pain is as great a motivator as it is an educator—-very; However, people may or may not make “real and significant changes” for the better. The assumption that people learn their lesson from the pain they experience, and then opt for a better lifestyle is not always true. In fact, people often choose the path of least resistance in order to avoid pain. (e.g. Suicide)
Mr. Deusimplicitus, this theory of yours is the primary reason why verbal education, if given alone, will most likely fail. Because pain, in my opinion, is the more effective educator of the masses.. Moreover, it is more relevant to them than mere words.
Truth be told: The masses need some pain to motivate them, and they’re going to get it —lots of it. (Maybe too much).
By the way, Mr. Ringer posted a great video recommendation. I watched it after I posted my first comments. I’ve seen NIA’s videos before, but not too recently. They’re getting much better. This latest one is well worth 30 minutes of your life to watch.
Robert –
I was wondering if you would accept this for discussion:
You wrote about “The Crusade Hurdle” in “Looking Out For #1.” If I remember, (and I more recently read Harry Browne “Freedom In An Unfree World” and may be mixed up,) the basic point is that there are more direct means of achieving results than joining groups or “crusades.” How do we reconcile this with our new-found interest in “community organizing” and 9/12 and 8/28/10, etc…
Raises the next question — do we have an obligatory allegiance to the United States Of America? Can’t we just find somewhere else to live if it gets unbearable here? Or have we reached the limit of the virtue of selfishness?
What about complete abstinence from the news? Sounds like you have an addiction.
Oh, yeah, that reminds me… I kind of have an issue with the Alcoholics Anonymous thing: I think it’s somewhere between a religion and a cult. And Mormonism? See — Glenn’s already got some symptoms of a follower; are we getting caught up in his addiction?
You may email me at patrick (at) operakadabra (dot) com or post a reply, or maybe you’ll take this on in an upcoming VOS.
Guns, Gold, And Ganja!
-p