The Thought Police Have Been Greenlit

Perhaps you have read 1984 or Brave New World?  I enjoyed the latter more than the former because it seemed a bit more believable.  1984 was just too far-fetched for me to suspend my disbelief and came across more as a future fantasy than a future possibility.

I guess I was wrong about the fantasy.  The thought police has just been declared 100% constitutional for this country.  Say what?

In deeming that the ObamaCare individual mandate (the requirement that each person in America have their own health insurance) was constitutional and hunky-dory, a federal judge had these words of wisdom to say:

"As previous Commerce Clause cases have all involved physical activity, as opposed to mental activity, i.e. decision-making, there is little judicial guidance on whether the latter falls within Congress’s power. ... However, this Court finds the distinction, which Plaintiffs rely on heavily, to be of little significance.  ...  It is pure semantics to argue that an individual who makes a choice to forgo health insurance is not 'acting,' especially given the serious economic and health-related consequences to every individual of that choice.  Making a choice is an affirmative action, whether one decides to do something or not do something."
     -- Judge Kessler remarks in his ruling on Civil Action No. 10-950 (p.45)

So this fellow is saying that the federal government CAN regulate mental activities and choices!?

Wow.  It boggles the mind...  When the whole HealthCare thing was being debated, the opponents who said it would lead, slippery-slope-like, to the government forcing us to buy whatever they wanted to seemed, I dunno', a bit on the fantasy-side to me.  But apparently the slope didn't slide far enough for this guy - the upshot of this ruling is that he thinks the federal government has the authority to control EVERY decision we make or don't make.

Right...  About that...

Two little questions:
1) Where do you think this level of absolute tyranny will lead?
2) How the heck do you plan on enforcing it, bub?

Hey, Judge Kessler?  I'm mentally sending some 'illegal' thoughts your way!

Trains?

What is up with all the talk about train networks being the solution?  Do our leaders think that we can't travel in this country without a new, high-speed train network?

No, that can't be right.  They must be aware that:
A) We already can travel where and when we need to.
B) If running a high-speed train network was profitable, someone would already being making money doing it.
C) Passenger trains have sucked money for years - they run at staggering losses that are made up for by the taxpayer.
D) Most Americans own one or more of their own vehicles and we have the world's best roadway network.

Surely they realize that our cars are more than a symbol of our freedom, they actually enable personal freedom.  Why would they want to get rid of...  Oh, wait.  I get it...

How to Fight Stealth Jihad

Each of us needs to stand up for our country and our way of life.  There are forces at work that want nothing less than the total destruction of the liberties and freedoms we love so well.  The enemy is not standing clearly in the light for all to see, but is instead slinking through the shadows, avoiding attention as much as possible, and throwing out red herrings at every opportunity.  I'm talking about the sticky spread of Creeping Shari'a and the continuing assaults of Stealth Jihad.  I think first we should define both of these terms.

Creeping Shari'a is the method of slowly substituting the laws of a country for those of Shari'a.  The results are easy to see in many European nations as their populations are beginning to find themselves living in a country that applies Islamic religious law to non-Muslims.  The same sorts of things are being attempted here, but with less success so far.  Here are a couple of links to some recent results of Creeping Shari'a in Norway and Denmark.

Stealth Jihad is the preferred method of attack being used against America and many of the European democracies today.  Instead of physical violence and attacks, the culture itself is undermined and weakened using the freedoms that are present within it.  Once a nation so targeted is weak enough, the destruction of the infidel (that's us, by the way) can take place through more conventional methods.  But don't take my word for it - this is how Mohamed Akram of the Muslim Brotherhood defines this plan in chapter 4 of his book, Explanatory Memorandum: On the General Strategic Goal for the Group,

"The process of settlement is a 'Civilization-Jihadist Process' with all the word means. The Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated..."
   (Translated from Arabic.)

Clearly we face opponents that are serious about wrecking our culture and us as a people.  Luckily, Americans do not sit around and take this kind of threat meekly - we fight!  And therein lies our opportunity.  Right now the conflict that is on-going in this country is a cold war (lots of talk and political maneuvering, but no bullets are flying), but if we wait until they feel their strategy has weakened us it will turn into a hot war.  There is no question in my mind as to which type of war I'd prefer to fight on American soil!  To win the war while it is still cold, we need to fight smart.

In order to fight smart, we must have more than raw courage and anger over this unwarranted aggression - we must know who we need to resist, what we need to resist, why we need to resist, how we can resist effectively, and when will we know that the fight is over.  Let's talk about each of these requirements and get our game face on!