The Straight Jacket of Liberalism

Today I was looking over some op/ed articles and came across an article where a commentator stated her dislike of Republicans was based on her allegation that Republicans interfere in the personal moral decisions of others. That's when it hit me - if either of the two predominant political ideologies in the US is blameworthy, it's the Straight Jacket of Liberalism that is guilty of this transgression.

In my opinion, Liberalism is all and totally about the few directing the masses for their own good. Can I prove this, you ask? You bet I can. Just watch me.

Regardless of the classical definitions of Liberalism, modern Liberalism is a move to Socialism. It is a statement that only government is capable of caring for the needs of the citizens. It is the concept that government knows what's best for me in order to achieve a predetermined societal end. And isn't that the classic definition of interference? Therefore any implementation of it will by definition remove the individuals' free will.

This is clearly the case because if my personal choice is achieve end "X" by using "Y" route, what happens if my method disagrees with that of government? If government is to provide for my needs, am I not losing free will? Clearly the answer is yes, if my ends or means differs from that of the policy makers.

In what manners can we see my thesis in action? Hmmm . . . ?

Aren't most global warming fixes leaning in the direction of a straight jacket by limiting my choices? If I am forced to drive an "approved" vehicle isn't that meddling in my right to self determination? Isn't the imposition of any sort of "carbon tax" such an example of someone else determining what's best for me?

Isn't FORCING me to burn foodstuffs in place of refined oil the same thing? Especially considering what ethanol is doing to food prices, I would argue the free will of many of the Left's favorite darlings, the poor, are being adversely affected. Some basic foods are being priced out of their ability to purchase same. Isn't this obvious?

Isn't the forcing of Socialized Medicine upon 85% of the population for whom private health insurance works perfectly well the complete bastardization of the exercise of free will? How can the Left get away with their ridiculous advocacy of implementing Socialized Medicine upon 100% of the people when only 15% of us cannot manage to do what 85% successfully accomplish? Hello? This is meddling!

Worse than mere meddling, it is the concept of deconstructing a largely effective system because a very small minority cannot participate. So, destroy what works perfectly well for me and 255 million other Americans so the 45 million who can't cope get it as well, all on my dime to boot! It would seem the foundation upon which the commentator based her thoughts has developed some serious cracks.

What about the personal choices of religion and worship? Considering the definition of a "Conservative" is to favor the traditional versus the "of late" concepts of society, and our Constitution specifically states there can be no impediment to the individuals practice of worship, how can anyone get away with leveling this allegation?

Conservatives are all about the completely free choice of worship for everyone, or to not worship, if they see fit. On the other hand Liberalism in its current form endeavors to limit the practice of many persons religious traditions because the Left argues that to do so in some way "disadvantages" someone else. It's not inclusive.

No Christmas plays in school, but make sure to put up a "Happy Ramadan" banner in class. Easter? Forget about it! A mention of God in our founding documents and on our paper money? How dare we? It is obvious for all to see that any mention of a deity is somehow bad, unfair or non-inclusive, right?

What about the individual right of our nation to practice an autonomous foreign policy? Isn't the insistence on getting the UN to "authorize" anything we do the antithesis of free will, in the national sense? And isn't it the Left that is always arguing for this?

Isn't it the Libs who are forever telling us how we must interpret the US Constitution with a "global perspective?" Isn't this yet another clearly apparent initiative on their part to remove our ability to practice our own autonomous government? Sovereignty and all that? You damn sure skippy it is!

Why won't the "feeling ones" let us tap and drill our own oil? Build more nuclear power plants? Build more refineries?

What about "Liquefaction," the converting of coal, which we have more of than the Saudis have oil, into gasoline and diesel fuel? Would anyone be surprised if I told you that the process of liquefaction releases carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas? Would anyone be surprised that the Left will not let us do this, even though if we did it our nation would become COMPLETELY ENERGY INDEPENDENT of Middle Eastern oil?

Would anyone be surprised if I pointed out for your edification that this is just one more example of the Left's infringement on the free will of our nation? One more example of them dictating to all of us what is best for us and what we must do, AS DETERMINED BY THEM? Does the fact that they get to dictate to all of us not clearly demonstrate an obstacle to our national right to self determination? An INTERFERENCE? Sure seems so to me.

And lastly, isn't the determination by the "feeling ones" as to what is Politically Correct and acceptable just one more, perhaps the most egregious of all, of the ways in which the Left dictates to the rest of us what we can think, say and do, and isn't that an interference?

Friends, modern Liberalism is the concerted effort to impose Socialism on the United States. It employs all of the tactics they use to indict Conservatives; all the while they feign a complete and total ignorance to their methods and ends.

They prop up the fallacious argument that it's Conservatives who are trying to take away some fundamental right Americans have traditionally enjoyed by employing the tactics they attribute to us.

Haven't I clearly laid bare the facts as to the hollowness of their words when those words are held up to their methods and goals in achieving their warped dreams of Utopia? Have I not demonstrated that their goals are in fact the exact implementation of what the commentator accused Republicans of being? Isn't the attempt to implement Socialism upon The United States the very definition of interference?

This is not about Socialized Medicine, Global Warming, religion, US foreign policy or a woman's right to legal abortion. It is wholly and totally about the implementation of pure Socialism.

The practice whereby the few get to dictate to the masses what is best for them. It's about the Lefts desire to impose THEIR vision of morality, society and government upon all of us. They CLAIM it's for the benefit of the few, but the reality is it is to develop a national mindset whereby we expect, nay, will sit by passively, as they, the Left make us more and more dependent on government.

And their eventual goal is pure unadulterated political ascendancy. This is nothing more than their attempts to acquire the reins of power and then make sure we are dependent upon them, the "feeling ones" for all the manna from Heaven. If they sit on the throne of power, and from that tiny elite position they can dictate to the masses, we're sunk as a nation. And remember, it is their political ideology that advocates government is the source of power.

Pick up any book on the subject and you will see the Framer's clearly intended for the "power" of government to rest in the hands of the people. Conservatives favor a strict Constitutional interpretation, and as such, power MUST remain in the hands of the people. Remember that first line of the Declaration, "We the People . . . ?"

And make no mistake - this is a fight about tradition! They demonize us for favoring tradition, screaming we are trying to impose such upon the masses, when the truth is really that the Left is trying to use government policy and legislation as the means to achieve their ends - the FORCED, LEGISLATED, and RULED FROM THE BENCH morality they wish to see imposed.

How can a Conservative impose upon someone something that is traditional practice? The Conservative point is not to force anyone else to our way; our position is stop trying to make us accept the change you demand. So, who is meddling with who? I want the fruits and nuts to shut up and let me be. I don't give a rat's ass how they want it done. Nor do I care what these folks do, AS LONG AS THEY STOP TRYING TO IMPOSE THEIR MORALITY ON ME!

I'm sorry Libs, but the truth is tradition cannot be foisted upon someone - it just is the state of being. But the desire by Libs to impose Liberalism as a gov't and social order is the forcing or your morality upon my nations traditional practices. The Left are the ones screaming for change. The Right is saying, "No, things ain't perfect but they ain't all bad," and what Liberalism wants is to destroy what America has always been and replace it with the Liberal vision of society and government..

Whatcha think happens when we give over all that power to government? Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely!