It would appear that we fought the scourge of Communism in the twentieth century for naught, as it has been gaining momentum right here at home. Does that shock you? It should because you probably don’t believe it for a second. That’s what a good team can do; use subterfuge in a concerted effort to plot before your very eyes, undetected. Call it hiding in plain sight.
That’s what the tandem of the democrats and the main stream media have been doing; moving towards a socialist state while we look on, mesmerized by their skill in such maneuverings, while being blinded as to the ultimate destination. We’re all along for the ride but we’re seated facing the rear window and occassionally, as we watch the road go by moving away from us, someone will spot a chunk of debris and say, “Hey, wasn’t that a piece of freedom we just passed?”.
We have a woman running for President of the United States in 2008. I don’t have a problem with that at all. But that woman is also a certified Marxist judging by the comments she has made recently and the agendae she has pursued throughout her career. While that may sound alarmist or even McCarthy-esque, it would be because the main stream media has conditioned you to think that way.
There are many examples of this, but today I am going to focus on one aspect; the seizure of private finances (aside from confiscation through taxation).
The media has set up the public to be outraged by Exxon/Mobil’s “obscene profits”, blithely reporting how much money they have made. The media also dumbs it down, calculating for us just how much money Exxon made per hour. One article on the web was titled, “By The Time You Read This, Exxon Will make $6,000″. Really makes the blood boil, doesn’t it? And people say, “That’s just not right!”.
Enter Hillary to save the day. She uses phrases like the common good and people agree vigorously before they realize that she is advocating Marxism. And then, taking her cue from the distorted media reports designed to outrage the folks, she offers a solution…the government should take those profits and use them for research to make us energy independent*. Again, the people applaud like seals, unaware that this woman who would be president has just endorsed government seizure of private property. Not good, Comrade. I hope we wake up before we start renaming American cities with a “-grad” at the end.
And just to clarify things that the media will not…Exxon had FY06 revenues of $377B making their profit margin 10%. Not only that, but through the first three quarters of the fiscal year, their profits were $29B. They paid Uncle Sam $22.6B in that same time period.
One more thing: Remember the Clintons and their quest to destroy Microsoft? We don’t hear much about that anymore. The reason is, Big Oil is a sure way to hurt President Bush, so what better way than to exploit Exxon? But while Exxon reaped a 10% profit on their revenues, Microsoft saw a 29% profit margin in FY06. Food for thought.
*We have the technology and the natural resources to be energy independent. The left will not allow us to access them.
-Woody
