WHY ARE THEY AVOIDING THE REAL PROBLEMS?
by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet
(Jul. 14, 2011) — I used to think that it was the book publishers who started conspiracy theories: you know, like Oswald was programmed by L.B.J., so they could sell more books. but if you’re a real conspiracy aficionado, you have to have more layers, like maybe it is actually the tree-huggers who are the ones responsible for spreading myths, so they have to cut down more trees to print more books so the environmentalists rack in more donations to protect more forests. And that’s the beauty of such a system of belief: whatever you want to make up, works. It’s okay to be far out, to be outrageous. The downside of that kind of entertainment is that when something brazen but true comes down the pike, people just brush it off as yet another meaningless conspiracy theory.
We have a few such animals running around America right now. We have the “Obama is an illegal Muslim immigrant who lied his way to the White House.” My mother, for instance, still maintains that “he showed his birth certificate.” Oh, well, what can you do? Another deadly snake in the grass is that the “flag of Islam will be flying over the White House.” We’ve all seen Muslims protesting something, somewhere; usually it’s about why Islam and they are shunned, holding up signs that proclaim “Islam Will Rule the World” and “Death to Those Who Insult Islam.” No conspiracy here, folks; these nuts are serious, yet Americans just go about their daily lives with blinders on.
So what’s wrong with the Presidential candidates that parade around as if whatever they say and do has any relevance to anything? They posture, pose and pretend that they are America’s salvation but utter not one word about Executive Order #11110 signed by J.F.K. one week before he was murdered. Not one word about the disgraceful behavior of Napolitano’s TSA goons profiling Americans but not Muslims.. Some of America’s terrorists have government jobs in Washington, D.C., the aforementioned incompetent head of Homeland Security, our contemptible Attorney General, and the de facto World’s Joke masquerading President, to name a few. The offices of organizations such as C.A.I.R. and the Muslim Brotherhood also do not appear to be issues to the candidates, though they should be and would be if any of them had an ounce of sense, decency, or courage instead of $10,000 smiles hiding an empty shell.
But, you know what? If there was someone out there who wouldn’t be afraid to speak the truth, the press wouldn’t report it. “Deport illegal immigrants” would be reported as “Deport immigrants.” “Abolish the Federal Reserve Bank” would be reported as “Novice Economist Misses the Boat.” “No Sharia Law for U.S.” would be reported as “Candidate is a Racist!” Same response for “No Muslims in America, No Arab Oil in America.” “America will not fight Iran’s wars” is another one.
And what about jobs? Tell me, how can America compete on an equal footing with another country if we don’t tariff their goods but they tariff ours? Pollution: we allow polluters to buy their way out rather than clean up. Not working, because the end result is just more of the same: pollution. Gold mines saturate the groundwater with arsenic, but hey, it’s okay, they just buy their way out through Cap-and-Trade, right? Well, yes, but the end result is still way too much pollution. Nobody grudges the stockholder making a profit, but we all must toe the line responsibly.
Okay, you get the idea. America has some serious problems. And they sure are only going to get worse if everyone keeps quiet about them, as those sorry candidates are doing, or, to be 100% truthful, not doing. I’m looking for a candidate who has no problem with speaking out about the truth. How about you?