Armond White at National Review Online condemns the Captain America: Winter Soldier as a piece of leftist propaganda.
He is wrong. Or at least I hope he is.
If not, then conservatism means supporting an unaccountable government that declares itself to have the power to target anyone who might be a threat and eliminate them without even a by your leave. This would, as the movie indicates, include Americans on American soil.
The basic plot of the movie is that SHIELD, a security agency dedicated to protecting the world from superhuman and extraterrestrial threats, is preparing to launch a trio of massive hover ships with the capability of killing anyone on earth. The idea is to kill threats before they happen.
Hmmm. Who does this sound like? Perhaps a certain President who has claimed this power for himself, as well as getting to ignore pesky things like Congress when it's convenient.
He has a pen. And a phone. And, if Armond White had his way, he would also have three unassailable airships which could target any critic, foreign or domestic.
This is not the notion of the imperial president. It is a god king. Perhaps White sees 300: Rise of an Empire as Heyek on celluloid?
According to White more proof of the film's subversive leanings is that "[a]s Rogers [Captain America] takes his daily superhuman run around the basin of
Washington, D.C., he introduces himself to another morning runner (and
us) with the repeated look-out phrase 'On your left . . .'"
Yes. That is definitive.
The movie also sins in that Nick Fury and the heroes upload SHIELD's secrets to the internet.
Again, conservatism means that when a government agency acts illegally, and is also thoroughly infiltrated by fascist's bent on world domination, we keep it quiet.
What a monster the IRS Inspector General must have been to reveal targeting of conservatives!
The security state caucus of the conservative movement is a terrifying thing. Rather than a small, accountable government, they want Leviathan on steroids.
It is not conservatism.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Stupidity or strategy?
Phyllis Schlafly, via National Review, explains why amnesty is a loser for conservatives. Note that I don't say GOP or GOP leadership because, unfortunately, these are becoming two very different things.
Her thesis is simple. The tsunami of illegal immigration we have suffered has come from countries where the culture accepts, and even demands, bigger government. We would simply be importing liberal voters.
Democrats realize this. Do you honestly think they would be championing amnesty if they thought we were legalizing at least 11 million new conservatives? Of course not. Although conservatives such as Michael Medved claim that the purportedly conservative social values of the amnestied will have them lean Republican, there is little empirical evidence to support the notion this will outweigh the desire to have bigger government.
Indeed, one should look at the Catholic Church, another mover behind amnesty, and notice that its anti-abortion but very liberal in economic policy. The Pope's current "economic analysis" shows that we are only in for more on that front. And, it should be noted, that the Pope formulated his distrust for private enterprise in Argentina.
So why would the GOP go for this?
Follow the money. Regularizing millions of low skilled laborers depresses wages. Increasing H1-B visas for technically skilled laborers serves the same purpose. The GOP leadership class lives in a world where they don't cut their own grass, wash their own dishes. So they sympathize with the notion of bringing in millions of liberal voters to get their hands dirty.
That leads to the dirtiest secret of all. The GOP leadership is happy with their place at the trough. Bigger government means more favors to dole out to their own allies and cushy lobbying jobs upon retirement.
It was once said if you don't like the election resutls, replace the electorate.
The GOP leadership looks ready to do just that.
Her thesis is simple. The tsunami of illegal immigration we have suffered has come from countries where the culture accepts, and even demands, bigger government. We would simply be importing liberal voters.
Democrats realize this. Do you honestly think they would be championing amnesty if they thought we were legalizing at least 11 million new conservatives? Of course not. Although conservatives such as Michael Medved claim that the purportedly conservative social values of the amnestied will have them lean Republican, there is little empirical evidence to support the notion this will outweigh the desire to have bigger government.
Indeed, one should look at the Catholic Church, another mover behind amnesty, and notice that its anti-abortion but very liberal in economic policy. The Pope's current "economic analysis" shows that we are only in for more on that front. And, it should be noted, that the Pope formulated his distrust for private enterprise in Argentina.
So why would the GOP go for this?
Follow the money. Regularizing millions of low skilled laborers depresses wages. Increasing H1-B visas for technically skilled laborers serves the same purpose. The GOP leadership class lives in a world where they don't cut their own grass, wash their own dishes. So they sympathize with the notion of bringing in millions of liberal voters to get their hands dirty.
That leads to the dirtiest secret of all. The GOP leadership is happy with their place at the trough. Bigger government means more favors to dole out to their own allies and cushy lobbying jobs upon retirement.
It was once said if you don't like the election resutls, replace the electorate.
The GOP leadership looks ready to do just that.
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