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Today I am flying the SC Flag, a flag I fly when things are calm. And they are calm today because I’ve turned off the TV and the radio … even Rush.  There comes a point where I cannot bring myself to listen to one more song by the choir in which I sing.  Kagen? A total joke, but she’ll be confirmed. Jobs? The rate is probably around 20% but we are continually told it is “under 10%”, 9.5% today with a 125,000 job loss number in June. Give me a break, that’s a bald face lie! Ask the 17% looking for a job and the 1.7 million unemployed! Pelosi saying welfare checks are good for jobs because people spend them and make jobs happen. The NRA perhaps backing Harry Reid … how much does it take before you say ‘enough’ and turn off the  noise?

But upon reflecting, and cruising some remote areas of the quiet Internet, I came across an interesting poem written by a Zulu shaman named Credo Mutwa.  And while trying to escape “all things Obama” … what did I find?  Obama!

Obama – The Standing King

“An actor walks upon the floodlit stage of life
wearing a mask of an angel beneath a demon’s gown.
Pretense smiles upon the crowded hall of life
holding out hope as bright as it is false.
Son of a woman in whose veins flows the blood
of ancient Ireland and dark Africa’s plains.
You are Obama, nick-named the standing king
You are Barack, oh, son born to deceive
The suffering hoards of Africa look up to you,
See a black Savior where naught but a Judas strides.
An entrapper of nations, bringer of dismal war

Behind the robes and the nylon wings of hope
Oh, may those who look upon you, see you as you are.
May those who hope in you behold you as you be
A prince deceitful to bring down Africa’s shrines
A siren who leads Africa’s ships onto rocks of obliteration.
Your rule my lord will not be one of peace
Your reign my king will not be one of smiles
Even as we speak in caves both dark and dank
Enraged fanatics plot your dark demise
They will put around your head a bloodwet martyr’s crown.
Oh black Kennedy following the one before
May God forgive thee and thy fiery spouse
As you walk in silence from the stage of life
Barack Obama, blessed son, Oh standing king.”

Credo Mutwa

Who is this Zulu Shaman?

Credo Mutwa: “I wish to appeal to the world. First, I am not a quack or a charlatan or a sensationalist. I am an old man who has seen much. I wish the world to know that there is a faint ray of hope that emanates from South Africa.”

More can be learned about Credo Mutwa HERE.

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Today I’m flying the South Carolina Flag, just a day of reflection as I turn off the TV, filled with Obama firing his own General and picking Bush’s favorite general, and there’s the oil spill … still gushing madly along, moving ever toward becoming a national and perhaps international crisis. And as it gurgles and gushes, Obama’s popularity craters.  And there’s Obama walking on the beach picking up  tar balls, still looking for an ass to kick and trying to gain popularity by illegally shaking down BP, for a mere $20 BILLION+.  And every time he takes a “swing” at this crisis, it sticks to him tighter and tighter.  As I pondered his dilemma, I realize he probably didn’t have somebody to read him childhood stories as I did. So he would never have learned about Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby … Long before Wile E. Coyote was trying to catch the Road Runner, ol Brer Fox was trying to catch Brer Rabbit …

From the Uncle Remus Bookstore

“DIDN’T the fox never catch the rabbit, Uncle Remus?” asked the little boy the next evening.

“He come mighty nigh it, honey, sho’s you born—Brer Fox did. One day atter Brer Rabbit fool ’im wid dat calamus root, Brer Fox went ter wuk en got ’im some tar, en mix it wid some turkentime, en fix up a contrapshun w’at he call a Tar-Baby, en he tuck dish yer Tar-Baby en he sot ’er in de big road, en den he lay off in de bushes fer to see what de news wuz gwine ter be. En he didn’t hatter wait long, nudder, kaze bimeby here come Brer Rabbit pacin’ down de road—lippity-clippity, clippity -lippity—dez ez sassy ez a jay-bird. Brer Fox, he lay low. Brer Rabbit come prancin’ ’long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behime legs like he wuz ’stonished. De Tar Baby, she sot dar, she did, en Brer Fox, he lay low.

“‘Mawnin’!’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee—‘nice wedder dis mawnin’,’ sezee.

“Tar-Baby ain’t sayin’ nuthin’, en Brer Fox he lay low.

“‘How duz yo’ sym’tums seem ter segashuate?’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.

“Brer Fox, he wink his eye slow, en lay low, en de Tar-Baby, she ain’t sayin’ nuthin’.

“‘How you come on, den? Is you deaf?’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. ‘Kaze if you is, I kin holler louder,’ sezee.

“Tar-Baby stay still, en Brer Fox, he lay low.

“‘You er stuck up, dat’s w’at you is,’ says Brer Rabbit, sezee, ‘en I’m gwine ter kyore you, dat’s w’at I’m a gwine ter do,’ sezee.

“Brer Fox, he sorter chuckle in his stummick, he did, but Tar-Baby ain’t sayin’ nothin’.

“‘I’m gwine ter larn you how ter talk ter ’spectubble folks ef hit’s de las’ ack,’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. ‘Ef you don’t take off dat hat en tell me howdy, I’m gwine ter bus’ you wide open,’ sezee.

“Tar-Baby stay still, en Brer Fox, he lay low.

“Brer Rabbit keep on axin’ ’im, en de Tar-Baby, she keep on sayin’ nothin’, twel present’y Brer Rabbit draw back wid his fis’, he did, en blip he tuck ’er side er de head. Right dar’s whar he broke his merlasses jug. His fis’ stuck, en he can’t pull loose. De tar hilt ’im. But Tar-Baby, she stay still, en Brer Fox, he lay low.

“‘Ef you don’t lemme loose, I’ll knock you agin,’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, en wid dat he fotch ’er a wipe wid de udder han’, en dat stuck. Tar-Baby, she ain’y sayin’ nuthin’, en Brer Fox, he lay low.

“‘Tu’n me loose, fo’ I kick de natal stuffin’ outen you,’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, but de Tar-Baby, she ain’t sayin’ nuthin’. She des hilt on, en de Brer Rabbit lose de use er his feet in de same way. Brer Fox, he lay low. Den Brer Rabbit squall out dat ef de Tar-Baby don’t tu’n ’im loose he butt ’er cranksided. En den he butted, en his head got stuck. Den Brer Fox, he sa’ntered fort’, lookin’ dez ez innercent ez wunner yo’ mammy’s mockin’-birds.

“‘Howdy, Brer Rabbit,’ sez Brer Fox, sezee. ‘You look sorter stuck up dis mawnin’,’ sezee, en den he rolled on de groun’, en laft en laft twel he couldn’t laff no mo’. ‘I speck you’ll take dinner wid me dis time, Brer Rabbit. I done laid in some calamus root, en I ain’t gwineter take no skuse,’ sez Brer Fox, sezee.”

Here Uncle Remus paused, and drew a two-pound yam out of the ashes.

“Did the fox eat the rabbit?” asked the little boy to whom the story had been told.

“Dat’s all de fur de tale goes,” replied the old man. “He mout, an den agin he moutent. Some say Judge B’ar come ’long en loosed ’im—some say he didn’t. I hear Miss Sally callin’. You better run ’long.”

Like dat tar baby, de ol’ oil well don say nuttin’ needer.  But Ol’ Brer Obama he keep ona yellin’ at it an’ ever time he do, he gits all stuck up in it ‘mo, jis lik Brer Rabbit and dat tar baby soo long ‘go.  As da autor o dis blog, I duz spectate on who be Brer Fox in dis story  t’day? Duz make a questn.  Yeah, ol Brer Obama done got hisself stuck to an oil well and da more he hollers, the more it stick to ‘em.

“So what’s all this racist stuff you are putting on your blog, Doug? ” Ah spoken probably by one of 90% of the people who were never blessed to have a parent read them small treasures, written by Joel Chandler Harris, when they were a child.  These  little stories were read to us over and over, and the lessons they left on our minds are strong-enough to be remembered for a lifetime … I’m living proof, I remembered this one almost three-quarters of a century later!  So we are talking about powerful lessons. The “dialect” is a little hard to read, but if you “say it” rather than “read it” … you get the feeling that Ol’ Uncle Remus is in the room with you.

The best source of these little stories I’ve found are at the Uncle Remus Bookstore. They have 35 stories there, and many of you, who have never encountered Uncle Remus should take JUST A MOMENT and go there and read at least one.  Look “into” it for the lesson … it’s as deep as Alice in Wonderland and thoroughly enjoyable to read.  Give yourself a moment from politics and oil wells and birth certificates … and just spend a few minutes there reading some of the rich tales from Uncle Remus. For me it was like meeting and “ol fren.” And the lessons still apply today … clearer lessons from a simpler time.

ABOUT UncleRemus.com

THIS site [UncleRemus.com]  began as a project by two University of Virginia students, Melissa Murray and Dominic Perella, to scan Uncle Remus stories and provide an academic context for them, but quickly expanded and developed various offshoots as new information about Joel Chandler Harris, the author, came to their attention.  Ms. Murray’s and Ms. Perella’s whereabouts are unknown. It is currently maintained by Grainger McKoy, Jr. for the benefit of all. You help keep this site ad-free by making a small donation here.

(… and I did!)

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Today, I finally found a delightful item in my email that I’d like to share with my fellow Conservatives.  I’ve been looking for the source, and if you know it, please send it along.  With all the frightening and heavy posts we tend to put up these days, it is a please to find one that lightens the load a little. If you’ve read it, my apologies, if you haven’t … ENJOY!  At last I’ve received a “truthful” email that I didn’t have to cross-check at Snopes. So briefly, here is a short history of the human race, explaining Liberals and Conservatives.

The History of the Human Race.

Division of the human family into two distinct groups began some 12,000 years ago. Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer or to bring the beer to man. These were the foundations of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals
2. Conservatives

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That’s how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q’s and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girliemen.

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn’t fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Now liberals may rant and rave and call me names for spreading hate and divisiveness, but what they will never, ever do is dispute the underlying truth of the argument. No self-loathing liberal will ever say, “Hey you got us all wrong, we don’t want to take from those who produce and share it with lazy idiots who refuse to work,” because they do not see anything wrong with taking from those who create wealth and giving it to parasites. What they object to is that we complain when they rob us at the point of a gun. They are insulted that we are not happy, willing shmoos. The highest compliment a liberal idiot can bestow upon a free man of independent will is to call him a fascist, a word of whose accurate definition they have absolutely no clue. Here’s what they think it means: anyone to the right of Karl Marx.

Well, now we know!

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Today I am flying the South Carolina State Flag, the patriot flag I fly when my blog subject is “relatively calm” politically.  Everybody seems to have a blog, they are like opinions … everybody has one!  (Cleaned that one up, huh?).  There are probably as many reasons for writing a blog as there are people to have reasons, but I do believe there are some “drivers” that are common.  Among them, the most important is “to educate.”

When you begin blogging, you’ll soon discover the most important driver of all is “self-education.”  It is amazing what you “don’t know” and what you “thought was true” and what your “opinion really is.”  It is self-discovery in its purest form.  Try it, its fun and its free.

Blogs: Most people start a blog to voice their opinion on a subject, and there are blogs on every possible subject. Don’t believe me, Google “Blog Butterflies” and you’ll get the LA Butterfly Blog … and yes, it’s about butterfly sightings!  But being a “political blogger” myself, we’ll stick to that subject and allow others to tend to “gardening” and “car facts.”   So you are interested in politics too? You have an opinion and want to tell people what it is?  Start a blog.

Free Blog Sites: There are literally hundreds of FREE blog sites where all you have to do is “sign up” and you have your own blog instantly.  Here are some examples:

• Blogger
• Blogster
• Google
• WordPress

… so all you have to do is sign up, give it a name, and you are a blogger …. uh, no … almost, let’s just say you have a blog site. You have taken step one, and discovered you know how to “sign up” … now, how about being a blogger?

Start Simple: If you start with a simple blog site like Google, WordPress, Blogster or Blogger and try to “keep it up,” freshened with new information daily or even weekly, you may find that blogging isn’t for you.  You may actually have more fun making bookmarks of your favorite blogs and reading and commenting on them.  Keeping up a blog is like having a pet … you always have to take care of it … feed it or it dies.  But let’s assume you enjoy this strange mental outlet. Now What?

Blog Content: This is where the rubber meets the road.  What do you put into your blog?  Well there’s always, “I hate Obama!” or “George Bush did it!”  And you’ll find thousands of those sites out there.  If that is you “driver” … then I’d suggest using a “talk back” website like “The Daily Koz” for liberals or “The Free Republic” for conservatives.  On these sites, you can find a subject that interest you and “talk back” (comment) on the post, or post something yourself. (Be careful, these folks are pros and have certain rules for posting … study either carefully before posting yourself). But making a comment is easier, it’s quick, and it gives you that outlet of “saying something.”

Do the Research: You will start looking on the Internet for information for your blog. Rarely are you and I in a position to be the on-site reporter … so we have to rely on others.  But are they telling the truth, are they promoting hoaxes, who can you trust, who do you avoid, news-wise?

• Find Truth: Easier said than done.  But if you are going to have an “opinion” on something, is it “meaningful” to you to be correct in your opinion?  Can you back it up with facts?  If you can, then your opinion counts, and your blog will count and be counted.  Backing up your opinion with facts makes you credible. Using links to do this helps … BUT ONLY IF the links are credible!  If you are just passing forward “talking points” or what you “heard somebody else say” … then you will be wasting MY time … I won’t read your blog again.There are ways to “filter” for the truth … here’s one:
  • Recent Example: The recent AZ law on Immigration is “racist” allowing the police to “profile” based on color or national origin. You heard this on outlet after outlet, read it in the newspaper, saw it on the internet. But how often did you see the actual LAW’s LANGUAGE on this?

  The attorney general or county  attorney shall not investigate complaints that are based solely on race,  color or national origin.

  • Oops … somebody lied!  In fact a lot of people lied didn’t they?  That wording above is directly from the bill, anyone caught profiling would be in civil court in a flash!  So such talk is someone’s “opinion” of what the law says, not EXACTLY what the law states.  You see, people reported on what they “Hoped” the bill would say … not what it actually says.  (I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough [false] Hope to last a lifetime!) Discovering a “truth” like this  gives you a “filter” to work with for the future … anyone who said the law allows profiling now should be on your “they lied, and I can’t trust them” list. Often you’ll find YOU don’t like the truth, but KNOW what the truth is before you post.
• Political Emails: If you watch your “political emails” you’ll see that about 50% of what is coming at you is NOT TRUE!   If you are of my ilk, you would love to believe that Obama uses his left hand to cover his right lung during the National Anthem … its even proven with pictures.  BUT IT IS FALSE! Make yourself a RULE. Don’t ever pass on or quote a political email without passing it through: Snopes, FactCheck, Truth or Fiction,  and or Politifact.  (I have these linked on The Patriot’s Flag under Rumors on the Research Page). If you do not check these out, YOU WILL GET BURNED!  Nothing is more embarrassing than to pass one of these conservative hoaxes on to a liberal who will LAUGH at you in a return email with a link to one of the above proving it false.  Avoid that, check it out!.

I often wonder “where” these false emails come from.  It is either far-right folks just telling lies, or far-left folks setting people up so they can take them down with the truth.  I would like to take BOTH parties out behind the barn!  Regardless of who is to blame … don’t fall for these … check them out!

• Blogs vs News Outlets: In getting information, KNOW there is a (slight) difference between “blogs” and “news outlets.”  Blogs are opinions, news outlets … when they are reporting the NEWS part of a story and not their “spin” on it, are more reliable that while I inserted (slight).  But when CNN reports on a Pew Poll that says 70% of Americans are for stopping illegal immigration … there might be some truth somewhere in that cloud of information. CNN tends to report only the lib side, so when you see them reporting the “other” side, take note. But consider everything you read “spin” and go for more than one source to get at the facts. On MSNBC the other day a commentator-ess said “The Arizona Immigration Law makes a crime to be an illegal immigrant” … Huh?  (… and these are the “pros.”  Even YOU can do better than that!)

Let your driver be “To Educate” If you can get your reader to say, “hey, I didn’t know that!” or “darn, I never thought about it that way!” … then you have succeeded in “educating” and you have probably also created a successful blog post.  To simply write “Obama is a Socialist” over and over in 20 blog posts will be boring for your reader … and eventually it will bore you and you’ll go on to another hobby. (Model sailboats are fun).

Self-Education, is the Best Reason for Amateur Blogging. The most important reader (and sometimes the only reader) of your blog is YOU.  So when you can say “hey I didn’t know that!” and you are the one who discovered a proven fact … then the whole reason for amateur blogging is fulfilled.  YOU are educated, YOU have the facts, YOU understand what is going on around you and YOU have the information YOU need to make up YOUR mind.  And with your new fact-checked philosophical foundation, you can take on your debating opponents with ease. So if your ilk is “political” and you have done your homework with your blog … YOU will know which lever to pull in the voting booth … and WHY!  You might even be able to convince someone to pull the RIGHT (as not in “left”) lever next time!

The best part about amateur blogging is self-education.

Enjoy it!

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The South Carolina State Flag remains the flag of choice now.   While browsing I discovered a very well-written piece on Cognitive Dissonance and how it is The Key to Defeating the Progressives. Any idea that would defeat the progressives will catch my attention these days. Matt’s exploration of this topic is a good read for all of us. Hopefully, local Tea Party Groups will pick up on Matt’s ideas.  I’ll give you a short outline here, but you need to go to The Conservative Hideout to see the full article.

Note: Often, with permission, I repost parts of an article that is simply “too expertly done” to try to duplicate.  That is the case for this piece. My hope is that you will find enough interest from the small parts of this piece I have reposted here so you will go to the original and read ALL of the information.

What is Cognitive dissonance?

”The mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The unease or tension that the conflict arouses in a person is relieved by one of several defensive maneuvers: the person rejects, explains away, or avoids the new information, persuades himself that no conflict really exists, reconciles the differences, or resorts to any other defensive means of preserving stability or order in his conception of the world and of himself.” (Encyclopedia Britannica)

The Socialists’ Three Methods of Controlling a Population:

1. Indoctrination: Take over the school system to indoctrinate the children. Control them from the earliest possible age.
2. Elimination of Dissent:  Regulation, ridicule, and punishment are the tools used. The Fairness Doctrine is a perfect example of such a tool, controlling the flow of information to the people.
3. Simple Thug Tactics: The plan is to identify, isolate, freeze and escalate activities towards the target. Intimidation is the tool. Attack employers who have employees who are protesting, etc. This intimidation is also meant to send a message to anyone else that might speak out or otherwise resist.  “Unless you want this to happen to you and your family, you best keep your mouth shut!”

Using the Cognitive Dissonance as a Tool for Conservatism:

This is the time that we, as Conservatives or Libertarians, will need to capitalize on this “theory colliding headlong into reality.” How do we do this?

• Continue blogging, and share your blog with others.
• Contact friends and family that may have voted for the POTUS.  Show them the evidence.
• Collect evidence by download to show others.  I recently showed a liberal co-worker the video montage made by Verum Serum on ObamaCare.  I thought the person’s jaw would hit the floor.  Then, I showed her Margaret Sanger and Ruth Bader Ginsberg quotes.  She became upset.  If this continues, she will eventually question her beliefs.  All it takes is enough evidence.
• Download and store videos and articles that make our points.  If the POTUS ever does manage to control Internet content, a lot of the evidence against him will disappear.  Unless, that is, we save it!

I wrote this because I became a Conservative in this fashion. I came out of grad school with a brain full of liberal ideology. When I started working, I noticed that much of what I was taught simply didn’t match reality. As time wore on, I became discouraged. When some friends started introducing me to Conservatism, I initially resisted. After all, Conservatives are all fascists, right? I started to read, and listened to talk radio. As time wore on, I educated myself. No coercion, threats, intimidation, or indoctrination were required. I simply saw that Conservatism matches reality. If we can help others when Cognitive Dissonance hits, and it WILL, we can help defeat the left. I find it ironic, and encouraging, that the billions that the left spends on public and college education can be undone by simple truths.

I hope the little that I’ve relayed to you from Matt’s blog post will now get you to “push the button” and go to the Conservative Hideout link and read the full article.  It is full of proof statements that support the logic of this very brief outline I’ve shared with you above.

As Matt said in “How do we do this?”   Using his #1 point, I am sharing his blog with you and will keep on blogging myself. The more information we have out there, and the more people who read it, the greater will be the power we have to stop what is happening. My personal thanks to Matt for sharing this knowledge with me and allowing me to share it with you.

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