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Wednesday, February 13. 2008

Che and Obama

Many are posting these photos of the Che posters which hang in Obama HQs.

I am not alarmed, because these people have no idea what a murderous, raping, hate-filled, sociopathic thug Guevara was. To the youth and the ignorant, he is a romantic figure and little more. In truth, he was about as romantic as Robespierre.

They don't know because nobody told them.

Meanwhile, for Moonbats who know nothing, the peoples' paradise of Cuba remains a shining beacon. As Dr. Bliss notes, "beliefs often trump facts" in human beings.

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 08:53 | Comments (22) | Trackbacks (0)

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Well, looks like he's got the idiot vote wrapped up. Should be some campaign if he's nominated.
#1 Tom C. on 2008-02-13 09:09 (Reply)
There will always be asses among the masses and the proof is in that picture. it is sickening to see someone admire a murderer but then perhaps his looks and the NYT had something to do with it. All those articles written from the Sierras during the revolution did more for Fidel and Che than any publicist. I am surprised she does not have Franco, Mussolini or Goebbals up there too. Obama should be more careful about what is hanging in his headquarters cause that is enough to lose the Cuban American vote.
#2 opie on 2008-02-13 09:41 (Reply)
Yep, posted this late last night but didn't have the pic which really seals it.

When I say Socialist Democrats I ain't just gum flapp'n. Thy're committed to changing this country into something they don't understand but think is really cool.

It's also the reason I have expressed on more than one occasion that we have a fifth column in this country ready to take down the Republic....the Socialist Democrats.

That is also why I have a gun, or in my case guns. There may not be a Boone and Crockett table for commies but probably being the only contributor to have killed several it really is a good feeling ... please save the homilies for those who care about people who run gulags and enslave people...
#3 Habu on 2008-02-13 10:55 (Reply)
''... something they don't understand....''

But we have books n things, don't we ? Why do they not understand ? or is it that they do understand, and just believe they'll be the ones outside the barbed wire, and not inside ?
#4 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 12:32 (Reply)
Re the Che link, and the Che-glorification movie "The Motorcycle Diaries'', what in the world is executive producer Robert Redford thinking?

And it wins awards at his Sundance Film Festival?

Does Redford not know the real story of Che? How could he not?
#5 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 12:40 (Reply)
Buddy,
I started to rent "The Motorcycles Diaries" at the local store the other day but having read the reviews and having lived through the Che era I just couldn't do it...

You asked the question, "Does Redford not know the real story of Che?"..well I can tell you that after spending three years in Beverly Hills with IBM as a Marketing Manager that the level of hatred for this country is huge. And like a virus it passes from one movie generation to the next.

I personally had a run in with Norman Lear after he overheard me telling one of his minions that I'd been a Marine. He was all over me with anti US shit. I all but told him to F*ck off but it would have been my job. I did however never service his account again.
The Hollywood crowd is as low as it gets, but they've got bucks and the big megaphone and screen.
#5.1 Habu on 2008-02-13 12:57 (Reply)
yep, and there's nothing like images to gull the gullible -- images short-circuit the intellect and go straight to the limbic brain -- the old part, the part that makes us move before we think -- the part that used to keep us alive waaaay back in time.
#5.1.1 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 13:12 (Reply)
The Obama Cult of Nonthreatening Personality
By Ray Robison
American Thinker

"A few days ago at the urging of Sean Hannity, Frank Luntz asked a polling group at a Democratic debate to name one of Senator Obama's accomplishments. A whole section was polled and no one could name a single feat. It didn't matter to them, they liked him. Obama profits hugely from his plainness. His oratory may stir liberals, but much of that perception comes from the juxtaposition against the blandness from which that it emanates."

more http://tinyurl.com/2wfzf9
#6 Habu on 2008-02-13 12:45 (Reply)
Joke going around re the actual slogan, "Yes We Can!" -- the ''can'' stands for ''Campaign About Nothing".

"Yes We Campaign About Nothing!"
#6.1 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 13:16 (Reply)
That is good my friend, very good.

Campaign About Nothing
#6.1.1 Habu on 2008-02-13 14:28 (Reply)
It's the Sienfeld of politics..."The campaign about nothing"
#6.1.1.1 phil g on 2008-02-13 15:11 (Reply)
This kind of stuff plays right into McCain's wheelhouse.
#7 NJSoldier on 2008-02-13 14:58 (Reply)
Phil G and NJSoldier I agree fully ..a simple saying like that can catch fire and develop into a full battle cry.

I am sure Niccolo Machiavelli would pursue it with vigor, after all one of his maxims was:

"And that prince who bases his power entirely on...words, finding himself completely without other preparations, comes to ruin;" -- Niccolo Machiavelli

Come to think of it Obama is a bit like Prince.
#8 Habu on 2008-02-13 16:46 (Reply)
Buddy,
One of the reasons I repeated the Taupe/Noir race thing is in part because the race thing is already out there. But more importantly I have watched all my life the Republicans get their ears cauliflowered by the Socialist Democrats because the SD's hold nothing back....here is a bit of wisdom from "The Prince"

"You must, therefore know that there are two means of fighting: one according to the laws, the other with force; the first way is proper to man, the second to beasts; but because the first, in many cases, is not sufficient, it becomes necessary to have recourse to the second." -- Niccolo Machiavelli

I say take no prisoners.
#9 Habu on 2008-02-13 16:56 (Reply)
habu, that's an ancient question and a real toughie -- yes, obviously the other side has fewer compunctions about low-down & dirty. The logical end of it is of course the gulag & the noose (or Che's public stadium firing squads).

But if we ever start matching them -- and i mean just the meme wars stateside for now -- we gain something, and we lose something.

What those two somethings are, is still not clear to many of us.
#9.1 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 17:13 (Reply)
that NM quote fit so perfectly in Wretchard's post on Mughniyeh i had to borrow -- should've h/t you here, but, jeez, that #3 above--don't want to get you surveilled by all them spooks over there--
:-\
#9.2 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 17:44 (Reply)
Well, it could easily have gone unsaid but that's just an example of another RIGHT I prefer to exercise ...free speech.

Just say'n that if we start down the Marxist road there will be resistance. And I know I'm not alone by a long shot. I'll go underground in enough time, if and when it is ever necessary. Montana is a big place.

The NSA may be programmed to sweep what I said but I doubt it. I know that world and they have unreal capabilities but there are limits and right now my insiders tell me they are stretching the resources with the war and AQ, as well as other groups inside the USA.

But I have done in a few commies who were armed and dangerous. That was the nature of SE Asia for awhile in the 60's and 70's.
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#9.2.1 Habu on 2008-02-13 20:07 (Reply)
well, that last sentence cleaned it all up anyway. before, above, it could've been anybody anywhere anytime. and right, if things get bad, we need to have physical rally points already in mind --
#9.2.1.1 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 20:17 (Reply)
Buddy,
I highly recommend this site, highly.
http://survivalblog.com/

I would also recommend buying his book "Patriots" and his compilation of his first few years of blogging articles..well worth the money.
Patriots is very readable with loads of great information woven into the story.

The thrust is rally points etc.basically planning ahead and what to do and how to do it..It's invaluable Soup to nuts. I read this blog daily and have the books as well..it has not disappointed.
#9.2.1.1.1 Habu on 2008-02-13 21:14 (Reply)
man, what a wealth of info -- saved and desktopped -- thanks!
#9.2.1.1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 21:24 (Reply)
http://www.stephenbainbridge.com/punditry/comments/how_twelve_supreme_court_cases_radically_expanded_government_and_eroded_fre/
#10 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 23:31 (Reply)
or

http://tinyurl.com/2lkv2f
#10.1 buddy larsen on 2008-02-13 23:33 (Reply)

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