Two decades ago, among many other learning opportunities, I had the distinct pleasure of attending and graduating from a combat survival course run by the U.S. military.  The first part of the course focused on evading capture.  The second part of the course was all about surviving captivity as a prisoner of war.

During the P.O.W portion of the course, we were taught about the methods of control, oppression and exploitation that we might expect to be used against us in a P.O.W. situation.  Further, the successful exploitation of the P.O.W. would then allow the enemy new methods of psychological warfare that could be applied against the American people. As I analyze the situation faced today by freedom-loving Americans, I recognize parallels between the P.O.W. experience and the methods of control being imposed upon us by what we have allowed our government to become.

» More: We Trained to Resist Marxist Methods

On Twitter, I recently had an interchange with a person who is representative of Obama’s base, agenda and methods.  Through the exposition of these ideas, the radical and dangerous nature of the Obama agenda again comes into view.

Breathtaking is the readiness of this person to depart from logical progression.  Chilling is his/her (this is merely a patronizing use of PC) dedication to something that he/she describes as being just this side of totalitarianism.  Here, I will recount the interchange.

Admittedly, I apparently provoked the dialog.  Without that, we would not have this opportunity for analysis and insight.

I saw this ObamaPerson (not his/her real Twitter name) posting to some conservative tweeters that I follow.  My comment was a bit of a critique of his/her lack of intellectual integrity.

ObamaPerson responded with:

Calling 52% of voters, 80% of media, & 95% of University Professors uneducated? Really? MSNBC calling us brilliant!

I sent a few replies that included these points: 1) History has many examples of nations being led to ruin by their purported intellectuals; 2) Now that Obama is showing more of his real self, Americans, to include many who voted for him, are rejecting his policies and his methods – I provided a link to the most recent Rasmussen poll; 3) I pointed out that “media” people and most university professors spend little time in the real world of producing things of useful value; 4) Then, to up the ante a bit, I informed ObamaPerson that while he/she is tracking a course toward peril, we Americans will be further preparing to school the ObamaPersons – then I threw in a little question, asking how many viewers tuned into MSNBC last week.

Most of my points went unanswered, but ObamaPerson did key in on the poll data, in a way.  Recall that ObamaPerson began the dialog by citing numbers of Obama supporters from narrow fields (probably dated data as well) — kinda’ looks like “Polling Data” to me.  However, now that I provide current poll numbers, ObamaPerson changes tack and claims that poll numbers are meaningless.  So, intellectual integrity goes out the window when it leads to the “wrong” conclusion.  Still, apparently being proud of his/her conviction, ObamaPerson cuts to the chase. Read this carefully.  Read it three times:

Polls [are] not relevant. People don’t know what is in their best interest. We will Decree health reform if necessary!

» More: Into the Mind of “Them”

Yesterday, Dick Durbin took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to berate the people who live and work in Washington, D.C.  Durbin’s purpose was to merely draw attention to… Dick Durbin, by capitalizing on the fact that Federal offices in D.C. were shut down for four days due to back-to-back snow storms.  Unfortunately, these kinds of political gimmicks are effective among the uninformed, those who are not familiar with the details behind the stumping propagandists.  Once upon a time, “journalists” might have exposed the subterfuge, but we all know that will not happen to Democrat Durbin… and this is why we blog.

Commuters' initial means of transportation were buried, then plowed in.

Durbin’s remarks were obviously tied to the government shutdown, and by commenting on the alleged behaviors and attitudes of individuals, he purposely impugned the character and work ethic of every person who lives in the D.C. Metro Area and is employed by the Federal Government.  Here, you can learn the rest of the story and how the “Liberal” Ass Holes roll.

» More: Durbin: A Study in Arrogance and Abuse (And a Lesson in Economics Too!)

Online at the New York Times is an opinion piece written by Charles Blow. It is basically a puff piece disguised as a criticism of Obama’s inability to talk low enough for the “plain folks” to understand. When dissected, the article is rather offensive toward the American people.

For instance, in closing, and speaking of Obama, Charles writes:

The next time he gives a speech, someone should tap him on the ankle and say, “Mr. President, we’re down here.”

Charles complains that “plain folk” Americans are just too stupid to understand the great and awesome goodness that The One is offering to us. Therefore, we should “tap him on the ankle.” Disgusting.

It looks like my comment submitted to the NYT is just too “abusive” for them to post. Maybe it is the “Omamunism” comment. After all, who am I to have a voice in Obama’s Kingdom.

Here is my submitted post:

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Charles, certainly many readers will swoon over your “gallant” attempt at sophistry in the service of a false messiah. Fortunately, now a majority of real Americans will see through the obfuscation.

The State of The Union address did not demonstrate that Obama is “stuck on studious.” Instead, his words (and his arrogant manner) demonstrated that he is “stuck on” his agenda of installing servitude to the state as the main feature of American citizenship. In fact, if he actually did a better job of explaining his true agenda, many more “plain folks” would turn against him, as indeed they should. The American people are not “suspicious of complexity.” Actually, they are becoming resistant to enslavement. Besides, many of the greatest and truly profound ideas of humanity are quite simple.

The health care bill was conceived in such a convoluted fashion exactly for the purpose of hiding its attempt at “overreach,” or perhaps more accurately stated; it was purposefully written in order to hide its fundamental tyranny. The “Republicans” did not attack by “shrouding the bill in a fog of confusion.” The Republican Party had very little to do with the recent defense of liberty. It was the real American people who exposed the bill for what it is. High-speed analysis was conducted by every-day citizens. Then the results of that analysis were quickly communicated across the nation by other every-day people. Yes, this was all accomplished by those plain, non-elites who inhabit fly-over country. It is now seen that they are indeed the most qualified to determine their own destiny. Slavers be damned.

We do not fret over a “political impasse in Washington” when the argument is merely a battle over which form of collective management will be imposed upon those who the elites view as a herd of simpleton humans. Without using the words, most of Washington is engaged in imposing Socialism, Communism, Fascism, or Obamunism upon the American people. The decent, responsible, self-reliant, middle of America has now caught on to the Washington game.

Finally, let us remember that it is actually the community of the Left that routinely reduces political discourse to a series of sound bites and catchy slogans, not to mention deceptive names for their most radical organizations.  However, perhaps we can work toward agreement that some of the most enduring and profound principles of humanity can actually be stated in far fewer than 140 characters. For instance: “You shall not steal.” Wow! Twenty characters, including the spaces and the period. A short, yet widely accepted principle that should disabuse us of any ideas of collectivist social order.

There is no Liberty in Liberalism.