"ALL CAPS IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE."

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

SEVEN BIG LIES AND WHY THEY TELL THEM

LIE #1: AGW: global warming and climate change are man-made.

Thirty years ago the Left said were headed into an ice age; now they tell us we're headed into a catastrophic warming. In both cases the fault according to the Left was with industrial First World and the solution was taxes and redistribution.

Redistribution of First World wealth has been a long held goal of the Left. That's why they tell this lie.

LIE #2: The al Aksa Mosque is on the Temple Mount.

Islam in general and Arabs in particular - specifically so-called "Palestinians" - argue that they have a real claim on Jerusalem because of the al Aksa mosque.

ONE PROBLEM: the al Aksa mosque can't have been the one on the Mount as the one on the Mount wasn't built until after Mohamed died. Therefore, the claim is BOGUS. A lie.

Why did they make it up?

To help them achieve their long held goal of eradicating Israel. Anti-Semites think Jews and Israel are more trouble than we're worth.

Those who see Israel-Arab conflict as the key to global jihad must willfully ignore the jihad in Thailand, Philippines, Pakistan. Afghanistan, the Buddhas if Bamiyan, Chechnya, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, Sudan, Yemen, India and so on. Global Jihad is a primary if not central proactive doctrine of Islam and always has been; it's how Mohamed expanded Islam's reach, and how it grew over the ages: though war and terror.

Sacrificing Israel now - or Afghanistan or Iraq at some point down the road- will no more bring an end to global jihad then giving Hitler Sudetenland ended WW2. In fact. it made Hitler bolder.

If you want MORE global jihad, then pressure Israel to cede to their enemies.

LIE #3: Trade deficits are bad.

The Left essentially argues that every nation has to sell exactly what they buy from overseas.

This is a nutty proposition.

In fact, there is no such thing as a trade deficit. It's a heuristic device invented by anti-trade forces to create a sense of danger from trade where there is NONE. In fact, trade is one of the things which improves living standards.

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY: When a company buys something from... China, let's say, they trade money for goods. It's an even-steven trade, there's no imbalance at all. It matters not how many times it's done; it's always a fair trade without a penny of imbalance. They get money; we get goods.

SO WHY DO THEY LIE? SIMPLE:

If trade is seen as good, then Leftists and unions can't agitate for laws to end trade or stifle it, so they carp about trade deficits and imbalances.

LIE #4: Healthcare costs are skyrocketing and we aren't getting any increased health benefits.

If you want to pay the same price for 1970 healthcare, then you can: just accept 1970 healthcare.

Not interested? You shouldn't be. Health care has improved every DAY for the last 40 years. And our health has too: we live longer now than ever before - AND CONTRARY TO WHAT THE LEFT TELLS YOU, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CDC STATISTICS, WE LIVE LONGER THAN EUROPEANS. And we have better survival rates for most major diseases. And we don't wait as long for care.

If it ain't broke, then don't fix it. SURE: we could improve our system: cap medical malpractice awards; allow interstate competition for heath insurance; give families the same tax break as businesses. These simple reforms would bring down costs.

The people who want to make healthcare a right really want the government to have the power to control healthcare. But because your health is a PERSONAL matter - and not a public health matter - this is a bad thing for you.

A politician designed, bureaucrat run, taxpayer financed system will not put your well-being ahead of the government's. That's tyranny.

LIE #5: War never solved anything.

Nothing except slavery, nazism, fascism, communism. and jihadism. If you embrace pacifism, then you must be willing to live as a slave under a tyranny.

If you love having your God given rights - and want all your brothers and sisters everywhere to have them too - them you must expect war to be a part of the solution: tyrants don't give up without a fight.

If you want peace at any cost, then you will have peace at the cost of your freedom.

LIE #6 America in not an exceptional country and doesn't deserve any extra respect, power or responsibility in international affairs.

America is the freest, richest, most diverse nation of Earth. We saved the world from tyranny three times, and are leading the battle a fourth time. There is no other nation capable of making this fight.

That's exceptional.

Those who say the USA shouldn't be allowed to treated as exceptional really just don't want us to win. They are not for egalitarianism between nations for abstract reasons; they are on the other side.

LIE #7: Disarmament makes the world safer.

This is tantamount to arguing that gun control - taking guns away from innocent law-abiding people - reduces crime. NO WHERE HAS THIS WORKED. And it's ludicrous to believe that it could. First of all, criminal are gong to get guns anyway. Second of all, law-abiding people with guns are actually a deterrent to crime. Which house will a criminal burglarize, the one marked "UNARMED", or the one marked "PROUD MEMBER OF THE NRA"?

Time after time - throughout history - rogue regimes and rogue nations have proven over and over again that they are not to be trusted with treaties limiting arms. Hitler broke his treaties, North Korea broke her treaties, Iran is breaking hers, now. These rogues are like criminals and shouldn't be trusted to follow the law.

It is folly to willingly disarm as our foes strengthen, - DEADLY FOLLY, AS IT GUARANTEES MORE ADVENTURISM BY YOUR FOES AND MORE CASUALTIES AS A RESULT.

The stronger one appears then the less likely one is to be attacked. The more powerful militarily the West is, the safer we all are.

Those who desire to reduce our strength make us less safe.

BOTTOM-LINE:

THESE HARMFUL LIES ARE AT THE VERY CORE OF THE LEFTIST POLITICAL PLATFORM, AND THAT'S WHY WE MUST DEFEAT THEM AT EVERY TURN.

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