MSM is not doing their job

To Bob Woodward:
Thanks for watergate and all but I wish you would have stopped there. Allowing yourself to be made into a hero for future generations of journalists has seriously fubar'd our media.

To MSM:
Get over yourself. You aren't there to change people's minds. Your job is to be a witness. You are not a lawyer. You are not a lobbyist. You are suppossed to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I wish we had a judge that could slap you with contempt. You suck as a witness.

Building a tepee

Take three sticks of fairly equal length. Tie them together at one end. Arrange the sticks in a tripod fashion. Now throw a tarp over it. Viola! You have a fairly stable shelter that keeps out the rain.

Now take two sticks and try to build a stable tepee.

That is a graphic illustration of why society needs to keep religion, politics, and money separated. So that they can balance against each other. The result is a more stable and stronger social architecture.

Drawn to power like moths to a lamp

There are three sources of earthly power. Religion, politics, and money.

If any two of the power sources combine into one then it becomes dominant over the third. Once dominant it can enforce its will upon the people with or without their support. This is not inhernetly good or bad. Quite a few great thinkers through history have formed an idealized vision of utopia based upon such an arrangement. But none of these visions have worked out. The reason is really quite simple. I call them MSL's.

Meglomaniacal Sociopathic Liars. They are genetically drawn to sources of power. Any source of power will have many of them around it. If the power source lacks appropriate safeguards then the MSL's will overtake it and make themselves permanent. In fact, there are no appropriate safeguards. Sooner or later an MSL will gain control of the power source.

That is the failure of Marx, the failure of Hassan al-Banna, the failure of the iranian revolution, the failure of hitler, the failure of stalin, the failure of Saddam. Too much power became concentrated into the hands of too few people. Once the MSLs have control of two or more power sources then they can not be removed except by war or revolution.

The solution is not to strive for a theoretically perfect social architecture. The solution is not to strive for the perfect human (even if you do find him he will eventually die). The solution is to balance power in such a way that any one entity can be removed by the others. An even better solution is to co-opt the MSL into achieving power by pleasing the people while also pitting the three power sources against each other. Then the MSLs will remove each other in sequence and no single one of them will achieve dominance. Which, by the way, is what we call modern democracy. Is it any wonder why the theocracies, dictators, and communists hate us so much?

Between the left and the right, integrating moslims into western society,

On another blog a commentor said:

"When i said who is sarsur, i didnt give a moneky's arse who he is because he doesnt represent Islam, for your big brains, there is no one who can represent ISlam, unlike the pope in catholic christianity for example."

Which got me thinking the thought du-jour.

THAT (see above) is exactly the problem. Relating to this Danish thing, that is also the solution. Seriously, any group that would vote for Galloway is desperate for a voice in politics.

European immigrants have been thrown into a foreign culture and offerred no guidance. They are provided with socialist programs to meet their needs and there are many efforts to "respect their culture". But no one has taken the time to show them how to achieve prosperity and power as individuals within this new culture. They clamour to the mosque seeking answers because it is the thing they know. But western rules prevent mosques, churches, synagouges, and temples from possessing power. The net result is that they see western rules as dicriminatory against them.

It is not enough to simply state the rules. There are more moslim immigrants in Europe than in most mideast nations. The method of trial-and-error will not be a peaceful transition. There are far too many immigrants with far too many needs. Western nations must actively teach their immigrants how to play the western game. This spewing off about caliphates and clash of civilizations is pure BS. It is the topic that a small handful wish for us to discuss. There is something far larger and far more powerful that gives both westerner and moslim a reason to work together as brothers. It is a thing that that crosses all languages and all cultures. It is a desire more powerful than politics and - for most - more powerful than religion. It is family.

Specifcially, is there anyone who can deny that moslems have a deep love for their families and children? Our soldiers in Iraq often comment how deeply these people love their children. Have you not noticed?

We need to use this to bring our peoples together. We need to go into the neighborhood and speak to the parents directly. We need to teach them how to organize political parties and unions. We need to teach them about mortgages, contracts, bank loans, and business plans. We need to teach them how to become empowered. What they need is not hollow words, false promises, or hand-outs. What they need is to be taught. Taught how to make their voice heard and taught how to build a prosperous future. We need to go directly into the community and talk directly to the parents. They are the ones who want to build a better house and to guarantee the future of their children. Once they have become empowered according to western rules of empowerment then they will protect those rules. It is human nature to protect your sources of power.

What is in it for Europe? Hmmm ....
1) no more car-b-ques, better integration of immigrants
2) the ability to communicate directly with all layers of mideast society
3) powerful organizations with socioeconomic reasons to oppose radicalism
4) a virtual moslim nation that can excercise global influence and lead by example
5) fresh genes added into the pool of european stock

Swiftboating the radical imams

Swiftboating is to find a deception that your opponent has engaged in for personal profit and to mercilessly expose it in front of people who have not yet decided to follow him.

For example:
Kerry exagerated his accounts of vietnam in order to present himself as a war hero. He was called on it. Because he exagerrated his initial accounts there were topics that he could not discuss because discussing them would only open more doors for his attackers. The swift-boaters were clever enough to realize where Kerry could and could not defend himself. Knowing this also meant that they knew where they could exagerate their response because their prey was defenseless. There is much more to swiftboating someone than making up lies. The entire process of swiftboating can not begin until your prey tells lies of his own that render him defensless against the assualt.

The radical imams of europe have engaged in deception. The global network of radical imams willingly participated in the decpetion. They have therefore left the entire network of radical imams open for swiftboating. The target audience for this swiftboat assault are the european muslims who have not yet decided whether or not to follow or take action against the politicization and radicalization of their religion.

Yup, it is time to fight politics with politics.

Modern Philosphy

Descartes - I think, therefore I am
Bushcrates - I think therefour, .... um, ah, err .... I is
MSMcrates - I can lick myself, therefore I do
Republates - I won, therefore you don't count
Democrates - I lost, therefore you cheated
Chomscrates - I can not decide, therefore all things are equal
Librates - You disagree, therefore you are ignorant
Conservates -You disagree, therefore nothing should change
Moderocrates - You disagree, therefore offer an alternative
Terrocrates - You disagree, therefore I should kill you
Sheehanates - I hurt, therefore you suck
Appeasates - I can not think it, therefore it does not exist


certainly there are more.

Whats wrong with Islam.

Nothing is wrong with Islam.
What's wrong is the west's inability to distinguish between true Islam and the snakes that hide inside it.