{"id":1076,"date":"2011-10-18T09:58:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T16:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2011-10-18T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T17:02:14","slug":"imagine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"IMAGINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The occupy wall street fiasco was probably inevitable.\u00a0 After all, President Obama has been deliberately inciting class warfare.\u00a0 He never resists the opportunity to point his finger at someone.\u00a0 This is normally done right after he finishes giving a stern lecture about finger pointing.\u00a0 It is similar to the way he preaches about the need for a bi-partisan approach right after he gets done blaming everything on Republicans.\u00a0 Now, after demonizing Wall Street, the banking system in general and the Global Economic system, Obama tells the protestors they are right, then warns them not to demonize people.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/052226f8-f80c-11e0-a419-00144feab49a.html#axzz1b3aiZxIw\">http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/052226f8-f80c-11e0-a419-00144feab49a.html#axzz1b3aiZxIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The protestors are understandably confused.\u00a0 This is so bad it has even been noticed by the New York Times:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/17\/nyregion\/occupy-wall-street-trying-to-settle-on-demands.html?_r=3&amp;pagewanted=all\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/17\/nyregion\/occupy-wall-street-trying-to-settle-on-demands.html?_r=3&amp;pagewanted=all<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In the ultimate irony, after the NYT points out that these guys don\u2019t have a clue, it reaches the following conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The influence and staying power of Occupy Wall Street are undeniable: similar movements have sprouted around the world, as the original group enters its fifth week in the financial district. Yet a frequent criticism of the protesters has been the absence of specific policy demands. <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0This movement will spread, for a while, because of support from the far left main stream media.\u00a0 If you want to understand this world view, just read the words to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Imagine<\/span><\/strong> by John Lennon:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Imagine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">John Lennon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Imagine there&#8217;s no heaven<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">It&#8217;s easy if you try<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">No hell below us<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Above us only sky<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Imagine all the people<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Living for today<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Imagine there&#8217;s no countries<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">It isn&#8217;t hard to do<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Nothing to kill or die for<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">And no religion too<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Imagine all the people<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Living life in peace<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">You may say I&#8217;m a dreamer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">But I&#8217;m not the only one<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">I hope someday you&#8217;ll join us<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">And the world will be as one<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Imagine no possessions<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">I wonder if you can<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">No need for greed or hunger<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">A brotherhood of man<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Imagine all the people<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">Sharing all the world<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">You may say I&#8217;m a dreamer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">But I&#8217;m not the only one<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">I hope someday you&#8217;ll join us<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">And the world will live as one<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The problem is that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Imagine<\/span><\/strong> does not describe utopia, it describes anarchy.\u00a0 Someone has to plant the fields and grow the crops or we will all starve.\u00a0 Someone has to build the homes or we die from lack of shelter.\u00a0 Someone has to make the clothes or we are all naked.\u00a0 The police are necessary, because someone has to use force to suppress criminals or they simply trample anyone who gets in their way.\u00a0\u00a0Countries are necessary because history is full of tyrants determined to rule the world by force.\u00a0 Religion reminds us of the difference between good and evil and right and wrong.\u00a0 People without religion are too often people without moral restraint.\u00a0 When I read and think about the world described in<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Imagine<\/span><\/strong>, I imagine a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Things will change quickly.\u00a0 There is a limited amount of time people can spend sitting around the camp fire singing \u201ckum ba yah\u201d before the sewage starts to back up and they run out of food.\u00a0 I guarantee you there are some serious people who are already working overtime to control and exploit these protestors and the na\u00efve media that is supporting them.\u00a0 It is just the way things work.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama and several top Democrats are openly embracing this movement.\u00a0 It is a huge mistake.\u00a0 They are foolishly comparing this to the Tea Party.\u00a0 But the Tea Party is primarily composed of hard working citizens, including business owners, who know exactly what they want.\u00a0 The want lower taxes, less government regulation and more adherence to the U.S. constitution.\u00a0 The contrast between the two groups could not be starker.\u00a0 Democrats tried this once before in 1968 and 1972 by aligning themselves with the anti-war protestors.\u00a0 That is how Richard Nixon, perhaps the most unpopular U.S. President in our history, got elected twice.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually this movement will run out of steam.\u00a0 The main stream media will go back to singing <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Imagine <\/span><\/strong>still desperately searching for the impossible 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