Democrat '08: Communist Manifesto

Over at Free Republic.  they are discussing 45 Goals of The Communist Party. “Political Parties: A Buyer’s Guide” by George Soros. If you haven't seen this, I am runnung it again. It ismust see.

Atlas Shrugs: THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

mdd says

"Looks like the Soros Plan,
The Hilary Plan,
The Usama Plan
The Islam Plan
The Putin Plan
The UN Plan.

Please, make it go away.

On Jan. 10, 1963, Congressman Albert S. Herlong Jr. of Florida read a list of 45 Communist goals into the Congressional Record. The list was derived from researcher Cleon Skousen’s book “The Naked Communist.” These principles are well worth revisiting today in order to gain insights into the thinking and strategies of much of our so-called liberal elite.
1. U.S. should accept coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. should be willing to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

These encapsulate the Kennan Doctrine, which advocated for the "containment" of communism. Establishment figures supporting the amoral containment policy at least implicitly worked with the communists in scaring the wits out of the American people concerning atomic war.
President Ronald Reagan undid the doctrine when he took an aggressive stand against the Evil Empire by backing freedom fighters from around the world that were struggling against the left-wing communist jackboot. As a result, the Soviet Union and its satellites imploded, a considerable and unexpected setback to the international communist edifice.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament by the U.S. would be a demonstration of "moral strength."
The nuclear freeze advocates supported a freeze on American nuclear development only. Rarely were Soviet nukes or those of other nations mentioned in their self-righteous tirades. The same advocates now call for reducing American military might, claiming that there is something immoral about America preserving its military pre-eminence in the world.

4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.

Today, there are calls to end the embargo on the slave island of Cuba, there were complaints about the embargo against Iraq, and the U.S., not Saddam Hussein, was blamed for the suffering of the Iraqi people. Would they have advocated for free trade with Hitler and his National Socialist regime?

5. Extend long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.

6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

Such aid and trade over decades contributed greatly to the left-wing communist liquidation of over 100 million people worldwide, according to the well-documented "Black Book of Communism."
This aid and trade marks a shameful chapter in American history. Without the aid and trade, the left-wing international communist behemoth would have imploded on its own rot a lot sooner and umpteen millions would have been saved from poverty, misery, starvation and death.
7. Grant recognition of Red China and admission of Red China to the U.N.

Not only did President Jimmy Carter fulfill this goal but he also betrayed America’s allies in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Iran, Afghanistan, Angola and elsewhere.

8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the Germany question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.

9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the U.S. has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.

10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces.

There are still American intellectuals, and elected members of Congress, who dream of an eventual one world government and who view the U.N., founded by communists such as Alger Hiss, the first secretary-general, as the instrument to bring this about.
World government was also the dream of Adolf Hitler and J.V. Stalin. World government was the dream of Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers.

12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.

13. Do away with loyalty oaths.

14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.

While the idea of banning any political party runs contrary to notions of American freedom and liberty, notions that are the exact opposite of those held by the left-wing communists themselves, nevertheless these goals sought to undermine the constitutional obligation of Congress to investigate subversion. The weakening of our government’s ability to conduct such investigations led to the attack of 9/11.
It is entirely proper and appropriate for our government to expect employees, paid by the American taxpayer, to take an oath of loyalty.

15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the U.S.

In his book "Reagan’s War," Peter Schweizer demonstrates the astonishing degree to which communists and communist sympathizers have penetrated the Democratic Party. In his book, Schweizer writes about the presidential election of 1979.

16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions, by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

This strategy goes back to the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union by Fabian Socialists Roger Baldwin and John Dewey and Communists William Z. Foster and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn among others.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for Socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations that are under Communist attack.

The success of these goals, from a communist perspective, is obvious. Is there any doubt this is so?

20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV & motion pictures.

22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings," substituting shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. " Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

24.Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural and healthy."

This is the Gramscian agenda of the "long march through the institutions" spelled out explicitly: gradual takeover of the "means of communication" and then using those vehicles to debauch the culture and weaken the will of the individual to resist. Today those few who still have the courage to advocate public morality are denounced and viciously attacked. Most Americans are entirely unwitting regarding the motives behind this agenda.

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."

This has been largely accomplished through the communist infiltration of the National Council of Churches, Conservative and Reform Judaism, and the Catholic seminaries.

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state"
Replacing belief in the creator with belief in the earthly man-controlled State.

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
And replace our nation of "laws, not men" with royal decree emanating from appointed judges and executive orders. Replace elected officials with bureaucrats.

30. Discredit the American founding fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."

31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of "the big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.

Obliterating the American past, with its antecedents in principles of freedom, liberty and private ownership is a major goal of the communists then and now.

32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture – education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
Public ownership of the means of production, the core principle of totalitarianism.

33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.

34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.

36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.

37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.

Turn America into a socialist police state.

38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat.

The Soviets used to send "social misfits" and those deemed "politically incorrect" to massive mental institutions called gulags. The Red Chinese call them lao gai. Hitler called them concentration camps.

39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose communist goals.
Psychiatry remains a bulwark of the communist agenda of fostering self-criticism and docility.

40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.

Done! The sovereign family is the single most powerful obstacle to authoritarian control.

41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

Outcome-based education, values clarification or whatever they’re calling it this year. (Hillary's book - "It Takes a Village")

42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special interest groups should rise up and make a "united force" to solve economic, political or social problems.

This describes the dialectical fostering of group consciousness and conflict, which furthers the interests of authoritarianism.

43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
The results of this successful campaign are increasingly obvious in the world today.

44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.

45. Repeal the Connally Reservation so the U.S. cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike.

This would mark a complete subversion of our Constitution and an end to representative sovereign government as we know it, which is the whole idea.

Not to mentio that over 100 million were killed under communism outside of war. But Democrats hate details. FACTS ARE IRRELEVANT!

Comments

[allat]

"Looks like the Soros Plan,
The Hilary Plan,
The Usama Plan
The Islam Plan
The Putin Plan
The UN Plan.

Please, make it go away."

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So far, we've focused on what we DON"T like!

Now, why don't we set down what we DO want!

How we do want things!

Let's ALL do it together- why don't we start now. Set down a list - review it - make any changes - sort of like a Contract?

[neocon cowgirl]

I was raised with an extended family who were VERY strong supporters and members of the American Communist Party. The most frustrating thing to me as an adult is how it seems that most Americans consider communist rhetoric as something that is a done and buried issue or that it is harmless bloviating that issues forth from commie-chic undergrads. I know from experience that socialist and communist elites are much more sinister and sophisticated than that and their repulsive ideology is still and will always be a threat to the integrity of the United States. The college nutjobs are simply useful idiots. I don't see much hope in this blind spot being illuminated given the near complete achievement of #s 17, 22, 27 and 41.

[Thomas Carney]

This list that this congressman read looks like a wet dream for any die-hard Democrat today.

Geez, Hillary Clinton could have written that list!!!

[Surak]

Someone asked for a positive program. I have written one. Here we go:

• Secure the borders and ports – for real, as if our lives depended on it; end diversity visas, and interview immigrants with a view to excluding jihadists – if not all Muslims – and communists – if not all socialists.
• Having witnessed the schisms in Canada and Belgium, and the deteriorating fabric of other Western European societies, it is time for America to join the rest of the world by adopting one official language – English, in America’s case.
• Restore the Department of Defense’s original name – the War Department.
• Build a missile defense system. We can not rely on retaliation to deter an enemy that does not value its own life.
• Restore the military to its levels under President Reagan, in terms of personnel, vehicles and weaponry.
• If possible, arrest, charge, try, convict, sentence and execute terrorist leaders, organizers and financiers who have killed Americans – even if they might be the President of the Palestinian Authority, for example. When impossible – assassinate.
• Destroy the headquarters of terrorist groups in Syria, including groups that have murdered Americans.
• Destroy the printing plates for all Saudi-published books that incite hatred of the West or any non-Muslims; issue driver’s licenses and voter registration cards to all Saudi women.
• Destroy all Iranian and North Korean nuclear research facilities; arrest the President of Iran for violation of the Genocide Convention; fund Iranian opposition groups to the hilt.
• Fund a program to close down Pakistani madrassas and convert them to secular universities.
• Expel Russia from the G8. Penalize Russia and China for their military support for terrorist-supporting regimes, including an end to current trade agreements. If necessary, threaten to recognize the independence of Taiwan and Tibet. (Maybe we should do that anyway…)
• Formally exit the Geneva Conventions, while continuing to abide by their strict written provisions, when applied to uniformed soldiers of a sovereign state. The Geneva Conventions, as far I can see, are currently used only to limit the ability of victims of terrorism to defend themselves.
• Leave the United Nations. Continue to work closely with allies that share our values in “coalitions of the willing”. The UN is irredeemably corrupt, racist, and under the control of dictators and terrorist sympathizers.
• Stop urging our free, democratic allies to show “restraint” as they defend themselves from terrorists bent on annihilation; and recognize their capitals!
• Amend the US Constitution to allow for Congressional nullification of Federal court decisions by a two-thirds vote in both Houses. Similarly for each state. Let the people govern themselves!
• Amend the US Constitution to reduce the terms of senators to four years; one senator from each state shall be elected in the presidential election year, the other one two years later. The Senate must be more accountable to the electorate.
• Pass the Federal Marriage Amendment.
• Ban the veil in all public places, including public schools. (In one recent incident, a robber disguised his escape by wearing a burqa.)
• Pass earmark reform. Legislate – and appropriate – in public.
• Simplify the tax code, whether fair or flat or a combination thereof – preferably the former, for which participation is unavoidable.
• Pass school choice legislation including vouchers, nationally and in each state, while mandating minimum standards in English, mathematics, science and history. Give all parents the right to choose the best school for their children that wealthy parents have.
• Pass the Academic Bill of Rights, nationally and in each state. Give students the right to learn English in English classes, not left-wing politics.
• Pass right-to-work legislation, nationally and in each state. The right to associate includes the right not to associate.
• Give workers more control over where their retirement investments go, so that all workers have the same choices that the wealthy have.
• Stop federal funding of National Public Radio and Planned Parenthood. People who want to contribute to those organizations may do so privately.
• Increase education about the nature of innocent human life, from before birth to its natural end; ban cloning, transportation of minors across state lines without parental consent (except in life-threatening cases), partial-birth abortion (except in life-threatening cases), and euthanasia. Aren’t Democrats supposed to be the party of the powerless and voiceless?
• End racial and sexual preferences once and for all. It is a sad state of affairs when it is in the interest of the Democratic Party to encourage racial strife.
• Under the Espionage Act, prosecute, convict and issue maximum sentences to those who leak classified secrets in time of war, as well as those who publish such secrets. Pulitzer Prizes don’t provide adequate protection against radiological, chemical or biological weapons.
• Make more use of our natural resources, including drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and the continental shelves, and building wind farms, solar farms, and nuclear power plants. As the price of energy, including gasoline, gets higher and higher, Democrats should be taken to the woodshed for stubbornly obstructing development of any resources – even including “green” alternatives. When the world stops buying oil from OPEC, terrorists will start going bankrupt.
• Restore private property rights.

How do you like them apples?

[Pamela Geller]

I love them apples.

[fche]

As plausible as that list of 45 commie goals looks, one must keep in mind that they come from a book by a conservative critic. If only they were gathered from authentic documents -- a tasty thought.

[Thomas Carney]

Surak: Darned good apples!! Eminently, thoroughly logical.

Live long and prosper.

I didn't know you had Vulcan blood in you.

[x_dhimmi]

I'm suddenly glad Halloween is almost here since I always have caramel apples as a family tradition.

[Thomas Carney]

From the Communist manifesto: "27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with 'social' religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a 'religious crutch.'"

Pamela wrote, "This has been largely accomplished through the communist infiltration of the National Council of Churches, Conservative and Reform Judaism, and the Catholic seminaries."

Pamela, you hit it right on the head.

If one wants an eye opening on what happened to Catholic seminaries, read Michael S. Rose's book, "Goodbye, Good Men". Mr. Rose names names.

In 2003, a group of bishops came from Rome to investigate the state of Catholic seminaries. It was a cover-up because the bishops "...didn't want to upset Pope John Paul II, especially in his frail health." If JPII had known he had been lied to by omission, there would have been heck to pay.

Pope Benedict XVI, G-d bless him and keep him safe, knew the truth, and has gotten rid of a number of bad bishops. His Holiness has spoken of the "filth" in the Church and is slowly, inexorably cleaning house. May he continue.

The ONLY two Catholic seminaries that are overflowing with students are Mount St. Mary's in Maryland and Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Nebraska. Our Lady of Guadalupe is a diocesan seminary in the diocese of Lincoln NE and the bishop there, Bishop Fabian Bruzkewitz, won't tolerate wacky stuff being taught at his seminary. Mt. St. Mary's is another solid Catholic seminary. All the others teach crap, even have "wiccan" teachers (Holy Sheepshit, Batman!) and it's disgusting.

The Catholic Church is in a sad state in this country because for over 50 years, priests and bishops have had shitty training, and the bishops were asleep at the wheel.