Posted by
Steve on Friday, September 18, 2009 2:57:11 PM
Last night on the way home, I heard part of the Michael Savage show. They were talking about a comment that Nancy Pelosi made regarding blood being spilt over remarks on the Obamacare bill. The tone of their conversation was that this was similar to the statements made by people leading up to the Reichstag fire that propelled Hitler to power. The inference being that if there were some kind of incident, the Democrats could declare martial law and eliminate the need for elections.
I must admit that when I first heard Nancy Pelosi’s remark, I was concerned. I do not trust her in my sight or out of my sight, so anything she says troubles me. This one puzzled me because I could not see any basis for her making the comment. She was talking about violence when the demonstrations have been remarkably civil was unusual.
Of course, I also am reminded that the news media has tried to portray the demonstrators as potentially violent. When a black man showed up with an automatic weapon strapped to his back, they took his picture and claimed it was a white man. The drive by media has an agenda and they will promote that agenda regardless of the facts. The people that showed up on Sept. 12 were the most peaceful demonstrators in the memory of the law enforcement authorities in Washington. These demonstrators are so filled with hate that they even cleaned up after themselves. The areas with demonstrations were cleaner after the demonstration than they were before the demonstration. From what I have picked up from those that were there, it was something you could take your children to.
When Janet Napolitano sent the memo around that made basically every conservative a potentially violent criminal, she was shouted down. The list was withdrawn from the public eyes. Now, we find that that the memo did not hit the wastebasket. It just went underground. It must be circulating freely among the left wing members of the administration. The ideas in Napolitano’s memo were repeated by the Speaker of the House. That means we can expect more comments from senior government officials in the coming weeks and months.
The question that Michael Savage and his callers were addressing was why? At this point nobody officially knows for sure. If there is some type of conspiracy like some were talking about last night, those people know. The rest of us are in the dark until the trap snaps shut. If there is no conspiracy, then things will just happen. We should be aware of the potential for a problem. We should make plans in case there is a problem, and hope that we are wrong. People with 20/20 hindsight always ask the question, “Why didn’t they see all the warning signs?” The warning signs are not obvious until something happens, then it is too late.