Guest Blogger Sunday - Starring A Time For Choosing

Welcome to Guest Blogger Sunday here on Another Black Conservative. Each week I bring you a different blogger on my blog roll so that you can get an idea of whom I follow.  This week I bring you Gary from A Time For Choosing.

Like Adrienne Ross, I also met Gary on Team Sarah.  I was immediately impressed by Gary’s leadership abilities, strong Reagan conservatism and boundless energy. A troll once called Gary the Energizer Bunny on crack, and you know what he is. He blogs, he comments, he participates to the fullest and lives a full life as well. I wish I had half his energy!

As I mentioned before, Gary is a strong Reaganite conservative. He named his blog A Time For Choosing after Reagan’s iconic 1964 speech. A must read for the ages. So it is with great pleasure I bring you Gary from A Time For Choosing.

Another Side Of Sarah Palin: Financial Guru

by Gary from A Time For Choosing

It seems that Sarah Palin has made another positive international splash with her latest Facebook entries. Early Tuesday afternoon Sarah released a strongly worded statement urging President Obama to make the right decision Afghanistan, and pledging to back him up if he did.

Later in the same afternoon, Sarah released an even stronger statement, with a very terse warning concerning our nation's energy policy (or lack there of) and how years of continued energy mismanagement and counterintuitive policies have put our economy in a very precarious position. So precarious, that nations are openly discussing dropping the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency.

Her statement on the economy caught the eye of the London Financial Times which in turn caused Reuters to report this:

By Tabassum Zakaria

The Financial Times, the salmon-colored authoritative newspaper that is closely read by traders and other financial types around the world, had an eye-opener for readers this morning.

It wasn't the front-page, four-column wide headline, "Obama's critics pounce on falling dollar as fears grow over currency."

It wasn't the graphic showing a red downward line over a dollar bill.

The jolt comes at the start of the second paragraph in the top story of the day on the dollar, "Sarah Palin.."

The newspaper, whose articles can move markets, quoted the former Republican vice presidential candidate and ex-Alaska governor from her Facebook post on the need for energy independence. Palin links the dependence on foreign oil and large U.S. deficits to declines in the dollar .

"We can see the effect of this in the price of gold, which hit a record high today in response to fears about the weakened dollar," Palin wrote.

Palin's power for using her Facebook page to affect public opinion is not to be taken lightly. Remember "death panels" which turned the healthcare debate into rabid townhall meetings this summer - that phrase emerged from Palin's Facebook page

Now in all fairness, the folks at the townhall meetings were already very passionate about the health care issue before Sarah condensed the insanity of ObamaCare down to two words, but it's pretty clear that her ability to cut to the chase on any subject made a huge impact of the national debate over ObamaCare.

You see a lot of pundits that scoff at the notion that Sarah Palin is a force in the national debate using a networking site. They simply don't understand, or don't want to understand, the power of Facebook in Sarah's media strategy.

I was watching Greta last night. She and her guest were discussing the phenomenon that is Sarah Palin, and how she uses Facebook. The one thing that hit me was their complaint that it was "one sided." In other words, Sarah has her say, but isn't up for "cross examination." Of course, like everyone else, they were quick to admit, Sarah is effective using this method.

I guess I see it different than most, especially knowing who one of Sarah's heros (and mine) is. Sarah is following the path the Great Ronald Reagan took after he lost his 1976 presidential primary bid, updated for the 21st century.

From 1976 to 1980 Reagan was "out in the wilderness." Reagan, who was very media savvy, having spent a good chunk of his life in Hollywood as well as being a radio pitchman, turned to the radio to get his message out. Reagan gave regular short radio addresses combined with paid and unpaid speaking engagements to keep his message out there.

Social networking websites like Facebook have the same sort of impact today that radio did in Ronald Reagan's day. People of all ages and economic classes are into networking now.

Sarah's Facebook page is incredibly dynamic. You can check it any hour day or night and people are constantly posting well wishes, personal stories, and the popular "Sarah 2012!" rallying cry.

As of this writing, Sarah has 920,100 friends on her page, which is open to anyone to view, not just friends. This too changes hourly, as more people join day and night. This is roughly double the number of folks since Sarah resigned as Governor back in July. To put this in perspective, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who is also considered a front-runner in 2012 had around 7700 Facebook friends the last time I looked, which was about a week ago.

The advantage that Sarah Palin has, that the Gipper didn't, is almost anything she does becomes a media event. Within minutes of posting something on Facebook, the major media knows about it and reports on it. Doesn't matter if it's friendly or hostile media, they still report it, discuss it, and keep her in the spotlight.

A very savvy media plan indeed. Throw in the many paid and unpaid speeches Sarah will be giving between now and 2012, the upcoming book tour, and her pledge to help elect Conservative candidates, of which she has some 120 requests from so far (!) And the strategy looks very solid.

Oh, and it doesn't hurt that what she posts on Facebook is dead on!

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Guest Blogger Sunday - Motivation: Truth

Welcome to Guest Blogger Sunday here at Another Black Conservative. Each Sunday, I like to feature a different blogger from my blog roll, so that you can get a flavor of the various bloggers I follow. This week I am please to bring you Adrienne Ross from Motivation: Truth blog.

I met Adrienne Ross on Team Sarah last year. I was instantly impressed to see another black conservative who strongly and proudly put forth her beliefs, ideas and opinions.

When Adrienne started Motivation: Truth she took those same admirable characteristics and brought them to a wider audience. Her actions served as a major inspiration for me to do the same and thus start Another Black Conservative.

Adrienne is a strong supporter of Sarah Palin like me and has actually met Sarah Palin in person more than once. She is also a board member, media director and State of New York organizer for the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee.

So without further delay, it is my honor to bring you Adrienne Ross from Motivation: Truth.

Tapping into Your Inner-Rogue

By Adrienne Ross from Motivation: Truth

Since Sarah Palin’s book has become a bestseller, Palin-haters have turned out in droves to discredit her. Even those anklebiters who were on hiatus have gathered strength, reloaded, and are aiming once again toward the former vice presidential candidate. The fact that she would be enjoying such success when, upon her resignation from the Governor’s Office, they had giddily predicted her demise, has infuriated them. How is it that someone who has been coined insignificant by the haters has created such a stir with a book that has not yet hit the stands? The truth is if the anklebiters were honest, they’d admit that she is the epitome of significance, and she conjures up within them fear of a magnitude they have never experienced before.

So what weapons have they emerged wielding? Surely they must have some juicy tidbit of information about Governor Palin that will completely discredit her, right? Wrong. Certainly they have created some new Saturday Night Live-ish parody involving her family, yes? Oh, no. They pulled out the big guns this time. The past week has caused such a new outbreak of Palin Derangement Syndrome that the haters have been left with no other choice but to go after her…book title. Yes, I said her book title.

What a sad state of affairs. I truly feel sorry for anyone who is so filled with hate that they will stop at nothing to destroy someone. And since nothing else has worked, they have now unveiled Operation Attack Book Title. And they’re zeroing in on one word in particular: rogue.

I have received comments on Motivation: Truth from some of these people who obviously think that I am in need of a dictionary definition of the word. In their concern for my well-being (yeah, right), they want me to know that I am supporting someone who is a self-avowed…make the children leave the room please…rogue. They inform me that being a rogue is a bad thing. Bad Sarah. Bad, bad Sarah. “How fitting,” one person said, then went on to spew his hateful venom that Sarah Palin picked her title well—because, being the “mean-spirited” person that she is, she deserves it. He wanted me to know that rogue means, “an unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.”

Just who do these people think they’re fooling, and who do they think they’re dealing with? No doubt, they have heard the story about some unnamed McCain staffer/s who said Sarah “went rogue” during the campaign. It was a title bestowed upon her in an attempt to malign her.

I believe what Sarah has done is chosen her own definition for going rogue. Although I have not yet read the book, I have a feeling Sarah’s going rogue is a matter of being true to who she is and breaking away from some of those chains those mis-handlers had used to tie her to stale, inept campaign tactics.

Another definition of rogue is “operating outside normal or desirable controls.” That’s the rogue that Sarah Palin exemplifies even today, and I would not be surprised if her book reveals that she tapped into that inner-rogue as the campaign progressed. It reminds me of when Sarah’s dad said, “Let Sarah be Sarah,” when Jesus said of Lazarus, “Loose him and let him go,” and when they say in the hood, “Yo, get up off me!”

The truth is we would all be wise to tap into our own inner-rogues. The problem is some people are scared to operate outside of what’s expected of them. Breaking away from control might mean walking alone rather than having the company of the masses. Every Black conservative, for example, has had to break free of the expectations of the majority of the Black population and a very large portion of the White population as well so they could be true to their own deepest beliefs. It’s not an easy thing to do. It comes at a cost. And it’s downright rogue. Some others would like to, but have simply not yet found the strength to step away from the pack and be true to the one that matters. They’re closet-rogues, which really is an oxymoron. In other words, they’re not rogues at all. Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet, that’s not a good thing.

Sarah Palin has chosen to wear as a badge of honor the term originally conferred upon her as an insult. And she should. Whenever the “normal or desirable controls” are going nowhere fast, the smart thing to do is to resist, break free, and, yes, go rogue—even faster.

My wish for every one of us: May we follow Sarah Palin’s example and tap into our own inner-rogue.

Guest Blogger Sunday - Starring Left Coast Rebel

Welcome to another edition of Guest Blogger Sunday. Every week I turn over a post to one of the bloggers on my blog roll, so that you can get a taste of the various bloggers I follow. This week I am happy to bring you Left Coast Rebel. I was attracted to his blog because he seem to so clearly capture the spirit of returning power back to the people. I count Left Coast Rebel as one of my good blogger buddies and I hope he will become one of yours too.

9 Simple Truths - The House of Cards Crumbles - by Left Coast Rebel

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.

You cannot establish security on borrowed money.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves

- William J.H. Boetcker, 1916, often attributed to Abraham Lincoln

How do these simples truths apply to America today? How do they destroy every single argument of the Statist/Progressive/Moral Relativist/Big-government Enabler of today? Sometimes as it seems, simplicity is the best policy, the best weapon in an intellectual arsenal. Where is the American leader to spread these simple Thatcherisms?


First point - You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. Simple. Down with the progressive tax-code that punishes achievement on a sliding scale. Down with the system in that the more wealth one creates (and benefits oneself and society as a whole), the higher percentage one is taxed. Down with an inherent, massive disincentive to the best and the brightest, the goose that lay the golden egg. Liberal religiosity 101, the most sacrosanct of all - the Marxian progressive tax code. The achiever class, the bane of the altruist, the tool for the cause.


Second point - You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. Much the same here as the first point. As is the case in taxation, so is the case with all members of the best and the brightest. The gutter mentality amidst us deplores a strong figure, male or not. We worship at the throne of depravity, of feeble and weak minded loonies. We give up our freedoms while worshipping at the throne of silver-tongued slave masters.




Third point - You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. The Almighty holy grail ethos of the Leftwing. The evil 1%. The business man. The entrepreneur. The one that dares to work the most, the hardest, and be the brightest. The cigar-smoking boardrooms, packed with fat, sweaty, yellow toothed white guys plotting to take from the poor that which he has earned. The ethos of Robin Hood, to take from the rich that they have always unfairly gotten, to give to the downtrodden. And utopia is here!


Fourth point - You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. Once again the simple concept of class-warfare, of breaking the simple commandment - "neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." We lay waste to our moral-compass by disregarding simple truths, religious commandments. America was once a God-fearing nation, we jettison notions and values at our peril. Care to draw a figure for me of the impoverished employed by the poor? Envy creates misery. Our own politics in the US prove this, there is an absolute moral component to every ill we face.


Fifth point - You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. The Federal government cannot encourage home ownership by arm-twisting bankers into loans without merit, by skewing the simple laws of economics at ever front. Our economy proves this. Our government cannot pull us out of our malaise by adding debt to future generations, by noosing their collective necks. Liabilities today from our beloved government, all entitlements included, are 100 trillion dollars. A mind-numbing figure that defies all sanity. The solution to this debt of morality and finance? The creation of more entitlement programs, thus nearly ensuring our doom. Our society cannot escape simple math, the Founders would believe us to be doomed by such idiocy and folly. Is it all a bad dream?


Sixth point - You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. Refer to points, 1-5.


Seventh point - You cannot establish security on borrowed money. The entire foundation of our government today comes crashing down on this truth. The 'Stimulus' bill, Socialized Medicine, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Insecurity, every dollar spent to bankrupt and rob future generations....empty promises from a broken government nearing the stage of insolvency from an addiction to debt. Echoes and whispers from American families at the dinner table all across the nation, "We can't run our household like that, why can Washington.....?" They can't and they put the most vibrant experiment in freedom in peril on a daily basis.


Eighth point - You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. "The power to tax is the power to destroy" - John Marshall 1819. You take an individual soul when you take his ability to earn a living for himself. You take an earnest reason to awake early with a purpose. You take his dignity. You take his struggle for a good life, for the American Dream. You take everything.


Ninth point - You cannot help men permanently by doing for them by doing what they could do and should do for themselves. The essence of Liberty and our Founding. The essence of our God-given abilities and unique character. The essence of the fight to save our nation from the cancer of the State. The essence of the Pursuit of Happiness. The essence of the freedom to succeed of fail. The essence of our fight today. The essence of We the People.

Guest Blogger Sunday - Starring Saber Point

Welcome to another addition of Guest Blogger Sunday. Every Sunday I turn over one of my post to a different person on my blog roll. This way my readers can get the flavor of the various bloggers that I read.

This week Another Black Conservative brings you Stogie from Saber Point. For those of you who may not know, Stogie designed the banner of this blog after the redesign. Stogie also did the banners for Atlas Shrugs and Left Coast Rebel.

In his guest debut on Another Black Conservative, Stogie gives us the behind the scenes information behind Time Magazine's Glenn Beck cover. So without further delay, take it away Stogie!

THE PROPAGANDA OF TIME MAGAZINE COVERS

- by Saber Point

Time Magazine has long been known to be biased in favor of Democrats. It's no surprise, then, that their latest magazine cover features Glenn Beck in an unfavorable light, with Beck sticking out his tongue like an angry little boy. The caption: "Mad Man." Beck is a rising conservative superstar and the best way to deal with him is to marginalize him early on. The woman who designed the cover, one Jill Greenberg, has openly admitted that it was her intent to make Beck look bad.

Greenberg is known for her liberal views and her raging political bias to the left. She was blatantly unethical in her photography of John McCain for Atlantic Magazine, using lighting and Photoshop to make him look as old and as evil as possible.

The Time Mag cover of Beck is nothing new. Back in 1994, after Newt Gingrich led the Republicans to recapture both houses of Congress, Time took its revenge. In December 1994 they printed a cover of a stingy-looking New Gingrich, with the caption "Uncle Scrooge." Underneath the caption they ran the comment: "Tis the season to bash the poor. But is Newt Gingrich's America really that heartless?" The negative imagery, like the more recent Glenn Beck cover, was not subtle in its political bias or its intended message.

The most effective way to smear the opposition however is with subtlety and subliminal messages. "Subliminal" means "below the level of conscious perception." Subliminal messages are said to enter through "the back door of the mind." If one is conscious of the intended message it loses its effect; mental safeguards go up, critical analysis is employed. Subliminal is therefore far more effective. Time's editors certainly know this. Let's look at some examples.

A Time Cover of Barack Obama before the election was taken by someone crouching in front of Obama. The effect was to make Obama look tall, majestic and regal, a man bigger than life. The best arguments are those that need not be spoken and the image says it all: this guy's one tough SOB, a man to be dealt with; he has CREDIBILITY.

Another Time cover shows Dick Cheney and Colin Powell standing together in darkness, their faces almost obliterated by shadows. The caption is "Ready for War." Who hides in the dark? Assassins. Criminals. Evil conspirators. Bad people.

A later cover is more obvious. It features Dick Cheney standing under a dark cloud with the caption "The Verdict on Cheney" and a note describing him as "one of Bush's biggest liabilities." What's a verdict but the conclusions of a court against a criminal on trial. The dark cloud over Cheney's head tells us what is not stated: guilty as charged...of whatever.

Don't be surprised, therefore, at the latest Time propaganda on Glenn Beck. It's only one of many Time hit pieces over the years and it won't be the last. By being aware of the mainstream media's liberal bias, it tends to lose any effect on your opinion. Explain it to others (through blog articles and private conversations) and teach them to see through the bias.

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Guest Blogger Sunday

I am starting a new feature on Another Black Conservative, Guest Blogger Sunday. Every Sunday, I will turn over one post to another blogger on my blog roll to give you all a little sampling of who I read (and to give this brother a rest, lol). I actually cooked up the idea with this week’s guest…Track A ‘Crat. Enjoy

Moore Is Less - by Track A 'Crat

Were I not afraid that he would try to incapacitate and then eat me, I’d love to follow Michael Moore around every day and do nothing but tell him how stupid he is, how stupid his face is, how stupid his house is, etc.

And, most especially of all, how earth-shatteringly stupid his forthcoming train-wreck Capitalism: A Love Story inevitably is.

Moore’s latest anti-logic masterpiece on behalf of the Democratic Party concludes with the observation that,

“Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy.”

The only mildly shocking thing about which is that it wasn’t a hidden genius of the likes of Monica Conyers who mouth-farted it into existence.

First of all, left-wing idiots, democracy and capitalism are not mutually exclusive. One relates to politics, the other to the economy, see? Wanting to replace capitalism with democracy is like wanting to replace electricity with soda. They. Are. Not. The. Same. Thing.

Although I could excuse them for thinking otherwise, seeing as how true democracies have coincided with no other economic

model but the free market. Name me one proper democracy that doesn’t depend on a free market for its economic activity, I dare you.

Second, nothing in the history of the world has done more to alleviate poverty and spread prosperity than the free market. Remember what came before to help the LDCs? Loans, aid, debt-forgiveness, charity and philanthropy, religion, etc? None even approach the amount of good done by the free market.

I’m keeping the critiques to two because this would otherwise never end, but here’s a last point to consider: socialists conflate the political and economic spheres because, like fundamentalist Islam, it is a totalitarian doctrine. Everything comes under the purview of socialism.

Not so with conservatives, who, while noting the innumerable links between democracy and the free market, nevertheless devolve one set of functions to one and another set of functions to the other. Coveting the control of all Creation as they do, this division of labor is unacceptable to the Democratic Socialist Party.

So when idiots like Moore say that they want “economic democracy”, what they mean to say is material uniformity. That way, no matter what your intelligence, work ethic or need, we all get to have the same (crappy) house, car, food and possessions as everyone else.

Everyone, that is, except for those ruling over us.

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