Political preaching is not welcome on our listserve. Members have a wide range of political views. We don't use the Chrysler 300 Club to promulgate them. Rick Ehrmann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McGowan" <quadshop@xxxxxxxx> To: "undisclosed-recipients:" Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:16 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] [Fwd: [Fwd: FW: : What if he's right? I thought this was worth a read. See what you ...]] > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Fwd: FW: : What if he's right? I thought this was worth a > read. See what you ...] > Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 10:14:57 -0500 > From: > Organization: > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > __________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > */I hope you find the time to read this with an open > mind./**/ /**/It's interesting. Please read it with the open > mind rather than immediately breaking it down into left or > right, but rather look at it from the neutral viewpoint of > right or wrong. It's like the line below says, "what if he > is right?"/* > */ /* > */ /* > */_Take the three minutes to read this. Maybe he is wrong, > but what if he’s right?_/* /*/_ Please,PLEASE > READ....................AND SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY > !!!!!!!!!_/*/ > > > *David Kaiser is a respected historian whose published works > have covered a broad range of topics, from European Warfare > to American League Baseball. Born in 1947, the son of a > diplomat, Kaiser spent his childhood in three capital > cities: Washington D.C. , Albany , New York , and Dakar , > Senegal .. He attended Harvard University , graduating there > in 1969 with a B.A. in history. He then spent several years > more at Harvard, gaining a PhD in history, which he obtained > in 1976. He served in the Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976. > > He is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of > the United States Naval War College . He has previously > taught at Carnegie Mel lon, Williams College and Harvard > University . Kaiser's latest book, /The Road to Dallas/, > about the Kennedy assassination, was just published by > Harvard University Press. > > * > *Dr. David Kaiser > > > History Unfolding > * > *I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written > 15 books on history that have been published in six > languages, and I have studied history all my life. I have > come to think there is something monumentally large afoot, > and I do not believe it is simply a banking crisis, or a > mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes these exist, but > they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that > is only now coming into a sharper focus.. > > Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense > it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, > and how people react to it. Yes, a perfect storm may be > brewing, but there is something happening within our country > that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen years. The > pace has dramatically quickened in the past two. > > We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our > banks make massive loans to people we know they can never > pay back? Why? > > We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has > little or no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two > trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past > few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose > the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is > three times the $700 billion we all argued about so > strenuously just this past September. Who has this money? > Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? > Who asked for it? Who authorized it? I thought this was a > government of "we the people," who loaned our powers to our > elected leaders. Apparently not. > > We have spent two or more decades intentionally > de-industrializing our economy... Why? > > We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our > history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we > are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students > by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or > articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not > picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why? > > We have now established the precedent of protesting every > close election (violently in California over a proposition > that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to > remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you > ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) We have > corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected > judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, > and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to > turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose? > > Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are > in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking > system is on the verge of collapse, social security is > nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. > Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college > and I know precisely what I am talking about) - the list is > staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.. It is > potentially 1929 x ten...And we are at war with an enemy we > cannot even name for fear of offending people of the same > religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of > your children if they have the opportunity to do so. > > And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows > anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, > let alone a town as big as Wasilla , Alaska .. All of his > associations and alliances are with real radicals in their > chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about > him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary > (Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create > and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than > our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. > The media would never play that for you over and over and > then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter > and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.) > > Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: > Change. Why? > > I have never been so afraid for my country and for my > children as I am now. > > This man campaigned on bringing people together, something > he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my > assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, > push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new > and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And > when it comes, you will never see the same nation again. > > And that is only the beginning.. > > **As a serious student of history, I thought I would never > come to experience what the ordinary, moral German must have > felt in the mid-1930s In those times, the "savior" was a > former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about > whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they > should have known was that he was associated with groups > that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom > they disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage > through great oratory. Conservative "losers" read it right now. > > And there were the promises. Economic times were tough, > people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he > smiled and frowned and waved a lot. And people, even > newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his > "brown shirts" would bully and beat them into submission. > Which they did - regularly. And then, he was duly elected to > office, while a full-throttled economic crisis bloomed at > hand - the Great Depression. Slowly, but surely he seized > the controls of government power, person by person, > department by department, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The > children of German citizens were at first, encouraged to > join a Youth Movement in his name where they were taught > exactly what to think. Later, they were required to do so. > No Jews of course, > > How did he get people on his side? He did it by promising > jobs to the jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards > for the military-industrial complex. He did it by > indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health > care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to > re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe , > and across the world. He did it with a compliant media - did > you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice > and .... . ... change. And the people surely got what they > voted for. > > If you think I am exaggerating, look it up. It's all there > in the history books. > > So read your history books. Many people of conscience > objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, > laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed > out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House > of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was > booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was > right, though. And the world came to regret that he was not > listened to. > > Do not forget that Germany was the most educated, the most > cultured country in Europe . It was full of music, art, > museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And yet, > in _less than six years_ (a shorter time span than just two > terms of the U. S. presidency) it was rounding up its own > citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning > children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors.. > All with the best of intentions, of course.. The road to > Hell is paved with them. > > As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional > decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the > objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me > cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is shouting > to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope > I am wrong by closing my eyes, having another latte, and > ignoring what is transpiring around me.. > > I choose to believe the evidence. No doubt some people will > scoff at me, others laugh, or think I am foolish, naive, or > both. To some degree, perhaps I am. But I have never been > afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what > I believe-and why I believe it. > > **I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. Perhaps the only > hope is our vote in the next elections. > > David Kaiser > Jamestown , Rhode Island > United States * > > > Pass this along. Perhaps it will help to begin the awakening > of America as to where we are headed. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Penny Stock Jumping 2000% > Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4bff35ad7c8371382cest04duc > > > ------------------------------------ > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > For list server instructions, go to > http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > > For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! 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