Socialism 101
This would be the Monday when school starts across the nation. This will
also be the Monday when your precious little rug rats will get their annual
leftist indoctrination against basic property rights.
Let's focus on first-graders - the first year in a government school.
Do you remember those weeks before school started for your first grader?
There you were, you and your proud new student walking the aisles of the
local Costco with your list of school supplies in hand. You checked off the
pencils, a ruler, a compass, paste, construction paper, a pencil holder,
notebooks and erasers.
At home, your first grader takes the supplies into his room and spreads
everything out on the bed. Arranges them this way - then that way. Pencils
next to the erasers, glue and construction paper lined up over here, compass
and ruler lined up over there. These are his supplies. His! Do you hear? And
tomorrow he is going to take them to school. He couldn't be more proud.
Finally, the first day of school arrives. The night before all of the school
supplies are packed, repacked, unpacked and repacked again. Then, that
morning, just one more unpacking and repacking to make sure everything's
still there and undamaged. OK! It's off we go to school! Apprehension mixed
with pride. Your young man or woman is taking another grand step toward
adulthood! What could go wrong?
Plenty. Remember, it's a government operation.
The students are seated, the bell rings. As fast as you can say the Pledge
of Allegiance without the "under God" part, the indoctrination begins. The
government teacher steps in front of her virtual hostages and promptly
delivers the first raw lesson in the power of government. The students are
instructed to bring all of their precious school supplies - their property -
to the front of the classroom and put them into a huge box. They are told
that the supplies belong to all of the class now, and the teacher will
assume the responsibility of distributing the supplies as they are needed.
"Whoaa! Hold on a minute here! These are my supplies. My daddy bought them
for me. You can't have them! They're mine!"
Nope. Sorry! They were yours. Now all those supplies belong to - guess who?
The government!
There's a method to this madness. Your child is being taught that there are
some severe limits to the concept of private property. It is perfectly OK,
for instance, if the government just steps up and seizes your property if
there are other people who might need some of your stuff. After all, it's
just not right for you to have something that other people don't have or
can't share in, is it?
This whole "dump your supplies into this box" is not an innocent exercise.
Your child's teacher might not even be aware of it, but this lesson in
government power is a time-honored method of introducing your child to the
concept that there is something basically wrong with owning private
property - but everything will be OK if you just let your superiors even
things out a bit by taking some stuff from you and giving it to someone
else.
How did Marx present this concept? I think it was something like "From each
according to his ability; to each according to his need."
Day number one, lesson number one: Your rights to your property exist only
so long as government will allow, and it's just not fair to have more stuff
than someone else.
And this is just the first week! More surprises in store! Wait until you get
that call from your child's teacher with vague, dark hints of a better world
for your child if only he was on Ritalin.
Boortz.com
kool_dude496@no-spam (Kool Kenny) wrote in message news:<fb36ed94.0309162041.a145fe8@no-spam>...
> Socialism 101
>
> This would be the Monday when school starts across the nation. This will
> also be the Monday when your precious little rug rats will get their annual
> leftist indoctrination against basic property rights.
>
> Let's focus on first-graders - the first year in a government school.
>
> Do you remember those weeks before school started for your first grader?
> There you were, you and your proud new student walking the aisles of the
> local Costco with your list of school supplies in hand. You checked off the
> pencils, a ruler, a compass, paste, construction paper, a pencil holder,
> notebooks and erasers.
>
> At home, your first grader takes the supplies into his room and spreads
> everything out on the bed. Arranges them this way - then that way. Pencils
> next to the erasers, glue and construction paper lined up over here, compass
> and ruler lined up over there. These are his supplies. His! Do you hear? And
> tomorrow he is going to take them to school. He couldn't be more proud.
>
> Finally, the first day of school arrives. The night before all of the school
> supplies are packed, repacked, unpacked and repacked again. Then, that
> morning, just one more unpacking and repacking to make sure everything's
> still there and undamaged. OK! It's off we go to school! Apprehension mixed
> with pride. Your young man or woman is taking another grand step toward
> adulthood! What could go wrong?
>
> Plenty. Remember, it's a government operation.
>
> The students are seated, the bell rings. As fast as you can say the Pledge
> of Allegiance without the "under God" part, the indoctrination begins. The
> government teacher steps in front of her virtual hostages and promptly
> delivers the first raw lesson in the power of government. The students are
> instructed to bring all of their precious school supplies - their property -
> to the front of the classroom and put them into a huge box. They are told
> that the supplies belong to all of the class now, and the teacher will
> assume the responsibility of distributing the supplies as they are needed.
>
> "Whoaa! Hold on a minute here! These are my supplies. My daddy bought them
> for me. You can't have them! They're mine!"
>
> Nope. Sorry! They were yours. Now all those supplies belong to - guess who?
> The government!
>
> There's a method to this madness. Your child is being taught that there are
> some severe limits to the concept of private property. It is perfectly OK,
> for instance, if the government just steps up and seizes your property if
> there are other people who might need some of your stuff. After all, it's
> just not right for you to have something that other people don't have or
> can't share in, is it?
>
> This whole "dump your supplies into this box" is not an innocent exercise.
> Your child's teacher might not even be aware of it, but this lesson in
> government power is a time-honored method of introducing your child to the
> concept that there is something basically wrong with owning private
> property - but everything will be OK if you just let your superiors even
> things out a bit by taking some stuff from you and giving it to someone
> else.
>
> How did Marx present this concept? I think it was something like "From each
> according to his ability; to each according to his need."
>
> Day number one, lesson number one: Your rights to your property exist only
> so long as government will allow, and it's just not fair to have more stuff
> than someone else.
>
> And this is just the first week! More surprises in store! Wait until you get
> that call from your child's teacher with vague, dark hints of a better world
> for your child if only he was on Ritalin.
>
> Boortz.com
I fixed the title for ya.
Remember when we gave money to the poor. Built schools. Provided
healthcare. We're still doing it. Except for the Iraqis. Iraq. The 51st
state.
