Neal Boortz
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002I mentioned this on the air yesterday, but it wasn't in my notes. I decided to add this segment today so nobody out there will miss this gem.
Just call me Paul Revere. In this case it's not the British who are coming – it's the collectivists. You know – collectivists, socialists, leftists – the anti-individualism crowd.
I've been telling you for years that there is a war against individualism and the very concept of the individual going on in this country. The left simply doesn't like the idea of individualism.
Individuals, after all, have individual rights; and among those individual rights would be the right to their own life, the right to the control of their own body and the right to property.
The left has a rich history of anti-individualist quotations. Just a few …
- Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all. – Nikita Khrushchev
- All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person. – Vladimir Lenin
- There is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual. – Benito Mussolini
- The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual. – Adolf Hitler (Remember, present-day conservatives would be called liberals in the 1940s.)
OK ... now for some current news from the front in the war against the individual.
First we have Ted Kennedy. He had a statement read into the Congressional Record on Monday. The statement was supposed to be praise for the New England Patriots football team for its incredible victory in the Super Bowl.
Kennedy, however, found time while praising the Patriots to get in a little volley against the concept of the individual. This is from his statement:
"At a time when our entire country is banding together and facing down individualism, the Patriots set a wonderful example, showing us all what is possible when we work together, believe in each other, and sacrifice for the greater good."
So, there you have it. Did you actually realize that we were now in the process of "facing down individualism"? Well, now you do.
And just how are the Democrats – including Ted Kennedy – working to face down individualism? Well, how about your individual right to plan for your own individual retirement?
How about your right to keep the money that you earn and not have it seized to redistribute to Democratic voters?
How about your right to go out there and buy your own health insurance policy and not have to rely on your employer or your government for your health care?
And – how about your right to be recognized for who YOU are instead of what racial, gender or ethnic group you happen to belong to – as determined by others?
Second example:
Catherine Reynolds is a businesswoman and philanthropist. She donated $38 million to Washington's Smithsonian Institution for a "Spirit of America" exhibit. The exhibit was to include a "Hall of Achievers."
The purpose of the Hall of Achievers was to demonstrate the power of the individual to shape history. There were going to be about 100 people represented in the Hall of Achievers – including Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey and others.
Well … here comes the anti-capitalist left. Some group called "Commercial Alert" didn't like the idea for the exhibit at all. They issued the usual protest … the exhibit would be an "extension of corporate America."
Then the Smithsonian staff got into the act. Staff members criticized the exhibit because – pay attention now – the focus was on individuals rather than groups.
Well … Catherine Reynolds has had enough. The $38 million gift has been withdrawn.
Reynolds issued a statement saying "Apparently, the basic philosophy for the exhibit – the power of the individual to make a difference – is the antithesis of that espoused by many within the Smithsonian bureaucracy, which is that only movements and institutions make a difference, not individuals."
The leftist war against the individual. Are you starting to wake up?
http://toogoodreports.com/column/general/mostert/20020206.htm
And Also From Toogood Reports, This Quote:
"It goes without saying that the more power a government assumes, the bigger it grows, and the bigger it grows, the more it costs. The more a government costs, the more it requires of its citizens, and the more it requires of its citizens, the more subjugated those citizens become. The more subjugated the citizens become, the more power a government assumes ... You get the idea." – Lee Shelton
Neal Boortz is the hugely popular nationally syndicated radio host.
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