Why Democrats/Socialism May Win

Lee Harris has written a must read thesis, Why Isn't Socialism Dead. The full article can be read at TSC Daily .

The following is an excerpt of this thesis where I have inserted DI for Democrat Ideology each time the term "socialism" is used. It is amazing how it accurately describes the Democrat Party.

The shrewd and realistic Florentine statesman and thinker, Guicciardini
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guicciardini>, once advised: "Never fight against religion...This concept has too much empire over the minds of men." And to the extent that socialism {DI} is a religion, then those who wish to fight it with mere reason and argument may well be in for a losing battle.

Furthermore, as {DI} populism spreads, it is inevitable that the myth of {DI} socialism will gain in strength among the people who have the least cause to be happy with their place in the capitalist world-order, and who will naturally be overjoyed to put their faith in those who promise them a quick fix to their poverty and an end to their suffering. Thus, in the coming century, those who are advocates of capitalism may well find themselves confronted with "a myth gap."

Those who, like Chavez, Morales, and Castro, are preaching the old time religion of socialism may well be able to tap into something deeper and more primordial than mere reason and argument, while those who advocate the more rational path of capitalism may find that they have few listeners among those they most need to reach -- namely, the People...

...This is why{DI} socialism isn't dead, and why in our own century it may well spring back into life with a force and vigor shocking to those who have, with good reason, declared {DI} socialism to be no longer viable. It is also why Georges Sorel is perhaps even more relevant today than he was a hundred years ago. He knew that it was hopeless to guide men by reason and argument alone.

Men need myths -- and until capitalism can come up with a transformative myth of its own, it may well be that many men will prefer to find their myths in the same place they found them in the first part of the twentieth century -- the myth of revolutionary {DI} socialism.

This is the challenge that capitalism faces in the world today -- whether it will rise to the challenge is perhaps the most urgent question of our time, and those who refuse to confront this challenge are doing no service to reason or to human dignity and freedom.

Bad myths can only be driven out by better myths, and unless capitalism can provide a better myth than {DI} socialism, the latter will again prevail.

Lee Harris is author of Civilization and Its Enemies <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743257499/102-4902961-6901734?v=glance&n=283155>.

Best Lawyer Story

BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY.

A Charlotte, North Carolina lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.

Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company.

In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The in suranc e company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.

The lawyer sued.. and WON! (Stay with me.) Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company! that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer "held a policy from the company which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire" and was obligated to pay the claim.

Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the "fires".

NOW FOR THE BEST PART..

After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.

This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

ONLY IN AMERICA! NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS

Use IRS Template to Control Illegal immigrants

The federal government uses businesses to collect taxes - right? So why not use the IRS template to control undocumented workers.

It's simple. If an employer knowingly hires an undocumented worker, that worker could report the employer to ICE or other agency, and he would get immediate citizenship and a $2,000 bounty -- and the employer would be fined $10,000.

If the illegal worker used forged documents, he would be deported with a felony on his record. If he is caught again using forged document he would be jailed.

Employers already ask for employee's SS# - documentation could include green cards and guest worker cards. The feds would have to set up a data bank so employers could check document.

It's simple.