Rational Nation USA

  "Buddhanature is the inn ate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss."         Karl Brunnholzl "Seek first to understand, then to be understood."    Steven Covey Project 2025 is something every distractor, like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Putin, et all would support and implement. Yet in the world's most successful and prosperous democracy we have one "man", one party, a rogue group of conservative ignoramuses, Christian Nationalists, and nearly 50 percent of Americans apparently supportive of this trash plan. Project 2025. The conservative's plan to thoroughly and completely destroy our democracy and the democratic republic it has been for over 240 years.

"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss."      Karl Brunnholzl  As much as we may wish that fascism had died out decades ago, unfortunately, this is not the case. If you’re worried that some people around you may have traits associated with fascism, we’ve got you covered. This list reveals 18 characteristics that can help you spot a fascist. Emphasis on Nationalism Disdain for Human Rights Identification of Enemies as a Unifying Cause Supremacy of the Military Rampant Sexism Controlled Mass Media Obsession with National Security Religion and Government Intertwined Corporate Power Protected Labor Power Suppressed Distrust of Intellectuals and the Arts Obsession with Crime and Punishment Rampant Cronyism and Corruption Fraudulent Elections Fear of Difference Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class Obsession with Community Decline Constant Use of Patriotic Mottos, Slogans, and Symbols Re...

  117.   Should a person commit evil, let him not do it again and again. Let him not find pleasure therein, for painful is the accumulation of evil. 121.   Think not lightly of evil, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil. 125.   Like fine dust thrown against the wind, evil falls back upon that fool who offends an inoffensive, pure and guiltless man. 127  . Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape from the results of evil deeds Dhammapada Evil can manifest itself in many ways. Also through many channels. And, it can and does sometime mix with good. We have recently seen the later manifest in American politics and government. The channel is Donald J. Trump and those in government and the general population who supported him and continue to s...

As the USA and the World watches an emotionally disturbed and dangerous man violate the constitutional rights of his own people. Pathetic Indeed!~

Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Having read with great interest Professor Leonard Piekoff 's 1982 book The Ominous Parallels it has been clear, at least to me, the United States of America has in fact been trending towards a more state controlled fascistic economic and political system for many years. While one can make the observation and assertion, with some validity, that the liberal left bears some responsibility for this trend, given todays political reality it is virtually impossible to not recognize the political right is pushing America towards fascism at an almost breakneck speed. Republican (presumptive) presidential nominee Donald J. Trump (Drumpf) is the natural result of the rightwing's long march towards acceptance of fascism in America. Certainly the signs are many, for anyone truly interested and paying attention to both history and the current political environment that has lead to the rise of Trump. Take the time to read the following linked...

Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth A new Gallup Poll on March 11th shows just how unpopular Donald J. Trump is among Hispanics. PRINCETON, N.J. -- Presidential candidate Donald Trump has a major image problem among U.S. Hispanics, with 77% saying they view him unfavorably and just 12% viewing him favorably. This gives Trump by far the most negative image among Hispanics of any of the four Republican candidates. He also has a much more negative image among Hispanics than the two Democratic candidates. SOURCE Trump's recent message that he is going to be a unifier certainly hasn't resonated with Hispanics. It is easy to understand why given his xenophobia and nationalist rhetoric. Moving on to a related issue concerning Trump and his political resemblance to a previous era in history. Fedja Buric has an excellent article in this past Friday's SALON in which he draws many analogies between Mussolini's fascism and what he terms as Trumpism. A detailed an...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Many, but far from enough, resisted the Patriot Act and warned us of the potential and likely infringement on our civil liberties and privacy rights by the NSA. Perhaps Professor Leonard Piekoff in his book " The Ominous Parallels " was prophetic when he outlined similarities between Nazi Germany and modern America in its slow march towards fascism. Present day American conservatism is perhaps the greatest threat to our freedoms and personal liberties the nation has faced at any time in our history, although the Obama administration and many liberals have been supportive of the NSA. Deutsche Welle - A former NSA technical chief has told Germany's parliament that the US agency has become a "totalitarian" mass collector of data. German public broadcasters say the NSA targets individuals who use encryption services. Former NSA technical head William Binney described the US National Security Agency in...

from: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Fascism, a word tossed about frequently. Conservatives will say progressives lean fascist and progressives will say conservatives lean fascist. So, what's the truth? Or is there some truth both display some if not all of the characteristics? Dr. Laurence Britt , a political scientist who studied the fascist regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto, and Pinochet and found common themes running through of all these. He compiled a list called "The 14 Points of Fascism." 1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism 2. Disdain for the importance of human rights 3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause 4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism 5. Rampant sexism 6. A controlled mass media 7. Obsession with national security 8. Religion and ruling elite tied together 9. Power of corporations protected 10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated 11. Disdain and suppr...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny I have always respected Dr. Sowell. For his smarts as well as his intellectual honesty. While most are talking Socialist this, and Marxist that about President Obama Dr. Sowell frames Obama's politics and economic philosophy as they really are. Dr. Sowell simply calls it as it is. Dr. Sowell really hit it out of the park with this accurate and excellent article. creators.com - It bothers me a little when conservatives call Barack Obama a "socialist." He certainly is an enemy of the free market, and wants politicians and bureaucrats to make the fundamental decisions about the economy. But that does not mean that he wants government ownership of the means of production, which has long been a standard definition of socialism. What President Obama has been pushing for, and moving toward, is more insidious: government control of the economy, while leaving ownership in private hands. That way, politicians g...

Chomsky, while not one of my favorite intellects, does however make many valid points in this recent video. As a true independent conservative I share his understanding of the legitimate concerns tens of millions of Americans have. And I also share his belief that those concerns must be addressed by our government or we are in real and serious trouble. Where Chomsky and your truly part is with his essentially downplaying the many valid point made by conservatives. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck et all are not fascists plotting the fascist take over of our government by fomenting dissent. While Chomsky may have not said it directly, the implication was without a doubt clear. That is politics at its worst, and once again it is coming from the socialist/statist left. They just don't get it. Either because they choose not to, or they have been so indoctrinated by the progressive, socialist, liberal, statist educators and government media complex they have lost their abilit...

It gets so tiring listening to the far out liberal left loons flapping their gums about the far out wing nut right. I mean come on folks, doesn't it seem a bit odd the liberal loons, now that a conservative tide is building, find it useful to call the GOP  Stalinist . Truth be known,  the liberal left loons would be closer to correct had they chose the tag  Fascis t as the descriptive modifier for the far right. But why get hung up on technicalities. Their purpose is to discredit all viewpoints not liberal left and loony. On the other hand the wing nut far right has every interest in, and intent of, discrediting everything not far right and wing nutish. After all, isn't politics about winning at all cost? Irrespective of any damage done to the opponents character. A question just entered my head. Wouldn't the descriptive modifier  Communist   be accurately and appropriately attached to the ...