Journal

Communist Stealth

Communism seldom announces itself, nor does it walk through the front door waving it’s banner.   It always arrives by stealth, in disguise, slithering through a crack in the back door.   It invites itself to sit at your table and drink your tea, all the while politically corrupting your children under the buffet.   It mollifies with gifts as it connives to steal them back, just as it connives to steal your inherent freedom.

As it distracts you, it infiltrates your governmental bodies, charity foundations, and international banking systems in its quest to subjugate and dominate from all angles.   In its triumph, it will install its flag over your house.

Communism does not seek equality, it seeks equity;  your equity – for redistribution.   The equity you’ve worked a lifetime to build, the sacrifice of your sweat and time; for the love of your family.   This confiscation is to be given to others “according to their need” regardless of yours.   But who is the “Grand Decider” in all of this?   It doesn’t say, because it never says, and the plan will not be uncloaked until it is too late.   Unfortunately, by that time the free-market system is a distant memory and you will have already become “comrade” in  the Great Collective.

Restoring Sir John A. MacDonald

The National Post recently featured a series of articles about Sir John A. MacDonald.  It’s time.  As a result of name removal, statue decapitation and the hostile narrative about him, historic truth is suffering.  It is clear that the left and others want him stricken from history.  They’d be happy to remove every reference to him.

But that wouldn’t be right.  First, ‘grievance archeology’ is wrong.  It ignores historical context and truth. As the NP contributors stated, John A. MacDonald did a lot for native people.  He did not want the genocidal experience of the United States. He negotiated treaties so that it wouldn’t happen here.  He created the NWMP so that both whites and natives would be protected.  He had food distributed as best he could to aboriginal peoples so they would not starve when the buffalo were gone.

Was he perfect? No. Was he consistent?  No.  But he respected them and made sure they could reside on their ancestral lands, calling them “free people.”  Mackenzie’s Liberals criticized him for doing too much for the indigenous population.  In his May 5th, 1880 speech, he reminded people that they were “original owners of the soil” and we were “bound to protect them.”  He did not create the residential schools. The first was built in 1695.

Sir John A. MacDonald was a statesman and the architect of Canada.  For that alone his memory should not be besmirched.  He should always be remembered and honoured. Historical revision is easy, truth is not.

What can we expect from Government?

What can we expect from Government, and what price do we really pay?

An essential difference between those guided by common sense and those who believe that government, (ever increasing in size) can provide the essentials of life, falls between the definitions of ‘wants’ versus ‘needs.’

In this pandemic governed society, government has allowed itself the opportunity to take on ‘emergency’ powers permitting it to dictate our movements and actions in ways that we would never have considered reasonable before.  It has set aside the normal administration of justice by permitting its agents, to direct activities and levy fines and which are, by statute, the responsibility of legislatures and the courts.

We have seen federal and provincial governments use the pandemic as justification to make huge financial disbursements with no effective plan or oversight, the consequences of which will leave our great-grandchildren with the obligation of repayment.

In a democracy, we accept these actions because we accept the judgements of those, we elect to manage our society, to take the necessary action to meet the ‘needs’ of all of us.  To be effective as a democracy, we need to regularly revisit the outcomes of their decisions to see whether they simply addressed loosely defined ‘wants’ that had little to do with reasons involved with a pandemic.

In an effective democracy citizens should hold all representatives, found to have overstated the requirement, personally responsible for their actions and assign them some very heavy penalties.

The Transition Network

What is The “Transition Network” ?

The Transition Network is a global organization appearing to disguise itself as an environmental movement “transitioning” from “Peak Oil” to alternative energy. It was founded by Rob Hopkins, a U.K. activist, in Totness England in 2007. It presents itself as compassionate, enlightened, and progressive, but once you research the organization and discover its underlying principles, you soon learn that it is not.

It is in 50 countries, including Canada, and plans to turn communities in those nations into “Transition Towns.” Victoria, Duncan, and Nanaimo have all been certified “Transition Towns.” Becoming a Transition Town means that the Transition Network provides collectivist practices and politics according to a well-established plan. They do not present themselves as Marxist, but their principles are far left and often directly Marxist.

Communalism and collectivism, as well as re-education, are fundamental practices of the Network. These are, of course, Marxist strategies.  Some local activist special interest groups deeply imbedded in Cowichan Valley politics, are connected to the Transition Network. Declaring “Climate Emergencies” and receiving grants and funding for their leftist education programs is fundamental to their work.

The Transition Network is anything but benign. Although they present cleverly, they have a well documented and formulated plan to alter our society beyond recognition along “green” “collectivist” and Neo Marxist lines. Like so many other similar organizations, the Transition Network’s collectivist mandate is a threat to free enterprise.

For Christmas; A Sense of “Village”

Somewhere in the mists of time we all seem to harbour some idea of “Village”.  The Community Hall, the Church, the Schoolhouse, and a common cohesive civility.  For the conservative-minded person, the sense of self-reliance and desire for self-sufficiency is etched into DNA over millennia and is still felt, as is felt a profound reluctance to fail or be burdensome upon others.  Some might call this a pioneer ideology, a yearning nostalgia of all things straightforward and simple, but in reality, it is just about being a responsible human.

What we are experiencing in our yearning for “Village” is the psychological character of a bygone era, not the hard physicality of the old days.  It is a trace of emotion that has faded from the collective consciousness, and as such can no longer embrace us, and nothing cloaked upon our psyche has replaced it. What we are experiencing is mass cultural alienation and a feeling of loss.

As a society, how did we lose our resolve and become complacent?  When did we embrace mediocrity and political correctness?  Why did we allow our traditions to falter?  How did government become the head of our households?  These are the questions Canadians need to address in order to regain their sense of self and culture.

This Christmas season let’s share with each other the generous gift of hope that we can once again find our “Village” and enjoy the calm that we all yearn for; of family, friends, familiarity, and peace.  We are blessed to have each other.

Merry Christmas everyone!