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By Roger Kimball

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Pegasus66
2009-03-07 11:21:04

To fight an enemy effectively you have to know who is the enemy, what they want, and how they operate. Most of you have figured out how they operate. Some of you have partly figured out what they want: the destruction of the American economy and its “producers of wealth” . . . so that we can become part of Bush 41’s New World Order ( you weren’t listening back when he said that, but some of us knew what he was talking about). Aome of the “Who’s” will surprise you. They are not political party specific.
Look at the people around Obama, and those that were around W. They are unelected, come from major financial institutions and don’t seem very Constitution-minded.
We can theorize and pontificate = guess = or we can figure out how to stop this freight train before we are tied to the tracks. My first suggestion is to take Bernake’s computer away from him so he can’t create any more imaginary money. You watch, the next move will be to crash the dollar, similar to what was done to the Peso. In that instance, the wealty oligarchy that really rules Mexico liquidated all peso investments and purchased tangible items: art works, jewelry, land, precious metals – - then the government crashed the peso.
Here is an excerpt from a speech by Congressman Ron Paul, Neo-Conned, Address to The House of Representatives, July 10, 2003
www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr71003.htm
“None of this happened by accident or coincidence. Precise philosophic ideas prompted certain individuals to gain influence to implement these plans. The neoconservatives – a name they gave themselves – diligently worked their way into positions of power and influence. They documented their goals, strategy and moral justification for all they hoped to accomplish. Above all else, they were not and are not conservatives dedicated to limited, constitutional government.
Neo-conservatism has been around for decades and, strangely, has connections to past generations as far back as Machiavelli. Modern-day neo-conservatism was introduced to us in the 1960s. It entails both a detailed strategy as well as a philosophy of government. The ideas of Teddy Roosevelt, and certainly Woodrow Wilson, were quite similar to many of the views of present-day neocons. Neocon spokesman Max Boot brags that what he advocates is ‘hard Wilsonianism.’ In many ways, there’s nothing ‘neo’ about their views, and certainly nothing conservative. Yet they have been able to co-opt the conservative movement by advertising themselves as a new or modern form of conservatism.
More recently, the modern-day neocons have come from the far left, a group historically identified as former Trotskyites. Liberal, Christopher Hitchens, has recently officially joined the neocons, and it has been reported that he has already been to the White House as an ad hoc consultant. Many neocons now in positions of influence in Washington can trace their status back to Professor Leo Strauss of the University of Chicago. One of Strauss’ books was Thoughts on Machiavelli. This book was not a condemnation of Machiavelli’s philosophy. Paul Wolfowitz actually got his PhD under Strauss. Others closely associated with these views are Richard Perle, Eliot Abrams, Robert Kagan, and William Kristol. All are key players in designing our new strategy of preemptive war. Others include: Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute; former CIA Director James Woolsey; Bill Bennett of Book of Virtues fame; Frank Gaffney; Dick Cheney; and Donald Rumsfeld. There are just too many to mention who are philosophically or politically connected to the neocon philosophy in some varying degree.
The godfather of modern-day neo-conservatism is considered to be Irving Kristol, father of Bill Kristol, who set the stage in 1983 with his publication Reflections of a Neoconservative. In this book, Kristol also defends the traditional liberal position on welfare.”

You really should pull up the whole speech as he goes on the list what Neocons actually believe in.