A Nation Dividing

Over the past few weeks I've seen and heard people talking about the United States of America splitting, literally.  There is no question America is split politically and ideologically, but the thought of a physical split is very troubling.  

There are no all red or all blue states, so physically it would be difficult to divide the country by political, moral, or ideological beliefs, and make everybody happy.  The division we have now will, however, have a huge impact on how this nation goes forward and what her future will be.

This great divide began, I believe, with the election of George W. Bush, the hanging chads, lawsuit, and the Left believing that Al Gore was actually the president.  We've gone downhill from there.

The election of Barack Obama was the final tipping point.  The media and the Republican candidate, John McCain, failed to vet Obama, failed to treat him like any other candidate, for one reason -- he is Black.  The unspoken threat was everywhere, -- must not question him too much, must not be too hard on him, must not dig too deep, -- because he's historic, he's the first Black that had a real chance to be elected President of the United States of America.

When Obama began leading (which was actually before his inauguration with the 'financial crisis' the excuse, with the blessing of George W. Bush) Americans on both sides finally got to see who is really is and what he really believes and where he would truly lead this country.  America is officially divided.

“There are now two Americas: one conservative; the other liberal.  Increasingly, we no longer just disagree, but we despise each other.”—Jeffrey Kuhner “Will America Break”

“You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man’s age-old dream—the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order—or down to the ash heap of totalitarianism.”—Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

The above quotes begin Jim O'Neill's article Something In The Air, where he says, "Some people are saying that this is the most perilous period in recent memory.  I’m a fair student of history, and I would say that to find America’s population so deeply, and acrimoniously, at odds with one another, you’d have to go back to the Civil War. "

It’s an accepted fact by now, that the Lame Stream Media is merely the propaganda arm of the regressive, repressive Progressives, and that our U.S. government Departments are all “Agenda 21 friendly,” and aligned with “political correctness.”  This, despite the fact that Agenda 21 is a UN, and not a U.S., agenda, and PC is obviously nothing but a way of censoring all but “Far Left approved” speech.

Insidious nature of Agenda 21

But in a relatively short period of time, “we the people” have awakened to the insidious nature of Agenda 21, and the shock value of being labeled a “racist,” “homophobe,”” Islamaphobe,” or whatever the current “phobe-de-jour” is, has lost most of its power to intimidate and silence.  (continue reading)

Yes, the Left with the MSM megaphone can label those of us who do not believe in Obama's America any way they want and those lies will become the mantra that is spread.  Like the proverbial feather pillow shaken out the window into the wind, the feathers (lies) can never be stuffed back into the pillow again, but are out there for the world to see.

How we on the Right, the Constitutional Conservatives, conduct ourselves will make all the difference in future America.  There are real differences in the Left and the Right.  Giovianni's World describes it this way:

Conservatives truly believe that in 1776 something remarkable happened — the founding of the United States of America. The American republic, though far from perfect — given the shameful treatment of the indigenous “Indians” and black slaves — nevertheless was something special in human history.  Conservatives therefore revere the Constitution and the Founding Fathers. We also believe that it is only because of American ideals as embodied in the Constitution that later reforms — emancipation of slaves and women, the civil rights movement — were even possible.

But conservatives are like the Ents in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Revering what the Founding Fathers instituted, conservatives are by our nature not revolutionaries. And so, we became complacent — while the Left infiltrated and took over every institution in American society.

Liberals, however, especially the far Left, fixate on America’s imperfections, past and present, and in so doing create and embrace Identity Politics with its narcissistic permanent sense of aggrieved victimhood.

At A View From The Right there have been many discussions concerning the splitting of America.  Also discussed there is how the Right is re-acting to the lies being told about them by the Left, rather than being pro-active.

Consider the photo essay by Tea Partier, blogger, and photographer El Marco on the Tea Party Express. El Marco is outraged at the charge of racism brought against the Tea Partiers, as he should be. But how does he respond? He points out how untrue and ridiculous the charge is, he emphasizes the role of blacks such as Lloyd Marcus in the movement, he talks about a white Texas couple who adopted two babies from Africa, and he shows lots of photographs of blacks playing a prominent role at Tea Party rallies. Thus his response to the racism charge is not to attack liberals for using that vicious charge as a tyrannical weapon to silence conservatives and drive them out of politics (a counter-attack on liberals that would put the liberals on the defensive for once instead of leaving conservatives on the defensive). No, his response is to embrace race-blindness, non-discrimination, and racial diversity as the very essence of the Tea Party movement. Instead of condemning the liberal premise that in order to be morally legitimate in our society you must conspicuously prove your non-discriminatory attitudes, he embraces that premise. And I suspect that El Marco's response is probably in sync with a majority of Tea Partiers.

It is therefore a reasonable prediction that race-blind, mainstream conservatives who are part of any constitutionalist or even secessionist movement will go over the top in proving their non-racism--with their own equivalent of mass bi-racial Promise Keepers rallies with black and white men holding hands and pledging their mutual devotion, diversity dog-and-pony show GOP conventions, celebrations of whites adopting black children, the elevation of blacks as their leaders, and, finally, continued support for mass nonwhite legal immigration.

In a nutshell, the more "right-wing" they become, the more they will feel compelled to demonstrate their adherence to liberal correctness on race. Such a movement will in vital respects remain under the power of liberalism, instead of breaking with it. [snip]

My above argument points to the possibility that even though conservatives of various stripes share the same resistance to the Obama revolution, they may split over such issues as immigration...

The Obama revolution is the most leftist event in American history, and thus it may spark the most conservative event in American history. Let us not prevent that conservative event from developing by getting hung up with possible obstacles that may not even occur, or that may be of secondary importance even if they did.  (continue to see more of what Lawrence  Auster has to say and also read the input of others)

Scott at Powerline discusses Obama's need to bow in submission to our enemies (compared to the images of him poking Israeli Prime Minister in the chest and pointing his finger in the face of another leader) and concludes:

Despite his obsequiousness to tyrants, Obama is not a humble man. On the contrary, Obama is a man of extraordinary arrogance. He seeks fundamentally to transform the United States. With him, a new age begins.

That description of extraordinary arrogance could be applied to Obama's followers also.  And here we are discussing the great American divide.  America's new age has indeed begun and what we as individuals do to correct the damage that has already been done is being discussed from sea to shining sea.

Comments

[R.J. Godlewski]

The way that I see it, there is only one 'split' in America -- between those occupying positions of power (politicians, media, educators, etc.) and those who truly enforce power (the voters).

[Walt]

Where to begin?
“The election of Barack Obama was the final tipping point. The media and the Republican candidate, John McCain, failed to vet Obama, failed to treat him like any other candidate, for one reason -- he is Black.”
Really?
That is it about then Senator Obama that wasn’t fully explored? His heritage? His Birthplace? His relationship with Bill Ayers? His relationship with Rev Wright? His brief record of elected service? What is it about our President that you feel wasn’t adequately addressed.
He ran on a platform of increasing our force levels in Afghanistan while completing the force reductions in Iraq that President Bush agreed to. He has done that
He ran on a platform of Health Care Reform, and whether you like the result or not, he delivered. And what he delivered is so far from what Liberals like me would have wanted. He delivered a program that revolves around continuing the dominance, with new restrictions, of private insurance companies in paying for the health care that most of us receive. There is no Public Option, no Single Payer, no Medicare for Everyone, just 32million new customers for private insurance companies.
He ran on a platform of pursuing Al Queda and Islamist terrorists and he had done that, killing far more senior Al Queda and his predecessor on both sides of the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
He ran on a platform of addressing the threat posed by Global Warming and he is pursuing that.
Health Care/Health Insurance Reform, whether you like it or not, is designed to pay for itself, a fiscally responsible stance that Conservatives and Republicans ignored for most of the Bush Administration by starting two wars, dramatically expanding Medicare, and cutting taxes all while making NO ATTEMPT to pay for any of their programs.

So what part of his background or agenda do you think wasn’t seriously examined?

[BT in SA]

"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." Don't even bother trying to explain things to Walt, Debbie.

What was it Mark Levin said, "there will be change" or something to the effect that he realizes that Americans "are not going to take it anymore" and that something is going to happen. I feel it too. Most of your average everyday Americans have had it up to here and are not going to sit back quietly anymore.

Someone once wrote a letter about dividing America - it gives California back to Mexico and then splits the rest of the US in half. Half can pay the taxes that grows government and becomes a socialist dictatorship like "state," and the rest of us can pay fewer taxes, have a LOT less government and a STRONG national defense - even if it means only defending ourselves.

[MK]

One thing i can assure you, the left will never allow the nation to be divided, it would be suicide. If it weren't for Conservatives, those useless parasites would die off by their own collectivist hands.

[Debbie]

MK: You make an excellent point.

[Ron Russell]

There is a divide along liberal-conservative lines and regionally between urban and rural areas. The interest amoung urban and rural areas is sharp and leads to this divide. Should conflict ever come it will be between these two areas with cities surrounded by the vast sprawling rural areas.

[PALADIN]

Another bow from the shitbird to what will soon be our enemies....THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS A.... YES MASTER !

[Becky]

Mk does make an excellent point.

If there wasn't any such thing as history the US constitution would be the ideal document to organize a government today, especially for minorities.

Even though the states are not pure ideologically, I think a physical split is coming. Loyalists and patriots lived in the same communities. Loyalitst fled or pledged loyality after the war. I would let the liberals have the northeast (they like to live in close urban areas and like European politics) and conservatives get the rest.

[הגנה עצמית]

Hello friends!! It’s really a wonderful miracle which happened in the history of “United States of America”. “Barack Obama” a black man, who was elected as a first black president of the great “United States of America”.

There are many reasons for the splitting of “United States”, all this is because of the fore president “George W.Bush”. When “Obama” started ruling, at the first stage there was completely “financial crisis”. So there was no change for “Obama”. So “America” got officially divided.

[תאורת לד]

The racism will be attacking the liberals who are using what is vicious weapon to silence free tyrannical conservative and push them out of politics.