Left out Ayers (funding, career, community political stature and political power)arrow should also point to Obama.

Ragnell on April 29, 2008 at 3:48 PM

I like your chart. There’ll be plenty of chances to polish it up and repost it in future threads.

Thanks Rushbaby :)
Charting relationships and events always helps me to kickstart processing the big picture.

rags

Ragnell on April 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Cannonball,
Michelle made a recent speech down in Texas. I read an online transcript, but I don’t have the link. The speech was a rehash of her earlier attempts to promote racial, class, and political unity. I’ll leave it to your imagination.

She has quite a talent for evoking community harmony, doesn’t she?

Ragnell on April 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM

3) Do you think my concerns about enemy infiltration of our government are baseless or have merit? (Enemy = anyone who wants to bring this nation to its knees)

No, I don’t think your concerns are baseless.

What fogs up attempts to ferret out the “Bill Ayers” profile is the lack of a clearly defined “Soviet Union” to act as their magnet. Yes, China recruits and succeeds at planting technology spies, but they don’t attract the old revolutionaries in the way that the Soviets did back 20 years ago. China buys people to steal our weapons technology, and greases the hands of politicians controlling trade agreements. It’s more about business deals, hacking and their military strength with their government.

The maneuverings of foreign powers who work to exercise influence through our citizens are far more complex now. They use the media, the markets and the internet as much as people, and these tools don’t require a US citizen. As far as using the old-style revolutionaries; they don’t have to hide out anymore. Revolutionary programs have become mainstream experiences. Old Marxists tend to hang out in universities and write books that will have little impact. They promote their ideologies in classes and letters to the editor; but no one pays much attention unless they get elected to the Senate.

However, Maoists are more involved in high profile activists groups. Some Maoists, like Bill Ayers, succeeded in burrowing their way into major institutional changes. He “leads” the reform of the American educational system. I fear that his successful campaign could have catastrophic results in the future. In fact, I’ll change the word “could” to “will” if some aggressive actions don’t take place in the near future.

Of course, most of these Marxist /Maoist types don’t look for leadership from Russia and China, the old Communist powers; but rather to new alliances in the Middle East, Asia or South America. It’s a constantly shifting network. They think to destroy the infrastructure by using jihidist or Black Nationalist groups to do their dirty work. Whether they think to continue the alliance afterwards should they succeed, is unknown.

A good place to track their activities is by relaying on the old principle: Follow the money. Which organizations are funded by hostile foreign groups and what individuals receive their grants? That’s why radicals fight the government gaining the right to examine large money transactions. It’s a dead giveaway.

Our present situation is often quite alarming. We face a catch 22 when attempting to prevent hostile countries from forming alliances with our own citizens. The very nature of our democracy enables hostile groups to openly pursue their goals.

It’s not news about the obvious culprits who enable the situation: our media, our entertainment industry, our academics, and our lawyers. Their irresponsibility has morphed out culture into a breeding ground for anarchists and revolutionaries. We know we face an epidemic but can do very little to prevent its growth.

If the general population is no longer able to define and recognize the actions of a “traitor”; how can they be rooted out of positions of influence? Symptomatic of the problem is when ex-presidents disobey the government and form unofficial treaties with terrorist-sponsoring countries. If we can’t take Jimmy Carter’s passport away for engaging in treason, then how can we take action against a Bill Ayers? (Oh wait–we didn’t- he’s tenured.)

Half the population doesn’t appear able to define “terrorism”. So removing moles from the government becomes far more difficult when our congress and the entire nation can’t agree on the definition of “traitor” or which nations are the real bad guys.

Houston We Have a Problem

rags

Uh oh–too much “hot air”? :)

Ragnell on April 29, 2008 at 6:30 PM