A Warning for America from South Africa

The following are excerpts from the article "A Warning for America from South Africa" by Gemma Meyer (Gemma Meyer is the pseudonym of a South African journalist. She and her husband, a former conservative member of parliament, still reside in South Africa), first published in the Middle American News...in August, 2000. Sadly, it is more relevant today than it was when originally released. Emphasis added by Grammy.

People used to say that South Africa was 20 years behind the rest of the Western world. Television, for example, came late to South Africa (but so did pornography and the gay rights movement).

Today, however, South Africa may be the grim model of the future Western world, for events in America reveal trends chillingly similar to those that destroyed our country.

America's structures are Western. Your Congress, your lobbying groups, your free speech, and the way ordinary Americans either get involved or ignore politics are peculiarly Western, not the way most of the world operates. But the fact that only about a third of Americans deem it important to vote is horrifying in light of how close you are to losing your Western character.

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Unable to cope with the new rules of the game - violence, mob riots, intimidation through accusations of racism, demands for proportionality based on racial numbers, and all the other social and political weapons used by the have-nots to bludgeon treasure and power from the haves - Americans, like others before them, will no doubt cave in. They will compromise away their independence and ultimately their way of life.

That is exactly what happened in South Africa. I know, because I was there and I saw it happen.

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It is already too late for South Africa, but not for America if enough people strengthen their spine and take on the race terrorists, the armies of the "politically correct" and, most dangerous of all, the craven politicians who believe "compassionate conservatism" will buy them a few more votes, a few more days of peace.

White South Africans, you should remember, have been in that part of Africa for the same amount of time whites have inhabited North America; yet ultimately South Africans voted for their own suicide. We are not so very different from you.

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Unfortunately, your habits and values work against you. You cannot fight terror and street mobs with letters to your Congressmen. You cannot fight accusations of racism with prayer meetings. You cannot appeal to the goodness of your fellow man when the fellow man despises you for your weaknesses and hacks off the arms and legs of his political opponents.

To survive, Americans must never lose the power they now enjoy to people from alien cultures. Above all, don't put yourselves to the test of fighting only when your backs are against the wall. You will probably fail.

Millions around the world want your good life. But make no mistake: They care not for the high-minded ideals of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, and your Constitution. What they want are your possessions, your power, and your status.

The author of this article writes under a pseudonym, out of fear for personal safety. We would be wise to heed this warning, although eight years have passed and we are further still down the road to ruin.

Satire. Sort of.

A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science.

The new element has been named Governmentium.

Governmentium (GV) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert: however, it can be detected, because it impedes every action with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause an action that would normally take less than a second to take over four days to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium... an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

(Hat tip: CIA Reject)

Beware the Lieberman-Warner Act!

Should you care that the political class is buying into the global warming/climate change hoax kook, line and sinker? Well, how high do you want your taxes to be? Do you like the scraps of freedom you're still allowed to enjoy? Prefer living in a decent house rather than a cave, hut or tent? Wake up and CARE, people! There's a movement in all developed countries that, carried to it's logical extreme, will result in them becoming undeveloped, third-world backwaters...all in the name of preserving Mother Earth and making Al Gore a very rich man.

I know...you think I'm exaggerating, scare-mongering, hyperventilating. I wish. Read up on the provisions of this bill, commonly referred to as 'cap and trade', before the Senate passes it. Remember as you do that both Barack Obama AND John McCain support this crap, as do all the usual suspects, and some you might not expect. Here's the list of co-sponsors. Read it and weep....Elizabeth Dole?

If Americans don't stop this disastrous monstrosity ASAP, we will find ourselves in BIG trouble, children. Fellow blogger 3 Wood has written a great piece over at BabbaZee's site; highly recommended!

THE OUTRAGED SPLEEN OF ZION: Consider This: By 3 Wood

Oil 2.0.1

Here's some more promising, innovative and privately-funded research with the potential to free us from Mideast oil. Coskata, a renewable bio-fuels company in Illinois, is using a proprietary microbe in a patented bioreactor to convert waste products into ethanol without using food crops.

They have partnered with General Motors and are building a demonstration plant in Pennsylvania that is projected to produce ethanol for less than $1.00 per gallon.

Coskata has a slide presentation to demonstrate their unique process. One of the most exciting aspects of their technology is the flexibility to use a wide variety of 'feedstock' - even landfill garbage! - enabling them to build plants virtually anywhere on earth. American ingenuity...it's a beautiful thing.

Oil 2.0

Talk about an innovative renewable energy source...scientists at LS9 in California's Silicon Valley have discovered a way to genetically modify certain microbes so they consume agricultural waste (wheat straw or wood chips, for example), and, uh, excrete crude oil. You read that right...the little critters' doo-doo is 'black gold'. Texas tea. Honest.

While use of most alternative energy technologies would require a global restructuring away from petroleum-based economies, LS9 and several other small companies are pursuing an oil replacement that, unlike ethanol, does not require the use of food crops. Their research has been conducted with private funds, off the radar of government busy-bodies...though they will likely show up any day now and claim credit. Paging Nancy Pelosi....

Lest you think this is a pipeline dream, especially given the company's whimsical description of itself as "prerevenue", it is also worth noting that Bob Walsh, a former executive of Shell Oil, is on board as LS9's president.

The company plans to have a demonstration plant operational by 2010 and a commercial plant available by 2011. Petroleum. But renewable, cleaner, cost-competitive and domestic. Visit their site and watch the video. Fascinating stuff!