Voice in the Wilderness and the leftist fest in Copenhagen. Marx and company in new clothing, same old story.

RJ Moeller has one of the best kept secrets
in the world of conservative blogging. His
insights, intelligence, and writing style make
for articles that are provocative, interesting
and discuss conservative values. He calls this
"Mere Conservatism." Here is the beginning of
his latest post at Voice of the Wilderness.



Watermelon Surprise « A Voice in the Wilderness

The Global Climate Summit is Green on the outside, but Red where it counts


By: R.J. Moeller

Let us suppose that you find yourself walking through Millennium Park in downtown Chicago and you happen upon a homeless woman asking for money. Because you are an American, and a member of the most generous, charitable society on the planet, you reach for your wallet to lend a helping monetary hand to the poor lady. But alas, you quickly remember that you only have $6.97 on your person, the precise amount for a Chipotle chicken burrito, which was to be your lunch shortly thereafter.

A walk to the ATM is out of the question, but you feel intense compassion for this destitute soul. What to do?

As luck would have it, a well-dressed, presumably wealthy, businessman just happens to be walking past at that very moment. You call his attention to the plight of the homeless woman, and ask for a 5-spot to give to her. The businessman, assuming you to be high or insane, shakes his head “no” and sets his sights on high-tailing it out of there as fast as his Prada-covered feet will allow.

But your good intentions to help this woman compel you to grab the businessman by the collar and threaten the ability of his brains to stay inside his cranium, and insist that he cough up $10 now for being a greedy Scrooge. He concedes, you give the money to the woman, and later that day, tell your friends how miserly all businessman are.

There is no moral defense for what you did. There is also no serious difference between what you did in my mock scenario and what liberals, Leftists, socialists, and Marxists all hold as the basic, core tenet of their collectivist ideology.

The coerced re-distribution of wealth by a governing body comprised of “experts”, “elites”, and “czars” is as central to the belief system and worldview of Barack Obama as it was to Karl Marx, H.G. Wells, FDR, and Lyndon Baines Johnson. The only reason my claims here sound might shocking to some of you is because we’ve been raised to put a higher premium on what we mean, what we intend, rather than what we actually do.


Read the rest here:
Voice in the Wilderness
http://rjmoeller.com/2009/12/watermelon-surprise/