Thursday - February 10, 2005

Viewpoint

The Sixth Sense: Moonbat Barometer The years from 1900 to 1910 were a frantic period for mankind. Allegiances were shifting all over Europe, countries were signing common defense agreements and everyone was starting to choose sides. War clouds were gathering over Europe and soon would envelop the European colonies in Africa and Asia. Britain and Germany became involved in a naval arms race when Britain built the HMS Dreadnought. Britain, France and Russia formed their own little club. Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire formed their club. Japan and Russia fought it out in the Tsushima Straits and the Russian navy was destroyed.

In technology, Wilbur and Orville Wright proved that manned flight was possible and France, Italy and Britain immediately jumped on the new technology to see how it could be used in warfare - while America slept. Albert Einstein started formulating his ideas for quantum mechanics and physics that would turn the scientific world on its head and lead to the atomic bomb. Automobiles were starting to be mass produced and the internal combustion engine quickly found its way into the armies of the world in the form of tanks and mobile artillery. The telephone and telegraph were making instant communication possible over long distances.

From a societal standpoint, the world was slowly going mad. Serbian nationalists were bombing and shooting their Austro-Hungarian masters. The Irish were bombing and shooting their British occupiers. Socialist parties were forming all over the world (even in the United States), women were starting to demand the right to vote, the ACLU was created in the US, the Boxer Rebellion in China was the first attempt to run Europeans (and the US) out of China, the Boer War was out of control in South Africa, Carrie Nation was destroying saloons in the name of prohibition of alcohol, President McKinley was assassinated, Kaiser Wilhelm II was almost assassinated, typhoid outbreaks in the US killed thousands, a tsunami in Hong Kong killed 10,000, Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed Naples, explorers finally reached the North and South Pole, a revolution in Persia forced the Shah to flee to Russia, the Prime Minister of Egypt was assassinated, Portugal became a republic and King Manuel fled to England, and a revolution in Mexico and a terrorist bomb at the Los Angeles Times building round out the societal picture. Oh, and let’s don’t forget all the strikes, murders, killings and terror associated with the birth of the modern labor movement and unions.

In other words, things were going to hell in a handbasket at breakneck speed.

America had coasted through the preceding decade ( the “Gay 90’s") on the backs of two presidents whose names would quickly be forgotten, Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland. Who, you ask? Never mind. In the 1900’s, America found Teddy Roosevelt and started waking up to prepare for a long century in which we would assume hegemony over the world.

Now, let’s review: (1) Europe was polarizing, (2) new technology was about to make warfare extremely deadly, (3) unrest and revolt in the Balkans, (4) turmoil in the Middle East, (5) global terrorism with bombings and leaders being assassinated, (6) America was beginning to wake up only to find itself attacked from within by socialists, morality reformers and labor unions.

Fast forward one hundred years. Things sure haven’t changed, have they?

The recent tsunami demonstrated that animals have a Sixth Sense about impending disasters. The animals exhibited strange behavior such as abandoning their feeding grounds and disappearing. Consider this .... human beings are animals also. Might we not also have this Sixth Sense? Is it not possible that humans can sense impending doom, not just from nature but from societal shifts and political changes? I think it is very much possible.

Now, how would humans react if their Sixth Sense told them the proverbial feces was about to hit the ventilator? Run for the hills? Maybe—We already have extremists hiding out in camps in Montana and Wyoming, not to mention hidden bunkers all over the world. Would humans divide themselves into “us” and “them” and start circling the wagons? Maybe— You’re either for us or you’re against us. Would humans strike out in frustration and anger at the futility of a changing world threatening to engulf them in bloody warfare by indulging in terrorism, mindless protests and all manner of ungodly acts of outrage on their fellow humans? Maybe—Remember 9-11, “human shields”, Darfur? And speaking of God, might it not be possible that these humans would look around, sense the impending danger and decide God was dead and attempt to wipe Him from the collective consciousness for not doing something about it? Maybe—What else is “complete separation of church and state” but a denial that God has a hand in the affairs of nations?

I don’t intend this to be an apologist statement for the bad behavior of humans in bad times but what we’re seeing today with people like Ward Churchill, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Howard Dean, Al Gore, John Kerry, Jacques Chirac, Yassir Arafat, and other assorted (and seemingly insane) members of the Hollywood establishment and the news media is just a manifestation of the same warped behavior that has plagued mankind since time immemorial. [Note: I’m sure you can all think of several more names to add to this list of people who are behaving strangely lately.] Bad times and impending doom make people say and do strange things. Things that defy logic and greatly offend everyone’s sense of human decency, responsibility and above all respect for their fellow man.

Maybe these people are just the equivalent of the canaries that miners used to take into coal mines to alert them to any rising levels of dangerous gases. The canaries fell over and died long before the gases reached levels high enough to kill the human miners. If these people have a better developed Sixth Sense than the rest of us, maybe we need to keep a better eye on them.

The crazier they act, the closer we probably are to the storm cloud that is developing over the horizon. I have no idea what this storm is going to do or when it will hit but I intend to keep a wary eye on these people. Right now, the Moonbat Barometer is dropping fast. I need to go stock up on plywood and duct tape .... oh, almost forgot, plenty of ammo too.

The cycle of history has come full circle since the 1900’s. I hope to see you all on the other side of this upcoming storm. Take care.

Posted by The Skipper     on 02/10/2005 at 04:53 PM   
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