According to the latest from the current regime, those who put America first and want us to mind our own business are troubling.

“I’m troubled by isolationism and protectionism … (and) another ‘ism,’ and that’s nativism. And that’s what happened throughout our history. And probably the most grim reminder of what can happen to America during periods of isolationism and protectionism is what happened in the late – in the ’30s, when we had this America First policy and Smoot-Hawley. And look where it got us.”

This speech is full of arrogant Yankee thinking. It presupposes that our occupiers know more about what is best for us than we do. It also places those who want to protect American businesses in a bad light. It makes all those who want America first and want this land to be our homeland as trouble makers. If this is his mindset, then there will be agencies to enforce this way of thinking on the populous.  The speech represents a line of thinking that the States United are a prize to be given to the highest bidder rather than a sovereign nation that has the moral duty and obligation to protect itself. Such talk coupled with the rigid mindset of “You’re either with us or against us” is a dangerous combination. This combination suggest that the empire wants to continue expanding and allowing more nations and peoples into their big tent.

One of the many things that troubles me is the reference to isolationism.  The empire is not minding its own business, and as long as the political machine continues manufacturing politicians to serve as the figure head of the empire, it will not likely quit meddling in others affairs.

The commentator Pat Buchanan takes a closer look at the speech in the light of historic realities. The facts do not support the claims made in the speech. Buchanan’s analysis reveals that the “evil isolationist” consisted of those Congressional leaders who opposed his involving the nation in a global war. Men like Texan Martin Dies stood their ground against FDR. Even Texan John Nance Garner believed that FDR was going too far in his decisions. What FDR wanted, he found a way to obtain even when it broke tradition and verged on violating the Constitution. The references to FDR and his imperial regime hints that someone else wants to have an imperial regime as well. Recall that under FDR, the Supremes ruled that farmers could not grow food for their own consumption. Is this nation headed that way again? FDR was the one who opened the borders to immigration, since he had sent the nation’s workforce to fight wars overseas. He set up many programs directed at opening the border even wider. In many ways his imperial policies only differed from those of his rivals in terms of the symbols and banners they used.

Any way one looks at it the speech is unsettling. It reveals a mindset that does not put the nation, its people, their security and liberties as priorities for this administration.

The League advocates taking care of the people, their liberty and security first. The League advocates staying out of other nation’s business unless we are attacked. The League advocates free trade, without the preferred nation status mess. The League seeks to protect our homeland, since this is our home rather than the prize to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Free Texas!

J Murrah

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