Morning Joe 5/3/2013 -- Gun control propaganda

Joe Scarborough was conspicuously absent during this round of gun control propaganda on Morning Joe. If I had been revealed as a hypocrite flip-flopper on gun control I'd stay away from the argument, too. Mika, Donnie Deutsche, Stevie "Chartman" Rattner, David Gregory, Eugene Washington, Sam Stein and a few other dishonest liberals, however, spread the propaganda thick and heavy in Joe's absence.

They played a short clip of Kelly Ayotte answering a question asked by someone at a townhall meeting in her state regarding her reasoning for voting against Toomey-Manchin -- Ayotte answered that the bill could allow a national registry. Everyone on Morning Joe refused to acknowledge any validity to the charge that Toomey-Manchin was worded either carelessly or carefully to open a path for a national registry by limiting the prohibition of creating a national registry to the Attorney General and all under his authority. This leaves other government agencies free to create a national registry, either a comprehensive registry or partial registries that could be combined. There are several legitimate problems with the Toomey-Manchin legislation that are discussed here and here.

Did the knowledgeable analysts on Morning Joe address these concerns and present a cogent and well-resourced rebuttal? No, they stated that Ayotte is dishonest and that the reason she gave for opposing the legislation is a lie, that she opposed for political reasons. The knowledgeable analysts stated that Toomey Manchin specifically prohibits anyone from creating a national registry, while failing to acknowledge the concerns that opponents of the bill have put forth. The Morning Joe analysts acted as if Ayotte made up the concern out of thin air regarding the national registry.

Surely these intelligent, knowedgeable insiders know about the problems with the wording in Toomey-Manchin, and even if they think the charges of sloppy legislation are bogus, they should have at least acknowledged the existence of the controversy and presented an intelligent rebuttal. Instead they leveled a personal attack against Ayotte like political hacks out to smear and marginalize their opponents. This is pure propaganda, and Morning Joe has sunk to a new low.

Which one will be the Peace and Prosperity Party?

Neither party understands the concept of non-interventionism and free markets. Our future depends on Peace and Prosperity.

Democrats oppose foreign entanglements when Republicans start the entanglements. Republicans oppose Democrat entanglements. Which party will take the non-interventionist position and transform foreign policy? This is something so vitally important the American people must demand it. Yes, we need a superior defense, but government has misled the public regarding justificiations for foreign interventions and the build up of weapons the military doesn't even want or need. Military Keynesianism has to stop -- no more interventions in the affairs of other nations. We need to freely trade with other nations and share culture and ideas, but militarism and Global Police actions have to stop.

A couple of possible results in 2014

Because progressivism has performed so poorly, and because the Democratic Party has promoted economy killing legislation, the public should assess what is best for the country and throw the bums out of office. The people would elect more limited government representatives who will fight for economic freedom and stop Obama dead in his tracks.

The public could also believe the media and blame Republicans for blocking the Progressive agenda which they might think would have created economic recovery. If we've reached the point where a majority of Americans support Progressive statism, there's no hope for economic recovery. Judging from the lack of total outrage over government corruption, and judging from the recent poll that shows 42% of the American public don't know that Obamacare is the law of the land, our chances of survival are slim.

Long, long ago, in a land called Benghazi

It's quite obvious that the administration has been covering up what occured at the consulate in Benghazi around 8 months ago. It's important that Americans understand this, whether they remain apathetic or not -- the administration has covered up the killings, done by Islamist terrorists, of an Ambassador and three other Americans who served the US. Once again, the administration has covered up what happened in Benghazi. Say it doesn't matter, or say it's ancient history -- it doesn't change the cover up and deception and the corruption rampant in this administration.

Politics over economics

The political realm has been so influential in America it has infected the economic realm to such a degree that our economic illness is fatal unless there's a removal of the sources of the infection. Many in media who report on economic matters think in terms of what goverenment will do to improve the economy -- they don't seem capable of realizing how government interventions have been the main causes of our economic malady.

Then you have old DC heads who've been around for a long time who say it's all cyclical and that in a few years we'll be booming again. They think that some kind of inevitiable political force exists and alternates between the two parties creating a balance that will always be as it has always been. They can't imagine a scenario in which America doesn't recover to 3% unemployment and brisk economic growth.

Even economists are driven by political ideas, sure that the proper political will can turn around the economy. Paul Krugman, for instance, now believes that if Obama opens the flood gates of "investment", the nature of government investments are not as important as the size of the investments. As long as political means are used to centrally treat the economy, our sick economy will only worsen. We've reached the tipping point, and investors will not start any major long term projects as long as quack statists are eagerly designing and arguing over plans for recovery.