About three weeks ago I posted a blog entitled
“brainwashed”.
It was about a
Washington Post article ridiculing Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, for
saying there are “78 to 81” Democrats in Congress who are members of the
Communist Party. ”
Well, I know there are SOME Communist in the Democratic
Party. The only question is “how many. Thinking about that post and
about Rep. West’s remarks prompted me to write this post. I guess you could call it a follow-up post.
On January 10, 1963, Florida US Representative Albert Sydney
Herlong, Jr gave a speech outlining what he believed to be the 45 methods
communist were using to take over America.
Just to put things in
perspective, this was a mere three months after the infamous Cuban Missile
Crises which took place in October of 1962.
I remember that series of events quite well because I was serving in the
Air Force at the time, and was stationed at Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico.
Here is that list of 45 goals
that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963. As you read this list, 49 years later, I think
you will be shocked by the number of them that have been accomplished.
Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record--Appendix, pp.
A34-A35 January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON.
A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January
10, 1963 .
Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De
Land, Fla., is an ardent and
articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land
Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the
dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under
unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she
identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon
Skousen:
[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]
1. U.S.
acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S.
willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United
States would be a demonstration of moral
strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of
Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for
war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia
and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of
Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China
to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West
Germany as separate states in spite of
Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections
under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United
States has agreed to suspend tests as long
as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in
the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its
charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with
its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can
be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow.
Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in
the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia
access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United
States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic
American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission
belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum.
Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against
programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review
assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion
pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all
forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to
"eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute
shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums.
"Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them
"censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting
pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as
"normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion
with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need
for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in
the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of
church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate,
old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation
between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as
selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage
the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of
the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the
Communists took over.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized
control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare
programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with
the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to
social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which
no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental
health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose
Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage
promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the
negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding
of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are
legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and
special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to
solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native
populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United
States cannot prevent the World
Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic
problems. Give the World Court
jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
Now, I am not saying that the
U.S. is now under Communist control, but don’t you find it
kind of spooky that of the 45 issues listed, nearly all of them have come to
pass. Remember this was in January 1963.
The question that comes to
mind is “why and how did so many come to pass”.
American's have enjoyed great prosperity over the past 40 or so years to
be sure, but we have also lost our moral compass and direction. I was very much of out of touch with what was
happening in this country for four years beginning around February of
1960. I lived in Puerto Rico for the first three of those years, and at a very isolated Air Force
base near Limestone Main for the final year.
When I returned to
“civilization” in early 1964, I could hardly believe the moral and social
decline that had occurred, and was if fact still occurring in this country.
Just to refresh your memory: There
was the “Bay of Pigs” incident, and of course The Cuban missile crisis which
I have already mentioned.
In 1963 the news media showed
women burning their bras as the women's liberation movement took off. Martin Luther King was jailed in April and
civil unrest was being brought to the forefront. On August 28th the media brought us live
coverage of the march on Washington and Dr. Kings famous "I had a
dream" speech.
In November of 1963 President
John F. Kennedy was assassinated and our nation mourned.
So you see, while long since
forgotten, the early sixties could very well have been, the most important
years since our founding fathers provided us with the Constitution of the United States. This brings
me to one final and extremely important decision that was made during this
period. On June 17, 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that any Bible
reciting or prayer, in public schools, was deemed unconstitutional.
Certainly, one would have to
agree that all of these events have had a profound impact on the way our
current social structure has been changed. Personally, if I had to choose one
specific event that has demonstrated the demoralization of our country, it
would have to be the decision of the U.S Supreme Court in June of 1963.
I’m sure I don’t have to
remind anyone of the long haired, flea infested, pot smoking, war protesting
Hippies of the Viet Nam war years. The
only difference between them and the OWS protesters of today is, the OWS
protesters don’t seem to have a clue what they are protesting. Most of them are just there for the sex and
drugs and handouts.
Now, do you still think Rep. West is a nut-job.
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