Category Archives: Cult of personality

Do Free Stuff and Pleasant Sounding Words Trump all else?


Combined with compliant media they seem to. Daniel Duquenal (a pseudonym), my favorite blogger there even before he became the last significant English language blogger in Venezuela, offered some comparisons between the current Venezuelan regime and the regimes in Turkey and … Continue reading

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The Moon is Down? In the U.S.?


John Steinbeck’s 1942 novel The Moon is Down is about people of a small  village occupied by Nazi forces somewhere in Northern Europe. They become sullen and their obedience is bought at an increasingly high price. Free people cannot remain conquered. Re-reading … Continue reading

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A somewhat Balanced Article at the Daily Pest?


Sorry, I meant Daily Beast. It must have been a Freudian slip. Or something. There is an article on the Benghazi cover-up at the Daily Beast. It’s not badly done, but read the comments. They are hilarious, if one has a warped sense of … Continue reading

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Freedom can be Taken. When Inherited or otherwise Given, does it Last?


If taken at great cost, it often lasts for quite a while. If inherited, not that long. If given, it is even more readily perishable.  The United States gained their freedom, by force and at great cost, from those who used … Continue reading

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President Obama Will Visit North Korea.


Through his newly appointed press secretary, Dennis Rodman, President Obama today announced that he and Mr. Rodman will visit Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang next week. Their meeting is expected to eliminate all of our petty misunderstandings. This is a guest … Continue reading

Posted in 2016 Obama's America, Appeasement, Congress, Cult of personality, Dennis Rodman, Disputes, Dove of peace, Egypt, Empathy, Food for North Korea, Foreign aid, Humor, Iran, Kim Jong-un, Korea, Libruls, Middle East, Nonsense, North Korea, North Korea's nukes, Obama, Peace and Love, President Obama, Retaliation by North Korea, Satire, United States | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Will the United States Make the Fantasies of a Young North Korean Come True?


How close are we to becoming what the young girl in this North Korean  video thinks all countries should become? The Religion of Kim in North Korea The North Korean propaganda video presented below was released several years ago and … Continue reading

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Three Articles About Venezuela Today


One suggests some basis for hope, another writes about oppression by Chavistas and the third pursues the same theme. El Presidente for Life, THugo Chávez, died on or before March 5, 2013. He may have died in Cuba, in Venezuela … Continue reading

Posted in Abuse of Power, Chavez, Cuba, Cult of personality, Democracy, Dep't of Information, Education, Elections, History, Politics, Propaganda, Protests, Venezuela | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The President is Not The Chief of the Nation.


He is the chief Only of the U.S. military. Our nation has no “Chief” or “Commander.” As shown below, the President often behaves as though he considers himself the Commander in Chief, not only of the U.S. Military but of … Continue reading

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Who and What is that Obama Person, Anyway?


Few know and they aren’t telling us. All we know for sure is that someone  wrote his semi-fictional (auto?) biography, that he tells us things that are often untrue and harmful and that he frequently does harmful things. Is this … Continue reading

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Cult of Personality: Who comes to mind?


North Korea, Venezuela and other countries have them. Instead of freedom they provide a benevolent hero to worship. The leader of a cult of personality has real power in his own right and/or is a front for others, some of whom … Continue reading

Posted in 2016 Obama's America, Abuse of Power, Chavez, Congress, Conservatives, Constitution, Cult of personality, Culture, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Freedom, Government reliance, Kim Dynasty, Korea, Law and Order, Obama, Political class, Stalin, United States, Venezuela | Tagged , | 6 Comments