John Voight: My Concerns For America
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Obama sowing socialist seeds in young people
by Jon Voight - (WaTimes)
We, as parents, are well aware of the importance of our teachers who teach and program our children. We also know how important it is for our children to play with good-thinking children growing up.
Sen. Barack Obama has grown up with the teaching of very angry, militant white and black people: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, William Ayers and Rev. Michael Pfleger. We cannot say we are not affected by teachers who are militant and angry. We know too well that we become like them, and Mr. Obama will run this country in their mindset.
The Democratic Party, in its quest for power, has managed a propaganda campaign with subliminal messages, creating a God-like figure in a man who falls short in every way. It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.
The Democrats have targeted young people, knowing how easy it is to bring forth whatever is needed to program their minds. I know this process well. I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement. The radicals of that era were successful in giving the communists power to bring forth the killing fields and slaughter 2.5 million people in Cambodia and South Vietnam. Did they stop the war, or did they bring the war to those innocent people? In the end, they turned their backs on all the horror and suffering they helped create and walked away.
Those same leaders who were in the streets in the ’60s are very powerful today in their work to bring down the Iraq war and to attack our president, and they have found their way into our schools. William Ayers is a good example of that.
Thank God, today, we have a strong generation of young soldiers who know exactly who they are and what they must do to protect our freedom and our democracy. And we have the leadership of Gen. David Petraeus, who has brought hope and stability to Iraq and prevented the terrorists from establishing a base in that country. Our soldiers are lifting us to an example of patriotism at a time when we’ve almost forgotten who we are and what is at stake.
If Mr. Obama had his way, he would have pulled our troops from Iraq years ago and initiated an unprecedented bloodbath, turning over that country to the barbarianism of our enemies. With what he has openly stated about his plans for our military, and his lack of understanding about the true nature of our enemies, there’s not a cell in my body that can accept the idea that Mr. Obama can keep us safe from the terrorists around the world, and from Iran, which is making great strides toward getting the atomic bomb. And while a misleading portrait of Mr. Obama is being perpetrated by a media controlled by the Democrats, the Obama camp has sent out people to attack the greatness of Sen. John McCain, whose suffering and courage in a Hanoi prison camp is an American legend.
Gen. Wesley Clark, who himself has shame upon him, having been relieved of his command, has done their bidding and become a lying fool in his need to demean a fellow soldier and a true hero.
This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.
Jon Voight is an Academy Award-winning actor who is well-known for his humanitarian work.
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I am surprised that Mr. Voight is still in movies. I figured Hollyweird would have blacklisted him.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:05 pmBecause he has the balls to open his mouth and not care what others think of him. He has his proprieties of God and Country before self. Another spot on Article.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pmAngelina Jolie can’t come out and say it but she’s Republican too.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2008/07/06/angelina-chuchill/
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/07/content_8503944.htm
http://www.tattooblog.org/entry/angelina-jolie-flaunts-toil-and-tears-as-an-homage-to-churchill/
July 28th, 2008 at 7:27 pmI wonder if he and his daughter(Angelina Jolie) are on speaking terms again or not.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pmYeah, and Obama pays $30k+ a year to put his kids in private, elite schools, but doesn’t support that choice for poor inner city kids–is supporting the Dem Congress is pulling back funds from the DC and other charter/voucher programs that are wildly successful. Taking his orders from the NEA. Hypocritical. P.S.: Can’t believe anyone talks to Voight anymore. Probably are nice to him just to get next to Brangelina.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:49 pmThank God there are some smart people in Hollywood. Jon you rock!
July 28th, 2008 at 7:52 pmIf Mr. Obama had his way, he would have pulled our troops from Iraq years ago and initiated an unprecedented bloodbath, turning over that country to the barbarianism of our enemies.
Liberals love death. Give me one example where their policies did not end in millions being murdered. Please give me one example over the last 100 years this has not been the case?
July 28th, 2008 at 7:59 pm“This is a perilous time”
Yes it is.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:29 pmBoom Boom is correct every war that has led to millions of death’s started on the left From the socialist movement, from Kaiser Wilhelm in WWI to Hitler and his National Socialist party to the Gulag to the invasion of South Korea to the killing fields of Cambodia.
You guy’s should read Dr. William Bennetts latest book America The Last Best Hope. He covers the left movement throughout the 20th century.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:09 pmSeveral times in the book he quotes leading socialists of their time (H.G. Welles, Margaret Sanger and several top FDR cabinet members) as pooh poohing communist leaders Stalin and the communists in America as “liberals in a hurry”.
That’s how the left justified the millions of murders committed by Stalin.
That is the lefts idea of a funny joke “liberals in a hurry”.
They sicken me.
To TBinSTL (just typical):
Angelina recently shared that she and her father are on speaking terms again. (You’re probably aware that she and Brad Pitt donated $1,000,000 to children affected by the war in Iraq, including American kids. Also, if you read Angelina’s Feb. 28 op-ed column in the Washington Post, she said something positive about the surge.)
July 29th, 2008 at 12:24 amI also heard that Mr. Voight has a penchant for older model Chrysler LeBaron convertibles.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:15 amBravo to one of our finest actors. One of the actors I still
July 29th, 2008 at 5:25 amenjoy watching perform. HOLLYWOOD WITH GUTS AND BALLS!
He does bring up a fine point. Patreus is this century’s Patton. The guy instigated the winning factor in an unpoplular war. Hell half the country is no longer behind the war effort, and yet with very little support he’s all but won the war in a single year. Fucking A, no other General has been near as sucessful in fighting a counter insurgency war as him. Napoleon failed with the insurgency in Spain, Cromwell failed with the American Revolution, and God knows that the Soviets failed in Afghanistan, even though the fought with extreme brutality. This man definitely has to go into the history books as one of the world’s greatest generals. Oh, and lets name a tank or something after him….looking at the unit patch, lets rename the Herculese the Patraeus.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:51 amAngelina is trying to get Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” into production. Would be good for today’s youth to hear the message there. I’ll invest!
July 29th, 2008 at 5:58 amAlways liked John Voight, he is not afraid to speak his mind. Does not let the fascisit hollyweird shut him up. Great Article and I could not agree with him more.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:56 amThe further to the left the libs go the more tinseltown types I add to my viewing blacklist. Jon is one the few that I will never have a problem seeing in the flics.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:24 amGod Bless you Mr. Voight for speaking the truth
July 29th, 2008 at 7:57 am
billie
July 29th, 2008 at 9:38 amNope, hadn’t heard any of that. I guess I just assume that any story about her will be fluff and move on. that’s great to hear. Thanks.
Jon Voigt is a true American patriot. He supported Giuliani and now McCain.
Clint Eastwood and Angelina worked on a picture together and Jolie was interviewed and stated she did not differ that much with Eastwood politically. She has been to Iraq twice and came out for ensuring no genocide be allowed to take place. She is not a reflexive pacifist at least..
Kelsey Grammer, Gary Sinise, Patricia Heaton, Dennis Miller, Larry Miller, Adam Sandler, Robert Downey, Jim Caviezel, Joel Surnow are all Hollywood stars who have supported Republicans.. Add in Bruce Willis and governor arnold..
July 29th, 2008 at 10:16 amJon Voight:
Another patriot who can take a seat at the bar in my garage!
July 29th, 2008 at 6:05 pmI am glad that Mr. Voight is void of of such foolish thoughts like thinking about millions of his fellow citizens not being able to pay their bills. I am glad that he is thinking everything is peachy fine in this God blessed country. The fact of people going bankrupt due to medical bills for ordinary medical care that is available to every socialist Briton for free should not bother such patriotic American as Mr. Voight. Heck! Why should someone poor be allowed to spoil Mr. Voight’s idea of the Best, the Richest, the Strongest, the Just, the Most Democratic….. USA….AMERICA.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:03 pmIf he only lived in Germany circa 1933, Germans would have known what to do with a great talent like Mr. Voight. What a pithy !
CPLViper
I am surprised that Mr. Voight is still in movies. I figured Hollyweird would have blacklisted him.
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My thinking too. All great comments except by True American (idiot) what an idiot comment you attached to this thread.
everyone with a brain saves their cash in England and goes elsewhere in Europe and the far east for their medical and dental care. Get your facts straight.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:23 pmGood actor-and smart also
July 31st, 2008 at 2:59 amTrue American, spoken like a true liberal.This nation is about one thing, FREEDOM. You are free to get an education ( or not ), make money ( or not ), get health care (or not), buy a home ( or not ) etc.,etc.,etc. No one goes bankrupt for medical reasons, just ask the 12 million illegals. There are NO guarantees, just opportunity. You want socialized medecine, go to where it is, you are free to do so. It is not and should not be this nations responsibility to solve your problems, you are free to do that yourself. You are free to make your life whatever you want it to be. If it is not to your liking, do something about it. Just don’t expect this country to be your idea of utopia because it never will be. If it’s so horrible, why are millions trying to get in? I don’t see millions trying to get into Germany, GB, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, or any other nation on earth. Why is that? Cuba has socialized medecine. Where are the lines trying to get in there? You want to help those going bankrupt from medical expenses as you claim, give them your money, you are free to do so. Mr. Voight is right. You, sir or ma’am, need an education.
July 31st, 2008 at 10:08 amWell said Mr. Voight!!! We are indeed in the age of deception.
Mr. Obama’s problems are magnified in that he has no “Real World Experience”. He has never worked in a real business, had a “Boss”, had to scramble to make payroll, managed anything. In short, his resume qualifies him for an entry level position - PERIOD.
Absent the influence of his “Handlers”, he has no substance to any of his stances - he is an “empty suit”, albeit Gucci, but empty non-the-less.
His oratory skills seem to be limited to written script. This is because he lacks depth and wisdom.
It would do him a great deal of good to spend about 15 years struggling to make ends meet in his own small business. Until such time, until he gains that level of experience, I disreguard him entirely.
What confounds me the most is that the Democratic Party is now openly “Socialist”. I have done alot of research, and I have yet to find a Socialist society that has been successful. They fail because the socialistic system (which sounds great in “theory”) fails to take into account basic human needs and desires.
Every socialistic society either erodes into despotic decay (Cuba, Zimbabwe, North Korea, Liberia, etc…….), or tries to “morph” into a “Free Enterprise Democracy” (China, The Eastern Block incl. Russia, etc…) Those that “morph” do so because NOT to do so bids Revolution from their own populations.
The bottom line is this, not only is Obama dangerous to our Country, I must conclude that the Democratic Party has become an imminent threat as well.
I have no love of Republicans, but at least they seem to be concerned about the Constitution of the United States, and in preserving free enterprise and liberty.
My choice this November, like yours, is very clear.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:37 pm