{"id":18604,"date":"2012-01-04T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T19:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=18604"},"modified":"2012-02-03T06:41:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T11:41:44","slug":"professor-cals-new-year-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2012\/professor-cals-new-year-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Cal’s New Year Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0—Calvin Luther Martin, PhD<\/p>\n

Somehow, over the centuries, Americans lost their power. \u00a0I mean ordinary schmucks like you and me. \u00a0(Disclosure: \u00a0My ancestors settled tidewater Maryland in the 17th century. \u00a0They fought in the French & Indian Wars, American Revolution, and so on.) \u00a0We made a Big Federal Union on the back of (eventually) fifty Big States and, over time, allowed Big Business to take over and run the whole shebang\u2014and style itself Big Government.<\/p>\n

Now we’re well into the 21st<\/sup> century and even more shackled to Big Government. \u00a0Yeah, they make roads—levy taxes—run the Postal System—levy taxes—wage war—levy taxes—set up endless regulatory agencies—levy taxes—blah blah blah.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a dumb question. \u00a0Is any of it truly necessary?<\/em> \u00a0I mean, couldn\u2019t all this stuff be done by the Citizenry instead of Big Business? \u00a0(I live near a large Amish community. \u00a0The Amish would answer with a thunderous, \u201cYes! \u00a0The people can do it themselves!<\/em>\u201d)<\/p>\n

Wait a minute! \u00a0Didn’t the signers of the Declaration of Independence envision a Government of “We, the People” doing it ourselves? \u00a0(Little-known historical fact: \u00a0Between the Revolution and the adoption of the Constitution, and continuing into the early years of the new Republic, there was a 2nd, quiet Revolution tilted very much in favor of Big Business. \u00a0Oops!)<\/p>\n

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Amish barn raising<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMaybe all the so-called good stuff done by Government is a sideshow orchestrated by Big Business to convince all of us dumb bastards that Government is necessary and doing something essential. \u00a0Whereas the real business of Government (aka Big Business) is to levy taxes and screw us with regulatory agencies and laws—and, above all, have us buy stuff. \u00a0(Did you<\/span>\u00a0perform your patriotic duty today, and go shopping?)<\/p>\n

Till now, it was Big Business (aka the Government) screwing the other guys\u2014overseas. \u00a0Now, it\u2019s here; now Government screws its own citizens.<\/p>\n

Has your community<\/a> been “fracked<\/a>” yet?<\/p>\n

Has it been “windfarm-fucked” yet?<\/p>\n

Has it had all its manufacturing moved “offshore”? \u00a0(That’s the story of Franklin County, NY, where I live. \u00a0Once prosperous. \u00a0Could still be. \u00a0Now, the poorest county in the state.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Abandoned factory, Malone, NY (Photo by Mindy Robinson)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How about toxic waste dumped nearby? \u00a0(Talk to the Mohawk Nation, just to the north of me. \u00a0They’re about to go to war over the toxic shit dumped by Big Business on the rez. \u00a0Yeah, soaring cancer rates. \u00a0Dr. Pierpont used to be the pediatrician for the rez.)<\/p>\n

Hey, how about Gulf Oil Spill Sickness<\/em>? \u00a0Haven’t heard of that one, right? \u00a0‘Cause the NY Times won’t report on it. \u00a0Click here<\/a> for the scoop. \u00a0Prepare to shit your pants! \u00a0(By the way, the Times won’t report on WTS, either. \u00a0We tried, but someone got to the head of the Op-Ed Dept at the last minute.)<\/p>\n

How about Wall Street bank bailouts?<\/p>\n

All the above is really necessary stuff, for sure—right?<\/p>\n

But wait! \u00a0It\u2019s not Government; it\u2019s the big imposter, Big Business. \u00a0And we\u2019re not Citizens; we\u2019re Consumers.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019m right, it\u2019s Big Business screwing Consumers\u2014all under the pretense of Government caring for its Citizenry.<\/p>\n

Have a splendid 2012 voting for the Big Imposter. \u00a0(And remember: \u00a0Shop till you drop!<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0—Calvin Luther Martin, PhD Somehow, over the centuries, Americans lost their power. \u00a0I mean ordinary schmucks like you and me. \u00a0(Disclosure: \u00a0My ancestors settled tidewater Maryland in the 17th century. \u00a0They fought in the French & Indian Wars, American Revolution, and so on.) \u00a0We made a Big Federal Union on the back of (eventually) fifty Big States and, over time, allowed Big Business to take over and run the whole shebang\u2014and style itself Big Government. Now we’re well into the 21st century and even more shackled to Big Government. \u00a0Yeah, they make roads—levy taxes—run the Postal System—levy taxes—wage war—levy taxes—set up endless regulatory agencies—levy taxes—blah blah blah. Here’s a dumb question. \u00a0Is any of it truly necessary? \u00a0I mean, couldn\u2019t all this stuff be done by the Citizenry instead of Big Business? \u00a0(I live near a large Amish community. \u00a0The Amish would answer with a thunderous, \u201cYes! \u00a0The people can do it themselves!\u201d) Wait a minute! \u00a0Didn’t the signers of the Declaration of Independence envision a Government of “We, the People” doing it ourselves? \u00a0(Little-known historical fact: \u00a0Between the Revolution and the adoption of the Constitution, and continuing into the early years of the new Republic, there was a 2nd, quiet Revolution tilted very much in favor of Big Business. \u00a0Oops!) Amish barn raising . Maybe all the so-called good stuff done by Government is a sideshow orchestrated by Big Business to convince all of us dumb bastards that Government is necessary and doing something essential. \u00a0Whereas the real business of Government (aka Big Business) is to levy taxes and screw us with regulatory agencies and laws—and, above all, have us buy stuff. \u00a0(Did you\u00a0perform your patriotic duty today, and go shopping?) Till now, it was Big Business (aka the Government) screwing the other guys\u2014overseas. \u00a0Now, it\u2019s here; now GovernmentRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}