Dakota Beacon

My son-in-law wears a classic T-shirt depicting Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Castro and Mao at a drunken soiree. Implication? The Party is over!

 Well, nice sentiment, but not quite true. Under the Obama regime the Party lives on. Glimmers of Marxism should be evident to any moderate who lived during the 1930s through the 1980s.

Lieutenant General William G. Boykin (Ret.), former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and a no-nonsense soldier, holds clear views on America’s leftward tilt and is not shy to say so.

He observes that we hear a lot about “socialism” and “Marxism” with the mainstream media urging Americans to tone down the rhetoric because we are not moving in that direction. General Boykin disagrees. As an anti-terrorism specialist, he knows Marxism when he sees it and he sees the emergence of the model within America. A rose by any other name is still a rose.is 36 year military career tempers his views. General Boykin served with the original Delta Force. Later, he served as Delta Force commander that fought the infamous Battle of Mogadishu. The movie “Black Hawk Down” depicting that battle gratuitously omitted the fact that Boykin was the mission commander. Much later he served as Commanding General of the US Army Special Forces Command and then as CG of the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center.

Boykin is also known as a Christian gentleman of the highest order. As such, he holds what used to be common Christian views of the world and of America. Today his comments referring to the War on Terror in Biblical terms are cast as extremist. This is political correctness gone awry. Attacks on Boykin’s Christianity intentionally mask a deliberate shift in traditional ideology, beliefs and values that made America great.

Boykin views the following points as an emerging pattern after the Marxist model.

            1. Nationalize major sectors of the economy. That was the effect, if not the intent, of the auto and bank bailouts to solve the “crisis” of the US economy. (“Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” -- Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff)

            2. Redistribute the wealth. Obama’s several administration appointees reflect his thoughts and intents. On July 7, 2010 he nominated Donald Berwick in a recess appointment to head CMS (Medicare and Medicaid). On December 2, 2011 Berwick left the position because the US Senate would not confirm him. Speaking in the UK he specifically cited health care reform as the best vehicle for wealth redistribution.

Obama proceeded to establish 45 “czars” without Senate confirmation to administer his vision for change and wealth redistribution.

For example, self-proclaimed communist Anthony “Van” Jones was appointed by Obama in March 2009 to a newly created position of Special Advisor for Green Jobs. He advocated redistributing wealth for Obama‘s climate and energy initiatives. We all know now how that went.

           3. Discredit the opposition. Example: A Department of Homeland Security Memo (http://bit.ly/homelandsecuritymemo) sent to law enforcement agencies nation-wide identified the greatest threat to America as “rightwing” Christian groups, pro-life groups, 2d Amendment groups and returning Veterans. The intent was to discredit that portion of the population most likely to resist coerced change. Strangely, the memo said nothing about Islamic terrorists.

           4. Censorship. Preponderant elements of the mainstream media are unabashedly supportive of the Obama regime’s leftward tilt. Censorship of the MSM is not the issue. Silencing alternative voices is. Example: Hate crimes legislation suppresses and censors pastors and churches. This, too, is part of the Marxist model. Hate crimes legislation (H.R. 2647), signed by Obama on October 28, 2009, could not pass congress on its own merit. It was attached as an amendment to the “must pass” 2010 defense appropriations bill. This legislation stifles opposition to homosexuality, same sex marriage, abortion, the realities of Islam and the danger Islam presents.

           5. Gun control. The United Nations Small Arms Treaty currently before the UN will come to the US Senate for approval. If approved, Obama said he will sign the treaty. If signed into law, this treaty becomes the law of the land trumping the 2d Amendment. This treaty will determine how Americans can buy, sell, posses and position weapons. Marxists have always feared an armed populace.

           6. Establish a constabulary force. Then-Senator Obama stated he would establish a national civilian security force that would be as large as, and as well equipped as, the US military. Is this possible? Yes. Part of his health care legislation (H.R. 3590.as Section 5210 -- which congress didn’t read) authorizes a ready reserve corps, subject to the president, in a national crisis. (There’s that word “crisis” again.)

The Party is not over. It just assumed a new façade. Many see America as General Boykin sees America. He knows something about political correctness and the danger it poses. With a leftward tilt, no wonder so many sense a true crisis of confidence in government.

Dennis M. Patrick can be contacted at P. O. Box 337, Stanley, ND 58784 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).