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We intend to provide monthly (at least) commentary on contemporary issues, news, and events from the perspective of freedom, first and foremost.
Since we launched our website in May, we’ve received lots of social media comments; lots of “likes,” (thank you very much!) and some of the other variety, too. The most common, and, frankly, the most cliché sort of snipe we seem to receive is something along the lines of “do you even KNOW what a Gulag IS?” The simple answer is “yes, please visit our ABOUT US page for more detail…”; the more complex answer is “yes, do YOU?”
For the record, we did not choose our name because it is something we wish on, or for our country. Rather, it is a protest; a warning, if you will, about the direction we see America heading, exemplified in myriad events, both small and large, adding up to the inevitable loss of personal freedom, responsibility, and initiative.
When a major network news anchor advocates for the “deprogramming” of 75 million Americans. That’s Gulag America. When a former Labor Secretary calls for a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” to expose and punish anyone who opposes government policy. That’s Gulag America. When a taxpayer-funded staff attorney for PBS says “we go for all the Republican voters, and Homeland Security will take their children away….We’ll put them into reeducation camps.” That’s Gulag America!
On July 2, 2008, then Presidential candidate Obama suggested the creation of a “Civilian National Security Force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded” as our military to “achieve our national security objectives.” Those in attendance cheered the apparent call for the creation of an American Gestapo! If any MSM news sources covered the comments at all, which few did, they tried to explain that he was simply arguing for a vast (and costly) increase in community activism. Expand the Peace Corps. Expand AmeriCorps. Expand USA Freedom Corps. As one commentator snarked “Here a corps - there a corps - everywhere a corps, corps.” Whichever way you spin it, however – whether they’re wearing brown shirts or rainbow tank tops – the Orwellian proportions of such a proposal, to ultimately commandeer the labor and capital of tens of millions of Americans, is also Gulag America!
It might be of some comfort to think that the rise of Gulag America is a recent phenomenon; that a swift course correction could restore the freedom lost. Sadly, it is nothing new. For years, President after President (of both parties) has weaponized federal agencies - FBI, IRS, ATF, CIA, and more - against citizens at home and abroad. For years, President after President (of both parties) has contributed to the ever-increasing National Debt - $28.6 trillion and climbing as of 15 August 2021. For years, President after President (of both parties) has engendered the hatred and contempt of roughly one-half of the country. And, frankly, it’s not right because it’s YOUR guy; and it’s not wrong because it’s the OTHER guy.
It's always wrong. It’s always damaging. It’s always divisive.
It’s always Gulag America.
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