"I've been hearing about these moderate and liberal republicans for years, but I don't see them in the news at all."
Good one. I've never heard anyone use the term "moderate democrat". Maybe they don't exist. Anyway, I don't know if you are talking about the elected Republicans in DC or the registered Republicans. If the latter, then they are all around you. Only the vocal ones ever get any attention. If you are talking about DC, I've heard the media frequently describe McCain (uhhh), Scott Brown, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe as moderate. Hell, John Kerry wanted McCain to run as his VP. "And when Santorum wins in several states you have to think these republicans are not a majority, or else they simply aren't coming out to vote." When Santorum wins a state, I think it is an indictment of Romney, not an endorsement of Santorum. "The green movement is not a political party in government." Nazism wasn't a party. It was an ideology that was implemented by the Nazi party. "They don't set laws to allow spying and surveillance on citizens and censoring dissenting opinions on the internet with takedown notices." Really? You don't think that they can influence government policy? Professor Kari Norgaard, a professor of sociology and environmental studies at Oregon, presented a paper at "Planet Under Pressure" that stated skepticism of man-made global warming is comparable to racist beliefs, and has labeled doubts about anthropogenic climate change a sickness for which individuals need to be treated. http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2012/3/simultaneous-action-needed-break-cultural-inertia-climate-change-respons A sickness. Well, maybe they need to be interned to be treated. She's only a professor though. No way she can influence any impressionable people. Then there is the organization Forum for the Future. Watch this frightening video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P7rCAYkoMT0#!. They want to cram everyone into cities and control every aspect of life (Where have I seen that before? Maybe the Jewish Ghettos in Poland). Before you dismiss this as some crackpot group, look at some of its "partners": BASF, HP, Ingersoll Rand,Target, Unilever, Bank of America: Merrill Lynch, Kraft, Panasonic, PepsiCo UK, Royal Dutch Shell, Sony Ericsson, Sony Europe, Thomson Reuters, Heineken UK, Jaguar Land Rover, and Prudential. Seems like corporate fascism to me. Then there's environmentalist Pentti Linkola ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Linkola ): In the essay collection Unelmat paremmasta maailmasta (Dreams about a Better World) (1971) he explained for the first time his ecological attitudes. He has continued to speak against the modern Western way of life and the overconsumption of natural resources. His latest books Johdatus 1990-luvun ajatteluun (Introduction to the Thinking of the 1990s) (1989) andVoisiko elämä voittaa? (Could Life Prevail?) (2004), translated in 2009 into English as Can Life Prevail? are collections of his writings that have been published in various Finnish newspapers and magazines. As a philosopher Linkola can be described as a biocentric empiricist. A website ("fansite") set up in Linkola's name states that in the West his ideas are considered to be "fascist" and "made taboo".[6] He demands that man return to a smaller ecological niche and abandon modern technology and what he describes as the almost-religious pursuit of economic growth. Linkola considers human population growth the biggest threat to life on Earth. Linkola's first political publication was the pamphlet Isänmaan ja ihmisen puolesta (For Fatherland and Man) (1960), in which he spoke strongly for pacifism and encouragedconscientious objection. In contrast, in 2004 he derided those he considers to be "sanctimonious in their opposition to violence," when the earth is suffering from severe human overpopulation.[7] He advocates eugenics, genocide,and abortion as possible means to combat overpopulation. He describes the Stalinist and Nazi massacres, as "massive thinning operations," but which have "not overturned our ethical norms".[8] He has suggested that big cities should be attacked by "some trans-national body like the UN", with nuclear weapons or with "bacteriological and chemical attacks".[9] Linkola has described humans as a cancer of the earth, and he desires that the human population "be reduced to about ten percent of what it is now."[10][11][12] Linkola often expresses his admiration for forests and nature in general. He is known for his deep love of birds. He considers education to be the "most precious aspect of society," and advocates for universities to be maintained regardless of the cost.[13] In a 2004 interview given at the international bookfair at Turku[14] Linkola describes the origins of his bitterness towards humankind. In his essay, Women as Protectors of Life,[15] he opines that the "soul of a man, beneath its rough surface, is paradoxically more sensitive, fragile and weak than that of a woman." In May 1994 Linkola was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal Europe.[16] He said he was for a radical reduction in the world population and was quoted as saying about a future world war, "If there were a button I could press, I would sacrifice myself without hesitating, if it meant millions of people would die."[17] In 1995 Linkola founded the Nature Heritage Foundation (Luonnonperintösäätiö). It concentrates on preserving the few ancient forests still left in southern Finland and other nature conservation. The forests are donated to the foundation. More about Linkola from environmentalist Martin Kreiggeist: For those who are ready to take up the axes, Linkola has some suggestions-an end to Third World Aid and an end to asylum for refugees. In his new approach for a better society he suggests "Green Police", unencumbered by the "syrup of ethics" that governs human behavior today to keep things in line. He thinks "Everything we have developed over the last 100 years should be destroyed." Under the "Green Police" only "a few million" people would work as farmers and fishermen, without modern conveniences such as the automobile. A man of action, not just words, since the 1960s he has lived as a fisherman, using wood-fires for heating and travelling by bicycle or sleigh. It is only recently that he has gotten a phone and electricity and takes his fish into town for sale on the local school bus. There's James Lovelock ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock ) who " is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives inDevon, England. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling the chemical and physical environment." Here's a nice quote: We need a more authoritative world. We've become a sort of cheeky, egalitarian world where everyone can have their say. It's all very well, but there are certain circumstances a war is a typical example where you can't do that. You've got to have a few people with authority who you trust who are running it. And they should be very accountable too, of course. But it can't happen in a modern democracy. This is one of the problems. What's the alternative to democracy? There isn't one. But even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being. I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/mar/29/james-lovelock There's Eric Pianka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Pianka), who called for the death of 90% of humans by ebola in his 2006 acceptance speech for the 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist Award from the Texas Academy of Science. Then again, maybe he didn't. The transcript of his speech is here ( http://www.pearceyreport.com/archives/2006/04/transcript_dr_d.php). Seems pretty obvious to me, but you be the judge. Pianka's acceptance speech[13] for the 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist Award from the Texas Academy of Science[14] resulted in a controversy in the popular press when Forrest Mims, vice-chair of the Academy's section on environmental science, claimed in the Society for Amateur Scientists e-journal The Citizen Scientist that Pianka had "endorsed the elimination of 90 percent of the human population" through a disease such as an airborne strain of the Ebola virus.[15] Mims claimed that Pianka said the Earth would not survive unless its population was reduced by 90% suggesting that the planet would be "better off" if the human population were reduced and that a mutant strain of Ebola (which has up to a 90% mortality rate) would be the most efficient means.[16] Mims' affiliate at the Discovery Institute, William Dembski, then informed the Department of Homeland Security that Pianka's speech may have been intended to foment bioterrorism.[17] This resulted in the Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewing Pianka in Austin.[18] Pianka has stated that Mims took his statements out of context and that he was simply describing what would happen from biological principles alone if present human population trends continue, and that he was not in any way advocating for it to happen. The Texas Academy, which hosted of the speech, released a statement asserting that "Many of Dr. Pianka's statements have been severely misconstrued and sensationalized."[19] However, Dr. Kenneth Summy[20], an Academy member who observed the speech, wrote a letter[21] of support for Mims' account, saying "Dr. Pianka chose to deliver an inflammatory message in his keynote address, so he should not be surprised to be the recipient of a lot of criticism from TAS membership. Forrest Mims did not misrepresent anything regarding the presentation." Then there is Barrack Obama's Science Czar John P. Holdren ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holdren ), who also advocates dictatorial, and inhumane practices in the name of environmentalism. In his 1977 Ecoscience textbook, Holdren calls for a planetary regime to carry out forced abortions and mandatory sterilization procedures, as well as drugging the water supply, in an effort to cull the human surplus. At least he's not in a position to influence policy, right? In 2010, UK government-backed 10:10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10:10) produced a video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JfnddMpzPsM ) in which students are blown up for not lowering their carbon footprint. You know the idea: Do what we want or die. There's Keith Farnish who wrote the following in one of his books: Unloading essentially means the removal of an existing burden: for instance, removing grazing domesticated animals, razing cities to the ground, blowing up dams and switching off the greenhouse gas emissions machine. The process of ecological unloading is an accumulation of many of the things I have already explained in this chapter, along with an (almost certainly necessary) element of sabotage" This book was endorsed by NASA global warming "guru" James Hansen. Of course, you can't have fascism without the elites. Take Al Gore, who owns multiple mansions and expends more energy in day than most people use in a month, and doesn't even try to justify the disparity. These don't seem fascistic to you? This isn't even considering what the UN has cooking with Agenda 21. - Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains. - Herbert Hoover Left has come to represent increasing government control. The extreme leftist typically seeks total government. 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