Brilliant!!

Dr. Walter E. Williams, the former chairperson of the Department of Economics at George Mason University, is one of my favorite "guest-hosts" on the Rush Limbaugh program. He is brilliant!!! On Wednesday, December 31, 2008, he filled-in for the "vacationing Rush". He started the program by saying, "[he's] going to push back the Frontiers of ignorance." That is exactly what he did in the three-hour program.

As mentioned in this blog, the incremental erasure of liberties in this country are facilitated by the ignorance bread by apathy of its citizenry. Rush Limbaugh says that "ignorance" is the "most expensive commodity" that this country produces.

The most frustrating part of this country's ignorance is the fact that most of it is intentional. Most empty minds are that way because they choose to be. Damn those who educate if the information doesn't fit the agenda, if it forces the pains of thinking beyond a Saturday Night Live sketch.

For those who do want to know, Dr. William's Wednesday program had more content than the average four years of college. It is for that reason that I want to comment and share some of what I heard. If you want to remain uniformed, stop reading now!!

For this entry, I am going to reference Dr. Williams' third segment on the program. He discussed the morality of wealth redistribution. He started by describing a common scene when he participated in Senate hearings. Often the room was full, according to Dr. Williams, not because people were interested in the content, but because they had "side-bets" (tongue-in-cheek) as to whether or not he would be arrested for his lack of reverence toward the self-serving politicians.

At one hearing regarding a minimum wage law, Dr. Williams reportedly said, "Gentleman, the problem with this country is a result of people like you. You get elected for one of two things, or both: Either you promise one American to take the property of another American and give it to him, or you promise one American you will give him a privilege that will be denied another American." If I could find it, I would purchase the C-SPAN video if only to see the faces of the many Senators who think themselves as little gods, ruling over those of us who have the privilege of their leadership.

Dr. Williams went on to quote one of his "heroes", H.L. Minkin, who when asked to explain an election said, "Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is an advance auction on the sale of stolen merchandise." Now, like all conservatives when discussing socialism, he reminded listeners that he was a compassionate human being saying, "I don't want you folks out there to think that I don't care about my fellow man because I don't want to contribute to the welfare state."

What Dr. William's said next was so profound, especially considering the many "Christians" who recently voted for Obama because he was going to implement Christ's teachings by helping the poor through the agent of government. He said, "I care deeply about my fellow man, but I believe that reaching into one's own pockets to help his fellow man in need is praise-worthy and laudable. I think reaching in somebody elses pockets to help your fellow man in need is despicable and worthy of condemnation, that is I think charity is a good thing." Bravo, Dr. Williams!!

What proceeded could not have been closer to the mark. He continued, addressing Christians by saying, "Now for all of you Christians out there, keep in mind when God gave Moses the commandment 'Thou shalt not steal', He did not mean that 'Thou shalt not steal unless you got a majority vote in congress.' And moreover, if you were to ask God, 'well, I'm not stealing, but is it okay to be a recipient of stolen property.' I think that God would say that that is a sin as well."

I attempted to make this point in one of my heated and rabid posts during the election (see "A Christian Vote - Nah, Let's Move On"). I had anticipated that standard liberals would support Obama, that the life-long democrats would fall in line, but when Christian after Christian announced that Obama was a "Christian vote" because he was going to combat poverty with government programs, that he was going to fund them by taking from those that he determined had more than they needed (i.e., "Joe-The-Plumber"), I was almost driven to alcoholism. Jesus and the apostles hit the ground running helping those in need. Not once did they ever even hint that it was acceptable to force others to join their cause, to engage "Robin Hood" methods and steal from the rich and give to the poor! Not once, was the Roman government even mentioned as a tool to redistribute wealth. Actually, Jesus implied separation when He said, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and give to God what is God's" (Matthew 22:21).

God bless you, Dr. Williams. You are doing "the Lord's work"!!!