The term "Fifth Column" has been attributed to many, including Spanish Civil War leader National General Mola and Leon Trotsky.  Whether describing Mola's national supporters in the city of Madrid, or the Russian Fifth Army, The "Fifth Column" has been generally defined as a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation.

This term applies to a lot of the people that make up current day society and politics in America. The "hate your own country" and "tear it down" crowd are out in full force these days and doing everything they can to set this nation back by a couple hundred years. This is an insidious thing that lurks in the shadow of government and in the form of political correctness with affirmative action for those that do the most damage.

The MSM seem to be the officers in charge of this regiment and most are more than happy to do their bidding; they sleep in their ivory towers and only visit their troops barracks to muster them and do inspections at random. I recognized that part of the fifth column for what it was with the advent of the first black and white TV sets. For the life of me I couldn't understand how my elders could flock around the "tube" and believe in phony wrestling matches. Sure, maybe they were just amazed by this new technology and needed a diversion or something from everyday life. I don't know what the motive was, but I will never forgive them for forcing me to watch that bunk when I could have been running around out in the woods rather than sitting on my butt. I still don't have much respect for Hollywood and the MTV crowd, or the modern day news services. They make me ill at heart and have done nothing but encourage the failure of this great nation that enabled them to exist in the first place.

We can also attribute a lot of the blame for this one to the Democratic Party; which just so happens to be the sergeant in arms for this latest march on America. Everything they do is aligned with the folks that seek something that could be the death of America or cripple it in the process. Those brave sergeants that make up the second ranks in the fifth column are the ones that always seem to steer it in the wrong direction. Don't get me wrong here; I like true Democrats that would actually try to make this country a better place. I just can't see that quality in people like John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, John Murtha, Al Gore and the Moore crowd.

It's that very mindset that is putting bars out of business because their patrons aren't allowed to smoke and offend a non-smoker. When it gets to the point that we are required to have self-extinguishing cigarettes, well, "we have a problem Houston". This is the same bunch of idiotarians that champion free speech while they try to take away your guns and give that right to the criminal element only. Make no mistake about it folks, that kind of crap is the fifth column in its purest form. They try to make constraints on capitalism and the free market system while marching around like a bunch of clowns, sipping Latte's, and hanging out their pinky fingers for the fools that follow them.

We shouldn't forget that the SGT Green's (Environmentalists) are marching with the fifth column" also. Thanks to them we can't drill for oil here, or build the refineries we need to process it. They constantly tell us that oil is the root of all evil, while ignoring the fact that it is essential in everything that is manufactured into the products that they buy and consume on a daily basis. This is coming from the same people that make it impossible for us to use nuclear energy or anything else as an energy source. They say we need to use wind as a power source and then bitch when a bird gets killed in the process.

The SGT Greens are also the same group that forced the world to ban DDT (perfectly safe product) and subjugate millions in Africa to the perils of Malaria once again. It supposedly made bird eggshells soft and was a threat to wild life, while they ignored the fact that it was safe for humans to use and saved lives.

Look at the recent legislation passed in California requiring the use of low sulfur diesel fuel. That will require that most construction equipment currently in use will have to be replaced, posing an added burden on the very people that make the economy work. That's all because of some elitist with his pinky finger hanging out in the air doesn't like the smell of diesel fuel. Al Gore and the rest of the buffoons spouting the global warming rhetoric do so with the intent of making us just another 3rd world country. They outlaw all of the good products and replace them with something that usually doesn't work, and spout their "we know what's good for you" crap in the process of making things harder for the rest of us. They have earned their selves a front position on the fifth column.

The fifth column also has its share of Drill Sergeants that train these troops. They have infiltrated our educational system on all levels. On the lower levels they put our children on Ritalin to teach them how to use drugs. In higher academia they have names like SGT Ward Churchill and SGT Noam Chomsky that give them their final AIT training.

Of course we've also got some privates like the ACLU, CAIR and the rest of that riff raff to fill in the ranks. Not to mention 20 million illegal immigrants that assisted with their march on America. This is my short roster; I couldn't possibly list all of them without writing a book.

This is basically just a rant, but its high time we recognized that the enemy is within and getting deadlier every day.

Contributed by Jim Bartimus on September 5, 2006 at 09:57 PM in Jim Bartimus | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Rurik

See. A man resisted the Lobotomy Box and retained the ability to think and judge the world clearly.
A very perceptive analysis.

Posted by: Rurik | Sep 6, 2006 2:31:31 PM

Posted by: 1st Cav

Spot on! An excellent rant. Makes me feel a bit better already.

Posted by: 1st Cav | Sep 6, 2006 5:15:44 PM

Posted by: The Gray Dog

"Let the word go forth, Bartimus Writes!" But then again, I always knew that. Great post Jim. You skillfully weave a number of issues through an important central theme.

More than a rant. It ought to be everyone's rant!

Posted by: The Gray Dog | Sep 6, 2006 5:34:36 PM