Left Wing Icon Ted Rall Writes Book Calling for Violent Marxist Overthrow of America

And Liberals are ecstatically embracing it. Have you stocked up on ammunition yet? Read through Rall’s new book The Anti-American Manifesto and you’ll see why I have.

Here’s a review in the Washington Post’s Express which sums up the reaction of the Left:

So what is Rall proposing? A complete overhaul, which he details in “The Anti-American Manifesto.” (He’ll discuss the book on Sept. 27 at Busboys and Poets’ 14th Street location.) Mismanagement has left the U.S. teetering on collapse, he argues, and only with an out-and-out revolution will citizens be able to reclaim the country. And the left-wing has to do it before the right-wing does.

I started thinking, ‘OK, someone’s gotta say this,’ but these are dangerous thoughts. … They may even be illegal, they may even get you thrown in prison,” says Rall. “You keep waiting for someone else to do it, but if you have any integrity, you start thinking to yourself, ‘I can’t wait for someone else to say what needs to be said.’ So this is probably the most radical book written in the last 40 years.”

It may sound over the top, but that’s the point. Rall, who trashed two previous drafts for the book because they weren’t as direct as he wanted, is certain people are angry enough to seriously consider taking action against the U.S. government. “What I’m really trying to do is empower them to think of these ideas as legitimate,” Rall said. “We’ve been propagandized into thinking something like revolution and overthrowing the state only takes place in Poland and Senegal, but why not here?”

The left is realizing the country doesn’t want to Sovietize and their sending out their fringe elements to whip up violence, just in time for the drubbing Democrats will be taking in the polls. Prepare for violence in this country after the elections as Marxists like Rall whip the left into a frenzy.

h/t Newsbusters

Home Depot to Carry $50 “EcoSmart” Lightbulb

Doesn’t seem very smart to me:

Home Depot later this year plans to carry a Philips LED bulb designed as a replacement for the common 60-watt incandescent.

The bulb, now called the 12-watt EnduraLED, will be available by the beginning of December and will cost between $40 and $50, representatives from Philips and Home Depot said today.

Home Depot started selling a line of LED bulbs under the EcoSmart label earlier this year, which includes both spotlights and general-lighting LEDs. The Philips bulb will likely be sold under a different name than 12-watt EnduraLED, Philips representative Silvie Casanova said.

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In terms of efficiency, the lumens per watt on the 12 watt EnduraLED comes in at 67. That’s slightly better than EnergyStar-certified CFLs, which put out 800 lumens with 13 watts to 15 watts for an efficacy of between 53 and 61. But, this LED is rated to last 25,000 hours, about three to four times that of CFLs. The EnduraLED is also dimmable.

As commenters on the review point out the bulb uses almost the same amount of energy as CFLs of similar output, and trades off four times the longevity for ten times the cost. The benefit is that these bulbs aren’t filled with dangerous levels of mercury like the CFL bulbs the greens want you to use. So soon consumers can either pay $50 for a light bulb or bring toxic mercury into their house.

I’ll be using oil lamps first. I’ll never bring a CFL in my house or drop $50 on a bulb. Make arraignments for your lighting needs now before it’s too late.

The Scoutdog Shelter

Grimbo of Wolf Bushcraft posted this video of a nice, quick shelter that can be set up on the run with minimal tools and a low profile. All you “I’m going to bug out when SHTF” types should learn how to make these in case that 4×4 of your is disabled. It’s also useful for scouting trips where you may not want to make your presence or trail easy to detect, such as may be the case in a financial collapse when many of you will take to survival poaching and the illegal harvesting of edibles on state owned property to feed your families.

No judgments from me; as a young man I did my share of “urban exploring” just for fun so don’t expect a lecture from me on the evils of poaching the king’s geese when the king has collapsed the dollar. Post-TEOTWAWKI (and not a second before, breaking laws for no reason is self-defeating and morally wrong) I’ll be right there with you using a bait net to trap any fish that can fit down my gullet and won’t be too worried about DNR regulations and the like.

Enjoy:

h/t Ghost of the Woods