The Skew reviews the Savage Manifesto

First, here are some highlights of the Savage Manifesto:

Domestic

D. Immediately impose tariffs on cars and trucks
owned by foreign entities, even if they’re manufactured in America.
F.
Increase pay for active duty combat troops by 10 percent. Number Two. Fire any
unmarried military person becoming pregnant while on active duty.”

G.
Make abortions illegal, except when the physical survival of the mother is
threatened, to be determined by three medical doctors. Require Norplant for all
women on welfare of childbearing age.

H. Close all houses of sex and
massage.

I. Expand the DEA, while decriminalizing most drugs.

J.
Regarding the media; one, eliminate all foreign ownership of any American media
entity. Two, break up overly large conglomerates, like News Corporation.

K. Encourage child bearing among tax paying citizens. Create a marriage
incentive, through lower taxes for married heterosexual couples. And a
government subsidy for each child conceived and carried to birth. Increase the
subsidies for each year the couple remains married.

L. Repatriate all
illegal immigrants now incarcerated. Encourage all other illegals to
self-repatriate through double taxation on wages and fines on employers.”


International

A. Iraq. Send in Iraqi troops to mop up pockets
of resistance. Make Iraq pay with their oil for the cost of the war. Cordon off
Sadr City, force all residents to leave, then go in and mop up all resistance
fighters. Divide Iraq into three to four sectors; Sunni, Shiite, Kurd, and
International. Next, remove all U.S. troops after above achieved.

B.
Iran. One, sanctions embargoes and mine their harbors. Nothing goes in, nothing
comes out.

C. North Korea. Destroy their launching platforms, impose a
Naval blockade on all goods coming in or out, except food.

E. China. 20
percent tariffs on all China made goods immediately; rising by 5 percent each
year for each year China refuses to revalue their currency.

G. Mexico.
Force Mexico to pay one barrel of oil for every illegal alien in the United
States of America per month.

Comments by Tony:

Personally, I support Michael Savage's message. I won't give the usual
caveats about how this will never happen ... that's obvious, with McCain and
Obama. I just know that if a legit candidate came out with this plan, I
would support them.

Comments by Damian:

Deep 4's like Savage have true insights into the state of affairs. I like
his manifesto because it crosses party lines and breaks liberal/conservative
labels. It's different. U.S. has been using the same old storylines for decades
now, just with different cast members. I want to see something innovative and
strong for once (GW Bush acting like The Authority with poor follow through
didn't pan out.)

No religion or politician can have them all

Submitted by an anonymous reader. This may seem like a simple point, but I thought it was important. Here it is:

I was watching the documentary on Mormons the other night on PBS (I believe it was a repeat), and it occurred to me, as they discussed a gay man and "apostate" woman who had been excommunicated, that Mormons attract certain Enneagram personality types better than others. As they mentioned in the documentary, the LDS culture is communal in nature, not individualistic. Types such as six, two, and nine are more likely to be drawn to the LDS church than other types. Of course, other personality types appear in the church membership, I'm sure.

Now, if the leaders of that religion decided to be more accepting of homosexuals, they would gain some members, and some different personality types ... and lose others, who are more traditionalist.

Look at it another way: there are people out there who will never vote for any of the current presidential candidates. They would rather die than vote for a Democrat or Republican. There are some who will vote for an independent candidate, and others who will choose not to vote at all.

No one politician can attract 100% of the public to his or her campaign. No one politician can get the majority of all nine personality types to buy into his or her message. Any politician or leader who claims that type of following (Castro, Saddam) is doing so by force.

Anytime an organization claims to have near 100% support from the public, consider what is forcing people to feel this way. And if there is no apparent force (military, impending doom of some sort), then you know that the spokesperson for that organization is LYING.