Neither the big picture nor the finer details that influence our profession should be overlooked. Last Sunday’s postscript examined the significance of the terms DINOs, RINOs, JINOs, CINOs, and MHINOs. With that in mind, the following by author Patricia McCarthy entitled, “It Can’t Happen Here? It IS Happening Here!” was brought to the attention of MHProNews, and American Thinker provided their authorization to reproduce McCarthy’s article. “It Can’t Happen Here? It IS Happening Here!” hits several hot topics neatly wrapped up in a single article originally published on July 28, 2021. The Google, Bing, and the Duck Duck Go search engines each report numerous mentions of this specific article by McCarthy online. McCarthy’s insights are reproduced in full below, and will be followed by additional related information, an MHProNews commentary in brief, and then the macro and manufactured housing market snapshot for 7.30.2021.
Sinclair Lewis’s novel of 1935, It Can’t Happen Here, was published amid the rise of fascism in Europe. The book is about the political career of fictional Buzz Windrip, who is elected president in 1936, defeating FDR with a campaign promising a return to traditional values and drastic social and economic reforms (he promises every American $5K). Once elected, he becomes a totalitarian tyrant, complete with his own paramilitary force called the Minute Men!
Windrip is Lewis’s version of an American Hitler and/or Mussolini. But consider the parallels with the current occupant of the Oval Office. Windrip outlaws dissent (consider the Biden administration’s partnership with Big Tech to censor opposing opinions). He, Windrip, imprisons his critics just as Biden has jailed anyone present at the Capitol on January 6. Biden has his own Minute Men, the FBI, as well as a couple of other paramilitary groups in service of his agenda — Antifa and BLM. They are his shock troops, who, like Windrip’s thugs, terrorize his opponents, freedom-loving, independent thinking Americans.
Like Biden, Buzz Windrip abrogated the rights of civilians and divided the nation into “administrative sectors” to be managed by federal “Corpo” authorities and enforced by his Minute Men. Pelosi is now installing branches of the Capitol Police throughout the country to seek out perceived threats to members of Congress. The similarities to Lewis’s two-dimensional dictator and the Biden regime are chilling.
As in the novel, opponents of the Obama/Biden regime have been found guilty until proven innocent of un-committed crimes, from Gen. Michael Flynn to Roger Stone to anyone who worked for Trump to the 1/6 protesters, by corrupt judges in kangaroo courts whipped up by a manic, historically ignorant media establishment whose members loathe anyone or anything remotely conservative or constitutional. Viciously opposed to Donald Trump, the mainstream media covered for the massive crimes against the nation that were occurring from the day Trump became the Republican presidential candidate. The left invented the Russia collusion narrative out of thin air. It was pursued as legitimate by the FBI, the DOJ, the CIA, and our despicable journalist class. All of them likely knew it was false from the outset, but they all colluded to damage a president who actually meant to represent the people, not just the ruling elite. The swamp, left and right, was threatened and fought back with the ferocity of a cornered animal. With the 2020 election, they think they’ve won, but have they?
This quote from Lewis’s book perfectly describes Joe Biden:
The Senator was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his “ideas” almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was that of a traveling salesman for church furniture, and his yet more celebrated humor the sly cynicism of a country store. Certainly there was nothing exhilarating in the actual words of his speeches, nor anything convincing in his philosophy. His political platforms were only wings of a windmill.
Indeed. Biden cannot utter a coherent sentence. He is the face of a corrupt band of radicals who, along with Obama, vowed to “transform America.” He was fraudulently installed and has little actual personal support. The Trump presidency rendered the left well and truly deranged, without any moral compunction going forward. The man and his supporters had to be destroyed just as Lewis’s Buzz Windrip’s opponents had to be ruined.
The protagonist in Sinclair’s novel is a journalist, Doremus Jessup, who founds an organization to fight Windrip’s destructive policies. He founds a newspaper and publishes accounts of Windrip’s abuses. Jessup’s counterparts in our alternative media are the champions of truth, and there are more and more of them every day. Big Tech tries to silence them, but they are proliferating faster than they can censor them. The massive, lifelong corruption of the Biden family is now a known fact. The depravity of Biden’s son Hunter has been revealed. The corruption at the DOJ and FBI is being exposed. It was the FBI that set up the fake kidnapping attempt of Gretchen Whitmer and perhaps even had a hand in orchestrating the event of January 6. The truth will out.
The radical Democrat media of today ignore the crimes and abuses of power by leftists, but the Doremus Jessups of 2021 America do not. The truth is out there despite the suppression tactics of this administration, its handmaidens in the media, and Big Tech. Like the villain of the novel, Biden has incarcerated hundreds of nonviolent people who were present at the Capitol on 1/6. The DOJ calls them “enemies of the state,” their protest an insurrection.
But not one of them was armed; none has been charged with insurrection. They are being held without bail while the hundreds of rioters/looters/arsonists of the summer of 2020 are free as birds. This is the stuff of communist China, the Soviet Union, Venezuela, and Castro’s Cuba. Sinclair Lewis, like Orwell and Huxley, knew of what he wrote. Tyrants are with us always, and when they get power, they are lethal. “Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.” —Charles Peguy
All of this brings us to the panic porn that is the COVID pandemic and this administration’s doubling down on despotism. It has become increasingly clear that the COVID virus was indeed engineered in the lab in Wuhan under the gain-of-function auspices of the monstrous Anthony Fauci, seemingly the most powerful man on the planet. He has long supported gain-of-function research that makes an animal virus transmissible to humans; he had and has the authority to fund such experiments and did, even after the Obama administration banned it.
Was it released purposefully? Time will tell. Fauci and his pals have long wanted to test their experimental vaccines on humans. But this flu was killing mostly the elderly and/or those suffering from co-morbidities; Fauci and his cohorts likely knew that HCQ and ivermectin could and would both prevent and treat the illness. But those drugs were off-patent; Fauci and his partners in crime would not be able to enrich themselves. Those tried and true therapeutics had to be suppressed, even feared. Doctors could not be allowed to prescribe them. This would be a good time to implement their global reset and make nine new billionaires in Big Pharma. In the words of Hayek, “Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.”
The left has adopted, embraced, actually, Orwell’s newspeak of 1984. Leftists have redefined the meaning of the words crime and punishment. Antifa and BLM looters, rioters, and arsonists are not criminals, while, in their world, human beings born white are criminals by virtue of the color of their skin. How obscenely obvious is it that this is the left’s plan to further divide this country, to “otherize” (one of their many absurd euphemisms) those who have had the impertinence to be born white (or choose to be unvaccinated)? We all get it; it’s all about payback for slavery even though nearly 700K American lives were lost fighting to end that evil institution that the Democrats fought so hard to preserve. To this day, the Democrat party is the party of racism, Joe Biden being one of the most egregious exemplars. Watch his attempted humiliation of Clarence Thomas at his confirmation hearings. Biden is a thug, and as obvious a racist as we are likely to ever see in public, then or now.
A thinly disguised version of Lewis’s novel appeared in 1983 as a television series, V. This time, the fascist takeover of America was by alien invaders. Earlier scripts based on the book were considered “too cerebral” for American viewers. There were numerous theatrical productions based on the novel. Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Arthur Koestler (Darkness at Noon), and Sinclair Lewis all wrote their dystopian novels in the 1930s and ’40s.
And yet the nation has survived the totalitarian/communist ideologues who have attempted to co-opt our democratic republic for well over a hundred years. We will survive the Biden administration’s wholesale assault on this country as founded as well, even though he has done more damage than any previous tyrant in a very short time.
Millions of Americans are waking up to the dark and deceptive agenda of the radical left: CRT to pit citizens against one another, cancel culture to obliterate the First Amendment and terrorize those with differing opinions from expressing them, and now the attempt to implement state control over our bodies with vaccine mandates.
The Americans in Lewis’s novel are shocked by what they see unfolding in their America: “Why, America’s the only free nation on earth. Besides! Country’s too big for a revolution. No, no! Couldn’t happen here!” Lewis also predicted that “[w]hen fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100 per-cent Americanism.” We are enduring that moment once again. The challenge this time is to wake up the people who have yet to realize that the liberty they take for granted is in grave danger. The patriots who fought for our independence from 1775 to 1783 were a mere third of the colonists. It just may take more of us this time. ##
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A soldier must train rigorously and don a certain mindset in order to deliver maximum harm to an enemy while maximizing the odds of surviving battle. A good attorney must similarly get into an intellectual discipline of mind to best serve a cause or client. In journalism and writing, for an author to successfully convey keen insights accurately requires hours to prepare an article like the on above Patricia McCarthy for the American Thinker that requires mere minutes to read.
Left-of-center Snopes confirmed that Ronald Reagan said, “If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.” That is a trending topic, with millions of hits online. McCarthy neatly tied Reagan’s concerns, and the warnings of George Orwell, Aldus Huxley, and other dystopian authors such as Lewis into a quick romp that illustrates that sobering claim. One should keep in mind that facism is historically backed by big business, as former author Joel Kotkin thoughtfully outlined in a survey that ties the past to the present linked below. Two entirely different authors and styles, Kotkin – a longtime Democrat, with McCarthy apparently a more conservative voice from the right.
Periodic hyperbole in McCarthy’s column noted as matters of style and emphasis, her article insightfully weaves numerous compelling and evidence-based points. While hardcore Democratic Party backers and propaganda blinded anti-Trumpers may have a hard time working their way through her thought-piece, each note she strikes is like part of a symphony that tells the story of the troubling tableaux of events that is occurring in America.
The reports linked above and below relate to, and in some ways benefit from and/or underscore various statements and claims made by McCarthy. MHProNews may circle back to various pull quotes from her thoughtful column in the days ahead. Because at the end of the day, without authentic freedom, only those directly tied to fascistic power will have rights if this collusive coup between big business and big government is allowed to stand.
There are reasons for hope, because the behavior is becoming so notorious that more on the left-center-right spectrum as seeing things for what they are as opposed to the mindless propaganda that is producing Borg-like drones that fail to think critically and analytically. The answer? Beyond waking up those in your circle that may not yet see matters clearly, the pattern and solutions are outlined in 515 words in the article linked below.
MHProNews spotlights granular issues in manufactured housing, but also takes a periodic look at macro issues too. This is to set the concerns of our industry into a broader context. In order to solve our industry’s problems, good existing laws must be properly enforced. There is no need to wait years for legislation that in the past has often led to little or no discernable benefit. https://www.wnd.com/2021/05/solution-big-tech-oligarchs/
Facism? Socialism? Communism? Here in the U.S.A.? “It can’t happen here? It is happening here!” The American Thinker’s column by McCarthy is a troubling- but evidence-based warning as to what is occurring right now.
It is not without reason that President Donald J. Trump is holding “Save America” rallies. It is hopeful that several states are examining or preparing to do a forensic examination of the 2020 presidential race. Note that the early indicators support the 45th president’s claim that the election was rigged and/or stolen, in relatively few key places. If sufficiently proven, Quo Warranto and other possible paths to right the madness going on at the U.S.-Mexican border, in Washington, D.C., and beyond may be brought to a legal end.
Orwell, Huxley, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and Sinclair’s novels were not supposed to be ‘how to’ manuals. They were supposed to be warnings. Anything that has occurred in history before means that something similar can happen again. To remain the land of the free, we will need more Americans of all backgrounds that are thoughtful, willing to question the official narratives, and are brave enough to act on that knowledge.
Next up is our business daily recap of yesterday evening’s market report and related left-right headlines.
The Business Daily Manufactured Home Industry Connected Stock Market Updates. Plus, Market Moving Left (CNN) – Right (Newsmax) Headlines Snapshot. While the layout of this daily business report has recently been modified, several elements of the basic concepts used previously are still the same. The headlines that follow below can be reviewed at a glance to save time while providing insights across the left-right media divide. Additionally, those headlines often provide clues as to possible ‘market-moving’ items.
Several of the illustrations shown in this report can be opened in many browsers to reveal a larger size. To open this picture, click the image once. When the window opens, click it again to reveal the larger size photo. Use your browsers back key to return to the article. Senator Mike Lee (UT-R) has accused the Biden team of implementing policies that harm the poorest and middle class more while enriching the wealthy. Weeks before others in the mainstream media began to flash their ‘inflation warnings,’ MHProNews added first the top, then later the second notice above. When someone has even a basic understanding of the principles of economics, ‘inflation’ was predictable. The question is, will hyper-inflation follow? There are voices on both sides of that debate.
Headlines fromleft-of-center CNN Business = evening of 7.30.2021
Pets in peril
Left to right: Dogs Tony, Migo, Zorro, Nellie, Charley, and Togo.
Rover promises ‘trusted sitters and dog walkers.’ That wasn’t enough to save these animals
The eviction ban is ending, and now millions are waiting for the sheriff to knock on their door
SEC temporarily halts approvals of new Chinese IPOs after Didi debacle
Amazon hit by record $887 million EU privacy fine
Consumer incomes rose while a key measure of inflation dipped in June
Goldman Sachs draws a line in the sand on employee vaccinations
Microsoft CEO warns ‘people will vote with their feet’ when it comes to return-to-work policies
Opinion: I mandated vaccines for my business. Here’s how it’s paid off
Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott team up to give $40 million to support women
Corporate America to workers: Either get a Covid vaccine or leave
World’s biggest food company says prices are going even higher
Fox says MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has decided to ‘pause’ his pillow ads amid election crusade
Check out lines at a Walmart discount department store in Miami, FL on May 22, 2021.
Walmart mandates vaccines for all corporate employees
A customer shops at an IKEA store on June 10, 2021 in Houston, Texas.
Here’s why you’re waiting months for that couch you ordered
Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over ‘Black Widow’ Disney+ release
SPACE RACE
An artist’s rendition of Isar Aerospace’s first generation “Spectrum” rocket taking off from an imaginary launch pad
The Porsche dynasty is taking on Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in space
Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to join the moon race
Bezos and Branson went to space. What’s next?
Space tourism won’t be affordable any time soon
Space tourism tax proposed to boldly go where no tax has gone before
RETURN TO ‘NORMAL’
Office employee desktop during a pandemic. Shot of a used mask by the keyboard on a white table. The manager took off the used mask at the workplace. No people
Managers must enforce rules for unvaccinated employees, and it won’t be easy
5 industries struggling to recover from Covid
The pandemic killed menus and brought QR codes back
New CDC mask guidance throws stores’ policies into flux
Fed says Delta won’t ruin the recovery. But we’re still a long way from normal
House Repubs Want Fauci, Scientist to Brief Them on COVID Origin Email
James Comer, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, want a top scientist, who had once said COVID-19 seemed like it may have been engineered, to brief them on why she changed her mind within a matter of days. The two congressmen made their demand in a letter to Kristian Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps’ Department of Immunology and Microbiology. [Full Story]
Marsha Blackburn: New Mask Mandates an ‘Overreach’ |
Tenney: No Mask Mandates Across the Hall in Senate |
Jha: ‘Get Vaccinated, 96% of Doctors Are Vaccinated’ |
Zeldin: NY Nursing Home Probe Should Remain Open |
Mike Waltz: Biden, Dems Undermine Own Vaccination Efforts |
Cammack: Capitol Mask Arrest Order ‘Tyrannical’ |
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Newsfront
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DeSantis Hit Over Bonuses for Teachers, First Responders
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Biden, GOP Clash Over ‘Science’ Behind New Mask Guidelines
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Dems Threaten to Ban Site Selling Innocent ‘Joe You Know I Won’ Mugs
Jerome Adams to Newsmax: Breakthrough COVID Cases ‘Shocking News’
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Amanda Knox Accuses New Movie of Cashing In on Her Case
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Senate Advances Nearly $1T Infrastructure Plan
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Candace Cameron Bure Addresses Criticism Over ‘Seductive’ Christian TikTok Video
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Fox News Bans Mike Lindell Ad, MyPillow Drops Network
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Dem-Released Notes: Trump Urged DOJ to Declare Election ‘Corrupt’
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Jha Says: ‘Get Vaccinated, 96 Percent of Doctors Are Vaccinated’
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Broadway Mandates Vaccines, Masks for All Shows
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Disney Fires Back at Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Black Widow’ Lawsuit
Disney has hit back at Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit over the release [Full Story]
Trump Condemns Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal as ‘Politically Irresponsible’
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Zeldin to Newsmax: NY Nursing Home Probe Should Remain Open
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DeSantis Joins Governors Supporting Overturn of Roe V. Wade
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Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Order Blocking Mask, Vaccine Mandates
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Israel’s President Gets 3rd COVID Shot, Urges Boosters for Over-60s
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Cities Try to Head Off Eviction Wave as Federal Ban Expires
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Health
New Research Links COVID-19 to Alzheimer’s Disease
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All on Capitol Hill were welcoming and interested. But Congressman Al Green’s office was tremendous in their hospitality. Our son’s hand is on a package that included a copy of the Constitution of the United States and other goodies. Tamas has grown considerably since this photo was taken.
By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews. Tony earned a journalism scholarship along with numerous awards in history. There have been several awards and honors and also recognition in manufactured housing. For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. He’s a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com. This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s position, and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.
