I know that I am certainly dating myself, but how many of you remember the saga of Robinson Family and the 70s show “Lost in Space”? If y'all recall the character of Dr. Smith who was the constant alarmist always operating from a realm of fear. And then there was the robot who would incessantly announce, with flailing arms, "danger Will Robinson." One would have to ask themselves, why would anyone want to follow that type of alarmism. Matter of fact, one of my maxims as a commander in the US Army was, "cool heads always prevail," and I still live by that principle.
However, there is something very disconcerting about our government these days, it seems that they thrive upon alarmism. The government seeks to benefit from alarmism and create and expand government while our rights, freedoms, and liberties are reduced. The 9-11 attacks were horrific, regardless of Ilhan Omar describing it as "some people did something." We damn well knew who the "some people" were and of course knew exactly what they did and continued to do in years following. However, why was it that our very own government, instead of addressing the responsible demographic, just threw out the large net and said we all had to lose some freedom and liberty? Back then perhaps this whole Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) thing might have sounded appropriate, but we now know that it has been used against Americans politically. In Congress, I sent a letter to then FBI Director Robert Mueller asking for a meeting and some specific questions I had about FISA. I never heard back from him. This was after I voted for a three-month extension to allow for better research. When the final vote for a full five-year extension came up, my vote was Nay...much to the chagrin of the Republican Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan.
I despise so-called leadership by alarmism.
Of course, we have recently experienced another episode of the politics of alarmism with the Covid-19 escapade. How many American lives could have been spared if the government had not taken the path of alarmism? I mean there were REAL Doctors out there offering sound advice and medical protocols that were dismissed, and even censored...something that was sanctioned by the government itself. I recall coming down with Covid in October 2021 along with my wife Angela. We immediately got a monoclonal antibody therapy treatment, and that took care of business. Sadly, I had a low oxygenation level and had to be hospitalized. I asked for consultation by the Frontline Doctors who expressly told me to refuse the Remdesivir treatment and request the Budesonide Nebulizer therapy, which I did. I was released from the hospital in two days and was back to running four miles in another three days. I also continue to take a daily Zinc and Vitamin D3 protocol. And if there were patients who wanted to receive Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin protocol treatments, why were they denied?
The alarmism of Covid destroyed the lives of people not just medically, but also financially. When you consider the government picking winners and losers as to who had to be shut down, people being arrested, churches being ordered closed, these were also collateral damage of the politics of alarmism. Now, wouldn't it be nice if the American public could determine $32T in debt to be of economic alarm and demand certain government agencies to be shut down? And let's not forget the Americans who had their lives ruined for refusing to take a shot that has been proven to do nothing, and actually caused more harm. And like Tucker Carlson, I have not had any Covid shots...never will. I do not follow and make myself subservient to the politics of alarmism...it disgusts me. And I am not surrendering my individual health freedom over government impersonation of Will Robinson's robot.
Lastly, I was just on a family summer vacation in Port Aransas Texas. It is summer and that means it is hot. And that is why people go to the beach wearing swim clothing, not sweaters. Back when I was a kid growing up in Georgia, the politics of alarmism told us that we were going to freeze to death, yea, around 1975 or 1976; the rave was a coming ice age. Now, they're trying to freak us out about climate change...well, duh chuckleheads, the climate does change -- winter, spring, summer, and fall. It gets hot in the summer. It gets cold in the winter. In the spring and fall we have climate transition, and you can have disruptive weather phenomena such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Down in Brazil and Argentina they are having winter, remember how funny it was to have the Summer Olympics in Brazil, when it was actually winter there? Now, if they had experienced hot temps during that time period, then we should show concern. I will not become alarmed at the fact that it is hot in summer.
But this new politics of alarmism is once again all about restricting our individual freedoms to decide what type of hot water heater, dishwasher, thermostat, stoves, washing machines, and cars we can have. This is all about the intrusive nature of government, especially leftism, in order to force us into their ideological agenda.
And let's be honest, all by ourselves, we have seen a reduction in greenhouse gases in these United States, without government alarmism...you know, we have to start killing cows and stop having children. Yes, there are enough mindless lemmings out there who fall for this bovine excrement every time. And when did fighting the weather become the #1 mission of our US military? Well, the Alarmist in Chief, bumbling Joe Biden, said that the biggest threat for our military is climate change...uh, what about Communist China, Iran, North Korea, Islamic jihadism, or even Russia? So now, we want our military to use electric vehicles, how does that work on the battlefield? Oh, please, excuse me Mr. People's Liberation Army--I need to stop my armored assault against your position so I can charge up my Bradley, Stryker, and Abrams tank. And by the way, Mr. Xi Jinping, could you please give us some more of those lithium batteries for our military? Remember California Governor Gavin Newsome signing into law mandatory electric vehicles in the Golden State in some five years...then coming out and telling EV owners to stop using their vehicle or else they would crash the electric grid?
The politics of alarmism is dangerous, delusional, and deranged...mainly a product of the progressive socialist leftists of the Democrat party. Think about previous assertions from the party of the jackass such as the SCOTUS decision on the Dobbs case will mean that women will die in the streets...yea, if the leftists are not allowed to murder unborn babies in the womb right up to and after, birth women are going to die.
Here is my warning to you all as we go into the important 2024 election cycle. You cannot Live Free under the politics of alarmism. Dr. Smith of Lost in Space, should not be your elected representative. Leaders find solutions that do not undermine your rights, freedoms, and liberties by expanding the powers of government. The Who had a song titled, "We Won't be Fooled Again." The purveyors of alarmism don't believe you will awaken to their hoaxes, and their true intentions...let's finally prove them wrong.
No, constitutional conservatives do not have anything to do with the weather, but we will not be bullied, coerced, intimidated, threatened, nor forced into surrendering our rights and freedom over leftist, or anyone's politics of alarmism. Remember that missive I wrote about how many times leftists would say Mega MAGA Republicans, the more they use it, the more they are trying to denigrate, disparage, and demean us into submission...let the devil know, not today!
Steadfast and Loyal.
LTC Allen West is the Executive Director of the American Constitutional Rights Union and ACRU Action Fund.