Remaking America by George Shollenberger, Idea XVII (The minds of the GOP are expressing flawed symbols and ideas)

Many Americans are unaware of the 1920 discovery of symbols in the field of language. I believe that many democrats and republicans are unaware of this discovery because they do not use symbols properly. For instance, when President Obama made his stimulation proposal, congressional republicans called his Democratic Party proposal ‘pork.’ Further, last evening, the republican, Sean Hannity of Fox News, called Obama’s proposal ‘socialism.’

The meanings of the symbols ‘pork’ and ‘socialism’ are unique to politics and are understood mostly by Congress and the press. Unfortunately, most citizens do not know the meaning of the symbols ‘pork’ and ‘socialism.’ After listening to republican statements, I conclude that ‘pork’ is equated to ‘spending’ by government. Republicans also say that spending negates the possibilities of tax reductions. So, republicans expect their taxes to be lowered even when an economic depression exists. Republicans expect such tax reductions because they believe that an economic depression is self-recovering based on ‘laws of Nature.’ But such a belief can be held only by an atheist.

On the meaning of socialism, the republican TV commentator, Sean Hannity, seems to equate the ‘pork’ in President’s Obama’s proposal to ‘socialism.’ But his education is listed as a ‘high school graduate.’ (Click) Hannity’s understanding of socialism is probably limited to the socialism of Karl Marx. However, socialism has other meanings, as I show in my blog dated 1/30/09.

Republicans don’t seem to understand that social programs are a sign of progress of a nation. For instance, social programs, such as sewage systems, reservoirs, education systems, roads and bridges, fire departments, police, landing on the moon, etc., would not exist today. I conclude that Hannity does not understand the aesthetic and natural development of a nation such as the USA. As a catholic, I recommend Jesus’ thoughts in the Bible at Matthew, Ch. 24.

Every symbol must be given their most precise meanings in any developing nation. The proposal of President Obama seems to be beyond thoughts of the GOP.