Manism: The American Manifesto

Clint Eastwood's main advice to actor son: 'be a man'

     In our previous essay entitled "Machismo", this Old Doc defined Manhood, Manliness, "being a Man", or Machismo as  "a human male's intelligent striving to approximate, as best as he can, God's purpose for him on earth......"  Ay Mates.......the ring of it hits the ears as does the beauty of the dinner bell.   Like the bracing salt spray that hits your face from the bow of the USS Ronald Reagan.  Perfect.  I admit it.

     Clint's advice for his son to heed the Old Doc was headline news all over the Web.  Strange.  Such common advice from father to son just a generation ago.    Today what startling heresy!  OMG! What EVER does THAT mean anyway?  How yesterday!!  

     Indeed.   How yesterday. 

     Stiffen your spines you Men, and stick with the Old Doc.  He's got your back.  In "Manhood Agonistes" we have discussed, though pathetically so,  how Marxism has eroded American Manhood over the last 60 years using the jackhammers of Atheism, Feminism, Environmentalism, and Veganism as the tools methodically destroying the freedom of  American ethos.    Well, your Old Doc is convinced that the surest way to counter these corrosive "isms" is to rally you Men to flock  to the most monumental Human Doctrine yet seen in the Modern Era.  Yup, another "ism."  And that is,  Manism.

     Catchy, don't you think?  And likely to cause the most massive tidal wave of Human advancement since the American Industrial Revolution and the discovery of fire.     And surely the most important antidote to the sickening Marxist cultural umbrella that is smothering our "shining city on a hill."  Huge all right, but no, we do not need to call it Doc-ism.  No, no.  Manism will do just fine, thank you.

     We are going to keep it simple here fellas.  No high-falutin' phrases ostensibly meant to sound learned, but actually crafted to deceive.  No divisions, resentments.  No pitting the Man against the woman;  the old against the young;  the rich against the poor;  the laborer against the owner; the meat-eaters against the plant eaters; the Liberals against the Christians.  None of this "haves" against the "have-nots."  No, no, friends, while Marxism or Marx-schism is a destructive philosophy that fosters enslavement, incompetence and the Yugo,   Manism, unites Men and woman in the common cause of freedom, courage, capitalism and American exceptionalism.  Simple to say.  And believe it or not, simple to do......simply, stop allowing yourselves to be controlled by your Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Laziness, Wrath, Envy, and most of all Pride.

     "There is one vice of which no man in the world is free;  which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people,  except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty themselves.  I have heard people admit that they are bad-tempered, or that they cannot keep their heads about girls or drink, or even that they are cowards.  I do not think I have ever heard anyone who was not a Christian accuse himself of this vice.  And at the same time I have very seldom met anyone, who was not a Christian, who showed the slightest mercy to it in others.  There is no fault which makes a man more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves.  And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others.
     The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit;  and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility.  You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there.  Well, now, we have come to the centre.  According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride.  Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison;  it was through Pride that the devil became the devil;  Pride leads to every other vice; it is the complete anti-God state of mind."
                                                                                  C.S. Lewis, from "Mere Christianity"

     Stay with me now Lads, do not shut down.  The Old Doc does not intend to proselytize and shovel religion at you.  Heaven forbid that you should contemplate God when you've got so many Selfies still to post on Facebood.  But you Teacher's Union-educated Core readers out there might just want to go ahead and explore, for the very first time, the events around the founding of the United States of America.  You are in for a surprise.  (Oh hell, if you like picture books only, pick up the "Rush Revere" series on the founding of this country then).

Even a cursory skimming of America's founding shows that the Founding Hombres were deeply devoted to God, His Divinity, and His Christian exhortations.  Fact.  

"We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."   --Declaration of Independence

     Now, since our State-run schools do not teach American history anymore, you may have never seen these inspiring words.  No, you are much more familiar with how Sitting Bull was cheated out of the contiguous 48 states,  and Alaska, and Hawaii.  Yeah, and I guess you know all about bringing back Hawaiian Queen Lili'uokalani since we also ripped her off.  No more George Washington or Honest Abe's birthdays.  Nah, white Christians, so yesterday.

     But 56 Men, all Christians, signed this above-quoted document, knowing there was a good chance that in doing so they were signing their death warrants.  The British had the largest, most effective Army and Navy the world had ever seen, and their hanging ropes were quite sturdy and plentiful.  Ideal for punishing rebel upstarts.  The American colonies, meanwhile, had pitchforks, triangular hats and spitballs with which to challenge this juggernaut.  Oh yeah, and they also  had Manly Courage;  they had General Washington; and they had the  Christian belief in the Almighty as the "Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions."

     So Gentlemen, throw away "The Communist Manifesto" and instead pick up the American Declaration of Independence;  the U.S. Constitution as ratified in 1784;  the Federalist Papers;  or the personal letters of General Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Madison, and Alexander Hamilton.  All just a Google away.  And maybe pick up a book entitled, "His Excellency:  George Washington", by Joseph J. Ellis.  He describes a touching scene in our early history, one of many indeed.  The war is won, the British are defeated, and America is on its way to nationhood.  The prominent Men of the Revolution gathered, all eager to follow the General into the next phase of nation building.  They were all there:  Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, et al.  Yet, when The General entered, a hush fell over this large room of prominent Men.    A room filled with these greatest of Men, future Presidents.  The greatest collection of Men human history has ever produced, and yet they deferred humbly to the greatest of them all.   These giants of human history bowed before The General,  and addressed him as,  "His Excellency."  ......Wow.

     The General was indeed the Hombre of all American Hombres.  Yet, although I have read many, I do not recall one letter of his that failed to mention God and His Divine Providence.  You feel what I'm getting at here Fellas?  Not only is open devotion to God Almighty NOT un-Manly, why, it is the fundamental criterion for Manliness!  Period.  So puuuleeeeze cut the crap,  and unbunch your bloomers every time someone mentions God, especially as it relates to America's future.   BEING A GODLESS COMMIE IS THE LOSING TEAM FELLAS!!!   In fact,  Manism requires your personal relationship with The Almighy.  Marxism is anti-God and based on the devil's Pride.  And please note that the devil's Pride is not what is commonly called "A Man's Pride."  A Man's pride is usage referring synonymously to "A Man's Honor."  Get that straight Boyz, and you can stop pretending that you are confused.  Now you know.

     Manism is John Paul Jones screaming at the enemy who taunted him to surrender as his own ship was sinking, "I have just begun to fight!"  Manism is Abraham Lincoln seeking to bind the Nation's wounds.  Manism is Ronald Reagan rejecting the Communist Leader's sly Reykchavik proposal to reduce nuclear weapons if only the U.S. would stop developing a defensive shield known as Star Wars.  Manism was Calvin Coolidge who insisted on the dull but honest road of sticking to the letter of the U.S. Constitution which he had sworn to uphold, rather than violate his oath by taking a more Populist and expedient road.  Manism is your Old Doc Adams resisting the clamor to jump on the pass-out-opiates-like-gummy-bear bandwagon that  today is causing so much addictive grief to so many.  Manism is the husband who risks strife by standing up for his children by challenging his wife's Feminist upbringing that is certain to doom his family.  Manism is Senator Ted Cruz admitting he loves Jesus, when so many use the name for an epitaph.  Manism is St. Paul enduring whippings, imprisonment and stoning to bring Christ to the four corners of the world.  Manism is knowing the difference between Good and Evil, and lending a hand to the Good while lending your sword to fighting the evil.  Manism works for the benefit of Mankind.  Marxism has NEVER WORKED at all.

     Manism is asking her father for her hand in marriage, and humbly sitting attentively as her father says his piece.

Manism is changing the plastic lining of the trash can without mommy-wife telling you to do it;  changing the baby's crap-butt diaper when your wife is at wit's end;  doing the dishes as a special treat for your hard-working, loyal wife;  making the bed because your wife is making you breakfast;  vacuuming the rugs to spare your wife the exertion, dust and the yuk of changing out the dust bag;  and taking her out to eat because she is always cooking your meals.

     Marxist feminism on the other hand has you changing the trash bag because she is keeping 50/50 statistics;  ditto for changing the diaper;  ditto for doing the dishes;  ditto for making the bed, vacuuming the rugs, and various other tasks that fall within her traditional domain, but which are now beneath her dignity as an "oppressed" class.  Marxism has you Fellas marching lock-step down her job lists because you must "amend" your behavior in having  "subjugated" her for so long.  Thats right, now  she and her sisters-in-the-struggle can move on to break out of their chains and glass ceiling, and basically teach you Boyz a lesson.  You know, dictatorship of the proletariat and all that Commie stuff.  Quite a formula for enduring love, loyalty and happiness, ay Men?

     Which philosophy then,  do you think will better create the more successful, loyal, devout, respectful, faithful, humble and courageous family?  Well if you say, Marxism, then good luck pal.  Jong Kim watching his family starve enshrouded in darkness in N. Korea might argue with you on that;  ditto for Juan Valdez in Venezuela;  Marco Rubio of Cuba;  Pavel Chekov of the now defunct Soviet Union, and all those Chinese they find baked to death in ship containers in failed efforts to make their way to America as sex slaves.

     Nah  my friends, on the contrary.    It is Manism that is productive of  unbreakable bonds between Man and woman.  This bond  creates healthy families that breathe freedom; that work their butts off to build companies and communities;  and that make America The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.  Simple as that.  Less whining and more winning......Why would your Old Doc lie to you Pards?  General Washington was the Father of our Country, or he wasn't;  The General believed in God or he didn't;  His Excellency was a fool, or he wasn't.  THINK Men!

     Perhaps we should formally define Manism for you Boyz that may be having trouble connecting the dots.  Let's put the spurs to 'er shall we Men?  Manism is the spiritual and cultural philosophy that guides a Man to  search out God's will that he may strive to act honorably in being a wise and faithful husband;  to lead his family with courage, integrity, loyalty and devotion;  to produce disciplined children of faith, character and patriotism; and to better defend the values of his Manhood, his  family, his community and his country against any and all enemies, even at the cost of his life.  Gentlemen, that is the cold, hard truth......

"....You think that you're a real man
But you're nothing but a fool
The way you run away from love
The way you try to play it cool

I'm gonna say this just one time
Time is running out on you
You best remember me my friend
I am the cold hard truth

You best remember me my friend

I am the cold hard truth."                                     -- sung by George Jones, "The Cold Hard Truth"


     What?  You cannot accept that some dopey, but megalomanic Doc can define a revolutionary new social, economic and political movement and create a new world order?  A simple definition that can destroy Karl Marx' "Das Kapital?"   A new idea that can wipe Feminism, Unionism, Classism, Sexism, Racism and Hip-Hop off the face of this earth?........Well yes.   And a sheepish, well......


          "This IS a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth  a good work.  A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach.  Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;  One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?). Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.  Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without;  lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.  Likewise MUST the deacons BE grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;  Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.  And let these also first be proved;  then let them use the office of a deacon, being FOUND blameless.  Even so MUST THEIR wives BE grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.  For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.  These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:  But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God,  the pillar and the ground of the truth.  And without controversy, great is the mystery of Godliness:  God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.   

                                                                  ----  The First Letter of St. Paul to Timothy:  3


     So you can clearly see, Fellas, I am describing something that is NOT new or innovative.  Something known, in fact, in very ancient times.   These are the Human FUNDAMENTALS.  There is no such thing as a NEW FUNDAMENTALS.  No, no, no....no NEW ANTIQUES.  Sheesh, no wonder you keep being sold a bill of goods!  Heck, St. Paul wrote this 2000 years ago Pards!  Yeah, and St. Paul was an Hombre.  He was on his way to Damascus one day to find and imprison some reported Christians.  Yeah, his job was to round up those who followed Christ, throw them in the klinker where they awaited death-as-catnip for the hungry lions.  Real sweatheart was this Paul.  Sorta like the now defunct Soviets, Plutarco Calles's 1920's Mexico, and today's Red Chinese and Islamic states, don't you think?

     Anyway, on the road to Damascus, Jesus did a takedown on him that would make Chris Weidman blush;  caused him to be blind;  then asked him why he was hassling Him, or something to that effect.  Long story short,  Paul the Enforcer eventually pledged allegiance to Jesus, and dedicated the rest of his life to spreading the word, and for the rest of his life he became the hunted one.  Imprisoned, whipped, stoned, nearly drowned....numerous times.  He never wavered.  He never lost Faith.  He even ended up writing a lot of the New Testament.  Which is a testament to what he witnessed.  Get it?.......It is always easy to fall in with the faddish or popular.  It is courageous to take the righteous road while in the midst of sinners.  And you know it too........  You know in your heart we are NOT talking Religion here.  We are talking Faith, integrity, character, courage.  We are reminding you that there is a God, and you, my friend, are not Him.

   

     So why is the Old Doc so insistent on talkin' God with you Fellas?  Simply because if you continue to pretend that He is not important, then this disastrous philosophy of yours will  make your attaining true Manhood impossible.  This retardation will then carry over to your son, propagating weak families, weak communities, and an America that abandons our courageous allies,  like Israel, while at the same time buying "We Heart Ayatollah" buttons.  Oh wait, that's already happened! 

    Go ahead and name one true American Hombre that you admire, and who was an atheist.  Which reminds me.  If you think you are Atheist or Agnostic, then you are not mature enough to read this treatise and you should go back to all your college sophomore boyfriends and tap a keg, and spend the rest of your life shitfaced.   Get out of here right now!   You are too petulant and immature to even matter.  And I am too old to debate with the deceived and the deceivers.  I am interested only in you dumbos who DO believe in God but who are confused, while being dragged around by your nose rings into listlessness;  shacking up;  50/50 marriages; and feminist sensitivities.  Yeah, you guys that get on your hands and knees to make sure you are on "the same non-threatening level"  with your little boy;  who perpetually talk to him in baby talk;  and who call little boys "Buddy" in order to show the gals that you are "relating" to your future stepson.   You, ma Brutha's are not being effective Manists.  But the Old Doc still cares.  You still have potential.  The Old Doc abides!

     C'mon, give in you hardcore knuckleheads!  Give in to the Old Doc.  I am giving you the "real heat" here.  Be a disciple of Manism.  Your wife will thank you.  Your sons will thank you.  Your country will thank you.  You say you'd rather tattoo stupid crap on your fat legs, wear your hat sideways with baggy shorts that go from mid-buttcrack to mid-calf?  Then, congratulations, you have become a clown.  The laughingstock.  You say you would accommodate to your wife's misbegotten and family-poisoning feminist instincts, rather than stand up for your kids and grow your God-given pair?  You'd rather doom your son to pea-sized testicles?  Well then, there is the make-up room.....  

     Fellas, fellas, c'mon back, C'MON!  Don't stomp away AGAIN, in a hissy, sissy fit.  Wipe away this Marxist-based wreckage of your past, take freely of what you find here, and join us!  Even Robert Duvall sings about Heavenly themes, and hell,  HE's GUS!

I'm gonna liver forever, 
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

You're gonna want to hold me
Just like i always told you
You're gonna miss me when i'm gone

Nobody here will ever find me
But i will always be around
Just like the songs i leave behind me
I'm gonna live forever now

You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right

Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead them safely to the light

When this old world is blown us under
And all the stars fall from the sky
Remember someone really loves you
We'll live forever you and i

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

As Sung by Wayne in "Crazy Heart"

     Men of the world unite!  You have nothing to lose but your chains!  And your apron.....Grab a cigar; listen to Rush; go to Church on Sunday and ask Him for guidance.  The answers will come if your own house is in order.  Unite behind our Heavenly Father.  Only He can guide you to family leadership;  to Manly devotion to your wife;  to be an inspiration for your sons and daughters.  Discard the pretenders from your life, from your son's lives.   And remember, not everyone will get to Heaven.  Listen Pal, you certainly do not want to end up in Dante's Eighth Circle, Ninth Pouch.  Yikes!

     "No barrel, even though it's lost a hoop

        or end-piece, ever gapes as one whom I

        saw ripped right from his chin to where we fart:

        his bowels hung between his legs, one saw

        his vitals and the miserable sack

        that makes of what we swallow excrement."              -- "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

     Clint exhorting his son to "be a man,"  and Don Vito's bitch-slapping of Johnny Fontaine are at least attempts at Manism.  But let us appreciate their efforts in denouncing Marxist-feminism by their Masculine proclamations.  A crude Manist is by far superior to a confused and dangerous Marxist and Feminist.  Some of the most dangerous Feminists today are males;  pretenders who damage the psyche of our young men in government,  media, schools, colleges, and iTunes. 

     Think Fellas....think for the sake of your own fulfillment....think about your growing boy.....think about your country......think about Divine Providence.......or keep stinking up the joint with "minimum wage", "gun control," exchanging deserters for Taliban leaders,  abandoning brave and isolated Israel, and bowing to Iranian bullies so they can get nukes.....Your son is watching.  Be thinkers, not stinkers........Doc...........

     Oh, sorry Fellas....hate to bother, but just one more question.  Why is it that the Marxist Left is sooooh accommodating to building a Mosque on Ground Zero, and yet are so avidly working to ban The Nativity from U.S. Courthouses and Christian prayer from your son's schools?    Just asking........