Been too busy and usually a bit too frustrated to take time to write for quite a while..... so it's time for an update. The vast majority of the frustration comes from Washington D.C. (where else?) and that bunch of out of touch twits on both sides of the political isle. It's the same old thing where the left is doing everything in it's power to turn America into a European Socialist Autocracy..... and the right can't ever seem to muster the balls to fight them on a single point of their agenda.
Also I'm constantly frustrated by the continued domination of the left wing media. Their slavish dedication to propping up Obama and the left wing radical agenda is flat out disgusting. They have no credibility at all as serious journalists anymore yet they continue to have the power to shape both the news of the day while also trying to shape what we should think about it. Their inability to conform to honest journalistic standards is criminal. Many moons ago when I took journalism the instructors standard was quite simple. If he could read your work and tell what your opinion of the topic was...... you failed. The ONLY place for opinion was on the Editorial page and the Op-Ed page. Today opinion is all we get from the left. The news only exists as a springboard into ramming their opinions down our throats.
Permit me to illustrate the above point. Recently the CEO of Chick-Filet stated that he supported traditional marriage. Oh the HORROR!!!! Liberals immediately went insane and began demonizing both he and his business for his "intolerant" views. (While simultaneously overlooking their OWN blatant intolerance) The mayor of Chicago pronounced: "Their values are not the values of Chicago!" while the mayor of Boston said he would like to ban the food chain from doing business in his city. Both of those people got several days of coverage.
Meanwhile..... those of us who live in the *real* America sent a message loud and clear to all of those on the left. Chick-Filet restaurants everywhere have been overwhelmed with customers as a result of those statements. My wife and I attempted to dine at one for two days in a row to show our support but were unable to find one we could even get close to! Standing room only in the dining area and cars lined up for blocks in some cases! This is what is known as "backlash" and it got...... ZERO coverage by the same media who hyped the story in the first place. For the left wing media the only side of the story is their side. The only opinion that matters is their opinion. As Saul Alinsky wrote in his book..... Rules for Radicals "The ends always justify the means."
Okay... moving on to the campaign for President now. The presumed Republican nominee needs to spend a weekend watching re-runs of Ronald Reagan and figure out how to take the fight to the opponent. His conciliatory style is going to result in him getting his ass handed to him come November. Line it out, man! Clearly state what is wrong with the way the left is running (ruining) the country....... what his plans and visions are to set things right..... and how do we, as citizens, benefit from those plans and visions.
And come out of the starting blocks with a full broadside on Obama. In a coast to coast televised broadcast state boldly that you will gladly make your entire past from birth to present day accessible to the American people..... so they KNOW for whom they are voting...... then state the fact that Obama has spent over 3 million dollars keeping HIS background under lock and key. Then just ask the obvious question...... Doesn't it make you wonder exactly what he has to hide?
Next on the plate should be his plans to streamline and reform government. Point blank there is far too much duplication of effort and far too many overlapping agencies in Washington. Find all those instances of duplication and overlap and eliminate them. That begins to attack the problem.
Next it's time to get closer to the letter of the Constitution and eliminate some entire agencies. Start off with the Department of Education. Just flat shut it down and put control back into the hands of the State and local governments. The FDA..... far too big with entirely too much power..... and way too deep into the pockets of special interest groups. Seriously.... do we *really* need FDA swat teams attesting people for drinking whole milk from their own cows? Please! Department of agriculture...... no longer serves any reasonable purpose. Department of Homeland Security...... transformed from a warm fuzzy security blanked after 9-11 into a plastic bag held over the face of the people. TSA..... gone the same day as the inauguration. Department of Health and Human Services.... Ditto.
Well...... here you go. Directory of Federal Agencies Click on that and prepare to have your mind boggled. Or..... if you really wish to be amazed...... here is "The HUGE list of Government." Scroll through the first page as it is all notes and start with all the departments, offices and agencies for the Executive Branch and keep heading down until you get to the link which shows you the government pay scale. I'd clear my schedule for the day though if I were going to try to read the entire listing. Not a person alive can convince me that we actually NEED all of that bureaucracy!!
Now that we're cutting the size of government let's work on cleaning it up too. First agenda item is a Balanced Budget Amendment. Make it crystal clear that you'll sign no bills into law until that one is passed. Next...... term limits. We need to get the entrenched establishment types on BOTH sides out of Washington. Three, four year terms, max. Retirement? Nope! Representatives can contribute to retirement plans just like the rest of us. Next...... complete elimination of Congressional Exemption to the laws it passed. They are citizens of the same country we are and should be subject to ALL the same laws we are.
Is there more that needs to be done? Of course there is! The left has been systematically re-engineering America away from the Founders vision and the Constitution since Woodrow Wilson.... so we have over 100 years of liberalism to eliminate. But such change cannot come from Washington alone. Remember the words..... We, The People...... and take your direction from those words. It is WE who are in control of government and not the other way around! They have forgotten that fact and this November we need to serve them notice that we have not!!
