Elections have consequences

As we all learned from the ever so humble and modest democrats a couple of years ago.... Elections have consequences! Boy.... do they ever! Don't study.... don't research..... don't pay any attention to *anything*..... buy into the smoke & mirrors rhetoric and simple minded slogans.... then vote.... and then begin instantly suffering the political version of buyers regret.

Okay. So as the popular question goes.... "How's that hope and change working out for you?" If you're a liberal and voted for all that crap then I suspect you're also too dim witted to have yet figured out that you're the frog in the pot of gradually warming water. You, my hapless friends, are still 4 to 6 years away from that "deer in the headlights" stare that results from the sudden realization that everything you thought was going to happen was a lie that you bought into. YOU, sir or ma'am, have been HAD!

You've suddenly figured out that *you* are the evil "rich" you wanted to see punished so much when you voted democrat. Grandma sadly passed away in 2011 rather than 2010 and you screamed "That's not FAIR!" as the government stepped in, right after the funeral, and demanded 55% of everything she had worked her entire life to attain. Sad thing is that you're correct.... it's NOT fair! It's robbery pure and simple..... and YOU voted for it so shut up and fork over the bucks, buddy.

You've also figured out..... or at least I hope you have..... that all those "evil corporations"..... you know.... the ones who only care about themselves...... actually EMPLOYEE people!! (Yeah I know that's a huge shock to your system.... but man up and deal with it) No... they didn't exist solely for the reason of giving you health insurance dim wit. It's an old concept called "Providing the goods and services someone wants, needs or desires at a fair price in order to make a profit." Well.... by "Punishing" those "Evil Corporations" your elected representatives have succeeded in causing over 43,000 of them to close their door and go out of business. Here anyway.

GOOD! You proudly proclaim. Okay hero.... light math time. We'll just keep the 43,000 number to make it simple. Now assume that each of those evil companies had (note the tense) only 50 employees. (formerly the "oppressed worker") Okay... for the math impaired... 43,000 times 50 equals 2,150,000 lost jobs. (which is a conservative estimate)

But that's NOT the true number. That ONLY represents the jobs lost at those 43,000 companies. Those companies had suppliers..... paid utility bills..... paid taxes..... hired maintenance people to fix machines, clean offices and keep the lawn mowed. In turn all those people went out into their local communities and did business too.

They bought food and clothing... went to restaurants, bought automobiles, paid taxes on their wages, etc. The ripple effect fans out once the doors slam shut hurting not only those people who used to work at that company but also those who make part of their living from serving those people and that company. One could modestly estimate another 25 people affected by each closing.

So.... let's do that math again. 43,000 times the primarily affected 50 PLUS an additional 25 collateral damage losses for a total of 75. That now equals 3,225,000 people either completely out of work or making significantly less than they were before. Happy now that your liberal buddies in Washington DC have been so effective at punishing the evil rich and going after those greedy corporations? You likely never even thought through the results of your wishes that a select few be singled out for such political punishment though. Consider this your wake up call.

The truly "funny" thing is that all the while the government is "getting even with" those evil corporations and raising taxes on the dead and the wealthy.... they are bitching about the job losses and need for more taxes. It's like it's the dead of winter with a blizzard blowing outside..... they throw a hammer through the living room window then simply cannot figure out where all the heat went and why there is snow in the house! This stuff doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out.... only someone willing to think beyond political rhetoric and class warfare dogma.

For a further wake up call it's time you also realized that both the administration and the government controlled media have been feeding you the pablum of propaganda with a decidedly left hand spin. The "real" problem is..... "Those evil do nothing Republicans who have been blocking all our efforts at progress." says the Obama administration.

Oh Please! Wake the hell up and smell the BS. Simple fact of life number 307..... the republicans don't have enough seats in either the House or the Senate to stop the democrats from doing a damn thing. Deal with it! Their real problem is the very few democrats who don't like the socialist left turn their country is trying to take and are voting like Americans rather than Liberals. Thank GOD too otherwise the damage could have been much worse than it already is.

Mid Term elections are two days distant and it's time for a BIG bucket of Cuban style hot coffee coursing through your veins kind of wake up call in America. Can the complacent crap and VOTE..... but please do it with your eyes wide open and your brain fully functional. If you are just going to walk in there and pull a straight party lever..... kindly stay home and watch Oprah. Yeah that goes for you Republicans too!

Simple fact of the matter is that Washington DC has become a one party town. These days Republicans and democrats are nothing more than different sides of the same coin.... not a whits worth of difference between them. One is socialist/elitist heavy.... the other is the light version. Both are taking us down the same destructive road..... one is just standing on the throttle while the other is about halfway to the floor. However the Constitution says that government functions via the consent of the governed. Time for the governed (that's US) to take control again.

Here's a secret.... you don't have to vote for everyone on a ballot! Nope! Do, however, study and vote for those people who, by being in high office, can affect your life and the direction of this ship of state. You need to find out what district you are in and study the candidates for that district. Vote for the one whose vision for America most closely matches yours and is in keeping with fiscal responsibility and Constitutional limitations. If it really doesn't matter to you who the heck the dog catcher is.... you can just skip over that.... okay?

America has a Constitution for a reason. It's the guidelines that are supposed to give maximum freedom to the people while putting their government in a framework of limitations so it doesn't get out of control and become too powerful. Obviously if you routinely ignore the Constitution and put activist judges on the Supreme Court who are willing to look the other way on Constitutional issues...... you'll end up exactly where we are right now. Time to dismantle a LOT of what Government has become and return to the simple roots the Constitution put down for us.

Folks..... we're at a crossroads of history right now. There is a right way to go forward.... and a wrong way. (I would have said left way.... but that was too obvious) It's basically a choice between heading down a very rough and rocky road towards the interstate highway..... or veering even farther left and heading over a cliff. Makes a cool looking ending shot for Thelma and Louise..... not so cool for the nation as a whole. THINK! Then vote. If you can't do the first... Please don't attempt the second.

The seasons are changing

Okay, gang. Fall is here, winter is coming and it's time to get the hell out of the kiddie pool. Mister "I love ME but hate this stinking country" Obama and his gang of thugs from Chicago have spent the last two years pissing in the pool while telling all of US that the water is just fine. Well the independent water test results are in and the pool is toxic as hell. Time to not only get out of the pool but get rid of all those nasty folks who've been fouling the waters too.

Many moons ago (a little Native American lingo there) I warned you about Obama. Way back then he was selling smoke and mirrors to everyone stupid enough to buy. Unfortunately, due to the efforts of the teachers unions, enough of the population was uneducated enough to fall for the sham hook line and sinker. I told you that elections had consequences. The shambles this once great nation finds itself in today are the consequences of that very poor choice last election.

While we were all told what a tyrant "W" was and that we HAD to have change...... the nature of the change was never actually defined. Those of us with an older, educated and analytical mind were paying attention. When someone running for the highest office in the land states that he wants to "fundamentally transform America" we were bright enough to figure that out.

The fundamental foundation of the nation is comprised of two establishing documents. First is the Declaration of Independence and the second is the Constitution. IF you are versed on the basics of writing then we can say that the Declaration of Independence is the preamble for the Constitution. Knowing that fact one can make the educated conclusion that to fundamentally transform America means one intends to find some way around the limitations to government those documents put in place.

While "W" was constantly being attacked by the media for being a "Tyrant" how about we take a look at what Obama has done.

In the first 12 months in office he managed to spend more money than all other Presidents in the history of the nation including G.W. Bush!! That in itself is one hell of an accomplishment.... but he was far from through.

Since congressional approval is required for cabinet level appointments Obama side stepped the approval process by naming "Czars" to control various areas. At last check Obama had circumvented the congressional approval aspect of the Constitution 44 times. That simply means that the President has granted power to control policy to 44 people who have NOT been examined and vetted by our elected officials in Congress...... and are accountable to NO ONE but Obama himself. The Founders warned of the evil of such actions for a reason.

In an action which would have had "W" crucified in front of the White House, Obama has the temerity to fire the legally appointed head of General Motors and put someone in charge of HIS choosing. He oversaw the side stepping of the bankruptcy and reorganization process and poured enough taxpayer money into the corporation to bail out the unions and give the government a 61% controlling interest. NEVER IN HISTORY has a sitting US President taken over a corporation! That is simply NOT a power granted by the Constitution. Obama and the left simply do not care what the Constitution says. To them it is an obstacle to progress.

Next Obama and the left insinuated themselves into the banking industry. Due to the banks having to comply with liberal passed LAW requiring home loans to people who could not even prove an *income*...... they ended up with a lot of "bad loans." (SHEZAMM! Ya THINK?) So first they mandate the banks MAKE bad loans then attack them when everything predictably goes south.

Once again had the Government simply stayed out of things and let the legal system work as intended..... then some banks would have failed....... some would survive reorganized..... and the disposition of the assets would have been sorted out. Presto! The system works.

But no! Obama and his wizards of smart step in and say that some banks are too big to fail. HUH? No one is too big to fail..... simple fact of life numero uno. (A little Spanish lingo there) Anyway... Obama goes back into OUR pockets and decides which banks will survive and which will fail based upon HIS decision and NOT the market or the legal system.

The infamous "Stimulus Bill" was another 1.3 Trillion Dollar transfer of wealth from US to select unions and Obama supporters across the country. That was rammed down our throats as the ONLY way to save the economy. Net result? The economy took a nose dive...... unemployment went from 5.2% to 9.8% (Almost double) and the dirty little secret? Over 3/4 of that money is still unspent! It's just sitting there as a giant Liberal slush fund that they can tap whenever they wish without fund raising or any other effort.

Next the American people take to the streets and rail against the proposed health care reform act. 73% of the people of this nation voiced opposition to the bill! Clearly had congress listened to the people the bill would never have seen the light of day. Yet... in the face of all that opposition we still got to hear the Speaker of the House say the most ignorant thing a political figure has ever said...... "Well..... we have to first pass the bill to see what's IN it!" While not trained by some Ivy League college..... I am still smart enough to figure out that..... if you want to know what is IN the bill.... then READ the damn thing BEFORE you start voting!

The level of arrogance by the Liberal left seems to know no limits these days. Times Magazine published "2009 - The Year in Pictures" It's all about America and everything that happened in 2009. In it.... you will not find one single photo of a TEA Party event...... NOT ONE! There were no protests of the health care bill...... no one complained about the government take over of 1/6th of the nations economy.... and the take over of GM never happened. Feels kinda like being in China after the Tian'anmen Square protest and massacre. According to the State controlled media there.... that event never happened either.

I could probably research and write about the over reaching of Obama and all his leftists thug ally's long enough to write a book. Examples of their misguided actions are legion. Rather than do that.... let me simply let the two sides demonstrate to you how they think care and feel about this nation. Let's suppose someone like..... Glenn Beck held a rally in Washington DC on 8-28-2010. Then.... let's imagine that a group from the left held a "protest" to that rally on 10-2-2010. The Beck group comes together to restore Honor in America. The other group is bussed in and gathers to protest the previous rally and forward socialist and communist ideas. (How American!) Here is a link you can follow for a while..... if a picture is worth a thousand words.... then this short video is priceless.

http://postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212325716.shtml


When you're done watching.... simply ask yourself..... to whom should we trust the care of this nation? If you can't figure that out after seeing this...... you are worse than stupid.... you're totally brain dead. Not to worry though!!! A lot of people on the left are like that and some even get elected to high political office!

Update time

It's been a while. I've neglected posting mostly because I don't get paid to spend time typing away in the blogosphere..... and there is enough stuff pissing me off that I'd be typing around the clock trying to vent it all.

I recall warning about the dangers of buying into Obama and all his empty "hopey, changie" rhetoric. Anyone with even ONE open eye could see that it was ALL hot air with absolutely NO substance behind it. Obviously a voting majority had neither eye open because we've been blessed with the least qualified person in the history of the nation to occupy the White House. I have cats more qualified to be President than Obama. Oh well.... we're stuck with him now.

The health care "reform" bill came along next and I warned against that too. Once again, any fool with even one eye open could see that there was no way in hell to create blanket coverage for everyone in the country and CUT the deficit at the same time.

Still the left sold it to the nation at large as "universal 'free' health care" and that trick worked. A recent study indicates that the average citizen will have to fork out just shy of $13,000 before getting one single "free" measure of government health care.

The health care bill was a package of thousands of pages of additional government rules, regulations and restrictions combined with a chapter devoted to new IRS powers..... with a band-aid tossed in for good measure. The band-aid was the health care part. In plain English... were were screwed big time..... and not even taken to dinner first.

Next came the GM - Chrysler take over...... errrrrr.... I mean bail out. Premium share holders were supposed to be paid in full and first. But the Obama administration gave themselves permission to disregard the law and gave those investors a dime on their dollar..... while paying the unions in full.

We were told that GM and Chrysler were "too big to fail" and we had to bail them out. That was a lie. What Obama was doing was bailing out the UNIONS..... not the car companies. IF there was genuine concern for the car companies they should have been permitted to file for re-organizational bankruptcy so they could eliminate a huge chunk of union liability and restraint on their profitability.

The fact that wasn't allowed to happen shows that the UNIONS were what was being saved. The unions were given a 51% ownership stake in the companies as a reward for dumping billions in dues money (which BTW is illegal) into the Obama campaign.

One interesting thing resulted though. Now that profit is critical to the unions continuing to make money..... they are balking at giving themselves more and more unfunded perks! They are saying NO to themselves in contract negotiations because saying yes would cut into their profits! What an ODD concept..... that profits are necessary for a business to stay in business.

Next we had the banking bailouts. Again some companies were deemed "too big to fail" by the government. Once again the hand of government reached into OUR pockets and gave away OUR hard earned money to people who had made poor business decisions knowing that they had no real risk of loss. Government would be there to pick them up when they screwed up.

Once again.... those financial institutions which made poor investment decisions should have been allowed to fail. Failure is KEY to capitalism working as it should work. If you have a good product which is in demand and a sound operating model for your company then you will experience short term success.

I limit the success to short term because of the dynamic nature of the market place. For example.... there are no longer a great deal of buggy whip outlets..... and a lot fewer places to get shoes for your horse. Because there is still a limited demand for those items and services there are still a few places open though to meet those needs.

To remain viable a company needs to constantly be re-evaluating it's product or services and making modifications to those items as the desires of the market place change. Ideally the owner is always slightly ahead of the demand curve and anticipates the next market trend.

But the downside to capitalism is the inherent risk of failure. If your product or service is in low demand and you don't adapt...... you get to fail. If your business model is unsound and the capital distribution doesn't permit new product development or is based on high risk investments without sufficient reserve capital to cover a potential loss.... then you get to fail.

THAT is the beauty of the capitalist system. The deadwood clears itself out through failure while those forward looking dynamic well managed companies succeed. That is how it is supposed to work....... but when Government gets involved it unfairly tips the scales. Now companies are saved from the natural cycle of things by artificial means. They are still doomed to fail because they will still, in all likelihood, continue to operate much as before.

As we all learned as kids..... unless you fail you rarely have an opportunity to learn. You try something and it doesn't work.... failure. But then you analyze what you did and search for a flaw which might have caused the failure. You think the situation through again and again.... making changes.... then you try again. If you learned the lessons from the first failure.... you now have a better chance of success.... but no absolute guarantee of success.

That is what this administration is trying to sell. They don't care who you are... what you make sell or do.... they are trying to get you to buy into the notion that *everyone* has an absolute RIGHT to succeed. And IF you are weak minded enough to buy that line of crap then PLEASE vote democrat and send them all your money so they can "level the playing field" and ensure your success. Just don't hold your breath while waiting.

Let me give you an example of a "level playing field" and why it's bad for business. You and three of your friends are all making widgets. Since the government regulates widgets they all have to be exactly the same. But you are thinking to yourself..... "If I just made this one little adjustment to MY widget..... that would make it better than the others.... I'd sell more... and make more money!" But the nanny state steps in and forbids you from making that change UNLESS your three competitors get to make the same change to their widgets. THAT is a "level playing field" model.

Your idea to improve YOUR widget.... make it better so you could out sell your competitors and enjoy a larger profit..... THAT is capitalism at it's best! Then your competition either improves their widget somehow to compete with you.... or perhaps they try to lower their price or reduce their manufacturing costs to stay profitable in light of your newer product. They adapt or fail. And as they either adapt or fail.... you also must seek to constantly offer the best widget possible at a price deemed reasonable by the consumer..... or YOU get to fail. Business is never static.

In the 18 or so months since Obama took office.... we've seen unemployment rise to a point near 10%. That figure, however, only represents those actively seeking work.... and not those who have given up. Add that last group in and the true unemployment figure is closer to 16%.

During the same time frame those elected and in the majority (democrats) have managed to spend more money than ALL the previous presidents combined. They have tripled the national debt and started the dangerous practice of buying our own debt.

Yet, in spite of rising unemployment, staggering debt from out of control and unfunded spending and the increasing demand for fiscal restraint by the public..... this administration continues to charge headlong into the abyss. They hate this country and our way of life so much that they cannot change. Because of the elected liberals.... U.S. Astronauts now have to buy a ticket for a ride up to the International Space Station from the Russians!!!

It's a truly sad state of affairs when the (formerly) most powerful nation on earth is at the launch pad with their thumb out hitching a ride.

At this point I could launch into a tirade on the liberal media and how they turn a blind eye to everything Obama that is bad for the nation and how they only speak of those things to which they agree. Obama's last speech was so pathetic.... he couldn't assemble two words into a cogent statement if he had to. The press is silent. Bush mispronounces a word and it's all they can talk about for a week.

Bush oversees the largest addition to the national park system ever through the designation of underwater parks and preserves...... and the press still charges that he hates the environment. Obama turns NASA into the Muslim outreach and feel good club so we have NO space program at all and have to hitch a ride into space with the Russians.... and the press is silent. You get the point. Obama is THEIR boy (yes... boy was intentional in this context) and he can do NO wrong and even if he does it is either overlooked, spiked or blamed on Bush.

The mid-term elections are drawing near. We have an opportunity to reverse some of the insanity that has gotten to be mainstream in Washington D.C. I would urge each of you to start now to study the issues and the candidates in your political districts. I would also urge you to NOT vote a straight party ticket.

Not all people with an "R" by their name are who we want in office. Likewise not everyone with a "D" by their name is someone who needs not be in office. That is why you MUST take the time to study the people and their positions and then vote for the people who you think will do the best job returning America to the path the Founders put it on all those many years ago. America is the last best hope for mankind.... but ONLY if she is preserved as the Founders intended.

We can still save America from the left

Just in case you've made the mistake of tuning into one of the once reliable news networks (like ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN et al) you may have missed the nations radical swing towards total socialism and complete government control. The networks mentioned above would not have found anything out of the ordinary going on in Washington. They are already socialists/communists so any movement in that direction would be most welcomed and unworthy of rising to the status of "news" to those people.

President G.W. Bush fires nine federally appointed judges (well within his power as President) and the investigation by the left just concluded this month! (July 2010) Of course there was no wrongdoing found.... which is good because if there was W.J. Clinton would have been in heap big trouble because HE fired all 96 for political reasons. (Which the left managed to overlook)

Think for a moment. The government takes over not one.... but two major US car manufacturers. Obama is in office and the reaction from the left and the media???? Crickets chirping...... Zip...... Zero........ Nadda. Can you even imagine what the reaction would have been if had G.W. Bush been the President?

Continue that scenario with any of the other things the left have foisted upon the American people in the past 19 months. What if G.W. Bush had signed the "health care" bill into law? How about the take over of the student loan program by the fed? "Financial reform" bill? Cap all that off with the BP oil problem....... and "W" would have been hung upside down on the front lawn while democrat senators, congressmen and the liberal media administered the old Chinese 'death of a thousand cuts' during prime time.

Meanwhile the most uninformed and unqualified person to *ever* hold the highest office in the land..... manages to play stealth fighter and stay totally off any negative radar screen and avoid any criticism of any kind. Amazing!

Face it..... what Obama is doing is... 1) totally screwing the American people and living the life of royalty (ie the vacation to France staying at the most expensive hotel in the area and needing only 30 rooms for the stay) while also... 2) disregarding the Constitution and peeing upon the rule of law while pulling an end run around both the House and Senate with all of his personally appointed Tzars...... something no other President has done to such a degree.

What I am expecting.... and preparing for..... is some sort of "crisis" in the country right around election time 2012. They keep playing class against class.... race against race..... religion against religion and putting in any sort of wedge they can between factions of American citizens as a whole. It's the old "divided we fall" strategy and the left is hoping to start the domino's falling right on cue.

IF they can get sociatial instability generated so that the "people" will demand the government take some sort of action to "protect" them. In order to do that government will find it "necessary" to impose martial law "for some short time" in order to restore peace and tranquility. Under martial law..... the President is in TOTAL control..... the House and Senate will have lost their constitutional check on the power of the executive branch. At that point Obama can simply announce that the situation is so big and so dangerous for our great nation.... that he is going to have to stay in office indefinitely so he can properly manage the crisis.

Presto change-o... Instant President for life (think Castro, Mao, Stalin and Chavez) or, as I'm sure he would prefer..... King or Emperor for life. That which the founders gave up everything to bring out of the wilderness that was north America then..... and which became that "shining city on the hill" for Ronald Reagan...... the glorious experiment that is America..... will be over. The warning signs are all there.... screaming at us for attention.

Could we be "happy" under such a system? That depends upon how you define "happy" in the context of your own life. If you can be "happy" turning over control of your life to a bunch of bureaucrats who will decide where you live... the job and wage you will be allowed to have.... what and how much food you can have..... what you can have in your house and what you can't... The kind of house you can live in.... light bulbs you can use..... car you can have... or not... schools you and your children can attend and material you will learn..... even the doctor you can see and level of health care you are permitted to receive...... then yeah... you can be happy.

People in the military live like that every day they are in uniform. Government basically makes all their decisions for them and controls every aspect of their lives both on duty and off. BUT! (and it's a big and very critical but) Doing so is entirely voluntary. It is the price you get to pay for your desire to protect and defend this great nation and it's Constitution. Service people are a *very* special breed of Americans. They will *willingly* pick up and wear the yoke of total servitude so that all the rest of us..... don't have to wear that same yoke involuntarily.

It's that last point which may ultimately be the life ring that saves this nation. How that happens is all summed up in the enlistment oath we all take.

"I, (name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the Officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, so help me God."

What is key above is the last part about regulations and the UCMJ. The word omitted but intended is "lawful." IF.... an order is unlawful.... ie.... "Shoot that child.... he's annoying me!" then the order is required to be disregarded. Likewise if an order is clearly unconstitutional.... it has to be ignored. To do otherwise is in violation of the Oath.

Lastly.... in keeping with the "Posse Comitatus" Act of 1878..... Chapter 263, SEC 15 prohibits the Federal Government of deploying the US Military within the borders of the United States except under the most extreme circumstances and even then it requires a super majority vote by Congress.

So even if Obama or the left wants to use the military in the US to suppress the citizens and enforce Obama's will..... it is the obligation of that same military to disregard the order. Beyond that..... within the borders of the US..... our own military is out numbered and out gunned by a huge margin.... so it is not in their interest to obey. Add to that the fact that America is still a center right nation and all we have to do is continue to stand united.

God Bless America..... now more than ever............

Not Racist, Not Violent, No Longer Silent!

Not that I've *ever* been particularly silent about anything I disagreed with.... but stating an obvious point that needs to be made. I've had it past my eyeballs with the jerkweeds of the main scream media who rail against the members of the TEA party movement. Calling them "tea baggers" is vile beyond belief.

What amazed me (and eludes them) is that WE on the right had to run to our new urban slang dictionaries to find out what a "tea bagger" even was! Yet... this activity was something that the left seemed to know about almost instinctively. I think that speaks volumes about them.

The left and the media (OOPS!! Same thing!) is also in the obnoxious habit of calling the TEA party people violent and offensive..... a "mob" of lawless radicals who need to be clamped down on hard. The reality is 180 degrees out from the image projected.

Did you know that members of the TEA party actually held a rally where they came ARMED? Yep! Packing heat in plain sight of everyone! Know what happened? Know what kind of carnage was dispensed by this out of control mob or gun toting kooks? Nothing. Zip..... Zero..... Nadda. As a matter of fact the more gun toting "Protesters" that showed up.... the MORE relaxed the police became!

Why do you suppose that was? Answer. The members of the TEA party are law abiding citizens who know their rights and support the constitution. If you study the pictures of a TEA party rally site you'll discover that it is cleaner AFTER a rally than before! Try making that point anytime the left holds a rally.

Well.... lets just make that point right now, shall we? I'll let you pick the site of ANY genuine TEA party gathering..... any one you like. Now then.... I'll pick a recient example of the left getting together to make their voice heard. Let's take a look at the following headline:

PHOENIX (AP) - the conflict over a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration in Arizona intensified Monday as vandals smeared re fried beans on the side of the State capital Building in the shape of swastika.

Don't you just love those fun loving peaceful folks on the left when they come out to protest? Gee... I know *I* sure do! They are so peaceful and law abiding..... never have to worry about them doing anything to break the law or be uncivil. Imagine how much more peaceful and non-violent their rally could have been if *they* had come armed? Oh.... wait..... they *did* throw rocks and bottles and everything else they could get their hands on at the police who were attempting to maintain order. Probably a good thing that only evil violent members of the TEA party show up at rallies with fire arms.

And while, if you watched FOX news, you could see the protest in context.... and how uncivil the protesters were..... I had to read 4 pages of material from the AP to find that one lone mention of anything out of the norm about the day. No mention of the violence towards the police.... no mention of the name calling..... no mention of the threats of more violence. The AP and every other left wing rag simply glossed over those minor details and said instead that the rallies were "mostly peaceful'"

Well HELL! By that definition.... World War was "mostly peaceful" since it was often days or weeks or months between major confrontations. Yet.... when the TEA party holds a rally we are warned by the media... even by current and former Presidents.... that violence is looming just under that calm appearing surface. That we ought not let the kindly faces of all that grandpa's and grandma's lull us into a false sense of security. They are just waiting for the right moment to explode into violence against the state!

Let's review. One day..... yesterday the 25th of April in Phoenix Arizona..... the left holds a "protest" described BY the left as "mostly peaceful." We have "thousands of protesters and ONLY 5 arrests." Not bad folks on the left! Contrast that good behavior with with those evil TEA party mobs of angry out of control anti-government kooks. All together something on the order of over 5 million "protesters" gathering in multiple cities around the country over months and months..... and one rally where they came ARMED even! My GOD! The carnage!! Oh..... wait....... Hmmmmm...... not so much as a ticket for J-walking. Absolutely nothing!

As usual it seems that you can't actually believe a damn thing the left wing media tells you about anything. (what's new there?) And just for the record.... we're told (by the left) that it's not nice for the TEA party to be out there protesting against the state. They are labeled "Anti-Government" by Obama and the leftists of the government controlled media.

But let's think about that for just one little minute here... shall we? Obama and the media (now that THEY are in power) tell us that "anti-government" is now wrong. Then aren't all those protesters in Phoenix also WRONG because the Governor of the state passed a law letting the police now ask about the immigration status of someone in a routine traffic stop or other police activity. Since it's a LAW that makes it GOVERNMENT.... so if you protest it.... aren't you by definition now "Anti-Government" too?

Not to worry.... it's just that old Liberal double standard still alive and well. Like the "Chicken Heart" of the old Bill Cosby routine...... that double standard's heart is still beating and won't die. Okay for the left to do something.... EVIL if we on the right do the exact same thing... only peacefully.

Here is the problem. NO ONE in Washington D.C. wants to do what has to be done to secure our borders! THAT is the problem pure and simple. Why? It's called pandering for votes. So called immigration reform is nothing more than attempting to grant citizenship to over 12 million people here against our laws.... so they have the right to VOTE just in time for the next election.

Now to whom do you suppose the majority of those votes will go? Might it be to those wonderful people in Washington D.C. who are giving them all sorts of goodies for FREE? Ya think?

How about a little look at that evil new law that has everyone so pissed off. (with the rare exception of over 70% of the population of Arizona.... but what to *they* know?) Okay.... before.... the police stop you for speeding in Phoenix. You can't speak a word of English.... expect to say that you don't speak English. No big deal. If I was stopped in Mexico I speak only poco Spanish. BUT... our law then said that no matter HOW suspicious things looked... that officer was forbidden from asking anything about your citizenship status. That's correct! It was actually illegal for a law enforcement officer to attempt to enforce the law! (Only in America, folks)

Okay... so why are they all pissed off now? Well gee whiz..... the law basically says that during the course of any routine police activity..... the police can now ask for proof of citizenship if they have reason to believe you may not be here legally. HOW EVIL can you get? Expecting people to actually enter your country legally? Damn! What is this country coming to?

Okay... now... try *this* on for size. Go ahead..... enter Mexico illegally.... see what happens to your ass..... I dare you! Anyone on the left care to take me up on that challenge? I mean... if it's okay for them to come HERE illegally.... they it should be equally okay with Mexico if we go there illegally too. Right?

Uhhh,,,, WRONG! If you enter Mexico without A) a valid drivers license, B) a certified copy of your birth certificate, C) a valid passport, D) stay beyond 72 hours, E) go farther than 20 miles into Mexico..... you are subject to immediate arrest AND IMPRISONMENT of up to two years BEFORE being unceremoniously deported!! And to think.... WE are the ones they say are being too hard in illegals. Imagine that!

Mexico has years of the practice of corruption on us.... but thanks to the Obama administration... we're catching up fast! He openly criticized the Governor of Arizona for passing the "ill conceived" law. Perhaps the alleged "constitutional law professor" should READ the document he is supposed to be so familiar with. The security of our borders and the regulation of interstate commerce are the ONLY two tasks assigned to the Federal Government. Had *any* of the previous administrations taken half of those tasks seriously.... Arizona would not be in the position it's in today. Our southern border looks more like a toll road having a "drive for free" day than it does a secure border.

While Mexico likes their citizens to illegally enter OUR country (They even publish a little booklet telling their citizens HOW to do it) they don't blink an eye at tossing US Citizens in jail for making the trip the other way. And... like the left wing media..... they largely ignore or attempt to gloss over any differences between the laws of the two nations. For example.......

An illegal can openly protest in America with little fear of anything happening. Any foreigner openly protesting in Mexico is subject to immediate arrest. Illegals are encouraged to work in America. In Mexico you have to get special permission from the state to work and it has to be a needed skill. Illegals typically come here damn near broke hoping to earn some money. If you want to go to Mexico to live you MUST provide a bank statement proving that you have the minimum monthly income required. Just remember.... WE are the bad guys. WE are the ones with the harsh unfair laws.

So... repeat after me..... Left GOOD! Right.... EVIL!!! US laws BAD! Foreign laws GOOD! Tea party movement........ dangerous! Any protest by the left..... Peaceful. Now all face Washington D.C. and offer thanks (and all your money) to the great Obama. That's a good little citizen! Either get used to it or be prepared to vote them all out as soon as you can.

Welcome to the future, Commrade

I have not been as regular in posting as I'd like.... which it probably for the best. With all the national destruction going on in Washington.... spearheaded by alleged Americans..... it's tough enough just to maintain my sanity.

Proud Americans have shed blood for this country for over two centuries to help keep it the "Shining beacon on the hill" in a world of tyrants and dictators. Now tyrants and petty little dictators in Washington are pissing all over my country and it's constitution.

After all, what other name can you give to people who refuse to listen to the over 70% of the nation who demanded they keep their damn hands OFF the health care system.... and rammed the legislation through anyway?

How evil is this piece of crap? It's even worse than you can imagine. It is blatant in its range and scope towards the destruction of the insurance industry, healthcare industry and the middle class of this nation. Let's take those one at a time shall we?

If you were watching the news today Queen Nancy Pelosi threatened the entire insurance industry. She threatened "congressional action" against ANY insurance company who dared to raise their rates. Oh? Really? Which begs the question.... why would the insurance industry need to raise their rates? How about BECAUSE of the infamous health care reform bill!

Let's see... they will now be *required* to cover all pre-existing conditions. That couldn't possibly increase costs, could it? And did you know who sets the distribution percentage of premium revenue? Do you know even what that is?

The federal government dictates that insurance companies must disburse 65% of all premium income to payment of claims. The remaining 35% is what covers all their expenses from rent to salaries. Guess what? The bill just passed *increases* the disbursement percentage to 85%!!

That means that all the operating expenses have to be paid with 20% less money. Just to get back to the status quo insurance companies would have to raise rates by 300%. That's NOT profit, folks. That's just keeping the bills paid. But Queen Nancy says they can't DO that. The point? Simply to put them out of business so the government is your ONLY option.

And how about the Medical side of things.... they don't escape either. The federal government already has a mountain of regulations piled upon their backs..... here comes that last straw. Medicare is being cut back by 800 billion.

Drug companies? In the bill is wording which reduces their profits by 90 billion dollars. So much for all that costly R & D work and hoops they have to jump through to bring something to market.

Wage scales for doctors..... so now some pencil necked geek in Washington DC will dictate what a doctor in Seattle Washington can earn. Shouldn't that be a factor of what that doctor has learned.... how he does his job... and how well his patients think of him? I mean.... if you know a lot of stuff and you do an outstanding job... and those who come to you for service are happy and willing to pay X amount..... shouldn't that indicate what you can charge? Not any more I guess.

Which brings us to the very backbone of this nation.... the middle class. Folks.... this freaking monstrosity contains over 156 NEW taxes. Think of that for a moment. It also provides for the hiring of 16,500 new IRS field agents to make SURE those taxes are collected too!

More insidious yet is the fact that now you have to PROVE to the IRS that you have health insurance! Yeah.... you heard me right. Not only that but it have to be the right *kind* of health insurance too.

And if you're a bad little citizen and don't comply the agent can fine you up to $2500 right on the spot! Refuse to pay? No problem, Comrade! The bill also gives the IRS direct access to ALL of your bank accounts.... they can just TAKE their pound of flesh.

The wealthy are under assault too with massive tax increases also. Obama has stated that his intention is to wipe out and reverse everything positive Reagan did for America. Reagan ushered in the greatest era of prosperity this nation has ever known! Which I guess means that Obama intends to usher in the greatest era of poverty and depression this nation has ever known. Tough to draw any other conclusion, isn't it?

Something that really bothers me is the democrats in Washington gloating that they "won" with the passage of the bill. Well.... if they "won" then someone had to have lost.... correct? Who lost was the 70% of the American people who demanded that government keep their damn hands OFF healthcare.

Some members of the democrat party in Washington are now whining that they are getting death threats. Much like what they have been (or not been) telling us about the wonderfulness of this bill..... I suspect again that they still are lying.... only now to make us feel sorry for them.

And Charlie Dingle (senior democrat) in a radio interview with Paul W Smith said in part.... "It takes time to put together the legislation necessary to control the people." And after all... wasn't that the true intent of this bill from the instant the pen touched paper?

For most of my life I've been looking forward to the time when I would be able to take a deep breath and retire in reasonable comfort in my beloved America. I've worked my butt off..... paid the mandatory taxes..... served in uniform..... left more than a few drops of blood around the world while serving..... and I should be able to finally just enjoy the later years of my life.

And my lovely wife (who I don't mention in this blog but devote another to entirely) has cancer and will be needing various health care services in the years to come. She has also made the mistake of living into her late 50's.... which means to some dick headed petty government bureaucrat reviewing her files... that she's lived long enough and isn't entitled to the care necessary to maintain her quality of life. In Obama's words.... "Maybe she should just take a pain pill."

While I'm still dreaming of retiring to the high desert....... and would love nothing more than to spend that time becoming even better friends with my lovely wife...... Costa Rica is starting to look pretty damn good for retirement. I think the sun has set on America.

Dasvidania, Comrades.

One Year Later

During any year that a Republican holds the office of President.... about this time of year the following is all over the broadcast media and the print media. "One year later... and are you better off?" And of course the media scours the country looking for absolutely anyone who is down on their luck and props them up as just another example of how evil republican's are working against the average American.

Well. Media. It's officially one year after Obama took office and I'm still waiting for you to scour the nation and ask that question. OH! Right.... I almost forgot. Obama is a democrat.... not a republican..... so the question won't be ask of his administration.

And indeed... why should it be asked? Everything is just peaches and cream out here. Unemployment, which was a shameful 4.6% when Mr. Bush left office, is now at a vibrant and wonderful 10.2%.... provided you don't count those who have just plain given up looking for work. IF you factor those people in too.... then the actual rate is closer to 18%. Obviously a vast improvement over the inept Bush.

And let's not forget the housing market. Or perhaps we should. How about banking? Nah.... probably ought to not look too hard that way either. OH! I know... how about we tie the two together since there is a relationship? Well, when we do that we discover that the evil bankers have been guilty of attempting to make a profit! Yeah.... unheard of in the business world... but they were indeed trying to make a buck.

Then the Federal Government got involved and "fixed" their Neanderthal thinking. Government dictated that it was *much* more important to loan money to people with no verifiable income and without the ability to repay the loan than to worry about silly things like profit. So... rather than have some moronic Congressman or Congressional "oversight" committee "investigating" the banks for non-compliance with the law..... the banks kowtowed and passed out the bucks to anyone and everyone.... just like they were ordered to do.

Well! That sure got things rolling! Housing starts shot up... all the numbers looked rosy.... Congress was thumping it's chest proclaiming their support for the average home owner. Then those pesky monthly mortgage payments started to come due.... damn the luck. And *who* would have ever thought that someone with no verifiable income might not be able to make a $1500 a month mortgage note? Man... I know *I* would have never seen that one coming. (Yeah... right)

And of course Congress (you remember them..... the ones who ordered the banks to make those "risky" loans) screamed foul and decided to "investigate" the banks for their bad business practices! I mean... just because Congress *ordered* banks to make those loans.... certainly doesn't also mean that same Congress is, in any way, responsible. Oh, no! No matter what government screws up they are *never* responsible. So we have the two fold aftershock of government "help" for the private sector. #1.... the housing industry is near collapse because the money supply has suddenly dried up and there is a glut of pre-owned homes on the market. And #2... the banking industry does collapse under the weight of all those not repaid loans.

The solution? Well.... more Government "help" of course! Is anyone else remembering the prophetic words of the late, great Ronald Reagan about now? "The nine most feared words in the English language are: I'm from the Government and I'm here to help." But... when government is firmly in the grasp of a collection of statists, Marxists and communists.... what the hell do you expect?

So banks get bailed out.... with our tax dollars of course.... and the state owned housing industry of Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae end up taking over the vast majority of the "toxic" loans... and collecting the deeds to the property as well. Nice little land grab there! Oh... and while you *were* watching... the democrats demonized the banking executives and castigated them for taking bonuses. Meanwhile.... as you were paying attention to that.... the same government turned a blind eye and deaf ear to the executives of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac taking bonuses of up to $22 MILLION dollars! No.... not in total... that was to just ONE man. The total is far higher.

Meanwhile Obama decides *HE* doesn't like the way things are going in the auto industry. Why? Sales are down and some companies have their books just bleeding red ink. And a closer examination shows that Government mandates on the industry combined with unrealistic Union wages and benefits.... and a shaky economy are making things really tough. The solution? The obvious one is a chapter 13 reorganization bankruptcy. But... Obama has a better idea! He'll just take over General Motors and Chrysler instead!

And so Obama "fires" the head of GM... a guy with over 40 years of automobile experience under his belt.... and replaces him with a kid who didn't even finish college and who had absolutely NO business experience whatsoever. BRILLIANT! Only the genius brain of Obama could have come up with that as a solution. And to make things even better... the democrat controlled Congress puts yet another mandate on the auto industry by raising the CAFE fuel average again. Thank you, democrats! Not only do you not get it... but you *really* don't get it!

As a result.... GM and Chrysler are pretty much forced to change their focus and concentrate on making the cars that Obama and Congress want. Thus we have 536 bureaucrats (100 senators, 435 members of the house + 1 president) deciding what the people should be buying and driving. Sounds a bit like Germany under Hitler and the invention of "the peoples car" which was the famous VW Beetle. Sadly nothing so popular or practical came from this bunch. Sales for the Government Motors group are in a nose dive. What to do.... what to do?

BINGO!! Cash for clunkers! A "government program" (I see disaster ahead!) designed to make it attractive for people to trade in their old "clunkers" and get a new, government approved, gas sipper of a car. Like all government programs there was paperwork and requirements out the wazoo. The one I like best was the one where the dealers had to "destroy" the drive train of the "clunker" when they took the car in. (The government even told them specifically how to do this)

What happened? Well... the public, given the choice, went to companies like Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai and KIA for their cars by a large margin. Ford, because they didn't take any bailout money, got the most American car business with GM and Chrysler bringing up the rear.

Then the fun really starts! The government fails to send out the money to the dealers to pay their subsidy for all those "clunkers" they took in and disabled as per government mandate! Which meant that now, rather than having a used car you can sell to recoup your investment you have a pile of scrap metal on wheels. HINT: When doing business with the Government... GET YOUR MONEY FIRST! If you don't your next option is to drop trow.... bend over... grab the ankles... and wait for your reward.

And of course who could forget the "Stimulus" program. Otherwise known more realistically as the "Democrat slush fund for the 2010 and 2012 election cycle" fund. The only thing shovel ready about that boondoggle was the fact that you needed a shovel to keep the BS from getting too deep during the sales pitch. As we get closer to the elections watch those purse strings get loose.... especially in states where a democrat is loosing his or her ass to a republican. What democrats can't honestly win... they will attempt to buy.... or get by any means possible.

Speaking of which.... let's not forget the great Health Care reform act. As Queen Nancy said just last week.... "We are going to get health care passed for the American people!" Thank you SO very much Madam Speaker..... but there is just one tiny little problem with that statement. The "American People" have spoken and said.... "Keep you damn hands OFF our health care!" Only 33% of the people are in favor of health care reform.... and that's according to a CNN poll. (Not exactly a right wing leaning group there)

In town hall meetings and in parades and peaceful gatherings and demonstrations... the people of this nation have made it *very* clear that we DO NOT want government taking over our health care and 1/6th of the nations economy. However... our elected representatives seem to forget who works for whom. They feel that we are far too stupid to understand what is good for us and that they must decide for us.... for our own good. Once again the words of Reagan come echoing out of the past..... "Government is the problem.... NOT the solution!"

In the state of the union address last week.... was I the only one who noticed that the President never informed us what the state of the union was? Perhaps that point alone says more than the rest of his 74 minute disjointed ramblings. And don't even get me started on this insolent out of place and uncalled for insult to the Supreme Court Justices.

Just remember.... I tried to warn you this was coming.

Can Liberals THINK & REASON?

Nearly a full year after the second coming was elected Americans have one burning question. Can liberals think and reason? More and more it seems that the answer is a resounding NO!

Today's "job summit" at the White House was a prime example of the lefts complete failure to generate a cogent thought. The "alleged" reason for this summit was to figure out (firstly) Why the economy isn't generating more jobs and (secondly) what can be done to fix the problem?

Now with that agenda would you not think it a good idea to perhaps include *business* people or their representatives in such a meeting? Of course you would because *you* can think and reason! However we're talking Uber Liberals here... not real Americans. So organizations like the Better Business Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce were......... Dis invited. No need for their slanted form of input.

Oddly enough the President actually manged to state the problem accurately. Businesses are struggling in uncertain times and growing financial obligations. (Taxes to you and me) As for the uncertain times.... we've got the possibility of "cap & trade" still looming large.... the massive government takeover of the health care industry..... Obama potentially signing on to some sort of global climate change pact in Copenhagen.... all of which mean HUGE tax increases.... and uncertainly is damn near an understatement!

SO! The Obama solution to these fairly obvious problems? Blame business for operating under conservative business models, reducing costs and trying to stay open and productive! "Whaaaaaaa! I'm responsible for creating all these problems.... but I'm not man enough to nut up and admit it so I'm going to blame the victims of my stupidity instead!" Obama.... the man-child wimp in Chief.

How about we take a look back at history, shall we? When were the last two times that our economy took off and things were booming? Come on.... you can do it.... you know the answers. As a hint I'll tell you that one President was a Democrat and the other was a Republican. Got it now? Okay..... the economy took off after the elections of John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.

What do those two presidents have in common? Two things. 1st they both had uncommon faith in the ability of the American people to achieve if unshackled by government. 2nd they both were bright enough to CUT TAXES and free the economic engine of this great nation. So with money to invest and government not throwing up roadblocks.... America's economy went gangbusters. If liberals could think and reason the answer to the current economic decline would be slapping them in the face.

Sadly.... they *know* the answers and they *know* that they work every time they are tried. So why not implement them you ask? Simple really. The solution runs counter to the objective of the left. You remember Obama's campaign promise "To fundamentally remake America"? IF we had a thriving conservative capitalist system before.... and you fundamentally changed that... what's left?

You have three choices.... Socialism, Communism or Fascism. If you want another option it's Totalitarianism. All systems that have enslaved people, broken wills and spirits and destroyed economies every single time and place they've been foisted upon a people and a land.

And looking at history again (something the left never does... or if they do they never seem to learn from it) I ask... who does benefit from any of those systems? Hint.... it's not the people. Nope... it's the masters... those at the very top.... the ones "better and smarter" than the common folk they enslave. The Elite. (By their own proclamation.... not ours)

So the complete and total destruction of the American economy means nothing to them so long as they remain in power. And, oddly enough, destroying the economy is exactly how they plan on staying in power! How so? you might wisely ask. If you are out of work.... don't have a support network of family or friends.... what are your choices?

Unemployment "insurance", food stamps and welfare. And *those* all come from..... Government! Oh JOY!! And you quickly forget that Government stupidity was responsible for your quandary.... and all you know is that Government is giving you a place to stay... putting food on the table.... and a few bucks in your charity donated pants. Lucky you! And just think... to keep all this wonderful stuff..... all you have to do it keep voting democrat. Then you can kick back and enjoy your pointless dead end life and watch your children grow up to be perpetual wards of the state. Yippie!

Plain and simple... that is exactly their plan and the election of Obama is their one big chance to get it all done after nearly 90 years of incrementalism. Haven't you noticed how everything HAS to be done RIGHT NOW? Read the legislation? Who has time to do that? This is too important! Have to pass the "stimulus" (porkulus) bill! Have to pass Cap & Tax..... errrr Trade! Have to pass Health care reform! Have to sign our country away to the globalists at Copenhagen! It all has to be done NOW because the left may not have a chance later. THIS is their golden opportunity to socialize America.

As Rahm Emanuel said: "We can't afford to let a perfectly good crisis go to waste!" A crisis of their making.... but a crisis none the less. And exactly what has been the direct result of all their *have to do it NOW!* legislation? More spending than all the other presidents combined, for starters. A doubling of the national debt in less than 6 months in office. A take over of two out of three of the major U.S. auto makers. The planned take over of 1/6th of the nations economy if health care passes. A take over of large portions of the financial sector. Government take over of a large chunk of the housing market. The destruction of the economy if cap and trade becomes law and that destruction enhanced if the accords in Copenhagen are signed! Good enough for starters?

Oh... and by the way... the ONLY U.S. auto maker to show a profit in the third quarter of 2009? One guess.... and it's NOT Government.... I mean General Motors or Chrysler. Yep! FORD! capitalists building cars that consumers want.... NOT what government says they have to build. Imagine that! Pretty much pokes a stick in the eye of all those liberals who keep telling us capitalism is a failed model, doesn't it.

There are two sides in this battle for freedom and they are not republican and democrat. Nor are they liberal vs conservative. It's a battle between lies and the truth. One side has to lie to hide who they are and what they want. The other side doesn't. One side cooks the books (see the CRU meltdown) to falsely "prove" their side while the other side only has to point to history. One side has to be constantly propped up and covered for by a subservient media and a co-conspiritorial education system..... the other doesn't. That makes it an easy choice. Cast your allegiance and your future fate with the liars..... or with those who have no need to lie. Let your conscious be your guide.

Are we Venezuela yet?

Hey gang. It's been awhile again. Frankly I've been hoping to wake up and all those communists and socialists occupying our government would be gone and *real* Americans would be in charge. However I'm awake and my beloved country is being whittled away and destroyed more and more each and every day. Come to think of it the same thing is happening to all of our rights!

The challenge for you today.... your homework if you will.... is to scour the Constitution and point out exactly where in that document it says the the government not only has the right to mandate health care for all citizens but also has the authority to fine and imprison anyone who refuses to bow to their mandate.

Oh yeah... you hear me right. In bold up there is really does say fine and imprison. The so called "government option" is really a mandatory government dictate. There is actually NO option at all in their scheme. When ANY change in the health insurance plan you are paying for now occurs your are REQUIRED to move into the "public option" rather than keep your plan. (Some option, huh?) If you *refuse* to take the government insurance you will be fined 2% of your gross income. (that's 2% of all the money you made... not what's left over after taxes and bills.... okay)

You also don't have the option of not paying that fine because the health care bill also contains 13 pages of changes to the IRS... one of which gives them direct access to your bank accounts! So you can refuse to pay... and they will suck all your bank accounts dry until they have their pound of flesh.... and too freaking bad if you can't pay your rent or buy food.

If you haven't learned your lesson yet and still refuse to comply with the dictates of our "we know what is best for you" government.... your next lesson in obedience is a $250,000 fine accompanied by 5 years in Federal Prison. (Where at least you WILL get government health care like it or not)

Perhaps you'll choose to do what I do and rail against these communist policies via the Internet. Well... enjoy *that* right while we still have it. There is something called the "Net Neutrality Act" working it's way through the darker passageways of Congress. You see.. for some reason or other our lawmakers think that the Internet just isn't fair.

Hmmmm.... you can get on it anywhere from Arabia to Zimbabwe so long as there is at least a phone line handy. You can pretty much search for and do anything you like... except for in China where they control access to content for their citizens already. So except for China.... what is NOT fair about the Internet?

Basically it boils down to being a control issue. Independent companies provide access to the global network which means that the Government has no control over that access. So Net Neutrality not only transfers access control from private hands to the government but also gives them total control over everything you are permitted to do on the Internet. Go ahead... post an anti-government comment on your blog.... IF you want that knock on your door in the middle of the night.

And don't think they have forgotten about conservative talk radio either. While the "fairness doctrine" may have gone down the toilet they can still shut things down via other routes. The new "Diversity Czar" at the FCC proudly proclaims that Hugo Chavez (and his dictatorial policies) is one of his role models and heroes! He admires the way Chavez took over all the radio stations in Venezuela so HE could "control the message." Geee... there's that word again... control. There seems to be a pattern developing here.

In this case the FCC will claim that IF a radio station is broadcasting Rush Limbaugh, for example, then doing so is taking away from what should be the "local content" of the station. Subjecting listeners to a nationally syndicated program is a "disservice" to them and must be countered by someone locally with a different opinion.

Now if you are either the owner of this station or the director of programming you just got a big nightmare dropped in your lap. You signed on to carry Rush because people *listen* to him and therefore also listen to the advertisements you run during his 3 hours. That generates money for your station AND the people who pay to run those ads.

Now... who is going to pay good money to buy ad time on a local content program hosted by someone who will likely come off as an uninformed dingbat compared to Limbaugh. No one. Thus you end up with having to program 3 hours of air time that generates no money for your station. BUT... if you drop Limbaugh then you can maybe find something else to run.... like "Suzie talks Sewing" or perhaps something even more exciting like "Carl's Crappie fishing tips."

Check your history books.... one's not rewritten and revised by leftists.... and you'll discover there is nothing new about the government trying to control radio. They passed a "fairness doctrine" in the 60's and radio sucked stagnant pond water as a result. There was music and then talk about raising hogs and making quilts.... it sucked. Then Ronald Reagan ordered that law rescinded and we've had truly free and fair radio since then.

There is also the "Cap and Trade" bill to worry about. That will basically double all your energy costs... yes... including all your utility bills for your home and the gasoline you put into your car. The higher energy costs... ostensibly mandated to lower our carbon emissions..... will mean that companies will have to figure out how to cover their increased operating costs. Fastest way to have more money available.... fire people. So prices go up, production goes down and unemployment goes up. Yeah... I can see how that's going to be good for America!

Understand that all of these policies are designed to do something else that's not on most peoples radar screens yet. And it's like that frog who is placed into a pot of cold water and then the fire is set to low..... and by the time the frog figures out that there is a problem.... he's dead! Likewise by the time the public figures out what these communists are doing to our nation it will be too late to reverse course.

Dirty little secret time. ALL of their programs and new laws are designed to increase uncertainty, unemployment and fear. Why? So the people will eventually demand the government step in and "solve the problem." (While forgetting or not being fully aware of the fact that it was *government* which created the problem!) The plan is to make more and more people totally dependent upon the government for their existence.

We're already to the point at which nearly 47% of the people in this country literally pay no federal taxes. If they can just make a few million more people unemployed.... they can get that number over 50%. Once you pass that magic 50% point we're going to be a socialist / communist country from that point onward. People who are not paying taxes (remember... they get a refund of what they do pay) are NOT going to vote out of office the people they perceive as "taking care of them."

They get public housing.... food stamps... WIC.... Medicaid... and perhaps even some menial government job. Their mindset becomes.... "Don't rock the boat" and they settle into a life of mediocrity. Rather than being free to strive for better for themselves and their families they become enslaved by government handouts. Rather than thriving capitalism we suffer under the stagnation of socialism and central planning.

You might be old enough to remember how well that central planning thing worked for the old Soviet Union. Oh yeah.... that system failed and collapsed. (sigh) Good thing OUR communists and socialists running the nation now are *much* smarter than that bunch and bright enough to make that failed system work this time. Although *why* they think that, in light of the fact that neither form of government has ever lead to the prosperity America has enjoyed under capitalism, is a mystery to me.

Bottom line tonight.... is that you can either get ready to bend over and grab the ankles..... take that government shafting with a smile.... OR you can nut up and rail against all of their plans to remake our beloved country into some sort of leftist wasteland. I know my elected representatives are probably damn tired of hearing from me lately. But I *do* also write them to give them a pat on the back when they take the right stand too.

If you don't have YOUR elected representatives e-mail address saved in your computers address book.... you need to get it there and start speaking your mind and making your view point known. Remember.... the way our government is constituted.... THEY work for US... not the other way around. Make sure your representative understands that fact. It's only YOUR government IF you make the effort to participate. DO IT!

Y'all have a good evening.

No surprise to me!

Even though I've not posted in a while those who have read past articles should have seen the latest White House attack coming a mile away. Yep... the White House is going after the media. Seems that that old pesky "freedom of the press" part of the Bill of Rights (See 1st amendment) is becoming a problem for a certain very liberal President and his band of cronies.

Now if you happen to be one of the vast majority of media outlets you have absolutely nothing to fear from this latest unhinged attack cycle. Nope! Just keep taking dictation and dutifully parroting everything you're told by the White House and you're home free.... favored even! BUT! If you commit the unforgivable SIN of actually reporting both sides of an issue.... WELL! THAT kind of irresponsible journalism just will not be tolerated. Not by THIS White House!

In a previous time Napoleon Bonaparte said: "I fear the newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets." Why would that be? Because honestly researched well documented unbiased reporting CAN do a lot of damage IF you have something to hide. Does Obama have anything to hide?

Hell.... you tell me! I haven't seen his birth certificate, kindergarten records, elementary school records, high school records, college transcripts, college essays or any of a number of other important documents. Why? Well he's got a small army of high paid lawyers running around the country and the world making *sure* that facts about his past STAY buried. And now that he's President.... he's got the DOJ to sic on anyone who files a freedom of information petition to get such information.

So who has the pleasure of being in the White House cross hairs? FOX News, of course! Do you realize the evil they are doing? They have the unmitigated gall to actually give us BOTH sides of an issue and let US make up our own minds about what we should think about that. Oh the HORROR!

Hell... every liberal knows US citizens are dumber than a mud fence. How could such a collection of rubes be expected to absorb facts and make decisions? Clearly, in their lofty opinion, what we need is what main stream media gives us. Pre-digested government talking points and clear instruction on what we should think and feel about the subject. Oddly enough these very same liberals think it fair to fine us and punish us when we *don't* understand the 17,000 page Federal Tax Code! Am I the only one to see a disconnect here?

Ive been telling you for years now that liberalism is communism lite. Are you coming around yet? If the steps of controlling the masses the communist manifesto teaches aren't enough for you then grab a copy of Saul Alinsky's book "Rules for Radicals" and give that a read. Identify the enemy, isolate them, ridicule them, marginalize them, ignore them. Right now the White House has checked off all those steps in order... except the last one.

And, of course, they are right to want to ignore FOX news. After all... if you were that bunch... would *you* want to face REAL reporters asking unscripted tough questions? Hell no! Much safer to go on ABC, CBS, NBC MSNBC, CNN, PBS or any of the other left wing media outlets and pretend to answer the questions that you sent to them before hand. This makes you look good and ensures that your message gets out.... and ONLY your message. Liberal government is like a Mobius strip..... it presents only one side. We living in the real world, however, know that there are two sides to every issue.

Now the leftists have managed to take over 99% of the media. Good for them. Want an easy job? Become a "reporter" for any left wing media outlet. Simply take a look at the New York Times.... that tells you what the hot topics are for the daily news cycle. Then pick an issue.... refer to the Times article to give you efforts credibility.... and then use your own words to tell us what they said in their article. Presto! You're a highly paid, well respected member of the media.

But what about that last 1%? Well... they are reviled by the elite in the media. They don't get their talking points from the White House and don't check with the NYT before reporting on a story. They ask the questions you and I would ask... the old "who, what, why, when, where and how" that *used* to be the mainstay of journalism. (prior to the liberal takeover) Facts matter more than talking points and if the facts lead down a path no one else it following... so be it. The fact that the White House can't deal with a point of view that differs from theirs is very telling. Why do they FEAR the truth?

I report.... YOU decide......



Ready for MORE government in your life? Try reading up on the "Internet Neutrality Act" they will be debating next!

Deaf on the Left

It's been a while since my last post. I made an attempt a while back but encountered some sort of programming issue that I just could not circumvent. For some reason or other the program seemed to think there was an invalid URL in my posting. Why? Beats the hell outta me. I gave up and deleted the posting after roughly two hours of frustration.

Otherwise I've been astounded by the speed at which the left has our nation heading toward socialism. The American people ARE speaking out and they are attempting to make their voices heard. The problem seems to be that those on the left have all gone stone cold deaf.

I find it amazing that the liberals can dispatch a TV crew on a two hour one way drive to cover 3 people protesting Glenn Beck getting the keys to his home town in Washington state. Yet that very same media somehow managed to miss the million plus folks who turned out in Washington DC. FOX news didn't seem to have that same problem though.... so the word did get out that the people of this country DO NOT like all these "changes" the left wants to make.

Even democrats were at the protest! They say they did want change but Obama is going way beyond what they thought they were voting for. OH... another minor point about this protest gathering. After the inauguration of Obama it took well over a week to clean up the massive mess the liberals left in their wake. After the 9/12 protest march you couldn't even tell it had happened. No trash.... no mess..... and not one single arrest or incident of any type.

I think that serves to illustrate the fundamental difference between those on the left and those of us on the right. Their side lacks respect for anything. They openly hate anyone who disagrees with them. They lack respect for our country and our laws. They refuse to engage in any type of rational discussion on the issues. They run out of intellectual ammunition quickly and resort to either repeating liberal talking points or disintegrate directly into name calling.

Those of us on the right are grounded in the principles which our founding fathers believed in. We believe in the fundamental ability of free men to make the best decisions for themselves and their families. We believe in Government that is constitutionally limited and performs only those functions granted by the constitution. We believe in the basic goodness of our fellow man and their natural tendency to do the right thing. We have respect for the constitution and this great country. In short we are the polar opposite of those on the left.

Since Obama was elected those on the left have demonstrated repeatedly that they have NO respect for this country, the Constitution or the American people. No matter what "We the people" have to say they dismiss us and do what ever they want. It is clear that an overwhelming majority of American people DO NOT want their health care system messed with.

Yet the left refuses to listen and seems intent upon passing a health care "reform" bill no matter what we tell them. And as usual they quickly run out of intellectual ammunition and even the speaker of the house resorts to calling American citizens "Nazis" who bring "swastika" to protest meetings. That is the level of "respect" the left has for *anyone* who dares disagree with them. They will not discuss. They will not debate. They will not listen. Miss Pelosi has, in fact, killed every single republican attempt to debate health care and banned them from all meetings on the subject. That's how "bi-partisan" works when the left is in charge.

The more the left ignores the American people.... and the more they try to ram their warped political agenda down our throats... the more the resistance grows. The march on 9/12 was peanuts compared to what is coming. This is a center-right nation.... NOT a left leaning on as the left thinks. We WILL NOT be making the trip to socialism no matter what they do. If nothing else the left has clearly demonstrated that they cannot be trusted with power. They cannot be trusted with the defense of this nation.... and they cannot be trusted to chart our future path. The sooner they are removed from office the better.

545 People

The following is credited to someone known to me only as "DaWiz" from Texas. Couldn't have said it better myself..... so I didn't even try. Thanks Wiz!




Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we still have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we still have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a Federal budget. The President does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 Congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court Justices, 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, individually, and criminally responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a Federally chartered, but private, central bank. I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a Senator, a Congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Yet those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con-job regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the Speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence, irresponsibility and border-line treason! I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the Federal Government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ .
If Congress does not receive social security but is on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are NO insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote ALL of them out of office at the next election and clean up their mess!

What you do with this article now that you have read it is up to you, though you appear to have several choices.

1. You can send this to everyone in your address book, and hope they do something about it.
2. You can agree to vote against EVERYONE that is currently in office, knowing that the process will take several years.
3. You can decide to run for office yourself and agree to do the job properly.
4. Lastly, you can sit back and do nothing, or re-elect the current bunch.

YOU DECIDE, BUT AT LEAST SEND IT TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK, MAYBE SOMEONE IN THERE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Dirty tricks... and real hope

Try this on for size: On June 25, 2007, the House passed the, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act, HR 1281, which will prohibit and punish deceptive practices that aim to keep voters away from the polls on Election Day. This bill protects every American citizen’s right to vote by making voter deception, for the first time, a crime.

This was gleaned from the web site of none other than Nancy Pelosi! This just might actually mean that there IS a God after all. Why my obvious joy over a new law covering something which was already a crime? Because NOW the Republicans might actually be able to file Federal charges against the Democrats in the House and, possibly, the Senate when they are “locked out” on votes or tricked into not being present.

Want an example? On June 16th 2009 at 6:30 pm Congressional Democrat leaders informed their colleagues [that] there would be no further votes that day. Being the trusting souls Republicans generally are… our side packed up and headed home for the night.

Two hours later house leadership calls for everyone to return to the house floor for “emergency votes” on a series of amendments to an appropriations bill. As you might expect almost no Republican House member made it to the vote. If fact most didn’t even find out until well after the fact.

Two of these “emergency votes” dealt with giving OUR tax money to ACORN, a group which is under investigation for voter fraud in 16 different states, and the third vote was on an amendment asking for an investigation into Ms. Pelosi for her claims that the CIA “lied” to her in briefings.

I’m a regular sort of guy but, it seems to me, that the party in power (Democrats) were afraid to have an open and honest debate on these amendments. This lead to their ploy of misleading the opposition about further votes which effectively prevented them from performing their constitutional obligations as Representatives. In short… WE were disenfranchised in this process because OUR elected representatives were deliberately deceived by the Democrats.

Now in reading this bill it is clearly aimed at “regular” voters and “Federal” elections. However, could the Republicans not make the case that voter intimidation and deceptive practices are a crime no matter when or where they occur so long as it is the business of the people which is being conducted and that business requires a vote to be cast?

Politics being what they are I realize that this would be a double edged sword. In order to minimize all that nasty “debating” over fine points of legislation majority parties have routinely blocked minority input. This is particularly true when the minority has no hope of mustering enough votes for blocking action later. As the old saying goes…. There are two things you don’t want to see being made… Sausage and Legislation. Both can be messy processes.

None the less those folks in the House and Senate are our Representatives. Either side preventing the other from full participation in the legislative process does a disservice to the American Electorate. They, in essence, disenfranchise the electorate and prevent our voice from being heard.

On other fronts it seems that, for now, cap and trade is going nowhere. Democrats, however, being masters of incrementalism, will simply chop the larger legislation into more “bite size” pieces and sneak it into other legislation which must pass to keep some critical item funded.

Thus instead of the monster simply appearing on the scene “Frankenstein” will eventually be brought to life as all it’s separate bit’s and pieces are sewn together. In the end this will turn out opposite of the movies. The monster the left will create will destroy the village and all it’s people through insanely punitive taxation.

Meanwhile, we the people can never take our eyes off those in Washington. HINT: If the House and Senate are in session YOU are loosing rights and freedoms! Think not? What are laws and regulations but limits on either your rights or your freedoms or both? Even now the left is working on yet another way to destroy our way of life.

They are working on legislation which will mandate that ANY house sold in the United States MUST meet current California energy standards. HUH? States Rights anyone? Like everything else the left does.... It “sounds” like a good idea on the surface. With the left you must always look deeper.

If you are the owner of a fairly typical home and nearing retirement… your house was probably built in the late 50’s or 60’s somewhere. It’s served you will over the years but now you and the wife are ready to enjoy your golden years together. You’d like to sell the home… invest some of the money and perhaps get a little motor home and tour the country. SORRY!

No…. if this turkey passes you’re be forbidden from selling your home as it is. No… you’ll have to first bring the entire structure up to whatever the current California building code standards are. This is inclusive of all structural, electrical, material and energy efficiency standards.

There hasn’t been an earthquake where you live since the Triassic…. BUT you are REQUIRED to make sure your home is built to California earthquake standards. You have to make sure that it is equipped with the most current and most energy efficient appliances. (Which all must also meet California standards)

Does the wall and ceiling insulation meet California standards? How about the shingles? Those have to resist those pesky California wild fires you know…. Even though you happen to live in Minnesota.

Bottom line…. If you own a home now…. You’re stuck with it forever…. OR you’re rich enough to jump through all the government hoops to bring it up to California code.

And if you DO have money…. That’s not going to last long either because “someone” is going to have to pay for this 9 TRILLION dollars in debt the Democrat Party wants to strap us with.
In case you might have forgot….. President Obama and his Party have managed to spend in 6 months more money than have ALL the presidents who preceded him.

I don’t know about you but MY wallet can’t shell out the extra $4000 in taxes that obligates *every* American to pay. Between my wife and I what that means is that one of us will be working for the government full time without pay.

Unless the Democrats pull something else sneaky… there IS another election coming…. We CAN give control of the country back to the people who make it work…. And not just the blue splinter on either coast. Get busy NOW…. Or risk the fall of America.