It is not about me

How many times have we heard President Obama make that statement when he is giving one of his daily speeches? However, every time he speaks it always is, I, I, I, I, I, not this administration or this country.

What he is not.

We are seeing lately the praising of Barack Hussein Obama in our schools as part of what appears to be an indoctrination of our youth. People are forgetting one of the most important things and that is:

he (Obama) is not Him.

Benjamin Franklin Said....

As Benjamin Franklin noted while traveling through Europe, there was a violent struggle for appointments to public offices because they paid so well. He felt this was a serious mistake. That is because our Founding Fathers believed it was an honor to serve their country. Today, we see politicians and political parties spend hundred of thousands if not million of dollars for a job that pays approximately $174,000. Obviously, Benjamin Franklin’s words now fall on death ears. It is all about corruption and how much money can I earn on this job above and beyond the base salary. Doesn’t matter which party is in power, it is just the electorate is put on the back burner. But there may be a light at the end of the tunnel as “We the People”, have begun to have our voices heard and if it falls on death ears, our voices will be heard again in the 2010 elections. It seems this may be what “We the People” will have to do. We must remember to let our elected representatives who are due for re-election know with no uncertain terms that what they do will be remembered in 2010.

The Kennedy Monarchy Continues

Is this hypocritical by the Democrats? Gov. Patrick of Massachusetts claims the state could not go without Senator since there is important legislation pending in Congress that may effect the people of Massachusetts. However, in 2004, with the possibility that Sen. Kerry could get elected President, the Mass. Legislator passed a bill requiring the seat be filled with an election rather than through appointment. This was done because at that time, Mass. had a Republican Governor and the Democrats did not want a Republican appointed to fill Sen. Kerry’s seat. But, since the death of Sen. Kennedy and with a Democratic Governor now in office, the legislator passed a bill permitting the Governor to appoint a Senator until the election in January 2010. Naturally the seat was filled by a Kennedy supporter.

Goodbye Israel?

At his UN speech, it appears President Obama threw Israel, our only ally in the Middle East, under the bus. I wonder how Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and all his liberal friends, most who are supporters of Israel, feel today? It appears Israel is left with no other choice but to attack Iran before they get attacked, since it seems whatever happens to them, they will be going it alone in the world.

Government takeover?

Do you think that maybe President Obama is intentionally destroying our CIA and backtracking on his stance on Afghanistan to allow the Taliban and Al Quaeda to revive themselves? After all, if terrorist attack us in our own country again, he can then force a government takeover of industries, radio, television and other business under the guise of securing these business to prevent further attacks. In other words, within this time frame with the citizens in fear he can get Congress to pass sweeping legislation for government to regulate larger control over our lives. He will be copying the Hugo Chavez model from Venezuela. That would be unconstitutional, but that did not bother Hugo Chavez, and we know how quickly Congress reacted after 9/11 on legislation. I know this is an extreme theory, but did we really expect Obama to go after our intelligence department, Joe the Plumber, anyone who used his middle name, Hussein, during the campaign and now Humana with their disagreement with the President’s and Congress healthcare proposals. This administration attacks anyone who disagrees with them. If you think this is far fetched, did you really expect to hear about school children singing praises and reciting poems saluting President Obama. This is right out of the Mao book in China.

Taxpayer paid vacations

While we were attending these town hall meetings and tea parties during the month of August, our Congressional representatives, both Democrats and Republicans were spending taxpayer money on these so-called fact finding missions all over the world. These trips were so important that it was necessary for them to take their family and staff members with family. Talk about unnecessary spending. It is amazing how these elected officials speak out of both sides of their mouths and support each other on these trips that are actually taxpayer paid vacations. Yet, Congress was the first to be outraged when corporations that were receiving taxpayer dollars through TARP were holding meetings in expensive resorts. Talk about hypocrites. Do as I say, not as I do. Both parties are corrupt but it is amazing how they try to justify their spending. Next time they should all board a Hercules C-130 when our troops are flying overseas and enjoy the comfortable seating arrangements the troops enjoy as well as the food service and leave their families home.

A must read

I would like to recommend a book for everyone to read that explains how and why our Founding Fathers put together our Constitution. As you read this book you can see why our government has been corrupt for over 70 years by not following what we were given and how our government continually violates the Constitution. This is an easy read taking us from 1787 to present time. It also shows the importance how God played an important role in their approach to developing the Constitution. I heard about this book many months ago and recently again by a Constitutional Attorney based in Pinellas County, Florida who gave a 45 minute dissertation on how the Constitution is not being applied or incorrectly interpretive to suit the ideology of either political party.

The name of the book is “The 5000 Year Leap” by W. Cleon Skousen”. It was written in the 1980’s, but it is about the Constitution so it applies then and now and the future. Again this is a must read and I wish it was mandatory in all schools from grammar to College. But, as we all know, we do not teach about our country anymore, which explains a lot. At least every elected official should have to read this book. But we all know since they don’t read bills, why would they read about what they took an oath to protect.

George Washington Farewell Address

On this date, September 19, 1796, President George Washington gave his Farewell Address, an open letter to the American people printed in the newspapers. What he said in this speech is very interesting and applies to what we see today as this speech below indicates.

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

‘Tis substantially true that virtue or morality is necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?”

Liberalism

Interesting how the radical left and many Democrats don’t want us in Iraq or Afghanistan or using any tactics that can get intelligence. In addition, they do not like that there is collateral damage in injuries or death to civilians. We must remind everyone that “War is cruel and you can not refine it” and the safety our soldiers in any combat situation must be the first priority of any military action. Sure we would like not to have innocent civilians injured or killed but in every war in thousands of years innocent people get killed and cannot be prevented not matter how much we try.

By the way, having to read Miranda warnings to those we capture on the battlefield is the height of hypocrisy. That is why we should shoot first and then give them their warning. By that time I do not think our soldiers will have anything to worry about. That will also solve our Gitmo problem. Just think if in WWII we had to give Miranda warnings.

ACORN and what you should be doing now.

What you should be writing to your Congressional Representatives.

I want a special prosecutor appointed by the justice dept. to investigate ACORN and all the allegations of abuse of taxpayer dollars, falsifying voter registration records misappropriation of funds and their failure to report embezzlement of over 1 million dollars by one of its original organizers that went unreported by this group that was and still is receiving taxpayer funding. I also want all funding suspended to this group when and until an investigation is completed. We need a special prosecutor because we saw how the Attorney General failed to investigate voter intimidation from the black panthers in Pennsylvania and the interesting fact that President Obama was a community organizer for this group. We definitely don’t want to see any stories that may be floated around where there is a cover-up of ACORN activities due to their relationship with President Obama. It is unfortunate to say, but the Justice Dept. cannot be trusted to perform a fair investigation of ACORN. Eric Holder demonstrated where his loyalty lies when he was involved in the pardoning of fugitive Mark Rich, a felon wanted by the FBI, who also was a big contributor to Bill and Hillary Clinton. Not only do I want an investigation, but I believe the public demands it.

Healthcare and U.S. Constitution

Sent to my Congressional Representatives

Please explain to me where in the U.S. Constitution that the Legislative, Executive or Judicial branches of government have the authority to impose health care on its citizens? Section 8 of the Constitution delegates the powers of Congress and nowhere does it read must provide for medical care. Congress is to provide for common defense and general welfare of the United States as delineated in the text that follows in that section.

The Declaration of Independence also states, “that we are endowed by our creator (God, for those who don’t know who their creator is) with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers form the consent of the governed”. God guarantees my unalienable rights and not a King or government as our Founding Fathers knew and indicted in this Declaration, and neither Congress, Executive or Judicial can take them away. Imposing on my rights is not provided in the Constitution. If any citizens or business does not have or provide health insurance, government cannot under the U.S. Constitution impose such measures. If by some chance a citizen that does not have medical coverage gets sick that is their responsibility. However, because we are a caring society, we do provide treatment in hospital emergency rooms that the taxpayer eventually bears the burden in higher insurance premiums or medical cost. But to force us to have insurance is not warranted but it is a choice we make. I think it is about time we got back to following the Constitution and not bypassing it. Amendment X delegates to the states those powers not neither delegated to Congress nor prohibited by the Constitution. If anything, it is a state issue.

Vote no on any government health care option. Instead allow purchase of coverage across state lines, real tort reform and end to pre-existing conditions. And since when must we pass health care reform so we can reduce corruption in government programs and obtain the money to pay for this program. Government should be reducing corruption in all government programs now and not use this as a weapon to vote for government option. What program has government run in the last 70 years that has not had corruption and overpayments? This government healthcare option is another big government bureaucracy that cost at least 3 time the 900 billion the president indicate as well as 3 times 1.6 billion what the CBO claims.

This Patriot Speaks

On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave one of the shortest and greatest speeches of his presidency that we now know as the Gettysburg Address. I will give a part of that speech that I believe reflects what is happening in this country today. “ Our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty………Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and dedicated can long endure”. This battle we are engaged in is not a military conflict but a battle for the minds and hearts of the citizens of this country. A battle to save our constitution from those who want to destroy our way of life and the freedoms we have enjoyed for over 220 years. There is a desire by individuals and certain groups to transform out country to a socialist society where all power is placed in the hands of the government, the presidential czars and other appointed personnel. In essence, a dictatorship where the constitution and Bill of Rights are trampled upon.

Since the modern day Tea Party that started on April 15 2009, we have seen the American people stand up and voice their objections to the path this country has been traveling for nearly 100 years that has been brought to the forefront the last 2 years with bailouts, stimulus packages, Cap and Trade legislation and trying to impose government healthcare while accumulating massive deficits that may go into the next century before it will be paid off. Providing of course we can have a balance budget during the same timeframe. The people are demanding a balance budget, reduction in our deficit and a return to representatives that actually will listen and represent the views of their constituents. The American people will no longer be couch potatoes when it comes to expressing their sentiments on issues. It is time for the American people to continue to speak up and demand change we can believe in as long as the change is getting back to what is contained in the U.S. Constitution. We want our elected officials to read the constitution, and to follow this document that many Americans have shed their blood defending.

It was Thomas Jefferson that said the following quote that applies today: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories”. That is why we must continue to take this fight to Washington and not relent until our representatives come to their senses or we vote them out in November 2010.

Our elected officials took an oath to defend this country from enemies both foreign and domestic and yet they are failing in this oath. Many of them today are trying to force their ideology on us that is contrary to our constitution and way of life. We are a country of legal immigration where many people in the early 20th century came to this country with the knowledge that with hard work you will become successful. Today, people still come to this country both legal and illegal to grab a piece of that success. And today we have a radical group of elected and appointed officials that want to destroy what has made us the light of the world by trying to force regulations and rules that will prohibit the continue growth of our economy and cause the radicalization of our society that are probably causing our founding fathers to roll over in their graves. We are not a people that want to be fed from the public trough through welfare and other form of handouts.

Over 40 years ago there was another famous American that gave a speech on the Washington Mall telling us that ‘He had a dream.” Well, Americans also have a dream that government of the people, by the people and for the people will not perish from the earth.

My dream is that we have true representation

My dream is that we have a balance budget before we spend any more money on new programs. For every year our elected officials do not balance the budget, they must accept a 10% pay cut.

My dream is that we have election reform where politicians can only accept money from individual constituents not to exceed $1000 and not from big labor unions, lobbyist and large corporations. As long as our elected officials can get big money from these groups their loyalty will not be to the people that elected them but to those that bribed them.

My dream is that we have term limits for our Congressional Representatives not to exceed 6 years for House Representatives and one term, 6 years, for our Senators. The purpose of representation was for the people to volunteer their services to serve the people and not create a position that they would occupy for 20, 30 or more years.

My dream is that our Congressional Representatives should not have a lucrative pension and benefits but should have to accept Social Security, Medicare when they reach retirement age wherever they may be working. While serving their 6 years they should only have a 401K where a maximum of $5000 can be donated with the government matching to a maximum of $2000. All pay raises should be voted upon by the public during government elections that are held every two years or longer. Congress should not be permitted to vote on pay raises for themselves.

My dream is that the Americans will continue to wake up and continue their vocal outburst until our representatives get the message. After, we all know that they are more interested in keeping their job, keeping their party in power, catering to big money and if anything is left to throw their constituents a bone every now and then. Remember come the 2010 elections what your representatives have actually done, said and if they avoided town hall meetings to meet with those who elected them.

The czars and this administration

We see the outrage over Green Czar Van Jones comments that we can only say are at least anti-American, anti-Democratic Republic and anti-U.S. Constitution as well as racist. Makes you wonder what kind if any vetting process the Obama Administration has done on his nearly 40 czars. Since quite a few have a radical ideology that is against what our founding fathers gave us over 230 years ago. One has to wonder if they are walking a thin line between treason, anarchy or just plain stupidity. I don’t think stupidity is the answer. People voted for a change in Administrations, not in trashing the U.S. Constitution that appears to be the direction this administration is moving towards. It is time to get off the couch and become politically active. Speak up American and let your voices be heard. We have seen what has happen at the town hall meetings when we protest the actions of this administration and Congress that we believe is reckless and destructive to our form of government. You cannot rely on your friend, family member or the “other guy” to take the reigns and protest and speak out. Remember what happen in Germany and Italy when the citizens did not take action and protest the direction their governments were heading. Thy woke up one day and said, “What just happen?”

Obama Administration Again

Communist, socialist and fascist in the Obama Administration and Congress and FBI have not done anything or been outspoken on these so called czars who have not been vetted or approved by Congress as cabinets positions are. America must speak out before this right is taken away from you and rest assured this is the aim of Obama’s friend to stifle dissent. Do you think that maybe history of the 20’s and 30’s in Italy, Germany and Soviet Union is about to be fulfilled in this country? Don't forget the old saying, "people who don't know history tend to repeat it."

Congress and CEO's

It is interesting that Congress is upset when they see CEO¹s of corporations and Wall Street firms getting millions in bonuses while watching these companies fail. However, they have no problem with giving themselves raises, taking trips on taxpayer money, spending taxpayer money as if there was an endless supply while not concern with the massive budget deficits they have created over the years.