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Ambititous Barack

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

It was a quick year ago this week that our sitting president was sworn in. Countless other  bloggers have gone to various lengths to detail the failures or successes of Mr. Obama’s first year in office. I, however, would prefer to look back at Mr. Barack Hussein Obama’s inaugural speech to see if he gave us any clues or indications of what was to come. His bluntness, at points, might surprise you.

Mr. Obama, you said:

“greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less.”

Why the closed door meetings, the exclusion of representatives of the Republican party? Why are you pushing this debacle of compromises, pork-barrel spending and — worst of all — financial and political BRIBES that you have the audacity to refer to as health care “reform” being pushed through with such passion and speed?

Every major issue he has attempted to spearhead has been one done under duress and, more often than naught, he’s insisted on immediacy of results over review and debate. His “bail out” spending bill was forced through, without debate. He has attempted to repeat that with health care, not to speak of his agenda in Copenhagen in early December. He made no bones about the fact that he wanted a treaty that he could sign.

The treaty in question would have stripped us of our sovereignty and ultimately lead to us becoming subjects of the United Nations (U.N.)

Any surprise that this is the same shamelessly declared end-game of Rockefeller and Soros?

It’s hard to believe all of this is not some form of political Trojan Horse.

Mr. Obama …

In your speech last year you went on to say:

“there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short … the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.”

No, Mr. Obama, it is not “we” who have forgotten. We not only question the scale of your ambitions, we, The People, stand squarely against them because we now see the end to which your expansive ambitions lead.

Mr. Obama, you said:

“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small …”

Actually, Mr. Obama, the question always HAS been, and should always be, whether or not our government is too big or too small.

You have the audacity to question the memory of those who question you? I dare say you, sir, are the one to have forgotten that one of the single most significant arguments since the very inception of this great nation has always been Limited versus Expansive government.

More to the point is James Madison. Take a moment to consider his argument before Congress in regards to an ever expansive (versus limited) government:

“If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands …

“… they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union …

“… assume the provision of the poor …

“… undertake the regulation of all roads …”

“If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare … every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress … Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America.

** above quote: James Madison, speaking before the House of Representatives on February 7, 1792

We defy you, Mr. Obama, to offer one single shred of evidence that it is not your party, the Democrats, who have achieved those very same ends.

Please understand, Mr. Obama, when you say something like:

“we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. All this we will do.”
– Barack Hussein Obama

people like me have every cause to rise up and assert, “No you won’t!”

Mr. Obama, you proclaimed:

“those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.”

You, sir, have lied at every turn in regard to these promises. The vast majority of your meetings have been behind closed doors. You have not only refused to be held accountable for how you have spent America’s money but you have, at every turn, attempted to obfuscate and manipulate false data to tout your so-called reforms. You have squandered our wealth and the potential wealth of our children and are clearly hell bent on taxing future generations to a place where any sense of failure we’ve ever experienced as a nation will pale in comparison.

As if governmental control of our schools, our roads, the welfare system and our beliefs were not enough, you announced your beliefs about the free market. You said:

“Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched. But this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity, on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.”

Our free market system favors the bold. Yes, the old adage, “the rich become richer and the poor become poorer” is a simple fact of life. However, this free market society has, for all intents and purpose, reversed that to an extent. Our “poor” live in homes that enjoy electricity, heat, air conditioning, appliances and reliable sewage. They drive cars and spend untold hours per year wasting away in front of their government subsidized television sets.

The free market system does not favor the prosperous: it favors those with the drive and ingenuity to take risks and participate in an open, free market. It punishes the lazy, quite brutally at times. It does not favor the lazy, it does not abide the entitlement-minded. It never has and it never will.

The people from the political cloth from which you were clearly cut have plainly demonstrated that socialism and Marxist are, in the end, failed ideologies. Yes, such ideology feels VERY good to the heart, but, sadly, it is the very heart of man — which is, left to itself, greedy and corrupt — that will ensure that such a Utopia can never exist.

It is people like you, Senator’s Reid, Frank and Pelosi, who prove the point. In fact, it is not at all a surprise that those who pretend to promote the most socially conscious agenda are the ones who are, in reality, the most corrupt.

“ As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.”

After reviewing this speech (admittedly, for the first time in details since it was uttered a mere year ago) I must ask, sir … are you diametrically opposed to our founding fathers, or are you truly so naive and ignorant?

One of the chief of the fathers of our founding documents, Benjamin Franklin, once said: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Mr. Obama, I now must also ask if you are secretly hell-bent on seeing to it that those of the ilk of Soros or the Rockefellers ultimately get their way as it regards our country and its wealth becoming subject to a larger governing body such as the U.N.?

Mr. president, you even made direct reference to these same founding fathers when you lied to us and said:

“our Founding Fathers, faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man — a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience sake.”

Yet virtually every move you made has been one of swift expedience, secrecy and without any regard to our liberties and autonomy, not to speak of the financial peril you are casting our children into.

And as regards to international realities …

“To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.”

You, sir, are either a fool or a manipulative orator of unfathomable deceit.

The most devout leaders of Islam, when not promoting their cause to the west, are quick and clear in their message. Jihad is NOT some paranoid invention of some confused westerner. It is a reality and an end-game plan, plain and simple.

To believe that we can forge some sort of peaceful, lasting agreement with a religion that is bent on world domination, is every bit as absurd as believing that you can turn spent chunks of coal into diamonds if you hope and pray for it enough.

What need have we for such naivete in the midst of such intense financial and global turmoil?

Mr. President, you began your speech with the following words:

“Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we, the people, have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears and true to our founding documents.

“So it has been; so it must be with this generation of Americans.”

I strongly suggest you stand true to those words before you find yourself removed from that most honored of offices in shame.

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In closing, I would like to direct you to your very own words (which, I assume, were written by somebody else):

“To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history …”
– Barack Hussein Obama’s Inaugural Speech, January 20th, 2009.

I was, quite frankly, taken seriously aback when I read those words. Almost every step you’ve taken the past year has been one of dominance and power. You have supported and propped-up some of the most corrupt politicians in history. You promoted a woman like Hillary Clinton and continue to support the likes of Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi.

You have met in private to swindle people with political and financial bribes, and when questioned about the bribes, it was YOUR part who responded with comments such as, “that’s how business is conducted inside the beltway.”

Sir, I would expect such a response from a mafia enforcer.

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Mr. Obama — and the minority-in-control both within the beltway as well as in Hollywood —  surely know that a political storm is coming. It is up to the rest of us to see to it that our children, as well as any friends or relatives who will listen, be more fully enlightened as to not only what is happening but what is at stake.

We MUST vote out those who have made a career of politics. We must, even more importantly, invest the time to find out what those who are  running for office actually DO stand for.

We MUST find men and women dedicated to the sanctity of our Constitution who will rise to the occasion, assume the offices of those who have lead us astray, and undo the damage that has been done.

R E S P E C T …

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Or, more to the point, the lack thereof.  Since when is it acceptable for elected U.S. officials and representatives to mock patriotism and refuse to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance? It was bad enough that Obama pulled the whole thing of refusing to put his hand over his heart before the election … the video below, however, just makes me want to punch a baby!

(not really)

Please carve a mere 56 seconds out of your day to watch this video. Feel free to take a few more to voice your opinion below! :o )

These are OUR elected officials and we’re going to abide this sort of disrespect and childishness?

Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia voters are sending a message. Will you?

Between now and November, what WILL you do to make a difference? For now, if you’re a member of one of the “social websites” such as Facebook, Digg, Reddit, MySpace, et al, will you have the balls to take one  moment to “Share” this video (or even  this blog, if you get an occasional laugh or other warm, fuzzy feeling) with your friends?

And if nothing else, please make sure to

Oh, and if you’re in the mood for some grins, check out this short humorous clip. Be patient, the lines keep getting better and better as the clip unfolds!

Once again, some helpful links:

Some very good, brief advice on writing your Senator/representative can be found here.

Click Here to find the contact information for your Senator

Click Here for contact information for your U.S. Representative

Trojan Ponies

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Congrats to Scott Brown and his victory in Massachusetts! A decisive win, without a doubt!

This was not, however,  necessarily a “Win” for the GOP. It is more than mildly interesting that Scott did not once use the word “Republican” during any of his prepared remarks.

If people like me have our way, this is the beginning of the end of the current brood of career politicians.

Sounds like Pelosi and the gang are still going to push for throwing as much socialist shit against the wall before they’re run out of town. If they can’t push a full blown Trojan Horse through the gates, they’ll surely show no shame in pushing a Trojan Pony upon us in its place.

Since this unrelenting band of domesticated 60’s radicals is not likely to let loose of our necks easily, let’s at least prepare ourselves … (click on the graphic/link below)

How to Ride a Pony!

A Billion?

Friday, January 8th, 2010

The next time you hear a politician use the Word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about Whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it’s releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes …

Yeah, only 8 hours and 20 minutes ago …

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While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let’s take a look at New Orleans:

It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans.

Interesting number, but what does it really mean?

A. Well … if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child)  … you would each get $516,528.

B. Or… if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your household would get $1,329,787.

C. Or… if you are a family of four, your family would get $2,066,012.

Washington , D. C

HELLO!

Are all your calculators broken??

Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax(Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone FederalUniversal Service FeeTax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration T ax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago … and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt…
We had the largest middle class in the world…
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?
Can you spell ‘politicians!’

And I still have to press ‘1′ for English.

What the heck happened?????

Vampires

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Serial blogger, Michelle Malkin, posted something that I sincerely believe is worth posting a redirect to. Now sure how many people actually visit my blog here (I, for almost obvious reasons, certainly don’t promote it), but all the same … if just one person is compelled to become more involved in cleaning up things inside of the beltway, then … well, I’d feel honored.

Without further adieu, here it is.

(you’re supposed to click on “here it is” …. either right there to the immediate left or, since you missed it, just above … they both work)

Apart from that, our friend on the comedy site forwarded this to me earlier today …

Congressional Reform Act of 2010


1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.

A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms

2.  No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

3.  Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately.  All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

6. Congress looses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.


8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.

The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

“Open” Government?

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Perhaps worse than the government created problems and proposed “solutions” is the many “promises” our  current president made regarding how his administration would be run should he get elected.

Here’s a doozy:

“That’s what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are”
– Obama said at a debate against Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2008

In my best Sam Kinneson giggle and snicker: “Reaaaaallllly?!?!?!?”

Isn’t it a little ironic how MUCH of this same debate relating to health care HAS been occurring behind closed doors? They KNOW the Republicans are unlikely to jump on board, so the Democrats, under the leadership of Reid, Pelosi and Obama, continue to meet in secret and hammer out the details of a package they know they do not need the Republicans approval for.

The media makes very little of it, which SHOULD bother you. If it doesn’t, then you’re not paying attention … and I direct that at EVERYBODY (except the most left-leaning, of course … to whom I can only say: piss off, you have an entire planet of socialist / Marxist leaning countries; get your lazy ass out of ours!)

Anyhow, back to the media …

Seems C-SPAN has had their fill of this secrecy and other nonsense. Maybe it’s less a matter of indignation and more a matter of ratings, but all the same, I found it rather telling that the CEO of C-SPAN had to write a too-the-point letter to a number of leaders in both the House and the Senate to implore them to open up these closed debates, arguments other nonsense surrounding this so-called “Health Care Reform” bill before voting on the final version.

Of course, most of our representatives probably DON’T want the coverage since they’ve not likely read a single sentence of the final Senate version of said Bill … which they VOTED for unseen.

Doesn’t that bother you in the least bit? They voted to approve something FULL of compromised bribes and more … something that would surely DOOM future generations to a level of debt that — until this past year — we were incapable of even imagining.

Yet they never even read the Bill.

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VOTE THEM ALL OUT!

It’s time to discard those who’ve fallen prey to the system of corruption. Our ELECTED OFFICIALS … our REPRESENTATIVES … they no longer represent the will of the People. Despite the fact that the majority of America is screaming out with a resounding, “NO! Not right now, not this way!”

Yet they continue to push forth with their agenda.

Gangsters Amongst Us

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Last month I heard a Senator who was confronted about the on-going closed-door sessions with Obama and ONLY Democrat “representatives” … he was questioned on the insane amount of pork-barrel deals that were thrown into the so-called “Health Care Reform” bill … and his response … ?

“That’s how business is done on Capital Hill.”

No … that’s how the mafia ran its various enterprises.

Of course, there’s a lot more to the story …

And you have this …