So the libs are still at it. First it was Jimmy Carter saying we were racist. Then it was Bill Cosby, a conservative black man saying the same. Now we have Clinton resurrecting a term that was used during his years in office: Right Wing Conspiracy. Why is everything a conspiracy these days? Apparently Clinton missed the march on DC. Apparently he hasn't been looking at the polls. Apparently, Clinton claims to know why the president is failing even when Obama himself doesn't seem to know. I didn't know Clinton was all knowing, did you?
Clinton has stated that the reason the health care bill is failing is because of some vast Right Wing conspiracy that is dedicated to taking him down. Well, that "vast right wing conspiracy" is non-existent. This is not a conspiracy. This is a cultural backlash against years of fraud and corruption in Washington. It's not about Dems or Repubs. It's not about Right or Left. It's not about Liberal or Conservative. This is about OUR COUNTRY and the direction it's being taken in. The government is too big, and is expanding too quickly. What is happening now, in my opinion, is the beginnings of the contraction of that government. It always starts from the ground up.
The article in which clinton makes this bogus claim can be read here. CNN. Not surprising that they spun it so that it sounded legit.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/27/clinton.conspiracy/index.html
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Get Them Young, and the Possibilities are Endless
Well, that certainly may be true in this case. My last post dealt with indoctrination in our school system, and, while I would much rather report on something new, it would seem that the indoctrination of our schoolchildren is far more apparent than I believed even a few days ago. Recently, I had the displeasure of watching a video called "The Story of Stuff", which turned out to be nothing but lies and distorted facts. This was par for the course in the propaganda machine that is the Far Left, but it goes much deeper than that.
Recently a group of school children in New Jersey were taped (presumably by a parent) SINGING PRAISES TO PRESIDENT OBAMA!!! And I will now wait for everyone's head to finish exploding before I continue.
Are we all done? Good.
The video was brought to the attention of Fox news just a few days ago, and now it's gone completely viral, outraging parents across the nation, as well it should. Especially since the school refuses to come clean about whether the children were able to opt out of the project. I doubt they were, since according to Fox news, the parents weren't even told about the video and the school denies that he events ON THE TAPE FOR ALL TO SEE ever occured in the first place.
What is it about President Obama that has caused the Far Left to engage in this utter lunacy, I wonder? It's almost as though a clarion call has been sent out: "Extra, Extra, read all about it, minority president elected at last, no need to hide in the shadows, people, COME ON DOWN!"
Imagine the outrage if this had been another president, such as Ronald Reagan or one of the two George Bush's. Do you think the left would just sit idly by and do nothing? If you do, then I have a lovely bridge to sell you for a bargain price.
Another video, one that compares American schoolchildren singing about Obama to Korean school children singing about Kim Jong Il, can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKPFX6hzxfs&feature=related
That, while attempting to poke fun at the idea of singing praises to our president, is very poignant in that it shows what our nation is in danger of becoming if this trend continues.
As for the video that has parents up in arms, it can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8Rl3QBwMc
Recently a group of school children in New Jersey were taped (presumably by a parent) SINGING PRAISES TO PRESIDENT OBAMA!!! And I will now wait for everyone's head to finish exploding before I continue.
Are we all done? Good.
The video was brought to the attention of Fox news just a few days ago, and now it's gone completely viral, outraging parents across the nation, as well it should. Especially since the school refuses to come clean about whether the children were able to opt out of the project. I doubt they were, since according to Fox news, the parents weren't even told about the video and the school denies that he events ON THE TAPE FOR ALL TO SEE ever occured in the first place.
What is it about President Obama that has caused the Far Left to engage in this utter lunacy, I wonder? It's almost as though a clarion call has been sent out: "Extra, Extra, read all about it, minority president elected at last, no need to hide in the shadows, people, COME ON DOWN!"
Imagine the outrage if this had been another president, such as Ronald Reagan or one of the two George Bush's. Do you think the left would just sit idly by and do nothing? If you do, then I have a lovely bridge to sell you for a bargain price.
Another video, one that compares American schoolchildren singing about Obama to Korean school children singing about Kim Jong Il, can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKPFX6hzxfs&feature=related
That, while attempting to poke fun at the idea of singing praises to our president, is very poignant in that it shows what our nation is in danger of becoming if this trend continues.
As for the video that has parents up in arms, it can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8Rl3QBwMc
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The REAL Story of Stuff!
It seems that day by day, I'm discovering new and admittedly clever ways that radical left-wingers are trying to indoctrinate the children of this great country. I just had the displeasure of watching one of the most horrifically biased pieces of media I have ever seen. The movie is called "The Story of Stuff", hosted by activist Annie Leonard. It can be viewed at www.thestoryofstuff.com for free, but there's no need to go all the way to the big bad Internet to watch it. Chances are your kid has already seen it. Six thousand educators already have, and seven thousand schools have played the video, according to the Glenn Beck program.
Now that all the lefties who read this (though I can't imagine why they would) have had coronaries and been removed by the paramedics, allow me to go on. This video, while seemingly innocent and even educational about the capitalistic system, distorts facts so wildly that it is impossible for me to believe that Ms. Leonard did so accidentally.
She begins by pointing out that we, the United States of America, are a culture of consumption. This is somewhat true, however it's only part of the story. In a free market system (better known as capitalism), consumers produce, buy, sell, and use product, theoretically with minimal government control. Before the Obama administration took power, the government ran 33% of our economy. Now with the nationalization of the banks, car companies, and (God forbid) the newspapers, it's closing in on fifty percent.
But back to the video: Miss Leonard, while passionate in her views and no doubt a true believer IN those views and values, is factually wrong on many fronts.
1. She claims that we only have 4% of our original forests left in this country. She is TECHNICALLY correct, in that we have consumed nearly all of the ORIGINAL trees that once grew on this land. However, she neglects to balance her assertion with a pesky little fact; namely that we have REPLANTED every tree we've cut down AND THEN SOME.
2. Miss Leonard claimed (half-truthfully) that President George W. Bush, after 9/11, only told the American people to shop in order to honor the victims of the worst attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. Simply put, this is blatantly false, because I watched the State of the Union Address on that day and President Bush DID in fact urge Americans to pray and grieve in the speech, and in subsequent speeches thereafter. He did also, however, tell us to go shopping, which I thought was a little petty considering the death toll of the attacks.
3. Miss Leonard claimed in her video that our system is based around a "toxics in/toxics out" methodology. She claimed that the corporations, using their power and influence, are the ones putting flame retardants in our products, such as pillows. What Miss Leonard did NOT say was that it is due to GOVERNMENT REGULATION that these flame retardants are even considered being put into products such as this. She also neglects to mention that China, not the United States, has the worst industrial regulations in the world, leading to lead in the products they produce, among other things.
4. Miss Leonard, in preparation for the above, claimed that the government's job was to "take care of" the people. It's "their job." That is utter HOGWASH. The framers of this country believed in LIMITED government, and created the Constitution to achieve those ends. Miss Leonard's misguided belief comes from a twisted interpretation of the general welfare clause of the Constitution, which states that the government shall "promote the general welfare" of the people. Yet, miss Leonard believes that the government should not only promote that welfare, but PROVIDE it. The Founders would have had her on the first thing smoking back to London if she'd tried proposing that the government should provide entitlements for the people.
If this is the kind of education my children will receive in the public school system, then I will be keeping them OUT of it completely, and give them their education myself.
View the video if you don't believe any of this. If any of my information is incorrect regarding the video, feel free to correct me.
Now that all the lefties who read this (though I can't imagine why they would) have had coronaries and been removed by the paramedics, allow me to go on. This video, while seemingly innocent and even educational about the capitalistic system, distorts facts so wildly that it is impossible for me to believe that Ms. Leonard did so accidentally.
She begins by pointing out that we, the United States of America, are a culture of consumption. This is somewhat true, however it's only part of the story. In a free market system (better known as capitalism), consumers produce, buy, sell, and use product, theoretically with minimal government control. Before the Obama administration took power, the government ran 33% of our economy. Now with the nationalization of the banks, car companies, and (God forbid) the newspapers, it's closing in on fifty percent.
But back to the video: Miss Leonard, while passionate in her views and no doubt a true believer IN those views and values, is factually wrong on many fronts.
1. She claims that we only have 4% of our original forests left in this country. She is TECHNICALLY correct, in that we have consumed nearly all of the ORIGINAL trees that once grew on this land. However, she neglects to balance her assertion with a pesky little fact; namely that we have REPLANTED every tree we've cut down AND THEN SOME.
2. Miss Leonard claimed (half-truthfully) that President George W. Bush, after 9/11, only told the American people to shop in order to honor the victims of the worst attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. Simply put, this is blatantly false, because I watched the State of the Union Address on that day and President Bush DID in fact urge Americans to pray and grieve in the speech, and in subsequent speeches thereafter. He did also, however, tell us to go shopping, which I thought was a little petty considering the death toll of the attacks.
3. Miss Leonard claimed in her video that our system is based around a "toxics in/toxics out" methodology. She claimed that the corporations, using their power and influence, are the ones putting flame retardants in our products, such as pillows. What Miss Leonard did NOT say was that it is due to GOVERNMENT REGULATION that these flame retardants are even considered being put into products such as this. She also neglects to mention that China, not the United States, has the worst industrial regulations in the world, leading to lead in the products they produce, among other things.
4. Miss Leonard, in preparation for the above, claimed that the government's job was to "take care of" the people. It's "their job." That is utter HOGWASH. The framers of this country believed in LIMITED government, and created the Constitution to achieve those ends. Miss Leonard's misguided belief comes from a twisted interpretation of the general welfare clause of the Constitution, which states that the government shall "promote the general welfare" of the people. Yet, miss Leonard believes that the government should not only promote that welfare, but PROVIDE it. The Founders would have had her on the first thing smoking back to London if she'd tried proposing that the government should provide entitlements for the people.
If this is the kind of education my children will receive in the public school system, then I will be keeping them OUT of it completely, and give them their education myself.
View the video if you don't believe any of this. If any of my information is incorrect regarding the video, feel free to correct me.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
FORE!!!
Great. Just bloody great. In what, compared to the ACORN fiasco, could be considered a completely irrelevant story, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has decided to crack down on a SPORTING EVENT THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE. As I write this, they haven't reported the story yet, but whenever someone uses the words "crack down" in conjunction with a tyrant like Chavez, it can't mean anything good for the people of Venezuela.
Chavez apparently doesn't like golf. Yes, golf. That wonderful Scottish sport that has been played the world over for decades and centuries, is no longer acceptable in Chavez's book. I don't know why because I haven't heard the story yet, but what in the world could you possibly have against golfing? It's insane. Did he get hit with too many golf balls while depriving his people of their God-given rights to free speech and press?
Chavez apparently doesn't like golf. Yes, golf. That wonderful Scottish sport that has been played the world over for decades and centuries, is no longer acceptable in Chavez's book. I don't know why because I haven't heard the story yet, but what in the world could you possibly have against golfing? It's insane. Did he get hit with too many golf balls while depriving his people of their God-given rights to free speech and press?
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Obama to Poland: No Missiles for You
So Obama continues to make bad foreign policy decisions in the name of winning over our traditional enemies. Just a few days ago our new president, who is now viewed as "weak" by the Polish, opted not to install a missile defense shield on the Polish border. What in the world was he thinking? Apparently, according to FOX, he's decided to divert the missiles away from Russia and use them to intimidate Iran. I don't understand how he thinks he can intimidate Iran NOW when he didn't do so from the jump.
Months ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranian protestors took to the streets because of what they believed to be a rigged election process. We know for a fact now that the election was indeed fraudulent because the Mullahs of the Guardian Council agreed that it was fixed. What more proof did we need? Twitter was abuzz with the support of average American citizens, which prompted a statewide clampdown on internet communications in Iran, which has proven more than a little ineffective. The young people of that country are now chanting "USA, USA" in the streets at the risk of their very lives and what little freedom they have in that country. in a show of weakness, in my opinion, Obama waited far too long before he came out and said Iran's actions were reprehensible.
I appreciate that President Obama must make difficult decisions every day as leader of the Free World, however, I do not understand his regard for Russia, trying to do what other liberal presidents like Jimmy Carter tried to do in this "be nice and give them what they want" policy. I'm reminded of something a fictional president, James Marshal, said in the movie Air Force One, with Harrison Ford in the role of Marshal: If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk.
Well, Russia got their cookie in the form of the missile defense deal, so now all we have to do is wait for them to ask for the glass of milk.
Ronald Reagan, who is fast becoming my absolute favorite president of the United States, said that peace could be acheiived through strength. If you give an appearance of strength to a tyrant, in other words, that tyrant, while respecting nothing else, WILL RESPECT HOW STRONG YOU ARE. That's what we need now. Strength. Not apeasement. Who will be the next Ronald Reagan? Only time and elections will tell.
Months ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranian protestors took to the streets because of what they believed to be a rigged election process. We know for a fact now that the election was indeed fraudulent because the Mullahs of the Guardian Council agreed that it was fixed. What more proof did we need? Twitter was abuzz with the support of average American citizens, which prompted a statewide clampdown on internet communications in Iran, which has proven more than a little ineffective. The young people of that country are now chanting "USA, USA" in the streets at the risk of their very lives and what little freedom they have in that country. in a show of weakness, in my opinion, Obama waited far too long before he came out and said Iran's actions were reprehensible.
I appreciate that President Obama must make difficult decisions every day as leader of the Free World, however, I do not understand his regard for Russia, trying to do what other liberal presidents like Jimmy Carter tried to do in this "be nice and give them what they want" policy. I'm reminded of something a fictional president, James Marshal, said in the movie Air Force One, with Harrison Ford in the role of Marshal: If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk.
Well, Russia got their cookie in the form of the missile defense deal, so now all we have to do is wait for them to ask for the glass of milk.
Ronald Reagan, who is fast becoming my absolute favorite president of the United States, said that peace could be acheiived through strength. If you give an appearance of strength to a tyrant, in other words, that tyrant, while respecting nothing else, WILL RESPECT HOW STRONG YOU ARE. That's what we need now. Strength. Not apeasement. Who will be the next Ronald Reagan? Only time and elections will tell.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Corruption, Voter Fraud, and Murder, Oh My!
So, yet again ACORN is caught red-handed in aiding criminal activity thanks to Hannah James and her friend, whose name escapes me right now. This makes the FOURTH video these two brave individuals have given FOX news, the only news organization covering the story with any effort at all. What is wrong with people today? When did it become "cool" to consider yourself above the law.
ACORN has yet again given these two patriots the brush off, calling them every name in the book and even FILING SUIT against them for so-called defamatory slights made in the videos that have been produced. They've changed their story with each video, sounding quite a bit like our Speaker of the House when she accused the CIA of being liars and thus committing federal crimes.
What kind of country have we become? This is sounding a lot less like the America of 1776 and a lot more like the Mexico of 2009.
Quarantine Washington now!!!
ACORN has yet again given these two patriots the brush off, calling them every name in the book and even FILING SUIT against them for so-called defamatory slights made in the videos that have been produced. They've changed their story with each video, sounding quite a bit like our Speaker of the House when she accused the CIA of being liars and thus committing federal crimes.
What kind of country have we become? This is sounding a lot less like the America of 1776 and a lot more like the Mexico of 2009.
Quarantine Washington now!!!
Monday, September 14, 2009
ACORN continues to remind us that they are all in fact "nuts".
So the pressure continues to build for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. This time they were caught giving the same advice to Hannah Jones (I think that's her last name but I could be wrong) and her friend on how to hide their true business in name and finances from the federal government.
Today, the pressure finally reached Capitol Hill, prompting them to vote 93-7 to defund the housing and UD branches of ACORN. A definite positive start.
On the 9/12 march front, DC officials say that 75000 people marched on Washington, though I personally believe it was much more. Griff Jenkins of FOX news had his own personal estimate at somewhere around 100,000+. We may never know the actual number, but it was certainly enough to draw the ire of the Far Left and the Elite Media. Not a single day had passed before Maureen Dowd of the New York Times and Rachel Maddow, two extremely far left columnists, played the race card. Dowd and Maddow did not focus on the protestors, however. They focused on Joe Wilson, claiming that HE was racist because he shouted at President Obama during his helathcare speech.
We will soon reach critical mass if this keeps up.
God Bless America.
Today, the pressure finally reached Capitol Hill, prompting them to vote 93-7 to defund the housing and UD branches of ACORN. A definite positive start.
On the 9/12 march front, DC officials say that 75000 people marched on Washington, though I personally believe it was much more. Griff Jenkins of FOX news had his own personal estimate at somewhere around 100,000+. We may never know the actual number, but it was certainly enough to draw the ire of the Far Left and the Elite Media. Not a single day had passed before Maureen Dowd of the New York Times and Rachel Maddow, two extremely far left columnists, played the race card. Dowd and Maddow did not focus on the protestors, however. They focused on Joe Wilson, claiming that HE was racist because he shouted at President Obama during his helathcare speech.
We will soon reach critical mass if this keeps up.
God Bless America.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Examining the Fallout of 9/12's Political Nuclear Explosion
And once again, a mere day after the march on 9/12, on this Sunday, 9/13, we the people of the United States of America are being labled as racists. Why? Because we dared to rock the system. Because we dared to speak out against un-American, collectivist policies and the bankrupting of the land that we love so dearly. This country has provided opportunities for millions around the world. Our presidents have alternatively helped and hindered the nation, but they are men, just as we are, and are subject to the same fallibilities as we the average citizen.
It would seem that Washington and the media do not share this view. To the mainstream press, Obama's policies are infallible and anyone who disagress is either a Nazi, a racist, a mobster, an evil-monger, a Flat Earther, or some other such nonsense. We dared to speak truth, and those who are supposed to PEDAL in truth have given us nothing but lies and insults.
I notice that my following on this blog has grown from two to three. A slow rise, but a rise none the less. The three of you that do read this, please let others know that if they want an honest analysis of events, through a non-partisan lense, I will be glad to provide one for them. No longer will I remain silent about my opinions or beliefs. No longer should ANY of us remain silent. The time for action is now. STAND UP!
It would seem that Washington and the media do not share this view. To the mainstream press, Obama's policies are infallible and anyone who disagress is either a Nazi, a racist, a mobster, an evil-monger, a Flat Earther, or some other such nonsense. We dared to speak truth, and those who are supposed to PEDAL in truth have given us nothing but lies and insults.
I notice that my following on this blog has grown from two to three. A slow rise, but a rise none the less. The three of you that do read this, please let others know that if they want an honest analysis of events, through a non-partisan lense, I will be glad to provide one for them. No longer will I remain silent about my opinions or beliefs. No longer should ANY of us remain silent. The time for action is now. STAND UP!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
9/12: The Day we the People Made Ourselves Heard
As promised, I was one of the many who watched the FOX news coverage of the 9/12 march on Washington DC. Something that has not occured since the Million Man March of the 60's. We, however, were not marching to advance civil rights, we were not marching to advance animal rights, we were not marching to advance any cause but one: The cause of Individual Rights.
Our invidual rights as Americans are our most precious possession, and they have been severely mishandled and oftentimes outright violated by those in Washington, be they Democrat, Republican, Independant, Supreme Court Justice, Representative or Senator. A brave few in Washington have begun to take a stand against the corruption that infects our nation like a cancer, yet still more have begun to take an even larger stand.
Many believe that this all began with Obama's administration, but they are wrong. The people have been angry for years, and have remained silent for years, trusting in their vote to clean up the mess that continually kept being left in the White House and the Congressional buildings. Unfortunately, voting has proven to do little more than change the face of the corruption. The majority of politicians, unfortunately, have succumbed to the cancer and are willing to sacrifice the will of the people in order to secure their reelections with the help of many special interest groups. Political correctness, radical environmentalism, ACORN, community organizations, all of these have been stifling our freedoms, using the politicians as their front men. Don't believe me? Watch any news channel or go to any news website and the stories will be their for you to read in their entirety.
There are, however, a brilliant and brave few who are standing up now inside Washington, such as John Boener, House Minority Leader, and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Yet these few are not enough to stem the tide, as was determined six months ago when the 9/12 project was born. This project, of which I am a proud member and supporter, was designed by the much loathed-by-the-left opinion commentater Glenn Beck as a way for us to get in touch with our founding principals once again, as we were the day after the 9/11 attacks on New York. He may have begun the work, but the people, some 600,000 strong and growing, have taken his ball and run with it. And run with it they have indeed. They ran with it all over the country to cities like Austin, Texas, Auburn, California, and even to Washington, D.C. itself. When I saw tens of thousands of regular Americans standing up to defend the values that this nation was founded on, I was filled with pride. My only regret is not being there with them.
We the people, 300 million strong, are what can stem this tide of corruption that has plagued us for decades. As was proven on April 15th, and again on 9/12 of this year, when the people stand up, a sleeping giant awakes. When that giant awakes, nothing can defeat it. That giant, we the people, will never lose so long as we remain united in our common interests. Again, there will be those who don't believe me. To them I say this: ACORN is now under severe scrutiny because of the actions of two ordinary Americans. TWO! Posing as a pimp and a prostitute, two individuals who I will not name to protect their identities, infiltrated the ACORN offices of Baltimore, Maryland in an attempt to bring their corruption to light. And bring it to light they did. While speaking to the now former employees of ACORN about their agenda, (bringing underage El Salvadoran prostitutes to the United States to set up a prostitution ring), they were given instructions on how to cheat our tax laws and God only knows how many others.
Where was the rest of the media on this? Asleep at the switch as usual. They were either ignoring it on purpose, which makes them complicit, or they simply did not know about it, which is entirely too hard to believe.
This was brought to light not by CNN, not by NBC, CBS or ABC, but by two ordinary American INDIVIDUALS who wanted to do some good. These two brave souls should be given Congressional Medals of Honor for their service to this country in bringing to light the malevolence of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. I doubt that the politicians will give them medals, though, since John Conyers and others like him have refused to investigate ACORN at all because "The Powers That Be" decided against it. Who the HELL are the "Powers That Be" in Washington?!
They say that people who watch Fox News are insane fringe crazies, while the so-called "elite" believe they are 100% in the right. I say that if you do not question your OWN sanity, then you yourself are not sane.
Our invidual rights as Americans are our most precious possession, and they have been severely mishandled and oftentimes outright violated by those in Washington, be they Democrat, Republican, Independant, Supreme Court Justice, Representative or Senator. A brave few in Washington have begun to take a stand against the corruption that infects our nation like a cancer, yet still more have begun to take an even larger stand.
Many believe that this all began with Obama's administration, but they are wrong. The people have been angry for years, and have remained silent for years, trusting in their vote to clean up the mess that continually kept being left in the White House and the Congressional buildings. Unfortunately, voting has proven to do little more than change the face of the corruption. The majority of politicians, unfortunately, have succumbed to the cancer and are willing to sacrifice the will of the people in order to secure their reelections with the help of many special interest groups. Political correctness, radical environmentalism, ACORN, community organizations, all of these have been stifling our freedoms, using the politicians as their front men. Don't believe me? Watch any news channel or go to any news website and the stories will be their for you to read in their entirety.
There are, however, a brilliant and brave few who are standing up now inside Washington, such as John Boener, House Minority Leader, and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Yet these few are not enough to stem the tide, as was determined six months ago when the 9/12 project was born. This project, of which I am a proud member and supporter, was designed by the much loathed-by-the-left opinion commentater Glenn Beck as a way for us to get in touch with our founding principals once again, as we were the day after the 9/11 attacks on New York. He may have begun the work, but the people, some 600,000 strong and growing, have taken his ball and run with it. And run with it they have indeed. They ran with it all over the country to cities like Austin, Texas, Auburn, California, and even to Washington, D.C. itself. When I saw tens of thousands of regular Americans standing up to defend the values that this nation was founded on, I was filled with pride. My only regret is not being there with them.
We the people, 300 million strong, are what can stem this tide of corruption that has plagued us for decades. As was proven on April 15th, and again on 9/12 of this year, when the people stand up, a sleeping giant awakes. When that giant awakes, nothing can defeat it. That giant, we the people, will never lose so long as we remain united in our common interests. Again, there will be those who don't believe me. To them I say this: ACORN is now under severe scrutiny because of the actions of two ordinary Americans. TWO! Posing as a pimp and a prostitute, two individuals who I will not name to protect their identities, infiltrated the ACORN offices of Baltimore, Maryland in an attempt to bring their corruption to light. And bring it to light they did. While speaking to the now former employees of ACORN about their agenda, (bringing underage El Salvadoran prostitutes to the United States to set up a prostitution ring), they were given instructions on how to cheat our tax laws and God only knows how many others.
Where was the rest of the media on this? Asleep at the switch as usual. They were either ignoring it on purpose, which makes them complicit, or they simply did not know about it, which is entirely too hard to believe.
This was brought to light not by CNN, not by NBC, CBS or ABC, but by two ordinary American INDIVIDUALS who wanted to do some good. These two brave souls should be given Congressional Medals of Honor for their service to this country in bringing to light the malevolence of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. I doubt that the politicians will give them medals, though, since John Conyers and others like him have refused to investigate ACORN at all because "The Powers That Be" decided against it. Who the HELL are the "Powers That Be" in Washington?!
They say that people who watch Fox News are insane fringe crazies, while the so-called "elite" believe they are 100% in the right. I say that if you do not question your OWN sanity, then you yourself are not sane.
Friday, September 11, 2009
We Will Never Forget! EVER!
6:00 AM, Pacific Standard Time. 9:00 AM Eastern. New York City, New York. I was at work that day, manning the drive through at my local Burger King restaurant an entire continent's length away from this place. It was a day just like any other, a day where I would cash in my hours, earn my meager paycheck, and go home; or so I had thought at the time. This was to be the day, in the end, that would change how I viewed my country forever. I, like many Americans, believed that there was nothing anyone overseas could do that we could not stop. I was complacent. I had never once even thought about watching the news for any reason. I didn't think it affected me at all. I never before had watched the State of the Union or the State of the State address because I had no interest in politics.
No longer. No longer do I remain ignorant of world events because of some pie-in-the-sky promise that the United States would never be threatened by any outside sources. Of late I have been dealing with bouts of depression because I feel unable to achieve any sort of notable success in my life. Every so often, though, I receive a reminder of who I am and where I come from. I received such a reminder on September 11th, 2oo1, and now every year since. When the twin towers fell, I could not take my eyes off of the television. this marked the first time I had EVER been glued to a news story and remained interested. To this day I see the footage of the two planes crashing into the tallest buildings in our country and a lump goes into my throat, both for the victims and for the families of those victims. I remember now with apprehension a trip my mother, sister, and aunt took to New York one year well before the attacks, and could not help but think "what if they had gone this year?" One of the places they had visited was the World Trade Center. You now realize why I revisit this thought every year.
It has now been eight years since a pledge was made to rebuild the World Trade Center into a stronger, larger, more prominent building that would be known as the Freedom Tower. In that eight years, only now have steel beams begun to spring up towards the sky, and the end of the project. Is this what we've become as Americans? When the Empire State Building was started, it took 400 DAYS to complete it. Why has it taken eight years to do today what it took 400 days to complete during the GREAT DEPRESSION!? Another example is the Hoover Dam. It took FIVE YEARS to build that 700 foot tall dam that provides so much of our electricity, compared to EIGHT YEARS to put up a few steel beams on the first floor of a building that was conceived of at the beginning of the new century and millenium?
Some will call these irresponsible questions. Some will call me a Republican shill for asking them. Some will simply insult me and expect me to stay silent, but I WILL NOT! I will NOT forsake my inalienable right to freedom of speech just because a few loons don't want me saying what I feel MUST BE SAID! Will the politicians in Washington EVER LISTEN TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE?! If they refuse to hear us then we must remember that WE have the power! WE THE PEOPLE WILL BE HEARD!
The day after the attacks, we were not divided by Red States and Blue States, Democrats and Republicans, Left Wing and Right Wing. We were AMERICANS, and only Americans. We need to readopt that mindset. We need to remember what UNITES us rather than what DIVIDES us. When we stand together we, the American people, can overcome ANY OBSTACLE, be it Communism, Fascism, the Great Depression, taming the Wild West, or what have you. NOTHING CAN STOP US! WE MUST REMEMBER THAT!
No longer. No longer do I remain ignorant of world events because of some pie-in-the-sky promise that the United States would never be threatened by any outside sources. Of late I have been dealing with bouts of depression because I feel unable to achieve any sort of notable success in my life. Every so often, though, I receive a reminder of who I am and where I come from. I received such a reminder on September 11th, 2oo1, and now every year since. When the twin towers fell, I could not take my eyes off of the television. this marked the first time I had EVER been glued to a news story and remained interested. To this day I see the footage of the two planes crashing into the tallest buildings in our country and a lump goes into my throat, both for the victims and for the families of those victims. I remember now with apprehension a trip my mother, sister, and aunt took to New York one year well before the attacks, and could not help but think "what if they had gone this year?" One of the places they had visited was the World Trade Center. You now realize why I revisit this thought every year.
It has now been eight years since a pledge was made to rebuild the World Trade Center into a stronger, larger, more prominent building that would be known as the Freedom Tower. In that eight years, only now have steel beams begun to spring up towards the sky, and the end of the project. Is this what we've become as Americans? When the Empire State Building was started, it took 400 DAYS to complete it. Why has it taken eight years to do today what it took 400 days to complete during the GREAT DEPRESSION!? Another example is the Hoover Dam. It took FIVE YEARS to build that 700 foot tall dam that provides so much of our electricity, compared to EIGHT YEARS to put up a few steel beams on the first floor of a building that was conceived of at the beginning of the new century and millenium?
Some will call these irresponsible questions. Some will call me a Republican shill for asking them. Some will simply insult me and expect me to stay silent, but I WILL NOT! I will NOT forsake my inalienable right to freedom of speech just because a few loons don't want me saying what I feel MUST BE SAID! Will the politicians in Washington EVER LISTEN TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE?! If they refuse to hear us then we must remember that WE have the power! WE THE PEOPLE WILL BE HEARD!
The day after the attacks, we were not divided by Red States and Blue States, Democrats and Republicans, Left Wing and Right Wing. We were AMERICANS, and only Americans. We need to readopt that mindset. We need to remember what UNITES us rather than what DIVIDES us. When we stand together we, the American people, can overcome ANY OBSTACLE, be it Communism, Fascism, the Great Depression, taming the Wild West, or what have you. NOTHING CAN STOP US! WE MUST REMEMBER THAT!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Cass Sunstein is Being Voted on Today! Wait, who?
Well, I'm sitting here watching Glenn Beck (*watches all liberals reading this blog have a coronary and die*) And he just told me and his viewers that the president's Regulatory Czar is being voted on today. Cass Sunstein is a man whose views are absolutely insane. He believes that animals should be allowed to SUE THEIR OWNERS!!! that's right. A man who thinks a dog should be able to serve its master for whatever greivances has the ear of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! Does this strike no one as odd? I know not many read this blog, but those who do should be shocked and enraged at this.
Sunstein also views the Second Ammendment should be repealed, and that it was the product of a "widely successful social movement" or some such garbage. How much more will we take before we throw these bums out?
Sunstein also views the Second Ammendment should be repealed, and that it was the product of a "widely successful social movement" or some such garbage. How much more will we take before we throw these bums out?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Ask not What Obama can do for you, but ask What you can do for Obama...wait, what?
Well, just when I think it can't get anymore obvious that Obama is the most radical president in the history of this nation, he goes and proves me wrong.
Cutting right to the chase, Obama is giving yet another speech, but it's not to the usual sheep that eat up every word he says. it's to the children of this nation who are subject to this country's dismal public education system. This is something that NO president in our HISTORY has EVER done before!
Why is he doing this, you ask? Well, ostensibly, he's doing it so that he can stress the importance of education and to get out that old 1980's bumper sticker message "stay in school".
Yet, this is only part of the message. In addition to the whole 'stay in school' bit, the Department of Education has issued a type of lesson plan that asks such questions as "what is President Obama asking me to do?" and "Why is it important to listen to the President about issues?" I'm sorry, but isn't that backwards? Shouldn't it be "why is it important that the president listen to the people?"
Think about that the next time you see someone whining about how little money the educational system is getting.
Cutting right to the chase, Obama is giving yet another speech, but it's not to the usual sheep that eat up every word he says. it's to the children of this nation who are subject to this country's dismal public education system. This is something that NO president in our HISTORY has EVER done before!
Why is he doing this, you ask? Well, ostensibly, he's doing it so that he can stress the importance of education and to get out that old 1980's bumper sticker message "stay in school".
Yet, this is only part of the message. In addition to the whole 'stay in school' bit, the Department of Education has issued a type of lesson plan that asks such questions as "what is President Obama asking me to do?" and "Why is it important to listen to the President about issues?" I'm sorry, but isn't that backwards? Shouldn't it be "why is it important that the president listen to the people?"
Think about that the next time you see someone whining about how little money the educational system is getting.
From 1776 to 1984: How History is Repeating Itself and how Big Brother is Beginning his Slow Encroachment Onto Our Civil Liberties Part Two
Big Brother continues his encroachment on our freedoms, it would seem. Now the congress wants to give the president a kill switch for the INTERNET! This is, without a doubt, unconstitutional, and by my reckoning violates the First, Fourth, and Tenth Ammendments AT A MINIMUM. According to this link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html, if the bill talked about in this article is passed, President Obama would be given a broad range of ill-defined powers over private sector sections of the Internet in the event of a "cybersecurity emergency". Their is no clear definition thus far as to what an "emergency" constitutes in this case, and their is no clearly defined limit to the powers given to the president in this bill.
Reading about this bill reminded me of something I read in Orwell's novel. In that novel there is an organization called the Ministry of Truth, which, true to the irony that peppers 1984 throughout its pages, deals with lies. Specifically, it deals with the manipulation of media sources and historical documents to keep the people of Oceania believing that Big Brother is infallible. It seems to me that this bill is the beginning steps toward our own Ministry of Truth, since a universal kill switch for the Internet would allow Obama to quash any kind of descent with impunity. As Machiavelli once said "Absolute power corrupts absolutely", and we CANNOT allow the president to gain ANY MORE POWER than he already has! I'll be looking for ways to fight this bill in addition to the usual ways: melting the phone lines and flooding the email inboxes, as well as the snail mail channels, but others should be doing the same, and I hope they will.
As for the effect this has on the culture, well, look at the kind of culture we're creating by turning to the government to solve every single problem we have. It's directly counter to the culture we live in now, which, judging from the TEA Parties and the upcoming 9/12 March on Washington, still cares that we are in fact on the wrong track, and wants to continue our traditions of self reliance and hard work. However, unless the fires are stoked and the embers continue to burn bright, we will lose our country to the Marxists, the Socialists, and the Communists. I grew up believing this country was the greatest country on the face of this earth. I still believe that. And I will die believing it. I WILL NOT allow ANY enemies, foreign or domestic, to snuff out the burning torch of Freedom!
Reading about this bill reminded me of something I read in Orwell's novel. In that novel there is an organization called the Ministry of Truth, which, true to the irony that peppers 1984 throughout its pages, deals with lies. Specifically, it deals with the manipulation of media sources and historical documents to keep the people of Oceania believing that Big Brother is infallible. It seems to me that this bill is the beginning steps toward our own Ministry of Truth, since a universal kill switch for the Internet would allow Obama to quash any kind of descent with impunity. As Machiavelli once said "Absolute power corrupts absolutely", and we CANNOT allow the president to gain ANY MORE POWER than he already has! I'll be looking for ways to fight this bill in addition to the usual ways: melting the phone lines and flooding the email inboxes, as well as the snail mail channels, but others should be doing the same, and I hope they will.
As for the effect this has on the culture, well, look at the kind of culture we're creating by turning to the government to solve every single problem we have. It's directly counter to the culture we live in now, which, judging from the TEA Parties and the upcoming 9/12 March on Washington, still cares that we are in fact on the wrong track, and wants to continue our traditions of self reliance and hard work. However, unless the fires are stoked and the embers continue to burn bright, we will lose our country to the Marxists, the Socialists, and the Communists. I grew up believing this country was the greatest country on the face of this earth. I still believe that. And I will die believing it. I WILL NOT allow ANY enemies, foreign or domestic, to snuff out the burning torch of Freedom!
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