Ramblings of an Average Citizen

2011-08-09T09:29:00.000-07:00

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new guards for their future security -- Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. -- The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free system of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislature, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions we have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

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Every once in a while it is good to read this. Remind yourself where we were and where we are. Though we are in similar situations (then and now), we must not forget that we are a nation of laws. Laws, that unless we find to be immoral, we must follow. Our "leaders" in Washington have forgotten this. We are a nation of law abiding citizens for the most part, ruled by criminals and tyrants that are out to exact social justice and to "fundamentally change America."

I like America the way it is you non-leading, sanctimonious schmuck! Leave America alone! Be proud of us, for better or worse! If you don't like it you are more than welcome to leave it! Want Socialism or wealth redistribution? Move to Europe! Want gov't run health care? Move to England! But leave America ALONE!! We ain't perfect but we are the best game in town and changing the rules during game play doesn't help your cause any!

I read the above document and no place did I find it guarentee'd equal results. You get life, you get liberty and you get to PURSUE happiness. You might catch it, you may not, but you get to chase it and that means you have to work at getting it. Sweat a little. grunt a little. And then when you finally catch it, savor the sweetness of a gift that many have died for and many have tried to catch but failed.

Inhale the aroma of freedom that wafts from the flowes laid on graves of patriots who bled to water that flower. See the disturbed ground around that flower? Under that soil lies another body freshly buried. The body of a nameless military member who went willingly in order for you to be warm beneath a blanket of freedom woven with the cloth of uniforms past and present bearing t he flag of the USA.

Sleep tight buttercup but never, NEVER, say an ill word about my country without expecting me to stand up, wave my flag and stand in the gap and defend your right to be wrong.

OBL is gone

2011-05-09T18:59:00.000-07:00

The dust has settled and we have all gotten back to work. Osama Bin Laden is dead and the world continues to spin. The left is beside their self. How can they admit that the intelligence that helped locate him was put in place by the previous administration. Water boarding, evidently, works. How can they admit that what they hold to be vile and completely reprehensible got us information that led to the killing of the most wanted man in the US? Answer? They can't. They have all but let that small piece of info go un-noticed. Instead now we hear them questioning his killing. They are wondering why we didn't take him alive. I ask the same question. BUT hold on a second.....
Did he cut our citizens any slack in 2001? I didn't think so. He didn't try to take any of them alive nor did any of his henchmen. But we're better than that. Yeah. We are. And I'm all about turning the other cheek. But at some point I stop letting you slap me and at some point I stop letting you taunt me. At some point he has to pay the band if he wants to dance.
He paid alright. I'd like to ask him how he is enjoying his 72 virgins or however many he gets. Did he get everything the prophet said he would?

Man up!

2011-04-07T12:50:00.001-07:00

It's time to man up. Often people get told 1/2 truths. Whether by politicians or in the newspaper or even in school, "truth" is told using the lense of a political or religous ideology. And people fall for it. When they get told what they want to hear, the take it as truth and run with it. Even research can miss the real "truth" And so ti goes with me. I wrote a paper in College regarding hte FairTax and did a lot of research. or so I thought.... No more IRS, no more April 15 nonsense of rushing to mail off my tax check lke the other 40% of America, no more non-tax payers getting refunds. BUT wait a minute. That sounds too good to be true. Well guess what.....

"Under our plan, all city and state governments will pay to the federal government a tax on all their spending--on all their purchases, on services and goods, including labor (wages)." Fairtax Answer Book, Page 138.

That means California would pay roughly $17 BILLION to the Federal Gov't. Texas would owe roughly $11 BILLION. SOURCE Nobody mentioned that part. They also didn't mentipon taxing city and county Governments, taxing ALL pay, cancer surgery, nursing home care, life insurance premiums, car insurance premiums. It appears that there is no "fair" tax. SOURCE

So the jury is out till I can do more digging and sort it all out. Who is right and who is wrong? Is it indeed a FAIR tax? We'll see.

The Blame Game

2011-04-07T12:10:00.000-07:00

So who is the party to blame? Here we are about one year overdue for a budget and we still don’t have one. Do we blame the Democrats? We could, after all they were in control of both the House and the Senate and failed to yield a budget. Do we blame the Republicans? We could, after all they refuse to cave in to the Democrats. What about the President? We could, after all he is showing ZERO leadership in the whole matter. So how about we spread the wealth. How about we point the finger at all three? Democrats left the house and senate in disarray by not passing a budget. Republicans are taking a moral stand and giving very little yet are vehemently pointing the accusatory finger at the Democrats. The president said nothing to HIS OWN PARTY when they failed to yield a budget almost one year ago. Or should we blame ourselves? After all we left Harry Reid in office and elected John Boehner and President Obama. We, the American public, continue to vote in the same worthless bunch of non-job getting, not-my-money spending, don’t care a hoot about the public except around election, NON vote giving (President Obama then Senator Obama), lawyers into office. After all, where else do you give yourself a raise, get lifetime retirement benefits after a measly few years in your job and work as little as they do? How many months off do they get during the year? How many jobs can you NOT do your job and still keep that job? (See no budget resolution in 2011) It is time the public stood up or shut up. Vote out the useless junk we have sitting in Washington DC “representing” us and put people in with a term limit with no lifetime benefits at all! We need to take back OUR Government. We are not represented by anyone on either side of the aisle. They are too busy politically maneuvering for re-election that they won’t do what we, their constituency tell them to do. But they won’t. America is full of sheep who complain all year or all term and then yank by either the D or the R come Election Day with no thought ot the outcome. America, you got what you asked for. Enjoy it.

All Hail The King

2011-03-16T08:34:00.000-07:00

I've been scouring the Internet for a few days now and I have been unable to find a date. I was searching for the date we, the United States, were no longer a representative republic. We have a POTUS in office who, since election, has not been acting presidential but instead has been acting more like a King. Many on the left would hang me in effigy for saying such a thing and would demand proof. Need proof? Stand by for the proofinator!!

1) The people, nationwide, shouted from the rooftops (We do NOT want national Health care!!" Democrats, acting like mommies and daddies who knew better than we did, passed it and implemented in. President Obama signed it and now we have nationalized health care. Welcome to England and Canada.

2) "Obamacare" was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge and Obama seams to not give a rip. He, essentially, told the law of the land, "I am going to do what I want, how I want, when I want and you will not stop me!!"

3) The DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) was a legally enacted law. Yet King Obama seams to, again, tell the law of the land "I will do what I want, how I want, when I want!" and has said outright he will not spend time or money defending it because HE thinks it is unconstitutional. Never mind how the law feels. He decides what and what will not be enforced or defended. And his side kick, the US Attorney General goes right along with him.

4) A federal ruling said that the moratorium on Deep Offshore oil drilling in the gulf coast (Louisiana) is illegal and ordered the moratorium lifted. And again King Obama said "I will do what I want, how I want, when I want!!" and ignored the order.

5) Federal Immigration laws are a whole lot tougher than the recently passed and signed into law, Arizona Immigration Law. For whatever reason, He feels as if people who are legally (key word LEGALLY) detained should not be asked by law enforcement to produce an ID. As a citizen, from birth, when I get stopped for speeding or failure to stop at a Stop sign, they ask for my Drivers License and no one seems to get upset about that. Why?! Why is it a stretch for the law to ask for ID from anyone LEGALLY detained, regardless of skin tone, accent, hair color, religion, shoe size, ear size, eye color, etc, etc??

6) Right up there with #5; Why is it the King is not shouting from the balcony that overlooks his serfdom and asking why the Black Panther Party thugs who were at the voting booth not being prosecuted? Could it be because his puppet in the US Attorney Generals office feels as if it is OK because it wasn't as bad as what "his people" went through in the 50's, 60's and 70's when they were fighting for civil rights?

And if all of that wasn't bad enough, what about the "Queen"? She feels as if I need to be told what and what not to eat. All while she eats BBQ spare ribs? Is anyone else seeking the definition of Arrogance?

Look, I am glad that America has finally moved past the issue of race. It has defined our society for way too long. But I also believe we were past race long before we elected our first black President. See, I think the left uses race to cover any and all dissent when it comes to discussing the President. I am white and if I convey my dis-trust of the President, if I relay my dis-content with his policy's, if I talk about how he is a do nothing President more concerned with filling out his College March Madness pick sheet instead of addressing the high gas prices, well it MUST be about race. It is obvious by what I said and has nothing to do with his out of whack stance on foreign policy or fiscal policy.

He will indeed go down in the history books, as well he should. But will the history books be as honest as they should or will they, like the liberal media, protect him at all cost? Will they cover up his ineptitude? Will they talk about his golf outing while Japan nears nuclear meltdown? Will the history books talk about his blatant disregard for the will of the people? Will the history books show the truth about the years of the Obama Presidency? Only time will tell. But if I had to guess, I would say no. He will be the "savior" that the left feels he is and the right knows he is not.

Thoughts....

2011-03-15T08:53:00.000-07:00

So I have to list things in order to make sure I get it right.

1) Japan is about to melt off into the ocean unless the Nuclear plants can be handled in a quick and safe manner.
2) Muammar Qaddafi is killing his citizens at an alarming rate.
3) The whole Middle East needs to be paid attention to, NOT just Libya.
4) The US Economy is bleeding and dying quickly.

And I am sure there are other things I could mention but I have to stop the list at some point.

And all the while the Presidents list of "Things I need to do" grows he is actively doing absolutely nothing. O wait. I am wrong. He is doing something and that is filling out his March Madness Bracket sheet. Now that is truly Presidential. Much more important than anything listed above. Who makes it out of the 1st round in the NCAA is so much more important than reassuring Israel we stand with them.

I'm not convinced that this POTUS thinks that way. Meaning, I am not sure that he truly sees our standing in view of the whole world as an important issue. I truly believe that he thinks it is much more important than discussing the Qaddafi issue or taking a stand and dealing with the US Economy.

When is this guy going to start acting like the POTUS and not a senator who gets the house while the parents are gone?

Thoughts on teachers and the Department of Education

2011-02-21T06:17:00.000-08:00

Why do we continue to fund the Department of Education? It seems to me that the teachers protesting the Governor of Wisconsin are a very real cross section of the whole education system. The "it's all about me" mentality has invaded our educators and is being taught in our schools. Our students now feel as if ANY act we try to lay on them is outside of what is acceptable. They have forgotten their only job is to learn. They don't realize that by not learning, they are setting themselves up to be replaced by foreign labor forces.

Why do we continue to fund the Department of Education. It seems the protesters in Wisconsin are indicative of the teachers across America. We want the cake but don't want to pay for the ingredients. I am sure they know that they have it easy and have had it easy for far to long. Is it really too much to ask that you pay a part of your own health care or put in to your own retirement? Are you really willing to admit you are that childish? Evidently they are.

Why do we continue to fund the Department of Education? If I were to ask them if they feel they are doing a good job of educating our children, I am pretty sure they would say they are. Really? Why is it that according to infoplease.com, in 2003, educational testing in 41 countries of high school students revealed the following: Math - The U.S. upper mean rank was 25th, tied with Spain and Latvia. Some of the countries scoring higher included China, the Czech Republic, and Liechtenstein; Reading - The U.S. was surpassed by countries such as Belgium, South Korea, Finland, and the Netherlands; Science - The U.S. ranked below many countries including the Slovak Republic, Hungary, and Iceland. Perhaps we should pay according to success and not effort?

Maybe we should dismantle the Department of Education. It appears they aren't educating anyone except their workers in how to think of themselves above all else and rewarding failure. Wow!! That sounds like Government as usual.

The State of The Unions

2011-02-18T12:54:00.000-08:00

So lets see if I have this right.

1) Teachers don't want to contribute to their retirement OR pay a small portion of their medical insurance.
2) The President feels like he needs to pipe up on a state problem?
3) OUT OF STATE people feel like they have the need to pipe up for an in state issue?
4) The hateful, name calling, vitriolic left accuse the right of being hateful, name callers and vitriolic but don't see the signs they themselves are carrying comparing a Governor to Hitler or the sign with cross-hairs on the Governors face?
5) AND to top it off the Democrat congressman run from their sworn duty, out of state just to avoid a vote?

Did I miss anything?

I am wondering what would happen to military men and women if they ran out when it was time for them to do their duty? Because if I recall correctly, congressman and congresswomen take an oath as well. And yet when they betray that oath nothing happens. If a military man or woman ran out on their duty or failed to uphold their oath, it is a serious offense. So why is it different for congress?

I truly believe America is waking up to the problem with unions.

What do unions do for me that I can't do for myself OR current laws don't do.
-They negotiate for me for more pay. You can't speak for yourself?
-They keep me form being frivolously being fired. You can't work hard and make yourself indispensable at work?
-They help me save for retirement. All I can say is 401(k).

The day of the union is long passed. It is time for the antiquated unions to just go the way of the do do bird.

I applaud the Governor of Wisconsin for having the gall to do what needs to be done. The kids (democrats) are gone and left a mess for the adults (republicans) to clean up. When the kids get home, they are going to be mad because things aren't cleaned up as they would like and then they will have the nerve to whine and complain.

Rambling again.

2011-02-14T07:21:00.000-08:00

We have had new leadership in the House for a few months now so I thought I should post some thoughts about how I think things have gone. or not gone for that matter.

It appears as though the freshman class of representatives have quite a bot of gumption. They seem to be steering the "old guard" towards a more conservative approach to governance. Which is fine by me.

The Republicans had better listen to their constituency because just as surely as we voted them into power in November, we can vote NEW Republican leadership into power in the future.

If the new Republican leadership wants to impress EVERYONE, Republican or Democrat, there are a few things they could do.

1) Get rid of their "retirement" from just serving one term. How is it they deserve 100% retirement after one term when our men and women in uniform serve 20 years and only get 50% ? Can anyone explain that to me? Mr Speaker? Any thoughts?

2) Dissolve the Department of Education. They aren't educating anyone except the union anyway. Obviously our nations test scores haven't gotten any better since their inception. Another failed experiment that we keep funding.

3) Pass the Fair Tax.

4) Pass legislation limiting Congress to two terms. Two terms period. Two terms in your lifetime. Two terms with no caveats.

5) Require our legislators to use the new government funded health care OR pay for their own health care. They are not any better than we are.

6) Repeal Obamacare.

7) Privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Government shouldn't be in the business of being in business. They can't get healthcare right. They can't get social security right. Why would you think they can get mortgages right?!

8) O yeah and last but not least... BREAK THE LAW, DO YOUR TIME!! tell me that if anyone of of us citizens had a "tax issue" that we wouldn't have been hauled off yet they get to get a hand slap. Sorry, a censure. Excuse me. yeah, a hand slap.

DREAM Act? For who?

2010-12-03T08:09:00.000-08:00

Ahh the DREAM Act. Whose dream? Not mine.

If somebody made me Dictator for a day, this would be my "DREAM Act".

Illegal aliens could become citizens in one way: Serve in the US Military for 6 years and complete it honorably. That is it. You want to benefit from the service of millions before you, then it is time for you to prove that you are loyal to the US. Does it prove conclusively that they are loyal? Nope. But neither does any other method we use.

By requiring military service, they also have access to college while they serve at a reduced out of pocket expense using tuition assistance Want the GI Bill for after you separate? Give us 8 years. Not fair you tell me? So what?! You're here illegally and if you want it bad enough, you should have to work for it. After all, you want to become a citizen of my country. We will make it possible but we won't make it easy. It should cost you. It should require some blood, sweat and tears. After all, our forefathers paid the price of blood, sweat and tears. Why should it cost you any less?

Already serving? Fantastic. Welcome aboard the good ship America. Finish your time, complete the citizen test and then swear your oath. I will be the first one to welcome you to your new home.

And the hits just keep on comin!!

2010-11-04T05:17:00.001-07:00

Harry Reid continues his Grey tour. And what is that you ask? Well what he says isn’t technically a lie but it is extremely mis-directive. So it seems he hasn’t learned anything from this last election except his district is full of sheep that will follow the shepherd with the largest horn!

He continues his tirade about the party of “No”. As if they have held up so much legislation that would have changed the political or the economic landscape. If I recall the House of Representatives has been under the control of the Democrat party for a while now and in the Senate they held 59 Seats as of 2008 with 2 Independents helping them along. So what does all that mean? Well 1) it isn’t all Bush’s fault as the Congress that held the paycheck was run by the Democrats, 2) The party of “No” was irrelevant as the Democrats can and did pass whatever they liked without the Republicans and 3) the complete control of Congress and the White House allowed them to spend money like a drunk sailor on a weekend liberty and then turn around and attempt to blame it on the Republicans because they wouldn’t work with the Democrats.

Even if the debt inherited by Obama was all Bush’s fault the fact that it has quadrupled in his term means that he can “blame” 2 TRILLION of it on Bush but not the other 12 Trillion. That was spent under his administration and under his party’s Congress.

Again I ask how is the party of “No” even relevant. What did they do to try and reign in spending? Nothing. Because there was nothing they could do! The President pretended to invite them to the table but it was a dog and pony show for his press release and his fawning media so they wouldn’t lose the tingly feeling in their leg! At no point was he really going to include them.

Harry Reid and his party’s arrogance are what turned the election. It wasn’t the Republicans. The United States as a whole are quickly growing tired of politicians, NOT politics. To our very core, we enjoy a good fight or argument. Heck we were born out of political discourse. But we tire of the Grayson type politicians who show absolutely zero sense of common decency or decorum. We tire of watching groups like N.O.W. endorse politicians who would allow their staffers to call a woman a whore yet claim to be the National Organization for Women! Does anyone else see the hypocrisy?

You see the left has grown a nation of entitlement junkies and they know in order to survive politically they need to enable the addiction. So they pass “health care reform” when under all the pages it is in reality Socialized medicine. And for who? It wasn’t for me. It was for the people who sit at home, collect welfare and refuse to get up off the couch, turn off Oprah and get a job! Want a job or need a paycheck? The military is always hiring! You get training, a job, a paycheck and insurance! It is time to fix the leaky faucet that is Welfare! Two years to collect it and then you are cut off. Why 2 years? Because in 2 years you can get an Associate Degree and get a better job. No money for college? The military will give you the GI Bill IF you can stay out of trouble for 4 years AND you can go while you are on active duty. There are grants and loans galore so don’t tell me you can’t get money for college!

I’ll get off my soapbox now.

What a night!!

2010-11-03T05:59:00.000-07:00

Election 2010 is just about over. There are a few recounts that will occur and some are still counting initially but a few things have crossed my mind since.

The people have spoken and done so with quite a loud voice. Rand Paul won his election in Kentucky and had the backing of the Tea Party. Marc Rubio won in Florida and he was endorsed by the Tea Party. The republicans took many seats back they lost in 2006 and 2008 and even got a few new ones. The message to the Democrats was sent and only time will tell if they received and read it. I doubt it. I truly doubt that the Democrats will take their party back from the socialist invaders. This Democrat party isn’t the same party as the late President John F Kennedy.

By the same token, the Republicans must write a few notes and put them on their refrigerator. They need to daily remind themselves why this fight existed to begin with. They took control and went on a spending spree just like the Democrats did and look what happened. They need to remain fiscally conservative and learn to operate within the means of the government as well as shrinking governmental size.

BOTH sides must remember one thing that was clearly evident this election cycle. We voted you in and we can vote you out. The time for political stupidity is long past. They must absolutely listen to their districts and forget their party affiliation. Right? Well not so fast. The party conventions doled out MILLIONS in election dollars to get people elected. To turn their back on their national convention would be suicide. BUT the people voted them in and so it follows that they must be the final voice they hear. Keep the voters engaged. Let them feel as if they can be heard AND listened to and that is a recipe for success next go ‘round.

So where do we go from here? The President now has to honestly learn to work with the other side of the aisle. He was given no choice by the people. They voted many of them, to tell him to knock it off, we don’t like it and we don’t want it. Did he hear them? Who knows? Only he and his inner circle know for sure but the fact still remains that he must work with his “enemies” otherwise he is a do nothing President. It remains to be seen whether our President will offer a hardy congratulatory handshake or just give empty lip service. Regardless of how he proceeds one thing is certain, the offer of bipartisanship must come from him and it must be an honest offer. His next two years will require help from the Republicans otherwise the bog dog has just been politically neutered.

I'm back

2010-10-28T16:34:00.001-07:00

It has been a while since I have written anything. Between school and work and two kids, I have been quite busy.

So much has happened on the political landscape where does one begin? It seems as if the people are speaking. Recent polls indicate that control of the House is likely to move to the Republicans and the Senate is likely to remain under control of the Democrats.

So what does all this mean for our illustrious POTUS? It could be viewed as a signal to him that he is moving us just a bit too far off the beaten path of the fringe far left. Or it could be the normal mid term change. Whether the Democrats remain in control of both the House and the Senate or they loose control of one or both, they will continue to blame it all on the previous administration. They complain about the deficit yet refuse to acknowledge the deficit was run up by them! The POTUS blames Bush yet the Congress was controlled by them! They (Congress) write the checks not the POTUS so how is it his fault?!

Since Washington doesn't appear to be listening how do we get their attention? They whine about money, ours and theirs.... course in their eyes that is the same thing. Anyway they complain about the economy and the lack of money coming in by taxes so they talk about raising taxes on those making over $250,000. I've had a few jobs in my day and I don't recall getting one from someone on welfare.

We need to move to the Fairtax! Everyone pays the same percentage.

The best change is to get rid of them all! Vote them all out! Of course they could pass term limits. But that would be asking them to be honorable to the history of our great nation. I doubt they would ever pull themselves off the people's hind tit! Not likely. So they need us to "nudge" them in the right direction. How about we vote EVERY single incumbent, Republican or Democrat, out? Send a clear message to every politician out there.

Political Rant

2010-03-02T04:59:00.000-08:00

Dictionary.com defines traitor as “1. a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust. 2. a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country. “Right now our country is being run by a House of Representatives and a congress that, one could argue, is full of traitors. They were elected to represent the people in their district. NOT their party or their fellow congressman. Yet every day the news shows us and tells us that the exact opposite is true. BOTH parties act in their own political self interest and do whatever it takes to stay in office.

According to the Social Security web site "There will be no increase in Social Security benefits payable in January 2010, nor will there be an increase in SSI payments.” However, they have seen fit to fund electronic medical records to the tune of $24,000,000. In the economic uncertain times we are in, shouldn’t we trust our seasoned citizens with their own money? Wouldn’t that $24,000,000 be better off in the hands of the public?

We elected them to represent us and it seems clear to me that the majority of Americans want them to slow down. Health care didn’t get bloated or distorted overnight and so we shouldn’t try to fix it overnight. I believe that the Republicans have the right idea. Health insurance portability is an idea whose time has come. We should be able to shop nation wide for coverage and get the best price.

I believe trial lawyers have driven up the cost of health care by too many frivolous law suits. I also believe that some people need to be compensated for unfair or downright bad care. Why can’t we have a board of medical practitioners, one from all disciplines, to decide who gets what? A board of Dr’s that decide whether the care was good or bad and then that decision decides how and if the law suit moves forward. Bad care or bad surgery, move along and sue away. Not bad care, just bad luck? Sorry law suit limit of $$250,000. Ok, maybe not a board. Maybe go to a pseudo-trial with a “jury” of Dr’s. The case gets argued on nothing but the fact of did you or did you not get bad care. Did the Dr in question commit malpractice?

I also believe we have people who need health insurance who cannot get it and we need a plan to get them covered. BUT we do not need to add more government bureaucracy to do so. So if you want to create another government agency, then you need to get rid of one that already exists. Or severely trim back a current agency to pay for the new one.

However this health care debate turns out, I am sure that the vast majority of Americans will not like it. Many don’t like it now and it hasn’t even been voted on. Congress needs to listen and if they don’t, we need to vote them out this year! Congress hasn’t been listening for quite a while. IF they won’t listen to our voices, they damn well will listen to our votes. Whether you agree with their political stand /ideology or not, they need term limits and we cannot wait on them to do the right thing and make them happen. We have to give them term limits from the voting booth.

It is past the time to get involved. Read every line of information you can. We don’t rely on one spice in our food so don’t rely on one source for news and information. It is time that the citizens took back our country from the political robots who have hi-jacked it. We need to remind them that they represent us and our wants not theirs. We need to let them know that in the immortal words of Twisted Sister, We’re not gonna take it. No we ain’t gonna take it. We’re not gonna take it, anymore!

Join the cause

2010-01-22T14:16:00.001-08:00

Alan Grayson is Nuts? - MyCongressmanIsNuts.com

2009-12-24T04:57:00.000-08:00

Alan Grayson is Nuts - MyCongressmanIsNuts.com

Alan Grayson wants the "owner" of the web site arrested, charged, convicted and put away for 5 years. He wants her gone so bad that he has contacted the Attorney General of the US to have her investigated, charged, convicted and put away.

She must have hit a nerve. Maybe you should watch what you say Congressman. Maybe you should listen to the people who elected you. granted, she is not in your district, but I would be willing to bet that she is not the only person who feels that way. I am sure there are people in your district who feel that way. I am pretty sure they have contacted you about it as well. I can't prove it, but it is a pretty solid guess on my part.

Who will step up?

2009-12-18T07:47:00.000-08:00

Who will step up? Will it be a lone Democrat voice? Probably not. They are either too scare to speak out against the Chicago political machine or are blindly being pulled along by the party line
Who will step up? Will it be the Republicans? Probably not. They have become so beholden to the "upper crust" of the right wing that the average citizen's voice can no longer be heard over the financial ravings of the right wing elite.
Who will step up? Will it be a lone Independent? Maybe. The Democrats have been taken over by the far left. The Republicans have been taken over by the Democrat lites or the right leaning centrists. The far right are labeled as kooks while the far left are labeled as caring, wanting to help the down-trodden. So, I believe, it will be the independent minded politician who has a chance. One who very well may be middle of the road, but realizes that both Democrats and Republicans are as out of touch with the "man on the street" as you can possible be.
So will it be a man like Joe Lieberman, a person who anyone who has the most remote political knowledge knows is an independent.
Or will it be someone born out of a grass roots political movement who has no political background? Will we see someone with the juevos to stand and be counted. A lone political voice screaming into the Washington elite whirlwind hopping to be heard.
Our forefathers founded this nation. Not literally, I know that, but they spent hours debating the documents that have defined our nation for over 200 years and until recently, we as Americans lived and died by. Now we are "led" by people/parties/ideologies that want to "fundamentally transform" America. We are "represented" by men and women who refuse to meet with the very people who they represent. We are made fun of, trivialized and flat out ignored. No one in either party has what it takes to call a spade a spade. And when they do get some semblance of a backbone, the national media ignores it or jumps on the bandwagon and joins in the name calling.
Washington, you had better wise up. To the parties in Washington I would say this...
Democrats-Wise up. The road you are dragging us down will lead to your demise. America, for the most part, has spoken up, yet you have chosen to play the ostrich and have stuck your head in the sand thinking that if you can't hear us we must not be speaking.
Republicans-Wise up. You had better start campaigning now if you expect to take over next year. Our President started campaigning 2 years ago and has not stopped. And IF you happen to take control next year, you had better be what I and many others hope you can be and should be. PROVE TO US that you are indeed fiscally responsible, PROVE TO US that you indeed want to make our borders more secure, PROVE TO US that you want to improve our economy by not spending us into oblivion.
The question is do either the GOP or the Democrats still think the Constitution means anything?

WTOC in Savannah, Ga

2009-12-08T16:48:00.000-08:00

It is about time someone said it!!

You want to prosecute who?!

2009-12-08T11:57:00.000-08:00

We ask our men and women to go forth and protect our interests. We put them in harms way knowing they may need to lay down their life for our country or people from other countries in the hopes of delivering the ultimate Christmas present, freedom and democracy. When they do go forth and do what we ask, we in turn believe some cowardly bully from another country who openly admits he hates America and what we stand for. He admits he would willingly die for a chance to kill one American citizen. Does anyone honestly believe that 3 SEALS hurt one lowly Jihadist? If they were going to put a hurtin on this guy, a fat lip would be the least of his worries.
This is one of those times when we should stand up and speak up. Do so by signing a petition to stop the prosecution of those brave men and let them go back to doing what they do best. That is not dying for their country but making others die for theirs.

Help Philly out!!

2009-11-24T06:06:00.000-08:00

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Cass Sunstein and another lunatic opinion

2009-11-24T05:13:00.000-08:00

Cass Sunstein-Open Mouth-Insert Foot

So lets see if I get this right.
1. He wants animals to be allowed to secure a lawyer and then sue their owners. Not a radical idea.
2. He defends Communism and the welfare state, but feels that the "white majority" would oppose it since it would help Hispanics and black people. Not radical at all.
3. Marriage hinders single people and we should just abolish marriage. That isn't a radical idea.
4. He thinks we should be able to take organs from patients, WITHOUT their consent, if they are terminally ill or helpless. That's not a very radical idea.
5. Broadcasters, radio and TV, should be forced to air diverse ads and opinions. Now there is a novel idea that is in no way radical.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! This guy has the Presidents ear and he thinks this is a normal thought process or idea?! WHAT?! My dog should be able to get a lawyer?! Cass, I know we are a bit late with the whole "this is your brain on drugs" thing, but seriously, put down the crack pipe and walk away.

America, this is what we get when we elect a radical to the office we have. Birds of a feather flock together?! No one has heard that saying before?

Cass Sunstein talks about censoring the media when he is the one that needs censored. Not because of his radical, crazy, left field, ideas but because it would be for his own good. If he wants to spout off about his radical ideas or opinions, go for it. But does he realize how insane he sounds?!

My mama always told me "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all". You can tell I listened. In today's day and age, we may want to consider altering that a bit. Hey Cass, If you can't say something intelligent, shut your pie hole!!

Look, here is a guy that has his fingers in a large slice of the governmental pie and my fear is, no matter how much we may want to or need to or get to clean it, his stain will be left on the fabric of America FOREVER. It is time to give Washington DC an enema and get rid of the lot of them.

Over 200 years ago our forefathers signed their name onto a document that will FOREVER hold a place of honor. On that document they made a solemn vow. "AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECLARATION , WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOR." If they could see how lazy we have become, how so like sheep we are as a nation, they would be furious and they would be heart broken.

Am I suggesting we march on Washington by the millions? Maybe.

Is it time for Revolutionary War II? Maybe.

Is it time that we the people take back our country? HELL YEAH!!

I DARE YOU NOT TO CRY A BIT

2009-11-19T04:30:00.000-08:00

In today's society, our warriors are not given the honor they so justly deserve. While they maynot be, in some cases, treated as harshly as our Vietnam veterans may have been when they returned, they are not given the honor they should get. Most are given indifference while some our mocked and ridiculed.

History has shown that many nations give their warriors a special place both in society and in the hearts of the very people they defend. This place is much deserved. You can rightly judge a nation on how it treats it warriors. Judge the nation on how it treats the very men and women who, without hesitation or reservation, volunteer to lay their life on the line every day in order to keep the battle anywhere but here at home. They leave family and friends behind for months on end in order to ensure that someone else, whom they have never met and might have very little in common with, gets a chance to have a sliver of the freedoms that many here in the U.S. take for granted and place very little thought on or about.

Many country's don't allow some of the basic freedoms we have. It isn't every country that allows you to march to the nation's capital and protest. It isn't every country that allows you to write what you want about your government and put it in the paper. In some country's the newspaper is controlled, or at the very least tightly scrutinized and edited, by the government.

So when you find someone or some people who take time or make time to ensure that our warriors get the respect they deserve in life OR in death, that person is special. And then to learn he or she is not a veteran and does it out of a love for our men and women in uniform, they become even more special. The emotions and thoughts that veterans feel for these people is very similar to the emotions brought on by watching our flag wave and hearing our anthem play. For both of these, to veterans, are much more than the sum of the parts. I believe, for veterans, the flag and the National Anthem evoke much more emotion and bring it from deeper within than they do for your average citizen. We spent years under that flag, hearing it wave in the wind, feeling it block the sun to cool us in one second and moving away the next allowing the sun to hit our backs. The National Anthem is a song we hear more times a year than I could count. It reminds us why we do what we do and of those who did it before us.

To this gentlemen in Texas, from a veteran in Pa, sir I say thank you for giving our men and women what they so richly deserve.

Pro Amnesty Marchers caught on video

2009-11-18T13:39:00.000-08:00

Video from Ft Lauderdale. Pro Amnesty marchers showing true colors.

Listen and try hard not to tap your foot

2009-11-17T19:31:00.000-08:00

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A very nice little video from THE WARRIOR SONG

2nd Ammend. with Ted Nugent

2009-11-15T06:03:00.000-08:00

Ted Nugent says what many feel but afraid to say. Thank you Mr Nugent.

It's never been about anything but his acts and his associations.

2009-11-10T13:45:00.000-08:00

I got this off a friends Facebook page. I'm not sure where he got it, but where doesn't matter. What matters is the truth behind the words. Enjoy.

Subject: Dr. Charles Krauthammer
Dr. Krauthammer is on Fox News . He is an M.D. and a lawyer and is paralyzed from the neck down. A friend went to hear Charles Krauthammer. He listened with 25 thers in a closed room. What he says here, is NOT 2nd-hand but 1st. The ramifications are staggering for us, our children and their children.

Last Monday was a profound evening, Dr. Charles Krauthammer spoke to the Center for the American Experiment. He is a brilliant intellectual, seasoned and articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views . He is a
fiscal conservative, and has received a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He is a frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the Washington Post. The entire room was held spellbound during his talk.

Summary of his comments:
1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's behind the mask. The taking down of the Clinton dynasty was an amazing accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.

2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton . He has a way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. Pay no attention to what he SAYS; rather, watch what he DOES!

3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power. He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can't be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada .

4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government. He doesn't care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada . God forbid!

5. He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can't work in the long run. Obama is not a socialist; rather he's a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.

6. Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the United States , but more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate & coordinate various countries and their agendas. He sees moral equivalency in all cultures. His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America , as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!

7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not come due until after he is reelected in 2012. He would like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Dr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.

8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. Republicans are pining for another Reagan, but there will never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and info if she is to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and state's rights.

9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and outrageous. We are spending trillions that we don't have. This could lead to hyperinflation, depression or worse. No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimulus package.These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama's allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.

10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed, fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising it was as close as it was.

11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to roll. If it's between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all be about the economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about what's happening in Washington and Congress. There is a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late.

Do yourself a long term favor: send this to all who will listen to an intelligent assessment of the big picture. All our futures and children's futures depend on our good understanding of what is really going on in DC, and our action pursuant to that understanding!! It really IS up to each of us to take individual action!! Start with educating your friends and neighbors!!!

I wish I would have said that.

States Rights. The movement is alive and well.

2009-11-10T11:03:00.000-08:00

Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Tennessee. What do these states have in common? (Que Jeopardy music)

Ok, all of them, in one way or another, have told our government to back off and stop stepping over the line. Each has told the Federal Government to back the truck up to the other side of the 10th Amendment line. No crossing this border illegally!!

And it is about time. Far too long have the states bowed down to the Federal Gov't in way too many issues. I am very surprised it was not attempted during the Bush administration in states like Commiefornia or the Peoples Republic of New Jersey. Both are hard left states and don't try to hide it. The recent election of a Republican Governor in New Jersey is refreshing and brings hope to the people.

Call your legislators and let them know you support states rights and the 10th Amendment. You may have to remind them what it is during your phone call and remind them again on paper next year.

Allow me to ramble

2009-11-09T07:46:00.000-08:00

I see the direction our country is headed and I am scared. My children will not enjoy the same country I did when I was growing up. It has been tainted by power-hungry political vampires who have slowly drained the "self reliance" blood that flows through our nations veins. We now live in a society where a dis-agreeing opinion is "offensive" and the offended party screams for legislation to protect them. It seems everyone has a "right" to everything. They want it for nothing yet are not willing to pay into the pot.
Evidence the recent passing of "health care reform" by the House of Representatives. They presume to know what is good for me and you. They tout it as solving all of our health care woes. To quote Joe Wilson "You Lie". Why are they not required to take part in it if it is such a good deal?
We have gotten what we deserve. We as a society have sat back on our ever widening bums while we let the fox raid the hen house so to speak. We have allowed them to do what they want for far too long and now their roots have gone so deep, it is almost impossible to pull them out of the Washington DC ground. The ground is so fertile from all the crap that has been spread, the political weeds have grown out of control.

We need to pull the weeds. It is time to clear the garden of freedom and plant some new crops.

Do polls matter?

2009-10-14T08:16:00.000-07:00

We have seen polls-a-plenty in the last few months. All kinds of polls. Is it all Bush’s fault or is it Obama’s fault? Are the Democrats the problem or is it the Republicans? Do you view blah blah blah?

WHO CARES?!?! If polls mattered, the Health care “reform” would not have passed the way it did yesterday.

Every week we hear about this group or that group making noise about the various causes. It seems to me that he who speaks loudest wins, regardless of the cause or it's validity. Unless it is a conservative voice. We have “the greenies” screaming save the planet, so now we won’t drill for oil right here in America where we have it available by the barrel. We have Democrats in Congress telling the public, on record and on the news every day, that the vast majority of Americans want health care reform. We have the Speaker of the House stating that the majority want the public option. Speaker, the vast majority DO NOT want the public option. The vast majority do want health care reform. BUT we do want the government “hands out of the cookie jar”!

If polls mattered, the representatives that we voted into office and that work for us would not have passed that pile of crap called a health care reform bill. We have seen the TEA Party attendees maligned and made fun of by those who swore that the election of Obama would bring an era of “peace and civility” back to Washington DC. Speaker Pelosi, YOU LIE!!! If by peace and civility you mean calling TEA Party attendee’s Nazi’s then I guess you have succeeded.

The White House has declared war on Fox News. Why? Because they will not tow the party line and bow at the alter of Obama. They are viewing the political happenings in Washington with skepticism and distrust. Could it be a political ideology conflict? Maybe. Could it be that Fox News is doing what Journalists are supposed to do? Maybe. Or could it be that the White House is mad that they have gotten the main stream media brainwashed and Fox simply didn’t go “gentle into that good night”? Probably. Fox has resisted singing ANYONE’S praises, including Bush. I seem to recall them taking him to task regarding multiple issues so why should Obama be any different.

Polls don’t matter. They might matter to you and I, but I doubt they matter to the White House, to Congress or to the cronies that reside in Washington D.C. (District of Criminals). They didn't matter 1 year ago and they don't matter now. Regardless of whether anyone asks me a poll question or not, my opinion is this:
1) Government is the problem not the solution.
2) More Government makes more problems than it fixes.
3) With our Governments track record of abyssmal failure, why should I trust them now, regardless of who is in the White House and controlling Congress?

Random questions.....

2009-10-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

1) I am wondering if/when ANYONE will stand up and tell the Congress we have had enough?

2) Am I the only person willing to call the President a liar?

3) Am I the only person willing to question EVERY person he has appointed to positions of significant influence yet not be accountable to anyone?

4) At what point does the President accept the issues he has to face are his and his alone? When does it cease to be a problem he inherited from the previous administration?

Things that make me go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I'm guessing the answers are as follows.
1) No
2) No
3) No
4) Never as far as I can predict

This is the issue. We have a Congress and a President who feel that the citizens of this country are insignificant. They feel as if we and our opinions do not matter. They think that the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many. A few, 15 Million or so, need health care. So lets destroy a system, while having flaws, is still the best system around for the many, 285 million or so.
The debt is rising. Lead by example and do your job for no salary. That would help significantly. That is the best start, I can see, to eliminate wasteful spending.

President without a country

2009-10-08T05:41:00.001-07:00

President Obama believes we are no longer a Christian nation, we have been arrogant and that after 9/11 we didn't live up to our ideals. He believes that as the head of the greatest power on the planet that he should bow to foreign leaders and it is ok. He even told people, while in Egypt, that you could say America is a Muslim nation.

So I am thinking that we have a President looking for a nation to preside over.

America is no longer a Christian nation? Then what are we?

We have been arrogant? Was that before or after we saved Europe from the Nazi's? Was that before or after we captured Saddam Hussein?

After 9/11 we didn't live up to our ideals? Was that after or before this nation came together to handle our business? Did we fail while we as a nation set aside political ideology for a while to take care of New York? Was that happening while the Fire Departments, Police Departments and others risked their lives to try and save people from the twin towers? Was it going on in the main stream media while they showed footage of people coming form the 4 corners of this great nation to volunteer to do what needed to be done, regardless of what that was, to help out?

We are a Muslim nation? Really? That must have happened while I was sleeping. Did the Main Stream Media forget to announce that? because I could swear that there are still more Judeo-Christian churches than there are Mosques. The Muslims must be meeting at St Patricks church now.

Mr President, do yourself a favor and close your mouth. The statements you read off your teleprompter are embarrassing to this nation. It only serves to show two things. Either you1) are completely clueless and out of touch with America as a whole or 2) you are showing your true allegiance and it is not to this country.

I believe it is both of those. I think he and about 98% of his party are out of touch with main stream America. And I think he does not have any allegiance to this country. So if he does have no allegiance to the U.S., then who does he have allegiance to?

Just another week

2009-10-05T06:39:00.001-07:00

We embark on another week of the MSM praising Obama. We get to listen, if you so desire to tune in, to them chant his name, regurgitate his mantra for change and hope. Yet for all the hype around this President, he has done very little. He failed to get the Olympics to Chicago. He has done nothing in the Middle East. The way the MSM had him hyped prior to his swearing in, he was going to solve world hunger, stop the wars in the Middle East, prevent global warming and get Israel and Iran to sing Cumbaya around a campfire eating smores!
So what has he done? I mean what has he really accomplished? Nine months into a 4 year lifetime and he has accomplished JACK! Other than Bow to a foreign country leader. O yeah, we are now about $12 TRILLION dollars in debt. He is spending my hard earned dollars faster than I ever did.
Is it time to audit the Federal Reserve? It sure is. If I was doing what they Government does in a business, I would 1) be fired and 2) the board of directors would surely audit the books. And both with good reason. Where is the money going would be the first question. Where, if any, are the sweetheart deals being made would be a legitimate question.
Tell them to start the audit!!

Thoughts for the day

2009-10-04T06:36:00.000-07:00

I find myself in a quandary. I spent 20 years in the Navy and every time I re-enlisted I took an oath. I raised my hand in front of witness' who watched me make a promise. One that I was ready to enact at any time it was needed, without hesitation or reservation. I never carried a gun in combat. I never had to hold a position on a hill. I was in the Navy, not the Marines or the Army. Yet my oath was the same.

" I, State Your 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. "

I still choose to live my life by that code. I stand ready to defend my country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. THE CONSTITUTION, not the government. So help me God. I never took the oath lightly then or now.

Now I find myself in a position that I am questioning my oath. If it comes down to defending the Constitution and it's intent as the founding fathers wrote it, I may have to defend my country against domestic enemies. Our own elected officials. Our officials seem intent of destroying / re-writing the Constitution. Now I am saying I am going to march on Washington with a gun. BUT I can let my voice be heard. I can hold my elected officials accountable. As accountable as I can. I am only one man.

But a song often starts with a single voice.

Mr Rogers neighborhood

2009-10-03T18:40:00.001-07:00

Is there anyone else out there or is this the only voice of reason we've elected?!

Back after a while

2009-10-03T18:10:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I posted. Evidently work and school and 2 kids take a lot of time.

Well what has happened since I last posted? The President is listening to the people? Nope. Congress is listening? Nope. Is anyone listening? I would like to think so. But who? I am sure I'm not alone, but I feel as if I am screaming in a storm and no one can hear.

The American Crisis

2009-08-22T05:25:00.000-07:00

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of their country: but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” When these words were penned by Thomas Paine in a series of papers entitled “The American Crisis”, he had no way of knowing that they would be as relevant in 1776 as they are today.

We are a country in the midst of a plague that will wipe what we know as America, off the planet. Our country was founded by men who knew that a government gets its powers from its people. They inked documents that are evidence of that thought. They ensured we had separation of powers so that no one body of government could overtake or overrule another. They put on paper the idea that a government gets only the power that we the people allow, and we have allowed our “representatives” to enact laws that have made micro tears in the very fabric of our society. We have allowed them to usurp constitutional authority and under mind that very document that delineates there powers. Our Constitution is in jeopardy of being destroyed by people who claim to be protecting it.

The current administration is an example of an allowed corruption and systematic destruction of the political system. Our President has surrounded himself with Czars that 1) do not report to the people, 2) have some of the most radical views ever allowed to have the president’s ear and 3) have some very questionable alliances and friendships.

We have representatives who, while citizens exercise their right to free speech, choose to call them vile names and make inferences linking the people with a questionable group all because they have a dissenting opinion. Our founders understood that the citizens had to be allowed to voice differing opinion. Yet, we are now asked by our President to spy on our neighbors. We have been asked to provide names of people who choose to disagree with the administration. Our representatives work for us and we have forgotten to remind them of that fact. They “rule from on high” completely cut off from the populous. This separation from their constituents has allowed them to grow a feeling of superiority and has widened the chasm separating them from us.

We have an administration that while out of one corner of their mouth say they care about the populous, say out of the other, we want to take care of you and do it for you. What happened to tough love? As parents there are times that we have to let our kids fall so they can learn to get up on there own. We have to watch them, in silence, fail so they can learn to succeed. We have to watch them make bad decisions so they can learn the consequences of their actions. Yet our President will not do the same. He puts out fixed numbers in order to advance his agenda. An agenda which is not popular, apparently. We are loud and proud, yet they are deaf.

None of this would have been acceptable 135 years ago. We had a country ruled by common sense. We had a country ruled by men of honor, where there word was their bond and the nation came first, not re-election and special interest groups. Far too long we have allowed them to get away with it. We have elected them and re-elected them for so long that they have made a career of doing just enough to get re-elected. They are professional beggars for money that is disguised as “election funds”. They have made a profession out of double speak and avoiding questions. Both parties are guilty of it, not just Democrats or Republicans. If we allowed our military leaders to get away with what they have, our military would be in shambles. If we hold out military leadership to a standard, why not hold our elected leadership to an even higher standard?

Our Constitution guarantees many things, but success is not one of them. Many feel as if the Government can take care of them. They feel as if the government “owes” them in some fashion, success. I am all for equal OPPURTUNITY. But that does not mean equal outcome. My daddy had a saying; the world needs ditch diggers too. If you want money, go get it. LEGALLY!! If you want fame, go get it. Work for it. Sacrifice. Sweat. Study hard. No one said everyone should go to Harvard or Stanford. Not everyone can, whether it is because of money or intellect. Many men and women who have failed or succeeded have been Ivy League educated and many have no secondary education at all. Your success depends on your hard work and drive. It does not depend on a government handout. Yet our government seams to be doing that very thing. They have handed out money to businesses that have a track record of abysmal failure to handle vast sums of cash.

Yet for everything our Government is not, it is so much more. We have an opportunity many people have died trying to live under. We have a voice, supportive or dissenting. A voice that up until very recently was protected. Yet now that seems in jeopardy. We have a chance to decide who we want to represent us. We have freedoms that some only have in dreams and some have in nightmares. Our men and women lay scattered abroad, some whole and some in pieces, so that a few could be free from Communism, Marxism, Socialism and far too many others –ism’s. We as a nation have offered up our own as a sacrifice on the alter of freedom. They went, some willingly and some not, to answer the call. President John F Kennedy said, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge--and more.”

It is time for the citizens of the United States to take it back. Pull it out of the grip of the life long politicians. Remove the chains that have tied it to special interest groups. Pull the American dream out of the gutter of Washington DC and give it back to the nation to which it belongs. This can only happen if we send a message to Washington. That message must be, listen or get out! Listen or we will find someone who will. Represent us or we will get someone who will. Practice fiscal responsibility. Secure our borders. Don’t let politicians stick around long enough to grow roots. Yes, term limits. Make taxes fair and equitable, bring in the FairTax. Ensure laws apply to EVERYONE. This includes Politicians and illegal immigrants. Make English the national language.

You have a chance to change the voice that gets heard. The same voice, Democrat or Republican, has been heard for too long. It is time for a new voice. Now is the time for you to take back your place in Washington with a new representative. Elect a man with a fresh voice that can speak for you when your voice is tired and weak. Elect Mike Yilit for your next Pennsylvania Senator.

Youtube from Mike

2009-08-13T18:20:00.000-07:00

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Next Senator in Pa.

2009-08-13T18:01:00.000-07:00

I had the privilege tonight to speak to a man I hope is the next Senator in Pa, Mike Yilit.
Do you think we need term limits?
Do you think the people in Washington DC don't care about your thoughts or opinions?
Do you think Obama-care is a mistake that will destroy health care in America if it passes?
Are both parties out of control?

Maybe it is time to vote outside the box!

I LIKE MIKE

Dear Representatives in Washington DC

2009-07-22T11:29:00.000-07:00

Below find a letter I penned to my "Representatives" in Washington DC. I will be dropping them in the mail this evening.
The million dollar retirement fund idea is not mine, but one I heard was written about in a Florida newspaper some time back. If I knew the author I would give credit where it is due.

Dear Senator Casey/Senator Specter/Congresswoman Schwartz,
I am writing this letter in regards to our dully elected representatives in Washington DC. Far too long those in elected positions have not listened or heard the voice of the people. They “listen” long enough to collect the votes from their district. They then leave for Washington and never return until the next election.
Those who claim to represent the people no longer do. They represent their careers and those who donate the most to their re-election campaign. Special interest groups, those I support and those I do not, are running Washington at a time in out nation’s history when it should be run by the people, for the people. This lack of representation is a symptom of a larger cancer that is eating away at the national body that is America.
BOTH parties espouse facts skewed by political ideology and a want or need to be re-elected. Both parties have moved left and some of the party members have moved further than others. The Democrat and Republican parties of today would not be recognized by the party members of 50 years ago.
It has become, by some, un-American to question our leadership and their decisions or lack thereof. The fact is our nation’s history is built on the shoulders of giants who questioned everything about our former government. These men lost everything they had, money, family and in some cases there lives, to question our government and then try to change it. They tried and succeeded. They gave us the gift of a government we could change, if we saw fit, by majority vote. They built a system whereby we the people could govern ourselves. Govern ourselves by electing representatives.
That is no longer happening. Middle of the night meetings, “secret” votes, bills that are far too long and written in lawyer-ese so that nobody short of a lawyer could understand. It all seems to be done in order to keep the people confused or in the dark about what really happens in Washington.
Both parties are guilty of inserting needless information or proposals into bills. The recent “stimulus”, at first glance, appears to be a payback from the Democrats to their constituency. Very little in the stimulus bill creates jobs. As a matter of fact, we were told unemployment would not go above 8% if we passed the stimulus bill. Here we are approaching 10%. The “representatives” in Washington lied to us for support or that is how it appears.
We were told this was the worst economy since the Great Depression. Then we were told we underestimated just how bad it was. Is this really the time to increase spending exponentially? Is this really the time to increase taxes on the upper income earners? I would say no. I never got a job from a poor man. It is the upper income earners who own, operate and open small business and employ the vast majority of Americans.
Enact the FairTax if you truly want a level playing field for all of America. Let everyone, regardless of income earned, pay the same percentage. THAT would be fair. Taxing the upper income bracket to pay for your Socialist programs is not fair nor is it American.
We need to fix health care costs. We can all agree to that, I believe. However, allowing the government to put their hand into the medical care arena is ludicrous. There is no government plan that runs as it was envisioned or advertised to the people. Social security is bankrupt, or very close. They tell us it will create competition. What competition can the government bring that the other 1500 insurance companies can’t? How can ANY business compete on a level playing field with the government?
If we send the 11-15 million illegal aliens back to their country of origin, we can do a few things. By getting rid of the illegal workers in America, we have open jobs for Americans. We will ease the burden on the health care system by eliminating people using the emergency room as the primary care physician. We will also open up construction jobs to work on the border fence that we the taxpayers funded but is not being built. Where did the money go?
Bailing out ANY company was the wrong move by the government. I feel for the people loosing jobs. The auto industry was hit hard. But the majority of the blame can be laid at the feet of the U.A.W. By forcing, through strikes, the companies to move more money into the workers retirement, health care, pay, etc, it forced the auto makers to increase auto cost to pay for the increases. There are people out of work right now that, I believe, would cross a picket line for a check. Let the UAW walk out and hire new workers. I would rather pay for training a new person that giving in to the UAW.
Unions can and should talk to workers about becoming a union shop. BUT the vote by the workers should be private behind a curtain, NOT in public so as to be influenced by union representatives.
Investigate ACORN. There are enough allegations that it should become apparent that something is going on.
Leave my guns alone. The Constitution guarantees me the right to keep and bear arms. Support HR 197 / S 845, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.
Given the chance to speak to the President I would say this....
Mr President, you decided, along with Congress, that bailing out failing companies was a wise investment. You said giving money to business failures was what we needed to do. There was a better way that trusts the average American. It gives the people who are used to budgeting and living within their means a chance. Give all those citizens of the USA over 50 years of age 1 million dollars with the following caveats. Using that money, pay off your current home OR buy a newly constructed home. Pay off your current AMERICAN made car OR buy a new car, in cash, from one of the big 3. What is left is yours free and clear, not taxes, provided it all goes into a designated retirement fund, IE 401(K) IRA, etc. Pay off all credit card debt. Last, retire now.
Doing this would have immediately opened up jobs, created a need for automobiles and shored up the housing market and lending institutions.
I would like to thank you for taking time to “listen” to one of your constituents.

Dear Mr President,

2009-07-06T11:38:00.000-07:00

It is with a happy heart that I tell you I am done. Not smoking, that was almost 10 years ago. I am done listening to your lies. I hear your words and they are interrupted by treacherous undertones that some miss and many do not. I hear the speeches and many fall under the power of the mantra you ran on, "CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE". Yet here I sit knowing full well the only change you were referring to was a change of the title holder. You sir have changed nothing.
You have seen fit to appoint people to act in your stead, yet they answer to no one but you. I fear you have risen to the position you are in and have not the first clue what The Constitution is about. You sir are the very reason it was written. You and your political appointee's.
I have made it my mission to, at every chance, expose your tyranny to the light of the American public. I have made it my mission to expose your traitorous words and actions so that the public is made aware of what some of us elected.
Many people fell victim to your words and swagger. I did not. I knew that if America was to fall, it would have to come from within, and it has. Your proposed "Cap and Trade" will shackle America, your "Bailout" of American business will lock the shackles in place. Thanks to you, we are slaves. Slaves to a debt that will take generations to pay off, IF it ever gets paid off at all.
Now you want to tell the American public we "need" health care. We "need" Government run, "Nationalized" health care. How ironic that you and your party are proposing a health care plan that is supposed to be a god send, yet you and Congress will not be a part of it. Why is that Mr President? If this plan is so good, why do you and Congress not partake of it?
I am done. No more. every person I meet will know about it. Every person who will lend me an ear will hear about the speech with no clear meanings. They will know that you apologized for us, bowed to world leaders and made us weak in the world's eyes.

One more Patriot
One more Constitutional Defender,
One more Willing to stand in your way,

Average Citizen

Letter to our President

2009-07-06T11:26:00.001-07:00

Please, forward this to our President to let him know how you feel. What follows is a letter sent to our President by Representative Sam Rohrer, District 128, Berks County, Pa. It was/is a reply to a recent speech made by President Obama.

Dear Mr. President,

I write to you as one elected official to another on behalf of average American citizens. We listen to your words and measure them carefully. With hope, we watch your actions. We then look to history and compare the events of our day with the events of yesterday. We look to our Founders and read carefully their intellectual discourses and their moral debate. They ultimately concluded that the actions of the king were best described as tyranny, because they could not be honestly described any other way. Having come to such a serious and reasoned conclusion, their path was charted—unknown as to its outcome—but certain as to its demand upon them. Mr. President, we are doing what Americans have done before.

Many of your words, at face value, inspire and offer some level of hope. This is why many Americans cast their vote for you. Yet, now that you are in office, your actions are inspiring fear and distrust. At nearly every level, Americans, regardless of political party, are being forced to walk down the same road our Founders were forced to walk – questioning, analyzing, and looking deep within their souls. The similarities between the past and the present are amazing. If you desire to test the American people’s resolve and challenge their patience, you are accomplishing your goal. You know what is happening within the hearts and minds of the average American. That is why state legislatures are offering and passing resolutions, re-affirming the 10th Amendment and state sovereignty issue. That is why the Tea Party movement is growing by the day and is attended by rich and poor alike. That is why you and Congress are hearing from the American public in record numbers on an increasing range of major issues including the bail-out, the stimulus plan, “cap and tax”, and government intrusion into health care.

Your speech sounds sensitive to the economic and emotional needs so heavy on our people. Yet, your continued references to being guided by the “Rule of Law” (our Founders knew this meant God’s Higher Law and the Highest Law of the Land – the Constitution) are hollow and disingenuous. Your recent speech in front of the original Constitution of the United States of America in the National Archives makes it all so clear that your words mean nothing. Your agenda and you yourself appear to be that “rule of law” – effectively setting aside all Constitutional constraints. It’s unfortunate that I must be so direct, but you are leaving the American people with very few options.

Mr. President, it is clear by your speech and actions that your oath to the Constitution is not binding to you and, therefore, is a broken oath. On many fronts, so much of significance has happened in such a short time. You (and the Congress) are overriding state sovereignty and encouraging the states into unsustainable programs through Stimulus Funds: this will force them to beg you and the elite in Washington for help when the funding runs out. Your policies are destroying the wealth of hard-working Americans by plunging this nation into inescapable debt to our enemies and by justifying the disastrous printing of trillions in fiat money. What you and the Federal Reserve do not destroy immediately by exploding our debt, will be completely devoured by the ensuing hyper-inflation. What an insidious way for you and Congress to spend what you do not have by robbing it from every hard-working American who has responsibly worked and saved!

You have violated historic contract law by choosing who wins and who loses, while Chrysler and General Motors is eviscerated and turned into ‘Government Motors’. You have thumbed your nose at the ‘Balance of Power’, so carefully conceived and implemented by our Founders, by appointing unaccountable “Czars” to function as your direct emissaries over fundamental areas of public policy, thereby blatantly by-passing the checks and balances of Congressional oversight. You pursue special interest agendas motivated by the faddish science of “Global Warming” or “Climate Change”, or whatever it will be called next. In the ‘cap and tax’ plan, you justify the biggest tax assault on the American people ever conceived. Yet, you boldly assure the American people that it will cost them nothing, since only the “polluters” will pay. But, in the process you will destroy thousands of truly sustainable jobs (in exchange for temporary “green” jobs – like insulating buildings and re-caulking windows). Bringing America to its knees in financial dependence, in energy dependence, and a gutted manufacturing sector is sadly what’s happening. It appears that in reality, the “Change” you promised is just your personal change—clearly not what the American people so desperately hoped for.

So Mr. President, these things that I and the American people have come to observe and conclude are bringing this nation to a point closer each day that resembles the circumstances that forced the hearts, the minds and then the hands of our Founders. As we quickly approach the remembering of Independence Day – July 4, 2009, please remember that as you make your choices, so must we. May you and all the American people reread the Declaration of Independence – very carefully. Identify the principles they clearly stated and then apply them to today. Feel the intensity of the letter sent to the King. Understand the careful steps they undertook to make the moral case for freedom and independence in the context of the history of mankind. Note in particular the foundational precepts woven into paragraph two, written as much for the benefit of Americans yet unknown and unborn as it was a message to King George. As the President who holds the highest elected position in both honor and responsibility in this Republic, place yourself in the position of the King, look in the mirror, and then look across this great land at the faces of our great people and listen to their pleas. The King didn’t know for sure all that Declaration Letter would mean for him, but I am certain that he knew he had ignited the will and passion of a freedom-loving people for which only time would prove the outcome.

So it is today. Now, we have the Constitution against which to compare the words and actions of those in public office. The people, Mr. President, are awaking. They are realigning their priorities, purifying their motivations, and galvanizing their wills. Their freedom and their families are what they love and, thankfully, what they will defend. As to what comes next, I cannot say. I do know that another Declaration Letter is not necessary since this country already belongs to us. Our freedom and this republic are already ours. It is the return of freedom they demand. It is nothing less than the adherence to the Constitution and to the oath we have both taken that they demand. We, continuing to carefully note and compare as our Founders did, are also coming to serious and reasoned conclusions. Our path is charted – unknown perhaps as to its ultimate outcome – but certain as to its demand upon us.

From all those who love their Freedom,

State Representative Sam Rohrer
District 128 – Berks County

2009-07-04T06:23:00.000-07:00

Today is a day, that to many, is more than just another day. It is a day that we as a nation, celebrate our Independence. To all my brothers and women in uniform around the world, thank you for your service and come home soon.

What follows is a speech written by John Manning, that won a www.worldnetdaily.com Independent Day TEA Party speech contest. All I can say about it is WOW, can that guy write!!

Fastened upon our ancestors by the despots of faraway lands, the Chains of Tyranny were linked by hereditary bondage, undeserved tribute and indentured servitude. By exhibiting gallant resolve and courage – in some cases against the face of certain death – our Minutemen forefathers gloriously threw off these chains just 233 short years ago.

Much has changed since that time. Yet today, we hear again the rattling and clanking of the Chains of Tyranny. The chains we hear are held not by foreign powers. Dreadfully, it is those among us, many of whom are our elected leaders, who possess the chains and toil endlessly to cast them across our backs. Now heavier and longer, the Chains of Tyranny have been wrought with new links – apathy masked by complacency, socialism fueled by internationalism, cults of undeserved celebrity and a reckless belief in the equality of results.

Moreover, they are now deceptively plated in gold. We have been assured, time and time again, by those who hold the chains that they "know better" and that to embrace their shackles would be "for our own good."

The threatened return of the Chains of Tyranny triggers that transcendent call for us to assemble here today.

Who are we?

We are the Defenders of Liberty!

Our hands reach across generations. We do not perceive the value of each other in abstract terms of race, gender, ethnicity or creed. We do not see ourselves as rich or poor. We spurn "identity politics" as a lazy and inadequate substitute for a guarded vigilance balanced by independent thoughts. For we are all individual citizens of America – black and white, man and woman, Mayflower descendent and newly naturalized – and we must all stand united to protect freedom's priceless but delicate charge!

We detest efforts by the holders of the Chains of Tyranny to corrupt the everyday meaning of things and turn us against one another.

Hope is not faith! Change is not reform! Taxation is not charity! Equality is not opportunity! Servitude is not freedom!

To this end, we reject the following confused ideas tinkered in minds that reason abandoned and faith no longer moderates: Inconvenient truths, audacities of hope, carbon footprints, unearned incomes and government-sponsored "recoveries."

We believe there is but one market – the free market – that, if allowed to run unfettered in a free society, can provide all men and women the opportunity to use the results of their work to better themselves, their families and their communities.

We know that public bailouts, no matter the intention, foster dependence, which in turn fornicates with servitude and begets slavery. For this reason alone, we would rather walk than drive a car made by any government! We would rather be paupers than be made rich by "public" money! We would rather drop dead than be cared for by Nurse Fed!

We further reject the guise of "universal health care" and recognize this abhorrent creature for what it is: a brazen attempt to seize illegally our wealth, control how we care for our mortal bodies, limit our access to the best medicines, stifle scientific progress and medical innovation, and transform our doctor's offices and hospitals into DMV-style waiting rooms.

The Defenders of Liberty will never stand by and ignore the attempts of others to cast off their own chains of servitude. We will not strike accords or offer bribes to dictators! We would rather cut off our hands before extending them to the harbingers of evil!

Speaking of evil, we know only those true rights: those that are unalienable and endowed by our Creator. We reject penumbral "rights" as false and dangerous ideas contrived in judicial cauldrons established only to massacre those who permeate the bookends of life.

And finally, we know that our sovereignty shall forever reside in We the People. For this we reassert that any government that limits the God-given right of her citizens to defend themselves automatically ceases to be a government – for such action shall void the social contract from which it was forged.

We are the True Patriots, left to guard perpetually that shining city upon a hill. We know of her, we dream of her, and yes, throughout history she has had a name: AMERICA! Let us rally around her, for we are the Defenders of Liberty! Let us will hoist our flags, wave our banners and bear our arms! Let us be vigilant and fight any attempt to ravage her! For, as the envious eyes of the world are still cast upon us, we vow not to be the last to feel the sweet effervescence of her freedom!

God bless America!

Support the nationalization of health care!!

2009-06-22T19:46:00.000-07:00

I am here to tell you that I am fully supportive of the health care plan proposed by our congressional leadership. Yep, a conservative that is behind the health care proposal of Obama. With one little tweak. I will support it no questions asked IF congress will write into the plan that they MUST use the same plan that they are pushing on us. Yep, they are exempt. It is good enough for us, but NOT for them. Very interesting.........

Another ramble.....

2009-06-10T08:19:00.000-07:00

January 10th, 1986 I was sitting in the living room at my parent’s house. My best friend asked me why I joined the Navy. There were multiple reasons why, not the least of which was just to get away from home. I had to get out and see life and what the world was all about. The military seemed like the best choice. Understand I do not, for one minute, regret my choice. I have seen and done things I will NEVER forget. Some cement my choice for enlisting while others make me question the machine that is our military. But all of them strengthen my love of my country.

My best friend asked me why. Without thought or hesitation I replied “Wes, we have freedoms others will never know or enjoy. Too many men and women died for those freedoms for me not to contribute to the cause.”

You may think it sounds cheesy or wonder what 17 year old thinks that. I did. My father, every day I was at home, practiced patriotism by simply living live and working hard. He reminded me that no one gives you anything; you get what you work for and if you want it-go get it.

My father was in the Air Force and my Uncle in the Navy. I had cousins in the Army. Love of country runs deep in my family.

But it seems that patriotism is dying and those that are patriots are ridiculed for it. The far left would have you believe that members of the armed forces are somehow less than they. I grew up reciting a pledge of allegiance to my flag and to the United States of America. Yet a small minority group would like you to think the pledge, since it uses the word God, should not be recited in school. Never mind that history proves our founding fathers had faith in God and wanted that biblical foundation evident in our governmental system.

The Constitution states Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Some have distorted it so much that many people now believe that politics/government and religion cannot co-exist. The state and the church must be separated by a chasm. It seems ok to tout your family heritage as an influence to your decisions but it is NOT ok to use your faith, unless that faith is not a Judeo-Christian belief system. Supreme Court Judge, Sonia Sotamayor is a perfect example. Her Latino heritage will allow her to make better decisions than a white male. She hit the big two in one statement, racism and sexism. But she is a liberal so it is allowed. I wonder what would have been said if she had made a statement such as my belief in God and his holy scriptures, I believe, will allow me to make a fully informed and better decision than a male Muslim.

There is no equality in America. There never has been and never will be. AS long as men and women are alive there will be prejudice. It cannot be stamped out or eradicated by any means except a true to the core faith and belief in God. And not everyone will follow that faith and belief. We must stop using this unequal treatment as a crutch. Not everyone gets a great education. Not everyone gets too got to Harvard or Yale. The world needs ditch diggers. The world needs farmers, stay at home moms, stay at home dads and guys to trim your hedges and mow your grass. Life isn’t fair and the sooner we as a society realize that and stop trying to change what cannot be changed, we will be better off for it. You cannot legislate an opinion.

What is more inspiring than a man or women raised in poverty in the United States? They then move on to Community College and have to work to pay tuition. Community College followed by a four year institution of learning. What is more inspiring than having all the cards stacked against you, yet you play the hand as dealt and win. Our hallowed halls of education, government and corporate America are full of stories of people who grew up poor. Some were raised on farms and some were raised in the inner city. Yet somehow, with no government intervention, they thrived and moved on to become movers and shakers. Powerful men and women who persevered and are a living testament to what is, or at least was, the United States story. That story being hard work will get you there; you have to do it for yourself and by yourself at times. The Constitution guarantees the pursuit of happiness, no one will or can stop you from going after it. It never guarantees you’ll find it or get it or even have it handed to you by the government.

It is time for the people of the United States to put up or shut up! Over 200 years ago our forefathers put up. They refused to allow tyranny and greed to rule the new colonies. They believed in it so much they took a gamble and came by boat to a far-away, uncharted land with no infrastructure to help them. There were no roads, no houses, no nothing but land and opportunity to make a new life. All they needed was opportunity, they got it and thrived. They were not perfect, but what was perfect was their resolve. When called for, these men and women showed strength of character and ideals for a better society that paved the way for what we enjoy today. They fought for and in some cases died for our liberty. They did it for their posterity.

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station.... It is time. We have got to stand up, grab a pitchfork and a torch and march on Washington. I am speaking figuratively of course. We must take back our society from the greedy politicians in Washington who stopped listening to us long ago. These men and women no longer make decisions that in any way effect them. They have manipulated their way into positions that, in affect, have made them immune to the laws they enact. They use political manipulation to further their cause and are so influenced by special interest that the special interest groups now run the country. It is as if the politicians were puppets and the special interest groups are the puppeteers, just pulling strings and watching politicians dance. They have either forgotten or no longer care that they were voted into office by us to work for us. WE HAVE LET THEM FORGET and that must change or we will continue to slide down the slope that we are gaining speed on already.

GO MONTANA!!

2009-05-18T07:01:00.000-07:00

The state of Montana has just thrown down the gauntlet. They didn't drop it or place it on the ground. They threw it right at the feet of the federal government and told them "Lets get ready to rumble!"
Montana passed and signed a law that states...

HOUSE BILL NO. 246
INTRODUCED BY J. BONIEK, BENNETT, BUTCHER, CURTISS, RANDALL, WARBURTONAN ACT EXEMPTING FROM FEDERAL REGULATION UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES A FIREARM, A FIREARM ACCESSORY, OR AMMUNITION MANUFACTURED AND RETAINED IN MONTANA; AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Short title. [Sections 1 through 6] may be cited as the "Montana Firearms Freedom Act".Section 2. Legislative declarations of authority. The legislature declares that the authority for [sections 1 through 6] is the following:(1) The 10th amendment to the United States constitution guarantees to the states and their people all powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in the constitution and reserves to the state and people of Montana certain powers as they were understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889. The guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
(2) The ninth amendment to the United States constitution guarantees to the people rights not granted in the constitution and reserves to the people of Montana certain rights, as they were understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889. The guaranty of those rights is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
(3) The regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states under the 9th and 10th amendments to the United States constitution, particularly if not expressly preempted by federal law. Congress has not expressly preempted state regulation of intrastate commerce pertaining to the manufacture on an intrastate basis of firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition.
(4) The second amendment to the United States constitution reserves to the people the right to keep and bear arms as that right was understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889, and the guaranty of the right is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
(5) Article II, section 12, of the Montana constitution clearly secures to Montana citizens, and prohibits government interference with, the right of individual Montana citizens to keep and bear arms. This constitutional protection is unchanged from the 1889 Montana constitution, which was approved by congress and the people of Montana, and the right exists, as it was understood at the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
Section 3. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 6], the following definitions apply:
(1) "Borders of Montana" means the boundaries of Montana described in Article I, section 1, of the 1889 Montana constitution.
(2) "Firearms accessories" means items that are used in conjunction with or mounted upon a firearm but are not essential to the basic function of a firearm, including but not limited to telescopic or laser sights, magazines, flash or sound suppressors, folding or aftermarket stocks and grips, speed loaders, ammunition carriers, and lights for target illumination.
(3) "Generic and insignificant parts" includes but is not limited to springs, screws, nuts, and pins.
(4) "Manufactured" means that a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition has been created from basic materials for functional usefulness, including but not limited to forging, casting, machining, or other processes for working materials.Section 4. Prohibitions. A personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Montana and that remains within the borders of Montana is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce. It is declared by the legislature that those items have not traveled in interstate commerce. This section applies to a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured in Montana from basic materials and that can be manufactured without the inclusion of any significant parts imported from another state. Generic and insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or consumer product applications are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition, and their importation into Montana and incorporation into a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Montana does not subject the firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition to federal regulation. It is declared by the legislature that basic materials, such as unmachined steel and unshaped wood, are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition and are not subject to congressional authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition under interstate commerce as if they were actually firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition. The authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce in basic materials does not include authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition made in Montana from those materials. Firearms accessories that are imported into Montana from another state and that are subject to federal regulation as being in interstate commerce do not subject a firearm to federal regulation under interstate commerce because they are attached to or used in conjunction with a firearm in Montana.
Section 5. Exceptions.
[Section 4] does not apply to:
(1) A firearm that cannot be carried and used by one person;
(2) A firearm that has a bore diameter greater than 1 1/2 inches and that uses smokeless powder, not black powder, as a propellant;
(3) ammunition with a projectile that explodes using an explosion of chemical energy after the projectile leaves the firearm; or
(4) a firearm that discharges two or more projectiles with one activation of the trigger or other firing device.
Section 6. Marketing of firearms. A firearm manufactured or sold in Montana under [sections 1 through 6] must have the words "Made in Montana" clearly stamped on a central metallic part, such as the receiver or frame.
Section 7. Codification instruction. [Sections 1 through 6] are intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 30, and the provisions of Title 30 apply to [sections 1 through 6].Section 8. Applicability. [This act] applies to firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured, as defined in [section 3], and retained in Montana after October 1, 2009.

*excerpt taken from Freedoms Phoenix
What does this mean for the average guy? Nothing if you don't live in Montana. However, this now means there could be potentially thousands of guns with marking that do not meat FEDERAL standards but meet MONTANA standards. Are they the same standards? I don't know, but I do know that Texas is not far behind with a very similar law and now that Montana has acted upon their rights according to the Constitution, President Obama has 2 choices. Do nothing and look weak OR go after them AFTER he puts in an anti-gun appointee in the highest court in the land. If he goes after them, will they succeed the union? Maybe. If Texas enacts their law, he is forced to do something.
Can he afford to have 2 states succeed the union? Only time will tell where this goes.

Ramble on my friend...

2009-05-13T09:40:00.000-07:00

I was surfing and Googling this morning. I happened to come upon a question about Right Wing Anarchists. It got me thinking is there or could there be such a group? By very definition, one could argue it would be impossible. Anarchy is a lack of control, by any government, law enforcement agency or otherwise. A state of complete lack of control of society. About as far as you could get from most right wing ideologues I know. This would include me.

However, recent events enacted by our current oppressive government cause me to re-think my opinion.

I am beginning to see the value, albeit it short lived, in a bit of anarchy. I believe that our government, no matter how many opinion polls I participate in or how many petitions I sign, is never going to listen.

I believe our current government, to include BOTH parties, have gotten fat on our dime. We as a citizenry have allowed them to operate unbridled for far too long and now will not be able to rein them in. We allow them to vote themselves a pay raise. They bailed out AIG because AIG deals with their retirement plans. Am I the only one seeing a conflict of interest? They want national health care but will they participate in it? Not on your life, they have their own health plan.

Given the magic wand there are a few things I would make happen.

1. Two terms for ALL government elected officials.
2. ALL elected Government officials, president excluded, are part time. All expenses are paid for by the official and then treated as business expenses for tax purposes. They meet for 90 days in the summer drawing a small salary during that time.
3. ALL laws brought before the Government must be voted on in state FIRST. Elected Officials must vote the way of the state, regardless of how they feel personally about it.
4. Two terms with no automatic retirement plan. You want to retire rich, participate in a 401(k) or a Roth IRA. This would also apply to the President.
5. No more Electoral College. Majority vote wins period. California gets no more say that Montana or Alaska or New Mexico.
6. We put a man on the moon. We can’t make a computer system that can’t be hacked and use it for voting?
7. If you’re not a citizen of my country, because it is my country, Shut Your Pie Hole or go home! The USA didn’t invite you here, feel free to leave. Stop trying to turn it into “your country of origin” lite. You don’t get free health care, a say in the educational process or anything else! All that to say, I would allow Border Patrol to patrol our borders and protect our country from the invasion of ILLEGAL INVADERS. They are invaders, not immigrants. Invader-to permeate, to intrude upon, to encroach or infringe upon.
8. EVERYTHING would be in English. Can’t read it, learn it!
9. Police, Fireman and teachers would get pay raises. Police based on department performance, Fireman on houses/lives saved and teachers based on a standard national test that changes every year to prevent teaching to the test.
10. Retiring military personnel get free health care for life.
11. Finally, ALL personnel prior to serving in the government as elected officials must serve in the military and be honorably dis-charged.

It’s my dream, let me dream it......

If the 1st Ammendment ever fails, the 2nd Ammendment won't.

The Obama Deception

2009-05-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

Time to see the deception
If you can make it, please go.

The time is now.......

2009-05-07T09:50:00.000-07:00

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "
Thomas Jefferson

When will it happen?

2009-04-30T09:29:00.000-07:00

At what point will President Obama cease to blame everything on Republicans and George Bush? Long before he was elected he was blaming the Republicans, to include then President Bush, for all the worlds ills. If you google Obama blames Republicans, you will see that this has been a consistent theme of his for quite a while. At what point will the American public realize he has been in office long enough to start shouldering some of the blame?

I am the first to stand up and say Bush had some policies and made decisions I did not agree with. TARP is a great starting point. Not being very fiscally responsible is another. He could have and should have been a little, OK a lot, more adamant about eliminating earmarks. He could have done more to secure our borders. Since his election, President Obama has managed to saddle, at a minimum, 3 generations with the largest debt I have ever seen. He has said he is going to cut taxes AND lower the deficit. So if I understand right, cut taxes (take less money), raise spending and somehow lower the deficit. I'm no Einstein or Steven Hawking, but somehow I am missing how this is going to work.

At what point will President Obama stop apologizing to the world and turning his back on our allies, ISRAEL, and stop "hanging out" with mass murders, crazy mad dictators and cheap dimestore thugs? Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad, and their ilk. If he studied American history as long as he studied Socialism, he would know that much of the free world would not be so free had the burden not been carried on the shoulders of America! How many of our young men and women lay in graves around the globe? Bodies and parts left on beaches in Normandy, Anzio, Saipan and so many others that we have long forgotten. Our men have gone places we have never heard of doing missions that never happened and died in "training" accidents. And for what? So our President could bow to a King from another Country?! I bow to one king and one King only. He isn't from Saudi Arabia, he is from a small town. Bethlehem in Jerusalem. Watching our President bow to the Saudi king was frightening. A bow admits inferiority. And inferior, we are not! If we are, then we need to pull ALL of our troops from the far corners of the globe, bring them home and put them on our borders. Give them some training. Give them some time protecting home soil.

Jenkintown, Pa TEA Party on www.youtube.com

2009-04-17T16:16:00.000-07:00

JENKINTOWN, PA TEA Party

MORE FROM OUR TEA Party in JENKINTOWN, PA

Jenkintown, Pa TEA Party update

2009-04-15T12:01:00.000-07:00

What an absolutely fantastic two hours!! IT was raining and cold and windy and at one point we had about 30-40 people standing around Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz's office or just down the street. We had old folks and young folks. We had Democrats and Republicans. We all had one thing in common. Frustration with our current tax system, code and tax levels.
We had people honking at us, both supporting and not supporting us. Many people, we could tell as they drove by slowly, were reading signs.
At one point I had a gentleman stop and talk to me about taxes and why we were out. We had points we agreed on and some we didn't. But we kept the discussion on point and civil. No accusations at any one party. We agreed that Congress is spending out of control and in the wrong places. We did not agree on ALL the places they spend as being wrong, but on some we did agree.
Bottom line, it was a fantastic afternoon spent exercising my right to free speech and to assemble in peace. I made some great friends and memories.

The gathering made me realize that the men and women wearing the uniform, supporting and defending our Constitution, are the reason I and my new friends, can do what we did. To all of you, where ever you are, thank you.

I AM A BAD AMERICAN. ARE YOU?!

2009-04-10T11:23:00.001-07:00

YES, I'M A BAD AMERICAN
I Am the Liberal-Progressives Worst Nightmare.
I am an American.
I am a Master Mason and believe in God.
I ride Harley Davidson Motorcycles and believe in American products.
I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some Liberal governmental functionary be it Democratic or Republican!
I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way!
I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer, it makes you a smart American.
I Think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything. Get over it!
I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, do it in English.
I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.
My heroes are John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Roy Rogers, and Willie G. Davidson that makes the Awesome Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time watching or arguing about it.
I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you! So, shut up already.
I believe if you don't like the way things are here, go back to where you came from and change your own country! This is AMERICA . We like it the way it is! If you were born here and don't like it you are free to move to any Socialist country that will have you.
I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution.
Can I get an AMEN on that one?
I also think the cops have the right to pull you over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.
And, no, I don't mind having my face shown on my drivers license.
I think it's good.... And I'm proud that 'God' is written on my money.
I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.
I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me stuff or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause.
Get a Job and do your part!
I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes TWO parents.
I believe 'illegal' is illegal no matter what the lawyers think.
I believe the American flag should be the only one allowed in AMERICA!!
If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.

If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know.
We want our country back!

WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE

Steve Ball

sgball99@yahoo.com

Note: Thanks to my dad for sending me this one.

When the music stopped

2009-04-10T04:47:00.000-07:00

For those who are unaware, at a military theater, the National Anthem is played before every movie.

From a Chaplain in Iraq:

I attended a showing of "Superman 3" here at LSA Anaconda. We have alarge auditorium we use for movies, as well as memorial services and other large gatherings. As is the custom back in the states, we stood and snapped to attention when the National Anthem began before the main feature. All was
going as planned until about three-quarters of the way through the National Anthem the music stopped.

Now, what would happen if this occurred with 1,000 18-22 year-olds back in the States? I imagine there would be hoots, catcalls, laughter, a few rude comments; and everyone would sit down and call for a movie. Of course, that is, if they had stood for the National Anthem in the first place. Here, the 1,000 Soldiers continued to stand at attention, eyes fixed forward. The music started again. The Soldiers continued to quietly stand at attention. And again at the same point, the music stopped. What would you expect to happen?

Even here I would imagine laughter, as everyone finally sat down and expected the movie to start. But here, you could have heard a pin drop. Every Soldier continued to stand at attention. Suddenly there was a lone voice, then a dozen, and quickly the room was filled with the voices of a thousand soldiers, finishing where the recording left off:" And the rockets red glare, The bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."

It was the most inspiring moment I have had here in Iraq. I wanted you to know what kind of Soldiers are serving you here. Remember them as they fight for you! Pass this along as a reminder to others to be ever in prayer for all our soldiers serving us here at home and abroad. For many have already paid the ultimate price.

Written by Chaplain Jim Higgins

LSA Anaconda is at the Balad Airport in Iraq, north of Bagdad

Note: Thanks to Jackie for sending this to me.

Reply from our President

2009-04-03T08:23:00.001-07:00

I wrote our President a while back and asked a few questions. He actually replied to me. Wow, El Presidente found time in his busy talk show circuit, meeting with the queen, basketball bracket, basketball playin schedule to write little ole me.
Don't get your hopes up as I did. Below find his reply to my comments about wastefull government spending

Dear Mr. XXXXXX,
I received your letter and enjoy hearing from my constituency. While I do not share your views on what is considered wasteful spending, I do appreciate you contacting me and expressing your opinion.
In regards to your views, I do agree with you that we need to stop wasting taxpayer money on unnecessary government projects. To that end, in order to afford the next Stimulus bill we will be starting to cut spending as follows.

1)It is unfortunate but the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice.

There will be more cuts in the near future as I and my cabinet meet and discuss the correct path for America to follow. Feel free to contact me in the future in the need should arise.

Warmest Regards,
Commander in Chief Barack H Obama

Update

2009-03-23T15:54:00.001-07:00

So far the response to the TEA Party announcement has been pretty good. We have 6 people who have asked for the time/place. I am hoping they bring 3-4 friends apiece. That would be great, especially since we have a potential radio personality from our local talk radio, 1210AM, showing up (maybe) at 1:30. Dom, you are welcome whenever you want to show up!! Yeah, Dom Giordano may show. He is one hell of a talk show host.
If Michael Smerconish showed, that would be the best. He is my morning drive ride-along. He voted democrat, but I respect him none-the-less. He is a Republican who was lured in by the possibility of change. Not realizing that the change Obama was referring to was what he will leave in your paycheck after his tax plans get implemented.

LinkedIn Group

2009-03-21T07:59:00.000-07:00

LinkedIn Group.

Democrats caught on tape!

2009-03-21T06:57:00.000-07:00

Why am I not surprised?!

Planning is over....

2009-03-20T16:10:00.000-07:00

The time for action is now! The TEA Party in Montgomery County, Pa is on! We are holding it on April 15th. We will be hoisting the TEA Party signs from 12 to 2pm at the 700 Block of West Ave. Coincidentally real close to the Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz's Jenkintown office. Weird how that happens huh?!
All are invited. Democrats, Republicans, it does not matter. All yo have to believe is our taxes and the tax system are out of control, the inmates are running the prison and the government runs for us and by us!

Hope to see you there.

Any questions can be directed to montcoteaparty@gmail.com

TEA Party in the planning stages.

2009-03-20T09:38:00.000-07:00

I understand I am a little late to get on board with this, but I am still on board. I am planing a TEA Party in Norristown, Pa. IF I get it to come together in time, EVERYONE with a TEA PArty sign and those without are invited.
I am looking at maybe doing it around Allyson Schwartz's office but not sure yet.
Stay tuned for updates.....

Straight up funny! And scary......

2009-03-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

I got this from World Net Daily and if they had not come out and said it was a joke, I may have believed it was true!!

President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said California Sen. Barbara Boxer. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing."

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U.S. employer of Persons With No Ability.

Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against the inept include retail sales (72 percent), the airline industry (68 percent), and home-improvement warehouse stores (65 percent). At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given so as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability (POI) into middle-management positions, and give a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.

Finally, the Americans With No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, "Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?"

"As a non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them," said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Mich., due to her inability to remember righty tighty, lefty loosey. "This new law should be real good for people like me." With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Sen. Dick Durbin: "As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so."

Quite a funny little story.....

2009-03-17T19:16:00.001-07:00

I recently asked my friend ' s little girl what she wanted to be when
she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of
her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her,
'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do? '

She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.'

Her parents beamed.

'Wow...what a worthy goal. ' I told her, ' But you don't have to wait
until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and
mow the lawn, pull weeds, and rake my yard, and I'll pay you $50.
Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy
hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house. '

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight
in the eye and asked, ' Why doesn ' t the homeless guy come over
and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50? '

I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'

Her parents still aren't speaking to me.

Very nice artwork

2009-03-10T03:32:00.000-07:00

I have to admit that is nice work. It would look nice in my house!

The New American Tea Party

2009-03-08T18:18:00.000-07:00

I was sent an email this evening from a friend. He was kind enough to tell me about a web-site he found. Being skeptical, I had to check it out and needless to say, it will be on my list of places to frequently visit.

It's time for a tea party.

What have you stole from me lately?

2009-03-06T09:33:00.000-08:00

The nation's unemployment rate raced to 8.1% in February. Employers cut 651,000 jobs. Since the recession started in December 2007 the economy has lost 4.4 million jobs. Over half of those lost jobs occurred in the past four months. Since president Obama's swearing in on Jan 20, the DOW has lost $2.5 TRILLION in market value and fallen almost 20.5%. U.S. bankruptcy filings surged 31 percent in 2008. More than 600,000 Americans filed claims for jobless benefits for a fifth straight week, the worst performance since 1982. U.S. factory orders are falling for a sixth straight month in January, official data showed. One in every eight U.S. households with mortgages ended 2008 behind on payments or in foreclosure, reported the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But that is okay. I am sure spending TRILLIONS more on earmarks, oops sorry, job creating, worthwhile projects, will get us all that money back. I am sure that very soon all of the retirement funds I have lost will return with interest. The interest I was promised when they bailed out the big three and AIG.

I will admit Obama was handed a recession, but if you listen to him for the previous 1.5 years he was campaigning to become the President, he acted and talked like that didn't matter. he talked like as soon as he was sworn in it was all going to be fixed. Of course now we know what he means by fixed. If you mean driving our national deficit deeper and deeper, lying about earmarks and pork projects (I seem to recall a line from a past president, It depends on what your definition of is is) and being transparent. If by transparent you mean closed door meetings with no republican representation then he is being transparent.

So far this president has been an abysmal failure and utter disgrace. He appoints tax cheats, refuses to prove he is a citizen, loads of his first few bill signings with enough pork to choke every BBQ eater on the planet, makes plans for our future that are killing our economy and wants to raise taxes on those making over $250,000. Last I checked, I never got a job from a poor person!!

How much longer can we afford to let this President wanna-be, cause I am not convinced he is a citizen, steal our money and tax us to death?

Another thought

2009-03-04T11:21:00.001-08:00

December 16, 1773 to 4 March, 2009. 85912 days or 12273 weeks or 2822 months or 235 years.

No matter how you look at it, it has been along time since we stood up to the tyranny. British parliament enacted The Townsend Act. The Colonies argued that they did not have an obligation to pay taxes when they had no representation. So all the taxes in The Townsend Act were repealed, save one, the taxes on tea. On December 16, 1773 a few hundred men, tired of the Townsend Acts tax levies and many other issues with the British parliament, marched to Boston harbor disguised as Indians and dumped 3 ships worth of tea into the harbor.

Given the state of our current parliament, I mean government, it only seems appropriate to wonder if it is time for another tea party. Not so much because of the tariffs on tea, but simply because we have no representation. Knowing that if we wanted to do anything about it, it is almost impossible, Congress ignores us. Maybe we need to remind them who works for whom. Maybe we need to mail a tea bag to our congressional leaders. IF they figured it out, would it do any good? Probably not. They get elected to represent us. So maybe they are. Maybe they are doing what we ask. Maybe we need to ask, no, TELL them what we want.

Of course talk is cheap and right now I am as guilty as the next guy. I sit here in my safe, warm chair and type out thoughts, sometimes coherent ones, hoping to inspire someone to start the ball rolling. When all along maybe I need to be the one that gets the ball rolling.

Maybe I need to start the Tea party of 2009.

I'm back

2009-03-04T11:00:00.000-08:00

As you can tell I have taken some time off. Had a final I needed to study for and started a new session at school. Ain't college grand? Speakin of education....

I am sure many of you watched CPAC and were able to watch Jonathan krohn. All I can say is DAMN!! I wish he was 44 and running for President. He wrote a book and touts the 4 principles that, I believe, would get him elected; 1) Respect for the Constitution (2) Respect for Life (3) Less Government (4) Personal Responsibility. Sounds good to me. Maybe he could speak to our current administration about those principles. They could use the education or in honor of their Socialist / Marxist / Communist views (depends on which liberal you speak to), re-education.

Too often Republicans get caught up in trying to be Liberal Lite. They try to be just conservative enough to get the Republican vote and liberal enough to get swing votes. Not this kid. He went out and in 2 minutes said more than 90% of the party line Republicans EVER could.

If the Republican party wants to get back the majority then we need a few more men and women like this "kid".

Way to go Jonathan.
Krohn in 2032

Interesting.......

2009-02-23T12:01:00.000-08:00

The president said we need to spend wisely so as not to saddle future generations and future administrations with debt. Is that why we passed a bill so full of pork it could be called a sausage?! The majority of the crap in the bill was payoff to his political support.

Is there a politician anywhere in America who has the stones to get elected and then vote his/her conscience and not his/her re-election? They get elected then pay off the groups who elect them. They worry way too much about getting re-elected. Would term limits solve this? I don't know, but it sounds good.

I would be WAY more supportive of the bill had the President left out the crap and instead made it actually a probable solution. Spending is not how you become fiscally responsible. If you spend what the President is proposing, where do we get the money to pay for it all AND pay the bills? Someone or some group has to take a big hit. I would bet it will be me. Middle age, middle wage American.

2009-02-21T03:58:00.000-08:00

Well I got this cartoon from a friend and I don't think it requires any explanation. If I need to explain it, then I should add another rat behind the piper and put your name on it.

2009-02-20T19:30:00.000-08:00

Lets see. The President ran on change. I'm not quite sure what he is changing. Wait, I got it. I know what he is changing! 1) National debt will now be even more since he signed the bailout, oops, I mean the porkulus, I mean the Stimulus Bill and 2) He changed the man in office during another Rahm Emanual scandal. First Clinton was in office when Mr Emanual was under scrutiny and now it is President Obama. 3) More people have tax issues under his administration that Bush. I am sure there is more but why dwell on it? I shouldn't be so hard on the man, after all he is still learning how to be President. Allthough as a community organizer you would think he would be able to get a group of staff organized that could pay taxes.
It would be so much easier if "dead fish" Rahm Emanual was not in office, I mean on the Presidential staff. Sorry about that everyone, it is tough to keep up with who is actually running the country. Anyway, if you think Rahm Emanual should just step down, follow the link below and sign the petition.

Mr Emanual, do the right thing and step down!!

Allow me a few moments....

2009-02-20T10:09:00.001-08:00

I just finished watching trailers for the movie "Taking Chance". It took a few minutes for the mist to clear from my eyes. Aw hell, it took a few minutes for more than mist, they were tears. I will admit that these kind of movies get to me. I was never a Marine. For 20 years I told Marine jokes as a rebuttal to their Sailor jokes.

Everyday Sailors, Marines, Soldiers and Airmen step into eternity. Whether it is mother nature making the call or some other means they step into eternity. They all had one thing in common. America. A deeper love for our country and our flag than ANYONE can possibly fathom. I can't speak for them all, but for me...... The flag is more than material. The constitution is more than paper. They are living representations of a time and a sentiment. A time when a group of people had taken as much as they could and decided enough was enough.

I get irate at Congress because I love my country and I see it being destroyed from the inside out. Destroyed by apathy and greed. Destroyed by people of all colors and religions and birth place. The cover of freedom that these men and women in uniform provide is not realized to the degree it should be or needs to be. We have freedoms that we would not have and many other peoples would not have because of men like Chance Phelps and Michael Murphy. Men who wrote a blank check for freedom and knew that at any time it could be cashed the hard way. Men and women who lie in unmarked graves around the world for a mere chance to bring peace and Democracy to someone else.

I would venture to say they would do it again if asked.

So when you see a uniform filled by a person you have one of two choices. Walk on by and be a part of the problem, no citizen involvement, or be a part of the solution. EVERY current and former service member I know doesn't want a free beer or a free meal. What do they want? Walk up to them, shake their hand and say thank you. That is plenty.
And when you get home, whether you are a believer or not, say a prayer that God will allow them to come home vertical and not horizontal.

To all my brothers and sisters around the globe, thank you. Come home safe and soon.

If you are listening Mr President....

2009-02-20T05:42:00.000-08:00

Mr President.
I would like to thank you for handing me more debt! I have spent the last year paying off credit cards and personal loans. I have worked two jobs at times and sacrificed a lot to make ends meet. But I did it. I didn't ask you for help nor would I take it. I want to fail and succeed on my own. I have failed and succeeded without your intervention and will continue as long as I breathe. Stay out of my life and let me live it. Let my fellow Americans fail and succeed on their own. We could both agree that failure teaches as much as anything else does and in some cases more.

Is anyone out there?

2009-02-20T05:17:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to post a link so you can watch Rick Santelli blast the administration about the stimulus package. If you want to watch it, go to youtube.com. Instead what I will offer is a question. Is anybody listening to him? Is anyone in Washington listening to him? Is anyone listening to us?

As Mr. Santelli said, is the President listening? It seems that a vast majority of America does not want the home mortgage bailout. I would be willing to guesstimate that 85% of America is paying their mortgage. Some may have a couple jobs in order to pay it, but they pay it. They save and sacrifice in order to do so. They didn't look at it as an investment. Instead for them it was a part of the American dream. It was a place to have a family in someday. I would also be willing to guess that 5%-10% of the people did not get into a mortgage that was more than they could afford through stupidity. Maybe they didn't ask enough questions as they were signing mortgage paperwork. Who knows, but their lack of foresight and knowledge on mortgages is not my problem. I do NOT want to pay their mortgage as well as mine! I don't want to be penalized for being successful.

2009-02-19T05:27:00.000-08:00

Jill Zuckman now works for Pres. Obama in the transportation Department.
Peter Gosselin is now a speechwriter for Obama’s treasury secretary, Tim Geithner
Jay Carney gave up his seat as the Time’s Washington bureau chief to become Vice President Joe Biden’s communications director back in December.
By now you have figured out all the people mentioned above were reporters. I am curious why the reporters left the unofficial Obama press agents to become official Obama press agents? The media has been fawning over this guy since he announced his intentions to run for the office of the President. Now they seem to be leaving behind their jobs where they get paid by someone else but praise President Obama to jobs where they get paid by the government and praise Obama.
Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmmm.

I can see the headstone now....
John Q Journalist
1776-2008

And the madness has begun!

2009-02-18T12:28:00.000-08:00

Well it happened. The President and his cronies have taken us one step closer to becoming the USSA, United Socialist States of America. Well people stop your whining. We let the lunatics loose in the asylum. You expected anything less?
He promised change. Daschle and Geithner both have "tax issues". Killefer, "tax issues". Hilda Solis, "tax issues". No wonder Democrats want to raise taxes, they don't pay them!!
NOW they want to re-work the mortgage problem. They want to re-work it because they created the problem years ago when they pressured banks and mortgage lenders to give loans to people who should not have gotten home loans!
The auto companies are saying they need more? How much money could the unions, oops, the auto companies need?

Solutions.
Auto companies- Let them fail!! What do we do about the lost jobs? The unions and their members made their bed, let them lie in it! OK, now that I got it off my chest.
If you are a retired union member, the Gov't should let you move your retirement savings, TAX FREE, to a Roth IRA of your choosing. This helps you avoid loosing what you were able to keep from the union crooks. Current workers, move it if you want.

Mortgage industry / Banks - NO MORE HANDOUTS!! If people can't pay their mortgage, sorry, you have to go!!

We need more money to stimulate the economy - I would agree, but just printing money doesn't do anyone any good. How about we go Federal tax free for 3-6 months. Let ME have MY money and use it as I want to use it. Cut corporate taxes and bring business back to America.
Kill the Death Tax. Go to the Fair Tax System.

Look, it is time we stopped watching the game form the sidelines. We need to get involved or we will end up with a Czar instead of a President.

Military Retiree's and our wonderfull government

2009-02-10T10:05:00.000-08:00

According to http://www.military.com/military-report/tricare-fee-bill-needs-support?ESRC=miltrep.nl

TRICARE Fee Bill Needs Support

Week of February 09, 2009

The Military Retirees' Health Care Protection Act (H.R. 816) which would bar the Defense Department from unilaterally increasing military TRICARE enrollment fees, co payments, and other fees, was reintroduced last week in the House. Under their legislation, only Congress would have that authority to make increases in TRICARE related fees. Congress has rejected repeated Pentagon proposals to double or triple TRICARE fees for retirees under age 65 and increase pharmacy co pays for all beneficiaries who purchase medications through TRICARE's retail or mail-order pharmacy systems. The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and The Military Coalition strongly endorse H.R. 816 and urge you to contact your U.S. representative to sign on as a cosponsor of this important legislation.

More retirees sound off.
http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,183138,00.html?ESRC=retirees.nl

Isn't it wonderful how our government takes care of it's vets?! I thought health care, according to President Obama, was a right? If it is a right, then why are our vets paying a dime? I go tot eh VA hospital and I can be seen for free. FOR SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITIES. And yes I have a few, even though I get benefits in my retirement due to my dis-ability, I still get the run around. If anyone deserves QUALITY health care free, it would seem to me it would be our veterans. Understand, I am one. I have no issues paying for my health care under the current retiree plan but if they believe raising the cost of my plan will help anyone out, they are WRONG! The administrative cost incured simply by raising my rates will offset the money they are making in my raised rates!

Dear Congress

2009-02-10T05:26:00.000-08:00

I actually wrote this paper a while back, around August time frame. While some of the details don't apply, the heart of the paper and the intent do apply.

Dear Congress,

First I would like to congratulate each and every one of you for winning your perspective election. While the seat you hold may not be considered the highest seat in the most powerful nation, it is truly a powerful seat none the less.

But I believe you forget who truly holds the highest seat in the land. That honor goes to me, John Q Citizen. For it is I who voted and put you in the seat you hold so dear. I watched your debates and read your stance on the issues. It is I who read your record, if you had one, and voted to put you there. In that regard, you work for me. I do not, sir or madam, work for you. Having said that, do not forget as surely as I voted you in, I can vote you out.

I am sure we can both agree that the Declaration of Independence is a most sacred document among those of us who are truly American. As such I would call your attention to a passage I would like to dwell on for a moment. "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed". I am sure you understand that the writers of this fine document put this in there to remind further generations that the power they hold is only wielded in a manner that the citizenry approves of. In essence, you work for me. And as your employer, I have a few questions I would like answered.

I would like to know how you came to the conclusion that it was ok for the government to give themselves a pay raise. I know of NO job in this nation or anywhere else where the employee decides when and for how much they get a pay raise. How is it at the time of this letter being written, you have an approval rating of less than 10%, yet you feel you deserve a raise or time off? If my boss were only 10% satisfied with me, rest assured I would not be receiving a raise or time off. And I seriously doubt he would be my boss for very long.

Sirs and Madams, it is on my shoulders that the economy rises and falls, not the Congress. Yet Congress feels as if they can pass legislation that they honestly believe will help it along. I challenge you to find three programs that work as they were or are supposed to. Welfare? Abused and in desperate need of a cleaning. Social Security? Going broke and in desperate need of an overhaul. Housing? The lack of oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and pressure from congressional members on banks and lending institutions to give loans to those who couldn't afford them have caused a HUGE problem in the market. Immigration? We are not allowed to stop an invasion, yes invasion, by illegal immigrants because it may harm a birds nesting grounds. The wall may look bad to other nations. It sends the wrong signal.

Since when did we give a tinkers damn what other countries thought about us? For over 100 years countries have hated us, yet they were more than willing to ask for financial help from us. For over 100 years countries have hated us, but our men and women have been willing to lay it all on the alter of sacrifice for the mere chance of extolling freedom and democracy. We have left some of our finest men and women to lie in unmarked graves world wide. Some of them are in countries that to this day curse us and our flag. Were it not for America a large portion on the world might be speaking a different language and singing a different tune.

Congress saw fit to loan out $700,000,000,000 to bail out companies in need. When my business is in dire straits, can I count on a couple million to help me out? I didn't think so. Yet you were more than willing to hand it out when the whole issue was self caused? I didn't want to take on their inability to control themselves or their companies, yet I am expected to happily extend my wallet and its contents to help them out? I own no stock in them. They are not a part of my 401(k). They are not a part of my Roth IRA. So if you won't bail me out if my business flops, if you won't allow me some guarantee that the money I was forced to give them will be returned to me with interest, why would I want my tax dollars to be used for this? This seems to be the very heart of the issue. Giving away money with very little guarantee it will be repaid. I am a business major and that sounds like bad business practices to me.

I work two jobs, go to school and try to raise a happy and healthy family. How do I explain to my children that the country I swore to defend for 20 years of my life is not and will probably not ever be what it once was and what the founding fathers envisioned? That is unless I and my brothers and sisters wake up and take back our nation?

How do I explain that the government is more concerned about a few moose or some bird than they are about allowing oil companies to drill here at home which provides oil to the refineries so we can pay less for gas?

How do I explain that the government is more concerned about transferring $700 BILLION per year to countries that don't like America rather than leave that amount right here at home?

How do I explain to my children that God is not allowed in school whether he is mentioned by name or on a t shirt but we can wear t shirts with other gods mentioned on them? What about the t shirts with other controversial themes other than religion?!

How do I explain that our country was founded by men of principal, men of character and Godly men but now we have all but eliminated God from every day life? How do I explain this has happened because we as a nation have let a few radical anti-Judeo Christian whackos run him out?!

I believe that if the founding fathers were here today they would weep. They would weep at what we as citizens have allowed our country to become. We have allowed the few to rule the many. Decisions are based on who donates to the cause the largest amount of money.

Abraham Lincoln once said "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." He was right.

The economic mess we find ourselves in, the fact that the populous does not trust their elected officials and the reason we feel they disregard our wishes is because I have allowed it. I John Q Citizen take the blame for the sad state of our country. I have allowed politicians to lie to me and then re-elect them. I have allowed them to give away my tax money to people who couldn't handle their finances to begin with. I have allowed my government to sell off my country for money and votes. I have allowed my government to value a bird or a baby seal more than a child. It is my fault and I should hang my head in shame and beg for my children to forgive me. The cost to them will be un-payable unless I stand up, take my lumps and take my country back.

I'm not asking for help and I won't start now. I no longer have faith in my government. What I do have faith in is myself and my ability to struggle through life's adversities and come out the other side stronger and more resilient. My ability to work hard and regardless of what my government may say, succeed. I believe in God. I believe in the wisdom of the ordinary men who sweated out a document so dear and precious to me I would die for those words.

"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter it or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid World. "

It is time for a revolution. Not by weapons but by votes. It is time for me, John Q Citizen, to reclaim my birthright handed down by my father and handed to him by his father. An idea and proposition created in the fire that was ignited and flamed on the battlefields at Cowpens, Fort Griswold, Oriskany, Trenton and Yorktown.

I want my country back. I want my government back. I want my government to remember they work for me. I never want them to forget they got in there by my vote and they can get out by my vote. I want you to remember if you work for me, I control your pay raise. You have proven you cannot control the intoxicating effects of the power you have been given. You have not earned the pay raise you seem to so willingly give yourselves. For the lack of progress you seem to make on a yearly basis, how do you justify the vacations you take? Progress is moving forward not taking a vacation at a time when gasoline prices were over $4.00 a gallon. I needed you to be my voice and you were silent. A few stood strong and faced the wind of self importance and they have earned my gratitude and praise. The rest of you have cemented my contempt for the do nothing men and women who "represent" me.

You have proven at least once in the last five years that my voice can and will be heard. When I called you demanding that the immigration bill as proposed not be passed, you listened. And that gives me hope and reinvigorates my soul that change can and will happen if I want it to. I want a country that is ruled by the people and for the people. Not ruled by the elite for the elite. I want you to represent me, John Q Citizen.

A new day is dawning. I wake up every morning promising myself that today I will change what I can. I will not allow my government to hold me down. My voice will cry out from the purple mountains majesty and I will be heard. Washington, you will hear me. At first I will be a feint whisper in the wind. That whisper will become a howl over which you will not even hear yourself think. You will have no choice but to listen to me. John Q Citizen is making a comeback and you had better be prepared to make a change.

Regards,

Average Citizen

Average Man rambles

2009-02-10T05:21:00.000-08:00

As this is my first attempt at blogging it may seem to jump all over. Jump all over meaning politics for a while then to taxes, etc. Well that is all a part of my interest in my country.

So sit back and enjoy the ride that is my blog. The blog of an Average Citizen.