We now have a duty as Conservatives to hold our newly elected majority in the Senate and the bolstered majority in the house to the fire! Unlike Democrats we must make Damn sure that the now act like the adults in the room and begin an onslaught of presenting legislation that empowers the nation to get back to work, that encourages industry to return to the United States of America and that seriously addresses the mounting national debt.
We have a golden opportunity to show ALL Americans that we are the party of the people that stands for limited government and liberty for ourselves and our posterity!
The Republicans must now walk the walk that the future of our country is at stake and put Country before self if they are to be taken serious going forward!
My suggestion and what I personally am going to do is start an ongoing campaign of writing, emailing etc. Republican members of congress to encourage them to act in the best interest of both the country and we the people. And to relentlessly remind them why they have been sent to their temporary stewardship of our governance. I encourage you all to do the same, remind them constantly that they are being watched by the left just waiting for them to slip up but more importantly they are being watched by US, the ones who sent them to D.C. to represent OUR will. and we Conservatives will be far harsher critics should they fail us than the left could ever attempt to be..
We are watching D.C. and we are expecting big things!
That is all
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Mr. Obama? a note for you!
Dear Mr. President..
i am writing to you to voice my concerns with the direction you are taking this country. you're, as you say,(and i quote) "Fundamentally Transforming America". i feel, like a growing number of Americans that you are heading this nation in the wrong direction and are attempting to turn America into a more socialized nation and that sir is just NOT acceptable for America.
the government involvement in the takeover of the auto industry, the banking industry, your attempt at nationalizing the health care industry, your addition without confirmation by congress of Czars. most of which have un-American ideologies such as Marxist, communist, and some truly radical tendencies.
the assault being mounted by some in your administration on the 1st amendment, the 2nd amendment is appalling and blatantly un-constitutional..
you have spent or authorized to be spent more money (that belongs to American citizens, Not the government)than ALL previous administrations from George Washington thru George W. Bush COMBINED, placing a debt on future generations that haven't even been born yet.
it just seems to me that if the Founding Fathers were alive today to see what your attempting to do to the America they created and dreamt of that they would not be treading so lightly in light of all the assaults being made on the Constitution. a document that they risked theirs freedoms, their lives and their future to create and to implement as the blueprint for this great nation to be governed by. it is not a living document to be reworked by you and your administration. it is nothing more and nothing less than an un-breakable contract between the People of the United States and the Government who work FOR the people. it is a guideline that the government over the last few Administrations has seen fit to usurp at every opportunity in order to further their own agenda. and that sir is (in my humble opinion) bordering on Treason. at the very least it is by virtue Un-American...
i think it is time for the American people by using the power of the Vote to take back what belongs to We The People... it is time for us to peacefully yet powerfully remove all incumbent congressional seat holders from their post. and replace them with Patriots who will remember that they work for the American people and not some special interest, that they are to represent the will of American citizens to the halls of congress and to the president, not impose their ideology and will upon us... you are all in your TEMPORARY posts by the will of the American people. and it is the American people that you work for. but it seems that all of you have lost that vision and have one of your own. but i say to you sir. your Vision for America is NOT the vision the American people have and your approval numbers ought to show you that. so i would suggest that even in light of your plummeting overall approval numbers if you continue in the direction your heading with OUR country. that you sir, simply do not care what We the People think.
in closing sir i will leave you with a small paragraph from the Declaration of Independence that (again in my humble opinion) applies to the current situation with our government.
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.
you see Mr. President it's no longer about Democrats or Republicans or any other political party. it is about AMERICA! so please read these words and remember we are all watching. and come election day true CHANGE is coming!Obama, constitution, Declaration of Independence, election 2012, Founding Fathers
i am writing to you to voice my concerns with the direction you are taking this country. you're, as you say,(and i quote) "Fundamentally Transforming America". i feel, like a growing number of Americans that you are heading this nation in the wrong direction and are attempting to turn America into a more socialized nation and that sir is just NOT acceptable for America.
the government involvement in the takeover of the auto industry, the banking industry, your attempt at nationalizing the health care industry, your addition without confirmation by congress of Czars. most of which have un-American ideologies such as Marxist, communist, and some truly radical tendencies.
the assault being mounted by some in your administration on the 1st amendment, the 2nd amendment is appalling and blatantly un-constitutional..
you have spent or authorized to be spent more money (that belongs to American citizens, Not the government)than ALL previous administrations from George Washington thru George W. Bush COMBINED, placing a debt on future generations that haven't even been born yet.
it just seems to me that if the Founding Fathers were alive today to see what your attempting to do to the America they created and dreamt of that they would not be treading so lightly in light of all the assaults being made on the Constitution. a document that they risked theirs freedoms, their lives and their future to create and to implement as the blueprint for this great nation to be governed by. it is not a living document to be reworked by you and your administration. it is nothing more and nothing less than an un-breakable contract between the People of the United States and the Government who work FOR the people. it is a guideline that the government over the last few Administrations has seen fit to usurp at every opportunity in order to further their own agenda. and that sir is (in my humble opinion) bordering on Treason. at the very least it is by virtue Un-American...
i think it is time for the American people by using the power of the Vote to take back what belongs to We The People... it is time for us to peacefully yet powerfully remove all incumbent congressional seat holders from their post. and replace them with Patriots who will remember that they work for the American people and not some special interest, that they are to represent the will of American citizens to the halls of congress and to the president, not impose their ideology and will upon us... you are all in your TEMPORARY posts by the will of the American people. and it is the American people that you work for. but it seems that all of you have lost that vision and have one of your own. but i say to you sir. your Vision for America is NOT the vision the American people have and your approval numbers ought to show you that. so i would suggest that even in light of your plummeting overall approval numbers if you continue in the direction your heading with OUR country. that you sir, simply do not care what We the People think.
in closing sir i will leave you with a small paragraph from the Declaration of Independence that (again in my humble opinion) applies to the current situation with our government.
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.
you see Mr. President it's no longer about Democrats or Republicans or any other political party. it is about AMERICA! so please read these words and remember we are all watching. and come election day true CHANGE is coming!Obama, constitution, Declaration of Independence, election 2012, Founding Fathers
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Root of all Evil
The phrase "Money is the root of all evil" is such a common saying that most people consider it fact. Although the relentless pursuit of money is an action exhibited by some evil people, "the root of all evil" is something much deeper. If evil could be described as a phrase it would be called "the lust for power"
Over 99% of the human beings who came before us lived under tyranny, dictatorships, monarchies, religious doctrines, etc. Their governments we're established and enforced by a few select people who, by right of blood and lineage, had decided they knew what was best for the people they were "born to rule". Governments like this still exist in Syria, Iran, China and North Korea to name a few. The United States Of America was born out of rebellion to this type of government, in our case Great Britain.
In the history of man, no nation has ever survived the test of time after allowing the people to govern themselves. What makes us different? Why have we survived 236 years and become the most powerful nation in the world after allowing the masses to rule the self? The difference is profound and yet simple. Human beings are imperfect. We have the potential for amazing acts of kindness and we are simultaneously capable of unimaginable cruelty. Human beings trusted with unchecked power over others will almost always succumb to the darker side of human nature. No one is perfect. Our founding fathers understood this. That is what makes us different. Our constitution is written to counteract the ambition of individual selfishness inherent to mankind.
As people struggled to unite the thirteen colonies and ratify a constitution, there was a series of essays published known as "the federalist papers". They were the original argument for the constitution as we know It and if you haven't read them, I highly recommend you do. For the purposes of this topic I quote the following from Federalist #51:
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
This was written well over 200 years ago. Human nature does not change. People cannot govern themselves if they refuse to admit the imperfection inherent in the human condition. Anyone who denies this universal truth makes their imperfection even more obvious. They (politicians, media celebrities, news pundits,etc.) should be scrutinized to the fullest extent when they ask (if they ask) for the power to control your thoughts, feelings and actions. They lust for power over you. Power over your thoughts, your feelings and your money.
Our republic was designed to keep power from those in power and yet now, so many people are willing to give power to the government in exchange for a free pass for a life of guaranteed mediocracy. If human beings are perfect, why are so many willing to exchange responsibility for security? Why are so many willing to give up essential liberty for personal security? To give up the opportunity for unimaginable success in order to avoid failure? I am not perfect. I feel the persuasion of laziness and government handouts but I realize I can never truly succeed on the government dole. There are no skills learned by government welfare. No raises, promotions or retirement plans (that won't go broke anyways). Government does me a disservice by addicting me to their handouts in exchange for votes. I will not give them what they want. We cannot give them that power.
The relentless lust for power is the root of all evil. Money is just one way to do it. Being a government official is another. I'm not saying you should ignore big business and the tax loopholes they achieve through lobbyists, I'm just saying that you should not ignore the government. They have an agenda too, regardless of what they say to your face.
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Over 99% of the human beings who came before us lived under tyranny, dictatorships, monarchies, religious doctrines, etc. Their governments we're established and enforced by a few select people who, by right of blood and lineage, had decided they knew what was best for the people they were "born to rule". Governments like this still exist in Syria, Iran, China and North Korea to name a few. The United States Of America was born out of rebellion to this type of government, in our case Great Britain.
In the history of man, no nation has ever survived the test of time after allowing the people to govern themselves. What makes us different? Why have we survived 236 years and become the most powerful nation in the world after allowing the masses to rule the self? The difference is profound and yet simple. Human beings are imperfect. We have the potential for amazing acts of kindness and we are simultaneously capable of unimaginable cruelty. Human beings trusted with unchecked power over others will almost always succumb to the darker side of human nature. No one is perfect. Our founding fathers understood this. That is what makes us different. Our constitution is written to counteract the ambition of individual selfishness inherent to mankind.
As people struggled to unite the thirteen colonies and ratify a constitution, there was a series of essays published known as "the federalist papers". They were the original argument for the constitution as we know It and if you haven't read them, I highly recommend you do. For the purposes of this topic I quote the following from Federalist #51:
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
This was written well over 200 years ago. Human nature does not change. People cannot govern themselves if they refuse to admit the imperfection inherent in the human condition. Anyone who denies this universal truth makes their imperfection even more obvious. They (politicians, media celebrities, news pundits,etc.) should be scrutinized to the fullest extent when they ask (if they ask) for the power to control your thoughts, feelings and actions. They lust for power over you. Power over your thoughts, your feelings and your money.
Our republic was designed to keep power from those in power and yet now, so many people are willing to give power to the government in exchange for a free pass for a life of guaranteed mediocracy. If human beings are perfect, why are so many willing to exchange responsibility for security? Why are so many willing to give up essential liberty for personal security? To give up the opportunity for unimaginable success in order to avoid failure? I am not perfect. I feel the persuasion of laziness and government handouts but I realize I can never truly succeed on the government dole. There are no skills learned by government welfare. No raises, promotions or retirement plans (that won't go broke anyways). Government does me a disservice by addicting me to their handouts in exchange for votes. I will not give them what they want. We cannot give them that power.
The relentless lust for power is the root of all evil. Money is just one way to do it. Being a government official is another. I'm not saying you should ignore big business and the tax loopholes they achieve through lobbyists, I'm just saying that you should not ignore the government. They have an agenda too, regardless of what they say to your face.
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Location:Sacramento CA
Monday, June 11, 2012
the Affirmative Action POTUS
i found this and decided to share it here! this is an article penned by Matt Patterson who has written for both liberal and conservative publications. so credit goes to mr. Patterson for the content of this blogpost i simply and completely agree with him!
here we go....
Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?
Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life: ushered into and through the Ivy League despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer"; a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present"); and finally an unaccomplished single term in United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions. He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator.
And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor"; a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?
Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal
"To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberaldom to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass."
Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass -- held to a lower standard -- because of the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues:
"And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?"
Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon -- affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves. Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist. Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin -- that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what America did to Obama. True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary. What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks?
In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people -- conservatives included -- ought now to be deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clichés, and that's when he has his teleprompter in front of him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth -- it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years. And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?
In short: our president is a small and small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office. But hey, at least we got to feel good about ourselves for a little while. And really, isn't that all that matters these days?
here we go....
Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?
Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life: ushered into and through the Ivy League despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer"; a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present"); and finally an unaccomplished single term in United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions. He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator.
And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor"; a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?
Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal
"To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberaldom to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass."
Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass -- held to a lower standard -- because of the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues:
"And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?"
Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon -- affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves. Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist. Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin -- that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what America did to Obama. True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary. What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks?
In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people -- conservatives included -- ought now to be deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clichés, and that's when he has his teleprompter in front of him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth -- it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years. And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?
In short: our president is a small and small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office. But hey, at least we got to feel good about ourselves for a little while. And really, isn't that all that matters these days?
Thursday, May 17, 2012
California Primary Alert~ Prop 28 Term Limits
Here is one of the propositions California will be voting on this election! CA. Proposition 28
I highlight this one because it is in regards to term limits on law makers here in California, and is what Americans should be demanding be applied at the federal level.
I will go one further and install into this a lemon clause, Whereas the lawmaker has 4 years. two (2) terms in the House or one (1) term in the senate to prove you meant what you campaigned on, otherwise a special election is held to replace you!
And i could go on in regards to the penalties imposed upon you for mis-representing your character to get elected.
But that is for another day...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
to WeThePeople
What America needs, is her people as one voice demand of itself the will to expect more from themselves and unleash the courage to empower themselves to act on that courage! History s shown that tyranny only understands a people when they speak with
one vision! The Vision we should be speaking with is that of Liberty &Freedom thru Faith in the American peoples will to take responsibility for their destiny and the future they hand over to our children! We are charged with providing a better life for our children, Not through irresponsible behavior relegate them to involuntary servitude. The Greatness of America will be her savior, if only we find within ourselves the integrity of courage and the faith to take that leap!
Please America, i beg of You. Find the courage and will to face that which is right in front of you so that all of our children have the same kind of America we were children in!
Is that not our duty as parents and as Americans? Well i think so....
God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!
one vision! The Vision we should be speaking with is that of Liberty &Freedom thru Faith in the American peoples will to take responsibility for their destiny and the future they hand over to our children! We are charged with providing a better life for our children, Not through irresponsible behavior relegate them to involuntary servitude. The Greatness of America will be her savior, if only we find within ourselves the integrity of courage and the faith to take that leap!
Please America, i beg of You. Find the courage and will to face that which is right in front of you so that all of our children have the same kind of America we were children in!
Is that not our duty as parents and as Americans? Well i think so....
God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!
Friday, May 4, 2012
The Real War on Women
If you truly believe that conservatives and republicans are waging a "war on women", please consider this...
Shuria law is a form of government established by the religious beliefs of Islam as described in the Quran. Government and religion are one. Islam believes women are property that are subservient and belong to men. Muslim women under Shuria law are not allowed an education, they are forced to marry whomever their father chooses, they cannot show their face to other men, etc. If they violate any of these religious rules they are jailed, tortured and often killed in the name of honor if it's discovered they have had sex before marriage, even if they were raped. The rapist has no consequences 9 times out of 10, because to them a mans word is worth more than a women's. Young women can be lawfully executed in the name of honor if their father feels shamed by their actions or disrespected in a way that negates their religious beliefs. Or perhaps they are buried in the ground up to their shoulders while a mob takes turns throwing stones at their head.
China has a one child per family policy. As a result, their government forces young women to have abortions and unlawful children are sold or killed after birth to avoid persecution. Anyone who stands up for a women's right to choose in China is (like the Chinese activist all over the news) beaten and jailed or put on house arrest. Their government threatens their wife and children as leverage. Freedom of speech is all but non existent. Why are our progressive brothers not concerned with this? They claim Republicans have declared a "war on women" and yet they embrace Islam and pander to an oppressive communist government. It seems like they don't care about women at all unless it helps democrats get elected or stay in office.
Where was their outrage when Sarah Palin and her daughters were being slandered with charges of stupidity, promiscuity and ignorance? I know exactly where they were. They were on TV telling us how an untested community organizer, now freshman senator could be a better President than a decrepid old man and a dumb cheerleader hockey mom from Alaska. Hope and Change has become Divide and Blame. Gas prices have doubled. Five trillion has been added to the national debt by a man who said he would cut the debt in half during his first term. Bin Laden has been killed as a result of intelligence gathering operations that started under the Bush administration which Obama opposed from the start. We've stopped water boarding terrorists for information (in the name of ethical standards) and now we just kill them with predator drones. Actions always speak louder than words unless your not watching. Don't be fooled by the magicians. While their distracting you with one hand, their playing tricks on you with the other.
Every time.
"Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against wrong. A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the "latent spark"... If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?"
Quote by: John Adams
(1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President
Source: Novanglus, 1775
Location:The Heart of Liberal America, Sacramento California
Monday, April 30, 2012
John Adams speach in support of the Declaration of Independence
this was brought to my attention inadvertently through my fellow blogger Nick Moreno. it is thought to be the speech that John Adams gave to the members of the continental congress after the final signature was added to the Declaration of Independence and Americas future as a sovereign nation was set in motion..
I can only imagine the emotion that accompanied this speech on that fateful day! and if Americans today could even remotely fathom the sacrifice these great men put forth in order to form a more perfect union, no one alive today would take for granted the freedom and liberty our founders gave so greatly for!
Here is the text of Mr. Adams speech from that historic day....
SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there is a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interest and 0ur good she has 0bstinately persisted, till independence is now within 0ur grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave neither safety to- the country and its liberties, nor safety to his life and his own honor? Are you not, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, 0ur venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed and predestined objects of punishment and of vengeance? Cut off from all hope of royal clemency, what are you, what can you be, while the power of England remains, but outlaws?
If we postpone independence, do we mean to carry on or give up the war? Do we mean to submit to the measures of Parliament, Boston Port-Bill and all? Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country and its rights trodden down in the dust? I know we do not mean to submit. We never shall submit. D0 we mean to violate that most solemn obligation ever entered into by men, that plighting before God, of our sacred honor to Washington, when, putting him forth to incur the dangers 0f war, as well as the political hazards of the times, we promised to adhere to him, in every extremity, with our fortunes and our lives? I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for defense 0f American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave t0 the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give him.
The war, then, must go on. We must fight it through. And if the war must go o n, why put off longer the Declaration of Independence? That measure will strengthen us. It will give us character abroad. The nations will then treat with us, which they never can do while we acknowledge ourselves subjects in arms against our sovereign. Nay, I maintain that England herself will sooner treat for peace with us on the footing of independence than consent, by repealing her Acts, to acknowledge that her whole conduct toward us has been a course of injustice and oppression. Her pride will be less wounded by submitting to that course of things which now predestinates our independence than by yielding the points in controversy to her rebellious subjects. The former she would regard as the result of fortune; the latter she would feel as her own deep disgrace. Why, then, why, then, sir, do we not as soon as possible change this from a civil to a national war? And, since we must fight it through, why not put ourselves in a state to enjoy all the benefits of victory, if we gain the victory?
If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously through the struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these Colonies, and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated. Every Colony, indeed, has expressed its willingness to follow, if we but take the lead,
Sir, the Declaration will inspire the people with in-creased courage. Instead of a long and bloody war for restoration 0f privileges, for redress of grievances, for chartered immunities, held under a British King, set before them the gloriousness of entire in-dependence, and it will breathe into them anew the breath of life. Read this Declaration at the head of the army ; every sword will be drawn from its scab-bard, and the solemn vow uttered to maintain it, or to perish on the bed of honor. Publish it from the pulpit; religion will approve it, and the love of religious liberty will cling round it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it. Send it to the public halls ; proclaim it there ; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon ; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill, and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry 0ut in its support.
But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood, but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven. We shall make this a glorious, an immortal day. When we are in our graves, our children will honor it. They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires and illuminations. On its annual return, they will shed tears, copious, gushing tears, not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, of gratitude and of joy. Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it. And I leave off as I began, that, live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and INDEPENDENCE FOREVER !
I can only imagine the emotion that accompanied this speech on that fateful day! and if Americans today could even remotely fathom the sacrifice these great men put forth in order to form a more perfect union, no one alive today would take for granted the freedom and liberty our founders gave so greatly for!
Here is the text of Mr. Adams speech from that historic day....
SINK or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there is a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms; and, blinded to her own interest and 0ur good she has 0bstinately persisted, till independence is now within 0ur grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why, then, should we defer the Declaration? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave neither safety to- the country and its liberties, nor safety to his life and his own honor? Are you not, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, 0ur venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed and predestined objects of punishment and of vengeance? Cut off from all hope of royal clemency, what are you, what can you be, while the power of England remains, but outlaws?
If we postpone independence, do we mean to carry on or give up the war? Do we mean to submit to the measures of Parliament, Boston Port-Bill and all? Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country and its rights trodden down in the dust? I know we do not mean to submit. We never shall submit. D0 we mean to violate that most solemn obligation ever entered into by men, that plighting before God, of our sacred honor to Washington, when, putting him forth to incur the dangers 0f war, as well as the political hazards of the times, we promised to adhere to him, in every extremity, with our fortunes and our lives? I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised, or to be raised, for defense 0f American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave t0 the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give him.
The war, then, must go on. We must fight it through. And if the war must go o n, why put off longer the Declaration of Independence? That measure will strengthen us. It will give us character abroad. The nations will then treat with us, which they never can do while we acknowledge ourselves subjects in arms against our sovereign. Nay, I maintain that England herself will sooner treat for peace with us on the footing of independence than consent, by repealing her Acts, to acknowledge that her whole conduct toward us has been a course of injustice and oppression. Her pride will be less wounded by submitting to that course of things which now predestinates our independence than by yielding the points in controversy to her rebellious subjects. The former she would regard as the result of fortune; the latter she would feel as her own deep disgrace. Why, then, why, then, sir, do we not as soon as possible change this from a civil to a national war? And, since we must fight it through, why not put ourselves in a state to enjoy all the benefits of victory, if we gain the victory?
If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously through the struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these Colonies, and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated. Every Colony, indeed, has expressed its willingness to follow, if we but take the lead,
Sir, the Declaration will inspire the people with in-creased courage. Instead of a long and bloody war for restoration 0f privileges, for redress of grievances, for chartered immunities, held under a British King, set before them the gloriousness of entire in-dependence, and it will breathe into them anew the breath of life. Read this Declaration at the head of the army ; every sword will be drawn from its scab-bard, and the solemn vow uttered to maintain it, or to perish on the bed of honor. Publish it from the pulpit; religion will approve it, and the love of religious liberty will cling round it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it. Send it to the public halls ; proclaim it there ; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon ; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill, and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry 0ut in its support.
But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood, but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven. We shall make this a glorious, an immortal day. When we are in our graves, our children will honor it. They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires and illuminations. On its annual return, they will shed tears, copious, gushing tears, not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, of gratitude and of joy. Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it. And I leave off as I began, that, live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and INDEPENDENCE FOREVER !
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The Nature of Democracy
Credit goes to our good friend and patriot M.W. Mason who brought this to my attention. It was so profound I cannot allow it to be forgotten or overlooked. Thank you for taking the time to listen. It's well worth your time. Here it goes...
In 1887 Alexander Tyler , a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows: Born 1776, Died 2012
It doesn't hurt to read this several times.
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:
Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2..1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..." Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler 's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegal's - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years. Apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
- Posted via BlogPress on the New iPad
In 1887 Alexander Tyler , a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows: Born 1776, Died 2012
It doesn't hurt to read this several times.
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:
Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2..1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..." Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler 's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegal's - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years. Apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
- Posted via BlogPress on the New iPad
Friday, April 20, 2012
Move to the Middle? You first.
Despite historical examples to the contrary, conservatives have gradually been convinced that we must be more liberal and progressive in order to win the support of independents who many believe determine the outcome of elections. The purpose of my thought today, is to challenge that assertion. I start with two simple questions. First, how many moderate republicans have been elected President of The United States? Second, why would the opposition (democrats and left wing commentators) say anything to help conservative republicans win an election?
The purpose of left-wing liberal and progressive commentators like those featured on MSNBC, is to prove that conservatism is an outdated and false philosophy. Why then, should we believe their opinion when they pretend to give us a blueprint on how to win an election against the liberal politicians they support? Does anyone truly believe that their intent is to help conservatives or republicans prevail in upcoming elections? They would certainly like us to think so. John McCain was a moderate republican. He lost to Barack Obama. Bob Dole was also a moderate republican who failed to win the election. George W. Bush did not run as a moderate republican and he won two terms. Ronald Reagan did not run for president as a moderate republican and he was elected by the American people twice. Ronald Reagan is a much better blueprint for how to win the White House than Larry O' Donnell, Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow could ever possibly be.
Reagan understood that Independents are not won by moving your party to the middle, but by uniting Republicans in a way that moves those in the middle to us. That is how he won the office of California Governor (one of the most liberal states in the union) and with the same strategy, he became President of The United States. Ronald Reagan convinced 49 out of 50 states choose conservatism over liberalism in one of the most one sided landslide victories our country has ever seen. Not because he moved to the political center but because he explained conservatism in a way that was understood by all and could not be disputed. When properly articulated, conservatism can easily trump liberalism in any debate, on any subject. The only way our opposition can hope to defeat us is through the distortion of our words and misrepresentation of our intent. We cannot allow ourselves to be persuaded by media celebrities or politicians who believe they are smarter than the American public. We cannot allow ourselves to be brainwashed by self absorbed TV personalities who believe they know what's best for the "uneducated" masses they claim to support. Those elite media personalities believe we cannot take care of ourselves if given the ability to make our own choices. They fail to recognize (or they fail to value) that our country is founded on the ability and the right of the people to choose their own destiny. We cannot subscribe to their pessimistic belief.
Whether you choose to be a democrat, a republican, a liberal, or a conservative the important thing is that you consider both sides of each argument and decide for yourself. If your convictions are based on the opinions of others who presented their opinion as fact, then I believe further consideration is due. It is difficult to have an open mind. It is even more difficult to admit when you are wrong but in my opinion, there is nothing more rewarding than changing your mind based on new information and recognizing that you have the ability to think for yourself. Please take the time to vote this November. Please take the time to research the issues and have an open mind when entertaining opposing opinions. The problem with our country is not that we disagree but that too many people don't take the time to decide for themselves. Preconceptions and misconceptions of what we already believe make it very difficult to see the actual truth if we can't allow ourselves to consider the possibility that we may be wrong. To me, reflection and self inflection are difficult but valuable traits in any person. I appreciate the time you have taken to consider my opinion but please, don't take my word for it. The decision on how to proceed is yours and yours alone.
The purpose of left-wing liberal and progressive commentators like those featured on MSNBC, is to prove that conservatism is an outdated and false philosophy. Why then, should we believe their opinion when they pretend to give us a blueprint on how to win an election against the liberal politicians they support? Does anyone truly believe that their intent is to help conservatives or republicans prevail in upcoming elections? They would certainly like us to think so. John McCain was a moderate republican. He lost to Barack Obama. Bob Dole was also a moderate republican who failed to win the election. George W. Bush did not run as a moderate republican and he won two terms. Ronald Reagan did not run for president as a moderate republican and he was elected by the American people twice. Ronald Reagan is a much better blueprint for how to win the White House than Larry O' Donnell, Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow could ever possibly be.
Reagan understood that Independents are not won by moving your party to the middle, but by uniting Republicans in a way that moves those in the middle to us. That is how he won the office of California Governor (one of the most liberal states in the union) and with the same strategy, he became President of The United States. Ronald Reagan convinced 49 out of 50 states choose conservatism over liberalism in one of the most one sided landslide victories our country has ever seen. Not because he moved to the political center but because he explained conservatism in a way that was understood by all and could not be disputed. When properly articulated, conservatism can easily trump liberalism in any debate, on any subject. The only way our opposition can hope to defeat us is through the distortion of our words and misrepresentation of our intent. We cannot allow ourselves to be persuaded by media celebrities or politicians who believe they are smarter than the American public. We cannot allow ourselves to be brainwashed by self absorbed TV personalities who believe they know what's best for the "uneducated" masses they claim to support. Those elite media personalities believe we cannot take care of ourselves if given the ability to make our own choices. They fail to recognize (or they fail to value) that our country is founded on the ability and the right of the people to choose their own destiny. We cannot subscribe to their pessimistic belief.
Whether you choose to be a democrat, a republican, a liberal, or a conservative the important thing is that you consider both sides of each argument and decide for yourself. If your convictions are based on the opinions of others who presented their opinion as fact, then I believe further consideration is due. It is difficult to have an open mind. It is even more difficult to admit when you are wrong but in my opinion, there is nothing more rewarding than changing your mind based on new information and recognizing that you have the ability to think for yourself. Please take the time to vote this November. Please take the time to research the issues and have an open mind when entertaining opposing opinions. The problem with our country is not that we disagree but that too many people don't take the time to decide for themselves. Preconceptions and misconceptions of what we already believe make it very difficult to see the actual truth if we can't allow ourselves to consider the possibility that we may be wrong. To me, reflection and self inflection are difficult but valuable traits in any person. I appreciate the time you have taken to consider my opinion but please, don't take my word for it. The decision on how to proceed is yours and yours alone.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
where am i?
yeah, sorry for no content for a while, i just dont have time to blog whilst preparing to be able to take care of my family when the government and economy collapse!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Keep your Security, give me Liberty
As a reasonable person who pays attention to politics and the history of political elections, I understand that negative advertisements work. I understand Romney's constant barrage of negative ads because I understand he wants to win. My dissapointment is not so much with the way Romney proceeds with his campaign but more so with the fact that our society can be persuaded by a 60 second commercial repeated over and over.
The fact that so many people base their decisions on what they hear in a 60 second time span speaks volumes about what our society has become. A society that daily looses free thinking Americans who are quickly replaced with those who don't mind being told what to think and do. On the Statue of Liberty's Pedestal it reads "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Every day another American is convinced by their government that they need to be protected. Every day a person with unimaginable potential resigns to the idea that they cannot succeed due to their race, gender or social status. Who gives them this idea? Those who claim to be their defenders and only hope. Government, Democrats, Liberals and unfortunately the elite liberal media who pretends to support the less fortunate while supporting policies that perpetuate poverty.
Conservatives are not interested in politicians looking to buy their vote because their vote is not for sale. We accept the personal responsibility that can result in failure or imeasurable success. But we will not sell our childrens future to a government that cares only about itself with no regard for those who deserve our help the most, our children, their children, the America we will leave to the ones we love. The children of America will thank us one day. We will probably not be around to recieve their thanks but I will rest peacefully knowing I did the right thing. Not for myself but for my country.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Mr President, Where are you?
so as we wander thru this election year i find myself having an extremely hard time rallying behind one candidate for more than a week or two. and thru all the multitude of Bicker fest debates and gotcha ads and all the superfluous commentary in and out of the lame stream media i find my self asking this simple question.. where in the hell is our next great American President? An individual who believes the Oath of office is sacred and not a mere formality on the way to a power grab! the man that will inspire others to want to build a monument in his honor one day, the person that will unite the people of America in a common purpose of patriotic duty to once again strive to be the best country in the world!
Are there no more citizens out there who feel the fire of duty to their Country, someone who would put self gain aside in order to right a sinking ship, to restore a once great nation to the immaculate stature it once held in the world. seems a shame to watch a nation truly still in its infancy on life support because of ignorance and complacency.
so i ask again..... Mr. President where are you, men such as the man we need are standing idol while your nation is ravaged from the inside out by arrogant men and women with only their self interests at heart. our founders would roll over in their graves (and probably are) at the complete and utter disdain our current executive, legislative and judicial leaders show for the country they risked their lives and their freedom to bring to existence.
i know there are men of such caliber out there, they must be! men like Allen West, Paul Ryan or Mitch Daniels who are already doing good things but seem reluctant to accept the call of the people to lead. maybe they just don't have the time. or are fearful of the gutter dragging the MSM will surely invoke upon them if indeed they did make a run at the presidency. it is however, quite unfortunate that such a man has for whatever reason decided to allow Sycophants and liars take this nation to the precipice of utter chaos and destruction. but there comes that moment when one must set themselves upon a journey much greater than the sum of self, when the needs of a nation call to an individual to sacrifice himself so to speak to lead his country and her people back away from that proverbial ledge and set them back on the true path of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... so again i ask...... Mr. President..... where are you and why do you not step forward and show Americans there is a way back from this destructive path the we have been set upon by the Arrogant and the impotent that have occupied the oval office and congress for the past few decades. choosing only to further their own self interests and agendas completely disregarding the interests of the American people and the country We the People love and cherish, and wish to NOT see dissolve into oblivion..
If in fact you are out there sir. i beg of you to stand up and take your place among the Patriots who formed this glorious country. stand up for the people who so graciously have awaited such a courageous individual to have the courage to become the next Great American President!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Patriotic Duty
I always hear it said that "voting is your patriotic duty" and I think to myself how It's actually the very least of our duties. While every legal citizen should have the right to vote, I believe our patriotic duty is something similar but different. If someone pays attention to what's happening in the political landscape of the country, they should definitley vote for its future. If you are indifferent towards our government and the future of this great nation I believe It's your patriotic duty not to vote. Walk with me for a moment...
So many people are passionate about their political beliefs but their passion ends with that. They fail to spend time educating themselves about our constitution, our history, capitalism, economics, socialism, communism, totalitarianism, the empires that have come and gone before us, etc. They are resolute in the idea that they can make the right decision with limited information and minimal effort and once a persons mind is made up, it is not easily undone.
When we as a nation reach a fork in the road how will you know which path to cast your vote for? Can you make that decision knowing that your choice affects us all if you really don't know which way to go? Its difficult to truly think for yourself sometimes when nearly everything we learn from birth to adulthood is knoweledge obtained from another human being. Books, Television, Radio, and school teachers are just a few examples of how conditioned we are to believe what we learn from others and in many respects it has worked well.
Our issue is with the middlemen. Those supposedly responsible for relaying the days events and both sides of the story. The Media in our country has been corrupted. They are not focused on giving you the information needed to make a sound decision, they are focused on making the decision for you. They believe they are smarter than you. They are wrong.
It's your patriotic duty to gather information from different sometimes opposing sources. To hear both sides of the debate and begin thinking for yourself. Instead of repeating statements made on TV or radio, you can begin to speak for yourself. Only then can you confidently cast a vote when our nation reaches the juncture of change. Only then can you do so knowing the choice was yours and yours alone. There's an entire industry (if not multiple industries) counting on you to follow the leader. They believe they are your leader and again they are dead wrong.
"We the People" lead ourselves.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Equal Creation vs. Equal Outcome
Many among us believe that because all men are created equal, all men deserve equal outcomes. While this idea may sound noble, it omits the imperfect nature of man himself. We may all begin our journey as innocent children but the decisions we make during our evolution determine the person we eventually become. We are free to persue our dreams, free to live as we choose and in that way we are equal.
Along the way however, some will decide an education is important and others will not. Some will decide that hard work pays off while others will not subscribe to that belief never learning its subsequent good habits. Some will become successfull as a result of their efforts while others will succumb to a lazy victim mentality and learn to accept a future they did not originally forsee. Our country is founded on freedom. Freedom and choice cannot be seperated. Without the ability to choose, we are not free at all. Success is a result of indivdual responsibility, the quality of our choices and the things we choose to tolerate. You are not entitled to share the success and wealth of others simply because you exist.
This brings me again to the imperfect nature of man himself. Does a lazy man and a hard working man deserve equal outcomes? I cannot imagine anyone who believes they do (unless your the aforementioned victim of your own choices). People born into money can become failures, just as a person who is born into poverty can create wealth. If you conciously or subconciously hate successfull people, how can you become rich and successfull without hating yourself? The answer is quite simple. You cannot.
Holding a negative view of those who are well off will consistently result in the self fullfilling prophecy that you will never succeed. Only when you embrace those who have achieved success, can you truly allow yourself to succeed. You are no ones victim. You are the one and only person responsible for your future and personally, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Islam Must GO! the effects of not keeping the nation of islam in its place! which is NOT America!
I'm just gonna rant here!
i make no bones about the fact that i do not trust followers of the nation of Islam! their bible is not the most positive of books an individual could base his or her faith upon, in fact parts of the Koran are down right hateful, now mind you those who are of the Muslim faith will UN-Categorically deny that it preaches hatred towards judeo-Christians and ANY other faith that does not adhere to the teachings of Mohamed but i would expect nothing less from them. every day i see more and more stories of Sharia and the influence of Islam taking hold here in America let me state right here and now as i will most likely repeat relentlessly throughout this statement that Islam, its hate speech, and Sharia Law are NOT WELCOME in the United States Of America. we have a rule of law in this nation that has served us just fine for 234 years known as Constitutional law and i for one will do what ever is needed to maintain that constitutional law remains for all time the ONLY accepted judication in this great nation! if someone wants to live under the hateful and oppressive law of Sharia that's just ducky but you need to go the hell back to where Sharia is the rule of law, and America is and NEVER will be that place for you.
i am going to post links to some stories i have read and seen and you be the judge! why just today the story of the Santa Killer in Texas where a girl was Killed by a man dressed as Santa. turns out it was her own father who could not stand that she was dating a non-Muslim or an (infidel)!
or in the case of the man in southern Calif. Hollywood to be precise who was randomly shooting people and all the while shouting the terrorist chant “allahu akbar” typically uttered just before one commits an act of terrorism. but lets not stop there. there are also many stories of institutions of higher learning caving into Islam and its influence like the University of California at Irvine cancelling the scheduled visit of an American Pastor because he had burned the Koran in public, while i don't agree with the burning of book as it harkens back to a Hitleresque moment in time. if you look at Iran's Army in parade they mimic exactly the march and movements of the Third Reich! coinkydink. i think not!
lets move on!
like in Lomita California where city official denied the expansion of a Mosque there and because they took said Action, the United States department of Justice under Eric Holder of course has launched an investigation against they city to determine if the denial was based on religious discrimination. are you kidding me?
look we could go on and and on about this blaten attempt by the Nation of Islam to infiltrate and convert the United States from the constitutional law we all live by to the Sharia compliant law that will allow a man to kill his daughter for simply following her heart in love if that path leads her to an Infidel (non-Muslim) or the open persecution and murder of homosexuals simply for being homosexual. or if allowed to become the rule of law here in America we could all be jailed and executed for refusing to adhere to the Muslim faith. i can't speak for any of you who may find yourself reading this but i WILL NOT GO QUIETLY! or PEACEFULLY.
please call your representatives and DEMAND they enact ANTI_SHARIA legislation here in America! we as Americans and Judeo-Christians MUST NOT Stand by while Islam marches in and takes over! if our representative fail to Act on this then they will leave us no choice but to act in our own defense when threatened! too many of our so called representatives in DC especially the current President seem suspiciously sympathetic to Muslims and their obvious attempt at overthrow of our cherished way of life. there is an old saying that goes like this.... "There is a time for Diplomacy and a time to Act, the time for Diplomacy has PASSED!" in my humble opinion in regards to Islam there is only one reality they understand! and if they are not dealt with swiftly and appropriately they will succeed at their goal of global domination and we as a Nation will cease to exist!
IS THAT OK WITH ANY OF YOU?
i make no bones about the fact that i do not trust followers of the nation of Islam! their bible is not the most positive of books an individual could base his or her faith upon, in fact parts of the Koran are down right hateful, now mind you those who are of the Muslim faith will UN-Categorically deny that it preaches hatred towards judeo-Christians and ANY other faith that does not adhere to the teachings of Mohamed but i would expect nothing less from them. every day i see more and more stories of Sharia and the influence of Islam taking hold here in America let me state right here and now as i will most likely repeat relentlessly throughout this statement that Islam, its hate speech, and Sharia Law are NOT WELCOME in the United States Of America. we have a rule of law in this nation that has served us just fine for 234 years known as Constitutional law and i for one will do what ever is needed to maintain that constitutional law remains for all time the ONLY accepted judication in this great nation! if someone wants to live under the hateful and oppressive law of Sharia that's just ducky but you need to go the hell back to where Sharia is the rule of law, and America is and NEVER will be that place for you.
i am going to post links to some stories i have read and seen and you be the judge! why just today the story of the Santa Killer in Texas where a girl was Killed by a man dressed as Santa. turns out it was her own father who could not stand that she was dating a non-Muslim or an (infidel)!
or in the case of the man in southern Calif. Hollywood to be precise who was randomly shooting people and all the while shouting the terrorist chant “allahu akbar” typically uttered just before one commits an act of terrorism. but lets not stop there. there are also many stories of institutions of higher learning caving into Islam and its influence like the University of California at Irvine cancelling the scheduled visit of an American Pastor because he had burned the Koran in public, while i don't agree with the burning of book as it harkens back to a Hitleresque moment in time. if you look at Iran's Army in parade they mimic exactly the march and movements of the Third Reich! coinkydink. i think not!
lets move on!
like in Lomita California where city official denied the expansion of a Mosque there and because they took said Action, the United States department of Justice under Eric Holder of course has launched an investigation against they city to determine if the denial was based on religious discrimination. are you kidding me?
look we could go on and and on about this blaten attempt by the Nation of Islam to infiltrate and convert the United States from the constitutional law we all live by to the Sharia compliant law that will allow a man to kill his daughter for simply following her heart in love if that path leads her to an Infidel (non-Muslim) or the open persecution and murder of homosexuals simply for being homosexual. or if allowed to become the rule of law here in America we could all be jailed and executed for refusing to adhere to the Muslim faith. i can't speak for any of you who may find yourself reading this but i WILL NOT GO QUIETLY! or PEACEFULLY.
please call your representatives and DEMAND they enact ANTI_SHARIA legislation here in America! we as Americans and Judeo-Christians MUST NOT Stand by while Islam marches in and takes over! if our representative fail to Act on this then they will leave us no choice but to act in our own defense when threatened! too many of our so called representatives in DC especially the current President seem suspiciously sympathetic to Muslims and their obvious attempt at overthrow of our cherished way of life. there is an old saying that goes like this.... "There is a time for Diplomacy and a time to Act, the time for Diplomacy has PASSED!" in my humble opinion in regards to Islam there is only one reality they understand! and if they are not dealt with swiftly and appropriately they will succeed at their goal of global domination and we as a Nation will cease to exist!
IS THAT OK WITH ANY OF YOU?
Thursday, December 8, 2011
put up or shut up!
In the industry i work in i have the opportunity to encounter a large number of people every day, and in this industry i get to spend a lot of time one on one with people listening to their stories and their complaints and just general conversation about whatever may be the hot topic of the day! lately most people are talking about the coming election in 2012. Now i hear a lot of people bitching about the economy and how it has affected their daily lives, and in fact! in the industry i work in we are directly effected by either a booming economy or a crumbling one, the latter of which is under way right now. that being said these same people who engage me on this topic while complaining about how bad it is getting, how high food prices have increased or how much their energy bills have increased. i make no bones about being a conservative to everyone i encounter if the subject comes up. which the subject of our current political juggernaut we the people find ourselves in.
I find it most amazing the complacency i encounter on a daily basis regarding this country and where we currently are as a nation and as a people. it baffles me that so many people are angry and frustrated over the things our government is doing (or not doing) yet when i ask them who they are considering backing in the coming election, some. no a lot of them will say things like, "well i don't see any reason to vote. its not like my vote counts" which as those of you who know me may know can cause my head to explode. these people make me want to slap the living crap out of them because they are the problem! Complacency is the main reason in my opinion that America is where it is today! if you don't like something do you continue to just accept it! no, you get off your ass and do something about it, Right? well i guess not here in America! we have become so disconnected with our rights as Americans that our so called leaders have become the proverbial wolf at the door! they are thriving on our disenfranchisement to the point where they think since the majority of the citizenry never complains or stands up for themselves that said citizenry must want us to do everything for them. in experiencing this blaten complacency with the people i have contact with i have set out to do what i can to awaken them. to encourage them, and to educate them on just how important their voice is
I don't believe that either major party in our political system are who they were 20-30 years ago. maybe they are! i don;t even want to address the left but to say that i think John F. Kennedy would probably slap the living shit out of all of you for what you have done to this political affiliation! as for the right! someone need to throw a rope around you and pull you as far away from the middle as can possibly be done. over the past 3 0r 4 decades you have retreated from what you stand for so much that you are hard to tell apart from a liberal.(not a progressive, a liberal) there is no wiggle room on the core beliefs of the right!
i just want to end by saying this. in my industry they tell you never to talk about religion or politics to which i say PSHAW! last time i checked we live in a free country and until that changes each and every one of us should exercise our constitutional rights both proudly and loudly! if we remain as complacent as we have found ourselves to become then the United States of America will surely Parish as a nation and a sovereign people. i for one refuse to allow this to happen so at risk of offending a few in order to enlighten many i will now and forever be outspoken on the importance of speaking out about and against the tyrannicide progression of our federal government until which time as said government begins the process of regressing back into its proper place as a voice of the people, by the people, for the people!
It doesn't matter which party is in control of the White House, the Senate or the House of Representatives its OK to have different opinions and philosophical ideologies. what we need are men and women of Honor and Integrity who hold Americas best interests at heart, who have an existing income so as not to abuse the office they are elected to for personal financial gain, representatives who have the courage to REFUSE to engage in any way with Washington lobbyists seeking favors! Patriots who will listen to what We the People want, engage in a dialogue with us and enact the legislation WE deem appropriate to ensure that we and future generations continue to enjoy the unalienable rights granted us by our creator, and to forever stand as the one true Bastian of freedom in the world...
so i say to you all. don't just accept what is will always be! you and all of us have the power to change the destructive course this great nation is traveling. you just need to put up, or shut up!
god bless you, and god bless the United States of America!
I find it most amazing the complacency i encounter on a daily basis regarding this country and where we currently are as a nation and as a people. it baffles me that so many people are angry and frustrated over the things our government is doing (or not doing) yet when i ask them who they are considering backing in the coming election, some. no a lot of them will say things like, "well i don't see any reason to vote. its not like my vote counts" which as those of you who know me may know can cause my head to explode. these people make me want to slap the living crap out of them because they are the problem! Complacency is the main reason in my opinion that America is where it is today! if you don't like something do you continue to just accept it! no, you get off your ass and do something about it, Right? well i guess not here in America! we have become so disconnected with our rights as Americans that our so called leaders have become the proverbial wolf at the door! they are thriving on our disenfranchisement to the point where they think since the majority of the citizenry never complains or stands up for themselves that said citizenry must want us to do everything for them. in experiencing this blaten complacency with the people i have contact with i have set out to do what i can to awaken them. to encourage them, and to educate them on just how important their voice is
I don't believe that either major party in our political system are who they were 20-30 years ago. maybe they are! i don;t even want to address the left but to say that i think John F. Kennedy would probably slap the living shit out of all of you for what you have done to this political affiliation! as for the right! someone need to throw a rope around you and pull you as far away from the middle as can possibly be done. over the past 3 0r 4 decades you have retreated from what you stand for so much that you are hard to tell apart from a liberal.(not a progressive, a liberal) there is no wiggle room on the core beliefs of the right!
i just want to end by saying this. in my industry they tell you never to talk about religion or politics to which i say PSHAW! last time i checked we live in a free country and until that changes each and every one of us should exercise our constitutional rights both proudly and loudly! if we remain as complacent as we have found ourselves to become then the United States of America will surely Parish as a nation and a sovereign people. i for one refuse to allow this to happen so at risk of offending a few in order to enlighten many i will now and forever be outspoken on the importance of speaking out about and against the tyrannicide progression of our federal government until which time as said government begins the process of regressing back into its proper place as a voice of the people, by the people, for the people!
It doesn't matter which party is in control of the White House, the Senate or the House of Representatives its OK to have different opinions and philosophical ideologies. what we need are men and women of Honor and Integrity who hold Americas best interests at heart, who have an existing income so as not to abuse the office they are elected to for personal financial gain, representatives who have the courage to REFUSE to engage in any way with Washington lobbyists seeking favors! Patriots who will listen to what We the People want, engage in a dialogue with us and enact the legislation WE deem appropriate to ensure that we and future generations continue to enjoy the unalienable rights granted us by our creator, and to forever stand as the one true Bastian of freedom in the world...
so i say to you all. don't just accept what is will always be! you and all of us have the power to change the destructive course this great nation is traveling. you just need to put up, or shut up!
god bless you, and god bless the United States of America!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Who Caused the Economic Crisis?
With the announcement of the Retirement of Barney Frank co-author of the Dodd/Frank legislation and who proclaimed that the housing market was on solid ground just prior to its collapse i have found some information i thought would be fun to share with you all...
just passing info on..... enjoy!
A MoveOn.org Political Action ad plays the partisan blame game with the economic crisis, charging that John McCain’s friend and former economic adviser Phil Gramm “stripped safeguards that would have protected us.” The claim is bogus. Gramm’s legislation had broad bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Clinton. Moreover, the bill had nothing to do with causing the crisis, and economists – not to mention President Clinton – praise it for having softened the crisis.
A McCain-Palin ad, in turn, blames Democrats for the mess. The ad says that the crisis “didn’t have to happen,” because legislation McCain cosponsored would have tightened regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But, the ad says, Obama "was notably silent" while Democrats killed the bill. That’s oversimplified. Republicans, who controlled the Senate at the time, did not bring the bill forward for a vote. And it’s unclear how much the legislation would have helped, as McCain signed on just two months before the housing bubble popped.
In fact, there’s ample blame to go around. Experts have cited everyone from home buyers to Wall Street, mortgage brokers to Alan Greenspan.
Analysis:
As Congress wrestled with a $700 billion rescue for Wall Street’s financial crisis, partisans on both sides got busy – pointing fingers. MoveOn.org Political Action on Sept. 25 released a 60-second TV ad called "My Friends’ Mess," blaming Sen. John McCain and Republican allies who supported banking deregulation. The McCain-Palin campaign released its own 30-second TV spot Sept. 30, saying "Obama was notably silent" while Democrats blocked reforms leaving taxpayers "on the hook for billions." Both ads were to run nationally
That claim is bunk. When we contacted MoveOn.org spokesman Trevor Fitzgibbons to ask just what "safeguards" the ad was talking about, he came up with not one single example. The only support offered for the ad’s claim is one line in one newspaper article that reported the bill "is now being blamed" for the crisis, without saying who is doing the blaming or on what grounds.
The bill in question is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was passed in 1999 and repealed portions of the Glass-Steagall Act, a piece of legislation from the era of the Great Depression that imposed a number of regulations on financial institutions. It’s true that Gramm authored the act, but what became law was a widely accepted bipartisan compromise. The measure passed the House 362 - 57, with 155 Democrats voting for the bill. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 90 – 8. Among the Democrats voting for the bill: Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden. The bill was signed into law by President Clinton, a Democrat. If this bill really had "stripped the safeguards that would have protected us," then both parties share the blame, not just "John McCain’s friend."
The truth is, however, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act had little if anything to do with the current crisis. In fact, economists on both sides of the political spectrum have suggested that the act has probably made the crisis less severe than it might otherwise have been.
Last year the liberal writer Robert Kuttner, in a piece in The American Prospect, argued that "this old-fashioned panic is a child of deregulation." But even he didn’t lay the blame primarily on Gramm-Leach-Bliley. Instead, he described "serial bouts of financial deregulation" going back to the 1970s. And he laid blame on policies of the Federal Reserve Board under Alan Greenspan, saying "the Fed has become the chief enabler of a dangerously speculative economy."
What Gramm-Leach-Bliley did was to allow commercial banks to get into investment banking. Commercial banks are the type that accept deposits and make loans such as mortgages; investment banks accept money for investment into stocks and commodities. In 1998, regulators had allowed Citicorp, a commercial bank, to acquire Traveler’s Group, an insurance company that was partly involved in investment banking, to form Citigroup. That was seen as a signal that Glass-Steagall was a dead letter as a practical matter, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley made its repeal formal. But it had little to do with mortgages.
Actually, deregulated banks were not the major culprits in the current debacle. Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase have weathered the financial crisis in reasonably good shape, while Bear Stearns collapsed and Lehman Brothers has entered bankruptcy, to name but two of the investment banks which had remained independent despite the repeal of Glass-Steagall.
Observers as diverse as former Clinton Treasury official and current Berkeley economist Brad DeLong and George Mason University’s Tyler Cowen, a libertarian, have praised Gramm-Leach-Bliley has having softened the crisis. The deregulation allowed Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase to acquire Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns. And Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have now converted themselves into unified banks to better ride out the storm. That idea is also endorsed by former President Clinton himself, who, in an interview with Maria Bartiromo published in the Sept. 24 issue of Business Week, said he had no regrets about signing the repeal of Glass-Steagall:
Bill Clinton is qouted here as saying " Indeed, one of the things that has helped stabilize the current situation as much as it has is the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, which was much smoother than it would have been if I hadn’t signed that bill. …You know, Phil Gramm and I disagreed on a lot of things, but he can’t possibly be wrong about everything. On the Glass-Steagall thing, like I said, if you could demonstrate to me that it was a mistake, I’d be glad to look at the evidence. But I can’t blame [the Republicans]. This wasn’t something they forced me into."
It’s true that key Democrats opposed the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which would have established a single, independent regulatory body with jurisdiction over Fannie and Freddie – a move that the Government Accountability Office had recommended in a 2004 report. Current House Banking Committee chairman Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts opposed legislation to reorganize oversight in 2000 (when Clinton was still president), 2003 and 2004, saying of the 2000 legislation that concern about Fannie and Freddie was "overblown." Just last summer, Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd called a Bush proposal for an independent agency to regulate the two entities "ill-advised."
But saying that Democrats killed the 2005 bill "while Mr. Obama was notably silent" oversimplifies things considerably. The bill made it out of committee in the Senate but was never brought up for consideration. At that time, Republicans had a majority in the Senate and controlled the agenda. Democrats never got the chance to vote against it or to mount a filibuster to block it.
By the time McCain signed on to the legislation, it was too late to prevent the crisis anyway. McCain added his name on May 25, 2006, when the housing bubble had already nearly peaked. Standard & Poor’s Case-Schiller Home Price Index, which measures residential housing prices in 20 metropolitan regions and then constructs a composite index for the entire United States, shows that housing prices began falling in July 2006, barely two months later.
There’s plenty of blame to go around, and it doesn’t fasten only on one party or even mainly on what Washington did or didn’t do. As The Economist magazine noted recently, the problem is one of "layered irresponsibility … with hard-working homeowners and billionaire villains each playing a role." Here’s a partial list of those alleged to be at fault:
sorces: factcheck.org
The American Economist
the Congressional Budget Office
just passing info on..... enjoy!
A MoveOn.org Political Action ad plays the partisan blame game with the economic crisis, charging that John McCain’s friend and former economic adviser Phil Gramm “stripped safeguards that would have protected us.” The claim is bogus. Gramm’s legislation had broad bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Clinton. Moreover, the bill had nothing to do with causing the crisis, and economists – not to mention President Clinton – praise it for having softened the crisis.
A McCain-Palin ad, in turn, blames Democrats for the mess. The ad says that the crisis “didn’t have to happen,” because legislation McCain cosponsored would have tightened regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But, the ad says, Obama "was notably silent" while Democrats killed the bill. That’s oversimplified. Republicans, who controlled the Senate at the time, did not bring the bill forward for a vote. And it’s unclear how much the legislation would have helped, as McCain signed on just two months before the housing bubble popped.
In fact, there’s ample blame to go around. Experts have cited everyone from home buyers to Wall Street, mortgage brokers to Alan Greenspan.
Analysis:
As Congress wrestled with a $700 billion rescue for Wall Street’s financial crisis, partisans on both sides got busy – pointing fingers. MoveOn.org Political Action on Sept. 25 released a 60-second TV ad called "My Friends’ Mess," blaming Sen. John McCain and Republican allies who supported banking deregulation. The McCain-Palin campaign released its own 30-second TV spot Sept. 30, saying "Obama was notably silent" while Democrats blocked reforms leaving taxpayers "on the hook for billions." Both ads were to run nationally
Blame the Republicans!
The MoveOn.org Political Action ad blames a banking deregulation bill sponsored by former Sen. Phil Gramm, a friend and one-time adviser to McCain’s campaign. It claims the bill "stripped safeguards that would have protected us."That claim is bunk. When we contacted MoveOn.org spokesman Trevor Fitzgibbons to ask just what "safeguards" the ad was talking about, he came up with not one single example. The only support offered for the ad’s claim is one line in one newspaper article that reported the bill "is now being blamed" for the crisis, without saying who is doing the blaming or on what grounds.
The bill in question is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was passed in 1999 and repealed portions of the Glass-Steagall Act, a piece of legislation from the era of the Great Depression that imposed a number of regulations on financial institutions. It’s true that Gramm authored the act, but what became law was a widely accepted bipartisan compromise. The measure passed the House 362 - 57, with 155 Democrats voting for the bill. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 90 – 8. Among the Democrats voting for the bill: Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden. The bill was signed into law by President Clinton, a Democrat. If this bill really had "stripped the safeguards that would have protected us," then both parties share the blame, not just "John McCain’s friend."
The truth is, however, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act had little if anything to do with the current crisis. In fact, economists on both sides of the political spectrum have suggested that the act has probably made the crisis less severe than it might otherwise have been.
Last year the liberal writer Robert Kuttner, in a piece in The American Prospect, argued that "this old-fashioned panic is a child of deregulation." But even he didn’t lay the blame primarily on Gramm-Leach-Bliley. Instead, he described "serial bouts of financial deregulation" going back to the 1970s. And he laid blame on policies of the Federal Reserve Board under Alan Greenspan, saying "the Fed has become the chief enabler of a dangerously speculative economy."
What Gramm-Leach-Bliley did was to allow commercial banks to get into investment banking. Commercial banks are the type that accept deposits and make loans such as mortgages; investment banks accept money for investment into stocks and commodities. In 1998, regulators had allowed Citicorp, a commercial bank, to acquire Traveler’s Group, an insurance company that was partly involved in investment banking, to form Citigroup. That was seen as a signal that Glass-Steagall was a dead letter as a practical matter, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley made its repeal formal. But it had little to do with mortgages.
Actually, deregulated banks were not the major culprits in the current debacle. Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase have weathered the financial crisis in reasonably good shape, while Bear Stearns collapsed and Lehman Brothers has entered bankruptcy, to name but two of the investment banks which had remained independent despite the repeal of Glass-Steagall.
Observers as diverse as former Clinton Treasury official and current Berkeley economist Brad DeLong and George Mason University’s Tyler Cowen, a libertarian, have praised Gramm-Leach-Bliley has having softened the crisis. The deregulation allowed Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase to acquire Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns. And Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have now converted themselves into unified banks to better ride out the storm. That idea is also endorsed by former President Clinton himself, who, in an interview with Maria Bartiromo published in the Sept. 24 issue of Business Week, said he had no regrets about signing the repeal of Glass-Steagall:
Bill Clinton is qouted here as saying " Indeed, one of the things that has helped stabilize the current situation as much as it has is the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, which was much smoother than it would have been if I hadn’t signed that bill. …You know, Phil Gramm and I disagreed on a lot of things, but he can’t possibly be wrong about everything. On the Glass-Steagall thing, like I said, if you could demonstrate to me that it was a mistake, I’d be glad to look at the evidence. But I can’t blame [the Republicans]. This wasn’t something they forced me into."
No, Blame the Democrats!
The McCain-Palin campaign fired back with an ad laying blame on Democrats and Obama. Titled "Rein," it highlights McCain’s 2006 attempt to "rein in Fannie and Freddie." The ad accurately quotes the Washington Post as saying "Washington failed to rein in" the two government-sponsored entities, the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae") and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac"), both of which ran into trouble by underwriting too many risky home mortgages to buyers who have been unable to repay them. The ad then blames Democrats for blocking McCain’s reforms. As evidence, it even offers a snippet of an interview in which former President Clinton agrees that "the responsibility that the Democrats have" might lie in resisting his own efforts to "tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." We’re then told that the crisis "didn’t have to happen."It’s true that key Democrats opposed the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which would have established a single, independent regulatory body with jurisdiction over Fannie and Freddie – a move that the Government Accountability Office had recommended in a 2004 report. Current House Banking Committee chairman Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts opposed legislation to reorganize oversight in 2000 (when Clinton was still president), 2003 and 2004, saying of the 2000 legislation that concern about Fannie and Freddie was "overblown." Just last summer, Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd called a Bush proposal for an independent agency to regulate the two entities "ill-advised."
But saying that Democrats killed the 2005 bill "while Mr. Obama was notably silent" oversimplifies things considerably. The bill made it out of committee in the Senate but was never brought up for consideration. At that time, Republicans had a majority in the Senate and controlled the agenda. Democrats never got the chance to vote against it or to mount a filibuster to block it.
By the time McCain signed on to the legislation, it was too late to prevent the crisis anyway. McCain added his name on May 25, 2006, when the housing bubble had already nearly peaked. Standard & Poor’s Case-Schiller Home Price Index, which measures residential housing prices in 20 metropolitan regions and then constructs a composite index for the entire United States, shows that housing prices began falling in July 2006, barely two months later.
So who is to blame?
There’s plenty of blame to go around, and it doesn’t fasten only on one party or even mainly on what Washington did or didn’t do. As The Economist magazine noted recently, the problem is one of "layered irresponsibility … with hard-working homeowners and billionaire villains each playing a role." Here’s a partial list of those alleged to be at fault:
- The Federal Reserve, which slashed interest rates after the dot-com bubble burst, making credit cheap.
- Home buyers, who took advantage of easy credit to bid up the prices of homes excessively.
- Congress, which continues to support a mortgage tax deduction that gives consumers a tax incentive to buy more expensive houses.
- Real estate agents, most of whom work for the sellers rather than the buyers and who earned higher commissions from selling more expensive homes.
- The Clinton administration, which pushed for less stringent credit and downpayment requirements for working- and middle-class families.
- Mortgage brokers, who offered less-credit-worthy home buyers subprime, adjustable rate loans with low initial payments, but exploding interest rates.
- Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, who in 2004, near the peak of the housing bubble, encouraged Americans to take out adjustable rate mortgages.
- Wall Street firms, who paid too little attention to the quality of the risky loans that they bundled into Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS), and issued bonds using those securities as collateral.
- The Bush administration, which failed to provide needed government oversight of the increasingly dicey mortgage-backed securities market.
- An obscure accounting rule called mark-to-market, which can have the paradoxical result of making assets be worth less on paper than they are in reality during times of panic.
- Collective delusion, or a belief on the part of all parties that home prices would keep rising forever, no matter how high or how fast they had already gone up.
sorces: factcheck.org
The American Economist
the Congressional Budget Office
Friday, November 25, 2011
President Obamas Deceptive American Jobs Act Bill
President Obama exaggerates when he claims “independent economists” say his jobs bill “would create nearly 2 million jobs.” The median estimate in a survey of 34 economists showed 288,000 jobs could be saved or created over two years under the president’s plan.
Obama also claimed one economist said the Republican jobs plan “could actually cost us jobs.” That economist said he did not have enough information to provide a jobs estimate, although he added that focusing on cutting spending “could be harmful in the short run.”
As he has on other occasions, Obama suggested in a speech on October 18th 20011 in North Carolina that there is a general consensus among “independent economists” that his bill The American Jobs Act would create 2 million jobs if passed by Congress.
When asked for the names of the independent experts, the White House gave the names of two economists: Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics and Joel Prakken of Macroeconomics Advisers. But only one of them came close to the “nearly 2 million jobs” figure touted by Obama. Zandi estimated the bill would add 1.9 million jobs. Prakken estimated 1.3 million additional jobs next year. (In an email exchange, Prakken said those 1.3 million new jobs would drop to 800,000 in 2013.)
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So, only one of the two economists cited by the White House actually claims that the president’s bill could create “nearly 2 million jobs.”
More importantly, both are at the high end of job-creation estimates. Bloomberg News surveyed 34 economists to gauge the impact of the president’s jobs bill. Of those, 28 economists estimated how many jobs would be created by the bill. The median estimate was 275,000 jobs in 2012 and 13,000 jobs in 2013 for a total of 288,000 jobs — far fewer than the 2 million claimed by the president.
So i say to you, Why in this age of instant information and with the curiosity of the American people to seek the truth and exploit the facts in an attempt to keep the truth in the light and to do away with dishonesty, would anyone anywhere speak any untruth in an attempt to further his or her own agenda. we will find you out! especially when you are arguably the most singularly incompetent and blatantly pro-socialist president in American history and will forever be the most scrutinized individual in American politics.
Sources:
http://www.factcheck.org
http://www.youtube.com
Obama also claimed one economist said the Republican jobs plan “could actually cost us jobs.” That economist said he did not have enough information to provide a jobs estimate, although he added that focusing on cutting spending “could be harmful in the short run.”
As he has on other occasions, Obama suggested in a speech on October 18th 20011 in North Carolina that there is a general consensus among “independent economists” that his bill The American Jobs Act would create 2 million jobs if passed by Congress.
When asked for the names of the independent experts, the White House gave the names of two economists: Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics and Joel Prakken of Macroeconomics Advisers. But only one of them came close to the “nearly 2 million jobs” figure touted by Obama. Zandi estimated the bill would add 1.9 million jobs. Prakken estimated 1.3 million additional jobs next year. (In an email exchange, Prakken said those 1.3 million new jobs would drop to 800,000 in 2013.)
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So, only one of the two economists cited by the White House actually claims that the president’s bill could create “nearly 2 million jobs.”
More importantly, both are at the high end of job-creation estimates. Bloomberg News surveyed 34 economists to gauge the impact of the president’s jobs bill. Of those, 28 economists estimated how many jobs would be created by the bill. The median estimate was 275,000 jobs in 2012 and 13,000 jobs in 2013 for a total of 288,000 jobs — far fewer than the 2 million claimed by the president.
So i say to you, Why in this age of instant information and with the curiosity of the American people to seek the truth and exploit the facts in an attempt to keep the truth in the light and to do away with dishonesty, would anyone anywhere speak any untruth in an attempt to further his or her own agenda. we will find you out! especially when you are arguably the most singularly incompetent and blatantly pro-socialist president in American history and will forever be the most scrutinized individual in American politics.
Sources:
http://www.factcheck.org
http://www.youtube.com
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Liberation: a play for pay proposition!
This is just going to be an opinion rant on my part in regards to the U.S Military roll as what i refer to as the Worlds Police..An ALL volunteer force consisting of Americas finest young men and women from all walks of life sent off to do battle against the evils of the world. although i do not always agree with the deployment of these brave souls, i do believe this is one area in the federal budget that should not be cut, i believe there are areas that could be streamlined in order to make our fighting force more financially efficient eg. make all purchases from privatized business instead of government contractors who charge triple what any given items actual value! but I'm getting sidetracked from my thought here... i believe that if the United States military is going to be called upon to help liberate foreign nations from the grips of tyranny and oppression than we need to lay out some parameters and some limitations prior to engagement of our services. yes i say we approach this from now on like a business, draw up contracts for services rendered and all parties involved in the acquisition of our liberating organization known as the Armed services of the United states of America.
Whereas the President and a legal and financial team sit down with the leader of the country/and or peoples seeking liberation from the oppressive or controlling regime or from the terror organization of which they seek to be liberated from and work out the estimate of cost for services and inventory needed to successfully complete and provide the desired result of requested engagement. upon agreement of the engagement details and the end game details then the financial terms can be discussed whereas the contractee pays the contractor a retainers fee of no less than half of the estimated cost up front, and the remaining cost and any and all unexpected cost increase at the successful outcome of the mission! with this approach to our military engagements throughout the world the United States is guaranteed to recover most if not all financial cost of fighting for the freedoms of nations that through fault of there own do not have the capability to protect themselves from an oppressive government or an aggressive foreign force intent on invading and conquering. this in turn would also greatly alleviate the financial Burden of the American taxpayers to fund foreign conflicts. so in closing i would say to the rest of the world, if you want or need the United States military to come and save your ASS from tyranny... just sign here on the dotted line and pay up and then get the hell out of the way till we are done!and once we have saved your butts and restored order to your lives, don't turn around and bitch about the collateral damage caused by your wanting your freedom returned to you!
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