Ross Perot all over?

I recently posted this to Ron Paul on his Facebook page:

"Sir - I am a conservative American (Ronald Reagan-conservative, not Bush or Romney-conservative). I believe America is still a slightly center-right country (although the "center" is not in the same place as it once was, is it?). We have an extremist in the White House right now. Why would I want to go "ditch-to-ditch" from the extreme-left with Obama to the extreme-right with you? Thank you"

Of course I did not receive a response directly from Mr. Paul, but I did receive several comments from Paul-followers. I chose to respond to only this one:

"Do conservatives like to go to war? Do they like to spend money?"

Here is my response:

"If the POTUS was only a domestic position, Ron Paul would have my vote. It is not, however; and his stand on foreign policy terrifies me and would no doubt endanger the existence of this great country. He has no issue with allowing countries like Iran arming themselves however they see fit, including nuclear weapons. That is not acceptable to me. "Like" isn't the word I would use when describing conservatives opinion on war. "Willing" fits though (I am a Marine by the way). Willing to fight for our freedom and even the freedom of our closest allies. Willing to PRO-ACTIVELY do what it takes to avoid even larger wars. Allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon would not only put some of our closest allies in immediate danger, it would no doubt cause a massive nuclear war in the middle-east. We would HAVE to get involved with it ... otherwise it would eventually end up in our doorstep (as would China - please think about this deeply before you dismiss it's significance). Do you want that?

..... on to spending money - I will assume you meant wasting it. This is obviously not something conservatives want (no TRUE Patriot would, not even the liberal ones). Unfortunately, selecting a President is not about voting for the "perfect" candidate, but instead the "lessor of two evils" (in my case, in order to shift things to the right a little further with each election). ANYTHING to the Right of Obama is better than Obama ...... but WWIII is not an acceptable alternative to liberals like Romney and the other Republicans that spend too much, but could actually beat the Communist currently in the White House. Domestically, Paul and I are on the same page in a lot of cases. I really like his spending cuts and the departments he would get rid of (I would actually add to that list if it were me). But again, what good is a solid donestic policy if the entire world is at war (and any costs saved in his domestic policies would be more than used in the massive war he would encourage by his poor foreign policy)?

And although far less important a point to make than the above (fundamentally anyway), Paul cannot beat Obama. America will recognize him as the extremist that he is. He will need around 45%+ of Americans to get behind him. Won't happen. Ever. We need to nominate someone who will CLEARLY beat Obama. I personally do not like ANY of the candidates (nothing new there); but Gingrich clearly has the ability to go toe-to-toe with Obama. That is important. Santorum is a solid person, but I am very concerned about his ability to come off as a leader (same with Bachmann - who is out now of course). Cain was a fresh breathe, but inexperience and corruption have ruined his political career (amazing how those two things propelled Obama to victory though, huh?). Too few Americans relate to Paul for him to actually beat Obama. That in itself is enough for me not to waste a vote on him. Sad that Gingrich is the best the Republicans can offer; but until someone better comes into the picture (and not just better, but someone that is able to beat B.O.), he has my support (albeit grudgingly).

One last note - I was in the Marines when Clinton was voted in for his first term. All I can think about when I see Ron Paul is Ross Perot. Not fundamentally of course, but we got Clinton thanks to a weak 3rd Party candidate. Will we get Obama for another 4 years due to Paul insisting on deluting the non-liberal vote in America? Let me say that differently - Obama LOVES that Ron Paul is staying in the race. That should bother you. Does it? Respectfully, Bryan."

That was my lengthy response on FB. I will probably not post the FB responses and replies as they come in based on that statement; but what do YOU think about my thoughts on Paul?

Thank you,

The Patriot

To Limit or Not To Limit

Term Limits for Representatives and Senators. With all the low-hanging corrupt political fruit to grab and chew to pieces, some will wonder why I am choosing to bring up "term limits". The answer is simple. We all agree that American politics are corrupt. Both in terms of process and personnel. The process is a result of the personnel though. As some like to say, we need to deal with the disease, not the symptons.

First, I do not want to imply that every elected official becomes corrupt. A very minute amount do not. This post is not about that immeasurably small minority though. It is about the majority of our elected officials, who do become corrupt; which is our biggest opportunity to bring real change and reform to our government. Think about it for a second. Since 1968, the House has a re-election rate of NINETY-FIVE PERCENT!! The Senate has almost 85%!! The government, those very elected officials, are the ones responsible for transforming the country into what it is today. We the people are ultimately responsible for their actions. We allowed this corruption by allowing the SAME elected officials to run the country year after year.

So what are the pro's and con's of term limits?

Some pro's:
- favors "meritocracy" by downgrading "seniority"
- reduces the power and influence of the lobbies and bureaucracy
- it will help in the fight against wasteful spending by removing powerful politicians that get in bed with pet projects that turn into out of control "keep me getting re-elected" projects
- it will encourage fresh ideas and current representation
- encourages more voter participation because it won't be the same old names on the ballot every year
- encourages voters to vote on principle instead of popularity
- gets real Americans running this country, instead of "politicians"
- will reduce corruption by making it difficult for alliances to bully junior politicians

Some con's:
- gets rid of the few good elected officials that we have
- encourages corruption to be passed on by having corrupt outgoing politicians endorse their replacement
- loss of knowledge and experience in our representatives
- exposure to electing the "latest trend"

There are more of each, but I really am struggling to come up with con's. Please give me your input on both.

I am in favor of term limits because the good outweighs the bad here. In regards to the concern of "we lose good elected officals", let me say this. If they truly are good at what they do, they will have a proven track record to show us, right? If they truly care about us, they will back a candidate that will continue on their principles. Ideally, that candidate would have some track record of their own that supports that they are closely aligned to the outgoing official. Make sense? Of course there is room for corruption in this - as there is with ANYTHING in a free country. This gives us a real opportunity to scrutinize them though - instead of just voting on their name recognition.

One of the biggest problems with no term limits is the "seniority" problem in our system. If you don't know how it works, here it is in a nutshell. The longer you have been in position, the more "senior" you are. The senior officals get "first call" when committees are formed. Every major law that is passed is brought to Congress by the committee that is appointed to draft the "Bill". So, mediocre officials, that are senior based only on tenure not ability, are the ones that head up every major Bill that goes in front of Congress for a vote. Talk about exposing ourselves to deep, deep corruption.

I could spend several BLOG entries on "Seniority vs. Merit". Man I get fired up over that process. But again, term limits would not allow the same people to be in charge of these committees for years and even DECADES on end!! This alone should be enough to sway any nay-sayers.

Secondly, I would argue that having new names on the ballots more often would encourage, if not force, voters to better research the candidates before voting for them just because they recognize their name. This in itself would expose corruption and encourage more Americans to vote and even run for office.

Voting ballots are part of the problem as well though. Let's face it, most Americans check the box of the party they most closely associate themselves with. That tends to get the same people elected again and again since the people voting each year are usually the same people that voted the last time. Remove the candidate's party affiliation from the ballot.

Campaign reform is a must whether we inact term limits or not. Too much to go into here, but the laws around campaigning are no less corrupt than the politicians taking advantage of voters. The guy with the most money (legal or otherwise) and most recognizable name wins.

Another factor that ties directly into this is immigration reform. President Bush used "amnesty for illegals" as a political tool to buy votes. It worked. President Obama is trying to use that exact same trick himself right now. Any law that is so obviously used to buy votes should be considered unconstitutional at worst and treasonous at best - I say treasonous because making ILLEGALS (that is CRIMINALS) equal citizens to you and I is unforgiveable. This is corruption in plain view, yet we do nothing about it.

Combine these things and you have reform that the people will actually benefit from. This is a deep conversation and I have only scratched the surface. I will close with one of the things I opened with: we have got to focus on the disease, NOT the symptons!!

the Patriot

We MUST Stop OUR Government!!

So everyone should know by now that the House voted late last night and, after many bribes and backroom deals, passed the Senate's Obamacare Bill - with NO alterations whatsoever. So who really knows what's in the Bill? It is painful to research, but I want to share with everyone the main points of the Bill.

Take a minute to read these and then let's talk about how important it is that we REPEAL this Bill IMMEDIATELY!!! Post comments here on my BLOG or on my Facebook fan page by the same name.

- Effective IMMEDIATELY, Health Insurance companies will no longer be able to deny people with pre-existing conditions. This is actually listed as a "pro" on liberal and statist BLOGs. How is this going to help? If you have a "risk pool", which is what insurance companies have, and you intentionally add SICK people to it, you have no choice but to INCREASE your premiums so you can offset the cost of the liability you were just forced to accept. Premiums will go up for everyone, even the low income families Obama has manipulated into supporting him. And we will lose jobs due to insurance companies having to lay off to find profit to make up for the hit they will take from this requirement. Sound positive to you? Now, there is a way to reform this portion of the Bill to help those with pre-existing conditions. This isn't it though.

- 33 MILLION Americans (Americans? ya' right, not all of them) will begin receiving Health Insurance through a massive expansion of Medicaid and the creation of State-run insurance exchanges (co-ops or "pools"). Again, this is cited as a major "pro" of the Bill. In reality, this throws money at an already broken program and increases everyone's Premiums even more (on top of what the first bullet point will do). You can't add freeloaders to a risk pool without the risk level increasing. Whenever this happens, costs go up for all. Problem 2 with this "pro" is that it increases the number of patients our already short-staffed medical personnel will be seeing by FIFTEEN PERCENT!! So we are already short on Doctor's and we are going to increase their client base by 15%...... supply and demand tells me that either they will raise their prices or lower their quality of service - or most likely a combination of the two. And the doctor's will have to deal with all of this while at the same time receiving a decrease in their reimbursements for MediCare patients. The rest of us will be charged to make up differences. I ask again, how is this a "pro"?

- So here is a "con" by anyone's standards, except for those 200+ Democrats that voted in favor of it anyway - Beginning in 2014, if you choose not to have Health Insurance for any reason whatsoever, you will be FINED $695 by our Government. That amount is based on premiums going down of course. They will not go down though and that fine will have to be drastically increased if it is to accomplish it's goal. So, for the first time in our country's history, you are being told by the government how to spend your hard-earned money. If you defy the Kings and Queens, you will be FINED. This is NOT Democracy. This is Tyranny. This is enslavement disquised as ..... oh, actually they aren't even trying to disguise it anymore are they? They are openly beating us into submission.

- Employers with 50 or more employees will be fined $2000 per employee if they do not provide them with health Insurance. Here is how that plays out in the real world: the employer that has 55 or 60 (or even 70 employees), instead of paying $100,000+ a year in fines, is most likely going to lay off people until he has 49 employees. More unemployment means more burden on the rest of us. And what is his motivation to create jobs? Not going to happen. He is going to stay at 49. But let's say he doesn't lay them off and he pays the fine instead (as if!!). He still has to make a profit, so he increases his costs to the consumer for whatever it is he is selling (product, service, etc.)! This translates to less sales for him and less revenue collected by the IRS, not to mention more layoffs. All of this means more burden on the taxpayer and will also mean higher Insurance Premiums for all.

Let's points out a few other by-products of this mess:
- Doctor's near retirement age will opt for early retirement and close their practices because of the unreasonable environment our government will be creating for them. This means layoffs. This also means even less Doctor's, which means even higher Premiums and lower quality service.
- Small businesses everywhere will be pushing their employee's to join State pools so they can lesson the burden on themselves - which will create further burden on the taxpayers.
- "Debt to Income" ratios across the country will increase, leaving less and less money to spend back into our economy. This means drastically less sales tax collected by the states, which leads to increased Payroll Taxes and Property Taxes.
- With so little money being spent by consumers, the Real Estate market will truly collapse. Not the 15-25% drops in value we have seen over the past 4 years - I am talking 40-50% drops from CURRENT lowered values. This will cause unheard of unemployment in the construction industry, banking industry, and on and on right down the line.
- This is a platform for our government to propose and pass more Socialist programs like Obamacare. The precedent has been established.
- Our elected officials no longer have to listen to the will of the people. Again, the precedent has been set based on the corrupt manor in which they passed this Bill.


Everything is tied to everything else here folks. The circle of life is being artificially tampered with and this will create uncertainty like we have never seen in our history. Our country will go further into debt and our debtors WILL call on us for repayment. And they will do it when we are at our lowest, when they fear that their chances of every being re-paid are all but lost. We won't have the means to repay them. This is where wars start people. Real wars. Real death. With the technology of today's world, another World War would cause death and destruction on a level even the most disgusting video game has not imagined.

Think I am taking this too far? After all, what harm can come from trying to help people recieve medical attention and save money? As I say above, our economy is linked to everything we touch. Even the smallest uncertainty can change our financial position for years. Health care is 16% of our entire economy. Imagine how devistating this could possibly be.

But we still have a voice. We still have a platform of our own. We still have the means to turn this around. We still have the intelligence, the desire, and the tools to take this country back. We still have a vote people! It seems to be all we have left that our corrupt government cannot ignore. One little vote in Massachussetts in January caused the entire ObamaCare agenda to change strategies. They had to skirt around so many procedures and policies to get the senate Bill passed that even they have lost track of their corruption and back room deals. All because of 1 election in 1 state. Imagine the scare we could give them if we repalced 20 of these corrupt politicians (on both sides of the isle!!!)!!!! Imagine if we replaced 30 of them?!?!? That is where it starts people. We need to replace every last one of them, but we need to start somewhere. The next time we have a shot at doing this is in November of THIS YEAR. We cannot lose focus or enthusiasm between now and then. We have to hold people accountable. If we do not, they will hold us enslaved.

I love this country. I am taking it back from the corrupt elites. Please join the fight.

the Patriot

Calling out PRGRESSIVISM

Today, I attack Obama and the Progressive horse he road in on. As I was reminded this past weekend, PROGRESSIVISM is the real problem here, not Barack Obama. I get so mad at Obama that I sometimes forget this. Progressivism is a step toward Socialism and Socialism is a step toward Communism.

Liberals get upset when a patriotic American calls Obama a Socialist. So I am going to list some actual Obama quotes. You decide if he is a Socialist:

"Our individual salvation depends on our collective salvation." ----- OK, so Obama is going to save us all I guess? If every American would clean up their own dirty laundry and the government would stay out of our business, the collective salvation would be a bi-product of our individual salvation - which can only come from within, not forced by the hand of a tyrannical government through forced "conversions".

Next quote: "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few, and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity." ----- OK, that's not B.O. (Barack Obama), but it still stinks ..... it's B.O.'s hand-picked Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. You CAN judge people by the company they keep (not sure what that says about me!!).

Speaking of friends, here is B.O.'s thoughts on his personal choices: "I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students, the Chicanos, the Marxist Professors and structural feminists. " ---- Yes, this is an actual and accurate quote. This is the President of the UNITED States???? Does he sound like he really wants us to be UNITED? Absolutely not. He should be impeached for this mindset. We should be ashamed of him. "I chose my friends carefully" --- like Jeremiah Wright, Hillary Clinton, Van Jones, William Ayers, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, and the list goes on ..... and yes, I AM ashamed.

Who said this - Hillary or Obama???: "Our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle: The common interest before self-interest."

Kind of a trick question. Neither of them said it. Sounds just like them both though, doesn't it? That's because it is a page out of the Progreesive manual. A progressive manual that turned into all out tyranny, that turned into mass genecide. So, who said it? A man who would come to be known as the murderer of almost 10,000,000 Jews said it. Adolf Hitler. Hitler began his reign as a radical progressive. Don't forget that Hitler actually had millions and millions of people that supported and idolized him.

Hillary did say this though: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." She actually said this at a Democratic rally back in 2004. And our beloved POTUS appointed HER to be the Secretary of State. We should not be surprised. They are both self-proclaimed progressives. If B.O. had not been pushed into the picture - thanks in no small part to Oprah and friends - Hillary would have been the Democratic nominee and most likely the POTUS right now. I wonder if she would have appointed B.O. to the SOS position had she been elected POTUS???

As the Progressives have been saying for the past 2 years (actually much longer, but most recently it has been pushed as a parralell agenda to the "blame everything on Bush" agenda): "you never want a serious crisis to go to waste". Not a new quote here, but who said this most recently? None other than Obama's # 1 guy and Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. Another Progressive.

Sometimes (often as of late), politicians use crises to further cement their political agendas by attacking victims when they are down by offering what seems to the victim to be a good thing at the time. A great example would be back when the government created Fannie Mae (1938). This was done during a crisis. Decades later, look at the absolute devastation the program is causing to our housing market (which is what triggered the avalanche of actions that created the current financial crisis - thanks Fannie Mae!!!). Ultimately, that is the consumer's fault; but we should know by now that the average American will never refuse a handout, even if they know it is not what's best for the country.

The quotes are truly endless for Obama. That is the one good thing that comes from his massive ego. That is, he has always craved the spotlight. So all of these radical progressive statements are on video and audio tape all over the place.

I remain confident that America will continue it's current awakening and oust this Wanna-Be-King in 2012!!

the Patriot

Egoes are an amazing thing.

We have a war going on, we have Americans turning into terrorists and attacking us on our own land, we have the highest number of unemployed Americans we have ever seen, and we have the biggest energy crisis in the history of our world to deal with - all of this at the same time. You would think that the PRESIDENT would be concerned enough about these issues to do something about them.

The war, the economy, and the energy crisis were pretty much all that were talked about during the election - aside from Health Care reform. But once elected, the ONLY thing President Obama cares about is his precious Health Care reform. ????? Why does he care so much about this one issue? What happened to the other "critical issues"? Very simple. He wants to be known as the man who passed the bill that no other President could. That's it. It's his ego. He knows that he will go down in the history books for all time. He knows that he will gain millions of more "worshipers". Some would say that this is not the reason - because he's the first black President and therefore he is going to be in the history books for all time anyway. Come on now....... there will be other black presidents (which I personally think is a good thing by the way). But only one President can pass Health Care reform, and he wants to make sure it's him. He is willing to trade all of those other issues to get it too.

Remember that promise that unemployment will stay below 8%??? Remember that promise of transparency??? Remember the promise of reaching out to Americans to get their input on every major decision??? Remember the promise of seeking alternative fuel sources immediately??? Remember the promise to discontinue "politics as usual"??? Does anyone remember the campaigning at all?

Politics are as usual. Nothing new to see here. If our elected officials do what the majority of Americans want and stop this ridiculous Health Care bill, will the President wake up and start addressing the more urgent issues?

It's not that difficult. Create jobs. The rest of it takes care of itself. But if he creates jobs and makes Americans INDEPENDENT, then we won't "need" the government ....... that doesn't work for him. Think I'm crazy? I might be, but Obama has increased our unemployment by more than 25% since he took office!!! Imagine if all of those people were still working. More jobs means more money injected into the economy, which means more jobs created, which means more money injected into the economy, which means more jobs created -- all of which means more REVENUE for the government (taxes), which means a reduced deficit as well as more money for fighting terrorists at home and abroad, and it means more money for researching alternative energy sources and training doctors (because we don't have enough as its is!) ...... get it? The long-term survival of a capitalistic economy demands that the private sector run the country, not politicians.

Politicians, get out of our business.

Patriots, vote these EGO-MANIAC Republicans and Democrats OUT.

Some great math coming out of the Democratic party this week

Harry Reid actually said that this new health care bill will SAVE the country money, that it will SAVE Medicare, and that Americans are as excited as he is about the bill.

What? Is EVERYONE in DC on crack?

The facts are completely the opposite of this loon's statements. If you INCREASE taxes in enough places, you can actually throw more money at the cost of Health Care than is needed. That is what they are doing. This is called "robbing Peter to pay Paul", or "moving money from one pocket to the other", or "Obama really thinks that all Americans are as stupid as the friends of Oprah".

So we will pay for Health Care in the form of costs, both direct and indirect, in other areas. And the government is actually passing on enough increases to OVER-pay what is needed for the Health Care fund ...... thus giving the impression that the Health Care program is somehow magically reducing the budget.

You REALLY think that we are that stupid? We need JOBS created or there won't be any money to collect from us you idiots. If these losers, both Democrats and Republicans, would just put a fraction of the effort into creating jobs that they are putting in to raising our taxes just so they can say they "won" something, we would be out of this recession already.

Something's gotta give here or we will go down a road that might be impossible to get off.

Can't the loons just go camp in the top of a rare tree somewhere with a spotted owl and let us live our lives?

Why does the richest country in the world still have poor people?

The single scariest quote I have heard since we entered the "Era of B.O." (yes, B.O. is short for Barack Obama, immature I know - I just can't help it) is from a woman at a B.O. rally that, scarily, represents the mindset of the majority of B.O. "followers". This pathetic excuse for an American, Peggy Joseph, actually said, and yes this is a quote, “I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage”.

So what does this have to do with my subject? As always, the issues go far deeper than the surface. The CULTURE is shifting. This woman's statement is a microcosm of the world B.O. would build if he were The Architect. In his self-absorbed mind, Obama truly believes the world will be better if there were NO separation in classes. No rich. No poor. He truly believes this. (Himself excluded, of course!)

This COMPLETELY goes against human nature though. Remember the slogan "Keeping up with the Jones'"? That mindset is so bred into our blood that we even let it be the cause of the current recession we are in. Having more, more, more has become so important to us that we are addicted to it. We truly do not know when to say "when". Bigger house, nicer car, more "stuff". It is why we are in the financial situation we are in. It is also why we will recover from this eventually and why we will be here again someday.

So if the desire to "move up a class level" is what causes our demise every few decades, why do we keep doing it? Why don't we embrace Socialism? That would make EVERYONE "the Jones'". We would ALL have the same house, the same car, the same "stuff". There would never be a recession because supply and demand would be stabilized and would remain completely predictable, indefinitely. Sounds great, right?

Never going to happen. We are too greedy. We are not willing to make the sacrifices it takes to live this way - UNIVERSALLY. Remember, we would ALL be EXACTLY the same. Drones. Robots. Humanless. We do not have it in us. We are entirely too competitive. No matter where "average" is established on the income totem-pole, there will always be those who want more - and that are actually willing and capable of doing what it takes to "get ahead". There will also always be those that say "I would give ANYTHING to play golf like Tiger Woods", but don't EVER give real consideration to the sacrifice and ability it takes to be able to golf like Tiger. Tiger EARNS every million he makes.

My all-time favorite is the person who complains non-stop about how tight they are on money and how evil those money-grubbing companies are that are making a fortune by over-charging them for the gas they put in their entirely-too-big-SUV, the rising costs of cigarettes, junk food, and alcohol ...... all while they eat their $10 burger and talk about how they wish they could lose 40-50 pounds.

Did you catch how many things are wrong with that description? Did you really? THAT is why there will always be poor people in the richest country in the world. Some people wish they could have others pay for their mortgage and gas while others would never dream of taking a single dime that they didn't EARN. "Classes" are inevitable in a Capitolist nation. Quit fighting it so much and spend that energy doing the things that rich people do - like WORKING, SACRIFICING, and SAVING THEIR MONEY!!

If you want more, shut up and go EARN IT. Leave me and my stuff alone. I pay taxes and give to charitable donations WILLINGLY. Please do not take my hard-earned money from my children and from the charitable organizations of my choice by taxing me to the point that I don't have a dime left-over. Stop Obama and his socialist inner-circle and his "followers". Contact your congressman and VOTE for CAPITOLISM in 2010!!

the Patriot

Power

"Power to the People" became one of the more popular slogans of the prior century. It is also one of the deeper rooted foundations of our Constitution.

Another saying of recent times is that the POTUS is the "Most powerful man in the world". This is something we have all, including myself, come to say without giving much thought to it.

Kings were "powerful". Dictators, like Saddam Hussein, Stalin, and Hitler, were "powerful". The President of the United States is supposed to represent the most powerful nation on Earth, yes; but he himself is not supposed to be powerful.

Power breeds arrogance. We see this in Obama's approach to those that oppose him. He directly attacks them for not agreeing with him and uses every resource he can get his hands on to turn others against those that challenge him (i.e. his mocking of the "Tax Day Tea Parties", his refusal to go on the top cable news channel on TV because he knows they will not ask him the scripted questions he insists on being asked, his alignment with special interest groups like ACORN).

Arrogance is the downfall of every one of those dictators mentioned above. Arrogance can cause leaders to under-appreciate their "subjects" (eventually causing them to revolt). It can also be a major creator of "crony-ism". Arrogance demands acceptance. That leads to empowering people "beneath" the leader/dictator to take charge of a given area of responsibility - just so the leader has "friends". We are seeing this right now with Obama's "czars". He is like a junior high school kid that just moved to a new school and is desperately trying to find approval.

Power also leads to abuse.......of power. Abuse can take many forms and can be afflicted upon people with or without intention from the giver. Abuse of power can be delivered economically, socially, religously, and of course physically. The history of the world gives us countless examples to back this up. In every case, arrogance and abuse eventually become the ruin of the man (or woman).

In order to stop the EXTREME liberal shift of this country, which is being lead by a MINORITY of our citizens who are in "powerful" positions, we need to deliver multiple defeats to this administration. Stopping ANY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTHCARE is at the top of the list. COMPLETELY stopping "Cap and Trade" is a close second. Thirdly, we MUST take away some of this President's power. To do that, we have to vote out the "insider's" that are currently taking up seats in Congress (the House and the Senate).

2010 elections are going to tell us where the next decade (or more) of this country is headed. It very well could be the next turning point towards a Social Democracy if in fact government run healthcare and Cap-and-Trade become a reality between now and then. Reach out to your Congressman and stop these legislations from becoming law. Find PATRIOTS to vote for next year. Whatever you do, don't assume someone else will do the right thing and that will be enough - GET INVOLVED.

the Patriot

BUYING Votes

OK. Let's simplify this. Obama cares about one thing and one thing only. Getting re-elected. Again and again and again. "But Presidents can only serve 2 terms, right?" Please see the FOUR terms of FDR back in the 30's and 40's for the answer to this - it can be CHANGED by the government.

So how is Obama BUYING votes? Very simple. You need to know a little about Tax Law to understand it, so here is a quick lesson.
-- The top earning 1% of the population pay a whopping FORTY PERCENT of all Federal Taxes.
-- The top earning 10% of the population pay SEVENTY PERCENT of all Federal Taxes.
-- Amazingly, the bottom earning 50% of the country pay ONLY 3% of the taxes.

Some think that is fair. I don't, but that is not the point here. The point here is that under Obama's tax increases on the wealthy, the percentage of taxes the bottom half of the country is paying will go DOWN. With all of the Tax CREDITS that Clinton, Bush, and now Obama have created/endorsed, almost half of the country will not be paying ANY taxes, and many of them will actually get a check every year. Not a refund, a PAYMENT. Meaning that those "credits" don't just offset the tax obligation some taxpayers have, it actually reduces their bill to BELOW $0. So the government cuts them a check for MORE than they paid in!!! That may sound great at first. But where do you think the money is coming from that allows the government to cut them that check? It is from US, the taxpayers. You know, the ones that keep the country out of BANKRUPTCY!!???!!!

So .... here is how this buys votes for Obama. Quite simple. If, under Obama's policy, 50% of the country is paying either $0 federal taxes or they are actually being PAID by the government each year just to be a citizen in this country, they are far more inclined to vote for him.

It really is that simple. He can rubber stamp any law he wants because more and more Americans don't have the PRIDE in self-reliance that created this country and got us through the difficult times we have made it through. They are perfectly fine with accepting these handouts. It is no different than sitting on a street corner with a hat held out begging for change - except begging is HONEST. At least the begger is being TRANSPARENT. (Remember when Obama said he would have the most transparent government ever? What a joke.)

He is buying their loyalty through government reliance. There was a time when we called this SLAVERY. This President is economically ENSLAVING the very citizen's he was elected to represent.

In case you can't tell, I am pretty damn ticked today. Please comment and let me know I have not lost my mind!!! Please let me know that we are not ready to give America away!!!!

the Patriot

Arrogance

I thought the POTUS was supposed to be a representative of "We the People"? ALL of the people. That doesn't mean we all have to agree on policy, but it does mean that he has to believe in the Constitution and be an example of how to be a Patriot.

Why then does he continue to mock the citizens of this country? Today, in Montana, he cautioned one of the questioners about watching cable news. REALLY??

Folks, that is called INTIMIDATION. Far from being the first time he has gone the intimidation route. Amongst countless statements this "King-Wanna-Be" has made, there are more subtle tactics being put into place. This President has been in more PRIME TIME "Promoting-My-Personal-Agenda" TV appearances than the last President did in EIGHT YEARS. (OK, the same # of prime time shows). Remember, Bush had 9/11 to deal with and STILL only had 4 prime time appearances in 8 years. Obama has 4 in 7 months.

This President is so arrogant, he can't stand not seeing himself on TV for more than a few weeks. They actually cancelled American Idol one time just so he could talk (about WHAT??). How sad is this? Confidence is great for the POTUS, but arrogance has NO place in the White House.

Our Freedom of Speech and our Right to Assemble are in SERIOUS danger. This POTUS wants the stage for himself. Let your voice be heard. Call your congressman or woman. Change starts with "We the People". This President is trying to change that. If you care about this country, DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN!! Your kids will thank you!!

the Patriot

Community Organizing vs. Socialism

Is there really a difference? Well, yes. One is an economic structure that promotes communal-type living: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." The other......oh. Wait a minute. Which one did I just describe? I guess there are no differences!! Here is the part that the Community Organizers forget though. They can only exist because people like myself and millions of others choose to defend the freedom afforded to them to "organize" (Sergeant, USMC, 4 years); where socialist nations have no such freedom. CO's, like our great President Barack Obama, were given the right to organize by the same people he is now turning his back on. Not just those that serve in the military, but those that support those that serve. Those that may not agree with what CO's do, but do believe in their right to do it. Those that love this country for the freedoms you have to EARN over and over again and understand that there is no such thing as "entitlement". Those that believe in a free market. Those that believe in learning from history. And many many more. We have all become irrelevant to this President. He "made it" by protesting and demanding change...and then he gets on national TV as the President of the United Sates of America and literally mocks Tax Day Tea Party protesters. Laughing at them himself and enjoying those sick individuals around him laughing along. This is a leader? Not just A leader, but THE leader? The leader of the greatest country on the planet?!?! Think socialism will keep us there? Think I am over-stating the dangers of socialism? Better think again. Remember the U.S.S.R.? Yes, the former Soviet Union (often incorrectly referred to as Russia)....more accurately: the Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics. You would think that would be "enough said", but I know better.......do you?

the patriot