The civilian trial of Ghailani, the man responsible for the 1998 embassy bombings has concluded, resulting in one guilty count of conspiracy yet NOT guilty of the 224 (12 American citizens) deaths in which his actions brought about. The Obama Administration touts the trial as a success, claiming proof civilian trials are superior to the military tribunals. (Don't mind the enormous cost to the American taxpayer civilian trials require compared to the $1.99 a military tribunal would run.)
Obama believes the civilian trial is the venue where the world will see how "JUST" we are yet, in the same breath he'll guarantee these terrorists, especially KSM, will either rot in jail or be executed. I don't know about you, but to me, that's the definition of a kangaroo court. For Obama, as long as the "fare" for something costs more, then that makes it "fair".
Let's see the FAIR a bigger FARE got us on this one...Ghailani's sentence is a minimum of 20 years with a possibility of life ( as well as the POSSIBILITY of freedom in 20 years). This is the definition of JUSTICE for the Obama White House. A human, who took 224 innocent lives will be housed, fed and clothed for at least 20 years by the American taxpayer. Now that's FARE.
What is really obnoxious is the new argument the left is now peddling, claiming Gitmo is a "paradise" for the terrorists held there. The sooner we try them in civilian court and put them in Federal Prison, the more miserable they will rightly be. Hang on, I thought the issue with Gitmo was it was inhumane in the left's opinion? How can a thinking citizen buy into this tripe? Or keep up with? Ah-hah! I get it.
Knowing the track record of our progressive left which I have kept up with, this monster, Ghailani, will be served meals according to his religious needs, given special treatment to insure his religious practices and access to play the Wii at least an hour a day. All the while the relatives of the dead must live the next 20 years wondering if this demon will walk free again. That's not justice, THAT is TORTURE. Waterboard my ass!
In Obama's world, enemies are to be respected and given as much opportunity to use our system against us as possible to show how FAIR we are. In contrast, the relatives of Ghailani's victims are people easy to ignore. They aren't the sort who will blow others into bits. Brushing them aside is the right thing to do.
In Obama's world, good people have too much happiness as it is. If a couple hundred or thousand (9/11) are wiped out and another couple hundred (thousand) mourn their loss, that's the cost of having a happy existence with loved ones you actually care about. Obviously, anyone who is a terrorist has lived an unhappy, unloved life. The fact they destroy the lives of good people means they deserve our utmost respect and support in order to even the score for them and for us.
This attitude is why Obama sees no problem ignoring the 4th Amendment to our Constitution. Innocent, good people SHOULD be subjected to having nude images made of them that coat them with dangerous radiation or even better, allowing government thugs to poke, prod, fondle and herd American citizens like cattle to the slaughterhouse.
The government under Obama can do things to you no policeman, or even doctor can, all in the name of "safety". Forget the fact that neither the radiation spewing scanners or the roaming hands of the TSA agents can detect explosives hidden in body cavities. And please don't bring up the reality that the underwear bomber (who is the excuse for all invasive measures now in place) boarded a plane OUTSIDE the country where none of this stupid, sham security measures take place.
Obama does not value justice only justification of his control over his beloved dumb as dirt fellow citizens. This American President fancies himself the biggest smarty pants ever. He understands "good" is easily duped into slavery because "good" will trust long enough to be shackled whereas "evil" is slippery and must be respected, charmed and even aligned with to gain its cooperation.
Obama will indict America to the U.N., offer full judicial rights to foreign terrorists, devalue America's currency, spend us into debt, tax us numb, physically degrade the populace to the point of self-imprisonment, undermine our military, open the doors for our enemies and has the gall to say this is all for our benefit.
The only justice for Obama is social justice which will occur when all in his dominion are equal in housing, food, clothing, work...except for the Obamas and probably the Soros too (since Obama sorta owes Sorry-boy, big). Besides, somebody has to be the Keepers of the ignorant masses. Keepers always live large by social justice rules.
As Obama sees it, those who used their God-given talents to better their lives will have to give most of their earnings to those who are not able or willing to work for these things. This is Obama's chosen goal. In his value set, any act which brings about such a reality is justifiably just. Hmmm, sort of like the justification of terrorist acts for the "peace" prescribed in the Q'uran. Nah, that's just crazy talk!
In this new America of Obama, our Lady Justice is not only blind but she's gagged, bound and has the hand of a TSA agent up her skirt. Obama has dissed what is just for that which is social justice. Social Justice? More like social disease if you ask me.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Fey Feigns, PBS Strains, Who Gains At Mark Twain's?
Bless her heart, that little Tina Fey. She tried to simply be funny during the PBS broadcast of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor but apparently her shtick didn't click for the PBS execs. They claim they cut her speech due to time constraints but anyone with a brain knows they cut Fey's slam on Palin and conservative women in general simply because they are still licking wounds brought on by the Juan Williams fiasco.
The last thing PBS needs is more evidence they are a media shill for the far left. And so the left chooses to stifle free speech rather than play by their own ideals. Tina, did you learn nothing from the human sacrifice of Juan Williams? The left has no loyalty, no standards, no shame. Right on cue, movements that tout government enforced social equality for all, predictably resort to cannibalism when their message begins to spell out their actual goals.
Here's what Fey said that PBS didn't "have time" for you to hear:
"And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course --those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape 'kit 'n' stuff," Fey said. "But for everybody else, it's a win-win. Unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing's a disaster."
First off, this lie that the left floated about Palin supporting the payment for rape kits by the victim is rarely corrected. The truth behind the rape kit story goes back to the Former Police Chief, Charlie Fannon, who served when Palin was Mayor of Wasilla. Fannon was quoted by two reporters saying he did not think the cost of such kits should be the burden of Wasilla tax payers. He went on to say he believed the cost should be covered by the criminal. This part of his opinion on the matter was conveniently left out as is the fact that Sarah Palin, as Mayor, never supported this measure. I don't fault Fey for continuing this lie, she's but a mindless bot in the army of mindless bots. Her program does not contain a fact finding ap. Bless her bot.
This is how the left operates, taking a shred of information and weaving an amazing, colorful, fantastical yarn with it. Most times the truth is just the opposite of what they claim but facts never stop the minions of the left from obeying the instructions of their masters.
There's no explanation needed for Fey's objection to conservative women's views on gay marriage. That is a valid aspect to lampoon and depending on a person's opinion, the line either is funny or not. Fey is good on that score.
As for the evolution bit, more false insinuation being spewed by the Feybot. I don't know one conservative, male or female who wants the theories of evolution banned. On the contrary, conservatives want the THEORIES of evolution as well as the THEORIES of creationism taught so that children in our public schools have the opportunity to be exposed to all possibilities.
Teaching only one line of thought is in direct opposition to the definition of a liberal education yet for some reason, the concept of a Creator who possibly designed evolution in the first place, is an idea too scary for the secular left to wrap their heads around as adults let alone exposing the minds of their vulnerable progeny to.
Questionable theories are spouted constantly. This will be true till the end of time (if you believe in such a thing). Our children need to hear truth as well as tripe and be capable themselves in deciding what is what. Call me crazy, but I thought that was the point of a liberal education, the free exchange of ideas no matter how boring or off the wall. Why is the left so terrified of hearing opposing viewpoints? Is it because their arguments suck?
My progeny are exposed to liberal ideals all day, every day. The difference is I have made a game out of pointing out the liberal propaganda and explaining my reasons why it fails profoundly in helping people. I lay out my opinions as to how progressive movements serve to enslave the human spirit, not enrich it. This game has been so successful that my kids are now the ones pointing out liberal themes and explaining the progressive fallacies to me!
This is why I think PBS should have aired Fey's comments in full. Either live by your standards or stop claiming you have them. She won an award that she certainly deserves more than the ones doled out to Obama, Gore, Carter and Yasser Arafat. Tina Fey has actually made me laugh on occasion. Those other lefties with awards on their shelves have only made me cry yet the left silences little Tina Fey. PBS ironically has become the network of Professional Bot Silencers. So courageous they are.
PBS chopped Juan Williams for going off the left's script partially even though he was actually making a point FOR the left's script. Now they scrap Fey for speaking directly, verbatim, not one word edited from the progressive left's script.
Why would they muzzle their minions from both sides of their group? Is it because the message is finally being clearly deciphered? Yes, and the control center knows it. All the high-minded, altruistic code words (social justice, green, hope, change, evolution) are finally being understood for what they actually mean, the loss of an individual's privacy, personal property, personal beliefs, personal liberty, person hood, period.
This is the moment of truth. The progressive left has never been this close to real world-wide control as they are at this moment in history yet never have they been this close to being completely revealed for who they actually are and what they truly stand for. Technology is their favorite tool but it may well be their ultimate downfall. Are you a name or a number? There will be a moment we will all have to decide which we go by.
Me? "My name is Raymond J. Johnson, Jr. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Ray J, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ, or you can call me RJJ Jr." or you can even call me STUPID...
But don't ever call me 0238590572.
Besides, that number is reserved for little Tina Feybot, anyway.
The last thing PBS needs is more evidence they are a media shill for the far left. And so the left chooses to stifle free speech rather than play by their own ideals. Tina, did you learn nothing from the human sacrifice of Juan Williams? The left has no loyalty, no standards, no shame. Right on cue, movements that tout government enforced social equality for all, predictably resort to cannibalism when their message begins to spell out their actual goals.
Here's what Fey said that PBS didn't "have time" for you to hear:
"And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course --those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape 'kit 'n' stuff," Fey said. "But for everybody else, it's a win-win. Unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing's a disaster."
First off, this lie that the left floated about Palin supporting the payment for rape kits by the victim is rarely corrected. The truth behind the rape kit story goes back to the Former Police Chief, Charlie Fannon, who served when Palin was Mayor of Wasilla. Fannon was quoted by two reporters saying he did not think the cost of such kits should be the burden of Wasilla tax payers. He went on to say he believed the cost should be covered by the criminal. This part of his opinion on the matter was conveniently left out as is the fact that Sarah Palin, as Mayor, never supported this measure. I don't fault Fey for continuing this lie, she's but a mindless bot in the army of mindless bots. Her program does not contain a fact finding ap. Bless her bot.
This is how the left operates, taking a shred of information and weaving an amazing, colorful, fantastical yarn with it. Most times the truth is just the opposite of what they claim but facts never stop the minions of the left from obeying the instructions of their masters.
There's no explanation needed for Fey's objection to conservative women's views on gay marriage. That is a valid aspect to lampoon and depending on a person's opinion, the line either is funny or not. Fey is good on that score.
As for the evolution bit, more false insinuation being spewed by the Feybot. I don't know one conservative, male or female who wants the theories of evolution banned. On the contrary, conservatives want the THEORIES of evolution as well as the THEORIES of creationism taught so that children in our public schools have the opportunity to be exposed to all possibilities.
Teaching only one line of thought is in direct opposition to the definition of a liberal education yet for some reason, the concept of a Creator who possibly designed evolution in the first place, is an idea too scary for the secular left to wrap their heads around as adults let alone exposing the minds of their vulnerable progeny to.
Questionable theories are spouted constantly. This will be true till the end of time (if you believe in such a thing). Our children need to hear truth as well as tripe and be capable themselves in deciding what is what. Call me crazy, but I thought that was the point of a liberal education, the free exchange of ideas no matter how boring or off the wall. Why is the left so terrified of hearing opposing viewpoints? Is it because their arguments suck?
My progeny are exposed to liberal ideals all day, every day. The difference is I have made a game out of pointing out the liberal propaganda and explaining my reasons why it fails profoundly in helping people. I lay out my opinions as to how progressive movements serve to enslave the human spirit, not enrich it. This game has been so successful that my kids are now the ones pointing out liberal themes and explaining the progressive fallacies to me!
This is why I think PBS should have aired Fey's comments in full. Either live by your standards or stop claiming you have them. She won an award that she certainly deserves more than the ones doled out to Obama, Gore, Carter and Yasser Arafat. Tina Fey has actually made me laugh on occasion. Those other lefties with awards on their shelves have only made me cry yet the left silences little Tina Fey. PBS ironically has become the network of Professional Bot Silencers. So courageous they are.
PBS chopped Juan Williams for going off the left's script partially even though he was actually making a point FOR the left's script. Now they scrap Fey for speaking directly, verbatim, not one word edited from the progressive left's script.
Why would they muzzle their minions from both sides of their group? Is it because the message is finally being clearly deciphered? Yes, and the control center knows it. All the high-minded, altruistic code words (social justice, green, hope, change, evolution) are finally being understood for what they actually mean, the loss of an individual's privacy, personal property, personal beliefs, personal liberty, person hood, period.
This is the moment of truth. The progressive left has never been this close to real world-wide control as they are at this moment in history yet never have they been this close to being completely revealed for who they actually are and what they truly stand for. Technology is their favorite tool but it may well be their ultimate downfall. Are you a name or a number? There will be a moment we will all have to decide which we go by.
Me? "My name is Raymond J. Johnson, Jr. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Ray J, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ, or you can call me RJJ Jr." or you can even call me STUPID...
But don't ever call me 0238590572.
Besides, that number is reserved for little Tina Feybot, anyway.
Monday, November 15, 2010
How To Handle the TSA... WARNING: This Stinks
Did you know that TSA officially means Touchers of Sensitive Areas? A man going through airport security recently recorded on his video cellphone the latest in the land of hope and change. Smartly this fellow refuses the radiation soaked body scan but agrees to a pat down with the warning for the agent regarding "his junk". From that, the guy not only is detained, not allowed to fly but is fined $10,000.
So our government protects the right of screaming nutcases to humiliate and scorn the families of fallen soldiers at military funerals but a guy going through airport security is not allowed to warn a stranger about touching his "junk".
Under Bush, I had some real questions about the overstepping of bounds present in the Patriot Act but nothing came close to the frontal assault the Obama Administration is waging against citizens of the United States under the guise of Homeland Security.
Who exactly is our enemy? A better question might be, who is Obama waging war on? He is being chewed up and spit out by governments around the globe and all he can say is "thank you sir, may I have another?" Yet our spineless Leader treats his own people with the respect and dignity of a red-headed step child.
The questionably safe and obviously invasive measures being meted out at our airports and even some train terminals is less about keeping us protected and more about keeping us in line. Apparently Obama is fine with having children's genitals felt up by some $8 an hour cretin but heaven forbid we take measures to weed out the REAL perpetrators.
We all know that the threats are coming from people who are Islamist terrorists. We've been told we can't just check all people who look middle eastern because not all terrorists are middle eastern, besides, that's profiling and that would be...smart. Fine, but all terrorists targeting the West are followers of Islam.
Here's where I get crazy. Instead of using radiation spewing machines, the twisting of breasts and grabbing of groins, lets simply have a pig skin at each checkpoint. No matter what you look like, if you are an Islamist terrorist, you WILL NOT touch a pig skin, so help you Allah.
I know, but good muslims will not touch the pigskin either. That's bigoted No, it's the most efficient way to narrow down who is a REAL threat. Though most muslims aren't terrorists, all terrorists are muslim. This wouldn't be happening if Islam wasn't a religion of peace, a peace that can only be fulfilled when all infidels have been converted or exterminated.
Besides, which is worse? Having an elderly woman felt up, a toddler's genitals searched, a 30 year-old white male's "junk" handled by another male unwillingly or a muslim asked to touch a pigskin? Of course, Obama is much more worried about what muslims around the world think of him than what his own citizenry thinks of him. We, he can bully but Saudi Kings get a big old bow.
The worst aspect to all of this...people are saying they simply will stop travelling. I am afraid, this is the real goal. Like the old Soviet Union, the government prohibited free movement of its citizens. Obama can't be so bold yet but he can scare us into self-imposed imprisonment. It's much easier to control a populace that doesn't go anywhere. If travel declines, the airlines go under and yes, the government can take total control of those too. Now we're talking!
Is Obama that calculating and Marxist? I hope not. He is however, much more eager to please those who want to weaken our country than effectively protect the American people who want to strengthen our country. So, should people travel and be subjected to unhealthy levels of radiation or sexually invasive pat downs by government goons or should Americans stay at home, hurt the airline industry and further weaken the economy?
I think the answer is to go French. You heard me. If you know you're going to have to travel, stop bathing for several days prior. Achieve your ripest stench you yourself can endure and then go for it! Opt for that personal pat down.
My neighbor (a frequent business traveler) has reported great success with yet another form of offensive bodily odor which he has personally employed during recent security checks. Regardless of the method, if the TSA agent is going to feel you up, do your level best to make sure you disgust them with every poke and prod.
Then, when the rest of the world tells us we stink, at least they'll finally be right!
So our government protects the right of screaming nutcases to humiliate and scorn the families of fallen soldiers at military funerals but a guy going through airport security is not allowed to warn a stranger about touching his "junk".
Under Bush, I had some real questions about the overstepping of bounds present in the Patriot Act but nothing came close to the frontal assault the Obama Administration is waging against citizens of the United States under the guise of Homeland Security.
Who exactly is our enemy? A better question might be, who is Obama waging war on? He is being chewed up and spit out by governments around the globe and all he can say is "thank you sir, may I have another?" Yet our spineless Leader treats his own people with the respect and dignity of a red-headed step child.
The questionably safe and obviously invasive measures being meted out at our airports and even some train terminals is less about keeping us protected and more about keeping us in line. Apparently Obama is fine with having children's genitals felt up by some $8 an hour cretin but heaven forbid we take measures to weed out the REAL perpetrators.
We all know that the threats are coming from people who are Islamist terrorists. We've been told we can't just check all people who look middle eastern because not all terrorists are middle eastern, besides, that's profiling and that would be...smart. Fine, but all terrorists targeting the West are followers of Islam.
Here's where I get crazy. Instead of using radiation spewing machines, the twisting of breasts and grabbing of groins, lets simply have a pig skin at each checkpoint. No matter what you look like, if you are an Islamist terrorist, you WILL NOT touch a pig skin, so help you Allah.
I know, but good muslims will not touch the pigskin either. That's bigoted No, it's the most efficient way to narrow down who is a REAL threat. Though most muslims aren't terrorists, all terrorists are muslim. This wouldn't be happening if Islam wasn't a religion of peace, a peace that can only be fulfilled when all infidels have been converted or exterminated.
Besides, which is worse? Having an elderly woman felt up, a toddler's genitals searched, a 30 year-old white male's "junk" handled by another male unwillingly or a muslim asked to touch a pigskin? Of course, Obama is much more worried about what muslims around the world think of him than what his own citizenry thinks of him. We, he can bully but Saudi Kings get a big old bow.
The worst aspect to all of this...people are saying they simply will stop travelling. I am afraid, this is the real goal. Like the old Soviet Union, the government prohibited free movement of its citizens. Obama can't be so bold yet but he can scare us into self-imposed imprisonment. It's much easier to control a populace that doesn't go anywhere. If travel declines, the airlines go under and yes, the government can take total control of those too. Now we're talking!
Is Obama that calculating and Marxist? I hope not. He is however, much more eager to please those who want to weaken our country than effectively protect the American people who want to strengthen our country. So, should people travel and be subjected to unhealthy levels of radiation or sexually invasive pat downs by government goons or should Americans stay at home, hurt the airline industry and further weaken the economy?
I think the answer is to go French. You heard me. If you know you're going to have to travel, stop bathing for several days prior. Achieve your ripest stench you yourself can endure and then go for it! Opt for that personal pat down.
My neighbor (a frequent business traveler) has reported great success with yet another form of offensive bodily odor which he has personally employed during recent security checks. Regardless of the method, if the TSA agent is going to feel you up, do your level best to make sure you disgust them with every poke and prod.
Then, when the rest of the world tells us we stink, at least they'll finally be right!
Why Earmarks Equal MORE Than The SUM of Their Parts
And the tone deaf, head up their arse, don't touch my goodies mentality in Washington continues...
Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Republican, (conservative?) tries to "school" us big dummies as to why a ban on earmarks is nothing but folly. This so-called conservative politician points to the fact that earmarks add up to less than a pittance in the scheme of Federal debt. That is his rationale. He's a Senator and don't you dare question him!
What a pompous tool McConnell is. What year is he living in? Mitchie, it ain't 2009 anymore. Does he really think we don't get it? True, the hard numbers of the cost of all earmarks together is minuscule when compared to the mountains of debt our country has incurred but what Pinch Face doesn't own up to is the fact that all these palm greasings, I mean earmarks, are the usher to big EXPENSIVE unaffordable legislation being passed. Example: had an Earmark Ban been in effect there would be NO OBAMACARE. Oh, but to dream.
Earmarks (the Louisiana Purchase and Cornhusker Kickback) are the only reason that 2000 page unread monstrosity got through the Senate. True, those two BRIBES were a drop in the bucket however, the cost brought on by those cheap tips are what really takes costs to the American people to a new level. For instance, now a majority of states are spending funds to pay the legal fees to prove Obamacare Unconstitutional. That may well be a state's cost but the Federal Government has to spend oodles to defend the bad legislation too. Of course, the American Taxpayer is on the hook both for bringing the suit and defending it. No Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore!
And to add insult to injury, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that OBAMACARE sucks, the administration just waived an additional 111 organizations (mostly unions) from being subject to the rules and regulations of OBAMACARE. Translation, small companies with no D.C. lobbyists on your payroll, you're screwed. This act in itself is admission that this "tome of trouble" is nothing more than a job killer (adding exponentially to our debt) yet for a measly couple bucks our representatives in Washington were bought off to vote for it. In essence, this one example of the REAL cost of earmarks is what must be considered and why earmarks must be banned.
Here's a concept: If a piece of legislation requires a bribe to be voted for, perhaps it's not a law we should be passing in the first place? Silly thought, I know.
Are all earmarks bad? No, some are valid and even worthy but the use of them has spun out of control. Earmarks are to Congress, what a sip of beer is to an alcoholic. The substance itself is not lethal but the misuse and abuse of it can grow into an addiction that eventually destroys all it touches. Washington has a serious addiction problem that they are unwilling to own up to. No matter what side of the aisle one stands, the cold sweats begin en mass when talk of banning their precious earmarks is uttered.
On paper, earmarks are indeed a small amount of the spending problem but I submit that they are the essential catalyst to the explosion of Congressional spending. Take that catalyst out of Congress's lab and see what happens. Worse case scenario, without the earmarks, Congress may end up passing nothing and with Congress's recent track record, that may be a very good thing.
UPDATE: McCONNELL GOT RELIGION! Will he hold fast or fall from the wagon? Keep your eyes on this one.
Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Republican, (conservative?) tries to "school" us big dummies as to why a ban on earmarks is nothing but folly. This so-called conservative politician points to the fact that earmarks add up to less than a pittance in the scheme of Federal debt. That is his rationale. He's a Senator and don't you dare question him!
What a pompous tool McConnell is. What year is he living in? Mitchie, it ain't 2009 anymore. Does he really think we don't get it? True, the hard numbers of the cost of all earmarks together is minuscule when compared to the mountains of debt our country has incurred but what Pinch Face doesn't own up to is the fact that all these palm greasings, I mean earmarks, are the usher to big EXPENSIVE unaffordable legislation being passed. Example: had an Earmark Ban been in effect there would be NO OBAMACARE. Oh, but to dream.
Earmarks (the Louisiana Purchase and Cornhusker Kickback) are the only reason that 2000 page unread monstrosity got through the Senate. True, those two BRIBES were a drop in the bucket however, the cost brought on by those cheap tips are what really takes costs to the American people to a new level. For instance, now a majority of states are spending funds to pay the legal fees to prove Obamacare Unconstitutional. That may well be a state's cost but the Federal Government has to spend oodles to defend the bad legislation too. Of course, the American Taxpayer is on the hook both for bringing the suit and defending it. No Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore!
And to add insult to injury, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that OBAMACARE sucks, the administration just waived an additional 111 organizations (mostly unions) from being subject to the rules and regulations of OBAMACARE. Translation, small companies with no D.C. lobbyists on your payroll, you're screwed. This act in itself is admission that this "tome of trouble" is nothing more than a job killer (adding exponentially to our debt) yet for a measly couple bucks our representatives in Washington were bought off to vote for it. In essence, this one example of the REAL cost of earmarks is what must be considered and why earmarks must be banned.
Here's a concept: If a piece of legislation requires a bribe to be voted for, perhaps it's not a law we should be passing in the first place? Silly thought, I know.
Are all earmarks bad? No, some are valid and even worthy but the use of them has spun out of control. Earmarks are to Congress, what a sip of beer is to an alcoholic. The substance itself is not lethal but the misuse and abuse of it can grow into an addiction that eventually destroys all it touches. Washington has a serious addiction problem that they are unwilling to own up to. No matter what side of the aisle one stands, the cold sweats begin en mass when talk of banning their precious earmarks is uttered.
On paper, earmarks are indeed a small amount of the spending problem but I submit that they are the essential catalyst to the explosion of Congressional spending. Take that catalyst out of Congress's lab and see what happens. Worse case scenario, without the earmarks, Congress may end up passing nothing and with Congress's recent track record, that may be a very good thing.
UPDATE: McCONNELL GOT RELIGION! Will he hold fast or fall from the wagon? Keep your eyes on this one.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Sarah Palin: A Winning Coach, Not League Commissioner
Sarah Palin is the reason I cast a vote in the 2008 election. I am no fan of John McCain for many of the reasons most conservatives are not. But when he chose Sarah Palin and she hit the stage delivering that mind blowing speech at the RNC Convention, my belief in the Republican party was resuscitated.
Several weeks later I had the memorable experience of seeing Sarah Palin in person. She came to speak in my town and I was not going to miss it. I was less than 20 feet from the stage which meant I got there EARLY. It was an incredibly long, hot day on a wide open dustbin of a field. I was with my mom, my two eldest daughters and about 50 thousand of my closest conservative friends. Granted, we stood thirsty and hungry for 6+ hours to hear a 20 minute speech but to this day, I still get inspired when I think about how energizing Sarah Palin was. There is no doubt about the fact that Sarah Palin is electric. Electricity can make things run and it can also cause destruction.
Our country is in tatters in many ways, but especially ideologically. There are tiffs, rifts and mile wide chasms within the Democratic party. The Leftist fringe is attempting to hold moderate and conservative Democrats hostage just long enough to re-elect Obama in 2012. (Word to Manchin: jump ship now because all hostages will be executed December, 2012 if Obama takes a 2nd term).
Following the recent election victories, the Republican party is riding the happy bus for the next two more minutes or so but already the ultimatums, backstabbing and name calling can be heard from the back of this bus tour. There are the predictable power struggles amongst Tea Party groups not to mention the obvious odds between the Republican establishment and conservative groups in general.
Don't get me wrong, all this bickering is ultimately good for a flushing of ideas and message. Now is the time solutions and tactics are being formed, adopted or pitched to the side. At the end of the day our country can only succeed on the battleground of ideas. Ultimately, the idea we choose must be one that most Americans can relate to and rally behind together while retaining distinct ideologies and beliefs. This is the hallmark of the U.S.A. and what makes us the authentic, successful example of freedom.
Having said this, allow me to resort to a thoroughly American analogy, football. For the game to exist, there must be opposing teams, each with a coach that understands the talents within that particular team and can stir up the passion, drive and ultimate execution needed for that team to be victorious. Coach Mike Ditka and his Chicago Bears stirs the image of one sort of football team; a collection of raw talent, serious heft, grit and some limited finesse led by a loud and proud personification all these traits. On the other end of the field is another sort of outfit, the Miami Dolphins headed by Don Shula, master strategist and tactical chameleon. Both men have a personality taylor-made to focus their teams on the mission and bring home victory. These men thrive on competition and shine brightest when opposition is greatest.
This is the description of Sarah Palin. She is, in essence, a winning football coach. She knows the strengths of her team's message. She will provide the tough love to those on the team who stray from the purpose. She keeps the players stoked and the hometown crowd not only cheering but buying season tickets, a hot dog and a cold one to boot. This is what the Republican Party needs. This is the role Sarah Palin can and, in my opinion, the role she should play...a winning coach...not a league commissioner.
In the last Presidential election the American people made the grave mistake of hiring a first round draft pick as Commissioner of the League. Obama barely played the game let alone being equipped to oversee the welfare of all players, coaches and fans! Obama's allegiance is to his slime-ball agent, one Gyorgy Soros Schwartz and Soros alone. Though I believe Coach Palin would make good decisions for the league (country), I know the fans of the opposition conference would never ever, ever hear her out long enough to consider her ideas.
The President of the United States, like the Commissioner of the League, must make decisions for the good of all the teams of both conferences. He or she must be able to articulate the rationale of policies so that most of the players, coaches and fans can at least relate to the cause if not whole heartily support it. I believe the next President of the United States should be a committed conservative but this person must possess a demeanor of calm determination and confident clarity. The conservative pick for president must be able to make the argument without the trademark red meat rhetoric that was so greatly needed in anemic conservative circles of the LAST two election cycles.
Though the conservative team is now fortified with protein, there is no doubt we will always need a hard-nosed coach to direct and set up the touchdown. Sarah Palin would be the "winning est" coach in the CFC ( Conservative Political Conference), no doubt. But putting her up to be commissioner of the entire league? No. Not a winning strategy.
I have high hopes for a couple of her star players, Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem. These are two individuals possessing the right temperament for our conflict-weary country. Both believe, live and deliver the message without the vitriol. 2012 may be too soon for either of them to be considered but their personalities exemplify the calm clarity and reserved confidence a UNITED States of America could quiet down for, listen to, look at and finally recognize our shared goal of a successful, flourishing, land of freedom.
Politics is a game of personality and timing. After 8 years of Bush, the country was willing to believe in a fairytale and unfortunately, we did. We've woken up and are ready for reality. Palin may have good, common sense ideas but her delivery will always sound like a locker room speech to "Team Right Wing". Conservatives have to put forth a candidate that doesn't compromise ideals while still being able to put the electorate at ease long enough to allow them to absorb the concepts and if not make these ideals their own at least see the logic behind them.
A single team can win a single game by brute force however, the success of the league comes from all teams agreeing to the goals of the league together. The conservative candidate for League Commissioner is yet to be found but it is clear our Head Coach position has been successfully filled. I just hope Coach Palin has signed the long term contract and not the two year one.
Several weeks later I had the memorable experience of seeing Sarah Palin in person. She came to speak in my town and I was not going to miss it. I was less than 20 feet from the stage which meant I got there EARLY. It was an incredibly long, hot day on a wide open dustbin of a field. I was with my mom, my two eldest daughters and about 50 thousand of my closest conservative friends. Granted, we stood thirsty and hungry for 6+ hours to hear a 20 minute speech but to this day, I still get inspired when I think about how energizing Sarah Palin was. There is no doubt about the fact that Sarah Palin is electric. Electricity can make things run and it can also cause destruction.
Our country is in tatters in many ways, but especially ideologically. There are tiffs, rifts and mile wide chasms within the Democratic party. The Leftist fringe is attempting to hold moderate and conservative Democrats hostage just long enough to re-elect Obama in 2012. (Word to Manchin: jump ship now because all hostages will be executed December, 2012 if Obama takes a 2nd term).
Following the recent election victories, the Republican party is riding the happy bus for the next two more minutes or so but already the ultimatums, backstabbing and name calling can be heard from the back of this bus tour. There are the predictable power struggles amongst Tea Party groups not to mention the obvious odds between the Republican establishment and conservative groups in general.
Don't get me wrong, all this bickering is ultimately good for a flushing of ideas and message. Now is the time solutions and tactics are being formed, adopted or pitched to the side. At the end of the day our country can only succeed on the battleground of ideas. Ultimately, the idea we choose must be one that most Americans can relate to and rally behind together while retaining distinct ideologies and beliefs. This is the hallmark of the U.S.A. and what makes us the authentic, successful example of freedom.
Having said this, allow me to resort to a thoroughly American analogy, football. For the game to exist, there must be opposing teams, each with a coach that understands the talents within that particular team and can stir up the passion, drive and ultimate execution needed for that team to be victorious. Coach Mike Ditka and his Chicago Bears stirs the image of one sort of football team; a collection of raw talent, serious heft, grit and some limited finesse led by a loud and proud personification all these traits. On the other end of the field is another sort of outfit, the Miami Dolphins headed by Don Shula, master strategist and tactical chameleon. Both men have a personality taylor-made to focus their teams on the mission and bring home victory. These men thrive on competition and shine brightest when opposition is greatest.
This is the description of Sarah Palin. She is, in essence, a winning football coach. She knows the strengths of her team's message. She will provide the tough love to those on the team who stray from the purpose. She keeps the players stoked and the hometown crowd not only cheering but buying season tickets, a hot dog and a cold one to boot. This is what the Republican Party needs. This is the role Sarah Palin can and, in my opinion, the role she should play...a winning coach...not a league commissioner.
In the last Presidential election the American people made the grave mistake of hiring a first round draft pick as Commissioner of the League. Obama barely played the game let alone being equipped to oversee the welfare of all players, coaches and fans! Obama's allegiance is to his slime-ball agent, one Gyorgy Soros Schwartz and Soros alone. Though I believe Coach Palin would make good decisions for the league (country), I know the fans of the opposition conference would never ever, ever hear her out long enough to consider her ideas.
The President of the United States, like the Commissioner of the League, must make decisions for the good of all the teams of both conferences. He or she must be able to articulate the rationale of policies so that most of the players, coaches and fans can at least relate to the cause if not whole heartily support it. I believe the next President of the United States should be a committed conservative but this person must possess a demeanor of calm determination and confident clarity. The conservative pick for president must be able to make the argument without the trademark red meat rhetoric that was so greatly needed in anemic conservative circles of the LAST two election cycles.
Though the conservative team is now fortified with protein, there is no doubt we will always need a hard-nosed coach to direct and set up the touchdown. Sarah Palin would be the "winning est" coach in the CFC ( Conservative Political Conference), no doubt. But putting her up to be commissioner of the entire league? No. Not a winning strategy.
I have high hopes for a couple of her star players, Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem. These are two individuals possessing the right temperament for our conflict-weary country. Both believe, live and deliver the message without the vitriol. 2012 may be too soon for either of them to be considered but their personalities exemplify the calm clarity and reserved confidence a UNITED States of America could quiet down for, listen to, look at and finally recognize our shared goal of a successful, flourishing, land of freedom.
Politics is a game of personality and timing. After 8 years of Bush, the country was willing to believe in a fairytale and unfortunately, we did. We've woken up and are ready for reality. Palin may have good, common sense ideas but her delivery will always sound like a locker room speech to "Team Right Wing". Conservatives have to put forth a candidate that doesn't compromise ideals while still being able to put the electorate at ease long enough to allow them to absorb the concepts and if not make these ideals their own at least see the logic behind them.
A single team can win a single game by brute force however, the success of the league comes from all teams agreeing to the goals of the league together. The conservative candidate for League Commissioner is yet to be found but it is clear our Head Coach position has been successfully filled. I just hope Coach Palin has signed the long term contract and not the two year one.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Michelle's Taxing Social Agenda with Veterans
When Time Magazine announced, "We Are All Socialists Now" Michelle Obama decided to stretch her social muscles like no other First Lady before. In true Socialist fashion, Michelle our Belle, at taxpayer's expense, hired a staggering 22 staffers to aid her exclusively in managing her "social agenda". Four of these valuable human beings are paid over $100,000 each with the other 18 working for a bit more than peanuts.
Judging from history, Michelle Obama's predecessors were real slackers. Laura Bush only had one social assistant who was paid for out of the Bush family's own pocket. How gauche! Hillary only needed 3 assistants, 2 of which exclusively tended to the color coding of her pants suits which is pretty remarkable considering the number of shades of blue she has alone. Nancy Reagan had one assistant as did Jackie Kennedy, the epitome of style and grace, the gold standard of American First Ladies. If Michelle Obama is striving to be the anti-Jackie, she's succeeding on that score.
I realize Michelle's excesses have been highlighted many times before, to no avail. If anything, criticism of Mrs. Obama results in even more arrogant extravagance and waste on her part. So why spend my time kavetching about the insipid tax payer-funded spending of our self-important First Lady? She's not going to change, I know, I know.
However, on this Veteran's Day, when I heard about 73-year-old Army veteran, Joe Andreuzzi, receiving a FOUR CENT check issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, I could not stop thinking of our patronizing First Lady and her self-serving photo-ops with our Veterans. I could hear her citing all the benefits she's brought them through the Recovery Act that funded 1,500 temporary jobs for claims processors to speed benefits to veterans like the big FOUR CENTS Joe Andreuzzi received. Gee, thanks Mrs. Obama. You really shouldn't have! I mean that.
I loved hearing Joe's response to the ridiculous check. Even though he'll be forty cents in the hole, Joe's mailing the FOUR CENTS back to Obama to help pay down the debt. So much for the efficiency of the Recovery Act! With all the success Mrs. Obama's efforts have brought, one would expect the First Lady, whose focus on Military Families and Veterans Affairs she personally selected to champion, would be here, in the U.S., honoring our servicemen and women this Veteran's Day. Instead she's adding to the cost of our elected leader's Asia trip, racking up the tab with her essential 22 member staff in tow. To be fair, I do have to point out the fact that Mrs. Obama along with Dr. Jill Biden did go out of their way for our military and offer the following heartfelt sentiments via video tape:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/11/10/a-veterans-day-message-first-lady-michelle-obama-and-dr-jill-biden
Wow, that's powerful stuff. Per the Obama's "style" they have no problem asking us for our attention, our service, our money, our votes but when it comes to them listening to us, don't hold your breath. So as I exhale the negativity with my preceding diatribe, I'll inhale with the positive spirit of Joe Andreuzzi and all our other honorable veterans who should be the real focus of all of us this day and everyday as we thank them for their service to our nation. They may not be paid the salaries of the First Lady's Social (ist) Assistants, but we the people can do right by them in ways Michelle Obama will never understand.
Judging from history, Michelle Obama's predecessors were real slackers. Laura Bush only had one social assistant who was paid for out of the Bush family's own pocket. How gauche! Hillary only needed 3 assistants, 2 of which exclusively tended to the color coding of her pants suits which is pretty remarkable considering the number of shades of blue she has alone. Nancy Reagan had one assistant as did Jackie Kennedy, the epitome of style and grace, the gold standard of American First Ladies. If Michelle Obama is striving to be the anti-Jackie, she's succeeding on that score.
I realize Michelle's excesses have been highlighted many times before, to no avail. If anything, criticism of Mrs. Obama results in even more arrogant extravagance and waste on her part. So why spend my time kavetching about the insipid tax payer-funded spending of our self-important First Lady? She's not going to change, I know, I know.
However, on this Veteran's Day, when I heard about 73-year-old Army veteran, Joe Andreuzzi, receiving a FOUR CENT check issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, I could not stop thinking of our patronizing First Lady and her self-serving photo-ops with our Veterans. I could hear her citing all the benefits she's brought them through the Recovery Act that funded 1,500 temporary jobs for claims processors to speed benefits to veterans like the big FOUR CENTS Joe Andreuzzi received. Gee, thanks Mrs. Obama. You really shouldn't have! I mean that.
I loved hearing Joe's response to the ridiculous check. Even though he'll be forty cents in the hole, Joe's mailing the FOUR CENTS back to Obama to help pay down the debt. So much for the efficiency of the Recovery Act! With all the success Mrs. Obama's efforts have brought, one would expect the First Lady, whose focus on Military Families and Veterans Affairs she personally selected to champion, would be here, in the U.S., honoring our servicemen and women this Veteran's Day. Instead she's adding to the cost of our elected leader's Asia trip, racking up the tab with her essential 22 member staff in tow. To be fair, I do have to point out the fact that Mrs. Obama along with Dr. Jill Biden did go out of their way for our military and offer the following heartfelt sentiments via video tape:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/11/10/a-veterans-day-message-first-lady-michelle-obama-and-dr-jill-biden
Wow, that's powerful stuff. Per the Obama's "style" they have no problem asking us for our attention, our service, our money, our votes but when it comes to them listening to us, don't hold your breath. So as I exhale the negativity with my preceding diatribe, I'll inhale with the positive spirit of Joe Andreuzzi and all our other honorable veterans who should be the real focus of all of us this day and everyday as we thank them for their service to our nation. They may not be paid the salaries of the First Lady's Social (ist) Assistants, but we the people can do right by them in ways Michelle Obama will never understand.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Soros' One World Order...A 2nd Rate Petting Zoo
As a kid I remember watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and getting upset when Marlon Perkins would step aside, allowing nature to take its course. It seemed wrong to let those baby tigers fend for themselves or the gazelle get taken down by the lion. Marlon was standing right there! He could have stopped all the suffering and carnage but instead, he simply filmed for us so we could see the sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sometimes frightening reality of life in the wild.
Why would such a sweet, kind, knowledgeable man, which Marlon seemed to be, not step in and make all the episodes happy, save all the animals in danger? My father explained to me that if man gets involved in the process of these animals' survival, he would create far more suffering and destruction than what occurs naturally. Animals fair best when left alone to find their own food, solve their own dilemmas, stake out their own territory. Wild animals are happiest minus man's intervention. I would soon learn this holds true for all of God's creatures.
How many times have we all heard "do not feed the bears"? Why not? Because if the bears become dependent on food from humans they lose their hunting instincts, their diets become poor and they actually develop a taste for processed food over the more nutritious wild game. If a bear does become addicted and dependent, they are more likely to seek out humans, causing danger to people and the bear alike.
This scenario of dependence holds true for human beings as well. Think of the riots today in England as well as the ones that happened in Greece and France where people are dependent on the government for their livelihood from cradle to grave. When 20 somethings are protesting about working till the age of 62, that's a pathetic example of humans with zero self-reliance. What has become of young people when they beg for authority to provide them their dreams? Someone has been feeding the bears for far too long. Now that the tourists have exceeded their limits on their credit cards and have to pack up and go home, the junk food is gobbled and gone, leaving the cubs, hungry, clawing and clueless.
Europe has been plagued with this "all-providing government" mentality for centuries compared to America who has only sipped from the cesspool of dependency at certain points in our short history. However, as Europe toys with the idea of checking into rehab, America is full steam ahead, morphing into the big government dependency nightmare our forefathers drafted the Constitution to specifically avoid.
Enter George Soros, aka, Gyorgy Schwartz. This man has a track record of taking down financial systems for the purpose of personally profiting as well as positioning himself to gain control of the markets he prompted to fail. He's made no secret about his desire to bring on a One World government that he would control and provide the conscience for. In some warped way, he rationalizes his vision as fair and just, providing all humans on the earth an equal existence. He's plowed more money than we'll ever know into political campaigns, media outlets, academia and social outreach throughout the world to bring his dream to fruition.
The last piece in his puzzle is the destruction of the United States of America. He finally managed to get a circus bear into the White House. He's cracked the whip at the Fed, who obediently flooded the markets with dollars. And his media pool of trained seals are regurgitating the script he provides on a daily basis. Does Mr. Schwartz (that translates to "Mr. Black" in English) really want the people of the world to be happy? No. His reality of equality for all the humans of the world is no better than the existence of pitiful animals found in a petting zoo.
Since the beginning of time societies have formed with the authority of the masses in the hands of an unelected few. Some rulers in this scenario are intelligent, honest men bringing prosperity to that particular society...for a while. But inevitably in human existence, power is handed off to a jerk or worse, an egotistical madman. Sure, the dependent masses are treated equally under such a ruler, equally poor. It's the same old story, one step forward under a good ruler, two steps back under a putz. The only constant is the fact that the masses are kept like caged animals, with little to no ability to determine their own destiny.
Fast forward to the creation of the United States of America. With its conception, the gates of the petting zoo were flung open. All of the animals determined to fend for themselves, hoping to thrive or at least die with dignity, flooded this new land of freedom. It was the first time in history that man was an individual, not a serf. The ideal was to leave success and failure up to the individual, resulting in a country more amazing than anyone ever imagined. America became the number one destination for any human with self-confidence and a dream. Fortunes were made and fortunes were lost but the successes far outweighed the losses. No where was the standard of living for the majority of the populace this high and growing.
So why wouldn't the rest of the world want to take on freedoms like the United States and offer all of their citizens the opportunity to be a self-sufficient individual member of society? Because the old entrenched systems of authority knew handing that sort of power over to the masses would mean an end to their cushy positions. They too would be flung into the race to fend for themselves, no longer riding the backs of the men they owned.
You see, our founding fathers were the first Marlon Perkins. They respected, revered and had total faith in the abilities of man to survive without a keeper. Not only did they believe man would survive in the atmosphere of freedom, they imagined man would thrive. Freedom provides the ability to succeed and fail on one's own, two of the most precious experiences any human can have. These are the very two experiences a person like George "Sorrows" Black wants to take away from us all. He has no faith in the individual to conduct their own lives in a free society. He much prefers us all to reside in his crumby little petting zoo where he can watch us, feed us at prescribed times, keeping him amused and fulfilled, knowing he rules over all the dumb, incompetent creatures of the Big Schwartz Sorosful Kingdom.
Time will tell if Mr. Sorrows will corral the people of the United States. He's got quite a few eating from his trough already but I believe the wild independent animals still outnumber the dependent progressive menagerie of pets Schwartzie has in his pen.
Word to the herd...bite this hand that feeds you!
Why would such a sweet, kind, knowledgeable man, which Marlon seemed to be, not step in and make all the episodes happy, save all the animals in danger? My father explained to me that if man gets involved in the process of these animals' survival, he would create far more suffering and destruction than what occurs naturally. Animals fair best when left alone to find their own food, solve their own dilemmas, stake out their own territory. Wild animals are happiest minus man's intervention. I would soon learn this holds true for all of God's creatures.
How many times have we all heard "do not feed the bears"? Why not? Because if the bears become dependent on food from humans they lose their hunting instincts, their diets become poor and they actually develop a taste for processed food over the more nutritious wild game. If a bear does become addicted and dependent, they are more likely to seek out humans, causing danger to people and the bear alike.
This scenario of dependence holds true for human beings as well. Think of the riots today in England as well as the ones that happened in Greece and France where people are dependent on the government for their livelihood from cradle to grave. When 20 somethings are protesting about working till the age of 62, that's a pathetic example of humans with zero self-reliance. What has become of young people when they beg for authority to provide them their dreams? Someone has been feeding the bears for far too long. Now that the tourists have exceeded their limits on their credit cards and have to pack up and go home, the junk food is gobbled and gone, leaving the cubs, hungry, clawing and clueless.
Europe has been plagued with this "all-providing government" mentality for centuries compared to America who has only sipped from the cesspool of dependency at certain points in our short history. However, as Europe toys with the idea of checking into rehab, America is full steam ahead, morphing into the big government dependency nightmare our forefathers drafted the Constitution to specifically avoid.
Enter George Soros, aka, Gyorgy Schwartz. This man has a track record of taking down financial systems for the purpose of personally profiting as well as positioning himself to gain control of the markets he prompted to fail. He's made no secret about his desire to bring on a One World government that he would control and provide the conscience for. In some warped way, he rationalizes his vision as fair and just, providing all humans on the earth an equal existence. He's plowed more money than we'll ever know into political campaigns, media outlets, academia and social outreach throughout the world to bring his dream to fruition.
The last piece in his puzzle is the destruction of the United States of America. He finally managed to get a circus bear into the White House. He's cracked the whip at the Fed, who obediently flooded the markets with dollars. And his media pool of trained seals are regurgitating the script he provides on a daily basis. Does Mr. Schwartz (that translates to "Mr. Black" in English) really want the people of the world to be happy? No. His reality of equality for all the humans of the world is no better than the existence of pitiful animals found in a petting zoo.
Since the beginning of time societies have formed with the authority of the masses in the hands of an unelected few. Some rulers in this scenario are intelligent, honest men bringing prosperity to that particular society...for a while. But inevitably in human existence, power is handed off to a jerk or worse, an egotistical madman. Sure, the dependent masses are treated equally under such a ruler, equally poor. It's the same old story, one step forward under a good ruler, two steps back under a putz. The only constant is the fact that the masses are kept like caged animals, with little to no ability to determine their own destiny.
Fast forward to the creation of the United States of America. With its conception, the gates of the petting zoo were flung open. All of the animals determined to fend for themselves, hoping to thrive or at least die with dignity, flooded this new land of freedom. It was the first time in history that man was an individual, not a serf. The ideal was to leave success and failure up to the individual, resulting in a country more amazing than anyone ever imagined. America became the number one destination for any human with self-confidence and a dream. Fortunes were made and fortunes were lost but the successes far outweighed the losses. No where was the standard of living for the majority of the populace this high and growing.
So why wouldn't the rest of the world want to take on freedoms like the United States and offer all of their citizens the opportunity to be a self-sufficient individual member of society? Because the old entrenched systems of authority knew handing that sort of power over to the masses would mean an end to their cushy positions. They too would be flung into the race to fend for themselves, no longer riding the backs of the men they owned.
You see, our founding fathers were the first Marlon Perkins. They respected, revered and had total faith in the abilities of man to survive without a keeper. Not only did they believe man would survive in the atmosphere of freedom, they imagined man would thrive. Freedom provides the ability to succeed and fail on one's own, two of the most precious experiences any human can have. These are the very two experiences a person like George "Sorrows" Black wants to take away from us all. He has no faith in the individual to conduct their own lives in a free society. He much prefers us all to reside in his crumby little petting zoo where he can watch us, feed us at prescribed times, keeping him amused and fulfilled, knowing he rules over all the dumb, incompetent creatures of the Big Schwartz Sorosful Kingdom.
Time will tell if Mr. Sorrows will corral the people of the United States. He's got quite a few eating from his trough already but I believe the wild independent animals still outnumber the dependent progressive menagerie of pets Schwartzie has in his pen.
Word to the herd...bite this hand that feeds you!
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