I was forwarded this earlier and felt like sharing....
So, we are going to pass health care reform that....
1. Was written by a committee, the chair of which admits he doesn't understand it.
2. Was passed by a Congress that has not read it but exempts itself from it.
3. Will be signed by a President who has not read it and who smokes.
4. Will have its funds administred by a Treasury Department headed by a Treasury Secretary who fails to pay his own taxes.
5. Will be overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese.
6. Will be financed by a country and a citizenry too much in debt already.
Makes sense to me.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Liberals Celebrate America In Decline
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-21/why-america-must-learn-to-bow/?cid=topic:mainpromo1
President Obama has twice bowed to foreign leaders- once in Saudi Arbia and then again last week in Japan. Why is this so important? Because President Obama and his "Blame America" socialist pals want nothing more than to see the U.S. humbled and brought down.
Obama campaigned against "Cowboy" diplomacy and wants nothing more than to put the US on equal footing with other nations. The problem is, he's putting us on equal footing by cutting off our own feet, knocking us down. Remember his Apology Tour this summer when he went around Europe apologizing for anything and everything the US had ever done?
Presidents are supposed to keep America strong and use our hard-fought superpower status as a position of strength in negotiations, not apologize for it and let nations walk all over us.
This president is will only continue to make us weaker on the world stage and his bowing to foreign leaders is symbolic of that weakness.
President Obama has twice bowed to foreign leaders- once in Saudi Arbia and then again last week in Japan. Why is this so important? Because President Obama and his "Blame America" socialist pals want nothing more than to see the U.S. humbled and brought down.
Obama campaigned against "Cowboy" diplomacy and wants nothing more than to put the US on equal footing with other nations. The problem is, he's putting us on equal footing by cutting off our own feet, knocking us down. Remember his Apology Tour this summer when he went around Europe apologizing for anything and everything the US had ever done?
Presidents are supposed to keep America strong and use our hard-fought superpower status as a position of strength in negotiations, not apologize for it and let nations walk all over us.
This president is will only continue to make us weaker on the world stage and his bowing to foreign leaders is symbolic of that weakness.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
A New Paradigm
There have been pivotal moments in the history of the United States during which the political landscape is forever changed. Examples include the reign of Democrat-Republicans from Thomas Jefferson through John Q. Adams which lead to the emergence of our first populist president, Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. There was the rise of the Whig Party followed shortly by its fall and the rise of the Republicans with Abraham Lincoln at the head of the ticket.
In the 20th Century the names of the parties stayed the same but their platforms shifted dramatically. For instance Southern Democrats kept their party racist while Republicans led on civil rights. Then the parties seemingly switched positions in the 1960s and Southerners left the Democratic Party for the Republican while in the North we have witnessed the gradual decline of social moderates in the GOP.
Here in the early 21st Century I wonder if we are at another pivotal moment in the political life of our country. With big government Democrats seeking to nationalize health care (1/6 of our economy) and Republicans searching for a direction after President Bush's spending spree and multi-front wars, perhaps we no longer are a left vs. right nation. Perhaps the new question we should be asking ourselves is, "Do I favor a large federal government or do I favor a federalism in which power is shared at the local, state and federal levels?"
Our Founding Fathers clearly favored the latter. Our republican form of government only works when those we elect to represent us are closest to us and held accountable by us. The 10th Amendment to the Constitution clearly reinforces the restrictive main body of the Constitution in which the powers of the central government are enumerated. The 10th Amendment limits the scope of the federal government's authority to only those powers specifically listed within the Constitution.
The Founders knew that for our system of government to work most effectively the federal government must be balanced with the power of the states and the people who grant their consent to be government at the expense of their own freedom and liberty.
The question we should be asking ourselves is not whether we are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, but rather do I believe in an all-powerful federal government or do I believe in liberty and freedom?
One of the most important underlying principles of our form of government is that we, the people, consent to surrender a portion of our God-given freedom and liberty over to a government with limited powers. Through the 10th Amendment we surrender only a portion of our liberty.
Reclaim your freedom! Reclaim your liberty! Unless we, the people, speak up our own government will slowly become the government of King George III of Great Britain.
In the 20th Century the names of the parties stayed the same but their platforms shifted dramatically. For instance Southern Democrats kept their party racist while Republicans led on civil rights. Then the parties seemingly switched positions in the 1960s and Southerners left the Democratic Party for the Republican while in the North we have witnessed the gradual decline of social moderates in the GOP.
Here in the early 21st Century I wonder if we are at another pivotal moment in the political life of our country. With big government Democrats seeking to nationalize health care (1/6 of our economy) and Republicans searching for a direction after President Bush's spending spree and multi-front wars, perhaps we no longer are a left vs. right nation. Perhaps the new question we should be asking ourselves is, "Do I favor a large federal government or do I favor a federalism in which power is shared at the local, state and federal levels?"
Our Founding Fathers clearly favored the latter. Our republican form of government only works when those we elect to represent us are closest to us and held accountable by us. The 10th Amendment to the Constitution clearly reinforces the restrictive main body of the Constitution in which the powers of the central government are enumerated. The 10th Amendment limits the scope of the federal government's authority to only those powers specifically listed within the Constitution.
The Founders knew that for our system of government to work most effectively the federal government must be balanced with the power of the states and the people who grant their consent to be government at the expense of their own freedom and liberty.
The question we should be asking ourselves is not whether we are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, but rather do I believe in an all-powerful federal government or do I believe in liberty and freedom?
One of the most important underlying principles of our form of government is that we, the people, consent to surrender a portion of our God-given freedom and liberty over to a government with limited powers. Through the 10th Amendment we surrender only a portion of our liberty.
Reclaim your freedom! Reclaim your liberty! Unless we, the people, speak up our own government will slowly become the government of King George III of Great Britain.
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