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.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Where are the Democrats?
House Democrats promised to reform Congress after the Republican scandals. Now Democrats are hiding out instead of investigating whether Congressmen benefited from VIP loans from Countrywide. Loans that you and I probably could never get.
You see, both the Democrats and Republicans are corrupt machines with designs for big government. No matter which of the two parties you elect, they will do all in their power to benefit themselves and their party by creating more and more federal programs to benefit their special interests.
Libertarians have only one interest- the Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to us. That means smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.
Monday, October 12, 2009
White House Escalates War of Words With Fox News - Political News - FOXNews.com
White House Escalates War of Words With Fox News - Political News - FOXNews.com
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The left and liberal media continue to falsely paint Fox News as somehow a radical, right-wing news organization. The Pew Research Center's analysis of the 2008 campaign shows quite the opposite. It is CNN and MSNBC which are blatantly unfair, unbalanced and partisan in its news coverage.
The left, intent on its goal of creating a socialist state where individual thought is suppressed and the state controls every aspect of our life, wants nothing more than the restriction of our freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. And so they attack Fox News as being conservative and deny its reporters access to the president (not until at least 2010, The White House now says).
Our liberties are being crushed faster than ever by this far, far left government. We must speak up for our Constitutional liberties and rights before it is too late. We need to support the Libertarian Party in its fight for our liberties and freedom as it battles a Democratic Party intent on a socialist government and a Republican Party intent on pushing its conservative moral values on us through big government policies. The point is, the GOP is not the answer. The GOP wants big government too. Just look at what they did under President George W. Bush and a GOP Congress.
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The left and liberal media continue to falsely paint Fox News as somehow a radical, right-wing news organization. The Pew Research Center's analysis of the 2008 campaign shows quite the opposite. It is CNN and MSNBC which are blatantly unfair, unbalanced and partisan in its news coverage.
The left, intent on its goal of creating a socialist state where individual thought is suppressed and the state controls every aspect of our life, wants nothing more than the restriction of our freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. And so they attack Fox News as being conservative and deny its reporters access to the president (not until at least 2010, The White House now says).
Our liberties are being crushed faster than ever by this far, far left government. We must speak up for our Constitutional liberties and rights before it is too late. We need to support the Libertarian Party in its fight for our liberties and freedom as it battles a Democratic Party intent on a socialist government and a Republican Party intent on pushing its conservative moral values on us through big government policies. The point is, the GOP is not the answer. The GOP wants big government too. Just look at what they did under President George W. Bush and a GOP Congress.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Competition and Accountability in Education
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I believe the U.S. Department of Education is unconstitutional and should be abolished. But beyond the Constitutional issue education is also an intensely local issue. Parents in each school district know best what types of schools best suite their children- not a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Department of Education's budget doubled under President Bush from $33billion to just under $70billion. Wayne Allen Root asks in The Conscience of a Libertarian, "Anyone think that education improved by double? Anyone think our kids are twice as smart? Education is failing precisely because the federal government is involved." President Obama has thrown another $130billion in stimulus money for education on top of the $70billion baseline budget- that's $200billion for education! Throwing money at teachers unions will not solve our problems when teachers are basically given tenure regardless of performance of their students.
Want more evidence federal involvement in education is the problem? Root points to an international study of industrialized nations' 15 year-old students: "Out of 30 industrialized countries, U.S. students ranked 25th in math and 21st in science." The Department of Education has been around since President Jimmy Carter. Lotta good it's done.
The right path is to abolish the Department of Education and return education to the state and local level.
In the October 12 issue of Fortune there is an interview with the head of New York City's public school system, Joel Klein. Mr. Klein is a graduate of New York public schools, Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Before taking over NY schools in 2002 he had never worked in the field of education.
Joel Klein has been a catalyst for change by injecting crazy ideas like accountability, competition, autonomy and leadership into each local school. His changes are bringing about results. For instance in 2005 the drop out rate was 22%. Last year that had declined to 14%. The graduation rate in '05 was 47% but spiked to 61% in 2008.
The key to his success has been giving each principal the authority to make independent decisions as to how he or she runs the school, including extended days, extended weeks, community engagement and more. In short he has empowered them and provided them the leadership training they need to be successful.
Teachers are now being paid differently based on results in their schools, the need to send better teachers to schools most in need and the subject matter they teach (science teachers should be paid more then physical education teachers). Additionally, he is firing people who do not produce results and even closing entire schools that are failing.
We need to seriously look at implementing real-world principles of accountability, competition, leadership, choice and autonomy into our education system if the U.S. hopes to compete in the global economy of the 21 century. Otherwise we will quickly be overtaken as an economic power.
The U.S. Department of Education's budget doubled under President Bush from $33billion to just under $70billion. Wayne Allen Root asks in The Conscience of a Libertarian, "Anyone think that education improved by double? Anyone think our kids are twice as smart? Education is failing precisely because the federal government is involved." President Obama has thrown another $130billion in stimulus money for education on top of the $70billion baseline budget- that's $200billion for education! Throwing money at teachers unions will not solve our problems when teachers are basically given tenure regardless of performance of their students.
Want more evidence federal involvement in education is the problem? Root points to an international study of industrialized nations' 15 year-old students: "Out of 30 industrialized countries, U.S. students ranked 25th in math and 21st in science." The Department of Education has been around since President Jimmy Carter. Lotta good it's done.
The right path is to abolish the Department of Education and return education to the state and local level.
In the October 12 issue of Fortune there is an interview with the head of New York City's public school system, Joel Klein. Mr. Klein is a graduate of New York public schools, Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Before taking over NY schools in 2002 he had never worked in the field of education.
Joel Klein has been a catalyst for change by injecting crazy ideas like accountability, competition, autonomy and leadership into each local school. His changes are bringing about results. For instance in 2005 the drop out rate was 22%. Last year that had declined to 14%. The graduation rate in '05 was 47% but spiked to 61% in 2008.
The key to his success has been giving each principal the authority to make independent decisions as to how he or she runs the school, including extended days, extended weeks, community engagement and more. In short he has empowered them and provided them the leadership training they need to be successful.
Teachers are now being paid differently based on results in their schools, the need to send better teachers to schools most in need and the subject matter they teach (science teachers should be paid more then physical education teachers). Additionally, he is firing people who do not produce results and even closing entire schools that are failing.
We need to seriously look at implementing real-world principles of accountability, competition, leadership, choice and autonomy into our education system if the U.S. hopes to compete in the global economy of the 21 century. Otherwise we will quickly be overtaken as an economic power.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
US Should Sell Stake in Citi
It is time for the US government to sell its stake in Citi and get the heck out of the private sector.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33162400#
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33162400#
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