We should all understand what propaganda is. Propaganda is the art of denying with your lips what you are doing with your hands. Our leaders have been doing this for a very long time. Before this they tried to keep their actions a little more secret fearing the possibility of being reported on by the media. Now they have the media fully behind what they're doing.
Even Fox News which is better than the others has largely fallen into this trap. The parts of their show that are considered hard news are so busy being fair and balanced that they essentially say nothing. They work very hard on "fluff" stories and bring them to our attention for days at a time, but ignore the really big stories. They allow the congressional elite to deny them any access and so they don't report anything about what's going on behind the scenes. As a result they don't stir the pot about such things as this cap and trade bill. They leave that up to the op-ed people. They know if even they treat it as editorial it isn't taken seriously as news. The truth is that the only real news we get now is from the op-ed people.
Yesterday our leaders voted overwhelming against the American people and against capitalism. Oh they picked and chose who would make the vote in the democratic party and even in the republican part so they would get just the votes they needed. They picked the people to make those votes they were willing to sacrifice. They treated the 20-1 ratio of calls against what they were doing as nothing more than special interest groups, but then how often have they catered to special interest groups. Even so these were not special interest groups. They were people genuinely opposed to what they're trying to do. Even if half the people calling were from special interest groups you still have a ratio of 10-1 against a margin that should be paid attention to by our leaders.
They think we are so stupid that we can figure this out for ourselves. They voted against the will of the people and they all would have voted that way if it had been needed. The democrats most certainly have enough votes to push through what they want. People who had voted yes to the bill initially later changed their vote to no when it was determined those votes were no longer needed.
We have spineless leaders when it comes to answering to the people, but very bold leaders when it comes to doing things the people don't want. We need to realize these leaders of ours view themselves as RULERS not representatives. They feel they are immune from being voted out and so far that has proven true. If we don't do something to show them this isn't true on the next election or if we don't take some other major stand such as a tax revolt before them we will watch them calmly dismantle our entire economy and snatch our freedoms as though we don't deserve them.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Our Leaders Aren't Listening
Today I'd like to address one of our glorious leaders in particular. As many of you may know yesterday the House of Representatives voted on yet another bill none of them read. Commonly called the cap and trade bill. I decided it was time I started contacting my representatives to let them know how I feel since I obviously can't trust them to act in my best interests.
I called Lynn Woolsey's office. It took me almost 45 minutes of my lunch to get through so many people were calling them. I asked Lynn Woolsey's aid how she was going to vote. To this I got the answer, "I'm not privy to that information." I then asked if Lynn Woolsey had read the entire bill. To this I got a definite affirmative, only when I added, "does that include the new 300 pages that were added?" the aid stammered and asked what I mean so I clarified what I meant.
I said, "The 300 pages added last night at 3:00 a.m." The aid then assured me that she had read those as well. I'm a fast reading and I know it's possible if you did nothing else with your day to read a 300 in one day, but she was already on the floor. This mean that the aid lied to me about this.
So here we have yet another representative who is more than happy to vote on a bill and sign her name to a leagally binding document that she hasn't even read. I assured the aid that if he voted for this bill I would check up and would make it a point to remember this till her election and do everything I could to campaign against her and make sure she didn't get back in office; which promise I intend to keep.
These people in Washington are utterly out of control. They don't read bills they sign, meaning they don't even really know what their effect is going to be on the American people. Our representatives received calls with a weighting of 20 to 1 against the bill. Do they listen to their constituents? No!! Rather than do that they propagate a lie that it was special interest groups that were generating all the calls. They thus assume the American people don't actually have this concern because the numbers were so skewed. It never occurs to them that the rest of us have more common sense than they do and understand what the bill is really going to mean.
If we don't get rid of these people and fast our nation will be ripped apart economically. We desparately need to either get them to start repealing these laws and spending habits of theirs or we need to start going exempt on our paychecks so they stop getting the money and realize we're serious about what we're saying.
It is quite apparent that even with so many calls it brought the congressional switchboard down that they still assume this is not the American people speaking but just some small interest groups generating the calls. At least that the story they want us to believe as people like Lynn Woolsey vote against what the American taxpayer wants. This being their new tactic and reasoning for voting against the will of the people they will surely use this new game on all future bills if we let them get away with it.
Our representatives now think they are our Rulers. They have determined to take yet more of our money whether we want them to or not. They are unable to stop their spending habits. They're like shop-a-holics. If now is not the time for a tax revolution then there never was one.
Lynn Woolsey may not be the worst though even that would be hard to qualify, but there is little doubt that she should not be allowed to continue in the House of Representatives any more with her blatant willingness to ignore the will of the people. I have little doubt that her next act of stupidity will be to try to play stupid that she voted for the bill because she "thought" all those calls weren't really regular people concerned about her lust for spending. It's a great ploy if the people are stupid enough to believe it, but somehow I don't think most of the people are really that stupid.
It is an insult to the people to believe that we are really that stupid. I am Using Lynn Woolsey's name over and over in this essay in the hope that it will get picked up by some search engine and that more people will check out how their representatives voted as well. We desparately need to get rid of every person in congress that voted for this bill and in general we probably need to get them all out of there and start over. We certainly couldn't do any worse than we are with the ones we have now.
I'm still of the opinion that if any time a vote for a representative comes about if we all vote for any person but the encumbent we'll DEFINITELY get rid of the encumbent and somehow I don't believe the person we get that replaces them could do a worse job. Also consider if we do that, it will put all the new people on notice that we can and will get rid of them as well if they don't represent our interests.
Those of you that keep voting back in your representatives ask yourself what are they doing that is so noteworthy and that you approve of so much that want them back in there again? These people despise the American people and the American lifestyle. Michelle Obama apparently has not felt proud of the nation she lived in for over 40 years. Apparently the only thing that made her proud of the nation was the prospect that her husband was on the ballot for the president.
Lynn Woolsey just voted for a bill she hasn't read for no better reason, as it seems, than that she likes the idea of being for the environment and against global warming. Even though there's still no proof that we're causing global warming at all. In her mind it is better to be politically correct than just to be correct. We really need to get this woman and others like her out of any representation of our nation.
She should be required to live under every law she votes for. If she votes for government healthcare she should be required to have that healthcare and no other. It is not right that they should inflict something on us they are not willing to live under themselves.
Let's get these bums out of office. They have shown they are greedy and power hungry. They consider themselves to be rulers instead of representatives and servants. They have not nearly enough moral character to be trusted with even one person's checkbook, much less the checkbooks of all the American citizens.
Please those of you that may read this show enough courage to at least be willing to vote your representative out of office. As I mentioned above, anyone else we get in their place certainly couldn't be worse and the message sent would be that we are watching them and will get rid of them as well if they can't get it right. We don't need these people. THEY WORK FOR US!
I called Lynn Woolsey's office. It took me almost 45 minutes of my lunch to get through so many people were calling them. I asked Lynn Woolsey's aid how she was going to vote. To this I got the answer, "I'm not privy to that information." I then asked if Lynn Woolsey had read the entire bill. To this I got a definite affirmative, only when I added, "does that include the new 300 pages that were added?" the aid stammered and asked what I mean so I clarified what I meant.
I said, "The 300 pages added last night at 3:00 a.m." The aid then assured me that she had read those as well. I'm a fast reading and I know it's possible if you did nothing else with your day to read a 300 in one day, but she was already on the floor. This mean that the aid lied to me about this.
So here we have yet another representative who is more than happy to vote on a bill and sign her name to a leagally binding document that she hasn't even read. I assured the aid that if he voted for this bill I would check up and would make it a point to remember this till her election and do everything I could to campaign against her and make sure she didn't get back in office; which promise I intend to keep.
These people in Washington are utterly out of control. They don't read bills they sign, meaning they don't even really know what their effect is going to be on the American people. Our representatives received calls with a weighting of 20 to 1 against the bill. Do they listen to their constituents? No!! Rather than do that they propagate a lie that it was special interest groups that were generating all the calls. They thus assume the American people don't actually have this concern because the numbers were so skewed. It never occurs to them that the rest of us have more common sense than they do and understand what the bill is really going to mean.
If we don't get rid of these people and fast our nation will be ripped apart economically. We desparately need to either get them to start repealing these laws and spending habits of theirs or we need to start going exempt on our paychecks so they stop getting the money and realize we're serious about what we're saying.
It is quite apparent that even with so many calls it brought the congressional switchboard down that they still assume this is not the American people speaking but just some small interest groups generating the calls. At least that the story they want us to believe as people like Lynn Woolsey vote against what the American taxpayer wants. This being their new tactic and reasoning for voting against the will of the people they will surely use this new game on all future bills if we let them get away with it.
Our representatives now think they are our Rulers. They have determined to take yet more of our money whether we want them to or not. They are unable to stop their spending habits. They're like shop-a-holics. If now is not the time for a tax revolution then there never was one.
Lynn Woolsey may not be the worst though even that would be hard to qualify, but there is little doubt that she should not be allowed to continue in the House of Representatives any more with her blatant willingness to ignore the will of the people. I have little doubt that her next act of stupidity will be to try to play stupid that she voted for the bill because she "thought" all those calls weren't really regular people concerned about her lust for spending. It's a great ploy if the people are stupid enough to believe it, but somehow I don't think most of the people are really that stupid.
It is an insult to the people to believe that we are really that stupid. I am Using Lynn Woolsey's name over and over in this essay in the hope that it will get picked up by some search engine and that more people will check out how their representatives voted as well. We desparately need to get rid of every person in congress that voted for this bill and in general we probably need to get them all out of there and start over. We certainly couldn't do any worse than we are with the ones we have now.
I'm still of the opinion that if any time a vote for a representative comes about if we all vote for any person but the encumbent we'll DEFINITELY get rid of the encumbent and somehow I don't believe the person we get that replaces them could do a worse job. Also consider if we do that, it will put all the new people on notice that we can and will get rid of them as well if they don't represent our interests.
Those of you that keep voting back in your representatives ask yourself what are they doing that is so noteworthy and that you approve of so much that want them back in there again? These people despise the American people and the American lifestyle. Michelle Obama apparently has not felt proud of the nation she lived in for over 40 years. Apparently the only thing that made her proud of the nation was the prospect that her husband was on the ballot for the president.
Lynn Woolsey just voted for a bill she hasn't read for no better reason, as it seems, than that she likes the idea of being for the environment and against global warming. Even though there's still no proof that we're causing global warming at all. In her mind it is better to be politically correct than just to be correct. We really need to get this woman and others like her out of any representation of our nation.
She should be required to live under every law she votes for. If she votes for government healthcare she should be required to have that healthcare and no other. It is not right that they should inflict something on us they are not willing to live under themselves.
Let's get these bums out of office. They have shown they are greedy and power hungry. They consider themselves to be rulers instead of representatives and servants. They have not nearly enough moral character to be trusted with even one person's checkbook, much less the checkbooks of all the American citizens.
Please those of you that may read this show enough courage to at least be willing to vote your representative out of office. As I mentioned above, anyone else we get in their place certainly couldn't be worse and the message sent would be that we are watching them and will get rid of them as well if they can't get it right. We don't need these people. THEY WORK FOR US!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Open Letter
I heard this letter on Glenn Beck the other night and it so struck me that I decided to post it here in the hopes it will motivate more of you to get in touch with your non-representing representatives as it has me. I hope that those of you with other sites and blogs will post this as well. This is a letter on a level with the Thomas Paine youtube videos. It is my fear if something isn't done soon it may be too late. Following is this great letter!
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I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?
Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.
Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.
Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.
Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.
Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.
Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why -- what do you have against shareholders making a profit?
Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.
Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try -- please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.
Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.
From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when hewill rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.
Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
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I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?
Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.
Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.
Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.
Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.
Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.
Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why -- what do you have against shareholders making a profit?
Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.
Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try -- please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.
Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.
From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when hewill rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.
Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Daffynitions! Self Absorbed, Narcissist - Obama
I think sometimes if we were too look in the dictionary 10 years from now we'll see a new definition added for narcissist and self absorbed. Following is an article from Newsweek posted to the web (NRO)
Notice in the exchange below how Obama tries to act oblivious to the smallest insinuation that he's made any mistake. Michele Obama doesn't seem to catch the clue he's throwing her at all as he tries to get her off the mistake issue no matter how many times he pushes it. Also notice how much of his every response is about him and how great he is and how others recognize how great he is or should. There is not one ounce of the humility he shows on behalf of the United State, but at the same time he can't admit to a single one he's made.
Michelle Obama: “It’s been a challenge. But one of the things we do best, along with the other things that we do best, is meet challenges.”
President Obama: “Has the level of love surprised me? Not really. People keep saying, ‘Oh, the press loves you, oh, the American people love you,’ and I say, ‘Fine,’ but first and foremost, I love me. I love me very very much. And that’s what keeps you going.”
We caught up with the First Couple on an Air Force One flight over New York City.
NEWSWEEK. So, does it still feel strange to be flying around on Air Force One, running a nation and a large auto company?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Strange? No, not really.
NEWSWEEK. This was your destiny?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Look, everyone is put on earth for a reason. I’m here to transform a nation and build a better mid-size sedan. Michelle is here to support me and help raise our children. You’re here to interview me. The American people are here to vote for me. We all play our part. This isn’t a “me” situation. (Everything he just said is about HIM! Everyone is there for him or it's about him in one way or another!)
NEWSWEEK. Mr. President, look down the road a bit for me, if you don’t mind. Where are you in a year?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, that’s an excellent question. And I think about that a lot — where I’ll be, what I’ll be doing well, what I’ll be loved for — and it seems to me that a year from now I’ll be on the cover of Newsweek, maybe in front of a picture of the new GM car I designed, maybe talking to some of the people in line for surgery at the hospital, maybe helping a newly released prisoner from Guantanamo open up his first UPS Store in Visalia, California. Really, the sky’s the limit.
NEWSWEEK. So you always knew you’d be on the cover of Newsweek?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, not seventeen times!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Nineteen, actually.
NEWSWEEK. Well, twenty, after this one!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Hahahahahahahahahaha!
NEWSWEEK. Hahahahahhahahahahahahaha!
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Twenty? So the other thirty-two are of . . . what? Trends and things? Are you sure that’s wise? I mean, for consistency’s sake . . .
NEWSWEEK. Hahahahahahahahahaha!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Hahahahahahahahaha!
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Wasn’t really kidding.
NEWSWEEK. Mr. President, look down the road a bit for me, if you don’t mind. Where are you in a year?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, that’s an excellent question. And I think about that a lot — where I’ll be, what I’ll be doing well, what I’ll be loved for — and it seems to me that a year from now I’ll be on the cover of Newsweek, maybe in front of a picture of the new GM car I designed, maybe talking to some of the people in (the long my add)line for surgery at the hospital, maybe helping a newly released prisoner from Guantanamo open up his first UPS Store in Visalia, California. Really, the sky’s the limit.
NEWSWEEK. That’s a wonderful answer.
MICHELLE OBAMA. But all of that means there’s still a lot of work ahead.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Right, right. Of course.
MICHELLE OBAMA. A year from now, I’ll be wearing flats. Just an FYI to the buyers out there.
NEWSWEEK. Mr. President, critics of your critics have suggested that your critics are racist fearmongers, right-wing reactionaries, flat-earthers and Jesus freaks, gun nuts, serial killers, Rush Limbaugh cult worshippers, and small businessmen. What do you say to those critics of your critics?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, look, I’ve learned in my six years in politics not to get all bogged down in responding to every little thing that the critics of my critics might say. So I try not to engage, frankly. Critics of my critics have their own agenda, their own voices. They can speak for themselves. As I said, my goals are to nationalize health care, free the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, and build a popular family-sized sedan. I’ll let the critics of my critics do what it is they do best.
NEWSWEEK. Mrs. Obama, does it bother you what the detractors of some of your husband’s political enemies have pointed out? That he’s made a few mistakes?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Wait. What?
NEWSWEEK. Very small ones, sir.
MICHELLE OBAMA. No, it really doesn’t bother me. Look, this is a business, okay? And sometimes it’s important — look, we’ve got to keep a useful dialogue going, which is hard when it’s all just one loud cheering section, right?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Not following you.
MICHELLE OBAMA. I mean, look, sometimes it’s useful to admit to small, easily forgivable mistakes. That makes the critics of our detractors seem fair.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. I’m lost. Small whats?
NEWSWEEK. I’m lost, too.
MICHELLE OBAMA. I just mean that admitting to small imperfections is a great way to highlight what is, in fact, perfect about you.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Not following you at all.
NEWSWEEK. Let’s change the subject. How about Sasha and Malia? How’s the adjustment for them?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. They love me very very much. That’s the important thing.
NEWSWEEK. This has been such a great interview! Kill me now! I’m in Heaven!
PRESIDENT OBAMA. If you’re in Heaven right now, who does that make me? (It's almost as though he's trying to get him to say he's God!)
NEWSWEEK. Exactly!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Okay, okay. We’ve been circling the Statue of Liberty for a couple of hours now. Any more questions?
NEWSWEEK. Let me flip through my notes here . . . nope, nothing.
MICHELLE OBAMA. The economy? (Even Michelle seems to recognize he ought to be asking about these things and tries to prod him to do so)
NEWSWEEK. Nope.
MICHELLE OBAMA. Spending? (Here she is again trying to get him to ask something important, but the news man will have none of it)
NEWSWEEK. Um . . . no.
MICHELLE OBAMA. The debt? Iraq? (she tries to prod him to one real question about something important and the news man refuses to bite even from the first lady! This should tell you something about the media and how much of a dog and pony show it is. They ask whatever they think Obama wants them too.)
NEWSWEEK. No and . . . no.
MICHELLE OBAMA. Health care? Nancy Pelosi? Immigration? Gay marriage? Torture memos? North Korea? Chinese bondholders? TARP funds? Sotomayor? California’s budget crisis? Iranian nukes? Israeli elections? (Though this seems incredible she can't get the news man to ask one single question he should be asking. They are petrified of angering Obama in any way at all! Is this still the United States?)
NEWSWEEK. No, no, no, um . . . no, nope, not so much, uh-uh, nah, no, negatory, no, and not today.
MICHELLE OBAMA. Okay then.
NEWSWEEK. Can I sit here quietly for a moment and just bask?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. That’s exactly what the guy from Time said.
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This ought to scare the daylights out of anyone reading. What nation is this? Are we still in America?
Notice in the exchange below how Obama tries to act oblivious to the smallest insinuation that he's made any mistake. Michele Obama doesn't seem to catch the clue he's throwing her at all as he tries to get her off the mistake issue no matter how many times he pushes it. Also notice how much of his every response is about him and how great he is and how others recognize how great he is or should. There is not one ounce of the humility he shows on behalf of the United State, but at the same time he can't admit to a single one he's made.
Michelle Obama: “It’s been a challenge. But one of the things we do best, along with the other things that we do best, is meet challenges.”
President Obama: “Has the level of love surprised me? Not really. People keep saying, ‘Oh, the press loves you, oh, the American people love you,’ and I say, ‘Fine,’ but first and foremost, I love me. I love me very very much. And that’s what keeps you going.”
We caught up with the First Couple on an Air Force One flight over New York City.
NEWSWEEK. So, does it still feel strange to be flying around on Air Force One, running a nation and a large auto company?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Strange? No, not really.
NEWSWEEK. This was your destiny?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Look, everyone is put on earth for a reason. I’m here to transform a nation and build a better mid-size sedan. Michelle is here to support me and help raise our children. You’re here to interview me. The American people are here to vote for me. We all play our part. This isn’t a “me” situation. (Everything he just said is about HIM! Everyone is there for him or it's about him in one way or another!)
NEWSWEEK. Mr. President, look down the road a bit for me, if you don’t mind. Where are you in a year?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, that’s an excellent question. And I think about that a lot — where I’ll be, what I’ll be doing well, what I’ll be loved for — and it seems to me that a year from now I’ll be on the cover of Newsweek, maybe in front of a picture of the new GM car I designed, maybe talking to some of the people in line for surgery at the hospital, maybe helping a newly released prisoner from Guantanamo open up his first UPS Store in Visalia, California. Really, the sky’s the limit.
NEWSWEEK. So you always knew you’d be on the cover of Newsweek?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, not seventeen times!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Nineteen, actually.
NEWSWEEK. Well, twenty, after this one!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Hahahahahahahahahaha!
NEWSWEEK. Hahahahahhahahahahahahaha!
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Twenty? So the other thirty-two are of . . . what? Trends and things? Are you sure that’s wise? I mean, for consistency’s sake . . .
NEWSWEEK. Hahahahahahahahahaha!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Hahahahahahahahaha!
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Wasn’t really kidding.
NEWSWEEK. Mr. President, look down the road a bit for me, if you don’t mind. Where are you in a year?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, that’s an excellent question. And I think about that a lot — where I’ll be, what I’ll be doing well, what I’ll be loved for — and it seems to me that a year from now I’ll be on the cover of Newsweek, maybe in front of a picture of the new GM car I designed, maybe talking to some of the people in (the long my add)line for surgery at the hospital, maybe helping a newly released prisoner from Guantanamo open up his first UPS Store in Visalia, California. Really, the sky’s the limit.
NEWSWEEK. That’s a wonderful answer.
MICHELLE OBAMA. But all of that means there’s still a lot of work ahead.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Right, right. Of course.
MICHELLE OBAMA. A year from now, I’ll be wearing flats. Just an FYI to the buyers out there.
NEWSWEEK. Mr. President, critics of your critics have suggested that your critics are racist fearmongers, right-wing reactionaries, flat-earthers and Jesus freaks, gun nuts, serial killers, Rush Limbaugh cult worshippers, and small businessmen. What do you say to those critics of your critics?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Well, look, I’ve learned in my six years in politics not to get all bogged down in responding to every little thing that the critics of my critics might say. So I try not to engage, frankly. Critics of my critics have their own agenda, their own voices. They can speak for themselves. As I said, my goals are to nationalize health care, free the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, and build a popular family-sized sedan. I’ll let the critics of my critics do what it is they do best.
NEWSWEEK. Mrs. Obama, does it bother you what the detractors of some of your husband’s political enemies have pointed out? That he’s made a few mistakes?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Wait. What?
NEWSWEEK. Very small ones, sir.
MICHELLE OBAMA. No, it really doesn’t bother me. Look, this is a business, okay? And sometimes it’s important — look, we’ve got to keep a useful dialogue going, which is hard when it’s all just one loud cheering section, right?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Not following you.
MICHELLE OBAMA. I mean, look, sometimes it’s useful to admit to small, easily forgivable mistakes. That makes the critics of our detractors seem fair.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. I’m lost. Small whats?
NEWSWEEK. I’m lost, too.
MICHELLE OBAMA. I just mean that admitting to small imperfections is a great way to highlight what is, in fact, perfect about you.
PRESIDENT OBAMA. Not following you at all.
NEWSWEEK. Let’s change the subject. How about Sasha and Malia? How’s the adjustment for them?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. They love me very very much. That’s the important thing.
NEWSWEEK. This has been such a great interview! Kill me now! I’m in Heaven!
PRESIDENT OBAMA. If you’re in Heaven right now, who does that make me? (It's almost as though he's trying to get him to say he's God!)
NEWSWEEK. Exactly!
MICHELLE OBAMA. Okay, okay. We’ve been circling the Statue of Liberty for a couple of hours now. Any more questions?
NEWSWEEK. Let me flip through my notes here . . . nope, nothing.
MICHELLE OBAMA. The economy? (Even Michelle seems to recognize he ought to be asking about these things and tries to prod him to do so)
NEWSWEEK. Nope.
MICHELLE OBAMA. Spending? (Here she is again trying to get him to ask something important, but the news man will have none of it)
NEWSWEEK. Um . . . no.
MICHELLE OBAMA. The debt? Iraq? (she tries to prod him to one real question about something important and the news man refuses to bite even from the first lady! This should tell you something about the media and how much of a dog and pony show it is. They ask whatever they think Obama wants them too.)
NEWSWEEK. No and . . . no.
MICHELLE OBAMA. Health care? Nancy Pelosi? Immigration? Gay marriage? Torture memos? North Korea? Chinese bondholders? TARP funds? Sotomayor? California’s budget crisis? Iranian nukes? Israeli elections? (Though this seems incredible she can't get the news man to ask one single question he should be asking. They are petrified of angering Obama in any way at all! Is this still the United States?)
NEWSWEEK. No, no, no, um . . . no, nope, not so much, uh-uh, nah, no, negatory, no, and not today.
MICHELLE OBAMA. Okay then.
NEWSWEEK. Can I sit here quietly for a moment and just bask?
PRESIDENT OBAMA. That’s exactly what the guy from Time said.
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This ought to scare the daylights out of anyone reading. What nation is this? Are we still in America?
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Does the term dictatorship seem extreme when talking about the president? It might have in times past, but I don’t think it should be with this president. Ask yourself if the president has the right to spend tax money as he pleases? Does he have the right to allocate or take as much money from the American people as he deems necessary and spend it where he thinks it should be spent without any vote from congress? If you feel the answer to this question is no then consider the following.
A radio talk show host brought up an interesting point today certainly worthy of more expansion. People have come to think of the bailout money as being for anything they need it for. It’s like it’s a spending pot. See something you need to spend money on, see a company you want to take over, see an industry you want control over, USE BAILOUT MONEY! The problem with this is that money was set aside for the purpose of bailing out banks. It was not set aside to bail out any business or industry that needs it. It was not set aside to bail out bankrupt states. It has been a unilateral decision by the president to use the money for these things. This is breaking the law. That money has not been voted to the president to use as he will and nothing in the constitution would permit the congress to do such a thing. That is not what taxes are for.
How is what the president is doing with the bail out money any different from how Hugo Chavez or any other dictator spends money at their whim different? Does it differ at all? My response would be that there is no difference whatever in the way they are spending the people’s money. There is nothing in the constitution that allows the government to own private industries.
No one dares stand up and call a spade a spade. I’m sure even in using that common colloquialism many would immediately jump to the ever favorite politically correct charge of racism because I’m talking about spades and Obama, but that is only because such foolish people know nothing of etymology. We live in a society who seems unable to think for itself. We are told global warming is caused by man and no amount of reason or data will dissuade people from their believe. They don’t even question whether there is global warming much less any proof that man is doing anything about it or could do anything to stop it if it were happening. Their only concern which they rush to like moths to the flame is what they can do about it now. Panic is the rule of the day not common sense. If something might even have the slimmest chance of happening it must be dealt with now and it must be dealt with severely and decisively.
This is the excuse both our president and our elite non-representing representatives are taking. One representative says that Obama is acting as a dictator and breaking the law by what he’s doing but says there’s nothing he can do. He says the people have to do something. What he’s not one of the people? Here is more of that Elite disconnect. He can’t call lawyers, get publicity, pass laws, have the president brought before the Supreme Court? This is the foolishness ruining our nation without a word even from our highest leaders.
If these men don’t feel they can stop from spending and taking our money something must be done. Whether it’s a tax revolt where we all go exempt on our paychecks, or whether it’s kicking those in congress out and demanding they leave, something must be done. They care nothing for our picketing and placards. They have the media chasing their tails like dogs. All it takes is a shiny object and the media is onto the new thing and the old is gone as though it never existed and really doesn’t matter. A perfect example of this is the issue of Nancy Pelosi. Do we hear anything more of her now? Of course now that’s old news. No reason to keep brining that up till we get some action. The media knows they only have to wait 2 weeks for something new to catch the medias attention and the issue is gone as though it never existed.
The president does not have the right to determine where that 800 billion dollars will be spent. he must go through congress. Yet congress never seems to have been consulted at all. They were simply told that we needed to bail out GM and therefore that's what that bailout money is for.... now.
The president's job is not to run private businesses. His job is not to tax individuals to get some supposed retribution for how those individuals were rewarded by a private company. Neither the president nor the congress have this right. We have a president who is out of control. I don't mean like a child throwing a temper tandtrum. I mean like a man who can not be told what to do and will do as he pleases when he pleases to whom he pleases. THIS IS DICTATORSHIP. He does not seem to believe he is under any law or constitution and so far the rest of the country seems to agree with him by simply throwing up their hands and saying, "there's nothing we can do about it." We all believe we need congress to do something. Yet we all know that congress is at least part of the problem. congress is at least an equal part of the problem. There are also none to reign them in from their insane rush to power.
Americans if you don't stand up and start to take some serious action you will have none of your loved freedoms before long. Remember those you wait on for food and sustenance are the one's who rule you. Our leaders were never meant to be rulers, they were meant to be representatives.
A radio talk show host brought up an interesting point today certainly worthy of more expansion. People have come to think of the bailout money as being for anything they need it for. It’s like it’s a spending pot. See something you need to spend money on, see a company you want to take over, see an industry you want control over, USE BAILOUT MONEY! The problem with this is that money was set aside for the purpose of bailing out banks. It was not set aside to bail out any business or industry that needs it. It was not set aside to bail out bankrupt states. It has been a unilateral decision by the president to use the money for these things. This is breaking the law. That money has not been voted to the president to use as he will and nothing in the constitution would permit the congress to do such a thing. That is not what taxes are for.
How is what the president is doing with the bail out money any different from how Hugo Chavez or any other dictator spends money at their whim different? Does it differ at all? My response would be that there is no difference whatever in the way they are spending the people’s money. There is nothing in the constitution that allows the government to own private industries.
No one dares stand up and call a spade a spade. I’m sure even in using that common colloquialism many would immediately jump to the ever favorite politically correct charge of racism because I’m talking about spades and Obama, but that is only because such foolish people know nothing of etymology. We live in a society who seems unable to think for itself. We are told global warming is caused by man and no amount of reason or data will dissuade people from their believe. They don’t even question whether there is global warming much less any proof that man is doing anything about it or could do anything to stop it if it were happening. Their only concern which they rush to like moths to the flame is what they can do about it now. Panic is the rule of the day not common sense. If something might even have the slimmest chance of happening it must be dealt with now and it must be dealt with severely and decisively.
This is the excuse both our president and our elite non-representing representatives are taking. One representative says that Obama is acting as a dictator and breaking the law by what he’s doing but says there’s nothing he can do. He says the people have to do something. What he’s not one of the people? Here is more of that Elite disconnect. He can’t call lawyers, get publicity, pass laws, have the president brought before the Supreme Court? This is the foolishness ruining our nation without a word even from our highest leaders.
If these men don’t feel they can stop from spending and taking our money something must be done. Whether it’s a tax revolt where we all go exempt on our paychecks, or whether it’s kicking those in congress out and demanding they leave, something must be done. They care nothing for our picketing and placards. They have the media chasing their tails like dogs. All it takes is a shiny object and the media is onto the new thing and the old is gone as though it never existed and really doesn’t matter. A perfect example of this is the issue of Nancy Pelosi. Do we hear anything more of her now? Of course now that’s old news. No reason to keep brining that up till we get some action. The media knows they only have to wait 2 weeks for something new to catch the medias attention and the issue is gone as though it never existed.
The president does not have the right to determine where that 800 billion dollars will be spent. he must go through congress. Yet congress never seems to have been consulted at all. They were simply told that we needed to bail out GM and therefore that's what that bailout money is for.... now.
The president's job is not to run private businesses. His job is not to tax individuals to get some supposed retribution for how those individuals were rewarded by a private company. Neither the president nor the congress have this right. We have a president who is out of control. I don't mean like a child throwing a temper tandtrum. I mean like a man who can not be told what to do and will do as he pleases when he pleases to whom he pleases. THIS IS DICTATORSHIP. He does not seem to believe he is under any law or constitution and so far the rest of the country seems to agree with him by simply throwing up their hands and saying, "there's nothing we can do about it." We all believe we need congress to do something. Yet we all know that congress is at least part of the problem. congress is at least an equal part of the problem. There are also none to reign them in from their insane rush to power.
Americans if you don't stand up and start to take some serious action you will have none of your loved freedoms before long. Remember those you wait on for food and sustenance are the one's who rule you. Our leaders were never meant to be rulers, they were meant to be representatives.
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