Newt Gingrich noted recently on the Sean Hannity program that President Obama can't come out and say in so many words that Jihad a bad thing. Hannity was totally lost on why Obama can't face the fact that there are bad people in the world that want to do us harm. Gingrich and Hannity and others on the right know how to call a spade a spade, or a red a red and have had for years no trouble identifying who our enemy's are. It's true that many equate Muslims with bad guys and are scared. Muslim fanatics are the bad guys not Muslims in general. Not to many Muslims are coming forward to condemn fanatics in their religion and there in lies the rub.
Obama blames America for creating those fanatic enemies. In fact, any enemy of America seems to have his sympathy. He believes that America, being a superpower has wielded to much belligerent weight and he is intent on apologising for it. Most others believe we have nothing to apologise for.
The American left tries to look at America from a foreigners eyes, as a bully, greedy, selfish and overly self indulgent nation. We pollute to much, we use to many natural resources, we exploit third world resources like colonialists and our strong military presence around the world intimidates lesser nations. Intimidates so much in fact that it spawns radicals. We, according to the left, are like the great sports teams of the world, the Yankees for example, have many supporters but many more haters. The USA and the New York Yankees are the 'Evil Empire'. Writers love to say how unfair it is that the Yankees have so much and the rest of the league has so little. The US has so much and he rest of the world so little. The US has the number one economy and China number two with China being one forth the economy of the US.
Most Americans are proud of the accomplishments of our country but those on the left try to down play or appease and stroke those that dislike or are jealous (best word) of America.
Sports fans in Pittsburgh are proud of their Pirate ball team and dislike the Yankees, but they will suddenly come out in droves to the their usually half empty ball park when the Yankees come to visit on a rare occasions. Why, because the human condition of admiring or being jealous of success is in all of us, and we just have to be near it. The world might not like us but they do admire us. Obama needs to understand that winning friends around the world by apologising for our greatness will not succeed and his efforts would be better spent by solving problems rather than making empty speeches.
Obama's effort to play down America's success and strengths to the world is witnessed by his sending, and embarrassing, three of his top executives from his administration to the world court to listen to Cuba, Iran, Argentina, etc. accuse America of human rights complaints and abuses. He feels that in the long run America, by this kind of apologetic behavior we will some how, more endear ourselves to the rest of the world. We will be showing our human side more and our bully side less by this Obamaesque form of self- deprecation. People see what you are, not what you say you are. Obama hasn't show that he understands that people are smarter than that.
The left in this country is ashamed of the USA. The left in this country is pointing a finger at America's image and blaming big business, Wall Street, and the military as culprits for why the world hates us. Obama's mission is to repair that image by tearing down and belittling America's successes to the rest of the world. As the lefts offered proof; The UN votes against America on 80% of all issues. Why? Simple answer; the little guy almost always votes against the big guy. Simple reason: They are little.
The left thinks that conservatives in America are so pro-business and reckless in their pursuit of the almighty buck that they will destroy all that is good in America. They fear that the land, air, and water will be destroyed if the pro business community is left unchecked. They believe that conservatives want less government control and a strong military presence around the world to protect those business interests. They fear that conservatives, with their greed and avarice will make more enemies for America than friends. We have been unintentionally creating jealous 'enemies' for generations, it's a side effect of success. I grant that some checks and balances are necessary for every aspect of the business and home community but without successful businesses we would be no better than a third world country, many of which are hungry, unemployed, and with out hope. Big government of the left is strangling energy production, financial management, and global business creation, through demonizing, high taxes and over regulation. The people of this nation finally woke up during mid-term elections and slowed the strangulation. They hope to reverse it in 2012 elections.
Creating big government does not create growth in the economy, businesses do. Government does not pay taxes, big and little businesses do. Government employees do not create products that sell and generate taxes, private industry jobs do. Government should interfere as little as possible with the growth of business.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
One Hundred Years Ago
1910, One hundred years ago this country was at peace, had no income taxes, not until 1913, no Social Security, even later than income tax, no Medicare, no federal welfare, no Medicaid, no housing subsidies, no food stamps, no clunker car rebates, no stimulus packages, no bailouts, not much help for the poor and downtrodden. Doesn't sound like a nice place to live for the average poor family.
But during this terrible time to live in the United States people were immigrating by the hundreds of thousands anyway. People were pouring into Ellis Island, New York to start their new lives in America legally, and they paid to get here too. Were they promised anything like food stamps, Medicare, welfare, etc? No, yet they came anyway. Must have come from worse places than here, huh?
Immigration was at a peak, people were clamoring to get into this country from all over the world. They wanted opportunity to improve their lives over where they came from. They wanted religious freedom from persecution, they wanted a chance to have their children have a better life than they did. They wanted out from under stifling, corrupt governments that promised to perpetuate their dead end lives. Some were just tired of being hungry all the time.
Today, we have all the things that should make the lives of the poor and downtrodden much better than a hundred years ago but if you listen to the liberal point of view we haven't done near enough. Federal and state governments need to do more, spend more, tax more, and spread the wealth more to lift the poor and downtrodden up to live better lives. Federal and State liberal governments have invented programs and have had a hundred years to tax and spend to improve lives in this country. They have failed miserably. We spend more to educate our children than any country in the world and still rank near the bottom among developed countries. Fortunately, we still have old fashion 'pay as you go' medicine like a hundred years ago that is world wide respected, (for a few more years). Ask the leaders of most countries where they go for critical medical treatment, the US of course. Now, that too is nearing and end as a liberal government takes control of the medical field for the first time. They are forcing every American to buy health insurance or pay a fine. Not satisfied that every American will have health care, they want control of the health providers, and what, how, and to whom they provide care, and what they can charge for it. The health care system will go the way of education, down, down, and down.
Over these hundred years people still come to America, but we are no longer a pioneer, freedom loving country. We have become staid, stale, and even regressive. Among peoples of foreign countries we still have the luster of a new, exciting, opportunistic country but in reality, liberal minded voters and legislators have torn away at Uncle Sam and what he has stood for. The coat of stars and stripes (freedom and independence) is gone, replaced with hand outs,(dependency) of other peoples money. The spirit(self reliance) of the American people is being replaced with anger, insecurity, fear, apathy, and ignorance, all of which, by design, makes for the perfect liberal voter.
Undaunted, immigration is still going on by the millions in 2010. We had stable immigration for years, every one entering the US was registered and was legal, eventually becoming proud citizens. Today, immigrants are coming in the back door and our government is turning a hypocritical, blind eye. Immigrants of today want the same thing immigrants of a hundred years ago wanted so why do they not come in legally? We have laws that say they don't meet eligibility rules so they can't immigrate. Wow how hypocritical is that? If we don't enforce immigration laws why do we have eligibility laws on the books at all? Why not just announce we are open for any to immigrate? If government leaders don't respect and follow the law why should the people respect their elected leaders? Why are laws ignored so flagrantly? This country and especially it's leaders must respect the rule of law or be guilty of the US being truly known as a decadent society. One that fosters fear, frustration, and disgust.
Immigration to the US is like a funnel, at the top everyone wants in, at the bottom only the few make it with the current rules, fences, officers, troops, and gates. The government seems satisfied with the current flow.
I'm not satisfied with the government.
But during this terrible time to live in the United States people were immigrating by the hundreds of thousands anyway. People were pouring into Ellis Island, New York to start their new lives in America legally, and they paid to get here too. Were they promised anything like food stamps, Medicare, welfare, etc? No, yet they came anyway. Must have come from worse places than here, huh?
Immigration was at a peak, people were clamoring to get into this country from all over the world. They wanted opportunity to improve their lives over where they came from. They wanted religious freedom from persecution, they wanted a chance to have their children have a better life than they did. They wanted out from under stifling, corrupt governments that promised to perpetuate their dead end lives. Some were just tired of being hungry all the time.
Today, we have all the things that should make the lives of the poor and downtrodden much better than a hundred years ago but if you listen to the liberal point of view we haven't done near enough. Federal and state governments need to do more, spend more, tax more, and spread the wealth more to lift the poor and downtrodden up to live better lives. Federal and State liberal governments have invented programs and have had a hundred years to tax and spend to improve lives in this country. They have failed miserably. We spend more to educate our children than any country in the world and still rank near the bottom among developed countries. Fortunately, we still have old fashion 'pay as you go' medicine like a hundred years ago that is world wide respected, (for a few more years). Ask the leaders of most countries where they go for critical medical treatment, the US of course. Now, that too is nearing and end as a liberal government takes control of the medical field for the first time. They are forcing every American to buy health insurance or pay a fine. Not satisfied that every American will have health care, they want control of the health providers, and what, how, and to whom they provide care, and what they can charge for it. The health care system will go the way of education, down, down, and down.
Over these hundred years people still come to America, but we are no longer a pioneer, freedom loving country. We have become staid, stale, and even regressive. Among peoples of foreign countries we still have the luster of a new, exciting, opportunistic country but in reality, liberal minded voters and legislators have torn away at Uncle Sam and what he has stood for. The coat of stars and stripes (freedom and independence) is gone, replaced with hand outs,(dependency) of other peoples money. The spirit(self reliance) of the American people is being replaced with anger, insecurity, fear, apathy, and ignorance, all of which, by design, makes for the perfect liberal voter.
Undaunted, immigration is still going on by the millions in 2010. We had stable immigration for years, every one entering the US was registered and was legal, eventually becoming proud citizens. Today, immigrants are coming in the back door and our government is turning a hypocritical, blind eye. Immigrants of today want the same thing immigrants of a hundred years ago wanted so why do they not come in legally? We have laws that say they don't meet eligibility rules so they can't immigrate. Wow how hypocritical is that? If we don't enforce immigration laws why do we have eligibility laws on the books at all? Why not just announce we are open for any to immigrate? If government leaders don't respect and follow the law why should the people respect their elected leaders? Why are laws ignored so flagrantly? This country and especially it's leaders must respect the rule of law or be guilty of the US being truly known as a decadent society. One that fosters fear, frustration, and disgust.
Immigration to the US is like a funnel, at the top everyone wants in, at the bottom only the few make it with the current rules, fences, officers, troops, and gates. The government seems satisfied with the current flow.
I'm not satisfied with the government.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Angry, Apathitic, Ill Informed
The public is angry with the lack of jobs, government excessive spending, corruption and waste. Promises were made and high hopes were raised for people wanting something for nothing like health care. Or single issue voters who wanted immigration enforcement, or the troops to come home and the war to end or the hope and change crowd, who weren't sure what that meant but wanted something positive to happen. Angry voters wanted to punish banks and Wall Street. Instead, they got wild spending for no return. They got even higher unemployment, huge new government deficits and more confusion with business, banks and Wall Street resulting on current growth stagnation. And the war goes on.
New, yet to be understood government regulations and threats of raising taxes along with still unknown health care costs have put the clamps on business borrowing and risk taking. This is killing job creation. Banks are unsure of yet to be determined government regulations to lend to business and home buyers. Government interference in the market place has created stagnation, fear and uncertainty.
Big business needs to show profit to shareholders and they currently are. Their top line has suffered while everything has been done to shore up the bottom line. But the old business adage of, Grow or Die is always in play and growth is hampered by high taxes and the unknown. Businesses have gotten lean and cautious while building reserves because they are leery of what the government might be up to next. Small business are not as flexible as large corporations, they sometimes operate like the average wage earner, month to month. They need to borrow in the lean times and when lending institutions find themselves in uncertain times like now, they say no to small business loans.
The uncertainty?
What is the government planing next? Are they going to raise taxes by letting the Bush tax cuts run out effecting many small businesses and jobs expire or lower corporate taxes to allow big businesses to be more competitive world wide? Good luck on both counts. Will the Pay Czar or another business Czar step in and cause the top people in banks and business to walk away? Is the current government pro business or not? Take a guess.
Our government is so out of touch with citizen and business needs that this November changes should be made in Congressional and Senate seats. There is hope that the current liberal-socialist trend in this country will be seen by the average voter as counter productive to job creation and economic growth. Changes in government will come because there is too much instability in our daily lives. Whether we own a business, work at a job, retired, or unemployed we don't feel comfortable now or about the future. Even the never-working voter is uncomfortable with and uncertain future. Our comfort level determines how we vote.
Tea party movements nationwide have been a reflection of that discomfort.
Set aside for a moment your political point of view and recognise that the reason so many diverse average citizens have grouped together at Tea Party rallies shows their frustration with government. These are not unruly one-issue-mobs burning flags or defying police lines, or making threats of any kind, they are you and me, unhappy with the way things are with our current administration and trying to tell the administration to change it's ways or be voted out of office. Is the administration listing? I don't think so.
Have you ever seen so many private political emails between friends and acquaintances for and against our current government? That's a Tea Party movement in hyperspace.
Still there are many out there that are angry, apathetic and ill informed and they are the ones that scare me the most. They are voters that vote their emotions rather than with informed minds. More the fifty percent of the public does not pay taxes. Voters that are poor, on welfare, disabled, retired, or rich feel guilty about it, are not likely to vote for candidates that espouse cutting government spending. If anything fifty percent want more goodies, like free health care, free education, guaranteed jobs, housing, food, energy, etc. There is no end to the things that people want for free. There will always be politicians out there making promises to give it to them. It's getting scarier, and scarier when so many are blindly willing to accept a free ride.
The remaining fifty percent has to convince the 'in love with government' public that free goodies are not in their best interest. Good luck with that.
Freedom isn't free.
New, yet to be understood government regulations and threats of raising taxes along with still unknown health care costs have put the clamps on business borrowing and risk taking. This is killing job creation. Banks are unsure of yet to be determined government regulations to lend to business and home buyers. Government interference in the market place has created stagnation, fear and uncertainty.
Big business needs to show profit to shareholders and they currently are. Their top line has suffered while everything has been done to shore up the bottom line. But the old business adage of, Grow or Die is always in play and growth is hampered by high taxes and the unknown. Businesses have gotten lean and cautious while building reserves because they are leery of what the government might be up to next. Small business are not as flexible as large corporations, they sometimes operate like the average wage earner, month to month. They need to borrow in the lean times and when lending institutions find themselves in uncertain times like now, they say no to small business loans.
The uncertainty?
What is the government planing next? Are they going to raise taxes by letting the Bush tax cuts run out effecting many small businesses and jobs expire or lower corporate taxes to allow big businesses to be more competitive world wide? Good luck on both counts. Will the Pay Czar or another business Czar step in and cause the top people in banks and business to walk away? Is the current government pro business or not? Take a guess.
Our government is so out of touch with citizen and business needs that this November changes should be made in Congressional and Senate seats. There is hope that the current liberal-socialist trend in this country will be seen by the average voter as counter productive to job creation and economic growth. Changes in government will come because there is too much instability in our daily lives. Whether we own a business, work at a job, retired, or unemployed we don't feel comfortable now or about the future. Even the never-working voter is uncomfortable with and uncertain future. Our comfort level determines how we vote.
Tea party movements nationwide have been a reflection of that discomfort.
Set aside for a moment your political point of view and recognise that the reason so many diverse average citizens have grouped together at Tea Party rallies shows their frustration with government. These are not unruly one-issue-mobs burning flags or defying police lines, or making threats of any kind, they are you and me, unhappy with the way things are with our current administration and trying to tell the administration to change it's ways or be voted out of office. Is the administration listing? I don't think so.
Have you ever seen so many private political emails between friends and acquaintances for and against our current government? That's a Tea Party movement in hyperspace.
Still there are many out there that are angry, apathetic and ill informed and they are the ones that scare me the most. They are voters that vote their emotions rather than with informed minds. More the fifty percent of the public does not pay taxes. Voters that are poor, on welfare, disabled, retired, or rich feel guilty about it, are not likely to vote for candidates that espouse cutting government spending. If anything fifty percent want more goodies, like free health care, free education, guaranteed jobs, housing, food, energy, etc. There is no end to the things that people want for free. There will always be politicians out there making promises to give it to them. It's getting scarier, and scarier when so many are blindly willing to accept a free ride.
The remaining fifty percent has to convince the 'in love with government' public that free goodies are not in their best interest. Good luck with that.
Freedom isn't free.
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