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PARTICIPATION TROPHIES AND POLITICS…


Blog Post - PARTICIPATION TROPHIES

Before everyone who is a loyal Marco Rubio fan turns me off, please allow me to explain that I used this picture because it offers a perfect Segway into something that troubles me in our society and is not about Rubio!  Most of our history and virtually all my life we were rewarded for winning or excellence not simply for participating.  Participation is a loose term that has come to mean if you were there, you win!  But is excellence about participating or achieving?  Did America become the Great Nation she has been by just showing up or excelling?  I THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER! 

We have adopted, at least, the government has “Results Based Learning” and “Common Core” in our education system.  I was troubled years ago when the move surfaced and gained footing to virtually cease giving grades in school and keeping score in sporting events for the young.  I can assure you having raised children who played sports and having participated in sports most of my life, THE KIDS KNOW THE SCORE!  They keep the score even if the officials and parents do not.  How does eliminating winners and losers teach anything in life except the false narrative that just participating is good enough and exceptionalism is a bad thing?  How does it teach people how to handle life’s adversities when we try to level the field so that no one excels and everyone is brought down to the lowest level of those participating?

  • I am glad I grew up in an era where we learned the agony of defeat which made the thrill of victory even sweeter.
  • I am glad that I learned at an early age that life is not fair and things will not always go my way.
  • I am glad that I learned how to deal with adversity and strive for excellence and then when awarded the prize of excelling it meant something.  Blog Post - First LoserI laugh when I hear political candidates trumpet their success in finishing 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th.  Is that the objective?  PARTICIPATING?  I think not and no matter how the PC Police attempt to convince us we know that finishing 2nd even a close 2nd is still SECOND.   It is not the prize sought and while it may make us feel better to declare that we are winners because we finished SECOND it will not achieve the desired objective.  Therefore, I would suggest to the candidates finishing other than 1st to realize that what they are doing is working only minimally and if they hope to ascend to the highest position on the podium they have to change something.  Hey, candidates finishing other than 1st WHAT YOU ARE DOING ISN’T WORKING.  You may be closing the gap and may be increasing the gap between you and the next position but you are still not in the lead so don’t try to make us think it is great you are a participant not a victor.

    I am not trying to pick on Marco Rubio for I’ve heard all of them except maybe Dr. Carson proclaim their victory in finishing other than 1st and laugh when I hear it.  I laughed last night when Fox News was interviewing Rubio and he kept spinning, “better days ahead” and “I’m really the winner”, and he could be right I don’t know.  He suggested, rightly, that if others were not in the race he would have done better and then Fox advised him that Governor Kasich said that because Rubio was in the race it was hurting Kasich.  I LAUGHED OUT LOUD!  Governor are you that delusional?  I continue to hope and pray that we will move beyond the personality issues and onto substance and details of WHAT and HOW the candidates propose to achieve the campaign promises and agendas.  I heard a Christian asked why he supported Donald Trump and he said, “Well, we are not trying to elect a Pastor nor a Sunday School Teacher but someone to lead this nation to where it needs to go.”  He felt that Mr. Trump was that person.  You may or may not feel that way but it does explain why some Christians overlook or look beyond some things.

  • Blog Post - Critical TimesI am convinced that this is the most critical election in my lifetime and one that we dare not get wrong or fail to win if we want to rescue America and see her thrive as the Constitutional Republic the Founders establish and intended.  It is time for the field to thin down to two but it won’t.  Kasich and Carson seem to be determined to stay in the race and only they and God knows why.  Neither Cruz nor Rubio is likely to drop out UNLESS Rubio loses Florida but after hearing him last night and on other occasions I doubt that would cause him to step aside.  Cruz is clearly in 2nd place in delegates and wins but unless one of the two of them steps down Donald Trump will be the nominee of the Republican Party, and that will either be good or bad in November.  I would prefer to have it a head to head competition for I believe that would result in a stronger plan to defeat Hillary in November and I do not believe that Cruz and Rubio both staying in will result in an for an Open or Contested Convention.

    I must say that I thought Donald Trump’s Press Conference reflected a totally different style last night.  He toned it down dramatically.  Is that a sign of things to come as the presumptive nominee and if so will that hurt or help him?  Just a thought, but I liked the change!  I SAY AGAIN, “Whoever is the Republican Nominee, I will vote for them or vote against the Democrat.”  AMERICA cannot survive four or eight more years of the anti-constitution leftist agenda.  Each of us has a preference in this process but I pray that once the process has run its course and a nominee is declared we will determine to defeat the leftist, progressive, socialist agenda of the Democrat side of the equation and VOTE.  This is about America, not simply about our personal preferences.  The Fight is for FREEDOM!

    God bless you and God bless America!

     

WHAT IS THE REAL OBJECTIVE???


BLOG POST - Objective

The more I watch, read, and listen to the Republican candidates the more I wonder, “What is the Real Objective?”  Is it to simply become the GOP nominee for president or is it to become president and alter the course of this nation averting the sure destruction looming before us?  I am perplexed by what I see and how the masses are responding to what we all hear and see.  I have heard many possible reasons for the paradox being witnessed but none has satisfied my inquiring mind.

BLOG POST - Angry

I understand being angry, for I too am angry.  I am angry at the assault on the constitution and the spinelessness of our elected officials to stand in the gap for America.  I am angry at the insatiable appetite Washington has for spending us into oblivion without regard to future generations.  I am angry at political promises made and not kept.  I am angry at the systematic erosion of our constitutional and God-given rights and liberties attempting to “fundamentally transform” America into a nation that in no way resembles that described and provided in the Constitution.  I am angry at the facilitation of the moral decline, the dumbing down of the young through educational manipulation and brainwashing, and the rejection of reason and time-honored traditions and beliefs that have made this nation strong for over two centuries.  Therefore, I understand the anger, but is anger enough or do we need real answers that are prayerfully thought out and implemented?

As I have watched the debates I keep wondering if anger is the reason many applaud rudeness and rhetoric without substantive details as to how the promises are going to be kept.  When I talk to people about whom they support I continue to be surprised at the reasons and how willing many are to embrace their choice not based on substance but presentation and appearance.  I have some tell me they consider it a breath of fresh air to have someone present an image that is in a continual attack mode.  I guess our Political Process has evolved to the place that candidates resort to name-calling, half-truths, innuendos, and character attacks and that is more productive than SUBSTANCE and DETAILS.  Candidates, I really don’t care who called who what first, escalating the back and forth of name calling is juvenile and what we have experienced over the past seven years.  Each of the candidates has their soundbite 15-second statements they use over and over and sadly their chosen words seem to resonate with people even without hearing the HOW.  I am puzzled because my view of America, where she is, where she is heading, and where she should be will not allow me to be swayed by emotion but demands that I see the details.  I want to know if the promises are truly possible and have a reasonable possibility of becoming realities.  Just my view and you have a right to yours.

BLOG POST - Substance

I agree with something Donald Trump said after the last debate regarding Dr. Carson’s treatment by the moderators.  He said, “I don’t think it was fair and they didn’t ask him enough questions.”  That is true and in this particular debate Dr. Carson and John Kasich offered more details and substance as to their views than I have heard heretofore.  I expected Marco Rubio to be the attack mode toward Donald Trump and knew that Trump and Cruz were going to go after each other.  Although I understand what and why the three of them are doing and what they do in the debates, but for it to become a shouting match is troubling.  In private conversations or public debates, I do not like to hear people talking over each other and resorting to name calling and all three did that to one degree or another.  In a true debate, which it almost became at times, one person states a position and another counters and the back and forth often leads to a revelation of positions.  However, in these formats for that to happen we almost have to have the shouting matches where the moderators are ignored and the candidates engage in debate.  That being said, when the debate is not substantive but rhetorical it turns me off.  Again, simply my opinion and preference and may not be yours.

BLOG POST - Target

I heard things that troubled me, things that angered me, things that raised new questions, and things that sent me to my knees.  However, back to my original question, “What is the Real Objective?”  If it is rescuing America then it is time for each of the candidates to tone down the personal attacks and name-calling, rudeness, and rhetoric and begin to detail in clear terms what they plan to do, how they plan to do it, and when we could reasonably expect their objectives to be accomplished.  Tuesday will be incredibly revealing and we will, quite possibly, know who the Republican nominee will be or if we will be heading to an Open Convention, which I doubt.  I am hopeful and prayerful that we will see a coalescing within the GOP and a presentation of proposals with details that we can all gravitate to and support in opposition to the leftist agenda of the Democrats.

My continual plea is, “Let’s not forget the Objective.”  America is in need of her patriots to rise up, and stand in the gap more than any time since 1776.  We face the full and final “fundamental transformation” of this nation if we do not find some way to unite and defeat the Progressive, Liberal, Leftist, Socialist, agenda of the Democrats in November.  God help us if we fail or refuse.

God bless you and God bless America!

 

DISCERNING THE TIMES – 2016


BLOG POST - Discerning the Times

Over the past months and even years I have been deeply concerned for my nation and her citizens.  There is a noticeable assault on our Constitutional Liberties and Rights and while it is not a new phenomenon it has escalated over the past few years.  I want to share something that I feel God has put in my heart regarding four specific areas upon which I will be focusing in the foreseeable future.

I have posted the following on YouTube and hope that you will devote a little over six minutes to listening.  You may agree or disagree and that is your privilege and right, a right I have and will defend.

https://youtu.be/9qEuGrHUzbY

It is my genuine prayer and desire that God bless America and God bless you!

LOOKING FORWARD FROM SOUTH CAROLINA…


Blog Post 1 - What Does It Mean

As I watched the results, listened to the pundits, heard the speeches of the candidates and the withdrawal of Jeb Bush, some thoughts came to mind.  The question I asked myself, “So what does it all mean?”  To answer that question there are so many things must be considered and most of it speculation based on observation.

As I listened to Jeb Bush begin his opening comments I said, “He’s throwing in the towel” and he did, as he should.  He may have had the establishment backing him, rich Super-Pac money and support but his message or his person was not resonating with the voting public.  He could have stayed in the race and it would have hurt one candidate more than any other and would have had zero effect on the frontrunner, Donald Trump.

Virtually everyone is asking, why John Kasich and Ben Carson are staying in or saying they are staying in the race?  What do they accomplish?  Are they seeking Vice Presidential consideration?  Living in fantasyland?  Are they seeking to help or hinder a candidate or candidates?  I cannot answer that but I have some observations about them staying in the race with their 14% or so of the vote.  It has an impact but who does it help and who does it hinder?

Blog Post 1 - Split the Vote

If I were Donald Trump I’d want as many of them to stay in the race as possible because regardless of what he, the pundits, or I think it is likely that most of Kasich and Carson’s votes would gravitate to Rubio.  Carson’s votes would likely not go to Trump or Cruz and Kasich’s establishment votes would assuredly lean toward the most establishment candidate of the top three.  Naturally, some would vote for Trump and some move to the Cruz camp but the lion’s share would likely go to Rubio making him a more formidable challenge to Donald Trump.  That is not an endorsement or a criticism of anyone just an observation.  Therefore, I wonder why Carson and Kasich are staying in the race, they cannot win and they know it.

Blog Post 1 - Integrity

At this juncture, Hillary Clinton appears to have a clearer path to the nomination than Bernie Sanders and out of Nevada, the one thing that stood out most was the percentage of the black vote that went to Hillary.  The black vote comprised 13% of the total vote and Hillary received over 70% of that block.  If that holds true in the Southern states Bernie is toast and Hillary skates to the nomination with all the baggage she carries and the likelihood of an indictment dims with each primary.  The Democrats cannot afford and will not allow their nominee to be facing a criminal indictment just before the election. 

Another observation is that as long as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio stay in the race they enhance Donald Trump’s ability to win and continue as the front runner.  Trump might choose Rubio as his VP but never Cruz.  However, I wonder if he could do that since he has questioned the legality of Cruz and Rubio to run so could he choose one of them as his second?  Some have suggested that Rubio should offer Cruz the VP slot or Attorney General and get him to drop out.  What would that do?  If Trump convinced Rubio to drop out and through his support to him probably seal the deal and if Rubio got Cruz to drop out it would likely not tilt the scale to Rubio as many speculate.  However, none of the top three is likely to get out of the race anytime soon and Rubio and Cruz will split votes as runner-ups and Trump will continue to lead and likely win most if not all the primaries.  I suppose there is still the possibility of a Brokered Convention and we will know much more after the Super Tuesday tabulations and then assuredly by the 2nd wave of multiple primaries in mid-March.

Blog Post 1 - Fight for Freedom

I am more convinced than ever that the voters are not voting with their reason but with their emotions.  Is that good or bad?  Time will tell.  In 1776, the fight was balanced between emotion and reason and reason built a fire of emotion that could not be extinguished.  I would prefer it to be a balance of both with the reason being the dominant factor but the earned distrust politicians have generated, the anger and feeling of betrayal have created an environment that is burning hot and is not likely to dim in the near future.  I am concerned when emotion blinds to the point that facts and flaws are ignored and that applies to all the candidates.  On the left, it seems that criminal activity lies, distortions, and endangering America and Americas are immaterial because after all they must vote their party regardless and are enamored by more and more free stuff and desire to sock it to the rich.  On the right, there is confusion, conflict, and anger which creates a most interesting landscape politically.

I am not criticizing anyone or endorsing anyone in this observation, just presenting what I see and what the questions Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina have raised.  Again, I am praying for and pleading for all candidates and supporters of candidates to lay aside the personal bitterness and focus on the problems that confront our nation and the specific solutions as to how to solve those problems.  Our Freedom is far more important than personal preferences based on something other than substance.  I am not saying that people who support one candidate or another are strictly following emotion without reason but I am pleading for everyone to ensure that emotion alone is not driving this train.  I think the next month is going to be very interesting and I will continue to vet, examine, investigate, and most importantly PRAY for America. 

God bless you and God bless America!

 

 

 

ESSENTIAL RESEARCH – Each Candidate’s Tax Plans…


BLOG POST 2 - Income Tax

I in a recent debate among the Republican hopefuls for 2016 the moderator posed the question regarding taxes citing that 68% of Americans polled support an increase in taxes for those making over a $1 Million per year.  Is that truly reflective of America?  Is that the result of the persistent attempt to create a class or economic warfare where the rich are hated for being rich and a desire to “spread the wealth?”  I don’t know, but I suspect it has more to do with envy and jealousy and buying into the diatribe and rhetoric that the rich are not paying their fair share.  Whatever a fair share is!

I thought it would be germane to our discussion and vetting of the candidates to consider where they stand on personal and corporate income taxes.  I have been surprised in discussing the various candidates with friends and those I meet, how little they know about where their preferred candidate stands on these issues.  I will address the Republican and Democrat Candidates in alphabetical order regarding their proposed Tax Rates.  I cannot go into the full details of their individual plans, you will need to go to their websites and review the details.

BLOG POST 2 - Tax Plans

  • Jeb Bush – – Top individual rate 28% and 20% for corporations. He would eliminate State and local deductions, offer a new break for lower earning spouses and the full and immediate write-off of capital investments with no interest deduction.
  • Ben Carson – – Top individual rate 14.9% for individuals and businesses.  He would abolish all tax credits and deductions, eliminate taxes on estates, capital gains, dividends and interest.  His tax rates would apply above 150% of the federal poverty level.
  • Ted Cruz – – Flat Tax of 10% for individuals and 16% for businesses.  He would keep the mortgage and charitable contribution deductions as well as tax-deferred savings accounts.  Businesses could deduct investments.
  • John Kasich – – Top individual rate 28% and 25% for corporations. Full write-off of capital investments and expand the earned-income tax credit.
  • Marco Rubio – – Top individual rate 35% and 25% for businesses.  No taxes on capital gains and dividends from new investments.  He adds a $2,500 child tax credit.
  • Donald Trump – – Top individual rate 25% and 15% for businesses. Removes individuals with income under $25,000 and married couples under $50,000 from income tax.

On the Democrat side, I have seen numerous plans and Hillary and Bernie both support a tax code that would have at least 49-50% tax rate on the top individuals.

  • Hillary Clinton – – Proposes higher capital gains rates on assets held for 1-6 years and a 4% “Fair Share Surcharge” on taxpayers making more than $5 Million per year. Debt free Tuition at public colleges and expanded childcare assistance programs.  More entitlements.
  • Bernie Sanders – – Proposes a 0.2% payroll tax increase to pay for family leave program. Keep the Death or Estate Tax and have it begin at $3.5 Million instead of the current $5.45 Million.  Impose Social Security Payroll taxes on wages over $250,000 no caps.  His health plan would require a new 6.2% business payroll tax and a 2.2% tax for all top rates up to 52%.  Expand Social Security benefits, free tuition to public colleges and universal health and child care.

At this point, among the candidates, we have the Democrats proposing a tax increase and most of the Republicans proposing tax reductions although Rubio’s is a minimal reduction.  The Bush and Kasich plans are incredibly similar in rate and extras.  Dr. Carson’s plan would give a dramatic reduction for individuals and businesses.  Ted Cruz would move away from the progressive tax plan to a Flat Tax.  There are nuisances of each plan that each of us should carefully consider.

BLOG POST 2 - Men in Black

However, I suggest that these are all PLANS and PROPOSALS and not guarantees that they can or will get them enacted by congressional legislation.  When I hear a candidate say, “I will do this or that” I take it with a grain of salt and reflect on the process upon which our government works or is supposed to work.  We have had over seven years of lawlessness in which the sitting president acts as a King or Potentate and imposes his will on Congress, the Courts, and the People.  NO MORE!  That must stop and so far as I am able to discern the GOP candidates have indicated they will not follow that path, so I am hopeful. 

I personally believe that everyone should have skin in the game and when we have half of the population paying ZERO TAXES voting to increase taxes on the other half we have a problem of epic proportions.  If everyone had a stake in the American government we would see a renewed push for limited government as proposed and established by the Constitution and our founding fathers.

God bless you and God bless America!

 

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL OR…


BLOG POST - America

Is America still America the Beautiful or has it been so tarnished, transformed, and stripped of its Constitutional Foundation that it is no longer AMERICA in the founding sense?  Maybe it hasn’t been in a long time but until recently we could still see glimmers of a Constitutional Republic feared even when not respected by our enemies and those who would destroy her.  That dramatically began to change with the Administration of the current occupant of the White House and his initial Secretary of State.  It has continued and now after over seven years of systematic efforts to reduce the American Constitution to a meaningless piece of history, systematically reducing our ability to confront and defeat enemies both foreign and domestic militarily, creating such intense divisions in this nation we are in difficult times, to say the least.

Our economy, supposedly recovered, is anemic.  Our ability to deal with terrorism, especially Islamic terror is almost none existent under this administration.  His lack of willingness to deal with them is a clear expression of the ideology of this administration. The culture, class, race, gender and ideological wars being fanned to the point of boiling over is growing worse daily.  The news media has long ceased being a reporting of events to the shaping of events politically and in other ways.  Our educational system has been hijacked by the Leftist, Socialist, Anti-American, Anti-Free Market and we are now seeing the result of those so indoctrinated now teaching the next generation.  The words of the song, “My country ’tis of thee sweet land of liberty” is rapidly becoming a blip on the radar of history.

BLOG POST - Honoring Terrorist

I realize that what I have said, thus far, is bleak and gloomy but we have a sitting president speaking at a mosque led for over a decade by an Imam who publicly justified suicide bombings and helped found a mosque with ties to Al Qaeda.  The President’s visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore with the intent to give them honor is troubling.  He can’t find the time to visit our Wounded Warriors in Bethesda Naval Hospital but can praise this Imam and his followers who are party to the “Destroy America” and “Destroy Israel” movement in the Islamic world.  That is not America, at least not the America our founders envisioned and established.

We now know that this President emailed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State at least 18 times on her unsecured server, but of course, he was unaware of her violation of federal law.  We know that at least 22 of Hillary’s emails have been deemed too sensitive and damaging to our national security to release because they are, at least, TOP SECRET but she claims they magically transformed from unclassified to top secret AFTER she received and/or sent them.  How stupid do you think we are?  No, how devoted do you believe your sheep are, Ms. Clinton and that is the larger question and the more dangerous one.

BLOG POST - Email

A former Inspector General has spoken out regarding the absence of an IG under Hillary’s time as Secretary of State which suggests that this was planned before she became the Secretary.  She refused to allow the State Department to create her an official email address on a secure server.  Why?  One can only speculate but at the top of the suspected reasons was HIDING from the scrutiny of Congress and the People.  Her CONVENIENCE was a reason given and I find that appalling that any government official would cite CONVENIENCE as a justification for jeopardizing our national security.  If it is not criminal, and it is, it is incredibly self-serving, self-centered, dangerous, and demonstrating a total disqualification for any higher or even elected office in America.

The back door assault on our National Sovereignty through Executive Orders on many things including Amnesty and the “go it alone” attitude of this President claiming, “I am President, I can do what I want” has, is and will endanger our nation and threaten our existence.  He has made it no secret, as have many leftists that he wants to “disarm” law abiding citizens supposedly to make us safer.  We know, based on the facts, that the “gun free zones” are far more dangerous than citizens being able to exercise their 2nd Amendment Rights.  Now, Hillary is indicating her willingness to not only continue his push but expand it and her plan, somehow in her world of fantasy, will be consistent with the 2nd Amendment.  We know that is a farce and yet, millions support her and some even identify her treacherous behavior regarding Benghazi as one of her signature accomplishments.  With friends like Hillary, one would need no enemies.

BLOG POST - Awaken the Giant

AMERICA HOW LONG WILL YOU SLUMBER?   When will we wake up or will we wake up?  I am deeply concerned about my nation and that makes the 2016 elections even more critical.  We MUST return to following the Constitution and allowing the System of Checks and Balances our Constitution mandates be restored.

God bless you and God bless America!

DIVIDED AMERICA – Where Does It Lead?


Blog Post 3 - Divided America

America is more divided today than I can remember in my lifetime.  The vitriol coming from virtually every direction is so divisive and inflammatory one wonders how we have avoided massive encounters resulting in bloodshed by opposing factions.  America, in my view, is a seething caldron or pressure cooker waiting to explode and UNLESS something changes that explosion will soon become a reality.  What will that achieve?

In the current and previous Presidential Campaigns we are exposed to such deviousness that to those who pray, desire the best good for the nation, and actually examine the assertions, statements, and promises find deeply disturbing.  Will it change?  Not as long as it works in stirring the emotions to the point they override rational reason and honest examination of the matters at hand.  There is a concerted effort of visible and invisible powers to fan the flames of hatred, distrust, envy, jealousy and push ideological differences to the point of producing real and realized hatred.  I have learned that when HATE is allowed full vent REASON is normally abandoned and the desire to subjugate the objects of hatred is paramount.

Blog Post 3 - Sound Bites

In today’s political world politicians continually offer “sound bite” assertions and accusations knowing their words will achieve the desired objective of stirring the emotions, clouding reason and endearing others to their cause.  I do not mind politicians naming another candidate and asking for a clarification of a particular policy or promise.  I do mind them doing so in a manner they know is rooted in deviousness and is filled with half-truths or outright fabrications but playing on the suspicion of the American voter and fanning the flames of distrust for politicians.  It is one thing to compare your ideology, policy or plan to another’s and asking the voter to decide which they think best and prefer.  It is quite another to use deception to discredit an opponent seeking to build yourself up by tearing them down.  I find that repulsive!

I long to hear politicians offer the ideology, planned policies, their plans for solutions to current problems and how they align with the Constitution on issues.  If an opponent is for increased taxes and you are opposed then highlight the difference without using deception, simply offer facts and allow the opponent to respond and the people evaluate and decide.  Unfortunately, American voters have demonstrated a propensity for voting based on emotions so frequently that politicians feel obligated to fan those flames and know that “sound bite” politics is effective.  We have created this monster and we are the ones who must defeat it.

Blog Post 3 - Flames

It is frightening that politicians are allowed or are so lacking moral integrity they would practice such deception and seek to further divide this nation.  The attempt to use “race” as a tool to solidify a voting block is not only insulting to those they use but dangerous for society.  We know that there is an increasing number of people whose anger, bias and hatred based on real and perceived injustices and that poses the potential for violence.  Nobody should desire that, not even a dishonest politician whose singular objective is personal power, position, and purse.  It is troubling when politicians are willing to trample on the Constitutional Rights of a segment of society in favor of another solely for the purpose of acquiring votes.

It would be refreshing and heartening if politicians backed up their claims and promises with definitive records and actions.  If one claims to be a Free Market Capitalist how does he/she support heavy government regulations, increased taxes, government subsidies or eminent domain to name a few?  If one claims to support National Security how does he/she support AMNESTY for ILLEGALS?  If one claims to believe in limited government how does he/she support a tax plan that hinders business and increasingly takes money from the workers.  How does he/she support an increase in entitlements and a continuation of “baseline budgeting” rather than a “zero based budget”?    It seems that virtually all of them err on some point and that is of concern to me.

We are continually bombarded with, “My opponent supports this or that” without hearing a detail of the plan the candidate would advance.  I appreciate that we are talking about things we have been unwilling to talk about on the political stage but am troubled by the planned deception of virtually every candidate without fully revealing their plan.  I know, I know people would become bored with details and are more interested in a good mud-slinging fight.  That reveals a flaw in the American psyche that troubles me deeply.  We are divided and becoming more divided even within the political parties that claim to all want the same thing.  No, for the most part, we want what we want and are not overly concerned with how it affects everyone else.

Blog Post 3 - Restore

America we can turn this thing around and reclaim our Constitutional Republic but not if we continue down the road of DIVISION and DIVISIVENESS.  I have not formerly endorsed any candidate yet and some take exception to that.  I know many are so adamant in their support that they can tolerate no differing view.  I want what is best for America as the Constitutional Republic and want to have a President who will not only promise to protect and defend the constitution but will, without fail, do so.  I do not want a president that does whatever he/she wants but one that will follow the prescribed separation of powers, consider the will of the people and devotedly uphold and follow the Constitution.  Anything less than that is unacceptable to me.

God bless you and God bless America!

 

 

OBAMA & HILLARY TRAINED BY THE SAME SCHOOL OF THOUGHT…


Blog Post 2 - Disciples

I have seen the “How To Create A Social State” attributed to Saul Alinsky and cannot find it anywhere in his writings.  I will not absolutely declare it was not derived from his teachings but when I try to verify it I am unable so I will refrain from using it.

However, if one reads the “Twelve Rules For Radicals” you will find much that would lend itself to the very plan listed in the supposed Eight Rules which include control of Healthcare, Income, Debt, Guns, Welfare, Education, Religion and the creation of Class Warfare.  All which the left are using proficiently in modern times.  I have no doubt they learned and developed this strategy largely from Alinsky’s teachings but will declare that this goes far deeper in history and are ideas belched from the pit of hell.

Blog Post 2 - Lenin

The ideas of Alinsky could rightly be viewed as simplifications of those of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin who is reported to have declared that his disciples were “useful idiots”.  I have read that the term was actually used by Lenin to describe Westerners duped into saying good things about bad regimes.  I can believe it was the mentality of Lenin and Stalin but whether he said it or not it is still applicable today.  Lenin and Stalin reportedly used the term “polyezniy idiot” or “useful idiot” to describe sympathizers in the West who blindly supported Communist leaders.

Lenin reportedly said, “The goal of socialism is communism.  Give me just one generation of youth, and I will transform the whole world.”  Winston Churchill declared, “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”  The idea is that equality trumps all in socialism.  All, that is, except the corrupt politicians in charge!  They exempt themselves from the laws they create to control.

Among the interesting items to be found in Alinsky’s writings is this statement:  As an organizer, I start where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as and it does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be — it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be. — P. xix.   That would explain Obama’s press to create the Utopian World living within his mind.  Alinsky also said something that cause me to come to a screeching halt and ponder today’s climate and the rationale behind the push for “gun control” by the left.  He said, “Power comes out of the barrel of a gun!” is an absurd rallying cry when the other side has all the guns.”  Xxi.

Blog Post 2 - Reformation

His definition of Reformation should cause alarm bells to go off in our sense of liberty and morality.  “A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point of disillusionment with past ways and values.  They don’t know what will work but they know that the prevailing system is self-defeating, frustrating, and hopeless.  They won’t act for change, but won’t strongly oppose those who do.  The time then is ripe for revolution.”  Xxii. His prescription for young radicals was:  “…the answer I gave the young radicals seemed to me the only realistic one:  “Do one of three things.  One, go find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start bombing — but this only swings: people to the right.  Three, learn a lesson. Go home, organize, build power and at the next convention, you be the delegates.” — xxiii

Blog Post 2 - Satan and Alinsky

A key philosophy of Alinsky and demonstrated by both Obama and Hillary is: “One’s concern with ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.”  He declared, “The fifth rule of the ethics and ends is that concern with ethics increases with the number of means available and vice versa.  To the man of action the first criterion in determining which means to employ is to assess what means are available.  Reviewing and selecting available means is done on a straight utilitarian basis – WILL IT WORK?  Moral questions may enter when one chooses among equally effective alternate means. “- P.32.

 We have witnessed years of demonstrated discipleship to the Alinsky Model by the left and especially Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.  They truly believe the “end justifies the means” and lives only have value if they advance the ideological agenda desired.  We saw that in Benghazi and see it regularly.

Knowing they are disciples of Saul Alinsky should be enough to cause hesitation and rejection of them and their agendas but it has not been heretofore.  Will it be in 2016?  I am waiting for that answer.  The connections to Alinsky, the adoption of Fabian Socialist ideas and agendas, the associations with people like Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn to name a couple should Americans to realize that the left does not have America’s best interest at heart but desire to “fundamentally transform” this nation into something more aligned with Communist Despotism.  The fairy tale world of Socialism where everyone is equal and all share is a theory that is only workable on paper and theory not in reality.

God help us if we allow someone of Hillary Clinton’s mentality, ideology and ilk occupy the White House as a result of the Elections of 2016.  May God cause us to awaken out of our slumber, shake ourselves, rise up, step up, speak up and engage ourselves in preserving the Republic our Founders Established and God’s divine providence allowed!

God bless you and God bless America!

HEY HILLARY – What Is Broken That You Want To Fix?


Blog Post 3 - Four More Years

I don’t know about anyone else but I find it almost laughable that Hillary Clinton is trying to tap dance through Obama’s policies acknowledging that there are things that are not working without saying the past seven years has not worked.  Bernie Sanders, to his credit, is not saying he does not believe things are working simply they are not going far enough or fast enough to suit his Socialist mentality.  He thinks more spending, more government regulations, more and Bigger Government throwing money around like it grew on trees is a good thing.

I thought Chris Matthews asking Hillary to explain the difference between a Socialist and a Democrat was priceless but not as priceless as her inability to answer the question.  He tried to give her an out and she finally said, “I don’t know what one is but I’m not one.  I’m a progressive Democrat who likes to get things done and work together on solutions.”  Seriously?  You don’t know what a Socialist is but you are not one.  How do you know?  Also, claiming you want to get things done and work with people is so generic it deserves no consideration as a viable answer to any question.  Hillary said, “We need to get the Economy going.”  Really?  If the policies of the past seven years are working and good why do we need to fix the economy?  Hey, Ms. Clinton, you are a liberal Democrat, right?  Why not run saying, “Elect me and you get four more years of the same policies, ideology and agenda you have had for seven years.” 

Blog Post 3 - Hillary

Why isn’t she doing that?  Because she and her handlers pay attention to which way the wind is blowing and a significant percentage of Americans believe we are headed in the WRONG DIRECTION and that means they do not believe the policies are or have worked.  Therefore, without telling us how she would get the economy going, she says we need to.  The sheep of the left drink that in and say, “Hillary is right.”  Of course, no thought is given to how the past seven years have fixed nothing but exasperated much.

Barack Obama ran declaring he would be the Great Uniter and the nations who have heretofore hated us will once again respect and love us.  He went on his apology tour throughout the Arab world apologizing for the evil sinful America of the past and proclaimed that a new day had dawned, the sun was shining and the birds chirping because He would bring America down to size and show a nice side to the bully nation. (His view not mine).  Sadly, we are less respected today than we have been in my lifetime.  Those who once feared our superior might no longer consider us anything but a paper tiger because of his unilateral reduction in our military strength.  He has significantly reduced our nuclear arsenal claiming that if we did that the other nations would know we were not a threat and they would either disarm or cease seeking nuclear weapons.  Imagine that!  How has that worked out?  Russia and China have disarmed, right?  North Korea has ceased production on nuclear weapons, right?  Of course, Iran would never seek to have a nuclear weapon and we can trust them so much we let them police and inspect themselves.  Well, that is NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!   Please do not forget the recent action by the Iranians with regard to our Navy boats and  how this wonderful ally responded.  Friends?  Trustworthy?  Wanting to work together?  HARDLY!  America is in greater danger today militarily than ever.  I say that as one who is a combat veteran and greatly respects our military but the so-called Commander in Chief has hamstrung much of our military and that is not just bad or dangerous it is diabolical.

Blog Post 3 - Socialism

Hillary, why is it that you are not touting the ideology and policies of this administration as wonderful and vowing to give us more of the same?  You believe what Mr. Obama believes.  You are a disciple of the same mentality as he so why distance yourself, even slightly?  If what he and the Democrats have offered is so wonderful why not step up and declare FOUR MORE YEARS?

Why?  Because you know his policies are abject failures.  However, if you were elected we would not only get FOUR MORE YEARS but our borders would be completely eradicated, there would be far more than 50% of America on government entitlements, the assault on our 2nd Amendment Rights would escalate and Government would become larger and more intrusive than under the two terms of Barack H. Obama.

Ms. Clinton, we have a broken America or one that is dangerously close to being broken beyond repair.  You have lied about Benghazi, your incredibly dangerous use of private email servers and repeatedly avowed to do even more than Mr. Obama in pushing America to the left.  I can only hope that the FBI forces the DOJ to do the right thing and hold you accountable.  It is clear that the Republicans in Congress have no willingness or stomach for that fight.  I can only hope the American people recognize the dangers and failures of FOUR MORE YEARS breaking the Greatest Nation on the planet and reject you and those who follow your ideological agenda.

God bless you and God bless America.  I stand firmly for FAITH, FAMILY, and FREEDOM!

 

 

A DISTURBING IMAGE IN MY HEAD…


BLOG Post 4 - What

Over the past seven years, America has been on a path leading away from individual liberty, personal rights, and Constitutional Liberty.  I know, some will castigate me for that statement saying, “You are just a mean-spirited Republican.”  Today, I find it difficult to identify with the GOP as led by the Karl Rove’s and certainly not the Democrats led by Mr. Obama, the Clinton’s or the hierarchy of the parties.  I don’t particularly like the identifier of “Independent” but prefer “Patriot” and “Constitutionalist” but the two major parties from which we will select the next president are Democrat or Republican.

Some of those on the left are showing signs of ditching the Hillary Bandwagon and jumping on the Bernie Sanders Socialist Train.  I do not know if there will be more like Joe Biden who will publicly say supportive things for Bernie and in a backhanded way slam Hillary but if they do then we could see a Bernie Sanders nomination for the Democrat ticket.  What would that mean?  That brings me to the image in my head as I prayed and thought about what is happening in our nation and world today.

Blog Post 4 - First Black

Just seven years ago, America elected Barack Obama and largely because he was black or claimed identity as African-American.  Say what you will, many of the Republicans, Independents and Southern Democrats that pulled the lever for him to show the world they were not racist.  It was not based on his resume for he virtually had no resume.  The black community voted overwhelmingly for him and any attempt to declare that was not based on his race would be futile. If whites or any other group voted in such block numbers for a candidate of their ethnicity the screams of racism would be deafening.  America took what has been called a historic path and elected the “first black president” in history.

I believe that marked a transition that may be more than the lovers of Constitutional Liberty and the Constitutional Republic can overcome.  Now, we are hearing please elect the “first woman president” but what happens if Hillary falters and Bernie Sanders rises to the top and claims the nomination?  How about the historic move to elect the “first self-proclaimed Socialist president”?  You say, that cannot happen but the more I study the situation and sense the direction the wind is blowing in this nation I am not sure.

Blog Post 4 - Angry Americans

We have millions who are angry and they are not all committed to voting for the Republican candidate.  There are some very angry people on both sides of the political aisle and I can envision a scenario in which the Main Stream Media, Academia and millions would say, “Well, we’ve tried everything else let’s try Socialism.”  That would be the final nail in the coffin of the Constitutional Republic the founders gave us and would answer the question or response of Benjamin Franklin when asked, “Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”  Franklin responded, “A republic, madam – if you can keep it.”  That was their concern and has been the concern of many of us who consider ourselves Constitutionalist, Conservative and supporters of a Constitutional Republic.

There are new polls that indicate virtually every Republican can beat Hillary in the General Election but some would be beaten and beaten soundly by Bernie Sanders.  Why?  What is the mood of the populace?  Why would people want or dare to elect an avoided Socialist to the highest office in the land?  The misguided notion of EQUALITY and that somehow life is supposed to be FAIR.  If you have worked hard, risked much and achieved amassing substantial wealth you are deemed to be corrupt and evil and should be forced to share your wealth with those less fortunate or less willing to risk or work.  How far do we take SHARING?  Should everyone in the classroom be given the same grade?  Should everyone make the same salary?  Is the marriage vow no longer valid and we must share our spouses too?  I find that appalling but how far do we take this EQUALITY, FAIRNESS and SHARING ideology?

Blog Post 4 - Wake Up

I am writing this with a heavy heart for I am deeply concerned for my nation.  I am writing, not as a prediction this will happen but a warning that it is not so far-fetched it could not happen.  I am writing hoping to cause some to become stirred and realize that just letting happen what will happen is not an option.  If you do not invest yourself in the process you are ceding the decision to others who may or may not have your best interest at heart.

I am personally unwilling to let others make my life choices!  My drive and commitment remain Faith, Family, and Freedom.   God bless you and God bless America!   REMEMBER NOVEMBER America’s future hangs in the balance.