Comedian Ron White’s infamous routine ‘You Can’t Fix Stupid’ is a statement that I have thought about many times in my life. Why would I spend time on this matter? Simply because it seems that we have an ‘Epidemic of Stupid’ in America and it is spreading faster than anything I have ever witnessed. It is a problem that needs a cure, but is there a cure?

I recall, as a teenager saying something was ‘stupid’ and that you could not do anything to prevent stupidity. My dad challenged me and said, “Boy if you learn you can fix it.” I knew better than to challenge my father but I did not buy that simply because even as a teenager I had come to grips with the fact that some people were very knowledgeable and informed but were still STUPID. I had come to realize that STUPID was not dependent upon education or information it was the result of attitude.

I have watched people do stupid things because of their attitude. I have watched people do things that put them in harm’s way because someone told them they could not do it and believing their own invincibility thought they could prove the nay-sayers wrong. NOPE and as Bill Engvall would say, ‘Here’s Your Sign.’ I have observed people do what Albert Einstein said was the definition of Insanity. They kept doing the same thing over and over hoping for a different result. Even when they had knowledge that what they were doing had little or no chance of working and had failed miserably numerous times they still tried. If that is not a picture of S T U P I D what is?

When it comes to the voting public, the only hope we have of ‘Fixin’ Stupid’ is information coupled with experience. Unless and until the voting public personally experiences the disastrous policies of the federal government significantly and until we find someone who can speak rationally and articulately as to what is happening, why it is happening, and how it may be reversed they will remain S T U P I D. Although highly educated and having vast knowledge of many things, yet continuing to vote politicians into office and back into office that are damaging this nation qualifies as stupid in my book.

When it comes to politicians I have little hope that they will ever recover from the epidemic of stupidity that has permeated the Halls of Congress and the White House. They consider us stupid and we may well deserve that characterization because we allow them to wiggle off the hook of responsibility and accountability. It seems that once elected they go through the Congressional or Political ‘Sheep Dip’ of Accountability Teflon which prevents anything from sticking to them. The only reason that works is because we have not RISEN UP and DEMANDED something different to such a degree that it is unmistakable to them.

If I could somehow form a coalition of the left and right and throw the bums out just one time they would listen the next time. However that would be an exercise in futility and would probably even qualify as STUPID because the core values of the left and right are so diametrically opposite that each side would want the upper hand and the coalition would be at best shifting sand. There would be concessions, compromises, and treachery involved and we would end up with something no better and possibly worse as a result so I toss that idea aside. But, I will not give up on my desire to see ‘Citizen Representatives’ elected to Congress. I will not abdicate my pursuit of a restoration to a functional ‘Constitutional Republic’ in America. I will not cease to pray for my nation, our leaders, and citizenry for our hearts to be touched by the ‘core values’ and ‘principles’ upon which our Constitution was established and we RETURN leaving STUPID behind.

Will it happen in my lifetime? I wish I knew. Will happen? I wish I knew. Is it worth fighting for and giving all for? ABSOLUTELY! So as you continue your pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness I urge you to stay informed, stay engaged, and keep the faith.

God bless you and God bless America!

That statement was brought back to the forefront of our consciousness by Ronald Reagan in the 1980’s but has been used for centuries according to the annals of history. It is believed that it was spoken by Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 1st century. Hadrian is reportedly to have said, “Peace through strength, or failing that peace through threat.” Others have used it through recorded history.

The idea of ‘peace through strength’ was a principle I learned in elementary school and discovered that to avoid being bullied or intimidated you had to demonstrate a show of force or strength. If you were successful the bullying and intimidation ceased to exist and you had peace. In the military this was once again brought to immediate awareness in boot camp where a group of guys from New York thinking they could intimidate the rest of us and bully their way into getting what they wanted had to be confronted. A few guys from Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas joined me in meeting this challenge head on and although there was a little physical altercation the peace immediately ensued after their leader was knocked unconscious. We did not want to fight but we were not going to be bullied so STRENGTH allowed us to negotiate or demand PEACE. I have seen this principle many times in life and while it is not always about physical strength it is STRENGTH. You NEVER attempt to negotiate from a position of weakness if you expect to achieve anything lasting and worthwhile.

As I reflect back on some of the most recent presidential administrations I find that most of them were able to present the idea that American Strength would be a force to be reckoned with if there were hostilities or aggression and for the most part it was effective. That changed somewhat with 9/11 but we still stood as a threat to the aggressors around the globe and people ‘feared’ the American military might and our resolve to use it. That was not the case under Jimmy Carter as was demonstrated in the Iranian Crisis and the hostages. That changed with the election of Ronald Reagan and it is my conviction that the Iranian government fully believed that President Reagan would use force if necessary and backed down. Peace was maintained during the Cold War because of STRENGTH not because of weakness, lack of resolve, and mealy mouthed rhetoric.

If you attempt to negotiate from weakness you had better be one exceptional negotiator or you will lose every time. Today we have the double edged sword of the perceived weakness of the current occupant of the White House and a belief by most of the world that we are incapable of doing what needs to be done militarily. That view is shared by some of our commanding leaders in the military and the Pentagon. Our military has been systematically decimated and diminished to the point that we may not be able to handle a single front conflict and most assuredly would be severely strained and stretched to go to two fronts. We are no longer considered STRONG by those who would do us harm. They view the mealy mouthed rhetoric of this administration as a sign of weakness and have watched as we in America the dismantling of our military machine. Both are indicators of the seriousness of our situation and the danger around the globe for America. Barack Obama, John Kerry, the Secretary of Defense, the Department of Justice, and Hillary Clinton all have demonstrated disdain for our military and thereby reduced us to ‘talk’ with no ‘walk’ to back it up. That is not saying our military could not it is saying those in power WILL NOT.

America is no longer ‘feared’ but we are still ‘hated’. When you have people in the highest positions of power who do not believe that America or any nation has any moral authority to stand for right and resist tyranny, terrorism, and despotism you have a situation where only bad things can ensue. Mr. Putin in Russia, North Korea, China, and the Islamic States have no fear or respect for the American president and do not believe we as a people have the resolve nor does our military powers still rise to the level of being a direct and imminent threat should they act, thus you see aggression like never before. It will not get better UNLESS and UNTIL we reverse course and restore the STRENGTH that will bring PEACE for our people. Again let me reiterate I believe in our military but not our leaders. I believe in the American military might but not the political leaders in Washington and the so-called leaders in DC negate the might of our military because they will not allow our forces to do what they are trained and capable of doing! That is the disastrous and dangerous part!

God bless you and God bless America!

Having worked in situations, competed in athletics, ventured into business, and been in combat I would suggest that none of those even remotely compare to today’s politics. As I watch the antics of politicians in Congress and the White House it often reminds me of ‘professional wrestling’ or as they called it back home ‘rasslin’. We were aware that frequently the opponents arrived at the arena in the same vehicle, played mortal enemies, left the arena to have a beer with their buds, counted the money, laughed at the crowd and planned the next event. One would have thought that they were mortal enemies during the match and many are shocked to learn it was all a ‘show’ and some still deny and are true believers.

In anything I have ever done, including the ministry, I did not find it a normal thing to hang out with people who publicly denigrated me and what I stood for. I did seek to have forgiveness in my heart and treat them civilly but to go golfing, out to eat, or to visit their homes. That was not on my ‘to do list’. When the President and the Democrats call Republicans a greater threat than Al Qaeda, hostage takers, haters, racist, and revile them so completely and vehemently how can the Republicans then find it palatable to go out to dinner with them, laugh, joke, share stories, and golf, etc.? HOW? I can answer that without needing ‘rocket science’ levels of intelligence – They share the same vision and goal – POWER!

They envision themselves the rightful owners of America and see their position as one that affords and entitles them to RULE while exempting themselves and their cronies from the repercussions of the edicts they enact. In a very real sense they are ‘entertainers’ on the stage of politics and we are the dolts who watch mesmerized by their oratory and wisdom (sic) because they are the Elite and we are then Uninformed. They are the ones destined to rule and we are the ones needing to be ruled over, at least in their view.

I have no doubt that our Founding Fathers understood the problem with Party Politics and many of them warned us of the danger but alas even some of their ranks fell into the trap of embracing. Some of that was done, in my view, to try to protect the nation but was done so with a mistaken interpretation of the climate of society and what the result would be. Power hungry people and groups will always seek to CONTROL and those in Washington, DC are no different. They are flawed human beings who have been afforded some power and thus the insatiable thirst for more and more surfaces very shortly after an individual tastes the perks of power in Washington.

If politics were not so serious it would be an entertaining comedy but it is far too serious for laughter. When those elected officials have the power to completely transform our world, socially, economically, medically, financially, and politically we dare not become amused and must become engaged. As Benjamin Franklin declared we have a “Republic if we can keep it.” The questions today are, “can we and will we?” How much is the Republic worth to you? How dear is your Freedom and Liberty? How much are you willing to tolerate from the Political Ruling Class that has emerged over the past century? When will we the people say ENOUGH?

You can blame the Republicans and exempt the Democrats over the so-called gridlock in Congress but when the Democrats shut the Republicans out of the room, refuse to negotiate, and call them a greater threat than Al Qaeda would you expect the Republicans to just comply? NO! But too frequently they just cave and concede only to have the Democrats use their concession against them further illustrating the illusion of bipartisanship. All this creates a situation in Washington that more resembles Professional Wrestling, as seen on TV, than it does serious political activity.

God help us if we don’t wake up and take all necessary steps to reclaim our government and once again make it a government ‘of’ the people, ‘for’ the people, and ‘by’ the people! May God be with us and may God bless America!

Courtesy of the White House, the Democrats, and the Leftist! That’s right if you are willing to ‘check your brain’ at the door you get your own special ‘warm and fuzzy’ to comfort you in these troubled times. Now what on earth could I be talking about? The list is too long to be exhaustive and it would be exhausting to review them all so let’s take just a handful of examples.

I thought Jay Carney was one of the prime Kool-Aid drinkers, detached from reality, spokespersons of this day but the new White House Press Secretary Josh Ernest advised us that this administration was truly one of the most ‘transparent’ in history. Oh I agree they are transparent in their intent but not transparent in being forthcoming with regard to the scandals and information requested by Congress and others even through the ‘Open Records Act’. They stonewall, deceive, lie, and fabricate stories rather than simple release the documents and tell the truth. Transparent? Yep, but not in the way Mr. Ernest meant or did he mean it just that way! He also declared with a straight face that the world was ‘much more tranquil’ under Obama. WHERE? Tranquil? I must not know the definition of tranquil because the world I see is anything but what I would call tranquil but the Kool-Aid crowd cheers and applauds when that spin is spun and pick up their ‘warm and fuzzy’ drifting off into their fantasy land of fictional tranquility.

Then Elizabeth Warren advised us that the ‘government shutdown’ was about ‘birth control’. It was the Republican’s war on women that prompted the shutdown and the primary focus was ‘birth control’. Really? You can’t make this stuff up! While I cannot believe they actually believe what they are saying, I do believe they believe we are too dumb, uninformed to know better and know the Media will run with their spin. Their belief in our gullibility seems to have no bounds. So once again, hearing that caused the Kool-Aid crowd to reach for their ‘warm and fuzzy’ and curl up in a fetal position nestling in the bosom of Big Brother feel safe and secure. All is well with that revelation.

Additionally Senator Harry Reid declared that IF we had passed “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” or AMNESTY we would not be having the Border situation because per Senator Reid everyone knows THE BORDER IS SECURE! Imagine that the ‘secure border’ is as porous as a sieve and people are flooding across including ‘gang members’, ‘criminals’, ‘terrorist’, and ILLEGALS from nations in the Middle East and around the world. In fact, a former Deputy Chief of the Border Patrol advised that 1 in 5 have criminal records and many violent crimes but they are welcomed with open arms by this administration. The morale of the Border Patrol is at an all-time low. I wonder why? But check your brain and pick up your ‘warm and fuzzy’ because Dingy Harry has issued his assessment of the situation and since the infamous leader of the Senate has spoken, the President has used his ‘pen and phone’, Nancy Pelosi has deemed this America’s opportunity we can take our ‘warm and fuzzy’ and be so secure.

Our borders are being erased and along with that our national sovereignty. Those coming in are now a drain on our economic system and will help facilitate its total collapse with the litigations, health care issues, housing, and jobs or joblessness. We have opened ourselves up for something far worse than 9/11 and I dare say that not only could the terrorist walk a ‘suitcase nuke’ across the border they might be able to transport a full blown nuke in our current situation (my brother made that statement recently). But, drink the Kool-Aid, check your brain at the door and get your warm and fuzzy because the ‘fundamental transformation’ and ‘remaking’ of America is speeding down the track at the speed of light.

Mr. Holder said of those of us who say, “I want my country back” we are using racist code. Never mind that’s what the Democrats said when George W. Bush was president but now if we say it we are racist. Again, your ‘warm and fuzzy’ is waiting for you and all you have to do to receive it is ‘check your brain’ at the door. Now don’t you fell all better?

May God help us and may He bless you and America!

I am convinced that this administration encourages if they do not create many of the ‘conspiracy theories’ that swirl around this president. I find it very sad and disheartening that so many of the bad reports, conspiracy theories that are associated with this administration are believable and it troubles me that I have come to expect the worst from this man and his administration. I do not like feeling that way regarding anyone and especially someone who occupies the office of President of the United States.

Sadly, so many of the ‘conspiracy theories’ have enough plausibility in them that one could actually envision how they could be true and some are. I would put absolutely nothing past this administration or the leftist in Washington, especially those who are married to the Alynsky model of politics where ‘the end justifies the means.’ Those following the Cloward-Piven Strategy and those who are aligned with the Fabian Socialist! THEY ARE DANGEROUS!

So often, as has happened in the past, a ‘Wag the Dog’ type scenario emerges where something is precipitated to divert the attention away from the actual issue and do an end run around the constitution, congress, courts, and constituents. Chris Matthews may get a tingle down his leg when he is with Mr. Obama but I feel something quite differently when hearing him speak, reading his declarations, or watching his actions. It is not a warm fuzzy that I feel but a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach realizing that we have just seen one more nail driven in the coffin of the republic and taken one more step toward the ‘fundamental transformation’ of America.

They (this administration and the leftist) want ‘conspiracy theories’ because they distract and are useful in discrediting the opposition. They use the most ludicrous of them to laugh at and cause people to cease hearing the opponents as they become labeled ‘kooks’. They want the ‘conspiracy theories’ because having them swirl around keeps this administration from having to be accountable as attention is diverted and there is ammunition to hurl at his opponents calling them bigots, racist, haters, and even terrorist. It gives them a venue to hide what is really happening and avoid having to come clean to the American people.

Bill Clinton was astute at using ‘Wag the Dog’. Other presidents have been guilty as well and Mr. Obama has pressed this to a level that must make Mr. Clinton green with envy especially in how well they have worked for him and NO ONE is challenging him. The Republicans in Congress and the National Party Leaders give lip service to push back but put no teeth in their criticism. The Democrats are, for the most part, in lock-step with his ideology and refuse to even consider the possibility of unconstitutional activity on the part of the administration. However, many are running away from him as the mid-terms approach but if reelected they will join ranks again quickly and shed their image of being centrist or conservative.

Yes, ‘conspiracy theories’ are a useful tool used by politicians and have been used in various venues for a long time. It is a means to incite anger, stir up the voting base draw sympathy from the public over the perceived abuse and unfairness of the conspiracy. Sadly, millions are sucked into this scam and sham and if it is written in the newspaper, broadcast on television, and proclaimed by the administration it must be the Gospel and they buy it hook-line-and-sinker. THINK, OBSERVE, EXAMINE and find the truth. It is there for you if you are willing to be open minded and actually ‘fact-check’.

Proper vetting of people who want to be elected and those wanting to be appointed to political positions or positions of power and influence is MANDATORY if we are to maintain a Free Republic. America it is up to us!

May God be with you and may God bless America!

            Happy Independence Day Everyone!   As I reflect back on this day in which we celebrate here in America I reflect back on the conditions and events that led up to this bold document and subsequent revolutionary war that gave us the United States of America as described in our Constitution and desired by our founding fathers.               It was June 6, 1776 that Richard Henry Lee introduced into Congress a resolution that would be accepted on July 2, 1776 which declared that the United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent States.  A committed was formed which included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman to draft a DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.  The committee came to a decision as to what the Declaration should include and commissioned Jefferson to actually write it.  The draft was presented to Congress on June 28, 1776 and adopted on July 2, 1776 with a formal parchment copy was adopted on July 4, 1776 and made available for signing on August 2, 1776.  As you can see there were a number of possible dates that could have been assigned as Independence Day and John Adams thought July 2^nd would be that day.  How we arrived at the specific day is not as important to me as the fact of the Declaration of Independence and America.               They made a DECLARATION of Independence because they saw no other course of action in which they could either gain FREEDOM and LIBERTY or they would face the ultimate fate as Patrick Henry famously declared – “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”  I believe that to accomplish things in life there needs to be a DECLARATION which is the catalyst to propel us into action.                        

           They made a COMMITMENT to securing or attempting to secure that INDEPENDENCE and knew full well that they were committing their all to the cause.  Their unshakable and total commitment was required to sell the idea to the citizens, enlist help from outside powers, and take the necessary steps to engage their overlords in a conflict that would shape the world.               They had a RESOLVE to see it through to the conclusion and felt no sacrifice was too much to gain this ultimate prize.  We saw that in the War of 1812, World Wars I & II.  It began to wane in Korea, Vietnam, and fast forward to the present and I see no clear DECLARATION being made by our leaders other than to ‘fundamentally transform America’.  I see no COMMITMENT on the part of our national leaders or in much of the local communities to the cause of LIBERTY, FREEDOM, and SAVING THE REPUBLIC.  Therefore without the DECLARATION, the COMMITMENT to the cause, there can be no RESOLVE that will endure to the end to secure the desired objective.             

          I want to express my appreciation to all my brothers and sisters who have and are serving in the military.  Without your efforts we would not be enjoying the Republic called the United States of America or the Freedom that it has afforded in recognizing our ‘unalienable rights’.  I want to thank each true patriot who tirelessly works to preserve what we have and restore the Republic to its Constitutional place.  I want to thank each one who is praying and has prayed for this nation without your efforts I shudder to think of where we might be.               I declare on this Independence Day that I am Committed to the cause of the Republic and have the Resolve to do what is required.  May God bless you and may God bless America!

            I’ve had limited access to what’s happening in the world of politics for the several days and as I began to catch up (which is impossible) I discovered some interesting things going on in DC and all around me.

             The IRS and Lois Lerner situation grows more revealing and there seems to be more and more implications that this reaches all the way to the top.  We found that the IRS failed to follow the law regarding the Lerner and other emails.  We heard the IRS chief declare that he is not PARTISAN, although he is an avowed Democrat, donated to Democrat campaigns, support Democrat policies and politics and failed to disclose the fact that the emails had reportedly been lost.  No that doesn’t sound partisan at all – HAHAHA!

            If the emails were truly and innocently lost, which is impossible, had the IRS disclosed that fact upon the initial investigation and had this IRS chief disclosed that there were missing emails months ago it might be a little more believable but it is not.  His assertion that he did not promise to deliver the emails he did not have reminded me of Bill Clinton’s definition of “is” and Hillary’s “What difference does it make now” declarations.  I don’t really care how many emails they provide if a significant window is missing like the Nixon tapes missing information it smells fishy or ratty to me.

             Do we go to a special prosecutor?  I say yes although I know that with Eric Holder and Barack Obama running the show in that arena it would be a political hack giving us a dog and pony show with no real intent on finding the truth or prosecuting anyone.  However, if we do not take those steps then we say to the IRS and everyone that this administration can do whatever it pleases with impunity and that is virtually ceding the constitution and making him king.  I cannot abide that and neither should you.

            It seems that Mr. Obama’s illegal and unconstitutional recess appointments are unconstitutional but the ruling also seems to deem it okay if Congress does not resist enough and that would allow him to literally amend the constitution without the proper process or due course.  That is not acceptable and takes us another step down the road to a dictatorship.  Congress has virtually become useless with regard to providing the ‘checks’ to this president which were designed to help ‘balance’ the equation of government and keep our Republic intact.  I’ve said before that if they are not going to do their jobs then they might as well go home and let things take their natural course as when a coup transpires in a nation.  Mr. Obama is attempting a coup to totally takeover the government of the United States of America and there is little to no resistance in Washington which has to change.

            Special prosecutors in Benghazi, Fast and Furious, IRS, and the VA should be immediate and there should be impeachment proceedings against the Attorney General, the VA chief, those in the State Department involved in Benghazi, and yes the President.  Would anything come of it, not likely but at least it would be a statement that we protest and maybe just maybe something would come to light that would be impossible to sweep under the rug.  Someone just might decide that going to jail or the possibility of going to jail is not worth their blind loyalty to this administration. 

            What I do know is that America is being dismantled from within just as our founders warned and many have predicted.  America it is time to WAKE UP, STAND UP, and STEP UP.  We have a Republic to save a Constitution to defend and Freedom contend for.  What shall we do?  Yes I understand that if impeachment proceedings ensue the media and administration will use it to further make the Republicans the Evil Empire but enough is enough!

             God bless you and God bless America!

            I’m sorry, justifications per the administration, IRS, NSA, EPA, DOJ, and all the other acronyms of the Executive Branch of the United States Government.  They do not offer ‘excuses’ they offer ‘justifications’ for lying, stonewalling, deception, ineptness, Un-American activity, etc. so they say.  If they even care what we think, know, or believe, which I doubt, they do not hesitate to present fabrication, outrageous distortions, and completely unbelievable statements regarding to their activities.

             Hillary, Obama, and company devised a totally false narrative regarding Benghazi and who knows what the real story is of why they concocted the video story.  They were seeking to hide something but exactly what and to what depths we do not know but we can conclude that it is huge.  We find that they knew there would be an influx of children across our Southern borders as far back as January but they just found about those coming on the news.  How did they know if they were complicit or responsible for the waves of people illegally coming to the United States?  The lost emails of Lois Lerner and others in the IRS are not retrievable and lost forever but the IRS had a contract with the file-storage company ‘Sonasoft’ and according to virtually all I.T. people the only way they could be completely lost would be to destroy them purposefully.  Yet, they spin it almost like a child saying ‘the dog ate my homework’ and seem to expect us to just say, “Okay, thanks for the explanation” and move on.  SORRY I CAN’T DO THAT and neither should you or Congress.

            Mr. Obama’s policies have dismantled our ‘healthcare’ and ‘health insurance’ industries, sabotaged our economy, severely hampered our oil and gas industry, jeopardized our national security, and threatens our national sovereignty and yet FEW seem to be bothered by it.  The media has recently lamented the Mr. Obama’s presidency is over because of his low poll numbers but I suggest that he is more dangerous now than ever.  HE DOES NOT CARE!  He never has and never will care what the polls, public, courts, or Congress says – HE IS KING OBAMA, at least in his mind.  He truly is a ‘legend in his own mind’ so it seems.

             The release of the Taliban Five borders on, if it is not, TREASON and yes I said it.  It is not the first ‘impeachable’ action he has taken but one that should force Congress to act and even if it becomes a symbolic act it should be taken.  I know some have suggested that will only cost Republicans seats in the 2014 elections and the White House in 2016 but the way they have self-destructed in the past that cannot be a concern at this point.  There is ‘right’, there is ‘wrong’ and there is ‘inaction’ which is also wrong.  There is the small matter of the Constitution of these United States and the oaths of office that all elected officials take when being sworn in to their respective offices.  The president has violated his and if Congress does not act they are violating theirs. 

            If any of us went to the IRS or any governmental agency and declared that our records had been lost via a computer crash we would be given no sympathy or mercy.  Why should they be given a free pass?  If we were guilty of lying to Congress or law enforcement we would face stiff fines and/or jail time.  Why should they not be held to the same standard?  If elected officials, agents, or agencies of those officials are guilty of obstruction of justice, illegal activities, or violations of the public trust they MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE or all integrity in our system of government and laws is lost.  America deserves better and it is up to us Americans to DEMAND BETTER.

           We are, at least for now, a Constitutional Republic with a Constitution and Laws and it is incumbent upon the American citizens to take the steps required to insure that remains.  How much is your Republic, Freedom, Liberty, Rights, and Nation worth?  I cannot answer that for you, and as those in 1776 we must individually and collectively determine how much is too much and how little is too little.  The fight is for the Constitution and the Republic and while I urge that be done legally, ethically, and peacefully I acknowledge that our government is out of control and must be reined in.  If we do not speak up, speak out, and exercise our constitutional liberties and privileges we are ceding defeat, THAT I CANNOT DO!

             God bless you and God bless America!

            With the infamous remakes by this politician on their ‘destitution’ after leaving the White House we now all have a better understanding of what she and the Democrat hierarchy believes to be POVERTY LEVELS.  I didn’t realize how ‘poor’ I was until I examined her definition by declaration of her personal status.  If it were not so ridiculous I’d be depressed but since I know the level of distortion I just shake my head and wonder.  Wonder how can people, be so ill-informed as to believe something like this.  But alas, they do!

             I did not realize that DEAD BROKE meant earning $12 MILLION or more per year so I truly am DEAD BROKE in a very real sense.  I didn’t know that being the RICHEST former living first family meant DEAD BROKE but if they are then I can’t even qualify as DEAD BROKE I don’t know what level it is below that but I am light years away from even that distinction based on her declaration and the facts.

            In reality the Clinton’s have not been ‘in debt’ for years and command some of the highest speaking price tags of anyone on the circuit.  Their net worth is $100 MILLION or more and somehow that identifies them as DEAD BROKE.  Hillary acknowledged that she and Bill were charging an average of $200,000 per speaking engagement and that left them DEAD BROKE.  What were they buying?  Interns cannot possibly cost that much!

             It seems that in 2004 Bill scored an impressive $15 MILLION advance on his book and last year he brought in $106 MILLION on speeches alone.  DEAD BROKE, we should all be that broke!  Hillary has made at least $5 MILLION from speeches since leaving the State Department and received over $16 MILLION for her two memoirs, “In Living History” (2003) and “Hard Choices” (2014).  DEAD BROKE – Where do I sign up?  She received about $2 MILLION during her tenure as Senator and Secretary of State and Bill has garnered over $2.6 MILLION in his pension from being President.  I WANT ME SOME BROKE, Please!

             The Clinton’s are in the top ten of the wealthiest Presidents ever with John F. Kennedy being number one.  He left behind $1 BILLION in shared assets.  By 2001 the Clinton’s net worth has soared to over $25 MILLION and during the interim to that time they were anything but DEAD BROKE by any reasonable standard.  They were able to purchase mansions, do extensive traveling, live the life of Riley and continue to be the upper crust of the upper crust financially. 

            Hillary’s assertion that they were DEAD BROKE should be an affront to every member of the working class and should immediately identify how out of touch and lacking in the reality department she really is.  Then you add to that her previous revealed beliefs and pushes politically and her actions while First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State and you see just how UNFIT for the Office of President she really is.  Of course many on the left seem to believe she somehow has a right to it and it would seem that some on the Right are in agreement and have given her a pass on much.  “What Difference Does It Make Now?”  It makes the world of difference.  America is hanging by a thread after the years of Barack Obama and should we be subjected to even four years of Hillary Clinton we can sing “turn out the lights, the party’s over” because it will be over. 

             I have contacted the Clinton campaign and asked if they have any tips on how to become so DEAD BROKE as the Clinton’s.  I would like to live in retirement with no financial concerns as I’m sure most Americans and people around the world would.  So now that you know what defines DEAD BROKE how do you feel?

            God bless you and God bless America!

            The pen and phone are dangerous apparatuses wielded by this man of media shield but his ‘period’ is another of his insincere political speak trivializations of things important.  When a person actually says the word ‘period’ at the end of a sentence it should mean, ‘case closed’, ‘end of story’, or ‘final decision’.  Yet with this man it seems to be just a flippant remark designed to generate the imagery that he is ‘dead serious’ and ‘means what he is saying’.  In the way he has used it, “If you like your doctor and health plan you can keep it, period” and other usages by this one it should engender comfort and confidence that your life will not be plunged into shambles but it does not! 

             As we have found his ‘period’ is a pause not a finale.  It may be an abbreviation of such as ‘You can keep it for a short period or for a period of time’ but certainly not ‘end of story’, ‘case closed’, or ‘final decision.’  Oh no!  Like with is infamous ‘red line’ when challenged he declared it was not his red line it was the international communities red line after all how dare anyone hold him accountable for what he has said.  I sincerely doubt he can remember what he says after all he is only reading words on a teleprompter not speaking from conviction or the heart.

            His recent West Point speech screamed of his insincerity and lack of understanding of America and Americans, in my view.  When he defined to the West Point graduates that American Exceptionalism was living up to the ‘norms of the international community’ I was flabbergasted.  How can it be ‘exceptional’ if it is ‘the norm’?  If it is the ‘norm’ of the international community’s standards then it is not ‘exceptional’ but average and nothing more. I believe that expresses his view of America and maybe is a higher view than he actually holds.  I’m not sure he even considers us ‘average’ as much as he considers us ‘evil.’  With ideologues like Barack Obama America is the cause of most of the ills of the world. 

            It really does not matter if it is Obamacare, the IRS, NSA, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, Gun Control, or the VA Mr. Obama’s ‘period’ is definitively not a ‘period’ but a diversion, a pause, or a parenthesis.  If these allegations prove to be true he declares he will not put up with it ‘period’ and I just saw Alice and the Tin-man walk by my window along with a couple of pigs flying overhead.   The most transparent presidency in history, period is the most obscure and secretive.  So maybe, just maybe, when Mr. Obama says ‘period’ it means the exact opposite.  Instead of meaning he will act it means he will do nothing except find some scapegoat to fall on the proverbial sword for him.  I’m sure a condition to being appointed to any position under this administration is the signed agreement to ‘take a bullet’ for the administration should the need arise.  Maybe that’s the way it is with all of them, but I have every reason to believe it is with this one.

             If you are an American citizen and care about this nation and her people you should be disturbed over the lack of integrity and insincerity in the words that are spoken by this president.  I would ask that you hold Barack Obama to at least the same standard you held George W. Bush and every Republican President.  The left did not consider it a witch hunt to hold George W. Bush accountable for every word and deed.  When things like the CIA Station Chief transpired under Bush somebody went to jail (Scooter Libby) and was ruined politically but with this administration his red lines and periods are just words that have no meaning, no substance, and no accountability.  He has a pen and a phone but his periods are not periods except when it comes to negotiating with Republicans then his refusal is PERIOD, end of story!

            If America is foolish enough to allow the left to keep control of the Senate, gain any ground in the House, and retain the White House after the 2014 & 2016 elections respectively then we are placing our own PERIOD on American history.  I am deeply concerned about his ‘pen and phone’ but I am disgusted with his PERIOD.

             God bless you and God bless America!