We live in a time and place of historical consequenses

History will prove out that the biggest crisis for America was created by a Charlatan who made millions off a claim of Global Warming. We are on the verge of changing our entire lifestyle on an unproven theory. We are also about to have our sovereignty signed away in Europe by a President who has been duped into accepting this false data. Everything this administration has done has been rushed. The signing away of Gitmo, the rush to put out a stimulus package that contained more tainted pork than stimuli, the rush to push through Cap and Trade that will cost us hundreds individually, and the ridiculous rush to destroy our medical system here in America. Yes the system could use some tweaking but to scrap what the entire world recognizes as the finest system on earth, for political gain is criminal. The absolutely crazy thing about this is that they are trying to give benefits to illegal aliens from Mexico to garner more Latino votes. Hell, I know people who go to Mexico for their cheap medical rather than buy insurance.


Don’t you think it’s time to call for a popular vote of the citizens of America? A vote to slow down this runaway train to destruction we are riding. The heck with the political parties they seem as corrupt as the government. The cost of the election could be offset with a $5 fee for voting. We’ll see if ACORN has enough money to buy those votes. I know this election would have little sanction but it would scare the hell out of some very elite bodies in Washington.

VOTE:

1. Do you want government controlled health care?     __________yes __________no

2. Do you want Cap and Trade?                                 __________yes __________no

3. Do you agree with the Global Warming theory?       __________yes __________no

4. Do you believe the government has the right

To bailout private companies and banks?                    __________yes __________no

5. Do you believe that we as a country are headed

In the right direction?                                                  __________yes __________no



What is the healthcare vote all about? I know everyone cannot take the time to read and understand the latest healthcare package that has come out of Washington. The effort put forth by this Congress to win one for Obama is beyond comprehension. This is a politically motivated move and in the end will cost the American people (you) their much admired medical system and a whole lot of money. I blame both sides of the aisle, the Democrats will push this through at all cost and the Republicans will block all efforts regardless of the content. Why the rush to fix something that requires the ultimate in study?  Questions like would it be better to allow insurance companies to sell in every State and across State lines?  Another question is; would it be more efficient to allow insurance companies at their expense the opportunity to offer fixes for the system that would make Health Insurance affordable to all AMERICANS.  How about offering tax breaks to companies who provide quality health care to their employees. These are just a few questions that should be addressed rather than rushing this monstrous bill through.

Would it not be a wonderful program if all in Congress had to write in their own words, their reasons for voting for a particular bill. This would insure that they had read the bill and would be published in the local papers through out their State, and it would allow the voting public to get a first hand view of their elected officials thought process. After all when we elect a person to represent us they are expected to share our values and our beliefs, their vote should be a reflection of the beliefs and values of their constituency not the values of the leaders of the party. For example; Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi do not share my views yet it is their views that are being put forth and shoved down the throat of all Congress. This is not just a Democrat fallacy it is entrenched in both political parties.

Our forefathers thought they had it under control with the 3 branches of government designed to control one another’s political ambition. What we have done is allow not a political party to control all aspects of government but an elitist group that feels they are untouchable and that only they know what’s best for us the American people. I have voted all my life for Democrats and Republicans and in a couple cases an independent. It should be the qualifications of the person not the following of a politically motivated movement. I truly believe our two party system has been high jacked by the right and the left, and that the ideology of the two can never meet in the middle. The problem is that many people do not study the politics of the person they are voting for. They take the easy road and follow party lines. If they feel the republican has done a bad job they hire the democrat or vice a versa, what if they’re both corrupt and the only change you get is more of the same or worse. When we as a people take the time to educate ourselves on a candidate we can make a clear choice, not buy a pig in a poke. Race and party loyalty are a poor excuse for your vote that is so valuable. If your vote were a commodity and you could sell it and your American citizenship to anyone, you would have a million offers overnight. Think about it, something must be right about our way of life or everyone wouldn’t be dying to come here.

It's time for small business to run with the ball.

I’ve noticed a negativity in the air and it’s spreading even to little towns like the one we live in. No I’m not talking about the anti Obama sentiment that hangs over the conservative community. I’m talking about the lack of spirit that is evident in our every day lives. Even the smiles that are thrown at you from pass-er-bys have an iciness to them. People who are normally very friendly seem on the verge of snapping at the slightest inconvenience or misunderstanding. I can’t count the times I have said in passing to an acquaintance, hope you had a happy thanksgiving only to get the reply, “not much to be happy about is there?” I’ve caught myself doing the same thing when someone comes into our business. They usually ask how we’re doing and my standard reply without thinking about it is ; “surviving.” Folks, I lived through these times before. I know it’s hard to put on a happy face when you are concerned about employment, finances and every day living expenses but now is when we have pull ourselves up and fight our way back with the pride we were born with. You can’t wait on the government to do it for you, you are the government. I know business is bad but why is it bad? It’s like a case of the flu, the depression jumps from one to the other until everyone is down in the mouth. Business owners are closing their doors, and people are losing their homes everyday, (why?) because we are sitting back waiting for the government to take care of things. If we wait for the bureaucrats to act we might as well close up shop wait for the grim reaper.


How about this for a little budge up? I am down about 45% in my business from last year at this time. I could curl up and fall by the wayside with my tail between my legs, or I can start the ball rolling by hiring one or two more people. Just a couple and hopefully more businesses will do the same. One or two more employees won’t kill us and we can say things are getting positive. If just a few businesses in our small town would do that little simple thing, we could be the beginning of the new economic revival. All the government programs that this country can throw at you will never equal having a job and the opportunity to be self supporting. When you hire someone you are many times helping support a whole family. For each person you hire it’s like taking four people off the welfare rolls. If just one person proves to be productive, it can lead the way for two more to be hired. You are now building a positive that will echo through your community. These people will now have money to spend in the local stores and gas stations there-by creating jobs for others. Those business owners will now have money to spend with you too. It’s time to get this snowball going back up the hill, join me and take this opportunity to be on the positive side for a change. The only stimulus that will help turn around this economy is jobs and the pride that they bring back to those who need them.

Liberty or Tyranny, that's the question

I did not write this but it came in the form of an email that I was unable to forward. I just think it's a great idea and should be pursued. Don


WHEN PEOPLE FEAR THEIR GOVERNMENT THERE IS TYRANNY; WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE THERE IS LIBERTY.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Is it time for a 28th Amendment?

                                PROPOSED 28TH AMENDMENT

Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives, and:

Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States.

Send this to everyone you know, lets get this ball rolling.

How did we get to this place and time?

As I gaze from my window at the snow covered hills that surround this valley we call home, I am taken back to what confronted the settlers as they spread west into the unknown future that awaited them. How many today could make a life out of the stony and sage covered land that I see? Many of these families still exist and still work the land year in and year out. When one wonders what shapes the personality or the persona of different people they should consider the life they lead and what has influenced their character along the way. It’s easy to pre judge people based on their bias’s and their present situation in life but to really take the time to understand one an other we have to listen to their fears and their dreams. A person raised in poverty in a crime filled housing project surrounded by gangs and filled with graffiti, has to climb a higher mountain to success than a person raised in poverty on a farm or ranch. The work ethic learned as a child on a ranch will be a strong advocate of success. The work ethic learned when one is surrounded by welfare and unemployment requires a strong character to achieve the same rate of success.  Thank God many have the strength to make that climb.


My judgments and opinions come from my upbringing in a blue collar family in the far west. I learned the values handed down to me by my parents not by words but by deeds. Personal responsibility was something that was expected and I might say demanded of me from the time I was a little boy. My mother and Father both worked and I was what you would today call a latchkey kid. Sounds horrible in today’s world, but it was normal in mine. It taught me to always consider the consequences of an action, because if I screwed up there was no one else to blame and I had to pay the price. Being a youngster during WWII also added perspective to what finally became my persona. It was understood that every generation would have to face some type of war and boys naturally learned to accept that eventuality, and just like young lions learn to survive by playing at fighting, we did too. We played war with toy guns and since none of us would agree to be the Germans or the Japanese we each pretended that the other guy was the bad guy. We were also taught to have pride in our country to look up to our military as heroes. When an adult asked you something it was always answered with a yes ma’am or yes sir. We were given spankings both at home and at school if they were deserved and it really didn’t hurt our psyche. When we got into trouble it was not the authorities we feared, but what would happen when we got home.

As I look at life through these eyes I know I see things differently than many, but I ask you; what’s wrong with having patriotism? What’s wrong with showing respect for one an others property and even their religion? What’s wrong with being willing to stand up for our freedom and our country even when it means great sacrifice? For generations we worked together to build the greatest nation the world has ever witnessed, now we make excuses for our success and many seem to have little pride in our accomplishments. No, I don’t think many today would survive what our forefathers did to make this rugged country a livable place. A good majority of people in this country have become soft and way too comfortable to defend our way of life. They would rather hire it done, than to take the personal risk required to live up to our old values and our glory’s as Americans.

50 whole years

On December 4th, 2009 my wife Jan and I will have been married for 50 years. In today’s world it is probably wishful thinking that anyone under 40 will make it 50 years. There is no sign that the young people today have the personal responsibility, nor the ability to give and take that it requires to survive 50 years of marriage. We were married very young and went through six years of military service as a married couple, something that is taxing on any relationship. I owe our success to two things; a wife that found a way to see through my short comings, and who figured out how to bring out the good she knew was in there somewhere. The second thing is the fact that we built a partnership, and every thing we did from raising our two sons to getting through the day to day adventure of survival, was as partners. One thing I will say about surviving in a happy marriage is that you have to give each other space to be individuals also. You can still be partners and maintain your individuality and that’s important for your sanity.


Thankfully, Jan and I share the same political views and enjoy being homebodies. The world today scares the hell out of both of us as we watch what used to be America slip like the Titanic beneath the waves of socialism. The personal responsibility that we were raised with has evaporated from society. The work ethic that we learned by example from our parents seems to have slipped by a generation. I’m not saying that there are no hard workers out there, but as a whole society has lost a step in the direction of personal ambition. Don’t get me wrong they don’t all feel that they deserve everything, it’s just that many feel it should be given to them by the government. In my estimation America cannot survive with that mentality. It seems that many people can be swayed by telling them only what they want to hear. The promises of the Obama campaign are a good example and are starting to bite him where he sits as time goes by. It’s easy to make promises to get elected, finding reality in governance is a different question. This country has survived for 232 years because the people have stood for something, they have always worked to bring freedom to the world never giving a thought that they may need to fight to maintain their own civil rights. Take away the rights of our people, any of them, and you will see a side of these easy going Americans that will shake the very ground Washington is built on.

Happy Thanksgiving

I just want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving...

I wish he was running against Harry Reid.

This is a man I would vote for in a heartbeat. D

My sentiments exactly, Colonel!



http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/allenwest.asp

correctly attributed article

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For those of you who don't know, Colonel Allen West is running for U.S. Congressman Ron Klein's seat in Florida . Attached is his article regarding the shootings at Ft. Hood , Texas .

Please take a few minutes to read what he wrote.

Tragedy at Ft Hood

Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West (US Army, Retired)

This past Thursday 13 American Soldiers were killed and another 30 wounded at a horrific mass shooting at US Army installation, Ft Hood Texas . As I watched in horror and then anger, I recalled my two years of final service in the Army as a Battalion Commander at Ft Hood, 2002-2004..

My wife and two daughters were stunned at the incident having lived on the post in family housing.

A military installation, whether it is Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, or Coast Guard, is supposed to be a safe sanctuary for our Warriors and their families. It is intended to provide a home whereby our “Band of Brothers and Sisters” can find solace and bond beyond just the foxhole but as family units.

A military installation is supposed to be a place where our Warriors train for war, to serve and protect our Nation.

On Thursday, 5 November 2009, Ft Hood became a part of the battlefield in the war against Islamic totalitarianism and state sponsored terrorism.

There may be those who feel threatened by my words and would even recommend they not be uttered. To those individuals I say step aside because now is not the time for cowardice. Our Country has become so paralyzed by political correctness that we have allowed a vile and determined enemy to breach what should be the safest place in America , an Army post.

We have become so politically correct that our media is more concerned about the stress of the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan. The misplaced benevolence intending to portray him as a victim is despicable. The fact that there are some who have now created an entire new classification called; “pre-virtual vicarious Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” is unconscionable.

This is not a "man caused disaster." It is what it is, an Islamic jihadist attack.
We have seen this before in 2003 when a SGT Hasan of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) threw hand grenades and opened fire into his Commanding Officer’s tent in Kuwait . We have seen the foiled attempt of Albanian Muslims who sought to attack Ft Dix, NJ. Recently we saw a young convert to Islam named Carlos Bledsoe travel to Yemen, receive terrorist training, and return to gun down two US Soldiers at a Little Rock, Arkansas Army recruiting station. We thwarted another Islamic terrorist plot in North Carolina which had US Marine Corps Base, Quantico as a target.

What have we done with all these prevalent trends? Nothing.

What we see are recalcitrant leaders who are refusing to confront the issue, Islamic terrorist infiltration into America , and possibly further into our Armed Services. Instead we have a multiculturalism and diversity syndrome on steroids.

Major Hasan should have never been transferred to Ft Hood, matter of fact he should have been chaptered from the Army. His previous statements, poor evaluation reports, and the fact that the FBI had him under investigation for jihadist website posting should have been proof positive.

However, what we have is a typical liberal approach to find a victim, not the 13 and 30 Soldiers and Civilian, but rather the poor shooter. A shooter who we are told was a great American, who loved the Army and serving his Nation and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) stating that his actions had nothing to do with religious belief.

We know that Major Hasan deliberately planned this episode; he did give away his possessions. He stood atop a table in the confined space of the Soldier Readiness Center shouting “Allahu Akhbar”, same chant as the 9-11 terrorists and those we fight against overseas in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of operation.

No one in leadership seems willing to sound the alarm for the American people; they are therefore complicit in any future attacks. Our Congress should suspend the insidious action to vote on a preposterous and unconstitutional healthcare bill and resolve the issue of “protecting the American people”.

The recent incidents in Dearborn, Michigan; Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas,Texas; and Chicago, Illinois; should bear witness to the fact that we have an Islamic terrorism issue in America. And don’t have CAIR call me and try to issue a vanilla press statement; they are an illegitimate terrorist associated organization which should be disbanded.

We have Saudi Arabia funding close to 80% of the mosques in the United States , one right here in South Florida, Pompano Beach . Are we building churches and synagogues in Saudi Arabia ? Are “Kaffirs” and “Infidels” allowed travel to Mecca ?

So much for peaceful coexistence.

Saudi Arabia is sponsoring radical Imams who enter into our prisons and convert young men into a virulent Wahabbist ideology… one resulting in four individuals wanting to destroy synagogues in New York with plastic explosives. Thank God the explosives were dummy. They are sponsoring textbooks which present Islamic centric revisionist history in our schools.

We must recognize that there is an urgent need to separate the theo-political radical Islamic ideology out of our American society. We must begin to demand surveillance of suspected Imams and mosques that are spreading hate and preaching the overthrow of our Constitutional Republic... that speech is not protected under First Amendment, it is sedition and if done by an American, treason.

There should not be some 30 Islamic terrorist training camps in America that has nothing to do with First Amendment or Freedom of Religion. The Saudis are not our friends and any American political figure who believes such is delusional.

When tolerance becomes a one way street it certainly leads to cultural suicide. We are on that street. Liberals cannot be trusted to defend our Republic, because their sympathies obviously lie with their perceived victim, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.

I make no apologies for these words, and anyone angered by them, please, go to Ft Hood and look into the eyes of the real victims. The tragedy at Ft Hood Texas did not have to happen. Consider now the feelings of those there and on every military installation in the world. Consider the feelings of the Warriors deployed into combat zones who now are concerned that their loved ones at home are in a combat zone.

Ft Hood suffered an Islamic jihadist attack, stop the denial, and realize a simple point.
The reality of your enemy must become your own.


Steadfast and Loyal,

Lieutenant Colonel Allen B. West
US Army, Retired

Footnote;
In my view political correctness has attributed to the demise of commonsense in our country.  It has become the mantra of the left and will poison the youth of future America with its nonsensicle dribble.

Stop, take a deep breath and think things out

This letter is intended for the liberals in our midst and it would be nice to get a real answer to it rather than the typical talking points of the leftist politicians.


When all is said and done and Obama Care passes, and Pelosi’s Cap and Trade bill sneaks through unaltered. If it then proves that we of the conservative persuasion were correct when we told you how much it would diminish our medical system, and how much it would cost to pay for these bills. What will you tell your grand children when they ask why they don’t have the same breaks in America that you did? What will you say when they ask why they have to wait for a critical operation? What will you say when you have to borrow money from them to pay for a needed surgery. One that the government feels you are too old to require. These aren’t stupid questions and you may be the one that’s told you’re too old for a kidney transplant at 65. Maybe it will be a new knee that your doctor recommends and because you’re past your productive years it is refused by some bureaucrat. We all agree that we need to continually look for improvement, especially in the field of medicine. Where we disagree is being forced to accept a program that is being rushed through for political reasons. I know that the AMA and AARP both have gone along with this railroad job, but the majority of doctors will tell you the truth. Ask your own doctor what they feel about this bill. As far as AARP is concerned, it is a shame that a program that could have been so good for so many seniors has been high jacked by money and politics. I have decided to send them their card back in protest of their political tampering, and would suggest that the rest of you concerned citizens do the same.

As far as Cap and Trade is concerned this will be the greatest tax increase in the history of America. No it won’t be just those who the government considers rich that will pay. It is estimated that it will cost the average household between $1,600 and $2,000 each in increased energy and fuel costs. Your grand children may eventually be able to buy a house, but they might not be able the heat it or have electricity.

You can sing Obama, Reid and Pelosi’s praises all you want, but some day those questions are going to come, and when they do people like me will be there to tell them why they don’t have the America that their parents and grand parents enjoyed. Don’t you think it would be better to take it slow and make sure we are doing the right thing rather than rush into a possible disaster. I’m not saying we should give up on healthcare reform, I’m just trying to get people to use their heads when we attempt to tackle a problem, not rush in and make things worse. As a businessman who employs over 20 people I can tell you that any increases in my taxes will put me and most companies my size out of business. We have been thrown on the rocks this last year and there is no rescue ship in sight. Companies all over the country are suffering the same fate, it could be your job next.

Who's really in charge?

I received this letter from a friend and I really think it hits the nail on the head as to why we are in such difficult times.  Thanks for allowing me to use it Ron.

OBAMA'S "CZARS"-- Read who is really running our country and realize what their job positions are :
OBAMA'S CZARS
CZAR Position Summary

Richard Holbrooke
Afghanistan Czar
Ultra liberal anti gun former Gov. of New Mexico. Pro Abortion and legal drug use. Dissolve the 2nd Amendment

Ed Montgomery
Auto recovery Czar
Black radical anti business activist. Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks. Univ of Maryland Business School Dean teaches US business has caused world poverty. ACORN board member. Communist DuBois Club member.

Jeffrey Crowley
AIDS Czar
Radical Homosexual.. A Gay Rights activist. Believes in Gay Marriage and especially, a Special Status for homosexuals only, including complete free health care for gays.

Alan Bersin
Border Czar
The former [failed] superintendent of San Diego Pub. Ed. Ultra Liberal friend of Hilary Clinton. Served as Border Czar under Janet Reno – to keep borders open to illegal’s without interference from US

David J. Hayes
California Water Czar
Sr. Fellow of radical environmentalist group, “Progress Policy”. No training or experience in water management whatsoever.

Ron Bloom
Car Czar
Auto Union worker. Anti business & anti nuclear. Has worked hard to force US auto makers out of business. Sits on the Board of Chrysler which is now Auto Union owned. How did this happen?

Dennis Ross
Central Region Czar
Believes US policy has caused Mid East wars. Obama apologist to the world. Anti gun and completely pro abortion.

Lynn Rosenthal
Domestic Violence Czar
Director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Vicious anti male feminist. Supported male castration. Imagine?

Gil Kerlikowske
Drug Czar
devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law proposal, Former Chief of Police in Liberal Seattle. Believes no American should own a firearm. Supports legalization of all drugs

Paul Volcker
E conomic Czar
Head of Fed Reserve under Jimmy Carter when US economy nearly failed. Obama appointed head of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board which engineered the Obama economic disaster to US economy.. Member of anti business “Progressive Policy” organization

Carol Brower
Energy and Environment Czar
Political Radical Former head of EPA - known for anti-business activism. Strong anti-gun ownership.

Joshua DuBois
Faith Based Czar
Political Black activist-Degree in Black Nationalism. Anti gun ownership lobbyist.

Cameron Davis
Great Lakes Czar
Chicago radical anti business environmentalist. Blames George Bush for “Poisoning the water that minorities have to drink.” No experience or training in water management.

Our country deserves better

Am I so out of step with the majority in this country? Why is it that every time I turn on the TV or pick up a newspaper I find myself getting angry? This week I couldn’t believe that our illustrious Attorney General, Eric Holder was there on Television telling us that they were bringing our sworn enemies to New York for a civilian trial. Where in our Constitution does it say we have to give our legal rights to our enemies? In my mind I am asking who benefits from this stupidity, the families of the victims, the fire fighters who lost their brethren, the police and port authority who still hear the screams of the dying in their sleep. How about us, the general public who witnessed planes full of everyday people crashing into the buildings, or the bodies of innocent office workers hurling themselves out of the twin towers to keep from burning alive. None of the above is the answer in case you wondered. There is one answer that comes to mind but I can’t even fathom anyone could be so callous, It’s been stated that Attorney General Holders former law firm, the one that he will surely return to when this country finally regains its senses, represents several terrorists already. Could this be a motive? Are they that arrogant that they would even consider this?




Are we so intimidated by European opinion that it is really necessary that we close Gitmo? We have been so smothered in political correctness that it is affecting our ability to survive as a world power. Who has earned the right to judge our system of government? What part of Europe didn’t we save from tyranny? What would China be today if we hadn’t stopped the Japanese in WWII? How have our enemies treated our captives, from WWII through Korea, Viet Nam, or in The Middle East? The people held in Guantanamo have it better than they did in their own countries. I call them people only because I am so influenced by political correctness that I find it hard to call them what they really are. In our history we have always been the savior of the world not the bad guy. This administration seems to be of the belief that we have a lot to apologize for. Even though I didn’t vote for him I actually thought that after Obama was sworn in, he would see the world for what it really is and temper his agenda for the good of America. I was wrong, his agenda seems to be to destroy the America we grew up in and remake it into a socialist society. To accomplish this goal he has to break the spirit of our people and render them impotent to his will. He has surrounded himself with a group of people who actually despise our country. Socialist, Communist and some of the loudest voices against American freedom are entrenched in his cabinet and his army of Czars.



In history we learn what is in our future, if you bother to read the history of Germany and the Soviet Union you will see where we are headed. When the President goes to Copenhagen and signs the treaty on Global Warming, we as a sovereign nation will cease to exist. When we give others the right to make and enforce our laws we will have fought all wars, and left all our battle fields littered with our dead for nothing. America will no longer be the shinning city on the hill that so many have held in reverence. The United States that has been the benefactor to the world deserves better. Shout and shout loud, make these egotistical, narcissists hear your demands. Let them know that this is our land, and we’ll defend it with all we have.

What happens when the Organization overtakes the needs of the individual?

Living where I do, I have several friends who are involved in the dairy industry. What has happened in their world is criminal and it's important that the public is aware of these problems. It’s like the unions of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, they were needed and they helped many get their due from stingy employers. Now the unions are more powerful and more dangerous than the companies they go after. We have another situation that is starting rear the ugly head of a monopolist nature. The independent Dairy Farmers across America have been forced to sell their product below their costs in many cases. The Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) sounds like a harmless group of Dairyman trying to get by, in Reality it has become a monopolizing behemoth milking the independent dairyman by forcing down Prices. The DFA is accused of working in conjunction with a company called Dean Foods in the Northeast States and it has been charged that they have set unfair prices in the wholesale market. In many cases the independent milk producers have been forced to join in order to sell their products. An anti-trust lawsuit has been filed against them and several processors by the Justice department. DFA affiliate Dairy Marketing Services or (DMS) has also been charged with aiding and abetting the monopolization of the industry. Local independent farmers through-out the country have applauded the action in the hopes that it will bring some sense of normalcy into the process. Last year alone the price of dairy hay in many areas exceeded $200 per ton. Many of these independents sold off their herds and shut down, rather than be forced to constantly suffer losses. Many others have been forced to join the DFA or suffer the same consequences. What sometimes sets out to be a benefit often becomes a burden on those it was supposed to help. It all stems from leadership, something we are witnessing first hand in politics today. Be careful what you wish for in life, you may just get it. With the characteristics of the Obama administration they just might try to nationalize the farms of America. I can remember when they started the Department of Energy to eliminate the need for imported oil and to create a more efficient domestic market place. We now have a huge bureaucracy costing hundreds of billions and the public thinks we can’t live without it. They don’t even produce an income for their costs, they just continue to expand their reach into our pockets. Will we soon have a similar bureaucracy called the Department of Medical necessities? Our country survives on free market trade and suffocates under government bureaucracy.

Are we headed for Anarchy or will we wake up?

Whoops! Just when we thought they had already given us enough ammunition, Pelosi and her liberal buddies do the unthinkable. They passed the one thing that the people of this country actually were adamantly against, the Democratic Health Care Bill. Thank God we still have the Senate to put some commonsense into the package. What’s that you say? You’re laughing, we can only hope that these 100 people want to keep their jobs, if this bill passes they will be joining the House Members in the unemployment lines come 2010. Reid is in trouble here in Nevada already, he is spending a fortune on feel good ads all over Nevada for the last few months. The one thing we as a people need to do is to eliminate the power of Congress by only electing people who will sign off on eliminating the special benefit package and retirement program that these clowns have put in for themselves. When I say eliminate I mean past and present. They could care less what we think, when they have somehow not only made millions as public servants but have a full life of benefits when they are booted. The special retirement for the Congress is like a constant supply of golden eggs and we are the goose. They jumped on the word CHANGE and that’s what we need to do starting right now. I would like to see recall petitions from each State for anyone who voted for this behemoth of a bureaucracy. As a small businessman who has always provided medical insurance for my employees even, when we have not been able to show any profit, the odds are that I will close my shop rather than capitulate to this government takeover. That will be another 50 some people for you liberal supporters to feed and take care of. Excuse me, 53, I forgot my family, might as well live the good life too. Ms Pelosi and her husband Charlie Tuna, along with Harry Reid and Barack Obama will eventually run out of other peoples money to spend. When that happens the country will be about equal with Uganda in stature. Anarchy is a terrible thing; remember what happened to Marie Antoinette. God help us if we don’t stop this cancer before it spreads any further.

Wake up, the alarms are ringing

As we find ourselves in the throes of a mini depression let examine the causes and try to find the cure. It’s obvious that Congress is too embroiled in petty politics to solve our dilemma in a reasonable fashion.

First we have to examine the obvious; the financial meltdown of Wall Street and the terrible crash of the housing market. The finger points at greed in both cases. Both political parties, and the past 4 administrations are just as guilty as the other. This constant blame game that has gone on for the last 8 years has exacerbated the problem and driven us further and further away from a positive solution. We know the Wall Street problem stems from the housing situation, as huge amounts of capital were invested in these high risk loans. When the Real Estate crash hit it depleted equity positions and caused a run on the industry never before experienced. Banks failed at an alarming rate causing the Federal Reserve to stretch beyond its means.

What caused this catastrophe in the first place? I believe it was the long term effect of the desire of the Clinton administration to open the Housing market to those who normally couldn’t afford one. Their instructions to Fannie Mae Lowered the standards for loan qualifications. At once this became a boon to the industry as millions of previously unqualified buyers flooded the market. Prices soared and everyone was convinced they would never go back down only up and up. Suddenly real estate was the gold standard of the world. The Bush administration made one half hearted attempt to control this runaway train but was rebuffed by the likes of Frank, Dodd and Waters and retreated into a cocoon of silence. The attempt by Bush’s Secretary of the Treasury Paulson to bailout the banks was the worst decision that could have been possible. $780 Billion of our tax dollars simply disappeared into a whirlpool of greed and fraud. The Obama administration has worsened the situation with their attempt to Nationalize the banking and auto industry. The so called stimulus they pushed down our throat was more Pork than substance and just paid back the liberal establishment for their loyalty.

Unemployment; Now that the rate has hit over 10% even the diehard Union establishment must be questioning the process. Jobs are created by small business not government programs is not going to solve the unemployment situation. The trickery of numbers being thrown about by the administration are a farce. Show me 640,000 saved jobs and I’ll eat my hat. Jobs are created by an active market and a population that has confidence in the economy. If only a smidgeon of the bailout and stimulus money that has been wasted on the auto industry and banking was used for tax incentives and low interest loans for businesses that were willing to expand and hire new workers there wouldn’t have been a need for an auto bailout.

Congressional arrogance; We are in the midst of an attempted takeover of our country by an elite group of supposed Representatives, that could care less what you think. They believe that they are the supreme power in this country and will do whatever they think is in their best interest. The fact that they were elected to do the bidding of the people who put them there is irrelevant, they feel they know what’s best for America. We were warned about this happening when our founding fathers wrote the Constitution. These elitist arrogant egotists, have ignored all aspects of the Constitution and our rights in general. If we allow these people to force a vote on medical reform, without allowing both parties of the Congress and the people to study the content of the bill, we might as well have capitulated to The Soviet Union in the 60’s. It’s time to find your Cajonies America, it’s time to recall the entire bunch and start over with people who understand the American way and our Constitution.

More thoughts

On November 11th we honor the brave men and women who have served and are serving in our Armed Forces. These individuals are the true heroes of our nation. Over the generations this country has continued to produce people who overlook their own fears and comforts of life, to serve and protect our interests here and abroad. Without their sacrifices and that of their families, we would not have the right nor the voice to either descent or demonstrate our political, religious, and personal beliefs. There are many among us who fail to understand how sacred and precious these rights are, and how costly it has been to defend them. This nation was built on a foundation of principles laid out by our founding fathers called the Constitution, these words have been preserved in the blood of our veterans from as far back as the Revolutionary war, and must always be part of the fabric of our nation. I ask you all to proudly display the symbol of our pride, the American flag on this day of appreciation and to thank a veteran for their service. God Bless America. D Lindberg The win for the Republicans in New Jersey and Virginia are a true sign of the discontent felt by the people. This is by no way a sweep or the portent of things to come, this is just an eye opener for those of us who are at odds with the direction this country has been going. It simply means that it’s possible to bring about a new direction with hard work and a strong campaign. The 2010 elections are going to be a turning point and will decide the future for generations to come. We cannot allow ourselves the luxury of basking in these small victories, we must work diligently toward electing commonsense representatives who share the values of the majority of Americans. The progressive movement along with our friends at ACORN will be out in great numbers to rekindle the Obama magic, and it’s up to us the common man and woman to show that it is not magic, but merely an illusion from a socialist leaning pretender. This small victory just means that the pendulum in America is capable of swinging both ways with just a little push in the right direction.

Lets make a deal

As a business man I have to keep a record of my spending and balance it against my income each month. If my income goes down I have to do the same with my expenditures. Over the last year we have had to reduce our expenditures by over 40% as our sales have fallen off at least that amount. For the first time in years we showed a serious loss on our books for the year, even with the reduced overhead. The reason I’m telling you this is because I’m trying to understand how the government justifies these bank bailouts. We have always been a successful enterprise over the years and with one bad year we are considered a bad loan risk. The same banks have been bailed out turned us down when we needed a small loan for operating capital. We were able to obtain it privately, but does that mean they operate on different principles than us small businesses? The government piles money on them and they use it for bonuses and buying debentures rather than loaning it out to us poor bad risk companies who are the backbone of the employment force in this country. They keep claiming the Small Business Administration is primed and ready to help out but when you talk to the banks that have to actually make the loans it’s a different story. A great example is GMAC, they formed a new bank called Ally, you probably have seen the massive amount they are spending on TV. They are on their third bailout of over 5.5 Billion each, you might ask any GM dealer how it’s working out for them. As I write this article the Stock market has dropped below 9800 almost below 9700. The Obama administration still claims the recession is over and that they saved 640,000 jobs. I would love to see where these jobs are and talk to the people who have them. Every month We get reports of additional job losses and every month they candy coat the reports. I’m tired Of the BS provided by this or any administration, all I want is to see the results of the billions of our tax dollars that have wasted on a tremendous amount of pork, that they call stimulation. The only jobs that I have seen stimulated are the ones in Washington D.C. and on Wall Street. I may sound bitter to some and aggravated to others, the truth is I’m just like the rest of the small business people in America, mostly we’re disgusted with the direction this country is headed. For you who believe that this is a positive direction I ask that you put your name down here with a statement of your beliefs and we will revisit this article in a few months and see who’s right or wrong. As you know I put my name on this blog, I don’t hide behind a phony cutesy computer handle. It’s time to stand tall in your beliefs as I try to do in each and every article and lets make this an understanding between us. It could be the beginning of a consensus of opinions that could lead us out of this mess.

Is this a form of Armageddon?

As much of the world around us seems to delight in our failings, and giddily watch our beautiful country with all its history and glories, being reduced to no more than a pimple on the backside of its former status, one must wonder what our ancestors looking down upon our folly must be thinking. Over 100 generations of Americans have bravely defended our freedoms and died to protect our way of life for future generations. Have we become so tarnished that our greed, sins and lack of morality has finally caught up with us? Is this a form of the Armageddon that we’ve been promised since the time of Babylon? Where has our personal integrity and responsibility gone, at what point did we decide that our country should support us, rather than we support our country? This is still America, how have we allowed the unthinkable concept of an elitist governing body to take control of our lives? Who are these people who are supposedly elected by we the people, to represent us, and why have we allowed them to ignore our wishes? The United States is the product of generations of hardworking immigrants who came here to find a better life. Now we are being flooded with hordes of immigrants who are not here to become part of America but are here to steal what our fathers and their fathers and their grandfathers have bequeathed for our future. You can’t be an American just by sneaking across a border and setting up camp. To be an American you have to believe in, and be willing to defend our basic freedoms. To be an American you have to be a builder not a borrower. To be an American you have to be willing to stand with your neighbors shoulder to shoulder to protect our Constitution and the rights of all our citizens. No, you can’t be an American just by saying it, it’s a way of life and it has been paid for in blood by so many in our history. It’s heartbreaking to think that we are part of the generation who has failing our responsibilities to this great land. If you are among the many who are satisfied with the government being totally in control of all things, you will never understand my grief and dismay. In my utopian world we are free to achieve success and unencumbered by massive regulation and taxation, judged only by our deeds and regulated only by our peers. In my world the politicians could not buy elections with massive war chests donated by those who certainly expect a return on their investment. In my world we wouldn’t allow outside money to influence our States rights and elections. In my world, God would not dominate but would be a real part of our society not relegated to an hour on Sundays. You’re welcome in my world, immigrant or citizen, as long as you have the heart of an American and want to help rebuild the pride of citizenship we have always cherished. God Bless America, she needs all the help she can get.

Just my thoughts

After a couple of weeks off I find that I can’t ignore what’s happening anymore and must speak out. It was bad enough that the Nobel committee is trying to influence our countries politics with that ridiculous award to the President for his first two weeks in office. That’s right, two weeks is all he was in office at the time the nominations were made. Reagan was responsible for the real peace in this world and they in this liberal bastion of socialism (Norway) turned their noses up at him. Real peace comes through strength and preparedness not words and apologies. Look at the list of recipients and you will find a who’s who of the liberal world including Carter and Gore. Arafat was a dedicated terrorist who never apologized but received the peace prize for shaking hands with Begin of Israel. Whose next Kim Jong Il of Korea? As time progresses I hope you diehard Obama fans and Pelosi and Reid lovers watch your heating and electric bills, maybe then you will start to understand why we conservatives were against Cap and Trade. The way it’s designed is to not show an effect until after the 2010 elections but watch out after that. Eventually even you will grow tired of the total government control over all things, hopefully it won’t be too late when your epiphany comes to you, as we can use all the help we can get to bring our country back to the center. As so many smugly sit back and think that all is well with the world the rest of us will continue to fight for your rights as well as our own. The situation with health care is the height of political arrogance. The people have spoken yet the so Called representatives of the people have ignored them completely. We all want a better system for health care but who in their right mind thinks the government should be in charge of it. Wouldn’t it be better to fix Social Security and Medicare first? This rush to get it done is all a politically motivated scenario designed to split America into factions. The President got elected by doing just that and has never stopped campaigning. Health care reform should be separated into parts and each part examined carefully and completely. It should include Tort reform and should be written in plain English so we all can read and understand what’s in it. A mistake of this magnitude could destroy what’s left of our fragile economy, and leave us with nothing but a socialist nightmare. I propose that we demand that whatever program the Congress comes up with, all Federal Employees have to join us in the mix, including our illustrious representatives in the Senate and House. They should also be required to include themselves in the Social Security program instead of the blue chip retirement they have made for themselves. Guess how fast Social Security would be fixed if that were the case. The things that I have proposed here are not impossible, it is up to us to demand action or get rid of the entire bunch in 2010. Like our forefathers, we have to exercise our rights or be forever beholding to the elitists who think they are in control.

Yes I am reviewing comments

In all the time I have blogged I have never felt it necessary to review comments before publishing them. For some reason I have attracted a person who can't reason without using the f bomb. This person cannot fathom that anyone could possibly have a different opinion, must be related to our President. If your comments are suitable for publication they will appear on the blog. Believe me this just makes more work for me. Don

For he who would be King

He who would be King had his chance on the world stage today and left no doubt of his intentions. His speech was condescendingly arrogant and self-serving. Why must he constantly campaign? To me it sounded like he was running for King of the world. Not once did he refer to America the land of the free, or America the home of democracy. He constantly referred to his personal accomplishments in the last 9 months. Are these the same accomplishments that have over 50% of Americans just about ready for revolution? Are these the same accomplishments that are guiding our once free spirit into socialism? Today we saw the first attempt at selling out America as a free Republic. President Obama made clear his desire for a one world government and did his best to place himself in a prominent position in that society. His statement that no country should be greater or have greater influence over another sealed his position. The only way we could achieve this is by destroying our economy and falling in line with the weaker nations. By God not this American, I will always extol the virtues of a free and democratic America. Our country was founded through strength and courage, and whether the progressives like it or not, it was founded by those who had a strong belief in God and in fact referred to God in every document they published. Now I am not a religious zealot, but as an uninvolved people, we have stood by and watched as these people have tried to erase all reference to God from our history. This country has made it through 233 years on Gods shoulders and I for one want him back. To those of you who haven’t been able read the signs along the road to this disaster, I ask you only this; are you ready to give up all we have gained? Are you ready to give in to a One World Society? This is not just an Obama thing, this has been coming since the 2nd world war. Obama has just created the final chink in our armor with his disastrous economic platform. The Progressives already have the history books written, they have been teaching a form of progressive history for the last decade. See for yourself, check out a current history book and read about World War II. You will hear all about the Japanese internment camps, the horrible bombing of Berlin and Dresden with all the loss of civilian lives and very little about the sacrifice our people made to save Europe from a tyrant. The socialists and communists President Obama has surrounded himself with, should have been your first clue. If you take the time to dissect today’s speech before the United Nations frame by frame, even the most diehard believers have to have raised eyebrows.

Dear Citizens of America

This country has been good to us for the all of the 233 years of her existence. I find it hard to believe that a majority would want to change all that we have built. I know many of you think that those of us who believe that the Obama administration is leading us to socialism, feel we are just racists who won’t accept a man of color in such a high position. Try to understand that most of us could care less about race and even less about liberal or conservative leanings. The problem as I see it is that they are neither liberal or conservative. They are using the liberals to achieve what they want and will abandon them just as fast as they adopted them to their cause. We’ve had liberal administrations before and they were not out to change our whole system of government. We’ve been lucky in the past to have had people in congress who had Americas best interest at heart, people who would never vote for a bill without first understanding it. The representation we presently have are mostly so enamored with the power and money attainable, that they have come to the conclusion that they and only they know what’s best for us. They are falling all over themselves to do the bidding of this socialist and his regime, and will soon be voting on irreversible programs that will change forever our standard of living and our way of life. You can argue with me until you are blue in the face but it won’t change the facts. We have already Nationalized the auto industry and a great deal of the financial world. I know they say it’s a temporary program just until they are on their feet and can pay it back. Did you know that the Federal Income Tax was a temporary program, the toll on the Bay Bridge was a temporary program just as so many taxes we now pay were originally set up as temporary taxes. I don’t consider Obama and his group Fascists or Nazi’s, I’ve heard the correlation and understand why people think that way, and I have referred to the comparison myself in various blogs. I believe they are following Hitlers successful plan for a bloodless revolution, as well as the insight from Carl Marx, from his and Frederick Engels masterpiece, The Communist Manifesto. Don’t ever take mine or anyone else’s word for these things, read them yourself and make up your own mind. Have you noticed how they isolate and attack a target that they know they can stir an emotional response from their followers with. First it was the Bush administration for the last few years. Never have we seen such a personal and bloodthirsty attack on a president of the United States. Not being a good communicator Bush was never able to respond effectively to these attacks. Now if you listen closely you will hear the new target is the terrible insurance companies, and the talk radio industry. I am not asking you to suddenly change your whole philosophy, but I am asking you to take the time to really understand what is happening and what it means to us all as Americans. Dewey and Truman were from different parties, but they were not out to destroy our capitalistic form of government. It really didn’t matter who won the election in those days as both were experienced in government and true patriots of America. Same with Kennedy and Nixon. Today we find ourselves locked in an ideological battle for our countries soul. All I ask is that you pay tribute to those in your own family who have gone before us by at least learning what it is we are fighting against. Read the history of the people surrounding this administration, the cabinet and the Czars he's appointed. Study their words and writings carefully. Then and only then can you honestly decide whether or not you want this element deciding our future. Download the philosophy of Lenin and Engels and take the time to read Mein Kamph, Hitler’s successful brain washing of a country, after you do that ask yourself if this is really what you want for our children to live under. I like many others spent years in the military learning what communism and socialism were, and why we were fighting their expansion. I only ask that you spend a few days studying the facts, and deciding which path we'll take to the future. Sincerely, Don Lindberg

Who is Cass Sunstein?

Every day it’s something new in the news to send those of us who base our lives on commonsense through the roof. I meet people daily who have absolutely no idea how radical this administration is becoming. This afternoon Congress voted closure on the debate over the hiring of the potential Czar proposed as the Regulatory Czar by the president. Cass Sunstein is on the verge of being in control of our regulatory laws throughout our government. This is the same Cass Sunstein who has advocated for the rights of animals to be equal to that of man. This is the same man who has advocated the banning of all hunting. He is the same person who has stated openly that the government has the right to harvest organs from terminal patients with or without permission. This is the man that your Congress, both Republican and Democrat is on the verge of installing in such a powerful position in our government. To the elk and moose hunters in the Northwest, the antelope hunter on the prairies of Montana and the Dakota’s, and the deer and bird hunters through out the country, I ask you, is this the change you voted for? The power wielded by this position is the greatest threat so far to our individual rights. You liberals may scoff at this revelation now but remember this swing to the left won’t last forever and some of the rights we lose now will come back to bite you later. Just what good has come from this administration so far? We’ve followed the flawed line of the Bush administration on bail outs and what have they done for us? The financial bail out has done wonders if all you wanted was the big banks to buy up the little banks. If you are waiting for the banks to kick start the economy through business loans, I’m afraid the only kick your going to get is the one in the seat of your pants. The bail out of the auto industry has put a band aid on the knee while the hemorrhage continues. What happens when they need additional funds? There is a reason for a business to fail and until you solve the problem it will always fail. Instead of taking these companies through legitimate bankruptcy and forcing the infectious parts out, this government gave the companies over to those who helped made them sick in the first place. In doing so they cut off the hand of the actual people who were feeding them, the dealer network. Dealers cost these companies nothing, everything is billed to the dealer. From the latest tools needed, and the inventory of automobiles, to the brochure you grab in the showroom is bought and paid for by the dealer. Please tell me where eliminating competition for the consumer and doing away with a whole bunch of repair facilities helps us all in our daily lives. Now lets discuss the so-called stimulus package that we just had to have to turn the economy around quickly. If you enjoy a good pork roast on Sunday, you got it with all the trimmings. The only stimulating thing that has come from that package is the money being spent on new airplanes for the Congress to use on their junkets. The cash for clunker program stimulated mostly the foreign car companies, but is nearly putting the dealerships that survived the cut out of business. Dealers rely on cash flow to survive and most are now owed huge amounts by the government with no payment in sight. This program didn’t even fund from the stimulus it was a separate 3 billion dollar fiasco. Now I have nothing bad to say about the National Speakers tour, that all ex politicians seem to make a fortune from, I just can’t wait to see Obama making that money.

Americans believe in responsibity, not domination of their spirit

Why don’t they understand? Who gives Congress the right to force programs down the throat of the people who elected them? Why can’t they adhere to the Constitution that has seen us through the last 233 years? Who is this president who feels he has the right to indoctrinate our children? Every day it’s something new, now Obama is going to try to indoctrinate our school children. What shall we call this new move the Obama Youth Movement? Sound familiar, a guy in Germany did this a few decades ago and it cost the lives of millions of innocent people. This is the last straw as far as I am concerned, leave our children alone! These kids are in school to be taught the three R’s not to be indoctrinated by anyone. It’s bad enough with the news media and their bias to subject them to this additional propaganda from the president and the NEA is far too much for this old brain to deal with. These are our children and grand children, and not the property of the State or the school system. It’s time to take a stand, the classroom is not the place for this. If he wants to try to indoctrinate anyone pick on an adult who can see through the folly of his schemes. He’s quite good at it he fooled over half the voters of this country, now he is aiming at our future. If I had children in school they wouldn’t attend class on Tuesday and I would make it very clear to the school board that I would find it very offensive if this is re broadcast to my children at anytime in the future. The Zombies that can’t see through this ploy are becoming more and more the minority in this country. Thank God some of them are finally waking up and speaking out. If you are among the zealots who find happiness in this replication of mans history, I plead with you to wake up long enough to read the original script. It’s found in books like Mein Kampf. Let me share some examples; 1. The great masses of the people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one. Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf 2. The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force. Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf 3. There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be restored to its original meaning. Surely every man will have advisers by his side, but the decision will be made by one man. Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf 4. All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people. Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf 5. The art of leadership consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention. The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category. Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf 6. The [Nazi party] should not become a constable of public opinion, but must dominate it. It must not become a servant of the masses, but their master! Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf I could go on forever and find correlation’s of this doctrine and that of the present administration. I don’t believe Obama has set out to be Hitler but his Narcissistic demeanor will soon become more than the people will be able to bear. He has not been elected to teach his doctrine to your children, nor was he elected to take our country to Socialism or worse, Fascism. He was elected as all other presidents have been, to give us new goals and higher ambitions to succeed. The American people have never been slaves to their government, and have never had a government that dictated to them. We have always been very self sufficient in our lives and looked to government more as a servant than a tyrannical body. Congress has become a nanny who tells us only what they want, and then fails to listen to their constituents. This Congress feels that they are in charge of our lives when the facts are, they only have as much power as we the people allow them to take. It’s time to take back the power, we need to deluge the post office with mail to our so called representatives. I’m talking millions of pieces daily demanding the end to this jerk and reactionary governance. Yes health care may need reform but it certainly doesn’t have to be done in a month or even a year. We know now that the rushed through stimulus was a joke, all it did was allow a lot of Congressmen and Senators to bring home some pork. That’s what happens when we rush things through without proper thought and commensense. The biggest fiasco was the Cash for Clunkers, dealers are going broke waiting for their money. All this did was help the foreign car manufactures. A Narcissist always feels his ideas are the only ones that mean anything and I feel we could make quite a large bouquet out of all the narcissists in this administration. A lovely bunch of daffy dils. Remember, home school the kids next Tuesday and make you voice heard in the school boards.

Where are we headed?

I have taken the last couple of weeks off to try to understand how anyone as shallow and inexperienced as this President, could possibly buffalo so many as he leads us into socialism. I have read all I can about him and have come to the conclusion that he has actually concocted the perfect storm. He has us on the brink of bankruptcy, he has a Congress that has given him the power to take over the financial world as well as the major industrial complex of our country. What we have failed to consider in our theories about him is the training he has been through by his most trusted advisors. He is actually the perfect one to destroy capitalism. Every teacher he has had since he was a young man has been a socialist or communist. The fact that he is black is not an accident, a white man could never have pulled this off. He has rallied the long ignored blacks, and the special interest groups like the unions who think they will gain from his success into an army of the New World Order. The liberal causes he now promotes are nothing more than a smoke screen to cover his ultimate ambition. By creating an entitlement atmosphere, he has captured the minds of the weak and self proclaimed oppressed. Why should the rich have so much and the poor so little? What does it hurt to make the rich share their good fortune? In many minds only the government can fairly distribute wealth. Punishing the achiever is an old liberal philosophy that has been very cleverly utilized in this process. In actuality I believe this administration could care less about liberalism, it is just a bridge to their ultimate goal of pure socialism and perhaps even a Totalitarian regime like that of Chavez. Our president has already proclaimed his desire for a Federal Militia, and he has the base of it in A.C.O.R.N. Whether you care to believe me or not is your choice, what is not your choice is the direction we as a country are headed. The take over of the medical industry is the next target and when you weigh the consequences of it you will find that it is the final step in the total erasure of capitalism in this country. Once they are in charge of our ability to medically survive they will be in total control of our future. America has had a good run of 233 years as the greatest country in the history of mankind. Just a few years ago we were the bright star on the horizon for those who sought to live in freedom. Just a few years ago we were the model of the world in industry and our products were sought by every country. Just a few years ago we produced enough food to feed the world. It seems like just a few years ago we rescued Europe from the same fate that now faces our children. Little did my cousins and brother know in the 1940’s that the world they were saving would come back to swallow us up like a lion after a wounded antelope. When the final blow comes there will be those who will stand amongst us and proclaim their shock and disappointment, I wonder why they aren’t yelling now while there is still a chance to defeat the fascism that awaits our complacency. One man standing alone makes only a nuisance of himself with his noise, a million men standing together make a sound heard around the world. Keeping America, the land of the free, is in our hands.

It's time to tame Congress

I’ve heard for the last few years how greedy American Corporations are. How they use people to make money without any regard for their safety and well being. We have laws that define the minimum wage and we have laws that define worker safety, what I fail to see is what right Congress or any other branch of government has to define executive pay in the work place. If we want to define executive pay and earning capabilities we should start with Congress. I may not agree with some of the pay scales these corporate heads are paid but I don’t consider it my right to tell them how much they can earn. They don’t work for me, yet Congress does, and we can’t seem to control them or their pay and benefits in the least. Our country has wormed its way into a form of socialism even before Obama. We have developed an entitlement mentality throughout this land. Democracies have never seem to last for more than 200 years. The reason that it takes about that time is that in each generation we try to make things better for our kids. My Grand Parents worked for every scrap that they could set aside and used it to make life better for their children. Although they were given much more than my grand parents ever had, my folks never had half of what they tried to provide for my brothers and I. My wife and I had much more demanding responsibilities as children then we demanded of our children. In each election that I have lived through, I have seen more and more candidates who promise the voters things they can’t possibly provide. In the past, working people realized this was just a political tactic and paid little attention to the promises, after all they were just the promises of politicians. What we have seen in recent elections is that the entitlement mentality has taken such a hold on the public, that they are starting to believe they actually deserve all these promises. When folks learn that they can vote themselves free money from the treasury in the form of benefits, the democracy begins to falter and fail as the only way this can be done is through massive taxation, and government take over of the business and financial world. What usually follows a ruined democracy is either and Oligarchy or Dictatorship. Where are we headed America? We the people won a battle today when the Administration backed down on the public option in the Health care debate. This is just the first skirmish, one battle in a long war, and just like we did when we were faced with Hillary Care in the eighties, we have to stay focused and defeat Obama care in this go around. We have finally made enough noise that our so-called representatives have heard us. I have never been prouder than I was, as one after another of you got up face to face with your Congressional Representatives and made them understand your anger and fear. This is just what we needed to set back this runaway train of free spending zealots. Now just as we promised in all these Town Hall meetings, we have to work to put real people in our Congress, people who will listen to their constituents and not get railroaded by their political parties. The old guard has proven itself unworthy of our support. We need to put in place Term Limits and elect those who promise to work toward that goal. Professional politicians have to be turned out, and drastic new laws passed, to eliminate the elitist programs that these scoundrels have put in place. The people who represent us should be our equal and live to our standards, both with their medical programs and their retirement provisions. This will accomplish several things; 1. The money that would be saved, would be re-invested in the Social Security program. You will see that once they are enrolled in the program like the rest of us, you can bet you sweet patuti that they will cut out the waste, and eliminate the benefits to illegal emigrants that they have allowed in it. 2. The talk of Nationalized Health care would stop in its tracks. We would get a program that eliminated the bureaucracies and would be something that really valued life and cared for those who needed it. This should be the goal of every American, we are not a lazy nor selfish people. The lesson that we all have to take from this fiasco, is that life isn’t free and we have to work for our goals and not expect others or the government to provide them. If it takes the next 8 to 10 years to rid our selves of our present form of non-representation and to build a real representative form of government it will be worth every effort. Government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. It should never be at the expense of the people and their rights.

Government efficiency, hee hee

Lets talk about Government programs. Have you ever seen one work the way it was supposed to? Not likely, most get so mired down in bureaucracy that they soon dissolve into a muck so deep that it takes a high power shredder to get through all the paper work. Who in their right minds would voluntarily give their sacred rights away to the criminals that make up our Congress? Before you answer, take a stern look at Social Security. It was designed as a failsafe for seniors who worked all their lives and paid into the program. Go to a Social Security office in your town and see who’s there collecting your benefits. The Congress has allowed it to be drained of its assets by everything from Aid to dependant children, ( in many cases women who continue to have babies to milk the system) and illegals who line up for the free money provided by our benevolent leaders. If you are under 55 now you probably won’t get much of your social security that you paid so dearly for. Our Congress and many of our administrations over the years, have raped the system for votes. Don’t expect much more from Medicare either, the whole thing will be overrun by the year 2012. We have so much graft and corruption imbedded in the program, that it is impossible for it to continue as it is. With all these wonderful experiences in the inner working of government how can anyone in their right mind believe that Socialized Medicine will be any different? I think we need a grassroots uprising to force Congress and the President to include themselves in any program they design. No more special treatment, what's good for the Goose is good for the Gander. The same thing with Social Security, these Elitists we have in Washington could care less about the people of the country. They have their own set of rules, and they don’t include scrimping and saving their way through their Golden years. Congress and the President should have the same benefits that the rest of us are blessed with. I’m old enough to have seen corruption from both parties. The present administration is just as, or even more corrupt them most who have gone before them. Tax cheats in power even to the point of being in a position to prosecute you for making a simple mistake on your taxes. Who prosecutes them? We have a President who uses the poor and the uneducated to build his base, and buys the Latin vote with potential amnesty, using our retirement money to pay for his promises. Our children and their children will never know the America that anyone over 50 remembers. They are the ones who will be saddled with this debt to the point of ruination. They will be forced to accept the total take over of their rights by the government just to survive. The last real Presidents were Truman and Eisenhower, Reagan did his best but by the eighties, the Congress had already began to self serve. Our system had become corrupt with power hungry Elitists that no longer felt the need to represent the people, they had evolved into a station above their constituents. They voted themselves raises, and benefits that outsiders to Washington would never be allowed to obtain. As I have preached so many times before, we have become an entitlement society. It makes for good press for the government to give to the poor, but when they don’t use their own money to buy that press, it is steeling out of our pockets for their glory. How does a Senator or Congressperson go to Washington as an average money earner and end up a millionaire in just a few short years? They have become so callous about it that they even have decided in this time of recession, to order personal jets at the taxpayers expense. This expense will reach over $500,000,000. Of course Madam Pelosi has one that costs almost that much all by itself. I really don’t give a damn if you are a republican or a democrat, if these combined things don’t send you into a rage, you’re walking around in a daze. Look at the pain all around you, look at the lost homes, the families that have had to pull their kids out of college. All across this land people are suffering. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all this administrations fault. What is their fault is the phony stimulus that was more pork than substance, the take over of business instead of making it possible for business to survive on its own. The huge deficits that are the result of billions of wasted bailout dollars. Jumping into things like the Cash for Clunkers program instead of thinking them out and testing the waters. The low end used car market is no longer affordable for those who need cheaper cars. Three billion dollars have gone for the destruction of viable transportation vehicles for the poor that they supposedly are trying to help. Wouldn’t it have been cheaper and more effective to offer anyone who wanted to purchase a new American car, a voucher for $2,000 to be used within 30 days of its issue? It would have done the same thing without all the confusion and the dealers wouldn’t be waiting for their money. This Congress and this Administration have run roughshod over everything that America has stood for, they have spent us into a new millennium and now want to tear down and take over the greatest medical industry in the history of mankind. Instead of doing something simple like giving a tax break to businesses who provide coverage to help these companies afford the high costs. They could lower the cost significantly with a simple thing like Tort Reform. The highest expense for your doctor by far is his malpractice insurance. Stop frivolous lawsuits and you will reduce medical costs by 50 to 60%. Of course these people are all lawyers, why would they do that? What we need is commonsense in Washington, but we’d have to gut the whole thing to fix the problem. We could do that, if enough people would only wake up and smell the burning fat of government before it spreads over us like honey in an anthill. 2010 should be our rally cry, and Heaven help any idiots from ACORN that get the way of a fair election this time. God Save America.

My letter to Harry Reid

As promised I am including the letter that I have sent to my Senator from Nevada. As you will see I have taken this opportunity to try to work towards solving the problem rather than be totally confrontational. Senator Harry Reid; I am a 68 year old man in Northern Nevada. I have been in good health yet I do take cholesterol and blood pressure medication. I rely on Medicare and a supplement insurance policy for my prescriptions and my doctor visits. My wife has had a knee replacement and is also on cholesterol medication. We are not rich, though we employ 20 to 30 employees in our privately held company which is barely hanging on during this recession. My question to you is how will we as a company fair in this new medical program being pushed through our Legislature? We are already paying over $7,000 per month for coverage that is minimal. We are in a small town and layoffs have devastated the town already. If we are forced to shut down due to high medical insurance obligations and increased taxes, it will be terrible for this small town. Senator, I won’t lie to you, I did not vote for Obama because of this very fear of his tax policies and liberal agenda. What I would like to know is, how far are we going to go towards government controls,and what chances do we have to survive what is bound to be higher taxes and rampant inflation. We small businesses in your jurisdiction are barely hanging in there as it is. We need your support to just get by. I’m not asking for money just the opportunity to get by. Hitting us at this time with Trillions of dollars of debt is going to have an adverse effect on the economy not strengthen it. Please take your time on health care reform, don’t rush foolishly into something that can’t be repaired. The stimulus you passed is not working, and in my mind will not work until a real jobs program that is not filled with pork is devised. This is not a time for partisanship, you are our Senator, and representing your constituents should be your primary job. Please don’t be offended, but many of us feel you’re doing more to tag along with the liberal wing of your party, than you are doing to represent us, your own people. I must add though that I was very proud of the stand you have taken on gun control, and sincerely hope you continue to fight for our 2nd Amendment rights. Most Nevadans are proud people and really do not want a hand out, we are suffering greatly because of the lack of tourism in the last year, which of course reflects down through all Nevada business. Most in my area feel that the President has done great damage to our State with his offhand references regarding company retreats and conventions in our State. I know rural Nevadans are not where the bulk of your votes come from, but don’t we deserve the same representation as everyone else? Who in your office speaks to our concerns? What we in the Northern part of the State have experienced in the last few years in the area of representation, is the taking of our water for environmental and species concerns and for use in the big cities. This has already done damage to our agriculture programs, and will continue to do so for years to come. The people of this area built farms and ranches out of stone and sagebrush, and did so for the last several generations practically by hand. To take the water from their land, that they have developed through years of hard work and sacrifice, is no different than the fight between the Cattle Barons and the Homesteaders of the past, it was wrong then, and it’s wrong now. I sincerely hope you take this letter in the way that it is intended, the time for partisan bickering has passed and certainly doesn’t need to be revisited now. Now is the time to build a consensus on what is right for our people and our State. I remain, Respectfully yours, D.Lindberg

Dear Harry Reid

Today I received this email from a friend. With his permission I am re publishing this letter he wrote to Harry Reid this morning, 07,27,09 This morning Harry Reid spoke publicly, basically guaranteeing to get Obama's health-care plan approved no later than September. Will you take the time to let our esteemed senator know how you feel? --R Senator Harry Reid: Senator, why does the government insist on treating us like we were all stupid? President Obama claimed during last Wednesday night's press conference that there are 47 million Americans without health insurance. My check with the U.S. Census Bureau clearly states otherwise. Mr Obama said (a direct quote): "This is not just about the 47 million Americans who have no health insurance..." His assertion is in direct conflict with data in the Census Bureau report "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007." That report was issued in August 2008 and contains the most up-to-date official data on the number of uninsured in the U.S. The report discloses that yes, there were 45.65 million people in the U.S. who did not have health insurance in 2007. However, it also reveals that there were 9.73 foreign-born non-citizens who were in the country in 2007 included in that number. So the number of actual uninsured Americans was factually 35.92 million. (I question the small number of foreign-born, but that's according to the census). 9.1 million of those were people making more than $75,000 per year who did NOT choose to purchase health insurance, bringing the number of Americans who lack health insurance down to LESS THAN 27 MILLION! The Census Bureau report also shows that the number of people without insurance actually went down in 2007 compared to the previous year while the number WITH insurance rose. Sir, do these FACTUAL numbers have any meaning for you? 92% of legal, taxpaying Americans have health insurance and/or access to the BEST health care in the world! Why are you insisting on changing that? The next Census Bureau report disclosing health insurance data is scheduled to be released in August, and could figure in the healthcare reform debate. Playing a prominent role in the validity of 2008 numbers will be the extent of ACORN participation in the census. Sincerely, R-- N----- Of course I wrote my own letter to Harry the Hustler and sent it on.

It's time to come together

I want to thank the many of you who took the time to send emails of support for the idea portrayed in my letter to Newt Gingrich, regarding a new Contract with America. In my mind he is the perfect one to pick up this cause and make it happen. As a person who has attended Tea Parties and discussed with many, the goals we all seem to want, I have found there are so many ego’s at work, that we will never get this off the ground with out a true tested leader. We really don’t have time for ego’s or hurt feelings. We have to present to the people of the United States, a new Contract with America. This time regarding the adherence by our representatives to the laws provide in the Constitution. This should be a pledge of total support and loyalty by these politicians, for the commonsense laws dictated by this document. By all means this should be a non-partisan document, and not carried out in the name of either party. The signatories should be from both sides of the aisle. The signers of this document could be the nucleolus of the new and representative form of government that we all desire. We have to get past the partisan bickering that the far left has brought to our government. The hate spewed by Nancy Pelosi and her counterpart in the Senate, Harry Reid have built a wall between the aisles of government that has to come down if this country is to go forward. Dividing us into factions is tearing this country apart. It’s time to take a lesson from the Polish and the Solidarity Movement that brought down their non-representative government. It’s not just the wild spending that is breaking up this union, it’s the lack of representation from our so called elected Congress. Without the balance of governance in this body we have had them run roughshod over our Constitutional rights. The bailing out of big banks and the Auto Industry against the wishes of most Americans while ignoring the small business community is ludicrous. 80 some percent of the workforce is found in the small business community. Pork-a-fying the so called stimulus was the final straw on this camels back. A dummy like me could have built a better stimulus for half the money, and industry would be rolling by now. Of course we will be called racists and bigots, by the professional race mongers like Jesse Jackson, and Rev. Al Sharpton, and idiots and right wing extremists, by the leftist Media. The division this will create will not be between White and Black, as they would like to make it seem, but between the educated workers who want to keep most of what they make, and those who think standing in line for welfare is work. Even the most diehard political loyalists, have to have had second thoughts about what their vote has done to our country. We need to recruit these people, not drive a wedge between us. We all want what’s best for America and right now a new and insightful Contract with America is just the ticket to bring us together. This document, the Constitution is our lifeline for the future just has it has been in the past. Right now it is being ignored and shredded to pieces. The goal of this contract should be to put the Constitution into a common language we can all understand. Every American Citizen deserves to know their rights, and should be prepared to defend them when necessary. This contract should also make it clear once and for all, what and who an American Citizen is. The families that settled this great land came from all walks of life, rich, poor, labor and aristocrat. One thing they all had in common was that they came here legally, and earned the right to be called an American Citizen. Amnesty is not an option that we can afford or want. I urge everyone to write to Speaker Gingrich and ask his support in this cause. He is just the leader we need to make us whole. He may not be your choice for President or even as a member of Congress, but he is a well meaning American and understands the enemy we face. We are but a few grains of sand individually, but together we can make a beach wide enough to plant our battle flag and bring our troops ashore. And that’s my opinion, Don Lindberg Go to www.americansolutions.com and leave a comment for him.

Dear Newt;

This is an open letter to Newt Gingrich. Dear Mr. Gingrich; Back in the good old days you had an idea that took hold of this country by storm; The Contract with America was brilliant, and if ever we needed to follow that example it’s now. The people of America are at a crossroads, if we allow this race to socialism to continue we may be too late to fix it. This would be a great time for someone of your stature to step up to the plate and draft a contract to our Constitution. Call a meeting of all our elected Republicans both from the House and Senate and Together, sit down and draft a document that they all will vow to adhere to. This document should be designed to put in common language the basic principles of the Constitution, and explain how we all would benefit from its adherence. I would also invite the Blue Dog Democrats to the party, their input would be extremely helpful in a bi-partisan way. You could present this document to the American people through a series of television specials and town hall type meetings. Mr. Speaker, I will not pretend to know the inner workings of Washington, but I do know the American People, and the people I know are ready to sign on to anything that represents commonsense in government. We the people are waiting for someone like you to pick up the pieces of the Commonsense Party in America and get the ball rolling. Without leadership we will continue to flounder in the wake of this Rocky ship of State. Defining our Constitution and holding our representatives feet to the fire in regards to the adherence to this document will give us the power to take our country back. Who better than a history professor to lead this fight for our rights. If we can’t learn from history we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. Each representative should receive a score for their ability and willingness to live within the Constitutional law of the land. Representation should be to their Constituents not their Party affiliation. The average Joe in America of which I consider myself part of, will not stand a chance against the massive attack that the liberal politicians, and the media that seems to worship them, will throw against our cause. It will take a person of experience and someone with the ability to debate the issues with commonsense and logic. This is your time in history to step up to the plate, together with the support of the millions of disenfranchised Americans you can make a difference. I remain, Respectfully yours, Don Lindberg Citizen of America

Just one mans opinion

As the heavyweights fight over billions of dollars in bailouts, we the independent businessmen and women of the United States, are left to fend for our selves. I really don’t feel we caused this fiasco, nor do I think we should have to pay for it. Many of my friends have already closed their businesses, giving in to the clouds of despair that are covering our world today. We have always been taught from childhood, that here in America, that if we work hard and steady, we can reach for the stars. The only stars I can see are the phony ones in Hollywood, who seem to be greatly responsible for this liberal ideology that has taken control of our economy. I hear how they are getting millions for their acting ability in shows that take less than a few months to produce. It’s really quite funny how they are among the first to yell for the rights of the poor. The sharing of wealth created by one person and given to another has never worked and never will. The present Administration is in my opinion a Pseudo-Marxist regime. They do not believe in the entrepreneurial spirit that has made America great. If they succeed in their programs of government control over everything, we as independent Americans will be the last of our breed. Business as we know it cannot exist in this atmosphere of tax and control by government. It wouldn’t work for the Russians, it wouldn’t work for the Polish, and Czechoslovakians and it certainly won’t work here. This utopian world that this administration is attempting to build, will be the greatest failure in the history of mankind. We will have gone from the strongest, richest nation in history, to one of a government oligarchy, under the oppressive rule of the few in power. There will be some here who will prosper through the favor of those in government, but on the whole without friends in high places, there will be little chance of success. Study the history of Haiti for an example of an Oligarchy and see how extreme power corrupts even the purest of people. In this type of environment there is a plateau in place where the richest, such as the Kennedy’s and Rockefellers will keep their wealth, and never allow the rest of the rabble to climb the ladder to their level. They will put up with the boorish nuisance of the government officials, even though they consider them beneath their stature, because of the favor they can provide. As in Communist lands the wealthy will get richer as they control the financial world in this plan. The class system will be at its worse in this climate and because of his dominance in the past, the white male is going to pay the highest price in this world of theirs. These may sound like the ravings of a Madman to some, but hear me please, if we allow the formation of a security force controlled by only the President as he has requested, it will be just the beginning of our slide into this World of Oz. It’s past time to wake the sleeping masses, and educate them as to the world they will face if it is not stopped. Just as the Poles did in the Solidarity Movement, we have to find our leaders and support them with all we have. The representation we presently have in Washington is not working for we the people, the ones that they are supposed to represent. They are swayed by the tantalizing power and easy money, and now feel invincible to our wrath. This United States of ours was founded on the principle belief that every person could achieve the highest of goals, now we have to be a Millionaire to even have a chance to get elected to even the lowest of State offices. This country was also founded on the principles of Judeo-Christian teachings and we have allowed a tiny few to take these principles out of our lives. I will never apologize for my belief in God, nor will I stand quietly by while my country is being stripped of its culture. Our goals are simple, return to the commonsense of our Founding Fathers as they so eloquently stated in our Constitution. In every case, in every State in the Union, the State Creed begins with a reference to God. We Americans have always been creatures of God and this attempt to erase our creator from our lives will lead to only one thing, and that isn’t pretty to think about. And that’s my opinion, Don Lindberg