jchernicurn:uuid:ba734c50-a6ac-813a-1af6-08682b2704f42009-11-19T00:30:35-05:00jchernicWhy the Obama Administration Does What it Doesurn:uuid:2ce3436c-41d4-4b47-648c-de720ad6811f2009-11-19T00:20:14-05:00
November 16,2009: I have yet to hear a good explanation concerning the causation issues surrounding Obama's apparent weakness in foreign policy, particularly in his continued obeisance to foreign royalty. Other than an obsession with that position - one which in his heart he yearns - it is apparent that Obama believes that it is more important to be liked/loved than to be strong. Sort of like the "bully in the schoolyard" response - make nice with everyone and everyone will be nice to you.
Unfortunately, as wrong-headed as this concept is, too many of Obama's generation, along with many younger folk, believe in not showing real strength; that it is easier and better to avoid conflict as opposed to showing real strength of mind, body, and action. The softness of those generations is brought to the forefront of today's real- world scenarios on a daily basis.
Too many of our leaders subscribe to "let's not be straight-forward with those who oppose us, but let us sugar-coat the problems arising from their actions. This form of action is what gave rise to political correctness, which has become so bad that we cannot tell the truth about anyone lest we be labeled racist, etc. With that kind of demonization, perhaps we should procalim "I'm a racist, and proud of it".
I have to laugh everytime I hear conservative commentators, when speaking about Muslim terrorism, state that Islam is not an evil religion. Now I understand that even the most vocifeous of those people have some worry about going too far and worry about the reprecussions which would follow if their comments were not clothed in some portective garment. Hey, Lou Dobbs, who correctly opinionated against illegal immigrants, was the target of a shooter at his home.
November 16,2009: I have yet to hear a good explanation concerning the causation issues surrounding Obama's apparent weakness in foreign policy, particularly in his continued obeisance to foreign royalty. Other than an obsession with that position - one which in his heart he yearns - it is apparent that Obama believes that it is more important to be liked/loved than to be strong. Sort of like the "bully in the school yard" response - make nice with everyone and everyone will be nice to you.
Unfortunately, as wrong-headed as this concept is, too many of Obama's generation, along with many younger folk, believe in not showing real strength; that it is easier and better to avoid conflict as opposed to showing real strength of mind, body, and action. The softness of those generations is brought to the forefront of today's real- world scenarios on a daily basis.
Too many of our leaders subscribe to "let's not be straight-forward with those who oppose us, but let us sugar-coat the problems arising from their actions. This form of action is what gave rise to political correctness, which has become so bad that we cannot tell the truth about anyone lest we be labeled racist, etc. With that kind of demonization, perhaps we should proclaim "I'm a racist, and proud of it".
I have to laugh everytime I hear conservative commentators, when speaking about Muslim terrorism, state that Islam is not an evil religion. Now I understand that even the most vociferous of those people have some worry about going too far and worry about the repercussions which would follow if their comments were not clothed in some protective garment. Hey, Lou Dobbs, who correctly opinionated against illegal immigrants, was the target of a shooter at his home.
What good does it do to not be honest? An example: if Islam is such a "kind" religion, and only the most extreme radical groups create terroristic activities, how come there is not an ongoing condemnation of such terror? Is it because Muslims are too afraid to say anything which would be considered anti-Islam? Or is it because Islamic jihad and hate speech is really part of their beliefs? And why do federal and local governments cave in to Islamic demands for a separate Islam community when requested (i.e.; Sharia law, schools promoting terroristic jihad/beliefs, and so forth)? Why does the government and its fawning media fear stating that the terrorist major Nidal is a Islamic terrorist? Why doesn't not our government crack down on all connections with this ant-western/American teaching? Does this administration really believe that being nice is fair to the American people? Or is the government actually anti-American; is the administration's leader really a Manchurian Candidate?
Conspiracy theories aside, birther questions aside (yes, Obama is a U.S. citizen, born of an American mother meeting residency requirements even though the birth was in Kenya, based upon the Kenyan birth certificate), the actions of this president speaks for itself. Obama's clearly stated intent to change the country is the one campaign promise he is keeping. Unfortunately, his followers never asked what kind of changes were in store for us, and even today, blindly follow their cult leader. To paraphrase Charlie Wilson, the former head of GM, "what's good for Obama is not good for the U.S.A.)
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]]>The Taliban and Flu Shotsurn:uuid:2c81c782-a74d-83a7-db65-26ef8ad28b7a2009-10-20T14:02:28-04:00
October 19,2009: I have a couple of short comments to make at this time. When I hear commentators, or read columnists, rant about getting out of Afghanistan, since, as one such person put it today, "the Taliban is not our problem", I am firmly convinced that these people are either stupid or just don't give a damn - probably both.
The Taliban IS our prolem - because once they are given the opportunity to regain control in Afghanistan, poppy cultivation will once again become the major money crop, allowing for the production of heroin, et. al, thus enabling the continuing funding of Al Queda. And anyone who states that is not a problem, is either stupid, doesn't give a damn, or sympathizes with the terroists.
As far as flu shots are concerned, there is a better, safer way to prevent flu infection. Vitamin D in the form of D3, is the best thing anyone can take. Did you ever ask yourself how come the flu season is during the colder time of the year? When there is less sunshine? That is because most people have a Vitamin D deficiency, and when the Ultra Violet B is not available for absorption into the body through the skin, then we become more susceptible to disease. Older people also have a more difficult time absorbing/converting sunshine into cholecalciforal - the naturally occurring form of vitamin D. So make sure that the next time your doctor ordrs a blood test, the test includes checking on the amount of Vitamin D is in your system. Depending upon your age, you want reading up to 50 ng/ml.
Not to be cynical, but a major reason the CD advises people to take flu shots may be a tie in with the vaccine manufacturers. Do your research - there's plenty of research information online on this subject.
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]]>Impeach Obama!urn:uuid:d1bbf676-20f5-fb5b-73b4-9f5bc7d52b7d2009-09-24T23:05:18-04:00
September 24,2009: Barack (Barry) Hussein Obama must be impeached from the office of President of the United States. Why? Because the final straw in his ongoing effort to apologize for this country came in his speech to the United Nations. Obama's Mea Culpa on behalf of the United States of America - something he has done too many times - is an act against this country, one which he swore an allegiance to defend as President.
Obama has a habit of denigrating this country - and in doing so holds its citizens, its military, and its basic political structure up for censure by the country's enemies.
This has been a recurring theme of Obama's addresses to foreign nations, one which we cannot allow to continue. Obama cannot be allowed to continue to grovel at the feet of our enemies. In doing so he chases away our friends and encourages the world to perceive the U.S.A. as a weak and floundering nation. By allowing Obama to get away with this anti- American action, Congress is abetting the destruction of our power and the loss of world respect for our leadership ability, as well as the contributions we have made to the world's nations.
If the Democratic controlled Congress cannot accept its responsibility to remove this apparent enemy of the United States, they have to be considered as co-conspirators in what appears to be an organized effort to destroy this nation. Prof. David Horowitz recently called Obama the Manchurian Candidate - In my blog of September 7, 2008, titled "The Manchurian Candidiate?", I expressed my opinions why this was likely.
Lastly, in the way Obama is using the Presidency, he is showing utter disregard for that most important, and possibly, sacred, office. And that situation must cease, and cease now!
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]]>The Ascension of Earwigs and Other Notesurn:uuid:afe1f39b-9da8-9b08-e73b-3f1b59a05c592009-09-07T18:14:55-04:00
In particular, let's look at an insect found to be quite active here in Southern Nevada - the Earwig. The Earwig seems to enjoy people's homes, and can be found strolling around the floor, or maybe running somewhere, perhaps to an appointment with some lesser insect. Adult Earwigs, baby Earwigs, it makes no difference, they all seem to be pretty busy. There is one characteristic the insect has, however, which I find not only intereting, but relevant to some human adult behavior.
When the Earwig senses something isn't right, or senses a present danger, most of the time it stops and remains motionless, making it easy to pick it off the floor or the wall. Which is a strange defensive mechanism, kind of a built in "surrender" mode. I reckon that standing still would work okay out doors, where the Earwig's black body color would provide some camouflage.
Recently, a number of people with whom I have conversed, have said they are tired of hearing about our economy, health care bills, et. al, and they just don't want to talk about them anymore. Now these folks are not liberals, but tend towards the conservative side of things. So when they begin to sound like the liberals I know who refuse to listen to any facts surrounding Obama and his administration, I have begun calling those people "Earwigs", since, they stop, stand still, hope nobody sees nor finds them, and try to ignore what is going on around them.
And that could be part of the Obama plan. When citizens lose the interest/dedication/gumption to keep after those who could be of great harm to not only them but everyone, they will be picked up and tossed away, just like their insect counterparts. And that would be a disgrace.
The Van Jones Affair
Obama's "Green Czar" has now resigned his position with the Obama administration. It sure took him a while to do that, but after all, Barack "I'm Not A CEO" Obama (he stated in an early primary debate) certainly proved he isn't. Apparently, the job of president is another task "above his pay grade". Jones should have been fired immeditley following his stupid and racial comments; in fact, Obama should never had brought him on board as an advisor, or whatever he was. The fact that he did bring him on can only lead one to believe that Jones' past and his beliefs were of no concern to the President. And the fact that Obama did not fire the man can only lead to the belief that he didn't do so out of fear of his base and that our President doesn't have the guts to do what has to be done.
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]]>It's Here Nowurn:uuid:9422edc3-72d3-bff3-41d9-b375e47a0c332009-08-27T12:05:56-04:00
August 27,2009: I've written over the past couple of years about the strong possibility of an Obama dictatorship; well, it appears that such an event is in its final preparatory days, because:
if you want to have your medical choices dictated by the government
if you want your life style dictated by the government
if you want your speech dicated by the government
if you want your earnings dictated by the government
if you want an African/Latin American/East European style government then you will be happy with the new American dictatorship lying just around the corner under the current administration.
Look, Obama is a smart political cookie, in the style of Chicago and other hustling politicians. Remember that he stated in his election campaign that as a president, he would not be a CEO, but would delegate responsibility to others, which in effect would CYA him from taking direct responsibility for our citizenry's anger at administration policies. Since Obama has no ability, or interest, in apologizing for any of his mistakes or errors, this contention is fact.
In addition, the administration's ignoring of and/or demeaning citizen complaints against policies is a typical tool used by those who believe they are above the law and society, which works in dictatorships.
Obama's appointment of 30+ "czars" denegrates our Constitution as well as our legislative bodies, since those so-called czars, who run everything from what you can say to the automotive business to health care, ad on infinitum, were "secret" appointees, not confirmed by the Senate nor Congress, nor by the people, and have received unconstitutional powers - all of which is symbolic of dictators in the style all past and present dicatators.
Another fact I wrote about not too long ago was that a country can be taken over by just a handful of people, and I described some SWAT training programs I ran over twenty years ago wherein a couple of of terrorists took over a university; we have seen in a number of world-wide scenarios where terrorists have taken over ships, countries, et. al. with a relatively small amount of people.
So now is the time to stop what's going on. We are seeing the anger of our people rise up against health care and economic policies, and now we must all organize to stop this deadly attack against the United States of America. If you want to keep this country the symbol of greatness it is to the rest of the world (whether they love us or hate us), leave your comment.
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]]>The Real Liberalsurn:uuid:a729d538-4ba6-2140-9d81-41e4a68ef0d52009-08-18T15:20:31-04:00
August 18,2009: I consider myself a pretty reasonable person - which I have to be in my work proving expert consulting services to trial attorneys. That means I have to be willing to listen to and examine all sides of the argument(s) which arise in both civil and criminal matters. I know that if I am predjudiced to my client's case, there's no question that I will miss some important information which could hurt the client.
So these days, when I speak with some of my liberal family members or friends, I am pretty much annoyed at the insular attitude those people have re: the Obama administration's programs, policies, and Obama himself. From statements such as "..don't tell me, don't ask me, I don't want to hear" to "...Oh, Obama's wonderful...", I realize that what's happening is an example of a bad case of political Stockholm Syndrome.
Harry Stein's great book "I Can't Believe I'm Sitting Next to a Republican" is one which should be read by all Americans - progressive liberals may have a tough time with it, but they've always been afraid of opinions other than their own.
The real liberals of today are those people who believe in our constitution - who believe in personal, economic, and political liberties, who believe in the rights of man in the search for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, who believe that man does not require government to show him the way, but whose job it is to secure our borders and maintain peace and tranquility at home which allows us the free exercise of that pursuit. As a classical liberal constitutionalist, I am totally disturbed by the "new liberal" (progressive) usurption of that label, which, I reckon, makes a neocon.
The only true liberals are conservatives...
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]]>1933 Reduxurn:uuid:d4d0a534-ba4d-89ff-6a4a-9e59d0154f352009-08-08T11:24:33-04:00
August 8,2009: The other night, at a town hall meeting, a black man giving out material contrary to what the Obama administration wants, was attacked and beaten by four SEIU union thugs. At the same time, according to eyewitness reports, SEIU members were provided easy access to the meeting, while other persons were denied access. This was all a part of the increaseing control Obama and his cohorts are taking over our freedom of expression and freedom to protest against Obama's policies.
Scary stuff - Obama's "black shirt" union supporters, his desire for an American youth corp, all smell of 1933 Germany in which we saw the beginning of the Nazi strength under Adolph Hitler.
Either too many Americans do not remember what happened as a result of Hitler's activities, or do not want to. No matter what form oppression takes, this incipient Nazi fascist conduct, allowed and promoted by this administration, should be a clarion warning to every citizen of this country who values his or her freedom. If we, as citizens of this great country, do not stop this, then it's 1933 redux - deja vu all over again....
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]]>It's Timeurn:uuid:bf0e74bf-c78a-0b68-ffc9-856d173677332009-07-22T18:59:20-04:00
July 22, 2009: A few days ago, when Obama addressed the NAACP, he stated that rather than have tubes stuck in them, our older citizens should go off to a hospice...", where, of course, people go to die. Sounds like an SF story I read a number of years ago, as well as something Professor Peter Singer would recommend. Singer, who advocates aborting children up to two years of age, since they supposedly do not have the ability to reason, is a mentor of the new soon to be Regulation Czar, Cass Sunstein, who. like Singer, believes in the PETA position that animals are more important than people, and should have the right to sue their owners in a court of law.
Okay..., the Obama administration now wants to take control over student loans, and, based upon a new law, will forgive for a period of ten years student loans, with the caveat that those students must chose community service work for the government. Great! Along with control over the banking industry, the automotive industry, and some form of future control over health care and who knows what else, there's no question that we will all be characters in the Nazi filmmaker Fritz Lang's movie "Metropolis".
My friends, it is without question that it is now time for revolution - using all "reasonable force necessary". Our very existence is in jeopardy. Obama promised a new government, his followers cheered, and now we are seeing their results. No wonder he wants all his programs rushed through Congress! Because once those American citizens who support this guy who is bent on the destruction of this country which has stood strong for 233 years take off their blinders, all hell will break loose.
A revolution in defense of out country, its laws, its constitution, its persona, is an exercise in morality and righteousness. We cannot wait until all of Obama's dreams are cemented into place. Now, when the mortar is still damp, we the people must rise up against this destructive force. This is not a movie, folks - it is real life, and for the sake of this country's future, we the people must halt Obama's ongoing destruction.
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]]>Are We Still Here?urn:uuid:f5cc2c21-e5a6-ff24-4fc2-41e511974fbc2009-07-05T20:31:52-04:00
Now everyone understands that, like it or not, changes do take place. Changes in technology, fo good or bad, develop like kudzu in the South. And like kudzu, once that's in place, changes now made or planned will sweep forward quicker than they can be stopped. Once political and economic changes have been made, we're going to be stuck with them for quite a while - for enough time that the younger generations (including those persons born now and in the future) will accept them until they, too, feel that their life could be better, and a new revolution takes place.
Unfortunately, it appears that, while we're finding more people - especially Democrats, are unhappy with our economic and political conditions, the only action being taken is verbal, when what is needed is physical movement.
Again, I ask, where, oh where, is today's George Washington - a true and honest leader in whom we can all believe and follow? Do we have to wait until the guacomole hits the fan, or what?
Maybe I have been spoiled by having lived so long in a society that has been the envy of the world, regardless of whatever warts it may have. I know that the growing number of our citizens who have not truly experienced the greatness of this country cannot appreciate what is being lost, buit perhaps if they would listen to those of us who have actually experienced life in the United States, they might begin to gain an appreciation of what it is the current administration, including our legislature, will cause them to miss.
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June 9, 2009: It is as clear as 1+2=3. Obama, in his inauguration speech, stated that he was going to make a new America. Hillary Clinton said that she's an early 1900s progressive. Obama professes to admire Roosevelt progressivism. The progressives of those days were admirers of Musslini and Hitler and Stalin. Mussolini was a fascist, Hitler was a socialist, Stalin a Marxist (communist).
Regardless of how they were all labled, they were all the same. Apparently (most) Democrats now in power are desirous of returning to their progressive roots. One of their main agendas to is return to the days of banning firearms. So now we not only have a party in power which is rapidly steering this country into early 20th century progressivism, but is acknowledging that it also fears its citizenry. Governments which fear its citizens - which wants to ban firearms - is a government its citizens should fear.
Look wahat happened in the 1930s - the groundwork for WWII, the growth of the Nazi (National Socialism) party with its formulated horror, Stalinism, which was equally bad, and the fascism of Mussolini, which, although not considered as bad as the others, was still, in the final outcome, a Nazi partner.
Is this what our federal legislators want for the United States of America? The actions being taken now by Obama and the Democrat majority could very possibly lead this country into a political state which none of us who know better would want.
The current plan for the automotive union to own Chrysler is a "third way" approach to economics - wherein workers own and run the business - a collective or cooperative. This is also part of the increased centralization of government.
Yellow Dog Democrats, young people, and Blacks all voted for Obama - apparently they were either fools, ignorant of issues, or both. The elections of 2010 and 2012 will be peaceful ways to return this country back on its true course. Hopefully, that will be the approach used.
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]]>The Time to Do Something is Growing Shorturn:uuid:7fb2abf6-a674-d623-e6dc-3c784757fe1b2009-06-02T11:15:45-04:00
June 1, 2009: I am amazed, but impressed, with the speed the self-proclaimed great one ( read: the"I've done more in my first four months" proclamation) has moved in taking over the country, notwithstanding that he was elected to serve as the country's president, not sole arbiter, dictator, whatever.
Between taking over the automobile industry, establishing a "internet czar (to protect us, as the supreme one says), but we know that this is only a short step to a Chinese style control of our internet content, and putting the country, as a whole, into a hole.
Hussein Obama is a severe danger to this great nation as we have know it. Of course, there appears to be many people out there in the never-never land which the USA is becoming, who greatly approve of OHB's actions. As one letter writer recently wrote to the Las Vegas Review Journal, it gives him a thrill to listen to have such a intelligent and sensitive president - shades of Chris Matthews!
Which all goes to prove what those in the security industry have always known - it only takes a couple of people to overthrow a government (in a tactical training program my organization ran a couple of decades ago, it only took three people to take over a large university's security department, within just a few minutes time).
Now, I'm in a rough situation. Having been around for over seven decades, I've had the opportunity to learn and understand what the actions of our own Hussein can do. My fear for this country lies in that fact that either too many or our citizens do not understand what's happening, do not know our history, or just don't care. Of course, if you are just a young guy, all that's going on may not seem particularly dangerous, and, in fact, may even seem to be a great thing - government ownership of industry, our health care, education, ad infinitum.
I'm a registered Republican who is a classical liberal constitutionalist. So I differ in several respects with my fellow conservative Republicans in several ways, one of which is that I believe the Constitution is a living document - not that it is a document easily subjected to change to fit current political beliefs, but that it is one which today is as important and practical as it was when first created. The Constitution is not a dead piece of paper, but is a vital and dynamic document totally relevant to today's world. It is the culmination of centuries of thought by those who wanted to create a world in which mankind could be free to do that which he has the ability to do, without interference from the dictates of government.
What have our current Republican/Conservative leaders accomplished to date? Not too much. I felt that Newt Gingrich's "American Solution" concept was a good one - so I made a small donation, and received my "Drill Now, Drill Here, Pay Less" bumper sticker (Which, because I believe in that message, I have posted in the rear window of my car). But all that I hear from the organization, an all the other Republican/Conservative organizations, is a plea for funding, so that their work can continue. My question is, what work? And the Democrats are no better. My e-mail is continually attacked by Obama people,who let me know all the good things his royal highness is doing, and that I should donate money to the party to help keep up the good work.
Now, I'm all for salesmanship, entrepreneurship, capitalism, making money, et. al, but where is that one person who I can look to, and say "now there's the one who is really doing something" to get us back on the track of greatness this country has had. I know we are living in a post-American world society, but do we have to have a leader who is excited about giving up the sole world leadership role? I know that Obama has said in the past that he's a delegator, not a CEO, but, come one, give us a break!
This country no longer seems to be the one it once was, When 3rd or 4th rate governments, like that of North Korea, isn't afraid of our power, when our own president would rather appease terrorist groups like the Palestinian (Arab)factions or the current Iranian government, we have major problems.
Another point of interest - in the mid 1950s, GM president Charles Wilson made the power statement that "What's good for GM is good for the country". Can it be that OHB has picked up on that mantra? Apparently so, since he believes that taking over General Motors is a good step for the country, and since there appears to be a number of areas that will be federalized - well, you see what I mean.
Folks, it's time to wake up and do something. Time grows shorter every day.
Sometimes it's good to be right most of the time, and at other times you can wish you weren't, which describes the way I feel about what I have written re; OHB since 2007. To review some of those blogs, see samples
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]]>A Message from our Founding Fathersurn:uuid:4e2c983b-f65a-c6c3-1e08-5b40fef20fc32009-04-22T17:59:23-04:00
April 22, 2009: Nothing is new under the sun, and President Obama's recent activities has demonstrated that not knowing our history is a dangerous thing.
The following quote excerpts are taken from Richard Brookhiser's excellent biography 'Alexander Hamilton - American'. Hamilton found Thomas Jefferson's attachment to France disturbing: "Hamilton on more than one occasion used sexual imagery to condemn his opponents...he deplored Jefferson's "womanish attachment to France", and "womanish resentment against Great Britain...he wrote that , while, a "virtuous Citizen ...will regard his own country as a wife", there were Americans who "have a passion for a foreign mistress; as violent as it is irregular; and who, in the paroxisms of their love" are "too ready to sacrifice the real welfare of the ...family to their partiality for the object of their tenderness." [page 187].
In addition, Brookhiser relates, passion itself was a problem: "A passion that all the founders looked on with mistrust was ambition. They distrusted it even though they all, by definition, felt it...Yet they believed that any one among them, if he loved his own glory too much, could bring the republic down"[italics supplied].
The insight, the astuteness, that those men had, continues to amaze. If they were alive today, Obama would be snowed under by a deluge of "invitations to a duel". Look, Obama is supposed to be a constitutional lawyer, but he probably never studied American history, or, if he did, he's chosen to ignore the subject. Obama is claimed to be brilliant, and he brilliantly understands that the average person in this country has no knowledge of our history. Thanks to our public school education, secondary school students, for the most part, have been turned off by the subject.
It's time our younger generations, you know, those still in school up to those of our citizenry who are in, or approaching, middle age, who must begin reading the available histories, biographies, and related American history texts available. Of course, too many people can't concentrate on reading anything over 144 characters in length (or is it 114?). So much to this nation's chagrin, history will remain what's listed in their browser records, and this great nation will be subject to the whims and follies of our so-called leaders.
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]]>A Couple of Quick Observationsurn:uuid:63bbdcf0-bb0e-de98-4059-ef3e0e40b68b2009-04-16T19:40:03-04:00
April 16, 2009: Over the past couple of days, my wife and I received notice from the Social Security Administration that in late May of this year, each of us will receive a payment of $250.00, as a result of Obama's recent rcovery bill. Now we didn't ask for the money, can't return it, and according to the form letter, it has to be spent within nine months (though how the government will ever know is beyond my ken). Anyhow, this is a bit scary - the Social Security funeral benefit is $255 - is there a hidden message here?
I watched a few of the Fox News broadcasts yesterday - the ones with the Tea Party broadcasts - and was a bit annoyed by what I observed, or didn't see. Unless I am wrong, in scanning the crowd, which was done a number of times, although census figures from 2007 show that 30% of the population of Atlanta, where the Sean Hannity broadcast was from, is black, the entire crowd at that gathering appeared to be composed of only white people. Now either the cameras did not scan the entire gathering or I missed something [and if I did, let me know], but if that was truly the case, does that signify that a significant portion of the Atlanta community favors bigger government, higher taxes, and the redistribution of wealth, which were part of the attendees' complaints, or just plain indifference?
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]]>Nil Illegitmi Carborundumurn:uuid:ca00107c-5c4e-582c-3bdb-3596bdc432712009-04-14T19:08:52-04:00
April 14, 2009: Rush Limbaugh recently said something like 'conservatives think and act with their minds, liberals with their hearts and emotions, and so liberals always win'. The antidote to that child-like response to intellectual questions and discussions (since there really isn't any) is Nil Illegitmi Carborundum - Don't let the Bastards Wear You Down.
But whether or not you approve of Limbaugh, especially since the recent dust-up about "Obama should fail...", there is an important message here.
Without a doubt, the inmates are actually running the institution. The institution is the world, and the inmates are all of those people who are self-destructive, and want to see everyone else destroyed.
The United States of America should be on a course re-establishing itself as the world power. We cannot continue on the path, as described by China a number of years ago, of becoming a "paper tiger". Ever since this country's founding, we have been the world's leader. Our political philosophy, the desire and entrepreneurship of our people, our military strength, our interest and desire to do what is right, both socially and politically worldwide, is our hallmark.
Despite some governmental screwups when the Iraq war began, our military has achieved great success in aiding the Iraqis to achieve a free and workable government. Now that our government's attention is directed towards Afghanistan, lt's hope that its (government) actions do not creat a Viet Nam situation there. But, as we have seen in the last couple of days, at least, the United States of America is not as feared militarily as it once was. Iran and North Korea do not appear to be put off by our might, and the Somalia pirates struck again today - four more ships taken by pirates. The necessary and successful killing of three pirates, and the capture of one, yesterday, has not, so far, had impact on those pirates sailing the seas near Somalia. Perhaps all of the above is because our current government is presenting more of a 'flower-power' face than a mighty military one.
We do not need to be loved; our greatest power exists (existed) when we were respected,and, yes, feared. We have once again to become a country that is strong militarily - in actual physical content and in the minds of our people. We cannot be a "politically correct" nation, all things to all people, We have to symbolize the historical strength of the United States of America. Our allies need to be strong and unequivical, as we must be.
The United States is not a community organization. It is extremely important to the rest of the world that this country is looked upon as a strong and connected country, one in which each individual has the ability and strength to depend upon him or herself and who value the ability to help their neighbor.
We must return to the times of educating our children in the American ideal - the ideal in which this nation was founded and the one in which millions of immigants believed. This country was not perfect in its past, is not perfect today, and more than likely will not be perfect in the future.
But one thing we are is predictable - predictable in that we will stand up for what is right, encourage other countries to become successful, to reach those classical liberal ideals of political, economic, and personal liberties, so that every person can be proud of who they are, and proud of the successes they achieve, and their ability to respond to failures which may beset them, without having to become chattel of government.
Whether or not the Obama administration, or many of the European country administrations, have the ability to rise to that goal, if we are to remain a free nation, a nation strong in the face of physical and ideological threats from nations and groups seeking to destroy us, then we must return to our original strengths.
Everyone want success, the problem is how do you define what success is. When Limbaugh said he hopes that Obama fails, he spoke of the failure of an idea of a system which would weaken and destroy the greatest nation ever developed on this planet. We all want the United States of America to succeed, fifty million or more of us want changes to this country, which we believe will destroy the basics of this country as it has been since its founding, to fail.
Nil Illegitmi Carborundum - we have to keep the bastards from grinding us down into the dust of a country, and a world, which would waste the last 230 years of our existence.
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]]>A Nation of Lemmings?urn:uuid:7046f826-3478-ec1d-dc85-fc85b364981b2009-04-13T00:26:14-04:00
April 13, 2009: I've oft times believed that most of this nation's populace was unable to think for itself, and now I have learned that Obama and his campaign people knew that to be the case.
Read the April 13, 2009 issue of 'Time', specifically the story "How Obama is Using the Science of Change". Then, if you have not yet seen the 1927 silent science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang, now is the time to do so.
I have to hand it to Obama's people - they certainly did a better job in learning to understand the American people than did the Republicans, if the Republicans even made an attempt to do so during the campaign and maybe even now.
Which all goes to prove that people haven't changed much over thast few millenia. The masses really do not like to think for themselves - too much work, and too much fear of not being accepted. Which brings us back to our president. Obama has been very transparent in showing that he has this great need for love, for affection. And one thing not wanted in a leader, a boss, a teacher, or anyone in that position, is someone whose actions are guided by the need for love. And if you do not understand that comment, then you should sit down and think about it for a while...
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]]>Letter to Glenn Beckurn:uuid:cab4b857-9663-ca3c-f4b4-09f65827a5822009-04-06T00:32:10-04:00
April 5, 2009: I haven't written a blog over the last few weeks, because everytime I turn around, something new is happening, so I decided to just sit back and wait for the right opportunity.
Today I wrote the following to Glenn Beck. If you haven't watched his news and opinion program or listened to it on radiuo, you should. He's both provocative and entertaining. Formally on CNN, he's now with Fox News (the cable version) and the one hour program is, as I said, pretty interesting (well, mostly).
Anyhow, to make a lomg story short, here's a copy of the e-mail I sent him this morning:
Glenn:
As one of your (pretty) faithful audience television members, I've reached the point, where, as you are wont to say, "blood will come gushing out of my eyes". The reason for that? It is your frustrating practice of coitus interruptis when it comes to answering the question "...are you calling Obama a fascist...". You dance around the answer like you are afraid that you'll be attacked by his Acorn and/or Service to America cohorts [if you are, well just do the good old Western thing and 'blow those varmints away'].
Look, I know you are a young guy, and haven't lived through too many administrations, but as one who grew up through the 'Great Depression', and whose family listened to shortwave broadcasts by Hitler Mussolini, and their ilk, I have to be trite and state that 'if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, then it sure as shootin' is a duck', or as Gertrude Stein wrote, '...a rose is a rose, is a rose...".
You talk about administrations from Wilson on who have been leading us to fascism. But all governments would love to be fascist - it's the power, my friend, and all politicians and leaders want - are beguiled by -power, whether a government or private industry. It's just that Obama has taken it a step further, and is doing everything in his power to make this country a fascist state - maybe a 'severely benign' one, but, in the end, The United States of America will become a facist country, at best a Mussolini fascism, and at worst, a Chavez facism.
Go back and read Obama's "Dreams for my Father, Jonah Goldberg's 'Liberal Fascism (although it seems to me that these days, Goldberg also speaks softer than he writes], Thomas Sowell's great recent opinion piece 'Rookie president fumbles foreign affairs'., Dick Morris's 'Fleeced', David Freddoso's 'The Case Against Barack Obamas', James Delingpole's 'Welcome to Obamaland', and the other knowledgeable and intelligent books available today.
Obama's long-time desire to be hold the office of President is evident, but his thinking was, and apparently still is, like that of the kid who says 'if I were president, I'd make sure the world would be peaceful and friendly, everyone would be happy and well cared for, etc., etc., etc.'. The reality of the responsibility of that office to the American people and to our nation as a constitutional entity has apparently not yet sunk into Obama's "brilliant" mind (and I use the word "brilliant" as a pejorative - he may be a smart street politician (in my younger days I was a street politician (twice elected as a ward committeeman) in the Democratic party in Philadelphia, but I came to my senses about 40 years ago) - so I can appreciate his street creds - but those credentials do not obliviate the fact that the guy is a great snake oil salesman - the results of the recent election bear that out. Unfortunately, history is a subject that is just about no longer taught in our public schools (it's called Social Studies - boy, what a dangerous term), so the youth of our country have no idea of what's going on - no way to establish a true perspective.
So do me, and everyone a favor - be honest...the next time you are asked if you think that that Obama is a fascist, say yes. If you cannot do that, then get off the subject.
Cordially,
Joe Chernicoff
<30> ]]>The Coming Horror Showurn:uuid:3d017dcd-38a0-02e7-fa32-e92f5ba08e902009-03-07T19:16:12-05:00
March 05, 2009: Every day I'm becoming more and more worried, maybe scared, about the Obama administration and the left-wing liberal facist supporters of what is becoming the Obama regime. When you have to deal with people who refuse to listen to any viewpoint other than their own, who run and hide when their beliefs are questioned, who take statements out of context and use them as truth, well, then the 50+ million people who did not vote the Democrat ticket are facing geat problems - as will many of the original Obama supporters.
Rather than continue to rant about this growing problem, I advise you all to read James Delingpoe's new book, Welcome to Obamaland. You should find it a very worthwhile read.
There is one item which deserves my attention. H.R. 45, the Blair Holt's Firearm Act of 2009 Licensing and Record of Sale, was introduced by Illinois Democratic Representative Rush as bill that would "provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchase of certain firearms (...any handgun and any semi-auto firearm that can accept a detachable feeding device) and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
As I, and other writers have stated many times, a government which does not trust its citizenry is a government its citizenry cannot trust. Firearm owners have often called for a national right to carry license, so that everytime you travel from state to state you don't have to be concerned about violating some local firearm carry law. But this bill would set up a system in which the government would control just about every fiream you own, excepting antiques, and who knows about that at this time, and would have a registry of every gun owner in the country.
If you remember Great Britain during WWII, or know you recent history, you will understand how bad government's control over the ownership of firearms can be. Gun ownership in the U.K. was just about nil, and when the country was under threat of invasion from Germany, the British government had to begin purchasing fireams from the U.S.A.
Combining the proposed legislation with the current Obama attitude toward this country's defensive strength, it's not too much of a stretch of the imagination to see that we could replicate the U.K.s WWII predicament sometime in the not to far distant future, as well as seeing that any defense our citizens may have against an overbearing federal government would have to be one of sub-rosa tactics.
Now's a good a time as any to contact your Senators and Congressmen advising then to vote against the propsed legislation. The 2010 elections may be too far in the future if laws such as Blair Holts's Firearm Licensing bill becomes law.
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]]>Simplistic Cynicismurn:uuid:f3b37eae-47fb-b881-d7ab-853dfe4190ca2009-03-02T17:54:07-05:00
Well, it appears that the stock market has its feet in cement boots. Millions of Americans who have their retirement and savings invested in public companies, vis-a-vis their 401(K) plan, investment funds, and/or individual stock shares, bank CDs, etc., are subjected to non-voluntary sacrifice. Business owners, those who have achieved large earnings, and others who comprise what Obama and the rest of the liberal fascists call, with disdain, "the wealthy", are, and will, be sacrificed to the goal of a non-capitalist America. Not socialist at this stage of the game, but not capitalist in the American economic sense.
And that 95% of Americans who now expect to have the Obama administration " pay for their homes, their cars, and gasoline", may believe nirvana has come, but they will soon learn that what the nation becomes will be everything but that hopeful nirvana.
The Obama plan to make everyone equal will, in the end, create a third world class economy. After all, except for pride, why should anyone want to sacrifice their time and energy to become successful, and earn as much income as possible, if doing so only turns into capital used for redistribution of that wealth?
So what does the future hold if Obama and his cohorts successful? No longer will Obama be called president - it's more likely he'll be known as "Poppa Obama"! if the American people don't wake up, even though who profess their disdain for what has made this country as strong as it has been throughout its existence will live to regret their "success". (N.B.: as I write this, Obama's dissaproval rating has reached 40%, according to news reports).
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]]>Read the Recovery Billurn:uuid:7557302e-30de-e635-8ca5-c1687da608682009-02-19T00:28:37-05:00
February 18, 2008: When you go to http://www.recovery.gov/, there's a link to the "full bill", which brings the visitor to http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ARRA_public_review/., as the President signed it. However, what you want to read are the five documents listed further down, which, strangely enough, did not come up on the site the last time I linked to the bill page, although they were there earlier in the day. Perhaps I missed the information, or pewrhaps the wenb page was updated.
I don't believe what I'm describing is the full 1100 page or so bill. Certainly, the 1.4MB 'ARRA_public_review' is not the full working document, the the sections linked below do not appear to be the whole works, but they are of interest. I searched for "jobs" on those pages, and found that practically all are related to government connected employment, and I didn't count them all, when numbers were available, but there wan't a large total - not the 3.1 million or so promised by Obama.
Anyhow, go over to the pages - they are in pdf format, search them, and take your time reading the documents. And good luck!
]]>Lewis Carroll, Another Nostradamus?urn:uuid:9fe8cf04-bd9a-57d2-4dc8-a032e28b42d92009-02-13T20:25:31-05:00
February 13, 2008: After writing my last blog, Pig Wings, I figured it might be a good idea to re-read the entire Carroll poem 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'. And you know what? In all of its simplicity,the entire poem describes the way the Democrats' Obama campaign was able to succeed, with whom, and what the overall effect is and will be.
Don't look for me to explain the connection. Rather, whether you voted for Obama or not, carefully read the poem and you will see the references. If you don't have a copy on your desk, go over to http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/walrus.html, just one of the many sites where you can read the poem.
As I write this article, the "stimulus bill" is in the Senate, awaiting a vote. It's just a shame that all we have received from the Democrats so far is a lot of talk and writing, and very little action, on stimulating businesses, job opportunities, and American production which are what we need from a real stimulus bill. Now, I've attempted to find out from our federal legislators just how this bill will produce the economic advances the country needs now, but, so far, have only received some vague generalizations that we'll all be better off with its passage.
It doesn't take much intellect to understand that if our legislaators haven't had the opportunity to read the final version of this humongous spending bill, they wouldn't know what was contained therein. One of the biggest tricks Democrat leaders have pulled off (plus the three Replublicans who voted with their conscience(?)) is that since the bill contains so much which belongs in seprate appopriation measures, a lot of room is now left to really create bigger spending pork laden bills which in all probability will lead us down the rosy path of destruction over the next few years. Add to that thought that now that banks and auto businesses have accepted federal bail-out funds, can (liberal) fascism be far behind?
So the question is, how does it feel to be a buttered oyster, supporters of this administration's onward march to total control?