What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Now that we are officially in the beginnings of an election year, the Democrats are hyperventilating over abysmal poll numbers. Approval ratings for their beloved messiah have tanked, and many Democratic politicians are in danger of losing their jobs as the American people continue to voice their concerns over the slow encroachment of government into their personal lives.

In November, all seats of the House of Representatives and approximately half of the Senate seats are up for grabs. Pelosi, Reid, Specter, and many other Dems are going to spend the majority of their time until then interviewing for their jobs in the media, trying to convince Americans that they are best-suited for the position.

The question of the day for Americans who may be mulling over their political ideologies is simple. What's the worst that can happen if we elect a fiscally-conservative, constitutionally-savvy Congress? Let's see...

1. The ultimate death of socialized medicine in this country
2. Americans keeping more of their own money in the form of tax cuts or, possibly, tax cuts for businesses (large and small) that eventually help individuals prosper. Reagan and JFK were both supply-siders.
3. A movement back to the ideals set forth in the Constitution by the Founding Fathers
4. A push to secure this nation and its borders. Gee...we didn't hear of underwear bombers between 2001 and 2008. Wonder why?
5. A sense of personal responsibility and personal liberty
6. A government whose representatives remember just who is in charge. WE THE PEOPLE!
7. Returning to a time when it wasn't politically incorrect to invoke the name of Jesus Christ or say that America is the greatest nation in the history of mankind
8. A renewed respect for our fighting forces and the sacrifices they make
9. A sense of charity among the private sector to care for the elderly, disabled, and needy. That is NOT the job of those in government.
10. Blessing of this country from God. "Blessed is the Nation Whose God is the Lord." -- Psalm 33:12

Consider all the events that have transpired over the past year. Now ask yourself "How many of these ten items have been brought to fruition by the current administration?" [B & G Warning: Don't blow a blood vessel trying to think of one let alone ten.]

Now that it's been pondered, I ask one last question: What's the worst that can happen?

Us vs. Them

I saw this great post yesterday over at Right Guy's site. Stop over and take some time to read his stuff. It's worth it.

The Difference Between Us and Them

If a conservative doesn't like guns - they don't buy one.

If a liberal doesn’t like guns - then no one should have one.

If a conservative is a vegetarian - they don’t eat meat.

If a liberal is - they want to ban all meat products for everyone.

If a conservative sees a foreign threat - he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.

A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.

If a conservative is homosexual - they try to not force it on others.

If a liberal is homosexual - they loudly demand legislated respect.

If a minority is conservative - they see themselves as independently successful.

Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.

If a conservative is down-and-out - he thinks about how to better his situation.

A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host - he switches channels.

Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer - he doesn’t go to church.

A liberal wants all churches to be silenced.

If a conservative decides he needs health care - he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.

A liberal demands that his neighbors pay for his.

Santorum on Obama, Healthcare, and Other Issues

Last night, as I was channel surfing on my new 54" plasma t.v., I was fortunate enough to catch a broadcast on C-Span of Rick Santorum's speech to the American Future Fund as part of their Conservative Lecture Series. It reminded me of why I always liked him.

Santorum gave the speech and did some Q & A on October 1 at the University of Dubuque. Make no mistake about it. He's testing the waters. You don't give a speech in Iowa the year before mid-term elections unless you want to get a feel for which way the political tide is going.

Rick waxed eloquent on various subjects, but focused on Obama's political ideology and how the government will impact any healthcare bill that gets passed. One thing I admire the most about his speeches is that he doesn't talk to people on a level that requires a dictionary. He's straightforward, passionate, and believes in what he says.

A staunch conservative on social issues such as abortion and homosexuality, Santorum does have libertarian leanings on issues such as the economy and limited government. Despite what some people on the left may think, Rick is NOT a theocrat who wishes to establish a government based entirely on the teachings of religion. He believes in appointing justices to the bench who will adhere to the Constitution and not pass their own legislation from their office.

I suggest that everyone grab a cup of coffee and set aside about an hour and a half to watch his speech. As you do, keep in mind that this is the guy people in Pennsylvania tossed out in favor of Bob Casey, who just recently voted against defunding ACORN. To view the video, a download of a Microsoft program is required. I looked on youtube for this video, but didn't find it. You can always uninstall the program from your control panel afterwards if you choose.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Let me know what yinz think!

http://americanfuturefund.com/

Excellent Post by Left Coast Rebel

Just saw this up at LCR's blog. I don't need to add any words; he said it all.

6.22.2009

9 Simple Truths - The House of Cards Crumbles

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves


- William J.H. Boetcker, 1916, often attributed to Abraham Lincoln


How do these simples truths apply to America today? How do they destroy every single argument of the Statist/Progressive/Moral Relativist/Big-government Enabler of today? Sometimes as it seems, simplicity is the best policy, the best weapon in an intellectual arsenal. Where is the American leader to spread these simple Thatcherisms?


First point - You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. Simple. Down with the progressive tax-code that punishes achievement on a sliding scale. Down with the system in that the more wealth one creates (and benefits oneself and society as a whole), the higher percentage one is taxed. Down with an inherant, massive disincentive to the best and the brightest, the goose that lay the golden egg. Liberal religiosity 101, the most sacrosanct of all - the Marxian progressive tax code. The achiever class, the bane of the altruist, the tool for the cause.


Second point - You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. Much the same here as the first point. As is the case in taxation, so is the case with all members of the best and the brightest. The gutter mentality amidst us deplores a strong figure, male or not. We worship at the throne of depravity, of feeble and weak minded loonies. We give up our freedoms while worshipping at the throne of silver-tongued slave masters.




Third point - You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. The Almighty holy grail ethos of the Leftwing. The evil 1%. The business man. The entrepenuer. The one that dares to work the most, the hardest, and be the brightest. The cigar-smoking boardrooms, packed with fat, sweaty, yellow teethed white guys plotting to take from the poor that which he has earned. The ethos of Robin Hood, to take from the rich that they have always unfairly gotten, to give to the downtrodden. And utopia is here!


Fourth point - You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. Once again the simple concept of class-warfare, of breaking the simple commandment - "neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." We lay waste to our moral-compass by disregarding simple truths, religious commandments. America was once a God-fearing nation, we jettison notions and values at our peril. Care to draw a figure for me of the impoverished employed by the poor? Envy creates misery. Our own politics in the US prove this, there is an absolute moral component to every ill we face.


Fifth point - You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. The Federal government cannot encourage home ownership by arm-twisting bankers into loans without merit, by skewing the simple laws of economics at ever front. Our economy proves this. Our government cannot pull us out of our malaise by adding debt to future generations, by noosing their collective necks. Liabilities today from our beloved government, all entitlements included, are 100 trillion dollars. A mind-numbing figure that defies all sanity. The solution to this debt of morality and finance? The creation of more entitlement programs, thus nearly ensuring our doom. Our society cannot escape simple math, the Founders would believe us to be doomed by such idiocy and folly. Is it all a bad dream?


Sixth point - You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. Refer to points, 1-5.


Seventh point - You cannot establish security on borrowed money. The entire foundation of our government today comes crashing down on this truth. The 'Stimulus' bill, Socialized Medicine, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Insecurity, every dollar spent to bankrupt and rob future generations....empty promises from a broken government nearing the stage of insolvency from an addiction to debt. Echoes and whispers from American families at the dinner table all across the nation, "We can't run our household like that, why can Washington.....?" They can't and they put the most vibrant experiment in freedom in peril on a daily basis.


Eighth point - You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. "The power to tax is the power to destroy" - John Marshall 1819. You take an individual soul when you take his ability to earn a living for himself. You take an earnest reason to awake early with a purpose. You take his dignity. You take his struggle for a good life, for the American Dream. You take everything.


Ninth point - You cannot help men permanently by doing for them by doing what they could do and should do for themselves. The essence of Liberty and our Founding. The essence of our God-given abilities and unique character. The essence of the fight to save our nation from the cancer of the State. The essence of the Pursuit of Happiness. The essence of the freedom to succeed of fail. The essence of our fight today. The essence of We the People.

The Matrix -- A Symbolic America?

Ok. Before anyone starts calling for the men in white coats to come for me, I want to say two things: I'm NOT crazy, and I'm NOT a conspiracy nut. I just realized a few things after reading "Anthem".

I discussed this with my Limbaugh baby, and he said he needed scuba gear for as deep as I went with this.

I told him that this country could conceivably be similar to the make-believe world of The Matrix.

Liberals could play the role of the alien forces who just take what they need from humans and create a world they want humans to think is real. If you think about that, it kinda fits the liberal mentality. They tell us only what they feel we need to see and believe. And insofar as taking what they want from us: look at your pay stub.

The strong arm of government force could be Agent Smith personified. Ever patrolling and monitoring that no one gets out of line, Agent Smith makes sure that the lie of The Matrix is upheld at all costs. Think about all the tactics used by Barry and his thugs to insure that the American people don't know the truth: The Fairness Doctrine, calling tea party protesters "low-level terrorists", etc.

Then you have The Resistance (conservatives and libertarians). They are the ones constantly trying to expose the truth and reveal to people exactly what the world they live in is like. And, like many of us conservatives, we are always questioning whether the next Palin or Jindal could be The One; the person to defeat those in charge of The Matrix.

I know this sounds REALLY out of character for me, but I bet you won't watch the movie the same way ever again!

Barnes, Noble, and Hope

Today was the first day of my son's summer school class. Being that I had three hours to kill until he was done, I went to Barnes and Noble, a store I have always loved. Books are good brain food.

I immediately went to the political section hoping to score a copy of "Common Sense" by Glenn Beck or maybe even "Fleeced" by Dick Morris. My disappointment quickly turned to delight when neither book was to be found. I imagined the empty shelf space filled with the likes of Beck, Morris, Hannity, O'Reilly, and Goldberg. None of these authors were to be found; they were sold out. Of course if I had wanted a book of pictures of Barry and Michelle, there were plenty of copies of those to be had. In fact, some books about Barry were already in the bargain section. I laughed out loud. How refreshing!

Of course, the Starbucks inside was filled with your mushheaded latte lappers discussing political issues. It is a conservative nightmare to see what may one day be in charge of this country once again.

Since I couldn't secure "Atlas Shrugged", I settled for "Anthem" by Ayn Rand. I'll let everyone know how it was when I'm finished.

Hope springs eternal; at least at Barnes and Noble. Can't wait to go back. Maybe I'll take Ayn out for coffee.