BABY BOOMERS AND OLD FARTS: It’s Up To Us To Fix Our Country PART III

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW TO SALVAGE OUR FUTURE

Ours is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Theoretically, that means our government is ours to run. That, of course, is just theory. The plain and simple matter is that those of us who took Civics in High School, or who went to American Legion Boys or Girl's State, or who served in the American armed forces... We learned that the price of liberty IS eternal vigilance, and we pay close attention to our government. But, Civics is not taught in high school any more, there is no draft and very few get chosen to attend American Legion Boy's or Girl's State. In fact, those who do pay attention to our government are now being ridiculed as "extremists."

The upshot is that the torch of "eternal vigilance" has been extinguished. People take the American way of life for granted. And, without that "vigilance," our freedoms, justice... the things we hold so dear to our hearts... have been slipping through our fingers and evaporating into thin air.

Therein lies the answer as to what we old geezers need to do now to salvage our future.

During these past few decades, as we have been sleeping at the switch, government has seen fit to take advantage of our weakness; government has been, on a daily basis, glomming on to our freedoms, liberties, and justice in a subtle power grab that has, over time, almost left us defenseless. Then comes the shocker: given the current status of things in this country, the younger folks have suddenly been jolted into awareness that things "just aren't the way they should be" in America.

There's our opening. Here's what must be our agenda:

1. Re-instill American values

2. Show other Americans that yes, we still have enough power left in us to take our country back; what happened in the tax votes in California certainly demonstrates the will of the people can and must rule the day.

3. Seek out in our midst...identify those citizens who share our principles and who have the qualities of Americana and leadership that we all so desperately yearn for.

4. Plan now to toss out every incumbent, regardless of party, in November of 2010.

5. Groom those whom we have selected to take those jobs, and get them elected.

We can do these things, and we should if we are going to salvage our futures. We must start now.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted,

Next Week: HOW DO WE GET QUALIFIED LEADERS TO RUN FOR OFFICE?

BABY BOOMERS AND OLD FARTS: It’s Up To Us To Fix Our Country PART II

PART TWO OF A SERIES: WHERE DO WE START?

Those of us who grew up going to the cemeteries on Memorial Day with flowers to honor those who gave their lives for our country, know in our hearts the burdens of the past and the challenges of the future that we must meet, for our forefathers' sake, for our sake, and for the sake of generations of Americans, (hopefully), to come. The audacious behaviors of our nation's leaders over the past generation have, in a mere fraction of the history of this country, turned our nation down a new path that can only lead to the destruction of all of the fundamental values upon which this great country were founded, and ultimately could cause the fall of America as a nation.

That's a fact. You know it, and I know it. The demanding tasks before us often seem formidable, if not impossible, to overcome. Nevertheless, as Americans we can, and must, rise to the occasion.

To our benefit, the seeds of discontent have already been planted and they are taking root. The millions of citizens who protested in the American Tea Party rallies planted the seeds. The almost 4 million people who turned out in California in an off-year, off-month election to turn down five tax proposals by 65% certainly added the fertilizer. And, a whole lot of good water was added to the mix when 74% of those voters said, "No raises for elected officials in any year when we have a state budget deficit."

What we need to do now is to take the time to educate Americans as to how things really were in the late 40's, 50's and most of the 60's. We need, most of all, to talk American values, morals and ethics founded on religious beliefs that were directly responsible for propelling this nation into the position of being the leader of freedom and justice throughout the world. Those were the days when we could park our cars in the driveway at night without wondering whether or not they would be there in the morning. Those were the days when seven cops could keep peace in a city of 7,000. Those were the days when mom did bake apple pie from scratch and the only foreign cars in the country were Rolls Royces, Jaguars or MGBs, and there were damned few of them.

Those were the days when the only thing you knew about illegal drugs was what your teacher or parents taught you. Those were the days when you ran for elected office because you believed in the country and you wanted to represent your views and the views of your neighbors in government. Those were the days when Adam Clayton Powell Jr. got yelled off the continent and run out of Congress because of his corruption, and that was done without any equivocation or hesitation because Americans knew he had to go.

Those were the days when you didn't spend more than you had. Those were the days when there was honest dialogue before a bill was passed in the Legislature or the Congress. Those were the days when you could speak a whole paragraph without using the "f" word.

Most important... Those were the days when every American, black, white, Indian... yes, we had our differences and some of them were really big differences... were all proud to be Americans and we didn't apologize to any one because of it.

We made our own steel, milled our own lumber, wove our own fabrics, made our own clothes, and manufactured our own cars right here in America. Not a soul would even consider shipping his customer service department to another country to save on payroll because that was un-American. Yes, patriotism ruled the day.

We need to have a sit-down, eyeball-to-eyeball discussion with our kids and grand-kids and point out the way things were, and the way things are, because they need to have a good understanding of the foundation and the fabric that made America great in the past, before we can even begin to talk about what needs to be done to salvage our future.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

Next week: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW TO SALVAGE OUR FUTURE

MY CALIFORNIAN OPINION: Taxes

THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER'S REVOLUTION PICKS UP SPEED

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Almost 3.9 million California taxpayers went to the polls and voted firmly against higher taxes to build a rainy day fund, education, modernization of the Lotto including a redistribution of proceeds, child services, and mental health services. 74% of those voting put a firm no on raises for elected officials whenever they can't balance the budget.

Now come the naysayers...those who do not realize the impact of the vote for what it really is. Limbaugh laments that Californians just shifted the tab to the American taxpayer. Fox News notes emphatically that it was a damned poor voter turnout....only 23% of the voters voted. The Governator put the blame for the state's financial crisis squarely at the foot of those who voted the tax increases down by saying he was going to let prisoners out, close schools and a myriad of other things because we taxpayers refused to cow-tow to Sacramento's demands to dig further into our empty pockets.

Well, here we are five months into a new Administration, in a state that always voted Democrat and which firmly backed Obama. The citizens who did vote went straight against the tax-and-spend mentality that is prevalent in Washington and Sacramento. The fact is that those who did not vote would have voted the same way as those who did vote, according to the pre-election polls. The fact is that the 66% of the Californians were not all conservative Republicans or results would have been different; this was a bi-partisan message to the country: WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!

And, if the Administration chooses to bail California out without requiring severe spending cuts and thereby lets the California government off the hook for their failures.... we're going to be madder than hell. OUR VOTE WAS TO SIGNIFY THAT WE AMERICANS LIVING IN CALIFORNIA WANT THIS DAMNED SPEND, SPEND, SPEND, TAX, TAX, TAX mentality to end! The message is that 65 to 70% of Americans across the country feel the same way and, unless Washington gets and understands this message, they are all going to be on the outside looking in after November of 2010 and 2012.

GET THE MESSAGE RIGHT, YOU LAME-BRAINED IDIOTS! WE MEAN BUSINESS and this is not something you can wave off with a smile and a nod of condescension.

That's MY CALIFORNIAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

BABY BOOMERS AND OLD FARTS: It’s Up To Us To Fix Our Country PART I

This is the first in a series of commentaries regarding the status of our country, our economy, our morals and ethics, and our responsibilities as American citizens.

The plain and simple truth is that those of us, Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike, who are “Baby Boomers” and older, are very dissatisfied and upset with the direction our country has been taking since Reagan left office. Every President and every Congress since then has failed miserably to live up to their duties as representatives of we, the people, who ARE in charge according to our Constitution. We, the people, have allowed them to do it and today, my fellow Americans, is our day of reckoning.

Our country is in pure shambles. Our economy is in worse shape than during the Depression; we just don’t realize it yet. Our family values have evaporated as have our morals and ethics. Our country is permeated with mind-altering drugs. Our leaders are corrupt, our media and press have hidden agendas. We are without any compass in our Ship of State and our enemies are again emboldened.

Until they got hit directly in their pocketbooks, the younger generations of Americans seemed content to let their freedoms and liberties slip away, day by day and every day. Now, they awaken from their hedonistic stupors and realize that they need to do something, but they just don’t know where to start.

Those of us who grew up with REAL American values and a REAL sense of justice, freedom and liberty have growing numbers and a voice that MUST be heard and we need to seek and find the common ground to MAKE our voice heard. At the same time, we have the ability and the duty to install a new compass…a renewed sense of direction for our country… into the minds and hearts of our descendants.

Next week: WHERE DO WE START?

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

SOMETHING TO STICK YOUR NECK OUT FOR

BILL OF RIGHTS

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

THE ENEMY CONTROLS THE MEDIA

The media says the American Tea Parties were organized by Fox News and they flopped. Those who participated are zombie followers with no brains.

The media reports every hour about some new crime committed with a gun. No crimes are committed with knives, baseball bats or poison. Therefore, the media is leading us to believe that crime will stop when guns are removed.

The media asks a question and, if the answer is not what they want to hear, they shout the respondent down.

When the media sees a streak of decency, such as Sarah Pallin or Carrie Prejean, it collectively sets out to destroy. The media never repeats a good story, but does not hesitate to repeat bad news over, and over, and over, and over again... drumming into your head.

The media does not tell you what is going on in Gaza, Spain, or anywhere else in the world.

THE MEDIA IS NOT DOING ITS JOB.

Who controls the media? You need to get your own answer to that question.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

TALKING ABOUT RATS DESERTING A SINKING SHIP

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Arland Spector has left the Republican Party.

Will the last one to leave, please turn out the lights?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, not-so sarcastically submitted.

GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO SHAFT AMERICANS: A Possible Solution

My good friend from San Jose writes:

What the democrats are doing with CIA files sickens me!! Its all political and has nothing to do with the country's welfare. How easily they forget that the whole thing started right after 9/11. Its like Monday morning quarterbacking. Have they forgotten what happened was something nobody in their wildest imagination could have predicted. It was a time for drastic measures with drastic decisions. I almost wish that we are attacked again, but such an event will of course be blamed on Bush. Had there been no Gitmo the terrorist would not have retaliated.

This administration is so corrupt it makes Clinton a saint. Consider cabinet members that have been confirmed not with suspicious character, but admitted flaws. They always have the right answers. With Geithner being "the only person in this country capable of solving the financial problems," the Administration seeks to "dumb down" America by insisting that only a tax cheat can be trusted to run the system. The head of Homeland Security is now saying that the memo affecting armed forces veterans went out without her
approval. But the biggest mess coming up is with the Merrill Lynch and Bank of America case. With the statement from the CEO of BofA to Cuomo it appears Bernanke and Paulson could be in big trouble. It is obvious the administration is committed to the Union with its new bailout money to GM.

I am buying a combination of brown and black shirts to hedge my bet on the future of this country.

And, I reply:

Your Congressional Representative Nancy Pelosi says that she would have screamed bloody murder had she known about the CIA "Torture." The top leaders in Congress are briefed regularly on national security matters. As the second in line behind the Veep for the Presidency, she receives more detailed and regular briefings. She is an outright liar when she says she didn't know anything about it. Yet, the media with the exception of Fox has not challenged her statements.

I agree that this administration, and Congress as well, are corrupt and morally bankrupt. (That's not to say that the Bush Administration was filled with saints, either). It is a well-established rule of law that creditors can force a debtor into bankruptcy in order to protect the assets of the debtor from being squandered or hidden away. The rule does require that creditors prove that the debtor owes more than it can pay.

Since the Congress represents the country as its "trustee," it seems to me that we lowly citizens could file involuntary bankruptcy proceedings against Congress, thereby freezing government funds and stopping the ridiculous and thieving bailouts; the country obviously owes more in debt than it can pay! Maybe some Constitutional lawyer could weigh in on that suggestion.

And, it seems to me that we could also easily declare Congress to be morally bankrupt as well. That's a "no-brainer."

Your other friend Miss California, who is slightly easier to look at, has been declared to be morally bankrupt by your liberal neighbors. That's like the pot calling the tar kettle black, as far as I am concerned.

When they allege that Geithner is the only guy in the country qualified to run the economy, they are in the same breath admitting that their political party is full of numbskulls. Napolitano said, before eventually apologizing for that memo, that she had "reviewed" it before authorizing it to be sent out. Obviously, she has proven her capability to lie as well, which qualifies her to run for the Presidency after Obama gets out.

The Bank of America fiasco, where stockholders were denied notice and opportunity to be heard over the bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch for far more than market value and where the CEO of Bank of America is alleging that he was coerced into making that move by Paulson and Bernanke, could well be a red-herring designed to turn attention away from the recent disclosure that $350 billion of the first TARP bailout is missing in action. That snippit leaked out in Mid-March on a Friday night so it would get no coverage in the media, then was brought up again last week during the American Tea Parties but quickly buried again by the media.

There is a glimmer of hope in all of this, however. Fox ratings have soared in recent weeks, while NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN ratings have plunged. That fact, and the recent American Tea Parties points to growing displeasure with the handling of our finances, with Congress, and with Obama. What I fear is that the liberals, when faced with such things, have a tendency to take to violent demonstrations and outbursts as a means to force their views on the rest of the country. This could be a very long and hot summer.

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If you control the information conveyed to the people, you control the situation. The Soviets learned by having only one press, one broadcast network, etc. Well, what do we have now? Two, fortunately, Fox being one of the two and the administration through the FCC is trying to shut out Fox.

Yes, my fellow Americans, the idiots are running the country without impunity. The longer they get away with doing so, the more acceptable it becomes. This is why we, the patriotic Americans regardless of party affiliation, need to band together now to speak with a common voice and to stop this travesty.

I'm sorry, but I view the Republican Party as being ineffective has-beens. The Republicans had control of Congress and the White House and they could have tightened up and run a good ship, but they chose to get mired down in political arguments instead. They did not stand together in the financial decisions at the tail end of Bush and beginning of Obama. They waffle, and they do not know what their platform or beliefs are. They say they are conservative, but they do not stand for conservatism; instead, they move to the left trying to garner votes. Until they change that, I have no desire to be labeled Republican. I'm conservative, not far right and most definitely not a left-leaning Republican.

We need a new party. No American Independent Party, either. We need the Conservative Party of America. Most people don't know this, but the Republicans were once joined with the Democrats in a unified Democratic Republic Party. In essence, that's where we are right now. And, Michael Steele, as nice a guy as he is, doesn't have the balls or the ability to bring the Republican Party back into conservatism, which is the main reason the media saw fit to endorse him.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

DON'T TREAD ON US!

Those on the thrones of omnipotence in Washington have launched an all-out assault on both those rights reserved specifically to the states as well as those reserved to the people. They have set their cross hairs squarely on what we Americans, regardless of race, color, creed, or religious or political affiliation believe to to be the bulwark of our freedoms. They have thrust themselves from their seats of power straight, smack dab into our living rooms. And, they have made it abundantly clear that we, the people, are the underclass.

They ignore our national cry to stop spending our money. They listen with deaf ears to the cries of Americans to stop the denigration of America and to address the genuine needs of the people. They ignore the poor and homeless in our streets and send our money to countries that spit epithets against us.

On Wednesday, April 15th, the people took to the streets and showed the world that yes, we will persevere, regardless of our differences, because we are one nation, undivided and standing for liberty and justice for all.

We Americans have now reached the point where the rubber meets the road, and we are not backing down.

• We shall not allow Freedom of the Press to be abridged.
• We shall not allow those who disagree to be silenced.
• We shall not allow our taxes to be spent without our permission.
• We shall not allow our President to call our forefathers "arrogant and dismissive."
• We shall not apologize for saving the world from fascism.
• We shall not apologize for defending our Constitution.
• We shall not turn to Socialism or Communism and ignore the blood of our forefathers who spilled their blood to defend democracy.
  
• We shall turn out from office those who do not truly represent us, regardless of political affiliation.
  
• WE SHALL STAND TOGETHER, UNITED AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD TEAR US ASUNDER, AND WE SHALL PREVAIL.

WE ARE AMERICANS, blacks whites, natives, Christians, Jews and others, women, men, children, Hispanics, Italians, Polish, Germans.... WE ARE THE MELTING POT OF THE WORLD, bound together in the common beliefs of liberty and justice for all, and we shall not allow these beliefs to be abridged.

Do not make the mistake of underestimating our purpose or our resolve. THOSE OF YOU IN WASHINGTON SHOULD NOT DISREGARD THIS MESSAGE: DON'T TREAD ON US!

United We Stand, Divided We Fall!

YOUR FOREFATHERS WANT YOU!!!

ATTEND AN AMERICAN TEA PARTY TODAY

THE MARCH OF MARXISM IN AMERICA

AUSTRIA - June 2003: 146 comrades attended our "Pfingstseminar", a socialist youth camp organised by the Marxist tendency of "Der Funke" in co-operation with several branches of the Young Socialists (Sozialistische Jugend, SJ) and other left wing youth organisations.

Over the last nine years this seminar has developed into one of the biggest meetings within the Austrian left. This year the political programme of the camp was dominated by the debate around the movement against pensions ‘reform’. In recent weeks we have seen the biggest strikes for decades. The trade union leadership was forced to mobilise against the plans of the right wing government. However, when we left to attend the seminar the president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) declared in a press conference that now it is up to parliament to decide over the pensions reform and that the trade unions will not call for further strikes. And this just after the successful strike on June 3 where 1 million workers demonstrated their willingness to defend their pensions.

All in all we had 21 workshops: Marxism and women, what is Trotskyism, what is Stalinism, individual terrorism, what programme for the young socialists, revolution in Latin America, Venezuela, war and peace on the Indian subcontinent, and many more.

http://www.marxist.com/austria-youth-camp160603.htm

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - March 2009: “Mandatory volunteerism” is one step closer to becoming a reality in America, thanks to HR 1388.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY] and 37 other co-sponsors introduced this public service bill to the floor of the House of Representatives, where both Republicans and Democrats combined to vote 321-105 in favor. Next it goes to the Senate for a vote, then to President Obama’s desk for his signature or veto.

The title of HR 1388 - “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE) - creates an acronym that is entirely more charitable than the reality of the bill, says the blog Bungalow Bill’s Conservative Wisdom. Bill claims it will “force your children into involuntary service to the government,” and points out that numerous critics of the bill agree that HR 1388 does indeed require Americans and their children to volunteer for community service.

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/03/20/hr1388-mandatory-volunteerism/

THE STAGE IS NOW SET. This enables our government....whoever is in charge at the time..... with the ability to use this mandatory service as a tool for political indoctrination of those in service. Is this a thinly disguised program to move us one step closer to a totalitarian Marxist government?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

SPECIAL REPORT: AMERICAN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS NEED TO RISE TO THE OCCASION

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Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, Man of the Hour....Tells the world that we are not a nation of Christians and Jews. We are "just a nation of citizens."

And, he makes this proclamation...this edict... in his own dismissive arrogance, during Holy Week.

This opprobrious statement goes beyond being offensive and inflammatory. It goes to the heart of what this country was founded on and to our individual rights to be Christians and Jews. It stirs up the prospect of religious strife and hatreds.

If Christians and Jews do not rise to this statement now, today, then we might as well just pack it in right now. It is obvious that this "worse than senseless being" not only wants our guns, he wants our religions, too.

This is a call to all good men and women of the country to meet the threat to our freedoms and ways of life that have arisen from within. And, we need to do it now.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

MARXIST TOTALITARIAN REGIME TAKES GRIP ON AMERICA

They totally ignore the will of the people. They take from the rich, keep half and give the rest to the poor. They flaunt their positions and dare anyone to try and take them down. They belittle citizens and bully their ways into power. They plot to take away freedoms and rights of the people. Now, for the first time, despots rule the United States of America.

Could it be true? Consider this.

Eric Holder, the new Attorney General who had pledged to take guns away from American citizens regardless of what the 2nd Amendment says, has now announced that the Justice Department will "take care" in pursuing charges of crime and corruption" against public officials. He said this while dismissing charges against Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens that the Bush Administration had initiated.

President Obama, in talking to Europeans, has referred to Americans as being "arrogant and dismissive."

Back to Holder... There has been a move on by Senator Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to give a vote to the District of Columbia's Representative to Congress. On the surface, this sounds reasonable, but when you look for the reasons behind the move, it becomes clear that whoever would have that vote would most likely be a Democrat and Reid and Pelosi are doing everything possible to increase their grip on Congress. Holder asked top Justice Department experts for their opinion, and they concluded that giving a D.C. Representative a vote would be unconstitutional. Holder immediately ignored their opinion.

Obama has also done his share of ignoring; it seems to be a badge of honor in his administration if you are an income tax cheat.

The new administration has tarnished the right to contract in America; you can't lend money for someone to buy a house, because you don't know anymore if the government is going to come and take away your profit by lowering the interest rate on the mortgages you hold. You can't bargain with your boss for a bonus arrangement, because you don't know when the government is going to come in and strip you of the bonus, (NOTE: there is nothing in that statement that says I support what the boys at AIG did; knowing what shape that company was in, they would have been a lot smarter to quietly waive their contracted bonuses for the year.)

When an American puts a tea bag in the mail and sends it to his or her Congressman, it gets returned with a notation: "Return to Sender. An additional 20 cents postage is required for a surcharge. 3.5 oz or less, non-machineable." Congress obviously doesn't want to hear spit about your teabags or your protests.

And, if you don't like the way they are running the government, that's just too damned bad. By taking control of the 2010 Census away from the Department of Commerce, they now have the ability to redraw voting districts in such a manner that the opposition can't win.

They are nothing better than Mobster-styled gangsters disguised as politicians, pure and simple.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS FROM AN AMERICAN TAXPAYER

OBAMA'S ATTEMPT AT ABRUPT CHANGE OF NATIONAL FOCUS

EARLY & SPECIAL POST

Amidst a growing clamor over his risky, unproven and costly economic policies and reckless spending, and while faced with now sagging support that is beginning to transcend party lines, President Obama has resorted to an old and well-proven political trick: rattle the sabre of war.

In a lengthy Friday morning statement, Obama announced that he's going after Al Queda in Pakistan and Afghanistan and he's going to throw $1.5 billion a year at the project for the next five years to bolster Pakistan's economy and improve its infratsurcture. And, he made a lengthy case out of his 17,000 man increase of military troops in Afghanistan, as well as his "total" support of General Petraeus.

At the outset, you have to rally around the Prez and agree that we have a big and brewing problem that must be faced. Here's my problem with all of this hoopla:

There are hotels in Las Vegas that cost $1.5 billion to build. $1.5 billion is .015% of a trillion. It doesn't even measure up to the terminology, "drop in the bucket" when it comes to the real costs of what needs to be accomplished in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Petraeus asked for 30,000 troops, not 17,000. In short, Obama's flap off at the gums amounts to nothing more than penny ante horseshit.

So, why the dog and pony show?

Could it be that the Prez is trying to deflect mounting criticism of his domestic agendas and policies by "creating" a new emergency....deflecting focus from the economy to focus on Al Queda? Is he throwing out a "red herring?" Does he want the fox to chase down a new rabbit trail?

If Obama can pull this sham off, he'll make Houdini look like an amateur.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

FEAR NOT, AMERICA!

THE WIZARDS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE ECONOMY

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

AMERICA IS BEAUTIFUL AND ONLY WE CAN SAVE IT

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What is coming out and will continue to come out in ugly ways, is that Washington, (Republicans and Democrats alike), has been so busy in so many corrupt ways that the bastard politicians have collectively sold the country down the economic drain. We have just seen the tip of the iceberg and I most sincerely hope that we will get up the anger and the courage necessary to throw all of the bums out and many of them into jail. But, at the same time we must have the wisdom to preserve our Constitution because, the failure is not in the Constitution, it is in the people we have recklessly allowed to tarnish it.

I have written many lines that put the blame for all of this squarely in the laps of the American citizens for failing to be alert to what is going on in Washington. Freedom and democracy cannot survive unless we are willing to assume the responsibility for vigilance that goes along with them.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

HAPPY SAINT PADDY'S DAY TO CONGRESS

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AMERICANS MADE HUGE MISTAKE IN NOVEMBER

Those of you who voted for him based on his promises, take note: All of the things that Barack Hussein Obama promised not to do are, within his first 60 days in office, firmly in motion.

• Obama is going to drop the Bush tax cuts in 2010
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• Obama has twice signed legislation containing massive earmarks
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• Obama has put into motion plans to remove all guns from all American citizens
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• Obama is nudging along legislation through the Congress that will give illegal Mexican aliens amnesty through "temporary" visas that are renewable forever, forgive them of any back taxes that might be due, provide for free college tuition for them and their children, give them tax cuts and tax incentives, forgive Mexican gang members for their illegal past activities, and pay the legal costs for illegal aliens who have already been deported
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• Obama has signed legislation that no longer requires employers to perform
  
• background checks on Mexicans to determine whether or not they are here legally, which means they get to stay in the work force while legal United States citizens are battling soon-to-be 10% unemployment
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• Obama is nationalizing health care and controlling who we can go to for medical treatment, what treatment will be provided, and how the treatment will be administered
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• Obama has begun laying out his ground plan for controlling who can say what in print or on national radio or television
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• Obama has secretly arranged for his Aunt, here in this country illegally, to stay

Now, this question is: Do you care?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

NO WONDER NO ONE WANTS TO INVEST IN AMERICAN STOCKS

SPECIAL POST

We have no leadership and we're going through money like a house full of spendthrifts!

That's MY PENNILESS AMERICAN OPINION, disgustingly submitted.