Just for fun...
Presidential candidates are prepped for debates like airplanes are for flight, as in, thoroughly - top to bottom. So for a few laughs, here is a top ten for Barry Obama's prep for the first debate.
Top Ten Comments Made to Barry Minutes Before His Debate With McCain:
10. "Yo dog, be fierce!"
9. "Remember, for the next 90 minutes, you are not a left wing extremist -- you are a 'fair and balanced moderate.' So be sure to look both directions when talking."
8. "Point with your thumb with conviction, like Slick Willy did."
7. "Shank dat fool if'n he gets up in yo grill!"
6. "Try your best to look older and more experienced than you are. You can pull that off."
5. "When in doubt, always fall back to, 'George Bush is EVIL!' "
4. "Remember...it's not a lie, if you really believe it."
3. "Remember, it's not a lie unless it's proven otherwise in a court with a really conservative judge presiding."
2. "If you get stuck, just ask yourself, 'what would Oprah do?' "
1. "Be sure not to refer to Iran as a 'little bitty country.' We don't need that again!"
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Worldview Questions
What is a "worldview?"
Today, more than ever, the definition and recognition of one's worldview is critical to communication and understanding. During this particular presidential election cycle, differing worldviews are colliding like bumper cars, replete with sparks flying, yelling, and hap-hazard unfocused encounters that seem out of focus.
It is so important for a person to understand their own worldview (like noses, everyone has one) before they begin to try to understand someone elses. So, to be very brief, if one would like to begin this journey of discovery for their own worldview, the following questions (no matter how disjointed they may seem) will help you get started and begin to focus.
1. Who is in charge?
2. How did we get here?
3. What is the problem with the world?
4. How is morality defined?
5. Who is to blame?
6. What is responsibility?
7. What is truth?
8. When did things go wrong?
9. What is the solution to human suffering?
10. What is fairness?
11. Is there an afterlife?
12. What is success?
13. What defines a "bad" person?
14. What is the purpose of life?
15. What is really important?
16. How do you define justice?
17. Where did we come from?
18. When does life begin?
19. Who is God?
20. How do we find peace?
Very general, broad, and yet -- very defining in scope and practicality -- these questions and more help us find out where we are in our worldviews, and how we got there.
As one takes that journey, it helps to know some of the factors that helped define our worldview, including....
Today, more than ever, the definition and recognition of one's worldview is critical to communication and understanding. During this particular presidential election cycle, differing worldviews are colliding like bumper cars, replete with sparks flying, yelling, and hap-hazard unfocused encounters that seem out of focus.
It is so important for a person to understand their own worldview (like noses, everyone has one) before they begin to try to understand someone elses. So, to be very brief, if one would like to begin this journey of discovery for their own worldview, the following questions (no matter how disjointed they may seem) will help you get started and begin to focus.
1. Who is in charge?
2. How did we get here?
3. What is the problem with the world?
4. How is morality defined?
5. Who is to blame?
6. What is responsibility?
7. What is truth?
8. When did things go wrong?
9. What is the solution to human suffering?
10. What is fairness?
11. Is there an afterlife?
12. What is success?
13. What defines a "bad" person?
14. What is the purpose of life?
15. What is really important?
16. How do you define justice?
17. Where did we come from?
18. When does life begin?
19. Who is God?
20. How do we find peace?
Very general, broad, and yet -- very defining in scope and practicality -- these questions and more help us find out where we are in our worldviews, and how we got there.
As one takes that journey, it helps to know some of the factors that helped define our worldview, including....
- Our family structure
- Any religious influences
- Early feelings of belonging, or isolation
- Performance in school
- Close friends
- Personal predispositions (inherently ill tempered, or settled, or a loner, etc.)
- Impactful situations (a personal tragedy, a personal victory, etc.)
- Things that gave you a feeling of belonging and security
- Things that gave you a feeling of being threatened or alarmed
- Interaction, or lack thereof, with other cultures
- Travel
- Media influences
And many more. A worldview is not developed entirely in our younger years, but like ourselves, it is organic and growing. However, most of the core of one's worldview is usually established by the early years of adulthood.
A particular worldview comes out when we speak about core beliefs, core convictions, and core standards for ourselves, and others.
We all have a worldview. We all need to be very familiar with what ours is, and for Christians, this process carries extra weight, as it can reveal much about our walk with Christ, and where we are in being conformed to His image. And that will be the topic of another entry.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Political Top Ten
Top Ten Reasons Democrats Are Upset with Sarah Palin
10. She killed an Elk. With a gun. They don't even know how to hold a gun.
9. She put an executive plane up for sale, and didn't even trash the interior beforehand. Hillary is really baffled by this.
8. She never tried to organize her community. She only ran for mayor.
7. Her unwed daughter is not signing up for food stamps and government assistance, and/or going for an abortion. Who does she think she is?
6. She has never asked a guy in a wheel chair to stand up.
5. She has the audacity to be attractive. The chicks the Dem's last ran would point if you threw a bird in the room with them.
4. She grew up in a small town, and lives in Alaska. Alaska people! Come on! Is that even a state?!
3. She has never run off a bridge, stone drunk, and drowned a cheap date. Everyone knows you haven't lived until you've run off a bridge stone drunk before. Some experience.
2. The American public is comparing her experience to Barry Obama's, which is in clear violation of the bass-ackwards Democratic smear techniques approved by the Geneva convention.
1. Barbara Streisand, Katie Couric, Whoopie Goldberg, and a bunch of other skanky sluts hate her, and she doesn't even seem to care. The audacity!
10. She killed an Elk. With a gun. They don't even know how to hold a gun.
9. She put an executive plane up for sale, and didn't even trash the interior beforehand. Hillary is really baffled by this.
8. She never tried to organize her community. She only ran for mayor.
7. Her unwed daughter is not signing up for food stamps and government assistance, and/or going for an abortion. Who does she think she is?
6. She has never asked a guy in a wheel chair to stand up.
5. She has the audacity to be attractive. The chicks the Dem's last ran would point if you threw a bird in the room with them.
4. She grew up in a small town, and lives in Alaska. Alaska people! Come on! Is that even a state?!
3. She has never run off a bridge, stone drunk, and drowned a cheap date. Everyone knows you haven't lived until you've run off a bridge stone drunk before. Some experience.
2. The American public is comparing her experience to Barry Obama's, which is in clear violation of the bass-ackwards Democratic smear techniques approved by the Geneva convention.
1. Barbara Streisand, Katie Couric, Whoopie Goldberg, and a bunch of other skanky sluts hate her, and she doesn't even seem to care. The audacity!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Pain with Palin
Why has Sarah Palin gotten such a huge response?
The answer to that question depends upon many defining factors, such as, who is asking, and what "huge" means, and who is responding, and how.
Sarah Palin, the last team member to enter into the official presidential race, is a reasonably conservative, reasonably young, reasonably intelligent woman from a fairly small town in Alaska. She has a reasonably average family, with 5 kids and a working husband. She has gotten involved in politics - first on the local level - and then quickly rising to the state level as Alaska's Governor. Her life seems to indicate a smart woman who has taken some risks and has enjoyed some successes in her personal and public life.
That's the stuff basically everyone in America knows. So what about this flurry of interest?
From the conservative, Republican view, Sarah Palin is a genuine surprise, especially for John McCain to select. Just when conservative loyalists were sweating a possible "maverick" selection of a left wing VP, McCain blows everyone out of the water with the Palin pick. Suddenly, within 24 hours, the conservative base that was reluctant to even pull for McCain is now jumping for joy and energized for this ticket.
Why?
Conservatives have never had a strong image woman to vote for in their history. Palin is also a tough nut who has actually lived some of the promises conservatives always make. She exemplifies a "can do" attitude towards life and by all appearances is well spoken, intelligent, up-beat and practical. Conservative men like her for those reasons, and for being attractive. Conservative women like her for those reasons, and for being an attractive, ambitious, yet motherly woman. It's really a no lose situation for conservatives, who were looking for a way to get behind McCain. If Joe Liberman had been running for the democratic party, and if McCain had picked a left wing woman as his VP, Liberman likely would have received 50% of conservative votes. Thanks goodness that didn't happen.
But what about the left?
Well, here is where the WAR is breaking out.
To speak about the response of the left, those liberal wingers who are becoming ever more militant in promoting their worldview, one must also include the mainstream media, as they walk hand in hand together, and have done so for many decades now. So let's speak to them as one in this short discussion.
The Sarah Palin selection (announcement) blind-sided the left like nothing in recent history. The timing and the choice were both used so well, that history books should refer to this situation as the "sack of the century," if put into football terms. NO ONE on the left saw it coming. In fact, the "drive-by media" (thanks Rush) was so taken off guard, they didn't begin to whine about it for at least two days, and then, it happened on a weekend, when most of the liberal media is out in the Hampton's drinking like a Kennedy and eating lobster like Hanks.
"How dare McCain pick someone like Palin, and not let us know?!" Apparently, the left thought that McCain would surely not make such a conservative, smart move, given his penchant for snoodling the media in the past. They thought they had him in their pocket, and they thought surely with a moderate or liberal pick for VP, McCain would lose with dignity, but lose. But oh boy, along comes a conservative woman from Alaska? One can imagine hearing all those martini glasses hitting the expensive tile floors simultaneously.
If this were a courtroom drama, it would be the defendant pulling out a lone eye witness from the weeds with an air-tight alibi. Cries of "foul! foul!" notwithstanding, it was a brilliant move that has a second wave effect that must also have been brilliantly conceived...... the left, politicians and media alike, are having to scramble so quickly to destroy Palin, that they are running amok, conflicting one another, postulating impossibly deceitful lies, and throwing smear so haphazardly, that they are exposing themselves for the conflicted, moral-less imps that they are. It's a beautiful thing to witness.
One caveat though -- the right wing radio media need to back up a bit and take a breath. They are being so defensive, and getting so easily drawn into the immature tactics and attacks of the left, that they are in danger of losing their focus. Rather than try to answer every stupid attack thrown by the left, they need to push Palin's accomplishments, admit to her relative weaknesses, and just celebrate the fact that her amazing acceptance is based upon her lifestyle and conservative worldview. Period.
Christians are wise to recognize that people who are not Christians will not act like Christians. The point? Why should Christians be surprised when non-Christians have and live out a world view that is decidedly non-Christian? The same is true for conservative and liberal camps -- a person in one will not act like the other, or at least, they will not think alike.
The difference is their world view. Conservatives typically have a worldview that places a big emphasis upon faith, personal responsibility, family, life, and high moral standards. Liberals typically have a world view that emphasizes personal choice, moral relativism, secular leanings, and anti-rules attitudes. So much more could be written to distinguish the differences, but for anyone on the left to think that someone on the right will think like them, is impossibly naive.
Today, liberals in politics and in the media are beside themselves, worrying about the positive impact Palin has had on the right, and yet, they seem incredulous that the right will not accept their basis for their arguments against her. In fact, the left media is making a big deal of their worldview that anyone who is to get anywhere in politics, must pass through their "gates" first. The arrogance in that truth alone is staggering. The media in this country (which is almost completely gangly liberal) is due for a huge awakening, and belittling.
Conservatives are so happy with Palin, that they are in danger of defending their views with fluff rather than stuff. Liberals are so threatened by Palin (and disgusted with McCain for making such a right winged swing) that they are in danger of exposing exactly what they are -- and that is a group of people who have no moral center, no respect for God, and no love for the founding principals upon which this country was founded.
Never before in history have these two world views (which have been around for centuries) been so clearly defined, and so far away from each other in Americana. The idea that most Americans fall somewhere in the middle in terms of politics has always been a pile of dung. America was founded upon conservative principals, and today, American is largely conservative in most arenas of life, regardless of what Katie Couric thinks (she recently recited numerous times that in her opinion, most Americans are Democrats). Maybe Couric needs to travel a little further away from NYC and visit some homes and farms in middle America, where most of our population actually lives.
Anywho, the two sides are moving apart, and that is probably a good thing. Life cannot exist in some mythical happy middle. People are naturally inclined to choose, not compromise, and yet another time of choice is upon us.
Barry Barack Hussein Obama, a Muslim-loving nobody from the Chicago underworld, or John McCain, a proven war hero who is a typical hard headed, independent American. Will the VP's make the difference? Will the liberal, godless media prevail in swaying public opinion? Will Barry O. ever figure out how to speak without stuttering without a teleprompter? Will Palin hop on a snowmobile with a shotgun and ride into Washington, and begin cleaning house? Will O'Biden ever get his teeth white enough to glow in the dark?
Tune in this November 4th to find out!
The answer to that question depends upon many defining factors, such as, who is asking, and what "huge" means, and who is responding, and how.
Sarah Palin, the last team member to enter into the official presidential race, is a reasonably conservative, reasonably young, reasonably intelligent woman from a fairly small town in Alaska. She has a reasonably average family, with 5 kids and a working husband. She has gotten involved in politics - first on the local level - and then quickly rising to the state level as Alaska's Governor. Her life seems to indicate a smart woman who has taken some risks and has enjoyed some successes in her personal and public life.
That's the stuff basically everyone in America knows. So what about this flurry of interest?
From the conservative, Republican view, Sarah Palin is a genuine surprise, especially for John McCain to select. Just when conservative loyalists were sweating a possible "maverick" selection of a left wing VP, McCain blows everyone out of the water with the Palin pick. Suddenly, within 24 hours, the conservative base that was reluctant to even pull for McCain is now jumping for joy and energized for this ticket.
Why?
Conservatives have never had a strong image woman to vote for in their history. Palin is also a tough nut who has actually lived some of the promises conservatives always make. She exemplifies a "can do" attitude towards life and by all appearances is well spoken, intelligent, up-beat and practical. Conservative men like her for those reasons, and for being attractive. Conservative women like her for those reasons, and for being an attractive, ambitious, yet motherly woman. It's really a no lose situation for conservatives, who were looking for a way to get behind McCain. If Joe Liberman had been running for the democratic party, and if McCain had picked a left wing woman as his VP, Liberman likely would have received 50% of conservative votes. Thanks goodness that didn't happen.
But what about the left?
Well, here is where the WAR is breaking out.
To speak about the response of the left, those liberal wingers who are becoming ever more militant in promoting their worldview, one must also include the mainstream media, as they walk hand in hand together, and have done so for many decades now. So let's speak to them as one in this short discussion.
The Sarah Palin selection (announcement) blind-sided the left like nothing in recent history. The timing and the choice were both used so well, that history books should refer to this situation as the "sack of the century," if put into football terms. NO ONE on the left saw it coming. In fact, the "drive-by media" (thanks Rush) was so taken off guard, they didn't begin to whine about it for at least two days, and then, it happened on a weekend, when most of the liberal media is out in the Hampton's drinking like a Kennedy and eating lobster like Hanks.
"How dare McCain pick someone like Palin, and not let us know?!" Apparently, the left thought that McCain would surely not make such a conservative, smart move, given his penchant for snoodling the media in the past. They thought they had him in their pocket, and they thought surely with a moderate or liberal pick for VP, McCain would lose with dignity, but lose. But oh boy, along comes a conservative woman from Alaska? One can imagine hearing all those martini glasses hitting the expensive tile floors simultaneously.
If this were a courtroom drama, it would be the defendant pulling out a lone eye witness from the weeds with an air-tight alibi. Cries of "foul! foul!" notwithstanding, it was a brilliant move that has a second wave effect that must also have been brilliantly conceived...... the left, politicians and media alike, are having to scramble so quickly to destroy Palin, that they are running amok, conflicting one another, postulating impossibly deceitful lies, and throwing smear so haphazardly, that they are exposing themselves for the conflicted, moral-less imps that they are. It's a beautiful thing to witness.
One caveat though -- the right wing radio media need to back up a bit and take a breath. They are being so defensive, and getting so easily drawn into the immature tactics and attacks of the left, that they are in danger of losing their focus. Rather than try to answer every stupid attack thrown by the left, they need to push Palin's accomplishments, admit to her relative weaknesses, and just celebrate the fact that her amazing acceptance is based upon her lifestyle and conservative worldview. Period.
Christians are wise to recognize that people who are not Christians will not act like Christians. The point? Why should Christians be surprised when non-Christians have and live out a world view that is decidedly non-Christian? The same is true for conservative and liberal camps -- a person in one will not act like the other, or at least, they will not think alike.
The difference is their world view. Conservatives typically have a worldview that places a big emphasis upon faith, personal responsibility, family, life, and high moral standards. Liberals typically have a world view that emphasizes personal choice, moral relativism, secular leanings, and anti-rules attitudes. So much more could be written to distinguish the differences, but for anyone on the left to think that someone on the right will think like them, is impossibly naive.
Today, liberals in politics and in the media are beside themselves, worrying about the positive impact Palin has had on the right, and yet, they seem incredulous that the right will not accept their basis for their arguments against her. In fact, the left media is making a big deal of their worldview that anyone who is to get anywhere in politics, must pass through their "gates" first. The arrogance in that truth alone is staggering. The media in this country (which is almost completely gangly liberal) is due for a huge awakening, and belittling.
Conservatives are so happy with Palin, that they are in danger of defending their views with fluff rather than stuff. Liberals are so threatened by Palin (and disgusted with McCain for making such a right winged swing) that they are in danger of exposing exactly what they are -- and that is a group of people who have no moral center, no respect for God, and no love for the founding principals upon which this country was founded.
Never before in history have these two world views (which have been around for centuries) been so clearly defined, and so far away from each other in Americana. The idea that most Americans fall somewhere in the middle in terms of politics has always been a pile of dung. America was founded upon conservative principals, and today, American is largely conservative in most arenas of life, regardless of what Katie Couric thinks (she recently recited numerous times that in her opinion, most Americans are Democrats). Maybe Couric needs to travel a little further away from NYC and visit some homes and farms in middle America, where most of our population actually lives.
Anywho, the two sides are moving apart, and that is probably a good thing. Life cannot exist in some mythical happy middle. People are naturally inclined to choose, not compromise, and yet another time of choice is upon us.
Barry Barack Hussein Obama, a Muslim-loving nobody from the Chicago underworld, or John McCain, a proven war hero who is a typical hard headed, independent American. Will the VP's make the difference? Will the liberal, godless media prevail in swaying public opinion? Will Barry O. ever figure out how to speak without stuttering without a teleprompter? Will Palin hop on a snowmobile with a shotgun and ride into Washington, and begin cleaning house? Will O'Biden ever get his teeth white enough to glow in the dark?
Tune in this November 4th to find out!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Barry the Rock Star
What kind of Americans want a "rock star" for president?
The kind that voted for John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and who will vote for Barry Barack Hussein Obama in November. Maybe.
First, define a "rock star," as that term is used in politics. In political circles, the rock star persona is one where a candidate has the supposed ability and alleged power to inspire and instill awe without proven substance. When the Beatles hit the teen scene in America, their musical and vocal acumen was, well, amateurish at best. They sounded like any teen band in a garage with cut rate instruments and vocals practiced in the shower. But what they had going for them were some slightly different haircuts, an unusual accent, and a style of music that was as candy cane pop as it could be. In short - they looked and sounded just different enough to draw attention. And that attention snowballed, got a ton of press coverage, and that was the end of it. Slap their faces on a few billboards or magazine covers and teens began to melt, cry, and flail as if aliens had come and brought a new universe to earth. Well, ol' Barry is riding that same kind of irrational, unthinking wave that influences the weaker minds of our society, but how far will it take him?
Rock stars rarely depend upon substance for survival. Rather, they depend upon shock and awe, being different, being visible yet aloof, known yet mysterious. They live or die upon the skills of their PR person, rather than their talent, or lack thereof. They "inspire" by shouting mantra's that defy the current power grid and establishment, whatever that may be. Rock stars don't have to be informed, intelligent, or possess integrity. They must merely tap into the emotions of people who are easily influenced and rarely lead. They are here today, gone tomorrow, as their temporary relevance is quickly replaced by irrational things like reality and pragmatics.
Bob Dylan was a rock star. As different as different could be. Everyone had to read the lyrics printed on his album covers to know what he was saying. Same today. Even then, what was the point again? Oh yeah, you had to be stoned for it to make sense. Smart.
Kurt Cobain was a rock star. Refer to Dylan for comments on his communication problems. A true crack head who hated himself, life in general, and loved to sing about it. Dead, gone, forgotten. A few "dudes" who surf while smoking 'weed still think he was a idol.
JFK was a rock star. Young, good looking if you think a Pug is a cute dog. Attractive wife, Catholic, and from a political family loved in one or two states. Spoke about as well as any high school teacher, and experienced at womanizing, drinking, and swearing. He spoke of change, high ideals, and basically accomplished nothing. Getting shot was a horrible moment in American history but dying as an assassinated president was the only way he was going to be immortalized. His legacy was some decent speeches low in content and high in rhetoric, and getting shot.
William Billy boy Clinton, aka "slick willy," was a rock star, albeit an older and pudgier one. He orated well enough for a country hick from Ark-ansas who cheated his way through an ivy league college, but ol Bill just couldn't ever come up with more than biting his lower lip and pushing his thumb out towards the audience. Billy rode the wave the Reagan started and Bush-1 created, for all 8 of his unflattering years. His interest in cigars was far greater than anything in the middle east, and even when caught lying dozens of times, his adoring fans cried fouls and mistreatment.
Tonight, Barry Obama gave a rock star speech in Denver. Those adherents of liberalism declared that his speech tonight would forever silence his detractors who said that he has been tall on empty rhetoric and short on substance. So, he "bravely" added even more grandiose verbiage declaring that all children will be given free education (like already exists today, even for children of illegal aliens) and free health care (like already exists today, as no hospital can refuse care to anyone anywhere) and.....wait for it.........lower taxes. Well, ahem, that one was surely a curve ball the DNC allowed to cause a few blinks. But you get the point.
Barry declared all the things that Democrats always declare when they want the white house back: Americans are destitute, poor, uneducated, unable to get health care, unable to send their kids to college, and unable to drive their cars. They have to persuade Americans that they are victims and the Democrats are the only one's who care. Without a victim mentality, Democrats cannot win. Unless they convince the Americans who squander their money, misuse their time, whine and complain about everything, and always blame someone else for their problems, they cannot gain a single vote. Democrats must perpetrate misery and doom and gloom for their very survival. And BHO's speech went right through that party play book page by page.
And his wife looks like an angry piranha with an ever present dip of snuff in the lower lip. There. It had to be said.
Does America need or want a rock star president? Well, some do, but they are the ones who believe that "the rich" (anyone with more money than them) must be punished for being rich, that babies unwanted must be murdered, that drugs should be legalized, that evolution must be taught with religious zeal, that Christians should shut up and go away, that America must socalize in order to get ahead, and that everyone should be equal, yet totally independent and able to do whatever they want when they want, without anyone telling them what to do. Except for Christians, who need to shut up.
Does American need a rock star president? No. America needs what it has always needed in a president, and that is someone who is experienced in terms of education and life, someone with strong principals and convictions, and someone who is more devoted to this country than they are to their party or themselves.
Steven Tyler would make a horrible president. Andy Griffith would make a great one. 'Nuff said.
The kind that voted for John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and who will vote for Barry Barack Hussein Obama in November. Maybe.
First, define a "rock star," as that term is used in politics. In political circles, the rock star persona is one where a candidate has the supposed ability and alleged power to inspire and instill awe without proven substance. When the Beatles hit the teen scene in America, their musical and vocal acumen was, well, amateurish at best. They sounded like any teen band in a garage with cut rate instruments and vocals practiced in the shower. But what they had going for them were some slightly different haircuts, an unusual accent, and a style of music that was as candy cane pop as it could be. In short - they looked and sounded just different enough to draw attention. And that attention snowballed, got a ton of press coverage, and that was the end of it. Slap their faces on a few billboards or magazine covers and teens began to melt, cry, and flail as if aliens had come and brought a new universe to earth. Well, ol' Barry is riding that same kind of irrational, unthinking wave that influences the weaker minds of our society, but how far will it take him?
Rock stars rarely depend upon substance for survival. Rather, they depend upon shock and awe, being different, being visible yet aloof, known yet mysterious. They live or die upon the skills of their PR person, rather than their talent, or lack thereof. They "inspire" by shouting mantra's that defy the current power grid and establishment, whatever that may be. Rock stars don't have to be informed, intelligent, or possess integrity. They must merely tap into the emotions of people who are easily influenced and rarely lead. They are here today, gone tomorrow, as their temporary relevance is quickly replaced by irrational things like reality and pragmatics.
Bob Dylan was a rock star. As different as different could be. Everyone had to read the lyrics printed on his album covers to know what he was saying. Same today. Even then, what was the point again? Oh yeah, you had to be stoned for it to make sense. Smart.
Kurt Cobain was a rock star. Refer to Dylan for comments on his communication problems. A true crack head who hated himself, life in general, and loved to sing about it. Dead, gone, forgotten. A few "dudes" who surf while smoking 'weed still think he was a idol.
JFK was a rock star. Young, good looking if you think a Pug is a cute dog. Attractive wife, Catholic, and from a political family loved in one or two states. Spoke about as well as any high school teacher, and experienced at womanizing, drinking, and swearing. He spoke of change, high ideals, and basically accomplished nothing. Getting shot was a horrible moment in American history but dying as an assassinated president was the only way he was going to be immortalized. His legacy was some decent speeches low in content and high in rhetoric, and getting shot.
William Billy boy Clinton, aka "slick willy," was a rock star, albeit an older and pudgier one. He orated well enough for a country hick from Ark-ansas who cheated his way through an ivy league college, but ol Bill just couldn't ever come up with more than biting his lower lip and pushing his thumb out towards the audience. Billy rode the wave the Reagan started and Bush-1 created, for all 8 of his unflattering years. His interest in cigars was far greater than anything in the middle east, and even when caught lying dozens of times, his adoring fans cried fouls and mistreatment.
Tonight, Barry Obama gave a rock star speech in Denver. Those adherents of liberalism declared that his speech tonight would forever silence his detractors who said that he has been tall on empty rhetoric and short on substance. So, he "bravely" added even more grandiose verbiage declaring that all children will be given free education (like already exists today, even for children of illegal aliens) and free health care (like already exists today, as no hospital can refuse care to anyone anywhere) and.....wait for it.........lower taxes. Well, ahem, that one was surely a curve ball the DNC allowed to cause a few blinks. But you get the point.
Barry declared all the things that Democrats always declare when they want the white house back: Americans are destitute, poor, uneducated, unable to get health care, unable to send their kids to college, and unable to drive their cars. They have to persuade Americans that they are victims and the Democrats are the only one's who care. Without a victim mentality, Democrats cannot win. Unless they convince the Americans who squander their money, misuse their time, whine and complain about everything, and always blame someone else for their problems, they cannot gain a single vote. Democrats must perpetrate misery and doom and gloom for their very survival. And BHO's speech went right through that party play book page by page.
And his wife looks like an angry piranha with an ever present dip of snuff in the lower lip. There. It had to be said.
Does America need or want a rock star president? Well, some do, but they are the ones who believe that "the rich" (anyone with more money than them) must be punished for being rich, that babies unwanted must be murdered, that drugs should be legalized, that evolution must be taught with religious zeal, that Christians should shut up and go away, that America must socalize in order to get ahead, and that everyone should be equal, yet totally independent and able to do whatever they want when they want, without anyone telling them what to do. Except for Christians, who need to shut up.
Does American need a rock star president? No. America needs what it has always needed in a president, and that is someone who is experienced in terms of education and life, someone with strong principals and convictions, and someone who is more devoted to this country than they are to their party or themselves.
Steven Tyler would make a horrible president. Andy Griffith would make a great one. 'Nuff said.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Audacity of Dope
How Stupid Do Democrats Think We Are?
To be blunt, Barry Obama was trotted out for the masses precisely because he was black (OK, "bi-racial"), unknown, unproven (no real track record), and young-ish. Apparently, after looking at Teddy Kennedy, they also thought Barry (his real name before his Islamic step father changed it to Barak) was decent looking. Think of him as an unexpected strategy designed to catch the opposition off guard. Well, they must really think everyone else is a dope, because Barry's racial views, his highly liberal voting record, his incredibly freshman position in politics, and his lack of depth or thought on any subject other than getting elected have all amounted to a big fat dull thud with everyone in America, other than the most left winged of liberals.
But alas, a strategy concocted by those bastions of liberal-land has begun to unravel. Barry's poll numbers have actually gone down during the grand celebration of godless depravity that is the Democrat Convention. Seems as Americans are finally looking deeper into this Barry character, they are finding less substance, and more liberalism. They are beginning to see him as a front man for the liberal machine that wants to move government from "of the people, by the people, and for the people" to something more akin to "to rule over the people." Universal health care, increased taxes upon the oil industry, no drilling in ANWAR, and withdrawal from Iraq doesn't jive well with Americans who know that we run on oil and need to develop more of it ourselves, and those who know we are continuing to win the war on terror in the middle east and so we should remain there for some time to come.
But the Dem's want to WIN, and they want to win bad. And that's about it. Bash the conservatives, win the white house, and then sit back, relax, and enjoy the spoils that come from our tax dollars. Oh, and sit around and listen to old Fleetwood Mac tracks. Don't stop thinking about tomorrow.
Barry is sucking wind, just like he sucked on the platform at Saddleback when Rick Warren asked the questions of the two candidates that most all Americans care about. The fact that it occurred in a church that doesn't bash America or whites must have thrown off Barry's timing. He seemed rattled, out of sorts, and stuttering more than usual. There are postings all over the web citing the candidates responses, so go back and look at the stark contrast between an older man who knows who he is and what he believes, and Barry, the dude who has to ask his wife what he believes, or Teddy Kennedy, if he can ever catch him sober. He probably doesn't ask the right reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, as they are still spitting at each other after JAWs was thrown under the bus. Seems Hillary climbed back out from under the bus, dusted herself off, and made her acceptance speech for 2012. Like little Chuckie, she just won't go away. Maybe Barry can employ her as his maid if he gets into the big house. Movin' on up, yall.
Barry Obamer is a front man. He's a paper tiger floated out there to try to stir interest in excessively liberal ideals that are hubbed around victimization, no rules, no fault, and no soul. John Frankenstein Kerry had no soul either, and so he was the perfect poster child for the Democrats. AlGore's soul is captured in the trees surrounding his palacial palace that is about as "green" as the '69 Chrysler New Yorker with a 440 and a 6 pack. Barry's soul is kept in a jar by Michele O. along with some other diminutive parts Barry no longer needs or asks for. After all, he's so busy running for president, he hasn't had time to stop and think about issues like the size of Iran or the socialist agenda of Russia. And as a front man, Barry shouldn't have to think about substantial issues anyway, cause he's just here for window decoration. Win the white house with words and speeches and blackness and "hope and change" and we'll figure out all that run-the-country stuff later, right?
Democrats need the American public to be two things in order to be successful: possess a sense of victimization, and stupid. Well, REAL Americans are not victims, but overcomers, and they certainly are not stupid. Sure, there are some truly godless, whining liberals of all races that want juice sucking, baby killing, dope smoking people in office (did Teddy just wake up?), and sure, there are some members of our largely-non-voting minorities who get all giddy thinking about "finally" (whatever that means.....oh, wait, there's that whole "owing" thing) having a bi-racial president, but overall, America is not made of of this kind of sewer swilling scum. Rather, most Americans are white, conservative, church attending, responsible people who live in smaller towns, pay high taxes, help their neighbors, don't like abortion, and respect the flag and this country. And Barry aint like them folks in any practical way. Not even close.
Our government is a republic, where elected leaders are supposed to represent the people, and their best interests. Barry O. represents people who are hostile towards God and religion, who want the government to run their lives, and yet they eschew any form of restraint or rules upon their lives, and who truly believe that life is a relative term based upon changing views of viability and value. Therefore, Barry might win an election in France, but hopefully not here.
If he does, take that as a sure sign that America has lost its soul, its foundation, and its way. In that scenario, just pray that God will use ol Barry to punish us back into a sane way of thinking and a truly conservative movement so that we can rediscover our roots (sorry Alex Haley, but certainly not THOSE roots).
To be blunt, Barry Obama was trotted out for the masses precisely because he was black (OK, "bi-racial"), unknown, unproven (no real track record), and young-ish. Apparently, after looking at Teddy Kennedy, they also thought Barry (his real name before his Islamic step father changed it to Barak) was decent looking. Think of him as an unexpected strategy designed to catch the opposition off guard. Well, they must really think everyone else is a dope, because Barry's racial views, his highly liberal voting record, his incredibly freshman position in politics, and his lack of depth or thought on any subject other than getting elected have all amounted to a big fat dull thud with everyone in America, other than the most left winged of liberals.
But alas, a strategy concocted by those bastions of liberal-land has begun to unravel. Barry's poll numbers have actually gone down during the grand celebration of godless depravity that is the Democrat Convention. Seems as Americans are finally looking deeper into this Barry character, they are finding less substance, and more liberalism. They are beginning to see him as a front man for the liberal machine that wants to move government from "of the people, by the people, and for the people" to something more akin to "to rule over the people." Universal health care, increased taxes upon the oil industry, no drilling in ANWAR, and withdrawal from Iraq doesn't jive well with Americans who know that we run on oil and need to develop more of it ourselves, and those who know we are continuing to win the war on terror in the middle east and so we should remain there for some time to come.
But the Dem's want to WIN, and they want to win bad. And that's about it. Bash the conservatives, win the white house, and then sit back, relax, and enjoy the spoils that come from our tax dollars. Oh, and sit around and listen to old Fleetwood Mac tracks. Don't stop thinking about tomorrow.
Barry is sucking wind, just like he sucked on the platform at Saddleback when Rick Warren asked the questions of the two candidates that most all Americans care about. The fact that it occurred in a church that doesn't bash America or whites must have thrown off Barry's timing. He seemed rattled, out of sorts, and stuttering more than usual. There are postings all over the web citing the candidates responses, so go back and look at the stark contrast between an older man who knows who he is and what he believes, and Barry, the dude who has to ask his wife what he believes, or Teddy Kennedy, if he can ever catch him sober. He probably doesn't ask the right reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, as they are still spitting at each other after JAWs was thrown under the bus. Seems Hillary climbed back out from under the bus, dusted herself off, and made her acceptance speech for 2012. Like little Chuckie, she just won't go away. Maybe Barry can employ her as his maid if he gets into the big house. Movin' on up, yall.
Barry Obamer is a front man. He's a paper tiger floated out there to try to stir interest in excessively liberal ideals that are hubbed around victimization, no rules, no fault, and no soul. John Frankenstein Kerry had no soul either, and so he was the perfect poster child for the Democrats. AlGore's soul is captured in the trees surrounding his palacial palace that is about as "green" as the '69 Chrysler New Yorker with a 440 and a 6 pack. Barry's soul is kept in a jar by Michele O. along with some other diminutive parts Barry no longer needs or asks for. After all, he's so busy running for president, he hasn't had time to stop and think about issues like the size of Iran or the socialist agenda of Russia. And as a front man, Barry shouldn't have to think about substantial issues anyway, cause he's just here for window decoration. Win the white house with words and speeches and blackness and "hope and change" and we'll figure out all that run-the-country stuff later, right?
Democrats need the American public to be two things in order to be successful: possess a sense of victimization, and stupid. Well, REAL Americans are not victims, but overcomers, and they certainly are not stupid. Sure, there are some truly godless, whining liberals of all races that want juice sucking, baby killing, dope smoking people in office (did Teddy just wake up?), and sure, there are some members of our largely-non-voting minorities who get all giddy thinking about "finally" (whatever that means.....oh, wait, there's that whole "owing" thing) having a bi-racial president, but overall, America is not made of of this kind of sewer swilling scum. Rather, most Americans are white, conservative, church attending, responsible people who live in smaller towns, pay high taxes, help their neighbors, don't like abortion, and respect the flag and this country. And Barry aint like them folks in any practical way. Not even close.
Our government is a republic, where elected leaders are supposed to represent the people, and their best interests. Barry O. represents people who are hostile towards God and religion, who want the government to run their lives, and yet they eschew any form of restraint or rules upon their lives, and who truly believe that life is a relative term based upon changing views of viability and value. Therefore, Barry might win an election in France, but hopefully not here.
If he does, take that as a sure sign that America has lost its soul, its foundation, and its way. In that scenario, just pray that God will use ol Barry to punish us back into a sane way of thinking and a truly conservative movement so that we can rediscover our roots (sorry Alex Haley, but certainly not THOSE roots).
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
10 Steps to Strength
To the rest of the world, America means "strength."
Maybe that is why we are hated by so many. Maybe it is our dominating economy. Maybe it is our tremendous military forces. Maybe it is the fact that an American living at the "poverty" level (per American economic standards) is wealthier than 95% of the world. Maybe it is the fact that we are seen as a Christian nation, and no other nation in the world has that status. Maybe it is our freedom, our ability to succeed, our ability to continue to overcome, dominate, and march forward with the strongest republic the world has ever seen. We have a relatively short history, and we had a very shaky beginning, but by God's grace, we have had one tremendous ride to 2008.
However, we could be stronger, and in reality, we need to be stronger. Liberalism is gaining ground day by day, and all that is needed to let liberalism succeed is for conservatism to do nothing. Truly liberal and conservative followers are moving away from each other at an alarming rate. Some Americans still try to pretend that they remain in the middle, but when pressed to reveal true convictions, few can find a home in the median. The things that threaten to divide America into a weakened state are, in a sense, revealed by comparison with the following list.
So, rather than point what makes us weaker, this list takes the positive tone and points towards those things that can, could, and should make us stronger. Here are 10 steps to strengthen America.
10. One Language: 25 years ago, no one would have ever thought of even suggesting that we recognize any other language here than English. But back in the early 90's, there were some rumblings even in the senate to consider making Spanish the recognized language (primary) in states like New Mexico and Arizona. It never came close to passing, but just that it was talked about caused a tremendous stir. People were infuriated and rightly so.
English is a world language. Any country that wants to compete in the world market learns English. Candidate Obama recently suggested that Americans are silly not to learn Spanish. He is dead wrong. Latinos should be totally unable to do anything without a fluent command of English. America is truly a huge mixture of people groups, but we are foolish to think that one primary, overarching language is anything but a strength for us. Our diversity is only a strength if we find universal ways to unite. May our congress and the white house take a hard stand upon this issue and quit pandering to ethnic groups who whine about the language. English is THE official language, and that should never change. Pandering to small ethnic groups who want to remake America in their image is now, and will always be, a mistake.
9. Secure Borders: Illegal immigration is a huge problem. Conservative estimates indicate that we may have as many as 15 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., with the majority coming from Mexico. Democrats see these illegals as their constituents, so they want to turn a blind eye. Latinos who are citizens don't want their ethnic group "picked on" and therefore thing rules and laws are unfair. The problem is, we have laws for a reason, and there is no reason to ignore them. Actually, ignoring standing laws of this magnitude is criminal in and of itself. If Mexico is so terrible that millions want to flee, then that is where the focus should be. America is not strengthened by having uneducated, often criminally inclined, desperate illegal aliens coming into our system. We were never intended to be a catch-all for the lowest forms of humanity. That was Australia's job, and it still shows today. America was founded by God fearing, hard working, determined Europeans who had at their core a strong work ethic, imagination, innovation, and determination. Today, people from all over the world are working hard to get into America without going through the proper, insanely simple, immigration structure presently in place.
We need to enforce the immigration laws we already have, and take a hard stance against those who pander to the illegals for reasons that make no sense. There will always be people in worse conditions. America will continue to be a promised land to those in third world countries. But instead of opening the drain and letting the worlds slag just rush in, we might consider improving our border situation and then help other countries develop. Wait......that makes sense. And finally, a question arises, 'how are we made weaker by structuring how immigrants enter the United States?'
8. Put Teeth back into our Penal System: In our limp wristed society, where everyone is a victim and no one is every truly wrong (except for those who uphold morals), criminals who commit heinous crimes just expect their jail sentence to be 1/3 of whatever is passed down. People who beat a dog get 10 years with no probation, but a rapist gets 3 years, and serves only 2. The liberal wags on the networks often proclaim that our prisons are overcrowded, and yet, with the rapid turn over in our penal system, it's hard to conceive of any prison having a problem with rooms. What's more, over half of all jail cells only house one prisoner, when bunk beds would double our available prisoner capacity. America is not strengthened by having first time or habitual criminals set free with partial sentences. Building new prisons would be a financially feasible endeavor if we took the entitlements paid out to the House and Senate and re-routed them to new prison construction. Of course, in reality, building new prisons is less of a financial burden than supporting research for the effect of blueberries on the environment.
It is time that Americans treated those who have disdain for the law and for other humans with severity and determination. Liberal judges need to be chastised and removed. Perps are given more consideration than the victims. We need tort reform, and we need citizens writing their representatives endlessly, pressuring them to put pressure upon lawyers and judges who favor the criminal more than the victim. And we need a citizenry that eschews the desire to file suits at the drop of a hat. Punish law breakers, accept some unfairness in this world, and quit trying to get rich at every opportunity.
America can only become stronger when she enforces her laws as they are written, which serves as a deterrent to criminals, but punishes properly those who will not be deterred. And if we need more prisons, we can always remove from congress their self-gifted entitlements of retirement and build dozens of large prisons all over the country.
7. Remove all government funding from useless or highly biased entities: Planned parenthood is now clearly seen as a racially biased abortion machine that receives over $300 MILLION in government grants. Why? What idiot felt this was a good idea? Abortion is used only as a form of birth control for women too lazy or stupid to stop by one of thousands of free clinics all over the nation and get free birth control pills.
NPR, National Public Radio, holds more fund raiser specials than any other media outlet, and yet, they too receive millions in subsidies from tax payers. Following the "do nothing and liberalism takes over" model, NPR quickly became one of the loudest sirens for all liberal causes early in its broadcast life. Why would the US government fund a station that posits only one side, determined to push the cause of the godless left? It makes no sense at all, and again, every conservative citizen should hound their representatives endlessly until NPR is forced to sustain itself by revenues from advertisers, just like every other radio station. Of course, liberals know that such a move would tank this liberal cesspool, as all liberal radio programs do dismally in the market polls. And why no public outcry when NPR holds 3 or 4 major fund raising campaigns a year, and yet have all their bills paid by the US government?
The NEA, National Teachers Association, another liberal stronghold of tremendous power, receives tens of millions in tax dollars yearly, and does nothing but remove God from all texts, advocates condom distribution, teaches evolution as fact, and rewrites history to paint all the founding fathers as deist kooks who raped this country away from the native Indians, blacks, Hispanics, Canadians, the French, and maybe the ancient Egyptians. OK, fine, let the NEA continue on with trampling all things conservative and yelling about lack of funds (we presently spend upwards of $10,000 per child per year on Education), but let that organization do so without a dime from you and me. The NEA should become nothing more than a glorified PTA that tries to influence the person who should most influence education in this country, the President appointed Secretary of Education. Bring back Bill Bennett!
The National Endowment for the Arts is a dirty joke. If some college drop out wants to paint pictures of Christ covered in urine, let him do so on a street corner with a $8 Wal Mart canvas he bought with his own money mowing lawns, but never with money you and I gave to Uncle Sam. If anyone in this wealthy country aspires to be an artist, let them get a job, buy some paint and a brush, and have at it. Good luck. What we really need in this country is a bunch of people painting representations of what we can all clearly see with our own eyes. Just think what the millions spent on this lewd fest could do if applied towards rebuilding our infrastructure. Maybe paint a few bridges, if nothing else.
6. Embrace the Fuel of Free Enterprise: ALL industrialized nations, states, and governments run on oil. No way around it. Fossil fuels are what powers the world as we know it, and it's about time we all refused to listen to the left fringe who bark on and on about how evil man and his oil is. God gave us petroleum through events long before our time, and using this resource effectively and responsibly is nothing more than good sense. So let the fine Hollywood dwellers with their highly moral lives rage on about the supposed evils of oil, and let the rest of us embrace the fuel of yesterday, today, and tomorrow with appreciation and thankfulness.
Electric cars run on coal. Wait, they also run on hydroelectric power and nuclear power. No way around that fact either. There is no free ride! God created this world to be highly resilient and renewable, so any impact we are having today can be replenished tomorrow. So all this scrambling around to look "green" by major corporations is nothing more than publicity stunts, and they know it. Our society runs on oil, will continue to run on oil, and there is no stopping it. Every educated citizen should stop apologizing for this fact.
Today, America needs more refineries and off-shore drilling increased. We import oil from Canada, South American countries, and from the middle east, but we have the stores and can have the capacity to be self sufficient for centuries, if we chose to do so. Such a move would result in all these other oil suppliers being pressured, due to decreased profits, to begin begging us for our business. Maybe this will never happen, but it is a possibility. And to those who frown upon people who are in the oil business, all they need to have said to them is: Would their "hero's" be happy with a 10% profit margin? Of course not. Also, are they willing to give up everything in their life that is associated with oil?
Practically every facet of our lives is influenced by oil, from clothing, to transportation, to building materials, to medications. Petroleum is essential to modern life, and that fact is not changing any time soon. Embrace it, and quit hugging trees. They can always grow more.
5. Set up Pillars of Culture: How can a nation comprised of so many various people groups and cultures possibly think of establishing universal cultural norms? Easy! You just begin at the beginning.
America was established and built by people of European descent who valued hard work, religious liberty, and personal responsibility. It will never be appropriate for any individual or group to try to change that historical fact. Actually, in homes and schools, it has become en vogue to "embrace" other cultures to the extent that some Americans (liberals, to be exact) have fallen prey to the "feel guilty about our dominant culture" theory. This is absurd, especially in America.
People from all over the world take great risks to come here, just to enjoy the uniquely American culture of wealth, opportunity, and freedom. Those same ideals drove the early pilgrims to leave England and embark upon some leaky old vessels to travel to an unknown and untamed land in search of a better life. Those early settlers were not bad people with bad intentions -- rather, they were brave, very common people who risked their lives for religious liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Mind you, they knew that only after years of hard work, trials, and death, would they be able to just begin to realize a small part of their dream for those goals.
The American culture has not changed. It always has been, and must continue to be, defined by sacrifice, hard work, personal responsibility, and religious liberty. Our culture is further defined by a non-invasive government that is held in check through the auspices of a republic format that fears and respects the will of the people. American culture values the family, a strong work ethic, individuality, and innovation. American culture values decency and morality, using the Bible and common sense to easily define those terms. American culture was not defined by deism, (even though a few founding fathers were deists), but by orthodox Christian principals. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence lost their lives standing upon those Christian principals, so why would we ever try to push them aside?
It is now, and always has been, time for Americans to stop apologizing to the few godless, liberal whiners who want to reinvent American in their caustic and immoral minds. How can a country full of God fearing, hard working, responsible, and conservative people ever make America weaker? Let the sewer dwellers of America rant and rave, but never let them have anything more than a deaf ear among those who stand by the principals of those early settlers and framers of our constitution, that in turn stands as pillars of our great society and culture.
4. In God We Trust: As referenced in #5, early settlers were not deists and atheists, as some historians of left leanings would have some believe. Orthodox Christianity was by far the predominant faith among those who are responsible for making the American experiment work. Sure, there were some who were deists, and a few atheists, among puritans, Anglicans, and Baptists, but regardless of denomination, Christianity was obviously instrumental in the lives, laws, and liberties this country was set up to provide and protect. A recent poll taken by a group that studies religious affiliations in America indicated that fully 75% of Americans consider themselves either Christians, or associated with the Christian faith. In stark contrast, less than 1% were affiliated with the Islamic faith, along with Buddhists and followers of Hinduism. Percentages can seem cold, but they do not terribly mislead, especially when the numbers are this lop-sided. Let no one say that America is not a "Christian nation," because, in a academic sense, we certainly are.
Early settlers came to America in large part to escape the tyranny of a state sponsored church, so it makes no sense at all for Americans to push for the same here, as if that could even happen! While 75% of our citizens have some tie with Christianity, there never has been, and never will be, a drive to force all citizens to accept orthodox Christianity. Now, when it comes to referencing that Christianity in the public arena, some who very much want to erase any idea of God from their lives will work hard to create a fuss and lead the weak minded to reconsider how God is to be honored and recognized in our society. Forever shame on those who have given ear to the minuscule and turned away from the masses. Such is not leadership in any sense.
We ARE a Christian nation, founded on Christian principals, and predominately populated with a citizenry that avows Christianity. That is fact, and there is no reason under Heaven to ever ignore it. China has Buddhism, India has Hinduism, the Middle East has Islam, and America has Christianity. But some say, "America has all of those other religions represented too, so we cannot accept any one religious leaning anymore." Response? Please refer to the facts, which state that those other religions, nation-wide, are nothing more than a few grains of sand in the sand box. .06%? 0.8? Is that really worth mentioning? Hardly.
Quit apologizing, and quit ignoring the facts. We trust in God because He IS, and there is no other. He has blessed this nation, and we are stronger for His undeserved blessings. We trust in God in part because some very brave men and women also trusted in Him, risking more than any current American has so that we could have this great nation to live in. We trust in God because that is OUR CULTURE. No apology, and no explanation needed. It's fact. Deal with it.
3. Affirming Life: We hear a lot about abortions in this country, but that is only because the battle between those who oppose abortion, and those who support it, are still very much at war with each other's views. In so many other countries, such as France, Belgium, and Australia, for instance, abortion is not a big issue in public circles. Why? Because so few countries value life like we do in the U.S. Americans who do not travel may have no idea how much liberalism has affected other countries, to the point that abortion and illegal drug use are non-issues, so accepted as they are. In America, we still hold on to a "culture of life," but that grip seems to be slipping more all the time.
Hollywood, along with some of the larger cities on both coasts, has long ago given over to a culture of death, and the glorification thereof. Ironic isn't it, that so many liberal extremist that live in the entertainment industry play in movies and TV shows that glorify the gun, and killing, and violence, when off screen, these same limp wrists abhor firearms. OK, fine, so a lot of these left wing folks have wrists so limp they couldn't hold a gun, which is humor in itself, but their hypocrisy is thick and heavy. If someone doesn't get killed, they say, no one will watch. The overarching mantra in the news media is, "if it bleeds or burns, it runs." The pin heads that bring you the evening "news" are nothing more than cheap, under-rated acting dropouts who peddle to the lowest common denominator in humanity. They think that if they offer intelligent, unbiased coverage of things that really matter, their ratings may go down. The reasoning? They reckon that if a story is appealing to them, it will be appealing to higher life forms. So, from major motion picture industries to the local news station, what you get is a steady stream of life-demeaning tripe meant to entertain, not inform or change.
So we have our problems, and they once again mostly stem from those who live the furtherest from the American ideal, but regardless of those facists few, we still hold to a strong understanding of the sanctity of life in these United States. What other country sends more aid to starving and suffering individuals all over the world? Who else has more safety devices and limitations designed to prevent everything from death to a stubbed toe? Where else can you find more hospitals, churches, and schools per capita? Only in America. We train, educate, prepare, volunteer, and give more than we realize just to preserve life. We consider someone dying before 65 a tragedy, and this is proper. We have worked hard, sacrificed much, and have continually placed such a high value upon life, that our mortality rate is lower than almost any other country with similar population concentrations and industralization standards. Of this, we should be proud.
Abortion is murder, and a plight in our Christian culture. The liberal media wants everyone to accept the notion that the battle is over, but it is not. Some states, like North Dakota, have adopted laws that require abortionists to inform the would be mother that the life they are about to terminate is viable, able to sustain life outside the womb, and wholly unique apart from the mother. This unhearalded law has forced some planned parenthood clinics to close their doors, because they know that if they have to divulge this truth, it will greatly diminish their "profits." Imagine that -- the truth contributing to life. What a concept.
America cannot become weaker as affirming the sanctity of life becomes stronger. Life is precious because it is a gift from God, and therefore human life is to be valued and protected unlike anything else. When we as a nation honor God by valuing each other, we can only reap stronger relationships and concrete unity. It's a no brainer. May we one day eschew the glorification of death not only in our entertainment choices, but in our life choices as well.
2. Death to Taxes: It is historical fact that a reason the colonies entered into a revolutionary war with England was because a 1/2 of 1% tax was levied upon exported goods from the colonies bound for England and beyond. Those early merchants and leaders considered this tax totally unreasonable and exploitive, and refused to pay it. Boston Tea party, anyone?
We've come a long way from a 1/2% export tax. Today, the wealthiest 1% of Americans pay well over 25% of the total tax revenues due to the government, and those same folks are in a bracket where they pay 50% of their income in tax. Heck, even Americans earning a median income of only $40k can expect to pay somewhere in the vicinity of 40% or more in total tax revenues, when considering state, local, and federal taxes. It's a known horror story that we as Americans pay taxes upon income, then pay more taxes upon that same money when it is invested, withdrawn, and spent again. We are taxed, taxed again, and taxed some more, just for good measure.
America is not made stronger with more taxes. High taxes equals high levels of fraud, deceit, and mismanagement from the governing bodies that receive those tax dollars. Congress routinely votes themselves a pay raise, all the while knowing that their entitlements after they leave office will more than pay all their normal bills. We give Planned Parenthood over $30,000,000 annually to kill unwanted babies. It's the tip of an iceberg, and our infrastructure is a rotting mess.
Some people (mostly liberals) say that America can never return to her simple roots of small government, low taxes, and individual responsibility. Those nay sayers are dead wrong, and they don't want their cookie jar taken away. To drastically cut individual taxation, the government would have to shrink some, but mostly, the pork-barrel spending would have to cease. National education would have to have many aspects privatized. A lot of deregulation would need to take place. Government officials would have to start driving their own cars and paying for their own gas from their paycheck. Welfare and food stamps and other wasteful and needless programs would have to be trimmed drastically. In short, citizens would need to return to a lifestyle where you pull your own weight, pay your own bills, and stand responsible for your own choices.
Americans need to take up the anti-tax mantra and beat that drum until it bleeds. It is a shame that so many accept taxes along with death as an ineviatable occurance. Mayors, senators, and congressional pundits must hear from an angry population that refuses to pay more taxes, and expects a reduction of the same. A society that accepts high taxation is a society that is ripe for a socialists regime. America cannot be America and allow any socialist roots to grow.
1. Call a spade a spade: Coined from the playing card industry, this simple phrase means to simply state what is, and what is not, without a lot of spin and ineuendo. In order to avoid the small discussion upon "political correctness", the broader scope here is that as American society apparently progresses and becomes ever more diverse, there is an even greater need to unite behind the plain truth in all aspects of life. Some examples of this idea are offered here:
Maybe that is why we are hated by so many. Maybe it is our dominating economy. Maybe it is our tremendous military forces. Maybe it is the fact that an American living at the "poverty" level (per American economic standards) is wealthier than 95% of the world. Maybe it is the fact that we are seen as a Christian nation, and no other nation in the world has that status. Maybe it is our freedom, our ability to succeed, our ability to continue to overcome, dominate, and march forward with the strongest republic the world has ever seen. We have a relatively short history, and we had a very shaky beginning, but by God's grace, we have had one tremendous ride to 2008.
However, we could be stronger, and in reality, we need to be stronger. Liberalism is gaining ground day by day, and all that is needed to let liberalism succeed is for conservatism to do nothing. Truly liberal and conservative followers are moving away from each other at an alarming rate. Some Americans still try to pretend that they remain in the middle, but when pressed to reveal true convictions, few can find a home in the median. The things that threaten to divide America into a weakened state are, in a sense, revealed by comparison with the following list.
So, rather than point what makes us weaker, this list takes the positive tone and points towards those things that can, could, and should make us stronger. Here are 10 steps to strengthen America.
10. One Language: 25 years ago, no one would have ever thought of even suggesting that we recognize any other language here than English. But back in the early 90's, there were some rumblings even in the senate to consider making Spanish the recognized language (primary) in states like New Mexico and Arizona. It never came close to passing, but just that it was talked about caused a tremendous stir. People were infuriated and rightly so.
English is a world language. Any country that wants to compete in the world market learns English. Candidate Obama recently suggested that Americans are silly not to learn Spanish. He is dead wrong. Latinos should be totally unable to do anything without a fluent command of English. America is truly a huge mixture of people groups, but we are foolish to think that one primary, overarching language is anything but a strength for us. Our diversity is only a strength if we find universal ways to unite. May our congress and the white house take a hard stand upon this issue and quit pandering to ethnic groups who whine about the language. English is THE official language, and that should never change. Pandering to small ethnic groups who want to remake America in their image is now, and will always be, a mistake.
9. Secure Borders: Illegal immigration is a huge problem. Conservative estimates indicate that we may have as many as 15 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., with the majority coming from Mexico. Democrats see these illegals as their constituents, so they want to turn a blind eye. Latinos who are citizens don't want their ethnic group "picked on" and therefore thing rules and laws are unfair. The problem is, we have laws for a reason, and there is no reason to ignore them. Actually, ignoring standing laws of this magnitude is criminal in and of itself. If Mexico is so terrible that millions want to flee, then that is where the focus should be. America is not strengthened by having uneducated, often criminally inclined, desperate illegal aliens coming into our system. We were never intended to be a catch-all for the lowest forms of humanity. That was Australia's job, and it still shows today. America was founded by God fearing, hard working, determined Europeans who had at their core a strong work ethic, imagination, innovation, and determination. Today, people from all over the world are working hard to get into America without going through the proper, insanely simple, immigration structure presently in place.
We need to enforce the immigration laws we already have, and take a hard stance against those who pander to the illegals for reasons that make no sense. There will always be people in worse conditions. America will continue to be a promised land to those in third world countries. But instead of opening the drain and letting the worlds slag just rush in, we might consider improving our border situation and then help other countries develop. Wait......that makes sense. And finally, a question arises, 'how are we made weaker by structuring how immigrants enter the United States?'
8. Put Teeth back into our Penal System: In our limp wristed society, where everyone is a victim and no one is every truly wrong (except for those who uphold morals), criminals who commit heinous crimes just expect their jail sentence to be 1/3 of whatever is passed down. People who beat a dog get 10 years with no probation, but a rapist gets 3 years, and serves only 2. The liberal wags on the networks often proclaim that our prisons are overcrowded, and yet, with the rapid turn over in our penal system, it's hard to conceive of any prison having a problem with rooms. What's more, over half of all jail cells only house one prisoner, when bunk beds would double our available prisoner capacity. America is not strengthened by having first time or habitual criminals set free with partial sentences. Building new prisons would be a financially feasible endeavor if we took the entitlements paid out to the House and Senate and re-routed them to new prison construction. Of course, in reality, building new prisons is less of a financial burden than supporting research for the effect of blueberries on the environment.
It is time that Americans treated those who have disdain for the law and for other humans with severity and determination. Liberal judges need to be chastised and removed. Perps are given more consideration than the victims. We need tort reform, and we need citizens writing their representatives endlessly, pressuring them to put pressure upon lawyers and judges who favor the criminal more than the victim. And we need a citizenry that eschews the desire to file suits at the drop of a hat. Punish law breakers, accept some unfairness in this world, and quit trying to get rich at every opportunity.
America can only become stronger when she enforces her laws as they are written, which serves as a deterrent to criminals, but punishes properly those who will not be deterred. And if we need more prisons, we can always remove from congress their self-gifted entitlements of retirement and build dozens of large prisons all over the country.
7. Remove all government funding from useless or highly biased entities: Planned parenthood is now clearly seen as a racially biased abortion machine that receives over $300 MILLION in government grants. Why? What idiot felt this was a good idea? Abortion is used only as a form of birth control for women too lazy or stupid to stop by one of thousands of free clinics all over the nation and get free birth control pills.
NPR, National Public Radio, holds more fund raiser specials than any other media outlet, and yet, they too receive millions in subsidies from tax payers. Following the "do nothing and liberalism takes over" model, NPR quickly became one of the loudest sirens for all liberal causes early in its broadcast life. Why would the US government fund a station that posits only one side, determined to push the cause of the godless left? It makes no sense at all, and again, every conservative citizen should hound their representatives endlessly until NPR is forced to sustain itself by revenues from advertisers, just like every other radio station. Of course, liberals know that such a move would tank this liberal cesspool, as all liberal radio programs do dismally in the market polls. And why no public outcry when NPR holds 3 or 4 major fund raising campaigns a year, and yet have all their bills paid by the US government?
The NEA, National Teachers Association, another liberal stronghold of tremendous power, receives tens of millions in tax dollars yearly, and does nothing but remove God from all texts, advocates condom distribution, teaches evolution as fact, and rewrites history to paint all the founding fathers as deist kooks who raped this country away from the native Indians, blacks, Hispanics, Canadians, the French, and maybe the ancient Egyptians. OK, fine, let the NEA continue on with trampling all things conservative and yelling about lack of funds (we presently spend upwards of $10,000 per child per year on Education), but let that organization do so without a dime from you and me. The NEA should become nothing more than a glorified PTA that tries to influence the person who should most influence education in this country, the President appointed Secretary of Education. Bring back Bill Bennett!
The National Endowment for the Arts is a dirty joke. If some college drop out wants to paint pictures of Christ covered in urine, let him do so on a street corner with a $8 Wal Mart canvas he bought with his own money mowing lawns, but never with money you and I gave to Uncle Sam. If anyone in this wealthy country aspires to be an artist, let them get a job, buy some paint and a brush, and have at it. Good luck. What we really need in this country is a bunch of people painting representations of what we can all clearly see with our own eyes. Just think what the millions spent on this lewd fest could do if applied towards rebuilding our infrastructure. Maybe paint a few bridges, if nothing else.
6. Embrace the Fuel of Free Enterprise: ALL industrialized nations, states, and governments run on oil. No way around it. Fossil fuels are what powers the world as we know it, and it's about time we all refused to listen to the left fringe who bark on and on about how evil man and his oil is. God gave us petroleum through events long before our time, and using this resource effectively and responsibly is nothing more than good sense. So let the fine Hollywood dwellers with their highly moral lives rage on about the supposed evils of oil, and let the rest of us embrace the fuel of yesterday, today, and tomorrow with appreciation and thankfulness.
Electric cars run on coal. Wait, they also run on hydroelectric power and nuclear power. No way around that fact either. There is no free ride! God created this world to be highly resilient and renewable, so any impact we are having today can be replenished tomorrow. So all this scrambling around to look "green" by major corporations is nothing more than publicity stunts, and they know it. Our society runs on oil, will continue to run on oil, and there is no stopping it. Every educated citizen should stop apologizing for this fact.
Today, America needs more refineries and off-shore drilling increased. We import oil from Canada, South American countries, and from the middle east, but we have the stores and can have the capacity to be self sufficient for centuries, if we chose to do so. Such a move would result in all these other oil suppliers being pressured, due to decreased profits, to begin begging us for our business. Maybe this will never happen, but it is a possibility. And to those who frown upon people who are in the oil business, all they need to have said to them is: Would their "hero's" be happy with a 10% profit margin? Of course not. Also, are they willing to give up everything in their life that is associated with oil?
Practically every facet of our lives is influenced by oil, from clothing, to transportation, to building materials, to medications. Petroleum is essential to modern life, and that fact is not changing any time soon. Embrace it, and quit hugging trees. They can always grow more.
5. Set up Pillars of Culture: How can a nation comprised of so many various people groups and cultures possibly think of establishing universal cultural norms? Easy! You just begin at the beginning.
America was established and built by people of European descent who valued hard work, religious liberty, and personal responsibility. It will never be appropriate for any individual or group to try to change that historical fact. Actually, in homes and schools, it has become en vogue to "embrace" other cultures to the extent that some Americans (liberals, to be exact) have fallen prey to the "feel guilty about our dominant culture" theory. This is absurd, especially in America.
People from all over the world take great risks to come here, just to enjoy the uniquely American culture of wealth, opportunity, and freedom. Those same ideals drove the early pilgrims to leave England and embark upon some leaky old vessels to travel to an unknown and untamed land in search of a better life. Those early settlers were not bad people with bad intentions -- rather, they were brave, very common people who risked their lives for religious liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Mind you, they knew that only after years of hard work, trials, and death, would they be able to just begin to realize a small part of their dream for those goals.
The American culture has not changed. It always has been, and must continue to be, defined by sacrifice, hard work, personal responsibility, and religious liberty. Our culture is further defined by a non-invasive government that is held in check through the auspices of a republic format that fears and respects the will of the people. American culture values the family, a strong work ethic, individuality, and innovation. American culture values decency and morality, using the Bible and common sense to easily define those terms. American culture was not defined by deism, (even though a few founding fathers were deists), but by orthodox Christian principals. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence lost their lives standing upon those Christian principals, so why would we ever try to push them aside?
It is now, and always has been, time for Americans to stop apologizing to the few godless, liberal whiners who want to reinvent American in their caustic and immoral minds. How can a country full of God fearing, hard working, responsible, and conservative people ever make America weaker? Let the sewer dwellers of America rant and rave, but never let them have anything more than a deaf ear among those who stand by the principals of those early settlers and framers of our constitution, that in turn stands as pillars of our great society and culture.
4. In God We Trust: As referenced in #5, early settlers were not deists and atheists, as some historians of left leanings would have some believe. Orthodox Christianity was by far the predominant faith among those who are responsible for making the American experiment work. Sure, there were some who were deists, and a few atheists, among puritans, Anglicans, and Baptists, but regardless of denomination, Christianity was obviously instrumental in the lives, laws, and liberties this country was set up to provide and protect. A recent poll taken by a group that studies religious affiliations in America indicated that fully 75% of Americans consider themselves either Christians, or associated with the Christian faith. In stark contrast, less than 1% were affiliated with the Islamic faith, along with Buddhists and followers of Hinduism. Percentages can seem cold, but they do not terribly mislead, especially when the numbers are this lop-sided. Let no one say that America is not a "Christian nation," because, in a academic sense, we certainly are.
Early settlers came to America in large part to escape the tyranny of a state sponsored church, so it makes no sense at all for Americans to push for the same here, as if that could even happen! While 75% of our citizens have some tie with Christianity, there never has been, and never will be, a drive to force all citizens to accept orthodox Christianity. Now, when it comes to referencing that Christianity in the public arena, some who very much want to erase any idea of God from their lives will work hard to create a fuss and lead the weak minded to reconsider how God is to be honored and recognized in our society. Forever shame on those who have given ear to the minuscule and turned away from the masses. Such is not leadership in any sense.
We ARE a Christian nation, founded on Christian principals, and predominately populated with a citizenry that avows Christianity. That is fact, and there is no reason under Heaven to ever ignore it. China has Buddhism, India has Hinduism, the Middle East has Islam, and America has Christianity. But some say, "America has all of those other religions represented too, so we cannot accept any one religious leaning anymore." Response? Please refer to the facts, which state that those other religions, nation-wide, are nothing more than a few grains of sand in the sand box. .06%? 0.8? Is that really worth mentioning? Hardly.
Quit apologizing, and quit ignoring the facts. We trust in God because He IS, and there is no other. He has blessed this nation, and we are stronger for His undeserved blessings. We trust in God in part because some very brave men and women also trusted in Him, risking more than any current American has so that we could have this great nation to live in. We trust in God because that is OUR CULTURE. No apology, and no explanation needed. It's fact. Deal with it.
3. Affirming Life: We hear a lot about abortions in this country, but that is only because the battle between those who oppose abortion, and those who support it, are still very much at war with each other's views. In so many other countries, such as France, Belgium, and Australia, for instance, abortion is not a big issue in public circles. Why? Because so few countries value life like we do in the U.S. Americans who do not travel may have no idea how much liberalism has affected other countries, to the point that abortion and illegal drug use are non-issues, so accepted as they are. In America, we still hold on to a "culture of life," but that grip seems to be slipping more all the time.
Hollywood, along with some of the larger cities on both coasts, has long ago given over to a culture of death, and the glorification thereof. Ironic isn't it, that so many liberal extremist that live in the entertainment industry play in movies and TV shows that glorify the gun, and killing, and violence, when off screen, these same limp wrists abhor firearms. OK, fine, so a lot of these left wing folks have wrists so limp they couldn't hold a gun, which is humor in itself, but their hypocrisy is thick and heavy. If someone doesn't get killed, they say, no one will watch. The overarching mantra in the news media is, "if it bleeds or burns, it runs." The pin heads that bring you the evening "news" are nothing more than cheap, under-rated acting dropouts who peddle to the lowest common denominator in humanity. They think that if they offer intelligent, unbiased coverage of things that really matter, their ratings may go down. The reasoning? They reckon that if a story is appealing to them, it will be appealing to higher life forms. So, from major motion picture industries to the local news station, what you get is a steady stream of life-demeaning tripe meant to entertain, not inform or change.
So we have our problems, and they once again mostly stem from those who live the furtherest from the American ideal, but regardless of those facists few, we still hold to a strong understanding of the sanctity of life in these United States. What other country sends more aid to starving and suffering individuals all over the world? Who else has more safety devices and limitations designed to prevent everything from death to a stubbed toe? Where else can you find more hospitals, churches, and schools per capita? Only in America. We train, educate, prepare, volunteer, and give more than we realize just to preserve life. We consider someone dying before 65 a tragedy, and this is proper. We have worked hard, sacrificed much, and have continually placed such a high value upon life, that our mortality rate is lower than almost any other country with similar population concentrations and industralization standards. Of this, we should be proud.
Abortion is murder, and a plight in our Christian culture. The liberal media wants everyone to accept the notion that the battle is over, but it is not. Some states, like North Dakota, have adopted laws that require abortionists to inform the would be mother that the life they are about to terminate is viable, able to sustain life outside the womb, and wholly unique apart from the mother. This unhearalded law has forced some planned parenthood clinics to close their doors, because they know that if they have to divulge this truth, it will greatly diminish their "profits." Imagine that -- the truth contributing to life. What a concept.
America cannot become weaker as affirming the sanctity of life becomes stronger. Life is precious because it is a gift from God, and therefore human life is to be valued and protected unlike anything else. When we as a nation honor God by valuing each other, we can only reap stronger relationships and concrete unity. It's a no brainer. May we one day eschew the glorification of death not only in our entertainment choices, but in our life choices as well.
2. Death to Taxes: It is historical fact that a reason the colonies entered into a revolutionary war with England was because a 1/2 of 1% tax was levied upon exported goods from the colonies bound for England and beyond. Those early merchants and leaders considered this tax totally unreasonable and exploitive, and refused to pay it. Boston Tea party, anyone?
We've come a long way from a 1/2% export tax. Today, the wealthiest 1% of Americans pay well over 25% of the total tax revenues due to the government, and those same folks are in a bracket where they pay 50% of their income in tax. Heck, even Americans earning a median income of only $40k can expect to pay somewhere in the vicinity of 40% or more in total tax revenues, when considering state, local, and federal taxes. It's a known horror story that we as Americans pay taxes upon income, then pay more taxes upon that same money when it is invested, withdrawn, and spent again. We are taxed, taxed again, and taxed some more, just for good measure.
America is not made stronger with more taxes. High taxes equals high levels of fraud, deceit, and mismanagement from the governing bodies that receive those tax dollars. Congress routinely votes themselves a pay raise, all the while knowing that their entitlements after they leave office will more than pay all their normal bills. We give Planned Parenthood over $30,000,000 annually to kill unwanted babies. It's the tip of an iceberg, and our infrastructure is a rotting mess.
Some people (mostly liberals) say that America can never return to her simple roots of small government, low taxes, and individual responsibility. Those nay sayers are dead wrong, and they don't want their cookie jar taken away. To drastically cut individual taxation, the government would have to shrink some, but mostly, the pork-barrel spending would have to cease. National education would have to have many aspects privatized. A lot of deregulation would need to take place. Government officials would have to start driving their own cars and paying for their own gas from their paycheck. Welfare and food stamps and other wasteful and needless programs would have to be trimmed drastically. In short, citizens would need to return to a lifestyle where you pull your own weight, pay your own bills, and stand responsible for your own choices.
Americans need to take up the anti-tax mantra and beat that drum until it bleeds. It is a shame that so many accept taxes along with death as an ineviatable occurance. Mayors, senators, and congressional pundits must hear from an angry population that refuses to pay more taxes, and expects a reduction of the same. A society that accepts high taxation is a society that is ripe for a socialists regime. America cannot be America and allow any socialist roots to grow.
1. Call a spade a spade: Coined from the playing card industry, this simple phrase means to simply state what is, and what is not, without a lot of spin and ineuendo. In order to avoid the small discussion upon "political correctness", the broader scope here is that as American society apparently progresses and becomes ever more diverse, there is an even greater need to unite behind the plain truth in all aspects of life. Some examples of this idea are offered here:
- Murder is murder, not an act of passion or insanity. Taking a life is one of lifes highest crimes and should be punished severely. Doesn't matter if the murderer is old or young, sober or drunk, "poor" or "rich," scary or calm - it's murder, plain and simple. America leads the world in murders per capita, and one of the reasons why is because we devalue life more every day and punish practically no one appropriately.
- Stealing is stealing, whether it is a few dollars at a store or a million from a bank, it is wrong.
- While we're at it, wrong is wrong. We need, as a nation, to jettison this idea of moral relativity. Victims are those who suffer at the hands of perpertrators. The perps are not victims. Ever. While it may be sad to see a man or woman struggle with poverty (for whatever reason), it is never an excuse to commit a crime. There are no starving or impoverished people in America to speak of. We all have it very good here in the US. Quit making excuses for law breakers.
- Racism is a problem in ALL people groups. Anyone who thinks that all white people have always hated all black people is out of their gourd. In fact, black racism towards whites has all but consumed the black race in America, and is getting worse, not better. While most whites today rarely think about racial issues on a day to day basis, racists discussions among black Americans is highly prevailant. Racism is all but the leading cause of most wars, conflicts, and disorder in the world. It is not overcome easily, but it can be subdued. If America continues to try to be all inclusive and all accommodating, it will not gain strength, but lose it, due to increasing racial divides brought on by our splintered culture. Hence the need for one language, one set of cultural pillars, and one purpose to rightly balance individual freedoms and responsibility.
- Congress is a bloated and obscene shadow of it's former self. Rather than represent their region, congressmen now debate frivilous legislation and seek underhanded means to enrichen themselves and further their political career. There is too much power, and too little accountability.
- We are a republic, not a democracy. There, it's been said.
- Welfare was never a good idea, and it's gotten worse. It needs to be scrapped totally, with some simple, small substitute put in place that has low limits and limited funds.
- Gasoline will be king for another century. AlGore is a misguided idiot.
- Traditional families are the only "glue" that will hold our society together. Single parent homes are at times unavoidable, but no substitute for a Mom and Dad, and kids, as a single unit.
- We need to lose our fascination with celebrity and entertainment. We are not stronger when we exalt pin-headed doofuses who curse God and live for temporary fame and fortune. Americans need to turn off the TV, the computer, the cell phones, and ear phones and get back to interacting with fellow humans, and having quiet time.
- No child or teenager "needs" a cell phone. It's ridiculous. And childish. And bad, spineless parenting. They have mouths, let them talk. Disconnect.
- Homosexuality is perverse, and deserves to be seen that way. Fully 97%+ of all people are NOT homosexual, and there is no reason (scientific or otherwise) to believe that it is inherited. The heterosexual community has every reason to see homosexuality as disgusting and offensive. It cannot lead to life, it is rife with promiscuity on both sides, and those that practice it are not well adjusted, "normal" people. Instead, alcoholism and suicide rates among the homosexual community is 3 times those in the hetero community. A homosexual woman is 20 times more likely to suffer assault and battery from another homosexual woman, than a heterosexual woman is to be beaten by her husband or boyfriend. Look up the stats. Quit apologizing for being offended.
- Hard work and responsibility should always be rewarded. We should give parades and parties to those who put others first, while doing their personal best. Exalting those who excel in areas that benefit no one but themselves is a waste of time.
- The elderly should be respected. Age is not a curse, but a blessing. The biggest idiots in the world are those the current American society deems "the young and beautiful" among us. We can only gain strength through the insights and lessons learned by our elderly population. God promises blessings to anyone who respects their parents (elders). Disrespecting the elderly is stupid and wrong.
- Children should be protected. Amazing that even today, a child molester is all but dead if put into prison with the general population. Sex offenders, especially those who molest children, should be considered one short rung lower than murderers, and dealt with appropriately. Communities should look after their children. Churches should place a high priority upon the ministry to children. God has said in His word that true religion is to look after widows and orphans. 'Nuff said.
- In order to be an American, you have to know, accept, and embrace the founding principals and tenets of this great nation. Anything less, and you are not assimilated. We have too many people trying to remake America in their image. It's not for sale. If an African does not like America's ways, move back to Africa. If a Japanese person finds America offensive and not in keeping with their world view, move back to Japan. If liberals think that responsibility and personal freedom cannot be kept in check, they need to check out. There is no reason to apologize for America's past, present, or future. We are what we are, and we have every reason to be proud. While some illogical whiners are trying take a hard left, the rest of us have every reason to stay aimed straight ahead, directly in line with our past.
May God continue to bless this greatest nation on His earth.
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