The very popular, corporate employee must read, embrace change book, titled "Who Moved My Cheese" encourages readers to embrace change and to adapt to new situations with an open mind and a motivated spirit. Well, not all change is good. I'm concerned about the direction America is heading and feel a need to talk about it.
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Psalm 33:12
Yes, God said that. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Our nation was founded on on the declaration that God is the supreme ruler over man and our rights and liberties come form Him, not from our government. Rather, government is instituted to secure these rights.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
As the United States has continued to remove God from its government, it is obviously becoming less blessed. As a nation we have the responsibility and privilege to elect those who will lead us. We will reap what we sow. For me, the choice in this election is obvious. Stop, be still, listen to God, then vote.
The future of America. What do you envision as the future of America? Do you believe America is a special nation among all other nations? Why have people risked their lives to come to this nation and live? What draws them to US?
Our Nation is founded upon our Constitution and by following our Constitution we have become the "Land of the free and home of the brave." This is where people come to live free. This is where people come because they know they will have an opportunity to be successful. This is the land of possibility! They come because in their own nation they are oppressed. By whom? By their government. Their government has too much control over their lives and their future.
Our Nation, many of these immigrants say, is becoming a nation very much like the one they have left. They have risked their lives to come here and now "we" are transforming ourselves into "them". Many of us don't recognize our pathway, but those who have experienced tyranny in the past, very clearly see the roots of tyranny presently growing here, in the Land of the Free.
Conservatism is the answer, the antidote, the injection required to save us from a future of tyranny, of oppression. Conservatism will bring us back to our roots again. Conservatism will return us to our constitution where we can learn again what made us such a great nation among all other nations. What made us great, will make us great once again. There are many who insist we must change, because our society is changing and evolving and so the nation should change with it. No, that's not the path. Those who recognize it, are telling us we are on the path to tyranny. This nation must grow, we must continue to be a beacon of hope for all who are not free. We will be that beacon of hope if we demand of our leaders that we hold fast to our roots, to our constitution, that formed our nation and made us a mighty people.
It's becoming increasingly obvious the Obama campaign does nothing to prevent illegal foreign donations from pouring into his campaign coffer. I can't imagine why the regular news media isn't investigating these illegal donations. This is but one of many documented accounts of violating Federal campaign finance law.
The following video seems to me an accurate summation of what is widely considered factual details with respect to what we know about the attack on our embassy in Benghazi Libya. We don't have all the details. However, an aggressive media could help uncover missing information. Unfortunately, I don't think that will happen soon.
Justice with Judge Jeanine's Opening Statement 10/27
Here's an article that I was surprised to to see. Not surprising is that you probably won't see the story picked up by the majority of the regular news outlets.
We have believed the lie that political legislative decisions should not be considered through the prism of morality, but only by weighing what is fair and right declaring our individual freedom of choice. The Bishop is clearly telling us that we should seek to elect those who will govern considering God's moral standard and also, God may hold us accountable for whom we cast our vote.
Twisted. A great example of a society that lost it's morality. Killing a wanted unborn child is called murder, taking the life of an "unwanted" child is called freedom of choice.
Here we go again! What’s wrong with our leaders? They are going to use the reconciliation process to pass their healthcare bill! Reconciliation may have been a good idea when it was introduced in Congress in 1974, but like many things Congress is involved in, they have taken the process to an unintended extreme. Every American should be outraged that law will be passed with only a simple majority of votes. That’s 50% plus one more vote. In the Senate that means 51 votes instead of the 60 constitutionally required 2/3 majority of votes for major legislation. Can you imagine? One sixth of our economy will be spent on healthcare. This bill will be passed through the Senate without the 2/3 super-majority required by the constitution, a vital check and balance, setting precedence for future majorities to pass partisan legislation. This bill doesn’t even have full support of the Democratic majority! Don’t be surprised if VP Joe Biden is the one to cast the 51st vote..
Is this the way you want it to be? The majority party, whether it is democrat or republican, could use reconciliation to pass any bill they want by a simple majority vote. I don’t think that’s the direction America should be heading, do you?
It's too bad the Obama Admisistration and Democrats in general don't speak the plain truth like Howard Dean does in this 4/5/09 video. I guess it's ok to talk openly to the French about socialism and the left's plan to drive the U.S. deeper into it. Now, I know there are many who voted for this president who wish they could have thier vote back. Hopefully we can hang on and make it to the mid-term elections when we can regain enough seats to slow down the socialism jet. I would say socialism train but we're moving at warp speed. Lefties, do yourself and your country a favor, help us defeat health care, cap and tax, and everything else this administration is attempting to do.
As I watch the 9/12 rally and march on Washington DC, I have a sad feeling within me because I'm afraid that this could very possibly be America's last opportunity to right itself from her slow decent into Socialism. If concerned citizens are unsuccessful in stopping Congress and our President from continuing on their current path, I don't know if we will ever have another chance to reverse direction. If politicians continue to ignore the obvious will of the people and push through their socialist agendas, beginning with a National Health Care program, then our voices just don't carry that much weight as apposed to political favors and pay backs. Even Republicans in Congress are having a difficult time taking a stand against the flow and pressure to conform. I believe the system (the political machine) is corrupt. It has had so much free reign for so many years that "We The People" don't even understand the totality of the problem.
I'm reminded of my dad, who, like many men of his generation, fought for Americas freedom in WWII. He never talked about his time spent as a PFC in the infantry, just calling it WWII or "The Big One". But this I do know: He was inducted into service June 21st, 1944 and returned to the United States on August 29th, 1945. He was assigned as a specialty anti-tank crewman, part of the 10th infantry. He fought in battles and campaigns in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. By the time he was discharged he received The Victory Medal of the American Theater, The European, African, & Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, including 3 Bronze Battle Stars. He received an Overseas Service Bar, Good Conduct Medal and the Medal of Army Occupation, Germany.
My dad died of lung cancer in 1998. On his death bed, under the influence of pain medication, his mind brought him back to "THE BIG ONE". He finally said a few words of his time serving his Country. "Hup, Two, Three, Four!", he would say. "Those who have two good legs, help them with one", he said......................... I miss him, he was a great patriot who flew the American Flag in his front yard every day, illuminated at night.
My dad died well before the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and he never saw the slide of his country into Socialism and the weakening of our defenses. If he were alive today, I would be standing beside him on the front lawn of the White House, once again fighting for the freedom of the United States of America!
I'm tempted to give the Obama administration credit for pulling one over on the talking heads of the right. After the administration released some details of the Presidents speech and lesson plan for school children, conservatives reacted strongly. The core of the matter was the proposed lesson plan that would have students ask themselves "What can I do to help the President achieve his goals." Quite naturally, everyone went off on that. We're pretty skeptical of the motives of the President because he has taken this country on a wild ride to the far left. We were concerned prior to his election about his socialistic tendencies and lack of media research on his questionable associations of the past. Since his election, we believe our concerns are justified by the actions he has taken thus far. We all know that in order to change the future, you need to capture the young and the younger, the better. So, here we are with a President asking students to help him rather than pledging allegiance to the United States of America. So here's the deal. The President's speech turns out to be totally innocuous and the lesson plan is changed to asking students to write about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term goals. The talking heads of the left are using the opportunity to make right sided heads look like over-reacting alarmists by airing clips of comments made prior to the lesson change and then comparing that to the revised speech. To the viewers of these shows (there aren't that many any more) we may have come off as looking kind of petty. So for this, I just might give Obama coo-dos for pulling off a bait-and-switch on the right!
Just as a side note: Glen Beck said that Keith Oberman was going to dig up dirt on him because Van Jones was forced to resign. I watched Keith's show to see what he got so far. Keith said, what more can we tell you, what can be worse than this, the fact that he (Glen) is "Glen Beck"! Hmm.........
Eric Holder, our newly appointed Attorney General, made a controversial statement in a speech yesterday. He said " in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." I read the whole text of his speech because I didn't want to make any judgment based on a news clip. Eric said "Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race. It is an issue we have never been at ease with,... And yet, if we are to make progress in this area we must feel comfortable enough with one another, and tolerant enough of each other, to have frank conversations about the racial matters that continue to divide us. We have done a pretty good job in melding the races in the workplace. We work with one another, lunch together and, when the event is at the workplace during work hours or shortly thereafter, we socialize with one another fairly well, irrespective of race. And yet even this interaction operates within certain limitations. We know, by "American instinct" and by learned behavior, that certain subjects are off limits and that to explore them risks, at best embarrassment, and, at worst, the questioning of one’s character. And outside the workplace the situation is even more bleak in that there is almost no significant interaction between us. On Saturdays and Sundays America in the year 2009 does not, in some ways, differ significantly from the country that existed some 50 years ago."
He used the rest of his speech to build a case for, what I took to be, a need for a National Black History Education Program. As he put it, "Black history is a subject worthy of study by all our nation's people."
Isn't this just another "We are the victims" speech? This is exactly what we need to get past! Stop telling black people the cards are stacked against them, they can't win, they won't make it, America hasn't arrived yet, we don't want them to succeed! STOP!!
Look at every other ethnic class in the United States, there are many. The social interactions between each other is pretty much the same. You're right Eric, we get together very well in the work place and sometimes those friendships extend beyond our work. What's wrong with that? Why are you saying we don't socialize outside of the workplace enough with the black race? It's time to put the race card away and get to work.
Why couldn't you focus on the number one killer of African Americans, ABORTION. As President Obama wages war against life in the womb, do you care that for every 1000 black women, 50 have abortions? Do Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Charles Rangel care? And what happens when someone tries to reach out to these women in love and offer them an alternative? The Reverend Walter Hoye, a black pastor, will be sentenced today, which could amount to two years in prison and $4,000 in fines, for standing outside an inner city abortion clinic holding a sign and offering pro-life literature. This story is an amazing travesty of justice. And you, Mr. Holder, will stand by and do nothing!
Who is a Coward?
Watch this video as Clinic escorts block Rev. Hoye's sign with blank signs to prevent women from seeing his message: 'God loves you and your baby. Let us help.'
I see my last post was October 08. That's when I resigned myself to the fact that Barack Obama was going to win the election over John McCain. I didn't go into depression, I went into "cautious optimism". I was accepting Barack as my President and was hopefully optimistic that the concerns I had about him would prove to be unfounded. Like many others, I told myself to give him some time, just wait and see what he actually does. After all, he hadn't really"done"anything while he was in his Senate seat and he was never pressed to give answers to tough questions during the campaign (thanks to his liberal media followers). So why not sit back and wait for the newly elected messiah to make a few real decisions? His true self will be exposed soon enough! RIGHT???
OMG! WOW! Slow down Barack! You have at least 4 years! You don't have to change the world in your first 30 days!
To be very honest, I'm worried that the damage done to America by Barack Obama will be irreversable by the time he leaves office. This will not be the Land of the Free anymore! We have some very hard work ahead of us if we want to preserve our Nation.
I know our country is far from perfect. And like I said, I don't like the direction we are heading in. However, I do believe our country was and still is grounded in our faith in God. Believers have not banded together to impose change or resist government action like citizens have on other issues. Voters have stopped congress from giving citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants by calling their representatives and voicing their opinion. Just recently a ban on drilling and shale oil production was allowed to expire because of citizens cries to drill here and drill now. We can and do make a difference with our votes and with our voices. I would love to see the abortion issue left to the states to decide. If each state could vote on abortion laws then the citizens would make that decision by punching the ballot. Wouldn't that make a difference? If you were a part of the decision making? Do you want a pro-abortionist as president? Not me, it's the WRONG DIRECTION!
Charlie Gibson try's to trap Sarah Palin by misquoting her prayer request. Another example of media bias not only against Republicans but also against religion. Clips of other Democratic Presidents illustrate how they also called upon God.
Charlie Gibson obviously has no respect for Sarah Palin. I've never seen an interview conducted where the person being interviewed was treated with such disdain. The questions were asked in such condescending manor. Up until I saw how John McCain was treated on the "View" recently, I had never seen an interviewee disrespected so badly. Asking questions to reveal Sarah's position on the issues is relevant, however the way this interview was conducted was inappropriate. Charlie Gibson should be ashamed of himself.
Here's a sample of the types of questions Charlie asked Obama in an earlier interview compared to questions asked to Sarah Palin.
Obama interview:
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling? How does it feel to “win”? How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling? Who will be your VP? Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP? Will you accept public finance? What issues is your campaign about? Will you visit Iraq? Will you debate McCain at a town hall? What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech?
Palin interview:
Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders? Aren’t you conceited to be seeking this high level job? Questions about foreign policy -territorial integrity of Georgia -allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO -NATO treaty -Iranian nuclear threat -what to do if Israel attacks Iran -Al Qaeda motivations -the Bush Doctrine -attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]
I'll admit, health care in the U.S. has serious issues. The system seems to be broken and costs are out of control. Nobody can afford to pay for health care and everyone needs health insurance. It's not surprising that a May Quinnipiac University poll found that 61 percent of Americans thought it was "the government's responsibility to make sure that everyone in the United States has adequate health care." In a Gallup poll taken last November, 81 percent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the cost of health care and 73 percent thought U.S. health care was either in a "state of crisis" or had "major problems." With the costs of health care skyrocketing, businesses are becoming increasingly sympathetic to the idea of government stepping in and taking the problem off their hands.
It's odd that with only 6 percent of Americans purchasing their own health care that there is such a movement tosocialize our health care industry. With costs rising much faster than the rate of inflation our democratic leaders should be outraged! They should be advocating and threatening to impose a windfall profits tax on the evil health care providers. How can the high costs of health care be justified?TAX the evil empire of health care providers who are price gouging the poor American public! But no, you don't hear any of that do you? What are we led to believe? We're told that the government must step in and stop this social injustice. There are some poverty stricken people out there who can't afford insurance premiums and others who are too ill to insure! The government must step in and take over this broken industry and guarantee that every American man, woman and child can obtain affordable health care!
Is that what you want? Is that what's best for Americans? Lets look at what got us here in the first place.
It started in 1943, when the Internal Revenue Service ruled that workers did not have to pay taxes on health benefits purchased through their employers. With wage and price controls in place during World War II and labor scarce, many employers took advantage of the favorable tax status to attract workers. In 1954, the ruling became a permanent part of the tax code. As a result, by 2006, employer-sponsored plans accounted for 64 percent of coverage in the U.S., according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. With government programs covering an additional 30 percent, only 6 percent of Americans actually purchase their own health insurance. Over time, the unintended consequences of that ruling have become obvious.
The biggest consequence our current employer-based private insurance model is that, combined with Medicare and Medicaid, it helped create a system in which most Americans are isolated from the ultimate costs of health care. Like teenagers with their parents' credit cards, most Americans have no incentive to shop around for the best deal or to limit their spending to what is medically necessary. We value shop for all other goods and services. In a normal competitive market, it is precisely this process that encourages businesses to innovate, allowing them to reduce costs and improve quality.
The employer-based system limits choice.Most employers offer just a few options.It makes people afraid to leave their jobs because they are worried about losing heath benefits.And ultimately, the current system is unfair because the favorable tax treatment is not extended to the growing ranks of self-employed Americans, who are forced to purchase insurance in the inflated individual market.Individual state regulations drive up costs by requiring insurers to provide certain benefits.It’s no coincidence that New York, one of the most regulated states, is also among the most expensive markets.
So, do you think that the answer to this mess is more government regulation? Why is it that Democrats, who are so suspicious of our government, are willing to let them take over our health care system? Is it because they want more "free" stuff, paid for by "greedy" corporations?
Do you really want your government to dominate the health care sector in which spending tops $2 trillion annually? That's about one-seventh of the U.S. economy!
John McCain is an advocate of the free market, consumer-driven approach to health care in which the market for medical services resembles the market for other goods and services, where competition has forced prices to decline and quality to improve. You don't think it will work? It works with tv's and computers, why not with health care?
In the current health-care system, there are several reasons why technological progress hasn't had the same results. There is the third-party buyer problem as discussed above, but there is also a lack of transparency. In the rest of the U.S. economy, there is a wealth of information available to shoppers who want to compare prices and quality. Websites such as CNET.com and epinions.com, as well as magazines such as Consumer Reports, give Americans the ability to comparison shop; J.D. Power and Associates and Car and Driver allow those looking for an automobile to find a wide range of data, from performance to fuel efficiency. And yet, in the midst of the information age, Americans are forced to make life and death health-care decisions with little or no information available to help them.
Americans have a hunger for health care-related information. WebMD Health Corp. owns and operates more than a half-dozen Internet-based sites for health information that attract more than 50 million visitors each month. Another site, eHealthInsurance.com, which makes it about as easy for consumers to shop for health plans online as it would be for them to purchase airline tickets, has enjoyed tremendous growth in recent years. The revenue of its parent company, eHealth Inc., has rocketed from $16.5 million in 2002 to $88 million in 2007, and the firm recently projected it would be as high as $117 million this year. While this is just a drop in the bucket compared to overall health-care spending in the U.S., its growth suggests that consumers will respond when given the opportunity to compare prices and quality. Quickly browsing the site shows that in the low-regulation state of Wyoming, a 30-year-old male can choose from 61 plans ranging from a bare-bones policy with a $5,000 deductible that costs $50.82 per month to a plan with zero deductible for $217 a month. In New York City, only 12 plans are available, ranging from a $136.85 per month policy that only covers hospital services to a comprehensive plan costing a staggering $887.85 a month.
Evidence suggests that the free market system will work in a consumer-driven health care system. For instance, the cost of LASIK eye surgery has declined by 30 percent in the past decade, and the inflation-adjusted price of cosmetic surgery has declined over the past 15 years despite a six-fold increase in demand.
Health Care analysts offer several ideas for reforms that would usher in a consumer-based market. Most pressing is the need to change the tax code that makes the country overly dependent on employer-based policies. One option would be to extend the same tax status to individuals purchasing insurance on their own, which would lower the ranks of the uninsured and allow people to maintain their insurance when they leave their jobs.
Another reform would be to allow individuals to purchase insurance across state lines, which would create a national market. Also, require hospitals and doctors to publish prices, so that consumers can make informed choices.
What about pre-existing conditions and chronic illness? One option is to create risk pools, which have already been experimented with in some states. Under this system, all the riskiest patients would be taken out of the normal insurance market and given the option to choose among a number of plans. At the end of each year, an administrator would tally up the cost of the losses for treating those patients, and insurers would divide up the cost among themselves. The result is that the losses get spread out, so no single insurer has to worry about getting stuck with a high concentration of the difficult cases. The point is that there are ways to approach caring for the sick that don't involve destroying the private health-care market.
So why not give the free market approach a chance? Why not limit government involvement instead of increase it? You know, once the government gets a hold of our health care system it will never give it back to free enterprise. Can you trust your government to NOT be involved?
I'm watching the Democratic Convention tonight. Barack Obama is speaking now. Here we go again. The sad, sad commentary about people who can't pay the mortgage, People who are driving cars they can't afford to make payments on, People who don't have enough money to make their credit card payments. Oh, things are sooooo bad! Mom and dad are sitting at the kitchen table at midnight wondering where the money will come from! They don't want to let the kids to see them like this. He's talking about the people in Michigan who are suffering from this horrible economy. (Don't tell them that Michigan is over taxed and has a poor business climate. Don't tell them Michigan is overprotected by unions that demand much from the hand that feeds them but not enough from the people they represent.)
Things are pretty bad according to Barack! What will he propose to solve America's woes? I'm waiting..................OH, his grandmother taught him about hard work! She gave him the courage to go on and become what he is today! He's attacking big business now, they have lots of responsibilities! "I am my brothers keeper",(I smell a tax increase coming). "I will cut taxes for 95% of taxpayers". In 10 years we will no longer need oil from the middle east by using (not drilling), clean coal and nuclear power! He'll help re-tool the auto industry and make sure they build cars we can afford! He'll advance wind and solar energy and create 5 million new jobs! He'll educate everyone and hire new teachers and give them higher pay!
If you provide service to our country or government you can trade your service for education! He'll give health care to everyone! He'll lower our insurance premiums or give us the same coverage as congress! He'll mandate coverage provided by insurance companies! He'll give us more sick days, more leave of absence, so we won't have to decide between a job and our children! He'll protect social security! He'll demand equal pay for equal days work for our sons and daughters! He'll pass new bankruptcy laws!
How will he pay for all this? He'll close loopholes and save Americas tax dollars by eliminating programs that don't work and make the rest more efficient. There will need to be more responsibility from each of us! We must all do our part! Programs can't replace parents! The government can't turn off our tv's! Mutual responsibility for all!
Oh, he's ready to debate McCain on foreign policy! He's for more troops! (in Afghanistan). He's going after Bin Laden in his cave! He'll take us out of Iraq so we can concentrate on future threats! He'll defeat the terrorist threat and protect Georgia from Russia by strengthening our alliances! Tough talk and bad strategy is not what America needs! The Democrats are strong on Defense? Oh my!! thats a new one! He'll end the Iraq war responsibly! (he won't say victoriously). He'll finish the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban! Rebuild our military! Stop Iran's nuclear threat and Russia's advancement through tough renewed diplomacy! With new partnerships he will defeat terrorism, nuclear proliferation, poverty, genocide, climate change, and disease! He will restore Americas moral standing, so America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, who yearn for a better future! He'll pursue all these policies! It won't be easy, and will require tough choices!
He won't help stop abortion but he'll help stop pregnancies! He'll make sure gays can visit each other in the hospital! Immigration? Just a tease, he didn't have anything.
It's not about him, its about us! Change! Change! Change! The Change we need is coming! March into the future together!!
I'm sorry, but this guy actually scares me. This a socialist agenda and if this guy gets elected it'll be goodbye to My America. The land of the Free, home of the Brave! God protect us from ourselves.
