So, the election is over, and obviously the results were not what I had wanted, but were pretty much exactly what I expected.
Obama "The Annointed One" took the election, though not as handily as the members of the media and the Democratic Socialists of America would want the rest of the country to believe. Sadly, too many Republicans have been apologizing for the loss.
I'd like to offer my suggestion of how to win the next time: Get Back to the Base! We, the Conservative Party of America, need to write a new Manifesto of the American Conservative. We need to begin to teach our children about self-reliance, self-responsibility, and self-respect that comes from achievement, and the joy of "earning" rather than "getting".
We need to reaffirm what marriage is. We need to find a way to do away with the system of progressive taxation and come to a fair, flat tax that ALL people who enjoy the fruits of this country will need to pay.
If we, the right, can stop with the progression toward the left we can and we will win elections. It's happened in the not so distant past. Over 74% of the population define themselves as "not liberal", and we need to capitalize on that. Too many republicans stayed home and did not vote on November 4th. Why? Because John McCain has never been a true conservative. McCain was picked by primary voters who crossed the party line in order to provide the GOP with an unviable candidate.
So now we have two years of massive rebuilding that we need to undertake. We can take back the Congress and the Senate, and in 2012 we can dismantle what is left of the Clinton-Obama team.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Where will we be in two weeks?
As the election draws closer and closer, I can't tell if I'm beginning to get really angry, or just really disgusted. I think that I may just have to watch the Food Channel until the Obamamamia Frenzy has run its course. I'll also have to leave the radio off and simply use my CD player or finally go out and buy one of those MP3 players and load it up full of music that makes me happy.
Many of you don't know this, but I am a crazy, fanatical student of history. History excites me, invigorates me, enlightens me. Sure, there are all kinds of academic snobs out there, but for me...give me a good book about history and I couldn't be happier unless I was trapped in a bakery overnight!
One thing I've learned from all of this historical reading is that there have been many, many leaders who have claimed to be The One, The Messiah, the Deliverer, The Redeemer. Today we're witnessing no less of a spectacle than have our friends of the past.
Napolean, for instance, was so self-important that he proclaimed himself a dictator for life. Well, I think we all know how that ended up.
Hitler, too, was thought by his people to be sitting at the right hand of God. Sad how that turned out, as well. Because of newsreels, we have the benefit of watching the awestruck faces of the crowds when they would watch Hitler, and I am struck by the similar frenzy I am seeing today.
I was recently in a line at a local market and, of course, CNN was playing overhead on the plasma TV while shoppers waited in line. When Obama came on the TV a woman in the lane next to mine started yelling out, "Quiet! Can't you see that the President is speaking?" I watched her face for a moment, and then I looked at the other people around me. Even the cashier stopped what she was doing to listen. They were mesmerized by this man. This man of flesh, blood and the same self-importance that I've read about in history books. I left my cart full of groceries and walked out, going to a store with no overhead TV's, and resuming my marketing. Nobody noticed that I had left, so transfixed on their Savior were they.
Throughout history we've been witness to the cruelty of despots and to the vicarious nature in which certain segments of the population of nations have "served" their earthbound dieties as if a simple glimpse will transport them to The Promised Land.
Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Mao Tse Tung, Mugabe, "The Dear Leader" of Korea, Eva Barone - none of these self-important and self-proclaimed messengers of God have done much of anything good for their people. I doubt that Obama can deliver anything good to us, either.
I know my Redeemer, my Messiah, my Deliverer, and I know that when He does return I won't be here to write this stupid blog. My castle is not of this earth.
Many of you don't know this, but I am a crazy, fanatical student of history. History excites me, invigorates me, enlightens me. Sure, there are all kinds of academic snobs out there, but for me...give me a good book about history and I couldn't be happier unless I was trapped in a bakery overnight!
One thing I've learned from all of this historical reading is that there have been many, many leaders who have claimed to be The One, The Messiah, the Deliverer, The Redeemer. Today we're witnessing no less of a spectacle than have our friends of the past.
Napolean, for instance, was so self-important that he proclaimed himself a dictator for life. Well, I think we all know how that ended up.
Hitler, too, was thought by his people to be sitting at the right hand of God. Sad how that turned out, as well. Because of newsreels, we have the benefit of watching the awestruck faces of the crowds when they would watch Hitler, and I am struck by the similar frenzy I am seeing today.
I was recently in a line at a local market and, of course, CNN was playing overhead on the plasma TV while shoppers waited in line. When Obama came on the TV a woman in the lane next to mine started yelling out, "Quiet! Can't you see that the President is speaking?" I watched her face for a moment, and then I looked at the other people around me. Even the cashier stopped what she was doing to listen. They were mesmerized by this man. This man of flesh, blood and the same self-importance that I've read about in history books. I left my cart full of groceries and walked out, going to a store with no overhead TV's, and resuming my marketing. Nobody noticed that I had left, so transfixed on their Savior were they.
Throughout history we've been witness to the cruelty of despots and to the vicarious nature in which certain segments of the population of nations have "served" their earthbound dieties as if a simple glimpse will transport them to The Promised Land.
Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Mao Tse Tung, Mugabe, "The Dear Leader" of Korea, Eva Barone - none of these self-important and self-proclaimed messengers of God have done much of anything good for their people. I doubt that Obama can deliver anything good to us, either.
I know my Redeemer, my Messiah, my Deliverer, and I know that when He does return I won't be here to write this stupid blog. My castle is not of this earth.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A Call to Congress
Today I called my local Congressman's office, Joe Donnelly... a democrat. I called to express my frustration with the synchophantic talking points that each and every democrat has regurgitated again and again whenever asked about the most recent financial crisis; ..."four more years of failed Bush policies", is what I continue to hear. Well, I unloaded.
First, I scolded the young man on the other end of the phone for making a campaign pitch when he should have been listening to the needs and concerns of a constituent from his district.
Second, I scolded the democratic party for making back room deals with the legislation currently before them. I scolded the party for attempting to add additional spending onto an already overtaxed and overburded taxpayer base.
I informed the young man that I had worked during the 1980's when the RTC had to bail out S&L's across the country. This mess is no larger than any other mess. It just so happens that we're in the middle of another highly divisive election cycle, one that seems to have the nation divided exactly in half.
God help me, but for all of the talking and press meetings the candidates hold, I can't stomach listening to Chris Dodd or even the highly entertaining and laughable Joe Biden as they continue to spew forth their talking points as assigned by The Annointed One, Barack Hussein Obama.
Why won't the Congress or Senate bring the CEO's, Boards of Directors, and principle shareholders before them for grilling? Why won't they bring in the the members of the House and Senate who have benefitted from the easing of regulations? Why are we not able to demand that those members of the Congress and Senate who have benefitted from this and, indeed, cost all of us money, resign from office, losing their pensions and benefits as so many Americans are?
First, I scolded the young man on the other end of the phone for making a campaign pitch when he should have been listening to the needs and concerns of a constituent from his district.
Second, I scolded the democratic party for making back room deals with the legislation currently before them. I scolded the party for attempting to add additional spending onto an already overtaxed and overburded taxpayer base.
I informed the young man that I had worked during the 1980's when the RTC had to bail out S&L's across the country. This mess is no larger than any other mess. It just so happens that we're in the middle of another highly divisive election cycle, one that seems to have the nation divided exactly in half.
God help me, but for all of the talking and press meetings the candidates hold, I can't stomach listening to Chris Dodd or even the highly entertaining and laughable Joe Biden as they continue to spew forth their talking points as assigned by The Annointed One, Barack Hussein Obama.
Why won't the Congress or Senate bring the CEO's, Boards of Directors, and principle shareholders before them for grilling? Why won't they bring in the the members of the House and Senate who have benefitted from the easing of regulations? Why are we not able to demand that those members of the Congress and Senate who have benefitted from this and, indeed, cost all of us money, resign from office, losing their pensions and benefits as so many Americans are?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Mo' Money!
Source - Fundrace.com
Donations by Company Name:
$158,166 was given by people who identified their employer as "AIG".
$36,955 from 34 people to Republicans
$121,211 from 144 people to Democrats
$1,690,976 was given by people who identified their employer as "Merrill Lynch".
$1,035,349 from 656 people to Republicans
$655,627 from 461 people to Democrats
$1,153,390 was given by people who identified their employer as "Citigroup".
$383,410 from 235 people to Republicans
$769,980 from 530 people to Democrats
$1,436,409 was given by people who identified their employer as "Lehman Brothers".
$496,094 from 253 people to Republicans
$940,315 from 354 people to Democrats
$1,919,454 was given by people who identified their employer as "Goldman Sachs".
$547,163 from 230 people to Republicans
$1,372,291 from 490 people to Democrats
$1,000,470 was given by people who identified their employer as "Bank of America".
$389,432 from 258 people to Republicans
$611,038 from 615 people to Democrats
$11,883,109 was given by people who identified their occupation as "Lawyer".
$4,324,911 from 3,385 people to Republicans
$7,558,198 from 6,422 people to Democrats
$6,083,976 was given by people who identified their occupation as "Investment Banker". $2,925,739 from 1,286 people to Republicans
$3,158,237 from 1,343 people to Democrats
And…from the group that REALLY runs America -
$89,080,963 was given by people who identified their occupation as "Homemaker".
$53,927,551 from 28,615 people to Republicans
$35,153,412 from 19,051 people to Democrats
Donations by Company Name:
$158,166 was given by people who identified their employer as "AIG".
$36,955 from 34 people to Republicans
$121,211 from 144 people to Democrats
$1,690,976 was given by people who identified their employer as "Merrill Lynch".
$1,035,349 from 656 people to Republicans
$655,627 from 461 people to Democrats
$1,153,390 was given by people who identified their employer as "Citigroup".
$383,410 from 235 people to Republicans
$769,980 from 530 people to Democrats
$1,436,409 was given by people who identified their employer as "Lehman Brothers".
$496,094 from 253 people to Republicans
$940,315 from 354 people to Democrats
$1,919,454 was given by people who identified their employer as "Goldman Sachs".
$547,163 from 230 people to Republicans
$1,372,291 from 490 people to Democrats
$1,000,470 was given by people who identified their employer as "Bank of America".
$389,432 from 258 people to Republicans
$611,038 from 615 people to Democrats
$11,883,109 was given by people who identified their occupation as "Lawyer".
$4,324,911 from 3,385 people to Republicans
$7,558,198 from 6,422 people to Democrats
$6,083,976 was given by people who identified their occupation as "Investment Banker". $2,925,739 from 1,286 people to Republicans
$3,158,237 from 1,343 people to Democrats
And…from the group that REALLY runs America -
$89,080,963 was given by people who identified their occupation as "Homemaker".
$53,927,551 from 28,615 people to Republicans
$35,153,412 from 19,051 people to Democrats
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Why We're in this Mess
First, I'm not a highly educated person. I finished high school - barely - and can't do math without the use of my hands and my feet. But everyone needs to know that there is a reason we're in this financial and banking mess today: the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act set the stage for what we're now witnessing. The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was enacted to prevent banks and investment companies from merging the money of their depositors and investors. This was done after the crash of 1929 in which bank after bank went belly up. We've all heard the stories, we all have read our history books. What we all have failed to do is correctly place the blame for what is turning out to be another turning point in our history.
Bill Clinton repealed the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999, thereby clearing the way for what would certainly become the mess we're in now. Congress further exacerbated this problem with they mandated that mortgage lenders make it easier for otherwise unqualified borrowers to borrow huge sums of money. Of course, our Congress is filled with activists, not financiers, and certainly not historians. When the Congress deemed that a family earning $40k a year could qualify for a $300k mortgage they did not foresee the natural greed that would follow. Home prices soared, following the money that was available. There was a ready food source, so to say, and the beast of greed could smell blood in the water. The sub-prime mortgage was born.
Like a drug pusher giving the potential addict a "taste", the lure of "the good life" was simply too much for some people to resist. They saw the big house, and the dream of showing off was reinforced by a lending system that had shortsightedly dreamed of the feast of foreclosure. Many people found themselves, sadly, with the realization that paying a $1000 a month for a mortgage left them little to no money to actually live life. The era of the McMansion had begun, with expensive homes on zero lot lines to spring up literally overnight. When they had to choose between feeding their families and feeding the bank, the family won.
We must place blame where it needs to be: Bill Clinton and the waste of taxpayer money Congress that was in place in 1999.
Bill Clinton repealed the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999, thereby clearing the way for what would certainly become the mess we're in now. Congress further exacerbated this problem with they mandated that mortgage lenders make it easier for otherwise unqualified borrowers to borrow huge sums of money. Of course, our Congress is filled with activists, not financiers, and certainly not historians. When the Congress deemed that a family earning $40k a year could qualify for a $300k mortgage they did not foresee the natural greed that would follow. Home prices soared, following the money that was available. There was a ready food source, so to say, and the beast of greed could smell blood in the water. The sub-prime mortgage was born.
Like a drug pusher giving the potential addict a "taste", the lure of "the good life" was simply too much for some people to resist. They saw the big house, and the dream of showing off was reinforced by a lending system that had shortsightedly dreamed of the feast of foreclosure. Many people found themselves, sadly, with the realization that paying a $1000 a month for a mortgage left them little to no money to actually live life. The era of the McMansion had begun, with expensive homes on zero lot lines to spring up literally overnight. When they had to choose between feeding their families and feeding the bank, the family won.
We must place blame where it needs to be: Bill Clinton and the waste of taxpayer money Congress that was in place in 1999.
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