Democrats are convinced that they are significantly more intelligent than their constituencies. Because of this they feel free to define “causes” and “effects” with much poetic license, even to the point of being disingenuous. Ok, I used a big word. They take the current status of “their” voters, tell them how bad it is, tag the blame on a target across the aisle and embellish; often they just lie. However, they do one thing very very well that Republicans should learn. Democrats have learned to personalize the problems that are perceived and actually felt by voters. They “feel” their pain, or at least do a good job of convincing voters that they do. When Dems identify a conservative “target” person or policy they follow that up with their estimation of how that “target” is personally affecting or will affect them personally. This is a powerful motivator. Instead of being vague, they get up close and in the living room of their audience. These are the skills of the community organizer. They find personal, individual pain and focus the individual outrage against it.

Republicans on the other hand are much more non-personal about their description of a problem. For example, when was the last time that you actually heard a Republican talk about the deficit in a way that people can identify with? How much is $1.4 trillion dollars? It’s a whole lotta money, and frankly beyond the comprehension of most people. How much is a whole lot? A stack of $100 bills that equal $1.4 trillion is a stack that is  more than a mile high.. how about that? Even better: How much do people pay every day in taxes to cover the interest on that $1.4 trillion? The tax dollars that come at gunpoint from everyone’s paycheck are increased by x dollars because of this deficit spending. Rarely do Republicans personalize issues in a way that catches the attention of their supporters and “potential” supporters.

This is a huge weakness in communication. Some people are so busy with life that they don’t really stop to consider the ramifications of some news tidbit. You cannot blame them for that. They work hard, take care of the kids and try to stay healthy. They don’t have the time to analyze what it really means to them, and frankly, conservative activists need to do a better job of identifying this for them. 

The reason for this is simple. Both parties “assume” certain things regarding the intelligence of their constituencies and more importantly they “assume” a particular motivation level. This is deadly wrong. Democrats assume that voters are not as smart as their leaders and will accept any explanation for their lot in life. Republicans, on the other hand, assume that their supporters are motivated enough to extrapolate real personal impact from their vagueries. Both of these assumptions couldnt be more distant from the truth.  Republicans could stand to learn some “personal” skills from their liberal antagonists.

Military voters have had difficult times voting in local and national elections simply because of time and distance. While many states have been dragging their feet on compliance with the MOVE Act, The Secretary of State’s office and the Georgia Legislature have allowed no grass to grow under their feet on this issue. The Federal MOVE Act was designed to help with this and in the early part of the year the Georgia Legislature passed HB 1073 which is a state law that essentially complies with the Federal statute. For the first time in history, Military voters from the state of Georgia will be able to access their ballots online instead of waiting for these ballots to be mailed to them. The ballots are printed, completed, and mailed back for tabulation by the state after which the counties are notified of these counts. It is a sea change that has been supported by Secretary Kemp’s office in addition to HB 665. HB 665, which was sponsored by Representative Mark Hamilton, is a giant leap forward in that it provides for a pilot program to be developed by the Secretary of State’s office which will allow military voters to vote whereever they are in the world electronically, eliminating the mailing process.

On a companion subject, the Mr. Kemp indicated that the prevention of voter fraud was high on his office’s priority list and as such, the State’s litigation efforts against the U.S. Department of Justice were continuing. The root issue for this lawsuit is that Georgia contends that it is only proper to ask for reasonable identification for a voter to register and vote in elections. Groups such as the ACLU and other activist organizations complain that the idea that identification should be required eliminates qualified voters from the voter registration rolls.

 For activist groups, as is the case in states such as Illinois, a pulse should be sufficient. Or maybe that is asking for too much as well. It is clear in Georgia that the standard is a bit higher. The voter needs to be who they say they are, a citizen of Georgia, and a citizen of the United States. This seems pretty reasonable.

There is a very helpful  “My Voter Page” that allows for searching registration information by county. Click on the link or go to: http://www.sos.georgia.gov/MVP/Login.aspx

The Secretary of State’s office has a website set up for citizens to notify them regarding potential voter fraud.

For more info:For Military Voter Registration information: http://www.sos.georgia.gov/elections/uocava/ . For information regarding voter fraud: http://www.sos.ga.gov/stopvoterfraud/

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Republicans need a strategy that continues beyond the ethics investigation of Charlie Rangel. Dems have certainly bent, broken and trashed rules and laws over the last two years. Sharp-eyed Republicans should know exactly what these violations are, and give Democrats something to worry about. A good anti-Lame Duck strategy would be to get on the offensive and play as dirty as necessary to put Democrats on their heels.

A failure to do so will guarantee 4-6 years of working to repeal legislation enacted in a 30 day period.

Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has happened to many “friends” of the Clintons

1-James McDougal – Clinton ‘s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation.

2 -Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.

3- Vince Foster – Former White House counselor and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock ‘s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.

4- Ron Brown – Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman – Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown’s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the air Traffic controller committed suicide.

5- C. Victor Raiser II- Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992

6-Paul Tulley – Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock September 1992 – Described by Clinton as a “dear friend and trusted advisor”.

7-Ed Willey – Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head – Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.

8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton’s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock – Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park’s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.

9-James Bunch – Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a “Black Book” of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.

10-James Wilson – Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater.

11- Kathy Ferguson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.

12-Bill Shelton – Arkansas State Trooper and fiancé of Kathy Ferguson – Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancé, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancé.

13-Gandy Baugh – Attorney for Clinton’s friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.

14-Florence Martin – Accountant & subcontractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seals Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds.

15- Suzanne Coleman – Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.

16-Paula Grober – Clinton ‘s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992 . She died in a one car accident.

17- Danny Casolaro – Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation.

18- Paul Wilcher – Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 “October Surprise” was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington, DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.

19-Jon Parnell Walker – Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993 He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal.

20-Barbara Wise – Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996 .. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.

21- Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.

22- Dr. Stanley Heard – Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton ‘s advisory council personally treated Clinton ‘s mother, stepfather and brother.

23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas , death was no accident.

24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. – Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.

25-Stanley Huggins – Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.

26- Hershell Friday – Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded.

27- Kevin Ives & Don Henry – Known as “The boys on the track” case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:

28-Keith Coney – Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88.

29-Keith McMaskle – Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988

30-Gregory Collins – Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.

31-Jeff Rhodes – He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.

33-James Milan – Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to “natural causes”.

34-Jordan Kettleson – Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.

35-Richard Winters – A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.

THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:

36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr.
37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds
38-Sgt. Brian Hanley
39-Sgt. Tim Sabel
40-Major General William Robertson
41-Col. William Densberger
42-Col. Robert Kelly
43-Spec. Gary Rhodes
44-Steve Willis
45-Robert Williams
46-Conway LeBleu
47-Todd McKeehan

Wake up folks. Hillary wants to be President of the United States. My daddy always says “Where there is smoke.. there is fire.”

Lots of smoke here.

Getting to the Pot of Gold

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Holder Justice Department scandal over dismissal of voter intimidation case against Black Panthers

I hate to say it, but if the roles were reversed and this involved whites, there would be the biggest public trial we have seen in some time. Instead, the Holder Justice Department drops the charges against the New Black Panthers AFTER receiving a guilty verdict. The attached YouTube video here shows the leader of the party, and one of the defendants in this trial vomiting his view on whites. In short he says “you have to kill some ”crackers”. I thought hate crimes legislation was supposed to stop this stuff. Hmmm… oh wait, that is only to be used when the hate is directed towards minorities, gays, or people that simply want to kill unborn babies.. I stand corrected. In any case, the actions of the Obama/Holder DOJ prove that The New Black Panthers are their buddies, and the administration has no problem with their hate-filled view of what to do with “crackers” or making policy based on skin color.(BLOG) There is an obvious color bias in the DOJ.

More links on the story here…

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the bank, Democrats now want to tax your ATM withdrawals.

Yeah, you read it right. Tax your ATM withdrawals. I’m speechless on this one.

Obama Administration Appoints another wealth redistributing socialist to a high government post (running Medicare no less)

Obama bypasses the Senate confirmation process complaining that the GOP is holding up the process of approving his appointments (ABC VIDEO). He does so by using his powers to appoint anyone to any post he chooses while Congress is in recess. Two other appointees were also appointed in this manner, one of which had actually been held up by a Democratic Senator (Sherrod Brown) who had some issues with the appointee’s past business dealings. While normally reserved for emergency situations, Obama misuses his executive powers once again. I bet he wanted to play King Henry VIII in the school play too.

More on Berwick here….

Nancy Pelosi urges Dems to campaign on the successful passage of the Healthcare Reform Bill.

She is smoking crack. The majority of Americans favor repeal of the legislation. So I say: Yeah! Listen to Nancy! Wear that monkey on your back with pride! She hastens their retirement….and her own. The movement within the House Chambers to overturn the law is gaining steam with 109 yes votes so far…

Obama strong-arms Israeli PM over construction in the West Bank.

America typically pays a heavy price everytime this happens. GOD is watching.

The Patriot of the Day (article)

Victoria Jackson is a comedienne, singer and actress. That means she lives in the land of fruits and nuts… entertainment la-la land that is populated by the most liberal group of ninnies on the planet. And lots of them would be her potential employers. As a general rule, at least acting liberal is a good idea if you want to keep eating. Backing Sarah Palin is suicidal. And brave. And Patriotic. Victoria is vocal about her views regarding our country, and its current president as well as her support for Sarah Palin. For that, she is my pick for The Patriot of the Day.

The results of this kind of change have struck fear into the hearts of Americans in all political parties, and well it should. So today when Obama says that climate change legislation will become the new economic foundation for our country, you might better listen. As if the old foundation is bad, the new one promises what? To understand what the new foundation really provides, you have to understand the basics of Cap & Trade, and the business of the trade and sale of carbon credits. So I attempt here to explain in a simple way how this works and what the real effect is on each of us.

The government has declared, by using flawed science, that the earth is warming because of what humans are doing. It is our fault. And it is the fault of industry, and power companies, and car companies, and cows and, and, and,… it seems today that everything has the ability to place a “carbon footprint” on the environment. This makes sense, as everything on this planet is carbon-based, even humans. Once this governmental decree is accepted, as it was mandated by the Kyoto Protocols, the government then must empower itself to set limits on carbon (or greenhouse gas) output. Each country has a benchmark figure as a goal, and the country is then responsible to police its citizens and industry to be sure that these goals are met. The way that industry is motivated is more like a stick than a carrot. To put it simply, if a power plant or any other carbon-producing structure is putting out more carbon than is allowable, under arbitrary government regulation, the government is free to fine that facility or company for its violation of “green regulations”. Conversely, if a facility is meeting or beating benchmark figures there is a carrot; Tradeable carbon credits are issued to that company that are redeemable for cash from anyone that needs them.

Who might need the credits? Some company that must either purchase credits from a company or country that is more green or pay a hefty fine. Thus, we punish the offenders, and reward those that are greening up the planet. It sounds pretty nice. The problem is that America will have almost zero immediate success at meeting these emissions goals. However, undeveloped third world nations which have constructed “green” facilities, power plants, wind farms, biomass facilities and other “renewable” energy sources will easily meet these goals. It really doesnt matter to them that these technologies are still in development, and are largely inefficient. Neither does it matter that these technologies are immensely expensive to develop. Why? Because the leaders of these places know that they won’t pay for these projects. Who will then?  We will.

American companies and individuals will be forced to pay heavy fines or buy, with cash, carbon credits from these undeveloped nations to offset their “dirty” energy production. These additional costs will be passed on to consumers.. American consumers in the form of higher energy costs.

The real goal of all of this is socialism on a global scale. Heavily developed societies such as ours will be forced by our own governments to redistribute our income and our wealth to undeveloped places in financial terms that are mind boggling. Is Cap & Trade good for us? No it is not. Does it produce less carbon and greenhouse gasses? No, it just costs us more to buy what we have been buying.

So why do it? Ask the globalists, I am sure they have an answer that has a lot to do with their own piggybanks and less to do with the betterment of humankind. What is the new economic foundation? Clearly the foundation rests on backs of Americans to the benefit of the rest of the world. It is a withering punishment for our accomplishments and achievements as a nation. What a foundation that is, no?

Our president began with…

“Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to Al Qaeda wherever it exists.”

This is where I believe the honesty stopped.

Obama set the stage for his speech reminding us what happened on April 20^th in the gulf.  and then quickly he segued into what he did immediately to combat the problem. History shows us that he assembled a team. And then headed to the golf course.

 ”Because there’s never been a leak this size at this depth, stopping it has tested the limits of human technology. That’s why, just after the rig sank, I assembled a team of our nation’s best scientists and engineers to tackle this challenge, a team led by Dr. Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and our nation’s secretary of energy. Scientists at our national labs and experts from academia and other oil companies have also provided ideas and advice. As a result of these efforts, we’ve directed BP to mobilize additional equipment and technology. And in the coming weeks and days, these efforts should capture up to 90 percent of the oil leaking out of the well. This is until the company finishes drilling a relief well later in the summer that’s expected to stop the leak completely.”

 

This statement is shocking and shows the unmitigated gall of our president. Largely he takes credit for any progress whatsoever on containing the ongoing leak and suggests that by his direction and that of his team of government scientists/bureaucrats progress has been made and eventual success is assured. This is in direct contrast to what has been reported when BP was working on ideas and trying various strategies to stop the leak which met with varying degrees of failure. I guess Obama stood off from a distant golf course and yelled instructions to BP while refusing to meet with the CEO of BP and those instructions sounded something like this: “Hey you guys! You have 48 hours to get your act together and MacGyver something to fix this problem never attempted before!

After using warlike terms to describe his plans to provide ongoing combat against an “epidemic” he assures us he will make BP pay for the damage caused by the spill. He promises that “we will do whatever’s necessary to help the Gulf Coast and its people recover from this tragedy.”

Then here comes the “Battle Plan”:

“From the very beginning of this crisis, the federal government has been in charge of the largest environmental clean-up effort in our nation’s history, an effort led by Admiral Thad Allen, who has almost 40 years of experience responding to disasters. We now have nearly 30,000 personnel who are working across four states to contain and clean up the oil.”

There is some really good video of these cleanup efforts. In fact these workers are diligently working 15 minutes on, and 15 minutes off with one and half hour lunches. Party on, dudes.

“And I’ve authorized the deployment of over 17,000 National Guard members along the coast. These servicemen and women are ready to help stop the oil from coming ashore, they’re ready to help clean the beaches, train response workers, or even help with processing claims, and I urge the governors in the affected states to activate these troops as soon as possible.”

 

Let’s all hope that these National Guard members have more resources than the 1000 unarmed soldiers sent to patrol the Arizona border from behind desks 30 miles from the DMZ. Besides I thought governors deployed “guard” troops. Maybe I am wrong on that one. It happens occasionally.

Because of our efforts, millions of gallons of oil have already been removed from the water through burning, skimming, and other collection methods.

Of course again, Obama and his team take full credit for everything that has occurred.

“We’ve approved the construction of new barrier islands in Louisiana to try to stop the oil before it reaches the shore, and we’re working with Alabama, Mississippi and Florida to implement creative approaches to their unique coastlines”.

The barrier island approached took more than a month to approve while the ever-present EPA got in the way. Governor Bobby Jindal was criticized for his own criticism of the Obama administration’s withholding of these approvals.

“As the clean-up continues, we will offer whatever additional resources and assistance our coastal states may need.”

 Regarding the plans for recovery of the Gulf Coast he said this:

“You know, for generations, men and women who call this region home have made their living from the water. That living is now in jeopardy. I’ve talked to shrimpers and fishermen who don’t know how they’re going to support their families this year. I’ve seen empty docks and restaurants with fewer customers, even in areas where the beaches are not yet affected.

 

I’ve talked to owners of shops and hotels who wonder when the tourists might start coming back. The sadness and the anger they feel is not just about the money they’ve lost; it’s about a wrenching anxiety that their way of life may be lost.”

Obama’s answer? I guess he is going to kick some ass with new-found power of the executive office that doesn’t seem to exist anywhere:

“I refuse to let that happen. Tomorrow, I will meet with the chairman of BP and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his company’s recklessness.”

Recklessness. Did he really say that? About a company that had just received from HIS administration glowing awards for safety? Wasn’t this rig exempted from some regulatory requirements because the knowledgeable folks down at MMS decided it was the benchmark for all to follow? By the way, how much money did BP contribute to Obama’s campaign again? Look in the mirror Mr. President. The rest of the buzzards in your circle of friends seem to be coming home to roost.

The President begins to twist the discussion here:

“The oil spill represents just the latest blow to a place that’s already suffered multiple economic disasters and decades of environmental degradation that has led to disappearing wetlands and habitats.”

 

“And the region still hasn’t recovered from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. That’s why we must make a commitment to the Gulf Coast that goes beyond responding to the crisis of the moment.”

 

 

Now here comes the “green” power grab taken from a page in the Cloward & Piven/Alinsky playbook:

“I make that commitment tonight…The third part of our response plan is the steps we’re taking to ensure that a disaster like this does not happen again”.

 

He shifts gears quickly into the administrative blame game:

“A few months ago, I approved a proposal to consider new, limited offshore drilling under the assurance that it would be absolutely safe, that the proper technology would be in place and the necessary precautions would be taken.”

 

“That obviously was not the case in the Deepwater Horizon rig, and I want to know why. The American people deserve to know why. The families I met with last week who lost their loved ones in the explosion, these families deserve to know why.”

 

The Truth: The Deepwater Horizon rig was vetted and endorsed by the Obama Administration’s Minerals Management Service. That is why it happened. It is impossible for him to say: “My people approved this thing, and my people blew it. We are partly to blame”. It takes courage and unselfishness to say something like that, and he possesses neither of these qualities.

 “And so I’ve established a national commission to understand the causes of this disaster and offer recommendations on what additional safety and environmental standards we need to put in place. Already I’ve issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling.”

Now, one place we’ve already begun to take action is at the agency in charge of regulating drilling and issuing permits, known as the Minerals Management Service.”

 And further..

“Over the last decade, this agency has become emblematic of a failed philosophy that views all regulation with hostility, a philosophy that says corporations should be allowed to play by their own rules and police themselves.

At this agency, industry insiders were put in charge of industry oversight. Oil companies showered regulators with gifts and favors and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations.

And when Ken Salazar became my secretary of the interior, one of his very first acts was to clean up the worst of the corruption at this agency. But it’s now clear that the problem there ran much deeper and the pace of reform was just too slow.”

 

Somehow distancing himself from the agency that has operated under his management, and referencing the Bush Administration without using the words, he demonizes the MMS and criticizes their corruption. If the stuff that he says he is going to clean up now is representative of the present, just how bad was it before Ken Salazar cleaned up the “worst of the corruption at this agency”? And while Ken was in there with his broom, why didn’t he notice the things that are so clear now? Again, why didn’t Obama say: “Ken blew it, the buck stops here, so I blew it”?

Then the “green” lies begin:

“After all, oil is a finite resource. We consume more than 20 percent of the world’s oil, but have less than 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves. And that’s part of the reason oil companies are drilling a mile beneath the surface of the ocean: because we’re running out of places to drill on land and in shallow water.

The consequences of our inaction are now in plain sight. Countries like China are investing in clean-energy jobs and industries that should be right here in America. Each day, we send nearly $1 billion of our wealth to foreign countries for their oil. And today, as we look to the gulf, we see an entire way of life being threatened by a menacing cloud of black crude.”

 

“For decades, we have known the days of cheap and easily accessible oil were numbered. For decades, we’ve talked and talked about the need to end America’s century-long addiction to fossil fuels. And for decades, we have failed to act with the sense of urgency that this challenge requires.”

 

“Time and again, the path forward has been blocked, not only by oil industry lobbyists, but also by a lack of political courage and candor.”

 The images he conjures here are numerous and disingenuous. The first outright fabrication is the idea that the reason we are drilling deep is that there is nothing left that is shallow. Nothing could be further from the truth. Shallow drilling is not allowed because of numerous environmental complaints. And must we again say this acronym? ANWR. Why not drill in ANWR. A blowout like the one in the gulf would have been solved in hours, not months. The area that is proposed for drilling there is about the same size as the airport near your home.. a few hundred acres. We are running out places because environmental crazies work tirelessly to limit those places, not because there is no oil there. Most scientists agree today that oil production is also a deep earth process which makes it not finite. The decayed dinosaur theory doesn’t hold water.

He takes shots at those evil oil industry lobbyists (who paid his presidential campaign with evil oil industry money to the tune of nearly $1 million from BP alone) and the lack of political and candor. Being candid means being “honest in conversation and disclosure”, something our president wouldn’t know anything about. Ironically he sees something sinister about a cloud being black and crude.

Obama then launches into a green energy campaign speech full of talking points that are all debatable. It is clear that we must develop ways to reduce our dependence on oil, and particularly foreign oil. We involve ourselves all over the Middle East to protect the supply and manage the price of Arab oil. This is not sustainable and subjects us to many dangers in itself both here and abroad. We are hostage to energy costs. However, we have many existing technologies that can help with this problem in the short run while we develop truly efficient technologies to produce “green” and “renewable” energy sources. Nuclear energy works. It can be utilized safely, and frankly we have a huge amount of already-processed nuclear materials for power generation. Natural gas is very clean compared to coal and is a step in the right direction. We cannot make this conversion process overnight as the rest of the world supposes. Too much infrastructure exists based on the old to scrap, and we require much energy as a nation to operate. It is a practical reality.

“As we speak, old factories are reopening to produce wind turbines, people are going back to work installing energy-efficient windows, and small businesses are making solar panels. Consumers are buying more efficient cars and trucks, and families are making their homes more energy-efficient. Scientists and researchers are discovering clean-energy technologies that someday will lead to entire new industries.”

“Each of us has a part to play in a new future that will benefit all of us. As we recover from this recession, the transition to clean energy has the potential to grow our economy and create millions of jobs, but only if we accelerate that transition, only if we seize the moment, and only if we rally together and act as one nation: workers and entrepreneurs, scientists and citizens, the public and private sectors.”

 A whole post could be written on these two paragraphs. Wind Turbines have been manufactured for years and years, and frankly there are zero new U.S. players in that game. China has aggressively started production of both turbines and solar panels that are relatively cheap. Will this produce new jobs? Not many. Billions of dollars of TARP money set aside for renewable energy went overseas because that is where you buy things like this from. American companies and entrepreneurs do not have available working capital for the development that he alludes to because deficit government spending and borrowing is consuming everything available.

Finally the last hypocrisy:

“Tonight, we pray for that courage, we pray for the people of the gulf, and we pray that a hand may guide us through the storm towards a brighter day.”

 

 

“Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.”

Praying for blessings from God, while running an administration whose actions are godless on all fronts is inviting a “busy signal” on the prayer line at best, and a well aimed lightning strike at worst.

Nobody is buying his lies anymore.

Progressives like their name because that is what they do: they progressively change the norm until a time will come that we don’t even remember what the “norm” was. Any real student of history since the early 1900s will see the effect that progressive policies have had on Americans and American culture. We have moved ever so closely year after year towards a more socialist society. In the name of security we have given up so much. We accept the lies of politicians in an offhand way knowing that they are instinctively liars and we have become too lazy to hold them accountable. The promises of our leaders are routinely forgotten by them as soon as they no longer need our votes.  Taxes have been progressively raised and are applied in a marxist-progressive system designed to prevent the rise of the aristocracy. At least that is what they tell us blatantly. Quietly they know that we will soon forget what they are doing until, like the frog in boiling water, it is too late.

For these many decades liberals have convinced us that government knows best, is best designed to provide our retirement, healthcare, schools, and a myriad number of other things until such time that we are overwhelmed with government. Obama complains that the Constitution is a document of negative liberties. It does a good job of telling government what it cannot do, yet doesn’t do much in the way of telling us what government ought to do. There is a reason for this. Our founders knew that government the size of the present monstrosity would be tyrannical in nature. Although communist philosophy was not something that was regularly contemplated, man’s desire to enslave other men by government and religion was an accepted fact. As such, the Constitution limited the ability of government and men to accomplish this and provided a legal means by which we could challenge overreaching authority of government.

Over time we have lost perspective and understanding of this powerful truth: government derives its power from the governed, not the other way around. The progressive work of radicals both inside and outside of government can be resisted legally and peacefully. This will not, however, be true forever. Already too long we have sat placidly in a pot of water while the temperature climbed to uncomfortable levels. Progressives know this to be true too.

This brings me to Obama. Liberals and radicals have patiently worked for decades to achieve their goals from without and within. Saul Alinsky preached to his followers that it was necessary to work from within the machine until such time that they would be able to topple it, and fundamentally change America.

Even as Europe founders financially liberals espouse the wonders of the European system. Why? Because they know that they must stay the course to convert this capitalist society to a socialist one. In 2008 radicals worldwide rejoiced over the election of Barack Hussein Obama. Through him they felt and continue to feel that he would usher in unprecedented, fundamental change. That is what he promised during his candidacy. People ignored this kind of talk, but it is wise to remember that he is a lawyer. Words mean a lot  to him. When he said “fundamental” he was being accurate. Change from the ground up.

When something is fundamentally changed it means a rework of its DNA. The foundations must be altered. Once changed, it will look nothing like what it was before. The result: Economic justice, income redistribution, socialized medicine, amnesty for illegal aliens, and a complete alteration of how our country works with the rest of the world. After decades of patient plodding it was time for progressives to play their hand; to make massive changes to the America that so many died to protect.

Our schools have been full of liberal ideology for a long time. Today a full 1/3 of young adults under the age of thirty think that socialism is preferable to capitalism. 1/3 strongly disagree. What about the other 1/3? They are undecided. This is our battleground. Daily we now see the attempts at massive change. We also know it will cost us our freedom. Not today, but in not so many years away because economically this capitalist society cannot function as a socialist one as well. The water is getting hotter and hotter. It is time now to end all of this “change” before we lose the ability to stop it.

The dilemma is simple and it is being illustrated even as I write in the state of Texas where the state School Board is dueling with both hyper-liberal and hyper-conservative elements of their society over what their new textbooks will and will not contain. To put it simply: if we only give part of the story, or none of the story at all, then how can we learn from the past? We have all heard the saying “history ignored dooms us to repeat it”. So what do we say about history revised? Some of the smartest and wisest men this country has ever seen all agree that a study of history provides us with accurate clues with which to predict the future, particularly in the behavior of people. A good example is in our war colleges and military institutes. Courses upon courses deal with the military campaigns of Ghengis Kahn, George Patton, Napoleon, and Robert E. Lee. Why? Because in studying the actions taken by these men in the heat of battle we learn how people react, how they succeed, and even how they fail in endeavors great and small. We learn about their motivations, bravery, inspirations, prejuidices, strengths, weaknesses and even sometimes their cowardice. These studies are valuable and more importantly, they are accurate.

In the society of the world today educators are more inclined to teach what is politically correct or what suits their own political leaning. They revise history according to their politics and the politics of the group within which they exist. In revising history they steal from themselves and their students valuable lessons that otherwise might be helpful in the future. Regarding studies of the Civil War for example, it is an easy whitewash to label the cause “slavery”. It was however much more complex than that. The agrarian south was also being taxed to death by tariffs designed to balance northern labor costs (white people) against the perceived economic advantages of the southern slave owners. Slavery had to be abolished for a number of reasons including making sure that as new territories were added to the growing country they were slave-free, thus keeping wages up for whites in these areas. After the war, whites in the north envisioned expatriation of freed slaves, and evidence of this can be even found in old copies of “Harpers” newspapers still preserved for reading on a number of internet websites. You won’t find much of this in textbooks on the Civil War. You won’t find that Lincoln stated that his goal was not the protection or the abolition of slavery, only the protection of the Union. Slavery was a horrible and detestable practice but so much of the education revised for publication today ignores important facts that once obscured guaranteed a nation still divided on this very issue, even until today. This however, serves the political interests of the revisionists.

Thomas Jefferson once said ““He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors”. The falsehoods and errors created by historical revisionism have created two or three generations of Americans who don’t know all of the truth, and frankly to their own demise, couldn’t care less.

Let’s teach the truth, all the truth, the WHOLE truth.. so help us God.