Everyone knew that big government entitlement programs like medicare and social security were a bad idea from the start.  Ronald Reagan himself went on record several times warning against the issues medicare would cause.  No one listened.  No one wanted to be the unpopular one and call the establishment out on it.  Everyone saw all the easy senior votes racking up and were eager to cash in.  Flash forward decades later and see where we are now.  A presidential candidate finally calls out social security for what it is – a ponzi scheme.  And the reaction was  just what had been expected.  “You can’t say that and expect to get elected.”  “You will lose the critical senior vote.”  “He didn’t really mean that we need to get rid of it.”

Rick Perry finally became the adult in the room, stepped forward and called a spade a spade.  And he was right.  Social security is a ponzi scheme.  It isn’t going to last, as ponzi schemes never do.  He said what he meant and he meant what he said.  And he shouldn’t run from it.  We need to sit down and make some hard choices.  Perry has stated before that social security is unconstitutional.  Many people might not like to hear that, but it is true.  It is time to stand up and speak the truth that many people already know, but don’t want to hear.

I have heard many conservatives trying to defend Perry by saying he doesn’t want to kill social security.  the fact of the matter is – he does.  The methods that he proposes for this would do exactly that – kill social security as we now know it.  The problem here is that no one wants to admit that that’s what needs to be done.  There are three big gorillas in the room – social security, medicare, and medicaid.  They all need to be placed on the endangered species list.  They are big government entitlement programs that need to go away.  They never should have been started to begin with.

But now is much different from then.  People are starting to realize this more and more.  Whether they want to admit it or not, they know it to be true.  Reagan warned us against medicare.  It passed anyway and look at the situation it is in now.  Conservatives warned against Obamacare.  Once it goes fully into effect in 2014 it will begin racking up dependants just like medicare did.  And thirty years from now, establishment politicians will be afraid to say it is not sustainable.  They will be afraid of ending it because of all those who have come to depend on it.  Just like medicare.  Just like medicaid.  Just like social security.

Perry is right.  He should not retract.  He should not try to sidestep it.  Social security needs to be “killed.”  It is time to call a spade a spade.

In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Republican candidates have denounced plans for a large Muslim center proposed near a subdivision, and hundreds of protesters have turned out for a march and a county meeting.

This is certainly understandable since this mosque would be placed right near a subdivision of concerned American families.

In late June, in Temecula, Calif., members of a local Tea Party group took dogs and picket signs to Friday prayers at a mosque that is seeking to build a new worship center on a vacant lot nearby.

In Sheboygan, Wis., a few Christian ministers led a noisy fight against a Muslim group that sought permission to open a mosque in a former health food store bought by a Muslim doctor.

There are over 1900 mosques in America. Many are funded through Saudi Jihadists as author Steven Emerson has so thoroughly researched and documented. Most are seeking to impose a type of Sharia law in America.

A smaller controversy is occurring in Temecula, about 60 miles north of San Diego, involving a typical stew of religion, politics and anti-immigrant sentiment. A Muslim community has been there for about 12 years and expanded to 150 families who have outgrown their makeshift worship space in a warehouse, said Mahmoud Harmoush, the imam, a lecturer at California State University, San Bernardino. The group wants to build a 25,000-square-foot center, with space for classrooms and a playground, on a lot it bought in 2000.

Recently, a small group of activists became alarmed about the mosque. Diana Serafin, a grandmother who lost her job in tech support this year, said she reached out to others she knew from attending Tea Party events and anti-immigration rallies. She said they read books by critics of Islam, including former Muslims like Walid Shoebat, Wafa Sultan and Manoucher Bakh. She also attended a meeting of the local chapter of ACT! for America, a Florida-based group that says its purpose is to defend Western civilization against Islam.

And it is not just in California, Wisconsin, New York, Florida, or Tennessee. It is all over America. And I for one am proud to see the GOP taking a stand on this issue and leading the fight. Although many have been critical of Sarah Palin,Michelle Malkin,Anne Coulter (my personal hero), Newt Gingrich, and others for taking a stand where every real American should, I would just like to say “thank you!”

Myth Number One: America’s youth are not interested in conservatism.  The Republicans have lost the youth vote.

Reality:  As I mentioned, I am 21 years old.  President Reagan was just beginning his second term when I was born.  I’m still in college.  I talk to the “youth” everyday.  They are my friends.  And yet, I don’t hear them praising The One or proclaiming the sainthood of Nancy Pelosi.  I am 21 years old, but I am still a conservative republican.

Myth Number Two: Immigrants won’t vote Republican.  The Dems own the Immigrant vote.

Reality: Wrong again.  My parents are from South Korea.  I am first generation American born.  Yet, both my parents and myself are conservatives.  I talk to friends everyday from Vietnam, South Korea, and Thailand.  They do not view kindly Obama’s push towards communism in this country.

Myth Number Three: The GOP does not want or need the LBGT vote and wouldn’t get it anyway.  All of the gays will vote for the dems.

Reality:  Homosexuals are just like any other people. We don’t want tax hikes.  We don’t want to pursue a policy of surrender in Afghanistan.  We don’t want to cut and run in Iraq.  We don’t want a policy of appeasement with Kim Jong Il or Hugo Chavez.  I am a proud supporter of the Log Cabin Republicans, and I have been living with the same partner for two years now.

For all of the messages of doubt and despair.  The statist media wants us to believe there is no hope for the GOP.  Conservatism is supposedly dead, if you watch ABC, CBS, CNN, or MSNBC.  And yet, I’m still here.  I’m still young, Asian, and lesbian.  I am still a conservative Republican.  And the media is still wrong.