Obama the Scary

Is it just me or does the thought of a “President Obama” scare the living hell out of everyone else too? This latest escapade with “Joe the Plumber” is just the latest proof that this man should not be anywhere near any elected seat of office, much less the most powerful position in the world. For those of you living under a rock or who use the Main Stream Media as your “trusted news source”, Barack Obama after a speech went up to a man who identified himself as “Joe the Plumber” and asked him if he had any questions. Joe basically asked Obama why he thought it was fair and Constitutional for the government to take his hard earned money from him and give it to people who have not earned it. Obama’s response was that he wanted to “spread the wealth around” which can easily be translated to the famous Karl Marx quote, “From each according to his ability to each according to his need”. This is basically a scam that politicians have been using since time began in which the leader uses money he levies through taxation to buy support from the general public that always leads to an ever increasing amount of property and power going to the government and an ever decreasing amount of our inalienable freedoms being “granted” by the government. It has failed every time it has been tried, from Ancient Rome; to the first government at the Plymouth Colony to the Soviet Union and even the Socialist Countries of the EU (most of whom had 20% unemployment and a much lower standard of living as a result). Starting on Friday and now this morning (Saturday) I have been hearing Obama on the news channels saying that anyone who does not willing give up to 70% of their income in taxes (add it up and don’t forget sales tax and all of the hidden taxes imbedded in the price of the goods you purchase) to this power buying scheme of his is selfish. Selfish?!?! Excuse me Mr. Obama; I do not know if you are reading this but if one of your handlers is and passes it on to you please tell me WHO THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!!!!!????? To tell me that I am selfish because I do not want to give up an ever increasing amount of my hard earned property so that you can give it to someone who hasn’t done anything to earn it in the hopes that you can bribe them into voting to keep your sorry butt in office is not only a slap in my face but also a slap in the face of everyone who has ever sacrificed for the sake of this country from Washington; Jefferson and their supporters through Lincoln to my Grandfather’s generation and even this generation whether it be those who just risked some money to those who sacrificed their lives to ensure that America became and continues to be the greatest country that GOD has granted us on Earth. I am not selfish. No someone who works hard for their property and merely wants to decide how to best dispose of it beyond what the government truly needs for its Constitutionally mandated duties (i.e. the military; roads; and keeping the border secured) is not selfish. That is the very definition of someone who is humbly going about their business. The definition of selfish is someone who takes what they have not EARNED and therefore is not theirs in order to use it for their own purposes, including the buying of votes!!! BARACK H. OBAMA, YOU SIR ARE THE SELFISH ONE, NOT ME!!! I donate money to the causes I deem are worthy and that is my right, not something that you or anyone else should dictate. Further, although at this time I am not “rich” by today’s standards, I hope to be one day. I will be opening up my own small business once I am ready (and by ready, I am also using who is in the White House as a factor so you may delay this should you cheat your way to victory with your ACORN buddies). When I do open up my business, I plan on giving a few people some money or “spreading the wealth around” as you put it, in exchange for them “spreading some labor and mental capabilities around” in return. See that is how employment in this FREE MARKET economy works. One person has something that they have an abundance of (i.e. labor hours and ability) and a need for something (i.e. money to purchase their wants; needs and desires). They seek out someone who has the opposite problem in that they have some excess money yet have a shortage of labor hours and/or ability. These two people get together and they decide to trade with each other what each has in abundance in exchange for what they need. The employer gets the employees extra labor in exchange for his excess money and both are happy. This system has always worked well until people like you step in and mess it up. You come in and give those who need money but have an excess of time on their hands money. Therefore they have no need to exchange some of their time for this money. Therefore their time becomes more valuable to them and they require more money before they are willing to give it up. When that happens the person who still needs the hours will spend more to get them but in turn has to raise the price of the product that was produced with those hours (because cost went up). This means that the person they are selling it to have to pay more for it; which means that this person has to charge more for the purpose they are using it for or do with less. Either way it’s bad for the economy. Obama are bad for the economy and the rest of the country for that matter. People need to read the Federalist Papers as well as the Book of Revelations and then listen to you before they vote Tuesday.

America the Great

AMERICA THE GREAT

We have been in the “political season” for what seem like forever. Throughout the debate, especially in the last six months we have had the three remaining candidates, Clinton, Obama and to a lesser extent McCain; as well as their surrogates try and sell us the moon in order to restore an America on life support to “its former glory” through increased government regulation, handouts; and in at least two of the cases, increased taxation.

I do not know if I stepped into some sort of Sci-Fi like alternate universe where Kirk and Spock are evil or if the evil Kirk and Spock found a way into my universe but that is not the America I know and love. While I think that America in its current state has some short-comings and may be in a pivotal moment in its life as a country (which all nations have gone through multiple times in their span); I do not think it is on life support. Even if you buy into the premise that this little bump in the road is America on “life-support”, increased government regulation and handouts have never ever been the American way or the way that America proves just how great she really is.

America, time and time again proves just how great no not just great, rather how Devine she really is in the exact polar opposite way that our next President (whoever he or she is) may try to tell you is the way. The Pope touched on it in some of his televised speeches this past week, which he spent in America. America proves its divinity each time not through hand outs and regulation but rather by standing tall in the darkest hour; finding a way to pull that rabbit out of our Star and Striped colored hat and defeating whatever challenge was put in front of us regardless of its makeup.

Remember America got its start because it was sick of being bullied by Great Britain. Washington, Jefferson and the lot did not cower under their collective beds or go begging to the rest of the world for help. France’s naval assistance came after we proved that we could take it to the British on land and to suit their own personal agenda; not out benevolence of freedom (something that America does throughout the world today).

Nowhere in the Declaration of Independence does it say “Please be nice to us, pretty please”; nor does it beg for a hand out or a government program. Rather, it told the British Crown what America was about in a polite yet firm manner. It told that overbearing government that we do not need to be told what to do and can do better without it. Then just to be sure they heard us, we clenched up our fists and did what needed to be done. To borrow a phrase from former WWE superstar “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, our Founding Fathers “Opened up a can of Whoop Ass” on what was at the time the world’s largest military and sent that message heard around the world. That message was firm yet simple; We Americans do not tolerate overbearing governments for very long. And although it seemed like a lesson in futility we won. Not only did this tiny group of ordinary citizens stand up to the world’s largest army, it found a way to win against all odds. Furthermore it only took us less than two centuries to become the greatest nation the world has ever seen and we have not, nor should we ever forget or give up how that happened or why.

This winning against all odds ability and mentality is not an isolated incident. Whether it was the Civil War era, the Great Depression/World War II era or the Jimmy Carter Presidency we have always found the way out of our darkest hour by digging just a little deeper within ourselves to find that will we did not realize we had; and come up with a way to come out stronger than ever before. This attitude is reflected in the heroes we remember, not only the real ones like Washington, Lincoln or Regan but also our fictional ones.

Fictional legends often come out of the frame of mind of the populace that created and embraced them thus bringing them to life; so they typically hold the ideals and abilities that particular culture considers to be great in a larger than life way. The Greeks brought us unbeatable warrior heroes like Hercules and Achilles. The Norse brought us Thor and so on. With that frame of mind, think about the legends from American fiction that stand out the most.

As someone who was born in 1975 and came of age in the 80’s; some of the legends of American folklore that come to my mind are Rocky, Hulk Hogan, Luke Skywalker and MacGyver. Each of these characters, when seen from the surface, certainly appears to be different. Rocky and Hulk Hogan portrayed sports heroes who were able to channel their inner spirit and will their bodies into absorbing unimaginable punishment on the way to defeating their seemingly unbeatable foes. MacGyver was a genius who channeled his inner spirit and managed to use his guile and cunning in order to find his way out of tight spots and to defeat each nemesis. Luke Skywalker used his inner spirit (known in the Star Wars universe as “The Force”) not only to summon an indomitable spirit from within himself, but also to become an inspiring leader that was able to bring out the same from those around him (i.e. Han Solo) and have them join the common cause of defeating the unbeatable foe. Each of the above mentioned characters illustrates to us what makes America the country it is and that is why we remember them. Each one of them was able to hone that inner strength that lies within each of us and use their abilities to their fullest do what needed to be done and achieve what was thought to be the unachievable in order to obtain victory.

Most of the human beings throughout history have had two things keeping them from their true greatness. The first is that most forms of government actually prevent or discourage people from seeking their true greatness. The reason that the Soviet Union didn’t even last a century is that “from each according to his ability; to each according to his need” (i.e. punitive tax codes and government hand outs) does not breed greatness; it breeds complacency. For most of America’s existence we realized this; and even today I think a majority of us still do even if many have shrugged back into the comfortable role of complacency with hand out. Our Founders certainly knew this when they set up our form of government. One in which government had a well defined yet limited role in daily lives of the citizen. That is the main reason why we went from a small rural nation to the world’s greatest power, and an influence not seen since Ancient Rome, in an historical blink of an eye (232 years in the grand scheme of things is not very long).

The other reason that America’s greatness occurred is a little more difficult for most people to understand, let alone obtain. It is that inner strength that is found within each of us that “Super Power” if you will which allows us to run on all cylinders; where we realize and utilize that ability each of us has within which gives us the opportunity to be great and use it in the effort of defeating the undefeatable or beating the odds. Some people have it. Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Edison, Davey Crocket and Rush Limbaugh are prime examples. Snicker if you will at that last one, but look at where Rush came from, where he is today and what he did on the way there. There is a reason why the Liberals curse his name. Rush, nearly singlehandedly, took what was a dying medium and turned it into one of the most powerful forces of freedom and inspiration there is by channeling that inner strength we all have and finding a way to make his greatness work. Each of the other abovementioned Americans, as well as countless others, also found their inner spirit or force and figured out how to use it to become the greatest person they could at what they did.

Most people though, do not know how to find, let alone, draw from that spirit in order to pull the proverbial rabbit out of a hat and make them self the greatest person they can be. Most of us rely on a great leader who has found their inner power for inspiration, and that is the reason why we remember people Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln; the reason why we hold Eisenhower, Ronald Regan, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. in such high regard and will probably remember them for a millennia or longer.

They were the leaders who were able to foster that inner spirit or “The Force” within us en masse to do that which needed to be done to move the immovable object or to overcome the insurmountable force and claim victory. George W. Bush, despite his current short comings found his inner power from 2001 though sometime shortly after his reelection in 2004. The reason why his favorability ratings were so high for those 4 or 5 years was that he did what great leaders do. He took the tragedies that occurred nearly simultaneously, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; the Enron like scandals that came to light in 2001 and the recession which had been developing since about 1998 (give or take a year) and gave us the inspiration we needed to dig deep and find that inner spirit so we could battle both the immovable object and the insurmountable force at the same time. Look at the outcome. We have record low unemployment; the GDP and small business ownership are both at all time highs; Saddam and his sons are dead; the Taliban and Al-Qaida are on the run and Osama is hiding in a cave. Unfortunately for Bush and the majority of Americans, he lost his ability to channel his inner power which is a very important aspect of great leadership. I don’t know if it was fatigue or the constant undeserving criticism he received, but he did and when that happened his ratings began to plummet and the majority returned to that state of status quo.

Don’t get me wrong, Americans are not alone in their ability to harness their inner spirit. It lies there, usually dormant, within every single person alive past, present and future. Take a look at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, where King Leonidas and 300 Spartans drew from that inner strength, and every bit of their military abilities, to hold the Persians at bay long enough for the citizenry of Athens to be saved from the pending onslaught (and preserving what we know as “Democracy” which was in its infancy at that time). British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Margret Thatcher were also able to rally the British people into playing a lion’s share of the role when it came to defeating the Nazis and the Soviets respectively.

My point is that America and the American ideal was specifically created by our Founding Fathers in order to make it as easy as it can be for us to channel that inner spirit which I have been talking about, but we still need to be able to find it and harness it in order for it to be effective. Unfortunately, I do not see that type of leadership coming from the Presidency until at least 2012. I don’t see President Bush regaining it and his three heirs-apparent definitely do not have a clue about it, based on their past records. That means that the ordinary citizen is going to have to look elsewhere for assistance in channeling the strength from within. Fortunately for us, our Founding Fathers set up our country in such a way that even if the government leaders where lacking the ability to rally the masses, that there would be a way for leaders in the private sector to emerge, be they from the religious, merchant, elder statesmen, philosophers or another class of citizen.

Already some leaders have emerged in the private sector. We have the elder statesmen, such as Newt Gingrich who has developed his American Solutions think tank. This think tank (as well as others) is a great place for ideas to become solutions. Pope Benedict has proven that the clergy is ready to step up to the plate with his awe-inspiring speeches of hope and inner strength. We have great orators and philosophers on the TV, radio and internet such as; Rush, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin. We even have merchants such as Wal-Mart stepping up to the leadership plate and creating solutions to problems we have. You know that health care crisis that the three stooges err… I mean Presidential candidates are complaining about? Well, while they are busy arguing about how much control government should take from you (not to mention money); it is already in the process of being solved. Wal-Mart began offering an ever increasing amount of generic prescription drugs at $4 for a 30 day supply, not to mention reasonably priced eye care clinics. They also recently announced and began offering health care clinics at reasonable prices. It is only a matter of time before others follow this lead and do the same. That is one of the reasons why the Government elites (the Left) like to vilify Wal-Mart. It is because Wal-Mart’s leadership proves time and time again the Adam Smith and not Karl Marx was right about how to increase the quality of life of the masses. That is where their leadership is shown through. If we have the courage to listen to the private citizens who are stepping up to the plate and take our inspiration from them while cultivating the next great American President and pressuring our current crop of “leaders” from within D.C. to mind their business; I think America’s greatness has a good chance to shine through for an eternity.

A Tale of Two Eagles

I would like to tell you a story. It’s a story that everyone should read and take heed.

There was a nation; but not just any nation. This nation started small as a colony of a much larger distant overlord. They lived a simple, peaceful and religious life while being the servant nation to this distant overlord. Until one day they had enough. This agricultural nation got fed up with being ruled by someone else and revolted. Eventually this nation decided to form a government not ruled by a single tyrant but rather a Representative Republic. In this republic each citizen got a vote and elected its leaders. The citizens formed the army and the elected leaded them against all invading armies. If an enemy dared attack them that enemy was defeated in such a way to make it a prime example to the world.

Merchants were free to ply their trade through the entire nation. All religions were tolerated; there was a single currency and this nation quickly emerged as the most powerful and influential nation in the world.

In time however those who ran for government learned that in exchange for a few “gifts” to their constituents they could get elected and once elected obtain more and more power. In time, the leaders would offer bigger and bigger gifts so that the citizens would look the other way while they (the leaders) took power away from them. Of course, these bigger and bigger gifts required more and more money. This money was obtained through an increase in taxes. Each time their thirst for power increased, the elected would offer more tax payer funded gifts and increase the taxes accordingly.

NOW LET ME STOP THERE FOR A MOMENT…

Does anyone who hasn’t read on know which nation I may be talking about? If it sounds an awful lot like the United States, you are partially correct. This part of my story does sound a lot like the United States. But this story is not about the good Old US of A. Rather it’s about the first Republic; the first Super Power; the first Eagle. This story is about Rome.

You see, Rome, like America, started out as a rural slave nation of the Etruscans who controlled and abused their “colony” much like we were controlled and mistreated by the British. Rome finally had enough; revolted; formed the first Republic and did all of the things I spoke about earlier.

This is where I will continue my story about Rome. See eventually they reached a turning point. Eventually they reached a point in time where the leaders took too much power and taxes in exchange for their gifts. This is when the Consul (their version of the President) became too powerful and became a Caesar (named after Julius Caesar the last elected leader of Rome).

Some, like Augustus were fair. Others, like Nero (the Bill Clinton of his day) were not. They would use scapegoats like the Christians (some things never change) for their misdeeds. Remember Nero fiddled while Rome burned, blamed it on the Christians and then stole if for the “public good” which was really for his own personal use (think about those people in New Haven Connecticut).
Eventually the Caesar gained so much power that people stopped caring about Rome. The provinces one by one got fed up with paying tribute for diminishing returns and broke off from Rome.

Then the unthinkable happened. Wave after wave of barbarian horde sacked Rome with no reprise. Tribes of Goths, Visigoths, Vandals so on and so forth. In the past this would not have been tolerated. Ask the Carthaginians, the Gaul or the Etruscans what happens if you messed with Rome.

Finally when the end came; it was not some great battle of the ages. No, we don’t remember the battle for Rome like some ancient Battle of the Bulge. Quite the contrary. When the Gothic King finally came to relieve the last Caesar of Rome of his duties; he simply told him to retire to his vacation home and that was that. Barely a whimper.

We, my fellow Americans, are like Rome in more ways than you can imagine. When that wise man said that “he who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it” had it right. Americans almost on a daily basis are falling for the very same lines that the Romans once did. They are giving away their freedoms (i.e. healthcare, school choice, freedom of Religion, property rights, etc.) in exchange for trinkets that they are forced to purchases via the tax code.

Our Founding Fathers, the geniuses they were knew this. They knew that Governments natural reaction is to take power, and the citizen who is unaware is likely to give it away. That is why they wrote the Constitution, which is a contract between the people and the Federal Government, that tells the government exactly what it can and cannot do. It’s not as the Democrats suggest a “living and breathing document” out of an Orwell novel. Because when the Constitution becomes a “living and breathing document” freedom gets smothered. They wanted a clearly written document that had no misunderstandings in it.

They also showed us the one and only legal way to change it with the Bill of Rights (a.k.a. the Amendment process). They were also clear not only about how each Amendment should be written (i.e. in its entirety) so that it would not be misinterpreted; but also on the importance of each Amendment based on their order.

For example, the First Amendment (i.e. the most important one) as read by the ACLU says that Religious entities are not allowed to have dealings with the government. They routinely try to force the government to deny the use of public areas by religious entities.

However, if you read the First Amendment in its entirety,

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” (bolding added for emphasis). What this means is that Government is to take a blind eye to one’s religious preferences when doing business with them. This means that if a town allows Shakespeare in the park in June they have to allow a display of the Manger scene around Christmas time. If the town or state contracts out to private entities for its homeless programs the entity that is best able to provide that service should get the contract; be it the Catholic Charities or the Atheist’s against America.

By the way John McCain; The First Amendment also outlaws the McCain-Feingold fiasco. For those who don’t know McCain prevents people from peaceably assembling with like minded people in order to pool resources and redress their grievances 30 days before an election (when most people pay attention) in the loudest voice they could find (i.e. TV).

That brings us to the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment was specifically put right after the First Amendment because the founders deemed it to be the second most importantone. The Second Amendment says, “A well regulated Militia , being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (Bolding added for emphasis).

The Gun Control people will say that this refers to the State, but that is not even close. First of all the first ten amendments were known as the “Bill of Rights” meaning that they were rights of the People. Secondly, Article I, Section 8 gives the government that authority. If the Gun Control people were correct the Second Amendment would be unnecessary.

Rather, the Founding Fathers knew that the Gun was the machine of the free. They knew that if not for the Gun, they would still be under the thumb of their European enslavers. They also knew that the best/last protection against an ever encroaching central government was to be armed. A wise man once opined that the Second Amendment was put into place for when the founders forget the others.

Please do not get me wrong. I am not saying that now is the time for violence. I am simply stating that the Second Amendment is there as a last grasp which we will hopefully never see. Rather now is the time to use your mind; your voice; your right to vote. But before you do go out and learn about all the candidates; not just what they say or what the media says about them; but rather what they do and put it into historical perspective. History will repeat itself but only if we let it.

My apartment is haunted

Hello,

I know that these old cities and their old buildings tend to creek and stuff, but I have picture proof that my apartment IS HAUNTED!!!! I am serious. You should look for yourself.

Last night, a demon portal or something opened up in the bathroom (I knew I shouldn't have had that chili) and some chilling creatures came out!!!!

Check for yourself

If you know those guys on the Sci Fi network or the Ghost Busters, please send them my way.

Please hurry.

PS (I am the one in the front - middle)