The United States of America originally formed as a republic of democratically elected representatives. However, Congress obviously no longer serves our best interests. Government officials now only serve themselves, in order to be reelected or keep their public sector job.  Apparently, virtually every Democrat (and most Republicans) willingly accepts the status quo. While the TEA (acronym meaning Taxed Enough Already) party advocates nobly suggest we prevent our country from becoming socialist, I'm afraid to be the bearer of bad news. I offer four examples of socialism that already occur under our existing form of government. Three of these examples I know for a fact to be true, having personally verified them.  The fourth example is an anecdote I heard on the radio and cannot confirm, but I have no reason to disbelieve the story knowing the first three examples are factual. When the BP oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama ordered the international corporation to not pay dividends that had been declared, posted and were ready to be distributed to its shareholders.  Even though the company had cash to pay both the dividends and the demanded extortion of $20 billion dollars into the slush fund to be managed by the president's cronies, they were ordered not to pay.  Obama's unprecedented act of hubris personally cost my 98 year old grandmother a whopping $17,000.   The majority of her small retirement income comes from BP stock dividends from stock my grandfather earned after spending his entire career with American Oil/Amoco that … [Read more...]

President Obama recently admitted, "I said, 'You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We'll have that debate. You're not going to be able to do that by nickel-and-diming me in the budget. You think we're stupid?'" No, but he thinks we are. Government spending on social issues has escalated recklessly out of control.  The clever use of the euphemism "paying for tax cuts" is used in lieu of describing what is actually necessary, a massive reduction in government spending. It's a well-established technique.  Repackage the unpleasant truth in flowery language to win support from gullible people. Nobody is against or "anti" anything anymore. When anti-abortion activists declared their movement to be "pro-life", those opposed could not say they were "pro-abortion."  So they are "pro-choice", or cast their position as in favor of a woman's reproductive rights. How can anyone oppose choice?  Well, the baby might object. Of course, a man's reproductive rights begin and end at intercourse.  Once the woman is pregnant, it is only her choice whether or not to have the baby. If she chooses to have the baby, she can have the courts order the biological father to financially support her child even if she refuses to marry the father (in the rare case he's willing.) Courts have even ruled that if a man is not the father but pays support for an extended period of time due to a mistake, he isn't off the hook until the child reaches eighteen. Most often, his interest in the child ended with his sperm donation, and the "deadbeat" Dad will do anything to shirk his … [Read more...]

Politicians say stupid things all the time. There's a reason why the political arena is often called "Hollywood for ugly people." Some think Barack Obama is a President "rock star."  These same people probably told Charlie Sheen he has Adonis DNA. The intelligence bar has been set rather low by actors, reported to say stupid things all the time.  What do you expect when someone makes a living by saying words written by others? Not much. The real question is, what did Congress expect when they asked Jane Fonda or Sissy Spacek to testify before Congress about the plight of farmers because they played a farmer in a movie?  Perhaps Steven Colbert put an end to that celebrity "expert" testimony nonsense once and for all by properly mocking it. For the record, it really doesn't bother me all that much when an actor says something stupid.  They aren't paid to be smart.  They are paid to look good and sound convincing as they follow the script. When politicians say stupid things, it really bothers me.  These people have great power to adversely affect my life.  I want politicians who are smarter than me, not richer and prettier. When Republican Christine O'Donnell bought a television ad to announce "I am not a witch" or Democrat Nancy Pelosi stood before the national media and declared, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it," my head wanted to explode. Don't forget my most favorite stupid quote from Harry Reid, The mean-spirited bill, H.R. 1 … eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts,” … [Read more...]

Friends who engage me in a discussion that turns political often fall prey to the misconception that I am some sort of right wing Republican. Perhaps I made some reference to a remark by Rush Limbaugh or mentioned a story seen on Fox News. I do listen to Rush periodically and I do prefer Fox News. Does this make me some sort of ideologue? What about when I'm reading Camille Paglia, the Huffington Post, the U.K. Daily Mail, or some information source decidedly more liberal ?  If you really want "fair and balanced" and you don't trust the media, do it yourself. It has bothered me that ever since achieving a qualified age, in Georgia I must declare a party affiliation in order to vote in the primary.  I can vote either way in the general election, but for primaries I must choose sides. I am not a Republican.  I am not a Democrat.  I am an American.  My symbol is not "D" or "R", but "USA." I am not strictly a conservative, but fiscally conservative and socially a libertarian -- kind of like a liberal who hates Big Government. There are reasons I'm not a Democrat. Obamacare might even be the point of no return where I never support a "D" no matter how conservative the candidate. It isn't that we, the general public, want to "screw" the public sector unions of what they were promised in the past or deprive people of health care. The simple truth is that we don't have the money.  We must elect politicians with enough backbone to admit that entitlement spending has destroyed our economy and the only way to fix it is to reduce spending.  It's … [Read more...]

In my rarely humble opinion, birthers are a kind of conspiracy nut. They believe that Barack Obama became POTUS without actually being a natural-born citizen, a requirement for holding the office as stipulated by the U.S. Constitution. Surely Hillary Clinton would have discovered the truth and exposed Obama, assuming the slightest shred of evidence existed showing proof he's not a natural-born citizen.  Even if she was only pretty sure. Democrats haven't been known to be sticklers for details before making reckless accusations. And Hillary really wanted to be president.  Therefore, I disagree with Donald Trump. I think it's a waste of time and possibly a diversion to question Obama's citizenship.  Let's concentrate on the damage he's doing as President.  That ought to be plenty to keep the second coming of Jimmy Carter from re-election. If Republicans are worried they will be called racist, allow me to attempt to set the collective minds at ease. You're going to be called racists, bigots, homophobes, and any other vile term of character assassination by people who have none.  Get over it. Championing the birther claim is a non starter, in my opinion. If Republicans really want to counter the racism claim in the next general election, they could draft a ticket of two excellent black conservative such as Allen West and Herman Cain. I don't care which has the top job: both are black, conservative, smart, and no B.S. kind of people.  Either would make a better President than Obama. The Democrats have friends in the media helping them as much as … [Read more...]