Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Independence from tyranny
On July 4, 1776 the founders of this great nation set in motion the series of events that would forever fundamentally change the world. The declaration of independence from the rule of King George III was seen by many as a fools journey. To stand united against the greatest nation and greatest army in the world was thought by many to be at a minimum insane and most likely suicidal. Regardless, men of character stood together and for the love of liberty, fought for the freedom we enjoy today. I fear that the integrity fought so boldly for 200+ years ago has been lost.
Today, the federal government is at least as tyrannical as England was during the American Revolution. Today, the federal government is actively suing one of it's own United States. Today, the rights of the criminal outweigh the rights of the victim. And today, the most productive in society are punished with overly burdensome taxation to reward the least productive. The time has come for great men of character to stand up against tyrannical government.
Our protected right to govern ourselves is rooted in the simple act of voting. If ever there was a time to exercise that right, it is now. Political parties aside, the incumbents in Congress MUST be removed. There is a reason why George Washington refused a third term as President. The advent of the career politician has ushered in a self-serving group of disconnected individuals that are more worried about their reelection than following the will of the people. It is time the Washington elite hear loud and clear the will of the people. There can be no room for doubt.
The TEA party is a beginning but by no means can it be the end. There MUST be fundamental change in the Congress or the "Change" President Obama promised will come to fruition and the United States as we know it, will cease to exist. The people are the only ones who can change our path and you are the people. Make your voice heard through the ballot box and through activism. There is no better way to foster in the next American Revolution.
Today, the federal government is at least as tyrannical as England was during the American Revolution. Today, the federal government is actively suing one of it's own United States. Today, the rights of the criminal outweigh the rights of the victim. And today, the most productive in society are punished with overly burdensome taxation to reward the least productive. The time has come for great men of character to stand up against tyrannical government.
Our protected right to govern ourselves is rooted in the simple act of voting. If ever there was a time to exercise that right, it is now. Political parties aside, the incumbents in Congress MUST be removed. There is a reason why George Washington refused a third term as President. The advent of the career politician has ushered in a self-serving group of disconnected individuals that are more worried about their reelection than following the will of the people. It is time the Washington elite hear loud and clear the will of the people. There can be no room for doubt.
The TEA party is a beginning but by no means can it be the end. There MUST be fundamental change in the Congress or the "Change" President Obama promised will come to fruition and the United States as we know it, will cease to exist. The people are the only ones who can change our path and you are the people. Make your voice heard through the ballot box and through activism. There is no better way to foster in the next American Revolution.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
WE NOTICED!!!
Sherry Hackett, wife of the late Buddy Hackett, is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat.
It would be thought that many other Democrats share her position.
This was written by Sherry Hackett, Buddy Hackett's widow.
"WE NOTICED"
President Obama:
Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day.
Sir, it's time we had a talk.
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made a mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken.. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition.
YES, "We noticed."
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states.
We all know that Islam, not America has 57 states.
YES, "We noticed."
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.
YES, "We noticed."
Every time you apologized to other countries for America's position on an issue we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great country.. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us. In fact, you insulted the British Crown beyond belief. And, you even bowed before the Saudi king
YES, "We noticed."
When your pastor of 20 years "God-damned America " and said that 9/11 was " America 's chickens coming home to roost" and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be, after attending that church for 20 years. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright because it was politically expedient to do so.
YES, "We noticed."
When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth.
Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, "if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn't be sitting in the White House now." Prior to your election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from Illinois and from what we can glean from the records available, not a very remarkable one.
YES, "We noticed."
All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her traditions.
YES, "We noticed."
You are almost15 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, "We noticed."
We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures, and we are labeled "un-American","racist", "mob". We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right
to speak out.
YES, "We noticed."
On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.
And YES, "We noticed."
There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation. In your short tenure in office you have done more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.
YES, "We noticed."
September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a "National Service Day". While we know that you don't share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is, a disgrace.
YES, "We noticed."
You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy..
YES, "We noticed."
When you denied a military flyover at the annual "God and Country" rally in Idaho, where new military recruits were inducted, and all military were honored, that was the first time in 42 years that a military flyover did not occur. When the organizers contacted the Pentagon to ask why this was not allowed, they were told that it was because the event was of a "Christian nature".
Yes, we noticed.
We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.
It would be thought that many other Democrats share her position.
This was written by Sherry Hackett, Buddy Hackett's widow.
"WE NOTICED"
President Obama:
Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day.
Sir, it's time we had a talk.
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made a mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance was spoken.. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition.
YES, "We noticed."
During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states.
We all know that Islam, not America has 57 states.
YES, "We noticed."
When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently placed a flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning over.
YES, "We noticed."
Every time you apologized to other countries for America's position on an issue we have wondered why you don't share our pride in this great country.. When you have heard foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us. In fact, you insulted the British Crown beyond belief. And, you even bowed before the Saudi king
YES, "We noticed."
When your pastor of 20 years "God-damned America " and said that 9/11 was " America 's chickens coming home to roost" and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we wondered how that could be, after attending that church for 20 years. You later disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright because it was politically expedient to do so.
YES, "We noticed."
When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered why. With all her faults, America is the greatest country on earth.
Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, "if not for America and the people who built her, you wouldn't be sitting in the White House now." Prior to your election to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from Illinois and from what we can glean from the records available, not a very remarkable one.
YES, "We noticed."
All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her traditions.
YES, "We noticed."
You are almost15 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek to saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, "We noticed."
We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures, and we are labeled "un-American","racist", "mob". We wonder how we are supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right
to speak out.
YES, "We noticed."
On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.
And YES, "We noticed."
There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation. In your short tenure in office you have done more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.
YES, "We noticed."
September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a "National Service Day". While we know that you don't share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that history will report your proposal as what it is, a disgrace.
YES, "We noticed."
You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy..
YES, "We noticed."
When you denied a military flyover at the annual "God and Country" rally in Idaho, where new military recruits were inducted, and all military were honored, that was the first time in 42 years that a military flyover did not occur. When the organizers contacted the Pentagon to ask why this was not allowed, they were told that it was because the event was of a "Christian nature".
Yes, we noticed.
We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
This is ... WOW... and confirmed as authentic.
Letter To Obama at Whitehouse Sent from 95 year Old Pearl Harbor Survivor !! Fantastic!!
WW II Battleship sailor tells Obama to shape up or ship out !
This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.
Dear President Obama,
My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.
One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.
So here goes.
I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.
I can't figure out what country you are the president of.
You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:
" We're no longer a Christian nation"
" America is arrogant" - (Your wife even
announced to the world," America is mean-
spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching
that nonsense to 23 generations of our
war dead buried all over the globe who
died for no other reason than to free a
whole lot of strangers from tyranny and
hopelessness.)
I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.
After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals."
Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.
I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.
Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.
Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue . You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.
And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight? You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.
One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of.
You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.
You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.
And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle...
Sincerely,
Harold B. Estes
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Controversial... What about profiling???
I, like many, do not want the government intruding where they do not belong. That being said, what exactly is bad about profiling? I don't believe that any one race, religion, gender or orientation is worthy of profiling against a particular crime. HOWEVER, the politically correct way of applying to all the restrictions based on the actions of some is no better. I am going to make some generalizations in the following paragraphs that I challenge reasonable dispute. If there is a good argument, please comment and share.
Just my thoughts.... yours???
1. The majority of illegal immigrants in the United States are Hispanic.
2. Asian girls that work in massage parlors are probably illegal and slaves.
3. Most of the terrorists attacks in the world in the last 20 years have been carried out by radicals, most, not all who are Islamic.
4. In urban centers, gang membership is primarily either Hispanic or Black youth.
5. High dollar white collar crimes are mostly carried out by white men.
6. Low income children are more likely to become low income adults.
This is only a very few of the "generalizations" that one can make. Ask yourself if any of them are untrue; not politically incorrect, but untrue. Do these generalizations make profiling OK? That is the million dollar question. I submit that profiling is not inherently bad, but the complete avoidance of it is.
If you go to the airport today, in order to prevent the appearance of profiling, a 90 year old that walks with a walker and can barely get through airport security is required to remove their shoes and may be "randomly" chosen for an enhanced search. What good does that serve? There has NEVER been a terrorist that is elderly and walks with a walker.
If you are driving down the highway and see a Chevy van with 14 people inside, what would you guess the race of those people would be? Now... ask yourself, if you automatically assumed what I am pretty sure you did, isn't that profiling. Now, is that wrong or is that a law enforcement tool?
Here is the issue in my opinion. Not that profiling is bad but that it is abused. Holding law enforcement responsible to not abuse their charter is the solution to the profiling issue. I believe that if you meet the profile, you should be happy to be subject to questioning. If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to worry about. Those who are worried about getting caught are the ones who don't like profiling.
Just my thoughts.... yours???
Don
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Arizona gets it right... but was it ever wrong???
This week the Governor of Arizona signed immigration laws into effect for the State of Arizona. These laws make it illegal to be in the State of Arizona if you do not have legal residence in the United States. The law also "allows" police officers to ask about immigration status when probable cause is present. This is, in my opinion a good start towards real reform. The problem is, there is nothing in the Arizona law that hasn't existed for years in federal law.
The United States federal law was the template for the Arizona law that everyone is protesting right now. The law, in place for many years has simply not been enforced. What I find interesting is the probable cause issue. Based on the interpretation of this law, I can see illegal immigrants having their arrests reversed because they are illegal immigrants but the police officer didn't do a good enough job establishing probable cause.
If they are here illegally, there shouldn't need to be probable cause. If they are here legally than it shouldn't matter as long as there is no profiling. If the national ID card go through then there will be no reason to need probable cause anyway because if you don't have a national ID, then you obviously are here illegally.
I love the left wing of this country... they don't even realize that the thing they are most against will be made easier and more effective by the things that they want the most.
I LOVE IT...
Don
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