Did you see this yesterday? Hundreds of thousands of people at about 1000 gatherings across the country. What a display. People fed up with the unparalleled spending of our current federal administration along with the way that the money is spent. And when watching the liberal mainstream media I couldn't find a single episode of people acting out in an inappropriate way buy burning flags or throwing things, in other words, acting like liberals.
It's things like this that make me glad I live in the United States. It also makes me reflect on the people who gave us the right to gather and speak our minds. Our founding fathers and the men and women who have served in our military cannot be thanked enough. If you liked what you saw, thank a veteran.
Back to the content of yesterday's protests. The way I see it is that normal hard working folks are tired of the way our tax dollars are spent. The way the president and congress are demanding that those of us that pay taxes pony up even more to help those that refuse to help themselves. Dennis Miller said it best, to paraphrase, I don't mind helping the helpless, but not the clueless. Well said, sir.
Now Oregon wants to raise the tax on beer almost %2000. Yes you read that right, %2000. I can't say that I'm too surprised, after all Oregon was the first state to legalize marijuana. Maybe they should quit smoking that stuff and think about what they are doing. They think this will help close the 3 Billion dollar shortfall in their budget. If I lived in Oregon I would quit drinking beer. Really I would have moved a long time ago, but if I still lived there I wouldn't buy beer. What buffoonery.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Our Elected Leaders and Other Ramblings
I know I'm back earlier than I threatened, but I heard something today that I just couldn't let go. It appears that we taxpayers have financed a trip for several of our elected officials to go to Cuba and meet with dictator Fidel Castro. That alone is enough to irritate the hell out of me, but the comments they made once returning, well that was enough to almost make my head explode. A congressional representative from California praised the leader and said that Cubans are living better than some in her own district. Well, who's fault is that? I'll tell you, it's the fault of the people living there and this elected official. If a person doesn't like where they are living, do something to get out and live elsewhere. Work more hours, look for a better job, better manage your money so you can afford to get out. I myself have no more than a public education and through hard work and perseverance I have managed to do okay. No, I don't make Bill Gates type money, but I manage what I do make and live pretty well.
As for the elected officials, they should quit promising that the state is going to provide for their constituents and help them to help themselves. Remember that in this country you get out what you put in. After all you have managed to get a pretty decent job, so why can't someone else? But then again your job as a representative of the people should only be temporary not a career.
Let's get back to the trip in the first place. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "What the hell are they thinking?" I want to know who thought this was a good idea. I can hear the conversation now, "Let's go pay a visit to a communist dictator that has a reputation for either putting people in prison that don't agree with him, or just killing them, and has also enslaved an entire country." I doubt it went exactly like that, but what else could be said? And even after the idea was presented, someone had to approve it. Then to come back and say that Castro was engaging because he wanted to know more about Dr. Martin Luther King and asked what he could do to help Mr. Obama succeed. There's a surprise, one socialist supporting another.
I cannot wait for the next election. I hope that the people who bought into the promise of change can now see that it's not only business as usual, but it is out of control. The spending, the foreign trips with the apologies, a cabinet nominee more odious than the next, the cuts in our military budget and now this trip to see the mass murderer Castro. What's next? It's one thing to try to get a country like Iran to ease up on the every Friday afternoon chants of "Death to America" and quite another to court a wacko like the Cuban dictator.
One thing I haven't seen the president do is make any kind of comments on the shootings in Oakland, Ca. and Pittsburgh, Pa. where a total of seven police officers were killed. I would think that he might have something to say about these incidents. Or at least condemn the wackos that paraded through the streets of Oakland celebrating that criminal lowlife as a hero. As far as Oakland goes, after that hideous display the city council should disband the local government and leave those people to fend for themselves.
People should remember that seven good men gave their lives in an effort to protect the people of their respective towns. I know alot of folks like to bad mouth the police, that is until they need one, but generally these are the people that have no idea what it's like to be an officer. I know I've heard every story imaginable about how someone got a ticket that didn't deserve it or how the police didn't do enough to find out who toilet papered their house. But maybe, just maybe people should take the time to think what that officer might have just been through. Maybe he just had to wrestle with some drunk or talk someone out of killing themselves or having to tell a parent that one of their children has died. Then try to think of all the things that the police have to do that most people couldn't. Then tell me I'm a bad guy, I dare you.
As for the elected officials, they should quit promising that the state is going to provide for their constituents and help them to help themselves. Remember that in this country you get out what you put in. After all you have managed to get a pretty decent job, so why can't someone else? But then again your job as a representative of the people should only be temporary not a career.
Let's get back to the trip in the first place. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "What the hell are they thinking?" I want to know who thought this was a good idea. I can hear the conversation now, "Let's go pay a visit to a communist dictator that has a reputation for either putting people in prison that don't agree with him, or just killing them, and has also enslaved an entire country." I doubt it went exactly like that, but what else could be said? And even after the idea was presented, someone had to approve it. Then to come back and say that Castro was engaging because he wanted to know more about Dr. Martin Luther King and asked what he could do to help Mr. Obama succeed. There's a surprise, one socialist supporting another.
I cannot wait for the next election. I hope that the people who bought into the promise of change can now see that it's not only business as usual, but it is out of control. The spending, the foreign trips with the apologies, a cabinet nominee more odious than the next, the cuts in our military budget and now this trip to see the mass murderer Castro. What's next? It's one thing to try to get a country like Iran to ease up on the every Friday afternoon chants of "Death to America" and quite another to court a wacko like the Cuban dictator.
One thing I haven't seen the president do is make any kind of comments on the shootings in Oakland, Ca. and Pittsburgh, Pa. where a total of seven police officers were killed. I would think that he might have something to say about these incidents. Or at least condemn the wackos that paraded through the streets of Oakland celebrating that criminal lowlife as a hero. As far as Oakland goes, after that hideous display the city council should disband the local government and leave those people to fend for themselves.
People should remember that seven good men gave their lives in an effort to protect the people of their respective towns. I know alot of folks like to bad mouth the police, that is until they need one, but generally these are the people that have no idea what it's like to be an officer. I know I've heard every story imaginable about how someone got a ticket that didn't deserve it or how the police didn't do enough to find out who toilet papered their house. But maybe, just maybe people should take the time to think what that officer might have just been through. Maybe he just had to wrestle with some drunk or talk someone out of killing themselves or having to tell a parent that one of their children has died. Then try to think of all the things that the police have to do that most people couldn't. Then tell me I'm a bad guy, I dare you.
Monday, April 6, 2009
The Beginning
I needed a space to voice my opinion on the current state of affairs in our country. I'm confident that some people will not agree with me on many of the issues. That's fine. Believe it or not I would like to hear some of those dissenting opinions. I hope that at least once a week I will be able to post my thoughts. So let's get started.
First on the agenda is our new president's recent European trip. I have to say that I am appalled at his actions. Who does he think he is to tell the word that America is arrogant. America has been protecting the free world for a long time now. Go almost anywhere in the world and find a grave of an American soldier that gave a life in defense of freedom. So according to him I am now supposed to feel guilty for being an American? I think not. There is a difference between confidence and arrogance. Americans are confident that we can stand up to anyone and prevail using toughness, fairness and a desire to make things better for everyone. Maybe the next time the president is in France he should take the time to visit the beaches at Normandy and pay his respects to the 9,000 or so who are buried there. I think the French should be required to go to Normandy and even visit the Somme once in a while and remember how others have stood up for them.
Now let's get to the damage that has been done internally over the last two months by our president and the others that either he has selected for his cabinet and of course the others that we have elected. Where to start?
How about the Treasury Department. How many jobs still need to be filled there? At least he found someone who understands the tax code to run the department. Yes, that last comment was drenched in sarcasm. I've heard some of his comments made during an interview yesterday. He said that CEO's of banks that received TARP money could be removed if the government deemed necessary. After the budget that was recently passed and the debt we all will inherit from that, the current federal government has no business telling financial professionals how to run their businesses. Yes, I'm aware that it was the avarice of the banks as well as the American people that helped to create the current situation, but I believe that someone that has worked in the financial sector might know a little more than the average politician. I can say the American people because in the last five years I have both purchased and refinanced a home. Both times I was offered more money than I needed or asked for. I can see that some folks saw all the money they were offered and just could not refuse. Now they are certainly paying the price.
Now let's explore the president's decision to close Guantanimo Bay. When I first heard of this the only thing I could think of was, "What the hell is he thinking?" Sorry for the language, just trying to be accurate. These people are the worst of the worst. They are committed to the destruction of our country and way of life. Now he wants to give them their day in an American court. These wackos should be given a fair trial by a military tribunal before they are executed. Not given a trial at our expense and then be sent back to where ever they came from to continue to plot to murder our citizens. If that sounds too harsh to you, maybe you should ask yourself where the day in court was for people like Daniel Pearl and others who were beheaded by these terrorists.
Many of us have had a family member serve in either Iraq or Afghanistan during the last six years. I have a nephew in Iraq now. We are all counting the days before Alex comes home. I know another who went and was seriously wounded by a suicide bomber. Jeff will carry those scars forever. And naturally I remember my friend Stan who lost a son. If this isn't "the good fight" I don't know what is. I'm eternally grateful for all who have gone. My heart goes out to the families of those that have not come back. We all need to let Mr. Obama know how we feel about his decision to close Gitmo.
I think that's a good start. Please leave me your thoughts on these subjects. If you want a response, let me know. I will be happy to discuss anything with you.
First on the agenda is our new president's recent European trip. I have to say that I am appalled at his actions. Who does he think he is to tell the word that America is arrogant. America has been protecting the free world for a long time now. Go almost anywhere in the world and find a grave of an American soldier that gave a life in defense of freedom. So according to him I am now supposed to feel guilty for being an American? I think not. There is a difference between confidence and arrogance. Americans are confident that we can stand up to anyone and prevail using toughness, fairness and a desire to make things better for everyone. Maybe the next time the president is in France he should take the time to visit the beaches at Normandy and pay his respects to the 9,000 or so who are buried there. I think the French should be required to go to Normandy and even visit the Somme once in a while and remember how others have stood up for them.
Now let's get to the damage that has been done internally over the last two months by our president and the others that either he has selected for his cabinet and of course the others that we have elected. Where to start?
How about the Treasury Department. How many jobs still need to be filled there? At least he found someone who understands the tax code to run the department. Yes, that last comment was drenched in sarcasm. I've heard some of his comments made during an interview yesterday. He said that CEO's of banks that received TARP money could be removed if the government deemed necessary. After the budget that was recently passed and the debt we all will inherit from that, the current federal government has no business telling financial professionals how to run their businesses. Yes, I'm aware that it was the avarice of the banks as well as the American people that helped to create the current situation, but I believe that someone that has worked in the financial sector might know a little more than the average politician. I can say the American people because in the last five years I have both purchased and refinanced a home. Both times I was offered more money than I needed or asked for. I can see that some folks saw all the money they were offered and just could not refuse. Now they are certainly paying the price.
Now let's explore the president's decision to close Guantanimo Bay. When I first heard of this the only thing I could think of was, "What the hell is he thinking?" Sorry for the language, just trying to be accurate. These people are the worst of the worst. They are committed to the destruction of our country and way of life. Now he wants to give them their day in an American court. These wackos should be given a fair trial by a military tribunal before they are executed. Not given a trial at our expense and then be sent back to where ever they came from to continue to plot to murder our citizens. If that sounds too harsh to you, maybe you should ask yourself where the day in court was for people like Daniel Pearl and others who were beheaded by these terrorists.
Many of us have had a family member serve in either Iraq or Afghanistan during the last six years. I have a nephew in Iraq now. We are all counting the days before Alex comes home. I know another who went and was seriously wounded by a suicide bomber. Jeff will carry those scars forever. And naturally I remember my friend Stan who lost a son. If this isn't "the good fight" I don't know what is. I'm eternally grateful for all who have gone. My heart goes out to the families of those that have not come back. We all need to let Mr. Obama know how we feel about his decision to close Gitmo.
I think that's a good start. Please leave me your thoughts on these subjects. If you want a response, let me know. I will be happy to discuss anything with you.
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