THE DANGERS WE FACE FROM THIS "RELIGION OF PEACE"

The threat that we continue to face from the practitioners of that most violent of religions is growing. And the consequences of allowing it to grow are only going to become more and more ominous. Sadly, this growing danger continues to be significantly downplayed not only by our president, but most, if not all, of the members of the Democrat Party as well as a majority of those in the state-run media. And it has become something that quite simply can no longer be ignored or tolerated, nor should it be. The longer we fail to properly address this growing, and ongoing, problem with the seriousness that it demands, we will succeed in only putting both ourselves and our families in a position of ever increasing amount of danger. And the fact that these religious sadists are not being more vigorously opposed in their wish to build a monument to the very ones who committed the only successful attack ever perpetrated on American soil, should be considered as being totally unacceptable to every single American, especially our president. This is nothing more than one more example of the will of the people being completely ignored. These same murderers who were responsible for the death of 3000 of our countrymen, should never be thought of as being anything other than the face of this most primitive, and very violent, faith. A faith filled with every type of fanatic and zealot imaginable. Followers who proudly claim that Americans love life, while at the same time they profess their love of death. Perhaps we should take them at their word, putting as many of them as possible firmly on the path toward their rendezvous with 72 virgins. Followers of this religion, which is based on violence directed at those of us considered to be infidels, willingly sacrifice their children by strapping bombs onto them only to then send them out to kill other children. This one religion is responsible for some of the most heinous acts of violence to be found anywhere in the world. Which begs the question, just where is all of the proof, any proof really, touted by so many that substantiates what we being told about Islam being a religion of peace. No where, that's where, because none exists! I am sick and tired of listening to all of the mollycoddling that is coming from not only politicians but nearly all of those whom comprise the state-run media. Even from many on Fox. It is now well past the time to call a spade a spade. And politicians who are willing to sell their souls to this band of misfits, and are only too happy to throw their country under the bus all in the effort to appease these hoodlums should be run out of town on a rail. Islam is nothing if not a violent, unforgiving, bloodthirsty, primitive and oppressive faith, with it being very difficult to argue against the point that it is practiced by some of the most sadistic and masochistic individuals on the planet.

"It's absolutely disingenuous, as many have said, that that block is hallowed ground," so said Imam Feisal Rauf, noting the nearby exotic dance and betting businesses. "So let's clarify that misperception." Oh really? Well now, how about we all get together go over and build a nice big church smack dab in the middle of Mecca, how about that, Imam? Plus it's guys like this Imam who are making many not so thinly veiled threats that if the location of this Mosque were to be changed for any reason, then we would be invoking the wrath of every Muslim kook from here to the Middle East. The Muslim World is watching? Who gives a crap whether or not the Muslim World is or isn’t watching? Well I'll tell ya what there Imam, just between you and me, I don't give a squat about the Muslim world. What they think could not be more inconsequential to me. If it weren't for the oil that lies beneath the ground there nobody would give a rats behind about them. This is the U.S. of A., at least for right now. At least until Barry "Almighty" gets through with it. And right now that's all I'm concerned about. What needs to be done here is that the full force of the United States military needs to be brought to bear to eradicate the world of this deadly plague. If they prefer living in the 5th or 6th century fine, I'm sure we can help them out with that little endeavor. The time to be worrying about collateral damage has long since passed. These throwbacks to the darkest of ages only understand one thing…overwhelming force. We must beat them until they submit to an unconditional surrender. It has to be seen as either them or us. It's either that or we, and other civilized people will be forced to continue to bury our young. These people need to be stopped, and stopped now by any means necessary. They are to be considered as being nothing short of a infestation upon the civilized world and should not be allowed to continue to use their vile hatred of others for no reason other than that they may choose to practice another religion as an excuse for committing murder. If they wish to lead such a violent existence then they should do so in their own country where such behavior, I assume, is acceptable. There must now be a limit placed on our tolerance and we must not allow that tolerance to be further taken advantage of by those who wish for nothing short of our death. This threat and those who are responsible for it must be expunged in order for us to be able to guarantee the safety of the American people. We can no longer afford to pussyfoot around this most critical threat against our very way of life. With the lives of our citizens at stake the time for worrying about the silly sensitivities of the offenders has long since passed.

And another thing that really ticks me off is the blatant hypocrisy of these people in how they consider it as being totally acceptable behavior for a bunch of religious purists in Saudi Arabia to burn Bibles wherever and whenever they find them, but should one preacher with a flock of around fifty can by saying he's gonna burn a Qur'an, send the World into a freakin tizzy. And they have the nerve to starting making threats against us should we fail to prevent this guy from going through with his threat. Although he has since changed his mind going through with burning it, at least for now. What might it be more beneficial for us to do instead of making threats to burn a copy of the Qur’an, is to open it and to read it. The best way for us to get to know our enemy and to then be able to make the requisite preparations in getting ready for combat, is to make ourselves familiar with the mentality behind their rather rather unique belief system. As such, the following are just some examples of the verses in the Qur'an that can and have been used in the history of Islam, that "Religion of Peace", in support of the violence committed all in the name of God and the glories of martyrdom in a holy war. One reads such quotes as these and very quickly realizes that this "religion" is so far removed from anything that even remotely resembles anything considered to be peaceful, and that to even consider such a notion becomes quite laughable.


2:190-193 "Fight in the cause of God those who fight you ... And slay them wherever ye catch them ... And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression and there prevail justice and faith in God ..."


2:216 "Fighting is prescribed for you and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But God knoweth and ye know not."


2:224 "Then fight in the cause of God and know that God heareth and knoweth all things."


3:157-158 "And if ye are slain or die in the way of God, forgiveness and mercy from God are far better than all they could amass. And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! It is unto God that ye are brought together."


3:169 "Think not of those who are slain in God's way as dead. Nay, they live finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord."


3:195 "... Those who have ... fought or been slain, verily I will blot out from them their iniquities and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath; a reward from the presence of God ..."


4:101 "... For the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies."


4:74, 75 "Let those fight in the cause of God who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of God whether he is slain or gets victory, soon shall we give him a reward of great (value). Those who believe fight in the cause of God and those who reject faith fight in the cause of evil, so fight ye against the friends of Satan, feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan."


4:89 "They but wish that ye should reject faith as they do, and thus be on the same footing as they. But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of God. But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them…"


4:95 "Not equal are those believers who sit at (at home) and receive no hurt and those who strive and fight in the cause of God with their goods and their persons. God hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than those who sit (at home).


5:36 "The punishment of those who wage war against God and His apostle and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land. That is their disgrace in this world and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter."


5:54 "O ye who believe. Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors. They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily God guideth not a people unjust."


8:12-17 "Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you. Give firmness to the believers. I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers. Smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger tips off them. This because they contend against God and his apostle. If any contend against God and his apostle, God is strict in punishment ... O ye who believe. When ye meet the unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them. If any do turn his back to them on such a day, unless it be a stratagem of war ... he draws on himself the wrath of God and his abode is Hell, an evil refuge (indeed)."


8:59-60 "Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly). They will never frustrate (them). Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of God and your enemies and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom God doth know ..."


8:65 "O apostle! Rouse the believers to the fight. If there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred. If a hundred they will vanquish a thousand of the unbelievers, for these are a people without understanding."


9:5 "... fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war) ..."


9:14 "Fight them, and God will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame ..."


9:29 "Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and his apostle nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth (even if they are) of the people of the Book, until they pay the Jizya [religious tax] with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."


47:4 "Therefore, when ye meet the unbelievers, smite at their necks, at length when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them) ... but if it had been God's will, he could certainly have exacted retribution from them (himself), but (he lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the way of God, he will never let their deeds be lost."


61:4 "Truly God loves those who fight in His cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure."


And then of course we have any number of Democrats who continue to either defiantly refuse, I guess in the misguided hope of achieving some sort of cheap political gain, or display a level naïveté that borders on complete insanity, regarding their complete inability to identify and as well as they're being totally unwilling to confront evil in any form. And in their typical touchy feely way, they insist on dealing with everything in varying shades of gray. However, this issue regarding Muslim terrorists, more than any other presently confronting us, is one that should very clearly be dealt with as one being a strictly black and white issue as well as a moral equation consisting of good guys versus bad guys. The sheer lunacy of the Liberal point of view was once more made abundently clear in recent weeks by various hosts on three of the majorly liberal networks, PBS, NPR and ABC.


It was on May 25, that PBS host Tavis "Yes I'm a racist and so what" Smiley interviewed Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the ex-Muslim Somali writer and activist for human, especially women's, rights in Islamic countries. After mentioning American Muslim terrorists Maj. Nidal Hasan (the same guy who murdered 13 and injured 30 fellow soldiers at Fort Hood) and Faisal Shahzad (who attempted to murder hundreds in Times Square), and the follow conversation took place:


Ali: "Somehow, the idea got into their (Hasan's and Shahzad's) minds that to kill other people is a great thing to do and that they would be rewarded in the hereafter."


Smiley: "But Christians do that every single day in this country."


Ali: "Do they blow people up?"


Smiley: "Yes. Oh, Christians, every day, people walk into post offices, they walk into schools, that's what Columbine is -- I could do this all day long. There are so many more examples of Christians -- and I happen to be a Christian. "There are so many more examples, Ayaan, of Christians who do that than you could ever give me examples of Muslims who have done that inside this country, where you live and work." Have you ever heard such pathetic drivel in your life? I think ol' Tavis has maybe drunk just a bit too much of the Kool-Aid or has spent too my time reading the New York Times. Can you imagine saying something like this and being serious when you said it? The fact that Smiley has little trouble in equating Muslims who murder in the name of Islam with Americans who "murder every day," by the way, none of whom commit their murders in the name of Christianity, clearly reveals that he suffers form a rather delusional mental state. Either that or he's gone out and gotten himself a frontal lobotomy, because he's nothing short of a moron. I've actually watched a couple of Smiley's shows and how anybody can take this clown seriously absolutely amazes me. Seriously, if you're ever need a good laugh, grab a beer and some popcorn and sit down and watch this guy. That someone this stupid could have progressed so far is really quite something. Ah, that Affirmative Action, you gotta love it! Otherwise this goof would be selling pencils down on the corner.


But wait, there's more. On August 22, Michel Martin, host of NPR's "Tell Me More," in discussing whether the Islamic Center and mosque planned for near ground zero should be moved. She said this on CNN's "Reliable Sources" with Howard Kurtz, "Should anybody move a Catholic church? Did anybody move a Christian church after Timothy McVeigh, who adhered to a cultic white supremacist cultic version of Christianity, bombed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City?" Now I'll confess right up front that I have never listened to NPR so I wouldn't know this imbecilic bimbo if she was to be standing right in front of me. Never mind the sheer idiocy of even making such an asinine statement but how does this bimbo Martin equate the thousands of Islamic terrorists around the world, all of whom are devout Muslims, with a single American, and one who, in any case, professed no religion, let alone Christianity? It just never ceases to amaze me the lengths to which these people go in their attempt to create some level of moral equivalence that they see as justifying the murderous behavior committed by these religious fanatics.


And last but not least we have on August 26, ABC "20/20" the case of anchor Chris Cuomo who tweeted this to his nearly one million followers: "To all my christian brothers and sisters, especially catholics -- before u condemn muslims for violence, remember the crusades....study them." Look, I don't know this Cuomo guy from the man on the moon, but how is it exactly that he can make the claim that Christians cannot condemn Muslims for violence and use as the basis for his reasoning the Christian Crusades? What about that statement is even rational? First of all, as we are all very much aware, the Crusades occurred a thousand years ago. Let's be real for just a second here if we can, how is it that in order to establish any defense whatsoever for the violence committed by Muslims in the present, we have to go back a thousand years to find even remotely comparable Christian conduct. Is it my fault that very few, if any, of these people have managed to crawl beyond the 10th century? NOPE!


It's quite simple. These fanatics preach what they practice, and practice what they preach, which is nothing more than pure unadulterated hatred, religious intolerance and violence. Even with that being painfully obvious, there remains this bizarre, and potentially lethal, persistence among nearly all liberals to create some sort of moral equivalence. If anything it shows their complete ignorance regarding historical fact. The purpose behind the Crusades was to recapture lands that had been held by Christians for centuries until Muslim armies swept in and attacked them, destroying most Christian communities in the Middle East. Some Princeton Professor, a Mr. Bernard Lewis, has written, "The Crusades could more accurately be described as a limited, belated and, in the last analysis, ineffectual response to the jihad -- a failed attempt to recover by a Christian holy war what had been lost to a Muslim holy war." The mentality of such stellar "journalists" as those previously mentioned is a condition that is in reality representative of a much larger problem that is rampant among those in the state-run media when it comes to their being able to objectively address the issue of Islamic terrorism. And you have to ask yourself how it is that they can come to think the way that they do and be quite serious when they make such idiotic statements? The answer is quite simple, I suppose. It all stems from a leftist indoctrination process that begins on day one of public school, indoctrination that has been, and continues to be, propagated throughout our entire public and private educational system, by the state-run news media as well as entertainment media for decades, and which has resulted in the spawning of a new breed of fellow travelers who work to first create and then to reinforce their rather lopsided way of looking at the world and America's place in it. The only possible outcome for those indoctrinated by such leftist thinking is that they become completely incapable of making anywhere near accurate moral judgments to the point where they can then very matter-of-factly claim that people they call "extremists" within Christianity and Islamist terrorists and their supporters pose equal threats to America and the world. The major issue that remains is the fact that the state run media, as a whole, still dominates the way many American get their information, and has very little problem, and indeed largely concurs as a whole, with the foolish and dangerous comments made by most media personalities. That is why these comments, worthy of universal moral condemnation, were ignored by the mainstream state controlled media. Instead, they remain much more comfortable in directing their mind-numbing vitriol and their accusatory rhetoric toward people like Rush, Beck, Hannity, Fox News in general, and even Dr. Laura who they continue to attempt to portray as being the major contributors to any heightened level of anger and discontent with members of Congress as well as Barry "Almighty" that may presently exist.

HOPE AND CHANGE = MORE LIVING IN POVERTY

Barry promised us long before he was ever elected that if he in fact did get elected he would work to “fundamentally transform” America as our nation’s president. Well my friends, it would appear that he is proving to be true to his word as he goes about doing just that. With him already having assumed control of car companies, financial institutions and even our healthcare, he has set his sights on yet liberal dream and has even more insidious plans for us. Because in addition he has, all under the guise of his rather destructive policies regarding our economy, set about implementing that same tired old Democrat mantra of class warfare in order to institute his income redistribution scheme, and in doing so has thus embarked on the continuation of the liberal dream of eliminating poverty. In all actuality this whole eliminating poverty notion is nothing more than a sick ploy that is being used to expand governmental involvement into the lives of every single American, not just the poor. Which has pretty much been a stated goal and has long been something very near and dear to the heart, as well as the wet dream, of every Democrat going all the way back to Woodrow Wilson.

Would it now seem at least a little plausible that all of those who were calling Barry’s absolutely meaningless campaign theme of “Hope and Change” nothing more than an empty bumper sticker slogan, can finally be told that just maybe we were right? There will be some numbers coming out, if they're not out already, that might provide more than just a little proof to back up all those claims. While it all sounds very nice, because no one actually "wants" anyone to live in poverty, despite claims made by Democrats, at the same time, those living in poverty must take some initiative to get themselves out of poverty. It is not my responsibility through the paying of higher and higher taxes, to make sure that fewer people remain stuck there. And despite the fact that methods embarked upon in such an endeavor have proven to be nothing more than an abject failure and waste of money, it hasn’t prevented liberals from claiming it as a reason justifying both higher taxes and increased government involved in not just the lives of the poor. And even those who were so enthralled by what Barry called his agenda of “Hope and change” and “Change we can believe in,” I think can now very plainly see that it’s not quite turning out to be like how he described it. Exhibit One, and really the only one needed, would be the most recent census data, for the year 2009, that is expected to show that the number of those who are now living in poverty here in America is on track to “increase” by record numbers. As such, it should be very plain to see even for the most hardcore of Barry's supporters, that this fanciful notion of his is essentially nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of anyone with a (D) after their name. Because the number of those who now find themselves below the poverty line is rapidly approaching 1960 levels. Does anybody remember LBJ’s “War on Poverty” and the billions of dollars that have been wasted since then on that battle. And what exactly has been accomplished? That would be…NOTHING, obviously!


This stark reality comes heading at us with all the subtly of a speeding freight train. And it comes in the form of the patently socialist ideals on which the economic policies of Barry are based and accompanied by some very telling census data becoming known just seven weeks before some of the most crucial elections in my lifetime. Census data that could very likely help in determining which Party it is that will end up in control of Congress for at least the next two years. An anticipated poverty rate increase, from 13.2 percent to about 15 percent, is but one more example that Barry is being “successful” in that which he hopes to achieve, a population that is ever more dependent upon the government for everything. Should these estimates hold true, some 45 million people in this country, or more than 1 in 7, were poor last year. It would be the highest single-year increase since the government began calculating poverty figures back in 1959. The previous high was in 1980, during the Jimmy Carter administration, you all remember Jimmy, when the rate jumped 1.3 percentage points to 13 percent. Barry "Almighty" said Friday at his White House news conference, "The most important anti-poverty effort is growing the economy and making sure there are enough jobs out there." He once again stressed his "commitment" to helping the poor achieve middle-class status and said, "If we can grow the economy faster and create more jobs, then everybody is swept up into that virtuous cycle.” Well, why is it then that Barry appears to be less serious about growing the economy than he is about growing the Welfare rolls? And among those in the 18-64 working-age population, there is expected to be a rise beyond 12.4 percent, up from 11.7 percent. That would in effect make that percentage the highest since at least 1965. That was one year after the afore mentioned “LBJ”, yet another Democratic president, officially launched his “War on Poverty” that expanded the federal government's role to a level not previously seen, in social welfare and entitlement programs. This most recent census data is also expected to show that: 1) Child poverty increased from 19 percent to more than 20 percent. 2) Blacks and Latinos were disproportionately hit, based on their higher rates of unemployment due in part to their apparent willingness of rather accepting a government checks instead of actually looking for work. 3) Metropolitan areas that posted the largest gains in poverty included Modesto, Calif.; Detroit; Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla.; Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Now that’s a shocker, more Democrat strongholds reflecting an increase in poverty. Go figure! What the heck is it with Democrats anyway? Nothing about the policies they inflict upon us ever works! Ever! And yet we find them in charge of Congress and the White House.


"My guess is that politically these figures will be greeted with alarm and dismay but they won't constitute a clarion call to action," said William Galston, a domestic policy aide for none other than “BJ” Clinton, yet another Democrat. "I hope the parties don't blame each other for the desperate circumstances of desperate people. That would be wrong in my opinion. But that's not to say it won't happen." Well I would disagree with Mr. Galston, obviously another Democrat trying to avoid anyone casting any blame on his party, on one point. It is and always has been the Democrat Party that is the party solely responsible for this continuing debacle, and as such are the ones that should specifically blamed for its sad outcome. That more people are still in poverty after such huge amounts of money have been spent and all in the supposed effort of reducing that number, is a sad tribute to, as well as represent the pure fraud of, the liberal Democrat policies enacted over the last 50+ years. Furthermore, it would be more than fair for the Republicans to very forcefully, and very loudly, place that blame squarely where it belongs. My worry is that, as on so many other occasions, they simply won’t have the cojones to do so, and we all know that this is exactly the kind of information that the state run media keeps very tightly under lock and key. At least until after an election as important as this one. Lawrence M. Mead, a New York University political science professor who I'm told claims to be a conservative and who wrote "The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America”, seems to be of the opinion that the surge in those now living poverty won't have much of an effect regarding the outcome of November's election. Mr. Mead "argued that the figures will have a minimal impact in November." Adding that, "Poverty is not as big an issue right now as middle-class unemployment. That's a lot more salient politically right now," he said. Well I would disagree in that it is higher taxes that are directly related to the unemployment crisis, which in turn is then directly related to the number of those forced into living at or below the poverty line. The forthcoming 2009 projections partly rely on a methodology by Rebecca Blank, a former "poverty expert", whatever the heck that is, who now oversees the census. She estimated last year that poverty would hit about 14.8 percent if unemployment reached 10 percent. "As long as unemployment is higher, poverty will be higher," she said. Ah, "Hope and Change" you gotta love it!!


However, if the census numbers that are anticipated prove to be anywhere near accurate, Republicans who are now in the midst of an increasingly strong drive to win control of the House, if not the Senate, would be provided with yet one more very strong argument to make against costly Democrats polices that have achieved absolutely nothing. The GOP is saying that voters should fire Democrats because Barry's “supposed” economic fixes are doing nothing more than acting a as major impediment allowing for, a best, only a very sluggish economic recovery. Republicans should now cite this higher poverty rate as further evidence of the outright failure of typical Democrat legislation. And yes, I’m sure that we all can already hear the Democrats right now, arguing about why it is that they are not the ones to be blamed for the growing poverty numbers, after all, look at how much they have spent on trying to fix the problem. And of course they’ll say that the poverty increase did begin under President George W. Bush with the near-collapse of the financial industry in late 2008. The point not to be missed here is that the Democrats have been in charge of Congress for 4 years. And they have literally wasted billions of tax dollars on their dream of ridding America of poverty for over 50 years. So I think it much more difficult to attempt to pin any substantial amount of blame on Bush, or the Republicans. Of course now, that doesn’t mean that they’re not going to try, or even that a significant amount of people aren't going to buy into it. It’s all they know how to do. It is thought that Hispanics and blacks who are normally seen as being solid Democratic constituencies, could very well take the cowards way out and stay home in November if, as expected, the Census Bureau reports that many more of them were poor last year than the year before. I guess that makes much more sense to these people than actually going out and voting for those who honestly want to improve the economy for all and thus are working to create more jobs. But no, it’s much less work to just sit back, stay at home and wait for the next check to arrive.


There are some who have even said that the effect of these numbers could very well progress beyond the November elections. They seem to be of the opinion that the findings could actually end up putting some pressure on Barry to expand government safety net programs ahead of his likely 2012 re-election bid. They are obvious the same ones who are apparently oblivious to the fact that that’s exactly how we got into our present financial mess in the first place and advocating more such programs completely ignores the fact that…WE’RE BROKE!! And Republicans would be right to criticize Barry for attempting any increase in federal spending that would accomplish nothing more than to add to our already bloated federal deficits. That is what should be the primary area of concern for the independent voters whose support is critical in elections. As well, there appears to be some "experts" who have said that the jump in the poverty rate could very well prove the point that the liberal viewpoint and social expenditures actually make it more profitable for the poor to actively avoid actually going out and looking for work. Gee, ya think? Makes you wonder just who these experts are? It’s as if they are somewhat fearful that such numbers will gain some steam for the conservative position that the poor have opportunities to work but simply choose not to because they get "too much" help from the government. In reality they’re actually encouraged not to work. "The Great Recession will surely push the poverty rate for working-age people to a nearly 50-year peak," said Elise Gould, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute. She said that means "it's time for a renewed attack on poverty." A renewed attack on poverty? What planet is it that this bimbo is from? If the billions of dollars that have already been spent have failed to put so much as a dent in the poverty level, just what is it that this obvious loon, Ms. Gould, would like to see proposed? And Mr. Douglas Besharov, a University of Maryland public policy professor, says the big question is whether there's anything more to do to help these families. To answer Mr. Besharov I would respond with a very enthusiastic, NO! That it is way past time for these people to get off their butts as well as the government dole, voluntarily or not, and begin to take at least some responsibility for their own lives. It’s not my job to subsidize their laziness. I’m tired of it and from where I'm standing I've done more than enough.


So it would seem that the one surefire result of Barry's "Hope and Change" is that we now have more people living in poverty, which is the normal outcome regarding the political philosophy so strictly adhered to by Barry. Poverty, squalor and misery have all been the natural occurring outcomes from this philosophy everywhere it has ever been tried, yet Barry and the Democrats insist upon shoving down our throats. If he is allowed to continue unabated the number of those living in poverty, as well as those who are unemployed will continue to go nowhere but UP! Come November, we must be willing to send a message to both Barry and all those in Congress. The question that remains is, are we up to the task that lies before us. We won't know the answer to that question until November 3rd.

IS BARRY SERIOUS ABOUT JOBS AND THE ECONOMY?

And so it is that our "Beloved Leader" continues to show all that he is in fact an enemy of the people by exhibiting through his continuing stubbornness that the American people should not be able to keep more of the money that they work so hard for. He sees the government as being more deserving of that money than the people who actually do the work to earn it. And the fact that he is so completely unwilling to curb what is so obviously a scandalous spending binge, and to then turn around and use that same out of control spending as the excuse needed for raising taxes is completely inexcusable. But what this action does do, is to very clearly lay bare the fact that behind the current economic policies being pursued by Barry and the many members of his party, is the intent to rob from the American people the ability to enjoy the fruits of their labor. When it comes to the Bush tax cuts, which are due to expire at the end of the year, Barry has continued to advocate that only the ones that apply to individuals making less than $200,000 and families making less than $250,000 should be allowed to stay in effect. Always the whiner, he is busy trying to cast the Republicans as being the reckless ones here, by his saying that it is they who are holding those middle class tax cuts hostage by insisting that all of the tax cuts be extended. Barry said he was doing his best to present why it is that he thinks that Congress must let tax cuts for the wealthy expire at the end of this year, arguing the government cannot balance its books without that revenue. Someone needs to tell him that the government’s books would be a Hell of a lot easier to balance if wasn't for his purposely destructive level of spending that borders on being grotesque. And so it was during a recent campaign speech in Cleveland, that Barry once more blasted Republicans for doing nothing more that sitting "on the sidelines" while he and congressional Democrats were busy doing all of the heavy lifting as far as getting the economy back on track. Working being defined by Barry as pushing to pump even more money into the economy the most recent example of which is yet another “stimulus”, on which he wants to spend another $180 billion that we simply do not have. And he is forever making the claim that he is the one now being forced to clean up after what he said were the excesses created during the Bush Administration that have led us to the present economic downturn. You know, every time I hear him say that this whole mess can be traced back no further than the last administration I just want to scream. This whole mess got its start way before 2000, and it was all thanks to the Democrats. This whole mess got its start under Jimmy "Peanut Brain" Carter and was then made even worse under "BJ" Clinton. Now don't get me wrong, I have my own issues with "W", but he and the Republicans did try to reel in the initial culprits that got this mess rolling. That would be Fanny and Freddie and long before 2008, and it was the DEMOCRATS who effectively stopped dead in its tracks any sort of reform from ever taking place regarding either one of these entities. So Barry can just start whistlin a different tune on that one and exhibit just a little honesty for a change. He’s just so pathetic!


Barry’s latest tactic is his attempting to paint House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, as being the enemy and as the reason poor Barry hasn't yet managed to revive the economy. Which rings more than just a little hollow when one looks at the still sizable Democrat majorities in both Houses of Congress. Mr. Boehner, who in his own speech in Cleveland late last month challenged Barry "Almighty" to join together in a bipartisan effort to cut spending and extend all of the Bush tax cuts. But Barry has repeatedly shown that he has absolutely no interest in anything bipartisan, saying, "There was just the same philosophy we already tried for the last decade, the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place: cut more taxes for millionaires and cut more rules for corporations." Again, his only response is nothing but more complete BS. He continues to make it very clear that he is very strongly opposed to any bipartisan compromise the end result of which would result in extending the Bush tax cuts in any way for those who he sees as being the "wealthy" beyond the end of this year. Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Robert "The Idiot" Gibbs has continued to staunchly defend the president's position on eliminating the tax cuts. “The president's viewpoint is that we cannot afford to extend the tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 a year," Gibbs said. "Most of the spending for extending those tax cuts comes from … incomes that surpass $1 million. Roughly, for a millionaire, that's $100,000 tax cut. I don't think the president believes that we are a $100,000 tax cut from a millionaire away from an economy that works for families that are making $40,000 a year." House Republicans, led by Mr. Boehner, have outlined their own proposal and it essentially calls for continuing all of the Bush tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest Americans, and for returning spending to 2008 levels, which Mr. Boehner has said would save nearly $100 billion in the next fiscal year. "If the president is serious about finally focusing on jobs, a good start would be taking the advice of his recently departed budget director and freezing all tax rates, coupled with cutting federal spending to where it was before all the bailouts, government takeovers and 'stimulus' spending sprees," he said. But then that's the real question isn't it. Is Barry really serious when he says that his focus is on jobs and in strengthening the economy, or is all about something else? Mr. Boehner has said he doesn't understand why the president wouldn't allow a two-year moratorium on tax increases. He told ABC's "Good Morning America, "What that will do is help small businesses who have no clue what the coming tax rates are going to be, gives them some certainty. And if we're able to do this together, I think we'll show the American people that we understand what's going on in the country and we'll be able to get our economy moving again, and get jobs growing in America." But it was White House senior adviser David Axelrod who told Fox News that the president isn't supporting tax cuts for high-income earners because they "aren't asking for them, don't need them and have the money to spend. We have to focus on the priority, which is getting the middle class moving again." This coming from an official representing an administration that has done more, and in a very short period of time, to decimate the middleclass than any previous administration that has come before it. Another senior administration official said the president will endorse extending expiring tax cuts only for the middle class. "No economist has argued" that extending tax cuts for wealthier earners "has a great 'bang for the buck' for the economy," the official said. But what this senior administration seems to be very willing to gloss over is the fact that these top income earners are responsible for over 37 percent of all purchases made. So if their taxes go up, where's their incentive to spend more of the disposable income that they now will have less of because of Barry's tax increases. DUH! Furthermore, this same senior administration official claims, increasing tax revenues from the wealthier taxpayers to reduce deficits "is a much better use of that money." WHAT, SAYS WHO? That is a 'values' statement," the official said, arguing that 97 percent of small businesses "aren't touched by this, and the 3 percent of them that are largely lawyers and lobbyists and financiers … the Republicans want to masquerade them as small businesses." Someone needs to let those 97 percent of those small businesses in on this so that they know that they won't be affected. What an idiotic and nonsensical statement to make. And it is one that has zero basis in anything that would even remotely resemble as being fact. Martin Feldstein, who was economic adviser to President Reagan said all of the Bush tax cuts should be extended for two years because even letting those for the wealthy lapse would be “a blow to a very fragile economy.” A point, I might add, that Barry doesn't seem to get and thus does not agree with.


Barry is also busy making the case for yet another attempt at reviving the economy, through what essentially is a second stimulus, even though that’s not what they’re calling it. They’re not calling it a second "stimulus", because they see that as a phrase that has taken on some rather negative political connotations since the original $800 billion recovery plan and subsequent additions have failed so miserably. Such as failing to keep unemployment down to anywhere near the 8 percent that was promised. But look folks, if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, guess what, IT'S A DUCK! Or in this case a “stimulus.” So now this new “stimulus” comes to us in the form of $180 billion in expanded business tax cuts and also additional infrastructure spending. The president's plan includes a trio of proposals that he “claims” will spur economic growth through tax cuts and investment. This, the latest of Barry’s economic boondoggles, includes three proposals which includes $50 billion for infrastructure investment, a permanent expansion of research and development tax credits for companies and new tax breaks that would allow businesses to write off 100 percent of their new capital investments through 2011. Barry “the economist” has claimed that these three major steps will help boost jobs and have an overall positive impact the economy. His first step is the pouring of even more taxpayer funds into road and rail infrastructure projects. Now wait just a minute, I may have been born at night, but it sure wasn’t last night, ya know? Isn't that what he said the first "stimulus" package was supposed to do. So I guess I'm just not getting what more money will do, because if the first attempt failed so obviously to yield anywhere near the positive results promised, what exactly is $50 Billion more gonna do? His second and third step of making the research and development tax credit permanent and speeding up tax write-offs for firms when they purchase equipment is not seen as providing much of anything in the effort to strengthen to economy. In fact, Nigel Gault, chief economist for IHS/Global Insight, an economics consulting firm, said he liked both the infrastructure and R&D proposals but “they’re not going to kick-start the economy.” Anyway, as is stands right now, Barry's additional infrastructure proposal presently faces a pretty uncertain future with members of both parties who are more than a little wary about creating any additional spending ahead of November's elections. Even one of Barry's key allies, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, has already announced he would oppose the measure, making the arguments, as many others have, that infrastructure projects can be funded through last year's $814 billion Recovery Act. And so far Barry has gotten no support from Senate Republicans, who, thank God, as long as they stick together, hold enough votes to block anymore wasteful spending action. The administration has attempted to make this new “stimulus” package more attractive to Republicans and business groups in order to improve the chance of passage in the short time Congress will be in session before lawmakers go home to campaign. But the political reality here is that Barry is doing nothing more than simply daring the Republicans to oppose the plan, in an attempt to prove the Democrats’ contention that Republicans will block even their own ideas in their effort to deny Barry any legislative victories. But like I've already mentioned, Barry has substantial majorities in Both Houses and he still should be able to get what he wants by convincing no more than one Republican to go along with him. But the problem lies within his own party. And by proposing business tax breaks that according to nonpartisan analyses, would do more to stimulate the economy than extending the Bush tax rates for the wealthy, Mr. Obama hopes to buttress Democrats’ opposition to extending those rates. And then things get really nauseating when we have Robert “The Idiot” Gibbs this past Tuesday, spewing nothing more than absolute drivel when he says that, "This is about long-term economic growth. This isn’t about the next 60 days or the next 90 days. This is about how do we get our economy fully back on track, how do we get the millions that want to work back to work, and how do we repair the economic damage that’s been going on not just over the past two years but over the past 10 years.” Have you ever such a crock in your entire life? Of course its about at least the next 50+ days! Republicans’ early reactions to the “stimulus” were hostile, as they should have been, especially to Barry's proposals to close corporate tax loopholes to offset any costs. “If the offsets for this new package are other tax increases, then it’s a nonstarter,” Senator Charles Grassley, a senior Republican of Iowa, said in a statement.


So with elections now less than two months away, Barry "Almighty" is desperate to bolster his party's chances and improve his own sagging approval ratings. He is telling voters that they have a very clear choice of either continuing the policies of President Bush or his own policies, which he claims have worked to lessen the recession, although "progress has been painfully slow." Painfully slow? How about totally nonexistent! Thus, Barry continues his attempts to draw that stark line between Democrats and Republicans and, and seems to enjoy whining about how the political battles on Capitol Hill seem to center more around battling him, and not on improving the country. Again he tries to make it sound as if it's all about him, he’s a victim of those mean Republicans. Is this poor me routine wearing as thin on everyone else as it is on me? Polls show voters increasingly disapprove of Barry's pathetic record on the economy and don't see any results from what has proven to be what so many said it was at the very beginning, a bogus $814 billion "stimulus" package/slush fund. The president is also how facing the headwind of an unemployment rate that ticked up in August to 9.6 percent, a long way from that promised 8 percent. Hey y’all, how's that "Hope and Change" workin for ya? And speaking about Republicans, Barry loves to repeat the claim that, "They’re making the same calculation they made just before the inauguration: if I fail, they win," he said. "Well, they might think this will get them where they need to go in November, but it won’t get our country where it needs to go in the long run." Well, a substantial election victory by the Republicans would definitely be a very big step in what is seen by many as being the right direction toward getting our country where it so desperately needs to go. Because what we are in very bad need of right now is some roadblocks being put up that will, if not stop, at least slow down this rapid slide to the left of Barry’s specific making. Republicans have said that they want to give businesses and consumers certainty and that an expiration of the tax cuts would hurt small businesses in particular. Democrats, though, have sought to seize on Republican concerns about the deficit in their defense of allowing the tax cuts for wealthier Americans to expire. They say an extension would add $700 billion to the federal tab over the next decade. Even Secretary of State Hitlery Clinton has now jumped into the fray, labeling the U.S. deficit, projected to weigh in at about $1.4 trillion this year, a national security threat. Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, she warned that mounting debt undermines the nation's "capacity to act in our own interest." Democrats face lower poll numbers, internal divisions and the potential to lose the majority in the House as they approach the midterm elections. The Times reported that some Democrats hope that the president's remarks would help to "rally wavering lawmakers who…feel increasingly vulnerable to Republican attacks." The office of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has released a statement saying the president's position is nothing more than an exercise in job killing. "As you may have seen this in the New York Times, President Obama is not only rejecting compromise, he's insisting on a tax hike next year for Americans across the country, including hundreds of thousands of small businesses," a spokesman for the Kentucky senator said. "This is an odd position given the strong bipartisan opposition to tax hikes in Congress, leaving the President in a dwindling group of politicians who still think it’s a good idea to raise taxes in the middle of a recession.” Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office and an adviser to Republicans, predicted in an interview that “nothing is going to happen between now and the election,” except perhaps for passage of a separate administration package of tax cuts and lending for small businesses. Senate Republicans had been blocking that legislation. So all of the evidence would suggest that while Barry may claim, first and foremost, that his trying to strengthen the economy and bring about job growth, all of his actions say otherwise. So it’s all going to come down to what the American people think in a little over 50 days. My only advice is to make sure that you vote, your friends vote, your neighbors vote and, if they can, your kids vote. This may very well be our last opportunity to get this thing know as our country righted and at least headed in the right direction.

"6"

I have written many times before about my severe lack of faith, as well as my extreme disappointment, in the American people, and about they're being unable, or unwilling, to properly identify the truly serious issues of the day. So at the risk of repeating myself, I do so one more time. This terminal form of gullibility still infecting so many Americans is what remains my primary area concern regarding a positive outcome in what could be a very critical election, an election that is now a little over 50 days away. I can only say that my sense of anxiety regarding its outcome, while not growing, has not really lessened by any significant degree either. If using the people that I spend a great deal of time around as a gauge, I'm just not so sure that what I'm hearing from supposed "experts" regarding the potential outcome of the coming election will actually, in the end, prove to be all that accurate. I'm not sensing any great concern when it comes to people realizing the dire shape that our country presently is in, and not just fiscally. Sure there have been any number of Tea Party rallies and rallies held by the likes of Glenn Beck, but I still worry about our side being able to generate the level of numbers that will be required for us to achieve victory. And yes I've seen and heard all of the talking heads telling me how it's going to be an absolute massacre, or a bloodbath, for the Democrats come November. But as all of you must know, the American voter is a rather strange creature to say the least, especially at election time. You never really know what will be running through anyone's mind at the time they cross the threshold and enter the voting booth. And if the last two elections are to be used to provide any sort of a trend, then one would have to say that at best it's still going to be very close to being little more than a crapshoot. Another reason for my being unsure about the potential outcome being prophesized is the fact that I know there is present in America today, a very determined group of individuals who have their own agenda to advance especially when it comes to their designs for our country's future. It is a group that is very well financed and is one much more comfortable lurking in the shadows, performing its toxic deeds while concealed by darkness. And it is a group able to pull the strings of those in power and which is not the least bit hesitant or concerned about using whatever means necessary to manipulate public opinion in its attempt to bring about some effect on election outcomes. And if the last 20 months have shown us anything at all, it is the fact that this group has a very willing ally currently occupying the Oval Office. Puppet masters such as George Soros are always eager to throw their money around to fund those willing to subvert our Constitution and the will of the people. But Mr. Soros is far from being the only culprit, but he's usually the one that is the most visible. It is he and his many unseemly associates, who, through their own vast personal wealth at their disposal, are capable of funding any number of fanatical groups who are intent upon pursuing any number of issues from the legalization of drugs to the gutting of the Second Amendment. Soros likes to be referred to as being a philanthropist and an investor, but such innocuous sounding titles only serve to distract from the true nature of the very real danger that he represents. And he demonstrated yet again this past Tuesday why it is he is to be considered one of the more potent enemies of freedom, when he donated of $100 million dollars the very leftist group, Human Rights Watch. This is but only one of the groups on the left who continue to be recipients of large sums of Soros money. Which should cause people to ask just what is it that Soros is investing in? Because this is a group which advocates for "gay rights" causes and also very actively promotes abortion. Our favorite billionaire nutjob announced that he was donating the money so that Human Rights Watch can expand their efforts globally. Now doesn't that just give you a warm and fuzzy. Soros told the New York Times that the gift is just one of many hefty political donations he plans to make that will likely continue benefiting groups on the pro-abortion side of the debate. This is the caliber of individual we need to be very wary of, because it is individuals like this who are only to happy to fund, and with very large sums of money, any endeavor that has as its specific purpose, the undermining of our Constitution.


So, if there is one thing that I do not have any degree of confidence in whatso"freakin"ever, it is the ability of the American people to make a conscious decision to do what is right for their country. It seems that as a people we Americans have morphed into a population made up of individuals whose primary objective in life is one that consists solely of obtaining that which is perceived as being only what's best for themselves at any given time. And, what it is that they can get in exchange for the expending of the least amount of effort required. It seems that over time a certain amount of cultural and societal decay has set in, to the point where we have essentially become nothing more than a nation of moochers and looters. If people were genuinely concerned about the present condition of their country they would be marching in the streets and in numbers that would easily dwarf the numbers of the most recent example of voter disgust, Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally. Let’s face it, we’re a pretty sad comparison when placed next to those who originally put this grand experiment together and then put it on its way. And I would say that, in a manner of speaking, we have let them down. And rather badly, I think. I worry that what this country is so desperately in need of, will not ever have the opportunity to take place. It's common knowledge the American people are not well known for their ability to properly prepare themselves for elections. They're quite lazy actually, usually preferring to take the easy way out, usually by relying on nasty, albeit productive, commercials, the limited knowledge and political biases of both friends and/or associates, or God forbid, the state run media as their source of information regarding political candidates. The 2008 election is the perfect example of voter idiocy regarding even the most important, even critical, of elections. They allowed the state run media to play a much bigger role in determining the outcome of the election than should have ever been permitted. Far too many voters remain willingly accepted at face value all they were told about Barry by members of the media who were so obviously in the tank for the candidate. The result is where we are today as a nation, in the toilet, economically, fiscally and internationally. Until enough Americans are willing to do the necessary legwork when it comes to determining the best candidate to vote for, those in the state run media will remain only too happy to jump in to fill the void created. The only problem is that very same void will be filled with the typical fact challenged and obviously biased information that one normally sees as coming from the state run media. So now we find ourselves with an election, the importance of which is quite literally unparalleled in my lifetime, looming just over the horizon, and where are we as far as the voters when it comes to them working toward preparing themselves so that they will then be able to vote intelligently. To be perfectly honest, I just don't know.


So let’s see. If I were to give it some thought and assign a numerical value that would accurately reflect the level of confidence that I have in the Republicans being able to achieve anywhere near the level of success that is being so loudly trumpeted in this November's election, just what might that number be. Well, if I'm using a 1-10 scale, with 1 being that I have absolutely no confidence and 10 being that I am very confident that the Republicans will take control of one or both Houses of Congress, right now I would have to say that my level of confidence is resting comfortably at "6". I just can't help but have this nagging sense that I'm being lulled into having a false of security by so many of those who are in the business of providing their opinion in the hopes of having an effect my opinion or my views. As well, I just can't quite seem to shake this feeling of impending doom that I have. It’s all more than a little unnerving. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing that would make me happier than to watch the election returns come in and then realize that come January 2011 the Republicans would be in charge of running one or both Houses of Congress. However, with that being said, I have lost count of the number of times I have heard various opinion makers claim that, "if the election were held today, the Democrats will lose the House." Well, as we all know, the election is not being held today, tomorrow or even next week. The election is being held in just a tad bit over 50 days. Which is more than enough time for any number of events to take place that can substantially shift or alter public opinion, or to allow the Democrats to implement any number of their patented, and frequently utilized, election shenanigans. The stupidity and/or ignorance of the American people still never ceases to amaze me. It's either that or they remain completely indifferent to what it is that is being perpetrated both against them and the country at large by the current majority party. To the point where I am just not all that comfortable in assuming all will come out as it is currently being predicted. Voter apathy, I think, is another thing that is needing to be dealt with and with it being at an all time high it is seen as being something else that can be taken full advantage of by those who have their own political agendas. Many voters have come to think they can no longer make any kind of a difference, since no matter whom they elect, seems to be willing to listen to them or care what it is that they have to say. If the Republicans are to have any chance at achieving anywhere near the degree of success currently being promoted, then they are going to have to convince a majority of voters that if they do vote for Republicans, the people will be listened to. But it's all going to boil down to trust. The last time the people trusted the Republicans, their trust was betrayed and rather badly. And that old adage comes to mind, "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me." And many people are not willing to take the chance on being fooled again, so that is where we now find ourselves. "We, the people" are the definite underdogs when it comes to being who it is that will drive the country and in which direction it will be driven.


Another major concern of mine that I feel could have a definite impact on not only this coming election, but maybe even more so the election in 2012, is the fact that as a whole we have some very questionable people and organizations which possess a growing capability of swaying public opinion through some pretty unsavory means. To the point where now many people have allowed themselves to be convinced by a very select few shady individuals as well as organizations who we can very safely say possess an ulterior motive, and advocate the point of view that America is undeserving of its place in the World and that it is need of some form of punishment for all of its supposed sins. Coming in the form of any number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), (www.discoverthenetworks.org) we have some very sinister forces at work here in America. Forces who focus their efforts well below the surface and who are able to stay well hidden thanks to their many friends not only in the state run media but in our government as well. And while I wish I could, with a clear conscience, make the claim that it is primarily the Democrats who are the ones most often willing to aid and abet these dark forces, that may not necessarily always prove to be true. The uncommon amount of sleaze presently running through the streets of our nation's capital these days has had a significant impact on members of both political parties. But I think it very fair to say that it is, more often then not, the Democrat Party that has had the most adverse effect on our country and has played the lead role in expediting its deterioration as well as its decline into it's present sad condition. It has repeatedly been willing to throw the American people under the bus if there was, and is, any way it will add to their coffers or any chance that by doing so they can extend the power of government. The insidious behavior coming from those whom we elect is a direct reflection of those whom it is that they get their money from. Whether it's the environmentalist wacko groups, animal rights kooks, the climate-changers, or even Big Labor, the Democrat Party is the major recipient of the big bucks that pour in from these leftist fringe groups. Such groups masquerade their true intentions, sometimes successfully and sometime not so, and it is through the use of substantial funds contributed by questionable sources, that they are then able flood the airwaves with their fictional rhetoric in an attempt to convince the American people of something that is patently untrue. These same groups are decidedly anti-American to say the least, and their focus is essentially on nothing more than the complete destruction of America. And in exchange for all the money that is provided by these "radical" groups to politicians, they expect, and they get, the advancement of an agenda that reflects their rather skewed view of America and the World. And it's unfortunate that it is a view that can be said to match up rather nicely with that of the Democrat Party. Which makes it all the more imperative to vote out those currently wielding power in favor of those whose view of America is more in line with the view held by rational, patriotic Americans.


So, we can all only hope that all those making the claim that Republicans will be successful this November are correct and this nagging feeling of apprehension that I have will in the end prove to have been nothing more than a bad case of intestinal gas. Because if it does not come to pass and the Democrats maintain their strangle hold on Congress, the future does not look good. In order to increase our odds of success, Americans are going to need to be willing to spend the requisite time to sift through all of the garbage headed their way and be determined in their searching out of the truth. They must learn to never take anything at face value unless they can personally verify it as being fact. Distractions will be a plenty, but people must be able to recognize them for what they are. As attempts to deceive. If people are willing to do that, then we might just stand a chance. So, here's to hoping enough people come to their senses at least long enough to make the "Right" choice when it comes to them casting their vote. And if they do, then and only then, we can party like it was 1994!

BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER...

As we grow closer to the election, the expectations on the conservative side of the aisle for a repeat of 1994 seem to growing nearly exponentially. Expectations are at an all time high, fed by any number of talking heads, on both ends of the political spectrum, and need to be maybe not taken too seriously, at least at this point in time. I think that we need to be approaching things just a bit more cautiously because I fear we may creating the potential for becoming a bit overconfident, and a little too sure of ourselves, which could make for a rather nasty side effect being created by all the present exuberance. I worry that some voters may come to think that quite possibly there is no cause for concern, that we've got this thing pretty well sowed up. They may come to think that their votes aren't really going to be needed especially since there seems to be such an overwhelming number of those who are now voicing their dissatisfaction with Washington. I fear that too many voters may become lackadaisical about the whole venture, with many possibly being turned off but the endless negative advertising that we know is headed our way. Every single citizen who is interested in saving our country from this current leftist onslaught must come to realize that this is one if the most important times in our history, one that could very much prove to be a turning point for our nation. An important decision is going to be made in November and nothing should be taken for granted in our run up to the election, nothing. And if we are, in fact, to be successful this November, everyone will need to vote, everyone "must" vote! As well, each and every voter must come to realize that Election Day will be only the first step in our journey toward the successful rescuing of America. We have seen in the past how easily the Republican Party can be swayed and how it can seem to lose its way. So we will need to be vigilant every single day, and make the politicians aware that we will not forget any transgressions, as so commonly happens, and that they will be held to account come our very next opportunity. And we need to be wary of the tactics that will be used to thwart our efforts. Additionally, the word is already out that starting on this Labor Day weekend the allies of the Democrat Party will begin their full fledged attempt to alter an election outcome that is now being perceived as being one not all that favorable to Democrats. One of their primary allies comes in the form of Union leaders who have now made it well known that they intend to begin an unleashing of their typical scorched earth tactics against Republican candidates. And soon.

So, I guess the question is, are our expectations exceeding our actual chances of achieving any level of success regarding the upcoming election? Are we working ourselves into such a frenzy the only possible result of which may be nothing more than a massive letdown should the election results fall far short of our expectations? The answer to both questions is that we must not allow ourselves to get so carried away that we lose sight of the primary objective here. We must remain focused and not busy ourselves with counting our eggs well before they’ve had the chance to hatch. It probably would not hurt our cause if we were to simply ignore a very large portion of all that we are now seeing and hearing regarding the potential size of any theoretical victory that has yet to take place. We must act as if we're behind, way behind. After all, as we all know the only poll that really matters is that one conducted on Election Day. We must be wary of all the hype coming from those in the media, because you can never really be sure as to what it is that’s motivating any of those in the state run media. A lot of what they will be telling us may well in fact be very unrealistic in the hope of instilling a sense of over confidence in us as being their way of attempting to convince enough of us to simply stay home because our votes aren't really going to be needed anyway. DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT! Deceit runs very deep in the state-run media and you can be sure that every tactic in their play-book will be used by them in their attempts to dissuade voters, conservative voters, from actually going to the polls. And we should all be very aware that the Democrat Party is never the least bit hesitant about doing whatever it sees as being needed and/or necessary in an effort to attain electoral victory. As we have seen countless times, with I guess Al Franken's election "victory" being the most recent example showing the level to which Democrats will sink to ensure victory. And should they lose an election it is always because those evil Republicans "must" have cheated, because how else could the Democrat candidate possibly have lost? Trickery and every kind of shenanigans imaginable will be the rule of the day.


Now while the numbers of those who seem extraordinarily unhappy with Washington these days would appear to be quite substantial, let no one allow themselves to be convinced that we have yet attained the sufficient number needed in order for us to reclaim our country from the likes of Barry, Harry and Nancy. We must make sure to rally and to unite our forces in order for there to be no doubt in anyone's mind that we are truly serious about regaining control of our government. A government that has in a very short period of time, it seems, appears to have nearly completely come apart at the seams. It is all thanks to an absolutely out of control Democrat Party that our country is now on the verge of being destitute. Adult supervision is now required and needs to be reestablished, and soon. The rampant spending that has taken, and continues to take place, is going to need to be brought under firm control and the fiasco that is Obamacare is going to need to be repealed as soon as possible. As well, the damage that has been done to America's standing in the World is going to need to be repaired. These are the issues that we need to rally around, because it is going to take an all hand’s efforts if we are to achieve any degree of success. And make no mistake, propaganda of nearly every type will be flying around 24/7 from now until election day. Believe nothing that you are unable to substantiate through your own research. Sadly, lies will be coming at us one after another from none other than those whom we should be able to trust when attempting to properly vet potential candidates, so we must all learn how best to filter out fact from what is nothing more than pure fiction. We must not allow ourselves to become overconfident and make assumptions that are based solely on what the latest polls say. Numbers, no matter how large, mean nothing if we are unable to become a unified force for the specific purpose of retaking control of our country. So all manner of sleaze will be used against us in an effort to alter that which is, at least as it appears to be right now, a forgone conclusion. But we can ill afford to rest on poll results. Polls are at best ambiguous and at worst just flat out wrong. And like I mentioned earlier, we need to be acting as if the polls are showing us 40 points behind. Because in the words of Yogi Berra, "It ain't over till it's over."


And we should use this election as our opportunity to not only send a message to Barry and the Democrats, but also as our opportunity to send a very loud and very clear message to the Republicans who are newly elected as well as those not up for re-election. A message that says tread lightly boys and girls, we're watching and we’re listening very, very closely. From day one of our taking back control, if that it fact does come to pass, there will be no room for error or for second chances from anyone on our side. "I'm sorry," just ain't gonna cut it. You are either with us or you're against us, there will be no middle ground that is seen as being acceptable. Republicans were sent packing in 2006 because they lost their way and in a very big way, and were it not for the blatant socialism of Barry and the Democrats, they would still be wondering around aimlessly in the wilderness with no hope of ever recovering any degree of political power. We simply cannot afford to allow them to get to the point where they get maybe a little too comfortable in their positions. We cannot afford to allow them to lose their way as they so obviously did the last time they were handed control of Congress. And should they do so again, any chance at redemption will come very, very far into the future. So whatever happens to this country, that they could have prevented had they been in power, will rest squarely on their heads. So, we must strike the fear of God into those whom we choose to elect and never be afraid to let them know, and in no uncertain terms, exactly who it is that they work for and at the pleasure of. They will be warned once and only once, and that will be on Election Day, that to go against the will of the people will be to do so at their own peril. We must say what we mean and we mean what we say. There is much too much at stake to go about repeating the errors of the past, there is simply no time for that, so the point must be forcefully made that that will not be tolerated. It's just that simple. We will stress the priority of being fiscally conservative as well as for the need to approach, from a more conservative perspective, the remedying of any number of social ills that have lead to a serious decline in the quality of our society. Those who refuse to be part of the solution will be considered as being part of the problem. If they prove to be unwilling to follow the dictates of those who have put them in office they should not then be surprised, when come election time, they find themselves confronted with a primary challenge from a candidate who is more willing to abide by the will of the voters.


And now in what can only really be described as being an attempt to subvert the will of the people, union leaders are now poised to unleash a concerted attack against Republican candidates and their "right-wing agenda" beginning this Labor Day weekend. It is going to be their goal to work as hard as they possibly can to stem what are expected to be some pretty dramatic Democrat losses come November's midterm elections. Those of us who are dedicated to the bringing about of real and identifiable change to our country will need to be willing to work just as hard as they. Unions have substantial reserves of treasure, manpower as well as an army of thugs standing at the ready to intimidate, if needed, and are very determined to make there presence known. They have said that they intend to play roles in more than 400 races nationwide, promoting that very same Democrat agenda that has put our country where it is, economically, fiscally and internationally, at or very near the bottom. They are calling for a "massive mobilization" in 26 states. They will focus their efforts on 70 House races as well as Senate, gubernatorial and state legislative contests. The head of the nation's largest organized labor federation has vowed a two-month media and grass-roots campaign designed to define the election as a fight between Democrats' efforts for supporting the nation's workers versus Republicans' efforts to regain control of Congress for corporate America. So in other words, "Let the smearing begin!" There's just one thing wrong with that premise, and more than a little ironic, the majority of corporate America is Democrat. The Democrats have done more to take money out of the pocket of working Americans while the Republicans have been at least been attempting to prevent them from doing so. It's all just so much malarkey, because the majority of today's union labor force comes in the form of our nation's unionized government workers who already average more than double the average salary and compensation than of employees who actually work in the private sector of our economy. And straight out of the socialist manifesto comes such garbage as, "We either rebuild a fundamentally different economy that values hard work and a strong middle class, or we'll turn back toward one that puts corporate interests before people," AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka said. Just what is this clown is talking about? You know, anyone who actually believes this kind of drivel is nothing short of an absolute moron. Far from making the middleclass stronger, unions are doing nothing more than assisting the Democrats in decimating it. We are at a place where people like this are responsible for our nearly terminally anemic economy and this union hack is out there essentially making threats regarding what can only be characterized as being a fairytale. Republicans have dismissed labor's characterization that they are anti-worker, and knocked labor for supporting Democrats "job-killing agenda." "It shouldn't go unnoticed that the same worn-out message big labor bosses are spinning today is the same message they tried to sell in Virginia, New Jersey and most recently in Massachusetts, but their problem is that voters just aren't buying it," said Brian Walsh, a spokesman with the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). Although I have stated on numerous occasions that I am not a supporter of the NRSC, I have to admit that that statement pretty much hits the nail squarely on the head.


So the name of the game between now and election day is to not get over confident, but to work toward the electing of those candidates who are seen as being willing do whatever is necessary to rescue our country. And we need to be ever mindful of the fact that while our numbers may be seen as growing we should never assume that we are of a sufficient number to get the job done. We are to consider ourselves as being the underdog in this fight and we should never see it as being any other way. In many ways the odds may be against us. The Democrats have some very potent weapons in there arsenal and some very strong allies in the form of the unions and the state run media. But if we are fortunate enough to succeed in our efforts to take back one or both Houses of Congress, the point must be made to all those who are elected, that any of those who chose to ignore us will be doing so at their own peril. We must be willing to stick to our guns and unwilling to cut anyone any amount of slack. All must be made to understand that if they choose betray "We, the People" some method of retribution will be forthcoming. We will hold them to account for their actions. Those who we elect must understand that it will not be us who will be forced to go quietly into the night. If they choose to ignore us we will be left with no alternative but to vote them out. They must be made to realize that this is not about them, it is not even about us, it is about something much, much bigger. It is about our country and making sure that its future is not filled with the darkness of oppression but is instead filled with the bright light of freedom. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA and assist us in the achieving of our goal!

GERALDO RIVERA, A SYMBOL OF WHAT'S WRONG WITH TODAY'S MEDIA

Why is it, exactly, that Jerry Rivers, aka, Geraldo Rivera, is able to maintain any kind of a presence on anywhere near any credible news network? I keep asking myself, what purpose exactly does this guy or his current program on Fox News honestly serve? As near as I can figure, none. Zip, zero, zilch and nada. Unless of course, having him on allows Fox to further make the claim that their programming is in fact "Fair and Balanced". But then there's always Greta, another CNN reject, but that's a whole other story entirely. Let's be real here, this guy, Jerry, is nothing more than a product of a "Jerry Springer" type school of journalism and is someone who must have graduated at or near the top of his class. The most recent of his example regarding his brand of journalism comes in the form of "Geraldo At Large", which appears on Fox News, and is really nothing more than 60 minutes of him trying to portray himself as being some expert on just about any topic. Be that as it may, I tried once more to watch his show this past Sunday, or at least as much of it as I could stomach, because I was interested in the topic of conversation, which was Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally from earlier that day. But from quite early on you could very plainly see where it was that our good buddy Jerry was headed with it very shortly becoming quite obvious that Jerry is far from anything that would even remotely be considered a fan of Mr. Beck. But the real clincher, I suppose, was when he brought that raving racist Al "Bullhorn" Sharpton on to provide his commentary and opinion on Beck’s rally. After about 2 minutes I just couldn't take anymore of Sharpton’s blubbering and had to turn the channel to "The Three Stooges", who at least possess some degree of social redeeming qualities. Which is more than I can say about either Geraldo or Sharpton. These guys are nothing but frauds. I mean really, is there anyone anywhere out there who genuinely cares about what it is that Sharpton thinks or has to say about anything? And this is the caliber of individual that Jerry insists upon having come on his show allowing them ramble on about any number of topics to the point where I'm amazed that anybody even watches his “At Large” show. Maybe he's after the CNN crowd, I'm just not sure. I've tried to watch him on any number of occasions, but I just can't watch for much more than about 5-10 minutes. And if you ever watch his show, it seems that he always has many more guests of the liberal persuasion than those of the more conservative genre. And when he does have someone who tends to be of the more conservative flavor, he does nothing more than to go out of his way to belittle or ridicule them the entire show. And when they try to respond to his criticism, he just cuts them off and goes to a commercial. He always comes across, as liberals generally do, as someone who thinks that they’re just so darn much smarter than the rest of us common folk. It's all like watching some really, really bizarre reality show, one that ranks right up there with that stupid show about those morons living in New Jersey. You know the one with "Snookie" and the little band of mentally challenged misfits. And now it seems that Jerry is on the verge of celebrating 40 years of his being a "journalist". Come on, a "journalist"? Really? Geraldo? Here is a guy who has written a book detailing his sexual prowess by telling us about the thousands of women that he as supposedly slept with, who tried to present the opening of a mobster's vault as being an important news story and who had some squirrely "Maury Povich" type show on television for I don't know how many years. To come anywhere near calling this jerk a "journalist" is absolutely laughable. If he's a "journalist" then I guess that would make me a nuclear physicist.


And to show just how little regard guys like Jerry really have when it comes to how race relations should be honestly and openly addressed or discussed, the very best they can continue to come up with is to roll out "Bullhorn" Sharpton time after time as if he actually has any credibility whatsoever when it comes to having honest discussions on the topic of race relations. It's beyond being ridiculous to have a racist comment on race. Sharpton is always one that can be counted to display just the right amount of feigned moral outrage. This outright bigot, thinly disguised as a supposed civil rights "leader", told thousands of people gathered at a "Reclaim the Dream" event that took place at a Washington high school on Saturday that people at "the other rally" want to disgrace the day but "we won't let them." Just what would lead old "Bullhorn" to make such an imbecilic statement as that, other than what is obviously his deep-seated sense of racism? Such a statement is just another clear indicator that Sharpton derives much pleasure in doing nothing more than to perpetuate his continuing attempts at stirring up as much hate and discontent between people of different races as he possibly can. And it is his possessing just such a mentality that should effectively disqualify him from being asked to present objective commentary regarding an issue that he very obviously cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be objective about. "Bullhorn" sees it as being his mission in life to stir up as much racial unrest, even hatred, as possible. For him it's nothing more than money in the bank. Therefore, if no evidence of racism exists, it must then be created with "journalists" like Jerry being only too happy to assist any way they can to guarantee the success of any such endeavor. And just so there is no doubt in anyone's mind about just how much of a racist "Bullhorn" is, he attempted to characterize the people attending the larger "Restoring Honor" rally, led by Glenn Beck, as being the very same people who once criticized African-Americans for marching for civil rights. This is the caliber of individual that the faux journalists like Jerry Rivers insist upon having on their TV shows, most of which have a minuscule viewing audience. And by the way, was "Bullhorn" also talking about the many African-Americans who showed up at Beck's rally? Or, was he just talking about all those mean old racist white folks? Every time "Bullhorn" opens his mouth he does nothing more than to put his ignorance on full display for everyone to see and still he is usually the first out sought out by those in the media for his great insight. And then of course we also have Mr. Benjamin Todd Jealous, another pathetic racist as well as the present leader of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) who is one more "expert" that fellas like Jerry repeatedly turn to for commentary on race relations in America. Jealous also criticized the Beck rally for having to tell the participants not to bring signs or guns. The NAACP president said it is time to remind the country that the majority of Americans believe in hope and justice. I would tell Mr. Jealous that from the video clips that I saw of Mr. Beck's rally, I would agree with that statement. As far as the signs and guns comment, I'm not sure how much truth there is to that, most likely not much, but if there is any truth in it at all, it might be something that should be better practiced by Mr. Jealous and his little cadre of racist followers. Bigots such as these guys really serve no useful purpose for anything or to anybody. And it is quite sad to see how the likes of such men are able to command such respect from and seem to have some degree of control over so many people. Where they could be doing so much good "for" so many, they choose instead to do so much damage "to" so many. And every time some clown like Jerry provides them a platform from which to spew their vitriol, nothing is accomplished other than the creating of one more needless opportunity for them to spread their special brand of bigotry.


Prior to the day of these competing rallies, there had been much concern, most likely stirred up by Jerry's fellow "journalists" of the state-run media, warning that there could be a likelihood of confrontations, and possibly even violence, breaking out between the two rallies. But good old "Bullhorn" Sharpton said that the participants in the "Reclaim the Dream" rally would not disgrace the anniversary by allowing themselves to be provoked. Provoked? Did anyone see the video clips from Beck's rally? Did any of those people appear to be looking for a confrontation? And what's really funny is Al "Bullhorn" Sharpton talking about anyone being provoked. Is this guy serious? That’s how this bum makes his living, by provoking! He's nothing more than a buffoon of the very highest order. And then earlier in the week, we had Martin Luther King, Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, defending Beck's right to hold a rally on the anniversary of his father's historic "I Have a Dream" speech. King wrote in the Washington Post that his father championed free speech. But, being unable to resist, he also wrote that the civil rights leader "rejected hateful rhetoric and all forms of bigotry." Ok, so what was the purpose for throwing the last little accusatory comment in? The only source for any "hateful rhetoric and bigotry" visible anywhere during the entire day came not from the "Restoring Honor" rally but from the "Reclaim the Dream" rally from none other than “Bullhorn” Sharpton himself. Which is pretty much par for the course. I guess this moron failed to notice, or thought it not worth mentioning, that Rev. King's niece was an active participant in the "Restoring Honor" rally. And, from what I saw on the various news shows and on line, there was a healthy number of African-Americans in the "Restoring Honor" crowd. And so it is then that when speaking about Jerry, "Bullhorn" and any of the many similar type individuals, it is very easy to see that there is much truth in that old adage about "birds of a feather". It is characters like these who are absolutely toxic when it comes to being able to advance the cause of race relations in this country. They constantly work at creating scenarios which serve no other purpose other than to further aggravate things. Where they could be acting as the voice of reason, instead they resort to a pathetic level of behavior in their weak attempts at increasing their own personal stature among the weak-minded. What needs to be done here is that these individuals need to be shunned until the time comes that they are seen for what they really are. They are users, men who have no interest in anyone but themselves. They should not be listened to because they really have nothing constructive to say. They are nothing more than the equivalent of background noise. They have no interest in "Restoring Honor", because that defeats the whole purpose of their existence. Instead they wish to work at bringing the rest of down to their pathetic level. So, Geraldo Rivera a journalist? Hmm, I'm thinking not so much. His is but one more example that proves that journalism in America can now be officially declared as being very much dead. Reporters have become nothing more that activists and outright propagandists for the cause of the day, be it racism, Climate Change, terrorism, taxes, healthcare reform, the evils of oil, you name it. They have moved beyond merely reporting the news, they are now much too busy trying to create it.