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Where is the president taking us?

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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Fast and Furious. IRS. VA. GM Bailout. AIG Bailout. TARP. Shovel Ready Jobs. Vacations. Michelle’s Vacations. Iraq. Afghanistan. Guantanamo Bay. Libya. Syria. Ukraine. Illegal Immigrants. Borders. Homeowners losing their homes. Obamacare. Social Security. Free Cell Phones. Welfare mothers. Bergdahl.
These are a few of his favorite things…

The current incumbent sitting in the Oval Office has managed to turn the position into a laughing stock of the world. His only concern is his “legacy”. Once someone becomes concerned with their legacy, that person becomes a liability. A president does not need to worry about his legacy. Everything he does or doesn’t do, is his legacy. What a president should be concerned with is protecting the country, improving the opportunities for his people, and maintaining strong relationships with our allies.

This president has done more to damage our standing than any president ever, including Jimmy Carter. Since he has come into office, we have: turned our backs on the Iraqi people; are turning our backs on the Syrians and the Libyans; in the process of turning our backs on the Afghanis; and have slapped the faces of the British, Israelis, French, Germans, Ukraines. We have allowed a terrorist group to willfully murder those we are supposed to protect, putting restrictions on use of force by our military; ignored the safety of our embassies; allowed illegal immigrants more rights than naturally born citizens; torn down the barriers keeping illegal immigrants out of the country; allowed anyone to collect welfare dollars; increased the tax burden on the middle class; increased the deficit to three times the previous president, and much more than any, repeat, any president in history.

President Richard Nixon was scheduled for impeachment because of what his re-election committee got up to. President William Clinton was impeached for having sex with an intern, and lying about it. Yet, this president has damaged the credibility of this country, has lied about what he’s doing, has unilaterally launched air strikes against another country, without approval of congress, a violation of the War Powers Act, has allowed his administration to ship guns to outlaws and criminals in another country, a federal crime for trafficing in illegal weapons shipments, which led directly to a federal agent being shot dead with the same weapons, again, another federal crime, has allowed war criminals to go free, has allowed an agency of unelected buearaocrats to impose sanctions on legal organizations and to turn down their applications and audit their organizations without directions from congress…in short, this president has trampled on and attempted to rip up the constitution.

I call for our elected representatives in congress to vote out the Articles of Impeachment. Any member of congress, either in the House or the Senate, who cannot see the reasons, should be voted out of congress, and we should vote in those who will do the people’s work. This president should be, most definitely should be, impeached. The continuation of his farcical presidency will continue to drive down the world’s estimate of the US.

Countries that used to look to the US for leadership, now look elsewhere. China, Russia, Iran, all look strong in comparison to what we look like. The last several years has been a nightmare for anyone who believes in democracy. And yet, we have a group in congress who will not vote for impeachment. These people are scared of their own shadows. We have a group in congress that seems to be afraid to shake up the status quo. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, even governor Chris Christie, all “steadfast” Republicans, but not a one, I repeat, not a one, has done anything more than wring their hands, and cry about overreach. If Chris Christie wants to be president, he needs to open his mouth about the current president. He had no problems with bad-mouthing Mitt Romney. Let us see someone with real intestinal fortitude speak up. But Chris won’t. Marco won’t. Ted won’t. Paul won’t.

Yes, I did say that obama should be impeached, as well as biden and holder. hillary should be held accountable and arrested for negligence in the deaths of those in Benghazi, since she, as Secretary of State, was the responsible individual for everything that happened under her watch. It is not only the military where the leader has to fall on his sword for the misdeeds of those under his or her command. john kerry should also be held accountable and impeached for his role in the bergdahl prisoner swap.

But I am speaking to the wind. There is no one in congress who will speak out. Everyone is afraid of their own shadow, everyone is afraid to step wrong, lest they ignite the furor of their “constituents” (read: fundraisers). Once, being an elected official meant something. It meant you are there to implement, to develop, policies that would improve the lot of those who voted for you. Now, its all in how much you can get for yourself. Sometimes, I despair for my country. Is there anyone out there willing to take a true stand? Or does everyone just want to be on television and radio, mouthing the words, but not doing anything? Its easy to say things. Its harder to actually take a stand. Just because you speak, doesn’t mean you’re doing anything, despite what your fans think. Actors and actresses speak all the time. But, they’re only playing a role on television. If you just want to be on television, give up politics and move to Hollywood. But please, get out of the job that can jeapordize millions of people, just not your own.

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

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Talking heads…not talking sense…

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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Watching the various news programs, it seems to me that most of those bodies, on most of the programs, just talk to hear themselves. Whether left-wing liberals trying to lambaste anyone who cares about the country as just this short of slime, or the right-wing conservatives attempting to put down the liberals bombastic dialogue, both sound as strident and as shrill as each other. And when either have guests on their programs, the guests are loud and strident, as much as the hosts.

I understand the liberal-progressives ranting and raving, being loud and obnoxious. If the left were truly honest and transparent, they would admit that their policies are failures. But this is not about right or wrong for the left. For the left, this is about shutting down voices of dissent, of barreling over truth, honesty, and fairness. You cannot have everyone equal, and expect anyone to listen to you. But I am sorely disappointed in the right-wing, Republican hosts. Yes, there are times when you have to override some guests, because those guests have their minds made up, and nothing will change their diatribe. It’s when you have guests who share your view, and you attempt to put more of your words in their mouths, that there’s a problem.

As you can see from the title, I am beginning to believe most of these talking heads are working on their own profiles, not on getting information to the people. Or have the general television-watching audience ignore them as irrelevant. I see shows like Hannity, which I generally admire, have a plethora of guests, or “an audience”, available to participate in “discussions”. The problem I see in this is that the audience is made up of just more of the talking heads that like to be seen on television. The same can be said of CNN’s Anderson Cooper or Christiane Amanpour. If you really want people to believe you have the pulse of the nation, that you are talking about issues that real people want to talk about, here’s what you do:

You go out to a real studio audience. You collect the average joe, jane, john, or mary, regardless of their views, and politely ask them to join your on-stage audience. You can include some talking heads from both sides of the debate, but you give the normal people, the people who live, and in some cases die, by the policies that are being debated in the hallowed (right) halls of congress an opportunity to discuss their views. And you give them a chance to debate, or to question, or to speak, on the merits of the conversation. Mr. and Miss, Mrs., Ms. average american can be more eloquent than you give them credit for. There is one thing I give bill clinton credit for. When his cabinet members would debate things that affected normal Americans, especially if it was something that involved race or sex, he would vent well. “I do not ever want to come into a debate on race or sex”, he once famously said, “if there is not one woman or person of color involved and speaking their mind.” GW Bush never had to make that statement, as, if we recall, his cabinet had women and people of color in very senior positions, a claim no other president can make.

So, if GW can make room for the ordinary people in extraordinary positions, I do believe that television news hosts should be able to do the same in their so-called audience participation programs. Otherwise, this is just another case of primping and preening by talking heads. And, like I said, talking heads…not talking sense….

“We Must All Stand Together, Or We Shall All Assuredly Hang Separate…..”

Economics, or rather, Have People Lost Their Minds?

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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This week, Seattle decided to do something economists should have told them was irresponsible and reckless. Seattle decided to raise the minimum wage to $15. Fifteen dollars an hour! And people are celebrating? Hasn’t anyone, anywhere, took a look at what happened when the wages increase in an area beyond what is a reasonable amount? Can you say Detroit? In that case, unions fought to raise minimum wages for guys doing little more than turning a wrench. Of course, to recover the costs, expenses for everything else went up.

I make a pretty good amount. Yes, I do. The reason I do is not because of minimum wages, but because of my training, my skills, my experience. When I first got out of the service (yes, I was a knuckle-dragging service member, slope-brow, etc.), with my experience, skill set, and training, my basic salary was $19 an hour. I worked hard, 60 to 70 hours a week minimum, to provide a decent life for my family. With increasing experience, skills, training, my corresponding pay and salary has increased. Yet, now, you are saying that someone flipping burgers for a living has equivalent life experience and deserves to be paid minimum $15 an hour.

The SEATAC corporation, a group of businesses surrounding the Seattle-Tacoma area, agreed to raise minimum wages to $15 an hour. The result of this magnaminous move? Several businesses found that they had to reduce the number of workers they could hire, several raised prices on goods to cover the increased costs, and still had to reduce the numbers of people hired and/or their hours. Now, lets take this forward:

Fast-food restaurants have a choice: Reduce the number of people they hire or increase the costs of the meals. Happy meals are no longer so happy. Hotels have to decide: Can they afford the numbers of people they need to maintain the rooms, or do they increase the costs of the rooms, and the meals, and other things. Grocery stores: Can they get by, now, on fewer people stocking shelves, working cash registers, working in the produce, meat, and seafood departments. StarBucks: Will anyone be able to afford the skyrocketing price of specialty coffees? Especially since StarBucks already uses choice imported coffees and teas, now those prices escalate. Let’s look at those who have to produce the goods. Local producers will now have to increase their prices, because the price of, for farmers, feed, fertilizer, transport to market, fuel for farm machinery, all increase, because those who produce those items have to increase their costs to cover the new wage increases. And this isn’t the end.

All of those who claim that big businesses rape the little people, have no, I mean, NO, basis in reality. People should be paid on experience, not plain need-greed. If you desire a better lifestyle, its called getting an education, getting the training, getting the skills. This used to be taught in schools, but common-core is more interested in indoctrination, than in education. If people cannot survive on a minimum wage of $7 an hour, see above. A minimum wage is supposed to help people develop skills, give them an opportunity to improve and move on. Nowadays, just as with welfare, people see minimum wage as a means of living like the Joneses. I’m sorry, but this is not what making a minimum wage is all about. And for those who say companies have shown no responsibility to the employees, I say look at what’s the reason for this attitude: Unions. I don’t bash anything for the heck of it, but unions, which started out as a good thing, have become a big, slavering, greedy monster.

Quick history and civics lesson: At the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century, workers were worked hard, with small recompense. Making three to five dollars a week, up to twenty dollars a week, for working in backbreaking conditions, and living in multi-family homes, was the norm. Companies were only concerned about how much they could get paid for what they made, and how much they had to pay for wages. Unionizing was a means to increase safety, help people receive a decent wage, and insure that employees were taken care of. As the century passed, working conditions improved, but unions, instead of worrying about the employees, started worrying about political and economic gains. Unions started working on getting politicians elected, forcing higher wages on companies, because they could. Unions tried to force workers into unions, not because people needed help, but because of the economic power the unions were and are trying to maintain.

The average worker in the late eighties and ninties didn’t need unions, as companies were working to provide good living wages and benefits to most workers. But unions didn’t even try to change, and thus, the new financial wizards invading the companies in the nineties suddenly found a new religion: Outsourcing and Off-shore contracting. The cost of living in other countries was lower, not because wages was lower, but because the cost of items for living was lower. Unions didn’t learn. And those who were fed from the unions trough couldn’t change, for fear of the spigot of funding being cut off. And the ones who have paid for it, are the workers of today.

If companies are allowed to come back to the US and build factories, without the crippling taxes imposed by the federal and local government, people would get hired in decent paying jobs, developing the skills and experience needed for better paying jobs. If the unions went back to taking care of the people who support them, and not by trying to get legislation crippling to US businesses, and federal and local governments reduce the crippling taxes that do nothing for the community, but allows politicians to pay for pet projects, people would be getting paid well. The minimum wage can stay at its current levels, as we bring more jobs back to the US, and companies hire people, people get promoted, and get paid for it.

$15 an hour as a minimum wage is destructive to businesses, is destructive to cities and counties that rely on tax revenue, and is destructive to the ones who are supposed to be helped the most, the worker.

“We Must All Stand Together, For Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate….”

Who detemines honor…

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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Today, I heard a commentator on one of the..they used to be called news shows, but when the journalists make up news, is it still called that? Anyway, the commentator and guest opined on the “rescue” of bowe bergdahl. While I look at the strategic aftermath of such a swap: Five known leaders and war criminals released to create more death and devastation, terrorists organizations, especially islamist extremists, given carte’ blanche’ to grab US citizens, as well as citizens of other countries, and US soldiers, and believe the administration will cheerfully negotiate with them, the usual thing, I suddenly heard one of the commentators compare the recovery of bergdahl with the rescue of the SEAL of ‘Lone Survivor’ fame.

Okay, excuse me if I have a hard time comparing the two. Let me see: One, a dedicated Special Forces Operative, alone trying to escape with the aid of villagers who know they face death also, and someone who VOLUNTARILY left his outpost, went looking for the taliban, and admitted he was a mujahid, or warrior of islam. How can the two be considered equal? The only thing equal was their transfer, from where they were to relative safety.

It is reprehensible that FIVE, count them, FIVE, of the worst terrorists known are exchanged for an individual that knowingly put his own countrymen in harm’s way. It is reprehensible that the commander-in-chief made such a decision and said it was based on a long history of leaving no soldier behind. This president has not served a day, and never wanted to, in uniform, yet he ignores his military advisors on the viability of doing something that will cause irreparable damage to US integrity, US sovereignty, and US security for years to come.

This should be investigated immediately. But members of congress on both sides of the fence refuse to seriously do anything about any transgressions performed by this president. obama knows that no one will hold him to task. If this were the case, congress would have pummeled him long before, would have strung him out, for the despicable acts his administration have done or condoned: Fast and Furious; the IRS targeting individual groups and hamstringing fundraising efforts; Benghazi; the VA scandal; the obamacare scandal. All these are directly linked to the president, but the parties in congress, from the democrats to the tea party, refuse to do more than make speeches and appear on television to deplore the actions of the administration. This, the group that impeached clinton for having an affair and lying about it.

I thought the tea party was going to make a difference. I thought those “New Republicans” would take up the banner for America. I have been sadly mistaken. It doesn’t take but one representative, one strong person, to put forth an Article of Impeachment, and there are several that should be done. This president deserves impeachment as no other president in history ever has. He has presided over the downfall of our country and is working hard to have this country slide down even further and much harder. Do we have anyone in congress brave enough to really stand up to this administration? Do we?

The silence is deafening…

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

Remembering freedom….

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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Seventy years ago, a convoy set forth from an island nation, to start the biggest battle for freedom the world had seen in centuries. With the latest in modern warfare technology, and the oldest of fighting pride, men from many nations plowed across the English Channel, to start the freeing of Europe, beginning with the liberation of France.

Seventy years later, leaders from every country that took part in that liberation, and some from countries that weren’t even born, as well as leaders who took part in that momentous war, stood on those beaches, and listened to the speeches, and remembered the sacrifices.

But it is not enough to remember the sacrifices, if you choose to ignore what happened. Good men and women turned a deaf ear to the pleas and cries of those who were suffering from abuse, torture, and death. A whole people were on the verge of annihilation, until the nations stood together to say “No, not another step, back you go!”. It is not enough to just read about the history. If you are a leader, you MUST, not you should, not you could, you MUST LEAD!!

Doing anything because the “polls” say you should, is not being a leader. Doing anything because your advisors all say it is the best thing, is not being a leader. A leader listens to the people, listens to their advisors, listens to other leaders, but the leader’s role is to make the strategic plans, make the decisions, and make his advisors adhere to what his vision is, not the other way around. To accept someone else’s interpretation of events, and make your decisions based on others’ decisions, makes you a manager, not a leader. A leader looks at all the options, weighs them, and decides for their self what the actions are to be done.

This week, we have had two contrasting events. We have witnessed the effects if what happens when leaders make the decisions based on their strategic plans, not on polls and advisors. And we have witnessed what happens when an individual makes decisions based on political gain, and puffery.

Will we resurrect the leadership we had even with GW, his father, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, or John F Kennedy? Or will our country become a footnote in history, destined to dwindle to nothing, given over to the barbarians, not at the gates, but sitting inside the gates, looking to tear us down from the inside out?

“We Must All Stand Together, Or Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

Unfortunate retrieval…

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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As everyone knows, SPC Bergdahl has been retrieved from the taliban. The white house made a huge presentation, with bowe’s parents speaking to a press conference like this was someone who was captured during a raid into a FOB, or during a mission by troops, and we worked hard to recover this soldier. The reality is very, very, different.

SPC Bergdahl deserted his position. According to his former compatriots, bowe was disillusioned, and his leaders knew this. bowe should have been removed from the military well before he endangered others, yet he wasn’t. Then he decided to wander off, on his own, with critical intelligence. To say he was captured makes a mockery of those who have been captured, throughout America’s history. The outcry from both the left and right is very loud. For once, both sides of the houses of congress appear enraged. And for the military personnel serving, who have served, and who knew bowe, the outcry is even larger. That the president and his mouthpieces could even attempt to make this appear as plausible shows a denying of the truth well beyond even the Benghazi disaster. barack obama, susan rice, john kerry, joe biden, all are trying to make this appear as a triumph of right over wrong. The reality is that this is debacle that will resonate far and wide. This has been a slap in the face of those who have paid the ultimate price, yet the white house is trying hard to make this about “bringing all of our troops home, leaving none behind”. In this case, the administration had no rights, no authority, not even as the commander-in-chief, to attempt to recover someone who walked out on his duties. This was something that should have been left to the young man’s family. The constant drone about bowe being a POW ignores the fact that he allowed himself to be captured. Its his own fault that the life he thought he would be living, didn’t match the reality of life under the taliban.

chuck hagel should not have ever agreed to such an exchange. The US had no authority, no rights, to release any prisoners for bergdahl. hillary clinton says she’s happy we have recovered the POW, but then she says off camera that she was skeptical of trading the prisoners like that. Talking about speaking with both sides of your mouth.

The bottom line is this: With this added to the list of other egregious acts performed by the president and his team, is there any wonder the country is seen as the weakest since prior to WWII? putin strutting around threatening other countries (and we told the Ukraine we backed them, prior to the collapse of the Crimea), assad doing what he likes, in Egypt the military taking over and not letting go, in Iraq, the insurgents blossoming like there had never been anything done, Iran continuing their nuclear ambitions, now with Russian support, the list goes on. barack obama and his team have no idea about foreign policy, about military operations, etc. chuck hagel should have raised his objections, yet he kept his mouth shut. And if hagel was never engaged on this, if hagel didn’t know anything about this, that means that the DOD is not under control of the Defense secretary, but the administration, in direct violation of the separation of their duties. Although the president is commander-in-chief, that doesn’t mean he can make any arbitrary decisions and move the military around like they are his private security group. And if the military agreed to it without informing the secretary, then the military leadership needs to be replaced with those who place the security of the US ahead of someone’s idea about a legacy.

“If We Do Not All Stand Together, Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separately…”

Pride overdose…

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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It seems that everyday, something new comes along that the left wing has to bring to the fore as something great. If its not coddling criminals and expecting victims to take pity on the poor souls, it’s coming up with something new that’s Politcally Correct (PC) to celebrate. I am fine with gays openly serving in the military. Just because they are, and here’s the list I’ve heard: Pillow biters, muff-divers, carpet munchers, pole swallowers, beef-eaters, taco-lovers, etc., all pretty much disgusting terms for someone who’s different, doesn’t mean they don’t want to serve their country. I draw the line, same as with women and guys that just want a place to skate (military term: to laze around, take it easy, be Retired On Active Duty (ROAD) sergeants and officers) in that I expect them to do their best, not expect special treatment, and just get along. I do take exception to having a WHOLE MONTH set aside for LGBT PRIDE MONTH. And guess what: Buddy BO has signed a Presidential Proclamation, issued throughout the military, proclaiming June as LGBT Pride Month. This is past ridiculous. And this is why:

Lesbians, Gays, Bi-Sexuals, and Transsexuals come from every race, creed, and religion of American life. There is nothing to distinguish them from the average Joe, or Jolene, than their sexual orientation. Homosexuals have not been truly persecuted. Homosexuals have not, as a group, been rounded up and made to do humiliating things. Think Africans and Native Americans, the Jewish people and the Irish, the Chinese and the Japanese. True persecution means striving to erradicate a people, or genocide. Homosexuals have every opportunity to not draw attention to themselves, and their lifestyles. A Japanese man or woman, a Jewish individual, an African-American, by dint of their features alone, are, and have been, subjects of ridicule, revulsion, and terror. Even Arab-Americans deserve their own Pride month before LGBT Pride. But this is not about right or wrong. This is about forcing a recognition down people’s throats, making people gag on acceptance.

I will be the first to say: THE MILITARY DOES NOT NEED ANY MONTHS ABOUT PRIDE!!! The military is about providing for the defence of our country. Individuals are supposed to be bought into the service, molded into teams, and developed into a fighting force that is our last line of diplomacy, our strength against enemies, and our first and foremost line of defense. Instead, we have multiple groups demanding we respect their individuality, we have commanders and senior NCOs not enforcing discipline, because “No one’s rights should be ignored”, and soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines (okay, marines not as much) who would fail the requirements for entry and retention we had just 20 years ago.

Before we start talking about individual groups’ pride, maybe we should focus on the most important thing first: Military Pride. In basic training, we should focus on the military, not on what group you are from. We are one team, one color, one fight. Once someone leaves basic, the emphasis should still be: military first, anything else a distant second. Our advanced training should focus on our military abilities. Military customs and courtesies, military applications, military training. Once we have that down pat, we can move on to becoming the greatest military in the world. As long as we focus on individual rights, we will lag behind, and we will be hammered for it, by every other military in the world. We have leaders now that think the newest toy is going to make us better, our embracing multi-ethnicity will make us better. We in the military, whether black, white, brown, yellow, gay, straight, atheist, agnostic, deeply religious, are just one organism: The US Military. Anything else is diluting who we are and what we stand for.

“Either We All Stand Together, Or Most Assuredly, We Shall All Swing Separate…”

I believe…In America…

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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Well, after a long hiatus, I’m back. I can see no one missed me, but that’s not reason I do this. I figure I can state what I want, and it looks like only the NSA will care.

I believe:

1. That federal government, and the president, have limited powers, and should be held accountable
What does this mean? I believe that our government has three roles, and only three:
a. Provide for the common defense of our country; this means not only in a military, but in a diplomatic capacity. Our government should insure that no one takes advantage of us, and protects us from all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
b. Work with the local and state governments to encourage and work to build interstate commerce. This means insuring that all playing fields are level for all players, large or small. That small businesses are not stifled under regulations and laws that prevent growth, not only of the businesses, but of the consumers that buy the goods or services that these businesses provide. Federal government should only, ever only, take what is needed to maintain the government, and not a penny more. Anything is grasping greed. Government is not business, big or small. Government is the entity that says we are a nation, with national pride. Government does not produce anything, and thus, should not be a yoke on the neck of the people it is supposed to represent.
c. Act as our intermediary with foreign governments, as our spokesman, and as our defense. Government, and the president, are our face to the world. Although many misconstrue the idea that American television and movies are the face of the American people, the reality is: When our representatives speak, most of the world believes these representatives, including the president, speaks with our voice. As such, our government, and our president, is supposed to speak loudly, strongly, and with conviction.

2. That the only entitlements by law are Social Security and Military Retiree benefits. Welfare is not an entitlement. Welfare was designed as a means to help someone regain their footing. Welfare was designed to help those who have fallen on hard times, and need assistance in getting their feet back under them. Welfare was never meant to be, nor should it be, a way of life. Welfare should provide enough for someone to survive, not live. There are plenty of private organizations that can help, but the government does not have a role in keeping people in a style that most middle class working families cannot afford. If a family, with parents working hard, cannot afford a luxury meal, neither should someone that will not work, but wants the government to provide.

3. That small business is the major part of the engine that drives the United States of America. Small businesses should not be a battleground for Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Trade Commission, or any of the many unelected buearacratic organizations to fight on. These agencies were developed originally to insure 1. Fair trade for US businesses; 2. A means to help businesses achieve a greater goal; 3. A way for the American people to be safe, but also a means for small businesses to be safer also.

4. That education of our young should include civic education, religious education, and real education. Our country should still follow the rules we incorporated when our country started: Education is to enable us to grow, not a means for a debating society for young children who don’t have life experience to talk about, or an indoctrination center for those who have ulterior motives not related to education, regardless of their views.

5. That crime and criminals should be punished. We in the US used to punish crime and criminals. Criminals used to be made to pay for their crimes. Criminals had to work, and work hard. Anyone caught doing the wrong thing was punished. The victim used to be helped, to overcome the adversity of the crime.

I believe all of the above. I believe in the US. I just don’t believe our government is willing to do what used to make us great. The left blames the right, the right the left. The president decides which laws he will enforce, which he will ignore. The “leaders” of the Republican party spend their time reacting to what the “leaders” of the Democrat party are saying. Wall Street spends the government’s money as if it were their own, and no one is held to blame. Schools need money for school equipment, education, etc., while at the same time, schools hire more and more administrators, who do nothing but waste the schools’ monies.

“IF we all do not stand together, surely, we shall all swing SEPARATELY”

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