What Are They Up To?

Warning: This article is an opinion piece. Use your own judgement.

What are they up to, really? Obama, Pelosi and Reid, among many others. Far left radicals, all.

I’ve seen a lot of people online asking the question “Why isn’t our government listening to us?”

The answer to that is: they are doing exactly what they intend to do.

They do know and understand the consequences of their policies, and they are proceeding full steam ahead because these things are necessary to achieve their actual goals. They are:

• Intentionally spending this country into oblivion. Irrevocably.
• Devaluing the dollar. I haven’t had a raise in a couple of years, but the value of what I take home has fallen around 15% depending on who you ask.
• Loading every government position they can with far-left, socialist, marxist ideologues (think czars, and others).
• Increasing the size of government as quickly and as much as they can (admitted outright by Barney Frank).
• Attempting to give the government control of all health care (17% of the entire economy). (Cato Institute points out the real cost of this is over $6 trillion, in reality).
• Attempting to pass Cap & Trade – the largest tax increase in history – on the basis of fraudulent science.
• Nationalizing everything they can get away with. Banks, finance companies, auto manufacturers…
• Attempting to destroy or minimize the capitalist free market system.
• Attempting to suppress dissenting opinion (i.e. Fox News and others).
• Breaking MANY campaign promises, such as – taxation; transparency, review period for bills, no earmarks; MANY others 1, 2. In short, Obama never intended to keep these promises – he lied and deceived to get elected.
• Prosecuting terrorists in civil court – in NYC of all places.
• Mirandizing terrorists.
• Not allowing us to develop our own oil and gas reserves.
• Extending constitutional protections to non-citizens and terrorists.
• Attempting to prosecute the CIA for political reasons.
• Bowing to foreign monarchs. Deferential, apologetic, weak foreign policy. Intentionally reducing our closeness with our best allies, Britain and Israel. Not honoring foreign commitments regarding missile shields, etc.
• And probably more that don’t come to mind at the moment.

These acts, combined, appear to constitute an attempt to:

• Destroy the U.S. as an economic powerhouse of the world.
• Weaken the U.S. militarily.
• Weaken the U.S. in terms of foreign affairs.

Each of these things is detrimental to the health and well-being of this country.

Therefore, the goals of these people – are detrimental to the health and well being of this country.

What could their ultimate goal be? Rest assured, they do have a goal. A goal they are not making public.

I personally think that this administration constitutes the greatest threat to the United States of America that it has ever faced.

-Popgun

Amazing Fiscal Incompetence

An example of the amazing incompetence of the government which wants to control your health care:

There are 435 actual congressional districts, total. $6.4 billion dollars of bailout money went to ANOTHER 440 ‘phantom’ districts that don’t actually exist. Now, that’s a serious competence deficit, there, no matter who you are.

I wonder where all that money actually went?

-Popgun

What Will End Democracy in the United States

What will end democracy in the United States?

The inattention of the citizens. That’s it. That’s all it will take.

There are a great many things going on right now that signal an attack on our freedom and indeed, our way of life. Pay attention to the news – get informed. Tell your congressmen and women what you want.

Don’t give it away through inaction.

-Popgun

Obama Bows

Obama bows to the king of Saudi Arabia:

Obama’s media people desperately came up with excuses, claimed it wasn’t a bow, when it clearly was.

Now, he’s bowed to the Japanese Emperor Akihito:

I am absolutely disgusted with this. Disgusted. I wouldn’t bow to these people, and I’m not representing anybody but me. These foreign kings are not MY sovereign. I’m a free man – I don’t have one, other than God.

This is symbolic of where Obama is trying to take our country. And I don’t like it.

The President of the United States has no business bowing to anybody, but God.

And somehow I doubt that that this piss-ant president will ever do that.

-Popgun

Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil

It really hadn’t sunk in. Someone said something on the news last night that made me realize:

The murders at Fort Hood by Hasan the terrorist constitute the first successful terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.

Eight years of safety, under Bush. Then comes Obama, who renamed the War on Terror to be an “Overseas Contingency Operation”. I wonder why Obama has trouble saying the word ‘terrorist’?

I’m not being totally fair here; we will never know if anything would have been any different if Bush was still in office. However, Obama has most certainly de-emphasized the terrorist threat and lowered our defenses. Heck, he apologized to the Muslim nations for our defense of ourselves. Obama hasn’t got the cojones to say “Enough is enough. I’m going to protect my people”. I think he’s a wee bit confused about just who his people are.

The highest priority of the President of the United States is to protect the people of the United States. It says so, right here on the Homeland Security webpage. Obama is not doing as well on this as his predecessor.

The presidential oath:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States“.

That part about “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”? Obama is not doing so well on that, either. As witness his attack on Fox News for telling it like it is. Their crime is speaking the truth that the other networks distort or ignore. Obama wanted to suppress that any way he can, because the other networks suppress news that would make Obama look bad. Hello? FIRST AMENDMENT. In that debate, you will notice that Obama never once pointed out any specific fact that Fox lied about – because he couldn’t. The very fact that Obama tried to suppress Fox violates his oath of office.

Then, there is the pending health bill, parts of which very likely violate the constitution. To begin with, there is nothing in the Constitution that gives the federal government the right to mandate that you purchase a product. ANY product. Yet here they are – buy insurance, or go to jail. This will almost certainly wind up at the Supreme Court, if it passes.

There is no mandate in the Constitution that the federal government provide health care, in any case. Congress and the President are clearly attempting to ram their socialist power grab health care plan through, regardless. It’s not about health care – it’s about power.

Obama not only breaks his oath, but he shows no respect for the Constitution at all. Maybe he should read it.

That’s the way it looks from here.

-Popgun

Message to Obama and Other Liberals

Regarding yesterday’s elections:

You ignored the Tea Parties. You ignored our voices, emails and letters. Have we got your attention yet?

We don’t want what you are pushing!

-Popgun

Different Viewpoints

Everyone has their own way of looking at things. Currently, there seem to be two opposing viewpoints of how to manage our country.

Liberals want more government, more government control of individuals, less individual rights, and has the view that the government will take care of all your needs. This is called the ‘nanny state’.

They also tend to believe that you are a victim of your upbringing and are not responsible for bad choices you may make. This is why liberal judges tend to let child molesters off the hook.

Liberals tend to be pro-abortion. They call this ‘pro-choice’, although the baby involved doesn’t get a choice.

Liberals believe in involuntary redistribution of wealth, possibly for humanitarian reasons.

Liberals believe the Constitution of the United States should be ‘interpreted’ according to their viewpoint.

Liberals tend to be anti-second amendment because they do not believe any individual can be trusted with a gun, and the idea that people are walking around in Walmart carrying a concealed hand gun scares the crap out of them. Even if those people are not felons.

Conservatives (real ones, that is) believe in maximum personal freedom, the smallest government that can do the proper roll of government. This is very cost-effective.

Conservatives believe in personal responsibility for individual choices. This is why conservative judges think child molesters should be shot.

Conservatives tend to be anti-abortion. Most of them see this as the murder of babies, purely for the convenience of immature and selfish parents who don’t take responsibility for their actions.

Conservatives are generally against involuntary redistribution of wealth, which they correctly view as robbery at gunpoint. (Think that’s an exaggeration? Try not paying your taxes. Eventually, somebody with a gun will show up to collect or to put you in jail. They will have guns.)

Conservatives believe the Constitution of the United States should be strictly interpreted according to the intent of the authors.

Conservatives generally are pro-second amendment because they believe honest citizens can be trusted with guns – both to use them when needed, and not to use them inappropriately. Law abiding citizens walking around in Walmart with guns don’t bother me. I know that they are not a risk to me or mine; only a felon (or wannabe felon) is a risk with a gun. And the best defense against the felon with a gun is to myself be armed, since the felon will not obey the law that says he can’t have a gun.

How do you know which philosophy is the right one?

That’s a deep question. There are many frameworks of belief that may help you decide, such as the Holy Bible. There is also how you were brought up, what you learned from your parents (or whoever raised you, these days).

As for me, I know that, as a child, I was taught a sense of honor. I was also taught a work ethic that to this day makes me get up every day and go to my job to earn my own way and provide for my family. I believe that I am worth my wages, and I believe that they are mine, not yours. I believe in personal responsibility. I believe that I can be trusted with a gun, because I know my own mind, and furthermore I believe I have the responsibility to protect my family if necessary. I have seen more than one couple grieve as they buried a miscarried child, and I know that abortion is murder. I believe in my personal freedom – and yours, too.

And I resent every dime I pay in taxes that is given to somebody who doesn’t deserve it, or is otherwise wasted. I do believe in charity – but it should be voluntary. And I don’t believe that people who are unwilling to work should receive a single dime of charity. Charity should be reserved for those who want to provide for themselves, but cannot because of circumstances such as health or age.

I have self respect because I have worked hard to do the best I could with my life. Others have done better, and some have done worse. But the key is to do your best. I paid my rent on my chunk of the planet today, and I feel pretty good about that.

I can’t say why you should choose one philosophy or the other – but I know which one I’ve chosen.

-Popgun

Tires – What a Pain

Saturday before last, I loaded up my trailer with some light trash and went to the local dump. On the way back, about a mile from the dump, the trailer’s right tire shredded. So there I was, in misting rain, with no tools and no spare, a few miles from home. I parked the trailer in the most convenient ditch, went home, got tools, went back, and jacked up the trailer and removed the wheel.

Those Hi-Lift jacks are wonderful things to have. Money well spent.

So then I took the tire into the nearest large town to the company I usually do my tire business with. They mounted a new tire for me in about ten minutes, and I went all the way back out to the trailer, mounted the tire in the misting rain, hooked it back up and took it home.

Because the remaining tire was in about the same shape, I dismounted it as well. During the week I took it in and got it replaced, matching the other new tire. So tires on the trailer cost about $150 total.

Then, last Saturday, I took Texas Grandma’s Dodge Grand Caravan in to the same tire dealer to have two new tires mounted. During this work, the tire mechanic destroyed the air pressure monitor inside the tire. So the shop went to the Dodge dealership and bought a replacement, and installed it.

Of course, then the sensor wouldn’t synchronize with the van’s computer. So I took it back to the tire place; after a couple of phone calls, they told me to take it to the Dodge dealer and they’ll take care of it. I did so. It turns out that when you replace one of these sensors, you have to have the dealer program the van’s computer to know about that sensor. This costs around $50, which will be paid by the tire company.

After I sat there for about an hour and a half, the dealer coordinator told me that they couldn’t get it to synch, that it must be damaged. Either the tire dealer damaged it when they installed it, or it was defective. In the first case, the tire dealer pays for it; in the second, it is warranted. But they didn’t have time Saturday to do this work, so Texas Grandma gets to take the van back to the dealer tomorrow to resolve this.

This is a perfect example of nanny state laws going wrong. Because some people can’t be bothered to check the air in their tires, our illustrious government passed a law that every vehicle starting in 2008 has to have tire pressure sensors. This is wasted on me – I ride motorcycles, and I BELIEVE in keeping up with my tires. So I have to pay for these things in the first place; and I have a new point of failure. If I was paying for all this, it would have cost me over $100 to replace this sensor, which I don’t want or need.

And it wasted half of last Saturday, and it’s going to waste another couple of hours of Texas Grandma’s time tomorrow. Between us, we’ve spent way to much money, and especially time, on tires in the last couple of weeks.

All because an incompetent mechanic made a mistake with some new technology.

-Popgun

Let’s Buy Some Opinion

It comes as no surprise that Obama is calling for a gift of $250 “stimulus” checks to go to 57 million elderly people, at the same time that he is trying to get his horrific health reform bill through congress. After all, seniors are the group most likely to lose benefits because of it.

I hate being manipulated.

What is the price of YOUR opinion? $250.00?

-Popgun

Insanity is Rampant in the World Today

Amazing.

Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize – without doing anything.

Our government actually thinks it can spend its way to prosperity – with money it doesn’t have. To the tune of trillions of dollars. This administration has spent huge amounts of money, many times faster than any previous administration – ever. And wants to spend more. Anybody that’s ever managed a check book knows the problem with this approach.

The President of the United States has bowed down to the king of Saudi Arabia, and has made friendly overtures to every dictator he has come in contact with. In the same breath, he has insulted Britain, Israel, the Dalai Lama and every other friendly power he could.

The President of the United States has made it clear that he thinks the U.S. is just another nation – nothing special.

The President of the United States thinks he needs to apologize for us to other countries. He doesn’t seem to have any pride in our country.

The House of Representatives has passed a cap and trade bill that will represent the largest tax increase this country has ever seen – in a time of economic crisis – which is based on politically pushed pseudo-science about which serious doubts exist in the scientific community. A huge tax to promote an ineffective cure for a problem that may or may not exist.

The Democrats are actually implementing socialism. In America.

Nationalization of major businesses and banks has taken place – in America.

About 800,000 unborn children are murdered in the U.S. every year. For the sake of convenience. This is called ‘health care’.

Iran is about to get nukes, and our troops on the ground in Afghanistan need a bit of help – and we’re waiting on our President to make up his mind. And waiting. And waiting.

Yet the President doesn’t have time to discuss this with the commander of those troops. Instead, the President has spent enormous amounts of time and energy promoting health care reform – a health care reform that a majority of Americans don’t want. A health care reform that is structured to destroy the insurance industry and much of our freedom.

Our government is about to fool around and let the dollar lose it’s position as the basis for international trade.

Unemployment rate at 9.9% and climbing. The ’stimulus’ hasn’t worked, so the Democrats are thinking about doing it again. What moron repeats something that didn’t work the first time?

The Democrats think (or want you to think) that they can tax a business and that tax is not passed on to we the consumers. (Check out the proposed funding for the ‘health care’).

I’m sorry, folks, but none of these things look good to me.

Upper management is insane. Or something.

UPDATE: Ha – I’m not the only one who’s noticed. Day by Day!

-Popgun