Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Government Leaks - Is Anyone Binding The Store

Once again several thousand pages of "classified" government documents have been leaked to WikiLeaks. This time Private Bradley Manning is the culprit. Manning is a low level intelligence army officer who had access to this information. Apparently, after 9/11, the federal government determined that various agencies needed to share classified information so much so that more than a million government workers have access to these files. That is just plain crazy!

The very idea that a million government workers, at low levels, have access to supposedly highly confidential "classified" documents is ridiculous. It makes me wonder if anyone is minding the store in Washington DC. This is just one more example of federal government incompetence. And, these are the same people who want to take over our health care system; which represents one sixth of the US economy. Pretty scary huh?

It is critical that these leaks be stopped. First only those in the government that should have access to classified information should be to able see these files. That is certainly not a million government workers and especially those at low levels. Private Manning must be made an example to send the right message to all who have access to "classified information. Manning should be charged with TREASON and sent to prison for life. Wikileaks should be closed down by cyber assault, if necessary. And, the guys who run Wikileaks in Iceland should be charged with espionage, extradicted and tried in the United States for this crime.

It will be very interesting to see if the Obama Administration takes these very appropriate actions to secure our classified information and national security. This blogger doubts they will do much at all. Keep in mind, Obama is a Socialist surrounded by other Socialists and even Communists in his administration. These people believe in one world government and ceding more control to the United Nations, perhaps even including taxing "rich" countries like the US to redistribute wealth to poor countries. Obama's CAP & TAX scheme does exactly that. These are also the people who see the US as just one more country, not the most exceptional nation in human history.

President Obama is proving by the day that he is incompetent. Whether in foreign or domestic policy, Obama is a college professor not Commander and Chief. Clearly, we must make Obama a one term President in 2012. We must also sweep other Socialists out of office, as well, thatare consistently weak on defense. We must elect Conservatives in 2012 and 2014 that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balance budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border, fighting Terrorism and securing our classified documents, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

Most important, we must elect Conservatives that will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country in 2o12 and 2014 to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. We can do it. We must do it to ensure our national security.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Obama's Federal Pay Freeze - Peanuts

Socialist President Obama announced today that he is freezing the pay of two million federal employees, excluding the military for two years. Well isn't that nice, particularly since Obama raised federal employee salaries to the highest ever since taking office two years ago. This pay freeze will save about $2 Billion over the next two years, which is real money to you and me, but peanuts in government terms. Our national debt is about $14 Trillion, that is 14,000 Billion dollars. No doubt the public employee unions have already approved this cut as a means of taking the heat off them. They know this is chump change in the broader scheme of things. In fact, the federal government would have to freeze the pay of federal workers for the next ten years to get salaries in line with the private sector.


And then there are those huge government pensions that are bankrupting our states and the federal government, not to mention health insurance for life for a minimal contribution, if any. Many federal employees will receive pensions that are two to four times typical Social Security benefits. That is where the real money is in the compensation and benefits schemes for federal employees. So, I am certain that Obama sat down the the union bosses and got their approval before he made this pay freeze announcement. Notice that salaries are not being rolled by to 2008 levels.

There is no way Obama would have made this move without union approval because Obama is owned, lock and barrel by the Unions that he will need if he has any chance of being reelected in 2012. There was probably a wink and a nod around the table at their meeting as all acknowledged that this pay freeze would look good, when everyone at the meeting knew that this was not a big deal in the broader scheme of things.

Public employee unions are a cancer on our state and federal governments. They continue to extract compensation and benefits from politicians beholden to them that are way beyond those in the private sector. Clearly collective bargaining should be against the law for government workers. And, it also should be illegal for public employee unions to make political contributions because it is a huge conflict of interest.

The federal government is out of control. We have to take back our country in 2012 and 2014 to restore sound fiscal management. We must sweep these Socialists, that are supported by public employee unions, out of office by electing Conservatives that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balance budget, term limits real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in the United States.

Most important, we must elect Conservatives who will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. Public employee unions must be brought under control to prevent the bankruptcy of our nation. We must take back our country to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. We can do it. We must do it.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Buying Government Motors (GM) Stock

It is hard to imagine why anyone would buy reissued Government Motors (GM) stock when Socialist President Obama disregarded the rule of law to steal the company from its prior shareholders and bond holders, the legitimate owners, to give it the United Auto Workers Union. It should be no surprise why Obama would do this since he is owned, lock, stock and barrel by the unions, but the real surprise is why anyone would risk ownership in GM stock given Obama actions.

As taxpayers, we should be glad that a sucker is born everyday because it may mean that eventually the federal government will get back the $60 billion given to GM before they filed bankruptcy. However, betting on GM as an investment is no sure thing. The jury is still out whether GM will make it, especially since now it has auto union members on the Board that are likely to demand higher compensation and benefits as soon as the company show any glimmer of success. These union guys have killed the goose that laid the golden egg in the past. There is no reason to believe they won't do it again.

The bigger issue are the precedents that were established by Obama's take over of GM. First, the notion that any company is too big to fail ensures that inefficiencies, union demands and poor management are rewarded, which should never have happened. Second, the complete disregard of shareholder and bondholder rights that took place was particularly dangerous because the United States is supposed to be a country where the rule of law always prevails. Instead, this action was more like what is happening in Venezuela as Hugo Chavez takes over companies. This is common in banana republics; but not in the Unites States. Since GM filed bankruptcy anyway, this take over served no purpose, except the give away to the auto union. If Obama had not stepped in to bail out GM, normal bankruptcy procedures would have been managed by a court of law in accordance with the law rather than dictatorial directives.

It is a lie that millions of jobs would have been lost had GM simply filed bankruptcy. It is true that had normal bankruptcy taken place, GM could have abrogated its union contracts to get wages and pensions in line with their competition, which is the obvious reason that Obama implemented the bail out. This was really a bail of the Auto Workers Union not GM. A President that disregards the rule of law is a clear and present danger to our nation.

The GM Auto Workers Union Bail-Out is one more reason we must sweep these Socialists out of office in 2012 and 2014. Instead, we must elect Conservatives that support the rule of law, free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

Most important, the GM Bail-Out proves that we must elect Conservatives, who will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. We can do it. We must do it to prevent more GM Bail-Outs.

P.S. Watch to see if the Federal Reserve, or President Obama attempts to bail out bankrupt states like California, Illinois, or New York. All of these states may be deemed to big to fail. We have heard this story before.

Social Security & Medicare - Means Testing

All of us know people who have lived beyond their means for years. During the good times, they used their home equity lines of credit, like a cash machine, to buy cars and other toys and to pay for expensive vacations. Now many of these same people are upside down on their mortgages and worse yet will not have a home paid off as they approach retirement. Since those Baby Boomers are likely to have little or nothing in savings as they retire, no doubt they will be eligible for full Social Security and Medicare benefits.

And then, there are those of us who saved and invested over the years in anticipation of retirement. We strived to pay off our homes recognizing that one day we would live off a fixed income. Many people in this category paid the maximum into Social Security and Medicare for years; yet it is this group that will be deemed "too rich" to receive the Social Security and Medicare benefits that have been promised to us. Ironically, those that have practiced delayed gratification, throughout their lives, in preparation for retirement will ultimately be means tested and denied the Social Security and Medicare benefits that they earned. And, those that squandered their money while working, believing that tomorrow would never come, will receive full benefits.

There is something very wrong with this picture! If both the retirement age is raised to 69 years old as is being discussed and means testing is imposed as is probable, it will mean that our government has stolen trillions of dollars from hard working people who have paid into the retirement system for years. Of course, this is no surprise because since 1965 our illustrious elected representatives in Washington of both political parties have been raiding the Social Security Trust Fund to pay for social programs and various wars. THERE IS NO SOCIAL SECURITY LOCK BOX, just IOU's given the Social Security Trust Fund by the Congress and President over the years. Our money that should have been invested to provide for our retirements, was spent on pork to buy reelection.

Now the rubber has hit the road and I am not talking about all those BMW's that were bought with home equity lines of credit. 70 million Baby Boomers are retiring and the money is not there to cover the promises that were made to us. Politicians often talk about reducing retirement benefits for those that are younger than 55; but that won't do it. They will have to turn to means testing for Baby Boomer retirees that they will deem to be "rich". And, to be clear "rich" will be defined as anyone with assets, not just millionaires. So those that have sizable 401's K's will be deemed to be "rich". Those that own investment property, or small businesses will be deemed to be "rich". This will be the excuse to cheat those who have saved and invested out of their Social Security and Medicare benefits that they have paid for, just wait and see!

So rather than significantly cut spending and eliminate many redundant government agencies, which is the real solution to our national debt and deficit problem, the federal government will simply cut Social Security benefits and increase Medicare premiums for the "rich" even though these people have paid and paid and paid for these benefits. Social Security and Medicare will become just one more welfare program.

Young people beware! The federal government has proven that it cannot be trusted with our retirement monies. As an option, young people should demand that at least half the money going into Social Security can we used for private accounts out of government reach. And, all Medicare recipients should be in Medicare Advantage HMO programs, through private insurance companies, as the standard program. If retired people want PPO programs, they can buy MediGap policies to provide for additional coverage. Of course, ObamaCare has cut Medicare by $500 Billion and actually eliminated the Medicare Advantage HMO program for more than 22 million seniors that are currently in the program.

Much of this $500 Billion cut in Medicare comes from cutting payments paid to doctors. This cut has been put on hold for another year because more and more doctors are refusing to take straight Medicare patients, without overlay MediGap insurance. If this problem is not remedied by the repeal of ObamaCare, there absolutely will be rationing of care and death panels for seniors because there are not enough Doctors in the United States to deal with Medicare and 30 million more people that are covered by ObamaCare; not to mention the 12 million illegal aliens that are also in the system one way or another.

The mess the federal government has made related to Social Security and Medicare, plus ObamaCare is one more reason we must sweep these Socialist out of office in 2012 and 2014. We must elect Conservatives that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real Social Security, Medicare, education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by electing Conservatives that support the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses or the Courts. Fixing Social Security and Medicare should be at the top of this; but before people are cheated out of these benefits that they paid for, we need to see major cuts across the board to federal spending. We must take back our country to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. We can do it. We must do it.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Collective Bargaining & Government Employees

It is time to end collective bargaining for all government employees, which would include police, firemen and teachers because these unions are contributing to the bankruptcy of our states and our country. Instead, while there can still be representation for government employees, they should be governed by federal and state civil service commissions that should apply private sector compensation and benefits practices to government employees. Certainly, government employees should not be paid more than comparable private sector employees; nor should they receive pensions greater than private sector employees. This is just common sense.

The unions and environmental wackos have contributed to the demise of manufacturing in the United States. As those jobs went overseas and union membership fell in the private sector, 40 years ago Socialists began their quest to unionize government employees. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is perhaps the biggest among them along with the National Education Association (NEA); but there are many other public employee unions, as well. To their credit these public employee unions have done a great job securing compensation and benefits for their members; however it has been without any regard for the American taxpayer's ability to pay for those benefits. All of this has to stop to prevent the bankruptcy of both our states and our country. It is time for WE THE PEOPLE to stand up and say NO MORE! And, in fact, we must roll back these unions completely. Collective Bargaining is simply incompatible with public service.

As a case in point, the Post Office is basically bankrupt because of the compensation and benefits it is has provided postal employees. In the last fiscal year, the Post Office lost $8.5 billion with no end in sight. This will only get worse if there is any attempt to raise postal rates which will result in less revenue for the Post Office, not more, as Americans find other cheaper ways to communicate and/or pay bills. But the Post Office is just one example of public employee union disregard for the taxpayer. Teacher Unions, as well, have extracted benefits at the expense of maintenance of our schools so much so that many are dirty and run down.

Socialist President Obama just gave TSA employees at our airports the right to collective bargaining, which will just be one more group feeding at the trough. And, bankrupt California is the poster child for public employee union control of the entire state. We can clearly see what happens when the entire political establishment is controlled by these unions that continue to push for higher and higher taxes even if it leads to the demise of the state with more and more companies leaving California. It is dumb, dumber and dumbest in California.

Socialists will never end collective bargaining for public employees because they are highly dependent on those feeding at the trough for campaign contributions. This is a vicious circle. Socialists are bought off with campaign contributions so Socialists agree to compensation and benefits schemes that are bankrupting our country. Whose bread they eat, whose song they sing. And, in this case, Socialists sing like canaries flying above all state capitals and Washington DC.

We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by electing Conservatives committed to ending collective bargaining for public employees. Taking this action is critical to the fiscal solvency of the United States. We must sweep these Socialists out of office by electing Conservatives that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

Most important, we must take back our county by electing Conservatives (not RINO's) that will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, public employee unions, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. No where in the Constitution is there any mention of Collective Bargaining for public employees, so it has to go. We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014. We can do it. We must do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Restoring American Culture And Values

While we need to take back our country in 2012 and 2014 to restore sound fiscal management and prevent the bankruptcy of the United States, we must also focus on restoring American culture and values. During the last 50 years, the left wing media, dysfunctional Hollywood, Secularists and Socialists have hijacked our culture and values. They have rejected right and wrong and instead advanced a moral relativism that allows all to "do their own thing" even if it has been bad for our country. The fact is that we should have the 10 Commandants posted on every street corner, not to advance Judeo-Christian theology, though that would be a good thing, but rather to demonstrate that right and wrong is absolute.

It is wrong to cheat, steal or murder no matter what the excuse, or extenuating circumstance. It is wrong to have babies out of wedlock, though it is preferable to abortion as contraception. It is wrong to have casual sex in one night stands because it is a road to no where. It is wrong to have extra-marital affairs that are an assault on the family. It is wrong to use drugs or liquor to escape the urgency's of daily life. These are all absolutes of right and wrong; yet today all of this has become a big joke to the detriment of our society.

More often that not television shows and movies are either about sexual promiscuity or murder. Men on these shows speak of "nailing women" in meaningless one night stands as a big joke. Where is the left wing National Association of Women concerning these shows that degrade women. Instead, it is Conservative women who are criticized and ridiculed by the left wing for their opposition to abortion and their support of family values. Even a show like Glee, which began as a great program focused on talented high school kids in a Glee Club in an Ohio high school, has changed from a TV show that could be watched by the whole family to one with sexual themes that is no longer suitable for family viewing. The question is why? Glee was like watching a great Broadway musical every week. Yet as the show progressed over the weeks, the writers felt the need to transform the program into one with sexual themes that add absolutely no entertainment value.

And if network television shows and movies are not sex-based, they focus on murder, or solving murders just about every night of the week. Surely, there is more to America that sexual promiscuity and murders. This blogger is neither a prude, nor an old foggy as someone who grew up in the free sex and drug generation of the 60's, 70's and 80's; but today with more maturity and cold hard facts, I can see end result of those behaviors. Our inner cities are a mess. Many children are ill-prepared for the workforce. Half of marriages end in divorce. And, we have many dysfunctional families that are a burden on society.

As we look to the future, we must take back our country to restore American culture and values and it must start with changing our public schools where right and wrong, the value of hard work and patriotism should be taught above all else. We must state without question that marriage between a man and a woman and children born from a healthy long term marriage is preferable to all other arrangements. We must recognize that the sanctity of life is the foundation of any society. We must promote hard work and the old Protestant work ethic. And, we must tell Hollywood that there is more to life than sexual promiscuity and murder.

The Secularists and Socialists do not get any of this, which is one more reason we must sweep them out of office in 2012 and 2014. Taking back our country is about more than just getting our fiscal house in order. We also need to restore American culture and values. This is not about having the religion police on every street corner. It is instead about restoring common sense and right and wrong in our society and not being afraid to speak in terms of right and wrong, which is half the battle.

To get there, we must elect Conservatives in 2012 and 2014 that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and FAMILY VALUES THAT ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth, job creation and our culture and values.

Most important, we must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by electing Conservatives, that support the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, our the Courts. We must take back our country to restore American culture and values. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Obama & Foreign Policy - Dangerous To Our Nation

Socialist President Obama is weak and ineffective, which is dangerous to our nation. This has become particularly obvious in his foreign policy dealings. Obama's recent trip to Asia was a failure as foreign leaders dismissed our President as an amateur. A few weeks later we have discovered that North Korea has advanced further in the development of nuclear weapons. And, after sinking a South Korean ship last year, this year the North Koreans actually shelled a South Korean island killing and wounding many. Would this have happened if Ronald Reagan was President? I think not.

President Obama continues to signal his weakness with every move he makes. The Russians have tied a new nuclear arms treaty to limiting our missile defense and Obama has agreed to their demands. The two should have nothing to do with each other. Clearly, we have failed to deter both North Korea and Iran from building nuclear weapons. It is time for hard ball not more talk. To maintain the balance of power, we should supply Israel with nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. With should tell China that if they don't control North Korea, which they have the power to do, we will do the same with South Korea and Japan.

Both North Korea and Iran have ties to Terrorists. North Korea is selling nuclear technology to the highest bidder. So unless the United States is prepared to bomb both North Korea and Iran to destroy their nuclear capabilities, which certainly will not happen as long as Obama is President, then we must do what is necessary to maintain the balance of power.

The problem is that naive and inexperienced Socialist President Obama will do neither because of his need to be loved rather than respected. As it turns out, the world is turning against Obama because he is now seen as a weak President so he is no longer loved, or respected. The lessons of history teach us that peace through strength is the only viable strategy. What we are seeing in President Obama is Jimmy Carter II, which is really frightening. Socialists never seem to understand the dynamics of world politics. When dealing with tin horn dictators, the story is always the same. If these dictators believe that our President is weak, they always miscalculate ultimately making more drastic military action by the United States necessary.

As a former history teacher, President Obama scares the heck out of me because I know the end of this story and it is not pretty. The President of the United States, who ever it is, must be emphatic when it comes to foreign policy and drawing lines in the sand. When those lines are crossed, we must take immediate action. When the North Koreans fired on a South Korean island, Obama should have sent the Navy into the Yellow Sea even though the Chinese would protest.

The day after this act of war by North Korean, President Obama said not one word about North Korea in public and instead pardoned the holiday turkey in a public appearance. The statement coming out of the State Department was that "North Korea's action was very, very bad". That was it! Clearly, President Obama does not understand that by taking no action at all, the signal sent to the North Koreans is that the President and the United States are impotent.

President Obama and the Socialists in Congress are a clear and present danger to our nation. As such, we must take back our country by electing Conservatives that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE, INCLUDING SECURING OUR BORDER AND FIGHTING TERRORISM, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

Most important, we must take back our country by electing Conservatives in 2012 and 2014 that support the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. Our national security is at stake. As such, we must take back our country to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. We can do it. We will do it.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Some Believe The United States Is Lost

There are some in the United States who believe that our country is lost and on a downward spiral that is impossible to reverse. They cite the $14 Trillion that is our growing national debt and the billions in unfunded liabilities for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid that will soon explode on our nation. They see that the Federal Reserve is now printing money to monetize our debt, which will have disastrous consequences for our nation.

They view the erosion of our values and the deterioration of our culture that has occurred in the last 50 years. 43% of babies in the US are now born out of wedlock. The welfare state has destroyed the family in many inner cities. Nearly 50% of Americans pay no income taxes at all. They are takers, not makers, as they look to government for sustenance. China continues to emerge as a world power presumably at the expense of the United States, so much so that the while the last century was the American century, many believe that the 21st century will be the Chinese century.

These are all facts that would make it easy to just give up and surrender the United States to second class status. However, for those of us who have lived the American dream and who have children and grandchildren, we just can't let this happen without a fight. My grandfather came to America from Italy speaking no English, more than a hundred years ago, with a fourth grade education and ended up as a successful small business owner through hard work, focus, discipline and passion. His grandson, this blogger, with significantly more education, has worked with talented managers to build a global company that today does business in 120 countries, including Italy. The American dream is real and we who have lived it have an obligation to make it possible for future generations.

To do that, we must push back 97 years of Socialism that is destroying our country. We must recreate an opportunity society, instead of a welfare state, where hard work is admired and rewarded not scorned. And, those who do succeed and acquire intellectual and material wealth, as the fruits of their labor, should not be demonized by the President of the United States and or the Socialists in Congress; but rather recognized as models for all to emulate. We must help everyone in our country understand that government is the problem and rarely the solution and that dependence on government is the avenue to slavery not freedom. At the same time, we must take back our public schools to not only teacher the basics; but American values of hard work and patriotism rather than Socialist ideology and hog wash.

The United States will be lost if we don't stand up and say HELL NO. That means sweeping Socialists, including Obama, out of office in 2012 and 2014 because their solutions are a proven road to second class status for the United States. The only way to ensure that the American dream and American exceptionalism remains possible is to elect Conservatives who believe in free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and jobs in America. It also the only way to make certain that the United States will remain a super power.

Most important, we must elect Conservatives in 2012 and 2014 that will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. We can do it. We must do it so that all can achieve the American dream. As Winston Churchill once said, "Never give up, Never give in." Our country, that many have died to preserve and protect, hangs in the balance.

The Government Is Touching Our Junk

The recent decision by the federal government to implement x-rays that show naked silhouettes and "pat downs" as new security procedures at airports that literally require the "touching of our junk" is demonstrative of a much bigger threat to our liberties. This very act is a violation of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution in the Bill of Rights that prohibits "unreasonable" searches and seizures. Yet, this is occurring without the passage of any law by administrative dictum. This is happening in the name of security; but giving up our rights to gain security is not something we should take lightly when there are better ways to get the job done.

Specific to airport security, the government should implement reverse profiling since actual profiling of the Terrorists is deemed discriminatory. So instead, if that is the game we must play, then lets start with people who are obviously not Terrorists; American born businessmen and women who fly regularly as a requirement of their jobs, senior citizens over 65 years old, families traveling with children, college educated professionals, business owners and elected officials. Notice I said American born in these categories. That would exclude those with foreign passports and anyone not born in the United States. Even so, all categories of people should go through normal security procedures; just not the more intense scrutiny that should be happening for others more likely to be Terrorists. This is just common sense, something government rarely seems to practice.

I suspect this breakdown would mean that the vast majority of Americans would be exempted from the x-ray and "pat down" procedures that represent an "unreasonable" search that is happening now in violation of our 4th Amendment rights. WE THE PEOPLE must stand up and say HELL NO to this violation of our rights and all violations of our rights that began 97 years ago with the enactment of the Constitutional Amendment allowing for the income tax. The fact is that in the last 97 years we have continued to see the Socialist creep that has chipped away at our rights as government at all levels has grown to intrude in all facets of daily life. Enough is enough!!

This latest "pat down" procedure is just one more example of government's reach into our pants and pockets under the guise of one notion or another. Eminent Domain has been used to seize property from American citizens not for government use; but for commercial uses. Just about anything we do requires a license, or government fees and taxes. Now the food police want to tell us what we can eat and when we can eat it. Schools have been used to indoctrinate, not educate, as evidenced by the poor result achieved in public schools. There has been a continued assault on our second Amendment rights to own guns. We now have politicians who want to eliminate certain TV stations like Fox and control the content of the Internet through a scheme called "net neutrality. The era of Big Brother under Socialist President Obama is here.

We have to stop the government from touching all our junk, which includes our property, our money and our person by sweeping these Socialists out of office and electing Conservatives in 2012 and 2014 that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and jobs in America.

This latest attack on our freedoms at airports is another reason we must take back our country by electing Conservatives who will adhere to our Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. WE THE PEOPLE must take back our country in 2012 and 2014. We can do it. We must do to stop the government from touching our junk, to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia - A Bad Idea

Socialist President Obama is pushing the US Senate to ratify the Nuclear Arms Treaty that he negotiated with Russia, which would further cut our nuclear arsenal. Given the threats that we face around the world today, this is a bad idea. Russia is not so much the problem, though their democracy is hardly stable. Iran, North Korea, Pakistan and perhaps even a growing China are the problem. President Obama gave up our missile defense system in Eastern Europe as a result of pressure by Russia without getting anything in return. This was a huge mistake. The fact is that we should literally be building missile defense systems all over the world to shield the United States from nuclear missiles fired from any country.

In the event of nuclear war, our country will have minutes, not hours, to react. Missile defense is critical to preventing the annihilation of American cities. And, we need a strong nuclear deterrent to make it clear to all countries that a nuclear, or biological strike on the United States, or any of our allies, will result in a full retaliatory response and utter destruction of that country. President Obama is naive in his understanding of world politics. The United States must be strong to avoid catastrophe.

We must also be wary of the Chinese that are becoming a formidable world power. China is building a blue water navy to challenge the United States around the world. China already has a nuclear arsenal that can reach our country. And, let there by no doubt that if the day comes when the US cannot repay China the money they have lent us, China will demand Alaska and/or the oil reserves in Alaska as payment. If a US President ever capitulates to that effect, it will probably result in a revolution in the United States.

The lessons of history tell us that we must plan for today; but be cautious about tomorrow. While US power actually comes from being economically strong, which is a separate blog posting, we must also be militarily strong. Socialists like President Obama never seem to understand the realities of world politics. Jimmy Carter hollowed out our military during his Presidency. Ronald Reagan built our military back up, which ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

President Obama is young and inexperienced and is therefore a clear and present danger to our nation. We must make Obama a one term President to ensure the security of the United States. To do so, we must elect Conservatives who support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, real education, energy and health care reform, A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE, INCLUDING SECURING OUR BORDER AND FIGHTING TERRORISM, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

Most important, we must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by electing Conservatives who support the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists Obama, Reid, Pelosi, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country to guarantee the security of the United States. We can do it. We will do it preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Nancy Pelosi - The Gift That Keeps Giving

Soon to be former Speaker of House Socialist Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was chosen by the Socialists in the House of Representatives to continue on as their leader. This occurred despite the fact that it was the Obama/Reid/Pelosi Socialists Schemes in the last two years that caused the loss of 65 House seats, 5 Senate seats, 10 Governors and 682 state legislative positions that all went to Republicans. The Socialists experienced the biggest "shellacking" and change in power since the Great Depression; yet Obama, Reid and Pelosi continue on business as usual. Further, there are many left wing radicals in the US that actually believe that the Socialists lost because they were not radical enough. These people must be on hallucinatory drugs because they live in LaLa land.

Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco, as the face of the Socialist Party in America, is the truly the Gift That Keeps Giving. Conservatives like nothing better than to run against Nancy Pelosi in 2012 in addition to Socialist President Obama. In fairness, why should anyone be surprised. The vote for Pelosi to remain as Minority Leader was 150 Socialists to 43 Blue Dog Democrats. The Blue Dogs in the Socialist Party continue to disappear because they cannot win in many districts with the Socialist agenda hung around their necks like a hangman's noose. So Nancy Pelosi is representative of the Socialists that remain behind mostly from the left coast and the Northeast and few other districts around the country that show up Blue on a political map.

For the most part the land mass of the United States is solidly Red because our country is a center right nation as was demonstrated in the election in 2010. In particular, the Midwest came home to the Republican Party as Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin elected Republicans. These states had traditionally been Republican for years. Even Pennsylvania elected a Republican Senator and Governor. This is an ominous sign for President Obama since no President has been elected in recent times without carrying the state of Ohio.

As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. That might be the reason that Obama spent so much time during the 2010 campaign in Ohio; but lost big anyway. President Obama still refuses to accept that the 2010 election was a complete repudiation of his Socialist Schemes like ObamaCare. The President thinks these losses were just the result of bad economy. Sure enough Obama's SwindleUS Plans were a failure; but that is not the whole story.

The real story is that the American people are not buying Obama's plans to "transform" the United States into a big government, Socialist nation. WE THE PEOPLE stood up in 2010 and said HELL NO. Instead we acted to sweep out Socialists by electing Conservatives who support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the winning platform that prevailed in the 2010 because it is the only way to restore our economy and jobs in America.

Most important, we elected Conservatives in 2010 who support the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists Obama, Reid, Pelosi, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We began took the first action to take back our country to roll back 97 years of Socialism. In 2012 and 2014, we will work to complete the job. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. So let me offer my congratulations to Nancy Pelosi. Keep up the good work, Nan. Pelosi helped elect more Conservatives than ever before. We need Pelosi in office as the face of Socialism in the United States. Nancy Pelosi is truly the Gift That Keeps Giving.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Lame Duck Congress - JUST SAY NO

Socialist Senator Dirty Harry Reid, the majority leader of the US Senate and soon to be former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the gift that keeps giving, will attempt to enact every bit of Socialist legislation they can cram through the Congress between now and the end of the year because they know those bills will be Dead on Arrival next year when the Republicans take over the House and add 5 more seats in the Senate. Republicans should JUST SAY NO to all pieces of Socialist legislation until they have the votes early next year to better shape the debate and legislation.

This would include maintaining the Bush Tax Cuts unless all are made permanent this year. Yes, the Bush Tax Cuts will all expire on December 31, 2010; but the new Congress will be in session on January 3. Once in session, the Republicans will have the votes to make the Bush Tax Cuts permanent in both Houses of Congress, which can be made retroactive to January 1. Socialist President Obama would have to veto the bill to stop this from happening. If Obama does so, he will be raising taxes on the Middle Class that he claims to represent in his class warfare arguments. The Republicans should dare him to do it. Even if a compromise must come out of this exercise in January, it is very likely to be on more favorable terms once the Republicans are in control, than if it happens before the end of the year.

The Young Guns of the Republican Party need to play hardball with Obama to make him a one term President and end his efforts to "transform" America into a Socialist nation. Clearly, ObamaCare is being attacked from all angles, including in the Courts, by Republican Governors and in Congress, until there is finally repeal of that monstrosity when we have both a Republican controlled Congress and Presidency. Obama's CAP & TAX plan will never see the light of day; though we will need to challenge Obama's plan to implement this scheme by Executive Order. There is a new day coming in America as the Tea Party Movement makes its presence felt both in Congress and across America.

We must sweep these Socialists out of office in 2012 and 2014 to end their war on the American people. We must take back our country by electing Conservatives (not RINO's) who support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balance budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the winning platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

Most important, there can be no compromise with Socialists as we seek to roll back 97 years of Socialism. To do so, we must elect Conservatives that will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists Obama, Reid and Pelosi, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Illegal Aliens - The Problem Continues To Grow

The United States government must secure our border because Illegal Aliens are contributing to the bankruptcy of various border states and our country. We have our own welfare problem. The United States cannot fund Mexico's welfare program too. While Mexicans who cross our border illegally are hard working people, the fact is that they cost far more to support related to education, medical care and our criminal justice system than any taxes they pay into our country. In fact, it is estimated that bankrupt California spends more than $8 Billion a year on Illegal Aliens. Since California's budget deficit is about $26 Billion, about a third of this amount relates to supporting Illegal Aliens.

President Obama and the other Socialists in our country will not secure our border because they want to give amnesty to 12 million Illegal Aliens to turn them into Socialist voters, dependent on government, to allow Socialists to stay in power. In fact, President Obama is planning on it for his re-election. This is just one more reason we must sweep these Socialists out of office in 2012 and 2014. President Obama refuses to protect and preserve the United States, which was part of the Oath of Office he took when being sworn in as President. The evidence is clear. Obama will not post significant numbers of the National Guard, or our regular army on the border to get the job done.

And, then there is Socialist Senator Dirty Harry Reid of Nevada who is trying to ram through the "Dream Act" during the lame duck Congress. The Dream Act would give American citizenship to Illegal Aliens who complete two years of college in the United States, or serve in our military. The big question is why are Illegal Aliens even in our colleges, or our military when they should be deported for violating our laws. The best part of this story is that various states, like bankrupt California, give Illegal Aliens in-state tuition; yet American citizens from other states must pay three or four times in-state tuition because they have come from out of state.

A left wing California judge just ruled this legal; but this case will end up in the Supreme Court where hopefully common sense will prevail. The student body President at California State University Fresno recently revealed that he is an Illegal Alien. Again, why isn't 22 year old Pedro Ramirez deported for violating our laws instead of allowed to be a student at Cal State. This is just ridiculous!

And then there is the case of Nicky Diaz Santillan, the former maid of Meg Whitman, who recently ran for Governor of California and lost. It was revealed during the campaign that Whitman fired her long time maid when she discovered she was an Illegal Alien. Santillan was recruited from an agency. Santillan committed fraud by declaring she was an American citizen. During the campaign, big mouth, Beverly Hills, left wing attorney and publicity hound, Gloria Allred, represented Santillan in a lawsuit alleging that back pay was owed. Meg Whitman actually paid Santillan double what is common for maids in California.

Poor Santillan complained that she had to do maid work like cleaning toilets, making beds, mopping floors etc. While all work is honorable, apparently Ms. Santillan did not understand that this is precisely the work maids are hired to do. So rather than deport Santillan, which is what should be happening, Whitman agreed to a settlement of $5,500, without any admission of guilt, just to make the problem, namely Allred and Santillan go away. Does anyone really believe that Meg Whitman, the former CEO of E-Bay, who is a billionaire, attempted to cheat this woman out of back wages.

The real question is why hasn't Nicky Diaz Santillan been arrested for fraud and deported as an Illegal Alien. She must have used a fake Social Security card to secure this job in the first place. No other country in the world would tolerate the Illegal Alien problem that we have; least of which Mexico. Mexico uses its army to secure its Southern Border and so should the United States. A nation that cannot secure its border will not long be a nation.

The Illegal Alien problem is one more reason we must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by sweeping Socialists out of office and electing Conservatives who support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense including SECURING OUR BORDER and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and jobs in America.

We must take back our country by electing Conservatives, who will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country and SECURE OUR BORDER. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Airport Security - Let's Focus On The Terrorists

The Transportation Security Administration has installed full body scan x-ray machines at various airports that apparently display a naked silhouette. If the traveler refuses to undergo this scan, then the traveler must undergo a serious "pat down" that includes a TSA employee touching our private parts. As a frequent flyer with more than 5 million miles, I will not subject myself to even low levels of radiation, on a regular basis, because of the cancer threat. So for me anyway, I guess that means the "pat down" three or four times a month.

As young people say, that means that a TSA employee will be touching "my junk" when ever I have to fly. Though I don't smoke, perhaps I should carry a pack of cigarettes so I can offer one to the TSA employee after he does his job. This whole process is a bridge too far and an invasion of privacy that is really unacceptable for most people, including me. This so bad that a California District of Attorney has already stated that he will file sexual assault charges against TSA employees, if a complaint is filed. Where is this going?

And why is it happening? The US government refuses to implement profiling to identify people that could most likely be Terrorists. Ironically, Muslim women wearing berkas may be excluded from this treatment on religious grounds. Hello!! Let's face it. A young person who has a passport from a Muslim country, who travels infrequently, is more likely to be a Terrorist than an 80 year old grandmother from Peoria, Illinois. The same would be true if the traveler was a long time employee of a major American company. Socialist President Obama will not even refer to Muslim Terrorists as what they are calling them instead Extremists, or maybe just bad people. So as long as Obama is President, which hopefully will only be until 2012, common sense will not prevail.

Ok fine! So instead of implementing profiling how about if we profile in reverse to eliminate people who clearly are not Terrorists. How can that be discrimination? As someone who has been flying for business and leisure for more than 30 years, United and American Airlines know me well including membership in both the Admirals and Red Carpet Clubs. I have their highest frequent flyer designations. Is this the profile of a Terrorist? As a company CEO and President, is that the profile of a Terrorist? And finally, this blogger belongs to both a country club and a Catholic Church, hardly the profile of a Terrorist. So why is the government wasting time on me and others like me? Ridiculous!

Surely the TSA can require frequent flyers to provide information to create a frequent travel card, even with a photo, that would make the full body scan, or a pat down unnecessary. We could still go through the normal machine to make sure there are no weapons entering the airport. This would allow the TSA to focus instead on those who might actually be Terrorists rather than the little old lady from Pasadena and frequent flyers like me.

We really do have to take back our country in 2012 and 2014, if nothing else to restore common sense and sound fiscal management. That means sweeping Socialists out of office and electing Conservatives who support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the winning platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in the United States.

Most important, we must elect Conservatives who will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. Goofy airport security, that violates our privacy and our rights, is just one more reason we must take back our country to restore common sense. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. And, I don't want any stranger in an airport touching my junk.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Public Employee Unions - A Cancer on America

There are about 22 million Americans working for various local, state and the federal governments. About 35 years ago, these "civil servants" were given the right to collective bargaining so today most of these workers belong to public employee unions. Since public employee unions, not to be confused with their individual members, were given the right to influence elections, through millions in campaign contributions, a vicious cycle has persisted for years. The public employee unions donate hundreds of millions of dollars each campaign year to Socialists that are often elected because of these donations. Whose bread you eat, whose song you sing. Since the public employee unions own Socialist politicians lock, stock and barrel, Socialists agree to give away the store in compensation and benefits to public employee unions in contract negotiations. This is bankrupting our country.

As such, public employee unions have become a cancer on America and as such, they must be stopped. Many states and the federal government are bankrupt because Socialists in power, with the concurrence of Republicans over the years, have agreed to compensation and benefits far beyond what is typical in the private sector. The only exception occurred when President Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers that attempted to strike. Otherwise, public employee unions are milking the tax payer for every dime they can get without any consideration to what it is doing to our nation. And, there is no such thing as "management" working for government to protect the interests of the American people because some times even management belongs to unions and even if they don't, they are all benefit from these exorbitant union packages. The more public employee unions get for their members, the higher the pay for management working in government.

The real crime is the pension schemes provided public employees. Both the states and the federal government have hundreds of billions of dollars of unfunded liability to cover the pensions promised to government employees. It is unclear how these pensions will be paid; but you can be sure that public employee unions will insist on huge tax increases to bleed the American people further to fund their exorbitant pensions, which can be as much as full pay at retirement, some times as young as 55 years old. Keep in mind, the maximum Social Security pension, no matter how much was paid in, if we ever see it, is about $2,500 a month.

There is no way to stop the deficit spending that is bankrupting our country without stopping the public employee unions from gorging at the trough. We also must make it illegal for public employee unions to donate monies to political candidates of any political party. This corruption must come to an end if we are to take back our country. And, teacher unions are among the worst offenders. They hide behind children to get their pay packages. Don't get me wrong, great teachers should be well paid, however, their pension plans should be kept in line with private sector benefits.

And, school boards and administrators have literally turned many schools into dirty, deteriorating facilities because they have paid teachers and themselves at the expense of proper maintenance of schools. This is ridiculous. As a former teacher, I saw first hand the impact of teacher unions as I was told as a young teacher to dumb down my annual performance evaluation objectives because the union did not want teachers held to the higher standard I was proposing as the basis for my evaluation.

The negative impact of public employee unions on our nation is another reason we must sweep these Socialists out of office in 2012 and 2014. Socialists will never act to control public employee unions in order to bring fiscal sanity back to our government. Our only hope is to elect Conservatives that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

Most important, we must elect Conservatives in 2012 and 2014, who will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, public employee unions, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by stopping public employee unions from bankrupting our nation. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and our way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Monday, November 15, 2010

President George W. Bush - Thank You

President George W. Bush recently published his memoirs in his book Decision Points, which is well written and worth reading. As a result, Bush has been interviewed on a number of programs to discuss his Presidency. Bush continues to demonstrate that he truly understood the office of the Presidency and that he is a class act; unlike Jimmy Carter and even Bill Clinton. Americans have short memories and forget the strength that Bush exhibited on 9/11 and thereafter. As someone who was in the New York area when 9/11 occurred and who lived it close up, I can only wonder what Al Gore, or our current Socialist President Obama would have done under similar circumstances. Given that Socialist President Obama refuses to refer to Muslim Terrorists as what they are, it is hard to imagine that Obama would have recognized that the United States was attacked on 9/11, much the same way were attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

9/11 was an act of war requiring a full retaliatory response, which Bush implemented when we took down the Taliban in Afghanistan. Would President Obama have done the same? There is no way to know; but given that Obama appears weak in dealing with our enemies and wants to try foreign Terrorists and enemy combatants in federal courts giving them the same rights as American citizens, rather than by military tribunal, it is highly doubtful that Obama would have responded aggressively to the 9/11 attack on the United States.

This is the case because Obama needs to be loved and does not understand that it is better for the President to be respected than loved. Obama may have learned this the hard way during his recent trip to Asia for the G-20 Meeting when foreign leaders literally laughed at him. Obama inherited both Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq was pretty much settled, as much as possible, as a result of the surge implemented by President Bush. Afghanistan is not settled primarily because of Obama's weakness, hesitancy and indecision. It is this weakness that is a clear and present danger to our people and our nation.

Thank You President Bush for being tough enough to deal with the threats we face from Muslim Terrorists and acting accordingly. Bush clearly understood that we are at war, which Obama fails to see. Bush acted as Commander and Chief, while Obama acts as the Ditherer and Chief. It made perfect sense to set up Guantanamo as a prison off shore for Terrorists so that they would not be given the same rights as American citizens; yet Obama wants to close Guantanamo. The decision to use water boarding to secure information from these Muslim Terrorists, that want to murder innocent Americans, was perfectly acceptable; yet Obama has outlawed the technique. This is war, not a debating match at the University of Chicago, run by Professor Obama.

Socialist are always weak on defense, which is another reason we must sweep them out of office in 2012 and 2014 by electing Conservatives who support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in our nation.

Most important, we must elect Conservatives that will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by electing Conservatives that are strong on defense. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. Every day we experience President Obama, President George W. Bush looks better. Many now long for the good old days when George W. Bush was the President of the United States and our Commander and Chief. I know I do!

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Baby Boomers - Social Security & Medicare

70 million Baby Boomers are beginning to retire. As a result, our elected representatives, of both political parties, are starting to panic because since 1965, they have stolen the monies that were supposed to be there to support Baby Boomer retirements and spent it on current expenditures. There never was a lock box for Social Security; just IOU's given the Social Security Administration by the federal government. In five years, Social Security will go cash negative as more money will be going out than will be paid in. By 2037, Social Security will be bankrupt. In just 10 years, Medicare too will be bankrupt.

It isn't that Baby Boomers did not pay enough in over the years. In fact, Baby Boomers funded their parents' Social Security and Medicare benefits far in excess of any monies that their parents ever paid into the system. So much so that for years there were surpluses that politicians used to pay for wars and buy votes rather than invest these monies to secure Baby Boomer retirements. Now many of these same politicians, who should be in jail rather than in Congress, are talking about cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits for Baby Boomers and/or the potential for means testing to deny benefits to wealthier Baby Boomers that paid in the maximum for years. WE THE PEOPLE, especially Baby Boomers, must stand up and say HELL NO.

Before retirement age is raised and/or there is means testing, we need to see major cuts in federal government expenditures. Whole departments, or agencies need to be eliminated altogether. And, before ObamaCare, a whole new entitlement is added, Baby Boomers benefits must be paid as promised. If not, then Social Security and Medicare are the biggest Ponzi scheme in world history.

The waste and fraud in the federal government is legend. The pork barrel projects used to buy votes have to stop. The bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare is another reason we have to sweep these Socialists and RINO's out of office by electing Conservatives who support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation. This is the winning platform supported by the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in our country. It is also the only way to save Social Security and Medicare for Baby Boomers and all generations to follow.

Most important, we must take back our country in 2012 and 2014 by electing Conservatives who will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. We proved in 2010 that we can take back our country. Now we have to finish the job to preserve our freedoms, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren. We can do it. We will do it.

Public Education - Cut The Waste

The days of the little red school house that was the US public educational system for years is long over. It is estimated that today, federal, state and local school districts spend in excess of a Trillion dollars each year on elementary and secondary education; that is one thousand billion, even in the new math. In fact, the United States spends more on public education that any other country in the world; yet the results achieved are mediocre at best. So it would be easy to conclude that achieving superior student achievement has little to do with money despite the screams from teacher unions and bleeding hearts.

The reality is that public education has become one huge bureaucracy, more about jobs, than actually teaching kids. There is the federal US Department of Education, that is one big boondoggle, that could be eliminated altogether. Then on the State level, there is usually the State Department of Education, the County Departments of Education and then local school districts, that often break down into mini-districts, in the larger metropolitan school districts. This just means administrator on top of administrator on top of administrator, which takes money away from the classroom and for what purpose. All of these characters are in place presumably to distribute and "manage" taxpayer monies allocated to education. If results are the measurement standard, the word "manage" must be used very loosely since the more money spent over the years, the worse the results.

Of course, teacher unions are part of this equation as the unions argue that more money is always needed to fund education for the "good of the kids". What a bunch of baloney!! The fact is that the teacher unions are in place to extract more money from the taxpayer, without any accountability, for the good of teachers. Let's at least be honest about it. And, there is no conclusive evidence that class size has anything to do with superior results either as argued by the unions. Lower class size just means more dues paying teachers. The reality is that higher spending has resulted in poorer and poorer student achievement and facilities that are falling apart. Cards talk and numbers don't lie. It is disgraceful!

First, let's eliminate various layers of administration and bureaucracy at both the federal and state levels. The US Department of Education should be eliminated altogether in favor of a small group of Administrators back in Health and Human Services, where they were in the first place. We don't need more than 4,000 federal bureaucrats at the federal Department of Education to give out money. Both the federal and state governments can provide block grants to school districts, based on average daily attendance (ADA), jargon for the number of kids that attend school every day.

This means we can also scale back State Departments of Education. The County Departments of Education usually handle what local school districts refuse to do like dealing with kids in reform schools. The question is why? If a reform school exists within a school district, it is just one more school. Local school districts can deal with education within their boundaries so it is likely the County School Districts can be eliminated altogether. This would get more money to the classroom rather than administrator's pockets.

Specific to the classroom, it is time for a free market solution to failing public education. Poor parents, in particular, should be given vouchers to choose whatever schools they want for their children. Many inner city schools are dirty, run down, hell holes. Requiring poor parents to keep their children in those schools because they do not have the funds to send their kids to private schools is just plain criminal and represents the new slavery for the benefit of teachers not kids. We need to eliminate tenure so that poor public school teachers can be FIRED. In addition, it is time for Merit pay, which is opposed by the teacher unions, to reward exceptional teachers for achieving superior student achievement. We also must get rid of pension plans for all public employees that are unsustainable, in favor of 401K plans common in business.

What I saw while working in public education in the inner city in Los Angles for six years was that about a third of teachers were exceptional, a third were mediocre and a third should have been FIRED because they were completely incompetent. We need to reward the exceptional, deal with the mediocre to achieve improvement and FIRE the incompetent. This is just common sense since again the US spends more on public education that any other country in the world; yet achieves mediocre results. Obviously, what is happening now is not working so rather than continue a failed strategy that only gets worse each year, it is time for radical change not just tinkering around the edges.

Of course, the Socialists in the federal and state governments will not make any of these changes because they are owned lock, stock and barrel by the teacher unions. In fact, the largest number of delegates at a typical Socialist Presidential Convention are teacher union members. This is another reason we must elect Conservatives in 2012 and 2o14 that support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real education, energy and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values that are the foundation of our nation.

Most important, we must elect Conservatives that will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists during the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. This is the winning platform supported by the majority of the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and jobs in America.

Our failing public schools are just one more reason we must take back our country in 2012 and 2014. We must move from left wing indoctrination in our public schools, which is what is occurring now, back to real learning in order to compete in a global economy. We must go from feel good education, where teachers are concerned about a student's self image, to do good education where kids actually graduate with knowledge in their heads not just the ability to use Google. We must take back our country in 2012 and 2014. We proved in 2010 that we can do it. Now we have to finish the job to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Friday, November 12, 2010

2012 & 2014 - Opportunity For Real Change

If the Republicans in Congress stick to their guns and act to support free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real energy independence and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values, they will have a great opportunity to gain complete control of Congress and the Presidency in 2012 and 2014. This is the case because 21 Socialists and 2 Independents, that caucus with the Socialists are up for reelection in 2012, compared with only 10 Republicans in the US Senate.

In addition, with the election of a majority of Republican Governors in 2010 that will be in a position to impact reapportionment and new congressional seats that will be going to Red states at the expense of Blue states, it is very likely that Republicans will not only retain the seats they gained in the House of Representatives in 2010, they could actually gain even more seats in 2012 and 2014. Again this assumes that the Republicans, on probation, given a second chance by the American people, get with the program to roll back 97 years of Socialism. That means stopping all of Obama's Socialist Schemes including HealthScare, CAP & TAX, additional Bail-Outs and or SwindleUS Plans and deficit spending. It also means that the Bush Tax Cuts must be extended to prevent the loss of even more jobs in the United States.

There can be no more compromise with Socialism or Socialists. Any Republican who reaches "across the aisle" as a RINO will face a challenge in 2012, or 2014 by a real Conservative who adheres to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. WE THE PEOPLE intend to take back some of the powers we have granted to our elected representatives because they have proven, over and again, that they cannot be trusted to protect the interest of the American people. The silent majority will be silent no more. We have had enough!

All of this means that it will be much harder for Socialist President Obama to gain reelection in 2012 because the electoral college map is looking more and more Red and Republican. The Tea Party Movement is not going away any time soon. We will be there to combat the public employee Unions that are bankrupting our country, matching them both in money and man power to influence key elections, including making Obama a one term President.

We are going to take back our country in 2012 and 2o14. We will exercise focus, discipline and passion to sweep these Socialists out of office, once and for all, by electing Conservatives. We will take back our country. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

Obama and the G-20 Meeting

Socialist President Obama accomplished absolutely nothing at the G-20 meeting in Seoul, South Korea. The leaders of the G-20 group, the 20 largest economies in the world, get together every so often to shoot the bull and waste tax payer money. In fact, in this case, the President's entire 10 day excursion, that cost several hundred million dollars, was a complete waste of tax payer money. Every time the G-20 gets together, the US President complains that the Chinese are manipulating their currency instead of allowing it to rise to proper value, which would make Chinese goods more expensive over seas.

This year the President pushed this idea again and got no support from the other 19 countries to pressure China to do anything meaningful about their currency valuation. Clearly, Obama, who was awarded a Nobel Prize for doing nothing, has lost his rock star status both outside the US and within. The reality is that it is difficult to point fingers at the Chinese, when the Federal Reserve in our own country is printing money to monetize our National Debt, which will destroy the dollar as an intentional side effect to make our goods cheaper overseas. In addition, until we get our economic house in order, Obama or any US President, has little standing pointing fingers at any other country.

When the Soviet Union collapsed it was still a nuclear country capable of projecting military power around the world proving that ultimately power does not come from a barrel of a gun as stated by Communist Party Leader Lenin. While military power is always part of the equation, power comes from economic reach. This is the reason China has become a world power. While the United States could destroy China in minutes before they knew what hit them, it is China that wields real power today in world circles not the United States.

The old adage, he who has the gold makes the rules and China clearly has the gold is valid. Of course, the Chinese are very upset with the United States because the actions taken by the Federal Reserve has the impact of devaluing the investments the Chinese have in dollars. Since the Chinese have been burned, they are not likely to continue buying US Treasuries in the future, which in the long run will result in higher interest rates in the United States.

What is happening in Washington DC has serious implications for the American people. For 97 years the Socialists in power, with help from Republicans over the years, have acted to bankrupt our country. Government has grown dramatically over the years along with various entitlements that are simply not sustainable. The Federal Reserve has begun to print money to monetize the debt, which ultimately will lead to very high inflation and interest rates. As a reaction, their will be a push by Socialists and their union supporters to enact tariffs on foreign goods, which if done will cause a trade war. This was the basis for the Great Depression.

WE THE PEOPLE must stand up and just say HELL NO to all of this. We have to elect Conservative grown up's in 2012 who supports free market capitalism, limited government, lower taxes and less regulation, a balanced budget, term limits, real energy independence and health care reform, a strong national defense, including securing our border and fighting Terrorism, the right to bear arms, the sanctity of life and family values. Most important, we must elect Conservatives who will adhere to the Constitution, as written by our Founding Fathers, not as contrived by the left wing media, Socialists in the last 97 years, former Presidents, Congresses, or the Courts. This is the platform supported by the American people and the only way to restore economic growth and job creation in America.

We must take back our country in 2012 and beyond. Our elected Representatives of both parties have proven that they cannot be trusted to protect the interests of the American people. We must add Constitutional Amendments to limit their power; balanced budget, term limits, limits on federal taxing authority and definition of American citizenship. We must take back our county to prevent our becoming a banana republic. We can do it. We will do it to preserve our freedom, our nation and way of life and for the sake of our children and grandchildren.