Credit for this story goes to Dr. Walter E. Williams - I paraphrase.
Imagine you are walking down the street and you see an poorly clothed, poorly fed, emaciated homeless women. You are moved by compassion to help her out. So, using your own money, you act. You take her to a resturant and feed her. You buy her some new clothes. You take her to the doctor. How wonderful!! How laudable. Everyone applauds acts of charity.
Now, on the other hand, suppose you act differently. Not wanting to use your own money, you procure a gun. You proceed to take money from a number of people. You use this money to care for the women just as the example above. What do we call this? We call it theft - regardless of your intention at helping the women. Now, what if you get 3 friends to agree with you that your course of action was just? Still theft. 1000 people, still theft. A million people - yes, still theft.
Theft is the taking of property from it's rightful owner and giving it to someone who did not earn it an to whom it does not belong.
Now, what if your name is the IRS? Sanctioned by Congress? Well - now it may legal... but folks, it is still immoral. It is still theft. Just because a group of 535 people in Washington, plus 5 supreme court members agree to the theft... It is still immoral, it is still theft.
Theft is still the taking of property from it's rightful owner and giving it to someone who did not earn it an to whom it does not belong.
Please read the constitution and tell where such thievery is among the enumerated powers of congress.I will save you the time - it is not there. This is not about building a road, or a tank, or supplying a soldier. Those are all legimate powers of the government. Taking one persons property (under the threat of force) and giving to another who did not earn it and to whom it does not belong is immoral. It may, at this point be legal, but it is still immoral.
We have practically killed charity in this country. We have created millions of people who EXPECT the government to steal on their behalf. It has been a disaster. And, folks, the full impact of the disaster yet awaits us. Because now, we have run out of money to steal. We are having to resort to borrowing it -- hoping to steal it from a future generation... Get out and vote in 2010.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Been gone a while - Let's talk about Canada
I am back after a month off of blogging. Why the break? Well, frankly, the whole political mess just depressed the hell out of me. I spent 3 months in Europe on a job assignment - returned May 1. And man, I followed the news from Europe - but being back home and realizing it was real... sucked.
So, about what should I opine?
Obvious choices include:
No - those all bore me. Instead, I would like to talk about our neighbor to the North. The land of free health care, who love to sneer at the meanness of our Health Care system.
Well, try this on for size. The Barlagne family moved from France to Canada five years ago to start a software company. They had temporary work papers. They also had a daughter with Cerebral Palsy.
Fast forward - they are now trying to get their citizenship. But, it is DENIED. Why, because the government says their daughter poses an "excessive burden" to the nation. This is because the medical treatment of the daughter would cost over $5,000 more than the average citizen's care.
Now, Canada prides itself in it's 'single payer' system. It is supposed to be a bastion of care, concern, and sensitivity. But, the sordid side of 'government' funded care is now revealed. They are going to deny care to a 7 year old girl - because of a pre-existing condition (you know, the same kind that Obama promised to ignore) that put an undo 'burden' on the STATE. So, the truth comes out - it is not the little girl that is important - it is the STATE.
Couple this with the fact that England is having to 're-evaluate' it's National Health Service due to out of control costs, and you have a perfect crystal ball for where the US is heading under ObamaCare.
In the end, your options for care will not be determined by YOUR need - but rather by your IMPACT on the system. The needs of the many will outweigh the needs of the few (you).
We need to repeal this mess, and start from scratch. Will we? I don't know - but we sure as hell need to.
So, about what should I opine?
Obvious choices include:
- The skyrocketing deficits
- The (hooray) departure of the anti-Semite Helen Thomas
- The sad situation concerning the oil spill
- The nomination of Elana Kagan to the Supreme court
- The recent primaries around the country
- The ongoing, illegal, and down-right tacky situation concerning Joe Sestak
- The increasingly glaring, total, and widespread incompetence of Obama
No - those all bore me. Instead, I would like to talk about our neighbor to the North. The land of free health care, who love to sneer at the meanness of our Health Care system.
Well, try this on for size. The Barlagne family moved from France to Canada five years ago to start a software company. They had temporary work papers. They also had a daughter with Cerebral Palsy.
Fast forward - they are now trying to get their citizenship. But, it is DENIED. Why, because the government says their daughter poses an "excessive burden" to the nation. This is because the medical treatment of the daughter would cost over $5,000 more than the average citizen's care.
Now, Canada prides itself in it's 'single payer' system. It is supposed to be a bastion of care, concern, and sensitivity. But, the sordid side of 'government' funded care is now revealed. They are going to deny care to a 7 year old girl - because of a pre-existing condition (you know, the same kind that Obama promised to ignore) that put an undo 'burden' on the STATE. So, the truth comes out - it is not the little girl that is important - it is the STATE.
Couple this with the fact that England is having to 're-evaluate' it's National Health Service due to out of control costs, and you have a perfect crystal ball for where the US is heading under ObamaCare.
In the end, your options for care will not be determined by YOUR need - but rather by your IMPACT on the system. The needs of the many will outweigh the needs of the few (you).
We need to repeal this mess, and start from scratch. Will we? I don't know - but we sure as hell need to.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
The 'radical' fringe that disapproves of Obama seems to have gotten a lot bigger
You get used to hearing it in the not-so-mainstream press. Those nasty tea-partiers, the birthers, the stooges for the drug companies - you know, all those that don't like what Obama is doing. We are characterized as the 'radical right', full of 'hate', too dumb to know what is good for us. Always described as a 'small' fringe group.
Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the Politburo.
Seems that the American people are not enthralled with President Impostor anymore. Not that anyone in the press cares. They are convinced that we are gullible and getting fooled by the banks, insurance companies, and lobbyists.
Folks, November cannot get here soon enough
Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the Politburo.
Seems that the American people are not enthralled with President Impostor anymore. Not that anyone in the press cares. They are convinced that we are gullible and getting fooled by the banks, insurance companies, and lobbyists.
Folks, November cannot get here soon enough
Monday, April 26, 2010
Obama - the great Divider
Well I guess it was only a matter of time. Our vaunted President has sunk to a new low. In the video below, he expresses,with surprising frankness who he is interested in in the upcoming elections 'young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and women'.
I guess John Edwards was right after all - there are two Americas. The group above that Obama cares about - and then everyone else. And, though he did not say it, I am sure he meant to say 'liberal' in front of each of those. Because I doubt he is interested in hearing from my conservative, female friends.
Folks, this is not a good thing. Whatever happened to appealing to the best of our natures? To trying to inspire us. In short, to lead. What happened to trying to be the President of all the people?
He took his obligatory swipe at 'wall street' and the banks and the special interests. (Of course, he IS keeping the roughly one million dollars Goldman Sachs donated to his campaign - even after it was announced they are under investigation. So, he must not be TOO outraged.) He leads one to believe if you oppose him - you must be part of that evil cabal. Forget about the 60% of the that oppose health care reform and Cap and Trade. No - that cannot be real opposition, it must have been ginned up by the evil lobbyists.
Has he just written off anyone not on that list? Oh wait - that list only excluded white men. I guess he figures if he can hook the rest - the white men can just go piss off? Except the tree hugging liberal white men - they would vote for anyone with a 'D' behind their name.
We tried for months to warn you who this guy really was. Can you hear us now?
I guess John Edwards was right after all - there are two Americas. The group above that Obama cares about - and then everyone else. And, though he did not say it, I am sure he meant to say 'liberal' in front of each of those. Because I doubt he is interested in hearing from my conservative, female friends.
Folks, this is not a good thing. Whatever happened to appealing to the best of our natures? To trying to inspire us. In short, to lead. What happened to trying to be the President of all the people?
He took his obligatory swipe at 'wall street' and the banks and the special interests. (Of course, he IS keeping the roughly one million dollars Goldman Sachs donated to his campaign - even after it was announced they are under investigation. So, he must not be TOO outraged.) He leads one to believe if you oppose him - you must be part of that evil cabal. Forget about the 60% of the that oppose health care reform and Cap and Trade. No - that cannot be real opposition, it must have been ginned up by the evil lobbyists.
Has he just written off anyone not on that list? Oh wait - that list only excluded white men. I guess he figures if he can hook the rest - the white men can just go piss off? Except the tree hugging liberal white men - they would vote for anyone with a 'D' behind their name.
We tried for months to warn you who this guy really was. Can you hear us now?
Friday, April 9, 2010
And - you are surprised?
This article details the increase in threats against Congress folks (most of whom supported the Health Care takeover).
Now, we should say clearly - We oppose this type of behavior. Threats like this have no place in our system.
Having said that - should one be surprised at this? I mean look - We are supposed to have a form of government where our elected representatives should carry out something at least vaguely resembling our collective desires. Now true - we elected these idiots. Obama won on his hope and change nonsense. Sure - people wanted change - but did they want THIS kind of 'change'? It appears not.
When the Health Care overhaul finally passed - 60+% of Americans opposed it. And the majority that opposed it 'strongly' did so. Congress's response to the collective opinion was 'stick it'. They did what they damned well pleased.
Now we have Congress-people like that idiot Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D.-Fla.), detailed in this article , running around trying to tell us there is not 'mandate' that people buy health insurance. This in spite of the fact that “REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE" appears in the language of the bill. So, not only did they ignore us before the vote - they feel compelled to lie to us afterwards.
Plus we are seeing stories that our respected Representatives are not having open Town Hall meetings anymore. Instead, they opt for tightly controlled 'round-tables'. Why? Because they are tired of the riff-raff (that would be us) coming and yelling at them about running roughshod over the Constitution and our opinions.
So, with that back-drop - can one be surprised that a few nut-jobs start talking in threatening language?
We will have our chance again in November to 'remind' them of our opinions and desires in November. I just hope to God they start listening.
If not, at some point, if they keep moving us towards bigger and bigger government - someone will take seriously the words of another 'nut-job' from history. Thomas Jefferson wrote, in our own Declaration of Independence: ....That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...
Now, we should say clearly - We oppose this type of behavior. Threats like this have no place in our system.
Having said that - should one be surprised at this? I mean look - We are supposed to have a form of government where our elected representatives should carry out something at least vaguely resembling our collective desires. Now true - we elected these idiots. Obama won on his hope and change nonsense. Sure - people wanted change - but did they want THIS kind of 'change'? It appears not.
When the Health Care overhaul finally passed - 60+% of Americans opposed it. And the majority that opposed it 'strongly' did so. Congress's response to the collective opinion was 'stick it'. They did what they damned well pleased.
Now we have Congress-people like that idiot Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D.-Fla.), detailed in this article , running around trying to tell us there is not 'mandate' that people buy health insurance. This in spite of the fact that “REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE" appears in the language of the bill. So, not only did they ignore us before the vote - they feel compelled to lie to us afterwards.
Plus we are seeing stories that our respected Representatives are not having open Town Hall meetings anymore. Instead, they opt for tightly controlled 'round-tables'. Why? Because they are tired of the riff-raff (that would be us) coming and yelling at them about running roughshod over the Constitution and our opinions.
So, with that back-drop - can one be surprised that a few nut-jobs start talking in threatening language?
We will have our chance again in November to 'remind' them of our opinions and desires in November. I just hope to God they start listening.
If not, at some point, if they keep moving us towards bigger and bigger government - someone will take seriously the words of another 'nut-job' from history. Thomas Jefferson wrote, in our own Declaration of Independence: ....That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A measure of the Panic in Washington..
We have written about Charlie Rangel before here and here. For those who may not know, Charlie is a Democratic CongressCritter from New York. He is Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee. This is the committee that writes our tax laws. So, he is a pretty big deal.
Well, we actually should say he 'was' the chairman. He recently was found by the House Ethics committee to have committed various violations of House rules. Now, for a Republican, this would have meant instant pressure from all quarters to step aside. But, when you are a Democrat, it is different. Speaker Pelosi decided to leave Rangel in place - unless the ethics committee found something 'else'. So much for her promise to 'drain the swamp' and have the 'most ethical congress ever'.
But, that was yesterday. Today it seems the heat is so bad in Washington for the Democrats that Rangel was, in fact, forced to step down. Now, he said it was voluntary. Wait...let me find it.. there... I know you can't see it, but I just threw the bullshit flag for that assertion.
Rangel would NEVER voluntarily step aside. His post, next to the Speaker of the House, was the most powerful in the House. He had free hand to write tax law (which, of course, he freely ignored as it applied to him). This power made him a very popular guy with lobbyists trying to persuade him. That was the root of his ethics problem - gifts from evil corporations. (I thought only Republicans did that?)
No, gentle reader, you are seeing the result of abject panic amongst the Democrats. Even they realize they are in HUGE trouble in the fall. Clearly, Princess Pelosi got the message when even other members of the Congressional Black Caucus (Charlie is a founding member) started telling her Rangel had to go. They apparently cared more about staying in office than protecting a fellow traveler.
My sentiment - good riddance. And don't let the door of the cloak room hit you in the ass on the way out.
Well, we actually should say he 'was' the chairman. He recently was found by the House Ethics committee to have committed various violations of House rules. Now, for a Republican, this would have meant instant pressure from all quarters to step aside. But, when you are a Democrat, it is different. Speaker Pelosi decided to leave Rangel in place - unless the ethics committee found something 'else'. So much for her promise to 'drain the swamp' and have the 'most ethical congress ever'.
But, that was yesterday. Today it seems the heat is so bad in Washington for the Democrats that Rangel was, in fact, forced to step down. Now, he said it was voluntary. Wait...let me find it.. there... I know you can't see it, but I just threw the bullshit flag for that assertion.
Rangel would NEVER voluntarily step aside. His post, next to the Speaker of the House, was the most powerful in the House. He had free hand to write tax law (which, of course, he freely ignored as it applied to him). This power made him a very popular guy with lobbyists trying to persuade him. That was the root of his ethics problem - gifts from evil corporations. (I thought only Republicans did that?)
No, gentle reader, you are seeing the result of abject panic amongst the Democrats. Even they realize they are in HUGE trouble in the fall. Clearly, Princess Pelosi got the message when even other members of the Congressional Black Caucus (Charlie is a founding member) started telling her Rangel had to go. They apparently cared more about staying in office than protecting a fellow traveler.
My sentiment - good riddance. And don't let the door of the cloak room hit you in the ass on the way out.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Congress - Is thy name Treason?
Ok - stay with us on this, the back-story will take a minute - but it is key to understanding this outrage.
In 1915 (yes, 1915) there was a conflict between Armenia and the Ottoman Turks. In the midst of that conflict, a large number of Armenians were killed. The Armenians say 1.5 million, the Turks say not that many. Doesn't really matter at this point.
Since then, the Armenians have been pushing for people to recognize this a genocide - rather than a tragedy of war - which is the Turkish position. Lots of passion around it - no agreement even as to the basic facts.
Fast forward to today. Turkey is part of NATO. More relevant, the are a key ally in our military efforts in IRAQ. We use their air bases as key staging areas for our operations. Ok, so what? Here's what.
Every so often, some dim-bulbed Congressman puts forth a resolution. It's purpose is to officially recognize the events in 1915 as a genocide by Turks against Armenians.
Why would one do this? Well, you could hope that congress is just so concerned about recognizing an event that happened 95 years ago, 6,000 miles away -- that it just has to act? Could there be another reason? Let us ponder.
The Turks have made it clear they would be very offended by such a resolution. When even one committee in the House passed a similar resolution in 2007 the Turks recalled their ambassador. (That is diplomatic speak for 'I am pissed'). They are now even more irate. The worst case scenario? They deny us use of their air bases, thus screwing up operations in Iraq. Ding Ding Ding Ding.... that's it, isn't it.
Those treasonous (yes, I said the T word) bastards in the House that vote for this are taking this action SOLELY to screw up our military operations. They don't give a damned about what happened in 1915. And apparently they don't give a damned about our soldiers either. They hate the operation in Iraq and still are not over it.
And Obama? He is barely any better. On the campaign trail, he promised to recognize the 'genocide'. Now? Well now he is staying silent. George Bush called congressman at home to stop the 2007 action from going to the entire house. Where is Obama? Doing nothing to protect the military. Wow, paint me shocked...not.
In 1915 (yes, 1915) there was a conflict between Armenia and the Ottoman Turks. In the midst of that conflict, a large number of Armenians were killed. The Armenians say 1.5 million, the Turks say not that many. Doesn't really matter at this point.
Since then, the Armenians have been pushing for people to recognize this a genocide - rather than a tragedy of war - which is the Turkish position. Lots of passion around it - no agreement even as to the basic facts.
Fast forward to today. Turkey is part of NATO. More relevant, the are a key ally in our military efforts in IRAQ. We use their air bases as key staging areas for our operations. Ok, so what? Here's what.
Every so often, some dim-bulbed Congressman puts forth a resolution. It's purpose is to officially recognize the events in 1915 as a genocide by Turks against Armenians.
Why would one do this? Well, you could hope that congress is just so concerned about recognizing an event that happened 95 years ago, 6,000 miles away -- that it just has to act? Could there be another reason? Let us ponder.
The Turks have made it clear they would be very offended by such a resolution. When even one committee in the House passed a similar resolution in 2007 the Turks recalled their ambassador. (That is diplomatic speak for 'I am pissed'). They are now even more irate. The worst case scenario? They deny us use of their air bases, thus screwing up operations in Iraq. Ding Ding Ding Ding.... that's it, isn't it.
Those treasonous (yes, I said the T word) bastards in the House that vote for this are taking this action SOLELY to screw up our military operations. They don't give a damned about what happened in 1915. And apparently they don't give a damned about our soldiers either. They hate the operation in Iraq and still are not over it.
And Obama? He is barely any better. On the campaign trail, he promised to recognize the 'genocide'. Now? Well now he is staying silent. George Bush called congressman at home to stop the 2007 action from going to the entire house. Where is Obama? Doing nothing to protect the military. Wow, paint me shocked...not.
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