Dr. King would be ashamed

As I reflect upon where we are at now in our country, and how we got here, I cannot help but hearing in my head a quote from the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from his "I Have A Dream" speech.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

And there is something about this portion of the speech that keeps niggling me in the back of my mind. It's that last part before the exclamation, "I have a dream today!"

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I look at our last election, in 2008, and I begin to understand what the problem is. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

And then I realize what it is! This President was elected in a way that would make the late Dr. King weep. We have here a President who was elected because of the color of his skin, and not the content of his character! I imagine that Dr. King would feel very upset about the myriads of people, black, white, latino, jew, or otherwise who listed the only reason they voted for Barack Hussein Obama was because he was a black man! What a devestating blow to the civil rights movement to have the first black man elected to be President who was elected because of the color of his skin, and not his character.

Now, fortunately, I believe that those who voted for this reason are learning why Dr. King wanted us to live where character was above all other considerations, because any man without character is not fit to hold the office of POTUS. And skin color is no substitute for sound principles, firm beliefs, and the courage to carry out what you believe, even if it is immediately seen as unpopular.

A Four Letter Mind

I've been thinking this for quite a while, and I'm going to put it into words now.

I ride the bus to work every day, because my job pays for it, and I hear and see people on the bus every day. I have a message for the young people of America. Every time a single "four-letter word" comes out of your mouth, regardless of the intelligence you have, gives the appearance, however wrong it might be, that you are incapable of communication higher than those words. The second one of these words are interjected in the most civilized and thought-provoking discussion, it immediately causes the conversation to lose all credibility.

Now that I think of it, even when adults (especially those of the "Hollywood Elite") interject them, idiocy is all that I can think. These words are the words of cavemen, Neanderthals, drunks, idiots, and other such low intelligence persons. They have absolutely no place in intelligent conversation. These words have no place even in the human vocabulary!

Ok, all this to say, when I hear you say any of the "four-letter words" (some of which have more and some which fewer letters, I hope you already know this), know that I instantly think you are one step more stupid than you were when I first heard you.

The Education System in America is Failing Us!

This from an OP/ED piece in an undisclosed San Francisco newspaper.

God help us! And this person probably votes!

It's been a while

So, the most I've posted here has been my tweets, and that's just wrong. Not that many people care what's going on, with so much else happening in their busy lives. All this stuff here, on the internet, just seems to suck more and more of our lives away. Makes me wonder what life would be like without this instant access to information and communication.

I'm beginning to think it wouldn't be all that bad.

This.... Is Genius

This is the best example of WHY Government should be allowed to run NOTHING but what the Constitution explicitly says it should

BAIL'EM OUT!!! ???? Hell, back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it.. They failed and it closed. Now, we are trusting the economy of our country, our banking system, our auto industry and possibly our health plans to the same nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling whiskey?!"
"What are we thinking?

A great read, and a wonderful analogy!

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Arizona Is addressing the issue of illegal immigration - simply because they plan to enforce the law that the Feds have failed to do for 40 years!

Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.

Let's say I break into your house.

Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, 'No! I like it here. It's better than my house. I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).'

According to the protesters:

You are Required to let me stay in your house
You are Required to feed me

You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan

You are Required to educate my kids

You are Required to provide other benefits to me & to my family (my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).


If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.


It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself.
I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for, well, you know, I did break into your house and what a deal it is for me!!!


I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.


Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you learn MY LANGUAGE!!! So you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is? Only in America . If you agree, pass it on (in English)...share it if you see the value of it.

If not, blow it off......... along with your future Social Security funds, and a lot of other things.

A simple lesson in Macroeconomics and Taxes.

If the Federal government raises taxes on the richest 1% who only have 20% of the money, they don't generate as much as if they raise the taxes on the rest of the 99% who have 80% of the money. A 5% hike on 20% only gives you a 1% increase. The same hike in the lower 80% nets a 4% increase... Simple math folks!

Change we can believe in!

As President Obama is set to sign the massive Federal Healthcare Bill into law this afternoon, just 36 hours after it's passage in Congress, let us remind ourselves of then Presidential Candidate Barack Hussein Obama:

Let's let everyone we know read this and think about it...

Ok, admittedly I took this, exactly, from an e-mail I received, and even then, I don't know who the original author is, so forgive me for reprinting this here, but I do not know who to ask for permission from. Anyway, read this, and pass it on to ANYONE you know, and tell them to think critically about the claims made here.

I'm Sick of hearing from Obama I "Inherited"

The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush, blah, blah, blah. Amazingly enough, a lot of people swallow this nonsense.

So once more, check this short civics lesson.

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party. They controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009, as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases. For FY 2009, though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office.

At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill
to complete the FY 2009 budgets. And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009.

Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period:

If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the
last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five
years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that,
Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.

If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a
nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for
and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.


IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR FACTS STRAIGHT AS THE MEDIA GOES WITH
FEELINGS - AND PAINTS A PICTURE THEY LIKE

If one is intellectually honest, it will be obvious that the ideas put forth above are, in fact, correct.

Thank you.

A fool-proof way to fix the current Federal Government

You may be thinking, "No way! There can't be a way to do that!" But you'd be wrong.

It's very simple, too! First step:

Look up the roll call vote on the TARP bill for the House Reps who voted for or "No Vote" on the bill.

Second step is just as easy:

On election day this year,

DON'T VOTE FOR THEM!!!!

Vote for the other guy... Unless he's a Democrat, then try to get a different candidate for the Republican nomination, because the current Rep you have, is a RINO!

Don't mistake my last post...

I'm not for the guy at all, but I hate foreigners saying how bad America is, and how backward we are. I admit, we have far too much excess here, but to those who say we don't do enough for the rest of the world, look again, and see where we send the taxes we collect. I promise you, that a whole bunch leaves our borders and helps out a great deal of people. And beyond this, we send money through other channels that foreigners don't realize....

Ok, I'm not that coherent here, but I'm a bit upset about foreigners bad-mouthing this nation...

America is barbaric and wrong....

....so why has NO country in Europe, who are supposed to be SO much more progressive than the US, ever elected a Black President, Prime Minister, or other national leader?

What are people thinking?!?

Obama still has a higher approval rating than a disapproval rating? Yes, it's not above 50%, but still higher than disapproval? Don't people realize that this whole mess that's happening in Congress is coming from his mind??? WAKE UP PEOPLE AND SMELL THE MARXISM!

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Just sent this by my Mom (Thanks, Mom!)

I love our founding fathers... If only the American public really knew what this country was founded upon...

Mike Huckabee supports the FairTax!

Great news for those of you who agree with me!

People are actually visiting my blog!

Wow! I never would have thunk it! Thanks for checking up on me!

A great e-mail I received

I got this from my mother, and who knows who she got it from, but thank GOD for the person who put this so eloquently.

If George W. Was an Idiot...

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a TelePrompTer installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVD's, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potato as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had Okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11.?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?


So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Can't think of anything? Don't worry.

He's done all this in 5 months -- so you'll have three years and seven months to come up with an answer.

GOD HELP US!

Who's the idiot now?

God's Correction

Thank you, Holy Father, that you have chosen to bring me through fire once again so that I may become what you would have me to be. Thank you that you love me so much that you see fit to discipline me in the most creative ways. I pray, today, that you begin in me the change you wish to see.

Thank you.

A message to Dads of Daughters...

If you are the father of a young daughter, I urge you to listen to Steven Curtis Chapman's Cinderella at least once a month, if not more often.

If this song doesn't drive home the need to spend more time with your daughters, you're not human. I cry, literally cry, everytime I hear this song.

I love you, Faith. And I'll dance with you whenever you like, no questions asked...