Hypocritical N.A.A.C.P seeks to capitolize on Sherrod mistake

In what can only be called a brazen move the NAACP is seeking to capitalize on it's shameful railroading of Shirley Sherrod! That's right the organization that showed how quick they are to eat their own is now attempting to gain support for their anti-tea party vendetta by asking people who visit their full length video of Shirley Sherrod to take their "Pledge against hate"

After signing their pledge they want people to share their propaganda on their Facebook page. The Audacity of this move astonishes me. Within just a day of crucifying-arguably- one of their most ardent supporters the man who stuck the proverbial knife in her back Benjamin Jealous and the NAACP is trying to whip up anti-tea party hysteria. Once again the lefts old tactic of demonize, and ,vilify any one or any thing that dare disagree with them can be seen in full swing.

As it stands now I believe their unreasoning hatred of the Tea Parties is going to cost them dearly in their desperate attempt to tar and feather the Tea Party people as "racists" they are wagging the finger of shame not only at whites,but, also blacks and Hispanics. Several speakers at tea party, and tea party like events -such as Fair Tax rallies- are black and even crack jokes about how according to the NAACP they should be afraid of being lynched.

No in their "rush to judgement" of Ms. Sherrod-as well as- the Tea Party movement that have showed hypocrisy in not following their own advice not to be prejudice from the blogger's point of view they have out lived their usefulness.

Shirley Sherrod was given a raw deal by the Obama administration

I have to admit I came a little late to this story. I had heard something about it yesterday,but, I was busy with other things and didn't check it out. I'm always a little Leary of jumping on "She's a racist/he's a racist" bandwagons anyway. That said I was watching the Today show this morning when they headlined this story. It rapidly became apparent that something had gone terribly wrong with this particular case of "she's a racist"

Matt Lauer gave out information about being able to see the full video of what Shirley Sherrod had said over at the NAACP website, so, I hustled to my computer and brought it up, what I saw and heard appalled me, clearly this woman had been railroaded by someone!!

Matt quickly started blaming Fox News, and, Brietbart for peddling"garbage" but,I thought. who did the firing? IT was the Secretary of agricultur, whith I might add, the tacit approval of Barack Obama himself!

Why were these two so quick to condemn this woman without making a thorough check of the facts? If this wasn't bad enough the NAACP had turned viciously on one of there own .and, had hastened to throw her under the bus. They had to in order -in the judgement I feel they made at the time- to save face after they had just been giving the Tea Party hell for alleged racism in their ranks, as well as, views.

I hardly agree with Shirley Sherrod on many of her political points- she is an advocate of class warfare in my opinion, and most definitely a left leaning socialistic democrat, but I have watched the full video(posted above) and applaud her for recognizing her own racism and repenting and turning from it. No this woman was given a very very raw deal by the Obama Administration.

She deserves a personal apology from The President, Secretary of Ag, and the head of the NAACP.

BP finally gets it right! Oil Cap Holding in the Gulf!!

This is a very, very welcome sight! It appears as though British Petroleum's cap of the Gulf gusher is going to hold.

Now the next step is-according to reports-to kill the well. This is to be done by boring into the pipe that is channeling the oil up to the cap. This worries me though-it seems to me- that they will have to relieve some of the pressure when this is done. or , risk another blowout!

At this point I don't envy BP one bit -if after having sealed this monster-they have another blowout during the bottom kill process- what then?

I sometimes may be quick to criticise,but, I'm also quite willing to give praise for a job well done. True after the first cap was taken off there was quite a large release of oil into the Gulf,but, and this is a big one,by God this time they got her shut down- and for this they deserve praise-I say well done to all the people involved in getting this cap in place!! You folks-the ones who have bled, sweated, and done the tough work, from engineers to laborers deserve a big job done well round of applause.

Now all that remains is to seal the deal, get this thing killed, and get this badly needed oil into proper production. Meantime we need to do everything in our power to make sure this doesn't happen again. As I said in an earlier post we need to look at everything from  BOP's to surface collection of spilled oil and make sure if this does happen we are better prepared to deal with it. America needs the energy from the Gulf.

Obama's Information Czar Cass Sunstein a threat to liberty!

In this video Glenn Beck unloads on Cass Sunstein,Obama's "Propaganda Minister", and his theories about cotrolling thought, and speech by making"anti government opinion, ideas, and movements,illegal! It seems to me that this Sunstein fellow is a real whack job. What really is amazing though is-as Beck points out-Sunstein's own ideas amount to a conspiracy theory of their own! Maybe its time to hoist old Cass on his own petard!!

Then there's this post over at BrietBart T.V. http://www.breitbart.tv/uncovered-audio-obamas-regulatory-czar-pushes-creepy-plan-for-legally-controlling-internet-information/

Looks like Obama's "information "Czar" is a guy who thinks government censorship is a Good thing! I guess he hasn't read the first amendment lately,especially the part about congress not abridging the freedom of speech. Seems to me that liberals think that freedom of speech only applies to them, and ,liberal -so called-professional journalists.

Sunstein advocates that websites "voluntarily" provide links to websites that hold views opposite to what they are expounding! However-and this is a big however-if websites- and I assume sooner or later bloggers and every body else who posts on the web- would be required to post opposing views- if they don't want to do it voluntarily.

Sunstein calls it "mandates" and proposes that Congress hold hearings requiring what I've just talked about. This is exactly opposite to what the founding fathers believed. They believed that anyone should be able to put forward any political argument they wanted without fear of retribution from the government,and these fools wonder why there is a Tea Party movement.

While doing research on Mr. Sunstein I came across some interesting links. One is from facebook  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cass-Sunstein here you can find comments such as...

"Cass Sunstein prepared a 2008 paper that proposed spying on Americans, infiltrating groups and organizations to obstruct Free Speech, disrupt the exchange of ideas and disseminate false information to neutralize Americans that might question government". See: http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=121884

or consider this post from the same page...

In a review of Sunstein’s Republic.com, he said that Sunstein had difficulty suppressing “the impulse to exercise centralised control” and that he distrusted consumer sovereignty. Nagel noted with disfavor Sunstein’s proposal to compel Internet sites to link to political sites that opposed their own...

Seems this guy just doesn't trust the people-or in my opinion - democracy -as well as-freedom! Consider Mr. Sunstein in his own words...

"I have argued in favor of a reformulation of First Amendment law. The overriding goal of the reformulation is to reinvigorate processes of democratic deliberation, by ensuring greater attention to public issues and greater diversity of views. The First Amendment should not stand as an obstacle to democratic efforts to accomplish these goals. A New Deal for speech would draw on Justice Brandeis’ insistence on the role of free speech in promoting political deliberation and citizenship. It would reject Justice Holmes’ “marketplace” conception of free speech, a conception that disserves the aspirations of
those who wrote America’s founding document.
--Cass R. Sunstein, Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech, The Free Press,"(Click here for more SunStein quotes)

Reinvigorate the forces of democratic deliberation?!!! What he means is to give the government more power to take away freedom and replace it with oppression!!! The founders would take up ARMS against this lunatic!! Wake up America Obama and his so called Czars are a bunch of "Communist liberators" and communistic liberation equals slavery!!!!

Time for Obama and his crowd to be thrown out of office_that is if Sunstein's "forces of democratic deliberation" doesn't cancel the next election.

Mr. Obama :Secure our borders now!

"In recent days, the issue of immigration has become once more a source of fresh contention in our country, with the passage of a controversial law in Arizona and the heated reactions we’ve seen across America."(Click here for text of speech)

Mr. President I have news for you. For many Americans this has been -and never stopped being- a contentious issue since before George Bush was president. Especially for the people of the border states who have had to live with threats to their lives and property for decades now. These folks have,in recent days, seen a severe escalation in violence on the Mexican and American sides of the border.

I'm writing this on July 2,2010 and the morning news told the story of a military style firefight in Mexico only 12 miles from our border in which 25 people were killed. Mr. President there is a civil war going on in Mexico and it is spilling into this country and threatening the security of not only the border states but also our entire nation. Add to this the fact that illegal immigration along the Mexican American border has practically became a hostile invasion. Indeed Mexican Army units have been caught on our side of the border and have even shot at our border patrol. This in my opinion is unconscionable!

Mr. President you have sworn an oath to protect and defend this country and it's people,and yet, your speech yesterday showed weakness, defeatism and a catastrophic lack of leadership. You have said that "the system is broken". No it is not! All that needs be done is to enforce the law. That is exactly what states like Arizona and Missouri have been trying to do enforce Federal law as it regards immigration!

You have said this is a nation of laws,and, so it is. So why is enforcing current Federal law so controversial? It's not controversial when local police routinely arrest other kinds of criminals who have broken both state and Federal laws. Why should it be so in this case? I'll tell you why, because you are driven by left wing political correctness and not by the Constitution. I could go on and on but for now I make one simple request. Mr. President do your job and secure our border now!!!

People are being raped on America's southern border. It's time for the federal government to do it's job

This video is highly disturbing. I found this at Examiner.com after using this search term on google-The war on America's southern border -there are some excellent articles listed on this page that really shed light on how bad the situation is on our border with Mexico. Suffice it to say that Mexico is being a really bad neighbor.

An excellent site to visit is a blog called "Stand Up America" and the article "War on the southern border".
Consider this quote from that article...

"Just this week, next to the home of U.S. Army Intelligence training base Ft Huachuca, the United States has been invaded by foreign enemies. These enemies are Narco-terrorists, illegal aliens, criminals, etc. Sadly, Americans have been informed to stay clear from Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge"

This is unbelievable American citizens are banned from a national wildlife refuge-some 3500 acres to be exact-because it is effectively under the control of Mexican drug thugs rather than the Federal government. Mr. Obama bears a heavy burden of responsibility here-as well as -every congress man or woman in this nation. They have sworn solemn oaths to "protect this nation against all enemies foreign and domestic".

Well from where I set they have all failed at upholding that oath. Instead we see them constantly wringing their collective wrists worrying about not being politically correct while our countrymen in the border states suffer. I've got news for them their inaction on illegal immigration, and, the border problem, is becoming politically incorrect darned fast!!

Meanwhile the main stream media is in a tizzy over Arizona's new anti illegal immigrant legislation. Missouri has had a very tough new group of laws to combat this problem for years(for more on Missouri's laws click here). I live in Missouri and can tell you our laws have made it very difficult for illegals to live here. Under Missouri law The Missouri Highway Patrol can demand proof of legal residency from anyone they arrest. If a person is here illegally they are handed to the feds for deportation!

If you are an illegal in Missouri all state benefits are off limits to you. You cannot get state aid , get college tuition from the state or enroll in our state health care plan. Believe me we see a whole lot fewer Mexicans roaming the streets in Missouri now days. It is high time that our President take action on this.

Here's what Barack should consider. In the earl y 1900's we had a similar problem with Mexico. Then President Taft sent the U.S.Army to Texas to secure the border. Later Woodrow Wilson sent a Missouri boy John Pershing, along with 500,000 soldiers down into Mexico to take car of the problem. It was taken care of and for most of the 20th century there were no major issues with this area. But then in the 60's the libs started letting the illegals in. A drop became a trickle and now the trickle has become a flood!

Mr. President it is time to dispatch a large contingent of American troops to our southern border and get this situation under control. Failure to do so may well lead to disaster!! Mr. President please put a stop to the raping and killing on the border with Mexico social justice demands it!!!

North Korea at it again! Threatens to increase punishment for American sentenced to 8 years hard labor

"Aijalon Mahli Gomes"

Well Kim ill Jung's -hell hole- known as North Korea has added insult to injury for the United States. Kim's North Korea has threatened to "increase Punishment" for an American Citizen-Aijalon Mahli Gomez a resident of Boston-if the United States doesn't stop what it considers warlike actions because of our threatened sanctions against the North because of it's brazen attack of a South Korean warship!

This mans crime? Stepping into North Korea to preach the word of God from the Holy Bible! How outrageous is this? Kim must really have a fear of God- as well as God's wrath against his evil deeds- to have had a man that is described as "loving everyone in the world" sentenced to 8 years hard labor!

In this blogger's opinion it is high time to do more than threaten North Korea with U.N. sanctions. We are an ally to South Korea and have a mutual defense pact with them. It's time we answer their outrageous attack against the south and perhaps bomb a North Korean military installation-or even better yet- sink one of their ships.

The only thing this nut in the North will ever recognize and respect is force! Personally I would love to see this country drop a hell fire missile on Jong when he's having one of his military parades. Wouldn't it be wonderful to see the "Glorious leader" blown to bits on his evil reviewing stand?

Well,I doubt that's going to happen with the current occupant of the White House in power. Berry seems to be afraid to get harsh with Kim. I say it's time to give Kim ill a smack across his face and demand he set
Aijalon Mahli Gomes free immediately!!

Louisiana oilspill caused by catastrophic lack of common sense

Even as millions of gallons of oil continue to spill into the Gulf we now learn that in the days and hours leading up to the Deep Water Horizon explosion BP cut corners, as well as, good oil field practices, in order to cut costs!!

This to me is inexcusable. When you're working a mile under water it seems to me you should take all the precautions, and steps necessary to insure safety ,as well as, production! BP was more concerned with saving money. How much are you saving now BP?

The A.P recently reported that Bp had been advised to put in a steel liner, as well as casing, to help protect against blowouts. They chose to only put in steel casing.

They were advised by Haliburton that they would need 26 "centralizers" to keep the casing centered in the bore hole. BP decided on six, and later a BP engineer had second thoughts but ended up sending an e-mail that said "who cares, end of story, will probably be fine". Ha, who cares? Me and about 300 million other Americans, and ,IT'S NOT FINE!!!

His is the sort of thing that gives Capitalism, and Big business, a bad name!! I'm all for free enterprise and private, as well as, personal initiative, but carelessness and a lack of common sense cannot be tolerated. BP has said they will make it "right".

Well they better get on the ball because things are becoming wronger every day. These corporate criminals need to be brought up in charges. They have caused through a lack of concern and common sense one of the worst ecological catastrophes in the history of mankind. For this they must be made to pay. The people of the gulf, the United States, and the world, deserve better than what they are getting from British Petroleum now!

THERE...I SAID IT...

“I distinguish between two kinds of politicians. There are those who view politics as a tactical game, a game in which they do not reveal any individuality, in which they lose their own face. There are, however, leaders for whom politics is a means of defending and furthering values. For them, it is a moral pursuit. They do so because the values they cherish are endangered. They’re convinced that there are values worth living for, and even values worth dying for. Otherwise they would consider their life and work pointless. Only such politicians are great politicians and Ronald Reagan was one of them.”– Pres. Lech Walesa

I think the quote pretty much speaks for itself.

I am today thoroughly disgusted with myself...I could have done more to stop what is happening today. We ALL could have. I valued my comfort, my own standard of living, over the liberty purchased with the blood and sweat of my forefathers. I am ashamed.

But I vow to do better.

Minority Report could become reality in Putin's Russia

" MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament on Friday voted to boost the powers of the successor to the Soviet KGB, allowing it to summon people it believes are about to commit a crime and threaten jail for those who disobey its orders."


In the "Minority Report" the state of freedom in the world had deteriorated to the point that the police would arrest someone just for thinking about a crime, seems the Russians see this as a good Idea. All of this is being done more or less in the name of "safety".

I can't help but wonder how long before some politician in this country will propose a similar law. After all it already seems as if everything is illegal. This is an especially frightening thought seeing as how the Democrats in Washington seem to have more in common with the communists of this world than they do with the traditional values of American freedom.

Make no mistake this law being proposed in Russia comes straight from the Soviet era and I'm sure it will help Putin consolidate his iron grip on power. This is what happens when governments begin to attempt to control everything. This is what is troubling,the current crowd in Washington seems to have an insatiable lust for power.

I hope I'm wrong but I fear it won't be too many years-if that long- before something similar gets proposed over here. Bad thing is nobody will read the bill and it will probably become law.

Well that's my rant for tonight. Remember...demand freedom!!

Warning! The Constitution of The United States could be detrimental to the developing mind!

© Wilder Publications 2008

This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.

I Don't know whether to laugh, cry, or get mad! Above you can see a parental warning cautioning parents that they might want to talk to their kids about the contents of the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and The Articles of Confederation before allowing them to read them.

This is from a book by A&D Publishing which is owned by Wilder Publishing. Evidently the founding documents of this country can be detrimental to young developing minds if they don't get told by their parents that we the people of the United States no longer share the values espoused in these three great documents! What a bunch of horse  s##t! This is a perfect example of political correctness run amok. I'm sure that some schools probably already discourage kids from reading the papers that created the greatest, most free nation on the face of the earth.

For the life of me I can't think of what is so homophobic, racist,-other than references to slaves in the Constitution- or misogynistic about theses documents that they might be unsafe for children to read! This is what we have come to as a people and a nation. The founders must be wondering if we really deserve what they by the Grace of God gave us.

Well I just have to shake my head and call on anyone who reads this to respectfully contact Wilder Publications  by clicking the link I just posted and ask them to remove this offensive and odious warning from their books. It's time that people with common sense demand that politically correct nuts-who are always so worried about offending someone else- stop offending us!!

What a great song: "Courtesy of The Red White and Blue"

I love this song! I can still remember vividly the first time I heard it. It was a few days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 ,and I was driving home from K.C. Missouri listening to a country station on the radio, when on comes this song.

In the emotional time after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, this song summed up perfectly the feelings I felt toward those who had attacked our country. When I think about that dread full day when the Twin towers fell I still become extremely angry.

Well here we are nine years later. A lot has changed since then. The war on terror has been joined, and the terrorist scum have felt the wrath of this great country. Unfortunately they seem to have a learning disability in that every time we punish them they continue to pull their nonsense again and again.

We all need to keep in mind who we are as a people,and how great this nation is. The war that was forced upon us on Sept 11 will be a long war indeed. We are up against a determined enemy! There is only one war with many fronts. On the Iraqi front we have had a measure of success.


The Afghan front is currently the main theater of operation. But make no mistake theses folks are at war with the entire civilized world. But I have no doubt that they will be defeated "Courtesy of The Red White and Blue

Gun control doesn't stop murder rampage in England

"SEASCALE, England (AP) - A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England on Wednesday, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on himself, officials said. The rampage in the county of Cumbria was Britain's deadliest mass shooting since 1996 and it jolted a country where handguns are banned and multiple shootings rare."


Whenever I read one of these stories of someone going ballistic and using a gun to kill a bunch of people I am reminded of the folly of gun control.

According to the Heartland institute  there are more than 20,000 federal,state, and local laws on the books concerning gun control and even as I write this someone somewhere is drafting another one. When oh when will gun control advocates learn that guns don't kill people, people kill people.

Without the aid of a human being a gun is -for the most part- incapable of doing anything beyond gathering dust. No what the real problem is a problem of the human spirit. People use guns to kill people because they are either criminals such as rapists, thieves, or unhinged lunatics.

In the case above of the man in England it is obvious that for some reason this guy went off his rocker and went on a senseless spree of mayhem and death. No amount of law or gun control would have stopped it. If this guy couldn't have gotten a gun he would have used something else-take for example some of the recent violence in China where nuts have used knives to kill the innocent- clearly gun control measures don't work.

If you read this take the time to check out this article from the Heartland institute titled "Taking Aim at Gun Control". I think you will find it quite informative. The founders of this country- in their wisdom- enshrined the right to have and bear arms in the Constitution. They knew that the best deterrent to crime and violence was for the honest citizen to be able to use a gun to defend himself from criminals, enemies, and an out of control government if need be!

If some of the good folks of England had been armed where this atrocity took place this lunatic might have been stopped before he killed and maimed so many people.

Al Qaida Criminal Mustafa Al Yazid Dead!

Is it just me or do these terrorist leaders look like crazed characters from some B grade spy movie?Actually this guy just looks plain old crazy with a capital C! By now you've probably already heard the news that Mustafa Al Yazid -Al Qaida's number three man is dead.

It's sad that because he became so sick and twisted he had to be killed-and if you doubt the sick and twisted part look again at the picture-but if you want to play with fire you are bound to get burned.
Thats exactly what happened to this coward-and unfortunately I suspect his children-were burned by a missle most fittingly called HellFire. This man, Osama bin Laden, and all their motley crew deserve the fires of hell. By all accounts this man has been one of the top planners of the senseless atrocities that Al Qaida have committed all over the world.

Bin Laden ,Al Yazid and company have been responsible for the deaths of of thousands of men, women and children. I recall that after 911 George Bush, doing something no other president had ever carried through with, declared war on theses terrorist scum and swore that they would be brought to justice,.
Well in my opinion if Mustafa here has actually been killed by a HellFire missle then justice has been done.

A part of me is always saddened by the death of anyone, and this guy is no exception. Here is a life totally wasted in the pursuit of blood and killing. It saddens me but at the same time I say good riddance the world has become a small bit better to be rid of this defective psychopath.

Hopefully bin Laden and whoever is left is starting to know terror the way so many of Al Qaida's victims have experienced it ,and God willing, he will soon meet his maker also!

NEVER FORGET

I'm not going to write the post that's been eating at my heart and mind for most of the week; for one thing, I'm furious, and I have a very difficult time articulating in a sane and thoughtful manner when I feel this way. I will say: the fact that our Commander-in-Chief has decided against a visit to Arlington on Memorial Day in favor of a visit to Chicago (REALLY?? NOW you decide to honor your promises?) is distressing. Unseemly. Decidedly UN-presidential.

I love Memorial Day, and at the same time it's a holiday that hurts. It is incredibly appropriate that we observe the amazing sacrifice made by so many for the freedom we enjoy today. We should always remember that FREEDOM is not FREE - it is bought and paid for with the blood, sweat, and tears of those who cannot bear oppression. It is preserved by those whose courage and valor are greater than their love of comfort and wealth. The men and women who serve in our armed forces - directly AND indirectly - certainly at the least deserve a holiday commemorating the sacrifices they and their predecessors have made.

But to many people, this is a just another three-day weekend. Time to party, right? Yes, actually, it is - that, and a bit more. Celebrate your freedom by sharing it with your loved ones. Enjoy the get-togethers, barbecues, parties...and remember the sacrifices that purchased them.

Support Matthew Burke for Congress and help stop Cap and tax!

I found this great video from the Heritage foundation over at The FreedomPost. This is a blog produced by Matthew Burke. Mr. Burke was the very first follower of this blog and I am honored to have him as one.

I was originally drawn to his blog by a post titled "What ever happened to limited government."
If you are a citizen of the state of Washington I strongly urge you to vote for Matthew Burke. I believe he will go to Washington and work to pull this country BACK to it's founding principles!!

That said please watch the video above. It exposes the truth of "Cap and Trade" that, if enacted in whatever pernicious form it will eventually take, it will kill the economy, kill jobs, and make us all beholden to the entitlement crowd in congress known as Democrats. Once again I call on anyone who reads this and cares about this country to contact their congressman or woman and demand they vote against this Job killing, economy killing piece of nonsense or else be voted out of office.

The American Power act. Just another Washington power grab!

"Moving to a low-carbon economy must pro

tect the most vulnerable populations in the United
States, including low-income families that are particularly affected by volatility in energy prices.


If unchecked, the impact of climate change
will include widespread effects on health and welfare,including— increased outbreaks from waterborne diseases more droughts;diminished agricultural production severe storms and floods;
heat waves;wildfires; and a substantial rise in sea levels, due in part to — melting mountain glaciers ;shrinking sea ice; and thawing permafrost The most recent science indicates that the changes described in paragraph (11)(G) are occurring faster and with greater intensity than expected..." (Read the Bill here)

The above is from "TITLE VI—COMMUNITY PROTECTION FROM CLIMATE CHANGE



IMPACTS" section 2 of the American Power act-or as I like to call it the give more power to Washington act- the newest iteration of cap and tax being pushed by John Kerry in the Senate.

Whoever really wrote this nonsense is laying out the foundation for regulating carbon emissions in this country. However they once again rehash a litany of so called scientific evidence that has largely been discredited. what really glares at me is the term "Climate Change". Whatever happened to "Global Warming "? It's gone away because the left knows it doesn't exist.

I'll agree that evidence suggests that for some time in the 80's and early 90's temperatures were going up, but in recent time, we have seen record low temperatures all over the globe, as well as, snow and ice events in places where there is no memory of such things!

With that said consider this quote from "American Roundtable... " Most scientists do not believe human activities threaten to disrupt the Earth’s climate. More than 17,000 scientists have signed a petition circulated by the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine saying, in part, “there is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate.” (Go to www.oism.org for the complete petition and names of signers.) Surveys of climatologists show similar skepticism"...(read more here).

In fact there seems to be quite a bit of evidence that non of the imaginary climate change bogymen listed in the above mentioned section of the "American Power Act" will actually come to pass. What in the world are they trying to protect us from? Evidently nothing more than the Weather and that's been a constant since God created the world. Fact is it is the height of hubris to believe that such an infinitesimal creature as man has changed the climate of an entire world!

No I suspect that what this is all about is making more people dependent on the federal government-look at the mention of protecting low income folks from high energy prices-and increasing Washington's control over every aspect of the economy!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this country did not become great by central planning, this country became great from a very limited government,and private, and personal, initiative. I call upon any who read this to contact their congress man or woman and demand they vote against this misguided attempt to grow the power of the federal government!

Cap and Trade. Washingtons attempt to create a new economy!

Well cap and trade, or more properly called, cap and tax, has once again reared it's ugly head. Thanks to good old John Kerry a new iteration of this nightmare of government abuse of power is starting to wind it's way through the Senate.

It is euphemistically called "The American Power Act". Give me a brake it should really be called surrender of all power and control to the government act!

This thing is a real turkey. My opinion of what I've seen of it is that it is a bail out Al gore's carbon tax trading company act. After all Al Gore and his cronies stand to make BILLIONS trading carbon credits.

This is where the idea of the government seeking to completely remake the economy of this country comes in. A brief perusal of just some of the section titles makes it abundantly clear that by the end of the day our economy will be transformed from a capitalist free market economy into a n economy totally planned and run from Washington. This IS NOT how this country became great.

We became great because in the beginning the Constitution provided a free and stable place for the PEOPLE to create a new economy that became the envy of the world. Let me say that again the greatest economy in the history of the world was created in this country as a result of FREEDOM not government central planning.

The soviets tried this "central planning" of the economy thing and that ended in horrific failure. Do we REALLY want to travel down that same dead end road? I think not. Please -if you read this- take the time to check out the bill at Thomas.gov and search for S.1733. My next several posts will be about this piece of crap and why we should all call our Senators and demand they vote against it. Also below is a very interesting video where Obama says he will bankrupt the coal power industry!

Hello World

Hello to all, you may or may not have heard me mentioned on this blog before. I am Eugene's oldest son Travis. My dad has asked for some contributors to this blog, so I thought I would take some time and try and get a few of my thoughts out on the web, although in time he may regret allowing me to do this.

A little background on me, I am 27 years old, spent 4 years in the Marine Corps and am now working in IT as a systems administrator for a financial institution in southwest Missouri. I am divorced and remarried and have 2 wonderful children.

I used to consider myself a Republican, but recently I have begun to rethink my party alignment due to the general hypocrisy and broken state of the party, their inability to maintain conservative values, and my general disagreement with them on many social issues. I did vote for one "Barack Hussein Obama" as you will often hear him referred to on this blog, but have been generally disappointed with his performance thus far. Where does this leave me? I would say it leaves me with millions of other Americans. Disappointed in the 2 party system after watching power voted to one party or another with the same outcome; nothing changed for the better and complete disregard for the will of the people. I think it is time for a real change in this country and am hoping we have some politicians who can do it come the next election.

Consider this an introductory post. I intend to post some things on this blog that may be contrary to the beliefs of its creator, I hope you will at least take the time to read and consider them.

Who is John Galt?

"This country wasn't built by men who sought handouts. In its brilliant youth, this country showed the rest of the world what greatness was possible to Man and what happiness is possible on Earth.

Then it began apologizing for its greatness and began giving away its wealth, feeling guilty for having produced more than its neighbors. Twelve years ago, I saw what was wrong with the world and where the battle for Life had to be fought. I saw that the enemy was an inverted morality and that my acceptance of that morality was its only power. I was the first of the men who refused to give up the pursuit of his own happiness in order to serve others. "
                                                            John Galt

Since my co-contributor movefearlessly joined this blog I have been intrigued by this persons reference to Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I have heard it referenced in the past,but having never read the book I really didn't know what was being talked about. Since the post "When will Atlas Shrug" I have researched this novel, and have found that in many ways I may be a kindred soul of Ayn Rand. I have a very, very strong belief in the power of the individual, and of individual freedom.

What I have learned so far is that it seems we are living -quite literally- the nightmare of bureaucratic nonsense- that Rand depicted in her novel.

"The depiction portrays a society based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces the stifling mediocrity and egalitarianism of socialistic idealism."

Even as I write this Obama and his redistributionist friends in Washington are hard at work trying to make this bleak vision of a once future America a reality. Unfortunately we have been traveling on the "Atlas Shrugged" path for to long.

I still have much to learn about this provocative novel, but from what I have already learned, it is almost prophetic! I challenge you-the reader- to research this phenomenon and I think you too will conclude that it is quite possible that Atlas is already shrugging.