Do You Recognize This America?

We have finally come to the debate that this election is all about. The so-called haves and the have-nots. This is the seminal question that needs to be addressed and Romney brought it to the surface when a left-wing publication, Mother’s News, released a tape of Romney talking to donors at a fund-raising event in May about the political realities of his election. It's the fact that Obama immediately has a major constituency of people in this country who don’t pay taxes and would not be sympathetic to Romney’s view of an individual’s freedom from dependency, the creation of wealth rather than the redistribution of it, and lower taxes to spur investment and hiring in the private sector. This doesn’t go over very well with people who live on the government dole.

The Republicans quickly countered with a tape of Obama from 1998, where he states his belief in redistribution and taking the nation on the path that has ruined much of Europe’s economy and that of communist countries like the old USSR, Cuba, and Venezuela. The Obama theory is to take the wealth of the productive people who pay most of the taxes and give it to the least productive. In essence, he buys their votes with our money, in order to perpetuate his power. The system has failed wherever it has been implemented and stagnates economic growth.

This type of system is the antithesis of the American dream and the nation we have been for 230 years. It divides us along class, income, race, and gender lines and creates an oversimplified segmentation of our population based strictly on wealth rather than contribution and the pursuit of happiness.

Also, it’s a system that develops a privileged statist class where public sector income surpasses that in the private sector and people are awarded unrealistic pensions, health plans, perks, and lifetime jobs, in the rather wasteful and inefficient systems that permeate the non-profit public sector. This elitist class chooses the winners and losers and builds a morass of ineffective bureaucratic commissions and committees that enhance their own interests. This is a class that is being resurrected again in Russia under Putin and causing demonstrations in the streets.

We see this also in the mid-East, particularly in Egypt and Iran, where religious fanaticism and a crumbling economy, with a 70% unemployment rate for the youth under 30, results in having nothing to do but demonstrate in the streets and burn our flag, rather than have a job to go to.

Is this what’s in our future? We are starting to see the symptoms here; teachers in Chicago, occupiers on Wall Street, racial and class warfare. Is this the hope and change you expected? Are we more divided today than 4 years ago? What kind of society have we become? Do we evaluate our Presidents on performance or their “likeability” factor?
Mr. Romney should not shy away from his remarks; he should face this head on and tell us the truth not what politicians like Mr. Obama think we want to hear.

Conventional Chaos

In the final night of this Democratic convention, I hope we can make some sense of the chaos in its rhetoric and its total disconnect with the American people. This is a scary bunch, not only most of the speakers, but also the attendees. If the Democrats pull off this election, which I doubt, it will be the biggest con ever pulled over the American public.

Many Democrats I have talked with don’t recognize this party. It has been virtually high-jacked by its far left wing. It is a party of lies, deceit, and personal destruction. It is the most anti-business party we have ever had in our history, promoting the government as the all knowing ruler of our destiny and taking us on a path towards a Socialist philosophy that has taken down most of Western Europe, and caused the economic stagnation of the USSR and most of Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

The patronizing and Alinsky-like rhetoric, and the lies and deception about the views of their opponents, is in sharp contrast with the convention in Tampa. The slobbering worship of a President, who has wasted four years extending our economic agony, was embarrassing.

If you heard the remarks of Sandra Fluke and Elizabeth Warren, you ask yourself what are they talking about? Women should be offended by what they said. Making it appear as if they were trapped and abused by a male-driven society that is in a war on women’s rights, during a decade that has seen the greatest rise in women’s opportunity in the workplace, corporate jobs, and income advancement; achieving a status never before seen on this planet. If anything, this party has a war on white males, because they can’t find a way to get their vote.

To make matters worse, they parade out a former President to make the nomination and he proceeds to smear his insatiable ego all over the TV screen with his folksy analysis of how things were so great during his administration, forgetting to tell you that the other party saved his ass, when the Republican landslide Congressional election forced him to govern to the center, something Barack Obama will never do. Give him more time; this job was harder than we thought, says Clinton. Clinton dislikes Obama so much and the purpose of his speech was only for holding open the Presidential option for his wife. This speaks volumes about his sincerity and integrity.

I’m listening now to Joe Biden, a guy who they wanted to throw off the ticket because of his misguided views of the world and embarrassing gaffes. Here he is praising this great President and rallying this collection of Kool-Aid drinkers, who seem to love the security of life on the government dole.

Obama is next, I can hardly wait. Listening to this parade of angry and yelling politicians at this convention is very scary. This crew is desperate to remain in power.

The Desperate Convention

The theme of the Obama campaign is the word “Forward”, but we see a video of the late Ted Kennedy debating Romney for Governor of MA, a video of Jimmy Carter tomorrow, and a key address from former President Bill Clinton. Sounds like the democrats are going backward. As the convention opens they are having a hard time answering the question, “Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?”

I am currently listening to Kathleen Sebelius talking about the “affordable health care act or Obamacare”. Her spin on this seems to please the attendees, but 60% of the people in the country don’t buy her spin. The key word is “affordable” and the mere fact that non-partisan accounting groups say this will cost us $2 trillion more than the current system, doesn’t sound affordable to me.

Now Rahm Emanuel is talking about his time working for Obama, he doesn’t read the teleprompter very well. Talks about how Obama reads 10 letters every night from citizens and says, “Rahm these are the people we are fighting for”. Only 10? Looks like he’s losing the fight. Pretty corny speech. Most people appear to be falling asleep. Rahm why don’t you go home and do something about the 20 murders that occur every weekend in South Chicago?

Now Deval Patrick, Governor of MA, is giving a rather rousing speech, criticizing the Republican governors who talked at the Republican Convention. I guess he’s jealous when you look at the financial condition of his state and other democratically led states like California, Illinois, Connecticut, and New York. Good talk for the base, “when we want the American dream alive we want Obama in charge”. Hard sell.

Listening now to Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, and the keynote speaker. Democrats claim he is the next Obama. I was not impressed, not many applause lines, no comparison to Obama in his hey days. This guy is no Rubio; he has simple concepts and predictable rhetoric. Quote:” We are all connected by government and Barack Obama our connection.” Wow! Government is the central theme at this convention.

Here comes Michelle, first with a video talking about her rather humble start in South Chicago. Her Mom, brother, Valerie Jarret (her mentor), Biden’s wife. Not bad for someone who was never proud of her country until her husband was elected President. Shots from the Letterman and Ellen shows. The video runs a little too long.

Then she picks up on the class warfare bit trying to show the contrast between her and her husband’s humble start and Romney’s. Praises Barack’s values and his great upbringing, I guess she didn’t read his book. Mother dumped him with her parents for years, his smoking weed, snorting coke, and skipping classes. She also forgot when she threatened to divorce him in Chicago because he couldn’t earn a respectable living. Barack does all these great things for America, not because he is an ideologue, but because he is a saint. I was in tears; we’ve got so much left to do. What an actress! I was embarrassed for the first lady; she was actually begging us to bring him back. She used every platitude you can think of about his “greatness”. What a bunch of corn, I was calling for the hook.

Dems Must Think We’re Stupid

I am writing this the day after Paul Ryan’s speech at the Republican National Convention. I have been able to watch most of the convention coverage.

I am amazed how so many people who watched these proceedings could not be impressed by the quality, stature, accomplishments, and results achieved by the speakers. Ryan’s speech, which was a masterpiece, is already being trashed by the mainstream media and leftist blogs, calling him a “woman hater” and “extremist”. Anyone who heard the speech could never reach that conclusion. We Americans are not that stupid. Apparently, our President’s supporters think we are.

Also, when the Republican called off the first day for safety reasons and everyone was concerned about how they could start the convention with Isaac headed towards New Orleans, Obama held a 10-minute press conference to give “instructions” to the people of that great city and then hustled out the door for a campaign trip to some community college and fund raiser.

Unfortunately, Isaac hit eastern New Orleans and many people in that area had a situation worse than Katrina. Huddled in the attics with their families or on their roofs waiting for help, losing everything. Where is Obama? I heard he spent one hour today on some leftist website, probably talking about is favorite ice cream. Where are his FEMA people? I thought by now they would be on the scene handing out goodies and supplies for a photo op. I guess the Obama campaign must have written off Louisiana.

My guess is that they are all working on preparations for their extravaganza. I can’t wait, but I don’t think we’ll get the Greek columns this time. They certainly won’t talk about the big issues. Nothing there. Let’s talk about the social issues, free contraception for all, war against women, gay marriage, rich vs. poor, black vs. white, amnesty for illegals. These topics are great for Twitter, since you’re limited to 40 characters and they can really be covered by sound bytes. All designed to reach their specific voting blocs.

Oh yes, let’s hear from Sandra Fluke, who wants us to pay for her rather aggressive sex life, since $6/month for a normal 30 day pill supply was not enough during her time at Georgetown and those nasty Catholics, well you know, they won’t even cover it on the student medical insurance! Sandra, we have more important issues, ask those 23 million people out of work. Sandra, if you can’t afford the six bucks, how about gluing your knees together until you get a real job. Fluke will be a featured speaker and I can hardly wait. Sorry, to be so blunt, but as a Catholic, I don’t want my taxes going to kill babies. Buy your pills with your own money, that’s what choice means.

All I know is that I have seen plenty of intelligent and successful men and women speak at this convention, black, white, Hispanic, and most came from middle class backgrounds and have succeeded the hard way, they earned it. They certainly don’t represent the image the Dems would want you to have of the Party. In fact, I doubt if the Dems can match this display of talent.

Hillary's Errant Attempt at Diplomacy

I know most of you ladies who admire Hillary Clinton will not want to read this, so I advise you to stop right here. First let me say, that in my opinion Mrs. Clinton has been the worst Secretary of State we have had since Warren Christopher of the Carter administration. I realized that Mrs. Clinton is most admired by women all over the world and is a role model for many, particularly in her support of women’s rights, but after logging almost 1 million miles, her accomplishments in this role have been miniscule and she has betrayed us by allowing our foreign policy to be dictated by our bungling Vice President and Obama’s cronies in the National Security Council.

This is the first time since the end of WWII that the United States has abdicated its leadership role in the international arena. We now defer to NATO and the United Nations for critical actions and decisions in all the hot-bed areas and have allowed France, China, Russia, Iran, and even Venezuela to be pro-active forces in foreign affairs; all this in the name of the Obama Doctrine of leading from behind. As a result, our status and power in the eyes of our allies have been diminished and our enemies are empowered.

Mrs. Clinton continues on her worthless travels around the world, going through the motions of pomp and ceremony with no discernible agenda or substantive results. The quotes released by her staff are full of trivial platitudes and generalizations that give fear to our allies and distain from our enemies. She appears to be the life of the party wherever she goes, and I’m sure the recent photos of her dancing with the South African Foreign Minister in Pretoria, went down very well with the Syrian rebels fighting for their lives against the Assad regime in Aleppo, while we watch helplessly on the side lines.

Her passivity on Iraq and Afghanistan, and her empty and trite words throughout the Arab Spring and the Iranian revolution attempt, are unprecedented. She was never suited for this role and was given it to keep her “out of the way” of Obama’s domestic transformation, while giving her a high profile and prestigious position. She has presided over this retrenchment of our foreign policy without the notice of the American people, while we are distracted by our domestic economic woes and didn’t even seem to care. She says that she will be leaving this post after the election, and given Obama’s indifference to foreign affairs, I expect that Joe Biden would have an even greater impact on foreign policy in a second Obama administration. Another reason to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Yes Hillary, I guess it takes a village, and now the U.S. is just another hut in the village!

Romney Shows Real Leadership with Ryan Selection

Needless to say, the selection of Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin may have been a surprise to some but I am a big fan of Ryan and have written several articles about him over the years. As many of the pundits have said, Romney’s selection will force the Obama campaign to face up to the issues, because the people will soon see that Romney and Ryan are the only adults in the room. Personal attacks on Romney, painting him as a felon and linking him to the death of a woman he had nothing to do with, degrading his success, misrepresenting his views, and truly lying about his accomplishments, are the acts of a desperate campaign of a failed administration, burning through their financial resources.

Immediately the attack dogs are pouncing on Ryan’s budget plan which finally seriously addresses our national debt and deficit issues, and attempts to reform our entitlements which are on the path of near term bankruptcy. Ryan’s presence on the ticket will provide a clear cut choice between the polarized ideologies that have stagnated our political system for the past 6 years since Reed, Pelosi, and Obama got control of our government, or at least since the 2010 election.

It’s a choice of continuing to kick the can down the road, more of the same, no creative ideas or concern for our out-of-control debt, and continue on the spending spree and social programs that enhance dependency; or a choice for fiscal responsibility, balance budgets, restrained spending, lower taxes for everyone, which will enhance economic growth and motivate investments, and thus grow jobs.

Already you hear the left saying, Medicare will be decimated, along with Social Security, kids will starve, people will be turned away from hospitals, we will have dirty water, air, and food. The truth of course, is nothing of the sort. The GOP economic plan says anything about junking Medicare or doing away with proven social programs; the real scare is 4 more years of the path we are currently on.

I hope you heard Paul Ryan’s remarks yesterday. He is a super smart person with a Kennedyesque charisma, brilliant credentials in the financial area, with lots of experience in Congress and he surpassed many of his peers in the House due to his capabilities and his ability to articulate complicated issues in a way the voter can understand. He is not afraid of the truth, a terrific problem solver, and has great leadership qualities. He will empower the GOP conservative base and invigorate the Tea Party, and pretty soon the country will get to know him and his popularity will surge.

Mitt, has made a great selection, and when elected he will bring real professionals to Washington in contrast to this crew of amateur academics and elitist lefties, who avoid the truth and run away from the real issues.

Never Ask Liberals for Specifics

In my last post I talked about Obama’s role in establishing what is fair for the populace. Of course, the probem is that when a President has been mentored by Marxists and surrounded by academics and Socialists all his adult life, we end up with an extreme and rather radical view of fairness.

I know it is difficult not to be frustrated with this situation when debating with liberals. In the last article, I discussed specific facts and numbers about how much the so-called “rich” pay in our progressive tax system, and many of us would view it as unfair. However, when you ask a liberal how much is fair, they never give you a number or an answer. They always resort to the liberal talking points and get off the subject. That is because they really don’t care. It’s the attitude that rich people should pay more because they are rich. When you ask what is rich, they will never tell you. If you pay 95% of your income in taxes, they still would want more.

That’s why raising taxes is never a problem for government, they never really have a definition of what’s enough. Why should we expect anything different? Obama has run this country for the last four (4) years with no budget and he is not concerned, nor is his party in the Senate. Sure, Obama has submitted a budget as required by law, but it was so outlandish and out of touch with reality, that it receive zero votes in the House of Representatives, some 440-0. That means Obama knew it would not pass. He just didn’t care.

The U.S. government is the largest employer on the planet. If enough money doesn’t come in, we just borrow some more. So if tax revenues don’t cover our expenses, we print some more money and because the U.S. dollar is the world’s currency base, we are the only country that can control the money supply. Right now we borrow 40 cents of every dollar we spend! No business, no household, can operate for long without knowing its cash flow. Why do you think California is bankrupt, and several cities in that state have declared bankruptcy already? It is because they have reached the tipping point, saddled with billions in bills and unfunded pension and health plan liabilities caused by politicians and union bosses that only think about the moment they are in power and not the future.

So the moral of the story is that when you argue with a liberal, don’t give them the facts or the truth. They only want to talk about the vision, just like Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Chavez, and Castro. And what sounds good to the masses is that “the rich should pay more” or “you didn’t build your company, the people who built the roads and bridges did”. Yes Barack, thanks go to my Mother and Father, because if I wasn’t born, I could not have built my company.

Now do understand why you can’t argue with a liberal. Just wait until the debates begin and don’t get frustrated, most of us already know their script.