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Talk at the coffee shop this morning was kick-ass.  Here is a taste of the topics…                                                                   

The  mal-distribution of wealth in the 1920’s and today…depression… Jews… Immigration…Mexicans sending money back to Mexico…  whites w/ blacks against Mexicans… revolution and revitalization of industrial America… and fixing of banking system… America bankruptcy…American Confidence…Bloated "Whiners…  Are we Americans or are we wannabe socialist utopia… and we are willing to give the keys to the car to our 16 year ~Obama~ old to drive us across country in a ice storm?  My thoughts are as follows…

The eighties were an era when our country prospered tremendously. There are many arguments on both sides of the numbers… but they were… more often than not good times for a majority of Americans. Then we had the excessive speculation in the "information super highway" and junk bonds that came from the greed, up thru the late 1990’s. This kept the stock market artificially high through the 90’s.

Essentially what happened in the new millennium… We had the early rumblings of recession.  A slight market correction… Then 911, and a massive shift of focus. Clinton’s global economy started to take off… We got complacent with an unrealistically inflated real estate market combined with the Feds keeping interest rates artificially low for a prolonged period of time… HISOTRICAL!   We became to rely upon these two things in order for the economy to remain on an even keel.  Remember… For any economy to function properly, total demand must equal total supply and we were way off balance. 

The Feds keeping interest rates artificially low… its no wonder that the two major mortgage lenders our in major trouble. To protect these lenders the U.S. government is looking at a bailout.  Is that priceless… they cause the problem and take responsibility… ON OUR DIME!

The concept of buying now and paying later filled the already bloated belly of the American middle class. With more and more credit sales, and borrowing against inflated values of real estate the middle-class and poor had reached a point of no return and had to stop buying things with installment credit…  they had already mortgaged their children and grand children futures, and could not get their greedy, bloated, selfish fingers on another generations future. 

As these two industries began to slow and at a near stop, confidence in the economy is wavering.  Higher and higher energy prices rippling though every consumer perceived "need".  I say "need" as they are no longer goods and services but consumer gifted gluttony.  We want the $5 coffee the gas guzzling SUV and the loan to pay for it… but there is very little left and this dependence has brought skepticism that has produced a "fringe" luxury ~ designer coffees, food, expensive gadgets ~ item economical backlash that now sees company’s like Starbucks, Sharper Image… etc… closing stores or just closing its doors and stalwarts like GM stock prices trading at all time lows. 

Nearly tapped out on credit and rising energy costs combined with a sagging real estate market the vast majority of the "working poor" of our population, not having enough money to satisfy all their credit liabilities and are pressured into a non saving, non spending corner. 

The economy being reliant upon the banking and real estate industries to expand, grow found  investors staying home… thus prosperity is in large part only touching the rich among us.  The dependence upon essentially two industries that are built upon a foundation of artificial means have the world ready to fill the vacuum created by our  "working poor" having to much perceived wealth, borrowing on it… getting fatter and fatter… and the pig… being a hog now, is ready for the slaughter. 

European nations not struggling to rebuild and a strong Eros… not as in the 30’s and 40’s, are poised to gobble up American industries and real estate at fire sale prices.  Side note… It is a fallacy to believe that the US was aided by World War I and II to break the 1920 and great depression of the late 30’s. The U.S. government lent its European allies $7 billion, and then another $3.3 billion by 1920. By the Dawes Plan of 1924 the U.S. started lending to Axis Germany. American foreign lending continued in the 1920’s climbing to a little over $900 million in 1924, and around $1.25 billion in 1927 and 1928. Of these funds, more than 90% were used by the European allies to purchase U.S. goods the economy of the 1920’s was one very much dependent upon confidence. This is my point with this brief history lesson… Confidence, and it is this lack of confidence that has lead to our current exaggerated tumble. 

We are "a nation of whiners" as Gramm has said, and we should be ashamed of ourselves.  The rich, middle class, poor… whatever you call yourself may have to slow or stop spending on "fringe" luxury items… its called sacrifice.

What I think we have to worry about if we don’t start acting like Americans again is assimilation

HEY WORLD!… AMERICA FOR SALE CUZ WE DON’T WANT TO SACRAFICE!

Oh… And giving the keys to my 16 year old to drive my family… not a chance.  I’ll let grandpa do the driving.

This past week in June, I have watched as our country has been assaulted with blatant forms of liberalism.

We are down to two liberals vying for the Presidency of the United States, Barack Obama and John McCain, Liberal and Liberal-Light, respectively.

Both Obama and McCain favor closing the base at Guantanamo Bay, granting amnesty to millions of criminals (Illegal Immigrants) and forcing the Hoax of Global Warming (now called "Climate Change") on rather unsuspecting law-abiding Americans.

They also believe, despite accurate financial proof, that the oil companies are gouging the American people in order to make off with billions in profits from oil sales.

McCain's solution to this perceived problem is still unclear while Obama's plan is to reinstate the "Windfall Profit Tax".

The words "Windfall Profit" as defined is "profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it".

What people do not realize is that both the US Government *and* the oil companies at large both profited from the skyrocketing price of oil. So, how is it that the Government would feel that it would be permissible to tax the oil companies on their profits when 15% of the price per gallon of fuel at any gas station goes to the Government?

The US Govenment does not explore for, drill and extract, refine or ship oil, fuel or any other petroleum products. They tax these activities though and tax them well.

It is said that the oil companies enjoy large tax breaks, this may be true but what is the level of the tax they are paying and what would the price per gallon at the pump be if they were paying more in taxes?

Any company doing business anywhere are only in the business for one thing, *Profit*. Companies are here to make money for themselves and their shareholders, not for charity, that is what the Government is for.

As I wrote in one of my previous posts, If you tax too much, people will buy less. If people don't buy enough product, the company making that particular product will either have to scale back their operations or raise prices, in either case, it is not profitable for the business and it certainly isn't good for the average consumer.

Raising taxes never has done one thing good for anyone but the Government, it hurts businesses and it damages the economy.

The issue of Guantanamo Bay.

Just the other day, 5 of the 9 US Supreme Court Justices decided to ignore our Constitution and Article 4, sec 2 subsec's a,b,c and d of the Geneva Convention

None of these men are covered under the Convention as Prisoners of War, yet the Supreme Court decided that whatever these men did, their actions warranted Constitutional protection, the same Constitutional protection that our men and women in uniform have died trying to protect.

The mastermind of the the 9/11 attacks is one of these men. This man who coordinated the deaths of over 3000 Americans in a little less than 2 hours may now file a grievance with a federal judge for release.

I feel that the lifetime appointment of a judge is something that needs to be reviewed and possibly changed. It is abhorrant that a person of this stature would make such a grievous error in the reading of the very document they are sworn to protect.

The last issue of this is "Climate Change". I have wrote on this more but in the last few days, I have learned something that chilled me straight through to the bone.

As you might know, most of our most liberal ideas come from the Old Country, Europe. I have learned that in the UK, there is a bill making its way through Parliament that addresses Climate Change in a way that makes American Liberals green with envy.

You can read the full text of this by this link:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/097/08097.i-v....

In a nut-shell, the Government controls what and how much you buy and penalizes you for overusing your "alloted" share of "carbon". There is talk of issuing citizens "Carbon Debit Cards", these cards would be pre-loaded with your monthly allotment. If you use all of your credits before the end of the month, you would be forced to buy credits from the Government or from someone who hasn't used their total monthly allotment. There would be a cap on the total credits that the country would be able to use.

This is paramount to what is said in Revelation about the mark of the Beast, that no one may buy or sell without the mark, which is the number or name of the beast, 666, or some derivative thereof.

The Hoax of Climate Change is detrimental to the progress of mankind, the willingness to subjugate the free-will of man for the preservation of mother earth.

I have no problem with conservation, just conservation through excessive taxation.

Like the title of my blog says, we are on a very dangerous and slippery slope, will we be able to see the errors of our ways before it is too late or will we have to have yet another "Shot heard 'round the world"?

There is a battle raging in our country and it is not being fought by politicians.

It is being fought by us, the people.

I hear day in and day out, people lamenting on the direction America is headed and I hear complaint after complaint about the "crooked politicians" that are in Washington.

How did they get there? Are they unlike us? What would we do if we were there?

Questions, questions and more questions.

We, the people, elected them, sad but true.

Democrat, Republican, Conservative and Liberal. Most hear these terms but are still not quite sure what they mean.

The liberal left has changed the name of the Democrat Party to the "Democratic" party, hoping to soften their image up some by invoking some lofty idea that the Democrat Party is actually fighting for the "little man".

I have a bit of news for my fellow Americans, We do not live in a democracy, we live in a "Republic". If we lived in a democracy,no one would do any of the work, pay taxes or get free healthcare because the masses would prefer to live under the thumb of an opressive ruler rather than take responsibility of their own direction.

In a republic, we elect a representative to "represent" us in Washington. After all of the corruption, loan sharking and other back door deals that all of our fine elected "representatives" have been party to, we still have this insane notion that theyare actually doing what they said they would do if elected.

It was once said "Power corrupts, Absolute power corrupts absolutely", truth does hurt.

The monikers "Democrat" and "Republican" explained in short...

Democrat = The supposed will of the people.

Republican = The preservation of the ideology of the Founding Fathers.

The monikers "Conservatism" and "Liberalism" explained in short...

Liberalism = Anything goes, the suppression of theological ideology and the suppression of free speech.

Conservatism = The strict conservation of the most basic tenets of the Constitution and the acknowledgement of GOD as the CREATOR as our Founding Fathers did.

Liberals believe that there are grey lines everywhere and that everyone is a potential victim.
Liberals believe in Abortion, Gay Marriage and the Hoax that is Global Warming (now called Climate Change). They also believe that government is the best solution to any problem.

Our "Democrat Presidential Candidate" BHO, would like to pull out of the War in Iraq immediately, leaving millions of Iraqis to die needlessly in the bloodbath to follow our departure(not unlike the Killing Fields of Cambodia).

He will talk to known terrorist leaders of Communist and Socialist countries without pre-conditions. He will attempt to reverse the many tax cuts that Bush instituted in his first year as President.

He will also attempt to institute some sort of nationalized healthcare system. Ask a vet at the VA how well socialized healthcare works for them.

The basic fundamentals of Liberalism is a direct attack on the progress of mankind.

Conservatism, I think, is quite misunderstood.

People view Conservatism with the understanding that it is the support of the status quo. That couldn't be further from the truth.

The basic fundamentals of the modern Conservative movement is the upholding of the Constitution and the basic freedoms that it affords us.

Freedoms of religion, speech and the right to bear arms are all coveted freedoms. Without these rights, we would not be the country we are today.

We have spawned an entire generation that believe that America is the root cause of all the evil in the world today.

I would not know where to begin to describe what the world would be like without us.

Now that Senator Barack Obama has wrapped up the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, it's time for him to answer some questions about where he stands on the issues that are important to the American people. Here are my questions for the senator:

First, you have made withdrawing US troops from Iraq the top priority of your campaign saying that you want all "combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months." Are you still committed to this deadline for removing troops from Iraq regardless of the military situation on the ground? Are you going to ignore our own military commanders including Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has said your position could take "gains we have achieved and struggled to achieve and turn them around overnight"? What are you going to do once our military forces have been withdrawn from Iraq should Iran and Al-Qaeda decide to take action to overthrow the Iraqi government by force? Do you not believe that US troop withdrawal will be seen as a huge victory for these two entities who have stated on more than one occasion that they see Iraq as the pivotal battleground against democracy and Western values? You have said that you would move US military units to other countries in the region so that they could quickly "re-deploy" to Iraq if necessary. Where, exactly, are you going to relocate our military? Are you willing to pay twice in American blood and treasure for military victories that we have already achieved? As Commander-in-Chief, these are difficult decisions that you will have to make. What is there in your background which suggests that you have the experience to make the military decisions necessary to safeguard America's interests in the Middle East and the rest of the world? You have promised that once you are elected you will reduce our military strength, you will cut spending on missile defense, and you will cut funding for future weapons systems. Do you believe this a wise course of action during a time of war and increased terrorist threats to America?

Secondly, we have heard about your personal relationships with terrorists William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn who, as members of the Weathermen in the 1970's, bombed government buildings and attempted assassinations of US Army officers, and continue to say that they have no regrets for their actions and wish they had done more. Additionally, you were a member of the Trinity United Church for more than 20 years and attended many sermons where the Reverend Jeremiah Wright proclaimed the nonsense that America invented the AIDS virus to exterminate black people and that the government introduced crack cocaine into African-American neighborhoods in order to imprison black people. Your "spiritual advisor" (your description) also vehemently stated that we should not say, "God Bless America" but, rather, "God damn America" because ours is an evil nation. Reverend Wright has also praised the race-baiter Louis Farrakhan and the terrorist group Hamas. And, although you have recently resigned your church membership from Trinity United, you have not renounced the black liberation theology advanced by your former pastor. In fact, it was only after Father Michael Pfleger, another who you claim helped shape your moral views, made racist remarks from your church pulpit about the evil of white people and described America as, "the greatest sin against God", that you decided to leave Trinity United. However, you also said, "I'm not denouncing the church and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the church", adding, "the church have been suffering from the attention my campaign has focused on them". It sounds like you are leaving the church for political reasons only. Why can you not denounce a church which puts forth racist, anti-American sentiments? Do you or your wife who says she is "proud for the first time in my adult life to be an American" share some of these feelings? We still have not heard about all your dealings with Tony Rezko, a Chicago slumlord who donated $10,000 to your campaign from an alleged crooked kickback scheme and is now on trial. What are we to make of all these troubling relationships you have had for many years with terrorists, racists, and indicted crooks? You have promised a "change" in the political atmosphere but you appear to be just another politician who will associate with anyone who can help advance your career. Where's the change?

Next, you have proposed a "Global Poverty Act" which would give more than $845 billion of US taxpayers' money to other nations over and above the billions that we already give. You have said that, "It must be a priority of American foreign policy to commit to the elimination extreme poverty". I am afraid, Senator Obama, that the American people will be the ones experiencing extreme poverty once you have enacted all of your big government programs. In addition to a government-run health care program (estimated cost of $100 billion), you have also proposed a 10-year, $150 billion program to establish a "green energy sector"; a $60 billion "National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank" to construct and repair highways, bridges, and other infrastructure; a government sponsored college loan program and federal pre-K nursery school program; more tax dollars for illegal aliens, giving them amnesty and allowing them to have drivers licenses, Medicaid and Social Security benefits; and a $340 billion tax credit benefit. And there's more…lots more. To pay for all of this, you have proposed a $2 trillion tax increase on all individuals (not just the "rich") and an increased corporate tax rate which is already one of the highest in the world at 40%, including federal and state taxes. You are also in favor of raising the capital gains tax rate to 20-25 percent. How is all of this going to help an already struggling American economy? Are you not afraid, Senator Obama, that your big tax-and-spend initiatives will drive the economy straight into a recession?

Also, despite your claims of support for the Second Amendment rights for Americans, you have pledged to "ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons". You have stated that the DC law which prevented citizens from defending themselves was "constitutional" and you refused to join with 55 other senators to support the Supreme Court case opposing the DC gun ban. In 1996 you supported "banning the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns" in Illinois. In 2004 you voted against the DeMar self-defense bill to protect citizens who use handguns in self-defense in their homes and businesses. The bill was overwhelmingly voted into law despite a veto by the governor. You were one of only 20 state senators to vote against the bill. You have been endorsed by several anti-gun groups including the deceptively-named, American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA). It appears, Senator Obama, that you believe American citizens should not be allowed to defend themselves with firearms. How do you explain your anti-Second Amendment comments and actions?

On the cultural front, there is not a single issue on which you have broken with the positions of left-wing interest groups - from gay marriage, to abortion, to legalized drugs. Although you claim that you oppose gay marriage, in 2004 you said that you opposed the Defense of Marriage Act which was meant to prevent gay marriage from being imposed on the country without the consent of the American people. Shouldn't the people, rather than unelected judges, decide on the definition of marriage? You received a perfect 100% voting rating from NARAL over the past three years and you have stated that you oppose "notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions". You have also said that you support partial birth abortions. If you are elected president will you attempt to overturn the Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003? How do you feel about the millions of babies who have been put to death by abortion? Also, you have admitted to using drugs in the past and you say that you favor decriminalizing the use of marijuana. Do you or do you not believe that drug use is harmful to our children? If you believe it is harmful why would you want drugs to be more readily available?

You have expressed your intent to name justices to the Supreme Court in the mold of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Anthony Kennedy, and David Souter - judges who have made decisions based more on their personal, political and moral views than on constitutional and legal principles. You said that you want judges who have "the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old". You voted against the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts - one of only 17 nay votes (all Democrats) - justifying your opposition by saying that difficult cases should be decided by "one's deepest values, one's core concerns, one's broader perspective on how the world works, and the depth and breadth of one's empathy". As a lawyer, do you believe that issues should be decided based upon constitutional and statutory language? Or, should a judge make decisions based upon personal feelings? Do you believe that the will of unelected judges supersedes the votes of the American people?

Finally, you have made "hope" and "change" the centerpiece slogans of your campaign, promising fresh national unity and a higher purpose. The national media and young people, especially, love your idealistic rhetoric. But are you the unifier who you claim to be? Your voting record is among the most partisan in the Senate and you were rated the most liberal senator in 2007 by the National Journal, a non-partisan publication. Your policy agenda is more liberal than Hillary Clinton's or Ted Kennedy's or any Democratic nominee since George McGovern. The change that you advocate seems to be nothing more than a reversion to the failed big-government policies of the Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson administrations. If you are truly a unifier, which liberal policies are you willing to compromise for the sake of unity? What bi-partisan legislation are you prepared to support?

So far you have avoided answering any of these questions. The Democratic Party has nominated for President a freshman Senator with barely three years of national experience who most of America still barely knows. You are the least tested and least experienced nominee for the presidency in modern times. Are you prepared to do more than obfuscate, dodge and ignore the tough questions? America needs more than a smooth-talking, politically-correct, empty-suit President. What American voters want to know, Senator Obama, is who are you? Who, really, are you?

Take the online poll here: http://www.stevemc2.com

Recently our elected
representatives in Congress interrogated the heads of the major oil
companies (those evil corporations) and wanted to know why these
companies are making a profit for their stockholders. Of course, many of us are
stockholders either through our IRA's, our 401K's, or the stock market. But,
never mind that. "Big Oil" is the evil-doer and the cause for high
gas prices. Oh, really?

Did they forget
that drilling in ANWR is off limits, and drilling off the coast of Florida and California is also off limits, except for China, Venezuela and Cuba who have signed 100-year leases on the oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
Coal-to-oil technology, which has been around since the 1930s, is prohibited,
no dams can be built for hydro-electric power, and don't even think about
copying France which gets 80% of its energy needs from nuclear power. And
no windmills which only clutter the view of Senator Kennedy from his
summer cottage in New England. Meanwhile, there has not been a new refinery built in
over 30 years and the number of operational refineries has been cut in
half since 1982. The refineries that are in existence have to make
different blends of gasoline, allowing states like California to dictate what unique gasoline blends must be made for
them, further driving up the cost to produce gasoline. To add insult to
injury, several states (again, like California) and the federal government have imposed gasoline
taxes amounting to more than 15% of the price of gasoline, while
only 4% represents oil company profits. Of course,
Congress will not consider a reduction of the federal gasoline tax, even
for the summer months.

Instead, our genius
representatives have passed legislation that would allow us sue OPEC
- like that will accomplish something! Let's produce more ethanol
which costs $1.23 to make a dollar's worth of energy while driving the cost of
food through the roof. Great idea! Oh, and don't forget the recent action
to protect the polar bears and their habitat which makes the location of future
oil development off limits to drilling. Finally, because the oil
companies are making "too much money", our government is looking
at seizing any money that the legislators consider "windfall
profits". Hillary Clinton said she wants to "take that
money" and do something productive with it. (I guess that's how she
intends to pay for her government health care program).

Did Congress ever hear of the law of "supply
and demand"? World-wide demand for crude oil has increased in recent years
due to the rapid industrial growth of China,
India, and
other developing countries. Meanwhile, supply has been limited by OPEC and
foreign national oil companies, which control nearly 80% of world petroleum
reserves and benefit financially from limiting the availability of crude oil.
Many of these oil-producing countries are less than friendly to the US
(Venezuela, Russia,
Iran, and other
Middle East states). We have enough domestic natural
energy resources to allow the US
to be energy independent for centuries. According to most energy experts, oil
and gas reserves on federal lands hold an estimated 100-plus billion barrels of
recoverable oil. These areas hold an estimated 635 trillion cubic feet of
recoverable natural gas. Anywhere from 800 million to two trillion barrels of
oil are available from oil shale in Colorado,
Utah and Wyoming.
According to Mackubin Thomas Owens,
Professor at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., and editor of Orbis, the journal of the Foreign Policy
Research Institute in Philadelphia, "If Congress really cared about
the economic well-being of American citizens, it would stop fulminating against
IOCs (investor-owned oil companies) and reverse current policies that discourage,
indeed prohibit, the production of domestic oil and natural gas. Even the
announcement that Congress was opening the way for domestic production would
lead to downward pressure on oil prices". Until Congress takes these steps
we will be held hostage to countries who want to cripple our economy.

So, tell me why, exactly are gas prices so high?

I will begin this with an analogy. You have the Blind Shepherd, The Wolf and the Wolf in Sheep Clothing.

The Blind Shepherd leads the masses over the steep precipice speaking words like Hope and Change. He has oratory skills that many envy but his words are hollow and meaningless. He wants to talk to people who won’t listen and those who would like to kill us or destroy our way of life. He also would like the United States to pay (to parties unknown) a huge tax that offsets our Global Warming impact.

The Wolf is the sly one. She has many friends and twice as many enemies. She wants to take the profits of companies and put those funds into a government controlled agency that would supposedly seek out new forms of energy. She wants to create a national retirement fund seeded with monies brought in from raised taxes. She also wants to create a government controlled bureaucracy that regulates people’s healthcare, how much it costs and who does it.

The Wolf in Sheep Clothing is the one we really need to watch. This one favors amnesty, global warming, and stepping over the aisle to support other liberal ideas. He calls himself a Conservative but isn’t.

Have you watched the battles on the news enough to know who is who?

You have to realize what these people stand for. How would you like to be in a business for profit and have the government step in and tell you how much you should charge for your services or who you can serve. Would you like that same government to tax you out of business or to *take* your profits? How would you feel if you went to college for all those years and then the government will tell you that you can’t charge what you think your time or efforts are worth?

Conservatism is the idea of smaller government, lower taxes and the security of our nation. The pursuit of happiness and the right to free speech. The Democommunists want to bring back the “Fairness Doctrine” which is the rule that in order for radio or television to support one side, they are forced to give the opposite views equal time. This equals the government telling radio and television what they can and can’t air. This is different than vulgarity or indecency. The free exchange of ideas part of the Constitution is not a rule that the government can force a private business to do something that might even be in direct conflict of their own beliefs.

The Democommunists believe that Mankind is DIRECTLY at fault for global warming. I wonder if they have given any thought to the sun, more sunspots = more heat, less sunspots = less heat.

The Democommunists believe that the United States is the cause of all genocide and killing all over the planet. They also believe that we are RAPING the world of all its precious resources, leaving none for the next generation.

I am one that believes that we are, in fact, living in the last days. I’m having a real difficulty in believing that we puny humans can destroy something that GOD created. We think so highly of ourselves that we seem to have forgotten who is really in charge.

Vanity is our downfall. We have strayed far from the path. Our country was founded by White, Landowning Slaveholders and we have the audacity to claim superiority.

We have a responsibility to uphold the Constitution. If we don’t do that, I’m certain the lovely Islamofascists would enjoy our amber waves of grain.

Study your options and be informed, don’t fall victim to the empty platitudes of change and hope. Don’t be fooled by a person who calls himself one thing and is actually another. Be wary of anyone who says they would like to take the profits of a private business and use it for the greater good. Any government who uses the “for the greater good” line, you should immediately see what the fight for the greater good gets the people in China, Venezuela, Cuba or any of the other Communistic/Socialist countries.

Capitalism is what drives our country. It drives our economy. It drives everything. If you aren’t able to enjoy the fruits of your labor, why would you want to sweat for anything?

If you tax the companies, they will raise prices to maintain their bottom line. Prices go up, people will buy less. People buy less, companies have to downgrade their operations which in turn, run the risk of layoffs and worse, the company could go out of business. If that happens, then the city the company was located in will lose the tax income that the company was paying them.

Do you see the line? Lower taxes, lower government spending is how you drive the economy. Not raising taxes. Why do you think companies are flooding out of our country and going to places like China? It’s cheaper to operate there.

If you still don’t see what is happening, then you are perfect fodder for the Democommunists.

Think about what you see and hear.

One of the most defining pictures of Oil was the Spindletop gusher in

Beaumont, Texas in 1901, since then it has been a war to control

supply all over the world.

Oil drives everything in our society, not one thing is untouched by

oil. Ever think about plastic? How about rubber?

Vaseline? I know, who uses that anymore now that we have KY, but

you get the point eh?

Soaring oil prices drive up everything and now we are taking

precious farmland to grow corn for ethanol and not for food. All food

prices will go up because of this and ethanol actually takes more

energy to make than the benefits it would give out.

Oil is the main driving force of the world economy.

I was watching a special on the Clinton News Network, about a

fantasized oil shortage by terrorism attacks in Saudi Arabia. It's

simply amazing that people are so hypnotized by the possibility

of an oil shortage. It's somewhat akin to people running around

like chickens with their heads cut off.

Human civilization has existed for thousands of years without oil,

what makes these people think life will end without it?

Human civilization will change, but it will not be eliminated.

Besides, humanity needs a little jolt anyway. We have so much

knowledge and so little desire to use it. Nuclear power is certainly

one answer but the incident at Three Mile Island still have people

scared.

The future takes risks, just like you getting into your car to drive

to work. Anything can happen, just take the risk.

As President Lincoln once said, 'You can fool all of the people some of the time, some of the people all the time but you can never fool all of the people all of the time'.

The art of politics is the ability to say one thing and mean another. There has never been an honest politician. If anyone ever needs proof of this, just take Lincoln for example. When Lincoln was elected, nothing in his rhetoric said anything about emancipation yet this has been taught in schools that he was the Great Emancipator.

I believe that the emancipation was one of the worst things that could ever have happened to black people in the United States. Imagine being freed from the chains of bondage, only to have to wait another 100 years to have the US Congress have to pass something like the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Lincoln forcing the southern states to end slavery is akin to what our government is doing today, usurping the rights and powers of the states to make decisions on what is best for their own people.

Don't take these words to mean that I support slavery, but slavery, like communism has its shelf life of working. Communism in Russia only lasted 80 years and it collapsed. What has grown in its place is a hybrid of socialism and capitalism, much like the direction our own country is making these days.

Race is a very sensitive subject, speak on it one way or the other and you will immediately be branded a racist by one race or the other.

You've got the entire drama of Obama/Wright and Clinton and her "First Black President" husband, Bill. Neither one of these duos have their act together. Wright wants to make it about race and Obama wants to turn our country into a socialist wasteland that is subjugated to the whims of creatures like Ahmedinijad (sp?) and Chavez. Clinton would love to take profits of companies and put them into a fund to research alternative forms of energy.

If Clinton wins the primaries by a slim lead, Obama and the blacks will believe that the nomination was stolen, If Obama wins the nomination, Clinton will do everything in her power to wrest the nomination away from him, either way, this will be a most interesting thing to watch on TV.

There is actually a group called "Recreate '68", which will probably turn Denver into a wasteland through riots and what-not.

Anyone who says this election isn't about race has their head screwed firmly up "where the sun doesn't shine". The first viable white woman and the first viable black man, both with an equal chance at taking the nomination. If you look closely at the numbers, there isn't a clear choice. In the Democrat party, (even without OpChaos in action) there isn't a clear choice. People are either voting against one or for the other. Women voting for Clinton and blacks and impressionable young people voting for Obama.

Obama talks and talks about Hope and Change, it's nice to hope but what exactly is he hoping to change? The President of the United States is largely a figurehead, without the power of the Congress behind him or her, the President can't and won't be able to do a damned thing, sad but true.

I think Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II has more power than the President does, people actually respect her. If the President does not have the respect of the people or the Congress, he won't have the power to get anything accomplished.

It's fine if you get elected through race relations or treachery but if your party doesn't control Congress, you're what they call a "lame duck", certainly an apropos name for either of our Democrat candidates, don't you think?

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Have you seen the bumper
sticker that reads, "War Is Not the Answer?". I saw one the other day
and thought to myself, "That's a nice sentiment but it is a simplistic,
ill-informed slogan". In truth, war sometimes is the answer. There are
many anti-war protest groups, many of them formed on American university
campuses, which continue to believe that war never changes anything and should
never be considered, regardless of the consequences of not waging war. There
are few people who are pro-war but, when used as a last resort, war can often
be the answer. To believe that if we laid down our arms, all of our enemies
would reciprocate, is naïve and explains why most anti-war groups come from the
Left of the political spectrum. Most of those who hold these beliefs are
idealists who continue to advance the theory that man is intrinsically good by
nature despite historical evidence to the contrary. Would pacifism have
defeated the evil of Nazi Germany or imperialist Japan?
Would the communist "Evil Empire" of the Soviet Union
have collapsed without the threat of missiles deployed on the European
continent and the buildup of the American nuclear arsenal? Would Hitler, Tojo
or Stalin have abandoned their militaristic actions if the rest of the world
had simply laid down their arms? Of course not. Our enemies, you see,
understand that war can change things. This is the reason that Osama bin Laden
and al-Qaeda have declared war on America
and the Western world. They realize that war is the answer for them to achieve
their goals of conquest. They will not capitulate to pacifism and bumper
stickers.

Democrat presidential
candidate Barack Obama has stated that he would meet unconditionally with representatives
of all the world's regimes, including Cuba's
Castro, Iran's
Ahmadinejad, and North Korea's
Kim Jong-Il. He believes that all problems can be resolved through dialogue and
negotiations. Once again, this is a naïve point of view. Former US
president Jimmy Carter recently traveled to the Middle East
to meet with the leaders of the terrorist group Hamas in order to engage in
"negotiations". The only thing he accomplished, as Hamas readily
proclaimed, was to give credibility to an organization which has the stated
goal to eliminate the state of Israel.
Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the 1930's,
believed that he could negotiate with Hitler and keep his country out of war
with Germany.
Joseph Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler believing that he could
spare Russia
from the militaristic ambitions of Nazi Germany. Both men came to realize,
almost to the point of the ruin of their respective countries, that negotiation
was not the answer it appeared to be. Those who hold ambitions of conquest,
whether they be Julius Caesar, Adolph Hitler, Mao Tse-Tung, or Osama bin Laden,
have no interest in a negotiated settlement. In most cases, negotiations solve
nothing until a military victory has been achieved.

Another characteristic of the
anti-war Left is that they tend to believe that the aggressor is the victim.
Many believe that America's
foreign policies brought on the attacks of 9/11 and that the problems in the Middle
East are all the fault of America
or their ally, Israel.
Islamic extremists also want the world to believe this lie. The decline of the
Islamic civilization in the Middle East has been
advancing for many years and the region's only economic development was due to
the birth of the oil industry thanks to the investment by American and other
Western companies. Without this economic intervention, the region would be
nothing but a poor, undeveloped, uneducated Third-World ghetto. Al-Qaeda has
taken advantage of this state of affairs to wage a war of terrorism against the
democratic non-Islamic governments of the world. Unfortunately, the "War
is not the Answer" crowd has bought into the myth of American repression
of the Middle East. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy
Pelosi, Harry Reid, and most of the Democrat party leadership have all declared
that America
should withdraw from Iraq
and then the Iraqis will solve all their problems created by our invasion on
their own. Never mind that history has shown that precipitous retreat from a
battle usually results in catastrophic consequences. Those who want to compare
the war in Iraq
to the war in Vietnam
refuse to recognize the horrendous results from the American military
withdrawal in the previous war which resulted in the slaughter of millions in South
Vietnam and its neighbor Cambodia.

America
and her allies cannot simply unconditionally withdraw from Iraq,
return all of the troops home, and hope to peacefully negotiate a settlement
with Iran, Syria,
Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. America's
military has suffered more than 4,000 deaths during the war in Iraq
and, as terrible as that may be, a greater tragedy would be for us to lose the
war. We must do whatever it takes to win. Bumper stickers and slogans will
never lead to peace. Sometimes war is
the answer. War is the answer when it results in defeating an enemy which murders
innocents with suicide bombings, beheadings, and other acts of terrorism. War
is the answer when people can freely elect their representatives, live in
peace, and strive to achieve their dreams of happiness.

He's just going to keep on drifting further and further to the Left. Obama in February:"I have no intention of taking away folks’ guns.I think it's important for us to recognize
that we've got a tradition of handgun ownership and gun ownership
generally. And a lot of law-abiding citizens use it for hunting, for
sportsmanship, and for protecting their families.”

Obama now: “I am not in favor of concealed weapons,” Obama told the Pittsburgh Tribune “I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.”

If you needed more, here is another reason NOT to vote for this idiot! Even Hillary Clinton is opposed to revoking concealed carry permits.

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In
1968, while serving as an interrogator with the USMC, I was assigned to
the 11th ITT (Interrogation/Translation Team), 3rd Marine Division at
the prisoner-of-war (PW) compound in DaNang, Republic of Vietnam. One
of dozens of interrogations I conducted during my 13-month tour of duty
was with a rather interesting NVA (North Vietnamese Army)
prisoner-of-war who provided some unusual information. As part of our
procedures, our interrogation team members routinely asked PW's if they
had ever seen an American held prisoner anywhere. Occasionally, they
would answer they had seen Americans, sometimes in captivity, and once,
one was seen fighting alongside the enemy Viet Cong. We kept an album
with photographs of all our military personnel who were missing in
action and asked those who said they had seen an American to go through
the album. Only once, in all my interrogations, was a PW able to
identify a person from the photos. He said that he had witnessed an
American pilot who had been shot down over Hanoi being manhandled by
his captors while a crowd was cursing and spitting at him. He told me
that the pilot was held with others who had been captured and gave me a
description of the prison compound and its approximate location. The
American he identified from the photo was a US Navy Lt. Commander named
John McCain. For me, at that time, John McCain was just another Navy
pilot missing in action who had his photo in the album. I had never
heard of the man. I submitted my interrogation report and thought
little more about it. However, a year or two later, after I had
returned home to the States, I heard a radio news story about an
attempted rescue of American prisoners-of-war from a compound in
Vietnam. The location of the compound was not identified.
Unfortunately, everyone had been moved so there was no one at the site.
The news story reminded me of the interrogation I had conducted in
DaNang concerning the captured Navy pilot, Lt. Cmdr. McCain.

It
was 1973 when I first saw John McCain on television as one of the
returning prisoners-of-war from Vietnam. There he was - the American
from the photo that had been picked out by the PW I had interrogated
several years earlier. For those who may not know, John McCain was held
as a prisoner-of-war for five and a half years (1967-1973), much of the
time in solitary confinement. He retired from the Navy as a Captain in
1981. His naval honors include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver
Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and Purple Heart. John McCain's
first person account of his time in captivity can be found here: John McCain, Prisoner of War.
Since that time, I have recounted this story to very few people,
however, a short time ago, I decided to send an email message to now
Senator McCain briefly telling him about my interrogation report of
1968. I have never received a response but I suspect his email is
screened and he has possibly never seen the message I sent.

John
McCain is now a candidate for President of the United States. The
senator is an honorable and patriotic man who has sacrificed much for
his country. I respect him greatly for his military service. As a
former trained military interrogator, I disagree with his views on
passive interrogation techniques for enemy combatants. I also disagree
with his positions regarding illegal aliens, President Bush's tax cuts,
oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, climate change
regulation, drug re-importation from Canada, and campaign-finance
legislation. But I agree with him on doing whatever it takes to win the
fight in Iraq, on finding and eliminating Islamic militants and
eradicating al-Qaeda and other terrorist factions. These are the most
dangerous threats to our country today. I will vote for Senator McCain
because we cannot elect someone as the next President of the United
States who will retreat in the face of evil. I know that John McCain
loves his country and I trust that he will never retreat. He will be an
outstanding Commander-in-Chief of our military.

CHRIST

THE

CONTRARIAN

          Late last year, as the felicitous fears and fretful tears were shed and spread by the unholy Hoaxters of the Global Warming kind, I warned the world that it is quite possible that God was a ‘Contrarian’ who was still in control of the universe and took great pleasure in His Contrarian control of the Wuthering winds of the world and the weather.  The ensuing weather soon brought the worst snow storm in one hundred years to the Chinese mainland with millions left cold and hungry in its wake.  This same cold and clammy hand of Fate soon brought “The worst snow storm to the United States since l978” one weatherbabe recently reported.   

         Comments regarding these adverse weather events are scarce, as the weather has not matched the Global Warmist menu for Misery.  After much deliberation we will soon learn this adverse weather was itself the result of Global Warming or perhaps it was one last snowy snowball salvo by Bush. 

         The dyslexic dialogue of the Left always provides and controls the talking points for the Word Warriors of the Right.   This adverse weather was a talking point sent by God and I have not heard one Right Wing Word Warrior discuss this uniquely designed Devine phenomenon!

POLITICAL SCANDAL

OF

ENERGY AND OIL

I have long been intrigued by the energy that comes from oil.  Oil is to a nation what food and fiber are to the human body. When children are denied food or chained to a bed we call it child abuse.  When our politicians fail in their responsibility to provide adequate fuel for the economy we are told they have “Environmental concerns.” Energy is the passport to prosperity, fuel for the economy and national defense.    

In January 04 my wife and I had the unexpected pleasure of being invited into the home of America’s first lady land man who had earned no small reputation in the oil industry.  In due time I mentioned that “We were spending 2 billion annually trying to develop hydrogen fuel and 3.6 billion to reduce pollution from coal and that 5.6 billion would drill several thousand oil wells.  Think what that would do for our economy, steel and trucking industries.”

            Our flamboyant hostess laughingly replied, “You are exactly right but it will never happen in our lifetime.” When pushed for an answer I was told “It was all political.” Later it was further defined as lobbyist and environmentalist.  As we proceed we will see beyond doubt or reason that our nation is being held hostage because our political leaders are more interested in their own vested environment at the public trough than the welfare of our nation.

In June 1975 I visited in the Washington office of Congressman George Mahon of Lubbock, Texas.  Mr. Mahon was the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee who just that week had delivered a “State of Energy” address to both houses of Congress.  Mr. Mahon was extremely angry as he said “The congressmen from the northeast could care less about energy even though they pay less than we pay in Texas where it was produced.” It is interesting to note recent reports show gasoline can be bought in New Jersey cheaper than in Texas with no inconvenience that comes with drilling and refining and cluttering the landscape with drilling rigs and oil tanks.

Further idiotological environmental evidence was seen in the mid-nineties when a significant oil discovery was made close to Alamogordo, N.M.  It was estimated to have a value of six hundred millions of dollars which would have been a significant boost to the economy of that area.  Drilling for oil was denied because a small herd of he-goats crossed this area on the way to their mating grounds.  It should be noted that he-goats, minnows, and reindeer always take precedence over the economy.

The most egregious and subversive blow to the economy of the United States in terms of catastrophic and strategic impact came at the hands of President Bill Clinton.  The covert action of Mr. Clinton involved the executive order that set aside the 1.7 million acre Grand Staircase-Escalade National Monument in Utah in October of 1996.  Included in this was the Kaiporowits Plateau coal and mineral find that was estimated by the New York Times to have a coal deposit that exceeded one trillion dollars in value as well as many millions of barrels of oil and rich deposits of other minerals. This production could have been brought online immediately with great financial benefit to our nations’ economy.

This vast source of energy would have brought hundreds of billions of dollars to our economy but was put off limits to American economic interests to protect the benefactors of the Democratic Party.  The Lippo Group of communist descent owned and operated the only other coal mine in the world with valuable low sulfur content and this new discovery would be competitive to these special foreign friends and democratic contributors.

To gain further insight to the exploitation of energy we would do well to look at the record of the Carter administration and its insatiable appetite for taxing both the oil and gas industries to the tune of 5% of all oil and gas production. It was labeled a “W