"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." ~~Thomas Jefferson

"Who will protect us from those who protect us?"

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. ~ Thomas Jefferson

"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free." ~~Goethe

19 February 2011

What happens if....?

What happens if things get out of control in Wisconsin?  Who will be blamed?

It's a powder keg just waiting for a spark....

Any President with half a brain would be working quietly behind the scenes to gather enough accurate information regarding "the goings on" prior to opening his mouth and commenting about it.  obama just can't get past his community organizing days and his socialist origins....  He's already opened his mouth, adding fuel to the fire.  He said that what the Governor and the Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature are doing seems like an "assault on unions". 

Someone needs to tell obama to shut the fuck up and start acting like the POTUS (something he has failed to do since being elected).  The situation in Wisconsin is a state issue.  It requires no involvement from obama or the federal government at this point in time.  I guess that for obama it goes back to the philosophy of "never let a good crisis go to waste".

obama is an agitator.  It's what he's good at.  It's where his experience is at.  A street corner thug.  Actually, a step below a street corner thug.  He's the guy who spews the rhetoric that gets the thug riled up, then stands back in safety and watches as events unfold.  An instigator.  No more, no less.

Remember Ronald Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers Union?  They went on strike.  He told them to be back to work at a very specific time or face termination.  They tested President Reagan.  They miscalculated.  He fired them.  I miss President Reagan.

The left obviously has the media on their side.  Huffpo and others are definately putting their spin on the events in Wisconsin.  Their reporting is so "out there" that you'd hope anyone with even the slightest modicum of common sense would see it for the hyperbole that it is.

Remember a few months back when Sarah Palin used surveyors symbols on a map to point out the areas of the country where Conservatives had an opportunity to gain seats in the House and Senate?  Remember how the Liberals screamed that the images were "crosshairs" targeting Democrats?  It led them to blame her for the tragedy in Tucson within minutes of the shootings.  That one backfired on them, too....

What do you think about this?

Nothing provocative about this, eh?  LOL.


Interesting.

This is from the people who know better than we do how our children should be raised.  The same people who left their jobs as teachers and pulled the children that they were responsible for out of school and drug them to the Capitol in Madison to be used as props in their demonstrations.

How about this one?




It's not Scott Walker who smooth-talked his way into the highest office in the land like Adolph Hitler did, boys and girls.  Nope.  Not Scott Walker.  If you want to draw parallels between Hitler and a politician in America today who rose to power like Hitler did, I think you'll have to look a little further up the food chain to find the example that you seek.  All it takes is a bad economy, some vile rhetoric, a few lies, an insatiable lust for power, and a whole bunch of really stupid people to elect someone like Hitler to destroy a once great nation.

I sincerly hope that things settle down in Wisconsin without violence.  The fact that the unions have bused people in from other states to join them in their protests should give you pause....  The fact that obama is inciting them from the sidelines disappoints and scares me.

My wife's family is from Wisconsin.  Both of her parents and all of her aunts and uncles were born there.  I considered moving to Wisconsin after I got out of the Army but decided against it simply because they are not a "Right to Work" state.  Put simply, that means that if the workers at a company in Wisconsin are represented by a union and you take a job with that company, you are required by law to join said union.  Personally, I prefer to speak for myself.  I don't need a union to tell my employer whats good for me and what isn't.

T.L. Davis has some thoughts on these things over at TL in Exile.  Go read them.

Thats enough for today.

Stay safe.

 






18 February 2011

Well....

Well, we've made it to Friday, for whatever that's worth.

I, like most of you, have been reading the blogs, the newspapers, and the online news.  It's what responsible citizens do.

The issue with the teachers union in Wisconsin is just the latest (or the earliest, depending on how you look at it) bit of heel digging going on in the world of the economy and government employment.  It's fixin' to get ugly, kiddies.  We have a new (old) governor here in Iowa, too, who is trying to rein in spending.  Government employment is one place it's happening and they are screaming. 

Know what I think?  I think it should have happened years ago.  They have broken the bank.  Its almost over.  There is no recovery.

Kalifornia is, for all practical purposes, bankrupt.  The biggest expense in the state is legacy costs for state employees.  The cost of compliance with "Green" energy laws is killing them.  The rest of us are keeping them afloat.  They are economically and morally bankrupt.  Thats just one state.  Its everywhere.  Rotting from the core.

It's everywhere.  Read any of the blogs.  Read any news.  The world is falling apart.

I'm struggling to think straight this morning.  I hope everyone is prepared.  It's gonna be a wild ride.

Way to be cheerful on a Friday, eh?

Stay safe.

17 February 2011

Sage....

"As long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to see poverty spread and special privilege grow."

~~Henry Ford

Stay safe.

Thursday....

Surely by now everyone realizes obama's intentions, or at least his direction.

Why do our Senators and Congresscritters continue to support his agenda?

He still has the suppport of those citizens (and non-citizens) who believe that they have the opportunity for personal gain from this administration, though that support seems to be declining.

I don't get it.  I'm confused.  Is it something in the water, or did everyone take a "stupid" pill?

Just curious.

Stay safe.

16 February 2011

Think about this....

"I have read with keen interest all of the attempts by various pundits and thinkers to rationalize and discern the motivations of Barack Obama. I have yet to hear anyone properly articulate the motivation behind Obama’s destructive actions. Most reasonable, clear-thinking people now fully understand that this country is being destroyed before our very eyes. The most solid proof of this came earlier this week with the release of the Obama regime’s 2012 budget which, if adopted, would incur $26.3 trillion in new debt over the next decade. There is only one possible way to spin this fact with any degree of positivity: the United States will not incur $26.3 trillion in new debt over the next decade because the economy will collapse, the government will default and the Republic will cease to exist long before we burn through another $26.3 trillion. So, we’ve got that going for us, which is nice - to paraphrase the great Carl Spackler."

Read the rest here.... 

Stay safe.

Wednesday....

Happy Hump Day.

I'm thinking.

Stay safe.

14 February 2011

Sobering thoughts....

See what Mr. Davis has to say about our current situation....

Think about it.

Stay safe.

13 February 2011

Can't get a gun....

Use a knife.  A kitchen knife at that.  He hit one of his victims with a car.  That victim survived.

I'm waiting for the screaming from the Left to ban knives and cars....

Knives don't kill people, people do.

Stay safe.

A little light reading....

Sunday morning blog surfing landed me here today.

Definitely an interesting place.  It puts things in a different perspective.  A larger world perspective.  A world that we are part of.  It's all tied together, my friends....

A lot of it involves the United States in general, and obama (and his administration) in particular.  One article claims that the Egyptians didn't care all that much for Bush the Second, but that they trust obama even less.

The world is getting to be a very dangerous place.

The United States has made a lot of promises around the world over the years and has, for the most part, kept them.  It appears that that has been changing over the past couple of years.

Scary.

Stay safe.

10 February 2011

Keep it up....

Latest post from TL Davis.  Follow the link on his post to his latest article at American Thinker. 

In my opinion, Senator Grassley is the right man to be investigating this.  He is my Senator.  We don't always agree on everything, but I have a lot of respect for him.

You might consider sending Senator Grassley a quick email expressing your gratitude for his efforts on the Gunwalker fiasco and encourage him to keep it up.

Stay Safe.

09 February 2011

T.L. Davis....

Read this.

Spread the word.

Stay safe.

Definition of a difference....

A friend just sent me this article.

I think it's a good article for a couple of reasons.  One, it's just plain a darned good article :)

Two, he defines one of the most basic differences between Liberals and Conservatives.  "Opinions based on "feelings" vs opinions based on facts."  I don't think that's what he meant to do.... To define that difference.  But he did.  Most excellent!

I've always said that Liberals don't think.  They "feel".  If they could think they'd realize that they don't think.  Perhaps, then, they would think.   But then they wouldn't be Liberals.

Moonbats.

Thanks for sharing the article, Bubba....

Stay safe.

08 February 2011

Cold....

8 below zero this morning.  Windchill is minus 25.

It's a little brisk out there.

Stay safe.

07 February 2011

Religion....

Apparently obama now has religion.  He claims he's had it for a long time.  Hmmmm....  Read the article then ask yourself, are people really that stupid?.

There are also a couple of articles about the crisis in Egypt and obama's dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood

Lots of good stuff going on this morning over at American Thinker.  You owe it to yourself to spend some time there today.  Enjoy!

Also, take a minute to stop by Ann's place and watch the "Americans are not Stupid" video.  Enlightening, to say the least.  It is a perfect example of how the progressive agenda has succeded in the American education system.

Stay safe.

06 February 2011

Some things to think about....

"One man with courage is a majority"
~~Thomas Jefferson

"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted"
~~James Madison

"A decent and manly examination of the acts of the Government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged"
~~William Henry Harrison

"It is not strange... to mistake change for progress"
~~Millard Filmore

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public"
~~Theodore Roosevelt

"The business of America is business"
~~Calvin Coolidge

"We need not fear the expression of ideas-we do need to fear their suppression"
~~Harry S. Truman

"We...declared our independence 200 years ago and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers"
~~Gerald R. Ford

"We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around.  And that makes us special among the nations of the earth"
~~Ronald Reagan

"How wonderful for governments that the people they administer do not think"
~~Adolph Hitler

"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived"
~~Niccolo Machiavelli

Stay safe.

04 February 2011

"Contemptable...."

Interesting....  "The obama administration in contemptable."

I just had to share that.

While you're at it, mosey on over to Borepatch and read this.

The Liberal "deniers" will squirm over this one, since it directly blames that which they hold most dear.  PC.  Political Correctness. 

Stay safe.

Friday....

I got here, from here.

Read the blogs.

Yes, it's the definitive Constitutional crisis.

Everyone has been thinking it.  It's finally been spoken aloud.  Impeach.

Is impeachment the answer?  I don't know.  ;)

The fact that obama is still incredibly popular with Liberals should scare the crap out of us.  We are being led down a path of self destruction and his followers are cheering him on.  Are they stupid? (rhetorical question)

Its pretty apparent that he has a misguided regard for the Constitution.  His comments during his interview with Barbara Walters during his election campaign in October of '08 should have been a wake up call for anyone watching.  "The Constitution is an outdated document.  It tells only what the Government is not allowed to do.  It doesn't tell what the Government is obligated to do for it's citizens".    Whoa!  This guy is supposed to be a constitutional scholar?

Give it some thought. 

Share your ideas. 

Stay safe.

03 February 2011

Here we go....

Just saw this over at BigGovernment.  Watch the video.

Check this out over at Borepatch

See what Mr. Davis has to say here.  Write those emails.
Know your enemies opponents.

Stay safe.

02 February 2011

The Egyptian Revolution....

Read all about it from someone who is there....

"Friday was an unprecedented event in Egypt. While it is impossible to guess the number of protestors on the streets that day, it is safe to say that they exceeded one million. Every Mosque was a launching site for a demonstration. The Islamists were out in full force. The slogans that day were quite different than the previous ones. Islamic slogans and activists were clearly visible. The security forces were faced with wave after wave of protestors that came from every street. In 4 hours, the security forces were collapsing."

Stay safe.

01 February 2011

A couple of links...

No, not sausage links.

Please read this.  Especially the parts about our children and their education.  Think about it.  Understand it.  Consider how it can be corrected.

While you're at it, take a gander at this.

Go over here and read Mr. Davis' last couple of posts.  It's important that you do. 

Pay attention.

There will be a test later.  :)

Stay safe.