Sunday, March 21, 2010

Political Hubris

Here are the numbers as best as I can determine on Sunday morning, March 21, 2010.
Opposed to the Health Care Bill: Democrats 23% Republicans 88% Independents 53%
Those in favor try to skewer the figures when appearing on talk shows by saying 72% of Americans approve of health care reform. Well of course we do. That is not the same as supporting this horrific bill. The President holds press conferences surrounded by people wearing lab coats and claims that doctors favor his bill. The reality is that according to a poll by Investor’s Business Daily, 45% of doctors in this country would seriously consider leaving their practice or retiring early if the bill was passed.

All rhetoric aside, let us just use common sense and logic. The post office is bleeding money and wants to stop Saturday delivery. The war on drugs has not worked. The war on poverty has led to generational dependence on welfare. Social Security is going broke. Medicare is going broke even before the $523 billion this bill will take away from it. Yet, we are asked to believe that this 2,700 page bill will be different. With the IRS as the enforcement arm, how can this not be a disaster?

From March 5, 2009 thru March 11, 2010, President Obama delivered at least 52 public speeches or statements on the health care plan. Yet, the last time a Rasmussen Poll showed support for the health care bill was June 26-28, 2009. Clearly, the more the President spoke and the more the voters learned about the bill, the less likely they became to support it. According to a recent NBC News/WSJ survey, 90% of people who were undecided about the health care bill in April 2009 opposed the bill by March of 2010.

So, why did the politicians make it law? The progressive/liberal politicians simply do not care what we, the productive citizens of the United States, think about this issue. They have a Socialist agenda and they are going to fundamentally transform America while they have the numbers to do it.

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D. Florida) on the House Rules Committee said it best. “Rules, we make them up as we go along.” However, for in-our-face candor, how about this recent statement from Rep. Tom Perriello (D. VA)? “…if you don’t tie our hands, we will keep stealing.”

Even back in 2007 when unemployment was at near record lows, 1 in 5 Americans held government jobs. That percentage increased dramatically in 2009 and Government is by far the nation’s largest employer. The Obama administration is diligent at suppressing private sector jobs while edging up government jobs. Government jobs and government assistance equates to government dependency. The people who think this health care bill is a good idea need take heed to what Margret Thatcher once said. “The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

Progressives, both Democrats and RINOS, laugh and smirk now. A November Massacre is coming!

glen@bharrison1776.com

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Stacking the Deck Obama Style?

Did you know about two “devout Muslims” being appointed by Janet Napolitano to key positions within the Department of Homeland Security? I didn’t, until this morning when a friend asked me about it.
In May of this year, Mr. Arif Alikham was appointed Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at DHS. Last June, Mr. Kareem Shora was sworn-in as Senior Policy Adviser for the DHS. I admit that I am not a news junkie, but I missed these appointments. What could these two men possibly have in common? They both are on record as having strong objections to the policies of the DHS under the Bush Administration…you know, the ones that worked and kept us safe from attack.
Damascus-born Shora was, for 10 years, the National Executive Director of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC with 38 chapters and members in all 50 states). You can look up this organization for yourself but think ACLU for Muslims. They do not consider Hamas or Hezbollah terrorist organizations. The ADC takes an openly anti-Israel line accusing the Jewish state of “apartheid” against Palestinians.
Actually, I do not have specific concerns with Mr. Alikham, who was Deputy Mayor of Los Angles. To me, being Muslim is neither reason to be appointed to DHS nor a reason not to be appointed. So, I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt. But when you consider the caliber of people in the Obama Administration (see my blog Obama’s Dream Team), it is difficult to hold back cynicism.
Remember, President Obama is strongly opposed to a congressional investigation into the terrorist murder of 13 people at Fort Hood by Nidal Hasan. The President said he wanted justice, “not political stagecraft.” Of course, he is fully in favor of putting 5 of the Gitmo terrorists on trial in New York City where it will cost perhaps 100 million dollars and give these Muslim lunatics a world stage upon which to broadcast their venom. President Obama’s hypocrisy is shameful.
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Hoax Myth Scam

We have all been given a gift. The curtain has been pulled back to expose the manmade global warming hoax. It isn’t a pretty sight.
They say to always follow the money. When Al Gore, former U. S. vice-president and current chairman of Generation Investment Management, made a zillion dollars over the past 9 years, won a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for a bogus propaganda movie that was made mandatory viewing in many of our socialist public schools, we should have at least been suspicious.
After MSNBC (owned by General Electric) openly promoted Barrack Obama for president during the 2008 campaign, it came as no surprise that GE chairman Jeffrey Immelt was appointed to the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board last February. It is also no coincidence that GE aggressively promotes the Cap & Trade bill as GE stands to make several billion dollars if it becomes law. It is not difficult, then, to understand why MSNBC supports Cap & Trade and ignores Climategate.
Earlier this month, hackers broke into the computers of the world-renowned Hadley Institute. This is a British government-funded institution which has been widely regarded as preeminent in the field of global warming research. Released emails disclosed that the institute manipulated data and suppressed any evidence that contradicted their agenda.
Never mind that the earth has been undergoing climate cooling for the past 11 years. That is just an inconvenient truth that the global warming alarmist industry chooses to ignore or suppress. Yes, Al; there are more polar bears today than a decade ago.
Recently, under intense questioning by BBC reporter Stephen Sackur (I could do an entire blog on the death of journalism in the U. S.), Gerd Leipold (Executive Director Greenpeace Ltd,) admitted Greenpeace issued inaccurate information when they claimed Arctic Ice would disappear by 2030. He justified the release of inaccurate and inflammatory information by saying that it is the organizations practice of “emotionalizing issues” in order to alter public opinion.
We can understand why people like Gore and Immelt would propagate the manmade global warming myth. But what is the motivation for such egregious behavior by so called scientists? It is the same for them…money. Since 1990, it is reported that over 25 billion dollars in government funding has been spent on global warming. If scientists and researchers came out with reports that all global climate change is cyclic and not manmade, the money for such research would immediately dry up.
Even with Climategate, President Obama vowed to go to Copenhagen and offer to cut US carbon emissions by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020.
Perhaps this scam would almost be comical if the consequences were not so devastating. An entire generation of children fears the world is coming to an end. We have double digit unemployment and the Cap & Trade bill would ensure double dip recession if not a full out depression. It is way past time to reject environmental terrorism.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

NY 23, A Lesson Learned?

For the special election in NY 23, the inside the beltway elitists who run the National Republican Party gave their endorsement and $900,000 to elect a RINO more liberal than even the Democrat candidate. Conservatives from all over the country made our position clear. We want no more RINOS! Yet, Senator Boehner, Newt Gingrich, Michael Steele and their ilk insisted they knew what was best for us. The NRCC even ran campaign ads against Doug Hoffman, the conservative.

Until a few days before the election, most people did not believe Hoffman had a chance to win. That wasn’t the point for most of us. We wanted to send the GOP a clear message. Purge the RINOS. Yet, in one month, Hoffman went from zero name recognition and single digit support to within 2 points of being elected to congress.

The NY 23 special election exposed the hypocrisy of the GOP leadership. They solicit funds from conservatives by criticizing liberal Democrats and then use that money to support leftist with an R behind their names.

We owe Doug Hoffman a debit of gratitude.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

At War with RINOS

At War with RINOS

No, I am not talking about the rotund beauties at the zoo or wilds of Africa. This is about Republicans in Name Only.

People who are superficially aware of The Tea Party Patriots, think that we are only "anti-Obama administration". No one can pretend to speak for all of the numerous Tea Party groups around the nation, let alone our (15 million or so) members. But the following is fundamental to all of us. We believe in fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets, respect for our Constitution and Bill of Rights and a government that answers to the people. Does this reflect the Obama Administration? Of course not. It also does not reflect the true positions of Newt Gingrich, Senator Graham, Senator McCain, Senator Snowe and many other Republicans. No reasonable person could possibly believe these RINOS promote small government and fiscal responsibility.

On November 3rd, a special election will be held in New York's 23rd District to replace the Republican that was appointed Secretary of the Army by President Obama. This is a very strong Republican district. Yet, the GOP selected a candidate (no primary) that is pro-card check, pro-ACORN, pro-high taxes, was for the stimulus package and was the 2008 Margaret Sanger Award Winner (Planned Parenthood’s Highest Honor).. Her name is Dede Scozzafava. Her Republican values are as dear to her as those held by Arlen Specter. The Republican National Committie and Newt Gingrich support Ms. Scozzafava. Why? Because, they put the Republican Party before the will of the people.

Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and many conservatives across the nation support Doug Hoffman, an Independent.

The Democrat now has a slight lead over Scozzafava, who has a slight lead over Hoffman. So, why support Hoffman? Because electing Scozzafava is electing someone way left of blue dog Democrats. It would continue the diminishing of conservative representation in Washington. Hoffman is coming on fast and may actually win. He has a good chance. Regardless, the tremendous support now being given to a true conservative sends a clear message to the RNC. We conservatives have absolutely had it with RINOS. We want conservative candidates in 2010. We do not want a radical leftist like Scozzafava or “liberal lights” such as McCain or Graham. I for one will not give a single dime to the RNC until they stop promoting RINOS for office.

Please go to www.doughoffmanforcongress.com. I visited the site today and sent his campaign a donation. Conservatism needs your active support.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Treaty in Copenhagen

Al Gore has become a very wealthy man over the past 8 years promoting a hoax, man-made global warming. Even some reasonable people believe in global warming with the caveat that it may not be a result of anything we humans have done (cow flatulence perhaps?). Bill O’Reilly is among this group. It escapes me how these people justify their position when according to the National Climatic Data Centre, the earth’s hottest recorded year was 1998. NASA claims it was 1934. Keep in mind, by the earth’s calendar; we started recording temperatures about 5 seconds ago. 1998 or 1934, whichever; the point is that while Gore, Michael Moore, GE, and hundreds of other individuals and Corporations are raking in obscene amounts of dollars and exposing us to a plethora of “Green” feel good schemes and lost jobs, the weather is actually getting cooler. Weather is cyclic. That’s all there is to it. Weather is cyclic.
The “Health Care Bill” is not about health care. It is about the government taking control of 1/6th of the U. S. economy and the power over our lives that comes with that. Global Warming is not about global warming; it is about a one world order and a redistribution of wealth.
After viewing Christopher Monckton’s speech of October 14 at St. Paul MN, I began feeling overwhelmed. The Obama administration and the liberals in power are throwing everything at us at once. The 1960’s hippies and the younger socialist graduates from elite universities (oops, redundant, I already listed Obama) view this as a unique moment in history. They can now make change happen that they believe in.
Well maybe and maybe not.
We the people still have the power. If we don’t use that power and do it now, we will lose it. Tragically, if we allow the power of the people to slip away, if we are passive and just let it happen, (because after all, what can one person do?), then our children will have to take back the republic and it will be horrific. Once lost, it won’t come back at the ballot box. Right this minute, the Obama administration is trying to shut down all opposition, Fox News, Glenn Beck, the fairness doctrine, there is no limit. They want domination over all forms of communication. Complacency is not an option if we truly want to avoid a repeat of April 1861.
As we may recall from our high school civics class (back when schools actually taught such things), it is Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution that gives the Senate the exclusive right to provide “advise and consent” to the president on treaties and nominations. It requires two thirds of the Senate to ratify a treaty. The Constitution gives the Senate the power to approve treaties negotiated by the executive branch. Technically, the Senate takes up a “resolution of ratification,” by which the Senate formally gives its advice and consent.

A treaty is only made a part of the municipal law of a nation when the treaty has been ratified. Once ratified, the state has bound itself to public international law. We can’t un-ring the bell. Just to make sure, I phoned Senator Feinstein’s office and Representative McClintock’s office in Washington. Staff for both assured me that international law could not enforce a treaty signed by a U. S. President without ratification by 2/3 of the U. S. Senate.
I would be very surprised if President Obama does not pay for his 2009 Nobel Prize by signing away our sovereignty in Copenhagen this December. His left wing supports want him to do this. A stronger United Nations and a weaker United States makes the world a better place in their view. We must stop forcing our will on other nations. We must redistribute the wealth.
So, how about the Senate? Would they go along with giving away our sovereignty? Certainly some would do so gladly, but 2/3 of them? The chairman of the U. S. Senate’s environment committee said this week that it’s possible Congress will pass a bill aimed at slowing global warming even before international talks in Copenhagen in December. Senator Boxer supports signing the global treaty. She met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and conveyed her support. Ban has made the new climate treaty a top priority. Senator John Kerry is on board with it.
We need to talk to our friends, neighbors, work colleagues and family members. We must unite and shout as one “STOP”! Write letters to the editor of your local paper, join or form a Tea Party Patriots group, call you representative in Washington, picket their local offices and demand to be heard. Right NOW make a commitment that you will not let our freedom be taken away. Protest as long as loud it takes. Do this so your children and grandchildren will not have to bleed to bring back the Republic that we let slip away.

Treaty in Copenhagen

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Ammunition AB962

Ammunition AB962

I have read all 8 pages of AB 962 Assembly Bill Analysis. Did you know that this Bill was being signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger? I didn’t until it was history.

I have to say that while I wish it had never been written, let alone passed into law, I just don’t see it as a big deal. We can always worry about the preverbal slippery slope, but it isn’t as if we don’t have enough on our plates to address.
To me, other than being a hassle to those retailers who sell ammunition and especially to those consumers who require specialty ammunition, this is not high on the list of lost freedoms.

It basically requires “face-to-face” sale of hand gun ammunition of more than 50 rounds in any given month with exemptions for law enforcement, family members, spouses, etc. Yes, they will have a record of your purchase, as if they don’t already.

I see this as another “feel good” liberal idea that adds cost to business with zero possibility of accomplishing the intended goal of reducing handgun violence. It has already been tried in other states and did not prove worthwhile.

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