"Selling Guns to the Indians!"

As most of you know, I like western movies. I’m a devout follower of John Wayne, Randolph Scott and Clint Eastwood. Most westerns are “good vs. evil” allegories and are pretty easy to understand. One standard plot I’ve seen in several movies is when an unscrupulous “bad guy” sells liquor and guns to the Indians. This is usually taking place around a small town or Cavalry Fort which is on the verge of a hostile uprising. There is almost always a robbery where weapons are stolen and brought to the hostile’s camp where they are traded for gold, which the hostiles view as valueless yellow metal. The “good guys” always find out who the evil-doer is, and he usually dies in a huge gun battle at the film’s climax. The hostile Indians are taken into custody and a peace treaty always follows the uprising; everybody lives happily ever after.

I guess that by now, most of you know the People’s Republic of China, or as I call it, Communist China, hold an overwhelming amount of America’s debt. Actually, they could almost foreclose on the entire country; our debt has truly put America in great jeopardy. Over the last 3+ years, we have only increased our “mortgage on America” to this communist regime, with continued borrowing against America’s future by the Obama Administration. NOTHING GOOD WILL COME FROM THIS!!

Last Sunday, Communist China announced it will raise its defense spending by 11%. This has been a continued practice by Communist China since the 1990s. The largest communist nation on planet earth is continuing to increase its armament and America is continuing to reduce hers! The spokesman for the Red Chinese says this is for a “peaceful” posture of national defense. Aside from the United States, this buildup also puts pressure on India, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines.

The sad part of all of this is that much of the financing for this arms buildup for a communist regime is coming from the interest the United States must pay for the outstanding loans owed to Communist China! That is correct, my fellow Americans, our “gold” is providing “guns for the hostiles”!

We have a man in the White House that continues to advocate growing our debt, with continued borrowing from foreign governments, while he also advocates the slow dismantling of our military strength. I don’t believe General Custer could be doing a better job at insuring defeat than Barack Obama is currently doing! His belief of a world that wants to “kiss and make up” is a fool’s assumption, and the goal of any communist nation is to DESTROY CAPITALISM; that is correct, they don’t like us!! What are we doing? We are paying for our own demise if Obama’s policies continue in this direction; we are “selling guns to the Indians”!!

We definitely need to trim our budget, but not at the expense of national security, and Barack Obama doesn’t understand this. I guess his “hippie friends” had too much influence on him growing up. I like “peace and love” as much as any American, but I keep my guns loaded and my doors locked; perhaps Mr. Obama could learn something from a regular American about security and financial responsibility!

"Eating Cake and, No Jolt VOLT!!"

There is a famous phrase that has been attributed to Marie Antoinette saying, “Let them eat cake.” I did a little research about this phrase and found out there is no actual account of the French Queen saying those words. The closest thing came from a servant going to get bread at a local baker and passing the story on as her personal observation. The phrase was used to inflame a starving, French populous, as it seemed that their royal family was totally oblivious to the peoples woes. Poor living conditions and huge economic gap led to one of history’s bloodiest revolutions. The term “heads will roll” was in great use during those tumultuous years. Most of the French nobility faced the guillotine as the revolution imparted their own sense of justice on their oppressors.

Sarcasm isn’t a good tool to use when you are trying to make points with suffering people. The perception of a statement like Madame Antoinette was alleged to have spoken showed a total lack of care or understanding of the people she and her husband ruled. None of the people appreciated her “sense of humor”.

When a leader seems completely out of touch with his nation, what should his nation do?

Over the last several months, we have seen the price of fuel skyrocket all across America. I recently wrote a blog concerning our problem and the obvious long and short range cure, to drill and use our own resources. Barack Obama says this is the wrong answer for America. He is an ardent supporter of bio-fuels, which are decades away from being a feasible answer. As I said in my previous blog, the year 2050 is the date most experts project for a useable bio-fuel program.

On March 2^nd, President Obama made the statement that fuel efficient cars are the answer to reducing our current fuel crisis. He believes that Detroit can supply us with autos that will get an average of 55 miles per gallon by the year 2025. Yes, my fellow Americans, you will only have to wait another thirteen years for Mr. Obama’s miracle plan to solve the fuel crisis. Fuel efficient cars and hybrid cars may help somewhere in the distant future, but as a real alternative to rising gas prices, “this dog just won’t hunt”. The average American is not in a position to expend $27,000 to $45,000 for a new hybrid car; it seems “Obamanomics” has trimmed the working American budget to its limits, and our people can’t afford his solution.

Oddly on March 2, 2012, General Motors announced it was “temporarily” halting production of the highly touted “Chevy Volt”, due to lack of sales. It is just too pricey for Mr. and Mrs. America. The story behind this says that the accumulated sales coupled with the taxpayers subsidizing of this vehicle put its cost at around $200,000 per unit!! Another green idea that has gone sour, courtesy of Barack Obama; aren’t you glad he has such a great understanding of the average man’s problems?

Have you been out of work for a couple of years? Have you been forced to take a job that pays two-thirds of what you used to make? Are you having trouble making rent or mortgage payments? Are you having a rough time finding $75.00 to fill up your tank? I have your answer America! You need a nice big CAR PAYMENT! Yes, my friends, an additional expense of $300 to $500 a month will cure all your problems; just ask Barack Obama! Oh, by the way, how does that cake taste?

"Let's See Some I.D.!"

I remember when I turned 21 years old, nearly a million years ago! Back then, the big thing was to go into a local tavern and order your first beer. I must admit it was a little unnerving walking in there the very first time. The tavern was called the “Dugout”; it was dark and had a smell that I would later associate with all taverns; cigarettes and stale beer. I sat down on a stool and the bartender walked over and said “What will it be?”, and I replied “Old Style please”; he looked at me and said “I need to see some I.D.”. I reached into my hip pocket and took out my driver’s license and handed it to him. He studied that license like a jeweler looking at the “Hope Diamond”, and then he asked me my name and what my birthday was; I was quick to reply, as I knew the answers! With a half grin, he handed me my license back and drew a beer from the tapper saying “Happy Birthday Joe”; I replied with “Thanks”, and laughed. I put a dollar on the bar, and he said “This one is on the house, the rest you pay for!”

Later in my life I purchased cars, stereos, televisions and homes; every time I made those purchases, I needed to produce some type of identification if I was going to make payments. These seemed to be reasonable requests as the seller wanted to assure that I was who I said I was and was able to verify my ability to pay. When I enlisted in the Army, I also had to produce an I.D. card along with my draft card to verify my identity; even the Army wanted to make sure I was who I said I was.

If you buy something of great value and have it delivered to your home, the delivery receipt will often say “identification required upon receipt”, after all you wouldn’t want some “BOZO” picking up your new computer and driving away with it, would you?

One of the biggest crime problems we now face is “identity theft”, when a thief gets hold of your personal information and steals your money, or uses your name to establish phony accounts and run up bills you are liable to pay. Our identity is precious and we must protect it from “thieves in the night”!

Our current Attorney General, Eric Holder, is suing to stop states from mandating photo I.D. cards which are required for voting in an effort to stem vote fraud during elections. Mr. Holder seems to feel these laws would put some type of undue hardship on young people, seniors and minorities. Personally, I believe producing identification to vote is a good thing; few things in America are as precious as our citizen’s right to vote, and we should be protected from those who attempt to steal that franchise. After all, if we can throw away 528 million dollars on SOLYNDRA, we can certainly afford a few bucks for federal identification cards to secure our election system.

If Mr. Holder really wants to make our polls a better place, perhaps he may want to discourage some of that voter intimidation he overlooked in the last election from lunatic fringe groups, instead of complaining about a law that sounds like good common sense to every “legal” American!

"Shariah and Separation!"

What does it mean to be independent? People are independent when they can provide for themselves; you know, pay their own way, cook their own food and provide their own shelter.

When does a nation become independent? America had a “Declaration of Independence” in 1776; every year we celebrate that independence with parades, speeches and barbeques. We separated ourselves from English rule by declaring that independence; we said we are no longer obligated to follow British laws and edicts; we will govern ourselves! This was a pretty big move for thirteen little agrarian colonies against the most powerful nation on earth at that time. We fought for our very lives, eventually driving English forces off the American soil; we were independent!

The next thing on the agenda for those thirteen little agrarian colonies was to draw up laws of their own, which would be followed by all the citizens of a newborn nation. Finally, after long and arduous work, our Founding Fathers revealed the “Constitution of the United States of America”, the benchmark for freedom around the world: a government created to follow the will of the people, and to insure the freedom of each individual.

In the United States, we are under no obligation to follow any other law than our Constitution. We all have city ordinances and traffic and criminal laws, but all those laws and ordinances are subject to constitutional scrutiny. We have state constitutions too, but they are also subject to constitutional scrutiny; they can’t do anything outside the parameters of the U.S. Constitution.

I am a Christian, and I have precepts which I follow in my faith, yet I must also follow the laws of the land, and that is biblical. If there is something being done which I disagree with, I’m allowed to object to it, but I must still follow the law of the land. An American court can only implement the laws of the local, state or federal government; no other documents or beliefs are qualified for use in an American courtroom.

Currently in Florida, the legislature is considering a bill which will outlaw Shariah and other laws to be allowed in the Florida court system. This case is not peculiar to the state of Florida. Currently, there are 24 states with similar cases for legislation of this type. There have been cries of racism from some Islamic groups, claiming it is anti-Islam. In reality, this bill doesn’t specifically mention Islamic law, it says all religious laws regardless of sect or belief.

As an American, I must stand with Florida in the pursuit of maintaining our own system of law based on the Constitution of the United States. We do not live in a theocracy and our Founding Fathers wanted it that way. Religion and secular law are to remain separate, or we could end up with a government religion, and that is the “separation of church and state” that our Founding Fathers were trying to avoid.

If you are a Muslim, you are free to practice your religion as you wish in America, just as I, a Christian, am free to follow my beliefs; but in civil courts, both of our belief systems are subject to the laws and precepts of the United States Constitution; that is separation of church and state!

This is not anti-Islam, it is pro-American Constitution; and thank God we have those who will stand up for that great document!

"What Don't You Know?"

Have you ever heard the term “throwing good money after bad”?: it means wasting your money on a failed enterprise or project. I had a friend who liked to restore old cars, and believe me, this is an expensive hobby. If you ever decide to take it up, remember this: you will never recoup what you spent on your initial investment, unless you get lucky and find a car for almost nothing. Parts, labor and aggravation are the partners which will accompany you throughout your restoration. There will be times when you may have to abandon your project because certain parts are simply non-existent. If you are spending your own money, you can throw it away as you please; just don’t ask for investors to give you money to toss away along with yours.

We are now over three years into Barack Obama’s “green initiative”, where quite a bit of American taxpayer’s money has been invested. This initiative was supposed to open the door to an economic recovery, creating jobs and helping to eliminate dependence on foreign energy sources. This was supposed to be Barack Obama’s “magic bullet” to restore America.

Every time I look into the “green initiative”, I get another surprise. I thought I would see just how much failure we are putting up with from Mr. Obama’s “magic bullet”.

SOLYNDRA: 528 MILLION DOLLARS

ENER1: 118 MILLION DOLLARS

BEACON POWER CORP.: 43 MILLION DOLLARS

A 123: 249 MILLION DOLLARS

OLSEN CROP SERVICE& AQUSITION CO.: 10 MILLION DOLLARS

RASER TECHNOLOGY: 33 MILLION DOLLARS

SPECTRAWATT: 500,000 DOLLARS

MOUNTAIN PLAZA INC.: 424,000 DOLLARS

These figures add up to $981,924,000!! Now I must say this: this isn’t all there is. I got tired researching this horrendous waste of taxpayer’s money, as the failed programs seem bottomless! This is Barack Obama’s cure for America’s problems! The worst part of all of this is that we have come to expect this with very little complaint from most of the American Media. These types of dismal failures are hardly a footnote on most of our news providers. Aren’t reporters supposed to keep our leaders accountable for their actions? How can a continued parade of failure go on with little or no investigation from our “fifth estate”? Outside of FOXNEWS, there is virtually no coverage of the mistakes of this current administration. The media should be acting as the public’s advocate when we are having continued failure from our leadership. They should not be the “excuse maker” for inept policies. What is this hold that Barack Obama seems to have over most of the American Media? Had any other president had this record of continued ineptitude, he would have been quickly castigated by the press. Is it possible, that the American press is so afraid of being cast as racist, that they will ignore anything questionable from the Obama Administration?

America has, perhaps, the most important election in our history coming this November. It is the duty of the American Media to tell EVERYTHING that is available about both candidates and INCUMBENTS. As you have read this, other than SOLYNDRA, how many other names did you recognize? What other information have you been denied? Do you want four more years of ignorance of fact from the media? Find out as much as you can before you cast that ballot in November, even if you must do it on your own!

"Lebensraum!"

I have several friends who are involved with law enforcement, and I value their perspective on certain aspects of life. There are people out there that are child molesters, and drug addicts, and if you ask most experienced law enforcement officers, they will tell you that molesters are molesters forever, and an addict will always be an addict, even when they are off drugs for years.

Power is also an “addictive behavior”, as we have seen by some abusive behavior from our political leaders, both past and present.

Hitler wanted to see Germany return to the glory of its past, to reclaim those days of Teutonic legends of “super human Aryans”. When he returned from WWI,he saw a Germany in ruin with high unemployment and runaway inflation much higher than any other nation had ever seen, including America’s “Great Depression”. Hitler gave the German people a common enemy, world Jewry and communism. People who are starving, broke and angry were happy to embrace Hitler’s twisted logic; they needed someone to blame, and they wanted a return to past glory. What actually saved Germany was the free market economy after WW II. Free Germany was an economic giant in manufacturing and was the corporate center of Europe. There was no return to the Teutonic Glory proposed by Adolf Hitler.

Born in the late 40s, I remember the threat of communism which hung over America from the old Soviet Union. Stalin was followed by Khrushchev and no love was lost on the American people by either of these men. The Soviet Union was a looming giant with the ability to launch nuclear weapons on a level that could possibly equal the United States. Russia and her puppet republics were a force to be reckoned with, as she held a virtual stranglehold on all of Eastern Europe.

Yesterday, I read about a speech made by Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, which resurrected visions of the U.S.S.R. of the past. This speech has an undertone of Russian dominance throughout Europe.

Putin said “Russia is actively participating in the international effort to support the ailing European economies, (like China is doing for U.S.) and is consistently working with its partners to formulate COLLECTIVE DECISIONS under the auspices of the IMF. Russia is not opposed in principle to direct FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE in some cases.” He also said ”…I am convinced that GLOBAL SECURITY can only be achieved through cooperation with RUSSIA…”. I don’t know how this sounds to you, but it is all too familiar to me; it sounds like European dominance by the Russian government, and what follows that? If this doesn’t disturb you, listen to this quote “…Russia proposes moving toward the creation of a COMMON ECONOMIC AND HUMAN SPACE from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean__ a community referred by Russian experts to as THE UNION OF EUROPE, which will strengthen Russia’s potential and position in its economic pivot toward the NEW ASIA.”

In Hitler’s Germany he said what the German people needed was “Lebensraum”, living space; this was his justification for conquest. The above statements from Putin certainly sound like his version of “Lebensraum”, and I hope the good people of Russia don’t fall under his spell; only disaster will follow.

"Tattle-Tale"

There was an old Beatles song called “Do You Want to Know a Secret?” It was a chart topper when I was in high school. We all have secrets that we would rather not have revealed to the world. As an adolescent, secrets are rampant, and only trusted friends are told our deepest thoughts and feelings. I’m sure the ladies reading this are more familiar with this than the guys; girls are much more open to one another than men are; guys are always trying to preserve an image.

Once in a while we tell a secret to a trusted confidant and that trust is broken, and we find out that friend isn’t as trustworthy as we thought. Sometimes we use the name “tattle tale” in regards to those who have “spilled the beans” on a secret we were trying to keep. Sisters and brothers are lousy secret keepers, and they will “rat you out” in a heartbeat to Mom and Dad pretty fast if they believe they will gain an advantage over you.

In this election year, we have seen countless “secrets” told about prospective candidates, in order for their opponents to gain an advantage. In the workplace, we often see one employee “tell on” another employee to get ahead in the organization, and to gain favor with the Boss! We must be very careful when we tell someone a secret, and we must be choosy about who we consider a close “confidant”.

In the world, there are also secrets to be kept. Beneath the surface of what the average person reads in the newspaper is what may be called “shadow deals” and “secret talks” that most of us will never know anything about. These actions are done to preserve what we call a normal society and peaceful world. We have those we can trust, and those with whom we will have few dealings, as they are untrustworthy.

When I was in the service, I had “Top Secret” clearance, and I went through a scrupulous investigation to have that clearance, and I knew things that were not available to the general public and the average soldier. The Army is very careful about who they trust. A nation should be no less careful when it comes to trust; the fate of millions could be affected.

Recently, Israel said they would not let the United States know if they decided to use a military solution against Iran’s nuclear warhead ambitions. They said it was so Iran couldn’t blame the United States for complicity in the military action. This was diplomatic talk, when in reality, it says that Israel doesn’t trust the United States to “keep a secret”. President Obama has done his best to distance the United States from Israel since he took office, and his constant apologies to all Muslim regimes lends credence to the belief he has no lost love for the Israeli people. I believe that our current President has done more damage to United State-Israeli relations than I thought was possible from any American president. His suggestion of rolling borders back to 1967 was an insult, which he never should have mentioned! His demeanor with Israeli leadership is nearly insulting in relation to his demeanor with Muslim nations. I don’t blame Israel for their reticence in giving any early information to the United States at this time. I hope that there is no military conflict in the Middle-East, but if there is, I hope Israel measures their trust carefully, because there might be a “tattle-tale” in the Oval Office!

(Yesterday Israel stated it wants America to act against Iran, stay tuned!)