Did we forget?

December 7, 1941. A day that should not be forgotten, may have been. The entire world stood still that day. For the year 1941, the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, HI spread like wildfire. It was a day when people all over the world actually rejoiced because it forced the United States to enter the war. It caused anti-freedom loving governments across the world to tremble and for good reason.

Admiral Yamamoto of Japan was quoted as saying "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant." And that giant had tremendous anger. But why did we go to war in the first place?

Was it really just because Japan attacked us? If that were the case then why did we not just go to war with Japan and leave Italy and Germany out of the equation and leave it to the British and French and Russians? Because it was about freedom.

When Japan attacked the USA, they attacked freedom directly at its core. The French had fallen, the Brittish were barely hanging on and without help, there was no way the Communist Soviets were going to be able to hold back Hitler even with the famed Russian winters as an ally.

We don't celebrate December 7 anymore. Not as a holiday but as a rememberance. A day which President Roosevelt said would live in infamy. Forever. Never to be forgotten. But as we head into the year 2009 with a new President in the form of Barack Obama, we have changed as a nation.

We are a nation that has begun to turn its back on freedom and liberty. This is evident by the numerous and huge financial bailouts of various business sectors. It is evident by the election of polititians that want to take away your freedom of choice in the areas of health care, personal choice (smoking, drinking, etc) educational choices and the list goes on. We find that many things are being defined as privaledges instead of rights, such as driving a car or truck.

We see polititians subverting the will of the people by voting for things that even the people they are elected to represent don't want such as the financial bailout. We see serious and massive corruption in all levels of our government as polititian after politician is arrested and even jailed. You don't think this is serious business?

Out of the last 8 Governors of the state of IL, 4 have been arrested for corruption and 3 have or are serving time in jail right now. That is 50%. 50%! One could have argued that Rhode Island was the most corrupt state in the union but to see that 4 out of 8 IL Gov have fallen due to greed, lust, corruption makes RI look like Disney land.

How can we as a nation forget what happened on December 7, 1941? It took the blood and lives of millions of men to let us keep our freedom. Is this what they fought for in the jungles, in the open fields, in the ruined cities and towns, in the cold of winter and the heat of summer, in the deserts of Africa? No, this is not what they served and gave all for. This is what they faught against.

Who would of thought that in less than a century we would be the very nation that we once wared against. How must all of those brave men and women be turning in their graves right now. How they must be looking down upon on us from heaven with tears of sadness. How they would have stayed home if they knew this is what they would have given all for.

Why do I bother with this? Because I beleive in the USA. I believe in freedom and liberty. I believe in the project that our Founding Fathers started over 225 years ago. I believe that man has the God given right to live free, to govern themselvs and to have the choices to raise their family in a manor in which they deem to be best. But everywhere I turn I see Americans voting their freedom away.

It saddens me to see this. We cannot be little children having temper tantrums and vote for someone we know is going to take away our freedom just because we are mad at the party or person who is currently in office. This is how we got Barack Obama. Now we will have to brace for even more freedom erosion. Now we must live with more government regulation and rules and laws.

You do understand that right now, you probably break a law every single day of your life and you may not even know it. That is becuase you elect people who feel they know whats best for you and they impose laws on you and many times you don't even know those laws exist until some over zealouse young police officer pulls you over and hands you a ticket or worse yet, arrest you.

This is not what my grandfathers, grand uncles, went to war for. We are fast becoming a people enslaved by its government, but what makes this different from most government style changes is that this one is bloodless. There is no military take over or blood thirsty civil war. No, this change comes at the ballot box and we the citizens are just voting our rights away.

This December, this holiday season, think about the freedom you have to celebrate how you see fit. Now think about the fact that some day, and that some day could be sooner than you think, you may not have the right or the freedom to celebrate as you see fit. At that time, it will be too late to vote for someone who will protect your freedom and liberty because they very well may all be dead.

Think about it this holiday. Say a prayer for the men and women in harms way protecting your liberty and freedom. Set aside some time to remember what this nation was meant to be. And vow that in the year 2009 you will stand up for your rights, freedom and liberty. Stand up for the USA. You wont be sorry and your family and posterity will thank you as well. Don't ever let December 7, 1941, a day which sould live in infomy, be forgotten.

Stuff from around the Web on IL scandal

I have been doing some surfing on the net among various blogs. Below are some links to some of those blogs and news stories I have come across and read. I think they are good reads even if they don't express my view. A varied point on this issue is welcomed because it leaves no stone unturned.

However, note that some people (bloggers and commenters) will circle the wagons and protect the Democrat no matter what they do. They are doing this with President-Elect Obama. (By the way, what is up with this crap of "Office of the President-Elect? There is NO SUCH OFFICE!) People are putting a protective barrier around Obama or at least they are trying to.

Have you noticed that this guy has scandal after scandal that can some how lead back to him? I can't remember or find any President-Elect with such a record. Not even Clinton. Can this guy actually survive his first 100 days in office? We will have to see about that but if I was an odds maker (bookie to those of you in Blue states) I would be giving favorable odds that he will not. I hope this is not the case, but you have to wonder with Obama's past and his present, it doesn't bode well for his future.

The Evil Beet Not sure what is evil about beets (Yes I get the double entendre' in the name of this blog.)

The Watcher Blog of the Chicago Tribune This one is pretty funny. Great tip 10 list a-la Dave Letterman style.

My Way This blogger seems very serious in his analysis. Also notice the picture of the Governor and Obama. Look how smug Obama looks. You have to wonder how well Obama knew this guy. My guess is Obama would say, "I didn't know him even though I worked very closely with him for year."


Town Hall Will he or will he not go peacefully. That is the question. It currently looks like he will not.

The Liberty Cafe Just my own take on one small part of the whole IL mess. But is this just a mess in IL or does the nation as a whole have a real and serious problem? I think that question can be answered in a sad but resounding, YES.

Who is Candidate Number 5?

ABC News source and Politico are reporting that Jesse Jackson, Jr. is the now famed Senate Candidate Number 5 in the IL Gov scandal.

Now why does this not surprise me? Why is it when things go bad in or around Chicago, somehow the name Jackson comes up? I thought these people were all about change? I thought they were all about hope and promise as well.

"Keep Hope Alive" was Jesse Jackson, Sr. mantra for years. Obama took the Clinton word "Change" and made it ring in America's ear so loudly that it got him elected and people didn't care about anything else.

Is this the hope and change that these people talked about? Bribes, back room deals? Is that the only way a Jackson can get a Senate seat? To buy it?

We already know that our political seats are bought but they are usually bought by a few groups of people rather than one person. Have we sunk so low as to buy a seat you could not otherwise get elected to no matter how much money you have to spend?

To be fair, Jackson, Jr has not been named as a person of interest or investigation by the FBI. But if this source is correct, you have to wonder how far and how deep this whole IL corruption mess goes.

Will Obama be dragged down with it? He is due to be sworn in as our 44th President in a little over a month. Yet people this guy knows are sinking like lead anchors in a salt-less sea. Will any of this bring down a President before he even gets started? Or will Obama be more like Bill Clinton, where no matter what, nothing seemed to stick to him.

Obama has called for the IL Governor to resign but somehow I doubt this guy will do that. Now will Obama call for Jackson, Jr. to step down from his state senate seat if he is found to be a part of this scandal? If it means saving his own neck, Obama will throw him under the bus, too.

Yes, that is the change we asked for, I am sure. Now isn't change good?

Check out the article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081210/pl_politico/27055_1

The Auto Bailout is Strike Against Liberty

A Car Czar? Are you kidding me? Our government is actually holding the auto industry for ransom. They are telling them that if they want bailout money, they will have to let the government run them basically. Talk about nationalizing an entire industry.

This car czar as they call it, would get to approve or deny anything over $25 million in spending. That's right. The CEO's and Board of Directors would have to ask a government appointed official for permission before they spent a dime more than $25 million on anything.

Now understand this, it can cost a few billion dollars to develop a brand new vehcle. Yes you read that right. Billion. Developing cars to the specs and regulations that the government has mandated to begin with is not cheap. So if the car company wants to develop a new car, they will have to get the permission of the government first.

Now lets break this down. Car companies usually do extensive research in to what they think the public wants and is willing to buy. Obviously the big 3 US auto makers have been getting poor research of late for some kinds of cars and trucks but they still do their own research and in effect, the market pretty much dictates what Detroit makes.

This car czar will not have that information nor will he have to nor will he care. He can basically tell a car company you will have to develop and make this kind of car even if the public doesn't want to buy it. Now isn't that the reason Detroit is in trouble now? They are making too many cars that the buying public does not want to buy?

How about the fact that if the car czar doesn't like the restructuring of the car company, he can revoke their loans and funding and force the company into bankruptcy. How much power are we willing to give one person? Do you understand how many jobs are on the line? We are talking a few million between all three manufacturers. The auto industry employs millions of people and when a major car company has a sniffle, then the rest of the industry could catch a cold. Now you let these companies catch a cold and you got the makings of a flew epidemic in our nation. And Congress wants one man to see to the health of all of this? An unelected man at that.

Plus the fact that Nancy and the gang wanted to make all these loans conditional. The big three would have to drop their court battles over CA and other states emissions standards and such. So you see, the very people who brought us this financial debacle now wish to hold the country and its many private businesses hostage for their own gain.

Oh, don't worry, Nancy and the gang have their eye on the foreign car companies in our country too. They can't figure it out yet but they want to force those companies to somehow increase their labor cost to equal that of the Detroit three. Instead of looking for ways to help Detroit lower their cost, they want to raise the cost for others. There goes the incentive for innovation.

Congress is reaching far outside the limits of the Constitution and it affects me and you directly. You thought that the government would never be able to tell you what to drive didn't you? Well don't look now but our government is poised to be able to do just that. The main point is, will you want to pay for and drive what some in Congress want you to? I know I sure as hell don't and no I don't own an SUV.

But damn it all, this is the USA! If I want one and can afford one, I should be able to get one. Period.

A Governor and his court

I know everyone has heard about the Governor of the state of IL being arrested by the FBI. Now some people may think, so what big deal. Well it is a very big deal. Much bigger than just this governor possibly breaking the law. If the charges against this guy are true and fact, then it affects your freedom directly.

Seriously think about it for a moment. This guy is alleged to basically have held the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama for ransom. He was trying to sell it to the highest bidder. He was holding that seat open to someone that would benefit him. Not the people of his state.

Now when you are a governor and you get to appoint a senator to the US Congress, you are also affecting every single person in the Union. Even though a US Senator is duly sworn to represent the people of his state, what they do while in Congress affects every person in all 50 states.

This is not a situation that only affects the people of IL. It affects all of us. What if this governor appointed someone that did not really qualify for that seat? What if that appointed Senator swayed crucial votes that affected and effected your life?

How do you justify selling a seat in government? Don't tell me that everyone does it. To a certain extent that may be true. But this is different. This governor openly put this seat out for bid. He threatened to appoint himself to the seat if he did not get the price he thought he should get. This is self serving and has nothing to do with you or me or the people of the state of IL.

Add to this the fact that IL already has a former governor in prison for less than legal deeds while in office. Forget the fact that the state of IL has had a record number of governors to be sent to jail for various ill-deeds, 5 to be exact. Rod (yea we share the same name but not the same views or sense of morality) Blagojevich was out for himself. He was out to enrich himself without any regard to the people of this country. Rod Blagojevich could be governor number 6 in IL to go to prison.

Have we not had enough of politicians on the take. Forgetting why they are in office to begin with? How can we, the people, keep electing these people over and over again? Why is it we think its OK that character doesn't really matter? These people take our freedom, take our liberty, and line their pockets with money. They don't care about you and me.

So what can you do? Get involved. This is YOUR country as well as it is mine. You need to start understanding what your freedom and liberty is. You need to know what is in the Constitution. You need to realize that your freedom, although its not free, it is priceless. It is as priceless as life itself for without your natural God given freedom, you can have no life.

Don't believe me, then just look at the former Soviet Union. Look at nations that did not have freedom until recently and see how the people love having it. Of course the politicians don't like for you to have freedom. It gives you power over them instead of them having power over you.

The state of IL is corrupt. It is corrupt because the people let it be corrupt. Our government is corrupt because we the people let it be. We elect and re-elect the very people who are responsible for our plight.

People knew that Rod Blagojevich was a crook but they elected him anyway. People knew that Barack Obama had major character issues and flaws, yet we elected him anyway. People know that Barny Frank and friends are most responsible for our financial environment right now, but they were re-elected last November.

You, your neighbor, your co-worker, your relative is responsible for you losing your freedom. You and they elect these deadbeats. You must understand, one man or one woman can change the course of a nation and history. It has been proven time and time again. Now imagine over 400 people that you elect and put in Washington, D.C. and how they can influence your life. Imagine the people that you send to your state and local government buildings and how they affect your liberty on a daily basis.

Would you want your boss at work to be as crooked as Blagojevich? Most of us would say no because that could put our paychecks in jeopardy. Well, the same is true when you send leaders to run our government. And now we are reaping what we vote.

Now you can't blame me. I did not vote for Blagojevich, Obama, Frank, Palosi, Dodd. But many of you who read this did. So are is the biggest enemy of your freedom, my freedom, the people in office? No! The biggest threat to my freedom to your freedom, to your family's freedom is you, the voter.

If you don't vote, you are no better than the person who votes for the wrong person. So when you read about men and women like Blagojevich the only person you can blame is yourself. You voted for them. They think they are kings when you do and can do and say anything and get away with it.

We the people are not corrupt in general but we allow others to be corrupt by voting for them and then re-electing them. So when you lose your job or your friend, relative or neighbor does, know that it is most likely your fault. Unless you find and vote for those who believe in the Constitution and believe in your freedom and liberty, then you are at fault.

Want to prevent more corruption? Want to stop people like Blagojevich? Then vote for those who believe in your freedom and will not compromise principle for a buck.