Showing posts with label Senator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senator. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

What the Hell is going on

We have a ton of stuff going on in Washington, D.C. Most of this "goings on" is not what the American people want. We have our representatives, let me repeat that, our REPRESENTATIVES, doing what they damn well please, not doing what the people they represent want them to do.

We have a bill in Congress that is loaded with pork spending that have nothing to do with stimulating the economy. I mean, do they really want to stimulate the economy or do they want to take advantage of the economic down turn and seize nearly unlimited power.

The Liberals have chosen to not do what is best for the country but to take the power grab. I can say thank you to the Republicans in the House of Representatives that voted against this stupid, non-stimulus bill. They actually got back to their conservative roots. At least on this one issue.

But shame on the three Republicans in the Senate who voted for this. You can bet they will have a hard time getting themselves re-elected. Which is not so good for the Republican party or Conservatives. Or is it? Could this be the opening that the Republicans and true Conservatives have been looking for? I think it is. Think about it.

The Liberals were warned about taking this past election out of context and over reaching. They seem to think they won the election because people want socialism. Well all polls that are taken on this stimulus bill would suggest the opposite. Not to mention all the phone calls and emails each representative has been getting against this so-called stimulus bill.

Americans rightly so, do not want this bill to become law. It is full of things that are socialistic and have nothing to do with creating jobs.

By the way, how the hell does the government create a job? It can not create a job unless it is a government job. The private sector creates the jobs that get and keep our economy moving. If there is a road project, then sure it employs the private sector but that project goes away when it is done.

Then what does that private employer have to do? They have to find another project to keep those workers employed. So if there are no private sector projects then that worker gets the pink slip.

Hell, we can see that F.D.R. had a policy that failed and it failed big time. The Great Depression was bad in and of itself. However, studies have found that those policies extended the financial turmoil by at least 7 years. So that means the Depression of the 1930's was probably 7 years longer than it needed to be. The government policies did nothing to help the economy.

In fact those policies, which are similar to what they want to do now, extended the Depression. This stimulus bill will only serve to extend and maybe even deepen our economic problems.

Ronald Regan said, and rightly so, "all to often, government is not the answer. Government is the problem." This cannot be more so true today when one get a look at the stimulus package. It is so large that not even the people who were voting on this thing know what is in it. Yet they are voting on it and approving it.

Including this socialized medical part of the bill which every Democrat that is interviewed on this says it is what the American people want and that it only helps usher our American Medical Records system out of the dark ages. Even when they are faced with the language in the bill that tells exactly what will happen, those same Democrats tell us that is not what the bill says.

I mean how stupid do these people think we are? Well, they obviously think we are very, very stupid because we keep voting these people back into office each and every election season.

So once this "ginormous" bill hits the streets as law, will that finally break the average Americans back enough for them to do an about face with the elections and send all of those idiots packing? Probably not. But maybe the American people will throw another temper tantrum like they did this past election and vote at least some people into office with Liberty, Freedom and common sense on their tongue. One can only pray and hope.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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.