We need not apologize for our greatness. The United States of America and its founding was the first of its kind in the history of mankind. Government "by the People, for the People and of the People". With a Constitution as a guideline, the "People" decided just "what" and "how" the nation would be run. The "People" elected representatives for 3 aspects of carrying out those guidelines in the Constitution, the President, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Those elected officials  had in place, by virtue of that Constitution, elements within such that neither one has absolute control or power. And a judicial branch in place to see that the "guidelines" were kept. Even freedoms that were overlooked and proved to be unjust were accounted for in the Constitution such that they can be legally addressed. We now have in power a group of people who are renouncing that Constitution in a blatant and brazen way.They have united in a way that they now, as evidenced by their

      I once feared the parameters of free speech would reach the height of being able to yell, "FIRE!!" in a crowded theatre. I fear even more that free speech will be punishable by law should it be against that which those in government "do" or "want to do". I fear now that even being able to express my concerns "here" in the "Town Hall Blog" would put me on a list of descendents to the intrusion of government in our lives and fundamental freedoms, and by doing so, I would be running the risk of being charged with the very thing that "I" see is being done by circumventing and redefining the guideline of this proposition we have known as The United States of America; The Constitution, with treason.

            I guess President Obama is taken a page from the Hillary Clinton playbook;particularly the chapter of "The Kitchen Sink".

           Perhaps I was wrong about my view of "Get Rid of God", because this week "TheBama" has called on the religious community to get behind him and his Health Care agenda under the scriptural notion of "I am by brother's keeper",yet another out of context reference trying to establish a tie to some "moral imperative" as if God "needs" a "partner". It would seem that 20 years under the tutelage of Reverend Wright he didn't receive "Rightfully Divided Word" or, possibly, received the Word and applied his own interpretations of the intent like he has done with the Constitution. Never the less, the leader of the ideologues, who rant endlessly on the "separation of Church and State" is taking the "kitchen sink" approach in trying to get the Health Care agenda through. They have demonized the Insurance Companies, the protestors at Town Halls, the Republican Party, Doctors and their practices of treatments for monetary compensations, Sarah Palin for her "capsulation", albeit harsh, of the potential of rationalization of health care based on bureaucratic outlines, to now trying to appeal to some "moral imperative" that we must satisfy based on an out of context "Biblical Principle".

           "...people baring false witness" just about had me on the floor with laughter when I heard it. As if utilizing the "language" of the church and The Bible (specifically the Ten Commandment # 9) would demonstrate his ability to "communicate" with religious believers. As though referencing "something" from scripture put him on some special "Holy footing" for his health care intentions. This is the same man who just a few months ago, reading from his TelePrompTer, that he was going to limit charitable deductions, including Tithes to the church. There is a country song out that says, "if 10% is good enough for God, then it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam". Well we all know that isn't how Obama and Geithner,a tax evader himself, don't think so. Nor has the government in general for a very long time. Never the less, as they seem to have a compulsion to do, this administration intends to "double down" on everything, including the Christian canon of Tithes, Offerings and Gifts of Love and take "their" share of what was commanded by God. These same people, personally, are the least charitable of our citizenry, but that is another issue.

        "Am I my brother's keeper?" was Cain's response to God when He asked of the whereabouts of his brother Abel whom he had slain. This, of course, has been altered, expanded, redefined, misquoted, misinterpreted, reinterpreted and redesigned from whole cloth for centuries, or so it would seem. In this case, it is "tied" to the "Gifts of Love" or more correctly, "Sowing Alms".   In truth, "Sowing Alms" is the third level of giving asked by God. It comes after Tithes, which is 10% of "earnings" that God wants which "belongs to Him" and "Offerings", which is an "overage" that one "offers" to that whom he selects for whatever reason. Sowing Alms refers to helping the poor, widows, orphans etc. From an abstract sense, what the administration is attempting to appeal to is aid to the poor,widows and orphans but ALSO frames as an entitlement to some who are in their state of lack either by their own design or by the system. When the edict was established by God the conditions of poverty and widow status was part of the condition of the times that was common, and God commanded His people to assist in the care of these people consistent with their abilities to assist based on the individual's abundance. God's people also had a conscience that compelled them to "do the right thing",an element that has gone the way of "Common Sense" over the last 30 years or so. This administration and the Progressives that have been appointed to it include other factors that are rooted in ideological/political stances that are designed to give them more power and control over the society. By approaching the religious community, with their "language" as "sound bites" to get them to support a health care plan that has several flaws and weaknesses that seem to get revealed daily is further evidence of the disingenuousness and condescending nature of this group of people bent on total control and manipulation of the people and Constitution under which this nation was founded on and demonstrated the fairest and productive of systems in the history of mankind. In short, they keep God in the "attic" until they think "He" can serve "them" and their agenda.

         This "new" approach to addressing the Health Care imposition (not the "debate" they would like to frame it as) is merely an attempt to demonstrate just how "noble" their intentions are. The fact of the matter is there is a population of people, "Baby Boomers" who will be coming of "age" as recipients and benefactors of the national health care system that, like social security, the government cannot pay for under the present system and maintain control. The war is against the "free enterprise system" and the liberties of the citizens of these United States (operative word being "citizens"...yet another issue). Government has redefined it's role and intent. It has raised its own levels of prominence and authority at the expense of those who put them in position. They can even give themselves raises in pay and coverage for health beyond those of the people who put them in place; and for LIFE.

        The American people need to step back and look at the bigger picture being painted by the present administration and other elected officials.

......and be mindful to not get hit in the head with "The Kitchen Sink". It is sure to leave a mark.

Just a thought......

            

                  President Barak Obama is back on the “Campaign Trail”. And it’s no wonder. It’s what he does best. The Stimulus Bill was passed because, as Monica Crowley likes to reference the president, “The Bama” returned to the “Trail” to sell the bill to the people. Still hung over by the mass consumption of the “Kool-Aid”, he managed to convince enough people that this would work and produce jobs. He took his “Apology World Tour” and pretty much settled into the Oval Office to do the “little things” such as appoint some 40 Czars, orchestrate a few “Press Conferences”, see a Broadway show yadda yadda and proceeded to his Health Care issue and his “crown jewel”. The response has taken him, his administration and congress aback. “What? The American people are sober now”? The details of the bill constructed by the House were “supposed” to get lost in discovery; some 1100 pages of it. But the objections have sent them back to the checklist of actions they have taken to see to it that the “highlights” are amplified and the opposition of talk radio and Fox News, which they have been demonizing all along, would make their claims fall on deaf ears to the left and the choir on the right.              “The Bama” insults the intelligence of the American People. It’s understandable. After all, politicians, both left and right, have gone through great lengths over a long period of time to dismiss “Common Sense” from any equation in the process of government. Politics has become an accepted as well as elevated, to the primary factor of making decisions in the legislative process. Progressives even go so far as to demonized the very foundation of law and the Constitution as a restrictive document and the creators of it as narrow sighted architects, who couldn’t possibly seen this far into the future and the heights we, as a nation, could rise to under it and the possibilities that the freedoms there in could offer. Progressives believe that the Constitution must be revisited and revised to accommodate the “changing times”. This too, has been a painstaking and deliberate process that can be traced back to Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, cloaked with “good intentions”, and, to some extent, justifiable. But get used to the idea that with Progressive insertions into the system, comes, what we are now being desensitized to accept as part of the “normal” and to be “tolerant” of, “unintended consequences”.

  President Obama, it is a very cheap tactic to demonize opposition in order to elevate "your" position. If your position has any substance or righteousness, it should be able to stand on its own, tall against opposition regardless of the root nature, i.e. "partisan politics". It is equally a cheap tactic to infer that the "opposition" would rather do "nothing". There "is" the possibility, in spite of your inflated perception of brilliance and foresightedness, that you could just be wrong and the "opposition" just might have a better solution.

           Over the course of the last 6 months, we have seen CEOs, Financial Institutions, Auto Company executives and “NOW” Insurance Companies, labeled as thieves, greedy, destructive to the American economy, out sourcing jobs and businesses, users of the “little guy” and so on. While all of this has been plastered all over magazines, what’s left of the newspaper industry to say nothing of the Television broadcast news outlets, not a word on the role that Congress has played in the collapse of the economy. Not a word about the “unintended consequences” that were the result of government intrusion.

          We did hear, “Too big to fail” in regards to “bailing out” the financial industry. We did hear that Tim Geithner was, “Too intelligent to dismiss from consideration for Treasury Secretary”, in spite of the fact that he, now in charge of the IRS, didn’t pay his own taxes for several years. We did hear that it was necessary to pass the Stimulus Bill in order to get Americans back to work. Those “Americans”, so far, are getting jobs in government and the “shovel ready jobs” were “there” and the “shoveling” had nothing to do with “infrastructure”, if you know what I mean.

          Jobs have gone to an Executive order of administrators they are calling Czars, who have power and authority, not elected by the people or confirmed by the people who “were” elected to represent them. And why aren’t these elected officials challenging that?

         Any questions or opposition to any of the actions taken by the administration and congress was met with the “Black Hat” and “Handlebar Mustache”. They were labeled “ideologs”, the ones who got us here in the first place, people comfortable with the status quo, and my absolute favorite, “We inherited this mess!! It’s going to take quick and rapid legislation to get us out of it”.

        The tactic of demonizing the Insurance Companies, for whatever reason, got derailed and that “train” has now gotten on the tracks to "demonize the American people" who, in the personal matter of Health Care, have heighted their concerns for its “reform”. Opposition has shown up at Town Hall meetings to make their oppositions known and to ask the questions that directly impact them and the lives of their families. Instead of listening and answering the questions and addressing the concerns, Nancy Peloci and Barbara Boxer, both of California (hmmmm), have lead the charge of demonization of the people who “dare to question” their intentions and efforts. Far be it that this bill is gaining a more pungent odor as parts of it are revealed by those who “have” read the bill and “understand it”. Some of the congress people are canceling their Town Halls not wanting to deal with the opposition and having to explain something that they may not have read or understand. It’s somewhat chilling to learn that not reading entire bills before a vote is a common practice in our congress. Cancelling these Town Halls is a clear indication that these people have forgotten; even dismissed the knowledge of who they work for. Instead, we are labeled as a “Astroturf” movement, a mob created by the GOP and special interest groups and organized “Brooks Brothers” protestors, sent to these Town Halls, who would probably rather sip on a single malt, suck on a ceeegar and rant over the upcoming football season.

       Now I am not suggesting that we behave as they did in Iran. I AM NOT!!! But I think we should pick a day and show up either on the steps of the Capital in Washington or the steps of our respective State Capitals en mass to let them “see” that we are serious about our opposition to the direction things are going. ACORN could, would and it would be allowed and acceptable. If “We, the People” did it, and we were met with military force to disperse, that would then show just “what” these people have in mind and to what extent they would go to, to see it through. It is clear that they don’t want to listen to the American people. They will not debate this any more than they held any other debate over the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, purchasing the auto companies, bailing out banks and financial institutions, nothing.