July 2009 - The State of our Union

To be honest, I wake each day with a renewed sense of purpose. It all comes down to the bottom line. The bottom line for me, is simply, the state of our nation for the future of our offspring. As I watch the catastrophe unfold daily, I find myself in disbelief when I see the atrocities being perpetrated against our freedoms, our heritage, and our republic. To say the least, what I am watching unfold in less than 1/2 a calendar year, leads me to believe that the Union will not be recognizable in the remaining 3 1/2 years left of this administration.

We as a people have a common ground. We have a "belief" in liberty, regardless of its lack thereof in the public square. We have a "belief" in the rights afforded us by the founders of this nation, and we have a "strength" among us, that is not recognized, but is granted to us by the documents that rule our nation. We want there to be a nation left to give to our children, and with that, the out of control spending has to be quelled. We must, as a nation vote in the 2 year elections in 2010. We must vote, with a vengeance, telling our congressmen/women in no uncertain terms that we need checks and balances in Washington. Right now, there are no real checks and balances in Washington, because both the House of Representatives and Senate are controlled by the Democrat Party, and with a Democrat Party Leader of the Nation, we have essentially a Democratic swayed government. With the Crisis, came their opportunity to fund all the legislation necessary to cover the Democratic/Socialistic agenda, and with that spending which was supposed to help the economy, we see numbers of unemployment continuing to climb. The housing market has still not found its floor, and the dollar is being sold off around the world. There is a demand for a globally gold backed currency, and several countries have jumped on the bandwagon to push for it. Many countries, to include Iran and China, have recently traded in the billions of cash currency for gold. The entire world is in an uproar. When President Obama took office he told us that this economic situation was the worst since the Great Depression, and recently, Vice President Biden told us that the administration did not realize how dire the situation was in the beginning. So, simply put, we are not in the Great Depression, we are in Armeggedon. We are not in the Armeggedon of Biblical extent, not yet, anyway, but we are in a epic proportion situation that has been aided and abetted by the current administration's policies and out of credulous thinking spending.

With the recent legislation that has passed the House already, called "Cap and Trade," we are in a situation comparable to Mafia Control. Honestly, hitting us below the belt with such high penalties/taxes/payments for emissions, there will be fewer and fewer businesses out there in the market. This will present lower money for the Federal Government, whether they realize that or not. This will also present fewer jobs being created for the American public. Businesses will be at a disadvantage for emitting "so called" greenhouse gases. I understand greenhouse gasses, and I also understand that the entire basis of the global warming argument is based on actual warming of our environment. This is not occurring, and it has not been occurring for at least the last decade. This simply falsifies the entirety of the argument, and thereby nullifies the idea that Global warming is even occurring at all. Now, what I bet the reader here will not be aware of, is that average businesses which will be targeted for greenhouse emissions are going to be food producers. If your business produces cooked food, your business emits one of the highest levels of greenhouse emissions. You will be thankful to know, that the cow flatulence did get removed from the legislation prior to consideration. You know this is good, because next would be us.

If we as a people cannot sway our nation's leaders to do what they are paid by us to do, then we need to kick them out of office and put others in office who will listen to their voters and constituents. "We the people" used to mean something, let's make it mean something again. Talk to your friends, talk to your children, and always keep your integrity, your moral turpitude, and your character in check. God Bless each of you as you go forth, and God, Please Bless America.

THE AMERICAN SOCIALIST EXPERIMENT

Thanks to Bainard, who is one of the US Senators, we now know that we are currently a part of the American Socialist Experiment. Yeah, so, how does it feel to be in a vast petri dish of unchartered territory. How ultimately fear encouraging and faith diminishing this brand of communication that we are being given is to us, as a people. No one has faith that this system is going to heal itself, and everyone ultimately has faith that we as a nation are doomed if we continue to let the new leadership spend our futures and the futures of our offspring into non-existence. We have become a nation that is expectant of something for nothing. I am not saying that all of us think and feel this way by any means, I am simply making an observation of what seems to be the accepted norm. If we cannot provide for ourselves, then we should stand there with our hand out. Right?!?!

Ok....well, with all of that said, I will simply say, that though, nationalization of the banks is not occurring according to Ben Bernake and other government leaders, the American people deserve the truth. The technical truth....The most recent bailout of Citigroup was a purchase of 40% shareholder stocks - common stocks. The bailouts under Bush were for Preferred Stock....Preferred stock get a paid dividend but no voting rights. Common Stock gets voting rights. With this said, our Government has the majority shareholder voting rights for Citigroup and several of the other largest banks in the country. This gives a bias to lean toward politicizing the banking and lending system even more than it already is. The next majority shareholder holds less than 5%. So, Ben Bernake is lying when he says that the government isn't nationalizing the banks....though technically he is right, because of the wording, but the reality is the effect on the banks and the control is the same no matter how you spell it out.

To say that we as a nation are prepared for what looms over the horizon....is so far from truth....because we are spoiled society and an offended society. Nuff Said.