Everything Must Go Today!!!! Shhhhh....Not That....

Throughout his brief administration and as he often stated during his campaign, President Obama insisted that many of his programs must be done immediately. The "stimulus" package had to be on his desk so he could sign it right after being sworn in. It was essential the health care reform be done now. GM and Chrysler were rushed through bankruptcies that violated the federal law protecting secured creditors. Cap and Trade legislation has been presented as vital to save the planet immediately. Everything has to be done right now.

Except a decision on troops in Afghanistan. Nope. Gotta take some time on that, be real careful about that. Can't make the wrong decision. President Obama has now rejected all proposals regarding additional troops being sent to Afghanistan. Funny, the only decision he wants to be deliberative about is the one that is costing young Americans their lives.

NEA Just Keeps On Truckin'

Despite apparently still wondering whether or not they are doing something that will get them arrested, the National Endowment for the Arts was lying when they said the original controversial telephone conference was the act of a maverick. In fact, it's quite obvious they showed no concern whatsoever for the controversy they caused and that they will continue to use the NEA to promote the agenda of the Obama administration. Is it just me or if you have to ask if you might get arrested and you continue to undertake the act, shouldn't you be removed from office?

Elections Have Consequences, Like Don't Vote for a Democrat Just Because He Says What You Want to Hear

Congressman Bill Owens (D. NY), the recent winner of the controversial supplemental election in the New York 23rd District broke four campaign promises in his first hour of work. Never vote for a politician, always look to find a statesman.

220 Traitors to the Constitution and the People, One Simple Truth

In the dark of night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. Cal.) and 218 other House Democrats and one RINO, Rep. Joseph Cao(ward) (R. LA) voted 220 - 215 to pass the House health care reform bill which will jail people for not buying insurance including that oh so friendly felony record you get to attach to every job application for the rest of your life. But this is all about the American people, right? The good news, since the public option passed in the House bill, it will not get the 60 votes needed for passage in the Senate unless something unforeseen occurs. This fight isn't over yet, but we need vigilence as progressives continue to ignore the Constitution and intrude further into our lives and liberty while tearing down the economy in the process. Representative Cao, my Congressman, is getting a very ugly letter from me today.

Updating My Computer, Bear With Me

I and electronics typically have an adversarial relationship, so bear with me as I update my computer. I'll be posting again shortly.

But Only the Oil Company Experts are Biased by the Money

If you didn't already know, Al Gore stands to make millions off global warming initiatives, even though his mentor in global warming mythology recanted years ago. But all us hysterical fools who fight the lies used to prop up the pseudo-science of global warming who must be backed by the oil companies. I should really spend some time digging through the different stimulus and TARP provisions to see who profitted. I know Rep. Maxine Waters (D. Cali.) was one.

Only the Wicked Governors of Men Dread What is Said of Them

While reading "The Real Benjamin Franklin", a book given to me by my mother, I found the following quote from Benjamin Franklin regarding freedom of speech, writing under his famous pseudonym Silence Dogood:

"Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech, which is the right of every man as far as by it he does not hurt or control the right of another; and this is the only check it ought to suffer, and the only bounds it ought to know.

This sacred privilege is so essential to free governments that the security of property and the freedom of speech always go together; and in those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything else hi own. Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

The administration of government is nothing else but the attendance of the trustees of the people upon the interest and affairs of the people; and as it is part and business of the people, for whose sake alone all public matters are, or ought to be, transacted, to see whether they be well or ill transacted, so it is the interest and ought to be the ambition of all honest magistrates to have their deeds openly examined and publicly scanned. Only the wicked governors of men dread what is said of them."

Though Franklin wrote this at the age of 16, he displays the wisdom which came to mark his life as one of our great founding fathers. I would like to focus attention on that last line. Think of all the things I have written about here which show President Obama's disdain for dissent (attacking all critics), his disregard for freedom of speech (boycotting a news organization and saying they aren't a news organization) and his disdain for transparency (appointing czars with questionable backgrounds who aren't reviewed by the Senate to important policy positions). If Benjamin Franklin is correct, and he is far wiser than President Obama, then truly our current president is a wicked governor of men.