Obama Is Not Just Another ‘Corrupt’ Politician

A family member sent me this Washington Times article the other day. While a quick and concise read, Puden misses the ball on two important points. Puden’s words in italics:

• Mr. Obama and his White House can’t seem to get their brains around the fact that the election of ‘08 is over, and he won.

Puden is in line with Rush Limbaugh who months ago predicted that Emperor Giggles’ campaign for President would never be over. Giggles has been on a constant media blitz since taking office to force his thug political ideology down our throats, appearing calm, cool and collected to lull the imbeciliatory American electorate to sleep through monetary means.

But Emperor Giggles isn’t just in 24/7 campaign mode. As Joe the Plumber so easily flushed the words out of then-candidate Giggles, the ultimate aim of the Emperor is to distribute wealth through transforming our current understanding of ‘America’, a socio-economic system of relative freedom from government regulation and interference in the private sector to one of Socialist/Marxist slavery to government.  Ergo what Puden doesn’t seem to understand is that Giggles is not simply another politician transformed by the dark side of the Chicago political machine. Rather, Giggles is to America what Mao was to China, Castro was to Cuba, Kim Jong Il was to Korea…need I go on?

The whispers and sound bytes from Giggles’ own mouth continue to show the nudity of his dangerous, racist, Marxist ideology. If Giggles’ was just another corrupt politician, then we need not be as alarmed as the Conservative Right says we should be. Corruption can be countered much more easily than a man who infiltrates the political system with an ideology so foreign and so anti-American. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Bill Clinton, former NY Governor Elliot Spitzer, to name a few. And such is precisely what Giggles’ holds, a belief system which we can daily observe driving him to behave in ways more positive towards Muslim regimes and oppressive dictatorships than towards the country which gave him the freedom to believe and act as he so freely chooses.

• Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Fox News are big enough to take care of themselves, but the implications of what the Obamanauts are trying to do are scary, indeed.

The best thing Limbaugh does is he is the most readily known epitome of the freedoms the Constitution guarantees. But here Limbaugh’s attributes end and his fault begins. He continues to sit on his now-thin laurels, smoking cigars and collecting a $400 million contract check as he rages against the sins of Washington. While he is right many times in what he says, he is unwilling to lead any kind of charge against government encroachment into the private sector. Of course he will admit why he chooses not to do so and his excuse seems plausible – it wouldn’t be a bonefide, grass-roots movement if he was responsible for calling people to action. That is smoke and mirrors. He is simply lazy. Imagine George Washington supporting the theory of Revolution but not leading the Continental Army for the same reason. Or James Madison refusing to write the Constitution. Or…need I go on?

The point is while Rush and his ilk are collecting paychecks from Conservatives who enjoy hearing smooth, Conservative talk, the government keeps itself busy, continuing to take away freedoms in small chunks, the very freedoms guaranteed us in the Bill of Rights; Did Martin Niemoller write his poem for us?

I could be labeled as a fear monger. That my words are overreaching and things aren’t as bad as they seem. Remember, though, the tides of  tyranny begin gently. They come on soft waves, hidden within the need to ‘protect freedoms’ and ‘ensure one faction doesn’t trample on the toes of another faction’. Soon enough, tyrants emerge because there are so many factions arguing amongst each other that they are unable to see corrupting power advancing.

Limbaugh, Hannity and others like to say Conservative talk radio is the only arena where the media is still free, that the liberal left has the universities, newspapers, etc. When, pray tell, is a Conservative going to stand up and begin to lead the fight against government’s abuse of its power? When will that faction begin marching on Washington? Suing Washington for its infringement on the Constitution? For overstepping on the lives of individuals? For creating and perpetuating every domestic and foreign mess?

God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

- Thomas Jefferson

Olympia Snowe Hears History Calling

Rhetorical or not, I would like to know when Congress will decide to officially change its Party names. They certainly aren’t fooling anyone, save perhaps poor black people lining up for *Obama’s money* in Detroit. Whether they go with Democon and Republicrat or Marxist and Moderate, I don’t really care.

What I would really prefer, though, is for the so-called Republican party to start kicking members out when individuals do not align with the principles of the Party. John McCain readily comes to mind. But he is not the only impostor. Take, for instance, Olympia Snowe. In reference to voting *yes* to the Health Debacle Bill in the Senate Finance Committee, she had the following to say:

When history calls, history calls….

We should also contemplate the decades of inaction that have brought us to this crossroads,” she said. “The status quo approach has produced one glaring common denominator, that is that we have a problem that is growing worse, not better.

She is technically right. Every decade that passes finds Washington doing nothing to alleviate the country’s health system ills. But it certainly adds to the problem and that problem is multi-faceted: the advent of employer-paid care, an inconsistent generational replenishment*, a federal government without the chutzpah to not spend, ad infinitum.

Snowe sights the historical nature of the problem at hand. I dare postulate this is a furthering of being ruled by our passion for historicity. In and of itself, if historical precedence is righteous, then we have no need to worry of the future. But if historical precendence is wrong, or in the Congressional case, is wrong based on a hijacking by a liberal mindset, then woe to those who continue the forward march. Giggles’ election was historical, was it the right course? Chairman Mao’s rise to power was historical. So was Hitler’s. Kim Jong Il, too. Need I go on? The issue is history isn’t always right, it only seems so to those who reminisce since they only focus on the good of history. History is neither called nor calls. It is nothing but a collection of facts and figures and is therefore by itself impartial. It is when the living interpret that history receives its coloring. In that light, then, who is Olympia Snowe? What are her biases? Why did Snowe want to serve as a Senator? Does she understand the Upper House of Congress was giving longer terms to be able to delve into the pros and cons of bills put before them? That a six year term is meant to guard them from the distraction of frequent election so they might properly gauge what bill is good for the nation and which bill might wreak irrevocable harm? To answer your statement, Snowe, the current status quo and inaction is far better than passing the Health Debacle Bill. Shame on you.

In any case, if Congress had the moral aptitude for repelling members for unbecoming conduct towards Party beliefs, the question of a multi-party system might crop up. Lieberman has the distinction of being the only Congressional 3rd Party member. However, he does caucus with the Democrats, ergo he is really an Independent-in-name-only. The fact of the matter is Congress has done its job well based on a two-party system and the Founding Fathers, James Madison the most perhaps, would probably prefer to keep it that way. Think of Congress with a third, fourth, etc party and imagine how unlikely it would be to get anything done. Some might sight the Israeli or Indian parliamentary systems as a proof of how a multi-party system could work. At least in the case of India, corruption abounds that would make our current most liberal Congressmen blush. In the spirit of true, American Republicanism, let foreign nations do what is best for themselves. Let us not look to them as models to copy.

*Compounded by the legalization of abortion.

Gettin’ That Money

Rome is the mob. Politicians are puppeteers and their game is smoke and mirrors.

In this example,  Stimulus Money in the People’s Republic of [Detroit] Michigan:

To qualify, a person must have been a resident of Detroit for more than six months, must be homeless or facing eviction and must be able to maintain housing after receiving assistance. Also, a resident must make 50 percent less than the median area income, which would be less than $24,850 for single Detroit residents and less than $35,500 for a family of four.

Question: Does residency pertain only to that of Detroit? Or can any illegal alien having lived illegally in Detroit for at least six months receive assistance?

Question: How can those “homeless or facing eviction” have the ability to “maintain housing after receiving assistance”? Doesn’t the very definition of homelessness mean a person is unable to maintain a house? Doesn’t the government think a person would rather choose to maintain a house from the work of their hands rather than an insidious government providing it for them?

Statement: Like Cash-For-Clunkers and Hillary Clinton’s ‘08 presidential campaign idea to put a moratorium on home foreclosures for 90 days, this will do nothing for the financially destitute save delay the inevitable for a few weeks.

Watch the insanity. Congress and Emperor Giggles are the epitome of racism. Notice every single person in those lines is black. These people are suffering and Giggles takes joy rides on 747’s to Europe to try to steal the Olympics for Chicago.

I ask openly, have you no righteous strand in your being, Giggles?

Michigan is the perfect example of what will happen nationwide if Marxism continues undeterred. Of course, Michigan has the honor of competing with California, New York and Washington, among others, for Most Ass-Backwards State due to Liberalism.

In reference to having to wait for hours in line, this statement sums up how stupid the electorate is: “I’m not frustrated ’cause my reward is gettin’ that money.”

War, Ineptitude and Post-Constitutionalism

For Emperor Giggles having been a past supporter of withdrawing U.S. forces from both Iraq and Afghanistan, his current action is highly suspect.

U.S. generals in past wars and skirmishes have been replaced when showing ineptitude in the art of war. General George B. McClellan may be the most un-famous general with this honor. But it appears in our age, we have generals who know the ins and outs of war, largely due to the constant American need to pick a fight with anyone who won’t let us get our way.  Since the manner in which war is waged changed* with Vietnam, protocol must somehow involve the ability to engage Guerilla tactics. And since Gen. Stanley McChrystal is calling for additional forces to engage and defeat the U.S.’s so-called enemy** in Afghanistan, Emperor Giggles should oblige him. Except, Giggles has yet to make a decision more than a month and a half after McChrystal requested additional troops.

The obvious question is: Why?

Giggles is an Emperor riddled with distractions on his dinner plate. He’s prioritized preempting the private sector through government take-over programs: the $787 billion Stimulus Farce, including the government’s final stab to the banking system; the GM/Chrysler buyout; and of course, the could-be-humorous-if-it-wasn’t-so-serious attempt at Health Care reform. He has a preoccupation in seeking international adoration through taxpayer-funded fanciful-yet-narcissistic trips overseas: seeking the riddled-with-fraud IOC’s affirmation of Chicago for the 2016 games, as well as other minor trips to the Middle East and Europe giving speeches about the heavenly wonders of internationalism. Finally, due to his narcissistic need to be loved and adored by US citizens, those both legal and those borrowed from Mexico, he is on a constant media blitz – television, newspapers, magazines. Michael Savage doesn’t call him Chairman Mao-bama for no reason.

He is also an Emperor who has not learned the art of decision-making. It was scary enough when Hillary Clinton was a serious contender last year for the DNC’s presidential nomination. Yet at least we all would have had a candidate who can make decisions, no matter how much we agree or disagree. The opposite is true with Giggles. He has had no experience in true leadership. He’s been a community organizer, State Senator and less-than-one-term U.S. Senator. His record is riddled with cowardly *present* votes.

His indecisiveness in the case of Afghanistan is relevant to what I believe is his desire for losing the war there. It correlates to how best he can align himself with his Marxist, anti-American Liberal support base without the entire country turning on him. Yet in the case of Afghanistan, should he choose not to send in the needed troops, he may come out as the personification of Francisco d’Anconia – losing face, but not as much as those depending upon him (in this case the Armed Forces, Gen. McChrystal et al should the war be lost).

All of this to say Giggles is inept in every sense of the word. It boils down to two points. First, he has no real concern for the security of the nation or the reputation of the Armed Forces. He doesn’t care. The argument of our global reputation can go back and forth till the cows come home but the simple fact is that when a leader denigrates his own, foreigners are given implied permission to do as they will. Look at any past U.S. president who tore down the Armed Forces and observe how the international community reacted. In fact, we need not even look at past presidents. Observe how Iran, China and North Korea have been militarily taunting the U.S. since Giggles took office. Therefore, secondly, Giggles should be replaced. Theoretically, I don’t think it would do any good since the rule of law is no longer followed at any level of government, and adherence to any resemblance of law and justice is only skin-deep.

Post-Constitutional America is being primed for one of two occurrences, either of which will lead to the same result – some form of a Dictatorship. America will either socially tear itself apart, which it  obviously already is along the lines of gay rights, abortion, political faction, open borders and foreign influence, ad infinitum. Or, and I am quite surprised this has never happened, a military coup (save the whole War of Aggression debacle). America’s founding fathers warned against large, standing armies for this reason. How long will it be till we see a General marching on Washington? It could be closer than we think should Emperor Giggles continue his ineptitude. I for one, am shocked McChrystal has not taken matters into his own hands over in Afghanistan. For the good of our forces over there, should Giggles continue stuttering, I hope McChrystal does what needs to be done.

*One could argue that war has never really changed. George Washington was the guerilla fighter of his day. The guerilla method is the story of war itself. When faced by insurmountable odds, David will attack Goliath by whatever means possible to achieve victory. The reason for most being unable to see this is due in large part to the World Wars of the 20th century. The return to guerilla tactics ensued with the advent of the Cold War and the U.S. skirmishing in Asia. While the U.S.’s Armed Forces realize that war tactics, globally, have gone guerilla, politicians shielded by wealth and political power have not caught on or are simply refusing.

** Bush detractors fault the Bush Doctrine along its very premise – that the U.S. does not have the authority to pre-emptive war. But their foul cries miss the entire point, one the U.S. has missed the majority of the time in its history: What exactly is an enemy? In any war, there must be an end-game, a reason war is being waged in the first place. The Bush Doctrine argues the defeat of Terrorism is the end-game and that the U.S. has a right to pre-emptive war to achieve this goal. Yet the Bush Doctrine is mired down by its very philosophy because Terrorism is an international problem, one which involves fighting within a sovereign nation, the whole of which may very well be peace-oriented. Yes, the U.S. has a right to defend itself, but to what extent – are the Armed Forces nation-builders? Is Washington responsible for repairing decades-old social and political strife in nations with non-democratic political histories? Has the U.S. ever successfully built a nation outside of itself? No.

The question would then re-ask itself. How should terrorism be defeated? The international community would proffer bilateralism. That the U.S. should stop meddling in the affairs of sovereign nations. They have a point and we can look at the Middle East as a perfect example. Our involvement there to secure oil has led U.S. policy to nominate and depose leaders, leading ultimately to political and social unrest, and resulting in terrorism against the U.S. George Washington advised against this in his Farewell Address – to trade with all nations and be respectful of them. To leave foreign affairs in foreign lands. To stay out of foreign entanglements caused by treaty. So then, if the faction we are fighting against in Afghanistan is our defined enemy, why is that so?

My Fault, Your Fault

In theory, our leaders reflect the virtue of the mob they rule.

Someone tell Emperor Giggles and Co. they’re not fooling anyone when lying about the economy beginning to turn around. Not when reports like this come out.

With the turning of the calendar page, investors are now focused on the upcoming earnings season and, more immediately, Friday’s September employment report.

But what is there really left to invest in? The housing market is still in horrid shape. Domestic auto makers bleed money every Quarter. American manufacturing is based in China. We are even seeing the flood of  Chinese foodstuffs beginning to overtake American food production [tainted apple from China, anyone?]. So let the question again be raised: What is left to invest in?

According to Giggles and Co., our infrastructure, health care industry and the housing market. The latter of which has mysteriously been whittled out of the national conversation save for whispers here and there. But thanks to FDR’s failure as 3-term dictator last century, all the money in the world can be thrown into infrastructure projects and at the end of the day the only thing gained are shiny roads, a couple of new dams and beautified parks. And so the obvious is beating its worn drum: driving our Cash For Clunkers cars on new roads to get a band-aid from the hospital will not lead to a road of economic recovery. The band Mae’s project of donating money received from their music to a Habitat For Humanity home does nothing other than providing a free house. The 800-lb gorilla would like to know how the family will be paying for its bills. What can a family do to find a job when the nation’s economic problem is essentially two-fold – a conglomerated farming industry and an industrial sector even the Old South would be ashamed of?

The answer is simple on paper, but in the chagrin of reality, requires a neo-Revolution. Repeal the federal gains tax to bring home the American Industrial Complex. After all, why the call for science and math in secondary education when there is nowhere to apply such skill in the real world? Break up the monopolized farming industry so that the average farmer can again till the soil. Yet this is nigh-impossible since it involves ignoring identity/factional/populist politics; reigniting Localism before and over State-ism, Nationalism, or Internationalism, but especially over the current love-affair with Internationalism; a nation cannot long endure when it whores itself to the world.

Remember Thomas Jefferson’s admonition on the tree of liberty.

Sum 41 got it right [lyrics].

Glenn Beck Interview

If you have 40 minutes or so of free time, watch Katie Couric’s interview of Glenn Beck.

Mr. Beck is every bit of the Statesman the U.S. will almost certainly never elect to popular office because he is the very antithesis of Factionalism. We instead elect Politicians, deceiving and conniving spectacles who prey upon the weak of the republic’s mob in order to subvert them under the heavy hand of government; And it was in this interview where Beck so succinctly described the perils of Faction, to which James Madison spilled so much ink to warn both his contemporaries and posterity against.

But then I am not here necessarily to sing Beck’s praises. While I agree with him that both-sides-are-the-problem, I couldn’t help but find the humor in him gravitating towards Libertarianism on that account. Libertarianism is just another faction and a dubious one at that: anti-government to varying degrees on one hand [depending on the type of Libertarianism one subscribes to], yet needing government to enforce its more liberal social agenda.

In either case, Couric’s inability to interview him apart from her liberal delusions is exactly the point Beck was trying to make. To study history, a man must put aside anything in himself which would color his study of history in any manner other than what the facts say. If this interview was a study of history, then, Couric failed with flying colors and in so doing, proved the larger point underlying what Beck was saying: The country as a whole, politically speaking, is so Factionalized, so splintered, that it in no way resembles what it was and is supposed to be. America is spinning out of control because there are so many minute, distinct, and petty Factions pulling in their own direction, that no two Factions are willing to work together to preserve the freedom which would then allow them to attain their personal agendas.

It doesn’t take a genius to understand this. Whenever an election season rolls around, note how many groups a candidate must appeal to and receive votes from in order to be considered electable. Such is the danger Madison warned of and such is the trap in which we are killing ourselves.

The Verdict Is In

If ever an object lesson in the futility of government meddling in micro- and macro-economics, the Cash-For-Clunkers Program was IT.

This is a lesson for the ages. When trying to reignite any economy through stimulus, rather than allowing the market to correct itself, the effort will fail. And not only will it fail, the effort will often make people worse off in the end.

From Boston.com:

But once the federal money dried up, so did the sales rally. Now, customers at dealerships like Silko Honda in Raynham are few and far between, and inventory is once again accumulating.

Manager Adam Silverleib said business was “pretty intense’’ as a result of the federal stimulus program, with the dealership hustling to accommodate customers and handle the piles of paperwork required for them to receive reimbursement on vouchers. “Now we’re kind of back to where we were in the spring,’’ he said.

In an attempt to draw customers back to showrooms, some dealers are offering new incentives, albeit none as enticing as a $4,500 for a rusting junker. Silko, for example, is promoting 2.9 percent financing on new Accords, along with other deals on its website.

Nationwide, customers snatched up 700,000 new cars, most of them foreign-made, and the government ended up paying out nearly $3 billion toward the purchases. But from the start, analysts predicted that Cash for Clunkers would not boost sales for the year. September’s sales swoon seems to be making their case. Car sales are usually slow after Labor Day, but because of the recession consumers this year are especially reluctant to say yes to major purchases. To make matters worse for dealers, most are still waiting for voucher reimbursements.

“It was probably, in the end, a complete waste of taxpayer money,’’ said John Wolkonowicz, a senior auto analyst at IHS Global Insight, Lexington forecasting firm. “The dealers, who were supposed to be the primary beneficiaries, many were forced into cash flow problems because the government didn’t pay them in a timely fashion.’’

Attempting to repair the car market through C-F-C was like trying to fix a leaking dam with one’s index finger – pointless – unless the dam itself is repaired. Therefore, within the American economy as a whole, how could the near-$800 billion stimulus bill passed just months ago work? The reason for the housing bubble – government intervention in bank lending standards – remains the problem at large, yet is not even on the table for discussion. What is on the table is talk about increasing government regulation on banks. How does that make any sense?

Reagan never touched the bank crisis in the late ’80’s and Bush-41 bailed them out. A fat lot of good that did except to delay and complicate the matter for more than decade.

On the grand scale, we have an incompetent imbecile acting as Emperor-Dictator, a man who prostrates himself before America and the world, yet does not realize he is wearing no clothes. He wishes to rebuild the American economy. And he is succeeding, I’ll give him that, in transforming the economy from one of fading self-initiated ingenuity to early Marxism. The vehicle? Racial and Factional politics mired in historically till now unfathomable pork spending. Our economy, and the American people are being turned into Foie Gras, fattened up for the liberal cuisine, a needy people throwing themselves at the mercy of their government [please name me one government that was ever merciful] for cheap goods and free handouts at the hands of international business [not to mention lost borders, language, and culture].

One thing is for sure on Giggles’ economic retooling, the further he is allowed to take us – the more debt we accumulate, the more jobs lost to foreign shores, the more China buys Treasury bills – the less chance the economy will recover; the less chance America will recognize itself from even ten years ago.

To those who wished to give a first-term junior senator a shot at the White House, I offer this quote from Gladiator:

Graccus: He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered?
Falco: Give him time, Gracchus. He’s young, he may do very well.
Graccus: For Rome? Or for you?

To those who misunderstand the cries of the Conservative political spectrum, I offer this quote:

Graccus: Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.
Falco: You really think people are going to be seduced by that?
Graccus: I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they’ll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they’ll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it’s the sand of the coliseum. He’ll bring them death – and they will love him for it.

$8000 tax credits for buying a home is magic. $4500 to buy a new car is magic. Bailing out the banking system is magic. Bailing out newspapers is magic. (Mandatory) Universal health care is magic. Bailing out the domestic car manufacturers is magic.

Still entranced?

What’s the Point?

This just in, common sense and logic still not necessary:

Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year — one every 12 minutes — in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis released on Thursday.

Overall, researchers said American adults age 64 and younger who lack health insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who have coverage.

Any American who is conceived has a 100% risk of death, with or without health insurance, at some point in their life.

Environmentalists were right all along. Rather than fight over health care, we should be promoting the extinction of humanity. The planet would certainly thank us, and health costs would tumble to zero.

Just a few questions: Out of those 45,000 deaths per year, how many are caused by illegal immigrants? How many are illegal immigrants? How many chose not to have health care? How many die from incurable disease? Etc, etc.

Perhaps the elephant in the room isn’t concerned about health coverage, per se, but about the human experience: What is life, what is death? And what human institution has the power to change the fate of life or death? Would Americans be better served by their government returning freedoms and powers back to the people? Yes, emphatically. And would the people be better serving themselves by simply living, letting what may come, come, whether in health or in illness? Yes, emphatically.

The busybodies who keep track of statistics and deal in issues of black and white, that is, a one-size-fits-all prescription for life are not concerned for anyone but themselves; Bureaucrats seek nothing but to entrench themselves in greater and greater power. I say let the dead bury the dead and the living return to living because the quantity of one’s life can never duplicate nor exceed the quality of that life.

Do I Dare Look?

No apology for almost nothing posted the past months. It is summer and that is my siren call for a siesta from a world gone mad…and heavily following politics.

But Drudge had two headlines this week I can’t pass up.

As if to let us hedonist-religious bigoted Americans know they’re concerned about our health as well, Catholicism, through one of its many annoying groups has issued a proclamation it wants in our pants.

And secondly, in ties with the title of this post, we find an all-out nutjob married to the new Japanese Prime Minister. Maybe she got free health care. Jesus…I mean, illicit-President Giggles…look out, you’re not the only mentally ill child on the world stage.

All this begs the question: Has the world truly gone mad; are we putting the dregs of society in office?

The Catholic prayer for world leaders.

Whatchya Gonna Do…

…wit all that junk inside that trunk?

Socialists seize any and all assets they can. Sarkozy must be along for the ride.