Author: Cluster

Government Waste

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Let’s keep this in mind the next time you hear the liberal media scream on and on about firing teachers, police, and fire personel every time some conservative wants to reign in government spending. Liberals are very good at messaging, but horrible at governing, and it seems as though every other election cycle, the general electorate forgets that little fact. Sure, you’re going to hear how well things were during the Clinton years, and they are not all wrong, but don’t forget that Clinton had a Republican Senate and House, led by Newt Gingrich who forced Clinton to abandon Hillary Care, balance the budget, and implement welfare reform. To Clinton’s credit, he moved to the center and won reelection, of course Clinton was much more of a savvy politician than is Obama, who is probably one of the most hardened far left ideologues in the Democratic ranks.

We can do so much better folks, and while I do wish Romney had more conservative bona fides, I do think that having a CEO as President at this time may serve us very well. If anyone can navigate the haze and the maze of a bloated, wasteful bureaucracy it is Romney. Then if he chooses Marco Rubio as VP, we will have a full fledged, young staunch conservative to lead us into the future, but it all starts by electing Romney this November. Let’s see that that happens.

You Didn’t Build That – Redux

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I want to further the conversation on the current issue of business vs government as recently defined by our President who no doubt has a healthy disdain for success, in my opinion. I believe that this issue is one of the fundamental differences between conservative and liberal thought. Liberals, or at least the majority of current progressives, believe in social justice engineered by a large central federal government, taking from those at the top of the economic ladder and distributing to those on the lower rungs. This is hardly a new concept and has been done numerous times throughout history with little success. It has never resulted in lifting people out of poverty, nor has it resulted in creating a higher standard of living, or brought out the best in any individual. It has only served to enrich a ruling class at the expense of a permanent under class. What’s frustrating from a conservative position is that if you oppose the progressive agenda, than you are an evil over lord without any compassion, when in reality, conservatives do care, and have much more effective ideas on how to administer safety nets to those truly in need.

When the President stated that if you had a successful business, you didn’t build it and that others did, he offered a genuine glimpse into his true ideology, and that is one of collectivism. Of course this should be expected from someone who has never been a part of private enterprise having never started a business, nor even managed one, and yet has been the recipient of the benevolence of others almost at every stage of his life. Obama fails to understand the financial risk that so many people take to start their own business and be independent. If that individual fails, will the collectivists be there to off set the losses? I hardly think so, but the collectivists are sure there to take from that individuals success now aren’t they? Considering that business’s and successful individuals pay the majority of income taxes, it can be easily argued that they are largely responsible for building that infrastructure that others enjoy. It can easily be argued that without successful business’s, the government would not have the money to build those roads that those who don’t pay income taxes use on daily basis, so really, who should be more grateful? Shouldn’t the 47% who pay no income tax be grateful that hard working Americans provide the funds to build that infrastructure that they benefit from? Shouldn’t the president and other elected government officials be grateful to hard working, risk taking Americans for paying their salaries and benefits?  I really believe that this President and most liberals have their priorities all screwed up, and have put the cart before the horse.

What??

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Have we ever had a President, or dog catcher for that matter, this hostile towards private business?

If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that.  Somebody else made that happen.

It is absolutely mind boggling how out of touch this President is. In his auto biography “Dreams of my Father”, Obama wrote that his short foray into the private sector made him feel that he was “a spy behind enemy lines”, revealing once again how much disdain he has for private markets, which is completely anti American. I would expect this from some tin horn despot, but not from the President of the United States. We can do much, much better and let’s make sure we do this November.

Global Warming Update

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According to a recent report:

“Rings in fossilized pine trees have proven that the world was much warmer than previously thought – and the earth has been slowly COOLING for 2,000 years.”

These findings will not set well with the ruling elite here and abroad as they are currently trying to extract money from carbon emitting countries to redistribute to other less fortunate countries. That of course is assuming  money would even make it to those less fortunate countries, considering that historically, that money only serves to line the pockets of elite UN members and Despots.

Let’s  continue down the path toward greener, more sustainable energy, but let’s also end this charade of AGW. It’s a complete racket that is only enriching a handful of people, can you say Al Gore, and doing nothing to actually help us transition to another energy platform.

The Great Divide

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I often watch MSNBC and CNN if only to get a sense where liberals are coming from on the current issues of the day, but in between the laughter and disbelief, I realize that we have essentially nothing in common. Nothing. Not too mention the fact that those very same liberals take personal shots at people like me at every opportunity, and like to blame people like me for nearly everything, so even if I did have something in common with them, where is my incentive to work with them?  It is shameful how hypocritical liberals are, and how eager they are to victimize people purely for political gain. Fast and furious is a good example of liberal hypocrisy – here is program that actually resulted in the death of a US Border Guard, yet liberals are shrugging it off as a racist witch hunt. Compare that to the Valerie Plame incident where the culprit Richard Armitage was identified yet liberals still called for the resignation of top officials and the possible impeachment of Bush, and yet this program only resulted in the death of a cocktail party. As far as victimization is concerned, look at nearly every liberal policy and at the root of it, you will find a manufactured victim. The war on women was an entirely contrived issue where liberals were trying to paint women as completely incapable of coping in today’s society without government distributed birth control. Not only does this display a shocking lack of faith in women’s ability, but it also ignores the fact that birth control is already widely distributed and often times for free via planned parenthood and county health clinics. So here again we have liberals willingly ignoring the facts and eagerly creating victims all for some desperate need to appear compassionate, or more likely, in a dishonest attempt to gain power. Either way, it’s un American and should not go unchallenged.

In my opinion, the divide is too great, and liberals are too unhinged to forge any reasonable compromise. Conservatives only option is too defeat them at every opportunity and once again apply common sense coupled with a strong belief in the American people, to the governance of this country.

Cell Phones are Universal

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The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the AHA this week, and the liberal universe is all a flutter over the possibility of the bill being struck down, which it should be. In my opinion, the personal mandate is not even close to being constitutional, and considering the severalty nature of the bill, if the mandate is struck down, the entire bill is struck down, which would be a good thing and may allow us to have an adult conversation about health care without the input from people like Nancy Pelosi. This current bill was put together behind closed doors on a highly partisan basis, by narrow special interest groups, and is still not universal, nor efficient, and is proving to be a typical government bureaucratic over reach. For example, if this bill were to pass, I would be required to obtain insurance that covers substance abuse despite the fact that I don’t do drugs, don’t smoke, and rarely even have a drink. But according to the ruling elite, I need to have substance abuse coverage within my insurance policy. Brilliant, right? Well that’s a good example of how big government, know it all liberals like to govern. Find a minor problem, and design a solution that impacts everyone. In this case, approximately 13% of the population is without health care insurance, so liberals have designed a program that adversely impacts 87% of us to accommodate that minority. Again, brilliant right? The reality is is that this bill is so convoluted, so awash in bureaucratic red tape and such an over reach response to what that actual problem calls for, that striking it down and starting from scratch would be just common sense. So what to do?

First of all, let’s first admit that the vast majority of Americans do have insurance, and according to recent polls, most of them are quite pleased with their coverage. So the issue is finding a cost efficient way to bring health care insurance to the 13% that either can’t afford insurance, or simply choose to go without, which is a reality liberals do not want to admit. Currently, the largest health care insurance provider in the market place is the federal government, so liberals are simply trying to resolve this problem by expanding the already sizable reach of the government, and considering the current problems we are facing with the federal government in the lead already, giving them a bigger role, hardly makes sense right? Wouldn’t it make sense to go the other direction and allow the free market place to fill the void, and allow consumers to make their own decisions? The free market place is an amazing mechanism, and consumers are a lot smarter than government gives them credit for. Despite the fact that cell phones were very expensive when they first came out, today, you can buy one for $10, and I would guess that the vast majority of those 13% of people without health insurance, have a cell phone. Let’s look at another example of car insurance. I will wager to say that a majority of that 13% also drive, and have car insurance which can be purchased for as little as $20 a month according to the commercials in my area, so that’s two examples of the free market bringing products to consumers and providing them at a cost that is universally affordable. How about if we try that with health insurance? If health care insurance providers were allowed to compete in every state, for everyone’s business, and were allowed to design their policies to meet individual needs, I can guarantee you that costs would come down, substantially. Combine this effort with tort reform, and get the government and lawyers away from the doctor patient relationship, and you will achieve universal health care.

Open Thread

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Have at it folks, There is a lot going on, so I want to know what’s on your mind:

– your thoughts on Obama’ s immigration decree

– your thoughts on MSNBC editing another tape to make Romney look bad having learned nothing from the Trayvon Martin shameful incident

– your thoughts on calls for Holder’s resignation

– your thoughts on Romney’s campaign so far – is his message resonating

And so many other issues of interest, so have at it and keep it civil

 

 

Dreamers

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So Friday was an interesting day. Julius Caesar or I mean President Obama decreed that illegal aliens between the ages of 18-30 I believe along with some other criteria, will no longer have to  worry about being deported and can obtain work visas. A noble idea to be sure, and one that would find little argument amongst conservatives, but the manner in which it was done is not only politically questionable but once again is legally questionable. Obama has a sworn duty to uphold the laws, and can not give orders to any federal agency to over look those laws, so once again Obama may find himself in court. But the bigger question is the political one, and there are plenty of those, justifiably. First of all, Obama had two years of a super Congressional majority during which he could have accomplished a lot, and actually did, much to mine, and many others chagrin, but failed to do anything about immigration reform which he had actually promised to do. Instead, he spent that time chasing the democrats holy grail of government run healthcare. That should tell the Hispanic community of where his priorities are, and this last minute bone he is throwing them is an actual insult in my opinion. Of course that is in stark contrast as to how the Obama sycophantic media is reporting it, according to them, this was a deft move that caught Romney off guard.

However this recent stunt by Obama is typical liberal – appeasing and assuaging the proletariat with feel good, do nothing policies that only serve to keep the masses wanting more. What needs to be done is serious reform, with compassionate measures such as this built in to the bill. In fact Marco Rubio is, or was, working on a very similar piece of legislation that he planned to introduce to the floor, you know the proper method of getting things done, until Obama delivered his sermon, so this is hardly an idea that will be fought. In fact, President Bush initiated reform legislation which was defeated mainly by conservatives because of the amnesty aspect, but there is common ground and their is a political will I believe on both sides of the aisle to get something done. A real leader would recognize and work wintin the system to get something meaningful, instead iwe get just a band aid on a gaping wound for our country and we will need serious people to resolve this problem – not some narcissistic, egomaniac looking to win an election.

The Race Card

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Well it’s started, and it will only get worse. This morning on the Obama reelection network, MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests are bemoaning the fact that Obama is seen through the lens as the “first black president” and what an extra burden that is. Evidently they have forgotten how they celebrated that fact just 4 years ago, and the fact that Obama has taken every opportunity to remind people of that fact – “if I had a son he would look like Trayvon”, so why the disconnect? Obama is slipping amongst “white voters” so it must be because of racism right? After all, white unemployment is less than black unemployment so according to MSNBC, white voters should be flocking to the polls to vote for this President and if they don’t, well then they’re just ungrateful racists.

Yesterday, Sam Donaldson chimed in to support the noton that the recent heckling on behalf of the daily caller news reporter was because ……… wait for it ……. Obama is black. No other president has ever had to deal with rude press reporters before right Sam?  It seems to me Sam that you perfected the “rude press” persona, so it seems a little disingenuous for you to ascribe mal intent to other reporters following your lead.

This is going to be a vey interesting political summer folks, and the democrats will play every card they can to keep Obama in office. The race card will be just one of them, but it will trump all others.

Happy Father’s day to all you dad’s out there!

UPDATE:

As an addition to this thread, in my opinion we will have a very hard time moving this country forward, if we continue to wallow in the ethnic, race and financial divide that democrats, and Obama have us mired in. We are all children of God, regardless of our skin color, with the same needs and wants for ourselves and our family, so let’s stop listening to those who want to divide us for their political futures, and let’s start focusing on common sense policies that will benefit all of us, and not just a few.

Let’s Be Honest

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I have grown really tired of the dishonesty not only coming from Obama, but also coming from the sycophantic media. He, and they, continue to perpetuate false hoods on a daily basis. Let’s take for instance the petulant need of Obama to constantly blame the bad economy on Bush’s policies. Well if we were honest about this issue, we would be blaming Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, who used Fed money to incentivize banks to ignore their standard lending procedures, and give mortgages to people who would not normally qualify. This practice encouraged other sets of risky financial products, including the bundling of said securities and selling them off on the secondary market, which in turn created the derivatives debacle, and the risks continued to multiply. These sell off’s on behalf of the banks were designed to get those risky securities off of their books and on to someone else’s, and were certainly not a result of any of Bush’s policies. In fact, had Congress heeded the numerous warnings of Bush, we may not have found ourselves in this situation, however they did not, and representatives Frank and Waters applauded the efforts of the GSE’s as late as 2006, saying that there “was no problem with Fannie and Freddie”.

Another completely dishonest message Obama is trying to sell is that Bush deregulated the financial markets, which in fact he did not. Bush did not sign one piece of legislation deregulating the financial industry during his 8 years in office, not one. The last two pieces of legislation that lowered regulations on the financial sector were signed by Bill Clinton in 1999, and in fact as late as 2008, Clinton was defending that legislation, so again, blaming Bush for deregulation is not only wrong, it’s a lie and Obama and the media know it.

How can we ever get to the point of having an adult conversation on finding real and lasting solutions to our problems, if we are not honest about the origins? Here’s another one. Contrary to what Obama wants you to believe, this recession is not the worst recession since the great depression, not even close. In 1980 there was double digit inflation, double digit interest rates, and double digit unemployment, yet Reagan had it turned around by 1984 as a result of lowering tax burdens, lowering regulations and getting government out of the way. Obama has done the exact opposite – increasing regulations, increasing ancillary taxes, increasing the cost of living, and essentially injecting government in nearly every aspect of our life. The recent composite of the Life of Julia pretty much sums up what Obama believes – that many people are incapable of making it on their own without government help and this is a notion we need to move away from, by moving the Obama’s out of the White House on January 20, 2013.