Stop trying to go left

I read Meghan McCains comments this morning and I think blood literally shot out of my eyes. I wish there was a way to help these so called spokespersons for the Republican Party realize that the exact opposite of what they are saying is true. If Meghan is for changing the parties values and setting a new party belief system she really needs to join the democrats. The very nature of being a conservative means to adhere to beliefs and systems of the past. This does not make the beliefs irrelevent on the contrary these beliefs have been tried, tested and proven. Ms. McCain seems so certain that this new social experiment is the right way to go. How do you know it is Ms. McCain? Because it seems popular? Because it gives you a platform to get attention? Because you think it will help you jump into your own political career? This is why McCain lost the election, because of the disdain he has for those who take moral stands. Morality is not an outdated viewpoint that just needs to go away. I will say this as plainly as I can. This country was literally founded by God. The founding fathers were inspired and the constitution was a result of that inspiration. If this country doesn't wake up and remember where all of our blessing come from I worry about our future. This country cannot last without the support and protection of it's founder. God.

Party Warfare

I had one of those moments today where a light comes on and I see something from a perspective I haven't seen before. I was reading a CNN article about the comment Cheney made a few weeks ago about America not being as safe now that Obama is in office. The article wasn't anything really exceptional and I began reading some of the comments made by readers. The comments were the typical liberal and conservative comments with a few more middle grounders chiming in. The anger and the hate becomes apparent on both sides and then I read one comment about all of the rights we lost under Bush. I read the comment and began to feel the conservative rise up in me as I began to go off in my mind about how the rights we've lost under Obama make the rights we lost under Bush and the Patriot act look small. Then I paused and it hit me. My reaction was the problem. The reaction of all of those people in the article are part of the problem. The reaction I'm talking about is the party politics. Each side finds their villain and makes their case for why all of the evil in the world is perpetrated by the villain and as a result the villains party is evil. Clinton was evil, Bush and Cheney were evil, Gore was evil, Harry Reid is evil (he really is but that is another post for another day). And then once we've identified the villain we go out and sound our war cry. And what happens is the party of the villain feels like they need to defend them. They can't be the villain because then our party is wrong and our party can't be wrong. Here is a news flash that shouldn't be a news flash to republicans. George Bush did a lot of stupid things. He did some good but he did a lot of dumb things. We lost rights as American citizens under George Bush. you may want to argue that we had to lose them to make us safe. You might be right but in the end there is a cost for freedom and we paid the price by trading our liberties for safety. Fine. But the real issue is we lost rights. Under Clinton we lost freedom and under Obama we are losing our freedom. We are too busy fighting our party warfare that we miss the entire point, our government is slowly, bit by bit taking away our freedoms and they are using our party bickering to their advantage. That is one of the reasons why I really like the 912 project. The return to the principles of our founding fathers is the only thing that can save this country. Our founding fathers didn't agree on a lot of things but what they did agree on was liberty and the importance of freedom. I think every American should take note and a good hard look at what is important. Is it more important that the worse villain works for the other side, or is it more important that we recognize that our freedom is what matters most.

Where did it go?

I could just scream at this one. How long ago was it that the auto industry could not fail. Failure was not an option. Jobs would be lost, bankruptcy was not an option. And so we gave them billions of dollars because if we didn't they would be brankrupt by March. Well at least they made it through March. It's a good thing we gave them the billions because the few weeks we gained are priceless. What in the HELL is going on! So now they will go through bankruptcy, something that they should have done in the first place before we wasted billions. But what even makes me more ticked off is when I read that in order to make it through bankruptcy ok all they need is another 45 billion. No big deal. This whole situation is corrupt to its core. There is no way they did not know this is how it would end up.

The death of capitalism

So I was on my way to work this morning, still trying to be a productive member of society and provide for my family and especially grateful to still have a job. I was pondering a bit about Geithner yesterday and the governments new power grab for more regulations. Then my thoughts wandered to the many recent calls that capitalism is dead and then of course I began to ponder the beauty of capitalism. Well then naturally the only place for my thoughts to go was to one of my favorite Monty Python scenes. I'll let you watch and decide if I'm right about this. The parallels are absolutely scary and would be funny if the situation wasn't so serious. Put capitalism in the place of the soon to be dead man on his shoulders. I'll let you decide who the other characters represent. Enjoy.

A standing ovation

My hat goes off to Mr. DeSantis and his recent resignation letter printed in the New York Times of all places. My best wishes to you and your future Mr. DeSantis and thank you for providing a perfect example of what is wrong with this whole situation. In an earlier post I mentioned that AIG should have been chewed up and spit back out by the bankruptcy courts and this is the perfect example why. Just look at Lehman Brothers. Nobody mentions how the profitable portions are still profitable and still functioning within the financial sector under new names. Pull your heads out. These massive organizations need to fail if we are going to see any end to this mess anytime soon. It is all about our government taking more control then they already have and using AIG as a smokescreen to take our attention away from themselves and their own corruption.

All we need are more Regulations....Duh!

I always deeply appreciate knowledge and perspective. It’s hard to really find the true perspective available and when more perspective comes it is like a ray of light bringing a little better understanding. In this case it is the same old story and reiteration of how the government is incapable of regulating or running anything effectively or efficiently. The government regulates something, they mess it up and can’t do it correctly and so the obvious answer is that if they only had more power and more regulations then they can fix everything. Good thing Giethner is in charge and will know what to do with the additional powers. Hmmmm, when has the government ever controlled anything, ever, without making it worse? I have been trying to think of something and I am coming up blank. If I’m wrong just let me know. I’m always open to more perspective.

Alaska....pay up!

So I am wondering about this volcano that is erupting in Alaska and how it could affect the state financially under the upcoming cap and trade system. So since all of this carbon is now being spewed into the atmosphere within their state would the state have to purchase carbon credits to cover it. hmmmmm the taxing possibilities are endless aren't they?