The following article was written by Roger Brown, a Preamble Patriot
Tea or Kool-Aid
For as long as I can remember, I have heard it said that we live in the “Land of Milk and Honey”, and that each citizen should be willing to stand up and fight for the freedoms we each take for granted. Well, the time has come to test the metal of every citizen of this great nation. We are in a crisis, and it seems that the people who should be up in arms are content to let our Politian’s lie to us, line their own pockets and do as they darned well please. We have allowed our elected officials to pass laws which apply to us (the people who put them in office) but exclude them. We have watched them vote themselves pay raises each and every year, with no concern for the welfare of the common man and his plight to survive in an economy they created. We have seen bills passed that do nothing but reward special interest groups who have made campaign donations in exchange for favors. We have seen our Congress pass laws that bail out private companies and banks, in what is laughingly called a capitalist society. We have watched as the pork barrel spending has become so over the top that our grandchildren will be paying for their entire lives for the mistakes we have allowed Congress to get away with. In effect, we have been drinking the “Kool-Aid” that Congress has served us for years. That poison Kool-Aid has caused us to fight class warfare between ourselves and the “wealthy”, caused us to change our social habits because they were not “politically correct”, given us the mind set that we can not buck the system because we only have one vote and caused us to think of what happens in Washington DC as out of our control.
Well, those who fought the British for our freedoms would not have made the sacrifices they made if the had known how little regard we have for the rights and privileges we have been given. Have our backbones turned to jelly? Are we no more than puppets for the people we elect? Do we not understand the consequences of doing nothing to take back the birthright we were given? Are we willing to sit on our collective behinds and let our Government make slaves of us, and allow them to devour the “milk and honey” that belongs to all of us?
There are those of us who are trying to take a stand and let the politicians know we will not tolerate their mishandling of our country any longer. We hold and attend “Tea Parties” to make our opinions known. We email, call and write our Senators and Congressmen to tell them to stop what they are doing and listen to the people. Our numbers are growing, and there may still be a chance we can pull the fat from the fire. But the fight to regain control of the “land of the free” is far from over. We need to make some drastic changes, or what we grew up with will be gone for ever.
As a grassroots effort, we need to repeal the sixteenth amendment and take the purse away from Congress. We need to demand a law be passed requiring all laws to apply equally to all citizens (including Congress). We need to establish Term Limits for both the House of Representatives and the Senate (my suggestion would be a one term limit of six years for both). Although I do not expect it will ever happen, I would like to see a law enacted to force accountability of Congress, if they mislead or out and out lie they go to jail. I am sick to death of the way the people of this country are being treated, and I am asking everyone to make a commitment to change the way Washing DC is being run.
Are we going to continue to “drink the Kool-Aid” or is the time right to make “Tea” the drink of choice? It is true that no one person can change the Government, but together we can and must change our Government before it is too late. If you will not fight for your self, fight for your children and grandchildren. They expect us to leave them the country our Fathers left for us.
Rodger O. Brown
Patriot, and proud of it
Monday, December 21, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
This article is well worth sharing. The points made in this article have never been more important. We must all re-evaluate our thinking as to how Government was meant to represent the American Dream.
On Wed, 11/11/09, Ron Forbis wrote:
From: Ron Forbis
Subject: What our founders couldn't foresee
To: Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 12:02 PM
What our founders couldn't foresee - By Henry Lamb - www.worldviewtimes.com
This once-great nation is coming apart at the seams. Since the beginning, there has been tension between conflicting ideas and points of view. The genius of the system our founders created is the balance of power within the system that grinds this tension into agreement by the majority before any new proposal can become law.
This wonderful system has survived the rough and tough tumble of political discourse for more than two hundred years. It survived because, despite their differences, the vast majority of Americans were in absolute agreement about the purpose and goals of the government created by the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Our founders' purpose and goals are summed up in these words:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…"
Our forefathers held this belief so firmly that they were willing to risk all they had, including their lives, to remove the dictatorial government that stifled their freedom and prevented the exercise of their belief.
Our forefathers disagreed, bitterly at times, but their shared belief in the fundamental principles of freedom allowed them to find compromises that allowed the continued pursuit of happiness for all parties. Our nation is coming apart at the seams because today, our nation no longer subscribes to the belief system on which this nation was founded.
Perhaps the central point of agreement among the founders was that "just powers" of government derive from the consent of the governed. When the people of America gave their consent to accept the government proposed by our founders, that government was limited to very specific enumerated powers; all other powers were retained by the states or the people.
Only a handful of Americans are aware of these enumerated powers, or where to find them. Today, the federal government is as dictatorial as King George ever was, and those who seek to control government have little respect for the notion that government power arises from the consent of the governed.
Among the factions that want to control government are those who subscribe to the Marxist idea that government should provide equal access to the necessities of life by taking wealth from those who have it, and redistributing it to those who do not. People who accept this notion could not vote to ratify the Constitution were it put before them today. Pressure from these people is a major reason our nation is coming apart at the seams.
Another faction that wants to control government is hyphenated-Americans. These are immigrants who do not want to become Americans, but instead, want America to be subdivided into Black-America; Asian-America; Hispanic-America; Native-America, and the like - where documents must be printed in their language; where their holidays are recognized, where their cultural traditions are honored, and ultimately, where their particular vision of government is exercised.
America has always welcomed immigrants who come here to become Americans. Immigrants who come here with no intention of becoming Americans or to become hyphenated Americans do not share our founders' belief system. Black nationalism rejects the founders' belief system, and curses the nation they created.
The seams of American society are further tested as Muslim immigrants re fuse to accept and integrate into American culture. Instead, Islam insists that America accept its veils, custom, and culture. America insists that government may not embrace any religion; this is a freedom retained exclusively by individuals. Islam, on the other hand, insists religion is the foundation of all government individuals are subservient to the state. This difference is irreconcilable and Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.
Most of the population growth in America for the last several decades has come from immigration. Policies such as multiculturalism, bi-lingual education, open borders, and failure to insist that they learn English and Constitutional values and government structure and procedures have created a society that is a boiling pot ready to explode. The various factions pulling at the seams no longer agree with the original purpose and goals of our founders. They care more for their own goals than for the values this nation was created to defend.
Fortunately, one of those factions is a dedicated minority – at the moment - of people who are determined to defend the Constitution and the nation it created. Even now, these people are organizing as never before, drawing recruits from every quarter. They are enlisting candidates and teaching people how to carefully choose only those officials who demonstrate their belief in the values inscribed in our founding documents.
If America is to be saved, it can be done only by putting into office, at every level of government, only those people who, like our founding fathers, believe so firmly in the principles of freedom set forth by our founders, that they are willing to risk all, including their lives, to once again remove the dictatorial hand of government, and keep the nation free for every individual.
On Wed, 11/11/09, Ron Forbis
From: Ron Forbis
Subject: What our founders couldn't foresee
To: Undisclosed-Recipient@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 12:02 PM
What our founders couldn't foresee - By Henry Lamb - www.worldviewtimes.com
This once-great nation is coming apart at the seams. Since the beginning, there has been tension between conflicting ideas and points of view. The genius of the system our founders created is the balance of power within the system that grinds this tension into agreement by the majority before any new proposal can become law.
This wonderful system has survived the rough and tough tumble of political discourse for more than two hundred years. It survived because, despite their differences, the vast majority of Americans were in absolute agreement about the purpose and goals of the government created by the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Our founders' purpose and goals are summed up in these words:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…"
Our forefathers held this belief so firmly that they were willing to risk all they had, including their lives, to remove the dictatorial government that stifled their freedom and prevented the exercise of their belief.
Our forefathers disagreed, bitterly at times, but their shared belief in the fundamental principles of freedom allowed them to find compromises that allowed the continued pursuit of happiness for all parties. Our nation is coming apart at the seams because today, our nation no longer subscribes to the belief system on which this nation was founded.
Perhaps the central point of agreement among the founders was that "just powers" of government derive from the consent of the governed. When the people of America gave their consent to accept the government proposed by our founders, that government was limited to very specific enumerated powers; all other powers were retained by the states or the people.
Only a handful of Americans are aware of these enumerated powers, or where to find them. Today, the federal government is as dictatorial as King George ever was, and those who seek to control government have little respect for the notion that government power arises from the consent of the governed.
Among the factions that want to control government are those who subscribe to the Marxist idea that government should provide equal access to the necessities of life by taking wealth from those who have it, and redistributing it to those who do not. People who accept this notion could not vote to ratify the Constitution were it put before them today. Pressure from these people is a major reason our nation is coming apart at the seams.
Another faction that wants to control government is hyphenated-Americans. These are immigrants who do not want to become Americans, but instead, want America to be subdivided into Black-America; Asian-America; Hispanic-America; Native-America, and the like - where documents must be printed in their language; where their holidays are recognized, where their cultural traditions are honored, and ultimately, where their particular vision of government is exercised.
America has always welcomed immigrants who come here to become Americans. Immigrants who come here with no intention of becoming Americans or to become hyphenated Americans do not share our founders' belief system. Black nationalism rejects the founders' belief system, and curses the nation they created.
The seams of American society are further tested as Muslim immigrants re fuse to accept and integrate into American culture. Instead, Islam insists that America accept its veils, custom, and culture. America insists that government may not embrace any religion; this is a freedom retained exclusively by individuals. Islam, on the other hand, insists religion is the foundation of all government individuals are subservient to the state. This difference is irreconcilable and Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.
Most of the population growth in America for the last several decades has come from immigration. Policies such as multiculturalism, bi-lingual education, open borders, and failure to insist that they learn English and Constitutional values and government structure and procedures have created a society that is a boiling pot ready to explode. The various factions pulling at the seams no longer agree with the original purpose and goals of our founders. They care more for their own goals than for the values this nation was created to defend.
Fortunately, one of those factions is a dedicated minority – at the moment - of people who are determined to defend the Constitution and the nation it created. Even now, these people are organizing as never before, drawing recruits from every quarter. They are enlisting candidates and teaching people how to carefully choose only those officials who demonstrate their belief in the values inscribed in our founding documents.
If America is to be saved, it can be done only by putting into office, at every level of government, only those people who, like our founding fathers, believe so firmly in the principles of freedom set forth by our founders, that they are willing to risk all, including their lives, to once again remove the dictatorial hand of government, and keep the nation free for every individual.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Legislation for Unions
The Politicians elected to represent the American people continue to ignore the will their constituents. Legislation for Card Check, which would allow labor to organize unions without secret ballots elections, is moving forward in Congress. The American people have expressed their opposition to this legislation but again their political agenda is more important than what is right for our country or the will of the people. I have included the following article for more information as a source on this issue.
Article:
The White House visitors log was just released and I found within the information something very interesting… Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a fierce advocate for the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act or EFCA has been spending quite a lot of time at the White House.
In fact, according to The Wall Street Journal, Stern has visited the White House at least 22 times in the last year alone making him one of its most frequent visitors. Apparently, despite the fact that the American people -- including union households -- oppose EFCA, union bosses continue to pressure government officials to move forward with this job-killing legislation.
And just today, Politico is reporting that the SEIU is targeting moderate Senators to vote in favor of cloture on health care. We know that a vote in favor of cloture or moving a bill forward is a vote in favor of the legislation.
This is the same tactic and strategy Big Labor will pursue with the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act, legislation that would eliminate the secret ballot and empower government bureaucrats to mandate contracts terms on employers and employees without their consent.
The only thing standing in the way of Andy Stern and his friends in organized labor is you. EFCA supporters on Capitol Hill know this legislation is a massive bailout to union bosses and will increase their power generating billions in additional revenue at the expense of our freedoms and jobs.
Please make sure your voices are heard and remind our elected officials, whether at the White House or in Congress that they answer to us, not labor bosses.
Engaging your friends and family in this debate is critical to our success. Please sign up and share this information with others so we can defeat the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act or any variation of it once and for all.
Thank You,
Jason McBride
WorkforceFairness.com
Article:
The White House visitors log was just released and I found within the information something very interesting… Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a fierce advocate for the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act or EFCA has been spending quite a lot of time at the White House.
In fact, according to The Wall Street Journal, Stern has visited the White House at least 22 times in the last year alone making him one of its most frequent visitors. Apparently, despite the fact that the American people -- including union households -- oppose EFCA, union bosses continue to pressure government officials to move forward with this job-killing legislation.
And just today, Politico is reporting that the SEIU is targeting moderate Senators to vote in favor of cloture on health care. We know that a vote in favor of cloture or moving a bill forward is a vote in favor of the legislation.
This is the same tactic and strategy Big Labor will pursue with the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act, legislation that would eliminate the secret ballot and empower government bureaucrats to mandate contracts terms on employers and employees without their consent.
The only thing standing in the way of Andy Stern and his friends in organized labor is you. EFCA supporters on Capitol Hill know this legislation is a massive bailout to union bosses and will increase their power generating billions in additional revenue at the expense of our freedoms and jobs.
Please make sure your voices are heard and remind our elected officials, whether at the White House or in Congress that they answer to us, not labor bosses.
Engaging your friends and family in this debate is critical to our success. Please sign up and share this information with others so we can defeat the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act or any variation of it once and for all.
Thank You,
Jason McBride
WorkforceFairness.com
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Endoresment of Capitalism
The economic system of early America, known as the American System, provided a system for growth and prosperity. High tariffs on imports protected American Industries from cheap foreign goods and promoted use of it’s own resources and to be self-sufficient. During this period the United States grew to be the worlds largest economy with the worlds highest standard of living. History reveals that no other economic philosophy would have accomplished what our forefathers envisioned, nor would any other system have been compatible with our Constitution. A capitalist system is the only system that will insure continued freedom and liberty to exist in America.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Conversation on Race
Sometimes we get frustrated on how to respond to being called a racist Country. I think a lot of Americans would agree with the way Pat Buchanan’s response in the following article.
Buchanan's column, syndicated by Creators Syndicate, was posted on the WorldNetDaily, Real Clear Politics and VDARE.com websites, as well as on his own website.
From Buchanan's March 21 column:
Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America.
Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to.
This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them are these:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.
Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.
Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the '60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream.
Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks - with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants.
Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.
We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude?
Barack talks about new “ladders of opportunity” for blacks.
Let him go to Altoona and Johnstown, and ask the white kids in Catholic schools how many were vsited lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out scholarships for “deserving” white kids.
Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America? Is it really white America’s fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent?
Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?
As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence. Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?
Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse?
We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena. And all turned out to be hoaxes. But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites that are real, we hear nothing.
Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before, about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago.
Buchanan's column, syndicated by Creators Syndicate, was posted on the WorldNetDaily, Real Clear Politics and VDARE.com websites, as well as on his own website.
From Buchanan's March 21 column:
Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America.
Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation. White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to.
This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them are these:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.
Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.
Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the '60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream.
Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks - with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants.
Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.
We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude?
Barack talks about new “ladders of opportunity” for blacks.
Let him go to Altoona and Johnstown, and ask the white kids in Catholic schools how many were vsited lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out scholarships for “deserving” white kids.
Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America? Is it really white America’s fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent?
Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?
As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence. Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?
Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse?
We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena. And all turned out to be hoaxes. But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites that are real, we hear nothing.
Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before, about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Andy Rooney Opinion
Andy Rooney gave his opinion for the need of health care reform on the 60-minute broadcast of October 25th. . He stated that the U.S. ranked 50th on a list of countries by life expectancy. According to the Central Intelligence Agency Factbook estimate of 2009, there are 195 countries on that list. The number one ranked country on that list is Macau (a country in China) with an average life expectancy of 84.36 years. Swaziland is the last ranked country on the list at 195 with an average life expectancy of 39.4 years.
The United Nation Department of Economic and Social Affairs-Population Division provides a list of countries ranked by population. Population with 546,200 or 0.008% of world population ranks Macau at 165 on that list. Population with 1,185,000 or 0.017% of world population ranks Swaziland at 154. The United State with a population of 307,792,000 or 4.53% of world population is ranked 3rd with a life expectancy rank of 50th with a life expectancy average of 78.11 years. China with a population of 1,333,740,000 or 19.63% of world population is ranked number 1, with a life expectancy rank at 105 with a life expectancy average of 73.47 years. India is ranked by population of 1,171,660,000 or 17.25% of world population is ranked at number 2, with a life expectancy rank of 145 with life expectancy average of 69.89 years.
The opinion of Mr. Rooney suggest that the United States needs health care reform to improve its ranking on life expectancy. The United States (3rd in world population), life expectancy is 4.64 years longer than China’s (the most populated country), and 8.22 years longer than India’s (2nd most populated country). The difference between Macau and the United States life expectancy (number 1 ranked and 50th ranked) is 6.25years.
The quality and availability of health care in the United States is the best in the world. The health care industry needs reform to manage cost, fraud and abuse, much of which the government can take responsibility for. Reform is needed to correct legislation that created an environment in the health care industry that allows these issue to exist. To advocate a government-run nationalized health care system by suggesting that we’ll live longer is wrong. It may suggest an agenda quite different than a better health care system for the American People
Mr. Rooney’s opinion was misleading and purposely dishonest.
The United Nation Department of Economic and Social Affairs-Population Division provides a list of countries ranked by population. Population with 546,200 or 0.008% of world population ranks Macau at 165 on that list. Population with 1,185,000 or 0.017% of world population ranks Swaziland at 154. The United State with a population of 307,792,000 or 4.53% of world population is ranked 3rd with a life expectancy rank of 50th with a life expectancy average of 78.11 years. China with a population of 1,333,740,000 or 19.63% of world population is ranked number 1, with a life expectancy rank at 105 with a life expectancy average of 73.47 years. India is ranked by population of 1,171,660,000 or 17.25% of world population is ranked at number 2, with a life expectancy rank of 145 with life expectancy average of 69.89 years.
The opinion of Mr. Rooney suggest that the United States needs health care reform to improve its ranking on life expectancy. The United States (3rd in world population), life expectancy is 4.64 years longer than China’s (the most populated country), and 8.22 years longer than India’s (2nd most populated country). The difference between Macau and the United States life expectancy (number 1 ranked and 50th ranked) is 6.25years.
The quality and availability of health care in the United States is the best in the world. The health care industry needs reform to manage cost, fraud and abuse, much of which the government can take responsibility for. Reform is needed to correct legislation that created an environment in the health care industry that allows these issue to exist. To advocate a government-run nationalized health care system by suggesting that we’ll live longer is wrong. It may suggest an agenda quite different than a better health care system for the American People
Mr. Rooney’s opinion was misleading and purposely dishonest.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Senate Healthcare Vote
We are in danger of our Government taking over our health care system in America. Congress is trying to pass legislation to produce a Bill that would become law without giving the American People the details of what's in the legislation. How will it affect the health care of each individual in this country? Our fear is that it will be a Nationalized health care entitlement system with the Government dictating care and treatment for everyone based on cost, not the individuals need of care or the quality of treatment.
The following is an article written by Amanda Reinecker " who is a writer for MyHeritage.org" on a Senate vote held Wednesday on health care.
The Heritage Foundation is a good resource for information and analytical data on health care legislation. They are a well-known conservative American think tank based in Washington D.C.. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."
October 23, 2009 | By Amanda Reinecker
First Senate health care vote flops
President Obama has repeatedly claimed that America is closer to passing health care reform than ever before. But proponents of big-government health care nevertheless suffered a major setback on Wednesday when the first Senate floor vote on health care legislation failed with only 47 votes in favor.
Senators voted not to act on a $247 billion "doctors' fix" that would have blocked scheduled costs savings in Medicare. This legislation is formally separate from the health care "reform" proposal, but it's nonetheless an integral part of the overall package, so its defeat is telling.
The vote, which Heritage Foundation expert Brian Darling dubs "round 1 of the battle over Obamacare," represents a major victory for conservatives who, from the beginning, have argued that real reform should be principled, fiscally responsible and bipartisan.
Detaching this legislation from the broader health care reform bill was part of a White House "strategy to smooth passage of President Barack Obama's $1 trillion-plus health care overhaul by transferring a quarter of its cost into a separate, and completely unpaid for, bill," explains Heritage's Conn Carroll in The Morning Bell.
Every Republican Senator and 13 fiscally-conscious Democrats (including Connecticut's Joe Lieberman) saw through this "transparently dishonest shell game" and voted down the measure.
A long history shows that promised Medicare cuts -- an effort to control runaway spending on the entitlement program -- rarely come to fruition. The cuts are either frozen or, when implemented, are undone after the fact. And, as in this case, lawmakers rarely offset the cost of the restored Medicare spending with cuts elsewhere, which simply adds to the budget deficit.
"The moment this became a fiscal and moral gut check, the people prevailed and the special interests lost," writes Heritage Vice President Michael Franc on National Review Online.
This was the first real demonstration of bipartisanship in the health care debate, and the Left lost. "A bipartisan majority rejected the Democrat leadership's attempt to add another quarter-trillion dollars to the national credit card without any plan to pay for it," McConnell said. "With a record deficit and a ballooning national debt, the American people are saying enough is enough."
The following is an article written by Amanda Reinecker " who is a writer for MyHeritage.org" on a Senate vote held Wednesday on health care.
The Heritage Foundation is a good resource for information and analytical data on health care legislation. They are a well-known conservative American think tank based in Washington D.C.. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."
October 23, 2009 | By Amanda Reinecker
First Senate health care vote flops
President Obama has repeatedly claimed that America is closer to passing health care reform than ever before. But proponents of big-government health care nevertheless suffered a major setback on Wednesday when the first Senate floor vote on health care legislation failed with only 47 votes in favor.
Senators voted not to act on a $247 billion "doctors' fix" that would have blocked scheduled costs savings in Medicare. This legislation is formally separate from the health care "reform" proposal, but it's nonetheless an integral part of the overall package, so its defeat is telling.
The vote, which Heritage Foundation expert Brian Darling dubs "round 1 of the battle over Obamacare," represents a major victory for conservatives who, from the beginning, have argued that real reform should be principled, fiscally responsible and bipartisan.
Detaching this legislation from the broader health care reform bill was part of a White House "strategy to smooth passage of President Barack Obama's $1 trillion-plus health care overhaul by transferring a quarter of its cost into a separate, and completely unpaid for, bill," explains Heritage's Conn Carroll in The Morning Bell.
Every Republican Senator and 13 fiscally-conscious Democrats (including Connecticut's Joe Lieberman) saw through this "transparently dishonest shell game" and voted down the measure.
A long history shows that promised Medicare cuts -- an effort to control runaway spending on the entitlement program -- rarely come to fruition. The cuts are either frozen or, when implemented, are undone after the fact. And, as in this case, lawmakers rarely offset the cost of the restored Medicare spending with cuts elsewhere, which simply adds to the budget deficit.
"The moment this became a fiscal and moral gut check, the people prevailed and the special interests lost," writes Heritage Vice President Michael Franc on National Review Online.
This was the first real demonstration of bipartisanship in the health care debate, and the Left lost. "A bipartisan majority rejected the Democrat leadership's attempt to add another quarter-trillion dollars to the national credit card without any plan to pay for it," McConnell said. "With a record deficit and a ballooning national debt, the American people are saying enough is enough."
Monday, October 12, 2009
Energy
Our Government needs an Energy Policy that protects the environment, promotes development of alternative energy sources and, utilize known oil reserves within our country that would ensure Americas Energy Independence. The Federal Government estimates that American controlled waters contain 19 billion barrels of oil and 84 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. New technology in deep-sea exploration and drilling, have found reserves in the Gulf of Mexico once thought not to be recoverable. Today’s technology now promises the development of the Bakken Oil Formation located in North Dakota and in parts of South Dakota and Montana, is believed to contain 200 billion barrels of oil. We have the oil and natural gas resources in our country to give us energy independence if our Government would adopt an energy policy that would truly embrace the goal of energy independence.
Friday, October 9, 2009
In my recent Blog I made the comment about seeds embedded in healthcare legislation. Read the following Press Release from House Rebuplican Leader John Boehner. If you agree with him its time to speak out. I have posted a link to his web page.
Boehner Decries “Phantom Amendments” Added to Senate Health Care Bill After Committee Vote
Will Introduce Resolution to Require 24-Hour Online Posting to Prevent Similar Deception in House, Allow Public to Read Bills Online After Committee Votes
Washington, Oct 8 -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today expressed outrage after learning that Senate Democratic leaders quietly made more than 70 substantive changes to the text of a health care bill after the legislation was voted on and passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee. The changes were made without a vote and without the knowledge of the committee’s minority members. Boehner condemned the practice of adding such “phantom amendments” to bills, and announced that Republicans will introduce a resolution that would change House rules to require committees to post the actual text of adopted bills and amendments online within 24 hours to prevent similar acts of deception.
“The American people are fed up with the way in which Congress does business. Whether it’s passing massive spending bills no one in America has read, or making secret changes to bills after they’ve already been passed by committees, ‘business as usual’ in Congress needs to end,” Boehner said. “The American people deserve a Congress that is transparent and accountable to the people it serves. The practice of secretly adding ‘phantom amendments’ to major bills after they pass committee is outrageous, and it should be banned. Americans should be allowed to read the text of all bills online within 24 hours after they are approved by congressional committees.”
According to a report by IWP News, "Senate Republicans are raising new concerns about being forced to vote on health reform bills prior to the availability of legislative text, complaining that a wellness measure unanimously agreed to during the health committee's July markup is absent from the recently released bill. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) suggested last week that the committee's majority staff may have deliberately excluded the amendment, which passed after much hoopla over bipartisanship. The final bill was released on Sept. 17, two months after it was approved along party lines and following repeated demands by Republicans to see the final legislative text. 'I think that's an outrage,' said Enzi (R-WY), who is the ranking member on the health committee." (InsideHealthPolicy.com, October 2009)
“While the current Congress is the worst I’ve seen, it is hardly the first Congress to have a transparency problem. Republican-led Congresses fell short in this area, too,” Boehner said. “But when I chaired the Committee on Education and the Workforce [now Education & Labor], we always made it a point to make the text of committee-passed bills publicly available within 24 hours after a vote. It isn’t a difficult thing to accomplish, and it’s the right thing to do for the American people, who want government that is open, transparent, and accountable. I plan to introduce a resolution in the House that will require all House committees to post bills and amendments online within 24 hours after they’re adopted, and I hope members on both sides of the aisle will support it. It’s just common sense.”
Boehner is supporting an effort by Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and John Culberson (R-TX) to change House rules to require all bills to be posted online for a minimum of 72 hours before they are brought to a vote on the House floor. More information is available at http://www.gopleader.gov/readthebill/.
Boehner Decries “Phantom Amendments” Added to Senate Health Care Bill After Committee Vote
Will Introduce Resolution to Require 24-Hour Online Posting to Prevent Similar Deception in House, Allow Public to Read Bills Online After Committee Votes
Washington, Oct 8 -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today expressed outrage after learning that Senate Democratic leaders quietly made more than 70 substantive changes to the text of a health care bill after the legislation was voted on and passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee. The changes were made without a vote and without the knowledge of the committee’s minority members. Boehner condemned the practice of adding such “phantom amendments” to bills, and announced that Republicans will introduce a resolution that would change House rules to require committees to post the actual text of adopted bills and amendments online within 24 hours to prevent similar acts of deception.
“The American people are fed up with the way in which Congress does business. Whether it’s passing massive spending bills no one in America has read, or making secret changes to bills after they’ve already been passed by committees, ‘business as usual’ in Congress needs to end,” Boehner said. “The American people deserve a Congress that is transparent and accountable to the people it serves. The practice of secretly adding ‘phantom amendments’ to major bills after they pass committee is outrageous, and it should be banned. Americans should be allowed to read the text of all bills online within 24 hours after they are approved by congressional committees.”
According to a report by IWP News, "Senate Republicans are raising new concerns about being forced to vote on health reform bills prior to the availability of legislative text, complaining that a wellness measure unanimously agreed to during the health committee's July markup is absent from the recently released bill. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) suggested last week that the committee's majority staff may have deliberately excluded the amendment, which passed after much hoopla over bipartisanship. The final bill was released on Sept. 17, two months after it was approved along party lines and following repeated demands by Republicans to see the final legislative text. 'I think that's an outrage,' said Enzi (R-WY), who is the ranking member on the health committee." (InsideHealthPolicy.com, October 2009)
“While the current Congress is the worst I’ve seen, it is hardly the first Congress to have a transparency problem. Republican-led Congresses fell short in this area, too,” Boehner said. “But when I chaired the Committee on Education and the Workforce [now Education & Labor], we always made it a point to make the text of committee-passed bills publicly available within 24 hours after a vote. It isn’t a difficult thing to accomplish, and it’s the right thing to do for the American people, who want government that is open, transparent, and accountable. I plan to introduce a resolution in the House that will require all House committees to post bills and amendments online within 24 hours after they’re adopted, and I hope members on both sides of the aisle will support it. It’s just common sense.”
Boehner is supporting an effort by Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and John Culberson (R-TX) to change House rules to require all bills to be posted online for a minimum of 72 hours before they are brought to a vote on the House floor. More information is available at http://www.gopleader.gov/readthebill/.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Socialized Healthcare
Its time we call it what it is, Socialism.
Our Politicians are manipulating us on the healthcare issue. We are told there is a crisis and they have the solution. Our Government is now telling us they are going to enforce compliance on everyone to participate in their program. The I.R.S. will have the responsibility to enforce compliance. Americans have become so irresponsible that we can’t be trusted to make our own healthcare decisions. Make no mistake; if this legislation becomes law, we will have lost the freedom to decide our own healthcare needs and options. Its time to call this effort what it is, the Socialization of our healthcare system. Our news media and Politicians in Congress purposely mischaracterize this effort. Calling it morally fair and just, based on an ideology that is contrary to the principles and moral values our country was founded on. Congress has passed legislation creating laws and regulation that have significantly contributed to higher cost in healthcare. This is where reform is needed, not legislation that will socialize healthcare.
The advocates for this legislation are not uneducated or naïve individuals, they know exactly what they are doing. Their goal is to socialize our Country. They are blinded by an ideology that believes that freedoms and liberties are not of God, but are rewards of Government to create fairness in a society. The example of healthcare in Europe and Canada are examples of Socialized Medicine. Americans do not want a socialized healthcare system. We must continue to voice our opposition to the legislation being produced in Washington. Healthcare must not go the way of our banking system or our automobile industry. Call it what it is, Socialism. The concerns express at town hall meeting that provisions in the legislation would provide coverage to illegal immigrants, limited care and treatment options decided by bureaucrats, based on lifestyle and behavior patterns, end of life counseling, direct care and treatment options away from an aging population, to the younger more productive population. Those issues of concerns have not been eliminated from this legislation. They are like seeds embedded in the language so that once it is signed into law, they will sprout and come to life as Congress will have the authority to interpret the language to include these issues. Do your research, be informed, and hold our elected officials accountable. Do not be swayed by a new image put on this legislation by the media or by politicians. It is what it is. Socialism.
Call your elected officials to stop this move toward Socialized Healthcare.
The links below will provide contact information for elected officials.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml
Our Politicians are manipulating us on the healthcare issue. We are told there is a crisis and they have the solution. Our Government is now telling us they are going to enforce compliance on everyone to participate in their program. The I.R.S. will have the responsibility to enforce compliance. Americans have become so irresponsible that we can’t be trusted to make our own healthcare decisions. Make no mistake; if this legislation becomes law, we will have lost the freedom to decide our own healthcare needs and options. Its time to call this effort what it is, the Socialization of our healthcare system. Our news media and Politicians in Congress purposely mischaracterize this effort. Calling it morally fair and just, based on an ideology that is contrary to the principles and moral values our country was founded on. Congress has passed legislation creating laws and regulation that have significantly contributed to higher cost in healthcare. This is where reform is needed, not legislation that will socialize healthcare.
The advocates for this legislation are not uneducated or naïve individuals, they know exactly what they are doing. Their goal is to socialize our Country. They are blinded by an ideology that believes that freedoms and liberties are not of God, but are rewards of Government to create fairness in a society. The example of healthcare in Europe and Canada are examples of Socialized Medicine. Americans do not want a socialized healthcare system. We must continue to voice our opposition to the legislation being produced in Washington. Healthcare must not go the way of our banking system or our automobile industry. Call it what it is, Socialism. The concerns express at town hall meeting that provisions in the legislation would provide coverage to illegal immigrants, limited care and treatment options decided by bureaucrats, based on lifestyle and behavior patterns, end of life counseling, direct care and treatment options away from an aging population, to the younger more productive population. Those issues of concerns have not been eliminated from this legislation. They are like seeds embedded in the language so that once it is signed into law, they will sprout and come to life as Congress will have the authority to interpret the language to include these issues. Do your research, be informed, and hold our elected officials accountable. Do not be swayed by a new image put on this legislation by the media or by politicians. It is what it is. Socialism.
Call your elected officials to stop this move toward Socialized Healthcare.
The links below will provide contact information for elected officials.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Invitation to be a Patriot
As an organization our hope is to provide a link to all groups and citizens to be heard, regardless of politics. If you believe as we do, that our Government is taking our Country in a direction that puts America at great peril, then it has never been more important for you to act. The threat we face is real. It is as grave as any threat our Country has faced in our past. Just as past generations defended America, we must be determined to defend against and defeat the forces that would take away our freedoms and liberties as Americans. We must be vigilant of a Government that would impose tyranny on its people.
We must unite together to give our voice the volume it needs to be heard. A voice our elected officials and their political parties must hear.
Be a Patriot for this cause. Sign in with your name and e-mail address to be informed and updated on our progress and for future opportunities to be heard.
We must unite together to give our voice the volume it needs to be heard. A voice our elected officials and their political parties must hear.
Be a Patriot for this cause. Sign in with your name and e-mail address to be informed and updated on our progress and for future opportunities to be heard.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Dereliction of Duty
At one of John McCain’s town hall meetings he brought up again, the issue of special interest money in Washington political decisions. That got me to thinking, if a special interest gives money to elected officials, to get representation, just because they donate money, why can’t we the people get that kind of representation, based on the fact that we are the source of the Federal Government’s income. Is that not what they were elected to do; to recognize each one of us as a person with a special interest to be represented on political decisions made in Washington D.C.?
Their choice to benefit special interest groups over their own constituents is a dereliction of duty to the people they were elected to serve.
Their choice to benefit special interest groups over their own constituents is a dereliction of duty to the people they were elected to serve.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Government Role in Education
Public education in America today is another issue that has been taken away from parents and local school boards. Parents and local school boards must deal with government mandated programs, curriculum, and teaching methods. Today the choice of private charter schools, religious schools, and home schooling has become more popular with parents wanting a better quality of education for their children. The issue for the Federal Government is not the quality of education, but a system of Government indoctrination.
The Governments role in the beginning was to promote and establish the availability for education thru out our country.
It has evolved into something quite different today. Like the Government Run Healthcare issue being debated today, that most Americans oppose, we have no representation for less Government dictates in our educational system.
Review the history that follows and see how far we’ve come.
Source Ed.gov U.S. Department of Education
The Federal Role in Education OVERVIEWThe Federal Role in EducationOverview
Education is primarily a State and local responsibility in the United States. It is States and communities, as well as public and private organizations of all kinds, that establish schools and colleges, develop curricula, and determine requirements for enrollment and graduation. The structure of education finance in America reflects this predominant State and local role. Of an estimated $1 trillion being spent nationwide on education at all levels for school year 2008-2009, a substantial majority will come from State, local, and private sources. This is especially true at the elementary and secondary level, where just over 92 percent of the funds will come from non-Federal sources.
That means the Federal contribution to elementary and secondary education is a little under 8 percent, which includes funds not only from the Department of Education (ED) but also from other Federal agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services' Head Start program and the Department of Agriculture's School Lunch program.
Although ED's share of total education funding in the U.S. is relatively small, ED works hard to get a big bang for its taxpayer-provided bucks by targeting its funds where they can do the most good. This targeting reflects the historical development of the Federal role in education as a kind of "emergency response system," a means of filling gaps in State and local support for education when critical national needs arise.
History
The original Department of Education was created in 1867 to collect information on schools and teaching that would help the States establish effective school systems. While the agency's name and location within the Executive Branch have changed over the past 130 years, this early emphasis on getting information on what works in education to teachers and education policymakers continues down to the present day.
The passage of the Second Morrill Act in 1890 gave the then-named Office of Education responsibility for administering support for the original system of land-grant colleges and universities. Vocational education became the next major area of Federal aid to schools, with the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act and the 1946 George-Barden Act focusing on agricultural, industrial, and home economics training for high school students.
World War II led to a significant expansion of Federal support for education. The Lanham Act in 1941 and the Impact Aid laws of 1950 eased the burden on communities affected by the presence of military and other Federal installations by making payments to school districts. And in 1944, the "GI Bill" authorized postsecondary education assistance that would ultimately send nearly 8 million World War II veterans to college.
The Cold War stimulated the first example of comprehensive Federal education legislation, when in 1958 Congress passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik. To help ensure that highly trained individuals would be available to help America compete with the Soviet Union in scientific and technical fields, the NDEA included support for loans to college students, the improvement of science, mathematics, and foreign language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, graduate fellowships, foreign language and area studies, and vocational-technical training.
The anti-poverty and civil rights laws of the 1960s and 1970s brought about a dramatic emergence of the Department's equal access mission. The passage of laws such as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, and disability, respectively made civil rights enforcement a fundamental and long-lasting focus of the Department of Education. In 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act launched a comprehensive set of programs, including the Title I program of Federal aid to disadvantaged children to address the problems of poor urban and rural areas. And in that same year, the Higher Education Act authorized assistance for postsecondary education, including financial aid programs for needy college students.
In 1980, Congress established the Department of Education as a Cabinet level agency. Today, ED operates programs that touch on every area and level of education. The Department's elementary and secondary programs annually serve nearly 14,000 school districts and some 56 million students attending roughly 99,000 public schools and 34,000 private schools. Department programs also provide grant, loan, and work-study assistance to more than 13 million postsecondary students.
Mission
Despite the growth of the Federal role in education, the Department never strayed far from what would become its official mission: to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
The Department carries out its mission in two major ways. First, the Secretary and the Department play a leadership role in the ongoing national dialogue over how to improve the results of our education system for all students. This involves such activities as raising national and community awareness of the education challenges confronting the Nation, disseminating the latest discoveries on what works in teaching and learning, and helping communities work out solutions to difficult educational issues.
Second, the Department pursues its twin goals of access and excellence through the administration of programs that cover every area of education and range from preschool education through postdoctoral research. For more information on the Department's programs see the President's FY 2010 Budget Request for Education.
The Governments role in the beginning was to promote and establish the availability for education thru out our country.
It has evolved into something quite different today. Like the Government Run Healthcare issue being debated today, that most Americans oppose, we have no representation for less Government dictates in our educational system.
Review the history that follows and see how far we’ve come.
Source Ed.gov U.S. Department of Education
The Federal Role in Education OVERVIEWThe Federal Role in EducationOverview
Education is primarily a State and local responsibility in the United States. It is States and communities, as well as public and private organizations of all kinds, that establish schools and colleges, develop curricula, and determine requirements for enrollment and graduation. The structure of education finance in America reflects this predominant State and local role. Of an estimated $1 trillion being spent nationwide on education at all levels for school year 2008-2009, a substantial majority will come from State, local, and private sources. This is especially true at the elementary and secondary level, where just over 92 percent of the funds will come from non-Federal sources.
That means the Federal contribution to elementary and secondary education is a little under 8 percent, which includes funds not only from the Department of Education (ED) but also from other Federal agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services' Head Start program and the Department of Agriculture's School Lunch program.
Although ED's share of total education funding in the U.S. is relatively small, ED works hard to get a big bang for its taxpayer-provided bucks by targeting its funds where they can do the most good. This targeting reflects the historical development of the Federal role in education as a kind of "emergency response system," a means of filling gaps in State and local support for education when critical national needs arise.
History
The original Department of Education was created in 1867 to collect information on schools and teaching that would help the States establish effective school systems. While the agency's name and location within the Executive Branch have changed over the past 130 years, this early emphasis on getting information on what works in education to teachers and education policymakers continues down to the present day.
The passage of the Second Morrill Act in 1890 gave the then-named Office of Education responsibility for administering support for the original system of land-grant colleges and universities. Vocational education became the next major area of Federal aid to schools, with the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act and the 1946 George-Barden Act focusing on agricultural, industrial, and home economics training for high school students.
World War II led to a significant expansion of Federal support for education. The Lanham Act in 1941 and the Impact Aid laws of 1950 eased the burden on communities affected by the presence of military and other Federal installations by making payments to school districts. And in 1944, the "GI Bill" authorized postsecondary education assistance that would ultimately send nearly 8 million World War II veterans to college.
The Cold War stimulated the first example of comprehensive Federal education legislation, when in 1958 Congress passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik. To help ensure that highly trained individuals would be available to help America compete with the Soviet Union in scientific and technical fields, the NDEA included support for loans to college students, the improvement of science, mathematics, and foreign language instruction in elementary and secondary schools, graduate fellowships, foreign language and area studies, and vocational-technical training.
The anti-poverty and civil rights laws of the 1960s and 1970s brought about a dramatic emergence of the Department's equal access mission. The passage of laws such as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, and disability, respectively made civil rights enforcement a fundamental and long-lasting focus of the Department of Education. In 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act launched a comprehensive set of programs, including the Title I program of Federal aid to disadvantaged children to address the problems of poor urban and rural areas. And in that same year, the Higher Education Act authorized assistance for postsecondary education, including financial aid programs for needy college students.
In 1980, Congress established the Department of Education as a Cabinet level agency. Today, ED operates programs that touch on every area and level of education. The Department's elementary and secondary programs annually serve nearly 14,000 school districts and some 56 million students attending roughly 99,000 public schools and 34,000 private schools. Department programs also provide grant, loan, and work-study assistance to more than 13 million postsecondary students.
Mission
Despite the growth of the Federal role in education, the Department never strayed far from what would become its official mission: to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
The Department carries out its mission in two major ways. First, the Secretary and the Department play a leadership role in the ongoing national dialogue over how to improve the results of our education system for all students. This involves such activities as raising national and community awareness of the education challenges confronting the Nation, disseminating the latest discoveries on what works in teaching and learning, and helping communities work out solutions to difficult educational issues.
Second, the Department pursues its twin goals of access and excellence through the administration of programs that cover every area of education and range from preschool education through postdoctoral research. For more information on the Department's programs see the President's FY 2010 Budget Request for Education.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
History Sermon
History can be a great teacher of what the future can hold by looking at the past. It teaches us that Rulers and Kings desired the support of the people they govern and to gain that support made promises of an easier life with less responsibility. Recent history tells us that in 1913 an amendment to the Constitution, relieved our elected officials of the responsibility to account to us on how we are taxed and for what we are taxed. With this power they promise the people they govern an easier life with less responsibility.
I was given a copy of a sermon that I think illustrates how history from four thousand years ago can look so familiar today.
The Pastor of this sermon is unknown.
Good morning, brothers and> sisters; it's always a delight to see the pews crowded on> Sunday morning, and so eager to get into God's Word. Turn> with me in your Bibles, if you will to the 47th chapter of> Genesis, we'll begin our reading at verse 13, and go through> verse 27.> > Brother Ray, would you stand> and read that great passage for us?> > ...(reading).....> > Thank you for that fine> reading, Brother Ray.... So we see that economic hard times> fell upon Egypt , and the people turned to the government of> Pharaoh to deal with this for them. And Pharaoh> nationalized the grain harvest, and placed the grain in> great storehouses that he had built. So the people brought> their money to Pharaoh, like a great tax increase, and gave > it all to him willingly in return for grain. And this went> on until their money ran out, and they were hungry again.> > So when they went to Pharaoh> after that, they brought their livestock, their cattle,> their horses, their sheep, and their donkey - to barter for> grain, and verse 17 says that only took them through the end> of that year.> > But the famine wasn't over,> was it? > So the next year, the people> came before Pharaoh and admitted they had nothing left,> except their land and their own lives. "There is nothing> left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. > Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? > Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be> servants to Pharaoh." So they surrendered their homes,> their land, and their real estate to Pharaoh's government,> and then sold themselves into slavery to him, in return for> grain. What can we learn from this, brothers and sisters? > > That turning to the> government instead of to God to be our provider in hard> times only leads to slavery? Yes. That the only reason> government wants to be our provider is to also become our> master? Yes. > > But look how that passage> ends, brothers and sisters! Thus Israel settled in the > land of Egypt , in the land of Goshen . And they gained> possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied> greatly." God provided for His people, just as always has! > They didn't end up giving all their possessions to> government, no, it says they gained possessions! > But I also tell you a great> truth today, and an ominous one. We see the same thing> happening today - the government today wants to "share the> wealth "once again, to take it from us and redistribute it> back to us. It wants to take control of healthcare, just as> it has taken control of education, and ration it back to us,> and when government rations it, then government decides who> gets it, and how much, and what kind. And if we go along> with it, and do it willingly, then we will wind up no> differently than the people of Egypt did four thousand years> ago - as slaves to the government, and as slaves to our> leaders.> > What Mr. Obama's government> is doing now is no different from what Pharaoh's government> did then, and it will end the same. And a lot of people> like to call Mr. Obama a "Messiah," don't they? Is he a> Messiah? A savior? Didn't the Egyptians say, after Pharaoh> made them his slaves, "You have saved our lives; may it> please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh?" > > Well, I tell you this - I > know the Messiah; the Messiah is a friend of mine; and Mr.> Obama is no Messiah! No, brothers and sisters, if Mr..> Obama is a character from the Bible, then he is Pharaoh!> > Bow with me in prayer, if> you will.> > Lord, You alone are worthy > to be served, and we rely on You, and You alone. We confess> that the government is not our deliverer, and never rightly> will be. We read in the eighth chapter of 1 Samuel, when> Samuel warned the people of what a ruler would do, where it> says "And in that day you will cry out because of your king,> whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not> answer you in that day." And Lord, we acknowledge that day> has come. We cry out to you because of the ruler that we> have chosen for ourselves as a nation. Lord, we pray for> this nation. We pray for revival, and we pray for> deliverance from those who would be our masters. Give us> hearts to seek You and hands to serve You, and protect Your> people from the atrocities of Pharaoh's government.> > In God We Trust...
I was given a copy of a sermon that I think illustrates how history from four thousand years ago can look so familiar today.
The Pastor of this sermon is unknown.
Good morning, brothers and> sisters; it's always a delight to see the pews crowded on> Sunday morning, and so eager to get into God's Word. Turn> with me in your Bibles, if you will to the 47th chapter of> Genesis, we'll begin our reading at verse 13, and go through> verse 27.> > Brother Ray, would you stand> and read that great passage for us?> > ...(reading).....> > Thank you for that fine> reading, Brother Ray.... So we see that economic hard times> fell upon Egypt , and the people turned to the government of> Pharaoh to deal with this for them. And Pharaoh> nationalized the grain harvest, and placed the grain in> great storehouses that he had built. So the people brought> their money to Pharaoh, like a great tax increase, and gave > it all to him willingly in return for grain. And this went> on until their money ran out, and they were hungry again.> > So when they went to Pharaoh> after that, they brought their livestock, their cattle,> their horses, their sheep, and their donkey - to barter for> grain, and verse 17 says that only took them through the end> of that year.> > But the famine wasn't over,> was it? > So the next year, the people> came before Pharaoh and admitted they had nothing left,> except their land and their own lives. "There is nothing> left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. > Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? > Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be> servants to Pharaoh." So they surrendered their homes,> their land, and their real estate to Pharaoh's government,> and then sold themselves into slavery to him, in return for> grain. What can we learn from this, brothers and sisters? > > That turning to the> government instead of to God to be our provider in hard> times only leads to slavery? Yes. That the only reason> government wants to be our provider is to also become our> master? Yes. > > But look how that passage> ends, brothers and sisters! Thus Israel settled in the > land of Egypt , in the land of Goshen . And they gained> possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied> greatly." God provided for His people, just as always has! > They didn't end up giving all their possessions to> government, no, it says they gained possessions! > But I also tell you a great> truth today, and an ominous one. We see the same thing> happening today - the government today wants to "share the> wealth "once again, to take it from us and redistribute it> back to us. It wants to take control of healthcare, just as> it has taken control of education, and ration it back to us,> and when government rations it, then government decides who> gets it, and how much, and what kind. And if we go along> with it, and do it willingly, then we will wind up no> differently than the people of Egypt did four thousand years> ago - as slaves to the government, and as slaves to our> leaders.> > What Mr. Obama's government> is doing now is no different from what Pharaoh's government> did then, and it will end the same. And a lot of people> like to call Mr. Obama a "Messiah," don't they? Is he a> Messiah? A savior? Didn't the Egyptians say, after Pharaoh> made them his slaves, "You have saved our lives; may it> please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh?" > > Well, I tell you this - I > know the Messiah; the Messiah is a friend of mine; and Mr.> Obama is no Messiah! No, brothers and sisters, if Mr..> Obama is a character from the Bible, then he is Pharaoh!> > Bow with me in prayer, if> you will.> > Lord, You alone are worthy > to be served, and we rely on You, and You alone. We confess> that the government is not our deliverer, and never rightly> will be. We read in the eighth chapter of 1 Samuel, when> Samuel warned the people of what a ruler would do, where it> says "And in that day you will cry out because of your king,> whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not> answer you in that day." And Lord, we acknowledge that day> has come. We cry out to you because of the ruler that we> have chosen for ourselves as a nation. Lord, we pray for> this nation. We pray for revival, and we pray for> deliverance from those who would be our masters. Give us> hearts to seek You and hands to serve You, and protect Your> people from the atrocities of Pharaoh's government.> > In God We Trust...
Friday, September 25, 2009
Healthcare
This is not about numbers or statistical data on health care. There are many sources for everyone to gather that information. This is about provoking thought to stimulate a desire to be informed on the issue of healthcare. Our Government claims we have a crisis that requires legislation on healthcare that will impact each and every individual in the country. The availability of medical care and treatment for everyone is not the problem. We have the best health care system in the world.
The Social Security Act of 1965 signed into law by President Johnson as amendments to the Social Security legislation gave us Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare operates as a single-payer health care system. So we have experience with a single-payer government run system. If we have the best healthcare system in the world, run by the private sector in a capitalist system, why do we have a crisis that requires government to socialize our healthcare?
Our Federal and State Governments can lower cost thru the reformation of program regulation and mandates that limit opportunity for competition and choice. Tort reform: to limit lawsuits, tax reform: to allow deductibility of insurance premiums, and health savings accounts. The debate should be about reform to lower cost to the healthcare system, and to promote competition and choice. To follow the examples of Canada and Great Britain and socialize America’s Healthcare system would not be the will of the People.
The Social Security Act of 1965 signed into law by President Johnson as amendments to the Social Security legislation gave us Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare operates as a single-payer health care system. So we have experience with a single-payer government run system. If we have the best healthcare system in the world, run by the private sector in a capitalist system, why do we have a crisis that requires government to socialize our healthcare?
Our Federal and State Governments can lower cost thru the reformation of program regulation and mandates that limit opportunity for competition and choice. Tort reform: to limit lawsuits, tax reform: to allow deductibility of insurance premiums, and health savings accounts. The debate should be about reform to lower cost to the healthcare system, and to promote competition and choice. To follow the examples of Canada and Great Britain and socialize America’s Healthcare system would not be the will of the People.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Representation
“But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever…” John Adams
For our government to function, as it was intended to function, we have to elect people that represent the virtues and values of the voters. They should not pander to groups with an agenda to politicize an issue designed to divide us into voting blocks. We cannot allow ourselves to be divided on single hot button issues. Politicians use this tactic to further their own political ambitions, not to serve the will of the people.
One example would be the cap and trade bill. Without presenting to the American people the cost to our economy or the impact it would have on our daily lives, they continue to support this idea. Have our elected officials listened to the objections and concerns of their constituents? No, it is not the will of the people.
Another issue of the day is Health Care. At town hall meeting, all across America, people have voiced their concerns and opposition to a Government run and controlled health care system. But today they still pursue what we the people do not want. This is not the will of the people.
Going Green is the catch phrase of the day. Agreeing with the United Nation on this issue, and to expose our country to the dictates of this organization is not popular with the American people. The United Nations goal, for global control and global taxation on this issue, is something our Government continues to consider. This is not the will of the people.
With technology and the internet, it has never been easier to stay in contact with our elected officials. They need to be informed of our opinions about how they represent us. They need to know that we hold them accountable to serve the people, not the government.
We hear from our elected officials how other governments around the world view our system of government. They have even apologized to other governments for what we are and who we are. Our Constitution gives us the only form of government in the world is required to insure its people Freedom, Liberty, and Posterity….”Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”…John Adams
Why would anyone apologize for that?
We must start today with individual efforts to hold our elected officials accountable. We must educate ourselves and be informed with what our government is about or we will surely awaken one day and not recognize the place we have come to. “I know of no safe depositor of the ultimate powers of [a] society but people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.”… Thomas Jefferson.
For our government to function, as it was intended to function, we have to elect people that represent the virtues and values of the voters. They should not pander to groups with an agenda to politicize an issue designed to divide us into voting blocks. We cannot allow ourselves to be divided on single hot button issues. Politicians use this tactic to further their own political ambitions, not to serve the will of the people.
One example would be the cap and trade bill. Without presenting to the American people the cost to our economy or the impact it would have on our daily lives, they continue to support this idea. Have our elected officials listened to the objections and concerns of their constituents? No, it is not the will of the people.
Another issue of the day is Health Care. At town hall meeting, all across America, people have voiced their concerns and opposition to a Government run and controlled health care system. But today they still pursue what we the people do not want. This is not the will of the people.
Going Green is the catch phrase of the day. Agreeing with the United Nation on this issue, and to expose our country to the dictates of this organization is not popular with the American people. The United Nations goal, for global control and global taxation on this issue, is something our Government continues to consider. This is not the will of the people.
With technology and the internet, it has never been easier to stay in contact with our elected officials. They need to be informed of our opinions about how they represent us. They need to know that we hold them accountable to serve the people, not the government.
We hear from our elected officials how other governments around the world view our system of government. They have even apologized to other governments for what we are and who we are. Our Constitution gives us the only form of government in the world is required to insure its people Freedom, Liberty, and Posterity….”Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”…John Adams
Why would anyone apologize for that?
We must start today with individual efforts to hold our elected officials accountable. We must educate ourselves and be informed with what our government is about or we will surely awaken one day and not recognize the place we have come to. “I know of no safe depositor of the ultimate powers of [a] society but people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.”… Thomas Jefferson.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Preamble and XVI Amendment
In reading the Constitution of the United States, the Preamble is a powerful introduction. You may find yourself reading it over and over; each time analyzing the meaning of those words: WE THE PEOPLE, Blessings of Liberty, Welfare and Posterity.
PREAMBLE
WE THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The 16th Amendment to the Constitution is also very powerful. Analyze the meaning of those thirty words in contrast to the words of the preamble.
Amendment XVI
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without census or enumeration.
With this amendment our Government has been given the power to rule our freedom, our liberties, our welfare and posterity; this is not what our founding fathers intended.
PREAMBLE
WE THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The 16th Amendment to the Constitution is also very powerful. Analyze the meaning of those thirty words in contrast to the words of the preamble.
Amendment XVI
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without census or enumeration.
With this amendment our Government has been given the power to rule our freedom, our liberties, our welfare and posterity; this is not what our founding fathers intended.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Acorn Supporters
Why in the world would any responsible Elected Official vote to keep a Unscrupulous organization like ACORN funded. If any of these representatives are in your district you should call them at their capitol office and demand an explanation and maybe you should start seeing who you can elect to replace them.
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc.
Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.
Robert Brady D-Pa.
Corrine Brown, D-Fla.
G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.
Mike Capuano, D-Mass.
Andre Carson, D-Ind.
Kathy Castor, D-Fla.
Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.
James Clyburn, D-S.C.
Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.
Elijah Cummings, D-Md.
Danny Davis, D-Ill.
Diane DeGette, D-Colo.
Bill Delahunt, D-Mass.
Mike Doyle, D-Pa.
Donna Edwards, D-Md.
Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.
Bob Filner, D-Calif.
Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio
Al Green, D-Tex.
Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.
Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y.
Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii
Rush Holt, D-N.J.
Mike Honda, D-Calif.
Jesse Jackson, Jr. D-Ill.
Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Tex.
Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex.
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich.
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio
Rick Larsen, D-Wash.
Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
John Lewis, D-Ga.
Stephen Lynch, D-Mass.
Markey, D-Mass.
Betty McCollum, D-Minn.
McDermott, D-Wash.
McGovern, D-Mass.
Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.
Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va.
Gwen Moore, D-Wisc.
Jim Moran, D-Va.
Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.
Richard Neal, D-Mass.
John Olver, D-Mass.
Frank Pallone, D-N.J.
Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.
Donald Payne, D-N.J.
Jared Polis, D-Colo.
David Price, D-N.C.
Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.
Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y.
Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif.
Bobby Rush, D-Ill.
Linda Sánchez, D-Calif.
Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.
David Scott D-Ga.
Bobby Scott, D-Va.
Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.
Brad Sherman, D-Calif.
Albio Sires, D-N.J.
Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.
Pete Stark, D-Calif.
Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.
Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.
Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.
Maxine Waters, D-Calif.
Diane Watson, D-Calif.
Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
Robert Wexler, D-Fla.
Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc.
Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.
Robert Brady D-Pa.
Corrine Brown, D-Fla.
G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.
Mike Capuano, D-Mass.
Andre Carson, D-Ind.
Kathy Castor, D-Fla.
Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.
James Clyburn, D-S.C.
Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.
Elijah Cummings, D-Md.
Danny Davis, D-Ill.
Diane DeGette, D-Colo.
Bill Delahunt, D-Mass.
Mike Doyle, D-Pa.
Donna Edwards, D-Md.
Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.
Bob Filner, D-Calif.
Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio
Al Green, D-Tex.
Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.
Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y.
Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii
Rush Holt, D-N.J.
Mike Honda, D-Calif.
Jesse Jackson, Jr. D-Ill.
Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Tex.
Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex.
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich.
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio
Rick Larsen, D-Wash.
Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
John Lewis, D-Ga.
Stephen Lynch, D-Mass.
Markey, D-Mass.
Betty McCollum, D-Minn.
McDermott, D-Wash.
McGovern, D-Mass.
Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.
Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va.
Gwen Moore, D-Wisc.
Jim Moran, D-Va.
Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.
Richard Neal, D-Mass.
John Olver, D-Mass.
Frank Pallone, D-N.J.
Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.
Donald Payne, D-N.J.
Jared Polis, D-Colo.
David Price, D-N.C.
Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.
Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y.
Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif.
Bobby Rush, D-Ill.
Linda Sánchez, D-Calif.
Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.
David Scott D-Ga.
Bobby Scott, D-Va.
Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.
Brad Sherman, D-Calif.
Albio Sires, D-N.J.
Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.
Pete Stark, D-Calif.
Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.
Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.
Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.
Maxine Waters, D-Calif.
Diane Watson, D-Calif.
Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
Robert Wexler, D-Fla.
Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.
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