Obama vs. the Declaration of Independence

This will be the first in a series of blogs comparing President Obama’s vision for America against the most sacred documents of our grand nation as formed by our Founding Fathers. All the original documents can be found at www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters.

Where does this power come from to change America in ways that were probably as disgusting to our Founding Fathers as to the majority of Americans today? President Obama wants to fundamentally change the character of America due to a thin majority of the votes in the last election. While he maintains strong majorities in The House of Representatives and the Senate, he is still charged with representing the will and desires of all Americans.

Let us look at some President Obama’s actions and desires:

• Takeover of the Financial System through new regulation
• Takeover of banks
  
• Takeover of the Automakers, General Motors and Chrysler
• Green Revolution through Cap and Trade Regulation
• Health Care Reform Legislation, Obamacare
• Redistribution of wealth via tax policy
• Emergency legislation to control the Internet

A quick review of the opening of the Declaration of Independence will be useful:

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

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, , --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed., pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.

What are some of the key phrases in that opening?

• Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
• deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
• But when a long train of abuses and usurpations
• it is their duty, to throw off such Government

In my lifetime, I have never seen what is happening in our country. We have Tea Parties against our President and our government at all levels, yet primarily the Federal government at this time. My belief is that the country has awakened to government officials that are spending unconscionable amounts of money under the guise of “good intentions” and “moral rights.” However, many times it seems like the spending is the use of the public Treasury to purchase votes for the party in power.

Wouldn’t the world be a wonderful place, if a good person, like me, could get all the resources in America, talk to a few friends and confidantes, and redistribute those assets where they would do the most good? Sounds nice, but that is not America!

America is not based on a Federal government that knows best and legislates how we should live. America is about the Individual and his individual rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The government is not to define our happiness and what it takes to secure it. The government is to get out of the way, except to protect our rights to secure that happiness.

While national polls have shown that the majority of Americans do not favor many of President Obama’s initiatives, the Democratic Party is insistent on disregarding the will of the majority of the people and trying to force through unwanted legislation. The Declaration says that just government is “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” That was one of the major complaints that caused us to separate from England. Our representatives are supposed to represent us, even if they feel we are wrong! This is our country, not just the legislators.

When was the Federal government given the right to take over private industry and take private property just because it feels it knows best? How does it increase federal deficits by making bailouts of banks, automakers and financial institutions? That is a form of taxation of the American people. When the government spends money or borrows money through the use of deficit spending, it is taxing the American people and future generations. The Declaration was critical “for imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.” Isn’t that what is happening today with much of the President’s initiatives?

There is nothing wrong with the President proposing his policies. While they may not be policies that our Founding Fathers may have approved of or desired, the President has a right to propose a vision. My concern is that the President’s vision is not shared by the majority of Americans if recent polls are to be believed. With the preponderance of polls showing the President’s numbers falling and his Health Care Reform Proposal very unpopular, it is hard to believe that Americans are for these initiatives.

While President Obama won the election in November 2008 and is our President, he is not to rule as a tyrant. He is to represent us, not shame us into “moral rights and imperatives.” We are Americans and free. If we don’t want his plans and it turns out to be a mistake in the future, then that is the beauty of America and its freedom. We are free to make mistakes. But I would not bet against the intelligence of the American people and our Founding Fathers.

Let us look at the track record of some major Federal Initiatives:

• Social Security: loved, yet unsustainable and broke with trillions owed..
• Medicare: loved and trillions in unfunded liabilities.
• Medicaid: useful yet breaking the budgets of most states.
• Cash for Clunkers: interesting, yet unfair and they can’t refund the dealers properly.
• Veteran’s Health Plan: every few years it is a mess.
• Native American Health: let’s not go there.
• Amtrak: works great on the Federal teat.
• Post Office: necessary, but is a money pit.

Now the Federal government wants to take away our ultimate freedom, our health care. The American people do not want to relinquish that right to a Federal government that has failed financially on every major initiative of social engineering that it has undertaken.

In fact, many Americans want to Federal Government to step back and focus on a few areas before it takes over a new gigantic program in Health Care Reform. Many Americans want the government to:

1. Cut spending and reduce the deficits
2. Fix the current programs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
3. Come up with a reasonable plan to secure our energy future
4. Start representing us, stop bribing us.

My fear as an American, is that our government is not representing the people. When ordinary Americans come out to protest the actions of their government, they are called mis-informed, astroturf, un-American, militia, racists, and evil mongers. While it is almost funny, those are terms from our leaders in the Democratic Party. This behavior and lack of representation may someday lead to a new Declaration of Independence. President Obama is not acting much different from the King of Great Britain. Look at what the colonists thought, “in every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.” My hope is that President Obama will slow down and start representing everyone. He needs to stop governing only for his supporters and start representing all Americans. He is the President of the United States not the President of the Democrats.

Source: www.archives.gov The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription, IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

Thanks For The Allowance Papa Obama

Many are disappointed with the performance of the recent Stimulus package. Some of the reasons are:

• It doesn't seem to be working. The economy has gotten worse.

• Those shovel-ready jobs didn't really exist as quickly as promised
  

• Many of the shovel-ready projects are road re-pavings or ridiculous projects that would never be funded in normal times with normal debate.

• It is clear that much of the spending is in 2010 to help with mid-term elections for the Democrats. Give the peons that pork right before they vote. It fills their bellies.

One comment that is continually made by President Obama is that a large portion of the Stimulus package is for Tax Relief. He harps on that extra $10 per week everyone receives now. Wow. Didn't he say we could buy some unhealthy food, cupcakes, with that tremendous amount of money?

Here are the problems with his generosity:

• It is our money. Taken away from us against our will via taxation.

• He spent our taxes on wasteful government projects like $700 million for Mustang contraception.

• Since the government is in deficit-spending mode, he borrowed money via the deficit to give us our money back at $10 per week.

The final analysis is that our $10 per week that President Obama gave us because he is so fair and concerned for the middle class actually cost us $20!

What if you were a parent that borrowed $10 from his child(taxpayers) and bought a six pack, then borrowed $10 from his neighbor(China) to to give back to his kid(taxpayers) as $10 in allowance, but then told the kid(taxpayers) he owed the neighbor(China) $10? I think your kid would see straight through that logic.

Now I agree that federal tax receipts grow when tax rates are cut. The problem is that government has never seen a dollar it didn't want to spend. However, giving us a one-time $10 allowance is cruel when it cost us $20.

Recess Rally at Rep. Vic Snyder's Office

One August 22, 2009, from noon until one-thirty a group of around sixty manufactured AstroTurf mobsters met at Rep. Vic Snyder's Little Rock Office. Naturally, Rep. Snyder was not there. He has done an excellent job at avoiding his constituents during this August Recess. Oh yeah, he did hold a town hall meeting in an auditorium at the local Children's Hospital. That was after quick moves to change locations to safe places where the mobsters couldn't follow him.

One thing was apparent. This is the most disorganized group of mobsters I could imagine. Everyone heard of the meeting from a different source and no one knew each other. There were old and young, male and female. Yet there were a few common thoughts. No one was for Obamacare Health Reform and everyone felt the Federal government was spending too much and stomping on the rights and freedoms of Americans.

There was no poor behavior and everyone came together to peacefully protest a Federal government that is clearly out of control. During the ninety minutes many cars went by honking, cheering and voicing support for the group. I can only recall three negative comments. A car with three teens drove by and yelled "Obama." Another car drove by and said "health care." I counted that as a negative comment. And one man slowed down and said "we lost the election." The group responded that we would keep working!

This group of peaceful mobsters seemed to have a great time exercising their rights as Americans. Wouldn't it have been great if Rep. Vic Snyder could have been there to represent them? I think he could have had a peaceful discussion that would have done his reputation some good.

Oh, I almost forgot. There was no opposition lined-up against us. I guess since it was Saturday, the Acorn and Union guys were not on-the-clock. I wonder if the job openings on craigslist pay for weekend hours.

Come see us sometime in Arkansas. All opinions are welcome. In spite of what Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid say, we are not misinformed un-American evil mongers. We are all Americans, and we are all in this together.



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Does The President like Americans?

In all my years, I have never seen a President of the United States that has less love and respect for the country and its' people.

Let's look at the facts:

• The Administration constantly apologizes to foreign countries

• Any non-green energy producers such as Oil, Coal and Nuclear are enemies
  

• Tea Party Members are "manufactured"
  

• Astroturfers are misinformed
  

• Fringers don't matter
  

• Insurance Companies are the villains
  

• Business Owners are crooks
  

It makes one wonder why he would even want to be President of a country with so many people that he doesn't care for. Oh, he does loves "snitches" of "fishy" information.

The only way he will ever like America is if he can transform it into a country that our Founding Fathers would not even recognize.

Mr. President, please love America. We do and we are the majority. Slow down and observe what all the Tea Parties and Astroturfers are doing. We are what make America great.

Remember, not just Community Organizers have the right to voice their dissent.

I love being a "Fringer"

The current health care debate is full of fireworks. Many Americans have strong views on both sides of the issues. I happen to believe that the current reform would be very bad for the country.

Let's look at some facts:

• Medicare is financially unstable
• Medicaid is financially unstable and destroying state budgets
• Social Security in not sustainable. I believe the federal government has raided it and left IOU's
• The Post Office is in shambles
• Few people like to receive a letter from the IRS
• Few people enjoy calling any government agency looking for a quick accurate answer. Call the Department of Motor Vehicles or the IRS sometime.

In fact, I can't think of one major entitlement program during my lifetime that the government has run effectively. All these plans are not financially viable and end up being a future drain on the country.

I could have a little more confidence in the government, if they would first correct the programs it now has under its' control. If the government can save $100 billion per year on Medicare fraud, then do it. Do it for two years, and then we can talk.

I have no confidence that the government will not take more control of our economy and then it will be an open-ended drain on the taxpayers and our children's futures. I won't even go into rationing now.

My biggest problem with the current health reform plan is that it is being rushed and crammed down our throats. Before I buy insurance, I would like to see:

1. The benefits
2. The costs
3. The exclusions or limitations

How can our government expect us to buy an imaginary product? Why can't we take our time? Why can't the Congress get the final plan ready and all the regulations necessary to implement it, first? Then give the country 90 days to review the program before voting on it.

Remember, they are only rushing us because we won't buy the final product if we get to see it first. If this is rushed through, it cannot be removed if it is a mistake. Ask citizens of England or Canada.

Oh yeah, why do I love being a "Fringer?" I called my representative's office on August 4 th. I asked Toby, scheduler, in Rep. Vic Snyder's(D-AR) office where town hall meetings would be held. I was told that a schedule wasn't really set. Rep. Snyder was going to have some private group meetings. Of course, given the current dissent demonstrated in the meetings, I guess I would be scared of my constituency, as well.

During our conversation, I asked Toby, the scheduler, what kind of responses they were receiving on health care reform. It was then that Toby told me that citizens that did not agree with the current reform package were "fringers." After about 10 minutes and with Toby unable to answer any of my concerns about the program, he hung up on me.

So, I am a "fringer." I thought I was an American. But if recent polls are correct, there is a big fringe in America. As "fringers" seem to be in the majority now.

I'm still trying to figure out if my beard looks like Astroturf.

This is America. Stand up for liberty and freedom and the Constitution.