Mom opened deliberations by asking no one in particular, "Given our situation in this country today, what would Ronald Reagan do?"
All eyes, of course, went to Billy Roy Mitchum, a big Reagan devotee when not singing Merle Haggard songs or presiding over coffee at the Hubbard City Cafe, "Back in 1964, Reagan challenged conservatives, and he darned sure do the same today. He said it was a 'Time for Choosing' 'You and I are told we must choose between a left or right,' Reagan said, 'but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right, There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism'."
"Butch, take out your iPhone and google up totalitarianism. It's a big word. Then tell us whether you think it fits as a threat here in this year of 2010."
"I'm all over it, BM. Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state, usually under the control of a single political person, faction, or class, recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. Totalitarianism creates a state where ordinary citizens have no significant share in decision-making and ideology that directs most if not all aspects of public and private life.
"Totalitarian regimes or movements maintain political power through an all-encompassing propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of state terrorism."
"So if today's question is does this fit our situation today? Duh, did Clinton have sex with that woman?", Butch loves to answer questions with questions.
The coffee group then began to really dig in by applying the definition of this big word to our current regime in DC (District of Corruption):
State under the control of a political person named Barrack Hussein Obama
Faction or Class would be the socialist ruling class of elites
No limits to its authority by appointing Czars, passing Health Care using legislative tricks when it didn't have the votes, violating the Commerce Clause of the Constitution by forcing people to buy insurance, bribing politicians not to run for office, stopping oil drilling in the Gulf against court orders and public pleas, suing the State of Arizona for enforcing federal laws, and funneling tax payer money to 'green' scam businesses and labor unions, burying tax hikes in ever corner of every piece of legislation, appointing Supreme Court Justices who believe the Constitution is outdated and needs reforming, etc.
Striving to regulate every aspect of public and private life like our auto, finance, health care, and energy industries (so far). Now they are going after our body weight.
Propaganda from state controlled media like CBS, NBC, ABC, New York Times, and Washington Post
Personality cult like Obama the Messiah
Restriction of speech would include "The Fairness Doctrine" and calling anyone who disagrees with them racists
Widespread use of terrorism from an regime that will not even say the words Islamic Radical Terrorist and who refuse to protect our borders and citizens but read Miranda rights to mass Jihadists murderers
Mom finally nudged back into the conversation, "So what would Reagan do?"
"You are right as usual, Maxine, also as usual when led by Butch, we digress. The good news is that I think Reagan would outline the same plan he did in 1977, for a 'The New Republican Party', stating, 'The principles of conservatism are sound because they are based on what men and women have discovered through experience in not just one generation or a dozen, but in all the combined experience of mankind. When we conservatives say that we know something about political affairs, and what we know can be stated as principles, we are saying that the principles we hold dear are those that have been found, through experience, to be ultimately beneficial for individuals, for families, for communities and for nations -- found through the often bitter testing of pain, or sacrifice and sorrow'.
"And we are certainly suffering some of that pain and sorrow with these assholes in office today. I think Obama's greatest fear is that this country led by the Tea Party folks will 'go back' to our founding principles instead of 'moving ahead' to Obama's marxist plan to destroy this country. Let's adjourn and break down Reagan's principles at our next coffee."
I don't know how Butch and BM remember all of these facts and quotes and things because these days I am beginning to forget even things I never knew.
Think about it until it's time for coffee again,
Jim
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Trading Cow Fart Credits (CFCs)?
Those of you who have been following this blog for some time know that downtown Hubbard City suffers from Global Warming every July and August. Those of the current Ruling Class who take their coffee at the Hubbard City Drugstore blame the warming on excessive gas expelled by cows who reside on land owned and operated by one Scott Riddle, local rancher and insurance barren and husband of Pat, who is an angel. Scott, his family, and many cows live west of downtown Hubbard.
Well, it seems the real estate market is somewhat slow in Hubbard, and a local unnamed realtor, Ram He-Mauel, is not letting this warming crisis go to waste. Seems this entrepreneur has set up an exchange where he will buy Cow Fart Credits (CFCs) from those who own land (and don't own cows) and sell them to Scott Riddle (who owns many, many farting cows). Legislation has been proposed to the Hubbard City Counsel that would require any rancher to have no more than one cow farting per every 20 acres. This legislation would allow the trading of Cow Fart Credits (CFCs) to balance farts across central Texas ranches. This legislation is entitled: CRAP AND TRADE. This writer will follow this pending legislation and hopes to interview most of the involved parties once the air clears. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, Once Happy Harry Reid is preparing to bring a Cap and Trade Bill to his crack governing body in Washington, D.C. This legislation would be patterned after Al Gore and friends plans to save the world from global warming while they also stimulate the capitalist system. Algore is an investor in the Chicago Climate Exchange along with other honorable people like Goldman Sachs. This exchange provides a trading floor for Carbon Credits (the exchange takes a fee around 4% for every trade).
Traders include organizations like The National Farmers Union who promotes tax payer scams like renewable energy sources such as ethanol, biodiesel and wind energy. National Farmers Union’s Carbon Credit Program is a multi-state program that allows farmers and landowners to earn income by storing carbon in their soil through "no-till" crop production and longterm grass seeding practices. We know a lot of lazy farmers around Hubbard that would love the "no till" way of making money by just letting the carbon stay in the ground, huh? Farmers Union has earned approval from the Chicago Climate Exchange to aggregate carbon credits. Farmers Union is enrolling producer areas of carbon into blocks of credits that will be traded on the Exchange, much like other agricultural commodities are traded.
The National Farm Union surprisingly were big supporters of President Hussein in 2008. They graded each of the candidates based on their policies. Obama received a perfect 100% rating, based on his support of the 2008 Farm Bill and a renewable fuel standard. On the other hand, the organization gave John McCain a grade of zero percent, in part because he was in favor of reducing subsidies for ethanol and food products (can you imagine that?).
Folks, we are not making this up. The greatest scam ever is unfolding before our very eyes. Al Gore, Valerie Jarrett, Obama, the Green Movement, and the Chicago Machine are all financially invested in this ridiculous scheme. They have BILLIONS of YOUR DOLLARS in their gun sites.
This nation can not survive Socialized Health Care, the auto industry takeover by unions, government bailouts, deficit spending, and takeovers of Wall Street (with their Goldman Sachs accomplices), and now the proposed CRAP AND TRADE.
That's what I think, but then I could write a book about what I don't know,
Jim
Well, it seems the real estate market is somewhat slow in Hubbard, and a local unnamed realtor, Ram He-Mauel, is not letting this warming crisis go to waste. Seems this entrepreneur has set up an exchange where he will buy Cow Fart Credits (CFCs) from those who own land (and don't own cows) and sell them to Scott Riddle (who owns many, many farting cows). Legislation has been proposed to the Hubbard City Counsel that would require any rancher to have no more than one cow farting per every 20 acres. This legislation would allow the trading of Cow Fart Credits (CFCs) to balance farts across central Texas ranches. This legislation is entitled: CRAP AND TRADE. This writer will follow this pending legislation and hopes to interview most of the involved parties once the air clears. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, Once Happy Harry Reid is preparing to bring a Cap and Trade Bill to his crack governing body in Washington, D.C. This legislation would be patterned after Al Gore and friends plans to save the world from global warming while they also stimulate the capitalist system. Algore is an investor in the Chicago Climate Exchange along with other honorable people like Goldman Sachs. This exchange provides a trading floor for Carbon Credits (the exchange takes a fee around 4% for every trade).
Traders include organizations like The National Farmers Union who promotes tax payer scams like renewable energy sources such as ethanol, biodiesel and wind energy. National Farmers Union’s Carbon Credit Program is a multi-state program that allows farmers and landowners to earn income by storing carbon in their soil through "no-till" crop production and longterm grass seeding practices. We know a lot of lazy farmers around Hubbard that would love the "no till" way of making money by just letting the carbon stay in the ground, huh? Farmers Union has earned approval from the Chicago Climate Exchange to aggregate carbon credits. Farmers Union is enrolling producer areas of carbon into blocks of credits that will be traded on the Exchange, much like other agricultural commodities are traded.
The National Farm Union surprisingly were big supporters of President Hussein in 2008. They graded each of the candidates based on their policies. Obama received a perfect 100% rating, based on his support of the 2008 Farm Bill and a renewable fuel standard. On the other hand, the organization gave John McCain a grade of zero percent, in part because he was in favor of reducing subsidies for ethanol and food products (can you imagine that?).
Folks, we are not making this up. The greatest scam ever is unfolding before our very eyes. Al Gore, Valerie Jarrett, Obama, the Green Movement, and the Chicago Machine are all financially invested in this ridiculous scheme. They have BILLIONS of YOUR DOLLARS in their gun sites.
This nation can not survive Socialized Health Care, the auto industry takeover by unions, government bailouts, deficit spending, and takeovers of Wall Street (with their Goldman Sachs accomplices), and now the proposed CRAP AND TRADE.
That's what I think, but then I could write a book about what I don't know,
Jim
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Why Ronald Reagan Would Love A Black Man Named Tim Scott
The conversation turned to race this week what with the Black Panthers raising hell, the resident of the White House's wife calling for the NAACP to get more "intense", and our first black President suing the State of Arizona in an attempt to rile up the Mexicans to gain votes in November.
Billy Roy weighed in first, "Ironic that Obama was going to bring us all together, and now he is doing everything possible to stir up blacks and Hispanics against white people. In my opinion it is all bullshit, and it will not work like most things Obama does. Most Americans today are beyond race and are way more interested in issues. For example Conservatives don't care whether you are black or white as long as you stick to your principles. Remember what Ronald Reagan said in 1975: 'A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers.' As usual Reagan was exactly right, and you only have to look at the current Republican political race in South Carolina as proof. A black candidate named Tim Scott beat all of his white opposition by running on his own contract with America. A contract that the Republican party would be smart to copy."
"Tell them about Tim Scott, Butch."
"Better still, I'll outline Tim Scott's platform, major issues, and views from his own website."
The Issues
Create New Jobs
As a small-business owner and entrepreneur, Tim understands that business prospers when government gets out of the way. Tim has never voted to increase taxes, because he believes that your hard-earned dollars belong in your pocket, and in our economy – not in a government spending program.
Develop Better Health Care Solutions
President Obama’s health care bill taxes too much, spends too much, is bad for our health care, and is unconstitutional. Tim Scott will fight against government takeover of health care.
Tim believes in targeted, common sense reforms that will make health care more affordable, reduce the number of uninsured Americans, and increase the quality of care at a price our country can afford. Medical decisions should be made by patients and their providers, not by Washington bureaucrats.
Promote Our South Carolina Values
A proud member of the NRA, Tim supports the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms, and to defend themselves, their family and their property. Tim Scott believes in the sanctity of traditional marriage between a man and a woman and opposes gay marriage. Tim believes that a society is ultimately judged by how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members. That is why he is 100% pro-life and opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide, as well as the non-consensual withholding of care because of disability, age, or infirmity. Tim will fight for the rights of the unborn, and will resist government funding for abortions.
Protect Our Borders & Enforcing Our Laws
South Carolina has been hit particularly hard by illegal immigration. Each year, we spend more than $186 million to educate, provide medical care, and incarcerate illegal aliens. Washington has failed to deal with the immigration problem, leaving the States to fend for themselves. That is why Tim Scott has sponsored immigration legislation that is modeled after the Arizona law.
He will fight to remove the incentives, like health care and education, which attract illegal immigrants to our state. Tim will also make sure our state law enforcement agencies are given the proper training and tools they need to enforce immigration laws. Tim is committed to strengthening penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
Reduce Spending
Tim Scott will bring common sense back to Washington. He will fight waste, frivolous “pork” spending, and the unconstitutional overreach of the federal government
Reform Our Tax Code
Our current tax code is a product of too much lobbying, too much “lawyering”, and too much bureaucracy. By being overly complex and punitive, the code threatens the economic freedom of the average citizen and the ability of our businesses to compete in the global economy.
Tim Scott is a prominent supporter of the Fair Tax. This will simplify the tax code, and result in a fairer, more stable, and more efficient system which taxes consumption instead of income. The plan addresses the needs of the least fortunate Americans, while also promoting jobs and economic growth.
Tim supports eliminating the death tax so that families no longer have to fear losing their life’s work to the tax collector.
Win the War on Terror
Tim Scott believes that to win the War on Terror, we have to leave our political correctness behind and deal honestly with the root of the problem – radical Islam, which is irreconcilable with both the modern world and our American values.
Pretty much out of breath, Butch came back,"So what do you think, BM?"
"I don't think this has a damn thing to do with race. You could be black, brown, yellow, tan, purple, or Lilly white, and most non-Socialist would support the hell out of this platform. Obama, Jesse Jackson, Rev. Wright, and the other Marxist Liberation Socialists are going to be exposed for the hypocrites that they are as more principled minorities start speaking out and running for office. What a shame that this country's first black President could not have been pro-American like Tim Scott," Billy Roy summed it up as he usually does.
I agree but then you have to remember that I have forgotten things that I never knew.
Jim
Billy Roy weighed in first, "Ironic that Obama was going to bring us all together, and now he is doing everything possible to stir up blacks and Hispanics against white people. In my opinion it is all bullshit, and it will not work like most things Obama does. Most Americans today are beyond race and are way more interested in issues. For example Conservatives don't care whether you are black or white as long as you stick to your principles. Remember what Ronald Reagan said in 1975: 'A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers.' As usual Reagan was exactly right, and you only have to look at the current Republican political race in South Carolina as proof. A black candidate named Tim Scott beat all of his white opposition by running on his own contract with America. A contract that the Republican party would be smart to copy."
"Tell them about Tim Scott, Butch."
"Better still, I'll outline Tim Scott's platform, major issues, and views from his own website."
The Issues
Create New Jobs
As a small-business owner and entrepreneur, Tim understands that business prospers when government gets out of the way. Tim has never voted to increase taxes, because he believes that your hard-earned dollars belong in your pocket, and in our economy – not in a government spending program.
Develop Better Health Care Solutions
President Obama’s health care bill taxes too much, spends too much, is bad for our health care, and is unconstitutional. Tim Scott will fight against government takeover of health care.
Tim believes in targeted, common sense reforms that will make health care more affordable, reduce the number of uninsured Americans, and increase the quality of care at a price our country can afford. Medical decisions should be made by patients and their providers, not by Washington bureaucrats.
Promote Our South Carolina Values
A proud member of the NRA, Tim supports the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms, and to defend themselves, their family and their property. Tim Scott believes in the sanctity of traditional marriage between a man and a woman and opposes gay marriage. Tim believes that a society is ultimately judged by how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members. That is why he is 100% pro-life and opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide, as well as the non-consensual withholding of care because of disability, age, or infirmity. Tim will fight for the rights of the unborn, and will resist government funding for abortions.
Protect Our Borders & Enforcing Our Laws
South Carolina has been hit particularly hard by illegal immigration. Each year, we spend more than $186 million to educate, provide medical care, and incarcerate illegal aliens. Washington has failed to deal with the immigration problem, leaving the States to fend for themselves. That is why Tim Scott has sponsored immigration legislation that is modeled after the Arizona law.
He will fight to remove the incentives, like health care and education, which attract illegal immigrants to our state. Tim will also make sure our state law enforcement agencies are given the proper training and tools they need to enforce immigration laws. Tim is committed to strengthening penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
Reduce Spending
Tim Scott will bring common sense back to Washington. He will fight waste, frivolous “pork” spending, and the unconstitutional overreach of the federal government
Reform Our Tax Code
Our current tax code is a product of too much lobbying, too much “lawyering”, and too much bureaucracy. By being overly complex and punitive, the code threatens the economic freedom of the average citizen and the ability of our businesses to compete in the global economy.
Tim Scott is a prominent supporter of the Fair Tax. This will simplify the tax code, and result in a fairer, more stable, and more efficient system which taxes consumption instead of income. The plan addresses the needs of the least fortunate Americans, while also promoting jobs and economic growth.
Tim supports eliminating the death tax so that families no longer have to fear losing their life’s work to the tax collector.
Win the War on Terror
Tim Scott believes that to win the War on Terror, we have to leave our political correctness behind and deal honestly with the root of the problem – radical Islam, which is irreconcilable with both the modern world and our American values.
Pretty much out of breath, Butch came back,"So what do you think, BM?"
"I don't think this has a damn thing to do with race. You could be black, brown, yellow, tan, purple, or Lilly white, and most non-Socialist would support the hell out of this platform. Obama, Jesse Jackson, Rev. Wright, and the other Marxist Liberation Socialists are going to be exposed for the hypocrites that they are as more principled minorities start speaking out and running for office. What a shame that this country's first black President could not have been pro-American like Tim Scott," Billy Roy summed it up as he usually does.
I agree but then you have to remember that I have forgotten things that I never knew.
Jim
Friday, July 9, 2010
It's Time to Start Taking Sides
Uncharacteristically Billy Roy Mitchum, while enjoying a few days of down time from his busy summer schedule of serenading the country and western fans of Central Texas, introduced the topic of conversation as Linda, the World's Greatest Waitress, poured coffee (stronger than the California governor in his prime). "I have always thought you could tell about a person by getting them to 'take sides', and while I don't have much good to say about our current White House resident, he does take sides. Just in the past few days he has sided with the Russians, anti-job environmentalists, anti-spill clean up Unions, illegal foreign criminals, Muslims, and then to top it off, the Black Panthers."
Aunt Martha was stunned by this remark, "BM, its not like you to exaggerate. What in the world are you talking about?"
Of course this was a giant opening for Butch Jackson who is a semi store house of information of pertinent and some irrelevant facts, figures, and other things. "Here is the background data that not only supports BM's statement but folks are at least sub-consciously considering as they approach the November mid-term elections:
Russian Spies
One side believes we should hold these 10 spies long enough to find out what and who they know and how to guard against more breaches of security.
Obama wants to release them in hopes that it will 'improve relationships with the Russians'.
Jobs and Energy
One side believes we should protect jobs during a tough economic cycle while reducing our dependence of foreign energy.
Obama wants to suspend drilling in the Gulf eliminating 80,000 jobs while increasing our dependence on foreign oil and our exposure to more tanker spills. And what jobs has Obama produced? The economy has lost 2.3 million jobs since he signed his stimulus bill, leaving him 7.4 million jobs short of what he promised the American economy would support by 2010.
Oil Spill Clean Up
One side wants to use every emergency aid available to keep the oil from contaminating the beaches and marshes while cleaning the spill as fast as possible.
Obama wants to protect his campaign contributions from Unions by keeping foreign ships from participating in the clean up .
Illegal Criminals Crossing Our Border
One side supports any state, Arizona, in their efforts to enforce laws and protect their citizens and borders from illegal immigrants and drug cartels.
Obama wants to sue Arizona for enforcing federal laws that he will not enforce because he wants to make 12 million illegal criminals Democratic Party voters.
NASA and Muslims
One side wants to use tax payer money spent on NASA to advance the USA's interest in science and technology while insuring that foreign governments do not use space to threaten the safety and security of the country.
Obama wants our primary and 'foremost' mission for NASA to be praising Muslim nations and their contributions to science and mathematics in the hopes that it will improve their view of Christian and Jewish infidels.
Voting Rights and Racism
One side wants to enforce voting laws that protect polling places from menacing people with weapons who are trying to keep polling observers from interfering with the 400,000 fraudulent votes that ACORN and other 'community action' groups stuff into ballot boxes.
Obama supports the dropping of, not only charges, but convictions of Black Panthers who make videos screaming for Blacks to kill all Crackers and White babies and not to associate with White Whores. These same Black Panthers are videoed with clubs intimidating White voters and polling observers. This from the Black President that was 'post racial' and would bring us all together. The same one that is currently fomenting hate and distrust in the Hispanic community as well as he tells them they can't take their children to get ice cream cones without being harrassed."
BM then approached Martha with great sincerity, "Aunt Martha, it pains me to say that I don't believe we are exaggerating, and I am afraid we may even be understating Obama's positions, motivations, and intentions. You know I am like a lot of other people who didn't know things were working so good, until Obama broke them so bad."
Think about it,
Jim
Aunt Martha was stunned by this remark, "BM, its not like you to exaggerate. What in the world are you talking about?"
Of course this was a giant opening for Butch Jackson who is a semi store house of information of pertinent and some irrelevant facts, figures, and other things. "Here is the background data that not only supports BM's statement but folks are at least sub-consciously considering as they approach the November mid-term elections:
Russian Spies
One side believes we should hold these 10 spies long enough to find out what and who they know and how to guard against more breaches of security.
Obama wants to release them in hopes that it will 'improve relationships with the Russians'.
Jobs and Energy
One side believes we should protect jobs during a tough economic cycle while reducing our dependence of foreign energy.
Obama wants to suspend drilling in the Gulf eliminating 80,000 jobs while increasing our dependence on foreign oil and our exposure to more tanker spills. And what jobs has Obama produced? The economy has lost 2.3 million jobs since he signed his stimulus bill, leaving him 7.4 million jobs short of what he promised the American economy would support by 2010.
Oil Spill Clean Up
One side wants to use every emergency aid available to keep the oil from contaminating the beaches and marshes while cleaning the spill as fast as possible.
Obama wants to protect his campaign contributions from Unions by keeping foreign ships from participating in the clean up .
Illegal Criminals Crossing Our Border
One side supports any state, Arizona, in their efforts to enforce laws and protect their citizens and borders from illegal immigrants and drug cartels.
Obama wants to sue Arizona for enforcing federal laws that he will not enforce because he wants to make 12 million illegal criminals Democratic Party voters.
NASA and Muslims
One side wants to use tax payer money spent on NASA to advance the USA's interest in science and technology while insuring that foreign governments do not use space to threaten the safety and security of the country.
Obama wants our primary and 'foremost' mission for NASA to be praising Muslim nations and their contributions to science and mathematics in the hopes that it will improve their view of Christian and Jewish infidels.
Voting Rights and Racism
One side wants to enforce voting laws that protect polling places from menacing people with weapons who are trying to keep polling observers from interfering with the 400,000 fraudulent votes that ACORN and other 'community action' groups stuff into ballot boxes.
Obama supports the dropping of, not only charges, but convictions of Black Panthers who make videos screaming for Blacks to kill all Crackers and White babies and not to associate with White Whores. These same Black Panthers are videoed with clubs intimidating White voters and polling observers. This from the Black President that was 'post racial' and would bring us all together. The same one that is currently fomenting hate and distrust in the Hispanic community as well as he tells them they can't take their children to get ice cream cones without being harrassed."
BM then approached Martha with great sincerity, "Aunt Martha, it pains me to say that I don't believe we are exaggerating, and I am afraid we may even be understating Obama's positions, motivations, and intentions. You know I am like a lot of other people who didn't know things were working so good, until Obama broke them so bad."
Think about it,
Jim
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
What is this REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION thing?
Folks at the Cafe came back to coffee still mulling over silly things like freedom, liberty, justice, and stuff that were kicking up dust during the 4th of July Weekend. Butch Jackson is well known for his frugal ways being the next to the last guy to be apt to pick up a check for group coffee (right behind the likes of post office or other semi-government employees). So it wasn't surprising to hear Butch reflect on taxes and the recently celebrated American Revolution, "Don't ever forget the big issue in those days was being taxed without a 'say so' in how the tax money is spent. They called it TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. It was a really big deal to the colony folks, and particularly the land owners and business guys."
"Yep," retorted Billy Roy Mitchum, "And look at us today some 230 years later. We have come full circle. Ever sense our guys fought to gain freedom and justice from the Brits this whole 'representation' thing has become sacred. The main way we are represented is by voting. There has been a concentrated effort to get every citizen, and some that aren't, to the polls. Hell, that was the main job of our current resident in the White House. He was a 'community organizer'. These organizers are mostly people, like Obama, of means who go into poor areas and get people to sign up and vote for their candidates. This is a major way the 'elite' control elections. When they get their candidates into office in one of these districts they are usually 'safe' from being defeated ever again. In fact they are called 'safe districts'. Pukes like Pelosi and Barney Frank come from safe districts. Politicians can do a lot of damage to our way of life when they don't have to worry about having to defend themselves in future elections. This thing called 'term limits' is their worst fear since it would stop the corruption that comes with unchallenged politicians."
Of course Butch came back in on the tax thing, "I hear you loud and clear, BM. So in 230 years it seems to me we have gone from TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION to REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION. For example, in the great State of Texas our schools are financed by real estate taxes from home owners. Homeowners represent 47% of the voters and shrinking. The majority of voters, that being about 53%, pay no school taxes. Yet, they can control the tax rates, spending, and distribution of revenues collected from the home owners. The same is true with income taxes. Very soon the majority of Americans will pay zero taxes, and yet they have full voting rights. Our founding fathers are flopping in their graves I am sure to see how far we have come. Most folks think women got the right to vote in 1920 with women's suffrage. The truth is in the state of New Jersey women had the same rights as men to vote in 1776. But, a big but, both had to be land owners. Our founders believed voters needed to have skin in the game to play the game."
Mom felt moved to participate, "Seems in our current 'Obama World' we have Socialist not only at the bottom of our society who want rights without paying any of the bills, and then we have these Socialists at the top that we call elitists or crony capitalists (folks like Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street) who want to use the government to protect their fortunes while the middle class are footing the bill. I am beginning for the first time to understand why people like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway), George Soros, and Robert Rubin (Goldman Sachs and 80% of Wall Street) are such big time Obama supporters. If they screw up, Obama will bail them out. Also, he protects their monopolies from the middle class while letting them play a major role in the governing elite. The tea party movement seems to be a wake up call, and I just hope it is strong enough and has staying power to turn the country around."
Well, coffee ended with a resounding, "AMEN".
As much as I agree with Mom, and always have, I must admit that both of us are beginning to forget things that we never even knew.
Think about it,
Jim
"Yep," retorted Billy Roy Mitchum, "And look at us today some 230 years later. We have come full circle. Ever sense our guys fought to gain freedom and justice from the Brits this whole 'representation' thing has become sacred. The main way we are represented is by voting. There has been a concentrated effort to get every citizen, and some that aren't, to the polls. Hell, that was the main job of our current resident in the White House. He was a 'community organizer'. These organizers are mostly people, like Obama, of means who go into poor areas and get people to sign up and vote for their candidates. This is a major way the 'elite' control elections. When they get their candidates into office in one of these districts they are usually 'safe' from being defeated ever again. In fact they are called 'safe districts'. Pukes like Pelosi and Barney Frank come from safe districts. Politicians can do a lot of damage to our way of life when they don't have to worry about having to defend themselves in future elections. This thing called 'term limits' is their worst fear since it would stop the corruption that comes with unchallenged politicians."
Of course Butch came back in on the tax thing, "I hear you loud and clear, BM. So in 230 years it seems to me we have gone from TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION to REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION. For example, in the great State of Texas our schools are financed by real estate taxes from home owners. Homeowners represent 47% of the voters and shrinking. The majority of voters, that being about 53%, pay no school taxes. Yet, they can control the tax rates, spending, and distribution of revenues collected from the home owners. The same is true with income taxes. Very soon the majority of Americans will pay zero taxes, and yet they have full voting rights. Our founding fathers are flopping in their graves I am sure to see how far we have come. Most folks think women got the right to vote in 1920 with women's suffrage. The truth is in the state of New Jersey women had the same rights as men to vote in 1776. But, a big but, both had to be land owners. Our founders believed voters needed to have skin in the game to play the game."
Mom felt moved to participate, "Seems in our current 'Obama World' we have Socialist not only at the bottom of our society who want rights without paying any of the bills, and then we have these Socialists at the top that we call elitists or crony capitalists (folks like Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street) who want to use the government to protect their fortunes while the middle class are footing the bill. I am beginning for the first time to understand why people like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway), George Soros, and Robert Rubin (Goldman Sachs and 80% of Wall Street) are such big time Obama supporters. If they screw up, Obama will bail them out. Also, he protects their monopolies from the middle class while letting them play a major role in the governing elite. The tea party movement seems to be a wake up call, and I just hope it is strong enough and has staying power to turn the country around."
Well, coffee ended with a resounding, "AMEN".
As much as I agree with Mom, and always have, I must admit that both of us are beginning to forget things that we never even knew.
Think about it,
Jim
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Obama's Bullshit Soils the 4th of July
After hearing Obama cry for "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" as he attempts to gain a large portion of the 11-15 million illegals that are potential votes for his re-election in 2012, this coming weekend became even more important. Before we address the coming holiday let's not let Obama's bullshit smother the simple facts of illegal immigration. Bottom line, in his most annoying and narcissistic performance yet, Obama said that our immigration laws are not enforceable, and therefore like everything else, we need new legislation written by his socialist cut throats. The simple truth is there are at least three existing laws Obama refuses to enforce which should be the basis for his impeachment. Laws the Congress and Courts should force Obama to execute follow:
1. Secure the borders.
2. Enforce laws prohibiting employers from hiring illegals.
3. Enforce laws prohibiting visitors from illegally staying beyond their visas dates.
Issues like this demonstrate the importance of this coming Sunday.
On July 4th, we will explode our fireworks and hold our annual picnics to celebrate Independence Day marking the day in 1776 that the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. For most of our lives we have been able to focus only on the fun aspects of this holiday with little thought that our celebrated Independence was in jeopardy in any way. Not so in 2010. Why? First let's look at this thing called a Declaration.
The Declaration of Independence was intended to be an official statement explaining why the 13 American colonies had declared their independence from Great Britain. In the years following its passage, however, this statement of principles about the rights of man grew to mean much more. In fact this document became a basis for our Constitution and the American way of life.
America was founded on a set of clearly expressed "self-evident" truths. It is these "truths" that have made our Nation different from any other in this World. There are three powerful phrases in this document:
"...all men are created equal"
Yet, we clearly are not all equal. We have different skills, desires, ambitions, and attributes. We go our different ways in life. The words of the founders capture the fact that we are to all treat each other as equals. We are "created equal" in the sense that all men (and, we now recognize, all women) have the same natural rights, granted to them by God. We are all the same under the law. Why are we the same? Who says so?
"...endowed by their Creator"
The core contention of the Declaration of Independence and the principle of natural rights upon which America was founded is that there is a higher moral order upon which the laws of man must be based, those being the will of God. In forming America, our founders recognized and declared that man's rights come from God. Man does not depend on government to grant him rights through a bureaucratic process based on what is popular at that time, but instead to secure those rights that have been granted to him by God.
In other words, power comes from God, to you, which is then loaned to government. Thus, the Declaration states, "That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." And for what purpose do we have rights?
"...the pursuit of happiness"
To the founders the term "happiness" meant something close to "wisdom and virtue." It did not mean "do as you please", "take what you want", or "nurse at the breast of someone else" as the term is too often confused to mean today.
It is also essential to note that the Declaration does not say that we have a right to have happiness provided to us. It says we have the right to pursue happiness. It certainly doesn't say the government should redistribute happiness. Clearly, it does not say everyone has the right to be happy, but to pursue happiness.
The Founding Fathers understood that government could not give people happiness, that it was instead up to government to create an environment where the people could best work to achieve their dreams. It is a fact that the harder one works for that success, the greater happiness one derives from it. The freedom to pursue your dreams of success has made this the greatest country in the history.
This year we can not brainlessly celebrate our holiday. Why? The American commitment to Independence and Freedom as described here is under attack by the Secular Socialist Elite who want to divorce God and our Natural Rights from our lives. In its place they want to create a Big Government with Little Citizens in which the Elite determine what rights we Little People possess. They use terms like Social Justice. This means they will define Equal Results, not Equal Rights, in their efforts to redistribute wealth and even happiness, all for the purpose of gaining votes and support for the Ruling Elite. It is amazing that these Elites have made the progress that they have when Socialism has failed and is failing every place it has tried.
Even so, the War against Secular Socialism that we face today may be far more difficult and require even more commitment and persistence than was needed against those Brits that the Colonists faced in the 1770's. Just maybe we should all attend the next Tea Party held in our communities. I take my hat off to these "Constitutionalists".
But then I could write a book about what I don't know,
Jim
1. Secure the borders.
2. Enforce laws prohibiting employers from hiring illegals.
3. Enforce laws prohibiting visitors from illegally staying beyond their visas dates.
Issues like this demonstrate the importance of this coming Sunday.
On July 4th, we will explode our fireworks and hold our annual picnics to celebrate Independence Day marking the day in 1776 that the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. For most of our lives we have been able to focus only on the fun aspects of this holiday with little thought that our celebrated Independence was in jeopardy in any way. Not so in 2010. Why? First let's look at this thing called a Declaration.
The Declaration of Independence was intended to be an official statement explaining why the 13 American colonies had declared their independence from Great Britain. In the years following its passage, however, this statement of principles about the rights of man grew to mean much more. In fact this document became a basis for our Constitution and the American way of life.
America was founded on a set of clearly expressed "self-evident" truths. It is these "truths" that have made our Nation different from any other in this World. There are three powerful phrases in this document:
"...all men are created equal"
Yet, we clearly are not all equal. We have different skills, desires, ambitions, and attributes. We go our different ways in life. The words of the founders capture the fact that we are to all treat each other as equals. We are "created equal" in the sense that all men (and, we now recognize, all women) have the same natural rights, granted to them by God. We are all the same under the law. Why are we the same? Who says so?
"...endowed by their Creator"
The core contention of the Declaration of Independence and the principle of natural rights upon which America was founded is that there is a higher moral order upon which the laws of man must be based, those being the will of God. In forming America, our founders recognized and declared that man's rights come from God. Man does not depend on government to grant him rights through a bureaucratic process based on what is popular at that time, but instead to secure those rights that have been granted to him by God.
In other words, power comes from God, to you, which is then loaned to government. Thus, the Declaration states, "That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." And for what purpose do we have rights?
"...the pursuit of happiness"
To the founders the term "happiness" meant something close to "wisdom and virtue." It did not mean "do as you please", "take what you want", or "nurse at the breast of someone else" as the term is too often confused to mean today.
It is also essential to note that the Declaration does not say that we have a right to have happiness provided to us. It says we have the right to pursue happiness. It certainly doesn't say the government should redistribute happiness. Clearly, it does not say everyone has the right to be happy, but to pursue happiness.
The Founding Fathers understood that government could not give people happiness, that it was instead up to government to create an environment where the people could best work to achieve their dreams. It is a fact that the harder one works for that success, the greater happiness one derives from it. The freedom to pursue your dreams of success has made this the greatest country in the history.
This year we can not brainlessly celebrate our holiday. Why? The American commitment to Independence and Freedom as described here is under attack by the Secular Socialist Elite who want to divorce God and our Natural Rights from our lives. In its place they want to create a Big Government with Little Citizens in which the Elite determine what rights we Little People possess. They use terms like Social Justice. This means they will define Equal Results, not Equal Rights, in their efforts to redistribute wealth and even happiness, all for the purpose of gaining votes and support for the Ruling Elite. It is amazing that these Elites have made the progress that they have when Socialism has failed and is failing every place it has tried.
Even so, the War against Secular Socialism that we face today may be far more difficult and require even more commitment and persistence than was needed against those Brits that the Colonists faced in the 1770's. Just maybe we should all attend the next Tea Party held in our communities. I take my hat off to these "Constitutionalists".
But then I could write a book about what I don't know,
Jim
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
You Heard It Here: The Next Big Scam
Folks like Billy Roy and Butch have a good nose for smelling "low life" type people before it is obvious to the general population that something bad is happening. Maybe it is because famous criminals, cheaters, thieves, and even murderers have been known to roam Hill County and surrounding areas. People like John Wesley Hardin from Bonham, a famous gunfighter who claimed to have killed 41 men including the City Marshal, L. J. Hoffman of neighboring Waco, Texas. Others included Clyde Barrow the male member of the Bonnie and Clyde outlaw gang. Clyde came from the neighboring Ellis County and was rumored to have had relatives in Hubbard where he visited frequently between robbing big banks and little stores and killing law enforcement officers. By the way, the locals say it is a known fact that Bonnie smoked unfiltered Camel cigarettes and not cigars contrary to press reports.
This writer would rather not mention more recent characters of lesser offenses who made a good living around Hubbard City stealing railroad cross ties, railroad iron bridges and things of this nature. Without going any further and risking losing friends, let's just say folks like Billy Roy and Butch can sniff fowl play. So with this as the background I posed the question to the cafe folks when I visited Hubbard this past week end celebrating with my fellow classmates, several of which were paroled to attend the event, our 50th High School Graduation Anniversary. (As a side note, our class is slowing down as just one alleged 'pinching' was reported in the entire 6 hour visitation.) Back to the question which was, "What big scams do you see on the horizon what with Obama being a Communist and everything?"
Well Butch being the historian and keeper of facts, figures, and mostly free advice kicked it off, "To really understand what's coming you have to really understand where we have been. In 1992 Arkansas' then current version of Bonnie and Clyde, under the names of Hillary and Bill, ran for the Presidency of these United States with very little chance of succeeding in a fair and open election. And then out of the blue came a strange Dallas rich guy named Ross (to be confused and compared to the Bonnie and Clyde driver named Moss) who ran on a third party ticket. The story was that Ross Perot was so worried about the country that he paid his own expenses to run an expensive campaign that pulled enough votes from the Republicans for the Arkansas bandits to get to the White House. Now this is the same Ross Perot that is so tight that when he currently eats at his favorite BBQ joint in Dallas that he gets a child's plate to save money. What motivated Ross, we are not sure, but there is something strange in the wood pile somewhere."
Billy Roy couldn't resist picking this story up, "Butch as I recall Perot ran a second time in 1996 using government funding this time to siphon off Republican votes to re-elect the Clintons. Now if he didn't know he was electing them the first time, he sure as hell knew he was in '96. Why would a conservative libertarian-type business man do this twice?"
"As always BM, you drove the nail with one mighty stroke," responded Butch who is somewhat subject to exaggeration and being a big fan and semi-political advisor to Billy Roy. "Take us home, BM."
"Will do, Butch. So where are we now? Obama, a known commie, is shifting control of the country from the people and private sector to the governing elite at a dizzying pace. Folks are catching on because folks may be slow but they are not completely stupid, and the Libs know with current trends the days of Obama and Democratic majorities are numbered. So we now see the first signs of the BIG SCAM. Bill Clinton is beginning to openly criticize Obama, and secondly, he is beginning to pick so called 'moderate' dems to run against Obama's libs like in Colorado. Meanwhile Bonnie, oops I mean Hillary, is beginning to make statements about things much broader (or should we say more Presidential) than her do 'nothing job' as Secretary of State (announcing that the Justice dept is suing Arizona and rich people round the world should pay more taxes). This is all orchestrated with the media running polls saying the American people have more confidence in Hillary than both Obama and likely Republican candidates."
Butch allowed BM to catch his breath saving himself for his singing performances this week end, "So it is clear to anyone but a semi-casual observer that the plan is to give the appearance of throwing Obama overboard (they will probably let him run the UN) and bring Clyde, sorry I mean Bill, back into the White House to 'balance the budget like he did before' and Hillary to come in as President to continue to earn the respect we are gaining around the World by retreating from any confrontation and surrendering our leadership both economically and militarily. As any intelligent person knows there is not a dimes worth of difference between Hillary and Obama's Socialist beliefs. A recent poll showed the only income group that still supports Obama with a majority are those who make under $20,000, or in other words, those who don't pay taxes. So if the elites can make that group larger with stuff like amnesty, and if the Clinton's can one more time convince voters they are moderate, they can get another 4 to 8 years to create government dependencies with voters who want to overthrow the American system by redistributing wealth."
Well never did I expect my scam question to reach an answer of these heights, but with the Folks at the Hubbard City Cafe you just never know, do you?
By now the only people still at the Cafe were BM and Butch because the rest of the folks came to talk about Al Gore. Well maybe next time.
As for me, I could write a book about what I don't know.
Jim
This writer would rather not mention more recent characters of lesser offenses who made a good living around Hubbard City stealing railroad cross ties, railroad iron bridges and things of this nature. Without going any further and risking losing friends, let's just say folks like Billy Roy and Butch can sniff fowl play. So with this as the background I posed the question to the cafe folks when I visited Hubbard this past week end celebrating with my fellow classmates, several of which were paroled to attend the event, our 50th High School Graduation Anniversary. (As a side note, our class is slowing down as just one alleged 'pinching' was reported in the entire 6 hour visitation.) Back to the question which was, "What big scams do you see on the horizon what with Obama being a Communist and everything?"
Well Butch being the historian and keeper of facts, figures, and mostly free advice kicked it off, "To really understand what's coming you have to really understand where we have been. In 1992 Arkansas' then current version of Bonnie and Clyde, under the names of Hillary and Bill, ran for the Presidency of these United States with very little chance of succeeding in a fair and open election. And then out of the blue came a strange Dallas rich guy named Ross (to be confused and compared to the Bonnie and Clyde driver named Moss) who ran on a third party ticket. The story was that Ross Perot was so worried about the country that he paid his own expenses to run an expensive campaign that pulled enough votes from the Republicans for the Arkansas bandits to get to the White House. Now this is the same Ross Perot that is so tight that when he currently eats at his favorite BBQ joint in Dallas that he gets a child's plate to save money. What motivated Ross, we are not sure, but there is something strange in the wood pile somewhere."
Billy Roy couldn't resist picking this story up, "Butch as I recall Perot ran a second time in 1996 using government funding this time to siphon off Republican votes to re-elect the Clintons. Now if he didn't know he was electing them the first time, he sure as hell knew he was in '96. Why would a conservative libertarian-type business man do this twice?"
"As always BM, you drove the nail with one mighty stroke," responded Butch who is somewhat subject to exaggeration and being a big fan and semi-political advisor to Billy Roy. "Take us home, BM."
"Will do, Butch. So where are we now? Obama, a known commie, is shifting control of the country from the people and private sector to the governing elite at a dizzying pace. Folks are catching on because folks may be slow but they are not completely stupid, and the Libs know with current trends the days of Obama and Democratic majorities are numbered. So we now see the first signs of the BIG SCAM. Bill Clinton is beginning to openly criticize Obama, and secondly, he is beginning to pick so called 'moderate' dems to run against Obama's libs like in Colorado. Meanwhile Bonnie, oops I mean Hillary, is beginning to make statements about things much broader (or should we say more Presidential) than her do 'nothing job' as Secretary of State (announcing that the Justice dept is suing Arizona and rich people round the world should pay more taxes). This is all orchestrated with the media running polls saying the American people have more confidence in Hillary than both Obama and likely Republican candidates."
Butch allowed BM to catch his breath saving himself for his singing performances this week end, "So it is clear to anyone but a semi-casual observer that the plan is to give the appearance of throwing Obama overboard (they will probably let him run the UN) and bring Clyde, sorry I mean Bill, back into the White House to 'balance the budget like he did before' and Hillary to come in as President to continue to earn the respect we are gaining around the World by retreating from any confrontation and surrendering our leadership both economically and militarily. As any intelligent person knows there is not a dimes worth of difference between Hillary and Obama's Socialist beliefs. A recent poll showed the only income group that still supports Obama with a majority are those who make under $20,000, or in other words, those who don't pay taxes. So if the elites can make that group larger with stuff like amnesty, and if the Clinton's can one more time convince voters they are moderate, they can get another 4 to 8 years to create government dependencies with voters who want to overthrow the American system by redistributing wealth."
Well never did I expect my scam question to reach an answer of these heights, but with the Folks at the Hubbard City Cafe you just never know, do you?
By now the only people still at the Cafe were BM and Butch because the rest of the folks came to talk about Al Gore. Well maybe next time.
As for me, I could write a book about what I don't know.
Jim
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