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Saturday, January 2, 2010
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Obama Blames 7 Straw Men for Being Out of Money' (Story from Digg/American Thinker)
President Obama is blaming everyone else, but himself, for his failed policies.How many Presidents have spent as much time and effort as President Obama does trying to convince everyone the buck stops everywhere except with him?
He is basically saying, he personally tripled the deficit with his policies, but somehow that isn't his fault. He is saying that by adding the HUGE costs and deficits that will occur to our economy with nationalized healthcare, everything will be fine.
Since Obama has been President, unemployment is soaring, businesses are closing (either by force of the government or economic reasons), property values have plummeted, asset values have plummeted, pensions have plummeted, deficit is tripled, dollar has plummeted, stock market has plummeted...etc...
We are getting to see that the left is totally clueless about economic policies. We are also seeing that the left thinks we are too stupid to see the truth about how destructive they are to the USA. They must think we are too dumb to see they are robbing each of us of our future, while they pretend to be saving it!
The absolute vacancy and failure of Obama's policy is staring him right in the face. It couldn't be more clear! Yet President Obama points fingers elsewhere and says he wants to institute even more failed and inane policies as a solution to the carnage he is causing.
President Obama is reducing our economy into a pile of rubble, and he wants to ignite the next round of dynamite to solve the problem!
We need to put a stop to this liquidation of America's economy and assets.
read original story digg posting site
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Barack Obama Can Decide if He Will Be a Great President or One We Will Always Regret
The 2008 election gave all Americans a clear, completely unimpeded view of how absolutely profound the win of a Black Man to the Presidency is for Black People.Yes, there are many supporters, of all races, of Obama. But, it is clear that a majority of Black People believe, within the very fiber of their body, that every struggle and effort they ever had in the past led to this moment in history.
Barack Obama is a huge symbol to them.
I pray Barack Obama understands and respects this.
I pray Barack Obama does not take advantage of or betray this.
"Earning" 95% of the Black vote says that Black People are counting on this Presidency being something good. Something they can be proud of. Something that all their hard work, blood, sweat and tears led to.
They are not counting on this Presidency becoming something that we will all look back on with regret and realize to be so devastating, for all Americans, of all races.
Barack Obama is a huge symbol to them.
I pray Barack Obama understands and respects this.
I pray Barack Obama does not take advantage of or betray this.
"Earning" 95% of the Black vote says that Black People are counting on this Presidency being something good. Something they can be proud of. Something that all their hard work, blood, sweat and tears led to.
They are not counting on this Presidency becoming something that we will all look back on with regret and realize to be so devastating, for all Americans, of all races.
President Barack Obama has a huge responsibility and choices now.
President Obama can choose to devastate this nation with socialism/communism, and make it that the struggle the Black People worked so hard for all these years was in vain.
President Obama can choose to make sure that when the Black Man and Woman finally "arrive" in the USA, the Black Man and Woman find that what they fought so valiantly for all those years, is no longer available for them, or anyone else.
Or President Obama can choose to do the right thing. And be a President that we all will always remember as a great President, who really did save the Union!
Barack Obama can decide if he will be a Great President or one we will always regret.It is up to him.
There are many opportunities to be a Great President here.
President Obama can decide to be a great President if he represents the People of the USA, and resists the powers that want to change the United States of America into something She was never meant to be.
He can be a great President if he restores our capitalist society with opportunity and prosperity abounding, and rejects socialism and communism soundly.
He can be a great President if he rejects and reverses the (imperial corporate!) government takeovers of private business, private property, and personal wealth.
President Obama can decide to be a great President if he represents the People of the USA, and resists the powers that want to change the United States of America into something She was never meant to be.
He can be a great President if he restores our capitalist society with opportunity and prosperity abounding, and rejects socialism and communism soundly.
He can be a great President if he rejects and reverses the (imperial corporate!) government takeovers of private business, private property, and personal wealth.
He can be a great President if he reveals the truth behind the Global Warming/Climate Change hoax, instead of burdening the People with regulations and taxes that will never, ever change the weather and climate patterns on Earth. That will only reduce our rights, and increase the size and the power of government over this Country and our lives.President Obama can be a great President if he encourages capitalism through the World. Letting all the People know that if they want prosperity, like America, capitalism is the answer! Making sure everyone knows that taking America's money, destroying America's integrity (with lies), and taking over or destroying America's wealth and business is not the answer to any problem in the World!
He can be a great President if he insists on poor countries using the free market and capitalism to change their fate! He can be a great President if he makes it clear that poor countries should not allow capitalism to only enrich the government. That is not the way to prosperity! The economy must be in the hands of the People and the free market! The People should be able to start up companies, or buy shares of big businesses that start up or come into their Country. The People should have the ability to own business. Not the government!
President Obama can be a great President if he doesn't force the Citizens of America to carry the heavy burden of structural World poverty that, without economic system changes by the Countries who manufacture poverty, will never be solved.He can be a great President if he calls out the lying liberal press, then announces that everyone pushing for the fairness doctrine is really calling for censorship, so they can extend their own political power!
Barack Obama has the clout right now to be a Great President. The media built him up so high, he could get away with doing the right thing before they could begin to destroy him in the press.
I "hope" he decides to.
However, if President Obama chooses to stay on the track he is now, we will all look back at this Presidency with the deepest regret. No matter what color we are. No matter where we came from. We will all look back at this time in history with sorrow.
If President Obama continues on his course, we will all have to suffer.
If President Obama does what he said he'll do, we will have to admit to one another that he allowed the power hungry government to take the People's freedom and power away. We will all have to face the fact that that Barack Obama "trumped" us all, and chose the consolidation of power and wealth to the government, over preserving the power and the wealth of the People.
If President Obama keeps his promises, we will not be in charge of the government, the government will be in charge of us. That means we no longer have control over our property, our government, our personal defense, our lives, our health, our money, our future, our prosperity, our opportunity, our fate.....etc.. the government does.
In essense, President Obama can choose to free us, or enslave us.
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If President Obama chooses to enslave us, we need to free ourselves!
If we really want to save this country from the fate that Obama promises, a fate that no one of any race or culture would have wanted in the end, we need a serious conversation in America.
Big time serious. A dead serious public conversation. A loud, clear, HONEST, open, conversation.
And we need conservative leadership taking the lead here.
The conservative leadership needs to communicate with the People of the United States of America, as if the whole Country depended on it!
Because it does!!!!!
It should be perfectly clear that this debate over what happens in the USA is not a Black and White or any other race debate.. It is every man's debate. It is the debate of every Citizen of the USA!!!!! Now and future!
It should be clear, from conservatives, that this debate is about political ideology, freedom, prosperity, sovereignty... etc.. that the republicans want to preserve.
This is not a race war.
The truth is, the conservatives want everyone lifted up. No matter who you are. Conservatives believe in creating more and more opportunity for self sufficiency and independence. For ALL. Yes, conservatives believe in a safety net to make sure those who are incapable of self sufficiency and independence have protection. But conservatives don't believe in government dependence for all! They believe in freeing People from government dependence! They believe in property ownership, and no government takeovers....etc..
The conservative republicans have lots of plans for prosperity and freedom and they need to make sure their beliefs become the fabric of this nation, AGAIN.
The conservatives must lead this important debate. Every race, creed and color conservative person must support conservatism with every tool, idea and gift at our disposal.
Let's be clear, this debate will determine if we should all be free together, or if we will all be slaves together.
I pray we will all win our freedom in the USA. People of all races have struggled through a lot of battles to make this Country and Her institutions better and more free. Conservatives of all races are the the ones who are best suited to lead the current fight in this historical, epic, nation defining, battle for freedom.
The Socialist Takeover of Iceland
Ruin the economy, bleed values and wealth away from the People, start a revolution, take the country over, then write legislation to force all wealth, of the wealthy, to stay in the country, for the country's use.
All so the government can bleed even more value and wealth away from the People?
This sounds like a criminal take over and robbery of the People of Iceland. And the hot potato is in the hands of the socialists/communists.
Now we hear the Red-Green Socialists are putting joining the EU off for a while?
It looks like the robbery of the wealth and the sovereignty of the People of Iceland has become the long term plan of this "revolution."
read the original digg story
digg the original digg story
All so the government can bleed even more value and wealth away from the People?
This sounds like a criminal take over and robbery of the People of Iceland. And the hot potato is in the hands of the socialists/communists.
Now we hear the Red-Green Socialists are putting joining the EU off for a while?
It looks like the robbery of the wealth and the sovereignty of the People of Iceland has become the long term plan of this "revolution."
read the original digg story
digg the original digg story
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Nationalization of Our Banks Follows the Socialist Template
To solve the problem of government interference in our loan markets (the sub prime loans forced on privately owned banks) the United States government has started to Nationalize our privately owned Banks.
I read that this bank Nationalization is supposed to be a shot in the arm. But at what cost? And what does the shot cure??
The government nationalizing our banks is a catastrophe. The phrase "shot in the arm" sounds real good, it sounds like it is supposed to cure us, but our banks are being Nationalized. Nationalization of America's business and economy wont cure anything.
It will make things worse.
More government interference in the market is supposed to solve government interference in the market problems??
We are going to reward government interference with giving the government more power to interfere?
National Review's most recent copy (11.14.08) has an article called "Death by Rescue" (I got it in the snail mail not online) and it says that first the government started dealing with this financial problem wrong, by using their power to take over private property (which is bad in National Review's opinion). The article goes on to say that now the government has changed course and the government is buying into banks, and they think that is a good thing.
I disagree.
Yes, I agree that the government taking property is bad, but I also think the government taking ownership of any business, including banks, is bad too. That is Socialism. That is bad, no matter what the excuse is!
The United States Government should not be taking over anything to solve a problem, especially when it is the failed policies of the government that caused the problem in the first place! These are failed government policies that have not been corrected. The government made the catastrophe they are trying to solve. They are not solving the problem by fixing how it was created! Or fixing the damage they caused. They are exploiting the problem by taking more control over private business, which is making the problem infinitely worse for all of us!
Why grant the government more power and control when they are not using the power and control they have honorably?
If this whole crisis is all really about a need for a shot in the arm, a cash flow issue, why didn't the Fed just offer loans that the banks and companies could take at their own choosing?? Why did nationalization have to be taken?? Why, at first, did the government go through company after company and force whole companies to be wiped out, taken over, and sold off, instead of allowing them loans too? The American government forced companies to be taken over by bigger fish. For Bear Stearns, stock value 30$ Friday night, forced by the government to sell over the weekend at $2.00 (Data found in National review article, Death by Rescue 11.14.08). No loan offer, no save, just destroy the companies? What a huge blow to those owners and stock holders! But what a gift to the buyer! Government discounting?
Why are some companies crushed and some companies bailed out?
Why, when the government caused the problem, should we think the government will be fair and wise when they decide what companies get crushed and what companies get bailed out to solve the problem?
How hypocritical for the government to decide any company should be crushed when the government caused the problem!
That is an abuse of power.
The other day Treasury Secty Paulson announced this Nationalization of banks will continue beyond the initial 9 banks.
History tells us the credit problem was caused by our government. Jimmy Carter signed the law that started it all. Left wing organizations, including ACORN forced these loans on banks with lawsuits. (By the way, President elect Obama donated $800,000 to Acorn this election, and Worked with Acorn and was a lawyer for Acorn.) The democrats defended this loan policy over and over even though it was pointed out over and over how dangerous the policies are. Here is a video of when the left defended the loan policy when it was questioned in 2004. Here is another video describing the evolution of the problem and mapping out how it was covered up and defended by the left . The government didn't stop this policy, they didn't fix it, and they haven't repealed the law that caused it yet. But now the banks have to be bought out to solve the problem???
They said this is supposed to be temporary. Can we really believe the government will release their stake in the banks after the "crisis" is over?
When they are taking ownership in banks for all the wrong reasons?
Doubtful.
Why do I think this way? Again, the government caused the problem. They didn't stop it when they could. To me, that makes it look like it is all intentional. What makes it look even more intentional?
Look at World reaction to this problem, that goes right along with the socialist solutions getting pushed in our government! Iran was saying Capitalism is dead because of this. Others in the world are calling for a New World Order because of this . Ever since this problem started we keep hearing the drumbeat that these problems should be solved with a World solution. A global solution. So many meetings of World leaders since the whole thing came up. As a matter of fact, Countries outside the US have been meeting recently so they can find a way "to repair the financial system as a way to bolster the global economy."
Yahoo is reporting: World Financial System overhaul added to Obama's to-do list
So now the solution to our government interfering in our markets should be global? Global what?? Global financial systems? Global governance?
Unconstitutional. Right? You Betcha!
Another mission accomplished for the socialist/communist crowd if they get away with all of this. In my opinion.
Where is the line drawn with solving this "crisis"? First it was property taking and business destruction by the government, then it is forced bank takeovers. Do we want some global government in charge of us to solve the problem too?
NO! We want none of it!
Global government?? Insanity! Where would that global government's reach end?? Most of the World has a pathetic economy, yet they want us to just release control of our prosperous capitalist economy over to the World? To solve a problem?? As we discussed, so many in the World say capitalism is the cause of all ills. They say capitalism is the problem! They point to capitalism while they deny that their pathetic systems should take full credit for their mess. How can we expect the New World Order government to solve any problems if they think this way about capitalism?? I see danger in the relinquishing of our sovereignty to anyone. I can see it leading to a control over everything in the economy, such as income, taxes and property ownership for starts. (I don't know if you know, but the UN World Body believes we shouldn't own property.)
The government nationalizing banks is not harmless. I believe it is sinister. It is dangerous. The government who blew up the economy with loan policy is going to save us by taking over part of our banks?? They are selling it as a "shot in the arm." But I believe this is a time bomb set to go off in the middle of the freedom and prosperity of this nation. A bomb that may be set to propel us to live under a global decision making financial authority. For starters.
Which, is a catastrophe.
America and her freedom and her sovereignty has never been so threatened. By people outside AND inside our government! I don't trust the government to do the right thing anymore. Everything our founders and our fathers fought for will be thrown away by these power hungry "globalists."
I can't help but believe this crisis has been created so it could be "solved" this way. It fits the socialist template. I have a nagging feeling, to the point of certainty, that none of this is happening on accident.
Sounds hard to believe to you?? I hope not.
A good parallel to this whole idea of the government causing a problem, so they can solve the problem with socialism, is the healthcare system of the USA. Our federal government has a policy of open borders. So millions and millions of illegal aliens come in to the USA whenever they want and use our healthcare system free, driving up costs for all USA citizens exponentially.
The government's solution is not stopping open borders or illegal immigration, their solution is socializing healthcare.
The government solution to the high costs of healthcare they are causing, is to keep importing poverty, and socializing healthcare! (Socializing healthcare would mean taking over a huge part of the insurance industry and the healthcare industry of our Nation.)
So right there is the template on how our government works here now. They cause the problem so they can solve it with socialism. They cause the problem, and they don't solve the problem by stopping their bad policy, they solve the problem with socialism. They want to do it with healthcare, it is hard to believe they are not doing the exact same thing with our financial system.
No matter how benevolent they claim they are.
I read that this bank Nationalization is supposed to be a shot in the arm. But at what cost? And what does the shot cure??
The government nationalizing our banks is a catastrophe. The phrase "shot in the arm" sounds real good, it sounds like it is supposed to cure us, but our banks are being Nationalized. Nationalization of America's business and economy wont cure anything.
It will make things worse.
More government interference in the market is supposed to solve government interference in the market problems??
We are going to reward government interference with giving the government more power to interfere?
National Review's most recent copy (11.14.08) has an article called "Death by Rescue" (I got it in the snail mail not online) and it says that first the government started dealing with this financial problem wrong, by using their power to take over private property (which is bad in National Review's opinion). The article goes on to say that now the government has changed course and the government is buying into banks, and they think that is a good thing.
I disagree.
Yes, I agree that the government taking property is bad, but I also think the government taking ownership of any business, including banks, is bad too. That is Socialism. That is bad, no matter what the excuse is!
The United States Government should not be taking over anything to solve a problem, especially when it is the failed policies of the government that caused the problem in the first place! These are failed government policies that have not been corrected. The government made the catastrophe they are trying to solve. They are not solving the problem by fixing how it was created! Or fixing the damage they caused. They are exploiting the problem by taking more control over private business, which is making the problem infinitely worse for all of us!
Why grant the government more power and control when they are not using the power and control they have honorably?
If this whole crisis is all really about a need for a shot in the arm, a cash flow issue, why didn't the Fed just offer loans that the banks and companies could take at their own choosing?? Why did nationalization have to be taken?? Why, at first, did the government go through company after company and force whole companies to be wiped out, taken over, and sold off, instead of allowing them loans too? The American government forced companies to be taken over by bigger fish. For Bear Stearns, stock value 30$ Friday night, forced by the government to sell over the weekend at $2.00 (Data found in National review article, Death by Rescue 11.14.08). No loan offer, no save, just destroy the companies? What a huge blow to those owners and stock holders! But what a gift to the buyer! Government discounting?
Why are some companies crushed and some companies bailed out?
Why, when the government caused the problem, should we think the government will be fair and wise when they decide what companies get crushed and what companies get bailed out to solve the problem?
How hypocritical for the government to decide any company should be crushed when the government caused the problem!
That is an abuse of power.
The other day Treasury Secty Paulson announced this Nationalization of banks will continue beyond the initial 9 banks.
History tells us the credit problem was caused by our government. Jimmy Carter signed the law that started it all. Left wing organizations, including ACORN forced these loans on banks with lawsuits. (By the way, President elect Obama donated $800,000 to Acorn this election, and Worked with Acorn and was a lawyer for Acorn.) The democrats defended this loan policy over and over even though it was pointed out over and over how dangerous the policies are. Here is a video of when the left defended the loan policy when it was questioned in 2004. Here is another video describing the evolution of the problem and mapping out how it was covered up and defended by the left . The government didn't stop this policy, they didn't fix it, and they haven't repealed the law that caused it yet. But now the banks have to be bought out to solve the problem???
They said this is supposed to be temporary. Can we really believe the government will release their stake in the banks after the "crisis" is over?
When they are taking ownership in banks for all the wrong reasons?
Doubtful.
Why do I think this way? Again, the government caused the problem. They didn't stop it when they could. To me, that makes it look like it is all intentional. What makes it look even more intentional?
Look at World reaction to this problem, that goes right along with the socialist solutions getting pushed in our government! Iran was saying Capitalism is dead because of this. Others in the world are calling for a New World Order because of this . Ever since this problem started we keep hearing the drumbeat that these problems should be solved with a World solution. A global solution. So many meetings of World leaders since the whole thing came up. As a matter of fact, Countries outside the US have been meeting recently so they can find a way "to repair the financial system as a way to bolster the global economy."
Yahoo is reporting: World Financial System overhaul added to Obama's to-do list
So now the solution to our government interfering in our markets should be global? Global what?? Global financial systems? Global governance?
Unconstitutional. Right? You Betcha!
Another mission accomplished for the socialist/communist crowd if they get away with all of this. In my opinion.
Where is the line drawn with solving this "crisis"? First it was property taking and business destruction by the government, then it is forced bank takeovers. Do we want some global government in charge of us to solve the problem too?
NO! We want none of it!
Global government?? Insanity! Where would that global government's reach end?? Most of the World has a pathetic economy, yet they want us to just release control of our prosperous capitalist economy over to the World? To solve a problem?? As we discussed, so many in the World say capitalism is the cause of all ills. They say capitalism is the problem! They point to capitalism while they deny that their pathetic systems should take full credit for their mess. How can we expect the New World Order government to solve any problems if they think this way about capitalism?? I see danger in the relinquishing of our sovereignty to anyone. I can see it leading to a control over everything in the economy, such as income, taxes and property ownership for starts. (I don't know if you know, but the UN World Body believes we shouldn't own property.)
The government nationalizing banks is not harmless. I believe it is sinister. It is dangerous. The government who blew up the economy with loan policy is going to save us by taking over part of our banks?? They are selling it as a "shot in the arm." But I believe this is a time bomb set to go off in the middle of the freedom and prosperity of this nation. A bomb that may be set to propel us to live under a global decision making financial authority. For starters.
Which, is a catastrophe.
America and her freedom and her sovereignty has never been so threatened. By people outside AND inside our government! I don't trust the government to do the right thing anymore. Everything our founders and our fathers fought for will be thrown away by these power hungry "globalists."
I can't help but believe this crisis has been created so it could be "solved" this way. It fits the socialist template. I have a nagging feeling, to the point of certainty, that none of this is happening on accident.
Sounds hard to believe to you?? I hope not.
A good parallel to this whole idea of the government causing a problem, so they can solve the problem with socialism, is the healthcare system of the USA. Our federal government has a policy of open borders. So millions and millions of illegal aliens come in to the USA whenever they want and use our healthcare system free, driving up costs for all USA citizens exponentially.
The government's solution is not stopping open borders or illegal immigration, their solution is socializing healthcare.
The government solution to the high costs of healthcare they are causing, is to keep importing poverty, and socializing healthcare! (Socializing healthcare would mean taking over a huge part of the insurance industry and the healthcare industry of our Nation.)
So right there is the template on how our government works here now. They cause the problem so they can solve it with socialism. They cause the problem, and they don't solve the problem by stopping their bad policy, they solve the problem with socialism. They want to do it with healthcare, it is hard to believe they are not doing the exact same thing with our financial system.
No matter how benevolent they claim they are.
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