I have been thinking over the last few days about the state of our country; and I have to admit, I'm scared. I seriously wonder if the American people are intelligent enough to get themselves out of this fix we are in. I know that we look down our noses at people who let thmselves be ruled by despots, never claiming their own freedom. As a really good guy says, "take the beam out of your own eye before pointing out the splinter in another's". It's not like we have any people in power who answer only to the President right?
We look over at Iran and see this huge uprising taking place. It's silly really, because the two candidates were both "chosen" by the Supreme Leader (say that a few times to see if it rolls comfortably off your tongue) not by any kind of democratic process. The FIX was in, and the reform candidate was never going to win. Like everyone else I really hope this leads to Iran's leadership being overthrown, but I doubt it. Let's say the "reform" candidate gets the position; is this really the peoples choice, or will he too answer to the Supreme Leader?
Funny thing is, the "FIX" is in here as well. Look at all the unconstitutional things our administration is doing (and this isn't just about Obama). A great example (and the one that makes me think we are all stupid) is the position of Czar. Barack Obama has 16 of them and counting. SIXTEEN!!! These are people who hold vast powers but answer to no one other than the President. Our system was not designed this way, and this kills the whole idea of checks and balances. Anyone care to know what people in these positions were called under FDR?? hmmm anyone??? (Bueller...... Bueller) DICTATORS!!!!! (Thanks Glenn Beck for the history lesson) Seriously?!?!?! Are we really this stupid, allowing a position like this to exist under ANY administration is wrong, right or left. It's as big a joke as having a Supreme Leader pick a couple guys to be President (anyone seeing parallels here?????)
Ok, I admit I'm not the smartest guy on the planet, but I do know a couple basic facts. First, power corrupts. We are all human and all VERY fallible. Two, absolute power corrupts so fast it would make your head spin. If the American people want their own Supreme Leader, fine. WAIT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND!! There is this pesky little thing called the Constitution. We'd have to get rid of that first. Or we'd have to be stupid enough to just let every administration run over us due to our own ignorance. Wait, what do you say??? We have been that stupid???? Actually, yes we have, because the Czar position goes back to Reagan in my memory, and that's just the title, not the position, remember FDR started this.
These are the positions we are giving all this unchecked power to.
Car czar - handling the newest company, Government Motors and its subsidiary Chrysler
Cyber-security czar - given a “broad mandate” by President Obama to oversee our nations cyber infrastructure. (Big brother really does exist!)
Pay czar - for bailed out companies…this position will oversee wage limitations on executives of these companies. (How dumb were those Exec's to agree to take the Gov't money)
Great Lakes czar - tasked with the cleanup of the Great Lakes waterways (good luck)
The border czar (does this person make sure there is plenty of water for the poor illegals crossing our border???)
Drug czar (I'm wondering if this person tests the pot to make sure it's good, cause we are LOSING the "War on Drugs")
Stimulus accountability czar (So far this job has been pretty easy -Naptime!!!)
Urban czar (WHAT?!?!?! When did we give John Traviolta a government position)
Energy czar - Hmmm is this the guy suggesting Windmills????
Bank bailout czar -this one is obvious
Regulatory czar - a regulator to oversee the regulators- nice
Terrorism czar (wait shouldn't this be "Man made Disaster" Czar?)
Faith-based czar - I'm not even going here - what a joke
Health reform czar (wouldn't this be the Director of Health and Human Services???)
Guantanamo czar (ROFL - this is the guy with the lack of a plan right??? "Let's send them to an island paradise boss!")
Non-proliferation czar - This guy is packing for N Korea right now (hope you like dog!)
Sixteen people, many of them doing a job that falls under the specific perview of a cabinet postion.
HOW STUPID ARE WE??? Not one of these people has been confirmed by the Senate, or even has to talk to congress about the moves they make. For example, the Car Czar could, I dunno, tell 900+ dealerships that they are closed, regardless of profitability (oh wait, our Government thinks profits are BAD). Thus putting thousands of people out of work, and many very successful businesses into bankruptcy.
Iranian people are protesting and dying in the street today, while we are sitting in our houses, playing Russian (pun intended - get it Czar/Russian???) roulette with the greatest form of government to exist on this earth. We are letting our freedom go, all in the name of Change! This isn't change,it's progressivism and they can keep it. I like the Constitution and I will do my part when called upon.
I mean, seriously, how stupid are we?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Bridges
A funny thing happened to me this week. I had to attend the funeral of an ex customer with a fellow employee. This employee shall remain anonymous, but she is a HUGE Obama supporter. I'm talking HOPE stickers on her car, pictures of the "Chosen" one in her office and so on.
It's funny, because I would consider her a Kool Aid drinker, because of all the junk she has. It really bothers me too because I know how intelligent she really is.
When picking her up I turned on some music with my IPod, as I didn't want the trip to turn into a huge argument,(like the one I had last year with my boss over politics on a 3 hour drive) over talk radio.
Shockingly (ironic tone totally intended), the discussion did turn to politics, because of my work with the Broomfield 9/12 Project. I was really cautious with my tone, and words. It's hard to come out and say "oh I think both Obama and Bush have driven us right off the cliff, and both have ignored the hell out of the Constitution."; even if that's exactly how I feel.
I was slightly stunned when she came out and said that she thinks all politicians are bad, and they all ought to be thrown out. She went on a tirade about personal responsibility, and how all the baby boomers never taught their kids about money, and now we are paying the price. When I asked her how it felt to own a car company, she threw up a bit of denial "oh come on, Obama didn't really do that" (YES REALLY!!!! I was screaming inside) but for the most part I found we agreed on 90% of what we were discussing.
I mean we really agreed! She was lambasting the liberals and crazy environmentalists, called Tiller a murderer (and yes, she is pro choice) and admitted that we are going bankrupt as a society, both morally and financially.
The only thing she wouldn't do was throw Obama under the bus. Which I think I understand a bit now. When you dedicate so much emotionally to a person it is hard to admit that you were wrong. And she was either wrong, or lied to my face about what she believes, and I know her to be an honest person. I think this is a case of her not being able to "willingly suspend disbelief" as the Secretary of State would say (it was actually tough for me to type that out, I really don't like her). I really worked hard to explain to her that I believe both Obama and Bush are progressives, and that we need to get back to the basics, let the States decide their own laws, own future and get the Feds out of everything. That it was hard for me to turn my back on the fact that I was raised Republican, but that we cannot continue down this path.
At the end of the conversation, we agreed that there was a lot we agreed on, more than we disagreed on. I think she will end up letting go of her emotional attachment, and I hope so. I will be the first to pick up the HOPE sign if someone can convince me that socialism/fascism/statism works. So far in my life I've never seen it happen, but I have seen it destroy good people and kill the human spirit. Some of my customers and friends are being ground down by it right now.
When my friend got out of the car at her house, she said something that I will cherish and something I never expected to hear. "Jason, you have a gift, and you better not waste it. You need to make sure people hear what you have to say, whether that means teaching or something else, use that gift!" This coming from someone who voted opposite every belief I hold true last election.
The bridges are out there, and if either of the political parties quit playing games, and actually got back to values, they'd take this nation by storm. A die-hard conservative man and an Obama voting pro choice woman just proved it!
It's funny, because I would consider her a Kool Aid drinker, because of all the junk she has. It really bothers me too because I know how intelligent she really is.
When picking her up I turned on some music with my IPod, as I didn't want the trip to turn into a huge argument,(like the one I had last year with my boss over politics on a 3 hour drive) over talk radio.
Shockingly (ironic tone totally intended), the discussion did turn to politics, because of my work with the Broomfield 9/12 Project. I was really cautious with my tone, and words. It's hard to come out and say "oh I think both Obama and Bush have driven us right off the cliff, and both have ignored the hell out of the Constitution."; even if that's exactly how I feel.
I was slightly stunned when she came out and said that she thinks all politicians are bad, and they all ought to be thrown out. She went on a tirade about personal responsibility, and how all the baby boomers never taught their kids about money, and now we are paying the price. When I asked her how it felt to own a car company, she threw up a bit of denial "oh come on, Obama didn't really do that" (YES REALLY!!!! I was screaming inside) but for the most part I found we agreed on 90% of what we were discussing.
I mean we really agreed! She was lambasting the liberals and crazy environmentalists, called Tiller a murderer (and yes, she is pro choice) and admitted that we are going bankrupt as a society, both morally and financially.
The only thing she wouldn't do was throw Obama under the bus. Which I think I understand a bit now. When you dedicate so much emotionally to a person it is hard to admit that you were wrong. And she was either wrong, or lied to my face about what she believes, and I know her to be an honest person. I think this is a case of her not being able to "willingly suspend disbelief" as the Secretary of State would say (it was actually tough for me to type that out, I really don't like her). I really worked hard to explain to her that I believe both Obama and Bush are progressives, and that we need to get back to the basics, let the States decide their own laws, own future and get the Feds out of everything. That it was hard for me to turn my back on the fact that I was raised Republican, but that we cannot continue down this path.
At the end of the conversation, we agreed that there was a lot we agreed on, more than we disagreed on. I think she will end up letting go of her emotional attachment, and I hope so. I will be the first to pick up the HOPE sign if someone can convince me that socialism/fascism/statism works. So far in my life I've never seen it happen, but I have seen it destroy good people and kill the human spirit. Some of my customers and friends are being ground down by it right now.
When my friend got out of the car at her house, she said something that I will cherish and something I never expected to hear. "Jason, you have a gift, and you better not waste it. You need to make sure people hear what you have to say, whether that means teaching or something else, use that gift!" This coming from someone who voted opposite every belief I hold true last election.
The bridges are out there, and if either of the political parties quit playing games, and actually got back to values, they'd take this nation by storm. A die-hard conservative man and an Obama voting pro choice woman just proved it!
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