Liberals, You're being used!

My liberal friends (I do have liberal friends!), you are being used by the leftist radicals in our government to accomplish their goals.

Liberals are good people. You care very much about your fellow man and you want all people to have a good life. You want to take care of the less fortunate and you support social programs. You believe in the basic fairness and goodness of people. You are optimistic about the intentions of government, trusting that your elected representatives have your best interest as their priority. You believe that we are capable of creating somewhat of a utopian environment in which all people can live together without conflict, and mankind can protect the earth from negative consequences.

Unfortunately, the leftists radicals take advantage of your benevolent views. They loudly espouse goals and ideas that you believe in. Then they twist those goals and ideas into much more radical programs and legislation, whose main goal is to create a very different American society than what you intended.

They want a form of government where the elite group of government has control over the people. Our rights and freedoms are no longer guaranteed, but are at the whim of the government! They want to destroy individual wealth and make us all "middle class". The only wealth is in the hands of government and they decide how to dole it out to us. Our life choices are made by them.

This isn't what liberals want, but this is what you're going to get, if you don't wake up to the socialist Marxist agenda of President Obama and his cohorts. Just look at Obama's associations - Reverend Wright ("God damn America") and Bill Ayers (terrorist leader in the 70's) to understand where Obama developed his philosophy. Look at the radicals he has named as Czars. Look at what his policies are doing to our economy. Look at his failure to support the troops in Afghanistan. Look at his attempts to control various sectors of private industry and the financial market. Once you step back and look at the "forest" and not just a "tree", you will see the agenda clearly.

Don't allow yourself to be used! You might find that you and conservatives have a lot in common. You both love this country and want the best for our country and its people. We may not always agree on the ways to achieve it, but we all have the same goals of freedom and prosperity. Speak out against those who would take us down a radical pathway. You have your entire way of life to lose, if you don't!

WHY I CAN'T SLEEP!

These are the thoughts that keep me awake at night and make me fear for the welfare of my family, my country, and my freedom -

1. President Obama is placing his political agenda ahead of the lives of our troops in Afghanistan. A record breaking 62 American deaths occurred in October while President Obama still contemplates whether he will give his appointed general the troops he has requested! He wants to keep the attention on the push for national health care and not divert America's attention to the loss of life in Afghanistan! He seems to do nothing but travel around the world and give speeches, and not handling the life and death decisions in front of him.

2. The health care bills in Congress are not really about health care! The push for national health care is about the government gaining more control over our lives. The bills that have come out of the House and Senate do not fix the problems that President Obama and the Democrats claimed existed in our health care system. The bottom line is that what they are proposing will cost us more in premiums and taxes and fees, and will ultimately reduce the quality and access to medical care that we now have! Millions of people will remain uninsured, nothing addresses medical tort reform, nothing is being done about opening the health insurance market to interstate commerce to increase competition and choice. Instead the bills put the government in the position of making the decisions concerning our health care. The Democrats want to pass health care so that they can pat themselves on the back and claim that they have accomplished a great thing for the American people while increasing the reach of the government into the everyday lives of our people.

3. The Democrats are using dirty tricks to deceive the American people as to what their health care proposals will cost and how it will affect the American people. They claim the bill is "deficit neutral" and will save money and decrease the deficit. The reason they can claim this is because -

a) the bills are full of increased costs, taxes and fees on individuals and businesses.

b) the bills make $500 billion in cuts to benefits to Medicare recipients

c) the government starts collecting the taxes, etc. in 2011, while the actual health care does not begin until 2014, thus building a huge fund to finance the health care plan during the first 10 years! And....what will happen to that huge fund? Will Congress spend it on other things like they have spent the Social Security Trust Fund?

d) Democrats have chopped up their health care agenda into seperate bills like the "Doctor fix" bill that will cost over $200 billion and is NOT included in what the Dems claim is the cost of the current health care legislation.

4) The "transparency" and "bipartisanship" promised by Obama during his campaign have not materialized and Congress is totally divided along partisan lines. The Dems have created their health care bills behind closed doors and without Republican input. The bills and amendments proposed by Republicans have been voted down, or not allowed to come out of committee for a vote. Then the Dems claim that the Republicans have no solutions!

5) Unemployment continues to rise (now 10.2% nationally), the dollar continues to lose value worldwide, gas prices are going up, the housing market remains depressed (only distressed properties are selling), prices for food and commodities are rising, businesses are closing, bankruptcies are increasing, states are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, and President Obama is claiming that the economy in in recovery!

6) President Obama is surrounding himself with numerous leftist radicals (Czars) and has given them extensive authority to influence our government policies. The Czars have not been elected and answer only to the President.

7) President Obama has a close relationship with labor unions, whose leaders are frequent visitors to the White House. The labor unions donated millions to Obama's campaign and now it's payback time.

8) President Obama has a long standing association with Acorn, a corrupt organization that is getting billions of our tax dollars.

9) The White House has taken over the responsibility for the 2010 Census that has always been the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Commerce. Why? The census provides statistics used in setting up Congressional districts, school funding. etc. In this way the census can be manipulated to favor President Obama's objectives.

10) Global warming is based on a faulty premise and is not supported by legitimate scientific research. Obama is promoting Cap and Trade which basically taxes our use of our atmosphere and is again based on faulty scientific conclusions. Cap and Trade will dramatically increase energy costs and dramatically increase government's control over energy.

11) Once the government controls our financial institutions, our energy resources, and even our own health care, they CONTROL OUR LIVES!

12) PRESIDENT OBAMA DOES NOT WANT OUR ECONOMY TO RECOVER! Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" is Obama's playbook. Obama is doing things to destroy our economy, not fix it. Continued spending, tax hikes, bailouts, printing money, etc. are exactly opposite of what economists would recommend to turn around the economy and make it stronger! Obama knows that once the economy collapses then the government is the only resource available to the American people and the government can be in complete control!

13) Iran is building nuclear capabilities, AlQaeda and the Taliban are gaining strength, Israel is in jeopardy of being attacked by Iran, Russia is extending it's influence in the world, and China is not buying our bonds and chastising President Obama about our government's spending.

14) The Obama administration is working its tentacles into our children's education and trying to promote learning socialistic principles and blind admiration of President Obama. The teaching of our American heritage of individual accomplishment and freedom is slowly being replaced with the concept of dependence on the government for all of our needs.

15) The Obama administration's philosophy is to "never waste a good crisis". This was espoused by the President's close associate, Rahm Emanuel, in his book. The administration promotes one crisis after another in order to take the attention of the American public away from what is being done "under the radar" by the White House and Congress! They are promoting the increase in the size and control of the federal government. They want us to be a nation of "middle class" people. Of course, they are the "elite" group that will make our life decisions for us! They think they know better what we need.

16) The Congress and the President do not follow the limits of the Constitution. They are making our Constitution a superfluous and irrelevant document. The Constitution has been the protector of our rights and freedoms and has been the base on which the greatest nation on the earth was built! President Obama, having taught the Constitution to college students, knows exactly what is being done to the Constitution. His goal is not to honor his oath of office, to "protect the Constitution", but instead to DESTROY it. When the Constitution no longer has any power, our republic is gone!

I HAVE TO STOP! There is more! These things are the reason that I fear greatly for our country! We need to make a change in the 2010 elections, and elect people to Congress who have OUR best interests in mind, and not their own!

HOW TO CATCH WILD PIGS!

A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in his class. One day, the professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man about his apparent discomfort. The student told him that he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.

Then he asked the professor a strange question. He said, "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?" The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. "You can catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn. When they are accustomed to coming every day to eat the corn, you put up a fence on one side of the area. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again. Then you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side.

The pigs, who are now used to coming to get the free corn, start to come through the gate. Then, when all the pigs are inside, you close the gate on them and you have caught the whole herd of pigs. They run around inside the fence, but they are caught and can't get out. Soon they just go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity".

What is happening to us in America is like what happened to the wild pigs. The government keeps putting the "free corn" out for us in the form of special programs, subsidies, bailouts, welfare, health care, etc., while we gradually lose our freedoms - just a little at a time. Soon we will find ourselves fenced in by socialism or worse, and we won't be able to escape it!

Accepting the "free corn" now being pushed on us by President Obama and Congress is going to come at a great cost. They are building the "fences", bit by bit, around us. Then they will provide or withhold the "free corn" and we will have no choice but to accept it because we have surrendered our freedom to decide for ourselves and direct our own lives.

Wake up, America. before they close the gate!

(Taken from an article by Mike Boyer)

A PERSONAL DEBT TO VETERANS

On this Veterans Day I want to express my gratitude for all those who have given years of their lives to our military service, and those who have perished, in the pursuit of preserving freedom and improving the human condition on our soil and around the world. The fact that the United States has an all volunteer army, the best in the world, shows the extent of patriotism and love for country that our military men and women exhibit.

It is no small thing for individuals to put themselves in danger and risk their lives to protect other people. It is no small thing to have your life altered by injury. It is no small thing for families to sacrifice those they love in the cause of protecting the freedom of others. A life lost can never be replaced.

A few years ago we visited the American Cemetery in Normandie, France. As I looked over the thousands of white crosses on acres of green lawn, I contemplated the fact that each one represented a life that was lost - a person, a brother, a husband, a father. Just like MY brother, my husband, and my father. My heart overflowed with gratitude to those laid to rest there. I thanked them for the legacy of freedom that they gave ME, personally.

Freedom is not free. It has come at the cost of many lives. It continues to demand the service and protection of brave people. I hope that we never take them for granted.

THANK YOU to those now in the military and those who have served in the past. Our country is grateful, and I am personally grateful, for you.

LET'S CALL A SPADE, A SPADE!

The media is expounding about the mental status of Major Hasan after he opened fire in an Army base and killed and wounded many people! Some have talked about Post Traumatic Syndrome, even though Major Hasan was never deployed. Some say he was "picked on" by fellow military personnel. Some have talked about how a mental health professional could take on the stress from his patients! Etc, etc, etc.! Let's call a spade, a spade. What Major Hasan did was an act of TERRORISM! Why does the media shrink from using that word, terrorism? Because acts of domestic terrorism don't reflect well on President Obama and his ability to "keep us safe"!

It is now being reported that the CIA knew months ago that Major was attempting to contact AlQaeda. But, the CIA did not communicate this to the Army! Why not? Major Hasan openly opposed the war, even to the point of arguing with his own patients. He rationalized the motives of suicide bombers as people who were faithful to their beliefs. Yet, nothing was done to limit his access to army facilities and army personnel or to remove him from any opportunity to hurt others.

Major Hasan planned the attack. He gave away his possessions. He said goodbye to friends. He planned and prepared carefully. His motivation was the same as those who commit acts of terrorism in the Middle East. He was a radical muslim who believed that he would be rewarded in the after life for killing infidels. Sounds like a terrorist act to me.

OPPOSE PELOSI'S HEALTH CARE BILL

HR3962 may come up for a vote in the House as soon as this Friday, Nov 6. America cannot afford this proposal. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the legislation will cost $1.05 trillion over the next 10 years! The bill is riddled with taxes that will cost the taxpayer by more expensive health insurance premiums, medical devices, prescription drugs, etc. Small business will be taxed.The federal government will put its fingers in every part of our health care system and will eventually kill private health insurance with the help of the "public option" trojan horse included in this bill.

Everyone will be forced to purchase insurance or face a penalty from $750 to $3800 per year. Seniors will be hit hard with the government reducing funding to Medicare to pay for this legislation.

This is only the tip of the iceberg. This 1990 page bill is is a grab bag of legislation that will be a nightmare for our economy and for us as individuals. This bill will not improve our health care system, which currently is the best in the world, but rather will cause restricted and rationed medical care.

This legislation does not address many of the issues that currently cause problems in our health care system, and it still leaves millions of people uninsured. This bill is not about helping the American people, it's about CONTROLLING the American people.

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE AND TELL THEM NOT TO VOTE ON HR3962 - that you don't want federally controlled health care with or without a public option!

Diane visited family in Florida

I recently spent a few days in Florida visiting with my mother and sister, Maureen. My mom at age 84 is spry and active and doing great! Mom and I visited with my father's brother, Bob, and his wife Mary. They live on the West coast of Florida in Estero Beach. I stayed at Maureen and Doug's house and one day we visited a Pumpkin Patch with Lori and Cari and families. All in all, the trip was great, the weather was great, and it was great to see everyone doing well!