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AUGUST 15, 2009

PURPOSE:

To upset you! To anger you!

To show you enough of the abuses of liberalism that you will get involved.

To encourage you to contact your elected representatives and object.

NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNTIL YOU DO!!!

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"By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation." - Edmond Burke

"The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country." – Milton Friedman

The people must also be self-assertive. They must have the spirit of the old Revolutionary War flag: "Don't tread on me!" They must be vigilant against those, at home or abroad, in or out of government, who might wish to trample on their rights. They must be courageous and manly, with a sense of honor, so that in hard times they will stand up and fight, and not slink away slavishly so as to avoid trouble and danger.

Thomas G. West and Douglas A. Jeffrey, The Rise & Decline of Constitutional Government in America

The most important moral of all is that excellence is where you find it. I would extend this generalization to cover not just higher education but all education from vocational high school to graduate school. We must learn to honor excellence, indeed to demand it in every socially accepted human activity, however humble that activity, and to scorn shoddiness, however exalted the activity. An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. --- John William Gardner (1912 - )

COMMENTARY:
President Obama's Community Organizer Background Is Showing
G T Baker
Aug 15, 2009

The fact that President Obama has a background as a community organizer does not in itself tell us much. In fact, people who get together others to form a Neighborhood Watch are also community organizers. However, in Obama's case, his experience carries with it a special flavor or odor of the style of community organizing done in Chicago. That's where payoffs and special favors are not rare events they are close to being the normal routine.

That's exactly what we have seen at work in the stimulus program payoff to banks, investment firms, and other businesses.

The Administration has engaged in the arbitrary shutting down of certain auto dealerships, the large majority of which contributed to the McCain Presidential campaign, while closing almost none of those who contributed to the Obama campaign (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Furor-grows-over-partisan-car-dealer-closings-46261447.html). "Play ball with us or there will be hell to pay." That's Chicago style politics and it is corruption pure and simple. Now we are beginning to see that same philosophy turned toward individual Americans who stand up to voice their opinions in opposition to the Administration's policies and plans. Worse still is citizens being beaten up for voicing their opposition opinions at townhall meetings.

It is understandable that not many Democrat politicians are saying anything about all this, BUT, unfortunately the Republicans also haven't been standing up in opposition.

Perhaps it is time to decide that in the 2010 and 2012 elections to not re-elect anyone..... to send them all home.

LINKS

Flag yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=469mLTVcWlQ

Ronald Reagan on socialism and government healthcare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs

3 big stories you haven't seen in the mainstream media: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Three-big-stories-the-media_s-_homers_-missed-8096266.html

HR 3200 (healthcare) violates the US Constitution: http://freedomedium.com/2009/08/the-health-care-reform-bill-is-unconstitutional/

Cap And Trade rejected..... in Austrailia: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aHo_TW08Y3to

This IS NOT grassroots activism (no surprise): http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/52470

Democrats paying people to protest conservatives: http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/08/10/phony-baloney-democrat-astro-turfing-dems-hiring-fake-obamacare-protesters-from-ads-placed-on-craigs-list/

The law of unintended consequenses. The liberals strike again: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9A26D3O2&show_article=1&catnum=3

Proof they don't understand why there is opposition to their plans: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/08/13/olbermann-senators-obamacare-opposition-product-campaign-bribery-huffingt

Words liberals want to remove from school textbooks: http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/08/video-liberals-remove-offensive-words-from-textbooks.html

I wonder how often something like this goes on?: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/black-man-posing-as-white-supremist.html

ACORN busses in paid townhall meeting protestors in NH. Citizens tell them, "don't come back.": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLS7ehqh0Xg

IRS to enforce healthcare bill provisions: http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/08/irs-new-health-care-enforcer.html

And now a few clips about the Taliban:
>>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=092_1226978719

The REAL mobsters: http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=334967570977318

Have a look at the last line of the sign in the 3rd photo. Translation: "if we don't like what you are saying we are going to throw you out of the meeting.": http://randysright.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/video-congressman-price-unoin-staged-town-hall-meeting/

Libs use phony doctor at townhall meeting: http://patterico.com/2009/08/12/roxana-mayer-im-not-a-doctor-but-i-play-one-at-town-hall-meetings/

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=3862

Government is almost never the best answer, and it is often the worst answer. Milton Friedman on freedom::
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsx1X8PV_A
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBB7l-SfoK4
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_Uph_TLLo
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeP-krUrdU

Seems like the Obama Administration doesn't agree with Lincoln.
Rather, they seem to have adopted the philosophy of:

OF THE GOVERNMENT
BY THE GOVERNMENT
FOR THE GOVERNMENT

RIGHT?

Are you unhappy with the way many things are going in the USA? If you are then let your elected representatives hear from you. Our nation is a "representative republic." In other words a nation where our legislators are supposed to represent your wishes, but, if you don't let them hear from you how are they supposed to know what things concern you? Generally liberals are more group oriented than are conservatives, and tend to be more activist in nature. That's why things in our country have been becoming more and more liberal in nature, even though conservatives outnumber the liberals. Remember, our nation only works as our founders designed it to work if the citizens participate in its operation.

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