Thoughts for Christmas 2010

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow: As the Southeastern US digs out of one of the earliest snow storms in a century, I just have to ask: Where’s the global warming that Al Gore promised? Well I’m sure that he and his loyal disciples will fall back on the Climate Change excuse. I’m old enough to remember the ‘70s and 80’s when they were calling for another “Ice Age” and then into the 90’s it was “Global Warming.” Well for the last few years it has been “Climate Change.” You know…they may just go back to “Ice Age.” Of course Climate Change allows them to claim anything, since the climate is always changing. Merry Christmas Mr. Gore. I hope you have a cozy winter.

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Congress is Quacking Up: The 111th Congress waddled off the stage of history this week. Their last acts were to slap and spit on the face of the American people. The out going majority decided that their agenda was more important then the agenda of the American voters. It seems that the arrogance of Washington is too strong for the residences to understand the rest of the country. In acts of defiance many of those who have been thrown out of office felt that their last acts was to continue the path that lead to their removal from office. We must remember this the next time the Democrats come asking for our votes. It seems that they don’t understand the idea of elected representation.

My only guess would be that the Progressives know that they can buy a lot of Americans off with our own money. That will be the big question for the next few years. Can the politicians once again buy our silence as we slide into servitude? Will enough Americans believe that we can spend our way into prosperity while we give away our last freedoms?

No Obama Tax Increase…or is there: Congress passed an extension of the tax rates for another 2 years. But as I said last week; temporary taxes are usually never temporary. But what it does mean is that the uncertainty will continue for another two years. Of course there is a chance that enough people will believe, that they can regain power and enslave us all.

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Trusting the Dishonest: Year after year the politicians promise anything and everything to get our votes. Sooner or later it would seem that we would start to disbelieve them. As the year end starts to roll around it is time for us to all take the time to reevaluate our lives. It is also a time to commit to demanding honesty from our elected officials. We must let Washington know that we are watching and will no longer allow them to grab so much power. Too much power in the hands of so few will not end well. Trust is something that is earned. Washington is not doing anything that would make me believe that they deserve my trust.

Net Neutrality: The Obama Administration once again exceeded their legal limits last week. Even though Congress and the Courts said that they didn’t have the authority to regulate the Internet. The FCC decided that they would ignore them. So here is another example of Washington and our unelected government seizing power with no legal authority. The balance of power means that the different branches respect each other. Congress has given so much power to the executive branch that they are making themselves irrelevant. This is the way that dictatorships start. As the administrative branch no longer follows the laws they set themselves above the law. This will not end well if it continues. This has much more to do with the future of the country as well as the Internet.

Merry Christmas to all my readers. Thank you for reading.

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