Thoughts for Thursday 3-15-12

What the Fluke: If you are unaware of the Sandra Fluke affair then I must welcome you from your isolation. I for one hate to dive into women issues, but here I go. Call me old fashioned if you must, but I remember women calling other women who slept outside of marriage, with multiple partners, or just slept around the same word that Rush Limbaugh called Ms. Fluke. I keep hearing how vile that word is, and that it is degrading to woman, but I’ve heard young woman use that term with pride.

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I remember a waitress, from a few years back, who’s nickname was wh*re dog and she seemed to relish in it. I was shocked when I heard her called that by her coworkers—both male and female—call her that as I eat breakfast one morning. I thought we were in the days when women wanted to be treated like men. It seems to me that Ms. Fluke willing put herself up for public display and the Democrat party is playing this meaningless episode to the limits. I personally don’t care about the whole affair, other then the fact that once again the President and his Progressive Socialists allies have changed the subject. The point of this whole conversation is the President is violating the civil and Constitutional rights of all Americans with ObamaCare.

The idea that American women could be fooled by this pack of lies and half-truths is frightening. I have more faith in people up to a point. I still believe that the majority of the country still believes in some basic moral standards. I see the hate on the left of all that is good, moral, and decent and I know that this is not the time to take anything for granted. What we are seeing in this case is pure evil.

I did not hear the testimony of Ms. Fluke or all of the comments of Mr. Limbaugh, but I heard much of them. The idea that this proves that there is a “war on women” by the Republicans is laughable. The only war I see is the Democrat’s war on all Americans and our freedoms.

A shocking strategic release: Reuters reported today that the US and UK have agreed to release oil from the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) some time this summer—just in time for the elections—but it appears that the administration has denied the report. It would seem that this little leak was not supposed to happen. As Mr. Obama runs around the nation and talks about how supplies of oil will have no affect on gas prices, I have to wonder why he thinks the release of oil from the SPR will help.

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The sad truth to Mr. Obama’s ideas of how the world works is quaint. I’m sure that he really thinks that he can inspire another “moon shot” program that will create alternatives to petroleum for our energy needs. This is why he and his energy secretary get the idea that they must do everything to increase energy costs. He said so many times in the past, he has just recently (well since he wants to keep the fancy house, plane, and all the other perks that goes with being POTUS) realized the value of cheap energy. The idea has been around a long time: If energy cost goes up, then it would make the alternatives more attractive. Over time the cost of the alternatives would eventually come down in cost or the higher cost would be absorbed by the market.

The major problem with this elitist idea is that it is divorced from the reality of the lives of the majority of Americans. The prosperity that has marked the greatest improvements in the life of humans in the shortest amount of time in history has been fueled by cheap energy. Petroleum derivatives were first used to replace the use of whale oil for lighting. Over time it has become an intricate part of modern life. It is a natural product that is pumped out of the earth and refined and used for many different uses. According to many experts it will someday be depleted someday. When that day comes we will be forced to find replacements so we must continue to research alternatives, but there is no magic replacement as of today.

We must be realistic about our choices for energy. We must not be misled by an idealistic dreamer who believes that he can change the world overnight. Academic theories are just that; theories. It is easy to draw plans out, but another to deploy them. We cannot pin our hopes on pipe dreams. The government has a terrible record when it comes to picking winners and losers.

Voter Fraud: The same week that Pennsylvania’s governor signed into law a voter ID law, the DOJ blocked a similar bill in Texas. In addition the NAACP is asking the United Nations to look into these laws in the US. With the continuous cries of racism and voter intimidation from the Democrat Party it makes me wonder why they feel so comfortable with voter fraud? Could it be that they are not concerned about the Republicans, Tea Party, Constitution Party, or some other group stuffing the ballot boxes?

I’m really amazed that Democrats have embraced voter fraud as a major campaign issue. The idea that anyone can walk into a polling place and vote without any verification of identity makes no sense. The idea that anyone in this country who is involved enough in the system to vote would not have a form of ID is ludicrous. There can be no other reason for this stand against voter identification but the ability to stuff ballot boxes and steal elections or overturn results. This is a national disgrace. The Progressives who are now willing to attack the electoral system must be defeated.

The only thing more bizarre then the embrace of allowing unmonitored and uncontrolled voting is that countries that don’t allow free elections and discriminate decides the merits of our system. Is it not time for the NAACP to close their doors? It seems that the only reason they exist is to collect money and pay their employees. Beyond that their mission is to cause trouble to keep collecting dues.

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Schiller’s List

Once again the curtain at NPR has been pulled back to show the American people who and what our tax dollars have been supporting. If you spend anytime listening to National Public Radio it is easy to see the arrogance and condescension that flows from their hosts and reporters. These self proclaimed “intellectuals” are so busy proving just how much better they are then us “common folks.” For far too many years Public Broadcasting has been run by a bunch of elitists who look down upon people who actually work, and help to pay the bills.

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What I see in the James O’Keefe NPR sting video is the results of a culture of hate and arrogance. Mr. Schiller while trying to win the favor of an organization that presents itself as a supporter of The Muslim Brotherhood, shows his true beliefs. He seemed way to comfortable talking to them and was willing to show that he agreed with what he thought would be their beliefs. While declaring that an entire political movement in the US is racist, he demonstrated his racism. He seem to be very happy to join hands and chant “kill the Jews” with those who he thought to have a connection.

Consider for a minute how Mr. Schiller was very willing to climb into the gutter to impress this fake group. He did say one thing that I have to agree with when he talked about a lack of “intellectuals.” I believe that the true statement should have been a lack of intellectual thought at NPR. Is it not a true sign of low intelligence to show such bigotry as shown by this racist person? He claimed that one group was racist (with no proof from NPR, PBS, or any of the other left stream media organization) and then started talking about how the media is controlled by a single racial group. Such unashamed racially motivated speech meant to insight hatred of a group of people shows his lack of critical thinking and demonstrates his engrained hate.

So it seems that on the Schiller list of hate are Christians, Jews, all white people, the TEA Party, Juan Williams, true intellectual thought, and most of Middle America. He also seems to have a problem with the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, as if that is a surprise from an executive with NPR. It makes me wonder how he feels about the First Amendment. Of course if he supports the ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood, as he says in the video, then maybe he was trying to setup NPR as the official voice of Radical Islam in this country. Then they could change their name to National Palestinian Radio.

Don’t forget that Mr. Schiller was a Senior Vice President at NPR. He was not some local guy from a NPR affiliate speaking, on his own time, to a couple of friends. He was at this meeting as a representative of NPR and as such an agent for that organization. Since NPR receives federal funding he was speaking as a representative of that federally funded organization. His disdain for Middle America and the average citizen of this country should tell you all you need to know about NPR and the people who run it.

When you look at his position within the NPR organization you must consider the belief system of those who he hired and those who hired him. As a manager I know that you can never really know what your employees believe, but I do know that I always try to promote people who share my beliefs and vision. So how many other racist intellectuals are at NPR? How rotten is the entire tree? Doesn’t this whole affair once again bring into focus the true culture at the Center for Public Broadcasting? Is it time to cut these bigots off from the public treasury and sue to get our money back from these hate filled, self-aggrandizing, Progressive Socialist, neo-intellectuals.

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The idea that our tax dollars continue to support an organization that would hire an individual who holds the belief system of Mr. Schiller shows the disdain that the Obama Administration, the Progressives, and the Democrat Party has for Middle America. It can be seen that NPR is willing to sell their collective souls for donations from anyone. Their willingness to even meet with a group openly said that they were connected with an organization that promotes genocide and the destruction of a close ally of this country should not be overlooked as many are doing. In this one meeting it is clear that NPR and by association the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are lose cannons and no longer should be support by tax dollars and should be investigated to determine how deep the anti-American and racial hatred goes in these organizations. If those who run NPR think that the American people are stupid, then they need to take a long look at themselves.

As far as the Schillers are concerned, I’m sure that she can return to an organization that shares her views, The New York Times. I’m also sure that Mr. Schiller can find work at any one of the Neo-NAZI organizations, here, or in Europe. I don’t believe the Muslim Brotherhood would hire him, but you never know. They do seem to share the same worldview.

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From Tragedy to Tyranny?

My original plans for last weekend were to post my retrospect of 2010, but after the events of Saturday January 8th 2011 I changed my mind. That post was to be followed by a look into the New Year. Both of those posts were put aside and may never be finished. When I saw the news of the terrible events in Tucson Arizona I lost all interest in those ideas. But as I saw the inhuman and totally uncalled for response from the jackals in the Progressive media and various members of Congress I grew sad for the state of our nation and leaders. As they crawled into the gutter and rolled in the blood of the dead they demonstrated a total lack of human decency. Out of respect I decided to try and regain some composure before I made any comments on these tragic events.

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I don’t think I need to recount all of the events of January 8th 2011. An individual with unknown reasons attacked and killed innocent people. It is apparent that he is, or has worked very hard to convince many that he is mentally disturbed. It appears that he and he alone is responsible for this national tragedy, but with the response from those on the left I keep wondering if the attacks afterwards were a little too well planned out. This was an evil person. The political attacks afterwards was even more evil.

I’m beginning to wonder who is more mentally disturbed, the shooter or certain members of Congress or members of the Left Stream Media. For the last 2 years certain members of the media have talked constantly about hate and provided no evidence that there were any threats of violence on the right. The only threats, that I know of, are from the left. It is one thing to disagree with a person and to point out the reasons why you disagree, but something completely different to accuse someone you disagree of acts when there is no proof of such claims.

Paul Krugman was the first in the Progressive Media to climb into the gutter and wallow in the fresh blood of the innocent victims that were killed and wounded. There is no excuse for the hate that he demonstrated and continues to be repeated. People like Chris Matthew, Ed Schultz, and Keith OlberFührer are happy to use the death of innocents in an attempt to silence anyone who has different beliefs. They have happily attempted to smear that blood in an attempt to silence the American people who are demanding a return to the rule of law. It is ridiculous for anyone to say that people who are on the side of Constitutional government and are demanding enforcement of the law would have anything to do with someone advocating violence. But the radicals who now occupy the media are willing to go to any means to push through an agenda that is contrary to the sensibility of many. They are the ones who have been using inflammatory language and in many cases outright lies.

There is a major difference between hate and truth. It is a fact that many people will like you when you say what they want to hear and will not like you when say what they don’t. The real hate from the left is being fueled by those who are presenting facts that they don’t want most Americans to hear. This is the reason why some in Congress are attempting to silence truth tellers. By exposing lies and deceptions of those on the left those on the right are interfering with the attempt to impose tyranny upon the nation. They continue to put forth perverted attempts to remove civil rights and take away the rights that the Constitution was written to protect. But instead of examining the facts, these merchants of hate created an atmosphere designed to encourage even more distrust and hate. Many of the unstable on the left are still repeating tales that have been proven to be false. Even the feeble call of the President for a civil tone has been ignored by many who have built their careers on not just winning but destroying anyone who holds a different view. The libelous and slanderous attacks only serve to encourage more anger and possible violence from the Socialist and Progressives.

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Every time I see Matthews, Schlitz, or OlberFührer I see a 12 year old girl running away and screaming I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. These are hate filled merchants of death who are losing the debate and are willing to say or do anything in an attempt to silence it. The same can be said for the members of Congress who are calling for gun control laws and restrictions on free speech. They are mistaking truth for hate. They are afraid not so much of violence but that they could lose their jobs. After seeing the election results from last year and realizing that the only way in which they can continue their power grab is to attack those who wish to return to a lawful government.

Are we heading further down the road to tyranny? What we’ve seen is nothing more than an attempt to derail any opposition by grabbing power. They have attempted to impose a super strict version of Political Correctness. Political Correctness is nothing more the attempt to silence all conversations about controversial subjects and restrict speech. As PC spreads the door to tyranny opens wider. The attacks from the Progressive Socialist have gone too far. Their attempts at overturning the election results can not stand. We must ignore their hateful discourse as they try to use our own sensibilities against us. We must stand up to this foolishness from the left. These polls that they keep citing and their attempt to redefine what the American people really want is their way of trying to sit down and shut up. We are winning and their lies can not stand. We know why we voted the Democrats out of office and we understand what is wrong with our government. They can not be allowed to win this fight. We must win and silence these anti-American Progressives. We can not be defeated by these tyrants.

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Thoughts for Thursday 12-9-10

We're Not Printing Money: I have accused the Treasury of printing money. Well I stand corrected. Last Sunday the chair of the Federal Reserve stated quite correctly that they were not “printing” money. Technically he is correct. The mint didn’t fire up the presses and start spiting out $700 billions in cold hard cash. But metaphorically I was correct. With a wave of his hand he created money. There are a lot of people that don’t understand the difference. The truth of the whole thing centers around the different money supplies. From About.com

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Definition: "Roughly defined, economists consider money to be anything that is commonly accepted by creditors as repayment of debt or by sellers in exchange of goods and services. Economists have several definitions for what is considered money in a specific situation. The definitions of money differ by their liquidity or specifically how different they are from currency. Some common definitions of money are M0 money (hard currency), M1 money (M0 plus deposits in chequing accounts and traveler's checks), M2 money (M1 plus deposits in savings accounts and deposits in money market accounts). A further definition, M3 was discontinued in 2006 by the Federal Reserve.”

M3 was defined as MO, M1, M2, and money created by debt and credit. Speculation of why the Federal Reserve discontinued reporting M3 as due to the explosion in credit card debt. To help you understand how credit creates money I always think of an old Three Stooges skit. In it Larry asks Moe if he can borrow $5. Moe says sure and hands him it to him. Curly looks at Larry and says; give me the 5 you owe me. So Larry hands it to him. Then Moe says hey give me the 5 you owe me. So Moe gets his $5 back. So from this you see that from these transactions a debt of $5 was created while $10 of debt was satisfied with only $5 in currency. One way of looking at it is that from $5, $15 in transactions occurred.

That was a simplistic example but consider the billions of dollars in out standing debt that is created by credit cards. That is in effect creating money from nothing at all. The Fed has no direct control and I’m sure that they did like reporting a number that was growing out of control and far beyond the amount of money in circulation, the M0 money supply.

So when the Feds created $800 billion dollars by transferring electronic funds to buy Treasury Bonds, they didn’t have to print any money. But they still created money. It is just a manner of how you define it. But since they say they don’t track M3, I guess they think is doesn’t exist or is important. “Hey Moe, can I borrow 5 bucks?”

Plausible Deny-ability: There was a "dumb crook" story from a few years back. It went like this: A DA was cross examining a crime victim on the stand when he asked: "Are the two men who attacked and robbed you in the court right now?" At that the two defendants raised their hands and stood up. I’m seeing something very similar in the Wikileaks scandal. I’ve been watching as officials at many levels are interviewed on the networks. Each has in some way or the other acknowledged the content of the leaked documents. Now I know a little about evidence and how it is handled. The documents that are being posted are considered by the government as stolen property. The issue that I see is with something called the “chain of evidence.” I’ve seen no one deny or question anything that has been released. Considering that we don’t know exactly who has seen these files or if they have tampered with them, I have to wonder if there is more going on here. It just seems that the idea of plausible deny ability is lost upon the government or they have chosen to allow anything to be presented as fact. But as I say it is just a feeling.

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Stopping the Obama tax increases: Did President Obama throw the Democrat party under the bus? His deal with the Republicans seemed to catch the majority of his party by total surprise. He seems very happy to put his party in a position that they thought they could play in their favor. It is possible that they will block the extension of the tax rates. They may have overplayed their hand. They seemed to be happy to allow the rates to increase at the end of the year, but November caused them to rethink this plan. I really believe that they expected to control Congress after the election. There seemed to be the idea that the American people would fall in love with ObamaCare and all things Obama. But now they find that their focus on things that the majority of the American people did not want any idea of fulfilling the Progressive agenda doesn’t seem to be possible.

It may be that President has come to realize that he really likes being in the White House. He may be thinking that if he starts to play ball with the Republicans he can pull a Clinton and win reelection in 2012. This is possible. If he stops the out of control spending and turns the economy around the American people could give him another term. I doubt his sincerity and from what I’ve seen I don’t really buy that he has become a supply sider.

I've been wondering why the Progressive media was not calling Sanders, Weiner and the other Democrats in Congress a racist. For the last two years anyone who opposed Obama and his agenda were called a racist. But now it seems that that is no longer the case. I guess I wasn’t a racist for disagreeing with him on policy issues after all. But I will not hold my breath waiting for an apology. Besides I guess that a weenie like Weiner wouldn’t know the difference.

Leadership: One last thing on the President. I’m still wondering where the silver tongued orator that campaigned in 2008 went. He has not been able to portray his policies or his ideas in a positive manner. No matter what it is, he never seems to show the ability to motivate. This week’s speeches were not what I would call his best effort. He seems to do more to turn people against his plan. He didn’t come on and talk up the tax rate extensions. He said how much he was against it. This is no way to build confidence and inspire people to not only support the policy, but to believe that they can once again feel a little more secure in a dangerous world of uncertainty.

He did the same thing when he announced that he was committing additional troops to Afghanistan. Since he won office he constantly shows doubt and uncertainty in every move he makes. It would be cynical to say that as he obtained the highest office in the land, he began to ignore his handlers. There were a lot of powerful people who helped him get to where he is. He is beginning to like the power, but he lacks the experience to do the job.

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Separating Church and State

Where in The Constitution are the words "separation of Church and State?" Christine O'Donnell asked this question in a debate last week and was attacked for being ignorant. Being familiar with and a major believer in the First Amendment, I know that those words do not appear in it or the rest of the Constitution. One of my very liberal friends was talking about how the "stupidity" and how unqualified she was for not knowing such a basic fact. I had to challenge him. Once I repeated the First Amendment, he then said; "well it means separation of Church and State." They did the same thing that they always do when they lose an argument, turned and walked away. This happens a lot. I've never pulled a Whoopi Goldberg on him, but it is a common end to conversations.

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The idea that the words: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" means separation of Church and State is an amazing bit of imagination. The attack on Christianity that has been fought by the left in this country depends on the use of the idea that showing Christian faith is unconstitutional. But it doesn't take a constitutional scholar to read the words and understand what it means. For too long the Atheist have used the ignorance of many Americans to take away a basic human right away from us all. I don't care how you worship, even if it is nothing, as long as your faith doesn't interfere with my faith. That is the meaning of the First Amendment.

Any belief system that affects the actions of a person is a religion. The very first words are Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. But almost daily we see those who practice Atheism push their belief system on us all. They demand that the government remove Christianity and all public display of it from public display. It is not that they are willing to tolerate us, they threaten to sue whenever they see it. Christians are constantly attacked for their faith on the media outlets while Islam is protected.

As I first mentioned last week the phrase that they use is separation of Church and State. Since Christians go to churches this is an attack on Christians. They don't say Mosque and State, Temple and State, or Synagogue and State it is hard to deny that the target is not Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, or other faiths. I will go as far as saying that those who are pushing this agenda are well aware of the fragile state of their argument but think that they can destroy the Christian Church by using our beliefs and sense of fair play against us.

I've never heard of the ACLU suing to prevent Muslims from praying in public. In fact I seem to remember them suing to force schools to give Muslims time to pray. I also remember reports that the same schools that were sued to stop the teaching of Christian beliefs started to teach Islamic beliefs and their reason was: "Islam is not a religion. It is a cultural system. If a government school is not going to teach Christian faith but will teach Islamic faith, then this is a case of the government trying to establish a religion. This is a clear violation of the rights of the Christians. Those who wish us to believe their twisted view would deny us of "the free exercise thereof." Each time the ACLU sues to stop the free exercise of the Christian faith they violate the Constitutional rights of us all. They've won so many lawsuits by default that they have become arrogant.

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Last week NPR the National Propaganda Radio showed their true colors again in a very public way. After taking millions of dollars from left wing financier George Soros, they fired a Juan Williams for expressing his opinion on a national program. He simply expressed the same view of many Americans. More and more Americans understand that Islam is more than a religion. It is a total social system. That includes dress, diet, and their own legal system based upon Sharia Law. When you see a person in full Islamic dress you have to wonder how deep their devotion goes. It is nothing more than basic human nature of self preservation to worry about your own safety. I must say that the Federal Government has done nothing in the last few years to make me feel more secure. The actions of NPR were meant to silence the discussion surrounding the intolerance in the Muslim faith. Their Political Correctness does not serve the citizen of this country. They only wish to push their twisted view on the world.

Does the Separation
of Church and State
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of God and
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A warning shot was fired this week to let the "left stream media" that they are required to stay on the straight and narrow path of left beliefs. It seems to have backfired. After many years of NPR attacking the America belief system with far left and progressive, hate, intolerance, and propaganda they may have finally crossed the line. They showed their arrogance in a way that upset even their liberal listeners. The uproar may finally force the government to stop pouring money into an organization that does not deserve public money. If what they do is so important then they should be able to sell advertisement and be self supporting like any other network. The idea that they must have government money to survive proves that they are not serving the public.

It is important to remember that the government has been promoting religion through many means. It is pushing Islam and Atheism. NPR and PBS, although considered "private" corporations, are extensions of the government. They depend on Federal and local government money and their founding under a mandate of the State means that they are a government outlet. They have had no reason to serve the public at large or provide fair and balance reporting. If you spend any time at listening to their programming, you will only hear left wing views. The entire episode this week shows that even someone as liberal as Juan Williams is not safe when he stepped outside their liberal views. He got to a taste of Liberal intolerance.

Now is the time for Christians to push back. We must reclaim our rights and silence those who have taken our right to freely exercise our beliefs. No matter what you believe you must see that those who are working to destroy this first of our enumerated rights, will eventually take away all of our rights if we don't stand up now. The idea that somehow the Constitution says that there is a separation of Church and State is insane. For too long we have been divided over petty disagreements. It is time that we accept that what we have in common is much greater then what is dividing us. We must stand up and be counted or we will be forever silenced. The Constitution does not contain the words "separation of Church and State" we can not allow these lies go unchallenged. It is time to stand up to the ACLU and make sure that they no longer deny us of our rights. Their actions are an attack on the basic principles that make this country great. We must reclaim our rights and live and let live.

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