The Knock in the Dark of the Night

A wise person told me something many years ago; he said that nothing good occurs after midnight. I know that there are parts of town that I would not want to walk through at 1 am. That includes most of Washington DC. But there is a part of the capital that should not be occupied at such a late hour, the hallowed halls of Congress. But now we find that our freedoms are under attack by those who have sworn to defend the Constitution. If this is such a good and important thing; shouldn’t the American people be included in the decision? Why does the Congress keep passing bills in the dark of the night?

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For years people around the world have feared the knock that came in the middle of the night. The American people as a whole have not known this fear since the creation of the republic. But this week there will be a knock in the dark of the night for the American people. With a bill that has been hidden away from the light of day, the leader of the Senate is unveiling it in the dark of the night and forcing a vote. He followed through and the bill is another step closer to becoming the law of the land. He is preparing to make major changes to the American health care system without most of the American people even aware of what is occurring. His reasoning seems to be the promise of "giving the President a present." That is no reason to pass a bill without proper airing.

Do you really trust politicians and government bureaucrats to make the right decisions on your health care? The problem is that since the details are hidden, we don’t know the truth. Where is the President's promise of openness? Will follow through on his other promises? Well so far he is zero for zero on the transparency promises. I don't think I believe his promises on the health care bill.

Many believe that there are illegal/unconstitutional provisions in this bill. One thing for sure is that we will all lose freedoms when the Federal government takes control of every ones medical care. But as we can see with the illegal alien issue, right and wrong, the law, and the Constitution does not matter to our “leaders.” They prefer to work in darkness and away from the public view. Like thieves in the night they are stilling our liberties. With the so called “Health Care Reform Bill” they are now putting themselves in the position of affecting all of our lives.

So now the American people must constantly fear the new knock in the dark of the night. With the backroom dealing, political pay offs, and late night votes that has occurred; how can we trust that the final law? Too many lies have been told. Too much money has been wasted. Is it not time to reconsider the direction of our nation?

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The Cap and Trade bill passed the House in same manner. Now we know with the truth that has been revealed with the “Climategate” emails that show that the whole thing is passed upon LIES. Are we governed by fools or are we fools for trusting them? Can we trust that they are really looking out for our best interest? Or could it be that they are only interested in power?

Now that they are spending TRILLIONS of dollars what comes next? The politicians must be honest to the American people. Tell us what they are really doing. Stop the stealing in the middle of the night. Not only are they stealing our money, but they are stealing our freedoms. Once they take the right of choice away from us, what else will they take? Could they next be requiring us to buy cars from Obama Motors? Will they next be ordering us to buy government newspapers? Will they then require us to purchase only government approved products?

With these new mandates the government will now be able to pick the winners and the losers. The only way you can be a winner is to make sure you support the people in power. So we now must fear that knock at the door. We must now fear that we can go to jail for not buying the correct heath care insurance. The politician and the insurance company win. We the American people lose.

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Scientific Research vs. Lies

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In an earlier time, man was ruled through superstition. When little was understood about the natural world the belief in the supernatural or the mystic realm allowed people to be easily manipulated. Over the years science has evolved to help explain the mysteries that have enslaved mankind for centuries. There are no absolutes in science, only theories. True scientific inquiry is governed by skepticism. The ultimate goals of science are the pursuit of true and to doubt all conclusions.

Scientific research must be based upon the basic tenet of disbelief. An individual has a theory. This idea is tested to prove and disprove the underlying concepts. It can not be rushed. On March 23, 1989 Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons announced a major breakthrough on cold fusion. They provided all of their data and detailed descriptions of the process. This news was met with much enthusiasm and fanfare. This process could provide almost unlimited energy.

Knee-cap(ing) and Trade

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Well now that most peoples’ attentions are on Healthcare it is important to remember that there is another Presidential priority bill that they are ready to push through without debate. His cap and trade plan will (in his words) “make electricity rates skyrocket.”

 In fact the US Treasury (not exactly a right wing organization) has estimated that this bill could cost the average household $1761 a year or $146.75 a month or about $4.83 a day added to their electric bill. Hey, but that’s less than a latté at a lot of coffee shops. If you don’t drink lattes then you might as well start. Then you can stop buying them after the bill is passed, so that you won’t miss the money. Of course you might have a hard time coming up with that extra $4.83 a day after the Obama healthcare plan starts to empty your wallet. There are estimates that range from $3100.00 to $800.00 a year. Of course these estimates come from the same people who said that $1 billion would be enough for the “cash for clunkers” program for 3 months. So their estimates may be low.     

Of course months after the President had received the Treasury report he said that the cost of the bill would be less than the cost of a postage stamp. I guess he was just letting us know that the price of a first class stamp would be going from $0.44 to around $5.00 very soon.  

This plan would seem to be nothing more than a “billions for billionaires” program. You must understand that the original idea for this new trading plan came from the folks at Enron. The people who created one of the largest energy scandals of the century were only interested in how to make more money, any way they could, by raising energy prices. So the idea of trading carbon credits is nothing more than making industry buy and sell meaningless paper and paying commissions for the privilege. Those commissions will make some traders even more comfortable while the rest of us pay higher energy cost, a lower standard of living, and a declining future.

This political payoff will not decrease pollution. It will only make those who are on the inside of this grand scheme even richer. It will kneecap the economy and leave the lower and middle class with a permanent limp. With the government spending our money faster than they can print it, we need to reconsider what price we are willing to pay.

 ©2009 Pedro Sykes