I was watching a Frank Luntz focus group on Fox News and the topic moved to how can we fix the debt issue. The perceptions and philosophy between liberals and conservatives couldn't have been more stark. The consistent argument liberals gave was that we had to increase revenues to the federal government in order to fix the debt issue. Oh, sure, they gave some lip service to making cuts. But I nearly went through the roof when one woman said that she didn't understand why we keep talking about cuts when we also have to increase the money coming in, and that if the top 1% are making so much why they can't give back a little more. Give back? Excuse me? Give back to whom?
Let me explain something. When we work for a business we earn the money that the business is paying us. The business draws customers in to purchase---spending money THEY earned---the product or service the business sells. So, if I happen to be the business owner, making the top 1% of all wage-earners, exactly who does this ignorant liberal think I should be giving it back to? Certainly not the people who paid for my product or service. They wouldn't have paid the price I asked if they didn't believe it was worth it. So, where do we give this money "back" to? I would have loved to have asked that woman. I am convinced that she and most liberals believe that, as President Obama actually said, there comes a time when a person has made enough money, that anything above this magical threshold should go to the government to redistribute to those making less. In other words, redistribution of wealth.
This is disgusting and unacceptable. Government it too big because it's created a culture of entitlements and dependency. I maintain that most of government, particularly federal government, has grown to unconstitutional levels. Liberals have been allowed to abuse the commerce clause of the Constitution and the concept of "general welfare", stretching them well beyond what our founders had in mind. There is no way that we are entitled to all the things that liberals insist. Federal government was designed to only have the very limited and very specific responsibilities and authority granted it in the Constituion. Everything else goes to the states or the citizens.
"Give back"? You have no right to make that demand. Period.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Ignorance On Weath From Liberals
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Anthony Weiner Should Resign
It's that simple, folks. First off, shame on every single one of you who take that stance "well, it's his private business and we shouldn't care about what he does in his personal life". Let me tell you something: he's an elected official. ALL elected officials should be held to a much higher standard. To be honest, all of US should be held to a higher standard. I'm sick of people playing to the lowest common denominator. Someone tell me exactly what there is to be proud of when we behave this way? How does this kind of disgusting behavior better us? How can anyone put the future of this nation in the hands of people who can't even manage their own lives?
HE LIED, folks. He admist now that he lied from the start. He faked being all upset. It was all a show. There was absolutely no remorse there. What you saw was someone caught completely red handed and he's sorry he got caught. Now, to be fair, I absolutley do NOT give conservatives a pass when we discover their reprehensible behavior. But here's a major difference: liberals don't find anything wrong with it! In fact, liberals routinely parade and celebrate such behavior. Where is the shame in this nation? Even IF we overlooke the adultery (which, according to scripture, is exactly what Anthony Weiner participated in), the man LIED to EVERYONE. Exactly how is this someone we want running government?
Congressman Weiner is wrong. He DID do something to warrant his resignation. Anyone who thinks he shouldn't resign needs to re-examine their standards. What are you using as your moral compass -- Jersey Shore, Desperate Housewives?
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Those That Curse You....
God's Word is pretty clear on treatment of His chosen people, the Jews. Genesis 12:3 "I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you. In you all the peoples of the earth will be blessed." Now, our President has decided that Israel should give up a piece of the nation to terrorists. I have news for you, Mr. President. Check out the Bible and see what land God actually gave to them. It's a far cry larger space than they have now. And you dare to tell them to give up more? You are a foolish man. And ignorant. What makes this all the worse is that you, as leader of this nation, endanger our blessing AS a nation by making such an irresponsible statement. Please refrain from saying anything to or about Israel until you've have truly sought God out on the topic.
Now, in another example of blunders, "the most intelligent president" in our history decided he wanted to attack conservative criticism of his policies and actions so far. Of course, this took the form of joking about some of his challenges, like an oil spill and pirates. "You remember the pirates, right?" he laughed. "Thomas Jefferson had to deal with pirates." Why, yes, Mr. President, he did. John Adams had to deal with them first, and you might want to look up the history and context of the Treaty of Tripoli and the Barbary Coast. Perhaps you might recognize something about the pirates who terrorized our shipping for many years. What? You didn't study that in public school, you say? Oh, you'll love this, Mr. President. They were Muslim. That's right. The people who sailed those marauder ships, terrorizing our merchant ships, killing or enslaving their crews were Islamic terrorists. Oh, they were driven by greed and hatred, to be sure. But they used the excuse that they were targeting the infidels. Hence the reason for the first Treaty of Tripoli. It wasn't until we built a superior navy and kicked their little behinds that we renegotiated the treaty and put them in their place.
Okay, so now we're finding out that Obamacare---universal health care, paid for by forced participation---isn't quite so universal. We find the overwhelming majority of waivers for the mandate have been granted to liberals and liberal groups (e.g., unions, etc.). Oh, and to favorable districts like a LOT of those under Nancy Pelosi's jurisdiction. Oh, what lies we were told going into this scam. But that which is hidden in the dark will be brought into the light.
Posted by Going_Galt at 10:12 PM
Saturday, April 9, 2011
A History-making Deal? Seriously?
Like many of you, I stayed up watching the news as it followed the exploits of our elected officials and their struggel to avoid a government shutdown. The result? Something that Boehner, Reid and Obama all called historic in cuts. I would have laughed had I not been to completely disgusted. You see, we sent a whole bunch of new people to Congress to do a lot more than that. We wanted Obamacare defunded if it couldn't be repealed altogether. We wanted--for starters--$100 billion in cuts. We wanted NPR, Planned Parenthood and a number of other things defunded. What did we get? Over the course of several continuing resolutions and what is expected next week as a budget is $38 billion in cuts. Planned Parenthood will continue to receive MY tax dollars to murder more innocent babies. Obamacare will continue to move us away from freedom and force us toward socialist health care and rationing. John Boehner actually said there was "no daylight" between himself and the TEA party. Um....got a news flash for ya, there, John. You just opened up a gap big enough to let a supernova through. The Progressives will tell you "governing is the art of compromise". Oh, I suppose in some cases that might be true. But I maintain that there are plenty of instances where it is immoral to compromise. Let me refer you to a little incident involving King Solomon and two women to were arguing over a baby. Solomon offered a "compromise" on that deal, too. Had the women actually agreed to it, do you think it would have been right? Doubtful. No, this deal was not historical. It was a travesty. It was a sellout. It was unprincipled. I think we need to do some more housecleaning in 2012.
Posted by Going_Galt at 10:26 PM
Friday, February 18, 2011
Of Unions and Lies
I am one hundred percent behind Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Let me state for the record that I also fully support the right of the teachers, etc. to protest and have their (whiny) voice heard. The fact is that Wisconsin is broke....just like most of the other states. What the state is trying to do is not eliminate collective bargain, which is the big lie that fools like the president of the AFL-CIO and the President are telling. The state is simply limited the bargaining to that of pay, not benefits, etc. Personally, I'm against unions in American. You simply cannot make the case in this country that unions are necessary. We have more than enough laws that favor labor over management. All unions do now is unnecessarily sap the life out of any business--or public sector--they exist in. If you look at most unions, the pay is often out of proportion and benefits packages are insanely out of touch with the private sector. And I say this as a federal employee, so I know what I'm talking about.
The public education system in this country is horrible. In some places teachers are way overpaid for the quality of work they do and way underpaid in others. It doesn't help that liberalism has bred a generation of parents who don't parent and wouldn't know discipline if it came at them with a paddle. But when I see that there is a choice between states firing teachers and other public employees by the droves or ask for modest reductions, I should think that teachers, above all people, would be smart enough to take the latter over the former. The downright outrage that teachers in Wisconsin are expressing gets under my craw. I can't help but say, "How DARE you?" I can say, without any reservation, that if federal cost-cutting measures resulted in a need to cut the pay of federal employees I'd be first in line to agree with having my pay cut. I could do, and would do, what's necessary to tighten my family's belt in turn.
When you see the interviews with a lot of those out there protesting they routinely are saying that they are willing to take reductions or shoulder a little higher portion of the health care benefits costs. What they get all rabid over is the limitation of collective bargaining power. This disgusts me. It disgusts me a lot. Even as a teenager I despised unions. I made it a point to never, ever submit job applications to any business that had a union (and back in those days if a union existed you had to join it if you went to work there). Even more so, I despise the TEA and most of the associated teachers' unions. And the fact that the AFL-CIO is right up front here in this Wisconsin fight shows you just how much in cahoots all the unions are. Then, of course, you have our socialist president chiming in and calling this an "assault on unions". Liar. You want to see "union busting"? Then put ME in charge of the fight. I'll SHOW you a blatant effort at union busting. Socialist.
Posted by Going_Galt at 4:03 PM
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
More Palin Derangement Syndrome
It would be nice to be surprised and find out the liberal loons from sites like Huffington Post, MoveOn.org read my little blog. Actually, I'm surprised if anyone does. Nevertheless, on the every-so-slight chance, I've got to throw the gauntlet down in front of those mental midgets. After the comments that those "brilliant minds" from Huffington Post, etc have made on the various interview shows, I am convinced that a prerequisite for becoming employees of those place is that you must have diminished mental faculties. Severely diminished. When they make comments like telling Sarah Palin that she just needs to "shut her mouth now", my immediate reaction is take your own advice. Have you smarmy self-important and unintelligent elitists ever heard "it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"? Well, guess what. It's too late for you.
It's just too bad that someone like me doesn't have the opportunity to take people like you on in a national forum. But then I make a rule of not going into a battle of wits with someone who is unarmed.
Clearly, Sarah Palin stands for something. She stands for truly conservative principles and doesn't flinch when shallow malcontents attack her. Of course, her detractors, her haters, do as well. They stand for the lowest of moral standards, the highest level of selfishness....and all very poorly disguised as "altruistic compassion" for others. But if you watch their interviews, read their blogs, you see the truth. They hate. A lot. Period.
Posted by Going_Galt at 9:10 PM
Monday, January 10, 2011
Quite Sick Of Liberal Hypocrites
Make no mistake, the senseless murder of 6 people, and other injured including Congresswoman Giffords by the evil that is Jared Lee Loughner is inexcusable. But almost as inexcusable is the almost immediate and unanimous filth that the New York Times, NBC, ABC, CNN, CBS, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and others. I watched the garbage, the lies that Sheriff Dupnik spewed and wanted to come through my TV set and debate him immediately. I can go through YouTube and show you so many examples of vitriolic liberalism that it would make your head spin. The outright hypocrisy of LIBERALS is amazing.
When the Fort Hood shooting happened the President and the lamestream media immediately cautioned everyone to not rush to judgment regarding the motives of the perpetrator, even though him shouting "Alla Ackbar" would give one a pretty clear indication. What do you get when you look at YouTube and MySpace entries by Jared Loughner? Incoherent babbling. In fact, contrary to the lies of the Left, when you examine in more detail what Loughner's rantings include, you would be more likely to believe HE IS A LIBERAL---his favorite books are Mein Kamf and Communist Manifesto, he hates God and he videotaped himself burning a flag. THESE are more indicative behaviors of liberal extremism, not conservative extremism. But as evil as I'm convinced liberalism is, as shallow as I believe progressives to be, there's no way that I would have pinned the blame on liberals for the actions of this insane man.
I have a few words for Sheriff Dupnik. First, you need to be fired. I hope you lose your job, because you do a disservice to Arizona. The irresponsibility you showed by spouting your ideological hyperbole in the performance of your duty should be enough to have you removed for dereliction of duty. You, sir, hate. You, sir, are part of the liberal mindset bent on finding every way, shape or form to pin anything violent upon conservatism. And you are, whether you know it or not, completely in league with the liberal elite, the liberal media.
I am sick of people like this getting away with kind of thing. When we should be sending out our prayers, our sympathies toward the families of those killed or injured, when we should be looking at calm, common-sense approaches to deal with these sorts of events, what we get is fear- and hate-mongering from the Left in the political and media realms.
How are you people on the Left able to live with yourselves? How do you not see what you are doing is wrong? Where is your soul? I am not some special case, some unique thinker, yet when I see you liberals behave this way, saying the things you say, lying at every turn just because you have the largest mouthpiece, I can't help but think there is something mentally deficient in your thought processes.
Look throughout our history, people. We have used, at every point of the political spectrum, all levels of rhetoric. "Militaristic metaphors" have often been a part of the dialogue. You cannot make any credible case that this is some sort of motivator for antisocial behavior. Evil is its own motivator. For liberals, who are just as guilty as conservatives--in fact, I'd be able to make the case they are MORE violent in speech--of making outrageous statements, to say that magically violence would be reduced by "toning down the rhetoric" is completely a myth.
We have the First Amendment. The freedoms protected from government intrusion has allowed some of the most disgusting, filthy, evil and violent things to be said about Sarah Palin and her family and you hear NONE of the lamestream standing up against it. They promote it. But as soon as MUCH less shocking illustrations are used by conservatives the liberals are at the ready to trash them. How dare you? Blaming Rush Limbaugh, Michele Bachmann and others, calling them "accessories to murder"? Anyone who makes that claim is clearly not all there. Certainly irresponsible.
We are a nation of laws. These laws, for the most part, ARE based on Biblical principles. Regardless, people are expected to obey those laws. We have consequences for violating them. Prosecute those who do. Quit trying to make up a reason to extend your hate and invent violations of the law when there are none. The moment we are afraid to speak up is the moment we have given up our rights. Give no place to the Devil!
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