By Lee A. Heilig
Envelope stuffing, phone bank calling, and precinct walking during election seasons are no longer enough. The other side does that too, and they are effective. Passive citizenship can be no longer be tolerated from the remnant that cherishes their liberty. A professional ruling class with its nanny-state dependents is seeing to it that this nation truly is "fundamentally transformed" into something the Founding Fathers would never recognize. Earning a living, caring for your families, and voting every two years alone cannot preserve our Republic. We must engage the opposition on the turf we ceded to them years ago. If we are not home schooling or providing private educations for our children, we must attend and lead the local PTA meetings. We must examine the curricula in the schools and demand that Americanism and free market economics are taught. We must hold teachers accountable, not only for failing to pull children kicking and screaming onto some arbitrary level of competency in math and reading, but for their complicit indoctrination of our youth in the apostasy of statism. Young and old alike must be reintroduced to the foundational principles of our unique heritage. Individual liberty is universal in its appeal and knows no demographical division. We must attend our city council meetings and demand accountability from those who would appropriate and spend our money on local matters, every bit as much as we scrutinize federal budgets. Citizenship in a free republic is hard. It demands self-education, time, and much effort. It requires us to sacrifice our leisure in the conduct of "eternal vigilance." The national election is over. There is little we can do about the outcome, no matter how righteous our claims of fraud and corruption against the opposition. What we can do is begin anew. Form neighborhood groups. Begin home-based associations with like-minded individuals. Involve yourselves like never before in the genesis of a new class of leaders dedicated to the advancement of liberty that will supplant the statists of today. Take the responsibility of teaching your children what it really means to be inheritors of the greatest nation ever established among men.
Do not awaken one day to realize that through your inaction you have been complicit in, as Ronald Reagan forewarned, sentencing your children to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/new_beginnings.html
Just What is a “Real American?”
There are people in this country who call themselves “American” who either don’t know the Constitution or don’t care about it because they want the ‘government’ to hand them benefits from other peoples’ labors. I do not believe these people are “real Americans” and I am not afraid to say so. I would politely call them “pretenders,” but the situation has now gotten much more dire than that would imply. The situation we are facing today is sinister.
The first thing you need to know is that the only thing that is “American” is the U.S. Constitution. That document is the one thing that makes us “American.” All of the other claims to be the “American” way by politicians, who are passing this bill or that bill to micro-manage our personal lives, are bogus. Forced diversity is not American. Affirmative Action is not American. Social Security is not American. Medicare and Medicaid are not American. Being American means believing in the U.S. Constitution as the one and only manual for our government. All we need to do is stick to it.
The problem we have over Obamacare, as well as, Cap and Tax proposals, and even things like the Cash for Clunkers bill, is that not one of these ideas fit into the U.S. Constitution. The bailouts of the banks, the TARP, the Stimulus Bill, all are completely unConstitutional. No Child Left Behind, and the Prescription Drug Bill were also completely unConstitutional. The Federal Reserve is unConstitutional. The government of the United States is full of people who are doing things for their own selfish purposes and not adhering to their oath to support and uphold the Constitution. That, in itself, recalls the oath of defending the Constitution from enemies “both foreign and domestic.” How does that oath hold up when those who take that oath are undermining the Constitution themselves? That oath has become a joke in our current government.
In the history of civilization, tragically, there have always been poor people. What is different about being “American” is that the U.S. Constitution created a larger middle class and millions of people who have had the opportunity to rise out of that poverty. From a world perspective, America has been more successful at giving the poor opportunities that do not exist in other government structures. And while that is due in part to capitalism, it is due mostly to the Constitution that insures individual property rights, the rights to own the fruit of your own labors, and the pursuit of happiness. The most important rights included in the Constitution guarantee that you own your own person and the gains of your hard work. That is the key to the success of America.
No one can doubt that the Democrat Party has become more socialistic. They have taken power with chips on their shoulders. They have become social engineers who, evidently, aren’t satisfied with opportunity for all. They don’t want opportunity. They say they want egalitarian results for each life. That in itself is completely antithetical to being “American.” It is also an unachievable myth. What they really want is the game rigged in favor of government officials, so that individuals lose their Constitutional rights of owning themselves and are forced into giving away their opportunities, their ownership rights, their wages, and literally their own person-hoods to everyone else. Communes anyone? In their utopian schemes, the individual owes the government (the collective) his or her life. There is nothing “American” about this.
So the next time you hear some politician proclaim they are proposing something “American,” I suggest you make them pass the Constitutional test. When they say things like, “America must do this because we look bad to the rest of the world if we don’t” or “My way is the American way,” when in fact it isn’t at all, ask yourself if the proposal is consistent with the rights guaranteed in the Constitution or is it some convenient hand-out to buy off either special interests or votes? Our country was not built on “collectivism.”
Our country was not created to “take from the rich and give to the poor.” Our country was created to give everyone the opportunity to reach their own potential. If one person’s potential is “X” and another person’s potential is “Y,” that is O.K. Rigging the system with government intervention is exactly what has been wrecking the system, taking “X” and “Y” down with it. Why would anyone want more of that? But that is what this last election brought us, more expanded unConstitutional government intervention brought to you by special interests and politicians who are rigging the system.
If you believe in and support the U.S. Constitution, you are a “real American.” If you don’t, then stop the meaningless proclamations. You are making liars of yourselves.
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/11/just-what-is-a-real-american/
Beyond Venture Socialism
By R. Clayton Strang
There is, in fact, a government owned company in Washington State called Correctional Industries wherein prisoners are allowed to work making various products. According to RCW (Revised Code of Washington) 72.09.00, Correctional Industries was set up in an attempt to "offset tax & public support costs" of running the prisons in the State. When one continues reading the RCW's and WAC's (Washington Administrative Code) concerning Correctional Industries, several disturbing facts come to light.
In order to ensure that this program was successful, the clientele for Correctional Industries was legislated into existence. Institutions of higher education are required, by law, to "develop a plan to build higher education business with Correctional Industries to increase higher education purchases of correctional industries products" and even set a minimum percentage of said institution's total goods and services that must be purchased from Correctional Industries. The legislators also mandated in RCW 72.60.160 that any product made by Correctional Industries be given preference by state agencies over similar products made by any other company. One might assume that these laws would guarantee business for this venture, but, unfortunately for bureaucrats, the blundering ham-hand of government coercion offers no competition to the deftness of Smith's "Invisible hand". For in a separate law, all government agencies and offices are not simply required to give preference to CI products, but told that they "shall" purchase any products offered by CI, even going so far as to state, "These goods and services shall not be purchased from any other source" They then backed that law up with a regulation stating the same thing, just to drive the point home.
This is not an issue unique to Washington State. Other states, and even the United States Government, are involved in similar rackets. Federal Prison Industries, run by the federal government, makes uniforms for the United States Armed Forces. Recently, when budget cuts were announced, the various private companies that made and supplied military uniforms were told that their services would no longer be required, as those needs would be taken care of by FPI.
You may be thinking to yourself at this point, "Yes, but the government must be saving taxpayer's money by doing these things, right?" But remember Julia's chair! Looking at the products offered by Correctional Industries in Washington State and the prices charged, only a politician running for re-election could claim that any money is saved. A run of the mill office chair at an office supply store might cost roughly $150.00, whereas, a similar chair from CI will cost between $300.00 and $450.00.
Now, if this program is really designed to "offset tax & public support costs," they're going about this in a typically governmental fashion. It appears as though the government is merely moving the taxpayer's money from one government agency to another, saving nothing, all while pretending that the cost of running prisons is offset by the program. In fact, since products comparable to those produced by inmates can be purchased from the private sector at a lower cost, our government is spending more money than is necessary. On top of the inflated cost of the goods made by inmates, the inmates are then paid an industry standard wage, further inflating the cost to the taxpayers. To add insult to injury, money that would enter the private sector is being withheld in favor of government expansion.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/beyond_venture_socialism.html
Obama Admin Uses 'Green Energy' Loans to 'Recycle' Money Back to Donors
Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, said President Barack Obama had a "recycling" program that used crony capitalism to reward its campaign contributors, who would then funnel money back to the Obama campaign.
Appearing on Fox News's one-hour special on Thursday about the "District of Corruption" movie, Schweizer said crony capitalism was so rampant in the Obama administration that Obama campaign bundlers received more than $21,000 on average in government-backed loans and grants for every dollar they contributed to the Obama campaign.
Schweizer said the Obama administration treated taxpayer dollars as "gift bags" to give to its top donors, which he called "the Obama recycling program."
Schweizer said the Obama administration treated taxpayer dollars as "gift bags" to give to its top donors, which he called "the Obama recycling program."
In many instances, Schweizer said top Obama administration bundlers and influential Democrats -- like California Senator Dianne Feinstein and former Vice President Al Gore-- invested in companies before those companies received government-backed loans and grants, and then saw their investments flourish.
Schweizer said Americans mistakenly have the impression that these green energy loans given to companies like Solyndra were made by and “won by engineers and scientists” when the “reality is that the political appointees are making these decisions with our money ... to their benefit.”
“Crony capitalism is welfare for the well-off,” Schweizer said, noting that he was "skeptical of human nature" and that is why government had no business being involved in these rackets.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/23/Peter-Schweizer-Obama-Admin-Uses-Green-Energy-Loans-To-Recycle-Money-Back-To-Donors
Looking Ahead to 2016: A Prediction
By Marshall Frank
People like Barack Obama are not really interested in doing for others. Rather, they are obsessed with power. And power-hungry people who obtain power, become more obsessed with retaining power.
If one seriously studies Barack Obama’s history, it’s easy to see the persons he helped the most in life were those that could help his rise to power. There had been no evidence of major accomplishments prior to his presidency (other than winning elections). There was no evidence of significant charity.
But there is evidence that he assembled a power base with the help of people like Frank Marshall Davis, William Ayres, Jeremiah Wright, Rashid Khaladi, khalid Mansour, Valerie Jarrett, and more, including union leaders, socialists and Islamist organizations, from which he became known as a “community organizer,” whatever that is. That term was easier to accept by mainstream America than admitting that he and his minions spent years building a voting base from which to build a political machine for one purpose: Rise to power.
So, now Mr. Obama has four more years to put forth his agendas. What then? He will be only 55 years of age. Does anyone really think he’ll give up power that easily?
Should he remain alive and well during this time, and free of impeachment, there are two courses of action likely:
1) He and the Democratic Party will strive for a dominant political base in the 2014 election from which an attempt will be made to repeal the 22nd Amendment, which limits the president to two terms. If accomplished, Obama will run for a third term, even a fourth, as his political base widens among unions and entitlement voters, especially if he continues to enjoy the love affair from mainstream media.
2) Here’s the alternative. Prior to the 2014 election, we will begin seeing more of Michelle Obama.
Much like Hillary, she will be assigned more involvement in affairs of state, appointed to committees and public appearances of a political nature will become more frequent, not to speak of a barrage of friendly television repartee on shows like The View, late night talk, and more. In essence, the grooming will begin. Her image will rise to the level of a Hillary Clinton. And, like Hillary, they both possess law degrees from Ivy League colleges. Without a repeal of the 22nd amendment, Barack Obama will essentially retain the presidency by proxy if Mrs. Obama becomes the elected president.
It’s been done before. In 1966, George Wallace was Governor of Alabama. State law prevented Wallace from running for another term as governor, so he offered his wife, Lurleen, as a surrogate candidate, thereby side-stepping the rule of term limits. She won and technically became governor, only to die of cancer shortly thereafter.
In 2008, Bill Clinton tried returning to the White House via Hillary, and failed.
At the moment, Michelle Obama is adoringly portrayed in media circles. Her frequent travel jaunts around the globe and lavish expenditures, despite the struggles of average Americans in a poor economy, have been ignored and excused by media. While many of us still bristle at her infamous public comment during the campaign of 2008, “For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country,” it has been dismissed as unimportant and misunderstood. Naturally she had a change of heart, being catapulted to the cusp of the most celebrated woman in the world – thanks to American voters
So, watch closely, folks. The grooming will begin soon. Preparations for 2016 will be under way long before the 2014 election. It’s all a part of the power machine. And if he manages to skate through the abominable actions and inactions of the Benghazi affair, we may have Barack Obama’s ideology running America for longer than you can imagine.
Say it: President Michelle Obama. It’s not impossible.
http://www.rightsidenews.info/2012112317452/editorial/us-opinion-and-editorial/looking-ahead-to-2016-a-prediction.html?utm_source=Right+Side+News&utm_campaign=f8cba94312-daily-rss-newsletter&utm_medium=email
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