In this time of economic turmoil and the ever increasing burden the Federal Government is placing on the hard working American, I have researched some quotes from famous people in history that are true today. May we remember these words and ponder upon them:
The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.
-Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan
The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
-Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.
-Oswald Spengler (1880-1936)
If government could create jobs and raise children, socialism would have worked.
-George Gilder
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
-Harry S Truman (1884-1972)
Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.
-John Adams (1735-1826)
The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to the faith in democracy, and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
-Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965)
A government that is big enough to give you all you want, is big enough to take it all away.
-Barry Goldwater (1909-1998)
A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.
-Betrand de Jouvenal
But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored to Liberty, once lost, it is lost forever.
-John Adams
Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
-Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
-Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978)
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.
-George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Government is too big and too important to be left to politicians.
-Chester Bowles (1901-1986)
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
-Bob Wells
The mystery of government is not how Washington works, but how to make it stop.
-P.J. O'Rourke
Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
-Harry S Truman
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it always to be kept alive.
-Thomas Jefferson
While you may think these sayings are cute and comical, they drive to the core of our democracy and must instill in us the strength and fortitude to keep it alive at all costs. We must drive the tyrants and the dictators from our midst and let Freedom ring in this great land forever.
Remember these words: Government is nothing more than organized crime.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Signs of Impending Doom
Here are a few news clips that may have been overlooked or ignored that may have serious consequences in the world:
Turkey: It was reported on 30 January 2009 that the Prime Minister of Turkey insulted Israel's Shimon Peres saying "you kill people" then walked out of the summit. Why does this matter? Turkey is supposed to an ally of Israel--a Muslim ally. They tried to become negotiators in the fight between Hamas & Israel. The move was praised by Iran and Hamas and places Israel in an even more dangerous quagmire as the Muslim nations begin their ploys to destroy Israel. Remember this-during the second debate between Obama & McCain, Obama said that if Israel were attacked, he would wait until the U.N. Security Council came up with a plan before coming to Israel's rescue.
North Korea: It was reported on 30 January 2009 that North Korea was suspending the nonaggression treaty with South Korea thus keeping the door open for attacks on South Korea & U.S. forces. Remember, North Korea has nuclear weapons!
Poland: It was reported on 9 February 2009 that a Polish worker was kidnapped and beheaded by Al-Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan to which Poland responded that there are Al-Qaeda sympathizers in the Pakistani government and that Poland will go after anyone associated with this horror. Pakistan has also refused to turn over members involved in the terrorist attacks on India. Remember, Pakistan has nuclear weapons.
Look for more news in the future--if there is one!
Turkey: It was reported on 30 January 2009 that the Prime Minister of Turkey insulted Israel's Shimon Peres saying "you kill people" then walked out of the summit. Why does this matter? Turkey is supposed to an ally of Israel--a Muslim ally. They tried to become negotiators in the fight between Hamas & Israel. The move was praised by Iran and Hamas and places Israel in an even more dangerous quagmire as the Muslim nations begin their ploys to destroy Israel. Remember this-during the second debate between Obama & McCain, Obama said that if Israel were attacked, he would wait until the U.N. Security Council came up with a plan before coming to Israel's rescue.
North Korea: It was reported on 30 January 2009 that North Korea was suspending the nonaggression treaty with South Korea thus keeping the door open for attacks on South Korea & U.S. forces. Remember, North Korea has nuclear weapons!
Poland: It was reported on 9 February 2009 that a Polish worker was kidnapped and beheaded by Al-Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan to which Poland responded that there are Al-Qaeda sympathizers in the Pakistani government and that Poland will go after anyone associated with this horror. Pakistan has also refused to turn over members involved in the terrorist attacks on India. Remember, Pakistan has nuclear weapons.
Look for more news in the future--if there is one!
The Great Campaigner
There is a new title I have given President Obama--The Great Campaigner. That is all he knows how to do--campaign. He knows nothing about running a government, acting presidential, or even being an executive leader. All he knows is how to run a campaign--that is all he has ever done as a politician. I have never seen a President, 3 weeks into office, out stumping and campaigning for a bill-never. This stimulus bill is going to be the easiest fight he will have while in office. He already has the votes in Congress needed to pass it--why is he out stumping for it? Maybe it's because the last poll I saw said "only 52% of the American people support it." Well, you know what? Only 52% of Americans voted for him to be President, but then the press made it sound like that was a landslide. The same people support this bill as support him. So what is he doing? Who knows? Maybe he would have better support if he went stumping in Arab nations. After all, his first interview as President was to an Arab station--not a U.S. one. He is supposed to be the savior of the world, so maybe he should take it to the world and they will support him and he will then feel all warm and fuzzy. What is going to do when the fights in Congress get tougher? Stump more or go hide or suspend the Constitution so he doesn't have to worry about "we the people" support.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Welcome to the U.S.S.A.
Note: I am writing this while I still have the freedom of speech the Constitution at this time guarantees me for I fear that within the next two years all freedoms will be abolished and I myself and others who are critical of Obama and his allies will just disappear. Now country has ever lost their freedoms and then regained them, and so it will be with this country as well.
Welcome to the new United Socialist States of America. Obama has won and our freedoms will be lost. I hope everyone that voted for the "New Age America" will be happy. As for me I am looking for another country to call home. Our freedoms as we knew them were nice while they lasted, but they were just "negative rights" (according to Obama's own words) and did not allow the government the full control of our lives that it will now have. The Supreme Court shall become the new Superlegislature--able to make, enact, and enforce laws as they deem fit. States rights will decline and the economy will collapse.
Good-bye Israel. It was nice knowing you. The "test" that Biden said will come in the next 6 months will probably come against Israel and will probably involve many nations. Obama has already said that if Israel is attacked, he will wait for the U.N. Security Council to decide what to do. By then, Israel is gone and we are next.
The only good thing that has come of this, is my faith in God has become stronger as only he will get me through this. I have never been one to profess my faith, but in this day and age with all the false Christians (Obama included) out there touting that there are other ways to God than through Jesus, I have come to realize how deep my faith is. We are in trying times, and Obama is not going to save us, the U.S. or the world, he is one part that is there to help tear it all down. Jesus is THE ONE, not Obama.
May God have mercy on us.
Welcome to the new United Socialist States of America. Obama has won and our freedoms will be lost. I hope everyone that voted for the "New Age America" will be happy. As for me I am looking for another country to call home. Our freedoms as we knew them were nice while they lasted, but they were just "negative rights" (according to Obama's own words) and did not allow the government the full control of our lives that it will now have. The Supreme Court shall become the new Superlegislature--able to make, enact, and enforce laws as they deem fit. States rights will decline and the economy will collapse.
Good-bye Israel. It was nice knowing you. The "test" that Biden said will come in the next 6 months will probably come against Israel and will probably involve many nations. Obama has already said that if Israel is attacked, he will wait for the U.N. Security Council to decide what to do. By then, Israel is gone and we are next.
The only good thing that has come of this, is my faith in God has become stronger as only he will get me through this. I have never been one to profess my faith, but in this day and age with all the false Christians (Obama included) out there touting that there are other ways to God than through Jesus, I have come to realize how deep my faith is. We are in trying times, and Obama is not going to save us, the U.S. or the world, he is one part that is there to help tear it all down. Jesus is THE ONE, not Obama.
May God have mercy on us.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Welfare, Welfare-wannabees, & Armegeddonists
Face it. Obama is the next President and he will be placed in power primarily by 3 groups: the welfare recipients, the welfare-wannabees, and the Armegeddonists.
Obama has already said he is going to "spread the wealth around". Therefore, the people on welfare will get more money for doing nothing, and the people who wish they could be like that but are currently working will get their wish. Their jobs will be cut and then they can receive the government's handouts so they can make money for doing absolutely nothing. You can ask anyone form these 2 groups what Obama's stance on on any issue, and they will not be able to tell you-they don't care. All they know is they are going to get some "capitalists" money for free.
As far as the doom-wishers are concerned, here is that connection. In 2004 I heard a lot of talk from evangelical Christians about why they were voting for "W", and it pertained to the end of the world as written in the book of Revelations. They saw "W" as the man to bring about Armageddon so that they could be taken up to their rightful place in heaven. That has not come to pass, but with the "Coming of Obama" they may see him as the "true one" to bring about this final war and therefore vote to put him in office so they can "meet their maker." My question to them is this, "If you are supporting evil to make prophesies come true, does that not make you evil as well and will God not punish you come the great Judgement Day?" My God-the God of Abraham, Isaac, David, & Jesus-is a loving God that wants us to support good, help our fellow man, and to try to live a good life; not trying to bring about the destruction of the world.
Unfortunately, these 3 groups outnumber the rest of us and so Obama is President until he takes the title of King, Tsar, Czar, Caesar, Kaiser, Emperor, or Emir with the suspension of the Constitution and the end to the greatest democracy the world had ever known.
God be with us.
Obama has already said he is going to "spread the wealth around". Therefore, the people on welfare will get more money for doing nothing, and the people who wish they could be like that but are currently working will get their wish. Their jobs will be cut and then they can receive the government's handouts so they can make money for doing absolutely nothing. You can ask anyone form these 2 groups what Obama's stance on on any issue, and they will not be able to tell you-they don't care. All they know is they are going to get some "capitalists" money for free.
As far as the doom-wishers are concerned, here is that connection. In 2004 I heard a lot of talk from evangelical Christians about why they were voting for "W", and it pertained to the end of the world as written in the book of Revelations. They saw "W" as the man to bring about Armageddon so that they could be taken up to their rightful place in heaven. That has not come to pass, but with the "Coming of Obama" they may see him as the "true one" to bring about this final war and therefore vote to put him in office so they can "meet their maker." My question to them is this, "If you are supporting evil to make prophesies come true, does that not make you evil as well and will God not punish you come the great Judgement Day?" My God-the God of Abraham, Isaac, David, & Jesus-is a loving God that wants us to support good, help our fellow man, and to try to live a good life; not trying to bring about the destruction of the world.
Unfortunately, these 3 groups outnumber the rest of us and so Obama is President until he takes the title of King, Tsar, Czar, Caesar, Kaiser, Emperor, or Emir with the suspension of the Constitution and the end to the greatest democracy the world had ever known.
God be with us.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Joe the Plumber-Unamerican
How dare the plumber that has come to be known as "Joe the Plumber" dare to ask Obama a question about his taxes. Especially when Obama does not have access to a teleprompter to guide him through the answer. Now that is un-American. So now the liberal media and Obama & Biden's campaigns are searching through Joe's history including tax records to find out anything they can use against him to discredit him. Ridiculous! After Obama is President will Joe just disappear never to be seen by friends and family again? It is not un-American to ask questions of our politicians no matter what party we belong to. As Americans, we should always question anyone and everyone's motives for doing something that will affect us--especially if it involves our money.
Who cares who Joe is? Does it matter whether he is Republican, Democrat or Communist? No. The only thing that really matters is Obama's answer of "spread the wealth around". That's it. That is the basis of his plan--socialism! What incentive is there for anyone to work hard if they are going to be taxed so their hard-earned money can be given to someone who does not want to work at all. Under his system, I think I'll just quit working and let someone else do a job to pay me.
Another thing the press has been misleading everyone about is the $250,000 cut off. Obama says that the $250,000 is from sales receipts. That is, gross income--not net income, but GROSS. You may gross $300,000 but only net $6000 after payroll, overhead, supplies, etc. Can you afford to pay an extra tax out of that $6000--I don't think so and still be in business.
So, what is going to happen is this. Small businesses will fail thus laying off more people. Large businesses will remain but will have to cut staff (more unemployment) and raise prices (higher inflation). Some people will not work at all because they will getting paid for doing nothing any way (remember that Obama has 95% of Americans will receive a tax cut, but 42% don't pay any taxes at all. so they will be getting somebody else's money). This will be worse than the Great Depression and leads to a socialist society, and we all know how well that worked for people of the Soviet Union.
John McCain says, "Why would you want to raise taxes on anybody right now?" Why would you? When the economy is in crisis and you are trying to stimulate growth, you don't raise taxes, you lower them so people have more money in their pockets to spend.
I am not an economist, but all of this is common sense, and unfortunately America has lost its common sense. Like P.T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute." Well America, the country has become the sucker and we are about to get shafted. May we should start learning Russian, or better yet, the Koran because our freedom is doomed and Obama is leading the way.
Who cares who Joe is? Does it matter whether he is Republican, Democrat or Communist? No. The only thing that really matters is Obama's answer of "spread the wealth around". That's it. That is the basis of his plan--socialism! What incentive is there for anyone to work hard if they are going to be taxed so their hard-earned money can be given to someone who does not want to work at all. Under his system, I think I'll just quit working and let someone else do a job to pay me.
Another thing the press has been misleading everyone about is the $250,000 cut off. Obama says that the $250,000 is from sales receipts. That is, gross income--not net income, but GROSS. You may gross $300,000 but only net $6000 after payroll, overhead, supplies, etc. Can you afford to pay an extra tax out of that $6000--I don't think so and still be in business.
So, what is going to happen is this. Small businesses will fail thus laying off more people. Large businesses will remain but will have to cut staff (more unemployment) and raise prices (higher inflation). Some people will not work at all because they will getting paid for doing nothing any way (remember that Obama has 95% of Americans will receive a tax cut, but 42% don't pay any taxes at all. so they will be getting somebody else's money). This will be worse than the Great Depression and leads to a socialist society, and we all know how well that worked for people of the Soviet Union.
John McCain says, "Why would you want to raise taxes on anybody right now?" Why would you? When the economy is in crisis and you are trying to stimulate growth, you don't raise taxes, you lower them so people have more money in their pockets to spend.
I am not an economist, but all of this is common sense, and unfortunately America has lost its common sense. Like P.T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute." Well America, the country has become the sucker and we are about to get shafted. May we should start learning Russian, or better yet, the Koran because our freedom is doomed and Obama is leading the way.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
In Defense Of Small Business
I am sick and tired of hearing the Obama campaign talk about how if you do not make more than $250,ooo you will not see 1 penny of tax increase. This includes small businesses. Joe Biden during the vice-presidential debate said, "95% of small businesses make less than $250,000 per year." Hogwash!!!
Think about that. That means a business that is open 5 days a week, 50 weeks out of the year (let's say they are closed on holidays) can make no more than $1000/day. Can a business survive on that? Ain't no way! If they have any payroll, any overhead, and still pay their normal taxes, they would have to make much more than that to exist.
I own a very small business (I have been in business for 12 years now) with 3 paid employees and I make over that $250,000 benchmark and am still squeaking by. Lets raise my taxes from 34% (which is what they are now) to 62% as proposed by Obama and I am out of business. I would have to double all my prices and fees and still maintain the same amount of clients just to exist at the level I am today. Everyone knows when you raise prices you lose at least some customers who cannot afford it. Doubling prices would lose more than "some". This year alone I have already paid over $70,000 in taxes alone (and I still have 1 more quarter to pay). If that is increased to over $127,000, I am out of business.
And it is not just me, it every small business everywhere. Look at where you shop and eat and think about them if their taxes go up. Are they still going to be there next year at this time? What happens to their employees when they lose their jobs? Sure the huge corporations will survive, but they will have to downsize their workforce as well as increase prices. That's more unemployment with higher cost of living. Combine that with the current economic situation and you do have the makings for another Great Depression or government takeover of all aspects of the economy--socialism at best, communism at worst. Will we all be better off then?
For me, if nothing else, I will vote against Obama to keep my business going and to help keep other small businesses as well as this country alive.
Think about that. That means a business that is open 5 days a week, 50 weeks out of the year (let's say they are closed on holidays) can make no more than $1000/day. Can a business survive on that? Ain't no way! If they have any payroll, any overhead, and still pay their normal taxes, they would have to make much more than that to exist.
I own a very small business (I have been in business for 12 years now) with 3 paid employees and I make over that $250,000 benchmark and am still squeaking by. Lets raise my taxes from 34% (which is what they are now) to 62% as proposed by Obama and I am out of business. I would have to double all my prices and fees and still maintain the same amount of clients just to exist at the level I am today. Everyone knows when you raise prices you lose at least some customers who cannot afford it. Doubling prices would lose more than "some". This year alone I have already paid over $70,000 in taxes alone (and I still have 1 more quarter to pay). If that is increased to over $127,000, I am out of business.
And it is not just me, it every small business everywhere. Look at where you shop and eat and think about them if their taxes go up. Are they still going to be there next year at this time? What happens to their employees when they lose their jobs? Sure the huge corporations will survive, but they will have to downsize their workforce as well as increase prices. That's more unemployment with higher cost of living. Combine that with the current economic situation and you do have the makings for another Great Depression or government takeover of all aspects of the economy--socialism at best, communism at worst. Will we all be better off then?
For me, if nothing else, I will vote against Obama to keep my business going and to help keep other small businesses as well as this country alive.
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