That special election race in NY 23rd district has been upturned, as the once favorite republican Dede Scozzafava clunked out today.   She was supportive of gay marriage, abortion rights and has close ties to labor officials in her region.  Her stances were not very republican and definitely not conservative, but was still held in high esteem because she was viewed as the best chance to defeat the democrat Bill Owens.  But things got hot when Sarah Palin threw her two cents behind Hoffman. 

Perhaps someone is finally listening to the conservative grass root base which came out in great numbers over the summer in the tea parties across the nation. 

Now the republican party honchos are welcoming Doug Hoffman, who once was the long shot against Scozzafava.

Hmmm.  

Listen up you leftist republicans, the real conservatives will no longer put up with pandered agendas created to enable them to get elected . . . and elected again and again.   The silent majority has been awakened. We’re talking principals.   True conservative principals and integrity side by side backed up by constitutional government. 

If you not aware of what true conservatism is, then start reading and listening.

Start listening to the base of the people who do the work of this country and pay the taxes of this country, who everyday get up and get to work on time, who get to church on a fairly regular basis, who know their responsibilities and take accountability for their decisions, who contribute to charities all over the globe, who you will still see opening doors for women and saying thank you and please to strangers.  The same people who expect our politicians to tell the truth, to act with dignity, to walk humbly, to honor the constitution and the bill of rights as originally written.

Way down there deep into this monstrosity of the so called healthcare reform act of 2009 on page #1511 is this amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.   PDF link to 1990 pages.

“INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED BY RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.—Except as provided in subclause 21 (vii), the restaurant or similar retail food establishment shall disclose in a clear and conspicuous manner— ‘‘(I)(aa) in a nutrient content disclosure statement adjacent to the name of the standard menu item, so as to be clearly associated with the standard menu item, on the menu listing the item for sale, the number of calories contained in the standard menu item, as usually prepared and offered for sale; and…”

Now skip ahead a page and you’ll find the regulations for salad bars etc.

“SELF-SERVICE FOOD AND FOOD ON DISPLAY.—Except as provided in subclause (vii), in the case of food sold at a salad bar, buffet line, cafeteria line, or similar self-service facility, and for self-service beverages or food that is on display and that is visible to customers, a restaurant or similar retail food establishment shall place adjacent to each food  offered a sign that lists calories per displayed food
item or per serving.”

Skip ahead a few more pages to 1515 and you’ll find the labeling regulations for vending machines.  

“VENDING MACHINES.—In the case of an  article of food sold from a vending machine that— ‘‘(I) does not permit a prospective purchaser to examine the Nutrition Facts Panel before purchasing the article or does not other wise provide visible nutrition information at the point of purchase; and  ‘‘(II) is operated by a person who is engaged in the business of owning or operating 20 or more vending machines,
the vending machine operator shall provide a sign in close proximity to each article of food or the selection button that includes a clear and conspicuous statement disclosing the number of calories contained in the article.”

Is this the buyer beware thinking that every merchant out there is out to take advantage of you, to get you, to cause you harm, to sell you something that will only enrich the pockets of the merchant and leave the consumer with nothing of value, and possibly cause the consumer deadly harm?   The end result of all these additions to the menus, the drive thru menu boards, the vending machines will be that they either get so cumbersome to read that no one will read the accompany information anyway, and the cost of all foods will be raised.   We the consumer will pay more for what we already know is an inflated price in vending machines just because bureaucrats in government think we ought to warned about the nutrition facts on all food products.  

We the people are the dumb bunnies, and they are the keepers of the pen.

Do you ever read the warning labels on pillows not to discard the label?   Do you read the warning labels on any new product that the feds have determined to possibly be a safety hazard?   On car visors?   On cribs?   On those infant car seats?   On lighters?   When did the warning label on the side of a pack of cigarettes get read?  

Can you visualize a family of 4 sitting down to read the menus, and Mommy comes with an outburst of “I can’t eat anything here, too many calories, we’re going.  We’re outta here.”

Again, and it’s becoming a broken record, but where in the constitution does Congress get this kind of authority?  Yea, I’ve heard of the “general welfare” clause, and the “interstate commerce clause”.    Under those two clauses then, congress can do anything it wants to do, the president can do anything he wants to do if congress allows him to do it.   And that’s the picture of our current administration.

Because they are so very concerned about your nutritional intake, they then could come into your home and inspect the food in your pantry to make sure every item was purchased with the required labeling, and not acquired at, well lets say a farmers market, or from a neighbor with a vegetable patch.    You got to be careful of those kind of people.

Yes, they could write and pass such a law, and then enforce it.  

You thought the previous bills were long and tedious to read at 1000 pages.   Try out this newest extravaganza at 1990 pages.    It’s so new it don’t have a number yet.   But it’s being touted as the end-all by this Congress, the bunch who can’t read and understand the short Constitution, yet they all know that what’s in this almost 2000 page health care reform for everyone is good for everyone.  “To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.”  

Sure thing that they’re going to reduce the cost of health care spending.  Sure thing.   How?   On the backs of who?   Out of the pockets of who?  Affordable?   How?   Quality, yea right.   When the example of our government run system called VA hospitals is what our servicemen have to endure.  Oh, but I have not read the entire 1990 pages to find the details of how.   Nor do I intend to read it.   Nor does  any member of congress intend to read it.   Nor would the President read it before signing it.   Nope, none of them can sit still that long without talking into a microphone or getting a picture taken behind Nancy or Harry.

Michelle Bachmann, the newest lightning rod of the republican party has a post ready for you. 

2,000 Pages of Mandates, Taxes, and Bureaucracy

Now that our Congress has attached the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act to the Defense spending bill, and Obama has signed them into law, you’d better be careful out there with who you might defend yourself against.   What a bunch of pandering idiots we have elected to serve us.   Those elected officials should all be un-elected.   There is no logical reason whatsoever to protect one class of individuals more so than any other group of people.   Give me one if you can find it. 

Jack Cashill describes how hate crimes work.  Jack also describes the history of the crimes against Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr, the names of the two individuals this piece of law was created to honor.

How hate-crime law works

Read the article and then ask yourself why most people in America have a different viewpoint.   Did the press accurately portray all the details of the crimes on their TV and radio broadcasts?   Did the lawyers accurately portray all the details of the crime?   Were the judges swayed in any way by the pressure of activists in the gay community?   Have our politicians accurately portrayed the sordid details of the crimes committed against those two victims?  

There are times when our same media can uncover the smallest little detail in a person life, and/or the smallest little detail that everyone else misses, but then there are times when the media skips over the largest most relevant big details.   Why is that?

There are two areas of our society we should all be very skeptical and critical about.   The first is politicians, and second to them is our news media, every one of them.   If they don’t give us all the facts and truth, then they should be run out of town, the dial turned to a sports game with the mute on to turn off the announcers, or the dial turned to “Dirty Jobs” to get a sense of reality.

The rest has been easy.   Just make the announcement and that’s it.   Just announce that you’re closing Gitmo and that’s it, it’s over.   Just announce that you’re taking over the Insurance giants and that’s it, it’s over.   Just announce that you want a national health plan to replace the current system and that’s it, congress goes to work doing the writing for you.   There’s no need to consult experts, both for and against, both sides of the issue for their opinions and then find some common ground and make the decision based on all of the relevant information.   That’s not the way community organizers work.   There’s no need to consult with the tenants and operators that have been working at the ground level for all the previous years to get their opinions and . . . desires.   No, that takes too long, and it might indicate to them that the leader is too tentative and cautious and does not believe in his own convictions.   No just forge ahead and do it has been Obama’s stadegy since day one.

But now, he’s in a position he hoped would have turned out different.   His anti-war people are up in arms against sending any at all, or any additional troops to Afghanistan, and desire for him to pull out of Iraq all together, which he did announce recently that that date has been set.

But now there’s the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan that cannot be ignored.   The generals want more troops, just as was suggested to Bush for the Iraq build up that turned the tide in freedoms favor.   The advisors don’t want to send more troops.   His anti-war, pro health care reform people along with his educational sex czar want all the troops at home policing the elementary schools for 2” pocket knives and cub scout eating utensils. 

Will Obama listen to the Generals on the ground for their advise on how to fight the overseas contingency operations?   Now that Afghanistan is experiencing an escalation of the tactics of terrorists and the killing innocent people, Obama must decide to go with power, or wag the white flag.  

What’s does he do?  “President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle.”    More . . .

Time is fleeting and troops are been killed, innocent Afghanistan’s are being killed while Obama seeks more information. 

Obama dallies, people die.

If only He desired more information about the health care problem in America, such as local information from the people working within the system before going ahead with community organizing plans.   If only he sought out more detailed information from all sides of the climate change issue before going ahead with community organizing plans.   If only he sought out additional information about the failure of the government run mortgage companies before going ahead with his community organizing plans.   If only he sought out additional information from business people at the ground level of the auto industry, both American and foreign operations, from both the administrative and workers side before going ahead with taking over the auto industry as a community organizer would do.  If only he held onto the bailing out cash for additional information before he led the way organizing that community.   Those were easy decisions as they came right out of the socialist book of strategies to increase the power of central government and weaken the power of the people.

If only . . .

Two very interesting articles appeared on the wide world of information today that caught my eye showing the rate of decline of America into socialism, and the next rang the bells of hope by showing the historical greatness of America.

The first expounds on the negative decline of capitalism in America.  According to the slant of the piece in Pravda, “Capitalism turned everything upside down and made people more excited about stuffing their bank accounts than anything else. This system turned out to be extremely efficient in terms of production of goods, services, and comfort. America benefited from the system the most, and decided that the rest of the world has to adopt it as well. If some underdeveloped countries are unable to appreciate the benefits of capitalism, they should be forced to do it.”    Read more of it . . .

The other side of the story comes from an American Jew, a language enthusiast who is well versed in American history.  Barry Barber says: “Who, from professor to peasant, is able to name another country that ever amassed more power and abused it less than America? Or, amassed more wealth and distributed it more fairly? What other country was ever attacked, then rallied and destroyed the aggressors and, instead of the traditional rape and plunder, rewarded its attackers with rehabilitation and democracy? And what country ever won a war and wound up with less territory than when the war began? After spending much blood and treasure ejecting the Japanese from the Philippines, America gave the Philippines independence.”   More . . .

America is not dead, yet.   Capitalism and individual freedoms are not dead issues in America, as the tea parties of the past month exhibited that the silent majority is still alive and strong.   The individual freedoms associated with capitalism enabled individuals to do great things, not only enriching themselves but benefiting all of mankind.   Our individual freedoms also enabled people to have more than enough for themselves, so forth to enable them to volunteer and to give to charities helping less fortunate people all over the globe.  Our individual freedoms fostered a love and appreciation for the country because we were granted the basic rights of ownership, and these basic issues were a magnet to those throughout the globe desiring to partake of these freedoms by leaving their homeland for the freedoms within America. 

But now, this administration and other previous ones, are trying it’s hardest to forge a new way for America, where the state alone is great and the people together are weak.  Power in the hands of the few results in less freedom for everyone.

Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, third in line to become President, top dog of 435 elected representatives, leader and spokesperson for the democrat party, was asked where in the constitution is congress authorized to order normal everyday Americans to buy health insurance?   Her answer to the reporter was “Are you serious,” turned away and went on to the next reporter for a different question.  Link.

What did she mean when she responded to the reporters question by emphatically stating:  “Are you serious?”

Did she think the reporter was joking?   Did she think the question was irrelevant?  Did she mean that who are you to ask me where in the constitution is the authorization for all this spending, when everyone knows that the constitution is irrelevant to these changes we’re going to make?  Did she think that the reporter should know the answer to the question, so, why ask her?   Was it a dumb question?   Does she know the answer?   Or, does she feel that she is above such trivial stuff like constitutional law?   Or, does she feel that being the speaker of the house, she does not need to answer tough technical, legal, and to her, irrelevant questions.   Who knows what’s inside that hairdo.

She IS the Speaker of the House.   Special.   Above all you people.  Leader.   Above stupid reporters.   Extra-special.    Comes from California.  Has her own office.   Her own staff.   Her own hairdresser.   Her own very special seat in the House, raised up above the rest of them.   She looks down upon them all.

And, to scare the pants off the silent majority, she is third in line to be president?

Wow,  we really need to beef up the protection for Obama and Biden.

Congress is on a spending roll, but it’s OK, don’t worry about it, as New York Senator Chuck Schumer says they “are really trying to get a handle on balancing the budget and we’re making real efforts to do it."  

Meanwhile, “. . . the stimulus funding and 2010 budgets . . . that federal agencies will, on average, receive a 57% increase in appropriated funds from 2008-2010.”    The EPA is up 126%, the Department of Education budget is up 209%, and energy programs increased by 146%.

The taxes to pay for all of this will come from who?

Ha, ha, ha, ha on the filthy rich.   So, if that’s your thinking, just wait . . . wait a bit as we the people will get hit hard right between the eyes and below the belt too.   That pillow case cash will be examined by the feds too.   The jars on the dresser you dumped your of change into will be needed for everyday stuff. 

New and improved health care.   New and improved environmental regulations.   New and improved educational reforms.   New and improved energy direction.   All change.

But it’s OK, we voted for change, and now the Feds will need that change.    

A very well respected climate change guru, a Lord no less, “Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better.  Direct emissions of methane from cows and pigs is a significant source of greenhouse gases. Methane is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a global warming gas.”

And so, the conclusion is that we all are to sacrifice our meat consumption for the sake of the planet.   No beef, meaning the steak house restaurants would shut down or change menus to deluxe baked potato, but hold the cheese.    Bye bye McDonalds.   Butchers gone.  Slaughter houses gone.  Beef cattlemen gone.  All those stinking trucks loaded with cattle gone.   Dairymen gone too and everyone dependent on milk products.  How many people would be put out of work? 

Does Lord Stern have anything to say about all those consequences of government meddling?

Hold your horses, will ya.   If cow methane is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide emissions, then why is there so much emphasis on turning our vehicles, the cars we drive everyday, the buses we ride, the trains we take, the trucks that deliver our goods and the air planes that enable us to get wherever quicker, into smaller and less safer vehicles, into hybrids or fully electric etc., and on and on that story goes.  

So, if cows are so much more dangerous to the environment, then why are the governments pushing us all into vehicles like that “smart car”, which is not even a hybrid, but yet is beginning to show itself on our streets?   We stop and look.   Our curiosity wants to know what it’s like.  But this smart bug still uses a lot of gasoline with a rating of 33 city/41 highway mpg.  Still a lot of dirty emissions.   Get in on the cash for clunkers program and you got rewarded for being a good environmentalist.   Hybrids are better yet at reducing emissions and we are being sold on those benefits as the best way to save the planet.  Electric scooters are even better.   Taking the electric bus to work is even better. 

45 million cows were slaughtered in the US in 1999.  That’s one heck of a lot of methane.  Slaughtered.   How many live cows farting the place up?

Now it’s a meatless diet.   What’s next?   Walking sticks?   No, can’t do that either, as we’re not supposed to cut down trees because they absorb that dirty carbon dioxide.    Have you ever seen a dirty tree?   Gee, those trees next to a cattle ranch should be choking from inhaling all of that methane.

According to Wiki answers there are 136 million cars, 110 million trucks, about 1 million buses for a total of 247 million registered vehicles in the good ole US of A.   That’s one heck of a lot of dirty emissions too.

Gee, where is the best area to buy a cave with 5 acres for lettuce, corn, carrots, tomatoes and all that other good stuff?   Are chickens OK?   How many chickens would I need for just the two of us?  I’ve heard goat milk is good.  Bees for honey.   Where do I get the sugar to add to my coffee?   Can I grow coffee beans by the cave?   I got a lot of studying to do.   I suppose a cave next to a golf course is out of the question.

This stuff is really getting confusing. 

Yea, that first lady of ours is one talented gal.   But why is it necessary for the wife of the president to stress the importance of physical activity as related to healthy living, especially to kids, and . . . to their parents.   Surely she has much more important messages, for more important and influential people than taking the time to host a "healthy kids fair" at the White House by inviting a group of parents and kids along with the media to document it all for national exposure.

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama hooped it up for health — hula hooped, that is — managing to get in an impressive 142 swivels before her hula hoop hit the ground.

Surely her time is more valuable than that, right?   Why is it necessary?   Do parents not know the how’s and what for’s of raising children anymore?   Has our society degraded so much that it is now necessary for a VIP in Washington to instruct our children and parents in healthy lifestyle choices?    The First Lady as our first nanny.

For a very good analysis read the article by Brian Russell, a licensed psychologist, attorney at law and familiar national television pundit on psychological, legal and cultural issues, titled Cultural chaos compounding crime.  

First, I think that more and more people are growing up with very little time being spent on their moral development, on inculcating them with conscience and character.

Second, I think there’s been a steadily increasing emphasis on the self here in America. Family size has steadily declined, so the parental attention that’s available is divided by fewer kids.

America is deep into a cultural crisis that will not be corrected by the officials anywhere, as officials, the elite, are blind, deaf and dumb to the harm they have done to the culture.  

A 6 year old cub scout had his camping utensil confiscated by school officials in the name of zero-tolerance.   Could face reform school.

Common sense, where are you?   Read Glenn Beck’s book Common Sense.   But better yet, start by reading Thomas Paine’s pamphlet to the inhabitants of America.   “PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom.”