Lately, I keep hearing over and over from radio talk show callers to Glenn Beck and on Fox TV, “we keep calling and nobody listens”. Well, it’s true; nobody is listening on Capitol Hill. You complained about the Health Care Bill and the Democrat leaders in both Houses are pushing for passage. You complained about the Stimulus Bill and they did the same. You went to the Republicans and they said they heard you and then some of them turned right around and followed the Democrats.
So what are you going to do? Throw up your hands and give up? Not me.
Approximately a month ago I spent about six hours with Dick Morris. Dick is a hired gun. You have the money and he’s yours, with a few exceptions. But Dick and I had a great conversation, on and off, throughout the day. One statement he made stuck in my mind; “....there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the Democrats will, most likely, be swept out of office in the mid-term elections. The bad news is that they will have done all the damage to the country, by then, that they can possibly do”.
Given that this administration is barreling down that particular runway with the speed of an F-16, with both candles lit, I believe him. We’ve got the potential, by 2010, of one of the biggest catastrophes this country has ever seen, both financial and in loss of personal freedoms.
There is a solution and it will take the strength and will of the majority of Americans. Not the Americans who want a handout. Not Americans like the woman who proclaimed to the world that Obama would put gas in her car and pay her mortgage. This will take Americans like those who originally made this country what it still, for the time being is, the greatest country in the world, populated by some of the most giving, hard working folks the world has ever known.
In 2010 we will have to stand up and vote out of office Democrats AND Republicans who have shown, by their records, they will not or cannot act in our best interests. No matter what party, we have to throw them out if they don’t believe in fiscal responsibility, accountability and personal freedom. When I say accountability I mean accountability to US, the citizens who elect them, not to other party members who exert pressure on them.
There is a great deal of anger building in this country over proposed tax increases and what would, inevitably, be the demise of the greatest health care system the world has ever known, if the administration has its way.
It has been said many times that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. During World War II, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, speaking on the attack on Pearl Harbor, was quoted as saying; “I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve......” The American people are slow to anger, but when pushed into a corner they fight and keep fighting until they win.
The time to fight is fast approaching, America, it’s 2010 and the place is the voting booth.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Who's Not Talking About Sonia Sotomayor
Has anyone noticed the deafing silence from some of the major Second Amendment organizations regarding Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor?
There have been rumors flying around the pro-gun community that she is rabidly anti-gun and we should be actively opposing her. Her record does not bear this out. Her leanings are questionable and one could theorize that she would not be an asset to us on the High Court.
That, however, is not what I’m concerned about. What bothers me is the almost complete black out on conversations about her and her record. One national organization and at least one major Virginia gun rights organization have remained mute on the subject. In fact, one well known, high ranking member of one of these organizations went so far as to say that since residents of Virginia couldn’t vote for or against her, she wasn’t fodder for discussion among voting members on one of its major discussion lists.
Now I’m a little puzzled at that statement. True enough, we can’t vote directly for a nominee to SCOTUS. However, is there anyone who does not see the direct nexus between a member of SCOTUS and their decisions affecting every single person in every single State?
Is there anyone who does not believe that we should have tough questions asked of nominees to the highest court in the land? And, is there anyone who does not believe that the time to do that is before that person is confirmed, not after?
If you have all answered in the affirmative, we do have recourse in this matter. We deluge our Senators with phone calls and emails demanding that they ask tough, probing questions regarding her two decisions. That’s fair.
We should also call and email our Second Amendment organizations and demand that they contact our Senators and request the same. That is also fair. If they fail to do so, we should demand an explanation. As the old saying goes “money talks and BS walks”. If you pay your dues to one of these organizations you have a right to know why they are not carrying out your wishes.
There have been rumors flying around the pro-gun community that she is rabidly anti-gun and we should be actively opposing her. Her record does not bear this out. Her leanings are questionable and one could theorize that she would not be an asset to us on the High Court.
That, however, is not what I’m concerned about. What bothers me is the almost complete black out on conversations about her and her record. One national organization and at least one major Virginia gun rights organization have remained mute on the subject. In fact, one well known, high ranking member of one of these organizations went so far as to say that since residents of Virginia couldn’t vote for or against her, she wasn’t fodder for discussion among voting members on one of its major discussion lists.
Now I’m a little puzzled at that statement. True enough, we can’t vote directly for a nominee to SCOTUS. However, is there anyone who does not see the direct nexus between a member of SCOTUS and their decisions affecting every single person in every single State?
Is there anyone who does not believe that we should have tough questions asked of nominees to the highest court in the land? And, is there anyone who does not believe that the time to do that is before that person is confirmed, not after?
If you have all answered in the affirmative, we do have recourse in this matter. We deluge our Senators with phone calls and emails demanding that they ask tough, probing questions regarding her two decisions. That’s fair.
We should also call and email our Second Amendment organizations and demand that they contact our Senators and request the same. That is also fair. If they fail to do so, we should demand an explanation. As the old saying goes “money talks and BS walks”. If you pay your dues to one of these organizations you have a right to know why they are not carrying out your wishes.
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