My Political Stance ... Part 2

See previous post before you read this one ... just to get the background ....



I believe we need Stem-cell Research although I am VERY against having a baby solely to get the embryonic Stem-Cells. I believe that scientists have now found several sources of Stem-Cells and that they need to be allowed and encouraged to do research.



I believe we need a VERY STRONG very well trained standing military with all the bells and whistles and new gadgets we can train them on. This means LOTS of government money supporting them and I am all for it! By the way ... this sort of spending does stimulate the economy and creates tons of jobs.



I believe EVIL exists on this Earth and that there are people and groups who would like to see America brought to it's knees. ((Sadly, I also believe some of those people are now in control of our country.)) Most of these people and groups are elsewhere in the world ... but America and all she stands for is their target. There is no reasoning with these people and Tea and Scones and face-to-face talks are NOT going to persuade them to suddenly love us.



I believe George Bush was privy to a lot of classified information which we may never know about in detail. I believe there were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq and I know for a fact that we found many stockpiles of chemical weapons and weapon supplies ... but I also believe that many were relocated to countries bordering Iraq ((Syria??)) and that we will greatly regret leaving Iraq, if and when we do. A stable Iraqi Democracy would be a wonderful thing. I am still hoping we can pull it off.



I believe George Bush tried very hard to be bi-partisan with all the spending he did over the 8 years he was in office. He gave Unions (a democrat thing) all kinds of stuff and the "Stimulus" checks of 2008 and the "stimulus" spending at the end of his term were totally 100% liberal democrat actions. Most conservative Republicans were left without a leg to stand on when Bush kept throwing government money at people. I'll agree with the war spending. Anything else, he should have vetoed.



I have recently been told I am a fiscal conservative and a social liberal .... I guess I can (kind of) see that. Well ... my President Bush seemed to be socially conservative and appeared to be a fiscally liberal ... and I honestly think THAT is was has led to the collapse of Republican Power. Maybe he was fiscally liberal in an effort to cross the aisle?? If so ... oh boy did that backfire!

By the way ... how many of you know that Congress has been under the control of the Democrats since 2006?? That would be Pelosi. Bush hasn't been able to do anything since 2006 without Congressional approval. Yet somehow he has taken the blame for all the spending since 2006? Blame the military spending on Bush .... everything else? Well that would be Pelosi! And how many of you are really excited that Nancy Pelosi is #3 in line to be President?? Hmmmmm ?????

More ... yes more to come ....

My Political Stance ...

Wow!!! Suddenly I care about politics!!! Well ... it has been coming on over the past year, what with the 2008 presidential election and all surrounding it .... but I have never cared about politics with the scrutiny and attention and passion I seem to have for it now. I mean .... I paid attention before ... read the newspapers, listened to the radio, read the Yahoo Top Stories .... I have always kept myself informed .... but not like I have been since Nov. 6th 2008 .... and especially since January 20th 2009.

I have always thought of myself as a Republican .... but I never really understood what that meant. I am fairly conservative in nature .... but I also didn't really know what that meant politically.

As I watched the potential presidential candidates posturing and trying out their rhetoric and jockeying for position, I soon realized that not a single Republican Candidate stood for what I believed. The one who came the closest was Fred Thompson ... sigh .... but he just didn't want it bad enough at all ... dang it, Fred. So I didn't like the Republican candidates ... but OMG .... the Democrats scared me!! Hillary Clinton?? Osama Obama?? Breck Girl?? No, THANK YOU!!

So .... okay ... maybe McCain was the lesser of the evils of the Republican choice .... but he would not have been my choice. Texas didn't even get to comment on the Primaries. I did get a kick when Palin was chosen as his running mate! A woman??? What??? But she had several stances, fundamental right wing stances .... which I disagreed with.

So who am I? What do I believe? I have been thinking about these things a lot lately. I was recently accused by one of my friends of being an extreme right wing Republican. Hmmmmm .... I really don't think so. SO where do I stand? Well .... in no particular order ....

I believe in limited Government involvement in my life. National defense and basic infrastructure should be the major concerns of my government. I think that is a fairly core value of conservatives.

I am pro-choice .... I believe every woman should have the right to decide what happens with her body. I don't, however, believe that government should PAY for whatever any woman wants to do to her body ... especially when it comes to abortion.

I believe abortion up to 12 weeks should be legal ... anything beyond that .... wait six more months and use adoption.

I absolutely do not care if two women or two men want to get married and live together forever. I do not care if they want to legalize their relationship somehow. I know LOTS of gay people and ... they are just PEOPLE. I do not feel threatened if they want the right to share health care, or to be considered "immediate family" in an intense hospital situation.

I firmly believe in DETAILED Sex Education for our young teens. Abstinence simply does not cut it ... and Palin's pregnant daughter was the Poster Child for that fact!! Teach about STD's. Teach about pregnancy prevention. TEACH Health Class for REAL!!! This should NOT cost billions of dollars. Every high school student is required to take Health. Teach the real life health situations!

I am not overtly religious. I believe in God and I believe this great country was founded on a belief in God and I don't think ANYONE has a right to mess with that. Period. Be you Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Athiest, Buddist, or one of the million other religions in the world ... welcome to America .... but don't you DARE tell me what I can or cannot believe. In God We Trust .... and One Nation Under God is how it is ... and how it should be. Period.

I will sleep better tonight having written this ... I will probably add more tomorrow ...

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

If anyone wants to know why I am so worried about the direction America is going RIGHT NOW ... I would like to recommend a book to you. It is a book published back in 1957 and is considered to be a classic .... although "Fountainhead" is the book more people read. The book is "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand ..... Get it! Read it!!

I read this book back when I was 22 years old .... so ... 1982 .... and I never ever in my life thought such a thing could happen in America. And yet .... here it is ... happening right now .... under MY watch. I am shocked and very disgusted.

Atlas Shrugged has been my #1 favorite book of all time ever since 1982. My second favorite book?? "The Stand" by Stephen King. So I am not an elitist snob .... no self-respecting elitist snob would list a Stephen King book as a Favorite. Yet both books have a very basic, universal theme .... Good vs Evil .... Right vs Wrong. I choose Good and I choose RIGHT.

So ... if you want to discuss Obama with me ... and want to discuss what is happening in America right now ... I ask that you first read or re-read Atlas Shrugged. And unless you can tell me who John Galt is ... what he did ... and what actor would best portray him in a movie of the book .... then I don't consider you worthy of an intelligent conversation on the topic. Now THERE is an elitist attitude!! And if you in turn would like for me to read the Communist Manifesto or Das Kapital so that I can understand YOUR point of view ... well, I would be happy to do so.

I have read Atlas Shrugged probably 3 or 4 times ... but this time I am listening to it on my waterproof iPod while I swim ... and do elliptical .... and I find myself gasping out loud at the amazing parallels to what is happening right now!!! It is almost like Obama and Congress read this book and USED it as a blueprint for how to destroy America!!! It is frightening in the parallels .... yet it was written back in the 50's. Trains and Steel were king ... andd cigarettes were considered to be fine at the time .... it was a very different world ... however, the overall truth and meaning shines through ....

I have forgotten much of the book ... so I am really enjoying listening to it ... but at the same time, it scares me even more when I compare it to the daily news of 2009.

If they do make a movie of Atlas Shrugged, I hear Angelina Jolie will play Dagney .... now I cannot listen to it without imagining her in that role. But don't wait for the movie ... it may never be made ....

Get the book ... READ IT .... then talk to me.

I double dog dare you!

President Obama ... you are NOT Oprah

Excuse me Mr. Obama ... but you are NOT Oprah ... and the Government of the United States is NOT the Oprah Winfrey Show!!!


Your little town meetings where you gather the forlorn around you and listen to their sob stories and then grant their every wish?? You had better not be using my taxes to do that. If you want Julio to have a different job ... well then you and Michelle can reach deep into the Obama bank account and help Julio ... don't take MY MONEY and help Julio. If Henrietta needs a house .... well then you and Michelle go ahead and spend your daughter's college money to get her into one .... but do not pick Henrietta out of a crowd and make her wish come true using the taxpayer's money. Let Henrietta fill out the forms and wait in line like everyone else relying on Government Assistance.



Oprah is known for bringing people with sad stories onto her show and at the end of the show, helping these people out. That is great showmanship. Makes people feel good and happy watching the show ... and makes the poor and downtrodden want to be on the show. Great! Oprah is using Oprah's money .... ((by the way ... are you going to attack her and HARPO Productions for making money?? LOTS of money!!))



Don't you DARE be using taxpayer money to make specific individual people's wishes come true just because they speak up at one of your rallies! Your next rally is probably going to be attended by ten-times as many people with worse and worse sob stories ... just hoping that they can touch your robes and be healed!! And if you heal 5 people at that rally .... suddenly you are the Messiah!!! And somehow I feel like that is exactly what you believe .... and what you want the world to believe.

Barack Obama ... you are NOT the Messiah. Nor are you Oprah Winfrey. Stop playing your games and pay attention to what you are doing to the United States of America.


I hope God is watching YOU. I hope God is watching you closely.

Ahhhhh ... Ronnie ... I miss you ....

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.'- Ronald Reagan

'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'-Ronald Reagan

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' - Ronald Reagan

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.'- Ronald Reagan

'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.'
- Ronald Reagan

'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan

'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.' - Ronald Reagan

'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' - Ronald Reagan

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan

'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. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' - Ronald Reagan

'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'- Ronald Reagan

'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.'- Ronald Reagan

Fiscal Reality Central

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Thomas Jefferson Quotes ....

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe , we shall become as corrupt as Europe .
Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government rom wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson


Very Interesting Quote:

In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'

IS ANYBODY OUT THERE LISTENING?????

The Great Barnyard ....

(((Keep sending these emails .... makes posting super easy!! Thing is ... how is it that people just don't understand the moral of this story??)))


Great Barnyard

The little red hen called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said, 'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?


'Not I,' said the cow.
'Not I,' said the duck.
'Not I,' said the pig.
'Not I,' said the goose.

'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did.

The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain. 'Who will help me reap my wheat?' asked the little red hen.

'Not I,' said the duck..
'Out of my classification,' said the pig.
'I'd lose my seniority,' said the cow.
'I'd lose my unemployment compensation,' said the goose.

'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did.

At last it came time to bake the bread. 'Who will help me bake the bread?' asked the little red hen.

'That would be overtime for me,' said the cow.
'I'd lose my welfare benefits,' said the duck.
'I'm a dropout and never learned how,' said the pig.
'If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination,' said the goose.

'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, 'No, I shall eat all five loaves.'

'Excess profits!' cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi)
'Capitalist leech!' screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)
'I demand equal rights!' yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)
The pig just grunted in disdain. (Ted Kennedy)

And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then the farmer (Obama) came. He said to the little red hen, 'You must not be so greedy.'

'But I earned the bread,' said the little red hen.

'Exactly,' said Barack the farmer. 'That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle.'

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, 'I am grateful, for now I truly understand.'

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread free.

And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established. Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared...so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.

EPILOGUE

Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.

Hillary got $8 million for hers.

That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

Urine Test ....

(Whoever wrote this one deserves a HUGE pat on the back! I did not write it .... but I like it .... so I am sharing it ....)

I HAVE TO PASS A URINE TEST FOR MY JOB... SO I AGREE 100%

Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem. What I have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test.

Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their ASS, doing drugs, while I work. . . . Can you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?

I guess we could title that program ..."Urine or You're Out". Just a thought ....