STOP BEING AFRAID!
A great line in the movie DUNE…
‘I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear’s path, and only I will remain.‘
It is sooo easy for government to scare us. All we have to do is let Washington D.C. go unchecked. Stop thinking and forget the constitution. Then government can step in, say our country is in trouble and start spending our money; in spite of what we say or do. Fear then tells us we can’t do anything. When we remove fear, we realize we need to contact our congressmen and tell them how things are. Take the issue back by the pen, which is mightier than the sword.
Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined. Fear can cause inactivity or rash behaviour. But what it doesn’t cause is thinking. You have to remove fear before cognitive thought can occur. Fear is often used to control large groups of people!
The reason Wingnuts study the U.S. Constitution and our Founding Documents is that it continues to remind and instruct us that “We the People” are meant to govern the United States not a few select individuals! Trying NEW things doesn’t work unless you know why the old system was set in place. Government control. And if YOU think government control won’t effect you. Do you really know that!? How about liquor being the new tobacco? How about you just being afraid to speak what you really think? You don’t need to be afraid, just conscious that those things can happen.
Start making a habit of writing letters to our representatives. Write a snail mail letter, for greater effect. Drown out the special interest groups and the lobbyists voice, because they really don’t care about what you want. Maybe we need to write them also!
All you need to do is be brave. Bravery doesn’t ignore the fear; it conquers the fear! Then you will come up with more than one solution to the problem. Then figure out how to carry out the plan. My solutions are writing government, getting involved in government and getting others involved contacting their representatives. It’s not easy. If you want easy - be afraid! It’s just not as hard as you think!
Land of the Free and Home of the Brave!
Cronyism - Obama’s Legacy has Begun.
Obama and Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle has always been a tool. And all Obama has to do is ignore him to light a fire under him! This whole Administration is going to be a long, long episode of The Office, without the humor! ‘Micheal’ will be played by Barack Obama and ‘Dwight’ will be played by Tom Daschle. Because it worked so well in England!
The BAD thing about Tom Daschle being Health and Humans Service Director would be he knows nothing about Health. But I guess he’s got a little over 2 months to learn.
Obama Won; McCain Lost.
Editorial(Just so there’s no misunderstanding):
Obama has little experience in political leadership. Community experience, yes! A Good Speaker, yes! Political experience, a little. But no political leadership. Heck, he held the Freshman US Senate seat for his state. People voted for him on his platform - Change.
McCain has Uber experience in political leadership. He has the classic presidential experience(excluding the gubernatorial.) He is a war veteran. He has a long Senate record, which he is infamous for crossing party lines and creating legislation with the party leaders. If McCain is anything, he is a moderate.
Barack Obama’s message has always been pointing out the failures of the current administration and offering a different option. He has always shown himself as an original thinker and an excellent public speaker. The reason to vote for him was a ‘change’ of the current administration.
John McCain’s message was ‘you know me’. He then told you what he was: a POW, a Moderate Senator, a Fair Play kind-a-guy(He more than once apologized to Obama and reprimanded his constituents for comments on Barack, he thought, were unfair.) His only play to conservatism was Sarah Palin, which doubled his poll numbers and allowed him a chance at the presidency.
Now, Election day comes around. If you had to make a choice between ‘the first African American President’ and ‘an Old Vietnam Veteran’ the response would have to be ‘why not take the opportunity to show the whole world that All Men Are Created Equal?’ If Only… I know that people voted this way, but those votes were few.
Progressives will always vote for change even if what they have works. They are driven by a need to contribute new ideas into the system and a rebellious nature. The democrats will vote democrat, as republicans will vote republican. Independents vote for the candidate who gives them the most of their favorite issues. But conservatives needed to make a considerable choice.
The choice conservatives had to make was:
1. Do we vote for a moderate to keep someone out-of-office, because all we do know about Obama is his friends are anti-American?
Or
2. Do we want a moderate President that will dump all his failures on conservatism?
Sarah Palin showed voters John McCain knew what conservatives wanted. John ended up showing he didn’t care what conservatives wanted. Because as much as Dick Cheney did for America and this administration, he was never President; and Sarah Palin would have been nothing more than a scape-goat!
Obama won because he was new and articulate. But McCain lost because he tried to be everything to everyone and showed everyone something they didn’t want.
But good news Conservatives, we won also! We saw that our principles inspire people! We found proof of who the RiNO’s are (Colin Powell, Larry Pressler, RFO, etc.) We got the chaff separated from the wheat and we should document that information, so we don’t allow these people to represent us as conservatives, anymore.
As a Christian, I will pray for Obama as our President. I will also support him when he makes good decisions and I will be a patriot by objecting to policies that are against American principles. I also have the luxury of working against John McCains screwball policies when the opportunity arises.
There are many reasons to be afraid, but there is no excuse NOT to be Brave!
Fred Thompson’s Conservative PAC
I was trying to find candidates who dropped out of presidential races due to sick mothers, and found Fred Thompson’s site is still up and running!
Fred Thompson could have made the 2008 Presidential Debates interesting. He would have at least given Sarah Palin a chance, if she would have had been picked. But one thing you won’t see is Fred dropping his principles. He has changed his website though, to get conservative leaders in political offices. Here is a good summarizing paragraph from his mission statement -
‘FRED PAC will help identify and support candidates on every level who support a platform of conservative, principles-based leadership and policies.This support will arrive in many ways: financial yes, but also through our on-the-ground engagement, and our development and support of principles-based policies.
And perhaps most important, the support of FRED PAC will send a clear message to our fellow conservatives and supporters nationally that our causes and candidates who believe in our principles and who will defend them are in need of our help. ‘
So, do some research and check out Fred!
McCain Starting to Work with Obama….?
Rush Limbaugh said (paraphrase) ‘McCain seems to be working FOR Obama..but I have no proof.’
It’s amazing what things are coming up after the election. The MSM clears the air with Bill Ayers, the McCain campaign staff publicly attacks Sarah Palin and now we find that John McCain was working together with Barack Obama.
‘Obama said before the meeting that he and McCain planned “a good conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country, and also to offer thanks to Sen. McCain for the outstanding service he’s already rendered.” ‘ - President-elect Obama, McCain vow to work closely By BETH FOUHY of the Associated Press
Yes, That is pretty thin. But what backs up my statement is how McCain fought this election and how he got nominated in the first place. He was weak on Obama, his resume, the lack of examination of Obama from the media, Obama’s changing policies and how his associations would effect his policies. McCain has a bad case of masochistic personality disorder!
And for those who are ignorant of Govenor Sarah Palin abilities. Dialects and Shopping at WalMart doesn’t hurt the opinion of the general voting population. The only thing that will bring Sarah Palin down is the same thing that brought her down on election day - RiNO’s. RiNO’s put their enemies in front of them, so they can stab them in the back!
And so it goes.
Did I hear Obama was going to be like Reagan?
I thought I heard someone compare him to Ronald Reagan.
Reagan’s Humor
President Ronald Wilson Reagan Inaugural Address - January 20, 1981
Is this the Insight and candor you expect from Obama?
I will be glad if President Barack Obama just swears to up hold the Constitution!
President-Elect Barack Obama is Kicking Me Off the Web!
Obama has a lot to do to get the economy back on track. Hopefully, that and his need to be thought of as infallible, will keep him out of Nationalized Healthcare.
I have had family health issues…and hopefully always will! That is part of why I fought against Obama and his policies! We can’t afford, sub-class healthcare and I don’t see us becoming rich enough to afford opting out of his proposed plan. So, to focus on taking care of my family, I will be stopping my posts. I will try to shoot back now and then; but posting no longer helps my family.
I am getting rid of all of my debt(if interested I suggest Dave Ramsey and his Total Money Makeover), ‘clinging to God’, spending time with my family and working to ensure quality healthcare. Because if people who earn too much are penalized with taxes and doctors will start getting more patients with less benefits for the effort(less appreciative patients more often) then we are all in trouble!
Last Tuesday, we just became what every repressed country hates about us, we sold our country out for Populism!
P.S. For inspiration I suggest ‘The Reagan Diaries’, it has a majority of his daily diary writings and the audiobook has most of his famous speeches!
If Only Those ‘Babies’ Could Talk!
Todd Epp couldn’t have been closer to the Truth in his latest post.
If only they got their chance!
“Yes, we can” just became “Oops, we did”
Well America, I hope you’re happy with yourself. You blissfully sit there having absolutely no idea what you just did to yourselves and your posterity. Your prosperity and your very freedom now hang in the balance, but unlike yesterday, now you don’t have any choice in the matter.
A friend of mine heard me lamenting and said to me, “Oh man, Gid! You should sit back and relax now! The world’s a better place tonight!”
I’m sure to her, it is. For someone who considers herself a “free-thinker,” it must be nice not to have to think anymore. The government will take over that duty for her in exchange for extra tax dollars.
The numb feeling is spreading to my fingers. I’ll be back as soon as I can once again type.
Congratulations President Elect Barack Obama!
I hope I’m wrong about the communism evidence as I was about the chances for Obama winning!
May we all live in Freedom and Prosperity forever!
P.S. I WASN’T wrong about McCain. He was a poor choice and he fought harder for Obama than any issue conservatives believed in. Thank God for Sarah Palin and the REAL Hope she instilled in all who let her in!
