Who is leading this country???

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In this blog I will digress from my series on budget cuts and instead write about a real sorrowful situation.
First and foremost let me state that the government employees, including and especially congress, work for us, the American taxpayer. During the last several days comments by congress people have really got me annoyed.
Specifically I am talking about Congresswoman Waters and Congressman Gordon. The talk from these two is utterly disgusting in that both resort to hate speech. Ms Waters says that the Tea Party people can all go to H***, is that the way we want our leaders to talk and think. Ms Waters should not condemn any group for a political point of view. Instead Ms Waters, who claims to be for the minority people should look at who is "economically enslaving" these minorities. I charge that it is the liberal policies of the democratic party that suppresses the minorities. All programs are aimed at making the poor permanently poor. As Rush Limbaugh often says, "Liberals measure compassion by how many people they put on welfare, conservatives measure compassion by how many people they take off welfare." Right on.
Now as to Mr Gordon, he alleges that Tea Party people want to hang Negroes from trees. He even attributes this feeling to members of congress who are Tea Party favorites. I would like Mr Gordon to read this blog and answer one question-"Do you have any original thoughts or ideas other than to play the race card when you run out of political rhetoric? What claptrap. We the American taxpayer deserve better. Let's see the Congressional Black Caucus do some thing about these two characters. We can only hope and pray that the right thing is done.

Some thing positive we all can do is to pray for our service people.
GOD Bless

Tea party (Tax payer) continued

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As I write this piece the election results for various state primary votes are about ready to unfold. There are some very important selections about to be made. The "lamestream" media does not want to disclose how they feel. The reason for this is simply, VOX POPULI or the voice of the people. Isn't it ironic, the media who have their profession guaranteed by our Constitution are the ones who are trying to hide the freedom of speech of the American populace. Go figure. I hope and pray that the people will speak and show up the media, the professional politicians and the rest of the crowd in Washington.

If the election of today goes as hoped I will be counting the days until the midterm election. I am getting anxious already.

Please keep on praying for our brave service people.
GOD Bless

More on Tea Party

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I am continuing my discussion of the "Tea Party Movement". I refer to it in my writing as tp. Note that those initials may also stand for tax payer.

Today is the eve of several important primary elections and this will show how much influence the tp movement has. My personal opinion is that the tp movement will have a huge impact on midterm elections.

The liberals now serving in congress have only one way to counter the movement, namely, to try to discredit the tp people. I don't think that that kind of policy will work. What we have is a true ground up movement and the people are speaking. There are too many critical issues facing our great nation and congress is failing to deal with these issues. I refer to unemployment, bailouts, illegal immigration and now what kind of person are we getting on the US Supreme Court. To the members of congress (and others who agree with them) face reality, Give the American people what they want. Stop trying to intrude into our lives and let us be. Have faith in the American people, we will do the right thing.

As a method of reinforcement I refer to the adage that points out that every time a law is passed, some one loses some rights. I know that there is a debate if that is all bad but that is a subject for the future.

Please stay tuned to what is going on in politics.

Pray for all our heroes in uniform.
GOD Bless

Tea party

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I want to give my take on what the tea party is and isn't.

For starters, the tea party (tp) is not a political party like the republican or democratic party. Instead it is more of a movement. To use it as a political party would be a complete disaster. Third parties have always been destructive to the very core beliefs they supposedly espouse. A recent example is the run of Ross Perot for president. The only thing he accomplished was the defeat of George Bush, the elder. The so called third party only served to upset the election. We do not need this any more.

What should the tp do? It should run as a movement and support candidates in either party who run on a platform similar to the tp movement. This would give the tp much more clout and it would send a message through the minds of politicians, "Do as the people want."

While watching TV I heard such pundits as Bill O'Reilly and Al Sharpton criticsise the tp movement. The point of view they urge the tp is to get leadership, run candidates and pass a platform. I say "No way." Follow the pattern I mentioned in the previous paragraph and really exert people power. Let's hope that the tpers do that.

Do your share, read about the tp and if you want to be part of the movement get active. Democracy and the United Staes needs to reclaim our freedoms from sleazy politicians. Stay active.

Please start by acknowledging the sacrifices made by our brave service people, pray for them.
GOD Bless

Tea Party and Town Hall meetings

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It has become a hot topic on the news programs, "What do you make of the Tea Party?" What amazes me is how the pundits see so differently from the way I see it. Many, if not most, of the pundits see this as a new insurgent political party. I see it as a grass roots movement which is angry at both political parties. The cause of this misunderstanding is that those elected officials in Washington, DC just do not understand the American voters. The pundits go along with the Washington establishment primarily because of the culture of the city. DC eats up personalities and numbs the thinking process of the insiders. They huddle together and socialize with each other so they tend to get a very narrow point of view. Since most of these people seem to be liberal the prevailing thought is liberal.

We see it in the main stream media,papers like the New York Times do not report the cause,effect nor the make up of the tea parties. To the editorial staff any one who supports a tea party concept is just a radical right wing nut. Why don't they get it. The American public is tired of politics as usual,mutual backscratching by politicians of both parties and what seems like an unending stream of self serving legislation. We pay and we are pi**** off, listen Washington. The American people want and need a change of the way things have been running. I usually do not give ultimatums but in this case I must make an exception. If the elected officials don't share up by the November electionm, it will be "sayonara". 'Nuff said.

Meanwhile please continue to support our troops and keep praying for their safety.
GOD Bless

Tea Party

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Sometimes I wonder if people understand the Tea Party movement. The reason I say this is that I was watching the O'Reilly Factor on Fox News and I came away with the impression that Bill O'Reilly missed the point. Here is my take on it.

There is no such thing as a Tea Party, not in the way we ave come to understand the Republican and Democratic Parties. The group should be best thought of as a grass roots movement. Because it is a movement and not a political party there should be no leader or spokesperson. No agenda except for the common desire for a more responsible government. If the Tea Party were to run candidates then I feel the aim of the movement is lost. To really be effective the Tea Party should only support candidates of the two major parties if those candidates pledge to champion the causes of the Tea Party.

It would seem like a path to destruction if the party were to run candidates and act like a regular party. Our history is full of examples of what happened to third party movements,they all have failed. Not only have third parties failed but because they dray voters away from one of the major political party they generally mess up elections. It is well known that third parties usually draw from the candidate most closest to their way of thinking,this splits the vote and almost insures that the candidate they hope to defeat gets elected. Not a good way to achieve results.

The Tea Party should stay away from a structured existence and just operate as a place to marshal voters and accumulate support for the desired candidate. The party would get better results. More to come.

Continue to pray for our brave heroes.
GOD Bless