That's right I said it! Entitlements must die, they must be repealed if we are to save our country from collapse. The next Senator from the great state of Nevada is going to be a wonderful Conservative named Sharron Angle. Sharron is my kind of Conservative. She goes directly to the Constitution and there is no wavering with her. If it is not part of the Founders vision she is against it. She is one of the very few politicians I have ever heard say they want to abolish Social Security and Medicare. I couldn't agree more. Medicaid is not included and I'll tell you why shortly. The fact that she would state this publicly is unprecedented considering how the leftists from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama have convinced everyone that they can't live without them.

     Anyone that does not know what harm these entitlements pose to us will think I am an absolute radical. I don't care if people think that because it is time everyone faces reality. I have already accepted the fact that many Americans will not educate themselves and will vote for a populist message or a good looking candidate. The only reason these entitlements were implemented in the first place was because people like this didn't know any better. They didn't know that they would slowly become slaves to the state. The American people during the Great Depression were desperate. In that atmosphere they allowed Roosevelt to do virtually anything he wanted to do to rectify the situation or rather pacify the frightened electorate. He took advantage of his "crisis" and was able to saddle us with Social Security. 

     It is amazing how similar the 1930's and 2000's really are. Back then the press demonized business and the outgoing president Herbert Hoover. Labor unions were strong, influential, and in bed with the leftist democrats. The new president Roosevelt promised the world and an end to the Depression. Sounds eerily familiar doesn't it. Another example of history repeating itself when it is forgotten and ignored. Well, today is different. We have instant information and we are more informed than ever. The left needs an ignorant people in order to be successful. Americans like you and I are going to be the ants at their picnic. We are teaching people the right way, the Founding Fathers' way. 

     The same results we are getting now from Obama is what Americans in 1933 received from Roosevelt. Lots of grandiose talk and public projects but failure in the end. Roosevelt never did rescue America from the Great Depression and anyone that tells you he did is either ignorant of the facts, or is lying to you. In fact, the Depression got worse as time went on. Roosevelt exploded the debt, but Obama is taking it to levels that might be un-recoverable. The pundits now talk about a double dip recession, but back then there were alot of dips. The economy didn't start to recover fully from the depression until after 1946. This is after the war, and after Roosevelt's death.  

     The 1930's were bad but the war years in the 1940's were worse. The war was convenient for Roosevelt in the sense that the economy was obviously secondary to the war effort. The year 1946 is significant because it was in that year that the new president Harry Truman cut taxes. This move instantly spurred business and created jobs for returning servicemen. You can look back in history and see the worst of times in the American economy and there is always a democrat making it worse. By contrast you see the best of times in American history, which the 1950's definitely were, and there is less government with tax cuts across the board.

     It was in the leftist manufactured Great Depression as I said earlier, that Roosevelt was able to muscle through socialist policies like Social Security that haunt us to this day. "But Michael, why is Social Security so bad?" Social Security is bad because it is a fake, a shell game, a Ponzi scheme, whatever you want to call it. Social Security takes from the working to pay for the receiving. Robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's wealth redistribution right under your nose. When you get your yearly Social Security report, compare the number you will be receiving per month when you retire with the number taken out of your check per month. It isn't possible for the government to sustain paying more and receiving less. What the government promises they can never deliver. This is why the national debt is 13 trillion dollars now. 

     Think of it like this. Your parents, whatever age, have paid into Social Security their entire lives. Say your dad is 65 and started working at 20. That means he started paying into the system in 1965. Well, if you haven't checked, inflation has gone up quite a bit since then. A 1965 dollar your father paid in then, doesn't buy now, what it did in 1965. The government has to pay you more than you paid in. Otherwise people would want to riot because the amount you received wouldn't cut it in today's economy. It would be a minuscule amount per month compared to what you really get. The leftists hook everyone with this scheme because in the end you are getting money for nothing. There is no "lock box" for Social Security and there never was. Social Security is just another tax. In the first years of Social Security there was a surplus because people had not started collecting yet, but as soon as retirees started drawing checks the two ends have been coming together. Now in 2010, Social Security is paying out more than it takes in and this is before the "baby boomer" generation retires en masse.

     Just like Obamacare, Social Security is another way to get people subservient and dependent on the federal government. The people of America must realize that the more the government takes care of you, the more they control you, and the worse your life will get. I cannot stress this more urgently. When you let someone that doesn't love you have control of the most intimate decisions of your life, (health and retirement, with more to come) you are not going to like the end result. There are certain powers laid out in the Constitution for the federal government to retain, but since the early 1900's those powers have slowly expanded into the monster government that we now fight. Social Security is breaking Constitutional law every day that it exists. The Founding Fathers would never have condoned entitlements or wealth redistribution. They knew it was certain failure.

     Anytime there are people dependent on the government for their livelihood there is an absolute collapse of that community. Free government money drains people of their ambition to achieve anything. Morality, education, health, and family structure are destroyed when the government becomes the provider. The American Indians have been devastated by government handouts as well as Black Americans. Where there is a ghetto there are government checks. If the leftists had their way we would all be equally devastated. What does this have to do with Social Security? Social Security is different in that unlike welfare you pay into it. But like welfare you are at the mercy of the government to pay. It is another form of dependent slavery to the government. Everyone expects to have a retirement check from the government when they retire. What would you do if that check did not, or could not come? Alot of people would be working until they died. If you were forced by necessity to cover your own retirement like before the 1930's, you would pay more attention to the details.  

     It is criminal to me that we are forced to pay an extra tax for something that probably will not be there at our retirement. I want my money back so that I can invest it, save it, buy gold, or whatever I want to do with it. I know I could make more from it in the private sector. The government doesn't invest your money. The government also doesn't produce anything at all to make money. The money they have is taken from us. We cannot allow the leftists to create more entitlements to further make us slaves to the "company store". The next step for them is to nationalize industry so that profits go to the treasury and not to share holders or employees. Then they will seize all private property for the good of the state. "Yeah sure Michael, like that will ever happen here, this is America." Read history if you don't believe me. Or better yet read Saul Alinsky, the intellectual God to the hardened leftists like our current president. They don't hide their intentions.

     The first step to ending this madness is to stop their march to communism by educating people and winning elections. Only then can we begin to undue the institutional damage they have already done and force the government back to the Constitutional boundaries. As for ending Social Security, I believe the only way to stop it is to end the mandate that everyone is automatically enrolled. The people that have paid in will have the option to recoup the money they paid in or continue on and receive benefits. No new enrollees will be allowed after a certain date so as to close the program as soon as the last recipient has passed. If the federal government would leave all of us alone and let us keep our hard earned money we could invest in robust businesses that would pay us a whole lot more.

     Medicare is the same thing but worse off than Social Security. If we could all buy insurance across the country and get competition involved it would be inexpensive enough so as to not warrant needing a handout from Washington. The same principles apply here as they do with Social Security. Medicaid I believe should remain, but it should be provided on the state level as per the 10th Amendment (states rights) and have nothing to do with the federal government. Medicaid is the only government hand out there should be because there are times that people are truly indigent and it is not a permanent entitlement to be used throughout life.

     The future of our country depends on everyone understanding these points. We must end all entitlements at the federal level and recall the Founders vision to restore our country to it's greatness. 
 

     I read somewhere once that the definition of insanity is someone trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. If this is true then there are alot of insane people in America, and all over the world for that matter. Take the city of Detroit, or most big cities in America. What do they all have in common? They are all run by leftist democrats and have been for decades. The democrat party has overseen and perpetuated the decay and demolition of our most productive and prosperous industrial centers. I see it as plain as day, you see it as plain as day, but the voters of Detroit or any other big city fall for the same populist propaganda every time. Do they actually believe that the next corrupt democrat will make a difference? Do the people of Detroit want to have a prosperous city where a person can find a job and live a decent life? These are questions that Detroiters and others need to ask themselves.

     I don't mean to pick on Detroit, but they are simply the poster child of how to run a city into the grave. Many other cities are not much better off. There is obviously a problem in America. The problem is much more visible in the cities, but small towns and everywhere else government has been hijacked by leftists have experienced the failure of leftist ideology. The problem is education. I don't mean the local public school, although they are a huge problem that contributes to this article, but I digress. The education I am referring to is adult common sense. The need to know how things work in government, industry, and the economy. It is instinctive for me. Not because I am a genius, but because I was not a genius and could not stand when I heard a conversation that I could not contribute to. Government, industry, and the economy have a huge impact on your life. To go through life without a basic knowledge of these and how they work is sad. You don't have to be an ingenious manufacturer like Henry Ford or a brilliant economist like Arthur Laffer or even an extremely intelligent and articulate Constitutional attorney like Mark Levin to understand these concepts. They are not quantum physics, they are more important.
 
     Having this basic knowledge is paramount in order to make the right choices when you cast your ballot on election day. You cannot make the right choices if you do not know how to fix the problems that are afflicting you, your family and your community. You can let your mechanic use their knowledge to fix your car. You must listen to your attorney if you have to appear in court. But voting and choosing candidates is completely the opposite. Politicians are "politicians" because we don't pay attention and worse yet, we do not have a clue. Dirty politicians like democrats will tell you what you want to hear. Then when elected they do what they want to advance their agenda, pad their pockets and  then deflect blame for the lack of progress. The honest politician usually never gets elected because they will not tell you what you want to hear, they will tell you the truth. As an informed voter you will want to hear the truth and that the candidate you select is going to solve problems the logical way and not bathe you in platitudes and propaganda. 

     This brings me to progressivism. Progressivism is just a code word for socialism which eventually will lead to totalitarian communism. The word itself is a lie. There is nothing progressive about progressivism. It is a philosophy that dates back to the 1800's and beyond in concept. Progressives are simply communists hiding behind a more palatable word. There are some things that have not been invented yet ie; the Time Machine, the Transporter, and personal space ships that travel at warp speed. However, political concepts are like sex, everything you can possibly think up has been tried by someone else at some point in time already.

     Socialism/communism/progressivism and every other ridiculous leftist theory have all been tried somewhere and at sometime and guess what? They have all failed miserably. The shining example of the failure of the totalitarian communist central government state (the true destination of today's leftist) is the former Soviet Union. For years the left loved the Soviet Union praying that it would prove capitalism wrong and become the lone super power of the world. Of course, anyone with a brain that has a capacity for logic and reason, knew that it was only a matter of time before the Russian people became tired of the rationing of government handouts and lack of freedoms. No one loves a central government where the political class live like kings and the rest live like serfs. No one is going to give 100% to a political concept for the betterment of the collective it's just not human nature. Communism would work great if we were all robots, but we are not robots. We are humans similar in alot of ways but all of us uniquely individual. People work hard when they know they are going to get a reward. The leftists never seem to understand this. 

     "So what is your alternative Michael?" America is the alternative! Freedom is the alternative. There is a reason that America is the most powerful,  the most prosperous, the most free, and the most benevolent of any country state to ever exist. That reason is individual freedom and the right to keep and use your own private property as you see fit. Why would someone in a factory want to produce more product if they were going to get the same pay as someone that is slacking off? These are not hard concepts. These are facts that the leftist ignores and lies to all of us about. They want to steal your private property and your freedoms then have you thank them. The wisdom of conservatism is that we already know socialism/communism/progressivism and the every other silly leftist theory are failures from history with numerous examples. People with freedom become complacent over time. It is in this small window of opportunity that the leftist begins to gradually gain power and slowly chip away at your freedoms until you wake up one day to find them gone. 

     America didn't happen miraculously overnight. The Founding Fathers were well aware of what they were doing and staked all they had to give on it. The Founders had the wisdom of thousands of years of experience to craft our founding and governing documents, then form a country. America was the culmination of centuries of trial and error. We all know the rest of the story. Do not let our generation be the generation that let America slip away. Educate yourselves and friends and family of the folly of leftist ideology and the wisdom of Conservatism.     

     If there is one thing that is true about leftists it is their endless pursuit of negative emotions. Leftists are angry, sad, or disgusted all the time and are constantly trying to make everyone else that way as well. I absolutely refuse to be angry, sad or disgusted. I prefer to be happy as much as possible. If I wake up on the wrong side of the bed I force myself to think positively and reject the ease of being negative. Yes, there are times when I cannot help but be angry, sad, or disgusted, but I keep them to a minimum in frequency and length of time. There is also anxiety that is a constant for leftists. Remember that they are victims in their minds. Anxiety is a reaction to thinking that someone is always out to get you and/or take what you have. Anxiety is the most annoying feeling in the world even when it is just a case of stagefright or the jitters when starting something new. Imagine feeling that way all the time. It is no surprise to me that leftists are the most miserable people on the planet.

     There are two types of leftists out there. The first is your normal everyday leftist, your average democrat. They are the hippies, tree huggers and granola heads, or they used to be in the 60's or 70's. They feel that it is their personal mission to save the whales or feed the bums etc. Most of these people are serious pot smokers or use other recreational drugs. Smoking pot and taking drugs are vehicles to escape reality but more importantly to escape anxiety. I believe that a few quality rounds of therapy would solve most of this categories' problems. The next is more sinister.

     The second is the hard core Alinsky leftist that wants a "revolution" but is willing to settle for "evolution" to achieve totalitarian communism as long as it gets done. They are drones for this cause and would sacrifice everything to achieve it. These are the people that will not stop ever and are the most sinister. They escape from the constant anxiety by doubling their efforts to achieve their goals. In other words they lie alot more, cheat alot more, and steal alot more than the average leftist to make themselves feel better. The anxiety affects them just as negatively but they are alot more dangerous to our country.

     If you have ever been around leftists in their world it is a sight to see. Everyone of them that has achieved success has had to swim in the gutter and love it in order to advance. They are ruthless to each other because they are all competing for the therapeutic attention and fame. It's sort of like throwing a steak on the floor and watching starving dogs fight for it. They are dysfunctional and damaged as a rule. I can count on one hand the Hollywood marriages that two famous people have stayed married for more than a couple of years. Strung out rock stars, abusive actors, suicidal porn stars, you name it, most of them are or have been drug addicts or have been arrested for impaired driving, spousal battery, or some other crazy felony or misdemeanor. They are not normal people like you and I that get up everyday and live our lives without a thought. They merely play normal people on screen or sing about normal people. The non-famous ones are most usually teachers or some kind of artist and barely scraping by, but still love company in their misery.

     The leftist thought process is 180 degrees opposite of the logical thought process. Leftists reject reason when making decisions and reject any accountability when they fail. It is obvious to me and to most Americans what they are up to and it makes me crazy when some of us know better but give them a pass anyway. This brings me to the pessimism that I want conquered. It is the pessimism that rears its ugly head once in a while in conservative circles. Pessimism can be a nasty, self-fulfilling prophecy.
 
     The hard core leftists want nothing more than to cause us as much anxiety as possible. They believe if they can dampen our enthusiasm they can concoct ways to pull off wins and retain control of government. We cannot let them affect us. Every time the Founding Principles and the Constitution are matched against their socialism and communism in whatever form they want to disguise it in we win. America wins. It is only when Conservatives in government office and civilian life become apathetic do we lose elections and let happen what is happening now. Conservatism has always succeeded. Communism and socialism have never succeeded.

     I listen to the radio most days and once in a while I will hear pessimism. It makes me want to be able reach in and straighten the caller and the host out. Pessimism has no place in America, we are eternal optimists. Imagine if the Founders had been pessimistic, we wouldn't be here having a conversation about pessimism. Here in Nevada there are three candidates in the Republican primary to challenge Harry Reid in the November election. Otherwise known as "Judgment Day". Supposedly according to some silly poll only one candidate named Sue Lowden can beat Reid. As it is Sue Lowden is not going to win the primary. The winner is going to be a local Nevada legislator and solid as a rock Conservative named Sharron Angle. According to the same poll Reid beats Angle by 3 points. It's "BS", not true, hogwash, whatever you want to call it. There is no way legally that Harry Reid is going to win in November. Sharron Angle would have to shoot up democrat headquarters with an M-16 in order to mess this up. Reid barely won before, and now after shoving health care and the rest down our throats the state of Nevada is ready to stick it up his you know what. 

    My message is, don't worry so much. Stay focused on the good. Don't let yourself feel every political ripple in the pond because none of them mean anything until after "Judgment Day". Just do what we have in Nevada. Educate yourself and those close to you, pick the best most Conservative candidates, campaign for them, get out the vote, and the rest will take care of itself. Let the leftists suffer the anxiety.      

     

    

     Why anyone, would watch the big three networks for credible news, is beyond me. It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so obvious. The love and empathy the Marxist media has for Obama is way too rich for me to watch. Even for reference to use here I cannot stomach them. They are as predictable as lunar cycles and I could no more listen to them lie than I could to a screaming infant in a movie theater. No matter how Obama performs, and no matter what shape the country is in, they are right there cheerleading the hard left anti-American team. I want all of them to fail like they so wonderfully are. The entire purpose of journalism is to report, not to drive a story or an ideology. Journalism is supposed to be looking out for us, not sleeping with the enemy. Journalists are human and will personally support whomever they like off duty, but for entire news organizations to be propaganda arms of a political party in a free society is suicidal. Their credibility rides on objective reporting. When you lose your credibility as a journalist you are done.

     One man who is the poster child for credibility lost is Dan Rather. Dan Rather was the man that replaced Walter Cronkite. CBS News in its heyday was the most powerful news organization in the world. That all ended just before the November 2004 election. It was then that our hero Dan Rather tried to singlehandedly sway the electorate with a story that was proven to be a fabrication. The fact that the story was a fake was bad enough, but for this to come from a man that had for years had the attention and trust of millions of Americans is shocking. It shows the absolute depths of narcissism and hubris that journalists like Rather and organizations like CBS News have descended. 

     This of course goes back to the fact that I have been pointing out for my entire adult life. Leftists are like Al-Quaida in that they care about nothing aside from advancing their agenda. The means are always justified by the end result. They will lie, cheat, steal, commit perjury, suborn perjury, and sacrifice anyone or anything. Until ever America-loving American realizes this we are in danger of losing everything. Our job of informing them and exposing the cancer that is leftist journalism is not done. Committed leftist journalists are dangerous to this country and must be exposed. It has gotten so bad that in order to even hear a "conservative" opinion, an entire network, FOXNews, had to be created. Rush Limbaugh created an entire industry in AM talk radio when President Reagan in the 80's discarded the FDR progressive era "fairness doctrine" that had for years been a way for leftists to suppress opposition on the radio. You know its bad when everyone knows the "National Enquirer" deserved the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism by exposing the John Edwards "love child" story that the leftist "main stream" journalists refused to.

     I love leftist ex-CNN owner Ted Turner's comment when he heard about the creation of FOXNews, that CNN would crush them like an "ant". It sounds funny now considering FOXNews' domination of the news business, but at the time CNN was the only cable news network. Now they are rightfully and thankfully, nothing but a shell of their former selves. The counter attack against these parasitic journalists and their formerly glorious, big named host platforms is slow but steady and the effects are beginning to show. When leftist ideals are put up against traditional ideals in the free market, the leftists are crushed.

     Big named leftist newspapers are the first ones feeling the backlash, and are going out of business. The New York Times, the worst of the worst in my opinion, is going to continue in some form or another for a while until it runs out of rich leftist suitors. This life support is only possible because of the lingering, but quickly dissipating long past reputation and legacy of the name and the city it serves. The best thing that could happen to them would be a buy out by someone committed to seriously restoring the papers' reputation and credibility and discarding the leftist anti-American slant to everything they print. By contrast the Wall Street Journal is thriving by continuing to be a solid credible news source. The big three broadcast television news departments will also continue as long as the parent companies make money on entertainment divisions to supplement them. However, it is encouraging to note that their influence is nothing compared to what it used to be and that they are an overall drain on their parent companies which will sooner or later be corrected.

     I read yesterday that Newsmax had put in an offer to purchase Newsweek magazine. The Washington Post, another failing leftist newspaper is selling off the magazine that has been around for 40 years. Newsweek is another typical story of a once proud news source with a good reputation slowly infiltrated by more and more radical leftists. The result also typical, is near bankruptcy and a death spiral in subscription numbers. My first thoughts were questioning the wisdom of Newsmax wanting to throw good money away for a money pit that would most likely take years to recover. However, the more I thought about it, the more I thought about habits and human  nature. "What the heck are you talking about Michael?" Let me explain.

     Alot of people that buy magazines and newspapers do so out of habit. I buy the local newspaper, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, even though I do not agree with most of the commentary or hard news story political slants. I buy it out of habit and the lack of a better alternative. I believe that Newsmax will benefit in the long run by buying Newsweek and turning it around. There are plenty of doctors offices and hotels that will keep buying it. There are plenty of people that will continue to subscribe no matter what, solely because of the name. I see an opportunity in this to turn the tables on the leftists and to take down one of their ivory towers. Taking Newsweek from the leftists and returning it to credible news status would be a major triumph. It would also expose alot more people, out of habit, to solid credible news unblemished by leftists.

     I have written before about the insidious leftist infiltration of all of our institutions and sources of learning and knowledge. This is one we could put in the plus column if Newsmax acquires Newsweek. If not it is still a failing magazine that some other leftist is going to waste alot of money on. Media bias might be cliche but we are starting to eradicate the leftist disease that sickens our sources of news. Lets hope we win this battle because it means the future of everything we know and hold dear.

     

      

     I think I'm getting the new desktop today. I can't wait! I miss writing very much. Thank you all for being patient with me.

Your Voting Knowledge is Needed NOW!

By The VMan

I would first like to thank Mike for allowing me the opportunity to say a few words that many of the voices in my head have been discussing. Mike’s been working very hard lately trying to get his font right. So, he asked me to write an article on an important subject.

And what I wish to discuss is the need to get started.  Started politically that is.  Several days ago Mike and I, while working, talked about one of our favorite subjects.  Conservative politics!  I mentioned to Mike that people weren’t paying attention yet to the upcoming elections.  I’m not necessarily talking about the November 2 election, but the elections that occur around the country before then.  It’s called primary elections.  Each state is different as to when they hold their primaries, so you will want to check to see the exact date of your state.  But as far as this article is concerned we will use the state of Nevada as an example.

Getting back to the discussion Mike and I had.  We decided to conduct a small experiment.  We asked several of our co-workers, who are conservatives, who they intended to vote for in the Nevada Republican primary for the US senate.  As it turned out the majority of these good conservatives couldn’t even say who was even running for the office.  What makes this scary is that the Nevada primary is scheduled for June 8, just 2 short months away.   This might not be such a big deal for everyone, but here in Nevada there are 5 republicans running to unseat Senator Harry Reid.

If a person is not informed and then enters the voting booth, how will they know which is the best candidate?  My worst vision would be for uninformed people voting someone into office who would be just as bad, or worse than Senator Reid.  As we know there are some who run for office as Republicans, but who once elected, are as bad as the person who they replaced.  Once these politicians are elected they will do everything to separate you from your freedoms.

So what do I advise?  Start getting involved.  Get to know who the candidates are.  I’ve become Facebook fans of almost all the candidates.  Most post their views and ideas on Facebook nearly daily.  Many also use Twitter.  Check out their websites and email them, and ask them questions.  You will soon learn which candidates meet your expectations.

Next, start asking other people questions.  Mike and I just asked a couple simple questions to people. One, are you a registered to vote?  And, which candidate do you like?  This in itself will get people thinking.  One person that I asked these questions to was questioning me the next day about candidates. As it turns out that night he and his wife began to discuss the issues. They are now on their way to be informed.

If you need more motivation, (as if this article wasn’t motivation enough).  Please view the following 5 minute video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M  This great American is running for congress in Florida.  So let’s get started conservatives and  vote a true conservatives into congress.  It can only happen by you.



     The guest author VMan is a good friend and workmate of mine. He is also a staunch constitutional conservative like all of us. Please comment as usual.

     I don't know what this font looks like on my regular desktop because it is broken as I mentioned before. Please forgive me if it is too big or different from the original font. I would use the same font but the controls are different on the this laptop with Microsoft Vista as opposed to the broken down desktop with Microsoft XP. I will try and get it as close as possible. 

     They still don't get it! The Marxist Democrats, along with the most inexperienced President ever to take office, seem to think that if they keep lying, somehow, someday, we are going to start believing them. Why is it that immediately after signing into law the healthcare bill, Obama is going on a campaign tour to promote it? They think we are stupid that's why. The really funny part of all of this is that Americans are more informed now than ever. Most Americans know more about the specifics of the bill than the Marxist Democrats that voted for it. Listen up President Obama! We read the bill and we still reject it. Only the true leftist believers and the uninformed want Obamacare. The rest of us know what this is going to do to the quality and the quantity of healthcare, let alone the federal budget. But despite falling poll numbers and an enormous grassroots uprising against their policies, they plow on with the same arrogant, patronizing march to socialism and communism.

     "Oh Michael there you go again calling people names" I don't mean it to be an insult. I am simply calling them what they are. Wealth redistribution and "social justice" are Marxist ideas. Marxist is a term that originated from the writings of a Jewish, German philosopher named Karl Marx, who wrote the "Communist Manifesto". Calling it any other name doesn't change the philosophy. "Progressive" is the new word of today and sooner or later they will have to hijack another word when they have worn that one out. If you have never read radical leftist professor Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" I suggest you do. You will be amazed at the clockwork precision that Obama and the Marxist Democrats are following Alinsky's plans to turn our capitalist country into a communist country. True believers like Obama will sacrifice everything for the end result. The leftist believes that if they can get social entitlement legislation passed it will be impossible to repeal. The reasoning behind that is that once people get used to something and depend on it they don't want to lose it. They are absolutely right. Look at Social Security, look at Medicare and Medicaid. Look at welfare.

     Well what's wrong with those you say? All of them take something from someone to give for free to another. There isn't a problem with that when programs are used as a helping hand to get back on your feet. However when dependency on the federal government for your survival becomes cradle to grave, we have a problem. I urge all of you to watch the movie "Precious". You will see what government dependence has done to people. Everywhere you have people collecting checks and not producing you have crime and drug abuse and low expectations. Government dependence has never worked anywhere the leftists have pushed it. I can't imagine the indignity of depending on others for my survival and livelihood. The self confidence gained from enjoying the fruits of your own labor is fabulous and makes you want to work even harder. Someone said to me, "So you think it should be every man for himself?" Yes! People must stop depending on others to pay their way. We need an intervention for the entire dependent class. If you plan to retire with Social Security as your main source of income you had better think twice. No matter the promises, every entitlement program is broke as we speak.  

     If the government collapsed tomorrow what would these people do? You have to know how to make it on your own and be forced to do it. I know there are times in our world that people need help to get back on their feet for whatever reason. We have programs already in place for that. If you live in Michigan and have been laid off from GM for a year and a half and your unemployment runs out and you have 3 children to feed, Yes, you need help to carry on until you are called back or find another job to sustain. I haven't got a problem with that whatsoever. What I do have a problem with is de-funding and bankrupting a program called Medicaid that was created to solve the "uninsured" indigent problem, and then totally swallowing the entire health care industry. It's sort of like breaking a radio knob and throwing the entire car away for a more expensive clunker that has been proven to be a money pit at best.

     Medicare and Medicaid are the top deniers of healthcare claims in the country above and beyond any private insurance company. Amazing huh? They won't tell you fun facts like that. No, they use the conquer and divide method of convincing people that the 'real' enemies are the rich, evil insurance and pharmaceutical companies. Yes, the same ones that employ tens of thousands of Americans and are probably in every single Americans' 401k portfolio. The same companies that have invented more medicines and cures for diseases than any foreign country. The same companies that have given us healthcare that is the envy of the world. Obama is right about one thing, healthcare is expensive. It shouldn't be as expensive as it is. 

     The reason that healthcare is expensive is the same reason that it is more expensive to live in the state of Massachusetts than it is to live in the state of Nevada. Government! Government is the reason for the extra expense of everything. Think of it this way; If there were only one sandwich shop in your area and you liked sandwiches, you would either buy their sandwiches or drive a long way to get another. That is what the federal government is doing to us. They are trying to become the only option in town or out of town. How would you solve the one bad sandwich town problem? You or someone else opens an alternative sandwich shop and make better sandwiches. Which would in turn force the formerly only sandwich shop owner to make better sandwiches at a better price. Capitalism and the free market work without a hitch as long as government keeps their imprint to a minimum. No I don't believe in a government free society. I demand a government that regulates to promote more freedom not to take more freedom and hard earned wealth to expand itself. 

     Competition and individual rewards are what motivate people to do better and create more, not sitting in a government subsidized apartment waiting for the mailman to bring a welfare check. We have survived and thrived beyond all others without Obamacare for the last 234 years and we will thrive long after Obama is gone and Obamacare has been repealed. However, if this allowed to continue, more and more people will become dependent on the government and less and less people will be paying in to sustain it. Eventually the producers are going to stop producing and the entire house of cards will fall. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are already insolvent as we speak. How are we going to pay for another trillion dollar program? We can't. Everything they are spending now is borrowed money that you and I and our grandchildrens' grandchildren will have to pay back with interest. 

     Why don't more people get that? It is baffling to me that people could support a government operating in a continuous deficit. What would you say to a friend, that was in debt up to his or her ears, that tells you they are going to take out another loan to buy something they do not need? You would tell them "don't be a moron!". The government is doing exactly that. Look at some of the states that do not have the luxury of printing more money. California is a great example of morons running the state into the ground. Now they are complaining because teachers are getting laid off. My heart bleeds for all of the leftist indoctrinators that now have to sit home and smoke pot between cry sessions. Maybe they should have all thought of that before. California is in debt to their own people for billions. It is just another example of leftists in charge of government. Look at every state in trouble and who has controlled their legislatures and cities? Ding Ding Correct! Democrats. Who is in charge of Detroit and Cleveland and Washington D.C., the poster children for how to destroy a once thriving and prosperous city, and have been for years and years? Wow you are so smart! Correct again, Democrats. People voted with their feet in Detroit, Conservatives have been long gone for 40 years, the others slowly filed out and soon after the freeloaders went with their fellow locusts. What's left is a hollow shell of a once proud city. The hardy freeloaders still there are still voting Democrat. You reap what you sew. 

     Democrats are like locusts. They ruin their home towns, cities, and states. Then they move to places that are doing just fine but aren't artsy enough or they allow smoking in of all places a bar, God forbid smoking in a bar! Then they start voting and attract other like minded Democrats and eventually run for office. Then they strip the place bare and increase the cost of living to a point that is unbearable. However, instead of staying and living in their own toilet creation they move to the next wonderful place and proceed to destroy them. Then they wonder why people cannot stand them. In Nevada there is a seething hatred of Californians that move here and try this. So far we have  been lucky in thwarting them but I am afraid that now that California is going to be down for a while they will start coming here in droves. I say we put up a border checkpoint and charge them for a visitors visa then arrest them and deport them back to California if they stay past their visa. Or have a sign at the border that says "If you are a leftist and want to change us, turn your car around and drive home. You are not welcome in Nevada!" I can only dream.

     The problem still remains that you have these people that are determined to force all of us to do things their way come hell or high water. This is always going on. While we live our lives and have fun the leftists never stop plotting, and never stop trying to advance their agenda. On top of all of this they still truly believe that they are intellectually more advanced than we are. They think of us as the dumb population that doesn't know what's good for them. They are like teenagers that think they are smarter than their parents, but leftists unlike the teenager, never grow up and tell you later that you were right all along. Letting Marxists run your government is like trusting that a hyperactive chimp with a hammer, let loose in your house will not break things. Its that bad. Their relentless nature demands that we are equally vigilant, forever. Freedom must be fought for by everyone that wants it, for the rest of eternity. Otherwise you will eventually lose it to people that think they are more intelligent than you are. It's that bad and yes it makes me just as angry, and more determined than ever.  

     We all have to mobilize in the run up to November and defeat the Marxists or otherwise we doom our wonderful country to terminal failure and worse. President Bush would say, "The Marxists are going to hear all of us soon!"

     Note: My main computer has contracted a virus and despite repeated attempts to fix the problem it is still not functioning properly. I am in the process of purchasing a new desk top computer. In the meantime I have to share a laptop with my wife. She is currently enrolled in university classes and uses the laptop nearly every day. This is why my entries have been scarce lately at The Patriot Journal. This will not last much longer as I am going to have the new computer in a few weeks. I have much to say and I am bursting at the seams without my outlet. Please forgive me all of you wonderful subscribers and readers, you are truly my inspiration. I have not forgotten you or our quest to return America to the principles of the founding. Thank you. 

     I don't know why I am so patriotic. I sort of know, but it's hard to explain exactly why. The burning flame is in my heart and there is no way I could put it out even if I wanted to. I love it when I drive past a certain car dealership here in Las Vegas and see the Camp Pendleton headquarters' sized American flag waving in the wind. It's bigger than a house. I get choked up listening to the "Star Spangled Banner" being played at the high school football game and I am not the kind of person that wears emotions on their sleeve. I read books about the Founding Fathers and watch Patriotic movies and documentaries. I have visited nearly all of the historic sites in the country. I have seen the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. I have seen the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. They weren't just old buildings and old documents to me. They were fascinating to me. They are the tangible treasures that tell the story of America's greatness. 

     Sure, I could say I love America because I'm American but that isn't enough for me. I was born an American and yes I love America for that reason, but everyone has pride and love for their homeland. If you take a look around the world and do your own research you see exactly why America is worth fighting for above any other place on earth. Even knowing that America is the best country on earth ever, still doesn't explain it though. People laugh at me because I spend alot of time thinking about it. Maybe they are right, maybe I do think too long and deeply about it, but I can't help it. I wrap myself in the flag always, not just when it's politically expedient or when it's popular. America is always popular in my eyes and there is nothing cliche about America to me. Defending America is defending God, family and freedom. America stands for all that is good and rejects all that is evil. We cannot forget this fact or refuse to believe that this status is as fragile as a newborn baby. In this day and age of evil in our political leadership, I feel all Americans including myself, have a profound duty to give all we can to preserve our country and way of life. 

     I sometimes wish I could go back in time and tell all the Patriots at the founding that their actions have inspired the world for 200 plus years, and show them their creation as it is now. To shake their hands and tell them thank you. I would sit with George Washington and have a beer or whiskey he produced and show him his army as it is now. Washington didn't like to shake hands so I would have saluted him. Can you imagine sitting with Thomas Jefferson and getting his advice and insights on any philosophical subject. Picking his brain for knowledge would be indescribable. Imagine being there with Francis Scott Key in Baltimore harbor while the British were shelling Fort McHenry. I wish i could tell Lincoln that he is a personal hero for doing the hard things when it would have been alot easier to go the other route. These men became great because of their actions and love of America and are who I look up to for inspiration.

     There is no question that the founding generation was our greatest, but I also have great respect for the World War II generation. What they did to save our country and what they had to live through was rough to say the least. They endured The Great Depression as children, then as young adults fought a terrible, brutal war. No wonder the 1950's were the time of white picket fences and "Pleasantville". They couldn't take anymore bad. They did every thing they could to save and were happy for what they had and were able to work for. It's too bad that their children, the "Baby Boomers" turned out to be one of the worst generations to ever occupy space. My generation the X'ers and the next one the Y'ers are not much better. If any lesson is to be learned, it's that spoiling your children and concealing the hard knock lessons of life, produce spoiled brats that have no clue what it took to create what they take for granted. I feel if education doesn't work it will be tough reality and rock bottom misery that force Americans to wake up and realize how blessed they once were. 

     Being a student of history fans the flames of love I have for this country. No other people have been free like we have for the amount of time we have. This freedom has created something that has never had an equal and probably never will. What we enjoy has been in peril since the founding. Presidents, Members of Congress as well as the Supreme Court in the past and present have tried to steal our freedoms. We have had to fight for them every step of the way. The allure of power especially for insecure leftists is all encompassing. Obama shows us this is his goal every time he does anything. He talks one way and does the exact opposite every time. He is going to push for a government health care take over no matter who he has to walk over or through to do it. He is going to take a political sword for it and doesn't care. That is evil and insane and it must be stopped. Obama doesn't love America, he hates America.

     "Why do you say these bad things about our President on your blog Michael?" Because it's true. If he truly loved America he would follow the will of the people. He will find out the hard way that he is a representative of the people not a ruler. George Bush would never have pushed anything through that 60% of Americans were against. He knew who he was there to serve. Obama doesn't care that the Constitution is his guideline, because he rejects the Constitution. Therefore, according to his actions I have to conclude that Obama is a power hungry narcissist and not an America loving Patriot. I don't forget that he refused until it was politically damaging to wear an American flag pin on his lapel or put his hand over his heart for the singing or playing of the National Anthem. I don't forget the campaign promises that turned into blatant lies. I won't forget his faithful supporters either. I will never watch NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN or MSNBC for anything except sports again. I reject anti-American rhetoric in any news or entertainment venue and refuse to finance supporters thereof. Obama and his allies remind me again of the past. History gives me insight because humans never change and Obama is dangerous if he gets anymore powerful.

     I have talked to hundreds if not thousands of people that tell me they are deeply afraid of the current government and their blatant power grab. People are starting to realize that the freedom we as a nation have enjoyed for two plus centuries is again in danger. We are not the first generation to have to fight for America. We must absolutely refuse to be the last. Every 40 or 50 years there is a new threat and this is it for us. The Tea Parties have shown me that there are millions of us that get it. The level of Patriotism in the past couple of years is more than I have seen in a long time. The democrat party has as I have said in the past become a symbol of socialism and government tyranny. This is a great sign that others are seeing what I have seen for ages. Also encouraging are the recent election results from some very leftist states. Our country needs us all. The time is now that every American must be introspective and do the right thing. True Patriots know that Patriotism is not a state of mind, it's a burning reality of the heart.