No earmarks in this stimulus?

No earmarks in this stimulus? The President lied; period. There is no other way to spin it. He is a socialist at heart and he hides it in fancy rhetoric as not to give away his hand. His hand is to change the direction of this country; constitution be damned.

He has to lie because his policies when understood are generally rejected by the American people.

This speech was a rhetorical dance between half truths and lies. It relies on the “goodness” of government policies and bureaucrats. And let me tell you - if you haven’t been to the Motor Vehicles lately I encourage you to go there. It will give you a glimpse into where we are going as a nation if we give more power to the government; miserable employees, doing a mediocre job, with little care for the people they are “serving”.

As the President stated, healthcare and education are truly important but I would argue they are too important to leave to the type of people that run our Motor vehicles and inefficient government agencies.

Wake up and just look at the results of any government program or agency to see what we’re in for. The Department of Energy was created to make America energy independent. It was created in the 1970’s. Sixty thousand employees and billions later are we energy independent? The Department of Education takes 90 billion dollars from the states to run the agency. Some of that money is returned and tied in programs that don’t work. What is the state of public education?

Are you willing to bet your life on government healthcare? Look at what government programs have done to Medicare and education. Are young Americans more educated in places like DC, NY, and Detroit?

The evidence couldn’t be clearer; government is good at failure. The only success has been the military and that’s where our President wants to make the biggest cuts. That’s no lie…

If you don’t agree with the “stimulus” move your money…

Don’t fret if you don’t like the government’s bank takeover, just move your money. The best way to fix this mess is to “punish” companies that take tax money. Pull your money from Citi Bank, Bank of America, or don’t buy a car from a company that refuses to make the hard financial changes and choices like GM.

As long as there is a choice make the choice that sends the message you want sent. If you agree with nationalization do business with those companies, if not don’t do business with them. Teach them a lesson in capitalism.

We are moving in the wrong direction and must fight for the values we were built on, freedom, limited government, strong defense, and individual accountability and opportunity.

Don’t give up on a better future, create one. Just a thought…

Obama’s plan is well thought out…

Obama just signed into law the most intrusive legislation ever in the history of the US with a price tag of over a trillion dollars. Now he has announced a task force to look at reducing the deficit? Huh! He just increased the deficit by a trillion, and now we are going to look at being more fiscally responsible?

This president could care less about fiscal responsibility; he just knows that when he talks like that it resonates with the average American. He knows that the media will cover it as him being fiscally responsible, and what he is about to target is our military and “rich” folk. And the republicans will be fighting against him, and will be seen as against fiscal restraint and a balanced budget. They are about to be trapped and they don’t even know it yet.

He will target the military for spending cuts and the “rich” for tax revenue increases. He is about to roll out a healthcare plan that he says will improve efficiency in the system and reduce costs. In reality it will do the exact opposite.

I am convinced we are dealing with the most deceitful and clever politician we have ever seen. He puts Clinton to shame. He is trying to change the US into a socialist basket case like the rest of the world. While he talks about fiscal responsibility, efficiency, personal and corporate accountability, he is actually destroying every one of those things through the policies he is actually signing into law.

We must wake up to his plan and his manipulation. He has a plan and it doesn’t include the best interest of the United States…

Cowards?

The new US Attorney General has called you and me along with all white Americans COWARDS! Eric Holder is a disgrace and has called every one of us racists. Racists? I thought we just elected the first Black President? This is extremely disturbing.

If Eric Holder would like to test his theory maybe he should come to the neighborhoods of white America and have a real discussion on race. He will find exactly what America is; proud, accepting, tolerant, and sick of being called racists by people obsessed with race.

Come on Attorney General - come to our neighborhoods and call us cowards. Come on I dare you; coward!

Just leave it alone…

This period of slower economic activity is an adjustment that needs to happen. As people tighten their belts what they are doing is paying their bills, putting money away for future needs in case of job loss, and being more careful on how they spend their money. The result is the debt and equity bubble is being paid off which is what must happen to free up money for future purchases.

It is simple and necessary. This cry for people to just keep spending is irresponsible. It is the free markets at work resetting itself. The government’s meddling is only going to lengthen the process that it will take to create liquidity again. Even if the money is made available to borrow (which it is there for credit worthy people) many people are choosing not to spend. And that is their choice that is the market.

What the government spending bill is doing is adding to people’s debt even though they are not willingly taking that debt on. In other words they are working against the market by forcing more borrowing on the taxpaying consumers. It’s like giving the government your credit card for a spending spree. It’s that simple and that concerning.

That is why Wall Street reacted the way they did today; negatively. They know what’s going on here and they don’t like it. Neither should you…

Anger is building… We must choose our direction as a nation…

I have been talking with people that have lost tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars of value in their 401K accounts and they are angry. Their anger right now is building because there is no sign that the money that was invested in our markets will rebound anytime soon.

As one of those individuals who have been saving for over 25 years I can tell you right now I am beyond anger. I am committing myself to do everything I can to return this country to its greatness. I can no longer just Blog about this, run as a write in candidate, or engage people in discussions about politics. I need to do something productive that influences people to see the vision that our founders had for this country and the blessing they gave to their posterity.

Here is what I am doing right now. I am writing a book to my kids highlighting the greatness of this country and what values supported our greatness. I want them to understand they have been blessed and why it is important to know our history. I am putting together a plan to run for Governor of Colorado. Not as a write in, not as a side bar, but as a motivated citizen that believes there is a better way.

I can’t sleep at night anymore because of what is happening to us as a nation. I feel like a frog in a boiling pot of water trying to warn the other frogs of the outcome I see from this seemingly cozy warm feeling. I have watched my American dream being flushed down the toilet because of the policies of politicians that have no clue about what it is like to live as a working citizen anymore, and I can stand by no longer.

I have watched the families like mine start to get uneasy about the future when we all thought we were doing the things that guaranteed the American dream. What we have always known but many did not realize is the negative impact these politicians could have on our dreams. Interest in politics is starting to take hold as more and more families like mine open up their financial statements and see their kid’s opportunity for college being impacted, retirement plans being squashed, financial independence and freedom being stolen. The realization that government can’t provide these things for us unless they steel them from others is becoming clearer to many that are willing to see.

I can’t live being angry. I must do something to maintain my health and that something is to run for Governor and fight the federal policies at the state level through the implementation of the tenth amendment. We must ground ourselves again in the values that have made us great; individual liberty, limited government, and pride in our nation again by rebuilding free market principles.

It starts with the realization that government is the enemy of a free people. Many of the founding fathers believed government the “necessary evil” to be limited in scope and answerable to the people directly. For some reason we have given up hope on the individual and have invested our hope in government. I only ask you to look at any poor inner city neighborhood and then ask yourself this; do I want to put my hope in a system that creates this circumstance, shackles people’s hopes, dreams, and opportunities or do I believe in my ability to create and foster my own dreams and destiny through freedom?

We are at a turning point in this great nation, and I fear with all of my heart that we have lost our way because we have become overwhelmed by a system that wants to do too much, and we don’t know how to stop it. The only way to stop it is to understand what feeds it. It is fed through the ignorance of the people to understand the motive behind the system. It is not an individual motive rather it is a collective motive that is grounded in human nature. Government takes on a life of its own when it is given too much influence in our lives. When people feel like we have to do something instead of nothing we know we have given the government too much power over us.

We get to this point little by little, one program at a time through a promise of benevolence and compassion but what eventually becomes lies and dominance over our lives. We ask and in order for government to deliver on our requests it must dominate and control to provide our requests. We want to keep people from poverty so the government takes from one individual and delivers the request to another. Compassion is only evident when it is from a giving heart. I ask you what heart does a federal government operate with? Your heart or mine? There is no heart in government bureaucracy and it is obvious to anyone that has had to work through a government bureaucracy. It has no reason to care never mind have a heart.

Providing healthcare, welfare, education, opportunity, I ask to whom does this responsibility fall? If we require government to provide these services how does it determine to who and how much? Who will be required to pay and how much? Can we not provide these services through local communities? And most of all when we depend on individuals to provide for themselves do they not have an investment in themselves to insure they acquire them?

We must have the strength to take back what belongs to us, especially our dignity. What type of society expects others to provide their happiness and necessities? Not the America we built through individual sacrifice and hard work. Too many people have forgotten the importance of self reliance and the feeling that accomplishment brings to each and every one of us. It is God’s gift to America; our understanding that we each have a special purpose to share in this life on earth. Government takes away that opportunity to live out our true purpose on this earth.

So I close not in anger but in hope that we can each realize that it is not overwhelming to return to our founding principles but it is our responsibility to do so. I will do my part. I believe I am part of the plan to return to greatness. Not that I am to be great but to help others realize that they are, and we need them to stop the demise of this nation and return the divine providence that was bequest upon this great nation by our creator.

Don’t let the anger build to a point that you feel even more out of control. Take control by getting involved with taking back what was handed to us by the blood of our forefathers. With the knowledge that we have, driven by an honest heart, we will drive this great nation back to the values that have served us well. It is not the direction we are currently heading it is exactly opposite; less not more government; faith not in government but in ourselves; happiness not given but earned through our own efforts; action by concerned citizens that will be worthy of the respect of our founders. It will feel good, that I will promise you…