The Liberal Progressive mind is such a confused, angry, emotional, irrational and depressing thing to witness. It is devoid of any capability to reason using logic and common sense, let alone truth or facts. I have grown weary of engaging in debate with such people because, despite my attempts to point out what should be grade-school level facts, they never cease to bewilder me at the ineptitude of their responses. The sheer magnitude of their emotionalism to provable logic and facts is absolutely mind-blowing. Inevitably, they resort to bitter, hateful remarks intended to “freeze” the target.

I had the opportunity the other night to catch another glimpse into that very dark place, and I got more than my fair share of the evil that lurks there. One of my old high-school acquaintances posted a link on Facebook that was slamming the Republicans for opposing and delaying the vote on the unemployment benefits extension. She even had the audacity to post a follow-up comment telling everyone to back-off if they didn’t agree with the post. Well, that was just like throwing red meat to a hungry lion! I pounced.

In a very polite, calm and straight-to-the-point way, I advised her that the Republicans were not opposed (although they should’ve been) to the extension, they just wanted it to be paid for from existing stimulus funds, and not to be added to the national debt. Of course, the response was the typical “you don’t care about people”, “you have no idea what we are going through”, bla bla bla… The pity-party continued with “My unemployment check is $800 a month and COBRA is $900. You do the math!” Wow, so she was not only pissed that she was not getting a check, a check that  long ago ceased to be from funds she, or her former employer actually paid into, but that she could not afford her health care. She actually believed that it was her right to continue getting paid to sit at home, and the rest of us Americans who were lucky enough to be working, needed to shut the hell up and keep sending her a portion of our money! She even went Biblical on me saying that it was my Christian responsibilty to “help out my fellow man”.

Things deteriorated quite quickly from that point as the vicious attacks coming in my direction from her, and her sycophant Liberal friends. I could barely keep-up reading, let alone respond. I tried explaining that the Federal Government should not even be in the business of “unemployment insurance” since it was, is, and forever will be another example of unconstitutional Federal legislation foisted upon the States. Well, all hell broke loose at that point, and her “husband” chimed in with a “cut and paste” of the Social Security Act of 1935. He, of course, was oblivious to the reason that Social Security even exists today. Maybe he missed that part of American History in school, but there was this little letter from FDR to Congress about wanting to pack the court with Liberal judges to get his New Deal passed.

From the Federal Governments own Social Security website…

The practical effect of this proposal was that the President would get to appoint six new Justices to the Supreme Court (and 44 judges to lower federal courts) thus instantly tipping the political balance on the Court dramatically in his favor.

SCOTUS got the message. Get onboard, or forever witness the destruction of the courts…

In March 1937, in a pivotal case, Justice Roberts unexpectedly changed his allegiance from the conservatives to the liberals, shifting the balance on the Court from 5-4 against to 5-4 in favor of most New Deal legislation.

Never let facts stand in the way I guess…

The culmination of their attacks came with the prolific use of the word “teabagger”. Perhaps one of the most offensive terms in use today by the Radical Left. I find it abhorrent and disgusting, but it is just another attempt to “personalize, freeze and marginalize the target”… I guess when you can’t have a civil debate, you have to resort to vitriol and vicious phrases.

When we win in November, the Left is going to freak. If I think that I saw hatred the other night, we ain’t seen nothing yet! It is going to take years of education of our youth, and re-education of a large percentage of the American populace. This will be no easy task, but if it does not happen, we will never get our Country Back! I can only pray for God to Bless us, and yes, the people I had the debate with the other night. Life is way to short to wast our time debating with the mad-hatters on the Left because you cannot argue emotion with logic!

Gary Bentley

We are nearing a crossroads in America at a very high rate of speed, and the brakes have failed! A decision will have to be made to yank the wheel to the Right or the Left. Either choice will have serious, long-lasting consequences, and the result will be felt around the world. “We the People” are in the drivers seat, and unfortunately, most of us don’t have a license to drive. It is our collective fault that we have allowed each other to “drive” through life without a license, and “we” have limited recourse at this moment in history. Will enough of us reach-up, grab the wheel, and with one concerted effort, steer this nightmare ride back onto a true course? God willing, we will.

From the moment that President Obama was sworn into office, there was a rift forming in America that started to open in a hurry. Within weeks, the euphoria and novelty of electing the “first black President” began to wane, and reality was setting in quickly. “We the People’s” eyes began to open, and what we were seeing was not Hope and Change, but Despair and Anger. The Tag-Team-Trio of Obama, Pelosi and Reid were aggressively taking strides to turn our nation into some third-world, Banana Republic, tin-pot dictatorship. The bailouts and take-overs of the Auto Industry and the Banks, the smack-down on Wall Street, the Health-care Deform, the Czars, and the endless list of atrocities, have taken their toll on ‘We the People”. We took to the streets to protest peacefully, we swarmed town-halls to the point that members of Congress didn’t want to show-up. We called, we faxed, we emailed, we got in their faces; but they have failed to listen to us.

The Tea Parties were born. Groups of like-minded, freedom-loving, patriotic Americans of all races, religions, and political parties, rose up to collectively voice their disapproval of the Federal Government and its policies. They failed to listen. We have taken back some prime Congressional seats in special elections, and hammered incumbent politicians in primaries. They failed to listen. We have begun to grab hold of the wheel, but will it be enough? We have the momentum, but do we have the political will, the fire in the belly, to fight the onslaught of Liberal hatred that is about to besige “We the People” in the coming months leading up to that fateful day in November?

I believe that we have two choices:

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Solving the illegal immigration problem is really quite simple. Any elected representative or congressman may feel free to use my multi-part solution…

Step 1 – Militarize the Border

Deploy all available National Guard troops from every State to the border. Give them decent Rules of Engagement to suppress border crossers. Loud speakers, warning shots and detainment’s. If they are attacked, give them standing orders to shoot-to-kill. All captured illegals will be finger-printed, have their picture taken, and have a DNA sample obtained. Enter them all into a database. They will never be allowed to apply for legal entry – period! Bus them back over the border. If they are caught again, they shall become part of Step 2.

Step 2 – Build the Damn Fence

Do a nation-wide round-up of day-laborers without notice. This part is quite simple as you can conduct the raids at any home improvement store in the country. We can probably round-up tens of thousands in a single day. This group of illegals becomes our fence building crew. Bus them all down to the border and put them to work. To be humane, pay them 10 bucks an hour, give them food, housing and medical care. Allow them to send their earnings back home to Mexico, or their country of origin. Work them in three shifts, around the clock, till the job is done. Source materials from American companies. Individuals building the fence shall be allowed to apply for legal entry 10 years after they complete their assignment.

Step 3 – Cut-off the Incentives

Federal Mandate (as much as I hate them) to all States. Immediate removal of all undocumented individuals from every school in the nation. Immediate denial of any public assistance whatsoever. Only emergency care will be provided at hospitals. Arrest and incarcerate any city, county or state official who does not immediately take steps to ban Sanctuary to illegals. Arrest and incarcerate any employer who knowingly hires, or continues to employ illegals. Require all land-lords to verify the legal status of their potential or current tenants.  Eviction within 30 days for anyone who cannot prove their legal status.

Step 4 – Stop the Money

Ban all electronic wire-transfers of money from the United States to all Central and South American countries, unless being sent by American Citizens, or legal residents. Any money attempting to be sent by unauthorized persons, shall be seized and re-directed to help pay for the fence.

Step 5 – Stop Foreign Aid to Mexico

Immediately cease all public funds going to Mexico. Demand that the Mexican government put their troops on their border to stop illegals from trying to leave Mexico. Any aggression displayed by the Mexican forces will be deemed an act-of-war, and appropriate steps will be taken by the US Military to prevent further acts of aggression. Upon successfully stemming the tide of illegals, financial aid may be re-implemented.

Step 6 – Anchor Babies

Immediately cease granting US Citizenship to babies born in the US to illegal aliens. Babies already born to illegals will be required to return to their home country with their parents. When they reach 18 years of age, they will be allowed to return to the US – without their family members who are not Citizens! No current anchor baby will be allowed to petition for legal status for their parents, or other family members, for a period of 10 years after their 18th birthday, and their legal return to the US.

Step 7 – Legal Immigration and Assimilation

All future applicants will be required to get in line. Yes, the line is long! It took me 17 years, so I don’t care if they wait that long either! All approved applicants will be admitted on a temporary basis. They will be given one year to become fluent in English and assimilate into the American culture. They will be tested at the end of the year. If they fail, they will be deported. If they pass, they will then be allowed to begin the process to obtain their US Citizenship. During the time from their admittal to our Country, and the granting of Citizenship, they will be forbidden from obtaining any government-provided social-services. This includes Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment and In-State tuition to our colleges and universities.

Is this harsh? Hell Yes! Is it fair? Probably Not! Life is harsh and not fair. What our great nation has endured for the past 40 years has been harsh and not fair. It is time for us to take our country back, and give a little pay-back in the process.

For all those that say we cannot possibly deport 10-20 million illegals, with my plan, we don’t have to. You cut-off their ability to work, go to school, or a doctor, they will flee on their own. It is either they leave, or they help build a fence, and then get pushed over when it is finished. Their choice!

In the meantime, support Arizona!

Gary

Dateline – Provincetown, MA

Courtesy of Boston.com

Students in Provincetown — from elementary school to high school — will be able to get free condoms at school under a recently approved policy that takes effect this fall. The rule also requires school officials to keep student requests secret, and ignore parents’ objections.

“The intent is to protect kids,’’ said School Superintendent Beth Singer, who wrote the policy that the Cape Cod town’s School Committee unanimously passed two weeks ago. “We know that sexual experimentation is not limited to an age, so how does one put an age on it?’’

“It’s about availability,’’ said committee chairman Peter Grosso. “We’re not handing ’em out like M&M’s.’’

[Emphasis mine]

I’m almost speechless, but let me take a stab at what is completely wrong with this scenario.

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This afternoon at work, a co-worker (H/T DB) stopped me and said “Dude, you have to see this”. I came over to his desk and my jaw dropped to the floor…

I was stunned into silence and I’m still shaking my head in disbelief. Excuse me?

Where does Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, get the notion that all workers, legal and illegal have the right to a fair wage? Not only that, the level of audacity required to make a PSA on the subject, encouraging illegal aliens to report their employers, is mind-boggling. WOW! Hope and Change at their finest!

This administration never ceases to amaze me. I think that every Republican running for any seat needs to incorporate this into their message. When the vast majority of the American public is opposed to illegal immigration, is supportive of securing our borders, and are sick and tired of the endless assault on our Liberty, this will resonate!

Arizona took bold steps to do what the Federal Government has failed to do. I think it is high-time that the rest of us step-up and denounce this garbage, both the message and the messenger!

I’m beside myself in disbelief…

Gary.

The USA-Mexico border is 1,951 miles and we currently only protect 344 miles with a fence. That leaves 1,607 miles wide-open to illegal alien crossing, drug smuggling, human smuggling, and terrorists! When will our President and Congress take this problem seriously? When the Bureau of Land Management has to post signs like this in Arizona…

Do you think that there might be a problem?

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu thinks this is a serious problem…

“We’ve had numerous officers that have been killed by illegal immigrants in Arizona,”

[snip]

Babeusaid the violence in Arizona has reached “epidemic proportions” and must be stopped. “In just one patrol area, we’ve had 64 pursuits — failure to yield for an officer — in one month,” Babeu said. “That’s out of control.”

In his own words…

 We have very-well armed, ex-military, drug smugglers who are many miles inside the United States of America, and they are KILLING our law enforcement with impunity! Are you freaking kidding me? This has been going on for years and nobody has done a damn thing to stop it! My head is about to explode…

How about this little gem on our side of the fence wide-open range…

For heavens sake, the American government is telling us to slow down so we don’t run over the border jumpers! WHAT??? I’m giving bonus points for anyone who doesn’t swerve.

When will the drones in this country wake up and realize we are being invaded? The ACLU, LULAC, LARASA and all the others can continue to lie, harass, misrepresent and scream all they want. This proud, patriotic American has had enough!

Have you?

Gary

Here we go again in California, where yet another City Council decided to take a vote on whether or not they should impose economic sanctions on the State of Arizona because of their new anti-illegal immigration law. From the Sacramento Bee…

The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday night to place economic sanctions against Arizona companies in response to that state’s immigration laws. The sanctions passed by a 6-1 council vote are on par with the broadest actions passed by other California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland.

They include forbidding city workers from attending conferences in Arizona on the city’s dime, boycotting companies based in Arizona “where practicable and where there is no significant additional cost to the city” and potentially canceling current contracts with firms from Arizona.

This is exactly what happens when your community, city or State has been in the vise-grip of Liberal Command and Control for far too long. You end up with city council members who say…

“For those who would criticize us for using our time to address this critical issue in our country’s history, I would say this: How can we not?” said Councilman Rob Fong, who called for the debate.

Fong added, “I’ve never been more proud of us” and said the city was “standing on the right side of history.”

[Emphasis mine]

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As I was making my 75 mile commute home tonight from Las Vegas to Nye County, I was forced to listen to President Obama give his oil spill speech blame-game. As usual, whenever I hear that man speak, I find myself yelling obscenities at the radio, and probably looking quite deranged to other motorists. As I listened to his endless “not my fault, blame BP” nonsense, one part of his speech stopped me cold!

 Tomorrow, I will meet with the chairman of BP and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his company’s recklessness.

[Emphasis mine]

When I had recovered from almost driving off the highway, I was almost speechless.. “Compensate the workers and business owners…”  Excuse me? BP was drilling in the Gulf under a legal permit and is contractually obligated to pay any and all costs associated with an oil spill, and up to $75 Million in liable damages, according to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

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Barack Obama and Sarah Palin!

Before you go into orbit and think that I’ve lost my mind, please bare with me and allow me to explain…

Our Great Nation had been at-war for almost eight years, fighting enemies on two fronts, in far away lands. The Liberals in Washington had spent that entire time Bush-Bashing, demeaning our Military, and the MSM had been on an unrelenting mission to destroy the Republican Party. We took a serious beating in the 2006 elections, and then again in 2008. Things only went from bad to worse for Conservatives.

Along came a young, up-start politician, who was very eloquent in his speech and demeanor. He was able to convince the masses that he had come to rescue the country from the failed policies of George Bush, and free us from the endless battles overseas. The press did not do their jobs, and they practically fell over each other trying to promote the Messiah! This was their opportunity to stick-it to the American people and assuage their White Guilt – the truth about this man be dammed. It was easy, almost comical, because his opponent was John McCain – an aisle-crossing, establishment entrenched, beltway-insider, who was a “Maverick” in the Republican Party.

The mindless drones on the Left, the impressionable moderates in the middle, and some on the Right, who were worn-out with politics, bought the sales-pitch - hook, line and sinker, and voted for Obama. Reality set-in shortly after The One was sworn in, and people began to realize the bait-n-switch that had just happened. Unfortunately, it was far too late…

Now, to get to my point…

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Every once in a while, you come across a video clip or a story that just makes you say WOW! Those times are few and far between, but they provide the boost that your spirit needs - at just the right moment. This morning, I had one of those WOW moments. It is from a few weeks ago, during a Q & A session at Denver University. The panel was comprised of Dennis Prager, Sarah Palin and Hugh Hewitt.

There are days when I struggle to be able to explain to my 15 year old daughter what I believe, what I know to be true, and why our great country is in such peril from the brutal assult from the Left. I think this may help all of us…

Mr. Prager “gets it”! I “get it”! My goal is to help plant the seeds in my 2 year old daughter before she starts the years of indoctrination. I’m still working on the eldest..I want them both to “get it”!

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