ARE WE THE SECOND “GREATEST GENERATION”?

    One hundred years from now, history books may proclaim that the year 2012 is the year when Americans rose up to defeat the creeping liberalism of many decades to restore the vision of the Founding Fathers, to become the second “Greatest Generation”; the year that the Silent Majority finally got involved after seeing their beloved America destroyed by Progressive policies; by ousting leftist radicals of | Read More »

    Those who may not be voting for Barack Obama – Part I

    1)    The religious – over the issues of same sex marriage (including the declaration to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act which Obama  signed into law), and being forced to provide birth control, abortifacients, partial birth abortions and abortions against the beliefs of their religion 2)    Free market capitalists who think they DID build that; who took risks, worked long hours, did without and hired | Read More »

    Reasons to not vote for President Obama

      1)      Raised by leftists and mentored by a Communist, Barack Obama chose college friends carefully, by his own description, “the more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.”  He then became a Community Organizer in Chicago where he plied the Rules for Radicals written by Saul Alinsky.  He has employed the mandates | Read More »

    BARACK OBAMA – YOU DID NOT BUILD OUR AMAZING COUNTRY!

       Recently Barack Obama had the audacity (referring to his book The Audacity of Hope) to say to small business owners, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that!”  Despite cries to the contrary, listening to the full speech only makes it worse, as you can see if you Google the speech.  He was saying that it is government which made the roads, etc.  | Read More »

    Problems at our Department of Justice

    Barack Obama’s chosen leader of the Department of Justice, Eric Holder, has consistently made news since Barack Obama became President. One of the first things Eric Holder did was to drop the charges which had been made against the New Black Panthers.  During the 2008 election they had intimidated, on video, those at polling places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, displaying billy clubs at the polling place.  | Read More »

    Questions for the Supreme Court, and answers for Americans on Obamacare

    Questions for the Supreme Court regarding Obamacare   1)      Is this the first time a law passed by Congress and signed by the President actually had its wording and express intent rewritten by the Supreme Court in order to be deemed Constitutional?  The President and the Democrats who passed the bill into law without one Republican vote declared and insisted that it imposed a penalty | Read More »

    Attacks on Capitalism fall flat

    Recent attacks by President Obama on Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital reflect his disdain for capitalism as well as his celebration of government control – and his belief that he knows what we need or want better than we do.  As he said, “I won”.  How do hundreds of venture capitalism companies compare to President Obama’s venture investments in green energy companies and company | Read More »

    King Obama rules

    King Obama’s edict “It’s not time for questions – not while I’m speaking!” “And the next time I prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question.This is the right thing to do for the American people,” the President said. “I didn’t ask for an argument, I’m answering your question.”  Thus sayeth King Obama upon his declaration that the laws passed by | Read More »

    The American Community Survey – be prepared!

    This federal government is now sending out to hundreds of thousands of citizens each year an “American Community Survey”, an enhanced Census, which is described as being a legal obligation for us to fill out and return.  They cite Title 13, U.S. Code, Sections 141 and 193)  Title 13, as changed by Title 18, imposes a penalty for not responding.  They may combine your answers | Read More »

    President Obama a foreign policy expert? Really?

    President Obama a foreign policy expert?  Really? One year ago President Obama signed an order for the killing of Osama Bin Laden, wording it in such a way as to give himself all credit if the mission was successful.  If the mission failed, it would have clearly been the responsibility of the Admiral in charge.  Once the mission was successful Vice President Joe Biden, against | Read More »

    Revisiting some of what is wrong with the Affordable Health Care Act

    As we await the verdict of the Supreme Court, I wish to discuss some of the things that are wrong with this health care law.  In order to aid 10% of our population, the government would now control 100% of us.  Following are some of the reasons this will happen.  President Obama admits that his highly touted pledge that “we can keep our current insurance | Read More »

    What is wrong with this health care bill

    In order to aid 10% of our population, the government would now control 100% of us.  Following are some of the reasons this will happen.  President Obama admits that his highly touted pledge that “we can keep our current insurance if we wish” has disappeared, saying, “I think that some of the provisions that got snuck in might have violated that pledge”.   As the | Read More »

    Who needs Congress – part IV

      President Obama has already explained that “where Congress is not willing to act, we’re going to go ahead and do it ourselves.”  What separation of powers?  Here are initiatives 55-63 in the series: 1)      The next stop on the road to amnesty has been declared – a new toll-free hotline to help illegal aliens in custody.  It will assure they are “made aware of | Read More »

    Our President’s budget shenanigans

    President Obama’s Budget shenanigans Our President promised to cut the deficit in half during his first term in office.  His new budget just doesn’t even come close, with Treasury Secretary Geithner calling it “unsustainable”.  The President, through his budget, continues to pit one American against another, blaming the “makers” for not wanting to take care of the continuing number of “takers”.  Because Occupy folks think | Read More »

    Who need Congress – part 4 of 8

    In part 4 of my expose: Who Needs Congress, I quote Barack Obama: “I’ve told my administration, we’re going to look every single day to figure out what we can do without Congress,”  “We can’t wait for Congress to do its job.”  Obama and his administration have passed the following laws and regulations: 1. The recent law signed by Obama confers the right of our government | Read More »

    Occupy Washington lists demands

    I recently visited Occupy Washington, D.C., just a few blocks from the White House.  I congratulated the protesters there for having a list of responsible principles of non-violence.  I disagree with their stated demands, the first official list I’ve seen.  My response to those demands follows.   1.) The rich are already taxed by states and feds at up to 50% of income, while the | Read More »

    Conservativekaren’s diary

    “Words mean things”, as President Obama said.  Media continues to ignore the words of Barack Obama, much of which has fueled class warfare in America.  During his election campaign he told Joe the Plumber Wurzelbacher that we must “spread the wealth around”, openly stating his intention to take money from those who produce jobs and wealth and give it to those who don’t, inspiring the | Read More »

    Tea Party and Occupy have some common concerns

    Prior to the infiltration of nationwide Occupy demonstrations by many radical groups, there were some legitimate concerns being expressed, though some will criticize the methods they employ. Certainly there are some concerns they share with the Tea Party, and it may be time for the two groups to come together. Congress has for many decades passed laws demonstrating good intent, frequently creating unintended consequences.  In | Read More »

    A Representative Republic is not a Democracy

    Barack Obama recently said, speaking of Occupy Wall St.,  “The most important thing we can do right now is those of us in leadership letting people know that we understand their struggles, and we are on their side, and that we want to set up a system in which hard work, responsibility, doing what you’re supposed to do, is rewarded,” Obama recently told ABC News.  | Read More »

    Who need Congress – part 3

    Tyranny is defined as the arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power.  As an Obama spokesman said, “There are things he can do without Congress, and he will do them.” Obama recently asked appointees to” identify all those areas in his newest Jobs Bill in which they can act administratively without additional congressional authorization and just get it done.” 1)       President Obama has at least 45 | Read More »

    Who needs Congress – part 3

    Tyranny is defined as the arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power.  As an Obama spokesman said, “There are things he can do without Congress, and he will do them.” Obama recently asked appointees to” identify all those areas in his newest Jobs Bill in which they can act administratively without additional congressional authorization and just get it done.”   1)       President Obama has at least | Read More »

    Who need Congress – part 2

    Who needs Congress?  Part 2 1)      The Super-Committee on Debt was endorsed by our President even though it countermands the Constitutional mandate that laws are to be written in the House, passed through the Senate, and vetoed or signed into law by the President.  Congress is ceding its normal powers for the sake of expediency and getting along. 2)      The Department of Energy was awarded | Read More »

    Who needs Congress? The tyranny of Barack Obama – a 3 part series

    President Obama is willfully avoiding the enforcement of American laws while writing Executive Orders to directly override the votes of Congress. 1)      After Congress failed to pass a Cap and Trade law, Obama gave to the EPA the power to rule our country with expensive regulations.  National Economic Research Associates (NERA) used Federal Government data to discover that proposed EPA regulations would cost America over | Read More »

    What do unions want?

    At a time when all Americans must be willing to cut back on expenditures and benefits in order to prevent bankruptcy, this country is besieged by union members who are failing to do the work we taxpayers pay them to do.  Wisconsin unions, including the police, are boycotting businesses which won’t publicly support them.  Some teachers in Michigan have received pay raises of 173% in | Read More »

    What do unions want?

    The recent events in Wisconsin are a harbinger of what is about to happen across America.  Just what are the Democrats, unions, Progressives and liberals fighting for in Wisconsin? The squatters have caused $6.5 million of damage to the state Capitol.  For what principles are they swarming into the Capitol thru broken windows and camping out there?  Someone should explain to them that their disagreements | Read More »