Our Racist President

Another subject deserving a post: Everyone's read about the dustup between the Cambridge, MA cop and the Professor of African American Studies at Harvard. And also the off the cuff response of our president. Here is a pretty good summary of events.
You all know how Professor Gates, you know, the elite super-genius professor at elite Harvard University, who is doubtlessly way way way more intelligent than you or I, spouted off to the cop who was investigating reports of a break-in at the house. In fact, Gates had been breaking in because his lock was broken from a previous break-in. I can see how someone's natural reaction would be to get pissed off by a cop asking for your ID in your own home, but the supergenius should have known to just cooperate and get it over with, and then sue the cops later if necessary. Instead, he showed who the racist was by being a great big one himself. Calling the cop a racist for doing his job, making jokes about the cops mother, etc. In either a fit of stupidity, or in a desperate ploy by this elitist to 'be real' he kept mouthing off until the cops were forced to haul him off. Note the black cop in the forground. He completely backed up Sgt Crowley's actions, as did another black cop on the scene. So, we see that Professor Gates is a racist Race Hustler, just like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Jeremiah Wright. No real big surprise there. No real big surprise that an elitist would act like an idiot in a real world situation either.

The real surprise is the response of our scary smart, post racial president,

"Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don't know all the facts. ...Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly."

So our post-racial president's first reaction is to think that race played a role in what happened. He then went and accused the Cambridge police of acting stupidly, even though he admitted he didn't know the facts. Two humungous WOWs there. His natural inclination is to think racism. And is stupid enough to say so publicly, and blame the cops. Our president. Beyond disgusting, but not terribly surprising, seeing that...the racist Race Mongering professor is his friend. Wow, whoda thunk? Professor Gates, Rev Wright, Bill Ayers. Nice group of friends and mentors you got there. Good to know their own professed beliefs had no affect on you, that you are above all that. Behold our Racist-in-Chief:


By the way, the black cops who backed up Sgt Crowley are probably the real heroes in this incident. And I hope Crowley demanded apologies from Obama and Gates while they had their beers together today.

Health Care Debate

RTP has been pretty quiet about the health care debate. It's a complicated subject requiring lots of research to really comment intelligently. There are many blogs out there doing a great job of it. I am not motivated to do an in-depth report on it, but my feelings are summed up like this

(and no, I'm not going to provide link-backup to what I say!):

85% of the US has health care that is adequate if not good, and much better than most countries in the world, including those like the UK and Canada that have universal healthcare. A large percentage of the remaining people are illegal aliens, who are owed absolutely nothing by taxpaying Americans. Another large percentage of the remaining are young adults who choose not to have healthcare. Melkor is an example. They don't have a permanent job at this time, and are having fun, going to school, adventuring, whatever. He could have a job right now, but chooses not to, and that's fine. But, nobody should owe him healthcare because of his own decision. That leaves a small percentage of America without healthcare who do want it. This is unfortunate, but it is not right to supress the economy by increasing taxes and bloating government beauracracy, and lower the quality of healthcare for the vast majority of Americans for a small minority of people. And, though this is somewhat crass and cruel, those without healthcare can go to an emergency room if it comes to that and they won't be turned away.

My opinion. That's all.

Belated Independence Day Wish

I saw this a while ago; sorry for the late posting!

Never disrespect the ALMIGHTY!

Is Sarah Palin, the shinning beacon of conservatism, a conservative or a modern day progressive similar to Theodore Roosevelt?

(I know the theme is old, but it is coming from a new source.) This was sparked by hearing Sarah Palin stating in her farewell address that America is a democracy and her earlier remarks and actions about returning the oil wealth back to the people of Alaska. Democracy means people rule; the belief that America is a democracy has helped to destroy freedom and helped to bring about a larger government and, ultimately, leads to tyranny. Roosevelt was a big progressive that helped carry America towards bigger government. Her statements fit within the shift in the nature of our government that Theodore Roosevelt helped to implement and has been occurring these past one hundred years. Read Roosevelt's speech _the Right of the people to rule_. Roosevelt remarked once, " to hell with the constitution when people want coal." You have to read some of his speeches, some are motivating, to see the shift in the nature of our government that he helped to bring about in order to be able to see how Palin might carry on the same shift in our government as shown by her remark about America being a democracy beliefs regarding oil companies in Alaska.

Some excerpts from Roosevelt's speech that illustrates the shift in the nature of the American government, "Mr. Taft again and again, in quotations I have given and elsewhere through his speech, expresses his disbelief in the people when they vote at the polls. In one sentence he says that the proposition gives "powerful effect to the momentary impulse of a majority of an electorate and prepares the way for the possible exercise of the grossest tyranny." Elsewhere he speaks of the "feverish uncertainty" and "unstable determination" of laws by "temporary and changing majorities"; and again he says that the system I propose "would result in suspension or application of constitutional guaranties according to popular whim," which would destroy "all possible consistency" in constitutional interpretation. "Well-meaning, short-sighted persons have held up their hands in horror at my proposal to allow the people themselves to construe the constitution which they themselves made...
"Until within the last sixty years they were treated as having specific meanings; "property" meant tangible property; "liberty" meant freedom from personal restraint, or, in other words, from imprisonment in its largest definition. About 1870 our courts began to attach to these terms new meanings. Now "property" has come to mean every right of value which a person could enjoy, and "liberty" has been made to include the right to make contracts[read the appendix: Man's rights in _Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal for a better explanation]...the political history of man may be grouped about these three terms, "life, liberty, and property." There is no act of government which cannot be brought within their definition, and if the courts are to cease to treat them as words having a limited, specific meaning, then our whole government is brought under the practically irresponsible supervision of judges[ this statement is aimed at destroying the foundation and basis of judicial review which is necessary to maintain the rule of law which this in turn is necessary to prevent an arbitrary rule of some leader, see _The Constitution of liberty_ to better understand this]."
(William Draper Lewis supporting Roosevelt):[ If a persistent majority of the people of New York State want a workman's compensation act, they should have it...."I would have been very proud to have been the author of that plan, although I want to emphasize the fact that it involves no new principle, only a new method....
"Friends, our task as Americans is to strive for social and industrial justice, achieved through the genuine rule of the people. This is our end, our purpose. The methods for achieving the end are merely expedients, to be finally accepted or rejected according as actual experience shows that they work well or ill....
"We stand for 'the rule of the many in the interest of all of us,[collectivism]
for the rule of the many in a spirit of courage, of common sense, of high purpose, above all in a spirit of kindly justice toward every man and every woman."
(This is a deep topic and I want to read some books that were written about this. Hopefully from these quotes one can catch the drift in the change the Roosevelt proposed--a larger more active government.)

This is a transcript of the Hannity and Colmes show showing how Palin wants to return the oil wealth back to the people. I first heard this a while ago and it sparked my interest.
HANNITY: The average citizen — if I was a resident of Alaska, you would write me a check every year for $2,069?
PALIN: Well, depending on how the stock market is doing. Over the last five years — an average.
HANNITY: And then you also gave recently an extra check for $1,200?
PALIN: I did. Because the price of a barrel of oil is so high right now that state coffers are growing, but the family's checkbook is being decimated because of the high cost of energy.
HANNITY: I have to move to Alaska. New York taxes are killing me.
PALIN: Well, what we're doing up there is returning a share of resource development dollars back to the people who own the resources. And our constitution up there mandates that as you develop resources it's to be for the maximum benefit of the people, not the corporations, not the government, but the people of Alaska." Who determines if it is being developed for the maximum benefit of the people? The government will determine this. The government can use this "benefit of the people" excuse to control a energy source and increase the its power and influence.

Palin talking about oil companies developing Alaska's oil resources in her farewell address said, "we now insist that those who hold leases to develop our[Alaska's] resources that they do so now on Alaska's terms." A business operating on the government's terms. This was a big theme in _Atlas Shrugged_.

According to the Alaskan constitution the oil does belong to the people. The question is if that is the way things should be? An interesting fact is that the more oil companies have to pay the government to develop oil the more they charge for it. So those "checks" that are given to the Alaskan people just cancel themselves out and increase the cost of oil for everybody else who buys the oil. So the government owns a resource and demands that a business develop it according to its terms and charges fees for it that is passed on to the consumer.

The problem is that the developed oil doesn't belong to the people. It takes a private oil company to come along and develop these resources using private capital and private knowledge. Without the efforts of the oil companies, the oil just stays in the ground and is of no use to the Alaskan people or anyone else. Ayn Rand on talking about the property status of airwaves in _Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal_ chap 10': "Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge and effort should be private property--by the right of those who apply the knowledge and effort."

Although Palin is certainly more conservative than just about any other elected Republican, the main point of this is to illustrate that she will continue the big government tide that has been advancing and occasionally receding these past 100 years or so in our country--she has a streak of progressivism, and if elected to a national office she will continue the progress of the shift that our country and the world has been and is headed towards. The shinning beacon of conservatism holds these progressive beliefs. Whether under conservatism or liberalism, the slow and gradual direction that we are headed does not change. I could be wrong about this. I just don't agree with her premise about telling oil companies how to do business and returning the oil wealth back to the Alaskan people. I also don't agree with her statement about America being a Democracy. I know the theme is old but it is worth noting, in my opinion. It seems to me that in order for one to be elected to the Presidency they must hold certain beliefs.

Fair Weather Fans?

Baseball season is getting interesting and I'm happy to report that RTP's very own Seattle Mariners are still in the thick of the post season hunt. My wife and I are so excited that we are actually going to a REAL LIVE GAME at Safeco this upcoming wednesday.

This season though, has made me realize that Connolly's accusations of me being a fair weather baseball fan were true. A couple years back Connolly said that you are only a true fan if you can name your starting lineup and all your bull pen. Not to mention have just as much passion for those shitty seasons.

I used to think that I was a real fan but now I am feeling a little doubt. I can name the Mariners starting line up and the bull pen but this is the first year that I am confident in doing that. This along with the fact that this is the first year in a long time that we are in the position that we are in makes me believe that I am only a fan when the Mariners are doing well. Maybe my new passion for the team will carry over to the inevitable bad seasons that will follow and redeem my fanhood.

I can say, however, that I am a true fan of the Blazers and the Seahawks. I stood by the Hawks during every pathetic game last year and never faltered. I will also give the new Timbers an attempt.

I understand that some people have different lives and don't meddle in worshiping millionaires playing a game. But can anyone else on RTP say that they are a real fan of any sports team? And if not, were you ever?

Are the American people turning against President Obama's agenda.

I read an article stating that President Obama approval numbers are lower than Jimmy Carter's were at the same point in Carter's Presidency. And I read an article from Dick Morris stating that Obama is loosing power due to the lost of support from the American people. People's opinion might be changing.

Maybe Obama has tried to push his big government agenda too far and people are stopping to take a closer look at the legislation he is trying to pass. I think the Democrats are trying to throw a lot of stuff at the wall and hoping some of it sticks. The health care and cap and trade bills will definitely have a major impact on Americans' lives and are both a major step towards a centrally planned economy. This might be some signs of hope, but Obama and the Democrats are still in control and are still capable of enacting most of their agenda. The public support might force them to limit some of the things they can do. I continue to believe that the Republican will take back power but only after some major changes have occurred in the fabric and structure of our Country. The things done by this President will have forever changed America, much like FDR did. Overall, some glimmers of hope.

Dr. Kaku on the changes occuring in the human civilization.

(Since this blog has been slow, I will post a couple of things from my daily journal. I know this is a little out there for some. Health care reform is obiviously about increasing the government's power.) I was watching some youtube videos about the string theory and I came across an interesting video by Dr. Michio Kaku, the physicists who comes on the history channel and talks about science.The video talks about the various types of civilizations according to their level of scientific advancement, and he relates this to the changes occurring in human civilation and the forces driving these changes--globalization, multiculturalism etc.--from of a viewpoint outside of politics. It talks about the various types of civilizations as classified according to their level of scientific advancement. Basically, he states that this is the most important generation that has lived in the history of human civilization due to the fact that it is in a period of transition to a new type of civilization as classified according to scientist, and the choices that are made by this generation will determine if the human civilization is to live--the human civilization is at a pivotal point in history; although, I don't think it will determine if the human race will survive.

Overall, the video states from a science point of view the changes occurring in the human civilization and the fact that the human civilization is at a pivotal point in its history. I don't think anyone would disagree with the this fact; although, they might disagree with the medium through which this statement is made. Anyways, an interesting video for those interested in sciences. Does anybody know an interesting book that states and describes these changes from a political or foreign policy point of view?

Another radical in Obama's cabinet.

This time we have John Holdren who is the director of the White House's office of science and technology policy, CZAR, "once floated the idea[in 1977] of forced abortions, "compulsory sterilization," and the creation of a "Planetary Regime" that would oversee human population levels and control all natural resources as a means of protecting the planet -- controversial ideas his critics say should have been brought up in his Senate confirmation hearings." Need to sacrifice these horrible humans, just not them, to save mother nature. Just a new take on the old theme of sacrificing humans to please some pagan god. Not much new "under the sun". Just the same thing put in a new package.

"But many of Holdren's radical ideas on population control were not brought up at his confirmation hearings; it appears that the senators who scrutinized him had no knowledge of the contents of a textbook he co-authored in 1977, "Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment," a copy of which was obtained by FOXNews.com. The 1,000-page course book, which was co-written with environmental activists Paul and Anne Ehrlich, discusses and in one passage seems to advocate totalitarian measures to curb population growth, which it says could cause an environmental catastrophe. The three authors summarize their guiding principle in a single sentence: "To provide a high quality of life for all, there must be fewer people."

A note on these Czars, they are a way to increase the power of the executive branch of government. Instead of appointing these people to official positions that would require Senate confirmation, these people are listed as personal staff that require no confirmation. Nothing new since most Presidents have tried to increase the power of the executive branch, but with President Obama this has been carried to a new level. Some would argue not as far as President Bush did.

Also worth noting is the fact that the Nazi and many totalitarian movements believed in these same things.

Holdren denies these claims and says his beliefs were misrepresented. But the book the co- authored states otherwise. Maybe these ideals just popped up in his hippie days, and he has since changed his views. Anyways, this shows the type of people that are in President Obama's cabinet and who are leading this country and another illustration that radicals have overtaken the environmental movement and have used it to get in positions of power to implement their agenda of control. These people are a reflection on Obama's beliefs. We now have the socialist Carol Browner, Van Jones, and now John Holdren with radical views in Obama's cabinet who believe in totalitarianism, they fall under the banner of the EM. It is interesting that all of these radicals are attracted to the EM. Any speculation as to why?

The erosion of American law and sovereignty by the Supreme Court.

I read an interesting article about how American sovereignty is being eroded by Supreme Court Judges who are looking to international law, transnational law, when interpreting the U.S. Constitution. The article raises some questions about Sotomayor's beliefs when it comes to this due to her past statements on this issue: "Yet at least one sitting Supreme Court justice says American jurists should look to foreign precedent. And President Barack Obama’s first nominee to sit on the high court, Sonia Sotomayor, seems a bit unclear on that point, too. Just two years ago a book titled “The International Judge” featured an introduction she penned. “The question of how much we have to learn from foreign law and the international community when interpreting our Constitution,” she wrote, is “worth posing.”

The artilce also questions Ruth Ginsberg beliefs on this: "the Supreme Court Judge Ruth Ginsberg is open to considering foreign law when interpreting the American Constitution and and its laws: "Earlier this year Justice Ruth Ginsberg told a panel at Ohio State University that our Supreme Court ought to pay more attention to the laws and policies of other countries. “You will not be listened to if you don’t listen to others,”.

Harold Koh believes in transnationalism and free republic dot com notes that he believes "U.S. law should be based on foreign precedent, and even Shariah law could find a home here." He also serves in President Obama's cabinet as Legal Advisor to the the State Department. His beliefs are worth noting due to the fact he could be a future Supreme Court Judge and he is in a current position of power, not a lot.

This illustrates the fact that American sovereignty is being eroded in the name of the international community and the international law, and it illustrates the general direction the world is headed by showing how the world is becoming more interconnected and how individual nations' sovereignty are being given up in the name of internationalism. It is worth noting the "great tides of thought and appetite that run unseen deeply below the surface of society." What do you take away from these facts?

From Melkor: Notes from Madagascar

As most of you know, our fourth member, Melkor, is out being a phila, uhh, philanth, uhh, good-deed-doer in the third world. He requests that I post his e-mails as his contributions to RTP until he gets back, so below are his latest e-mails with some minor editing by me. Also, here is the website of the school he's at. Check out the photos. It's nice looking country, though pretty damn primitive! Truly third world. Below are pictures of the school from the outside and inside, the countryside, and the well Melkor spends so much time fetching water from.

Anyway, here's his post:

08/07/09
I apologize for the prolonged silence. The power was out for several days which made it impossible to use our borrowed modem. To summarize the last few days is pretty easy: spades. Lots and lots of spades. It wasn’t like we were completely resting on our laurels, on Tuesday the manager of the NGO that we’re working with (Madagascar School Project) had a meeting with the Bishop of the district and the Theological College. We were all crossing our fingers as we had just learned of some bad blood/politics that had emerged since our arrival. Apparently, the Headmaster of the school run by the Anglican Church (St. Pauli’s) has grown increasingly hostile against the school that is run by our Canadian partners (MSP). We had always planned on giving computers to both schools but we guess the headmaster is concerned because now many resources are going to go to the MSP school (power lines, internet for the server, etc). It’s not an issue of “zero sum” resources as nothing is being taken from him by the college (the MSP is paying for the materials), we believe it’s an issue of prestige since both are primary schools and kids have to pay to enter St. Pauli’s, and kids can get into the Luva Su (MSP school) for free (need based, MSP has arrangement with city chief who has list of the poorest familes, also, the teachers and mothers in the area are recommend kids that are most in need). The Luva Su teacher is bar none the better school with superior teachers, equipment, and English training than St. Paulis. We think the rector is jealous of the now added benefit the computers provide. So yeah, we’ve learned about all of this from our friends Sam and Violette (Sam teaches English and Greek at the Theology College, Violette is his Malagasy wife (and IS AWESOME!!!) and Kathy. During the outage it was unclear what was going to happen since the Church could easily kick MSP off or starve it of necessary resources to negate the computer deployment. Luckily, on Tuesday we learned that Kathy had an excellent meeting with the Bishop who is hoping to turn the College (and its surrounding land) into an education center for the area. He seems to be completely on board with getting power to Luva Su and for the computers to go to both schools. It feels good to have a purpose. Today we held our first teacher’s training. It is surreal to have to explain to people how a mouse works, or the concept of “clicking” or holding a button while using the mouse. Mike, Kate, and Mary all explained that during their training in Rwanda, the teachers are the most difficult to instruct while kids pick it up relatively quickly. I will be interested in seeing what their concept of “quickly” is as today was certainly a trial of my patience (of which I have none). When they got to games I was a little perplexed at how entertained they were at some of the maze & memorization puzzles, but then I realized that this was probably their first experience with “video games.” During our power outage Mike told me about an acronym that the OLPC people told them during their training and that was TIA: “This Is Africa.” This became true, not with teaching people how to type, nor how to click, right click, drag, windows, etc…the moment came towards the end of our meeting when I looked into our kitchen because I heard a noise and saw multiple rats on our counter-top. This was at around 3pm, with sunlight streaming through our house and a clean kitchen. Rats. I grabbed our broom (which we paid 50 cents for from the local “broom maker”) and scurried through the kitchen thwacking them out our door. Two escaped, but I managed to keep one pinned with the broom and stomp on the bristles. No joke though, these rats can jump…When one was running from me it jumped against the wall that it had ran to and jumped about as high as our stools in the kitchen of the house. I was so furious that they had the audacity to come into our kitchen in mid-day. We had seen the signs of the little bastards before and have taken precautions (keeping all the dishes clean, putting food in top shelves, shoring up holes in the dressers with aluminum) but today was simply ridiculous. They’re also in our ceiling. From time to time we’ll hear them scamper around up there. Once a fight broke out or maybe one of our monstrous spiders bit them because we heard some noise and bunch of “squeeking” above us. I taped over some holes that I think they use to get in, just to see if they gnaw their way through. Then I’ll know where to put the traps once we get them. I also took a shower this morning, I feel like bringing this up since I have yet to discuss our little system. Since we don’t trust the water, we boil several pots full of water and mix it with our already sanitized water in a bucket. Then we stand in the bucket and scrub clean head first to feet. At first it seemed a great chore, but I’ve grown accustomed to it relatively quickly and now feel like I’m bathing in luxury. I wake up a little early every other day to put some water on and get to the shower/bucket first. Tomorrow we’re doing some more teacher training. *note. While writing this email in our main room, another rat scurried through the room. I cannot wait to hear those traps snap shut!!!

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Getting a bit more lax at this, I apologize. Our power has been up but we have been lazy at getting the modem. Things have definitely spiced up around here. We did teacher training all last week. It is amazing to see how excited they are about the computers. They now want us to help them with their English as well as the computers. We were wondering where we would get the time, but I advised that this could be a good opportunity to include English training in our letters of recommendation from the Madagascar School Project once we leave. Thus, if anyone was thinking of a Fulbright program or any type of teacher program (Americorps, Teach for America, overseas, etc) this could be a big opportunity. “training the trainers” is nice phrase for a resume. So we got some language training books from Sam and have made a bunch of vocabulary cards (specifically for computers, Screen, Keyboard, Mousepad, Left Click, Right Click, Power, etc) that we are going to incorporate into our teacher training for next week. I can’t wait. We also went to the school to do a test run with the students. That was freaking crazy. Like seriously, a mad house. It was good, however, by offering us a chance to frame a learning program. “Paint” is not only fun for the kids but is excellent in teaching them basic mouse functions and our “Speak” program which helps with typing (it says whatever you type, so the kids go crazy and teachers like it because they can encourage the kids to type all the English words they know and the speech lets the kids know if they did it right). Yesterday we slept in pretty late and lazed around reading our ever diminishing supply of books. I’m about half way through “The Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel Huntington. Dad, you HAVE to read this book. It’s everything that you believe and a little bit more. Mary and Kate hate it and hate the fact that I’m reading it. Huntington is anathema if you’re a liberal international affairs major. After a late start, Mike and I went to one of the shops and bought some Coke and Rum then met up with the girls at the “football pitch” (soccer field) to play Frisbee. I have not had a touch of alcohol since Dad’s birthday party so last night was truly joyous. We cooked up our last batch of noodles, (always awesome when you eat rice everyday!!!) a delicious fresh tomato/onion /habanero sauce, (actually a bit more like a broth, but whatev’s) watched some Battlestar Galactica on my computer, and once supper was complete we broke out the rum and listened to music (I burned the cowbell CD onto my computer before I left) and played a very interesting hand of Spades. Tell Grandpa Elmer that when I get back I want to play Spades with him and he’s got to teach me Pinnacle (or however you spell it). Maybe I’ll try to figure it out online….

(massive editorial snip)

Anyway, love you all. Hope you guys are having a good summer and have fun at the property! P.S. On Friday, a rat ran out from under our gas stove while Mary was cooking. She screamed and ran out of the kitchen, I ran in with the broom telling Mike to shut the doors after me. I got in a few good wacks with the broom as the bastard CLIMBED THE WALLS. With the doors shut I found out that the only way they can get out of the kitchen is through a hole in the ceiling. So after hitting him a few times, he scampered into the cabinet that holds our propane tank, when I opened it (it’s at about shin to mid thigh level) I only saw the propane tank but after a few seconds I realized it was underneath it, when I moved the tank it started to go out from under it startling me at which point I dropped the tank pinning the rat. Needless to say, I finished it off pretty gruesomely. Only afterwards did I think about the mess such an act could cause but luckily nothing came out of it and the clean up was as simple as sweeping the body outside for the feral dogs to eat. All in all, one kill without traps. Tomorrow will be the big day when we get the traps. Truly looking forward to it!

Cap and Trade legislation and a "global governement and a global goverance"

I read an interesting article about cap and trade that pointed out one of the ways the global warming scam is being used for other purposes than affecting the climate. Al Gore said about cap and trade, "But it is the awareness itself that will drive the change, and one of the ways it will drive the change is through global government and global agreements,".

French President states about climate change: "At the Climate Depot website, writers recalled that French President Jacques Chirac in 2000 confirmed that the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol – to which the U.S. has not subscribed – is 'the first component of an authentic global governance.'

"He said, 'For the first time, humanity is instituting a genuine instrument of global governance. From the very earliest age, we should make environmental awareness a major theme of education and a major theme of political debate, until respect for the environment comes to be as fundamental as safeguarding our rights and freedoms. By acting together, by building this unprecedented instrument, the first component of an authentic global governance, we are working for dialogue and peace."

"A genuine instrument of global governance." Man-made climate change is not real. There is plenty of scientific evidence to support this fact of reality, but most people don't know this. This allows the people in government to use climate change to further their own purposes. What does implementing the means to combat this lead to? Climate change is being used as a rallying point and a means to unite the world to achieve the globalist agenda of the politicians(listen to the part where Obama starts speaking). This is an important effect of combating climate change and one of the goals that it is being used for--a global government and a global governance. The climate change crises is a means to achieve the goal of the politicians. This was interesting to me because it points out one of the main goals of the fake climate change crises and points out the general direction the world is heading. In my mind, this is worth noting. Why do they have to try and hide what their real intentions are by using a manufactured crises to achieve their goal? Maybe they know what they want to achieve is not popular and needs to be brought about through a means that can garner the support of people.

GM to emerge from bankruptcy Friday.

"Opponents of General Motors Corp.'s plan to sell the bulk of itself to a new government-controlled company faced a noon deadline Thursday to file appeals and find a way to get the sale halted... As part of the Obama administration-backed sale plan, the U.S. government will get a 60 percent stake in "new GM" in exchange for what's expected to eventually total nearly $50 billion in aid.

The Canadian government, which has also contributed billions in aid, will get a 12.5 percent stake while the United Auto Workers union will take a 17.5 percent share to fund its health care obligations. Unsecured bondholders receive the remaining 10 percent.

Existing GM shareholders are expected to be wiped out." (Good thing I did not invest in GM.)

This article says it all. A new era for America has arrived--a major American industry controlled by the government. Worth noting.

Senator Saxby Chambliss's response to my email on the Cap and Trade bill.

I wrote to my senator, who I had to vote for two times, stating my concern for this climate change bill that is before the Senate: "I am writing to urge you not to support the Cap and Trade bill ,H.R. 2454, that just passed the house. I am against it due to the fact that it is nothing but a huge tax increase, and I am concerned about the effects this bill will have on the economy. Most of the negative effects won't be felt until after 2020, and around the same time the negative effects from the huge deficits that the Federal government is amassing will be affecting the economy; this could lead to a one-two punch that could put America's current and future economic well being and prosperity in great danger. I am greatly concerned about the negative effects that the level of government involvement in the economy will have, and I can not support anyone that would support putting America's future in danger."

He gave me a response that he probably gives to all of his email about this bill: "Dear Mr. Dean:
Thank you for contacting me regarding global climate change. I appreciate hearing from you.
Climate change is an important issue that deserves serious and thorough debate. The current legislative proposals to address climate change would have a dramatic effect on our economy and the way we all live. The Senate is considering climate change legislation that would affect our nation for many years to come. Any system that is created to address this issue must be understandable to taxpayers, including consumers and small businesses. Citizens need to be aware of the effects of any proposal and how it will impact them. As Congress continues the debate on climate change, I will focus on several main principles. Climate change legislation should encourage economic growth and protect American jobs. It also must be capable of adjusting to changing scientific findings, economic conditions, and the actions of other countries. We should continue to focus on science-based technologies to become more energy efficient and secure our energy future in the midst of our increasing energy demands. To do this in an environmentally friendly way, we must continue to develop and use alternative energy sources including nuclear energy. As climate change legislation is debated in the Senate, I will examine it in accordance with these principles and I will keep your comments in mind. If you would like to receive timely email alerts regarding the latest Congressional actions and my weekly e-newsletter, please sign up via my web site at: www.chambliss.senate.gov. Please let me know whenever I may be of assistance."

If the American people knew the true effects of this bill I doubt they will support it. How will this climate change legislation encourage economic growth? Green jobs in Spain destroyed jobs according to Dr. Calazda. For every green job created it cost 2.2 jobs in the private sector. Adjust to scientific findings, the EPA has a report stating that man made global warming is a hoax. Actions of other countries, China, the world's major carbon emitter, is not going to slow their massive economic growth down with any environmental regulations. Why would America be the only country to do this to its economy? Without the rest of the world limiting their carbon emissions there will be no major impact on the climate. I agree that we should develop alternative energy sources; and we should especially use nuclear energy. President Obama said that it is OK for Iran to develop nuclear technology to meet its energy needs. Why can't America? A major goal and effect of this bill is to transfer wealth from rich countries to the poor countries: to build up the rest of the world--a more equitable distribution of the wealth around the world. The only way to stop this bill is for Americans to contact their representatives and inform them of their concerns. This bill will not pass in its current form, but it will probably pass in some form. This bill will have a major impact on YOUR life within the next decade or more. I encourage you to write to your representatives. You can find them and the information to contact them at vote smart.org.

Obama K's On Democracy

STRIKE ONE

When Russian troops invaded Georgian territory in September 2008, the future leader of the free world said

“I strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Georgia, and urge an immediate end to armed conflict. Now is the time for Georgia and Russia to show restraint, and to avoid an escalation to full scale war. Georgia’s territorial integrity must be respected. All sides should enter into direct talks on behalf of stability in Georgia, and the United States, the United Nations Security Council, and the international community should fully support a peaceful resolution to this crisis.”

Darn those pesky Georgians always harassing the poor Russians!

STRIKE TWO
When Iranians took to the streets en masse to protest the fraudulent elections, and paid in blood for it, the leader of the free world said,

"It's not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling," he told reporters on Tuesday."I do believe that something has happened in Iran where there is a questioning of the kinds of antagonistic postures towards the international community. How that plays out over the next several days and several weeks is something ultimately for the Iranian people to decide."

I guess he meant it was for the Iranian people with the guns to have an honest and earnest discussion with the Iranian people without guns on what the outcome of the elections should be.

STRIKE THREE - Democracy's Out!
When the Honduran Legislature and Supreme Court requested that the military remove the executive leader, who had demanded another term in opposition to the country's constitution, the leader of the free world said,

"President Zelaya was democratically elected, he had not yet completed his term," he said. "We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the President of Honduras, the democratically elected president there."

President Zelaya wishes to follow Presidents Castro and Chavez in the Latin American 'President-for-Life' style of rule. Doubtless the leader of the free world wishes to emulate these role models for dicatatorship and adopt this style of rule himself.

The people of Honduras however, feel differently about this:

Click on the picture. The people are requesting that Obama defend their constitution and freedom and to not help the next Chavez. The Honduran people themselves have some deluded idea that the leader of the free world actually cares about their democracy, when it threatens the type of ruler he identifies with. I want to help, but feel pity for these guys.

Obama's words betray a man who doesn't believe in the principles of this country. Who is not confident in standing up for what America values. The words above wouldn't have come out of Reagan, Bush, or Kennedy's mouths. Democracy isn't what someone who knows what's best for others (ie a modern liberal) believes in. He/she believes in a benevolent dictatorship where those that know best tell those that don't what to think, what to do, what to believe. Those that know what's best for others don't want or need to hear what the others actually think themselves.

To be fair here, none of these situations are cut and dried. Obama sharpened his tone to a certain extent towards Russia and Iran when public opinion turned against him. The Honduran Legislature and Supreme Court may have proceeded a little hastily in removing their president. But, at best he is goaded into saying some mealy-mouthed nothings in support of Democracy. These are not the words of the in-your-face fighters for freedom mentioned above, who automatically know who is on the side of freedom and democracy and who is not.

These are the words of a communist-sympathizing community organizer whose sympathies lie outside of American values but who must keep an eye on the polls.

Disgusting.

American Idol fan has an orgaism on video.

(I got this off of Boortz.com) With the death of Michael Jackson, I thought this video is worth watching. This video illustrates an extreme case of Americans' preoccupation with pop culture. While most people don't get this involved, they do care more about American Idol and pop culture than they do about government. I notice this while on break at work and school--kids talking about how their parents started crying and how they are emotionally distressed. (I had to write a essay for class about ignorant American voters and explaining the effects this has on the direction our government is taking.)

It is disturbing how people will fall in love with a pop star or a politician . I remember watching the acceptance speech of President Obama and noticing a lot of people in the crowd crying over Obama.
Anyways, a prime example of the "American Idol" voter and their obsession with worshipping a man. I can see the day when crowds of dumb people become so emotionally involved in some politician that they are reduced to this state. When your emotions are this involved your critical thinking part of the brain stops functioning. This is what the future of America holds.

President Obama's own words on the effects that cap and trade will have on electricity prices and the coal industry.

President Obama warned us about higher electricity prices and stated his goal of bankrupting the coal industry under his cap and trade plan in this youtube video.

We get most of our electricity from coal. Nothing exist to replace coal except nuclear power, but we can't use that because it is bad for mother nature. Charles Krauthammer made the point that if there were some new great technology the market would have brought it about. The government can not just mandate some new technology to be made. If it could, we would be living in the Star Trek age--we could exploring space and battling aliens by flying around in cool space ships. Windmills have been around for a couple of hundred years now and have been used in producing electricity for some time.(I added the part about Star Trek) If it was such a good thing, then why hasn't the free market brought it about? The government will be taking capital out of the private sector and propping up some unproductive technology.

The CEO of some major oil company said that this bill will cause oil production to be cut here in America and cause us to import more oil from foreign nations. I thought this bill was supposed to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. A big effect of this bill is to "spread the wealth around" the world. It is a major transfer of wealth from rich countries to poor countries. This is an interesting and important point regardless if it is a bad thing or not.

Obama is telling us the future effects of his bill. Al Franken the senate seat so there is a possibility of this passing. This could help you out in investing or planning ahead in you life.

James Madison, the speech delivered in 1788 in favor of the federal constitution, said: "Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgments of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent or sudden usurpation." So gradually, most people won't know or care.