I'm puzzled. Four years ago...prior to the 2008 Election....My friends and I took to the streets of Bishop. Nothing radical....three separate times we took signs supporting our political position and we stood at a stop sign holding our signs. They were very pro- conservative and anti-liberal in their message. I gave lots of thought to the signs based upon the positions both parties were taking.
The signs were supporting the positions reducing taxes.....pro-life....pro-conservative.....pro-people...anti-special interest groups.....pro-individuals.....anti-big-govt. And...coincidentally....That same night I saw something called "Tea Party" Rallies occuring in several large cities. The first night after our "small-town" street-signs, the news showed huge groups of sign-carriers in big cities and the signs looked a lot like ours. Some of the words were the same. The thought crossed my mind that there were lots of people across the United States with very similiar thoughts. I somehow like this feeling I'm getting. Something good is happening to ordinary folks.
The news reports were negative on these national "Tea Party" people. Nobody covered our morning on the streets of Bishop...we did get a reporter on our second outing....but the reporter was repeating how the network news guys were describing us!!!! We were now part of something bad.... this negative group of "radicals". The news reports have persisted for nearly 4 years. They give the same marginalizing comments .....same negative reports. The difference is that the crowds were growing.....are growing....are speaking out....are being encouraged by recognizable folks. The T-P groups were both having fun and uniting under the same positions....big government is destroying America!!
By the way.... that first morning on the streets.....we were a retired school principal, a retired General Motors manager and a Native American man.....this fledgling tea party group contained a very dangerous and "negative" group of three!!!
Now....4 years have passed ....several elections completed.....several primaries done...Tea-Party folks have prevailed and many pro-TP folks are moving to congress...and still ....the anti-Tea-Party drumbeat continues. This has me puzzled. Even Fox News tries to pad their outright amazement. They couch their support with passive-aggressive commentary. Rove....Charles K.....Bill.....I'm a bit at a loss. Is it that hard to say to their viewers.....We are amazed?...or I'm impressed that ordinary people have found their place in politics. ....or I'm cheering for the American conservatives and their desire to be heard......maybe even..... The "little guys" seem to be winning. Some new reasons to join a TP.......O-care...16 Trillion debt...Solyndra...foreclosures....tripled fuel prices....that's just a small sample.
Was there something in Beck's D.C gathering?...spontaneous Tea Parties happening everywhere....unknowns throwing their "hat in the ring" and upsetting the Big boys? Why is this bothersome to the incumbents....the talking heads.....the media....and certainly the elite-left....and creating this weak but persistant backlash against ordinary Americans participating in the American process???? You can perhaps share in my puzzlement. Government seems to be good for the thugs...socialists....arrogant....and change "artists". However....Conservatives in government??? Heaven forbid!!! Unknowns????? Help!!!!
I say....keep doing what you're doing in being a "little guy".....you have a huge vote.... come November. Is there a conservative American Sunami on the horizon???
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Bible Burning!
Just a comment on the pastor burning the koran. I am more frustrated by our own government and their tap-dancing routines about separation of church and state.....followed by an obvious negative Christian bias. This deserves comment.
Note again....the government reaction...media comment....over-the-top doom sayers and their comments. Sad to hear O'reilly call the pastor .....repeatedly.....a nut-case and a loon.
It's ok to declare a community Nativity Scene a horrible abuse of the "pretend" separation clause.
It's ok to fire teachers for having a Bible on their desk.
It's ok to suggest court judges might have a "Christian" bias and disqualify them.
It's ok to "litmus test" people on their abortion stance.
It's ok to defend ACORN as providing services to "needy" people regardless of their tactics. Do we need more??? How about Planned Parenthood PAYING the abortion and death industry $300,000 for Birth Control pills but charging the US taxpayer $900,000 to cover other expences and "overhead". Did you catch that??...charge those who oppose abortion...the taxpayer....THREE times the actual cost for birth control pills.
There are more never-covered items to undermine America. Remember the "let me help you set up a "cat-house"....for under age girls and call it a "business". Remember that assistance exposed on film. Heard any follow up lately?....me neither.
So....back to koran-burning. Are you aware that a US soldier requested and received Bibles printed in the native language of Afganistan? They were for local adults who requested a Bible in their native language. Here's the interesting part.....5-5-2009....the Bibles were confiscated by the US Military....AND BURNED!!!! Yep...BIBLES BURNED. Now for the hypocrisy. Burn Bibles ok..burn koran...no way. Our media....our generals....our pres....all are appealing (and threatening) the pastor if he BURNS THE koran. Even the Black Panthers are threatening the pastor....but that's ok...it's always ok to pile-on when Christians are involved.
It isn't that I'm for burning books....but I'm hearing its ok to burn the US flag....it's ok to burn Bibles in Afganistan...we can accept students put in foreign prisons...we can speak "strongly" against be-headings and "honor-killings".but we just don't want to upset the "nice, peace-loving muslims" around the world. You know.....the 911 bombers and their friends....the muslim suicide bombers who didn't think twice when killing their own people in the markets and check-points of Iraq and Afganistan. (That's over 40,000 people blown up...murdered....since 2001).
I say....stand up for our Christian Nation....The United States of America....our values....our constitution.....and let(or send) the "ain't it awful about America people" ... to Third World countries to raise opium...try to make a living...fight off the cartels....live under tyrants or whatever they think is better than living here. Cool it with they threats against our own people....dare we mention Arizona???
Those Anti-American people can then write us about the joys of socialism...tyranny...and dictators in that new country they picked. Write us after ....lets say...three or four years.....give it chance.....don't be in a hurry to run back to this "terrible" capitalist nation. Enough with the hypocrisy in this government....
Note again....the government reaction...media comment....over-the-top doom sayers and their comments. Sad to hear O'reilly call the pastor .....repeatedly.....a nut-case and a loon.
It's ok to declare a community Nativity Scene a horrible abuse of the "pretend" separation clause.
It's ok to fire teachers for having a Bible on their desk.
It's ok to suggest court judges might have a "Christian" bias and disqualify them.
It's ok to "litmus test" people on their abortion stance.
It's ok to defend ACORN as providing services to "needy" people regardless of their tactics. Do we need more??? How about Planned Parenthood PAYING the abortion and death industry $300,000 for Birth Control pills but charging the US taxpayer $900,000 to cover other expences and "overhead". Did you catch that??...charge those who oppose abortion...the taxpayer....THREE times the actual cost for birth control pills.
There are more never-covered items to undermine America. Remember the "let me help you set up a "cat-house"....for under age girls and call it a "business". Remember that assistance exposed on film. Heard any follow up lately?....me neither.
So....back to koran-burning. Are you aware that a US soldier requested and received Bibles printed in the native language of Afganistan? They were for local adults who requested a Bible in their native language. Here's the interesting part.....5-5-2009....the Bibles were confiscated by the US Military....AND BURNED!!!! Yep...BIBLES BURNED. Now for the hypocrisy. Burn Bibles ok..burn koran...no way. Our media....our generals....our pres....all are appealing (and threatening) the pastor if he BURNS THE koran. Even the Black Panthers are threatening the pastor....but that's ok...it's always ok to pile-on when Christians are involved.
It isn't that I'm for burning books....but I'm hearing its ok to burn the US flag....it's ok to burn Bibles in Afganistan...we can accept students put in foreign prisons...we can speak "strongly" against be-headings and "honor-killings".but we just don't want to upset the "nice, peace-loving muslims" around the world. You know.....the 911 bombers and their friends....the muslim suicide bombers who didn't think twice when killing their own people in the markets and check-points of Iraq and Afganistan. (That's over 40,000 people blown up...murdered....since 2001).
I say....stand up for our Christian Nation....The United States of America....our values....our constitution.....and let(or send) the "ain't it awful about America people" ... to Third World countries to raise opium...try to make a living...fight off the cartels....live under tyrants or whatever they think is better than living here. Cool it with they threats against our own people....dare we mention Arizona???
Those Anti-American people can then write us about the joys of socialism...tyranny...and dictators in that new country they picked. Write us after ....lets say...three or four years.....give it chance.....don't be in a hurry to run back to this "terrible" capitalist nation. Enough with the hypocrisy in this government....
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