This is wrong on so many levels. Watch it all the way to the end.

I’ve never been a conspiracy theorist. I’ve never worn a tinfoil hat, never had any desire to. But this is scary as hell. You just saw a man assaulted and arrested by the Philadelphia police department for daring to wear a McCain-Palin t-shirt after the election. He did not do anything wrong, did not violate any laws; he was simply exercising his right to freedom of speech. I sure as hell hope this man sues for his rights being trampled on.
Welcome to the age of Obama.

P.s. A friend reminded me, I should probably point out that I do not agree with the anti-Israel, anti-establishment message at the end of the video. It’s just the actual arrest shown in the video that ticks me off.

This is what Obama had to say during his victory speech:

“In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”

Obama chose his Chief of Staff, a man by the name of Rahm Emanuel. This is what he had to say:

“I’ll tell you this, the Republicans may have the 72-hour program. But they have not seen the 22-month program! Since my kids are gone, I can say it: They can go f*%k themselves!”

Ahh, can’t you just feel the liberal love that will soon be emanating from the White House, bringing about all of that wonderful hope and change? I can already tell this is going to be one classy, professional, and bipartisan administration. Huzzah.

Considering everything that was on Obama’s side and everything that was against John McCain, it’s so important that we realize how very close this election was. Consider the following facts:

- Obama had $650 million dollars at his disposal. McCain stuck to public financing, which limited him to $84 million. Obama outspent McCain 5:1.

– The Mainstream Media. On the three network evening newscasts, 65% positive for Obama/Biden while coverage of McCain/Palin was 36%. Between the end of the primaries and the end of October, network news broadcast 84 stories criticizing McCain ads, but only 32% had a negative tone towards Obama. Obama appeared on over 50 magazine covers. As I showed you, he was granted 13 Time Magazine covers, compared to McCain’s 4.

- After the primary, Obama made a mad dash for the center. Once he was the Democratic nominee, he flip-flopped his way to the center. He was a radical leftist in moderate clothing, a la the Emperor and his new clothes.

After all of that, after all the outspending, media hype, and flip-flopping, that only just gave him the victory. Yes, he won by a fair margin with the electoral college, but if you look at the vote-for-vote count, it was very, very close. Obama won by pretty much the exact same margin that Bush won by in 2004. After all of that, it only bought Obama just over 62 million votes. He had to outspend McCain 5:1, he had the media in his back pocket, he flip-flopped his way to the center, and yet even then, he couldn’t win by a landslide. He did not win as the leftist he’s been throughout his career. He did not win as the Senate’s most liberal senator. He had to win by putting on a centrist costume and outspending the Republicans.

The Democrats are calling this a revolution. I hardly think so. We Americans are the center, we are not Nancy Pelosi, we are not Harry Reid. But in the same vein, we are also not Jerry Fallwell. We are not extremists! When considering everything it took to give Obama this victory, this does not change who we are and where the majority of us sit on the political landscape.
Please do not let the Democrats sway you, do not believe them when they try to convince you that moderate and conservative politics are over and done with. We are not dead, we were simply out spent, out maneuvered, and quite frankly, overwhelmed by the sheer size, scope, and wallet of Obama’s campaign.
In short, we can no longer afford to be the silent majority. We must get organized, we must prepare ourselves, we must change the way in which we approach the political landscape. But above all else, we must not be convinced to give up our principles. They may have overwhelmed us financially, but that does not mean we give up what we believe in. That does not mean we throw in the towel and become radical leftist socialists ourselves. It just means we’re going to have to speak up, stand up for what we believe in, and fight tooth and nail for the principles we believe in and the country that we love.

This nation has just elected another Jimmy Carter. But remember, it took Jimmy Carter to bring us Ronald Reagan.
Hold fast, everybody. It’s going to be a bumpy four years, but we can hold firm, we can stay strong, and we can stand up for what we believe in. It’s time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and keep on fighting.

It looks like I’ll be around for another four years, or however long it takes for the Berg lawsuit to finally prove Obama’s ineligibility, Obama’s impeached, or he’s run out of town by the Peggys of the country who will be so distraught when they find out Obama can’t wave a magic wand and magically fill up her gas tank and pay her mortgage. Let’s all cross our fingers that it’s the former, rather than the latter.

That said, I’ve been putting off writing this post. My mind has been a jumble of disappointment, heartache, and sheer astonishment. I apologize that this post will probably be disjointed, but I’m just going to let my thoughts spill out as they come to me.

I only caught a little bit of Obama’s victory speech, so I can’t really offer a reaction to the whole thing. But was the segment where he declared “Yes, we can” as the new national statement, with the crowd chanting it back at him, did anybody else think that was kinda creepy?

Unlike what the Democrats were hoping, Obama did not receive a mandate. This was a remarkably close race everywhere, which means he does not enjoy such a vast majority that he’ll be able to get away with radical left-of-the-left policies.

I am so incredibly, incredibly disappointed that the Democrats’ fraudulent primary, unimaginable amounts of money, and complete media manipulation has been vindicated. I believe this has set us so far back with regard to campaign reform that it’s absolutely sickening. I keep thinking about all the good that could have been done in this country with the three quarters of a billion dollars at Obama’s disposal during the campaign, it just makes my heart sink.

I’m just in absolute shock that we have a President Hussein.

Since we’ve just elected another Jimmy Carter, I’m rather interested to see if this will lead to another revolution within the Republican party two to four years from now. I really miss Reagan, so I’d be completely happy with a true Reagan successor bringing true honor, respect, and leadership back to the Republican party. I may not be a Republican, but I do believe they have a positive impact on this country and that their influence is needed to balance out the influence of the Democrats.

I am so, so, so, so relieved that enough Republican senators held on to their seats so that we can avoid a supermajority in the Senate. The House is pretty remarkably uneven, but at least the Senate isn’t beyond filibuster. Checks and balances are absolutely integral to our survival, so I am relieved that we have at least managed to retain a portion of that in our government.

President Hussein. Seriously.

I thought McCain’s concession speech was very respectable, eloquent, civilized, and well delivered. Above all else, no one can possibly claim that McCain ever sacrificed his dignity throughout this election. He has remained dignified, classy, and above all else, he was most certainly post-racial, which I believe is to be commended.

Okay, time for something horribly catty, but I just can’t help myself. What the hell was up with Michelle Obama’s dress!?! That was the most unflattering thing I think I have ever seen. It made her hips and behind look gigantic, the way it split up the color made her appear chopped off in unflattering ways, and that red. Holy crap, that splotch of red. Sorry, but it just looked like a blood splatter. She may be our next first lady, but Jackie Kennedy she most certainly is not. I really hope she can find herself a better stylist.

We better prepare ourselves for four gaffe-tastic years with Joe Biden as the VP, and the inevitable plethora of teleprompter-free moments with Obama. In the gaffe department, the two of them are going to make Dan Quayle look like an intellectual.

I’m still really curious to know how much of an influence ACORN and voter fraud in general had on this election.

Please, PUMA Democrats, do not give up on your fight now! Your party needs reform now more than ever. Please don’t give up, don’t let them to continue to walk all over you now that they have ultimate power, now that their behavior has been vindicated. Don’t give up, don’t give in!

I’m cheering for Philip J. Berg even harder now.

I cannot believe that we have elected a President who flat out would not qualify for an upper level security clearance. That boggles my mind.

Damn, my liberal brother is going to be insufferable during Thanksgiving.

My biggest hope is that we will somehow find a way to prevent the Democrats from instituting socialized medicine. If we cannot avoid this, I honestly have no clue what options I will have left. Where could I go on this Earth to avoid socialized medicine?

In other news, my desktop died today. Man, it was just a bad day all the way around.

Almost more than anything else, I feel so cheated that I cannot be thoroughly thrilled over the fact that we just elected the first African American President of the United States. I am so disappointed that I can’t be happy about this. Ever since I left that segregated first grade classroom all those years ago, I have been looking forward to the day when we could get beyond that bigotry and look up to a black President. But I am literally so disheartened that of all the African American presidents we could have had, we got him. Of all the brilliant, qualified, dignified, exceptional African Americans we could have had, we got Obama. We got a man with no experience, no credentials, no solid record, a plethora of questionable associates, and goodness knows what else.
And worst of all, if he fails spectacularly, if his leadership leaves us more vulnerable, more unstable, and more bitter, he will have made the climb to the Presidency that much harder for an African American leader who is qualified, who is exceptional, who is experienced, who is a good and proven leader. I really wish I could be happy about this historic day, but I can’t, because of who this leader is.

Lastly, President Obama is not my President. He will not be, unless by some miracle, he really can turn this country around without digging us deeper into the hell hole of socialism. Barring that, Barack Hussein Obama will never be my president. And that makes me so very sad indeed.

Please feel free to share your thoughts. I’ll probably add more as I continue to make sense of the thoughts whirling through my mind.

I came across a brilliant essay online a couple days ago that has successfully compiled some of the most important and often discussed arguments against Barack Obama. I’ve thought a couple times about compiling an essay of my own, but thanks to a bad case of the flu that just wouldn’t go away, I was never able to write one myself. Although this essay does leave out a few of my favorites, it does cover many, many important and essential elements that – in my opinion – every voter should know about. So for that reason, I would urge all of you to check out:

CLOSING THE DEAL

I’ve read absolutely everything on that page, watched all the videos, and absolutely everything on that website corresponds with my own personal research. They’ve done a brilliant job of linking to all their references, providing absolute evidence, and backing up each of their claims. Please, take the time to read and consider what they have to say. Trust me, it’s worth it.
If you would like to see my own “Must See” posts and issues, I’ve added a Must See category to this blog and sorted various entries accordingly. Click here to check it out.

Here we are. November 4th. V-Day. It’s time to vote people. I’m working on a final reminder and a final summation, but as I continue working on that, I thought I would share another reminder regarding the flip-flops and lies of Barack Obama. I’ve been talking to a close friend of mine over the past couple weeks. He’s one of the few friends of mine that I trusted in telling them about this website, I knew they would not attack me so personally as many of my friends and family have. When I told this particular friend about this site, his reaction was, “Fabulous! I don’t have the time to do the research myself, you tell me what you found!” That statement launched a big discussion that only just pretty much ended tonight. His final statement said, essentially, that he was concerned about two things – who amongst the two candidates could he trust to be the most honest, and who was the most concerned about justice and equality for everyone, even those outside our nation.
I’ve been thinking about those two questions all night, so when I came across this video, I knew I just had to post it as a reminder to all of us, whether you know who you’re voting for or are still undecided. Here are the outright lies uttered from the mouth of Barack Obama, just during this long, drawn out campaign process. Enjoy.

In this very tough, critical, and potentially dangerous time, don’t we want someone we have known, who we can trust? Do we want someone who has been allowed to massage his ridiculously small and calculated record with rhetoric, or do we want someone whose record is firm, concrete, and completely apparent? Even if we do not always agree with John McCain, we understand who he is, what he stands for. He can’t get around the facts, the history of his record, and – at least as far as I know – he hasn’t tried. John McCain is John McCain. Period. Can we say that about the political shape-shifter Obama, who will blow wherever the political wind takes him? A man who has said outright, in his own book, that he serves as a blank screen, upon which we project our own ideals, so that he may reflect them back at us to win our trust? I’ll say again, believing in a man like that is believing that a mirror will hold your reflection even after you have left the room. Does he believe what he reflects back at you? Does he believe the words that come out of his mouth, intended to appease you? We don’t know, we can’t know, because we don’t know who he is. Can we really trust such a man with the most powerful position in the world? Can we really afford to get to know him when he holds power over us? Do we even want to?

I will be hoping and, yes, even praying, that Barack Obama will not reach that power he so desires. I still have faith in the American people, that they will rely on that brilliant American common sense that has so beautifully guided us for so long, which we seem to have neglected in recent years. We need that common sense now more than ever. Those old school attitudes of trust, reliability, judging a man’s character by the company he keeps, by the steadfastness of his resolve, his willingness to work hard, and his commitment to character and integrity above all else.
Please, do your duty today and cast an educated vote. It is not only your right, it is your duty, but most importantly, it is your privilege and your honor to have a say in the leadership of our beloved nation. Take joy in that privilege! For how lucky are we that we get to participate in the history of this country.
Vote!

I’ve just found a wonderful complete scan of the first issue of Osawatomie, the Weather Underground’s newsletter. In it they lay out their plan to “revolutionize” our country, “working from the inside”, encouraging “organizers” who will work in “communities” and use “audacity” to bring about “socialism” in America. It’s a really interesting look at what the Weather Underground stood for, the messages behind the bombings. Check it out, it’s really enlightening, fascinating, and kind of depressing.
Click the picture to check it out.

One topic that is absolutely essential to my daily life, as I’m sure it is for so many Americans, is health-care. Unfortunately, however, I’m always completely disgusted by the way politicians handle this problem. But for the most part, the majority of my disgust is reserved for Democrats. Why? Because despite the luxury we have of being able to learn from the mistakes of others, we’re completely disregarding the plethora of evidence at our disposal and still pushing for socialized/universal health-care. This completely irritates me beyond belief, which is why it’s taken me so long to write a post about it. I’ve tried several times and just couldn’t get through it.

Before I explain why my life depends on our nation refusing the temptation of socialized medicine, let’s get down to some facts. The reason the Democrats are calling for universal health-care is because of the supposed crisis of the uninsured. They claim that there are so many millions of people in this country who are uninsured that we absolutely must drastically change our entire health-care system. What do they use as evidence to back up this claim? Their oft-repeated statement that 47 million Americans are uninsured.
That number sure sounds big, but there’s an even bigger problem with it: it’s just not true.

They’re pulling this number from the US Census Bureau, specifically their 2005 report on “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States”. Yes, in the report it does have close to that number as being “uninsured”, but the problem is, it’s just not that simple. The Democrats are completely ignoring the very important statistical breakdown of those 47 million people and what categories they fit into. This creates a very, very, very misleading picture of the current state of our country’s health-care system. So let’s break it down, shall we?

First off, the actual number of uninsured people living in this country is 46.577 million. That list happens to include 9.487 million people who aren’t even American citizens. Even Michael Moore, in his movie ‘Sicko’, agrees that being “an American” matters when it comes to getting health insurance. As he says, “That’s the only preexisting condition that should exist. I’m an American. That’s it.” Therefore, even according to one of the most liberal guys out there, the 47 million number is already debunked in one regard.

So now our total is down to roughly 37 million. Still astronomical, but not as bad as 47 million. Another big claim of people pushing for socialized medicine is that people simply cannot “afford” insurance. As Michael Moore said on CNN’s ‘Larry King Live’ on July 10, 2008, “And when you’ve got 47 million people in this country with no health insurance, they don’t go to the doctor because they can’t afford it.”
Surprise, surprise, the Census Bureau study looked at that issue too.
Of the remaining 37 million people who are uninsured, 8.3 million of those make between $50,000 and $75,999 a year. On top of that, 8.74 million make more than $75,000! That’s roughly 17 million people who ought to be able to “afford” health insurance, because they make substantially more than the median household income of $46,326. According to every study out there that compares income, cost of living, and health insurance costs, those 17 million people can afford health insurance! The thing is, they flat out choose not to.

So when we subtract non-citizens and those who can afford their own insurance yet choose not to purchase it, we’re left with about 20 million. That’s less than 7% of the population. Yet even that number is still inaccurate.
Why? Because the overall total of 47 million people also includes those who are temporarily between work. These are people who are going to have insurance within the next four months. A whopping 45% of those 47 million people will have insurance within the next four months. That’s huge. According to my calculator, that’s 21,150,000. That’s more than we’re left with! Of course, that has to be figured in with those who are not citizens and those who make more than the median income. But still, that begs the question, how many of the remaining 20 million were simply between jobs at the time this census was taken?

In addition to those who are simply temporarily between jobs, the fact still remains that the majority of those who are uninsured already qualify for existing government programs. But just like those who can afford it and choose not to buy it, so many people simply choose not to participate in those government programs. Why?! Who knows! But does their inaction warrant the rest of us sacrificing the quality of care we are already blessed with in this country for the woes that exist under socialized medicine? NO!
We already know that the elderly are covered via Medicaid. Every child is automatically covered as well. There are even programs for the disabled as well! I have a friend whose stepdaughter is profoundly disabled. Even though both of her parents and her stepmother could easily – easily – afford to pay for her medical bills, the entirety of her medical bills are covered by government programs. While yes, I’m all for providing care for the disabled, in my opinion, that’s ridiculous. And what’s more, my friend agrees with me! If you can afford health-care for you and your children, there is no reason that burden should be shifted to the American taxpayer. It’s ludicrous and it shows us just how far down that slippery slope we are toward socialized medicine.

That 47 million statistic is so inflated and I’ve already shown just how inflated it is. But of course, with the Census Bureau’s study, we can’t continue to subtract so easily, since we can’t easily break down how many in each category are temporarily without insurance. So we’re at roughly 20 million, along with the overall 45% who are between jobs.
But that doesn’t mean we’re done. Thankfully, The Kaiser Family Foundation, a liberal non-profit frequently quoted by the media, has done a similar study. They have a figure for the number of uninsured American citizens who do not qualify for current government programs and make less than $50,000 a year. That number is between 13.9 million and 8.2 million. That is one giant leap from at best 13.9 million to 47 million. And that’s a liberal organization.

There you have it, that’s the truth behind the myth of the health-care crisis in this country. Yes, I think it’s so sad that there are people out there who are uninsured. But the government cannot make up for our own choices in life. The government cannot sacrifice the quality of our medical care to make up for the so very few who are without insurance. Especially when there are so many other options already out there to take care of these people! There are many, many answers in the private sector to address this problem.

The bottom line is, inflating the truth will not do us any good. I hate that on such an important issue, both sides have now succumbed to the lie propagated by the liberal left. When John McCain mentioned this save 47 million figure during the debates, I cringed. If we can’t hold on to reason, if we can’t cling to the truth, we are truly lost. This issue is too important for us to lose sight of the truth.

Now that we have the facts out of the way, if you’d like to read about my own personal experience trying to receive treatment in a country with socialized medicine, click “more” to read on. Also, as an extra special treat, I’ve also included a cute – albeit anecdotal – look at the supposed crisis of the uninsured. So go on, click “more”, you know you want to!

Every time I hear Barack Obama opine on the woes of the middle class, I want to tear my hair out. The more he goes on and on about Bush supposedly decimating the middle class, the more I want to scream. Why? Because everything he says about the middle class is just flat out untrue. Taxes for the middle class have decreased significantly since Bush took office. If you look at the taxes from Clinton to Bush, there was a significant drop in the taxes paid by the middle class. Significant! And don’t even get me started on Obama’s promise to not raise anyone’s taxes. Obama has already guaranteed that he will let those significant Bush tax cuts expire. Those are the taxes that have significantly lowered everyone’s taxes, most especially the middle class. By letting those taxes expire, Obama will be raising your taxes! And that’s just the tip of the iceberg as far as Obama’s tax policy is concerned.
But beyond even taxes, Obama doesn’t even have any other numbers to support his doom and gloom claims for the middle class either. Even in spite of the major economic crisis we’re facing at the moment, we have not yet been in a recession, despite the Democrats cries to the contrary. The definition of a recession is two straight quarters of negative growth. Yet we haven’t even endured a single quarter of negative growth. Of course, this might change considering the housing crisis, but that’s the future, and Obama’s referring to the past.
Want some straight figures affecting the middle class? Median wages have risen 28 percent from 1975 to 2005. Inflation-adjusted median household incomes for most household types increased by roughly 44 to 62 percent from 1976 to 2006! That’s HUGE!
So where is this supposed Bush-caused crisis for the middle class over the past 8 years? The only crisis I’m seeing is the fair-housing Democrat-induced housing crisis, thanks to Clinton, the Democrats, and the expansion of the CRA during the 1990s, coupled with the Democratic-led committees that blocked every single Republican attempt to increase regulation to avoid this catastrophe.
Yet again, why is Obama getting away with this massive lie? Where’s the reason? Where are the facts?

Then I remember, oh yeah, it’s the media. I really have to stop being shocked by the media’s love affair with Obama and realize, they don’t give a flying monkey’s crap about truth or statistics or reason whenever it goes against their chosen leader’s rallying cries.
Therefore, it’s up to us to look at the data. That’s why I started this blog, after all. It’s up to us to talk amongst ourselves and figure this crap out. In that vein, I found a brilliant article from Reason Magazine about the truth of the middle class. Click on “More” to read it, it’s good stuff.

A friend sent me another great email that I just had to share. It’s from Glenn Beck’s radio program earlier today, where he spoke about precisely what “spreading the wealth around” means. But he did such a beautiful job of putting it in the context of today, Halloween. It’s a great read and does a brilliant job of explaining just how annoying and wrong the very idea is, when it’s finally seen in practice. Click “more” to check it out.