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Lest We Forget

Published at March 29, 2008 in Stuff. 0 Comments

We needed milk, eggs, a frozen vegetable and something for lunch. Just as the supermarket doors parted in front of me, a tall bearded man with a dimly lit smile bowed slightly and held out a piece of paper. I thought, “Geez they’re out early. I wonder what goofy cause this guy is pushing…ban exhaling C02, petition to save spotted tree toads…”

What I ate for lunch that day was a hearty helping of humble pie, as I read what the man had given me; now I share it with you:

With all the clatter of petty political one-upmanship and unholy clergy spewing venom from the pulpit, it’s easy to forget these freedoms can be exercised only because there are, as there have always been, quieter people of valor and integrity fighting to make it possible. I thought we should remember.

R.S.F.

So, That’s What He Means By Change

Published at March 26, 2008 in General Commentary and Domestic Politics. 0 Comments

Barack Hussein Obama is resurrecting the hatred, fear and division that most intelligent people believed was dead two or three decades ago. The “typical White person” that I know is oblivious to skin color and certainly no one was considering race when they placed Obama on a path to the United States Presidency. But apparently, while most “typical White people” have moved past prejudice and bigotry, many “typical Black people” have not.

I’m not even sure exactly what he means. What is the “typical” stereotype rattling around in his head? I have four granddaughters who are racially mixed and I never thought of them as either Black or White. They probably never thought in those terms either…at least I hope not. They’re simply four pretty little girls who go to school, enjoy life and have a wide circle of friends; all kinds of friends. I have a daughter-in-law who is Chinese. She’s damn beautiful and, I guess if you twist my arm to notice, I’d have to say she does look a bit different from me. She sports a full head of long hair, doesn’t wear a beard and is somewhat ‘bumpier’ than I where God built in those qualities!

Since “The Great Uniter” seems to need some kind of label, Obama has chosen to ignore his half-Caucasian heritage and opt into some sort of “typical Black person” category. I don’t know what that is either. I do know it’s unfortunate [and dangerous] that he has also chosen to maintain close ties with a retrograde anti-White, anti-Semite, anti-American like the not-so-Reverend Wright as well as a mob of additional bigoted hate mongers like Sharpton, Meeks and crazy Louie Farrakhan. What is more, Mrs. Obama seems to share these distasteful views and their children are being exposed to volumes of venom as well. These kinds of 1968 attitudes have no place in the world of 2008 and certainly not in the future of our great nation.

We cannot allow someone with the personal agenda of a Barack Obama to gain a position of greater power than he already enjoys and from which he should be ousted at the electorate’s earliest opportunity. His claim was that he’d bring the country together, not create racial division where political strife already exists. The price is too high; America can’t afford it.

He further revealed the true Barack with remarks hurling his loving grandmother under the bus and, apparently, he would do anything else necessary to win power. It’s actually very “Clintonesque” isn’t it? But I guess every cloud has a silver lining. His one benefit from all this seems to be the convenient diversion it provides for him. As long as these controversies stay alive he can continue to wax eloquently while saying nothing of substance, rather than having to field direct questions on the real issues fueling this year’s election; an area in which he seems to have major problems.

How about we get back to important specifics like The War On Terror, illegal immigration, health care costs, energy independence and the economy. These are immediate and critical issues, demanding someone who is everyone’s President. I repeat, everyone’s President! There will always be a couple of nutjobs who won’t ever get it right when it comes to race. We can’t afford to have one of them as the leader of our nation and the free world.

By the way…I’m pink not white, my granddaughters are sort of mocha not black, my daughter-in-law has these terrific almond-shaped eyes [I haven’t noticed her skin, except it’s softness] and my heart is heavy as I realize that we may not have outdistanced racial nonsense by as much as I thought. My personal thanks to Michelle and Barack Obama for pointing that out. Thanks, too, for reminding us of feelings that today’s kids have never had to experience and most reasonable adults of all races had already discarded.

R.S.F.

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I’m Okay…You’re Not!

Published at March 21, 2008 in The Economy. 0 Comments

Well, it’s working. After seven years of hacking away like a bunch of madmen with wood chippers, the Democrats have nearly brought the greatest economy the world has ever seen to its knees. Through sheer doom and gloom repetitiveness, they have managed to set a self-fulfilling prophecy in motion that started everyone peeking out the window to see if the guy next door is in financial trouble. Most people had to look at the other guy because they were doing just fine, themselves, so it must be him.

Am I blaming the Liberal Left for our current economic dilemma? You bet! As the Democrat drumbeat of doom continues, people are beginning to react to their fears instead of reality and it’s taking a dangerous toll on the American economy. I have a friend who cashed in all of his savings and investments to pay off his house because of the fear our economy will collapse and he’ll lose everything. His flawed logic tells him that, at least this way, his family will always have a roof over their heads. In the next breath, he wonders what is happening to cause the financial chaos that’s beginning to grip the country. “Oil” he says. “It’s got to be the price of oil. One hundred ten dollars a barrel is killing us.” The Left has actually scared itself into believing its own mule-muffins!

Hello…anybody home in there? It’s not just oil. It’s guys like this losing faith in the country and cashing in their chips that are exacerbating the problem. As a confirmed Left Wing Democrat, he doesn’t see himself as part of the cause nor does he understand the relationship between continual badmouthing of the economy and current conditions. Oil is expected to return to around $70 a barrel by September, the housing slump will eventually turn around and the stock market will soon stabilize…but my friend’s savings will never return to their former levels nor his investments go to work for him again.

Imagine if everyone reacted this way? Many will. Do we create another “Wonderful Life” scenario, throwing the old Savings and Loan under the bus or shall we have faith in our system, make certain big government bureaucrats keep their overbloated hands off the controls and conduct our affairs in such a way that allows the economy to self-correct sooner rather than later? Part of the answer lies in being certain all Socialist-leaning Democrats are soundly defeated at the polls in November. The rest of the answer lies in confidence and common sense from within our own hearts and minds.

R.S.F.

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For Love Of Country

Published at March 10, 2008 in Domestic Politics and Stuff. 0 Comments

My dad wasn’t a corporate magnate, doctor or lawyer. He wasn’t a Black, Latino or Native American either. The son of [legal] immigrants with barely a high school education he didn’t have a career, just a job. He was an average, hard working White guy who did the kind of work others didn’t want to do. Sound familiar? It should. The concept is nothing new except to a handful of Washington politicians who see open borders as new votes and never did an honest day’s work in their lives. Dad came home every night, tired, smelling of sweat and machine oil from performing a thankless piece of labor, then got up the next day and did it all again so the rest of us could have a better life than his.

There was no $350,000 a year salary as with Michelle Obama. He probably didn’t earn much more than that in his entire lifetime but he loved America and was proud to be a productive part of its fiber. He always loved this country, not just when it was expedient and the demeaning characterizations of a Michelle Obama would never have occurred to him. In a recent assessment of 2008 life in America, she followed up her ‘lack of pride in America‘ and ‘unite against the White oppressor‘ remarks with:

“Life is not good: we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents. “We have become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day,” she said. “Folks are just jammed up, and it’s gotten worse over my lifetime!”

Is this ingratitude and lack of respect the sort of change her husband has been talking about? Is this the attitude we want in the White House? Dad never ran for any office, performed on the public stage, affected national policy or shaped world opinion. He was sometimes bitter about life but never about America.

If Barack wonders why he wound up with the ‘fuzzy end of the lollypop’ in three of the last five primaries, maybe he should look to his left [or right] when he goes to bed tonight. If I were he, I wouldn’t let his bigoted anti-American bride anywhere near a microphone or reporter for the rest of the campaign!

Dad died twenty years ago but his labor union still sends their magazine and I still accept it to see what kind of pap they’re dishing out these days. The poor dolts they’re trying to brainwash seem to be lapping it up like stray cats with a saucer of poisoned milk!

As always, they echo the party line straight out of the Democrat play book and glorify the Socialist agenda espoused by both Clinton and Obama. Combined with Mrs. Obama’s cockeyed vision of gloom and doom, it makes you wonder exactly where this country is headed. Is there anyone left who can still think for himself? I guess we’ll know in November. If the Lemming sees its shadow, we can expect at least four years of disasterous Democrat decline.

Fortunately for me, Dad never bought any of it. He had substantially more wisdom than his lot in life would indicate. He’s the one who taught me about Conservatism. He was my Bill Buckley. He taught me to be proud and thankful for the opportunities my country provided. By his example, I learned to see the greatness in America and not dwell on the dark side in the manner of a ‘Princess Obama’. Sorry my dark princess, life is good! In our house, we voted against those who would threaten our country and used the pages of that union tabloid to cover the bottom of the bird cage. We still do.

R.S.F.

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By Our Own Hand

Published at March 3, 2008 in General Commentary. 0 Comments

The energy this country spends getting in her own way would better be invested against those who would threaten her. America is dying of self-inflicted wounds. What has happened to our pride and purpose? It seems we would rather follow the easy road to tyranny than do the work required to stay on the path of liberty and freedom.

We have a black candidate for president who has consorted with a violent criminal known to have bombed government buildings and a racist activist with a history of hateful statements demeaning Jews and Whites. He has been reluctant to reject these people, or their endorsements, and has failed to explain such relationships. His wife recently stated she only now feels pride in her country and has previously written of the need for Blacks to “join in solidarity to combat a white oppressor“. Another candidate is a female chameleon who has sold her soul in her quest for power and wears so many masks that her true identity is veiled even in her own mirror. Both candidates would replace the democratic foundations that have made our country great with failed Socialist programs which portend only social and economic decline. Yet these charlatans receive blind, enthusiastic support because it’s easier for us to let government bureaucrats minister to our needs than it is to take responsibility for ourselves. We have become fat and lazy.

We have allowed the media to shape our thoughts, third rate countries to form our policies and hack politicians to dictate our lives on everything from self-fulfilling prophecy about a failing economy to the elaborate hoax that accuses us of destroying our own planet.

Americans have forgotten the lessons of 9/11 even in the shadow of continuing terrorist threats and seek magical answers to dangerous questions because, except for a handful of selfless patriots fighting for freedom in The Middle East, we at home don’t have the stomach to defend what is rightfully ours. Instead of stopping the flow of invaders, we offer incentives for illegals to come streaming into our country and even consider legislation to eliminate our borders with Mexico and Canada entirely!

The first and second amendments are under attack, God is being removed from the public square, our children are being taught twisted history and huge chunks of our nation’s economy are being mortgaged to foreign powers. The American way of life is being subverted by enemies both foreign and domestic.

In November we’re not voting for a rock star, electing a war hero or crowning Miss Congeniality. We are voting for a President. The time has come to rediscover common sense and get out of our own way, if future generations are to enjoy the freedom and prosperity with which “we the people” have been so richly blessed but now seem so willing to relinquish so foolishly.

R.S.F.