God Bless

All my prayers go out to those poor people in Norway.  I wish they could have had a chance to defend themselves.  May God show mercy on their souls and those of family and friends they left behind.

Brokest Nation in History

Borders recently went out of business.  As recently as when I was in High School, it had the coolest, most cutting edge business model around.  It combined CD's with movies, and a ton of books!!  I loved it!!  Tons of my favorite stuff all in one place. 

Unfortunately in the last 15 years they have fallen behind.  The failed to start selling ebooks.  They failed to set up their own website, so all their online sales gave profit to Amazon.  They were contractually obligated to an older inefficient distribution model. 

And so I hate to see them go, but fair is fair.  They agreed to certain terms, it didn't work out, and now they have to sell off their assets, and start over in new jobs.  This is the responsible thing to do.  It means telling the truth.  Admitting where you went wrong.  And being willing to live up to your obligations and honor your word.  It is best for everyone too, because it is a clear, undeniable signal that the model Borders was using was a failure.  All that, because of a system that was only 15 years behind the times.

Well Govt is also behind the times.  They have signed on to several programs that are between 60 and  80 years behind the times.  The Democrats have used these programs to buy votes for generations now, and have built up those constituencies until the Democratic party itself can no longer exist without them.  These programs are so old and inefficient that they are doing irreprable harm to our government and our economy, but the Democrats know that without them they would be goners. 

So our country finds itself in a situation where the Democrats make themselves popular by creating programs to buy votes.  These programs ruin the economy.  And the Democrats fight tooth and nail to keep them because they know they can't survive without them.  They are taking us down, and either they have to be defeated so that our country can start to heal itself, or they will burn through the economy using all that money to buy votes to stay in power until there is no money, and no economy left.

Slow-Roasting

Going on Day 4 of straight 100 plus heat index.  It is too hot to blog!!

Stand for Fiscal Sanity!!!

Everyone should go to this website:

nodebtincrease.com

www.nodebtincrease.com

The Deal

I am glad that the Congressional Repbublicans didnt go for the deal that was offered.  The Democrats got us into this mess by spending trillions of dollars of other peoples money and now they want a deal where they get to spend another trillion today in exchange for a promise that they maybe will agree to 3 trillion dollars of cuts over the next 4-10 years.  Hmmmm does anyone really think the spendaholics can be trusted?  They need to be held responsible for the problems they have created.  The first thing that needs to be done is for them to fix this problem.  We need to find some kind of way to prevent them from going crazy spending money like they have been doing the last 70-80 years.

"Shared Sacrifice"

"Shared Sacrifice" is the new code word that Democrats are using to try to get more money.  They have already spent trillions of dollars that they didn't earn on their friends and pet projects.  They have been so enthralled by their own obsessions that they either don't understand or honestly don't care that their financial recklessness is ruining the country.  Even when they are confronted with the facts they come up with phrases like this as an excuse to try to get just a few billion more.  I hope the House stands firm.  They need to stand up for us and rein in this insane spending.  We need to stop trusting office to people who are obsessed with the power they get by spending other peoples' money.

Eat the Rich!!!!

Eat the Rich!@!  It has been the battle cry of the Democrats for generations.  They have used it to effectively get people to ignore their excessive spending.  They have divided they large majority who dont consider themselves rich from the small minority who are most wealthy and used envy to use that majority to abuse the minority.  This has gone on so long that most people don't even think twice about it.  But as a wise man once said "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money to spend!"  We have reached that point.  Obama keeps begging for "just a few more taxes!"  He promises it would only be on the rich.  But he has spent so much money that even if he confiscated EVERY single penny the rich have and left them starving in the street, it still would only pay for one tenth of the bill that he has racked up.  Abusing the rights of productive people will no longer hide the Democrats' spending problem.  People are finally starting to wake up to that.

Primary Buzz

I am starting to get more excited about the primaries!  It is really exciting that Michelle Bachman is neck and neck with Romney.  She is so principled and passionate that she would make a great candidate.  If the race stays between the two of them then it is only a matter of time before she overtakes him.  He is so staged and fake and has so many permanent black stains on his record that there is no way conservative primary voters will go with him.  It is exciting just to think of what all Michelle could accomplish when she gets elected.  She could reverse so many of Obama's mistakes that within 2 years she could have our economy humming along again.  And considering the circumstances of how horribly Obama has screwed things up (so much that even most nonpolitical people have to admit it) and how passionate and untarnished Michelle is (so that she wont just be another republican who says the right things to get elected and then turns in democrat-lite in office) there is a real chance that she will be able to get significant things accomplished and turn back the 80 years of democrat entrenchment!!!!

Minnesota State Shutdown part II

The proper organizations for "helping people" is churches, charities, and non-profits.  It is not the government.  When the government tries to use its monopoly of force to help certain groups of people it is by definition using the force of law to hurt other groups of people.  The danger is when people start to really honestly believe that it is ok and desireable for the government to isolate and use its force against certain groups of minorities.  This is true no matter who the government is supposedly "helping".  That is when the road to hell (Democratic fascism) is really paved with the best of intentions.  And that is why government has no business (and NEEDS to get out of the business) of "helping" its favorite clients.

Minnesota State Shutdown

I think it is great that the state of Minnesota is shutting down over the 4th of July week11  The Governor and the Democrats had just gotten too greedy, and were trying to spend WAY more money then they were taking in, and its good to see that there are still some politicians out there that will stand up for the citizens!!

Bachman jumps in!

I am really excited about Michelle Bachman getting in the race.  She is an interesting candidate that has a lot to offer.  I really like her approach and views on a lot of different topics.  And of course the best metric to judge how she is doing-- she is making all of the right enemies!!!!  Just seeing all those liberals get so upset when they are faced with someone who questions their authority and so called "compassion" makes me want Michelle to go all the way!!!

Double Dip Recession

the economic data just keeps getting worse and worse.  so many people are unemployed now that the government doesnt even count them.  the fed keeps on soaking us with so much paper money that our dollar has almost no value now and pretty soon we are going to be in for more inflation then we bargained for.

the worst part about it is that the people who are to blame are getting off scot free and are hard at work trying to make it worse.  treasury secretary tim geithner is going around trying to convince people that the worst thing we could do is stop the government spending spree that got us into this mess.  this is completely unacceptable.

Govt Overreach

every year the size of the federal government just keeps growing and growing.  Most people have just resigned themselves to this.  In fact most people alive today have never known a time when this wasn't the case.  

I think this is pretty sad.  I think people should expect more from themselves then just going along with this.  Honestly I think most people would be suprised at just how much they could accomplish if they had more control and responsibility over their own lives.

"Liberalism"

Liberalism in it's modern context bears no resemblance to what the founders originally intended when they said liberal. 

Liberalism has been hijacked by people who don't believe in individual freedom, restraint of government to constitutionally mandated parameters, personal responsibility, and self sufficiency. 

Modern liberals believe that citizens should be subjects of the state.  They believe that the state should have discetionary to pick winners and losers.  They believe that the state should provide the most important things for them in life. 

They do not believe in equality before the law.  Instead, the believe that they need to divide and conquer, by declaring certain groups of citizens as favored and protected, and other groups as unfavored, and fair game. 

This is a horrible perversion from what the Costitution means, and good people everywhere should stand up against it.

PALIN IS IN!!!

I was starting to think that Sarah would sit it out, but she decided to toss her hat in the ring!  I think all the other big names that have been dropping out clinched it for her.  Once she saw how open the field was, she couldn't resist. 

I hope she does well.  I think now that there is so much open space in the field, she will be the first of a sort of second wave of candidates that decide to take a chance.  I could see Huntsman joining, as well as Guiliani, and maybe Christie. 

Definitely shaping up for a lot of fun this winter and next summer!!!

The Big Zero!!

Obama's budget was voted on today in the Senate, and it failed by a whopping 0 to 97 vote!!!  It is so unpopular, and downright insane that even the most socialistic members of the Democrat party couldn't be caught supporting it in public!!

At least Toomey and Ryans' bills got 42 and 40 votes respectively.  These are actual serious proposals that could start the long process of getting our government back under control.  They are strategies to stop this insane government spending that has been ruining our economy, and to put it in check permanently. 

Daniels Out!!

This week we have had Mitch Daniels, Mike Huckabee, and The Donald bow out.  Couple that with Palin not getting in, and Newt's less then spectacular performance, and it looks like everything is lining up for Pawlenty to get the nod!!

I have actually met Tim a few times and I think he is a good man, and an honest leader.  He is definitely less then overwhelming, but thoughtful, and fair.  He would definitely be a good candidate to offer as a competent, quiet alternative, so that all the lights focus on Obama, and his incompetence. 

I think the primaries are lining up to be Tim's to lose.  It should be fun, and there will be a lot of less then serious candidates that make big waves, but Tim seems to hold the reins.

Antons Widget Fallacy

Antons Widget Fallacy

Badges?! We don't need no stinking badges!!

I love the fact that Obama doesn't feel like he needs to follow the laws as a President conducting a war!!!???!! 

If it's that limited and unimportant, then why the heck did you get us into it in the first place???

Debt Ceiling

I am constantly disgusted by the situation our country has gotten itself into. 

It should be common sense for any grown adult that if you spend more money then you take in, eventually you are going to find yourself in a pile of trouble.

I invite everyone to look for themselves at the mess that we have gotten ourselves into.  Check out :

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

When you watch that alongside news interviews of Democrats explaining, arguing, and even down right begging to keep spending every last dime they can get their hands on, they look absolutely desperate. 

These people need to be stopped before they ruin this country!!