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Un-Published Letters

Washington Post

February 27, 2011

Qaddafi, Gaddafi, Kadafi, or Kadafy?

With all the media coverage of the Libyan revolt against the terrorist/despot, Qadaffi, they can't seem to agree on the spelling of his name. Webster's dictionary and Wikipedia list his name as, Muammar al-Gaddafi. The New York Times has listed his name as el-Qaddafi, the Associated Press as Moammar Gadhafi, and the Los Angeles Times as Moammar Kadafi to cite a few, while others name him as Kadhafi, Kaddafi. Momar Kadafy and my spell check, as Khadafy. Maybe he should just be Also Known As: QGKdaffy.

Indeed, credibility seems to be lacking if journalists can't get a major figure's name correctly. Particularly, when the person is responsible for the murders of so many innocent people. Iraq's murderous dictator, Saddam Hussein notwithstanding, there are also been reported differences in al-Qaeda's terrorist leader's name: Osama & Usama bin Laden. The FBI's most wanted lists him a Usama bin Laden, while a dictionary lists his full name: Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden.

Regardless, they all represent brutal evils against humanity and should be identified by their correct names as such.

Los Angeles Times

February 25, 2011

Re: Brown: $25 billion in cuts if tax effort fails

Re: Green energy bill advances

Governor Brown's threat to cut $25 billion in state services if the tax increases are not extended is a challenge that ought to be called. Indeed, it's doubtful that California voters can be intimidated to extend the taxes when so many people are under worsening economic stress. Republicans seem ready to give in if Gov. Brown and the Democrats agree to curb and cut state pension costs.

Adding insult to injury, Californians will be facing large increases in the cost of electricity if the recently passed Senate bill nearly doubling the use of green energy is passed by the Assembly and signed by the governor. California is a great place to live, but not at any cost. Particularly, when gas prices are on the rise again, and government won't budge on producing more domestic oil.

On the other hand, with voters foolishly supporting AB32 by voting down Proposition 23, it seems that environmental zealotry has unduly frightened people into believing in the global warming hoax enough to be self-destructive by driving more business out of the state, driving up the cost of living, and driving our economy into the ground. Indeed, it's simply a stupid dilemma, absent common sense.

New York Times

February 19, 2011

"Watson" for president

I nominate IBM's "Watson" for President in 2012. Watson could link registered voters with our elected representatives, give us informed answers, and let us decide. DD (Direct Democracy) Watson may be the only way voters can get the truth and a balanced budget from Washington, state and local governments.

USA TODAY

February 18, 2011

Re: In Wis., pitched battle by unions

USA TODAY front page Feb. 18, 2011

Wisconsin's public employer woes

Wisconsin Democrat legislators walking out of state in defiance of the governor, the intrusion of President Obama's political machine -- Organizing for America -- and the Democrat National Committee's interference in state employee matters are unconscionable actions against Wisconsin's state sovereignty, taxpayers and voters, there and across the nation.

Indeed, there was a time when public employees were paid equal to or less than the private sector and not unionized. Now, they are unionized and paid much more for being far less efficient. Particularly, failed public school teachers who frequently go on strike somewhere in the nation without justification.

Our economic crunch is making it painfully clear that public employees should never have been unionized, nor be allowed to strike or conduct job actions against taxpayer/public employers.

Unfortunately, in a past life as California governor, Jerry Brown approved state employee unions, including the teachers' union, which have become the selfish interest monsters raising the cost of government far beyond reason. Question is, are lemming voters still foolish enough to keep Gov, Brown and the Democrat Legislature in power long enough to lead the state and Californians over the economic cliff?

What public employees fail to understand is that -- along with their salaries and benefits -- their union dues are paid with taxpayer funds, which are used by untouchable unions against public interests and the public good. Wag the dog? NO! That is unacceptable and must be stopped.

Los Angeles Times

February 11, 2011

Re: No-nonsense budgeting

Editorial

The Los Angeles Times 'No-nonsense budgeting' editorial praising Governor Brown for putting the state's long-term interests first is premature. Indeed, putting a halt to the sale of state-owned buildings is little more than window dressing for the governor's campaign efforts around the state to have the Legislature and voters keep the tax increases in place for 5 years.

State government's liberal ideology, size and inefficiency, coupled with over-reaching regulations are responsible for California's worse than national economic distress. If Governor Brown were to lead our state out of the social, political and economic wilderness, he would have to compromise by sacrificing partisan power to stabilize the decline, and turn it around.

He could lead the Legislature to doing that by allowing the tax increases to expire, lowering corporate taxes, stopping the implementation of the economy busting AB 32 cap-and-tax act, repealing over-bearing environmental laws, rules and regulations strangling the economy, and taking the state's hands out of local government pockets.

Governor Brown should put the state's and the people's long-term interests first by opening up all of our substantial oil and natural gas resources on and off shore.

The Washington Examiner

January 31, 2011

Re: Winning the future means getting out of the way

By Bill O'Reilly

January 31, 2011

Government is creating a green monster energy crisis

As Bill O'Reilly aptly indicated, winning the future indeed means government getting out of the way, particularly regarding energy. Between T. Boone Pickens admitting that he made a big mistake investing in wind power, the complexity and inconsistency of wind and solar, the fiasco of ethanol, and shutting down domestic energy resources, government is creating a costly green monster and a crushing energy crisis.

To avoid pushing our economy completely over the edge, government must get out of the tax-eating interference and intrusive program business, significantly reduce or eliminate the Energy Department, the EPA, and the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture. And all federal (public-owned) lands should be opened to energy exploration, production, and implementation by private energy companies.

Considering the probable meltdown in the Middle East, the United States must increase domestic oil, gas and coal energy resources now. Pushing for unreliable, expensive green energy at the expense of vast known resources simply won't do it. Hopefully, even if government steps up to dealing with the energy crisis, it won't be too little, too late.

Hopefully, Mr. O'Reilly will do us well by confronting President Obama with this dilemma when he interviews the president on Super Bowl weekend.

The Washington Post

January 30, 2011

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOVERNMENT

What happened to America?

The Ten Commandments of the consolidation of government power in Washington might give us a clue:

1. I am the Government, thy God. Thou shalt have no other power before me.

2. Thou shalt not be a parent, a smoker, a gun owner, overweight, or have independent thoughts.

3. Thou shalt not vote without undue influence or take the name of Government in vain.

4. Remember April 15th and every tax day, to keep them holy.

5. Dishonor thy father and thy mother because they have no power over thee.

6. Thou shalt not commit democracy.

7. Thou shalt be dependent on Government, attend public schools and be ignorant.

8. Thou shalt have thy life and property completely regulated.

9. Thou shalt file many lawsuits and bear false witness against thy neighbor.

10. Thou shalt covet anything thee wants, entertain thyself and worship celebrities.

Notice: These commandments shall be posted on every refrigerator door in America.

The Wall Street journal

January 28, 2011

Re: Culprits From Beltway Casting - Editorial

The Wall Street Journal

January 28, 2011

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was a costly exercise in futility. Panel member, Peter J. Wallison is correct in his analysis of the cause of the crisis, which cannot be diluted by those who bear the brunt of irresponsibility. It was the intrusive ideology of affordable housing imposed by government, and those responsible should own-up to it.

Lest we forget, it was former president Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) which was used by government to create the affordable housing boom. Indeed, the Clinton administration used the CRA to have HUD Director, Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Janet Reno intimidate banks and mortgage lenders to lower standards and approve mortgages to those who could not afford them.

The affordable housing mania was expanded by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under pressure from the likes of congressional finance committee members, Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Chris Dodd and Sen. Charles Schumer, along with Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines -- until government held or guaranteed more than two-thirds of the risky loans, entangled and corrupted financial institutions -- and brought the whole house of cards down.

USA TODAY

January 24, 2011

Re: 'My fellow Americans … '

(the speech we' like to hear)

Editorial - USA TODAY, Jan. 24

The real state of the union

USA TODAY's suggestions for President Obama's state of the union speech are commendable. However, the speech most Americans would like to hear and be adhered to, would be an admission by President Obama that he has been out of touch with the real social, political and economic problems in America, and that he would wipe the slate clean of unconstitutional government intrusion and back off the ideology undermining the country.

Indeed, two years of President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress have so seriously exacerbated a history of tyrannical government intrusion, over-reaching legislation, punishing taxation and regulations, deficit spending and insurmountable debt -- which have become so painfully entrenched in government and America -- that it is threatening to suffocate our lives, liberty, freedom, property, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness.

We simply cannot survive in a superficial entitlement society replete with social aggression, indoctrination education, party-divided government, political chaos, environmental repression, litigious insanity, economic suppression, selfish interests and extremes.

Instead of Democrats trying to elevate the memory of John F. Kennedy and the 50th anniversary of his inaugural speech to political sainthood, President Barack Obama should reverse the destructive course and say to Congress and the American people, "Ask not what you government can do for you. Ask yourselves what you can do for self-reliance, the restoration of our Constitution, our republic and democracy.

Victor Valley Daily Press

December 29, 2010

Decade of domain, decline and decay

As the first decade of the 21st Century passes into 2011, America suffers from two years of escalated assaults by the triple "D's" -- political eminent DOMAIN, the DECLINE of freedom, and social-economic DECAY. All things considered, it appears that we are in for a not so happy new year, or two, and a likewise second decade.

Those responsible for the triple "D's" comprise about 20 percent of our population who are statist-driven, liberal/progressive/socialists -- or however they describe and redefine themselves. They control politics, government, education and the media, which intimidates and jerks around the majority to dominate our society.

However, they are now being put on notice that this is not a 20% democracy. It is a constitutional -- majority rule -- democratic republic, which seems to be in the process of a restoration. As Americans have done time and time again, a spontaneous Tea Party movement is manifesting an awakening to reduce and limit government.

If we are to survive the long day's journey into night, and grab the light of liberty at the end of the tunnel, we must break the chains of authoritarian government. We must revive the founding of our unique freedom and self-reliance. And we must cure the infections of political predators, economic parasites, social maggots, and cultural rot. Only then, will each year become a renewal to the pursuit of happiness.

San Bernardino Sun

December 26, 2010

Re: Obama's masterful chess game

By Renford Reese

Political Science Professor Renford Reese's analysis of President Obama playing a masterful chess game against Republicans fails ideology smell test, but passes the expected college indoctrination exam for liberal/progressive/socialist thought. Indeed, in making the tax deal the president was playing his usual game of chump checkers by extending tax rates for two years, when they should have been made permanent.

Lashing out at voters -- who removed many Democrats from Congress -- as merely the simple-minded responding to conservative poison, grossly underestimates the power of common sense and the truthfully informed. The real deal is not nearly as complicated as Professor Reese suggests.

Alas, unlike the self-inflicted pain of government dependency and unsustainable expectations, when informed voters feel the pain of confiscatory taxation -- national health care, skyrocketing energy costs -- loss of property, freedom and liberty, and insurmountable public debt -- they know where the venomous bites come from.

Certainly, the enemy is not us. It is the highly infected education establishment spreading propaganda and ignorance at the expense of core academics. The enemy is the political elite and ever-expanding government culture. And the superficial culture of selfish interests, social aggression, political terrorism, and extremes.

Fortunately, the majority of the electorate are immune to chump checkers, government termites and mind bogglers. We are not playing games, and we have a message for violators of the public trust: "We are the owners of this country, not the renters. Restore the rights usurped from the states and the people, or be evicted."

The Washington Examiner

December 26, 2010

Re: Closing the books on the worst Congress - editorial

The Washington Examiner's 'worst Congress' editorial is on the mark, and should include the out-of-tune, out-of-touch bandleader in the White House, who is largely responsible for the over-reaching Congress. By circumventing the Constitution and the will of the people, President Obama is using administrative regulatory strong-arm tactics to do what he can't get done with legislation.

President Obama is bulldozing constitutional limits placed on government with an edict to have the FCC impose dictatorial intrusion on the Internet in the name of net neutrality, which is simply a ruse to control use and speech on a vast medium that has given the people more freedom and participatory democracy than ever before.

Coupled with ordering the EPA to impose carbon emission cap and tax measures on power plants, refineries and manufacturing -- and legislation taking over health care, finance, energy and industry in America -- President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are imposing leftist, confiscatory, economy-busting policies that will surely plunge the nation deeper in recession, to depression, to repression.

Adding insurmountable public debt to our dire circumstances makes Democrat a dirty name -- indeed, "Demoncrat." Hopefully, Republicans will turn it around, and not become "Repugnacan." We the voters have issued our own edict to government: "Do it right, leave it alone, or be gone."

San Francisco Chronicle

December 25, 2010

Re: Christmas 2050 - letters

By Richard Bailey

Richard Bailey's letter, Christmas 2050, 'Twas the summer before Christmas….." mocking the traditional poem is a sad commentary of another dupe who will stoop to anything to further indoctrination by extreme environmentalists and the hoax of global warming alarmists. If there are any toxins worse than air pollution, they are constantly being spewed by the Green agenda. Indeed, if over-reaching government doesn't finish off our economy and our liberties, the Green Grinch movement certainly will….

USA TODAY

December 23, 2010

Re: Amid doom and gloom, reasons for Christmas cheer - editorial

Amid the Christmas cheer, there is always reason to celebrate the birth of Christ, and the goodness and giving that comes with it. However, we may not escape the darkness coming the day after New Year's day.

For instance, the notion that corporate-corrupt green energy will satisfy the nation's need to increase energy output by at least 15 percent to meet demand over the next 30 years is absurd. Our needs will be further complicated by the negative effects of the EPA's January 2, 2011 marching orders from President Obama and his fanatic global warming zealots to curb energy from coal-fired power plants.

EPA carbon cap and tax emission regulations will affect all power plants, refineries and manufacturing factories -- and close 20 percent of coal-fired power plants -- which would subject 70 million homes to blackouts, and substantially increase the nation's electric bills with hidden taxes.

In addition, the people will face much more than hidden EPA carbon taxes in their electric bills. We can expect less income, less national security and a heavy dose of inflation in our Christmas stockings courtesy of our not-so-secret Santas in Washington.

Now that the Senate has ratified the nuclear START (Stop) Treaty, we can expect our missile defenses to diminish, our allies defenses to diminish -- the EPA, the FCC, the HHS, and the not-so-Happy New Year to bring in higher gas and energy prices, restriction of free speech on the Internet -- and much higher health care costs from intrusive government disguised as old St. Nick and Father Time.

As if a mountain of public debt, an out-of-control Federal Reserve, finance regulations and a second round of economic pain is not going to inflict enough damage -- the unrepentant Washington Grinches are doing everything in their power to bring America and Americans to their knees. Problem is, we don't bend that easily to unbridled power and tyranny. We expect our elected representatives to act and react accordingly, or be removed from office and replaced by those who will.

Alas, in California, we are getting a double dose of environmental tyranny against all businesses with AB 32, and foolishly electing Jerry Brown and re-electing Sacramento's economic terminators. Problem is, Californians need to wake up, get off their knees and stand up for survival. With California crashing, it could happen.

USA TODAY

December 21, 2010

Stop the START Treaty

Concerns that the START nuclear weapons treaty disarms our missile defense is alarming. Indeed, it comes as no surprise that President Obama and Senate Democrats are playing fast and loose with our national security.

To limit our missile defense systems, particularly in this era of expanding terrorism, is simply irresponsible and dangerous. Doing it to gain favor with powers of Russia -- who make no secret of their vengeful, underlying contempt for America -- is blatantly reckless and unconscionable.

Failing to face the realities of Russia's record of selling arms to our enemies, directly and indirectly assisting Iran's nuclear ambitions, and arming Venezuela's Hugo Chavez's dangerous ambitions in South America doesn't seem to effect President Obama's ambitions.

Alas, it's about as much of a concern as the President and Congress display by crippling our domestic oil, coal and energy resources, while continuing $6 billion in corn ethanol subsidies for a costly, mandated dud that increases grain prices, corrodes engines, reduces miles per gallon, and has an atrocious environmental pollution record that even environmental zealots such as "Friends of the Earth" and Al Gore admit was a mistake.

Not to worry? Not if we don't care about the unrestrained, insidious powers from within, blindly and purposely undermining our health, safety, security and our future. An abundance of strength, character, wisdom and caution is what we need, and should demand, from our leaders and our government.

Los Angeles Times

December 18, 2010

Re: Fox's unbalancing act - editorial

Frankly, as a Times subscriber, I was stunned by how desperate the editorial board must be to stoop to the level of George Soros-funded, Media Matters, as a credible source for attacking Fox News.

Indeed, nit-picking Fox News for accurately reporting on the costly government-run healthcare mandate for what it really is -- and questioning the reliability of economy-busting global warming nonsense -- is in fact, not only objective news, but absolutely necessary to an informed electorate.

The Times might as well face it. This era is not the liberal news business as usual, which have contributed to many of the the root problems caused by government in America. If it were not for Fox News' honest reporting, our people would less able to apply the brakes or make a U-turn on the road to serfdom.

Los Angeles Times

December 17, 2010

Re: Tax-cut strategy may not hold up

Call tax deal like it is: Obama/Democrats damage control

How far does the lame-duck Congress and the lame-stream media think they can go by insulting the intelligence of the American people? Apparently, for as long as they can get away with it. Indeed, the empty suits in Washington insist on calling an essential "no change" in the tax rates, "tax cuts," when none exist.

Instead, the so-called, "tax-cut deal," is merely the prolonged uncertainty of raising a decade of previous tax cuts in two years, which is little more than President Obama re-election damage control for the empty-suit-in-chief and other tenuous Democrats. However, it does little to nothing for a nation steeped in recession, regulation, insurmountable public debt, job loss and uncertainty.

Alas, innocent as it may seem, what we have here is playing insidious politics at any cost. Further economic pain delayed is likely to become twice as painful at the hands of selfish interests, and the injustice of social justice. Call it like it is: "Government Madoffonomics," AKA: Fraud. The cure: Shake off the predators and parasites, and turn it around at the ballot box.

The Wall Street Journal

December 11, 2010

Re: Clinton and Obama for Bush - editorial

Former presidents Clinton and Bush will be no help to the former leader of the Pelosi - Reid House and Senate wild bunch.

President Obama made a deal with Republicans to extend current tax rates for two years with a $120 billion unemployment benefits extension attached. House and Senate Democrats attached $billions in subsidy and tax break amendments for ethanol, Hollywood and other political pork, raising the so-called $700 tax deficit to a $trillion. Yet the lame duck the socialists among them, such as Speaker Pelosi and filibustering Sen. Sanders (S) Vermont, are being spiteful and vindictive in resisting any compromise.

That's the way our government embezzles taxes and debt in Washington's business as usual -- for the last two years on steroids -- to pass the $800 billion stimulus bill, and the $trillion(s)? national health careless law. And that's why voters are replacing Democrats with committed Republicans in the House and Senate, and in state houses across the country. The American people don't want tax increases now, two years from now or ever, and neither does our beleaguered economy. We want tax cuts and downsized government.

Lest tenuous tax and spend office holders forget -- and fail to follow the voters' marching orders -- they and President Obama will be removed from office in 2012. The only deal the people want is responsible, constitutional and honest government, limited to what we need, not what we don't need or want. Clean, single purpose legislation written in plain unfettered language is a start. Legislation filled with legalese, bulk fine print, and dirtied with add-ons and costly clutter is unacceptable.

Los Angeles Times

December 9, 2010

Re: Tax-cut plan digs deeper deficit hole

Bad tax and deficit spending math

Washington Democrats seem to be suffering from the failed education system, particularly in tax revenue and deficit spending math. The notion that continuing 2001 Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, known the "Bush tax cuts," will add $700 billion the deficit over the next two years is absurd.

How could there be a $700 billion deficit unless the Democrats are basing it on anticipated tax revenue as already in place? Indeed, naysayers are doing just that, even though the economy is steeped in government-caused uncertainty and there is no way to calculate tax revenues which don't exist.

Continuing the tax rates will force government to account correctly. If there is to be a $700 billion deficit, it will be because government continues to borrow and spend beyond its means. Bad tax and spending math has already plunged the American people into insurmountable debt. Government must either get its act together, or voters will do it for them.

Alas, California is the perfect storm example of diving into debt based on the false assumption of continued tax revenues during high economic times. That's irresponsible government at its worst. Pay as you go or suffer the consequences. California crashing is the result.

Washington Post

December 8. 2010

Daffy-duck Congress

This is not a lame-duck Congress. It's a daffy-duck Congress with a president that laid rotten eggs for two years. Fortunately, there's a people-friendly House ready to spread the American Eagle's wings. Question is, will it fly?

USA TODAY

December 7, 2010

What compromise? Who's holding who hostage?

President Obama, congressional democrats and the liberal media say congressional Republicans are holding the unemployed and the middle class hostage for the sake of extending tax cuts for the rich.

Contrary to misinformed belief, the irresponsibility of President Obama and the Democrat Congress have compromised our future and held the American people hostage to their agenda for two years.

Unfortunately, they will continued to hold us and the economy hostage until the Bush tax rates are made permanent, a moratorium is place on the debt, Obamacare is repealed, the grip on energy is released, and government is reduced -- if and when they are voted out of office in 2012.

The Wall Street Journal

December 6, 2010

Re: Julian Assange, Information Anarchist

Julian Assange is more that an anarchist

President Obama and his attorney general, Holder should have indicted WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange for espionage immediately after the first release of classified documents -- and our historical ally, Australia should take action against its treacherous citizen. PFC Bradley Manning is definitely a traitor. Sneaking those documents to Assange was treason against the United States for "….adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."

Instilling fear in potential violators of our national security and world security is an appropriate deterrent, as long as there are consequences -- including Sweden for allowing WikiLeaks to get away with it. Denouncing any of it is not enough when lives are at stake, if not lost already. No one can opt-out of a world steeped in terrorism and insecurity as if it were merely a computer game.

Traitors such as Major Hasan, the Time Square and Portland bombers should be indicted for treason. Indeed, ungrateful and treasonous Americans such as Jane Fonda, Harry Belafonte, Sean Penn and Danny Glover should suffer the consequences of their blatant betrayals -- loss of citizenship and banishment at least. Fierce faith and loyalty to country -- defending America and patriotism -- means everything to our freedom, liberty and survival.

The Washington Times

December 5, 2010

Re: Senate blocks Obama's tax plan

Phony tax debate

Republicans in Congress should hold fast to making the Bush tax buts permanent. All of them. Lest we forget, in order to get those cuts in the first place, President Bush had to compromise with the Congressional Democrats by allowing them to expire on December 31st, 2010. Those cuts were good for the American people and the overall economy then, and they are even more important in this recession.

Now, at the eleventh hour, President Obama and the short-lived Democrat-controlled Congress are playing spiteful games with political posturing and class warfare by bringing bills to a vote under the guise of making the middle class tax cuts permanent, and allowing the tax cuts for the rich expire. The problem is taxpayers making over $200,000 or $250 000 or a $million are considered rich by Democrats, when in fact they are the backbone of jobs and job creation.

Extending the tax cuts for a year or two is unacceptable. President Obama and Congress have been playing fast and loose with health care, the deficit and national debt for two years, with no results for jobs or the economy, which is unconscionable.

Time Magazine

December 4, 2010

Re: The war on secrecy - cover story

Denouncing leaks is not enough

Time Magazine's cover story rationalizing WikiLeaks comes as no surprise.

President Obama and his attorney general, Holder should have indicted WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange for espionage immediately after the first release of classified documents. Indeed, PFC Bradley Manning is surely a traitor. Sneaking those documents to Assange was treason against the United States for "….adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."

Liberals are soft on terrorism and see nothing wrong with PFC Manning, WikiLeaks founder Assange or the New York Times exposing classified documents. Their ideology of moral relativism is that 'there is no truth' stands in the way of passing judgment on what is good or bad -- right or wrong -- unless their "Simon says" it is or is not. In other words, don't bother them with facts or morals unless it fits their philosophical agenda.

The Washington Examiner

December 3, 2010

Re: Wave goodbye to Internet Freedom - Editorial

There is much more to the FCC's intentions than meets the eye. Indeed, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps recently complained that American media is 'not producing the body of news and information that democracy needs ... we have to reverse that trend.' Commissioner Copps is tipping the federal hand into what smacks of state-run media.

Coupled with pushing for the fairness doctrine and net neutrality, the Obama administration wants to control communications and information. That's scary and unconstitutional. The people must have access to unfettered freedom of speech, freedom of information and freedom of the press from any and all sources -- as long as it's legal. Otherwise we could be ruled by authoritarian government.

Unfortunately, that's where we're headed. As Edmund Burke profoundly said, "The only thing necessary for evil to exist, is for good people to remain silent and do nothing." (paraphrased).

The Washington Post

November 26, 2010

Lame-duck, lame brain Congress

The so-called Democrat-controlled lame-duck Congress has in fact proven to be a lame-brain Congress -- still bent on raising taxes, raising health care costs, raising the deficit, raising the cost of living, destroying jobs and plunging taxpayers into insurmountable debt.

Fortunately, reasonable voters felt enough economic pain to put born-again Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives, narrow the Democrat margin in the Senate, and show gains among the several states. Hopefully, this will help stem the tide of big government insanity sweeping the nation.

And it might, if it were not for the uncertainty dwelling in the White House. Indeed, President Obama and his administration would be well-advised to heed the warning votes of 2010 if he is have any hope of extending his executive position for another term.

If the president doesn't remarkably change his ways, there won't be another term for him or any other Democrat, including the majority in the Senate. of course, the entire matter rests solely on the performance and results achieved by the Republicans. The American people won't stand for any more nonsense, loss of freedom, liberty, security or jobs.

Too many Californians don't get it yet, but they will -- the hard way. Jerry Brown & Co. will certainly drive the social, political and economic points home to the lame-brain voters among us.

Time Magazine

November 27, 2010

Re: Time frames: What really happened?

Cover story

Frankly, I'm disappointed, but not surprised, by Time's slanted view of the first decade of 2000. What really happened to America since the turn of the century began much earlier in the 20th Century.

Our history, misinterpreted and distorted by the left, hardly defines or describes what really happened. Simply put, the progressive, liberal, socialist, left -- or whatever the next name for the insidious ideology becomes -- undermined our history, our Constitution, our education, our society, our government and our freedom.

Fortunately, there have been brief periods in time when there was an awakening to what America really means, such as the Reagan era and the short-lived Ross Perot false prophet betrayal. Now, there is an awakening born out of economic failure and over-reaching government that may very well turn into a time of reckoning for the soul of our nation. That's what is really happening (California not included).

USA TODAY

November 30, 2010

Re: Clinton blast leaks as 'an attack'

Blasting leaks is not enough

President Obama and his attorney general, Holder should have indicted WikiLeaks founder, Assange for espionage immediately after the first release of classified documents -- and our historical ally, Australia should take action against its treacherous citizen. PFC Manning is definitely a traitor. Sneaking those documents to Assange was treason against the United States for "….adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."

Indeed, ungrateful and treasonous Americans such as Jane Fonda, Harry Belafonte, Sean Penn and Danny Glover should suffer the consequences of their blatant betrayals -- loss of citizenship and banishment at least. Fierce faith and loyalty to country -- defending America and patriotism -- means everything to our freedom, and our liberty.

Los Angeles Times

November 26, 2010

California crashing

The results of the 2010 election makes it painfully clear that California is unduly influenced by a superficial society of socialist aggression, political chaos, selfish interests and extremes. Indeed, coupled with over-reaching government, punishing taxes, rules and regulations -- and a failed miseducation system of factories of ignorance and warehouses of indoctrination -- the once Golden State is sinking into the depths of deception replete with fools' gold and tarnished ideals.

All of which was corroborated by the elections of the liberal cabal headed by Governor Jerry Brown, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, and Attorney General Kamala Harris -- along with the re-election of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer -- and the passage of the wrong Propositions and the defeat of the right Propositions.

Hopefully, as California goes, the nation will not follow into the clutches of a one-party totalitarian state. Hopefully, the Tea Party-influenced majority in the House of Representatives, with gains in the Senate, and an imploding Obama presidency will preclude a total collapse of America before the 2012 election. Meanwhile, we must hold on to our liberty and keep a tight grip on our freedom.

The Washington Post

November 24, 2010

North Korea and al-Qaeda

North Korea's saber-rattling against South Korea signals the looming collapse of the Communist regime, similar to what happened to the Soviet Union. Both consumed their country's wealth with over-reaching communism, arms and armies -- starving their people.

Hopefully, North Korea won't go down by launching nuclear attacks. Hopefully, China will prevent that from happening. But hope is not enough.

Meanwhile, al-Qaeda and a nuclear Iran pose a greater threat to us, Israel, the Middle-East and the world. Al-Qaeda's obsession with crashing aircraft in America has been an over-reaction distraction for the United States. However, the terrorists are bound to attack us in other ways, by other means, with greater damage, soon and often.

We must have the best intelligence, deterrents and strong wisdom in leadership to prevent the worst from happening. Indeed, we have serious problems.

The Wall Street Journal

November 21, 2010

Re: Private Medicare plans are retrenching

By Avery Johnson

Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage plan is a model for Republicans

President Obama's health care reform laws intended cut of $140 billion from Medicare Advantage Plans will displace many if not most of the 11 million seniors enrolled in a Medicare program that works. Indeed, it's bad enough that the monstrous health care law has already caused insurance premiums to rise across the board. Add to that, employers dropping health care coverage for employees, or laying off employees because they can't afford government-forced coverage -- it's a net loss of more jobs across the board.

Congressional Republicans have indicated that they want to scrap the health care law fiasco and replace it with reasonable reforms. Of course, that should be done, and while they're at it, they should use the Kaiser Permanente Medicare (Senior) Advantage program as a model to save Advantage. My wife and I have been insured with Kaiser for many years, and we've experienced their growth and continued improvement in service.

Kaiser spent $5 billion over 5 years to completely computerize their medical files and information, making it immediately accessible to all their doctors and staff. For the past few years, we have been enrolled in the Kaiser Medicare Senior Advantage Program, which is very efficient and effective at reasonable costs. Instead of squeezing seniors out of Medicare Advantage, government should keep and improve it, and focus on Medicare waste, fraud and abuse.

Surely, 11 million seniors and many millions more can't be wrong about mishandling health care. We threw out a strong warning in the 2010 elections. Congress and President Obama have two years to do the right thing. If they don't, they'll pay the political price in 2012.

San Francisco Chronicle

November 18, 2010

Shame on Governor Schwarzenegger

When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in the Governor Gray Davis recall election, it was because Davis mishandled the California energy crisis and raised taxes, all of which was a devastating blow to California's economy and its people.

Since being re-elected Schwarzenegger betrayed the voters with tax increases and a potentially worse blow to the economy with the passage of AB-32 Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Then -- in the face of an already mortally wounded economy -- he was instrumental in defeating Proposition 23, which would have delayed implementation of the Act until unemployment was reduced to at least 5.5% for a year.

Adding insult to injury, the governor is still crusading for highly questionable claims of global warming, with his "Governors' Global Climate Summit 3," which was held this week at UC Davis.

Like most environmental zealots, Schwarzenegger's shameless push for costly carbon regulation and unreasonable green energy requirements will only serve to devastate California's economy further. Still, the irony is that it didn't deter the hapless majority of voters from electing Jerry Brown to lead his newly elected wrecking crew in knocking down the state, and grinding the people into the ground of economic ruin.

Alas, the only thing worth looking forward to is not having to spell Arnold's last name anymore, and letting him be known as just another political jerk. In this case, a RINO Republican with a lot of liberal baggage at home, and the audacity to suggest amending the Constitution so he can run for president. Amend the Constitution? Yes. With a series of amendments restoring the strict constitutional limitations on the federal government, power to the states and to the people.

The Washington Examiner

November 14, 2010

Overcoming the liberal revolution after the 2010 elections

The liberal/progressive/socialist revolution -- by whatever definition -- began early in the 20th Century, descended on American government and our society like a thief in the night, kicked in the door during the 1960s', and has been overwhelming our country ever since.

It is now up to the voters to overcome that insidious revolution and restore what was stolen from us: Our Constitution -- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- with freedom, and strictly limited government by the instructive consent of the governed.

The democracy of the spontaneous Tea Party movement -- and gains made in the 2010 elections -- is a start. The insanity running rampant in California is a more difficult matter. However -- after adding the Jerry Brown & Co. insult to injury, and once our inhabitants have suffered enough -- this too will change.

Los Angeles Times

November 17, 2010

Re: Charles Rangel

Too much personal power corrupts. That's what happened to Rep. Charles Rangel -- and too many people holding public office -- simply because government is too big and over-reaching at nearly every level.

Each house of Congress is supposed to police itself. It hasn't worked because they have become the political elite in the most exclusive clubs.

Rep. Rangel should be expelled from the House, but that won't happen. Government is supposed to police itself, but it seldom happens.

The American people and the states are the only safeguard, however, we are too limited by the corrupted institutions which have compromised our Constitution and usurped power from the states: Congress, the presidency, and the federal judiciary.

We must look out for ourselves, which will take a few serious amendments to restore the Constitution. Congress won't do it. Only the states can make that happen. It's a matter of survival, liberty and freedom. We need a Tea Party of the states and a constitutional convention.

The Washington Examiner

November 14, 2010

Overcoming the liberal revolution after the 2010 elections

Victor Valley Daily Press

November 12, 2010

Re: Wait 'til next year - Letters

Arguing ideology

Arguing the ideology with the political left is little more than an exercise in futility. Particularly, when the left is steeped in the insidious sauce of anxiety and uncertainty of liberal/progressive propaganda and indoctrination, which has permeated the education establishment, the news media establishment, the arts and entertainment industry and, consequently, government.

The socialist infection spread surreptitiously over the past 100 years to where it affected generations without really being noticed until the 1930's depression, WW II, and now -- in these dire economic times of terrorism. Nevertheless, the condescending entitlement culture remains clueless, expecting the most from the least, building over-reaching government and demonizing anyone or anything that gets in its way.

America's history of freedom has grown with the strength of a unique oak tree, spreading its branches and thriving, regardless of the abuses -- weathering all storms. However, lest we forget, tree borers can eat through the bark and feed on the life sap of our tree of freedom without being noticed, girdling the limbs and trunk until it slowly dies from the treetop down to the ground.

The question remains, the outer branches are bare -- and though our roots of liberty are deep -- are we strong enough to fight off the boring disease? The bottom line is, talk is cheap. Nonsense comes at great social, political and economic expense. We need something to overcome a superficial society of social aggression, political indoctrination, government expansion, selfish interests and extremes. Common sense is the cure, and it's free. Keep the tea party going.

Victor Valley Daily Press

November 7, 2010

Re: Trouble in the neighborhood (front page)

It's bad enough that the federal government intruded on the financing and private ownership of homes by intimidating banks and mortgage lenders to lower qualification standards in the name of affordable housing -- then influenced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase their acceptance of risky loans -- which caused the housing market collapse and the financial crisis, recession, job losses and home foreclosures that followed.

Government intrusion on private property has depressed neighborhoods and property values to such an extent that has affected the way of life of nearly everyone. Indeed, the long arms of federal and state intrusion -- particularly in California -- have been surreptitiously condemning private property with HUD homes and state-licensed group homes, by injecting gang elements and criminals into our neighborhoods.

That has been made painfully clear in our local area, wherein an elderly couple was killed by a group home walk-away, and two sex offenders who recently removed their ankle bracelets and escaped. One of them was killed by officers in Lucerne Valley when he pulled a gun on them, and the other who had been living in an adult residential care facility for mentally disabled men in Apple Valley before his escape and capture.

I live in the Apple Valley neighborhood where the adult residential care home is located, and it was news to me. I was aware of several other group homes in our area, including two juvenile offender homes and one other residential care home for the mentally disabled. Even more troubling was information about 26 residential care homes located in Apple Valley, which is far more than other communities in Victor Valley.

Surely, none of these homes or other government invasions should exist in private single family residential neighborhoods because of the threat to our safety and security -- along with suppressing our property values -- which is tantamount to unconstitutional government condemnation of private property. Then again, our Constitution is something local, state and federal government violate every day -- which is unconscionable, unacceptable, illegal and must be stopped.

The Washington Post

October 31, 2010

Voter remorse won't help when you're broken

The 2010 campaigns and elections will undoubtedly be the nastiest in recent history -- replete with lies, deception, personal attacks, abuse of power and voter fraud.

For all those who blindly voted for a Congress that put Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in charge, then elected Barack Obama as President: Voter remorse won't help when you're broken.

Indeed, if you haven't wised-up to the dirty deeds passed by the Congress and signed by the President -- and you vote for them again in this election and in the 2012 presidential election -- you might as well step up on a chair, put the economic noose around your neck, and step off.

Alas, beating your head against the symbolic social, political and economic walls leaves your ideals bruised, your freedoms bleeding, your liberty legs wobbling and your wallet empty.

Tea Party people know what's at stake, and that means the vast majority of Americans are determined to survive and prosper. And that's why it's so important to have truthfully informed voters in charge of government by consent of the governed.

Los Angeles Times

October 28, 2010

Voter-assisted economic suicide

As if voters aren't suffering enough from the economic crash -- and the Washington-aggravated aftermath -- the worst case scenario for California will be the election of Jerry Brown and the slate of Democrats for the executive branch, the retention of a large Democrat majority in the Legislature, and the passage of Propositions 19, 21, 24, 25 and 27.

Indeed, driving the national economy into a ditch is mild compared to our state government and political zealots driving California's economy over a 2010-foot cliff, in a union-driven green machine. If voters don't at least pass Proposition 23 and defeat Proposition 25, that would certainly result in voter-assisted economic suicide.

San Bernardino Sun

October 26, 2010

California's worst case scenario

Though there is hope on the horizon for congressional elections, hopefully, California's worst case scenario won't materialize as a result of the people's vote November 2, 2010. Indeed, as it is often said, as California goes, so goes the nation. However, since the national social, political and economic meltdown jerked most people to their senses, California government has played its usual suspects role of Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman's, "What? Me worry?

Unfortunately, California has a long decaying history of progressive political ideology, more so than most of the country. Alas, if it were not for a few bright spots such as Governor Ronald Reagan, the Proposition 13 backlash, and the energy crisis recall of Governor Gray Davis -- California would be even further along to becoming a socialist state under the indoctrination of bureaucrats, public education's factories of ignorance, extreme environmentalists, and the entitlement culture. In effect, under the benevolent dictatorship of the ruling elite.

As if voters aren't suffering enough from the economic crash, the worst case scenario for California will be the election of Jerry Brown and the slate of Democrats for the executive branch, the retention of a large Democrat majority in the Legislature, and the passage of Propositions 19, 21, 24, 25 and 27. That would certainly amount to voter-assisted state suicide, and ensure the demise of the California economy. Surely, the worst scenario would not be complete without remembering the gross mistake of electing RINO, Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor instead of Tom McClintock.

On the other hand, there is a better case scenario of electing Meg Whitman and the Republican slate, plus passing only Propositions 20, 22, 23, and 26 as a matter of survival. Clearly, the best case scenario would be to break the progressive stranglehold on Sacramento, including the public miseducation money-pit, with a voter initiative repealing Proposition 98's grip on half of the state budget. As always, it's up to we the people to be self-sufficient and responsible, and limiting government to only that which is necessary to ensure our security, liberty and freedoms. I, for one, have already voted to survive.

The Washington Examiner

October 25, 2010

Re: No more bailouts for Fannie and Freddie

Indeed, the horror story leading to our economic meltdown is deeply rooted in circumventing the Constitution with government intrusion and manipulation of free enterprise for the sake of affordable housing. The condensed chronology leading to the crash is not a pretty picture:

1977 - President Jimmy Carter signed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) for affordable housing in all areas.

1995 - President Clinton's administration -- HUD Director Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Janet Reno -- used the CRA to intimidate banks and mortgage lenders to lower qualification standards for homebuyers.

2000 - Banks and mortgage lenders began sub-prime lending to offset affordable housing pressure. Risky housing investment escalated.

2004 - Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Chris Dodd and Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines pushed affordable housing lending by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even though the housing market bubble was growing out of control.

2006 - Risky government-backed mortgage securities were bundled with secure mortgages and marketed heavily.

2008 - The housing bubble finally exploded -- banks were long on risk exposure, short on capital and the economy crashed.

2009 - 2010 - Coupled with the bank, finance and auto industry bailouts, the continuous bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the so-called stimulus package, financial regulation, energy regulation, and the nationalization of health care, government is overwhelming the economy and the nation with job and business losses, home foreclosures, over-reaching regulations and $trillions in debt.

Surely, if this continues unabated, President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress will have gone a long way in breaking our economic backs and making the American people dependent on government. On the other hand, that's the socialist ideology, isn't it?

The Victor Valley Daily Press

October 20, 2010

Re: Today's Editorial and Letters to the Editor

It's getting worse

Jerry Brown's record is available to voters

A perfect storm brewing in California

Today's Daily Press Opinion Page reflects cautious optimism about a change in the control of Congress and a warning against electing Jerry Brown as the governor of California. With the angry wave of Tea Party-inspired voters poised to put Republicans back in control of the House and possibly the Senate, there is hope that a political moratorium will be placed on the reckless legislation, debt and spending coming out of Washington against the nation.

There is, however, ample reason for skepticism considering the fact that since the 1994 Newt Gingrich-led Contract with America controlled spending and balanced the budget, Republicans lost power in Congress and went along to get along, allowing the housing market crash that crushed the economy. Of course, all of us are painfully aware of what congressional and presidential abuse of power have done to make it worse -- if not checked -- probably terminal.

California, on the other hand -- replete with saturation political ads -- is facing a reckoning with what promises to become a social, political and economic perfect storm descending after election day, November 2, 2010. Indeed, our already critically battered, wounded and grossly unprepared state is now suffering from coerced compromise making us vulnerable to voter-assisted suicide.

If the Democrat cabal of Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris and Dave Jones are elected governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and insurance commissioner -- respectively. And Propositions 19, 21, 24,25 and 27 are passed. The perfect storm will surely fall upon us with a vengeance, and most of us -- including those who voted for helping develop the storm -- will not survive the onslaught of damages.

Alas, even if Republican Meg Whitman & Co. are elected -- and our self-defense Propositions 20, 22, 23 and 26 pass -- it is highly unlikely that we can survive the strangleholds of the Democrat-controlled legislature, debt-ridden government, the liberal state news media, the tyranny of extreme environmentalist machines, and the teacher union/unions cartel. Sadly, it doesn't seem to matter that we are saddled with economy and freedom-inhibiting taxes, fees, laws, rules and regulations -- a costly and dismal public miseducation system -- overwhelming entitlement programs, and facing imminent bankruptcy.

It is often said, and how true it is, that as California goes, so goes the nation. In this dilemma, however, California is a runaway train on a dead-end track.

The Wall Street Journal

October 18, 2010

Re: California's cap-and-trade war

Editorial - WSJ

October 18, 2010

Thank you for the editorial regarding California's cap-and-trade war over Proposition 23. We are indeed defending ourselves against environmental zealots and the green machine that has already damaged our state's economy beyond recognition, not to mention the economy of the nation.

It is painfully clear that California's liberal Legislature and government are poised to do more damage to our economy by implementing an even harsher blow by global warming advocates' manipulated studies and junk science, with their carbon emission legislation AB 32 -- which is being challenged from the trenches of democracy with Proposition 23. If passed, the ballot measure would not repeal, but would suspend the implementation of AB 32 until unemployment fell to 5.5% or less for one year. However, even if Proposition 23 passes, the Legislature has S. 722 ready to bring it back in another form.

Governor Schwarzenegger has certainly betrayed Californians by turning into the "Terminator" of the economy with higher fees and taxes -- touting AB 32 as his crowning achievement, when in fact it will be a job-killing cost of living booster. Indeed, a liberal lemming election of Jerry Brown as governor would surely lead to economic suicide.

The angry wave of voters generating across the country against over-reaching government comes from a social, political and economic aftershock caused by President Obama and the political party in power shaking the foundations of our nation at the worst possible time. Indeed, in the absence of a cap-and-trade energy tax bill being passed by Congress, Obama's Environmental Protection (global warming) Agency is poised to cast a wide net of heavy-handed rules and regulations controlling carbon emissions at the expense of what is left of our nation's economy.

Coupled with Obama's EPA striking out against Texas and all states by pre-empting the permit process -- in favor of illegal carbon rules that will stall or prohibit energy exploration and production to force costly/unreliable green energy upon the land -- the blatant abuse of political power will certainly drive the cost of energy and the cost of living to unbearable levels.

The Washington Examiner

October 17, 2010

Re: Dems target conservative speech

By Michelle Malkin

The Washington Examiner

October 17, 2010

Michelle Malkin is on the mark as usual with her insightful political analysis. In self defense, Karl Rove should be commended for pushing back against the blatant, mudslinging lies thrown at him by the Democratic National Committee with a TV ad falsely accusing him, former GOP National Chairman, Ed Gillespie, and the groups they advise and raise funds for of taking secret foreign money to influence our elections. Surely, the stakes of damaging our democracy are raised when the DNC falsely accuses opponents of crimes.

Indeed, the president's scurrilous attacks against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- coupled with Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Max Baucus sending the IRS out against tax exempt 501c political opponents -- is clear and convincing evidence that President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are anti-free enterprise and anti-free political speech by any and all opposition.

As if that wasn't bad enough, the far left Move-On organization -- which so strongly supported Obama's election as his left money arm -- pulled a sneak attack against the Target retail corporation in a Minnesota election campaign. Lest we forget, Move-on was established during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal to defend him against, "The politics of personal destruction," and move-on. And they did -- to a heightened brand of social, political and economic destruction of their enemies (with the help of the destroyer himself, George Soros). Lies and deceit means nothing to them, even to wrongly exploit volatile gay rights activists as attack dogs against one of the finest retail institutions, Target.

Considering a rapid and hostile record of seizing control of health care, industry, finance, housing and energy -- if anyone is a threat to free speech, free enterprise, freedom, liberty and our democracy, it is President Obama, the DNC & Co.

The Washington Times

October 15, 2010

Re: Obama shafts the economy - editorial

The Washington Times

October 14, 2010

President Obama & Co. are doing much more to us than shafting the economy.

Indeed, the spontaneous, angry waves of voters being generated across the country against over-reaching government comes from social, political and economic aftershocks caused by President Obama's abuse of power, which is shaking the very foundations of our nation at the worst possible time.

The most disturbing realization for voters is the fact that Obama's presidency is becoming dictatorial, with monarchial declarations, edicts and executive orders disregarding the economic consequences of bureaucratic inefficiency, waste, fraud and abuse inherent in most government programs.

Coupled with the legislative mania of the Democrat-controlled Congress, and the Supreme Court hanging by a thread, White House power grabs over health care, the auto industry, finance, housing and energy leaves our failing economy and our country steeped in fear, anxiety and uncertainty.

Surely, the diagnosis points to President Obama & Co. as an ideological malignant cancer metastasizing throughout America -- which would likely become terminal with a second term….

The Wall Street Journal

October 14, 2010

Re: I am no threat to democracy

By Karl Rove

WSJ - October 14, 2010

Obama & Co. are a threat to democracy

Karl Rove should be commended for pushing back against the blatant, mudslinging lies thrown at him by the Democratic National Committee with a TV ad falsely accusing him, former GOP National Chairman, Ed Gillespie, and the groups they advise and raise funds for of taking secret foreign money to influence our elections. Surely, the stakes of damaging our democracy are raised when the DNC falsely accuses opponents of crimes.

The Washington Examiner

October 14, 2010

Re: Salazar's sleight of hand in Gulf drilling - editorial

The Washington Examiner is correct in its skepticism over lifting the drilling ban in the Gulf. The political caveats against actual drilling and production are overwhelming. Indeed, the measured lift on the ban that was scheduled to be lifted shortly after the November elections is simply a deceitful campaign gesture by the Obama administration to help fellow Democrats, primarily threatened incumbents.

Surely, new offshore drilling regulations are so onerous that it will inhibit most of not all offshore oil drilling and production, even in shallow waters. The marching orders for Interior Secretary Salazar and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are painfully clear. Halt and/or endlessly delay permits for exploration, drilling and production of oil -- on or offshore -- natural gas, and coal. And march ahead with any and all green energy at any cost.

Regardless, the impact on the economy, jobs and the people's cost of living will be severe during these worst of economic times. As if extreme environmentalists -- over-reaching, reactionary government -- and the serial abuse of political power would even notice. Alas, it is indeed, time for serious change.

The San Bernardino Sun

October 12, 2010

Re: Don’t let state grab local money

SB Sun - editorial

October 10, 2010

Inept California government keeps digging one budget hole to fill another

Once again, California government has proven inept in handling the state budget, leaving at least a $10 billion deficit for the next administration. Indeed, more borrowing, diverting, and banking on a $4 billion handout from the feds makes it highly probable that the deficit will grow even more -- much more.

Playing fast and loose with the real estate boom, while spending and depending on that as a tax base to satisfy heavy-handed selfish interests, was grossly irresponsible at best. Then raising taxes and more taxes disguised as fees, along with stealing from local governments was and is blatant abuses of power.

Hopefully, the appropriate ballot measures -- such as Propositions 20, 22, 23 and 26 -- will pass to help restrain out-of-control government until long overdue social, political and economic sanity is restored in Sacramento.

Surely, a bold move by the next governor should be to eliminate the $10 billion deficit by eliminating the $10 billion in entitlements to illegal aliens. If not, an activist-court-proof ballot initiative should be passed to resolve the matter once and for all.

The Wall Street Journal

October 11, 2010

Re: Shutting up business & Shootout at the EPA Corral - editorials

Tyranny by any definition

As if indenturing taxpayers with insurmountable debt without results in the worst of economic times wasn't over-reaching government's abuse of power enough, the WSJ's, Shutting up business & Shootout at the EPA Corral editorials make it painfully clear that the President Obama and his designated hitters are abusing their powers by strong-arming election campaign opponents, and states that are not falling into line with the EPA's green energy marching orders.

Indeed, the president's attacks against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- and Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Max Baucus sending the IRS out against tax exempt 501c political opponents -- is clear and convincing evidence that President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are anti-free enterprise and anti-free political speech by any and all opposition.

Coupled with Obama's EPA striking out against Texas and all states with illegal clean air laws -- pre-empting the permit process in favor of illegal carbon rules that will stall or prohibit energy exploration and production to force costly/unreliable green energy upon the land -- is a blatant abuse of power that will certainly drive the cost of energy and the cost of living to unbearable levels.

Surely, it's been harmful enough that -- no matter how they try to mask it -- Democrats (Clinton/Reno/Cuomo, Frank/Dodd/Schumer) are responsible for the irresponsible housing boom that crashed the economy in the name of forced affordable housing. Finishing off the economy by seizing control of health care, housing, finance, industry and energy at any cost is tyranny by any definition -- particularly when the Obama regime shuts down the opposition by any means necessary. Voter revolts on November 2nd and 2012 are the only hope, if we are to survive the political onslaught -- impeachment before 2012, if necessary.

The Washington Examiner

October 9, 2010

Re: Signs of waste and fraud in Obama's stimulus program

The Washington Examiner - editorial

October 7, 2010

President Obama & Co. are a malignant cancer metastasizing in America

President Obama and his administration glossing over the waste, fraud and abuse with rave reports on the success of his stimulus program comes as no surprise. Indeed, the so-called $814 billion stimulus package is little more than a political power slush fund of national debt that was never intended to stimulate anything more than one-time government projects, political favors and obligations.

Shoveling over $500 billion in stimulus funds out the federal door has done little to nothing for unemployment, private sector jobs or the economic crisis. Rather, it's been like dropping uncontrolled tax dollars from government airplanes to special projects and state coffers to delay the inevitable pain of going under for the first, second or third time. California, for example, passed a shaky budget based upon risky revenue speculation, including $4 billion in stimulus funds.

The most disturbing realization is the underlying fact that Obama's presidency is becoming more monarchial with declarations, edicts and executive orders disregarding the endemic bureaucratic inefficiency, waste and fraud inherent in most government programs. Coupled with the Democrat-controlled Congress and White House power grabs over health care, auto industry, finance and energy -- leaves the economy and the country steeped in fear, anxiety and uncertainty.

Surely, the diagnosis points to President Obama & Co. as a malignant cancer metastasizing throughout America -- which would certainly become terminal with a second term….

The Washington Times

October 9, 2010

Re: EPA global warmer's power grab:

Feeble U.S. economy can't handle a huge regulatory shock

By Mackubin Thomas Owens

President Obama & Co. are a malignant cancer metastasizing in America

Meanwhile, in California, government is poised to do even more damage to its economy by implementing an even harsher blow by global warming zealots with their carbon emission legislation AB32, which is being challenged by Proposition 23, which would suspend the implementation of AB32 until unemployment fell to 5.5% for one year. However, even if Proposition 23 passes, the Legislature has S. 722 ready to bring it back in another form.

The most disturbing realization is the underlying fact that Obama's presidency is becoming more monarchial with declarations, edicts and executive orders disregarding the economic consequences, bureaucratic inefficiency, waste and fraud inherent in most government programs. Coupled with the Democrat-controlled Congress, White House power grabs over health care, the auto industry, finance and energy leaves the economy and the country steeped in fear, anxiety and uncertainty.

Surely, the diagnosis points to President Obama & Co. as a malignant cancer metastasizing throughout America -- which would likely become terminal with a second term….

The Wall Street Journal

October 7, 2010

Re: Buffalo native makes it a street fight -- Democrats and 'Poisoned' Politics

Wall Street Journal

Taken together, Buffalo native makes it a street fight & Karl Rove's, Democrats and 'Poisoned' Politics make the points of aggressive, rancorous politics -- yet both fail to grasp the disastrous consequences of past acts and questionable intentions of the political class.

The nasty politics of smears, accusations, and counter attacks notwithstanding, in the New York governor race between Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino, voters should not overlook Cuomo's critical participation in causing the nation's economic collapse. During the Clinton administration -- in the name of affordable housing -- then HUD Director, Andrew Cuomo, along with Attorney General Janet Reno intimidated banks and mortgage lenders into making home loans to people who could not qualify or afford them. Which, of course was perpetuated by the likes of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Chuck Schumer and Fannie Mae CEO, Franklin Raines -- causing the housing and economic crash.

Indeed, 'mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore' businessman Carl Paladino is just what beleaguered New Yorkers need to kick butt and take names in Albany. Just as we unindoctrinated Californians need to do in electing two tough businesswomen, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina as governor and U.S. Senator to shake up the liberal status quo of irresponsible over-reaching government and environmental laws, fees and regulations strangling our economy over and above the national crash. Surely, New Yorkers ought to shed themselves of Cuomo and Sen. Schumer for the same reasons.

The new York Post

October 5, 2010

Re: Cuomo: Paladino smear hit my kids

By Fredric Dicker

The nasty politics of smears, accusations, and counter attacks notwithstanding, in the New York governor race between Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino, voters should not overlook Cuomo's critical participation in causing the nation's economic collapse. During the Clinton administration, then HUD Director, Andrew Cuomo, along with Attorney General Janet Reno intimidated banks and mortgage lenders into making home loans to people who could not qualify or afford them -- in the name of affordable housing. Which, of course was perpetuated by the likes of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Chuck Schumer and Fannie Mae CEO, Franklin Raines -- causing the housing and economic crash.

Indeed, 'mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore' businessman Carl Paladino is just what beleaguered New Yorkers need to kick butt and take names in Albany. Just as we unindoctrinated Californians need to do in electing two tough businesswomen, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorino as governor and U.S. Senator to shake up the liberal status quo of irresponsible over-reaching government and environmental laws, fees and regulations strangling our economy over and above the national crash. Surely, New Yorkers ought to shed themselves of Cuomo and Sen. Schumer for the same reasons.

USA TODAY

October 2, 2010

Cybersecurity or cybertyranny?

Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid and Senator John D. Rockefeller IV plan to pass Senator Joe Lieberman's S. 3480, which grants a newly appointed White house cyberczar powers over private companies deemed to be connected to the nation's "critical infrastructure." Banks, information technology companies, power plants and others would be directed to comply with any emergency measure or action developed by the (cyberczar) Director pursuant to a declaration by the President.

Ordinarily, in these times of terrorism and economic distress, I would welcome greater federal control over the Internet in the name of cybersecurity. However, not under the control of this president and a Democrat-controlled Congress. Particularly, when Congress and the President have already exercised excessive federal authority over health care, industry, finance and energy -- tantamount to federal tyranny. The next step would likely be control over free speech, democracy and the news media.

The Washington Examiner

September 7, 2010

Re: Sinking with Obama: Democrats plan political triage

By Michael Barone

Washington Examiner, September 7, 2010

Michael Barone is correct. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi will certainly be wearing the royal robes of the 'Queen of Hearts' as she and her court go about triaging "Off with their heads" to expendable Democrats in order to maintain power in Congress. However, what voters need is to deal a blow to Washington that will not only clean the House and Senate of Democrats and RINO Republicans, but send a message that clearly says, "We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore!" Indeed, we are America -- not you!

The Washington Times

September 5, 2010

Re: Public unions seek national monopoly

By Mark Mix

Washington Times

September 3, 2010

The news that -- if passed -- H.R. 413 and S 3194 legislation would federalize public safety union monopoly bargaining power throughout the country is troubling to say the least. Indeed, frightening when -- in effect -- it would be tantamount to nationalizing police and fire employees.

As a former employee in the California criminal justice system for 41 years -- it simply scares me -- considering the possibility of nationalized unions beholding to the federal government -- particularly police and fire unions.

Indeed, the State of California, the federal government, and the education establishment have already been seduced by socialist ideology. I recall my first years in law enforcement with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during the 1960's when there were no public safety unions, no paid overtime and we were encouraged to vote for Barry Goldwater for president.

As I continued my career with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, I just missed the paid overtime over the years, yet I was included in a public safety union. Now, it is well known and understood why the unions, including public safety unions, endorse Democrats for public office -- as teacher unions do -- for selfish interest power and benefits.

Dedication to duty notwithstanding, it's sad to realize the compromise is telling when my former union endorses Jerry Brown for Governor of the sad state of California. Alas, back in the day, dedication to the job was enough -- including the thousands of unpaid overtime hours -- because it was for public safety and security -- and the first line of defense for us. With nationalized police, the tables could easily turn bad.

The New York Post

August 30, 2010

The senseless 62nd Emmy Awards

Jimmy Fallon's futile comedy hosting the 62nd Emmy Awards kept things rolling through a meaningless rapid-fire -- often painful -- experience of reminders of just how dramatically television entertainment has fallen. Indeed, after suffering the shallow samples of everything on television from Glee to Breaking Bad, and The Big Bang Theory to Modern Family, plus most of other genre's of programming, there was little if anything of quality -- other than House, Dexter, Jesse Stone, and other movies such as, You Don't Know Jack -- left to celebrate in what has become the hollow culture. Surely, when TV is replete with unrealistic reality bombs and tedious series, the future of entertainment looks senseless at best. Alas, the only class acts appearing on award night were limited to Tom Selleck, Al Pacino, Tom Hanks and Edie Falco. It's simply sad -- longing for the old days of original thought, immagination and common sense, in a -- Kathy Griffin -- obnoxious world.

Los Angeles Times

August 28, 2010

What's ailing the West?

Senator John McCain secured his Republican primary election, however, he should seriously consider hanging up his spurs. Along with president Bush, his soft on illegal alien history is largely responsible for the breakdown of Arizona border security, yet he can't seem to make up his fenced-hopping mind between liberal give-ins and conservative betrayals.

California continues to lose its government mind as Sacramento ponders outlawing plastic grocery and shopping bags in the face of a $19 billion budget deficit, insane legislative habits, tyrannical environmental laws and regulations, a hostile business environment, and a failed education system held hostage by teacher unions.

Still, Los Angeles floats a growing $587 million bond debt to finish an obscenely lavish K-12 education monument for school administrators and fortunate teachers, not students. All, while the state water crisis grows favoring a little smelt fish over 25 million Southern California water users, and a -- too late -- $11 billion bond fix goes on the November ballot.

Then, there are Oregon, Washington, and New Mexico -- long lost to liberal infections -- facing bleak and hollow futures. Time to run-off the social, political and economic rustlers and bring back the liberty, prosperity and freedom of what made the West the best.

The Wall Street Journal

August 25, 2010

Transforming America -- completely -- President Obama's mission to complete FDR's second Bill of Rights

After his policies prolonged the crisis of the Great Depression by nearly a decade, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set America on a course to dependence on government. Using the Declaration of Independence, and a call for a second Bill of Rights toward the end of the crisis of World War II, he began the march to socialism, which was enhanced by President Lyndon B. Johnson and President Jimmy Carter. Now, it is painfully clear that President Barack Obama considers it his personal mission to use our government-caused economic crisis to disregard our Constitution, complete FDR's Second Bill of RIghts -- and more -- to establish the Socialist States of America. The American people simply cannot let that happen. Indeed, it would be social, political and economic suicide.

Below is an excerpt from President Roosevelt's January 11, 1944 message to the Congress of the United States on the State of the Union. It is prophetically frightening:

It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our people—whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth—is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure.

This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights—among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty.

As our nation has grown in size and stature, however—as our industrial economy expanded—these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. “Necessitous men are not free men.” People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.

Among these are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.

Time Magazine

August 21, 2010

Re: Is America Islamophobic?

Islam in America, by Bobby Ghosh/Dearborn

The Bobby Ghosh analysis of Islamophobia in America is somewhat naïve, preachy and condescending. Indeed, most Americans do not have a problem with Muslims or any other religion. We do, however, have a problem with radical Islamic terrorism against us, the Islamic barbarism against women, and the deadly intolerance of Christians -- particularly by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, America's politically correct culture is replete with sacred cows, complete with secular hypocrisy, environmental zealotry, and the deafening silence of cherry-picking feminists in the face of Islamic honor murders and tyranny. Nevertheless, we have good reason to fear Muslims who believe that America is "The Great Satan," -- and intend to annihilate us as they would the State of Israel -- so we must defend ourselves by any means necessary. That is not a phobia, it's a natural instinct to survive, by gosh….

Washington Times

August 19, 2010

Re: We can't afford this government - editorial

Indeed, we certainly cannot afford this overwhelming government, and we can't afford what's intentionally causing it. Some people seem to be baffled by President Obama, continually saying they can't understand why he does what he does under whatever circumstances. The answer seems to be simple. He, like us, is a product of his life environment. It worked for most of us, not for him. He's been contaminated by his parents, his miseducation, his socialist associations, and the underbelly of political corruption in Chicago and Washington. Not good for America. Fortunately, the polished veneer is wearing thin. Unfortunately, the damage he's inflicting on our homeland could be irreversible. Hopefully, America has roots deep enough to rise to the challenge and recover.

USA TODAY

August 19, 2010

Baffled by Obama

Some people seem to be baffled by President Obama, continually saying they can't understand why he does what he does under whatever circumstances. The answer seems to be simple. He, like us, is a product of his life environment. It worked for most of us, not for him. He's been contaminated by his parents, his miseducation, his socialist associations, and the underbelly of political corruption in Chicago and Washington. Not good for America.

New York Times

August 18, 2010

Solution for mosque debate at Ground Zero

Instead of tearing down the old Burlington Coat Factory structure, and building a mosque, New York should restore the building and the Burlington Coat Factory should re-open the landmark store. Burlington is a great American tradition, good for business, and with respect for Ground Zero. Problem solved.

Los Angeles Times

August 17, 2010

Re: Obama raises a quick $1 million - and some L.A. commuter ire

Even before being sworn-in, President Obama and his political Obamarama propaganda machine have seldom skipped a beat in selling the snake oil of the stimulus package, green energy, taking over GM, health care, finance reform and, immigration.

And it's all been so easy spreading that Obamarama around the country in Air Force One with all the presidential weight behind it -- at taxpayers' expense.

However, when he fails to produce jobs or improve the economy -- and uses that same Obamarama machine to raise campaign funds for the Democrat Party and congressional Democrats on the taxpayers' dime -- it's simply unconscionable and unacceptable. Particularly, when it causes so much havoc for local people trying to go about their already difficult business, such as the mess in Los Angeles and all the stops before.

Surely, whether he is re-elected or not, President Obama will certainly have driven the American lemmings to the economic cliff -- but while we are falling off, he will ultimately sprout the wings of former president and glide away safely with his family to the lap of lavish security for the rest of his life. Not bad, except generations of citizens will be paying for it with long-term misery.

San Francisco Chronicle

August 16, 2010

Proposition 23 should repeal AB 32, not simply delay it

Environmentalists against Prop. 23 supporters wreaks with obstreperous intimidation, which is contrary to the law of the California Constitution, Article II, Section 1. "All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it, when the public good may require."

Proposition 23 is an exercise of that right against the implementation of AB 32, which would raise the cost of living and be the final push of Californians over the economic cliff. Indeed, as if the costy infection of environmental zealotry was not entrenched deep enough in the state -- coupled with federal environmental aggression -- Proposition 23 should have been written to repeal AB 32 rather than to delay it.

California's government has abdicated its responsibilty to protect, secure and benefit the people -- as evidenced by the overwhelming growth of government debt, taxation, rules and regulations. The Democrat-controlled Legislature is responsible for our state's economy, education and unemployment ranking among the worst in the country. It's simply insane to make it even worse by escalating the cost of gas and energy.

A constitutional convention to alter and reform California government by raking it over the coals should be the first priority. Our survival may very well depend on it.

Wall Street Journal

August 15, 2010

Re: Obama defends plan for mosque near Ground Zero

"As a citizen and president….," President Obama's support and defense of the plan to build a mosque next to Ground Zero based upon the Founders' First Amendment religious freedom intent -- is indefensible. Lest we forget, it was radical Islam's al-Qaeda that viciously attacked our homeland, a symbol of free market capitalism at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, flight 93 and American democracy with a great loss of innocent life and property. Indeed, it was a blatant act of war by terrorism, as was repeated and continues throughout the world.

Selective use of the Constitution and the Founders' intent by President Obama and the secular socialist left cannot mask their malignant obsession to undermine our Constitution, our country's history, and our traditions of liberty and freedom from centralized power and over-reaching government. Indeed, government's tinkering -- turned aggressive -- pitting unqualified affordable housing against our financial industry, was the root cause of our economic collapse.

Surely, the parallel with radical Islamic terrorists striking the World Trade Center is obvious -- as that is exactly how they intend to bring down our nation -- with the loss of economic power. Alas, once our military forces withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran and the Taliban will take over those countries, leaving al-Qaeda and radical Islamic terrorists free to mount sustained attacks against the West. Building a mosque next to Ground Zero will certainly be an arrogant poke in the eye of America, which is nothing compared to our eventual loss of national security.

San Francisco Chronicle

August 13, 2010

Same-sex marriage is not an option

Federal Judge Vaughn Walker's judicial arrogance in overturning California's Proposition 8, then allowing same-sex marriages to commence on August 18th is indefensible and impeachable bad behavior. Marriage is defined as the legal union of a man and a woman as husband and wife. Indeed, that definition is steeped in law and tradition. It does not include same-sex unions of any description, nor should it -- ever!

Judicial legislation of that right under the guise of equal rights and discrimination is simply unconstitutional. Proposition 8 is a constitutional re-affirmation of traditional marriage defined by a majority vote of the people. Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Brown asking the court to allow same-sex marriage is blatant malfeasance, and their failure to defend Proposition 8 is nonfeasance and a betrayal of democracy.

Contrary to over-reaching government and the ruling elite's belief, the 14th amendment's equal protection clause, and the First Amendment right of free speech, the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances is not exclusive to entitlement activists, PC enforcers, and the political left.

Regardless, same-sex marriage is certainly not a right. It's an obstreperous wrong that only serves to demean and diminish the institution of marriage.

Washington Post

August 10, 2010

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have embraced the arrogance of monarchial elitism from high on the out-of-touch mountain top. And they shamelessly display it. Lest they forget, The United States of America is a constitutional republic, not a kingdom.

New York Times

Re: For politicians, a marriage of convenience

By Lou Cannon

August 7, 2010

California crashing

Contrary to Lou Cannon's assessment, California candidate for governor, Meg Whitman will have an edge issue with her support of marriage between a man and a woman. The ultimate question on same-sex marriage, of course, will be decided by the Supreme Court, which should overturn any lower court decisions 5-4. That is, if the Court is not affected by newly-sworn-in associate justice Elena Kagan, and associate justice Anthony Kennedy remembers Reagan and doesn't have a lapse in judgment and common sense, severely diminishing traditional marriage.

Alas, this unseemly debate would not be an issue in California if it were not for the state's incredible history of open-season liberal activism and intimidation, environmental extremes, tyrannical regulations and punishing taxation. Indeed, when hapless outgoing governor Schwarzenegger and candidate for governor, attorney general Jerry Brown both request judge Walker to allow same-sex marriages to go forward until the case is settled is yet another slap in the faces of 52 percent of California voters who approved Proposition 8. Surely, justice in irony would be administered if 52 percent of California voters reject Jerry Brown for governor in November.

Hopefully, the saying, "As California goes, so goes the nation" will not apply in these dire social, political and economic times. California is bankrupt in nearly every respect and it's crashing. The state's good looks and good weather won't save it this time, unless voters wake up from California dreaming, realize it's a nightmare, and elect a legislature, governor and federal representatives who will cut over-reaching government down to size and remove the heavy chains of regulations and taxation. Only then can we hopefully say, "…. so goes the nation."

The Washington Examiner

August 7, 2010

Justice Elena Kagan's first Monday in October

Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan will step up to her first judicial batter's plate on the first Monday in October. How will she play the legal season?

Liberal extremists and judicial activists have been jerking around the majority will of the people with the tyranny of the minority far too long. Indeed, openly gay Judge Vaughn Walker's personal conflict and arrogance of power, siding with hateful and hostile gay/lesbian activists in finding California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional was tantamount to impeachable bad behavior.

Similarly -- the arrogance of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals notwithstanding -- another federal judge in California relented to aggressive conservationists by severely restricting vital Northern California water supplies to 25 million people in Southern California -- simply to preserve the Delta Smelt, a tiny fish.

The ultimate question of same-sex marriage undermining the sanctity and tradition of marriage being between a man and a woman in America and throughout the world will undoubtedly be decided by the Supreme Court. How will the Court decide the issue with newly sworn-in Associate Justice Elena Kagan unleashed?

Surely, it's time to remind the abusers that their constitutional life appointments are based upon good behavior.

The Washington Post

August 5, 2010

Enough is enough!

We are being force-fed by arrogant over-reaching government, subjected to environmental tyranny and liberal extremists, undermined by traitors and the ACLU, the building of an in-your-face mosque at Ground Zero in New York, an unabated hostile invasion from the South of the border -- and state rights and the will of the people being struck down by federal judges behaving badly in Arizona and California. Coupled with everything else that's weighing against us, it's simply becoming too much for the American people to swallow.

The Wall Street Journal

August 4, 2010

Re: Rewriting Fannie Mae History - editorial

Defunct former Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines is selectively correct about poor credit judgments sinking Fannie and Freddie, however the big picture must be observed, including Mr. Raines' culpability in the accounting scheme to dishonestly report assets and chase Wall Street's credit standards lower.

The Democrats' push for affordable housing at any cost began with President Carter's Community Reinvestment Act. Using the CRA, President Clinton's HUD director, Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Janet Reno threatened banks and mortgage lenders to make them lower income and credit standards for affordable housing. Blindly backed by Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd -- against President Bush's attempts to reign-in the mortgage madness -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac substantially increased the purchase of risky mortgages and it all collapsed.

Now, instead of government breaking up Fannie and Freddie, and getting out of the mortgage business, the Franks and Dodds political class want to increase government backed mortgages to nationalize housing and destroy private home ownership under the unbearable weight of government control and taxes. To that, the people should reply, "Nuts!"

The Wall Street Journal

August 2, 2010

Re: There's legal and illegal but not informal immigration

By Frances Fukuyama

Contrary to Frances Fukuyama's definition, President Obama's definition and the politically correct, there is no such thing as illegal or informal immigrants. Immigrants are legal. Illegals are illegal aliens. And the answer to the problem is to militarize the southern Border.

President Obama is talking about keeping his campaign promise to reduce our military presence in Iraq, while at the same time he is delaying the promised 1200 National Guard for the southern border. Indeed, the 1200 troops are only being sent as window dressing to assist the Border Patrol with technical operations, and the numbers of troops will do very little if anything to prevent illegal alien crossings.

Instead of abdicating his duty to protect our southern border from the illegal alien invasion, drug and human trafficking and vicious crimes, President Obama should stop intimidating Arizona's attempt at self defense, militarize the entire border, slam the border door and keep it shut. It's a serious matter of national security.

In addition, for the economic sake of the states and federal debt, all federal aid, healthcare and education for illegal aliens should be stopped. It's simply overwhelming federal and state budgets in these dire economic times. The American citizens message to President Obama should be, "Do your job, or abdicate your position as president."

The New York Times

July 31, 2010

Re: White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets

Marine Pvt. Bradley Manning is a traitor for releasing war intelligence and secrets. Army Major Nidal Hasan is a traitor for assassinating soldiers destined for the battlefield. Is the New York Times culpable?

However, the White House urging a halt to spilling war secrets, and dragging their feet in prosecuting Major Hasan is tantamount to cowardice by maintaining a posture of, "None dare call it treason."

Unlike the participatory New York Times, most Americans are more concerned about national security, and undoubtedly differ from the dangerously casual approach.

Our troops are at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom are paying the ultimate price for their country. Traitors such as Manning and Hasan, certainly ought to pay the ultimate price for betraying their country and fellow soldiers. It is, indeed, called treason.

The Washington Times

July 30, 2010

Re: Rangel hit with 13 ethics charges

By Sean Lengell

Charging 20-term U.S Representative, Charles Rangel with 13 ethics violations after essentially ignoring his wrongdoing for many years is clear and convincing evidence that political corruption is casually acceptable in the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, the Constitution allows the House and Senate to make their own rules, which was originally based upon honesty, integrity, and character in Congress -- along with an expectation of responsibility and accountability in public service. However, those times have long since past.

Indeed, the self-corrupting two-party system of elite congressional clubs and campaign funding have turned our government into a superficial growth-industry of selfish interests, personal power and ruthless extremes -- which have slowly and continuously eroded our freedoms, liberties, property and pursuit of happiness -- now thrown into high gear by an aggressive Congress and imperial president.

When a once credible voice in Congress turns shamelessly coarse, corrupt, openly defiant and contemptuous of the public good -- and who will not be turned away by his bought and paid for voters, nor removed from Congress because of a corrupt system -- the rules controlling representative government must be changed, by constitutional amendment if necessary. Contrary to popular political belief, election to the House or Senate was never supposed to be a tenured position.

Newsmax Magazine

July 25, 2010

Re: We need Gingrich as President in 2012

By Dick Morris

Dick Morris is on the mark. We need Gingrich now more than ever. From the time he was elected Speaker of the House in a contract with America -- Newt Gingrich has been the increasingly most qualified to be president of these United States, and the one to lead us out of the modern wilderness into a liberated, prosperous future. Let it be written. Let it be done.

Washington Post

July 24, 2010

Re: Ezra Klein - Journolist

It is well known and understood that the liberal media was largely responsible for the election of Barack Obama, and for promoting his aggressive liberal agenda since the election, regardless of the negative impact on the economy, jobs, housing, the deficit and national debt. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Journo-lists were organized by reporters to spread fear and smears against Sarah Palin, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Republicans and the Tea Party movement.

Washington Post economic and domestic policy columnist, Ezra Klein is taking down the Journolist he started in 2007, not because it was wrong, but because journo-lists were exposed for what they are. The less good, more bad and ugly of the internet, reflective of the more activist and insidious liberal journalism, which is tantamount to the tactics of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany.

New York Post

July 24, 2010

Re: Charlie's fading friends (revised)

Editorial - July 24, 2010

Charlie's fading friends comes as no surprise. Once a credible liberal voice, Rep. Charles Rangel has become a prime example of self-corrupting politics in Congress, which, along with the Senate, has turned the people's house into an exclusive club replete with personal power, selfish interests and arrogance. Indeed, rather than policing themselves in the people's interest, Congress is overly protective of its members, if not pressured by the media.

Washington Post

July 20, 2010

Re: Senate votes, 60-40, to advance jobless benefits

Federal government intrusion on unemployment compensation, health care, welfare, education and social security are all beyond the limits placed on Congress by the Constitution. The general welfare and commerce clauses do not extend those powers to Congress, nor the power to lay and collect taxes to fund them. Period. James Madison said as much, and a lot more as to the intent of the Constitution when it was conceived and ratified.

New York Times

July 18, 2010

Re: Congress passes financial reform

NYT Editorial

The country is already steeped in anxiety, uncertainty and confusion. Yet, the financial reform fiasco does little for consumers or economic confidence. Rather, it lays the groundwork for federal meddlers to increase the ranks of regulators and corrosive bureaucracies -- not so different from the implementation of the looming health care plan.

As if the economy wasn't bleeding enough from job losses and mortgage foreclosures, Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid is pushing for a climate-carbon tax energy bill, while Congress dithers on what to do with the 8000 lb gorillas in the room -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which own or guarantee half the nation's $10 trillion in mortgages and 70 percent of home mortgages -- and along with FHA own or guarantee more than nine in 10 new loans.

Surely, considering the fact that the reckless affordable housing agenda was the root cause of the housing and economic collapse -- along with the fact that Fannie and Freddie are so ineptly in debt with government-backed losses and near worthless -- it is unlikely that reassuring privatization can take place. Particularly, if Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Chris Dodd, and the usual suspects play significant roles in a housing crisis that is likely to rear its ugly head, again.

With the takeover of energy and housing -- coupled with government growth, the soaring cost of illegal aliens, over-regulation and punishing taxation -- there won't be much left in our shrinking arena of individual liberties and economic security if we the voting-people let the president and Congress get away with it. Indeed, as English Statesman Edmund Burke aptly said when our unique republic was conceived, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Wall Street Journal

July 11, 2010

Re: Signs of Stimulus - editorial

Government needs a voter enema

California Rep. Darrell Issa did well in exposing President Obama's and 305 Members of Congress political campaign signs posing as funding signs for 190,000 projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment act, which are required for funding grants and paid for by taxpayer debt.

It has become painfully clear that the federal government is "full of it" -- bloated with regulations, constipated with a lack responsibility and accountability, and rife with legislative diarrhea and debt. Indeed, Congress and the White House are in serious need of a series of voter-administered enemas scheduled for November 2010 and 2012. And, beginning with California, the same voter-induced flushing remedy is needed in many state houses and governor's mansions.

Washington Post

July 10, 2010

Government needs a voter enema

USA TODAY

July 9, 2010

Re: Some may see jump in tax paperwork, business costs

Money - Thursday, July 8, 2010

President Obama's appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to manage Medicare and Medicaid is clear and convincing evidence that there is nothing unintended about the consequences of the new healthcare laws, which is the redistribution of health care wealth and rationing. Those who pay for health care will pay much more for less care.

And it gets worse…

Adding insidious to injury against small businesses, the healthcare reform law contains a little known provision that -- starting in 2012 -- requires self-employed and small businesses to issue 1099 forms to every vendor from which they purchase more than $600 in goods during the year. Obama and the Congress did this to offset some of the healthcare reform costs by collecting $billions in so-called unreported income from small businesses.

USA TODAY

July 7, 2010

Re: TODAY's debate: Immigration

Suing Arizona hurts chances for immigration overhaul

USA TODAY'S editorial is well intentioned, however, the federal government's decades of enforcement misfeasance with immigration laws and illegal border crossings cannot be rationalized. Indeed, the underlying opposing view of the president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza is little more than irrational as expected.

Simply put, government misfeasance cannot be tolerated any further. President Reagan's well intentioned amnesty of 2.6 million illegal aliens accelerated illegal border crossings because government failed to enforce the laws as promised. Hence, the number of illegal aliens increased to 12 or as many as 20 million, nearly unabated.

Arizona's law enforcing identical federal law is a matter of self defense because of federal misfeasance. The federal lawsuit against Arizona simply adds insult to injury. The president has already manifested his intentions to circumvent Congress and grant amnesty to millions of aliens, which would increase the misfeasance to malfeasance. Alas, one can only wonder what mischief and machinations are being dealt into the 2010 census.

President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are passing as much of their agenda as they can before the November elections, hoping it will stick. Unfortunately, what they are practicing is tantamount to fast-track totalitarian government, against the majority will of the people, which is Also Known As the tyranny of the minority.

USA TODAY

July 4, 2010

Little to celebrate this 4th of July Independence Day

Many people are steeped in anxiety and uncertainty on this 4th of July Independence Day, particularly in light of our current dilemma and doubts about our future in America. As the recession deepens, we must consider our over-reaching government and what is going on in Washington that affects us. Unabated spending, enormous unsustainable national debt, intrusions into the free market and healthcare, failed bailouts and stimulus bills are bad enough.

However, the proposed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill is a fiasco that will cost us even more, while ignoring the two 8000 lb gorillas in the room -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which are the giant federal clearing houses that generated the build-up to the massive housing and mortgage collapse, and which are still the root cause of this economic disaster.

Rep. Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd saying Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be handled separately can only mean they will make it worse. Indeed, their toxic role in the mortgage industry has already been increased, approaching nationalization. And it is being said that they need well over $200 billion more, even in the face of near worthless stock, and being removed from the NY Stock Exchange.

Sadly, there is less to celebrate on this Independence Day, especially when the only growth industry is government -- the presidency is becoming too monarchial -- and we are rapidly moving from an independent nation to a regulatory nation of dependents, with a commensurate the loss of liberty. Cliché as it may be, it is clearly time for a change.

The Wall Street Journal

July 2, 2010

Re: Re-confirming John Roberts - Editorial

It's little more than pathetic to witness senator impersonator Al Franken joining the Senate nit-picking crew of Leahy, Whitehouse, Cardin and Shumer against Chief Justice John Roberts -- in lame campaign attempts to deflect scrutiny in the Kagan confirmation hearings. Indeed, as it was with the recent confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the ho-hum hearings for Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court sets a dangerous precedent when the Court's margin of one is in peril -- which is the only thing keeping our Constitution from being compromised even further from its fundamental safeguards against government growth and abuse of power.

Case in point: In a May 2008 congressional inquisition of oil executives -- in response to Shell Oil President, John Hofmeister's warning about the $5 dollar gasoline cost of restricting domestic oil resources -- Rep. Maxine Waters threatened, “…. and guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be all about socializing -- uh, uh, would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies.”

Indeed, Rep. Waters should have been removed from the House of Representatives for the unconstitutional threat. However, the threat was painfully prophetic, which is precisely what the Democrat-controlled Congress and President Obama are doing with the health care industry, the financial industry, and the housing industry -- and intend to do with the entire energy industry, and Internet free speech -- in the rush and relentless march toward Marxist-style, repressive government.

It's simply frightening to realize that after decades of democratic decay, our republic is at a chaotic, terror-ridden social, political and economic tipping point between freedom and tyranny -- with little more than a constitutionally-thinned Supreme Court standing in the way of total collapse.

New York Times

June 29, 2010

Re: Afghan lessons, beyond McChrystal

Letters

Frank Rich's "36 hours…" deserves at least one more view in reponse.

Clearly, Rich appeared to be a little too self-consumed by his professional paragraphs of condescending contempt for General McCrystal, yet too soothed by Rolling Stone reporter, Hastings' expose' of arrogance against the man and the military, to realize that the report was tantamount to treasonous.

Indeed, President Obama's bold and brilliant decision to replace the best warrior America has with another one was not that of a capable commander-in-chief.

Rather, it was little more than a tacit admission that the president's overly restrictive rules of engagement were not working, at the expense of his soldiers' lives and General McChrystal's mission. Alas, Mr. Rich and the 'me-too press' are the dangerously naïve and apathetic ones here. Not the public.

Los Angeles Times

June 25, 2010

Re: Suspected freeway shooter arrested by CHP

I was dismayed to see that there was no story about the freeway sniper in the print or E-edition of the Los Angeles Times -- only addressed by the KTLA News 5 TV coverage -- which indicates the Times gives little attention to the Inland Empire area, particularly something this vital to our security while driving on the freeways.

Nevertheless, the red-handed capture of freeway sniper suspect, William Frye, was excellent work by the CHP. Since the shooter has been terrorizing motorists with 70 back windows shot out, especially those driving SUV's, I've shuddered to think that one of those could have been me, a family member or a friend.

Worse, what if he had been using a firearm targeting the drivers or passengers? Indeed, if and when Frye is found guilty and convicted of these unconscionable crimes, he ought to receive consecutive prison sentences for each and every felony count. In other words, life without parole.

Washington Post

June 23, 2010

Obama Fires General McChrystal

Though he was summarily dismissed by President Obama and replaced by General Patraeus today, we must remember that General Stanley McChrystal has been the best weapon we've had for the war in Iraq and the nearly impossible War in Afghanistan.

McChrystal's lapse in judgment for allowing Rolling Stone reporters around him and his staff notwithstanding, the magazine is a treasonous rag for publishing anything that gives aid and comfort the enemy, which it did with a condescending profile of McChrystal, "The Runaway General …. seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House." Unfortunately, the Commander-in-Chief only exacerbated the problem.

Lest we forget, it was then Senator Obama who condemned General Patraeus for the surge in Iraq that he claimed was not working. Indeed, Obama's premature snap judgment was wrong then, and he is wrong now. Even though he replaced General Chrystal with Patraeus, President Obama is tacitly admitting his lack of grasping serious military judgment and common sense.

President Obama's plan to pull out Afghanistan next year is another plan he can't carry out simply because his determination to fundamentally change the country with nation-building-diplomacy is simply impossible. Afghanistan is unique in that it will always go back to its ancient tribal ways regardless of what any foreign power does.

Remaining at war in a hopelessly barbarian country is a monumental waste of American lives and defense funds. The president should cut our losses, get out now, send the 90,000 troops to our Southern border, build a wall, slam the door and keep it shut.

Re: Taking stock in Afghanistan

New York Times - editorial

June 13, 2010

Time to get out of Afghanistan

June 19, 2010

Afghanistan is unique in that it will always go back to its ancient tribal ways regardless of what any foreign power does. Remaining at war in a hopelessly barbarian country is a monumental waste of American lives and defense funds.

We should spray all their opium poppy fields with herbicides, get out of the country, use predator drones to police terrorist training camps with missiles -- and use smart herbicide bombs above the poppy fields each time they plant again.

That's cutting the heads off the terrorist snakes and the poppies off the drugs that fund them -- from a safe distance. Case closed.

New York Times

June 14, 2010

Calling all clean-up boats and equipment?

The nation's news media has been saturated with non-stop disastrous coverage of the massive uncontrolled BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, yet the mainstream media has yet to ask a crucial question or make a strong suggestion for President Obama to make a major decision to lessen the damages.

Why didn't President Obama waive the Jones Act within days of the BP explosion and request all available oil spill clean-up boats and equipment from around the world? President Bush waved the Jones Act immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit. Why has President Obama not done so, and why has the media not pressed him to do so? Why isn't Congress pressing him for it?

I have asked this question in several letters to the editors of major newspapers. No response. Smaller conservative newspapers are asking why. Could it be that the Obama administration, congressional Democrats and complicit media want to take advantage of this crisis, to play itself out against oil drilling and big oil, to advance their green energy climate change legislation? It's on the way. The clean-up boats and equipment are not. How about a brainstorm to plug the hole?

Wall Street Journal

June 13, 2010 - editorial

Re: Farewell, Medicare Advantage - editorial

President Obama is keeping one health care campaign promise. He, and the Democrat-controlled Congress are going to euthanize cost-effective Medicare Advantage for 40 million senior citizens to advance cost-prohibitive universal healthcare regardless of the intended or unintended consequences.

Indeed, this will not simply be a failure of good intentions, it will most certainly be the result of deliberate lies, deceit and gross malfeasance against the economy, health and freedom of all Americans.

My wife and I are enrolled in Kaiser Permanente's Senior Advantage system, which should be the model for Medicare. It is the best cost-care-effective quality healthcare program in the country, which is verified by California patients' preventative care and the 30 percent fewer days spent in the hospital than fee-for-service. Big government ideologues don't care about that. It doesn't matter that we will pay much more for less care.

President Obama and congressional Democrats are simply delusional if they think the American people will sit still for enormous federal debt, takeovers of health care, finance and industry -- and energy legislation that will cause electricity costs and the cost of living to "skyrocket," along with the price of gas.

The 64 trillion dollar question is, how many political enemies can they afford make? Most, if not all, 40 Medicare Advantage voters and many millions more will make that painfully clear in the November and 2012 elections. Alas, they should have heeded Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose." Hopefully, it's not too late to reverse course and get it right. Meanwhile…. Tea, anyone?

Washington Post

June 12, 2010

Helen Thomas ought to go home to Lebanon

Elderly White House Press Corps' diva Helen Thomas candidly opened up her bigoted heart by revealing her true feelings about Jewish people and Israel without realizing it was a career-ending deathbed confession.

Sadly, Thomas suggesting that Israelis go home to Germany, Poland and America is tantamount to saying they should do so from their graves in Israel, along with Holocaust survivors. Other than that, the people in Israel are home.

Alas, what may be lines of hate deeply etched in her face, indicate Helen Thomas might be happier by going home to Lebanon -- her country of origin -- from where her Lebanese parents immigrated to America before she was born.

Time Magazine

June 11, 2010

Re: Cover story - The Gulf disaster: Who's asses need kicking?

Can President Obama kick himself for an energy disaster in the making?

The Merchant Marine (Jones Act) of 1920 prohibits foreign ships from working in U.S. waters. That's why foreign oil spill cleanup ships are waiting to help with the BP Gulf disaster. Saudi Arabia used all available cleanup ships and equipment available world-wide to deal an oil spill from the 1991 Gulf War.

The Jones Act was waived for Katrina. Why isn't President Obama waiving the act for all the help we can get? Could it be that he is bending to union pressure and wants this disaster to linger to advance his green energy program at big oil's expense, while cutting off Gulf drilling, Gulf states' economies whither, and gasoline prices rise?

Meanwhile, the Democrat-controlled Senate just authorized the EPA to enforce global warming regulatory tyranny of carbon emissions and other environmental administrative laws against the U.S. economy and the American people. Taken together, it is an energy disaster in the making -- one which could boomerang on Congressional Democrats in November and President Obama in 2012.

USA TODAY

June 11, 2010

Abby Sunderland -- Jordan Romero -- Reckless parents

As boats race to rescue 16-year-old Abby Sunderland -- shipwrecked from a storm in the middle of the Indian Ocean -- from her quest to surpass her 17-year-old brother as the youngest to sail around the world alone, how can anyone not condemn her their parents for reckless child endangerment?

There is no excuse for putting children such as the Sunderland sailers in physical danger, including 13-year-old Jordan Romero -- who just climbed Mt. Everest in his efforts to climb the world's tallest mountains -- and recklessly went "road surfing" atop a car at over 50 mph down the Pacific Coast Hwy.

Indeed, society has become replete with irresponsible people being seduced by fleeting fame and celebrity at any cost -- often at the expense of others -- and nearly always for the profit of reprehensible exploiters.

However, it is unconscionable for anyone -- particularly self-absorbed parents such as "Octomom" and Kate and Jon Gosselin -- to selfishly subject innocent children to their parental madness.

Sadly, reckless parents and child endangerment has become a casually accepted social illness, which does not excuse government child protective services for abdicating their responsibility to act.

Los Angeles Times

June 6, 2010

Re: One size fits all just won't work - letters

Los Angeles Times - June 6, 2010

Re: No magic bullet - editorial

Los Angeles Times - May 30, 2010

Why no challenge to Times editorial?

How can Americans have a helpful tendency to see meaningful education reform when public education has been made meaningless by government and the no-fail miseducation of the education establishment? Indeed, as a former community college and sheriff's academy instructor, I have witnessed nearly a half century of irresponsible "unschooling," failed experimentation and the miseducation of teachers to create factories of indoctrination and warehouses of ignorance.

The result, of course, has been several generations of under-educated parents and teachers, and functionally illiterate children -- who are taught all about environmentalism, social justice, activism, and feeling good about themselves, and little else. The government monopoly of education and the selfish interests of teacher unions, coupled with growing costs and throwing taxes instead of academics at the problem, is the problem -- tantamount to being a crime against our society.

Privatized education -- competing for quality -- creates twice the education at half the cost, subsidized where needed, is the solution.

Washington Post

June 5, 2010

Paul McCartney insults Bush

It was profoundly ignorant and condescending for Paul McCartney to say that former president Bush does not know what a library is. George W. Bush has a B.A. from Yale. He Has an MBA from Harvard. And he is married to a former librarian with a masters degree in library science.

Indeed, Bush may not be well-spoken, but he is honest, forthright, well-educated and well-read.

Furthermore, it was arrogant and rude of McCartney to insult the presidency, in the White House, in front of the current president, whether or not the current president agreed. Clearly, Mr. McCartney is very talented at making music. However, he is certainly no intellectual giant.

New York Times

June 4, 2010

President Obama's offshore drilling moratorium

President's Obama's 6-month offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf is little more than a "Do something" knee-jerk reaction to the BP oil leak disaster, that will hurt, not help the overall situation. Indeed, the moratorium will likely become permanent to advance the president's agenda for green energy, even though we are facing a government-caused energy crisis of monumental proportions.

President Nixon was the first to call for independence from oil imports when we were importing 30 percent of our oil. Now, 40 years later, we are importing 65 percent of our oil because the layers of regulations and government policy have essentially stopped the development and production of new domestic oil resources, refineries, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy.

What we have here is tantamount to environmental regulatory tyranny, which coupled with massive debt and entitlement growth in a disabled economy, will destine us to free fall decline.

USA TODAY

June 1, 2010

Re: World of troubles for U.S.

Front page, USA TODAY

June 1, 2010

USA TODAY is correctly sounding the alarm that President 'Obama returns to the White House facing crises on three fronts,' the day after Memorial Day. Indeed, all Americans ought to be deeply concerned about the uncontrolled BP oil leak in the Gulf, the provocative naval attack by North Korea against South Korea, and the Hamas(Iranian)-backed Palestinian protest conflict with Israeli troops.

Coupled with a United States/World economic crisis and the increasing anxiety, tension and violence around the globe -- the restrictions on our domestic energy resources, our military forces/defenses being thinned by the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the war against terrorism -- America is becoming more vulnerable by the day.

Clearly, the most glaring and disturbing questions are, what if the instabilities and provocations turn into an all-out attack against Israel by Iran & Co., and/or against South Korea by North Korea? How will the United States react? What will Russia and China do? And what if al-Qaeda steps up attacks on America? Worse, what if any of the attacks go nuclear? President Obama's weak stance on U.S. responses to attacks with weapons of mass destruction is certainly not reassuring….

Los Angeles Times

May 31, 2010

Re: No magic bullet - editorial

Los Angeles Times - May 30, 2010

How can Americans have a helpful tendency to see meaningful education reform when public education has been made meaningless by government and the no-fail miseducation of the education establishment? Indeed, it has taken nearly a half century of irresponsible "unschooling," failed experimentation and the miseducation of teachers to create factories of indoctrination and warehouses of ignorance.

The result, of course, has been several generations of under-educated parents and teachers, and functionally illiterate children -- who are taught all about extreme environmentalism, social justice and feeling good about themselves, and little else. The government monopoly of education and the selfish interests of teacher unions, coupled with growing costs and throwing taxes instead of academics at the problem is the problem.

Privatized education -- competing for quality -- creates twice the education at half the cost -- subsidized where needed -- is the solution.

Daily Press

May 30, 2010

Re: Center pushes for new Mojave Cross

Somehow, the Supreme Court ruling allowing the Mojave Cross to remain did not finalize the problem. The court injunction remains and the National Park Service refused to allow a replica cross to replace the stolen cross in the Mojave National Preserve, which leaves it to the Justice Department to decide. Indeed, it is simply unconscionable for the federal government to double cross the memory of those who gave their lives for their country and insult military veterans who are to be honored, particularly on this Memorial Day.

Sadly, it is understandable that the vexatious, anti-Christian, un-American ACLU got involved in this case. However, the fact remains that Frank Buono, a former assistant superintendent of the preserve filed the lawsuit demanding the National Park Service remove the cross, which is a prime example of the institutional arrogance of many park service employees, and most other federal departments, agencies and institutions who believe they, not the public, are the owners of public lands, and the overseers of the public in general.

I have added my name to the American Center for Law & Justice petition to the Justice Department to allow the replacement of the Mojave Cross, and I encourage others to do the same @ aclj.org.

Wall Street Journal

May 29, 2010

Re: Entitlements are forever - editorial

Wall Street Journal - May 29, 2010

Restore the Constitution

The California Legislature and Governor have no one to blame but themselves and the like-minded Congress and President for the over-reaching budget crisis gripping the state because of binding state and federal entitlements, particularly Medicaid/MediCal -- welfare and education notwithstanding -- plus $10 billion per year to support illegal immigrants.

California government and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are certainly the wellspring of General Welfare clause entitlement bondage littering the history of the embattled state struggling to survive its self-induced decline. It has often been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. Indeed, our state seems destined to be known as California crashing, foretelling what is clearly ahead for the nation driven by the reckless legislation, spending and massive debt incurred by the Obama administration and Democrat-controlled Congress.

As George Washington said in his farewell address, "Let there be no change [in the Constitution] by usurpation. For though this, in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the necessary weapon by which free governments are destroyed." The Constitution's Welfare Clause change by usurpation happened in 1937, perpetrated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt with a compliant Congress and Supreme Court in carrying out the New Deal, which was finalized in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society war on poverty with welfare, Medicare and Medicaid. And it is now the instrument of overwhelming the country and economy with the collapse of government sponsored affordable housing, and President Obama's health care programs passed by a compliant Congress, with finance reform, energy reform, and immigration reform (amnesty) to follow.

Our only hope is to either vote change of control in California, the Congress and the White House, and/or be saved by a courageous Supreme Court willing to overturn a judicial history of abusing and upholding the unconstitutional usurpation and expansion of the General Welfare and Commerce clauses subverting the express limitations placed on Congress by the Constitution.

Alas, it's already gone too far. If we don't vote for survival, it's our fault, and there won't be any hope. We must believe in ourselves and the collective wisdom of our fellow citizens. After all, we put the Proposition 13 revolt on the ballot in California and passed it, didn't we? Now it's time for the people of the states to amend and restore the Constitution.

Wall Street Journal

May 28, 2010

Re: Obama plan raises hopes and concerns along border

Re: Arizona law cuts two ways in GOP races

Wall Street Journal - May 27, 2010

President Obama's gesture to send 1,200 National Guard troops and $500 million to support border security is all but empty political tactics to temporarily relieve public criticism of federal border and immigration enforcement failures, and veiled support for Arizona's stand against the flow of illegal aliens, drugs and violence. It is surely not a long term commitment, but an opening for immigration reform legislation and amnesty.

There is only one way to stem the tide of illegal immigration -- 90 percent of which is from Mexico -- and that is to stop it by any means necessary. First, a secure wall must be built along the entire border, coupled with electrified walls in high volume areas, security technology, intelligence, surveillance and monitoring. Second, substantial increases in ICE and Border Patrol personnel and equipment, supplemented with trained National Guard troops as needed. And last, but not least, increased enforcement against employers of illegals, increased deportations, stopping legal immigration until the wall is built, then lowering legal immigration from 1 million per year to 100 thousand per year until the economy is fully recovered.

Significant federal and state action is necessary to resolve the problem by cutting off all benefits to illegals. Only then -- including the elimination of intentional 'anchor baby' citizenship -- should reasonable immigration reform be considered -- carefully. Indeed, California can hardly sustain $10 billion per year or more in benefits to illegal immigrants, while cutting services to resident/citizens as our budget crisis continues. Certainly, what we need more than anything else in the coming elections is to replace liberal Democrat nonsense with Republican fiscal common sense.

San Diego Union-Tribune

May 27, 2010

Re: National Guard set to deploy to border

By Leslie Berestein

San Diego Union-Tribune - May 26, 2010

President Obama's gesture to send 1,200 National Guard troops and $500 million to support border security is all but empty political tactics to temporarily relieve public criticism of federal border and immigration enforcement failures, and support for Arizona's stand against the flow of illegal aliens, drugs and violence.

Second, substantial increases in ICE and Border Patrol personnel and equipment, supplemented with trained National Guard troops as needed. And last, but not least, increased enforcement against employers of illegals, increased deportations, stopping legal immigration until the wall is built, then lowering legal immigration from 1 million per year to 100 thousand per year.

Miami Herald

May 26, 2010

Re: FDR had troubles too - letter

Comparing President Obama's problems with President Franklin Roosevelt's is deeply troubling, particularly in terms of turning a deep recession into a deep, extended depression, which is exactly what FDR caused with New Deal government growth. World War II was the only thing that pulled us out of the depression.

However, we are already a decade into a war against terrorism, coupled with a recession, being exacerbated by President Obama's administration and a Democrat-out-of-control Congress plunging us into deeper and deeper in debt with government growth, and increased centralized power -- which will finish off the economy.

It is clearly not treasonous, as Mr. Garr suggests, for Republicans to work against government tyranny. Rather, it is patriotic to stop the bleeding with a change in control of Congress in 2010, and the presidency in 2012. Only then can we recover.

Washington Post

May 26, 2010

SEIU aka: SIEU (Simply Indoctrinated Employees Union) thugs assault Bank of America executive's home

Between 500 and 700 SIEU union thugs recently assaulted a Bank of America executive's Maryland home, which was solely occupied by the executive's frightened 14-year-old son, and they did it with impunity. As if that wasn't bad enough, they did the same thing to a JP Morgan Chase executive's home that day. They used bull horns from the front porch, yelling that they were working for and demanding democracy.

What is clearly missing in these unconscionable mob attacks that they are well known for, is a demonstration at former Fannie Mae's CEO, Franklin Raines' home. Indeed, the SIEU outrage and democracy is highly selective, even though Franklin Raines contributed to the housing collapse, and overstated Fannie Mae's assets by $90 billion to obtain a $90 million bonus for himself.

The answer is obvious. Government-backed unions don't attack government-sponsored enterprises. However, they do attack concerned citizens from the Tea Party movement for exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. Sadly, that's the glaring difference between the gangster side and the patriot side of America.

Daily Press

May 25, 2010

Re: American civilians are to 'Blame'

Yemeni cleric advocates killing U.S. civilians

Daily Press front page, May 24, 2010

Traitors should be indicted for treason

American terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki is a well-known American-born citizen terrorist of Yemeni descent and a traitor of the worst kind, yet he was allowed to move in, out and about our country, detected and undetected, doing his murderous business of radical Islamic Jihad against his own country and the West.

Fox News Reporting aired an in-depth investigative report on al-Awlaki, 'An American Terrorist,' this weekend, which was revealing and troubling. President Obama has authorized a capture or kill order against al-Awlaki. But disturbing questions of national security remain unanswered. There is simply no excuse for playing political games in these dire times of terrorism.

Awlaki was connected to the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, Osama bin Laden, the 9/11 mastermind, two 9/11 hijackers, London bombers, Major Nadal Hasan (who murdered 13 soldiers at Fort Hood), the Nigerian terrorist who attempted to bomb an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day, and he continues to recruit terrorists to murder American civilians.

American terrorist, Adam Pearlman, AKA, Adam Yahite Gadahn, has been indicted for treason. However, 'American Taliban' enemy combatant, John Walker Lindh, who was convicted and imprisoned, was not indicted for treason. Major Nadal Hasan has not been indicted for treason. Indeed, Times Square bomber, Faisal Shazahd, and all of the American terrorists still retain their American citizenship.

Nearly, if not all Americans value our citizenship above anything in our lives. It is the privilege of all privileges, which comes with equal duty to country. Treason is 'levying war against' the United States, 'or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort,' and should be taken more seriously. Those who violate the privilege by treason should be stripped of their citizenship and banished from America forever…

Washington Examiner

May 25, 2010

Re: The Left's 'Blueprint' for perpetual power

By Matthew Vadum - May 20, 2010

Progressive movement to regressive movement

2012 will mark the end of President Barack Obama's term and the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson's election, which was when the blueprint for perpetual power was first conceived by Wilson's progressive movement of government growth and centralized power. Wilson's policies and 74 percent tax rate caused the 1920s depression. Presidents Harding and Coolidge cut government in half and the tax rate by two-thirds, which quickly ended the depression and brought on the economic 'roaring twenties.'

President Hoover over-reacted to the 1929 stock market crash and raised taxes, which caused a deep recession. And when President Roosevelt took over in 1933, his progressive government-building New Deal turned the recession into an extended depression, which was ended by the economic growth of World War II. President Lyndon Johnson increased government growth again with his progressive Great Society programs, which turned America into a false entitlement society.

All of which was exacerbated by President Carter's Community Reinvestment Act for affordable housing, which was exacerbated by the Clinton administration's intimidation of mortgage lenders to lower lending standards, which was exacerbated by the lower lending standards and massive mortgage holdings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which cause the economic crash of 2008. Now, President Obama and his minions have embarked on a crisis-oriented, power-building, debt-ridden regressive movement blueprint to 'fundamentally change America' into a socialist society ruled by the progressive/liberal/Marxist elite.

And like it or not, as Walter Cronkite would say in signing of, "And that's the way it is." However, that's not the way it's going to be. The American people are going to save themselves with the greatest gift ever given to 'we the people' by our founders. The limited government and individual liberties of our constitutional republic, and the vote.

Washington Times

May 24, 2010

Re: Rand Paul and racism - editorial

False accusations of racism has become little more than hackneyed political dagger-throwing from the desperate left, yet it is often a useful sign that the target is exactly what is needed in government. In this case, it is conservative constitutionalist, Rand Paul.

I agree with Kentucky Republican senate candidate Rand Paul's intention that, if elected, one of his first demands will be that Congress print the constitutional justification on any law it passes. Paul is correct in his research of history tracing unconstitutional government back through Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society," and Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal." Indeed, he could have gone further back to where it all began with Woodrow Wilson's progressive government growth movement.

We need a president and Congress that will subject every piece of legislation to the constitutional test through the Supreme Court. If proposed bills go beyond limits placed upon Congress by the Constitution, the legislation could not become law. Plus, a fail-safe measure should be in place that if any justice of the Supreme Court votes to allow unconstitutional legislation to pass the test, it should be considered impeachable bad behavior.

President Obama, Congress and the Supreme Court must be held to a strict government-limiting understanding about the Constitution being the supreme law of the land. The constitutional test should begin with strict Supreme Court reviews of all legislation and executive administrative law and regulations related to the 2008 economic collapse, including the massive debt and a constitutional review of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Washington Post

May 23, 2010

Passing financial reform legislation -- without reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- is simply another political fraud against the American people, to secure permanent power in government, supported by the indoctrinated lemmings of the left.

Indeed, the idea is to exacerbate crisis and outrage, frustrate, confuse divide and distract the nation while government continues with sweeping legislation that will put the people in a bind from which they cannot resist or escape.

Anyone who doubts this insidious process need only read their political pocket guide, Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals."

Daily Press

May 22, 2010

Re: What the nation wants - letters

"What the nation wants" letters regarding illegal immigration make it painfully clear that it doesn't matter. There is no question that liberal Democrats' only reason to whip up racial profiling against Arizona's law is to get the steady stream of votes and support of illegals after they are given amnesty. That is President Obama's agenda, the Democrat-controlled Congress agenda, and the only reason Mexico's President Calderon was invited to a White House state dinner and to address his grievances to Congress.

It is simply another political fraud against the American people, to secure permanent power in government, supported by the indoctrinated lemmings of the left. Indeed, the idea is to exacerbate crisis and outrage, frustrate, confuse divide and distract the nation while government continues with sweeping legislation that will put the people in a bind from which they cannot resist or escape. Anyone who doubts this insidious process need only read their political pocket guide, Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals."

San Diego Union-Tribune

May 21, 2010

Profiling for amnesty

There is no question that liberal Democrats' only reason to whip up racial profiling against Arizona's law is to get the steady stream of votes and support of illegals after they are given amnesty. That is President Obama's agenda, the Democrat-controlled Congress agenda, and the only reason Mexico's President Calderon was invited to a White House state dinner and to address his grievances to Congress. It is simply a political fraud against the American people, to secure permanent power in government, supported by the indoctrinated lemmings of the left.

Chicago Sun-Times

May 19, 2010

What does the president, Congress and the Supreme Court not understand about the Constitution being the supreme law of the land? The Constitution does not support judicial empathy, activism, philosophy or anything else but what is written in our founding document.

Rather than 'restraint,' President Obama's 'trailblazing' Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan represents what is wrong with the Court and the federal judiciary, which have gone far beyond the limits of the Constitution, usurped power from the states and allowed the legislative and executive branches to do the same. Indeed, that's why limited government has been turned into a growth industry,

We need a president and Congress that will subject every piece of legislation to the constitutional test through the Supreme Court. If proposed bills go beyond limits placed upon Congress by the Constitution, they cannot become law. If any justice of the Supreme Court votes to allow unconstitutional legislation to pass the test, that's bad behavior, and the justice should be impeached.

USA TODAY

May 17, 2010

Re: Today's Debate: Energy

USA TODAY editorial - Wednesday, May 12, 2010

'Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling'

Finally, an editorial about oil drilling and energy that make sense. Over-reaction to the Gulf oil leak in terms of stopping off-shore drilling, particularly during the recession, would be foolish indeed. The extreme environmental lobby has damaged our economy enough with high gas and electricity prices.

If the United States had dealt with increasing domestic production instead of increasing dependence on oil imports nearly 100 percent over the past 25 years, we would have been able to balance increased demand for energy with alternative and renewable sources, without enormous increases gas and electricity costs.

Now we are at an impasse -- between the need for dramatic increases in coal energy and domestic oil production -- and blindly pushing politically correct green energy until our economy crashes.

Los Angeles Times

May 16, 2010

AB 1906 - Second Grand Juries - Extended Terms

As a former grand jury member, I am in complete agreement with, and support Assemblyman Paul Cook's AB 1906. A second grand jury to examine city governments would go a long way in improving the overall effectiveness of both grand juries. Plus, the ability of the presiding judge to extend a grand jury term beyond the year of service to complete major and/or complicated investigations would be most helpful.

Indeed, having at least one of the grand juries serve an 18 month term on a regular basis would offset the weeks and months necessary to train and familiarize new jury members with the process. It is also helpful when former grand jury members volunteer and are accepted for another term, which assists in giving guidance to new jurors.

Assemblyman Cook should be commended for proposing long-needed support legislation for grand juries and the people of California. There is no higher civic duty performed by our local citizens than to serve on a grand jury. The legislature should pass AB 1906 and the governor should sign it into law without delay.

Washington Post

May 11, 2010

Re: In Kagan, Obama picks a nominee, not a fight

The 'tenacity' of a 'trailblazing lady' or 'restraint'?

President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan -- like himself -- clearly exercised moderation and 'restraint' of convenience on her ambitious road to the Court.

However, once confirmed by the Senate, the 'tenacity' of the 'trailblazing lady' will undoubtedly be on the hunt for new constitutional ground in her ideological quest for socialism, such as President Obama has been doing in his quest to expand the size and power of government since his election.

Alas, it is highly disturbing that for a hundred years or more, both liberal and conservative ideologies of Supreme Court justices have usurped power from the states, and strayed dangerously from their sworn duty to support the Constitution and the laws pursuant to the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land.

Indeed, the make-up of the Court may be politically correct, but our Constitution was never supposed to be subjected to the injustice of being a 'living document' to be circumvented, manipulated, altered or ignored by the Supreme Court, the federal and state judiciary, or other branches of government.

New York Times

May 9, 2010

Re: Trying to outrun race

By Charles M. Blow

New York Times - May 8, 2010

New York TImes columnist Charles M. Blow has taken his racism a step too far, and The New York Times is remiss for publishing a failed attempt to disguise smug, elite and condescending racial hatred as sophisticated commentary. Indeed, Mr. Blow's unrelenting assault against middle class white people cannot be blown-off as anything but racist.

Blow says Tea Party people hate what Obama is doing because he is black, yet fails to recognize that Obama is half white, which he and apparently President Obama simply dismiss. However, one thing is painfully clear. Tea Party people represent an American awakening to constitutional roots and a resistance to being further transformed into a socialist nation. Race has nothing to do with it…

New York Post

May 8, 2010

Re: The anti-conspiracy theorists

By Rich Lowry

New York Post - May 8, 2010

Rich Lowry's analysis of those playing down the Times Square bombing attempt is on the mark. Indeed, loose talk condemning Senator Lieberman for his firm stance on terrorism against the United States is shallow-minded and a little dangerous to security of the American people. Particularly, when the horrifically insidious war against us is like no other in our history, and could be permanent, as it is in Israel.

Senator Lieberman is correct in proposing legislation that would strip Times Square terrorist car bomb suspect, faisal Shahzad of his American citizenship. Shahzad should be charged with treason and handled as an enemy combatant by our specialized military authorities. Indeed, Fort Hood terrorist, U.S. Army Major Hasan should charged with treason and stripped of his American citizenship. Indeed, duty to country is the foundation of American citizenship.

It is unconscionable that CBS, MSNBC and much of the left-stream news media have exhibited casual, reckless behavior by giving apologetic sympathy, aid and comfort to an American traitor and Islamic Jihadist terrorist. This is no time for politically correct caution or measured words. This is war of the worst kind, and should be declared as such by Congress.

Los Angeles Times

May 7, 2010

California Crashing

The word "incompetence" is too kind in describing Governor Schwarzenegger's reign of malfeasance in supporting the economy-busting AB32 global warming hoax-emissions control law, in concert with the Democrat-controlled Legislature's misfeasance. Indeed, it has been the unconscionable tyranny of tax and spend socialists and environmental extremists that knocked the state of California to its economic knees long before the national economy collapsed.

It is encouraging to learn of the voter petition drive qualifying a ballot measure for the November election that will freeze the implementation of AB32 until state unemployment drops to 5.5 percent for one year, which is less than half the current 12.6 percent level, and highly unlikely in the foreseeable future.

Even if it passes, the state Air Resources Control Board will have ample time to prepare regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions that would cause California's crash to be fatal. And that could certainly happen if unemployment numbers were cooked for a year, then doubled from the previous level to 25 percent or more.

It would have been better to qualify a ballot measure repealing AB32. However, repealing the tyrannical law might not make much difference when President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency has marching orders to over-regulate national carbon emissions with fatal economic results as bad or worse than AB32. Alas, the only way to stop the insanity is to vote all the tyrants out of office and replace them with small government representatives and officials.

New York Times

May 6, 2010

Congress should declare war against the al-Qaeda regime, et al

Senator Lieberman is correct in proposing legislation that would strip Times Square terrorist car bomb suspect, Shahzad of his American citizenship. Shahzad should be charged with treason and handled as an enemy combatant by our specialized military authorities. Indeed, Fort Hood terrorist, U.S. Army Major Hasan should charged with treason and stripped of his American citizenship.

Meanwhile, Congress should prepare a declaration of war against the al-Qaeda regime, et al, including any and all radical Islamic Jihadist regimes, worldwide -- and those who aid and abet them -- dedicated to eliminating the United States and our people. They have declared war on us, continually attack us, and it must be answered by a declaration of war.

Those who would argue that we can only declare war on a nation are mistaken. We would be declaring war on Islamic Jihadist terrorist regimes, not Muslims. When we declared war on Germany and Japan, it was war against their regimes of aggression, not their people.

New York Times

May 4, 2010

Re: Arrest made in Times Square bomb case

I was concerned about the detailed information reported in the news media about the Times Square bomb suspect, Shahzad in that it might compromise the investigation and aid in his escape.

If government officials were overzealous in furnishing an account of details, and the media was irresponsible in reporting the information, it was a reckless disregard for our national security.

It appears as though Shahzad gained citizenship to operate under the radar. Regardless of the circumstances, he should be charged with treason.

Los Angeles Times

May 2, 2010

Re: The fatal hole in anti-malaria mosquito nets

By Sonia Shah - Op-Ed May 2, 2010

Anti-malaria mosquito nets are not the answer to preventing the deaths of millions of African people, mostly children, particularly when nearly half refuse to use them. DDT is the answer. Indeed, if were not for the decades of single-minded environmentalist actions, the 1972 ban on DDT would not have killed more than 30 million people including 20 million children.

A new book, "The Excellent Powder: DDT's Political and Scientific History," authored by Donald Roberts, professor of tropical medicine, and Richard Tren, head of the group, Africa Fighting Malaria, adds to the mounting evidence that DDT not harmful to people, plants or the environment -- that it was not responsible for thinning bird egg shells -- and is the only effective weapon against the deadly mosquito-borne parasite.

Still, some activists and researchers continue to undermine the use of DDT for malaria control on highly questionable grounds, even though malaria infects 300 million people per year, killing nearly 1 million. It is simply unconscionable that so few environmental zealots intimidate politicians and frighten populations of people with unfounded propaganda, with such deadly results.

Alas, the similar shallow-minded and irresponsible junk science of global warming alarmists is already causing harm to world economies, particularly in the United States, with no end to the insanity in sight. It's time for people to wise-up to the unwise.

USA TODAY

May 1, 2010

Expect high gas and electric prices

President Obama and progressive congressional Democrats will undoubtedly use the coal mine deaths and Gulf of Mexico oil spill to permanently eliminate all new natural gas and oil exploration and drilling -- and increase the big squeeze against coal energy.

With that -- and the high cost of green energy being imposed -- we can surely expect an escalation the prices of gas and electric power, which translates to inflation, an overall increase in the cost of living, and the loss of more jobs.

If the progressive political and corporate elite are indeed able to finish their insidious cultural, political and economic transformation -- which began at the turn of the 20th Century -- most of the American people will be transformed into a giant underclass.

Los Angeles Times

April 28, 2010

Re: Calls to boycott Arizona grow over new immigration law

Calls to boycott Arizona over the state's newly passed immigration law are absurd reactionary moves by pandering politicians and open border/amnesty extremists. Arizona did the right thing. Indeed, the only form of federal immigration reform should first be focused on vigorously stepping up border enforcement and security, illegal immigration enforcement, and empowering border states and all states to enforce immigration laws.

Voters are much more aware of what is going on, and undoubtedly know that any form of amnesty for 12 million illegal immigrants -- without increased border and illegal immigration enforcement -- will deepen the recession, and inflate the already high cost of living for all American citizens.

Worse, after President Reagan made the mistake of granting amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants -- without increased enforcement -- the numbers of illegals increased to the current 12 million. If President Obama and Congress do the same, the numbers of illegals will undoubtedly swell and overwhelm taxpayers and the system --not to mention border security -- with a proportional escalation in drugs, crime and incarceration costs.

New York Times

April 27, 2010

The Obama - Goldman hoax

President Obama and the congressional Senate committee holding a phony inquisition of Goldman Sachs is merely a pre-arranged hoax of feigned outrage to temporarily distract public anger -- and neutralizing Republican resistance -- while pushing through the finance reform bill -- similar to the insidious political tactics used to thrust the health careless reform package upon the American people.

Indeed, it should be widely known and understood that Goldman Sachs has had a long and incestuous relationship with funding Democrat candidates for public office, the political left, and their activist organizations. It should further be known that the Obama administration and prior presidential administrations have been replete with former Goldman Sachs executives at the highest levels.

Instead of being dishonest, over-regulating the American people's lives, and encumbering us with enormous debt and taxes, President Obama and the Congress should be investigating and holding hearings on how the Clinton administration and congressional operatives used affordable housing intimidators, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to unconscionably and fraudulently create the monstrous housing market bubble that burst and collapsed the economy.

Washington Post

April 26, 2010

Immigration reform bill

The flap over Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid pushing the Immigration bill ahead of climate-energy bill, is little more than political machinations to save Senator Reid's Nevada re-election bid, and to distract voter anger from health care legislation and the finance reform bill. However, voters are more aware of what is going on and undoubtedly know that any form of amnesty for 12 million illegal immigrants will exacerbate the cost of health care for all.

Worse, after President Reagan made the mistake of granting amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants, the numbers of illegals ballooned to the current 12 million. When President Obama and Congress do the same with so-called immigration reform, the numbers of illegals will undoubtedly swell and overwhelm taxpayers and the system --not to mention border security -- with a proportional escalation in drugs, crime and incarceration costs.

President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress must know that the economic crisis will be deepened by the combination of health care, finance, immigration -- and energy costs, which will increase the cost of everything. Surely, if the value-added-tax (VAT) on all goods and services is enacted to pay for it, most Americans would be left penniless and dependent on government. But that's the ideology, isn't it?

San Francisco Chronicle

April 25, 2010

Re: Medicare cuts have more in California on edge

By Victoria Colliver, April 17, 2010

Obama's health careless plan

President Obama's healthcare legislation will certainly raise medical costs and health care insurance premiums much more than expected, particularly in California, wherein enormous increases in Medicaid costs will hit the state at the worst possible time.

Cuts in Medicare to help pay for the uninsured will certainly impact seniors. Indeed, according Chronicle report, there would be a disproportionate impact in California because 34 percent of seniors on Medicare choose Medicare Advantage compared to the national average of 23 percent, consistent with the state's long history and familiarity with HMOs, like Kaiser Permanente.

The new law calls for $475 billion in overall Medicare cuts. This year, the government will freeze payments to Medicare Advantage plans for 2011 at 2010 rates. Then reductions of about $136 billion to the programs will be phased-in over the next 10 years, which will cause drastic increases in costs and premiums, and/or many HMOs to drop their plans.

There are over 10 million seniors with Medicare Advantage plans, which are managed far better than regular government Medicare. It is simply unconscionable for 10 million senior citizens to either subsidize or lose their plans to fund Medicaid increases for the uninsured, many of whom are among the 12 million illegal immigrants, with the highest concentration of illegals in California, where 1.5 million seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.

Worse, after President Reagan made the mistake of granting amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants, the numbers of illegals ballooned to the current 12 million. When President Obama and Congress do the same with so-called immigration reform, the numbers illegals will undoubtedly swell and overwhelm taxpayers and the system --not to mention border security -- with a proportional escalation of drugs, crime and incarceration costs.

Los Angeles Times

April 24, 2010

Re: Brown avoiding Goldman as issue

Who wants to govern California?

Who in their right mind would want to be governor of the social, political and economic mess in California? The usual suspects, motives and quality of candidates thus far answers the question. Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner, and Jerry Brown are contaminated corporate and political elites who seek the office for personal power and fame. They will spend enormous amounts of money and play dirty politics to get it. And one of them will be the next governor.

However, none of them will be able to do much of anything to resolve our problems in government unless there is a complete turnaround in the Sacramento Legislature. And even then, not until the seduction and corruption of political power is somehow replaced by honest representative democracy.

California's checkered history is replete with liberal damages done by the likes of former governor Jerry Brown, who after taking office with a budget surplus from Ronald Reagan in 1975, proceeded to lead our state toward the road to ruin. After two more inept governors stumbled around the California carnival, Brown's former chief of staff, Gray Davis became governor, and mishandled the state's self-induced energy crisis. Davis was recalled and replaced by the two-faced novelty of Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, which was the next big mistake by voters, who should have elected state senator, Tom McClintock.

Indeed, the only thing that will give California a chance at recovery would be to truthfully inform and educate misinformed voters, elect someone genuine character and public integrity like Tom McClintock as governor, and replace the liberal-controlled Legislature with honest conservatives, less government and more democracy -- just as needs to be done in Congress and the White House -- if we are to have any hope of survival.

USA TODAY

April 23, 2010

Re: Obama tells Wall Street to join in

Money section- Friday

Forcing protection - fast and furious

President Obama's push for a financial overhaul of America is yet another goal of his government empire-building, anti-free market agenda to take over the lives of the people under his protection.

Indeed, this, along with healthcare, welfare, housing, EPA control of energy, water and the environment is simply a fast and furious scheme to force protection upon us, like it or not.

And to pay for it, what amounts to a godfather president and his gangster Congress will undoubtedly pass a value added tax (VAT) on all goods and services, which will cause hyper-inflation and reduce us to a giant underclass.

As if America was not steeped in enough fear, anxiety and uncertainty, this is a real and present danger -- using the economic crisis for an unconscionable abuse of power, taking on enormous debt, exacerbating the crisis, risking a total collapse, reducing our defenses, and making us vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

Surely, it's time to replace out of control government with honest, limited government by consent of the governed.

San Diego Union-Tribune

April 22, 2010

Re: Egregious example of capitalism gone wrong - letter - April 22, 2010

Who's defrauding who?

President Obama knew he needed to redirect voter anger to get finance regulation passed. The timing was right on target. The SEC fraud case against Goldman Sachs tied to troubled mortgages will give President Obama leverage for tighter finance reform regulation, simply because it was intended to do so. Before this timely event, Goldman Sachs was the 'sacred cow' in the mortgage-financial meltdown because of the institution's long and deep ties to power in Washington. Indeed, it's deeper with the Obama administration than ever before. Therefore, there is a strong smell emanating from the rancid deal-making. As Rahm Emanuel said, 'never let a crisis go to waste' -- even if it's staged to accomplish a higher purpose. In this case, government's over-reaching control of finance in America.

Condescending commentary about the tea party movement is typical of the dismissive arrogance of liberals when dealing with honest dissent of those who speak out against intrusive government growth, entitlements, regulation, taxes, social engineering and other public controls on the socialist menu. Indeed, demonizing the right is the favorite pastime of the left, particularly when the liberal establishment feels threatened by the loss of power.

However, it is simply unconscionable to dishonestly to say that the tea party is wholly owned and operated by Republican corporate lobbyists -- when the movement was and is a purely spontaneous reaction to over-reaching, over-bearing government -- all of which pales in comparison to former president Bill Clinton using fear mongering to compare what's behind the tea party with the Oklahoma City bombing.

President Obama might be amused by tea party protests. Tea party people are certainly not amused by 'gangster government.'

The Washington Examiner

April 20, 2010

Re: Losing faith in government

and

Re: Gangster government becomes a long-running series

By Michael Barone

Who do you trust?

The recent Pew poll indicating that four of five Americans don't trust the federal government, and have little faith it can solve America's ills, comes as no surprise. Indeed, the people's trust in the two-party system has been steadily eroding since the 1992 elections, with increases in voters cutting ties with Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and a surge registering as 'unaffiliated' since the 2008 elections. The only questionable spot is a new poll indicating 47 percent of the people are satisfied with the IRS. However, 47 percent of the people pay no income tax.

The Tea Party movement is undoubtedly responsible for both the decline in trust and voters leaving the parties. Independent voters now outnumber registered Democrats and Republicans, and nearly four of ten voters identify themselves as independents. Independent voters have decided most elections over the past decade or more. These political changes will surely have an even more significant impact in the 2010 elections. And for good reasons.

Considering the health care takeover -- the proposed finance takeover, cap and tax, an insidious (VAT) value added tax, immigration reform -- and choking off domestic energy resources, Rep. Michele Bachmann was correct when she said the Obama administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress is a "Gangster government." Indeed, we can clearly conclude that the Obama administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress are running a public protection racket.

As if the economic collapse isn't bad enough, the cost of the cure in the expanding federal bureaucratic bubble is almost inconceivable. And if it continues, unabated, the big burst will make the recession feel like a bump in the road ruin. I trust the collective wisdom of my fellow citizens. That's why I am an independent voter and tea party supporter trying to do my part to recover our country from the gangsters' abuse of power before it's too late.

Washington Post

April 19, 2010

Re: The Tea Party: Populism of the privileged

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

E. J. Dionne's condescending commentary about the tea party movement is typical of the dismissive arrogance of liberal journalism when dealing with a spontaneous movement of the honest dissent of those who speak out against intrusive government growth, entitlements, regulation, taxes, social engineering and other public controls on the socialist menu.

Indeed, demonizing the right is well known as the favorite pastime of the left, particularly when the liberal establishment feels threatened by the loss of power. However, it is simply unconscionable to dishonestly label the tea party as "Populism of the privileged," when Dionne is actually condemning the middle class.

Coupled with Dana Milbank accusing tea party people of being "faux populists" and more of the "angry affluent than oppressed commoners," and Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten's "angry white males" insult, it is painfully clear that the liberal press has little more than contempt for middle America.

Mr. Dionne and other journalists ganging up on the tea party movement are wrong about having little influence on the 2010 elections. Other than the good fortune of living in America, we in the middle class are neither privileged nor affluent. We are hardworking self-reliant people who are trying to keep government from reducing us to a giant underclass. Don't underestimate our resolve to survive by deciding the issues and elections that matter.

Daily Press

April 18, 2010

Re: Tea Party determination - letters

I agree with the letters from Gloria Denny, Bob Harriman and Richard E. Behmer criticizing James Ferguson's fear mongering and depicting Tea Party people as unpatriotic. Condescending commentary about the tea party movement is typical of the dismissive arrogance of the left when dealing with honest dissent of those who speak out against intrusive government growth, entitlements, regulation, taxes, social engineering and other public controls on the socialist menu. Indeed, demonizing the right is the favorite pastime of the left, particularly when the liberal establishment feels threatened by the loss of power.

The growth of Tea Party dissenters demonstrating on this April 15, 2010 tax filing deadline day in Boston, Washington and across the country is clear and convincing evidence that the patriotic American people are not going to sit quietly by while the size and power of government grows, unabated. Several million people were out there protesting, and tens of millions of us are joining them in spirit. Certainly, when President Obama said that he was merely amused by the demonstrations, the contempt from 'Gangster Government' applies.

It is painfully clear that no matter how long and deep the recession goes -- and no matter how much the people suffer from government malfeasance, public crimes and misdemeanors -- our elected officials and government bureaucrats are bound and determined to tax and control us by any means necessary to ensure their survival, not ours. The glaring question is, who works for who? The grass-roots action of the people's 'rising discontent' with California government and the federal government demands answers, action and solutions.

When the people's liberty is threatened, and our freedoms are diminished by the tyranny of government intrusions, we are swiftly coming to the point where what was supposed to be constitutionally limited government is becoming as over-reaching and over-bearing as the government from which we separated in 1776. And that is why there was a Boston Tea Party unfair tax revolt.

Note: Edmund Burke (1729-1797) - English statesman profoundly said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Burke also said: "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." "The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion" and "The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts." Finally, Burke on politics: "Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument (compensation) from it, even though but for one year, can never willingly abandon it."

Wall Street Journal

April 17, 2010

Re: U.S. Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud

Something smells rancid between Washington and Wall Street

The SEC fraud case against Goldman Sachs tied to troubled mortgages will give President Obama leverage for tighter finance reform regulation, simply because it was obviously intended to do so. Heretofore, Goldman Sachs was the 'sacred cow' in the mortgage-financial meltdown because of the institution's long and deep ties to power in Washington. Indeed, it's deeper with the Obama administration than ever before. Therefore, there is a strong smell emanating from the rancid deal-making. As Rahm Emanuel said, 'never let a crisis go to waste' -- even if it's staged to accomplish a higher purpose. In this case, government's over-reaching control of finance in America.

Still, we must not lose sight of the bad guys at the core of this mess: CRA government intimidators for affordable housing, and the fraud of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In order to recover from the recession and prevent a worse meltdown, bold steps must be taken. Rep. Jeb Hensarling's proposed legislation to repeal the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, which will stop left-wing activist groups like ACORN and the Greenlining Institute from blackmailing banks is a good start -- along with more legislation divesting government's interest in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, breaking them up, and getting taxpayers' money back.

Washington Post

April 16, 2010

Gangster government

I was pleased to see coverage of the Tea Party Tax Day protest at both the state and federal Capitols at the top of the front page of our Daily Press newspaper today -- unlike major newspapers across the country who criticized, marginalized or simply ignored the Tea Party dissenters.

For example, the Los Angeles times labeled it 'Tea Party tempests' in the AA LATEXTRA, page AA4. The San Francisco Chronicle diminished it to an AP blurb on page A-12. USA TODAY relegated it to page A9. The Washington Post had it on page A2. The Boston Globe gave it a spot in the Political Notebook with a Brief AP story and photo. And the New York Times had no coverage, but they did publish 5 letters to the editor -- all negative -- under the title, 'A portrait of Tea Party supporters.

The growth of Tea Party dissenters demonstrating on this April 15, 2010 tax filing deadline day in Boston, Washington and across the country is clear and convincing evidence that the American people are not going to sit quietly by while the size and power of government grows, unabated. Several million people were out there protesting, and tens of millions of us are joining them in spirit. Certainly, the title, 'Gangster Government' applies.

Indeed, it is painfully clear that no matter how long and deep the recession goes -- and no matter how much the people suffer from government malfeasance, public crimes and misdemeanors -- our elected officials and government bureaucrats are bound and determined to tax and control us by any means necessary to ensure their survival, not ours. The glaring question is, who works for who? The grass-roots action of the people's 'rising discontent' with California government and the federal government demands answers, action and solutions.

Washington Examiner

April 10, 2010

Re: World more dangerous with Obama nuke policy

By Linda Chavez

President Obama disarming America

President Obama's signed nuclear arms treaty with Russia, along with his 47-nation Nuclear Security Summit, is clear and convincing evidence that he is posturing compromise and nuclear naïve. Indeed, it is disturbingly obvious that by pledging that the United States will become impotent on nuclear defense by not advancing weapons technology, the president is handing Russia and China superiority in nuclear arms.

Even though the president promised not to use nuclear arms against nations that comply with nonproliferation -- exempting North Korea and Iran -- the Obama administration has clearly gone soft on the nuclear threat of those rogue states. Still, Russia and China cannot be trusted now or ever. When the security door is left ajar for Russia and China to take the lead in technology -- play dirty and secret games -- and advance the nuclear threat from North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and other nations with underlying hostile intentions against us, there will certainly be a rush to critical mass.

At a time when terrorism against the West could explode beyond control -- such as nuclear Pakistan falling to the Taliban and al-Qaida, Iran committing nuclear genocide against Israel, and combinations of chemical, nuclear or biological attacks against us and the free world -- the president's push for a nuclear arms free world by disarming America first, is a recklessly dangerous pipe-dream of painless socialism -- a utopia which cannot exist.

Daily Press

April 9, 2010

Re: Keeping 'em on the plantation - commentary

and Letters "Patriots and nationalists - False claims"

Star Parker is replete with common sense in her analysis of government mandates and controls creating a government plantation of constant growth and loss of freedom. It doesn't get much simpler than that. The solution is what has become increasingly difficult with the rise of socialism. It's simply sad that so many people have been suckered and indoctrinated into believing that our good 'ole government is there for them no matter what happens. All they have to do is follow the rules. Hopefully, it won't take too much pain and suffering to make them realize it has all been a scam to make them dependent and lose their souls.

Debates between liberals and conservatives are as much an exercise in futility as it is when factions rule. The architect of our Constitution, James Madison, feared the rule of factions, which is why political parties are not included in our founding document. Yet we are saddled with a dysfunctional two-party system, and for now, the Democrats rule. Meanwhile, the collective wisdom of rest of us know what's best for us and we are going work at cleaning up the mess by cleaning out the corruption and socialist decay in government, reigning in the abuse of power, and defunding what keeps it alive. Indeed, April 15th is a vivid reminder of what feeds the beast. TAXES!

In addition to voting out the tax and spender tyrannical lawmakers, what we need, and must have, if we are to survive this social, political and economic mess is to slash and simplify taxes across the board. It's called the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid. The best way to wean and lean-out government is to throw out the tax code and have a one page flat tax for everyone, personal and business. That could be accomplished with a less than 20 percent flat tax. Indeed, if done correctly, it could be narrowed to a 12.5 percent flat tax. Government game over! Let freedom thrive!

USA TODAY

April 8, 2010

Re: Tax code grows like kudzu as another April 15 approaches

USA TODAY editorial - Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Toss the tax code and have a one page flat tax

The United States Tax code instructions will continue to grow as the tax code grows, neither of which will be simplified by a patently dysfunctional growing government. What we need, and must have, if we are to survive this social, political and economic mess is the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid. The best way to wean and lean-out government is to throw out the tax code and have a one page flat tax for everyone, personal and business. That could be accomplished with a less than 20 percent flat tax. Indeed, if done correctly, it could be narrowed to a 12.5 percent flat tax. Government game over!

Daily Press

April 7, 2010

Re: Comcast wins 'net neutrality' case against FCC

On April 6, 2010, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Comcast and against the FCC in a case wherein the FCC attempted to regulate the Internet.

The FCC is making sweeping moves on the Internet with 'Net Neutrality' efforts and its National Broadband Access Plan, which was just presented to Congress.

Instead of tampering with the Internet and free speech, the Obama administration, the FCC and Congress should use broadband to establish national secure voting networks in every state. Every registered voter should have access, and all elections should be conducted over the networks.

There is no excuse not to have such a system to enhance democracy and voter participation.

Time Magazine

April 6, 2010

Re: Why Britain is Feeling Bleak

By Catherine Mayer/London

April 12, 2010 issue

It comes as no surprise that the British are fed up with both of their major political parties, liberal and conservative because of the economic meltdown and social issues. We in America have the same problem, which brings up the age-old issue of political parties in government.

Indeed, the American colonies separated from Britain because of the monarchy and a hardliner parliament controlled by the Whig and Tory parties. Thus, our founders purposely excluded any mention of political parties in our new Constitution because they were opposed to the power of factions.

However, time and faction politics saddled us with a two-party system of Democrats and Republicans that has done more harm than good to the people and the Constitution. The simple solution for both democracies would to make them specifically and constitutionally nonpartisan.

New York Times

April 2, 2010

Re: Church abuse scandals - letters

Place the blame where it belongs

The Catholic religion will always have some difficulties because of the celibacy rule. However, the lack of screening potential priests is what undoubtedly resulted most of the molestations in the church. Beginning in the 1980's gay men flocked to Catholic seminaries for one reason only. Political correctness seems to be the only thing keeping that discussion of blame under the radar. What a shame for such a great and worthy religion of the world.

Los Angeles Times

Op-Ed submission

March 30, 2010

Our leaders are us – The direct democracy solution

I knew this would happen over 10 years ago when I wrote America's Crisis and I would like to offer a strong suggestion for the solution to the crisis over the ongoing growth of centralized government power. Fortunately, the amazing advances in communications technology have made it possible for the American people to be connected to secure voting networks, which is something we sorely need in our badly broken and corrupted two-party system. That system has become so seriously entrenched, that in effect, it adds a requirement to be either a Democrat or a Republican to qualify to run for state or federal elective office, which is blatantly unconstitutional. I petitioned the Supreme Court regarding the problem, which can be found at: http://www.realdemocracy.com/no2party.htm

In 1992, Ross Perot ran for president as an independent with a spontaneous outpouring of support from millions of citizens. He said we were the owners of this country and we ought to have a direct say on how it is governed. I was a long time registered Republican, but I had lost confidence in both parties, so I re-registered as an unaffiliated independent and supported Perot. Unfortunately, Perot really wanted to be King of America, He betrayed his followers and handed the election to Bill Clinton out of spite for George H.W. Bush. And, unfortunately, the next two 8-year presidencies and the Congress did nothing to alleviate government growth and irresponsibility, or the inherent destructive battles of the self-corrupting two-party system.

In these dire times of social, economic and political chaos -- coupled with our national security uncertainty in the war against terrorism -- the matters of survival are falling back on the people. The so-called Tea Party is a purely spontaneous grass roots movement of independents, Democrats and Republicans responding to the crisis-oriented rapid advance and expansion of government power by President Obama’s administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress, which came to power, backed by the Democrat dominant media. We are a natural coalition of concerned citizens who -- like nearly all citizens -- are more politically sophisticated and better informed than ever before because of broadband information technology and the internet. And we are telling the elected officials in control of government that what government is doing is not by consent of the vast majority of the governed. We have no single leader. Our leaders are us.

All political power is supposed to be inherent in the people, the way it was intended by the founders and our Constitution, which has since been manipulated, misinterpreted, circumvented and/or simply ignored by a systematic abuse of personal and party power. In effect, the voters have become disenfranchised. Indeed in 1788, we the people of the United States of America ratified the Constitution, the Bill of Rights in 1791, and established a limited government by consent of the governed. That's what it meant then, and that's what it means now. However, due to factions and power-seeking circumstances beyond our control, government has simply become too large, intrusive and overwhelming regardless of our consent. The presidency has become too monarchial. The legislative branch has become a kangaroo Congress. And the federal judiciary has become more like a Star Chamber. Alas, is painfully clear that our government is simply dishonest, over-reaching and out of control, too much like the government from which we separated in 1776.

Therefore, the Constitution should be amended to establish voting networks connected to all registered voters in a nonpartisan republic of direct and representative democracy, wherein we would elect well-compensated, highly qualified, nonpartisan professional government managers as our business representatives, instead of the best professional party politicians selfish interest money can buy. There would be no campaign financing involved. The voting networks would provide communications between voters and elected representatives and between elected representatives. Voters would be truthfully informed to make informed decisions. All elections would be conducted over the voting networks, and representatives would be subject to annual voter confirmation.

All matters of taxation and public policy would be decided by the voters. The executive branch office of president would also be nonpartisan, elected via the voting networks and subject to annual confirmation. The judicial branch -- Supreme Court justices and all federal judges would be elective offices, subject to annual confirmation. The voters would have the right of initiative and referendum, and the right to amend the Constitution with a two-thirds majority vote. No existing rights, protections, privileges or immunities of the people provided for by the Constitution could be altered or removed.

The foundation of America is based upon common sense, life, liberty, property, a free market, the pursuit of happiness, and the freedom of a large, prosperous middle class. Our leaders are us. We know what is best for us as individuals, and we can trust the collective wisdom of our fellow citizens to decide what is best for all of us. We must get it done, while we still can. A proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution establishing direct representative democracy can be found at: http://www.realdemocracy.com/28web.htm . The proposed amendment includes the establishment of direct education networks, and privatizing education, which is an equally important component of liberty, freedom and democracy.

A good beginning to establishing direct representative democracy in America would be to establish it in California -- the state which needs it most -- with a ballot initiative amending the California Constitution as follows: See the proposed ballot initiative at: http://www.realdemocracy.com/amendcal.htm

Time Magazine

March 26, 2010

Re: What health care means for you - cover

Time Magazine - April 5, 2010 issue

Can Obama keep delivering on his promise

By Joe Klein

Joe Klein would undoubtedly agree that major, concerted public reforms are once again possible. How convenient it is that Democrat-controlled Congress and President Obama's health care reform laws are back loaded to throw out a few benefits, to avoid the reaction to the cost and pain of taxpayers until after the 2010 mid-term elections, and long after the 2012 presidential election. Undoubtedly, the same will happen with the takeover of finance, energy and education.

Indeed, how nice it will be for the president to ruin America and retire to the fully paid taxpayer-provided luxury, security and lifestyle of a former president for the rest of his life -- which stimulates a public reform suggestion. Other than Secret Service protection, cut the taxpayer funded support for all former presidents -- and cut support for all former members of Congress -- to help offset the cuts in Medicare Advantage for 10 million senior citizens.

Los Angeles Times

March 25, 2010

The U.S. Constitution has been circumvented and violated by the federal government enough

Attorneys general from 14 states have filed constitutional challenges to the federal health care legislation requiring people to have health insurance, which violates the Constitution's limitations on federal power. Many states are passing legislation to protect them from this federal intrusion, including unfunded mandates, primarily the 50 percent increases to expand Medicaid.

The Constitution is simple and clear about limitations on Congress as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, and in the 10th Amendment protecting the rights of the states and the people. The California Legislature and Attorney General Jerry Brown should do the same on behalf of the State of California.

The federal courts and the Congress have progressively abused their power by usurping power from the states and the people for 100 years, which is why so-called constitutional scholars say the states have no chance in fighting the health care legislation or any other federal law. Indeed, the Commerce Clause and the 9th, 10th and 14th Amendments manipulated, misinterpreted, circumvented or ignored by federal machinations to such an extent, that they are hardly recognizable.

If the federal courts deny the sovereignty and rights of the states and the people, and/or rule against protective state legislation regarding the over-reaching health care law -- hopefully -- two-thirds or more of state legislatures will exercise their application rights under Article 5 of the Constitution and initiate a constitutional convention to amend the Constitution to restore and protect states' rights and the rights of the people as originally intended by the founders.

USA TODAY

March 21, 2010

Intentional consequences

I just observed the Congress pass national healthcare legislation 219 to 212 that is blatantly unconstitutional. That was not an unintended consequences. It was intentional.

President Obama and the Democrats don't care about the unintended consequences of their actions. They care about increasing government power and control of everything in the nation, for our own good, because they know what is best for us.

The unintended consequences of the failures of good intentions is a political cliché. That's what national healthcare and the intentions of big government are all about.

There is nothing unintended about the consequences of President Obama's health care edict.

King Obama and the kangaroo Congress have spoken.

Obey or suffer the consequences.

The Washington Post

March 21, 2010

Our vote: Use it or lose it

President Obama's giant ego is obsessed with making history again by passing his national health care program at any cost, over the objections of the majority of the states, against the will of the majority of the American people -- even though the legislation is unconstitutional -- even though it will increase the cost of living -- and even though it will increase the loss of jobs and deepen the recession.

Why? Because the president's progressive political ideology knows what is best for the people, and those of his political ilk in the kangaroo Congress are little more than bobbleheads for his agenda. Indeed, President Obama appears to be a legend in his own mind, and he is bound and determined to make history throughout his presidency, regardless of the consequences, intended or not.

The social, political and economic problem is, our government has been infected by a liberal/progressive poison that has turned cancerous. Our freedom, our liberty, our Constitution and our backs are up against a rising wall of tyranny. And we have only one thing left to fight it off and find a cure. Our vote. Use it or lose it.

Los Angeles Times

March 18, 2010

Exclusive Club on the Hill

The exclusive political club on Washington's Capitol Hill is certainly self-insulated from the American people they serve, when their arrogance is about to 'Deem and Pass' an unconstitutional health care bill to the tune of $940 billion, which will surely amount to $2 trillion or more in the endgame, against the will of the people. What we have here is a monarchial presidency and a kangaroo Congress. Indeed, it was clearly appropriate for a courageous Republican House member to introduce a measure accusing Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi of malfeasance for her actions in forcing the health bill to an illegal vote on Sunday, March 21, 2010, which of course, was promptly tabled by the Democrat majority.

The irony of government insanity is not lost when legislation is forced on the people costing $500 billion in new taxes, half of which will come from cutting the benefits of 10 million senior citizens on Medicare Advantage, raising their insurance premiums and all insurance premiums, to provide health insurance to those without including illegal immigrants. Then there are increased Medicaid costs to states that cannot afford it, increased taxes on all health insurance, small businesses forced to provide health insurance or pay penalties, and the list goes on.

Yet the benefits from President Obama's magnificent deception of so-called healthcare reform forced on the people won't be realized until after 2013 or 2014. How convenient is that? Particularly, when this health careless fiasco is thrust upon society in the worst possible economic times, making healthcare cost more and limiting healthcare service, while we are under constant and rising threats from terrorism. Worse, in California (Caliphonia) we have double government trouble with more tax increases, and the moronic AB32 carbon emission tax tyranny that will increase the overall cost of living for the beleaguered people of this sorry state.

The Washington Post

March 14, 2010

Re: Why don't honest journalists take on Roger Ailes and Fox News?

By Howell Raines, former (corrupted) executive editor of the New York Times

Because the dishonest journalists of the mainstream media, like Howell Raines, are consumed by supporting President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress in fundamentally transforming America into a socialist/capitalist state and ruining our free society. And that's why the people don't trust the media or government. Fortunately, Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes and Fox News are the people's traditional government watchdog with a nose for political corruption and corrosive progressive nonsense. We the people appreciate that.

Instead of attacking Fox News for doing their duty, Howell Raines should be honest and consider this: Coupled with the TARP bill and the failed stimulus bill, the health bill is little more than a larger selfish-interest-laden legislative monster pushed by President Obama and his minions in Congress, against the will of the American people. Then consider our Constitution. It has been seriously betrayed by the media and our government for decades. And our democratic republic is hardly recognizable.

The health bill, along with the president's push for funding college education indoctrination for service, and the cap and trade energy buster, is simply a shameless, unconstitutional, unbridled national-debt-ridden abuse of party and personal power with incalculable consequences. It's worse than reckless. It's intentional. Other than Fox News, the rest of the news media not only letting them get away with it, they are supporting it.

Indeed, pure political arrogance has taken a recoverable economic crisis and turned it into what will surely become a national disaster -- and a clear and present danger to the survival of America -- in midst of the age of terrorism against us. The big question may be, which aggression is worse? A bigger question for Howell Raines is, why don't journalists throughout the media do their duty to the American people and take this seriously -- not just Fox News?

Los Angeles Times

March 8, 2010

Academy agony - awards ecstasy

The ecstasy of winning and the agony of defeat was replete, as the film entertainment crowd gathered again at the annual Academy Awards to celebrate themselves. Sean Penn's incoherent presentation to Sandra Bullock for Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress Monique's political disclaimer were not surprising.

Unfortunately, neither was handing journalist Mark Boal, director Kathryn Bigelow, and Hurt Locker the top nods for Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture -- even though the film was a dud bomb with little more than distortions of the truth and a warped view of our troops, who were insulted with under hands, and hypocritically praised with the other hands while tightly gripping the Oscars.

Fortunately, the greatest snow job on earth was not a total wash. It was a pleasure to see Jeff Bridges finally rewarded for playing out a crazy heartfelt story with a winner song, original thought, imagination and class -- that which is sorely missing in the badly broken realm of Hollywood, where a constant stream of social and political junk flows as bitter excuses for entertainment.

Daily Press

March 7, 2010

Re: Entitlements and the future of California

Student protests in Berkley and Los Angeles California, and across the country over cuts in education funding come as no surprise when it is understood that the education establishment and teacher unions have taught students how to protest and organized them to carry it out. What clueless parents fail to understand is that their children have been indoctrinated to believe that free or subsidized education is a constitutional right, and that they have been indoctrinated in social justice and a distorted view of our history. All of which has been at the expense of core education, leaving graduated high school students functionally illiterate.

What is reprehensible is the fact that the education establishment has recklessly conducted mass failed experiments in education, such as grade inflation, social promotion and outcome-based education, while fiercely attacking charter schools, vouchers and quality privatized education with one hand, and defending the unconscionable permanent retention of incompetent educators with tenure, with the other.

Indeed, protests over public education funding is misdirected. There is certainly a need for protest, however, it should be directed at breaking the costly chokehold of the education establishment and restoring education back to the way it was intended. Real education with core academics and meaningful results for the future of students' lives, at half the cost.

In 1988, the California teachers' union coalition put Proposition 98 on the ballot, which barely passed with 189,234 votes of over 9 million cast, and amended the constitution with the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. Voters should keep that in mind in the coming elections, and should seriously consider an initiative to repeal Proposition 98's lock on education receiving the lion's share of the state budget, and another to privatize union-free education. When it comes national indoctrination and miseducation, the future of California, our country and our survival is at stake.

Daily Press

March 6, 2010

Valley Voices submission:

James Madison on the General Welfare clause: Health care not included

Before passing more sweeping legislative powers on health care, energy,

finance and education, Congress and the president ought to consider the

original constitutional limitations placed on them by the people of the

United States of America.

When James Madison and others wrote the Constitution, specifically Article

I, Section 8, assigning Congress the "power to lay and collect taxes ... to

pay the debts and provide for the ... general welfare of the United States,"

he and the founders were determined that it not be distorted into assuming

powers not delegated to Congress.

Madison said, "With respect to the words general welfare, I have always

regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To

take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the

Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not

contemplated by its creators."

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are

the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care

of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every State,

county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take

into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner

schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor;

they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in

short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the

most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of

Congress.... Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude

contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very

nature of the limited Government established by the people of America."

The Founders also ratified the Constitution's 10th Amendment, affirming,

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor

prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or

to the people." Thus, the general welfare cannot reasonably be stretched to

allow the national level of government to perform functions and exercise

powers beyond those specifically and explicitly listed in the Constitution.

As James Madison described the limitations on interpretation of the general

welfare clause, "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done

by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer

a limited one...."the general welfare of the nation as a whole.

Now, look what Congress has done in violation of the Constitution since

FDR's New Deal and LBJ's Great Society. They have usurped nearly all power

from the states, nationalized aid to the poor, education, elements of health

care, roads, police power, and repressed religion. Then look at what they

are doing to undermine the Constitution today. It hurts us all, one way or

another, with the combined abuse of the welfare clause and commerce clause

of our founding document.

The question is, how much longer will we allow our elected representatives,

president and judges to violate their oaths of office to support, protect

and defend the Constitution of the United States as the founders intended?

Without the power of our strictly interpreted Constitution to protect us, we

the people are powerless, as we are experiencing more and more as time and

political tyrants continue to erode our liberty.

Contrary to popular belief, the political elite don't know what is best for

us. Only we as individual Americans know what is best for ourselves, and

only the collective wisdom and judgment of the people should decide what is

best for all of us.

Los Angeles Times

March 5, 2010

Re: Thousands protest state cuts to public schooling

Education cuts: Misdirected protests

Student protests in California and across the country over cuts in education funding come as no surprise when it is understood that the education establishment and teacher unions have taught students how to protest and organized them to carry it out. What clueless parents fail to understand is that their children have been indoctrinated to believe that free or subsidized education is a constitutional right, and that they have been indoctrinated in social justice and a distorted view of our history. All of which has been at the expense of core education, leaving graduated high school students functionally illiterate.

The Washington Post

March 4, 2010

Re: White House ratchets up pressure to pass reform

Asking for more uncontrollable government waste, fraud and abuse

I agree that healthcare reform is desperately needed, but not by President Obama and congressional Democrats pushing through a bill. Taxpayers do not need another giant healthcare program adding more waste, fraud and abuse to the years of incalculable losses and inefficiency from the costly programs and duplications we have already been saddled with.

Yesterday on C-Span, I happened to watch a Senate Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Services hearing on Medicare, Medicaid and Prescription Drugs oversight, wherein the Inspector General of Health and Human Services, an official from the Government Accountability Office, and the Director of the Centers for Medicare, Medicaid and Prescription Drugs testified regarding the control of waste, fraud and abuse. The result of the hearing, which focused on Part D Prescription Drugs, was that after the programs existence for 5 years, there was no control, and no real effort to do so.

The reasons were obvious and troubling. The witnesses clearly demonstrated an inept over-layered government culture incapable of controlling anything. It was indicated that of the overall waste, fraud and abuse that was reported, 87 percent was reported by honest citizens, and only 13 percent was discovered by government.

President Obama's healthcare reform plan calls for $500 billion in Medicare cuts including a reduction of Medicare Advantage for 10 million seniors, the control of waste, fraud and abuse, which is an empty promise, and $500 billion in new taxes, which is redundant. Taken together, if passed, the endgame would eventually perpetrate a $6 trillion fraud against the American people by a government so large, it is inherently dysfunctional.

Sadly, it is disturbing to realize how casual and supporting the mainstream news media is regarding this enormous problem, when the freedom of the press mission is supposed to highlight looking out for the people. I guess we voters are going to look out for ourselves in the coming elections. Letters to the editor is my effort to speak out, but it's difficult to restrict this complicated subject to 200 words or less.

Los Angeles Times

March 3, 2010

Re: Obama calls for 'up-or-down-vote' on healthcare

Why is President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress obsessed with passing a costly healthcare bill, pushing for costly green energy, and enacting costly carbon regulations based upon highly questionable global warming speculation, all of which will exacerbate the real crisis affecting beleaguered Americans, which is the economy, housing, and job losses? And why do they continue to bury us with insurmountable debt? Why? Because it's their philosophy and they can. That is where the real change must be made. In the November 2010 elections, and in the 2010 presidential elections telling them that's not our philosophy, they can't, and showing them the door.

San Francisco Chronicle

March 2, 2010

As if the governor hasn't done enough tax damage with $12.5 billion tax increases on our income, sales taxes and vehicle taxes, now he wants to tax our property insurance and call it a fee. Not only would that circumvent Proposition 13 restrictions, it would add another blow to the hits we have already taken on property values and a failing economy.

California has a long history of choking individual taxpayers and businesses with the fingers of extreme environmental laws, fees, rules and regulations while refusing to open up revenue sources such as expanding off-shore and other oil and natural gas production. Add the fraud, waste and abuse of government programs to the enormous cost of the failed public education establishment -- which does little more than graduate students from high school who are functionally illiterate -- and it removes all doubt as to why the state is on the verge of bankruptcy at our expense.

If we are to survive a failed state drowning in a sea of big government and needles bureaucracies, we must initiate another tax revolt coupled with a revolt against the failure of costly education, and the tyranny of unreasonable laws, rules and regulations. Government simply needs to be trimmed down to a manageable size of no more than we absolutely need. Indeed, we must do the same with overreaching federal government, which is going far beyond California's lead in herding the nation to the cliff of the economic abyss.

Daily Press

March 1, 2010

Re: Water allowance triples

(High Desert area of San Bernardino County, California - California State Water Project)

The Mojave Water Agency's nominal increase to 15 percent from the 5 percent allotment from the State Water Project, which translates to just 12,420 acre feet of the 82,800 acre feet annual allotment is a painful reminder of the reckless arrogance of conservation extremist organizations and the abuse of power of a federal judge.

Indeed, when Federal District Court Judge Wanger ordered massive cuts in water allotted to 27 State Water Project Contractors throughout Central and Southern California to save some tiny Delta Smelt, there was no question that federal value placed on the life of small fish superseded the value of millions of human lives and well being. That abuse of power amounts to cutting water supplies to 25 million Californians and 5 million acres of Central Valley cropland

That is simply reprehensible and unconstitutional federal government interference with contracts. What is incomprehensible, is why the water contractors have not filed suit to have the order reversed and set aside. After all, the entire construction and maintenance of the State Water Project is paid for by us, the property owners who are provided with the vital water.

Worse, all this has been done while the governor, legislature and attorney general have done little or nothing to defend us or to alleviate the problem. Central Valley farms were shut down for lack of water, exacerbated by another move by conservation extremists over salmon runs, which has affected the price and supply of nuts, fruits and vegetables for Californians and the nation. Judge Wanger turned down an appeal from the farmers to restore their water supplies in early February 2010.

The Washington Times

February 28, 2010

Re: White House calls for 'simple up-or-down' health-care vote

As a middle-income retired independent voter on a Medicare Advantage insurance plan, I am of course concerned about the broad-brush government proposals to reform health care. I watched and listened to most of President Obama's bipartisan health care summit, and did so again today on C-Span to make sure that I observed the entire conference.

I was particularly disturbed by President Obama's persistence on cutting Medicare Advantage for 10 million seniors. During the many years of my employment, I was enrolled in a Kaiser group plan. When I retired I enrolled in Kaiser's Senior Advantage program, which has provided me with quality health care, just as provided by the previous Kaiser plan. Kaiser does a better job managing my Medicare Advantage health care than Medicare would provide, with reasonable premiums. Kaiser should be the model for Medicare management.

There is no reason for President Obama or the Congress to cut our cost-effective Medicare Advantage program to provide health coverage for the uninsured including 10 million illegal immigrants. Particularly, when 800,000 Medicare Advantage seniors in the state of Florida are to be unfairly exempt from the cuts, as pointed out by Senator John McCain.

$500 billion in new taxes and $500 billion in Medicare cuts to fund Government health care reform is unacceptable. Cuts in Medicare fraud, waste and abuse should be done immediately, as it should have been since Medicare was enacted. That's where government programs fail every time. They are simply licenses to steal. California is the best example of the worst. Health care reform proposals submitted by Republicans at the summit meeting made sense. Texas did it and it worked. That's all that needs to be done at this time.

Time Magazine

February 26, 2010

Re: Why the Tea Party Movement Matters

By David Von Drehle

March 1, 2010 issue

It was encouraging to read "Why the Tea Party Movement Matters" in the current issue of Time Magazine, when most other news media either ignore or condemn it. As an independent voter who is deeply concerned about our dire circumstances, I agree with the concerns of the spontaneous grassroots Tea Party movement. Though I have not attended any town hall or Tea Party meetings, I do write letters to the editor about my observations and concerns.

My greatest concerns are what the Obama administration and Democrat-controlled Congress are doing to further their agenda at our expense during the worst possible times of economic collapse and uncertainty. The housing market, financial meltdown, and the loss of jobs are the immediate problems that must be resolved. Healthcare, global warming, green energy and education are not. They were and are Obama/Democrat campaign issues that will certainly bury us with more government, more taxes and insurmountable debt.

Surely, it's time to end the abuses of personal and party power. Indeed, it's time remove the violators and empire builders from our government houses with the power of our votes, and to replace them with honest elected officials who will follow the Constitution, represent us, and reduce and limit government to no more than we need.

USA TODAY

February 23, 2010

Re: Today's Debate: Medical overhaul

I find it deeply troubling to read USA TODAY'S support of any sweeping health care plan that will undoubtedly lead to more federal power. As if the federal government hasn't unconstitutionally usurped enough power from the states, President Obama's unveiling of a near $950 billion restart on a health care bill is merely the tip of another federal iceberg poised to strike deeply into our ship of freedom and individual liberties, already sinking from federal power intrusions.

Indeed, government's intrusion in the housing market caused the economic collapse -- and increased control over housing is making it worse -- which has been exacerbated by intrusions in the financial and auto industries, and the mismanagement of debt and spending throughout the so-called $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus plan). All of it has proved almost incomprehensible and mostly fruitless, leaving us saddled with incredible debt.

A federal takeover of healthcare? No. Open health insurance to out of state competition and control of junk lawsuits that increase costs? Yes. A federal takeover of energy and the cost of living? Hell no. Contrary to popular belief among the intellectual elite, voters are not stupid. The threat and pain of overbearing government makes things very clear to us. Government will know this in the coming elections when we clear the decks of mutineers and replace them with a crew who understands who they work for. And that includes the captain. America is not the Titanic.

Los Angeles Times

February 22, 2010

Re: THE CALIFORNIA FIX

Throw the bums out!

Either the Legislature and the governor do their jobs on the budget, or out they go.

By Abraham D. Sofaer - February 19, 2010

Throw the bums out? Yes. Clipping the edges of bloated state government does nothing to resolve the legislative cancers responsible for California crashing. It is the people and businesses of this state who have suffered the years of unrelenting tax tyrannies -- smothered by costly laws, rules, regulations and environmental insanity -- and choked by the hands of failed education and government intrusions.

Voters have been betrayed by the governor, the legislature and selfish interests who exacerbated the national economic collapse long before it happened, and we are gasping for relief from the politics of state and federal abuse of power. Surely, the collective wisdom and common sense of the people will prevail, and we will gain that relief with a voter revolt in the coming elections.

Daily Press

February 21, 2010

Vote or be bound to socialism

Misguided views of socialism is the result of using the positive term "social" in so many ways for so many years. Social Security, government social services, social programs, the social need for protecting the environment, and the social justice taught in education. It may seem harmless, but socialist is as socialist does, which is intrusive and destructive of freedom and personal liberties.

Those who think President Obama and the Democrat Congress are not socialists, are either naïve or duped. What is most worrisome is that the people have been marginalized and/or ignored by dumbed-down education, intellectual indoctrination, the liberal media, and big government. Our freedoms are being eroded, and the power of our votes is at risk. We must use it, or lose it.

The socialist style progressive/liberal movement began in earnest with Woodrow WIlson, the intellectual president. Wilson is responsible for the progressive income tax and the Federal Reserve. The progressive movement toward socialism was continued by FDR's New Deal, and LBJ's Great Society, which is now being escalated by President Obama and his intellectual minions.

For a better understanding of intellectuals, Thomas Sowell's new book, Intellectuals and Society is an introduction to the thinkers of our society, many of them unknown to the general public, who mold our society and make an impact on people in every walk of life, both for the better and for the worse -- but usually for the worse. Sowell's vision, as expansive as ever, ranges over economics, politics, the media, academia, the law, and even war as he shows the momentous ways in which this small group of people wields a baneful influence upon our nation and Western civilization as a whole.

These intellectuals, Sowell says, are surrounded by a huge array of people and groups who disseminate their ideas: journalists, teachers, staffers to legislators, law clerks, and other members of the intelligentsia. Thus their influence on the course of society can be considerable, or even crucial. He shows how intellectuals have -- on issues ranging across the spectrum from housing policies to laws governing organ transplants -- sought to have decision- making discretion taken from those directly involved, who have personal knowledge and a personal stake, and transferred to third parties who have neither, and who pay no price for being wrong.

Time Magazine

February 20, 2010

Re: Why the Tea Party Movement Matters

By David Von Drehle

It was encouraging to read "Why the Tea Party Movement Matters" in the current issue of Time Magazine, when most other news media either ignore or condemn it. As an independent voter who is deeply concerned about our dire circumstances, I agree with the concerns of the spontaneous grassroots Tea Party movement. Though I have not attended any town hall meetings or Tea Party meetings, I do write letters to the editor about my observations and concerns.

By pursuing control of the financial industry, they caused increases in credit card interest rates even for the most credit worthy. The rising cost of health care insurance is being caused the fear of government takeover, which will increase health care costs, while reducing access and the quality of health care. The $787 billion stimulus plan is working in reverse by grossly misrepresenting the saving of jobs and job creation, and directing funds to further their political agenda, while over 3.5 million jobs were lost this past year.

Even more troubling is reckless government control over emissions, energy and energy resources to further the deceit of the global warming agenda, which will increase the cost of energy and the overall cost of living for all of us. Indeed, the enormous push by government for control over our lives and livelihoods is a destructive denial of liberty, and must be stopped if we are to survive.

Surely, it's time to end the abuse of personal and party power, to remove the violators from our government houses with the power of our votes, and to replace them with honest elected officials who will follow the Constitution, and reduce and limit government to no more than we need.

Washington Post

February 19, 2010

The anniversary of President Obama's $787 billion 'stimulus plan' ought to remind us of at least two undeniable truths:

First, the housing bubble and economic collapse was caused by government's manipulation of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the intimidation of banks and mortgage lenders to make home loans to those who could not afford them -- in the name of affordable housing.

And by no means second, President Obama's stimulus and recovery plan was intended for, and has been primarily used to fund and further his political agenda.

Indeed, the president's announcement of creating or saving over 2 million jobs during a year that was battered by the loss of over 3.5 million jobs is deceiving at best. His numbers are manipulated and grossly overstated, leaving little more than saving and creating his agenda jobs and providing only temporary work in other areas at great expense.

A third and even more troubling truth is the fact that our government has perpetrated what could become a debt-ridden, everlasting fraud against the American people in the name of progressive reform. That is, unless and until we turn it all around and reform government.

USA TODAY

February 14, 2010

28th Amendment: Self-governing solution for our survival

The two-party system of government in the United States and throughout the states has a worsening history of being controlled by power factions and party crashers, which have circumvented the Constitution against the best interests of the people. Most Americans have lost faith in government because they have been betrayed by the reckless and inept expansion of federal power, the loss of liberty and a future steeped in social, political and economic uncertainty and insecurity.

Following is a proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

All political power is inherent in the people. Government may be altered or reformed by the people when the public good requires.

All elective offices of the United States federal government, and the elective offices in governments throughout the several states, shall be nonpartisan. Candidates for elective office shall not be endorsed by, or receive any funds from, any political party. All matters of taxation and public policy shall be approved by the people by two-thirds majority vote, by means of secure electronic voting networks connected to voters' homes or public voting stations, enabling voters to communicate with each other and their elected representatives.

All elections shall be conducted by means of the voting networks. Any holder of elective office may recalled from office by majority vote. The people shall have the right of electronic petition signatures, voter initiative and referendum. The Constitution of the United States, and the constitutions of the several states, may amended by a two-thirds majority vote.

The voting networks shall be established within five years of the ratification of this amendment.

Los Angeles Times

February 14, 2010

Re: No ink - but a big deal

by Joe Mathews - February 14, 2010

Electronic petition signatures could become a self-governing solution for our survival.

The two-party system of government in California has a worsening history of being controlled by power factions and party crashers, which have circumvented the Constitution against the best interests of the people. Most Californians have lost faith in government because they have been betrayed by the reckless and inept expansion of state power, the loss of liberty and a future steeped in social, political and economic uncertainty and insecurity.

Following is a proposed amendment to the California Constitution:

All political power is inherent in the people. Government may be altered or reformed by the people when the public good requires.

All elective offices in state, county and local governments shall be nonpartisan. Candidates for elective office shall not be endorsed by, or receive any funds from, any political party. All matters of taxation and public policy shall be approved by the people by two-thirds majority vote, by means of secure electronic voting networks connected to voters' homes or public voting stations, enabling voters to communicate with each other and their elected representatives.

All elections shall be conducted by means of the voting networks. Any holder of elective office may recalled from office by majority vote. The people shall have the right of electronic petition signatures, voter initiative and referendum. The Constitution of California, may amended by a two-thirds majority vote.

The voting networks shall be established within five years of the enactment of this amendment.

USA TODAY

February 9, 2010

America's junk society crashed

America's culture has become an anxiety society replete with junk government, junk politics, junk laws, junk justice, junk public policy, junk foreign policy, junk history, junk education, junk science, junk business, junk journalism, junk activism, junk celebrities, junk entertainment, junk art, junk music, junk movies, junk books, junk literature, junk poetry, junk advertising, junk food, junk relationships, junk morals, junk talk, junk clothing, junk medicine, junk sports, junk television, junk internet, junk styles, junk grooming, junk architecture, and junk people who think they are in charge and in control of the rest of us.

Alas, America has been taken on lengthy E-Ride by the dishonest social, political, economic and academic elite. Then it crashed, and most of the misguided and indoctrinated are being jolted back to reality and common sense with the rest of us. Indeed, it's time to clean our national house, throw out the junk and renew our lives in the spirit of freedom, responsibility, and the pursuit of happiness, with liberty and justice for all. That's what Americans have always done.

Daily Press February 7, 2010

Re: Rise of the independents

Letter by James L. Fox

I agree with James Fox in that the two-party system is self-corrupting and that our elected representatives are more interested in party, personal power and being professional politicians than honestly representing the people. Why else would incumbents and candidates spend so much money on getting elected, staying in power and selling their political souls to do so?

It is well known that many voters are leaving political parties and registering as independents (non-affiliated), and that independent voters decide most elections. Independent voters now outnumber Democrat and Republican voters and their numbers are increasing. After being a Republican for many years, I re-registered as an independent when Ross Perot ran for president. That was a spontaneous movement of people unhappy with non-responsive government and the two-party system.

The current and growing Tea Party movement is purely spontaneous dissent against runaway government growth and power grabs over our lives. However, if the movement becomes a third party it will likely be self-defeating. Ross Perot handed the election to Bill Clinton, and Ralph Nader inadvertently helped George W. Bush win the presidential election. Indeed, the only way to win will be to have an independent voting majority of at least 50 percent, plus one vote, in electing our representatives and the president -- the electoral college notwithstanding.

As for Stan Brown's ludicrous letter from the indoctrinated left, the Bush administration did not do enough stop government growth or the economy collapse. But make no mistake. The housing, financial and economy crash was caused by the Carter and Clinton administrations and their push for affordable housing by any means, exacerbated by the corrupt politics of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Franklin Raines breaking the backs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, thus co-opting mortgage lenders, banks and bundlers with risky loans to people who could not afford them. It was irresponsible congressional Democrats, the Federal Reserve, political power and greed that did it. Not Bush. And it certainly continues with President Obama and his irresponsible government growth and regulation administration.

Surely, if voters let it happen, government takeover of healthcare, energy, finance, and education -- along with unabated borrowing and spending -- will bankrupt America, the people and our future. The only way to prevent it is to leave the party system and vote independent. Until now, only about half of eligible voters, vote. And about half of registered voters, vote. Which means that most elections are decided by 25 percent of those who vote. We must vote to survive and send a strong message to government: Cut taxes, cut spending, cut unreasonable regulations, and cut the size and scope of government.

San Bernardino Sun

February 6, 2010

Re: Heed sobering economy report - editorial (revised)

The Sun's editorial overlooks the underlying cause of the housing bust and economy collapse, which was government monopoly players, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the affordable housing fiasco. Indeed, Washington should not only heed the sobering inspector general's TARP report, they should recognize that government irresponsibility is still going on with the same players, and a further bust seems inevitable.

President Obama blamed the previous administration for irresponsible spending when he said, “In the long run we can’t continue to spend as if deficits don’t have consequences, as if waste doesn’t matter, as if the hard earned tax dollars of the American people can be treated like monopoly money." The president also criticizes financial institutions for paying bonuses, even as they pay back bailout money with interest. But he and the Congress are now even more irresponsible. Indeed, they have borrowed and used public TARP and Stimulus funds as though it were Monopoly money, with little or nothing to show for it.

The danger lies in exacerbating the recession, while attempting to build more government monopolies with money that really doesn't exist. It's all debt. Yet, the president wants a $3.8 trillion budget and more $billions disguised as a jobs bill to help the middle class and small businesses with credit and tax incentives that will do little or nothing to create jobs. When referring to tax dollars being treated like Monopoly money, President Obama should look in the mirror and hear the voices of the American people saying, "No more playing the board game and recklessly gambling with our money, our economy, and our future. Cut taxes, cut spending, and cut the size and scope of government."

Washington Post

January 30, 2010

President Obama's spending freeze

President Obama's three year spending freeze beginning in 2011 is a melting gesture. Spending in the 2009 federal budget was raised by an average of 20 percent for all departments, with a 36 percent increase going to the EPA.

Considering past annual budget increases averaged about 5 percent, the president's spending freeze will result in a net increase of at least 5 percent in the three year period.

Probably much more considering the enormous 2010 budget. Indeed, the EPA budget increase and the president's marching orders will undoubtedly result in unreasonable, economy-busting environmental regulations and enforcement, which will exacerbate the recession, and, we the people, lose.

Los Angeles Times

January 28, 2010

President Obama's state of the union speech

President Obama's state of the union speech was replete with deceit. He started by blaming the economic crash on the Bush administration, when it was caused by President Carter's Community Reinvestment Act, which was abused by President Clinton, his HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and Attorney General Janet Reno who, along with ACORN, intimidated banks to lower their standards for affordable home loans.

The problem was exacerbated by Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Chris Dodd, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines who opened Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to assuming a mass of bad mortgage loans in the name of affordable housing, causing Wall Street to go haywire and the inflation of the housing bubble. As if that wasn't enough, in the middle of the economic collapse, Rep. Frank told Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower standards for buying condos.

Now, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank wants to scrap Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and replace them with something worse, stating, " The committee will be recommending abolishing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their current form and coming up with a whole new system of housing finance." The irony is overwhelming. It has grown into runaway government with absolutely no accountability to the people.

San Francisco Chronicle

January 25, 2010

Pirate politicians from the Bay

As an independent voter, and life-indentured taxpayer from Southern California, I have come to the painful conclusion that pirate politicians are highly concentrated in the San Francisco Bay area, and they are out to destroy the state. Indeed, blinded by personal power and the tyranny of socialist ideology, along with their cohorts and Sacramento and Washington, they haven't a clue about what they have wrought upon beleaguered Californians.