Saturday, April 30, 2011

Finally! Federal Government Taking Down Dangerous Criminals

By Semperpapa

Yes, it is true! Finally the federal government has engaged in the extirpation of a dangerous criminal ring: an Amish farm in rural Pennsylvania.

After months of extensive and exhausting investigation, federal agents executed a 0500 (that’s 5AM) “surprise inspection” of the Rainbow Acres Farm to stop the establishment from selling its dangerous product: non pasteurized milk.

According to the FDA, they consider the product from the farm, which has a market in Maryland and the District of Columbia, a danger to public safety, because non processed milk may contain dangerous bacteria like salmonella and E-coli. It does not matter to the FDA that there have been no complaints made by any of the farm’s willing customers, of sickness or any other problem.

Customers are incensed by the feds move, expressing their displeasure with statements that span from complaining about the overreaching of the government and accusations of the FDA being in bed with large milk producers.

Probably the truth is somewhere in the middle, because it is unclear to me, in the absence of any customer complaint against the farm or its product, why would a federal agency engage in months of investigations, all at taxpayers’ cost, might I add.

Should the federal government occupy itself with more pressing issues like, oh I don’t know, the federal budget? Or maybe the Mexican violence spilling into our borders? Or maybe tracking down Ilsamo-fascists who are hiding out inside our country? Or our Military engagement in two wars? Or maybe the crippling gas prices?

I understand that the contraband sold by the owner of the farm is terribly offensive to the rules and regulation of the federal government, as it probably does not fit well with Michelle Obama’s “everyone eat less but me” agenda, or with the PETA morons, or any of the other progressive ideologies, but months of investigations and raiding an Amish farm at 5 in the morning may appear to be an excessive zeal to some arbitrary rules established by a non-elected entity like the FDA. Not to mention the cost that such lengthy investigation burdened the American people.

I am sure that the President will think about this as he strolls on the golf course.

Just my thoughts!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Importance Of Immigration For Obama

By Semperpapa

It is one of the concerns near the top of the priority list of the American people: illegal immigration.
Right up there following the economy, but not in the eyes of our fearless leader, President Obama.

The President has no intention to address the plague of illegal immigration with seriousness and resolve, unless we discount what we will all witness to be a behind closed doors activities aimed at granting amnesty and unlimited rights to illegals for campaigning purposes.

Luis Gutierrez, the nutcase House Representative from Illinois, the guy who stated that his only allegiance is toward illegal immigrants, plainly told Obama that if he does not grant amnesty to the over 30 million illegals in the Nation, he will not have the Latino vote.
Gutierrez, who I am not sure when he was named spokesman for the Latino community of the country, is attempting to gain a role similar to the one that Al Sharpton and Jessy Jackson have enjoyed with the Black population.

But the Illinois politician does not have to be concerned, because the President will be handing out few crumbs of promises, maybe few executive actions further undermining the will of the American people and satisfy the liberal masses, at least until after November 2012.

It is apparent how little the President cares about the issue by his historical attitude on the subject. Without even mentioning again the federal suit against the state of Arizona over SB1070, without mentioning the flat rejection of any effort to secure the border, the latest action is representative of how serious Obama really is about the issue.
Last week Obama held a meeting to inspire dialog on illegal immigration with very important individuals. Former California governor Arnold Swharzenegger and community agitator Al Sharpton were in attendance. Conspicuously missing were current southern states governors that are today directly combating the war and invasion of our country.
And yesterday, even more significant guests were engaged by Obama on the subject: Rosario Dawson and Eva Longoria.
Yes indeed, one of the most significant issue of our times, one of the most dangerous threats to our security, being discussed by couple of b-movies actresses. I am impressed!

I have been of the opinion that this President, just as his predecessor, have done more damage to the Nation in regard to the invasion of our borders than anyone before them.
While George W. was victim of political correctness and what became known as "compassionate Conservatism" and for which I do not give him a pass in the least, the current occupant of the White House is just interested in the issue for its political implications.
The failure of the last decade in respect to illegal immigration already has demonstrated its repercussion on American society, and it will only get worst, because the illegal aliens that have entered our country are not only Mexicans and other South Americans, but the most frightening prospect is that of what is known as the OTM component: Other Than Mexicans.

Reports and eyewitness statements have briefly appeared across the news wires about the "strange" presence of male tourists in Mexico and other countries south of our border. Several of these accounts refer to areas and small villages in Mexico that are not known as tourist areas and these "tourists" are all males with no accompanying families.
Adding to my suspicion are some of the details of the continuous massacres taking place in Mexico. Mass graves of victims who were beheaded, the favorite activity of radical Islamists.

Could it be that the drug cartels joined forces with radical Islam to take advantage of the total lack of border control? Could it be that in exchange for these types of services, the cartels have granted radical Islamist a very convenient base of operation and infiltration just at the most vulnerable point of our border?
It looks like such questions have not appeared on the radar of the Administration and Janet Napolitano. Even the several discoveries of booklets in Arabic praising suicide activities and martyrdom, even the finding of Islamic prayer rugs in the desert, have not urged the DHS to appropriate the necessary resources to securing the border.
On the contrary, several law enforcement officials from border states have been complaining of enhanced policies of apprehension avoidance Border Patrol agents have been forced to comply with.
Illegal border crossing individuals being interdicted and instead of being apprehended and processed, they are turned back to the border, only to renew their activities at later time and place.

So, the way I see it, the Administration is engaging in an artificial reduction of arrests, allowing Sec. Napolitano to use the lower statistics to state that a lower number of apprehensions is the result of a more secure border. This is not only a lie, but an extremely dangerous game of Russian roulette that the Administration is playing with the lives of the American people for political advantage.

Well, just another example of how elections have consequences.
Electing a radical President like Obama is proof. Just as it would be to elect any other individual to the office who does not have a clear and profound understanding of the importance of putting a stop to illegal immigration.

I also call for immigration reform, but my idea of reform is opposite to the one espoused by Luis Gutierrez. Our country has the proper legislation regarding immigration, so my idea of reform is to actually apply the laws already existing and enforce them by using every tool in our arsenal to make sure that the southern and northern borders are air tight.
In the realm of the current political leadership, I am merely ask that the laws of the land be enforced. Now that would be a reforming change!

Just my thoughts!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Jimmy Carter Fighting For His Legacy

By Semperpapa

OK, I understand: the man is getting older and possibly senile, but it must really be disappointing for former President Carter to see his very own title of worst American President being so skillfully and successfully challenged by the whipper snapper in the White House. And Obama is kicking his butt up one side and down the other!

But I also have to commend the old dude's combative attitude in his latest attempt to regain some ground in the ever lasting quest that sees the old peanut farmer pitched against the Chicago community organizer.
Carter went to North Korea to pay his respects to probably the last of the worst Communist countries. During a press conference he stated that the North wants direct talks with their southern neighbors and that it is the South Korean government, under American pressure, to stop the process. Yes, those poor, abused North Korean governmental officials, the same ones who have their own citizens' blood on their hands, who Carter s siding with.

And just for kicks, Carter concluded by accusing the South and the United States of human rights violations for supporting sanctions against the North, which result in the North Korean population to starve.
The political oppression, the incarceration of dissidents, the responsibility of a dictatorial government upon its people and its aggression toward the South just escaped the comments of Mr. Carter.

Yes, Carter may be trying his best to catch up with Obama "worst President" position, but it is a futile exercise as the majority of Americans dismiss any asinine attacks against our country from the former President with a simple "Consider the source."

Wish you the best, President Carter.

Just my thoughts!

Useless As Ever: United Nations

By Semperpapa

As the body count keeps on increasing in Syria thanks to the crackdown of government forces against those who dare to protest the regime, and as the calls from across the globe are heard to force Bashar Assad to stop killing his own citizens, the useless United Nations succeeds again to make a mockery of one of his entities.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who does not want to jeopardize his chances for re-appointment, not only will not take any action in attempting to stop the carnage, but he just allowed Syria to become the latest members of the UN Human Right Council.

Just amazing, you would say, but it really is not. Considering that Libya and Iran are also members of that council, the suggestion of Syria membership to an international body of which they have no understanding of, is just another demonstration of the futility of the entire United Nations.

Representatives of the US State Department stated that they would oppose the hypocritical nomination, but regardless of the indecency of the move, it is expected that the nomination will go through.

Granted that the Council is just as useless as the parent organization, the fact that countries like Syria and Iran are even mentioned in the same sentences with “human rights” is a travesty even beyond the United Nations.

Once again, the need for the dissolution of the United Nations is as relevant as ever. It is time for the United States to give the boot to all those who are pillaging the international community by living lavishly in New York.

It is time to deport every single UN official out of the country and close the place down, and most of all defund the organization, translating into a good saving of our tax money.

Just my thoughts!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Enough Of The Birth Certificate

By Semperpapa

So finally the issue of the birth certificate has been clarified by the President. I really never care much about the whole thing, considering it much of a joke and a distraction (oh my God! I am agreeing with the man!) than anything of real use.

The issue has been used by dissenters of Obama in a desperate attempt to get the man out of the White House. All was destined to accomplish absolutely nothing.

Did these people really think that their actions was going to achieve the removal of Obama from the Presidency? Besides, being successful at that would have place America in the hands of Joe Biden...OMG!!!

Really, there was not a chance in hell that if Obama would have still been reticent in providing the official form, that anyone would have made any move toward removing the guy from office and risk a revolution in our country. The President and his cronies have played the race card so astutely and created a perfect racial animosity among the citizens that there was no chance anyone in Washington would take the responsibility of a revolution on our streets.

What of the actions of Donald Trump? He claimed victory because he feels that he was the instrument for Obama finally giving in to the pressure.

Sadly, many Americans, disappointed in the potential conservative opponents for the 2012 Presidential, and desperate for Obama to be removed from the White House, they have been falling in the traps set by Trump and his propaganda machine.

Donald Trump is NOT a conservative. He is just an opportunist who skilfully pushes the buttons that he knows activate the interest of those who oppose Obama.

You may say that what America needs is a non-politician candidate for 2012 and that sounds true for this writer too, but one quality I think is imperative for the salvation of the United States is clear ideological convictions: fiscal responsibility, border security, National security, personal responsibility, end of irrational entitlements.

Basically, precise positions on the issues that affect the people and the Nation; convictions about fiscal and social issues; decisiveness about National Security and the defense of our freedoms.

Trump may be able to address some of those issues thanks to his experience as a business man, but what I see in him is not what I look for in a President. Any hint of opportunism on his part is enough to really turn me off. He is the distraction, together with the nutcase Ron Paul, that will assure a disastrous second term for Obama, a prospect that should give pause to every American.

What America really needs is new Conservative blood in the White House. A team, an administration that is dedicated to the people, all the people, not just those who can pay $35,000 to have dinner with the Messiah.
What America really needs today is a political leadership that truly believes in American Exceptionalism and that the power of our country has been and will only remain freedom of the individual, freedom of succeeding without the stigma progressives like to apply.

So move over Trump and Paul, Romney and Huckabee and Gingrich. Your time has come and gone. Your double faces and your "moderation" are not going to cut it any more. Your obsession with compromise is no longer enough to safeguard the financial security of the Nation, nor the physical safety of the people.

True leadership will only be found in people like John Bolton and Allen West, Paul Ryan and Michelle Backman. It is time for America to make history again by reaffirming the original intentions of the Founding Fathers and mostly of the United States Constitution.

Just my thoughts!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Soviet Republic Of America

By Semperpapa

I remember the old days. It was the 1970s and I was still in my country of birth. The Soviet Union was still a great scary power for everyone in Europe and in Italy, just as the rest of the old continent, Communist Parties were powerful.

In my very frequent “discussions” with friends who believed in the Soviet ideology, I would often ask the question: but if you think that the life style in that country is so great, why don’t you just move there?

The question would always basically end the conversation, because even the most persistent believers were not that stupid. Nobody in the right state of mind would move from a free society to a close system where people were not even allowed to go outside the Soviet borders.

In those old days, just about every international sport event was characterized by some soviet athlete, or from one of the satellite nations behind the Iron Curtain, who would just walk away from its guardians and ask for political asylum.

Weather it was the Olympic Games or an international Soccer match, one could almost bet on a defection.

But why would members of such wonderful utopian political systems want to defect and never be able to go back to their lands? I never could get a straight answer from the “communist” I would question.

The truth every one of them was not willing to face up to was that the countries in question, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungry, Poland, Cuba, East Germany etc., did not allow their citizens to freely leave the borders of those nations. The reason was that those regimes knew that once out, the majority would not want to go back.

To be allowed to leave the country, one had to be part of the regimes and have specific state reasons for doing so. The grim reality, which we still see in countries like North Korea and Cuba, is that the citizens are prisoners of the system.

Which brings me to our beloved country.

The State Department, the Obama and Hillary State Department, is proposing a new application for the US passport. They claim that the new sludge of questions is needed for those who do not have proper documentation like birth certificate or similar.

The proposed application contains questions like these:

List your mother’s one year before your birth.

List your mother’s residence when you were born.

List your mother’s residence a year after your birth.

Did your mother receive pre-natal care.

If yes, name of the doctor.

Dates of appointments.

This is not a joke, at least not intended to be!

There is also a “volunteer” questionnaire in which one of the questions asks if you are circumcised.

Besides the travesty of the fact that some government worker whose salary I am paying, actually came up with this crap (most likely was a whole “task force” to compile such a pile of manure), such level of scrutiny is way out in the stratosphere on so many levels.

In the first place, the US Passport is a very important identification document. After I got my US citizenship, I received a document that I was warned at the time, I had to literally guard with my life. It was the Certificate of Naturalization, an accompanying document of the famous green card, the proof that I was legally allowed to live and work in the United States. The day I applied for my US Passport, I had to relinquish those two documents, because just having a passport issued to me was proof enough that I was a US citizen.

That is the importance of the passport. So when I read that the excuse for the enhanced questioning is so that the document can be issued to those who do not have proper proof of having been born in the United States, I highly question the motives of the government.

Than there is the other side of the coin. Many of the proposed questions are practically impossible to answer. I challenge every one to be able to remember, or even know, the address of their mother a year prior to their birth, unless it was their childhood residence. Even less plausible is the possibility that a person could know the name of the doctor who attended to their mother during the pregnancy and the dates of the visits. They are impossible questions to answer.

Which brings up a legitimate question for the jokers at State: why ask questions that 99.99% of the applicants could not answer? Is the State Department trying to create a hostile environment for those who would like to have a passport? And if so, why?

Incomplete questionnaires would allow the authorities the ability to deny the document to many who apply for it, and this is very reminiscing of the old Soviet Union days. What is next? Having to show an ID to go from California to Arizona?

It is amazing that authorities are not allowed to question potential illegal aliens as they invade our borders, but the government feels it has the right to know if I have been circumcised or how many times a woman went to the doctor while pregnant.

Maybe we should all run for President for the Democratic Party, as that seems to be the only way that proof of citizenship is no longer a requirement.

Just my thoughts!

Monday, April 25, 2011

27B Barrels Of Oil: Here Today, Gone...Today

By Semperpapa

Say "Good Bye" Shell and "So Long" to 27 billion barrels of oil, all thanks to the environmental terrorism perpetrated by the Obama thugs in Washington, under the disguises of the Environmental Protection Agency.

The vice president of Shell Oil issued a statement that his company, surely one of those evil corporations, is going to scrap the plan of drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, north of Alaska, because of the reluctance on the part of the EPA to issue drilling permits. The estimated amount of oil that could have been pumped into the American economy is an enormous 27 billion barrels. The amount is 2 1/2 times the amount of oil that has flowed through the Alaska pipeline in the last 30 years.

The reason given by the eco-terrorists of the EPA for their decision was that they faulted Shell for omitting from their green house effects study, part of the permit request, the analysis of the impact on the air quality caused by the project.
Supposedly the EPA complaint was in regard to the emissions from ice breaking vessels needed for the realization of the project.

The area, which Shell paid $2.2 billion for the lease alone, is in such a desolated area of the globe that the closest inhabited zone is about 70 miles away, a village of about 240 people considered to be the most remote village in America.

Of course the various environmental terror organizations are happy about the EPA actions. And with the support of an administration bent on increasing the dependency of the Nation upon foreign oil, one can assume that the regime is also toasting in the White House this latest victory of the enemies of the country.

Am I surprised? I wish I could say yes, but considering that the same environmental terrorists have succeeded in turning thousands of acres of central California fertile farmland into an arid desert so not to disturb a 2-inch long fish, nothing will surprise me any more.

But this is the kind of National devastation one can expect when radical terrorists are placed into positions of power.

Just my thoughts!

Communist Revolution Recruiting Video

By Semperpapa

I found this interesting video on The Blaze. Take a minute and watch it.


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/revolutionary-socialist-group-planning-to-recruit-children-in-jr-high-school-to-join-and-become-leaders-in-the-movement/

What is the apology for this, if there is even one? Taken out of context? War mongering? I am sure the Left in America will find some. All the while, the regime media will surely ignore it at all.

Watching this video, the images of a strange parallelism formed in my mind. I can still remember the phony indignation expressed by some members of the elite media at the sight of videos coming out of Hamas or Hesbollah propaganda where children as young as elementary school age, would express their hatred for Jews and Israel.
Praises for the killing of Jews and the destruction of Israel were presented as indoctrination conducted by Palestinian authorities upon the children under their control.

Revolutionary Communist groups in America are clearly intending to adopt similar tactics to insure the destructive transformation of our Nation.
While in the past these organizations lurked in the shadows of American sub-culture, they are today almost become mainstream, thanks to the fertile grounds provided by a corrupted political climate, more interested in power than justice.

The examples used by these groups is a telling one, as the same tactics have been used by radical Islamists with great success for some time now.
Witnessing American school children being coerced into singing the praises of Obama, or singing against our economic system on Earth Day, tells us that the brainwashing is well on its way, augmented by the infiltration of a whole generation of anti-American teachers into the system that have been indoctrinated by the universities faculties running wild in America.

Either radical Islam or radical Communism, the danger is clear. The demarcation between the goals of these enemies of America seems to become increasingly blurred. The ideologies may be diametrically opposite, but the end result appears to be shared: the demise of America.

Just my thoughts!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Getting What We Deserve

By Semperpapa

Elections have consequences, a phrase we American keep on hearing over and over from both sides of the political spectrum.

We heard it after the 2006 progressive takeover of Congress and in 2008 after the most radical candidate was elected to the Presidency. And we heard it when the House changed occupancy after the 2010 midterms. And it is a true statement.

Unfortunately, there are consequences of those elections that only acute observations can detect before their damage to our society is such that overcoming them is difficult if not impossible.

Probably the worst consequence is that a radical President like Obama is able to surround himself with radical elements that are sworn to do his “change” bidding with abandon.

One of those cases is Bob King, president of UAW and Obama’s appointee to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.

During a round table discussion taken place on 4-7-11 on the future of the Unions in America, Bob King expressed some of his views. Again I want to emphasize that the man is appointed to do the bidding of Obama, therefore we can safely say that he is a window to the views of his boss.

Some of the statements from King:

“The law is broken in America…WE ARE NOT GOING TO RELY ON THE LAW…”

Is this what electing Obama has gotten us? A Presidential appointee who openly declares his intentions to ignore the laws of the land? And again,

“…if government is violating the workers’ first Amendment right of freedom of association and freedom of speech…we are going to ask our allies in France and the progressive community to join us in branding them as human rights violators…”

Wait a minute, is this administration appointee calling for the international progressive movement to directly interfere with the laws of the United States? It sure looks like.

Mr. King is a darling of the progressive movement in America, hailed by both the Democrat Party and by the lovable Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO union, who was at the same round table discussion. Richard Trumka has boasted, and I take his word for it, that he is in constant communication with the White House, through discussions and visits.

Here are some of the statements that Trumka made at the same time as Bob King:

“…there are 40 some million people that are excluded from the right to bargain…independent contractors, if you are a home care worker…if you are a taxi cab driver in New York…we are going after them and saying “there are new ways we are going to represent you…FORGET ABOUT THE LAW…”

Call me a conspirator, but for some reason I do not believe that the frequent “communication” between Trumka and the White House is not based on the interest of the union thug to find out how Bo the WH dog is doing or what the weather is, which brings me to my original point: elections have consequences.

This is what Hope and Change has brought us. All the promises that Obama made as candidate Obama have all been violated. The alarm that the Right sounded came true.

The progressives in charge have had some success in transforming the Nation, moving it toward the Marxist abyss that characters like King and Trumka, and Obama, are advocating for. What was known as the rule of law means absolutely nothing to these folks, as they clearly stated.

The main goal is to achieve their vision of World Government based on a Marxist utopia that has proven false and flawed for a century, a philosophy that has created more poverty and mediocrity than any other system, an ideology marred by the blood of millions.

Now this ideology has taken over the most powerful political position on the planet, controlling the lives of over 300 million Americans and “changing” what used to be the best Country in the world into a third world nation barely surviving.

Elections have consequences. Feeble minded Americans voted Obama into the Presidency, guided by their own racial insecurities and swayed by the empty promises of a double talking community organizer. He promised to unite the Nation, to be the President even of those who did not vote for him or disagree with his “vision”, but effectively working every single day of his Presidency to fuel a class warfare that would give him absolute power.

The sickening part of this entire situation is that all the damage done by this administration and its cronies are being hailed as having been done in the name of the less fortunate people of our society, never mind the fact that the place this regime is taking the Country is one where those at the bottom of the social scale are going to be the most affected by the demise of our Nation.

In the old Soviet Union, the common Russian suffered as the Party elite got fatter.

In post-war Vietnam, the common Vietnamese suffered as the political leadership benefited.

In North Korea, the common Korean literally starves to death as the political elite lives well.

Some say that such injustice would not occur in America, because we have laws and the Constitution. But what kind of assurance do we have when we hear people so close to Obama, and Obama himself, openly denouncing the laws and the Constitution?

Yes, elections have consequences.

Just my thoughts!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Obama's Solution To Every Problem Is Bigger Government

By Semperpapa

Gas prices are still going up, even as President Obama is trying to lie his way into a second term as Obama the (Nation) Destroyer.
The solutions advanced by the alleged President are outrageous and insulting. Gone are the days of "inflate your tires" as the man is now telling people that if prices are too high, we must trade in our cars for one of his pieces of crap Chevy Volt. And if now is not the time to spend $40K on a lousy electric vehicle, well...screw you!

What is the preposterous solution of the Dictator-in-Training is proposing now? Bigger government, of course.

Time for a new task force aimed at searching for price gouging on the part of the oil companies or the commodity traders.
I don't see a problem for a closer look at the oil trading business to insure that it is on the up and up, but the fact that the big boss, Obama, has placed AG Eric Holder in charge of the task force is just another insult to the intelligence of the people. Eric Holder?
Basically another additional bureaucratic pile of donkey crap, paid by the taxpayers and only aimed at confusing and distracting the people.

The only reason for this task force is to shift the growing anger the people have toward the President for his incompetent energy policies away from the spotlight and instead find the beating post upon which place the blame.
And if in the fray they can manufacture a case against some oil company, and con the people into believing it, which will not hard for the brainless liberals, the better the prospects will be for the inevitable nationalization of the whole industry.

To aid the President in his march toward even greater enslavement of America to the Middle East oil now comes our great "ally" Saudi Arabia. After announcing just few weeks ago that they would increase production of oil to make up for the shortfall due to the unrest in Libya, the Saudis are today announcing that supply of oil worldwide being satisfactory, they will cut production by 800,000 barrels per day.
The Saudis are also blaming speculators on the trading markets for the upswing of prices, once again demonstrating that Obama and OPEC are on the same page.

And why not! Saudi Arabia, and the other oil producers, are in the game for profit. If they see that a country like the United States is not willing to access its own oil resources; if they witness a US President dead set on increasing the dependency of America upon the Middle East; if they can taste their ever growing influence on American politics via the fluid black gold, they would be stupid not to take advantage of it.

More power to our enemies, compliments of President Barak Hussein Obama.
Time for another vacation, a round of golf or some fund raiser with the "beautiful" people of Hollywood. As for the rest of you all, piss-nobody Americans: eat cake!

Just my thoughts!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Amnesty For Illegal Aliens: 2012 Presidential Campaign

By Semperpapa

Obama's campaigning for the 2012 Presidential elections is already in full swing. The usual attacks against anything remotely contrary to the will of the regime is being attacked and labeled, once again, as racist, not to mention how the old mantra of Conservatives wanting seniors and minorities and children to starve and die has been dusted and placed back into action.
Yes, I confess: my hope is for the demise of vulnerable portion of the population!

Leaving aside the vitriol of the latest liberal attacks, which have personally become annoying now, the only crowd that is still receptive to this sort of message is the ignorant and opportunistic one represented by brainwashed college students and union thugs. Propaganda is powerful.

But the 2012 battleground is intensifying and quickly expanding to all the other war horse issues of the Left, including the always favorite illegal immigration reform.
As the Latino population percentage increases, those on the Progressive side, both Democrats and Republicans, are seeing a decisive voting block that appeals greatly to anyone seeking power. Those who are against the violation of American laws and the rewarding of criminal behavior for those who defy the Nation's sovereignty, better be ready for the upcoming avalanche of attacks on the part of illegal aliens activists.

The White House is already engaging in an aggressive policy of appeasement for illegal immigration by sending the message down to the rank and file of the Border Patrol the unwritten directive of stopping illegal aliens apprehension.
This has been a policy previous administrations have engaged in, where BP agents would stop illegals as they were trying to enter the country or were already inside our border and instead of arresting them and subsequently deport them, they just turn them back to the border and let them go. This policy allows the illegal aliens to just turn around and try again in short time.

This sort of policy nets good results for the Obama regime. On one hand it allows illegal aliens to enter the country with impunity and even if caught, they are not identified, therefore remaining in the shadows.
Moreover, it allows the political hack Janet Napolitano to do the illegal bidding of her boss's re-election campaign by actually coming out and stating that the border is more secure than ever because apprehensions are down.
In other words, a vicious circle of corruption and deception that is so typical of the current resident of the White House.

Obama has some immigration conference, where he invites people like NY mayor Bloomberg and former California governor Schwarzenegger, but leaves out any current governor from any border state.
Welcomed at the conference was one Luis Gutierrez, though, Democrat Representative from Illinois, who has, in the past, stated that

"I have only one loyalty and that's to the immigration community"


Liberal Progressives will stop at nothing to maintain and increase their power and control of the American people, even if it means that the security and laws of the country are compromised.
As a legal immigrant, I take great offense from the words of a President who places my circumstances in the same "fascio" as those who break US laws and enter the country illegally.
And I am the "radical", Mr. President?

Just my thoughts!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Ahmadinejad Pulls An Obama

By Semperpapa

Iran’s puppet dictator pulled a total reversal of opinion yesterday by stating that the unrest we are witnessing in the Middle East these days is the fault of the West.

It was just last February, as Tunisia and Egypt were exploding, that Ahmadinejad hailed the protest in the streets of Tunis and Cairo as “the reverberation of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.”

Ahmadinejad latest contention is that the evil forces of the West are instead behind the spreading uprising around the region, guided by the intention of the West to take over the oil producing areas and forcing the West beliefs upon the Islamic world.

This is an interesting about face for the Iranian government, even though the initial reaction from Ahmadinejad might have been merely an attempt to stifle potential unrest within his own populace. It is more likely that the theocratic leadership saw troubling clouds at the horizon from the very beginning and attempted to confuse the world and instigate the West to intervene against the alleged “democracy wave” sweeping the region.

The events in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya must be disturbing for the Teheran folks, as there is a clear possibility that the Iranian people may decide to again show their dissatisfaction for the regime and take it to the streets. And there is a good possibility that dissension in Iran may have a more pro-West outcome, should it take shape.

The unrest in Syria, effectively a satellite state of Iran, must also inspire very uncomfortable feelings among the ayatollahs in Teheran. Could they be next?

Just my thoughts!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Wilson Was Right: Obama Is A Liar

By Blitzkrieg

Everyone knows that politicians are liars and cheaters, but Obama is beating all records on the quest to become the top notch liar in the history of the United States political leadership.

In the quite of the weekend news cycle, the Liar-in-Chief signed a statement by which he denounced the will of Congress and decided that he wanted to keep the funding for his famous czars, in spite of the opposing opinion of Congress and the American people, who have been vocal against the myriad of appointed characters that this so-called President has been putting in charge.

In 2007, as a deceiving presidential candidate, Obama made the following statement in regard to the activity of signing statements that Presidents have been using:

…Signing statements have been used by presidents of both parties, dating back to Andrew Jackson. While it is legitimate for a president to issue a signing statement to clarify his understanding of ambiguous provisions of statutes and to explain his view of how he intends to faithfully execute the law, it is a clear abuse of power to use such statements as a license to evade laws that the president does not like or as an end-run around provisions designed to foster accountability. I will not use signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law. The problem with this administration is that it has attached signing statements to legislation in an effort to change the meaning of the legislation, to avoid enforcing certain provisions of the legislation that the President does not like, and to raise implausible or dubious constitutional objections to the legislation. The fact that President Bush has issued signing statements to challenge over 1100 laws – more than any president in history – is a clear abuse of this prerogative. No one doubts that it is appropriate to use signing statements to protect a president’s constitutional prerogatives; unfortunately, the Bush Administration has gone much further than that…

It is obvious that the pledge of this two-faced ideologue was valid only as long as the House of Representatives remained dominion of the throng of Pelosi and company, but now that the opposition has taken the majority, the previous statement just plain does not apply any longer.

See, in the contorted, cunning minds of Liberals, pledges are just another way to influence the feeble minded hordes of ignorant people for the sole purpose of gaining power. Once that power is achieved, all bets are off and the only reigning purpose is to take complete control of society.

From Guantanamo to the 2nd Amendment, Obama has lied to the people and has worked incessantly in the overthrow of the Constitution and the establishment of a Marxist order. He has used race to scare people into silence and has destroyed the economy so to make the common citizen dependent on a corrupt, despotic government, all the while opening our nation to Islamic terrorists and illegal aliens.

Hope that all the morons who voted for this piece of work are happy with the way their decision is turning out. As for me, I feel the revolution, so wanted by Obama “buddies” like Van Jones and Bill Ayers and Trumka, closer than ever.

Why Is The Left So Afraid Of The Tea Party?

By Semperpapa

There is an obvious fear running through the ranks of the Left in America these days: the Tea Party.

But why is this group so maligned by a broad spectrum of the political establishment?

The short answer can be found in its popular origin, more specifically in the fact that it was not born from one specific political party, but from everyday Americans becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the direction America was taking.

Effectively, the TEA Party is not a Party at all. It does not have its very own place in the electoral arena. What it represents is an ideology that is founded in the United States Constitution and in the principles of the Founding Fathers: limited governmental intrusion in the lives of the People; the end of enslaving entitlement programs; the re-establishment of personal responsibility.

It is true that the majority of the candidates supported by this new popular movement for the 2010 mid-term Elections were registered as Republican candidates, but the dissatisfaction of those who started and fostered the movement was not directed solely toward Democrats. Primary after primary within the Republican Party demonstrated that the people are growing increasingly angry with the establishment candidates, those who have been benefiting greatly from the “business-as-usual” approach to governing. Thanks to a grassroot campaign of information, Americans who had previously shown very little or no interests in political affairs, comfortable in their personal slice of America, were now exposed to the way politicians were handling the affairs of the Nation.

Common people started to understand how unbridled government spending was affecting their lives; how increasingly out of control taxation and regulation was crippling the economy and the security of the Country; how printing money with abandon and having our enemies in China holding so much of our debt was mortgaging the welfare of many future generations.

As unemployment hovered at less than 5%, Americans were too busy making a living to pay much attention to the increasing national debt. As the real estate bubble kept on growing, home prices were skyrocketing and little attention was paid to the looming danger of that bubble finally bursting.

From what it seemed one day to the next, the market collapsed. The politicians blamed the shady lending practices of financial institutions, which was truly a good part of the problem. But than the details of the federal government role in that financial disaster started to surface, in spite of an all out blitz on the part of the Media to keep the whole thing under controlled wrap.

Financial institutions, which get no reprieve from me in the least, were forced in the assumption of high risk lending by a political leadership exercising their powers of coercion in forcing lending to individuals who had absolutely no chance of affording to repay the loans. What was intended to be a way for minorities to own a home, became instead a disastrous social experiment that only benefited the pockets of very few politicians (i.e. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd).

Once unemployment begun to inch upward, common Americans started to see their jobs first in jeopardy then disappearing, with any prospect of finding new employment very bleak. The value of their properties plunging and the inability to sell their assets for the inflated prices they purchased at, only added to the disaster.

With plenty of blame to go around, the only positive aspect of the situation was that many Americans begun to pay attention. They started to question the frivolous spending that politicians keep on putting on the backs of the working people: millions of dollars spent for non-existing road projects; millions spent to fund sex studies in Argentina or China; millions spent to address bogus issues like global warming. And politicians still demanding more.

Suddenly, the America people started to hear terms like “trillions” when we were still in the process to wrap our arms around the concept of billions. Jobs continued to disappear and the politicians in Washington only saw as a solution to spend more money that the Country does not have, taking the whole Nation deeper into debt.

Lost were the lessons of countless other nations around the world that had tried to spend their way into economic recovery. The failed examples of Europe, from Greece to Ireland to Spain, were discounted as insignificant and from both sides of the Congressional isles. Republicans, as much as Democrats, have persisted on a path of spending orgy, using money not available, borrowing from China and looking for revenue sources domestically that would pay for the endless entitlements programs that had kept them in power election after election.

With such backdrop, it was only natural that at some point the common American, faced with increasing economic hardship, with the need for drastic modification of life style, would start to pay attention and start to ask questions and accountability from the government. That is when the TEA Party took shape.

Interestingly, the most vociferous attacks against the TEA Party have come from the fringe Left. This is the same portion of the political spectrum that has always counted on the power of protest in its attempt to impose their will on society. From student protest to union organized rallies and demonstrations, when the protest came from the Left, politicians supported it as a manifestation of the rights granted by the First Amendment of the Constitution.

During the George W. Bush presidency, those elements who descended in the streets of America to attack the policies of that President, were hailed as patriots, regardless of the vitriol adopted by the crowds. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton screeched that dissent was patriotic. Nancy Pelosi continuously incited protest against the Republican President as a right of the masses to voice their discontent. Even after she became Speaker of the House in 2006, she would exhort the political Left to manifest its displeasure with the Republican Senate and White House, all in the name of Freedom Of Speech.

Aggravating the situation was a Republican contingent in Congress that was totally incapable and unwilling to contest the obvious actions of the Left. As the 2008 Presidential Elections approached and the mood of the Country was clearly taking a left turn, career Republican politicians sought to simply survive the coming election and they also abandoned the little conservatism that was left in them. It became politically justifiable to compromise with the left in order to maintain that seat of power and to continue the pillaging of the American economy via more entitlements, more pork spending and corruption.

How things change! Suddenly, as the TEA Party started to gain popular support, the voices of the regime begun to have a change of heart in regard to the “right” of the people to express their dissatisfaction. As the primaries for the 2010 mid-term approached, well informed TEA Party members would challenge incumbents with no nonsense questions regarding their complicity in the economic debacle of the Nation. Both Republican and Democrat incumbents witnessed the slow but inexorable erosion of their elitism. It looked like no longer the “unwashed masses” could be silenced by the intimidation of power. Incumbents started to be challenged by candidates that were supported and inspired by the demands that the TEA Party was promoting, and these new candidates were gaining ground fast.

So the strategy was for the political elite to attack the people, greatly aided by the always complacent media.

In April 2010, Brian Montopoli of CBS News wrote a piece “analyzing” the TEA Party, starting his article with these words: “They are white, older and angry” establishing a premise that was not only false but completely discriminatory toward the people involved. But those were the marching orders from Obama, Reid and Pelosi.

TEA Party demonstrations were described as “extremists”. Nancy Pelosi stated that swastikas had been seen at the rallies, but evidence of that was never provided. Accusation of racism was leveled against organizers and participants to the demonstrations, even as proof of the contrary was given on a consistent basis. Nothing seemed to deter the Left from its goal of silencing the People’s voice.

As TEA Party supported candidates won elections in November 2010, the attacks against the principles behind the grassroot group has not subsided, but it has changed somewhat.

From the Left we see continuous denigration of those freshmen who are today sitting in Congress: Allen West, Tim Scott, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and many others are targets of unhinged accusations.

From the Republican side, they are defined as a distraction to the necessary compromising that politicians consider indispensable for the job of governing. Actually, the level of compromising that the Republicans are willing to stoop down to is mostly aimed at their political longevity.

So why is the TEA Party frightening the Left, which includes the RINO also, so much?

Because it is the manifestation of popular intentions. Because it is a denouncement of political elitism in Washington. Because it represents the worst case scenario for those who seek power for the sake of power and not for the sake of service.

TEA Party supporters are the worst kind of Americans, those who get informed and are not easily conned into submission. They are those who ask poignant, direct and at times embarrassing questions that deserve answers, regardless how difficult the process may be for the questioned.

Mostly, they are the American people, searching for accountability for the damages that unscrupulous politicians have done to America. Many American do not sign up to the TEA Party even if they are not happy with the situation in our Nation’s Capital, but the telling fact is that the results of the actions of such “extremists” will benefit them too, that they like it or not, because if the actions of the group and of those elected with their support will bring spending under control; if National security will become paramount again thanks to the defeat of political correctness; if politicians will be held accountable for their actions and fired if they fail to truly represent the people, even those non-aligned with the TEA movement will in the long term benefit, as the Country benefits.

Finally, there is also a cultural reason for the fear from the Left. In the ever rotting world of political correctness, the forces of the Left have gotten used to succeed in the labeling war. Disagreement with the increased government control of the people has been met with accusations of Nazism and the like. Any dissent with President Obama has been labeled as racist. Any vocal call to confront the illegal immigration issue and to secure the southern border met the same fate.

The difference with the TEA Party is that being an all inclusive popular organization, such accusations are finally ignored by the people. Herman Cain is one of the favorite candidates of the organization for the 2012 Presidential nomination. All allegations of racism, sexism, and whatever other –ism have been consistently disproved, as a matter of fact, the opposition to the TEA organization, like union members at rallies and American Communism party followers, has been shown using racial slurs like “uncle Tom” and “oreos” when addressing blacks who agree with the TEA platform.

When the Left expects all blacks to be in agreement with Obama and his policies, with the unions and their extortion tactics only because or their race, when the Left attacks blacks for not conforming with the plan of victimization of Sharpton and Jackson and because of it they are maligned, I ask the level minded folks: who is the racist?

From a personal prospective, if the extremists who have been hijacking the Nation are feeling nervous because of the TEA Party, the movement deserves a serious look at and the common American’s support.

I have attended couple of TEA events and saw people of all races and beliefs, united in one common concern: the departure of the political leadership from the guidelines of the Constitution.

Just my thoughts!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Another Miscarriage Of Justice

By Semperpapa

Faleh Hassan Almaleki was today sentenced in Arizona to a 34 ½ years imprisonment for killing his daughter Noor in 2009.

The Iraqi immigrant run over the 20-year old with his car because she had become too westernized and was bringing shame to the honor of the family.

In effect, the action of the 50 year old man was one of those “honor killings” we all hear about these days, crimes that make most of us cringe in disbelief.

Almaleki’s actions, on that day included purposely hitting his daughter and the mother of her boyfriend. The older woman survived the attack and was present for the sentencing.

But this sentence is a miscarriage of justice. Sure the man was sent to prison for practically for the majority of his remaining life, as he would be in his mid-80s, should he serve the whole sentence.

According to the reports, the man never showed any remorse for his actions, clearly demonstrating that the taking of a human life for him is a perfectly justified action as long as his religious beliefs tell him to.

The travesty is that Almaleki was convicted of second degree murder instead of first degree which could have landed him on death row.

Why was he not hit with pre-meditated capital murder? Was it not pre-meditated that he went to look for his daughter, drove his car on top of her and another person?

I am just hoping that the lesser conviction is not another sign of surrender to Shariah law and its barbaric directives.

Is the lesser charge part of an attempt of the judicial system to alleviate the gravity of the crime because it was sparked by the religious beliefs of the perpetrator? I am not prepared to believe that this cold blooded criminal is going to escape a deserved appointment with a needle because of an apologetic, politically correct society is willing to attach some form of justification to his actions.

So Almaleki is going to spend some time in prison. His daughter Noor will never see her life evolve in the way that it could have potentially. And there is always the possibility of the case being re-evaluated at a later time by some bleeding heart liberal judicial officer that may decide the sentence was too harsh. There is always the possibility that CAIR could get some politician to intercede in the killer’s behalf, negating a victim of such insanity even this level of misguided justice.

And if we get really “lucky” AG Eric Holder would bring another federal law suit against the State of Arizona claiming hate and civil rights violations.

This was indeed another miscarriage of justice, aimed at lessen the gravity of a horrid crime in the name of some contorted image of religious tolerance. We are indeed on a dangerous path as a society.

Just my thoughts!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Nancy Pelosi Vision: One Nation Under Obama

By Semperpapa

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gave another glimpse at her vision of the new America she has been working so hard to create.
During a speech, obviously to a friendly audience, this despicable woman told of her hope that "her friends" in the Republican Party would take their party back from the extreme elements that are creating so much havoc for the forces of Marxism.
She contends that the re-alignment of the Republicans is necessary to insure that it would not matter much who wins elections.
See, for this "grandmother-of-the-year" the important thing is the welfare of the children, more specifically her children. It is unconscionable for this Statist that because of some silly elections, she is not able to fly around her grandchildren on taxpayers' funded Air Force luxury at a moment notice.

What she is really advocating is a return to the old days of 2006-2010, when she was able to manipulate the destiny of millions of American peasants by cajoling bunch of RINO (Republicans In Name Only) in the House of Representatives, aided by a corrupted Senate and a radical White House.

So what does Pelosi's vision of America under Obama entails?
Simply put, a country that is governed by an elite with absolute power over the people. She is not interested in the principles of service to the Nation, instead she prefers the idea of the American people being servant to her and her cronies in Washington.
When corrupted individuals like Pelosi or Reid or Obama speak of "service" they are really alluding to the people of our Country submitting to the will of a political elite that is only concerned with the maintenance of power.

The mid term elections of 2010 were revolutionary in more than one sense. What they demonstrated was that the American people, the moment they start paying attention and are directly affected by the unhinged actions of the political leadership, are not yet ready to roll over and play dead for the Marxists of the Democratic Party.
RINO like Lindsey Graham or Dick Lugar, and many others, have been forced to pay attention to the will of their constituencies, because ultimately, their only interest remains the ability to keep their donkeys on the seats of power.

Eliminating dissent is the way of the Pelosis of Washington, regardless of Party affiliation. Destroying the people's ability to impose their will on those they elect is the goal of the regime, achieved by keeping the masses ignorant and uninformed, and by brainwashing the upcoming generation into believing that the answer to all questions is government.

There used to be a saying: two things are for sure in life: death and taxes!
Today, one more element has been added to that truth: government.

For Pelosi and the majority of the cronies in Washington, the goal is the elimination of American individualism under the banner of a contorted ideology of popular fairness.
I too want popular fairness, but I prefer that such goal be reached by giving the individual the ability to achieve greatness via hard work and personal responsibility, sort of a higher level of success achieved by excelling to the individual level of ability and desire.
The interpretation of "fairness" on the part of the current political "leadership" is the reduction of American individualism to a common level of mediocrity that spells the end of a free and prosperous society.

"...one Nation, under Obama, with handouts and entitlements for all"

Just my thoughts!

No More Parental Control For Students In Chicago

By Semperpapa

It is hard to ignore the signs of parental failure in our country for a good percentage of the population. From the new style of "hands off" approach to the "I don't care" one, the combination of parents increasingly reneging on their responsibilities as the main source of guidance for their children and a governmental take over of those responsibilities, the results are, to say the list appalling.

While on one side of their administrative mouths the education system claims that the individuality of each child must be respected and the individual child's self esteem safeguarded, from the other, more covert one, the move toward the absolute control of students moves along nicely.

In Chicago, what a surprise, a school official at one of that cities public school, has banned its students from packing their lunches from home, forcing them to instead eat the school cafeteria's food or go hungry. Elsa Carmona, principal of Little Village Academy on Chicago West Side, stated that she started the program because she was not happy with the fact that some of the students would have soda and chips in their sack lunches and that she considered the school food as a more nutritious choice for the students.

So what? you could ask and maybe even accuse me of taking the issue on a hyperbolic trajectory, but unfortunately this level of liberal intrusion in the school system has been rearing its ugly head at an alarming rate.
Students are not allowed to wear t-shirts with the American flag on it so not to antagonize or offend the non-American students, while other students are allowed to wear garments sporting the image of a mass murderer like Che Guevara.
A child was told to remove his American flag from his bicycle so not to, again, offend other students and it was only after high public protest that they rescinded their decision.
In Los Angeles yesterday, a 17-year old was given a 9-months sentence for bringing a gun to school, weapon that discharged, allegedly when he put his backpack, containing the weapon, down on his desk, the bullet piercing the neck of one other student before striking another girl in the head. Message: if you bring a gun to school, just state you felt in danger and all is well.
At the same time, universities still maintain their "gun-free zones" stopping their trained students with carrying permits from exercising their constitutional rights.

And while education wise the United States slips lower on the list of achievements among industrialized nations; while teachers lose their jobs and the unions work hard to safeguard bad ones as long as they advance their radical agendas; while the "system" continues to fail the new generation, 6-digit salary, non-classroom administrators continue to enjoy very comfortable life styles and make stupid decisions like the one in Chicago.

I heard yesterday a radio talk show personality in LA stating that he would give the school a hard time if it was about his child. Maybe he would, but unfortunately the truth is that our society is more inclined these days to have an attitude of "whatever" and "good, let the government pay for the lunch" more than one of refusal to surrender to the detrimental intrusion of an overbearing government.
By the time we will start paying attention to this sort of abuse, it will be too late.
Sure, accuse me of being hyperbolic!

Just my thoughts!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Shariah Law Victory In Oklahoma

By Semperpapa

Lat November I wrote the following article

http://semperpapa.blogspot.com/2010/11/one-more-reason-to-ban-cair.html

It was in response to a proposition that was passed by the citizens of Oklahoma, with a margin of 71%, which would ban the use of any international law, Shariah law in particular, from being used in adjudication of legal cases in that state.

Immediately after the passing of the proposition, CAIR, Council for American Islamic Relations, filed a suit to stop the implementation of the law so overwhelmingly approved by the people on the basis that it was, of all things, unconstitutional.

Now the law appears to be dead. As CAIR filed the suit, judge Vicky Miles-LaGrange, was convinced by the CAIR representative that the law amounted to religious bigotry and that discriminated against Muslims.
Today, the bill sits in the State Senate and will not be subjected to any debate. The Oklahoma State Senate decided that the bill was not going to be taken up by the legislative body, practically handing a great victory to CAIR and once again, ignoring the will of the people.

The author of the bill, Sen. Sally Kern, stated that even if obviously disappointed, she was looking into introducing the language of the bill into some other legislation. Her intentions, though, were met with what amounts to a threat on the part of Muneer Awad, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Hamas-linked CAIR.
Awad stated that should Kern achieve what she is thinking, it would be an action of great consequence for the economy of the state as it would affect international trade for many state companies. Awad also stated that the bigotry that would ensue would be divisive for the people of the state.

So the Oklahoma State Senate caved into the demands of a terrorist-linked organization and a politically correct and impeachable judge decision. The enemy of America has scored another victory in its slow, patient erosion of American principles.
Allowing the use of Shariah law in our judicial dealings is a slippery slope that our Nation has been on for a long time. And the consequences of actions like the one taken by the judge and the Senate in Oklahoma is one that could potentially have grave consequences.
Who will be held responsible the next time that some Muslim man will decide that his daughter or wife has "dishonored" the family?
All we need is to look at Europe to see the results of what allowing Shariah law to be part of our society would mean. From England to France to Italy, honor killing, justified by Shariah, is a popular expression of the Islamic mindset. The following video is about a Middle Eastern man who slit the throat of his daughter 28 times for shaming the family. This took place in Italy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQha05yV5XQ&feature=player_embedded

And maybe, for all who may still have doubts, one should look at the events of the recent past in our own country, like the story of sisters Amina (18) and Sarah (17) Said in Texas:

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24329

The evidences are there and only the apologists and the accomplices of such barbaric expressions are willing to ignore them. I keep on hearing that the majority of Muslims are peaceful, but if that was the case, if the outrage felt by the rest of us "infidels" at the medieval manifestations of this so-called religion was also felt by peace loving followers of Islam, why are their voices, with very few exceptions, not heard?

Just my thoughts!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Agreement On The Budget: Good Or Bad For The American People

By Semperpapa

At the eleventh hour, an agreement has been reached over the budget, practically averting the shutting down of the federal government.

Good thing: the looming disgrace of millions of Military families not receiving their pay has been avoided, even if it means that holding the Country hostage on that issue may have worked in favor of Sen. Reid and Obama.

Personally, I believe that shutting down the government for some time would be the only way for the American taxpayers to curb, albeit temporarily, the despicable addiction to excessive and frivolous spending that the Washington politicians have. Spending of other people's money.

And to reflect on a cartoon I saw in the last few days, the shut down would not have affected what are described as "essential" positions. But why are we, the taxpayers, forced to pay for the salaries of federal workers that are described as "non-essential?"
If they are not essential for the safety and security of the Nation, why are these jobs, all good paying and with benefits burdening the taxpayers, there to begin with?

I know, I know, I am a heartless conservative white man. My bad.

Just my thoughts!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Abortion: For Some, They Are Only Numbers

By Semperpapa

Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and I am not about to pass judgment on the legal aspect of the issue of abortion. I believe that the issue is more one of morality than anything.

One aspect of abortion that is of shocking value to me is that of pure numbers.

According to a fact sheet recently published by Planned Parenthood, in 2009 the organization performed a total of 332,278 abortions. Quick math gives a startling context: one abortion every minute and a half.

At this rate, in the time it will take me to finish this piece and publish it on my blog, approximately 12 lives will have been terminated.

I am sure that being a man I will be told that I have no right to even have an opinion on the subject, moreover that being a conservative, my hidden desire is for women to die and whatever else, but I do not understand how such a statistical number game can be seen as a proof of “women’s freedom”.

For some people, these are just numbers, mentioned only in reference to a specific political agenda. To me, with the exception of a small percentage necessary for medical and other moral issues, they only translate into an offensive violation of the importance of human life.

No politics here, just great sadness.

Just my thoughts!

How It Works In Gaza

By Semperpapa

I had been wondering for some time and now I think I understand how it works in the Gaza strip.

Basically, Hamas, the elected pseudo-political entity, and its terror groups strike against Israeli civilians and when Israel responds, they call for a cease-fire.

On Thursday, Hamas terrorists fired an anti-tank round against an Israeli target, wounding two people, one 16-year old boy critically. The target? A school bus. Definitely a high value military target.

As Israel started the obvious retaliation, with aircrafts targeting terror cells in Gaza, Hamas so-called authorities declared that they had reached a tentative truce with “most” of the militant factions of the terror group. The statement was allegedly aimed at reducing the “escalation of violence” on the part of Israel.

So this is the way it works: Hamas launches attacks against innocent civilians than, as Israel responds against terrorists, they call for a cease-fire, all the while blaming the Israelis for escalation of violence.

Interestingly, they state that “most” terrorists agree with the truce, leaving the door open for “rogue” cells to continue their attacks. Very convenient, because Hamas is able to proceed with its provocation using the excuse that they cannot control “all” the factions of their group. They can then blame Israel for escalation of violence and rejection of Hamas call for restrain and “longing” for peace.

Of course, anyone with a brain cell still functioning can see right through this tactic, but the problem remains that the anti-Israel propaganda, from the United Nations to the White House, uses the Hamas agenda for the perennial condemnation of Tel Aviv.

In fact, it is reported that right after the call for a truce on the part of the Hamas leadership, on Friday, more rockets have been fired into Israel, just as predicted and in concordance with the usual behavior.

Surely the UN council will call for an all out condemnation of Israel, citing that the response to the terrorist attacks is disproportionate. The failure to inflict casualties upon Israeli civilians is seen as a reason to chastise Israel for their efficiency in self-protection.

Just my thoughts!

White House, Senate Holding Hostages For Ideology

By Semperpapa

It has come to this in 2011 America: political ideology holds American people hostages. And making matter even worst, those being held hostage are the ones who volunteered to serve and protect the very Nation that is now turning its back on them.

We all know about the budget battle going on in Washington between the new Republican House majority and the White House/Senate still held by the radical Left. We are also all aware of the three-weeks-at-a-time budget agreements that have kept the government operating since a deal on a permanent budget is nowhere to be found.

All is defined along political demarcation lines that seem to be growing increasingly deep in Congress, even as some of the old guard RINO still attempt to compromise their principles, and the will of the people that elected them, to insure their share of the power. And some fancy engagement invitation at the Obama mansion.

The budget battle, though, is taking a very ugly and undesirable turn in regard to the Military.

While the politicians in Congress are fine tuning their grandstanding in the eyes of their constituencies, the looming prospect of our men and women in the Armed Forces not receiving their pay is making them, understandably, very nervous.

Anyone with an ounce of common sense left knows that those Americans who volunteer their service in the United States Military are not driven by the prospect of financial fortune. But the possibility of a stoppage of income, as meager as that income it may be, is a devastating possibility for millions of families who are already struggling to make it from one day to the next.

Reality is that these service men and women are witnessing a government reneging on their responsibility toward them and the country. The children that are in charge in Washington are so decisively bent on getting their way against their political foes that they are ready to make the already stressful conditions Military families are in, into a nightmare scenario.

Separate from the budget bickering that is threatening government shutdown, is the House bill HR 1363, a resolution that would ensure funding for the Department of Defense, which means pay for the Military too, until the end of FY2011 on September 30, 2011. Late on Thursday, the House passed the resolution along party lines, 247-181, sending the bill to the Senate.

It appears, though, that the Democrat led Senate will basically ignore the bill and not vote on it. Harry Reid is set on holding the funding of the Military hostage in the attempt to put pressure on the Republicans to compromise, again, on reducing the spending that is killing our Country.

The clincher, though, is the stated intention of the White House to veto the bill if it should make it to the President’s desk. President Obama has described the resolution as a “distraction” from the real issues afflicting the budget negotiations. And I unfortunately, do not expect any better from the Teleprompter-in-Chief when it comes to the Armed Forces.

What is the thought process on the part of the President regarding such “distraction”? Is there any thought at all?

Our Forces are involved in two conflicts in the Middle East and one in North Africa, stretched to their limits of endurance, many members with multiple deployments under their belt.

Each deployment bring hardship on them and their families at home, both from the point of view of financial and emotional stress that is inherent to the nature of the business they are in. For these folks, who already have difficulty making ends meet, the prospect of that meager paycheck stoppage is a very scary proposition, not exactly a “distraction”.

One of the main duties of a President, as defined by that damn old document, the United States Constitution, is that of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. While such duty has been questionable in the actions of several Presidents in the past, it requires that the President places the utmost importance on the welfare of the member of the Military. Failing to prioritize such duty in the name of some political ideology and to advance a radical ideology is nothing short than dereliction of duty, an impeachable offense in this writer’s humble opinion.

Obama’s war in Libya has already reached the $650 billions price tag, with no resolution in sight. Our troops are still perishing in Afghanistan and Iraq, so the proper thing to do, on the part of the commander-in-Chief, is to foster financial hardship upon those who are doing the heavy lifting, both in theater and at home. All the while, the Obama family is going to go on another vacation, this week in Indiana.

Images of Emperor Nero playing as Rome burns form in my head.

I wish I could tell the President that right now it is the time to wear that Commander-in-Chief hat and place the welfare of the Military in front of his radical ideology, demonstrating a pale shadow of leadership ability. But surely he would dismiss my plea as just another distraction.

Just my thoughts!