You Are All Fired!

If the approval rating for Congress is an indication, the majority of the American people are pretty much fed up with the bums that currently are walking what used to be the sacred halls of the Senate and House. Just mention of the word ‘Congress’ is enough to incite responses ranging from disgust to derision and everything in between.

So, in light of the dissatisfaction expressed by so many Americans, at least those who still care for this great country, I am proposing that starting in 2010, we the people just plain fire them all.

Now, you must understand that I am going out on a limb with this, so I hope you keep with me. Ever since becoming a US citizen, I have voted Conservative. It does not mean that the candidates I voted for always had my approval, but compared to the Liberal ideology, the worst Conservative is always better than the best Liberal. It may appear as a close minded attitude on my part and you may be correct, but essentially it comes down to what I consider to be the best approach to the type of government I believe is best for my family and my country. Interference from an overstepping government is NOT in the best interest of a country. Excessive government meddling in the private affairs of its citizens only brings elitism, abuse and despotism, as we are witnessing today.

The presence of countless politicians that have made a career out of what was supposed to be public service, getting re-elected over and over is the best advertisement for the idea of terms limits in politics. People like John Murtha and Robert Byrd have been insuring their own re-election by channeling appropriations to their districts. It would be interesting to research the legitimacy and legality of all the pork that has made its way into these politicians’ pockets.

Numbskulls like Barbara Boxer and Henry Waxman, disgraceful ones like Barney Frank and Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi feel that they so much superior to the people who elected them that they behave in the same “royalty” fashion that has sparked so many revolutions over the centuries.

This proposal of mine is very drastic and bold, at least for me, because I am willing to vote for a Democrat if it means to ‘fire’ the incumbent in the coming elections in 2010. I will hold my nose and go against my ideological principles as long as the country gets whole new blood in Congress.
The way I see it, the situation could not under any circumstance get any worst than it is right now. I am tired of the politicians that continue to pillage the system, continue to screw the American people and continue to bring the country down, including the so-called Republicans of today. I am tired of politicians that, from both parties, appear to be interested only in their political careers and in the process destroy the US Constitution by using it as an elastic to be conformed in their own personal interest.
But most of all, I am tired of politicians that have made long and profitable careers convincing Americans that they were somehow victims, that they were only good enough to have a government take care of them, that they were not capable to make correct decisions for themselves, that they did not have to take responsibility for their actions because they were entitled to extraordinary protection. Tired of politicians that place their campaigns in front of doing what is right, who will pander to race and religion and gender instead of making decisions that are right for the benefit of all.

There is also another advantage to my proposal, or maybe just a gamble. The newly elected politicians will have learnt a valuable lesson: you don’t do what is right for the American people and the country, you will be fired too. And term limits will automatically prune the political tree of those fruits that tend to spoil the whole tree.

So I plan on casting my vote for every single challenger on the ballot next year. It will be my message of revolt against those who have severely contaminated the political offices. If all incumbents are fired, the American people could probably get a group discount for the mass disinfecting of the buildings.

The Constitution of the United States begins with “We The People” for a reason. The Founding Fathers, in their precocious wisdom, gave the power of self-determination to the people. It was the people that decided to revolt against the British against staggering odds.
It was the people that ultimately defeated the scourge of slavery.
It was the people who defeated Nazism, Fascism and Imperialism.
It was the people who won the Cold War.
It was the people who stood by the various governments they elected that accomplished all the facts listed above. Without the support of the people, the government would have not been able to accomplish them, and the American Republic would have been plagued by the same civil unrest that almost every other country in the world experienced.
When in 1939 WWII begun, Winston Churchill literally begged Franklin Roosevelt to get in the war on the side of Britain. FDR could not do so because the American people, after the bloody experience of WWI, did not want to meddle in another European war. Yes it was for re-election interests, but it was the people who controlled the President’s decision. After the Pearl Harbor attack, it was the whole country and its people that stood up to be counted.
And to further prove my point, the time in American history when a large section of the American people disagree with the Government and its actions, resulted in a Civil War.
Well it looks like the majority of the country is fed up with politicians, so I say:

Fire All Of Them!

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Shut Up And Die!

Poor California Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office in Los Angeles was viciously attacked by a group of un-hinged terrorists on Thursday.

After a six hours tense standoff, the police was able to lure the terrorists out and take them into custody. Luckily, no one from the Senator’s staff was injured or killed, although the stress of the situation will probably have a follow up in court.

The perpetrators of such vile, horrible attack? Al Qaeda? Taliban?

No. The seven vicious terrorists were seniors ranging from 55 to 87 years old in age and they went into Feinstein’s office to demand to speak with the senator so she can explain why she supports Obamacare. They were there for the only purpose of having major concerns about the prospect of Socialized Medicine.

Now I don’t want for a minute minimize the terror that seven senior citizens can instill on any of the spineless, castrated, tree hugging, kumba ya blood suckers that must be staffing the West Los Angeles office of the corrupted Senator, but really, unless they were brandishing guns and hand grenades, there should have not been any reason for the cops to be even called.
(BTW, the SF Chronicle does not mention the racial composition of the group, which brings me to assume they were all white and obviously part of one of those "right wing extremists" groups Janet Napolitano warned us about in her DHS memo).

The whole incident was fortunately solved in a bloodless manner and the seniors were sent on their ways with a personal note from the Senator:

“Shut up and die!”

Suggestion to the seniors: next time, if you want a remote chance at success, make sure you bring lots of cash. That's the only constituency the Senator is interested in.

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Infuriating!

I got up this morning and, as usual, I checked my e-mails as I sipped on my first cup of coffee. I found an e-mail from a Military News web site mentioning the ward of the sixth Medal of Honor since the war in Afghanistan started following the September 11 attacks.

The MOH was awarded to Army Sgt. Jared Monti for his conspicuous gallantry in combat for an action that took place in Afghanistan on June 21, 2006.
As the leader of a 16-man patrol, Sgt. Monti was engaged by a force that outnumbered his by 4 to 1 and while leading his men to take cover he returned fire against the enemy.
As Sgt. Monti got on the radio to request Close Air Support and indirect fire (artillery) he realized that one of his men had been wounded and was exposed to enemy fire. He repeatedly attempted to reach his man to take him to safety but during the lat attempt, he was mortally wounded by an RPG.
Directing his patrol’s fire and calling in CAS and indirect fire, Sgt. Monti was able to avoid his men from taking higher casualties and being overrun, while inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.

Sgt. Jared Monti, 12 years Army veteran and American Hero, will be officially awarded the MOH posthumously in the White House on September 17.

These are the facts. Here are my thoughts.

I looked all around the usual News outlet on line right after I learned about Jared Monti, and no mention could be found anywhere about this American soldier nor his family.

As I continued to browse through the sites, I could feel anger growing inside me. Nowhere any mention could be found about Sgt. Monti or the fact that he is to receive the highest decoration this country gives to a Military member, not even after the Hero gave his life for his country and his fellow soldiers.
All is splattered across the Media is the Beer Summit to take place tonight in the White House between Obama, Gates and Sgt. Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department, in Obama’s attempt to take his foot out of his mouth. A racist President and a racist professor will sit down with a police officer that has never, according to all accounts, ever expressed racist sentiments, but was accused by a black elitist who just saw a way to enrich his resume by adding a fictitious fight against a fictitious police abuse. Even the make of beer that Obama will have gets more news coverage than the story of an American Hero.

Obamacare is all over the News, even if nothing will be done for months. The allocation of “stimulus” money to the porn industry gets coverage, but nothing about Sgt. Monti.
Michael Jackson has been dead for a while and still News about him continues to appear. But nothing about Sgt. Monti.

And you are still asking what’s wrong with our culture? You are still wondering about the disconnect between the Military and the Civilian worlds?
I am not surprised any longer, just completely infuriated by it.
I am pissed about the brainwashing the Liberals have conducted against the Military. I am incensed by the total and unchecked ignorance of the average American regarding the sacrifices the American Military and their families make in order to insure that their freedom to be idiots is safeguarded.

Not too long ago I walked into the local Military Surplus store looking for some decals to place on my motorcycle. I picked a POW/MIA sticker and the 19-20 years old young woman behind the counter got one for me and asked me what POW/MIA stands for. I paused for a second to make sure she was not joking, then proceeded to explain the meaning to her. She gained one of those blank stares and I got the impression that she had no idea about Vietnam, the war or anything else I was speaking of. I am positive, though, that she could name the finalists of American Idol for the last three years!

Yes, the apathy of the average American toward anything that is related to the Military is appalling, an open insult to those who risk their lives every day wearing the uniform of the United States Armed Forces, perpetrated by the elitist leading class of politicians that soil the halls of Congress and the White House, of American universities.

This is truly infuriating!

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Cpl. Jason Dunham

There are thousands of heroes whose names have been written in the Military history of our country for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Many received decorations for the gallantry shown in combat above and beyond the call of duty, and five, so far, have received the much venerated Medal of Honor:
SFC Paul Ray Smith, US Army, posthumous, Iraq.
Lt. Michael Murphy, US Navy, posthumous, Afghanistan.
PO2C Michael Monsoor, US Navy, posthumous, Iraq.
Spc. Ross McGinnis, US Army, posthumous, Iraq.

The fifth name belongs to Cpl. Jason Dunham, USMC.

Cpl. Dunham on patrol in Karabilah, Iraq, on April 14, 2004 was faced by several insurgents that engaged his squad as the Marines were searching a vehicle. One of the insurgents rolled a live grenade and Cpl. Dunham warned his brothers and placed his Kevlar over the grenade and his body on his helmet. He survived the explosion for few days before succumbing to the wounds, but saved the lives of at least two of his Marines.

The Navy is getting ready to launch the USS Jason Dunham, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, to be christened by Jason’s mom, Debra Dunham. In a touching ceremony conducted early July, several personal items of Jason were placed inside the main mast of the destroyer and the urn was welded shut, for ever making those items integral part of the ship.

It is with great pleasure that I see the US Navy honor such a hero for his sacrifice with such an honor. The commander of the new destroyer, Commander M. Scott Sciretta recalls when he was first offered the command of the Jason Dunham. He did not have to hesitate in accepting the duty. He also recalls telling his wife about the new ship and the story behind the name. Mrs. Sciretta only added: “I’ll start packing”.

Surely the spirit of such a hero will be hovering above the new ship as it takes its place in the fleet. God bless Cpl. Jason Dunham and his family.

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

True Nature Rears Its Ugly Head...Again

Here we go again! Obama’s ugly nature and anti-authorities disdain rears its ugly head. After the arrest of Harvard’s Henry Luis Gates in Cambridge, Mass, good old Obama responded to a question from a reporter, during his Obamacare press conference, about the arrest of his long time friend. Obama, without having any information about the dynamics of the arrest, expressed his disappointment with the Cambridge police by saying that they behaved “stupidly”.

The statement caused an uproar, and the President was surprised about the level of controversy that ensued. Really, Mr. President? You are surprised? You just called the actions of a police sergeant and his colleagues stupid, and by the way every LEO in the country including those Secret Service agents tasked to keep you alive, and you are surprised that the targets of your idiotic, insensitive and ignorant words would cause someone to be outraged? It figures.

It is not a surprise, nothing this corrupted and incompetent administration does is any more. Just another snap shot of a mind set that not only is pervasive among Obama and his circus, but among those in Congress and many of those who voted this crooked Chicago politician in.
The state of mind is of complete contempt for those wearing any type of uniform (ACORN red shirts not included) in the service of America. The Military and Law Enforcement fall right into this category.

Surely, if Mr. Luis Gates had been a white man, Obama would have not make any comments about it, as it would have not fit the agenda.
The polls numbers for Obama have been steadily showing that he has been loosing the support of some of those Americans who voted for him and the American people in general. After his performance in the economy (record deficit, out of control spending, lack of accountability, undermining of traditional American principles, record unemployment, and the list goes on and on), Obama must be feeling his Messiah status slipping away. The American people are increasingly voicing their discontent with his reckless policies and the grass roots movement to make sure that the country is rid of the maggots currently in Congress in 2010 and ultimately of Obama and his cronies in 2012, is gaining steam.
As the pundits like to use the phrase “the honeymoon is over” I believe that we are actually beginning to se the resurgence of the American spirit, the original American spirit based on self-reliance and rejection of Socialist-style governmental intrusion in our lives.

Even with three and half years left in his regime, Obama must be concerned about the visceral dislike that the current Democratic-controlled Congress has been able to instill in the common American, and a defeat in Congress in 2010 with real conservatives re-taking the majority, would be a terrible blow to the grandiose aspirations of this President.

So it is time to pull out the usual ace in his sleeve: racism.

When all else seems to be failing, Obama is resorting to the strategy that has taken him from Indonesia all the way to the White House, the strategy that got him into and out of Harvard, the strategy that allowed him to build a political career aided by the most corrupted political environment in the country (Chicago), and the strategy that has allowed him to monopolize the black vote, to blow smoke in guilt ridden spineless whites all the way to occupy the most powerful position in the world. And he has achieved this even if he is totally out of his league.

Racism, he has certainly noticed, has served well people like Jeremiah Wright and Al Sharpton and Jessi Jackson. They have made a career and a lavish living of telling black Americans that they were oppressed, not fighting for equality but for victimization. And now it is the Racist-in-Chief’s turn to cash in from this approach.
If one disagrees with Obama, one is a racist. If one disagrees with Socialist-style redistribution of wealth, one is racist. Disagreeing with Socialized Medicine is an automatic labeling of racism. Tea Parties participant, racist. Support US Constitution, racist. Support Second Amendment, racist.
You get the jest of it.
And this controversy with the Cambridge police officers who arrested the emeritus professor from Harvard, the meddling of Obama into an area he should have not gone at least until the investigation was completed, is just another way to use the fact that Gates is black and the officer is white. So much for the Uniting President.
The latest is that Obama has invited the Cambridge officer and the Harvard professor to the White House for a beer, so to smooth everything out. That’s it, Mr. President! I am impressed now.

Is this racial policy going to work for Obama again? Only time will tell, as it looks like some people are sort of tired of the blanket accusations of racism thrown at our country. Racism does exist, but it is now more of a localized, individual cancer, not an institutionalized nation-wide condition.
So I am not sure that the scheme will work for Obama in his quest for totalitarian control of America.
If spending a country into oblivion and the race card do not work, Mr. Obama, there is always the good chance for a terrorist attack (one of those crisis that Rahm Emmanuel does not want to go to waste). Hung in there, my friend, maybe that will work.


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

WTF #1537

WTF #1537

Ever since Obama has taken residency in the White House, and at times even before than, I found myself saying “WTF” every time I heard his words, read his words or words reporting his statements. He has not disappointed me in my belief that his agenda is the downsizing and destruction of the United States of America.

I have lost accurate count of the WTF but I believe that my conservative estimate is that this is #1537. On a TV interview with ABC, Obama stated that although the war in Afghanistan is at the top of his foreign policy, he does not want to use the word “victory”.

"I'm always worried about using the word 'victory,' because, you know, it invokes this notion of Emperor Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to MacArthur,"

In the first place, my opinion of the education Mr. Obama received is becoming increasingly worst, as maybe he was too busy smoking cocaine or organizing some racially bias group when the lesson about the Japanese surrender in 1945 was given. It was not the Emperor Hirohito “coming down” to sign the surrender on the USS Missouri, but representatives of the emperor and of the Military. But I guess I am too picky about historical details.

Most importantly, I find it really disturbing that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is rejecting the concept of victory for the Military while engaged in a deadly struggle in Afghanistan.
During the interview Obama added:
"We're not dealing with nation states at this point. We're concerned with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, Al Qaeda's allies. So when you have a non-state actor, a shadowy operation like Al Qaeda, our goal is to make sure they can't attack the United States."
It is infuriating to hear the elected President of the United States stating that while sending troops into battle, he is not preoccupied with achieving the only result that such action should be undertaken for. Victory is exactly what the American people, remember them Mr. President?, are looking for. Victory is the first step in insuring that the safety and security of America can be achieved. And safety and security in the United States is the only justification many American Military families look at as a reason for the sacrifices their loved ones make on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
Maybe I have it all wrong, not being as brilliant as Obama, but my understanding of the reasoning behind a Commander-in Chief for sending American troops into combat is to achieve victory with the least number of casualties and to bring the troops home. If victory is removed from the equation, why are the troops in combat?

I have a personal aspect of this issue as I soon will have a Marine son deployed to Afghanistan. I want to be home and worry about my son with the understanding that the goal of his putting his life on the line for his country is to do his job well and contribute to the victorious outcome of the campaign.
Victory in Afghanistan is the complete and unabashed destruction of the enemy, being al Qaeda or the Taliban, until they are wiped out from the face of the Earth and eventually surrender to the forces of tolerance and freedom. Our Military needs to have such a goal and the statements of Obama are not really very morale boosting for the troops and their families.
It is also a grave insult that Obama gives to all those families who have buried their loved ones after they perished in the defense of the country and in the pursuit of victory.

Mr. Obama, you are an indecent and conniving man!

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Getting Fed Up

It appear that there is a growing rumbling across America. The rumbling is fueled by the growing discontent that is starting to build up in the common American.

The Obamacare that was being rushed through to effectively kill the entire health care industry and force an entire population into a system that will be disastrous fom both the health and the finances of the common American, is being stalled by the growing pressure that the American voters are putting on the elected criminals in Washington, D.C.

The offensive the Obama cronies are conducting around America to convince people that a sub-quality health care that will bankrupt the country is really what they want, is falling on deaf ears and actually fueling confrontational responses from common Americans.

One congressman was laughed at in one place and Sibelius got an ear full when one common American stated " it'll be a cold day in hell that you socialize my country".



So let me explain my thought about "common American" and my use of that term.

The common American is me and you, the cop and the fireman and the nurse, the engineer and the farm worker, the teacher and the factory worker. But these common Americans are the distant concern of the elite that resides in our Nation's Capital outside of a vote. These politicians are as removed and uninterested as anyone could be about the issues we face everyday in our attempts to survive and maintain a decent way of life.

How many of you travel around the country on Air Force airplanes just to go to a fund raiser?

How many of you travel in luxury to New York for a night on the town with your spouse?

How many of you walk around with $500 snickers carrying your cell phone in a $6,000 purse?



But America's foundation IS the common American. The US Constitution provides the people the necessary tools to stop and if necessary overthrow a tyrannical government. And that is why Obama and every single one of his cronies has one and only one goal: slowly destroy our Constitution.

Just as it happened in the past, it will be the common American that will save the ideals that made America great. Obama stated after the elections that he was going to re-make America. And I say to him: it will be a cold day in hell before you destroy my country.



And this are my thoughts!

Frank Semperpapa