Conservative Musings

How to Change a Country (or) Who is Barack Obama?

Think about it.

 

If you are a supporter of Obama and you don’t see there is anything wrong with him, answer these questions. 

 

Question one:  Do you believe in the historic magnificence of the making of the

USA

?  Do you believe that the

US

has been the greatest country and has been a help and support to the rest of the world?

 

Question two:  Do you believe in socialism?  Do you believe that Europe,

China

and

Russia

have a better system than the

US

?

 

If you believe, like me, that the

US

is the greatest country and have helped other countries, then answer this:

 

If you wanted to turn this country into another type of country and wanted to change the way our government works, how would you do it?  Would you come in from another country and take it over through military action?  I don’t think so.  Our military and citizens would never allow it. 

 

The only way to change our government to a radical socialist/Marxist government is from the inside.  You change the minds of people through education and inside the government a little at a time. 

 

Enter Barrack Obama. 

Enter a news media that is so biased they don’t report anything bad on a candidate that could make that change and fool people into complacency.    Remember the media that thought it was important for the public to know about the whereabouts of George W. for two weeks of National Guard time?  Why do they not want to know about Rezco, Flager, Wright, Ayers, Rashid Khalid.  This man has the possibility of making huge changes in the way our country operates.  We deserve to know about the connections to the above people.  It will tell a lot more about who Obama is and how he will lead than speeches to the masses. 

 

Will people across our country be dubbed into thinking they are voting for one person and really voting for someone totally different?  If Obama wins the election, and a gain is realized in the House and Senate along with appointments to the Supreme Court, where will any accountability be?  

-Lady Colonel

William Ayers, a fine professor?

In a recent article about William Ayers, it is proposed that he is an upstanding professor now.  There is no apology for what he did.  There is no taking it back.  As a matter of fact, he wears articles about the Weather Underground on the door of his office at the University.  I ask one question - If you were a terrorist and felt that America was evil, where could you make the most changes to the country? 

-Lady Colonel

Obama's new economy

Perhaps we need a reminder of this little story from an circulating e-mail:

Subject: New Economics

Once upon a time, on a farm in

Virginia

, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat.

She called all of her neighbors together and said, "If we plant this wheat, we  shall have bread to eat.  Who will help me plant it?"

"Not  I," said the cow.

"Not  I," said the duck.

"Not  I," said the pig.

"Not  I," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen and so she did.  The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain.

"Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Out of my classification," said the pig.

"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.

"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.

At last it came time to bake the bread.

"Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.

"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.

"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.

"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.

"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see.  They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share.  But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."

"Excess profits!" cried the cow. ( Nancy Pelosi)

"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)

"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)

The pig just grunted in disdain. (Jimmy Carter)

And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then a government agent came. He said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy."

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.

"Exactly," said the agent. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants.  But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand."

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her.  She never again baked bread, because she joined the "party" and got her bread free.  And all the Democrats smiled.  'Fairness' had been established.  Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared... so long as there was free bread that "the rich" were paying for.

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

-Lady Colonel

Another swell idea of Obama's

Also in that speech, he said:
"That's why I'm proposing to give our businesses a new American jobs tax credit for each new employee they hire here in the United States over the next two years."  ]

How many businesses would create a job to get a tax credit?  That's just like big government...spend $40,000 to get a tax credit of a few thousand. 

Sounds like the argument I give Colonel Steve when I go shopping.  "But I saved $10.00!"  Of course his answer is "But think how much you would have saved if you didn't buy it at all." 

How many of you employers that are struggling will hire new employees to get a tax credit?

-Lady Colonel

Obama means spending!

Today, Obama gave a speech in which he said:

"Over the course of this campaign, I've laid out a set of policies that will grow our middle-class and strengthen our economy in the long-term. I'll reform our tax code so that 95% of workers and their families get a tax cut, and eliminate income taxes for seniors making under $50,000. I'll bring down the cost of health care for families and businesses by investing in preventative care, new technology, and giving every American the chance to get the same kind of health insurance that members of Congress give themselves. We'll ensure every child can compete in the global economy by recruiting an army of new teachers and making college affordable for anyone who wants to go. We'll create five million new, high-wage jobs by investing in the renewable sources of energy that will eliminate the oil we currently import from the Middle East in ten years, and we'll create two million jobs by rebuilding our crumbling roads, schools and bridges."

and also:

"To fuel the real engine of job creation in this country, I've also proposed eliminating all capital gains taxes on investments in small businesses and start-up companies, and I've proposed an additional tax incentive through next year to encourage new small business investment. It is time to protect the jobs we have and to create the jobs of tomorrow by unlocking the drive, and ingenuity, and innovation of the American people. And we should fast track the loan guarantees we passed for our auto industry and provide more as needed so that they can build the energy-efficient cars America needs to end our dependence on foreign oil."

I have lots of thoughts here.  We have just spent $700 billion in a bail-out plan.  We spent over $600 billion in a budget.  There is talk about giving the families who can't pay their home loans money to do that.  Now, Obama says he will give 95% of American's a tax cut.  He will eliminate taxes on seniors that make under $50,000.  (Remember, seniors are growing in number every day since the baby boomers are arriving.)  The comment on health care is rather vague but it appears that he is going to bring down the cost of health care?  How does that work?  Dictate what doctors are allowed to charge?   The government is going to invest in preventive care...how much is that going to cost?  We will have the chance to get the same health care that Congress has?  I assume that means free since theirs is free.  An army of new teachers, at a cost of what?  How do you make college affordable?  I thought that is what grants and scholarships were for along with student loans.  Is he proposing something new?  Another cost?  We're going to rebuild our roads.  How many of these things do you really think will occur? 

The second paragraph is where it gets really weird.  Since when did small businesses and start up companies have capital gains?  Can anyone explain this one?  Does Obama know what a capital gain is and how that works on tax forms?

-Lady Colonel

 

Obama and Acorn

Today, Stanley Kurtz spoke about Obama's connection to Acorn and thus his connection to the financial crisis on Fox News.

Kurtz said that Madeline Talbot was at the heart of training organizers in intimidating tactics used at banks to coerce them to give high risk loans.  Obama was taught by Madeline Talbot.  He continued working for Acorn and even taught conferences while he was working at a law firm.  His connections to Acorn remain strong even today.  You can read about this here.

This information needs to get to everyone.  Other than Fox News, the media won't get this information out.  It's up to you.

-Lady Colonel

Obama is Gooooooddddd!!!!

Today in a speech at Detroit, Obama accused McCain of "lurching from photo op to photo op, trying to figure out what to say and what to do."  Obama has not liked the fact that McCain went off the campaign trail to work on a plan for the massive bail-out.  Who else in the world could stand in front of thousands of supporters with the press clamoring everywhere to get a pic of him and a mic in front of him and accuse his opponent of trying to get a photo op when the opponent is in an office, without any cameras around making phone calls and has removed his advertising and is not doing campaign stops during this crisis?  Wow!  Now that really is politics!  (And classic Obama)

-Lady Colonel

Obama wants to help businesses by providing higher taxes

Today, Obama said "once the bailout plan is passed, "we need to move with the same sense of urgency to help families on Main Street. We don't just need a plan for bankers and investors, we need a plan for autoworkers and teachers and small business owners."that just like we were rescuing "Wall Street", we needed to rescue and provide for "Main Street."  Interesting.

Hmmm!  Main Street = small businesses.  Those are the same ones that Obama wants to punish by additional taxes.  Oh wait, they are to be more patriotic and be forced to pay higher taxes.  I guess paying higher taxes is getting help???

-Lady Colonel

Will the Atom-smasher destroy the earth?

In an article in The Salt Lake Tribune regarding the "Large Hadron Collider", some scientists believe that this is very dangerous and it has the potential to destroy the earth.  However, the scientists performing the experiment feel they couldn't have made a mistake.  They are trying to learn the reason for the "big bang." 

                    Re: "I'm pretty sure hundreds of us didn't do this wrong," Larson said.  "As scientists we're often not good at communicating about things that can cause a lot of fear, but these fears are unfounded."
    Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays hit the Earth daily, with no disastrous consequence.
    "That alleviates a lot of the concern because we can't even begin to hope to reach the energy that nature is already reaching," he said."

This brings to mind another scientific catastrophe.  Global warming (or the new name "climate change").  There is a view that says that natural occurrences such as volcanoes do more to pollute the atmosphere than man-made pollutants. 

Am I the only one that sees a correlation here?

-Lady Colonel

McCain/Palin - A Great Ticket

John McCain made a brilliant move on so many fronts by picking Sarah Palin for V.P.  I had heard about her some time ago because of her bold moves in Alaska, but I did not think about her as a VP candidate, because I was concentrating on all the traditional candidates that everyone was talking about.  I have read a great deal about Sarah today and AM I IMPRESSED!  There has been a lot said today and her accomplishments have certainly been discussed but no one has touched on the some of these accomplishments and the character that America has been looking for for quite some time. 

From wikipedia:

1) She ran for City Council in 1992 and served two terms from 1992 to 1996.  She made a campaign promise to reduce the salary of her position and followed through with it and reduced property taxes by 60%. 

2) She also served as president of Alaska Conference of Mayors.

3) She was appointed Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004 and resigned over a lack of ethics of fellow Republican leaders. 

4) In 2006, she ran against the Republican incumbent Governor and won the primary for Governor.  Later, winning the election. 

5) She promoted and successfully got an ethics bill and did away with pork barrel spending that had gone on by other Republicans. 

6) While she initially supported the Gravina Island Bridge project, once it became a source of wasteful spending involving large sums of federal money, she opposed and stopped the project. 

7)  In Alaska, she has won the public support with ratings of 76% to 90% approval. 

I can not believe the things I have heard today especially the comment from John Roberts from CNN on Friday's "Newsroom" program.  We used to call CNN, "the Clinton News Network", because they are so liberal.  However, when this man makes the comment, "There's also this issue that on April 18th, she gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome...Children with Down's syndrome require an awful lot of attention.  The role of Vice President, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child?" 

Now, let's be truthful here - If someone like McCain, McConnell, Bush or Cheney had made that comment or even Sean Hannity, or Rush Limbaugh, the NOW gang would be in an uproar.  Even Obama and Biden would be in on the lynching.  That is a very sexist thing to say.  How she handles her home life is none of John Robert's business.  That is up to her and her husband.  What if her husband had been the pick for V.P., this comment wouldn't have entered into the conversation. 

Great job McCain!  I'm very excited about this Presidential ticket.

-Lady Colonel