tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28662013490363741152024-03-13T05:10:55.941-06:00Conservative Truth Tellers"It isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so."--Ronald ReaganSoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-63174498730358293152010-12-07T12:49:00.000-07:002010-12-07T12:50:08.692-07:00Think you are a fan of the fairness doctrine?Consider this..<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zwM-4gOgQqo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zwM-4gOgQqo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-27831287835404986982010-07-21T07:01:00.002-06:002010-07-21T07:28:31.906-06:00On Anarchy, Oligarchy, Democracy, and RepublicsI've been meaning to post these videos for a very, very long time. There is a lot of content here. They are from a PBS special so the total time is about an hour. Please watch all of them even if it takes multiple visits to do so. This is one of those things I believe. Understanding these things will help you understand my posts going forward and my position on many issues.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_ciT1psaPc&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F_ciT1psaPc&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DsoIR2BlCH8&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DsoIR2BlCH8&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hPr0ujS2kyc&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hPr0ujS2kyc&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/szbLKeQIZCk&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/szbLKeQIZCk&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />On a side note. I used to think The JBS was a bunch of right-wing kooks. I must have become kooky because I don't think that anymore. I agree with them on many ideas. <br /><br />If you don't think this is true as presented read <a href="http://www.shelfari.com/books/11668/The-Road-to-Serfdom">The Road to Serfdom</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0880801484/shelfari-20">The 5000 Year Leap</a>.Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-45509094298147364572010-03-12T16:32:00.003-07:002010-03-12T16:45:53.448-07:00What I Believe and why I believe it #1I am going to start a new series of posts on what I believe (politically) and why I believe it. <div><br /></div><div>First off, I am an Originalist, and I align myself with the Constitution Party (still called American Tax Reform Party in some places). Being an Originalist means I believe the Constitution as it was originally intended. I believe the men who wrote the document were inspired to create the government outlined in it. They understood that only by dividing the government and limiting the power each person/branch had could continued liberty be secured. </div><div><br /></div><div>I do not agree with the argument: The Constitution is a living, breathing, document. The document is not meant to change over time. It is not dynamic. The Founders did not make "cultural provisions" for reasons they well understood. True freedom is not cultural. True freedom has the same principles at its core no matter when or where it is found. Diversion from these principles leads to lessened liberty. The Constitution says what it means, and means what it says; no modern interpretation/cultural reconciliation necessary.</div><div><br /></div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-33031558284827467312009-07-08T15:22:00.002-06:002009-07-08T15:26:08.817-06:00Illegal immigrationI think I have figured out Obama's plan to deal with illegal immigration. He's going to drive this country so far into the ground that it will no longer be attractive to come here. Hey, he might even get some of the less-than-legal habitants to leave while he is at it. But if this is truly the case, then where does that leave the rest of us?Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-35938768755107963512009-06-05T14:20:00.002-06:002009-06-05T14:47:22.125-06:00Being Self-SufficientA friend recently told me "The right to bear arms is self reliance at its core." Then my husband was good enough to send me this video. This is video from the mid-nineties, but I cannot find the actual date that this testimony was given.<br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKG6Nch7iBA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKG6Nch7iBA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br /><br />Whether or not you like guns or own them, this is compelling. The right to own them is the right to protect yourself. If you take that right away then the only people who have guns are the criminals, and the law-abiding citizen is now just a victim.<br />If you still believe in gun control then go to <a href="http://jfpo.org">JFPO.org</a>. This site is run by Jews for the protection of gun ownership. They understand that gun control made genocide by the Nazis possible. Gun ownership was taken away, and the Jews realized they were defenseless as they were led to the gas chambers. Gun control is government control: it is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">not </span>freedom. Gun control prevents me from fighting back. Criminals and controlling governments: I choose to not be a victim of either.Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-3362418470153616202009-05-08T20:26:00.002-06:002009-05-08T20:41:57.307-06:00I couldn't believe my ears.<div>I don't normally get to listen to the radio except in my car. Ever since we moved to California I have preferred conservative talk, at least in the morning. We don't get radio in the house so I take my opportunity for good reception while I am in my car. These days Glenn Beck is on in the morning and so he usually gets my attention. I tuned into him just before he started this bit below. I heard the whole bit before I got to my destination. I need to tell you that my jaw was in my lap for most of the time I was listening. I almost couldn't believe my ears. Here's the real truth as told by Glenn Beck on Tuesday:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 25px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 28px; ">Glenn Beck: Capitalism based on selfishness?</span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">May 5, 2009 - 3:00 ET</strong></p><table cellspacing="6" cellpadding="6" border="0" align="right" width="100"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#e2e2e2" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><img height="254" border="1" width="272" vspace="6" src="http://www.glennbeck.com/images/news/2009/03/031109web2.jpg" /><br />Glenn Beck is seen here on the Insider Webcam, an exclusive feature available only to Glenn Beck Insiders. <a href="http://www.glennbeck.com/content/insider/" style="color: rgb(0, 42, 255); ">Learn more...</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: From Radio City in Midtown Manhattan, hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. I'm glad you're here. Ashley is with us from Oklahoma and KTOK. Hello, Ashley. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Hi. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: What is ‑‑ where do you go to school, Ashley? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: It's a very conservative Christian university in Oklahoma. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: A very ‑‑ is it the one with the big praying hands? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: No. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: You don't want to say? Okay. It's a very conservative Christian school in Oklahoma. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Yes. It's a Baptist College. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: Got it, okay. So what happened with you and your professor? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Well, I'm in an ethics course, a biblical ethics course, and he put up a quote on the board about capitalism like having this derogatory meaning with it, and I said, well, what's wrong with capitalism? And he said, capitalism's based on selfishness. It's about getting as much as you can for yourself. And I said, no ‑‑ </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: That's his perversion of it. But go ahead. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Yeah. And I said, well, capitalism's based on hard work. It's about getting reward for hard work. And well, he told me, no, it's about making money off of other people; it's not about hard work. It's about ‑‑ </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: So what is his, what is his replacement for capitalism? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Socialism. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: Socialism? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Yeah, he says that the Bible ‑‑ </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: This is a Christian ‑‑ hang on. This is a Christian ethics teacher? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Yes. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: Okay. And he said what? The Bible says what? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: He said the Bible supports socialism. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: Where? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Well, there's this scripture in Acts about ‑‑ that's always used about the early church sharing their possessions. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: Yes. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: So I ‑‑ </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: The church did. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: ‑‑ wrote a paper on capitalism as a biblical basis. So I turned that in. I don't know if he will like it or not. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: Look, here's the thing. Tithing and the 10%, Moses, tithe 10%, right? What did they try to do before tithing? What did Moses actually come out with? Do you know? What was tithing? Before it was 10%, what was it before that? The law of? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: I'm not sure. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: The law of? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Oh, yeah, okay. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: The law of consecration, which means you take all of your money and you give it to Moses. You give all of your money to your church, 100% and then you take only that that you need, okay? Moses couldn't make that work and so the law of consecration was too difficult for the people with the guy who parted the Red Sea and so they went down to a 10% tithing rule: Give 10%, okay? When Jesus was talking about ‑‑ when the apostles were talking about the early church where they shared everything, that's the law of consecration, and people have led lives of the law of consecration before and since. People have lived it many times. However, the secret is nowhere in the Bible does the ‑‑ do any of the apostles or Jesus say give all of your money to the government. They gave it to their church, and the church, nowhere did the apostles say we're going to take it from members of the church. They, keyword, shared everything they had.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Now, your professor can talk all he wants about how evil capitalism is, but ask your professor why Adam and Eve came down. Why, what was the whole thing about with the snake and the apple? What was that all about? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Because they disobeyed God. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: Yeah, but what did that do? If Adam and Eve could ‑‑ if Adam and Eve didn't have the apple, they wouldn't have been fruitful and multiplied. Man would not be if it wasn't for that, okay? So what did they do? They ate the apple. Their eyes were opened. They saw the difference between good and evil, and the Lord drove them out of paradise and let them live this life where you've got to make choices and there's bad and there's good. We are here to make choices. You ask your professor, how am I supposed to be a good Christian, how am I supposed to better myself if all of my decisions are made for me by the state. If I can only eat these things, if I can only do these things, if I can only have this much money, if I'm forced to share, how does anyone grow spiritually? How do you become Gandhi if everything is decided for you? If this was the plan of salvation, if this is the plan of heaven, if this is God's plan, why didn't he just go with Lucifer's plan of just, I'll bring every soul back to you, God; you give the glory to me. I'll make sure. I'm not going to give them any choice. I'll bring everyone back. Jesus said, no, no, no, no; go down, let them have free will, let them have choice. But they are going to make so many mistakes, they are going to need a savior to come down and wash them clean. Now, if God didn't care about choice, if God was just like, you know what, just force them to do these things, it seems to me he would have gone with Lucifer's plan and not the other plan. Does that make sense to you? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Yeah. And I ‑‑ one of the things I told him is that when Jesus commands us to give, I think that in a socialist society when our money's taken away from us by taxes, that's not really Jesus' definition of giving. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: No, did he say ‑‑ go quote the scripture to your professor. Ask him, did Jesus say when a man asks for your shirt, you give the government your coat, also, and have the government give that coat to the man? No. The government is a middleman. The government is acting in the role of Lucifer. They are taking stuff from you. They are forcing you ‑‑ yes, I did, I did just say, yes, the government is the devil. They are taking your choices from you. There is ‑‑ you ask your professor this. I hope you're writing this stuff down and I want to hear the answers from this nut job of a professor. You ask this ‑‑ you ask your professor this: At what point ‑‑ now, jeez, I just lost it. What were we talking about before that? The government is the devil, I remember that. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: The government is Satan. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: I remember that one clearly. I can't remember the last one. Yeah, you just, you just ask your professor where in the scriptures does it teach about a middleman. It teaches you to go right directly to the source. Where ‑‑ you ask your professor this: On April 15th does he feel charitable. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Right. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: As charitable on April 15th as he does when he goes and visits a soup kitchen and works there, when he goes and visits sick people in the hospital, when he stops off the side of the highway to help somebody whose car is broken down? Does he have that same warm confirming spirit with him on April 15th? The answer is no. Because the spirit wouldn't confirm April 15th. It's taken from you. Giving is about your heart. Taxes don't engage your heart. They engage another part that is down, usually kept in the wallet region. Ashley, you ask him those questions. You call us back, all right? </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">CALLER: Okay. Thank you. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">GLENN: All right. Thank you. Jeez. I mean, from a Christian: Capitalism is evil. Capitalism is freedom. What we do with capitalism is evil sometimes. Capitalism, capitalism is evil. Really? Tell that to Bill Gates, who has taken, what is it, a billion dollars and given it to cure malaria, given it to help people all over the world. You tell Wal‑Mart that capitalism is evil as they are writing out the largest check of any corporation for charity on planet Earth, every year. You tell them that capitalism is evil. You tell they happen that capitalism is evil when you look at the Jon Huntsman cancer center. Written by a capitalist. The check written by a capitalist. The funds taken from capitalism. You do that. You tell him that. Capitalism is evil? You tell me that capitalism is evil when you look at what Washington has built on the backs of capitalists. If capitalism was evil, if capitalism didn't exist, we wouldn't have this country. We wouldn't have what the government has because the government didn't create anything; it took it from us! Show me the dollars that they have made themselves, except for recently because they're printing those off right now show me the things the government has built on its own, except for a war machine. They haven't invented or built one thing. They went to capitalists and entrepreneurs and said we need something that does this, and they built it. Don't tell me that capitalism is evil. Your choices can be evil or your choices can be good. But in this country the individual choice is what mattered. But we have so perverted God's will, God's law, we have so perverted what our founding fathers ‑‑ so let me ask you this, Mr. Professor: Do you believe this country was founded on divine providence? Do you believe that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Madison, Adams, do you believe those men were enlightened men? I do. Well, their crazy idea was to allow men to be free and free in their own business to allow them to be able to engage in capitalism. I didn't think a bad tree could bear good fruit. I didn't know a good tree could bear bad fruit or bad trees bear good fruit. I didn't think that was possible. I've read that some place in some big thick book. You'd know better than I do because you're a professor, and the elite professors always have the right answer. <br /></p><div style="clear: both; "></div></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the original link:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/200/24918/">http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/200/24918/</a><br /></div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-32442538806469252302009-04-29T13:41:00.003-06:002009-04-29T14:14:42.553-06:00Juxtaposition<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 53, 47); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">"A governm</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">ent big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">“--Gerald Ford (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Presidential address to a joint session of Congress,12 August 1974) </span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 53, 47); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 53, 47); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">A religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation.” --Joseph Smith, Jr. (</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Lectures on Faith</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">, 1985, 69)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 53, 47); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 53, 47); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">I heard the first quote recently and it reminded me of the second one. One is talking about the power (ultimately) to take, and the other the power to ultimately give. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 53, 47); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">I won't write a whole essay here today, but I will point out that if you believe the first one, then you believe the government has the power to take away your right to worship according to your own conscience. I do want your thoughts (short or long) on this.</span></div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-42500887566082455262009-04-29T13:15:00.004-06:002009-04-29T13:35:00.262-06:00Thoughts on the tea party.There will be another tea party. This time I think we'll take the kids. It's July 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> in Colorado Springs or Monument. <div><br /></div><div>We had a great time at the Tax Day Tea Party in Denver. I know, I said we were going to the Springs, but then DH had to travel and it just worked better to be at the one in Denver. 'Sides, I found a willing soul to watch my kids if I went to Denver. She would have been not so giving if I had opted for the extra drive time to Springs. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was thoroughly disappointed with the news "coverage" except on Fox News, of course. I can't believe what assumptions journalists and commentators have made about people who attended the tea parties. If you want to know why I went: read on (and don't interrupt with your own agenda).</div><div><br /></div><div>I went because I am an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">originalist</span>. I believe in the Constitution the way it was written and intended to govern by the men who wrote it. I believe in it in it's original form. I believe in small government and states' rights. I believe that most things the Federal government is doing (and has been doing for generations) is unconstitutional. I'm a conservative and I believe in self-sufficiency. I believe that the government should not be in the charity business. I believe that you have the power to control your destiny. If you need help then a charity has a much better plan for helping you to help yourself than the government could ever have. I believe that elected officials are civil servants. Service infers that this is work done for free. I believe the government is too big, is meddling in too many things it has no business in, does more damage than good with unintended consequences of its actions, and has become too powerful (see the post above). I'm done with government in the direction it is going. I protested to exercise my 1st <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">amendment</span> right to tell my government what I think. I want change. I want smaller government. I want them to know that I am willing to fight for what I believe. I want change back to the original intent of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Constitution</span> without revolution. But, if revolution is what it takes, then I'm in for that!</div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-15339791520427736092009-03-20T15:19:00.002-06:002009-03-20T15:19:06.376-06:00A new leaf.I am turning over a new leaf in my life. I am changing my uniform. I will replace my harmless, offend few, vacation souvineer, event recognizing, championship celebrating t-shirts. I now want only conservative message t-shirts. I want my message to be loud and clear to people who read. I want all to know what I think, where I stand, and what I want for my country. I want to offend as many literate liberals as I can every time I walk out my door. I'm done being silent. I just don't want to lose my voice being loud.<div><br /></div><div>If you want to help my cause (or causes of your own): </div><div><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/dontgo">http://www.zazzle.com/dontgo</a><br /></div><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingstuff">http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingstuff </a><div><br /></div><div>I like M or L in any color you want. </div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-73402427815531146982009-03-17T15:00:00.002-06:002009-03-17T15:18:44.140-06:00Tea PartyI have been thinking for the last few weeks about the Boston Tea Party. I want to get my government's attention. I want them to know how I feel about their "leadership." I want them to know that I am not afraid to rise up in revolt against them. I want them to know that I am unafraid of a revolution to "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity</span>."<div><br /></div><div>Yesterday, I heard about the "Chicago Tea Party" that was held in Cincinnati and was very excited about the idea. Then I was sent this website by my great husband: <a href="http://taxdayteaparty.com">taxdayteaparty.com</a> Then went to their website and joined the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55223597239">Facebook Group</a>. And then I read that I could win free stuff if I blogged about it. (I wasn't really thinking about blogging about it, but then I realized that I should be blogging about it because I am thinking about it so much and I am sooooo excited for this whole idea to take shape.) So if you want to get free stuff too (and who wouldn't want free stuff) go to this page: <a href="http://taxdayteaparty.com/contest.html">taxdayteaparty.com/contest.html</a> and check out the stuff you can win over<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/dontgo"> here</a> at the store. (You can buy the way cool stuff at that site too.)</div><div><br /></div><div>While you are at the main page take a moment to read the message and find out where your nearest Tax Day Tea Party will be held. There are 2 within an hour of me. There should be one close to you. I think I will go, but maybe to the one in Springs so its not so crowded!</div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-41305980210515281022009-03-04T19:24:00.002-07:002009-03-04T19:46:27.698-07:00To be, or not to be, that is the question.To be or not to be a registered Republican, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">that</span> is the question. And it is a difficult one. Growing up I was taught about the two parties (Democratic and Republican). I also learned about other parties, but thought they were just <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">out there</span> and I was too mainstream for that. <div>Or am I?</div><div><br /></div><div>I must admit I wasn't much for primary politics before I moved to Colorado, but I voted now and then in the primaries because I could. Now I live in a caucus state and the whole activity has been made into a night out with like-minded people instead of 5 minutes in a booth. When I lived in Michigan you could vote in the primary elections regardless of your registered party status. You just picked up one ballot for whichever party you wanted to vote for. In Colorado there are primary elections for some seats (instead of caucuses) and you must have a registered party affiliation to vote in the primaries, and you must vote in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">that </span>party's primary elections. Sounds reasonable, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, not if you are me. I am quite sure that the bulk of the Republicans in the United States are conservatives, and that many are even <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">very </span>conservative. I just feel that many who are elected are not. They make choices that show me that they are Socialists, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Entitlists</span>, Elitists, and Democrats with an "R" next to their name. They make me feel like the Republican party has <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">left</span> me (double-speak intended). </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is where my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">quandary</span> is: I want to change my party affiliation to one that more consistantly reflects my views. I realize that rarely will someone from that party be running for all the offices to which I elect representatives. I know that in my swing state many of the races in which I have a vote, it could go either way. If I vote for someone from my new party does that give the Dem an edge? Did I just throw my vote away by not voting for someone more likely to get elected? And what of primary politics. There would be few, if any, offices in which I would get to vote. I would have little say over who was on the ballot when it came down to November and my choices were limited to nobody I could have voted for in July.</div><div><br /></div><div>Primary politics and a say in who is on the ballot, or the need to align myself with people who believe as I do and further the cause of the conservative. To be or not to be? That is the question.</div><div><br /></div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-52708743630701637532009-02-19T11:26:00.002-07:002009-02-19T11:30:23.398-07:00The Founding Fathers and the economy<div>Now, I'm not much for CNBC. I avoid watching at all costs. I did come across this video and liked it. Mostly I liked the first minute and the last minute. It really sums up much of my feelings on the "pork, special interests, welfare, socialism" bill that was just passed to make government bigger. It also expresses what I feel about today's America and the one that Franklin and Jefferson and the like designed for us.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853">http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=10398498530p</a>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-87194458573768356592008-11-07T19:51:00.002-07:002008-11-07T20:34:12.874-07:00Election ReactionMy initial reaction to the outcome of the election really surprised me. After prior elections I have been disappointed, sad, relieved, excited and even apathetic. I was totally unprepared for the intense <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">fear</span> and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> sense of insecurity</span> I felt that accompanied the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. <div><br /></div><div>It should not surprise you that I voted for John McCain. He does not represent my ideals exactly, but he does generally. He is a man of his word, and he does what he thinks is right--even if his party doesn't agree with him. I often disagree with his choices and find myself disappointed with his compromises. I became very excited about his candidacy when he put Sarah Palin on the ticket. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am a registered republican. I feel, however, that the party has left me (double speak intended). I understand libertarians and think that they are right on some issues. I probably most identify with members of the constitution party. I remain a registered republican so that I can participate in primary elections. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is the first year that I have lived in a swing state during a presidential election. In '96 I was not registered to vote, and was living away from home so it was difficult to register. In '00 I voted, in UT (and not for the republican candidate). We moved to MI (a swing state) in '01 but left there in June of '04. In '04 we voted in CA. I voted republican but knew that there was no chance to turn that state red. I felt like I was voting into an abyss. In late '05 (the day after election day) we moved here to CO and have managed to stay for 3 years. This is the first time I felt that my vote for president might have some real meaning. </div><div><br /></div><div>I must admit that I don't believe much of what comes out of any particular politician's mouth. I believe that many will say anything to get elected. I remain skeptical of all promises. I research the candidates voting history, if available; their stance on specific issues, and not promises of change for the sake of change; their employment history; military service or lack thereof; their political history; associations; criminal/civil history; etc. I believe that actions speak much louder than words. I believe that chosen associations and actions speak to a person's character, ideals, and judgement: qualities used in political office. I believe the connections politicians make and keep say much about who they are and what they value. I believe the issues they ignore or champion also speak volumes about them. That is why I did not vote for Barack Obama.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, back to my intense fear. I fear that the lifestyle I lead will not change. I will make the same choices about how I worship, what I teach my children, the values that I hold, and the actions I take based upon those things. I fear that my current life as a law abiding citizen won't change. I fear that I will find myself living the same way and being an outlaw for it. The constant feeling of fear has passed (finally), but I think it will return on Jan 20.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe I fear this because of how much I love my country. I do not love the country we have become. I love the country we were. I love the Constitution. I love the freedoms I am guaranteed in it, through it, and by it. I know it is an inspired document, written by men with help from God. I know the men who wrote it were men of God, chosen by Him to build this country and give it the power to be great. I believe the President of the United States to be a special position. I believe that it comes with special protection and guidance as long as the President supports the Constitution. I know that the principles of divided power and shared leadership are great. The men who wrote the Constitution knew this was the best kind of government as long as those in power were not corrupt nor abused the power given to them by the people. I spent much of the election season wishing that Ronald Reagan, George Washington, or Abraham Lincoln was running. Thomas Jefferson would not have been someone I would have voted for had I lived way back then, but I found myself wishing that he were on the ticket. I know that before the apocolypse comes, the Constitution will hang by a thread. I am starting to wonder how thin that thread has to get.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will be writing much more about this topic in the future. This is just my initial reaction and deals nothing with what I have subsequently learned nor with what I think about Obama's promises.</div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-38359620331478763032008-11-04T21:25:00.000-07:002008-11-04T21:26:17.051-07:00So that's how democracy dies... to thunderous applause!Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-28026811674825794482008-11-04T10:35:00.002-07:002008-11-04T10:38:38.915-07:00Deja vu all over again.It's like deja vu all over again--Yogi Berra<div><br /></div><div>Every 4 years I have the same feeling: I vote for the better candidate just knowing that one of them is going to win though neither of them is entirely the kind of person i want to vote for.</div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-9253216012068855372008-10-12T19:42:00.006-06:002008-10-12T20:37:34.651-06:00Now, for what's on my mindObama is a fascist. Really, I could stop right there. <div><br /></div><div>I think I came to this realization while I was at Costco (of all places). Aside: I love the new Costco in Parker, it is unbusy, it is 2 miles away instead of 6, and I don't feel like I have to have a reason to go all the way over there because it is just right here. I was looking through books for some cookbooks and christmas presents. There were 5 pro-Obama books and 1 anti-Obama book. There were no McCain books of any kind. Then I went down to kids books and there was a kids book called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Barack. </span>Again, no McCain books anywhere in sight. I suddenly felt like I was living 75 years ago in Germany.</div><div><br /></div><div>They say history repeats itself. They say we study history so that we can learn from the mistakes of the past. Apparently, we have been sleeping through history class. </div><div>Let's review the facts:</div><div><ul><li>Hitler was was of mixed race, one of which he was ashamed of and wanted to eradicate. <br /></li><li>Barack Hussein Obama is of mixed race, one of which he would like to eradicate (read his autobiography).</li><li>Both came to power under legitimately, albeit rapidly and were relatively unknown to the masses when they were elected.</li><li>Immediately Hitler began to indoctrinate the youth with their ideals.</li><li>Obama has a comprehensive plan for teaching sex at every grade level including kindergarten. (I think all sex education should be taught at home.) </li><li>Obama feels the need to market a book at children, who can't vote, about himself and his ideals before he is even elected.</li><li>Hitler was beloved by his people as their savior.</li><li>The MSM (main stream media) has all but anointed Obama.</li><li>Obama is the most "liberal" (meaning left-wing crazy) in the Senate. </li><li>Obama lies about his associations with terrorist and other hate-groups.</li><li>Obama wants to kill capitalism and socialize everything. He doesn't understand economics. (I'll post about that later.)</li></ul>All Obama has ever wanted is Power. Every new political position is just a stepping stone to the next elected office. </div><div>He does no work while taking our tax dollars. He almost never votes on issues in the Senate. He usually votes "present." That's like getting marked present in school but sleeping all day.</div><div>Obama wants to be the leader of the free world, but has no opinions on most legislation that comes through the Senate. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>The similarities continue (and more are welcome in the comments). </div><div><br /></div><div>I want a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">HUGE </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;">sign for my front yard that explains to the lemmings out there how bad a choice Obama would be. Maybe my sign should say:</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>OBAMA IS A FASCIST. </div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe that is too subtle. Maybe the words are too big. Maybe it should just say:</div><div><br /></div><div>OBAMA=HITLER.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, don't think McCain is getting off scot-free. I am saving that rant for another day.</div></div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866201349036374115.post-7741488372215031452008-10-12T10:52:00.000-06:002008-10-12T10:54:45.758-06:00The second ammendmentI originally posted this on <a href="http://soxsundayfunnies.blogspot.com">my other blog</a> a couple of months back. I thought it would be a great place to start this blog.<div><br /></div><div><br /><div>It is the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the lower court's decision that the gun ban in Washington D.C. is unconstitutional. No surprise. What really gets me is that it was a 5-4 decision.<br /><br />Washington D.C. law would not allow the sale, purchase, or possession of a handgun by law-abiding citizens within its city limits. Also, all long guns (rifles, shotguns) had to be rendered inoperable.<br /><br />So, under the statute only criminals would be carrying guns as they have no desire to be law-abiding citizens. Great. Armed criminals. No armed citizens. That's a place I want to be.<br />Anybody else ever wonder why the murder rate was so high in D.C.? Well, now you know. <br /><br />Also, if you owned a gun and were traveling with it in your car through D.C. and a cop pulled you over he could arrest you for illegal possession of a handgun, or rifle (if not disassembled or fitted with a trigger lock) even if you were only driving through on the freeway and had no plans to stop, or take your firearm out of the car. Anybody else feel your right to bear arms infringed yet?<br /><br />Amendment Two<br /><br />A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.<br /><br />That's right INFRINGED, not removed, not abolished, not made a mockery of, INFRINGED. <br /><br />When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and Amendments they knew that a government that takes away people's weapons takes away their power to overthrow corrupt government. Ever wonder why the Cubans never ousted Fidel? He has an army, and the army has guns; the Cubans don't have guns. <br /><br />I'm all for making weapons harder for felons to get, and for reasonable regulation of machine guns. (I pay a small tax and I get to own one). But I am discouraged that 4 Supreme Court justices thought that the D.C. law was constitutional under the second amendment. I thought it was a no-brainer. Maybe it is and those 4 justices who voted down party lines gave their brains away when they joined the Socialist (Democratic) party. <br /><br />At least this decision has opened the door to challenging other gun bans like Chicago's and San Francisco's. Those (and others) were filed soon after this decision was released. Hopefully, law-abiding citizens will soon have their rights returned to them.</div></div>Soxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698256338800746492noreply@blogger.com0