Our People Can Not Read and Comprehend!

The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America states:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the govedrnment for a redress of grievances."

"Congress" can be considered the "Board of Directors" of the United States of America and as such has authority given it by the people to govern.  The President has authority to carry out the provisions of law provided by Congress.  Thus "Congress" mentioned above is the same as "Government".

Nowhere does it say that one religion may be considered above another.  I wonder why Mr. Obama's administration is giving Islam preference over Christianity and Judiasm among others.

Nowhere does it say that government can prevent citizens from expressing their religion, even if it is at a public event on public property.  Nowhere does it say we have freedom of speech unless we speak of religion.  In fact, the First Amendment prohibits government from denying citizens the free exercize of religion.  It expressly does not say there is freedom from religion as the athiests would have us believe.

Congress holds the purse strings and can close the purse (if they ever get enough courage to do so). 
The recent scandals should be enough for the purse to slam shut until those perpetuating these outrageous events in the Department of State, Department of Treasury, Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and elsewhere.  I don't believe the Obama administration is alone in these types of events, but unfortunately they were the ones holding the ball when it came to light and they had done nothing to cure the problem, and in fact they may have exacerbated it.

What happened to statesmen?  We have professional politicians but very few statesmen.  We need good, honest, righteous and God fearing people in the offices of our nation instead of lying, cheating, dishonorable, God denying thieves.

Musings of an old fashioned, conservative nobody.

1.  In the middle of several investigations that have just begun, the USA's government takes a break.  Most of us had the good fortune to work today and will again get to work half a day on Monday.  Congress takes more time off than school teachers.  Perhaps they should make school teacher salary?

2.  Why is it that the more money you make the more time off you get?  It should be the other way around.

 3.  It used to be that governmental leaders encouraged families to save money and resources for "a rainy day", for disaster, or for "retirement".  Today government is working to keep us from saving, and if we did manage to save anything, they will tax and re-tax and re-re-tax it until there isn't anything left. 

4.  Isn't it interesting that in liberal New Orleans, when disaster struck, the people all looked for somebody to take care of them.  When God fearing conservative Oklahoma was struck with disaster, they began to clean up and fix up immediately using their own resources.  They didn't wait for the government.  As a matter of fact they resisted governmental interfering.  I wonder why that might be.  Could it be that conservatives are more willing to be take care of themselves than liberals?  I'll probably get some hate-mail for that one.

5.  I wonder why the perception of "illegal" immigrants is that they are just here for welfare.  I know a great many immigrants. I have no idea whether they are legal or "illegal", but I find them to be industrious, hard working, God fearing people.  Many are here to avoid a terrible situation in the gang infested regions of Mexico, or the repressions of Peru, or the hate in Brazil, or the regime of Nicaragua, and...and...and.  Some came here because of mortal peril.  They were threatened with death in their own country because of their religious belief. 

I believe in stronger border control, but I also believe in welcoming immigrants who are not criminals.  I don't care what education they have or what position in life they may have attained.  I don't even care about quotas.  I believe immigrants have a responsibility to learn the language, study our constitution and Declaration of Independence, and participate in our society openly.  I also believe they should speak their native language at home and in their family to preserve their culture, but when out in public they should communicate in the common language.

6.  I wonder why being a raging Islamist isn't wrong, but being a devout Christian or Jew is.  I wonder why all of the so-called Christians sects do not and will not respect each other.  I wonder why there is so much hate between religious sects.  Why is there discrimination against Christians and Children of Israel.  I wonder why Islam hates Israel when both descended from Abraham.  I know, but I'll bet they don't. know.

7.  I wonder when the USA will return itself to a nation of Christian Judeo traditions upon which it was founded.  I wonder when we will return to open worship of our God instead of restricting our ability to practice our religion.  I wonder when we will again have "freedom of religion" instead of "freedom from religion".  I wonder when we will honor our constitution instead of dishonor it.

8.  I wonder when we will again have an honest POTUS.  We certainly do not have one now.

Don't You Just Wonder?

So, Ms. Lerner pleaded the 5th amendment.  It isn't possible to plead the 5th amendment to cover someone else's sins, so she must be trying to keep off of the Obama regime's "hit" list by not testifying.    It isn't just the administration she is afraid of, but also senators and representatives that have been pressing IRS to repress conservative organizations and individuals. 

I've been hearing stories from across this nation, and from those who fled overseas to protect themselves from this quazi-nazi behavior that the Obama administration has been demonstrating.   Let's see...they have abrogated the 1st amendment; they are trying to abrogate the 2nd amendment; and they have abrogated the 4th amendment.  They have ignored the 9th amendment, the 10th amendment, and they have made the 13th amendment moot by enslaving the citizens of this nation through excessive taxation.

And these are just the tip of the iceberg.  I suspect if an honest evaluation was made of the United States Government it would cause genuine revolt.  Never in my memory has there been a more corrupt administration.  LBJ was  bad, Nixon was bad, "Slick Willy" Clinton was worse,"W" wasn't great, but Mr. Soetero-Obama is by far the worst of them all.  Mr. Obama would like us to believe that he is a "hands-off" president so he can honestly say, "I wasn't involved".  But, whether he is directly involved or not, he is the President and he MUST take responsibility for hiring such corrupt individuals.  Not only was he involved, but he promoted the worst offender in the IRS and gave her a bonus for her work!

I say, "Impeachment and conviction is warranted".

The USA sold arms to entities known to associate with our enemies on Mr. Obama's watch.  He knew.

The USA fostered the overthrow of foreign sovereigns, Mr. Obama knew

The administration violated the citizens' trust with the Benghazi cover-up, the IRS mess, the AP attack, persecution of conservative individuals leading up to the Election, among other items of interest.  Mr. Obama knew of each of these things.  No department would dare embark upon these serious infractions without getting approval from Mr. Obama. 

Mr. Obama and his minions must go.

I can't wait for Mr. Obama to tell us it was Bush's fault.  Maybe so, but he didn't stop it.  He has "guilty" written across his forehead.

Mr. Obama Is Not Responsible?

I wonder if any CEO in any enterprise in the world could say to his stockholders, "I wasn't involved, and I'm not responsible."

Let me see if I have this straight. 

Mr. Obama obviously doesn't hold meetings with his Cabinet.  I guess it would get in the way of his Golf games, parties, and numerous vacations.

However, if I remember correctly, each of the Federal Government's several departments report to the President of the United States.

Solyndra was an Energy Department mess (along with others).  The Energy Department is a department of the Federal Government and thus reports to Mr. Obama.

Benghazi was/is a Department of State debacle.  The Department of State is a department of the Federal Government and thus reports to Mr. Obama.

The current IRS scandle is a Treasury Department problem.  The Treasury is a department of the Federal Government and thus reports to Mr. Obama.

The AP scandle is a Department of Justice project.  The Department of Justice is a Federal Government that reports to Mr. Obama.

Fast and Furious was a project of the Department of Justice.  The Department of Justice is a department of the Federal Government that reports to....you guessed it...Mr. Obama.

But Mr. Obama learned of all these events by watching the news? 

Perhaps if he had meetings with his people and held them responsible for their departments there might be a difference.  However, not having ever managed anything more than a classroom, he still has no experience managing a large organization. 

Perhaps Mr. Obama simply selected corrupt minions to work in his behalf thinking they could work without supervision.  That's what has happened, but MR. OBAMA IS STILL RESPONSIBLE and MR. BIDEN is also culpable because he agrees, aloud, with everything Mr. Obama does or says. 

I think both Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden should resign.  I'm nervous what kind of president Mr. Boehner would be, though.  He is not exactly Mr. Conservative.

We have a corrupt, inept, disorganized, and disconnected government and we need to get it fixed ASAP.

Among The Things My Mother Taught Me....

 My mother taught me that honesty is the best policy.  She taught me that telling the truth, no matter the consequence, will advance my life much more than nearly every other trait I could foster.

She also taught me to stand up for what I believe even if it isn't popular.

I imagine most mothers teach their children similarly.

The mothers of those who serve in the White House must be shaking their heads, thinking "Shame, shame, shame" like most of us. 

Why lie when the truth will do?  The lie just exacerbates the problem because now they have two (or twelve) things to deal with.  It is hard to remember which lie was told to which person.  Why not tell the truth.  It is much easier to remember and it doesn't require a fictional memory.

Oh, oh.  I forgot.  It is much easier to say, "I don't remember", or "It depends on what the definition of 'is' is." 

We haven't seen much honesty in the White House in a very long time.  I've been voting for over 40 years now and I believe this president is cut from the same larcenist cloth as LBJ.  I didn't think I would ever see the day where we would have a president that was more crooked than LBJ, but I believe an even worse president has been elected.  I don't know if his mother taught him to lie, but I doubt it.  So where did he learn it?  From Bill Ayers?  From Jeremiah Wright?  From Hillary Clinton (she's a black belt liar)?

I wonder when/if we will ever have an honest president in my lifetime.  I'm betting against it because the public plain doesn't want to know the truth.  The public appears to want a president that presents a pretty picture, but doesn't want to know how bad our nation's condition has become.

I had high hopes in the last election, but it never happened.

The Benghazi Conspiracy

If I were a conspiracist I would suspect a few things that haven't been spoken and perhaps haven't even been thought through.  However, I think it interesting to consider the following:

1.  The so-called protest against a minimally known film exposing Islam for what it really is was planned to be blamed for this Benghazi event even before it happened.  How do we know?  Because it was the immediate response when the attack first happened.  There was no delay in fingering a cause.  This despite the fact that the Department of State was advised from the beginning that it was an act of terrorism.

2.  The embassy in Tripoli had been asking for more security for weeks.  Mrs. Clinton was tired of hearing from her people there.  There is some information being noised about that Mrs. Clinton was wanting to remove Mr. Stevens somehow because he was involved in Department of State programs arming terrorists and he was threatening to go public.

3.  There was 6 hours between the initial attack and the 2nd attack that killed our people there. 

4.  The Special Forces team was able to respond from Tripoli immediately, but were told to "stand down" even when the Libyan government expressed desire that they go help their compatriots.

After considering all of the above, my personal opinion is that Mrs Clinton wanted to get rid of Mr. Stevens.  The U.S. Department of State had been negotiating with terrorists for weeks ahead of this event and even helped them to topple the government of Libya.  Mrs. Clinton had and still has contacts within the terrorist groups and asked for their help in getting rid of Mr. Stevens.  Thus the denial of assistance, the denial of knowledge, the denial that anything was done incorrectly.  I believe Mrs. Clinton developed this plan with full knowledge of Mr. Obama because Mr. Stevens was becoming a problem to them both.  He was an insider with the negotiations going on with the terrorists and needed to be eliminated before he exposed them.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm betting that is the way it went down.