Go Lonnie Go

Republican Congressional candidate Lonnie Spivak has stood to the defense of Constitutional freedom by launching a suit on First Amendment grounds against Obama's care scheme. With the able support of Nashville area attorney Jim Roberts, perhaps this can be the start of thwarting Obama's march toward tyranny. The case will be brought on religious grounds and a similar approach was earlier suggested by nationally-syndicated radio talk show host Michael Savage who cited the case of the Schechter Brothers v. Franklin Roosevelt as an example of how the religious approach could be successful. There will certainly be difficulties ahead with attempts to deny standing but the court at some higher level may grant certiorari and our freedoms that Lonnie is defending may yet be vindicated. (Note: the author was aware of the coming litigation due to a telephone interview with candidate Spivak but honored the request to embargo the story until the suit was filed and Mr. Spivak could announce it himself).

This is the actual site detailing the lawsuit.

Value Reduced Government

Obama economic advisor and former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker (who was despised by many for initiating twenty percent interest rates to tame inflation) has recently proposed that the United States adopt a value added tax to mimic Europe on its path to economic self-destruction. Instead of making a serious attempt at curbing out of control spending by the Federal government, the thinking advocated by Volcker would only further sap this nation's already battered productive capacity. But pulverising the private sector is par for the course in this administration that routinely attacks our freedoms, our personal values, and, of course, the foundational values that made the nation.

Tax Freedom Day

April 15- today should be emblematic of a national tragedy as almost half of the filers (and this is an ever-growing number under Obama) pay no Federal Income Tax, increasingly becoming dependents, almost wards of the state. Many never wanted to join the dependency class but have no choice as Obama is the worst "job killer" that we have ever had in the Oval Office. Obama seems determined to stifle the private sector and his policies are taking formerly productive people through fiscal mismanagement and over-spending the likes of which has never been seen before and forcing them into becoming "dole dwellers". It really is or should be simple logic- the more the Federal government taxes, the less we have to spend, and it has always been our freedom to risk, our industry, and our ingenuity that have grown our prosperity. When America thrives, it is never thanks to government generosity flowing from politicians in Washington. Redistribution schemes never work, unless your ultimate aim is to spread the poverty.

Lost Is Found

I have for the second time on this forum the chance to chronicle a modern day miracle (the first being my humor piece The Goose Jihad on January 15, 2009 to celebrate the Hudson forced landing in which by God's grace and the pilots' and flight crews' skill, all survived). I spent large portions of my youth in Florida, second throughout my life only to the time I have spent in my own home state of Tennessee. I know how rough and foreboding the back country can be, complete with snakes and alligators, and dense foliage that makes an easy walk impossible in many places. An eleven year old girl, Nadia Bloom had disappeared in these certainly inhospitable and possibly dangerous surroundings and been missing for four (4) days. As hundreds sought after her, some must have feared the worst, but one man, James King, who literally brought his Bible, kept the faith, and decided to listen for and heed the voice of God. And like Moses being guided to the Holy Land, James King was led to the girl in distress. With God's help, James King rescued Nadia Bloom from her peril. God bless them both.

America's Torpor Ending

I sensed the rising after September 11, 2001, but it was for too many uneven and short-lived. Even the comity between the parties in Congress ended after a few weeks with Democrats using Bush as a target and striving to divide the nation. Some individuals' patriotism surged and remained high, and they became, in some cases, politically involved for the first time in their lives, but far too many were only briefly aroused and returned to their slumber. Now, though, after the public will was ignored in the health care debate, people who were never interested in politics are for the first time becoming involved, making monetary contributions to candidates who share their views, displaying bumper stickers and yard signs, and participating in political rallies for the first time ever, with many attending tea party events. People who were apathetic or actually had antipathy to politicians ("they are all liars, thieves", etc.) are now actively seeking out those seeking office who promote smaller, less intrusive government. Some becoming involved are people who fear their own government for the first time. The self-satisfied stupor some were in is rapidly ending with Americans waking to their love of country being challenged, their values being mocked, and their country being pulled out from under them by the quasi-Marxist in the White House.

Myriads More Mired

Barack Hussein Obama campaigned that if elected, he would be a peace President. Obama promised he would end the illegitimate involvement that the last President Bush had started for the United States in Iraq. Iraq is teetering on instability with a renewed al-Qaeda bombing targeting embassies and even more disturbing, bombings aimed at reigniting sectarian violence between the Shia and the Sunni from which al-Qaeda is composed and draws its strength. Even the recent election in Iraq is causing problems with the result in dispute and this may provoke further chaos. US troops are still there and still dying despite Obama's promises to his peacenik base that they would not be. In Afghanistan, the conflict is even worse, with a massive US reinforcement arriving but being tied down by the most restrictive rules of engagement any American forces have ever been called to fight under- essentially being asked to serve as moving targets, as our casualties there skyrocket. US generals even publicly announce where our forces will next strike (Kandahar) hoping Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists will depart before our forces arrive to avoid a bloodbath. So to both the leftists who brought Obama into office hoping for a speedy US retreat and to right-thinking Americans who seek victory and know it can never happen with our rules of engagement tying our hands behind our backs, Obama's war policy must be a major disappointment.

The Conjurer's Pride

Barack Hussein Obama is a magic man. He is able to take over large swathes of the private sector, not with a wand, but by the stroke of a pen. Obama can provide universal medical care without so much as breaking a sweat, and without rationing or (according to his minions) an additional burden of taxation on most of the citizenry. And all the while, maintain his supercilious petulance with his manner of "I could not care less about any of you serfs- you common people". Yes, Obama is so cool (some would say cold) that he can summon all this help for we poor folk from thin air even though he seems not to care an iota if we have any prosperity or freedom left.