The Abject Failure Of Obama’s Presidency – Part 3

“In peace nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, disguise fair nature with hard favour’d rage. . .”
   - William Shakespeare (“Henry V”)

Continuing in our series of 10 tenets by William J. H. Boetcker, defining democracy and how to perpetuate it, today we take a look at numbers 2 and 3.

#2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong   

In his world-wide apology tours of last year, President Obama committed to reducing America’s military might as a sign of our committment to world peace. How he expects to convince other nations to join us sitting around the campfire to sing Kumbaya is still a mystery.

The last time I checked, the middle east was still a tinderbox and the only things keeping it from becoming a complete mushroom cloud has been the other nations’ respect for our strength and knowledge of our history of using it when necessary to protect our land and those nations unable to defend themselves. When the Japanese surrendered to us in August 1945, it wasn’t because America had reduced its weapons. Indeed it was just the opposite… it was our strength that brought them to the decks of the USS Missouri.    

#3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.

This is the cornerstone of the Socialist manifesto subscribed to by Barack Obama: “I think spreading the wealth around is a good thing!” he told Joe Wurzlebacher. And his actions since taking office show that he intends to punish every individual in the United States who has worked hard to achieve the American dream so that those less fortunate can be rewarded for their lack of achievement.

Note to liberals: Yes, I know there are many Americans in desperate need of assistance, especially in this recession. No one is suggesting we turn our backs on these people.  America is the most charitable nation in the world (according to USA Today and MS-NBC).  And we are that charitable on a voluntary basis. We don’t need a mandate from our elected leaders forcing us to turn over the fruit of our labor to the government to decided who to give it to. We don’t need a federal middleman to take a cut of our donations, thank you.   

There are numerous examples of our generosity, but here’s just one germane to this particular tenet: The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, with an endowment of $33.5 Billion. In 2007, the two founders (Bill and Melinda Gates) were listed as the second most generous philanthropists in America. No government intervention required them to spread that wealth around. Under Barack Obama’s vision, no one would even be able to achieve the kind of wealth accomplished by Gates. Rather, the spoils of Gates victory would be grabbed by the government to be spent as seen fit by bureaucrats such mighty intellects:  

What could possibly go wrong with people like this handling our wealth instead of us?  

Gerry Ashley

The Hammer: Nuke Policy “Insane or Ridiculous”

 

Charles Krauthammer pinpoints the problem with Obama’s new nuclear policy:

Honestly, I think the policy is both insane and ridiculous. What’s the point in having the biggest guns if you’re going to pinky-promise never ever to use them?

The phrase “peace through superior firepower” may sound silly; may sound hackneyed; may even sound hawk-like; but the fact remains that it has stood America and her allies in good stead for over half a century.

“Peace through throwing away half our guns and promising not to use the other half” doesn’t inspire confidence, nor should it. It’s a wimpy, wussy, kum-by-yah viewpoint unworthy of the United States Commander-in-Chief.  

But it sounds just exactly like something President Obama would try to implement.

Stoutcat

Abject Failure Of Obama’s Presidency – Part 2

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.  ~Samuel Johnson

On Monday, I introduced you to William J. H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian minister, who, in 1942. wrote a pamphlet that included 10 well-thought-out statements written by Boetcker himselfon democracy. In that article, I claimed that Obama’s actions appear to work against each of the 10 tenets. 

In the coming days, we’ll be taking a deeper look at each of those tenets and illustrate how Obama’s leadership counters each one. Today, we’ll start with: 

Tenet #1: You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. 

America’s economy is in critical condition, rapidly approaching the necessity for life support. While many of us claim to be aware of this, they really don’t know just how critical things are. According to Richard Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas:  

I have been scanning the horizon for danger signals even as we continue working to recover from the recent turmoil. In the distance, I see a frightful storm brewing in the form of untethered government debt. I choose the words—“frightful storm”—deliberately to avoid hyperbole. Unless we take steps to deal with it, the long-term fiscal situation of the federal government will be unimaginably more devastating to our economic prosperity than the subprime debacle and the recent debauching of credit markets that we are now working so hard to correct.   

 He’s talking about the fact that in 2000, under a Democratic President and a Republican Congress, the two branches of our government combined to produce a fiscal surplus of $238 billion. It didn’t last long, however, and much of that blame can be put at the feet of the Bush administration, for whom the term “Deficit Spending” seemed to have no meaning.

Of course, the attacks of September 11, 2001, played a large part in subsequent financial and economic decision, but clearly America needed to get control of its spending. And that is precisely what Obama would have you believe with his message of “Change!” during his campaign.  Looking at his actions, however, we find just the opposite:  

    

 According to Heritage.org:  

“Not only does President Obama’s budget fail to reduce deficits “overnight”, his budget actually moves them in the opposite direction. President Obama’s budget would:   

• Permanently expand the federal government by nearly 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) over 2007 pre-recession levels;
• Borrow 42 cents for each dollar spent in 2010;
• Leave permanent deficits that top $1 trillion in as late as 2020;

The chart above compares the President’s budget deficit projections to the Congressional Budget Office’s budget deficit projections under current law. In other words, the policy changes embodied in President Obama’s 2011 Budget puts our country $2.5 trillion deeper in debt by 2020 than it other wise would be if current law were left unchanged.  

Now the President is apparently arguing that his trillions of dollars in additional deficit spending are needed to “invest in areas that will determine our economic success in this new century.”  

This statement goes to the core of the fundamental difference between leftists and conservatives in this country: liberals believe economic growth comes from wise investments by government experts; conservatives believe that economic growth stems from  millions of Americans having the freedom to make their own economic decisions everyday.   

Since taking office, Barack Obama has consistently referred to “the mess left behind by the Bush administration” when referring to the economy. Yet in the mere 15 months of his administration, he has spent (or committed to spending)  far more than the entire Bush administration’s expenditures of his two terms (8 years), including all monies spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. And there is no end in site if both Cap and Trade and Universal Healthcare become reality. 

And that’s the good news.

Collectively, including projections for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, the financial obligations of this country actually projects out into well over a HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS. Putting this in perspective, each one of America’s 300 million men, women and children personally owe approximately $350,000 each. And that would be if we were to pay off this debt today. Cick on the above link to see an amazing (and appalling) real-time display of America’s indebtedness.

Without massive cutbacks in entitlements, the country cannot sustain this and will be bankrupt before the end of this decade. Just how soon is anyone’s guess. While this is not Obama’s doing (it’s an accumulative effect of entitlements run amok which neither party has bothered to get under control), he either doesn’t recognize the reality of the situation or worse, he does.

The numbers don’t lie.  It’s just that nobody bothered to acknowledge the iceberg dead ahead of our ship of state). A President who was true to his oath of office would be looking for ways to turn the ship of state from the path of the iceburg.

Instead, at a time when we need true leadship to help avoid fiscal meltdown, President Obama is running “full speed ahead” as if the iceburg wasn’t there.  Either way, he’s continuing to spend at an alamring rate as if there’s no limit on what America can spend. He is either the world’s dumbest leader, or the most underhanded. Either way, he is breaking his oath of office every day and threatening – truly threatening – democracy as we know it.

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. ”

There is no middle road on this.

Gerry Ashley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Abject Failure Of The Obama Presidency

Obama’s failure as president may actually be his goal for victory in converting America to socialism.

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.  Abraham Lincoln, 1864

 

In 1942, William J. H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian minister, released a pamphlet entitled ”Lincoln On Limitations”. This small publication included the above quote by Lincoln, but also included 10 well-thought-out statements written by Boetcker himself. Though these 10 statements have been incorrectly attributed to Lincoln by statesmen (including President Ronald Reagan), Boetcker’s proclaimations have become important guidelines in defining democracy …and how to maintain it.  

Now these words take on perhaps an even more important meaning, for they describe in clear terms, exactly how Barack Obama is systematically destroying all that Americans have worked hard to achieve – and died to protect for over 200 years.    

It could not be more clear:  

1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
4. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
5. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.
6. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
7. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
8. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
9. You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
10 You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.   

While the sentiments expressed may appear to be obvious, it’s clear that some people, including many of those in our government, just don’t get it.

But virtually every move the Obama administration has made since taking office counters the overarching philosophy of these 10 tenets.  He’s attempting to bring kick-start prosperity by taking the nation into more and more debt; he is weakening strong companies and families by burdening them with more taxes, punitive tarriffs, and regulations; by continuing and expanding the entitlement culture, he is stealing people’s initiative and independence; he is doing nothing to encourage people to save money and live within their means; and he is demanding that the government do for people what they will not do for themselves.

I don’t know how long America can stand against an onslaught from within.

Gerry Ashley

Note: In the days and weeks to come, we’ll be examining each of these principles in greater depth. If you have any thoughts or examples of how the government is working against these principles, let us know and we’ll include them.

At What Point Does It Become Treason?

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In Stoutcat’s current rant, “Oh, Well THAT Explains It“, she highlights yet another arrogant politi-thug who pisses on the Constitution and tells us it’s rain. Just another politician embracing the destruction of America as we know it. This time, however, this politician (Representative Phil Hare, Democrat, Illinois) actually let his guard down and stated ON CAMERA:

“I don’t worry about the Constitution on this, to be honest.”

Finally, an Obamanite let’s the truth slip out.

But this begs the bigger question and it’s time to demand an answer from  what’s left of our Democratic Government: At what point do politicians’ actions that work against freedom and the constitution become treason?

Consider: 

• We have a President who has nationalized two automobile manufacturers
• He’s nationalized numerous banks and refuses to let go of government controls over those who have repaid their TARP bail-outs.
• Barring a miracle (spelled “We, The People”), the healthcare system that has been the envy of the world will soon slip into third-world status because of legislation, which is at best, Constitutionally questionable, crammed down our throats in a manner that is, at best, legally questionable, involves shameless bribes for obtaining votes, and forces people to purchase government run insurance or face fines or even prison time if we refuse to do so.
• Obama now has his sights set on granting citizenship to what could be as many as 40 million illegal aliens in a thinly-veiled attempt to win their votes to protect a scandal-ridden Congress in this year’s mid-term elections and in his own re-election attempt in 2012.  To all those immigrants who came to America in the legal way, this is a giant Obama middle finger sticking up at you… The same finger he waves at the flag, the Constitution, and  so many who came before him and gave their lives to preserve the America he spits on.
• Obama will then attempt to ram “Cap and Trade” through, most likely in the same manner health care was handled. I’m still not convinced that everyone fully understands the impact of Cap and Trade if it passes. It means that corporations will be fined for using energy above a certain level (to be determined by the Federal Government). The fines are in the form of Carbon Credits which – surprise, surprise – are conveniently available through Al Gore’s company. This, coupled with Health Care Reform will cripple companies and, essentially, end the free enterprise system as we know it. It is nothing short of hijacking freedom and democracy. Not only will it become fiscally impossible to expand and hire more people,  it will result in numerous layoffs as companies scramble to stay afloat in Obama’s new world or simply pack it in and shut down. Yet, Obama continues to tell us that “creating jobs is my number one priority.” How sad that there are still so many naive people who believe him. And he’s counting on their ignorance to get re-elected along with the naivite of some 40 million new voters, formerly illegal aliens.  

What more will be done by Obama and the politi-thugs of Congress before we call it out for what it is: TREASON? And when the treason is being committed by our own government, who will stand and call it what it is? Who will hold these people accountable? Apparently, it will have to be “We The People” at the ballot box… assuming Obama doesn’t tamper with elections or, for “emergency reasons” postpone them as some suggest he might do.

Keep in mind what kind of sacrifice it took to win and keep freedom and democracy in this country. Since The Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, millions of lives have been lost or forever been changed in the winning of this freedom and Constitution we so love. All of those who gave their lives or their bodies to the cause deserve nothing less than to have their sacrifices honored and respected by those of us who have been the beneficiaries of their sacrifice.

Certainly the majority in Congress and the current Presidential Administration have failed to do so.

And so it is up to us to heed the call. For if we fail in the mission to pass along the same democracy and the same freedom to our children, we will forever be known as the ones who let the world’s greatest democracy (and greatest hope for others) slip away. And the ultimate shame on our souls will be if we let that freedom slip away at the hands of our own politicians, elected by our naiveté or ignorance.

It would be nice to think our democratic government would be there to back us in our efforts, but when it’s our own elected officials destroying the fabric of democracy, we must turn to the ballot box.  And so it will be. But if Barack Obama opens the floodgates of citizenship and voting rights to illegal aliens in an attempt to secure re-election for the thieves of democracy who place their interests above the country’s, well then, maybe it will be time to call home the troops who have installed democracy in Iraq and ask them if they can help restore it in America.  

Either way, it’s time to look into the eyes of our children and ask a very serious question of ourselves:

What will you stand for?

The answer should be given directly to our children, and our children’s children, with the knowledge that they will live in the land resulting from the consequences of our answer to that question.

Gerry Ashley

Oh, Well THAT Explains It

 

The latest clueless Democrat Congressman to spout off about the healthcare bill is Rep. Phil Hare. View the absolutely priceless video of Rep. Hare makning a fool of himself several times over, including saying that “I don’t worry about the Constitution on this, to be honest.” Yes, that is clearly an honest, off the cuff remark. In the days to come, let’s see how he and his co-horts spin that one. Sadly for Rep. Hare, he also confuses the Constitution with the Declaration of Independence,.

He’s also called out on a lie as blatant (and stupid) as the denial a five-year-old caught with both hands in the cookie jar.

“I don’t worry about the Constitution on this, to be honest…” Hmmm.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

He doesn’t worry about his oath of office. He’s taken it twice. If it were a Republican, wouldn’t that be considered treason?

Of course he also lied about his vote on the healthcare bill itself, saying last summer,

“The purpose of having a public option — and that’s why I can’t vote for any bill that doesn’t have one — is that without the public option, people don’t have any place else to go, except for the insurance companies.” [emphasis mine]

But there’s one extenuating circumstance which excuses all his ignorance, his lies, and his flip-flops: He’s from Illinois. He does business the Chicago way. The President’s way. Which is rapidly becoming “business as usual” for America.

It’s up to us to make sure that “the Chicago way” does not end up being synonymous with “the American way.”

Rep. Hare is up for re-election this year. Let’s be sure to vote this ignorant, flip-flopping, lying, treasonous bum out. It’s the least we can do for our country.

Stoutcat

H/T: HotAir

Breaking News: Obama’s Kenyan Birth Certificate Found

Constitutional Crisis Looms

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In what has been described as the most incredible discovery of the century, the birth certificate for Barack Hussein Obama has surfaced in Kenya, throwing the United States into turmoil. The Constitution stipulates that the President  must be a natural born citizen of the United States.  As such, the discovery has put the presidency of Barack Obama on the line.

Representative Robert VanDelay (D – NM) said, “I can’t believe this! He has been lying all this time. I feel completely betrayed. Next thing you know we’ll probably find out he’s got a socialist agenda!”

As the new broke at first light, Obama quickly announced some executive staff changes, effective immediately. A stunned former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs faced angry news reporters as he was hastily escorted off White House property.  Gibbs called to the members of the media to follow him outside the fence. Once they were outside the Gates, he stated:

“For the record, I want to say categorically, I never bought into that Hawaiian story, myself. But we had to have evidence of the Kenyan birth certificate before we could move forward. So I teamed up with  Rahm Emanuel, and together we set up a task force to find the document. That document was discovered Saturday in the Kenyan house where the Obamas lived at the time. It was pressed between the pages of the first book he read as a child, “Mein Kampf”

With calls for his immediate resignation coming from members of both parties, Obama released a statement through his newly-appointed (this morning) Press Czar  (yet to be identified by name, but who bore a striking resembleance to Van Jones). In that announcement, he stated the following:

• He refuses to step down and, in fact, is considering suspending the Constitution and elections until making some changes that even Obama himself declared would be “Sweeping and historical in nature. “Most important” he declared, “While martial law might seem a bit radical, just think… if I step down, that means Joe Biden will be your new presdent.”
•  In an attempt at “healing the nation,” he has decided to annex Kenya and make it our 51st State retroactive to 1960. Obama was born in 1961 and, as such, would technically make him an American citizen. 

Meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden’s whereabouts was supposed to be unknown, however, it was  the Vice Preident himself who  divulged his location on network television saying, “Boy, the (expletive deleted) has really hit the fan in DC. I”m sure glad I’m here in the basement of Blair House in the new secret bunker.”  He then ended his short statement with the same sentiment we give you this morning: HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY!

And yes, Mr. Vice President… this is all a “big effing hoax.”

Gerry Ashley (with assistance by field reporter April Phules)