Rick Santorum, You Need Something Called Backbone!

The other day an elderly lady stood up at a Rick Santorum rally and denounced the President of The United States. She stated that she calls him Obama and not President because he is not her president and he is not legal to be President. She also said he was a Muslim. If he is Muslim, which he is not, that is not an issue, because remember that little thing called the Constitution, it talks about separation of church and state. We do not discriminate on the basis of religious beliefs. Do we?

The main issues for me are several things on these statements. First to this woman, like it or not President Obama was elected by the majority of citizens in the United States. He is YOUR and MY president. There is a simple premise in this country and that is majority rules. To you, if you are not willing to accept that, we do things in this way here, feel free to establish residency in some other country that dictates who their leaders are. Please we have plenty of bigots here and loosing a few would not bother the majority of us, that believe in fair elections and upholding those results.

Secondly to Senator Rick Santorum, become an adult. You talk about your Christian values and uphold them, by speaking out on the subject of Christianity. You are obligated to support the President. I endured eight years of President Bush. I did not vote for him either time, but he was my President as well as the President of all Americans. You are running to become the President of every American citizen, not just the ones from your party. Not just the ones that vote for you. Not just for the ones that think exactly like you do. ALL AMERICANS and I for one can never vote for someone that does not support and defend our Constitutionally elected officials. Mr. Santorum, you had a chance to rise above the deep political discourse that separates our great nation and yet you were to much of a coward to address it. You have tried to defend your position and this makes you look weaker still. My advice to you is to take the easy way out and leave the race. We need leaders that will stand for the truth, not weak, spineless suits.

The "G" I Want To Talk About Is Giffords Not Gingrich.

In the world of politics, there are people that inspire and those who take away hope. Gabrille Giffords has and, will, continue to inspire, while Newt Gingrich will continue his racially charged, insensitive and dividing remarks.

Yesterday, Congress Woman Gabrille Giffords of Arizona, announced that she is stepping down. She spoke courageously and haltingly when she made the address. Ms. Giffords exemplifies all that is right in politics. She has stood as an example of courage and strength over the last year, since a deranged gunman took many lives and changed a great many more. Her grace and determination has lifted and inspired, even the most jaded among us, regarding our politicians. I wish her the best, while she continues down the long, perilous road to greater recovery.

On the other hand we have the poisonous rhetoric of, former speaker, Newt Gingrich. He has attacked the poor, blacks, elderly, disadvantaged, working class and just about any group of Americans that do not fit into his elitist society. Gingrich won the Republican primary in South Carolina this weekend, so now we will be bombarded with his vitriolic statements over the next several days, here in Florida. What joy. Gingrich has reverted to his cry baby fashion, that he made famous during his shut down of the federal government when he was speaker. He attacked President Clinton for his morals and yet he was engaged in his own dalliances. Newt whined about not getting a prime seat on Air Force One and then proceeded to oppose any legislature that was supported by the Democrats. He whines about the media when they point out his weaknesses and yet he would gladly support the media if they went after his opponents. I would like to see more discussion about his ethics violations, instead of his multiple affairs, but Mr. Gingrich if you want to be a grown up, start acting like one. Tell the truth about your lobbying and work for Freddy Mac. Face the facts about your ethics. Stand up, like a man, and accept the responsibility of your actions in your personal life, as well as your professional life. Most of all be an adult and stop crying and lashing out at the media for reporting your bad choices.

When I look at these two stories, it is stunningly clear. Gabrille Giffords is the shinning example of an adult and leader, while Newt Gingrich is an example of  the petulant child, that actually needs a spanking. What type of person do you want leading us?

How The New American Right Campaigns, Lies!

It seems that in today's world of instant news, blogs and Internet social sights if you don't like someone or their view, take the easy way and lie. One of the people I am friends with on face book, has an ongoing hatred of President Obama, liberals, progressives, Democrats and anything to do with the left. I am asked why I continue to see what her and others like her post and the answer is simple. How do you fight against fabrications if you do not know they exist? I have answered her back on face book at various times but now I need to expand the audience to expose how people are duped into moving lies, further along the information highway.

Recently, she posted an article under the heading of, "Bombshell allegation against Obama, murder, addiction and atheism. It was published by Examiner.com and the author was Anthony G. Martin. Mr. Martin states in his bi-line that he was a foot soldier in the election of Ronald Reagan. According to his bio, he was a local community activist only. I will concede that this could be construed as a foot soldier and leave it at that. I went on to read additional information about Martin and his views and research into the above article. It seems Martin also allegedly, writes under the name of Ulsterman and this is the source of his inside information for the trash he writes about our President. That would be the equivalent of me using the name Dublinman and saying my source, Dublinman stated that George Bush had a gay affair, while stealing billions from the Federal Reserve, while killing General George Patton and blowing up a Catholic church. Really, this is the best they can do? Martin has also posted on U-Tube a video of himself stating, how misinformed we are about Joe McCarthy and how misunderstood he was. He seems to push to resurrect the investigation into the , "Marxist, Communist, Socialist, Maoist administration under Barrack Obama." I hope he didn't leave out any "ists" in this list, because I am sure they are also on the inside looking for ways to subvert America.

Pure and simple this guy's views represent the real danger to our country. He is a radical, extremist that will lie to anyone willing to listen to him.

The Webster dictionary definition of a lie is; a statement made by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive. That is what Mr. Martin does, he lies in order to deceive. He preys on the uninformed and depends on them to pass the lies on until people start thinking, it must be true because I have heard this before. A lie is a lie no matter how many times it is repeated. Saying it does NOT make it true and the weak minded people on social networks need to get the facts before they repeat lies. I do not want to hear that you do not have the time to research the facts. I spent less then an hour and was able to ascertain the facts. People repeat lies and re-post lies because they like what they heard or read. What I ask of them to do is think for one minute, how they would feel if someone, made up or repeated  lies about them or their friends or family? Just because we disagree politically with someone it does not give us the rights to make up statements and pass it off as the truth.

It is time, and I have written this before, for us to tell the truth in all of our dealings. Our political system is rife with half-truths (I am not sure there is such a thing) and just outright lies. Is this the way to elect our officials or would telling the truth work better? I am asking people to stop re-posting lies. Stop embarrassing yourself. Trust me when I say this, when I see someone that is willing to post this garbage, I certainly question their morals, their integrity and their intelligence.

Running Off At The Political Mouth!

Here we go, my famous running off at the mouth post.

I have yet to hear the term, "working poor", used by the pool of Republican candidates. Are they trying to pretend they don't exist. They do!

Newt Gingrich is running his mouth and coming very close to sounding like a racist. Wait one minute, I do believe he is. Either that or very stupid. I'll take both.

I'll bet Mitt Romney $10,000, that he has never worried if he had enough money to cover this months rent or mortgage payment. Take that silver spoon out of your mouth Mitt and answer questions, with truth.

Rick Santorum wants to eliminate contraception. He said, we need to procreate more. Let me think about this. Our planet's resources are being stretched to it's limits. The food and water supplies are shrinking. In America we have more people then ever in poverty. Santorum's solution is to add more people into the mix. Am I missing something here?

Republicans at the debate last night cheered Newt, quite vigorously when he stated Barrack Obama is the food stamp President. He is right. More people then ever have to resort to food stamps to feed their children. The part Newt and the Republicans don't talk, and want to talk about is, the Republican party was in charge of the White House when the economy tanked and made people have to depend on food stamps.

Ron Paul, who I thought had a handle on some foreign affairs, was critical of Bin Laden being killed. A bullet through the brain was the least we could do for Bin Laden and Paul is way off  base on this one. When he goes down these mysterious paths, he completely turns people, except for his passionate followers, off.

Rick Perry is now the Republican authority on members of the military urinating on bodies. It may happen Rick, but the stupidity of recording it and sharing it, is more then most Americans want to know. 

Just my humble opinion, no I am not humble about my opinion, but I think it is time that our leaders, and that includes the people left in the Republican race, start to focus on solutions instead of focusing on blame. We know the blame belongs to the leaders for the last forty years. There, done now get on with solving problems.

Congress is back in session today. The way this Congress has put out legislation, I didn't even realize they were gone.

Lastly, I would like to wish our first lady, Michelle Obama, a happy birthday. Thank you for doing the job of first lady with a great deal of grace and honor.

An open letter to the people who hate Obama more than they love America

An open letter to the people who hate Obama more than they love America

My Thoughts On Ron Paul!

My friend Danny has sent me a couple of recordings of Ron Paul. One was of him on, "Meet The Press," and the other was his speech after winning the New Hampshire Primary. Danny asked my opinion about Mr. Paul and the following is a summary of those thoughts.

There are many items and points that Ron Paul makes, I find myself in total agreement with. Then Paul takes the extreme and I drift away. I said before during and today, the war in Iraq was and is a terrible mistake. It has cost us thousands of American lives, trillions of dollars and shifted our focus from building America to watching America crumble. It has also cost tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left their country in complete chaos. To what end? They will probably sink into a civil war. The country is now in a position that it can be exploited by it's neighbor, Iran. The end result for Iraq is, whether we went in or not, the same. Their is no justification for the past and current administrations to continue pouring billions and maybe even trillions more into an already corrupt government in that country. Other actions we have entered into around the globe has costs us enormous sums of money and people's lives. I would say this one point though, we must separate the war from the warriors. Our military people and I am talking about the grunts on the ground, are the bravest, best trained and without a doubt the finest military fighting people in the history of the world and they are to be admired and thanked every day for their sacrifice and courage. The military and civilian leaders should not waste this precious resource of people to promote our Imperialistic urges.

In this regard I am clear. I support bringing our troops home from Iraq, Afghanistan and any other area in the world where they are not directly serving the defense of America. If our interest are not directly involved, quit spending money, resources and most importantly lives. I do support using troops such as Special Operations, similar to,  Seal Team 6, to enter and covertly accomplish certain missions, when our security is endangered. The price in dollars and lives are reduced and yet have a better and longer lasting effect. In general I agree with Mr. Paul on the use of military force and reducing the cost of money that is sent overseas to other countries.

Later I will discuss my point of view on Ron Paul's economic policies.

Romney "Politics Of Envy" You Are Wrong!!

Mitt Romney in his speech last night, stated that the President and the left are practicing the politics of envy. He and any conservative that feels this is about envy is certainly missing the point. I am sure just like the extreme on the right, have views outside of the mainstream there are extremes on the left that look at the wealthy and corporations with envy. Most people including myself, family and friends, want one thing only. A fair and level playing field. Opportunities that are extended to everyone. Then we can either succeed or fail, based upon our own hard work. The problem is the system has become twisted and tilted in one direction and the real opportunities are not available to all.

I dislike the minimum alternative tax, that allows the less wealthy to get large refunds of up to the amount of money they make each year. They pay no taxes and then receive a credit and money, that we all pay for. Likewise I abhor the idea that a corporation can make billions of dollars in profit each year and they also pay no taxes and get a large refund from the government because of their credits. Again we all pay for this. This is not fair in either case. Everyone should pay a portion of their income to support the infrastructure and services that we all benefit from.

Millions of hard working Americans pay for health insurance each month, through payroll deductions. When we fill a prescription or receive medical attention, we then pay a deductible. Millions more receive free Medicaid and contribute nothing toward the cost. I am not talking about Medicare, for our seniors, they have spent a lifetime paying their way and now they deserve our help in their later years. I am talking about making health care affordable and having all able bodied people contribute into the fund. This is called responsibility and should be welcomed by all.

I know in some ways I sound like a conservative and in some regards I am. My main point in this is I do not envy a person, who through hard work and perseverence, has made a lot of  money. I just want them to pay their fair share. This is not class warfare. It is fairness. People like Romney completely misses the idea that fairness is what the average person wants.