Religion in America

While church attendance in America may be on the decline, religion in America flourishes! Consider the following religions:

• Global Warming
• Abortion
• Environmentalism
• Progressivism
• Liberalism
• Keeping-Up-With-The-Joneses
• In the case of members of Congress, the religion of Remaining-Relevant or Maintaining-My-Popularity-for-the-Georgetown-Cocktail-Party-Circuit
• The most damaging religion in America is that of Party-Above-Reason. This is the religion that worships a political party above all else. Despite evidence of looming bankruptcy, debt and deficits at record highs, record levels of high unemployment, record low levels of labor force participation, dismal economic statistics, perpetual $3.50 gallon of gas, lower levels of income, record levels of food stamp recipients, willful misrepresentation of legislation, lies, deception, cover-ups, cronyism, lack of accountability, record levels of people on disability, and a dead American Ambassador, many Americans refuse to hold the government accountable for its complete ineptitude because their religion precludes them from such.

Look into the Future

Want to look into the future of Obamacare? Of healthcare administered by The State? Of rationing of care? Of death panels? Look no further than Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' callous response to an appeal for a change in the national organ donor rules in order to save the life of a 10-year old girl.

As you listen to Sebelius say, "someone lives and someone dies", carefully consider the fact that the 2,000+ page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) grants vast discretion to the HHS secretary to implement and interpret the law.

Now fast-forward 5 or 10 years from now, when the law is fully implemented, when your aging mother or grandmother or infant niece needs aggressive medical care but is being denied by Washington. What do you do? Go crawling and begging to your Congressman?

This is what happens to a society that puts God in a backpack rather than a pedestal. We forget that everyone is made in His image and we allow a secularist minority to run the country.

It is very sad and very troubling.

Pushing an Agenda

How do you gain and maintain power when your agenda conflicts with the majority of the population and you cannot win the debate on its merits? You lie, cheat, intimidate, and bribe.

Lies: Benghazi cover-up. Obamacare is not a tax, your premiums will go down, and it will lower the deficit. Global warming. Claim your opponents are racists, bigots, and homophobic. Fast and Furious. Consequences of sequester cuts. 

Cheating: IRS scandal. Voter intimidation. Illegal voter registrations. Recess appointments. Chrysler bondholders during the GM bailout. 

Intimidation: Gibson Guitar raid. NLRB and Boeing. Occupy Wall Street. Union thuggery. EPA regulations. Fox News reporter James Rosen. Releasing the names of Romney donors on Obama reelection website (some were also audited by the IRS).

Bribery: Record numbers of people on disability and food stamps. Millions receive perpetual welfare payments, housing subsidies, and cell phones. Corporate welfare and bailouts. Crony capitalism.

The Most Transparent Administration in History

“This is the most transparent administration in history” ~ Obama in February.

Let's count the ways:

1. Obamacare – No debate on C-SPAN as promised, the bill was not put online for five days as promised, no one read the bill, it passed the House using budget reconciliation, and bribed senators.
2. Benghazi
3. IRS scandal
4. His college records
5. Fast and Furious
6. Drone attacks

On the other hand, he has been very transparent in regards to his ideological motivations:

1. "I want to spread the wealth around"
2. "Punish your enemies"
3. "I don’t want them punished with a baby" speaking about one of his daughters getting pregnant. 
4. "God bless you” addressing Planned Parenthood
5. "I believe in American Exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism."
6. “You didn’t build that!”
7. “It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion . . ."
8. “Under my plan of cap and trade, electricity prices will necessarily skyrocket”
9. "We can't -- drive our SUVs and you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on you know, 72 degrees at all times . . .”
10. "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller."
11. “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money”

America’s Purposeful Downfall

Cloward and Piven are mentors of sorts to President Obama. They hate America and taught that America could only be destroyed from within. Their plan called for overwhelming the system with debt and hooking the majority of citizens on government handouts. Under the weight of the debt, the system would implode and the economy would collapse. Dependent and scared citizens would then turn toward government to save them – just like they did during the Great Depression when FDR gladly began his massive government expansion programs. Does any of this sound familiar?

Consider the facts:

• Over 50 million Americans are on food stamps (20% of all eligible adults).
• Fourteen million are on disability.
• Millions more are on welfare, unemployment, housing allowances, aid to dependent children, or 100 other free government  programs.
• Obamacare alone will bankrupt the Treasury. It will make every American poorer via higher insurance premiums. And it will make thousands (maybe millions) of Americans criminals if they do not comply. 
• 22 million government employees drain our economy as tax-payers' dollars are spent on non-productive activities.
• Record-setting numbers of Americans are emptying their retirement accounts to survive leaving them short-handed when they do retire and, thus, dependent on the government. 
• Record levels of student loan debt financially strap the next generation of leaders.
• Over 16 million Americans live in poverty making them dependent on the government. 
• Every day the private sector (which is where new jobs originate) shrinks, while the government grows. Every dollar sent to the government hurts the private economy!
• Thousands of new regulations from government agencies stunt all efforts the economy makes toward recover.
• Social Security is essentially bankrupt as is Medicare.  

It is glaringly obvious what is going on. Time to wake up America!

Stock Market Up Economy Down

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high today cresting over the previous high in 2007. Are you better off today than in 2007? Here are a few comparisons:

• Consumer Confidence: 2007: 99.5; Today: 69.6 (just up from 58)
• GDP Growth – 2007: 2.5%; Today: 1.6% 
• Gas Prices – 2007: $2.75; Today: $3.75
• Unemployed – 2007: 6.7 million; Today: 13.2 million
• Unemployment Rate – 2007: 5%; Today: 8.1%
• Labor Force Participation Rate – 2007: 66%; Today: 63.6%
• Federal Reserve Balance Sheet – 2007: $890 billion; Today: $3 TRILLION
• Number of people on food stamps – 2007: 26 million; Today: 47.5 million
• US Annual Deficit – 2007: $160 billion; Today: $1.2 TRILLION
• US National Debt – 2007: $8.9 trillion; Today: $16.6 TRILLION

Make no mistake, our national leaders are either grossly incompetent and economic ignoramuses or they are purposely leading this country down a road of less freedom and bankruptcy. 

The Sky is Falling

Unbeknownst to the Obama sycophant authors of this NBCNews.com, sky-is-falling sequester piece (listed below), they lay out the most persuasive argument against federal meddling in the states' business that I have seen recently. 

Consider this: 

• Why does the federal government fund Head Start? Can't the states, religious, civic and local community organizations handle it? 
• Why does the federal government fund schools? Can't each community take responsibility for educating their own children?
• Why cut the FAA and the military when you can cut the Labor Department, the Commerce Department, the USDA, the NLRB, the TSA, Homeland Security, Amtrak or a dozen other unconstitutional federal bureaucracies???
• Why does the federal government fund community hospitals, institutions of higher learning and Meals on Wheels? Are the states and local communities unwilling and unable to do such?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/02/17162039-from-coast-to-coast-states-brace-for-sequester-shock?lite

143 Reasons to Vote for Romney / Ryan

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Obamacare America is NOT in need of fundamental transformation Elena Kagan Obama is a perpetual liar even to his own voters Drilling moratorium in the Gulf The deficit is up almost 200% since Obama took office The national debt is up almost 50% since Obama took office Solyndra "I believe in American Exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." “I’ll have more flexibility” in a second term “You didn’t build that!” Cap and Trade Obama is an amateur Janet Napolatono Eric Holder Record number of Americans on disability Obama constantly blames his predecessor for the problems the country faces David Axelrod Apparently Valerie Jarrett makes most of Obama’s major decisions for him Record underemployment (U6) “I’d rather be a really good one-term President than a mediocre two-term President” Kathleen Sebelius “I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. “Fat cats on Wall Street” Joe Biden Obama likes to rule via Executive Order “It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations" Sonia Sotomayor First ever credit downgrade of the United States “The private sector is doing fine” Robert Gibbs “The Cambridge police acted stupidly” Summer of Recovery Obama would rather promote oil drilling in Brazil than in the U.S. “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” Inflating your tires and getting your car tuned up will save as much energy as new drilling would provide. Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ The Constitution is full of negative rights. Beacon Energy Quantitative Easing 1 (QE1) Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2) Operation Twist According to Obama, our individual salvation is based on collective salvation. Jay Carney Three years and three, $1 trillion deficits “I want to spread the wealth around” Perpetual class warfare In 1997, Obama voted in the Illinois Senate against a bill designed to prevent partial-birth abortions Labor union bosses had better access to Obama than some of his cabinet members Thousands of new business-killing regulations “Under my plan of cap and trade, electricity prices will necessarily skyrocket” Crony capitalism Van Jones Obama promised no lobbyists would be hired in his administration According to Obama, his election, “was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal” We were promised that if the Stimulus Bill was passed, unemployment would never climb above 8%. "We can't -- drive our SUVs and you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on you know, 72 degrees at all times . . .” Obama's failure to stand up for Israel 49% of taxpayers pay no federal income tax Record number of people on food stamps Narcissism is very dangerous Obama's position on gay marriage “evolved” 200,000 small businesses are no longer in business since he took office African-American unemployment 14% Obama compared his bowling to "like Special Olympics, or something." Amonix Obama is forcing religious organizations to provide contraception coverage in their health insurance plans Jeremiah Wright "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller." NASA is now a Muslim outreach department Obamacare is not a tax! Bill Ayers Obama advocated raising the debt ceiling after calling President Bush’s spending “unpatriotic” and “irresponsible”. The Beer Summit Obama's removal of work requirements for welfare recipients Worst economic recovery since the Great Depression Longest period of long-term unemployment in history Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Freedom of religion “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money” Kill lists Real median income has dropped 5% Backdoor amnesty for illegal immigrants The rich don’t pay their “fair share” During the 2008 campaign, Obama claimed to have visited 57 states George Soros 100% increase in price of gas since Obama took office Obama lied that the Obamacare debate would be televised on CSPAN “We have to pass the bill to see what is in it” – Nancy Pelosi on Obamacare Media Matters “Saved jobs” Tony Rezco ACORN Obama's opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline The closings of GM dealerships owned by donors to Republican Party “We tried our plan and it worked” Obama thought it was a good idea to try Guantanamo prisoners in civilian courts GM bondholders screwed in bailout Debt-to-Revenue is 262%. Occupy Wall Street: “we are on their side” “Read the bill. What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what is means after you read the bill?” Rep. John Conyers Obama's international apology tour Obama's constant drumbeat to raise taxes Dodd-Frank National Labor Relations Board - Boeing Gibson Guitar raid Saul Alinsky Abound Solar Obamacare will "lower the deficit" Navy "corpseman" Voter intimidation case against New Black Panthers European headwinds Lowest labor participation rate in decades 12 million unemployed Fast and Furious The Audacity of Hope Tim Geithner ‘The Life of Julia’ Collective salavation Dreams from My Father Harry Reid "So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.” Frank Marshall Davis Oil drilling moratorium in Gulf of Mexico “Shovel ready wasn’t as shovel ready as we thought” Nancy Pelosi 100+ rounds of golf Obama's college transcripts Teen unemployment  over 70% General Motors fiasco White House intelligence leaks Obama's cutting of Medicare to fund Obamacare Stimulus bill had ZERO impact on job growth “Fat cats on Wall Street” 44 states report higher unemployment (July 2012) Pathetic GDP growth Obama gives speeches advocating that we should “be our brother’s keeper” while his brother lives in a hut in Africa. Obama bowing to other world leaders and dictators Beacon Power Cass Sustein Staycations

Narcissism Personified

See if you can discern for yourself who is a narcissist.

George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam Hussein:

The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq. The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the Dictators footprints in a vast country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a brave fighting force. Our servicemen and women and our coalition allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their effort to bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi people. Their work continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of the nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate them.

Barack Hussein Obama speech, Sunday, May 1, 2011:

And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan. And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

How Dangerous are Liberals and Progressives?

Consider the following and answer the question yourself:

• The Constitution is a “charter of negative liberties” , it does not tell what the government should do for the people. Barack Obama
  
   NO SHIT MR. PRESIDENT! THE CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
  
• “Whenever Congress refuses to act, Joe and I, we’re going to act” Barack Obama

• Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), admits that she and other Obamacare supporters are "not looking at the Constitution" when it comes to the law's individual mandate for healthcare. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2012/02/28/open-thread-we-dont-look-constitution#ixzz1nhncXR9r. 

• Democrat Governor of North Carolina, Beverly Perdue – "I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that," Perdue said. "You want people who don't worry about the next election."
  
  Post Script: Since uttering this nonsense, she has decided not to run for reelection. 

• Obama’s makes "recess appointments" while Congress is NOT IN RECESS. 

• Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to prosecute slam dunk voter intimidation case against Philadelphia Black Panthers because . . . could it have something to do with the color of the offenders' skin? 

• Nancy Pelosi regarding the passage of Obamacare against the will of the people: “We’ll go through the gate. If the gate’s closed, we’ll go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole vault in,” she said. “If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we’re going to get health care reform passed for the American people.” As you may recall, they did just that bribing Senators with exemptions for their states and using Reconciliation to secure final passage.

Obama the Brilliant

I am just trying to get my arms around Obama's plan to lower gas prices. Let's see if I've got this straight:

Step #1 - Limit domestic oil production via Gulf of Mexico drilling moratorium.

Step #2 - Severely limit oil drilling on federal lands.

Step #3 – Kill the Keystone XL pipeline.

Step #4 - Increase the average time it takes for a drilling permit to be approved to 91 days.

Step #5 - Decrease the approval rate of drilling permits by 50%. Under Bush the approval rate was 73%. Under Obama, it's 23%.

Step #6 - Steal from Social Security and give wage earners $40 dollar per paycheck to pay for higher gas prices.

Step #7 – Smile and wait for adulation.

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/211765-obama-payroll-tax-cut-extension-will-help-with-higher-gas-prices

10 Surprising Facts About American Health Care

http://news.investors.com/032609-472401-how-us-health-care-really-stacks-up.htm?p=2

This article, which outlines the findings from The National Center for Policy Analysis, concludes with this:

"Can the nationalized, universal systems in Britain, Canada or anywhere else improve on this [the U.S. healthcare system]? No, but we can ruin our health care by following the policies of countries where medical treatment is far below the American standard."

What has the federal government ever done well enough that gives you confidence that they can manage your healthcare?

Now for the Top 10 list:

#1 - "Americans have better survival rates than Europeans for common cancers."

#2 - "Americans have lower cancer mortality rates than Canadians."

#3 - "Americans have better access to treatment of chronic diseases than patients in other developed countries."

#4 - "Americans have better access to preventive cancer screenings than Canadians."

#5 - "Lower-income Americans are in better health than comparable Canadians."

#6 - "Americans spend less time waiting for care than patients in Canada and the United Kingdom."

#7 - "People in countries with more government control of health care are highly dissatisfied and believe reform is needed."

#8 - "Americans are more satisfied with the care they receive than Canadians."

#9 - "Americans have much better access to important new technologies like medical imaging than patients in Canada or the U.K."

#10 - "Americans are responsible for the vast majority of all health care innovations."