WHY NOT US?

Our Liberty is under attack! It is Here and Now that WE THE PEOPLE must stand up and take our Great Country Back! If not Us then who? If not Now when?

This country is the greatest country on the face of the planet. We are the world's last best hope!!!

So why is it that so many politicians want to tell us what is wrong with this country? Why is it all doom and gloom and no sunshine? I cannot for the life of me understand why with all the greatness that is in this country, we have those that seek to degrade it. We are not perfect, no country is, but we are a whole lot better than England, Russia, or Iran....

To all politicians, don't tell me what is wrong with my country! Tell me what is great about My Country and what solutions you have to help make it even better! That is what I want to hear from you!!!

To Achieve Victory.....Follow this Platform!!!

My best friend and I have watched the landscape of this great Country change drastically in our lifetimes. We seem more divided than ever before. And that causes us great pain! Look at those we have chosen as leaders, and again your heart should break for some of them do not deserve the office which they hold. We yearn for leaders that do not seek personal gratification of the office they hold, leaders who do not seek glory, but rather those who seek to do that which is right, honest, and honorable. Those who seek to do the will of those who send them. I have been under the impression that those were the kind of people who ran for political office, and some are, though it appears that very few of them actually seek office for these reasons. I fall to my knees and pray that this changes!

And so I have pondered and sought the council of my most trusted friend, we wish to see the best men and women this country has, to run for political office, so that our Country continues to be the greatest Hope of the world. That Shining City on the Hill as Winthrop and Reagan called it. So what follows is a platform or more rightly stated a movement that would, if adopted set the world of politics on it’s ear.
The greatest part of this platform is it transcends party affiliation and truly unites us on principles. I hope you enjoy and if you do, please comment and let me know.


The Four Points for Victory

1. Transparency— Say what you mean and mean what you say. When a vote is cast, construct a website dedicated to the description of the legislation that is being considered, how you voted on the legislation, and why. And NEVER vote “PRESENT”, unless of course there are circumstances beyond your control, and that doesn’t mean a speaking engagement. And send out a monthly or quarterly newsletter (nothing fancy, so that the expense to the taxpayer is at it's absolute minimum) letting your constituency know what you are doing. Hold town hall meetings to obtain feedback from those who elected you. In short be beholden to no one other than those who elected you!

2. Uphold the Constitution—allow this document to guide you and be rooted in this founding document. Never allow the thoughts of men today to cause you to stray from the Founder's guide. ( i. e. gun control, freedom of speech, freedom of religion)

3. Principled Leadership— Be a leader of CONSERVATIVE principles, regardless of which party decides to follow those principles. Know what you believe in and stand up for what you believe. Also meaning you are going to take each issue in a conservative light and not just vote down party lines for the sake of voting party lines. (i.e., a republican sponsoring a bill that expands entitlement programs....). If you change your position because you believe it to be politically expedient then you probably shouldn't be running for political office.

4. Self-imposed term limit—As revolutionary as it sounds, this is the way it was intended. When you announce your candidacy inform your constituents that you will seek office for no more than two terms if you are lucky enough to earn their votes for that long. If at the end of two terms, public opinion is such that your constituents wish you to seek another term then so be it. However at the end of six years you are done. Have your resignation letter written when your first campaign begins, so that people know you are serious. This does not exclude you from seeking another office at some point, or acting as an advisor for someone. And you will also actively support a person who is willing to carry the torch forward on the same platform you began.


What a world we would have if the power hungry politicians operated by guidelines such as these. If only….

Change.....

It has been talked about alot these past two years, but the country artist Taylor Swift talks about change in her song that is featured on the Olympic Soundtrack and I have listened to this sound a number of times and though it was written about her battling to get to the top on a small record label, and the night she won the New Horizon Award, if you read the words it is really about the battle we all wage. It is about those battles, that when self-doubt inches in and we question why we do what we do, we fight on, knowing that there is something inside each of us that drives us ever onward until at last we stand as champions. I am posting the words "Change" if you haven't heard this song, you should....

Change

And it’s a sad picture, the final blow hits you
Somebody else gets what you wanted again and
You know it’s all the same, another time and place
Repeating history and you’re getting sick of it
But I believe in whatever you do
And I’ll do anything to see it through

Chorus
Because these things will change
Do you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
This revolution, the time will come
For us to finally win
We sing hallelujah, we sing hallelujah

So we’ve been outnumbered
Raided and now cornered
It’s hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair
We’re getting stronger now
Find things they never found
They might be bigger
But we’re faster and never scared
You can walk away, say we don’t need this
But there’s something in your eyes
Says we can beat this


Tonight we stand, get off our knees
Fight for what we’ve worked for all these years
And the battle was long, it’s the fight of our lives
But we’ll stand up champions tonight

Chorus 2
It was the night things changed
Do you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down
It’s a revolution, throw your hands up
Cause we never gave in
And we sang hallelujah, we sang hallelujah
Hallelujah

Hypocrisy at its Best or Worst?

Jerome Corsi has written a book called THE OBAMA NATION, and yes Corsi is well aware of the play on words. But how hypocritical is it of the media and Barack Obama to attempt to discredit Corsi and his book when it has close to 700 references in it? Is it because Corsi is a “Liar” and a “Bigot” as the Obama Campaign calls him? Or is it simply the fact that someone had the stones to step into the ring with the anointed one and question his background, his beliefs, and his associations with radicals? Corsi has been ripped to shreds in the media, and for what? Telling the truth about how radical this man who wants to be president is? Barak Obama wants to be the leader of the Free World and no one in the media has vetted this man! Why is that? Because he himself is a radical!

Here is an analogy that a friend shared with me this weekend. If I had attended a church for the KKK and heard the rhetoric coming from the pulpit I don’t think it would have taken me twenty years to decide that I didn’t subscribe to what was coming out of the mouth of the man behind the pulpit. If I didn’t truly believe what was being said, I wouldn’t have stayed for twenty years, but maybe that is just me….

I am in the middle of reading Corsi’s book right now and it is quite a good book, with full references so you may go and research for yourself and see if Corsi is a lying bigot or if perhaps if he got too close to exposing the man behind the curtain, as he hollers into the microphone, “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain……” We know how that worked out for Dorothy

Letter Sent to Lindsey Graham, regarding the Gang of 10....

Senator Graham,

I heard today about the Gang of Ten (5 Republicans and 5 Democrats) that have come together to propose an energy bill in the Senate. I beg you sir, to not cave to this bipartisan measure. If you are going to compromise, make the Democrats compromise with you; don't give the Democrats what they want. You are a leader in the Republican Party. You have Republicans in the House who have stayed in Washington, and are fighting to get an up or down vote on the American Energy Act of 2008. I agree that we need to advance alternative energy forms. I understand that there is great pressure to do something. But not at the expense of caving in to ideas that don't increase the supply of oil to a degree that will actually benefit the American People. And quite honestly by increasing the taxes on the oil companies, the price is not going to go down, the price will go up, because those increases will be passed on to the consumers. And then who will the Left blame? The oil companies!
Senator, I am not someone who wishes to come down on our leaders. Yours is a thankless job, and I again, understand the pressure to do something, but I again implore you to look past this cycle and think about the long term solutions that will actually work. Oil does not just impact our transportation industry. Oil impacts everything we touch. Oil is not evil; oil has taken this country to the summit of the mountain in the world. And there is no reason, that we should surrender that place, simply because a small minority of politicians and environmentalists believe we are the problem with the world when it is clear we are the solution to the world's problems. I know that, You Senator, know this to be true. I know that you sir, are a patriot who loves our Country. Please fight for this country, fight for what 65% of the American People want, which is easier access to our own natural resources. We can do anything Senator, and right now, this very moment in time you can take the lead in the Senate. The Republicans in the Senate are waiting for someone to lead them. Step forward and lead them and the American People will rally around you.
Thank you for your service Sir and may God bless and keep you. My personal thank you to you for all that you do for our country.

Letter Published in Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Sunday, August 3, 2008

One Voice….Two Messages….
Congressman Travis Childers, sent out to the households of the First Congressional District a Special Report on Energy. In this report Congressman Childers claims that he is “working to provide immediate relief from high gas prices and long-term solutions to our energy crisis.” In this flier Childers lays out his Six Point Plan, two immediate Relief bullet points and four Long-term Solutions to our energy crisis.
Congressman Childers’s no doubt gave much time and effort to put together his Six Point Energy Plan and at tax payer expense, have that plan sent to each of our households. However, his voting record doesn’t back up what he claims to be stand for. Nine times there have been votes in the House of Representatives dealing with energy and energy exploration. And 9 times, Congressman Childers has voted against those energy bills. The most recent coming on July 25th when he voted against the American Energy Act of 2008, a bill he claims to have co-sponsored in the mail out his constituents received. Now I am no Congressman, but if I were claiming to those who elected me that I co-sponsored a bill that would help ease their burden at the pump, I think I would make sure I voted in favor of that bill.
I have nothing personal against Congressman Childers, he won by a majority of the votes cast and that makes him the Congressman for every soul in the First Congressional District, but what I do expect and you should expect as well is for our newly elected Congressman to act like the “conservative” he ran as. I expect him to side with the people of the First District not the Democrat Leadership in Washington. Or perhaps he believes that Nancy Pelosi is going to cast enough votes herself to get him re-elected come November?

Messages Being Sent.....From Russia with Love,

Their baaaaaccccckkkkkk!!!!!! Though a shell of their former communist self, the Russians are growing strong and have been for quite some time. So as the Russian military throws it's might around on the independent, democratic state of Georgia, what are they actually trying to do? They are attempting to prove a point and their point is simply this. They believe that the American time is past and that now is the time of Russia, China, Iran and the rest of their allies. They are sending a message to the world that Russia under the watchful eye of Tsar Putin.

There were reports a few days ago that Russian planes have bombed a BP oil pipeline but it turns out that they didn't actually hit the pipeline, they missed. Missed? Really? If they wanted to hit the pipeline they would have. If they wanted to take over Georgia they could. If they wanted to take over all the former Soviet States they could. Because who is going to stop them? The United Nations? No way. The U. S.? Perhaps but I don't believe the politicians have the stomach for it to be quite honest.

This is a very precarious situation and a fine line if about to be walked. Russian controls nearly all of the oil and gas that the western European countries need. And Putin knows it. He can very easily hold Western Europe hostage with oil and natural gas. We, as Americans, should be very concerned about the amount of power Russia believes they have. Putin wants to return to the era of a Cold War, the problem with that for the U. S. we are not in a position to go head to head with Russia in our current political environment.

When September Comes.....

I write this letter to simply bring attention to an event that will take place in early September when the Congress returns from vacation and you will hear from the majority of media outlets that the Republican party is going to shut down the government, and that it is a political trick to win favor with their base of conservative right wingers. Let me assure you that nothing will be further from the truth.
For some time now there has been a debate in our country. How can we lower gas prices? Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Drill in ANWR? Drill offshore? Invest in alternative energy sources? Renewable energy sources? The answer? All of the above. Right now the entire United States transportation industry is run on oil. Along with basically everything we touch. It didn’t get that way overnight and it will not change overnight. Right now in our country the average price of gas according to AAA is $3.88/gallon. Our country uses 20 million barrels of oil per day. Simple economics tells us as demand increases and supply decreases, price increases. When supply increases and demand remains the same or decreases, price will certainly decrease. So if we had more oil, price would decrease. 65% of the American people are in favor of drilling for more oil. Why aren’t we?
Something that most Americans don’t know and something I didn’t know until recently is that the moratorium on off-shore drilling is renewed every year by Congress. The moratorium will expire on September 30th and the Republicans in the House and Senate are prepared to vote against the Budget Resolution to continue funding the Government, if the Democrats attempt to insert a one-year extension of the moratorium. If the Budget Resolution fails, certain Government agencies will shut down until the resolution is passed. But if the budget is passed without the moratorium, then real solutions are possible. Wonder what that would do to the price of gasoline?