Saturday, October 31, 2009

Thoughts on Pelosi’s Health Care Proposal

My old brain is not working at top performance (I was up too late last night). I did want to comment briefly on the latest Health Care fiasco by Nancy Pelosi and her gang.

Pelosi has come forth with her massive Health Care proposal. You know, the Health Care that will be sure everyone in the United States will be insured, will save all of us money, help the economy, and NOT raise taxes. Yep, that one.

The 1990 page bill (light reading) is now available for all with the fortitude to slog through. I am struck by the stupidity and arrogance of our legislators as they once again prove that they have no clue about how businesses operate. Of course, they have been proving that for years if you look at the stupid business decisions they make for the country. Yes, I do believe the country should be looked at and operated like a business: it is the largest employer in the country, so what shouldn't it adhere to basic business principles? A good article explaining how the bill will negatively affect you can be found on the FreedomWorks website. Info about the GOP's alternative health care proposal can be found here.

It all boils down to the fact that the United States can't afford the bill as it is set forth. My husband and I looked at new cars recently. We came home in the car we have owned for 6 years. We couldn't afford a new one. Why can't our legislators use the same logic as a couple of older folks in Western North Carolina? It was relatively simple for us to say, "We have this much income, this many obligations, can we afford to do this?" Answer, arrived at in a bipartisan manner, "No."


Friday, October 30, 2009

Posting Break

Took a break from posting today to spend time with my hubby. Today is his 66th birthday. See you with many various thoughts tomorrow.

~~Granny

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Letter from Kay Hagan

October 28, 2009
Dear Friend,

Thank you for contacting me regarding your concerns about health care reform. I greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts on these important issues.

Each year, costs associated with our current system increase. North Carolinians are struggling to afford insurance coverage, and the unprecedented economic crisis facing our nation has made it still more difficult for working families to manage medical costs while making ends meet. In North Carolina alone, the number of uninsured has risen to approximately 1.8 million, which represents 22 percent of the state's population.

The United States spends more per capita on health care than any other developed nation, over $2 trillion per year, yet this fact is not reflected in our health outcomes. A Commonwealth Fund report compared the American health care payment and service delivery system with that of six other developed nations. The report found the United States to have poorer health indicators and outcomes, as well as a more fragmented and unstable system with substantial delays, waste, and paperwork.

As you know, there are various opposing views within the health care reform debate, and I would like to address a few here. When crafting the Affordable Health Choices Act, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee bill, we went to great lengths to ensure that if you have a health insurance plan that you like, you can keep it. Moreover, no one will be required to participate in the Community Health Insurance Option, including individuals, employers, and health care providers.

I recognize that medical liability reform has the potential to reduce medical malpractice insurance premiums for health care providers and decrease defensive medicine practices. Accordingly, I am in favor of President Obama's plan to implement demonstration projects to evaluate medical liability models being used and implemented around the United States.

In addition, concern has been raised about illegal aliens being able to receive medical services under health care reform. The Affordable Health Choices Act defines an eligible individual as a citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident of the United States. Illegal immigrants would be explicitly barred from receiving services under the legislation.

Also, some believe abortion services could be covered under health care reform. This is inaccurate, due to a long-standing federal law that includes a broad prohibition against using federal funds for abortion services. Health care reform would not change that prohibition, which is known as the Hyde Amendment.

Furthermore, it has come to my attention that some believe there would be rationing of health care services under health care reform. The Afforable Health Choices Act would not do anything to limit the ability of your doctor to pursue the course of care he or she believes is most appropriate for you. While the bill would fund research into the comparative effectiveness of various treatments, that information will simply serve as a tool for practioners to use as they see fit. The Affordable Health Choices Act specifically states that any recommendations made under health care reform shall not be construed as mandates for payment, coverage, or treatment of health services.

I will continue to work with my Senate colleagues and stakeholders throughout North Carolina to help pass pragmatic, comprehensive health care reform. For the most up-to-date information on health care reform, I encourage you to follow the Senate HELP and Finance Committee websites, found at www.help.senate.gov and www.finance.senate.gov. There you can find the draft legislation and proposals, bill summaries, press releases, amendments, and a variety of publications.
Again, thank you for contacting my office. It is truly an honor to represent North Carolina in the United States Senate, and I hope you will not hesitate to contact me in the future should you have any further questions or concerns.

Sincerely,



Kay R. Hagan

Please do not reply to this email. Instead, if you have further questions, please visit www.hagan.senate.gov and fill out my web form for your inquiry. Thank you.

'A Time for Choosing'

This speech by Ronald Reagan is as relevant today as when he made it. I was only 12 years old at the time; most of my readers were yet unborn. Please watch the whole video. We need a man (or woman) like him now, desperately.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Teenager-In-Chief

Barack Obama rolled into office with the glory and pomp of a victorious Roman Emperor. From the celebration of his nomination to the inauguration itself; it has all been a really big show. Obama likes really big shows. He loves being in the spotlight. Nothing is as important to him as the pomp and circumstance, the glory, of being President of the United States.

Despite his worries about climate change; he rivals Al Gore in carbon emissions with his constant use of Air Force One. After the gigantic panic and rush through of the Stimulus Bill, it waited for his signature until he could fly cross country for the signing ceremony. Almost daily, he flies somewhere to give yet another campaign speech (you won Barack, enough already). His trips may be free for him; but we pay dearly for them with our tax dollars. The fuel used by the massive Air Force One vastly outstrips Al Gore's private jet, which is also in regular use while polluting the atmosphere. If you care about the environment enough to push Cap and Trade, Barry, just have a "fireside chat" from the White House and save the fuel and carbon emissions. Practice what you preach!

When not jet setting off to make another public appearance and speech, Obama likes to play golf. He has, to date, played more golf while president that President Bush did over his entire term. When not playing golf, he likes to play pick-up basketball. He talks and he plays. Meanwhile the rest of us, those lucky enough to have jobs, work our tails off to pay the taxes that make his glorious lifestyle possible.

He also likes music and parties. Did I mention the White House parties and musical events we have hosted (paid for) but did not get to attend? (Source)

The overgrown teenager that holds title to President of the United States has so far only proven to me that he can talk (with the help of a teleprompter), play, fly in Air Force One, and pout like a small child if everyone doesn't adore him and tell him a million times per day how wonderful he is.

The members of our dysfunctional, corrupt, self-serving Congress and Senate are not much better. They are the perfect match for the teenager-in-chief and together they are going to drive us, their parents, into the poorhouse and crazy to boot.

 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Public Option Is Not Dead: Here We Go Again!

Senator Harry Reid announced yesterday that the public option is not dead and will be in the new health care bill he is bringing to the Senate floor.

These power grabbing, electorate ignoring "representatives" of ours still don't get it. They don't understand that the majority of American's do not want their government run health care plan. Or, maybe they do get it and just don't give a rat's ass what we want!

No matter which poll you look at, the majority of American's do not want the public option. However, the Anointed One does, so good old Harry and the rest of the liberals in the Senate and House are obliged to get in line and bow to the Anointed One's wishes. They will cram what they want down our throats whether we like it or not. It's the Liberal Way. We had better just sit down and shut up; because "they" know what's best for us. We, the mere peasants, are too ignorant to know about such things.

If there was ever a time to make our voices heard it is now. Will they listen? Probably not. They will continue on their merry way, taking away each and every freedom we have left while they march our entire country toward bankruptcy.

What am I going to do? I'm going to step-up my individual pressure on my senator (the liberal Kay Hagan) and my blue-dog congressman (Heath Schuler) in my attempt to be heard. Will they listen to me and my fellow Western North Carolinians? I hope so.

Hagan and Schuler: You better listen, because if you don't I will do all in my power both in this blog and in my everyday interactions with others to get you fired come your next elections. And as for the Anointed One: I'll be working to fire him, too.

That is, if they let us vote.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Just Thinking

I know I'm getting older and my mind isn't always as quick to "get" things as it used to be. I should have started paying closer attention to politics when I was younger.

I thought Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. Why then was John Kerry picked to read the riot act to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai? True, Kerry was in Afghanistan already, picking up some valuable press time for himself. Maybe he was just there when Comrade Obama made the decision to encourage Karzai to submit to a run-off election since so many of the votes for him had been obviously fraudulently cast.

I also think it strange that our government officials are so concerned about 'fair' elections in other countries while seeking to ignore obvious voter fraud here in the United States (ACORN comes to mind here and the recent fraud allegations in New York).

The more I pay attention to politics the more I see what a tangled mess of interconnections it is. More than my old brain can comprehend sometimes.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

First Amendment

In case any have forgotten the text of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Read it and then read it again. Commit it to memory.

When you gather to worship, regardless of which faith you adhere to; remember that the First Amendment gives you the safety and security to worship as you please, or to not worship at all if that is your choice. It prohibits any law setting a State Religion to which everyone must belong. It prevents any religion from being singled out for persecution.

When you voice an opinion disagreeing with the action or non-action of the government (federal, state, or local), or march in a protest rally; the First Amendment guarantees you the right to do so safely. Without the First Amendment you would be afraid to protest, afraid to write a blog like this one, afraid to tell your neighbor what you really think about the Mayor, Governor, or President. Without the First Amendment; you could not call or write your elected leaders or go to the Capital to speak against policy decisions that hurt you or your neighbors or the country. Decisions would be made and you would have no choice but to accept them in silence. You would be too afraid of the knock on the door that signaled you were about to be taken from your family, interrogated, imprisoned and maybe killed for expressing your thoughts.

Without the First Amendment, your newspaper, television news and radio broadcasts would all be censored and only the information approved by the government in charge would be reported. Scripted accounts of every aspect of local, national and world events would effectively keep you misinformed and in the dark. Knowledge is power and a government controlled press would render you powerless.

Commit the First Amendment to memory. There seems to me to be a concentrated effort by many in our government and country to wipe it from the book. If we do not stay vigilant, the First Amendment Rights we take for granted may disappear.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Fiddling While America Burns

My passion saving for our way of life here in the United States is a surprise to my children and grandchildren. My children are a bit surprised at how passionate I have become about the path our country is traveling. The passion has always been there, I just didn't vocalize it. I should have. I took for granted that the United States was and would forever be the greatest country on the planet.

I and millions like me didn't pay attention as little bits of what made us great were whittled away. If we noticed, we were complacent and let our voices go unheard. Over the years, more and more corruption, behind the scenes deals and pay for play transactions took place in Washington and on the local level. We all bitched and groaned amongst ourselves. But no one did anything.

Now we find ourselves at the eleventh hour and the clock is ticking loudly as the seconds march by till the passing of our freedoms is complete. We are scrambling to do what should have been done long ago: return our country to the values that made it great in the first place. We are shouting at the leaders we put in place. We have learned that one party is not much different than the other. We have realized the people who we voted for care not one whit what we want or think. They have elected themselves our parents; they feel they know what is better for us than we do. And, by God, they are going to make us do their bidding instead of them doing ours.

What have we done? Is it too late to turn back to what made us who we are? Will the people as a whole rise up and take our country back? Can we? Are there enough people left with the backbone our forefather's had? In my heart I hope so. In my mind I doubt it.

Will our country, as we knew it, become a fairy tale for us to repeat to our grandchildren like the fallen Roman's told tales of greatness to their grandchildren after the fall?

Our arrogant President is fiddling while America burns. Why shouldn't he? He and his ultra liberal cohorts are the ones who doused the gasoline and lit the match. The change he promised to his cult-like followers was not change we can endure. Re-read his speeches and insert the word 'destroy' for change. Then you will have a clearer picture of his intent. Not just him, but the whole pack of liars and crooks we have in office.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

You Might Be a Constitutionalist If. . .

After answering the following questions in this blog post on the AARA site, I know for certain that I am a Constitutionalist. This is an excerpt of an article by Chuck Baldwin.

Take the test and if you learn that you, too, are a Constitutionalist; let you every action in regards to government at all levels, but especially the Federal level, but guided by Constitutional principles. If we all stand up for what our country is based on we will once again be the greatest nation on the planet. If we don't, our nation will become a footnote in history.

You Might Be A Constitutionalist If . . .
by Chuck Baldwin
October 20, 2009 (an excerpt)

Might you be a modern-day Minuteman who understands the principles of freedom and federalism? I offer the following test. Read it and see if you, too, are a Constitutionalist. (Yes, Martha, this is another Jeff Foxworthy spin-off.)

1. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that every congressman, senator, President, and Supreme Court justice is required to obey the U.S. Constitution.

2. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that before the United States invades and occupies another country, Congress must first declare war.

3. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe the federal government should live within its means, like everyone else is forced to do.

4. You might be a Constitutionalist if you think that taking away people's liberties in the name of security is not patriotic, nor does it make the country more secure.

5. You might be a Constitutionalist if you would like to see politicians be forced to abide by the same laws they make everyone else submit to.

6. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that we have three "separate but equal" branches of government that are supposed to hold each other in check and balance.

7. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the federal government has no authority to be involved in education or law enforcement, or in any other issue that the Tenth Amendment reserves to the States, or to the People.

8. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that gun control laws do nothing but aid and abet criminals while trampling the rights and freedoms of law-abiding citizens.

9. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the income tax is both unconstitutional and immoral, and, along with the I.R.S. and the Federal Reserve, should be abolished.

10. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe the federal government had no authority to tell former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore that he could not display a monument containing the Ten Commandments in the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery; or to tell a Pace, Florida, high school principal that he could not pray before a meal.

11. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that Congress or the White House or any sovereign State is not required to submit to unconstitutional Supreme Court rulings.

12. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that freedom has nothing in common with illegal immigration.

13. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that outsourcing American jobs overseas is not good for America.

14. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the United States should get out of the United Nations and get the United Nations out of the United States.

15. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that it is not unconstitutional for children in public schools to pray or read the Bible.

16. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the Boy Scouts are not a threat to America.

17. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the federal government should honor its commitments to America's veterans and stop using U.S. military personnel as guinea pigs for testing drugs and chemicals.

18. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that U.S. troops should never serve under foreign commanders or wear the uniform or insignia of the United Nations, and that they must never submit to illegal orders, such as turning their weapons against American citizens, or confiscating the guns of U.S. citizens.

19. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that the federal government has no business bribing churches and faith-based organizations with federal tax dollars.

20. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that federal agents who murder American citizens should be held to the same laws and punishments that any other citizen would be held to. (Can anyone say, "Waco" and "Ruby Ridge"?)

21. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that NAFTA, GATT, the WTO, and the FTAA (and similar agreements) are disastrous compromises of America's national sovereignty and independence.

22. You might be a Constitutionalist if you would like to see congressmen and senators be required to actually read a bill before passing it into law.

23. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that it is the job of government to protect and secure God-given rights, not use its power to take those rights away.

24. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that there is nothing unconstitutional about the public acknowledgement of God and our Christian heritage.

25. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that government bailouts and "stimulus" expenditures defy virtually every principle of free enterprise and are a flagrant leap into socialism.

26. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that airport screeners have no business touching women's breasts, using sophisticated machinery to look through passengers' clothing to see their naked bodies, confiscating fingernail clippers, or denying pilots from carrying handguns.

27. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that many public schools' "zero-tolerance" policies are just plain stupid.

28. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that parents have a right to homeschool their children.

29. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that governmental seizure of private property is plain, old-fashioned thievery.

30. You might be a Constitutionalist if you are personally determined to not submit to any kind of forced vaccination.

31. You might be a Constitutionalist if you oppose any kind of national health insurance.

32. You might be a Constitutionalist if you believe that U.S. troops are not the world's policemen, that they are not "nation-builders," and that their purpose is only to defend American lives and property, not to be the enforcement arm of international commercial interests or global elitists.

33. You might be a Constitutionalist if you understand that the county Sheriff is the highest law enforcement officer of his district and that federal law enforcement (much of which is unconstitutionally organized, anyway) is obligated to submit to his authority.

34. You might be a Constitutionalist if you are determined to oppose America's merger with any kind of regional, hemispheric, or international government, such as the North American Union.

35. You might be a Constitutionalist if you oppose sending billions of taxpayer dollars as foreign aid; the U.S. State Department meddling into the private affairs of foreign countries; and ubiquitous foreign entanglements that require vast sums of money, create animosity and hostility towards us, and expose us to foreign wars and conflicts in which we have no national interest.

36. You might be a Constitutionalist if you would like to meet one single congressman or senator besides Ron Paul who acts as if he or she has ever read the U.S. Constitution.

Well, how did you fare? Are you a Constitutionalist? If so, your country desperately needs you to stand up and fight for freedom's principles before they are forever taken from us. This means never again voting for anyone--from any party--who will not preserve, protect, and defend the U.S. Constitution. So, don't just take the test; make the pledge!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Response from Heath Shuler

I wanted to take a moment to share this reply to an email I sent Rep. Shuler about H. Res 554.


 

Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your thoughts regarding H. Res 554. Your views are important to me, and I appreciate hearing from you.

H. Res. 554 would require legislation and conference reports to be available on the Internet for 72 hours before being voted on by the House of Representatives. I am a co-sponsor of this legislation because I believe it is important for Members of Congress, their staff, and the general public to have time to read and understand legislation before it is considered on the House floor. A 72-hour waiting period will ensure that bills are given due consideration and not rushed haphazardly through the legislative process.

Again, thank you for sharing your views about this important matter. I encourage you to check my website at www.house.gov/shuler for continued updates on my work, and please do not hesitate to contact me again about those issues that are important to you. It is an honor to serve you in the U.S. Congress.

Sincerely,

Heath Shuler

Member of Congress

 
 

HS/wm

Reporters and Journalists: Bloggers (and Fox News) Are the Only Ones Left

All my life I have wanted to be a writer. I wrote journals, I wrote letters, I wrote a few articles, now I write my little blogs. I'm not a journalist, nor a reporter. At least I didn't think I was.

After the latest Sunday appearances' by Obama's henchmen, and their deliberate attempt to diminish Fox News to the level of an "opinion only" network; I'm not so sure. The Obama Administration controls all the television outlets except Fox News. They are attempting to tear Fox News down because they won't play ball. Obama has said he will "consider" a newspaper bailout. This would put the newspapers under government control. He also has plans in the works to take over radio and the Internet.

Once those things come to pass; we will be spoon fed government propaganda 24 hours a day. Even our entertainment shows have fallen under the spell of the administrations' wishes. We've had Green Week, now we are going to have Service Week. All propaganda, gee, sounds like some of the communist countries we studied about as children.

This could not have been slipped in on us so easily if the reporters had reported the truth and the facts. They did not investigate nor did they report. It would not have been so easy if the media had not become so enthused at the thought of the first black president that they stopped doing their jobs. If only our media had not transformed into groupies, behaving like teenage girls fainting over a rock star. If only they had remembered who they were and what their job in our republic is: report the facts to the people so they (the people) can decide what they think and believe.

I and millions more like me are reporting on our blogs. We research and seek out the truth when we could be spending time with our families. We write our blogs to report what we have learned. We share information the only way we can. We write our opinions about the information we have uncovered. We are the only reporters and journalists American has left other than Fox News. We are indeed 'citizen journalists'.

May God Bless Fox News and all their reporters and commentators and may God Bless the bloggers who have taken up the responsibility that the mainstream media tossed by the wayside. May He bless our efforts and keep the Internet free from government censorship long enough for us to wake everyone up to what is happening to our country.

Update:

I wrote the above post in the wee hours of the morning. After some thought about my praise of Fox News (which I let stand) I have a question for the folks at Fox... Where was the coverage of the Can You Hear Us Now? Tea Parties on October 17th? You covered all previous Tea Party activities. Where were you on this one? Bowing to pressure perhaps???

I'd have noticed this sooner if I hadn't been severely under the weather this past weekend. My apologies for not already mentioning it.

-- Granny

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Thinking about Many Things

Health Care and Government Take Over's

It is late at night, and as usual my mind is thinking about many things simultaneously. I took my husband on an outing today; he is disabled and can't get out and about unless I take him. He and I have talked many times about what will happen to him if the Obama Care bill makes it into law. Will his 40 plus years in the military be tossed out as a measure of his worth since he is too old and ill to serve? Will his life be judged on some presently unknown sliding scale of value and deemed unworthy of saving should he become seriously ill?

What about my life? I'm 8 years his junior, but still am old enough to be outside the bell curve. Is that what we have worked all our lives for? To be deemed unworthy of having these, our lives, saved in the event of an expensive illness? We have both lived long enough to have experienced many things and seen things we would never have dreamed of as children; computers and the internet being two. However, with all the marvels we have seen and experienced, this government take-over of health care, banks, the auto industry, and God knows what else never crossed our minds. If you had given us a crystal ball and showed us these things, we would have called you crazy.

Cap and Trade

Cap and Trade will probably be force fed to us just like health care. The soaring energy costs and resulting higher prices for everything else we buy as a result will wipe us out financially. My husband and I will go from being comfortable, lower middle class folks to poverty with a few strokes of Obama's pen. My husband is on a fixed income and while I have a manufacturing job; I don't know how long it will last. I could get laid off next week. Our factory is already down to half the people it had a year ago.

World Government

A treaty to create a world government is to be created by treaty soon. This is tied into the global warming "crisis".

Devalued Dollar and Oil Prices

Our dollar is losing its value against foreign currencies' at an alarming rate. Why? Because of all the borrowing Mr. Tax-and-Spend and his buddies in the Congress and Senate have done and continue to do. The more the dollar's value goes down; the higher the prices we pay for everything go. It's like the see-saw in a playground, one end is always up and the other down. When the dollar's value is up, prices are down. When the dollar is down prices are up.

Political Correctness and False Cries of Racism

I am so sick of hearing about this or that person being racist because they do not agree with the Chosen One. I don't think he is the Second Coming of Christ, as so many do. If anything, I believe he is a made to order Anti-Christ. The Cult of Obama that helped get him elected was my first indication that the man and his followers posed a threat to our country. But God save me, I did not see it as being as the complete destruction of the United States that it is becoming.

I am a Southern Girl and was raised to be polite and not to hurt people's feelings on purpose. That should be all that is necessary. Instead there are more rules for political correctness in speech; spoken or written, than anyone can keep track of. It is as if the PC Police have decided to erase creativity at all costs with their limitations on language.

Who Am I to Say These Things?

I am an average late-middle aged woman with children and grandchildren. I am a woman with no influence in this world outside my circle of friends and family. I am an American woman and I am mad as hell and scared to death.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Let’s Stick it to Our Troops One More Time

In an article today, The Washington Times reports on a vast rechanneling of money meant for our military into earmarks. The article by Shaun Waterman states:

Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.

Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.

This is reminiscent of the Carter days, our troops will go without necessary supplies so that Senators can spend millions on regional projects in an attempt to make themselves look good at home and win another election.

My husband served over 40 years in the military, his account of the Carter years is frightening. Money was diverted or withheld for maintenance of equipment, new equipment, weapons and ammunition, pay, and numerous other necessary items in the military budget.

The result was a military severely lacking in the ways and means to defend the United States. The United States is involved in two active wars, the world is in turmoil, and terrorism looms as an ever present threat. This is not the time for our Senator's to put pork barrel projects and winning elections ahead of our military.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Cross Post

I just posted this to my other blog. Check it out if you haven't already. Yeah, both of you.

WalksAlone's Blog - Doesn't the Obama Administration Have Some REAL Wars to Worry about?

Thanks ~ Granny

Monday, October 12, 2009

Many Thanks

I'd like to thank William A. Jacobson of Le.gal In.sur.ect.ion for his listing of Political Granny as a new blog. I have been following Mr. Jacobson for a while now and am deeply honored.

I suggest my readers (both of you) to go on over and check out Le.gal In.sur.ect.ion, right now!

"Granny"

What Next? The End of Bliss

I'm sitting here having some coffee and wondering what is going to happen next. What wonderful things will our elected officials come up with today to stick it to us, the American people?

I have not been to my favorite news and commentary websites this morning. I haven't turned on the television. I did write an article for my WalksAlone's blog about the Oath of Office. You might be interested in reading it.

It was a "feel bad" weekend for all here. I don't know if the changing weather was taking a toll on our old bones, or if we had a bug of some sort; but my husband and myself were definitely under the weather. I awakened early today. Not good, as I work a late shift at my real job so will be up late tonight. I'm a tough ole Granny though, so will make it. But I digress.

I was thinking about the old saying, "Ignorance is bliss." I can remember a time in my younger days when I paid little attention to politics. I was a busy mom and later, after the kids grew up; I was just busy. The newspapers lay unread by me (hubby read them). I rarely had the television on news except early or late when I caught the local and mainstream media news shows. I was blissful.

In my bliss all I worried about were my kids, my husband, home, pets and gardens. I lived in the United States after all. What could possibly go wrong? I had studied about our government in school, went to civics class and learned how the government worked. We had a government of checks and balances. We were the greatest country in the world. We were and always would be safe from the tyranny and upheaval that went on over the rest of the world. Yep, there's nothing like being blissful.

The sad thing is, we were all blissful. While we were enjoying our bliss; forces deeper than we have yet uncovered were working behind the scenes to destroy our very way of life. It was all done in the name of social equality, fairness, helping the underprivileged. We all let it go by thinking to ourselves that sure; we thought those were decent ideas. We have nothing against the folks who are not being treated as equals to everyone else. "All men are created equal, right?

All men are created equal. However, that should not be the basis of redistributing wealth, taxing those who work into the poor house to support those who don't and attempting to provide everything for everybody. That is not what being created equal means.

We are all created equal by the Creator. The rest is up to us.

I know a man who will benefit from all the proposed government handouts. For most of his adult life he depended on his parents, wife, aunt and uncle for his upkeep and his family's support. The wife finally had enough and left, the parents, aunt and uncle grew old and died. Now this man, who doesn't yet qualify for a government program, does as little as possible and depends on his adult children to fill the gaps for him. When 'free' healthcare and the redistribution of wealth finally occur, he will finally be 'equal'.

This man is lazy, pure and simple. Oh, and lest you call me raciest: he is white. His Creator put him on the earth equal to all, but he is not equal, because he has refused to be. He has chosen to settle for a meager existence for him and his family. He has chosen to be "less-than" those who get up each day and work to provide for their families and make a decent life for themselves.

This man and others like him who feel the world owes them a living are not entitled to live at our expense. They need to be educated and encouraged, yes, but taken care of, no.

We the hard working, tax paying citizens of the United States; need to get past our bliss and remove the wool smooth talking politicians have pulled over our eyes. Otherwise we will awaken from our bliss and find we are not living in the United States of America, but in the Socialist States of America.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Why I’m Pro-Life

I've been one of those people who rode the fence on pro-life/pro-choice issues for a long time. It was much easier when I was younger to be pro-choice. I knew I could never have an abortion, no matter the reason, but did not want to be unfair to others.

I'm older now and maybe a bit wiser. I am no longer on the fence. If you have a minute, I'll explain why.

My birth mother was a divorcee who worked as a waitress in the early 1950's. In those days, there was stigma enough in being a divorced woman, especially in the South. In the days before Roe vs. Wade, there were no abortions in the South (or elsewhere) unless you went to a back alley practitioner or – In the South - to a "granny woman" who could assist you with a coat-hanger or the right herbs.

When she became pregnant by a married boyfriend, she moved in order to hide the pregnancy from her family. When I was born, she gave me up for adoption. As far as I know, she and I never saw each other after I was taken away at birth. I don't know who she was, where she ended up, or anything about her life. I do know the most important fact: she gave me my life.

My life has had plenty of ups and downs. Many of those have been hurtles of my own making. I can't blame her. She gave me life. The life she did not choose to take from me is mine to live as I please. The mistakes and triumphs are mine to endure or celebrate. All of which would not have existed if she had sought out an abortion.

Had she done so; my four children would not exist, nor would my grandchildren or great-grandchildren. Had she done so; you would not be reading these words.

Had she opted for an abortion; I would have never seen a sunrise, smelled a rose, stroked a cat, made love, had friends, or done any of the things we do each day without a conscious thought. I thank her and bless her for walking the hard and harder road. I thank her for my life. I pray for all the souls who have not had the opportunity to do all these things and more, because their mother's did not want to walk the hard and harder road themselves.

Be Blessed.


 


 


 

Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. . .

Yesterday evening I was watching the Glenn Beck show and was impressed by the mothers he was interviewing. After the show I set out to investigate a group called As A Mom, A Sisterhood of Mommy Patriots. Within a few minutes I had joined this wonderful group of women. If you are a mother, step-mother, grandmother, or aunt; and care about what is happening to our country, you owe it to yourself to check out As A Mom and become involved.

We mothers have more influence than we think. We come from all walks of life and all circumstances. As mothers, our primary goal in life is to raise our children the best we can to be the best they can be. We are responsible for their safety and well being from conception to adulthood. We want the best for them. And, as Glenn brought out on his show last night, we discredit ourselves when we say we are "just a mom."

Too many mothers have been wondering what to do because we see things going horribly wrong in our country. Our upbringing and religious teachings have taught us to be polite, not cause a disturbance, to obey the rules (even when we know they are unjust or just plain stupid), and be good citizens of our communities. Even though we have seen the problems we have been afraid to speak out.

Ladies: we can be polite, considerate of others, devoted to our faith and families. But the time has come for us to stand up and be heard. It is our duty to point out injustice and wrongdoing, corruption and lack of good judgment in our leaders, and the failure of our schools. We must do it for our children and generations of children yet unborn. It is apparent to me that if we don't do it, it won't get done, just like so many other things we deal with each day.

As a grandmother, I began this blog in an attempt to reach out and spread the word of what I see as the imminent demise of our way of life. I felt I had to do something, and this was all I could do. I could not stand by any longer and see the complete stupidly of our elected officials, who, once in office forget who they work for. I could not keep quiet about government spending, abuse of power, greed, pay for play, pork barrel projects, health care, cap and trade, and total corruption any longer.

I'm registered to vote as 'unaffiliated' and don't belong to any party. Proudly independent, I'm an equal opportunity pundit, and will point out what I see, as I see it.

Ladies, we have always been the hand that rocks the cradle, now it's time for us to rock our nation!


 


 

 

Saturday, October 3, 2009

The Obama’s Folly

This week the American people watched as President and Mrs. Obama and their entourage journeyed to Copenhagen to appear before the OIC in an attempt to persuade them to hold the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago. This trip cost us, the American taxpayers, well over a million dollars. It was a futile attempt to do a little pay-back to the Chicago political machine that helped put him in office. At least that's what it looks like to me.

This particular dog-and-pony show didn't play well in Copenhagen. The United States and Chicago didn't make the first cut. Ouch! But what did our Dear Leader expect? He has been on a systematic beat-down of the United States ever since he took office. Did he really think the rest of the world didn't know that this desire for the Olympics to be held in Chicago was, in reality, all about him?

We should celebrate this failure by the Salesman-in-Chief, for the cost to us would have been much greater than the million plus we paid for the trip.

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails