If You Don’t Like It

If You Don’t Like It
Kevin Bryant

Went to Walmart yesterday and picked up a CD of an old 80’s band and was listening to it on the way to work this morning. The title to one of the songs was “If You Don’t Like It. Back when it first came out, I never really paid attention to the lyrics much but this morning for some reason I did. The song actually reminded me of our “illustrious” (meant sarcastically) President.

Every President from Washington George W. Bush has done things that were unpopular with the majority of Americans but President Obama makes a habit of it. I dare anyone to list a simple three things/actions he has taken since taking office that a majority of Americans have supported. His mindset is that of “If you don’t like it, I don’t care”.

He really doesn’t care. During his last State of the Union address, he said that JOBS would be his number one priority. The only effort he has put into it was to let Pelosi and Reid craft another $15 Billion dollar payout that benefits primarily unions. All he had to do was send Biden out to promote it and he signed it. That really wasn’t much of an effort. But then again, it was exactly what we have come to expect from this President.

Gitmo, the majority wanted it left alone. The stimulus, a majority wanted the companies to go ahead and fail. GM & Chrysler, the majority wanted the government to keep their paws out of them. Jobs Bill (Stimulus II) the majority wanted it dead on arrival on the senate floor. Healthcare, the majority wanted the version that passed dead on arrival. Immigration reform, the majority just want the current laws enforced. Is there anyone besides me that sees a pattern of “I don’t care what you think” going on here?

What is Obama up to now? Something like 175 broken campaign promises? Is there anyone out there that really believes that he cares or worries about keeping promises, except those he has made to the unions and the leftist thugs that he serves whenever they pull his strings?

In the bible is tells us to pray for our leaders. Sorry, I just can’t do it for this President. He doesn’t care about the country, the constitution or the people. I care absolutely nothing for the man. An entire nation mourned the day JFK was shot. If Obama was ever to meet the same demise, I’d probably go out and get drunk celebrating. My order of importance; God, Family, Country, Self. He ain’t God but he thinks he’s every bit as perfect as God. He ain’t family and if he was, he would have been disowned a long time ago. He certainly doesn’t care about the country because if he did, he would stop trying to undo everything that made this country the greatest nation of earth. As for the self part, he most certainly doesn’t give a damn about me so I really don’t give a damn about him. In fact, if I were a member of congress, at the beginning of every day I would introduce legislation to formally charge him with treason.

Mr. President, so long as the constitution exists, I will continue to exercise my first amendment rights and guess what? If You Don’t Like It – I Don’t Care.

Running a campaign from the top down

Running a campaign from the top down
Al Ritter

I have written about politics for quite a while now, but had never really been involved from the inside until this election cycle. It is no secret that Maryland is a notoriously Democratic. The entire government basis (federal and state) is dominated by Democrats. The only major seat to have been occupied by a Republican is that of the Governorship.

I am finding that this seat is only one of ceremony, and holds only one benefit to the state I love so much, and that is the ability to veto a bill of entitlement that the legislature deems necessary.

I have also learned that the State of Maryland’s Republican base is unfortunately very weak, not only in leadership, but is also weak it the ability to raise money to challenge the Democratic domination.

In this next election cycle the main thrust of the Republican Party seems content to elect a governor, but they can’t seem to spend the time or the money to help elect what they really need most. The Republicans need more of a balance in the house and senate, and yet not much of an effort has been expended in that direction at all.

To build a house, a contractor needs a good foundation to support the rest of the structure. That contractor would never start with a roof, and then pretend there is structure under it. The Republicans will never truly succeed in this state by relying on individual dynamic personalities, they need to play as a team, they need to learn how to share resources, and need to band with one another.

After seeing this party from the inside for the first time, I am not encouraged, I hope the message at the Ocean City Republican Convention will be more uplifting in nature than this article, but until basic changes are made, I don’t see a serious challenge to the one party system Maryland has suffered the last few decades.

Simplicity

Simplicity
Kevin Bryant

“I’m just a Bill, yes I’m only a Bill, and I sitting here on Capital Hill”. One of my favorite Schoolhouse Rock clips that they used to show on television during Saturday morning cartoons. Then there was the Preamble, The Shot Heard Around the World, No More Kings and others that were designed to help kids understand the basic concepts of our government. These were simple in nature and easy to understand because they were targeted towards children.

I have at my house a copy of the Constitution & the Declaration of Independence. Not so much now, but in the era that they were written, these were written in plain language that was easy to understand so that anyone who at that time who could read would be able to read and understand them. John Adams, a brilliant lawyer and great legal mind helped draft these documents and even he understood the need for simplicity.

Our government today is supposed to be based on simple concepts. It is supposed to operate so that the average American can understand how it functions. Bills are supposed to be drafted so that it does not require half a dozen lawyers with dictionaries and thesauruses to be able to interpret and understand what is in them. The people were and still are supposed to be in control of the government, not the other way around.

Our founding fathers were smart men. They knew that over time people would evolve. They knew that language would evolve. They drafted the preamble to the constitution and the constitution itself with simplicity so that anyone with a 6th grade education could understand it. It did not matter if it was 1810, 1910, or 2010, the words they chose back then hold the exact same meaning today as they did when they wrote them.

What do we have today? We have a generation who do not study the constitution. Many schools no longer require it to even be read. The first time I read the constitution I was in the 5th grade. I knew the preamble by heart when I was in the 2nd grade. Many of the people walking out of college with a degree in their hands today have never even read these much less have any part of them memorized.

Focusing on the preamble:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Simplicity at it’s finest. It was written more than 200 years ago and means exactly the same now as it did back then. Notice the first three words. We the People. We do all that, not some chosen few. The government was always meant to be in our hands and we control what goes on through our elected leaders. Today, our elected leaders would have us believe that they have been ordained by some higher power to lead us and know what is best for us.

For far too long, We the People have not demanded that our government listen and obey us. For far too long we have sat back and allowed government to dictate policy in this country. For far too long we have allowed the progressives on both sides of the aisle to chip away at our God given rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. For far too long we have been made to believe that morals and spiritual beliefs must be sacrificed for the greater good of the country because they have no place in politics.

Our forefathers kept things simple so that we could keep our republic as it was intended. We would know our rolls in society and know that all power rest with the population, not centralized in some out of the way corner of the country to be controlled by a few.

“It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary” – Paulo Coelho

The United States has been the most extraordinary country ever conceived upon this planet. Founded on the simple understanding that rights come from God, not government and what God gives, government can not take away unless we allow government to.

In sports, when things start to go wrong, how often have you heard commentators say; “They need to get back to basics” or “They are not doing the simple things it takes to win”? As a nation, we need to get back to basics. We need to teach the simple things to our children so they can understand what this country was meant to be. Perhaps we even need our elected leaders to be required to watch episodes of Schoolhouse Rock so they too can understand the basic concepts of government and their rolls in it.

Thanks For Nothing

Thanks For Nothing
Kevin Bryant

Rachel Maddow from the almost non-existent and certainly doesn’t matter network, MSNBC stated that Americans are being unreasonable when it comes to taxes. According to her, personal income tax levels are now at the lowest levels they have been since 1955. President Obama finds humor in the fact that Americans are complaining about the amount of taxes we are paying instead of “thanking him” for lowering taxes.

I may not have a Harvard education like Obama and I certainly wasn’t educated at Stanford and Oxford universities like Rachel Maddow but I do know that I am not as dumb as they believe all Americans are.

Let us examine Rachel Maddow’s statement in very simple terms. In 1955 there was no such thing as Medicare and Medicaid. Since these programs did not exist in 1955, it would have been impossible for the government to tax your personal income to fund them. Now to the un - Harvard or Oxford educated person like me, I consider this a personal income tax since the government has deemed that this money will be taken directly from my personal income paycheck. When combined with the bankrupt social security withholdings, this accounts to more than 7.5% of my gross income going directly to the government in the form of taxes. Add this to what they are withholding for what the government officially deems as personal income tax and that is more than 20% of my taxable income. I really don’t think the Detroit auto workers in 1955 America was shelling out 20 cents on every dollar they made to the federal government before they actually received a single dime themselves.

Now let us move on to Mr. Harvard educated Obama and the cronies that sit in congress who all think we average citizens can’t read, write or do arithmetic above the third grade level. First off, quit lying about lowering taxes. You didn’t. All you did was up the tax credits for certain individuals. Those of us who do not have kids living with us or going to college don’t get breaks. I must be one of those 5% who you were talking about when you said 95% of Americans making under $200,000 would not see one cent in tax increases and would actually see their tax burden go down. I know I saw my federal taxes go up for 2009 but I didn’t get a pay raise during that year. Think of all the hidden taxes we pay and then lie to me some more about how Americans who make under $200K a year saw their tax burdens go down. What are some of the things we pay federal tax on; electricity, natural gas, propane, gasoline, diesel, cell phones, land line phones, cable television, satellite television, internet, beer and alcohol, tobacco and so on and who can forget the latest, a tax on time tanning spas. Then think about all the taxes placed on banks and manufacturers who in turn pass those taxes on to their customers.

Sorry, but in 1955, the average middle class American had more disposable cash on hand than do today. My parents had more disposable cash when Clinton was in office than they had under G.W. Bush and they had more under Bush than they have today under Obama.

If this or any administration were serious about how much people shell out in personal and hidden taxes, they would abandon the current practice used in collecting taxes and go to a flat tax. Even those 40% who do not pay income taxes would benefit more from a flat tax than having to pay more each year in hidden taxes as we are now.
Thanks For Nothing
Kevin Bryant

Rachel Maddow from the almost non-existent and certainly doesn’t matter network, MSNBC stated that Americans are being unreasonable when it comes to taxes. According to her, personal income tax levels are now at the lowest levels they have been since 1955. President Obama finds humor in the fact that Americans are complaining about the amount of taxes we are paying instead of “thanking him” for lowering taxes.

I may not have a Harvard education like Obama and I certainly wasn’t educated at Stanford and Oxford universities like Rachel Maddow but I do know that I am not as dumb as they believe all Americans are.

Let us examine Rachel Maddow’s statement in very simple terms. In 1955 there was no such thing as Medicare and Medicaid. Since these programs did not exist in 1955, it would have been impossible for the government to tax your personal income to fund them. Now to the un - Harvard or Oxford educated person like me, I consider this a personal income tax since the government has deemed that this money will be taken directly from my personal income paycheck. When combined with the bankrupt social security withholdings, this accounts to more than 7.5% of my gross income going directly to the government in the form of taxes. Add this to what they are withholding for what the government officially deems as personal income tax and that is more than 20% of my taxable income. I really don’t think the Detroit auto workers in 1955 America was shelling out 20 cents on every dollar they made to the federal government before they actually received a single dime themselves.

Now let us move on to Mr. Harvard educated Obama and the cronies that sit in congress who all think we average citizens can’t read, write or do arithmetic above the third grade level. First off, quit lying about lowering taxes. You didn’t. All you did was up the tax credits for certain individuals. Those of us who do not have kids living with us or going to college don’t get breaks. I must be one of those 5% who you were talking about when you said 95% of Americans making under $200,000 would not see one cent in tax increases and would actually see their tax burden go down. I know I saw my federal taxes go up for 2009 but I didn’t get a pay raise during that year. Think of all the hidden taxes we pay and then lie to me some more about how Americans who make under $200K a year saw their tax burdens go down. What are some of the things we pay federal tax on; electricity, natural gas, propane, gasoline, diesel, cell phones, land line phones, cable television, satellite television, internet, beer and alcohol, tobacco and so on and who can forget the latest, a tax on time tanning spas. Then think about all the taxes placed on banks and manufacturers who in turn pass those taxes on to their customers.

Sorry, but in 1955, the average middle class American had more disposable cash on hand than do today. My parents had more disposable cash when Clinton was in office than they had under G.W. Bush and they had more under Bush than they have today under Obama.

If this or any administration were serious about how much people shell out in personal and hidden taxes, they would abandon the current practice used in collecting taxes and go to a flat tax. Even those 40% who do not pay income taxes would benefit more from a flat tax than having to pay more each year in hidden taxes as we are now.

The Man and the Reason for the Crash of 1929

The Man and the Reason for the Crash of 1929
William G Burmer


Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) in 1924 complained, like Reagan, that the income tax was part of a Socialist---Communist Conspiracy. Mr. Mellon was well known as Secretary of the Treasury under Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Warren G. Harding. He was a Republican and very conservative. “While Mellon talked about helping the poor and the middle class, and about the need to encourage economic growth---as would others years later---there was but one objective: dramatically reducing taxes on the rich . . .’


“. . . With a big assist from the nation’s largest newspapers, which championed lowering rates for the wealthy---another pattern that would be repeated decades later---he gradually built a base of support for his plan.’


“When Calvin Coolidge succeeded Harding, who died in 1923, he embraced Mellon’s theories and campaigned for re-election on them in 1924. As for Mellon, he came up with a new strategy to enlist support for his cause---a loftier motive than merely reducing taxes.


The real problem, he said, “is not so much one of tax reduction as of tax reform.’ ‘This was one of the first times---if not the very first---that the phrase “tax reform” was used to justify a tax cut for the affluent. It would not be the last. Other secretaries of the Treasury, other Presidents, other lawmakers, would adopt the same tactic, especially in the 1970s’ and 1980s’. Over time, much of the debate concerning tax rates would boil down to two phrases. Tax legislation that would increase the rate on the wealthy was called “class warfare.” Tax legislation that would reduce the rate on the wealthy was called “tax reform . . .’ Emphasis Added.


“Mellon collected his thoughts on taxes and the need for lower rates in a little book called Taxation: The People’s Business. Lobbying organizations, like the American Bankers League, distributed thousands of copies to businessmen. They responded predictably. Albert H. Wiggin, president of Chase National Bank in New York, wrote Mellon: ‘We were fortunate in seeing an advance copy of your {book}, and were so enthusiastic over it that we could not resist the impulse to distribute quite a large number of copies to customers and friends of the Chase National Bank. The men to whom copies of your book were sent included presidents and other officials of larger banking institutions throughout the country, treasurers of important business concerns, stockholders of this bank and many other influential and intelligent men among our clientele.’


“Mellon had carefully targeted his audience, focusing on persons who could exert influence on the legislative process. When an admirer suggested distribution of one million copies to the public at large, he rejected the idea, saying that “the subject is one which might not appeal to the ordinary working man, and I am not certain that there would be any real demand for the book from this class of readers.” Weighty matters like taxation, Mellon believed, were beyond the understanding of the average person.’


A comment here: When I asked a prominent Bank Authority to critique this portion of my book, his only comment to me was “I do not think most people will understand what you are saying.” It is true that we as a nation are ignorant of the inner workings of the banking industry. In any event we should do all we can to learn how our money is produced and how banks work. If you would like as clear an explanation there is, with regards to banking in America, an excellent treatise on the subject; I would encourage you to read G. Edward Griffins’ book (The Creature from Jekyll Island; A second Look at the Federal Reserve.)


“Mellon’s persistence paid off. On February 26, 1926, President Coolidge signed the Revenue Act of 1926 . . .’ “. . . The legislation, sold as “tax reform,” slashed the maximum individual rate from 46 percent to 25 percent on all taxable income above $100,000. It cut the maximum estate tax from 40 percent to 20 percent on estates of more than $10 million. It abolished gift taxes; At the other end of the income scale, the reform legislation nudged down the bottom rate from 2 percent to 1.5 percent on the first $4,000 of taxable income.’


“America’s wealthiest citizens profited handsomely. J.P. Morgan, the financier who frequently complained about high taxes, saved a quarter-million dollars. Mellon himself saved more than $800,000. Henry Ford saved $1.1 million. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., saved $2.8 million, thus acquiring an extra $54,000 a week in spending money.’


“All seemed to be going according to Mellon’s grand scheme . . .’ “But something was amiss. The money was not trickling down as predicted. The $5,000 jobs were not materializing as Mellon had promised. The number of persons reporting incomes under $10,000 went down, plummeting from 7 million in 1920 to 3.7 million in 1928---a 47 percent decline . . .’


“. . . Mellon’s tax cuts pumped too much money into too few hands. That money, in turn, fueled a frenzied speculation in the stock market. Wall Street loved it. Bankers, brokers, and businessmen formed pools. They sold securities among themselves, forcing prices up, and then unloaded the stocks at inflated values.’


“It all ended in the great Wall Street crash, followed by the Great Depression. With America sinking deeper, Mellon set sail for Europe as ambassador to Great Britain---and to escape a looming congressional impeachment inquiry on an array of charges. Among them: Mellon-owned companies received millions of dollars in tax refunds while he was Treasury secretary. And his Pittsburgh bank peddled bonds for $98 that turned out to be worth pennies.’


“Reality had discredited Mellon’s’ theory of low rates . . .’ “Soon everyone, not just the affluent, would be concerned about rates. For the tax system Americans know today was created in World

War II, when the income tax was transformed from one that applied only to the affluent to one that touched virtually every working person. In World War I, well-to-do individuals and corporations picked up a large share of the cost. World War II would require taxes from most everyone.’


“With passage of legislation in 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943, the bottom tax bracket was cut in half, from $4,000 to $2,000. The personal exemption for married couples was sliced from $2,500 to $1,200. The bottom rate shot up from 4 percent to 19 percent. The maximum rate was kicked up to 81 percent and then 88 percent. The income level at which that top rate kicked in was cut from $5 million to $200,000.’


“For most Americans, the greatest change came in 1943, when payroll withholding was instituted. Never again would the average worker receive a full paycheck.” 10. This type collectivistic mind set is frightening to discover in our government. The IRS considers themselves elitists who would deny men the opportunity to deal one with another by voluntary means, and settling disputes by rational persuasion. It declares that we ought to be dictated to by an omnipotent state.


10. America: Who Really Pays the Taxes? pp. 64-68



Next: The Duping of the American Tax Payer




“WE THE PEOPLE”

And The American Constitution

WILLIAM G. BURMER

Available at www.xlibris.com

Going Forward In Reverse

Going Forward In Reverse
Kevin Bryant

I have heard many times that the federal government is operating like a runaway freight train. This could not be further from the truth. A freight train runs on a specific path and if it jumps the tracks, it comes to a crashing halt.

To me, the government is operating more like the world’s largest bulldozer, heading down hill towards a cliff with a spoiled, destructive little 4 year old at the controls who thinks this is only a video game and not real. The government is going down paths that do not exist in this country and will soon crash into an unexplored abyss.

To know where you are going, you first must know where you are and how you got there. This country was founded by people who knew they were coming here and why. They formed a government that had never been tried anywhere before but they knew enough to know that the old ways would not get them the government they wanted.

First they tried the Articles of Confederation but what they got was almost complete anarchy. Having the good sense to know when to give up and declare the Articles of Confederation a lost cause, they go back and examine what worked and what failed. Putting this knowledge to use, they come up with the Constitution of the United States and it has worked well for more than 200 years.

The current administration has not once looked towards the constitution or history for guidance. They are literally flying by the seat of their pants being guided only by ideology. This is the same ideology that has been tried and failed every time it has been implemented. One definition of stupidity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result each time.

Harvard has a reputation of having educated and graduated some of the greatest minds this world has seen in recent history. By recent I mean that past 150 or so years. President Obama is a product of this very distinguished institution. It is a shame that someone with a Harvard education and is supposed to be brilliant according to his peers does not have the good sense to following the example set forth by his predecessors and study the results of the past and use them for guidance when moving forward.

Ideology has blinded this president from seeing that every decision he has made has been tried and failed at some point in history. Arrogance keeps him from seeing the destruction he is doing to the country he swore an oath to. Or has it?

This man was brought by Marxist parents and grandparents. This is a man who sought out Marxist progressives to associate with during his college days. This man gets his spiritual advice from self-declared Marxist. This man has filled his administration with Marxist, Communist, Tax Cheats and Felons. This man was educated by some of the finest professors to found in an institution that has prides itself on quality education. I have said before, this man is stupid but he most certainly isn’t dumb. He knows exactly what he wants to achieve and he knows that he only has a limited amount of time to achieve it and whatever it is, it can’t be good.

So what do conservatives need to do to stop it? One way is to not only look to the past for guidance by actually move the country back to the Constitution like Ronald Reagan did but this time include strengthening the laws in the Constitution so that it can never again be moved this far left of center. To get this country moving forward, as a nation, we will have to go in reverse to get there. Undo almost all that the previous administrations have done. End bailouts, defund healthcare and eventually repeal it, reverse the tax increases, eliminate targeted tax increases, fully commit to and fund the war or bring the troops home, put the national guard on the boarders and secure them once and for all, drug screen welfare recipients and cut their welfare if they fail, cut the number of government departments and total employees by 50%, cut federal spending by 60%. Give real tax breaks to small businesses. This list could go on for forever. I know not all of these will ever come to pass, but if we never get anyone elected to office that is willing to try, then we will never again have a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

How do we do this? Look for candidates in all upcoming elections that believe in preserving the Constitution and our way of life as the founder’s intended. Find a candidate that believe in smaller and less intrusive government and will listen to those who got them elected to office. Candidates willing to support capitalism yet do not think any company is too big to fail. When we find the right candidate, volunteer our time to support their election. Display their posters in our yards and don’t worry about it if the neighbors are liberals and believe differently than we do. Come November we need every vote because every vote actually will matter. Encourage your neighbors and your friends to vote. Drive them to the polls if you have to. The 2010 November general election is the most important election you and I will participate in since we were born. This general election and the next 2 are not about just who we elect to office but they are also about who we are as individuals and who we are as a nation.

Maryland first state to adopt socially responsible designation on businesses

Maryland first state to adopt socially responsible designation on businesses
Al Ritter

Governor Martin O’Malley has just signed into law a new type of corporation. Deemed “Benefit Corporation,” the guidelines are simple, the corporation must by law create a material positive impact on society; consider how decisions affect employees, community and the environment; and publicly report their social and environmental performance using established third-party standards.

This is the first such legislation in our country, and for the first time brings the notion of social consciousness to the corporate world. Every decision one of these new companies makes must follow guidelines of positive employee interaction, environmental impact, community interaction, then report their decisions to a board that will judge then against standards which they set.

This legislation was offered by State Senators Jamie Raskin and Brian Frosh and Delegate Brian Feldman, passed the Maryland Senate with a vote of 44 - 0 and the Assembly 135 - 5. Brian Frost was recently in the headlines for his stance against mandatory sentencing of child molesters under the “Jessica Law.”

This latest partisan vote will allow a “third party,” to decide whether a company operates in the guise of betterment to society, which the Democrats seem to think is the proper way. No longer will companies just answer to their stockholders, but now a more sinister objective seems to be brewing. These companies will only be allowed to continue if the liberals say it may exist, bestowing an air of arrogance towards the legislature and Gov. Martin O’Malley.

The very fact that this went totally unreported by the main stream news sources speaks volumes about this Administration, and this socialistic policy.

Who is John Galt?

http://www.csrwire.com/archive/our_pick/319

http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/29332-Maryland-First-State-in-Union-to-Pass-Benefit-Corporation-Legislation

15 Questions

15 Questions
Kevin Bryant

Greetings fellow conservatives and also to anyone who is not. I like good old fashion honest, no spin type debate. Today though, I have no intention of debating anyone. I am just looking for good old honest opinions from readers.

I thought it would be interesting to see who would participate in this little game and just see what answers would be given. Remember, the more that play, the more interesting it will be to read the comments.

The game is played like this:

I will be asking questions and I would like to know not only your opinion of the question but also how you think our president, Barack Obama would answer the question as well. You can give just your own opinions to the questions if you like or you may just try to answer them as you think our president would, or state what you would have done differently if you were POTUS. Be sure to annotate the difference. If you want to play but do not wish to post your responses online, please send them to me at bryantkd@hotmail.com and here we go…………..

Subject: The Economy / Jobs
1) What actions that you have taken since being in office has made a positive impact on the economy and what, if anything, would you consider less than successful?

2) When congress passed the stimulus plan, you stated that unemployment would not go above 8%. What would you say were the contributing factors resulting in those numbers being higher than projected?

3) During the presidential campaign, you stated that companies would be allowed to build more power plants and drill for oil and other natural resources but they do so at their own peril because you intend to make it so costly that it would not be profitable for them. In order to stimulate the private job sector, would you be willing to suspend up front fees and give tax breaks to those companies in order to stimulate job growth in the private sector?

4) California is bankrupt. Michigan, New York and some other states are close to bankruptcy. Have you given any thought into providing bailout money to these states?

5) Many of the houses that have been foreclosed on or will soon be were purchased by people who bought more house than they could afford before the housing and the job market collapsed. If the government bails out those who purchased more house than they could afford before the collapse, would that not be rewarding them for making bad judgments?

Subject: National Security
1) With the increase of terrorist activity around the world, are you now reconsidering your stance on immigration reform?

2) Phoenix has the second highest kidnapping rate in the world. El Paso and other border towns in the U.S. are seeing an alarming increase in violence spilling across the border from Mexico. Would your administration ever entertain the thought of putting National Guard troops on the borders to back up our border agents?

3) You just agreed to an arms reduction treaty with the Russian President. With North Korea, Iran and many also believe China to be included as well to the list of growing military threats to the United States, how does this reduction make us safer?

4) You recently stated that the option to use nuclear weapons against those who would use biological and chemical weapons against us is no longer on the table. If Iran or North Korea were to use biological or chemical weapons against our troops or set them off here in America, what options would you consider using?

5) It is projected that Iran will have nuclear weapons capabilities before your first term as President expires. Would you, as President, support Israel if they were to attack Iran to knock out their weapons capabilities?


Subject: Random Questions
1) The Tea Party Movement has been around almost as long as you have been president. Many in the media and some of your own party have called them rednecks, racist, Nazis and many other not so nice terms. As president, do you support these types of verbal attacks against the Tea Party members?

2) Other than the CBO, every think tank and numbers crunching agency in America believes that the recently passed healthcare bill will likely cost much more than the congressional estimates and that the government will have to scale back on authorized treatments. How do you counter this belief?

3) You came into office with one of the highest approval ratings in history. Since that time your approval job approval rate has dropped more than 20 points, and is now in the lower to mid 40’s. What do you need to do to stop your numbers from declining?

4) Traditionally, the party in power during mid-term elections loses seats in both the house and senate. Do you believe that republicans will be able to take control of either house?

5) Who are you picking to win the World Series?

Tax Law and how it affects you

More Tax Law
William G Burmer


Second consideration: What is a Direct Tax and how does it apply to the People?


In the Constitution under Article 1, Section 9, Clause 4. “No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken”.


Answer: According to the Constitution any direct tax imposed by Congress must be apportioned. If it is not apportioned, it is an indirect tax. The current “income” tax is not apportioned, and must thereby be an indirect, or excise tax. We will discover from the following Supreme Court cases that this is a tax of privilege, and does not apply to private payment for labor, which the constitution sought to protect.


Question, what is a capitation tax?

The answer is found in the following Supreme Court case:


U.S. Supreme Court

SPRINGER v. U S, 102 U.S. 586 (1880)

102 U.S. 586 102 U.S. 586

October Term, 1880


“Our conclusions are, that direct taxes, within the meaning of the Constitution, are only capitation taxes, as expressed in that instrument,”


Returning to the Pollock case we see how the Supreme Court ruled with regards to “income.”


U.S. Supreme Court

POLLOCK v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO., 158 U.S. 601 (1895)


“A tax upon one's whole income is a tax upon the annual receipts from his whole property, and as such falls within the same class as a tax upon that property, and is a direct tax, in the meaning of the constitution”


Meaning the tax must be assessed according to the census (must be uniform) or population, neither the individual nor his property can be taxed directly.


U.S. Supreme Court

STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE, LTD. v. HOWBERT, 231 U.S. 399 (1913)

What is an excise tax?

“(A)n excise tax (is a tax) upon the conduct of doing business in a corporate capacity, Italics added. . . .Evidently Congress adopted the income as the measure of the tax to be imposed with respect to the doing of business in corporate form . . . property which, considered by itself, was not taxable. . . . This court had decided in the Pollock Case that the income tax law of 1894 amounted in effect to a direct tax upon property, and was invalid because (it was) not apportioned according to population as prescribed by the Constitution. . . .The act of 1909 avoided this difficulty by imposing not an income tax, but an excise tax upon the conduct of business in a corporate capacity, measuring, however, the amount of tax by the income of the corporation, with certain qualifications prescribed by the Act itself. Flint v. Stone-Tracy Co., 220 U.S. 107; McCoach v. Minehill Co., 228 U.S. 295; United States v. Whitridge, (decided at this term, ante, p. 144). Parenthesis added.


U.S. Supreme Court

FLINT v. STONE TRACY CO., 220 U.S. 107 (1911)

220 U.S. 107


“The tax under consideration, as we have construed the statute, may be described as an excise upon the particular privilege of doing business in a corporate capacity, IE., with the advantages which arise from corporate or quasi corporate organization; or, when applied to insurance companies, for doing the business of such companies. As was said in the Thomas Case, 192 U. S. supra, the requirement to pay such taxes involves the exercise of [220 U.S. 107, 152] privileges and the element of absolute and unavoidable demand is lacking. If business is not done in the manner described in the statute, no tax is payable.”


U S v. WHITRIDGE, 231 U.S. 144 (1913)

Argued October 21, 1913.
Decided November 10, 1913.



“As repeatedly pointed out by this court, the corporation tax law of 1909-enacted, as it was, after Congress had proposed to the legislatures of the several states the adoption of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, but before the ratification of that Amendment-imposed an excise or privilege tax, and not in any sense a tax upon property or upon income merely as income.”


U.S. Supreme Court

TRUAX v. CORRIGAN, 257 U.S. 312 (1921)



“This right to carry on business-be it called liberty or property-has value, and he who interferes with the right without cause renders himself liable” A man’s property is inviolable or secure against violation. Blacks law 3rd page 1007


MURDOCK
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA and seven other cases.

Nos. 480-487.
Argued March 10, 11, 1943.
Decided May 3, 1943.


“A state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the federal constitution. Thus, it may not exact a license tax for the privilege of carrying on interstate commerce”


U.S. Supreme Court

BUTCHERS' UNION CO. v. CRESCENT CITY CO., 111 U.S. 746 (1884)


“It has been well said that “'the property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his own hands, and to hinder his employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the just liberty both of the workman and of those who might be disposed to employ him. As it hinders the one from working at what he thinks proper, so it hinders the others from employing whom they think proper.'” Smith, Wealth Nat. bk. 1, c. 10


In conclusion then: we have learned from the above supreme court cases about

the Direct tax that it is defined as:

(1) A Capitation tax within the meaning of the constitution. Subject to apportionment.

(2) Property cannot be taxed considered by itself, unless the property is incorporated (which is a voluntary act) and used for corporate commercial purposes.

(3) If you choose not to incorporate, business conducted on your property is not taxable.

(4) The “right” to carry on business has value and the IRS, Federal State, County, or any municipality may be held liable if they interfere with that right.

(5) No state can exact a license to carry on interstate commerce.

(6) A man’s labor is his property; property cannot be taxed and is protected under the apportionment clause of the constitution.


U.S. Supreme Court

BRUSHABER v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO., 240 U.S. 1 (1916)

240 U.S. 1

FRANK R. BRUSHABER, Appt.,
v.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
No. 140.

Argued October 14 and 15, 1915.

Decided January 24, 1916.

See page 3: “That the authority conferred upon Congress by section 8 of article 1 'to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises'. . . it has never moreover been questioned that the conceded complete and all-embracing taxing power was subject, so far as they were respectively applicable, to limitations resulting from the requirements of Art. 1, 8, cl. 1, that 'all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States,' and to the limitations of Art I., sec 2, cl. 3, that 'direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states,' and of Art 1, sec 9, cl. 4, that 'no capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.'

Affirms the Pollock case.

SEE PAGE 6 . . . the Amendment shows . . . that it was drawn with the object of maintaining the limitations of the Constitution and harmonizing their operation.”

Next: Third consideration: The Internal Revenue Service and their claims to enforce tax law.



“WE THE PEOPLE”

And The American Constitution

WILLIAM G. BURMER

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Going Forward In Reverse

Going Forward In Reverse
Kevin Bryant

I have heard many times that the federal government is operating like a runaway freight train. This could not be further from the truth. A freight train runs on a specific path and if it jumps the tracks, it comes to a crashing halt.

To me, the government is operating more like the world’s largest bulldozer, heading down hill towards a cliff with a spoiled, destructive little 4 year old at the controls who thinks this is only a video game and not real. The government is going down paths that do not exist in this country and will soon crash into an unexplored abyss.

To know where you are going, you much first know where you are and how you got there. This country was founded by people who knew they were coming here and why. They formed a government that had never been tried anywhere before but they knew enough to know that the old ways would not get them the government they wanted.

First they tried the Articles of Confederation but what they got was almost complete anarchy. Having the good sense to know when to give up and declare the Articles of Confederation a lost cause, they go back and examine what worked and what failed. Putting this knowledge to use, they come up with the Constitution of the United States and it has worked well for more than 200 years.

The current administration has not once looked towards the constitution or history for guidance. They are literally flying by the seat of their pants being guided only by ideology. This is the same ideology that has been tried and failed every time it has been implemented. One definition of stupidity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result each time.

Harvard has a reputation of having educated and graduated some of the greatest minds this world has seen in recent history. By recent I mean that past 150 or so years. President Obama is a product of this very distinguished institution. It is a shame that someone with a Harvard education and is supposed to be brilliant according to his peers does not have the good sense to following the example set forth by his predecessors and study the results of the past and use them for guidance when moving forward.

Ideology has blinded this president from seeing that every decision he has made has been tried and failed at some point in history. Arrogance keeps him from seeing the destruction he is doing to the country he swore an oath to. Or has it?

This man was brought by Marxist parents and grandparents. This is a man who sought out Marxist progressives to associate with during his college days. This man gets his spiritual advice from self-declared Marxist. This man has filled his administration with Marxist, Communist, Tax Cheats and Felons. This man was educated by some of the finest professors to found in an institution that has prides itself on quality education. I have said before, this man is stupid but he most certainly isn’t dumb. He knows exactly what he wants to achieve and he knows that he only has a limited amount of time to achieve it and whatever it is, it can’t be good.

So what do conservatives need to do to stop it? One way is to not only look to the past for guidance by actually move the country backwards like Ronald Reagan did but this time include strengthening the laws and the Constitution so that it can never again be moved this far left of center. To get this country moving forward, as a nation, we will have to go in reverse to get there. Undo almost all that the previous administrations have done. End bailouts, defund healthcare and eventually repeal it, reverse the tax increases, eliminate targeted tax increases, fully commit to and fund the war or bring the troops home, put the national guard on the boarders and secure them once and for all, drug screen welfare recipients and cut their welfare if they fail, cut the number of government departments and total employees by 50%, cut federal spending by 60%. Give real tax breaks to small businesses. This list could go on for forever. I know not all of these will ever come to pass, but if we never get anyone elected to office that is willing to try, then we will never again have a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

How do we do this? Look for candidates in all upcoming elections that believe in preserving the Constitution and our way of life as the founder’s intended. Find a candidate that believe in smaller and less intrusive government and will listen to those who got them elected to office. Candidates willing to support capitalism yet do not think any company is too big to fail. When we find the right candidate, volunteer our time to support their election. Display their posters in our yards and don’t worry about it if the neighbors are liberals and believe differently than we do. Come November we need every vote because every vote actually will matter. Encourage your neighbors and your friends to vote. Drive them to the polls if you have to. The 2010 November general election is the most important election you and I will participate in since we were born. This general election and the next 2 are not about just who we elect to office but they are also about who we are as individuals and who we are as a nation.

RELOAD!!!!!!!

RELOAD!!!!!!!
Kevin Bryant

WARNING: Progress For America, The Democratic National Committee, The Democratic Congressional Caucus, The White House, Homeland Security, Time Magazine, The New York Times, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Every Left Wing Organization and Every Left Wing Nutjob will declare this as an attempt to incite violence using hate speech.

If you are like me, you used up a lot of energy over the past 20 or so months taking a stand against what has turned out to be the biggest government intrusion into our personal lives, the biggest intrusion into Corporate America and the largest government takeover of private business that has been seen since the 1930’s.

Americans have not just stood on the sidelines while the past two congresses and administrations have done whatever they pleased. No, this America in not the America of the 1950’s through the 1990’s. Sure, I know that there was Anti-War protest in the 60’s and 70’s. Yet even those pale in comparison to the Tea Party Rally’s and the 9-12 gatherings across America today. There are major differences between today and those protesting the Vietnam War. Those that protested the Vietnam War are the ones in power today. They incited violence. Go back and look at any foot age of the war rallies of the 1960’s and 70’s. Almost every rally turned violent. Over 90% of those that attended the rallies voted democrat. Yet congress, left wing organizations and even the same media that shot the footage of the violence want you to believe that Tea Partiers and 9-12’ers are more dangerous than those radicals back then. Go back to the early 70’s and the tragedy on Kent State University. 100’s of students turned on the police that were there to keep order. Several students were shot and some died. Almost every one of those students were members of the SDS, Students for a Democratic Society, a Marxist / Socialist group founded on college campuses and studied the teachings of Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals. I have yet to see a Tea Party member turn and attempt to attack the police or even a person with an opposing view. However, according to homeland security and the mainstream media, Tea Party members, 9-12’ers, right wing Christians, conservative veterans, we are the true threats to America in their eyes.

Let’s go back a little further in history, the Civil Rights movement. If Martin Luther King had lived to see Civil Rights legislation signed into law, the next election held, he would have voted republican. Why do I say this? I’m going to give several examples to back up my statement. Almost every lawyer who helped bring about equal justice in the south voted republican. Many worked for free and took cases that they had no chance of winning but were not going to allow a crooked justice system to just railroad blacks without a fight. It wasn’t democrat voters; it was white college students that voted republican who walked arm in arm with blacks down the main streets of Mobile and Birmingham Alabama, Jackson and Hattiesburg Mississippi and it was white republican voters who surrounded the first black students who entered Central High School in Little Rock and again at the University of Alabama. Both occurred under protest from the state. Both Arkansas and Alabama at the time was lead by a democrat governor and a democrat controlled state congress who authorized the mobilization of the National Guard in a last ditch effort to stop these occurrences from happening. Many of the politicians and county sheriffs in the south during the Civil Rights era were controlled by democrats. Who do you think got these people elected into office? Where do you think they got the money to continue to run for office from? The majority of the support for these people came from state chapters of the Ku Klux Klan directly or funneled through other organizations. Which party filibustered against Civil Rights legislation? Hint, it was NOT the republicans. Which party elected a high ranking member of the KKK to the United States Congress and has kept him there for 4 decades? Hint, it was NOT the Republican Party. Lastly, Martin Luther King put a priority on spiritual wealth, not material wealth. Republicans throughout much of the last 70 years has been about inclusiveness. Does anyone think Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton could have used racial divides to amass so much wealth and power if they were following Martin Luther King’s example.

Now is the time to reload. Now is the time to take aim at the remaining Obama agenda and set out to kill it dead in its tracks. Now is the time to seek out and destroy false claims and statements made by members of congress and the administration. Arm yourself with the truth and have faith in your fellow man that when presented with the truth, he will make the right decisions. Now is the time to blow up Obama’s propaganda machine. Now is the time to terminate the political lives of those in office that serves any administration and party over their constituents. Having used words like blow up, terminate, take aim……..I wonder how long it will take Janet Napolitano and Eric Holder to come knocking on my door because they have deemed me as a threat to the United States. I’m sure they will come knocking on my door before they do some rapper who sings about killing cops.

We The People verses The Government of the United States. This battle will continue long after we perish from this earth. There will always be people like Obama, FDR, Woodrow Wilson, Bill & Hillary who want to change America into their idea of a socialist utopia. They will seek to centralize power at the federal level and use tactics and slogans like; “For the greater good”. Throughout history, nothing good has ever come from centralized government power, and America would be no different.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ~Thomas Jefferson

Taxes

Taxes
William G Burmer

One can study the wisdom of Locke, Montesquieu, Adam Smith and others who warned of the sins of excessive taxation. Yet unless heeded has caused the downfall of great civilizations; ours is without exception.


It is clearly inscribed within the Constitution, if we would follow that rule of law, everyone who would be called an American could be very prosperous; not only in terms of money and property, but more importantly, because personal sovereignty would be protected from a large unchecked government. Every Nation would want to follow our example. That rule of law as set forth within the Constitution is born from common law, that is, the laws of nature and God.


Our Liberties are an inheritance from our Founders and the inspiration they received from our Savior. We ought not to treat them lightly less they become irretrievably lost to us. Our current tax system will eventually consume our liberties with its abusive statutes and regulations. It thumbs its nose at due process and makes criminals of its citizens. The IRS claims that our system of taxation is voluntary, then why should we be forced to voluntarily give up our wealth? Government financing is constitutionally defined see Article 1, Section 8; clause 6 and 7, note that it is not voluntary. It must be limited as outlined in Section 9; ours is no longer limited; government must not have power to enlarge the scope of their taxing power, yet the Congress abrogated their constitutional responsibility to the Federal Reserve (not enough people know that the IRS is a collection agency for the FED, AND Neither the IRS nor the Fed are legitimate agencies of the government, THEY ARE PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. They however, now assume they have the power to do whatever they desire. The Congress believes we are sleeping at the voting booth. We should be demanding redress for these abuses from them, and see that they are ousted at the voting booth when they do not comply. You may find this of interest:


"Governments descend to the Level of a mere private corporation, and takes on the characteristics of a mere private citizen... where private corporate commercial paper [Federal Reserve Notes] and securities [checks] is concerned. ... For purposes of suit, such corporations and individuals are regarded as entities entirely separate from government." – Supreme Court decision

Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States 318 U.S. 363-371



What the Clearfield Doctrine is saying is that when private commercial paper is used by corporate government, then Government loses its sovereignty status and becomes no different than a mere private corporation.


The principle of accountability by government comes under the jurisdiction of the Congress; see Section 10 clause 1. Think about it. If a father and husband battles each pay day to balance his limited budget, and sees a tycoon in a resplendent automobile, he may believe that just one of the tycoons’ cuff links would solve all his problems.


Political voices cry out constantly to soak the rich for they make too much, or, they are not paying their “fair share.” Speaking for “Joe six-pack” or “the little guy” again the politicians cry out, “we feel your pain, you have so little, let us help you!” Many blindly believe their rhetoric.


No one tells him (the little guy) that the higher taxes imposed on the wealthy will not come out of their living expenditures. It comes from their investments and savings. Such taxes mean less investment, less production, fewer jobs, and finally higher prices for scarcer goods. As the rich have to lower their standard of living, the struggling husband and fathers’ income will be gone along with his savings and his job.


To many tend to forget, or are so blinded by negative rhetoric aimed at the wealthy, they fail to think of the fact that it is the wealthy which provide jobs, and benefits to those who are employed. Class envy has been and is cleverly used by the politicians to divide people into, upper, upper middle, lower middle, and lower classes. (Even these distinctions have now been relegated to UPPER AND LOWER CLASS in contemporary 2010, I wrote this in 2002). Thus the politician’s power base increases as he makes promises to each, most of which he will never be able to fulfill. We have become so used to the lie that we have learned to accept it as “politics as usual.” Rarely but ever so often a politician does come along who really means what they say and follows through with their promises.


Government spending being at the heart of our economic problems in the 1970’s and early 80’s, dubbed “Reaganomics” by the media, Ronald Reagan during his administration, cut government spending, made large tax cuts for business and individuals, and created incentives (a 25% tax cut for individuals, and faster write offs for businesses) to increase more jobs. He in addition combated inflation by controlling government spending. His efforts received mixed reviews but by 1988 after reducing tax rates, and removing low-income persons from the tax rolls, Reagan practically guaranteed his Vice president would be the next President to occupy the White House. He became the most popular President we have had since John Kennedy. If people read and understood the principles of wealth guaranteed by the Constitution they would not have allowed their legislators to continue soaking them with the tax burdens of the past almost one hundred years.


THE AWFUL TRUTH


“People are often dumbfounded to learn that in a tax dispute, taxpayers who want to go to a regular court have to pay the tax debt, and then sue to get their money back. Whoever would have imagined that in the twentieth century, debtors, in order to have their day in court, would have to pay a disputed debt first, and then sue to get their payment back? The counterpart of this is that you can’t enjoin (prohibit) the collection of an illegal tax. If you can’t pay---if the tax might destroy your business or take away your home or livelihood--- that is too bad. Bankruptcy offers no relief as it does for ordinary debts. So much for Congress Article 1, Sec 8 Clause 4 “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the Subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States ...”


On top of all this there are over 150 penal provisions to trap and punish you for just about any error or slip-up, no matter how excusable, that you may make in dealing with the vast jungle of rules and regulations every taxpayer is required to know, but obviously doesn’t know. Penalties often exceed the taxes owed. These penalties add a kind of audit terrorism to the system.


The General Accounting Office reports that the IRS cannot manage this vast web of entrapments and that 44 % of all penalties assessed by the IRS are wrong. 13% of these outrageously high percentages of penalties are wrongly assessed, how many are wrongly paid by taxpayers wanting to get the tax man off their back? . . .” (Ital. Added)


The presumptions and stacked-deck procedures in favor of the taxman go against the grain of a democratic (REPUBLIC) society in which all litigants should be equal before the law. All I am proposing is that the tax man should be equal along with the rest of us, rather than more equal as he now is.” (Ital. Added) Come on Congress do your job!


In a speech given before a Press Club in Orange County, California July 28th, 1961 Ronald Reagan said: “We have received this progressive tax direct from Karl Marx, who designed it as the prime essential of a Socialist State . . . There can be no moral justification of the progressive tax.” It, in truth, is an amoral system! 8.


The second plank of the Communist Manifesto reads: “The proletariat (National Leader) will use its political supremacy to wrest, by degree, all capital from the bourgeoisie (working class) to centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the State, . . . (by) a heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 9” (Ital. Added)

8. Treasury Department on Tax Reform Volume 1. p 75

9. The Communist Manifesto. p. 13


Next: The Man, and the Reason for the Crash of 1929



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WILLIAM G. BURMER

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Sunshine, Lollipops & Poetic Social Justice

Sunshine, Lollipops & Poetic Social Justice
Kevin Bryant

Brothers and Sisters, today is it my honor and my privilege to welcome Brother Barack to the pulpit. May glory and graciousness be bestowed upon our Brother.

(Obama emerges on stage singing)

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! Zip-a-dee-ay!
My, oh my, what a wonderful day!
Plenty of sunshine heading my way.
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! Zip-a-dee-ay!

With Nancy and Harry on my shoulder.
It's the truth, its actual.
And my healthcare bill is satisfactual.

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! Zip-a-dee-ay!
Wonderful feeling. Wonderful day.

Come on everybody its a doo dah day!
Come on everybody have fun this day!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! Zip-a-dee-ay!
My, oh my, it's an Obama kinda day!
Theres plenty of good times heading my way.
Zip Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! Zip-a-dee-ay!

They said it couldn’t be done, but I said “Yes We Can”.
They said Oh No, not here in America, but I did it.
They said the American people won’t stand for it, but I got it done.

Total transformation. We are on our way and no one can stop us now.

They said, Barack, social justice will never happen in America. We have tried it and we have failed every time. But you know me; I like it when the odds are against me. Sunny days are finally here to stay.

Yes, healthcare took longer than I thought to happen, but we have taken one giant step towards a single payer system, and nothing is going to stop us from reaching our goal of having everyone in America getting their health care provided at no cost to them by the government.

80 percent, 80 percent control of the U.S. economy. That is my goal. Only when we get there will I be satisfied. Only when we get there can we have real reform in this country. Only at 80 percent will we finally be able to bring forth true social justice for the people. Today we stand at 52 percent. Nancy has already done her job with Cap & Trade. Now all we need is Harry and my GOP inside man, Lindsey Graham to bring home the bacon on Cap & Trade and we can add 10 percent to that total.

Now those teabaggers, those teabaggers are shouting “What about the constitution”. I say “What about it”? It has long since served its purpose and it is time for it to be put to pasture. It had its time. Now is Obama time. It’s our time to take what rightfully should have been ours long before I ever came into office…………………

(Obama fades out and real time sets in)

With the exception of Obama actually singing, this is more real than what any of us want to believe.

Obama wants everyone to believe that the more the government can control our lives, the more sunshine and lollipop days we will have in this country. We will want for nothing because government will provide it. Social Justice will prevail when the majority of the wealthy in this country lose their wealth and it is distributed as government sees fit.

No one including me wants to make the claim that Obama was elected president because he got 96 percent of the black vote in America. Though that is the largest percentage in history of any voting block to go for a single candidate, it was not what elected him to office. It was those in college and the under thirty crowd who believed in him and the progressive agenda he represents that put him over the top. He promised them a world without worry. He promised a world where everyone is equal. He promised them the impossible. Now you and I know that there is no such thing as social equality. There are always the haves and the have nots. There are those who chose to work hard and those who choice to be a victim of some fictional injustice. There are those who have spirit, drive and ambition and we have those who chose to do little or nothing to better themselves.

Too many of the young people in this country want everything handed to them. They want the government to provide them a free college education because they believe it is their right. They want government to provide them with a job because they are entitled to one. They want to be given a nice home and a nice car because others have them, but forget the fact that those that do have them had to work and obtained these things over time, not all at once and not without great cost. Soon, many will be graduating from college with their B.A. degrees and will be demanding that an employer give them a six figure salary job because they believe they are entitled to one.

The young of this country who supported and voted for Obama, many are not even working. They are living day to day on welfare. Those that do have jobs, many are part time jobs in small businesses or minimum wage jobs. Starting with July 2009 (in my opinion) the state of the economy no longer belonged to George Bush or the GOP, Obama took ownership of it. Since July of last year, many of those who supported and believed in Obama have lost their jobs because their employers had to close up shop, but that didn’t stop them from still believing. Now with the passage of the democrat healthcare bill, many more small businesses will be forced to close up shop because they will not be able to afford healthcare for all their full and part time employers. Larger businesses will be less likely to hire those entering the workforce because the economy has stalled again yet the tax burdens of these companies has increased, thus offsetting any gains they have made over the past year.

America’s young adults, you got the president you wanted. You got the healthcare bill you demanded to have but you do not know what price you had to pay to get it, but you will soon learn. It’s poetic social justice that the same young Americans who supported Obama are the first ones losing their jobs because of Obama’s policies and his handling of the economy. Never a more true example of the old saying, “you reap what you sew”.

A story from the restaurant

I was in my neighborhood restaurant this morning and was seated behind a group of jubilant individuals celebrating the successful passing of the recent health care bill. I could not finish my breakfast. This is what ensued:

They were a diverse group of several races and both sexes. I heard the young man exclaim, “Isn’t Obama like Jesus Christ? I mean, after all, he is healing the sick.” The young woman enthusiastically proclaimed, “Yeah, and he does it for free. I cannot believe anyone would think that a free market would work for health care. They are all crooks and thieves and don’t deserve all of that money.” Another said, ‘The stupid Republicans want us all to starve to death so they can inherit all of the power. Obama should be made a Saint for what he did for those of us less fortunate.” At this, I had had enough.

I arose from my seat, mustering all the restraint I could find, and approached their table. “Please excuse me; may I impose upon you for one moment?” They smiled and welcomed me to the conversation. I stood at the end of their table, smiled as best I could and began an experiment.

“I would like to give one of you my house. It will cost you no money and I will pay all of the expenses and taxes for as long as you live there. Anyone interested?” They looked at each other in astonishment. “Why would you do something like that?” asked a young man, “There isn’t anything for free in this world.” They began to laugh at me, as they did not realize this man had just made my point. “I am serious, I will give you my house for free, no money what so ever. Anyone interested?” In unison, a resounding “Hell Yeah” fills the room.

“Since there are too many of you, I will have to make a choice as to who receives this money free bargain.” I noticed an elderly couple was paying attention to the spectacle unfolding before their eyes, the old man shaking his head in apparent disgust. “I tell you what; I will give it to the one of you most willing to obey my rules.” Again, they looked at one another, an expression of bewilderment on their faces. The perky young woman asked, “What are the rules?” I smiled and said, “I don’t know. I have not yet defined them. However, it is a free home that I offer you.” They giggled amongst themselves, the youngest of which said, “What an old coot. He must be crazy to give away his home. Go take your meds, old man.” I smiled and leaned into the table a bit further. “I am serious, this is a legitimate offer.” They gaped at me for a moment.

“Hell, I’ll take it you old fool. Where are the keys?” boasted the youngest among them. “Then I presume you accept ALL of my terms then?” I asked. The elderly couple seemed amused and entertained as they watched from the privacy of their table. “Oh hell yeah! Where do I sign up?” I took a napkin and wrote, “I give this man my home, without the burden of financial obligation, so long as he accepts and abides by the terms that I shall set forth upon consummation of this transaction.” I signed it and handed it to the young man who eagerly scratched out his signature. “Where are the keys to my new house?” he asked in a mocking tone of voice. All eyes were upon us as I stepped back from the table, pulling the keys from pocket and dangling them before the excited new homeowner.

“Now that we have entered into this binding contract, witnessed by all of your friends, I have decided upon the conditions you are obligated to adhere from this point forward. You may only live in the house for one hour a day. You will not use anything inside of the home. You will obey me without question or resistance. I expect complete loyalty and admiration for this gift I bestow upon you. You will accept my commands and wishes with enthusiasm, no matter the nature. Your morals and principles shall be as mine. You will vote as I do, think as I do and do it with blind faith. These are my terms. Here are your keys.” I reached the keys forward and the young man looked at me dumb founded.

“Are you out of your freaking mind? Who would ever agree to those ridiculous terms?” the young man appeared irritated. “You did when you signed this contract before reading it, understanding it and with the full knowledge that I would provide my conditions only after you committed to the agreement.” Was all I said. The elderly man chuckled as his wife tried to restrain him. I was looking at a now silenced and bewildered group of people. “You can shove that stupid deal up you’re a** old man, I want no part of it” exclaimed the now infuriated young man. “You have committed to the contract, as witnessed by all of your friends; you cannot get out of the deal unless I agree to it. I do not intend to let you free now that I have you ensnared. I am the power you agreed to. I am the one you blindly and without thought chose to enslave yourself to. In short, I am your Master.” At this, the table of celebrating individuals became a unified group against the unfairness of the deal.

After a few moments of unrepeatable comments and slurs, I revealed my true intent. “What I did to you is what this administration and congress did to you with the health care legislation. I easily suckered you in and then revealed the real cost of the bargain. Your folly was in the belief that you can have something you did not earn; that you are entitled to that which you did not earn; that you willingly allowed someone else to think for you. Your failure to research, study and inform yourself permitted reason to escape you. You have entered into a trap from which you cannot flee. Your only chance of freedom is if your new Master gives it unto you. A freedom that is given can also be taken away; therefore, it is not freedom.” With that, I tore up the napkin and placed it before the astonished young man. “This is the nature of your new health care legislation.”

I turned away to leave these few in thought and contemplation and was surprised by applause. The elderly gentleman, who was clearly entertained, shook my hand enthusiastically and said, “Thank you Sir, these kids don’t understand Liberty these days.” He refused to allow me to pay my bill as he said, “You earned this one, it is an honor to pickup the tab.” I shook his hand in thanks, leaving the restaurant somewhat humbled, and sensing a glimmer of hope for my beloved country.

Use reason, it is the closest you are going to get to Godly conduct
Clifford A. Wright

Obama wants to microchip everyone like a dog!

Obama wants to microchip everyone like a dog!
Al Ritter

Here we are as Nancy Pelosi said, let’s just vote on the Healthcare bill and THEN we can see what’s in it! Well Nancy, you got your bill passed, and now we are getting to see what the democrats jammed into it, and I for one am NOT happy.

H.R. 3200 was the bill the senate passed, then the House had to do their amendments to get a final vote, that bill is H.R. 3962, now mind you that H.R. 3962 is ONLY additional amendments to H.R. 3200 not a total replacement . With that being said, unless a specific area was amended, the wording of H.R 3200 stands.

Now for the wording:

Required RFID implanted chip
Sec. 2521, Pg. 1000 – The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry. What does a National Medical Device Registry mean?
National Medical Device Registry from H.R. 3200 [Healthcare Bill], pages 1001-1008:
(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each device that— ‘‘(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; ‘‘(B)and is— ‘‘(i) a class III device; or ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable, life-supporting, or life-sustaining.”
Then we go to page 1004 to describe what the actual term “data” means
section B:
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘data’ refers to information respecting a device described in paragraph (1), including claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary”

What exactly is a class II implantable device? The FDA says it is an “implantable radio frequency transponder system for patient identification and health information.” The purpose of a class II device is to collect data in medical patients such as “claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary.”

The last part is scary in itself; there are a lot of questions unanswered, such as ……if the data includes “claims data” who updates the information and when? What exactly is a “disparate data environment?” And the biggest question is….will this transponder include a GPS capability?

Don’t believe me? Check out the government site and judge for yourself
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/ucm072191.pdf

Don’t believe it’s in the bill? Look it up for yourself
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/AAHCA09001xml.pdf

The areas to look at are pages 1001-1008 listed as “National Medical Device Registry”
Then page 1006 where it stated that this be enacted 36 months of passage
Now go back to page 505 where it refers to the implantable device as “medical device surveillance”

The word surveillance alone speaks to something far more ominous than just claims data
The FDA has said that the recent claims of tumors in dogs who have been chipped are the research responsibility of the implant manufacturers and not that of the FDA because the implants are not considered a drug. So the policing of medical research is left solely to the makers.

America has just become the world’s first country to require micro chipping of all its citizens, and Nancy Pelosi wanted us to follow her in blind trust in passage of this bill, now that we see what is in it, what can we do about it?

Applied Digital Solutions already have the GPS patent on implantable chip technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_Digital_Solutions

Here is a video explaining this technology





Sources:

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/105079

http://current.com/news/90842279_coverage-under-obamacare-will-require-an-implantable-microchip.htm

http://www.tldm.org/News4/Markofthebeast.htm