Tim Pawlenty foresees GOP surge if health plan is rejected - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com

This is a great article. I like Pawlenty's line, "The only thing growing faster than the federal deficit and debt is Chris Matthews' man crush on Obama"

Tim Pawlenty foresees GOP surge if health plan is rejected - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com

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The future

Yesterday was a good day -- I helped out at my gun club with a Youth Shoot sponsored by Sierra Club International. I worked at the .22 rifle range. A couple of kids had never even picked up a gun before (one had no idea she was even supposed to look through the sites), and it was very rewarding to help them out. At first they were a bit timid, and missed the first couple of shots (at a iron swing down target). After some coaching, they began to hit the target, and once they locked on, they generally didn't miss again. It was very rewarding to see their smile and to see their excitement. It was pretty cool to see a lot of the kids had done quite a bit of shooting -- that means someone is taking them. And, I have to say, the girls were just as good if not better than the boys. And the crowd was about 50/50 girl/boy. I'm glad to see kids having fun shooting. The bad thing is, there weren't as many kids there as what was planned for. I have a feeling that a lot of that was because the state fair is going this weekend.

B.O.

It used to be that only Illinois stunk, but now the whole country has B.O.

You know, I'm claiming the B.O. thing, I haven't heard anyone else call Barrack Obama that, yet. If they have, they can lay claim. If not, it's mine. LOL

Barack Obama holds a fire sale of America's nuclear defences in Moscow

Barack Obama holds a fire sale of America's nuclear defences in Moscow

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Health care debate goes much deeper than Health Care.

When a person speaks out against a Republican president, he/she is made out to be a brave hero by the media and liberals (one could argue that's the same thing) "He's/She's just using their freedom of speech, and they're being Patriotic," I remember hearing.. However, if a person speaks out against a Democrat president, he/she must be a Republican planted operative, or a plant from FoxNews, or a fringe lunatic, or just angry, or in the case of this president, the person must just be a racist who doesn't want a black president.

That seems to be SOP for the left. If you don't like the person's argument, just dismiss the person as someone not worthy of debating. Tear down the person. Discredit them. Now THAT's the new politics were were promised. We were promised open and fair debate. We were promised a transparent administration. However, the ObamaCare bill (I'll call it B.O. Care) is being rushed through, by President B.O., in the hopes that it gets approved BEFORE everyone gets a chance to find out what it's really about. Do you think maybe THAT'S why people are angry about it? This bill is huge. Epic even. Possibly the most important bill in the last half a century. Maybe we should take time to dissect it, debate it, and make sure it's something that will work, and work for everyone. The parts that don't work, should be replaced with parts that do.

It's not like President B.O. has everyone's best interest at heart, either. Like the deal he made with pharmaceutical companies that would double the number of years before a generic would be allowed to enter the market. This doesn't help anyone except the fat money cats. And, let me just say, I'm on the side of the pharmaceutical companies, for the most part. I think these private companies have done an incredible job of getting new and life saving drugs into the market. They spend a lot of money on research. I WANT them to get their just dues. They should be rich. However, I think the current method of regulating generic drugs is fair, and doesn't need to be lengthened.

There are a lot of reasons for people to be angry about B.O. Care, and to be honest, I think people are just as upset about the way it was presented to them, not just what's in it. Once again, B.O. stinks, and he's just proving himself less and less trustworthy.

The election

To put this all in perspective, I think there's some good news and some devastating news about the election.

The good news:

If Dems over-reach, which I think they will, and they fail, there will be a backlash.  The pendulum always swings both ways.  It was, after all, Carter that gave us Reagan.  If we didn't have Carter, we would have never had Reagan.  A majority of politicians tend to govern more moderately than they campaign.  The first days will be very important.  Clinton tried to ram his healthcare plan through right away, and it failed -- after that he was much more of a centrist, despite our biggest fears.  He was never as far to the left as he talked.  If Obama tries to do some crazy stuff and it fails, that will set the tone (we still have the filibuster power, which if we take note of what the dems did for 6 years can be pretty powerful).  If he succeeds AND/OR if the dems succeed in making the economy better, then we're in for 8-12 years of this trouble.  Which begs the question, since Dems are willing to sacrifice the good of our country by sabotaging our war efforts and wishing for our own defeat, could it be dems in charge of finance/mortgage/credit who helped the economy tank, knowing we would elect Obama?  I'm sure there will be conspiracy theories.

The other good news: we don't have to listen to liberals bitch about Bush anymore.  Now it's their problem.  They get to deal with Al Qaeda, Iran, Palestinians, North Korea, Mortgage/Credit problems, etc, etc.  THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING, so they can't blame us.  It's on them, now.  Now, WE'RE moveon.org.  We're the on the outside.  Now we can piss and moan about EVERYTHING THEY DO, without offering solutions.  I actually think it has the potential to be quite fun.

The bad news:

(note, if  you are close to jumping off of a ledge anyway, then don't read any further, because this will push you over the edge)

Being the eternal pessimist, this is what the Dems are going to try to do.  What's the first thing we do when we go to war with a country?  We take out their comm, so they can't talk.  Say hello to "fairness in broadcast" and say good-bye to talk radio.  The good thing about this, though, is they cannot control internet radio, or podcasts.  This is most likely where conservative talk would go.  

The next thing they do: Give amnesty to 18 million illegals.  Do you know what this does (hint: this is huge)?  It gives them a new voting block of 18 million voters.  If this happens, we will NEVER have another Republican President or possibly in congress.  We might as well disband the party.  Not to mention, as the Dems give more and more free things to Americans, who is going to vote for a Republican anyway, if they're all getting this free stuff?

Here's another thing they could do.  Do you remember what was the talk around year 7-8 of Clinton's presidency?  Third terms.  Given that they control everything, expect the 2 term limit for Presidents to go bye-bye.  Say hello to Barrack Caeser, King Obama, Barrack Ostalin, or whatever else you want to call him.

Another (obvious) thing:  guns.  I think for starters, all semi-autos will be banned.  Handguns and long-guns/shotguns.  I don't THINK there will be confiscation (but I could be wrong), but I do think there will be voluntary gun turn-ins.  Whatever is not banned will be heavily taxed.  As will all ammunition.  I think they will tax ammo to the point where people can't afford it.  (I will be the first one to get mine off the newly created black market).  This means that after all other rights are taken away, we won't be able to use our guns to get our rights back.

I think there is the potential to change the entire fabric of our country.  We're definitely moving into Marxist ideals.  I think what once was a hardworking country will become a nation of people expecting freebees.  Why work hard if you give it all to someone who doesn't.  I do think our Republic will survive, and we'll soldier on.  Or at least I hope so.

The Media Has Placed First President

I don't know if I'm the first to say it in these words, or to come up with this idea, but I do believe that the media has placed it's first President.  The mainstream media put all of it's efforts into placing Obama -- and they have succeeded.  From the very start, us regular citizens were too stupid to make up our own mind, so our "unbiased" media thought they would help us in our decision.  It wasn't subtle in any way, shape or form.  In fact it was quite flagrant.  The media and Obama Nation (which sounds an awful lot like "abomination") will claim this was a landslide victory from the American people, but that's not the case.  This was a victory for the media -- they placed him.

I'll be the first to say that I'm happy there is a black President.  That milestone has been reached.  I just wish it would have been a Republican black president.  But what is done is done.  Now I'm going to try my hardest to give this guy a chance.  Maybe he won't be as bad as I fear.  I'm not going to be like the liberals who sat around slamming Bush FOR NO REASON.  HOWEVER, if (when?) Obama turns out to be all that us conservatives feared, I'll be the first to hop on the bashwagon.