The Battle

Headlines like this from The Washington Post abound:

Obama: Compromise on health if GOP is serious

They all annoy me because they indicate that the health care "debate" is a matter of politics between the Democrat & Republican parties with the actual citizens of this nation, from whom this government is derived, helpless spectators & pawns.

One of the benefits of the TEA party and similar movements is that the message is being made clear that this is not a matter of two political parties reaching "common ground." This is an issue of the American people rising up in opposition to encroaching totalitarianism.

We are taking back our government, and the power broker, Saul Alinsky types do not like it.

Health Care Crisis Solution

This is my letter to my Congressmen. Feel free to use any or all of it as you see fit.

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Dear (Senator/Representative) (Insert name of Congressperson here):

Once again, citizens of this great land get to witness historic events. Today, President Obama held a lecture session with select members of Congress in a so-called bipartisan effort to impose massive, expensive, and liberty-limiting legislation and policy upon the American people under the guise of health care legislation.

In response to this day’s “bipartisan” session, I wish to politely remind you that our elected Senators and Representatives in Congress do not work for the President of the United States of America. You work for, and on behalf of, the citizens living in the districts you represent. In this regard, I remind you that Americans as a whole reject the type of socialized, bureaucratic style of health care legislation being proposed. If you feel that it is absolutely necessary to “fix” America’s health care system, then I request that all proposals be restarted from scratch. In fact, if you would be so kind, please deliver my recommendation to President Obama:

Mr. President, since you are so concerned about and disagree with the way that American health insurance companies conduct their business, I advocate that you vacate your office as President of the United States of America, gather the wealth of talented men and women around you who are wonderful community organizers, enter the private sector, and start the exact type of health insurance company that you want to mandate from your high office. I have no doubt that your company will not lack for clients and will become a model for all health care insurance companies to adopt. Best of all, the American health care “crisis” will be solved without squandering one taxpayer dollar. Indeed, citizens who invest in your business will actually prosper, as will you. To top it off, you can even take your earnings as founder, president, and CEO and contribute to numerous wonderful private organizations who provide health care for those who cannot afford it!

Thank you for taking the time to read and consider my concerns.
　
Your Concerned Constituent,

Moral Ineptitude

I sometimes catch the "news magazine" Inside Edition because it follows the local news cast I watch. I find sadly amusing the reports of the bizarre plights of many of those in the entertainment industry who stylize themselves as experts in matters ranging from international politics to personal relationships.

IE and other rags are certainly getting the mileage out of the Tiger Woods' infidelity situation, which is a classic case of moral ineptitude. First, why is this even news in this culture's popular view of moral relevancy? Everything done in this whole grotesque comedy was between "consenting adults." That is all that is required for behavior to be labeled acceptable. "What is sin to you may not be sin to someone else." No one was hurt.

Second, and more to the point, I find it almost unexplainable that Tiger's many liaisons express anger and grief over being "cheated on" by Tiger. Huh? Yes, Tiger's mistresses who have agreed to interviews have all expressed being deeply hurt that Tiger cheated on them. The known fact that Tiger was cheating on his wife to have an affair with any one of them did not trigger moral concern. They are upset at discovering that they, themselves, became the "other woman" in Tiger's voluminous black book. According to them, it is grievous that Tiger lied, cheated, and deceived them. He was already lying, cheating, and deceiving his wife, for crying out loud. What other kind of moral behavor did they expect from him? Duh!

Moral ineptitude.

"For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord." - Jude 4 (NIV)

Snowmageddon

All the talk of “snowmageddon” (President Obama, 2/6/10) leaves some of us wondering about the claims of global warmageddon alarmism. Although now conveniently disguised under the name “climate change,” the theory of global warming is that man’s impact is creating climate havoc that will lead to higher mean temperatures globally and alter every known climate pattern, So the claims go. Climate change (formerly global warming) alarmists attempt to deceive the general public into believing that skeptics who question their theories are “anti-science.” Nothing could be farther from the truth. Climate change (formerly global warming) theories are questioned because of science.

Rather than being able to provide specific, empirical evidence for their claims, climate change (formerly global warming) advocates have been attempting to hide the evidence that appears to weaken or destroy their presumed models. That is an action that is clearly not compatible with the scientific process. As far as we know, collected data fails to fit the models created for climate change (formerly global warming) theories. This is one reason why Professor Al Gore is always telling us that he believes that he must exaggerate the climate change (formerly global warming) claims in order to get our attention. It is also the reason why legitimate scientists who support climate change (formerly global warming) are always having to correct Mr. Gore’s outlandish claims. They value their credibility.

What about scientists who believe that climate change (formerly global warming) theories are correct? I am certainly not accusing all of them of deception. Some no doubt genuinely believe that their conclusions are correct. I merely suggest that we place such conclusions in the light of historical fact before affording them infallibility. In spite of all the sincerity in the world, scientists can still be mistaken; they have been in the past. Consider that in 1972, Dr. Reid Bryson and Dr. John Ross, Director and Associate Director of the University of Wisconsin Institute for Environmental Studies, wrote an article for the World Book Science Annual entitled “Is Man Changing His Climate?” Reflecting the scientific conclusions being drawn then, the authors wrote, “The increase of field dust in the air, much of it the result of our mechanization, could change the climate enough to affect the world’s capacity to produce enough food… A lower mean annual temperature, including summer frosts, could result if dust levels continue to rise.” Nearly forty years later, such a notion would be scoffed at by the current science community, yet this was a part of the conclusions being drawn then. It makes me wonder a little what scientists forty years from now will be saying about the conclusions being formed from today’s climate change (formerly global warming) theories.

The First Year

Here is my synopsis of the BHO first year in office...

"Here's what I want from the President: Take care of the military, hide the Easter eggs on the front lawn, and light the tree at Christmastime. The rest of it I want him to stay out of." -- Dennis Miller, 12/2009