The Current Economic and Political Reality

It seems that the majority of the people I know and most of the media fail to understand the reality of what we face in the United States today.  They are blind to the facts which surround them.  Understanding the position we find ourselves in means accepting that the system you put your faith in is not sustainable.  It means accepting and admitting that your world as you know it could come crumbling down.

Our economy, our dollar, our world is built upon the faith and confidence that you and I and the rest of the world have in the US dollar, and more importantly the US government.  The most important economic indicators to predict the short term economic future is that of monthly consumer confidence and the sale of US Treasury bonds.  One reflects how much faith the people in the US have in our government sustained economy, the other the faith the world, or more precisely, our creditors have in our government.  This confidence or faith is all that stands between you and the world as you know it and anarchy.

Should you be concerned.  Bluntly, yes.  We are now in a position of walking on the edge of cliff, one misstep and we go falling down, and right now our leadership is stumbling like a drunk sailor.  The government continues to spend as if there is no tomorrow.  Treasury auctions would tank if not for the purchasing of our debt by the Federal Reserve and the vested interested that our largest creditors have in maintaining the value of the dollar for their own interest.  But how long can this continue?  Our government has stated that the debt will continue to be purchased by foreign investors because they have no choice.  Is this anyway to sustain an economy?  The recklessness and arrogance of Washington will soon allow or force us off the edge of that cliff.  At some point China will decide that enough is enough.  The treasury certificates and the dollar bills are paper and hold an intrinsic value of paper, worthless without the full faith and confidence of the US government to stand behind them, a government ran by Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harold Reid, Carol Browner, Mark Lloyd, Kevin Jennings, Harold Koh, John Holdren, Eric Holder, Kevin Jennings, Van Jones (don’t think for a minute that his influence and philosophy are gone) Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke.  These people certainly give me a lot of confidence, how about you?  Don’t know who all of them are?  That’s part of the problem.

Ignorance is right now the saving grace of the American economy.  The economy depends upon the American consumer and Americans are too ignorant of the facts to realize what is happening and being done right in front of our faces.  We continue to plan our lives and save for retirements as if the dollar were gold.  Most Americans give no thought at all to the fact that the dollar is only as good as the worlds faith in the US government.  Our yearly deficits continue to grow.  Our debt continues to grow.  $7.3 trillion is now owed to foreign countries as our debt approaches $12 trillion.  This does not included all of the obligations that are due in upcoming years as a result of social programs.  And still it continues.  Bills are passed without any concern that we are paying for it all with a credit card.  This is a debt that can never be paid off without manipulation of the value of the dollar.  You know your family cannot live on credit forever, neither can this country.  We have allowed our manufacturing base to leave this nation, we continue to outsource jobs, we consume 25% of the world’s petroleum, most of which is imported while we refuse to tap our own resources.  We have become a nation of paper pushers while we keep our labor force on welfare and import illegal aliens to do the work.  Have you tried to only buy ‘Made in USA’?  Good luck.  We have become a nation dependent upon foreign credit and foreign manufacturing.

Causing the dollar to plunge in value, perhaps even to the point of worthlessness could achieve several ends.  Debts could be repudiated or paid in worthless dollars and the country would find itself in a severe economic and social crisis, perfect for the “transforming of the nation.”  This would be, or will be, a crisis that will make the Great Depression look like child’s play.  An orchestrated collapse, a perfect time to lead the social revolution,  a revolution in which the advisors and mentors that currently or in the past have surrounded Obama have written and spoke about. 

Why would anyone want an economic and social crisis?  Because many of the radical left believe that the foundation on which this country is built upon is wrong.  It is, according to them, wrought with social injustice.  Changes have not come about quick enough, community organizing and court actions have not achieved their goals.  In fact, many of the social justice types have decided that it will never come about within the current framework of government and within the current economic system.  The answer is to rebuild, rebuild when Americans are in crisis and can only turn to the government for solutions, or so they believe.  The time is ripe and the time is now.  Those who are needed to lead the revolution are in place.  I would suggest you read Barack Obama’s past speeches and books.  Read and listen to some of his radical czars.  There is no hiding of the philosophy of social justice.  There is no covering up of their contempt for the capitalist system or the Constitution and its many perceived flaws.  Time is short.  The backbone of the US, the conservative right is awakening.  The fight for social justice and the spreading of the wealth must be won before the time escapes them. 

If you are placing your faith in your future on a piece of paper called the dollar or in numbers in a bank account, all backed only by the confidence of the US government, then you are headed for disaster.  Since WW II, Americans have lived in the best of times, we have been at the top.  But history teaches us that nothing is permanent, the world changes.  We would not be the first country to see our currency go into a tailspin, nor the last.  There are no guarantees in life that today will be the same as tomorrow.  Wake up America and prepare for coming events, do not find yourself at the mercy of the government during the future economic and social crisis, a crisis to which the past year has only been a warning sign.  If you are dependent you cannot fight the war for America, a war that has already started but will soon become very ‘interesting’ as they raise the stakes.

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Further Reading:
WSJ — Interest on the Debt
CNN — China’s World
Bloomberg — Dollar Reaches Breaking Point
WSJ — China, Russia Working on Yuan – Ruble Trade Settlement
WAtoday — Obama’s Peace Shattered As Dollar Takes Pounding
IBD — Energy Secretary Chu’s War on Business
Reuters — The Next Big Political Issue? The US Dollar
The Fourth Quarter: Our Threatened Internet
The Revolution Began Over Gun Control

Hutchison Running From The Real Fight

Kay Bailey Hutchison is running for governor here in Texas.  Face it, she has not been a part of the solution in Washington, she has been a part of the problem.  She has done nothing to control run away spending.  She has supported and even offered bills that added to the deficit.  Hutchison is no conservative.  She is part of the problem here in America. 

Is Texas in such bad shape that we need her kind of help here?  I was no fan of Governor Perry when he took office, but over the years I think he has stepped up and done a lot better than I would have expected.  At least he is not a Washington insider.  If Hutchison is such a great conservative and patriot as she claims, how can she run from the battle we are now fighting in Washington?  Why is she coming home now when Texas needs strong conservatives to stand up to the Marxist government led by the three stooges; Obama, Reid, and Pelosi.  Why does she feel her services are so greatly needed in Texas?  Is Texas at the top in unemployment rankings?  Are businesses fleeing Texas like they are California?  Are we being ripped off by high state income taxes?  It looks to me that the real battle for liberty and freedom of suppressive debt and taxation is in Washington.  Face it, she is running from the real fight.  As a conservative, freedom loving Texan, I would love to be in her position in Washington and unlike Hutchison I would make my voice heard and stand against the corruption in Washington.  We do not need this coward that is retreating from the fight for American liberty in Washington as governor of Texas, period.

Nancy Pelosi Concerning Protest and Violence

Nancy Pelosi, in what appeared to be a not so well acted emotional moment, was nearly brought to tears as she made her statement last week concerning the current degree of so-called anti-government rhetoric from the so-called right wing in this nation. 

Republicans are rejecting comparisons made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who came near to tears Thursday when she compared anti-government rhetoric over President Obama’s health care proposals to tumultuous 1970s San Francisco.

 ”I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw this myself in the late ’70s in San Francisco,” Pelosi told reporters, her voice catching in her throat at her weekly press briefing.

Pelosi, though she didn’t elaborate on the reference, was alluding to the 1978 murders of Mayor George Moscone and city Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist immortalized in a recent movie starring Sean Penn.

Pelosi Health Reform Rhetoric Reminiscent of Violence in ’70s – Political News – FOXNews_com.htm

This is simply an attempt by Pelosi to suppress those protesting against this leftist, statist government by painting the protesters as dangerous since she does not agree with their viewpoints.  Others have attempted to suppress the masses by painting them as racist.  Perhaps it would serve this country better if Pelosi and company would stop worrying about imagined future violence and instead consider actually listening to the people.  The people have a right to protest against this government.  A federal government which over the course of my lifetime has continued to become more intrusive, unresponsive, and dictatorial.  A government that continues to spend money as if there is no tomorrow, enslaving both the present generation and those to come with debt which can never be paid, a debt that will eventually lead to the destruction of our economic stability and our store of wealth.  A government controlled, not by the people, but by those entrenched in power, maintained by the passing of laws and granting of special privileges to those in power.  A government responsible for the creation of a dependency class, creating an ever growing population of those that depend upon the government for sustenance and daily living.  The outcome of which is a belief among much of the population that all we have is a direct result of the government as opposed to hard work, capitalism, independence, individualism, liberty, and entrepreneurship.  A dependency that creates a self-preservation desire to maintain the ‘hand that feeds’ so that incumbents are seldom voted out of office. 

It would seem, that instead of warning of the dangers of the rhetoric of a few of the fringe protestors, it would make more sense to address the concerns of this obviously large group of people who are demanding a ‘government by the people.’  A government that upholds traditional American values.  A government that is fiscally responsible.  These grievances, however,  will not be given serious consideration since they do not represent the view of those currently in control.  Instead they will attempt to ‘shut up’ the opposition to the current state of affairs by labeling those who protest as ‘racist’ or to warn that such political speech could led some to violence, thus it becomes the responsibility of those seeking redress of grievances to not protest too loudly or speak to strongly as you may then be responsible for inciting violence. 

Perhaps the leaders of this nation, including Nancy Pelosi, should open a good United States history book (not one on the current adoption list of any public school) and examine the history of political unrest and protest in this nation.  I see nothing occurring today that is even close to some of the examples of protest that have occurred in the past.  Protest that often was quite extreme, some of which I do not necessarily condone,  but protest that helped to shape and mold this country, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.  Protest that included such acts as trespassing on private property and confiscating a shipment of tea and throwing it into the harbor, burning of presidents and other leaders in effigy, burning of American flags, riots that destroyed large amounts of both public and private property, bombings, secession and even violence in the halls of congress.  I do not see any of this today.  I see people standing up and petitioning their government in a civil manner, in fact, quite well behaved considering the passions that are rightly being exhibited.

Just Call Me A Racist

Okay, just call me a racist.  Seems that we just can’t say anything about Obama and his ‘change’ that he is trying to force on this country without being labeled a racist.  Jimmy Carter said it, he’s always right, remember his fine record in office. 

If not agreeing with Obama, a man that wants to do everything in his power to destroy the basic foundations of this country is considered a racist, then count me in. 

If speaking out against a man who spends twenty years listening to the trash preached by Jeremiah Wright and is too stupid to have understood what Wright was saying is a racist, then call me a racist.

If standing up against a stimulus bill that is nothing but pork barrel spending, pet projects, social welfare, and support of left wing organizations is racism, then I guess I am.

If protesting against deficit spending is racism, again, count me in.

If questioning the judgment of a man who surrounds himself with people like Van Jones is a racist, then I surely must be one. 

If calling a man deceitful that has already broken at least half of his campaign promises, whether I agreed with them or not, is being a racist, then so be it, I am.

Funny, that is not what I thought being a racist was, but you learn something everyday. And to think, I never knew I was a racist.  Thank you Jimmy Carter, you have opened my eyes to racism.

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Obama the American Hater

It is time to quit trying to be politically correct or culturally sensitive.  The time has come when good and decent Americans need to face and speak the obvious.  Barack Hussein Obama hates nearly everything that this country represents.   Why should we not state the facts based upon what Obama himself has stated or judge him by who he surrounds himself with.  Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, Michelle Obama, Van Jones are just a few of the people around Barack Hussein Obama who have made statements indicating their hatred of this country. Groups like the Apollo Project and Acorn are groups that Obama has ties or associations that openly admit their agenda, an agenda design to remake this country into what they perceive as socially just. 

I say call it what it is.  This man hates what has made this country great, i.e.; Western European heritage, self responsibility, capitalism, individualism, determination, and above all the Western European motivation and unquestioning desire to build, conquer, and compete so that they could raise their standard of living to the highest this world has ever known.  Obama and his flunkies believe that any group of people could have done this had they not been suppressed by the Western Europeans that first established the British Empire and then went on to conquer and build the greatest nation ever known to man on the North American continent.  Their idea of social justice would be to destroy the basic tenements of this tradition, a tradition or establishment which, they believe, continues to unfairly keep certain groups from achieving success today. 

This is why we, the greatest nation ever known, are doomed to fail.  We are afraid of saying proudly, yes we built it, we built it because we were stronger and smarter.  Were mistakes made and other people pushed aside or used.  Yes.  That’s the way it goes, read your history of the world.  The strong survive, the law of the jungle does prevail.  Still, no country has done more to make amends and try to raise the standard of living for all the people of the world than the United States.  But this isn’t good enough for the America haters of which Obama is one.  Punish the successful, redistribute the wealth, make them pay is what they want and Americans were stupid enough to put this man in office.  Pay reparations to the blacks, not according to Obama, since in his own words, reparations do not go far enough.  The Constitution, the greatest plan of government ever written, needs to be revised according to Obama, because as he sees it, it is a document of negative rights and he is so much smarter than James Madison.

Lets put it bluntly America, if you want to keep your country then you are going to have to start speaking the truth and quit hiding behind political correctness and worrying about offending others.  The facts are the facts.  Be an American and be proud of our heritage and success.