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WASHINGTON – Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Few Obama administration appointments have been as startling as Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s appointment of Kevin Jennings, the homosexual founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), to head the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.

I have an environmentalist cause for someone eager environmentalist!  I’m sure this is already near and dear to most environmentalists’ hearts, but apparently their work hasn’t succeeded yet.  Phonebooks — all the time, from multiple sources — do things really change so much throughout the year that we need quarterly updates of the phone book? I do keep a couple of small phone books, but I usually keep them for several years.  All of these other updates I get go right in the recycle bin.  Sheesh!

Hey, I see my blog is getting some hits and generating some positive comments. Thanks for the comments!

I picked up Glenn Beck’s new book, Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government.  I just started it, but it seems like a U.S. history book so far.  It’s written like a comic book  (I’m not sure why he took that approach) but despite the frivolous presentation, the information is nonetheless weighty.  I’m re-reading a lot of things I remember reading in school as a child, but now that I’ve seen our government grow so immensely just within my lifetime, these quotes take on a whole new meaning.

While I was reading the book, my son asked me what it meant to be conservative.  Really, as I explained to him, it comes down to what conservatives feel the role of government should be.  Rather than being our mother and father, caring for our every need (impossible for a secular, inanimate entity to play the role of family), conservatives feel that government should pursue the public’s needs that individuals or private entities cannot achieve on their own:  the military, the police, roads, etc.  The role of charitable giving should be reserved for charities; the role of caring for individuals should be left to individuals and charities, small, focused entities that achieve much greater success, and also usually operate for the right reasons, that is helping the recipients of their care, not attaining power or garnering votes. 

I had just read a great quote in the book from President Grover Cleveland (a Democrat, by the way) which summed it up pretty well.  The language sounds a bit awkward to us today, but I think most conservatives will get the drift:  The Government is not an almoner of gifts among the people, but an instrumentality by which the people’s affairs should be conducted upon business principles, regulated by the public needs.   So, the government isn’t about giving out gifts to enhance our lives, but should be about being responsive to the public’s needs and allowing itself to be “regulated” by the public needs, an instrument of the public needs, not the other way around.  (Sound a bit like “of the people, by the people, for the people”?)

It’s so amazing how much public opinion has changed on this subject, even over just the last one hundred years.  It has only been about 120 years since Grover Cleveland was President.  Can you imagine a Democratic president today saying that it is not the government’s role to give alms to the people (i.e. redistribute the wealth)?

Contract From America

I don’t know who wrote this, but I received it in an e-mail.  Read on….

THE PLOT THICKENS
This could be a scandal of epic proportions and one that makes Nixon’s Watergate or Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky affair pale by comparison. Why was there neither rhyme nor reason as to which dealerships of the Chrysler Corporation were to be closed?

Roll the clock back to the weeks just before Chrysler declared bankruptcy. Chrysler, like GM, was in dire financial straights and federal government graciously offered to “buy the company” and keep them out of bankruptcy and “save jobs.” Chrysler was, in the words of Obama and his administration, “Too big to fail,” same story with GM.

The feds organized their “Automotive Task Force” to fix Chrysler and GM. Obama, in an act that is 100% unconstitutional, appointed a guy named Steve Rattner to be the White House’s official Car Czar- literally, that’s what his title is. Rattner is the liaison between Obama, Chrysler, and GM.

Initially, the national media reported that Chrysler had made this list of dealerships. That is not true.

The Washington Examiner, Newsmax, Fox News and a host of other news agencies discovered that the list of dealerships was put together by the “Automotive Task Force” headed by none other then Mr. Steve Rattner.

Now the plot thickens. Remember earlier we said earlier that there was neither rhyme nor reason why certain dealerships were closed? Actually there’s a very interesting pattern as to who was closed down.

Again, on May 27, 2009, The Washington Examiner and Newsmax exposed the connection.

Amazingly, of the 789 dealerships closed by the federal government 788 had donated money, exclusively, to Republican political causes, while contributing nothing to Democratic political causes. The only “Democratic” dealership on the list was found to have donated $7,700 to “Hillary’s” campaign, and a bit over $2,000 to John Edwards. This same dealership, reportedly, also gave $200,000to Obama’s campaign.

Does that seem a little odd to you?

Steve Rattner, the guy who put the list together. Well he happens to be married to a babe named Maureen White.

Maureen happens to be the former national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As such, she would have access to campaign donation records from everyone in the nation, Republican or Democrat.

But of course, this is just a wacky coincidence, we’re certain.

Then comes another really wacky coincidence. On that list of dealerships being closed down, a weird thing happened in Arkansas, North Louisiana, and Southern Missouri. It seems that Bill Clinton’s former White House Chief of Staff, Mack McClarty, owns a chain of dealerships in that region, partnered with a fellow by the name of Robert Johnson. Johnson happens to be founder of Black Entertainment Television and was a huge Obama supporter and financier. These guys own a half dozen Chrysler stores under the company title of RLJ-McClarty-Landers.

Interestingly, none of their dealerships were ordered closed – not one- while all of their competing Chrysler/Dodge and Jeep dealership were! Eight dealerships located near the dealerships owned by McClarty and Johnson were ordered shut down. Thus, by pure luck, these two major Obama supporters now have virtual monopoly on Chrysler sales in their zone. Isn’t that amazing?

Go look in The Washington Examiner, the story’s there, and it’s in a dozen or so other web-based news organizations, this isn’t being made up.

Now if you thought Chrysler was owned by Fiat, you are truly mistaken.

Under the federal court ruling, 65% of Chrysler is now owned by the federal government and the United Auto Worker’s union- Fiat owns 20%. The other 15% is still privately owned and presumably will be traded on the stock market.

Obama smiles and says he doesn’t want to run the auto industry. As horrifying as this is to comprehend, and being as how this used to be the United States of America, it would appear that the president has the power to destroy private businesses and eliminate upwards of 100,000 jobs, just because they don’t agree with his political agenda.

This is Nazi Germany stuff, and it’s happening right here, right now, in your back yard. There are voices in Washington demanding an explanation, but the “Automotive Task Force” has released no information to the public or any of the senators demanding answers for what has been done. Keep your ear to the ground for more on this story. If you’ve ever wanted to make a difference about anything in your life, get on the phone to your national senator or representative in the House and demand an investigation on this.

Benjamin Franklin had it right when he said, “All that’s necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”

Car Czar No More

An amazing thing happened as this stor y was going to press. Obama’s Car Czar, Steve Rattner, resigned on July 13 and was promptly replaced by former steel workers union boss Ron Bloom. According to CBS News.

Rattner left “to return to private life and spend time with his family.”

Treasure Secretary Tim Geithner said, “I hope that he takes another opportunity to bring his unique skills to government service in the future.” By the way, Rattner is under investigation for a multi-million dollar pay-to-play investment bank scandal in New York.

Uh-oh! But, we’re certain that had nothing to do with his resignation.

And, according to several news sources out there, there are rumors he’s being investigated for what could be pay-to-play scandal involving the closing of Chrysler and GM dealerships. Really?

Again, that couldn’t have anything to with his resignation- that’s ridiculous!

Like CBS said, this guy just wants to spend more quality time with his family.

Obama has thirty-two personally appointed “czars” that answer to no one but him,all of whom are acting without any Constitutional authority.

But hey, we’re sure they all have “unique skills,” as Tim Geithner likes to say.

Last night, after the President’s Health Care speech CNN did a telephone opinion poll.  According to the poll, 53% of the people favored the President’s Health Care plan, but after his speech that number rose to 67%.  Wow, with numbers like that you would would think that the Health Care Bill is a slam dunk.  Think again, follow the link and see who was polled.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/09/09/top13.pdf

WASHINGTON – Americans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Barack Obama‘s effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul.

VENICE (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy who once called George W. Bush “the devil,” said on Monday he hoped to be able to work more closely with President Barack Obama.

The president told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that it is important for them to pass health care reform bills soon, the sources said.

By the propaganda he seeks to force on our children Obama broke the Federal Law (AGAIN) !!

COPY AND FORWARD TO EVERY CONGRESSMAN. DEMAND THEY SEEK IMPEACHMENT OF OBAMA NOW!!

20 U.S.C. § 3403. (Pub.L. 96-88, Title I, § 103, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 670) United States Code Title 20. Education Chapter 48. Department of Education Subchapter I. General Provisions § 3403. Relationship with States (a) Rights of local governments and educational institutions It is the intention of the Congress in the establishment of the Department to protect the rights of State and local governments and public and private educational institutions in the areas of educational policies and administration of programs and to strengthen and improve the control of such governments and institutions over their own educational programs and policies. The establishment of the Department of Education shall not increase the authority of the Federal Government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States. (b) Curriculum, administration, and personnel; library resources No provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, over any accrediting agency or association, or over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, except to the extent authorized by law.

Clearly he did this. Please make this viral throughout all groups.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.

School districts across Texas are pondering whether they’ll have their students watch a national address by President Barack Obama next week.

What happened to President Obama? His wax wings having melted, he is the man who fell to earth. What happened to bring his popularity down further than that of any new president in polling history save Gerald Ford (post-Nixon pardon)?

(CNSNews.com) – Anyone who posts comments on the White House’s Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter pages will have their statements captured and permanently archived by the federal government, according to a plan that the White House is now seeking a contractor to carry out.

‘When it comes to the Christian faith tradition, President Obama has shown a profound lack of respect and openness’.

BOSTON – Curt Schilling, the former major league pitcher who won the allegiance of Bostonians by leading the Red Sox to the 2004 World Series, said Wednesday that he has “some interest” in running for the seat held for nearly 50 years by Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Team Obama wants to use 9/11 to push back against protesters, referred to as “Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists” by calling Senators in support of the Obamacare public government option.

This was sent to me from Yvonne [The-Denton-Glenn-Beck-Meetup-Group]  made me giggle.
1. Open a new file in your computer.
2. Name it Barack Obama
3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.
4. Empty the Recycle Bin.
5. Your PC will ask you: “Do you really want to get rid of Barack Obama ?
6. Firmly Click Yes.
7. Feel better?

NLPC has uncovered a plan by the White House New Media operation to hire a technology vendor to conduct a massive, secret effort to harvest personal information on millions of Americans from social networking websites… The targeted sites include Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr and others – any space where the White House “maintains a presence.”