Conservatives - A Threat to Our Nation?

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano continues to stand behind her department’s outrageous “threat assessment” that labels “rightwing” conservatives as a terror threat. This unfounded report -- which offers NO evidence of terror activities connected to conservatives -- amounts to anti-conservative profiling. While the Obama administration is abandoning a war on terror against Islamic radicals, it is redefining “terrorism” to include conservatives! This unfounded “threat assessment” on “Rightwing Extremism” issued by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano should alarm the entire nation. While admitting to having no evidence linking “rightwing” citizens to actual terror threats, the report nonetheless profiles several conservative groups, including members of the military, pro-life citizens and those who oppose illegal immigration, as terror threats. The report also lists racism and economic hardship as prime causes of “rightwing” extremism.Unfortunately, Napolitano and the Obama Administration continue to stand behind this flawed report. That is why Napolitano must go and the Obama administration must apologize to millions of patriotic Americans who have been wrongly profiled by this report. Rather than apologize for the critical and intolerant tone of this report it appears that president Obama would rather apologize for the arrogance of our nation. Although many have heard about this report, few have actually read it. I invite you to read it for yourself. Download the report here, a link is provided in our WORTHY LINKS IN THIS BATTLE

Beauty Queen vs Celebrity Queen

Being true to your convictions, faith and values is once more under assault in America. Having an opinion in line with Biblical truth and contrary to the so-called political correct, liberal leaning crowd currently dictating our cultural norm is apparently going to cost you. For lack of evidence to the contrary, I submit to you that Miss California Carrie Prejean may well have traded the crown of Miss USA for a crown in Heaven. Well done!

The Other Pirate Story

Some SEAL pals in Virginia Beach explain why this thing dragged out for 4 days:

Here is their accurate account::

Philips’ first leap into the warm, dark water of the Indian Ocean hadn’t worked out real well. With the Bainbridge in range and a rescue by his country’s Navy possible, Philips threw himself off of his lifeboat prison, enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot at his captors — and none was taken.The guidance from National Command Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage’s life was in clear, extreme danger.The next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating raft was fired on by the So mali pirates — and again no fire was returned and no pirates killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed by Navy personnel thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance from Washington and a mandate from the commander in chief’s staff not to act until Obama , a man with no background of dealing with such issues and no track record of decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than a “peaceful solution” would be acceptable.After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again Saturday night, the on- scene commander decided he’d had enough.Keeping his authority to act in the case of a clear and present danger to the hostage’s life and having heard nothing from Washington since yet another request to mount a rescue operation had been denied the day before, the Navy officer — unnamed in all media reports to date — decided the AK47 one captor had leveled at Philips’ back was a threat to the hostage’s life and ordered the NSWC team to take their shots. Three rounds downrange later, all three brigands became enemy KIA and Philips was safe.There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series of events over the last week that culminated in yesterday’s dramatic rescue of an American hostage. Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates in the Indian Ocean and [1] declared that the dramatic end to the standoff put paid to questions of the inexperienced president’s toughness and decisiveness. Despite the Obama administration’s (and its sycophants’) attempt to spin the success as a result of bold, decisive leadership by the inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the sort.

What should have been a standoff lasting only hours — as long as it took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC operators to steam to the location — became an embarrassing four day and counting standoff between a ragtag handful of criminals with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship.

We are the Enemy!

We are the enemy, that is what we are being told. The Department of Homeland Security thinks so and so does the Obama administration. Those of us that still have a job, who work and actually pay taxes, unlike many of Obams cabinet appointees aree having our tax dollars filtered through this administration to only a select few. To those who are deemed worthy of salvation by “The Annointed One” and his minions.

What is Cap and Trade?

In short, the “cap” is a legal limit on the quantity of greenhouse gases that a region can emit each year and “trade” means that companies may swap among themselves the permission – or permits – to emit greenhouse gases.
Cap and trade commits a region to responsible limits on so-called “global warming emissions” and gradually steps down those limits over time. Cap and trade promoters will tell you that by setting commonsense rules, cap and trade sparks the competitiveness and ingenuity of the marketplace to reduce emissions as smoothly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible. The intended goal, of course, is to limit the percieved influence that we have on the destruction of our planet.
What most discussions regarding Cap and trade do not address however are the falicies in the theory that greenhouse gases are causing global warming at all. There is ample evidence to suggest that the so-called threat of global warming is pure fiction. The relatively marginal temperature increases being sited by some are instead a partial data sample (only the ramping up, not the remainder of the bell curve, the balancing ramping down)of the the natural ebb and flow of earthly temperature differentials related to an increase or decrease in Sun spots, something no amount of human activity or regulation can control.

What is involved in the plans to make Cap and Trade Work?

• Comprehensive scope: All major sectors of carbon emissions -- such as Transportation, the largest emitted of greenhouse gases in the Northwest – are targeted to be included under the cap. The argument is that this makes the cap as effective as possible and ensures a fair playing field for those covered by the cap. In reality it just enables those who will benefit from the increase tax burden to reap as much as possible.
• Upstream regulation: The system operates where fossil fuels enter the economy. Upstream regulation means that fewer than one-tenth of one percent of businesses interact with the system. This makes the regulation easier to control and controling and suppressing growth while reaping huge profits for those in control is what this whole system is designed to do.
• Auctioned permits: Cap and trade promoters are planning to sell pollution permits at public auctions to supposedly prevent unfair windfall profits for big energy companies at the expense of consumers. Here is where the money comes into play. You see cap and trade system basically creates “out of thin air” a new commodity namely “the right or permit to pollute”. In a “free market” anyone would be allowed to participate in these energy permit auctions. With caps on emmisions imposed, there would be quite a variety of interest in obtaining the permits. Everyone from Exxon to Greenpeace would be interested in purchase, some for permit usage and some for permit retirement. This competetive interest is designed to drive up the value of this new commodity. Many of the worlds most successful will tell you that if you you want wealth you need to create interest or demand in a product or service and then meet that need. Welcome to the real reason for Cap and trade!
• Auction revenues protect in-state families: Supporters of Cap and trade claim that revenues from the auction of permits can be invested in community benefits like job training, energy efficiency, and renewable energy production, putting the state at a competitive advantage in a growing clean-energy economy. The real money does not come from the initial sale however, and that would be the only sale the public would benefit from. As permits are retired by environmental groups and the natural cycle of a developing nation requires more energy the remaining permit values will increase exponentially.
• Why Not Give Away Permits?
  When asked why permit would not be freely given out instead of auctioned the Cap and trade crowd asks: “Who gets the extra money that consumers are paying for energy: fossil-fuel companies or in-state families and communities?” Their argument is that giving away permits is just like handing out money, taking billions of dollars out of the pockets of energy consumers and handing them to energy companies.

Extra Money?….. Extra Money?…..Why are we, the consumers, paying extra money to begin with? These Environmental Carpetbaggers are attempting to sell us what we already own! Why should we pay for this "Pretend Commodity"? And any fool will tell you that when the energy companies see additional expenses in any form, permit fees or anything else, it is the consumers that pay the price. In the case of Cap and trade we will be paying an incredibly high price in taxes to an over regulating power for the fabricated reason of reversing global warming.

Happy Earth Day 2009

Happy Earth Day 2009! Does it seem to you as if not so many folks are celebrating Earth Day this year? I does to me. Oh sure, I was not left disappointed, I got my annual Earth Day letter from the United States Green Building Council assuring me that they are still alive and well and that our current economic crisis has not crushed the “green movement”. But I have the real sense that there are bigger issues that are demanding our attention right now and I am not alone.

The current economic crisis is keeping us occupied right now and preventing us from “pulling back the curtain to reveal the real Oz” behind this Green Ponzi Scheme, but the mask will come off, The wizard will be revealed, it is only a matter of time.

The UN’s climate panel claims there is scientific “consensus” that man-made CO2 emissions are causing “dangerous” climate change. However, its 2007 Climate Assessment is fraught with serious scientific shortcomings in its discussion of the Sun’s influence on Earth’s climate. There is no match between the steady rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration and the often dramatic ups and downs of surface temperatures in and around the Arctic.

The hallmark of good science is the testing of a plausible hypothesis that is then either supported or rejected by the evidence. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that the Sun causes climatic change in the Arctic. This invalidates the hypothesis that CO2 is a major cause of observed climate change – and raises serious questions about the wisdom of imposing cap-and-trade or other policies that would cripple energy production and economic activity, in the name of “preventing catastrophic climate change.”

Scientists, real scientists, have known for nearly 80 years that small changes in solar activity can cause large climatic changes. Where sunlight falls, for how long, and with what effect, determine how climate will respond. The most recent scientific evidence shows that even small changes in solar radiation have a strong effect on Earth’s temperature and climate. This truth has lead at least one scientist to claim, “Compared to the Suns power, we are a flyspeck on an elephants butt”.

Bill Clinton used to sum up politics by saying, “It’s the economy, stupid!” Now we can fairly sum up climate change by saying, “It’s the Sun Stupid!”

Day of Silence or Cheap Talk?

Day of Silence is supposed to be a campaign against name calling, bullying, and harassment. In messages from Day of Silence supporters, staff members at pro-family organizations are being called "bigots," "disgusting," "evil spawn," and much more. If this is the kind of atmosphere we get just for asking kids to stay home, in an email, can you imagine what is like for kids refusing to stay silent?"
This Day of Silence should be instead a one day walkout because students should be free to support traditional marriage and relationships, without others calling them bigots. The best course of action for schools is to ignore the movement, because teachers should focus on academic subjects, not on changing students' minds about sexual issues. If schools permit the Day of Silence in class, students are best off somewhere else. Strangely enough, the actions of Day of Silence supporters are speaking louder than the silence, rather than respectful dialogue when discussing disagreements on social issues. Those that challenge the event are not seeing respect extended to them by Day of Silence supporters. This event falsely equates being anti-harassment with in favor of social activism in the schools. Harassment in any form is wrong. Teachers and students, however, should always be able to speak at school. The classroom is not an appropriate setting for social activism and protest. It has long been apparent that this issue is quite divissive. Only through respectful dialogue and loving tone will minds be changed and hearts find peace

Here at the “The Cosmic Battle” we continue to stand for the belief that husband-wife relationships are best for society. We stand with the families who hold on to such beliefs, despite being mistreated. Many people who support traditional values are called right wing extremists, and Homeland Security says it is concerned about us. Maybe Homeland Security should more concerned about assessing the real threats to the fabric of our society.

(Below is the GLSEN website statement regarding the Day of Silence and instructions on how students should observe the Day of Silence. The highlights have been added here to highlight the GLSEN’s intolerance of other opinions or lines of thought)

Day of Silence
The National Day of Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Each year the event has grown, now with hundreds of thousands of students coming together to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior.

How do you observe the day of silence?
Be silent
Talk
Wear red
Wear rainbow
Wear any color
Tweet the Silence
Silence your tweets
Blog the silence
Silence your blog
Whatever you do, be respectful, especially of others who are observing the Day of Silence, but bring attention to the issues of anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harrasment in schools.

(Below is the Mission statement from GLSEN Website. The highlights have been added here to highlight the GLSEN’s intolerance of other opinions or lines of thought)

OUR MISSION
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
We believe that such an atmosphere engenders a positive sense of self, which is the basis of educational achievement and personal growth. Since homophobia and heterosexism undermine a healthy school climate, we work to educate teachers, students and the public at large about the damaging effects these forces have on youth and adults alike. We recognize that forces such as racism and sexism have similarly adverse impacts on communities and we support schools in seeking to redress all such inequities.
GLSEN seeks to develop school climates where difference is valued for the positive contribution it makes in creating a more vibrant and diverse community. We welcome as members any and all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or occupation, who are committed to seeing this philosophy realized in K-12 schools.

In other words, we welcome all differing viewpoints as long as they agree with ours!

The above information can be confirmed by going to

http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/about/history/index.html

The Unfortunate truth:
Unfortunately like many groups who say they value difference and embrace diversity, the GLSEN does not practice what the preach. The abuse that their members inflict upon those who disagree with them, or take issue with their mission is quite an eye-opener. Many organizations and individuals who have displayed disagreement with the GLSEN or challenged the Day of Silence have become a victim of their wrath. See the video below:

Taxed Enough Already!

I am not sure what the media is reporting, but we had a lively TEA Party in both Chino and Chino Hills California. There was a surprising turnout of the middle of a Wednesday. No doubt the current double-digit unemployment rate helped to provide a number of folks who might have otherwise been engaged. I was joined at the event by my Eldest son Skyler (pictured here). Today’s events provided him a sampling of how the masses react when their so-called leadership goes awry. I am a big believer in "teachable moments" and he received an object lesson today regarding the limits of the endurance of the oppressed as described in the quote below.

Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
— Frederick Douglass, civil rights activist, Aug. 4, 1857

American Democracy vs Republic

Proud Mayor Speaks out!

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Viragosa, speaking about the need for Universal health care in the City of Los Angeles, made the following statement on Tuesday April 7th:

“Let’s not forget that we have the highest number of impoverished of any city in the United States of America, highest number of homeless of any city in the United States of America, highest number of uninsured of any city in the United States of America”

I find it interesting that these “data points” were not discussed during the the recent City of Los Angeles Election, in which the mayor was re-elected by a slim margin, with an embarrassingly low voter turnout. I also find it interesting that the news media is not jumping all over this major gaff! Perhaps this will become a news item when the mayor pursues the governorship? We will have to wait and see.

White House Denies Obama Bowed to Saudi King!

The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right and praise from some Arab outlets."It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.The Washington Times called the alleged bow a "shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate" and said it violated centuries of American tradition of not deferring to royalty. The Weekly Standard, meanwhile, noted that American protocol apparently rules out bowing, or at least it reportedly did on the occasion of a Clinton "near-bow" to the emperor of Japan.Interestingly, a columnist in the Saudi-backed Arabic paper Asharq Alawsat also took the gesture as a bow and appreciated the move.
What's next?... Will they claim it was a sneeze? That he dropped a contact? That he was looking at the King's ring?

We're havin a TEA PARTY!

Petition the President Today!

As seen in the video linked to the post below, in Europe President Barack Obama called the United States arrogant. Barack Obama stood on French soil, a land that our troops liberated in World War II, and called the United States arrogant. In a nation still holding the remains of thousands of Americans dead from the beaches of Normandy, Obama called the United States arrogant.

What did he obtain from the Europeans with this hat-in-hands talk? He failed to gain any new significant commitments from his new European friends to help us fight and protect our nation in the war on terror. They refused to go along with his so-called plans for economic recovery. His sole accomplishment for calling the United States arrogant seems to be a French commitment to accept one - yes just one - terrorist we are currently holding.

It is simply appalling. The following link provides you an opportunity to send a message to President Obama regarding his treatment of the memory of our soldiers sacrifice:
We Are Gathering Petition Signatures Here, Today on a Petition to Barack Obama Expressing Our Outrage Over His Actions Calling Our Nation Arrogant. We Are Going To Send A Message With Your Help. Please Sign the Obama Petition Here, Now.

Obama Apologizes for U.S. Arrogance

In a pitiful, weak and largely uninspiring speech, poorly disguised as grandiose world leadership, President Barack Obama apologized today for what he referred to as American arrogance. Apparently he has forgotten, if he ever bothered to learn, the personal sacrifice millions of our soldiers have made on behalf of our European allies over the decades.

His style of kissing up to his audience is misguided and dangerous and does not play well here at home when he is abroad. The backlash for this move should hurt his puffed-up approval rating quite nicely. Once again the campaigner, not the leader, this “brown nose diplomacy” reveals his personal desire for a global community and his lust to lead it.

Join a TEA Party in your Area!

Letter to the President

Dear President Obama,
Thank you for helping my neighbors with their mortgage payments......... you know, the folks' down the street who in the good times refinanced their house several times and bought SUV's, ATV's, RV's, a pool, a big screen, two Wave Runners and a Harley. But I was wondering, since I am paying my mortgage and theirs, could you arrange for me to borrow the Harley now and then?

Thanks,
John Q. Public

P.S. They also need help with their credit cards, when do you want me to start making those payments?
P.P.S. I almost forgot - they didn't file their income tax return this year. Should I go ahead and file for them or will you be appointing them to cabinet posts?

Budget, Budget, Who's got the Budget?

Obama: It is easy to be critical, but where is the GOP Alternative Budget?




Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) presents the GOP Altenative Budget:

Today, the House of Representatives will consider two budget plans that represent dramatically different visions for our nation's future. They will first consider President Barack Obama's plan. In a nutshell, the president and Democratic leaders in Congress are attempting to bring about the third and final great wave of progressivism, building on top of the New Deal and the Great Society. If this budget passes, it will become known as the moment America turned European.

House Republicans offer an alternative plan. As the opposition party, they believe this moment must be met by offering the American people a different way forward -- one based on the belief that America is an exceptional nation, and a desire to keep it that way.
The plan works to accomplish four main goals: 1) fulfill the mission of health and retirement security; 2) control our nation's debts; 3) put the economy on a path of growth and leadership in the global economy; and 4) preserve the American legacy of leaving the next generation better off.

It feels good to have common sense, rather than hard earned tax dollars, flowing out of Washington D.C. for a change. But, I invite you to do your own research. A summary of the Republican House Proposal and Comparisons to the Obama budget can be found at the following links:

Summary on the Republican Budget Alternative: http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/press/2007/pr20090401_gopbudget_summary.pdf

Republican and Obama Buget Comparison http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/press/2007/pr20090401_gopbudget_sidexside.pdf

"The Path to American Prosperity" - The Republican Alternate Budget

http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/press/2007/pr20090401_gopbudget.pdf

Economic Limbo - How low can you go?

The word Limbo is being used in many conversations these days regarding the economy, both in the United States and abroad. Webster defines the 14th Century word of Middle English origin (Medieval Latin) as 1: An abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian Baptism. 2a: a place or state of restraint or confinement b: a place or state of neglect or oblivion c: an intermediate or transitional place or state d: a state of uncertainty.

No matter which definition you chose: An abode of souls barred from heaven, restrained, confined, neglected, in transition or just in a state of uncertainty; being in limbo is not fun. Rarely if ever does someone volunteer themselves for a life of restraint or ambiguity. Most prefer to enjoy the great comfort and confidence that protection and security provide. Use of this word to describe our current economic downturn is quite correct. It accurately presents a whole slew of emotions that the vast majority of Americans are feeling. It reveals a core desire of us all, the need to feel safe and unrestrained. In this case, safely secure in our finances and unrestrained, allowed to grow and produce.

Limbo is also a dance that originated on the island of Trinidad, though Hawaii is often mistakenly associated with limbo. The limbo dancer moves to a Caribbean music beat, then leans backward and dances under a horizontal stick without touching it. Upon touching it or falling backwards, the dancer is "out". When several dancers compete, they travel in single file, and the stick is gradually lowered until only one dancer — who has not touched either the stick or the floor — remains. This variant of the word is much more fun and quite lively, yet when played out till the end, still involves the inevitable fall of the dancer.

Each of these definitions describes a time-limited process. Each will eventually lead to some end, either good or bad. As our nation and the world dance along in this fragile and weakened economy, there is a widespread concern over just how this limbo dance will end. Will we reside in a State of restraint and confinement, not allowed or motivated to grow and produce? Is this a temporary transition state that we will emerge from with new beauty and vigor as a butterfly does from its cocoon? Or are we destined for a State of sure and certain troubled souls.

The music is playing. Can you hear it?

How low can you go? How low can you go? How low can you go?