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Cowboy’s Wisdom for our president

Bill — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000

I saw this on this.rand() and thought I would share with you.

A cowboy from Texas attends a social function where Barack Obama is trying to gather support for his Health Care Plan. Once he discovers the cowboy is from President Bush’s home area, he starts to belittle him by talking in a southern drawl and single syllable words.

As he was doing that, he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. The cowboy says, “Y’all havin’ some problem with them circle flies?”

Obama stopped talking and said, ”Well, yes, if that’s what they’re called, but I’ve never heard of circle flies.”

“Well, sir,” the cowboy replies, “Circle flies hang around ranches. They’re called circle flies because they’re almost always found circling around the back end of a horse.”

“Oh,” Obama replies as he goes back to rambling. But, a moment later he stops and bluntly asks, “Are you calling me a horse’s ass?”

“No, sir,” the cowboy replies, “I have too much respect for the citizens of this country to call their president a horse’s ass.”

“That’s a good thing,” Obama responds and begins rambling on once more.

After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas drawl says, “Hard to fool them flies, though.”

545 People

Bill — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:56:13 +0000

The article that your will find below was emailed to me. I’m not sure when it was published but there is some interesting truth in what Charlie Reese discusses. These 545 people create problems that they then need to find creative ways to solve. Most of the creativity as of late is to spend money on the problem and money never solves a problem. It just digs a deeper hole that we need to try to crawl out of… We all need to seriously think about learning to speak Chinese…they own this country and are buying our debt and funding the agendas of the 545. Things in life aren’t free and we need to stop!!! Take our hard knocks and start to rebuild. The 545 need to remember the founding principles of this country… and those that don’t need to be gone! It is your responsibility… VOTE them OUT!

By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does. You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country. I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank. I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party. What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.   No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits..   The president can only propose a budget.    He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.   Who is the speaker of the House?    Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility.   I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ, it’s because they want them in IRAQ
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.   Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

Four Commitments to Barack Obama…

Bill — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:27:40 +0000

I found this article on one of the blogs that I read. I’ve been kind of sitting back watching, wondering, and anticipating what and how Barack Obama may orchestrate his ”change” mantra. While somewhat skeptical this article reminded me that he is soon to be our president and as a citizen of this country I have a commitment. I am going to endeavor to embrace Michael’s 4 commitments as my own. Read the article and let me know your thoughts as well…

”It is time for us to set aside our partisan hats and put on our American ones.

As a country, we still have huge problems to solve, including the economic crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This will take alignment and, most of all, leadership. This is not going to be easy.

I want to do my part. Therefore, starting today, I am publicly making four commitments to President-Elect Barack Obama:”

Pray for him and our country
Assume his motives are good, giving him the benefit of the doubt

Michael Hyatt operates a great blog… you can view the entire article here: My Four Commitments to Barack Obama – Michael Hyatt.

Emarrased Again – Washington State Anti Religious

Bill — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:04:21 +0000

I am absolutely amazed and appalled that the leaders of this state would allow such an ANTI-RELIGION statement to be placed in the capital building. The Christmas Tree and Nativity in no way speak against the atheists yet this sign is clearly an attack on religion. It absolutely crosses the line and our weak governor hides behind political correctness and a clouded legal view. It’s unfortunate this didn’t happen last year… maybe people would see her for who she really is and she wouldn’t be our newly re-elected governor… Let her know how you feel -- Call her office: (360)902-4111

www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2xTshs9uk

The Faith of Barack Obama – Book Review

Bill — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:00:45 +0000

Thomas Nelson Publishers granted me an opportunity, as a blogger, to do a review of the book – The Faith of Barack Obama by Stephen Mansfield. I took the book with me on vacation and now that I have returned and have had time to think about it I’d like to offer you some of my thoughts.

Title: The Faith of Barack Obama

Author: Stephen Mansfield

ISBN: 978-1-59555-250-1

pp: 164++

First off the book is a quick read. Coming in at less that 150 smaller format pages you will find that giving it the better part of a day will be more than adequate.

When I finished reading the book I couldn’t help but wonder about the title. Yes, the book has as centralized theme of Senator Obama. However, I found that particularly in the center sections, that Mansfield would seem to lose his focus and he would be off on an expose about the Reverend White and what he believes and teachers, or in another section what McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Bush believe. He does weave Obama into these sections but it is almost secondary. It felt to me as if Mansfield wanted to write a book about faith in politics but didn’t have enough material so he wrote the book about Obama and then added these other materials throughout.

The book begins with a walk through Obama’s childhood as it relates to his religious associations. Associations that would include Methodist grandparents, an atheist mother, and a Islamic stepfather. There was a brief section where Mansfield poses the question of how Obama would be viewed by the Islamic world based on his admissions as a child. Is/was he a Muslim in the truest sense of the definition. In world politics, particularly those focused in the Middle East this could have interesting ramifications for the future.

Mansfield also takes us on a jaunt into the workings and teaching of Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity Church. While the connection to Obama clearly lies in his attendance at this church, Mansfield enlightens us in the foundational beliefs of Wright and the church that he built. Beliefs tied closely to the concepts of James Cone…concepts of “political liberation rather than spiritual regeneration”.

We also learn a little bit about Obamas “conversion” and his religious beliefs. Throughout I found quotes that painted Obama as an educated man struggling to find a place to fit religion into his intellectualism. It was as if he is asking how he could fit religion into what his brain told him should be logical and right? Mansfield describes Obama’s conversion as: “…the product of a new, postmodern generation that picks and chooses its own truth from traditional faith, much as a man customizes his meal at a buffet.” “He was seeking a ‘vessel’ for his values, a ‘community or shared traditions in which to ground my most deeply held beliefs.’” It really is a great portion of the book that describes the “religious left”.

Throughout the book I found that Mansfield had me asking questions. Questions for which the only answer lies in what Obama has to say or how you believe events in day to day life effect a person’s moral structure and beliefs. For example, I found myself asking if Obama had similar beliefs to that of the Reverend Wright? (anti-white American, liberationist) He’s said no, but my mind wonders how a person could NOT be influenced by the beliefs of someone they’ve listened and looked up to for 20 years. If there wasn’t some type of a “connection” to what he was preaching wouldn’t you think that you would disassociate yourself from the situation? The same questions and thoughts could be had for his association with Ayers and Marxist ideologies. What I really found on reading this book is that my world view (on individuals he associated with) seemed to paint a very anti-Obama picture for me.

Overall, I enjoyed the book. Since faith in politics is a common theme in our elections I think it is important to cut through the rhetoric and really try to understand what the candidates believe. Obama himself believes that faith ought to influence governance, and Mansfield does a good job at describing the faith that Obama is bringing to the political arena. A faith that by Obama’s own admission, should be considered in the election since it will influence the way he governs.

Political Humor

Bill — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:00:09 +0000

I won’t claim to be democrat or republican… And frankly it wouldn’t matter who the candidates were they would all have something about them that would scare me… so I just have to pick the one that has the least number of these and hope that the checks and balances are in place.

Here are a number of You Tube political videos…