We the People...

The Constitution of the United States of America begins with the words, "We, the people..." It does not begin with "We, the Democrats", "We, the Republicans", "We, the Congress...", "We the analysts", "We, the lobbyists', or "We, the Special interests." The document is very specific that it is "We, the people" who are agreeing to this covenant.

In our republic that voice of the people is meant to be represented by delegates to Congress called Senators and Representatives. At one time Senators were elected by State Legislatures and thus represented the states. Representatives were elected by the people and represented districts that were supposed to be equally and reasonably divided by population.

Since then Senators have been elected by popular vote in accordance with the 17th amendment passed in 1913, thanks in large part to the muckraking editor William Randolph Hearst among others. This began a slow and steady erosion of the original intent of the framers of the Constitution that have culminated in the crisis we face today.

This brief article is not the place to delve into historical details about the ensuing events that occurred during the 20th century. There are sufficient comprehensive histories that can be consulted that have not been tainted by revisionists and de-constructionists. Suffice it to say that the liberal Democratic experiment that began with Franklin Roosevelt furthered by Lyndon Johnson added to by William Clinton and now being forcibly pushed by Barack Obama has brought this country to the verge of financial collapse and economic catastrophe.

Thankfully, the mid term election of 2010 served as a clarion call from the electorate that the people had endured enough and it was time to call a halt to the proceedings that were going on in Washington City. Even so there are those who still cling to their assumed prerogatives and refuse to further fiscal responsibility and sanity into the federal government. They have become accustomed to dipping into the public till to bribe the electorate into returning them to office ad nauseum.

Self termed Tea Party members of the House of Representatives have inserted into the mix a new agenda - a mandate from "We the People" to hold the line against abusive spending, restrictive regulations and the outright attack on the business community and the so-called "wealthy" all in the name of so-called "fairness". Fairness in the terminology of the current Democratic elites is nothing more than robbing from the productive rich to give to the non productive parasites who have become extremely comfortable living off the government dole.

In many ways those of my generation have seen a geometric rise in technology while there has been an almost equal decline in moral values and beclouding of what is right and what is wrong. No longer is there the black and white of certainty. Instead we have the uncertainty and conflict of various shades of gray that only serve to confuse, allowing the guilty to go free and the innocent to be severely punished, even murdered.

There are those who seek to re-define, re-interpret and deconstruct the long standing principles, ideas and ideals that once held sway in our nation. We have become besieged not with rational thought but with rationalities, false philosophies and downright Sophistries by people who's only thought is personal gain at the expense of society.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Washington City and the once hallowed halls of Congress that are now populated with selfish individuals who truly do not concern themselves with the fate and well being of this nation.

Yet, there remain pockets of moral virtue and adherence to the values of the past. They will eventually 'move the mountain' that faces us all and in time restore our government by removing those who's only interest is in themselves and their own personal survival, often at the expense of the well being of this nation. They have received a few pinpricks that have temporarily stymied them. Those pinpricks must be increased to achieve the final goal. The ballot box is where the voters of this nation can add to those pinpricks.

The Cold War - Communism and the Atomic Bomb

The 1950’s to the mid 1960’s were a time of Rock ‘n’ Roll, sock hops, Sadie Hawkins dances, Friday night football games, school proms, band concerts, weekend movies and all those other things teenagers are apt to do.

It was a carefree time for those of us who experienced them but there was a specter in the background, a shadow that hung low over us and was a constant reminder of the fragility of life. The Atomic Bomb in the hands of the Russian Communists was a constant threat to the free world and particularly to the United States.

It was at times an ominous presence that had a tendency to cloud the thinking of even the most clear headed thinkers of the day. There was a misguided feeling that if the disastrous were to come to pass people could survive it by building bomb shelters.

In hindsight today we’ve realized that a bomb shelter was nothing but a fancy tomb that would have no tombstone to mark where it was should a thermonuclear device of the magnitude being built would ever explode anywhere in the vicinity. Fortunately, by divine providence, it never happened.

Aside from the “Bomb” as it was sometimes referred to there was also the threat of Communism; that philosophy that had become the leading political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (or Soviet Russia as it was sometimes referred to).

It had come to the fore in the McCarthy hearings in the halls of Congress when pompous and arrogant little man launched a crusade against what he perceived to be the forces of Communistic infiltration into all aspects of American society, particularly in Hollywood, trade unions and even in government agencies.

But, like all demigods McCarthy’s reign was cut short by his excessive over reach and he fell into disrepute. However, the threat of Communism remained and we were witness to it as Russia and its satellite countries began to march and conquer the small nations that surrounded it and it’s sinewy tentacles even began to reach into South and Central America. We even saw it insinuate itself into Cuba which led to a confrontation between the United States and Russia that many thought was very close to the brink of nuclear annihilation. But, Providence saw us through safely once more because wiser heads prevailed.

Socialism proved to a failure because without the spirit of incentive and motivation people did not strive because they had come to the realization that no matter what one did they would not receive any more than their comrades who did as little as possible or nothing at all except live off the government dole. That dole had to be replenished and the only way that could happen was by conquest of neighboring countries until their “wealth” and “riches” dried up as well.

Even so there are those who still sing the praises of the State being completely in charge of everything because they would then be the ones who would wield authority over all. Such is the rationality of tyrants and despots who think not of others but of their own selfish desires with the delusion that they are the only ones brilliant enough to “lead”. We realize now that the fight for freedom and liberty is never over and that each generation must shoulder the responsibility to defend them against the forces that seek to curtail them.

We went through this in our youth a now we see it renewed as we prepare for our sunset years in the no so distant future. The cycle seems to be never ending and old battles won have to re-fought all over again against a new enemy that has insinuated its way into our very midst and seem determined to institute a tyranny our founding fathers fought against and left ample warning of it’s possible return.

Return it has and fight we must; in the meeting halls, the halls of our legislatures and even in the halls of Congress. If we fail there the alternative is to fight by other means that are not as pleasant but may indeed ultimately become necessary.

The ISM's

Communism: If you have two cows, you give both cows to the government, and then the government sells you some of the milk.


Socialism: If you have two cows, you give both cows to the government, and then the government gives you some of the milk.


Nazism: If you have two cows, the government shoots you and takes both cows.



Fascism: If you have two cows, you milk both of them and give the government half the milk.


New Dealism: If you have two cows, you kill one, milk the other and pour the milk down the drain.


Capitalism: If you have two cows, you sell one cow and by a bull.

Deficit Spending and Deficit of Common Sense

The current topic of conversation in this nation is the Debt Ceiling and Deficit Spending. There is much more than deficit spending to be concerned with. There is also a deficit of logic, reason and common sense in our nation's capital with a president who has demonstrated a decidedly immature attitude about not having his wishes met.

Added to this mix is Harry Reid, who has steadfastly stated that any legislation turned in to the Senate by the GOP dominated House is "Dead on Arrival". That is a gauntlet thrown down that must be met. The Senate needs to take up that gauntlet and oust the one man that stands in the way of progress and fiscal responsibility. Harry Reid will never give up what he feels he has earned and he feels he has earned the right to spend money in the manner to which he has become accustomed to continue to insure his continued reign in Washington as the "King of the Hill".

Today we have borne witness to a most unusual phenomenon. Taking up the challenge from a very petulant Barack Obama the people have swamped the switchboards and web sites of Congressional members making their sentiments known and the consensus appears to be for Obama, Reid and company stop playing children's games and do what they were sent to Washington to do.

Not only that, the people have grown quite weary of the behavior of Barack Obama which many equate with a spoiled brat throwing a temper tantrum when they don't get their way. They also have become fed up with his continually refusing to take blame for what he does or doesn't do. They have become particularly upset that Obama is more interested in his re-election than he is in the state of this nation.

Some have called him narcissistic and a compulsive liar who has yet to define any situation in clear cut and accurate terms. He consistently seeks to attribute blame to others, especially his predecessor George Bush. Everything he has touched has in more ways than one turned to the proverbial pile of shit. Personally I don't believe he even knows the difference between shit and Shinola.

Is he a compulsive liar? The following may shed some light on the subject:

Identifying a Pathological Liar

Pathological liars - or "mythomaniacs" - may be suffering from histrionic personality disorder or narcissistic personality disorder. The following comments basically reflect a pathological liar who has the characteristics of histrionic personality disorder.

Some characteristics

1. Exaggerates things that are ridiculous.

2. One-upping. Whatever you do, this person can do it better. You will never top them in their own mind, because they have a concerted need to be better than everyone else. This also applies to being right. If you try to confront an individual like this, no matter how lovingly and well-intentioned you might be - this will probably not be effective. It's threatening their fantasy of themselves, so they would rather argue with you and bring out the sharp knives than admit that there's anything wrong with them.

3. They "construct" a reality around themselves. They don't value the truth, especially if they don't see it as hurting anyone. If you call them on a lie and they are backed into a corner, they will act very defensively and say ugly things (most likely but depends on personality), but they may eventually start to act like, "Well, what's the difference. You're making a big deal out of nothing!" (again, to refocus the conversation to your wrongdoing instead of theirs).

4. Because these people don't value honesty, a lot of times they will not value loyalty. So watch what you tell them. They will not only tell others, but they will embellish to make you look worse. Their loyalty is fleeting, and because they are insecure people, they will find solace in confiding to whomever is in their favor at the moment.

5. They may be somewhat of a hypochondriac. This can come in especially useful when caught in a lie, for example, they can claim that they have been sick, or that there's some mysteriously "illness" that has them all stressed out. It's another excuse tool for their behavior.

6. Obviously, they will contradict what they say. This will become very clear over time. They usually aren't smart enough to keep track of so many lies (who would be?).

Do these characteristics fit Barack Hussein Obama? I'll let the reader be the judge.

Can Washington DC be fixed?

The nations looks on in chagrin as they view the machinations of our elected officials debating matters of serious import without reaching a timely decision that can affect us all. We see entrenched in the seat of the presidency an individual who is plainly and visibly a self-centered egoist with a Narcissist complex who believes himself to be the second coming and that no one can begin to fathom his purpose or his purported genius.

Barack Obama has one thing on his mind and he refuses to change it. His idea of correcting the ills of this nation is to tax and continue taxing at ever increasing rates. He wants to penalize those who make money in order to continue giving welfare to those who are not as industrious and expect the government to support them. This excessive spending by the current administration is unsustainable at current levels but that little bit of information seems to elude Obama, Geithner, Reid, Pelosi et al.

None of these people have any idea of how the economy works or what wealth is or how money and wealth are really created in the system of free enterprise. They equate wealth with money which is indicative of their socialist thinking.

This socialism began when those who'd been voted into public office decided that the Federal Government was somehow responsible for the well being of all and that it could guarantee fiscal security for everyone regardless of circumstance. To accomplish this the system was maneuvered so that legislation and programs that were tenuously constitutional were nevertheless implemented which has led to a series of ever increasing encroachment into the personal lives of all citizens of this nation. This is where the nation now stands; being held in the grip of two opposing forces. One seeks government control of everything and the other seeks to shrink government control down a bare minimum.

But this sort of behavior is nothing new. It's been going one for quite some time. Here is a short clip from the Disneyland episode called Davy Crockett Goes to Congress produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1954.




Can Washington be fixed? The jury is still out and we'll have to wait a little while longer for the verdict.

For this we will fight....

Why do patriots fight? This excerpt from the 1957 movie Johnny Tremain by Walt Disney Productions explains.

Political Semantic Chicanery

Undercurrents of anger fueled by frustration are flowing swiftly across our nation threatening to destroy it. The haves are being pitted against the have nots by rhetoric from political sources that have as their agenda the purpose of holding on to authority as long as they are able.

These unscrupulous agents of chaos and confusion utilize words that are designed to sow division. Words that are loaded with connotations that affect both sides of the political spectrum in quite opposing ways. They are highly negative to the "Right" and highly positive to the "Left"

Indeed semantics is playing a major role in the old scheme of divide and conquer and the true enemy is the one utilizing it to their advantage. Their aim is to "tax the rich", an age old scheme to generate funds with with to further their own schemes at the expense of the nation.

Further their aim is to insinuate the government they control and all its agencies into every aspect of human life thereby creating an iron fist chocking all liberty and freedom previously enjoyed. We have borne witness to this phenomenon as the Obama Administration has insinuated it's sinewy tentacles in the very core of our nation's economy.

Further they have corrupted the thinking of what now appears to be more than a few generations giving them the expectation that the government will provide and that the rich will be force to pay their "fair" share of the expense.

To make it easier for anyone to follow what Obama is really saying I present this lexicon.

"Hope and change": Socialism at home, surrender abroad.

"False choice": A very real choice Obama wants to pretend doesn't exist.

"Deficit reduction": Deficit increases.

"Make no mistake": See "let me be clear."

"Unprecedented": When he's doing something beneficial for the American people, Obama claims he is the first to ever think of it; when he's doing something harmful, he seems to always find a precedent for it in FDR or LBJ.

"This isn't about me": This is completely about me.

"Hitting the reset button": Refusing to learn from the mistakes of the past and acting as though a fresh start requires utter naivete.

"Reaching out to the other side of the aisle": Totally rejecting all ideas from anyone outside the Obama-approved bubble. Then suggesting that subsequent political impasses are their fault, and that they ought to bend down and grab their ankles to establish a new tone in Washington.

"Failed policies of the past": Don't blame me! Blame Bush!

"Teachable moment": I screwed something up, now I'll brag about it.

"Tax cut": Redistribution of money from those who pay a disproportionate amount of taxes to those who pay none.

"Transparency": Deliberate opaqueness, hiding crucial facts from the American public.

"Accountability": Don't worry, I'll fire someone.

"Stimulus": Payoffs to friends.

"Shovel-ready jobs": Jobs that no one wants and that last for two months.

"Green jobs": Imaginary jobs.

"Saved or created": Old Obama language used to futz the numbers on jobs.

"Recovery": Continued economic stagnation.

"Jobs funded": Jobs Obama will take credit for, even though he has done nothing to either save or create.

"It won't happen overnight": It will never happen.

"Progress": Redistribution.

"Cynics": Anyone who doesn't believe in the Obama radical agenda.

“Their fair share” and “Tax the rich”: Redistribution of funds.

“Sacrifice”: Do what we want.

“Era of responsibility”: Double the sacrifice.

From an article by Ben Shapiro with a few additions and modifications of my own.

Will sanity prevail?

We are eyewitnesses to a history that will prove to be quite a shameful one in the annals of the United States of America. Whether those annals will end now or whether they will continue past this current serious crisis remains to be seen.

Our eyes have been riveted on Washington DC these past few days as we've watched in utter fascination and horror the manipulations of both the Democrats and the Republicans as they attempt to solve a budget crisis that should never have materialized in the first place were it not for short sighted and completely oblivious people whose only agenda is basically to stay in office enjoying the authority that office gives them.

Gone, it would seem, are the days when patriotism and dedication to one's country reigned in the halls of Congress. Gone are the high moral standards and ethical behavior that were once the norm rather than the exception. Long gone are the ideals of the Founding Fathers who had such high hopes for this nation.

Instead we have self-serving individuals like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Rangel, Barney Franks and a host of other entirely too numerous to name in this short article. Instead of integrity we have corruption, dishonesty and downright prevarications that have become the new norm resulting in the voice being drowned out and downright ignored by our elected officials who make such bold promises to change but knowing full well they will not.

We should learn not to take at face value such promises without first exploring the background and integrity of the one making the promises. We should learn that most politicians will say and do anything to gain office and remain in it indefinitely. We have a problem with such and the time has come to take the bull by the horn and throw that sucker clear over the Potomac River.

There are two things that the voters of the nation should insist on. The first is term limits for all members of Congress and an end to the Electoral College.

It was never meant for Congress to become a career opportunity and the Electoral College has served it's time and is truly of no further practical value except for the manipulations of those running for office of President.

A word about Juries and the American Judicial System

Anger has spread throughout the land. An anger that's insinuated it's way into the collective consciousness of an alarming number of people who've been quick to find fault in a system that will allow what they perceive to be a murderer to walk free.

They place blame on the twelve who reached a decision in what can only be described as an unenviable task assigned to them. These twelve men and women are finding themselves ostracized and even threatened for the verdict they reached based on the evidence and testimony presented in court.

Jury duty is, to many, a quite distasteful job which they shy away from and use any means at their disposal to avoid, much as one avoids the bubonic plague. It seems, however that those who shun this civic responsibility are the ones who are quick to criticize those who do serve and condemn them when the decision they reach does not meet with the approval.

Many are called but few serve simply because trial lawyers have created a system of selection called Voir(e) Dire, which they state means "to tell the truth". This procedure allows lawyers on both sides to eliminate any who may adversely affect their planned prosecution or defense. However, there is a small point of semantics that I've always taken issue with the French Term Voir Dire properly transliterated in the common vernacular simply means "I understand what you're saying". The problem, as I see it, is that most attorneys at law do not understand what people are saying; mainly because it's entirely too simple for them to understand.

But, I digress. The main topic is the procedure and rules that all juries have to operate under in order to arrive at a decision. After being selected and approved each juror must take an oath prescribed by each jurisdiction Once that oath is administered the trial begins.

Once the trial is completed the judge then issues Instructions to the Jury in which he thorough explains the law pertaining to the case and charge the jury to decide the case upon it's merits based on evidence and testimony presented at trial and to disregard anything else, especially any emotion that would taint a decision.

Those who have never served can't even begin to fathom the full scope of the responsibility facing each juror. They cannot begin to realize the degree of integrity and impartial judgement that is required to decide what are and aren't valid facts in a case. Once they reach a decision it should not be questioned less chaos and violence reign

Many who are felt to be guilty by popular opinion and found innocent in a court of law are often ostracized and threatened but this is not proper in a civilized society. Rather it is best to remember that the guilty will flee when no one pursues them and in the end if they are indeed guilty they will soon self destruct and true justice will be served.