A Tired Angry American

I am A Tired Angry American. I suppose politicians have always been a bit ethically, and morally challenged over the years, so there is abundant blame to go around. The voting public is not without blame. Too many Americans that vote have not taken the time to understand the issues that the candidates are running on, and probably 3/4 of them cannot name the three branches of government, their two Senators or their Congressional District, and Representative. Having said that, and being somewhat attuned to the political chicanery, sleight of hand, outright prevarication that goes on not only in State politics but more so on the National political scene for the last 40 plus years, I have reached a level of political critical mass that I am "A Tired Angry American." Let me tell you why.

I am tired of Politicians who once elected to office seem have forgotten why they were sent to Washington, and think that their sole purpose for being there is to get re-elected.

I am tired of Politicians who once elected, and swear on the Holy Bible an Oath Of Office to "Support the Constitution" of the United States and then subsequently, blatantly ignore their sworn Oath of Office.

I am tired of Politicians Who seem to have forgotten the Declaration of Independence and the following the tenets of the United States Constitution.

I am tired of Politicians who meet behind closed doors in the dark of night to craft "Legislation" that will serve their own selfish elitist purposes, and try to push the legislation through before anyone has a chance to read it and comment.

I am tired of Politicians That promote projects in their own states that we the taxpayers cannot afford.....John Murtha's "own Airport" (three flights a day?)
comes to mind, as well as the $500M Bridge to nowhere in Alaska....

I am tired of Politicians that have no problem spending Billions..........no trillions of dollars we do not have, and incurring monumental debt for our descendants. Printing billions of dollars that have no support only further devalues the dollars in circulation.

I am tired of Politicians et al that have created an environment of Political Correctness and an environment of oppressive laws on Diversity. Both of these now accepted social norms are counter-intuitive to a true intellectual exchange of ideas and conversation, without fear of reprisal.

I am tired of politicians and a President who blatantly ignore Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, the enumerated powers, these are the things that the Federal Government can do, and the X Amendment..."The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." States Rights!

I am tired of politicians that introduce 2000 page bills written in legalese on the floor of congress that no one has read. If no one has read them..........who wrote them?

I am tired of a President who denigrates the Constitution by his comments. In 2001 he said " The Constitution is fundamentally flawed, the Founding Fathers got it Wrong." He inferred that the Constitution did not address re-distribution of wealth.

I am tired of a President who, until he presents a valid Birth Certificate that can be validated, and show where he was born, what time, and date he was born, who the attending physician was, and a raised seal of registration on the Certificate, he is not elgible to be President. I want to see his academic records, and who provided his financial support through school.

I am tired of a President, and an Administration that dismisses the ultimate sacrifices made by millions of brave American service men and women. The brave service members past and present that were, and are willing to put their lives on the line to preserve our freedoms,and our President goes on a world tour apologizing for our sacrifices to save their country. Unbelievable.

I am tired of a President that is an embarrassment on his foreign visits he hasn't a clue on cultural protocol. The American President bows to no one. He doesn't know how to bow properly even if he had to.

I am tired of a President,Commander in Chief who selects a General to be a Theater Commander in a very dangerous and difficult war, and when this Theater Commander requests more men and materials, he hesitates for.........four months and still hasn't made a decision. The Commander in Chief Gives the General a job, and then refuses to give him the tools he needs to do the job,unbelievable.

I am tired of a President who follows a Marxist agenda to destroy our country through legislation for Health Care Reform, Cap and Trade Energy, CIFTA International Firearms Treaty that would abrogate our Second Amendment Rights, Americorp, Fascism i.e. taking over of a publicly held Corporation,and firing the CEO (General Motors), the banking and insurance industries.

I am tired of a President who has aggressively established a huge amorphous branch of government with 40 plus Czars that answer only to him and by pass the checks and balances of the three branches of government. Very few of these Czars are confirmed by the senate.

I am tired of a President who costs the taxpayers millions of dollars flying all over the world apologizing for America.

I am tired of a President that is in bed with the SEIU, you know...the people he sends out to rough up people at the TEA Party's, I am tired of ACORN, fear it will re-surface as the same kind of organization only under a different name.

So if you have taken the time to read my ramblings perhaps you can understand why I am A Tired Angry American. Hopefully you are too. This may sound familiar, For the first time in my life I am ASHAMED of my Country.


May God Bless American, and Dear Lord please give us guidance through these troubling times.

Hobbit73

CIFTA Treaty A Threat To The Second Amendment

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

The Second Amendment is unequivocally the most important amendment in terms of preservation of our country’s freedom, and keeping us free from tyranny. However, this President and his administration are pushing hard to render the Second Amendment irrelevant.

There is an insidious South American Gun-Control Treaty designed to take our Second Amendment rights away. Mr. Obama is anxious to sign the treaty and get it ratified. It is known as CIFTA, the Inter-American Convention Against The Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and other Related Materials. The Treaty can be found verbatim: http://www.oas.org/juridico/English/Treaties/a-63.html

Every aspect of the treaty introduces major required gun controls, most of which will affect average citizens. The controls go far beyond anything ever attempted by gun-control groups in the United States. None of the proposed gun controls are likely to pass by themselves through Congress. If the treaty is enacted they don’t have to, they become law when the treaty is ratified. The U.S. Government under this treaty gains power to manage firearms almost anyway it would like, without checks and balances. Once signed, many of the restrictions and government intrusions become mandatory, and the full Congress, already cut out of ratification (only the Senate approves treaties) would be cut out of the implementation process entirely.

Top to bottom registration of all firearms, ammunition, ammunition components and other related materials is required if they are “in transit” and records must be kept indefinitely. Vague language in this treaty, and the requirement to comply, are a gun banners dream, and a gun rights advocate’s nightmare.
“ Transit licenses or authorizations” for transfers of firearms are required for imported firearms, and loose language could include the same for all domestic firearms.

Lengthy record keeping is required that directly conflicts with U.S. law, and would be left up to bureaucrats, and arbitrary controls for implementation. Hand loading of ammunition would become illegal and subject to severe sanctions. Government licensing that is undefined, and could include almost any conditions, taxes and limitations, including scrupulous inventorying, record keeping, and unscheduled audit searches of people who reload.

Similar licensing and controls will be required on anything made “that can be attached to a firearm,” known as “other related materials.” This includes components, parts, replacement parts and such items as wood or composite stocks, slings, bayonets, bayonet lugs, sights. Scopes rails lasers, grips. Flash hiders, suppressors, muzzle brakes and other paraphernalia. Attaching any such parts without government license would be “illicit manufacture,” a criminal act with undefined penalties.

Record sharing requirements ensure that any gun-owner data that must be destroyed under current U.S. law can be easily stored aboard, and can be retrieved at will as required under various international “cooperation” clauses.

The aforementioned details are just a sample of some of the insidious purpose of the CIFTA Treaty. It must not happen. Write to President Obama, and your Senators and express your views. Remember if this is ratified it abrogates our rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment.

God Bless America, and all of you patriots out there in the real America

Hobbit73

Political Correctness a Bane to Free Speech

Political Correctness and Diversity have been two of my pet peeves. My generation (I was born in the 1930s) wasn't constrained by the over sensitive society that we live in today. We were taught the importance rational thinking, the exchange of ideas, speaking our mind, and being able to defend your stand on the issues being discussed. We truly had First Amendment Rights. Express your opinions without fear of reprisal, the exception being slander on an others character.

Political Correctness is a bane to free speech, it violates our First Amendments Rights by not allowing individuals to articulate their true thoughts and ideas on Persons, entities, cultures, government, as well as a multitude of other subjects that are taboo, without the fear of the ACLU or some Government entity filing law suits against the individual for expressing his or her opinion.

Until we as a country get past political correctness, racial profiling issues, feely good diversity, and the fear of offending someone with our words, the American Flag or the mention of the word God, and worrying about what other countries think about us, Our unique American Culture will continue to disappear into oblivion.

The recent massacre at Ft. Hood Texas, President Obama displayed political correctness by not calling the mass murder Major Nidal Hasan the Islamic terrorist he is. There are mountains of evidence he is a radical Jihadi............no doubt about it. there are mountains of empirical evidence that cannot be denied. No doubt Political Correctness has allowed him to survive for 9 years in the United States Army, with no one having the intestinal fortitude to investigate this guy and put him away. Those in a position to question this guy's true allegiance did nothing to stop him. So we have the tragedy of those fine young soldiers becoming the victims of an attack by an Army Officer whom they were (through military decorum) taught to trusted implicitly.

God Bless American, and pray for the families of the Ft. Hood victims.

Hobbit 73

The First Amendment Under Attack.......Again!

Lets start at the beginning when Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence, which set forth the vision of what the essence of America would be. The Founding Fathers authored the United States Constitution, which lays out and provides the guidance for implemention of the dictates of the Declaration of Independence. Subsequently the Bill of Rights was added . The first ten amendments are explicit in their meaning, and were written to protect the people from an intrusive, and oppressive omnipotent government. Mr. Obama's "Diversity Czar" Mr. Mark Lloyd is set on destroying the First Amendment. This is the subject of this current attack on the 1st Amendment.

Just as a refresher the First Amendment reads as follows:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor Prohibition the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Benjamin Franklin said "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."

The "Diversity Czar" (God, I hate those words) Mr. Mark Lloyd has been appointed to head up the Federal Communications Commission. He is a "Center for American Progress (CAP) Fellow" which is a Geroge Soros funded entity. In terms of the sancity of the Constitutional right to free speech as we know it today, Lloyd's views are very scary. In 2006, Mr Lloyd wrote a book titled "Prologue To A Farce: Communication and Democracy in America." In the text of the book he wrote "It should be clear.....That my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press. This freedom is all to often an exaggeration. At the very least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction from the critical examination of other communications policies."

In is vision....Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Neal Boortz, Laura Ingraham, as well as all other Conservative Radio talk show, and TV show hosts would be silenced. He intends to do this through the FCC revoking station licences, and reallocate the licenses to stations that will be of a "Progressive" bent. The ultimate goal is to silence all dissenting voices much the same way Josef Goebbles, Hitler's Propaganda Minister silenced voices in Nazi Germany. If Mr Lloyd is successful in his goals, I suspect the newspapers will be next.

It is imperative that we not let this happen in our country. Let your Congress persons know that we the American people will not stand for this gross violation of our First Amendment Rights.

May God Bless America, and give us guidance through perilous times