Why I’m An Independent

I will grant - to the point - I voted for McCain/ Palin, but honestly what choices did I have this election as a conservative? Truly I was rooting for Palin who is a real conservative; in contrast to McCain who has a moderate/ Rhino history - working with Kennedy doesn’t get him marks in my book. But the socialist Obasmic Democratic “elect” is out of the question. I’ll grant it is great to have an African American as our President; but that is as far as I will go. Now the Republican party is cannibalizing itself.

If you were listening to Rush Limbaugh today you’d heard how the Republican party threw Palin under the bus - for why they lost the election by a landslide. Of course it had nothing(!) to do with McCain’s lack of allegiance to the conservative movement, nor his inability to tag Obama as a CLEAR socialist (merely hinting via Joe the Plumber), and him not having a clear distinction from Bush. “My fellow Americans,” and “My friends” will only give you so much encouragement in this economy. If you ask me McCain should have followed after Palin - she should’ve been the lead of the ticket. Granted even then she would’ve not won because the Bush party set the Republican party up for failure, but she would’ve done better than 155 electoral votes - last I remember. Point being the Republican party is tossing this beautiful woman under the bus. This is why I’m an Independent and have little hope in BOTH parties which are, for a lack of better words, screwing us.

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, it is worse than I thought. It is worse than I thought inside the Republican Party. What the Republican Party, led by disgruntled and failed McCain staffers are trying to do to Sarah Palin, is unconscionable and is unacceptable.

Rush LINK

If you ask me the Republican party is treating her like a cheap date - humped and dumped!

Read the rest of the story and ask yourself if you want to reform the party, which has become more and more like the Democratic party, or be more like another party - a separatist. Michael Savage has been saying this for the longest time - both sides are against the American values - and FINALLY maybe you’ll see this truth; while both Rush and Hannity have been carrying the Republican water bucket and drinking the red cool-aid. I’m not insulting Rush or Hannity (I listen to them regularly) but we - the next generation of voters - need to consider our future. Changes are needed, NEEDED!

So I’m an independent. Once you come to this realization, in honor of American history (ie Pilgrims and Puritans), we may then be able to talk about what to do.

It’s About Sticking It To The Man

Voting for Obama, for many black people, is about sticking it “To The Man,” - whether they know it or not. Other than the color of the skin, Obama is simply popular among his ethnicity because he is a socialist and black culture is heavily influenced by this belief system - take from those who are capable and have, and give to those who are not and have not. Much of this aligns with the black culture which believes they are still regularly discriminated against by the white man in high places from businesses. So if the government can be turned into a tool to take from the rich, they will vote for people to do so; and the socialist Democratic party is more than willing to use these votes to their advantage. This partially explains why, even though it was the Republican party which freed the slaves, that the Democratic party gets the largest percentage of votes from the black community.

Obama in a radio interview in the early 2000s stated he believes the Civil Rights movement of the 60s didn’t go far enough because he believes there wasn’t enough “distribution….change.” LINK. He’s also went onto say the founding fathers did not do enough with the constitution because it doesn’t say what the government is to do for us LINK So this IS the change of which Obama wants to bring to America. I can understand why people with entitlement mentalities would vote for him, however, what really concerns me is the average American who is okay with paying more in taxes directly, or indirectly via the products of companies which pay, now, higher taxes. With this passive, boiling-frog mentality, before they know it they or their grandchildren will be in the cross hairs of the government.

As an Independent I have some serious issues with the Republican party, but the vote is between an American socialist (John McCain) and a European socialist (Obama); and the reason my founding fathers came to America was to NOT be like Europe and be our own nation. I hope my generation, which by many polls is more conservative, can steer this great nation back on course.

This is going to be an interesting election and next four years.

Palin Brings Out The Media’s True Colors

In short I believe America has a real political race on their hands now that McCain chose Palin as his VP. He could not have surprised both sides of the political spectrum more! The old man even trumped Obama on this one, who has for his VP an old white man; we see now the true depths of the change Obama is talking about. This upset, for some, can’t be seen any better than in the media!!! Their true colors are showing and they can’t help themselves. The same people who cry for women’s’ rights, women power, breaking the glass ceiling and so forth are now foaming at the mouth with anger at Palin. One good example of this is in my daily newspaper. Up until today’s paper their opinion section attempted to be “fair and balanced” with opinions from people who support the war to people who support higher taxes, etc. Even their columnists attempted to be more open minded and criticize the Democratic Party. Oh no, not today though. Every single inch of the opinion section is covered with why Palin doesn’t have enough experience, or how she ripped Obama/Biden a new one with her speech at the RNC. I should have figured this because on Friday morning Rush couldn’t be giddier than a little child with five pounds of candy.

What must be the most frustrating part for the Democrats is they have NO idea how to attack her and are grasping at straws right now. If they had a candidate anything like her, for their side, it wouldn’t matter where she was from, how many affairs she had, or lack of foreign policy. Palin was the major and is the governor; she is a mother of five (one of which is special needs); with a husband who is a stay at home dad (is that not progressive?); she is obviously a pretty woman; a good straight shoot’n talker; and to top it off she can hunt. What she brings to the table of politics, more than anything, is CHARACTER, something Washington has been missing for a very long time. This is what has the media and Dem party up in arms; and it will be this very thing which gets McCain/Palin the White House, as the sheeple see the stark bias of the media.

I realize she has only been on one proverbial date with America and we’re all still getting to know her but her presents is refreshing in contrast to all political running’s that I can think of. This also makes me see McCain is a different light because for the longest time he has been a Republican in name only in many regards. However, in standing his ground in a clear manner on issues such as gay marriage and abortion; looking over this voting records of yes and no; his service to America; and now his choice of a strong woman as VP, he has me looking at him with more respect. As a man who is married to a strong woman - one who holds you accountable - I can say McCain must have the character to handle Palin’s strong opinions and I like him more for it.

CA Homeschool Ruling News

The president of the Pacific Justice Institute says Friday’s decision from a state appellate court that found California permits home schooling should withstand future legal challenges.

Friday’s 3-to-0 decision from the Second District Court of Appeal reversed a never-enforced ruling in February that severely restricted home schooling in the state. The February ruling said parents must have a teaching credential to home school their children.

OneNewsNow.com

Obama Receives Illegal 24k From 3 Palestinians

Very interesting read:

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According to Federal Election Commission filings, Barack Obama has received illegal donations from Palestinians living in Gaza, a hotbed of Hamas terrorists. Obama received more than $24,000 in campaign contributions over a period of two months last fall from three Palestinian brothers from the “Edwan” family in Rafah, Gaza, which is a Hamas stronghold along the border with Egypt. The story was uncovered by Pamela Geller of the Atlas Shrugs blog. (see Federal Election Commission report)

Is Freedom A Resource? And Is It Renewable?

Like many Americans I am concerned with the progressive growth of the federal government. However, unlike many of my fellow Americans, I don’t blame any party, business or particular person; rather I blame the American individual. From our nation’s inception the government was designed with the bottom/up model - “a government for the people and by the people.” To better assist the people the Constitution and Bill of Rights were written to specifically limit the powers of the federal government. Clearly the Founders realized a society produces the most when it has the most freedom possible and the only body that could limit this freedom was the federal government; if you read The Federalist Papers you’ll see how concerned the first thirteen states were. I think it is reasonable to argue that ‘freedom’ can be classified as an untangle resource, like truth, love, morals, etc, because where one finds freedom in abundance one will find a prosperous nation; and you’ll notice if you look back into history mankind has traded freedom for things. This also leads me to ask what has been a big contributor to the growth of the federal government and how does one take back and renew freedom?

Now surveying American history I notice a very clear link between warfare and American freedoms and the general moral/ethical condition of the nation. Beginning with the War of Independence, Congress had a very hard time funding, organizing and keeping troop levels up to supply the war. After the providential victory, Congress ensured they would be better prepared for war by expanding its power to fund and supply. America next had smaller wars with, for example, Native Americans and Mexico but none of these would compare to the inevitable Civil War over slavery. The American Civil War took some 500,000 lives and witnessed a relatively large growth of the federal government to ensure the Union stayed together; and to pay for it the federal government instituted the income tax.

The link between warfare and statism can no better be seen than in the 20th century during WWI, the Great Depression, WWII, the Cold War, Korea/Vietnam. In just 100 years America has suffered all of these wars and even today in the 21st century we are at war. Each event marks a progressive growth of the federal government to answer the war which is needed. Honestly if America did not fight in WWI or WWII surely all of Europe would be under, at the very least, some form of Nazi government; and possibly Russia. Today we don’t regret these two great wars and for all that they cost in money and life we realize it was necessary because today American see the fruits of our grandparents’ sacrifices. Europe and Japan have more freedoms today because of America. During the Great Depression FDR began the “New Deal” which funded federal programs to employee Americans and slowly bring the nation out of the hard times. Prior to and after WWII the government continued its growth by increasing federally funded programs such as social security; all with taxes. Today with the War on Terror this freedom is continuing to be exported directly to Afghanistan and Iraq. I can’t argue with the fact that the people of these nations have more freedoms now and more hope; but logically at the cost to me, my fellow American and the soldiers’ life, which is a piece of freedom. Therefore, in a real sense American “freedom” like a resource has been exported to other nations throughout history.

It is very much necessary during times of hardship (economic or war) for the people of a society to come together and pool their resources for the benefit of each other. The early Christian Church and the Plymouth colony, for example, exercised a form of socialism to ensure everyone survived; so I understand the importance of this socio-economic structure. America also had to do this during its many hardships. However, the problem is the federal government did not relinquish its power once the hardship was over and the people were capable of providing for their needs. This fact of not demanding the freedoms back I blame on the American citizen and I also believe this is where the moral/ethical condition of America plays into the growth of the “nanny state.” As people have moved away from self government they have naturally turned to the State government because they are lazy and would rather trade their freedom for security; they like the idea of not having to work as hard to pay for their living. But like what Benjamin Franklin said:

For those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve neither.

Only freedom guarantees security. Too bad the people who are complaining about the failure and shortcomings of all these State programs don’t understand this. Therefore, the answer to turning back the wheel of socialism in America and taking our freedoms back is with self-government - with limited federal government. It is my argument that the level of socialism is determined by the level sin, therefore, we’ll always have some level of socialism, but the goal is to have the least. We will clearly always need government to protect our border, make war and treaties, deal with issues between states, standardize things such as money and food quality, check monopolies, etc. This leads me to the final question: In order to renew the resource of freedom how is one to self-govern?

I think it is very reasonable to consider our founding Fathers as a good starting point to determine this because they are the ones who best understand the ideal of self government and freedom; they lived it.

• “ The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.” - John Adams

• “[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.” - John Adams

• “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” –John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress October 11, 1798

•”I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen.” December 25, 1813 letter to Thomas Jefferson

•”Without Religion this World would be Something not fit to be mentioned in polite Company, I mean Hell.” John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, April 19, 1817

•”God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” – Benjamin Franklin. Constitutional Convention of 1787

“ The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man.” - Jefferson

“Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus.” - Jefferson

“I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.” - Jefferson

Quotes of our Father

It is quite clear that self-government entailed believing in a higher power, the God, our Father, Savior, Holy One and Christ, in order to know how we should conduct ourselves; even Jefferson and Franklin believed in a higher power. Also by the Constitution it is clear the Founders wanted the people to mediate the moral/ethical standards and not the State. I’m not about to begin the debate over whether or not one religion is superior to another (although I will declare my bias of believing the Holy Bible is superior to all other works) but I will say due to history we should attribute the success of America in regard to developing a society of freedom to Christianity; broadly speaking because all of Europe was influenced by it. In contrast let us look at the fruits of humanism, atheism, pantheism, etc. The horrific events resulting from Nazism and Communism under Hitler, Stalin and Mao come to mind. Furthermore, the bloody history of Egypt, Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire come to mind. I am not dealing in absolutes but statistics and in this context Christian influenced cultures have been the least violent; even though so many ignorant people believe religion is the source of war.

Freedom is indeed a resource and it is renewable by self-governing with preferably the word of God. Now I know would have a heart attack over this and begin foaming at the mouth because they confuse the Bible with bad experiences as a child with lukewarm Christians or a bad church. What I am stating is that God’s word is the source of self-government and not the imperfect people who attempt to live it out. Is there a problem with the Ten Commandments? Which ones and why? I have many questions and there are things of which I do not have an answer for but it is not reasonable to require oneself to be omniscient (about the Bible) before accepting what is being said. I realize this is the point, as it is always, where people are not willing to do what it takes for the sake of freedom. However, mark my words this is the only means to permanent freedom.

Wars, natural disasters, economic hardships are guaranteed to happen again and again and deplete our resource of freedom, as well as others, but what will determine the future prosperity or downfall will be whether or not Americans renew this resource by self-government because the only source of limitless freedom is to follow the Holy Bible; which doesn’t mean you have to be a Jew or Christian or go to Church. At the very least just following the instructions will enable self-government; the later part, being a Christian, enables one to have a deeper understanding and eternal life. It sounds unreasonable to many but it’s more than just another book because it speaks of a rich history of people who’ve gone through fundamentally the same as we have; it is very personal and applicable.

In conclusion, I’d like to say that I realize this is hardly a thorough dissertation of history, government, morality, religion, etc and there are many premises which I presuppose - such as the very definition of ‘freedom’ (Another post maybe). I honestly don’t have the time and patients to break it down because while we’re bickering over the premises while the structures of America are falling down around us. I’m a keen observer of history and its patterns, more than a philosopher, and history points in the direction of which I am arguing for; the specifics can be figured out as we go. I just wanted to introduce the concept that freedom is a resource, America has seen the exportation and depletion of this resource, and that it is possible to renew it by obeying the Holy Bible.

Great News! Marine Lt. Chissani Case Dismissed

Here’s the link: LINK

For some two years now Lt. Chessani, who had been accused for a massacre of Iraqi innocents, has been before military court. With only 4 defense marine attorneys and one million dollars (mostly provided by Michael Savage and his radio listeners the Savage Nation) against 65 NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) agents and 36 million tax payer dollars, Lt. Chessani’s case is almost over after the military judge dismisses case. There is only 72 hours left to appeal the decision; please pray that the case is over.

This man was wrongly accused by a reporter who believed Iraqi insurgent propaganda - a make believe massacre. This disinformation was propagated during 2006 (Congress election year) by John Murtha. LINK. Over and over John Murtha, a former marine, condemned these marines who had not yet had a trial - likely for political reasons.

CNN - The Situation Room (Wolf Blitzer)

BLITZER: There’s an investigation of what happened at Haditha. …you’ve suggested this week that there in effect was a massacre. …

MURTHA: Well there was. There’s no question about it…

BLITZER: The Marines say they’re still investigating. They don’t know what happened yet. The pentagon says the same thing. How do you know what happened?

MURTHA: Wolf, you read the “Time” magazine articles. There are pictures, there are photos. You don’t have to talk to the military about the proof.

Yet it is now clear that Murtha was wrong and so was the media; but you will NOT see one iota of apologies from either of them. Nor will you see this great news in the main stream media; no you will see homosexual marriage.

Something else very interesting is Lt. Chissani is a devote Christian, married, with six homeschooled children and it has been his case that has lasted longer than nine other marines. Also this case sets a precedence over all other military trail cases since Vietnam and possibly even beyond (as told by his Chief defense agent during an interview on Michael Savage’s radio broadcast).

In 72 hours The Chief defense attorney will be back on Michael’s show, tune in at KSTE.com durning the hours of 3pm pst and 6pm pst for updates or his site Savage Homepage. Additionally Savage has commited to opening an education fund for Chissani’s six children to help put them through school because they will not get those two years back. Although some may disagree with some of Savage’s politics and radio approach I believe it is reasonable to say God bless him and his listeners for helping this innocent man return to his family.

ADDED: Euphoric Reality has been posting an exhaustive series on the military court cases. Here’s the latest.

On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs - Dave Grossman

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Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident.” This is true. Remember, the murder rate is six per 100,000 per year, and the aggravated assault rate is four per 1,000 per year. What this means is that the vast majority of Americans are not inclined to hurt one another. Some estimates say that two million Americans are victims of violent crimes every year, a tragic, staggering number, perhaps an all-time record rate of violent crime. But there are almost 300 million Americans, which means that the odds of being a victim of violent crime is considerably less than one in a hundred on any given year. Furthermore, since many violent crimes are committed by repeat offenders, the actual number of violent citizens is considerably less than two million.

Its a very good read and worth the time. So check it out.

Trading Freedom For Statism: Homosexual Marriage

From Americans For Truth

This is from the homosexual magazine The Advocate (emphasis added) [written by novelist Armistead Maupin]:

“The battle has largely been won, I think. The mean and tiny minds who’ve made it their mission to ‘defend marriage’ have existed in every era and have always lost. They lost when black people were given the right to vote. They lost when women were finally enfranchised. They lost when the ban on interracial marriage was lifted. And in each of these instances they claimed with a righteous certainty to have God on their side, only to be roundly defeated by the abiding decency and good sense of the American people. Now we’re in the midst of another seismic culture shift, thanks to several generations of lesbians and gay men who’ve refused to live their lives in hiding. People know who we are now, and we’re just not that scary anymore. The old bigots are dying off, and the young ones are learning, at the very least, to deny their homophobia. Our happy ending is finally in sight.

“Halle-[f–king]-lujah!”

–Armistead Maupin, “Calling a New Army of Lovers,” The Advocate magazine (the leading national magazine for homosexuals), July 1, 2008, p. 41. According to The Advocate, “Maupin is on tour for the paperback edition of his ninth novel, Michael Tolliver Lives, published by HarperCollins.”

What I find interesting about all of these articles is that they have nothing to do with sexuality, parenting, rights, etc. It is fundamentally about power. From the debate over abortion, sexual freedom, transgender and homosexuality, etc, it is about power for the sake of power. It doesn’t matter that people get STDs from promiscuous sex, or get pregnant, or “humped-n-dumped” physically and emotionally. It doesn’t matter that abortion kills the most sacred form of life and obviously must traumatize the mother and family. It doesn’t matter that homosexuality doesn’t have the ability to have children nor raise them in a balanced family; which doesn’t mean it is impossible, it is not ideal. What matters is the power of redefining everything to fit specific lifestyles.

This agenda has become so important that even our democratic system isn’t good enough and has been overrun in many cases from San Francisco, Mass. and today at 5 pst “same-sex marriages” will be granted in CA; even though several years ago (2000 I believe) the people voted against homosexual marriage. This clear disregard for democracy and common sense just goes to show how desperate these minorities are for validation and now because the STATE says so, it is so. Therefore, in their attempt to be accepted they have promoted statism. This same statism in forty years (my generation) can take it back and invalidate homosexual marriages. They would say it is not right and not fair, etc, but they should be careful who to sell themselves to.

The people pushing for homosexual marriage and abortion fail to see because they want acceptance so badly they are useful idiots to increase the power of the state and the people behind the scenes gaining the power are the ones who actually “win.” Christians are NOT the enemy because we seek to be responsible, accountable, moral and ethical people by placing God over us and not the State. Historically, for all of the murder people accuse God of, the State has murdered far more people and caused far more suffering. The 20th century saw the greatest amount of suffering due to statism. Nazi Germany, communist Russia and communist China murdered somewhere on the order of 80 million people from war, concentration camps, starvation, civil war, and disease. The great statist empires of history have also been bathed in blood from Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Therefore, I put my trust and hope in God.

People may celebrate now, but it will not last because if America continues on this path they will be some of the first to be rounded up and marked as degenerate and unwanted just as Nazi Germany did; granted not tomorrow or in my life time. The point being, be very careful because to trade freedom for anything is NOT a good trade. It definitely a sad state of affairs here in CA.

Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports On Prewar Iraq Intelligence

I heard this covered momentarily on the radio and saw nothing about it on the TV which I find very odd. I’d figure the left would eat this up 24/7. But I suppose Obama (the savior) is MORE important than what this committee concluded. ? .

I haven’t quite made up my mind about this report, although I can’t argue with the report’s claim that Bush and Cheney’s statements didn’t match the intelligence data. The question I ask and most people should ask is, “Did Bush/Cheney lie? Were they just tools? What was the intent?” I’m not so quick to make such judgments. I realize just about everyone leading up to the war believed Saddam to be a threat. However, once we found out what a little threat he really was, Bush still continued the same ol’ lines. At least he could balance the situation and say his side of the story.

On page 100 the minority vice chairman Bond along with other senators respond to the report with some good points to balance the report out. He quotes many senators and even Rockefeller (the chairman of the committee) who believed Saddam was moving forward with nuclear weapons. The question I have is what the Dems were going to get out of using this information. It could be argued that the Reps were trying to get us to go to war in Iraq but what were Dems trying to do; because they were going right along with it.

Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the war in Iraq (I certaintly have my issues and think we should not have done it in the first place) we are there and must ensure stability and finish what we started; we can’t do the Obama get up and run policy. The last thing needed in Iraq is less military because the troop surge did work (DUH!).

So check out the report, I thinks its worth a read.

Overview LINK
PDF Transcript LINK