4 posts tagged “government”

Yes, the winds of change are blowing.  To the pleasure of many and to the dismay of some, they are predominately leftward in nature.  In the religious world, we live in a post-modern society where moral relativism is the flavor of the day.  Without moral absolutes, society is free to act in whatever manner can be rationalized as good.  In our political world, trans-nationalism is the new threat to national sovereignty for our country and every other.  As if it wasn't bad enough to have the Supreme Court justices move from determining constitutionality of laws, to interpreting the Constitution as they see fit, to legislating from the bench, we now see them considering international law in their determinations.  There is a familiar pattern that has emerged for those seeking societal change.  If legislative efforts fail, go to court to have change dictated.  If the courts offer no help, make it an international issue to pressure change.  The Constitution has been on its deathbed for quite a few decades now.  It is to be referred to by politicians when necessary for their ends and it is to be ignored when it is in their way.  This includes all three branches and all political parties.

Such it is with global this and global that, crisis this and crisis that.  Remember the bailouts that couldn't wait until Monday without catastrophic consequences?  The weekend came and went without complete collapse of society as we knew it.  The crisis to pass bailout and stimulus packages caused our legislators to vote on bills they admittedly didn't read.  Now we are trapped with burdens we didn't want.  Spending now and billing future generations is not moral, it is generational theft.  It is our version of the federal Poncy scheme known as Social Security.

• One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”

• But probably the BIGGEST KEY benefit to developers cloaked in this "Stimulus Bill" is the ability to carry back losses for 5 years instead of 2. They tried to push this in the Housing stimulus in September but got so much blow back from citizens that they took it out. Now its back, hidden under the guise of helping ALL businesses.

  "The legislation also would allow businesses to carry back net operating losses for five years, instead of the current limit of two years. This provision would generate cash through tax refunds for companies that now are losing money but previously were profitable." (Note the use of the words "cash tax refunds". This is cold hard cash in the billions coming to these guys from us)

• Sen. Daniel Inouye says $198 million for Filipino war veterans was included in the $787 billion “stimulus” bill to preserve the “honor” of the United States. What’s the logic?

  Don’t those 18,000 Filipinos, who fought alongside America GIs in World War II, deserve a vote by U.S. Congress on their own merits? I think they do. Why hide the cash in a bill 4,000 times bigger than the $198 million?

• What else? Are there 3,999 similar items in the “stimulus” bill? Is it a stimulus bill, or is it just an excuse to pay everyone that Congress has ever dreamed of paying?

How about the international transfer of wealth known as Climate Change.  In the 1970's the news magazines had the dramatic cover stories of Global Cooling and the impending ice age.  In the 1990's the same magazines, and grant recipients that promote such issues to keep the cash flowing, were declaring Global Warming and the certainty of melted ice caps and flooded coast lines.  Waking up to the fact that it can't be both, the situation was created for both to be working together in Global Chaos for the early 2000's.  School children have now been indoctrinated from early years through "higher" education as to the "fact" that it exists and that we are indeed the guilty party.  This farce will succeed in transferring our wealth to developing countries as a guilt complex continues to be placed upon our citizenry.  When the carbon tax, or cap and trade, failed to gain traction in the Legislature, the administration simply had the EPA declare carbon dioxide a pollutant and a danger as a green house gas.  Nancy Pelosi says that the legislation will be reintroduced.  Meanwhile, the federal government has started the tax ball rolling by laying the groundwork for forcing industry to start measuring the very thing every human exhales and every plant transforms into the oxygen we breath.  Why not start with the largest green house gas element, water vapor?  The cap and trade system is an artificially created commodity market that will transfer money from industry to others.  It is taking from one and giving to another, or as President Obama said in his campaign, spreading the wealth.  Do you think you are unaffected?  Everything a producer spends, including taxes, is a cost in production and added to the price of goods and services for the consumer.  Think about this when your energy rates double and triple.

This country has never been stupid until the education system was nationalized.  We allowed the government to dictate the agenda for what was needed to be learned by our youth.  We allowed the responsibility to be moved from our households, to the states, and eventually to the federal government.  We allowed the unionization of the teachers to prevent us from making sure that the best teachers were rewarded and that the poorest were removed.  We allowed the basics to be pushed aside for social issues.  We allowed the majority to be imposed upon by many minority stakes.  We have allowed the dumbing down of America.  There is no need to wonder why our schools are failing and our kids are in trouble.  What federally run operation is ever successful?  The military could be one exception, at least until the politicians get involved and weaken it by revealing things that our enemies should not know or by slashing the budgets and pointing fingers later when a crisis arises.  It was communist revolutionary Lenin who said, Give me one generation of youth, and I will transform the entire world (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopaedia 2002).

Ronald Reagan said, "Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."  "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."  "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."  "No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!"

In a quote attributed to Nikita Khrushchev, former Soviet dictator, "When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again."  This is what is happening to the "middle class".  The turnip is being squeezed dry.  Class warfare has been employed as never before.  During the past election cycle I heard the terms rich and greed more than ever before.  Profitability and wealth were demonized relentlessly to garner votes from the lower income levels including those who are dependent upon the welfare state we have created.  The powers to be seem to be stopping just short of taking over industry, leaving skin to heal so they can continue to garner cash flow for social reconstruction. By completely taking over the banking, auto or energy sectors, the politicians would have no one to blame when the inevitable failures occur.  By influencing them with tax dollars and regulations, they can continue to blame others for mismanagement and corruption while appearing to be the white knight that is only seeking to protect the interests of the American public.  It is much like passing a bill with the support of only a couple members of the opposing party and then calling it a bipartisan effort.  It is merely cover for the eventual blow back from the public as they endeavor to share and even shift the blame to someone else.

"We can't expect the American people to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have communism".  Nikita Khrushchev

So here we are watching liberty and sovereignty die.  Our new global society will require the death of our dollar, the death of our uniqueness, and the death of our individuality.  We are now servants to the system, the federal machine.  We are a long way from the people and the states creating the limited Federal government to serve very specific needs of the citizens.  Consider the following quotes from Joseph Stalin and see how closely they apply to our time.
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed"
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."
"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
"Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts."
"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."
And finally, "America, is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."
Mission accomplished, almost.

Whether it be the so called Fairness Doctrine or Localism, when the government employs censorship, it is setting itself up to control information.  Does the TASS News Agency ring a bell?  Or how about Al Jazeera?  President Obama has said that he opposes reenacting the Fairness Doctrine, but in this age of double speak, he does not outright tell his party or fellow leftists to leave the issue alone.  If Congress leaves it alone, there is still the FCC which can implement the policy.  If not them, local boards could be established to review broadcast content to make sure locals are heard rather than nationally syndicated shows.  In any case, the government controlling the political opinion being broadcast is one step in contolling the population.  Many of President Obama's FCC appointees are in favor of the Fairness Doctrine as is the Congressional leadership.

But why would the Government want to control what the people hear?  The reason the recent rash of spending bills have been pushed through quickly, always a crisis that needs immediate attention, is that the longer the wait for the vote, the more the people learn, the more they get upset, the more they speak up, the more they contact their legislators.  As each day passes, the public opinion drops and the vote is made more difficult.  As the ruling party tries to push through its agenda, they do not want to be questioned or defied.

Funny, one of the ten pillars of communism is:
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.

Remain alert to what happens over the coming year in this matter.  Will the same people that complained about President Bush and his policies and civil rights voice their objections to those of President Obama?  If they do, will the media do any reporting on it?

Consider NBC who is widely reported to be in the tank for President Obama, especially MSNBC during the campaign and election.  NBC is owned by GE, whose CEO is Jeffrey R. Immelt since September 7, 2001.  According to his bio at GE.com, Mr. Immelt is on the board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank.  He was also named a member of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.  Get the picture?  And what of the $140 billion dollar bailout loan from the government?  Who owns whom?

There are more examples to be had, but let's consider a famous quote from the 1940's.

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Pastor Martin Niemöller

Could Barack Obama be the first President of the United States that is not a U.S. citizen?  The issue cropped up during the campaign.  I became aware of it after he was nominated by the Democratic Party.  I still wonder how this controversy is even possible.  Who is responsible for checking the qualifications of the presidential candidates?

In a story on World Net Daily, Supreme Court to take up eligibility question again, the story is laid out with some history and the concerns the question raises.  This would be a further shredding of the Constitution, or certainly the respect for it, if we learn after he is sworn in that he indeed is not a natural born citizen.  While many people write this off as conspiracy theory level hype, the question is real and to date is not sufficiently answered by Senator Obama.  He only needs to produce a genuine birth certificate to put the whole issue to rest.  Why didn't he do so during the campaign when the question was raised?

The next issue would be, should Senator Obama not be eligible, what to do next.  Is the second place finisher in the election the president?  If Obama is sworn in then found to be ineligible, would Senator Biden become President?  Would there be a new election with President Bush remaining in office until the new president is selected?  This leads back to my original query.  Who verifies the eligibility of the presidential candidates?  How can this one fall through the cracks?  With all the over-regulation and extensive policies and excessive hoops to jump through whenever dealing with the government, I find it hard to believe there is nobody or no office that is responsible for the verification of qualifications.  This issue should have been resolved at the time of the filing to run for office and not be remaining an issue on the day that electoral votes are being counted and about to be ratified by Congress.

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.

These are the 10 Planks of the “Communist Manifesto”  written by Karl Marx.

1)

Last night, 60 Minutes featured a story on "eminent domain," a law that normally allows government to claim private property (for a price) from its owner in order to build roads, schools, courthouses, etc. Actually, the wording is that whatever is being built is better for the "public good."

The problem with that wording is that now local governments are claiming the rights to private property in order to demolish it and sell the space to a builder to build more expensive private property. Why? Because then the town would get more in property taxes and that's considered "public good." Unfortunately, it leaves families out in the cold.

http://www.dailyping.com/archive/2003/09/29/

2) IRS Tax Code

3) What's the inheritance tax up to now?

4) Well, not yet.  But look at the harassment for those who dare to question Obama.

5) Federal Reserve, World Bank, federal bail out this month with equity position taken by the government.

6) More control coming all the time.

7) Farm programs and subsidies with regulations laid out by the feds.

8) More regulations and mandates coming.  Will there be mandated health care for employers to pay for?

9) The Metro Council in our area regulates urban sprawl.  It's kind of the opposite since they are trying to keep people in the city rather than have urban sprawl.  Either way it is population being controlled in the manner desired by the government.

10) Free education.  Nothing is really free, although one might think it is at times considering the quality some days.

I post this just because there seems to be an eerie resemblance to the way our society is moving.

It was communist revolutionary Lenin who said, Give me one generation of youth, and I will transform the entire world (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopaedia 2002).

So today it is revisionist history, global warming and global community.  Forget about individual rights and responsibilities.  Socialism is the growing way, depending on government.  The schools moved from the states to the national association with all the propaganda that accompanies that.