Conservatism: The Common Sense Lifeline in a Common Senseless Storm

Disclaimer:

Although I have read Mark Levin’s book Liberty and Tyranny, and consider myself an economic and social conservative, I do not intend for the purposes of this essay to regurgitate Levin’s concepts in Liberty and Tyranny. I decided to add this paragraph to inform the reader that Levin’s book is an inspiring look at conservatism vs. liberalism, or Statism as he refers to it, and many of my own thoughts and writings may tend to reflect concepts in Liberty and Tyranny. Although I by no means plagiarize Levin, I agree whole-heatedly in much of the roots, mechanisms, and elements of conservatism that he subscribes to.



Conservatives believe in the concept of equal opportunity, not equal outcome. The conservative believes in the opportunity for everyone to make their own fortune, better their position in life, and freely pursue and realize their goals and dreams. This concept has been roundly referred to world-wide as the American Dream. Never has this concept been referred to as the Russian Dream, the Ethiopian Dream, the Iranian Dream or the Canadian Dream. Always the American Dream. Millions of immigrants to this country over two centuries can attest to the draw and inspiration the American Dream can hold over the human spirit. As long as every individual has an equal opportunity to create, achieve, thrive, and succeed--those that desire to chase after what they want will do so, and ultimately make better themselves and the society as a whole. This is a large reason why the true conservative believes so ardently in limited government. True conservatives comprehend the concept of “the bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.” Trying to explain this truth to someone resigned to the notion that government is the answer to all of our problems is an exercise in futility. They would rather hand over their money, rights, and liberty to government for the sake of propagating the mystique of equal outcome—a fallacy that has never been successful, and never will. The Founders also staunchly believed in a limited government with enumerated powers, and the empowerment of the individual through liberty from too much government intrusion. Further strengthening the Founders model of limited central government is Federalism. Through Federalism, individual States have the ability to govern and tailor legislation to their own unique culture and socioeconomic landscape without the stigma of a large central government ruling from afar.


The conservative also comprehends the notion that, even when afforded equal opportunity, not everyone will rise to the mantel of achievement or desire to work hard to accomplish a goal or dream. This concept goes hand in hand with the reality that equal outcome is a false utopian dream. Some people will simply choose to live off of handouts and the work of others. However, as long as they live in a civil society which provides them equal opportunity to accomplish a goal or dream, if they choose to work for it, hope remains intact for the individual and the civil society.

Some actually choose not to live by the laws established by the society they live in, and ultimately, reject cooperatively contributing to the civil society altogether. Illegal immigrants come to mind. They have just as equal an opportunity to become a legal citizen as anyone else; however, no matter how good of a person they are at heart, they choose to reject the law and live according to what suits them, despite how damaging their actions can ultimately be to everyone else.

Such is life—and the conservative understands this; however, the conservative rejects the idea that those that work hard to achieve, create, accomplish, and pursue their American Dream are obligated, or worse yet, indeed forced to provide for those that choose not to achieve, work, or follow the laws of the land. This is one major reason why the conservative yearns for entitlement program and tax reform. The conservative believes in empowering people with the opportunity to make their own success.

One of the many entitlement program reforms the conservative seeks is social security reform. Individuals need the opportunity to plan their retirement savings in a manner that may yield a more successful return on their investment—in essence, keep the money they work hard to earn. And I don’t intend to indicate that everyone should stop paying social security taxes tomorrow and just dump all their money into the stock market—that would be foolish and unrealistic.

As it currently stands, social security is little more than a massive government mandated Ponzie scheme—transferring money from people who pay into the system to others who do not in an attempt to force the utopian dream of equal outcome. Many of the people drawing from social security end up receiving more than they ever put in—those on disability for instance. This reality alone should demonstrate how crucial social security reform is. Furthermore, social security is not some massive trust fund out there in a government bank account that people pay into with the hope of drawing the money out when they retire. The 6% social security tax that is eliminated from your every paycheck has already been spent. It is not sitting in savings earning interest waiting for you when you retire. Social security is a completely unfunded entitlement program which is in fact bankrupt; however, the government continues to write the checks anyway, understandably so, because it’s not like they can just turn the entitlement faucet off tomorrow. Plans need to be made, strategy mapped out, and some sacrifices taken, but the leftist in government drives on as if social security is an entitlement for all and in fact a blank check for the future.

I fully comprehend that many people currently benefit from social security. I work in the financial industry and see first-hand how social security is in fact some peoples’ only source of income. I know there are those receiving social security that paid into it during their entire working career, and thus earned it—my grandparents for instance; however, they are receiving a diminished return on what they actually paid in. Furthermore, once they die they cannot transfer the remaining social security they are entitled to over to their heirs—another nasty consequence of the government controlling an individuals retirement. Social security is a perfect example of how government has attempted to force equal outcome, and failed miserably.

Leftists, or progressives as they prefer to be called, put full stock in the concept of equal outcome rather than equal opportunity. Ironically enough, they claim to be the champions of equal opportunity; however, a closer look at the programs and legislation they support will quickly reveal the truth. As believers in equal outcome, they believe in redistribution of wealth and go as far as to label the “rich” as evil—that they require punishment through heavy taxation—as if they do not pay enough taxes already. Contrary to the progressives mantra that the wealthy do not pay their fair share of taxes, as it currently stands in America, the top 40% of earners already pay 70% of the tax burden. How much more do they need to pay? 60% of the population is paying 30% of the tax burden and in 2009 alone, 40% of the people didn’t even end up paying income taxes at all, they received a tax return. Just look on the IRS website and note the tax brackets. The “rich” already pay between 33% and 35% of their gross income to federal taxes, and if the Bush tax cuts from 2002 are allowed to expire, that will increase to 39.6%. So, by and large, who is paying the majority of the taxes in this country? Do the math…

Some might say, “You just want to protect the rich while the middle and lower class suffer!” My response is two-fold: First off, the ignorance of the aforementioned mind-set is staggering to say the least; however, unfortunately many people feel this way. Of course I want to protect the rich, or rather the “wealth” in this country, but not in an unethical money-mongering way as the anticapitalist incorrectly presumes. Protecting the wealth and those who have accumulated it is mostly an economic necessity!

For the sake of stimulating some rational thought, I would ask the leftist to contemplate the following questions:

• Who do you think are the job creators, entrepreneurs, and property owners who largely employ the “middle and lower class” in this country?

• Who are the people that own businesses, hire people, and help create competition in the market, ultimately leading to decreases in price?

• Who do you think took risks, created businesses that gave way to product innovation and technology advancement in this country?

• Who spends higher volumes of money in the private sector, thus stimulating the economy way more than government ever can?



The answer to all of the above questions is not government; it is those evil rich people that leftists want to tax to death!


Here is some ‘Economics 101’ food for thought:

If more tax revenue is the ultimate objective, raising taxes can actually be counterproductive to the end goal. Raising taxes constricts businesses and limits the ability to hire more people, take risk, expand, and spend. Getting people back to work will make more progress toward creating tax revenue simply because there will be more people in the workforce paying taxes. Imaging how much more tax revenue the government would benefit from of the country was back to 4% or 5% unemployment as opposed to the 10% we are currently at…
Raising taxes—any kind of taxes for anyone--in a recession is counterproductive to recovering from the recession because it stifles growth and does not  facilitate sufficient job creation.   This is one of the many reasons why taking on such incredible amounts of debt (the Stimulus, Bail-out’s, Obamacare, etc. etc.) is so detrimental to our overall economic progress. 

I want to ensure that the wealthy and the business owners in this country can keep what they have earned (insert concept of American Dream here) and keep spending the way they do and thus keep their means intact to create jobs, initiate more business innovation, and positively stimulate the economy. This is not a left or right political issue. One either accepts basic economic principles, or they reject them and insert their own emotion-based or dogma-based ideologies. Businesses do not hire more people when they are stifled by heavy tax burdens and uncertainty in the marketplace, and businesses definitely do not hire more when they have zero confidence that the government is not going to help foster an economic recovery by getting out of their way. This is why under the Obama administration unemployment has been allowed to soar and has failed to go back down. The American business construct is showing its lack of confidence in this congress and administration. Bear in mind, the democrats have been in complete control of both houses of congress for the last four years—and the White house for the last two. Furthermore, as long as we demonize and punish wealth in this country we will stifle and constrict the entrepreneurial spirit that is traditionally unique to this nation and ultimately, is the spirit that creates jobs! Punishing wealth creation in this country effectively stops risk-takers in their tracks, does not incent businesses to take chances, and overall, darkens the American Dream. Why would anyone work as hard as they can to earn wealth when it is just going to be punished and taken from them anyway? Why would anyone get off their butt to go earn a living and contribute to the economy when the government will take from the earners and redistribute to those who choose not to earn?

Unfortunately, America is overrun with government full of leftists and progressives. This means our own government leans more toward the concept of forcing equal outcome and legislates accordingly. Under the rule of those that believe equal outcome can be governed, legislated, or created, some very destructive things occur. People who work hard to earn, create and achieve are forced to pay for those who do not so that the illusion of equal outcome can be upheld. Thus, the leftist supports higher taxation and government controlled entitlements.  They just forced healthcare upon the entire country as a government-provided entitlement. Rather than empowering the individual with equal opportunity to work hard and create their own wealth, and spend their money they way they choose, equal outcome believers must force their ideology upon the populace because it does not naturally exist. The equal outcome utopia requires a lot of government programs and regulations. Inflating government is an expensive enterprise; however, it is necessary in the mind of a leftist because equal outcome must be legislated. To the conservative, growing government and increasing government programs equals taxes, taxes, and more taxes and ultimately less freedom, choice, and liberty. The conservative comprehends that the believers in equal outcome will choose to raise taxes in order to financially facilitate their inflated government and throng of government programs. They will not eliminate or reduce the programs set in place, for the programs are required to facilitate their utopian dream. Unfortunately taxes can never be raised high enough to pay for it all, so another destructive consequence of the leftist utopian dream is inflation, and a lousy dollar. In order to keep interest rates artificially low, they then have to print more money. This can lead to the cost of products and services going up, yet does nothing for income or standard of living—and actually, standard of living will decrease during inflationary periods, damaging the very people they claim to support the most—the lower and middle class.

Further legislating economically destructive policy, the Leftists in government then may decide to raise the minimum wage in an effort to project the notion that they are thinking of the “little guy”, that they support the “average” working American. They will propagate many heart-wrenching stories of how hard it is for the middle and lower class citizen to make a living and raise a family—they must be given more money for their hard work—they simply must! Unfortunately, all a forced wage increase does to the economy is force prices to increase yet again. What once was a $5 burger at your local diner will become a $7 burger in an effort to offset the increase in cost of doing business.  Furthermore, they may (and actually did) legislate bad policy which entitles people to a home--even if they do not qualify for the mortgage.

The sick part of this destructive spiral is that it was the leftist’s bad economic policies which made it difficult for the average citizen to make a living in the first place and ultimately, guess who is going to be there with open arms, entitlement programs and welfare when the individual is disenfranchised, bled dry, and broken? The very same leftist! This keeps those disenfranchised citizens voting for the leftist rather than against. I am undecided as to whether the leftist is simply an economic imbecile with no concept of the future or the “big picture”, or a sly genius subtly orchestrating a massive strategy to keep people dependant on government and thus voting accordingly.

"Those Voices Don't Speak for the Rest of Us"

What is so amazing about the speech Regan was giving here is it was given in the 60’s! It’s as if he were giving insight directly to us in our political climate today. We have a dysfunctional, arrogant government bent on passing legislation that is against the will of the people, and their actions will fundamentally change this nation for the worse—yet, they press on. Cap and Tax was just passed in the House. Are they genuinely trying to break the country, or are they just so insulated and out of touch with the American people and how to improve the economy that they pass reckless legislation under the mantra of “hope and change”? Meanwhile, our President plays more rounds of golf in 20 months than his predecessor did in eight years!


It dosent matter. The majority of the people in the country are against this administration, this congress, and the direction they are taking us. And it is up to us to bring the run-away train to a screeching halt before our country is unrecognizable.

Tyranny, Taxes, and Tanning

What encroaches upon liberty? What replaces liberty when liberty is lost? The answer is tyranny. Call tyranny by any other name: totalitarianism, despotism, dictatorship, oppression, and tyranny is still tyranny—the antithesis of liberty.


When government pays for a product or service for the governed it creates a nasty liberty-compromising consequence. Once government pays for something, they make whatever they paid for their business, and the people lose out on a little something called: Choice. Look at it this way; you can’t just go get a driver’s license at any Macy’s can you? No, you have to go to the one place and one place only--the dreaded DMV. This was one of the many reasons so many liberty-loving Americans were so adamantly opposed to the federal government take-over of our health care industry.

Obamacare painfully articulates the dark truth about the current administration and congressional democrats: Their agenda will trump personal freedom and liberty every time. They would much rather dictate to you how you should run your life. Of course, they think they are mandating things which are for your own good; however, as C.S. Lewis pointed out in God in the Dock, “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive”.

For a relevant example, look at the 10% tax increase on indoor tanning beds congressional democrats wrote into their health care overhaul. This is a perfect example of how they do not think you are worthy of personal freedom and liberty of choice—how you are too stupid to make personal choices on your own.

Fundamentally speaking, I can understand where their health-conscious thinking comes from. Most sane, rational people value their health, and I would go as far as to contend anyone not living in an underground cavern for the last 50 years comprehends the potential risks associated with too much exposure of UV light on their precious sensitive skin. However, if you want to lay under UV lights from time to time in order to keep others from writhing in agony every time you wear shorts or remove your shirt because their retina cant stand the white-glare you emit, you should be able to do so at your digression—without being taxed by the federal government!

Sales for non-essential luxuries are down already due to the state of the economy. Why impose an additional tax burden on businesses? Anyone who at least understands the basics of economics comprehends that raising taxes—any kind of taxes—during a recession is counterproductive to recovering from the recession. People do not go into business to hire other people; they go into business to first-and-foremost make money. Hiring people is a byproduct of making money. Only when a business makes money and needs to grow will it hire more. When businesses get taxed—when the money they work hard to generate is taken from them, when government intervenes more—they hire less, or worse still, shrink their workforce. I know it is hard for the current administration to comprehend these economic fundamentals, but what should we expect given the vast majority of them have never worked in the private sector… One of the main reasons we have not seen unemployment go down since the Obama regime took over is because they have forced themselves too deep into our GDP. We will not see unemployment go back to 4 or 5 percent until government shrinks, and that will not happen as long as democrats are in control of congress. They have been in control of congress for four years now.

Anyway, back to the tanning tax; can anyone intelligently articulate to me why it is the prerogative of the federal government to tax tanning? The aforementioned question is facetious by the way; I know exactly why they are taxing tanning. The federal government just bought our entire health care industry which means they will now legislate how we live our lives as it pertains to health (according to their agenda of course).

When will enough be enough? What exactly is too overreaching? Where is the limit? If they can basically tax our right, choice, and privilege to tan indoors, what’s next? By their logic, they should be taxing anything and everything that can be potentially hazardous to our health—just look at what they have done to the price of cigarettes. Should they line the beaches with toll booths so that those wanting to sun-bathe in the free and open air have to pay a tax to do so? Or how about eating a nice greasy fat-filled cheese burger? Why don’t we pay a federal tax to do that? Why not pay a federal tax to drive a vehicle? God knows driving is potentially hazardous to your health, and liberals love to demonize the automobile for it’s consumption of oil and vicious destruction of the environment. Why doesn’t the federal government tax or ban all sodium and sugar, and why not federally mandate that we all have to do 20 sit-up’s and jog for 20 minutes a day? I had better stop there, I am starting to sound 1984ish and some congressional democrat will read this and start thinking “Hey those are some great ideas…” Too late, it has already started. My point is: there is no limit to what they will try to control unless we the people put a stop to it and vote them out of office!

The left called us crazy when we said Obamacare will lead to rationing, but look what just happened. Obama personally appointed—no congressional hearings mind you—Donald Berwick, the unabashed socialist as head of Medicare and Medicaide, and guess what? He is in favor of rationing! He favors a government dictated “point system” which assigns points to people based upon how many times they visit a doctors office. The higher points you accrue (more doctor visits you have) the lower on the list you are placed. So in other words, my 85 year old grandpa had better not get sick or need surgery any time soon because based on the doctor visits he has had in the past 24 months, he has accrued a lot of “points”. Scary.

What is it again that replaces liberty when liberty is lost?

Tyranny.

Reflections This Independence Day

The Declaration of Independence, elegant in its composition, forthright in its annotation of Natural Law, and moving in its conviction, is an authentic American founding document as important as the Constitution itself. Abraham Lincoln referred to the Declaration of Independence as “an immortal emblem of man's humanity” and “the father of all moral principle because it incorporates a rational, nonarbitrary, moral and political standard”.

As the Declaration asserts:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The pursuit of happiness cannot be sought without liberty, and liberty cannot be had without life. Oppressed people throughout history have known this undeniable truth all too well.

To be sure, the founding fathers of our nation were an unconventional and radical lot for their time. By standing up for the laws of nature and openly opposing tyranny they marked themselves as independent thinkers, believers in liberty and natural law – the same natural law which provides certain undeniable rights for humankind.
Many of the founders were executed as traitors for their beliefs pertaining to the unalienable rights the Declaration so boldly proclaims. By signing the Declaration of Independence some founders were indeed signing their own death warrant.

So moved were the French by America’s embrace of independence and defiance of tyranny that they bestowed upon our nation one of the most iconic tributes to liberty the world has known. For 124 years the Statue of Liberty has stood, foot forward, arm raised, torch in hand as an undeniable reminder: Liberty is an American value. This torch shines its light on the land of the free and the home of the brave.

The composition of the Declaration of Independence forged for this nation an experiment never seen before in the history of humankind. To this day the American Experiment endures scrutiny and disdain from forces both domestic and foreign. Some seek to redirect, recreate, and “change” the fundamental nature and original intent of the Declaration of Independence. Further still, some even try to argue that the Constitution is a “living breathing” document up for individual interpretation.
As American citizens, we benefit from the honor, privilege, and right to maintain the integrity of our government as it was so brilliantly conceived by our forefathers. The honor of having a government of the people, by the people, and for the people comes from our duty to ensure no one President, administration, or political party or foreign power ever succeeds in bastardizing the Declaration of Independence or Constitution—that our elected officials never reach beyond the scope of limited power they are entrusted with.
This Independence Day, let us remember the Declaration of Independence and how it is still relevant today. Let us remember those that risked everything, even gave their lives, so that future generations would benefit from living in a free and independent nation. On this day, let us celebrate and revere our Independence!

With Apologies and Double Standards For All

When President Obama invited the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, to the White House and allowed him to lecture the United States on his opinion regarding Arizona’s recent decision to enforce illegal immigration law, Obama revealed an ugly fly in the ointment of his appeasement policy regarding foreign affairs – a double standard that can no longer go unnoticed.

During his “apology for America” tour Obama revealed he was of the belief no country had the right to tell another country what to do – and yet at Obama's beckon, Calderón stood on American soil and chastised the US for Arizona’s attempt at enforcing federal law regarding illegal immigration. Deepening the double standard, in the midst of his apology tour Obama directly told Israel not to build settlements on their own land.

I contend – through logic and common sense – even the most hardened liberal can easily point out the glaring contradictions Obama has presented in his actions and reactions when it comes to representing America and interacting with other nations – namely Israel.

Moreover, Obama has dangerously shown much hesitance in “telling” Iran through hard-line sanctions not to build weapons designed to wipe nations from the face of the earth – a much more atrocious action than building settlements on land one doesn’t need to seek permission to build upon. Unfortunately for Americans (yet fortunately for those that wish us harm) Obama has not even shown much interest in condemning radical factions and regimes that have declared war on us and our allies.

It seems The President is more concerned with beating the “blame America first” drum than standing in defense of our constitution, sovereignty, and friends. This type of depressing behavior does nothing but discourage Americans and encourage our enemies. What can be said about a country whose Commander in Chief apologizes profusely to other nations for his country’s influence and strength in the world, snubs his only ally in the Middle East, and most recently, condemns a State law which enforces already existing federal law?

Although I do not think it is fair to say Obama hates America, I feel it’s accurate to say he does not speak with the conviction and passion of one who holds authentic American love and loyalty in his heart. In my observation, Obama’s default manner and conduct is to identify with people that have grievances with America, and in my humble opinion as an American citizen and Marine veteran, he sympathizes with these types of people far too much for an American President.

The whole business regarding Arizona enforcing federal immigration law polarizes people because it reveals an ugly truth among Americans. Some view national security, protecting our boarders, and enforcing federal law as paramount to our Nation's sovereignty. Others do not. Our President and his administration seem to be of the later persuasion.

The issue of boarder security is not whether immigrants are good or bad people – as the left on the issue so adamantly stress -- nor is the issue whether law enforcement officials will all-of-a-sudden start perpetrating mindless random racial profiling of anyone not of a light skin tone now that they can finally enforce immigration law in their state.
The root of the issue is enforcement of the law, or apathy of law enforcement. Realistically speaking, the only people I have found concerned with making this an issue about race are the very people attempting to divide people on the subject by using their emotional opinions regarding race. By creating an erroneous pretext by using race as the fuel for their agenda they divert and avoid hitting the brass-tacks on the issue: Do we enforce our laws or do we not? Any village idiot can make this issue about race, but common sense loving people prefer not to bother themselves with witless arguments on this multifaceted issue.

Let me make one thing very clear: Like millions of Americans who believe in American Exceptionalism and authentic American values, I view immigration to this country as a good thing. Yes, I am pro immigration. As Dr. Bill Bennett would say, America is the last best hope for humanity, and I agree with him. Obviously millions of immigrants in this country agree with him as well. The elegant meaning of the Latin motto E Pluribus Unum: many uniting into one, proudly graces our nation’s Official Seal. Our currency also carries the motto as a constant reminder: Out of many, we are one.

As a responsible American citizen however, I also support federal law as it pertains to immigrants obtaining citizenship legally. The bottom line is: dissent to the Arizona law from anyone, whether from a President of a nation or an actual illegal alien basically advocates lawlessness. Furthermore, groaning about enforcement of federal immigration law is a slap in the face to the millions of law-abiding immigrants who had the dream, integrity, honor, and fortitude to become an American citizen legally – for it is not a capricious task.

I have read Arizona SB 1070 and find it completely reasonable. I contend any reasonable person who actually takes the fifteen minutes required to read it would agree with me. Although the law itself will not do much to curtail illegal immigration, it will -- as an enforcement law -- provide law enforcement officials the much needed legal recourse to do what our tax dollars pay for – enforce the law!

I find it utterly astounding that high-profile public officials such as President Obama, President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, and even Attorney General Holder have publicly opposed the Arizona law without even knowing what the law says or does. And calling for a boycott of Arizona commerce or business is as juvenile as it is disgusting. Anyone advocating this type of behavior is advocating lawlessness, illegality, and perpetuating a gross perversion of a state’s right to protect itself. Prematurely and unjustly jumping to the liberally-conceived and divisive conclusion that this issue is about race reveals one’s ignorance on the matter.

Is this really what the present administration has reduced us to? Are we so divided and categorized through fabrications of the media’s propaganda that we cannot see clearly the root or truth of an issue? This type of dismal behavior is simply appalling, especially coming from a President who ran a campaign on Hope and Change and bringing people together.

The federal government is charged with protecting our boarders – it is in our constitution. Arizona enacting a very popular law that helps enforce current federal immigration law is necessary and just; however, it also sheds light on how big a problem illegal immigration is in our country when a state enacts a law that the White House condemns and federal government refuses to enforce.

I would like to offer a vigorous salute to Arizona for SB 1070. Immigration has never a problem in America; however, Illegal immigration is a major problem, and I am proud of Arizona for stepping in the right direction regarding a sensitive yet important issue. Regardless of the dissent and mischaracterization coming from the left and the current occupants of the White House, I sincerely hope Arizona’s decision to make a concerted effort to do something about illegal immigration will positively influence illegal immigration reform. Those that would try to besmirch supporters of SB 1070 as racist-right-wing-nut jobs are wrong in every connotation of reasonability and rationale.

The Amazing Insight of Bill Maher

If you are a racist, you are probably a republican!
At least that is what far-left-loons like Bill Maher believe. Last Sunday he revealed his staggering narrow-minded-madness on the ABC morning show, This Week. Although This Week is routinely graced by left-leaning panelists, Bill out-did himself. This Week – as liberally slanted as it is – at least attempts to maintain the perception that it is a legitimate political show worthy of an intelligent audience. Bill Maher on the other hand specifically speaks to and for other far-left-loons. His ignorant assertions are to be used for comedic purposes only and not worthy of any real credence or merit.

I will allow Bill’s own words to prove my point:

Maher: "Government intrusion, you know government power, is something that really bothers conservatives unless it's directed at people that are not white. It seems like there is something like that going on there."

I think George Will was utterly flabbergasted by the mind-numbing ignorance of Bill’s statement.

Will: "Mr. Maher, just said -- if I heard him right -- that conservatives basically are racists and like government intrusion only against people that aren't white."

Maher, in attempt to back-step makes an even bigger ass out of himself and insults republicans.

Maher: "I would never say and I have never said, because it's not true that Republicans, all Republicans are racists. That would be silly and wrong. But nowadays, if you are racist, you're probably a Republican. And that is quite different."

Thank you Bill, the insight and brilliance of your comments are absolutely staggering! In reality, there is nothing “quite different” about it. The only part of his statement that had merit was “…it’s not true…all republican are racist. That would be silly and wrong.”
That is silly and wrong; however, he crapped allover that statement with the whole ‘if you are racist, you are probably a republican’ thing.

This type of rhetoric is as daft as saying “If you are a democrat, you are probably stupid.” There is absolutely nothing fact-based contained in this opinionated assertion of generalizing non-sense whatsoever.
Unfortunately for the intelligent listener out there, Bill Maher has a large platform to spew his blathering puke from. His ilk would claim the same for Rush Limbaugh and other similar conservative thinkers; however, Rush and individuals like him tend to keep their arguments rooted in fact and truth rather than emotional opinion. If you don’t like Rush – that’s fine; however, I contend that you cannot argue with the facts and truth he tirelessly presents.

As a side note: Every time I notice someone mention how much they hate Rush, I don’t ask why, I ask if they listen to his radio show. The answer is almost always an emphatic NO! So if you have a negative opinion of him yet never listen to his show isn’t it safe to say your opinion is basically a fabrication of the media’s propaganda? Just food for thought…

Those of us who choose to the listen to conservative speakers (while we still have the right) enjoy doing so because we are attracted to truth and common sense. Conservative TV and radio show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Sean Hanity, Mark Leven, Hugh Hewitt, Dennis Prager, Laura Ingram, Mike Gallagher, Jason Lewis, Ann Coulter, et al tend to deliver facts and offer concrete rationale instead of slushy conjecture. By doing this, they perform the job our lefty media is derelict in doing.

Common sense loving people tend to appreciate arguments more when fact and truth are presented first, opinion second. Liberal-loons like Bill Maher are notorious for spouting opinion, followed by more opinion as if it were fact. The troublesome part of their rhetoric is that truth is relative to these people. Truth is what they “feel” to be true. It doesn’t matter if they can’t provide any intelligent arguments or objective facts – if they “feel” it is true, they will project what they feel as the truth.

For Bill Maher (a white liberal), and for many other white liberals, only conservative whites can be racist. Furthermore, they can only be racist by the terms that white liberals define.

Anyway, this is what ABC gets for having a white liberal comedian as a guest on a political morning show.

Thanks for revealing yourself to a national audience as what you are Bill – a far-left-loon. Of course, other far-left-loons insatiably gobbled-up your mindless comments and asked for seconds; however, those of us who prefer a little more truth, fact and common sense in our rhetoric are still laughing at you. And since I think we all need to laugh a little more these days – I thank you!

Leftist Smear Tactics

How low will sleaze-bag liberals stoop to marginalize, mischaracterize, and bring discredit to anyone who does not think/feel the way they do?

Apparently they are willing to lie and misrepresent themselves in order to bring erroneous discredit upon others. Crashtheteaparty.org is such a group. Forget constructive, civil, intelligent means of disagreeing such as, oh I don’t know, DEBATE.

Oh no, crashtheteaparty.org sympathizers are dedicated to infiltrating the TEA parties as if they were like-minded yet misrepresenting themselves in various moronic, racist, and potentially damaging ways in an effort to damage and discredit. Aren’t these people lovely? Basically, these people are willing to make complete asses of themselves simply because they do not agree with the TEA parties or the people that do.

Jason Levin, creator of crashtheteaparty.org was quoted in AP as saying
"Do I think every member of the tea party is a homophobe, racist or a moron? No, absolutely not. Do I think most of them are homophobes, racists or morons? Absolutely."



And there you have it folks: The ugly underbelly of the left. I wish I knew a whole bunch of these people, they sound like they would make wonderful friends! They think they are so much better than you; anything you believe in has got to be stupid, moronic, racist, or out-dated, right? They are not even willing to take tea partiers to task and construct civil debates or create opportunities for exchange of thoughts on the issues. They just childishly seek to destroy using sleazy tactics. And why not? You are nothing more than a dumb, uneducated, red-neck, racist-gun-freak out to spew your hate against Obama and his administration simply because he is not a republican and he’s black… (Well, half-black anyway) The Lame Stream media has labeled you as such, so it has to be true! Right?

Right now, leftists – and I don’t just mean liberals I’m talking about the True Believers – are in a state of flux. They are currently in a form of denial because their Oracle – The Chosen One – is not blindly supported by all, and of course in their emotional opinions, people who do not support Obama and his administration must be monumentally stupid or racist or both.

As a matter of fact, Obama’s approval numbers are reaching record lows for the first term of any President. It’s not just the TEA Parties – people are on to this administration's divisive tactics and aristocratic, arrogant view of themselves. People know that there is not a single person working in the White House that ever worked in the private sector – you know – the Real World, where you actually create wealth, drive the economy, run a business, meet a payroll etc.

The TEA Parties send leftists into a complete state of irritation and anger because leftists do not know how to debate facts. They use emotion in their arguments, rarely logic. So rather than actually debate they attempt to smear, suppress, marginalize and discredit their opposition.

For a relevant example, look at the April 19th article in the New York Times former President Bill Clinton wrote. The article appears to be a remembrance letter of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. However, halfway through, the article takes a turn and jumps on the “everyone who disagrees with the current political climate is a terrorist” band-wagon that the left has recently created out of desperation. Basically he marks anyone who does not fully support our current politicians in power as violent, fringe-crazies – that we need to be watchful of these people as they are probably prone to committing horrible terrorist acts much like Timothy McVeigh did. Gee, thanks for the partisan low-blow Bill, your insight is as enlightening as it is nausiating. I think your article would have worked better if you were actually a King or better yet, some sort of deity. But as it is, you are not a King, and whenever you talk-down to the general public, especially when you did nothing to calm the clamor against your predecessor for eight years, people take notice, and guess what? They don’t like it!



This is one of the many reasons our lefty media is going the way of the Dodo. People are getting tired of their crap, plain and simple.