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By MIKE ALLEN | 8/1/08 9:38 AM EST

“Friday’s proposal says Obama ‘is proposing to offset the cost of his emergency energy rebates over the next five years by enacting a windfall profits tax on big oil companies.’”

“’Obama simply asks that big oil companies contribute a reasonable share of the windfall profits they receive from high oil prices over the next five years to pay for emergency assistance for families right now,’ the campaign says.’”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12237.html

How does this strike you?  Do you have more than your neighbor?  Will they soon be knocking at your door for a “contribution?”

Paranoid Americans or Ignorant Immigrants

Could it be that Americans are overly fearful of loosing freedoms? 

As I stood across and from the long lines for the Democratic Primaries listening to the heavy accents and broken English (if they spoke English) it was my observation that many were first generation Americans.  Now, past these same primaries, I notice yard signs, bumper stickers and shirts with the Obama moniker are most often associated with these same first generation people.

This causes me to wonder if the Obama I see and hear on the television is the same socialist they see and hear?  Do they not remember the government programs of the socialist and communist regimes from where they come?  Why would they stand for Obama who would remove so many of the free processes which have created the society and technology we enjoy in the United States and replace them with government?

Could it be that I do not see what they see?  My forefathers have been in Texas since the mid- 1800’s let alone the generations before in other states.  Why am I concerned of gaining government sponsored or “free” healthcare, education, housing and jobs?  Surely they came to the USA for some reason?  What is it that I am missing? 

Yes, Obama as President concerns me.

Help me understand?   

Abridged from http://www.campaignforliberty.com/mission/

Americans inherit from their ancestors a glorious tradition of freedom and resistance to oppression.  Our country has long been admired by the rest of the world for her great example of liberty and prosperity – a light shining in the darkness of tyranny.

But many Americans today are frustrated.  The political choices they are offered give them no real choice at all.  For all their talk of “change,” neither major political party as presently constituted challenges the status quo in any serious way.  Neither treats the Constitution with anything but contempt.  Neither offers any kind of change in monetary policy.  Neither wants to make the reductions in government that our crushing debt burden demands.  Neither talks about bringing American troops home not just from Iraq but from around the world.  Our country is going bankrupt, and none of these sensible proposals are even on the table.

This destructive bipartisan consensus has suffocated American political life for many years.  Anyone who tries to ask fundamental questions instead of cosmetic ones is ridiculed or ignored.

That is why the Campaign for Liberty was established: to highlight the neglected but common-sense principles we champion and reinsert them into the American political conversation. 

We believe that freedom is an indivisible whole, and that it includes not only economic liberty but civil liberties and privacy rights as well, all of which are historic rights that our civilization has cherished from time immemorial.

Our country is ailing.  That is the bad news.  The good news is that the remedy is so simple and attractive: a return to the principles our Founders taught us.  Respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, individual liberty, sound money, and a noninterventionist foreign policy constitute the foundation of the Campaign for Liberty.

Will you join us?

Free republics are not known to have long life expectancies. At the ripe old age of two hundred and thirty-two, America is definitely showing her age. She is long past her prime, and some are predicting her demise. No, some are PLANNING her demise.

Thomas Jefferson and the other founders of this once-great country believed there was a controlling cabal that was crafting America’s servitude. With the assistance of Heaven, they decided to fight those forces. Pastors fought with fiery sermons from the pulpit; newsmen fought with the power of the pen; statesmen fought in the halls of Congress; and merchants fought with the sacrifice of their material gain. Together, they lifted Lady Liberty to her feet and defeated the powers of darkness.

It took the global elite a long time to recover, but they have reemerged with a vengeance. They are now on the precipice of accomplishing what their great granddaddies failed to do: bring the “Liberty or Death” colonists under their power and control.

Sadly, we no longer have the will to resist servitude. Our pulpits are too busy preaching a prosperity gospel; newsmen are in bed with the forces they once disdained; statesmen have been replaced with opportunistic, self-serving politicians; and merchants know no god but money. Hence, it is left to a small–and I mean very small–remnant to sound the clarion call for freedom and independence. Unfortunately, few seem to be listening to their cries.

2010 seems to be a banner year for these designers of despotism. That is the target year for the implementation of the North American Community, which will commercially unite the United States with Canada and Mexico. The global elite suffered a minor setback when the U.S. Senate failed to pass the Bush/McCain/Kennedy/Graham amnesty-for-illegal-aliens bill. But if you think that John Mccain is going to let that bill lie on the floor of defeat, you don’t understand these people. Should McCain become President, He will do everything he can to implement some kind of amnesty law. Barack Obama will do the same. The reason? It is essential to the designers of despotism that our borders be eliminated.

Yes, I am saying it: George W. Bush, John McCain, and Barack Obama are part of the global elite that seeks America’s entrance into an international New World Order. In fact, neither Presidential candidate from the two major parties will offer any resistance to this obstinate and oppressive oligarchy.

Perhaps one day the American people will wake up and realize that they are being led as sheep to the slaughter. I’m just not sure that it will be soon enough, however. 2010 is just around the corner.

There seems to be only one obstacle standing in the way of the globalists: America’s citizens are the most heavily armed people in the world. That fact must surely stick in the throats of the globalists like a chicken bone.

Thank God that America’s founders put the Second Amendment in the Constitution. Without America’s deep-rooted commitment to the right of the people to keep and bear arms, we would have been sold into slavery decades ago.

Without the intellectual understanding of the principles of freedom and the moral resolve to maintain those principles, however, guns, by themselves, will only protect us for so long. In the end, our strength and protection come from God, and not too many people these days seem to be interested in His opinion.

Lady Liberty is walking very gingerly these days, and the path she treads is laden with traps and quicksand. The globalists have their handpicked puppets positioned to take up where The Three Amigos (George Bush I, Bill Clinton, and George Bush II) have left off. The pieces of the puzzle are almost all in place. 2010 just might be the year that Lady Liberty lowers her torch, folds her arms, and falls fast asleep.

For what it is worth, however, I pledge no loyalty to this emerging New World Order. Neither will I let Lady Liberty die without a fight. I will say it again: the battle today is not between conservatives and liberals or Republicans and Democrats. It is a battle between Americans and globalists. And, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am an American!

Kudos go to Oklahoma Legislators as they pass Joint House Resolution 1089 by an overwhelming 92-3.  The resolution states, "The State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States."

I have written my state representatives, Representative Charlie Howard and Senator Kyle Janek, and expressing my support of such a resolution for the Great State of Texas.  I have put my federal representatives, Representative Nick Lampson, Senator Kay Baily-Hutchison and John Cornyn, on notice that I support such a resolution as it appears to me those in Washington D.C. have forgotten The Constitution of the United States and the authorities and limitations there contained which they have solemnly sworn to uphold.

Why don't you do the same?

Remember Gonzales!

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Obama tells black fathers to engage their children

Jun 15, 3:31 PM (ET)

By CHRISTOPHER WILLS

CHICAGO (AP) - Barack Obama celebrated Father's Day by calling on black fathers, who he said are "missing from too many lives and too many homes," to become active in raising their children.

"They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it," the Democratic presidential candidate said Sunday at a largely black church in his hometown.

Reminding the congregation of his firsthand experience growing up without a father, Obama said he was lucky to have loving grandparents who helped his mother. He got support, second chances and scholarships that helped him get an education. Obama's father left when he was 2.

"A lot of children don't get those chances. There is no margin for error in their lives," said Obama, an Illinois senator.

"I resolved many years ago that it was my obligation to break the cycle - that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father to my girls," added Obama, whose daughters, Sasha and Malia, and his wife, Michelle, watched from the audience.

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Yes, Senator Obama, all fathers should step up to their responsibilities to their offspring.  I include all fathers of all colors and creeds.  I include all offspring from conception to death.

The first responsibility of a father is to love the mother of his children unconditionally. 

Are we still in agreement?

Here is a thought for you.  If we elect a leader that will force “universal” health care out of our pocket books will we find that Katrina will hit our health.

Can you imagine healthcare brought to you by the same people that manage the ferderal budget, the IRS, FEMA and preveously the Post Office?

With FEMA managed healthcare you will need to be prepared to care for yourself for the first 72 years as the federal government is not in the business of first response.

Why do we forget so quickly?  How can we not see that government is one of the greatest examples of mis-management in history?

Did you notice that healthcare programs do not decrease the cost of healthcare but rather increase those covered costs? Have you never been asked if you are insured to find that there are two costs for a procedure with the uninsured cost being cheaper?

Did you notice that uncovered elective procedures become cheaper every year yet covered health costs increase? Have you ever asked yourself why? Think free market and free enterprise. Accountability to the consumer is the reason and government accountability is an oxymoron.

Please do not vote for government sponsored healthcare; I cannot afford it.

In countries around the world divorce rates have been rising, and each time a family dissolves the result is two new households.

"A married household actually uses resources more efficiently than a divorced household," said Jianguo Liu, an ecologist at Michigan State University whose analysis of the environmental impact of divorce appears in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

More households means more use of land, water and energy, three critical resources, Liu explained in a telephone interview.

Households with fewer people are simply not as efficient as those with more people sharing, he explained. A household uses the same amount of heat or air conditioning whether there are two or four people living there. A refrigerator used the same power whether there is one person home or several. Two people living apart run two dishwashers, instead of just one.

(http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TA7U7G1&
show_article=1 . accessed 12/40/2007)

Ron Paul was asked if he was getting a fair shake from the media.

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RON PAUL IS TOP PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER ON YOUTUBE

Presidential candidate surpasses 30,000 subscribers on leading online video network

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA— Congressman Ron Paul’s YouTube channel reached over 30,000 subscribers on October 7.  His is the leading “You Choose 08” presidential campaign channel, with nearly three times more supporters than Democratic candidate and supposed internet campaign darling, Barack Obama, who places second with over 11,000 subscribers.  Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s channel is the fifth most popular with slightly more than 3,000 subscribers, or one tenth of Ron Paul’s support.  Fellow Republican Rudy Giuliani lags behind with over 2,000 subscriptions, followed by John McCain and Mike Huckabee with just over 1,000 each.  All other Republican candidates have fewer than 1,000 YouTube supporters.

“In all leading online metrics, Dr. Paul is dominating the field,” said Paul campaign chairman Kent Snyder.  “Dr. Paul’s message of freedom, peace, and prosperity is resonating strongly with Americans, and attracting new supporters every day.”

Dr.  Paul’s video channel has been viewed 4.5 million times by supporters who embrace his message of freedom and limited government, making him one of the most-watched presidential candidates in internet history.  His is also the 39th most popular channel of all time.  Subscribers laud him as “exciting”, “honorable”, “dedicated to principle”, and the only man who “can beat Hillary.”  They use YouTube to recruit and organize other Ron Paul supporters, adding to his burgeoning campaign base.  This energy remains unprecedented among other Republican presidential hopefuls.

YouTube was founded as an online video-sharing network in February 2005.  It is the leading online video site worldwide.

Why is it that so many people find it acceptable, even cool or in, to be offensive in their language and humor?  Is it unconscious? Is it an inability to articulate?  Is it rebellion?  Is it disrespect? 

A large number of these people are young adult or adolescent though not all of them are young.  The younger group of people want independence from child hood and acceptance as grown.  The older group, well, they are still exhibiting juvenile behavior.  How can they not see the childishness of filthy language and potty humor?  

Did I say potty humor?”  Yes, there is similarity between filthy expressions and excreting bodily waste.  Muck is muck whether physical or verbal.  Expression control is part of adolescence and maturity just as potty training is a step toward adolescence.  Many if not all of us go through a period where foul language and joking is part of our image just as the diaper was around our waist.  Yet, is it as necessary to learn expression control as it is to  learn to go to the bathroom?

It could be that I am older, or old, and now find these behaviors offensive, disrespectful and immature.  Lewdness of mouth is as unacceptable as a 5 year old that cannot control his bladder function.  Yet, the pant wetter may have a medical or psychological dysfunction beyond their control, a disability if so diagnosed.  This would be a handicap; certainly a person that wets their pants regularly would not be hired to serve at a local fast food restaurant or to be a character on an afternoon situation comedy show.  Well, maybe they would have a good chance at the character in a sit-com.  

Stand up people and do what we are called to do, to coach and lead our children and young people.  We are to set the example in our language and behavior and then to redirect the unacceptable in our youth. 

We should seek to aid the young child to the bathroom and the adolescent to respectful actions.  The ability to control expression is behavior control and part of maturation.

Of course, we could just accept crude behavior in language and humor.  Would it be so bad?  We could allow a 5 year old to urinate (or worse) themselves in public?  No, we would seek to help.  We would shield this youth from public embarrassment.  We would follow up with the parent to determine if this were a one time accident or the child needed further assistance such as reminding.  Yes, we would want to help this child fit well into society.  We would no sit there smelling the odor of urine.

So why is it different with yuck language and puke joking ?  Why do we sit lingering in the odor of inappropriate word and expression?  Is it that we have accepted this as maturity?  Is it that we feel it is their right?  They also have the right to pee their pants if they chose. 

Foul mouth and behavior is not acceptable.  It is not appropriate for me or for you or for anyone else.  It is not acceptable at home, at school, at work, online or in the media.  We can all learn better and likely already know better.  We do not accept lack of bladder control and should not accept the lack of expression control and that would include sign language as well.  No, we need to find the better option. 

MyFoxHouston Blog stats are incredible.  Yes, the word is incredible.  With no less than 0 (zero) posts, I have accrued an average viewership of 0.04 visits per day.  What could be more implausible that that?  Well, let us look at the number of comments… 0.01 comments per day.  You got that right, one one-hundredth comment.  How you ask does that happen?   In one word…Popularity.

Now, that you have been amazed you might be interested that this culminates into and average 5.81 comments per post.  This totals to 4.95 comments over the life of my blog; only about 2 months old as of today. 

Yes, you to could amass such status and recognition with your very own blog.  You could create your personal blog life and blog society.  Go now.  Before I change your mind.  Run to MyFoxHouston and blog on.