Before the Boston bomber(s) were (apparently) identified, one could perceive a major theme running through the hopes and desires of the "mainstream", i.e., liberal, media: "Oh, please, please, please, dear State"-- for that's the god they pray to, of course--"please let the bomber(s) be a white, male, evangelical Christian, pro-life, anti-queer marriage, NRA and Tea Party member, who listens to Rush Limbaugh and reads Ann Coulter, who voted a straight Republican ticket, who hates Obama and government, and who has written reams and reams praising Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush and wants tax cuts and less government spending..."
And the disappointment was equally manifest as it has been revealed that the bombers (apparently) are Islamic fanatics, who are simply doing what the founder of that religion did, i.e., kill people.
Meanwhile, there is this enlightening headline that tells us exactly the kind of people leftists are: "Philly Abortion Horror: Baby Born Alive in Toilet, 'Swimming,' 'Trying to Get Out'...."
The left kills people, folks. That's the thing they do best. The Jacobins, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro, the Kims in North Korea--hundreds of millions of people. They can't do that in America because Americans have guns and can shoot back, which is, of course, why the left in the United States is obsessed with taking them away. So, for the moment, the only people these godless heathen can kill--legally--is innocent babies. And they've certainly done their share of that.
No God, no respect for human life. And hope, hope, hope to pin atrocities on your enemies to utterly destroy any influence they might have. Because you can't kill them--yet. But keep the pressure on to get their guns. When you finally have all their guns, then...you can do what Hitler, Stalin, Mao, etc. did.
And, you can also, at the moment, bemoan the fact that the latest mass murderer in America was another Islamic terrorist, not a Tea Party, Christian, Republican.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Let Them Be Heard Again—III
Here
is another quote from Thomas Jefferson, in our series on the foundation principles
of America:
“The Bible is the cornerstone of
liberty. A student’s perusal of the
sacred volume will make him a better citizen, a better father, a better
husband.”
In
other place, almost the same thought:
“I have always said, I always will say,
that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make him a better citizen,
a better father, a better husband.”
This
is so blindingly obvious that, if I didn’t know history and understand human
nature (as revealed in history and the Bible), I would be shocked that people
don’t understand it. How could any
rational human being deny what Jefferson writes here? Christianity, with its high, holy, righteous
moral teaching will elevate any human who endeavors to follow its
principles. No citizen, who follows the
doctrines of Jesus, would violate the rights and freedoms of others. Those who adhere to Christianity live, in
family and society, as responsible, virtuous, moderate, concerned, and caring
individuals. What Christian father would
abandon his children—or have children out of wedlock and leave the mother, in
shame, to live off others? Where is the
Christian husband who beats his wife, or fails to train his children in ways
that would uplift their behavior in society once they leave his charge,
promoting and advancing that which is good and beneficial to society, rather
than contributing to its moral debasement?
How can anybody, with an ounce of brains, attribute the immoral rot
infesting the United States to any part or portion of the Christian religion,
as taught by Jesus and His disciples? Is
it Christianity which is destroying the American family—or a philosophy which
is diametrically opposed to it?
As
Jefferson said in another place, “I hold the precepts of Jesus…to be the most
pure, benevolent, and sublime which have ever been preached to man.” No society—or individual—will perfectly observe
all the precepts of the Son of God. But
the farther we, individually or collectively, remove ourselves from them, the
more depraved our behavior becomes. And
because men love the pleasures of sin, they hate Christianity. And as a result, America is currently floundering,
directionless, with no moral compass, and overwhelmed within a decadent stench
of her own doing. And therein lies the
real problem—men love sin, so they hate Christianity. And because of that, they will find any
excuse they can to reject the Christian religion.
Don’t
blame Jesus or those who follow His teachings for the putrefaction stinking up
America today. Don’t you dare blame Jesus or those who follow His
teachings.
One
more quote from Thomas Jefferson:
“And can the liberties of a nation be
thought secure when we have removed their ONLY FIRM BASIS, a conviction in the minds
of the people that these liberties are the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His
wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.”
As
noted in my last post, the second in this series, Jefferson and other early
Americans, argued that liberty's foundation comes from God--the foundation principles of America are rooted in an eternal God.
We have the freedom to do what is right, according to the eternal moral
nature and laws of Jehovah; we do not have the freedom to do what is
wrong. When we violate God’s laws, we
trample on freedom, we hurt ourselves and/or others, and this is a defilement
of the second greatest commandment, “thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Freedom comes from God; all our blessings
do. When we deny that, as the “intelligentsia,”
the “progressive” in America today so obviously does, then we have nothing left
to fall back on but public opinion, of man making his own rules—“every man does
that which is right in his own eyes.” That
is a disaster in progress, as is so clear in the United States today. Did Christianity destroy Detroit—or did modern,
anti-Christian “progressive” liberalism do it?
Are the political leaders in Washington, D.C., exalting the virtues of Christianity as the guide for the nation today, which would promote excellence in citizens' behavior, frugality in governmental economics, and moderation and respect for other countries in the realm of foreign affairs, or does an elitist arrogance exist, on both sides of the aisle, that believes it knows better than God how to guide the welfare of mankind? Is the American government growing today because
of Christianity—or because we have rejected it, individually, economically, and collectively, as a guide in moral policy?
Who
is the liberal’s “god”—Jehovah or the state?
In one sense, it is not the government's fault; government only becomes necessary when people refuse to discipline themselves and act civilized. But government leaders are at fault when they don't lead; and the greatest acts of leadership point the people to a virtuous, self-disciplined, responsible, righteous, humble life--in other words, towards Christ and Christianity--and freedom--not to an atheistic self-indulgence, which can only lead to more bondage--enslaved first to one's own carnal appetites, and then eventually enslaved to a government who will have to force obedience so that a civilized order can exist in society. For there will be order in society, one way or another. People can either do it voluntarily--i.e., freedom--or they will be forced to do it by government. And again, if someone is forced to do something they would not do of their own voluntary will, it might be a good thing--but don't call it freedom. And the righteous will suffer, too, because government tyranny is rarely selective.
In one sense, it is not the government's fault; government only becomes necessary when people refuse to discipline themselves and act civilized. But government leaders are at fault when they don't lead; and the greatest acts of leadership point the people to a virtuous, self-disciplined, responsible, righteous, humble life--in other words, towards Christ and Christianity--and freedom--not to an atheistic self-indulgence, which can only lead to more bondage--enslaved first to one's own carnal appetites, and then eventually enslaved to a government who will have to force obedience so that a civilized order can exist in society. For there will be order in society, one way or another. People can either do it voluntarily--i.e., freedom--or they will be forced to do it by government. And again, if someone is forced to do something they would not do of their own voluntary will, it might be a good thing--but don't call it freedom. And the righteous will suffer, too, because government tyranny is rarely selective.
But what do Obama and the liberals want--more Christianity, more righteousness as revealed from the Creator of heaven and earth? Or more government which they can control, and thus control as many people as possible?
Whom do you trust, dear reader, God or Obama?
And if you don't believe if God, and Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and American politicians are your hope, I truly feel sorry for you.
And if you don't believe if God, and Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and American politicians are your hope, I truly feel sorry for you.
Yea,
indeed, how long will God’s justice sleep?
Let Them Be Heard Again—II
What are the founding principles of
the United States, that upon which the country was built, principles that are
now being destroyed by an elitist, egotistical, atheistic left with no sense of
history or ability at rational thinking?
The men who founded America, and who lived in her earliest generations,
are the ones who can clearly tell us what they were doing—and why. Let us hear them again.
Jefferson, and all of America’s founders, understood that freedom, true freedom, comes from God, who is also the Author of all true science, philosophy, morality, indeed, of everything that is “truth.” Freedom is not a license to do anything we want; obviously, we cannot give murderers, thieves, rapists, et al, the freedom to commit their atrocious crimes, because this would violate other people’s freedoms. And thus freedom has restraints, called “law” (more on this in a later post), and those restraints are inherent within the very nature of freedom.
Since freedom comes from God, it is based on what is right and wrong, the knowledge of which also comes from the Eternal Deity (much of it is “self-evident,” but not all). God has given us the freedom to do what is “right,” but not the freedom to do what is “wrong” (“Thou shalt not kill…steal…commit adultery…covet”, etc.). And those who would argue, “well, as long as I’m not hurting anybody else, I can do what I want,” argue falsely, because when I do evil (violate any of God’s laws), even if only to myself, I hurt myself, I slowly destroy my conscience, I lower my moral inhibitions, I make myself a viler, more depraved individual, and a person like that will, eventually, violate the freedoms of others. Such people will ultimately need government to step in and defend their “freedoms” (e.g., pay for their abortions, provide money for their children born out of wedlock, subsidize research to cure diseases caused by immoral sexual activity) and by doing so, infringe upon the liberties of those who try to live virtuously (I am forced, by government, to pay taxes to support these immoral deeds. And when someone is forced to do something, that’s not freedom). God has given us no freedom to do any evil, but only the freedom to do good; that’s crucial to understanding the thinking of the men who founded America. If all men would do only good, and never evil, we wouldn’t need government; if all men were angels, James Madison wrote, government would be unnecessary. But because men do violate the laws of God and harm others, government becomes essential in order to restrain those who will not be restrained without force or the threat thereof. People who harm others, or themselves, are violating true freedom. When we freely choose to do the right thing, then we will have the most possible freedom of all, because we will need less government confining us, and we will be using freedom in the way God intended it to be used—for the betterment of mankind, not for personal pleasure or glory, the latter which almost always leads to violations of individual or collective liberty.
As Jefferson wisely understood, pure Christianity—that which was taught by Jesus—is the purest, and I would add final, expression of the mind of God. Since freedom, science (true science, not Darwinian mythology), and the creative mind come from God, then, as Jefferson noted, Christianity provides the greatest access to all of these things. Again, it is critical to understand that, to America’s founders, we are NOT free to do evil—of any kind. Obviously, the immoral masses in America today, especially on the left, want as much “freedom” as possible, mainly for sexually licentious behavior, but also to promote a vile welfare state that keeps them in power. For such people, who have gained control of Hollywood, the media, much of the government, it is easy to understand why Christianity is their greatest enemy. But in truth, Christianity is the greatest supporter of individual liberty—the liberty to do the right thing, to benefit society, to not harm ourselves and others, to build and create a worthy civilization, not to destroy it—a destruction that is so evident in America today, because we have turned our backs on the foundation principles of the country.
The more Christianity we have, the less government we need. The less Christianity, the more government. Which way has America gone in the last generation? It isn’t Christianity that needs more government. It isn’t Christianity that is infringing upon people’s freedom to do good. It isn’t Christianity that is destroying the United States of America in 2013.
Before I begin, I want to add one
caveat. Anything quoted here is not to
affirm that these men always lived consistently—or taught consistently. They were imperfect human beings. Their words are what they are, but they come
from men who knew history and understood that an eternal moral law exists.
I will start first with some quotes
from Thomas Jefferson (all the capital letter emphases in these quotes will be mine):
“The Christian religion, when divested
of the rags in which they [false teachers] have invested it, and brought to the
original purity of its benevolent institutor, is a religion of all others most
friendly to LIBERTY, SCIENCE, and THE FREEST
Jefferson, and all of America’s founders, understood that freedom, true freedom, comes from God, who is also the Author of all true science, philosophy, morality, indeed, of everything that is “truth.” Freedom is not a license to do anything we want; obviously, we cannot give murderers, thieves, rapists, et al, the freedom to commit their atrocious crimes, because this would violate other people’s freedoms. And thus freedom has restraints, called “law” (more on this in a later post), and those restraints are inherent within the very nature of freedom.
Since freedom comes from God, it is based on what is right and wrong, the knowledge of which also comes from the Eternal Deity (much of it is “self-evident,” but not all). God has given us the freedom to do what is “right,” but not the freedom to do what is “wrong” (“Thou shalt not kill…steal…commit adultery…covet”, etc.). And those who would argue, “well, as long as I’m not hurting anybody else, I can do what I want,” argue falsely, because when I do evil (violate any of God’s laws), even if only to myself, I hurt myself, I slowly destroy my conscience, I lower my moral inhibitions, I make myself a viler, more depraved individual, and a person like that will, eventually, violate the freedoms of others. Such people will ultimately need government to step in and defend their “freedoms” (e.g., pay for their abortions, provide money for their children born out of wedlock, subsidize research to cure diseases caused by immoral sexual activity) and by doing so, infringe upon the liberties of those who try to live virtuously (I am forced, by government, to pay taxes to support these immoral deeds. And when someone is forced to do something, that’s not freedom). God has given us no freedom to do any evil, but only the freedom to do good; that’s crucial to understanding the thinking of the men who founded America. If all men would do only good, and never evil, we wouldn’t need government; if all men were angels, James Madison wrote, government would be unnecessary. But because men do violate the laws of God and harm others, government becomes essential in order to restrain those who will not be restrained without force or the threat thereof. People who harm others, or themselves, are violating true freedom. When we freely choose to do the right thing, then we will have the most possible freedom of all, because we will need less government confining us, and we will be using freedom in the way God intended it to be used—for the betterment of mankind, not for personal pleasure or glory, the latter which almost always leads to violations of individual or collective liberty.
As Jefferson wisely understood, pure Christianity—that which was taught by Jesus—is the purest, and I would add final, expression of the mind of God. Since freedom, science (true science, not Darwinian mythology), and the creative mind come from God, then, as Jefferson noted, Christianity provides the greatest access to all of these things. Again, it is critical to understand that, to America’s founders, we are NOT free to do evil—of any kind. Obviously, the immoral masses in America today, especially on the left, want as much “freedom” as possible, mainly for sexually licentious behavior, but also to promote a vile welfare state that keeps them in power. For such people, who have gained control of Hollywood, the media, much of the government, it is easy to understand why Christianity is their greatest enemy. But in truth, Christianity is the greatest supporter of individual liberty—the liberty to do the right thing, to benefit society, to not harm ourselves and others, to build and create a worthy civilization, not to destroy it—a destruction that is so evident in America today, because we have turned our backs on the foundation principles of the country.
The more Christianity we have, the less government we need. The less Christianity, the more government. Which way has America gone in the last generation? It isn’t Christianity that needs more government. It isn’t Christianity that is infringing upon people’s freedom to do good. It isn’t Christianity that is destroying the United States of America in 2013.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Let Them Be Heard Again-I
The most important part of any building is the foundation. It must be
strong, firm, and capable of lasting a long time. When the foundation
crumbles and or is willingly destroyed, the building obviously collapses into a
heap of rubble, dust, and carnage. The
greater the building, the mightier the destruction.
This analogy is true for nations, too. There is a reason why Rome became a long-lasting republic and empire and the Girgashites didn’t. And much of that is to be found in the foundations Rome was built upon. The Romans were far from perfect, of course, and could be brutally cruel and barbaric. But they understood character and moral worth, the value of family, law, and tradition, and they survived 1,000 years because of it.
America is changing, and I would argue, given history, headed for either utter ruin, or worldly irrelevancy, like modern England. Remember, 100 years ago, it was the British Empire that ruled the globe. The Germans had a lot to do with destroying that, but so did the quality and character of the British people. Read the great British novels of the late 19th century—20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, the Sherlock Holmes novels, etc.—and you see a completely different people than today. You see a religious people, a nation with character, strength, duty, moral values, and earthly perception—no egalitarian nonsense. Today England has sacrificed itself on the altar of political correctness, and it is a bankrupt country in all the ways that matter. And, as I noted, largely irrelevant in world affairs. Who fears the British today?
The United States was not founded by perfect men, of course; there are no such creatures. But they were, by far, the most perceptive and perspicacious men who ever established a country. They founded America on Christian principles—and they made no bones about it. Christianity was the substance upon which America was established. And Christianity is, of course, the mortal enemy of today’s “progressive,” the thing he hates with the greatest vilification, the one element of society he wants to destroy more than anything else.
And he is succeeding, right now, almost beyond his wildest dreams.
And with it, he is destroying America, because he is abolishing that upon which the country was founded. Destroy the foundation…and the building disintegrates.
Nobody will listen because it is too late, but we need to hear—again—the men who founded the United States. So I propose to write, over the coming weeks, a series of articles quoting the great, far-sighted, historically-brilliant architects of the United States. Oh, yes, they knew history, they knew it well. And they built the greatest national structure in the totality of mankind’s existence. The only thing they couldn’t do—try though they did—was protect it from wicked, power-hungry human beings. Abraham Lincoln destroyed the governmental foundation—and today’s liberals are using what Lincoln put in place to destroy the moral one. No nation can survive that.
History doesn’t work fast—or I perhaps should say, God moves at His own pace. It was right after the fall of man that He announced a Savior would come (Genesis 3:15); it was 1,000s of years later before He sent Him (Galatians 4:4). Isaiah predicted the destruction of Babylon almost 200 years in advance of the event (Isaiah 13). Hosea uttered Israel’s downfall a full generation before it happened (Hosea 1). We cannot rush the Almighty, for His purposes are as far above ours as heaven is above the earth (Isaiah 55:8-9). All we can be assured of is that He will not acquit the wicked (Nahum 1:3). But He will do it in His own time.
America’s founders pointed the way. We will see what they said. And the wise will discern why America is in the forlorn condition she now finds herself. The foolish will discern nothing.
This analogy is true for nations, too. There is a reason why Rome became a long-lasting republic and empire and the Girgashites didn’t. And much of that is to be found in the foundations Rome was built upon. The Romans were far from perfect, of course, and could be brutally cruel and barbaric. But they understood character and moral worth, the value of family, law, and tradition, and they survived 1,000 years because of it.
America is changing, and I would argue, given history, headed for either utter ruin, or worldly irrelevancy, like modern England. Remember, 100 years ago, it was the British Empire that ruled the globe. The Germans had a lot to do with destroying that, but so did the quality and character of the British people. Read the great British novels of the late 19th century—20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, the Sherlock Holmes novels, etc.—and you see a completely different people than today. You see a religious people, a nation with character, strength, duty, moral values, and earthly perception—no egalitarian nonsense. Today England has sacrificed itself on the altar of political correctness, and it is a bankrupt country in all the ways that matter. And, as I noted, largely irrelevant in world affairs. Who fears the British today?
The United States was not founded by perfect men, of course; there are no such creatures. But they were, by far, the most perceptive and perspicacious men who ever established a country. They founded America on Christian principles—and they made no bones about it. Christianity was the substance upon which America was established. And Christianity is, of course, the mortal enemy of today’s “progressive,” the thing he hates with the greatest vilification, the one element of society he wants to destroy more than anything else.
And he is succeeding, right now, almost beyond his wildest dreams.
And with it, he is destroying America, because he is abolishing that upon which the country was founded. Destroy the foundation…and the building disintegrates.
Nobody will listen because it is too late, but we need to hear—again—the men who founded the United States. So I propose to write, over the coming weeks, a series of articles quoting the great, far-sighted, historically-brilliant architects of the United States. Oh, yes, they knew history, they knew it well. And they built the greatest national structure in the totality of mankind’s existence. The only thing they couldn’t do—try though they did—was protect it from wicked, power-hungry human beings. Abraham Lincoln destroyed the governmental foundation—and today’s liberals are using what Lincoln put in place to destroy the moral one. No nation can survive that.
History doesn’t work fast—or I perhaps should say, God moves at His own pace. It was right after the fall of man that He announced a Savior would come (Genesis 3:15); it was 1,000s of years later before He sent Him (Galatians 4:4). Isaiah predicted the destruction of Babylon almost 200 years in advance of the event (Isaiah 13). Hosea uttered Israel’s downfall a full generation before it happened (Hosea 1). We cannot rush the Almighty, for His purposes are as far above ours as heaven is above the earth (Isaiah 55:8-9). All we can be assured of is that He will not acquit the wicked (Nahum 1:3). But He will do it in His own time.
America’s founders pointed the way. We will see what they said. And the wise will discern why America is in the forlorn condition she now finds herself. The foolish will discern nothing.
Tea Party Republican, Right?
Here's a quote for you. See if you can guess who said it:
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest [the republic] become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
Who said it? Sarah Palin, right? Nope. Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter? Uh-uh. Ted Cruz? Rand Paul? Ron Paul? Wrong again. Mark Lewis???? Closer, but only because of the name....
No, none of those right-wing nutcases enunciated (or wrote) those words. They were indeed spoken before the Senate, though. However, it was the Roman Senate, in 55 B.C. By Marcus Tullius Cicero.
28 years before the fall of the Roman Republic.
More from Cicero soon on why the Roman Republic fell. And how America, recklessly, foolishly, sadly--stupidly--is trotting right along behind.
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest [the republic] become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
Who said it? Sarah Palin, right? Nope. Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter? Uh-uh. Ted Cruz? Rand Paul? Ron Paul? Wrong again. Mark Lewis???? Closer, but only because of the name....
No, none of those right-wing nutcases enunciated (or wrote) those words. They were indeed spoken before the Senate, though. However, it was the Roman Senate, in 55 B.C. By Marcus Tullius Cicero.
28 years before the fall of the Roman Republic.
More from Cicero soon on why the Roman Republic fell. And how America, recklessly, foolishly, sadly--stupidly--is trotting right along behind.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
They Really Can't Find Anything to Cut?
Quite frankly, it is very, very difficult not to have to strong feelings of animosity and loathing towards Barack Obama and the Democrats especially, along with the Democrats’ liberal allies in the media, and to a lesser degree, Republicans in Congress. The recent…discussion?...over the sequester indicates the utter contempt Obama has for the American people and their intelligence (to be honest, some of his contempt is, I suppose, justified, because the people re-elected the guy). To say that the sequester would bring automatic cuts that would harm the people, that would take away necessary services, that would create pain and hardship is cynical to the "nth" degree. Well, "cynical" is a nice word. It’s a downright lie, is what it is, and how can anybody have respect for liars?
Here is a small list—a very small list—of things Congress has wasted American tax dollars on in recent years. You tell me these things are "essential"?? This can’t be cut without doing permanent, irreparable damage to the United States of America? Read and weep, and in some cases, laugh, and try to rein in your temper:
--$60,000 for Belgian endive research for the University of Massachusetts;
--$107,000 to study the sex life of Japanese quail;
--$4.3 million for a privately owned museum in Johnstown, PA;
--$3.1 million to convert a ferry boat into a crab restaurant in Baltimore;
--$11 million for a private pleasure boat harbor in Cleveland;
--$150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud;
--$320,000 to purchase President McKinley’s mother-in-law’s home;
--$84,000 to find out why people fall in love;
--$1 million to study why people don’t ride bikes to work;
--$19 million to examine gas emissions from cow flatulence;
--$144,000 to see if pigeons follow human economic laws….
I’m not making this up, folks. Your tax dollars at work. Here are some more:
--$219,000 to teach college students how to watch television;
--$500,000 to build a replica of the Great Pyramid of Egypt in Indiana;
--$2 million to construct an ancient Hawaiian canoe;
--$350,000 to renovate the House Beauty Salon;
--$20 million for a demonstration project to build wooden bridges;
--$6 million to upgrade the two-block long Senate subway;
--$160,000 to study if you can hex an opponent by drawing an "X" on his chest;
--$800,000 for a restroom on Mt. McKinley;
--$100,000 to study how to avoid falling spacecraft;
--$16,000 to study the operation of the komungo, a Korean stringed instrument;
--$6,000 for a document on Worcestershire sauce;
--$1 million to preserve a Trenton, New Jersey, sewer as a historic monument;
--$10,000 to study the effect of naval communications on a bull’s potency;
And here is one of my favorites: $57,000 spent by the Executive Branch for gold-embossed playing cards on Air Force Two…$57,000 of taxpayer money for a deck of cards for the Vice-President!! (To be fair, I believe this was spent under a Republican administration.)
Every bit of that, of course, can be found in Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution, the powers given to Congress…….(I’m being sarcastic, just in case there are Obama voters reading this….)
19 million dollars to study cow farts…….but there is no place to cut the budget.
In his own day, Thomas Jefferson complained of federal politicians who seemed "at a loss for objects whereon to throw away the supposed fathomless funds of the treasury." It obviously hasn’t gotten any better in 200 years, even worse, because much of this money is borrowed and will have to be paid back—or defaulted on—by the next generation of American taxpayers.
Loathing? Obama and his liberal, big government, anti-god allies really, really test my Christianity. My brother and wife tell me I should just ignore them because I can’t do anything about it, and they are right. It’s not worth losing my soul over.
But, I’m a teacher and an educator, so I guess my nature is to do something, regardless of how futile.
To end this, here is another great quote from Thomas Sowell, in his most recent article, "Budget Politics":
"Back in my teaching days…one of the things I liked to ask the class to consider was this: Imagine a government agency with only two tasks: (1) building statues of Benedict Arnold and (2) providing life-saving medications to children. If this agency's budget were cut, what would it do?
The answer, of course, is that it would cut back on the medications for children. Why? Because that would be what was most likely to get the budget cuts restored. If they cut back on building statues of Benedict Arnold, people might ask why they were building statues of Benedict Arnold in the first place."
To Obama, the purpose of "sequestration" was not to cut the government budget and help the American people, but to create panic and expand government spending. As Sowell says later in the article, "Democrats prefer to get the political benefits from handing out goodies, while Republicans can be blamed for not subsequently raising enough taxes to pay for the Democrats' spending spree." He is exactly right.
And that is why "loathing" is perhaps too gentle a word…
Here is a small list—a very small list—of things Congress has wasted American tax dollars on in recent years. You tell me these things are "essential"?? This can’t be cut without doing permanent, irreparable damage to the United States of America? Read and weep, and in some cases, laugh, and try to rein in your temper:
--$60,000 for Belgian endive research for the University of Massachusetts;
--$107,000 to study the sex life of Japanese quail;
--$4.3 million for a privately owned museum in Johnstown, PA;
--$3.1 million to convert a ferry boat into a crab restaurant in Baltimore;
--$11 million for a private pleasure boat harbor in Cleveland;
--$150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud;
--$320,000 to purchase President McKinley’s mother-in-law’s home;
--$84,000 to find out why people fall in love;
--$1 million to study why people don’t ride bikes to work;
--$19 million to examine gas emissions from cow flatulence;
--$144,000 to see if pigeons follow human economic laws….
I’m not making this up, folks. Your tax dollars at work. Here are some more:
--$219,000 to teach college students how to watch television;
--$500,000 to build a replica of the Great Pyramid of Egypt in Indiana;
--$2 million to construct an ancient Hawaiian canoe;
--$350,000 to renovate the House Beauty Salon;
--$20 million for a demonstration project to build wooden bridges;
--$6 million to upgrade the two-block long Senate subway;
--$160,000 to study if you can hex an opponent by drawing an "X" on his chest;
--$800,000 for a restroom on Mt. McKinley;
--$100,000 to study how to avoid falling spacecraft;
--$16,000 to study the operation of the komungo, a Korean stringed instrument;
--$6,000 for a document on Worcestershire sauce;
--$1 million to preserve a Trenton, New Jersey, sewer as a historic monument;
--$10,000 to study the effect of naval communications on a bull’s potency;
And here is one of my favorites: $57,000 spent by the Executive Branch for gold-embossed playing cards on Air Force Two…$57,000 of taxpayer money for a deck of cards for the Vice-President!! (To be fair, I believe this was spent under a Republican administration.)
Every bit of that, of course, can be found in Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution, the powers given to Congress…….(I’m being sarcastic, just in case there are Obama voters reading this….)
19 million dollars to study cow farts…….but there is no place to cut the budget.
In his own day, Thomas Jefferson complained of federal politicians who seemed "at a loss for objects whereon to throw away the supposed fathomless funds of the treasury." It obviously hasn’t gotten any better in 200 years, even worse, because much of this money is borrowed and will have to be paid back—or defaulted on—by the next generation of American taxpayers.
Loathing? Obama and his liberal, big government, anti-god allies really, really test my Christianity. My brother and wife tell me I should just ignore them because I can’t do anything about it, and they are right. It’s not worth losing my soul over.
But, I’m a teacher and an educator, so I guess my nature is to do something, regardless of how futile.
To end this, here is another great quote from Thomas Sowell, in his most recent article, "Budget Politics":
"Back in my teaching days…one of the things I liked to ask the class to consider was this: Imagine a government agency with only two tasks: (1) building statues of Benedict Arnold and (2) providing life-saving medications to children. If this agency's budget were cut, what would it do?
The answer, of course, is that it would cut back on the medications for children. Why? Because that would be what was most likely to get the budget cuts restored. If they cut back on building statues of Benedict Arnold, people might ask why they were building statues of Benedict Arnold in the first place."
To Obama, the purpose of "sequestration" was not to cut the government budget and help the American people, but to create panic and expand government spending. As Sowell says later in the article, "Democrats prefer to get the political benefits from handing out goodies, while Republicans can be blamed for not subsequently raising enough taxes to pay for the Democrats' spending spree." He is exactly right.
And that is why "loathing" is perhaps too gentle a word…
Monday, March 4, 2013
Headlines....
School started last week, so I'm busy again doing something other than studying Chinese. I thought I would check in with a couple of headlines that noted my attention today:
"Kerry Hands Out $250 Million to Egypt"
With all the recent talk of the sequester, and the doomsday scenarios that Obama and the Democrats were throwing out, one would think the United States government wouldn't have enough money left to feed a baby.
But we've got enough left to give Egypt $250 million.
How can anybody, who pays the least bit of attention to what is going on in Washington, D.C., have an ounce of respect for any politician there? I do think the Republicans--at least some of them--would like to rein in spending some. The Democrats have absolutely no desire to do anything but build government as big as they possible can, to make as many people as possible dependent on government, because that's the way they get votes.
So much for freedom in America. I don't want to cry a river here, but I do feel the sadness perhaps more acutely than many others because I'm an historian, well-versed in what the men who founded America intended for it to be. Their vision was brilliant, and I really need to get it down on this blog so that more people can know it, because I see very, very few people who have even the minutest understanding of what they intended. These Chinese students are spellbound when I explain it to them. They've never heard anything like it. And, well, for that matter, most Americans now haven't, either.
"Farrakhan: White People Fear Becoming Minority"
I didn't bother reading the article so I don't know what Farrakhan's rationale for saying that was (and don't care). My thought immediately was, Why? Why should white people fear becoming a minority, unless the non-white majority intends to use their majority numbers to kill off the whites in a brutal race war? Is there something whites have to fear from non-whites?
Well, yes, probably.
But my fear, for when whites become a minority, is for the country. All you have to do is look at the way Africa, Mexico, Latin and South America are governed and you have a pretty good idea of how America will be governed, too. Not to mention Detroit, Newark, Washington, D.C. and every other city in America where black liberals have held the power in the last generation. Given the demographics and my age, I'll probably be dead before whites are a minority. If not, I'll just stay in China. I'm a minority here, of course, but if you whine about it, you get shot.
"Kerry Hands Out $250 Million to Egypt"
With all the recent talk of the sequester, and the doomsday scenarios that Obama and the Democrats were throwing out, one would think the United States government wouldn't have enough money left to feed a baby.
But we've got enough left to give Egypt $250 million.
How can anybody, who pays the least bit of attention to what is going on in Washington, D.C., have an ounce of respect for any politician there? I do think the Republicans--at least some of them--would like to rein in spending some. The Democrats have absolutely no desire to do anything but build government as big as they possible can, to make as many people as possible dependent on government, because that's the way they get votes.
So much for freedom in America. I don't want to cry a river here, but I do feel the sadness perhaps more acutely than many others because I'm an historian, well-versed in what the men who founded America intended for it to be. Their vision was brilliant, and I really need to get it down on this blog so that more people can know it, because I see very, very few people who have even the minutest understanding of what they intended. These Chinese students are spellbound when I explain it to them. They've never heard anything like it. And, well, for that matter, most Americans now haven't, either.
"Farrakhan: White People Fear Becoming Minority"
I didn't bother reading the article so I don't know what Farrakhan's rationale for saying that was (and don't care). My thought immediately was, Why? Why should white people fear becoming a minority, unless the non-white majority intends to use their majority numbers to kill off the whites in a brutal race war? Is there something whites have to fear from non-whites?
Well, yes, probably.
But my fear, for when whites become a minority, is for the country. All you have to do is look at the way Africa, Mexico, Latin and South America are governed and you have a pretty good idea of how America will be governed, too. Not to mention Detroit, Newark, Washington, D.C. and every other city in America where black liberals have held the power in the last generation. Given the demographics and my age, I'll probably be dead before whites are a minority. If not, I'll just stay in China. I'm a minority here, of course, but if you whine about it, you get shot.
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