With the passage of Arizona Senate Bill 1070, the now infamous Immagration Law, I am beginning to wonder just what is going on. We have Arizona legislators calling for a boycott of the entire state, we have city councils of other states passing resolutions to refuse to buy products or services from Arizona, and now we have celebrities speaking out...even foreign celebrities.
Last week, Shakira, under police escort and much pomp and circumstance, met with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to express concern over SB1070. Shakira, who was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, claimed she was afraid to visit Arizona because she didn't carry a drivers license and feared she could be arrested at any time. How interesting, a foreign celebrity, that is not a naturalized citizen, is complaining to the Mayor of Phoenix. Her own words from her website, http://www.shakira.com/:
I'm not a citizen of the United States, but I've always been an admirer and defender of its principles. To the rest of the world, the United States represents the dream of a better life based on justice and freedom for everyone -- no matter the color of your skin. This law goes against those values and against the principles of every American I know.
Who the hell does she think she is? The rights of Americans are extended over Americans. She has NO say in ANY law in ANY state in the country! It flies in the face of the very essence of the American way. This is tantamount to the illegal aliens, or more succinctly, the illegal Mexan nationals, who marched on the Arizona capital demading rights and waiving a Mexican flag. How dare they! And, how dare Shakira.
Now, I just learned that Danny Gover is coming to Arizona to complain. Wow! I can hardly believe what I am reading. As stated on the Fox News website at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274564,00.html, Mr. Glover is a supporter of Hugo Chavez, a known murderous dictator and main proponent of communision in his country. Here is what the website states:
Glover is among a number of high-profile U.S. supporters of Chavez. The group also includes singer Harry Belafonte and Princeton University scholar Cornel West, who have defended the Venezuelan president against accusations of democratic abuses.
Now, according to the Arizona Central website: http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2010/05/04/20100504arizona-immigration-protest-glover0504.html, Mr. Glover is "to meet with Gordon about immigration law". The nerve! The audacity! The article goes on to say:
Glover will meet with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, business leaders and residents who could be affected by the new law. At 11 a.m. Gordon and Glover will hold a brief news conference, said Gerardo Higginson, a spokesman for the mayor.
My mind is blown! And, to top it off, it really doesn't make any sense! I bet by now you are wondering why it doesn't make any sense. They are talking with the Mayor of Phoenix. He did not author this law. He did not enanct this law. He cannot chnage this law. He...cannot...do...anything...except complain...about this law. With that in mind, he is just using this opportunity for political grandstanding. Posturing...nothing else.
So here's something to think about the next time you see the outspoken stars and celebrities who complain about America and/or the states therein. They are only interested in your money and your attention. They effect no real change for anyone but themselves. And, as for the intellectual prowess of these celebs and how they know what is best for us...well...consider that they cannot even tell the difference between a state law and a city ordinance, let alone a mayor of a city and the governor of the State of Arizona, who sgined the bill into law.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Old School vs New School, or 1958 vs. 2008
Scenario: Jim goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jim's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jim hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario:
Sean and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1958 - Crowd gathers. Sean wins. Mark and Sean shake hands and end up buddies.
2008 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Mark and Sean. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Mark started it.
Scenario:
Bob won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1958 - Bob sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2008 - Bob given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Bob has a disability.
Scenario:
Chris breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1958 - Chris is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008 - Chris's dad is arrested for child abuse. Chris removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Chris's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Chris's mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario:
Phil gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1958 - Phil shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008 - Police called, Phil expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.
1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2008 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario:
Geoff takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1958 - Ants die.
2008 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Geoff charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Geoff's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny under goes 5 years of therapy.
1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jim's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jim hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario:
Sean and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1958 - Crowd gathers. Sean wins. Mark and Sean shake hands and end up buddies.
2008 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Mark and Sean. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Mark started it.
Scenario:
Bob won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1958 - Bob sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2008 - Bob given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Bob has a disability.
Scenario:
Chris breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1958 - Chris is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2008 - Chris's dad is arrested for child abuse. Chris removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Chris's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Chris's mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario:
Phil gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1958 - Phil shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2008 - Police called, Phil expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario:
Pedro fails high school English.
1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2008 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario:
Geoff takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1958 - Ants die.
2008 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Geoff charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Geoff's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2008 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny under goes 5 years of therapy.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Out with the Old, In with the New
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Two Different Versions!
Two Different Morals!
OLD VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself
NEW VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC , PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev. Jeremiah Wright then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Obamacare, aka Healthcare Reform, aka Kennedycare, aka Whatever...
On Facebook, the grassroots Status for today was, "No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.". So what does it mean? As per usual Obama-speak, it actually means nothing of value. Simply put, if you think that poor people are dying because they don't get proper medical care, then pass the Healthcare Reform and the government will take care of them. Really?! Seriously?!
How could the government possibly take care of them? We have a government instituted and funded program called Medicare. It is wildly out of control on spending, rules and regulations, and abuse. Along with this program, we have Social Security that is all but bankrupt and borrowing against everything and everyone, including the future. Where is the fiscal responsibility? Where is the accountability? Where is the better-run services? Now President Obama wants to take over even more healthcare demands for an entire nation? With what money? Who is going to make the decisions of life and death? How is it to be administered? Are they going to issue National ID cards? And what of the people who do not belong in this country, such as visitors from Mexico? Who is going to pay for their healthcare?
I cannot believe how many questions keep coming up and yet no one from the Obama administration will answer them. Clearly, our opinion as the people of the United States of America no longer matter. Apparently, a "...government of the people, by the people, for the people..." as written in the Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln, no longer has value or strength in this great nation.
Questions abound, answers are scarce!
How could the government possibly take care of them? We have a government instituted and funded program called Medicare. It is wildly out of control on spending, rules and regulations, and abuse. Along with this program, we have Social Security that is all but bankrupt and borrowing against everything and everyone, including the future. Where is the fiscal responsibility? Where is the accountability? Where is the better-run services? Now President Obama wants to take over even more healthcare demands for an entire nation? With what money? Who is going to make the decisions of life and death? How is it to be administered? Are they going to issue National ID cards? And what of the people who do not belong in this country, such as visitors from Mexico? Who is going to pay for their healthcare?
I cannot believe how many questions keep coming up and yet no one from the Obama administration will answer them. Clearly, our opinion as the people of the United States of America no longer matter. Apparently, a "...government of the people, by the people, for the people..." as written in the Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln, no longer has value or strength in this great nation.
Questions abound, answers are scarce!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Knowledge IS Power
Headline: Senate Bill Would Give President Emergency Control of Internet
Fox News Link
What?! Who in their right mind would even conceive of such a thing? Oh, yeah, those that are in their "left" mind!
The internet is not something that can just be turned off. It was originally created to be a channel to share knowledge and communicate. In its simplest form, it is still doing just that. Now, the power hungry, megalomania of the Obama administration believes they should be empowered to control it. I say "NO!". This is just another attempt to usurp our rights as Americans. Nothing good can come of it. Unless you believe the ultimate taxation and manipulation of the internet is a good thing.
Since this administration took office, or more correctly, took power, they have been in a "feeding frenzy" to seize control of everything they can. They do it under the auspices of crisis management. Just how many crises are there? And more importantly, why are there so many?
When are people, even Americans, going to wake up and realize they are giving OUR country away? Let's take a look at the scoreboard so far since President Obama took office (and this is not a comprehensive list):
As the old saying goes, as taken from the movie "Top Gun", "Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash.". Barrack Obama's ego is writing checks this great country cannot cash. When China, and the other foreign countries call their notes and want their money, we will not have it. We cannot have it. Economically speaking, the ONLY way to attempt to resolve this is to tax EVERYONE to their literal death. By that, I mean if we don't pay our debts, these countries, or governments, will take it our of our hide.
Life is complicated enough without having to prevent or curtail a war that NOBODY wants! Except, of course, the Obama administration. I know that I have heard on the Glenn Beck program that there are self-avowed socialists and communists that have been hand-picked by the Obama administration. Even some Democrats are now worried at the direction this country is going. Alas, there may be no hope. Biblically speaking, this must be. America was the most unique nation in this planets history. We were created anew, unlike every other nation where a war was fought, won or lost, and the leadership was just changed. We separated ourselves from Matriarchal and Empirical rulers and declared that man has inalienable rights that governments shall not intrude upon. Now, we have a government that insists on not just intruding, but invading our rights, to the point of subjugation.
It's been said, "The pen is mightier than the sword.". Most, if not all of us, have experienced some kind of pain from a cut, a stick, a prick, or some kind of wound and the memory of that pain has faded over time. All of us, at the hands, or tongues for that matter, have felt the stinging blow of a bitter remark whose pain lingers a lifetime. Reduce those remarks to writing and the pain could be eternal. Words have power and meaning. Let us use them to stop this train wreck we call the Obama Administration. Let us take arms against and out-of-control government by declaring our mistrust in written word. Let us take back our nation, for the people, by the people, and tell our quisling leaders they no longer have power to do these things.
This is a call to arms, to pen our disdain, to end this tyranny, and take back what is rightfully ours!
Fox News Link
What?! Who in their right mind would even conceive of such a thing? Oh, yeah, those that are in their "left" mind!
The internet is not something that can just be turned off. It was originally created to be a channel to share knowledge and communicate. In its simplest form, it is still doing just that. Now, the power hungry, megalomania of the Obama administration believes they should be empowered to control it. I say "NO!". This is just another attempt to usurp our rights as Americans. Nothing good can come of it. Unless you believe the ultimate taxation and manipulation of the internet is a good thing.
Since this administration took office, or more correctly, took power, they have been in a "feeding frenzy" to seize control of everything they can. They do it under the auspices of crisis management. Just how many crises are there? And more importantly, why are there so many?
When are people, even Americans, going to wake up and realize they are giving OUR country away? Let's take a look at the scoreboard so far since President Obama took office (and this is not a comprehensive list):
- Stimulus Money
- Bailout Money
- National Debt reaching into the TRILLIONS!
- Seized control of several banks
- Seized control of General Motors
- Implementation of various Czars
- Restriction / taxation of new and existing energy generating plants (coal, oil, et. al.)
- Continues to spend money this country does NOT have
- Devaluation of the American Dollar
- Youth Corps and mandatory volunteer service (hello, oxymoron!)
- Creation of the interrogation techniques
- Redistribution of enemy combatants
- Cash for Clunkers program
- Attempting to seize control of healthcare
- Attempting to seize control of the internet
As the old saying goes, as taken from the movie "Top Gun", "Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash.". Barrack Obama's ego is writing checks this great country cannot cash. When China, and the other foreign countries call their notes and want their money, we will not have it. We cannot have it. Economically speaking, the ONLY way to attempt to resolve this is to tax EVERYONE to their literal death. By that, I mean if we don't pay our debts, these countries, or governments, will take it our of our hide.
Life is complicated enough without having to prevent or curtail a war that NOBODY wants! Except, of course, the Obama administration. I know that I have heard on the Glenn Beck program that there are self-avowed socialists and communists that have been hand-picked by the Obama administration. Even some Democrats are now worried at the direction this country is going. Alas, there may be no hope. Biblically speaking, this must be. America was the most unique nation in this planets history. We were created anew, unlike every other nation where a war was fought, won or lost, and the leadership was just changed. We separated ourselves from Matriarchal and Empirical rulers and declared that man has inalienable rights that governments shall not intrude upon. Now, we have a government that insists on not just intruding, but invading our rights, to the point of subjugation.
It's been said, "The pen is mightier than the sword.". Most, if not all of us, have experienced some kind of pain from a cut, a stick, a prick, or some kind of wound and the memory of that pain has faded over time. All of us, at the hands, or tongues for that matter, have felt the stinging blow of a bitter remark whose pain lingers a lifetime. Reduce those remarks to writing and the pain could be eternal. Words have power and meaning. Let us use them to stop this train wreck we call the Obama Administration. Let us take arms against and out-of-control government by declaring our mistrust in written word. Let us take back our nation, for the people, by the people, and tell our quisling leaders they no longer have power to do these things.
This is a call to arms, to pen our disdain, to end this tyranny, and take back what is rightfully ours!
Monday, August 24, 2009
It's Officially Unofficial
Just finished reading a news article on MSNBC.com about Michael Jackson. Here's the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32542682/?GT1=43001
In my Friday, June 26, 2009, blog entry, "Death by Loneliness", I suggested his death would be due to polypharmacy. Here is the "Officially Unofficial" results:
Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol acted together with at least two sedatives to cause Jackson’s death June 25 in his rented Los Angeles mansion, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released.
Besides the propofol and two sedatives, the coroner’s toxicology report found other substances in Jackson’s system but they were not believed to have been a factor in the singer’s death, the official told the AP.
So there you have it. Now that that is over, maybe we can move on to something a little more important like Obama's train wreck in progress, also called Obamacare!
In my Friday, June 26, 2009, blog entry, "Death by Loneliness", I suggested his death would be due to polypharmacy. Here is the "Officially Unofficial" results:
Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol acted together with at least two sedatives to cause Jackson’s death June 25 in his rented Los Angeles mansion, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released.
Besides the propofol and two sedatives, the coroner’s toxicology report found other substances in Jackson’s system but they were not believed to have been a factor in the singer’s death, the official told the AP.
So there you have it. Now that that is over, maybe we can move on to something a little more important like Obama's train wreck in progress, also called Obamacare!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
So I've been reading in the news how all the states are cash-strapped and trying to find new ways to create revenue, except, of course, President Obama who just keeps on spending. I'm reminded of the song on "Finding Nemo", "Just keep spending, spending, just keep spending...". Now that's funny. I'm making myself laugh.
Anyway, on to the point. One example I read about: California wants to legalize marijuana and then tax it at $50.0 per ounce. Another one I read: Some states are considering charging inmates for their stay, which could be up to $40.00 per day per inmate. Or, charging them for toilet paper. Or, worse yet, charging them for medical visits. Really?! Doesn't that just fly in the face of Obama and his all-encompassing health care that is paid for by the government? Seriously?!
I think I might have an answer that will work for everyone. Cut programs, rescind superfluous laws, and release inmates that really don't need to be behind bars in the first place. Most importantly of these is STOP SPENDING! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize there is no money to fund all of these ridiculous entitlement programs, let alone the proposed, and realized, spending of the Obama Administration.
It's amazing to me that just one hundred years ago, people were in the position that if they didn't work their farm (you know, till, plant, harvest, and store) they would die. If they didn't cut wood for the Winter, they would freeze. If they didn't have a gun when someone came on their land and threatened to take it, thy would lose it, or worse yet, be killed. What happened to the human spirit? What happened to the will and drive of mankind for self-sufficiency? When did it become vogue to play "Robin Hood" and steal from the rich and give to everyone else? Notice that I DID NOT say the poor. I have seen wealthier poor people than me with their bling and shiny things, new clothes, and super-huge house, while they were standing in the welfare line. I literally equate it to this: if i walk up to an old lady and ask her to give me her purse, and she does, and then I simply walk down the street and give that money to some total stranger, what is going to happen? I am going to be arrested for stealing! So why is it okay for President Obama and his administration, and all these states, to do the same thing? It's not! Well, technically. I should probably point out the minor flaw here. I asked the old lady for her purse and she willingly gave it to me. So technically, I didn't steal it. I "re-distributed" it. So with all of these government entities we must be willingly giving them permission to give our hard-earned money to these less fortunate people.
So why don't we say no? Now that's the question!
In the Book of Mormon, in Ether, Chapter 10, Verses 1-8, I found this:
And it came to pass that Shez, who was a descendant of Heth—for aHeth had perished by the famine, and all his household save it were Shez—wherefore, Shez began to build up again a broken people. And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his fathers, and he did build up a righteous kingdom; for he remembered what the Lord had done in bringing Jared and his brother across the deep; and he did walk in the ways of the Lord; and he begat sons and daughters. And his eldest son, whose name was Shez, did rebel against him; nevertheless, Shez was smitten by the hand of a robber, because of his exceeding riches, which brought peace again unto his father. And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon the face of the land, and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land. And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age; and he begat Riplakish. And he died, and Riplakish reigned in his stead. And it came to pass that Riplakish did not do that which was right in the sight of the Lord, for he did have many wives and concubines, and did lay that upon men’s shoulders which was grievous to be borne; yea, he did tax them with heavy taxes; and with the taxes he did build many spacious buildings. And he did erect him an exceedingly beautiful throne; and he did build many prisons, and whoso would not be subject unto taxes he did cast into prison; and whoso was not able to pay taxes he did cast into prison; and he did cause that they should labor continually for their support; and whoso refused to labor he did cause to be put to death. Wherefore he did obtain all his fine work, yea, even his fine gold he did cause to be refined in prison; and all manner of fine workmanship he did cause to be wrought in prison. And it came to pass that he did afflict the people with his whoredoms and abominations. And when he had reigned for the space of forty and two years the people did rise up in rebellion against him; and there began to be war again in the land, insomuch that Riplakish was killed, and his descendants were driven out of the land.
Oh....my....gosh! I believe we could substitute Obama's name for Riplakish. Let's look at this just a bit closer.
Anyway, on to the point. One example I read about: California wants to legalize marijuana and then tax it at $50.0 per ounce. Another one I read: Some states are considering charging inmates for their stay, which could be up to $40.00 per day per inmate. Or, charging them for toilet paper. Or, worse yet, charging them for medical visits. Really?! Doesn't that just fly in the face of Obama and his all-encompassing health care that is paid for by the government? Seriously?!
I think I might have an answer that will work for everyone. Cut programs, rescind superfluous laws, and release inmates that really don't need to be behind bars in the first place. Most importantly of these is STOP SPENDING! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize there is no money to fund all of these ridiculous entitlement programs, let alone the proposed, and realized, spending of the Obama Administration.
It's amazing to me that just one hundred years ago, people were in the position that if they didn't work their farm (you know, till, plant, harvest, and store) they would die. If they didn't cut wood for the Winter, they would freeze. If they didn't have a gun when someone came on their land and threatened to take it, thy would lose it, or worse yet, be killed. What happened to the human spirit? What happened to the will and drive of mankind for self-sufficiency? When did it become vogue to play "Robin Hood" and steal from the rich and give to everyone else? Notice that I DID NOT say the poor. I have seen wealthier poor people than me with their bling and shiny things, new clothes, and super-huge house, while they were standing in the welfare line. I literally equate it to this: if i walk up to an old lady and ask her to give me her purse, and she does, and then I simply walk down the street and give that money to some total stranger, what is going to happen? I am going to be arrested for stealing! So why is it okay for President Obama and his administration, and all these states, to do the same thing? It's not! Well, technically. I should probably point out the minor flaw here. I asked the old lady for her purse and she willingly gave it to me. So technically, I didn't steal it. I "re-distributed" it. So with all of these government entities we must be willingly giving them permission to give our hard-earned money to these less fortunate people.
So why don't we say no? Now that's the question!
In the Book of Mormon, in Ether, Chapter 10, Verses 1-8, I found this:
And it came to pass that Shez, who was a descendant of Heth—for aHeth had perished by the famine, and all his household save it were Shez—wherefore, Shez began to build up again a broken people. And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his fathers, and he did build up a righteous kingdom; for he remembered what the Lord had done in bringing Jared and his brother across the deep; and he did walk in the ways of the Lord; and he begat sons and daughters. And his eldest son, whose name was Shez, did rebel against him; nevertheless, Shez was smitten by the hand of a robber, because of his exceeding riches, which brought peace again unto his father. And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon the face of the land, and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land. And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age; and he begat Riplakish. And he died, and Riplakish reigned in his stead. And it came to pass that Riplakish did not do that which was right in the sight of the Lord, for he did have many wives and concubines, and did lay that upon men’s shoulders which was grievous to be borne; yea, he did tax them with heavy taxes; and with the taxes he did build many spacious buildings. And he did erect him an exceedingly beautiful throne; and he did build many prisons, and whoso would not be subject unto taxes he did cast into prison; and whoso was not able to pay taxes he did cast into prison; and he did cause that they should labor continually for their support; and whoso refused to labor he did cause to be put to death. Wherefore he did obtain all his fine work, yea, even his fine gold he did cause to be refined in prison; and all manner of fine workmanship he did cause to be wrought in prison. And it came to pass that he did afflict the people with his whoredoms and abominations. And when he had reigned for the space of forty and two years the people did rise up in rebellion against him; and there began to be war again in the land, insomuch that Riplakish was killed, and his descendants were driven out of the land.
Oh....my....gosh! I believe we could substitute Obama's name for Riplakish. Let's look at this just a bit closer.
- Obama promises change.
- Spending is out of control.
- Taxes are going up.
- If you don't pay taxes, the ultimate punishment is imprisonment.
- Governments continue to build spacious and lavish buildings when there is no money.
- Clinton, and other politicians, commit whoredoms and abominations.
- Government has taken control of business.
Wow! Does any of this sound familiar? Now let's consider a few more things.
- A seemingly innocuous man catapults to the highest position in Government, almost overnight
- He implements massive and sweeping economic and social changes, almost overnight
- He institutes a mandatory service for youth
- He rules with an iron fist and casts aside anyone who opposes him
- He lives contrariantly to his stated beliefs (i.e., he spends wildly while demanding others restrict their spending)
- Demonized an innocent group of people
Hmmm, I bet you thought I was describing President Obama? Well, I was actually describing Adolf Hitler. When did it become vogue to be fascist?
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