Global Warming - A Pet Peeve

One of my political pet peeves is the whole Global Warming thing. For one thing I believe this planet was designed and created by God. He created it for a specific purpose and that purpose will not be frustrated or stopped by modern man's industrialization. He created this earth with full knowledge of what we would do once we inhabited it. It was created strong enough to withstand our 'modern world'. I do believe we have a responsibility to take care of the earth and keep it beautiful and clean. We must use it's resources wisely. But those who push the global warming theory are trying to frighten us into bad choices that will harm this great nation and take away numerous freedoms we now enjoy. I believe that power hungry men are driving this whole mess. Their ultimate purpose is not to save the earth, but to push for government control over more and more of our lives. I think there are many dupes who honestly believe the Global warming propaganda, but they have been blinded by the 'subtle craftiness of men' as it says in the scriptures.

No one should willingly fall into the global warming hysteria without first looking at the studies and scientific proof of those who work to disprove the wild claims of the global warming community. Here are some links that can get them started:

U.S. Senate report
technologyreview.com
and
Dailytech.com

Obama's ridiculous online townhall meeting

A lot of people have been touting Obama's online townhall meeting as a breakthrough and an important way for the President to speak directly to the American people. I'm sorry, I think it was a way for Obama to be able to put on a show about how accessible he was and how open he is about his policies, without really doing either one. His staff sorted through the thousands of questions that were submitted and then they selected the ones he would answer. They said the would choose the most often asked questions, and they may have, I don't know. What I do know, is that Obama is not good at answering questions without lots of prep time. By preselecting the questions, his handlers could carefully craft his answers in such a way that would really not commit him to anything.

More and more I'm coming to believe that Obama is to a great extent a puppet for a group of power hungry people that are bent on changing America to be more socialist or at the least to follow a more European model of government. He has always tied himself to people like that. The radicals and power monsters.

My point is, can't the American people see how he duped them with this monstrosity of a 'townhall meeting'. In a real townhall meeting he would have been expected to take questions from people and come up with the answers, hopefully with some degree of knowledge and understanding of the problem and the answer. His problem is, that he can't be totally honest with the people. He knows that if he really told people what he wants to accomplish, he would enrage a big majority of this country.

Obama's foreign policy

So far I am not very impressed with Obama's foreign policy efforts. I'm beginning to worry that he is going to put our country in danger of becoming a much weaker nation. It took years to overcome the missteps of Carter, and we were very fortunate to have a really good foreign policy president come in behind him. I am a believer in the saying 'Peace through Strength', but I'm afraid Obama is all about 'Peace through Talk'. I agree that diplomacy and talk are important but if you don't back up the talk with a willingness to use your military and weapons then you are asking for the enemies (and there are many of those) of our country to attempt to destroy us. There are truly evil men out there that are waiting for America to blink. It seems to me that Obama is not just blinking, he is closing his eyes and turning his head to the true dangers that can befall us. His liberal ideology, unfortunately, makes him suspicious of our military. The efforts of the politically correct to refuse to label such dangers as Radical Islam as a danger to America, has made Obama much more likely to be weak in his dealings with them.

I read an excellent article from the Washington Post on this topic. It is an article by Ralph Peters.
Here is the link: O'S FOREIGN FAILURES

What kind of America will our grandchildren inherit?

Today, as I was babysitting my two grandchildren and from time to time checking out the latest writings by bloggers and newspeople, I couldn't help but wonder what kind of America they will inherit. I feel pretty confident that the America that Obama and his sidekicks see for them will be one of massive government control. From everything that he has said, I believe that he thinks that government is the solution to all of the ills of society. How he can believe this, without any example of success I don't know. His drive for power, along with the arrogance of his belief that he is always in the right, makes for a dangerous combination.
He continually says 'the buck stops here' and then immediately goes on to lay the blame for everything that goes wrong somewhere else. Obama has a whole team of handlers. They work hard to bring about their socialist agenda. Obama is the front man. His charisma and, should I say it? Yes, I will say it, ...his blackness make him the perfect front man for their plans. Wow this sounds so 'conspiracy theoryist'. I don't mean that there is a huge conspiracy theory of evil men undermining America. What I do believe is that there is a group of people who have realized that they can remake America to be what they think it should be. The voters that put them in office are responsible, but in fairness to the those voters, I think that the media played a big part in creating the myth that is Obama. I don't believe that most of the voters that voted for him saw anything more than their own hopes for the country reflected in his campaign. He was careful to keep most of the agenda hidden. Those of us who paid attention to his past associations and memberships had a better idea of what he was really for. The average voter thought that he would come in and fix this or that. Whatever they were worried about. I'm sure most Americans don't want our military weakened or our homeland security weakened. But he is well on the road to both of those goals. Most Americans probably don't want every household saddled with higher taxes, but that is also happening and will happen even worse when he succeeds in pushing through the cap and trade legislation.
As we have watched him in office a lot of us have begun to think he isn't really very smart. The fact that he can't speak without a teleprompter tells us that the claim that he is a far better communicator that Bush is a myth. The people he has tried to put in his cabinet and in important government posts show us that he is a bad judge of character, or maybe he only knows bad characters. Birds of a feather.... How many of his appointees have serious tax issues or other issues with the law.
I don't know if my grandchildren will have a strong America to inherit. There is time to turn things around, but can we do it? With the class warfare that is being pushed by Obama and his goons, is it possible for hard working Americans to protect their incomes and their success from the thievery of others. In the name of wealth distribution, what further strides will we take from the great and wonderful country our founding fathers established.

Finding my voice

I love America. I have lived out of this country. I spent a year and a half in foreign country. While there I missed the USA very much. When I returned, the sight of our country's flag brought tears to my eyes. I feel so blessed to have been born here and to have the great benefits of citizenship in this country. Since I have lived where you had to watch every word you spoke, I truly value our free speech rights. I know that there is an effort to shut down the voices of people who speak out against the current administration. There are people who think talk radio is too dominated by conservative voices. They probably understand that this is because followers of liberalism have plenty of voices in the main stream media, college campuses, etc., but because conservative voices are dominant in talk radio it makes a great target.
Why the liberals in this country scream for diversity, but then try to shut down those who try to express different ideas than liberal ideology is beyond me. Don't they understand how a full and engaged discussion of public policy and the direction of this country is essential for it's survival?
We all need a way to speak out. We must make our voices heard. We need to educate ourselves and become knowledgeable about the issues this country is facing. From immigration to global warming, from taxes, to Islamic terrorism. There is much that we must face and take a stand on.
In this blog I will be 'speaking out for America' and the direction I believe we need to take.

I decided that starting a blog that was just for my thoughts and feelings was a good idea. I read a lot and listen a lot, but I seldom have the opportunity to express my opinions and thoughts. Putting them on a blog seems like a great way for me to be able to express myself on issues that are important to me. Being a conservative Republican makes me one of the minority right now, but I am not powerless. I have a voice. I have a vote.
As shown in the last election, all too many people are content to vote their emotions. Many, many people voted for Obama based solely on the fact that they were impressed with his speaking ability. Since he expresses himself well he must be able to solve all problems, right? There were many red flags raised that people should have taken note of. His ideas and his connections showed him to be a radical in many ways. His lack of substance and inexperience should have alerted people that he does not even really know what he's doing. He is like the kid who leaves for college thinking he owns the world and that he knows it all, only to discover that he is really just a babe in the woods.
I have a great fear though, that with Obama it isn't just that he is inexperienced, but that he has a firm determination to remake this country into the form that he thinks is best. He has expressed often that the constitution is flawed and needs to be 'fixed'. He has made hero's out of such radicals as Saul Alinsky. He is dead wrong about the constitution. I believe it was a document that was inspired by God. The United States was a gift given to the world by God.
I believe that God still rules and is still in charge, but he has given his children free choice. If we make unrighteous choices, he will allow us to reap the consequences.
Do I think all is lost? No. Do I think we are in danger of losing it all? Yes. So I must speak out. I must express myself. Even if no one ever reads my posts, they will help me organize my thoughts and enable me to express them better when given the opportunity in conversation with others.