You know, in regards to expressing my personal views involving politics today, I’ve gotten to the point where it really saddens me in my attempt to understand the path we’re being led down anymore as a Country.

I try and rationalize steps I see being implemented by our government, and keep an open mind in their regard. Maybe it’s because of this, maybe the reasoning for this decision was because of that, yet once I get down to the nitty-gritty I see only one outcome…basically, total governmental control and the advocating of a socialist agenda.

To me personally I see the end of our Republic looming on the horizon. To stop this steady march towards an end I surely don’t want to see, not so much for me, but for my children and grandchildren.

I’ve lived and experienced being a part of, and living in, the greatest Country on earth…the United States of America. If we’re not very, very careful, this legacy will come to an end.

Deb and I want to write about gardening, canning our vegetables, the benefits derived from juicing and eating good, fresh vegetables. We want to laugh and cut-up with you guys. We want to enjoy our lives, as we always have, and now that we too are getting older, we’d like a sustainable lifestyle, and a certain financial future.

We’ve sacrificed and worked hard for this, but sadly today, with our economy teetering on the brink of financial collapse, we aren’t so sure, so certain of our future. This is not because of decisions we’ve made, but atrocious and outrageous decisions made by our elected officials.

Then, their backing by the mainstream media of a political agenda being reported to the people, and not the truth. This is very worrying to me!

You know, I posted yesterday about, “Political Correctness Be Damned.” I talked about our elected leaders and our media declaring that “we the people,” need to be compassionate towards the poor and oppressed. We should want to help.

My first response to such an accusation is anger. Honestly, it angers me to no end. First off, this accusation is an out and out lie. But, so is the same accusation that I didn’t vote for Barack Hussein Obama because he was black, or basically that I’m a racist. This too is an out and out lie!

But…my point today is about wasting my hard earned money on…deadbeats! Yeah, I know, that’s a pretty harsh accusation in its own right, but it is the truth in many, many instances! I’m only calling it as I see it!

On top of this, the people passing out my hard earned money are incompetents! Incompetents…with no accountability in taking care of…my money and YOUR money!

Literally, there IS NO accountability! I don’t know about you guys, but I’m sick of this!

A few examples I Googled up this morning after seeing on our local news about more governmental program fraud through giveaways! Again, this is sickening, and outrageous in the simple fact…NO ONE is accountable!

First of all, taking, and that’s exactly what it is, but stealing is the more appropriate term, from one individual to GIVE, no less, to another individual!

It is…the buying of votes! Compassion plays no role in this conversation, yet, that’s exactly what we’re accused of…having no compassion for, quote, unquote, “the less fortunate!”

You want to talk about having NO compassion? How about the total destruction of a man or woman’s desire to better themselves, to grow and prosper, and to live the American Dream through a good, honest work ethic?

Are the teachings, or indoctrination of people that you’re ENTITLED to free food, free housing, free cell phones, free everything, a show of compassion? Of course it isn’t! Yet this is what our politicians have promised them!

This is THEIR idea of compassion, or what they have panned off on their constituents, AS compassion! They started in the inner cities, and now for decades have had these poor people under their thumb with the promise of even MORE “entitlements!”

Have these people’s lives been made more enjoyable on account of the giveaways? Just stop and look at the crime in these areas. Hell, the police won’t go into many of these areas, because of the crime. Violent crime! Yet our politicians consider themselves compassionate.

They, our powers that be, have destroyed these people’s souls through such blatant misuse of their power. They have not helped these people through compassion, they’ve ruined them. They’ve convinced them that you and I the taxpayer have cheated them out of their fair share.

Now today, these people don’t have the work ethic, the motivation, the desire, or the need to look for employment. They don’t have the gumption to go out, start a new business, and become productive themselves in our society.

In turn, by doing so, they’d be helping our Country to grow, stay strong, and maintain the freedoms we’ve always enjoyed!

Is this not sad? It is to me. To destroy a man’s soul is just got to be one of the greatest sins against God, against mankind, and against your own soul. Yet, it doesn’t seem to bother our officials in the least. Power, pure greed and influence is what this is about.

It’s so sad that their constituents either don’t have the intelligence to see this is only a scam, and that their elected officials have NO compassion for them in the least, or they’re so narrow minded they just frankly, don’t care!

You guys know also that to the media and many in power today we’re considered, as conservatives and many Independents, as racist. It baffles me that this is an accusation thrown our way, yet many, many people of color in power ,know the true agenda behind these give-aways yet endorse them fully.

I’m the racist here, according to the left, yet I could not condone for one second my KNOWINGLY hurting another individual’s right to work, raise their family, or better themselves!

Yet the ones calling for us to “have compassion, and to share in our good fortune,” are causing people to live deeper and deeper into poverty day by day.

Plus, by doing so, they too, through taxation, regulation, unionization, and theft, are burdening “we the people” with a financial obligation we cannot continue to sustain at the very same time. Killing two birds with one stone is a good analogy. This IS orchestrated, this is the plan, and this is our future, mark my word!

A couple examples…well, several examples of no accountability through give-away programs.

Understand this does not include governmental agencies such as the Postal Service, Am-trak, our politicians “golden” retirement plans, pensions, or health care. All which anymore are unwarranted, undeserved, and in reality are theft as well.

This is mainly JUST give-aways…

From the “Long Island Business News.”

• Two Westbury women allegedly conspired with a child care provider to steal $4,988 from the welfare system when they signed attendance sheets indicating their children were attending taxpayer-funded day care during a period when their children were out of town or out of the country for more than a month.

• A 52-year-old Plainview woman and her husband allegedly failed to report their true income resulting in $33,618 in illegally obtained Medicaid benefits.

• A 56-year-old East Meadow man allegedly failed to disclose his true income and falsely stated that he was working part-time at a pizzeria in order to illegally qualify for $15,844 in Medicaid and Food Stamps benefits. A DSS investigation revealed that the pizzeria that the man reportedly worked for does not exist and that he is employed as an “executive chef” at an upscale restaurant.

From the “Bradenton Patch.”

From “Tampa Bay Online.”

TAMPA —

Over about 20 months, Juma and two other men at his store scammed the food stamp program out of more than $857,000.

Is this incredible? Have you ever heard, or seen before such examples of incompetence? This is OUR money my friends?

Honestly this has to stop. This is not right to take from one and give to another. It is wrong! The examples above are just mere drops in the buckets of what goes on daily across our Country.

I WILL help my neighbor, my friend, my family. Hell, I’ve stopped before and helped people I had NO clue who, or what they, were. This is, through my own upbringing, the Christian thing to do. I don’t mind.

I DO mind the government first, falsely accusing me of being non-compassionate, even racist, if I disagree with them period. This too is a form of indoctrination of the very same people, once again, they are supposedly helping out…through these programs.

They are teaching them literally that what’s mine is also theirs, even to the extent of violence against the taxpayer, who in turn is funding their entitlement anyway. It’s not Obama, Pelosi, Reid, or even Romney or any other politico…it IS the taxpayer who funds this!

Yet, we the haves (what little Deb and I do have), are evil, corrupt, and greedy, according to the have-nots. All through their indoctrination by their own leaders that yes, this is true! Talking about putting “a spin” on things??

This has become so obviously a political ploy, or agenda, for continued political power, that in all honesty it is treason, pure and simple! It is!

Is not the undermining or destruction of a Democratic society, built upon and around a Constitution, a Bill of Rights, and the guaranteed freedoms of that Country’s citizens an act of treason? Of course it is. Yet this is exactly what is going on in our Country today! Open, arrogant, blatant political misuse of power! The destruction of our Country as we know it!

Our good friend Gary sent this video to us…please watch…

Interesting comments on governmental employee benefits, plus the giveaway programs. The comparison to Greece is interesting as well.

He also claims we can’t stop the giveaways (entitlements and pensions) on account of anarchy and violence in our streets. Where did this problem start? Politicians in their quest for buying the votes, their political power, and total control over “we the people.” All at our loss, and their gain!

We cannot sustain this. Personally, I would like to see these “entitlements” reigned in. I advocate help for our elderly, our handicapped, and our veterans. This I have no problem with.

Financial help for deadbeats (see above examples of fraud with our, the taxpayer monies), ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT entitlements (what is that all about in the first place), and “golden” government pensions…tossed in the trash! This once more is theft of our money, and in the bigger picture, the theft of our Country!!

As bad as I’d hate to see it, violence in the streets at this point, may be the ONLY solution we have to get these outrageous and unsustainable programs stopped. Terrible as this is to say, and honestly, I do not condone violence, BUT, I do not condone the destruction of our Country either.

This has to stop somewhere.

A couple quotes from Thomas Jefferson in closing…

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”

Thank you guys for putting up with me one more time. I get so disgusted with such blatantly wasteful misuse of taxpayer monies.

Our next post will be back to the subject of gardening, and cutting up some. Please take note though of the happenings taking place in our Country. Try and educate others in this very important Presidential election coming up this year!

Thanks once more and God Bless you and yours, and God Bless America!

Deb says as always, “Keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!”

Dub and Deb

Today I’m gonna talk some about the state of our Country. To be honest with you all, I’m disappointed in our media, our educational system, our elected officials, and the road we’re being led down through a political agenda.

It is not the path intended by our Founding Fathers, our Constitution, or our rights as American citizens! It instead is an agenda being forced upon the good, law-abiding, hardworking, America loving, God fearing peoples of our Republic.

To be quite frank with you this morning, it is in fact a Revolution taking place within our Country. It is a Revolution pitting the haves versus the have-nots, the pitting of socialist agendas versus the capitalist identity of our Country, and the productive versus the non-productive.

It is a Revolution demanding that the very people that love our Country, and everything it stands for versus far too many that in reality have NO RIGHT of being in our Country to begin with…the ones who come here…illegally!

Through such policy being advocated by our elected officials, which by the way costs us hundreds of billions of dollars yearly, this too takes money, hard earned money I might add, from the mouths of our own children to support people who never should have been here in the first place!

Before I go further into this, let me state loud and clear that I do support immigration BUT, with a catch…Legal immigration! Is that too much to ask? Hell no, not by a long shot! But our “elected elite” find this appalling.

Where is my compassion for these poor oppressed people they like to ask? Well, in all honesty, it left about 14 trillion dollars worth of National debt run up by these very same “elected elite!” The compassionate!

These very same “elected elite,” who question my own morals and judgment on this issue, through MY LACK of compassion!

They’ve spent us into a mountain of debt that I find totally without ANY morals or judgment, or regard for me, my family, my friends, my neighbors, or our Country as a whole. YET, I’m considered immoral? Please, give me a break here guys.

We’re locked in, at this very moment, a Revolution of class warfare, racial divide, redistribution of our wealth, and our love of…God and Country! Our “elected elite” understand this word “revolution,” quite clearly. It is…their agenda!

Their goal is quite simple. It is literally the destruction of our freedoms and liberties. They, being the powers that be, have sold us out. Yet, they speak freely of…compassion!

The only type of compassion they recognize, or understand, is compassion for…themselves! They could care less about you and yours. It is only about them. This word, compassion, is only thrown around by them in their quest of continued power. Not yours or mine, but their own.

This is entirely nothing but the “elected elite,” buying votes! Through this buying of votes, they are attempting to, and doing a very good job of it I hate to admit, are increasing their stranglehold of power over “We the People!”

Things don’t go their way, no worries, they just enact more laws…laws that benefit THEM and their cohorts, once more not you or I, NOR their own constituents. This is what really gets under my skin.
Through our incomplete teachings of our educational system, they are, and have been dumbing us down. Do we teach the prosperity of a free enterprise system? Nope!

What we do teach, through our liberally minded “educators,” is the moral standards of…social justice. In this regard, I consider our children attending the public school system today receiving a half and education. The half the believers in socialist ideology want them taught.

Capitalism is wrong! Free enterprise is wrong! The choice between working your tail off to better the futures for you and your children is wrong! This is nothing but greed to hear our “elected elite” tell it. A Southern interpretation of this is simply, “the pot calling the kettle black!” Uh-oh, did I just utter a racist taunt??

What is social justice? Well, it is in fact a term coined by our elite, and dedicated to the bringing about of the belief that we should all share together in whatever we feel we should share in. Our First Lady describes it as the oppressed wanting their fair share of the pie too!

Their fair share?

When you contribute absolutely nothing…what is, or possibly could be, your fair share? To me, the answer to this question, as asinine as it is to begin with, is quite simple, NOTHING! Your contributing nothing warrants without question, that you receive in nothing in return!

BUT, our “elected elite,” cry out, “WHAT?? You don’t care about these poor oppressed people? My goodness…where’s your compassion?”

There’s that word again, once more spoken by the very same people that are destroying our way of life, our way of having the opportunity to create jobs, to start a small business, and basically live “The American Dream!”

All being shattered by a political agenda that we, for some reason or other, feel no need to intervene in. “We the People,” are literally funding our own demise!

Now, I don’t know about you guys, but how could we be considered as the “in-compassionate?” It seems to me we have jumped overboard with our degree of compassion, and in all honesty, we’ve become too compassionate for our own good, and far too complacent to boot!

The “elected elite,” realize this and keep shoving more and more governmental regulation and CONTROL down our throats! Are we ever going to get to the point where “We the People” have had enough?

Do we continue to “cower down,” and let our “elected elite” just run roughshod over us? Do we continue to let them take from us and our children to sustain people who have no concept of going to work? Not only no concept, but no desire. Why would they, shoot, we OWE it to them, just look at the teachings of social justice!

We’re headed down an awful tough road to hoe my friends. Our belief in our Country, our belief in God, our belief in individuality, our belief in the American Dream, and our belief that we have unalienable rights are all being trampled upon by a government, a media, and an educational system in our Country gone wrong!

Take a look around, read the papers, watch the tube. Does any of this resemble what our Nation was REALLY intended to be like? Of course not.

Look at socialism around the globe…does it work? Take Europe as just a quick example. They KNOW (the ones with any semblance of brains anyway), that they must cut spending, cut pensions, cut the giveaways, and actually…get back into the REAL WORLD!

BUT, look at the riots, the protests, the looting, etc., all because they’d been indoctrinated that they are…entitled! WHAT, no money?? Well, then take it from the rich!

We are living in an upside down world. Today people have become indoctrinated that wrong is right! Is taking from a productive member of society, then giving it to a non-productive member of society right?

It is if you’re an elected official.

By doling out mere pennies to their bought and paid for constituents, in regards to what a person COULD do in this great Country of ours IF they’d only put their nose to the grindstone, set and achieve goals, and be willing to work from daylight to dark while you build your small business, they too could live the American Dream!

But nope, they have been taught to sell themselves and their own children and grandchildren for just enough government handouts…to exist! That’s all!

So, we see quite clearly that our elected elite have got this all figured out. They want you to exist, that’s all! Through your just existing, barely making ends meet off their pittance of individual handouts, you end up seeing firsthand what social justice in the end will be…social equality for you, along with everyone else, while the elected elites live the lifestyle of kings!

Why would this happen? Two reasons mainly.

The ignorance of their bought and paid for constituents, for even remotely believing the powers that be really give a hoot in hell for them in the first place, and once again, their ignorance in fiscal responsibility for even considering the taxpayer could continue bearing the brunt of such “entitlement programs” and sustain them indefinitely! The well WILL run dry!

Actually the well IS dry, but once more, our elected leaders throw us under the bus by printing more money, spending money by the truckload, and borrow, borrow, borrow! Who can even imagine what our daily interest must be??

But the second reason for such social justice or social equality, becoming rule of law in our Country is “We the People!”

We see what our leaders are doing to us. We see the direction they’re taking our Country. We see the freedoms and liberties we enjoy as Americans growing less and less. We see firsthand the MASSIVE debt they’ve burdened our children and grandchildren with.

We see the destruction of our workplace, our opportunity for good jobs, and our children getting the type of good solid education they deserve, not ideologies pressed upon them through political agendas!

We see the good, law-abiding citizen, the believers in our Constitution, and the very people who love God, family, and Country now labeled, and quite openly as well, as racist, hatemongering, extremist, ignorant, Nazi, redneck troublemakers.

Yet…we sit on our rumps. Take a page from the left playbook…organize, mobilize, and demand YOUR OWN rights. Stop with the political correctness, and just start living correctly. Maybe the time has come to stop with all the compassion, and start showing some contempt while taking our Country back!

Wrong is NOT right, but as long as we let them continue to do wrong, but tell us it’s right, nothing will ever change…it’ll only continue to get worse. Make these people accountable for their actions. They’re the power, BUT true power comes from…”WE the PEOPLE!” Start acting like it!

We hope you guys have a great day! God Bless America, and God Bless you and yours!

Deb says to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb

I personally appreciate the work AP puts into his weekly column, and wish there were more just like him! Myself included! Here’s AP…

“Armed defense of our democratic existence is now being gallantly waged in four continents. If that defense fails all the population and all the resources of Europe and Asia, and Africa, and Australia-Asia, will be dominated by conquerors. And let us remember that the total of those populations in those four continents, the total of those populations and their resources greatly exceed the sum total and the resources greatly exceed the sum total of the population and resources of the whole of the Western Hemisphere. In times like these it is immature, and, incidentally, untrue for anybody to brag that an unprepared America, and with one hand tied its back can hold off the whole world”……..”As a nation we may take pride that we are soft hearted, but we cannot be soft-headed. We must be always be wary of those who with soundings brass and a tinkling cymbal preach “ism” of appeasement. We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.”…..
“I have recently pointed out how quickly the tempo of modern warfare could bring into our very midst the physical attack which we must eventually expect if a dictator nations win this war.”………..”Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part, by our Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our great natural resources. It can be helped by preventing by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing loss through foreclosure of our homes and our farms. It can be helped by the insistence that the Federal, the State, and the local governments act forth with on the demand that their costs be drastically reduced. And finally, there are many ways in which we can help ourselves, but can never be helped by merely talking about it.”

The above are parts of a great American’s speech, given many years ago, the contents are proof that history repeats itself Anyone have an idea who this is?

HOLDER PUSHES DISCRIMINATION NOW, DISCRIMINATION FOREVER…………. At the National Review, columnist John Fund, blasted Attorney General Eric Holder for advocating permanent racial disclosure in favor of black Americans. Last month in an appearance at Columbia University, his alma mater, Holder said,” I Can’t imagine a time in which the need for more diversity would ever cease. Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices, “he declared. “The question is not when it ends, but when it begins. When do the people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled. But we have an Attorney General of the United States say that force of government must be used, forever, to enshrine into law that was once used to be “called reverse discrimination,” is for him to say that American law will always put skin color above other considerations—and pick winners accordingly.

OBAMA DOCTRINE FAILURE…………Three years ago, President Obama set forth to recast American foreign policy in an image of his own design. It was one in which the White House engaged with enemies and undercut allies, apologized for American exceptionalism, and favored the “soft power” of treaties and international organizations. The “Obama Doctrine” was tailor made to burnish America’s supposedly flagging reputation on the world stage. Today we are seeing the disastrous results of a doctrine gone wrong………..Beginning in IRAN, Obama sought to engage a regime led by a man who has openly called for the destruction of Israel. Ahmadinejad was not mollified by the President’s charm offensive, and now, even in the face of escalating sanctions, Iran is ratcheting up its rhetoric, threatening to cut off a quarter of the world’s energy supply and marching towards a nuclear war.

……SYRIA, is another example of Obama Doctrine failure. The President entering office hoping the hostile regime of Bushar al-Assad, and soft-pedaled it’s criticism of Assad’s violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. The Result? Syria ordered the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, threatened the U.S. ambassador, and to date has killed more than 10,000 Syrians who are standing against the autocratic government…………..In EGYPT the President hesitated when the people called for Hoshi Burbank’s ouster, but wound up supporting the overthrow at the end. Now, though, the Muslim Brotherhood is within inches of grasping power, the country’s peace treaty with Israel is being questioned, and anti-pro-democracy American workers are facing criminal trials………….In Afghanistan, the President has insisted in on a speedy withdrawal of American forces, while”persuing negotiations with the TALIBAN….a veritable enemy that launched attacks against American troops.

In the midst of this tinder box, anti-American protests are flaming after an apparent burning of Korans at a U.S. military base. The President, once again issued an apology, yet the Taliban is calling for retaliation against the United States this is the same Taliban that Vice President Biden said “is not our enemy.”…………IRAQ ,too ,has devolved into violence following the President’s decision to withdraw all troops. In that short period of time, the country has witnessed ongoing insurgent attacks, a mushrooming political crisis, and the threat of civil war, which would aid neighboring IRAN.

Rather than pursuing the ill-advised Obama Doctrine, with a underfunded military, it is time for the President to put defending America first and appeasing and our enemies last. THAT IS A DOCTRINE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN RELY ON……..

THE TRUTH BEHIND OIL SUBSIDIES………….It’s easy to Take shots at oil companies, especially when oil prices are rising over $4 per gallon. Playing the role of DAVID against the enormous corporate GIANT is a way to score political points, so it is no wonder that president Obama and liberals in Congress, have issued a call for the end of oil subsidies as a way of wrecking revenge against these they say are responsible for the high cost of energy…

The lefts anti-subsidy rhetoric is right on. Ending all energy subsidies, including those for oil and gas, would be good for all American taxpayers and consumers. If those Senators were truly serious about cutting the deficit, they would also call for the elevation of the president’s pet projects, such as projects on renewable fuels, electric vehicles, wind and solar, throw in clean coal and natural gas, too. That would be the right move for the taxpayers, but that is not their goal—-vilifying an industry is their end game. There is much the President and Congress could do if they wanted to give Americans a break at the gas pumps. For starters, they could provide access to our country’s domestic energy reserves, roll back regulatory burdens on companies, and lift the de facto moratorium on off shore drilling permits. This move will not cure our energy problems, but would surely ease the immediate pain.

DEATH OF NATION BY 1,000 CUTS…………” CREEPING NORMALCY” describes a method of accomplishing major change by making negative changes slowly in small increments, not always seen as objectionable, until the entire concept of rule is irreversibly altered. Such was the method used by Marxists in converting Russia to a communist dictatorship, and Adolf Hitler’s conversion of Germany to a fascist dictatorship.

America’s democratic form of government is under attack. Presidents and others in authority have been practicing it for years, gaining momentum with Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The current government has brought the attack to a new, accelerating and frightening level. The Obama administration, assuming authority not given by our Constitution, is telling us, what we can eat, what insurance we should buy, it is by-passing Congress by making illegal appointments, telling Boeing where they can build, and the latest, telling religious organizations it must give up practices it has used for centuries—-an outright violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution. Congress seems to turning a blind eye to these acts, apparently unwilling to challenge them.

“DEATHS BY A THOUSAND CUTS “is a form of execution first practiced by the Chinese. The term describes an ancient form of torture, in which the condemned are given a series of small wounds over time until the accumulation finally causes death. Our democratic way of life may soon die in the same fashion unless Americans wake up and assert their rights of self-determination……Voter apathy is the perfect breeding ground for dictatorship. We are doing a great job of cultivating it !!!!!!!!!

THE “JEWISH” PRESIDENT……….don’t believe Obama when he says he as Israel’s back………………………..Should ISRAELIS and pro- Americans take Obama’s word when he said, “I have Israel’s back”? NO !………Here is a president who fought tooth and nail against the very sanctions on Iran for which he now seeks to reap political credit. He inherited from the Bush administration the security assistance to Israel he now advertises as proof his “unprecedented” commitment to the Jewish State. His Defense secretary has repeatedly cast doubt on the possibility of a U.S.Military action against Iran. His Secretary of State, answering a question from a Tunisian” student about “U.S. lobbyists courting the “Zionist lobbies” by saying “a lot of things are said during an election year that should not bear a lot to attention.”. In Obama’s growing period, a Chicago rabbi named Wolf, who in 1909 Waged in the synagogue, staged a rally protest in favor of Black Panther Bobby Seale, in the early 1990’s, Wolf denounced the construction of the Holocaust Museum in Washington. In1996, the rabbi was of Obama’s earliest and most prominent supporters when Obama ran for the Illinois state Senate. Wolf later described Obama’s views on Israel as “In line of “PEACE NOW” an organization with a long history of blaming Israel for the Arab-Israel conflict.

Obama had other Jewish mentors, one was Betty Saltzman, who still seethes with hostility toward the mainstream Jewish groups, and later became active in left-wing Jewish political groups like “J STREET. It was she who organized the rally against the IRAQ WAR where Obama proclaimed is opposition to an American invasion. Ms. Saltzman introduced Obama to David Axelrod, who became Obama’s advisor and political organizer. He was instrumental, in bringing longtime diplomat Denis Ross, which was Obama’s inoculation strategy to modify Jewish voters who might be apprehensive about Obama’s sincerity of his commitment to Israel. Not surprising Mr. Ross became a short term member of the Obama team.

The important question is about the Obama’s truthfulness about Israel, or is he holding his tongue and bidding his time? On the evidence it appears that Mr., Obama’s speech at Aipac was one long exercise in political cynicism.

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL………To bad this “JOBS” bill is all the political market will bear…………….We keep hearing that the partisan gulf in Washington is too wide to “get things done” but Democrats and Republicans agree on a lot. For example both parties claim to revere the Constitution. Proof is that they are coming together on a small bill to help small businesses that the House will pass this week. There is a lesson here about modern Washington. Even the White House is on board, and not because it thought “Our Business” referred to General Motors and Solyndra. The White House issued a statement endorsing the Jobs Act, writing that “ Helping start-ups and small businesses succeed and create jobs is fundamental to having an economy built to last.” One provision, which passed the House 413-11 in November, would ALLOW small companies to use advertising or solicitations to contact investors and raise capital.

A Securities and Exchange Commission relic from 1982 bars such contact, which makes it hard for ventures to raise capital “without deep political connections. Another reform raised the SEC registration to $50 million from $5 million which will make it easier for businesses to go public. Every member voted for this, except Michigan Democrat JOHN DINGEL. There are plenty of things Washington could do to jump start growth and investment, even short of major tax reform , and the House Republicans have passed literally dozens of bills that would help the economy. But they lie dormant in the Senate because Harry Reid and his gang of Democrats won’t endorse anything without a major tax increase.

OBAMA’S SWEET DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA……….Diplomacy has costs, Tehran’s mullahs will be watching, so says John Bolton………..In the transition from an old dictator to a new one, some observers were losing faith in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, believing it has lost its magic touch in the arts of dissembling. Others had deeper faith, and were rewarded last week when the State Department proudly announced the umpteenth break through toward the goal of denuclearizing North Korea.

The two sides agreed that Pyongyang would suspend nuclear activities at its Yongbyon facility, allow very limited international inspections, and implement a moratorium on long range missiles. In the State Department’s telling on February 29th, we gave nothing in return to the North’s unilateral concessions, “designed to improve the atmosphere for dialogue and demonstrate its commitment to denuclearization. How sweet. Unfortunately, the Leap Year deal is worse than just another failed effort to chit-chat North Korea out its nuclear weapons. It provides a political and economic lifeline to Kim Jong Eun’s uncertain new regime. Most objectionable morally, despite U.S. denials, we are providing 240,000 tons of food that almost certainly will be diverted to the DPRK and other favored recipients. Make no mistake, we are simply feeding young Kim’s dictatorship Iran, meanwhile must be relishing this latest display of U.S. weakness and memory loss. Tehran sees with laser-sharp clarity that when the going gets tough, Team Obama gets negotiating. The resumption of the long-failed negotiations will bid it time, and the expectation of reduced economic pressure. Iran can even count on Mr. Obama to try to restrain Israel, it’s strongest and most determined regional opponent.

AL CAPONE’S LEGACY LIVES ON……….On March 15th the former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blogojevich, started to serve a 14 year sentence for corruption in a Federal low-security prison. In this part of America, he is treading a well-worn path. Over four decades, four out of the seven governors had been convicted of corruption and had the distinction of being the federal district with the most convictions since 1976. Since the 1,828 elected officials, appointees, government employees and a few private individuals have been convicted of corruption in the judicial zone including Chicago. All the convicted governors and 24 of the alderman had tried to extract bribes from builders, developers, business owners and those seeking to do business with the state and city.

WICHITA SHOCKER………you can beat City Hall…..Local politicians like to get in bed with local businesses, and tax payers are usually the losers. So, three cheers for the voter revolt in Wichita, Kansas. In late 2011 the Wichita city council passed, 6 to 1, a bill excepting the new Ambassador Hotel, owned by real estate developers, from 75% of the city hotel tax, plus over $10 million in other subsidies, all the skids were greased. But the voters were so enraged that they launched a petition for a voter referendum. Despite hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by the hotel advocates, almost 10 times more than opponents spent, voters routed the subsidy 61% to 39%. WHAT AMERICANS WANT FROM GOVERNMENT, AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, IS EQUAL TREATMENT.

WELL FOLKS THAT IS ABOUT IT, GOING TO ADD A PS,FOR COMMENTS SENT,SEE YA’LL IN THE FUNNY PAPERS……STAY WELL AND AS ALWAYS……..AP

COMMENTS; March 6th issue, page 4…”that is what the Wall Street Journal said, but in the March 6th issue Senator Richard Burr of N.C. has a letter to the Editor a=saying the Journal overlooked the provision in the tax legislation which would provide temporary user fee on the natural gas to be paid by the industry which is benefiting from the tax benefits. And Boone Pickens points out in a separate letter that it’s similar to the government building highways and the cost being paid back via gasoline taxes on the fuel consumed by those who use the highways”
“what are these so called subsidies and giveaways to the oil industries anyway ? No one ever says. Obozo and the Democrat just keep repeating that these are loopholes. Maybe they are, but what are the specifics.?”

ADDENDUM: WSJ JUST REPORTED THE FOLLOWING…..”BIG OIL, BIGGER TAXES” The industry sends more money to Washington than to its shareholders Obama says he wants to end subsidies to what he calls “the fuel of the past,” but lucky for him oil and gas will be the fuels of the future too. His budget-deficit blowout would so much worse without Big Oil, because the truth is that this industry is subsidizing the government. As for the subsidies that Mr. Obama says the oil industry receives, these are not direct cash handouts like those that go the “green lobby” They are deductions from taxes that cover the cost of doing business and earning income to tax in the first place. Obama wants to put oil and gas companies at a competitive disadvantage against other industries, like making them more expensive than his favorites in the wind, solar and ethanol industries. The oil industry paid $37.7 billion in corporate taxes in 2009, the latest year for which data is available. Why he would still raise more taxes, which will result in his tax agenda, amid political panic over $4 per gallon gasoline is a mystery.

OBITUARY: ALEX WEBSTER.NEW YORK GIANTS, RUNNING BACK and COACH, DIES at the AGE of 80…….A burly presence for his era, at 6 foot 3 inches and about 230 pounds, Webster, known as BIG RED, gained key yardage in the Giants high powered offense. When he retired after the 1964 season, he held the Giants’ major career rushing records, having run the ball1, 1,196 times for 4,038 yards and 59 touchdowns, plus 17 touchdown passes, in his 10 seasons. Played half back and later fullback, twice All-NFL, twice all Pro- Ball and a Hall of Famer…..some of his team mates were Charlie Connerly, Y.A Tittle. Frank Gifford. Kyle Rote and Del Schofner, Sam Huff, “Rosey” Brown and the coaching staff was Jim Lee Howell, head coach, Vince Lombardi, defensive coach and Tom Landry, defense coach, all are HALL of FAME members.

I try to stay away from very many political statements by Deb or myself in our writings, at least on this site. The exception being our ole buddy AP, who brings us the “Revolution.” We try to mainly stay on a gardening, recipe, prepping nature, but sometimes I just have to, as Deb describes it…opening my BIG mouth! Well, today is one of those occasions!

Anyway, I know all of ya’ll are like Deb and myself watching these food prices increasing. I’m getting sticker shock any more at the way food pricing has increased. Isn’t it amazing what they’ve done the past couple years?

Unemployment is still high, yet the cost to only subsist anymore continues an upward spiral. For those who haven’t, you guys might just wanna wake-up to the goings on today of our politicians. Just out of curiosity, how many vacations HAS our President taken? They sure seem to be tightening their belts in DC, huh?

I have to believe the way these people, our elected leaders are acting, they’re probably LOOSENING their belts instead of tightening them. You eat, sleep, breathe, and live on an unlimited money pit to draw from, created by we the taxpayer, you’ll soon see your britches might be goin up a size or two.

The problem we as taxpayers have is our leaders don’t seem to come to grips that OUR incomes have taken a hit, and by so, the bottomless pit they draw from is fast becoming a very LIMITED bottomless pit. We cannot sustain their fiscal recklessness! Do the math, it’s pretty elementary, even to a “dumb ole redneck” like yours truly!

So, how do they adjust to this mess they’ve gotten us, and this great Country we live in into? MORE SPENDING! It’s insane to be honest, and insane on our part to tolerate such behavior! In the end IT IS OUR MONEY! Oh yeah, and the Chinese, the Indians, and whoever else they can borrow money from!

Over 40 cents of EVERY dollar these guys spend…is borrowed. What must JUST the interest be daily on this borrowed money? They are literally spending our Country into oblivion! Good Lord people, please start hollerin!

On top of taking more and more from us, what do they do?? Print more of course! “Tax the rich, tax the rich,” that’s their rallying cry. We’re surely not rich, and struggle daily makin ends meet, but to be quite frank with you guys…I AIN’T EVER worked for a poor guy!

Yet, the people that produce the jobs are asked to bear more and more of the brunt of others less fortunate. Hmmm…less fortunate they say? How’s that? You guys mind if we stop today and take a look?
There are people in our Country that need help, I totally, 100% agree with this. In my opinion though, I feel that they are the handicapped, the elderly living off their Social Security, the very sick, and our veterans. Yes sir, help these guys out some.

BUT, today we’ve become a “Nanny State,” in every sense of the word. We give to people, and the majority of those on the receiving end of this “giving,” no longer appreciate this act. They’ve been taught by our government that this has become a right, their right, and this is literally a sin.

Many of these have been on government aid for…generations! Yep, generations now! On top of this, many, many of them are…illegals! I also advocate immigration, BUT, through the proper channels, and LEGALLY!

An example…we know an English lady who owns a sub-shop near where my Mom and Dad live. It took her AND her family 5 years to be able to come to the US, through the proper channels. This took beaucoup money, and effort. BUT, they felt this appropriate, and in the end would allow their family the opportunity to grow.

Why, because they recognized the fact that by being able to come to the US, they in fact were providing themselves with a much better opportunity than they were presented with in England. BUT, THEY HAD TO HAVE A BUSINESS IN HAND HERE IN THE US PRIOR TO BEING ABLE TO COME!

Our government in their twisted way of thinking, but in reality, their quest to lower our own standards of living, and by placing such restrictions on this family, made the opportunity to come here almost nil. Our officials made their entry into this Country very stressful, and to a degree almost impossible.

Yet, they persevered, and bought a business and moved here, again 5 years from their initial quest of coming here. But they were forced to literally jump through hoops top get here…legally. This is SO wrong!

Here we have a family that recognized all our Country had to offer. They had the work ethic to honestly help out, hire employees, pay taxes, and, here’s the biggie…CONTRIBUTE! YET, we make it SO difficult for these types of people to get in here anymore. Please explain such a position by our elected officials to me!

Sadly I understand the reasoning for this. They really don’t want these types of people anymore. They don’t want us to live the American Dream, oh no! They want to control us, our way of life, our options and rights as citizens, our way of life, our religion, and even today, what our children eat in schools??

Good night a livin people, this is the farthest you can get from what our Country was founded on. This plan, or agenda, has been in place for many generations now, and slowly but surely the officials in our Country have been implementing this into our society.

Johnson’s vision of a “great society,” was in reality a vision of more governmental power, and less and less of a free market system through which our Country had prospered for so long. Power greed and corruption… “me, me, me, and…ME!” This should be our politician’s REAL topic for election. Shoot, at least they’ll finally be honest in their statements at that point. Today though in election mode, reality is to lie, lie, lie, and MORE lies.

Just look at the promises our current President made during his campaign? How many were just blatant, out and out lies? Transparency? Get outta here! Integrity? Give me a break! Tighten a belt? You betcha! Promote racial “let bygones be bygones?” I’d have to say anything but! Racial Division I find much more descriptive of his policies! But honestly, it’s not just him…far too many of today’s politicians are actually in bed together in this agenda…Democrat AND Republican.

Take a look at the candidates for this year’s election. I for one believe without a doubt that many of our elected leaders are Socialist in their ideals and beliefs. This to put it mildly.
Redistribution of wealth, government taking over companies, government healthcare, manipulation by our leaders in the collapse of our economy (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, etc.), even our children not being able to fly the US flag on their bikes at school, and the destruction of our Christian beliefs, as well as we can’t say…Merry Christmas…here in the US??

Yet, looking at our candidates, WHO, and I’m only asking you to name one, is shouting about the movement by our Country into a Communist oriented takeover, OR calling the ones who advocate such beliefs what they really are…Communists??

Wouldn’t you think that all these themes would be screamed about by our conservative Presidential candidates? I’d think so, but not one is beating this over anybody’s head. Why? I personally believe that whoever did so, the people would flock to them…in droves.

Yet, I don’t hear this. Well kinda, but it’s like they’re walking on eggs IF they do so. Call it what it is! Show we the people you have virtues, morals, and integrity. Let us hear you loud and clear, don’t sashay around these things. Speak from your heart your convictions, do something to stand above this political correctness mentality, and LEAD!

Illegal immigration is WRONG…stop it. Government intrusion into our private lives is WRONG! The destruction of our free market system is WRONG. TAKING from the rich, to give to the poor is WRONG!

Today’s government pension and retirement packages are WRONG! Giving the unions a part of GM is WRONG! They were the biggest players involved in the collapse of our automobile industry here in the US!
Continuing to fund public sector waste is WRONG! AmTrac, the post office, and all other public sector fiascos are ALL WRONG! Look at the post office…losing billions every quarter, YET, Fed-Ex, UPS, and others in the private sector make money every quarter! This too is ALL WRONG!

Fannie and Freddie were major players in the economic demise of our economy, yet, Franklin Raines pocketed over $20 million in compensation in 2003 alone??? I’ve heard, but didn’t spend the time this morning to substantiate this, but total compensation through the years was over 100 million dollars! This “compensation” from a company that went belly-up with debt. Much of it giving loans, forced on lenders by government regulations to put people into homes who they KNEW HAD NO POSSIBLE WAY OF PAYING THEIR MORTGAGES!

If you or I were to pull such an act…we’d be UNDER the jail! This is just but one of countless examples such as this by…our leaders.

We’ve sat back and let our leaders throw us as taxpayers, under the bus. These same “crusaders for the poor,” as they profess themselves to be, have long lost any fear of public retaliation. We’ve become… “sheeple.”

As I stated earlier, let’s look back at the poor and oppressed…or how our leaders like to describe such constituents.

Let’s begin with the inner cities. President Johnson started this crusade against…poverty. Their dwellings were deplorable, their standard of living was deplorable, and their education and work ethics were deplorable. So, almost 50 years later what’s changed? Nothing!

After ALL these government programs, government initiatives, AND government involvement in these programs…no change! No, I’m sorry, there is change…EVEN MORE people poor and oppressed now! Trillions of dollars later, trillions of dollars later, mind you, the problem is more rampant than ever.

One more, FINE example of our elitist leader’s transformation of our Country down the path of Communism. It’s not as many of us think in regards to our politicians…what in the world are they thinking about, or, are they THAT stupid?? But in reality it’s not that they’re stupid…it’s their goal, their agenda, their power-play on “we the people!” They’ve been actually very, very intelligent AND patient in their desire of transforming our Country…from within!

It’s, human nature…give an inch…take a mile. So in reality, it’s not our leaders who’ve been ignorant in their goal, but the ignorance of we the people sitting back on our haunches allowing our leaders to orchestrate and manipulate us into this fine mess we’re in today!

I’m only putting the blame where it goes, on us, and I wholeheartedly agree that I too have sat back and allowed this to happen. I’m as guilty as the next!

So I guess the most important thing for us to do today is to help try and educate others into the dangerous direction we’re being taken as a Country.

Become involved! Our next election is very crucial my friends. Stand up and be heard. Voice your opinion, and stand up for what’s right. Our days of being led around by our officials, has to stop. Make them accountable, and make them aware OF their accountability.

Quit allowing our government to give us a fish for our next meal. Demand the right to fish for ourselves, and by this becoming the bread winners in regards to our families once more. We don’t want a fish…we want to learn how to fish, and by so…feeding our own family ourselves! Let free markets reign!

Quit letting them buy your souls for a mere pittance of what could be. Start believing in yourselves, and by doing so you’ll see just what our great Country has to offer! Be the best at what you do. Become a self-starter, and don’t let anyone tell you what you can or can’t do when it comes to your work ethic.

Become proud of your accomplishments, and NEVER, EVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER! The only person who can stop you from living your own “American Dream,” is you! This is as true a statement as ever has come out of my mouth!

You live in the greatest Country in the world, let’s keep it!

Thank you all for allowing me to vent some frustration this morning. I needed it, plus hopefully it will inspire some. Deb and I have seen some awfully hard times in our own lives, but we never let them deter us from our own goals, or ambitions! As I said earlier…we persevered!

Was it easy? Of course not, but we never expected it to be, and our parents didn’t profess that it would be. You just gotta grab the bull by the horns, work hard at whatever it is you do, trust each other in your decisions, and BELIEVE in yourself!

THEN, do what you tell someone you’re gonna to do, be reasonable in your pricing, and be willing to invest whatever time and energy is needed in accomplishing your goals! Many times Deb and I worked from daylight to cain’t, and there are times we still do.

But, to become successful, no matter in a big way or small, there’s sacrifice involved, and this is where your own desire, motivation, and will TO succeed become critical components in your success.
Deb and I love all you guys, and appreciate you lending us your ear today. Please feel free to respond in your own way to our article this morning…we’re looking forward to your doing so!

In closing we’d both like to say…God Bless America, God Bless you and yours, and…Merry Christmas! I just had to chunk that in as well!

As always, please keep a smile on your face, AND one in your heart!

Dub and Deb