Obama and Stalinst tactics

This long and scary for our traditionally free country. The things our fighting men and women fought and died or were maimied for are being stolen right from under our noses. The liberal media isn't concerned. After all they won the election and their win is the country's loss.




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Can the unthinkable actually be happening? Is the Obama Administration employing Stalinist tactics of thuggery and intimidation against average Americans who oppose ObamaCare?

Consider the following incident.

When Barack Hussein Obama rolled into town for his - by invitation only - town hall meeting in Bristol Virginia, average citizens, desperate to make their voices heard, gathered on sidewalks and curbs along the route of Obama's motorcade holding homemade signs opposing ObamaCare.

One of the peaceful citizen protesters sent this shocking eyewitness report to the Internet blog, TheGatewayPundit.com:

"There were several vehicles following the limo that contained the secret service. The vehicles had all the windows rolled down, and back hatches open on the SUVs with the men holding their, I assume=2
0assault rifles, machine guns, drawn on everyone lining the streets. Needless to say, it took my breath away at the sight of them, and made my friends and I dizzy with fear.... I turned on a local talk radio program as we were leaving and all the calls were about witnessing the guns being pointed at them."

Of course, we don't want to jump to any conclusions. There might have been a legitimate reason behind what appears to otherwise be an excessive show of force... we simply don't know.

But even if the intent of the Obama Administration was not to oppressively stifle 1st Amendment rights... the message that was left is nonetheless chilling.

Rosslyn Smith with AmericanThinker.com put the incident in perspective:

"Whatever it was, the message was poison. Only handpicked supporters were going to get into the carefully orchestrated media event at a Kroger deli that had Obama jetting in and out of the community. That all those who were left to peacefully demonstrate outside had been held at gunpoint is not going to be forgotten anytime soon by those in attendance."

Thuggery? ... Veiled threat? ... Paranoia on the part of Team Obama? ... Legitimate and necessary safeguards to protect the life of the President against a real threat?

We may never know.

But there is one thing that we do know. Proponents of ObamaCare are showing a detestable contempt for the
American people.

They don't want to hear from you. They don't want to hear what you have to say when it comes to the government takeover of the health care system and they don't care what you have to say.

Essentially, they are trying to tune you out.

But it doesn't have to be that way. You can make them listen... right here and right now.


Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.




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Union Thuggery... Maoist Moms... Or Making Mountains Out Of Molehills?
On Thursday, the left-wing Huffington Post published an article, "Unions To Take On Conservative Groups Health Care Town Hall."

"The nation's largest federation of labor organizations has promised to direct
ly engage with boisterous conservative protesters at Democratic town halls during the August recess."

"In a memo sent out on Thursday, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney outlined the blueprint for how the union conglomerate would step up recess activities on health care reform and other topics pertinent to the labor community. The document makes clear that Obama allies view the town hall forums as ground zero of the health care debate. ... 'The principal battleground in the campaign will be town hall meetings and other gatherings with members of Congress in their home districts,' reads the memo."

"Directly engage?" ... "ground zero?" ... "principal battleground?"

We can only hope that Sweeney is talking about pristine political activity.

But there's something else.

A video posting by Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, on the White House blog on Tuesday has people wondering....

Is the Obama Administration recruiting Maoist Moms? Is Big Brother recruiting people to spy on their friends and neighbors?

"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you
get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."

Of course, what really makes Douglass' posting downright scary is the fact that no one is spreading any "disinformation" when it comes to Obama's so called "health care reform."

Douglass says: "For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them."

But what Obama says and what is spelled out (in black-and-white) in the so-called "health care reform" legislation making its way through Congress are diametrically opposed.

To put it bluntly... Barack Hussein Obama is telling a whopper... a big one... and the response of the White House is to encourage their liberal shock-troops to report people who are telling the truth when it comes to ObamaCare?

That's the stuff that nightmares are made of.

Are these incidents molehills or mountains... coincidences or well-thought-out attempts to suppress your 1st Amendment rights?

We can at least say this; the proponents of ObamaCare are showing extreme - almost surreal - contempt for the American people.

They don't care what you want... they don't care what you think.

But you can force them to listen. You can flood the fax machines of our elected offic
ials... it's a message they cannot ignore.

And now is the time to act because ObamaCare will radically change your live... it will radically change the lives of your children and grandchildren... speak up now or forever hold your peace.


Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.




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Extreme Malice Directed Against The American People Or Depraved Indifference...?
At this point there is no telling just how far the extreme-left will go in its quest to ram ObamaCare down the throats of the American people.

But there can be no doubt that Obama and Nancy Pelosi and their minions are willing to play dirty.

And we're not talking about playing hard-ball with the political
opposition... we're talking about political hard-ball waged against average Americans... the people they are sworn to serve.

No lie is too great... no tactic is too under-handed.

In California, seven retirees who were deeply concerned about health care went to Senator Diane Feinstein’s West Los Angeles office wanting to speak with her.

Instead of welcoming the seniors, Feinstein's office called the police.

Senior Citizens a threat? Right.

Nancy Pelosi recently had this to say of hard-working American taxpaying citizens who have actually taken the time to speak out against ObamaCare.

"They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare."

Uh... Madame Speaker... we hate to break this to you... but if people were indeed carrying handmade signs with swastikas... it's not because they were advocating the atrocities committed by the NAZIs... it's because they were comparing the tactics of the proponents or ObamaCare to the tactics of the NAZIs.

Perhaps, the analogy goes too far, but average citizens do have the right to express an opinion.

Maybe this is one of those times that Pelosi should ask the question that good liberals typically ask when confronted by enemies of the United States... "What could we have done to make them so mad at us."

Or does Pelosi consider ene
mies of the United States to be her friends and patriotic Americans to be her enemies?

But here's the icing on the cake... elected officials are now actively attempting to cut the lines of communication with the American public.

According to CNS News, some Members of Congress, are now holding their town hall meetings by telephone in an attempt to avoid "angry and persistent questioners."

And one Congressman, Brad Miller (D-NC), has cancelled town hall meetings altogether.

Expect more Members of Congress to follow suit.

They may not want to hear from you but you can do something to make them hear you loud and clear right now.


Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.




If button above does20not work, use this hyperlink .

Alice In Obamaland: Spontaneous Opposition Is "Manufactured" and Rent-A-Mob Protests Are Spontaneous.
Americans are starting to feel like Alice plummeting down the rabbit-hole.

For the first time in a good long while, average Americans, many who have never been politically involved before (small business owners... mothers... retirees), are taking part in the political process and are desperately trying to make their views known to our elected officials in Washington.

It's a largely spontaneous movement - complete with homemade signs - and yet, some of these extremely liberal proponents of ObamaCare are actually pointing fingers at boogie men that don't exist... claiming that public indignation has been "manufactured."

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs:

“[T]here are groups that spread out people across the country to get people to go [to] these things and to specifically generate videos that can be posted on the Internet so that people can watch.”

"Manufactured" opposition.... "Groups that spread out people across the country?" It's a fairy-tale... the latest liberal talking point.

It's also hugely ironic when you consider that the left has traditionally relied on "community activist groups" like ACORN, labor unions and "rent-a-mobs" for years.

Bussing in protesters is Standard Operating Procedure for leftist organi
zations. Leftist organizations employee people full-time for the express purpose of rounding-up warm bodies.

Liberal organizations (Greenpeace is just one example) maintain "training camps" for liberal activists.

And Obama knows that... he was a "community organizer" for years.

But now that average Americans are now taking part in the political process, liberals have the audacity to claim that these protests are being "manufactured" and "engineered?"

Who are they trying to fool?

The hypocrisy is staggering.

Of course the bottom line is that some of our elected officials just don't want to listen.

You can make them listen... right now.

Unless, of course, you fear that exercising your 1st Amendment rights might be construed to be "manufactured opposition."


Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the America
n people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.




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Liberal Denial-Of-Reality Is The Disease. You Are The Cure.
And just how far does liberal denial-of-reality on ObamaCare go? Just how deep is the rabbit-hole?

Speaking on ObamaCare, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered this delusion to CNS News:

“The American people favor what we’re doing by almost a 70 percent margin.”

Not reading legislation is bad enough but it's obvious Reid isn't reading polls either.

According to FOX News, a whopping 86% of Americans are satisfied with their current health care and according to Rasmussen, a majority of Americans now oppose ObamaCare and the number is rapidly climbing.

And while we're on the subject of denying reality, let's take another look at Douglass' posting to the White House blog mentioned earlier?

"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation."

"Rumors?" "Disinformation?"

"End of life care" ... "control of your finances" ... "the eradication of your private insurance" ... T
hose issues are specifically addressed in the 1019 page monster of a bill... legislation that Obama has - by his own admission - not read.

Do you think that if Obama would actually read the legislation, the White House would change its tune?

Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

CNS News again:

"Asked if the president would read the 1,000-plus health care bill, [White House Press Secretary Robert] Gibbs said 'I assume the president will study the details of the proposal, and will be – he’s a highly informed individual.'”

"The reporter followed, 'But he won’t take time to read it front to back?' Gibbs responded, 'I don't know what his vacation plans are currently.'”

It's the epitome of arrogance. ObamaCare will radically change our lives and our future and Obama won't even take the time to read the legislation.

Then to add insult to injury, the White House claims that provisions specifically addressed in the legislation - in black-and-white - aren't actually there... just "rumors" and "disinformation."

So why, in the name of all that is holy, is the White House sending our a directive soliciting others to report those who are speaking the truth about this legislation.

What does that sound like to you? I know what it sounds like to us.

And it must be stopped
.


Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.




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Bob and the Blonde

BOB & THE BLONDE







Bob, a handsome dude, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down next to a blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV.



The 10 PM news was coming on. The news crew was covering the story of a man on the ledge of a large building preparing to jump.








The blonde looked at Bob and said, "Do you think he'll jump?"



Bob said, "You know, I bet he'll jump."



The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't."



Bob placed a $20 bill on the bar and said, "You're on!"







Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge did a swan dive off the building, falling to his death.



The blonde was very upset, but willingly handed her $20 to Bob, saying,
"Fair's fair. Here's your money."






Bob replied, "I can't take your money. I saw this earlier on the 5 PM
news, and so I knew he would jump."



The blonde replied, "I did too, but didn't think he'd do it again."



Bob took the money...

Uncle Sam's Plantation- Star Parker

Truer words, etc.... Jackie


----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation


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Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist

Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.


I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."















Truer words, etc.... Jackie


----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation


.





Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist

Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.


I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."















Truer words, etc.... Jackie


----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation


.





Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist

Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.


I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

















Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist

Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.


I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

Bill O'Reilly (sp?)

In closing the other night, bill used this word and claimed it fit himself. It fits me too. Too many of us curmudgeons are fading away in this dear world.

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Science and God

Thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins! Were any of us to be so profound?






This write up should be well worth your time if you haven't already read it before. Wow!



'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.'

The atheist Professor of Philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.



'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'



'Yes sir,' the student says.



'So you believe in God?'



'Absolutely.'



'Is God good?'



'Sure! God's good.'



'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'



'Yes'



'Are you good or evil?'



'The Bible says I'm evil.'



The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. 'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and

you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?'



'Yes sir, I would.'



'So you're good...!'



'I wouldn't say that.'



'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could.

Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'



The student does not answer, so the professor continues.

'He doesn't, does He?

My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him.

How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?'



The student remains silent. 'No, you can't, can you?'

The professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give

The student time to relax. 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?'



'Er..yes,' the student says.



'Is Satan good?'



The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'



'Then where does Satan come from?'



The student falters. 'From God'



'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son.



Is there Evil in this world?'



'Yes, sir.'



'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'



'Yes'



'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created everything, then God created evil,

since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.'



Again, the student has no answer.



'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'



The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'



'So who created them?'



The student does not answer again,



So the professor repeats his question.

'Who created them?' There is still no answer.

Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom.

The class is mesmerized.



'Tell me,' he continues onto another student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?'



The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.'



The old man stops pacing.

'Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?'



'No sir. I've never seen Him.'



'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'



'No, sir, I have not.'



'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelled your Jesus?

Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?'



'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'



'Yet you still believe in him?'



'Yes'



'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist.

What do you say to that, Son?'



'Nothing,' the student replies. 'I only have my faith.'



'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem that science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'



The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own.

'Professor, is there such thing as heat?'



' Yes.'



'And is there such a thing as cold?'



'Yes, son, there's cold too.'



'No sir, there isn't.'



The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested.

The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain.



'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat,

but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that.

There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Everybody or object is susceptible to

study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the

total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.

Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.'



Silence pervades across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.



'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'



'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation. 'What is night if it isn't darkness?'



'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light,

flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it?

That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'



The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?'



'Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.'



The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? Can you explain how?'



'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and

a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.'

'It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is

to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.'

'Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?'



'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.'



'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'



The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.



'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor,

are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?'



The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.

'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.' The student looks

around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter.

'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelled the professor's brain?

No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says

that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.' 'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?'



Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable..

Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers.



'I guess you'll have to take them on faith..'



'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,'the student continues.

'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?'

Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it every day.

It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man.

It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world.

These manifestations are nothing else but evil.'



To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God.

It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil.

Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no

heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.'



The professor sat down.



The student was Albert Einstein



Albert Einstein wrote a book titled "God vs Science" in 1921...

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Local area news article on my new book

Grandparents and Softball-Girls Love Softball

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Westerville resident Sam Kegley's first work of fiction is titled Grandparents and Softball .

Love for softball inspires Westerville man's family fiction
* Sam Kegley discovered his book not only appeals to young softball players, but to the parents and grandparents of those players.
By AARON SCHWARZ
Published: Monday, August 3, 2009 9:20 AM EDT
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Westerville resident Sam Kegley, 76, always has had a passion for softball. Now, he's turned that passion into a book.

Kegley's book, Grandparents and Softball, is a story about a set of grandparents, Andy and Princess, who follow their granddaughter, Audrey, throughout her softball career, starting when she is a young girl all the way to her 20s, when she competes in the Olympics as part of Team USA.

Grandparents and Softball, Kegley's first attempt at fiction, was born in large part from his own experiences after being involved in softball for much of his life.

"I've played softball, my kids played softball and now my granddaughters play softball. Girls are completely taking over the sport," Kegley said.




As the game of softball has evolved throughout the years, so have the people playing it.

"The enthusiasm of little girls when they play softball is something else. They play like boys out there," Kegley said.

When he started writing the book, Kegley originally intended for his audience to be children who are playing softball.

One of the editors of the book, an Ohio State softball alumna, showed Kegley his audience was much broader.

Since taking the advice of the collegiate player, Kegley realized his book is not only enjoyable for kids playing softball, but also for the parents and grandparents of those kids.

Kegley's exuberance for softball is rarely rivaled.

"I love softball. Most people who are associated with softball do. Everybody counts and the girls do such a good job. It's a team game and being part of a team really helps the self-esteem of these little girls." Kegley said.

Plans for another book already are in the works; however, Kegley doesn't yet know what the topic will be.

Kegley and his wife Jeanette have lived in Westerville for 48 years.

Grandparents and Softball is available for purchase at the Web site authorhouse.com or by calling 888-280-7715.