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I’ve been giving a lot of thought since the election to the phrase : “He’s my President, and I will support him.”

I did not vote for this man, nor do I feel his plans and policies are right for America. I don’t feel like he even cares what “middle America” needs or wants. This man has an agenda: the overthrow of our good and peaceful country; our way of life. Whether he is doing this of his own volition or whether he is a puppet is for another post. What bothers me is that people, Republicans, are claiming him as “their president.”

Why? Does he share any values with them? With you and I?
Here is a little quiz I gave myself:

• Does he share your philosophy of life; your world view?
• Does he share your philosophy of government?
• Does he share your philosophy of the markets?
• Does he share your philosophy of personal responsibility?
• Does he share your philosophy on taxes?
• Does he share your philosophy on immigration?
• Does he share your philosophy on national security?
• Does he share your philosophy on abortion?
• Does he share your philosophy on America’s sovereignty?
• Does he share your philosophy on educating your children?
• Does he share your philosophy on how children should be raised?

The answer is “No.” To all of them. Each one, “Nope.”
He doesn’t share my philosophy on any of those points. Morally and philosophically, I can’t claim him as “my president.”
He is the president of my country however, and I would defend him with my life if I had to–not that I will EVER be near the man, I think I would have to leave town if he came here
That’s the only thing I can think of in support of this president;  that I would defend his right to BE the president, by virtue of his being elected in a free election.
Other than that, I can’t support the agenda of a man who’s worldview is so contrary to my own beliefs, right down to the very core of my soul.

I think people, particularly conservative politicians are trying to be magnanimous; trying to allay our fears, and keep the general calm. They need to STOP this behavior. Stop trying to make us all feel better with this socialist/Marxist in the White House. IT’S NOT OK! Things are spiraling downward at an alarming rate, and it’s only been about 100 days! I repeat, IT’S NOT OK! Our conservative leaders in Washington need to stop playing nice, and start speaking out. Start giving us a rope to grab.
God bless this man to be safe in the service of our country, but more importantly, God Bless America to be safe despite this man.

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The most dangerous, radical extremist ever to occupy a position of high executive authority in the history of the United States of America. The man is a National Socialist in the arena of economics – we already knew that – Now if these show trials occur he will duplicate the excess’s of Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler.

“Oh that’s too far!” you say? What will stop the cycle once our 250 year tradition of not criminalizing policy differences ends? What is it, really, that separates us from tinpot Latin dictatorships? They do, after all, all have constitutions, do they not? Indeed it is our tradition of the rule of law  which will be inevitably broken in the process of these NAZI show trials.

Pelosi, Reid, Leahy, Obama himself – they were all briefed on these methods – indeed, they all concurred and wished for even more strenuous techniques to be used. They are traitors to America ladies and gentlemen – nothing less.

The WSJ lays it out, excerpted below…T

Mark down the date. Tuesday, April 21, 2009, is the moment that any chance of a new era of bipartisan respect in Washington ended. By inviting the prosecution of Bush officials for their antiterror legal advice, President Obama has injected a poison into our politics that he and the country will live to regret…

…Mr. Obama may think he can soar above all of this, but he’ll soon learn otherwise. The Beltway’s political energy will focus more on the spectacle of revenge, and less on his agenda. The CIA will have its reputation smeared, and its agents second-guessing themselves. And if there is another terror attack against Americans, Mr. Obama will have set himself up for the argument that his campaign against the Bush policies is partly to blame…

…Mr. Obama is more popular than his policies, due in part to his personal charm and his seeming goodwill. By indulging his party’s desire to criminalize policy advice, he has unleashed furies that will haunt his Presidency.
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Two thoughts stuck me full force like a shot of espresso at 7AM while reading this piece – the 1st being the feeling of slowly having the wool pulled collectively over our eyes…and this one:

“Socialists believe in government ownership of the means of production. Fascists believed in government control of privately owned businesses, which is much more the style of this government. That way, politicians can intervene whenever they feel like it and then, when their interventions turn out badly, summon executives from the private sector before Congress and denounce them on nationwide television.”

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…Barack Obama seems determined to repeat every disastrous mistake of the 1930s, at home and abroad. He has already repeated Herbert Hoover’s policy of raising taxes on high income earners, FDR’s policy of trying to micro-manage the economy and Neville Chamberlain’s policy of seeking dialogues with hostile nations while downplaying the dangers they represent…

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• GM’s Rick Wagoner Gone, but Carmaker’s Problems Remain (abcnews.go.com)
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A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Guns. Guns. Guns.

It’s pretty much guaranteed that wherever you stand on the ‘gun issue’ you’re most likely one way or the other. Very few people have an apathetic attitude towards firearms. By now we’ve all heard, and come to terms with our elected president’s views and opinions on our right to bear arms.

Now before we even think about jumping down the rabbit hole that is the Obamusnistic gun law ideals, lets take a quick look of the basic pros and cons of gun control.

The pros would be among many things including self-defense, and home protection. The cons are everywhere on the news, ‘murder, death, chaos!’ School shootings, and drive-bys. We’ve all seen the news reports; but what we have yet to consider is that taking away guns is not going to prevent the crimes. People kill people, not guns. If someone wants to commit murder, they’re not going to be detoured by ‘gun laws’ or ‘gun bans’, they’re going to get a gun, and they are going to kill. Now, you have an armed man or woman, with intent, and helpless, unarmed civilians alongside potential victims. You have just made it that much easier for the murderer to complete his plans.

On the flip side, if people are able to have guns, (and are properly trained and licensed if they wish carry them,) then we have a means of prevention. Imagine if the teachers at Columbine had had guns? If there had been some kind of armed guard on duty. How many lives might have been saved? When an armed burglar breaks into your home, would you or would you not want the right, the God-given American right, to bear arms. To protect you, your family and home?

Taking away guns is not the answer. In fact it is a clear contradiction to the Constitution, but then again if you truly believe that gun control will stop gun crimes, then perhaps you’ve never felt threatened enough to have the need to defend yourself; or perhaps you trust that our government is capable of protecting you from speeding bullets. If so, I’ve got sad news: it’s not. Not even the mighty-and-holy Obama can stop gun crimes.

I don’t know about you, but I find a president who is willing (even desiring,)  to rid, or even just highly complicate our ability and right to own guns, as well as making nice with many of our country’s enemies, a very disturbing notion. The fact that he would so willingly desire to twist the constitution, and pervert our bill of rights, is a disgrace. It is unsettling to me to think that the same people who flew planes into our world trade center, are enamored with, and love our current president. I also find it terrifying to think that he may someday intend to neglect our nation’s interests and safety in the name of extending a hand; and if that day comes, if ever my freedom is compromised, my safety threatened; you can bet that I sure as hell will want to utilize all my rights, especially my right to bear arms.

After all what more can I do but cling to my guns and religion?

Whether or not Obama is successful in changing gun laws, and whether or not he says whatever need be said to appease the current crowd before him; the fact will always remain: he is trying to compromise our rights. No president, nor any one man, should have the power to distort the constitution to his own vision and ideals, no matter how ‘good’ the intentions be.

Never.

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Click Here to see a brief bi-partisan record of Obama’s gun control voting record, as well as his basic stance on the issues.

Well it didn’t take long to find someone interested in blogging about the state of the nation. I’d like everyone to extend a warm welcome to Imjetta, who has posted her very first Obamunism.us article. Read Preamble to the Constitution. You can find Imjetta’s other works on her personal blog, My Book Of Common Days. I will try to create an author’s bio page shortly so you can learn more about her (if she’s ok with that, of course.) Meanwhile, feel free to start the discussion on Preamble to the Constitution. Want to become an Obamunism.us blogger too? Let us know.

I am passionate about a few things, and one is the Constitution of the United States of America. I wonder how many of Americans have actually read it, or hopefully, the entire Constitution.

Most of us had to memorize the Preamble in high school:
“WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

I was struck by how much our Founding Fathers wanted this preliminary paragraph to tells us.
Not only do they by the first three words tell us who’s in charge,  they spell out all the things that they planned for the Constitution to do. They want to secure all these blessings to their posterity–to you and I; then comes the interesting part to me, they “do ordain and establish this Constitution…”
Now, ordain means to order, I understand that, but I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in my faith, ordain has a different meaning, as I believe it does in many ecclesiastical circles; to ordain means to set apart for God, or for God’s work.

It struck me that the Founders wanted us to know that THEY believed the Constitution was a Divine document; that they wanted this nation set apart for God.
We have a book of modern revelation called the Doctrine and Covenants. I know this book to be of Divine origin. In section 101 verse 80 the Lord says “And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood.”
The Lord has told us straight forwardly that HE established the Constitution; He raised these men up for this purpose. The Constitution IS of Divine origin; the Founding Fathers KNEW this, and their wording suggests that they wanted US to know this; to remember this.

We have pushed God out of every arena in our so called modern society. We worship things instead of Him. We can allow condoms in school, but not Prayer. We have allowed the secular humanist movement to have a larger voice, despite Christianities larger numbers. We Christians tend to take a pacifist attitude, and in so doing have let the minions of the Adversary walk all over us and force God out of the center of society. 

My point here is to help us all to remember that God ordained this country by the raising up of wise men to establish the Constitution of the United States of America. We have an obligation as the beneficiaries of these blessings and liberties to learn, teach and uphold the Constitution.
Then, we have to speak up, write letters, and get involved in even the smallest way. We can no longer sit back and be silent. This is the only way we can combat the rising tsunami of Socialism/Communism/Fascism that continues to wash over the country.

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