The Cash for Clunkers program’s sudden financial insolvency is a valuable object lesson as the country gears up to consider nationalizing 17% of it’s economy under President Obama’s national health care plan. The initial one billion dollars allocated for the program was designed to boost car sales from Mid July to Labor Day, a period when retail sales slow down across the board. Thus, the plan was crafted to inspire car sales now and free up inventory dollars as the new model year approaches.

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Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer have jointly authored an article in USA today calling those who speak out and speak up against this health care fiasco “Un-American”.

Now, I don’t know where they get their rhetoric, but the country was founded by people who spoke up and spoke out! They also acted on their feelings, literally changing the world. It’s the American way; we have the RIGHT to disagree with Washington, because they work for US; something they have forgotten.

Add this to the “right wing extremists” memo, the “Send us your fishy emails” and “I want a National Security Force”, and the “I won, get over it”, and you have a group of people that so obviously want an obsequious population; obedient and servile; non thinkers, non complainers; drones.

Each of us has to find our voice, and use it. This blog is one way I’m using my voice. I do call my representatives, even though I don’t feel they are listening; I do write them, and ditto on the reading of my letters. Should we stop writing? No! Keep it up. Go to the town hall meetings that are taking place across the country. Go while you can, I have a feeling the “format” will change, and only invited guests will be allowed, and the media will cover it as a legitimate town hall, despite the crowd being stacked. GO! Go and be a calm voice. Don’t resort to lunatic measures, it will only discredit you and the rest of us, but go.

The government is not on our side, they do not have our best interests at heart. The people we have elected only care about power and control; it’s time they were given pink slips. Most Americans believe things are out of control, and the country is heading down the wrong track; it is. We just have to remain faithful to the Constitution, to the Founding Father’s vision. Most of us “average” Americans want what’s best; desire to honor the Constitution. I know this is the Promised Land; a land where freedom was meant to reign.

We can’t let these dark times get us down, make us afraid, and keep us from speaking up. Sometimes I think the only thing holding things together are the prayers of faithful people; people of all faiths, praying for our country.

Please be one of them.

“Remember the Alamo!” “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country;” These rallying cries instantly bring together mind, will and emotion, break the inertia of complacency, and move people into collective action. Even though public sentiment often tilts against marketing and packaging, we are all moved by resonant rallying cries.

President Obama generated collectivist action around marketing pitches that resonated with average citizens who feel out of touch and out of control when it comes to governmental behavior. “Yes We Can” and “Change we can believe in” drew the best of the American spirit into focus like the sun’s rays through a magnifying glass. Thus his concentrated public approval has been hard to dissipate.

In the current health care debate, missing on the the conservative side is a marketing plan, a rallying cry. We need a simple call to action which the public can identify with, and like “Remember the Alamo” use to emotionally activate the wider American public. This cannot be a slick bait and switch approach which is too often the methodology of in Washington. Conservatives cannot afford and should not employ disingenuous tactics. We want truthfulness and integrity from our leaders. Honor and truth will in the end win the hearts and minds of the people.

So what can we shout from the street corners and write in the blogosphere that will unite conservative Americans in this debate? In recent weeks, a few messages have surfaced with limited success. To the administration’s claim “cheaper universal care which maintains private choice” we have responded but not well. It is impossible to explain how “expanding government control over private lives will ultimately limit choices, cause costs to escalate and lead to government intrusion into every area of our lives” in a sound bite.

Sarah Palin’s comment regarding government health care “death panels” is gaining traction. I applaud the ex-governor for taking such a bold and informed stand against Obama’s juggernaut. Yet can we get the American people to activate and engage the political system on the idea of “stopping govt. death panels?” The argument gets lost in translation via sound bite media, and gives the left too much fodder for their marketing teams.

“We don’t want socialism, and do not want to become a socialist country” is accurate. But let’s be honest – many citizens don’t know what socialism is, or why it is undesirable. When these weak slogans break down, many conservatives are left with “Well just stop this plan. Stop Obama and stop congress.”

What may surprise some of my readers is that I would like our country’s president to succeed. I would like an intelligent, black American to leave a powerful legacy on the pages of American history. America could close a chapter of racial strife, and start a new one which points in the direction of genuine healing between races. Our nation celebrates the achievements of underdogs. For a man or woman to climb from humble beginnings into the White House is an incredible accomplishment which should be celebrated. However, a man who does so via thuggish “coalitions of power” assembled to “fundamentally restructure American society” while listening to the advice of ex-terrorists, felons, hate-mongers and communists . . . well . . . now I have a problem.

Which leads full circle to the fundamental issue. Conservatives can’t rally public sentiment on “stopping this person” or “voting against a policy.” We need a rallying cry which resounds deep in the hearts of free people who want change that will genuinely create improved quality of life. Toward that end, I offer this sound bite friendly clarion call.

1. Lower prices mean more coverage, more choices and more freedom for more people
2. Less government means lower prices.

Policies can be built which achieve less government involvement. (Thank you President Reagan.) But explaining them to the public which believes “Yes We Can” create “Change We Can Believe In” is a tough sell. It is equally tough to sell “reintroduce market forces” or the benefits of “health care savings accounts” to a digital, sound bite culture. Conservatives need a plan to support, and an idea around which to rally that creates positive, proactive excitement. Failing to create positive momentum on our side can stop this current generation of socialist advance only to be vulnerable for the next evolution of the same message. We need a voice. We need a message. We need change we can believe in. We need to fix a flawed health care system, without replacing it with a failed socialist one. We need to get popular support for a positive solution which will make our lives better.

• We want lower health care prices.
• Lower prices mean expanded coverage.
• Lower prices mean more people can be covered.
• Lower prices maintain my freedom and choice.
• Less government involvement means lower prices.
• It works, it always does. It works every time it’s tried.

So Congressman, Senator, Mr. President, craft a bill which lowers the price of health care, and you will then fulfill the promises you have made to the American people. This is what we hired you to do.

Real time, real information is entering the debate over the Obama Administration’s health care plans. However, the problem with real time streaming information is the diminished ability to distinguish between reality and falsehood. Some political operatives fan sparks into flame for the purpose of watching the fire, and they reside in both the left and the right. These political thugs have their own reasons for creating social unrest, modeled after the Saul Alinsky school of political thought. They believe that chaos and crisis is one of the most favorable environments to push forward radical, transformational policies.

Others are willing to endure the sparks in the political and media firestorms in order to uncover the truth of a matter. Their approach may create sparks, but these patriots’ goals are to discover accurate, truthful information from which the American people can make informed decisions.

For this reason, I appreciate Newt Gingrich, and his well informed political analysis. Those who firebomb Newt usually do so because he accurate, shining the light on back room political hacks and their deals often struck out of sight from the American people. Newt also has demonstrated the ability to apply political theory and forecast the outcome of a given flight path.

Newt has done it again with a recent article at HumanEvents.com. The health care debate has been stirred into a frenzy around the topic of rationed health care. A core question is whether or not seniors will receive the same quality care in the final years of their lives as they received in their youth. Words like “euthanasia” and “death panels” have been lobbed like grenades into the public forum. While the comments reflect the feelings of those behind them, the consequences of these verbal explosions are not helpful to the discussion. What is helpful is finding sources which can tell us what a US single payer, government plan will look like. Enter again Newt Gingrich.

Check out his article describing Britain’s national health care, and the decisions which the Britain’s national health board make regarding the monetary value of a human life. How much are you worth?

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33100

Timothy Burns

Light the Fire

Obamunism - it’s a thought provoking title. Yet do the majority of America’s citizens assent to this characaturization of our new president?  After all, he was elected on a groundswell of American populism (and maybe Acorn voter fraud, but who’s really keeping track).  Until recently, His poll numbers continue to reinforce his self-assumed deification, and the liberal media unquestioningly toes the party line.   With support like this, who wants to challenge the Chicago thuggery politics which have come to the White House with him?

If only we could get an outside point of view – someone who could comment on recent political evolutions in America who doesn’t have Democrat or Republican prejudice.

In april of this year, Pravda, the state run media outlet in Russia printed the following.

“It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.”

Read the full story here: http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-american_capitalism-0#

This commentary comes from the Russian state run political news machine. I would suggest that this group knows communisism and marxism when they see it.

Stand up Americans.

Light the Fires

Tim

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As public opinion turns against ObamaCare and congressional Democrats face stiff opposition from their constituents, the White House has decided to re-institute the age-old “us versus them” argument; pitting the American public versus those “evil” health insurance companies.  Yet, there is a certain irony in a President inferring that the government can handle health insurance better than the private sector. After all, the most familiar government run health care option, Medicare, cannot exist without the Private Health Insurance companies that bridge the enormous coverage gaps that exist in the system.

So when you or friend wants to know why the health care debate is so important and whether the government can “do it better”?  Just read this article…

The Rationale Behind The Health Insurance Rights Argument

There is one important thing to remember about the Health Care Transformation that President Obama is attempting to institute: “If this bill is not stopped…then there is no turning back!”  Is this a decision you want you want your representatives to make without reading the bill first or even knowing who wrote it?

Remember back when B.O. said he wanted to have a “Civilian National Security Force”? Something that was “just as strong”, “just as well funded” as our military? Well he’s implemented the first phase of that force. This is from the White House website; the context is the “disinformation” surrounding Socialized Health Care:

“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.”

Now what’s FISHY is asking people to turn in their neighbor for DISAGREEING with a government program or policy!! Your casual conversations–CASUAL conversations are now subject to federal involvement! Dear God what is happening to our beloved country?

Can’t those of you supporting this man see how Fascist he is? Do we REALLY want to recreate Nazi Germany?? Hasn’t ANYONE seen the movie “Night Crossing” about the desperation of trying to escape Nazi Germany; the fear of your neighbors being suspicious of your every move??

For the Love of all that is Good, America, WAKE UP! It’s happening under our noses, and no one is making noise. Why aren’t we calling our newspapers and demanding real news? Why aren’t we bombarding our news and radio stations demanding to hear the whole story?

If they begin to infringe on our right to Free Speech in “Casual Conversation”, it’s only a matter of time before the “telescreen” becomes reality.

I would REALLY love to swear right now! When will they learn it’s OUR money?
They are grasping for straws now-BIG straws, read this:

Senators Eye Tax on “Cadillac” Health Plans to Pay for Health Care Reforms

I am dumbfounded at the lunacy going on in Washington now. They are rabid beasts, and they want to control every aspect of our lives, and they don’t care if they have no Constitutional authority, they are going to do it anyway.

It’s time for all of us to get down on our knees and pray to God that this country can be salvaged from the ravages of elitist progressives. There is a feeding frenzy, and we are the main dish.

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