Friend, you should have figured out by now that any time this admin, passes a measure which includes the word “fairness” in the title, the measure is meant for anything but fairness. The title is meant to lure and excite uninformed citizens to get emotionally excited: “Yea, I’ll get mine now, and be able to get back at that dirty ______________________.” (fill in the blank) But class warfare doesn’t help ANYONE. Pitting one class of the electorate against another, rich vs poor, white vs black, male vs female, worker vs business owner, whatever, is the most widely used, and most successful way an unjust govt. has stirred emotional angst within the voters as a way of justifying larger govt, expanded policies and taking away our liberty. We have got to look past the sound bites and emotional reactions to see the purpose of the legislation. Our country has been fundamentally altered forever by this current administration, and not for the better.

The country you and I grew up in, where opportunity was available for all who wanted to work hard and pursue their dreams, is GONE. The country as a protected home for liberty and freedom as our founding fathers envisioned is GONE. The Govt now owns 96% of the mortgage business, now controls the banking industry, the health industry, and will control the energy sector also if anything remotely resembling the current “Cap and Trade” legislation passes.

Don’t know about you, but I can’t find ANY country that has prospered under a large, centralized socialist govt. They are currently going broke all over the globe (England, Greece, Venezuela, France) Remember the Soviet Union, they failed under centralized communist govt. and their citizens are still suffering 3 decades later.

Which comes back to the issue of fairness. The world is not fair. We can’t make it fair. Men have different talents and we are able to work, produce and accomplish different things to differing levels of success.Some want to, and can earn a lot. some want to, and can’t create wealth. Then there are those that have talents and don’t want to use them. These are all internal issues, dealing with talent, motivation, and faithful stewardship. which essentially are moral and spiritual issues. The unequal outcomes are a function of internal gifts, personal motivation and faithfulness much more than any external govt regulation.

To tell the people that the govt will step in and equalize the outcome, passing the wealth from the producers to the non producers, is to fight against natures moral order. It is immoral to take from those that are faithful stewards and give to those who are unfaithful. It is simply theft. Now, I’m not talking about taking care of the poor, and righting injustice. The former is the responsibility of God fearing people, and the latter a just task of the govt.

The long and the short of this letter is to say that the Govt is using emotional fervor to justify taking power for itself. This approach to governing people was first described by Karl Marx, a devoted atheist, a man allowed 4 of his own children to die of starvation while he pursued “social enlightenment”, and who advocated violent bloody revolution as a just means of “taking what belongs to the people and returning it to the people.” These policies are the process of becoming enslaved to a bloated, socialist govt which is concerned about amassing and maintaining its own power, not it’s governing its people.

“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.

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

“It’s not just any company we’re talking about. It’s GM.”

-President Barack Obama, June 1st 2009

Every day I see and hear about more people losing their jobs. I myself have been unemployed since November of 2008. If only I and those like me had not been working for “just any company,” perhaps we would still be working at your expense as well. There is a certain amount of arrogance in every new announcement by the Obama administration that just infuriates me. I am tired of being told what is best for everyone is for me to sacrifice more so that those deemed worthy of the federal government can continue to siphon cash from the treasury. Their latest decree is that GM, a company worthy of the praise of the gods, is more important than your company. Why?

“…so your children and all of our children can grow up in an America that still makes things…”

Apparently, these things America makes happen to only be worthless cars. I would certainly hate for my future children to grow up without the ability to buy an American made clunker. Speaking of which, my wife and I don’t have kids yet. Why? We can’t afford it. We are actually saving to support our children. It’s a novel idea, I know. I’m so glad that President Obama has forced me into being part owner of the new failing GM so that my unborn children will have a secure future. Meanwhile, I am already supporting scores of other people’s children, people who think they have a “basic human right” but not a “basic human responsibility” to be parents.

But enough about my kids I may or may not ever have. Let’s discuss GM. First and foremost, let me just clarify that I would never want the government buying any part of a private company. Now, let’s analyze this as if it were actually a viable solution. Obama has told me that I am now part owner of a 60% stake in the new GM. (Get ready for the avalanche of problems with this plan.) First, I never would have invested a dime in GM when it was a non-government entity. It has long been known to be a floundering has-been corporation with no future. Second, only the most extremely risk-tolerant and savviest investors would dare attempt to buy into any company after it has declared bankruptcy. This means the majority of average investors (and certainly those who never invest in anything) would never go near this company, be it GM or “just any company.” Ok, so where are we at this point? Oh yes, the American taxpayer has now been forced into being part owner in one of the riskiest business deals in history, something even Warren Buffet wouldn’t touch alone. Let’s add some insult to this injury, shall we? Not only are we going to be the majority shareholders, the President has waived our voting rights.

“The federal government will refrain from exercising its rights as a shareholder in all but the most fundamental corporate decisions.”

Who knows what a “fundamental corporate decision” is, but it sounds to me like we have no say in how the company is run. So, now where are we? We are holding a 60% majority stake in a company over which we have no control. The Obama administration has successfully completed its socialization of risk, and with no defined exit strategy, it is certain there will be complete privatization of all reward. Meanwhile, they still fully expect those of us who lost our jobs to continue buying the only things America makes. We foot the bill on both ends, and since I am now part owner of GM, it is a conflict of interest for me to buy anything non-GM, right? If I don’t buy GM, I am risking billions of taxpayer dollars.

On top of all of this, Obama’s grand plan includes a bulk order of fleet cars for the federal government. We invest all of this money and then get in line to be the first customer for the worst cars on the market. I guess on one hand it shows that we’ll eat our own dog food, but who are we trying to entice to join us? Ourselves? We are forced to take ownership, and then we are forced to buy a fleet of unneeded cars, all for the sake of compelling ourselves to buy more from ourselves. Oh, don’t forget, we are also backing our own warranties with taxpayer money.

I’m not sure at what point companies became “too big to fail.” First it was the financials; now it’s the auto industry. What gives these people the right to make mistakes and not get the axe? The government does not exist to keep people employed. I don’t care how many people you work with, as few as ten or as many as tens of thousands, if your company fails, it fails. Look for another job like the rest of us. You have a right to work but not a guarantee. There is a huge difference. If the Obama administration truly believes the American auto industry is viable, they would let the failures fail and the new generation rise. There are plenty of small auto companies just waiting for the chance to penetrate the market but have been held back by years of favoritism toward the giants. Apparently, perpetuating this favoritism is Obama’s version of “change we can believe in.”

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.

After talking about it for a really long time and generally getting sidetracked by 1,000 other things (like trying to start a couple of businesses after losing my job for example,) Obamunism.us is online. What you see now is just the beginning. If you oppose this national socialist movement that we like to call Obamunism, you are going to want to hang out on this site. All sorts of goodies await you in time. Thanks for dropping by, and good luck to you in these trying times.