HR 1424: Bailout - timing is everything, yes!

Yesterday, I accompanied a friend on a 300 mile journey to a major medical facility. We had our respective family dogs along. We set out at 6AM and returned around 6PM. In the midst of this "adventure" we took a turn up a mountain top onto a property which has a home built of marble - probably built in the early 1900s. During this journey we spoke of many things. One, why won't Obama produce a birth certificate? Why should he, he's a pawn and someone owns him. He needs no bona fides. Just the power that is behind him. Then I ask myself who owns Obama. My guess - Syria and Iran, through the dealings of Tony Rezko... We spoke of McCain and ventured guesses about why he won't just pull out all of the stops and say, "Look, you idiots in the media, the reason I can't raise my arms but so high is because when you were in diapers or getting high from the breast milk your drugged out hippie mother - now serving in Congress - was feeding you, I was having all of my bones broken by the North Vietnamese during my stay at the Hanoi Hilton..." Our crass media makes fun of him, naturally as liberal socialists they would being filled with tolerance and compassion. Then we turned to the "economy" and the "government-made crisis". Funny about the timing thing. Did this "crisis" just manifest itself NOW or was it sprung upon us now? Why? To saddle the Democrats with so much more debt they won't be able to generate even more give-away programs? Or, maybe just the opposite, to give the Democrats excuses to raise taxes on small businesses, put more people out of work and re-institute government work programs like the WPA. But then, only real men who are not victims want to work. The others will just take a hand-out. Or perhaps, since we now have Homeland Security and the ever-intrusive TSA (I say just go naked to the airports. Save the time of having to dress, undress, dress again and/or having to be x-rayed six ways to Sunday.) along with the Read ID thing and "tighter" security of law-abiding American citizens, maybe it seemed like a good time for the government to take over the housing industry and, even though the IRS has access to ALL of our financial records, scoop up the banking industry at the same time. Who'd notice? And then, of course, we discussed the Middle East and who would attack whom first: Iran and Mad Jad striking Israel or my man, Ben ordering a pre-emptive Israeli attack on Iran. Or would our President decide, "Hey, I'm a lame duck so I think I'll just give Israel the nod." I really don't know what is going on and I can't get a read on who will be elected as our next president. Is McCain the fall-guy just taking a beating like he did in Hanoi but refusing to fight or is Obama the "annointed" one as Bill Clinton was back in 1992 or whenever? It would be nice to see Obama's birth certificate just for fun. We do know he was trained and identified as Muslim from ages 6 through 10 while living in Indonesia with his avid anti-American Marxist mom. For the past 20 years - Bush-Clinton-Bush - our government has opened our borders and flooded our nation with illegal immigrants from at least 26 different nations. Our nation is providing free health care, free education, and free city services to these illegals at tax payer expense and NOW we get to buy the "bad paper" on the homes these folks have bought too. We were a nation of laws - once upon a time. Even our mafia played within their own code of laws, so to speak, and didn't bother the average citizen who stayed out of their way. Now we have illegal alien gangs growing nearly unmolested by the police; we still give federal dollars to "sanctuary cities" willfully breaking our laws; we have the value of some homes going down because, in at least one city, the "call to prayers" are played 5 times a day in the public square - no separation of church and state there. But the thing that confounds me the most is that I do not understand why it seems that our government - our elected officials - seem hellbent on destroying our nation. Is it to hasten the "new world order"? Is it because as a people, we have an ethic and a spirit that is hard to break? Is it simply because the government can do as it likes? Maybe things weren't moving fast enough. My goodness, localities are getting those cameras up on every street corner as quickly as possible. You know what I mean. But timing is everything and right now, right here, at this time, I wonder why the "created crisis" had to occur now. To force the United States into the Atlantic Union? We know the North American Union is only the first step to the Union of the Americas. To force us to scream for "government" help? To give the UN and the G8 opportunities to clamp down on whatever freedoms we have left? To pave the way for an American "dictator" or Leninesque-charismatic leader of the "religion of the state?" The only thing I know positively - nothing happens by accident. We took a big financial hit as a result of 9/11 but nothing like the one inflicted upon us by our elected "leaders" for a myriad of reasons. There is so much "blame" to go around Jamie Gorelick may finally get caught in this one or even better no one will go to jail because there's so much blame, where would we start? Of course prosecutions really depend upon who is elected. Obama = no heads roll. McCain = maybe some investigation. The question is: Who has the most to gain from this "created crisis" and in what ways? Like my mother always said, "Follow the money..." But in this case, money is only one of the motivators... Money is power but the power being garnered under the confusion of this "government-created crisis" (seems the bailout made it worse) is not based solely on "money"; I suggest it is based on the grab for raw, unadultrated, gut-wrenching power. If you want to comment and answer some of these questions, please look beyond simple partisan politics. If you are inspired to write a post regarding your take on the situation, link your post here. We need an American discussion or even speculation on what's behind the timing - is it only to effect a political election or is it to manipulate nations into the "new world order"? Or is it just market corrections and a bit of profit-taking?

HR 1424: Conservatives vs Liberal Socialists

As I watch this "man-made economic crisis" unfold, I am struck by a most glaring difference between conservatives on one hand and liberal socialists on the other. Naturally, this is a generalization and, like all generalizations, does not hold for individuals inn all cases. Conservatives follow the tenet, "we are endowed by our Creator"; and liberal socialists follow the belief system that "our Creator" MUST be replaced by the "State" as the solution to any and all problems, up and including our own refusal to take personal responsibility for our actions. (I specifically avoided the terms Republican and Democrat here because we have liberals and conservatives in all political parties. I am speaking here only of fundamental belief systems.) The liberals work to make us all "victims" and wards of the State. Conservatives work to encourage us to be responsible for ourselves and use the powers given to us by "our Creator." An interesting and glaring contrast....

God, Rudyard Kipling, and the HR 1424 economic crisis

In an article, Pope says House build on sand, the Pope mentions the Gospel of Matthew. We are told that "greed" and now perhaps Barney Frank's romantic involvement with an official at Fannie Mae and assorted other things - most worldly - have led to the current "credit crisis". Well, maybe a few other things have had a hand in the crisis besides the political and legislative things we can list starting with the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. "Reinvestment" like "broadly shared prosperity" are liberal socialist code for "stealing from hard workers and giving to those who do not work." It is Marxism in action. Back to, back to... During the VP debate, Sarah Palin stated that it was time for the American people to stand up, take charge of their own lives, be responsible for their own financial decisions, and vow to never be taken advantage of again. Strong words and words worth our consideration. Here are just a few of the ways we have been taken advantage of and also ways in which we have not taken responsibility for our own actions:

• allowing prayer to be ripped out of our government schools while at the same time deferring to Muslims for prayer rooms and foot-washing stations. Heathen at best; indoctrination at worst. We have enabled our schools from K-12 through post-doctoral work to become "indoctrination camps".
• spitting in the face of God, the very God for whom our earliest settlers crossed dangerous waters to establish a land where they could pray to God and live by His tenets. Our liberal socialists and their willing handmaidens of the ACLU have worked mightily to destroy our families, to create "new constructs" of marriage, and to deny the rest of us free expression of our beliefs in God in the open. A young woman student has the microphone plug pulled to stifle her words at a graduation ceremony because she had the audacity to thank God and to give God the credit for her success. Why is she not free to express that appreciation and to acknowledge the inspiration of God in her life? Because the "state" fears God and wants to become the "savior" upon whom all must bow down and to whom all must give thanks.
• wantonly encouraging or turning a blind eye to unwanted pregnancies leading to the killing of 50 million Americans since 1973. Birth control is available and has been but we - many men and women - have chosen against it. With "abortion on demand" we have been led down the path that allows abortion people to take our possibly raped young teenagers across state lines for abortions without parental knowledge or involvement...the litany goes on.
• allowing illegal aliens to flood our nation and to use up our resources. Our government is importing "rebellion". Over 20 million illegal aliens have flooded our nation, invading our nation and our government has not fulfilled one of its enumerated powers which is to defend us against invasion. Drug cartels are now using our national parks as growing fields for illegal drugs.
• giving citizenship to children born here whose parents are illegal aliens and are not under the jurisdiction of our laws. Ask them and they will tell you they are citizens of Mexico. Allowing "sanctuary" cities to be established and then continuing to give these cities "tax dollars."

The list goes on but you get the idea. I seldom speak of God and His importance to our nation so allow me this indulgence. Many people know that they accomplish nothing without God and Jesus Christ in their lives. They only have life because He gives it to them. Our nation and her people need to come back to God - as a general statement. Many people in this great nation are very God-centered. Remember Obama's slight against all of us who believe in God - we are the most tolerant people on earth. All of fly-over country is God-centered. Thinking Americans who see times of trouble ahead need to step back from the brink of fear and read the words from 2 Timothy 1:7

"For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, His Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control." (from the Good News, New Testament)

My personal favorite version is from the New Revised King James, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love and of a sound mind." We - the people - need our wits about us as we see the world markets reeling; as we hear loud voices in our midst screaming against God as an antiquated "idea"; as we see the likes of Islamic terrorists threatening our way of life at every turn; and as we, if we are honest, realize that many of our own elected leaders beginning in 1977 have led us into the current crisis, why? To have us scream to the state for help,... We - the people - may do just a bit better if we step back and perhaps ask God for personal guidance. Take a few moments in prayer and ask for direction that will hold us steady, as Rudyard Kipling said, in his poem "If", while all about us are losing their minds. "If" recited by Dennis Hopper can be found here and in written form here, you will be reminded once again of what it takes to be a man. That's what we Americans are, in the plural, non-politically correct bastardization of our language, "Men." We are Americans. As Sarah Palin said, we can get a grip on ourselves. We can take responsibility for our own actions. And as I say, we can turn to God, to our houses of worship, to that still, small voice within each of us that calms us when all about us are going mad... I'm not saying that God will intervene and stop this madness. Of course not. He will allow us our folly. I am only suggesting that, if we turn to God, bring God back into our lives and into the life of our nation, He will give us the strength and the wisdom to survive and get through this "man-made crisis" with that sound mind. God bless you; God bless our troops; God bless our leaders who have their wits about them; and God bless our nation, The United States of America as long as our sovereignty still holds.

HR 1424 or HR 3997: Congress abort that "bailout" bill

If there were ever a case for abortion, HR 1424 (formerly HR 3997) screams out to be aborted. Talk about the "gang rape" of the House AND the American people by the Senate. (I'm not talking about whether we need a "free market" bill or not; I'm talking about outrage at the Senate as well as Paulson and the horse he rode in on.) The House started work on ONE issue and ONE issue only: an Economic Stabilization Bill. Why? To address the GREATEST economic crisis the world, no - the universe - has ever seen. Pelosi wails, "700B dollars!" Tsk, tsk, she beat her breasts and wailed at the outrage of the request brought about by the most HORRIBLE economic policies of the last 8 years. The House of Representatives is the body that must pass ALL spending bills, but never mind that little Constitutional provision. And now the Senate, usurping the authority of the House, "bitch-slaps" the peasants in the House of Representatives and takes another bill, HR 1424 and says, "We'll see that 700B and raise ya over 100B." The collectively "most deliberative body of morons in the universe" cannot even focus on ONE piece of legislation at a time and do that one job well. No, they show us how serious this "crisis of crises" is by dressing it up like Miss Piggy on holiday, lipstick and all. Shame on them. And shame on the Democrats in the House and Senate who scoffed at the calls for Freddie and Fannie to get Congressional oversight. (H/T to Liberally Conservative) I call on ALL Representatives in the House who have any knowledge of their appropriations responsibilities and any sense of the Senate's intervention into the "job" of the House and REJECT HR 1424. Find "free market" solutions - whether you are a Democrat or a Republican. For the sake of the people, come together in statesmanship just this once and draft a "free market" solutions bill to handle the Henny Penny mess dropped in your lap just before you want to go home for your campaigns. Talk about an October bribe... Well, are you men or children being taken to the woodshed by Daddy Bear and his Bully Brothers in the Senate? Can't either House of Congress focus on ONE issue and pass a clean bill addressing that ONE issue? No, given the chance, they have to muddy up the waters on EVERY bill. Well, come November 4th, maybe WE - the PEOPLE - should focus on getting rid of everyone in the House and Senate who votes to pass "this porky pig". Shame on all of the leaders of the Senate. At least we, the people, now know how seriously the Senate takes this "mother of all economic crises". Cross-posted at Eternity Road.

HR 3997, now HR 1424 moves US closer to Socialism

HR 1424, The Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, formerly known to us as HR 3997, has passed the Senate with a vote of 74 to 25. The only Senator not voting was Ted Kennedy. The Senators voting AGAINST this bill did so in a bipartisan was: 15 Republicans and 10 Democrats. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01424: H.R. 1424, Economic Stabilization Act is the vehicle used by the Senate to spend 700B dollars with the addition of several billion dollars for mental health legislation and money for rural schools. Here is the voting record for H.R. 1424: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00213 The voting results can be found at: Senate Roll Call Vote on H.R. 1424 An additional name for the passed bill is: H. R. 1424 As Amended; Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007. Here is a link to the classification of Senators of the 110th Congress which includes when they come up for re-election. The Republicans voting against the encroachment of government into the housing market were: Allard, R-CO Barrasso, R-WY Brownback, R-KS Bunning, R-KY Cochran, R-MS Crapo, R-ID DeMint, R-SC Dole, R-NC Enzi, R-WY Inhofe, R-OK Roberts, R-KS Sessions, R-AL Shelby, R-AL Vitter, R-LA Wicker, R-MS The Democrats and lone Independent (Lieberman is classified as an ID-CT) voting against the encroachment of government into the housing market were: Cantwell, D-WA Dorgan, D-ND Feingold, D-WI Johnson, D-SD Landrieu, D-LA Nelson, D-FL Stabenow, D-MI Tester, D-MT Wyden, D-OR and Sanders, I-VT The Senators voting for the advance of Socialism and up for re-election in Nov. 2008 are: (I have not included those - to me knowledge - who are NOT running for re-election because they are leaving the Senate.) Lamar Alexander Max Baucus Joe Biden, Jr. Saxby Chambliss Norm Coleman Susan Collins John Cornyn (this one surprises me) Larry Craig Richard "Turban" Durbin Lindsey "Amnesty" Graham Chuck Hagel Tom Harkin John F. Kerry Frank Lautenberg Carl Levin Mitch McConnell Mark Pryor Jack Reed John D. Rockefeller Gordon Smith John Sununu I conclude only that some of the members of the "most deliberative body on earth" simply have little or no respect for the American people. As Diane Feinstein said, her office had 91K calls from her constitutents, 85K said "NO" to the passage of this bill and yet they keep re-electing her. But fret not, her future is secure with the millions her husband has made, as I understand it, from his commerce with Communist China. So, Di-Fi has no problem "blowing off" 85K of her constituents. She is up for re-election in 2012. Her constituents will have long since forgotten her dismal of them and their 85K calls and e-mails for a NO vote on this legislation. I would just end by pointing out that each constituent who takes the time to call or send an e-mail represents thousands of others who have the same point of view but did not call or e-mail. I don't know the ratio.