The Donald Shuts Down the Obama/Hillary Express...But How?

The Donald did it.

Donald J Trump will be the 45^th President of the United States.

Most of us are speechless. Half are angry. Half are excited. Either way, the 8 year run of destruction by the Obama and Hillary express has come to a standstill. Yea, President Obama certainly made history just as I said he would back in 2007.  But not quite the one everyone else seemed to envision. Progressive, socialistic philosophies never do and his was no different.

The change we could believe in turned us into a country with 20T in debt, millions more on food stamps, more abortions, more terrorist attacks, more illegals, over the top regulations, less people working, weaker military, a laughing stock worldwide, terrible relations with Israel, incredible increases in health insurance premiums, government corruption (yea he appointed Hillary and the others), moral decay and racial division we haven’t seen since the 60s. That will be Obama’s true legacy and as Trump tears up most of his illegal executive orders that legacy won’t be anything like the one he so desperately hoped for just a week ago.

So much for hope and change. Thank God it’s over…for now.

But how did this derailment of the progressive agenda happen? How did this billionaire…a TV star with questionable character traits, a vulgar defensive tongue really pull this off anyway? He only had one path. An electoral royal flush, and sure enough he pulled it off.

Let’s break it down because it is worth repeating and I want my kids one day to look back on this crazy year and know just what all happened.

First of all, for me, as a Christian, the most important victory in all of this – the ones that have eternal and spiritual meaning – are the fact that conservatives can now restore our bond and partnership with Israel (God’s chosen people that the Bible makes clear we shouldn’t be messing with) and we have a real chance at slowing down abortions. In the end, everything else is small by comparison and worldly in terms of life. The appointment of Constitutional judges instead of philosophical judges in both the lower courts and Supreme Court are going to have an impact for decades and decades. We were one step away if Hillary had one from likely never turning back..

This is where Trumps win is truly a miracle of God.

No doubt about it…Hillary would have lost to just about anyone. She was unlikeable, connected to potential fraud and corruption, had apparent issues of ignorance regarding national security and just seemed to be running for office to complete a personal bucket list item of “first woman President”. Her campaign was marred by her own background (her husband and Bengahzi as two examples), FBI investigations (twice), Wikileaks showing corruption of the highest order, DNC scandals, Clinton Foundation scandals, and overall arrogance. She was setting on a T what should have been an easy homerun win for any GOP candidate.  

But then the GOP dropped the ball by trying to push the Establishment likes of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio down conservatives throats and that opened the door to Donald Trump.

And in he walked.

Trump brought his own baggage too. He was almost as bad. Arrogant, mean, rude, and a past marred by divorce and sexist, sexual comments galore. Soon he had woman claiming he sexually abused them in some form or fashion after a video was leaked with him verbally claiming he could do what he wants with almost any woman he desired. He was a successful billionaire, now married to a model who has posed nude, and had a track record of being a tough as nails negotiator – something many Americans thought it was time to try in the Whitehouse. He was truly anon-political outsider. Yet, he once was a supporter of policies proposed by the left and even seen as being close and friendly with the Clintons at one time. His present and his past seemed to provide his biggest obstacles all throughout the campaign and certainly after he was nominated in easy fashion during the Republican Convention. His mess wasn’t as bad as Hillary’s but it certainly wasn’t good either.

People sighed as they appeared to have to choose between the lessor of two evils. Polls all along the way kept telling the story of a decent Hillary win. I followed two measurements to gage what I hoped might happen. One was the USC LA Times poll that had Trump leading by 2 the Friday before he election. The other was following Professor Allan Litchman who’s 12 measurements also had indicated a Trump win. I had been following them for months and their outcomes hadn’t waivered. However, I remained convinced the system was in fact rigged and that Hillary would literally do anything to win it all. Nothing would stop her.

On election night, only a miracle of God could push Trump ahead. Hillary had multiple avenues in which to get to the magic number of 270 EVs. Trump had one. He had to lay down a royal flush and win Ohio, Florida, all of the normal red states and at least one or two blue states. The first few hours exit polls indicated Trump was losing big. My heart sank as I started to process a Hillary administration and her picking supreme court judges that would forever change America. I continued to pray and realized many of our friends were too. The one thing none of the polls or pundits could seem to account for was the “closet” trumpers. How many evangelicals, independents, and conservatives would end up holding their noses and voting for Trump just to spite Hillary and because of the SC judge issues?

Apparently, more than enough.  

In what many are calling the greatest voting night in evangelical history, Christians got out the vote and Trump surged past Hillary. By midnight he was only 16 EVs away from winning it all and it was apparent the royal flush he needed was about to happen putting Hillary in the tank for good. About 3am ET it was called. Donald Trump had clearly won the 2016 Presidential Election. He was now President Elect.

Shock waves rumbled around the globe. It was truly a miracle and one I believe God clearly had his hand in making happen. After all, man’s steps are guided by Him are they not?

What Trump did that Tuesday night was historic in all measures and you have to give him the credit he has due. He overcame himself, his mouth and his past. He didn’t have the political experience or know how and he was naïve. He spent his own millions, getting no financial support from the GOP. Hillary outspent him by hundreds of millions. Hillary had the big ground game and political machine. Trump had some volunteers and his family around him. He fought his own fight without a single real celebrity and very few GOP supporters. The entire world was against him including the main stream media that was purely for Hillary and the likes of every celebrity known to man. Yet, all year long his campaign had the momentum, the passion and the crowds. He was truly the underdog and the vain of every single #nevertrump establishment cry baby in the world. And in the end, he crushed them all.

Now here we are. We have all just experienced an election cycle that most are calling the craziest in history and now after eight long years (10 if you really look at it correctly) of the progressive agenda pushing our nation to the brink, we can at least have a chance to slow their agenda down. Trump isn’t going to be the perfect conservative candidate. He isn’t going to suddenly become a polished politician either. He will open his mouth. He will likely make numerous mistakes. But we have to trust in the leadership abilities of the people he looks to surround himself with and hope we can survive the next four years and make some headway in the courts. If that is all he does, it will have all been worth it. But either way, we have to give him the same chance we gave Obama and he got either full years. He’s already said he won’t take a salary and he’s already getting more work done than most Presidential Elects before him. He’s getting after it quickly because much is to be done. I’m not saying his going to be the next Reagan and frankly I don’t care as long as he appoints those Constitutional judges we need that’s good for me.

I preached from the get-go that the Trump movement could be used as a means to an end by the GOP but they failed to recognize it for what it was and foolishly held fast to the belief that the GOP had to be inclusive of more people in order to win. They were wrong in 2010, 2014 and now again. The GOP will be changed forever and for now is dead. Now Trump and his team have to prove all of us right and follow through with the things important to saving the direction of our country. They’ve got a few years to do it. One thing is certain, the liberal agenda pushers aren’t going away any time soon.

But for now, this is one miracle we can all relish and enjoy.

Sorry, But Jesus Isn't Running For Office

My great, great grandfather was a journalist and political activist way back at the turn of last century. His name was George Washington Speers. Of course, I never met him, but my late grandfather introduced me to some of his writings before he passed away years ago and that has confirmed the genetic pre-deposition I always assumed I had towards stirring the waters. He did it too.

In honor of him I wanted to pen my thoughts on where things are today regarding this crazy political season we are in here in 2016. If nothing, so my kids can look back and understand how we got where it looks like we are likely headed.

Politics is a way of life for many in the free world. For others, such as those living in Sudan, North Korea, Russia, Iran, China, and the like, it’s only a dream to have our kind of freedom. We take it for granted and many Americans can’t even tell you the basics about candidates they lazily march in to vote for. Our political system, which for two centuries has been unmatched, is now greatly handicapped and our political freedom is slowly dying. American politics has nearly completed its conversion to a mere mechanical, predictable system.  

If you go back and read my blog posts from early 2008 on you will see my warnings about where our nation was headed back then if Obama and his cronies were elected. Call me a prophet. But you can’t because I was wrong.  Way wrong. The “fundamental changes” Obama wanted have been much worse than imagined and Obama will be long gone before we all start to see the damaging ramifications of what these last 8 years of regulation, intolerance, foreign policy weakness, division, spending and moral decay has done to us.

But here we are and now it’s now 2016. In the blink of an eye we have journeyed two terms watching progressivism take reign. I’d like to say things can be different and that we still have a chance to stop the decay, but the forces against those of us that still care just seem to strong and that’s what I am about to explain.

In a matter of just a few months from now, Americans will once again choose who will lead our nation for the next four years. The Democrats, with career politician Hillary Clinton, and the Republicans, with businessman Donald Trump. This race is as tight as can be and many are calling it the choice between the “lesser of two evils”. No doubt that this is going to go down in history as one of the most “entertaining” elections ever. Will Trump “make America great again”, or will “Hilary for America” be the nightmare of a third Obama term?

But the cold hard truth is I believe our political system is damaged nearly to the point of no return and the winner was decided upon years ago. True numbers still show that conservatives and independents far outweigh progressive liberals in this country…yet liberal candidates seem to continually parade to victory in various elections throughout the country; some with nearly zero resistance.

It makes no sense. Then again…it does.

Let me explain.

There are three clear dynamics taking place simultaneously that when combined into one become a near unstoppable force against small government, personal freedom and the Christian values our nation was founded on (and yes, it was founded on those values despite the attempt by progressives to minimize and delete it).

First of all, two groups, what some call the establishment and what I call the Jesus for President Movement have set the stage for a divide that will never heal. The GOP’s failures to stay true to conservative values, their desire to “compromise”  in the false hope to earn more voters, and giving us candidates like McCain, Romney and Bush (really????!!! Another Bush??) angered a large portion of the base which led to the creation of the Tea Party. The stand-off was created and I don’t believe we will ever recover from it.

Along with that, a movement began, with the likes of Mike Huckabee (whom I personally met and liked), to push for a more “Christian” candidate to run for office. The “Jesus for President Movement”, as I call it was born and good, well meaning people started getting googoo eyed over the concept of a morally pure candidate. All of the sudden a large percentage of conservatives simply couldn’t be happy unless they heard their candidate sharing their faith, speaking scripture, etc. And I get it. I’d love to see a Christian candidate either. But guess what? Jesus isn’t running for office so please stop the madness. In this mess, these seeking this “Christian utopia” have simply forgotten about strategy and the need to “play politics” in order to win.  The Democrats have been making us look like fools for years and years.

Nice guys don’t win people, not in this day and age.  

Then Donald Trump enters the ring and the screaming and wailing immediately commenced and #nevertrump was born.  He took the stage by storm and really hasn’t looked back since. At the time of this writing he was dead even in the polls and headed for a head on collision in the upcoming debates. You have to give it to him. He might be self serving and egotistical but give credit where it’s due too. He’s the only candidate to spend millions of his own money. He’s the only one doing it in a truly grassroots method. He’s put out his list of supreme court candidates (no other GOPer did that). He’s surrounded himself with very credible leaders. He’s pounded the pavement and was first to visit Louisiana, Detroit and even went to Mexico. Plus, he’s putting himself out there every day for the media to attack while Hillary hides away with fake doctors notes.

But I just don’t understand and never will the #nevertrumpers. I’m not gonna put a Trump sign in my front yard, and he was never my first choice, but I also know that God can and will use whomever He so chooses to guide our nation. My job is to vote for the candidate that will most likely stand for life, less government, lower taxes, stronger military, stronger borders and more choices in education and healthcare. Period. Hillary isn’t going to do. Trump might. But might is better than won’t. 

Frankly, we are all dirty and all of us sin daily more than likely. We have all said demeaning things, done demeaning things and been mean to others at time. So just how are these “nevertrumpers” so much better that God couldn’t use someone like him? Why can’t we pray that those he has surrounded himself with…good, God fearing people mind you…can properly guide him and keep him on track? The reality is if we were smart enough, we could embrace Trump and use him as a means to an end to regain the Whitehouse and regain power. Trump isn’t forever….no more than 4-8 years. But, he could give us the power we need to turn things back around for decades to come. Why is this so hard for people to understand?

These stupid, ignorant, childish claims that Trump is the next Hitler, will win office and suddenly turn into this nuclear bomb sending, evil dictator are just emotional reactions that my brain can hardly process. Really?!! I mean, really?! I know people way smarter than anyone reading this, that I trust, that know what Trump really does behind the scenes. He can be cavalier on the stage and let the TV personality fly, but a man of his stature and success isn’t a fool. Now, if he has completely fooled the likes of Ben Carson, Rick Perry, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Dr. Dobson, Wayne Grudem, Jack Graham, Scott Walker, Buddy Pilgrim, Mike Pence, and many others, then he truly is the devil’s tool.

We know what we get with Hillary and I for one refuse to be a part of her getting the chance to slaughter more babies and the like simply because Trump isn’t Jesus like enough for me. My God is bigger than that and if He wants to use Trump, He will. After all, as I have said before, there are Christians living under evil dictators around the world, fearing for their very lives, that would jump at the chance to vote for someone like Trump.

Regardless the GOP as we knew it is dead. Forever.  Their failure to act, when power was given to them, time and time again is the reason we have Trump today. And you have to hand it to him; he’s kicking butt and taking names. Spending his own money and with very little in terms of a true political machine. (This really gets the establishments’ panties in a wad - who demand a career politician candidate for whatever reason and it makes me laugh out loud.) I don’t think he wins in the end, but for him to be where he is now, fighting all of these obstacles and that powerful Clinton machine, without the support of so many of these so called “conservatives” it’s pretty astounding what he is doing no matter the result.

Secondly, ignorance and apathy rule our culture like never before. Sure, there have always been Americans who didn’t care about politics, didn’t study to be informed or didn’t speak out when obvious wrongs occurred. But when you have gotten to the point where we allow the likes of men dressed as women to tell our country how to regulate our bathrooms and few stand against it…apathy is king. When people scream “intolerant” or “bigot” when you simply speak your beliefs and others shy away like Peter when being accused of knowing Christ, you know apathy is paramount.

I knew apathy was a poison filling our streets when I started seeing Islam being embraced and mosques (many of which preach hate against our values) being built in New York City right down the street from where the twin towers once stood before Islamic terrorists (yes, they were Islamic) took them down.  Look around and take note of how quickly our nation has invited a religion that, if being followed correctly, embraces the full teachings of the Koran – a book that promotes values that teach death to homosexuals, the degradation of women, and death to all that don’t believe in the teachings of Muhammad. We have already seen the results in San Bernardino, Orlando, Killeen, Boston, Oklahoma City, and other places here in our homeland.

Ignorance is the twin of apathy. People walking the street can’t even name our Vice President. It’s truly embarrassing. They don’t know how many senators each state is given or important historical facts such as which political party was behind the freedom of all slaves (yes, that was the republican party). These ignorant, uninformed people on election day head to the courthouses in mass to vote and their votes many times are cast based on the criteria of which one is most likeable, which one celebrities support, which is “coolest” or which will “make history” as we saw with Obama and now will likely see with Hillary. Forget critical facts such as their voting records, failures and accomplishments (private or political), alliances, donors, foreign ties, policy agendas, values, or (God help us) previous criminal actions.

I’ve heard many people over the last two terms of Obama say they simply voted for him because he would become the first black President. Now, they are saying the same because Hillary would be the first woman. That’s where we are as a nation when it comes to electing the most powerful person in the world. Color and sexual orientation. I promise the transgender or homosexual candidate is next…

Furthermore, I find it amazing how many people that vote for liberal candidates don’t even truly know what their “liberal” agendas are. As a matter of fact if you asked many on the street if they agreed with the following they would surprise themselves: strong military, lower taxes, strong judicial system, more education and healthcare options, protection of life, religious freedom, government staying out of your life, keeping us and our children safer, strong world leader, job creating and less spending. In fact, many have to come face to face with the fact that what they really believe in lines up better with libertarian or conservative candidates.

I don’t know a whole lot of people that are all about increasing our debts to no end, letting the government rule every aspect of our lives, killing any and all babies we can, increasing our taxes to more than 50%, leaving our borders insecure, reducing our national safety, fewer choices in education and healthcare, and making sure everyone is all about the same in life with no chance to set yourself apart. Yet, that’s truly the agenda of these modern progressives. That’s why we call them socialists. Because they are.

Ignorance is the critical piece of the new political machine taking place in America. It feeds the beast – the beast we call Media Bias.

Anyone that can’t see the media bias in this country just isn’t living in reality. Even the most hard core liberals admit it has really gotten out of whack. Outside of FoxNews and some AM talk radio guys, the left has the likes of every single major newspaper, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, USA Today, all major magazines still in business, Twitter and Facebook, and nearly all of Hollywood in their back pocket providing free political airtime and unashamed endorsement. Proud to win when you do, huh? Yea, well turn those tables and see how well Hillary would do. She would be fried like bacon and sent back home in two days.

This third and final piece is the most damaging piece of the puzzle of the modern American political system because it has taken a life of its own. Journalism doesn’t exist and facts are merely afterthoughts when reporting stories now. It has always been bad, but never this bad. Who the main stream media wants the President to be, you can count on that being the result, especially when combined with the first two pieces I just discussed above.

When a conservative runs for office, every single skeleton will be dug up. (Remember the Romney bullying fiasco from prep school!!! Are you kidding me?) But if you are a liberal, your skeletons are guarded and buried even deeper. Might as well be buried in Fort Knox. It’s the equivalent of a football game in which one team is blindfolded. There are so many examples of this I could spend 100 pages on it. It’s shameful and sadly it’s never going to get better. The media is full of young, left leaning, pro-abortion, anti-gun, socialistic, cross-dressing, homosexual, transgender, God hating, big spending, pro-government people.

Ignorance, apathy, establishment intolerance, Jesus for President and Media Bias rule the day and when added all together it means the end of a true, honest political system in this country.

For those of us that believe God is in control, He is and always will be. We need to vote and we need to pray. Our nation can have revival, but sadly we may have to get to the end of our rope as a nation first and we seem to be headed there. Our hope remains in Christ and in Christ alone and that will be our mantra when Hillary is more than likely paraded in front us, as the next “historical” President.

I don’t believe Trump will win in November, but if anyone could take on and beat this new manufactured political system, it seems only he could. He has my small little vote but I remain doubtful. We will see in a matter of weeks. I sure hope I am wrong.

Our nation just might depend on it.

Obama's Legacy

Obamacare
Bengahzi
IRS scandal
VA scandal
Fast N Furious scandal
Wire tapping scandal
Erik Holder
ISIS mistakes

A Form Letter and Stamped Signature from Our Amazing President

It's no secret that I have no love for the man we currently call our President.

Mr. Obama is truly a disgrace to our history as the greatest nation in the world. I heard about this story while in Houston working with clients this week. The story is actually a little old, but the truth of it is still just the perfect example of why I cannot stand this man.

This man's son was killed in action defending our freedoms. President Obama simple sent a autotyped, autosigned impersonal letter to his parents....oh yea, about 4 months later.

This man is gutless and selfish. At least President Bush made every sacrifice a personal thing.

What a sorry excuse of a leader. If you can read this and not be appalled then you are likely just like him. Here you go.Click here to read.

http://columbiadailyherald.com/sections/opinion/letters-editor/poorly-timed-letter-shows-obama%E2%80%99s-disregard-vets.htmlc


Brady Speers

What Conservatism Is

If most people actually took to the time to get past all the rhetoric and study conservatism, enough people would end up being conservatives to win most elections. The problem is most people don’t study the facts, or hear the facts being told to them and therefore don’t really know what we are all about. Despite the media’s take that we are hate poor people, have no desire to help those in need, are homophobic and anti-women swim in our riches, this simply isn’t the case. Yes, some radical conservatives are right winged nutt jobs who want Jesus as their next President just as some liberals want abortions to be allowed at birth, but most of us are hard working, middle class Americans that love others, give to those in need, hate war, have homosexual friends and love our freedoms and love America.

However, our nation is divided in angst. It has become about which side wins instead of what the country actually needs the most. The media controlled noise has snuffed out the real conservative message or changed it into something it clearly is not.

Yet at the same time conservatives are simply failing at getting their message out and across and that has to change.

So what do we “conservatives” believe and why should conservatism be chosen over the more promoted “progressive” aka liberal ideology? Well, some conservatives won’t agree with me breakdown, but many do and will, so for all it is worth, here it goes.

First thing we have to get past is all the social and religious noise. Break it down into political values first. Then, for those in which those touchy issues matter, bring them into the discussion at that point. Let’s agree on some basics first. If we don’t have common ground here, no need wasting each others’ time with rest.

Role of Government – We believe that the government is to be controlled by the people and not the other way around. Big governments tend to start controlling every aspect of life with more and more laws that end up penetrating every single thing we do – limiting our freedoms and ability to operate as adults. We are seeing that happen in our day more than ever. (i.e. you cannot even make the grown up decision to buy a Big Gulp in NYC anymore). We believe most, though not all, issues should be passed back down to the State level which allows for those in that State to decide its own issues and also provides some variety across the land. If one State wants to endorse or legalize a specific idea or issue, why should the Federal government get in the way? Not all conservatives see it this way however, which is our downfall and I will explain later. But, why can’t States have the power to choose to either endorse or condone issues like abortion or homosexual marriages for example? Most of the time the State should be the one to call the shots unless it is a clear violation of the Constitution such as it was deemed when Lincoln pushed to outlaw slavery. Most don’t even know it was Republican conservatives that set the slaves free.

The government should never become too big for its britches. The smaller it remains the less of your money it takes from you and the more the people control it instead of the other way around. Big governments become like a big business with more and more people on payroll in various agencies and departments in which downsizing is simply not a realistic option. Have you seen government worker benefits, base salaries and pensions? The average employee of the government now makes more than $57,000 a year. In my business I see government retirees with pensions earning them more per year than most would even imagine and in many cases they also have a powerful retirement plan and can also get Social Security payments! Talk about a comfortable retirement! This is why once the government grows, it is nearly impossible to trim it back – ever. And the bigger it gets, the more money we have to have to feed the monster.

The government does have a role in protecting our borders and freedoms, helping our allies and in other areas like infrastructure and roadways along with passing necessary laws to ensure order. But over the last 100 years it has grown to the point of taking care of the needy and the lazy (two different groups in some cases), controlling foods and agriculture, schools, hospitals, transportation, healthcare, space exploration, energy, various social and moral issues, personal habits and on and on and on.

Taxes, Spending and Debt – America was founded by people who wanted to get away from taxes. Most conservatives agree that even a medium size government requires some taxation. It just needs to be fair and limited. Currently more than 47% of all Americans pay zero income tax. Yes, zero. That means outside of sales and state taxes, they contribute nothing. Others pay up to 35% which is likely to go up to 38%, just in Federal taxes. This has nothing to do with “being rich” or not. The media has made it out to be that all conservatives are also rich. This is simply not the case. Every society has rich people – even the most broke nations of the world have millionaires. But even if tax rates were at 70% or higher, those rich people would not be able to support the operations of a large government society for any length of time. Therefore, it has to be moderated. Everyone should pay something. As President Obama became famous for saying “everyone should pay their fair share”. You might be one of those who gets a nice refund every year and therefore pays little to no taxes, but in reality, is that fair? Can’t everyone pay at least something?

The need for tax increases however are directly related to two other big issues: our spending and a big government. If the government payroll is that of a large company, well, the only income it can generate is through taxation since most of its services are free or at cost. Spending also includes the spending required to grow a big government, but it also includes, money promised to lobbyist, unnecessary wars, stupid studies and grants or bridges to nowhere. Bad spending habits means more taxes are needed. This is no different than it is with an household in America. We all have to watch our spending and when times are tough, we need to cut back, not spend more.

Conservatives wants moderate or low taxes for a few specific reasons – it keeps more of the money in the hands of each American, which means consumer savings or spending will increase and it also keeps more of the money in the hands business owners which will keep many of them from raising prices on services or goods and will push more of them to hire more people. Both of these reasons impact the overall economy, which does one important thing – you said it - increases the Gross Domestic Product which means more income to the government through more people paying taxes without having to raise the tax rates. If you raised the rates to begin with, the above simply would not occur.

We believe the national debt has become an emergency as we close in on 17 trillion. Every American should be alarmed and concerned for their future and the future of their children. If we do not want to become another Mexico, Canada or Greece, we need to get this paid down by fixing the tax codes so that everyone pays some, and reducing our spending immediately. Most Americans just think the government can print more money, and it will, but not without a price that could take decades to recover from, if not longer. No parent would put $250,000 on a credit card and then hand that to their child at birth, but that is exactly what each American owes to China and other borrowers right now in 2012. Yes it will take more taxes to pay this off and it will require everyone paying some. But it will also require less government spending and that means cuts that are going to hurt.

Entitlements – As Americans we do believe in the helping each other way of life. If someone is in need, it is usually someone from America that is there to help, whether it be a natural disaster and donations via the Red Cross or in war times as we provide assistance. Helping our own is no different and most conservatives do believe the government can provide some level of assistance to those truly in need. The key word is truly. Programs like Medicare, Medicaid, along with food stamps, unemployment income, disability, housing assistance and now Obamacare all have great intentions for many. The problem is ease of access actually has had the reverse affect on society as more and more people have become lazy, getting more from the government than they would in their own efforts. More than 47% of Americans get some type of benefit from the government and over 40 million are now getting free food from the government. It has gotten to the point now where our government has a website to help new immigrants find free stuff being paid for by your dollars and mine when many of us can barely cover our own household needs. http://www.welcometousa.gov/Government_benefits/default.htm

We believe America should provide assistance when real assistance is needed. But tough oversight and management is needed to avoid fraud and to keep people from “using the system” to milk the government while making no real effort to take care of themselves as so many millions of people do each year.

Jobs, Economy – We believe that jobs and the economy are grown by private enterprise and the push for the American dream to strive for financial and personal freedom. Americans have always prided themselves in being self-reliant and strong with nothing getting in the way of whatever they dream to accomplish. Americans with this mentality are the very reason we have most of the things we have today, including the jobs or careers each of us has. From the telephone to Apple, it is free enterprise that has worked like it has. No government has ever succeeded in trying to play this role - ever. Every single nation that has ever tried has eventually failed or become miserable. When times get tough Americans get tougher and things improve in time. The government can certainly play a limited role when the funds allow, but low unemployment and a strong economy are always a direct result of a robust and strong private sector. Overbearing government fees and regulations, and high taxes have the opposite result. If we want a strong economy and we want more jobs, we have to let them people solve the problem and we believe this cannot be done if the government is standing in the way.

National Security – Because of our amazing people, history and success, many in the world despise and reject us. This isn’t going to change unless we become like them. Because of this reality, we have to be strong and prepared at all times to defend our rights and freedoms and to stand with our friends around the world who embrace our views. This does mean war from time to time. But when we enter a war, we should be quick, exact and done with it, if possible. Some people and some countries just have no desire to be our friend and never will no matter how hard we try, and that is ok. But if they choose to try and harm us, they should pay a heavy, swift price. Nothing is more important than our way of life and the security of our families. American should be respected, if nothing else for fear of the powers we wield in our military. We need not be a bully, but the world needs to know and understand, “don’t mess with us or you won’t soon forget it.”

The Constitution – we believe the Constitution is the Bible of the American way. There are few reasons to ever add to it, and certainly nothing should be taken away. No other document has had more of a positive impact on political human history than what God gave the Founding Fathers in this amazing work. It is our political compass yet as we attempt to water it down more and more with our “modern” view of thinking, our ground becomes less solid. It can and will stand the test of time if we will allow it too. This is why the appointment of Supreme Court judges is so vital to our future. No judge should be appointed that is going to make judicial decisions based on their personal leanings but sadly, on both sides of the isle, this has happened way too often in the recent past. No matter what side of politics we are on, it must remain the constant for future generations or all will be lost.

Social Issues – the issues of the day seem to be centered on homosexual rights and the rights of women to have an abortion. These two topics alone are powerful enough to start nuclear wars. For me personally, I will never vote for a candidate that supports abortion. It’s just that important for me. But that doesn’t mean I have to make it “the issue” for you, unless you claim you’re also a Believer. Then we have some talking to do. Right wingers have gone so overboard on these two issues alone that the rest of what I just spelled out gets completely ignored. What homosexual would ever want to be a part of a group that hated him or her, despite their leanings towards conservatism in other areas? This is what I believe the solution is to give many of these issues back to States. It would resolve some of the contention and anger and allow us to focus on the more political issues at hand nationally. There have to be plenty of homosexuals that believe in the things we believe in. But when we try to force down their throats things like a “marriage act” it does nothing but further divide us. Abortion can be overturned by merely educating people and showing them real actual abortions taking place. Few could watch one and not change their views on the issue. Marriages can be defined as two people that love each other and for those of us that Believe homosexuality is wrong, we can preach that on the streets and in our churches in loving fashion. But we can all be Americans no matter what and even share in the same conservative values. After all, isn’t it is conservatives that claim we want government out of our lives? Hmm.

I know the future of America looks very liberal…I mean… “progressive” but I believe if we educate people about our political and financial views instead of focusing on the more touchy social views, that more and more people would see in the end that conservatism gives Americans of all walks the best opportunity to succeed and gives our kid the future we all want them to have.

We will see.

Until 2016 or sometime down the road, if ever. Peace.

One Final WrapUp - Change is Needed in the GOP

After this week’s shocking election results, most of us conservatives entered a state of full blown political depression and numbness. Some have been asking me what I think happened. I too have spent the last few days trying to figure out. This is my final wrap if you will.

Let’s face it. Romney didn’t just lose. He got his arse kicked. 332-206. Ouch. It was 2008 all over again. Actually, McCain got more conservative votes than Romney did which I still find so unreal.

As I stated in my last post, I am done with political activism for a long time. I’m sure I’ll pop up in 2016 but for now, let Obama and his peeps have what they want. I’m too tired to care. The only hope we really have now is to overturn many Senate seats in 2014 to shorten the damage. But, if we nominate over-the-top right winged candidates that make stupid comments like Akins and Mourdock did this go around, that won’t end well either.

But I did want to offer my thoughts on what happened, why and what needs to happen if conservatives ever want to win the White House again. I will keep it simple and to the point.

1. The GOP enthusiasm wasn’t as expected. Though Obama had 10 million less votes than in 2008, more than 3,000,000 conservatives didn’t vote for Romney. More than likely a lot of these were Ron Paul supporters and Tea Partiers. Others were just GOPers who didn’t buy into the Romney campaign. Well, thanks guys but now we all get Obama for 4 more years. Good job.

2. Our culture is no longer a majority “center-right” country. There are more getting handouts than don’t. As Rush Limbaugh said we are fighting against “Santa”. Most of these people are also extremely uneducated politically, yet they vote. In its current form, the GOP offers nothing attractive to most of them.

3. Romney wussed out after the 1st debate and let Obama get away with taking all of the momentum from him. He had the chance to hammer Obama on numerous issues but tried to be nice and instead came across as a distant rich guy. His game plan failed. People liked the aggressive in-your-face Obama more.

4. After election polls and focus groups make it clear that the GOP better change or we may never win the Presidential election again.

Number 4 above is the most important. There are some glaring issues that we must be honest in hearing and accepting. If we don’t address them and change our methods, we will never see another conservative President. We have to change in the following ways.

- Immediately, the GOP needs to work with the Democrats and give Obama and his team what they want with some things in exchange of course. If they remain hard lined and unwilling, it will mean the end of us in 2014 and again in 2016. Give them what they want, let them fall on their own sword and they will then own 100% of their own failures. Nominate the right candidate in 2016 and it will be over.

- Voters viewed Romney as a nice but distant, old rich, white guy. Same as McCain, Bush and Bush before him. This is the “establishment” candidate at its finest. This establishment refuses to think we live in a different day. Well, we do. People today are not like people 10 years ago much less 40 years ago. Politics are different. If we keep nominating rich, old, white dudes, we are going to keep losing. We can't be arrogant and assume people will come back around. Our culture has changed and if we don't change to work within that culture we are toast. And, we can do this without becoming like them either. I hear people making that argument and it's just dumb.

- We need a candidate that is younger, not rich, more relational and more like the common voter. The voters like a younger, more relational, “cool” candidate. We had some of these in the conservative world this go around, but instead we ended up with the 2008 runner-up.

- Ron Paul and Tea Party followers better find a way to come together instead of dividing us or it will get even worse.

- Right-winged, vocal Christian candidates with their faith and beliefs on their sleeves are a big problem. The non-believing voter doesn’t want to hear it and certainly not if they open their mouths about it every single day. We have to be smart. Wise as serpents and gentles as doves. Candidates need to keep it under wrap, until AFTER they win! Duh!

- We need to change our language and words. The Democrats never call themselves “liberals” anymore. They are now “progressives”. Capitalism is a bad word nowadays. Reword some of our concepts.

- Our negativity and condescending attitudes towards the liberals on social media and the like are killing us. I’m the biggest sinner in this regard. We have to be about convincing and educating people about conservative values and how THEY can benefit from them if they would just listen. But who is going to listen when we just called them idiots, morons or libtards and attacked their President every hour of the day?

- Consider ideas like “we aren’t the anti-gay party who has to push a marriage act”. Consider saying “we aren’t going to endorse it either way” our focus is conservative government issues, not how you live your lives. Be the party that seeks to give the powers back to the States for these types of social issues, etc. We don’t have to compromise all of our principles, but we need to modernize how we explain and promote them to a degree, unless we just never want to be in power again.

All we need are about 2% more of the votes and we win every time. Conservative values still have a big place. The reality is who doesn’t want these things:

- Less government intrusion in your life
- Lower taxes
- More jobs
- Strong military
- Protection of the Constitution
- Lower gas prices
- Protection of life
- Religious freedom
- Fewer regulations

But when people feel like they would have to join the angry, mean, rich, anti-gay, better-be-a-Christian party, they turn back to the other side. Plain and simple.

We have potential in people like Santorum, Ryan, Rubio, Christie, West, and others. We must nominate and all get behind a young, relational, cool, true conservative candidate regardless if they are Jesus reincarnated. If we don’t, our conservative days will be left to wining local and state races only.

Time will tell if I am right or wrong, but I believe I am very right. We will see.

See you in a few years…if I see promise with the above occurring.

America Speaks - Obama Stopped In His Tracks

Hyper-liberalism has run its course and the American people have put it where it belongs. On the path to nowhere.

Millions of voters made it clear in historic proportions in every state. We want less spending, more jobs in the private sector, less taxes, Obamacare repealed, better national security and smaller government.

By winning the House, nearly all Governor races and a de facto win in the Senate with more seats, Obama will now have to decide.

Will Obama remain an idealist or will he be more pragmatic like Clinton did in 1994 and reinvent himself? Either way, conservatism wins.

It was a good, good night for our amazing country. The stage is set for 2012.

Peace out.

Obama's Flip List is Getting Huge

For someone who promotes "change", he sure does enough of it!

Check out this Obama Flip-Flop list provided by the Boston Globe and you tell me if this is the man that should lead our nation. Seems to me he is just trying to do what all politicians do - get votes, which means he is really no different than all of those before him.

Obama's Top Ten Flip Flops

1. SPECIAL INTERESTS. In January, the Obama campaign described union contributions to the campaigns of Clinton and John Edwards as "special interest" money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements. He now refers respectfully to unions as the representatives of "working people" and says he is "thrilled" by their support.

2. THE CUBA EMBARGO. In January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro." Speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in August 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change."

3. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. In a March 2004 questionnaire, Obama was asked if the government should "crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants." He replied "Oppose." In a Jan. 31, 2008, televised debate, he said that "we do have to crack down on those employers that are taking advantage of the situation."

4. DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARAJUANA. While running for the U.S. Senate in January 2004, Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use. In the Oct. 30, 2007, presidential debate, he joined other Democratic candidates in opposing the decriminalization of marijuana.

5. NAFTA. During the primary season, Obama hammered Hillary Clinton for her support of NAFTA as First Lady, calling the free trade agreement "devastating" and "a big mistake." Now, in an interview with Fortune to be featured in the magazine's upcoming issue, the presumptive Democratic nominee said that NAFTA has indeed been positive for the US in some ways, and that his earlier criticism - while trying to convince white blue collar voters in some states to vote for him - was 'overheated and amplified.'

6. THE DEATH PENALTY. Ten years ago, when Obama was running for statewide office in an ultra-liberal Chicago district, he opposed the death penalty. As Obama announced this week, he now supports the ultimate penalty.

7. HANDGUN BAN. For 8 years--before becoming a US Senator--Obama sat on the board of a non-profit which contributed $2.7 million to efforts advocating for a complete ban on handguns. (Before that, Obama filled out a questionnaire in 1996 stating that he supported a ban on the manufacture, sale AND POSSESSION of handguns.) But starting with his primary campaign in the gun popular Midwest, Obama now opposes such legislation, and claims to support gun owner's rights.

8. PROPOSED FISA LAW IMMUNITY FOR TELECOMS. In October, 2007, Obama pledged that if the FISA bill contained an immunity provision for telecoms, he would not only oppose the bill, he would help block it through a filibuster. This week, he voted for the bill, telecom immunity provisions and all.

9. PUBLIC FINANCING FOR OBAMA'S GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. In November, 2007, Obama issued a written pledge to opt into the public campaign finance system for the general presidential election, if the Republican nominee also did so. John McCain immediately accepted the pledge, which acceptance Obama acknowledged in writing in November 2007. After he became the Republican nominee, McCain opted into the public finance system (as he pledged to do), but Obama broke his pledge and opted out.

10. THE WAR IN IRAQ. In 2004--when Obama was running for the United States Senate-- Barack Obama not only said that he was open to a U.S. troop increase in Iraq, but warned against a premature troop withdrawal as a "slap in the face to the troops fighting there" which could make Iraq "an extraordinary hotbed of terrorist activity." Fast forward to Obama's presidential campaign premised in large part on an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.

These 10 examples evince 180 degree changes by the Senator from Chicago on fundamental issues going to the core of Obama as a candidate, and provide important indications of whether the "change" candidate will do what he promises to do in the campaign to court our votes.

Legitimate questions are also raised as to whether Obama is accurately portraying himself during the election process, or is he simply feinting to the middle like the good basketball player he is? How many more Obama flip-flops can we expect before November 2008, and to what extent can the "change" candidate continue to portray himself a different kind of politician who rejects "politics as usual"?

Also another note. While he has flip flopped on many issues Barack Obama has had to backtrack on foreign policy issues, just recently on Jerusalem. He tried to outdo John McCain at AIPAC by insisting that Jerusalem remain the undivided capital of Israel. The Palestinians erupted in anger at that statement, and by the end of the day they had Obama backpedaling...not sure if its a flip flop.

Oh Momma, Please Not Obama

We seriously need to be praying about this election. I spent 2 hours last night reading about this guy and listening to the debate he had with Hillary. This guy is smooth and people are following him like the dumb sheep the Bible says humans can be like.

This is a very serious deal for us as a nation. Read his plans for healthcare which will destroy businesses like mine and ruin the best healthcare system in the world. Then read his incredible statements about his views on faith. He uses flowery speach to promote his ideas and get people to follow him blindly just like Hitler did. This is VERY scary for us as Americans.

Remember, whatever his plans are if he is elected WILL be approved because the Dems control the HOUSE and the SENATE right now.

We have to be very involved in this election to ensure they do not win! The moral landscape of the nation is at hand, with a man who claims he can solve about 100 issues. How are people so dumb to believe a guy who has done NOTHING!!! (more on that coming soon)

He says we need to get away from being specific about what we believe when we speak in public since in our world today we have a "pluralistic society". This is from his website: Senator Obama also laid down principles for how to discuss faith in a pluralistic society, including the need for religious people to translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values during public debate.

This is right from the PDF listed on his own website and it is even worse...

"Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of non-believers." - Barack Obama

Scary stuff my friends. He spins it so that people respond with support rooted in ignorance. People are falling for this junk like flies too. He sounds like a copy-kat version of Martin Luther King Jr.

I believe most are supporting him because of two reasons - he is black and he gives rousing speaches. Surely we are not that stupid...

I cannot believe the supposed Christian leaders that appear to be endorsing this guy. He calls these three specifically good friends. Rick Warren (I think he is getting influcened by new age thinking any way), TD Jakes (no shocker there as he does not even preach the true Word) and author Tony Campolo (this one was a shocker).

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/faith/ (read the PDF)

I guess it is time we get onn the McCain train and hope he brings along Huckabee or someone with some real values. We have a BIG fight ahead of us. This Obama guy is even beating the Clinton Express and a year ago no one thought that was possible!