Most of us know that a free marketplace, unencumbered by government “help” could take care of the current financial “crisis”.  Indeed, we know that a free marketplace could take care of most all financial problems, just as it is the most honest arbiter when shortages occur, just as it is the most amazing vehicle for the creation of wealth and prosperity that humankind has even known.

Well, you say, if a free marketplace is all that great, then why don’t we just sit back, reduce taxes and regulations, and let it do its magic?   Simple question, simple answer — because the marketplace, like nature itself, is faultlessly generous to those who get it right, but very severe in its treatment of those who get it less than right.

Being the spoiled Americans we have become, we want a hybrid form of both marketplace and nature.  That is, we want unlimited rewards when we get it right while being shielded from any discomfort or inconvenience when we get it less than right.  Now, a thinking person would know this cannot be.  But, a government that values the power to govern more than doing the right thing for those who created it will try to convince us it has the power to make this hybrid bit of nonsense come true.  And, the non-thinking among us eat it up like hogs eating slop.

And, what is the main reason used to justify this attempt to pervert both marketplace and nature?  The “children”.  My oh my, what will happen to the children if we let nature or marketplace take it course?  Well, the obvious answer is that they will suffer to varying extents.  While this is regrettable, and no sane person actually wants to see a child suffer, there is an element of reality that must enter the thought process.  The most obvious element of reality in this particular instance is this:  if you are born to, or in the care of, people who allow themselves to remain ignorant, uncaring, and/or dependent on government or other dangerous and addictive substances, you are going to suffer.  And, this will be true without regard to the handouts and empty promises of a dishonest government.

When children are born and raised in such environments, only the strong survive and only extraordinary come out of it as “normal” citizens.  And, those that do, do so by their own effort and determination, in spite of government, not because of it.

Bottom line, these pleas based on suffering children are calculated to get your acceptance of programs that, ultimately, continue the suffering into generations not yet even born.

It is good to have compassion for children and to help them when and where you can.  But do this directly while understanding that the “welfare state” exists solely for the welfare of the state.

Get mad.  Don’t put up with it!

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The original dollar hemorrhage, begun during the Bush administration, was called TARP.  A bit of research reveals that Tarp is a common abbreviation for TARPAULIN, a heavy cloth or plastic sheet used to cover things up.  That should have been our first clue.

Whatever the intent, it seems not to have worked, inspiring the new administration to propose yet another gash in the Treasury, starting yet another hemorrhage.  Let us review…

Last fall, just in time for the election, we noticed we were in a recession, just as the Dems and the MSM had been telling us for months.  Then, some entity or entities, currently unknown, started a panic in the Bush administration by liquidating a huge amount of money market funds.  This frightened the Bushies so much that they determined only a massive handout to certain banks could right the situation.  Their idea being that, if showered with sufficient funds, these banks would return to business as usual (BAU), lending money without regard to the borrower’s ability to repay.

The same situation, seen from the favored banker’s point of view looked a bit different.  To them it seemed that, having damaged themselves by caving in to government demands that they make stupid loans, all they had to do was stop lending, start whining, and the government handed them money.  Given the ease with which they were rescued from their own stupidity, the very LAST thing they wanted to do was go back to BAU.  Not when continued refusal to lend, along with continued whining, might keep the handouts flowing.  None of the financial wizards at the government seemed to have thought of this.

Let us do a quick and concise review…

• Government puts pressure on financial institutions to lend to unqualified borrowers.  This was done in the name of Community Investment.
• Somewhere along the line, government also forced the lenders to value the collateral behind these stupid loans using “Mark to Market” accounting, thereby ensuring a number of banks would be rendered artificially bound to fail.
• Meanwhile, the financial institutions begin unloading their bad loans by packaging them with some good loans then selling the whole package to other stupid financial institutions, who were guilty of what was once called “buying a pig in a poke”.
• The financial house of cards begins to collapse, sparked by a MSM-inspired recession and a run on money market funds.
• Government begins to shower money on favored financial institutions, providing the funds needed to devour the smaller artificially-failing financial institutions, making the big boys “too big to fail”.  (Hmmm… I wonder if I could overeat until I become too big to die?  But I digress.)
• Government assumes the favored financial institutions, once their greed is sated, will return to BAU and restart the economy.
• The favored financial institutions, having learned that accepting handouts is far easier and more profitable than working for income, whine for even more handouts.
• Enter new Treasury Secretary Timothy (why pay taxes) Geithner who has a plan.  A plan so brilliant that, as he describes it to a Senate committee, the stock market drops with every word from his mouth.

OK.  You are now up-to-date on this financial soap opera.  But, be not afraid because the Anointed One has assured us that “only government is big enough” to deal with this problem.

So, stop laughing and get angry.  Get very, very angry.

Remember, our only apparent options for ending this travesty are:

1. Convincing the states to call a Constitutional Convention, then adding words to the Constitution that will put the federal government back into the box it belongs in.  Failing that,
2. Convincing the sane states to secede and form a new federal contract along the lines of the original Constitution.  Failing that,
3. Enter a state of open rebellion against our own government.

Or, we could just sit here and wait for a president to publicly proclaim themselves “president for life” and join the ranks of dictatorship.

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As soon as the Democrat spending machine gets past round one of stimulating us by wasting our hard-earned money, one can rest assured they will renew their assault on the Second Amendment to the U. S.  Constitution.  So, I thought, why not try to get ahead of the curve?

I will begin my rant by reviewing the amendment itself:

“Amendment 2 – Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Seems simple enough, right?  Well guess what… it really is that simple!  Let us parse the thing and find out:

• “A well regulated Militia,” — The dictionary defines Militia as armed citizens.  People just like you and me, with arms, the “arms” in question being firearms.  We will return to “well regulated” later…
• “being necessary to the security of a free State,” — clearly this means that, if you want your State to remain free, your Militia should be prepared to defend said freedom.
• “the right of the people” — throughout the U. S. Constitution, the term “the people” obviously refers to us.  That is, to the citizens whose rights and freedom said Constitution was instituted to protect.
• “to keep and bear Arms,” — to “keep” firearms is to have them available (at a place and in a circumstance of your choice) — to “bear” firearms is to have them on your person, ready to use.
• “shall not be infringed” — means simply that the government constituted by said Constitution shall do nothing to interfere with said right.

How anyone can twist, spin or otherwise obfuscate these simple words is beyond me.  Yet they do try don’t they?

Now, back to “well regulated”.  This seems to me the one area where we have fallen short.  “Well regulated” implies some level of organization.  I suggest we have been remiss in not electing local Militia leaders and making all potential Militia members aware of certain rules, such as what type arms and ammunition are best for the purpose, when and where to assemble when an emergency arises, etc.  Were this done, I fail to see how anyone could argue that the Amendment was not being implemented exactly as intended.

So my friends – get arms, get ammunition, get organized and stand by.

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Well… here I am just back from the World Money Show in Orlando, FL (more on that later).  But I want to start with a link a friend sent me.  Please watch this.  You only think you have seen or heard stupid before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg

And, as you watch the clip, remember first that it is real.  Remember second that this eejit is the Majority Leader of the U. S. Senate.  That’s right.  He is the guy who determines what will and what will not get voted on in the Senate.  I thought Queen Nancy, our illustrious Squeaker of the House was stupid when she claimed we are losing 500 million jobs per ?? Does it matter per what?  There are not that many people in the whole country at this time.  Could this, perhaps, include those jobs that will be lost in years to come because of the social programs she and Filthy Harry are promoting?  Why can’t they just go somewhere and start a comedy routine?  They would be far funnier in a true comedy role and would damage far fewer people with their stupid humor.

Meanwhile, back at the Money Show.  As one might expect, most of the famous economic prognosticators were there and most had certain recovery in their prognostications.  But, since they make their income selling prognosticatory publications, what else can they really say?  Would you take out a year subscription to a publication that assured you the country, its economy and its markets were all deader than Elvis?  Indeed not.

This got me to thinking about something that might be less than obvious…  most of us agree that the economic situation was ready for a major upheaval as it tried to vomit up all those toxic mortgages that Fannie, Freddy, Barney and Chris helped bring about.  But, have you wondered what actually precipitated the collapse?  After all, could not we have limped along several more years had a recession not raised its ugly head?  I say we probably would have.

So, you ask, what caused this raising of ugly recession heads (knowing full well I am about to tell you)?  OK, so I will.  Remember just a few months ago when were were in that seemingly endless presidential campaign?  Well, from the very start, the liberal, socialist Mean Strident Media (MSM) wanted a socialist to replace GWB.  What better way than to convince the people that, in addition to his other evil acts, GWB had led us straight on (and knowingly) into a recession?  Now, nobody else seemed to notice this recession at first but the MSM kept hammering away.  Until, they got the recession they so wanted.  How, you ask?  Simple.  What starts a recession?  First prize to the gal in the back who said “recessions start when people start acting like they are in a recession”.  In this case, perception truly does become reality.  Now, I doubt the $%^& at the MSM really understood what they had truly started because none of them are actually that intelligent.  But, looking back, could the cause be clearer?

Was electing the Obamination really worth what it will finally have cost, once all the bills are in and all the “aways” have been given?

Get mad.  Get loud.  Tell your elected “representatives” that you have had enough!

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Are you angry yet?  If you are, are you translating your anger into action?  No?  Why not?  Are you waiting for it to get worse?

If you are not angry yet, what will it take?   Let us review…

• Representative government has ended.  My evidence?  Try this… an overwhelming number of Americans were against the original bailouts.  Yet, they passed with significant support from both parties.  How about this… a majority of Americans who actually pay taxes are against the so-called “stimulus package”, which is, in reality, has nothing to do with stimulating the economy and everything to do with paying off the unions, those on the dole, and any other entity that can be converted from a productive member of society into a ward of the state.  Many similar examples could be cited as well.  What does this mean?  Simply this: if you no longer have a representative government (meaning a government by people who represent your stated will), then you are no longer self governing.  Instead, you are ruled (meaning a government that bends you to its will without regard to your wishes).  In short, you have lost much of your freedom.  How can this not make you angry?

• The new administration has now appointed a number of people to cabinet positions who are clearly scofflaws.  The most common offense being a failure to pay all of the income tax they owe.  And, when caught in the act, the best we get is “I’m sorry, I made a mistake”.  As if this is an acceptable penalty for an action that, if committed by you and I, would result in all our assets being seized and possible jail time.  Yet several of these people have actually been confirmed by the Senate – with votes from both parties.  In short, we now have a privileged class.  Equality before the law is gone.  You are now reduced to a lower class of citizenship.  How can this not make you angry?

• Your government is spending trillions of dollars that rightly belong to you.  Most of it either wasted on non-productive handouts or funneled to the very fat cats who severely damaged our economy to begin with.  But, while these are nominally your dollars, the fact is that these dollars represent work not yet performed; productivity not yet realized.  This means that you, your children, your grandchildren are being obligated to perform future work to pay back money long since wasted.  In other words, much (most?) of their future labor will be expended, not for the betterment of their own lives, but to pay for the pork being spread over the land today.  In a word, we and our descendants are being spent into a form of debt slavery.  How can this not make you angry?

I could go on and on but this should serve to illustrate the point.  So, I ask again, what will it take to make you angry?

Have we gotten to that point where, as long as you can watch the Super Bowl and American Idol in high definition and have plenty of salty, greasy crap to eat, then all is good?

Unfortunately, for many Americans, the implied answer is YES.  And, I, for one, have abandoned the idea of educating them sufficiently to make them free.  Instead, I just want to be separated from them.  Let those of us who yearn for a different path, the sort of path our Founders tried to blaze for us, let us have our own part of the country where we can live as we see fit, just as we would let the others have their own part where they can “have it their way” (super-sized and with fries).

So, I plead with you… let us get mad, then let us get out!  Quickly while there is still something to save.

Contact your state representatives.  Demand a constitutional convention and/or succession.  Do it today  — tomorrow there may not be anyone there to contact!!

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Now that the Democrats/socialists are firmly in charge, what can we say about the changes we can believe in?  Is the nation on the road to recovery?  Has government become honest?  Let us examine just a few items…

ITEM: Squeaker Pelosi announced this past week that she came to Washington to act in a totally non-partisan way.  I think it safe to say that any reasonable person finds this an incorrect statement.  Hence, a question… is the Squeaker:

• A fool who really believes what she is saying, or,

• A liar who is trying to fleece us all while pulling same over our eyes?

I am not sure which one myself but, these being the only two logical choices, our revered Squeaker is either a fool or a liar (possibly both).  Is this not bad enough, whichever the ultimate choice?

ITEM: During the campaign, candidate Obama promised to veto any bill containing “pork”.   As soon as the Senate as done its share of the dirty deed, President Obama will be presented with a bill containing more pork than a prize-winning Hampshire hog.  Do you suppose he will actually veto it?  If he does not, does this not make him a liar who secured the presidency by fraud?

ITEM: In the past week, President Obama has made comments to the effect that now is not the time for business to make profits or grant bonuses.  Does this not indicate a giant leap toward socialism?  Did anyone who bothered to think about it not realize that government handouts are not free (whether to business or individuals)?  Evidently not.  And so, the government will now begin to exact its price.  A price that will is paid in individual and economic freedom.

CONCLUSION: We are now governed (ruled) by fools and liars who will stop at nothing to impose socialism on the United States.  Why would they do this?  Simple.  Continued individual and ecomomic freedom in the United States is a solid impediment to the world government these people have sought and worked toward for so long.   I think these elitist, lying fools actually believe that, once world government becomes a reality, THEY will be the ones in charge.  And, it is no secret that they see themselves as vastly more qualified to make our decisions for us than we are ourselves.  After all, some of us actually are driven by self interest.  We are so stupid that we see our individual selves as more important than the state, than the collective.  How dare we.

We have already seen this farce played out in other cultures, at other times, and we know full well where it leads.  First, the simpletons who bring about the collapse of their own cultures and nations cannot be trusted because they have already shown themselves to be traitors.  Second, all they end up doing is paving the way for a thugocracy that they are, by no means, able to control.

So, it seems we are going to have to play out this sad drama yet again, only this time by bringing the bastion of individual freedom to its knees.  Imagine a Soviet Union with no USA to oppose it.  That may well be our near-term fate.

All because the “sheeple” have allowed themselves to believe that freedom is free.  That rights come from governments.  That they can act with a complete lack of responsibility because they are owed a good life, regardless of not having earned it.

Yet, there may still be hope, but if, and only if, a majority of the people in the “red states” step forward willing to do what must be done.

The cleanest approach open to us is to bombard our state governments to call for a Constitutional Convention.  As I understand it, this would require a request from at least 2/3 of the states.  Quite a number of states already having made the call, albeit for different reasons.  Once the Convention is a reality, ANYTHING in the Constitution is subject to change.  Best of all, the states ratify the changed Constitution by state (one vote per).  This means the blue states lose the power of their population majorities, giving the red states the upper hand.  IF such a convention were called, and used to make constitutional changes that severely limit the power of the federal government, we might actually get the skunk back into the bag.

The only other viable approach that I see is armed rebellion.  I am not convinced that the rest of the world would simply sit on the sidelines while we sort our problems out, otherwise I would tend to favor this approach.

My fellow citizens, our very freedom hangs in the balance.  Let us not go down like a bunch of sheep.  Speak up – loudly.  Exercise your right to own arms while you still can.

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