Character or a Character?

What are you looking for in the next President? Many people want someone who will do something for them: fix health care, give them a job, provide a college education, write them a check, build more schools and roads for them, secure a future for them, etc....
But, is that really what Americans should be looking for in a President? The original Americans did not have a single one of those ideals in their minds. They looked for honesty, bravery, leadership, statemanship, patriotism, and the list could go on. When you look at the two candidates are they reflecting these characteristics? Maybe I am old-fashioned, but I want a President who tells me what he is not going to do for me rather than promise me the world. We have a 10 trillion dollar debt, and in this election less would actually be more. We need a President who is going to abide by the Constitution, and keep the Federal Government limited as the Founding Fathers intended. Yet, often when I hear the candidates speak, I hear and see more of how they are going to violate the Constitution. I want a President who is going to strengthen our economy by keeping taxes low, allowing oil companies to drill, and keeping Congress in check. We don't need them to work together, that is what happened with the Republican Congress and President. They worked too good together and spending increase by 10%, and our debt increased to a double-digit-trillion-dollar, mega-monster problem. I would take a second coming of Calvin Coolidge, the really great president of the 20th Century. He understood that the government should get out of the way and allow American to enjoy the fruit of its labor. By the way he also cut spending and taxes (in that order), but actually INCREASED the revenues of the government while paying down the national debt. So, what would the perfect candidate look like to you? Give me three characteristics and why.

Jesus the Baby Killer?!

I have not tried to persuade anyone on EXACTLY who to vote for with the previous blogs. However, I believe there is an area that makes deciding who to vote for very easy. Let me give you the quick background. The other night I was watching a cable news program, and I saw one of Barack Obama's pundits being interviewed. He said the amazing words that Obama's abortion views are in accordance with the Bible and that Jesus would be the most liberal abortion supporter today. Basically, he said that Jesus would give his whole-hearted support for babies being killed, including the babies killed on the operating table after botched abortions. What?! This guy is a professor at a major university, and he is teaching people that Jesus would be a pro-death (pro-choice) supporter. Has Barak Obama or Dr. Lamont ever, EVER read the BIBLE? Because I have, and nowhere have I ever read such blasphemy! (I hope you understand that I am yelling at the top of my lungs in my mind as I write this).

Read the Bible Mr. Obama and Mr. Lamont. Read it, because Jesus said suffer the little children to come unto me. Jesus was a Jew by the way not a Christian. Christians are Jews and Gentiles who follow Jesus. Jesus was a Jew and Jewish law (read the Old Testament) said that if a man killed the baby in a woman's womb that man would be KILLED!

If you vote for Obama because of eloquent speech and you call yourself a Christian, of whatever denomination, you are blind. Obama believes in abortion at any stage, including if a woman delivers a botched abortion (i.e. the baby lives) and she still wants that baby dead. The baby is alive on the operating table, and they still want to kill him/her. Obama believes in killing babies who have gone full term and are partially delievered by having an incinsion cut in the back of their skulls and then have their brain sucked out or crushed.

Wake up America. Though economics, drilling oil to help our economy, keeping the government from destroying our health care system, and protection from terrorists are important issues, it's more important to protect life. That IS what Jesus would want.

You might say "But I am not a Christian." Well, do you believe in the Declaration of Independence? Because it is a "right to life" document. It says that all men have the certain rights and among those rights are the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You can't have the last two if you don't have the first right. We need a President who believes in preserving this above anything else. We need judges in federal courts on all levels who want to protect life, not discard it as simply organic material. American people need to stop thinking of themselves and think of those most helpless. Bottom line: it just makes common sense to protect life and that is what Jesus would want. Dr. Lamont is an idiot, and that's just common sense!

Uncle Sam's Health Care aka Hillary-Obama-McCain Care

The United States government is making a horrible mess of our energy problems. The solution is not more regulation but deregulation. Let the market work this out; let companies drill where there is oil. But, we have another mess on our hands- the Federal government wants to get into the health care business. Both candidates have supported some type of government run health care system. Of course their Marxist arguements is that poor people need help, and they are there to do it. Classic vote getting scheme! But, look at the facts. Poor people already get help through Medicaid and Medicare. Look at the other great social provision of the federal government, Social Security. SS was established with the idea that the government would help people retire better by forcing everyone to put a portion of their paychecks into a government run retirement account. Only problem is that there is no account. The government spends the money in those accounts. Many retirees are living meager retirements on their "fixed" incomes. If people had taken that same money and invested it themselves, they would have millions of dollars. Social Security is going under. The Federal government has recognized there is a day in the very near future that Social Security is going to run out of money. Here is the point: if the government messed up Social Security and can't managed this correctly, then why in God's-green-earth would anyone trust them to run health care. Social Security taxes are already high, and the benefits are low. Do you really want the same thing to happen to your health care plans? Other countries have tried and seen that socialized medicine does not work. Canada is a great example with over 900, 000 people on waiting lists. Other countries have similar problems, and the taxes they pay for this universal health care are far greater than what they would have paid on their own. Why does anyone trust the government to do anything right? It does not make common sense to continue to give them our money, which they will just waste away like they have done with Social Security.

Full tank empty bank!

When I bought my 98 Camaro Z/28, twenty bucks filled the tank, even using premium fuel, but now twenty bucks gets me a quarter of a tank. Everyone feels this same burden. The gas stations aren't the only place America is hurting because of higher gas prices; everyday items like groceries and supplies cost more too. But what are our politicians, our supposed representatives, doing about this? They are going on vacation, and we are stuck paying higher prices for just about everything. The average Joe is really hurting right now. I can't remember the last time I actually FILLED up the tank in my Camaro. So, what is the common sense solution- drill! We have millions and millions and maybe even billion of barrels of oil and natural gas that is just sitting there, kind of like our politicians. Just doing nothing. Yes, technology is great but it is expensive. I am all for developing new technology but I still have to be able to afford it, or I just can't buy it. Not everybody has a new IPhone, some of us just have to live with our old Motorolas. Hybids are nice but many times their extra costs prevents the average person from buying them. I can't afford a new hybid but my Camaro still needs gas, premium that is, for me to get to work so I can get a paycheck. We have to drill. It will help the economy, provide jobs, protect our security, and help pay the way to make those new technologies affordable. So, to those Presidental candidates if you really want to help the people you claim to represent and serve, drill. Drill now. Drill often. Drill where ever there is oil. Oh by way, if we don't others will. Just look at China trying to drill off our coast. Greenies should ask themselve who has a better environmental record, the US or China. Its not China by the way. That's just common sense!