IS ANYTHING GOING RIGHT AROUND HERE?

     It is now officially impossible to listen to talk radio or watch a cable TV news show and not feel that the sky is falling on this country.  The amount of pure hatred flowing from both sides, Conservative AND Liberal toward each other is unbelievable and unmeasurable.  Gone are the days of intelligent discussion between opposing sides.  There is no longer a desire to solve problems, only to force one's will and views on another.  It has become so pervasive in all areas of our society from the politicians to the media and even to average citizens.  When you read the kinds of things that are going on and the decisions that are being made you can only conclude no one gives a damn anymore.  Perhaps I have become so jaded and disgusted I'm not seeing the good.  Is there any left out there?  Please share it if you know.

GOVERNMENT'S DIRTY SECRET

Perhaps the most frightening thing about what is going on today in America is the slow and systematic efforts by certain people in government to silence their critics or those who oppose the far reaching control of big government.
One of the ways it is happening is the criminalization of anything even remotely oppositional to those in power and their allies.  Groups and individuals are being branded as hate groups regardless of the evidence.  Individuals are being criminalized for vocal opposition to things like abortion, gun control, illegal immigration and the like.  Those in power know that a surefire way to silence critics is to label these critics as someone who opposes the political correctness or any of its far-reaching tentacles.  In other words, a tricky way to make opposition or different opinions against the law, illegal or criminal.
If you oppose same sex marriage, you are branded a homophobe, if you oppose, gun control you are labeled a "right-wing extremist".  Opposing a black President's policies gets you branded a"racist."
Make no mistake this is all part of a larger game to choke off opposition and silence anyone not in step with the power brokers and special interests controlling the media, government, power and money. 
A recent pledge by the Oathkeepers to carry out their promise to protect the Constitution is causing that group to be closely monitored by government agencies like the Terrorism Task Force and the FBI and will soon get them labeled as a "hate group" or something else which will allow the government to squash them and their rights under the guise of protecting us.
Presently, we find ourselves in a frightening, sort of Orwellian period of America's history.  Our laws and rights are constantly being violated, our heritage is being washed away, true facts of history are becoming twisted into lies and half truths, the Christian beliefs, so strongly tied into the fabric of our nation are being eaten away with no end in sight.  Due to all these reasons and many others like them it is evident that the Great American Nation we have all known is going away.  This,  much like the fall of the Roman Empire, so well chronicled, with all its warnings,  is as inevitable as the Sunshine.  Our America is going away and what is replacing it will not be anything worth living in.  The decay is all around us and has taken many different forms.  It is only a matter of time till we are all consumed.

Paladin Paladin Where Do You Roam?

Paladin Paladin far, far from home!
I got to say that the inspiration for this blog comes from one of my favorite TV Shows as a kid. This western starring Richard Boone was along with The Wild Wild West my two favorites.
Do you remember this one? Perhaps you had another favorite from that era. Let's hear about it.

JIMMY CARTER--BABBLING OLD FOOL

Has there ever been a more reckless idiotic ex-president in the history of the United States? Carter was President during the era of 12% unemployment, 18% inflation and the greatest period of military weakness in US History. Now he is treated as if he was some great visionary and authority mainly because our neutered media refuses to call him out on his comments. Carter's comment that people opposing the current Socialist Administration at Tea Parties and other organized events are racist. Typical statement coming from a lefty like Carter whenever they are faced with the truth and can't come up with any factual evidence or proof to support their off the wall statements. He is so pathetic in resorting to this kind of generic claim.

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

 A recent article by Caroline Baum on Bloomberg.com highlights the disastrous direction we are being led by the Obama Administration in regard to the Healthcare debate. Ms. Baum clearly points out that Obama has already eclipsed the number of allowable gaffes that any fair minded person would be willing to allow someone in his position.
She points out that the President fails to explain how the government will provide MORE healthcare for LESS money, explain why increased demand for medical services without an accompanying increase in supply won't cause rationing, or why he touts a Medicare-like model when Medicare is going bankrupt. Baum notes a recent Obama quote at a town hall meeting where he is asked how private companies can compete with the government Obama's response was, "if the public option has to be self-sustaining--meaning taxpayers aren't subsidizing it.........." She goes on to point out the glaring weakness in Obama's response by indicating that government programs aren't by definition, self-sustaining, as the President incorrectly believes but , are subsidized by the taxpayer. For a person not to know this, especially an esteemed Harvard Grad, who happens to be President of the United States is inextensible.
She concludes that either he doesn't understand the health insurance reform plans in Congress or he does understand and is being "untruthful" about their impact.
So we are left to decide whether our leader is ignorant of this pressing issue or if he is just simply lying to us about it. Neither option inspires much confidence in him or Congress for not calling him out on these gaffes.

PRYING EYES ARE WATCHING YOU

Forty years ago we were taught that George Orwell’s novel 1984 was fiction. Today this may no longer be true. As the government methodically expands its power and ability to pry into every aspect of our lives, we are dangerously close to making his vision a reality. There is little privacy left to us as the government now stands on our doorstep ready to put a lens into the keyhole, to make sure we are not inside smoking, paddling our children, or perhaps even praying to the wrong God.
Remember when you could make a phone call that wasn’t being, “recorded for quality assurance?” Can you recall the last time you went to a store that wasn’t filming your every move? Now when you go to the airport you can be eye scanned, fingerprinted and x-rayed right down to that little mole on your thigh. Mom’s old adage that you should always wear clean underwear really matters now.
Politicians continue to make more laws allowing this unending invasion into the privacy of individual citizens, while refusing to consider making any laws limiting their power, or their time in office. They continue to ignore the safeguards already provided in the Constitution by the Founding Fathers. Instead they use as their ploy, the nonsensical notion that it is a “Living Document” which can be formed and molded based on their whims and needs, instead of what it was intended to be, namely a firm set of rules by which to run a nation.
All of this while too many Americans are content to sit idly by preferring to bicker over which political party is better and which career politician is bringing in the most pork for them. Now that we have developed a mindset and a generation of citizens who are so totally dependent on government “doing” everything for them we have become like the oysters following the walrus. Expect these losses of liberty and freedom to continue and look for Orwell’s book to be moved to the non-fiction shelf, right next to, “The Fall of the Roman Empire.”

GOIN APE

It used to be safe to take for granted that information coming from the media, politicians and business sources was credible and truthful. That isn’t the case any longer. With the constant battling between the various media outlets and cut-throat competition among advertisers, it's getting more difficult to figure out what, is accurate.
Businesses and organizations have begun to push the envelope of credibility as well. The safest bet seems to be to doubt most information from all these sources.
My personal suggestions are; to those companies I call or who call me to conduct business, I no longer believe you are recording my call for quality assurance and to promote better service. I haven't seen any better service and I still can't understand most of your operators.
Attention politicians, I no longer believe in the word "sanctions". Please quit talking about them. We all know they don’t work! With your fifty years of sanctions against Cuba, they should have sunk into the Caribbean by now, yet Castro is still giving us the one finger salute. Yet you expect us to believe they will work against North Korea or Iran.
To the car dealers with your misleading ads, I don't believe you are going to sell me that brand new $20,000 car for $9,000, no matter how big the ad is. When I read your fine print I find I don't qualify for many of those numbers you are subtracting, and that part about the cash or trade of $6,000, kills the deal for me.
To all TV news people, you and your "Breaking News" about the cat in the tree or the pony getting loose, is a joke. You choose to get your stories out fast (and poorly) rather than accurately. Anyway, we know you steal most of your “news” from the print media. Then, there is the weatherman.........need I say