Regarding The 2011 Pa. GOP Senate Primary

Regarding The 2011 Pa. GOP Senate Primary

By Bob Guzzardi
(Bob is a Tea Party activist from Montgomery County)


The Republican/Democrat Establishment Insiders, apparently, have concluded Pennsylvania’s incumbent U.S. Senator Bob “98%” Casey cannot be defeated because he is so likeable and guileless; they ignore the ObamaCasey fiscally-reckless policy agenda.  Therefore, below are presented policy issues that move Voters; in PART-II, the major Republican Candidates for US Senate 2012 are introduced, for your consideration. Remember, Sen. Bob Casey almost always votes with President Barack Obama.

Judging from public debates held during December, the Pennsylvania Republican Senatorial Primary race will be “positive.”  Competition for the Republican Establishment Endorsement [with no Big Government Establishment “favorite” having yet emerged] and the Primary Race [which some competitors are planning, regardless of whether they are endorsed] will be fiercely contested on issues but not personalities, since no candidate has any major “negative.”

In clear contrast to an anticipated effort of CaseyObama, they all eschew Big Government Command-and-Control Socialism, Centralized and Concentrated in the Federal Government; this will contrast with the self-interested and self-centered Corporatist/Lobbyist Political Network in Washington, D.C.  The focus of all Republican  Senatorial candidates will, likely, be to  contrast their Free Market Constitutional Limited Government positions with that of ObamaCasey on JOBS, ENERGY, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, DEBT AND DEFICIT, and FOREIGN POLICY.

Recommended Reading for these candidates are two key resources on policy issues:   Rick Perry’s “Fed Up!” articulates an intellectually rigorous federalism platform, and Pat Toomey’s “Road to Prosperity” invokes a set of Free Market CATO Institute economic principles.

For independent, intellectually honest and scholarly commentary on Middle East Issues and Israel, Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum, www.danielpipes.org and www.meforum.org is reliable and comprehensive. For a broader, academic view and topical commentary based on his background in American History and Middle East Studies, see Barry Rubin’s GLORIA CENTER at the Interdisciplinary College in Herzliya and Barry Rubin in PJMedia; he incisively critiques the Obama Administration’s dangerous policies.

Vote-Moving Issues of US Senate 2012 Election
To win an election, a candidate needs to support ideas and policies that move voters to vote for him/her. This is condensed to “the message.”  The core issues in 2012 are, in my opinion:
1)    JOBS, THE ECONOMY and ENERGY, that is, energy exploration and development in the USA and in Pennsylvania.  Energy, Marcellus Shale, and coal create productive, family-sustaining jobs, grow the economy, and raise the standard-of-living for all by providing affordable energy. Energy policy is inextricably linked to jobs, our standard of living, and national security.

2)    ENTITLEMENT REFORM, DEBT AND DEFICIT, GOVERNMENT SPENDING are essential to prevent further devaluation and debasement of the currency that impoverishes all but Government Apparatchiks and self-serving bureaucrats and corporatists feeding off taxpayer financed subsidies . Until the central government, and even state governments, cease siphoning off the productivity of the productive Tax Makers. Restraining the Leviathan’s inexorable growth is tied to creating meaningful and productive jobs which raise the standard of living for all of us. Included in this is the perniciousness of Unions in Pennsylvania and, particularly, PSEA and other public sector unions who are drivers of Alinsky Class Warfare of Have Nots v. Haves. Free Market Republicans represent the Tax Makers and the Union Financed Collectivist Democrats represent the Tax Takers who want money without working or producing;

3)    ISLAMIST THREAT AND NUCLEAR IRAN ARE EXISTENTIAL THREATS.  Islamism is a radical interpretation of Islam. Islamism is a totalitarian, violent, expansionist and fanatical ideology that is implacably, and unappeasably, opposed to American Liberty and Constitutional Limited Government.  Iran is Islamism with Nuclear Weapons. And it is an existential threat to the USA like Soviet Russia, Imperial Japan and NAZI Germany. Islamism, probably, most resembles, in its fanaticism, Imperial Japan;

4) Specifically regarding the funding of abortions and of organizations that advocate and perform abortions, compare the Pro Life viewpoint and Bob Casey’s record on Abortion, elaborated upon here and here.  Most citizens—even those not considered to be Pro-Life by the standards of the Pro-Life movement—are repelled when made aware that the Forgotten Taxpayer is forced to fund a BILLION dollar “nonprofit”; note the PPA’s Annual Reports  through June 30, 2009  which show corporate profits accrued from performing abortions and that salaries for individuals are generous, including that of Cecile Richards [$400K]

Embraceable You
Here is You-Know-Whom with Cecile Richards and Sen. Bob “98%” Casey, Jr.

The Values Vote and Abortion:  Abortion on Demand is unlikely to be an overtly pivotal issue because it is highly unlikely that Roe v. Wade will be overturned for another generation, if then. The Abortion issue, itself, is simply overwhelmed by the Economy, Jobs and Fiscal Instability of the Federal government and Nuclear Iran.

Like every election this is  a Values Election,  a choice between two competing world views:  Secular Humanist European Welfare Socialist State vs. an American Constitutionally Limited State built on American Exceptionalism and the principle that every life has a value endowed by Our Creator and that every life is a life worth living. The choice is between alternative value systems:  the Biblical (Torah) Worldview vs. the bloody and soulless Secular Humanism, Scientific Materialism, and Historical Determinism with the stultifying uniformity of the Leviathan Socialist State.

Fiscally, it amazes me that we, the Forgotten Taxpayer, are forced to fund a BILLION dollar “nonprofit” and PPA’s Annual Reports  through June 30, 2009)  from which some profit rather well and here(2010 CNS) Cecile Richards $400k   Note salaries paid.
(FYI:  I would not be considered to be Pro-Life by the standards of the Pro-Life movement.)

Second-Tier Issues
Restraining the Government Leviathan I would like to see Departments of Education, Energy and Commerce and the Export Import bank eliminated and their legitimate fact finding functions consolidated with, or merged into, other departments. These Departments and the Export–Import  Bank, in addition, to their functions of compiling statistics, are conduits  for massive amounts of taxpayer financed subsidies to the biggest American Corporations, corporatists all, corrupting both economic and political decisions for the benefit  of a few. Ethanol and Farm Subsidies come to mind; Boeing is prime beneficiary of Export-Import Bank guarantees, the centralization of education by the Carter Created Department of Education into a regulatory octopus that has not reduced cost or improved student learning.

TAX CODE and REGULATORY REFORM. Related to job creation and a growing, productive economy is restraining the kudzu growth of endless and incomprehensibly complicated Tax Code and business regulation.  Billions of hours of energy and work to comply with a nonproductive code would be re
leased to build and grow real, productive jobs and grow our standard of living.

BELLING THE CAT
BELLING THE CAT is mandatory.  Message and policies are not enough, for political campaigns (like businesses) are won by competently-executed plans employing quality personnel. The campaigns necessarily need  to create a statewide organization and to raise money (along with personal funds).  The challenges of money and fundraising are unrealistically ignored by TEA [Taxed Enough Already] Party Movement activists, who sometimes become fixated on policy rather than the reification of those policies.
The US Senate campaign for 2012 will likely require the Republican candidate to raise $20,000,000. Sen. Bob “98%” Casey, Jr. will have the support of every Pennsylvania and National Union who justifiably look upon him as one of their own.

From what I know, only Steve Welch and Tom Smith, and maybe Tim Burns (although Ray Zabourney is a huge drag) have the financial resources to create a state wide organization and raise the money to be competitive with Sen. Bob “99%” Casey’s financial tsunami.
Steve Welch’s campaign team, in addition to the competent Peter Towey, includes the very Establishment and very expensive BrabenderCox, which produced SEPARATED AT BIRTH video, the best I have seen, and Rick Santorum’s former fundraiser and well oiled insider Rob Bickart

Sam Rohrer has many loyal supporters but those supporters do not write checks and do not seem to coalesce into a coherent organization to deliver the message and to get out the vote. The Primary is 24 April and we will know a lot more by then.

Sam Rohrer has wide appeal and an organization but, as was shown in 2010 gubernatorial race, cannot raise the money to run a competitive race nor recruit an effective organization. Sam Rohrer’s messaging skills are exemplary and compelling.

Tim Burns is dragged down by the feckless but connected Ray Zabourney, a spawn of Self-Serving Senate Team of Jubelirer-Brightbill-Long-Nyquist-Crompton
It does not appear that Dave Christian, Laureen Cummings, John Kensinger have the financial or organizational resources or organization to run a primary.

The Candidates

It seems only Tom Smith, Steve Welch and [perhaps] Tim Burns have the financial resources to create a statewide organization and to raise the money to be competitive with the financial tsunami which will be mustered by  Casey.  Sam Rohrer must prove he can match these two criteria.

Opinion

Tom Smith is My Guy. “Independent of Leadership”; “No Squish” on policies and principles and has the resources to run a Primary.

Steve Welch is working hard and his “Separated At Birth” is a gem, maybe the best political ad I have seen.

Tim Burns is highly accomplished and solid.

Sam Rohrer brings very positive name-recognition with an ability to center the discussion on the Constitution and Limited Government and the underlying values of self-government.

John Vernon personified the excellence of our military, but has dropped-out.

Laureen Cummings has been at candidate debate forums and has been well received from media reports.

I have not gotten anything from Dave Christian or John Kensinger and don’t know them nor do I know anyone who does.

I have met with Steve Welch and am very impressed. Steve is building a solid campaign organization with Peter Towey, formerly of the Toomey campaign, and advised by Wayne Woodman, the talented and independent chair of Lehigh County Republicans. Steve is meeting with all the committee people around the state in a well organized effort to obtain the Republican State Committee endorsement and, in my opinion, is the candidate most likely to get the Republican Endorsement.

Tom Smith is unlikely to get the endorsement and has committed to running a primary against the endorsed candidate. Tom Smith as the resources and is building a state wide organization to do that. Steve Welch, also, has the resources and organization and will have to run a primary even with the Republican State Committee Endorsement.

I don’t know if Tim Burns intends to run a primary if he doesn’t get the endorsement. By hiring Harrisburg Republican Insiders, Ray Zabourney and Jan Holman, he is positioning himself to try for the endorsement. I haven’t met Tim Burns, personally, but my sense is his bio mirrors Steve Welch’s as an entrepreneurial, productive job creator.

The Candidates, Alphabetically

Tim Burns is highly-accomplished and solid, an entrepreneurial, productive job creator.  I haven’t met Tim Burns, but my sense is that his bio mirrors that of Steve Welch. By hiring Harrisburg Republican Insiders [Ray Zabourney (and fund raiser Jan Holman)], he is positioning himself to seek the endorsement.  Yet, some feel that he is dragged down by the feckless-but-connected Ray Zabourney, a spawn of the Self-Serving Senate Team of Jubelirer-Brightbill-Long-Nyquist-Crompton.  I don’t know if he intends to run a primary if he doesn’t get the endorsement. Tim Burns has high and positive name recognition in the Southwest and good relations with Rob Gleason, the chair of the State Republican Party.

Dave Christian is from Bucks County, but I have never met him. He has served our country well and is to be honored for that service, defending American security and freedom.
Skip Salveson at Lehigh Ramblings: Christian, a veteran’s advocate and Philadelphia businessman, has worked with various federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, under four U.S. Presidential Administrations in Washington D.C.  He is especially proud of his work in developing jobs, outreach programs and assisting returning war veterans in transitioning back to civilian life. Christian has consistently demonstrated his commitment to veterans. He was responsible for drafting some of the first Agent Orange legislation and for founding assistance programs which established Pennsylvania as the first and only state in compliance with federal regulations with respect to serving employment needs combat veterans.
From Dave Christian’s web site:  In his civilian life, he has owned and operated a number of business ventures. He established DAC Consulting Firm which focuses on developing relationships between American and foreign companies for investment opportunities. He is the president of a defense manufacturing company located in Northeast Philadelphia which builds ground support equipment for US Navy Aircraft Carriers.
Tom Fitzgerald, The Inquirer, Big Tent, writes on 11 July 2011:  He said his exploration “is going to be short and sweet,” and that whether he can raise enough money would be the most important consideration. Christian said he would put some of his own money into a campaign as well as raise contributions from others.

Laureen Cummings—  I have never met her; I’m told she is exceptionally articulate and knowledgeable. She is “TEA [Taxed Enough Already”] Party”-oriented and, thus, committed to Constitutional Limited Government, Economic Freedom and Personal Responsibility.  Competition and choice are keys to quality and, thus, she merits a serious hearing.  Her Communications Director [@ 570-291-5658] notes that she had 20-plus years of business administration experience before starting her own business adding that, during the three years after she had started and grown her business, she was
•    awarded Businesswoman of the Year by the NRCC Business Advisory Council
•    nominated and served 2 years as Secretary on the Board of the Greater NE Chamber of Commerce
•    nominated to Who’s Who among Woman.
She is a tea party activist and the Founder of the Scranton Tea Party but she is much more.
She is currently serving as Republican Committeewoman, Old Forge Ward 3-0. Laureen recently testified in Harrisburg at the Right to Work hearing giving voice to the many wives of Union men that feel enslaved by the very system that provides their financial security.

She is a small business owner in the field of health care. As a nurse and a business owner in the healthcare field, she has personally seen the effect of the government on her business and the lives of her patients. She knows better than any of the other candidates how important it is to repeal “ObamaCare.”

She has worked with multiple campaigns and helped with her precinct, tea parties, at rallies and marches all the way to D.C., and has a history of fighting for the rights of the people as well as educating the people of their rights.

John Kensinger — I know nothing at all about this Bedford County pharmacist. The website suggests his campaign is thinly-funded.

Robert Allen Mansfield –I have met Robert several times and he is engaging, transparently decent and patriotic with a compelling biography and message; all good but not enough. Money and Organization are fatally missing.

Sam Rohrer —   is well-known as a conserver of Constitutional principles.  He brings very positive name-recognition with ability to center discussion on the Constitution and Limited Government and the underlying values of self-government; his messaging skills are exemplary and compelling.   He has many loyal supporters who, alas, do not write checks, as was shown in 2010 gubernatorial race; he must show that he can raise the money to recruit a coherent organization that will effectively deliver his message and get out his vote in a competitive race.

Marc Scaringi —  I have met him and he is polished without being slick. Like Laureen Cummings, he does not seem to have executive experience. He is an energetic and committed candidate, but his financial resources are limited; he seems to lack an organization that would enable him to run a statewide primary.

Tom Smith —  is My Guy. I want biases to be candid. He has extensive financial resources to run a very competitive primary against the Establishment’s Endorsed Candidate. Not only has he built a multi-million-dollar energy business [evidencing strong entrepreneurial and executive ability], he is solidly committed to Tea Party principles. In my opinion, energy, particularly, Marcellus Shale is the key to productive jobs that raise our standard of living; Tom Smith has real world experience in creating energy jobs.  Tom Smith on Energy: There is no quicker path to American jobs than American energy. Tom knows we need an energy policy that brings all options to the table to reduce costs and reduce our dependence on foreign sources. The Marcellus Shale, American oil, and clean coal are tremendous opportunities to bring the cost of energy down and create jobs.

Steve Welch — is working hard; I have met with him and I am very impressed.  He is building a solid campaign organization, led by Peter Towey [formerly of the Toomey campaign] and advised by Wayne Woodman [the talented and independent chair of Lehigh County Republicans]; it includes Rob Bickart [Rick Santorum’s former fundraiser and well-oiled insider]. Also assisting is the very Establishment and very expensive BrabenderCox, which produced the “Separated At Birth” video that is a gem, perhaps one of the best political ads ever created.   He is meeting with state Committee-People throughout the Commonwealth, promoting a well-organized effort to obtain the Republican State Committee endorsement.  Thus, he may be the candidate most likely to receive the Republican Endorsement.  If he does not receive it, he still has sufficient resources and organization to run a primary.

John Vernon – announced he was dropping  out  on Dec. 13.

Merry Christmas


1In
those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be
taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took
place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3And everyone went to his
own town to register.

4So Joseph also went up from the town of
Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he
belonged to the house and line of David. 5He went there to register
with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a
child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,
7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths
and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the
inn.
The Shepherds and the Angels
8And there were shepherds living
out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone
around them, and they were terrified. 10But the angel said to them,
“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for
all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to
you; he is Christ[a] the Lord. 12This will be a sign to you: You will
find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14″Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

15When
the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to
one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has
happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16So they hurried
off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the
manger. 17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what
had been told them about this child, 18and all who heard it were amazed
at what the shepherds said to them. 19But Mary treasured up all these
things and pondered them in her heart. 20The shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen,
which were just as they had been told.

Merry Christmas, Dad, From Bing

Merry Christmas From Elvis

Merry Christmas From Julie Andrews

Our Diversified Eagle

The Roar

Our Diversified Eagle

While our blessed Christmas season heightens the antics of the anti-Christians and their wannabes, it never-the-less brings home the message that nothing is insignificant.  It has become painfully clear that our Country and our traditions are in the cross hairs of diversity.

This word introduces a belief that is antithetical to our “united” American way of life.  The definition of “diverse” is, “different from one another.”  That is as simple as it gets.  How is it that after two hundred plus years of unity, we accept “diversity” as a required societal function?  Being so diametrically opposed to our American assimilation, what would cause its adoption?

This “Merry Christmas” issue presents the degree to which this alien concept has been introduced to our youth, and more importantly, accepted.  The openness of such a greeting, the warmth, the friendliness and the well wishes represents a basic cohesive value.  This image of youthful defiance silhouettes the common influence from a public education.

Results from this instruction are becoming  as varied in society as they are numerous.  In effect, our Department of Education has apparently adopted a policy in direct confrontation to our most basic American purpose.  Our bewilderment, to a most ordinary and accepted religious based practice, and which is in concurrence to our Christian heritage, offers an indisputable testament to this present day anti-American curriculum.

Consider the turn around America has undergone as far as what was and what is now.  This inclusive sense of a global partnership effectively erased our Nation’s enemies.  Almost overnight, those who caused major loss of American life were transformed into peaceful and legitimate trading entities.  In short, the “buck” has erased the communist threat!  Or did it?   The most infamous characteristic of the communist doctrine is its “Godless” belief system.  Does this sounds familiar with what is now taking place on Main St America.

The comfort zones of modern America have incurred a sort of a lazy softness throughout much of our countryside.  Hard choices are to be avoided as are perceived threats.  There is an  assumption is that all will be fine tomorrow.  With these attitudes, our vulnerability invites mischief.  And, that is exactly what is taking place today.

This “Merry Christmas” greeting is one example of our victimization.  Another is this incessant and counterproductive support to that element that finds assimilation too difficult.  Our Federal “Justice” Dept. “rejected South Carolina’s law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.”  Why?  Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez stated that thousands of minorities might not be able to vote because they don’t possess the correct ID.

The insinuation of this article pits the Republicans, who enacted this voter law, against the Democrats who care more about the vote numbers than about election integrity.  This decision highlights the influence gained from this hoovering cloud of “diversity.”  Not only has this all inclusive state of mind shredded our societal traditions, it now attacks our common sense legal requirements which should be non-political.

This ongoing transformation to our American landscape is intentional.  It has to be if merely based upon its consistency.  We are under attack from all quarters.  Amid this do or die period in American history, I am more and more reminded of a great Statesman who warned of this peaceful communist threat long ago.  In response, the average American was informed that this was not the actions of a patriot but of a drunken lout and a bully of the defenseless.  Could it be that the McCarthy experience provided clues as to how important our communist trading partners would become?  Seems that way.

Jim Bowman, Author of
This Roar of Ours

Merry Christmas From Sixpence None The Richer

Merry Christmas From Steve Winwood

War on Christmas Dangerous Consequences

 War on Christmas Dangerous Consequences

By Chris Freind

 

 

“This is the way the world ends … Not with a bang but a
whimper.

Does that famous quote aptly describe America’s future?  Time will tell, but indications are that this nation, the most powerful, benevolent and fair in the world, is crumbling before our very eyes.

Like Rome, it isn’t falling from outside invasion, but within.


And one of the biggest culprits is political correctness.


It’s all around us, but especially this time of year, as the assault
on “Merry Christmas” accelerates. It used to be a standard greeting, and people would reciprocate with a smile. Your religious denomination, or
whether you even had one, didn’t matter. It was simply a friendly expression in a nation where the vast majority celebrated Christmas.
Those who didn’t returned the sentiment anyway because it was just a nice thing to do during the jovial season.


But all that changed as Americans’ sense of entitlement exploded. And
yes, that included being entitled not to feel “offended” because
something may not be to your exact liking.


“Merry Christmas? Well, I celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or am an atheist, so how dare you presume to wish me your holiday? How offensive and rude!”


But it doesn’t stop there. Hypocritical retail stores woo Christmas
shoppers—you know, the 95 percent who do celebrate Christmas and spend a
half-trillion dollars doing so—but won’t put the word “Christmas” in
their ads or on their displays.


Nativity scenes are increasingly barred from public places. Residents call the ACLU because a development hangs simple white lights on its trees. Office Christmas parties are replaced by generic “holiday” events. And there are mayors like Michael Nutter, who last year deliberately removed the word “Christmas” from the holiday retail complex near City Hall (but subsequently was forced to replace it).


All of this is a brazen attempt to make America a more secular society through political correctness; those who dare question it are labeled “bigots.”


Several important points need to be addressed:


1) The push to make all things politically correct has been successful, as it is now entrenched in all aspects of society. Everyone gets a trophy in most youth sports leagues. We don’t keep accurate score when one team is winning over another, and all things must be racially, culturally and ethnically homogenous.


The problem is that’s not how the real world works. And it’s the basic principle that the Occupy movement doesn’t understand. You have to
work hard and fight for things you want, but when they are bestowed
upon us—without merit—from those who worship at the altar of political
correctness, things go downhill fast. Need proof? Just look at those who
engage in PC the most: Europe and the United States. Enough said.


2) This is a not call for “Thought Police” to mandate that everyone say “Merry Christmas.”
Quite the opposite. It’s a call for the silent majority to wake up and
shove it right back at the small but extremely loud minority who shout
“I’m offended” at every single thing. Saying “Merry Christmas” behind
closed doors doesn’t take guts. Saying it because you truly believe it
and not worrying that such an innocuous greeting will offend does—insane
as that is.


3) Most important, Americans need to remember that actions have consequences. And until we connect the dots and see the error of being so PC, those consequences can, and will, have devastating results.


When good folks start looking over their shoulders before uttering
“Merry Christmas” for fear of “offending,” it all begins to unravel.


Think the PC stops at that? Well, think about the fact that the next time you step foot on an airplane, it may be your last day on Earth because your government—we the people—absolutely refuse to non-invasively profile the very folks who openly state their intentions to blow up said aircraft. And it gets better, as the Transportation Security Administration just announced that children under 12 don’t have to take off their shoes for screening, and will not be subject to routine pat-downs like everyone else


Here’s the $64,000 question: What do we think al-Qaeda will do now?
Here’s a wild guess: start flying a lot more with children? What’s next?
Not screening foreign children at all?


So when your wife gets incinerated two minutes after takeoff, and the
wreckage of a jumbo jet falls on your child’s school because a
terrorist put the bomb in his 11-year-old’s shoe, courtesy of the red
carpet we provided, perhaps we shouldn’t wonder why it happened.


Or when your son gets his skull sliced in half by a bullet that
emanates from a mosque in Afghanistan that is “off limits” for
retaliation for fear of offending the very people who don’t like us
anyway, maybe we should think about where it all started coming apart.


Did it start from the reluctance to say Merry Christmas, or the
refusal to put a Christmas tree on a courthouse plaza? Did it originate
from the refusal to acknowledge Christmas on a public school calendar
while other religions’ holidays are clearly labeled as such? It’s
impossible to pinpoint, but it really doesn’t matter. That mentality is
here, and has in large part led to the Great Decline.


So when the inevitable tragedy happens again—one that could have been
prevented—and dumbfounded Americans stand around asking “How and why
did this happen?,” well, you’ll know why. The ’40s and ’50s were
certainly not perfect, but people spoke their minds, were respectful,
and America was a powerhouse. That attitude put a man on the moon a mere
60 years after the Wright brothers took flight, but is now a fleeting
memory—which is what happens when you bow to the wrong principles.


When Rome was at its zenith, it adhered to the simple principle that the well-being of its citizens was paramount. All of them.In
fact, so fervent was that belief that the Romans would literally go to
the ends of the Earth to hunt down any thug that violated the rights of
just a single Roman. They didn’t let political correctness rule the day,
and the Republic thrived. But when it abandoned that principle, it all
came crashing down.


They said Rome would never fall, but it did. Many say the same about America. Yet the whimper is at our door.


So if we are to ever return to our former glory, perhaps the path begins with good folks jettisoning political correctness and saying two small but incredibly joyous words without reservation:


Merry Christmas!

 

 

My Christmas List

The Roar

My Christmas List

With Christmas right around the corner, my list needs is now for publication.  For openers, John Boehner is an establishment stooge.  Do not be fooled ladies and gentlemen.  Whether it be “the establishment,” “the Republican establishment,” the Democrat establishment” or even the “Insiders,” this influence and control stymies any hope for productive leadership.  As we all begin to anticipate the November Presidential sweepstakes, it is this shadowy influence  which requires our focus leading to its eradication.

Secondly, I am sick and tired of all this bellicose punditry.  Number one, who appointed these misfits to channel my thinking?  I think the answer comes down to the one doing the listening, me.  If we can stand back and disassociate for a time, isn’t it a bit overbearing that all these shallow voices churn our book after book and have totally overtaken the NY Times book list?  Do we really need, in all probability, the ghost writing efforts of a Dick (he was a Clintonite but now he’s a conservative) Morris, or the likes of a Karl (I’ll take down any conservative) Rove or the boisterous Bill (I can scream louder than you) O’Reilly?  In the coming new year, such viewing would be best served by downplaying their nightly discourse to our own “need to know” level.

With due emphasis upon my first two list makers, I am becoming well versed upon this recently concluded Congressional budget stalemate.  Listening to and reading of all the pros and cons, democrat verses republican and two months verses one year insistence, I now focus upon the reaction from my fellow hard working and patriotic Americans.  Echoing the sum of $19.23 per week, are we to believe that our President now beats the drums of concern for middle class working  Americans; the same class which his campaign strategists have publicly written off as being a wasted voter effort?  Or more to the point, could it be a re-electing campaign asset with the American worker caught in the middle?

The media’s coverage of this political football has fed the animosity between a differing of economic situations.  The heightened publicity surrounding this “class warfare” tactic also undresses the media’s blind support of a President who is the exact opposite from his 2008 “uniter” appeal.

My Christmas list for a better New Year centers not just upon the President but with my fellow Americans.  I’m aware that for many, on both sides of the aisle, the party comes first.  Having said this, the recent cave-in by Boehner has opened the Democrat flood gates.  Politicians being politicians, any and all want to get their jabs in while the carcass is still warm. When that $19.23 cents is combined with party support, it becomes a public no-brainer.  Further justification is fueled by the media’s incessant detailing of the Republican’s devilish support for the greedy rich.

A step back in time reveals a bargaining session, that dwarfs this current year long span of bickering and one upmanship.  Our Forefather’s creation required a compromise so that their newly written Constitution could be ratified.  Such a weighty subject as equal representation for both small and large States threatened its enactment.  However, the one difference with those negotiations verses the impasses of today is that our Founding Fathers all had the betterment of the Country as their number one goal.  And why would that be?  Simply because that they were the ones who sacrificed so much to attain what current day Americans take for granted.

So, my Christmas list ends with a hope that both sides of the aisle can find that humble respect and appreciation for what has been bequeathed.  The coming Supreme Court session, which will decide whether our Constitution includes socialism or not, characterizes just how far we’ve strayed from those founding principles.  America has but one path for her journey back to independent prosperity.  That would be a return to those constitutional limits that once keyed our prosperous growth.  Merry Christmas to all.

Jim Bowman, Author of,
This Roar of Ours