The New York Times’ token Conservative, David Brooks, takes a shot at Sarah Palin and refers to her as “a joke”. But, please understand, it’s the pain talking because Brooks can’t intellectually admit to himself that he along with other moderate Republicans were hoodwinked by Barack Obama into thinking that he was –The One.
Think of it as Brook’s defense mechanism. Sarah Palin has to be a joke in his mind, because he made a bad choice for president. So, the worse Obama does as commander-in-chief, the bigger a joke Palin needs to be.
Brooks, the same Washington-nized intellectual Conservative that once proclaimed the era of Reagan was dead, tells you all you need to know about the value of his opinion to the Republican Party, pretty worthless.
Brooks and his ilk currently control the GOP and that reality should alert all Conservatives to one thing; its time to take over this party once and for all and let these moderates go their own way like Ronald Reagan once said.
So if you’re a fan of Sarah Palin, its time to step up, be counted, and speak out! David Brooks, who prefers a softer, more fuzzy and moderate Republican party, needs to be left on the ash heap of history of the so-called thinkers in the Republican party who fell for a “Chicago pretender’s” candidacy because, well, they’re smarter than anybody else.
Yesterday after work I quickly tuned into Sean Hannity’s radio show for a quick second before hopping on the subway. Being Thursday, he has a segment of his show called, “Man on the Street Thursday”. It’s akin to Jay Leno’s “Jay Walking” in which one of Hannity’s staff hands a cell phone over to some commuter and asks basic questions like, “Who is the vice president” Do you know who Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reed is?
On this occasion, I dropped into the middle of a heated argument between Hannity and an African American woman who insisted that Mayor Mike Bloomberg has too much money for one man and that it needs to be taken away from him [by the government] and passed along to other people less fortunate.
“How did Bloombeg make all that money?”
“He ran a successful business,” Hannity said, “He broke no law, and pays his taxes.”
“And who allowed him to make all that money, Sean?” she asked, “The government right, lets be real.”
I couldn’t believe the stuff she was saying. But, then I thought of this video of another Black woman:
Then Sean asked his setup question:
“Then you believe in taking from each according to their ability, to each according to their need, right”
“That’s right. He has too much money for one man.”
“You know who said that?” Hannity asked.
“No, who?
“Karl Marx!”
Now I’m not trying to write another hidden Communists/Barack Obama admirer post. But, that woman is representative to a mentality that I cannot identify with. However, a lot of Leftist thinks that spreading somebody else’s wealth via the claws of government is the way it ought to be.
It made no difference to this woman that Michael Bloomberg is an American success story who took himself from humble beginnings and work his way into becoming a billionaire. The entitlement mentality believers that the less fortunate deserved to be taken cared of.
But, how did they become less fortunate exactly? Oh, I’m not allowed to ask that, right?
The rich, according to the entitlement mentality, are all evil anyway, so why not take it away from them?
These aren’t stupid people. They just have a different worldview that I thank God I do not share. In my opinion, there are two types of people in this country:
1. Those that are about something 2. Those that are not about something
The first group is self-reliant. They make things happen for themselves. These people are the ones who stay in school, or develop marketable skill that helps them put food on the table. These people don’t stay at a minimum wage job without benefits, but rather use it as a stepping stone until something better comes along. This group doesn’t allow outsider forces to keep them from achieving their individual goals. They don’t care who’s sitting in the White House. They overcome barriers because they have a responsibility to themselves or others, because it just has to get done. Some people in this group achieve great success relatively quickly, others may take a lot longer, but their progress is steady.
Now let me talk about the second group in a blunt way. These people are not self-reliant. These are the first people who drop out of school, or never develop a marketable skill that puts food on the table. They always have excuses as to why they're not progressing in their life (racism, unfairness, the teacher doesn’t like me, I’m keeping it real, to name a few…). These are the type of people who do the same things at ages 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and beyond, and would tell you with a straight face at age 48, “I’m just trying to get myself together.” These people have baby mommas or baby daddies spread over different states so child support payments (if they’re even paying it) keeps them in perpetual poverty.
You never hear in Leftist circles, a discussion about the choices people make.
Life is the sum total of all our choices.
It always starts from the standpoint of 5 or 8 choices after the fact, like 70% of African American babies are born out of wedlock.
Self-inflicted wounds are not up for discussion.
Unless we fix our broken families, no amount of money spent by government will ever cure what really ails us. But, the entitlement mentality will always want to be fed by the sweat and toil of others. And it will always be the 1st group people that pays the price.
God bless all those who have served or died for the cause of freedom. There are still some of us who appreciate all your service and sacrifice to defend our nation.
With so much going on in the country right now, the debate on Health Care, an act of domestic Terrorism at Fort Hood, Texas, and 10.2% unemployment rate thanks to President Obama’s incompetent economic policies, I feel the need to write about something utterly different in the blogesphere.
J. Randy Forbes came to my attention in the spring when he made an impassioned speech on the House floor in response to President Barack Obama’s assertion that the United States is no longer a Christian nation. I’ve been watching him ever since and I can’t help being impressed with this man.
He’s not only a man of faith, he’s a patriot that oozes Ronald Reagan every time I watch a video of him. In my opinion, J Randy Forbes is everything that Barack Obama is not. Or more plainly, he’s the Anti-Obama that offers a clear choice of Conservatism over Big Government Liberalism.
Nobody heard of Barack Obama prior to 2004 and now he is president. Congressman Forbes may not have the name recognition of a Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney. And I don’t even know if he even seeks the presidency. But, I see great potential in him.
Randy Forbes represents the diverse and expansive Fourth Congressional District of Virginia. Sworn in after a special election in 2001, he is now serving his fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Randy focuses his efforts in Congress on protecting the security and sovereignty of our nation, preserving the moral and historical roots of our country, strengthening our military and supporting veterans, growing educational opportunities for our children, and promoting economic development through fiscal responsibility.
He serves as a Member of the House Judiciary committee and the House Armed Services Committee, where he is the Ranking Member of the Readiness Subcommittee.
Randy is the founder of the Congressional Prayer Caucus whose purpose is to recognize the vital role that prayer by individuals of all faiths has played in Congress and in America. He is also the founder of the Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus, the Congressional China Caucus, and co-chair of the Navy and Marine Corps Caucus.
Randy was born and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia where he still resides with his wife Shirley. He and Shirley have been married since 1978 and have four children: Neil, Jamie, Jordan, and Justin.
As the debate rages on in the House of Representatives over Barack Obama’s ill-conceived, deficit-busting, freedom removing, tax increasing and centralized government planned abomination of a Health Care bill, Ronald Reagan warned America about the perils of socialized medicine.
Today, the face of government oppression (Barack Obama) is different, some say historical. But, President Obama is an old package clothed in new bubble wrap. And even if he signs a new Health Care bill into law, I see it as a moment for optimism, because I see it as a death knell of his presidency.
Deuteronomy 23:5
However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
