Does it really take a great deal of smarts?....

Consumer confidence is down this month. Hmmm....Cap and tax is going to increase my taxes and make everything cost more, who wants healthcare reform (government takeover) anyway? - unemployment continues, credit card companies cut off credit lines, cash dwindles. It's no wonder consumer confidence is going down. Do the politicians see this? How can we make things better and restore confidence? The antidote is certainly not increasing taxes and creating more uncertainty in the world! STOP!! Lower everyones taxes and things will get better. Letting businesses and people keep more of their own money makes them feel better. When they feel better, they spend more. When they spend more, the economy improves. Is that so hard to understand? It is really pretty simple.

The prescription for this time in our history is not more government - it is less government. We need term limits in the US Senate to stop the imperial governing class. Why is Nancy Pelosi still there? (I know she is in the House).

Thoughts for the day....

Your step kids are not your kids. They are the product of your spouse and someone else who are their parents. You are a step parent. Your dreams, goals and expectations do not apply to your step kids. (OK - there are some out there who are filling a role as a parent due to the absence of a parent - you are exempt from this post!) My experience says that it is OK to set "house rules" that everyone in the house abides by such as cleaning up and the like. However, most rules should be set and enforced by the parent, not the step-parent. In the case of differing rules for step-siblings in the same household, I just tell my kids that they are my kids and my rules apply. For the most part, they have accepted that explanation.

Be a friend to your step child. Don't seek out pro's and con's about your kids versus your step kids. Accept them all as they are and love them as they are.

You will save yourself a lot of controversy, headache and heartache if you follow these simple rules. Ask me if you have any questions!

Lying Again...

Did you hear about Honduras? The US government says the president was ousted in a coup. Truth be told, the president was trying to take over the country and turn it into a dictatorship like his buddy Huge Old Chavez. Look it up in the news...don't just believe Reuters or AP...look up real news reports coming out of Nicaragua. Look at the Wall Street Journal. Why isn't Obama supporting the government and not the bad guy dictator wanna be? Is Obama a commie? A socialist? Ever heard of Saul Alinsky?

The US press and government is trying to spoon feed us a bunch of crap. They are supporting communists (Nicaragua, Venezuela) and socializing our country. Let's stand up now and reclaim common sense in 0ur country.

Are you asleep out there?

We are being lied to by our government. Everyday. The "change" that some of you voted for is going to get crammed down our throats and the end result will be a dingy memory of what our country used to be.

Global warming does not exist. The earth is actually cooling. Why do you think they stopped calling the "crisis" "global warming" and started calling it "climate change"? Cap and trade is a huge energy tax that will put us at a huge disadvantage to the rest of the world. Do you think Russia or China will agree to this? NO!!!

Healthcare is not a crisis! Do you like your healthcare? Ok, there is a small population of uninsured out there we could cover with a few billion dollars per year - so cover them. But do we need to spend billions to junk what we have now? NO!! This is about government taking control of your lives, your health.

Here comes higher taxes! They will say, "oh well financial crisis, healthcare, climate change uh, sorry, promised not to, but somebody has to pay for all this and even though I promised not to, I HAVE to raise taxes to protect this for your children." Cap and trade is going to be a huge tax on everything - it will affect the economy top to bottom. You will see higher income taxes for healthcare if you allow this to continue. They will try to pass a VAT or value added tax. That tax will increase the value of all goods made in America. It will increase prices you pay for everything and drive manufacturers away from the US.

What does the federal government do well? What is the last thing they took on and you said "boy they did a great job with that..." Let's see - social security is bogus and bankrupting, medicare, medicade - not models of efficiency. Federal energy and education programs - no child left behind? Are you kidding me? We have thrown more money and federal bureaucracy at education and scores and performance continue to decline. Energy programs? What? Energy self-sufficiency? HUH? WAKE UP PEOPLE! CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR AND COMPLAIN LOUDLY AND OFTEN. The political class do not care about you, they care about their power and getting re-elected (their continuing power).

Term limits and ousting incumbents should be next on our lists. If we sit back they are going to get all this "change" done and it will be too late to undo it. It's time to act and take this country back! Folks this is bad and getting worse. We have got to do something.......God Bless America.