Thursday, January 31, 2013

Inanimate objects

Thanks to Obie's latest decisions I have so much ammunition for my next few blogs; jobs council, approval ratings, 7.8% unemployment, and so many of his broken promises and lies. Thanks Obie; I'll get to  you starting tomorrow.

Today, I'd like to address something I promised I would never do. I'm going to respond to a critic who, in my opinion, has an eight-pound chip on his shoulder.  Now this critic has called me a moron, a white racist, and many other names unfit to print in this forum. Hey Mr. Critic, what does that say about you? Lighten up, take a deep breath and learn to laugh a little.

I have a huge disagreement with this individual, as they use the illness of a young family member to push his agenda on his hatred for guns. Before I go any further, let me write that I will pray for a healthy and speedy recovery for his young precious family member, as I believe children are the most import natural resource in our world.

But to act like Obie and others who use children to push their agenda makes me feel a little uncomfortable. MSNBC is by far the biggest offender of this gun violence agenda pushing. They went so far as to use their own editing when a father in Sandy Hook was speaking about his slain son. To me MSNBC is crossing the line.

Please indulge me in two short stories. Years ago my father and 3-year old brother were visiting an apple farmer. My father told my brother to stay in the car, as Dad crossed the road to talk to the farmer. Dad's car and my brother were in full view. Suddenly a loud thunder clap occured accompanied with a bright lightening flash. My frightened brother panicked and dashed from the car. Crossing the road, and in full view of my father,  he was struck down and killed by an oncoming driver.

Dad passed away at 88; Mom at 87. They told me a day never passed that they didn't think of their slain son. But they never used my brother's death as a platform to abolish cars. People like my critic should just be forthcoming and admit their hatred of guns. Instead they use a family illness to push their agenda. Much like Obie standing in front of children to push his agenda against our Second Amendment rights. Here's a question...is this hatred of guns political because I notice only Democrats want to abolish all guns?

I have three lovely, beautiful daughters. One was born with Cerebral Palsy. After her birth the delivery doctor came to the waiting room and said, "sorry, we couldn't get enough oxygen to her brain....there may be brain damage". It was discovered later the lack of oxygen to her brain caused damage to the motor sensory controlling area in her brain.

She never walked until she was four years old. At  five years of age we had her tested at the Cleveland Clinic. A well known child psychologist informed us, "based on her testing; she's going to be a "slow" individual...don't pick the college of your choice...she may make it through high school, but don't look for anything beyond that". 

I'm busting with pride because someone forgot to tell my daughter she was going to have problems. Today, yes she walks with a very awkward gate, but she holds two Masters Degrees. along with a national Master's Degree in her field. I am so proud of her accomplishments. She rides horses, swims, has some papers published, and is a great cook and gardener.

My point in all this? When a horrible monster uses a car, gun, knife, etc., to commit a horrible crime please remember it's the person, not the implement that is causing the crime. It is disgusting when adults insert tragedies  of our young precious children to advance their own personal agenda. Every family has stories of illness and even death, but to stand on the graves of victims is inexcusable.

Dad didn't sue anyone as it was a freak of nature that caused my brother to run in front of that car. Cars should not be taken off the road. I didn't sue the doctor who delivered my daughter, and doctors should not be abolished.  Let's worry and focus on the criminals who commit crimes, not the inanimate pieces of metal called guns.  Our gun violence problems will not be solved with a blanket law to take away Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens. Don't let the criminals laugh at us. You know criminals won't obey any gun laws.

Hey, how come Obie won't talk about Chicago?

Before I leave I want to wish the young family member of my critic a Godspeed and healthy recovery. I hope he grows up strong, and at twenty-one years of age becomes a conservative Republican, joins the NRA, gets a concealed carry weapon, and learns how to protect him self  and his family. And along the way help grampa get the chip off his shoulder. Life is too short.

Now that that's done, watch out Obie; tomorrow is all about you and your failed policies.

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country....and our troops.


Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Love my guns

Like to write about how I came to have such a strong regard for the Second Amendment, and how I came to respect it so strongly.

While serving in the U.S. Air Force I was proud and privileged to be awarded the highest security clearance an enlisted man could be awarded. I was a cryptographer. Even though I served in peace time; 1954-1958, I was required to strap on a .45 semi-automatic military pistol while on duty, because I was stationed in a foreign country.

While I was proud to serve in the military I personally disliked wearing that .45 for hours at a time. And if that wasn't bad enough I had to qualify with the .45 twice a year on the firing range. Even with protective ear guards my ears rang for weeks.

Upon returning home from the Air Force my father offered me his shotgun as he was "retiring" from hunting. I thanked Dad, but declined telling him, "I don't like guns Dad, and I certainly won't shoot at a deer, rabbit,  or any other animal".  Dad gave his shotgun to my brother-in-law.

I lived in California for thirty-five years, moved back here, met and married my wife. We've been married for fourteen years. Her late husband was an avid hunter and gun collector. Still harboring a big fear and dislike of guns I urged her to give all of her late husband's guns to her son.

Three years ago a medical situation left me physically vulnerable. I was concerned for the safety of my wife and I. In a discussion with our city's chief of police he suggested my wife and I enroll in a concealed carry weapons course and take the state test. He also urged that we each buy a weapon for protection. By the way, in two more instances Sheriffs of two counties that I am aware of have found it necessary to lay off deputies. In doing so they urged county citizens to arming themselves for protection.

My wife and I have children and grandchildren spread all over the U.S., and we travel by car a lot. We visited another state, took the concealed carry state exam, and with state reciprocity, are licensed to carry our guns in all states except three; New York, Illinois, and California. Ironic isn't it that these three states won't allow citizens to carry guns, but have the highest gun crimes in the country?  Hey should we abolish cars in states that have the highest auto fatalities?

I have graduated to target shooting, bullet reloading, and have found a new hobby that I enjoy very much; joined a gun club and even organized a pistol league. Proud to write that I have overcome my fear of guns, but have a new found respect for guns.  I have met some very responsible citizens, most of whom are NRA members and are very law abiding citizens. I have yet to meet an NRA member who owns a gun, and is a proud Democrat or an Obie supporter. I find that strange.

I watched part of the gun violence hearings today in Congress. Did you see where the media got a lot of egg on their face? It was eye-opening to watch. The media edited a portion of a parent of one of the slain children in Sandy Hook. It was appalling to watch so many figuratively stand on the graves of fallen victims to advance their own agendas. It certainly is not a way to honor the slain victims. 

All of us NRA proud gun carrying members can't be wrong. NRA membership, along with guns and ammunition sales are at an all time high. I think Obie's getting the message that we are not giving up our guns. You remember what our former NRA president Charlton Heston said about prying our guns from our cold dead hands.

OK, I've give my critics enough ammunition for their lies and personal attacks. Let's take a break from guns for a while.

Stay tuned....tomorrow we'll talk about Obamacare and what Obie is doing to destroy our economy. It'll be fun...tune in.

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country....and our troops.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Is a gun political?

With all the political accusations, conflicts, and diatribe going around about guns today, one has to wonder if the gun by itself is Republican, Democrat, Independent, Christian, etc.

I even tried to find some humor in this delicate and often debated topic. As I was leaving the house today I holstered my .357 snub-nose, and headed for the door. As I passed my wife I said, "my Republican buddy and I are going out for errands". She responded, "what Republican buddy"?  I just replied, "According to the Dems all guns are not just pieces of metal....they're Republican". She responded by shoving me out the door, and calling me crazy.

Seriously though, I know I'm not the only one that has noticed if you're a progressive liberal Democrat you want all guns taken off the street, and attack the Second Amendment every chance you can. Just yesterday the CBS morning host urged Americans to "just give up on the Constitution". Of course he's a liberal progressive. What else can you expect?

It seems the liberal progressives want to make headlines about gun violence. Of course all Americans want all violence and wrongful deaths of any kind stopped, but taking away Second Amendment rights of Americans is definitely not the answer.

Today, on TV a father of a slain Sandy Hook six-year old said it best, "It doesn't matter how man gun laws you enforce the criminals are still going to commit crimes. Look at Chicago. They have the strongest gun laws in the nation, have the highest gun crime in the country,  but only law abiding citizens obey the Chicago gun laws. Criminals just laugh at the gun laws...we need to look at the person not the gun".

This father said he didn't want any gun law named after his slain son, but rather find out why criminals break laws and use guns. He went on to talk about parenting using his own loving parents as examples of the responsible and loving parenting skills they used when he was growing up.

Someone please tell Senator Feinstein the difference between rifles and assault weapons. She is just clueless.  However, Senator Feinstein did acknowledge that she used to carry a gun when she walked the streets at night when she was alone. Is this another Democrat double standard?

Last year 323 deaths were by guns, but only 38 of them were by assault weapons. Most deaths were crimes committed by handguns. Last year 496 deaths were caused by hammers. Last year 650 deaths were caused by knives. Last year 12,000 deaths were caused by drunk drivers.

Last year 195,000 deaths were caused by medical malpractice. This means you're more likely get killed by Obamacare than by a gun. 

Hey, here's suggestion: how about stronger punishment for crimes committed by guns. Judges should dole out harsh punishment to anyone convicted of a gun related crime. We know criminals don't care about any gun laws. The truth is the criminals are laughing at us. As far as they are concerned they do hope we have stronger gun laws. That way they know they'll be the only ones carrying guns as they walk the streets of Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, which happen to be the highest gun crime cities in the country, and also happen  NOT to allow citizens the right to protect themselves with a gun. Ah, another Democrat double standard. Did I mention these are strong Democrat cities.

Barack and his team want to take away our right to bear arms and protect ourselves, repeal the Second Amendment, and take ALL guns off the streets. 

Can you imagine the reverse? If roles were reversed and it was the Republicans who wanted guns off the streets, I can guarantee the Democrat double-standard liberal progressives would be screaming the Republicans are attacking our constitutional rights.

I will always stand by my right to protect myself. I'm a proud NRA member, an Air Force veteran, and to quote Charlton Heston, (Barack) only way you'll get my gun from me is to pry it from my dead hands". 

Please tune in tomorrow. We're going to write about how much love Barack has for Fox News and my mentor Rush Limbaugh.

And that's Politics with Pete for today.....God bless our country, our troops, and our Second Amendment rights.


Sunday, January 27, 2013

Dontchya just love the U.S.A.?

Just got back from the gym, and for a 77-year old, I had a great workout. I listened to  my "old fashioned" music from my iPhone to drown out the rap swearing that was vibrating loudly through the gym. As I said, great workout, and that put me in a great quiet pensive mood to write this blog showing my love for this country.

Maybe part of my good mood is Duke beat Maryland by 20 points yesterday. You're all probably tired of my bragging that I have a grandson in medical school at Duke. Sorry, but that's a grandfather's prerogative.

So, I poured some coffee, and headed for my computer and here I am typing away; not knowing what my next words are going to be or how this blog will end. 

However, let me start by patting myself on the back for predicting the responses to yesterday's blog of "2016-told ya so". I want to sincerely and humbly thank those those responded with the kind supportive words. These kind of responses just keep me going. Thanks again.

I guess I should even thank my the critics of my latest "2016..." blog. They actually made me a prophet. My profound liberal progressive critics made my predictions come true. They rang true to form so profoundly that I thought their responses came straight from MSNBC..

Of course I can't repeat the phrases they wrote. If I did I'm sure the News-Herald would take away my blog writings in the future. As a writer, speaker, facilitator, and professional sales trainer over the years, I have found that when people who disagree with you respond with lies and name calling it just truly reflects who they are. There's an old truism that people who respond with name calling and swearing are just masquerading any semblance of a decent and intelligent vocabulary.

None of my critics wanted to respond about Barack sending billions in aid to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, along with F-16 jet fighter planes and hundreds of Abrams war tanks. Instead they once again resorted to name calling, lies, and swearing. As I've written many times, I will debate and publish any protesting views, but will not demean myself by distinguishing any lies, swearing, or name calling in my blog responses.

I will sign off this blog with my undying love, respect, and honor for this country, and the great majority of the great American citizens. I believe we will find our way back from the sad state of affairs Barack has placed us in, and his intentions for the next four years.

We started in the Revolutionary War, breaking from the tyranny of the United Kingdom. There have been world dictators in the past that have tried unsuccessfully to bring down their great countries of freedom. Stalin, Hitler, Hirohito, and many others who even tried to bring their distorted tyrannical rule to the United States, and of course miserably failed.


Their philosophy was to grow and expand the government so strongly that they will not only govern, but RULE the masses. They wanted to make the masses totally dependent on the ruling class. These dictators started small. They took from the wealthy, even the investors who wanted to create jobs for the masses. Their next step was to expand government jobs and unions.

The next step was to make sure the media was on their side to broadcast their philosophies to the masses. With the media supporting them it was easy to engage in cover-ups to keep the truth from the people. It also helped the dictators' agendas by appointing some of their followers to high ranking government positions. Of course it started out great because the masses were getting a free way of life from their beloved dictator without even working. Many even voted to keep them in power.  Hmmm, sound familiar?

And let's not forget a valuable tool the dictators used; offering free avenues to health care. Wow, the masses thought; this is great. Let's bow down and show our love for our beloved leader. He will surely look after us as long as he stays in power. Just listen and read what the media is telling us.

Do you know what the final decree from the dictators to the masses? Yes, you probably already guessed it. Take away the arms from the citizens. Again, sound familiar?

And currently there are uprisings from the extremists in the middle east that take financial aid and military arms from the U.S.A.,  as they spew their hatred for our great country. They want to overthrow us, even to the point of slaying Americans as they impose their Sharia Law on western civilization.

Does any of the above in this blog make you thing of what is going on today in our own country with Barack in charge?  I'm not going to debate where Barack was born. My concern is where he lives now. His background emanates from a city ruled by crime and criminals. That is his background. You almost understand his "ruling" philosophy. Does he know any better?

But, you know, I believe in this great country. We're going to take Barack's dictatorship ruling only so much. Honest journalism is already reporting the true facts of good Americans are beginning to push back. The true facts of Obamacare are starting to surface and reflect how it will harm the economic growth of this country. 

Barack took a bath in Teflon and sent Biden out to attempt to initiate gun control. Barack wanted nothing to do with it because he knew his control control law would never get through Congress. He's going to let Biden take the fall, as he's already starting his "Hillary for President" campaigning.

Yes Barack, you've been pushing us around for four years, but have you noticed we Americans are starting to push back. You're not afraid of impeachment are you?

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country...and our troops.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

"2016" - I told ya

Here's a scenario I'd like to throw out to those that read my blog today, especially my critics that were part of the 51% who voted for Barack back in November.

OK, so here's the scenario: You're in your safe home that is all locked up and secure. Suddenly there's an intruder pounding on your door threatening to bring harm to you and your family.
Do you call 911, and then protect your family by any means?  Or do you unlock the door, welcome the intruder in, and show them where you keep your money, jewelry,  guns, knives, or any other protective tools?  Come on now, there are two choices here. Which one would you pick?

Let's carry this to a larger scale for the sake of discussion OK?  Would you vote for someone to be President of our country, and while in office choose the second option when dealing with countries that could cause us harm as does the intruder wanting to illegally enter your home? Would you want a person in our White House that would operate this way? Really?  Think about it.  

Well, congratulations to the 51%. That is exactly what you did in November. In Egypt there is a self-proclaimed dictator of Egypt, Muhammod Morsi, who is also leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. This man also has close ties to Al Queda and other terrorist groups. This man has declared his hatred of Israel and the United States. 

Dictator Morsi also proclaims that Jews are pigs that must to extinguished. He has proclaimed he despises the United States almost as much as he hates Israel. He has directed the schools in Egypt to teach Egyptian children that they must hate Israel and the United States. 

Guess what Barack just did? He chose to opt for the "unlocking" the front door of our country.
He is immediately sending four F-16 jet fighter planes to Egypt with a promise of twelve more F-16's, along with 200 Abrams tanks.  The F-16 is our most powerful jet fighter plane. The Abrams tank is a very powerful war tank.  

I wonder how many of the 51% that voted for Barack were aware of this before they voted in November. Heck, I wonder how many of the 51% know that information today. Almost forgot to mention this little tid-bit. Best way to describe it is to go back to my original scenario.
That intruder you allowed in the house to harm you and your family, remember him? Well, suppose when he finished stealing from you and harming  your family, you offered him $100.00 or more?

Well, that is exactly what Barack is doing. Not only is Barack supplying powerful jet fighter pilots and elite war tanks to an organization that may use these armaments to attack our biggest mid east ally Israel; he sends billions of dollars in aid to Egypt.

Does this make sense to anyone? I am urging my critics to please respond to this blog and explain the logic in all this to me.  Now don't write back with all the name calling, reminding me how stupid I am. I already know that.  No need for that. I'm more thick-skinned than you can imagine. Just be logical OK? Give me your logic for Barack doing this. Just the answers OK?
 
In the movie "2016" Barack proclaimed that we must equalize  the military forces in all countries. He feels that is the way we can "spread the wealth and security of the globe". The movie even depicts how this "spreading" would enfold. The movie shows a cartoon graph of the growing  military strength of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, along with other mid east countries, while a barbed-wire fence is shown squeezing all around Israel, and squashing the country.

Oh yes, did I mention that while Barack is doing all this he is downsizing our own military to the point where are own military will be it's weakest in history? Sorry, forgot to mention that.

It was shameful enough that Barack never mentioned jobs, the dismal economy, and spending cuts in his inaugural speech last week; he never spoke the words, FOREIGN POLICY. It seems he cares nothing about our relationship with our allies and our potential enemies. 

I'd like to make a wager with any of my critics. I'll wager that Barack never visits Israel during his second term in office. He won't let a visit to our strongest mid east ally get in the way of his golfing, basketball, or vacations.

Be afraid folks. Be very afraid.

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country...and our troops

Friday, January 25, 2013

Where are the Horatio's?

Just finished reading a non-fiction book last night that depicted the life of a criminal. Of course I'm not going to reveal the name of the book or the names of the characters in the book.  It is revealed a "true" story, so I'm not going to take any writer's privilege here.

The book was a very important story for me, as it depicted the life of the this criminal.  While this does not lean too much on my usual themes of "Politics", it does give an awareness of success stories here in the land of freedom where anyone can pursue their dream. The book also depicted why our government corruption, along with the EPA, and "protection" laws that have led some educated, decent law abiding citizen to turn to a life of crime.

In my 77 years the only laws I've ever broken are the result of parking tickets, and a few speeding tickets, but I did find myself cheering for the criminal while I was reading the book as the man changed into a life of crime. The main character in the book started his post college career with the All-American dream of hard work equals success. He realized hard work, ingenuity, creativity, and ambition are the ingredients he needed to success. 

The book's criminal character possessed all these attributes and initially had a healthy outlook and confidence. I don't want to overstate this person's character, but it must be noted he was not born into a life of crime. On the contrary he was born into a hard working family, his father was a successful business man.

He believed in the Horatio Alger dream; his two favorite heroes were Steven Jobs and Bill Gates. They started their business venture in a garage with nothing but great ideas. Our "criminal" was naive enough to believe he could do the same, but soon his dream began to fade.
He ran into corrupt politicians that favored his competitors by accepting bribes. He ran into government regulations that were illegally burdened on him unless he "played along".

As his dream of success through hard work completed faded he had to file bankruptcy. At the bottom of the barrel and just about ready to throw in the towel, our "criminal" was approached by a "team" that suggested a different approach. Of course at first blush he was reluctant, but soon he realized a life of crime allowed him to walk around the hoops that others were forced to jump through. 

Within a few years the life of crime gave him a life of prosperity and riches. With his cash flowing in he went even deeper into his life of crime. He began to "give gifts" to government officials to "look the other way". While our character was a criminal his prosperity and riches afforded him friends in government, banking, and even into the judicial system where he had judges as very "close" friends. He owned rich lavish homes, vintage cars, and continued to expand his business tentacles to other profitable markets that were questionable.

Now, just what is my point in all this? I'm sure you get it by now.  It's very simple. This man, Barack, in our White House, through his welfare/food stamp programs are squashing the hopes and dreams of hard working people who believe in the Horatio Alger strive for success. Barack is making it so easy for his welfare/food stamp base to live free off the backs of hard working people. Why should Barack's welfare base work? They know the man in the White House believes in expanding government. 

It is a fact the money we spend monthly on welfare accounts for two-thirds of Barack's spending. In fact, and it is a fact, welfare surpasses military and all justice spending combined.
The context here is very simple to many people; why try the hard work route, jump through hoops only to get shot down? Why not just go on welfare, collect food stamps, and let Barack attack the makers and give us takers the good life free. 

And we scratched our heads in November wondering how Barack carried 51% for his reelection. Folks, it's a fact the overwhelming majority of the 51% were people on the welfare/food stamp role. We need to stop making the life of welfare/food stamp so easy to attain, and get people back to work. Barack never spoke of jobs and our dismal economy in his inaugural speech a few days ago. His main theme was based on "helping the middle class". The only problem with that Barack is your way of "help" is to put as many as you can on welfare, creating as many people as  you can dependent on government for you to control.

Someone please get the message to Barack that our great country needs to get people back to work, not to welfare. My father's words that I'll never forget were, "the true heroes in this country are people who put two sandwiches in a brown bag, go to work everyday, and take care of their family". 

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God Bless our country...and our troops.
(P.S. to JTG....finally located bill #3962...I had forgot to type PDF in the link...thanks)

 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

No more insomnia

I want to thank the House and Senate committee hearings yesterday for helping me get a great night's sleep. I DVR'd the questions and answers between Secretary Clinton and the committee, and then I played it back, and it worked. I watched it for about ten minutes and slept like a newborn. I also enjoyed the comedy relief I experienced from the hearings.

I still can't figure who was more comical, the Democrats or the Republicans. The ever comedic Democrats were hilarious, as they never asked a question. I thought this was a hearing. You know, someone asks a question, and then someone answers it. I should have figured something was amiss when one Democrat Senator stood up, and screamed, "I nominate the honorable Hillary Clinton for the office of the Presidency of the United States".  As if that wasn't bad enough, another Democrat Senator said, "I second the motion".  I really rolled on the floor when the Democrat chair person loudly proclaimed, "Motion carried....someone get Justice Roberts to swear in Ms. Clinton".

I thought I heard it all, but maybe my favorite was when Senator Durbin from the great homicide, gun violence, broke state of Illinois blamed the entire Benghazi fiasco on Bush. He made this strange vocal scenario that Republican President Bush and Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell stated there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I'm still laughing over that one. I tried to figure the logic, but what the heck, Durbin can't blame the Republicans for the sad state of affairs in Illinois because there aren't any in power there, so he's got to blame Republicans for something. Dickie D. you are one funny person.



But I found the Republicans were almost as bad. Instead of asking questions to get to the bottom of what really happened in Benghazi, they used the hearing as a platform to vent their woes against the Democrats. The Republicans wasted a great opportunity to have Secretary Clinton explain all the pertinent details of what really happened in Benghazi. Instead the Republicans just gave speeches.

To be truthful though, we all know Secretary Clinton was not going to tell the truth, but she has more protection supporting her than anyone could ever have. Of course we all had some important and pointed questions that we would have liked Madam Secretary to answer, but she was so insulated, the whole hearing was just another step in futility.

Of course we all know Senator Rand Paul was correct. Hillary should be fired, Ambassador Rice should be fired, and Barack should be impeached over the disgraceful massacre of four Americans in Benghazi, but we all also know that will never happen. While Hillary was failing to tell the truth and lying to the committee Barack and his gang were back at the Oval office laughing their heads off.

Not a thing we can do about it folks. Barack and his gang are going to be around for four years. I just want to thank them for the ammunition. But we have 2014 to look to.

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country....and our troops.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Would you still have?

Please allow me another blog today. Just a short one, but I feel, in my opinion, very important to our country's role in the middle east.

It has been reported that Barack is sending four F-16 fighter planes to Egypt, a country that is under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood. It has also been reported that by the end of this year Barack will be sending 12 more F-16's, along with 200 Abrams tanks.

Why are we, or maybe I should say, why is Barack sending all this war armament to a country that has gone on record with statements from their dictator Mohammed Morsi as to how much they hate our country and our President. They have called Barack a liar, and continue to show their hatred for the United States.

We all know of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and their hatred of Israel and how they continue to teach their own children to grow up hating Israel and seek to destroy our strongest mid east ally, Israel. 

I would like to personally sit down and talk to each and everyone of the 51% of Americans who voted for Barack back in November.  Had you known before you voted in November that you were voting for someone who will send over $1.billion to Egypt with F-16 fighter planes and Abrams tanks in his first year of his second term?

Barack has never visited Israel in his first term, and most likely won't in his second term.  This man wants to cut our own military power, while he is supporting the strength of  a Muslim Brotherhood country, Egypt.  Why would he do this to our strongest ally Israel?

Many have heard me and read my words where I fully believed that Barack was a strong Muslim sympathizer. Rather than belabor my beliefs any more I would ask anyone who reads this to watch two movies; the original "Manchurian Candidate", and the movie, "No Way Out".

If any of the 51% had known how Barack was going to react to Egypt and the Muslim brotherhood I question they would have voted for this man.

And that's Politics with Pete, again, for today....God bless our country...and our troops

My kinda town - Chicago is

This news alert just in folks. Great phenomenons have just occurred. It has been reported that guns are magically appearing and are firing bullets without anyone holding the gun. At a gun show in Ohio, at a Jr. College in Texas, and even during Barack's inauguration parade five people were gunned down on the streets of Chicago.

It has been reported that in all these instances no people were involved; the guns just fired by themselves. Since these phenomenons have occurred  gun violence advocates are pushing their agendas to take all guns off the street. They are attempting to prove that guns alone kill people.

Also these same advocates are calling for the instant removal of spoons, forks, and knives. It has been discovered these kitchen utensils are causing the obesity of Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, among other gun violence advocates, so they must be discarded along with Mayor Bloomberg's empty 32 oz. soda containers.

Member of Congress that are in favor of these bannings are also trying to ban airplanes, Doctors, abortion clinics, and automobiles. These items have been proven to cause more deaths per year than guns. Doesn't it make sense we remove all these items from society? Makes sense to me.

Every time a gun crime is reported on TV, radio, and newspapers the very first thing we hear is, "we gotta get the dam guns off the street". Ever wonder why Barack and his fawning media never report on the ever growing gun violence in Chicago? Yes, Chicago, Barack's home town, where Frank Sinatra sang, "My kinda town-Chicago is".

There is one outstanding and main reason why we never hear about the crime and gun violence in Chicago; and that's because Democrats are in complete control with their power in Illinois, and cannot blame Republicans for any of the ever increasing crime in Chicago. Therefore one must assume all the blame and responsibility lies only with Democrats. am I wrong, or is it Bush's fault? Someone let me know OK?


Let's review this OK?  Naturally Barack is a Democrat (Socialist).  Governor Pat Quinn, Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois House Leader Mike Madigan, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the Illinois Congress; all are Democrats. There just isn't any Republicans around to blame.

In the past six months 221 were killed in Iraq/Afghanistan. That is sad, but how come the liberal progressive media won't report that in the last six months 292 were murdered on the streets of Chicago. But not to worry; Mayor Emanuel is making sure guns are not allowed on the streets. Only thing is he forgot to tell the criminals of Chicago.

The school system in Chicago is rated one of the worst in the country, and has the worst graduation rate.  However, they can't blame Republicans. There are none to blame.

Illinois state pension fund is $78.Billion in debt. It's the worst in the country, but it's never reported by the media because you can't blame Republicans because there isn't any to blame.

Cook County in Chicago has the highest sales tax, 10.25%, in the country, but it's never reported because you can't blame Republicans. 

How can anyone believe that Barack can remedy our economic, education, and safety problems in our country. Just take a look at the culture that he comes from.

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country...and our troops






Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Ah, now I get it

There are some issues that are very troubling to me. Main issues that seem to never get resolved. Issues that Barack would never discuss before, and will not discuss now, and will never discuss in the future. I also noticed that when he is "challenged" about these issues during a press coverage he will ramble enough to slowly and slyly move off target.  His is a profound genius at doing this.  When you add this cunning style to the support of his fawning media this arrogant man can and will do anything he wants.

When Barack is challenged that he has increased each American household's debt burden by over $50,000, he gets real testy and whiny, blames Bush, and then moves on to another topic that he belabors so long the original question is lost. Barack has now increased every American household's debt more than ALL previous presidents combined. Can someone explain why? Is it because he took Americans' hard working pay and gave it to his welfare nanny folks? Maybe.

Now I know why Barack and his sidekick Dingy Harry Reid have not established a budget in 1,400 days. If a budget were in place Barack and his "merry bandits" would be forced to operate within the parameters of a national budget that our entire Congress would be able to review daily. This would force extreme and unavoidable spending cuts that even the great Messiah could not avoid.

So if you're Barack it makes sense not to submit a budget. Without a budget Barack and Dingy Harry Reid can spend, spend, and then spend some more without worrying about a budget. Don't you just wish you could live outside your personal budget like Barack does with our money? Wouldn't it be nice if we all had the same capability as the Barack and Ben show, which means good old Ben Bernanke can just turn on the green machine and print away. 

Here's a fact: the Barack and Ben printing escapade has devalued our dollar by 28% during Barack's first term. I'm still scratching my head as to why anyone would want a repeat in our country of what we had these past four years from the same person. It would've been factual and honest if Barack would have mentioned in his inauguration speech yesterday that in his first term average income for the American family went from $55,000. per year to $50,000 per year in just four years. And he says things are getting better.

I didn't watch or listen to any of Barack's speech yesterday, but several news outlets reported that Barack claimed that our country was doing better. Really? This from a man that added over $6.Trillion to our national debt and never mentioned our horrible economy yesterday. Economists are now projecting when Barack leaves our White House in 2017 our national debt will be over $20.Trillion. Also, it was reported that Barack never mentioned that in his first term over eight million American left the work force. Just a little tid-bit that Barack failed to mention yesterday.

Now I fully understand why Barack never mentioned his health care bill yesterday; his infamous Obamacare. Remember when Pelosi said, "you have to read the bill to find out what's in it".  Well there were some that did actually go into detail reading HB#3962, and found out some information that was overwhelming damaging to the American people.  I received some of this information yesterday, and decided to research HB#3962 myself. What is unbelievable is that Obamacare's HB#3962 has actually been removed from the Internet. Some news outlets actually reported that as the White House discovered more people were reading the bill, they become so frightened they had the bill removed from the Internet.

Now I understand why Barack just gave a campaign speech on how he was going to push his agenda. He never mentioned job creation, he never mentioned small businesses, he never mentioned that we need a budget to get our spending under control. Just a lot of I, me, mine, my, and a lot of blah, blah, blah. 

Wouldn't it be nice if Hillary would speak the truth in the Benghazi hearing tomorrow? Maybe then we can start praying for impeachment. One can dream eh?

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God Bless our country...and our troops.



Monday, January 21, 2013

Turn around day

I was so glad the pro football championship games were on TV yesterday. It was just too depressing listening and watching all the news surrounding Barack's inauguration. I'm happy to write that I didn't watch or listen to any of the lying hoopla delivered by Barack and his gaffer in chief Biden. 

Today, I'll be writing blogs, reading my latest David Baldacci's "The Forgotten", and of course making my  re-loads for my .38 special and my .357.  I'll bet everyone at one time or another has said, "wonder how it would be to turn off the TV for an entire day".  So today my wife and I have decided to keep the TV in the silent mode all day. It's so difficult to watch Barack make the same broken promises that he made four years ago.

Well, maybe if there's a college basketball game on tonight I might turn on the TV, or maybe watch a courtroom mystery that I DVR'd last week.

Four years ago unemployment was 7.8%, and today it's the same. Food stamp enrollment has jumped from 33 million to 47 million. Our national debt in January '09 was $10.2.Trillion. This morning as Barack, Michelle, and the girls parade down D.C. streets the national debt is $16.4.Trillion.  When Barack took office a gallon of gas was $1.84; today a gallon of gas is $3.53.

In January 2009 public college tuition was $6,850. per year; today as Barack smiles while strollling down the parade route public college tuition is $8,650. which is a 26% increase. Isn't it ironic that Barack keeps preaching "we must find ways to encourage our children to attend college". Problem is Barack, fewer young people can afford college today, let alone the college loan debts they'll face in the future.

Today we have more Americans on government entitlement programs than we've had since the great depression. Is  this the leadership our country needs and wants? This is another reminder of my father. He grew up on a farm in Italy, never went to the first grade, and came to this country when he was just 16. Being the oldest of 8 children he, along with  Grampa Pete went to work to support the family so Dad's siblings could go to school.

Dad ended up working for forty-eight years in the steel mills, and his highest earnings topped out at $27,000. a year, and Mom never worked outside the home. Dad could stretch a dollar from here to anywhere. If Barack had half the leadership skills my uneducated father had our national debt would be paid, and our country would be living within a national budget.

Dad left behind a legacy of hard work, and he would always proudly brag in broken English,"I never had to go on unemployment.....hard work won't kill you, but worrying about it will".
Dad passed on at the age of 88, and his reading skills consisted only what my younger sister taught him. Yet he was a giant to our family. A rock that could always be counted on. It seems that family leadership is slipping away from our society today, and we are in badly need of it.

I know Dad is spinning in his grave today with the ever increasing welfare and food stamp entitlements that Barack has instilled in our society. It's disgusting that today this man has the arrogant audacity to celebrate what he's done to our country these past four years, while he lies today, and will continue to do the same destruction in the next four years.

So what say folks, let's make this "TURN AROUND DAY". Let's make this the day we all vow to do our part to work hard to do all we can looking forward to 2014. We must prepare ourselves for the mid-term elections because barring an impeachment over the Benghazi massacre, and Barack's attack on our Constitution we are burdened with this person for another four years beginning today. What are you going to do about it?

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country....and our troops


 


Sunday, January 20, 2013

Celebrate your 2nd. Amendment today

I couldn't make it to Columbus to join in for Gun Celebration day, so I celebrated Gun Day in my own way. I practiced my Second Amendment rights by taking my .38 special and my .357 to the gun range and shot 250 rounds at targets. It was a great way to celebrate Gun Appreciation Day, and honor the privileges my founding fathers gave me.

At the gun range I met some other gun target shooters, enjoying some cordial conversation and camaraderie. Of the eight target shooters there, six were NRA members, all had their conceal carry weapons license. Many jokes about Barack's gun laws were exchanged. One gun owner retold a joke he heard, "if guns kill people then spoons have made Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnel fat".   Another shooter remarked about a cartoon picture of Joe Biden saying, "there must be gun registration for all guns, well except for the assault rifles Holder sends to Mexico".

On the serious side it should be noted that yesterday's Gallup poll reported that the NRA has a higher approval rating than Barack. This from a polling organization that is known to lean to the left. Also reported is that in one month membership for the NRA has increased 250,000. Can this many Americans be all wrong? Gun and ammunition sales are skyrocketing. Also, noteworthy is that since Barack started his dictatorial war to ban guns his approval ratings have spiraled downward significantly.

Remember way back, when Barack declared he was "going to fundamentally transform" our great country? It seems gun control, or I should write "selected" gun control appears to be his mantra now. It's clear that   Eric Holder doesn't have to abide by any gun control rules, as evidenced by his "Fast & Furious" program of shipping assault weapons to the Mexican cartel, and refusing to talk about it.

Can anyone guess the author and date of this quote: "this year will go down in history. For the first time our nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the rest of the world will soon follow our lead into the future".  You still can't guess who said this? I'll give you a clue: it was a small man with a mustache, from Germany, in 1935.

The American people are not going to stand for anyone, including the man that sits in our White House, to take away any rights from us that were granted by our founding fathers. Just who does this man think he is? I suggest he stop reading his press releases from his fawning media. 

How about the hypocrisy of this White House, of course along with the help of the fawning media?  Barack's team heavily chastised the NRA for running an ad that showed Barack willing to have armed guards protect his own children at their school, but strongly denies armed guards at anyone else's childrens' schools throughout the country. Nah, that's not double standards is it?

And then what does Barack do? He parades four young children on stage during his announcement of signing 23 executive orders surrounding gun control. He has to be the biggest hyprocrital White House resident this country has ever known. There were over 40,000 violent deaths attributed to gun violence during his first term, but Barack saw no advantage to exploit them. He saw no reason to address the overwhelming gun violence in his own home town, that is led by his good buddy Rahm Emanuel.

But Barack certainly did as his buddy Rahm once quoted, "never let a good crisis go to waste".,
and that's exactly what Barack did. He virtually stood on the graves of the Sandy Hook school massacre and used it for an agenda to attack the Second Amendment rights of Americans to ban guns.

Of course gun control, gun violence, the NRA, Second Amendment rights are all that's being broadcasted on radio and TV today. One has to wonder if Barack and his team, along with his fawning media purposely pushed this news agenda so we'll all sort of forget about our growing national debt of over $16.Trillion, or how Obamacare is causing rising health care premiums,  or how hospitals are stopping certain medical procedures because of Obamacare,or how Barack and Reid haven't submitted a budget in nearly 1,400 days, or how businesses are laying off and unwilling to invest in job creation,  or how our unemployment is at 8% and projected to grow to 9% by summer. 

Nah, Barack is doing just what his buddy Rahm has suggested; let's focus on trying to ban guns, and maybe Americans will forget how economically bad our country is doing right now. 
This man, who wants to attack our Constitution and our Amendment rights as laid down by God and our founding fathers should be impeached. Of course with our Democrat controlled Senate that will probably never happen, so we must endure the next four years of this "lame duck" White House resident. What say we all try to make a change beginning in the 2014 mid-term elections?

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God Bless our country...and our troops. 



Friday, January 18, 2013

Thanks for the ammo Barack

Recently someone remarked, "Pete writes a blog a day...is he going to burn himself out"? My own daughter, both of us proud "right of Rush" conservatives, even said to me after the election, "Dad, how about your blogs now that Obama is reelected"? I just said, "don't worry dear, Obama is going to give me more than enough ammunition for my blogs over the next four years".

And how true it's becoming. There are so many topics to focus on I sometimes don't know what topic to choose for my daily blog. Not to worry for those of you who read and agree with the content and context of my blogs. Also, not to worry for those of you who heavily criticize my blogs. I have plenty of truthful facts for you to attack, but please don't demean yourself by personally attacking me. You're better than that, right?

There are so many topics to choose from, that it's hard to select the "topic of the day". Let's see; there's Obamacare, raising the debt ceiling, 8% unemployment, over 20 million Americans out of work,  1,400 budgetless days, all white men cabinet appointments, '06 Senator Obama vs. 2013 Barack's voting, increase in crime violence, double standards on pro-life, outrageous spending,  increase in welfare/food stamp distributions, lengthening unemployment insurance, Hurricane Sandy and FEMA response, Sandy Hook school massacre, Second Amendment rights, etc., etc., etc. Oh yeah, don't forget vacations and golf.

I could write a blog on just the topics I'm going to write blogs about. Hey, I just did.  I'll just pick one of the above topics for tomorrow's blog. Stay tuned, and thanks again Barack.

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country...and our troops.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Give me your gun

I'm still having a lot of trouble with Barack's "gun violence" speech yesterday.  If all 23 of Barack's executive orders had been passed several months ago would any of these executive orders have stopped the Aurora, Colorado massacre? Would they have stopped the Sandy Hook school massacre? I think not. 

Barack is trying very hard to follow suit of monarchs and dictators that have preceded him in history. All throughout history it has been proven that every country's head of government, kings, monarchs, dictators, even emperors  that have taken away the rights of the sovereign population to protect themselves, goes on to completely, and at times, tyrannically, rule that population that have no means to fight back.

If, in the 30's,  the Jewish population had the right to arm themselves just maybe there wouldn't have been a Holocaust. Maybe there would not have been any slavery if African-Americans were allowed to arm and protect themselves in the 1800's. Here's a fact straight from the annals of history that even my critics will not be able to dispute: Imperialist Emperor Hirohito strongly announced in December, 1941, "we must attack the American bases in Hawaii...we cannot attack the American mainland because behind every blade of grass is an armed American".  This is a fact proven through WWII history books. 

What Barack did yesterday was nothing more than a political photo shoot, using children as wallpaper. To many, Barack stood on the graves of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre to push his agenda of banning all guns. He just wanted to make a statement to ingratiate himself with his left wing liberal progressive base. We all know he cannot repeal the Second Amendment. Even the great Messiah Barack cannot destroy any part of our Constitution.

I noticed that Barack never once mentioned the escalating crime in his own hometown of Chicago. More people have been killed by handguns in Chicago in 2012 than were lost in the Afghanistan war.  Barack kept repeating, " if we can save just one person we must try this". Yet this hypocrite in chief will not even allow any questions involving the murder of our own American border agent with an assault weapon that his own Eric Holder delivered to the Mexican cartel. Why is that Barack?

I have been heavily criticized for writing in my blog yesterday in questioning the eleven armed body guards at the school of Barack's daughters. I strongly believe that Barack's daughters should be protected at all times, as I pray that no danger ever befalls Barack and his wife.
But the criticism just makes my point for me. The handguns, rifles, and assault weapons will not harm Barack and his family. If such a tragedy befalls the first family, and I pray it doesn't, it will come from a crazed maniacal murderer, USING a gun. And I also want my nine grandchildren protected. They are just as important to me as Barack's children are to him.

I read in a report yesterday that there is a $250,000 fine with two years of imprisonment if you steal or break the egg of a bald eagle, but the government will pay the medical care of a woman's abortion. Why don't we ban the medical instrument that abortion clinics insert into the womb of a woman that sucks and kills the unborn fetus of a woman? Believe me, more children are slain every year by abortions than by bullets. In both scenarios someone put a handgun in their hand and pulled the trigger, or inserted an instrument into the womb of a woman and destroy a fetus. And the difference is?

Jessee Jackson now wants to hold all gun manufacturers liable for gun crimes. Am I the only one that finds that ridiculously stupid? Way to go Jessee...shift that blame from the high percentage of young African-American youths committing gun crimes. By the way Jessee, you should talk to your Chicago mayor buddy Rahm Emanuel. In all states that allow citizens to legally arm themselves crime has decreased by 49%. Also, crime has increased in all urban areas where it is illegal to arm oneself.

It must be stressed, strongly stressed that we need to focus on the mental state of the  crazed maniac or undisciplined youth that would walk into a school or theater and open fire on defenseless children and adults. The mother of the Sandy Hook school killer purchased and registered her guns legally. Yet her son took her guns, murdered her, then took off for the school. I often wonder what would've happened if there was an armed guard at the entrance of the school.

Decent Americans that obey all gun laws and practice gun safety protocol do not purchase guns for the purpose of killing someone. They purchase guns for three reasons; collecting guns, target shooting, and protecting themselves and their families. Every time I leave my home my .357 is shoulder-holstered to my body. I would never use my handgun in any illegal manner, but I feel safe and comfortable knowing if the situation should occur I have the legal right and means to protect myself.

Barack not only "forgot" to mention that 40,000 gun homocides have occurred since he was elected into office in 2008, he also failed to mention that in the five leading Hollywood movies no less than 185 people were killed. Of course he wouldn't mention those statistics. He needs the backing and donations of the Sean Penn's, Quentin Terratino's, Martin Scorcese's, George Clooney's, and my favorite Jamie Fox.  In the movie "Django Unchained", Fox stated what he liked best about acting in the movie was, "I get to kill white people".  Of course the media ignored him stating that, but can you imagine if a Republican actor had said the best part about being in "Roots" was the part about torturing and killing African-Americans? Of course that would be despicable, and the media would not have let that go. But why the double standards?

This great country has a bigger problem than crimes committed with guns. The overriding problem in this country is the increasing violent crimes committed by crazed maniacs and undisciplined youths.  We must not let Barack push his agenda by starting to ban guns or repeal our Second Amendment.

Many of our founding fathers, beginning with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, proclaimed our Second Amendment was for citizens to arm and protect themselves, even against a tyrannical government.

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country...and our troops.



Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Hypocrite-in-Chief

I'm listening to every word Barack is saying as he is now starting his gun control TelePrompting while he hides behind children. Barack wants to take guns from the hands of Americans who legally abide by their Second Amendment rights. He further threatens he will invoke twenty-three executive decisions urging bans on guns. By the way when did "gun control" suddenly become "gun violence"?

There have been others before Barack who have hid behind children when giving orders to their countries; two that come to mind is the German Chancellor in the 30's, and in the 90's the Iraqi dictator.  Really, Barack using children as photo props. Wonder how many of these precious children know the origin of the Second Amendment. It was laid down by our founding fathers to protect us from government tyranny. Yes, much like Barack is trying to get away with now.

The esteemed Senator from New York is strongly urging WalMart to discontinue the legal sales of legal firearms. But I didn't hear Barack urging his elite Hollywood donors to discontinue making violent crime movies involving guns. Then there's the other esteemed California Senator Diane Feinstein who definitely doesn't know anything about handguns, rifles, and assault weapons. Feinstein wants to ban a legal rifle because of its cosmetics. It is identical to a rifle she calls legal, operates and fires the same way, but its only difference is the pistol hand grip on the rifle.

I should probably thank Barack for making my point that guns don't kill people...people kill people. Think about it; Barack has several armed body guards with weapons surrounding him twenty-four hours a day. He also supplies eleven armed body guards with weapons surrounding his daughters at their school. Who is he protecting himself and his family FROM? There certainly is no need for protection from good law abiding American citizens, of which many are NRA members. 

The armed guards surrounding Barack and his family are there to protect him and his family from radical criminals that want to inflict harm on them. Barack and his family need not fear harm from good law abiding citizens, so armed guards are needed to seek out the difference. Which brings to mind; it's OK for armed guards to be at his daughters' school, but he doesn't want armed guards at my grandchildrens' schools. Nah, that's not double standards.

During Barack's photo shoot today the camera shifted to Attorney General Holder several times. Isn't it ironic that Holder, along with his good buddy Barack had "no knowledge" of all the American assault weapons that found their way into the hands of the Mexican cartel; one of which was  used to kill border agent Terry.  It seems Holder, Barack, and the media does not want to discuss the "Fast & Furious" episode. Wonder why.

Barack should know that over 90% of gun crimes are committed by handguns that are illegally in the hands of criminals that have not desire to abide by the rights of good Americans. Bad people with guns are committing crimes. Barack should focus on that. Why can't we have harsher, more strict punishment on any crime, no matter how small, when it is committed with a gun? We need to stop focusing on guns, and focus more intently on people who commit crimes with guns.

Barack also wants to ban gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds. That has to be one of the most most ridiculous ideas ever presented. I just saw a video where a gun handler changed out three 10-round magazines in less than five seconds. That's as bad as Mayor Bloomberg of New York stopping you from buying a 16-ounce cup of soda, but it's perfectly OK to buy two 8-ounce cups.

Can you name the three things that Chicago and New York have in common? Well, one is these two cities have the highest gun crimes in the country. Another is both of these cities have the strongest gun ban laws in the country. Finally, law abiding citizens do not have the right to carry a weapon. Will someone please explain that to this dumb old man. Please.

I'm going to follow the lead of one of my favorite news anchors from Fox News, Eric Bolling. After the New York newspaper printed the names of gun owners in two counties, Eric said, "I want everyone to know I am a gun owner, and have weapons in my home to protect my family".
I like that philosophy so much that I too want everyone to know I have two .38's and one .357 in my home, and all three are loaded when I set the alarm and go to sleep at night. Oh yeah, I also do my own re-loading.

You know, we should give Barack some credit for today's photo shoot. There is one group of people he made very happy by urging the ban of weapons. He made CRIMINALS very happy.

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country...and our troops.





Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Barack the Messiah??

Yesterday I watched and listened to every word Barack spoke at the press conference. I almost turned off the TV within the first ten minutes. It was hard listening and watching a man that said "I", "me", "mine", and "my" countless times during the first few minutes. And why was it necessary for Barack to keep reminding us, "I am the President". Does he forget that his welfare freebie contingency voted him in last November? We get it Barack.

I expected at any time his press secretary Carney was going to appear on stage with a gallon of Teflon and a wide paint brush. Every issue surrounding the horrendous debt ceiling was the fault of the Republicans in the House. This from a man  who has raised our debt ceiling more in four years than all 43 presidents before him COMBINED.

In 2006 Senator Obama voted four times against raising the debt ceiling. In 2008 while campaigning Senator Obama declared, "it is unconstitutional that the Bush administration wants to raise our debt ceiling that is already at $5.Trillion...we cannot pass this burden onto the backs of our children....the buck stops here...we need leadership displayed."

And now, with a debt ceiling of over $16.Trillion just yesterday Barack  says, "it is unconstitutional not to raise our debt ceiling to pay our bills...we will further destroy our economy".  Someone should tell Barack, to go ahead and exercise the Fourteenth Amendment and raise the debt ceiling on his own. We all know he doesn't have the leadership capability to step up to the job to do it. He also doesn't have the guts.

If Barack raises the debt ceiling on his own, and it fails, which it most certainly will, then Barack will have no one to blame but himself. He even has the arrogance to hold the American people hostage for the SECOND time by saying "if the debt ceiling isn't raised we may not send Social Security checks to our seniors or military pay to our service men/women".  How horrid is that? He never once mentioned that the welfare/freebie people were in danger of not getting their monthly freebies to spend on liquor, drugs, strip clubs, and casinos. Oh no, he knows where his bread is buttered. 

I'm so glad Barack didn't make math his major study in school. Can anyone understand how he came up with the figure of $4.Trillion in cuts to our national debt? This man is using wars we will not go into as reductions to our debt. He claims that bringing home some troops in 2013 are to be considered cuts to our national debt. He's gone so far as to say the interest on these "future" reductions that haven't taken place yet, as debt reductions.

All Barack kept repeating yesterday was, "either Congress pays its bills or it doesn't...it's as simple as that". Barack reminds me of an old buddy that was proud of playing his "three-card Monty" with all his debts. He'd max out a credit card, then apply for a new one, and on and on.

Does Barack know that for every dollar our government spends .40 cents of it is borrowed. Also, there is heavy interest on that borrowed .40 cents, and guess what we are forced to do in or downward spiraling economy? We are actually borrowing money just to pay the interest on our enormous debt.

This from a man who has not submitted a budget in nearly 1,400 days. This from a man who does not posses the leadership skills to ORDER Senate majority leader Harry Reid to get off his backside and submit a budget and do it now. This man was elected to uphold the Constitution as it was laid out by our founding fathers. 

Barack was not voted into our Presidency to change the Constitution. He is the elected President, he is not the Messiah, nor is he Allah. I have the deepest respect for the office of the President, but as a man I cannot respect this disgrace to our highest office. I refer to him as Barack, not Mr. Obama, not President Obama.

Yes, of course there's nothing we can do except hope information comes forward for an impeachment, but I think we all know with a Democrat Senate that's not going to happen. However, we can start the long climb back with mid-term elections in 2014.

Tomorrow, it's gun control all over again. Please stay tuned.  Thanks

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country...and our troops.
 

Monday, January 14, 2013

Bless our sovereign states

I knew it. Sooner or later Abe Lincoln's message of "can't fool all the people all the time", was going to come shining through. Here comes the tax reform folks, at the STATE level.

Sure, we all know Barack and his "merry bandits" are doing all they can to grow government and inflate tax structures, while marching the citizens of this great country into Socialism. We also realize that on a Federal Tax level there isn't much we can do about it. We're forced to stand by and watch Barack smile into the teleprompter and lie to us. He said taxes would only be raised on those making $400,000 or more, but we know that was a bold-faced lie. Over 77% of Americans have noticed tax increases in their paychecks since 2013 started.

But wait...hold on a minute. Here come some of our great sovereign states pushing back against Barack's Socialism quest to grow government. We now have eight, yes eight states that have no state income taxes to offset the rising federal taxation.  Florida, Texas, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wyoming, Nevada, Alaska, and Washington  have no state income taxes, and most have no corporate tax.

There is a strong possibility that North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana may soon join the ranks of no state income taxes, and no corporate taxes.  We are seeing the growth of former President Reagan's  successful "trickle down economics" , that was once at the federal level, now being initiated  at the state level. The even greater news is that many of these states, including the great state of Ohio where I live, do not impose corporate taxes.

Let's see what this does, as in the states of California, which has the highest state income tax of 13.3% versus Texas which has no state income tax or corporate tax.  There is no doubt, and everyone knows the state of California is flat broke. Businesses are relocating to other states, and the only way California can raise revenue is to raise taxes. On this path of no jobs while raising taxes, will almost definitely turn this great state into a crisis from which it may never recover.

What happens when businesses relocate to states that have no corporate taxes? Well, of course they have more capital to invest, so they invest in growth which creates more jobs. We all know what follows don't we? People are also encouraged that these states, along with available jobs, have no state income tax, and eventually migrate to these states.

This creates a win-win for job creation, which results in Americans with better cash flow, which creates more spending, which creates more revenue for the state to continue growing. And while these states are successfully growing we continue to have Barack and his "merry bandits" back in D.C., raising federal taxes to take care of his welfare nanny state. Go ahead Barack, keep it up; you're creating a bubble that's going to definitely explode to the point there will be no money to take of your welfare followers. What then Barack?

You can push around the good people of this great nation only so much Barack.  Go ahead, you, Reid, Pelosi, and your minions raise all the taxes you want. Here comes the sovereign states, who are going to survive and flourish in spite of you. 

By the way has anyone noticed these states that have legislated no state income tax, and no corporate tax are all significantly above the national unemployment average. Has anyone else also noticed these are all "red" Republican states. 

Yes, I feel good that in spite of Barack, and through the great sovereignty of our states America will bounce back and flourish once more. President Reagan must be proud of us.

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God Bless our country...and our troops


Saturday, January 12, 2013

Trickle-down disaster

OK...OK...let me write how I see it, and then I'll sit back and read the responses  from my blog critics. That's fair, right?

First of all let's find some common ground. Doesn't matter if you're a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or whatever, I know we can all agree that the education of our youth is foremost for the future success, growth, and sustenance  of our country.

It was unnerving for me this morning while watching a segment of a TV news program, when it was reported that there seems to be a two faceted growing concern among middle class parents who are financing their childrens' college education.  There is also a frightening concern with college graduates finding meaningful careers, while trying to repay their college loans.

Barack and his team of Reid and Pelosi would have you believe the only way our country can prosper is to tax, spend, and give taxpayer money to the welfare and food stamp entitlement programs. Barack and his team of "merry bandits" have, with the help of his fawning media, have convinced many Americans the best group to attack is corporations, small businesses and the wealthy. Take money from them to give to the welfare/freebie/unemployed community seems to be their theme. They truly believe this is the main course to prosperity.

Let's see what happens when this takes place.  Corporations, small business, and the wealthy will begin to pull back their assets, will cut back their work forces, will limit their spending, and most of all will grossly limit or cease job creation. We've already seen this in many corporations and small businesses. We're now averaging close to 360,000 a week filing for first time unemployment insurance, along with a national unemployment of near 8%.

Another stonewall to the growth and future of our country is that we're finding that even Obamacare is a failure before it even moves into high gear. Many large corporations are refusing to offer health care insurance to employees. Many small businesses are cutting back working hours to employees so as not have to offer any health insurance. What does that have to say about the Obamacare plan that was passed in secret chambers and all 2,977 pages jammed down our throats. Is that what's best for the future of our country?

So, of course this "trickles down" to the average middle class wage earner who plans to send their children to college. I would like to see an up-to-date poll of how many middle class families have had to fore go sending their children to college because of lost jobs and the economic status of our country.

To continue with the "trickle down disaster", we send our children to college to become engineers, doctors, teachers, scientists, along with other meaningful careers to enter our work force to make a better America. To make our country effective and competitive in the world market. Instead, these potential college students cannot afford to attend college for an advanced meaningful education, and some even must take lesser jobs, some even end up on welfare. And of course their welfare community is financed by the very same corporations, wealthy investors, and small businesses that are being forced to hold onto their assets.  Can you see what the vicious cycle of "trickle down disaster" will continue to cause?

Now, please indulge me while we visit former President Reagan's philosophy of "trickle down economics".  First we drastically reduce corporate taxes on corporations, allowing them to invest in expanding their business investments thereby leading to increased hiring. Next we reduce taxes on wealthy investors giving them incentives to invest thereby creating more jobs.

And what happens when more jobs are created? Middle class wage earners make money that is taxed to help our economy, and with gainful employment can make plans to send their child to college. The child goes to college and studies for a meaningful career when entering the work force.  We must remember, along with effective entitlement spending reductions and more employment our welfare nanny state will drastically shrink.

This is a win-win combination for all, and was successfully accomplished by the Reagan administration in the 80's.  We must understand that if Barack and his "merry bandits" continue with their "trickle down disaster" methods the only thing we can be sure of is that our welfare nanny state will grow and grow. Now, will any of my critics educate me as to how this is going to help the future growth of our economy and our country? 

When a normal middle class family sees their finances headed for a downward spiral they will discuss their finances, establish a budget and strive to live and spend within their budget.  that would make sense for our own Congress, except that Senate majority leader Harry Reid hasn't submitted a budget to Barack in almost 1,400 days. How can you live within a budget if you don't even have one. 

As I've written in earlier blogs, these members of Congress, along with Barack, that we voted in to preserve and advance the success of our great country will not themselves absorb any of the economic pitfalls of our country now and in the future. They'll be fine with the enormous payouts of security we give them when they leave office. Why should they care; it's not their money; it's ours.

We cannot continue down the path of taxing and spending into prosperity. We must invest in our businesses to create jobs so we can invest in the true basic need for the success of our country, and that is the education of our children.  Take your pick; grow our welfare nanny community, or invest in the education of our young community. What do you say?

Today we have college graduates that have struggled to finish their college educations, and cannot find a job because of our current economic crisis. For the first time ever there are many discovering that even with a college degree it is becoming more and more difficult to attain a meaningful career. And on top of that they must find a way to begin repaying their college loans.

I've heard young people even fearing going to college only to face unemployment, along with interest bearing student loans to repay. I have a grandson who is in his second year of pre-med at a leading university, and my daughter is already talking about the fear of what his student loans will be like when he completes his medical education and training.

I am very afraid, not only for the $16.trillion national debt, and the economic direction our country is now in, but also for what our youth will be inheriting.  Are you afraid?

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country...and our troops
 

Friday, January 11, 2013

Guns vs. Politics

I'm not going to apologize for writing another blog on guns and the Second Amendment rights. I'm just a 77-year old Air Force vet, that owns three duly registered handguns, is licensed to carry a handgun when I leave the house, make my own reload bullets, and when weather permits I go to the range twice a week to shoot at targets. It's a passion of mine.

As I've said in my previous blogs I pride myself in following all gun laws and complete safety protocol when handling my handguns. Ironically it was the Chief of Police in our city that suggested I get a handgun, register it, get licensed to carry and learn to shoot it, and abide by all the laws.

My wife did the same, as did other members of our family. My son-in-law has target rifles that he has registered, and that's the point of my blog today. Most people today do not know the difference between assault weapons and target rifles. I'd like to try to clear that up.

An AR-15 is not an assault weapon just because it has the initials "AR" on its description. An AR-15 has the capacity to fire quickly, but you must pull the trigger each time you want a round discharged through the barrel. On the other hand with a true assault weapon you can pull back on the trigger just once, keep the trigger pulled back,  and you can fire a 20-round magazine in a few seconds. Also, an assault weapon will give the option of discharging one round at a time.

 Since 1986 assault weapons have been banned, and only the military and certain state and federal police organizations can have an assault weapon in their possession. Yes, there are certain assault weapons that have been "grandfathered" in, but are legally registered under the National Firearms Act. A fully automatic weapon is widely known as a "machine-gun", and it is a felony for a citizen to own a fully automatic weapon.

There are two distinct problems here. The first problem is obvious; criminals do not pay attention to any law banning fully automatic rifles and handguns. Criminals will continue to use fully automatic assault weapons in the commission of their crimes. The second problem here is many Americans, beginning with Senator Feinstein of California, do not know the difference between a target shooting rifle and a fully automatic assault rifle. Senator Feinstein will have you believe an AR-15 semi-automatic is an assault weapon.

It's obvious that Barack, along with his partners Gaffer Biden and Eric "close-mouthed" Holder are outwardly attacking our Second Amendment rights. It's ironic that Barack and Holder take this position because they "dozed off" when hundreds of assault weapons just "walked" across the border into Mexico, and on of these weapons was used to kill one of our own border patrol agents. What is worse, the case of  "Fast & Furious" still remains unresolved.

Of course it's a political fight started by our elite left wing progressive liberals, led by Barack.
Remember while campaigning against Barack in 2008 Biden yelled out to his audience, "ain't no way Obama is taking my rifle away from me"?  At the same time Barack was campaigning to his audience, "I don't want to take your rifles and handguns away from you".  If it wasn't so true it would be comical. Now that these two are running the show in D.C., all of a sudden they want to meet with organizations in an effort to just about stop the sales of guns and ammunition.

I have a question or two about this. How come since Barack started this mission of banning guns the NRA membership has increased by over 100,000 in less than three weeks?  Also, how come legal guns, ammunition, and reloading supply sales are skyrocketing at an enormous rate as I'm writing this.  As soon as I heard Barack appointed Gaffer Joe Biden to investigate this I looked up to heaven and said, "God help us...not Biden".

Then I e-mailed, telephoned, and visited my reloading suppliers and purchased the legally required limit of bullets, primers, and powder. I'm so afraid that with Gaffer Joe heading up this investigation I'm not taking any chances. The very strong supposition is Barack wants to heavily increase taxes on gun and supply sales so it will be passed on in hopes consumers will be discouraged and stop buying guns and supplies. Will someone please tell Barack and Gaffer Joe their attack on the Second Amendment, even with the help of his fawning media will not stop Americans rights to our Second Amendment laid down by our founding fathers.

My wife and I visited a neighboring state, became legally approved to carry a handgun in their state. Because of state reciprocity throughout the country we can legally conceal-carry our handguns in all states except three; New York, Illinois, and California. I'm sure everyone knows by now that these three states will not legally allow citizens to carry handguns for protection. Of course criminals do not care about gun laws.  Isn't it ironic that these three states lead the nation in gun crimes, and the city of Chicago is the "city winner" of gun homicides throughout the country?  Did anyone expect the criminals to abide by gun control laws? Of course not....well Barack, Holder, and Biden do.

News anchor Piers Morgan of CNN wants all of us to believe that we should ban all guns, and that will slow down gun crimes. Has he taken a look at his mother country England lately? Citizens cannot arm themselves in England and gun crime has soared. By the way there's a petition floating around to send Piers back to England, however, England started their own petition stating they don't want him back. 

The good news for us gun enthusiasts is there are currently eight states, with more to follow, that will not allow the federal government to come into their state and ban semi-automatic weapons. Further, if any from the federal government come into their state to enforce a ban on semi-automatic weapons they will be arrested and charged with a felony crime.

Because Barack, Holder, and Biden want to take our guns away it follows that all the left wing radical progressive libs and their fawning media will support this and continue to attack any conservative Republican by blaming them for all gun crimes in the country. This is why this investigation is nothing more than a witch hunt and another political controversy. 

I pride myself on being a gun enthusiast. Target shooting and reloading is a hobby of mine. I legally own and have registered two .38 specials, and one .357. My wife never leaves the house without her snub-nosed .38 in her purse. We both pray that we never point or shoot at anything more than a target on the gun range. However, when we retire at the end of the day we load our handguns with hollow points, set the home alarm, and sleep like newborns.

You cannot solve and/or stop gun crimes by repealing our Second Amendment. We must open investigations on WHY there are gun crimes. There's a cartoon floating around where a man with a knife is standing over someone lying on the ground bleeding, and he's asked by a bystander, "why did you stab that man with a knife"?  In the next cartoon there is the same scenario except the man has a gun instead of a knife. The bystander then says, "we have to ban all guns to stop this".

We cannot make our Second Amendment a political fight. "Why" there are gun crimes must be investigated, not the punishment of law-abiding citizens by repealing their rights to protect themselves. I could go on writing about this passion of my Second Amendment rights, but I've taken too much of your time already. Thanks for reading.

By the way on another subject; I had a weird dream last night. The victims of Hurricane Sandy were all African-Americans, and Barack was a Caucasian Republican president. My dream went on to to see Charley Rangel, Jessee Jackson, Al Sharpton, Van Jones, and others screaming into the cameras that it is unjust that financial aid has not been given to these victims. Just as I was waking up I thought I heard Sharpton utter, "this is all Bush's fault". Then I woke up. Wow what a dream.

And that's Politics with Pete for today.....God Bless our country....and our troops

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Trust you? Why?

During my many years as a political news junkie I've heard, watched, and seen more than my share of candidates stumping and bloviating on their campaigns begging for our votes.  I've listened to more promises and lies than I will ever be able to remember.

City mayor hopefuls, House Representative candidates, Senator wannabes, and even on two occasions presidential hopefuls. Yes, I've heard it all. I've discovered that  they think the American public is stupid and will forget the promises they make to gain our vote after they are in their elected office.

In most cases these candidates will smoothly stand on the stage and beg us to believe what they are saying; "Give me a chance to prove I can make things better" they say. It seems the best orator and smoothest speaking candidate gets out vote; see Barack.

 Yes, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and even the Messiah Barack can jump for joy and jubilation as they did the best job of getting enough votes. Barack gets to use our White House as his home base as he vacations and golfs. Please don't expect him to do anything else.

News anchors and journalists are joking that there won't be anyone at Mr. Obama's  inauguration this month because so many of the welfare/food stamp/unemployed will be home using their EBT cards to visit strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos. Are those jokes really that far from the truth?

What a great job the Death Spiral Trio of Barack, Reid, and Pelosi did on convincing Americans that only the elite wealthy would suffer a tax increase. In undertone muted breath they uttered so no one would hear was, "oh yeah we're also raising payroll taxes".  This means, in reality, that 77% of Americans began to notice less money in their paycheck starting a week ago.

All Americans on supplemental health insurance will notice an increase in their monthly premiums. My monthly premium jumped $32.00 a month beginning this month. Many, many companies, schools, hospitals, and small businesses are now cutting hours back, laying off employees, and ceased any job creation so as not to offer any health insurance programs to employees.

So what happened this past November?  Well, it seems fifty-one per cent of voters "drank the Kool-Aid", and believed Barack's stump speech teleprompter reading accolades that growing government would help them attain a "spread the wealth" better way of life.  And the Barack-fawning media is telling us everything is fine. The media wants Americans to believe that despite 7.9% unemployment, 50 million Americans on welfare, and nearly 400,000 are filing first time unemployment claims every week, that "our economy is stabilizing". What? Does anyone really believe that?

What Barack failed to do was give the real message to the country he was voted in to lead. And that is that " you cannot tax and spend your way into prosperity". Barack says he wants to be like former president Ronald Reagan, but how can he, when it was President Reagan that coined that phrase? Someone has to tell Barack that you can't push people back down, make them dependent on the Government and expect our great country to prosper.

I am, however, encouraged. Since Barack has been voted in to golf and vacation from our White House his daily approval ratings have dropped.  Hard working Americans are starting to spit out the Kool-Aid, and are ceasing to believe in his expanded Government philosophy.  Well, not all Americans. We still have the 50+ million on welfare that Barack has convinced big government is best, and they can continue to have a better way of life because he's going after "the fat cats who make a lot of money", and pass it on to them.

Why is everyone amazed that the trust in our political leaders is waning?  Remember President Lincoln's famous "you can't fool all the people all the time"?  Well many Americans are starting to see through the smooth talking promises, and there's a lot of dis-trust of our political leaders coming through the horizons.

Americans were promised lower taxes except for the $400,000 earners. The bare truth is state, city, property, health care, and payroll taxes have increased for 77% of American money earners.  The only Americans who really don't pay attention to this statistic are the welfare people making their "freebie" income off the backs of hard working Americans.

The other bare truth is that Barack doesn't care about any of these statistics.  He really believes in the press releases that ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN are broadcasting about their love for him. It's going to be a long road back from the spending Barack wants to levy on good hard Americans. Let's face it....he's in our White House for four more years. Yes, it's enlightening to know that Americans are awaking, which makes me believe in the adage about "waking the sleeping giant".  

We'll really start our move back in 2014, where our first steps will be to get rid of the House and Senate mis-fits, beginning with Harry Reid.  Harry Reid is near 1,400 days without submitting a budget to help Congress manage our financial affairs. Hey, maybe it's because he just doesn't know how to work up a budget.

We have elected members of Congress to represent us; that's the bottom line, and they continue to fail us in all areas. It's time for us to look ahead to 2014. Yes, true hope and change is what our great country truly needs.

And that's Politics with Pete for today....God bless our country...and our troops

Monday, January 7, 2013

Americans who hate U.S.

What do Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, Bill Maher, Rosie O'Donnel, Janeane Garafalo, David Letterman, Sean Penn, Ben Jealous, Paul Krugman, Roseann Barr, Joy Behar,  and Al Gore all have in common? These are all American citizens born and raised in this great country, who make a living by declaring their hatred for the United States of America.

It's bad enough we have TV news anchors from foreign countries broadcasting on our own major networks that we should abolish  our U.S. Constitution, we also have hundreds of college professors teaching the same un-American values to our young students right here in the U.S.

What is happening to the American values laid down by our found fathers?  We now have a film maker, Michael Moore, who vehemently states he does not respect, nor will support our American troops fighting in the Middle East. Have you noticed how he goes on major networks and repeats his anti-American views over and over, and then rakes in millions of dollars for his un-patriotic movies? Why is that? Oh yeah, it's our First Amendment rights that protect this America hater.

Let's not forget John Kerry, who served in the military in the Viet Nam war. Senator Kerry has been nominated to become Secretary of State. This very same man likened our military troops to the slaughterings of Genghis Khan. After Mr. Kerry surreptitiously received medals and ribbons during the Viet Nam war he threw his medals and ribbons over a fence and said he was ashamed of our own military. Is this the type of man we want to control our foreign diplomacy with our foreign allies and enemies? 

Then we have former Vice President Al Gore, who sold his interest in the Current TV network to El Jazzeera, a well known pro-bin Laden and Taliban supporting news network. Mr. Gore facilitated the sale of his network so the infamous El Jazzeera can now broadcast their anti-American beliefs right here in our country. 

What is happening to our great country? To the country that Americans were honored to sweat and work hard to see our land grow? To the country that honored every man and woman who wore the military uniform and fought on foreign land to protect our values of freedom? Why is it now considered "cool" to broadcast on TV and radio that the U.S. is horrible? Are viewing ratings and money to be raised up at all costs?

Why is it so easy to become entirely dependent on our government to survive? Doesn't it scare anyone that our great country now has eleven states, yes eleven states where government workers now outnumber the private sector workers? Because Mr. Obama has proven that expanded government is best for our country, now more than ever we have a growing population totally dependent on the government, and that population grows in enormous leaps and bounds daily.

In many of my blogs I was heavily criticized for defining "makers" versus "takers". By now we all know who they are. Makers work hard, earn a living, and even create jobs. Oh yes, they pay taxes also.  Takers consist of our ever-growing population of people who live on welfare, food stamps, and extended unemployment.  And while we continue to make life easy for the takers, the takers population will grow, while harboring no strong feelings of ever being nothing more than a taker.

By the way a writer at Forbes Magazine identified these eleven states as Death Spiral States. Of course California is one of the  leaders in this field. In California for every 100 people who work hard and pay taxes they are rewarded by some of their tax money going to support 139 government dependent people, including a vast majority on welfare.

The ultimate leader in this field is New Mexico; meaning for every 100 hard-working taxpaying Americans there are 153 "takers".  Would you like to know if you live in one of these Death Spiral states? 

We've already mentioned California and New Mexico. The remaining ten Death Spiral states include Hawaii, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, New York, Maine, and the great state I live in, Ohio.

Want some frosting on the cake? We are so concerned to preserve the dignity of our food stamp recipients, so as not to embarrass them when they are required to display their stamps when shopping. Instead our government issues EBT cards that can be used at ATM's for cash. The problem in many cases is the food stamps recipients will use their EBT cards at ATM kiosks. Then off they go to buy liquor, drugs, visit nude-bar facilities, and gambling casinos.  This is not only dishonorable, it's highly illegal.

America, in my plea to ask you to be afraid, I'll close with my own personal story. At twenty years old, stationed at an Air Force base in England I read the entire book,  Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire".  I'll never forget the feeling the book left me with. I questioned myself and others, "could this ever happen to the U.S.?"  After over 400 years the Rome dynasty completely and totally collapsed. The main reason was due to inner conflicts of its political leaders. The Roman Empire imploded from within because its political leaders were more focused on personal power than the welfare of its people.

At the time of reading the book it was 1955, and I was twenty years old, and the country I wore the military uniform for, our United States,  was only 179 years old. And the way Mr. Obama is leading our great country, I feel he wants many more than eleven states completely and totally dependent on the government. I am very afraid. Are you? If not, then be very afraid and we must voice our distress to our leaders, and then vote to correct it starting in 2014.

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country....and our troops.