"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." Edward Abbey
Good news!!
It seems as though the Health Care Bill may have difficulty advancing. I expect it will pass, eventually, at least some form of the bill. If the Public Option gets defeated however that would be a very positive point especially after the DNC leaders on the Hill want it so much. It would be a sound defeat of the socialist's pushing this "reform" so hard.
One major issue is Senate Democrat's hate Congress's plan to pay for health care and Congressional Democrat's don't like Senate's plan. Either way taxes are raised. If Senate waters down the Abortion language in the bill Pelosi could lose at least ten votes if not more "blue dog" Democrats. The Senate version of the bill also cuts $300 billion in Medicare. Many Progressive's on Capitol Hill are upset with the White Houses deal with Drug-Makers and they want to force drug manufacturer's to sell the government drugs for discounts. Obama's campaign promise that health care reform would not add to the deficit is also obviously out the window. Forty Democrats say they will not vote for the bill if the current language stays as harsh on the Government not paying for abortion so once again it's really a lose lose for Pelosi in Congress.
Regardless there are other things in the bill that I'm not even going to talk about, other issues where Democratic infighting is going to distract and divide. Meanwhile Republicans, presenting a unified front pointing out tax hikes, and high cost of the program are slowly chipping away at the fringes.
Overall debate is going to be heated and probably take a while. Meaning we, in all likelihood will not see a bill get passed until the spring. The longer it takes Democrats to vote on the issue the longer I think the idea of the bill will sour with the American people. Unfortunately for Democrats if this bill comes out, and isn't good it will not reflect well on Obama especially considering he is now looking at unemployment in the double digits. I believe all of these things combined could make for an interesting third party candidate hopefully one that will hold fast to the principles of Liberty!
Your's in Liberty,
Nate
dum spiro spero
11.22.2009
11.21.2009
Timothy Geithner
"The function of a true state is to impose the minimum restrictions and safeguard the maximum liberties of the people, and it never regards a person as a thing!"- Immanuel Kant
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has recently been taking a lot of heat on Capitol Hill and I suspect he will take even more as it becomes more apparent the Stimulus and Bailout fund's were completely wasted and that the Obama Administration has not only not put an end to pork spending but have allowed Capitol Hill to engage in rampant Pork Spending Bills as much as any other Congress.
Never a fan of Geithner I posted a short blog about him early on during his confirmation hearing warning that he would be business as usual,Washington insider. His time spent in the Treasury Department, his time with the Federal Reserve, and the manner in which he has handled the Stimulus money, allowing it to be misused and insuring his friends on Wall Street got "bailed out, all fall back on Obama's shoulder's and Campaign promises to end business as usual and bring "Change" to Washington.
The fact that Obama has failed to bring any substance of true change to Washington was easy to predict and those of us in the third party scene are now confident there is a growing dissatisfaction among the American People to see an end to the two party system.
Geithner is the perfect example of the double standards, and hypocritical actions of the Republicans and Democrats. Geithner failed to pay Social Security Taxes or Medicare taxes while working at the IMF and also employed an immigrant worker who didn't have a green card. Of course if I don't pay Social Security taxes based on the belief that Social Security is Unconstitutional and that the government has spent all the money in Social Security I will go to jail and be made by the mainstream media and our "justice" system to be a "radical" maybe hear the word "free thinker". Mr. Geithner is apparently a victim of not understanding the tax code, he find's himself in good company considering no one really understands the legal jargon contained in the hundreds of thousands of pages that is the IRS tax code.
What I really wanted to focus on today is that recently Congressmen have asked Geithner to resign due to the poor handling of the Stimulus, Bailout, and TARP funds. Geithner testifying before the Joint Economic Committee said Thursday that the governments $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can". Well that's comforting as soon as the Federal Reserve decides that the businesses are "saved" from their own stupid mistakes they'll stop sending them our tax dollars. I feel relieved that there's a timeline on the Bailout.
Geithner continued his fact less tirade saying the Economy is better now than it was in 2008 under Republican leadership and with the aide of TARP. Of course there's no real economic numbers to back up this claim. Also Geithner like a good statist and Federal Reservist is pushing for even more Government oversight and regulation over private companies.
Gaithner also told the Committee that he plans to use part of the $350 billion remaining from the TARP funds to pay off the national debt. At first glance this seem's to be a very good thing. Instead of bailing out businesses we should have let fail, we'll pay off the Debt the problem is however that the $700 billion Bailout money was borrowed the government didn't have surplus money from Bush's first 7 years laying around. This all goes back to how uneducated the Congress really is. Basically we are at the point where we are using borrowed money to try and pay off our debt. Wow Mr. Secretary, please for the good of the country please step down!
Yours in Liberty,
Nate
dum spiro spero
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has recently been taking a lot of heat on Capitol Hill and I suspect he will take even more as it becomes more apparent the Stimulus and Bailout fund's were completely wasted and that the Obama Administration has not only not put an end to pork spending but have allowed Capitol Hill to engage in rampant Pork Spending Bills as much as any other Congress.
Never a fan of Geithner I posted a short blog about him early on during his confirmation hearing warning that he would be business as usual,Washington insider. His time spent in the Treasury Department, his time with the Federal Reserve, and the manner in which he has handled the Stimulus money, allowing it to be misused and insuring his friends on Wall Street got "bailed out, all fall back on Obama's shoulder's and Campaign promises to end business as usual and bring "Change" to Washington.
The fact that Obama has failed to bring any substance of true change to Washington was easy to predict and those of us in the third party scene are now confident there is a growing dissatisfaction among the American People to see an end to the two party system.
Geithner is the perfect example of the double standards, and hypocritical actions of the Republicans and Democrats. Geithner failed to pay Social Security Taxes or Medicare taxes while working at the IMF and also employed an immigrant worker who didn't have a green card. Of course if I don't pay Social Security taxes based on the belief that Social Security is Unconstitutional and that the government has spent all the money in Social Security I will go to jail and be made by the mainstream media and our "justice" system to be a "radical" maybe hear the word "free thinker". Mr. Geithner is apparently a victim of not understanding the tax code, he find's himself in good company considering no one really understands the legal jargon contained in the hundreds of thousands of pages that is the IRS tax code.
What I really wanted to focus on today is that recently Congressmen have asked Geithner to resign due to the poor handling of the Stimulus, Bailout, and TARP funds. Geithner testifying before the Joint Economic Committee said Thursday that the governments $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can". Well that's comforting as soon as the Federal Reserve decides that the businesses are "saved" from their own stupid mistakes they'll stop sending them our tax dollars. I feel relieved that there's a timeline on the Bailout.
Geithner continued his fact less tirade saying the Economy is better now than it was in 2008 under Republican leadership and with the aide of TARP. Of course there's no real economic numbers to back up this claim. Also Geithner like a good statist and Federal Reservist is pushing for even more Government oversight and regulation over private companies.
Gaithner also told the Committee that he plans to use part of the $350 billion remaining from the TARP funds to pay off the national debt. At first glance this seem's to be a very good thing. Instead of bailing out businesses we should have let fail, we'll pay off the Debt the problem is however that the $700 billion Bailout money was borrowed the government didn't have surplus money from Bush's first 7 years laying around. This all goes back to how uneducated the Congress really is. Basically we are at the point where we are using borrowed money to try and pay off our debt. Wow Mr. Secretary, please for the good of the country please step down!
Yours in Liberty,
Nate
dum spiro spero
11.20.2009
The Turning Point!!
"An army of principles can penetrate, where an army of soldiers cannot."
Thomas Paine
Today is an exciting day. Ron Paul's House Resolution 1207 passed the House Financial Services Committee. A first step toward seeing the Federal Reserve be audited and eventually ending the disaster that has been our Central Bank. Since it's inception in 1913 the Government has been engaged in perpetual warfare; WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Bosnia,in Iraq twice, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and soon I'm sure Obama and his war cronies will jump at the chance to invade Iran.
Of course our dear friends over at the DNC would say their all for peace but they wage a war, just as easily as dangerous as traditional war, in the form of economic sanctions, trade embargo's, and allowing the people of the country deserving of their wrath to suffer.
The Federal Reserve is a private and foriegn intrest owned bank since it's inception. Why the Congress was ever foolish enough to believe that it would solve our econmic problems is beyond reason. Here we stand today approaching 100 years of the Fed completely controlling our Currency, Intrest Rates, and Inflation policy and we have been through more recession's, depressions, and dollar devalue's than anytime previous to 1913.
We have always as a nation had times of recession but before 1913 these recessions were always shorter. Between 1887-1913 the average recession lasted 10.3 months. There have been three recessions since 1973 that have lasted longer than 16 months! The Federal Government operating on the advice of the Federal Reserve (remember private banking entities) drew out the Great Depression until the early 40's. (A closer economic study show's our system has never really recovered from the Depression of the 30's thanks to Government Intervention.) The boom cycle that Clinton enjoyed while President was a false boom created by bad banking investments, and borrowing on credit, that the consumer did not have enough collateral or any chance to pay down. Of course the banks have nothing to worry about neither did Fanny or Freddie Mac! In the case of the former their buddies at the Fed would use their power to sway Congress into bailing out the banks, and obvioulsy the Federal Government wouldn't allow Freddie and Fanny to fail.
Meanwhile Obama, Progressives, Leftist, and Socialist were quick to immediatley demand more Government intervention because this latest econmic recession was a clear cut case of the Markets not regulation themselves. Well I'm not sure what kind of fairyland or magical land of Communist Fascism these guys were talking about. The Recession of 2008-? is not an example of the Free Market (or Capitalism) failing but rather the exact opposite. It's the greatest example of how Socialism and Fascism fail.
Free Market's would not have bailed out banks that gave out bad mortgages, or auto makers who ran their company into the ground. Since 1913 however and even more specifically since the 1930's the Fed's and Federal Government have been bailing out companies. In a Free Market the recession we currently find ourselves in would never have happened because the banks would not have made risky loans without the Fed's there to bail them out! The reason the banks made risky bad loan decisions was they really don't have to fear failing, they are to "important" to Obama and the Republicans in power to allow failure.
This brings another question why would these banks want the government to own a stake in their company? The answer is simple the Fed's own the Monetary system. If you own the monetary system you own the Government. So what do they have to fear it's just one big circular pattern.
One last example of the Government operating in the Markets and falling flat on their face is the Amtrak debacle. For those of you who don't know Amtrak is a Government owned and operated Corporation. There a quite a few private, Market ran railroads who operate quite successfully, that is profitably. Yet in October 2008 the Congress, Senate, and President Bush voted to give Amtrak 2.6 Billion a year of your money even though passenger traffic was up 12.6% from the previous year. Amtrak is not free to ride in fact it's usually failry expensive and on top of that the Government takes 2.6 Billion of your hard earned money to prop up Amtrak? That's a great example of what happens when Government get's involved in the "private" sector and put's it's greedy power mongering hand into the Markets, it fails without hesitation every time.
The power of idea's and principles that is the foundation of the END THE FED movement is powerful and fact driven. Even today in our sheep like following of the National media- Fox, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, people are realizing that the principles espoused by our movement is not only fact based but Reason driven. They are waking to the understanding that the Free Market and Sound Money policies (ie Gold) are the policies this nation needs to return to if we intend on rebuilding and having a strong economy!
Your's in Liberty,
Nate
Dum Spiro Spero
Thomas Paine
Today is an exciting day. Ron Paul's House Resolution 1207 passed the House Financial Services Committee. A first step toward seeing the Federal Reserve be audited and eventually ending the disaster that has been our Central Bank. Since it's inception in 1913 the Government has been engaged in perpetual warfare; WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Bosnia,in Iraq twice, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and soon I'm sure Obama and his war cronies will jump at the chance to invade Iran.
Of course our dear friends over at the DNC would say their all for peace but they wage a war, just as easily as dangerous as traditional war, in the form of economic sanctions, trade embargo's, and allowing the people of the country deserving of their wrath to suffer.
The Federal Reserve is a private and foriegn intrest owned bank since it's inception. Why the Congress was ever foolish enough to believe that it would solve our econmic problems is beyond reason. Here we stand today approaching 100 years of the Fed completely controlling our Currency, Intrest Rates, and Inflation policy and we have been through more recession's, depressions, and dollar devalue's than anytime previous to 1913.
We have always as a nation had times of recession but before 1913 these recessions were always shorter. Between 1887-1913 the average recession lasted 10.3 months. There have been three recessions since 1973 that have lasted longer than 16 months! The Federal Government operating on the advice of the Federal Reserve (remember private banking entities) drew out the Great Depression until the early 40's. (A closer economic study show's our system has never really recovered from the Depression of the 30's thanks to Government Intervention.) The boom cycle that Clinton enjoyed while President was a false boom created by bad banking investments, and borrowing on credit, that the consumer did not have enough collateral or any chance to pay down. Of course the banks have nothing to worry about neither did Fanny or Freddie Mac! In the case of the former their buddies at the Fed would use their power to sway Congress into bailing out the banks, and obvioulsy the Federal Government wouldn't allow Freddie and Fanny to fail.
Meanwhile Obama, Progressives, Leftist, and Socialist were quick to immediatley demand more Government intervention because this latest econmic recession was a clear cut case of the Markets not regulation themselves. Well I'm not sure what kind of fairyland or magical land of Communist Fascism these guys were talking about. The Recession of 2008-? is not an example of the Free Market (or Capitalism) failing but rather the exact opposite. It's the greatest example of how Socialism and Fascism fail.
Free Market's would not have bailed out banks that gave out bad mortgages, or auto makers who ran their company into the ground. Since 1913 however and even more specifically since the 1930's the Fed's and Federal Government have been bailing out companies. In a Free Market the recession we currently find ourselves in would never have happened because the banks would not have made risky loans without the Fed's there to bail them out! The reason the banks made risky bad loan decisions was they really don't have to fear failing, they are to "important" to Obama and the Republicans in power to allow failure.
This brings another question why would these banks want the government to own a stake in their company? The answer is simple the Fed's own the Monetary system. If you own the monetary system you own the Government. So what do they have to fear it's just one big circular pattern.
One last example of the Government operating in the Markets and falling flat on their face is the Amtrak debacle. For those of you who don't know Amtrak is a Government owned and operated Corporation. There a quite a few private, Market ran railroads who operate quite successfully, that is profitably. Yet in October 2008 the Congress, Senate, and President Bush voted to give Amtrak 2.6 Billion a year of your money even though passenger traffic was up 12.6% from the previous year. Amtrak is not free to ride in fact it's usually failry expensive and on top of that the Government takes 2.6 Billion of your hard earned money to prop up Amtrak? That's a great example of what happens when Government get's involved in the "private" sector and put's it's greedy power mongering hand into the Markets, it fails without hesitation every time.
The power of idea's and principles that is the foundation of the END THE FED movement is powerful and fact driven. Even today in our sheep like following of the National media- Fox, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, people are realizing that the principles espoused by our movement is not only fact based but Reason driven. They are waking to the understanding that the Free Market and Sound Money policies (ie Gold) are the policies this nation needs to return to if we intend on rebuilding and having a strong economy!
Your's in Liberty,
Nate
Dum Spiro Spero
8.12.2009
Blue Laws!!
The South is also known as the Bible Belt and after living in Montana for six years I had forgotten how Christianity and Government down south are interchangable. There are many violations of Seperation of Church and State here. In Lexington County where I now work there are several laws in violation of the Seperation clause. I can't help but ask myself where is the ACLU?
In Lexington county only gas stations, restuarants, and grocery stores are allowed to be open on Sundays before 1:30pm. I am against this law because in no way is it a proper Seperation of Church and State. The only reason this law exists is to encourage Church attendence which is in no way what government is supposed to do. For this reason I don't think it's even debatable that this law is not vaible in the eyes of the Seperation clause. Are churches in so much trouble that they must use government to keep people from shopping or having alternatives apart from Church Services? This law is hypocritical, just a laughable excuse at saving face. I work at Target in Lexington SC and I go in every other Sunday at 6 a.m. just like every other day. If your going to make a law aimed at raising church attendence and forcing people to observe a religious "holy" day then at least don't allow companies (you keep from opening) to have employees still work.
The Government is not supposed to endorse any one religion. America is the greatest nation because we have always valued personal liberty, individualism, gun rights, free markets, and the freedom of religion. Forcing people to oberserve a certain religions "day of rest" is not government neutrality.
The other law I wanted to address is the ban on the sale of alcohol. As most of you know I absolutely abhor government abuse of power, and usurping the power of individuals to make free choices. God created man to have free will and yet these two laws, because of their goal to enforce morality, actually force the citizens, and businesses of these states to be moral. No where is that in your Constitution. The reason I feel so passionatly on this issue is many times it seems I attack the political "left" of this country so I wanted to take this oppurtunity to show that the political "right" especially evangelical Christians can also use the Government to abuse other people's rights. In fact the evangelical Christian voter bloc is the number one 'caucus' in this country that tries to use the government to bully other individuals.
I find it sadly hilarious when certain Christians get upset in this country that the Homosexual community, or some other group they disagree with tries to use the government in the same manner they have, that is to say a bully pulpit. "Government is to make no law regarding the establishment of religion" Amendment number 1 of your Federal Constitution.
The government is necessary for only one reason! To protect individuals from aggression and stop anyone else from violating anothers Civil Liberties. Instead of that, in America we have a government that does the exact opposite, opting rather to be a moral compass.
Yours in Liberty,
Nate
Dum spiro spero
In Lexington county only gas stations, restuarants, and grocery stores are allowed to be open on Sundays before 1:30pm. I am against this law because in no way is it a proper Seperation of Church and State. The only reason this law exists is to encourage Church attendence which is in no way what government is supposed to do. For this reason I don't think it's even debatable that this law is not vaible in the eyes of the Seperation clause. Are churches in so much trouble that they must use government to keep people from shopping or having alternatives apart from Church Services? This law is hypocritical, just a laughable excuse at saving face. I work at Target in Lexington SC and I go in every other Sunday at 6 a.m. just like every other day. If your going to make a law aimed at raising church attendence and forcing people to observe a religious "holy" day then at least don't allow companies (you keep from opening) to have employees still work.
The Government is not supposed to endorse any one religion. America is the greatest nation because we have always valued personal liberty, individualism, gun rights, free markets, and the freedom of religion. Forcing people to oberserve a certain religions "day of rest" is not government neutrality.
The other law I wanted to address is the ban on the sale of alcohol. As most of you know I absolutely abhor government abuse of power, and usurping the power of individuals to make free choices. God created man to have free will and yet these two laws, because of their goal to enforce morality, actually force the citizens, and businesses of these states to be moral. No where is that in your Constitution. The reason I feel so passionatly on this issue is many times it seems I attack the political "left" of this country so I wanted to take this oppurtunity to show that the political "right" especially evangelical Christians can also use the Government to abuse other people's rights. In fact the evangelical Christian voter bloc is the number one 'caucus' in this country that tries to use the government to bully other individuals.
I find it sadly hilarious when certain Christians get upset in this country that the Homosexual community, or some other group they disagree with tries to use the government in the same manner they have, that is to say a bully pulpit. "Government is to make no law regarding the establishment of religion" Amendment number 1 of your Federal Constitution.
The government is necessary for only one reason! To protect individuals from aggression and stop anyone else from violating anothers Civil Liberties. Instead of that, in America we have a government that does the exact opposite, opting rather to be a moral compass.
Yours in Liberty,
Nate
Dum spiro spero
1.12.2009
Political Humor
Democrats believe:
A teacher who can't teach 4th graders to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
There would be no art without Federal Funding.
Standardized tests are rascists, but racial quotas aren't.
Taxes are to low but ATM fees are to high.
Guns in the hands of law abiding citizens are more dangerous than an all powerful government in Washington.
Business creates oppression and governments create prosperity.
that anyone who disagrees with you is either a) a right wing fundamentalist who listens to too much talk radio, b) a heartless conservative who wants everyone to make $2 and hour, or c) a stupid redneck who beats his wife and owns too many guns
despite vast volumes of evidence to the contrary, business regulations and welfare codes written by rich people really do benefit the poor
that banning cheap guns so poor people can’t protect themselves as easily is “progressive”
that the Great Depression ended because Franklin Roosevelt was a courageous leader who dared to spend a lot of other people’s money, and not because of more favorable economic conditions following the Second World War
Republicans Believe:
despite vast evidence to the contrary, perpetual warfare can be waged by a limited, non-intrusive government
that violating the Constitution so innocent people are not protected by the law is “patriotic”
that terrorism and hatred towards America are spread by a lack of US Military occupations
that the best way to help the poor is to have the government give more of their money to the rich
that welfare-statism is done for economic well-being when it is done by a Republican president
Libertarians believe:
The Second Amendment is the only gun permit you need.
Taxes are ridiculously high.
The left is to left and the right is just plain wrong.
In the Bill of Rights.
There are to many laws.
Government is force. (Gun to your head)
In Civil Liberties.
Self-responsibility.
Adults should be allowed to consume whatever they see fit into their bodies as long as they don't threaten another humans life.
Your Sex Life is Private.
Government should not define marriage. Consenting adults should be allowed to marry whoever, and as many other adults as they want.
Seat belt laws are an invasion of privacy.
Parents best know how to raise their children not the state.
______________________________________________________________
I hope you guys found this funny and brutally honest look at the American political parties.
A teacher who can't teach 4th graders to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
There would be no art without Federal Funding.
Standardized tests are rascists, but racial quotas aren't.
Taxes are to low but ATM fees are to high.
Guns in the hands of law abiding citizens are more dangerous than an all powerful government in Washington.
Business creates oppression and governments create prosperity.
that anyone who disagrees with you is either a) a right wing fundamentalist who listens to too much talk radio, b) a heartless conservative who wants everyone to make $2 and hour, or c) a stupid redneck who beats his wife and owns too many guns
despite vast volumes of evidence to the contrary, business regulations and welfare codes written by rich people really do benefit the poor
that banning cheap guns so poor people can’t protect themselves as easily is “progressive”
that the Great Depression ended because Franklin Roosevelt was a courageous leader who dared to spend a lot of other people’s money, and not because of more favorable economic conditions following the Second World War
Republicans Believe:
despite vast evidence to the contrary, perpetual warfare can be waged by a limited, non-intrusive government
that violating the Constitution so innocent people are not protected by the law is “patriotic”
that terrorism and hatred towards America are spread by a lack of US Military occupations
that the best way to help the poor is to have the government give more of their money to the rich
that welfare-statism is done for economic well-being when it is done by a Republican president
Libertarians believe:
The Second Amendment is the only gun permit you need.
Taxes are ridiculously high.
The left is to left and the right is just plain wrong.
In the Bill of Rights.
There are to many laws.
Government is force. (Gun to your head)
In Civil Liberties.
Self-responsibility.
Adults should be allowed to consume whatever they see fit into their bodies as long as they don't threaten another humans life.
Your Sex Life is Private.
Government should not define marriage. Consenting adults should be allowed to marry whoever, and as many other adults as they want.
Seat belt laws are an invasion of privacy.
Parents best know how to raise their children not the state.
______________________________________________________________
I hope you guys found this funny and brutally honest look at the American political parties.
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