Up until November the 18th, all seemd like it had been lost. The government was moving ahead with national health care, like it or not. Our politicians, as often happens under liberal leadership, thought that the American people were somehow unable to make informed decisions on matters that affected their own lives. We were made to look like inept pieces of the socialism puzzle that the Obama administration was trying to put together. When the pieces of the puzzle didn't fit nice and neat, the administration simply bent the corners (the special deal given to Nebraska for the support of their Senator Ben Nelson on the issue of national health care) and pushed a little harder to ensure that each piece was in place. To the average American citizen such as myself, it seemed like there was nothing more we could do. No matter how obvious it was that the American people were against this monstrosity of a bill, it was just as obvious that our government would do what they wanted to anyway. The old adage of one person can make a difference seemed like a distant memory of a country that we were leaving behind. But then something funny happened. The calander flipped to November the 19th, the day of the special Senate election in Massachusetts. The Democratic candidate represented everything the current administration stood for. Higher taxes, less individual control, bigger government and socialistic health care. The people of the United States were against her but Barack Obama was giving speeches on her behalf. Obama wins, right? Not so fast. The Republican candidate, Scott Brown, had something that the Democrats did not have; common sense. Scott Brown ran a campaign that focused on the things that Americans value. Individual responsibility, lower taxes, smaller government and a tough stance when it comes to terrorism highlighted Scott Brown's agenda and struck a chord with Americans. Trailing Coakley by thrity points with a month to go, Scott Brown kept his nose to the grind and beat Coakley by five points in a state that had elected Ted Kennedy to the Senate for forty-six years. Immediately after the election, the Democrats were jumping off of the national health care boat like it was a sinking ship. If those same Democrats had listened to the American people in the first place, they would realize that the health care ship is already sitting on the bottom of the ocean. With the special election for one Senate seat, I realized something big. The American people were still alive. One person with common sense solutions can still make a difference. With that being said, we must stay vigilant. The Obama administration will try to make it look like it is their idea to slow down national health care. They will try to fool us into believing that they have seen the light. We will know better though. Not because we are college professors or members of the media, not becuase we are multi millionaire businessmen. We will know better because we are Americans, and when push comes to shove, we still control this country.

When is enough finally enough? I am sick and tired of the march we are making towards socialism! Sooner or later, as American citizens, we have to be honest with ourselves, even if that means admitting things that make us feel vulnerable. I urge you to take a look at the current national debt. America, we are broke beyond broke. We cannot afford our current social security system, our broken Medicare and Medicaid system, or our wasteful spending to bail out companies that make horrible business decisions. Any logical thinking American would admit that the way we handle money at the federal level would never work in our own households.Sooner or later the bill collector comes knocking at the front door. However, with the understanding that we are broke, we are on the verge of giving the government control of our health care system. It almost feels like a bad dream. Are we, the American citizens, that ignorant? Do we really believe that more government control of our lives, especially regarding control that involves money, is the smart thing to do? I would surely hope not. Our current political class is living in a land of make believe. They vote at the feet of special interests. They listen to their constituents only when the ideas of the politician and citizen are alike. They lie to us, believing that we are incapable of thinking for ourselves. November of 2010 is, without doubt, the election in which we will make our choice. Will we choose the free enterprise, capitalistic system that generates the most wealth for the most people? The same system that values individual choice and responsibility over bureaucratic control? Or will we choose the socialistic system that has lead most of Europe down the road to tyranny? That system is the same system that values the group over the individual. It is hard to grasp the fact that we may be living in the final days of the American system that we have come to love. We are giving our freedoms away to a group of politicians that cannot understand a budget, cannot figure out how to make money running Amtrak and that cannot get you through the line at the DMV in less than two hours. These are the people that we are on the verge of giving power over our healthcare to? Wake up America, we are not that stupid! A quote from Thomas Jefferson offers some insight into our current predicament. He said that "The natural progress is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." The government is gaining ground, America. The question is, will we yield to them? God help us if we do!

The nation is waking up, finally! Our two year hibernation as a nation is over and we are starting to get hungry again. The funny thing is that the country wants "CHANGE," again. Isn't it funny that Barack Obama's promise of change has made the nation hungrier for change than it has ever been? A recent Gallup poll, conducted from November the 5th through the 8th showed that forty-eight percent of those polled said that if the Congressional elections were held today they would vote for the Republican candidate. Forty-four percent said that they would vote for the Democrat. Taking it a step further, independent voters, the ones that usually decide an election, would choose the Republican over the Democrat by a fifty-two percent to thirty percent margin. A difference of twenty-two percent among independents! And, despite the billions of dollars that Obama has wasted on the economy, the number one reason for the strong Republican support? The economy! Why is the Republican support such a positive sign this far from the elections? A quick look at last years poll reveals the reason for optimism. Last April, the same poll revealed that the Democrats enjoyed a thirteen point lead over the Republicans during the House congressional elections. The winds of change are blowing hard, America, and we must capitalize on it. We must not sit back on our laurels and enjoy what seems to be an imminent victory. Instead, we must forge ahead and continue to expose the corrupt, socialist fraud that has hijacked our nation. We must continue to educate our friends, family and neighbors to make sure that this type of hysteria does not happen again. We must, never again, accept the fact that certain media outlets do not require answers to questions that must be asked prior to the American people voting for a politician. Barack Obama promised us change, and in doing so, he did not lie. He is trying to change the country alright, but thank God the American people are largely resisting the change. I think, maybe naively, that the American people have realized the change that they need. It's not a change of our fundamental beliefs or ideology, but rather a change of the lunatics that are running our country. We have paid a price for our ignorance of the past several years. In fact, we may pay an even bigger price before the next election cycle rolls around. But, as the old saying goes, no pain no gain, right? A long term conservative movement that brings our country back to where the founders intended it to be would be well worth the circus that we have had to endure for the past year! When the 2010 congressional elections roll around, if all goes as planned, we will all owe the Obama- Pelosi extreme regime a genuine thank you for awaking the American people. Although we, as a nation, may not have the greenest grass in the neighborhood, it is still the yard with the least amount of dog crap in it!

I just don't understand it. Why is it that every time the government tries to get involved in something they have to go against everything that the majority of Americans stand for? Why is it that the national consensus only matters if the national consensus agrees with the particular government intervention that is being called for? Take the issue of national health care. Tucked deep inside of this bill, page 110 of section 222 to be exact, there is a clause that states abortion will be allowed under the proposed government run health care plan. Did you know that? Whether you agree with the right to an abortion or not will not be argued here. There is an underlying issue that must be brought into the light of day. I know, I know, our politicians aren't used to doing things in the daylight where everyone can see what's happening, but bear with me for a moment. Under this Pelosi backed bill, everyone who is enrolled in the government health care plan, and we all know that eventually everyone will be financially forced into it through unbearable tax rates on private policies, everyone will pay an abortion premium! Don't believe me? Think I am some crazy right wing zealot? Read page 96, line 16, section 213. It's right there for all to see. The problem is nobody's looking!! Everytime that an individual sends a check to good ol' Uncle Sam for their health care premiums, the government sets aside a portion of that premium for abortions. That absolutely makes my stomach churn!! By doing this, the government is telling you that they do not care about your individual ideology or morals. They don't care if you think that abortion is a sin or immoral, you are still going to fund it via your tax dollars. This is a perfect example of why we have got to make sure that government stays as far away from our personal lives as possible. As citizens of the United States, we do enough to damage our moral standing in the world. Do we really need the governments help in that arena? I think not. When it boils right down to it, I would rather quit my job and live under the nearest overpass, as long as there is an IHOP nearby, than send my tax dollars to Uncle Sam so that he can help pay for something that I find to be unacceptable. Read the bill people, and call your Senators and Representatives! You will realize, when you take the time to read it, that you are being asked to pay for things that you alone will have to answer for later, and the government will not be standing at that gate with you!!

Tomorrow is a big day! The first elections since the Obama administration took over will occur on November the third and could signal the first signs of life from a nation that is finally waking up to the political fraud that is happening inside the beltway. This could not be illustrated better than the race that is heating up for an upstate New York congressional seat. The race started with two choices. The Democratic incumbant, Bill Ownes, and the "Republican" challenger, Dede Scozzafava. But then something interesting happened. A local businessman by the name of Doug Hoffman put his name on the ballot. He has no political carreer, but was unimpressed with the choices that were being offered. He saw no distinct difference between the Democratic and Republican options. The Republican party was quick to attack Hoffman and his small band of followers, saying that Scozzafava was the best option that Republican voters would have come election day. Hoffman remained positive and determined. After Hoffman secured the support of Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson, two Republican heavyweights, Scozzafava dropped out of the race. What she did next clearly illustrates the point that Hoffman was making when he put his name on the ballot. Scozzafava threw her support to the Democrat!! This was a clear example of what has happened in Washington. The Democratic and Republican parties have become one in the same. There is no distinction between the two anymore. Out of control spending is no longer solely a Democrat problem. The disease has entangled both parties. In most elections you have a choice between the socialist (the democratic nominee) or the progressive (the Republican nominee.) Luckily for the voters in New York, there is another option this year, the Conservative Doug Hoffman. If Hoffman manages to win a congressional seat in one of the most liberal states in the nation, it will signal, at last, that the American people have awoke from their twenty year hibernation and could be the birth of a new conservative third party in this country. Tomorrow we could finally have a third party that is made up of common sense people that want what is best for America. Pay close attention America, something big is happening tomorrow. For those currently serving in Washington, you better pay close attention as well. I have a feeling that your wake up call is less than twenty -four hours away!!

It sounds pretty innocent, at least if you haven'te paid attention to the government for the past, let's say, fifty years. A public "option" for health care coverage. Sounds neat doesn't it? I mean, the word option implies that Americans would have the option of choosing government health care or sticking with their employer based or privately purchased health care. Americans would have a choice and choices are good. However, if you look closer at the health care bill that is about to his the floor of the congress, the "option" looks more and more like the fact that Oprah has the option not to scarf down three big macs for lunch. There is no option, let me explain. Under this proposed change to our health care system, you would have the initial option to buy the government coverage or stick with your privately owned or employer based coverage. However, if your policy exceeds the amount of coverage that the United States government thinks is necessary, they will tax you an additional 40% of that coverage if you choose to keep it. Let's keep it simple by assuming you have a policy that costs you five hundred dollars a month, or $6,000 dollars a year. You choose to keep that policy instead of switching over to the Obama care package that you are offered. Your policy, which costs you the $6,000 dollars last year will now cost you an additional 2,400 dollars, bringing the total to $8,400. If you have employer based health care coverage, your employer will have to either eat the additional costs, yeah right, or pass that cost down to you in the form of reduced coverage or higher premiums. Either way, you lose. If a business owner has 100 employess, the 40% tax would cost them an additonal 240,000 dollars per year. The option is pretty simple to the small business. Drop the coverage for your employees, which will force them into the government coverage, or pay the additional $240,000 and close your doors for good. This is exactly how our government works. They tell us there is an option, which, taken at face value, there is. However, by taxing existing coverage by 40%, they take the "option" right out of the public option. Let's assume that you buy your own 6,000 dollar coverage and have the choice of paying 8,400 dollars for the same coverage next year or switching over to a more affordable government plan. Which do you decide? The choice would be pretty easy and the government knows that. By artificially increeasing the prices of premiums in the form of a 40% tax, the government is basically forcing every working man and woman into their little socailist paradise that they like to call the public option. And then you become a statistic that the government will use to promote their other socialist policies. They will point to the fact that millions of Americans "chose" the government option and will use that to tell you government intervention is good. What they will forget to mention is the fact that the only option you had was to drop your existing coverage in exchange for being able to afford those pesky little things you call groceries. They have managed to trick us into this no win game of chess and we were stupid enough, again, to agree to the game in the first place. As is usually the case with our government, when we open the door just a little bit and think that we can have an honest debate with them, they always, and I mean always barge the door down and criticize those who dare to question their motives. Mark my word, America, if we let the United States government get involved in our health care business, we are not five years from being a socialist, government monopolized country that will not be able to climb out of the hole that we have dug. But we do have the "option" everyone and that makes me feel a lot better, you?

The other day I was driving home from work when I got this really helpless feeling. I felt that there was nothing more I could do to help save the country. It just seemed as though the situation had spun completely out of control and that there was nothing more I could do to help. I knew I had to make a phone call. I called one of my best friends. This is the friend, I am sure everyone has one, that disagrees with just about everything I believe in, but disagrees with me in a respectful debate. Usually, at the end of the debate, we have both made minor concessions and walk away or hang up believeing in the same major principles that we did before the debate, but also believing in new minor principles that will forever change the way that we look at the major issues. We listened to each other without yelling, without cursing at each other and even managed to make each other laugh. After we had both hung up the phone, I realized something. The country can still be saved. The problem that we have in this country is that nobody seems to want to argue for what they believe is right. I called Dave because I WANTED TO ARGUE. Not for the sake of arguing, but to reassure myself that my strong beliefs and desires for this country had not faded. They hadn't. Honest argument and debate is the only way to reach sensible and logical conclusions. Although no major conclusions were made during my one hour conversation with my friend, he had managed to reassure me that the fire inside my belly was not gone. I hope I did the same for him. Thank you Dave!! If you find yourself feeling helpless in the current situation that our country finds itself in, find an issue that you feel passionate about and argue your point. You never know, somebody may find the time to listen.

I don't even know where to begin. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past week, or have only been watching CBS, MSNBC or ABC News, then you have probably heard or seen the recent ACORN videos that first surfaced on FOX News. The videos show a courageous couple that are posing as a p imp and a prostitute and are trying to get help from ACORN on setting up a brothel that would "employee" underage children being used as prostitutes. This is a government funded office, with government funded scum bag employees that use taxpayers dollars to fund their corrupt activities. That's right America, your tax dollars are going to these people so that they can give advice on setting up an illegal prostitution house that would use underage girls as prostitutes. If you haven't thrown up yet, there is something wrong with you. Yesterday, the Senate voted to end all government funding of ACORN, however, SEVEN SENATORS VOTED TO CONTINUE, YES CONTINUE FUNDING ACORN WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS. Are you serious? Is this what we have become as a nation? This story goes beyond Republican and Democrat disagreements. This is a human dignity story. Are we really going to allow groups like this to have access to our hard earned tax dollars that are stolen from us week after week by dishonest, repugnant politicians. The seven senators that voted in favor of continuing ACORN funding are: Roland Burris (D-ILL.), Richard Durbin (D-ILL), Pat Leahy (D-VT), Bernard Sanders (D-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Kristin Gillibrand (D-NY), and Robert Casey (D-PA). Obviously, these senators think that it is ok for groups that receive federal funding, which is lingo for YOUR MONEY, to advise people on how to successfully rig the system to ensure that any illegal activity or business is able to operate. This issue is not a republican or democratic issue, people, it is an issue that deals with illegal activity. The Senate finds it unacceptable that Major League Baseball players use steroids and have well publicized hearings to ostracize and criticize them, yet we have seven senators WORKING FOR US, that think government funded illegal advice is acceptable. The situation is out of control. Why do we allow our politicians to act this way? If you live in one of the states that had a senator vote in favor of ACORN funding you should be irate. You owe it to the rest of the country to pick up the phone and ask them what the hell they are thinking. Tell them that their days in the senate are numbered and that you will do everything in your power to ensure that they do not get reelected. If you don't feel compelled to make a phone call to these people, quite frankly, I consider you part of the problem. Here are the phone numbers for the Senators that need a reprimanding call from you:

Roland Burris: (202) 224-2854

Richard Durbin: (202) 224-2152

Pat Leahy:(202) 224-4242

Bernard Sanders:(202) 224-5141

Sheldon Whitehouse :(202) 224-2921

Kristin Gillibrand : (202) 224-4451

Robert Casey :(202) 224-6324

Do not call these people because you are a republican or democrat. Call them because you are sick and tired of them treating the political process as their very own game of monopoly. Call them because it is the right thing to do!!

Great site for those wanting to get involved. Lists every senator with a link to their email, has a forum for debate, a guestbook and even a store with cool shirts. www.voicewithavote.com

Just when you think it cannot get any dumber, our beloved President comes to the rescue and proves to us that it can. That's right, the man who promised to give us change, cleaner air and lower taxes on the middle class has stooped to an all time low in the American political arena. What has Obama done, you ask, to get me all flustered? O.K, here it goes. He has planned to address grade school kids and speak to them on the issues of today. That's right, our President, the most powerful man in the world has decided that speaking to millions of grade school kids is more important than finalizing our new strategy in Afghanistan, more important than getting our economy back on track and even more important than keeping a muzzle on his incompetent vice president. I am sure that little Johnny and cute little Susie cannot wait to hear the latest updates on the Islamic Fascist resurgence in Northern Pakistan. I bet they are excited to rush home and tell their parents that the cash for clunkers program was a smashing hit, so much so that they federal government is planning to implement a similar program on your home appliances. What has happened here is pretty simple. The adults in this country, although to took way too long, have learned that there is nothing of value coming from Obama's mouth. Most well educated, hell even uneducated people in this country now see Obama for what he is, a pathetic socialist who is willing to do whatever is necessary to furhter his deomocracy killing ideas. I guess Obama should feel mighty powerful knowing that he will have the attention of millions of junior Americans who do not know the difference between Republican and Democrat and who still are forced to raise their hands before going to use the restroom. American adults can be brainwashed no more by this lunatic. Thankfully, however, little Johnny and Susie have used all of their hall passes this week and will have to be in their seats when Obama mania sweeps the grade schools. I do think it will be interesting to see if Obama is sporting that short little mustache that the guy from Germany used to wear. And maybe we can make all of the students wear those cute little armbands.

By now I am sure that you have heard or read about the outrage that AIG has caused over their 165 million dollars worth of bonuses to company executives. The outrage is real and warranted, but a fundamental look at the situation will take you to an all too common conclusion. AIG, the world's leading international insurance agency, is stationed and operable in over 130 countries and jurisdictions. The federal government, currently led by Barack Obama and the Pelosi Democrats, decided that a failing AIG needed 85 billion dollars of taxpayer money to ensure the insurance giant did not go under. The only problem, aside from the government intervening in the private sector, was that AIG was not required to explain how the money would be spent or how they planned to make their company more competitive and profitable. Because of this lack of foresight, the federal government is not mighty angry over all of the bonus money that AIG is shelling out to its "top" employees. Examples like this are precisely why the federal government should stay out of the private sector. If a company is mismanaged or fails to meet customers needs and desires, they should be allowed to fail, no matter how big they are. Some lessons in life are learned the hard way and some never seem to be learned at all. Failing businesses learn the hard way when they fail. The must either reorganize and plan for success or go under. Unfortunately, the American people have failed to learn that just about everything the federal government puts their hands on turns into incompetence. Just look at the line at the DMV, the mess that social security is in, and now how they have misunderstood and are now mismanaging the private sector. The American people will someday learn that the federal government does not deserve a seat at the table which is the private sector. Unfortunately, by the time we do, there may not be any food left on the table.