Politics and Government in America

Okay, I’m sure that most of you remember last year when I told you about Joy Behar from “The View” calling Rush Limbaugh a terrorist. For those of you who don’t, please take the time to read the archives.  Well it has happened again, only this time it wasn’t Joy Behar, it was the speaker of the California state legislature. And it wasn’t Rush Limbaugh, it was any conservative that dares to speak out against Democrat plans.

In the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, Karen Bass was quoted as saying, “Well, the Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now some are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat. You vote for revenue and your career is over. I don’t know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it’s about free speech but it’s extremely unfair.” That’s right folks, according to Democrats, you are a terrorist if you let your elected representatives know where you stand on an issue.  And you are particularly dangerous if you disagree with liberals.

Now remember, these are the same people who refuse to label Osama ibn-Laden and his followers as terrorists. They want to give people who are trying to destroy our country the same protections as those who are citizens of it. More importantly, they claim to be the ones who are open minded and love tolerance and bipartisanship. Yet, clearly such tolerance does not extend to ideas. More importantly, it seems clear that to Democrats, the most dangerous foe our country has to face is it’s freedom loving citizens.

So to review, if you are a fanatic who wants to tear down the freedoms and ideas that our country is built on, then people must try and understand you and reach out to you. However, if you believe in freedom and small government; if you stand for lower taxes and the empowerment of the individual, then you are a terrorist and should be silenced and sent to prison.  Perhaps that is why Democrats don’t want Obama to close Club Gitmo. They are hoping to start shipping conservatives to it.

It turns out that Texas is not as patriotic as you might think. In two separate stories that have broke this week it appears that patriotism is being attacked in Texas. In Dallas, a disabled veteran has been threatened with having his car towed and fined by his local homeowners association for proudly displaying Marine Corp stickers on his car. The homeowners association has determined that his stickers constitute an advertisement, although his neighbors bumper stickers supporting Barack Obama do not.

Meanwhile in Mansfield Texas, a woman was forced to take down the flag which she had hung in her office when the hospital that she works at received complaints from one of her co-workers. The woman who complained had actually immigrated to the United States from Western Africa, but found the symbol of the country she chose to live in to be offensive. Hospital administrators argued that the flag being displayed outside the building should be satisfactory.

So what we have here is two separate incidents where patriotic Americans have been told that supporting their country and it’s military is not acceptable. Where is this coming from? It’s real simple, we have a president who is running around the world apologizing for America and telling the rest of the world what a rotten place he thinks America is. Meanwhile his followers are ready to elevate him even higher the president. Even Thomas of Newsweek told Chris Matthews “I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God…He’s the teacher. He is going to say, ‘now, children, stop fighting and quarreling with each other.’ And he has a kind of a moral authority that he – he can – he can do that.” So does it surprise anyone that when we have a bunch of people thinking that the president is the Messiah and he hates America, that his followers are going to feel empowered to attack those of us who were proud of our country before last year?

It’s time to wake up and get back to the things that made our country what it is. Smaller government, pride in what we have accomplished, individual achievement, an acceptance of all people, and an understanding of what principles made us what we are. Freedom takes work and it takes responsibility. We don’t need a nanny to take care of us. The American people can do a better job looking after ourselves the the government can. It just requires convincing America of that.

Three things have occurred to bring hope back to America this week. First of all conservative parties in Europe made sizable gains in their elections. Second, a new found that a majority of Americans believe that the stimulus is not working and the Republicans would do a better job of managing the economy. Finally, in a surprise turn around, the mainstream media has been becoming more critical of Barack Obama.

That means that there is hope that America is beginning to see just who and what President Obama is. It is time for the Republicans to start pushing true conservative solutions for America’s problems. Bigger government is not the answer, the answer is more freedom an more flexibility. It is time to put America back on track, and the country is beginning to wake up and see that Obama’s way is not the way.

Carrie Prejean, the Miss California who made news by announcing her support for traditional marriage, has been fired by the Miss Universe directors. According to the press release, she was fired for “failure to fulfill contract obligations.” Ms. Prejean supposedly refused to attend several events on behalf of Miss California USA, says the executive director Kieth Lewis.  So what events did Miss Prejean refuse to attend? According to sources in California they were Anti-Prop 8/pro-gay marriage rallies.

Meanwhile, despite claiming this is not about Ms. Prejean’s politics, Miss California USA welcomed back Shanna Moakler who quit after Ms. Prejean was allowed to keep her title last month.  Ms. Moakler has been making the rounds supporting gay marriage groups all over California. In fact, even when he was co-director of Miss California USA she was make appearances at these events, even as the group was threatening Ms. Prejan with loosing her crown for openly supporting traditional marriage activists.

So what it boils down to is that Miss California lost her crown for refusing to compromise her principles and appear to support a behavior that she is opposed to. They fired her for standing up for her principles and exercising her right to speak her mind. I don’t care what side of the debate on gay marriage that you are on, this should give you a chill. Imagine the outcry if sse had been fired after expressing a pro-gay marriage position. The mass media like CBS and NBC, the Sunday shows, the morning shows, and the cable news networks would all be filled with the outrage over this incident. However, if this is even covered at all, beyond a small blurb, it will be all about how enlightened they are in California for getting rid of a bigot and not allowing a homophobe to represent them. Never mind that the majority of California’s population agrees with her.

This has shown a new low for political correctness. It doesn’t matter whether you agree with Ms. Prejean or not, the fact that she is being fired for expressing an unpopular political viewpoint should outrage you. This is the entire reason the founders put Freedom of Speech in the Constitution. Popular speech needs no protection, usually the majority will see that it is heard. In this case, the liberals in the media and in Washington will see to it that we here their veiw point whether the majority agrees or not. Unpopular speech is what needs protecting. Unfortunately, in this case, it is the majority viewpoint that needs protecting.