Post Scripts

Posted by Tina

The state of Utah is not letting the dysfunction of the federal government ruin their state’s ability to welcome tourists to the beautiful parks located within its borders. Is this a sign that the people are beginning to realize that the founders vested power in the people? Let us hope so. Utah will loan our government a few bucks…US News has the story:

“The world should know Utah is open for business,” said Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, after he signed a contract with the Federal government that would allow Utah to open its five national parks by Saturday.

The deal requires Utah to pay to a total of $1.67 million for the 10 days, $166,572 a day, so eight sites – including five national parks, two national monuments and a national recreation area – can reopen as early as Saturday morning.

The deal came after Herbert wrote a letter to President Obama on Tuesday, requesting that Utah’s national parks and monuments be allowed to open. On Wednesday, Herbert offered to lend money from the state to get the government running. Herbert and Utah legislators then spent all of Thursday composing a contract that Interior Secretary Sally Jewell could accept. Jewell authorized the reopening in a phone call early Friday morning, saying that parks could reopen within 24 hours of the money transfer.

Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands are the five national parks that bring millions of tourists from around the world to Utah’s soil. Zion National Park alone boasts 3 million visitors annually.

With millions of taxpayer dollars flowing to the federal government daily, and with a bill to fund all of of government except the ACA on the table, it is a bit cheesy that Utah has to lend the federal government some money just to keep the parks open to tourists.

Posted by Tina

David Horowitz is an interesting man. He spent his youth under the big red tent, participating fully with the radical communist elements that now own the Democrat Party. His personal story is riveting. Horowitz tells us in his book, Radical Son, of his early life and his involvement in the dark world of the Berkley radicals of the 1960’s and 70’s. Ultimately his is the story of a man coming home to discover the value of freedom. Every American should read this book. Young people especially will find Radical Son a fascinating and eye opening read.

Perhaps drawing from these early experiences, Horowitz once again Horowitz discusses what he sees as a very real threat to our freedoms. The radicals he once associated with have now moved into positions of authority, power, and prominence in America, just as they planned to do years ago. His background adds authenticity and weight to his perspective. I hope you will consider his warning in the article, “The Threat We Face,” allowing it to open your own perspective. Horowitz begins:

I was born at the beginning of the Second World War into a family of high school teachers who were members of the Communist Party, and therefore were actually part of a vast conspiracy dedicated to the destruction of this country, although they would never have looked at it that way, and so-called liberals would be the first to deny it.

In those days, the schools were old fashioned enough that my parents did not use their classrooms to indoctrinate students as tens of thousands of university professors and even more K-12 teachers regularly do today. It is also an unhappy but hugely important fact that the conspiracy to which my parents belonged has steadily migrated into the heart of the Democratic Party until it now occupies the Oval Office in the person of our president, Barack Obama, and his closest advisors… (continues)

People like David have so much to teach us. Many of us take our freedoms for granted and remain totally unaware of the threat radicals pose to our way of life. We are busy and don’t think we have the time to be involved. But there are times when not being involved can cost too much. this is one of those time. David sound the alarm in another segment:

Today the Obama juggernaut is systematically bankrupting our country, and undoing our constitutional arrangements. Its contempt for consultative and representative government is relentlessly on display. This week Senate Majority leader Harry Reid defended his refusal to negotiate with Republicans over Obamacare and the debt in these words: “We are here to support the federal government. That’s our job.” End quote. Forget about representing the people whom our Founders made sovereign. Forget what America is about.

The fact that I had a radical past allowed me to see much of this coming. But even I never thought we would be looking so soon at the prospect of a one-party state. Those words may sound hyperbolic, but take a moment to think about it. If you have transformed the taxing agency of the state into a political weapon – and Obama has; if you are setting up a massive government program to gather the financial and health information of every citizen, and control their access to care; and if you have a spy agency that can read the mail and listen to the communications of every individual in the country, you don’t really need a secret police to destroy your political opponents. Once you have silenced them, you can proceed with your plans to remake the world in your image.

The President promised to fundamentally transform the country, We warned people right after he said that during the elections in 2007 that transformation is different than change. We change laws all the time. transformation indicates a wholly different form of government. Something completely different. Don’t let that happen. Get involved and rid this country of those who would rob us of our God given freedoms!

Posted by Tina

I couldn’t think of a better reason to keep government out of healthcare than this! The President’s website, Healthcare.gov not only doesn’t work but it has cost the American taxpayer $500 Million…so far. This price tag is, according to the site, Digital Trends, much more than it cost private sector companies to build familiar online companies:

Facebook, which received its first investment in June 2004, operated for a full six years before surpassing the $500 million mark in June 2010. Twitter, created in 2006, managed to get by with only $360.17 million in total funding until a $400 million boost in 2011. Instagram ginned up just $57.5 million in funding before Facebook bought it for (a staggering) $1 billion last year. And LinkedIn and Spotify, meanwhile, have only raised, respectively, $200 million and $288 million.

Government has a long history of spending money unnecessarily. But in an age when the U.S is home to the world’s largest, most successful Internet companies, how is it possible that we can’t even manage to build a functional website without blowing through hundreds of millions of dollars?

When people spend other peoples money they don’t have a care in the world because they have very little…less than miniscule…skin in the game, to borrow President Obama’s favorite phrase. They also don’t worry about getting it right…not their bottom line at risk.

This government run business represents a hidden cost of our healthcare that if left in the private sector would be born by private businessmen. Remember when you are paying those higher premiums, co-pays, and deductibles that you will also bear the cost of an exchange that works very badly, requires a certain amount of bureaucratic oversight, and will need IT maintenance on an ongoing basis.

Submitted by Peggy just for fun….

Are You Smarter Than A 60 Year Old?

THIS WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT… THE ANSWERS WERE ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE….BUT……

DON’T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT OUT – A TEST FOR ‘OLDER’ KIDS. The answers are printed below, (after the questions) but don’t cheat! answer them first…..

01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don’t know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________________.

02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. .In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.

03. ‘Get your kicks, __________________.’

04. ‘The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ________________.’

05. ‘In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.’

06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we ‘danced’ under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the ‘_____________.’

07. Nestle’s makes the very best . .. . . _______________.’

08. Satchmo was America ‘s ‘Ambassador of Goodwill.’ Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.

09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.

10. Red Skeleton’s hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, ‘Good Night, and ‘________ ________… ‘

11.Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.

12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ___________&_______________.

13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, ‘the day the music died.’ This was a tribute to ___________________.

14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.

15.One of the big fads of the late 50’s and 60’s was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the __ ______________.

16. Remember LS/MFT_____ _____/_____ _____ _____?

17. Hey Kids! What time is it? It’s _____ ______ _____!

18. Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? The _____ Knows!

19. There was a song that came out in the 60’s that was “a grave yard smash” its name was the ______ ______!

20. Alka Seltzer used a “boy with a tablet on his head” as its Logo/Representative. What was the boy’s Name? ________

ANSWERS:

01.The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04.To protect the innocent.
05.The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06. The limbo
07. Chocolate
08. Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, The Freeloader and ‘Good Night and God Bless.’
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
16. Lucky Strike/Means Fine Tobacco
17. Howdy Doody Time
18. Shadow
19. Monster Mash
20. Speedy

Posted by Tina

The following information has been pulled from an opinion piece by David Malpass writing in the Wall Street Journal. It reflects the concerns of the Tea Party has about how unrestrained ever expanding government will negatively impact our futures and the futures of generations to come. These represent the big picture…problems that go well beyond the current battle in DC over budgets and the debt ceiling.

Please consider this information carefully. Then ask yourself, “What makes Ted Cruz and the Tea party so dangerous to you and to your future that the President, the Democrats, and soft-bellied Republicans have chosen to demonize them?” The answer to that question just might be important.

A staggering $250 billion per month, 80% of government spending, runs on autopilot without congressional control.

The federal government is spending $3.6 trillion per year without a budget.

The government has piled up $17 trillion in debt and $60 trillion more in unfunded spending promises.

The Federal Reserve will borrow $1.1 trillion in 2013 alone to buy bonds—and it reserves the right to borrow unlimited amounts for future bond purchases without congressional or presidential permission. – The result is a rapid shortening in the effective maturity of the national debt that benefits current politicians but puts taxpayers at risk. Like an adjustable-rate mortgage, the borrower, in this case the government, gets a lower interest rate now but will have to refinance at higher rates later. – Compounding the taxpayer risk, Treasury has scheduled a November launch of a new class of floating-rate debt that will compete with the Fed’s debt when interest rates begin to normalize. This leaves a huge portion of the national debt exposed to higher interest rates.

Rather than discuss restraint, the administration has increasingly turned to the Federal Reserve as a crutch. The Fed is borrowing and spending $85 billion per month on bonds, and it claims the legal authority to increase its debt at will.

To avoid future stalemates like the current one, making a legislative change is clearly imperative: The current debt-limit law, despite its name, operates to make the debt larger, not smaller. The law should be rewritten to mandate continuous spending restraint when debt exceeds the ceiling.

Ducking governance decisions year after year will leave the U.S. too weak to face global challenges.

The government shutdown reflects a Republican demand for permanent new checks and balances—to restrain a government that spends wildly without a budget, buys $1 trillion per year in overpriced bonds from an already-rich Wall Street, and micromanages federal medical care but exempts unions and Congress from the sting of regulations that affect others.

This spending is depriving the American people of jobs and making their money grow worthless. It is making it very difficult for young people to earn and save for their own futures and retirement. It is making our nation weak and therefore more vulnerable. It is robbing the people of the very things the country was founded to provide…life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We are at a crossroads. How your future rolls out will depend on the decisions you make today but also on the decisions our lawmakers make today, tomorrow and in the months and years to come. It’s time to demand reforms that limit government and out of control government spending. This is the aim of Ted Cruz and the Tea Party…people on the side of freedom and responsible limited government.

by Jack

When it comes to illegals slipping across the border by the millions (about 6.5 million to date) the federal government fails us, but when it comes to closing our parks, national monuments and beaches they can find cops to throw up the baracades and keep us out before you can say, sequestration.

Posted by Tina

Charges were made against the Koch brothers in comments that we aim to refute…listen up!

The (Old) Gray Lady (NYT) is barking for the Democrats again…throwing gasoline and lighting matches to fire up the base. But they can’t get away with it like they once did thanks to the internet. The New York Times story attempts to convince the masses that the (evil) Koch Brothers funded and hatched a plan to “shut down the government” in an attempt to “defund Obamacare”. But Breitbart exposes their viscious smear, meant to distract low information voters and rabid activist blog trolls from the Presidents low approval ratings, botched economic policy, and budget battle woes…the Prez has been less than presidential in the fight:

On Sunday, the New York Times dutifully carried out its Obama Administration marching orders and posited that “a galaxy of conservative groups” with Koch-backed money spent months devising a grand scheme to shutdown the government to defund Obamacare. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) read from the same talking points on Tuesday. “By shutting down the government, Republicans are satisfying the Koch Brothers while millions of people are suffering,” said Reid.

The Times’ own article, however, refutes the Obama Administration’s wild conspiracy theory. As the piece notes, “Not all the groups have been on board with the defunding campaign. Some, like the Koch-financed Americans for Prosperity, which spent $5.5 million on health care television advertisements over the past three months, are more focused on sowing public doubts about the law.” Furthermore, the Times cited Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips as saying, “We want to see this law repealed. We view this as a long-term effort.”

On Wednesday, Koch Companies Public Sector President Philip Ellender sent senators a letter responding to Sen. Reid’s attack on the Kochs. “There was false information presented about Koch on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Reid, who claimed yesterday that Koch was behind the shutdown of the federal government in an effort to defund the Affordable Care Act or ‘Obamacare’…Koch has not taken a position on the legislative tactic of tying the continuing resolution to defunding Obamacare nor have we lobbied on legislative provisions defunding Obamacare. (emphasis mine)

Ellender added: "We are hopeful this sets the record straight and that in the future Senator Reid and other politicians will stop misrepresenting and distorting Koch's positions."

Ironically, Mother Jones progressive writer David Corn makes it clear that the true genesis of the effort to defund Obamacare was borne out of a memo to the Groundswell group—a private group of top conservative leaders and activists—backing Obamacare's defunding and supporting efforts by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) toward that end. Corn reported that the memo, which helped spark the "Exempt America" grassroots movement, went to "conservative organizations that had backed Cruz on this initiative: the Club for Growth, Heritage Action, the National Taxpayers Union, the Family Research Council, FreedomWorks, the Tea Party Patriots, Americans for Prosperity, National Right to Life, Concerned Women for America, Citizens Against Government Waste, the Eagle Forum, Americans for Tax Reform, Independent Women's Voice, American Commitment, the Madison Project, the Senate Conservatives Fund, the Campaign for Liberty, Virginians for Quality Healthcare."

If Obama and Democrats want to attack Republicans for standing strong in defunding Obamacare, so be it. But at least get the facts right. The Tea Party and grassroots conservatives are the ones who sparked and are leading the fight, not the Kochs.

The article at Breitbart contains links to the NYT, Reid, the memo, and David Corn.

It should be noted that the above listed groups that are behind the movement to defund Obamacare did so on the basis that the President has (illegally) changed the law and exempted (delayed) corporate compliance for a year but has not given the same advantage to average Americans who buy their own insurance. This is unjust! And it isn’t the only time the President has altered laws without going through Congress.

Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for failing to demand that the President stand behind the law as written.

The groups above are Americans, exercising their right to free speech and assembly…and their right to petition their government. (That would include the Koch’s had they chosen to participate)

Posted by Tina

A 30 year old sandcastle contest held every year at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach has been shut down as part of the administration’s spiteful “make them pay” campaign. It’s pretty disgraceful when a sitting President stoops so low as to kick sand in a kids play day at the beach. The beach, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, has no lifeguards, no rangers, requires no funds for day-to-day operations, and is permanently open to the public. The nonprofit Leap event organizers explained: “We were told that we could be fined for trespassing and that our permit was no longer valid. We were also told that our event could be shut down by park rangers or by San Francisco police.”

And according to PJ Media, citing other sources, “This comes on the heels of the announcement earlier today that the Cliff House restaurant, which overlooks the beach where the contest is held, was also ordered to be closed indefinitely.”

I asked myself today, “What would President Bush have done in a similar situation?” In my opinion Bush worked for the people and would have done whatever he could to make sure it didn’t adversely affect the citizens of the country, businesses, our veterans, or children, for heaven’s sake! I can recall not a single instance of barriers being place in open air events (which cost money, by the way), vacationers being marched out of our parks, or children’s events being halted.

The President is a spiteful man and his presidency reflect it.

Short History of Debt Ceiling/Governmetn Shutdowns, by Barry Ritholtz makes for interesting casual reading.