CAPITALISM ROCKS AND SOCIALISM SUCKS

I'm disgusted that capitalism, free markets, and free enterprise get blamed for our economic malaise. Was it "capitalism", or "free markets" that gave us Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or the Federal Reserve, the three monopolistic government-created entities, whose ill-conceived policies of cheap money and easy credit are the root cause of the present deep and painful economic downturn. We don't have free markets, yet supposedly "unregulated" free markets are always blamed by our imbecilic politicians and bureaucrats who have never, and will never, admit their mistakes.

Here's an excerpt from my recent article on Red County, entitled, "Capitalism Rocks and Socialism Sucks":

"Capitalism equals economic freedom. Under true, free market capitalism, the consumer is king. They vote with their wallets for the businesses that provide the best products and services at the best prices, rewarding those businesses with their hard-earned, limited dollars. Businesses that fail to make customers king, fail to innovate, and fail to be efficient are eventually voted out of business, punishing the business and giving them the opportunity to learn from their mistakes (unless the government bails them out, rewarding them for their poor decision-making)."

Less Government = More Freedom

THOSE VOICES DON'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF US"

Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) and the Republican Study Committee present to you a new video featuring President Ronald Reagan reminding us how out of touch and radically far-left the Democrat Party has become. It replays excerpts from Ronald Reagan's 1964 speech, "A Time for Choosing", my all-time favorite political speech, with recent anti-freedom, anti-limited government, as yes, anti-American statements from current day Leftist "leaders". It all comes down to this:

Less Government = More Freedom

THE LATEST CLIMATE GATE OUTRAGE

Climategate, the scandal that revealed the unscrupulous manipulation of scientific data by the leading scientists in the global warming movement, has been written about in length around the world, with the exception of most of the mainstream media in the United States. After investigating themselves for the fraudulent cooking of scientific data, curiously always in favor of their attempt at proving the validity and continuation of receiving hundreds of million of dollars, much of it coming, by force, from in-the-dark taxpayers. However, as the Wall Street Journal correctly summarizes in the above video report, the self- investigation (which I see as the equivalent of a fox watching the chicken coup or a taxpayer auditing their own tax return) in essence found that the,

"process was completely flawed, but you can trust the results. Don't worry about it."

TV COVERAGE OF GLENN BECK'S "RESTORING HONOR" TO BE PROVIDED BY C-SPAN

C-SPAN will be providing television coverage of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial this Saturday, August 28. Coverage begins 7:00 am PST, and 10 am ET.

The event was announced by Beck, in November 2009, in an open letter in which he unveiled, "The Plan":

"I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders. I am developing a 100 year plan. I know that the bipartisan corruption in Washington that has brought us to this brink and it will not be defeated easily. It will require unconventional thinking and a radical plan to restore our nation to the maximum freedoms we were supposed to have been protecting, using only the battlefield of ideas."

"On August 28, 2010, I ask you, your family and neighbors to join me at the feet of Abraham Lincoln on the National Mall for the unveiling of The Plan and the birthday of a new national movement to restore our great country."

SIGN THE "WINNING IN NOVEMBER" PLEDGE NOW

Your elected representatives had a chance to vote on Big Government programs, Big Government bailouts, and Big Government health care. Now it's your turn to act. And your actions count. You have the power to choose the policies that will set this country on a pro-growth, pro-prosperity path. Pledging to win in November entitles members to receive candidate and policy updates.

Do your part. Sign the pledge now. Commit to Winning in November. By signing the Winning in November Pledge, you...

• pledge to demand that candidates seeking elected office support pro growth, pro free enterprise policies, and reject freedom - killing policies and legislation such as Cap and Trade, ObamaCare, Big Government Stimulus, and Big Corporate Bailouts.
• pledge to send this to 10 friends.
• pledge to take further action steps to support pro growth, limited government policies

We must not be out organized by those who believe Big Government is the answer to every problem. Please go to WINNINGINNOVEMBER.COM and sign the pledge now.

hat tip: Michael Medved

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT

From Investor's Daily comes this passionate and poignant open letter to President Obama from a regular "John Q. Citizen", Jeffrey S. Howard. Howard, is a Marine Corps veteran and University of Washington graduate, who for twenty years was a heavy-equipment supervisor, and is now a developer with projects in Washington and Oregon. Howard's open letter captures the concern, anger, anxiety, frustration, confusion, fear, and yes, anger, that untold millions of other patriotic Americans are feeling today. I started highlighting key sentences for emphasis, but found myself highlighting more than I left unhighlighted, so I scratched that service.

In today's dangerous world, we need a president with experience, leadership and courage. Unfortunately, you have shown us little of those traits.

Your childhood and younger years denied you the opportunity to grow up as an American man, and that is no fault of your own. Unfortunately, your lack of empathy for and experience of a traditional American upbringing has left you out of touch with those of us who grew up learning the traditions and work ethic of our predecessors.

You have never accepted the honor of military service, or held and survived in any sort of entry-level working position. You are bereft of many of the basic building blocks of a true American personality and worldview.

You have never experienced the icy hand of fear caressing your gut during a firefight when your very survival from second to second depends on your luck, wits, fellow troopers and the grace of God. You have never sweated out a payroll when your receivables are late.

You've missed the rewarding feeling of flogging a loaded truck all night to deliver a load 500 miles away at 7 a.m. You never shoveled cow manure for less than minimum wage to earn enough for a rattletrap car. You missed out on greasing dump trucks on the night shift, and never had the opportunity to start out cleaning restrooms and sweeping floors in a factory.

Your education was in the law, and you ignored any opportunity to absorb the lessons of history or the theories of economics. You have never experienced the law of the jungle in the private sector.

While you play golf and basketball and surround yourself with "the swells" enjoying concerts in the People's House, those of us in the general public dine on Spam and Costco burgers. I can't put my wife on a 747 and send her to Spain so she can be ready to spend 10 days on Martha's Vineyard when she gets back. She works seven days a week and so do I — spreading four full- and part-time jobs between us to make ends meet.

I watch in pain while my business venture slides into oblivion and my small IRA erodes as your economic policies push the nation into a double-dip recession. This economy is locking up again, and you cannot blame former President Bush. The great construction jobs I created are ending while you pour trillions in borrowed money into the public sector to buy votes. I blame you personally for appointing the ship of fools you have as Cabinet officials and advisers.

You are repeating the gross mistakes of Japan in the '90s and the Roosevelt administration in the '30s — both of which failed and lengthened severe economic problems for a decade or more. You are intentionally smothering our private sector with regulations, taxes and mandates at the same time you squander the wages and futures of our children and grandkids.

I deplore your continued efforts to divide the greatest nation of immigrants in the world along race and class lines. Pandering to various groups and attempting to set them against other Americans is demagoguery at its worst. I sincerely hope such actions end up damaging you in the end and not our country.

You will leave office with a big pension, Secret Service protection and gold-plated health care for life. I may well end up with 40 years of hard work down the drain, living in a mobile home in the backwoods.

I do not resent you for your good fortune — you worked hard to become president and won the election fair and square. I do, however, despise your policies and the damage they are visiting on our nation, its economy and our future. I have dedicated my remaining years to fighting you and your policies and protecting our children's futures.

I may well end up destroyed financially from the results of your misguided and dangerous actions — but you will never break me psychologically or crush my spirit. I am a Marine, I have a wonderful wife and family, and last but not least, I live in the greatest nation in the world. I shall work to my last breath to keep it that way, and you, sir, shall fail to destroy that dream.

PRINCIPLES VS. POLITICS

Check out my recent article on Red County, entitled, Principles vs. Politics. Fresh from my unsuccessful bid to become a congressman, I share some of my thoughts, in reflection, that have surfaced. Here are a couple of excerpts:

• Do you think the Founding Fathers thought that way, or would accept working in such a political system? Did they, upon pondering how to communicate their position on an issue, verbalize their statement based on focus groups, political positioning or pandering?
• ...why do we either at worst, expect, or at best, tolerate, today’s candidates running their campaigns in such, if we’re honest with ourselves, unprincipled ways? Is it so that they can get elected, winning at all costs? If we continue to elect candidates who run campaigns this way, how in the world can we expect them to be principled once elected? Do we think that they’ll be, fresh from disregarding their principles to get elected, magically reversing course and be able to be principled and incorruptible once elected? Do we think they’ll be able to then stand strong on tough issues against all of the pressures they’ll face after they take office?

Read the rest at RedCounty.com