Net Neutrality Destroys Freedom

Net neutrality is nothing more than government control of private activity and business. Net neutrality will allow the government to control content on the internet. That leads to a reduction of freedom and liberty for the individual. Those of us who believe in freedom understand that government control of information means government control of thought and beliefs. We instinctively know that this is wrong in this country, which was built on the idea that government is limited in its power over the individual. We understand and believe, just as our Founding Fathers did, that our rights come from God and that “We the People” have given some of those rights to the government so that we can live in an ordered society. We also know that information is power, and that the power is in the hands of the people, not some government bureaucrat.

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights guarantee and protect that bedrock principle. Those who advocate net neutrality do not believe in freedom and liberty. Well . . . they do believe in freedom and liberty, but only when the words or positions of others agree with their viewpoint. According to the proponents of net neutrality, you can be free to agree with them all you want. But, when you disagree with them or show them where they are wrong, then you must be silenced. Disagreement or dissent will not be tolerated by those who wish to control us.

True freedom exists when all viewpoints, opinions and ideas are allowed to be spoken and put forth. The First Amendment clearly states that “Congress shall make NO LAW . . . abridging the freedom of speech.” With even a rudimentary understanding of English, it is abundantly clear that NO LAW means NO LAW, including “net neutrality.” Political speech was meant to be the most highly protected of all speech. The right to truly free speech dovetails into “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The voices of the people, who consent to be governed, must not be silenced or controlled by the government.

Net neutrality is a law that is unequivocally prohibited by the First Amendment. The internet grew the way it did, and has become a place where the individual has real power, because of the lack of government control and regulation. The internet gives the individual real power to get his message out and to find answers. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites hate the internet and the free flow of information it provides, because it threatens their desire to control the minds, words and actions of the masses. Cable programming has grown so fast and has become the source of information for many people, because it is not as controlled as the “public airwaves” are by the government. “Alternative” media are hated by the liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites, because it gives out information that often disagrees with the “party” line, or it exposes the truth that they wish to keep hidden. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites think that the rest of us are too stupid to know what is good for us. They think they know better about how we should live, what we should eat, what our children should learn in school, what kind of cars we should drive, what kind of light bulbs we should use, how hot or cold we should set our thermostats, what we should be allowed to read, watch or listen to, etc., etc., etc., etc.

The internet is an open market place of information. It is unfettered capitalsim. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites hate capitalism because capitalism is freedom, and freedom is capitalism. Capitalism is also an expression of individual desires and dreams. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites hate that also. They are more interested in the “common good” or the collective. They would rather be herding us like sheep toward their goal for us. But, we are not sheep to be herded by the elites. Our system guarantees equal protection under the law; it does not guarantee equal results by law. But, the latter is exactly what the liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites want to promote. And the latter is socialism, pure and simple.

History has shown us, and is showing us now (e.g., Greece, Europe), that socialism does not work and will never work. But, the liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites think that they are smarter, more educated, and are better equipped to get different results from doing the same things that have been tried before. Isn’t insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? FDR and his regime did the same things that the Tyrant-and-Liar-in-Chief (T&LIC) and his regime are now trying to do to “fix” the problems that were originally created by the government. FDR and his regime failed, and so will the T&LIC and his regime. Patrick Henry said, “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Unfortunately, the T&LIC and his regime full of thugs, cronies, cheaters and criminals believe that it is an instrument to restrain the people. And net neutrality is the latest weapon in their arsenal to control and restrain the people and freedom.

Humans have a natural desire to be free. God wants us to be free. Our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and our Bill of Rights guarantee our individual freedom. Governments want to control human behavior, thoughts, and actions. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites especially want to control human behavior, thoughts, and actions. We must have, and are guaranteed, a free and unfettered market place where ideas can be put forth and discussed and debated. The true test of one’s belief in freedom of speech occurs when one is confronted with speech that one finds offensive or disagreeable. If you believe in freedom in general, and freedom of speech, in particular, you can clearly see how sinister net neutrality is. Net neutrality is a tool of present-day despots, tyrants and dictators. We do not want or need it here.

Remember those who paid the ultimate price to obtain, preserve and protect our freedom.
God bless you.
God bless our troops.
God bless the BSA.
God bless America.

Patriot Mark

I Want B. Hussein Obama to Fail

Failure of the President will in this case keep some semblance of what our Founding Fathers created intact. If B. Hussein Obama succeeds, the America our parents turned over to us will be lost, and the blood, tears, lives and property that our Founding Fathers and the others who fought to preserve our way of life, spilled and lost, will have been spilled and lost in vain. If B. Hussein Obama has his way, we will turn into a copy of France and the other socialistic countries who are financially and morally bankrupt and where liberty as we know it no longer exists. If B. Hussein Obama succeeds, the government will be even more intrusive in our lives. With that intrusiveness, comes less and less freedom. With that intrusiveness, comes bureaucrats telling each of us what kind of house we can live in, how much we can earn, what cars we can drive, what kind of light bulbs we can use, how much food we can buy, what language we can use, what words we are prohibited from using, what we can read, what we can think, etc.

So, yes I want THIS president to fail, because his success means the destruction of the USA as a beacon of liberty and freedom. The destruction of this country by B. Hussein Obama and his henchmen would decrease the standard of living of everyone living here, and of every other person on this earth. I want B. Hussein Obama to fail. I pray to God every day that people in this country will wake up and see that they are allowing themselves to be enslaved by this president and his policies. I, as a person who believes in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and who understands what the Founding Fathers wanted and were trying to do to create Liberty and Freedom for mankind, want B. Hussein Obama to fail. The socialism and fascism that B. Hussein Obama is pushing has failed every time it has been tried. It is extremely arrogant of the president and his henchmen to believe that they can do it better. I do not want this country to repeat the same mistakes.

Some people ask, "Isn't the government better suited to solve the economic probelems in which find ourselves?" First, this economic mess was created by Presidents FDR, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Senators Barney Frank, B. Hussein Obama, Chris Dodd, Chuck Schumer and all of the rest of the liberals and DemocRATs, when they enacted the Community Reinvestment Act and then used the Justice Department and groups such as ACORN to threaten and badger banks to make loans to people who would not normally qualify for houses they could not afford, and allowed Frank Raines and others in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to cook the books so they could pay themselves millions of dollars in bonuses. Bonuses that were based on false numbers. Efforts by George Bush and others to correct the problems with Fannie and Freddie were prevented by the DemocRATs. B. Hussein Obama and his henchmen continue to create fear by their pronouncements. There is nothing positive in this administration's message. Their vision is bigger government spending more and more money. Second, George Bush inherited a recession from Clinton and then had to deal with the attack on 9/11. Because of Bush's tax cuts, the recession was very short-lived, and led to several years of growth and rising incomes. Third, these people forget that the democRATs took over Congress in November 2006. It was shortly thereafter that the economy started to falter.

Others ask, "But, what about all the money we have spent on those unnecessary wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, money that could have been used here to help people?" Bush had to go after the Islamo-facists to prevent another horrendous attack from a group of people whose only purpose in life is to kill Americans and destroy the American way of life. His strategy worked as planned. All of the terrorists descended on Afghanistan and Iraq. But for all the handcuffs placed on our military by the democRATs and the unaccountable liberal federal judges, the war would have been even shorter and more of the terrorists would have been killed or captured.

"But, what about all those intrusions by Bush on private citizens?" The truth is that private citizens were not targeted by the surveillance. Only those communications from outside the US, and particularly those emanating from countries that are known havens for terrorists, were targeted. Oh, and there were judges reviewing those "taps" through the FISA courts.

"More tax cuts and de-regulation will not solve the financial problems we are having," others say. More tax cuts are exactly what we need. I don't know of any poor people who hire workers for their businesses. Only the "rich" have the means to take the risks to start businesses that employ people. Only those with the resources seem to have the desire to start new businesses and put it all on the line. A business' purpose is not to employ people; it is to make a profit for its owners and/or shareholders. Government sucks money out of the private sector. Every dollar of government spending is one less dollar available for private investment. And, what do we get with government spending? Princess Pelosi flying all over the country in a private jet. No other Speaker before her has done that! With government spending, we get bridges to nowhere. With government spending, we get studies on why pigs stink. With government regulation, we get higher production costs and companies moving their plants to other countries where costs of production are lower. With government control, we get minimum wages that cause jobs to be lost. With government regulation, we have higher medical costs because of all the costs of compliance. And the list goes on and on. With government thinking it can fix the problem it created, we have spending bills that contain over 8,000 items of pork-barrel projects.
With government bail-outs, we shore up the weak companies, and overburden the strong companies. With government bail-outs, we reward irresponsibility and punish those who conduct their businesses wisely.

We have a president who has trashed the auto industry, who trashed the airline industry, who wants to put the coal industry out of business, and who wants to control all of your health care. The mess cannot and will not be cleaned up by the people who created it, because those people are only interested in gathering power and wealth to themselves. Even though our own history and Japan's experience in the 1990's, shows us that higher taxes and more government spending do not fix the problem, this president and his henchmen are so arrogant that they believe that the only reason this course of action has not succeeded in the past, is because government did not act fast enough and did not spend enough. If more government spending was the solution, then there should be no poverty in this county, after 40+ years of the "War on Poverty," and our public schools should be the best in the world at graduating the best and brightest students.

The solution lies in true capitalism and personal responsibility. If the government would get out of the way, by reducing taxes and de-regulating, our economy would rebound so quickly that we could take the words recession and depression out of our vocabulary. I believe this because I believe in the ingenuity and spirit of the INDIVIDUAL American. Our country was founded on the idea that it is the individual, free to pursue his own happiness, that makes this country great. Government does not make this country great. It is only a necessary evil that provides some order. The Constitution put LIMITS on what the government can and should do. However, over the decades we as a body have forgotten that or, sadly, do not comprehend or understand that. B. Hussein Obama and his henchmen do not understand this or choose to ignore the limits because of their self-centered arrogant desire to control everything.

Please B. Hussein Obama, fail and fail miserably.

God Bless you.
God Bless the BSA.
God Bless our troops.
God Bless America.

Patriot Mark

A New Birth of Freedom????

I saw the other day that Obama’s inaugural theme is "A New Birth of Freedom." I know we will not hear anything substantive in his inaugural speech. And, based on what I am hearing about his plans for our country, I do not anticipate much freedom for me.

Under the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Leftists, we will have a New Birth of Freedom from our money, a New Birth of Freedom from our jobs, a New Birth of Freedom from having to pay our mortgages, a New Birth of Freedom from being able to own a gun, a New Birth of Freedom from having to pay for our own gas, a New Birth of Freedom from protection from terrorists, a New Birth of Freedom from personal responsibility, a New Birth of Freedom from the truth, a New Birth of Freedom from accountability, a New Birth of Freedom from having to work, a New Birth of Freedom from having to follow the Constitution, a New Birth of Freedom from a growing and expanding economy, and a New Birth of Freedom from common sense.

Under these leftist, we will have a New Birth of Freedom for despots and tyrants around the world, a New Birth of Freedom for the U.N. to continue to erode our sovereignty, a New Birth of Freedom for even more political correctness, a New Birth of Freedom for more multi-culturalism, a New Birth of Freedom for the government to control our lives, a New Birth of Freedom for the government to take our property, a New Birth of Freedom for the government to raise our taxes, a New Birth of Freedom for the government to take our money and give it to others who do not work, and a New Birth of Freedom for the elitists to tell us how we should live our lives, and make us live it their way.

This new birth of freedom could be a very ugly thing for us freedom-loving citizens for the next 2 years. I pray to God that I am wrong.

God Bless You. God Bless our troops. God Bless the BSA. God Bless America.
Patriot Mark

In God We Trust

On MSNBC's web site there is a live vote being conducted which asks:

"Should the motto 'In God We Trust' be removed from U.S. currency? So far, the vote is 67% against removal of the motto ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/ ). I then posted the following in the section devoted to comments about the story:

Unless you are a history revisionist, you know that our Founding Fathers believed that God's hand was involved in the work that they were doing to create the grand experiment called the United States of America. They put their trust in God that He would counsel and guide them in their quest to create a free nation that recognized and upheld each citizen's unalienable, God-given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, among others.

They truly believed in the free exercise of one's religion, even in the public square, and even while serving in the government. References to God and other Biblical references are found in many of speeches they gave, in many of their writings, and in many of the monuments and buildings they built. They saw nothing wrong with, and in fact, considered it good governance to set aside places and times for prayer.

They truly believed that this experiment they were setting in motion would not succeed, and in fact would fail miserably, if God's guidance and blessings were not sought by the leaders of the nation. They knew that the government they were creating could not succeed unless the elected leaders were moral, God-fearing people. This is clearly stated in the Federalist Papers.

They knew that they could not succeed in throwing off the shackles of involuntary servitude to England and the King without God's intercession. They knew that they could not establish this free nation without God's guidance and blessings. As men of the Enlightenment, they had studied the great philosophers and historians. They studied and quoted the Bible. They knew the history of the Roman and Grecian Empires. They knew that the dark side of human nature tended toward either anarchy or tyranny. They had already experienced tyranny at the hands of the King of England. They knew that anarchy reigned in the last days of Rome and Greece.

They trusted in God to guide them to do the right things to create this new nation. They trusted in God to bless their efforts to create a nation founded on the idea that all men are created equal by God. In my view, it is because they and the majority of the citizens believed and trusted in God, that this country became the wealthiest and most powerful in the world as quickly as it did. It is not the establishment of a religion to recognize and memorialize the indisputable fact that our Founding Fathers did trust in God as they set about creating the greatest country that has ever existed in the history of man.

God Bless You.
God Bless America
God Bless the BSA.
God Bless our Troops.
Patriot Mark

Thank Our Military

Friends:

We all need to remember this, especially at this time in our Nation's history.

God Bless You.

God Bless America.

God Bless the BSA

God Bless our Troops.

Patriot Mark

Thank Our Military

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag."
--Father Denis Edward O'Brien/USMC

The Frog Theory

This is a message that was sent to me by a good friend of mine. He and I are both "old sages" as described below. I know that our choice for President this year royally sucks. We have a RHINO going against a marxist. This does not bode well for our country. However, like my friend suggests, we need to stay engaged. We need to elect the lesser of 2 evils (the RHINO), and then, make sure that we elect as many true conservatives to the House and Senate as we can. Keeping a less-than-veto-override number of senators or congressman in office will save us. Since the congressman and senators are closer to the people, enough pressure can be brought to bear (as in the immigration debate last year) to force the Congress to do the right thing. This is where our focus, as "old sages" and educated and engaged citizens and voters, needs to be. Otherwise, we will suffer because of the Frog Theory.

God Bless You.

God Bless America, the greatest nation that has ever existed in the history of man.

Patriot Mark

THE FROG THEORY

If you drop a frog in boiling water he will leap right out. If you slowly heat the water he will be content until it's too late to get out. That is exactly how history works. It moves slowly and we never really see any danger until it's too late.

Remember how suppressed workers were before unions came along? The unions leveled the playing field. Unfortunately, over a long period of time the pendulum swung too far. Slowly, businesses and factories closed and jobs left the country. We were comfortable and didn't see the change coming. We blamed everyone except ourselves for what happened. We weren't alert to how slow things change over time.

World War II, and the Korean War, demonstrated how powerful a united nation could be. Our nation, and our families, were united. The father was the head of the family and the President was the head of the nation. Both were highly respected. We were content and happy.

We were good at fighting a hot war but we were unprepared to fight a cold war with the communists in the 50's. They knew they couldn't change us but they didn't care. Their philosophy was to wait it out and capture the minds of our children. They loaded our colleges with many of their professors and waited. It didn't take long to see the results.

The 60's ushered in the radicals, drug culture, student protesters, and the Vietnam War. The aim of the cold war was to divide and conquer. They divided our families and the nation. The secret to defeating a polite and respectful people is to scream. The louder and longer you scream the better your chance of winning. Radicals are masters at this form of attack. They know if you constantly scream and repeat a lie it will eventually become the truth.

The media, and Hollywood, hammered us with hate America themes and stories. Our service men, and women, were jeered, cursed, and spit on. Even the people, who latter wanted to become their President, thrashed them. We lost our first War in history. There was no hero's homecoming for our fighting men and women.

The Reverend King, who was raised in the old school, peacefully changed the race issue and united the people. When he died the new breed of leaders like the Jesse Jackson's, Lewis Farakon's Al Sharpton's, and Rev. Wright's put a lid on his efforts and turned racism into a money making machine.

Corporations were green-mailed by threats of protests, product boycotts, or endless lawsuits. Every issue, large or small, became a race issue. The public recoiled in fear of being called a racist. Their voices were silenced because one word could cost you a career, get you fired, or get you sued.

Even politicians buckled under to the pressure. The Florida legislature issued a formal apology for having slavery 200 years ago. They were thanked by being asked for compensation. There is no end in sight for this kind of nonsense. America didn't capture slaves and bring them to America . Their own people sold them to slave traders from several nations. This knowledge doesn't stop the screamers. History is what it is and you can't change it. There have been many tragic events in history. You acknowledge them and move on.

They divided our nation into two separate Americas. We now have Americans, and African-Americans, although Africa has nothing to do with being an American. You can be one or the other but not both. You are what you were born to be. You do not subordinate our country to any foreign nation. It's equivalent to flying the African flag above the Stars and Stripes. If you hyphenate two countries America always comes first.

This election year could be the turning point in our history because the frog theory has come into play. It's time to step back and look at how the country has slowly changed since the cold war started. Don't get caught up in all the hype.

George McGovern was the first Presidential candidate to test the waters with college students. The Clinton ʼs played a big role in his campaign. It was the worst campaign ever run. He was crushed in the election.

Step two was to infiltrate all the information vehicles such as radio, newspapers, magazines, TV and movies. They were quite successful at that. Jimmy Carter was the first President to demonstrate the leadership skills of the far left. Weak military, high taxes, runaway inflation, 19% mortgage rates, and plain incompetence ended his career in Washington. Iran, a small country at the time, took American hostages and kicked sand in our face. By negotiating from weakness Carter could not get the hostages released.

The big benefit of the Carter years is that they were followed by the Reagan years. The nation got a clear look at the difference between a weak nation and a strong nation. Every student should know this difference. When Ronald Reagan took over the hostages were quickly released, taxes were lowered, inflation dropped, mortgage rates dropped, and the military was strengthened. Russia quickly waved the white flag and waited for another Democrat term.

Clinton took over Carters uncompleted social programs. He weakened the military and tried to pass large government programs. An Intern derailed his Presidency. While he was tied up with his personal problems his lawyers ran the country. He passed up three opportunities to take out Osama Bin Laden. This eventually cost us the loss of our Twin Towers , thousands of American lives, and got us involved in a war with Iraq.

By the end of his term the left had captured a large share of the media and it flexed its muscle in 2000. The hate Bush campaign got off to a roaring start. The brainwashing theory of repeating the same story over and over again was launched.

There were endless stories about our evil nation and it’s President. Top-secret plans were leaked to the press and printed for the entire world to see. Hollywood cranked out documentaries about the evil Bush administration and our evil military. They laid the groundwork for the next election. The ACLU flooded the courts with lawsuits and the Democrat party became a law firm. Almost every incumbent, or his or her spouse, is a lawyer.
They now have the perfect candidate because they can squash criticism by playing the race card. If you don't like Obama, or criticize him, you are a racist. They can hide his inexperience and background by turning him into a rock star and singing change and hope. They don't tell us what kind of change, or how it will be done, only that you should hope for the best. By keeping the hype going they don't have to put anything of substance on the table.

The only thing we really know about Obama is that his wife has never been proud to be an American. They want us to believe that his liberal college professor, Rev. Pfleger, his ties to radicals Bill Ayer and Lewis Farakon, and listening to the Rev. Wright's hate talks for 20 years, had no influence on his thinking. If they didn't, then who did? He wasn't in business and didn't see fit to serve his country. These people launched his political career and their organizations received earmarks in return for their campaign donations and political help. They must have had some influence. Rev. Wright's church received over $15 million. That's only one small local church. Think on a national scale.

The change being promoted is a change back to the Carter years. It started in 2006 when the lawyer party took over. There have been endless lawsuits and investigations in retaliation for the Clinton years. It keeps the lawyers busy but does nothing for the economy. The economy has been in a downward spiral since they took over.

Returning to the Carter years of high taxes, high inflation, and a weak military is not the change we are looking for. We cannot cower to a bunch of crazies whose only goal in life is to kill us.

The old sage's (over 50) will have to play a big role in this election. The young people simply don't know what the aged know. The advantage of aging is the knowledge you accumulated. You know what United States means. You know what the seldom-heard word respect means. You know how wonderful freedom and independence is. You know the difference between a strong and a weak nation; and you know what it takes to keep it strong. You know history because you have lived it.

Although the old guard is dying off, and getting too tired to fight, they have to muster one more charge. If they don't, our children, and grandchildren, will never know the joy and freedom that is the bedrock of our country. The heat is slowly being turned up and the water is getting hot. The old frogʼs better start jumping before it's too late. --T.W.

Earn It

EARN IT

This is such a powerful story and a fantastic way to make the point. It was sent to me by a good friend who is a retired Air Force Colonel.

This teacher had a pretty good idea....

On the first day of school, 2005, Martha Cothren, a social studies teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did something quite phenomenal. With the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all the desks from the classroom.

The students walked into their first period, looked around and said, "Ms. Cothren, where's our desk?"

She replied, "You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn them."

They thought, "Well, maybe it's our grades.

"No," she said.

"Maybe it's our behavior."

And she told them, "No, it's not even your behavior."

The same thing happened during second, third and fourth periods. By early afternoon television news crews had gathered in Ms.Cothren's class to investigate this crazy teacher who had removed all the desks from her classroom.

The last period of the day, Martha Cothren gathered her class. They were sitting on the floor. She said, "Throughout the day no one has understood how you earn the desks that sit in this classroom." She said, "Now I'm going to tell you."

Martha Cothren opened the classroom door and 27 U.S. veterans, in uniform, entered the classroom, each one carrying a school desk. They placed the desks in rows, and then they stood along the wall. By the time they finished, the students understood, for the first time in their lives perhaps, how they earned those desks.

Martha said, "You don't have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. Now, it's up to you to sit here and learn, to behave responsibly, and become good citizens, because they paid a price for you to have that desk; don't ever forget it."

I think sometimes we forget that our freedom comes - not from celebrities - but from ordinary people who did extraordinary things; who loved this country more than life itself, and who not only earned a school desk for a kid at the Robinson High School in Little Rock, but who earned a seat for you and me to enjoy this great land we call home.

"We live in the Land of the Free because of the brave"

Remember our Troops...

Thanks, Chuck.

God Bless you.

God Bless our Troops.

God Bless the BSA.

God Bless the U.S.A. (the greatest country in the history of the world)

Patriot Mark