Let It Grow

I saw this on a website I really like ("Chicks on the Right") and I decided to share it. I would not have been better able to express these sentiments, so I won't try.....

"Liberalism is a cancer, and it's killing this country. It now has another four years where it won't be treated and it will metastasize. So here's my recommendation:

Let it. Let it grow, and let it do its job.

Liberals are their own worst enemy, by virtue of the fact that they ALWAYS have to learn things the hard way. It's time to let them. No more bailing them out. No more trying to stave off destruction. No more trying to undo their mistakes and put things back on course. Now is the time to entrench. Now is the time to STOP helping. To STOP contributing. To STOP creating jobs. To... yeah... to STOP offering charity. Now is the time to look out for ourselves, and hope that we're well enough prepared to ride out the endgame of liberal collectivism. They'll all die. But if we're prepared, we can get through.

And then, and only then, we can come back to rebuild. It's like a forest fire. It's a noble effort to fight it, but at some point you have to realize that it just needs to burn everything down - so that the forest can regrow.

Guns, Gold, and God. Invest in all. And then let all the rest fall down upon them. Let them experience firsthand the end result of their ideology. We have to stop trying to save them. That's what I mean by changing our tactics. Now it's time to let them die. No one here can deny that they're asking for it. This is what they want. This is what they're asking for. This is HOW THEY VOTED. It's time to abandon all of them until they die out. And I'm not just talking about liberal America.

I'm talking about Greece. I'm talking about Italy. I'm talking about France. I'm talking about Spain. I'm talking about the UK. I'm talking about Mexico. It's time to leave them to their fate. It's time to sit back and watch them borrow and spend themselves into bankruptcy. And then collapse.

Here's the tough part:  in the meantime, fuel is going to skyrocket. Job creation is going to turn to NOTHING. Unions are going to be even more empowered. Food prices are going to become insane. Every single sane businessman in America is going to slash work hours to find ways around Obamacare. And then, when Obamacare tries to rebel by jacking up wages - the businessmen are going to slash jobs. And then close their factories. And then leave. Infrastructure will slowly collapse. It'll probably start with the airports and the post office. Then, things will get really bad. Crime, borne of desperation, will skyrocket. And don't think Islam and/or China won't be chomping at the bit to attack us while we're weak. There is no way, just by the numbers, that the state (or even the military) will be able to control it. Desperate people will resort to desperate things. And you'll have to defend yourself against it. It's not going to be easy.

 All we have to do is ENDURE.  Because that's the name of the game now, folks. "Winning/Losing" has become irrelevant. Now we have to outlast them, and the self-destructive, ruinous ends of their ideology."

God bless us and keep us-
Meg

Circling the Wagons

It is Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Obama has been reelected, and my life is going to change. How did America fall so far, that we twice elected a man who has divided and failed us as a nation at every turn? The message of "we will do it for you" was louder and more persuasive than the message of "we'll make it so you can do it yourself."  Thomas Jefferson was right when he said that a republic will cease to exist when the government takes from those who are industrious and gives to those unwilling to work. Our economy, our nation, is in big trouble. I'm saddened beyond measure.

I am through with people who voted for Obama. Through. Done. I take their betrayal of this country personally, and I will not ignore the betrayal for the sake of friendship or family.

I will not do business with any company which supports or whose officers support Obama. I will ask how they voted every single time, and I will thank those who answer that they supported Obama or other democrats; and I will walk out or hang up. Period.

I will ask every server in every restaurant in which I dine who they supported for president; if they voted for Obama, in lieu of a tip I will write, "Obama's got this."

I cancelled my health insurance. I am stopping my federal income tax withholding. I will not pay to support policies which violate the very core of my beliefs.

I am ceasing IMMEDIATELY all charitable giving. The people whom my generosity most helps are the ones who overwhelmingly voted to keep him and others like him in office. I will not support them anymore, since I am going to have a difficult enough time supporting myself and my daughter. Good luck; Obama's got this.

I am not asking you to take any of these steps, but the more people of like mind who join in concentrated business relationships and mutual support, the more likely we are to have an impact. If you received this link, it's because I love and respect you. I don't know if America can survive 4 more years of Harry Reid's senate and Obama's presidency, but I will protect my own interests and those of my child. God bless us and keep us.

Meg

THAT'S NOT RIGHT!

"Healthcare is a RIGHT!"

"Affordable housing is a RIGHT!"

"Abortion is a RIGHT!"

Are they right?

There are sure a lot of people invoking a bunch of supposed rights. Suddenly, people from another country who come here illegally have the "right" to social services, welfare and education! Voting is a "right" that is apparently devoid of any citizenship or identification requirements! Amazing....

Unfortunately, none of these examples are indicative of a true "right". You have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These three rights convey a broad and purposefully vague definition of what you are allowed to do as a thinking, feeling individual, and they certainly allow for a lot of personal interpretation. Your idea of pursuing happiness is probably different than mine, and that is as it should be. We are a planet of individuals with many similarities, but each person is unique unto themselves.

Limits: They're Pretty Important.

These rights, though broad, do come with limits: my rights stop where yours begin, and vice versa. I can't invoke my right to pursue happiness if I define that as paving over your backyard to make room for a tennis court. That's it. That's the limit, and that is precisely why most invoked "rights" aren't.

Healthcare

The "right" to healthcare implies that you are allowed to demand someone's time and services. Sorry, folks, but that's crap. A doctor or nurse or paramedic might agree to provide care in exchange for an agreed-to price for their time and expertise, but you have absolutely no right to it. It is theirs to give. Or not.  See, your rights have stopped where theirs begin. Yours don't trump theirs. (You also have the right to choose how you treat your body, but you sure as heck don't have the right to make me pay for it.)

Housing

The "right" to affordable housing is absurd, as it relies on the premise that a person must hand over their property for an arbitrary price deemed by someone as "affordable". There is no "right" to home-ownership, either. You do, however, have the right to work hard, save money, pay your bills on time so you have an acceptable credit score, and purchase a house with your money. If you buy more house than you can actually afford, you do not have the RIGHT to renegotiate your contract.If your lender lets you, great! If not, that's the nature of contract law: you bought it, you own it, you figure it out.

Abortion

Abortion is legal in the United States, but that does not make it a "right". A woman's "right to choose" stops at the point that another's life is impacted by that choice. You have the right to choose whether you engage in sexual activity; you have the right to prevent pregnancy by using some form of contraception, but nothing other than abstinence is 100% effective, so unless you have a diminished IQ, your choice to have sex comes with an understanding of the possible outcome. You are responsible for your actions, and sometimes actions have very serious consequences.

What about the instances of rape or incest? Then is abortion a right? No. Sorry, but it still isn't. As I stated earlier, your rights cease as soon as they interfere with another's, and that child growing inside you, regardless of how you opt to describe him or her, is a whole, individual person with their own rights, the most fundamental being LIFE.
(It amazes me that if we were to discover one cell of one living creature on another planet, that would be proof of life, but when it's a child developing in a woman's uterus, with a heartbeat and brain activity, it's just a clump of cells....)
    Believe me, I am not without very profound empathy for someone who is raped. That person has been vioated in the most personal and debasing manner possible, and I understand the desire to eliminate what might be a painful reminder of an atrocious event. But think about it this way: if someone violates your rights, does that give you permission to violate the rights of another? Would you break into your neighbor's house because someone stole your car? (And please oh please, do not even TRY to equate capital punishment with abortion. Seriously, if the distinctions elude you, I simply do not have time to engage in this debate. Innocent unborn child vs. murderer. Murderer, baby.... 'Nuff said.)

Liberty

Webster's-Merriam-Webster's defines liberty as: The quality or state of being free:        a : the power to do as one pleases        b : freedom from physical restraint        c : freedom from arbitrary or despotic control        d : the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges        e : the power of choice   (Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberty)

It's not difficult to understand: much like your right to drink alcoholic beverages if you have attained the legal drinking age, you also have limits on your behavior when you drink: you many not, for example, drive while drunk, or fly a plane, or perform surgery. Why? Because your right to drink becomes secondary at the point that it interferes with another's right to not be killed as a result. We should all exercise our rights and do it joyfully, grateful that we live in a relatively free society that still allows for the pursuit of one's own happiness. But please don't mistake an overblown sense of entitlement for a "right", and don't dismiss the rights of others simply because of a myopic ability to pretend that your actions don't infringe on another person simply because you don't think that other person matters.    

Oh, and if this offended you, too bad. You do not have the right to not be offended.

  -WildIrishMeg

The Comfort Zone

I've been thinking about the differences between how liberal groups organize, as contrasted to conservative groups, so I Googled "liberal organizations" and learned that Wikipedia lists 17 of them, including MoveOn.org, Campus Progress, and 15 others. Impressive. Then I did the same thing, this time entering "conservative organizations," and I was astonished to see 140 listings! These 17 liberal groups (and I know there are more out there-- ACORN wasn't listed, of course, because they are "non-partisan." Seriously. Stop laughing,) do an impressive job in rallying their supporters on many issues, from Presidential candidates, to voter registration (sure, of dead people, but still...,) to health care reform. They even pay "supporters" to attend town hall meetings! Now THAT is capitalism! (Wait, don't they usually view capitalism as the source of all evil? I can't keep their rants straight.) Many of the organizations listed as Conservative are issue-specific, and they appear to serve more as resources for information than as inspiration-to-action kinds of groups.

During the 2008 election season, I noticed that polls almost unilaterally showed overwhelming support for liberal candidates, and at the time I believed that it was because most conservatives were working. "Got to feed my family, pay the bills...Sure wish I had time to take a survey!" It was the same thing I saw with the "Battle in Seattle" in 1999-- a bunch of unwashed, skanky college age kids who probably couldn't have told you what WTO stood for if you threatened to take their hacky-sack away. They were breaking windows of the NIKE store, while wearing NIKE shoes on their feet! But I digress... Still, they were brought out by King County AFL-CIO, Direct Action Network, and the Ruckus Society. We're seeing it now, with labor unions busing in attendees to Town Hall meetings, while condemning dissenters as being puppets of...something. Insurance? GOP? Anyway, we can't possibly be there on our own. And that brings me to my point....

Conservatives are at a disadvantage. We tend to go to work, come home to our families, mow the lawn, pay the bills, help kids with homework, take them to baseball practice or Campfire Girls, eat dinner together after saying some form of Grace, and going to bed so that we are rested for a repeat the next day. THIS IS OUR COMFORT ZONE. We are autonomous. We are individuals. We cherish those we love, and help those we can. We accept the responsibility that comes with freedom, and that is just fine with us, thank you very much. So while we don't have a MoveOn.org equivalent to organize us, what we do have is individual passion and collective love of America and liberty. We have principles, and that one fact alone makes us formidable.

Here's what I'm asking of you.... Step out of your comfort zone. Talk to your family, your neighbors, your co-workers, your friends. Find a 9-12 Group or a Tea Party Group in your local area and get involved. This is too important a time in our great country to cling to our self-sufficiency. We have to stand together, not as one voice, but as MANY voices, united by our convictions. Our comfort zones will one day cease to be, if we don't occasionally leave them behind.

The Lowest Common Denominator

When I was in college, I fell for a guy who was cute beyond measure. He worked in a snowboard shop, and was an avid skateboarder and snowboarder. He had sun-streaked hair, a bit long, a bit unruly, a lopsided smile on his sun-beiged face...Sigh.... On the surface, he was magic. Below the surface, however, there wasn't much there. He just wasn't very smart, and for a while, I was able to ignore the less erudite musings coming from his beautiful mouth, but not for long. I caught myself stopping in mid-sentence to change my words, essentially dumbing down my language for him. When I realized what I was doing, I knew I had to end the relationship. I was lowering my standards to accomodate his limitations, and it was clear to me that to continue down this path meant that we would BOTH be worse for it.

I was reminded of this time in my youth because it seems that our leadership in America is much more interested in altering our health care system to emulate far less exceptional systems in the world. Evidently, imposing mediocrity for the whole is far better than expecting excellence,and acknowledging that people have a least SOME responsibility in their current circumstances. Now, I am not holding up our current system as perfect, any more than I would hold myself up as perfect in comparison to cute boy. What I do know is this: reducing myself to the lowest common denominator would have diminished us both, and reducing our health care system to that same level of mediocrity will ultimately diminish us all.