Welcome to "Thoughts from a Common Man". This blog is all about my opinions. I will always try to tell where the information was received but it will be my opinion based on that information. It may be an article, news report, or even a television program. As always I invite your feedback and input but let's try to keep it somewhat civil.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Mad as Hell

So much is going on that it is hard to decide what to write about. It seems like every day we are exposed to another example of how this president and his administration is working hard to destroy our country. And they are being helped every step of the way by none other than those fantastic unions that are so important to the welfare of the American working people. Oh, wait a minute I must have them confused with someone else. They could care less about the country or anyone in it. To give you an example let's look at Wisconsin. Governor Walker, as most of you know, took on the unions here and showed how the state could save millions with just a few concessions from the unions. But the unions, in true patriotic fashion, fought him with all they had. Even to the point that the liberal leadership of the state fled to Illinois so a vote could not be taken and then sued for recall elections when that failed. Fortunately for Wisconsin the republicans were supported enough to get through it all and get the bill passed. Funny thing though, the media never said one negative thing about the leaders who fled the state but instead touted them as heroes. What a lot of folks never heard about was that shortly after the bill was passed it was revealed that the insurance company the teachers were forced to use was, get this, owned by the union and they were charging outrageous amounts and increasing them every year. With the new bill the teachers were given a choice and millions of dollars were saved. So much that no firings or layoffs had to take place. Now, that mean ole governor, wants to freeze the base pay of unions and suspend any raises for two years to help get the Wisconsin economy healthy again and, you guessed it, the union leadership has gone berserk and is threatening to stop this no matter what it takes. Once again showing their greed and total lack of concern about anyone but themselves. Even though many in the state are unemployed and have been for several months, these people feel they are so important that they should continue to get raises regardless of the harm or stress it puts on the rest of us. And they say unions have no heart. They proved how much heart they have by promising legal assistance to the occupy protesters. I won't even start with those guys.  

I don't know if you have heard of the Fiskars Karma yet. The media is kind of shying away from it as it is an embarrassment to our fine leaders in Washington. It is an electric car being built  in Finland, financed by a $529 million dollar loan from, and I know you find this hard to believe, our government. What makes it even more sad is that the Karma is worse than an SUV when it comes to operating efficiency. Glad we found that out before we wasted any real money.

A Muslim cleric has offered a $100,000 reward to anyone who kidnaps an Israeli soldier. This is because of a reward offered by the parents  of a kidnapped soldier for information leading to the capture of the known terrorist who  was responsible. Now I know the president and liberals say I should embrace the Muslims and show them the love but I am sorry that is not going to happen. Everywhere you look you see them dancing in the streets celebrating some event that has lead to the injury or death of Americans and or our allies or demonstrating against the culture of the countries they have elected to migrate to. If you want to live in a country that is based on Muslim ideology move back to where you came from. Here in America we fought against tyranny so we could live free and have the right to practice whatever religion we wanted. We elect not to practice yours. If you want me to like and respect you as a Muslim stand up with us against the murderers who kill in the name of your religion. Otherwise, learn to live with the profiling and treatment you receive.

The so called super committee formed to find a way to reduce the national debt has come up with a full proof plan. At least the democrats have. Raise taxes and lower the entitlements  you have earned by working hard and paying your taxes. Two of the entitlements they have mentioned is social security and military retirement. Never mind it is the elected leaders who drained the social security fund on worthless investments and robbing peter to pay paul. And giving it to the illegal's who so desperately need it. Never mind they don't pay into it and are here ILLEGALLY. I think we should stop that outrageous retirement program they gave themselves and put them on social security. I bet the program would be fixed quick, fast, and in a hurry then. And that brings up the question, if they do get the bill passed to tax the rich even more than they do now, will the politicians pay more taxes also or will they exempt themselves from that too. Of course they have to start paying their taxes first.

Last of all I find it very disturbing that yet another Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to prison for doing his job well. A Texas agent has been given two years in prison after arresting a 15 year old illegal smuggling drugs into the country for the cartels. It was during a raid and the courts say the agent used undo force when he raised the boys arms up to force him to the ground while he was resisting arrest. Never mind there were no marks on him except from the straps of the 75 pound backpack he was carrying the drugs  in. No matter though as he was given immunity to return and testify against the agent. So not only will our government not do anything about the illegal immigrant problem, the drug cartel problem, or help the states that attempt to do it on their own , they will punish any agent who does the job they are paid to do.

I think the time has arrived when we as a people should rise up and say:

"WE ARE MAD AS HELL AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE!"

Unless, of course, you want to live in a socialist state and let the government dictate when, where, and how you live your life.

Be free my friend and God Bless.           

No comments:

Post a Comment