Conservative Voice

Recently in a press conference, President Bush asked us to take a deep breath and keep this economic slump in perspective. I think he’s right. The economy is in bad shape, but the country is not. We have core strengths that are not going away. Economic cycles have a lot to do with psychology and shifts in momentum. So it’s important to remember what makes our country strong and why it can and will recover.

Our Resources
We have abundant natural resources. Our greatest resource is our educated, creative, hard-working people. We have the market structure in place to allow for creativity and provide rewards for taking risks and working hard. Our economic system, though weaker than usual now, is the strongest system in the world. And it is still growing. It is only “worse” because it is not growing as fast. We are creating, producing, and buying more and better products every year, not less – even during these hard times.

Hard work
Americans have always worked hard. Unemployment is still at a historically low level, so nearly every American who wants to work has the opportunity to work. We need to remember that collectively, our hard work is what makes our country remain strong and grow. This doesn’t just mean blindly clocking in each day for the boss, but actively looking for ways to do our jobs better and more creatively. And not just to make our companies more competitive, but for our own personal good – for promotions, bonuses and other financial rewards. That’s the beauty of a free market with the rule of law firmly in place – there are always incentives and rewards for creative, hard work.

Savings and investment
This may be our greatest weakness now. America has forgotten the value of putting off spending now for greater wealth later. Payday check franchise growth and non-stop radio advertisements to get out of paying the credit card companies are evidences of this flawed trend in our society. The social responsibility that used to come with debt has been weakened. But hopefully society is waking up to the adverse effects of this trend. We are still smart enough to see the value of saving and having a nest egg to get us through tough times. Like our grandparents who lived through the great depression, we will always remember what it felt like to see a market decline. As the president said, “I don’t need to tell people what to do. They are smart enough to see the signals of the free market.” That has become very apparent as fuel consumption has dropped dramatically in response to high prices. We know what we need to do to respond to the market, to force a return to equilibrium. We need to save more and spend within our means.

America will survive
We survived the great depression. We survived the oil shock in the 70s. We survived the savings and loan failures in the 80s. We survived the recession after 9/11. Remember when the Japanese were supposed to be taking over in the 80s? Now it’s the Chinese? If you’ve traveled to other countries, you can see the difference in culture, in economics, in respect for fairness, and it becomes clear why this is the greatest nation in the world. As long as we remember the values that keep our economy strong and teach the next generation to work hard, to work smart, to invest in ourselves, and to leverage the great resources we have, the economy will become vibrant again and this slump will be another memory – another survival badge of honor.

Dear followers,
Please forgive me for the billions of dollars and years of time I caused to be wasted because of my flawed theories and speeches on the climate change hoax. It brought me fame, respect, and wealth that I couldn’t get in politics. But I was wrong. The earth has now been cooling for several years. Science has proven that the warming that did happen was due to sun activity and the earth’s natural cycles. Science has also proven that CO2 emissions caused by man are such a tiny percentage of total CO2 that any idiot that can do math beyond third grade could see it couldn’t actually change the climate. The deception is obvious. My motives have become apparent. I feel like such a fool, but once you go so far down a path, it’s hard to stop, even when you know you’re wrong. Especially when uneducated but very attractive Hollywood celebrities are on the path with you. But now it is my conscience that needs to come clean, not the ozone layer. Please forgive me, all you poor sheep that have followed my down this crazy path. Go home now and enjoy life without the guilt and worry of climate change. Do all you can to keep the air clean, keep the forests beautiful, and the water drinkable. But please don’t waste any more time trying to stop the sun from shining.
Your friend,
Al

There is a lot of propaganda about this guy, much of it untrue, but the reason it’s out there is because he scares people. People shouldn’t be scared because he’s black (he’s half) or Muslim (he’s not). The New Yorker cartoon is only scary because people don’t get the joke. What IS scary is that he is a radical leftist with beliefs, ideas, and friends that are way out of the mainstream of America.

Let’s start with the friends we hear so much about:

Jeremiah Wright – his friend and pastor for twenty years is a radically racist priest. Yes, it’s true Obama has distanced himself from Wright now, but only for political expediency. Prior to the campaign, he considered Wright a friend and mentor. Obama’s first book is full of the type of racist angst that defines Wright’s sermons. Famous quote: “God Damn America!”

Bill Ayers – an anti-American terrorist who served on a socialist-minded anti-poverty board with Obama, donated to his 2001 campaign, and helped Obama launch his political career with an event at his house. Ayers claims he isn’t a terrorist because his group never killed anyone. This is only true because their attempt to murder was foiled by members of his group blowing themselves up accidentally while making a bomb. He’s not a terrorist only because he’s a failure. Famous Quote: “Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon. The sky was blue. The birds were singing. And the bastards were finally going to get what was coming to them.”

Tony Rezko – Obama’s business associate, political contributor and friend since 1990 was recently convicted on several counts of fraud and bribery. Rezko made contributions to Obama’s campaigns, held a lavish fundraiser for him, and clearly helped him with a sweetheart land deal that Obama later called “boneheaded” since it was such an obviously fraudulent scam. Here’s what Governor Blagojevich said about himself and Rezko: “Stick with us and you will do very well for yourself”.

These and other associates of Obama (including his wife, Rashid Khalidi, Emil Jones, Michael Pfleger, etc.) all have common threads – they are either corrupt criminals who have no respect for America, or they are harsh critics of American culture and politics. There has been a lot written about these shady characters, but most commentators are missing the point. It’s not so much that Obama is a bad guy – a criminal, racist or terrorist – because of his ties to these people. The important conclusion is that these people define his circle of friends. He clearly comes from a background of far-left radicals who have no respect for America. They think it is an evil empire and even criminal activity is justified because it doesn’t compare to the evils done by our country.

Yes, America is flawed, but Obama and his associates only see the flaws. They have no understanding of the greatness of America, what this country has done for so many others, what a miracle its founding was, how it dramatically changed the world and the philosophies of men about freedom, and how it has been a force for good around the world since its beginning.

Obama doesn’t like our history or our culture. He was raised in a very different world than most Americans. His friends don’t live by the rules, don’t like America, and want to change things to be more like the more leftist, radical countries of the world. That’s what all the “change” is about. He wants to take us to the liberal extreme utopia. This is why people feel in their gut that there’s something scary about this guy. He has many faults – he is inexperienced, he has naïve and uneducated ideas about foreign policy, he has no understanding of economics, he sees no moral implications of partial-birth abortion and other life issues, he can’t give a good speech without a teleprompter. But his beliefs about this country, as evidenced by his corrupt, America-hating circle of friends, are his scariest flaws.

This one was too irresistible. I have feeds from the NYT Business Pages on my Yahoo page, just to give me a chuckle now and then. The NYT headlines are almost always significantly more depressing than any of the other liberal news organizations.

Today’s first two headlines really exposed their bias:

NYT > Business
 Bernanke Offers Bleaker View on U.S. Economy - one hour ago
 Stocks Edge Higher on Bernanke Remarks - one hour ago

So, the NYT’s spin on Bernanke’s latest comments are “bleak”. Actually, “Bleaker”, with reference to other comments Bernanke had given in the past. Their article is a depressing piece to read, when in fact, Bernanke’s comments weren’t all that bad.

The truth about Bernanke’s statements are found in the very next NYT headline. This one is about data – the stock market. They can’t lie about data. The markets were up based on Bernanke’s remarks. So the people with money – the ones who are doing the most analysis on the economy, saw optimism in Bernanke’s remarks. Which, if you read all his remarks, is the conclusion anyone without a liberal agenda would make.

It turns out strong evidence has surfaced that Obama is not a fanatical, Christian-hating Muslim after all. Apparently he has been attending the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago for twenty years. The Trinity church is famous now because of the exposé on its preacher, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who, by the sound of his recorded messages over the last several years, seems to hate America and white people. This reverend baptized Obama’s kids, and married Barrack and his wife. So Obama is not a fanatical Christian-hating Muslim – he’s a fanatical America-hating and white-hating Christian!