Red Acorn arrived at the State Hospital, swiped his identity card, and was shocked to see how many
armed black shirts were guarding the hospital.

When he entered the Hospital. Red stomped to the check-in desk and demanded he see his wife, Dusty
Acorn. The woman’s eyes swiveled over to one of the black shirts who immediately came up to escort Red
to his wife’s room.

Upon entering the room Red ran over to Dusty enveloping her with his arms but she did not seem to
notice. Instead she stared blankly ahead of her.

Red looked up at the black shirt puzzled and the black shirt told Red he had the police report on what had
happened in the police station. Red ripped the report from the black shirt’s hands, started to read it, and
fell into one of the overstuffed visiting chairs inside the room. He could not believe what he was reading.

He jumped up, grabbing the black shirt by his collar, yelling in his face, “where’s my child?”  The black shirt
pushed a gun into Red’s stomach and told him to back away.

“Where is my son, Nutley?” Red screamed. He whipped around to look at Dusty who still wore a blank
face.

“What’s wrong with my wife?” Red demanded.  A doctor entered telling Red that Dusty was in shock,
perhaps a catatonic state, and she would need to stay there for a little while. The doctor told Red they
were taking good care of her and this type of thing had happened before when a child was taken for its’
state education. Some of the mothers don’t adjust too well at first he was told.

Red slipped into the chair once again. The day’s exhaustion streamed over him. What had he done
wrong? What was all of this?  This community service, sharing the wealth? My little baby, Nutley, in a
state education center? When had this begun?

The black shirt seeming to read his mind handed him a huge wire bound book that was about 6 inches
thick. He handed Red the book and told him he had better spend some time reading the policies of his new
government.

The doctor told him that Dusty would not recognize him tonight and perhaps it would take a few days
before she regained her normal state and it would be best if Red went home for the night to get some rest.
Red gave Dusty a last hug and left her room.

When he exited the hospital, the black shirt who had visited him earlier in the day sped up to him in his
own Volvo. Red felt a flash of lightning rattle his brain and for one second he wished he owned a gun. He
would shoot that thief on the spot.

The black shirt smiled and told Red they were ready to deliver his boarders tonight. Red gazed at him as if
he were insane. The black shirt told him to get into his van and to follow him to the Immigrate Workers
Department.

Once they arrived at this department, the black shirt took him down a hall into a room filled with immigrants
or state workers as they were called. Seven names were called out and the men stepped forward. Red
burned a look at the seven men, four Mexicans and three Muslims. What the hell was he going to do with
these men?

The black shirt told him he would follow behind Red as he drove back to his home with the van loaded up
with the workers and their belongings.

Red watched as the men jumped into the van, the Mexicans holding take-out bags with food. The Muslims
entered the vehicle and one sat next to Red in the front seat. Red felt  little electric shocks shoot through
his head and looked at the man and flashed him a false smile. The Muslim did not smile back and uttered
something Red did not recognize.

When the group reached Red’s house, the black shirt got out and told Red to just set the men up in their
rooms for right now and tomorrow he would receive further orders on what needed to be done for the men.

The black shirt jumped back into the Volvo speeding away. As Red watched him drive off, he caught sight
of one of his neighbors, Charlie Crawfish, who had just arrived home from work, watching with intensity at
what was going on at his house. Red felt mortified that this man whom he knew very little was viewing this
humiliating scene.

The men, meanwhile, were jumping out, throwing their jumbled belongings onto the lawn. One of the
Mexicans tossed his empty bags and Mountain Dew bottle out of the van onto the lawn. One of the
Muslims frowned at the Mexican who smiled big and told Red he sure did have a nice place.

Without any warning, a huge crash split the quiet early evening and here came Jeremiah, Red's German
shepherd having smashed through the front living room window heading straight for the Muslim who had
been in the front seat with Red.

Before anyone could do anything but gape, the dog had the Muslim on the ground by his neck. The Muslim
was screeching in some volatile language Red did not understand. He called the dog off the man, horrified
at what had happened.  

Red commanded Jeremiah to halt and sit. Jeremiah stood over the Muslim growling his lips pulled all the
way back in a snarl and the hair on his back standing straight up. The dog sat, but his eyes never left the
Muslim. One of the Muslims stepped forward just then and told Red in broken English that they could not
live in the house with  that foul dog.

By now, Red was completely exasperated with the whole situation that had been thrust upon him. Red
screamed at the Muslim,” That’s too damn bad, you hear me?”  “I don’t care what you think, the dog
stays”!  Red stole a quick look and caught Charlie Crawfish grinning.

The Muslims asked to use his telephone. Red's eyes glinted at the men and told them no one was using
the telephone tonight. Just get in the house he said and he would show them to their rooms. Ha, “their
rooms” Red was thinking. My rooms, my house, my dog, my wife, my son, my life!
What happened to all of it?  Well, for the time being, he was taking charge. He had more than his share of
orders and insanity for one day.


To be continued............

Red Acorn had left the house the same time as Dusty that morning to go to his office. Not knowing of Dusty’s fate, he started his usual routine that morning once reaching his office, whistling softly to himself.

About 10am that morning, Red received a knock on his door. A black shirt entered smiling as Red told him to take a seat. “What can I do for you today?” Red inquired.  Being an accountant who owned his own firm, Red was sure the black shirt had come for advice.

The black shirt produced two documents and handed one of them to Red to look over. While Red studied the document, he felt his face burning. He looked at the black shirt in amazement and said, “Surely this is wrong”.  The black shirt assured him it was not. Red squeaked out to the black shirt, “I’m to give up my house for a less fortunate family?” The black shirt nodded but told him he had a second document and that he would be given a choice. He handed Red the second document which ordered Red to perform community service for a year in payment for him being able to attend university and earn an MBA.

Red stared at the black shirt and told him he had received all of his degrees long before Mr. Obama had been elected so he did not understand. The black shirt told him the community service was retroactive and that indeed he would have to give to his community. It was either that or forfeit his house to a larger family who needed his big house with all that space.

Red felt trapped and looked all over his office for what reason he didn’t know. He kept thinking this had to be a nightmare. “I supported Mr. Obama and gave to his campaign.” said Red.  The black shirt thanked him for his generosity.

Red’s face dropped and he felt as though he might cry, but he held it together asking the black shirt what kind of community service would be necessary. The black shirt told him that he would merely have to board several workers for a year.  Red asked what kind of workers. The black shirt assured him it was no real problem.  Just four Mexicans and three Muslims, just for a year while they worked their jobs.

You have plenty of space in your big house, 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It will be no real problem. All you have to do is provide these workers rooms and food the black shirt assured him.

Red thought about the problem and decided there was no way out. He didn’t want to lose the home for which he had worked so hard. But three Muslims and four Mexicans? In the same house?

He looked at the black shirt and asked when Mr. Obama had decided to order these types of services. The black shirt looked at him as if he had no head and told him that Mr. Obama had discussed this during his campaign and Red must not have been paying attention. Red said he never heard this.  The black shirt asked Red, “Do you not remember Joe Wurltzebacher who asked the tax question to Mr. Obama and was told about sharing the wealth?”  No, Red told the man he had never heard of that. “Oh, don’t worry about that plumber; he is in Gitmo for now”.  Red gazed back in shock at the black shirt.

"Mr. Obama spoke quite often about giving community service. It is something in which he believes quite strongly, Mr. Acorn," said the black shirt. "Don't you recall the many uplifting speeches he gave before he was elected?"  Red honestly could not recall much. He remembered feeling dazed while Mr. Obama spoke at length, but he didn't actually recall the details of those speeches.

The black shirt continued to stare at him waiting for an answer. Red asked him if he could consult with his wife first before he made the decision. The black shirt told him no, these documents had to be signed today and arrangements were already in the process. If he chose not to comply today, the house would be taken away immediately and he would be detained.

Red quickly decided he had better sign the second document. The black shirt asked him to step outside after he had signed the document.  Once outside, the black shirt pointed to a 10 passenger van and told Red that would now be his vehicle. His Volvo would be confiscated until his community service was completed.  He would need the van for hauling the boarders back and forth to their jobs.

Red squinted in the sunny, but cold air at the leftovers of the passenger van. The van had a back missing bumper, one of the front bumpers was torn part way off and just hung there in space. There were dents all over the van; one of the doors was caved in from where it had obviously been hit. The back window was broken out and plastic was taped to it. All Red could think about was what his neighbors would think of him driving that piece of junk.

Red was now very angry, but the black shirt had already taken off while Red was in his reverie. Red noticed that his Volvo was now gone.

He rushed back into his office to call Dusty.  But, the bank told him she had never arrived at work. Red called home, thinking perhaps the baby had gotten sick on the way and Dusty had returned home but there was no answer.

Red called everyone they knew and the doctor’s office and no one had seen her. Now Red was really worried about his wife and child being missing. He decided he should call the police although he figured they would laugh at him and tell him he had to wait until she was missing for 24 hours, that she probably had just run off with another man.

But, when he talked to the policeman at the station, he was told that indeed his wife had been there this morning, but she was taken to the state hospital. Red, now in a panic, asked what happened to his wife, had she been in an accident, was she hurt, what was wrong? The policeman told Red that Dusty had come in with a false complaint, did not like the answer she had gotten and had just gone mad. She had to be tranquilized and shipped off to the state hospital for observation. He told Red to just go to the hospital where he could see his wife and find out more.

Without even looking back or locking his office door, Red jumped into the old van and veered off into the traffic to rush to the state hospital wondering all the way what had happened to his wife and child. Fear was crawling over every inch of his body now and the realization of all that occurred this morning came down on him like a heavy black tarp covering him in gloom.

To be continued………….

Dusty and Red Acorn were your typical suburban couple, married for ten years, one child, and had squirreled away a lot of money. They also happily supported and contributed to the Obama campaign.

Dusty worked at a bank as a loan officer and every morning took her little baby, Nutley Acorn, to the bank with her where child care was provided and she could see the little one during lunch.

Red having gotten his MBA worked for an accounting firm doing well and between the two of them had bought a very nice $500,000 home.  Nice lot with trees and a yard for Nutley to play in when he grew.

On a blustery, but sunny day in February, Dusty packed up Nutley and headed for work. As she drove through her city, she happily hummed John Lennon’s “Imagine” to herself knowing Obama’s black shirts were situated all around the area. She felt quite content. No conservatives to deal with any longer. What a peaceful world this was now.

She parked her car and was getting Nutley out when she was approached by one of Obama’s black shirts. She gave him a big smile and good morning. He smiled back and handed her several papers. She was surprised but delighted at the attention.

As she read the documents, her smile slowly disappeared and she stared at the black shirt before her. She told him there had to be a mistake. He shook his head no. She told him she had supported President Obama and she thought only these kinds of proclamations were for conservatives.

The black shirt shook his head in disbelief. “No ma’am,” he said, “all citizens must comply with these orders when determined.”

The first proclamation stated that Nutley, now being 3 mos old was due for state educational training. The second proclamation stated that her BMW was being confiscated because another family, less fortunate than her, needed a car.

Dusty asked the black shirt how was she going to get to work. He suggested alternative sources, such as a bike for which she would receive a tax credit and an additional $100 supplement check when they filed their taxes.

The black shirt went to take Nutley from Dusty’s arms, but Dusty fought with him trying to hang onto her 3 month old child. “Sorry, ma’am, but you have to hand over the child. It’s federal law and if you don’t comply we will have to arrest you.”

Dusty, in tears, let go of her child. The black shirt assured her that the child would be brought back home on weekends for them to visit with him. But, for the next 18 years of his life he was now a ward of the state.

Dusty handed over the keys to her car and the black shirt drove off waving with a huge smile and wishing her a good day.

Dusty stood there in disbelief, her face streaming with tears. How could this have happened?  She was an Obama supporter, had voted for him and donated to his campaign. She was a liberal for crying out loud. She decided she would walk down to the local police department and report this as a kidnapping and car theft. That black shirt was a fraud she just knew it.

Once inside the police station she reported to the officer on duty what had happened. He made a few phone calls while she sat nervously chewing her lip and watching handcuffed felons coming and going to and from different rooms.

About fifteen minutes later, the police officer told her there had been no mistake and the black shirt was not a fraud and he had been doing federal government duty. She demanded that the police do “something” about getting her baby and her car back. The police officer told her there was nothing he could do and chastised her for not knowing the laws by now.

Dusty shook her head and said she knew of no such laws. The policeman shook his head in despair. “Lady”, he said, “you didn’t keep up with the executive orders that were being passed down did you?”  Dusty shook her head no. As he laughed he said to her, “Too busy watching American Idol?”  

At that moment, Dusty started screaming and several officers dragged her off to a room where she was tranquilized by a state nurse. Dusty fell into a dreamy state, once again humming to herself,
“Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace……”

To be continued………….

A tough question was asked of the Obama camp. Barbara West of WFTV 9 in Orlando Florida asked Joe Biden a question he didn’t like. Joe Biden answered with a question of his own: “Are you joking, is this a joke? Who is writing your questions?”

The Obama camp likes having tough questions aimed at John McCain.  But God help the media maverick (or private citizen) that believes they have the right to present tough questions to the Obama camp.

A disturbing trend has emerged on how the Obama camp responds to those. Instead of answers to clarify, there are…consequences.

The Obama camp’s response to WFTV regarding Barbara West’s question:
WFTV won’t get any further interviews with them and, quite likely, will receive no further Obama information.  The Obama camp also canceled WFTV’s scheduled interview with Jill Biden.

David Freddoso, the author of “The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate”, was scheduled to appear on a radio show.  The Obama camp sent out an email requesting people start a nationwide email and phone campaign flooding the station with demands that he not be allowed on the air.

American Issues Project of Houston ran an ad about Obama’s connection with Bill Ayers.  Obama’s response was to write a letter to the Justice Department asking that the American Issues Project, and their contributors, be investigated. As POTUS, Obama would not have to make such a request. He could simply order it to be done.

An average citizen, now known as Joe the Plumber, did what the American public has always assumed was their right.  He met a candidate and asked a question.  He just wanted to know how one of Obama’s plans would impact him if he bought a business.  Unfortunately for Joe, he caught the Senator off guard (or just off teleprompter).  The unscripted answer wasn’t perceived as favorable for Obama. Now Joe is feeling the impact of daring to ask. His entire life has been gone over with a fine tooth comb and, it appears, the combing was done through government computer systems.
On Friday four broadcast television stations in the key battleground states contacted The National Republican Trust Pac. They said the Obama camp is denying a key allegation in one of their hard-hitting TV ads.
The Obama camp demanded that the stations stop running the TV ad.

This is a strange time in our country’s history. As Americans, we have always questioned anything we deemed necessary about our elected officials either pre or post election.  We assume we have the right to do so.

We do. An inalienable right. A constitutional right.  Freedom of Speech.

However, Senator Obama is showing he has his own interpretation of Freedom of Speech. 

Liberal Free Speech: Good.

Favorable Media Speech: Good.

Anything else:  Be prepared for consequences. 

This is a very disturbing trait in a Presidential candidate.  It would be a terrifying one in someone with the full power of the POTUS.

If hard or unpleasant questions generate retaliation from Senator Obama now, what will happen if someone tries to ask them of President Obama later?

What happens then to the Freedom of Speech of both the American media and the American citizen? What consequences will there be for those who dare to ask? What consequences will there be for all of us if they don’t dare to ask?

Imagine living in a country where the only news that is broadcast is favorable to it’s’ leaders. Where the only questions allowed are the ones that show them in a positive light.  Where anything you say or write must be pre-censored to avoid consequences.  Today, countries like that exist.  We are blessed not to be one of them. It’s a blessing that should not be taken lightly.

Somewhere, mixed in with his plans to tax and spend, Senator Obama may have some desire to do something that may benefit some of us. But those benefits may come with accepting his interpretation of Free Speech.

And that raises the really tough question that only we can answer.

Is there anything so valuable he can offer us that it’s worth the price of sacrificing our constitutional right to Free Speech?

I can think of countless Americans who would respond, if they could, with a resounding no.  They believed that there was absolutely nothing, including their own lives, of greater value than our constitutional rights. They died to ensure those rights would survive.

As I wrote this, I asked myself the tough question.  I know my answer.   Having the freedom to write this is beyond price.

Now it’s your turn. As you sit there, deciding whether you want to post and what you might want to say, remember that you are making choices that exist only because you have the inalienable right to Free Speech.

Then ask yourself the tough question.

 

               

Ron (Goshawk) and I sit down and talk about what is happening in our country. We are saddened at what is going on. In many ways, we feel disheartened by how many Americans have flocked to vote for a man, ( not a Messiah) who has sold a bill of goods on a plate with nothing on it.

His resume sports only one real item, that of being a Community Service worker, which really meant that he worked with ACORN. And, yet, he and his fans, including the MSM, have devoured Sarah Palin in an umbrella of stench and filth, from going after her pregnant daugther, to investigating Troopergate, to her wardrobe. No time to investigate Obama with so many hot stories like that. The MSM and most journalists have let down the American people in not vetting this man who people have donned as God.

With all of those stories what gets lost is the woman who Sarah Palin really is.  The woman who was mayor and then became Governor of Alaska and a darned good one with her 80% approval rating.
The unfairness of this drives me almost to the brink.

And what I see is that Sarah Palin is the real threat to the leftist/socialist/Marxists who are terrified of a real conservative who identifies with so many people. The left is not afraid of John McCain, who is willing to work across the aisle with the democrats. But, they know meeting up with Sarah Palin could be judgment day. With her past record of going after the crooks in both parties, including her own, the crooks in Congress know their day would come if ever she were to become President.

With the help of the MSM who have been carrying his water and covering for him for almost two years, Mr. Government has managed to siphon off a huge voting block of Americans.

Do that many Americans want to take money from other hard working Americans in the "spread the wealth around" policy of Obama, the Marxist?

Have we become a nation of such selfish and envious people of those who make more money than we do to feel free to just "take" someone else's money that they worked so hard to get for them and their families?

That is exactly what both Obama and Biden are clearly stating.  They are going to just "take" money away from those who earn a good living and from corporations who generate good jobs for people and just give it to others at their discretion.

What happened to the Americans I knew when I was growing up?  Have I entered into a Twilight Zone where up is down, good is bad, wrong is right?  

I do not understand the mentality of today's Americans, if this is truly the place to which they have come, that of being willing with no guilt whatsoever to just take money from others.  We all know there have been segments of our society who have been willing to do this for many years now, those on welfare who don't want to work and live off the government, that being us. But, it has never helped anyone. Where welfare has been joined up with work programs, people have done much better and become better citizens and gain self esteem.

Now, am I to believe that more than half of America is now willing to accept what I would call welfare checks from other Americans?  Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me there are more Joe the plumbers out there than these leeches on our society.

Of course, we know that the left has been undermining our society for many years now and the ultimate victory is about to come to fruition for them.  The goal of having a Super Majority of the radical left with the most liberal, radical man to ever run for president.

Most Americans do not even know who this man, Obama, is with his past being clouded in mystery and fog, and radical alliances. Yet, these same Americans are willing to play roulette and gamble with our Republic.

We conservatives have not stood a chance for years now. We have been undermined by the left through the courts legislating form the bench. I imagine that a lot of Americans are still unaware of this. I hear that most Americans do not really pay any attention to politics or the candidates until the last couple of weeks prior to the election. That is a scary thought to me. It is hardly enough time to investigate for oneself to make an informed decision for whom to vote.

Conservatives are a minority in this country now. And, I do not want to hear about voting for 3rd party. That is merely a vote for Obama, no matter how it is rationalized. This is not the time or place in our history to play games like that.

I do not want to hear the Republicans let us down. We, the people, let ourselves down by not paying enough attention to what has been going on for years, for not fighting as we did over the amnesty bill, for just sitting back on our couches and letting things get away from us. As American Conservatives we bear responsibility in being lazy and not hounding our representatives into doing the right thing.

Now, we face a moral crisis in this country, if not a monumental change in how we operate as a government. We have been moving towards a more socialist government for quite sometime, but to move to a Marxist is more dangerous than anyone can imagine. We have no idea what Obama will really do once he is president. He has changed his story on his policies for the last 19 months. What radical leftist  policies he stated during the primaries have morphed to a "centrist" during the national debate.

Who really is Mr. Government, Mr. Obama?  Who really is the man behind the looking glass?  The man who committed himself to Saul Alinsky, Bill Ayers, a Palestinian terrorist, ACORN and fraud? The man who sat in Reverend Wright's church for twenty years listening to Black Theology preached and anti Americanism? Who is the man who Farakahn supports and calls the Messiah?

We are about to enter new territory for America who has been a free nation. Yes, we have been on the road to socialism like France, but to move to a Marxist government is beyond belief.

As Ron says, I did not fight Communism in Korea to have my own country turn to Communism one day. Some Americans are on the brink of making a deal with the devil and we as a country will never be the same again. I see all kinds of methods of how we can change this by all kinds of people on TH, but not a one of the suggestions seems viable, other than civil war at some point.  I am not advocating that by no means, but I wonder just how we are going to change the tide of the onslaught if indeed Mr. Government turns out to be an alias of Mr. Chavez, Mr. Castro,  Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin, take your pick.  

Gambling with our Republic is not worth the chance to me. From what I see on TH with various others commenting, they feel the same.  But is it too late now and what will we do then?

Remember one thing this election day. That is “It’s about the economy”.

That’s right, it is. What fuels our economy is oil that gets pumped from oil wells. The democrats have, for thirty years, stopped any new drilling for oil in this country. They continue to block oil exploration to this day. Congress, which is controlled by the Democrat majority, would not even allow a vote on drilling for our own natural resource, oil. Instead, they closed congress and went on a paid 5 week vacation. After all, it’s not their problem. They aren’t paying for their own gas. They drive cars that use fuel paid for by all tax payers.  No wonder they don’t care what it costs.

They say drilling for oil is bad for the environment.  We might have an oil spill, so we can’t drill. They think we can only have a spill if we drill for oil. They think that one of the many ships transporting the oil cannot have a spill.  To that, I say Exxon Valdez.

We can’t build new nuclear power plants because there might be an accident. No new coal power plants because they’d harm the air by creating green house gasses. They say we must find new fuels for the future. For the future, fine. We all agree about what we need for the future.

But, what about right now?  The American people, and the American economy, need a manageable solution to meet their needs in the present.

They talk of Bush’s failed energy policy but have not come up with a plan that will help right now.  They talk about solutions for TEN YEARS from now.  They claim to have a plan, so where is it? Oh, they want to keep it for after the election.  In the mean time, “we the people” have to suffer. Whose side are they on, anyway? Not the everyday working American people, because if they were they would not only share their so- called plan now, they would be implementing it.

They talk of using wind (in the future) but that’s nothing new. We’ve heard that before; along with how Ted Kennedy doesn’t want a wind farm off the coast because he likes to go sailing there so he has blocked all efforts to build it. Say, American worker, when was the last time you sailed your yacht?  Or even taken your car for a joy ride to see that wonderful view that Teddy doesn’t want spoiled?

Matter of fact, what’s the last time you took a joy ride anywhere? Not too happy with the price of gas, are you?  Barack Obama has already said he is OK with us paying $5.00 a gallon for gas. He’s just not happy at how fast it rose.

Obama’s advice to all of us whose wallets are not OK with $5.00 a gallon gas? His “plan” to get us through the wonderful ten years of waiting for alternative energy? The American public should lower their thermostats in the winter and raise them in the summer.
 
Some plan, isn’t it? Tell us to do what the price of fuel already made a necessity.  Perhaps he thinks his additional hint (keep your tires properly inflated), will leave a few dollars left over for the taxes he will raise if he’s elected.

Plans that take ten years to achieve are not solutions. They’re goals. Having goals is fine.  Making the American public suffer through ten years of paying the oil producing countries whatever they demand is not.  America should never be dependant on the whims of other countries…and look at some of these countries. Some of them are known to be supporting terrorism.  Russia is flexing their new found strength from oil money.

Ten years of being at the mercy of, and paying to support, our enemies. Good plan they have there.

They say, if we drilled, it will take ten years before we see any oil and it wouldn’t drop the price at all. Yet, after George Bush said he backed drilling off our coast the price dropped twenty dollars a barrel or $0.48 a gallon.  Not bad for not having any effect at all.  Apparently, the countries who are knowledgeable about drilling for oil do not share the Democratic Congress’ view on how long it would take us to produce our own.  Interesting that they think we can do something that the Democrats tell us we can’t.

The question is why are the Democrats holding the American people hostage by not allowing the oil companies to drill for oil in our own country. They have said that they would sooner spend that money on alternate sources of energy.

News flash for the Democrats:

The government doesn’t pay for the drilling of an oil well.  The oil companies pay the government for the right to drill. They also pay to drill the well and a royalty on every gallon.

We will need alternate sources of energy. Oil will not last forever.  At some point in time, there will not be any oil. But in the mean time, let the oil companies spend their own money to drill for the oil that we need to keep our economy going and prices under control.  It’s a win-win for the government and the people. The government gets income from the oil companies that can help fund developing alternate energy sources and the average American will be more able to afford changing to alternative fuels without suffering through ten years of a wallet draining energy crunch.
 
Frank Lautenberg bragged on a campaign ad over the summer that he stopped big oil from drilling off the coast of New Jersey. Funny thing about that ad.  It only ran for a few weeks.  I guess he’s really not that proud after all. Thanks Frank, my neighbor got an oil delivery recently.  He paid over a THOUSAND DOLLARS to put only 200 gallons in his tank.  You’re going to make a lot of voters real happy with you as they sit and freeze in their cold houses.

And that’s the new reality we face as winter approaches. Gas and diesel fuel for transportation is one thing. Heating costs are another.  Americans have cut back on unnecessary driving. They’ve absorbed the increases that fuel prices have brought to everything they buy. But now they have to heat their homes for several months. People who heat their homes with oil are facing a major financial crisis.

Think about getting an oil delivery of 200 gallons or more at $4.00 a gallon.  Many people will get a delivery like that every month.  Some will need it every 2 weeks in the winter. I know of houses that use over a thousand gallons a month. What about businesses that use oil in the production of things? That’s going to do wonders for the economy. People who don’t have enough money to heat their homes do not have spare money to spend on anything else.

Thank You Very Much Democrats for your well thought out energy plans and not allowing any drilling for our own oil. So far you’ve driven up the price on almost everything that we eat, drink or use. BTW, next time you take one of those five week vacations, could you send us some postcards? Under your energy “plans”, they’ll be the closest a lot of us will get to a vacation for a long time.  

One of the ads from Barack Obama complains that we are spending 10 billion dollars a month to fight a war on terror to keep safe, so that the horrors of Sept. 11 2001 do not return to our homeland. Notice that he doesn’t complain about the import of 10,400,000 barrels per day; 1.5 to 2 billion dollars a day we send to those who sell oil to us. That’s 45 to 60 billion dollars a month to buy something we have right here in our own country. That money could be spent right here drilling and refining our own oil.


Hmmm….

10 Billion dollars a month to keep us safe…bad thing.

40 – 60 Billion dollars a month to oil producing nations with some of it ending up in the pockets of terrorists…good thing.

Yep, with that kind of logic Senator Obama would definitely be a President who promotes change. Just not the type of change that’s particularly healthy for the future of the American citizens. The oil producing nations (and some terrorists) would be very happy, though.

Although…perhaps he’s thinking of the benefits of keeping them happy. After all, since he doesn’t believe in drilling, we need them happy. Unhappy, they might stop selling us oil. What would happen if the oil producing countries stopped selling oil to us? The strategic oil reserve would only last a short time. Then what?  Perhaps we could switch quickly to running everything on Hot Air.  The Dems produce an endless supply of that.  Might as well put it to better use. So far, all it’s done is raise prices and hurt the economy.
 
The price increase has had an effect on the economies of all countries on earth. In most cases, not a good one. The only countries that are happy are those that are drilling for oil in their own countries and selling it. Even China is now drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, for what is really our oil but we can’t drill there. Our Democrat leaders won’t let us.

They block us from being energy independent.  They do not allow the oil companies to drill. But then they say it’s all Bush’s fault. More interesting Democratic logic.  Such convenient logic…just do what you want, regardless of the consequences, then blame someone else.  The fault must always lie with someone else. After all, if it didn’t, they’d have to admit to being wrong…and they’re never, ever, wrong.

They said this country needing fixing and they wanted control so they could do it.  We had a strong economy then; just 4.5 unemployment with minor inflation.  They got control. The economy tanked. Energy crisis? Not their fault. Financial crisis? Not their fault. Skyrocketing unemployment? Nope…not their fault. Always someone else’s fault. Couldn’t be them.

More convenient logic….conveniently timed, anyway:

Now, with the election fast approaching, the Democrats are saying they support drilling.  But once the voting is over, who knows? That support may reverse as quickly (and conveniently) as their support for the war.

The only thing that is certain is that, whatever happens and however the American public suffers because of it, the Democrats will assure us that it wasn’t their fault. Of course, if their candidate is elected, they won’t be pointing the finger of blame at their Democratic President. At first, it will continue to be at Bush. Later, when that gets ridiculously old, that finger will have to point elsewhere. Probably at the American taxpayer whose ever tightening wallet can not manage to provide for their families while supporting endless Democratic spending.

And, for once, they would have it right. If we vote for them and accept more of their plans and excuses that have hurt our great nation, it will be our fault.   

God Bless America.  May she go on for eons as the land of prosperity and independence. And may none of us ever have to look back on these less than bright days in her history and think that they could have been better and that they weren’t was our fault.

This was sent to me by a friend.  I think it is quite interesting. So, I’m posting it for all to read and wonder.

 

Subject: 57 States

I can't believe this man! What on earth is he doing running for pres?


You are aware, probably, that Barack Obama lost his bearings recently and
said that he was going to campaign in all 57 states.
 
Obama says he's gonna go out and campaign in 57 states, he was just tired,
 you know, it's been such a long campaign, he's been so many places, he
 probably thinks there are 57 states.
 
 Well, I have here a printout from a website called the International
 Humanist and Ethical Union. This is how the second paragraph of an article
 on that website begins. "Every year from 1999 to 2005 the organization of
 the Islamic conference representing the 57 Islamic states presented a
 resolution to the United Nations commission on human rights called
 combating." The title of the piece here is, "How the Islamic states
 dominate the UN human rights council," and there are 57 of them.
 
Obama said he's going to campaign in 57 states, and it turns out that there
are 57 Islamic states. There are 57 Islamic states. So did Obama just
lose his bearings, or was this a more telling slip, ladies and gentlemen?
DO ALL AMERICANS A FAVOR AND FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST..... I
just did!