Interesting and scary article by Neil Boortz

[cranny]

Actually, it really shouldn't be all that important. As I've told you many times, our founding fathers felt that in times of peace 95% of all governance should come from the local, not the federal level. Not one of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence or who participated in the design of our Constitution ever dreamed that the federal government would become the out-of-control behemoth it is today. We should be far more concerned with local elections than federal. The main thing we should be looking to the federal government for is national security ... that and some roads and bridges. Our downfall was the lure of political power. The men and women we sent to Washington became so intoxicated – and addicted – to power that they constantly wanted more and more. So, they seized it. Simple as that.

How about a little reality check? Do you really have an understanding of just how much control this federal government we're now saddled with has over your daily life? This is important, folks. Take a look at Nancy Pelosi as she goes about her chosen task of saving the planet. Put Harry Reid right up there next to her and tell me how much you like what you see. Then ... add to the mix a president with a lifetime fascination with Marxism; a president that actively sought the endorsement of a fledgling communist party when he ran for the senate in Illinois just six years ago. Do you really like the picture that's emerging here?

Former deputy assistant treasury secretary Ernest Christian and former congressman Bill Frenzel wrote a short but very powerful column that appeared in the Wall Street journal last week. I read part of this column on the air yesterday and immediately the emails started flooding in asking that I include the parts that I wrote in today's Nuze. Glad to oblige. I'm thrilled that there are people out there who are actually alarmed at what they heard.

Frenzel and Christian reminded us that with the election of Barack Obama we will have the most left-wing, collectivist-minded president in our history. He, together with Pelosi and Reid, will be in charge of a government of immense power over your daily lives. Here is the list that Frenzel and Christian posted ... a list of the things that a "united president and Congress can, as a practical matter, do – plus much more."

Take your money and give it to someone else.
Tell businesses what to produce and sell, who to hire and what wages to pay.
Set all commodity, wholesale and retail prices.
Control all energy supplies.
Control all communication networks and financial markets.
Replace all private health care with a government system.
Prescribe the curriculum for all schools
Determine which students get a slot in elite universities.
Diminish political and other speech.
Enroll all citizens above the age of 17 either in the military or in civilian corps for periodic instruction and service
Children could be required to spend the summer in government "youth" camps.
Sound a bit much? Hardly. There is absolutely nothing on this list that the Imperial Federal Government of the United States could not do today. Take the "youth" camps, for instance. Tell me ... if mandatory attendance laws are OK for regular school during the school year, just why wouldn't a mandatory attendance law be OK for the summer indoctrination camp?

It's time to wake up a bit folks. Have you ever heard Obama talk about strengthening local government and weakening federal government. How often have you heard him sing the praises of freedom? Do you think for one moment that this man has any true affection for the free market? This is an election that simply cannot be made on the basis of skin color of historical significance. Decades from now it is going to matter what Obama did to our freedoms and to our nation, not how well he could speak (with a script) or what color he was.

Let's hope the electorate matures --- a lot – before November rolls around.

[2ez2brich]

Who are the founding Fathers and how did they come to be Founding Fathers ?

Was the country lost at one point ?


Any thoughts on what Bush has done to our Freedom and Nation ?

[Mickey]

Originally Posted by 2ez2brich

Any thoughts on what Bush has done to our Freedom and Nation ?

Everyone seems to forget that Bush spear headed the Patriot Act which is the worst violation of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution that our nation has ever seen.

[JoeD]

Originally Posted by 2ez2brich

Any thoughts on what Bush has done to our Freedom and Nation ?

Bro any true conservative doesn't like Bush NOR McCain; they are both liberal republicans. The fact is Obama is borderline socialist and conservativess are voting for the LESSER of two evils.

Don't believe the hype about "change" and what he's going to do -- his voting record says otherwise. Hopefully a better candidate will come to life in 2012... Damn that sounds so far away!

[usualsuspect0718]

Originally Posted by Mickey

Everyone seems to forget that Bush spear headed the Patriot Act which is the worst violation of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution that our nation has ever seen.

No, actually as I've pointed out on this board for the last 2 years, Bill Clinton's spy program was disgustingly more intrusive than president Bush's. Did you know that, under Clinton, the NSA could listen to the phone conversation of practically any person in America?? No you probably didn't because that gets zero coverage. I'll help out:
Clinton NSA Eavesdropped on U.S. Calls