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I said it earlier today that I thought the federal government had reached the point where it has perfected the Charlie Foxtrot (Cluster Fu@k) to an exact science! I was responding to the sad state of affairs for people’s health care costs which have skyrocketed for many families  thanks to the well meaning but terribly bad Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare. It should have been called the Unaffordable Care Act but this is just what we can come to expect if Hillary is elected.

These hopeful progressive ideas that Dems continue to promote year after year, decade after decade that say if we only tax the rich a little more; grow government a little more; and control people and property more efficiently, the world would be a better place free of want, hunger, greed, poverty, etc. etc.. is so much rubbish. It’s so far from how things work and how humans really behave that it really belongs in Science Fiction (ie Star Trek) and not politics.

In practice these policies like national healthcare and laws they push year after year have never worked efficiently if at all, and in most cases just cause more complicated problems in the present and for the future. However they all make for good sound bites to the masses of people who want to have someone fix all their personal problems for them. If it gets them reelected and allow them to remain in power who cares if they work. These phony hucksters like Clinton continue to appeal so long as people believe in the effectiveness of fairytale programs and blatant lies.

Wake up America and smell reality for a change! You are about to elect a decades long cheat and grifter. A woman who for years enriched her own purse through the public offices her and her husband held and were trusted to protect. No politician should get rich working in government. The Clintons are the poster kids for this type of infamy.  Hillary Clinton is criminally negligent and dangerously reckless with national security matters. She is a habitual liar and  I believe a narcissist in love with her public image. She wants you to look the other way while she steals this election as well as the White House china.

When you look throughout the course of human history no law, code, regulation, or decree was ever enacted or imposed upon other human beings without the subtle or not so subtle, implied threat of coercion or actual use of coercion. There were always those willing and able to enforce their will upon others through the use of weapons, and they are the one’s who usually ended up ruling others.

In more modern times its been said that the one in the room with the gun is the one who is really in charge. Today’s debate about gun control really centers around a larger more fundamental issue. Who is to be in charge of it all, the government or we the people?

There can be no doubt the founders of the USA meant for the people to be in charge of the government and that its role was to protect the individual’s rights and property.  However when you listen to today’s Democrats or big government progressives and their more crazy offshoots like Sanders and his following, you can easily see who they want in the room with all the weapons. Do they trust you to be armed and use discretion and take responsibility for your own safety and actions? The answer is a resounding emphatic “no” they don’t. Do they fear losing control of you? Every day!

They are however slowly convincing each succeeding generation of Americans that government knows best, and that you can trust government more than even yourself to make just laws that will govern every aspect of your life, to include your ability to defend yourself. Furthermore you should have no capability to oppose the will of Govt with rival force no matter how broken, corrupt, unjust, petty or tyrannical government becomes. They can’t possibly see a future where anyone would have the audacity to oppose the all powerful all seeing State and nothing to them is worth dying for or fighting for. Peace and order they argue, must be maintained at all cost and no person has the right to do commit violence to protect himself or another, that is the license of government only.

I would then argue that when you accept that premise and willingly surrender your arms you cease to have the ability to oppose government in any meaningful or forceful way and you cease to be a citizen in any real sense history has previously described Americans. Instead you become a subject, to be controlled, regulated and managed by the State not unlike chattel or livestock. You become a cog in a vast machine that is faceless, remorseless, and sees you as having no real individual identity, and certainly no inherent natural rights that would precede and/or supersede government’s authority. What real power is left to oppose them or prevent them from doing anything they want…their promises?

Russian Tanks on Red Square

The second amendment and the Constituition as written then is an existential threat to the very premise that it is government’s mission to control its citizens and achieving the aim of being the only one left in the room with the gun.

There are hundreds of millions of firearms in this country in the hands of private citizens currently and I see no reason to change that for the overwhelmingly majority are law abiding and peaceful.

It really does boil down to just one central and very important idea; who is ultimately in charge of it all? Who is to be armed and in charge? We the people or the government?

Will surrendering to the government our arms ever make sense when this same government has used it power and authority to repeatedly disrespect our citizens, our individual rights, our property and circumvent our existing laws as written, all the while we are armed? How much greater the contempt or disregard for us as citizens can we then expect by giving up all hope and means of forcefully resisting government and surrendering all our arms?

Anti-gun movement sculpture

Do you trust the same people who gave us Benghazi, Obamacare, IRS scandals, Corruption, NSA Spying, Assassination of US citizens abroad without trial, and the Iraq War with your lives, property and your natural God given right of self-defense? Can you honestly say the “citizens” will be safer and more secure unarmed?

As with most of the complaints about people’s incomes, in the end you have to ask yourself the question, how does taxing some rich person(what ever that is) more going to help me today? How does ” leveling” the playing field help me right now? The answer is really not that much at all, assuming you even could.
In this great country only you can really determine how wealthy you will become and how happy you will be. Not many places left can say this but in America you can still own a yacht and be a one percenter or a full-on marxist nut job protester with no job, living in your grandmother’s basement claiming to be a victim of some kind, and/or demanding a “living wage” or some such nonsense. The reality however is its up to each and every one of us to get the training, or education, or experience to be in demand, so we can get the job that pays us what we want, or help us to create/grow our business. No one else is responsible; we are responsible for ourselves. No one else is responsible to create a job for you or give one to you without effort, and/or grow your own business for you. They don’t have to give you anything except maybe their love as a human being.

So Donald Trump and people like him are born with a silver spoon in their mouths. So what. How does someone else being born wealthy hurt or help you? Not at all. Why try to drag people who are doing well down to everyone else’s level in the interest of “fairness”. There is no fair in life. It does not exist in nature and it does not exist in humankind.  And besides, who gets to decide what’s fair and what’s isn’t? You? Is that fair? Get over it!

Pay attention to your “life” and be the captain of your own ship and your own destiny. Quit looking at and coveting your neighbor’s possessions. Quit your bitchin and just get busy!

ISIS beheads a captive 2014

Western civilization and orthodox Islamic teaching are incompatible with one another. For a Muslim to embrace our culture means they have to reject the literal interpretations of their most holy book and adopt a pick and choose attitude of what parts they believe to be true and what parts they do not. This person it can then be said is not very principled but instead embraces a kind of moral equivocation something that plagues this country as well. This “westernized Muslim” has a very progressive attitude and not at all common among the world wide billion faithful. Polls in Muslims countries prove this. The most devout Christian for example would never believe it was acceptable to kill, steal or lie to others. The most devout Muslim is taught in their Koran that it is acceptable to kill, steal, and to lie to your enemies. That simple comparison speaks volumes. Don’t believe me. Look it up.

Americans are guilty of this too with regard to picking and choosing what to believe in the Bible or the Torah but the difference is Christian and Jewish faithful are looking only to conquer the hearts and souls of the world, Islamic faithful want to subjugate the physical world by force and establish a worldwide Caliphate, forcing people to submit to God or die. Submission not freedom is their mantra. There is a big difference between the western world and the Islamic world in this regard. They represent a billion people on planet earth. The statements by the media types and PC police would have you believe that only a small group of radicals are causing the problems, but that is not the case. The most devout Muslim following their holy book’s teachings is going to be very very different and radical compared to a citizen growing up in Western society. Not all of them strap on bombs but polls conducted in the Middle East and where they live in the world strongly suggest they support Sharia law and it barbarity. This religious culture is stuck in the 7th century and rejects the 1300 years of human development since its founding. We tolerate all religions and beliefs. They do not and never will. We are at war with this religion, physically, economically and morally, whether our leaders and PC police will admit it or not. And even if we don’t admit it, they are in deed at war with us and our way of life and culture.
This problem is not going away with better diplomacy or isolationist attitudes. They are here in our country already establishing the footholds they need. Their madrassas and mosques that teach Wahhabism and other radical beliefs are already here. Our government blindly looks the other way. I believe in order for the freedom of religion to exist all the faiths must be willing to at least acknowledge the others right to exist. Traditional Islam does not and will never recognize other religions as having a right to co-exist.

We must reject them and their ideology and not allow them to flourish at the expense of other religions and belief systems in our country. We must be very very careful at who we let into our country especially people from the Middle East and other countries that fully embrace traditional Islam. We cannot make exceptions for them just because they are Muslims. Look at what Europe has become when they allowed this culture to exist in their countries. There are entire enclaves of Muslim communities in France right now for example where French law does not apply anymore and non-Muslims are not permitted to enter or enter at risk of physical harm. How did this happen you might ask? Because some in the French government thought it was the right thing to do, being “tolerant.” It is human nature to be suspcious of those that are different than us. That is normal and healthy and can be very prudent. In this case with regards to Islam it may mean the difference between our continued survival and destruction. Don’t be naive.

We don’t need hyphenated Americans in this country.  We are one nation, with one common language- English, with multiple races, ethnicities and traditions. We have many cultures represented here but one culture is predominant and should remain that way, and that’s the American culture. We speak the same language here so we can understand each other and that should remain so. We need to have values too that are similar, not necessarily the same but at least close, so there are no misunderstandings, and mutual respect for one another can exist.  We need diversity of thought and ideas but not at the cost of cultural unity and national suicide. No nation has ever stood long after fully embracing multiculturalism.

We are first and foremost a great nation, unlike any other in the history of the planet despite repeated attempts by some to change that. Our founders recognized the right of the individual first, and wrote laws protecting the individual and his property. We are a nation run by its citizens not a king, or ruling class or elite. We the people are sovereign and supposed to be in charge. This is fundamentally different than most other nations on Earth. Our nation is not like the others.  We are not all the same. We have a pedigree like no other and should not act like we have no singular identity or culture because we in fact do.

Our founding fathers were Englishmen that respected God and established law based upon their understanding of God. While we accept those of all faiths or none, our laws were not created specifically with Atheists in mind nor were they created for Muslims. This is a historical fact. The law allowed for those of all faiths to worship here freely without state sanction or interference or to not worship at all. The laws were not written to deny the existence of God or deny worship in public, nor were they written so that one faith or denomination was above all others and the law.

We have laws that everyone should learn to understand and respect and we need enforcement of those laws that should be enforced equally and justly. I would challenge anyone however to find a more fair and beneficent set of laws anywhere in the world. We are not perfect, but we don’t have equals.

No other nation has done more for the world in the history of mankind in a positive way. No other nation is more giving and generous of its time and resources. There should be no doubt as Americans, who we are or what we stand for. There is a reason why millions of people from all over the world still want to come here to live and become Americans even if some would have us believe there is nothing special about us at all.

We have lost our way in many areas but all is not lost. We should strive to be our best and preserve our heritage for our children.  As in times past, others on Earth should look at as us as we walk by and say there goes an American- generous, God-fearing, independent, free like the wind; with a spirit of enthusiasm, determination, and tireless ingenuity that is as great and soaring as an eagle.

Just a thought but if Islam is truly a religion of peace and the majority do not support the barbarism that occurs daily in areas controlled by Islamic fascists then why aren’t there more of those peace loving people marching in the streets of their capitals of their respective countries right now and demanding their governments do something about the violence? Why isn’t every peace loving Islamic country vocally and physically opposing the monsters like ISIS right now instead of just a few nations, and most of them, Western democracies?  I can understand why we don’t see that in the Middle East. In Islamic countries throughout the Middle East thousands will show up to chant “Death to America”, or to cry and tear their clothes in anguish, and trample and kill a few innocents, all over a cartoon representation of “Mo” but protest the beheading of a fellow Islamic or Christian in general, naah that’s okay, they deserve it according to the literal translation of Mo’s book.

I can understand why chanting give peace a chance in the streets of Mecca might not work but what about in Western democracies, why aren’t we seeing more protests and marches and denunciations of ISIS and the barbarity that’s covered in the news? Could it be that those peace-loving Muslims are afraid to speak up out of fear and retaliation by the true believers among the populations? Could it be that in the quiet privacy of their homes they secretly support the actions taken by their more zealot brothers and keepers of the faith? Actions speak louder than words and their actions and words of protest are silent by and large, which tells us much.

I truly believe any Muslim that says his religion is a religion of peace and vocally opposes the killing going on right now by ISIS is not a true believer of Islam or they are just being disingenuous. They are a progressive believer at best and they are not in the majority, for if they were they would not be afraid to speak up in the relative safety and comfort of the West let alone in Mecca. Go ahead and ask those peace loving Muslims what they think would happen to them if they went to Mecca or any Islamic nation’s capital and started a peace march in support of say.. Christians? What would they say would happen to them? They would probably say something that it’s not permitted or that those over there do not believe the way they believe, etc etc and in that case they would be correct. Most Muslims in Muslim countries are not peace loving and do not recognize an individual’s right to believe as he wants. That point of view is a western, democratic tradition and not a Middle Eastern or Islamic tradition.

Isn’t it more likely that every country that is controlled by Islam does not believe in freedom for its citizens and would crush anyone who dared express an opinion against the Mullahs true interpretation of the Koran? Islam itself if fractured between Sunni and Shia, which has resulted in the killing of millions in Allah’s name, so how much more intolerant must they be of Christians or atheists for that matter? Could it be those governments openly or at least tacitly advocate the kind of violence we see perpetrated by ISIS? Could it be those leaders in those Islamic countries hate our country and its people because of our openly flaunting “freedom” and “tolerance” of everything and everyone?

There is no such thing as separation of church and state in Islamic controlled nations. The citizens of these countries have supported this way of life for centuries either by relinquishing their freedom willingly or by subjugation. All those who opposed the will of Allah are put to death. There is no discussion and debate on the matter. As such there is no tradition of self-interest and independence you find in the western nations and democracies. So why should we expect someone coming here to America or to any western nation  professing to still be an Islamic adherent and yet want to adopt our way of life. I would not believe it for a second and neither should you.

They do not change their point of view just because they are in our lands. Their faith guides them to not accept our way of life or belief systems. They instead insist we change ours for them. You can see this clearly happening in Europe right now. You don’t have Moroccan Islamic immigrants becoming Frenchman adopting French customs, beliefs and traditions; you have just Muslims who happen to live in France changing nothing but citizenship in name and a new address from where their welfare check comes from.

We have a President who is pandering to Islamic interests like no other President before him. It most likely is because of his own heritage. He does this however at the expense of one of our closest allies in the region, Israel. I think that is a mistake that will lead to more war in the region if not globally. This leads me to the point of my article.

I read yesterday that President Obama is going to allow ten thousand Syrian refugees into our country this next fiscal year. This is dangerous as Islamists have no tradition of freedom and tolerance. I do not think they would easily assimilate to our culture and way of life and this must be a concern for all of us and our government when we look at our immigration policy. Just like the thousands of  Central and South Americans who stream across our borders illegally with no intention of adopting our values, language, culture or custom, so too would Islamists moving here legally or otherwise.  They would not melt into the American pot so to speak but would instead stick out like a piece of sharp glass or deadly mix of gasoline and explosive.

The idea of living the American dream is a great one but our policy of letting anyone in at any time night or day and without legal authority has to stop and soon. We need to reexamine the purpose of immigration. We want to be a bastion of freedom and democracy to the oppressed but shouldn’t the rest of us who are already here get something out of the deal too?  How does having millions of largely unskilled workers come here, workers who won’t assimilate into our country, help us the American citizens who either were born here or stood in line waiting to move here legally?

I believe it is the intention of this President and his supporters to forcefully change the demographic mix of  this country. Not just the color of our citizens skins which I do believe is part of it, but also the type of person who comes here.  I believe it is a carefully orchestrated attempt to make more and more government dependents, and dissatisfied socialists ,who will affect change by shear numbers and tax the system so terribly that the government will forcefully be overturned and the Constitution rendered obsolete and powerless. This is the hope and change Barrack Hussein Obama has promised. God help us all when he completely succeeds.