tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67520779279763669732011-11-27T19:45:41.061-05:00We are just two regular "Joe Schmoes" - average working guys trying to do the best they can for their families, who are frustrated with the direction America is headed.Two Joe Schmoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407730429597729502noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752077927976366973.post-68793626278496414802009-11-17T13:01:00.003-05:002009-11-17T13:34:33.762-05:00

"It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtuein the people." - Richard Henry Lee, letter to Colonel Martin Pickett, March 5,1786Time for me to address the second in the series of virtues and vices. To recap, our Founders realized and understood that for a people to be truly free, they must be virtuous. And in the time of the founding of America, the people knew

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I'm interrupting my stream of thought yet again, because at present the Continental Congress '09 is meeting in St. Charles, IL.You can view the live feed here: http://www.givemeliberty.org/CC2009/default.htmAny lover of liberty and freedom, and any serious student of the Constitution as well, NEEDS to watch this. A lot of very interesting topics are being covered. Mainly, the focus is on the

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"If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never beenslav'd. This will be their great Security." - Samuel Adams,letter to James Warren, February 12, 1779As promised, here is the first in a series on virtue versus vice. As mentioned below, for America to return to greatness, we need to once again be a virtuous people. But, what does that mean? I'm hoping to go through each

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First, I spologize to you for not posting more often. The realities of raising two boys and looking for work and all the fun of being a stay-at-home dad take precedence over my ranting online in long form.Second - those virtue vs. vice bits will come. Honest.Anyway, I wanted to take this late night period of relative calm to share my thoughts on the recent events in this once and future great

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As I said in the last post, America has strayed from its foundation, and everyone knows it. What not everyone knows is that our foundation is based on a solid morality and virtue, as the writings of the Founders will clearly attest. A lot of people on the Left want to equate this with some sort of theocracy or forced belief in religion. While our principles are based in Judeo-Christian morality,

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One doesn't need to read much beyond the headline blurbs on the Drudge Report to see that things are not well in this world, and America in particular is in a freefall from Liberty to Tyranny.While there are many groups forming at the grassroots level to fight what is apparently Obama's mad dash to turn the US into a socialist state - and those groups are full of wonderful people - the root cause

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Lenders made loans without concern for whether borrowers could repay them. Inadequately  informed  of  the  risks  and  overwhelmed by fine print, many borrowers took on debt  they  could not  really  afford.Funny how when conservative talk hosts were saying this last year as the mortgage mess was beginning to rear its ugly head, they were denounced as fearmongering. Although unlike the above

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Despite my insistence this evening to watch Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern instead of the State of the (Insert some word other than Union here), I broke down and watched it. And tweeted my tail off.In short, it sounds like the Obama/Biden 2012 campaign is already underway. I found the address to be very downbeat and negative. Yes, we all know times are bad. It's not exactly a shock to anyone

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It's never been a secret that whenever Americans attempt something, they always put their own unique touch on it. There's the gag about how during the space race, we spent millions developing a pen that would write in zero-gravity, while the Soviets merely used pencils. Tales like that (true or otherwise) highlight that.Now, on our march to socialism, we're apparently going to put our own nasty

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Some days, you read a story that just blows your mind. I came across such a story this morning concerning none other than Russian PM Vladimir Putin. You know, the former KGB officer, fanatic angler, and strong leader feared to be bringing the old Soviet rule back?He's issuing a warning to us. No, we won't be seeing ICBMs raining down on us, at least not from him. He is warning us not to go down

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After a mere month in office, President Obama has done more to this country than anyone expected. Those on the far Left are championing him as one of the greatest presidents ever, while those of us in the center and right are seeing this as an unprecedented assault on individual liberty and freedom.We've had a massive pork-laden "stimulus" bill rushed through Congress so quickly, no one actually

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Things are bad.Very bad.If we don't do something soon, everything will collapse! People will be out of work, our dollar will be worthless, the seas will boil, locusts, plagues...the whole nine yards!WE HAVE TO DO "SOMETHING"!!!!!Maybe we do need to do something. But is that something the first poison pill presented to us? We have a spending spree presented under the guise of a "stimulus" that is

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It's just after midnight. I am tired. I am saddened by the news. I am fearful for the future of America, and even for the lives of my family, especially my 2 young sons.A nation founded on liberty and self-reliance just voted for a Marxist. Someone ideologically opposed to everything America stands for. What the hell has happened?I am no McCain fan. I voted for Bob Barr. New Jersey was so heavily

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This is definitely a strange time we live in.Lately, more and more so-called conservatives and allies of these so-called conservatives have been throwing endorsements at Barack Obama. Here is a small list of recent "defectors":Andrew SullivanKathleen ParkerDavid FrumChristopher BuckleyDavid BrooksDavid GergenMatthew DowdEd RollinsFrank LuntzPeggy NoonanMichael SmerconishColin Powell (not a "

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The "Fairness Doctrine".The "Employee Free Choice Act".These sound like good things, don't they? Fairness, free choice. What's not to like?Well, a little reading into WHAT these are reveals a lot, and a lot more about the people who support them.If you're reading this, you probably know the Fairness Doctrine is "an attempt to ensure that all coverage of controversial issues by a broadcast station

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Now, I admit my memory isn't the greatest. But even I can remember how last week we were told by so many talking heads and empty suits that this 700 billion dollar bailout was going to save the economy, save the Republic, cure male pattern baldness, and who knows what else!Now, this morning, listening to the radio on the way in, I'm hearing a different tale.The markets are going down and down

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Today the Republic was dealt a death blow.Monday the House rejected the 700 BILLION dollar bailout of Wall Street. Stocks plunged, but the people rejoiced.It's only natural: the people have no interest in saving a bunch of criminals from their own greed and stupidity. And Wall street panicked because they weren't handed their money on a silver platter.The Senate has subsequently passed the same

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This past Friday, something amazing happened in our nation's capital, and very little attention was paid to it by the "mainstream" media. Our representatives flipped us off, figuratively anyway.Not all of them, but the Democrats did, and a number of Republicans apparently did as well. Pelosi decided that going on vacation was more important than bringing up a vote on opening up drilling and oil

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Normally, when I see something that sounds too good to be true, I check it out on Snopes. It's really useful to stop in-laws from sending you 300 forwards a day. They don't like finding out they're just unpaid spammers.But this one is a beauty and yes, Virginia, it's really true. Here's the Snopes link explaining it.I proceed:A Tale of Two HousesHouse #1: A 20 room mansion (not including 8

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To any reader who takes at least a few minutes a day to read, you probably already are aware that the "science" for man-made global warming is shaky at best. Honestly, it's more like an outright lie and what I like to call the Left's Ultimate Power Grab. The Left historically gets power through crises, whether real (like the Depression) or imagined (like this) when there is no crisis.A fellow

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I know it's been a very long time since posting - but the duties of the world call and I had to address them.That said, one of the most concise yet brilliant articles I've seen in a while was posted today on FrontPage, one of the better conservative sites. The link to the article is here.Top Ten Skeletons in the Left's ClosetWithout plagiaraizing the entire piece, here's the rundown of the

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Folks, As S.D. is pointing out in another post, our very electoral system is under attack.As many of you are well aware from the elections of 2000 and to a lesser degree 2004, our presidential elections are not decided purely by popular vote. Rather, each state has a winner and that state sends electors to vote for that person, in numbers representative to that state's presence in Congress.This

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The first sign of tyranny is showing its ugly head. Maryland and now New Jersey have pushed through a law that would award their state's Electoral College vote to the presidential winner of the national popular vote. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59683 Folks, this move is completely unconstitutional.Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution clearly states the

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I'm making a bet here that if you're actually reading this page, then you have at least a passing interest in political affairs and of our government.That said, I think most people, liberal as well as conservative, can come to an agreement that the media's handling of the presidential campaigns for both major parties has been anything but fair.Go back to the summer of 2007, where the media was

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Have our leaders lost their minds, or are they simply wandering around in the dark?Congress has decided to ban incandescent lightbulbs.Why, you ask?Because the lie of "man-made" global warming has consumed Congress, and supposedly, incandescent buls do not fit into the new order, where fluorescent bulbs do. The incandescent bulbs allegedly burn out faster and use more energy than fluorescent

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As a Jew I am offended by this attack by the left against Christmas. As a proud Jew, I am quite secure with my belief system. My world view does not come crumbling down when I see a Nativity scene or if some one greets me with a warm "Merry Christmas". As a sign of civility, I respond back in kind.Public school teachers are being disciplined for greeting students with "Merry Christmas".

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I generally try to not do rapid about-faces on issues, but having seen the growing evidence disproving the theory that "global warming" is man-made started me to rethink it.And after reading this article, I'm suddenly convinced it's a complete lie. Science is about studying the data, analyzing it and figuring out an answer. What is happening regarding global warming is turning into a new Salem

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There is a more subtle fascism at play from the Left which I neglected to touch on in my previous post, but which is probably more dangerous since it is on the surface not something one would associate with fascism.That subtle device is known as tax.You might laugh, and that's fair. Taxes are how our government is funded by the people. You may pay a sales tax when you buy something, that goes to

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Think back a few days to Mitt Romney's now-famous "Mormon speech" - and then go look at reactions from the Left and the Right.Those on the Right call the speech "well-thought out", "brilliant" and "a good example of true religious liberty".Those on the Left? Well, I'll quote the MotherJones blog as one shining example that is easily found on many other Left-leaning sites: "Romney to Atheists: Go

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Since the war against terror started the left has claimed that our actions have only increased recruitment for terrorist groups like Al Qaeda. That if only we cared about the Muslim world, and we showed some compassion and understanding then we can "all get along". If we follow this formula, then Barack Obama should bow out of the Presidential race ASAP. Barack Obama's father was a Muslim.

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We are constantly bombarded by bumper sticker slogans from the left side of the political spectrum. The State is their god and "man-made global warming" is their new religion. However, unfortunately like many supposed religious people, they fail to practice what they preach. Does Al Gore, the self-appointed pope of the global warming crowd, need a large mansion that consumes twice as much energy

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I admit, until fairly recently, I bought into the entire "global warming is all our fault" idea. I consider myself environmentally conscious: I turn off lights when not in the room, I try to buy cars with the best mileage for my needs, I'm all for developing new energy sources that remove our need for OPEC and their oil.But my co-writer here pointed out some of the information that isn't being

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