“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.” Tom Landry

Our Goal is to foil their socialist agenda now, and unseat Obama and the “progressives, liberals, socialists”, both state and federal, in elections 2010 and 2012. What we need to focus on is a plan to achieve that end. The time to start is now, before they do so much damage to our constitution, freedoms and livelihoods that it would take generations to undo. Here is our plan so far, I will keep adding to this list, feel free to comment with your suggestion.

Write!

• Let your views be known.
• Write your representatives often.
• Write your representatives PROACTIVELY not reactively. Let them know before legislation is introduced that we are watching and will not support any (insert liberal garbage) legislation or the legislators who back it.
• Write your newspaper(s) letters to the editor column. Many papers have forms on their web-sites to submit a letter for publication, most others will accept e-mail. Read their submission policies carefully, as any excuse not to publish letters at odds with their view will be used. Note that many liberal rags accept few submissions that express conservative viewpoints, keep writing them anyway let them know you will not buy a paper that is biased.

Reply!

• If you receive an unsatisfactory response let them know you will not accept it.

Remind!

• Keep the pressure on, remind them often that (insert liberal garbage) is a vote deciding issue.

Educate!

• Educate others about (insert liberal garbage).
• Educate your self to intelligently counter any argument.
• Be credible, get your facts first.

Feel no Fear!

• The liberals are great for telling us what we should believe and how we should act, but they don’t practice what they preach. They call their own agendas and their opponents view the exact opposite of the truth. (such as the “Fairness Doctrine” and that we are the racists.)
• Turn the tables and show how they or their view is actually (insert liberal BS).
• Do not be silenced by fear of being called an (insert liberal BS).
• Do not be afraid to speak your mind.

If we stick to this plan it will be much harder for them to ramrod their agenda and pass stealth legislation.

The clock is ticking!

No surprises as we enter the second week following Obama’s election, though the concerns keep mounting. Obama believes he has a mandate because he won more than 50% of the vote. According to American University political scientist Curtis Gans, an authority on voter turnout, 2008 Voter turnout is estimated at 60.7% – 61.7% of eligible voters vs. 60.6% in 2004. The percentages remain substantially the same even though 4 million more people are estimated to have cast a ballot this year as there are 6.5 million more voters registered than were in 2004. The figures also show that Republican turnout DECLINED 1.3% and Democratic turnout increased by 2.6%. African American voter turnout increased by 2% to 13% of the electorate.

What does this all mean?

• More Republicans stayed home, unhappy with John McCain and were willing to let people “get what they ask for”. More would have stayed home but for Sarah Palin.
• More Democrats turned out. Due in large part to the vote getting effort of Obama’s supporters, ACORN being none the least.
• More African Americans voted – No Comment.
• A quote by a *Democratic strategist who did not want to be named as criticizing Obama’s campaign. – “It sort of calls into question some of the vaunted ground game discussion, the whole turnout machine,..” “The GOTV effort was redoubled in 2008 compared to 2004, but it did not seem to make that big of a difference.”
• Obama garnered approximately 65.97 million votes and McCain 57.77 million, lets see, of all the eligible voters in the United States 33% supported Obama 27.7% supported McCain and 39.3% didn’t vote!

To sum it up, If there was a mandate it was that most people didn’t care who won and neither candidate has taken the pulse of the Nation! However Obama believes he has a “real mandate for change” and is planning to use “EXECUTIVE ORDERS” to “ACT QUICKLY” to undo the previous administration’s policies, without waiting for congressional action. According to John Podesta, Obama’s transition chief, a good bet is that Obama will ban offshore drilling, among other priorities! As Obama has already predicted our energy bills “WILL SKYROCKET”, just when home heating and transportation costs have reached an acceptable level, an insane attempt to force feed us an energy policy that is technologically impossible appears to be his priority. Obama is in effect promising us $5 a gallon gasoline and home heating oil again!

Now that the 2008 presidential election is behind us my thoughts go to what the future has in store and whom will conservative folks unhappy with both candidates look to. Though it’s too early to tell, amid all the finger pointing of the defeated McCain camp, if Sarah Palin will lead us out of the desert, I’m here to say RHINOS (republicans in name only) like John McCain should be banished to the pages of history. McCain has no one but himself to blame for his defeat, he refused to challenge Obama on a myriad of real concerns like;

• Who is Obama, really? We only were fed the Hollywood version by the worshiping media who suddenly are asking themselves what did we do, we knew we were campaigning for his election but did we ask the right questions to find out who he really is or what he believes in? Too little too late.
• Tax issues that any economics 101 student knows are wrong for today’s economy and are anti business, anti investment and anti growth. Stagnation waiting to happen.
• Obama pals and mentors like Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers, both America hating firebrands. Yet he clung to their defense, finally and begrudgingly trying to distance himself.
• His association with ACORN and his $800,000 “donation” to sign up new (many several times or unqualified) voters and actively tell them to vote for Obama. His role in training ACORN recruiters, did Obama teach them how to inflate the voting rolls, where did they learn to commit the fraud that is being prosecuted in several states?
• Here’s one for you lib’s. How about Obama’s stand on Abortion to vote AGAINST lifesaving treatment for BABIES that survived late term abortions! That’s insane, what are we becoming!

These and a myriad of other concerns to an informed citizen were left mostly unchallenged by the McCain Camp. His problem was that he believes much like Obama and couldn’t challenge him, given the choices, the voters went with the young, suave and sophisticated guy. I believe McCain would have been the lesser evil and a good slice of the country did also, a sharper distinction could have tipped the scales.

Now some in the McCain camp are attempting to cast the blame on Sarah Palin for his defeat. Get real, in a Rasmussen exit poll 69% of Republicans said Sarah Palin HELPED McCain, while only 20% said she hurt him. Read this, according to Rasmussen, 91% of Republicans have a favorable view of her while only 8% see her unfavorably. When asked for their choice for the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, 64% said Palin, the next closest contenders garnered 12% and 11% respectively.

Read the news! now that Sarah Palin is back in Alaska and Oil, which provides the bulk of state revenue, has fallen below $60 a barrel and are below the level needed to balance the state budget. What does Sarah say to that? Quote “Now we kick in that fiscal conservativeness that needs to be engaged, and we progress this state with $57-a-barrel oil,” and said the state would have to “be prudent with public dollars and provide services more efficiently than have ever been provided in the state of Alaska before.” ! The Palin smear campaign continues because the opposition sees Ms. Palin as being a real conservative, and wants her to go away, now the McCain camp is helping them out. Shame!

Sarah Palin displays the kind of leadership that the Republican Party wants, needs! Can Sarah beat Obama in 2012, will she run? I don’t know what the next four years will bring, but I do know you can’t beat the Democrats by becoming more like them. John, are you listening, George?

So much for change – Obama is staffing his cabinet with former Clintonites, he couldn’t wait for inaguration to start breaking his promises! I for one don’t want him to keep ANY!

To borrow a line “This man carries more baggage than a 747!”

Too tired to write more, spent it all getting my “Countdown to election 2012” clock going.

Dear Ms. Bysiewicz,

I appreciate your attendance and meeting you at today’s veteran’s day ceremonies at Botelle School in Norfolk. I’m sure you’re appreciative of our service to this country, both in times of peace and war, and not just the voting bloc we represent.

I was very disappointed that you had to leave as I have a deep concerning question regarding your address here and your recent stance to defeat the proposed constitutional convention, as was your position the last time it came up.

Your address made a strong point that the freedom to vote is one of the most important freedoms we veteran’s have fought for! Yet you came out strongly against Question No. 1 which would give the people of Connecticut an avenue to vote, either for or against thus far un-named initiatives. To me this is at complete odds with your position stated here today. Regretfully, many ELECTED officials whom recognize there is a safety in numbers and fear no repercussions at the polls share your position.

But how do explain your contradiction? Please don’t give me the line that it would be dominated by special interests that would take away voter’s rights! Do you honestly think everyone would believe that lie as the obvious majority did? Talking special interests, defeat was the aim of the following SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS;

Connecticut Education Association
National Education Association
American Federation of Teachers
Liberals Like Christ
American Civil Liberties Union of CT
CT Transadvocacy Coalition
CT National Organization for Women
NARAL Pro-Choice CT
CT Assoc. of Public School Superintendents
Love Makes a Family
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Planned Parenthood of CT
Queers Without Borders
Trial Lawyers Association
Coalition for Reproductive Choice of CT

These groups have been denying voters rights and achieving favorable, yet unpopular, legislation and rulings using PAC monies to “buy” legislators, and Judges willing to violate the separation of power’s constraint to legislate from the bench! That your party is cahoots with these groups it is no surprise to me, however our so-called Republicans are equally guilty, as is Governor Rell who made little issue, and the republicans that remained silent.

I rightfully believe the above groups are afraid of losing ground or being denied by the voters should Question No. 1 have passed. I believe that Binding Arbitration should be eliminated and that public employees should be prohibited from unionizing and /or calling strikes in order to raid taxpayer’s pockets. I do not believe in homosexual marriage or abortion and I believe it is criminal to ignore federal law and offer sanctuary to illegal aliens. I do believe a true three strikes law will take career criminals off the street. However we voter’s were not allowed our say on any of these issues that directly affect how TAXPAYERS monies are spent, and thanks to the successful defeat of the proposed constitutional convention our voices will continue to be unheeded.

Give me ONE GOOD reason not to vote the lot of you out of office.

It is truly a sad day for Connecticut that the one way our electorate could affect course of several UNPOPULAR laws, or lack thereof, and rein in Judicial legislation by Activism, has been defeated. The call for a constitution convention has been rejected by the same voters that have been disaffected by Juducial fiat and unpopular legislation! They obviously did not understand that they were being hoodwinked by the misinformation, lies and intimidation of the very special interests that are shopping for Judges and “buying” legislators in order to bypass the voter! There is no check on their ability to get favorable legislation passed or Juducial decree mandated, and none is coming. Welcome to Conecticut, The Constitution State?

This is another win for the SPECIAL INTERESTS named in my previous post. With massive amounts of money they inundated us with lies and half truths along with a unhealthy dose of FEAR to defeat a call for a Constitutional Convention. People I’ve spoken with are telling me that they didn’t understand, they thought a yes vote would allow “special interests” to defeat popular laws and mandates! Special interests groups insinuating that they are not special interests groups but their opposition is? Baloney! We are ALL special interests in one form or another! It will be another 20 years before we have another opportunity to rein in Judicial Activism and send a message to our elected officials that WE THE PEOPLE are supposed to control our laws.

Satan is having a good laugh – on us!

Just called for Obama.

With November 4th behind us our country will take a new direction, a hard left turn with a murky future. Barack Obama favors bigger government and more social spending as an integral part of his personal utopian vision. But the larger issue is how fast and how far is he prepared to take us. His stated beliefs are a good indication that we won’t come to like it.

We now must be ever vigilant and offer no quarter when the legislation, judicial appointments, domestic and foreign policy decisions, sure to follow, are at odds with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by our constitution. Our new President elect has already pronounced our constitution “flawed” especially by the separation of power constraints. This is the most dangerous thinking of all, should these constraints be lifted our heretofore democracy will succumb to autocratic fiat by appointed judges who would be free to make a rule of law based solely on his or her political belief, bias and agenda.

Make no mistake, it has happened before, we all know the results of Hitler’s Germany, Castro’s Cuba and even now rearing it’s ugly head in Chavez’s Venezuela. The time for silence and “it can’t happen here” thought is over. IT CAN HAPPEN HERE! We must all speak up and let our representatives know that we the people will not tolerate anyone, any decree or legislation that will turn our constitution inside out and lead us down the path of destruction. If we are to be government of the people we MUST be prepared to TELL our government exactly what to do, not the other way around.

There is a movement curently under way in the legislature to abridge our rights and freedoms. Two such attempts are; eliminating the requirement of a secret ballot when voting on union organization. The secret ballot is a cornerstone of democracy designed to free us from intimidation, how in God’s name will eliminating the secret ballot improve the election process! Are we all idiots! By the way, whether you believe it or not the new voting system has already made inroads into abridging that freedom in our general election process, as there is now a “paper trail” that without much added design can identify YOUR VOTE! How easy is would be to correlate your place in the voting line with a particular ballot, and how about the ease of altering the computer programming to favor one selection over the other? Secondly there is a planned revival of the (un) “fairness doctrine” it’s intent being the exact opposite of it’s name in that it is designed to silence the voice of opposition to leftist politics, specifically conservative talk radio. Whether you think it can or can’t happen here or if you think that it won’t go any further, watch carefully and be prepared to make your voice heard. Remember, “God helps those that help themselves”.

“”First they came…” is a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group(wikipedia).” He was an early supporter of Hitler who was later imprisoned himself for opposing state controlled churches.

“When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist

When they locked up the social democrats
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.”

Would we like it to read? – When they came for the conseratives ……

Before casting your vote in today’s presidential election, please consider carefully whom you choose to elect. Emotion seems to be the dominating reason to vote for a specific candidate. You have a right to be passionate if you’re voting for emotional reasons, but please don’t. This election will have a historic outcome regardless of who wins the White House. If the Democratic Party wins, Barack Obama will be the first bi-racial candidate to achieve the Nations highest office. If the Republicans win then Sarah Palin will be the first woman to become second in command and perhaps assume the top slot some day.

Emotion aside, there is duty to casting your ballot, the electorate’s charge is to vote for whom, in your estimation, is the best candidate for the particular office. Common sense and knowledge of a candidate’s record will suggest the likely course this person will take on all issues affecting the course of this Nation. That should be the determining factor as your voting duty is to vote for the candidate most likely to preserve the intent of the founders of this great nation.

On one hand we have a candidate in Barack Obama that has little record from which to discern his ACTUAL stance. He speaks a different line depending on what group he is speaking to. His voting record is rife with “PRESENT” votes; does anyone know what his true positions are?

On the other hand we have a candidate in Senator John McCain that has spoken consistently and has a CLEAR voting record. His record suggests that his philosophy is not much different from Senator Obama’s, however we know where he stands and the likely course of his administration.

A lot of us don’t like either candidate and we must wait four more years before having another choice. I’m good with that, however at the very least, I would like the country to remain on the current trend rather than swing so far to the left that it would take generations to undo the damage our rights and freedoms will take under Barack Obama.

Think about these excerpts from Connecticut’s Waterbury Republican

• “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all” John Kennedy


• “Always vote for principal, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost” John Quincy Adams


• “If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves” Thomas Sowell


• “Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods” H.L. Mencken


• Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans” Will Rogers

Please vote responsibly.

According to a report out today Barack Obama and John McCain, together have raised almost $1,000,000,000, and the “candidates” have spent $8 per vote during the campaign so far.

What is misleading (what else is new) is that Barack Obama has spent OVER $5 per vote to reach potential voters, while John McCain has spent UNDER $3 per vote. As Obama has out raised and spent almost twice as much as John McCain, those figures are no surprise.

John McCain is campaigning with public funds, thus limiting what he could raise privately.
Barack Obama after PROMISING to campaign with public funds, renaged (as usual) because he found that the special interests backing him had deep pockets and he could “BUY” the vote!

So much for government by the people.

Momentum is on our side for the near future, but beware! When Obama said the country isn’t going to make a sudden turn to the hard left if he were elected it wasn’t meant to say relax, I’m not a hard leftist. Obama’s record is more to the left than the announced socialist in the US Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont!

What Obama meant was that the momentum of our government wouldn’t allow an immediate hard left shift. That it would take time to get legislation passed that would move us deeper and deeper into socialism, and more time to stack the courts with Federal Judges that share his agenda. Time to make appointments to the Supreme Court, not with constitutional scholars but socialist judges who believe, as he does, that the constitution is a “flawed” document!

Make no mistake, Obama has promised that he will move this country away from capitalism to socialism as fast as he can. God forbid, if Obama is elected, that Democrats gain a 2/3 majority in congress, allowing any and all left wing legislation to pass unhindered by conservative Republicans, as they would be powerless to stop it.