The Conservative Sensei

I am sick and tired of reading and watching the news and finding out that our elected officials are tax cheats.  The Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner didn’t pay over $40,000 in taxes and he would have gotten away with it if it hadn’t came up during his conformation hearing.  Tom Daschle, didn’t pay his taxes.  Charlie Wrangle, didn’t pay his taxes.  The list goes on and on.

As our government continues to lobby that the rich in our country need to pay more taxes, our economy continues to decline.  It isn’t important that the top 1% of income earners in the United States pay 40.4% of the American tax burden.  1% of the population paying that much of the burden and the government wants more.  I know, I know.  Some of you think that is OK because it doesn’t’ affect you.  I’m mean, why should you care?  Your not rich.  Of course, we need to consider what “rich” means.  Right now you may not be effected but you might be.

Every time that the government creates another program, we pay for it.  If you think taking the money from rich people is Ok and giving it to the poor then you are a Socialist.  That is fundamental socialism, plan and simple.  It’s Ok.  You can be a socialist and be a Senator.  Bernie Sanders from Vermont is openly a Socialist and he is in the Senate.  Its Ok.  I would rather you come out and just say it than try to convince those of us that believe in Capitalism, small government, and fiscal responsibility are wrong and hate poor people.

A final thought.  What would happen if you didn’t pay your taxes?  Would you go to jail?  Of course you would.  Why is it Ok that our representatives/politicians get away with it?  Control-Alt-Delete.  Fire them all.

If you watch any news at all (especially if you watch the Main Stream Media) you can not have missed the great outreaching of passion and understanding that BHO has illustrated with regard to the Professor Gates scandal in Cambridge, MA.  Yes, the savior of our Republic has decided that rather than admit that he was wrong and guilty of racism by openly admitting that he didn’t know all of the facts of the case and still finding himself qualified to state that the Cambridge police acted stupidly.  Obviously, it is a common fact in this country that police always target minorities.  I mean, it couldn’t possibly be anything else, right?  It is completely appropriate for the Leader of the free world to assume race was the primary factor involved in the situation.  Further, it is even better to do it during a primetime news conference about healthcare.  Makes complete sense to me.

The most troubling fact of this whole situation is that the President of the United States when put in a situation to not default to ones race, did the exact opposite.  Based on his own pre-conceived ideas of what white cops do, he chose to soil the reputation of a good cop in MA and now thinks that because he is having him over for a beer, everything is going to be ok.  Professor Gates was not racially profiled, he was caught in a really silly situation that could have easily been defused if he had not decided to be disrespectful to the police officers involved.  Two of the three officers happened to be minorities as well (black and latino).  They both, and they were actually there during the arrest, have stated that the Sergeant that made the arrest acted appropriately and support his actions completely.

If anyone needs to learn something from this it is BHO.  Racism is wrong, right?  I guess that doesn’t apply if you are the President.

Congressmen John Conyers (D-MI) has stated that he will be introducing a Constitutional Amendment that will state that Health Care is a right guaranteed by the Constitution and the government will be forced to provide a plan.

This isn’t a new idea sports fans.  FDR had the same idea with his second Bill of Rights in which he stated that you had a right to a job, house and education.  I will be adding a clip of that speech very soon.  I find it extremely troubling that the only time that most of these politicians talk about the Constitution is when they are wanting to change it.

In case there is any confusion, I will clear up  the issue for you.  No, the Constitution does NOT guarantee you a right to healthcare.  Just like it doesn’t guarantee you a right to be happy, sad, rich, or poor.  It says you have a right to “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”  The results are up to you, not the government.

CNSNews.com – Conyers to Introduce Constitutional Amendment Making Health Care a ‘Right’ .

Too Fat to Serve?

So, BHO has nominated Dr. Regina M. Benjamin to be the next Surgeon General of the United States.  Great, right?  She is Black, from a poor background, has worked hard and bettered herself and her community. Completely qualified to speak on healthcare matters, right?  Actually, no.  She is not qualified.

What?  How can that be?  Well, my dear readers, she is fat.  Since we are talking about being politically correct in this Blog, let’s use overweight.  A lot of discussions are taking place around the water coolers of DC about the “qualifications” of this particular BHO appointment.  She is obvioiusly qualified if you use the standard BHO checklist:  Minority, liberal, grew up poor…I’m not sure if she has any tax problems but that would certainly put her over the top.  Throw all of that out the window now.  We have now found the one thing that you can’t be in BHO’s administration; Overweight.

I have a couple of questions:  1.  If weight is so important, then why is Sotomayor getting affirmed as a Supreme Court Judge?  She is overweight.  Sure, she is Latina, from a poor background, and a left leaning judicial activist but shouldn’t all of that fall to the way side?  I mean, if you appoint her as a Supreme Court Judge what kind of an example will that send Americans?  Fat people…Oh, sorry…Overweight people can’t be put in positions of responsibility.  They can’t even control their eating.  What about the children?!

We are living in a world that places every emphasis on your race and sex as the ultimate qualifier for your employability (as long as you aren’t a white/male then you are unqualified) .  My head is spinning.  I can’t keep up with all of this.  Read the article (click on the picture) and do a little research about this Doctor.  I don’t know if she should be appointed or not but I certainly know that the final qualifier shouldn’t be her weight.

Come one come all.  Give me your tired, poor, uneducated masses…..Hey!  You fat people stay over there.

For all of the bleeding hearts out there that whale and gnash their teeth each and every night over the need for a government controlled health care system, listen up. The United States already has one…Its called the Veteran’s Administration (VA). I’m sure I will have a couple of veterans come forward and tell me how wonderful they have been treated by the VA but overall it is a huge government machine that is drowning in paperwork and bureaucracy. Watch the report below from Glenn Beck and maybe you will begin to understand that a government regulated health care system would be the same nightmare only larger.