Paul / Cain 2012

Today I have changed my mind. I was all out for Herman Cain for President. I still like Cain, but I have changed. My new dream team for 2012 is Ron Paul / Herman Cain. With Paul’s experience in the military and Washington and his proven long term track record I support him for President with Herman Cain as his VP bringing in vast business experience and a common sense approach to Washington, (9 9 9, I prefer the FairTax but it is better then our current system.

I don’t agree with all of Ron Paul’s ideas, in fact some of them are a little whacky, but to be honest the only way I would be happy with all of a candidates’ views is if I was made Emperor of the world. So I just have to choose among the available options. I choose you Ron Paul.

Of course by the time the North Carolina’s primaries get her the Republican nominee will have already been anointed so there is no real point in my participation in the primary process and I will be stuck with another namby-pamby white washed moderate, “electable” candidate who President Obama actually has a chance to beat. I just hope the candidate is not as horrible as McCain.

Are you a racist?

I love Morgan Freeman in just about every movie I’ve seen of his. He stole the show in Robin Hood. He was awesome as God in Bruce Almighty, and Evan Almighty. The Shawshank Redemption was probably one of the best movies ever. Driving Miss Daisy is a classic as well.

Recently Mr. Freeman upset me though. He said I am only disagreeing with President Obama because I am a racist. Mr. Freeman has never met me. He has not been on my facebook page and I don’t think he has ever read this blog. How then can he call me a racist?

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Mr. Freeman was asked if race relations were better now under President Obama or if they were worse. Mr. Freeman responded;

“Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term," the actor said. "What’s, what does that, what underlines that? 'Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here.’”

I do want President Obama to be a one-term president. I hope and pray that he will be a one-term president. Nothing would make me happier in November 2012 then to hear that he has lost the election and Herman Cain is the President-Elect.

Does that make me a racist? It is because he is”Black”?

Do I disagree with many of the President’s policies? Yes. Do I think the country is heading in the wrong direction? Yes. Do I think this because President Obama is black? No. I think this because I believe in the dream of limited government, freedom of the people and a prosperous republic where I am free to pursue my dreams and aspirations free from government intrusion. I believe in the Constitution of the United States. I have sworn to defend the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. I take that oath seriously and I will oppose any that want to fundamentally change our way of life, or country, our constitution or our freedom. If you want to change the Constitution there is a process for that. I do not agree with all of the amendments but I will fully support them, while advocating to change them.

Our Government has overstepped its bounds far to often and in far too many places. So Mr. Freeman please calm down the rhetoric. Stop playing the race card I can disagree with someone based on their thought and actions and it has nothing to do with race. Besides we are all the same race, the Human Race.

I hate 5/3rd Bank

First off, I don’t like banks I prefer credit unions, more options better rates less fees. If you use a bank you should check out a credit union.

The first time I saw my mother’s bank I thought that is a really stupid name for a bank. 5/3^rd Bank. What is that? That name is stupid. Why not 2 and 1/3^rd Bank.

Any way it is the bank my mom uses and there is one on the corner by my work , so I went there today to cash my birthday check from my mom. It was drawn from her 5/3^rd Bank. Now I don’t have a 5/3^rd account as I said I prefer credit unions. I hand the teller my check, she asks for my ID and then gives me $21.00. I look at it and ask her why only $21.00 and she informs me there is a $4.00 charge to cash a check for non-account holders. It is their check, their bank, their funds. WHY? I have never seen that before. When I pointed out to her that it was a 5/3^rd check she said that didn’t matter. I gave her back the $21.00 and got my check back, then went to my credit union.

I will never step foot in another 5/3^rd bank and will loudly tell the world, (including my mom), about how horrible and loathsome they are.

Amen, Mr. President.

Sorry this is a little long; please stay with me for a moment.

On September, 19^th President Obama gave a speech in the Rose Garden. I must admit rarely agree with the President on political, social or economic issues. I believe the Federal Government has for over a century now over stepped its mandate and usurped powers that were never intended for the Federal Government to have. That being said I found myself saying AMEN to a part of the speech.

President Obama said (paragraph numbering added for explanation.):

1.    Now, I am also ready to work with Democrats and Republicans to reform our entire tax code, to get rid of the decades of accumulated loopholes, special interest carve-outs, and other tax expenditures that stack the deck against small business owners and ordinary families who can’t afford Washington lobbyists or fancy accountants.  Our tax code is more than 10,000 pages long. If you stack up all the volumes, they’re almost five feet tall.  That means that how much you pay often depends less on what you make and more on how well you can game the system, and that’s especially true of the corporate tax code.

2.    We’ve got one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world, but it’s riddled with exceptions and special interest loopholes.  So some companies get out paying a lot of taxes, while the rest of them end up having to foot the bill.  And this makes our entire economy less competitive and our country a less desirable place to do business.

3.    That has to change.  Our tax code shouldn’t give an advantage to companies with the best-connected lobbyists.  It should give an advantage to companies that invest in the United States of America and create jobs in the United States of America.  And we can lower the corporate rate if we get rid of all these special deals.

4.    So I am ready, I am eager, to work with Democrats and Republicans to reform the tax code to make it simpler, make it fairer, and make America more competitive.  But any reform plan will have to raise revenue to help close our deficit.  That has to be part of the formula.  And any reform should follow another simple principle:  Middle-class families shouldn’t pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires.  That’s pretty straightforward.  It’s hard to argue against that.  Warren Buffett’s secretary shouldn’t pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett.  There is no justification for it.

5.    It is wrong that in the United States of America, a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million.  Anybody who says we can’t change the tax code to correct that, anyone who has signed some pledge to protect every single tax loophole so long as they live, they should be called out.  They should have to defend that unfairness — explain why somebody who’s making  $50 million a year in the financial markets should be paying 15 percent on their taxes, when a teacher making $50,000 a year is paying more than that — paying a higher rate.  They ought to have to answer for it.  And if they’re pledged to keep that kind of unfairness in place, they should remember, the last time I checked the only pledge that really matters is the pledge we take to uphold the Constitution(emphasis added).

AMEN brother! God bless the USA and our President. I couldn’t agree more.  I think we might disagree on the nuts and bolts of how to do this but I say AMEN, bring it on lets reform our tax code.

1.       REFORM the TAX CODE! Yes, yes, yes, why is it over 10,000 pages long? The entire Constitution with all amendments and the Declaration of Independence are less the 40 pages. Get rid of the entire code and start over.

2.       We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. Eliminate it completely. Corporations don’t pay taxes. They pass the cost on to the consumer.

3.       Our tax code should not give advantages to ANYBODY!

4.       Simple, Fair tax code YEAH! www.fairtax.org no sense in trying to come up with a new plan. Here it is come on congress and Mr. President let’s do it already. Nobody pays a higher rate than anyone else. FAIR! It’s in the name. Can’t get much simpler and fairer then that.

5.       Yes please voters of America lets get rid of all those corrupt politicians that say we cannot get rid of tax loop holes, vote them out, Let’s also get rid of those politicians who want to punish success by refusing to do away with the graduated tax structure, lets fire them all and get some real reform, back to the way the founders wanted it. Uphold the Constitution.

The founders never intended for there to be career politicians. It is past time for TERM LIMITS.  Repeal the 17^th amendment and lets Senators represent the interests of the States and not the people like it was intended.

Read the Constitution please. You might be amazed at what you will find there.

Hoover and Erica's duet

No puppies were harmed in the making of this video. Hoover loves to sing.

Home-school vs Public-school

Yet another study has placed Home-schooled kids ahead of Public-school kids. Study after study has shown the advantages academically, socially, and spiritually. Why there is so much hostility still boggles my mind. Not everyone can home school but I think it is a better option for most.

Link: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/study-home-schooled-kids-beat-public-school-kids-in-math-reading/

Snip:

     Home-schooled students may have the academic edge over their public schooled peers, according to a new study from the Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science.

     The study, which examined the test scores of 74 students ages 5-10, found that kids educated in structured home school environments actually outperformed their public school counterparts in math and reading.
     Researchers found that public school kids tested either at or above their grade level, while home-schoolers tested about a half-grade higher in math and 2.2 grades higher in reading.

     “Structured home-schooling may offer opportunities for academic performance beyond those typically experienced in public schools,” author Sandra Martin-Chang, a professor at Concordia University, said in a statement about the results.

This One Man

While I was deployed after 9/11, when my family was at home praying for my safe return, Brandi my second oldest daughter wrote this poem. She was 13 at the time.

This One Man

By Brandi Anderson

This one man got married, had kids.

This one man loved God,

Went to church.

This one man had a family who loved him, he loved them.

This one man had a wife,

Three daughters.

But this one man gave up his perfect life for his God and his country.

This one man left his home.

This one man risked his life.

This one man sailed the ocean.

This one man fought in the war.

This one man gave up his perfect life for his God and his country.

This one man is a father.

This one man is a husband.

This one man is a Christian.

This one man is a daddy.

But this one man gave up his perfect life for his God and his country.

This one man I love.

This one man loves me.

This one man changed my life.

This one man is my DADDY.

10 years on.

I know I am a couple of days late, but I had to really contemplate this piece. It was hard for me to write.

September 11^th 2001 started like any other day, I was supposed to go to a class that day with the rest of my division. I woke up, showered, got dressed in my uniform and went to get my breakfast. I was stationed on the USS Lake Champlain CG-57 in San Diego, CA. I grabbed my breakfast and sat down to watch the news. My breakfast was left half eaten. I watched as the second plane hit, then with the reports of a bomb at the Pentagon, I knew the world had changed.

I woke up my wife, told her I wouldn’t be coming home for a while, kissed my three sleeping babies, grabbed my sea-bag and left for war. The Lake Champlain was underway by noon. For several days we patrolled off the coast of southern California with orders to shoot down anything that flies. As the skies opened up again we were deployed in support of Operation Nobel Eagle, the protection of US airspace. Early in December we returned to port late one afternoon, we left the next day for the Arabian Sea. We spent the next seven months deployed off the coast of Pakistan and in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

In all we were deployed for a little over nine months. It was a very trying time but I was greatly honored to be serving our great country on that day.

I retired on September 7^th, 2007 on the USS George Washington, CVN-73.  If ever my services are needed again, I will gladly go.

WWJD? Homeschool.

     Today I read an article on World Net Daily. I have linked it at the end of this post.
     My wife and I have been homeschooling for almost 20 years and I could not imagine ever sending my children to our corrupt, secular, amoral public schools. There of my children have graduated high school and have gone on to college. One of them has graduated with honors from a great university, They are all well adjusted productive adults and have a strong faith.
     So why do we homeschool? Are we overprotective? Do we shelter our children? You better believe it! You would not send your child into danger in any other circumstance, yet we send them into an environment that is no longer just religion neutral, but is now openly hostile to Christianity. We teach our children to respect their elders and that the Bible is the word of God. We teach them that God created the universe and is the ruler of the universe. Then we send them off for the majority of the day to a place that tells them we are wrong, God does not exist and evolution is the answer to all life. There are no absolutes and if it feels good, do it. Everything is okay if you think it is. Is it any wonder that our kids leave their faith behind and embrace the world?

     When you send your child into the lions den he will not convert the lion. He is going to get eaten.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=340277

National Debt and deficit

From www.RightNation.us

US Budget, Deficit and Debt explained simply:


U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000
Deficit for the year $1,650,000,000,000
Total National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
Recent budget cut: $38,500,000,000


Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

Annual family income: $21,700
Money the family spent: $38,200
New debt on the family credit card: $16,500
Outstanding balance on the family credit card: $142,710
Total family budget cuts: $385