Who's Next?

So they went ahead and did it. The House Democrats cajoled 219 votes and passed health care reform. They defied the people they represent and they must pay for it. Politically, of course. We could go on debating whether or not this bill will ever make it all the way into action but, regardless, it raises one last question for me: "Who's next?"

Here's what I mean. Who's the next country to pick up the gauntlet of freedom now that America has proven to the world that everything we hold dear doesn't work? By passing the most major element of socialist government yet, we have sent a signal to the rest of the world that Democracy doesn't work. Even Americans need a Government to watch over and provide for their most basic needs. We're no better than communists. At least our government isn't.

Happy faces and cheers abound among the ranks of the democrats in Congress. Even though nobody got what they wanted out of this, especially the American people. Well, almost nobody. I think Obama got exactly what he wanted.

I believe that Obama really wants to fundamentally change America and move its government away from democracy and more towards Marxism. Consider how this all works from here. If this new reform bill ever actually goes into effect as intended it will lead to the complete takeover of the medical industry by the Government. If our country lasts long enough you will see medical school enrollment decline dramatically since the ability for doctors to make money has just been taken away. This alone will lead to the dramatic decline of American medicine. This could happen very quickly if we see a lot of older doctors choose to simply retire rather than allow the government to control everything they do. I know I would.

Let's consider what will happen everywhere else. Industrial equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has said this bill will cost them $100 million a year to start. I predict massive layoffs to make this bill affordable to most larger companies. Many manufacturers will finally cave and delete all American jobs and move somewhere else. I know I would. Many small businesses will simply fail and still many more will flounder. The bigger companies that stay will simply jack up the prices of their goods and pass on the extreme costs of health care onto the average consumer. Add these extreme price increases to the certain ridiculous rise in inflation set to hit the USA as we print more money to pay for all this (nobody will be willing to loan it to us) and we'll all be taking wheelbarrows of money to the store to buy one small bag of groceries.

Charitable giving will drop off to a mere trickle, if not completely stop. Churches will close doors everywhere. More and more we will see people looking to the government for much more than just health care. I believe this is Obama's ultimate plan. He wants a dictatorial government which takes care of all the people's needs. Either that or he just wants to weaken the US enough so that we can fall under UN rule.

I've tried believing better of Obama than all this but he just proves it over and over again. By the time average Americans finally figure this out, it will be too late.

Of course, the more likely conclusion will be the massive pull out of states from the USA so that the Federal government is left with very few states left to govern. A new civil war could be started but I believe many Americans will soon be ready to accept a violent end to all this. Freedom is too bound up in our DNA.

So, if all goes according to Obama's plan, how long will the world have to wait before some other country picks up the cause of freedom? America is circling the drain.

The Heavy Hand

My blog-fodder for this rant comes from the following news article at foxnews.com: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/20/white-house-cites-opinion-shows-basis-fox-news-complaints/

There has been a lot of complaining coming out of the White House lately with regards to Fox News that could be seen as laughingly childish if it wasn't so serious with deadly consequences.

It all boils down to Obama and his administration not being able to handle media that disagrees with him and wants to call him on the carpet for those he associates with and the beliefs he espouses. I think probably every president in the history of this country has had to deal with unfriendly media and opinions. Some have even lashed out. I seem to recall Bush Sr. ready to throw a punch at a disrespectful reporter.

So let me get a few preliminaries out of the way. First of all, I do watch FoxNews regularly so go ahead and brand me now. I used to watch more of CNN and MSNBC until I began to notice the rediculously left-leaning slant on their opinion shows and News that wasn't always covering things fairly. Does FoxNews do this all perfectly? Of course not. But I will say, in general, they lean the same way I do. I'll also say I think their coverage is more thorough and fair. Statistics seem to show this to be true as well.

With all that said, we can all admit that the Fox News Opinion shows very much lean to the right and the Opinion shows of all the rest seem to lean very much to the left. The fact that Fox News is as loud as they are only brings some semblance of balance to the overall picture. So all this talk about them not being a legitimate news channel is pure bologney. Even if you lean way to the left you will have to allow for Freedom of Speech which is a foundation of this country.

And now we get to the heart of the issue: Freedom of Speech. I have no problem with the president disputing the opinions of Fox News. But the current tactic falls perfectly in line with what we've been seeing from the big names in the Democratic Party over the past year. That tactic is to do everything possible to marginalize and silence critics. We are dangerously close to losing the freedom to debate opinions and ideas in this country. The health care debate is a prime example. At every turn we hear about the so-called nuclear option the Democrats are hanging over the heads of the Republicans. Do what we want or we'll do it for you.

Now we see an attempt by the Obama administration to silence the loudest conservative voices on television. Rather than battle with words, the administration resorts to heavy-handed attempts to marginalize and silence the opposition. The problem is Freedom of Speech and the attempt not only to silence an opposing voice but perhaps the loudest outlet for the American People to speak. Obama is attempting to silence FoxNews, he's attempting to silence EVERYONE who opposes him.

The Heavy Hand is dropping. I still remember the interview a Fox News affiliate in Florida did with Joe Biden during the campaign. "Marxism" was the term being thrown around to describe the beliefs of the campaign. Biden acted like he couldn't believe anyone would dare accuse the campaign of such an unAmerican thing like that. The black pot isn't black but really more of a gray. It may look black but it isn't so stop saying it is. And if you keep calling that black pot black, then we're going to call you a fool and anything else we can come up with until the world has pushed you aside. And then, when all the voices saying the black pot is black are silenced or marginalized, the world can finally live in peace and harmony knowing and believing what we tell them.

No more freedom of thought, idea, or opinion. Freedom of Speech will still be there. You can say whatever you want as long as it's what we want. If you don't agree with us, we'll treat you like an idiot.

I no longer believe Barack Obama is a marxist. I now believe he is a communist. His desire is to be dictator of America. His ideology is shown in his actions and words. It's obvious now that he's taken to attacking Freedom of Speech, one of the bastions of America. A pillar. A foundation.

All this starts with a war of words backed by ideologies. If the words win, the ideologies win.

America is being tested right now. We are on the brink of leaving our foundations. We've been heading there for years. Which way will America choose to go? Will we turn away from the edge of freedom and travel back to our founding fathers? Or will we go over the edge and start down a long path and handing control of our lives over to this government and every government that follows?