So a guy hears about this great restaraunt in town and he takes the first opportunity to check it out.

When he gets there, he reviews the menu and it was fantastic. His experience quickly got better when the waiter explained that he didn't even have to pay for the meal.

"I don't have to pay?" the man asked.

"No," the waiter replied, we'll just hold the bill for your children to pay.

"Great!" the man says. He orders a fantastic meal, nearly the most expensive on the menu. He finishes the meal, satisfied. "That was absolutely fantastic," he told the waiter.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it," the waiter said, leaving a slip of paper on the table as he departed.

The man looked at the paper to find that it was a bill for nearly $10,000. Shocked and frightened, the man waived the waiter over to his table.

"I thought you said I didn't have to pay. What's this slip of paper?" he asked.

"Oh," responded the waiter, "Yes, you're meal is free, but before you go, if you wouldn't mind, would you please pay for your father, your grandfather, your great grandfather............"

Can you say bailout? Our unborn children can't, but they're going to have to pay for it nonetheless.

New Blood in DC

Listening to the AM dial talk shows and one thing made me connect a few things that I Had not before. It was Dennis Miller stating how we needed new blood in Washington. This is so true, and I was thinking to myself, who? Then it hit me, a few days ago I was listening to the Glenn Beck Show and someone called in stating that she was inspired to run for office due to listening to his show. This is what we need! We need average Americans back in office. When that caller asked for Glenn's advice he said something to the tune of "Don't let them change you, don't be anything other than a soccer mom." So there we have it, the Republican leadership is in shambles, worse than those horrible Teen Dramas. The Democrats have taken on Socialism as their new banner, and few people actually know what a Libertarian is. I know that when I think of running for a political office I would not have the first clue as to how to approach it, but then we ahve those around us that we can ask. Then I think, "I do not have the first clue as to what to do once in office if I ever got there." then I think again, we ahve those around us. Remember, this country was bult by the people for the people, our political leaders are to listen to the people, stick to their gut, and do what is right by the constitution. Too often these days we see the people we elect grow a soft white layer of wool, aver time we cannot tell their policies form the other sheep in washington. Sticking to what is right may not always make you popular, but what is popular is not always right. I am currently looking to see what it is that I can do to take on leadership in my community so that my silent friends, those conservatives whom always turn the other cheek because that is what we are taught, can no longer be silent. I remember reading once that we are not to hide our light under a bushel, but to stand on a hill and let it shine before men that they may see good works. Too many of us who know what is right, who know that what is happening in Washington is not right, have stood back and turned the other cheek. I think turning the cheek is good but when we turn to the point of being trampled on we have turned too much. We are the new blood needed for DC, we the people, so let us be heard, united in voice, take back our country the same way it has beed taken from us.

14 Kids And Counting...

So here you are, a single woman with six children (some of them special-needs children), and you have no employment, no husband, and you live with your parents.

What would most people do given this situation?

Well, it's a safe bet that most would not think, "I think I'll have in vitro fertilization to have even MORE children..."

But that's exactly what Nadya Suleman, the new mother of octuplets, decided to do. One can only guess what went on in her mind when she made that decision because it is completely counter to what just about everyone else would do.

There's been talk that she now is looking for donations to help her with her brood, similar to other families in the past who had famous multiple-births. It makes you wonder if that was the plan all along. Another question is how much public assistance becomes available to an individual in her situation, especially since she was recently spotted purchasing expensive cosmetics, she has a new Public Relations person... "Thing's that make ya go, 'Hmmm....' But all of the blame doesn't lay there.

There was the doctor who performed the procedure. A number of pundits have said that he is not without blame in all of this. Some experts have said that he should have investigated Ms. Suleman's economic viability before agreeing to perform the procedure.

Looks like there's some moral bankruptcy going on in both camps. And the children will bear the brunt of a lot of this for years to come. It's somewhat likely that public assistance will play a part in raising the kids. The public, meaning you and me.

You know, there's a saying that "It takes a village to raise a child." In most cases that might be ok. But the tune changes when the parent is intentionally irresponsible to force the issue on the village, and by having a total of 14 children that's taking it to the extreme. But the kids are here now and prospects for their economic well-being look to be in severe jeopardy without intervention from outside the family. It's not fair to put the children in economic peril because of the actions of their mother and their doctor. So what are the villagers to do?

There's always adoption... What do you think?

Can I Get My Bailout Please?

You know things are bad when people are joking about getting their own personal bailout.

The sad part is that humor is part of a larger issue: apathy. People have felt for so long that "The government is going to do whatever it wants, so there's nothing I can do." Guess what? That's exactly what they want you to believe! This attitude actually gives them license to act however they choose, and they'll always tell you that they're acting on your behalf and in your best interest. Whew, that was close. My politician said he's working hard for me. Gee, I'll sleep well tonight.

If they're acting in your best interest, then tell me, how are you feeling about Social Security? Most people in their 30's and 40's agree that there won't be any when they reach retirement age, or at least, very little. Yet you pay into the system with every paycheck. Is that in your best interest? Is it in your interest that the person charged with fixing it doesn't have to worry about Social Security because they will get their own lifetime pension (paid for by you, of course) whether Social Security implodes or not? Who is charged with fixing all this? The person you elected, that's who! And if you didn't vote, shame on you, and you better not complain.

So how is your elected official doing? Are you even watching? You see, "a government of the people, BY the people and for the people," is an interactive process. I'm sorry, but it requires participation on your part. It's not like voting for your favorite on American Idol. Our elected officials determine what our lives will be like. You have to do more than hope they do a good job. They are public servants, they should serve. Democrat or Republican. If you went to a restaraunt and your waiter provided you with lousy service, would you give them a handsome tip anyway? I would hope not. When you tip your waiter, you're providing them with instant feedback as to their level of performance (or lack thereof, as the case may be). This is actually a good thing! Repeated poor performance which results in lousy tips will either motivate them to do a better job for ALL of their patrons, or may motivate them to find employment more suitable to them. A win-win for them and for their patrons.

Same goes for politics. You may be surprised to know that nearly 20 States are somewhere in the process of intiating "States Rights" legislation to protect themselves from the federal government with respect to the new legislation coming through (that would be "the stimulus package"). There is even talk about States seceding from the Union entirely if the government continues on its current path. Sound extreme? Maybe. Maybe not........

The 'Troubled Asset Relief Program' (TARP for short, and now 'TARP-1' because there will most certainly be another one), was initiated by President George W. Bush. This was taxpayer money given to financial institutions with very few strings attached. The money was to help offset the losses of the "toxic" assets (i.e. bad loans) that banks had on their books, thus preventing the banks from "running scared" and hoarding all their money and not lending to new, qualified borrowers. In essence, it was an attempt to "keep the credit market flowing." Guess what? Banks took the TARP money, and they still aren't lending. No matter how you look at it, taxpayer money was spent to keep the credit flowing and the program failed.

President Obama has now put out the Stimulus Plan. More taxpayer money, nearly 3-times that of the Bush administration to help the ailing economy. Many say it's filled with pork and other non-stimulative spending. That's probably true.

Is it any wonder then, that the States are looking at "opting out" of this arrangement? Here's a bit of advice, take it or leave it: If the States are concerned that their (and your) rights are being trampled on (by a Republican administration and now by a Democrat administration), it may be time for you to wake up and smell the coffee yourself.

Get off your fanny. YOU are the government, and if you don't like what your representative is doing, FIRE THEM. Your apathy and lack of information is killing you.

Here's a parting thought. There's an old question that asks, "How do you boil a frog?" The answer, "Slowly." If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, he'll jump out. If you put a frog in a pot of cold water then slowly turn up the heat, he'll be comfortable the whole time, until he's cooked. Well, you can't get out of the pot, but you can manage the folks that control the heat. Savvy?

THE LOVE HAS COME!!!

http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/hcr2024p.htm

REFERENCE TITLE: sovereignty; tenth amendment.

State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session 2009

HCR 2024

Introduced by Representatives Burges, Ash, Biggs, Boone, Gowan, Mason, Montenegro, Pancrazi, Seel, Williams: Barto, Campbell CL, Court, Crandall, Crump, Driggs, Fleming, Goodale, Hendrix, Kavanagh, Lesko, McComish, McGuire, Miranda B, Murphy, Nichols, Pratt, Quelland, Stevens, Tobin, Weiers JP, Senator Harper

A concurrent RESOLUTION

claiming sovereignty under the tenth amendment to the constitution of the united states over certain powers, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"; and

Whereas, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and

Whereas, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and

Whereas, today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and

Whereas, many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and

Whereas, Article IV, section 4, United States Constitution, says in part, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government", and the Ninth Amendment states that "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people"; and

Whereas, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and

Whereas, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States.

Therefore

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, that:

1. That the State of Arizona hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States.

2. That this Resolution serves as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.

3. That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.

4. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate of each state's legislature and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.

20 States have followed suite so far and are adopting like measures towards their freedom. The wording may look familiar due to it being the wording of one T Jefferson and his associates, some the founding fathers.

Time Will Tell

Dan Vinson- my friend and political mind writes the following:


Two of the biggest enemies to a free society are a) lack of information and b) apathy.

Every American should go to YouTube and view the video of Barney Frank (D Mass.) on his comments regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Republicans approached Congress YEARS AGO recommending more oversight on these two Government Sponsored Entities (GSE's) stating they were afraid that mismanagement could cause an economic tsunami of terrible proportions.

Barney Frank (and other Democrats) poopoo'd the advice saying (paraphrased) "There's nothing wrong with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, they're fundamentally sound. And even if they do go belly up the taxpayer isn't going to bail them out."

Fast Forward a few years: They were NOT fundamentally sound, they were cooking the books, and American taxpayers HAVE bailed them out.

So Barney, strike one, strike two, strike three, YOU'RE OUT. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Yet most Americans don't know these facts. And what's sadder still, is that most that do know, don't care. There is a general feeling that 'government is going to do what they want and there's nothing we can do about it.' Wrong again, honey.

As was said by George W. Bush, there are ramifications to elections. NOT just the Presidency but Congress as well. People got elected and this is what they've done.

People need to take PERSONAL responsibility for the choices they've made, including they choices they make at the polls.

MUCH of the proposed spending that is going to take place as part of this new "stimulus" sham, er, I mean 'plan,' won't take effect for two years. Guess what? There'll be Congressional elections before then. We can vote for people who will REPEAL these parts of the 'plan.' If we don't, we are saddling our children and our children's children with the biggest welfare payment in the history of mankind.

The question is, do you have the intelligence, the guts, and the will to do it. Time will tell.

He hits it gain!

Here you go... BAM!