The story is hidden in the words:

Tuesday - June 29, 2010

The story is hidden in the words:

Vice President Joe Biden said over the weekend, “There is no way we are going to replace 8 million jobs.” He also said to an ice cream clerk, after the vice president got a free cone, “what can I do for you?” The clerk responded, “Reduce my taxes and we’ll call it even!” Joe said in response, “Say something nice instead of being a smart ass.” What is it with these people and this word?

In the G20 economic summit this weekend the President and his words were soundly rejected by the European Union who said to just stop the deficit spending. Even the European Union knows that Central Planning does not produce a prosperous society and economy.

In a 5 to 4 decision the Supreme Court up held a 2nd amendment rights case filed by a Chicagoan. There are two ways of looking at this. The first way to look at this is that 5 members of the court upheld the Constitution and the 2nd amendment right to bare arms in all 50 States: to protect yourself. The second way is that 4 members of the court wanted to go against the Constitution and the 2nd amendment right to bare arms, or in other words, extending the rights not to protect yourself in all 50 States.

It took the Supreme Court over 230 years to answer this question. It has and it upheld the 2nd Amendment right to bare arms. James Madison, the father of the Constitution said: “Americans have the right and the advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” He also said: “The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” He went on to say: “ The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.”

The Supreme Court is the focus of our attention this week, because Elena Kagen’s confirmation to the court has begun. If confirmed, she will decide some of the most important cases that deal with government regulatory limits and the growth of government in our personal lives, these are important words. This nomination does not come as surprise, but rather a warning. This nominee is Barack Obama. If confirmed, she will be on the bench long past the time he will serve as president. I would venture to say that, if she was deciding the gun rights issue that was decided yesterday, the vote would have been 6 -3, instead of the 5-4 decision that was sent down by the court yesterday. How can I say that? Yes, she might have voted to support the Constitution, but chances are she wouldn’t have, based on what we know in the words that she has used. This is my opinion and I stand by it, because Madison said: “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

It has taken the progressive liberal movement one hundred years to gain the control of our government. Unlike the conservatives, who believe in the Constitution, the progressive liberal will work to destroy and rewrite it to move their progressive agenda forward.

Now for the story behind the words! When President Regan took office, inflation was 20%. When he left office it was at 4.9%. When Reagan took office, unemployment was at 7.9%. When he left office it was down to 5.3%. As a result of Reagan’s Presidency, there was a 92 month economic boom. 18.5 million jobs were created. He did not raise taxes, he lowered them. Reagan raised government spending, where we needed it, and capped or lowered it, where it was needed. Biden and Obama have used the word ass on a few occasions. Doesn’t it make you think that this is what they think of us?

We have now lost more than 8 million jobs during this recession; most of them in the last two years. Unemployment is just below 10%. Inflation will rise by years end. In 24 months, our average growth in the economy is at 2%. Another President that was responsible for these kinds of numbers was Jimmy Carter. His life experience was far greater than this president, but the one thing they have in common is they are both progressive liberals with the same kind of agenda: big government and more spending, on the wrong things.

Reagan did not complain, but inspired. Reagan did not play golf, he worked. When he vacationed, he chopped wood at his ranch. He did not point fingers, but worked out the issues. He was a man that could be trusted and the world listened and then worked to answer his call. I ask this president where his plan is. I ask this president where his inspiration is. He has no plan and has no inspiration. When government assumes that it has the ultimate decision making capacity, they make an ass of u and me. You know this old adage.

This group does not want us to work. They want us to be wards of their programs, because they believe that asses don’t have the smarts. Just ask the ice cream clerk!

When a leader assumes his way is the best way, you get high unemployment. When a leader thinks his way is the best way, you get high inflation. When a U.S. President cannot garner the support of foreign leaders, you get a United States that becomes vulnerable and a United States that becomes one with the others: weak, listless, no growth and a people who need more and more from the government.

When the court is stacked with the same kind of philosophy as this president, you get a body that will be willing to change the Constitutional words and the meaning of them. We came one vote shy of this yesterday. So, remember this story when you vote this fall.

Oh, and one more thing. When a Vice President says we cannot replace 8 million jobs and calls an ice cream clerk a smart ass, you know that the inspiration and the intent behind the message is wrong for the country!

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: In 126 days we will have a chance with our friends to send a message that enough is enough, what cannot be understood by these words?