Thursday-June30, 2011
The last days!
During the last week in June of 1776, our Declaration of Independence was going through its final stages of approval. The words were chosen, but they were not set in stone yet. Thomas Jefferson spent long hours consulting, debating and drafting the document that we are supposed to honor and enjoy today.
Simply put, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The birthday of the United States of America—Independence Day—is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress.
After finalizing the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initially published as a printed broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is usually regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
This week, I have been stressing the importance of the vote and how important it is to be aware of just what your vote means and who you are voting for.
Today, I want to remind you of what your independence means and what your independence gives you.
The first sentence of the Declaration asserts, as a matter of Natural law, the ability of a people to assume political independence, and acknowledges that the grounds for such independence must be reasonable, and therefore explicable, and ought to be explained.
“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
The next section, the famous preamble, includes the ideas and ideals that were principles of the Declaration. It is also an assertion of what is known as the "right of revolution": that is, people have certain rights, and when a government violates these rights, the people have the right to "alter or abolish" that government.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Our duty, as citizens, is spelled out in these words. Our duty, as citizens, is to save our independence and to address our government and or change our government. Today, our vote ensures that.
The forefathers used words like dissolve, political bands, Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, Safety and happiness, abuses and usurpations the question today is do these words still mean the same things?
We need to consider these words and know these words are not words that should be lightly used. These words are the words of histories story. These words were written by Jefferson to tell the story of the day. I believe these words can also tell the story of today’s America.
Our current leadership must be defeated at the ballot box. Our independence gives us that right and our independence makes it possible for us to do that.
The same questions that were being asked by Jefferson can be asked today. The same questions about what guarantees freedom and liberty and what things will provide happiness and security can be asked today. The same questions about political bands can be asked today. The same laws of nature and Natures God are still applicable today.
You see the struggle never changes, the times may but in the end Americans are hardwired to ask questions and demand that they be listened to and answered even though it might mean that a president gets defeated.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The last thing Jefferson wanted - was to get defeated. His words only supported his desire to make history take note of our struggle in the last days of June 1776!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
What would have happened?
Wednesday-June 29, 2011
What would have happened?
This week we must consider our independence and just what that independence has given us as a nation and has given the world by way of invention, wealth and freedom.
Knowing what occurred during the time of our Revolution and the events that preceded it I have to ask a few questions. How was our quest for independence won? How was it possible to draft a Declaration of Independence? How was it possible to get a consensus of thirteen different states and thirteen different representatives? How was it possible to sell the idea to other countries for support? These questions are all questions that many historians have analyzed and continue to search for the answers.
But what we haven’t asked is what would nave happened if the leaders today were in power then. What made me think of this today? I watched the President at his news conference today and I shivered at the thought that if this man was in Jefferson’s place on yesterdays date when the first draft of the declaration was written we might not have had a revolution and we might not have had the freedom the liberty and the independence we enjoy today, even though we do have less of them today than we did three years ago. I guess my argument is proven.
Al joking aside; consider the thought. We were very lucky to have had the leaders that stood up to be counted. We were fortunate that the leaders who were leading the revolt had the thoughts they had. If they didn’t things would be much different today.
The thought of independence today is far different from the thoughts that our forefathers had. This is the problem and this is the struggle today.
While watching the president today I was embarrassed that he represented me. His ideas and mine are so totally different. My thoughts come from a time when men were united and when men knew the difference between independence and tyranny. My thoughts and views are reflected in the documents that were conceived with shear brilliance and courage. My thoughts go back to a time when patriots knew what their duty was. My thoughts come from a time when the art of demagoguery was not a pre requisite to hold office.
While listening to the president today he blamed the Republican Congress for not passing a budget deal. The truth is the Republicans have presented a deal that has been rejected by the president and the Senate. The president and the senate have been AWOL (absent without leave) on this topic. While the president is asking for a plan from the republicans and has gotten one he has failed to come up with one himself. The senate has shirked their duty because by law they needed to pass a budget month’s ago. While the president demonized the conservatives and told the big lies about what budget cuts would do to certain individuals his excuse of not coming up with a plan was as he said “I was busy with Afghanistan and killing Bin Laden.”
The truth is the president has a dismal record that he can not run on like his 9.1% unemployment rate. He is now shifting the focus away from him self so that he can blame the others to make himself look good. If our forefathers practiced the art of shifting the focus and demonizing others for their failures we would not have had a Bill of Rights a Declaration of Independence and a Constitution. If men like Jefferson, Washington, Adams and Henry were not sought out for their ideas we would not be here today reading about history and writing about these events.
Today we are looking for a way to find balance in society our lives and in our budget. Today we look to our leaders to determine the balance. Today our leaders have failed us because our leaders are arrogant. Today we must consider going back in time to find out what the formula was that gave us Independence. We must look for leaders like Jefferson whose words of independence were meant for all to enjoy and whose actions spoke louder than his own words.
When I ask the question what would have happened a hundred people would have a hundred different ideas. However, the one thing I am sure about is that men like the President would not have been given the opportunity to serve because he is what they would be rebelling against.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Our Independence would not have occurred under this present leadership. We must all realize this before we can determine how best to return to the days when Independence was everything!
What would have happened?
This week we must consider our independence and just what that independence has given us as a nation and has given the world by way of invention, wealth and freedom.
Knowing what occurred during the time of our Revolution and the events that preceded it I have to ask a few questions. How was our quest for independence won? How was it possible to draft a Declaration of Independence? How was it possible to get a consensus of thirteen different states and thirteen different representatives? How was it possible to sell the idea to other countries for support? These questions are all questions that many historians have analyzed and continue to search for the answers.
But what we haven’t asked is what would nave happened if the leaders today were in power then. What made me think of this today? I watched the President at his news conference today and I shivered at the thought that if this man was in Jefferson’s place on yesterdays date when the first draft of the declaration was written we might not have had a revolution and we might not have had the freedom the liberty and the independence we enjoy today, even though we do have less of them today than we did three years ago. I guess my argument is proven.
Al joking aside; consider the thought. We were very lucky to have had the leaders that stood up to be counted. We were fortunate that the leaders who were leading the revolt had the thoughts they had. If they didn’t things would be much different today.
The thought of independence today is far different from the thoughts that our forefathers had. This is the problem and this is the struggle today.
While watching the president today I was embarrassed that he represented me. His ideas and mine are so totally different. My thoughts come from a time when men were united and when men knew the difference between independence and tyranny. My thoughts and views are reflected in the documents that were conceived with shear brilliance and courage. My thoughts go back to a time when patriots knew what their duty was. My thoughts come from a time when the art of demagoguery was not a pre requisite to hold office.
While listening to the president today he blamed the Republican Congress for not passing a budget deal. The truth is the Republicans have presented a deal that has been rejected by the president and the Senate. The president and the senate have been AWOL (absent without leave) on this topic. While the president is asking for a plan from the republicans and has gotten one he has failed to come up with one himself. The senate has shirked their duty because by law they needed to pass a budget month’s ago. While the president demonized the conservatives and told the big lies about what budget cuts would do to certain individuals his excuse of not coming up with a plan was as he said “I was busy with Afghanistan and killing Bin Laden.”
The truth is the president has a dismal record that he can not run on like his 9.1% unemployment rate. He is now shifting the focus away from him self so that he can blame the others to make himself look good. If our forefathers practiced the art of shifting the focus and demonizing others for their failures we would not have had a Bill of Rights a Declaration of Independence and a Constitution. If men like Jefferson, Washington, Adams and Henry were not sought out for their ideas we would not be here today reading about history and writing about these events.
Today we are looking for a way to find balance in society our lives and in our budget. Today we look to our leaders to determine the balance. Today our leaders have failed us because our leaders are arrogant. Today we must consider going back in time to find out what the formula was that gave us Independence. We must look for leaders like Jefferson whose words of independence were meant for all to enjoy and whose actions spoke louder than his own words.
When I ask the question what would have happened a hundred people would have a hundred different ideas. However, the one thing I am sure about is that men like the President would not have been given the opportunity to serve because he is what they would be rebelling against.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Our Independence would not have occurred under this present leadership. We must all realize this before we can determine how best to return to the days when Independence was everything!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Another way to look at it!
Tuesday – June 28, 2011
Another way to look at it!
No doubt the Fourth of July is a great time to celebrate. It’s a great time to eat and it’s a great time to reflect.
I am not going to remind anyone about the history that was made on this date, in 1778. I won’t remind you of Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher", who aided the American patriots in war, or about the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, when General Washington defeated Clinton. These events occurred, because a few years earlier a Declaration of Independence was written and was submitted to King George III. I don’t want to remind you that King George scoffed at the idea of the rebel colonials taking up arms to fight the greatest Army on earth. I don’t have to remind you of the outcome.
I am not going to remind you that in May of 1776, after nearly a year of trying to resolve their differences with England, the colonists sent delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Finally, in June, admitting that their efforts were hopeless; a committee was formed to compose the formal Declaration of Independence. Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the committee also included, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Phillip Livingston and Roger Sherman. I am not going to remind you that on today’s date in 1776 Thomas Jefferson presented the first draft of the Declaration to Congress.
I want to ask you to consider another way of looking at how these historical events changed the world and changed the direction of the colonial states. The direction after all the battles and after all the arguments and all the treaties was simple. The forefathers wanted to create a country that was strong morally and that was strong financially. They believed that you could not have one with out the other.
They created an environment where the common person could own property and could save their riches for themselves and their posterity. Somewhere along the way, however, after two hundred and thirty five years, the country began to move in a direction that would rob the nation’s wealth and diminish the freedom that was born out of rebellion, revolt and the fight that would bring the dream of Independence to a focused reality.
The first celebration for Independence Day was held in 1796. It was met with patriotism and the gratefulness of the nation’s citizens for the government they got in return for the sacrifices they endured.
This Fourth of July, consider looking at this day in another way. As we approach the weekend and all it festivities, consider looking for and developing leaders that are fiscally responsible. With a huge debt and the loss of the nations wealth the words independence, liberty and freedom just become a memory of finer days lost. The words of independence, liberty and freedom reflect the essence of the founding days of the nation.
The country, then, was not concerned about social justice, social liberalism and all that follows the liberal’s view of what independence, liberty and freedom means. Instead of listening to the candidates go on about social liberalism force them to talk about fiscal responsibility and fiscal conservatism.
I began looking at this perspective just recently and it has opened my eyes to what the true essence of independence, liberty and freedom is. Independence, liberty and freedom does not automatically come with a government check or a bloated bureaucracy. Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when a government purposefully makes decisions about social programs that are designed to keep votes and expand a voting block. Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when government offers tax payer funds to aid in abortions and to promote a way of life for those who think social justice has come their way.
Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when your government spends more than it takes in. Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when the heads of your government raise the debt ceiling so that they can borrow more and say that it is to benefit those who get the benefits.
Independence, liberty and freedom comes when leaders are elected to do one thing and that is to balance the budget and approach spending honestly and without favor. More importantly it comes when the country becomes strong because people will find out very quickly just what they have missed out on. They will find ways to grow and to assemble wealth beyond what the meager government check provided.
Independence, liberty and freedom will come when a structural problem with the debt is resolved and when the environment exists so that job creators can create jobs because they need employees. Independence, liberty and freedom comes when an employee figures out they can take all they learned from a job and start a business themselves so that they can hire people to work for them.
Independence, liberty and freedom comes when our leaders become focused on growing the thought of fiscal conservatism. When this happens social liberalism will then become a thing of the past and will not drain the wealth of a nation that was created to provide the opportunity to attain wealth and grow from the independence that enterprising minds would create.
This Fourth of July, think of this notion and then consider a way to make it work.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
www.pineconeconservatives.org
A footnote: It becomes necessary to look at things in another way to see your way clear of the problems that you face. The nation’s debt is not the government’s problem it becomes yours because it’s your independence!
Another way to look at it!
No doubt the Fourth of July is a great time to celebrate. It’s a great time to eat and it’s a great time to reflect.
I am not going to remind anyone about the history that was made on this date, in 1778. I won’t remind you of Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher", who aided the American patriots in war, or about the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, when General Washington defeated Clinton. These events occurred, because a few years earlier a Declaration of Independence was written and was submitted to King George III. I don’t want to remind you that King George scoffed at the idea of the rebel colonials taking up arms to fight the greatest Army on earth. I don’t have to remind you of the outcome.
I am not going to remind you that in May of 1776, after nearly a year of trying to resolve their differences with England, the colonists sent delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Finally, in June, admitting that their efforts were hopeless; a committee was formed to compose the formal Declaration of Independence. Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the committee also included, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Phillip Livingston and Roger Sherman. I am not going to remind you that on today’s date in 1776 Thomas Jefferson presented the first draft of the Declaration to Congress.
I want to ask you to consider another way of looking at how these historical events changed the world and changed the direction of the colonial states. The direction after all the battles and after all the arguments and all the treaties was simple. The forefathers wanted to create a country that was strong morally and that was strong financially. They believed that you could not have one with out the other.
They created an environment where the common person could own property and could save their riches for themselves and their posterity. Somewhere along the way, however, after two hundred and thirty five years, the country began to move in a direction that would rob the nation’s wealth and diminish the freedom that was born out of rebellion, revolt and the fight that would bring the dream of Independence to a focused reality.
The first celebration for Independence Day was held in 1796. It was met with patriotism and the gratefulness of the nation’s citizens for the government they got in return for the sacrifices they endured.
This Fourth of July, consider looking at this day in another way. As we approach the weekend and all it festivities, consider looking for and developing leaders that are fiscally responsible. With a huge debt and the loss of the nations wealth the words independence, liberty and freedom just become a memory of finer days lost. The words of independence, liberty and freedom reflect the essence of the founding days of the nation.
The country, then, was not concerned about social justice, social liberalism and all that follows the liberal’s view of what independence, liberty and freedom means. Instead of listening to the candidates go on about social liberalism force them to talk about fiscal responsibility and fiscal conservatism.
I began looking at this perspective just recently and it has opened my eyes to what the true essence of independence, liberty and freedom is. Independence, liberty and freedom does not automatically come with a government check or a bloated bureaucracy. Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when a government purposefully makes decisions about social programs that are designed to keep votes and expand a voting block. Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when government offers tax payer funds to aid in abortions and to promote a way of life for those who think social justice has come their way.
Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when your government spends more than it takes in. Independence, liberty and freedom does not come when the heads of your government raise the debt ceiling so that they can borrow more and say that it is to benefit those who get the benefits.
Independence, liberty and freedom comes when leaders are elected to do one thing and that is to balance the budget and approach spending honestly and without favor. More importantly it comes when the country becomes strong because people will find out very quickly just what they have missed out on. They will find ways to grow and to assemble wealth beyond what the meager government check provided.
Independence, liberty and freedom will come when a structural problem with the debt is resolved and when the environment exists so that job creators can create jobs because they need employees. Independence, liberty and freedom comes when an employee figures out they can take all they learned from a job and start a business themselves so that they can hire people to work for them.
Independence, liberty and freedom comes when our leaders become focused on growing the thought of fiscal conservatism. When this happens social liberalism will then become a thing of the past and will not drain the wealth of a nation that was created to provide the opportunity to attain wealth and grow from the independence that enterprising minds would create.
This Fourth of July, think of this notion and then consider a way to make it work.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
www.pineconeconservatives.org
A footnote: It becomes necessary to look at things in another way to see your way clear of the problems that you face. The nation’s debt is not the government’s problem it becomes yours because it’s your independence!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
It's so simple:
Monday – June 27, 2011
It’s so simple:
Today, I want to thank those who sent me a thank you for Fridays FORUM. I was inspired by a couple of personal events that made me look at what I am doing and for what purpose.
For those who have read the FORUM with interest over the past two years I hope that what I have been writing about is bringing you information and inspiration!
Today, I want to write about a conversation I had last Saturday afternoon. The result of the conversation made things crystal clear and solidified a few thoughts that I have been developing, but could not put to words. Today, I will put the words to a simple plan and a simple approach!
A petitioner approached me and asked if I would sign a petition to get a candidate on the ballot this fall for our local election. I said sure, then I hesitated and said to myself, am I really going to sign a petition for someone I don’t know anything about? As I was considering my thought, the petitioner passed me the clip board.
He asked if I was a registered voter and said if I was to sign on the empty line. I asked him who the candidate was and he gave me the name. I asked is the candidate available, he was, but he was around the block, but if I wanted to meet him I could.
I am up on the issues facing our town and many of my friends have urged me to run for Mayor, at this point that’s not in the cards. However, I started to ask a few questions and I was given the standard lines. He said just sign it, he needs five hundred signatures. I asked how many he had and the number was given. Then I asked what side of the aisle he was on. The response back was he’s not gay, if that’s what you are asking, I must have been sending some sort of vibe. I said no, but that shouldn’t have anything to do with my decision. I rephrased my question and was a bit more direct. I asked what side of the political aisle he was on. The response was 2/3 liberal/ Democrat.
My response to that answer was as you would expect. I said I cannot sign the petition because he is a Democrat. The look of confusion overcame the petitioner’s face. He was shocked at my reason. He said I should sign it, because the candidate is a good guy! I said I am sure he is, but I cannot, in all good conscience, support someone for office, let alone sign a petition to get him on the ballot if he is a Democrat.
The look of confusion turned to anger. He was alarmed at my frankness and said he is not a Republican and the petition was non partisan. I said how can it be non partisan, if as you said the candidate is a Democrat? I said don’t you see my point?
Political thought and action starts at the local level. It starts with a Democrat who gets in at the city level with all good intentions of wanting to change things.
Then the candidate gets involved with the rest of the liberals on the board including the Mayor then the rubber stamp comes out.
Like any small town the politics are played and the politics are won, because of the politics.
I handed back the petition and said this candidate would not get a signature from me to get him on the ballot.
Then things turned crystal clear. What I have been trying to put into words for the last two years occurred to me in three minutes of dialog. I practiced the notion of taking my town back at the local level; one of the principals behind Pinecone Conservatives. I prevented one less signature getting on the ballot and taking away the possibility that one more Democrat, one more liberal, might not have a chance to enforce the rubber stamp rule.
If you look at this story, as an example of how to bring change, it becomes so simple. It then becomes easier when you make a vow to yourself to get the Democrats out of office. This is one way to do it and it is legal.
On this date, in 1778, The Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left. In a few short days, we will celebrate the sounds of liberty by celebrating the day we become independent. With all the celebrations that occur at this time of year try to remember what the true essence of liberty was and what it has been disguised as for today’s consumption. Remember the great souls that came before you and quite possibly walked in the same path you are walking today and then tell me that the sounds of liberty and our Independence can never be drowned and that the sounds of liberty should be loud and clear like many of the fireworks we listen to at this time of year.
Remember the importance of all the petitions that are given to us to sign. Remember to ask the questions and remember to act on the answers you are given. It’s so simple!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The Liberty Bell and the Fourth of July are only symbols today and that is fine. But the symbols still do reflect what was in the hearts and the minds of the men of Liberty that decided enough was enough! Its now time to declare our Independence!
It’s so simple:
Today, I want to thank those who sent me a thank you for Fridays FORUM. I was inspired by a couple of personal events that made me look at what I am doing and for what purpose.
For those who have read the FORUM with interest over the past two years I hope that what I have been writing about is bringing you information and inspiration!
Today, I want to write about a conversation I had last Saturday afternoon. The result of the conversation made things crystal clear and solidified a few thoughts that I have been developing, but could not put to words. Today, I will put the words to a simple plan and a simple approach!
A petitioner approached me and asked if I would sign a petition to get a candidate on the ballot this fall for our local election. I said sure, then I hesitated and said to myself, am I really going to sign a petition for someone I don’t know anything about? As I was considering my thought, the petitioner passed me the clip board.
He asked if I was a registered voter and said if I was to sign on the empty line. I asked him who the candidate was and he gave me the name. I asked is the candidate available, he was, but he was around the block, but if I wanted to meet him I could.
I am up on the issues facing our town and many of my friends have urged me to run for Mayor, at this point that’s not in the cards. However, I started to ask a few questions and I was given the standard lines. He said just sign it, he needs five hundred signatures. I asked how many he had and the number was given. Then I asked what side of the aisle he was on. The response back was he’s not gay, if that’s what you are asking, I must have been sending some sort of vibe. I said no, but that shouldn’t have anything to do with my decision. I rephrased my question and was a bit more direct. I asked what side of the political aisle he was on. The response was 2/3 liberal/ Democrat.
My response to that answer was as you would expect. I said I cannot sign the petition because he is a Democrat. The look of confusion overcame the petitioner’s face. He was shocked at my reason. He said I should sign it, because the candidate is a good guy! I said I am sure he is, but I cannot, in all good conscience, support someone for office, let alone sign a petition to get him on the ballot if he is a Democrat.
The look of confusion turned to anger. He was alarmed at my frankness and said he is not a Republican and the petition was non partisan. I said how can it be non partisan, if as you said the candidate is a Democrat? I said don’t you see my point?
Political thought and action starts at the local level. It starts with a Democrat who gets in at the city level with all good intentions of wanting to change things.
Then the candidate gets involved with the rest of the liberals on the board including the Mayor then the rubber stamp comes out.
Like any small town the politics are played and the politics are won, because of the politics.
I handed back the petition and said this candidate would not get a signature from me to get him on the ballot.
Then things turned crystal clear. What I have been trying to put into words for the last two years occurred to me in three minutes of dialog. I practiced the notion of taking my town back at the local level; one of the principals behind Pinecone Conservatives. I prevented one less signature getting on the ballot and taking away the possibility that one more Democrat, one more liberal, might not have a chance to enforce the rubber stamp rule.
If you look at this story, as an example of how to bring change, it becomes so simple. It then becomes easier when you make a vow to yourself to get the Democrats out of office. This is one way to do it and it is legal.
On this date, in 1778, The Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left. In a few short days, we will celebrate the sounds of liberty by celebrating the day we become independent. With all the celebrations that occur at this time of year try to remember what the true essence of liberty was and what it has been disguised as for today’s consumption. Remember the great souls that came before you and quite possibly walked in the same path you are walking today and then tell me that the sounds of liberty and our Independence can never be drowned and that the sounds of liberty should be loud and clear like many of the fireworks we listen to at this time of year.
Remember the importance of all the petitions that are given to us to sign. Remember to ask the questions and remember to act on the answers you are given. It’s so simple!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The Liberty Bell and the Fourth of July are only symbols today and that is fine. But the symbols still do reflect what was in the hearts and the minds of the men of Liberty that decided enough was enough! Its now time to declare our Independence!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
More, with less:
Friday – June 24, 2011
More, with less:
This week, I feel I have reached a personal turning point. It will be two years that I have been writing about political thought and political action.
I am now getting ready to go to the next level. The last two years have been a learning experience for me. I have read about our history as a nation in ways that I never had before. I have learned about many historical events and many of the small stories that have lead to the great things that our country stands for.
My views are based on what the forefathers intended this nation to be. My views are far from the liberal view of making everything and everybody equal across the board. In other words, we must do more with less. The view of the conservative is the view that the nation’s greatest leaders had. It is a vision of unlimited opportunity and unbridled restraint. It is the view that each American has the opportunity to own property and through the ownership of that property they will prosper.
Property, in this case, is not just an address on Main Street. Property is freedom of thought, freedom of developing great ideas, freedom to explore, freedom to become what you want. For example, freedom is to engage in commerce, law and medicine. Freedom is, to some, building the biggest bridge or building the best mouse trap. With liberty, our freedom is enhanced, because liberty enables an individual to look beyond that next mountain peak and to expand beyond the limits that nature and now government has put on us.
Liberty and freedom is having faith in your God and faith in family and all that is great. America has spawned great dynasties. However, America’s greatest dynasty is made possible because of the millions of families that will go out and celebrate the birth of our Independence next week.
Our struggle has not been one that was started three years ago or at the turn of the century. It started with three boats with the wind of freedom in their sails that crossed an unexplored ocean in search of liberty. It started with a compact of laws that ultimately became a Declaration of Independence and a Constitution. These events all started with a single idea that all men are created equal and all men have equal opportunity, but opportunity should not guarantee equal results. This is the difference of thought between the liberal and the conservative.
Our nation is at a turning point. We can decide to make it greater or we can decide to make it like every other nation that has gone by the way side of shared prosperity through legislation and redistribution. We can listen to the wordsmiths, through the voice of leaders who would sacrifice our liberty for security. It was Benjamin Franklin who said that, if you do that, you deserve neither.
We can decide to listen to the words of a patriot who knew what liberty and death was or take that midnight ride that ultimately decided what the sacrifices would be to have the bell of liberty ring for the first time in the history of the world. We should recruit leaders who cannot tell a lie and who, through a few words, can sum up the struggle of a nation in Civil War. The words: “we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground”, should be words that are taught instead of discarded as false notions.
As a nation, we should come together and demand that our leaders solve the economic abyss that they have placed us in. We should demand that a president lead by example, instead of leading through executive order that favors the political winds of the day.
History can tell the story of a people and a nation. It can give direction when direction is needed. It can tell the story of sorrow and of great joy. It can take the listener to the highest level of understanding and it can also remind the listener of its darkest moments.
When I say I have reached a turning point, I say it through the recognition of the lessons of history and I can say it, because I have recognized what the great men of history recognized. Our freedom and our liberty is fragile. It cannot be passed down through the blood line of heredity. It is something that must be taught, it is something that must be preserved and it is something that should not be altered by those who can bend and twist it so that the masses become comfortable with the easy way instead of the enterprising way.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” Ronald Reagan
After two years I am not stopping. I am just beginning!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
www.pineconeconservatives.org
A footnote: Free enterprise was the vision. Freedom and liberty was the result of the enterprising minds that made it possible for a revolution to occur because of the freedom that was born out of the minds of the great, the free and the honored.
To do more with less is unacceptable to this American
More, with less:
This week, I feel I have reached a personal turning point. It will be two years that I have been writing about political thought and political action.
I am now getting ready to go to the next level. The last two years have been a learning experience for me. I have read about our history as a nation in ways that I never had before. I have learned about many historical events and many of the small stories that have lead to the great things that our country stands for.
My views are based on what the forefathers intended this nation to be. My views are far from the liberal view of making everything and everybody equal across the board. In other words, we must do more with less. The view of the conservative is the view that the nation’s greatest leaders had. It is a vision of unlimited opportunity and unbridled restraint. It is the view that each American has the opportunity to own property and through the ownership of that property they will prosper.
Property, in this case, is not just an address on Main Street. Property is freedom of thought, freedom of developing great ideas, freedom to explore, freedom to become what you want. For example, freedom is to engage in commerce, law and medicine. Freedom is, to some, building the biggest bridge or building the best mouse trap. With liberty, our freedom is enhanced, because liberty enables an individual to look beyond that next mountain peak and to expand beyond the limits that nature and now government has put on us.
Liberty and freedom is having faith in your God and faith in family and all that is great. America has spawned great dynasties. However, America’s greatest dynasty is made possible because of the millions of families that will go out and celebrate the birth of our Independence next week.
Our struggle has not been one that was started three years ago or at the turn of the century. It started with three boats with the wind of freedom in their sails that crossed an unexplored ocean in search of liberty. It started with a compact of laws that ultimately became a Declaration of Independence and a Constitution. These events all started with a single idea that all men are created equal and all men have equal opportunity, but opportunity should not guarantee equal results. This is the difference of thought between the liberal and the conservative.
Our nation is at a turning point. We can decide to make it greater or we can decide to make it like every other nation that has gone by the way side of shared prosperity through legislation and redistribution. We can listen to the wordsmiths, through the voice of leaders who would sacrifice our liberty for security. It was Benjamin Franklin who said that, if you do that, you deserve neither.
We can decide to listen to the words of a patriot who knew what liberty and death was or take that midnight ride that ultimately decided what the sacrifices would be to have the bell of liberty ring for the first time in the history of the world. We should recruit leaders who cannot tell a lie and who, through a few words, can sum up the struggle of a nation in Civil War. The words: “we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground”, should be words that are taught instead of discarded as false notions.
As a nation, we should come together and demand that our leaders solve the economic abyss that they have placed us in. We should demand that a president lead by example, instead of leading through executive order that favors the political winds of the day.
History can tell the story of a people and a nation. It can give direction when direction is needed. It can tell the story of sorrow and of great joy. It can take the listener to the highest level of understanding and it can also remind the listener of its darkest moments.
When I say I have reached a turning point, I say it through the recognition of the lessons of history and I can say it, because I have recognized what the great men of history recognized. Our freedom and our liberty is fragile. It cannot be passed down through the blood line of heredity. It is something that must be taught, it is something that must be preserved and it is something that should not be altered by those who can bend and twist it so that the masses become comfortable with the easy way instead of the enterprising way.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” Ronald Reagan
After two years I am not stopping. I am just beginning!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
www.pineconeconservatives.org
A footnote: Free enterprise was the vision. Freedom and liberty was the result of the enterprising minds that made it possible for a revolution to occur because of the freedom that was born out of the minds of the great, the free and the honored.
To do more with less is unacceptable to this American
Friday, June 24, 2011
Desperate measures:
Thursday – June 23, 2011
Desperate measures:
There is nothing more dangerous than to have a leader, especially the leader of the free world, act out of desperation instead of motivation.
I would rather question someone’s motives than question the desperate measures that are on display at the White House these days.
The President is releasing oil from the strategic oil reserves. He is doing this, because he has no standing with OPEC. He is doing this, because he cannot display the leadership that it takes to take on OPEC and tell them to increase their production of oil.
The political motives of this president are now directly associated to his inability to increase his poll numbers. He is playing politics in the most dangerous of ways. He is now acting out of desperation to appease the base.
Bill Clinton released oil from the strategic reserves and it did little to bring down the price of a gallon of gas. The price of gas will come down a bit, estimates are less than 1%, but it will not reduce the price permanently. Everything that this president has done has been artificial with languishing permanent affects. OPEC is now saying why should we increase our production when you are releasing 30 million barrels of oil? If I were OPEC I would be saying the same!
If the Presidents motives were to put OPEC out of business by developing our own domestic oil reserves I would not question him. But his motives and his actions are now being dictated by his political desperation. This is a no win situation!
The word from the White House this morning is that we are a quarter of the way through Obama’s presidency and a quarter of the way through of what we want to do. If the permanent situation of high unemployment which just creped up to
9.1 %, reduction in the strategic oil reserves which is just another government stimulus plan and more spending is a quarter of the way where we want to be, then I do not want to know what the other three quarters will bring.
The President now wants to nation build here at home instead of abroad. His motivation now is to ask for more spending on infrastructure and technology based jobs. The Senate is now asking for tax increases with more spending Isn’t this what the original stimulus was designed to do? When new motivations are dictated by failed policies then desperate measures are sought, this is only human nature.
This president has the thinnest resume of any Chief Executive in our history. This President had a clip board in his hand not more than eight years ago as a community organizer. He served less than one hundred and fifty days in the U.S. Senate and now he is fighting three wars and dictating the continued and failing economic policy of the world’ s greatest economy. Should we as a people now start acting out of desperation? This is the wonder and the resilience of the American people. We have the ability to regroup and reinvent ourselves even when our Government fails to do so. However, when the economy keeps going backwards and doesn’t move ahead because of failed policy even the American people can only stand so much before they take desperate measures. It’s the American people that are doing the hard work while they focus on making a living. They are beginning to ask the same of their President!
Today, the new jobless numbers were released and again we were told that they were higher than expected. There were 429,000 new faces at the unemployment line last week. The White House now says this is not just a blip as the President said it was two weeks ago. Ben Bernanke is now saying this is a downward trend in the economy.
Virtually every week for the last three months there has been more than 400,000 new applicants for unemployment benefits per week. Our homes are continuing to lose value and all the economic indicators have been pointing downwards and the debt is still exploding. All this is saying is that the unemployment picture is getting worse because of all the alarming trends. The administration the Democratic Leaders in the Congress and the Senate are all calling for more spending a doubling down, if you will, on government sponsored job creation.
A new number from the CBO is out and they are now saying that if things continue on the same track that by 2021 the U.S. Debt will exceed the entire size of the U.S. economy. At that point the country will default.
Some still argue that this is all George Bush’s fault. When I hear that kind of ignorance I say the Democrats have owned the House and Senate since 2007. They have controlled the Government from 2008 thru 2010, until the Republicans took the House in 2011. The Democrats still control the White House and the Senate; they still control the bad legislation that has put us in the ditch since 2007. This is the problem and this is why we must take the Senate and keep the House in 2012, it would also be nice to take the White House as well.
This downward trend is the cause of failed policies by a failed President who has implemented failed ideas. This downward trend is the cause of a failed Party whose motives are now being examined because of the desperate measures that are now being played out in Washington.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: I don’t want to fear my Presidents motives any longer. I do not want to question his political desperation any longer. I just want November 2012 to get here because we cannot afford these people in office any longer than that!
Desperate measures:
There is nothing more dangerous than to have a leader, especially the leader of the free world, act out of desperation instead of motivation.
I would rather question someone’s motives than question the desperate measures that are on display at the White House these days.
The President is releasing oil from the strategic oil reserves. He is doing this, because he has no standing with OPEC. He is doing this, because he cannot display the leadership that it takes to take on OPEC and tell them to increase their production of oil.
The political motives of this president are now directly associated to his inability to increase his poll numbers. He is playing politics in the most dangerous of ways. He is now acting out of desperation to appease the base.
Bill Clinton released oil from the strategic reserves and it did little to bring down the price of a gallon of gas. The price of gas will come down a bit, estimates are less than 1%, but it will not reduce the price permanently. Everything that this president has done has been artificial with languishing permanent affects. OPEC is now saying why should we increase our production when you are releasing 30 million barrels of oil? If I were OPEC I would be saying the same!
If the Presidents motives were to put OPEC out of business by developing our own domestic oil reserves I would not question him. But his motives and his actions are now being dictated by his political desperation. This is a no win situation!
The word from the White House this morning is that we are a quarter of the way through Obama’s presidency and a quarter of the way through of what we want to do. If the permanent situation of high unemployment which just creped up to
9.1 %, reduction in the strategic oil reserves which is just another government stimulus plan and more spending is a quarter of the way where we want to be, then I do not want to know what the other three quarters will bring.
The President now wants to nation build here at home instead of abroad. His motivation now is to ask for more spending on infrastructure and technology based jobs. The Senate is now asking for tax increases with more spending Isn’t this what the original stimulus was designed to do? When new motivations are dictated by failed policies then desperate measures are sought, this is only human nature.
This president has the thinnest resume of any Chief Executive in our history. This President had a clip board in his hand not more than eight years ago as a community organizer. He served less than one hundred and fifty days in the U.S. Senate and now he is fighting three wars and dictating the continued and failing economic policy of the world’ s greatest economy. Should we as a people now start acting out of desperation? This is the wonder and the resilience of the American people. We have the ability to regroup and reinvent ourselves even when our Government fails to do so. However, when the economy keeps going backwards and doesn’t move ahead because of failed policy even the American people can only stand so much before they take desperate measures. It’s the American people that are doing the hard work while they focus on making a living. They are beginning to ask the same of their President!
Today, the new jobless numbers were released and again we were told that they were higher than expected. There were 429,000 new faces at the unemployment line last week. The White House now says this is not just a blip as the President said it was two weeks ago. Ben Bernanke is now saying this is a downward trend in the economy.
Virtually every week for the last three months there has been more than 400,000 new applicants for unemployment benefits per week. Our homes are continuing to lose value and all the economic indicators have been pointing downwards and the debt is still exploding. All this is saying is that the unemployment picture is getting worse because of all the alarming trends. The administration the Democratic Leaders in the Congress and the Senate are all calling for more spending a doubling down, if you will, on government sponsored job creation.
A new number from the CBO is out and they are now saying that if things continue on the same track that by 2021 the U.S. Debt will exceed the entire size of the U.S. economy. At that point the country will default.
Some still argue that this is all George Bush’s fault. When I hear that kind of ignorance I say the Democrats have owned the House and Senate since 2007. They have controlled the Government from 2008 thru 2010, until the Republicans took the House in 2011. The Democrats still control the White House and the Senate; they still control the bad legislation that has put us in the ditch since 2007. This is the problem and this is why we must take the Senate and keep the House in 2012, it would also be nice to take the White House as well.
This downward trend is the cause of failed policies by a failed President who has implemented failed ideas. This downward trend is the cause of a failed Party whose motives are now being examined because of the desperate measures that are now being played out in Washington.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: I don’t want to fear my Presidents motives any longer. I do not want to question his political desperation any longer. I just want November 2012 to get here because we cannot afford these people in office any longer than that!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
We win - they lose!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
We win - they lose!
Don’t let the other guys pick the Republican candidate that they want to run against the President in 2012. The media is already picking the winner and the losers on the Republican side. The media is already saying that the two Republican front runners are Mormon, implying that there is something wrong with that! The President’s men and the Liberal pundits are already using their code words to disqualify each Republican candidate. One term that is now being used by Bernard Whitman, a Democratic Political Strategist, is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Snow White being Mitt Romney.
The president spoke tonight and he laid out his plan for troop withdrawals from Afghanistan. The President is using this particular topic, at this particular time so that he can make the news and say that I won the day. However, the script he chose tonight and when ever he speaks has never included the words we win – they lose. The United States will now, as the President said, depend on International Coalitions to fight the wars. Who wins and who will lose?
If we look at the war in Afghanistan as a three legged stool; the first leg is the Military, the second is the Karzi government and the third is Pakistan. He is dealing with the first leg by troop reduction. Our military heads oppose the reduction now, because what we have achieved is fragile. The Karzi government is one that is fraught with corruption and Pakistan has demonstrated on many occasions that they are not a true ally and that they will go against our interest. How many years was Bin Laden living in the fortress he built un-detected and/or ignored by a government that harbored him? What has the president done to get the answers and enact the penalties that should be invoked against Pakistan? How do we win? This President does not want to win. By pushing ahead we are saying that we have won by pulling out.
The Democrats on the debt ceiling team, headed up by Vice President Joe Biden, are pushing for new spending. They feel that if you want to get people working again you must spend more money. This is nothing more than new stimulus measures to the debt talks this is just more of the same. How do we win?
What needs to be done is to have a balanced budget amendment come out of this team by 2013. Eliminate the corporate income tax on the basis that it is a double tax. We must seriously cut spending, not talk about raising spending limits. There has to be real movement to enact responsible entitlement reform. Reduction in the Federal Footprint or, in other words, Federal involvement in every aspect of our lives is the real starting point to reform.
Provide certainty to the investment markets, real estate markets and consumer markets. You do this through a reformed energy policy and elimination of the income tax with a consumption tax. A fair tax would promote taxes through the notion of fairness and saving.
Lastly, we must insist on a full audit of The Federal Reserve. We must also insist that the President’s “Black Budget” of 30 to 50 billion dollars be publically disclosed and eliminated. Why on earth does the President or any President need to have 30 to 50 billion dollars to spend with no accountability? This is how you start the reform.
The world seems like it is up for grabs. The United States seems like it is up for grabs. The reason why it might be is that it seems we are weak and, until that changes everything is up for grabs. The United States will now, as the President said, depend on International Coalitions to fight the wars. Who wins and who will loose?
On this date, in 1775, the Continental Congress issued the first Continental Currency!
After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from 1/6 of a dollar to $80, including many odd denominations in between. During the Revolution, Congress issued $241,552,780 in Continental currency.
Continental currency depreciated badly during the war, giving rise to the famous phrase "not worth a continental". A primary problem was that monetary policy was not coordinated between Congress and the states, which continued to issue bills of credit. "Some think that the rebel bills depreciated because people lost confidence in them or because they were not backed by tangible assets," writes financial historian Robert E. Wright. "Not so. There were simply too many of them." Congress and the states lacked the will or the means to retire the bills from circulation through taxation or the sale of bonds.
Another problem was that the British successfully waged economic warfare by counterfeiting Continentals on a large scale. Benjamin Franklin later wrote:
“The artists they employed performed so well that immense quantities of these counterfeits which issued from the British government in New York, were circulated among the inhabitants of all the states, before the fraud was detected. This operated significantly in depreciating the whole mass.”
By the end of 1778, Continentals retained from 1/5 to 1/7 of their face value. By 1780, the bills were worth 1/40th of face value. Congress attempted to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, without success. By May 1781, Continentals had become so worthless that they ceased to circulate as money. Franklin noted that the depreciation of the currency had, in effect, acted as a tax to pay for the war. In the 1790s, after the ratification of the United States Constitution, Continentals could be exchanged for treasury bonds at 1% of face value. Continental bills are now very rare, and are sought after by collectors.
After the collapse of Continental currency, Congress appointed Robert Morris to be Superintendent of Finance of the United States. Morris advocated the creation of the first financial institution chartered by the United States, the Bank of North America, in 1782. The bank was funded in part by specie loaned to the United States by France. Morris helped finance the final stages of the war by issuing notes in his name, backed by his own money. The Bank of North America also issued notes convertible into specie.
The painful experience of the runaway inflation and collapse of the Continental dollar prompted the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to include the gold and silver clause into the United States Constitution so that the individual states could not issue bills of credit, or "make any thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts."
I had written earlier in the week that we have 235 plus years of experience and history to tell us what works and what doesn’t work. Our early founders knew that you must back up the money you have with something tangible and not live on the credit you think you have. The founders knew that a sustained projection of power is important when dealing with an adversary or an ally. This is how we win.
The new Republican standard bearer must speak in terms of how to win and make the other guy lose. We must not be afraid to speak in these certainties nor must we ignore the purpose of winning!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Speaking solely in a partisan way, the candidate that speaks from the position of strength and the candidate that calls the other guy down will win and when that is accomplished the other side loses!
We win - they lose!
Don’t let the other guys pick the Republican candidate that they want to run against the President in 2012. The media is already picking the winner and the losers on the Republican side. The media is already saying that the two Republican front runners are Mormon, implying that there is something wrong with that! The President’s men and the Liberal pundits are already using their code words to disqualify each Republican candidate. One term that is now being used by Bernard Whitman, a Democratic Political Strategist, is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Snow White being Mitt Romney.
The president spoke tonight and he laid out his plan for troop withdrawals from Afghanistan. The President is using this particular topic, at this particular time so that he can make the news and say that I won the day. However, the script he chose tonight and when ever he speaks has never included the words we win – they lose. The United States will now, as the President said, depend on International Coalitions to fight the wars. Who wins and who will lose?
If we look at the war in Afghanistan as a three legged stool; the first leg is the Military, the second is the Karzi government and the third is Pakistan. He is dealing with the first leg by troop reduction. Our military heads oppose the reduction now, because what we have achieved is fragile. The Karzi government is one that is fraught with corruption and Pakistan has demonstrated on many occasions that they are not a true ally and that they will go against our interest. How many years was Bin Laden living in the fortress he built un-detected and/or ignored by a government that harbored him? What has the president done to get the answers and enact the penalties that should be invoked against Pakistan? How do we win? This President does not want to win. By pushing ahead we are saying that we have won by pulling out.
The Democrats on the debt ceiling team, headed up by Vice President Joe Biden, are pushing for new spending. They feel that if you want to get people working again you must spend more money. This is nothing more than new stimulus measures to the debt talks this is just more of the same. How do we win?
What needs to be done is to have a balanced budget amendment come out of this team by 2013. Eliminate the corporate income tax on the basis that it is a double tax. We must seriously cut spending, not talk about raising spending limits. There has to be real movement to enact responsible entitlement reform. Reduction in the Federal Footprint or, in other words, Federal involvement in every aspect of our lives is the real starting point to reform.
Provide certainty to the investment markets, real estate markets and consumer markets. You do this through a reformed energy policy and elimination of the income tax with a consumption tax. A fair tax would promote taxes through the notion of fairness and saving.
Lastly, we must insist on a full audit of The Federal Reserve. We must also insist that the President’s “Black Budget” of 30 to 50 billion dollars be publically disclosed and eliminated. Why on earth does the President or any President need to have 30 to 50 billion dollars to spend with no accountability? This is how you start the reform.
The world seems like it is up for grabs. The United States seems like it is up for grabs. The reason why it might be is that it seems we are weak and, until that changes everything is up for grabs. The United States will now, as the President said, depend on International Coalitions to fight the wars. Who wins and who will loose?
On this date, in 1775, the Continental Congress issued the first Continental Currency!
After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from 1/6 of a dollar to $80, including many odd denominations in between. During the Revolution, Congress issued $241,552,780 in Continental currency.
Continental currency depreciated badly during the war, giving rise to the famous phrase "not worth a continental". A primary problem was that monetary policy was not coordinated between Congress and the states, which continued to issue bills of credit. "Some think that the rebel bills depreciated because people lost confidence in them or because they were not backed by tangible assets," writes financial historian Robert E. Wright. "Not so. There were simply too many of them." Congress and the states lacked the will or the means to retire the bills from circulation through taxation or the sale of bonds.
Another problem was that the British successfully waged economic warfare by counterfeiting Continentals on a large scale. Benjamin Franklin later wrote:
“The artists they employed performed so well that immense quantities of these counterfeits which issued from the British government in New York, were circulated among the inhabitants of all the states, before the fraud was detected. This operated significantly in depreciating the whole mass.”
By the end of 1778, Continentals retained from 1/5 to 1/7 of their face value. By 1780, the bills were worth 1/40th of face value. Congress attempted to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, without success. By May 1781, Continentals had become so worthless that they ceased to circulate as money. Franklin noted that the depreciation of the currency had, in effect, acted as a tax to pay for the war. In the 1790s, after the ratification of the United States Constitution, Continentals could be exchanged for treasury bonds at 1% of face value. Continental bills are now very rare, and are sought after by collectors.
After the collapse of Continental currency, Congress appointed Robert Morris to be Superintendent of Finance of the United States. Morris advocated the creation of the first financial institution chartered by the United States, the Bank of North America, in 1782. The bank was funded in part by specie loaned to the United States by France. Morris helped finance the final stages of the war by issuing notes in his name, backed by his own money. The Bank of North America also issued notes convertible into specie.
The painful experience of the runaway inflation and collapse of the Continental dollar prompted the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to include the gold and silver clause into the United States Constitution so that the individual states could not issue bills of credit, or "make any thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts."
I had written earlier in the week that we have 235 plus years of experience and history to tell us what works and what doesn’t work. Our early founders knew that you must back up the money you have with something tangible and not live on the credit you think you have. The founders knew that a sustained projection of power is important when dealing with an adversary or an ally. This is how we win.
The new Republican standard bearer must speak in terms of how to win and make the other guy lose. We must not be afraid to speak in these certainties nor must we ignore the purpose of winning!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Speaking solely in a partisan way, the candidate that speaks from the position of strength and the candidate that calls the other guy down will win and when that is accomplished the other side loses!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Why do they go to New Hampshire?
Tuesday – June 21, 2011
Why do they go to New Hampshire?
On this date, in 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution
Today, Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and former Ambassador to China, formally entered the 2012 Republican presidential race with a platform based on new jobs, energy independence and a simpler tax code. He is now going straight to New Hampshire, one of the many sites of the nation’s 2012 Republican Primaries.
Unknown candidates who are viewed with some suspicion have only one campaign strategy option. They have to pick an early state, bet their entire campaign on winning there and then, do exactly that. If (and it's a huge "if") they can show first-place strength early in the process, they can ride that momentum to a very strong showing in the states that follow.
Back in 1788, the fate of the Constitution virtually hung in the balance during the summer of that year. It is true that Madison only needed the affirmative vote of one of those three state ratifying conventions and the Anti-federalists needed all three. But if you take a look at the predicted vote going in, then Madison has some very real problems. New Hampshire was 52-52, Virginia was 84-84, and New York was 19 in favor and 46 against by what today we might call "entrance polls." That seems to me to be an extremely close call.
By the end of May 1788, proponents of the Constitution had secured the approval of eight state ratifying conventions. Along the way, however, they made a critical tactical decision and an important, albeit non-binding, concession in order to deny the Anti-federalists their first victory. In New Hampshire, facing sure defeat, the proponents secured an agreement at the ratifying convention to postpone a final decision, consult with the voters, hold a second election, and reconvene four months later. In Massachusetts, also in February, ten delegates abandoned their opposition to ratification in exchange for the proposition that "subsequent amendments" would be considered in the First Congress. This Massachusetts Compromise proposal—"ratify now, amend later"—moved an equally divided Convention to adopt the Constitution.
Securing the ninth state was not going to be an easy task. In fact, North Carolina and Rhode Island did not ratify the Constitution until November 1789 and May 1790 respectively. They did so only after the First Congress sent twelve amendment proposals to the states for ratification. Everything rested on the three remaining states: New Hampshire, Virginia, and New York. The best evidence suggests that going into the three ratifying conventions, the Federalist-Anti-federalist delegate split was 52-52 in New Hampshire, 84-84 in Virginia, and 19-46 in New York. And all were scheduled to meet in June: Virginia on the 2nd, New York on the 17th, and New Hampshire on the 18th.
In preparation for the June New Hampshire ratifying convention, the Federalist leaders were far more active in their campaigning than in February. Even then, it turned out that the vote was virtually even going into the convention. It turns out, that five delegates adopted the Massachusetts Compromise in New Hampshire and after three days of debate the Constitution was officially ratified on June 21, 1788 by a vote of 57-47. According to Jere Daniell, only calculated and manipulative political maneuvering by Sullivan and Langdon carried the day.
I hope that the delegates that will cast their votes will be skeptical of many who have entered the race and who have actively campaigned in Hew Hampshire.
Jon Huntsman should be reviewed and be reviewed again. “We will not be the first generation that lets down the next generation,” Hunstman said in his announcement speech. “We have the power, we have the means, we have the character to astonish the world by making from adversity a new and better country.”
His voting record is classically fiscally conservative, yet Huntsman has supported civil unions, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants.
“I respect the president,” Huntsman offered of his former boss. “He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love.”
"For the first time in our history, we are about to pass down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive and less confident than the one we got," Huntsman said. "This is totally unacceptable and totally un-American."
In a departure from the roughness of some political campaigns, Huntsman vows to run for the White House without tearing down his opponents or trashing Obama.
"He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love," Huntsman said. "But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president; not who is the better American."
Obama's re-election campaign took aim at Huntsman. "Like other Republican candidates, instead of proposing a plan that will allow middle-class families to reclaim their economic security, Governor Huntsman is proposing a return to the failed economic policies that led us into recession," Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said.
As I see it, one side hasn’t let up on the negative campaigning. There were no words of respect for the president’s former Ambassador, from the president’s re-election campaign!
With the importance of the New Hampshire primary and what it meant to ratifying the Constitution so that other states would follow I think it only appropriate to use the strong words that Huntsman is shy of using. This is not a diplomatic mission he is on. This is not Huntsman courting members of Congress in Utah to pass laws. This is Huntsman confronting a president who is ruining the country that the citizens of New Hampshire, back in 1788, wanted to grow and prosper.
Jon Huntsman chose the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty, the same backdrop Reagan chose, when he announced his bid for office. Jon Huntsman used similar themes, but he didn’t use the words of Reagan in 1980: “Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”
My fear is that many of the Republican candidates, like Jon Huntsman, are afraid they will turn people off with negative campaigning. It is not negative when you tell the truth and articulate to America just how wrong the current direction is. These candidates must remember that we have 235 plus years of evidence on what works and what doesn’t work. Reagan didn’t have the fear that many do today. The result of his strength and his actions and his words gave him the victory.
Reagan was just plain mad at what Carter had done to the country. No one called him a racist for being mad. He knew what was right and what was wrong. His passion drove him to articulate just how mad and angry he was. There is nothing wrong with taking it to the man, because the man has been taking it away from us!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: It’s ok for a candidate to be angry, I hope the people of New Hampshire will continue their traditions and I hope they will recognize who is articulating the truth and who will take it to the man. After all, this is why they go to New Hampshire.
Why do they go to New Hampshire?
On this date, in 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution
Today, Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and former Ambassador to China, formally entered the 2012 Republican presidential race with a platform based on new jobs, energy independence and a simpler tax code. He is now going straight to New Hampshire, one of the many sites of the nation’s 2012 Republican Primaries.
Unknown candidates who are viewed with some suspicion have only one campaign strategy option. They have to pick an early state, bet their entire campaign on winning there and then, do exactly that. If (and it's a huge "if") they can show first-place strength early in the process, they can ride that momentum to a very strong showing in the states that follow.
Back in 1788, the fate of the Constitution virtually hung in the balance during the summer of that year. It is true that Madison only needed the affirmative vote of one of those three state ratifying conventions and the Anti-federalists needed all three. But if you take a look at the predicted vote going in, then Madison has some very real problems. New Hampshire was 52-52, Virginia was 84-84, and New York was 19 in favor and 46 against by what today we might call "entrance polls." That seems to me to be an extremely close call.
By the end of May 1788, proponents of the Constitution had secured the approval of eight state ratifying conventions. Along the way, however, they made a critical tactical decision and an important, albeit non-binding, concession in order to deny the Anti-federalists their first victory. In New Hampshire, facing sure defeat, the proponents secured an agreement at the ratifying convention to postpone a final decision, consult with the voters, hold a second election, and reconvene four months later. In Massachusetts, also in February, ten delegates abandoned their opposition to ratification in exchange for the proposition that "subsequent amendments" would be considered in the First Congress. This Massachusetts Compromise proposal—"ratify now, amend later"—moved an equally divided Convention to adopt the Constitution.
Securing the ninth state was not going to be an easy task. In fact, North Carolina and Rhode Island did not ratify the Constitution until November 1789 and May 1790 respectively. They did so only after the First Congress sent twelve amendment proposals to the states for ratification. Everything rested on the three remaining states: New Hampshire, Virginia, and New York. The best evidence suggests that going into the three ratifying conventions, the Federalist-Anti-federalist delegate split was 52-52 in New Hampshire, 84-84 in Virginia, and 19-46 in New York. And all were scheduled to meet in June: Virginia on the 2nd, New York on the 17th, and New Hampshire on the 18th.
In preparation for the June New Hampshire ratifying convention, the Federalist leaders were far more active in their campaigning than in February. Even then, it turned out that the vote was virtually even going into the convention. It turns out, that five delegates adopted the Massachusetts Compromise in New Hampshire and after three days of debate the Constitution was officially ratified on June 21, 1788 by a vote of 57-47. According to Jere Daniell, only calculated and manipulative political maneuvering by Sullivan and Langdon carried the day.
I hope that the delegates that will cast their votes will be skeptical of many who have entered the race and who have actively campaigned in Hew Hampshire.
Jon Huntsman should be reviewed and be reviewed again. “We will not be the first generation that lets down the next generation,” Hunstman said in his announcement speech. “We have the power, we have the means, we have the character to astonish the world by making from adversity a new and better country.”
His voting record is classically fiscally conservative, yet Huntsman has supported civil unions, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants.
“I respect the president,” Huntsman offered of his former boss. “He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love.”
"For the first time in our history, we are about to pass down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive and less confident than the one we got," Huntsman said. "This is totally unacceptable and totally un-American."
In a departure from the roughness of some political campaigns, Huntsman vows to run for the White House without tearing down his opponents or trashing Obama.
"He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love," Huntsman said. "But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president; not who is the better American."
Obama's re-election campaign took aim at Huntsman. "Like other Republican candidates, instead of proposing a plan that will allow middle-class families to reclaim their economic security, Governor Huntsman is proposing a return to the failed economic policies that led us into recession," Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said.
As I see it, one side hasn’t let up on the negative campaigning. There were no words of respect for the president’s former Ambassador, from the president’s re-election campaign!
With the importance of the New Hampshire primary and what it meant to ratifying the Constitution so that other states would follow I think it only appropriate to use the strong words that Huntsman is shy of using. This is not a diplomatic mission he is on. This is not Huntsman courting members of Congress in Utah to pass laws. This is Huntsman confronting a president who is ruining the country that the citizens of New Hampshire, back in 1788, wanted to grow and prosper.
Jon Huntsman chose the backdrop of the Statue of Liberty, the same backdrop Reagan chose, when he announced his bid for office. Jon Huntsman used similar themes, but he didn’t use the words of Reagan in 1980: “Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”
My fear is that many of the Republican candidates, like Jon Huntsman, are afraid they will turn people off with negative campaigning. It is not negative when you tell the truth and articulate to America just how wrong the current direction is. These candidates must remember that we have 235 plus years of evidence on what works and what doesn’t work. Reagan didn’t have the fear that many do today. The result of his strength and his actions and his words gave him the victory.
Reagan was just plain mad at what Carter had done to the country. No one called him a racist for being mad. He knew what was right and what was wrong. His passion drove him to articulate just how mad and angry he was. There is nothing wrong with taking it to the man, because the man has been taking it away from us!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: It’s ok for a candidate to be angry, I hope the people of New Hampshire will continue their traditions and I hope they will recognize who is articulating the truth and who will take it to the man. After all, this is why they go to New Hampshire.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Symbols:
Monday – June 20, 2011
Symbols:
On this date, in 1782, Congress approved the Great Seal of United States; the Eagle becomes our symbol!
We sometimes look at symbols as a way to communicate or as a way to represent our wealth or a way to associate ourselves with something else.
In politics, the Donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party, the Republicans use the Elephant. However, the Eagle is the symbol that binds and is the symbol that represents our strength as a nation.
In Fridays FORUM I wrote: In 1775, the words were simple and clearly under stood. In 1856, the words were a bit more convoluted. In 2012, the words will be scientifically engineered to make you think you are hearing what you want to hear. When I say not just another party, not just another date, we must be aware of everything that happened in between that led up to today.
We are quickly approaching the next Presidential election. The fight for the Oval Office started for the President when he was inaugurated three years ago. The person who will run against the President will be decided upon by this time next year.
Look at the symbols that have been projected, not only by the president, but by all those who are in the primary stage. We have banners of red, white and blue worked into logos. Each candidate has a tag line and each candidate will study the words that will gain the largest share of the voting public. When the candidates line up, so that we can make our selection, charisma often times carries the day.
President Obama is now saying that if the debt ceiling is not raised by July 1st, the nation will slip into another recession. The president’s charisma is enough to carry the day, but should it be enough to cover the lie? We were told if TARP wasn’t passed, that we would slip into depression, companies would fold and the United States economy would go into free fall. I believe the free fall is what will happen if we continue the spending. It’s not because of the debate over raising the debt ceiling, it is because of the debt that has occurred over the last few years. It is because we are bailing out other countries with the money we borrow. We will go into the free fall, if entitlements keep going unchecked and if the liberals keep giving the bank away to secure votes.
When we view all the symbols and we listen to all the debates, news shows and everything else, the only symbol that should matter are the statistical symbols. The President should not be allowed to continue with the lies. The symbols the president uses as backdrops should be the topic of discussion instead of the rhetoric he is now using since the report of economic indicators were trending downward.
A new round of layoffs has been announced by some of the country’s largest companies. Johnson and Johnson announced it will eliminate 1ooo jobs, Boeing 225 jobs, Lockheed Martin 1,200 jobs and Disney 200 jobs. In the meantime, the president is meeting with other big company CEOs and asking how to create jobs. These CEOs, in many cases, have never started a company, but rather have inherited the top post of very successful companies. As an example, Jeffery Immelt inherited GE from Jack Welch. Immelt is now a symbol of the cronyism that has become the hallmark or symbol of this president’s administration. The president shouldn’t have to ask how to do it, he should know how to do it, because that is why the people gave him the presidency.
Many of the president’s critics are now saying that the president must get out of the crony bubble and listen to small entrepreneurs, the ones who have to deal with the regulation, taxes, healthcare and the red tape that has become the symbol of why job creation has not occurred. Small business has created two out of every three jobs in the last fifteen years. Small business is what Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were actively trying to promote. This is why there was a 20 year growth period.
The current policy of dealing with big business to create jobs is not the right approach, because they don’t create the majority of jobs. The health of the economy is measured by the start ups of new companies. Start ups are down by 20% in this new economic cycle. Simple tax credits don’t work if profits aren’t being made. More small businesses have now said they will cut jobs in the next quarter. This is a symbol that the new economic cycle has not worked. This administration has sold positions of power for donations over real job creation expertise. This is also a symbol of the cronyism that has stifled the growth that was promised.
Small business has to do everything right to survive. When a small business needs to grow and cannot get the financing to grow their bottom line is adversely affected. Real life solutions have now been taken out of the picture by big business and the government policies that come from the symbols of Central Planning perspectives.
What we are seeing now is that the creation of jobs is occurring by some big corporations, profits are occurring by the companies that Obama is listening too. What is being created is all being done overseas and not here. The big corporate profits overseas cannot be brought back here for investment, because of the corporate taxes that would be placed upon them if the profits were reinvested here at home. Jeffery Immelt of GE is seen as one of the top CEOs in the country, his company is doing very well, however it is all occurring overseas.
The problem with the symbols we see today is that no matter what is being proposed it is just another band aid.
There is no long term plan for the development of expanded production capability in any economic sector here at home. There is no long term plan to develop new manufacturing bases here at home. The administration talks about green jobs. How does this impact American manufacturing and production here when just about all of the green technology products are manufactured overseas? Until a plan can be devised to encourage manufacturing and the investment that accompanies it, there will be no significant levels of jobs created here at home.
The President must create over 210,000 jobs a month until the elections in November of 2012 just to break even with the jobs he has lost in his time in office. A healthy economy should have 350,000 jobs created in one month, instead of having 425,000 new unemployment claims filed. This is a symbol of a lack luster economic plan because the reality is lack luster. This is not that symbol of the soaring Eagle that we all think of when the words United States of America are mentioned.
As we approach our 235th July Fourth celebration, our symbol of greatness has had its wings clipped. It is not your fault or mine; it is the fault of those who believed that you can spend your way out of recession. The problem is you and I have never had the money to do that.
The symbol of the Eagle projects greatness. The symbol of the Eagle was one that said Americans can own property and Americans can assemble wealth through the ownership of property. The decision we have in front of us is do we support where our forefathers wanted us to be or where the new elite thinks we should be.
The new elite don’t look at the symbol of the Eagle and see greatness through a continuing history. They look at it and see how to redistribute all that the Eagle has come to symbolize.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The Symbol and the history of the Eagle is what we should embrace not what others want to take from it.
Symbols:
On this date, in 1782, Congress approved the Great Seal of United States; the Eagle becomes our symbol!
We sometimes look at symbols as a way to communicate or as a way to represent our wealth or a way to associate ourselves with something else.
In politics, the Donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party, the Republicans use the Elephant. However, the Eagle is the symbol that binds and is the symbol that represents our strength as a nation.
In Fridays FORUM I wrote: In 1775, the words were simple and clearly under stood. In 1856, the words were a bit more convoluted. In 2012, the words will be scientifically engineered to make you think you are hearing what you want to hear. When I say not just another party, not just another date, we must be aware of everything that happened in between that led up to today.
We are quickly approaching the next Presidential election. The fight for the Oval Office started for the President when he was inaugurated three years ago. The person who will run against the President will be decided upon by this time next year.
Look at the symbols that have been projected, not only by the president, but by all those who are in the primary stage. We have banners of red, white and blue worked into logos. Each candidate has a tag line and each candidate will study the words that will gain the largest share of the voting public. When the candidates line up, so that we can make our selection, charisma often times carries the day.
President Obama is now saying that if the debt ceiling is not raised by July 1st, the nation will slip into another recession. The president’s charisma is enough to carry the day, but should it be enough to cover the lie? We were told if TARP wasn’t passed, that we would slip into depression, companies would fold and the United States economy would go into free fall. I believe the free fall is what will happen if we continue the spending. It’s not because of the debate over raising the debt ceiling, it is because of the debt that has occurred over the last few years. It is because we are bailing out other countries with the money we borrow. We will go into the free fall, if entitlements keep going unchecked and if the liberals keep giving the bank away to secure votes.
When we view all the symbols and we listen to all the debates, news shows and everything else, the only symbol that should matter are the statistical symbols. The President should not be allowed to continue with the lies. The symbols the president uses as backdrops should be the topic of discussion instead of the rhetoric he is now using since the report of economic indicators were trending downward.
A new round of layoffs has been announced by some of the country’s largest companies. Johnson and Johnson announced it will eliminate 1ooo jobs, Boeing 225 jobs, Lockheed Martin 1,200 jobs and Disney 200 jobs. In the meantime, the president is meeting with other big company CEOs and asking how to create jobs. These CEOs, in many cases, have never started a company, but rather have inherited the top post of very successful companies. As an example, Jeffery Immelt inherited GE from Jack Welch. Immelt is now a symbol of the cronyism that has become the hallmark or symbol of this president’s administration. The president shouldn’t have to ask how to do it, he should know how to do it, because that is why the people gave him the presidency.
Many of the president’s critics are now saying that the president must get out of the crony bubble and listen to small entrepreneurs, the ones who have to deal with the regulation, taxes, healthcare and the red tape that has become the symbol of why job creation has not occurred. Small business has created two out of every three jobs in the last fifteen years. Small business is what Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were actively trying to promote. This is why there was a 20 year growth period.
The current policy of dealing with big business to create jobs is not the right approach, because they don’t create the majority of jobs. The health of the economy is measured by the start ups of new companies. Start ups are down by 20% in this new economic cycle. Simple tax credits don’t work if profits aren’t being made. More small businesses have now said they will cut jobs in the next quarter. This is a symbol that the new economic cycle has not worked. This administration has sold positions of power for donations over real job creation expertise. This is also a symbol of the cronyism that has stifled the growth that was promised.
Small business has to do everything right to survive. When a small business needs to grow and cannot get the financing to grow their bottom line is adversely affected. Real life solutions have now been taken out of the picture by big business and the government policies that come from the symbols of Central Planning perspectives.
What we are seeing now is that the creation of jobs is occurring by some big corporations, profits are occurring by the companies that Obama is listening too. What is being created is all being done overseas and not here. The big corporate profits overseas cannot be brought back here for investment, because of the corporate taxes that would be placed upon them if the profits were reinvested here at home. Jeffery Immelt of GE is seen as one of the top CEOs in the country, his company is doing very well, however it is all occurring overseas.
The problem with the symbols we see today is that no matter what is being proposed it is just another band aid.
There is no long term plan for the development of expanded production capability in any economic sector here at home. There is no long term plan to develop new manufacturing bases here at home. The administration talks about green jobs. How does this impact American manufacturing and production here when just about all of the green technology products are manufactured overseas? Until a plan can be devised to encourage manufacturing and the investment that accompanies it, there will be no significant levels of jobs created here at home.
The President must create over 210,000 jobs a month until the elections in November of 2012 just to break even with the jobs he has lost in his time in office. A healthy economy should have 350,000 jobs created in one month, instead of having 425,000 new unemployment claims filed. This is a symbol of a lack luster economic plan because the reality is lack luster. This is not that symbol of the soaring Eagle that we all think of when the words United States of America are mentioned.
As we approach our 235th July Fourth celebration, our symbol of greatness has had its wings clipped. It is not your fault or mine; it is the fault of those who believed that you can spend your way out of recession. The problem is you and I have never had the money to do that.
The symbol of the Eagle projects greatness. The symbol of the Eagle was one that said Americans can own property and Americans can assemble wealth through the ownership of property. The decision we have in front of us is do we support where our forefathers wanted us to be or where the new elite thinks we should be.
The new elite don’t look at the symbol of the Eagle and see greatness through a continuing history. They look at it and see how to redistribute all that the Eagle has come to symbolize.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The Symbol and the history of the Eagle is what we should embrace not what others want to take from it.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Not just another Party, not just another date:
Friday- June 17, 2011
Not just another Party, not just another date:
On this date, in 1775, American Troops displayed their mettle in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the siege of Boston, inflicting casualties on nearly half of the British troops dispatched to secure Breed’s Hill, where most of the fighting occurred. The British lost 1,150 men, the colonists lost 441 patriots.
On this date, in 1856, the Republican Party opened its first National Convention in Philadelphia. Ominous talk of pending civil war was rampant, and there was a real feeling of national crisis when Republicans gathered to choose their first presidential candidate at Philadelphia's Musical Fund Hall in mid June.
Violent civil conflict in "bleeding Kansas" was polarizing the nation. In fact, it was the appeasement of slave interests through the Kansas-Nebraska and Fugitive Slave acts that gave birth to the party.
The new Republican Party was born in 1854 at a meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin. Abolitionists and those opposed to extension of slavery gathered to protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which opened territory to slavery that had been forbidden by the old Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The new party was an umbrella that took in members of the rapidly disintegrating Whig Party, abolitionists, Free-Soilers and anti-slavery Democrats.
The convention's presiding officer Col. Henry Lane of Indiana declared, "We have assembled at the most important crisis in our post-revolutionary history."
Most people think that Abraham Lincoln was the first nominee, he wasn’t. John C. Freemont of California became the Party’s Nominee. He was defeated by the Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan.
I wanted to bring these two dates into focus because in 1775 we were fighting a revolution; a revolution which created a nation and at the end produced a Constitution that defined the liberties and freedoms that were guaranteed by law. It also spelled out what government couldn’t do.
After the Revolution the struggle over the question of Slavery grew. Our Revolution was fought over liberties and freedom except for when the topic of slavery was mentioned. Our revolution was fought to give American’s freedom. The election of 1856 with the birth of the Republican Party would bring into focus the eventual freedom of the slaves that consequently made every American free from bondage and slavery. In the next decade the country would be in Civil War over the question of States Rights and Slavery itself. The Democratic Party then opposed freedom and as current day would dictate they still do it just comes in a different form.
Have you ever wondered how one date in history could affect another date years later?
This is an important question to consider, because at the moment we all became free citizens, forces in our government on the left, started working to enact legislation that would compel all Americans to pay taxes on their income. It would compel all Americans to, at some point; give other freedoms of choice up, because some other group thought they had a monopoly over other forms of behavior. The left would grow government and the right would reduce the size and the reach of government. The government, through legislation, would limit certain powers of the States. It would put limits on the individual and an individuals business through regulation and restrain the citizenry from perusing court action against the government when it comes to defining rights, liberties and freedoms.
The liberals would use the court system to decide moral questions such as abortion through convoluted arguments that ignored the social impact that abortion would have on the society. The liberal would use the court system to decide whether the government could regulate the activity and inactivity of the products you purchase. The government would use healthcare legislation as an issue to gain control over you’re most personal decisions that you normally would keep between you, your doctor and your God.
My point today is to illustrate the importance of these two dates. One was fought for liberty and freedom and the other continued the battle for liberty and freedom.
The struggle never ends. It only gets more refined as the years move on. The struggle today is over the question as to, do we restore what our forefathers began or do we move towards what they warned us against? With each election and each new candidate that enters the ring it becomes more important to be aware of the issues, their motives, their intent and the words they use.
In 1775, the words were simple and clearly understood. In 1856, the words were a bit more convoluted. In 2012, the words will be scientifically engineered to make you think you are hearing what you want to hear. When I say not just another party, not just another date, we must be aware of everything that happened in between that led up to today.
When I consider the political maneuvers that have occurred in American politics I think about what Jefferson wrote: "The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But times and truth dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes." -- Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lomax, 1799.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: For two weeks I have written: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime did the words of liberty and freedom make some men answer the call of the forefathers. We must continue down the road they paved as early as 1775 and as late as 1856 the words used then made some still want to answer that call. Today, the spirit is still alive it just needs to be recognized and it needs to be acted on. As Col. Henry Lane of Indiana declared, "We have assembled at the most important crisis in our post-revolutionary history.” These words remain true today!
Not just another Party, not just another date:
On this date, in 1775, American Troops displayed their mettle in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the siege of Boston, inflicting casualties on nearly half of the British troops dispatched to secure Breed’s Hill, where most of the fighting occurred. The British lost 1,150 men, the colonists lost 441 patriots.
On this date, in 1856, the Republican Party opened its first National Convention in Philadelphia. Ominous talk of pending civil war was rampant, and there was a real feeling of national crisis when Republicans gathered to choose their first presidential candidate at Philadelphia's Musical Fund Hall in mid June.
Violent civil conflict in "bleeding Kansas" was polarizing the nation. In fact, it was the appeasement of slave interests through the Kansas-Nebraska and Fugitive Slave acts that gave birth to the party.
The new Republican Party was born in 1854 at a meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin. Abolitionists and those opposed to extension of slavery gathered to protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which opened territory to slavery that had been forbidden by the old Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The new party was an umbrella that took in members of the rapidly disintegrating Whig Party, abolitionists, Free-Soilers and anti-slavery Democrats.
The convention's presiding officer Col. Henry Lane of Indiana declared, "We have assembled at the most important crisis in our post-revolutionary history."
Most people think that Abraham Lincoln was the first nominee, he wasn’t. John C. Freemont of California became the Party’s Nominee. He was defeated by the Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan.
I wanted to bring these two dates into focus because in 1775 we were fighting a revolution; a revolution which created a nation and at the end produced a Constitution that defined the liberties and freedoms that were guaranteed by law. It also spelled out what government couldn’t do.
After the Revolution the struggle over the question of Slavery grew. Our Revolution was fought over liberties and freedom except for when the topic of slavery was mentioned. Our revolution was fought to give American’s freedom. The election of 1856 with the birth of the Republican Party would bring into focus the eventual freedom of the slaves that consequently made every American free from bondage and slavery. In the next decade the country would be in Civil War over the question of States Rights and Slavery itself. The Democratic Party then opposed freedom and as current day would dictate they still do it just comes in a different form.
Have you ever wondered how one date in history could affect another date years later?
This is an important question to consider, because at the moment we all became free citizens, forces in our government on the left, started working to enact legislation that would compel all Americans to pay taxes on their income. It would compel all Americans to, at some point; give other freedoms of choice up, because some other group thought they had a monopoly over other forms of behavior. The left would grow government and the right would reduce the size and the reach of government. The government, through legislation, would limit certain powers of the States. It would put limits on the individual and an individuals business through regulation and restrain the citizenry from perusing court action against the government when it comes to defining rights, liberties and freedoms.
The liberals would use the court system to decide moral questions such as abortion through convoluted arguments that ignored the social impact that abortion would have on the society. The liberal would use the court system to decide whether the government could regulate the activity and inactivity of the products you purchase. The government would use healthcare legislation as an issue to gain control over you’re most personal decisions that you normally would keep between you, your doctor and your God.
My point today is to illustrate the importance of these two dates. One was fought for liberty and freedom and the other continued the battle for liberty and freedom.
The struggle never ends. It only gets more refined as the years move on. The struggle today is over the question as to, do we restore what our forefathers began or do we move towards what they warned us against? With each election and each new candidate that enters the ring it becomes more important to be aware of the issues, their motives, their intent and the words they use.
In 1775, the words were simple and clearly understood. In 1856, the words were a bit more convoluted. In 2012, the words will be scientifically engineered to make you think you are hearing what you want to hear. When I say not just another party, not just another date, we must be aware of everything that happened in between that led up to today.
When I consider the political maneuvers that have occurred in American politics I think about what Jefferson wrote: "The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But times and truth dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes." -- Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lomax, 1799.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: For two weeks I have written: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime did the words of liberty and freedom make some men answer the call of the forefathers. We must continue down the road they paved as early as 1775 and as late as 1856 the words used then made some still want to answer that call. Today, the spirit is still alive it just needs to be recognized and it needs to be acted on. As Col. Henry Lane of Indiana declared, "We have assembled at the most important crisis in our post-revolutionary history.” These words remain true today!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Is it ringing now?
Thursday – June 16, 2011
Is it ringing now?
On this date, in 1775, the Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress. It rang loud and clear, then, but could it ring loud and clear today?
This is an important question, because the Liberty Bell is a symbol of the greatness of America. It was forged and it was molded to represent the importance of Liberty and what that Liberty meant to a country. These little symbols that have gone by the wayside and that have been eliminated from our conversation are a continuing symptom of a nation that has forgotten all that is good and all that is important in preserving our freedom.
I wish that one of the many candidates that have entered the race for the GOP nomination would remind us of the importance of these symbols. I would like to have that bell ring when a new session of Congress meets. I would like to have a new president make it a point to reintroduce the spirit that gave the Liberty Bell life.
When I review the pathetic performance of this president and listen to the arguing that occurs on both sides for access and power it makes me wonder how much longer can we survive as a nation? It makes me wonder if all these national symbols will disappear from the landscape and will the Liberty Bell be melted down to an ingot for resale?
When I witness the arrogance of our leaders like former Congressman Anthony Weiner who have tried to stifle the likes of Glen Beck and Andrew Brietbart with the full power of Congress behind him makes me wonder and fear our future. Say what you will about Glen Beck and Andrew Britebart, but they do not lie and they do not have the power of Congress at their disposal for cover ups and lies.
Guys like Weiner are the threat; not Beck and Brietbart. Beck and Brietbart believe in the symbols of liberty and guys like Weiner use the symbols for their personal gain. Weiner has fallen from grace. He has disgraced himself, the institution he was elected to serve and he threatened freedom itself, by not recognizing the importance of the symbols that grace each letterhead, each building and each page of history. Farewell to a sick, pathetic excuse of a man who used the power of government through his lies and through his selfish actions for three weeks. This is not justice. This is cleaning up the garbage that some create and that some pile around our symbols of Liberty.
We have learned that the President has given positions of power and authority to people who have raised large amounts of money in the way of campaign donations. The bundlers, as they are known, have gone on to become Ambassadors and other heads of government offices and some have received lucrative government contracts.
*184 of 556, or about one third, of President Obama’s bundlers or their spouses joined the administration in some role.
*Approximately 805 of those who collected $500,000 or more for Obama took “key administration posts. “ This is not me making this up. The source of these figures was reported by The Center for Public Integrity’s I-watch News.
The President campaigned against business as usual in Washington and the old ways of rewarding big campaign money. The president has not been honest. When the president is not honest and the people who get the rewards for the money they bring in to get him elected now makes me ask; how can the sound of the Liberty Bell ring true for anybody?
There should be a new tradition of ringing the Bell, because it will become a reminder to those that serve why they are there. Some historians say the last time it rang for Congress was at the beginning of the 2nd Continental Congress.
In 1752 Issac Norris, Assembly Speaker and the Chairman of the State House Superintendents asked the Assembly’s agent in London, Robert Charles, to buy a Bell.
He wrote in his instructions: “Let the Bell be cast by the best workmen & examined carefully before it is shipped with the following words well shaped in large letters round its vist. By the order of the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania for the State House in the city of Philadelphia 1752//and underneath// proclaim Liberty thro’ all the Land to all the inhabitants thereof.- Levit. XXV.10” The verse in Leviticus reads, in full, “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitant’s thereof.
Now you know a little more about the history of the Bell and what the Bell meant to the notion of Liberty. Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime did the notion of Liberty ring loud and clear!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The more our leaders tell the truth, the more they will be respected. The more our leaders lie, the more our liberty is threatened. I still can hear that Bell when I think about what Liberty is and how it should be respected!
Is it ringing now?
On this date, in 1775, the Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress. It rang loud and clear, then, but could it ring loud and clear today?
This is an important question, because the Liberty Bell is a symbol of the greatness of America. It was forged and it was molded to represent the importance of Liberty and what that Liberty meant to a country. These little symbols that have gone by the wayside and that have been eliminated from our conversation are a continuing symptom of a nation that has forgotten all that is good and all that is important in preserving our freedom.
I wish that one of the many candidates that have entered the race for the GOP nomination would remind us of the importance of these symbols. I would like to have that bell ring when a new session of Congress meets. I would like to have a new president make it a point to reintroduce the spirit that gave the Liberty Bell life.
When I review the pathetic performance of this president and listen to the arguing that occurs on both sides for access and power it makes me wonder how much longer can we survive as a nation? It makes me wonder if all these national symbols will disappear from the landscape and will the Liberty Bell be melted down to an ingot for resale?
When I witness the arrogance of our leaders like former Congressman Anthony Weiner who have tried to stifle the likes of Glen Beck and Andrew Brietbart with the full power of Congress behind him makes me wonder and fear our future. Say what you will about Glen Beck and Andrew Britebart, but they do not lie and they do not have the power of Congress at their disposal for cover ups and lies.
Guys like Weiner are the threat; not Beck and Brietbart. Beck and Brietbart believe in the symbols of liberty and guys like Weiner use the symbols for their personal gain. Weiner has fallen from grace. He has disgraced himself, the institution he was elected to serve and he threatened freedom itself, by not recognizing the importance of the symbols that grace each letterhead, each building and each page of history. Farewell to a sick, pathetic excuse of a man who used the power of government through his lies and through his selfish actions for three weeks. This is not justice. This is cleaning up the garbage that some create and that some pile around our symbols of Liberty.
We have learned that the President has given positions of power and authority to people who have raised large amounts of money in the way of campaign donations. The bundlers, as they are known, have gone on to become Ambassadors and other heads of government offices and some have received lucrative government contracts.
*184 of 556, or about one third, of President Obama’s bundlers or their spouses joined the administration in some role.
*Approximately 805 of those who collected $500,000 or more for Obama took “key administration posts. “ This is not me making this up. The source of these figures was reported by The Center for Public Integrity’s I-watch News.
The President campaigned against business as usual in Washington and the old ways of rewarding big campaign money. The president has not been honest. When the president is not honest and the people who get the rewards for the money they bring in to get him elected now makes me ask; how can the sound of the Liberty Bell ring true for anybody?
There should be a new tradition of ringing the Bell, because it will become a reminder to those that serve why they are there. Some historians say the last time it rang for Congress was at the beginning of the 2nd Continental Congress.
In 1752 Issac Norris, Assembly Speaker and the Chairman of the State House Superintendents asked the Assembly’s agent in London, Robert Charles, to buy a Bell.
He wrote in his instructions: “Let the Bell be cast by the best workmen & examined carefully before it is shipped with the following words well shaped in large letters round its vist. By the order of the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania for the State House in the city of Philadelphia 1752//and underneath// proclaim Liberty thro’ all the Land to all the inhabitants thereof.- Levit. XXV.10” The verse in Leviticus reads, in full, “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitant’s thereof.
Now you know a little more about the history of the Bell and what the Bell meant to the notion of Liberty. Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime did the notion of Liberty ring loud and clear!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The more our leaders tell the truth, the more they will be respected. The more our leaders lie, the more our liberty is threatened. I still can hear that Bell when I think about what Liberty is and how it should be respected!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
What's in a title and what is the purpose behind the title?
Wednesday – June 15, 2011
What’s in a title and what is the purpose behind the title?
The theme of my FORUMS last week and this week have centered around these words: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime.
These words can be used in many ways. If you are a conservative they might play to your benefit, if you posture your argument against bad policy and bad intentions. If you are a liberal they might play to your purpose. The liberal will use a theme and they will move with purpose, because of their intent is changing the purpose of the country.
Our current President is purposeful in his intent and in his use of power. In the up coming months, you will see the Chicago way move into the world of American politics. The President’s people are in place in Washington D.C. and in Chicago. Their intent will be purposeful and their intent of fundamental change will become a purposeful argument once again.
The story of the conservative will be the Presidents purposeful destruction of the economy. The President cannot run on his record, so the purposeful argument will be one of blame. The President said yesterday that ATM machines and technology have reduced the employment roles. At the same time, the president’s vision of new job creation centers on windmills and electric cars, all of which take technology like the innovations that created ATM machines and job taking technology. When you listen to the purposeful arguments separately they might make sense to some, but when you use the arguments together they don’t make any sense at all, at least to folks like you and me.
When I consider the words I choose to put down on paper or into a word document I do it purposefully. My words are chosen purposefully and my message is written on purpose. My purpose is to remind those who read the FORUM that the actions that are taking place in Washington are purposeful, because the president wants to fundamentally change the country. His purpose, his mission and his intentions are not good for America and we are now seeing the results. It is not up to Barack Obama or his party to bring fundamental change and it should not be the purpose of any President to do so. I hate to tell you that I told you so, but I did. That is and was my purpose.
On today’s date, in 1775, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army. This was a purposeful action. Can you imagine if Barack Obama was appointed Commander– in- Chief then? He was elected and that title comes with the job now but look at what his purposeful intent has given us. Washington, on the other hand, had a different purpose. Instead of ruining a country’s chance to survive, his purposeful intentions were to create a strong Army to protect the strong purposeful thoughts of his contemporaries. I fear that some of America’s contemporaries don’t have the same intentions and thoughts that Washington had in his day. Their purposeful thoughts today are purposely anti- American.
Documents like the Federalist Papers were written to guard against the purposeful actions of a government like the one Barack Obama and the liberal’s have now created.
This country was built on the premise of treating everyone equally and giving equal chances to all. It was not built on giving the wealth of some to those who believe in redistributing the nation’s wealth for purposes of gaining votes. All of the President’s policies are designed to do just that. This president has taken the nation far from where Washington desired it to be.
Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we have a person like Washington directing the defense and the politics of our nation. Today, we have learned that Pakistan has arrested those who helped the CIA get Bin Ladin. What would Washington do? This should be what Obama is asking his advisors. Instead, he is asking how does this affect our 2012 re-election chances?
This week, the President joked about the jobs situation. He was in another meeting/ summit - the jobs and competiveness council which is chaired by Jeffery Immelt, CEO of General Electric, when asked about shovel ready jobs the President responded, “Shovel ready was not as shovel ready as we thought”. This might be an honest answer, but he said it with a laugh. The sad story behind this sad story is that a half dozen of the CEO’s on that panel have gotten rid of 20% of the jobs in this country! Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we get a panel like this one!
So when you read the FORUMS, make no mistake about the purpose or intent about the words and how the title makes up the words.
The Presidents intent and purpose is to change America, my intent and purpose is to restore America. Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we have a chance to restore our greatness.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: We get one chance in life, look at what Washington did, look at what Obama is doing and then make a choice and make your intent known! Write a letter write an Op Ed in your local paper. Just decide on a title and the purpose behind the title!
What’s in a title and what is the purpose behind the title?
The theme of my FORUMS last week and this week have centered around these words: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime.
These words can be used in many ways. If you are a conservative they might play to your benefit, if you posture your argument against bad policy and bad intentions. If you are a liberal they might play to your purpose. The liberal will use a theme and they will move with purpose, because of their intent is changing the purpose of the country.
Our current President is purposeful in his intent and in his use of power. In the up coming months, you will see the Chicago way move into the world of American politics. The President’s people are in place in Washington D.C. and in Chicago. Their intent will be purposeful and their intent of fundamental change will become a purposeful argument once again.
The story of the conservative will be the Presidents purposeful destruction of the economy. The President cannot run on his record, so the purposeful argument will be one of blame. The President said yesterday that ATM machines and technology have reduced the employment roles. At the same time, the president’s vision of new job creation centers on windmills and electric cars, all of which take technology like the innovations that created ATM machines and job taking technology. When you listen to the purposeful arguments separately they might make sense to some, but when you use the arguments together they don’t make any sense at all, at least to folks like you and me.
When I consider the words I choose to put down on paper or into a word document I do it purposefully. My words are chosen purposefully and my message is written on purpose. My purpose is to remind those who read the FORUM that the actions that are taking place in Washington are purposeful, because the president wants to fundamentally change the country. His purpose, his mission and his intentions are not good for America and we are now seeing the results. It is not up to Barack Obama or his party to bring fundamental change and it should not be the purpose of any President to do so. I hate to tell you that I told you so, but I did. That is and was my purpose.
On today’s date, in 1775, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army. This was a purposeful action. Can you imagine if Barack Obama was appointed Commander– in- Chief then? He was elected and that title comes with the job now but look at what his purposeful intent has given us. Washington, on the other hand, had a different purpose. Instead of ruining a country’s chance to survive, his purposeful intentions were to create a strong Army to protect the strong purposeful thoughts of his contemporaries. I fear that some of America’s contemporaries don’t have the same intentions and thoughts that Washington had in his day. Their purposeful thoughts today are purposely anti- American.
Documents like the Federalist Papers were written to guard against the purposeful actions of a government like the one Barack Obama and the liberal’s have now created.
This country was built on the premise of treating everyone equally and giving equal chances to all. It was not built on giving the wealth of some to those who believe in redistributing the nation’s wealth for purposes of gaining votes. All of the President’s policies are designed to do just that. This president has taken the nation far from where Washington desired it to be.
Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we have a person like Washington directing the defense and the politics of our nation. Today, we have learned that Pakistan has arrested those who helped the CIA get Bin Ladin. What would Washington do? This should be what Obama is asking his advisors. Instead, he is asking how does this affect our 2012 re-election chances?
This week, the President joked about the jobs situation. He was in another meeting/ summit - the jobs and competiveness council which is chaired by Jeffery Immelt, CEO of General Electric, when asked about shovel ready jobs the President responded, “Shovel ready was not as shovel ready as we thought”. This might be an honest answer, but he said it with a laugh. The sad story behind this sad story is that a half dozen of the CEO’s on that panel have gotten rid of 20% of the jobs in this country! Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we get a panel like this one!
So when you read the FORUMS, make no mistake about the purpose or intent about the words and how the title makes up the words.
The Presidents intent and purpose is to change America, my intent and purpose is to restore America. Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we have a chance to restore our greatness.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: We get one chance in life, look at what Washington did, look at what Obama is doing and then make a choice and make your intent known! Write a letter write an Op Ed in your local paper. Just decide on a title and the purpose behind the title!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Yesterday's theme!
Tuesday – June 14, 2011
Yesterday’s theme!
Taking up on yesterday’s theme: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime is a good way to posture the debate of the Republican Presidential Candidates in New Hampshire last night. It is really exciting to think that one of those fine people might become President in 2012. It is also exciting to think about the others that have not announced they are running!
Each candidate spoke with a confidence in America and its people, instead of confidence in what big government programs can mean for the people.
I thought John King of CNN did a great job and, yes, it was fair and balanced by that network. There were no gotcha questions that one would normally think would have been the norm in that type of format.
My footnote from yesterday’s FORUM read: The field on the Republican side will be impressive. Who ever becomes the candidate we must insure the Spirit of ‘76 is projected loud and clear because once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime, we have a real opportunity to make history! Greatness is here. We just need to look for it in a truthful way.
The field was impressive. Each candidate started to use the theme of liberty and worked into their answers the purpose of the foundations that America was built upon. It was refreshing; it was encouraging and it was something that we haven’t witnessed in over two years in a public format by political hopefuls.
Mitt Romney said it best. The President has failed the American people. I thought the American people were fairly represented by the participants that asked the questions in New Hampshire. That, in itself, was the most positive part of last nights debate. The questions demonstrated that some people really get what is going on. It also demonstrated that people want results, but more importantly they want answers.
This is what revolution is all about. It doesn’t have to be mob activity or political thugs threatening others to get the desired results. It doesn’t have to be one party rule, because recently one party rule wanted to tell you what and when to do it. I did not hear any candidate outline any program where government was the answer and government was the decider. This is the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
Mitt Romney again said it best when he said there are many people up here tonight and we have all presented ideas. Where are the ideas that the president is supposed to have?
Ron Paul came off with ideas on how to get America solvent again and Rick Santorum looked like he could lead with a reasoned approach.
Newt was strong and he had his instructional hat on. I wish he would keep it on all the time. Former Governor Pawlenty had a good foundation to work from and he explained how his experience would work in the presidency. Herman Cain was great. He was sensible and would bring sensibility and a certain discipline to the presidency again. Michelle Bachman announced that she was going to make a formal announcement of her candidacy this week. I believe she would make a great candidate, because she can hold her own. She was the first to say that Obama would be a one term president.
Only once in a blue moon do you have experienced, well-balanced people, with no baggage, talking about ideas and ideals in front of millions.
Only once in awhile do we get to see people evolve from great beginnings to even greater positions by talking about their ideas without getting ridiculed.
Only once every now and then do we get to view what could become the most important election in the history of elections.
Only once in a lifetime do some people get a chance to put it all on the line for their country. Our forefathers did that with ideas and ideals. We saw the start of that last night!
There will be at least six more people entering the race. Former Governor John Huntsman and Rudy Giuliani are two that will announce soon.
I am beginning to think that if one of these people becomes president; wouldn’t it be great if each of the other candidates for the nomination became part of the administration? With each of these candidates espousing free market principles, love of country and the importance of liberty and freedom, we would come out of the Obama catastrophe very quickly. It would be an instructional moment.
Just consider that Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we get an opportunity to send a message and right the wrongs that have been created by the Party that always wants to go in the wrong direction.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Contact the person you like most and ask what you can do to help them win! It is now clear that each person we watched last night is more qualified and has had more experience than the current occupant in the White House.
Yesterday’s theme!
Taking up on yesterday’s theme: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime is a good way to posture the debate of the Republican Presidential Candidates in New Hampshire last night. It is really exciting to think that one of those fine people might become President in 2012. It is also exciting to think about the others that have not announced they are running!
Each candidate spoke with a confidence in America and its people, instead of confidence in what big government programs can mean for the people.
I thought John King of CNN did a great job and, yes, it was fair and balanced by that network. There were no gotcha questions that one would normally think would have been the norm in that type of format.
My footnote from yesterday’s FORUM read: The field on the Republican side will be impressive. Who ever becomes the candidate we must insure the Spirit of ‘76 is projected loud and clear because once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime, we have a real opportunity to make history! Greatness is here. We just need to look for it in a truthful way.
The field was impressive. Each candidate started to use the theme of liberty and worked into their answers the purpose of the foundations that America was built upon. It was refreshing; it was encouraging and it was something that we haven’t witnessed in over two years in a public format by political hopefuls.
Mitt Romney said it best. The President has failed the American people. I thought the American people were fairly represented by the participants that asked the questions in New Hampshire. That, in itself, was the most positive part of last nights debate. The questions demonstrated that some people really get what is going on. It also demonstrated that people want results, but more importantly they want answers.
This is what revolution is all about. It doesn’t have to be mob activity or political thugs threatening others to get the desired results. It doesn’t have to be one party rule, because recently one party rule wanted to tell you what and when to do it. I did not hear any candidate outline any program where government was the answer and government was the decider. This is the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
Mitt Romney again said it best when he said there are many people up here tonight and we have all presented ideas. Where are the ideas that the president is supposed to have?
Ron Paul came off with ideas on how to get America solvent again and Rick Santorum looked like he could lead with a reasoned approach.
Newt was strong and he had his instructional hat on. I wish he would keep it on all the time. Former Governor Pawlenty had a good foundation to work from and he explained how his experience would work in the presidency. Herman Cain was great. He was sensible and would bring sensibility and a certain discipline to the presidency again. Michelle Bachman announced that she was going to make a formal announcement of her candidacy this week. I believe she would make a great candidate, because she can hold her own. She was the first to say that Obama would be a one term president.
Only once in a blue moon do you have experienced, well-balanced people, with no baggage, talking about ideas and ideals in front of millions.
Only once in awhile do we get to see people evolve from great beginnings to even greater positions by talking about their ideas without getting ridiculed.
Only once every now and then do we get to view what could become the most important election in the history of elections.
Only once in a lifetime do some people get a chance to put it all on the line for their country. Our forefathers did that with ideas and ideals. We saw the start of that last night!
There will be at least six more people entering the race. Former Governor John Huntsman and Rudy Giuliani are two that will announce soon.
I am beginning to think that if one of these people becomes president; wouldn’t it be great if each of the other candidates for the nomination became part of the administration? With each of these candidates espousing free market principles, love of country and the importance of liberty and freedom, we would come out of the Obama catastrophe very quickly. It would be an instructional moment.
Just consider that Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime do we get an opportunity to send a message and right the wrongs that have been created by the Party that always wants to go in the wrong direction.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Contact the person you like most and ask what you can do to help them win! It is now clear that each person we watched last night is more qualified and has had more experience than the current occupant in the White House.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Once in a ......
Monday – June 13, 2011
Once in a ……..
You have heard all the old expressions: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime. These lines should be a part of how we approach, view and conduct ourselves in the 2012 election.
Once in a blue moon, we are presented the opportunity to elect a true leader that will correct the failures of the Democrats the Progressive Liberal and don’t forget the failures of President Obama.
Once in awhile, we all must take part in the process, own it and dedicate ourselves to make it work.
Once every now and then, it becomes necessary to revive the spirit of ‘76 and act to bring about a revolution, not only in ideas, but in the ideals that our forefathers set before us.
Once in a lifetime is all we can stomach of the failed policies of the left the progressive liberal and the type of president Obama has turned out to be.
Last week, I began to detail the main reason, in my opinion, why President Obama should not be president and why he doesn’t deserve another term in office. The question I asked last week was: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix? I believe that this President does not believe in fixing what needs to be fixed, because he does not believe in the power of America, its greatness or the foundations upon which America was built.
In looking for the right candidate or the picture perfect candidate, we must not forget the most important aspect of victory; this is unity. It takes unity of spirit, unity of mind, unity of dedication and unity of ideals to win. I cannot predict who the nominee will be, nor can I predict if it will be a woman or a man. What I can predict is this; if unity doesn’t occur, then we will be in for another four years of failure and another four years of descending down that slippery slope that we are all far to familiar with.
I have had many conversations with liberals about their liberal agenda about how they organize and for what reasons they organize. Here, in the State of Michigan for example, there is a petition to recall the Governor. A newly elected Republican Governor is a threat, because he is reducing the small business tax. This approach, for instance, is felt by the liberals to take funds away from education. What the liberal doesn’t understand is that when start up businesses are encouraged to open or existing businesses are challenged to grow due to pro growth policies, because of incentives and low tax rates more people will be hired. When more people are employed, more people will be purchasing the items they need to live on. When this occurs, more tax revenue is generated. When more revenue is generated, more state funds can be given to education.
What the liberal hopes for is that business is demonized for making a profit. However, when profits are made, more revenue is generated up and down the revenue channel and this includes taxes. It’s the same old story, demonize the rich, and the poor will vote for Democrats. What the poor don’t realize is that when more revenue is generated, businesses grow. This creates the opportunity for a state to afford the programs, in real time, that help the poor when they are in need of help. It doesn’t make any sense to keep the poor - poor or to prohibit the investment that a state, like Michigan, can and always has made to help those who need the help.
I had a conversation with a golf buddy over the weekend and he asked what I thought about the known Republicans who are now in the race. I answered his question and then went on to say who I think will really shake things up if they get in. I thought of Governor Rick Perry of Texas and former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin.
He was not aware of Perry. I said Governor Perry has had the most success in applying free market principles in his state, Texas. However, he is now being criticized by many on both sides for wanting to hold a prayer meeting for other State governors. I said with all the success he has had how does a prayer meeting threaten anybody? Part of the Spirit of Revolution, in 1776, was how prayer and faith in your God was sought by those who wanted to be free to pray. The left and some in the Republican Party seem to think this is a threat.
I went on to talk about Sarah Palin running on the Republican ticket. He felt she will be harmful to the Party, because of the way she talks and projects herself. I said she is polarizing, but who isn’t these days? I asked what has she ever done to you and or anybody else? He couldn’t answer that question. No one can, when asked!
Once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime, a candidate comes along that we know about. Rick Perry is one of them. We know his track record and we know about him. The State of Texas has record high employment. The State of Texas has one of the lowest Small Business taxes in the country. The State of Texas has a real and continued revenue stream. We know, for the most part, that there is no dirt on him, because he is squeaky clean.
Once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime a candidate comes along that we know about. Sarah Palin’s life is now an open book. We know where she came from. We know how long she served as Governor. We know she was successful in many endeavors as Governor. We know in detail all there is to know about her 24,000 emails that she wrote as Governor, because the New York Times solicited their readers to review the e-mails for dirt. We now know there is no dirt and we now know there won’t be, because she is squeaky clean.
Many Americans are asking for a squeaky clean politician. Many Americans are asking for politicians to be truthful. Many Americans, even some Democrats, are asking that there leaders clean up Washington and make it work for them. Once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime we might have a real opportunity to make history and elect a person with all the attributes that I just spelled out. Don’t count a Perry or a Palin out. Don’t let the fact that someone wants to pray or someone can’t, in your opinion, speak the way you think someone should. Don’t let these small things ruin a chance to usher in a true leader that knows the story of freedom and liberty.
Tonight is the New Hampshire Republican candidate’s debate. All those who have thrown their hats into the ring will be present. This debate will clearly bring a front runner into focus. We must make sure, going forward, that the leading candidates focus on what the spirit of America is and what the Spirit of ‘76 means to liberty and our freedom.
Don’t be fooled by big ideas or big new programs, because we now know that they never work. Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric. I will support the candidate who believes in hard work, less government, lower taxes and the can do spirit that many have forgotten about.
If someone promises hope with change, I will ask you how all that hope and change has worked out for you?
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The field on the Republican side will be impressive. Who ever becomes the candidate we must insure the Spirit of ‘76 is projected loud and clear because once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime, we have a real opportunity to make history! Greatness is here. We just need to look for it in a truthful way.
Once in a ……..
You have heard all the old expressions: Once in a blue moon, Once in a while, Once every now and then and, the most obvious, Once in a lifetime. These lines should be a part of how we approach, view and conduct ourselves in the 2012 election.
Once in a blue moon, we are presented the opportunity to elect a true leader that will correct the failures of the Democrats the Progressive Liberal and don’t forget the failures of President Obama.
Once in awhile, we all must take part in the process, own it and dedicate ourselves to make it work.
Once every now and then, it becomes necessary to revive the spirit of ‘76 and act to bring about a revolution, not only in ideas, but in the ideals that our forefathers set before us.
Once in a lifetime is all we can stomach of the failed policies of the left the progressive liberal and the type of president Obama has turned out to be.
Last week, I began to detail the main reason, in my opinion, why President Obama should not be president and why he doesn’t deserve another term in office. The question I asked last week was: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix? I believe that this President does not believe in fixing what needs to be fixed, because he does not believe in the power of America, its greatness or the foundations upon which America was built.
In looking for the right candidate or the picture perfect candidate, we must not forget the most important aspect of victory; this is unity. It takes unity of spirit, unity of mind, unity of dedication and unity of ideals to win. I cannot predict who the nominee will be, nor can I predict if it will be a woman or a man. What I can predict is this; if unity doesn’t occur, then we will be in for another four years of failure and another four years of descending down that slippery slope that we are all far to familiar with.
I have had many conversations with liberals about their liberal agenda about how they organize and for what reasons they organize. Here, in the State of Michigan for example, there is a petition to recall the Governor. A newly elected Republican Governor is a threat, because he is reducing the small business tax. This approach, for instance, is felt by the liberals to take funds away from education. What the liberal doesn’t understand is that when start up businesses are encouraged to open or existing businesses are challenged to grow due to pro growth policies, because of incentives and low tax rates more people will be hired. When more people are employed, more people will be purchasing the items they need to live on. When this occurs, more tax revenue is generated. When more revenue is generated, more state funds can be given to education.
What the liberal hopes for is that business is demonized for making a profit. However, when profits are made, more revenue is generated up and down the revenue channel and this includes taxes. It’s the same old story, demonize the rich, and the poor will vote for Democrats. What the poor don’t realize is that when more revenue is generated, businesses grow. This creates the opportunity for a state to afford the programs, in real time, that help the poor when they are in need of help. It doesn’t make any sense to keep the poor - poor or to prohibit the investment that a state, like Michigan, can and always has made to help those who need the help.
I had a conversation with a golf buddy over the weekend and he asked what I thought about the known Republicans who are now in the race. I answered his question and then went on to say who I think will really shake things up if they get in. I thought of Governor Rick Perry of Texas and former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin.
He was not aware of Perry. I said Governor Perry has had the most success in applying free market principles in his state, Texas. However, he is now being criticized by many on both sides for wanting to hold a prayer meeting for other State governors. I said with all the success he has had how does a prayer meeting threaten anybody? Part of the Spirit of Revolution, in 1776, was how prayer and faith in your God was sought by those who wanted to be free to pray. The left and some in the Republican Party seem to think this is a threat.
I went on to talk about Sarah Palin running on the Republican ticket. He felt she will be harmful to the Party, because of the way she talks and projects herself. I said she is polarizing, but who isn’t these days? I asked what has she ever done to you and or anybody else? He couldn’t answer that question. No one can, when asked!
Once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime, a candidate comes along that we know about. Rick Perry is one of them. We know his track record and we know about him. The State of Texas has record high employment. The State of Texas has one of the lowest Small Business taxes in the country. The State of Texas has a real and continued revenue stream. We know, for the most part, that there is no dirt on him, because he is squeaky clean.
Once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime a candidate comes along that we know about. Sarah Palin’s life is now an open book. We know where she came from. We know how long she served as Governor. We know she was successful in many endeavors as Governor. We know in detail all there is to know about her 24,000 emails that she wrote as Governor, because the New York Times solicited their readers to review the e-mails for dirt. We now know there is no dirt and we now know there won’t be, because she is squeaky clean.
Many Americans are asking for a squeaky clean politician. Many Americans are asking for politicians to be truthful. Many Americans, even some Democrats, are asking that there leaders clean up Washington and make it work for them. Once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime we might have a real opportunity to make history and elect a person with all the attributes that I just spelled out. Don’t count a Perry or a Palin out. Don’t let the fact that someone wants to pray or someone can’t, in your opinion, speak the way you think someone should. Don’t let these small things ruin a chance to usher in a true leader that knows the story of freedom and liberty.
Tonight is the New Hampshire Republican candidate’s debate. All those who have thrown their hats into the ring will be present. This debate will clearly bring a front runner into focus. We must make sure, going forward, that the leading candidates focus on what the spirit of America is and what the Spirit of ‘76 means to liberty and our freedom.
Don’t be fooled by big ideas or big new programs, because we now know that they never work. Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric. I will support the candidate who believes in hard work, less government, lower taxes and the can do spirit that many have forgotten about.
If someone promises hope with change, I will ask you how all that hope and change has worked out for you?
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The field on the Republican side will be impressive. Who ever becomes the candidate we must insure the Spirit of ‘76 is projected loud and clear because once in a blue moon, once in awhile, once every now and then and once in a lifetime, we have a real opportunity to make history! Greatness is here. We just need to look for it in a truthful way.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
What have I been saying?
Friday –June10, 2011
What have I been saying?
This week I have stressed a particular thought that I believe has gone unnoticed and that many do not realize. The thought I had was: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix?
This thought came to me last weekend and it has stuck with me all week long. When you look at the failures of what a seemingly intelligent man the President has had I can only come up with two conclusions. Most of what we have seen in the last two years has either been done on purpose or it has been done out of shear incompetence. Either way the President has failed to provide what is spelled out in the first paragraph of the Constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
How can I say this; our general welfare has not been promoted and the blessings of liberty to our selves and our posterity have been violated! Our domestic tranquility is now in question and justice in our legal system is non existent. When our forefathers opened with the words of “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union” they did not intend for the progressive liberal to discard the document for an agenda that would change the fabric of America itself.
This week the New York Times broke with a story that 24,000 emails were being released by the State of Alaska. The emails were from when Sarah Palin was Governor. The Times story went on to actively recruit any of their readers who were interested in reading the emails in order to find news worthy stories on Governor Palin while she was in office. In other words the Times are looking for dirt on Sarah Palin.
All the liberal news organizations such as the Times have now violated every ethical standard of news reporting and the responsibility of reporting the news as it happens. The clarion call by the Times of recruiting any one interested in reviewing the emails should be condemned and should be challenged by legitimate news reporting agencies.
Never before in our history has this been done and never before has the news media set their target on one particular private citizen in this way.
I had a conversation with my grocer today. He was appalled at what is being reported on the economic front. He was concerned over the president’s policies and his lack of - in his opinion “appropriate economic polices.” He started to discuss what some of the other candidates are saying and he snickered at the thought of Sarah Palin. I asked why the snicker, his eyebrows raised and he said “you don’t know?” So I questioned him further. His comment was that “she is not qualified to be president, let alone run for president”. I said she was a successful Governor and she doesn’t back down. I asked him, “What has Sarah Palin ever done to you or any other American?” He stopped and thought about it and said nothing. I said now you are right. I continued to discuss how Barack Obama has done more to harm every individual in America and America itself in two short years than Sarah Palin could do in a lifetime. He said “I now understand what you are saying she has done nothing to harm me or even you.”
I went on to tell him about the Times story and he was bothered b y the thought that a News Paper was targeting an individual that has done nothing and who has not even committed a crime. He then said “why go after Palin there is enough on Obama to last a lifetime”. We both laughed; he had to get back to work and I had to buy dinner.
When I ask the question: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix? I am speaking about Obama. When I ask the question again and take the word don’t out and put the word do in its place I might be talking about Sarah Palin or anybody else that uses the word liberty and freedom in the same sentence. The President to date has not done that. When I ask the question again I think about the candidates that say we must reduce taxes, reduce the regulations placed on business, reform entitlements and restore America to its former greatness by reducing the footprint of government on our lives, I think of Sarah Palin. When I think about how these thoughts seem trivial to some I think about the greatness in our country that has been lost by this President and his team.
The media never did their due diligence on candidate Obama and anyone who asked them to do it was still ridiculed and labeled an extremist or racist. If the President believed in fixing what needs to be fixed he would have condemned the Times for what they are doing and he would have supported the freedom that gives people like Sarah Palin an opportunity to discuss the issues in the way that she does. The president hasn’t and this is why he doesn’t believe in fixing what he has been asked to fix.
Jefferson said two things:
In a letter to Thomas Seymour in 1807 he wrote: “The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.”
In a letter to William Lambert in 1810 he wrote: “So long as [the principals of our revolution] prevail, we are safe from everything which can assail us from without or within.”
When I read these words I think of one person saying them and another ignoring them. I will let you determine that for yourself and have you come to the conclusion that I have come to and that is she might not be so bad after all.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: I will choose to support the candidate that has the will and courage to stand up to the press and speak like Jefferson over the candidate that will go along with the press to gain favor. I guess this is what I have been saying all along!
What have I been saying?
This week I have stressed a particular thought that I believe has gone unnoticed and that many do not realize. The thought I had was: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix?
This thought came to me last weekend and it has stuck with me all week long. When you look at the failures of what a seemingly intelligent man the President has had I can only come up with two conclusions. Most of what we have seen in the last two years has either been done on purpose or it has been done out of shear incompetence. Either way the President has failed to provide what is spelled out in the first paragraph of the Constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
How can I say this; our general welfare has not been promoted and the blessings of liberty to our selves and our posterity have been violated! Our domestic tranquility is now in question and justice in our legal system is non existent. When our forefathers opened with the words of “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union” they did not intend for the progressive liberal to discard the document for an agenda that would change the fabric of America itself.
This week the New York Times broke with a story that 24,000 emails were being released by the State of Alaska. The emails were from when Sarah Palin was Governor. The Times story went on to actively recruit any of their readers who were interested in reading the emails in order to find news worthy stories on Governor Palin while she was in office. In other words the Times are looking for dirt on Sarah Palin.
All the liberal news organizations such as the Times have now violated every ethical standard of news reporting and the responsibility of reporting the news as it happens. The clarion call by the Times of recruiting any one interested in reviewing the emails should be condemned and should be challenged by legitimate news reporting agencies.
Never before in our history has this been done and never before has the news media set their target on one particular private citizen in this way.
I had a conversation with my grocer today. He was appalled at what is being reported on the economic front. He was concerned over the president’s policies and his lack of - in his opinion “appropriate economic polices.” He started to discuss what some of the other candidates are saying and he snickered at the thought of Sarah Palin. I asked why the snicker, his eyebrows raised and he said “you don’t know?” So I questioned him further. His comment was that “she is not qualified to be president, let alone run for president”. I said she was a successful Governor and she doesn’t back down. I asked him, “What has Sarah Palin ever done to you or any other American?” He stopped and thought about it and said nothing. I said now you are right. I continued to discuss how Barack Obama has done more to harm every individual in America and America itself in two short years than Sarah Palin could do in a lifetime. He said “I now understand what you are saying she has done nothing to harm me or even you.”
I went on to tell him about the Times story and he was bothered b y the thought that a News Paper was targeting an individual that has done nothing and who has not even committed a crime. He then said “why go after Palin there is enough on Obama to last a lifetime”. We both laughed; he had to get back to work and I had to buy dinner.
When I ask the question: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix? I am speaking about Obama. When I ask the question again and take the word don’t out and put the word do in its place I might be talking about Sarah Palin or anybody else that uses the word liberty and freedom in the same sentence. The President to date has not done that. When I ask the question again I think about the candidates that say we must reduce taxes, reduce the regulations placed on business, reform entitlements and restore America to its former greatness by reducing the footprint of government on our lives, I think of Sarah Palin. When I think about how these thoughts seem trivial to some I think about the greatness in our country that has been lost by this President and his team.
The media never did their due diligence on candidate Obama and anyone who asked them to do it was still ridiculed and labeled an extremist or racist. If the President believed in fixing what needs to be fixed he would have condemned the Times for what they are doing and he would have supported the freedom that gives people like Sarah Palin an opportunity to discuss the issues in the way that she does. The president hasn’t and this is why he doesn’t believe in fixing what he has been asked to fix.
Jefferson said two things:
In a letter to Thomas Seymour in 1807 he wrote: “The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.”
In a letter to William Lambert in 1810 he wrote: “So long as [the principals of our revolution] prevail, we are safe from everything which can assail us from without or within.”
When I read these words I think of one person saying them and another ignoring them. I will let you determine that for yourself and have you come to the conclusion that I have come to and that is she might not be so bad after all.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: I will choose to support the candidate that has the will and courage to stand up to the press and speak like Jefferson over the candidate that will go along with the press to gain favor. I guess this is what I have been saying all along!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
A point of view:
Thursday-June 9, 2011
A point of view:
In considering the question of the week: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix? When you consider the Progressive Liberals point of view and the Conservatives point of view there is no in between as to what the opinion is and what the results have been.
The Presidents point of view on the economy is that “blips will occur.” He said this week that he is not “concerned about a double dip recession.” David Axelrod, the Presidents chief outside political advisor and chief word crafter, said that “this election will not be a referendum on the president, but rather a choice over the prescription of choices the Republicans offer.”
My point of view is this: Under this President, a majority of Americans have lost their home or real equity in their home. Many Americans biggest investment is their home and we are being told that home values will not start to rise again until 2015. Under this President, there have been 30 consecutive months of 8% or higher unemployment figures. We are told that this is the new norm. Under this President, there has not been more than a 2% growth in the economy in two and a half years. Again, we are told this is the new norm. Under this President, our deficit and debt have grown. It will take 390 years to pay back the 14 trillion dollars we owe, if we pay it off at 100 billion dollars a day. We were told that we can spend our way out of the recession. The conservative voice said no we can’t, because it has never worked - this is not ideology, it is fact. Under this president, we have borrowed more money only to give it away to other countries, such as Greece and Portugal to bail them out. We are told that without bail outs people will suffer. This has been the failure of many countries since the 70’s. Moody’s is now threatening to lower our country’s credit rating. Under this President, we have borrowed more from China than ever before. In five years, the amount of interest that we pay on our debt to China will be bigger than their entire annual defense budget. Under this President, the country has wasted nearly two and one half years in answering the country’s healthcare needs. The Supreme Court will now have to answer the legality of the Presidents premier piece of legislation that, in the end, was forced upon us. Under this President, this week’s new jobless claims were 427,000 people who filed for first time unemployment claims. This data shows us one thing; the economy is still in deep trouble. Manufacturing is slowing, housing is not improving and confidence in the economy is again at an all time low. This is not just another blip or bump in the road this is the result of the president’s failed progressive policies. This is the result of his progressive belief in big government and big government programs. In the end, these programs will always rob us of our liberty our freedom and our wealth.
When I posed the question this week, I also offered the proof that the President doesn’t believe in what he has been asked to fix. Although this is my point of view, you must also realize that the proof is again on display for the nation to view.
When I posed the question this week, I also wrote about Congressman Anthony Weiner. There is something terribly wrong with a person who sends naked photos of himself to women he never has met. There is something terribly wrong with a person who has fallen from grace and won’t admit that there is not only an ethical problem, but a moral problem, as well, and step down to get the help he needs.
I am not comparing what the President has done to what Weiner did, except to say that both of these men have failed and do not recognize that there is a problem and that they are the source of that problem. Both of these men have been asked to fix something. Both of these men can’t fix it, because they don’t believe in what they have been asked to fix.
The President has gotten everything he has asked for in the way of legislation and stimulus. All of what he asked for he got and all of what he asked for has only made things worse.
My point of view is that when our public officials fail legislatively and morally they must step down. When our leaders put ideology ahead of the country’s best interest it becomes incumbent upon the citizen to do something about it.
Jefferson said two things: “The resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.” and “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
The words and lessons of history are far too often forgotten. The words and lessons of history are far too often used for convenience, but not practiced for the good of the nation.
When the words and lessons of history are forgotten by those that serve, we must remind every one that it becomes the citizen’s duty to speak up.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: This is my point of view. Your point of view may be different. If it is, do me a favor and review the facts and then try to convince me that my point of view is wrong!
A point of view:
In considering the question of the week: how can you fix the problems when you don’t believe in what you are being asked to fix? When you consider the Progressive Liberals point of view and the Conservatives point of view there is no in between as to what the opinion is and what the results have been.
The Presidents point of view on the economy is that “blips will occur.” He said this week that he is not “concerned about a double dip recession.” David Axelrod, the Presidents chief outside political advisor and chief word crafter, said that “this election will not be a referendum on the president, but rather a choice over the prescription of choices the Republicans offer.”
My point of view is this: Under this President, a majority of Americans have lost their home or real equity in their home. Many Americans biggest investment is their home and we are being told that home values will not start to rise again until 2015. Under this President, there have been 30 consecutive months of 8% or higher unemployment figures. We are told that this is the new norm. Under this President, there has not been more than a 2% growth in the economy in two and a half years. Again, we are told this is the new norm. Under this President, our deficit and debt have grown. It will take 390 years to pay back the 14 trillion dollars we owe, if we pay it off at 100 billion dollars a day. We were told that we can spend our way out of the recession. The conservative voice said no we can’t, because it has never worked - this is not ideology, it is fact. Under this president, we have borrowed more money only to give it away to other countries, such as Greece and Portugal to bail them out. We are told that without bail outs people will suffer. This has been the failure of many countries since the 70’s. Moody’s is now threatening to lower our country’s credit rating. Under this President, we have borrowed more from China than ever before. In five years, the amount of interest that we pay on our debt to China will be bigger than their entire annual defense budget. Under this President, the country has wasted nearly two and one half years in answering the country’s healthcare needs. The Supreme Court will now have to answer the legality of the Presidents premier piece of legislation that, in the end, was forced upon us. Under this President, this week’s new jobless claims were 427,000 people who filed for first time unemployment claims. This data shows us one thing; the economy is still in deep trouble. Manufacturing is slowing, housing is not improving and confidence in the economy is again at an all time low. This is not just another blip or bump in the road this is the result of the president’s failed progressive policies. This is the result of his progressive belief in big government and big government programs. In the end, these programs will always rob us of our liberty our freedom and our wealth.
When I posed the question this week, I also offered the proof that the President doesn’t believe in what he has been asked to fix. Although this is my point of view, you must also realize that the proof is again on display for the nation to view.
When I posed the question this week, I also wrote about Congressman Anthony Weiner. There is something terribly wrong with a person who sends naked photos of himself to women he never has met. There is something terribly wrong with a person who has fallen from grace and won’t admit that there is not only an ethical problem, but a moral problem, as well, and step down to get the help he needs.
I am not comparing what the President has done to what Weiner did, except to say that both of these men have failed and do not recognize that there is a problem and that they are the source of that problem. Both of these men have been asked to fix something. Both of these men can’t fix it, because they don’t believe in what they have been asked to fix.
The President has gotten everything he has asked for in the way of legislation and stimulus. All of what he asked for he got and all of what he asked for has only made things worse.
My point of view is that when our public officials fail legislatively and morally they must step down. When our leaders put ideology ahead of the country’s best interest it becomes incumbent upon the citizen to do something about it.
Jefferson said two things: “The resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.” and “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
The words and lessons of history are far too often forgotten. The words and lessons of history are far too often used for convenience, but not practiced for the good of the nation.
When the words and lessons of history are forgotten by those that serve, we must remind every one that it becomes the citizen’s duty to speak up.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: This is my point of view. Your point of view may be different. If it is, do me a favor and review the facts and then try to convince me that my point of view is wrong!