Thursday – June 17, 2010
Where’s the support?
Well, the vote is in. Even the major media is criticizing the President for too much, too little, too late. Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and Chris Mathews were not pleased with the “anointed ones” performance Tuesday night. They all did their level best to announce their frustration and their disappointment with the Presidents performance.
I believe we will now see the crumbling of the façade that has been built by the handlers and those that so far have been unsuccessful in their efforts to hijack this nation.
New polling numbers are in. 46% of people in this country presently get benefits of some form from the government. Those that make $2,000.00 a month or less give the president a passing grade. This is the makeup of the base that supports this President. His approval rating is now at 42%. I believe he will be hitting the 30’s soon.
Last Saturday, on America Talks with David Zublick, I made a comment on the air that the President was a petulant little child. When I saw the President for a second or third time in reruns of the speech, I saw a child. Last night, Sean Hannity along with Michelle Malkin used the term “a petulant child” in reference to the President.
I believe the White House is in disaster mode. If I can see the lack of experience and the dithering, can you imagine what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Putin, or Kim Jong il see? If our foes see a President that took 57 days to respond to this oil spill, what would they think his response time would be for an attack? All of this plays into the disaster mode scenario.
When a White House tries to put the spin on things or tries to take credit for being strong, it becomes very transparent. This is not the transparency that the White House wants or the one that was promised.
The word Patriot is defined as: “One who loves his country and zealously supports its authority and interest”.
What makes a patriot? Is it solely a soldier or an advocate for liberty and freedom? Is it someone who runs for office? Is it someone who speaks eloquently? Is it someone who can relate with unquestioned emotion? These are all parts of the definition and these are all parts of what we want in a leader. A patriot has all of this, but also emits love of country and a passion to serve.
Is this what you see when the president speaks or when the president answers questions? Is this why the White House doesn’t hold news conferences any more? Is this why we now have an arms length view of the president? When I watch this President, I don’t see the emotion, I don’t see the compassion and I don’t see a patriot, as the definition implies.
I don’t think this President is capable of having a George Bush moment with the bull horn. I don’t think this President is capable of having a Ronald Reagan moment when he delivered his “rendezvous with destiny speech.” This President had a chance to deliver a JFK style moment with a challenge to the decade approach. The President didn’t, because, if he did, Olberman, Maddow and Mathews would have been right there with him. I believe the chink in the amour is now apparent.
Maybe the press will begin to act like patriots and like the journalists that they purport to be. Don’t hold your breath, but I did see the first layer of the onion come off yesterday, with the analysis of the performance that had been built up for 57 days.
A Patriot, in the style of Kennedy, Reagan and Bush were catapulted into office, and were tested. Say what you will about various policies of these past presidents. Say what you will about the style of these past presidents. Say what you will about their speeches. What you cannot deny was their patriotism and the view of maturity and the view of honor they had for the office and their country. I am sorry I just don’t see it with this one!
This one displays the behavior of a child that is not getting his way. This one displays the lack of emotion, like the child that pouts. This one displays a vision to our foes of a man who is not committed and who does not possess the characteristics of a man in charge; not only of his destiny, but a country’s people. Our foes view the polling numbers the same way that we do and they see the same things we do. They just have the perspective that we don’t and that is something we must start to see.
Support is everything for success. When the leader of the free world loses it, then the game of Jeopardy begins and this is a game that only the smartest will win.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Remember this moment because in 138 days we have a chance to become patriots. In 138 days we will express our passion and love for the country with support for the candidates that display emotion and the passion to take our country back.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
I know you are reading this, 18 minutes and more promises:
Wednesday – June 16, 2010
I know you are reading this, 18 minutes and more promises:
I want to start today’s FORUM with a retraction. On Monday, I wrote that the President would address the nation that night. Well, last night was his scheduled address. I didn’t catch the typo and I apologize. Thank you, David for pointing out the error. I know I am being read, because I do get responses.
Well, last night was historical. The President used the Oval Office to address the nation. Kennedy used it during the Cuban missile crisis, Eisenhower used it, Roosevelt used it, Reagan and Bush used it and I am sure future Presidents will also use it. The difference is that when other Presidents used the office it wasn’t to increase their poll numbers or to deflect blame. The other president’s approval ratings were not as low as this president’s either.
President Obama is the first president not to use the Oval office for a speech in his first year as President. Richard Nixon used it to announce his resignation.
The President was not responsible for the oil spill. Let me say that again, he was not responsible for the oil spill. However, what he is responsible for is the current crisis the current outcome and the devastation that has been caused by this man made disaster. This was not a terror attack, that this administration would label a man made disaster. The President and the administration cannot hold BP solely responsible. There is no reason to drill for oil in 5,000 feet of water. The reason why, is that technology does not exist that will address this type of man made disaster.
The environmentalist, the Democratic Party and many liberals have forced these oil companies to drill in these depths, so that the oil rigs will not be visible. The President intimated the reason why we drill in these depths is, because conventional drilling does not yield the crude that our energy demands require. He said “we consume 20% of the world’s oil and we have only 2% of the worlds supply.” There are untapped, known reserves that we are prohibited from touching. There are reserves in Alaska that we have known about for decades and we cannot drill there, because of the “environmental impact”. I don’t know about you, but I cannot think of a worse environmental impact than what is happening in the GULF today.
1/3 of the president’s 18 minute speech was devoted to new initiatives. There was not one mention of what is being done to stop the leak, except that a new relief well is being worked on to stop the leak and that will take time. He said “there will be more oil and damage before the siege is done.” This is precisely the problem!
We cannot demonize the energy producers. What we can do is lift the demands that make them operate in conditions that cause risk, because there is no technology that reduces the risk when accidents happen or a man made disaster occurs.
As the President laid out the challenges for the future, he moved his agenda. He said, “we are unsure about what that looks like.” This is, again, precisely the problem with his agenda. We cannot depend on what he is saying. This was not oil clean up speech; this was a political clean up speech. He wants a new energy initiative. Remember, Rahm Emanuel said,"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." If you listened to the President last night I believe this was the hidden message. Last night was not the time to speak in code, it was the time to lead and excuses were not needed.
I wanted the president to level with me and tell me what went wrong. I didn’t want him to talk about all the brains working on this. I wanted to know what was happening today to clean up the environment.
What he failed to do was take the responsibility. This Administration did not tell us why they turned down help and turned down the equipment that was offered by the Brits, the Dutch the Norwegians and yes, the Mid East oil nations that would have collected the oil at the site by siphoning, by dispersing and by cleaning the water at the source. It is now day 57 and the oil is still spewing and he asked us to be patient.
Not only the environment is at stake, our financial environment it at risk now and I am afraid the President will use that as an excuse when the economy fails again, because of the man that caused the disaster, after the one he was not responsible for. This is what he needs to learn and he didn’t in the 18 minutes that our attention was turned to him in the people’s office!
One last thought the two words the president didn’t use were liberty and freedom, because a good energy policy would give us both.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Just a reminder in case you didn’t already know there are now 139 days until we get to invest our 18 minutes with our vote for liberty and freedom.
I know you are reading this, 18 minutes and more promises:
I want to start today’s FORUM with a retraction. On Monday, I wrote that the President would address the nation that night. Well, last night was his scheduled address. I didn’t catch the typo and I apologize. Thank you, David for pointing out the error. I know I am being read, because I do get responses.
Well, last night was historical. The President used the Oval Office to address the nation. Kennedy used it during the Cuban missile crisis, Eisenhower used it, Roosevelt used it, Reagan and Bush used it and I am sure future Presidents will also use it. The difference is that when other Presidents used the office it wasn’t to increase their poll numbers or to deflect blame. The other president’s approval ratings were not as low as this president’s either.
President Obama is the first president not to use the Oval office for a speech in his first year as President. Richard Nixon used it to announce his resignation.
The President was not responsible for the oil spill. Let me say that again, he was not responsible for the oil spill. However, what he is responsible for is the current crisis the current outcome and the devastation that has been caused by this man made disaster. This was not a terror attack, that this administration would label a man made disaster. The President and the administration cannot hold BP solely responsible. There is no reason to drill for oil in 5,000 feet of water. The reason why, is that technology does not exist that will address this type of man made disaster.
The environmentalist, the Democratic Party and many liberals have forced these oil companies to drill in these depths, so that the oil rigs will not be visible. The President intimated the reason why we drill in these depths is, because conventional drilling does not yield the crude that our energy demands require. He said “we consume 20% of the world’s oil and we have only 2% of the worlds supply.” There are untapped, known reserves that we are prohibited from touching. There are reserves in Alaska that we have known about for decades and we cannot drill there, because of the “environmental impact”. I don’t know about you, but I cannot think of a worse environmental impact than what is happening in the GULF today.
1/3 of the president’s 18 minute speech was devoted to new initiatives. There was not one mention of what is being done to stop the leak, except that a new relief well is being worked on to stop the leak and that will take time. He said “there will be more oil and damage before the siege is done.” This is precisely the problem!
We cannot demonize the energy producers. What we can do is lift the demands that make them operate in conditions that cause risk, because there is no technology that reduces the risk when accidents happen or a man made disaster occurs.
As the President laid out the challenges for the future, he moved his agenda. He said, “we are unsure about what that looks like.” This is, again, precisely the problem with his agenda. We cannot depend on what he is saying. This was not oil clean up speech; this was a political clean up speech. He wants a new energy initiative. Remember, Rahm Emanuel said,"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." If you listened to the President last night I believe this was the hidden message. Last night was not the time to speak in code, it was the time to lead and excuses were not needed.
I wanted the president to level with me and tell me what went wrong. I didn’t want him to talk about all the brains working on this. I wanted to know what was happening today to clean up the environment.
What he failed to do was take the responsibility. This Administration did not tell us why they turned down help and turned down the equipment that was offered by the Brits, the Dutch the Norwegians and yes, the Mid East oil nations that would have collected the oil at the site by siphoning, by dispersing and by cleaning the water at the source. It is now day 57 and the oil is still spewing and he asked us to be patient.
Not only the environment is at stake, our financial environment it at risk now and I am afraid the President will use that as an excuse when the economy fails again, because of the man that caused the disaster, after the one he was not responsible for. This is what he needs to learn and he didn’t in the 18 minutes that our attention was turned to him in the people’s office!
One last thought the two words the president didn’t use were liberty and freedom, because a good energy policy would give us both.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Just a reminder in case you didn’t already know there are now 139 days until we get to invest our 18 minutes with our vote for liberty and freedom.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Scary Statistics:
Tuesday – June 15, 2010
Scary Statistics:
When ever I had a discussion with my children about why things happen or who in some cases caused bad things to happen, I ended by saying, “look at the statistics”. Sometimes statistics are good and some times they can be bad. It all depends on how you look at the equation. In any case, the stats will tell the story.
When we want to find out the crime rate, we look at statistics. To find out about who commits crimes and what type of crime was committed, we look at the statistics. When Sociologists analyze societal trends, they look at statistics.
When pollsters ask questions, in their surveys, they use statistics to plot the curve and determine the trend.
When the census is taken, statistics tell the story. The census is about 80% done, according to census officials. What we do know, before new stats are tabulated, is that 49% of newborns in America were babies of minority families. Between 1990 and 2000, we saw a doubling of Hispanics born in this country. There are 9 births for every Hispanic death in this country. 54.7% of our population is now either a minority or immigrant.
When I founded Pinecone Conservatives a year ago, I had a conversation with a neighbor. She said she was Canadian and shared a dual citizenship with America. She also went on to say that the Constitution does not mean anything to her. She favored a government run health system and favored social aid programs. I am afraid this is the pervasive view of many. Many of the new Americans view the Constitution as something outdated and as something they don’t necessarily agree with.
Many of the new Americans have been led to believe that the founding fathers and many politicians were bigots and the laws favored the educated and wealthy. Many of the new Americans have been led to believe that Conservatives favor the educated and the wealthy. Many of the immigrants come from socialist countries or countries that offered nothing to its citizens in the way of aid. Many of the immigrants, or illegal’s, come to this country, because it is the land of plenty and opportunity. Even this phrase has been changed to mean that everything is free to the underprivileged. Many of the new Americans have been led to believe that Conservatives are a problem for them.
I am proud to say that I come from a family of immigrants. I still have my culture, because my grandparents and great-grandparents knew that the land of plenty would yield the fortune of liberty and freedom if they assimilated. My grandmother, in particular, was a strong, Conservative woman, because she and all of my grand parents saw the horrors of genocide in Armenia. They came to this country, they respected the Constitution and lived the dream that the document whose character is reflected by the founding Fathers who wrote it, a mere 140 years before my family immigrated here.
Many of the new Americans are given the false impression that the land of plenty is only reserved for the wealthy and the educated. The land of the plenty is there for anyone who is industrious and who works hard. This is what is missing from the dialog.
The Founding Fathers viewed immigration and assimilation this way:
At the beginning of our republic, the nation needed a larger population and encouraged immigration. At the same time, the founding fathers were concerned with assimilating immigrants. George Washington, wrote to John Adams, and stated that immigrants should be integrated into American life so that “an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, laws; in a word soon become one people.” In 1790, James Madison stated that America should welcome the immigrant who could assimilate, but exclude the immigrant who could not readily “incorporate himself into our society.”
Alexander Hamilton insisted that "the safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on the love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family.”
In notes on Virginia, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “Every species of government has its principles. Ours… is a composition of the freest principles of the English constitution, with others derived from natural rights and natural reason. To these nothing can be more opposed than the maxims of absolute monarchies. Yet, from such, we are to expect the greatest number of emigrants. They will bring with them the principles of government they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or if able to throw them off, it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness, passing , as is usual , from one extreme to another. It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty. These principles, with their language, they will share with us the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and tender it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass.”
I believe this is what we are experiencing now. Never in our history have we questioned the birth certificate and birth place of a President. Never in our history have we questioned a president on his religion. Is he Christian or Muslim? We still don’t know the answer. This should not matter, but we don’t have answers and the Constitution is the rule especially when it comes to citizenship. Never before in our history would we permit a Muslim Activity Center to be built on hallowed ground, on the site of the 9/11 attacks. Never before in our history have we questioned the basis of allowing Sharia Law to possibly be aligned with Constitutional law in this country.
We are a distracted mass of people. We have President who uses every distraction to push an agenda. His agenda is biased. His agenda does not protect the mass, but will warp the mass into an unrecognizable form of extremism.
The premise of the direction of uncontrolled immigration is scary, because the statistics back up the scary facts. Instead of educating immigrants on how to take advantage of our system, and how we will take advantage of them, by courting their vote, let’s instead educate them on how they can make this country better for all, by reading and learning the words of the founding fathers.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 140 days until the midterms. There will be new statistics that will tell the story of this failed president and the failed agenda that is designed to make America unrecognizable from what our forefathers intended.
Scary Statistics:
When ever I had a discussion with my children about why things happen or who in some cases caused bad things to happen, I ended by saying, “look at the statistics”. Sometimes statistics are good and some times they can be bad. It all depends on how you look at the equation. In any case, the stats will tell the story.
When we want to find out the crime rate, we look at statistics. To find out about who commits crimes and what type of crime was committed, we look at the statistics. When Sociologists analyze societal trends, they look at statistics.
When pollsters ask questions, in their surveys, they use statistics to plot the curve and determine the trend.
When the census is taken, statistics tell the story. The census is about 80% done, according to census officials. What we do know, before new stats are tabulated, is that 49% of newborns in America were babies of minority families. Between 1990 and 2000, we saw a doubling of Hispanics born in this country. There are 9 births for every Hispanic death in this country. 54.7% of our population is now either a minority or immigrant.
When I founded Pinecone Conservatives a year ago, I had a conversation with a neighbor. She said she was Canadian and shared a dual citizenship with America. She also went on to say that the Constitution does not mean anything to her. She favored a government run health system and favored social aid programs. I am afraid this is the pervasive view of many. Many of the new Americans view the Constitution as something outdated and as something they don’t necessarily agree with.
Many of the new Americans have been led to believe that the founding fathers and many politicians were bigots and the laws favored the educated and wealthy. Many of the new Americans have been led to believe that Conservatives favor the educated and the wealthy. Many of the immigrants come from socialist countries or countries that offered nothing to its citizens in the way of aid. Many of the immigrants, or illegal’s, come to this country, because it is the land of plenty and opportunity. Even this phrase has been changed to mean that everything is free to the underprivileged. Many of the new Americans have been led to believe that Conservatives are a problem for them.
I am proud to say that I come from a family of immigrants. I still have my culture, because my grandparents and great-grandparents knew that the land of plenty would yield the fortune of liberty and freedom if they assimilated. My grandmother, in particular, was a strong, Conservative woman, because she and all of my grand parents saw the horrors of genocide in Armenia. They came to this country, they respected the Constitution and lived the dream that the document whose character is reflected by the founding Fathers who wrote it, a mere 140 years before my family immigrated here.
Many of the new Americans are given the false impression that the land of plenty is only reserved for the wealthy and the educated. The land of the plenty is there for anyone who is industrious and who works hard. This is what is missing from the dialog.
The Founding Fathers viewed immigration and assimilation this way:
At the beginning of our republic, the nation needed a larger population and encouraged immigration. At the same time, the founding fathers were concerned with assimilating immigrants. George Washington, wrote to John Adams, and stated that immigrants should be integrated into American life so that “an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, laws; in a word soon become one people.” In 1790, James Madison stated that America should welcome the immigrant who could assimilate, but exclude the immigrant who could not readily “incorporate himself into our society.”
Alexander Hamilton insisted that "the safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on the love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family.”
In notes on Virginia, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “Every species of government has its principles. Ours… is a composition of the freest principles of the English constitution, with others derived from natural rights and natural reason. To these nothing can be more opposed than the maxims of absolute monarchies. Yet, from such, we are to expect the greatest number of emigrants. They will bring with them the principles of government they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or if able to throw them off, it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness, passing , as is usual , from one extreme to another. It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty. These principles, with their language, they will share with us the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and tender it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass.”
I believe this is what we are experiencing now. Never in our history have we questioned the birth certificate and birth place of a President. Never in our history have we questioned a president on his religion. Is he Christian or Muslim? We still don’t know the answer. This should not matter, but we don’t have answers and the Constitution is the rule especially when it comes to citizenship. Never before in our history would we permit a Muslim Activity Center to be built on hallowed ground, on the site of the 9/11 attacks. Never before in our history have we questioned the basis of allowing Sharia Law to possibly be aligned with Constitutional law in this country.
We are a distracted mass of people. We have President who uses every distraction to push an agenda. His agenda is biased. His agenda does not protect the mass, but will warp the mass into an unrecognizable form of extremism.
The premise of the direction of uncontrolled immigration is scary, because the statistics back up the scary facts. Instead of educating immigrants on how to take advantage of our system, and how we will take advantage of them, by courting their vote, let’s instead educate them on how they can make this country better for all, by reading and learning the words of the founding fathers.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 140 days until the midterms. There will be new statistics that will tell the story of this failed president and the failed agenda that is designed to make America unrecognizable from what our forefathers intended.
Friday, June 11, 2010
The Indictment!
Friday – June 11, 2010
The Indictment!
I was listening to Sean Hannity on the radio yesterday and, as I was listening, my brain was working in overdrive. I wanted to write about how easy it is to criticize those who are on the front line. It’s easy to be a Monday morning quarterback and without offering solutions you only become one more talking head.
I don’t presume to know everything, nor do I presume to know all the issues but, what I do know is something is broken.
As I was listening to Sean, a caller called in, who was supporting the President and was, in my opinion, talking the talk of a partisan. He said, “Is it a right thing or a white thing” in response to Sean’s defense of his point. First of all, we are all defending what we think is right. The issues are no longer simple nor are they black and white; there is a whole lot of gray area and that could be part of the problem.
We cannot listen to those who defend the incompetence and the lack of leadership that this president is guilty of. This is not because he is black and I am white. It is because the President is guilty of incompetence. I would say, if George Bush was the President and this oil spill occurred under his watch, he would have talked to the Chairman of BP by now on day 53.
The President is now calling for a meeting with BP officials. This is another meeting and this is another session where the professor will teach at a weekend seminar. This is another opportunity for the President to look like he is engaged and look like he is doing something. This effort is transparent, because it is too late in coming.
The administration is now looking at the legal side and prosecuting those at BP for negligence. This is all fine and good, but we cannot forget that oil is still leaking into the Gulf. We cannot forget that this oil might ruin the natural habitat in the low lands and marshes for decades in the Gulf. We cannot forget that the affected states have been screaming for help and the government has been slow to react.
When a crime occurs and the guilty are looking for alibis, the wheels of justice start to turn and an indictment is served. Part of the indictment is a description of the crime. Have we asked; why we didn’t have the technology to cap a well 5,000 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico? Have we asked why the government didn’t require that technology be in place in the event of a disaster of this type? Why are we not going after the environmental lobbyists and activists that said we must drill deep in the ocean to protect the shore line and local habitats? Have we asked the question why we are forced to follow the environmental movement’s demands?
The indictment should also allege that the administration is using this spill as way to move legislation called Cap and Trade that will tax every aspect of carbon based energy. This bill is dead, but there will be a new one now, coming under a new name. Just today, the Senate will vote on Resolution 26, giving the EPA unprecedented powers to enact and govern over every environmental issue. The EPA is not made up of elected officials, but they will determine many aspects of our lives going forward, because it is now a bureaucracy. Just today the press in London is saying the President is using BP for political purposes.
The President said he was on top of this matter over a month ago. He was standing in the rain with those he was consulting with. He wanted to get all the views so he would know whose A** to kick. If this President had been on top of this matter, as he said then, we would have had a different outcome on day 53. The indictment should be served and it should be for incompetence under fire.
You cannot fault BP entirely. You cannot fault those who died as a result of the explosion. You cannot fault those who were working at the time. We can fault the lack of technology. We can fault the government for, again, being slow to react and we can fault a president who said he would make the earth clean again. He said he would bring people together and he would be transparent in the process. The only thing that is transparent is the lack of honesty and the lack of competence and intelligence on the part of many and I include the President. At least George Bush knew after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf he had to cut the RED TAPE to get things done. This is what experience tells you to do when you have bureaucrats in charge and bureaucrats solving a problem that can be rectified by a simple Presidential order to cut the red tape and think outside of the box.
We, as citizens, must cut the creation of red tape where ever possible. The red tape is created by the elected officials who are part and parcel to the incompetence in our government. If we vote the right people into office (this is not a right thing or a white thing) we can curb the growth of bureaucrats and those that require their existence to enact their agenda.
Ronald Reagan said, in remarks to the students at Moscow State University, on May 31, 1988: “Every once and a while, somebody has to get the bureaucracy by the neck and shake it loose and say “stop doing what you’re doing.”
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: 146 days from now we have an opportunity to do what Reagan said about the bureaucrats “stop doing what you’re doing.”
The Indictment!
I was listening to Sean Hannity on the radio yesterday and, as I was listening, my brain was working in overdrive. I wanted to write about how easy it is to criticize those who are on the front line. It’s easy to be a Monday morning quarterback and without offering solutions you only become one more talking head.
I don’t presume to know everything, nor do I presume to know all the issues but, what I do know is something is broken.
As I was listening to Sean, a caller called in, who was supporting the President and was, in my opinion, talking the talk of a partisan. He said, “Is it a right thing or a white thing” in response to Sean’s defense of his point. First of all, we are all defending what we think is right. The issues are no longer simple nor are they black and white; there is a whole lot of gray area and that could be part of the problem.
We cannot listen to those who defend the incompetence and the lack of leadership that this president is guilty of. This is not because he is black and I am white. It is because the President is guilty of incompetence. I would say, if George Bush was the President and this oil spill occurred under his watch, he would have talked to the Chairman of BP by now on day 53.
The President is now calling for a meeting with BP officials. This is another meeting and this is another session where the professor will teach at a weekend seminar. This is another opportunity for the President to look like he is engaged and look like he is doing something. This effort is transparent, because it is too late in coming.
The administration is now looking at the legal side and prosecuting those at BP for negligence. This is all fine and good, but we cannot forget that oil is still leaking into the Gulf. We cannot forget that this oil might ruin the natural habitat in the low lands and marshes for decades in the Gulf. We cannot forget that the affected states have been screaming for help and the government has been slow to react.
When a crime occurs and the guilty are looking for alibis, the wheels of justice start to turn and an indictment is served. Part of the indictment is a description of the crime. Have we asked; why we didn’t have the technology to cap a well 5,000 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico? Have we asked why the government didn’t require that technology be in place in the event of a disaster of this type? Why are we not going after the environmental lobbyists and activists that said we must drill deep in the ocean to protect the shore line and local habitats? Have we asked the question why we are forced to follow the environmental movement’s demands?
The indictment should also allege that the administration is using this spill as way to move legislation called Cap and Trade that will tax every aspect of carbon based energy. This bill is dead, but there will be a new one now, coming under a new name. Just today, the Senate will vote on Resolution 26, giving the EPA unprecedented powers to enact and govern over every environmental issue. The EPA is not made up of elected officials, but they will determine many aspects of our lives going forward, because it is now a bureaucracy. Just today the press in London is saying the President is using BP for political purposes.
The President said he was on top of this matter over a month ago. He was standing in the rain with those he was consulting with. He wanted to get all the views so he would know whose A** to kick. If this President had been on top of this matter, as he said then, we would have had a different outcome on day 53. The indictment should be served and it should be for incompetence under fire.
You cannot fault BP entirely. You cannot fault those who died as a result of the explosion. You cannot fault those who were working at the time. We can fault the lack of technology. We can fault the government for, again, being slow to react and we can fault a president who said he would make the earth clean again. He said he would bring people together and he would be transparent in the process. The only thing that is transparent is the lack of honesty and the lack of competence and intelligence on the part of many and I include the President. At least George Bush knew after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf he had to cut the RED TAPE to get things done. This is what experience tells you to do when you have bureaucrats in charge and bureaucrats solving a problem that can be rectified by a simple Presidential order to cut the red tape and think outside of the box.
We, as citizens, must cut the creation of red tape where ever possible. The red tape is created by the elected officials who are part and parcel to the incompetence in our government. If we vote the right people into office (this is not a right thing or a white thing) we can curb the growth of bureaucrats and those that require their existence to enact their agenda.
Ronald Reagan said, in remarks to the students at Moscow State University, on May 31, 1988: “Every once and a while, somebody has to get the bureaucracy by the neck and shake it loose and say “stop doing what you’re doing.”
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: 146 days from now we have an opportunity to do what Reagan said about the bureaucrats “stop doing what you’re doing.”
Thursday, June 10, 2010
What do we do now?
Thursday – June 10, 2010
What do we do now?
I was listening to a local radio show yesterday and the topic of discussion was the renewed interest in politics and how local people are getting involved. The show was open to callers one man called in and said, “ I am disgusted at talk radio and the hate. I am disgusted at the way conservatives are not giving this president a chance. I am disgusted that there are people who do not want this man to succeed and do what he wants.” He said, “The Unions made this country strong and the president, if given a chance, will too.” I am tired of the hate that Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levine spew on this station in their time slot.” I am, of course, paraphrasing, but this was the context of his comments.
Then, I had a telephone call form a health care expert who is opposed to the president’s plans. We talked about what we need to do in the next 147 days to get Conservatives energized and to get people out to the polls. My FORUM will be part of the plan.
There will be a renewed push by the administration to sell this healthcare plan so it is imperative that we take the Senate and Congress so we can change the plan to something that builds instead of destroys.
Then, it dawned on me. If the caller that called in had the ideas he had then, he has not been educated. If the caller that called in and said the president needs a chance to do what he wants, he is not been educated. If the caller called in and said he was tired of the hate, he has not been educated. This might be the profile of the voter that presents the real danger to America.
The Unions did not make this country strong, but the Unions can make a candidate strong. The President does need room to lead, but when a President leads from the perch of authority instead of experience then the country suffers, as it is now.
The caller, who I am referencing, probably did not know that if current spending continues at the rate it is now, by 2015 our debt will be over 19 trillion dollars. It is now being said by Ben Bernanke that if spending continues at this pace we will go the way of Western Europe.
I wonder if the caller has a perspective on the danger that this debt presents. Is it the caller’s view that it is okay for this President to intentionally ruin the country, so that he can change it? Does the caller know the definition of soft tyranny? Does the caller have any idea of the history of this nation and the history of the men that brought this nation to life? I don’t think so, because, if he did, the caller would not say the president needs a chance and he would not say that the opposition spews hate. If he knew the context of history and the context of the words Limbaugh and Levine speak, then the caller would not take their words out of context.
This is the challenge. As long as there are voters, like the caller, then we will continue to have people like, Pelosi, Reid and Obama hold office, not only for their full terms, but for a significant portion of our lives.
So, the question of what do we do now is pertinent and is important.
When we hear people speak, like the caller, we need to remind them of what the revolution was about. We need to remind them of the difference between liberty and tyranny. We need to remind them of the difference between Washington and Obama. We need to remind them that Unions did not make America strong.
I cannot end today’s FORUM without the words of Madison, the father of the Constitution. James Madison, said, “Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.” I worry that we are separating text from historical background, because today we are not following the document that was laid before us. Not every American knows about history, nor can they compare and contrast yesterday’s events to today’s challenges. Madison went on to say: “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
Remind people, like the caller, that we are now living under a form of illegitimate government, because people like Obama have bastardized it, because of their desire to separate historical text, so they can subvert the Constitution through laws like the Healthcare bill that was so voluminous and incoherent that nobody can understand it.
I know I have repeated myself, with some of this text, but I cannot emphasize the importance of the debate over liberty and tyranny. I cannot emphasize the importance of educating fellow voters; not to just accept what a president does, because he wants to!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 147 days to actively support the right candidate that either won a primary or who will run in an upcoming primary. What you can do is remind them of Madison’s words and use the argument that was used here today!
What do we do now?
I was listening to a local radio show yesterday and the topic of discussion was the renewed interest in politics and how local people are getting involved. The show was open to callers one man called in and said, “ I am disgusted at talk radio and the hate. I am disgusted at the way conservatives are not giving this president a chance. I am disgusted that there are people who do not want this man to succeed and do what he wants.” He said, “The Unions made this country strong and the president, if given a chance, will too.” I am tired of the hate that Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levine spew on this station in their time slot.” I am, of course, paraphrasing, but this was the context of his comments.
Then, I had a telephone call form a health care expert who is opposed to the president’s plans. We talked about what we need to do in the next 147 days to get Conservatives energized and to get people out to the polls. My FORUM will be part of the plan.
There will be a renewed push by the administration to sell this healthcare plan so it is imperative that we take the Senate and Congress so we can change the plan to something that builds instead of destroys.
Then, it dawned on me. If the caller that called in had the ideas he had then, he has not been educated. If the caller that called in and said the president needs a chance to do what he wants, he is not been educated. If the caller called in and said he was tired of the hate, he has not been educated. This might be the profile of the voter that presents the real danger to America.
The Unions did not make this country strong, but the Unions can make a candidate strong. The President does need room to lead, but when a President leads from the perch of authority instead of experience then the country suffers, as it is now.
The caller, who I am referencing, probably did not know that if current spending continues at the rate it is now, by 2015 our debt will be over 19 trillion dollars. It is now being said by Ben Bernanke that if spending continues at this pace we will go the way of Western Europe.
I wonder if the caller has a perspective on the danger that this debt presents. Is it the caller’s view that it is okay for this President to intentionally ruin the country, so that he can change it? Does the caller know the definition of soft tyranny? Does the caller have any idea of the history of this nation and the history of the men that brought this nation to life? I don’t think so, because, if he did, the caller would not say the president needs a chance and he would not say that the opposition spews hate. If he knew the context of history and the context of the words Limbaugh and Levine speak, then the caller would not take their words out of context.
This is the challenge. As long as there are voters, like the caller, then we will continue to have people like, Pelosi, Reid and Obama hold office, not only for their full terms, but for a significant portion of our lives.
So, the question of what do we do now is pertinent and is important.
When we hear people speak, like the caller, we need to remind them of what the revolution was about. We need to remind them of the difference between liberty and tyranny. We need to remind them of the difference between Washington and Obama. We need to remind them that Unions did not make America strong.
I cannot end today’s FORUM without the words of Madison, the father of the Constitution. James Madison, said, “Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.” I worry that we are separating text from historical background, because today we are not following the document that was laid before us. Not every American knows about history, nor can they compare and contrast yesterday’s events to today’s challenges. Madison went on to say: “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
Remind people, like the caller, that we are now living under a form of illegitimate government, because people like Obama have bastardized it, because of their desire to separate historical text, so they can subvert the Constitution through laws like the Healthcare bill that was so voluminous and incoherent that nobody can understand it.
I know I have repeated myself, with some of this text, but I cannot emphasize the importance of the debate over liberty and tyranny. I cannot emphasize the importance of educating fellow voters; not to just accept what a president does, because he wants to!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 147 days to actively support the right candidate that either won a primary or who will run in an upcoming primary. What you can do is remind them of Madison’s words and use the argument that was used here today!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
What idi we learn yesterday?
Wednesday – June 9, 2010
What did we learn yesterday?
As the results of yesterday’s primary came in and were reported, we learned that liberty and freedom are alive and well in these United States.
We also learned, as the President launched his new push to educate us on his healthcare bill, the polls have not budged. 30% of Americans say the U.S. is headed in the right direction. This correlates to the 70 % that oppose the Presidents healthcare bill. 58% of Americans say “no” to citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.
Rasmussen Reports, the daily Presidential Tracking for Tuesday, shows 26% of the nation’s voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing in his role as president. Forty –one percent (41%) strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential approval index of negative 15. I would like to get a fix on the makeup of those who approve. I can only imagine who they are!
To the people who still approve of Obama’s job performance: there is no reason to vote for a man of color, just because he is a man of color, or to vote for a man who says change is needed. There is no reason to support this man, because he is failing and the country you want so much from is now failing. There is no reason to vote a community agitator into the highest office of the land, let alone the world, because he said he can do a better job. The plain and simple fact is he has done nothing, nor has he gained the necessary experience in his short career, that makes him qualified to lead a nation and to lead the nation through a catastrophe. This is reason enough not to have voted for him
Yesterday was day 50 of the Gulf Oil spill. To day is day 51 and the President still has not talked to the Chairman of BP (British Petroleum). The president said yesterday that he wants to “kick some ass” because he doesn’t think enough is being done. Today, on day 51, the government will now reimburse rental property owners for the lost rental revenue of their beach front property on the Gulf, due to the spill. For those that voted for Obama, this is the money you thought you were going to get in your reimbursement package that you thought this man was going to give to you. For you that do not support this president, this is your tax dollars going to a few that could probably bare the season of lost rentals. The government said yesterday that the Gulf Coast will be better than before, after all the money is dispersed for the numerous programs of recovery. The answer to every problem under a liberal is to just throw money at it.
What we learned yesterday is that the primary results are in and they speak volumes. What we must keep in perspective are: terrorism, the Gulf disaster, the coming double dip recession and lastly, the 13 trillion dollar debt that is now poised to takeover our GDP – that’s the Gross Domestic Product, of our country. The GDP concern is likened to the home you bought 3 years ago at market price and the value of it today is less than the mortgage you owe on it. This single issue is this: what will be the failure of the Democrats in the fall? The spending issue is connecting to that simple minded voter that politicians want to take advantage of.
This is what was signaled by the Republican turnout yesterday. In just about all of the races, the Republican turn out was greater than it has ever been before. For instance, in the highly Democratic districts in Arlington, Fairfax and Mclean, all districts in Virginia, the Washington suburbs Republican turnout was 15% greater than it was two years ago. This turnout is the hidden story that has Democrats worried. It happened elsewhere too.
It doesn’t matter if Harry Reid will run on the Democratic ticket in the fall. It doesn’t matter if Blanche Lincoln will run on the Democratic ticket in the fall. What matters, is your involvement and your participation in the process. What matters is that you remember what our forefathers said and did for liberty and freedom. What matters is that you relate our history and the story of America, so that a leader is not elected by making empty promises or by using words that sound too good to be true. If you do this, then Harry and Blanche and the rest of the Democratic Party will be history.
What we learned yesterday is that it’s all about energy and the issues. Conservatives, Republicans and the Tea Party will unite and share the energy, because we own the solution to the issues. Reduce the size of government, reduce the impact of government on the tax payer, stop the spending and encourage personal responsibility. Listen to the President and his party they will tell you that they want to “kick ass”, but that is not the solution, it is only words of desperation.
If anything was learned yesterday, it should be what I have just said.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 148 days until we can start enacting our solutions. In order to do that it takes energy and the energy is now on our side!
What did we learn yesterday?
As the results of yesterday’s primary came in and were reported, we learned that liberty and freedom are alive and well in these United States.
We also learned, as the President launched his new push to educate us on his healthcare bill, the polls have not budged. 30% of Americans say the U.S. is headed in the right direction. This correlates to the 70 % that oppose the Presidents healthcare bill. 58% of Americans say “no” to citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.
Rasmussen Reports, the daily Presidential Tracking for Tuesday, shows 26% of the nation’s voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing in his role as president. Forty –one percent (41%) strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential approval index of negative 15. I would like to get a fix on the makeup of those who approve. I can only imagine who they are!
To the people who still approve of Obama’s job performance: there is no reason to vote for a man of color, just because he is a man of color, or to vote for a man who says change is needed. There is no reason to support this man, because he is failing and the country you want so much from is now failing. There is no reason to vote a community agitator into the highest office of the land, let alone the world, because he said he can do a better job. The plain and simple fact is he has done nothing, nor has he gained the necessary experience in his short career, that makes him qualified to lead a nation and to lead the nation through a catastrophe. This is reason enough not to have voted for him
Yesterday was day 50 of the Gulf Oil spill. To day is day 51 and the President still has not talked to the Chairman of BP (British Petroleum). The president said yesterday that he wants to “kick some ass” because he doesn’t think enough is being done. Today, on day 51, the government will now reimburse rental property owners for the lost rental revenue of their beach front property on the Gulf, due to the spill. For those that voted for Obama, this is the money you thought you were going to get in your reimbursement package that you thought this man was going to give to you. For you that do not support this president, this is your tax dollars going to a few that could probably bare the season of lost rentals. The government said yesterday that the Gulf Coast will be better than before, after all the money is dispersed for the numerous programs of recovery. The answer to every problem under a liberal is to just throw money at it.
What we learned yesterday is that the primary results are in and they speak volumes. What we must keep in perspective are: terrorism, the Gulf disaster, the coming double dip recession and lastly, the 13 trillion dollar debt that is now poised to takeover our GDP – that’s the Gross Domestic Product, of our country. The GDP concern is likened to the home you bought 3 years ago at market price and the value of it today is less than the mortgage you owe on it. This single issue is this: what will be the failure of the Democrats in the fall? The spending issue is connecting to that simple minded voter that politicians want to take advantage of.
This is what was signaled by the Republican turnout yesterday. In just about all of the races, the Republican turn out was greater than it has ever been before. For instance, in the highly Democratic districts in Arlington, Fairfax and Mclean, all districts in Virginia, the Washington suburbs Republican turnout was 15% greater than it was two years ago. This turnout is the hidden story that has Democrats worried. It happened elsewhere too.
It doesn’t matter if Harry Reid will run on the Democratic ticket in the fall. It doesn’t matter if Blanche Lincoln will run on the Democratic ticket in the fall. What matters, is your involvement and your participation in the process. What matters is that you remember what our forefathers said and did for liberty and freedom. What matters is that you relate our history and the story of America, so that a leader is not elected by making empty promises or by using words that sound too good to be true. If you do this, then Harry and Blanche and the rest of the Democratic Party will be history.
What we learned yesterday is that it’s all about energy and the issues. Conservatives, Republicans and the Tea Party will unite and share the energy, because we own the solution to the issues. Reduce the size of government, reduce the impact of government on the tax payer, stop the spending and encourage personal responsibility. Listen to the President and his party they will tell you that they want to “kick ass”, but that is not the solution, it is only words of desperation.
If anything was learned yesterday, it should be what I have just said.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 148 days until we can start enacting our solutions. In order to do that it takes energy and the energy is now on our side!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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