Tuesday-September 21, 2010
What’s up?
Just look around you. What’s up? The stock market is up. The tea party recognition factor is up. The conservative profile is up. These are all good signs, but we must ask why.
The market is up, because I believe Wall Street is looking ahead at the outcome of the November elections. I believe the tea party movement is becoming more main stream, as people now understand it. The conservative message is beginning to stick with the voter, as the voter now understands what progressive liberalism is all about. I believe the main stream voter is recognizing what has occurred under the Obama administration and they don’t like it.
What else is up? The poll numbers:
* The generic Rasmussen congressional ballot has republicans up to 48% to the Democrats down 38%
* According to Rasmussen 43% say government programs increase poverty in America.
* Current projections suggest that the Democrats would hold 50 seats in the Senate after the fall elections. The Republicans would hold onto 45. There are now five states in the toss up category: California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada and Wisconsin. What do they have in common they are held by Democrats? Republicans have the edge in four Democrat held seats: Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota and Pennsylvania. These nine states hold the key to a Republican victory this fall. This is where the work needs to be done.
* New Rasmussen polling shows that 61% of voters favor repeal of the healthcare bill. This is up from last week.
A new number that has now just appeared at Rasmussen is 52% of voters say their views are now more like Sarah Palin’s than Obama’s.
The Rasmussen Reports daily presidential Tracking Poll for Monday, September 20, shows that 26% of the nation’s voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty – five percent (45%) strongly disapprove; giving a Presidential approval index rating of -19 that is a negative 19. Last week it was a negative 17 up two points.
* Another Rasmussen number - 50% of voters give Obama a poor rating on the economy.
* Rasmussen reports that 62% say congress is doing a poor job
* 30% say the U.S is heading in the right direction that means, 70% say it is heading in the wrong direction. This number is also up.
While the numbers are up so are the attacks on conservative values, conservative candidates and the tea party. I cited yesterday what Bill Clinton said last week. The President said that the anger is misplaced.
Bill Maher had a story about Christine O’Donnell, the Republican Senate candidate from Delaware. He had a film clip of her saying she dabbled in witchcraft. What he didn’t talk about was the context of the conversation in 1997. She was asked a question about Halloween and an old boyfriend of many years ago. Who doesn’t do “witchy” things around Halloween? A friend called me yesterday and asked my opinion about this story. I laughed and said you have got to be kidding. I also said what we need to identify is who is the bad witch and who is the good witch. Bill Maher reminds me of the Wicked Witch of the West and Christine reminds me of Glinda, the Good Witch of the East. I also said it’s going to take some good witch craft to undo all the bad witch craft that has been performed.
These attacks will be common place this election season and they will increase in intensity. This is what will be up tactic wise when the poll numbers favoring Conservatives, Republicans, Tea Party candidates and, yes, witches go up.
Yesterday, the president and some other economists said the recession is over. However, the economy is not up, job growth is not up, housing is not up, but the positive spin is. According to some, the 19 month recession might be over. However, remember one thing, if a Republican made this claim the media and all the critics would be saying what’s up with this? There are still people losing their homes and their jobs. There are still the poor who are suffering. The President is trying to change the paradigm by asking what the tea party would do to improve things. One thing they would do is get rid of the progressive liberal and their policies. The other thing they would do is to reduce spending and reduce the size of government and its impact on the everyday working citizen.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: With 42 days left until the midterms we cannot depend on the poll numbers alone. Remember October will be upon us along with the October surprise.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
What is going on with that?
Monday – September 20, 2010
What is going on with that?
This week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be at the U.N. to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting. He is scheduled to speak two times. This week, we will hear about Iran’s quest for nuclear energy being peaceful and that the rumors of
Nuclear weapons development is unfounded. What’s going on with that?
We will be hearing that he is meeting with intellectuals and members of the world wide press. Turkey has now developed a huge trade relationship with Iran, while Russia and China now have built significant trade credits. These are all disturbing developments for our nation and the free world. Hillary Clinton said last week that, “I have grave reservations about the Islamic Revolution.”
Our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is powerless to enforce the sanctions that have been in place for at least four years and there are no high level meetings set for Ahmadinejad’s visit. While our President was campaigning, didn’t he run on the platform of open negotiations with no preset conditions? Didn’t he say that a nuclear armed Iran would not stand? Didn’t he say that sanctions would drive the Iranians to the bargaining table? Didn’t he say he was the one that could bridge the gap with understanding and openness? What’s going on with that?
Any question of Iran’s nuclear program and their support for terrorism around the world will be down played by our press and the world press. Any questions of how the Iranian government is treating dissidents will be down played by the press again. We will hear about Ahmadinejad’s quest for peace and about how Iran will conduct themselves as a the Islamic leader in that that part of the world. What is going on with that?
We will see a choreographed dog and pony show and we will see how Iran skirts the issues, while speaking of peaceful outcomes, if the world would just go along with their concept of how society should be governed in the 21st century, under Islamic law.
The sanctions have not worked. Any question of a military solution is now off the table and we might have no choice but to accept a nuclear armed Iran. The question is: can they be trusted to obey the rules of the club. Our foreign policy practice of containment is the point of danger because it has given us a nuclear armed Iran. This is what you get when you have an in experienced man at the helm of the ship of state. This is what you get when you have a Secretary of State whose only purpose was to broaden her resume. This is what you get when you have intellectuals trying to rule with reason when the other side is pushing you back. What is going on with that?
We will now have to conduct ourselves in a manner of being a subordinate to Iran for at least another two years! What is going on with that?
This week we will hear more about the tea party candidates not winning in the general. We will hear about the tea party candidates being to one sided and being extreme. The Republican Party will have to make a choice either they support these candidates or run the risk of losing more in the long run than winning in the fall.
This week the tea party candidates will be in the spotlight. They will be asked questions of the press not for information but to see if they can be tripped up. This is what the Democrats will be focusing on this fall in these crucial power tipping races.
Last week, former President Bill Clinton met with the President. He told Obama that he needs to do less blaming and focus on his strengths, his accomplishments and what he intends on doing for the country. Could this advice be good or bad, what is going with that? If the president does that, he will not have anything to say. If he can’t blame anyone, then the fault rests on his shoulders. If he talks about his accomplishments, he can’t ignore the majority of Americans who want his crowning piece of legislation, healthcare, repealed. If he talks about what he wants to do for the country, it will only scare more Americans.
Is Bill Clinton really a friend of Barrack? Is Bill Clinton readying the playing field for Hillary? Bill also said that the tea party candidates and the tea party movement, in general, is creating an insurrection. This brings me back to the premise of the founding of this country.
Our founding fathers were committing an insurrection with every speech and every protest against the King and England. King George III was part of the ruling elite. Bill Clinton is part of the ruling elite, as well as his wife and the President. If we didn’t have an insurrection we would not have the Bill of Rights, our Constitution and the writings of Thomas Paine, the words of Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Washington and Jefferson. I think you get the rest of the story. As Thomas Paine wrote;” These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 43 days left until the midterms. If an insurrection is occurring then at least 51% of the voting public is behind it! What is going on with that?
What is going on with that?
This week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be at the U.N. to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting. He is scheduled to speak two times. This week, we will hear about Iran’s quest for nuclear energy being peaceful and that the rumors of
Nuclear weapons development is unfounded. What’s going on with that?
We will be hearing that he is meeting with intellectuals and members of the world wide press. Turkey has now developed a huge trade relationship with Iran, while Russia and China now have built significant trade credits. These are all disturbing developments for our nation and the free world. Hillary Clinton said last week that, “I have grave reservations about the Islamic Revolution.”
Our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is powerless to enforce the sanctions that have been in place for at least four years and there are no high level meetings set for Ahmadinejad’s visit. While our President was campaigning, didn’t he run on the platform of open negotiations with no preset conditions? Didn’t he say that a nuclear armed Iran would not stand? Didn’t he say that sanctions would drive the Iranians to the bargaining table? Didn’t he say he was the one that could bridge the gap with understanding and openness? What’s going on with that?
Any question of Iran’s nuclear program and their support for terrorism around the world will be down played by our press and the world press. Any questions of how the Iranian government is treating dissidents will be down played by the press again. We will hear about Ahmadinejad’s quest for peace and about how Iran will conduct themselves as a the Islamic leader in that that part of the world. What is going on with that?
We will see a choreographed dog and pony show and we will see how Iran skirts the issues, while speaking of peaceful outcomes, if the world would just go along with their concept of how society should be governed in the 21st century, under Islamic law.
The sanctions have not worked. Any question of a military solution is now off the table and we might have no choice but to accept a nuclear armed Iran. The question is: can they be trusted to obey the rules of the club. Our foreign policy practice of containment is the point of danger because it has given us a nuclear armed Iran. This is what you get when you have an in experienced man at the helm of the ship of state. This is what you get when you have a Secretary of State whose only purpose was to broaden her resume. This is what you get when you have intellectuals trying to rule with reason when the other side is pushing you back. What is going on with that?
We will now have to conduct ourselves in a manner of being a subordinate to Iran for at least another two years! What is going on with that?
This week we will hear more about the tea party candidates not winning in the general. We will hear about the tea party candidates being to one sided and being extreme. The Republican Party will have to make a choice either they support these candidates or run the risk of losing more in the long run than winning in the fall.
This week the tea party candidates will be in the spotlight. They will be asked questions of the press not for information but to see if they can be tripped up. This is what the Democrats will be focusing on this fall in these crucial power tipping races.
Last week, former President Bill Clinton met with the President. He told Obama that he needs to do less blaming and focus on his strengths, his accomplishments and what he intends on doing for the country. Could this advice be good or bad, what is going with that? If the president does that, he will not have anything to say. If he can’t blame anyone, then the fault rests on his shoulders. If he talks about his accomplishments, he can’t ignore the majority of Americans who want his crowning piece of legislation, healthcare, repealed. If he talks about what he wants to do for the country, it will only scare more Americans.
Is Bill Clinton really a friend of Barrack? Is Bill Clinton readying the playing field for Hillary? Bill also said that the tea party candidates and the tea party movement, in general, is creating an insurrection. This brings me back to the premise of the founding of this country.
Our founding fathers were committing an insurrection with every speech and every protest against the King and England. King George III was part of the ruling elite. Bill Clinton is part of the ruling elite, as well as his wife and the President. If we didn’t have an insurrection we would not have the Bill of Rights, our Constitution and the writings of Thomas Paine, the words of Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Washington and Jefferson. I think you get the rest of the story. As Thomas Paine wrote;” These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 43 days left until the midterms. If an insurrection is occurring then at least 51% of the voting public is behind it! What is going on with that?
Friday, September 17, 2010
How far are you willing to go?
Friday – September 17, 2010
How far are you willing to go?
I have a short retraction. Yesterday, I mistakenly said it was Constitution Day. I should have written tomorrow instead of toady. Today is Constitution Day. Originally, it was called Citizenship Day. (http://www.constitutionday.com/)
I don’t have to remind you to read your Constitution and make sure others do the same. I don’t have to remind you that the Constitution makes law out of the fundamental principles of our freedom. I don’t have to remind you that we are responsible for the upkeep and the understanding of what the document means.
My only question is just how far are you willing to go to ensure our leaders understand what the Constitution is? Just because some politicians pull a copy of the document out of their breast pocket does not mean they understand it. It does not mean they know the history of how it was written and why it was written.
There is one thing for sure. I have identified what Party and what politicians view the Constitution as a hindrance rather than a guide. George Washington said: “The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”
This fall will mark the 2nd year of the Obama administration. This fall will be the most important midterm in the history of the country. This fall we have an opportunity to oust those politicians who view the Constitution as a hindrance, rather than a guide. This fall we need to prepare ourselves to get out the vote in our neighborhoods. Make sure that you contact the candidate that you feel is conservative and that you feel is ready to bring change. Ask the question: How far are you willing to go? It’s a simple question with a simple answer.
This fall, the Democrats will run on a platform of social justice and social progress. The only thing is that a platform of this type ruined the Housing Industry, killed jobs and made us weak as a nation and stripped our inherent ability to better ourselves. As the Democrats are speaking today about tax cuts, ask one question. When did a democrat ever give a tax break? New statistics show that 1 in 7 Americans are now at the poverty limit. This number has never been so high. Social justice will rob every citizen of their prosperity. Social Justice Initiatives, such as redistributive economics, kill economic growth and extinguish the spirit of entrepreneur ship and free market principles. Just today The City of Las Vegas said it cost them 111 million jobs to retain 54 jobs. This is not social justice it is social injustice.
The Democrats cannot run on economic issues and they cannot run on passing healthcare. With the majority of Americans asking for the repeal of the health care bill your candidate should be telling you how he or she will support any effort to do that.
Remember that pesky document that we are celebrating today there are now twenty states suing the federal government over parts of the legislation that would require you to purchase government run healthcare.
James Madison the father of the Constitution said: ”With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.”
Most Progressive politicians avoid discussing traditional values. Traditional values are what made this country great. Europe has drifted away from traditional values and is now realizing the errors of their way. In a FOX News dynamic opinion poll 87% of people polled are concerned about the secularization of our society. The Constitution does not prohibit religion, but guarantees that you a have the right to worship and that the government cannot establish what religion to enforce. This is something to celebrate today, but we should not celebrate secularization.
Are traditional American values based on poverty? Are traditional American values based on secularization? Are traditional American values based on Americans being employed by stimulus money? This is not the America that we know and this is what needs to be changed in America today. Madison wrote: “All power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people; which consists in the enjoyment of life and liberty and the right of acquiring property, and generally of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. That the people have an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform or change their government whenever it be found adverse or inadequate to the purpose of its institution.”
The reason I am bringing up these diverse topics today, on Constitution Day, is that we have guarantees and we have limits. This fall these limits and our guarantees will be at issue. Just how far are you willing to go to educate yourself on the topics and communicate what you have learned? Just how far are you willing to go to bring a new interest in the Constitution, not only with friends and relatives, but with the candidates themselves.
I end today with this:”The happy Union of these states is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.” James Madison
Madison knew just how far he was willing to go!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Just 46 days separate us from renew or more of the same. Just how far are you willing to go to renew the American Spirit that your Constitution guarantees.
How far are you willing to go?
I have a short retraction. Yesterday, I mistakenly said it was Constitution Day. I should have written tomorrow instead of toady. Today is Constitution Day. Originally, it was called Citizenship Day. (http://www.constitutionday.com/)
I don’t have to remind you to read your Constitution and make sure others do the same. I don’t have to remind you that the Constitution makes law out of the fundamental principles of our freedom. I don’t have to remind you that we are responsible for the upkeep and the understanding of what the document means.
My only question is just how far are you willing to go to ensure our leaders understand what the Constitution is? Just because some politicians pull a copy of the document out of their breast pocket does not mean they understand it. It does not mean they know the history of how it was written and why it was written.
There is one thing for sure. I have identified what Party and what politicians view the Constitution as a hindrance rather than a guide. George Washington said: “The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”
This fall will mark the 2nd year of the Obama administration. This fall will be the most important midterm in the history of the country. This fall we have an opportunity to oust those politicians who view the Constitution as a hindrance, rather than a guide. This fall we need to prepare ourselves to get out the vote in our neighborhoods. Make sure that you contact the candidate that you feel is conservative and that you feel is ready to bring change. Ask the question: How far are you willing to go? It’s a simple question with a simple answer.
This fall, the Democrats will run on a platform of social justice and social progress. The only thing is that a platform of this type ruined the Housing Industry, killed jobs and made us weak as a nation and stripped our inherent ability to better ourselves. As the Democrats are speaking today about tax cuts, ask one question. When did a democrat ever give a tax break? New statistics show that 1 in 7 Americans are now at the poverty limit. This number has never been so high. Social justice will rob every citizen of their prosperity. Social Justice Initiatives, such as redistributive economics, kill economic growth and extinguish the spirit of entrepreneur ship and free market principles. Just today The City of Las Vegas said it cost them 111 million jobs to retain 54 jobs. This is not social justice it is social injustice.
The Democrats cannot run on economic issues and they cannot run on passing healthcare. With the majority of Americans asking for the repeal of the health care bill your candidate should be telling you how he or she will support any effort to do that.
Remember that pesky document that we are celebrating today there are now twenty states suing the federal government over parts of the legislation that would require you to purchase government run healthcare.
James Madison the father of the Constitution said: ”With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.”
Most Progressive politicians avoid discussing traditional values. Traditional values are what made this country great. Europe has drifted away from traditional values and is now realizing the errors of their way. In a FOX News dynamic opinion poll 87% of people polled are concerned about the secularization of our society. The Constitution does not prohibit religion, but guarantees that you a have the right to worship and that the government cannot establish what religion to enforce. This is something to celebrate today, but we should not celebrate secularization.
Are traditional American values based on poverty? Are traditional American values based on secularization? Are traditional American values based on Americans being employed by stimulus money? This is not the America that we know and this is what needs to be changed in America today. Madison wrote: “All power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people; which consists in the enjoyment of life and liberty and the right of acquiring property, and generally of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. That the people have an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform or change their government whenever it be found adverse or inadequate to the purpose of its institution.”
The reason I am bringing up these diverse topics today, on Constitution Day, is that we have guarantees and we have limits. This fall these limits and our guarantees will be at issue. Just how far are you willing to go to educate yourself on the topics and communicate what you have learned? Just how far are you willing to go to bring a new interest in the Constitution, not only with friends and relatives, but with the candidates themselves.
I end today with this:”The happy Union of these states is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.” James Madison
Madison knew just how far he was willing to go!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Just 46 days separate us from renew or more of the same. Just how far are you willing to go to renew the American Spirit that your Constitution guarantees.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Are you comfortable with the word REVOLT?
Thursday – September 16, 2010
Are you comfortable with the word REVOLT?
What’s in a word? A few letters make up the spelling, words can be an adjective or a noun and words can bring about great change!
The word revolt is defined as: 1 to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to a government): REBEL 2 a: to experience disgust or shock to turn away with disgust: to cause to turn away or shrink with disgust or abhorrence, a determined armed uprising a movement or expression of vigorous dissent.
There has been a silent revolt over the course of this primary season. With every contest that has been fought and that has been voted on the revolt of the people have been felt. Not necessarily by the liberal, but by the conservative and the Republican Party. The revolt that has taken place has not occurred by the liberal or the elite. It has happened by people who take the politics of today seriously.
If you analyze the last series of contests in the primary season you will see the incumbent Republican being replaced by a new form of candidate. This new form of candidate is out to change the complexion of Washington and the complexion of a Government that is spending our prosperity and taking away our liberties and freedom through political initiatives.
When you view history and what occurred in our revolution 235 years ago you will see that there was a revolt. There was a revolt of thought there was a revolt in action and there was a revolt to insure our prosperity of our posterity. It took men and women who were not afraid to put themselves out there through words, thought and finally action.
The revolt we are witnessing today is the same revolt that culminated in our revolution. The revolt we see today is the same revolt that ordinary men and women recognized during the forming of the country. The word revolt became a way to express oneself 235 years ago. The word revolt is now being used in the public forum.
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.” – Thomas Jefferson (1743-1846), U.S. President, Letter to Abigail Adams, 22 February 1787
Jefferson knew what the word revolt meant, but he also knew the value of the expression behind the word. This is why our forefathers became comfortable with the word and its meaning. This is why we have a country today and this is why our posterity will have a country tomorrow.
All is not done, this is only the beginning. I said yesterday, this turn around or this revolt will last decades. It will outlast some of us, but this is why we revolt. The revolt today is centered on the question of big government or small government. The revolt today is centered on the question of looming deficits, because of an entitlement society. The revolt today is over immigration and healthcare. The revolt today is over personal responsibility versus government taking care of you from cradle to grave. These are all questions that have grown out of our revolution and revolt 235 years ago.
“ Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day. But a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly proves a deliberate systematic plan of reducing us to slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson knew what tyranny was and he knew that a soft tyranny would soon result after our revolution.
“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.” – Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson knew that liberty would be the basis for future revolts. This is why he said we must gain it in inches from time to time.
“To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. I place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” – President Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson and the other forefathers knew about prosperity and that our posterity would be threatened through perpetual debt. They knew that a future revolution would be fought on the economic ground with theses questions. Like our forefathers, we do not profess an armed conflict, but rather a battle of intellectual reason and intellectual thought over progressive liberal ideals versus conservative values. When we consider what side of the fence to be on, remember our forefathers were conservatives before the question of progressive liberal politics became the threat!
Today is Constitution Day. Celebrate the word revolt because this word created the freedoms we enjoy today. The word revolt is important to our democracy.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: We have 47 days to embrace the word revolt. Become comfortable with the word because the outcome was worth it.
Are you comfortable with the word REVOLT?
What’s in a word? A few letters make up the spelling, words can be an adjective or a noun and words can bring about great change!
The word revolt is defined as: 1 to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to a government): REBEL 2 a: to experience disgust or shock to turn away with disgust: to cause to turn away or shrink with disgust or abhorrence, a determined armed uprising a movement or expression of vigorous dissent.
There has been a silent revolt over the course of this primary season. With every contest that has been fought and that has been voted on the revolt of the people have been felt. Not necessarily by the liberal, but by the conservative and the Republican Party. The revolt that has taken place has not occurred by the liberal or the elite. It has happened by people who take the politics of today seriously.
If you analyze the last series of contests in the primary season you will see the incumbent Republican being replaced by a new form of candidate. This new form of candidate is out to change the complexion of Washington and the complexion of a Government that is spending our prosperity and taking away our liberties and freedom through political initiatives.
When you view history and what occurred in our revolution 235 years ago you will see that there was a revolt. There was a revolt of thought there was a revolt in action and there was a revolt to insure our prosperity of our posterity. It took men and women who were not afraid to put themselves out there through words, thought and finally action.
The revolt we are witnessing today is the same revolt that culminated in our revolution. The revolt we see today is the same revolt that ordinary men and women recognized during the forming of the country. The word revolt became a way to express oneself 235 years ago. The word revolt is now being used in the public forum.
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.” – Thomas Jefferson (1743-1846), U.S. President, Letter to Abigail Adams, 22 February 1787
Jefferson knew what the word revolt meant, but he also knew the value of the expression behind the word. This is why our forefathers became comfortable with the word and its meaning. This is why we have a country today and this is why our posterity will have a country tomorrow.
All is not done, this is only the beginning. I said yesterday, this turn around or this revolt will last decades. It will outlast some of us, but this is why we revolt. The revolt today is centered on the question of big government or small government. The revolt today is centered on the question of looming deficits, because of an entitlement society. The revolt today is over immigration and healthcare. The revolt today is over personal responsibility versus government taking care of you from cradle to grave. These are all questions that have grown out of our revolution and revolt 235 years ago.
“ Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day. But a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly proves a deliberate systematic plan of reducing us to slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson knew what tyranny was and he knew that a soft tyranny would soon result after our revolution.
“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.” – Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson knew that liberty would be the basis for future revolts. This is why he said we must gain it in inches from time to time.
“To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. I place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” – President Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson and the other forefathers knew about prosperity and that our posterity would be threatened through perpetual debt. They knew that a future revolution would be fought on the economic ground with theses questions. Like our forefathers, we do not profess an armed conflict, but rather a battle of intellectual reason and intellectual thought over progressive liberal ideals versus conservative values. When we consider what side of the fence to be on, remember our forefathers were conservatives before the question of progressive liberal politics became the threat!
Today is Constitution Day. Celebrate the word revolt because this word created the freedoms we enjoy today. The word revolt is important to our democracy.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: We have 47 days to embrace the word revolt. Become comfortable with the word because the outcome was worth it.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The question of this election season: Are you comfortable?
Wednesday – September 15, 2010
The question of this election season: Are you comfortable?
There have been many questions that have been asked of our political leaders about the direction they are taking us. There have been many questions asked about the President’s heritage. There have been many questions that have been asked about Obama care and the Obama economy. I can go on and on with this list.
The one question that we have not asked and that I am now asking you is are you comfortable? Let me ask that again. Are you comfortable? I don’t mean are you comfortable in the couch you might be nestled in or in the car that you drive. I am asking, are you comfortable with the direction that your government is taking you? Are you comfortable with the questionable background of the President’s unanswered background? Are you comfortable with the deficit the economy and the unknowns of Obama care? Are you comfortable with the government telling you how much of your money they want to spend? Are you comfortable with the unprecedented growth of your government in the past two years?
Are you comfortable with the government taking away your rightful property through taxation and robbing our posterity, because of the deficit? Are you comfortable with the loss of liberty and your freedom, as it relates to the growth of government and how government policy affects you and your family’s wellbeing?
Are you comfortable that a policy initiative, such as healthcare, is now being decided by the courts? If this was a good bill, it would have been passed on its merits and not by socialist policy wonks behind closed doors. Are you comfortable that a President and a Congress have screwed up the economy so much that they are now saying they want a tax break for middle class Americans? You might say yes, what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong is that the President is rebranding the Bush tax cuts to call it the “Obama tax cut for the middle class.” This might be plagiarism; this might be stealing some intellectual property. Are you comfortable that the president has to rebrand something that works and calls it his own? Are you comfortable that the conservatives said that the president’s plan would not work?
Are you comfortable with the elected leaders who have tossed the Constitution aside because of ideology and their brand of politics? Are you more comfortable now than you were two years ago, 4 years ago, 6 years ago and even 8 years ago? These are the questions we should be asking ourselves and our neighbors.
Yesterday was the last set of primaries leading up to the November election. Are you comfortable with the people running for office in your district? Are you comfortable with the candidates who want to lead your state and the country in the House and Senate? Are you comfortable with liberals, republicans, rhinos (republicans in name only) the independents and tea party candidates?
In considering your vote, remember one thing. There were a few Republican Senators that made it possible for Obama care to see the light of day by voting for the bill to go back to the House for a vote. This is what we call a rhino. It doesn’t matter who they were, the only thing that matters is they voted for this liberal bill.
These are the candidates that we must start to work out of the system. Yesterday, I advanced the notion of not voting for anyone with a (D) behind their name. Today, I am advancing the thought of voting for the most conservative candidate. These might be Republicans. If they are and they are elected, hold them to task on the votes they make. Hold them to task on their future voting record and let them know, if they sway from conservative principals, they will not serve another term. This is how we work liberal leaning politicians out of the system.
If liberal leaning office holders become a permanent minority then those who work for government will also become a permanent minority.
It took the progressive liberal sixty years to get to this point in policy initiatives and in control of the government. It might take the conservatives sixty years to do the same, but it must be done.
This election is only a start. This election is a new chapter and it must be written.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: With 48 days left until the midterms and the primaries over, we can now start to ask the question are you comfortable?
The question of this election season: Are you comfortable?
There have been many questions that have been asked of our political leaders about the direction they are taking us. There have been many questions asked about the President’s heritage. There have been many questions that have been asked about Obama care and the Obama economy. I can go on and on with this list.
The one question that we have not asked and that I am now asking you is are you comfortable? Let me ask that again. Are you comfortable? I don’t mean are you comfortable in the couch you might be nestled in or in the car that you drive. I am asking, are you comfortable with the direction that your government is taking you? Are you comfortable with the questionable background of the President’s unanswered background? Are you comfortable with the deficit the economy and the unknowns of Obama care? Are you comfortable with the government telling you how much of your money they want to spend? Are you comfortable with the unprecedented growth of your government in the past two years?
Are you comfortable with the government taking away your rightful property through taxation and robbing our posterity, because of the deficit? Are you comfortable with the loss of liberty and your freedom, as it relates to the growth of government and how government policy affects you and your family’s wellbeing?
Are you comfortable that a policy initiative, such as healthcare, is now being decided by the courts? If this was a good bill, it would have been passed on its merits and not by socialist policy wonks behind closed doors. Are you comfortable that a President and a Congress have screwed up the economy so much that they are now saying they want a tax break for middle class Americans? You might say yes, what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong is that the President is rebranding the Bush tax cuts to call it the “Obama tax cut for the middle class.” This might be plagiarism; this might be stealing some intellectual property. Are you comfortable that the president has to rebrand something that works and calls it his own? Are you comfortable that the conservatives said that the president’s plan would not work?
Are you comfortable with the elected leaders who have tossed the Constitution aside because of ideology and their brand of politics? Are you more comfortable now than you were two years ago, 4 years ago, 6 years ago and even 8 years ago? These are the questions we should be asking ourselves and our neighbors.
Yesterday was the last set of primaries leading up to the November election. Are you comfortable with the people running for office in your district? Are you comfortable with the candidates who want to lead your state and the country in the House and Senate? Are you comfortable with liberals, republicans, rhinos (republicans in name only) the independents and tea party candidates?
In considering your vote, remember one thing. There were a few Republican Senators that made it possible for Obama care to see the light of day by voting for the bill to go back to the House for a vote. This is what we call a rhino. It doesn’t matter who they were, the only thing that matters is they voted for this liberal bill.
These are the candidates that we must start to work out of the system. Yesterday, I advanced the notion of not voting for anyone with a (D) behind their name. Today, I am advancing the thought of voting for the most conservative candidate. These might be Republicans. If they are and they are elected, hold them to task on the votes they make. Hold them to task on their future voting record and let them know, if they sway from conservative principals, they will not serve another term. This is how we work liberal leaning politicians out of the system.
If liberal leaning office holders become a permanent minority then those who work for government will also become a permanent minority.
It took the progressive liberal sixty years to get to this point in policy initiatives and in control of the government. It might take the conservatives sixty years to do the same, but it must be done.
This election is only a start. This election is a new chapter and it must be written.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: With 48 days left until the midterms and the primaries over, we can now start to ask the question are you comfortable?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
For all the progress!
Tuesday – September 14, 2010
For all the progress!
The President said last week, at a jobs rally in Milwaukee, “For all the progress we’ve made, were not there yet.” This is a scary proposition! The only way to counteract that is to not vote for anyone with a “D” behind their name. This Midterm election will be a referendum, if people are motivated and if they spread the word.
You might ask what word? Just use the words that the President used in Milwaukee. Use his radical thoughts to draw a picture of just how far off base he is from the main stream and from the Founding Fathers.
Use the words of his cabinet members and or others members of his administration. Cathleen Sebelius, the nations 21st Health and Human Services Director, said,“Those who talk negatively about the President s Healthcare bill will be held to account when the law takes affect.” In other words, you will lose out on the bidding process and you will be put out of business. Since when does a government employee wield such power? What has happened to freedom of speech?
Just about every critic of the president on this issue has said contradictory things about what has been put into the bill. Pelosi said we must pass the bill so we can find out what is in it. The President said last week, “We never said it was going to be free.”
Cathleen Sebelius said, “The essence of good government is trust.” When our politicians ask for our trust and then turn around and rob from our posterity and threaten us for discussing the issues in a public format, then we cannot trust their intentions, no matter what they say.
The matter of healthcare will be an issue the Democrat cannot run away from. Today the courts will hear arguments as 20 states sue the Federal Government over the Healthcare bill. We, as a people, should not let the Democrats run from it, because it will cost us in untold ways if we do. The bill was passed dishonestly and with the intent to deceive.
Howard Fineman wrote today, Obama misread his mandate. “Obama’s 2008 victory was a personal one,” says Bill Galston, an adviser to President Clinton. “It wasn’t a vote for a more expansive view of the role and reach of government.” The stimulus, on its own, wasn’t the problem. It was the thousands of easy-to-caricature pages of new legislation that came on top of it, all of which revived the Republicans’ “big government” narrative. Obama—an overachiever, the guy who fills up a second blue book on the extra-credit question—tried to do it all. His chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, eager to please the new boss, declared before Inauguration Day, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste. There are opportunities to do big things.” But in doing big things, they failed to fully attend to (and be seen attending to) the immediate economic needs of the middle class. “There hasn’t been the laserlike focus on the economy there could have, and should have, been,” says a top Democratic strategist who declined to be named criticizing the White House. Take health-care reform. Ten years hence, perhaps, it will be seen as the signal achievement of the Obama years. But for now, it’s an unpopular law that took a divisive year to enact, that liberals and conservatives loathe, that is full of bureaucratic and fiscal IEDs, and that drained attention from dealing with the economy. If you disagree, look at Obama’s speech last week in Cleveland. In 47 minutes, he mentioned health care for about 25 seconds.”
While the President and his minions such as Cathleen Sebelius talk of threats and are working to dismantle the cornerstone of our country remember what Obama said: “For all the progress we’ve made, were not there yet.” This is a good thing because they should not be there making these changes in the first place.
The Progressive will move to a secularist society, this is there goal. Many Americans have a Christian faith. Our founding, as a country, was based, not on secularism, but on a Judeo-Christian belief system and structure. The men and woman who settled in Jamestown and who saw Plymouth Rock for the first time did not believe in secularism. They were people of faith and they wanted that faith to grow as the country grew.
The government we have today and the leaders of this government now prefer secularism to that of faith. This is why our Constitution is not being followed and this is why government is growing and expanding. Depend on your faith and make sure your representatives know that. There is no difference between a Democratic liberal and a Republican that wants to be seen as moderate. It will take time to turn the tide from Progressive liberalism to that of Conservatism. It can be done. Just look at the model our forefathers left for us and don’t let the government do anything but.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: In 49 days we must have faith in our fellow citizen to know that secularism is the model of the progressive. I have faith in you to know that conservatism was the model of our Forefathers. Our reward for all our progress will be a government that listens and a government that does not threaten.
For all the progress!
The President said last week, at a jobs rally in Milwaukee, “For all the progress we’ve made, were not there yet.” This is a scary proposition! The only way to counteract that is to not vote for anyone with a “D” behind their name. This Midterm election will be a referendum, if people are motivated and if they spread the word.
You might ask what word? Just use the words that the President used in Milwaukee. Use his radical thoughts to draw a picture of just how far off base he is from the main stream and from the Founding Fathers.
Use the words of his cabinet members and or others members of his administration. Cathleen Sebelius, the nations 21st Health and Human Services Director, said,“Those who talk negatively about the President s Healthcare bill will be held to account when the law takes affect.” In other words, you will lose out on the bidding process and you will be put out of business. Since when does a government employee wield such power? What has happened to freedom of speech?
Just about every critic of the president on this issue has said contradictory things about what has been put into the bill. Pelosi said we must pass the bill so we can find out what is in it. The President said last week, “We never said it was going to be free.”
Cathleen Sebelius said, “The essence of good government is trust.” When our politicians ask for our trust and then turn around and rob from our posterity and threaten us for discussing the issues in a public format, then we cannot trust their intentions, no matter what they say.
The matter of healthcare will be an issue the Democrat cannot run away from. Today the courts will hear arguments as 20 states sue the Federal Government over the Healthcare bill. We, as a people, should not let the Democrats run from it, because it will cost us in untold ways if we do. The bill was passed dishonestly and with the intent to deceive.
Howard Fineman wrote today, Obama misread his mandate. “Obama’s 2008 victory was a personal one,” says Bill Galston, an adviser to President Clinton. “It wasn’t a vote for a more expansive view of the role and reach of government.” The stimulus, on its own, wasn’t the problem. It was the thousands of easy-to-caricature pages of new legislation that came on top of it, all of which revived the Republicans’ “big government” narrative. Obama—an overachiever, the guy who fills up a second blue book on the extra-credit question—tried to do it all. His chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, eager to please the new boss, declared before Inauguration Day, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste. There are opportunities to do big things.” But in doing big things, they failed to fully attend to (and be seen attending to) the immediate economic needs of the middle class. “There hasn’t been the laserlike focus on the economy there could have, and should have, been,” says a top Democratic strategist who declined to be named criticizing the White House. Take health-care reform. Ten years hence, perhaps, it will be seen as the signal achievement of the Obama years. But for now, it’s an unpopular law that took a divisive year to enact, that liberals and conservatives loathe, that is full of bureaucratic and fiscal IEDs, and that drained attention from dealing with the economy. If you disagree, look at Obama’s speech last week in Cleveland. In 47 minutes, he mentioned health care for about 25 seconds.”
While the President and his minions such as Cathleen Sebelius talk of threats and are working to dismantle the cornerstone of our country remember what Obama said: “For all the progress we’ve made, were not there yet.” This is a good thing because they should not be there making these changes in the first place.
The Progressive will move to a secularist society, this is there goal. Many Americans have a Christian faith. Our founding, as a country, was based, not on secularism, but on a Judeo-Christian belief system and structure. The men and woman who settled in Jamestown and who saw Plymouth Rock for the first time did not believe in secularism. They were people of faith and they wanted that faith to grow as the country grew.
The government we have today and the leaders of this government now prefer secularism to that of faith. This is why our Constitution is not being followed and this is why government is growing and expanding. Depend on your faith and make sure your representatives know that. There is no difference between a Democratic liberal and a Republican that wants to be seen as moderate. It will take time to turn the tide from Progressive liberalism to that of Conservatism. It can be done. Just look at the model our forefathers left for us and don’t let the government do anything but.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: In 49 days we must have faith in our fellow citizen to know that secularism is the model of the progressive. I have faith in you to know that conservatism was the model of our Forefathers. Our reward for all our progress will be a government that listens and a government that does not threaten.
Monday, September 13, 2010
They're playing the hand they have been dealt!
Monday – September 13, 2010
They’re playing the hand they have been dealt!
This week, we will begin to see how history will repeat itself and how our leaders are going to play the hand they have been dealt!
On Friday, the eve of 9/11, I wrote about why Jefferson went to war against the Muslim to fight the Barbary Coast Wars. Jefferson not only fought the war to win, he created a Navy to be victorious. The Marine’s hymn has these words: “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.” This Barbary Coast War was fought to stop the ransom of American sailors and American ships by the Muslim rulers in Turkey, which controlled much of the Mid East. This was the Ottoman Empire.
The Muslims would hold our sailors and ships for ransom. The total ransom paid was about 20 million dollars. The ransom was over the use of trade routes. These trade routes were crucial for our economy and the building of trade for the young United States. The Muslims knew it and we had no choice, but to pay for these open routes, until Jefferson said enough is enough. Needless to say, we won the war and the trade routes opened and free trade flourished.
This week, Iran has said they will release one of three hikers that have been held in captivity. The hikers are all young Americans who have been imprisoned on charges of spying and working for the CIA. The young woman, who will be released for a bail payment of $500,000.00, is ill. Iran has said they are doing this to “promote the dignity of woman.” This is nothing short than ransom and history repeating itself,
The Mideast peace talks will highlight the news this week, as the second round of talks begins. Both sides have dug in and have talked about their differences openly in the press. Some say this is encouraging. But, if history repeats itself, we will see that this is only another precursor for failed talks.
Israel is pushing for recognition, as a Jewish State. Hamas will never recognize this, nor will the Palestinians. The British gave the land to the Jews, because it was theirs to give. Israel will never move out of the West Bank and will never stop their expansion of settlements there. Hamas is a terrorist group that is being supported by Iran and the Palestinians are being supported by both. All three want to see an end to Israel. One group might be more moderate than the other, but the three will never give into recognizing Israel as a Jewish State. Past history shows that the fragile peace there only lasts as long as the next terrorist attack.
This week, the Democrats will pile onto John Boehner, Republican Minority Leader, from Ohio. Congressman Boehner is the next assumed Speaker of the House, if the Republicans win in November. If history repeats itself, the Congressman will show his moderate side. In my opinion he should not act like a moderate, he should draw a picture of what the Obama, Reid and Pelosi government has done to you and me.
In my opinion, he should act tough and get some very thick skin, because he will become the villain if he doesn’t. He will become the man who will give the tax breaks to the rich. He will become the man who makes the middle class and the poor pay. He will become the man who gives Wall Street a break and breaks Main Street. All this has been done by Obama, Reid and Pelosi. This is what Boehner should now be saying. He should have conviction and he should be giving the statistics. If history repeats itself, most of the claims by the Democrats will go unanswered. In fact the democrats are now saying that Boehner was a part of the eight years that got us into this mess.
The post 9/11 observance will be discussed. And the post 9/11 tragedy will resume with the countdown to the ten year anniversary coming next year. George Bush took the spotlight this year, because of what happened under his watch on 9/11/01. There was much credit given to President Bush this past weekend by the President and the V.P. I believe people are just starting to see the hand that George Bush was dealt.
I also believe that people are starting to see the failure of the present administration, because the hand they have been dealt has only gotten worse. This administration said they had the solutions and they had the talent to deal with the hand they have been dealt.
The hand they have been dealt is no worse than some other Presidents. The difference is and what history has shown is that other Presidents and administrations didn’t complain and the plan they had was good for America. If history repeats itself, Americans will see the hand that has been dealt to them, not by Bush, but by Obama.
In each case, and each storyline in today’s FORUM, you can clearly see that there has been a hand dealt and the history behind that hand has not changed much!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: In 50 days remember your history. Over the course of the next 50 days relate some of this history to the people you know and have them do the same. In 50 days you all should realize the hand that you have been dealt. You can make history by dealing a hand yourself.
They’re playing the hand they have been dealt!
This week, we will begin to see how history will repeat itself and how our leaders are going to play the hand they have been dealt!
On Friday, the eve of 9/11, I wrote about why Jefferson went to war against the Muslim to fight the Barbary Coast Wars. Jefferson not only fought the war to win, he created a Navy to be victorious. The Marine’s hymn has these words: “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.” This Barbary Coast War was fought to stop the ransom of American sailors and American ships by the Muslim rulers in Turkey, which controlled much of the Mid East. This was the Ottoman Empire.
The Muslims would hold our sailors and ships for ransom. The total ransom paid was about 20 million dollars. The ransom was over the use of trade routes. These trade routes were crucial for our economy and the building of trade for the young United States. The Muslims knew it and we had no choice, but to pay for these open routes, until Jefferson said enough is enough. Needless to say, we won the war and the trade routes opened and free trade flourished.
This week, Iran has said they will release one of three hikers that have been held in captivity. The hikers are all young Americans who have been imprisoned on charges of spying and working for the CIA. The young woman, who will be released for a bail payment of $500,000.00, is ill. Iran has said they are doing this to “promote the dignity of woman.” This is nothing short than ransom and history repeating itself,
The Mideast peace talks will highlight the news this week, as the second round of talks begins. Both sides have dug in and have talked about their differences openly in the press. Some say this is encouraging. But, if history repeats itself, we will see that this is only another precursor for failed talks.
Israel is pushing for recognition, as a Jewish State. Hamas will never recognize this, nor will the Palestinians. The British gave the land to the Jews, because it was theirs to give. Israel will never move out of the West Bank and will never stop their expansion of settlements there. Hamas is a terrorist group that is being supported by Iran and the Palestinians are being supported by both. All three want to see an end to Israel. One group might be more moderate than the other, but the three will never give into recognizing Israel as a Jewish State. Past history shows that the fragile peace there only lasts as long as the next terrorist attack.
This week, the Democrats will pile onto John Boehner, Republican Minority Leader, from Ohio. Congressman Boehner is the next assumed Speaker of the House, if the Republicans win in November. If history repeats itself, the Congressman will show his moderate side. In my opinion he should not act like a moderate, he should draw a picture of what the Obama, Reid and Pelosi government has done to you and me.
In my opinion, he should act tough and get some very thick skin, because he will become the villain if he doesn’t. He will become the man who will give the tax breaks to the rich. He will become the man who makes the middle class and the poor pay. He will become the man who gives Wall Street a break and breaks Main Street. All this has been done by Obama, Reid and Pelosi. This is what Boehner should now be saying. He should have conviction and he should be giving the statistics. If history repeats itself, most of the claims by the Democrats will go unanswered. In fact the democrats are now saying that Boehner was a part of the eight years that got us into this mess.
The post 9/11 observance will be discussed. And the post 9/11 tragedy will resume with the countdown to the ten year anniversary coming next year. George Bush took the spotlight this year, because of what happened under his watch on 9/11/01. There was much credit given to President Bush this past weekend by the President and the V.P. I believe people are just starting to see the hand that George Bush was dealt.
I also believe that people are starting to see the failure of the present administration, because the hand they have been dealt has only gotten worse. This administration said they had the solutions and they had the talent to deal with the hand they have been dealt.
The hand they have been dealt is no worse than some other Presidents. The difference is and what history has shown is that other Presidents and administrations didn’t complain and the plan they had was good for America. If history repeats itself, Americans will see the hand that has been dealt to them, not by Bush, but by Obama.
In each case, and each storyline in today’s FORUM, you can clearly see that there has been a hand dealt and the history behind that hand has not changed much!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: In 50 days remember your history. Over the course of the next 50 days relate some of this history to the people you know and have them do the same. In 50 days you all should realize the hand that you have been dealt. You can make history by dealing a hand yourself.
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