Thursday-April 28, 2011
I just had to make a comment!
I have taken a few days off to perform some needed improvements to the site and to get some other business out of the way.
That does not mean that I have not been paying attention to many events that have unfolded this week.
The one single event that stands out in my mind is what happened yesterday. Yes, the turning over of the Presidents Birth Certificate. I am not a “birther”, but I have bought into the fact that something fishy just might have taken place. It could have been a simple failure of documentation or some other over site years ago that prevented the administration from making the birth certificate of President Obama public. I find it suspicious that this birth certificate did not exist, then through some bureaucrat in Hawaii, who bent the rules, the birth certificate was found and was released.
I was more interested in trying to convince some people that this is an important deal. There is the Constitution and we do know that the constitution means very little too many folks. In any case, I am glad the president put this to bed. However, I do not think the controversy is over. What leads to the birth of conspiracies is exactly what we have witnessed for nearly two and a half years with regard to this issue. The president let the issue boil over and it was only addressed when his polls took a significant dive in past weeks and with Donald Trump making an issue out of it. There is something inherently wrong and fishy with a guy that lets an issue of this import last for such a long time. The president said yesterda" we don’t have time to waste on these kinds of issues." He could have resolved it long ago, in my humble opinion, so that we didn’t waste time over this debate.
I wrote a few weeks ago that it is not the fact that he wasn’t born here, it is the fact that he let the issue of his birth hang out there for this long. This is what should be addressed now.
As we look for the winners and losers in this issue, I think Trump trumped the president! Some one said to me yesterday that he thought the president gave into the pressure by giving into the bully - the bully being Trump. The person I was talking to said that the "president should never have done what he did by giving into the demands of Trump the Bully." I said the president did exactly that, he gave in, what is so different by giving into Trump or any other bully in the world, this is what he does. This is his character. The only thing different here is that he didn’t offer an apology. This time his apology would have made all the difference in the world.
The other thing we should make note of is that, in the real world, power means everything. In our world, power comes from having wealth and position. In this case, Mr. Trump, who did trump the president, demonstrated that he can in business, and now in politics, buy and sell this president a hundred times over. Don’t think that this doesn’t matter. Mr. Trump has found the President’s weak spot. I believe many other world leaders have also found that same weak spot.
This story is not over. It is just the beginning!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: HERACLITUS (c. 540 - c. 480 BC) – The Greek philosopher said:
"A man's character is his fate."
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
The way forward:
April 25, 2011
The way forward:
I am taking a few days off to update the website, so that I can tie together the necessary elements to move Pinecone Conservatives forward.
There are many elements that go into making a functional organization so that the mission can be accomplished and that others can understand the meaning behind the effort. I have been writing and laying out the meaning of conservative thought and action for nearly two years. I will continue the daily FORUM and will now be able to initiate the next steps through the FORUM and the functional side of the site.
The message I have been concentrating on is how our forefathers initiated the necessary action to move ahead with a movement for Independence. I have written about the meaning of liberty and freedom, as it relates to current events and how the words of history can still be applied.
I do not view myself as an arm chair academic. I view myself as someone with a voice and someone that wants do to something little in the bigger effort of maintaining our liberty and freedom through the prism of history and the strength that it takes to maintain what our forefathers laid out as a plan and the way forward for the nation.
This week, I could write about the budget fight just over the horizon. Or I could write about a cowardly president calling the Republican budget plan cowardly, before a group of young people who don’t know the first thing about our history and what cowards do when they label others cowards.
I could write about how the president is using a scripted story to demonize those who truly want to reform the country so that it remains strong, instead of weakening the country through the entitlements that have bankrupted all that is good in the American spirit.
I could be writing about how the Middle East is a continuing threat to our freedom and our economy, because of our dependence on foreign oil. I could write how we should be exploiting our own energy reserves and put an economic pinch on the Middle East with lost American revenue.
I know I would have written about the continued dwindling value of the dollar and how inflation is now taking more of our disposable income. I would have told you that oil companies profits have nothing to do with inflation. The president will use the oil profit picture as a diversion, so that new inflationary pressures that are a result of his spending and his economic policies will not be talked about.
I know that I would have written about the story of Sybil Ludington, a 16 year old girl who rode from New York to Connecticut in a harrowing 40 mile journey rallying her father’s militia on April 26, in the year 1777. I would have written about her bravery and how most of us lack the bravery that Sybil displayed on that April ride. She was no coward and she knew the mission.
I know that I would have written about the President’s ability to project his bravery from being that arm chair academic. Sitting in the arm chair is far different from being on that horse signaling the warning and asking ordinary people to be brave and fight for the independence and freedom that people like Sybil Ludington called for.
So, I am taking a few days. I hope that when I am done I get a little closer to gaining the strength and mounting the saddle that came easy to 16 year old Sybil Ludington.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The story of Sybil Ludington was buried in the footnote of history. However, like many stories in our fight for independence her story can once again be told and can once again inspire all of us to consider the way forward. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington)
The way forward:
I am taking a few days off to update the website, so that I can tie together the necessary elements to move Pinecone Conservatives forward.
There are many elements that go into making a functional organization so that the mission can be accomplished and that others can understand the meaning behind the effort. I have been writing and laying out the meaning of conservative thought and action for nearly two years. I will continue the daily FORUM and will now be able to initiate the next steps through the FORUM and the functional side of the site.
The message I have been concentrating on is how our forefathers initiated the necessary action to move ahead with a movement for Independence. I have written about the meaning of liberty and freedom, as it relates to current events and how the words of history can still be applied.
I do not view myself as an arm chair academic. I view myself as someone with a voice and someone that wants do to something little in the bigger effort of maintaining our liberty and freedom through the prism of history and the strength that it takes to maintain what our forefathers laid out as a plan and the way forward for the nation.
This week, I could write about the budget fight just over the horizon. Or I could write about a cowardly president calling the Republican budget plan cowardly, before a group of young people who don’t know the first thing about our history and what cowards do when they label others cowards.
I could write about how the president is using a scripted story to demonize those who truly want to reform the country so that it remains strong, instead of weakening the country through the entitlements that have bankrupted all that is good in the American spirit.
I could be writing about how the Middle East is a continuing threat to our freedom and our economy, because of our dependence on foreign oil. I could write how we should be exploiting our own energy reserves and put an economic pinch on the Middle East with lost American revenue.
I know I would have written about the continued dwindling value of the dollar and how inflation is now taking more of our disposable income. I would have told you that oil companies profits have nothing to do with inflation. The president will use the oil profit picture as a diversion, so that new inflationary pressures that are a result of his spending and his economic policies will not be talked about.
I know that I would have written about the story of Sybil Ludington, a 16 year old girl who rode from New York to Connecticut in a harrowing 40 mile journey rallying her father’s militia on April 26, in the year 1777. I would have written about her bravery and how most of us lack the bravery that Sybil displayed on that April ride. She was no coward and she knew the mission.
I know that I would have written about the President’s ability to project his bravery from being that arm chair academic. Sitting in the arm chair is far different from being on that horse signaling the warning and asking ordinary people to be brave and fight for the independence and freedom that people like Sybil Ludington called for.
So, I am taking a few days. I hope that when I am done I get a little closer to gaining the strength and mounting the saddle that came easy to 16 year old Sybil Ludington.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: The story of Sybil Ludington was buried in the footnote of history. However, like many stories in our fight for independence her story can once again be told and can once again inspire all of us to consider the way forward. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington)
Friday, April 22, 2011
Good Friday!
Friday-April 22, 2011
Good Friday!
As we eagerly await Easter Sunday and the coming spring flowers, I am thinking this Good Friday about the trials and the tribulations that our country finds itself. Some do not believe in the resurrection and some question it. For me, I believe, because I am beginning to see the wonders and the greatness that our God has planted within all of us.
Religion is a part of our history and the history of religion is a chronicle of man. It also chronicles the brief shining moments that our country has witnessed, because of it’s greatness.
Today, I would like to chronicle a little bit of history, as it relates to religion in our country’s history, as spoken by some of its greatest men.
The First Charter of Virginia (granted by King James I, on April 10, 1606)• We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God…Instructions for the Virginia Colony (1606) Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve good success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God the Giver of all Goodness, for every plantation which our Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted out.
William Bradford• wrote that they [the Pilgrims] were seeking: • 1) "a better, and easier place of living”; and that “the children of the group were being drawn away by evil examples into extravagance and dangerous courses [in Holland]“• 2) “The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world" The Mayflower Compact (authored by William Bradford) 1620 “Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine our selves together…”
John Adams and John Hancock: We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus! [April 18, 1775]
John Adams:“ The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”• “[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”–John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --October 11, 1798
"I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen." December 25, 1813 letter to Thomas Jefferson
"Without Religion this World would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite Company, I mean Hell." [John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, April 19, 1817]
Samuel Adams:
“He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all… Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.” [ "American Independence," August 1, 1776. Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia]“ Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity… and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.” [October 4, 1790]
John Quincy Adams:• “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?" “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?--1837, at the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
“The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.”John Quincy Adams. Letters to his son. p. 61
Benjamin Franklin: “God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 original manuscript of this speech
“In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?” [Constitutional Convention, Thursday June 28, 1787]
In Benjamin Franklin's 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania, he insisted that schools teach "the Excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern."
In 1787, when Franklin helped found Benjamin Franklin University, it was dedicated as "a nursery of religion and learning, built on Christ, the Cornerstone."
Patrick Henry:"Orator of the Revolution." • This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.”—The Last Will and Testament of Patrick Henry
“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” [May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses]
“The Bible is worth all other books which have ever been printed.”
Thomas Paine:“ It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as accomplishments only; whereas they should be taught theologically, or with reference to the Being who is the author of them: for all the principles of science are of divine origin. Man cannot make, or invent, or contrive principles: he can only discover them; and he ought to look through the discovery to the Author.” “ The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in the pupils a species of atheism. Instead of looking through the works of creation to the Creator himself, they stop short, and employ the knowledge they acquire to create doubts of his existence. They labour with studied ingenuity to ascribe every thing they behold to innate properties of matter, and jump over all the rest by saying, that matter is eternal.” “The Existence of God--1810”
George Washington:
Farewell Address: The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion" ...and later: "...reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle..."
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.”
“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.” [speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs May 12, 1779]
"To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian" [May 2, 1778, at Valley Forge]
During his inauguration, Washington took the oath as prescribed by the Constitution, but added several religious components to that official ceremony. Before taking his oath of office, he summoned a Bible on which to take the oath, added the words “So help me God!” to the end of the oath, then leaned over and kissed the Bible.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Take a moment on this Good Friday to give thanks and a blessing to someone close.
Good Friday!
As we eagerly await Easter Sunday and the coming spring flowers, I am thinking this Good Friday about the trials and the tribulations that our country finds itself. Some do not believe in the resurrection and some question it. For me, I believe, because I am beginning to see the wonders and the greatness that our God has planted within all of us.
Religion is a part of our history and the history of religion is a chronicle of man. It also chronicles the brief shining moments that our country has witnessed, because of it’s greatness.
Today, I would like to chronicle a little bit of history, as it relates to religion in our country’s history, as spoken by some of its greatest men.
The First Charter of Virginia (granted by King James I, on April 10, 1606)• We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God…Instructions for the Virginia Colony (1606) Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve good success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God the Giver of all Goodness, for every plantation which our Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted out.
William Bradford• wrote that they [the Pilgrims] were seeking: • 1) "a better, and easier place of living”; and that “the children of the group were being drawn away by evil examples into extravagance and dangerous courses [in Holland]“• 2) “The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world" The Mayflower Compact (authored by William Bradford) 1620 “Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine our selves together…”
John Adams and John Hancock: We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus! [April 18, 1775]
John Adams:“ The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”• “[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”–John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --October 11, 1798
"I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen." December 25, 1813 letter to Thomas Jefferson
"Without Religion this World would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite Company, I mean Hell." [John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, April 19, 1817]
Samuel Adams:
“He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all… Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.” [ "American Independence," August 1, 1776. Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia]“ Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity… and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.” [October 4, 1790]
John Quincy Adams:• “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?" “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?--1837, at the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
“The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.”John Quincy Adams. Letters to his son. p. 61
Benjamin Franklin: “God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 original manuscript of this speech
“In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?” [Constitutional Convention, Thursday June 28, 1787]
In Benjamin Franklin's 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania, he insisted that schools teach "the Excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern."
In 1787, when Franklin helped found Benjamin Franklin University, it was dedicated as "a nursery of religion and learning, built on Christ, the Cornerstone."
Patrick Henry:"Orator of the Revolution." • This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.”—The Last Will and Testament of Patrick Henry
“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” [May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses]
“The Bible is worth all other books which have ever been printed.”
Thomas Paine:“ It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as accomplishments only; whereas they should be taught theologically, or with reference to the Being who is the author of them: for all the principles of science are of divine origin. Man cannot make, or invent, or contrive principles: he can only discover them; and he ought to look through the discovery to the Author.” “ The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in the pupils a species of atheism. Instead of looking through the works of creation to the Creator himself, they stop short, and employ the knowledge they acquire to create doubts of his existence. They labour with studied ingenuity to ascribe every thing they behold to innate properties of matter, and jump over all the rest by saying, that matter is eternal.” “The Existence of God--1810”
George Washington:
Farewell Address: The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion" ...and later: "...reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle..."
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.”
“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.” [speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs May 12, 1779]
"To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian" [May 2, 1778, at Valley Forge]
During his inauguration, Washington took the oath as prescribed by the Constitution, but added several religious components to that official ceremony. Before taking his oath of office, he summoned a Bible on which to take the oath, added the words “So help me God!” to the end of the oath, then leaned over and kissed the Bible.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: Take a moment on this Good Friday to give thanks and a blessing to someone close.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Just a little balance:
Thursday-April 21, 2011
Just a little balance:
On today’s date, in 1789, John Adams was sworn in as this country’s first Vice President. His swearing in was nine days before President Washington’s swearing in as the nation’s first President.
In that period of history, these two men saw great difference in what the nation’s government was responsible for and how it should be organized. In that period of history, there was a party system, but not the two party system that we have today. The president was elected on a separate ticket from the Vice President. There were factions in the government that fought for certain principles that would have a far reaching impact on today’s politics.
The Federalist Party was an American political group in the period 1787 to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with its remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801. The party was formed by Alexander Hamilton, who, during George Washington's first term, built a network of supporters, largely urban bankers and businessmen, to support his fiscal policies. These supporters grew into the Federalist Party committed to a fiscally sound and nationalistic government. The United States' only Federalist president was John Adams; although George Washington was broadly sympathetic to the Federalist program, he remained an independent his entire presidency. The Federalist policies called for a national bank, tariffs, and good relations with Britain as expressed in the Jay Treaty negotiated in 1794. Their political opponents, the Democratic-Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, denounced most of the Federalist policies, especially the bank, and vehemently attacked the Jay Treaty as a sell-out of republican values to the British monarchy. The Jay Treaty passed, and indeed the Federalists won most of the major legislative battles in the 1790s. They held a strong base in the nation's cities and in New England. The Democratic-Republicans, with their base in the rural South, won the hard-fought election of 1800; the Federalists never returned to power. The Federalists, too wedded to an upper-class style to win the support of ordinary voters, grew weaker every year. They recovered some strength by intense opposition to the War of 1812; they practically vanished during the Era of Good Feelings that followed the end of the war in 1815.
The Federalists left a lasting imprint as they fashioned a strong new government with a sound financial base. They also decisively shaped Supreme Court policies for another three decades through the Chief Justice John Marshall.
On taking office in 1789, President Washington nominated New York lawyer Alexander Hamilton to the office of Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton wanted a strong national government with financial credibility. Hamilton proposed the ambitious Hamiltonian economic program that involved assumption of the state debts incurred during the Revolutionary War, creating a national debt and the means to pay it off, and setting up a national bank. James Madison, Hamilton's ally in the fight to ratify the United States Constitution, joined with Thomas Jefferson in opposing Hamilton's program.
By 1790, Hamilton started building a nationwide coalition. Realizing the need for vocal political support in the states, he formed connections with like-minded nationalists and used his network of treasury agents to link together friends with all parties in the government, especially merchants and bankers, in the new nation's dozen major cities. His attempts to manage politics in the national capital to get his plans through Congress, then, "brought strong responses across the country. In the process, what began as a capital faction soon assumed status as a national faction and then, finally, as the new Federalist party.
Today, the Democratic Party can say they found their roots with the Federalist Party. Today, the Republicans can say they were born from Jefferson’s Democratic - Republican Party. Today’s political roots can be traced back to the first inauguration and the first inhabitants of the office of President. Adams found himself to be a strong advocate of the Federalists and Washington found a balance in his leadership to be independent of the Federalist throughout his entire presidency.
Today, we find ourselves at a crossroads, not only with party politics, but with the politics of balance in the political policy of the two parties. Today, we find ourselves trying to balance the financial policies of the country. Today, one party sees the government as the arbitrator and as owner of the nations industries. Today, one party sees the government’s involvement in business as a regulatory agent of destruction. Today, both parties see the government’s deficit spending as necessary. The difference is the degree at which it spends and the degree at which debts are paid off.
In Washington and Adams day, the government spent the nation’s wealth. However, the government was set up to repay it through a national bank. The balance of governing came through the practice of paying the nations debt when it had to borrow. In those days spending was driven by what the federal government took in, in the way of tariffs and fair taxation policies.
Today our nation’s fiscal policies are driven by the world economy. In our early history our economy was driven by what we produced and the resulting trade with other countries. Not to different from today except that our dollar is now vulnerable due to our debt. There is no balance in the debt until we can decide on a policy to balance our fiscal policy and satisfy the world’s money markets.
Our 14 trillion dollar debt would be unimaginable to Washington and even to Adams who was a Federalist. There is doubt in the credit worthiness of the United States Treasury. There are no dependable signs of balance in the treasury and that is why the value of our dollar is going down. When the value of Gold and Silver goes up or spikes inflation is not far behind. When our dollar’s value goes down the price of oil goes up because our dollar doesn’t go as far in its purchasing power. The price of fuel at the pump also goes up as it is today.
Without a balanced balance sheet there can be no balance in the nation’s debt. When the nation is in debt the Democrats can’t spend. When the nation is in debt the Republicans can’t find a way to save the nations wealth.
Federalist or Democrat, Democrat-Republican or Republican, Washington and Adams had balance, because the policy of balance was achieved.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: It took a little time to balance my thoughts today, but I had to find the balance in history so that I could write about the importance of balancing our balance sheet.
Just a little balance:
On today’s date, in 1789, John Adams was sworn in as this country’s first Vice President. His swearing in was nine days before President Washington’s swearing in as the nation’s first President.
In that period of history, these two men saw great difference in what the nation’s government was responsible for and how it should be organized. In that period of history, there was a party system, but not the two party system that we have today. The president was elected on a separate ticket from the Vice President. There were factions in the government that fought for certain principles that would have a far reaching impact on today’s politics.
The Federalist Party was an American political group in the period 1787 to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with its remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801. The party was formed by Alexander Hamilton, who, during George Washington's first term, built a network of supporters, largely urban bankers and businessmen, to support his fiscal policies. These supporters grew into the Federalist Party committed to a fiscally sound and nationalistic government. The United States' only Federalist president was John Adams; although George Washington was broadly sympathetic to the Federalist program, he remained an independent his entire presidency. The Federalist policies called for a national bank, tariffs, and good relations with Britain as expressed in the Jay Treaty negotiated in 1794. Their political opponents, the Democratic-Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, denounced most of the Federalist policies, especially the bank, and vehemently attacked the Jay Treaty as a sell-out of republican values to the British monarchy. The Jay Treaty passed, and indeed the Federalists won most of the major legislative battles in the 1790s. They held a strong base in the nation's cities and in New England. The Democratic-Republicans, with their base in the rural South, won the hard-fought election of 1800; the Federalists never returned to power. The Federalists, too wedded to an upper-class style to win the support of ordinary voters, grew weaker every year. They recovered some strength by intense opposition to the War of 1812; they practically vanished during the Era of Good Feelings that followed the end of the war in 1815.
The Federalists left a lasting imprint as they fashioned a strong new government with a sound financial base. They also decisively shaped Supreme Court policies for another three decades through the Chief Justice John Marshall.
On taking office in 1789, President Washington nominated New York lawyer Alexander Hamilton to the office of Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton wanted a strong national government with financial credibility. Hamilton proposed the ambitious Hamiltonian economic program that involved assumption of the state debts incurred during the Revolutionary War, creating a national debt and the means to pay it off, and setting up a national bank. James Madison, Hamilton's ally in the fight to ratify the United States Constitution, joined with Thomas Jefferson in opposing Hamilton's program.
By 1790, Hamilton started building a nationwide coalition. Realizing the need for vocal political support in the states, he formed connections with like-minded nationalists and used his network of treasury agents to link together friends with all parties in the government, especially merchants and bankers, in the new nation's dozen major cities. His attempts to manage politics in the national capital to get his plans through Congress, then, "brought strong responses across the country. In the process, what began as a capital faction soon assumed status as a national faction and then, finally, as the new Federalist party.
Today, the Democratic Party can say they found their roots with the Federalist Party. Today, the Republicans can say they were born from Jefferson’s Democratic - Republican Party. Today’s political roots can be traced back to the first inauguration and the first inhabitants of the office of President. Adams found himself to be a strong advocate of the Federalists and Washington found a balance in his leadership to be independent of the Federalist throughout his entire presidency.
Today, we find ourselves at a crossroads, not only with party politics, but with the politics of balance in the political policy of the two parties. Today, we find ourselves trying to balance the financial policies of the country. Today, one party sees the government as the arbitrator and as owner of the nations industries. Today, one party sees the government’s involvement in business as a regulatory agent of destruction. Today, both parties see the government’s deficit spending as necessary. The difference is the degree at which it spends and the degree at which debts are paid off.
In Washington and Adams day, the government spent the nation’s wealth. However, the government was set up to repay it through a national bank. The balance of governing came through the practice of paying the nations debt when it had to borrow. In those days spending was driven by what the federal government took in, in the way of tariffs and fair taxation policies.
Today our nation’s fiscal policies are driven by the world economy. In our early history our economy was driven by what we produced and the resulting trade with other countries. Not to different from today except that our dollar is now vulnerable due to our debt. There is no balance in the debt until we can decide on a policy to balance our fiscal policy and satisfy the world’s money markets.
Our 14 trillion dollar debt would be unimaginable to Washington and even to Adams who was a Federalist. There is doubt in the credit worthiness of the United States Treasury. There are no dependable signs of balance in the treasury and that is why the value of our dollar is going down. When the value of Gold and Silver goes up or spikes inflation is not far behind. When our dollar’s value goes down the price of oil goes up because our dollar doesn’t go as far in its purchasing power. The price of fuel at the pump also goes up as it is today.
Without a balanced balance sheet there can be no balance in the nation’s debt. When the nation is in debt the Democrats can’t spend. When the nation is in debt the Republicans can’t find a way to save the nations wealth.
Federalist or Democrat, Democrat-Republican or Republican, Washington and Adams had balance, because the policy of balance was achieved.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: It took a little time to balance my thoughts today, but I had to find the balance in history so that I could write about the importance of balancing our balance sheet.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Shared responsibility:
Wednesday-April 20, 2011
Shared responsibility:
The President begins a series of town hall meetings this week. This is in response to the lowering of America’s credit rating.
It was only a question of time that this warning became a reality. We have the worst deficit situation, next to Japan, of all the industrialized countries in the world. We have a worst deficit record than Great Britain, France, Canada and Australia. Our spending on entitlements has been the main cause of this, because it is now viewed as being out of control.
The Standard and Poors action of lowering the credit rating from stable to negative is a significant downgrade. The debt situation is now being viewed as only getting worse. As the Standard and Poors looks into the future they are saying that we are now a risk.
A few statistics, The U.S. debt ceiling is 44% more than China’s total economic output. The debt ceiling has been raised three times during the Obama administration. The raising of this ceiling has also occurred at unprecedented rates during past administrations. However, the climb recently under Obama has been a sharp rise in comparison. The Federal deficit as a percent of the GDP is estimated to be almost 11% in 2011 a full percent higher than 2010. The public debt has increased by an average of $4.4 billion per day since President Obama took office. The CBO estimates the public debt under the Presidents budget will reach 75% of GDP by 2013.
All of this comes at a time when the economy is on an upward swing. With the lowering of the credit rating to that of a negative will result in higher interest rates on the money that we must borrow. A good deal for our creditor’s, but a bad deal for America.
The president will say that his plan will cure the deficit. He says that we must reduce the spending in Washington D.C. But what the common American forgets when they hear the rhetoric is that this President is responsible for all of this. He speaks of compassion and sacrifice. Why should this make us feel any better? It only angers me, because I see through the rhetoric and I know what these buzz words are meant to invoke by his constituency. When President Bush used the term “Compassionate Conservatism” the press railed on him and the democrats scoffed at the notion. The word compassion was used against them. The President now uses the word compassion for political gain. They will use the word as a precursor to raising taxes. The compassion the president speaks of then is put upon working Americans.
Nancy Pelosi is on her speaking tour saying that the Republicans plan will reduce and/or end Medicare all together. The truth is, is that the Republican plan will continue to currently cover all seniors while changing the way the cost is covered on new enrollees in future years. Pelosi also said, in front of the same group of minority seniors, that the Republican plan gives billions to big oil, while seniors suffer. These comments are another reason why the country does not look like a good risk any longer. These comments are designed to invoke anger and keep this class of minority seniors fearful. This is not politics it is demagoguery. This is not being truthful with a constituency. It is lying to the constituency who don’t any better.
The President filed his tax returns, as many Americans did on Monday. But what these groups that his message is now aimed at, don’t know, is that the President made $1.73 million last year. He made this amount primarily off his book sales. I should be so lucky. I do not fault him for making the money. The President had to borrow money to go to the Democratic National Convention, when he fist became a senator. He is living the American dream, but he is not paying the price for his bad decisions. He says we must all sacrifice that we must all pay just a little more to help our fellow man. What the groups don’t know when they are being assaulted by his lies is that he saved $100,000 in taxes due to the Bush Tax cuts. He also got a $12,000 refund!
Do the minority seniors who live on Social Security know about the money that he saved in taxes while complaining that the wealthiest Americans don’t pay enough? It is this kind of hypocrisy that prevents any politician form doing what is right. It is this kind of hypocrisy that has gotten us into the debt crisis that we are now in. It is this kind of hypocrisy and lack of understanding on the part of Americans that gives us a 14 trillion dollar deficit. It is this kind of hypocrisy that can only come from the constituents of the Democratic Party and a president like Barack Obama.
Until we rid our selves of politicians on both sides that seem to practice hypocrisy without any compassion and any shared sacrifice we will never get out of the debt crisis.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: If it were as simple as sharing the responsibility I would be all for it. I refuse to share in the responsibility when I am told to do as I say, not as I do.
Shared responsibility:
The President begins a series of town hall meetings this week. This is in response to the lowering of America’s credit rating.
It was only a question of time that this warning became a reality. We have the worst deficit situation, next to Japan, of all the industrialized countries in the world. We have a worst deficit record than Great Britain, France, Canada and Australia. Our spending on entitlements has been the main cause of this, because it is now viewed as being out of control.
The Standard and Poors action of lowering the credit rating from stable to negative is a significant downgrade. The debt situation is now being viewed as only getting worse. As the Standard and Poors looks into the future they are saying that we are now a risk.
A few statistics, The U.S. debt ceiling is 44% more than China’s total economic output. The debt ceiling has been raised three times during the Obama administration. The raising of this ceiling has also occurred at unprecedented rates during past administrations. However, the climb recently under Obama has been a sharp rise in comparison. The Federal deficit as a percent of the GDP is estimated to be almost 11% in 2011 a full percent higher than 2010. The public debt has increased by an average of $4.4 billion per day since President Obama took office. The CBO estimates the public debt under the Presidents budget will reach 75% of GDP by 2013.
All of this comes at a time when the economy is on an upward swing. With the lowering of the credit rating to that of a negative will result in higher interest rates on the money that we must borrow. A good deal for our creditor’s, but a bad deal for America.
The president will say that his plan will cure the deficit. He says that we must reduce the spending in Washington D.C. But what the common American forgets when they hear the rhetoric is that this President is responsible for all of this. He speaks of compassion and sacrifice. Why should this make us feel any better? It only angers me, because I see through the rhetoric and I know what these buzz words are meant to invoke by his constituency. When President Bush used the term “Compassionate Conservatism” the press railed on him and the democrats scoffed at the notion. The word compassion was used against them. The President now uses the word compassion for political gain. They will use the word as a precursor to raising taxes. The compassion the president speaks of then is put upon working Americans.
Nancy Pelosi is on her speaking tour saying that the Republicans plan will reduce and/or end Medicare all together. The truth is, is that the Republican plan will continue to currently cover all seniors while changing the way the cost is covered on new enrollees in future years. Pelosi also said, in front of the same group of minority seniors, that the Republican plan gives billions to big oil, while seniors suffer. These comments are another reason why the country does not look like a good risk any longer. These comments are designed to invoke anger and keep this class of minority seniors fearful. This is not politics it is demagoguery. This is not being truthful with a constituency. It is lying to the constituency who don’t any better.
The President filed his tax returns, as many Americans did on Monday. But what these groups that his message is now aimed at, don’t know, is that the President made $1.73 million last year. He made this amount primarily off his book sales. I should be so lucky. I do not fault him for making the money. The President had to borrow money to go to the Democratic National Convention, when he fist became a senator. He is living the American dream, but he is not paying the price for his bad decisions. He says we must all sacrifice that we must all pay just a little more to help our fellow man. What the groups don’t know when they are being assaulted by his lies is that he saved $100,000 in taxes due to the Bush Tax cuts. He also got a $12,000 refund!
Do the minority seniors who live on Social Security know about the money that he saved in taxes while complaining that the wealthiest Americans don’t pay enough? It is this kind of hypocrisy that prevents any politician form doing what is right. It is this kind of hypocrisy that has gotten us into the debt crisis that we are now in. It is this kind of hypocrisy and lack of understanding on the part of Americans that gives us a 14 trillion dollar deficit. It is this kind of hypocrisy that can only come from the constituents of the Democratic Party and a president like Barack Obama.
Until we rid our selves of politicians on both sides that seem to practice hypocrisy without any compassion and any shared sacrifice we will never get out of the debt crisis.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: If it were as simple as sharing the responsibility I would be all for it. I refuse to share in the responsibility when I am told to do as I say, not as I do.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
1775, the first shot!
Tuesday-April 19, 2011
1775, the first shot!
When you sit back and take in all that is occurring around the world and in our world we call the United States of America, what do you think of?
When our forefathers sat back at the end of their day and talked about what was going on in our country, they formulated an idea of just what they wanted. It didn’t include an environmental lobby, it didn’t include what Russia wanted in terms of domination, it didn’t include Hamas and Islamic terrorism, it didn’t include guys like George Soros and it, for sure, didn’t include a government that robbed from productive citizens only to redistribute that wealth to a segment of society that government made dependent on food stamps and welfare.
When we consider the story of how we gained our liberty and for what reasons we wanted liberty, can you say, for sure, that Americans still understand what that struggle was about today. Can you say, for sure, that we shouldn’t keep that struggle ongoing today?
When we formed our nation, it was formed from raw courage and not from a dependency on government. It was formed in the belief that there was a higher meaning for worship. When we formed our country, the struggle was over freedom and the purity of thought that was attached to the meaning of liberty. When the country was formed, there was no talk about tax brackets or entitlement programs. When we formed our government, we didn’t have a two party system and we didn’t have one party that was working against all that is good.
When we formed our government, we formed it to stay true to a Constitution and not oversee the wealth of a great nation, only to manage its demise. When we formed our government, we didn’t worry about the government expanding into every facet of our lives through taxation, through regulation and through the loss of liberty and freedom from men who would reshape the foundation of what the founding was all about.
When w e formed our government, we knew the value of what a strong economy was. We valued good credit and we didn’t overspend, only to print false money that is not backed up by independent wealth. When we formed our country, government encouraged private wealth and encouraged private business to create jobs. When our government was formed, it was formed by the hands and the mind of entrepreneurs.
When our country and government were formed, they were formed to grow a union of citizens. They were not formed to broaden a labor union, so that only one political party could derive strength.
On today’s date, in 1775, Minuteman Captain John Parker orders not to fire, unless fired upon. The American Revolution started at Lexington Common and is known as “the shot heard ‘round the world.” It was the shot that other countries and other people around the world wanted to join and it was the shot that brought honor to a country which brought freedom to its people.
Today, with a massive government and a new breed of leaders who do not think they are accountable and who think they have the power to reshape a country’s destiny have forgotten what their ancestors gave to them. Today, our country’s financial credit has been called into question. Our leaders should be held responsible for what the Standard & Poors has now rated that once envied U S economy.
In his commentary, Mark Wittington said, “Despite running huge budget deficits, the United States has always enjoyed the highest bond rating possible, 'AAA/A-1+’ according to Standards & Poors. But that rating has a one in three chance of ending, thanks to President Barack Obama.
While reaffirming the high rating, Standards & Poors lowered its future outlook for the United States' credit worthiness from "stable" to "negative." The United States retains a relatively strong economy, but $1.5 trillion deficits have got the bond traders increasingly concerned. Thus the United States government has been put on notice. Fix the deficit, start paying down the $14 trillion debt, or else see the credit rating of the United States downgraded.
The warning that Standards & Poors has issued is sobering and should light a fire under the congress and the president to get the United States' fiscal house in order. A downgrade in the credit rating of the U.S. government would mean that the federal government would have to pay higher interest rates to sell its debt. That in turn would widen the federal deficit that, if not addressed swiftly and ruthlessly, could result in further downgrades, more deficits, and thus a death spiral for the American economy.
History suggests that absent a solution there are just two scenarios at the end of the process.
One involves chaos and anarchy, which would not just be confined to the United States since the world economy is so interdependent. Mark Steyn, the author and media personality, once joked that it could get to be a Mad Max style scenario if something is not done.
The other scenario is dictatorship. If the institutions of democracy are unable to deal with the debt crisis, someone will step in and do it without the tools of democracy. A similar thing happened to the Roman Republic with the advent of the Caesars. It also happened to the Weimer Republic with the advent of Hitler.
Standards & Poors has thus done the country a great service. The deficit, for as long as can be remembered, has been a kind of abstraction, something politicians worried about or used to point fingers at one another. Standards & Poors now suggests it is about to have real world consequences, which will be bad beyond imagining.”
Today, our leaders should not be allowed to escape their responsibility and should be held accountable for the loss of our wealth and our country’s lowered financial standing.
The shot of freedom that I am writing about has vanished from the American landscape of thought and conscience. When we tolerate a government and a class of people who think they have a claim on other people’s wealth, we then have forgotten what the “shot heard ‘round the world” meant to the continuing greatness of a country based on principal and the wealth of the founding fathers ideals.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: One last question, do you think guys like Washington, Henry, Jefferson, and Revere would have stood for the antics of this president and the likes of guys like George Soros. I ask; where are these type of leaders - we need them today?
1775, the first shot!
When you sit back and take in all that is occurring around the world and in our world we call the United States of America, what do you think of?
When our forefathers sat back at the end of their day and talked about what was going on in our country, they formulated an idea of just what they wanted. It didn’t include an environmental lobby, it didn’t include what Russia wanted in terms of domination, it didn’t include Hamas and Islamic terrorism, it didn’t include guys like George Soros and it, for sure, didn’t include a government that robbed from productive citizens only to redistribute that wealth to a segment of society that government made dependent on food stamps and welfare.
When we consider the story of how we gained our liberty and for what reasons we wanted liberty, can you say, for sure, that Americans still understand what that struggle was about today. Can you say, for sure, that we shouldn’t keep that struggle ongoing today?
When we formed our nation, it was formed from raw courage and not from a dependency on government. It was formed in the belief that there was a higher meaning for worship. When we formed our country, the struggle was over freedom and the purity of thought that was attached to the meaning of liberty. When the country was formed, there was no talk about tax brackets or entitlement programs. When we formed our government, we didn’t have a two party system and we didn’t have one party that was working against all that is good.
When we formed our government, we formed it to stay true to a Constitution and not oversee the wealth of a great nation, only to manage its demise. When we formed our government, we didn’t worry about the government expanding into every facet of our lives through taxation, through regulation and through the loss of liberty and freedom from men who would reshape the foundation of what the founding was all about.
When w e formed our government, we knew the value of what a strong economy was. We valued good credit and we didn’t overspend, only to print false money that is not backed up by independent wealth. When we formed our country, government encouraged private wealth and encouraged private business to create jobs. When our government was formed, it was formed by the hands and the mind of entrepreneurs.
When our country and government were formed, they were formed to grow a union of citizens. They were not formed to broaden a labor union, so that only one political party could derive strength.
On today’s date, in 1775, Minuteman Captain John Parker orders not to fire, unless fired upon. The American Revolution started at Lexington Common and is known as “the shot heard ‘round the world.” It was the shot that other countries and other people around the world wanted to join and it was the shot that brought honor to a country which brought freedom to its people.
Today, with a massive government and a new breed of leaders who do not think they are accountable and who think they have the power to reshape a country’s destiny have forgotten what their ancestors gave to them. Today, our country’s financial credit has been called into question. Our leaders should be held responsible for what the Standard & Poors has now rated that once envied U S economy.
In his commentary, Mark Wittington said, “Despite running huge budget deficits, the United States has always enjoyed the highest bond rating possible, 'AAA/A-1+’ according to Standards & Poors. But that rating has a one in three chance of ending, thanks to President Barack Obama.
While reaffirming the high rating, Standards & Poors lowered its future outlook for the United States' credit worthiness from "stable" to "negative." The United States retains a relatively strong economy, but $1.5 trillion deficits have got the bond traders increasingly concerned. Thus the United States government has been put on notice. Fix the deficit, start paying down the $14 trillion debt, or else see the credit rating of the United States downgraded.
The warning that Standards & Poors has issued is sobering and should light a fire under the congress and the president to get the United States' fiscal house in order. A downgrade in the credit rating of the U.S. government would mean that the federal government would have to pay higher interest rates to sell its debt. That in turn would widen the federal deficit that, if not addressed swiftly and ruthlessly, could result in further downgrades, more deficits, and thus a death spiral for the American economy.
History suggests that absent a solution there are just two scenarios at the end of the process.
One involves chaos and anarchy, which would not just be confined to the United States since the world economy is so interdependent. Mark Steyn, the author and media personality, once joked that it could get to be a Mad Max style scenario if something is not done.
The other scenario is dictatorship. If the institutions of democracy are unable to deal with the debt crisis, someone will step in and do it without the tools of democracy. A similar thing happened to the Roman Republic with the advent of the Caesars. It also happened to the Weimer Republic with the advent of Hitler.
Standards & Poors has thus done the country a great service. The deficit, for as long as can be remembered, has been a kind of abstraction, something politicians worried about or used to point fingers at one another. Standards & Poors now suggests it is about to have real world consequences, which will be bad beyond imagining.”
Today, our leaders should not be allowed to escape their responsibility and should be held accountable for the loss of our wealth and our country’s lowered financial standing.
The shot of freedom that I am writing about has vanished from the American landscape of thought and conscience. When we tolerate a government and a class of people who think they have a claim on other people’s wealth, we then have forgotten what the “shot heard ‘round the world” meant to the continuing greatness of a country based on principal and the wealth of the founding fathers ideals.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: One last question, do you think guys like Washington, Henry, Jefferson, and Revere would have stood for the antics of this president and the likes of guys like George Soros. I ask; where are these type of leaders - we need them today?
Monday, April 18, 2011
The ride!
Monday – April 18, 2011 The ride! On today’s date, in 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes warn that the “British are coming!” Today, 236 years ago, Paul Revere rode from Charleston to Lexington. Today is tax day. Today the Federal Government takes our money and it gives money back to those who don’t pay their fair share in tax. Today, the Federal Government takes the tax payers money and does with it what it may. As we consider the ride that was made 236 years ago, we must also consider the ride that we are being taken on today. It is a far different ride that signaled the warning of an encroaching enemy. The ride today is one that is confusing and one that the riders do not see an end to. Over the next few weeks, we will hear the debate over raising our taxes and spending our tax dollars. We will hear the liberal make the argument that higher taxes will create the jobs that will make America prosper. Today, consider the promises of jobs that have been made by the President and consider the results of his presidency. Today, consider why we fought for our independence. Today, consider who among us would be this century’s Paul Revere? Today, consider the tax that is placed on just about everything we buy and everything we do. Today, consider how we got here. Today, consider why the President gets away with the things he does and consider that if another president were still in office, he wouldn’t. Today, consider that this might be the warning that Paul Revere would cry. Today, consider that our cumulative annual deficit under Bush was 2% of GDP. Today, consider why it is now 10% of GDP under Obama. Today, consider why the public debt under Bush was 36% of GDP and now under Obama it is 67% of GDP. Today, consider what will be the case ten years out, under Obama. He will have a 20 trillion dollar deficit. That will equate to 89% of our GDP. Today, remember what you were taught about the GDP in your Junior High School economics class. While you consider the question and importance of the GDP, consider what rising gas prices do to the GDP. Consider that 18 cents of every gallon of gas you buy goes to the Federal Government. Consider, depending on which state you live in, between 15 and 90 cents per gallon goes to your States Government. Consider when the president says that he will save a trillion dollars under his deficit reduction plan some of the experts say it will only save 315 billion. Today, when you check the gas price at the gas station, ask yourself why we aren’t drilling at home and, if we were, how much more disposable income you might have? Consider that our economy cannot afford to give billions to an oil cartel and to foreign nations that are working against our nation and consider that the rise in a barrel of oil is one more nail in our financial coffin. Today, consider all the empirical evidence that says that when you lower taxes more revenue comes into the federal government. Today, consider that, since Herbert Hoover, the Democrats have been in control of Congress 78% of the time. Today, consider that a tax and spend Congress and a tax and spend liberal president is something we cannot afford any longer. Today, consider how that impacts our liberty and our freedom. Today, consider Paul Revere making the ride and consider what that ride stood for! Gregory C. Dildilian Founder and Executive Director Pinecone Conservatives A footnote: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; - Hardly a man is now alive -Who remembers that famous day and year. To read the complete poem of Paul Reveres ride go to: http://poetry.eserver.org/paul-revere.html
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