Life's Inanities and Ironies

Norman Mattoon Thomas was born in 1884 and died in 1968.  He was a leading American Socialist, pacifist and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. In 1944, Norman Thomas, as a candidate for president said in a speech,   " The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." He went on to say,  " I no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform." I agree with Mr. Thomas, but I would also include many in the Republican Party who have strayed from their conservative roots. I would most certainly include Sen. Richard Lugar in this group of Republicans. The next national election may be the most important in the history of this country. We must elect individuals who will put our country, and ...

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Mr Donnelly, Many times in the year I have written with my concerns and opposition to the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” What are you going to do if Mr Obama does not issue the promised executive order? Or more likely the suits that will be filed to reject the order succeed? To quote Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List. "The executive order on abortion funding does absolutely nothing to fix the problems presented by the health care reform bill that the House will vote on this evening,” she said. “The very idea should offend all pro-life Members of Congress. An executive order can be rescinded at any time at the President's whim, and the courts could and have a history of trumping executive orders. Most importantly, pro-abortion Representatives have admitted the executive order is meaningless." What are you going to do this November Mr Donnelly when you are removed from office for not listening to those you swore to represent, for ...

You Should Know About Harry Reid’s Government-Run Health Care Experiment 1. $493 Billion In Tax Increases On Health Insurance, Medical Innovation, Payroll And Small Businesses Would Pay For The Bill. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 2. Americans Won’t See Benefits Of This Health Care Experiment Until 2014, But They Start Paying For It In 2010. (Page 13, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 3. Reid’s Bill Allegedly Reduces The Deficit By $130 Billion In Ten Years , But The Obama-Reid-Pelosi Spending Agenda Produced Deficit Of $176 Billion Last Month Alone . (Table 3, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 4. $465 Billion In Medicare And Medicaid Cuts Would Pay For Two New Unsustainable Entitlements. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 5. Health Care Costs For The Federal Government – And Your Family – Would Increase, Not Decrease. (Page 16, Douglas...

Many things that we see every day, and take for granted, are there for less than sincere purposes. Entertainment and media, which is supposedly only in existence for our enjoyment and pleasure, is not and never was there for that purpose. Entertainment is being used by the higher echelons of our national government and the global elites to control the population. How? If the people are focused on pop culture and sports, they cannot possibly be simultaneously watching the activities of their elected officials. This allows them free reign to do whatever they want; if no-one is watching, who will catch them? The latest statistic on reading in the United States is a terrifying one - a scant 3/4 of Americans read one book a year. Note that we are talking about one book, not 100. 25% of Americans go 365 days without reading a single page. If that doesn't shock or scare you, there is something wrong with you. The global elites have carried out their plan of mass ignorance and de-education...

Saturday evening Congressman Joe Donnelly voted with the rest of the democrat congressmen from Indiana in Support of HR 3962. After digging some I have found a statement from Congressman Donnelly as to his reasoning. This one is straight out of Mr. Obama's play book: If you have health coverage and like it, the new bill will not force you to change your plan or your doctor. The goal is to protect the doctor-patient relationship and the doctor's decision-making ability, which is critical to effective health care. For those who do not have coverage, the bill creates a national marketplace of competing insurance plans, offering minimum benefits, as well as a limited public plan for the uninsured and small businesses. Since 2000, premiums have more than doubled, including for most small businesses. These rising premiums have become one of the largest cost concerns for our small businesses, and the goal of this bill is to foster greater competition among insurers and lower premiums....

Well the House part of this travesty is over. How did your representative vote? Mine, Joe Donnelly of Indiana's second district, just like he did on the bail out legislation last fall, has chosen to ignore the vast majority of his constituents and voted for the 2000+ page health care bill that will if it clears the senate will give the government control of another 18% of business in this country. Let me say it a little different. If this passes the Senate it will give the GOVERNMENT full or partial ownership in nearly 48% of all business in this country. I can't be the only one that sees an issue with this? Congressman Donnelly, I find it hard to believe that you actually contemplated this issue as you claim to have. Even if you did, you most certainly did not listened to your district on what they thought. Every poll I seen from your district showed a MAJORITY of people here AGAINST health care reform as was being pressed by this congress. The staff member I spoke to...

I received this in the last couple of days as an email and I have to say it is one of the best plays on an old story that I have read in awhile. The first time I read this was in one of Sir Richard Burton's,(No...NOT the actor...Come on people), translations of an Arabian Nights story. It used as its characters a king and merchant, but in that one the merchant was the "villain" so to speak. Once again it all boils down to perspective. I don't know the author of this version, but I see the dark and foreboding truth in this brilliant adaptation of the parable. "Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There's nothing that the government can do to me if I...