Crazy Right Wing Radical

I sent this in to the Dallas Morning news a few weeks ago. When I didn't hear back, I thought "I must really be a crazy right wing radical!" Then I turned on the news and realized how many other people were reacting similarly. Now I'm thinking I didn't make the news because I sounded just like everyone else! So - if you had some thoughts on the matter that made you a little crazy (like me!) feel free to share.

Jimmy Carter caught my attention this week in his interview with NBC's Brian Williams. The former Democratic President stated that an "overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man." While there have been numerous headlines over the past nine months that made my head turn, this one invoked the deepest reaction.

I am white. I have some very intense animosity toward President Obama. I've even "demonstrated" it peacefully in writing and in attendance at various events. Race has nothing to do with it. Seriously, who has the time to stop and notice the President's race? The bailouts he claimed were so critical earlier this year baffled me by their recklessness, speed, and lack of common economic sense. I worried for myself, my parents, my siblings, and my children. That was only the beginning of my feelings of animosity.

As our economy has continued to spin downward, those of us in my family who have jobs are quietly hoping and praying to keep them. Others are working towards finishing schooling they had hoped would give them an advantage. We're all now learning that in the new Obama America of "spreading the wealth", hard work and playing by the rules doesn't get you very far. We are too young to have any wealth to date, but it doesn't look as if we will get there. We are not greedy. We are actually very civic minded and try to give back to our community. Even in my most philanthropic moments I've never had any desire to simply turn over hard earned money to bureaucracy thousands of miles away. I have some animosity towards a president who thinks he has the right to take from me and do what he pleases.

Before the dust can settle on one way that the Obama Administration's policies are hurting me, another one crops up. Enter in Cap and Trade. This will raise my everyday costs. As it kills more jobs than it creates, Texas will suffer. I see the struggles of my family and friends with the already difficult economic circumstances and I have some animosity towards a President who places greater value on highly politicized environmental policy than people. Can President Barack Obama find another way to mess with my life?

Of course! Right now it would seem that our family's livelihood rests in his hands regarding healthcare reform. We have made a lot of hard choices, sacrificed years, and spent a large amount of money in pursuit of medical training. The thought that it may lead to a position of government employment, lack of professional autonomy and less ability to deliver quality care is disheartening. Looming in the back of our minds is also a knowledge that the reimbursement we need to pay off our loans and begin saving for things we haven't been able to save for may never been realized. Every day I feel stress about this. I feel intense animosity.

This Administration has done more to create stress, worry, and fear in my life than any threat of terrorism ever has.

Racial, no. Deeply personal, yes.

Lighthearted Truths

This is pretty funny, though perfectly fitting. I found it while surfing the web reading up on 9-12 events tomorrow. May be an interesting news day...

Enjoy!

Unnecessary Arguing

I read an article today by Michael Gerson in the Washington Post that compared Obama's strategy of "crisis" creation about healthcare to Jimmy Carter's energy crisis. I don't know if it was the writer's intention, but it left me with some thoughts about all this healthcare nonsense.

Obama talked a lot about healthcare on the campaign trail, so I realize that this is a priority for him. However, he did walk into an existing war. Add to that the economic crisis. Why are we even talking about healthcare right now? Maybe Americans have become comfortable about the ongoing war and can deal with it, but the economic conditions are stressing everyone out. Everyone. Not 48 million , or the various ways that number has been broken down. It is beyond me why the President was addressing a joint session of Congress tonight about healthcare when there are so many other issues to address. And I'm a little annoyed that they've stressed me out about this on top of the economic craziness going on.

I think he's scrambling. No liberal in his right mind wants his entire presidency to be defined about economic issues. Liberals don't fix economic problems. They make up programs and spend money to fix humanitarian problems. Sometimes they even create jobs, other than Czar positions. I think President Obama is trying his best to get a new deck of cards other than what he's been dealt.

Good Things

I recently made the observation that liberals must have been trained on how to talk about their issues far better than conservatives. I sometimes find myself feeling guilty and tongue tied by the arguments made by the left. Case in point: Healthcare. Yesterday many of my Facebook friends had the following in their status message:

"No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day."

Seriously, who can argue with this? I will - but it's not concise enough for Facebook!

This statement is indirectly slapping every conservative in the face by labeling them as people who believe someone should die because they cannot afford health care and that one's entire financial situation should be destroyed by illness. This is no different than the way that the White House and it's allies say that those in opposition to their plan "are opposed to health care reform." They have claimed "health care reform" as their ideas alone, thus anyone who is opposed to their ideas is against reform.

Be of good cheer my friends. Take a step back. Breathe. Now remember the heart of the problem: It is NOT the the government's job to make decisions about anyone's healthcare and you are doing your fellow man a great service by standing up for the Constitution of the United States.

I missed the opportunity to support John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, earlier this week as a kickoff of a grassroots "buycott" movement was held at the Preston Whole Foods in Dallas. The buycott is in response to the boycott lefties are staging against Mackey for his recent article in the Wall Street Journal condemning Obamacare. I know, I've been ranting about the environmentalist movement lately and even included Whole Foods in my gripe, but this is good enough to make me wish I could have been there. Read it HERE. I can't give it enough praise. There are so many good ideas for reform out there. The argument is not as simple as reform vs. no reform.

To make myself feel better about missing the buycott on Tuesday I booked it up to Dallas from Houston yesterday, with tired babies in tow, so that the tired babies and I could make it to the Tea Party Express event in Dallas. I'm glad I went too. It was patriotic, peaceful, motivating...really. It just feels good to see people out in defense of this great country. The media makes this movement look so weird, but as I've said before: these are some of the most patriotic events I've ever been to. Everything about it was American. A few pictures from the event:

 

I feel better having seen others who are as concerned as I am today. There are a lot of good things happening right now in opposition to what's happening in Washington.