The Patriots Corner

I am surprised that so many conservatives are excited about how the media has turned on President Obama.  Stop and take a breath.  The media has stood by Obama through thick and thin.  When Fast and Furious broke, the media stood silently by and swept the whole thing into a dark corner.  Benghazi also had the media as an accomplice in spreading a made-up tale concerning a false video.  When the truth did come out, the media supported the excuse that it happened a long time ago.  The IRS scandal is now being passed off as not being against the law as it is written and, besides, only low level personal were involved.  Harry Reid even thought it was a necessary thing so as to keep unknown donors from controlling the election process.

Now we have the government secretly reviewing the phone record of the Associated Press.  The conservatives think this is what will turn the press against the President.  Sorry, doesn’t work that way.  The press is giving the President a spanking for his actions but this won’t last.  This is the first six months of his second four year term.  By the time mid- term elections roll around, the media will be back in bed with the Democrats.   It like a spat between married couples.  The wife lets the husband get away with a few indiscretions but still stands by him.  Then, the husband mentions her weight in public and the wife become very angry.  She scolds and withholds sexual favors for a while but sooner or later they are back in each other’s arms. The media and the Democrats are a marriage made in hell.

So, don’t get too carries away with this latest tiff between the media and the President.  They will be back together again shortly.  I am already hearing stories justifying the checking of telephone records as a necessary thing due to a violation of national security.  They had to catch a person who was leaking classified information to Fox News.  It is amazing how a leak from a Republican the oval office is patriotic act yet when a leak develops from a Democratic President it is a nation security violation.

Beware of Surveys! The focus of much gun debate is whether there is a national sediment for gun control legislation, specifically a sediment for expanded background checks. Here is where the Liberals/Progressives start to turn the argument. To many, “expanded” means applying the current background checks to gun shows and individual transfers. Many would argue, those individuals willing to take the responsibility for owning a firearm should have no problem with this expansion (except possibly whether its driven at the Federal or State level). One key problem, and I consider it a problem, is that too much other stuff (e.g. National Commission on Mass Violence and an implementation plan to ensure maximum coordination and automation of the reporting of records or making records available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) seem to always get added to the legislation that a significant number of people (who may agree with expanded checks) object to. No one mentions the $100M/year expenditure authorized thru 2017, or the withholding of Federal Funds for non-compliance (I thought the Supreme Court declared the Feds couldn’t do that).

If we’re going to debate the issue, lets debate everything being proposed not just one element; expansion of background checks. If expansion of background is really that popular, then vote on it by it’s own merits without the add-on government involvement. The reason this vote has little, if any chance of seeing the light of day, is because our representation doesn’t want it to happen. They would rather see poor legislation and use it as a rationale for re-election; “We still need to fix…” Never enough time to do it right the first time, but always enough time to do it over, and over…

I commend Sen. Flake for his objection to the entire Manchin-Toomey Amendment as proposed, and have questioned Sen. McCain’s “conservative” rationale for supporting the Amendment, again as proposed.

HELP WANTED

POSITIONS AVAILABLE;

TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA HOUSE AND ONE STATE SENATOR ARE NEEDED.

Republicans within Legislative District 18 are seeking reliable individuals with a Conservative Republican ideology and a desire to serve with faithful adherence to the United States and Arizona Constitutions.

Previous political office experience is not required to qualify for these positions; however articulate people with integrity and a resume of success in any one of the many honorable professions, businesses, or industries will be seriously considered.
Applicants must not be a low information observer of the political scene, nor can they be a malleable deal maker.

If you are a disciple of Federal Government control or susceptible to peer pressure, Government Employee Unions, or influence peddlers, you are not qualified to apply.

The candidates must put personal ambition and special interest alliances aside and hold a desire to serve the legal residences, taxpayers, district and state above all other considerations.

Financial rewards are slim to none, but you will get the satisfaction of finding what genuine public service really is.

Successful candidates will be chosen after a lengthy and thorough campaign by the voting public.

By now most of us have heard, read and discussed the Brewer/Obama Conspiracy to expand Medicaid via joining with the socialist/progressives of our nation. We as taxpayers and free citizens of Arizona are soon to become the captives of the Republican posers who go through their “Careers” claiming to be conservative.

The Governor has conspired with the weakest of State Legislators and special interest factions to stick it to Arizona, motives to be determined later after the deed is done. We do know that the Chamber of Commerce and the Hospitals and every Socialist Democrat in the world are spending huge amounts of time and money influencing our Republican Officials to do there bidding. Profit is the motive behind these special interests positions, as sure as we will be the ones that pay for this crime.

We also know that well over 90% of all elected statewide Officers and Precinct Committeemen of the Republican Party have voted to oppose this Obamacare promoting move that is in the works. Do our state Senators and Representatives hear our voices? Yes they do, but they apparently have bigger more important constituencies to serve.

I will not print the names of the known [suspected] traitors of free market small government ideals, as they will have to come out and vote soon, then we will know for sure who they are. In any case, the progressives are about to stamp the state of Arizona with the stigma of being a red state in name only.

Can we do something about this seemingly done deal? Yes, support the good honest legislators who know what a free country looks like and how it acts. Help them fight the enemy within our ranks, and help them win their next election whatever district that they represent. If your Representatives and Senator do in fact vote with our weak and feckless governor do not help, donate or vote for them. There are patriots all over the state trying to recruit true conservatives to oppose the posers, although I am sure that the posers are selling their souls for election year favors, replacing them will be difficult. I will not support them, let the Government Employees Unions donate to them. Oh yeah.

The other evening, while engaging in a hall way discussion with two of our local state representatives, I came to an important realization. Most legislators feel that we are ungrateful for all that they do on our behalf. Our discussion concerned Governor Brewer’s healthcare expansion plan. Both of the legislators were supporting the measure and all of us were against it. During the lively talk one of the legislators gave us a list of thing that he and other Republicans had supported.  Things with which we all agreed we supported as well. He then went on to state that while we may disagree concerning this measure sometimes we needed to just trust them to do the right thing.

Let me answer this statement. Prior to 2008 most of use were busy with making a living or raising our families. Politics was the last thing on our minds. In 2008 we got a slap in the face which caused us to look around at what was happening. We saw increased runaway debt, over regulation and a government running wild. Prior to that time most of us had done exactly what this legislator suggested. We had selected a person whom we thought was a good person and one that we felt we could trust to do the job.

Instead what we got was a bunch of politicians that acted like teenagers whose family went away for the weekend. The kids threw a party and almost destroyed the house. When the parents got back and saw the mess, the kids, or in this case the politicians, all pointed there fingers at someone else and yelled, “He did it!”. Well guess what? It was all of the politicians that did it. Both Republicans and Democrats ran wild with out supervision. They came close to destroying the government and our country.

Now, we are watching everything they do. No more trust and no more letting politicians be politicians. Overview is the new word of the day. We must watch everything. We must know who is to be held responsible for questionable actions. Nice guys finish last. Politicians finish with their pockets full.

Keep your eyes open, your letter writing materials ready and your representatives on speed dial. Follow through and let them know we appreciate it when they do well, but we will turn on them like wolverines when they try to go back to their old ways. Yes, I said when not if they go back to their old ways.

What many feared is now about to happen. The government of Cypress is the first to enter into this new and dangerous practice. Cypress has closed all banks and frozen all monies in private accounts. Now their parliament will vote to allow the government to go into these private account and take anywhere from 6% to 10% of the funds to be used to help the government pay its debts. Since there were some protests from citizens, the government has resorted to the standard practice of class warfare. They are talking about reducing the amount taken from the lower earners and increasing the amount from the evil rich. This does not change the fact that  that all bank account owners will pay something no matter how little they have on account. The government can’t control its spending, but then again they don’t need to when they can go into private accounts and take what they need. This is one of the requirements the European Union is imposing on Cypress for a bailout. Italy and Spain are next in line. Are we far behind?

This only proves what many of us have believed for years. The government feels that all money belongs to the state. You the worker are allowed to work and to accumulate money for your personal use and retirement, just don’t forget the money belongs to the government and if the government needs it the government will take it.

Just a while back we learned how our government was discussing ways to take over our retirement accounts. Can’t you just see all of the Washington politicians as our retirement account managers. We will be broke within five years.

We at “thepatriotscourner.com” are having a contest.  We are trying to make a long list of things that our President stated while doing something different.  There is no prize being awarded, but we may highlight a few of the better ones.  What we want is to keep them short and to the point.  I know, this from someone who is known to get a little long winded at times.  But, bear with us and do your best.  Please put your entries in the comment section of this article.

I will start you off with a couple of examples

• Our president wanted to save money during the sequestration so he shut down the While House tours.  Meanwhile he flew to Hawaii four time to play golf with Tiger Woods.  Air Force One cost $80,00.00 a hour to operate.

• Our President wants to make us energy independent.  Yet he made 80% of government lands off-limits to drilling, he sent the electric car battery development to Sweden and buys his solar cells from China.

• Our President proclaims his desire to help keep the peace between  Israel and the rest of the middle East.  He is also sending 200 main battle tanks and over eighty F-15 fighters to Egypt which has an extremist Islamic government.

There you go.  A few samples.  Lets see what you can do.  Please limit you entries so that others might also cover some issues. Y es, we will take duplicates subjects , but only if they are original text.

The following is my response to Gov. Brewer’s letter to Arizona PCs seeking support for her proposal.

Dear Gov. Brewer,

I do not support your proposal to expand Medicaid.  I don’t understand how you can be in opposition (unless you’re not) to the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA), yet propose to implement one of the Act’s cornerstones.  Without the States expanding their coverage, the Act becomes ineffective and ripe for repeal.

One issue I have is the expansion to 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).  Next step will be to redefine what that level is and that’s how more people become dependent on the Government.  I thought a Republican, not just a Conservative principle, was to limit the size of government, or only do what the private sector can’t do more effectively/efficiently.

I challenge your assessment on what the will of the Arizona voters is regarding this matter. I do not accept your argument that returning coverage to 100% of the FPL is cost prohibitive…unless we expand fully to meet the AHCA levels and receive the Federal Funds. Are you saying the will of the Arizona voters is to implement ‘Obamacare’?  I’m not hearing that sediment in my day to day conversation inside and outside of LD18.

Again, I do not support your proposal and will be expressing my views with my Legislative Leadership team, my district leadership team, and the general public.

Respectfully,

Mark Nilsen

PC LD18

The taxpayers are in the low foothills looking down on the Democratic hordes. The taxpayers, while tired from years of defeat, are feeling a welcome relief after a successful campaign revealing the lies associated with the sequestration. There is talk about an attack but the taxpayers are hopelessly outnumbered. A lookout points to the hills and yells “LOOK !! Here they come!”. All eyes look to the hill tops expecting to see the Republican establishment coming to join the fight. The taxpayers can’t see who is in the lead but do see that there are two warriors riding large white stallions. (That’s right they still have their testicles and I don’t mean just the horses) Soon, the riders comes closer and the taxpayers can see it is the dynamic duo of conservatives every where. It is Senator Rand and Senator Cruz riding down to do battle. As they charge into the Democrats they force them to give way. The taxpayers look to the hills for the Republican Establishment reinforcements coming to help these two true leaders.

Nothing. No reinforcement in sight. But this does not stop our warriors. Senator Cruz uses sharp questions to forces Attorney General Holder to retreat and makes him admit the truth concerning drone attacks. Senator Rand slashes his giant sword “Filibusterer” and moves the Democrats in congress to the rear. Both charge into the fray showing no fear. But, alas this is but a raid, as two men, no matter how brave, will need help to drive the Democrats further back toward the cities of Freedom and Liberty. The taxpayers are all wondering what happen to the Republican establishment .

This just in. A press conference held by the Republican establishment in the castle on the hill revealed that the Republican establishment did not join in the fight to support Senators Cruz and Rand because the weather forecast called for a dusting of snow. The establishment felt it would be too cold for a fight and decided to stay inside the warm castle to conserve their strength. This was especially true because in sixty to ninety days they were going to begin new negations with the Democrats and did not want their secret weapon, Senator Rubio, to have a sore throat. They feel that this time the Democrats will show them some respect.

Come on taxpayers, lets rally behind the true conservatives and back Senator Cruz and Senator Rand. They are taking the fight to the enemy and are not waiting to see which way the wind blows.

A parasite is an organism which lives and grows on a host or other organisms. It feeds on its host until one or both are dead. Looking around us today you can see one of the largest parasites in existence today. That parasite is the U. S. Government, with all its special interest groups and employees. This governmental parasite has become totally dominate by feeding off of the labor and worth of the American people. Like any true parasites, the main purpose of the offending organism is the health and growth of the parasite itself.

Looking back over time you can see how our governmental parasite has evolved. At first, the infestation was under control and it lived solely on the leavings of a prosperous and healthy people and economy. Slowly but surely the growth and the size of the parasitic government became more important than the life of the host. It was in the 1960′s, with the great society, that the real power of the parasite became apparent. Social Security was gutted and government borrowing started to increase beyond our wildest fears. The government was on the march. Now the parasite and the government are one and the same. They have destroyed every defense the host had to keep the parasite at bay. Rights granted by our creator under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights have been rendered impotent. The host must never be allowed to rest and recuperate for fear that it would get stronger and maybe even recover some control over its own well being.

Now that the host is crippled and the parasite is growing, it has becomes starved for even more money with which to feed itself. Looking for more fuel, the parasites have spotted the 401K retirement accounts. However, while stealing all the money from the Social Security system and having taken over the banking and Federal Reserve, the parasites made an error. Our parasitic congress gave the people a way to help themselves in their old age rather than being totally under the control of the government. They allowed the people to save for retirement with a self-funded 401K retirement fund. The parasites even allowed the host to deduct the monies invested from their taxes. This let the host have some independence from parasite control. The parasites have seen the error of their way and are now trying to correct it. The thought of this gigantic pot of money just setting there has become almost too much to bear.

There is now a study and a plan to take the 401k money from private accounts and bring it in for safe keeping under parasite control. This way it won’t be wasted by people and can be properly used to keep the government growing to the benefit of all the people. They will seize your 401k assets and give you a receipt for future Social Security benefits in an equal amount to that being seized. As an added benefit, the parasites will pay you three percent interest payable upon retirement and your entering into the Social Security system. Forget that they have already stolen all the money from this fund and are in the process of making it into a means tested system. The parasites plan to use some of this money to support their friends who really need it. Like General Electric and the solar industry.

Can’t you just image what will happen when these trillions of dollars from the 401K’s come into the hands of the parasites. They will dive into this money like lice on a child’s head. They will grab all they can for themselves, choking it down until they are burping hundred dollar bills. When they can’t carry anymore they will start handing it out to their associates like unions, staff, and special interest groups. When all have had their fill they will use the few dollars left to help pay down the debt. The parasites will gather around and congratulate each other on their working together and will, of course, expect the host to applaud their gallant actions. Parasites have no shame.

The people of the united States will be left holding the bag filled with worthless receipts for the 401K money they lost. Not many intelligent people will ever expect to see any of that money again. These future Social Security payments will not be made unless the people accept future tax increases so that they, the taxpayers, can pay for that which is already owed to the them. But, that will be old business and the parasites will be eying future monies like home equity. Why should those who can afford a home be the only ones who get to benefit from increases in equity. You didn’t work for that money. All the parasites should be able to share in your good fortune.

Have you noticed how big the nests of the parasites have grown, especially in the large democratic cities?