Still Another Rant...

Well, are you ready for another rant?

Today, I need to address a growing cancer that threatens our country. It goes by the name of the Tea Party, but it is actually an insidious undermining of the TRUE principles that America was founded on. Not since the McCarthy era has so much hate and venom been directed at American citizens who happen to disagree with their point of view.

According to Wikipedia…Sedition is a term of law which refers to overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. Acts of sedition are punishable by up to two years imprisonment…these acts include making “false, scandalous, and malicious writings or speeches about the President and the United States Government.” Does Michelle Bachmann’s “gangster government” fall into this category?

Wikipedia also defines Fascists as those who seek to organize a nation on corporatist perspectives, values, and systems such as the political system and the economy. Does this sound like the Obama Administration?

Back in 1958 Robert W. Welch jr. founded the John Birch Society…it was a radical right-wing Americentic political advocacy group. It exists today and supports anti-communism, limited government and personal freedom.

The Tea Party is much more dangerous than the John Birch Society or McCarthyism ever was.

“It is a parody of the legitimate movements for which American Democracy has been held in such high regard. The movement demonstrates a willful contempt for the facts or reason.” (Stuart Whatley)

An Arizona pastor has said from the pulpit, “I hate Barack Obama, not what he stands for, the man Barack Obama.” He has also prayed from that same pulpit for President Obama’s death. Is this Christian? Is this Moral” Is this Sedition? I believe it is sedition because he attempted to incite his congregation to do violence against President Obama.

“There is a big difference in criticizing a policy or politician and demonizing the government that guarantees our freedoms and the public servants who enforce our laws. It is not appropriate to call elected officials “gangsters.” (Bill Clinton) Take that Michelle.

That’s all for now…see you next time!

A brief posting...

I apologize for the time interval since my last posting. It has been rather eventful up here in the Frozen Tundra lately.

First, our young friend Dustin moved out…and it was time, he really needs to experience the “real world”.

My fifteen year-old granddaughter Mandi may never speak to me again, but that’s a story for another time.

We converted the room that Dustin was sleeping in…into a library/guest room/computer area.

Sarah had a rough bout with a respiratory flu and lost week of work, then she worked three days and had surgery for Barrett’s Esophagus, and will miss another weeks work. But the recovery period will be much longer…it will be a full month before she can eat solid food.

So you can see that there was a reason for the interruption.

More personal information in this posting…I enjoy being married to Sarah so very much! We laugh a lot, watch movies, have real conversations, and just live in the moment.

I know this is brief, but I will fill you in on other things next time.



That’s all for now…see you next time!