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If you haven’t heard about climategate then google it or click here.

On a relate note, Rush gives Gore what for!

It doesn’t take the Inventor of the Internet to know that the center of the earth isn’t Millions of degrees.  Try several thousand.  At least his global warming fabrications aren’t off by a factor of 1000…. or are they?   Does he even have the direction of the change right?  Wait, sorry… I forgot that ANY change in temperature/precipitation/hurricanes/tornadoes/groundhogs are now called Global Climate Change.

Why do the Democrats hate freedom?

They want to take away my freedom to choose my health care plan! There is so much more to the bills, but that one indisputable fact proves that these bills are perverse.

It is unconstitutional and immoral for the Federal government to be involved in these matters.

What happened to the 10th amendment?  What is so wrong about letting states make these decisions?

I have much more to say on this subject but I don’t even want to think about it because it will just make me angry.

Why isn’t EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN upset about their loss of liberty!!!

These Democrat proposals will fail just like Medicare and Social Security.  The fail constitutionally, economically, and morally.

Is this really the change that people were looking for?

I was just listening to an NPR economist that was talking about the banking crisis.

Just a quick recap on the crisis….
Liberals in government (Democrats and Republicans) wanted to bribe voters by promising everyone a home. even if they couldn’t afford it.
They passed legislation and threatened lawsuits that forced banks to make loans that could only be sustained by constantly rising home prices.  The banks didn’t mind making the loans because the interest rates were high and the risk wasn’t.  In a free market the risk would have been high, but this is no free market.  No, we have Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which are government-sponsored banks that buy sub-prime mortgages from private banks.  No one would want these loans except that Fannie and Freddie are backed by the government, a fact that was proven by the 2008 bailouts.  The problem is that the bad loans didn’t just take down Fannie and Freddie.  They created mortgage-backed securities and re-sold them on the open market to other institutions.  People were eager to buy them because they seemed like a good deal and there was some level of protection from the federal government… another fact that was proven by the various bank and financial institution bailouts!
In 2008 the housing market tanked and people were underwater on their loans.  The defaults started and the banking system started to bleed.

Fast forward to today.  We’ve bailed out the major banks and we’ve temporarily stimulated the economy at the expense of Trillions of government debt that our children and grandchildren will have to pay for.

Moral of the story: GOVERNMENT IS A F*** UP.  IT NEEDS TO BE LIMITED AND RETURNED TO CONSTITUTIONALITY.

FDR shredded the constitution and since then government has grown with little to stop it.

OK, enough ranting…. back to NPR.

NPR had an economist on that said that the way to prevent another banking crisis is putting FEAR of losing money in the hearts of bankers.

WTF!?!?!?!?!  That is EXACTLY WHAT THE FREE MARKET DOES.  If you make bad investments in a free market then you lose your money.  Government guarantees CAUSED the banking crisis.  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were guaranteed by the federal government and that’s why they bought so many bad loans.  If they hadn’t been there to buy bad loans then banks wouldn’t have made them.

In a free market you don’t have problems with bad investment!   People that make bad investments go out of business!  People that make good investments will succeed.

Collectivists simply hate freedom.  NPR is clearly run by collectivists.  They’re so blinded by their ideology that they can’t see that FREEDOM IS ALWAYS THE SOLUTION.

I’m a big fan of 100.3 KTLK-FM in the Twin Cities area but lately I’ve been branching out and listening to MPR/NPR News on 91.1 FM (Minnesota Public Radio and National Public Radio).

MPR is nice because it doesn’t have many commercials and the ones they do have are very short.  I also like the fact that they cover more world news than other media outlets.

Yes, MPR would be a great news outlet… if they weren’t impostors!
After weeks of listening to MPR on a daily basis I have heard nothing but collectivist opionions the entire time.  NOT ONCE have I heard a conservative opionion on the program.  Sure, they mention conservative opinions but they are almost always misrepresented and used to construct a straw man that they can swing their axes at.
EVERY SINGLE commentator I have heard has been a liberal.  Once they had Arne Carlson on the program and I think Walter Mondale was on with him.  That was their idea of a balanced debate.  Sorry MPR, but Arne Carlson is a flaming LIBERAL!  He endorsed Barack Obama, the great collectivist of our time.  ARE YOU PEOPLE SERIOUS?!?!

You might think I’m crazy for hating on MPR when KTLK and FOX News are even more opionated.  Well here is the key difference:

FOX and KTLK have CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS and BALANCED REPORTING!

You will not find reporting more fair than FOX News (KTLK uses FOX News Radio)!  Yes, their ***commentators*** are conservative but they are upfront and honest about it.
Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’reilly are 100% honest about their viewpoints.  The people on MPR are imposters!  I have never heard them come clean about their liberal bias.

I was just listening to a show this evening that was talking about how some musicians are angry about music being used at Gitmo.

They had some guest on that was completely on the side of the artists and was acting like the detainees are heroes and the Americans trying to stop the next terrorist attack are evil!  Honestly, if we can’t even play loud music to terrorist then why don’t we all just blow ourselves up right now!  Having a loon like that guest on a program is fine as long as you have someone else to balance the converstation.  The host was clearly on the side of the loon and there was no other guest to give a mainstream American opinion.

If that same topic was on a FOX report (or even a commentary show) they would definetily have both sides represented.

Anyone who thinks FOX and KTLK’s ****REPORTING**** is not Fair and Balanced has never watched or listened!

MPR is a joke becuase their reporting is biased and they don’t admit it!

FOX and KTLK are patriots because their reporting is fair and their commentary is honest!

Two Obamas and Oprah weren’t enough to bring the Olympics to Chicago.

Normally, I’d be annoyed that our president was wasting my money and his time on sports… but I’ll let it slide because at least he’s temporarily distracted from shoving socialism down our throats.

Oprah + Michelle + Barack + Teleprompters + Several Jets + Tons of Carbon = Epic Fail!

If only it could be captured in an amusing way and posted on FAIL Blog

Thought I’d pass this along for anyone in the Twin Cities that wants to show their love of liberty.

Constitution Day Tea Party

I’ll post pictures if I’m able to make it.

Obama is out there making the case that free markets work!  He tells us that FedEx and UPS (ie. free market business) are doing fine but the US Postal Service (ie. the government-run monopoly in first-class mail) is having all sorts of problems.

The answer to our heath care problem is so simple:
GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE WAY AND LET INDIVIDUALS MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.

Unfortunately, the Obama-care solution is to create a monstrous bureaucracy with the claim that it will somehow improve the market and reduce costs.

The real motivation behind the “Health Care Reform” … sorry, apparently it’s “Health Insurance Reform” now … is to get more people dependent on Democrat social programs, thereby increasing their voter base.

This video shows Obama admitting that the government option is the first step towards a takeover of health care.

I’ve watched the rebuttal to that video.  The administration claims that the comments were taken out of context, but they fail to explain what the correct context is.  I think the comments are clear; Obama wants the government to run your health care.

You do not have a right to make another person serve you.

Making another person serve you against your will makes you no better than a slave owner.

If you make laws that enslave one group of people to serve another group then you are an immoral and despicable person.

I implore President Obama, senators, and representatives to read the constitution and tell me where the right to health care is declared.

I suppose you think I’m crazy to bring up slavery.  If government health care passes then I dare you not to pay your taxes and see what happens.  If you don’t comply then the master will come for you and you will pay, or else.

Health care cannot be a right because it takes away the rights of others.  Doctors shouldn’t be required to do procedures for less than they cost.  Tax payers should not be required to give up their hard-earned resources so that others do not have to work.  We all need to pay our own way in this world if we want to prosper.

Government run health care is immoral and will not work.  Research the 1000+ page House bill and tell me if that sounds better than the system we have now.  Only a socialist (or worse) would think that bill could work.

The whole “free health care” concept is broken.  If you make something “free” then there is an unlimited demand for it.
Example:
If the government made McDonald’s give away free hamburgers do you think they could make them fast enough to satisfy the demand?  Of course not!  There would be rationing because the supply is limited.  Maybe each person would get a ration of 1 burger per day.  With the free market system I can go buy 100 burgers if I have $100 to give up.  With a “free” government system I’ll only get my daily ration and I had better be happy about it.
The point is that if I want more hamburgers in a free market then I am motivated to be more productive so I can make more money and buy more burgers.  In a government system I have no motivation to produce because it doesn’t change my outcome; I will always get just 1 hamburger, or whatever the ration may be.

THERE WILL BE RATIONING IN ANY GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.  This is a reality that cannot be changed by law or force.

Need some examples of government health care plans that are rationing?
Medicare
Medicaid

Why does anyone think that government can manage health care efficiently?  What does government EVER do efficiently?

The concept of government health care is immoral and broken for the following reasons, just to name a few.

It takes away freedom – I should be free to buy the care I want from whom I want and not have to subsidize insurance for others… especially criminal aliens!

It stifles competition – The government plan has an unfair advantage over private plans because the government can tax and print money!  Private insurance will not be able to compete and more people will be forced to use the public system.

It reduces quality – Government says they will reduce costs by reducing payments.  The only way doctors can survive is by cutting quality.

There will be rationing – Lowering cost increases demand.  Unlimited demand will have to be controlled somehow.

We will run out of doctors – Who would go to school for 10 years to work for the government?  Not me.

Socialized medicine has never worked – America has the best system in the world today.  Every other country is benefiting from our system because we produce the greatest innovations in technology and drugs.  Research and development is not free!  There is a reason that new drugs are expensive – they are expensive to invent!  When was the last time you invented a new drug?  Take away the incentive to produce (ie. profits) and people will not produce as much.

Reform needs to be based around individual responsibility and free markets.

Still don’t believe me?

Which would you rather do?
Shop around for the lowest car insurance rate or have the government provide it at a “cheaper” rate though tax payer subsidies and regulation?

How about cell phone service?  Maybe we should just give ATT a monopoly in cell phone service?  I’m sure they would give you a fantastic deal.

What about your car?  Maybe the government should buy some care companies and make automobiles? ….Oops, too late!

If you think that elected representatives should at least read each bill at least ONCE before voting then check out this article.

I wish America would wake up and start caring about liberty.  We seem to think that freedom is free and will always be there.  We are a bunch of spoiled brats.  I pity our grandchildren.