let's get it started...

I am ashamed to say that I will be 38 in April and I am just now becoming concerned with the political system. I have never missed an opportunity to vote during an election, but the time has come for everyone like me to stand up and voice our opinions. When I say "like me" I mean people who care about their country and freedoms but who don't carry that patriotism any further than their nearest precinct on election day. We need to organize against the organizers and take action. What they were doing in the 60's, we need to do today.

I want to talk about a few things:

(1) The "War on Fox" is about the mid-term elections and to an extent the 2012 Presidential elections as well. If Obama doesn't get health care legislation passed, they (the democrats) will be in big trouble and they know it. If the administration was smart, you'd think they would not want to alienate the network with the highest ratings and a viewership with the most diverse political leanings.

(2) Think about this for a hot minute... Look at our 2009 budget deficit. In case you don't know, it was 1.42 TRILLION for the 2009 budget year which ended on September 30. Tell me how health care legislation won't drive this number higher. We still have cap and trade coming up for debate. All of this is going to hurt, not help, the deficit. Now if the libs really think this deficit is sustainable, then they are too stupid to be in position of leadership. Stupidity, I would prefer. But these people are not that stupid. They have an agenda and that is scarier than simply believing that they are naive regarding the actual costs. When Obama used the words "spread the wealth" in his spontaneous exchange with "Joe the Plumber", I figured it was just a slip of the tongue, but in retrospect, it was his entire political policy summed up and a lot of us failed to see it. I know I did. What do all of the wealthy celebrities, athletes and politicians that support the current administration think is going to happen to their finances if Obama's socialist agenda is realized?

(3) Republicans need to be less concerned about getting "their guy" into office and more concerned with getting "the conservative" into office. I realize that in many cases a vote for the independent candidate has been tantamount to voting for the democrat. Having said that, it is time for a shift in thought. A race in upstate NY has a liberal democrat, a very liberal republican and an independent conservative and support within the upper echelons of the Republican party are split. For the record, I am with Palin (supports the independent conservative) on this one and not Newt (supports the liberal republican).

(4) Our republic is on the precipice of CHANGE. It is unavoidable. It will either be the change that Obama will deliver or it will be the change that WE THE PEOPLE will deliver... We the people who value the liberties that so many of us, myself included, have taken for granted... We the people who, with heavy but willing hearts, send our sons and daughters into harm's way to protect those aforementioned liberties... We the people who selflessly serve this great nation in all corners of the world... We the people who believe that the intent of our founders in no way resembles the intent of our current or even recent administrations... We the people who go through each day knowing that we are truly BLESSED to live in the USA... We the people who believe that "In God We Trust" is not just something written on our currency but something that was written on the hearts of those early colonists who fought for freedom from British rule.

Things look grim but it's not too late. If I may be so bold as to "borrow" some of the campaign slogans used by the current President, can we keep this great nation on the right track and continue to be that beacon of hope that millions of people the world over look to? Yes WE can! Only when elected officials decide to worry more about standing up in defense of the Constitution and less about re-election, only when our leaders stop apologizing to the rest of the world and only when citizens who are truly concerned with maintaining their freedoms begin to speak out will we be able to really have "change we can believe in".

What else can I say but God Bless America. End of rant, but there is more to come.