Who Will You Trust?

Grumpa Joe with his mom and sister on the farm in 1948.

I’d be more worried about foreign affairs if I felt America was fully employed. Right now I can’t think of anything except the suffering by our families in need of work. Let the foreigners deal with their own affairs for now. We can go play in the sandbox when all our people at home are back to feeding themselves and not relying on the dole. My parents were amongst the poorest in the country. My dad worked for meager wages on the Illinois Central Railroad. My mom stayed at home to take care of my brother, sister, and me. She also sewed our clothes, created a small farm in the back yard and canned vegetables to save us from starving. Both mom and dad considered going on the dole a total loss of dignity. They would sooner die than accept government money. The families today, who are forced to live on food stamps and unemployment don’t feel any better than my mom and dad. How can they possible think about anything but feeding their families. They sacrifice their dignity for the kids.

A billboard on a highway in Michigan.

The undertone in America is best described by the billboard in the photo below. Which candidate would you trust with getting this economy jump started again. One is unknown but has a sterling record of building businesses the other has a four year record of picking losers and spending money like it is going out of style.

As far as foreign affairs is concerned, I couldn’t place my trust in a government that deliberately tries to steer us into believing a fabricated story about an attack on our embassy. What else have they been perpetrating during the past four years? It is time to throw the conniving bums out.

This lady turns me on!

Me the People

One word jumped out and slapped me in the face during the debate on foreign policy last Monday, “me.”

President Obama was making a point about his position on a nuclear Iran when he said this:

“They can take the diplomatic route and end their nuclear program or they will have to face a united world and a United States president, me, who said we’re not going to take any options off the table.”

Did he really need remind us that he is the president?  Doesn’t the office speak for itself? That one word slipped into the sentence, a word not needed exposed the true character of this man. His ego is as large as China. It is baffling why the addition of the word “me” into his argument made it any stronger. Except, that he was trying to demean us with his power as president. Maybe he was trying to insinuate to the Iranians that he got Bin Laden and he will get them too. It is a mystery.  Perhaps someone will be nice enough to help me figure it out.

From a highway somewhere in America

“. . .  and certainly not Me the People.”

Details versus Plans

Details vs Plans

My dictionary defines “plan” as follows:

noun 1.

a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Just what is Obama’s plan for the next four years. I haven’t heard a word in this campaign about his 2008 plan of hope, change, and transformation. Does that mean his plan is different? Does it mean he has no plan? Does it mean his plan is kept secret because if we knew what it was we’d dump him in a new York minute?During the debate on the economy and during his campaign speeches he continually refers to the fact that Romney has not given any details about how Romney will accomplish his 5 point plan. I heard Romney give details for each point yet, Obama runs around the country trying to fire up voters by claiming Romney does not give any details. Why should he? It is obvious to even the most illiterate political being on earth like me that if Romney began offering finite details, the Obama campaign will work overtime to pick them apart to show us why the details won’t work just like all the other tired old ideas that don’t work. It doesn’t take rocket science to balance a budget. Yes it is a tired old idea, but Progressives don’t seem to understand that some ideas fall into the category of truths. Conservative ideas are truths.

Sometime before the 2008 campaign I watched an interview with President Bill Clinton. He made a statement like this, during the campaign you tell the electorate what ever they want to hear, then after the election you do what ever you want to do. Ever since I heard that remark I distrust all politicians and all candidates. They had better show evidence of their intention and support it with character.

My belief is that Obama has some very scary plans for another four years. Some people are predicting that if he wins it may be the last election America sees. I have friends who are scared to death that he will pull a Cesar Chavez and railroad an amendment to the Constitution to eliminate term limits. Then there is the possibility of announcing a Directive 10-289.  Another is to abdicate USA Sovereignty to the United Nations. The end of scary scenarios is limitless.  I get nervous writing about it.

So, President Obama where is your plan?

Details vs Plans