Mayberry to Mahem

I have a friend who works with politicians in Washington, D.C. We were having one of lively debates last night about our country. He mentioned reading some article about the "tea party" guys but the article had a good point that got me thinking. Basically the article described the tea party as wanting things to be like they were in the 50's, very "Mayberry" and "Leave it to Beaver."

It got me thinking, yeah, that's pretty much what I picture when I think of the way it should be. Things have "progressed" so much since then, is it even possible to get that back? I don't think that is very realistic. During the discussion, it occurred to me that part of our problem is the idea of the "melting pot" where everybody is accepted as they are and conformity isn't necessary. Is that the real problem or does it just appear that way on the surface? We talked about the Republican Party's lack of vision and I got to wondering about my vision for the red, white and blue.

I want freedom to be restored as the most basic founding principal of America. I am tired of the socialism plague seeping into every aspect of my life!

I want a country where the elected officials are not bought and paid for by the highest bidder. I want those officials to represent the people and the Constitution. I want them to feel that it is a TEMPORARY privilege to SERVE the people of this country.

I want less money to go to prisons. Not less money for the staff, less money for the inmates. What exactly was wrong with "chain gangs"? Why can't prisons be more self-sufficient? I want mandatory minimums for VIOLENT criminals and I want to stop treating drug related crimes as crimes and treat it as a social issue - how much money would that save?

I want the money we save on the prisons to be directed towards education. I don't have all the answers but why do we spend 12 years in school (13 with kindergarten)? We all know education is broken, so lets fix it! Every person, by design, has strengths and weaknesses and it doesn't take 12 years to figure out what those are. Lets help children with their weaknesses and exploit their strengths. What if we took that approach for 12 or 13 years? Our future generations would graduate with confidence and a sense of direction maybe? Let's encourage home schooling and alternative schooling. Let's customize the curriculum and give parents some options!

I want the illegal aliens to stop benefiting from the tax dollars of hard working Americans. Maybe we could give them less incentives and reward those who come here legally?

I want churches to reconnect and be more involved in their communities. I want organized religions to stop tearing each other down and start respecting their differences - don't most of them preach that? Let's practice what we preach.

I want the terrorists and extremists to understand that while they might get into our country - any negative impact they bring with them will be dealt with... ONCE. I want them to fear us.

I want our government to GOVERN. We don't need more laws, we need people to oversee the laws we have and work on fixing the ones that are broken without creating new ones.

I want the States to take back their power to opt in or out of federal laws and regulations.

I want small businesses to be rewarded more than the big corporations.

I don't want people to pick and choose the freedom that is important to them. Its all or nothing!

I don't mind paying taxes, but I am SICK of the wasteful spending.

I want EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of the armed forces to be first in line for anything and everything. No more career welfare recipients. Get off your ass and work like the rest of us. THAT money should go to the people that keep us free first. Period.

I want the national debt to be a thing of the past. There is no reason (especially with 28 billion in tax revenue daily) that the government cannot turn a profit.

America used to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. It might not be Mayberry, but I don't believe it's too late to get our country back one way or another.

Serenity - Courage - Wisdom

Serenity - Courage - Wisdom

God, grant me the

 Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, 

the Courage to change the things I can,

 and the Wisdom to know the difference. 

Those are the words I live by when times get tough. As many of you may be aware, on Friday, July 19th a sorry excuse for a human walked into National Jewelry Buyers in Albuquerque, NM and shot and killed my friend. As of today, the coward is still free and the police don't appear to have much to go on besides the surveillance footage. We need your help. I don't care if you live across the country, if each person that see's the information we have would share it with a couple friends and on and on, eventually somebody with information will see it.

I hadn't known Glass very long, but he quickly became part of my inner circle of friends. He was part of my second family. We could finish each other's thoughts and he was an amazing person. He was somebody's son. He was somebody's brother. He was somebody's father. He was proud to be an American and he wanted his country back so he could pass on the American Dream to his children.

Prior to my awakening to politics, I studied crime. Serial killers, psychopaths, you know, the worst of the worst, and I studied human behavior, why people do the things they do. I always thought that if we could understand what makes people tick, we could stop the bad guys. I live in a somewhat small town outside of Albuquerque and I feel fairly safe here but I try to keep an eye on crime and I, of course, follow the big cases I hear about. Normally, I can stay somewhat objective and the initial shock of some crimes gets to me but I can quickly put that aside and look for answers.

This one is different. This one hit home. This has affected me deeper than I ever would have imagined. I will never give up.

Once again, here is the link http://www.abqjournal.com/223298/news/police-responding-to-shots-fired-in-northwest-albuquerque.html and I will continue to post this story until justice has been served.

If you have any information, 

please call (505) 843-STOP. 

This is an anonymous tip line. 

Serenity. Nothing will bring him back. Nothing will make up for all those plans that never came to pass. Nothing will replace what has forever been taken from us. I can accept that.

Courage. While this blog and the page created to go with it is focused on politics, taking our country back is bigger than that. I cannot change what happened, but I can remain vigilant and I promise that for anybody seeking justice for the loss of a loved one, I will post any information I can to help. If we are to get our country back, we have to work together. I want it back from the tyrants. I want it back from the criminals.

Wisdom. I learned this week that if we all just took that little bit of extra time to take things more personally, we can make a difference. The evil will always be there but we can minimize its damage by putting ourselves in each other's shoes. What if it was your family that was hurt? Wouldn't you want everybody to do everything humanly possible to get that person off the streets before he hurts somebody else?

Finally, I want to say thank you to everybody who has posted and re-posted this story for me and to everybody that has been there for me. I don't know what I would do without you guys.

America is in TROUBLE

So, on my Facebook page, I posted a link to this video: http://freepatriot.org/2013/06/17/warning-graphic-video-these-are-the-people-we-are-arming-in-syria/?fb_source=pubv1 

It is BLATANTLY clear that America is in trouble. We are going to be on the wrong side of what I think will be WWIII. Call me a conspiracy theorist, call me an extremist, call me whatever you want, but I will not happily board the next train to my nearest FEMA "relocation" facility.

What are we facing?

I go back and forth but here's my theory based on what I know at the moment:

The "elites" want one world government. We know this. Obama is a power junkie. We also know this. Does he think he is "king"? I don't think so. I think Obama is fully aware that he is a pawn and he knows he isn't really running the show. But regardless of what we would all like to believe, he also isn't dumb. Politics is about secret and not-so-secret alliances to gain more power.

So -

I think Obama has his itinerary from the elites and he is doing his best to FORWARD that agenda. Thankfully, the American people haven't completely rolled over so it isn't quite going as planned. That means plans have to be flexible and they will adjust accordingly.

Now, I think while Obama knows where he really stands with the elites, he WANTS to be king. I can see his thought process plain as day...

While pushing the agenda of the U.N. Obama is (more than openly) aligning forces with Islam. I don't believe that Islamic terrorists and the elites are on the same side but a very wise friend told me that "an enemy of my enemy is my friend".

America is the last obstacle standing between the U.N.s one world government and America is also the biggest obstacle standing between Islam's takeover of the western hemisphere. Barack Obama is in the right place, at the right time, to help both parties. Whose side is he really on? Well we all know it's not Americas. I think Obama will use his position to bring (or attempt to bring) down this nation for the elites. They will allow him to use whatever means necessary to accomplish this goal. Eventually, if America falls, this will turn into a war between the elites and the Islamic terrorists and Obama will have to choose. He will choose Islam. Its in his blood - it's who he is - and he knows he has a better chance at being "king" with them than he does with the elites.

America, I am begging you to wake up and take a look around. You have 3 choices:

Do you want your children and grandchildren raised in a world where Shariah law is the law of the land and the Constitution of the United States of America is something that won't even be taught in the history books? Where freedom is an idea that, if spoken of, is worthy of beheading?

Do you want your children and grandchildren to grow up in a world where they have no say in any aspect of their daily lives? They don't get to choose what they do for a living, they have no opportunity to better themselves, they don't even know what freedom is?

OR

Do you want your children and grandchildren to look up to you and say, my dad, my mom, (whoever) helped make America great again. My (family member) helped save the world from terrorists and power hungry elites. Do you want your children to say THANK YOU for keeping us free, for teaching us and fighting for all the people who have already died in the name of liberty?

Wake up and realize that this is YOUR country. The United States belongs to the citizens. America was founded on freedom, liberty and justice for all. Don't we owe it to the men and women who have given their lives for us to be free to continue the fight?! Then DO SOMETHING!

DON'T sit down - STAND UP
DON'T shut up - SPEAK OUT
DON'T roll over - STAND YOUR GROUND
DON'T give up - LEARN FROM THE PAST

Speak now or forever hold your peace because tomorrow might be too late.

When Conspiracy Becomes Reality

I haven't been around much the last few days as life has been a little busy. I wanted to get caught up tonight and the first thing to catch my eye was this story: 

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/12/rand-paul-un-has-secret-plot-to-confiscate-and-destroy-all-of-americas-guns/

I am not sure exactly why this story was shocking to me. WE all know that the U.N. wants one world government and that the American citizens are standing in the way. WE all know the intent of the Small Arms Treaty - that's why we have been fighting it. I guess I am shocked at the story because a United States congressman actually said it out loud. But then again, it is Ron Paul's son and we know how outspoken Ron Paul is. Even if I don't agree with everything Ron Paul stood for, I agree with most of it and I always respected him for speaking out. 

So here's my question, if Rand Paul is aware of these intentions, doesn't that mean the rest of congress is aware?? Rand Paul isn't some insider who rubs elbows with these elites - at least I doubt it. How on earth did he and Ted Cruz get elected when nearly everybody else in Washington is so anti-American? Based on the assumption that all of congress knows about the U.N. and their intentions for our country, they should all be tried for treason for every vote to take our freedom and put it in the hands of the United Nations. 

I have heard that the government is at "war" within itself. What does that mean? Well, not everybody in D.C. is happy with the administration or with the direction we are headed. I think this is believable. I think occasionally a real American gets through the cracks. Maybe that is how Rand Paul and Ted Cruz made it. Maybe there are others. Maybe some of these recent scandals coming to light are a result of the conflict in the Capitol. 

I truly believe where there's smoke, there's fire. These conspiracy theories don't just grow from somebody's imagination. They need substance to become so big. Then, eventually, most of them come to pass as truth: 

The IRS scandal. 

Rand Paul confirming the UN Small Arms Treaty threat

The one world order plans

BTW - Orwell's book - 1984 - it was DEAD ON 

And say what you want, but the fact it took a 13 HOUR televised filibuster to get a response about drone strikes on U.S. soil on our own citizens should scare the sh*t out of you. 

The list goes on... 

So then what does that mean about FEMA camps and the darker "conspiracies"? How much truth is in those? I don't know that I really want to find out. 

This isn't about Democrats and Republicans - THIS IS ABOUT FREEDOM vs. SLAVERY!

This is your wake up call, America. Look around you, is this the kind of world you dreamed of for your children and your children's children? Is this what you wanted for them? No? then DO SOMETHING! 

The Children

It has been a LONG time since I have really written ... been busy and well, there's only so many ways to say enough is enough.

Things have continued to deteriorate (not a shock) and I am still wondering how bad things will have to get. What can we do? Well....

One of the MOST IMPORTANT things we need to do to get OUR country back is take back our schools!
Our children are being treated like hardened criminals for mis-shaped pop-tarts, innocent cap guns, bubble guns, supporting the United States MARINES and the NRA. The latest is a deaf child whose signed name looks too much like a gun!?!? SERIOUSLY!?!?!?!?!?

My son will start kindergarten this fall in a public school. He has previously been attending a private Christian pre-school and I love it. I am terrified of public school. He will be attending the same elementary school I went to and I really loved it but that was how many years ago? I have faith in my community that they haven't lost all common sense and I hope he makes it through without having to waste too much of my time fighting with the administration.

Guns are currently his obsession. I am jealous of his arsenal. I don't understand why it is so hard to understand that boys have this fascination with guns. He doesn't mean any harm, he knows that his toys are toys and real guns are an ENTIRELY different thing. He only wants to shoot the "bad guys". I even questioned him about his choice of movies. I asked if he liked the "soldier" movies because they kill people, his response? "No Mom, I like them because there's shooting!" It's about the action. Period. There's nothing wrong with that! I had my toy guns right along side my toy knives until I was old enough to get the real thing. I am not violent, I speak out against violence, but NOTHING will change my mind about my right to keep myself or my family safe.

I know at some point I will be fighting with the school about the curriculum or something, and I will NOT back down.

Why don't I keep him in a private school? Well, here's the thing, I actually could keep him in his current school all the way through his senior year, and I have gone back and forth on it. The thing is, while I want my son to have my morals and think like me and his dad, I want him to learn to think for himself. I want him to have all the information and come to his own conclusions. I will respect him more for an educated argument why he disagrees than I will if he just takes what I say just because. After all, isn't that what education is all about? I can only argue the other side to attempt to give him the full picture so far. It won't be the same as him actually experiencing it. Eventually, the plan is that he will be out in the real world on his own and will have to deal with ignorance and sheep daily. I want him to have the ability to stand his ground and stand up and speak out. If he grows up in a world where there are opposing views and we can talk about it and debate it - he will be prepared for what he will face as an adult. I know that we discuss "politics" at least on a 5 year old's level all the time so he has the foundation, and the most honest questions always come from the little ones.

Still, there's a line between "tolerance" and completely breaking down family values and morals in the name of "acceptance". I don't want him to "hate Muslims" but I want him to understand that Shariah Law is a BAD thing and has no place in the land of the free. I honestly don't think he needs to "wait until he is married" but I have BIG issues with 5th graders walking around pregnant. I don't care if he comes home one day and tells me he is gay, and he better NEVER judge anybody that is, but I don't know that he needs to understand the concept of same sex relationships in elementary school. He doesn't need to learn about relationships in elementary school AT ALL.

My concern is rebellion. When he hits that age and wants to do the complete opposite of what his parents think is best just for spite - how far will it take him? How do you raise your child in a way to prevent them from being completely paranoid on one side, and prevent them from becoming sheep on the other side?

I guess in 20 years I will have the answers - or the answers of what NOT to do...

Patriots or Terrorists - Seriously?!

Ok, I can't help it, I need to vent about these "Extremist Patriot Groups" 

There are, in increasingly frightening numbers, cells of angry men in the United States preparing for combat with the U.S. government. They are usually heavily armed, blinded by an intractable hatred, often motivated by religious zeal. Really? What is considered heavily armed? I believe we have this little thing called the Second Amendment. Isn't being "heavily armed" kinda the point, in case the government decides to... I don't know, skip due process and go straight to drone attacks? Full of hate, motivated by religious zeal? I thought that's what drove those guys into the World Trade Center? Wanting the ability to protect ourselves isn't quite the same. We don't preach or practice violence. Actually, we want to live in peace, and as the saying goes, "an armed society is a polite society." If I am wrong, why do all the studies back me up? 

They're not jihadists. Hey, they got one right! They are white, right-wing Americans, nearly all with an obsessive attachment to guns, who may represent a greater danger to the lives of American civilians than international terrorists. Oh really? So its just the white guys huh. Oh, and by the way, is it really just men? And that obsessive attachment to guns... what of it?! ("...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.") Maybe it's the redneck in me, but I don't see how that's a problem. Exactly what part makes them think we may represent a danger to American lives? Maybe if Washington wasn't so attached to their drone program, they wouldn't be so scared? Just a thought.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which has been tracking hate groups for 30 years, released its latest report on the growth of these organizations this week.  What constitutes as a "hate group?" Its findings were, to say the least, alarming. The center divides its subjects into militias "A well regulated MILITIA, being necessary to the security of a free State..." , which are mostly groups of weekend warriors who train for combat against imaginary foes; Did I imagine that nearly 13 hour filibuster hosted by Senator Rand Paul? hate groups, which target minorities; Are career politicians considered minorities? and "patriot" groups, whose beef is with the U.S. government. Who wouldn't have "beef" with the U.S. government? They are doing such a GREAT job! No budget, no respect for the people, no problem. Patriot groups first began surfacing after the massacre of a bizarre sect by federal agents in Waco, Texas, in the early 1990s. They showed their teeth in 1995, when a patriot adherent blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City. The reference to Timothy McVeigh is like disgusting. He wasn't a patriot! He was an anarchist, crazy person! I am completely unaware of any plans to blow up anything, and he was one person, who acted alone, and last I checked, a group needed to be more than one person. Maybe he had multiple personalities? 

Since then, the patriot movement has been growing at a blistering pace, especially following the election of PresidentObama in 2008, according to the report. Gee, I wonder why! From just 149 groups in 2008, the number jumped to 512 in 2009 and has been rising sharply since. In 2012, it hit 1,360. Now that Obama is seriously pushing for tougher gun laws, further growth is a near certainty. So....  why don't they study the million $$ question: WHY?! The result? There's no knowing, but some kind of serious attack is increasingly possible. Attack on who? Yes, I believe that an attack on Americans IS increasingly possible - by the guys with the drones, and if they have it their way, all the guns!!!!

Patriot groups are motivated by a host of anti-government attitudes, Let me interject, there is a HUGE difference between anti-government and anti-dictatorship but their primary focus is guns. Well yeah, without those, what good is the rest of the Constitution?! They are convinced that the government is out to seize their weapons, even though most legislation is focused on keeping guns out of the hands of criminals or restricting the types of weapons that can be sold Because the criminals all go to the store and buy their guns from retailers! FYI - last time I checked (about a month ago) 80% of criminals interviewed did not obtain their guns "legally" at least according to the Dept. of Justice. Many are also united by belief in an outlandish one-world government conspiracy theory positing that the United Nations is poised to strip away American property rights and impose socialism on us all. Yeah, because there's nothing socialism-ish about Obamacare, or the dependence on government for hand-outs to lazy people, or taxing us to death, or lowering standards in the name of "equality." What on Earth would make us worry about socialism?

What can be done to reverse this tide of belligerent ignorance? Not much. I beg to differ! The typical patriot acts within his free-speech and 2nd Amendment rights, and in fact most patriot activity consists of venting steam by meeting with like-minded Neanderthals and firing off blog posts threatening civil war. So believing in our America's founding principals makes us Neanderthals? Whatever label you want to put on it, I guess. But yes, these "terrorists" are LAW ABIDING CITIZENS! Which is more than I can say for some in government! Yet such blather tends to get under the skin of the Timothy McVeighs of the world. WTF?! These groups should be closely monitored, with resources adequate to the task, can you say Police State?! even if it means shifting some homeland security money from the hunt for foreign terrorists. OH! So this must be the reason Uncle Sam is stockpiling ammunition and weapons "for domestic use"!!!!! Because, you know, those law abiding citizens all belong in prison! (Which, there will be plenty of room, now that we let all the illegal immigrants out!) 

Label me what you want, I am an American and I am awake!

Copyright © 2013, Los Angeles Times (Just the italic part) :)

Stand with Rand?

Last night was history in the making. While we may not all agree with Rand Paul on every policy, I think one thing is clear, he is on our side. He is an American. It is refreshing to know that there is somebody in Washington who isn't afraid to stand up to Obama. I wish he would be that loud more often, but he did what he needed to do and I am grateful for that.

The most important lesson I think we should all take with us is that ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Sure, we aren't senators, we cannot get 13 hours of airtime on national t.v. but Rand Paul Twitter feeds went through the roof last night. We have other avenues of being heard! The Facebook page I started from scratch has over 1,000 people that hear the message every day! It wasn't growing very fast, I knew I didn't have the time to dedicate to it that I would like so I added ONE active admin. Thank you JJ!

Do we get through to liberals? Probably very few, if any, but at least I can sleep at night knowing that I'm not crazy, there are other people who feel the same way I do. I think that counts for something. We network with other pages and under one umbrella, we have a big reach. And we are just regular people.

I have learned that it is easier for people to complain than it is for people to be pro-active. That is just reality. The People, as a whole, might not be so quick to act, but I can see the revolution happening. People are starting to pay attention. That is a good first step. Last night, Rand Paul cast a huge net, how many more people are awake now? The next step is action, calling, writing to our elected officials. More and more people are doing that as well. One person (here and there) is making a difference. We WILL get our country back!

Maybe we don't all want to "Stand with Rand" all the time, but when ANYBODY is fighting for OUR RIGHTS, we need to stand with them, as one nation, indivisible.

The fight isn't coming, it's here. It is just beginning, but it is here. The fact that a United States Senator (and a few friends) had to spend 13 straight hours on national television to get an answer from the Attorney General and/or the President about assassinating American Citizens on U.S. soil is beyond belief. Our Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their graves. It is our fault that it has come to this, and they aren't done trying to destroy everything that America stands for, but NOW it is OUR RESPONSIBILITY to our children, and our children's children to take it back and make things right. They are Americans and they deserve to live the American Dream, it is our duty to ensure that opportunity.