If you missed the October 9th, 2009 episode of ‘Rescue Ink’, this is Pinky she belongs to and assists her owner a hearing impaired girl in Ozone Park New York. Pinky was stolen in March and has yet to be located. Please help Pinky return home. Contact Rescue Ink at 516-208-7676 or info@rescueink.org with any information.
Everyone is enamored about health care reform or universal health care, but what no one is saying is that the U.S. Government has already made great strides to show how well it can deal with health care for it’s citizens. CHIP, Social Security and SSI or Social Security Disability, Veterans Administration health care, are all sterling examples of how the U.S. Government cannot do an acceptable job managing health care. The New Deal and the Great Society sounded good when first put out in the public by the federal government but how has those programs fared since being put into action? Social Security is going essentially bankrupt, welfare programs are a joke. The federal government enacted programs that in most cases where passed on to the States to administer while the promised funding is not always there. People who could really benefit from programs are denied help while others make a living receiving benefits.
If the history of the twentieth century has taught us anything is that the federal government does not do a very good job in dealing with benefits for the citizens of this country. Maybe that is why the founders of this nation did not give the power of micro-managing the people to the federal government in the constitution. That responsibility was left to the individual states. People from through out the world come to the U.S. to get health care treatment because of nationalized health care in their home countries has made getting treatment near impossible. That should tell us something! Regulation of trade between the states is one charge of the national government so the setting of regulations of interstate trade is the responsibility of the U.S. government, what happens within the boundaries of the individual state is the responsibility of that state as long as it does not violate the constitution of the United States. Let Pennsylvania meet the needs of the people of Pennsylvania, Texas meet the needs of people living in that state. I don’t need a President from Chicago nor a House Speaker from San Francisco telling me in rural Pennsylvania what I need to live or how to live. We have a local and State government to meet the needs here if even they can get it right.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557823,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r5:c0.095182:b28033042:z10
On September 30, 2009 A long time symbol of America’s greatness was defiled. This symbol sits in one of the most famous towns in America and is seen as a icon of greatness and prosperity. A symbol of pride to everyone that sees it and lives and works under its shadow.
Eight years after our country was attacked by those who seek to destroy us someone decides to honor the anniversary of another group of people that have been less than cooperative with America. Wednesday night, September 30, 2009, the Empire State building was lit up in with the colors of red and yellow commemorating the anniversary of socialism in China. Since when do Americans celebrate the birth of a regime that is guilty of atrocities towards human liberties? Don’t we have government agencies to keep these people in China under watch in order to protect America from them?
Was it because America is in hock to China for loans because our government can not manage money? Maybe it is because there is a tendency in this country to want to go socialist. Not all Americans want this but those currently in control of the US government seem to want nothing else. With the federal government (essentially us) with interest holdings in two of the three US automobile manufacturers and the big push for a socialized health care system it would seem that the politicians in this country are turning their backs on the foundation of this great nation. Just one short year ago no one would even consider lighting the Empire State building to honor a communist regime. Oh how times have changed. No one seem to notice the poll taken on foxnews.com that showed approximately ninety seven percent of those responding did not want to see those colors on the Empire State building nor honor the regime in China. Does anyone remember Tianamen Square? Religion is tightly controlled in China. Wasn’t that one of the major reasons that this country exists, freedom of religion? The Roman Catholic Church with all its clout in the world cannot even publically name its cardinal in China for fear of his safety.
What is it going to take to wake up the sleeping silent majority in America? If this doesn’t do it what will? I volunteered to serve my country over twenty three years ago and as a veteran I am sickened at the way this country is going. I do not like where my country is headed and I believe that we all should learn from current mistakes as well as those of the past. We need to return to the principles of the ideals that this country stands for. We need to control the federal government. Yes it can happen, our power is in the constitution. The founders of this great nation new the dangers of a powerful central government and took measures to prevent it from happening here. The founders set the foundation of this great nation and we are now in the process moving away from that foundation. What happens to a building that moves off its foundation? It becomes condemned and falls. For example, if a car runs into your house and knocks your house off of its foundation. Now would you live in that house and feel safe? Likely not. That house could fall down at any minute so it is destroyed and another takes its place. That is a lesson that we all should learn and remember.(with out loosing our homes of course.) If the foundation of our nation is struck our nation will fall. I hear the jack hammers coming at the foundation now.
What are we going to do Americans? At some point in history your ancestors came to this country for the promises that the new world had to offer, the freedoms that America has come to stand for. Unless you are a Native American your ancestors came to this country to get away from an over powering oppressive government and persecution because of their beliefs. People come to this country for the freedom that it promises, freedom that they could not get back where they came from. So again, what are we going to do Americans? You can take the approach that most have been taking for years, “it doesn’t matter to me why should I worry about it, I am just one person.” Or we can harness the spirit that this country was created from and stand up for the way of life that most have taken for granted. Two hundred and thirty four years ago people stood up against the type of government that ours is turning into. We should all remember our history lessons, remember what the fourth of July stands for and stand up for our country and the way of life that most are taking for granted. Remember the real power in America is not in any political office but in the voting booth. America nor any part of it should in any way celebrate any way of life nor government that is an example of what America does not stand for.
