Liberalism, The Diet Pills Of Politics

Anyone who is connected to electronics in any way has probably seen some form of miracle weight loss solution in pill form, or powder, or something.  You know the, ‘do this once a day for 30 seconds and lose 400 pounds gimmick.’

These things exist because people are still buying it, plain and simple. There are people who are dumb enough to think they can have a models body without any work or change to their diet at all. They truly believe this magic pill or powder will solve all of their problems.

Anyone with a single microbe of common sense knows this could be further from the truth.
It makes me think of one of my favorite sayings, “The right thing to do, and the easy thing to do are almost never the same.”

I truly believe to some extent liberals, and far right conservatives want the same things.  Just like gym junkies and couch potatoes want the same things. They want to look good and be healthy. The difference is the mentality and approach they take to getting what they want.

I am a conservative; I would even say a libertarian leaning conservative. I want green energy, I want the homeless to have homes and food, I want kids to be educated and give back to the society they grew up in. The difference between someone like me and a “liberal” is that I know it takes more than just stealing money to get there. We cannot take a pill and have it, or even worse we cannot force someone to take the pill to get there. Then we are no longer free.

We WILL have solar panels that have a decent return on investment(ROI), when that happens people WILL buy them. A solar panel with a good ROI is a capitalist’s wet dream. It is a sheet of material that converts sunlight into money! Are you kidding me?!?!? Goldmine!!

I like to say, we will be a green nation when the technology is

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200% of GDP?!?! Are You Freaking Kidding Me!

I should not be surprised, yet I still am. A new report from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation has shown that by the year 2040, Federal Debt is projected to reach 200% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

In layman’s terms, GDP is basically every cent that has been circulated through the economy. Not just profits…ALL OF IT. That means on our current path, by 2040 you could take every penny from the economy and it would only cover half of the debt.

You might find that sacrificing you free birth control for a cheaper… EVERYTHING ELSE is a better investment.

When Obama raised taxes on the rich (you know when everyone had to pay more). People were very upset. It was headline news for days. People were out protesting. But when a report is released stating that in 27 years our debt owed will be double ALL of the money we have. Not a peep.
obama’s (yeah..it’s lower case) tax increases have done nothing. Every penny in additional earnings has pretty much been gobbled up by the sandy relief bill. As I stated in my post ‘Play Sim City Before Writing A Budget’ Increasing taxes not only hurts people now, it destroys the revenue pipeline in the future.
This disgrace of a president is being lauded for attacking the only people who still do pay taxes, and then celebrated for spending even more money than he is taxing for. The media has the gall to say his actions are improving the economy.
People then become shocked....

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A Sheriff We Can Be Proud Of

To me, a good government official is one who knows his or her role.
One that knows that their sole purpose, and job is to serve the taxpayer, and be a good steward of the taxpayers dollar. I had a great moment the other day. It was a moment that I have not had in a very long time. I felt very proud of a government representative from my hometown the Milwaukee county area.

His name is Davide Clarke Jr., he is the 64th Sheriff of Milwaukee County.

For those of you who do not know, one of the big changes Scott Walker and Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen brought to my great state was the access to concealed carry. As expected, gang activity started to reduce in some of the more shady areas of the city. ( I do not have a link to prove this claim, it is coming straight from one of my friends who is a cop on the north side of Milwaukee.) Shortly after CC was passed a gang member tried to hold up a man and his daughter as they were walking back from the store. It did not end well for the gang member because he ended up getting shot by the CC pedestrian or would be victim.
Ever since then, gang activity has been on a decline.
I digress.

David Clarke came out with one of the best, most blunt and straight forward, no bullshit PSA’s I have heard. Have a listen.

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