Red & Blue States: Economic Forecasting Made Easy

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released unemployment rates for March 2009 to ‘non-existent’ media attention (more on that some other time). And guess what? The HIGHEST rates of unemployment in the country are found in BLUE (that’s democrat/progressive) states. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=98569

Now, what can we extrapolate or forecast by these numbers? This one is easy. If your state is dominated by dems/progs, you have a better than 50-50 chance that your state will, if it isn’t already, operate in the RED. That means that your state will essentially HAVE to cut programs in order to ‘balance the budget’. Where will those cuts come? That will depend on your left-wing loon state legislature.

For example, look at California and its “Govern-ator” (Yah, I’ll crush you with my large biceps until you wail like a little girly man). They are trying to balance the budget by selling San Quentin (a state prison), legalizing the recreational use of marijuana (as a source of tax revenue), and lay off some 50,000 teachers and release ‘non-violent’ inmates from CA prisons. http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/12307/

What? Yes. As the Metallica song says, Sad But True.

So, where is our country headed under the current progressive leadership in Congress and in the White House? You need look no farther than ‘The Golden State’ for an example. Unable to fund the out of control spending by a left-wing loon state legislature, the state is on the verge of bankruptcy. Things have gotten so bad in CA that the state is having an increasingly difficult time selling its bonds to prospective investors (including other U.S. state governments). The state of CA has solved this problem by selling the bonds to the Bay Area Toll Authority (owned by the state). CA’s credit rating has been downgraded from A+ to just plain A, the LOWEST bond rating in the country. An honor CA shares with Louisiana. Can you smell economic MELDOWN?

So, as long as Congress and the Dali-Bama are going to spend OUR hard-earned tax dollars on meaningless programs (you don’t really want me to list them all do you?), we are headed for the economic abyss. Hopefully, your state is taking measures now to insulate itself from the long arm of the Federal government by signing on to the Patrick Henry Foundation, a 10^th Amendment group who opposes the ultra micro-managing coming from Washington, DC. And, hopefully, your state will be changing its color in 2010.

Have YOU Been Identified?

Something happened recently that concerns all those who 'study' history. You may or may not be familiar with the Department of Homeland Security's issuance of 'The Right-Wing Extremist Report' or the subsequent 'Lexicon of Domestic Extremists'. If not, here's the skinny.

Janet Napolitano and DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security) has spent sometime identifying those people who they consider a threat to the safety and security of this country. A reasonable job for such an office? You bet. The only problem is, those on the list are AMERICANS. What? Believe it. Identified and named on the list are those who support anti-abortion legislation, oppose gun control, oppose gay marriage, favor more border security or who have participated in recent anti-tax rallies (the TEA Parties on April 15). Still don't believe it? Here's the link. See for yourself. http://wnd.com/images/dhs-rightwing-extremism.pdf.

But the idiocy doesn't stop there. DHS issued the 'Lexicon of Domestic Extremists' a few days later and identified EXACTLY what they meant in the previous Right-Wing Extremist Report. Inluded in the lexicon are groups like 'Christian patriots, Constitutionalists, anti-immigration groups (like those who oppose giving illegals driver's licences), and the Sovereign Citizens Movement'. Here is the link for you to see. http://video1.washingtontimes.com/video/lexicon.pdf

Now, why should this concern YOU? And what of the 'Historical' importance of this event (as I mentioned above? Well, about 80 years ago in a land far away, there was a dictator who knew that there were those who would oppose his every move once they figured out what his real intentions were. So, he organized a private police force to be run by the government (him) and set about identifying those 'groups' that he knew would balk at his proposals. This group was given the authority to investigae cases regarding treason, espionage and sabotage but was also given the power to imprison people without judicial proceedings. No one thought the lesser of it, and, in time, the group became a public fixture. The group began by 'identifying' so-called 'enemies of the state' but soon, these people were not just being identified. They were being identified and led off to camps, which were also under the control of this police force.

Still curious as to the Historical importance?

Well, the description that I have just given is a general outline of Hitler's Gestapo which was born in 1933 and was a source of fear, hate and depravity in Nazi Germany throughout WWII.

Can you see why "identifying" citizens of this country (which in itself is a violation of the Constitution) is a dangerous game? Can you see how this game of identification can soon be turned into a game of removal of Constitutional rights (like due process and habeus corpus)? Can you see that it is time for all of we Americans to start paying attention to this two-bit dictator who occupies the White House?

If you don't see the logic in this, the Historical parallels or the can of worms that this issue opens, then you are either a closet Nazi, or a person who didn't pay attention in History class.

REVOLUTION CALLING!!

Tired? Me Too

Are you tired? Tired of watching the greatest country in the world nosedive into obscurity? Tired of watching an under-qualified, second-rate community organizer make unbelievable, unintelligent decisions regarding the future of this nation? Are you tired of seeing the morality of our society continually high-jacked by the 'politically correct', 'do it if it feels good' crowd? Do you wonder where our leaders are?

If you can answer yes to these questions, you are not alone. I started this blog to deal with the insanity that is American politics today. As we see our government (and Mr. Obama) ring up huge deficits, turn their collective backs on the common citizen and ignore the wishes and demands of the silent majority, we (that is you and me) need to take a little bit more of 'aggressive' action.

I will be commenting on some (there is not enough time in the day to deal with all of it) of the ridiculous nonsense that is being shoved down our throats and, of course, putting my own little spin on it.

Your comments are encouraged.

Join the DEFIANCE!!!