Here's my question. How is it that President Obama has not been able to fill 57% of the more than 500 senior positions requiring Senate confirmation. According to the report in the New York Times, the president is still missing an assistant treasury secretary for financial markets; a director for the Agency for International Development; and even his Army secretary, as well as several top national security posts. Now, I know he's had problems confirming a majority of his picks, some with IRS problems, like Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, and others, who failed to pay their income tax in recent years. And others like Republican U.S. Senator Judd Gregg who, after being chosen, decided they were not on board with the Presidents radical policies. But why the sudden lack of attention as far as filling the rest of his Presidential appointments to his staff? Could it be that he just wants to bypass the vetting system altogether? I mean, as long as he's appointing his Czars, which DO NOT have to have Senate confirmation and report to no one else but President Obama, why go through the lengthily process?

Wow, I guess Obama wasn't kidding when he stated that he will fundamentally change this nation. One of the changes he seems to favor is to eliminate the checks and balances of power that were put into place, by our founding fathers, so that no branch of government was more powerful than the other. By appointing all his Czars he is doing away with the need for Congressional approval and having these czars accountable, not to the American people, but to him and him alone. Is this how our country was set up to run. I don't think so.

Just in case you were not aware, with over 250 of his presidential appointee spots still open, Obama has found the time instead to appoint the following Czars:


1. Afghanistan Czar - Richard Holbrooke
2. AIDS Czar * - Jeffrey Crowley
3. Auto Recovery Czar - Ed Montgomery
4. Border Czar * - Alan Bersin
5. California Water Czar
6. Car Czar - Ron Bloom
7. Central Region Czar - Dennis Ross
8. Climate Czar - Todd Stern
9. Domestic Violence Czar - Lynn Rosenthal
10. Drug Czar * - Gil Kerlikowske
11. Economic Czar * - Paul Volcker
12. Energy and Environment Czar - Carol Browner
13. Faith-Based Czar * - Joshua DuBois
14. Government Performance Czar - Jeffrey Zients
15. Great Lakes Czar - Cameron Davis
16. Green Jobs Czar - Van Jones
17. Guantanamo Closure Czar - Daniel Fried
18. Health Czar * - Nancy-Ann DeParle
19. Information Czar - Vivek Kundra
20. Intelligence Czar * - Dennis Blair
21. Mideast Peace Czar - George Mitchell
22. Pay Czar - Kenneth R. Feinberg
23. Regulatory Czar - Cass R. Sunstein
24. Science Czar - John Holdren
25. Stimulus Accountability Czar - Earl Devaney
26. Sudan Czar - J. Scott Gration
27. TARP Czar - Herb Allison
28. Technology Czar - Aneesh Chopra
29. Terrorism Czar - John Brennan
30. Urban Affairs Czar - Adolfo Carrion Jr.
31. Weapons Czar - Ashton Carter
32. WMD Policy Czar - Gary Samore

My question for you is, what do we really know about these people who are so closely advising our President?

It's starting to happen, can you feel it? It's happening all around you, do you see it? The buzz is getting louder, do you hear it? All around our country, people are finding their voices and raising them in opposition to what this administration is trying to do without the majorities consent. Representatives are coming home from Washington to town hall meetings, packed with everyday citizens who are furious at how decisions are being made by congress, and the President, about; their health care, how stimulus money is being spent and also how our tax dollars aren't being spent. They're demanding answers to questions the main stream media should be asking but won't.



They are still gathering in protest against taxes and government intrusion at rallies, like the one this past weekend in Columbus, Ohio, where thousands attended another Tea Party to protest "socialized health care, bailouts, rising national debt and a Columbus' proposed income-tax increase that would increase from 2 percent to 2.5 percent, which would mean $1 billion over the next 10 years taken out of the local residents wallets. By the way, it's funny how you saw nothing from the MSM about the thousands of people, who stood in the hot sun, to attend this protest, peacefully. I'm just saying.




These are people, just like you and me, who are waking up and realizing that they don't have to sit back quietly and watch our leaders lessen our freedoms and take control of our lives. They are remembering that this is a Nation of "We the People" and not of "Them the Politicians". We are starting to hold our elected officials accountable, as they should be, for their voting records, their wasteful spending and their careless passing of legislature that they haven't even taken the time to read.

We all have a voice, and our elected officials are there to echo it, loud and clear, to our countries leaders. The roles have reversed when our representatives are dictating, to us, the policies of an administration that cares more about their own agendas and special interests than the will of the American People as a whole. Find your voice, use it, raise it. What are you waiting for? What are you afraid of?

Remember the words of one of our Founding Fathers;

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Thomas Jefferson

I am so tired of hearing, in response to the lies and deception in Washington, phrases like; "That's just politics, Politics as Usual or What do you expect? they're Politicians". When did this all begin? How long has it been the Status Qua that, it's OK to allow our nations leaders to lie and deceive us? And when they do, just write it off as politics as usual. I'm no historian and maybe I am wrong, but, I can't imagine our founding fathers sitting around the room, when they were drafting our constitution, saying; "We can't put that in there, it might offend this group over here" or "If we don't include this, this group over here won't get what I promised them" or what seems to be going on, more and more, in the Bills flying through Congress these days; "If we use this language, it will give the impression we are looking out for their best interests and still leave it open to do what we want" When did it become OK for us to be lied to and deceived? When did we decide as a nation that; we have no choice but to settle for leaders who say one thing and do another? When did we drop the ball; when it comes to holding our elected officials accountable to do the job they were elected to do? Think about this. We let Congress pass Bills on TARP, Cap and Trade and Health Care without reading what's in them. How can they possible be protecting the citizens who elected them when ,they don't even read what they are putting into policy? I guarantee our founding fathers not only read what they signed and passed, but also, had full knowledge and understanding of what they were voting on. Remember this?:



The problem is; We as Americans are letting our so-call leaders do this to us. We are letting them lie to us. We are not holding them accountable for their actions or lack there of. We are justifying their playing games, with our freedoms and future, by letting them off the hook with a simple excuse of; "What do you expect, they can't help it. That's the nature of the game in Washington" "That's how politics work" ENOUGH ALREADY!!

As long as we just sit back and allow our leaders to keep doing this, to us and our country, they are going to. If we don't hold them up to a higher level of accountability, then we deserve what they give us. I can't speak for anyone else, but, I for one will be writing letters to, calling and emailing my elected officials, State Senators and Representatives, letting them know that; when it comes to their role as my elected official, They are expected to do the job they were elected to do. When it comes to communication with the voters, that they say what they mean and mean what they say. When they don't, I will hold them accountable and they WILL hear from me.

I have a right and an obligation to keep our leaders in check, and, so do you

Group Seeks to Block 'In God We Trust' Engraving

The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in western Wisconsin, claims the taxpayer-funded engravings would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/14/group-seeks-block-god-trust-engraving/

As a Christian, I am not so naive that I can't see that we are slowly becoming a minority.  It's easier, these days, to recognize when our country is trying to separate or distance themselves from God.  The truth is it's an inevitable fact, which unfortunately, we are not in control to reverse.  If you believe God's word, as I do, He laid it out quite frankly.  The promise of His return was not based on that the majority would be following Him rather that, ALL will have the opportunity to accept Him, or in some cases, reject Him.  But this is not the main theme of my post today.

What got me started on this, when I read the article referenced above, was the ridiculous reasons they give for their lawsuit.  The first one about "the tax-payers funding, of the engraving, would be unconstitutional".  Would you give me a break?  With all the wasteful spending that is happening today; millions of tax-payers dollars for Nancy Pelosi's field mice, $100's of $1,000's on studies for the connection of alcohol and promiscuity in gay bars or the NIH funding the study of  "Why men don't like to use condoms" for the sum of $423,500.00.  Why isn't anybody suing for these misuses of tax-payer money?  The article goes on saying; "The lawsuit says both the motto and the words "under God" in the pledge were adopted during the Cold War as anti-communism measures."  Here's a little history; The motto " In God We Trust" was first used on coin currency back in 1864, The only time it came under scrutiny was when Pres. T. Roosevelt felt in 1907 that the motto was being used as a political slogan and was in effect irreverence, which comes dangerously close to sacrilege.  He felt it would cheapen the motto by using it on coins and postage stamps.  As far as the Pledge of Allegiance,  In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the 31-word pledge we say today.  So I guess what this group is saying is; It was acceptable to use, rely or call upon God when we were fighting communism, but now that communism is not a direct threat to us anymore, we can neatly put God back in a little box, place Him in a closet or on a shelf until we need Him again.  My direct argument for that is; what about socialism?  Wouldn't it be wise to keep him out of His box for a little while longer, to help ensure victory over the threat of socialism in our country?

The fact is, our Founding Fathers believed in a nation under God enough to write:  "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"  Who do you think they were referring to as their "Creator" ( big C not little c )  And Ben Franklin was referring to the Bible as the 'Sacred Writings" when he said; “ God governs in the affairs of man. *And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that **except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Ben Franklin-Constitutional Convention of 1787.  He was convinced, as I am, that unless we are a nation that truly builds it's foundation on God, all our efforts to bring our country back to health are in vain.  Now more than ever, we need God's blessing on our nation.  The atheists and agnostics have always and will always be around.  We cannot shrink against their efforts to pull us away from our roots.  We must continue to fight for the freedoms our Founding Fathers fought to give us. 

I cannot tell you what the future holds in store for our country.  All I can tell you is that, With God, My future is secure.

*Matthew 10:29-31 “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”

**Psalm 127:1 “Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.  Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.”