The Democrats in the Senate showed that they do not believe in the Constitution of the United States. This is true, regardless of how much they might give lip service to the Constitution. How can I make a statement like that? Harry Reid held a first cloture vote at 1 am this morning. The vote was 60-40 to end the filibuster. Of the 60 votes, 59 were Democrats and one was the Socialist from Vermont. It could be argued that all this vote did was allow the vote on the healthcare bill to be held. The problem with that argument is that the healthcare bill is unconstitutional. Anyone who knows anything about the constitution knows that it is unconstitutional. Even the Democrats know it is unconstitutional, that is why they will not discuss its constitutionality.

Each Senator has taken an oath to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. That means that any foreign threat should be defended against. This is something the Democrats are not likely to do, unless the enemy shows up with a gun. The domestic enemy is one who works to undermine the constitution. The Senators and Representatives that do not follow the Constitution are enemies of the Constitution. The Senators have to take action to prevent the Constitution being undermined. That means they cannot make laws that ignore the constitution.

Like Barack Obama said, the Constitution is a bill of negative rights. That means it tells government what it cannot do. It does not tell government what it can do. From a progressive’s viewpoint, that is the problem with the Constitution. But there is a reason the Constitution was written the way it was. The Founding Fathers did not trust government to be always benign. By writing the Constitution as negative rules, they prevent the progressives from making the government do too much. But, the Democrats do not believe the Constitution actually controls their actions. So, they can do anything they want and it is ok as long as they pass it. They are wrong. They have to account for the rights of the minority. But, to Democrats, the rights of minorities do not matter. Only what Democrats want is what they will do. What anyone else wants is obviously wrong in the eyes of the Democrats. Since it is wrong, it must be evil. Since it is evil, it must be stopped regardless of what you have to do, even lie, cheat and steal.

The supposed healthcare bill is not a healthcare bill. It is a control bill. It uses the healthcare system to grab more control over all of the citizens of the United States of America. If the Democrats can control the health care of all Americans, they can control the country. All they have to do is give breaks to their friends and punish their enemies. They will do this under the guise of compassion, but compassion it is not. When rationing of health care becomes the norm, then you will see the favoritism of the Democrats pet groups. All the groups that favor things the left does not like will be discriminated against by cutting their services. How can I make a statement like that? Just look at the stimulus funding and where it has gone. Democrat congressional districts have received over twice the funding of Republican congressional districts. This type of result will continue and accelerate when the Democrats take over the health care system.

America as originally conceived by the Founding Fathers is almost gone. We have slipped a long way from the freedom that our Founding Fathers wrote into the Constitution. The Democrats want to take the rest of our freedom away. This health care bill will go a long way to enslave the people of the United States. A country called the United States will exist past the passing of this health care bill. But, that country will not bear much resemblance to the country that was founded in 1776 or even the country that existed in 1945. It is sad that my generation gave America away to the slavers of the world. We did it without a fight. The fight is not over as the last nail on the coffin has not been driven in. But, things are looking rather black right now. The elections of 2010 might be too late to save the United States from extinction.

Today, I was reading Phil Brennan at Newsmax.com and learned that man really has caused global warming. Phil was talking about the manipulation of the temperature data in New Zealand and how the early temperatures were reduced and the more current ones were raised. This caused a false upturn in temperature. But, it was entirely man-made. So, the global warming people are right about one thing. Man is the cause of (the appearance of) global warming.

The global warming believers are meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. They are acting as if the climate gate memos were never found. If the memos are mentioned at all, they are dismissed as thefts and not important to the discussion. Since the world does not believe the last round of fantastic forecasts, we are being treated to a new round of even more fantastic forecasts.

The one thing that nobody ever comments on is the fact that the predictions of the global warming alarmists are ALWAYS wrong. Even when they appear right, they are off by a lot. Not one global warming enthusiast predicted the current cooling trend. All of the global warming enthusiasts dismiss this cooling trend as something very temporary. After the cooling period is over the global warming will reappear as if nothing had intervened. At least that is the story being told by the “true believers”. Fortunately, there are not as many of them today as there were a year ago.

Glenn Beck showed a commercial from Europe showing polar bears falling from the sky. That was one of the more disgusting commercials I have ever seen. The connection to 9/11 was pretty great as at first it appeared the polar bears were jumping from the buildings. The thrust of the commercial was to try and persuade people to stop flying. Glenn’s reaction to the commercial was decidedly negative. Mine was also negative. I am sure that other people had a similar reaction. Glenn and I cannot be that much out of touch with reality.

The purpose of the conference in Copenhagen is the transfer of wealth from the rich countries to the poor countries. There is no global warming. Global warming is the biggest scientific hoax since the Piltdown man in the early 20^th century. In the Piltdown man, the evidence was planted. Then when questioned it was discovered that it was the skull of a human and the jaw of an ape. This global warming hoax has many of the same elements. The evidence was not planted, it was falsified. The Piltdown man influenced scientific thought for about 50 years before it became completely debunked. We do not have 50 years to debunk global warming. It needs to occur within the next 12 months.

In a related event, the EPA decided that one of the essential gases on the planet is a pollutant. The EPA ruled yesterday t hat carbon dioxide is a pollutant and can be regulated by the EPA. Carbon dioxide is something all animals breathe out. All plants take in carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and produce our food. That is not something that is a pollutant. A pollutant is something that is bad, not essential for life. But, the EPA is not really interested in saving the planet or reducing pollution. They are involved in the wealth transfer from wealthy Americans to poorer Americans and the transfer of wealth from America to the rest of the world. That is more important than being scientifically accurate. The EPA is showing itself a political organization, not a scientific organization. It had a reputation of stupidity, but it did show some scientific rigor. Now, all pretense of allegiance to science is thrown out the window. All allegiance to the political ends of the socialist Democrat party is paramount. Science can take a back seat to politics.

We need to get back to an administration that respects science. Right now, we have people spouting scientific terms to justify socialist ends. That is not science, it is politics. As a scientist, I am outraged that science has been politically hijacked. There was a time when a scientist making a statement about science could be trusted. Now, you have to look into that person’s politics before you can believe them. That is terrible. Scientists should stick to science. Politicians should stick to politics. If a politician wants to politicize science, then let them do it all alone. As a scientist I will not stand up and back a politician unless his science is sound. Since most politicians do not know the first thing about science, that means if a politician talks about science, don’t believe them.

Yesterday, GM filed for bankruptcy. That, in and of itself, is not the important thing. The important thing is the deal that has been worked out. The deal is anti-constitutional because of what it does to the 5^th amendment.

The deal, as I can recall, is this; after the bankruptcy is over, the federal government will own 72% of GM, UAW will own 17% and secured creditors will own 11%. The federal government has no authority to own a private business. That makes this deal illegal, according to the Constitution. The fact that no member of Congress, either Republican or Democrat, has objected is instructive. They either feel that the federal government has the authority or that Barack Obama is so strong they dare not say anything. I believe that it is the latter that is taking place. Barack Obama is so strong right now; anyone objecting will be cut off at the knees in a heartbeat.

The UAW, the union, is an unsecured debtor. That means that in a bankruptcy, they get whatever is left over after the secured debtors get paid in full. In this deal, they are paid much more for their unsecured share of GM than the secured debtors are paid for their secured share of GM. That is against the takings clause of the constitution. It has been long established law that secured debtors are paid in full before unsecured debtors are paid anything. In this deal, things are backwards. The reason things are backwards is that the UAW helped get Barack Obama elected President. The secured debtors did not help get Barack Obama elected President in any direct way. That is why the UAW came out on top in this deal. That seems to be the way things are in Barack Obama’s world. It worked the same way with Chrysler dealerships that were closed. If a Chrysler dealer gave only to Republicans, they were closed. If they gave to Democrats, they were kept open. Only one dealer that gave to Democrats was closed and they gave only $200. All the rest gave only to Republicans. The Dealers that were kept open gave heavily to Democrats.

This deal makes us officially a socialist country. All the other things that have been going on have pointed in this direction, but could be argued that they were not socialist. This is obviously socialist by definition. That puts us on a road that I thought was impossible for America to ever be on. I fear, now, for America. My children and grandchildren will never know the freedom to succeed that I enjoyed. That is a shame. It is my generation that is to blame for this disaster. Even though Barack Obama is not from my generation, he is a product of it. My generation should have been more responsible. Then this would not have happened. We now need to work to fix it before it goes too far.

That GM is a socialist company is now undeniable. It means that I will stay away from any GM vehicles until GM is sold to private investors.

GM now has a competitive advantage over its rivals. It can be subsidized by their taxes and can receive tax breaks that the other companies cannot receive. If their prices are far enough below the others, the other companies may feel they have to go the same route to be competitive. That would mean the entire industry would be destroyed. Right now, the other companies should still be able to make vehicles that people want. GM will make vehicles that the government wants people to buy. The two are not the same thing. The government, because of Barack Obama’s belief in the hoax of global warming, will want you to buy very small cars. Americans want cars they can fit the entire family in and are safe. Americans also like their trucks. Trucks will probably not be part of the GM lineup. At least a variety of trucks will not be on their lineup.

We are now in uncharted territory for America. We know what will happen if we look at Venezuela or any other country that has embraced socialism. If that happens, I expect a knock on the door and a visit to the friendly police station. I will not keep silent about the destruction of the America that I love.

In the debate over Gay Marriage, everyone seems to leave out some vital information. The information that people leave out is that gays are asking for more rights than everyone else, not the same rights as they claim.

Let me explain: As the law now stands, marriage is between a man and a woman. That is all the law says. You are free to marry anyone of the opposite sex that you choose. That means that if I wanted to get married, I could choose from any female on the planet. If a woman wanted to get married, she could choose from any male on the planet. That is equality. Everyone has the same rights and everyone is equal.

Gays say that they do not want to marry someone of the opposite sex. They want to marry someone of the same sex. In saying that, they are asking for more rights than anyone else. Everyone else has equal rights and they are asking for something extra that nobody else has or wants. That is not fair.

What is the purpose of marriage, anyway? Marriage was instituted so that children could be brought into the world and cared for properly. By saying that children would be cared for properly, I mean that they would be taught the standards of the society that they live in.

Marriage was not put in place so that two people have a legal standing for one another. The legal standing came because each person in the marriage had a role to play. Since each person had a role, they also had to be protected in case the marriage failed. That is why we have legal standing for the partners in a marriage. If that is why you get married, you are getting married for the wrong reason.

Two men cannot have children without introducing a woman. Two women cannot have children without introducing a man. Therefore, a marriage between people of the same sex would not be equal to a marriage of people of the opposite sex. You may argue that not all traditional marriages result in children. That is true, but the potential is there. Just because children do not happen is not the fault of marriage, it is usually a medical problem.

Just remember that when people talk about “Gay Marriage”, they are requesting additional rights than already exist. Gays claim they just want the same rights, but we all now know the truth. The purpose of gay marriage is not really so gay people can marry. The real reason is to destroy the foundation of America. America is founded on strong homes. Our homes have been under siege for more than a generation. This is the final attack on the walls. If this succeeds, then America will fall. If this fails, America will stand. What stands between America and anarchy are the husbands and wives of America, and most do not know it. Let us hope that what we were taught at our Mother’s knee is enough to see us through this final battle.

We are in great danger of losing the great nation called the United States of America. She has been in decline for most of my life. I remember when political correctness first poked its head up. At that time, we laughed about it and said it would never catch on. We would even make jokes about how stupid political correctness terms were. Now, we are smothered by the restrictions of political correctness. It does not seem funny any longer. I feel like Gulliver in his travels when he was tied down by the people of Lilliput when I try to speak.

The Constitution which led this country for 165 years was first ignored by Franklin Roosevelt. Each President and Congress since then has followed what parts of the Constitution they wanted and ignored the parts they wanted to ignore. This has led to the President and Congress totally ignoring the Constitution since January 2009. If all the items that were unconstitutional were cut out of the current budget, the defense department and little else would be covered.

Since the 1940’s, the Supreme Court has even had a hand in loosening the hold of the Constitution on the country. Laws that were Constitutional 20, 30 or 40 years ago are unconstitutional now. The Constitution did not change, the Supreme Court changed. We even have current Supreme Court Justices that believe they can use court cases from other countries to help them decide cases about our Constitution. The other countries have an entirely different set of laws on which their court cases were decided. How can they shed any light on what our cases would be? Our cases should be decided on what the Constitution says, not what you want it to say.

Congress has to stop doing things that sound good. Most of the things that Congress does that sound good are unconstitutional. They are unconstitutional because the Founding Fathers did not want the Federal Government doing those things. They wanted a small government that did a few things well. They did not want a government that did a lot of things badly. The Founders put restrictions in the Constitution to stop the Federal Government from growing too large and stifling the freedom of the citizens of the United States of America.

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote almost 200 years ago that we had a great country and would keep it until we discovered we could pay ourselves out of the government trough. Since Franklin Roosevelt, we have been moving towards the point at which the majority of the public discovers that they can make a living from voting themselves money from the government trough. Last I heard we were approaching 49% that do not pay any income taxes. Once we pass 50%, the country is lost forever. We need to push that number down to maybe 25-30% of the public that are not required to pay taxes. I am not calling for a major tax on the poor, but if you do not pay any taxes you have no stake in the government. If you have no stake in the government, the government is just a way to get money.  

Two other things that are destroying our country is the flood of illegal aliens into the country and the failure to make English the national language. We need to stop the flood of illegal aliens from coming into the country. Legal immigrants should be welcomed with open arms. Illegal immigrants should not be able to get jobs and be forced to leave. There are some issues with illegal aliens and their families that can be dealt with in another post, but in general illegal aliens should leave.

The national language should be English. All ballots should be printed in one language only. All court proceedings and filings should be only legal if they are in English. There should be no, press one for English in phone messages. English is our national language. It is just not the official language. Every country in the world recognizes English as our language, except for us. We have politicians that get all worked up over the Hispanic vote and want to allow Spanish. Spanish is a good language. People should learn a second language and Spanish is a good one to learn. But, anyone coming to this country or living in this country should be required to learn English to vote, drive or have any other benefit of being an American.

If we do these things, we can take the country back. It is not so far gone that we cannot retrieve what we have lost. We cannot wait for our children or grandchildren to do it. By then it will be too late. The time to take action is the 2010 elections. Make a statement in those elections and keep it up in the 2012 elections and we can work our way out of the mess we got ourselves into.

Conservatives by nature do not covet power in the way that Democrats covet power. Because of that inherent difference, Democrats have a distinct advantage when it comes to elections. In general, Democrat voters are more motivated than conservative voters. In general, Democrats are more motivated to actually become candidates than Republicans. Those advantages are difficult for the average Republican candidate to overcome when it comes to elections.

It is time for conservatives to become interested in elections. Elections have consequences. If you were a conservative voter who stayed home on Election Day because of some slight, is Obama leading the country in the way you want it led? Are you happy that the country is taking over the auto industry and the banking industry? Are you happy that the country will be deciding how much money you and I can make? If so, then you were justified in staying home, you got the government that you wanted. If not, then you better wake up and decide that you will not take another election off.

The best conservatives in the country need to become candidates for office. I know that getting a root canal done without anesthesia is better than running for office, but the alternative is losing the country forever. It is 2009, 2010 is just around the corner. Candidates for office need to start now, if they have any chance of being elected to political office. They have to raise a lot of money and get their names out before the public. The candidates that will win these elections over the Democrats in power will be the ones that have innovative conservative ideas and stick to their guns. We cannot have candidates that cozy up to Democrats or think that big government is the answer. Those are the ones that brought us to this point.

Winning an office in 2010 will put some people on the map for Presidential consideration. We need a Republican candidate for office that is articulate in conservative principles and not Democrat-lite like our last Republican candidate. I do not know who that will be. I know that people are talking about Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal in that vein. They both have strong backgrounds and would make excellent candidates. Sarah Palin has made some mistakes recently, though those can be forgiven. Bobby Jindal was not as dynamic as I would have liked in the answer to Barack Obama recently. That does not mean either is out of the running. Both are well in front of the pack for 2012. If Bobby Jindal is not as dynamic as we would like, maybe he could be a VP first. Then he could grow into the job and show what he can do.

Conservatives perceive power as a way to empower the individual. That results in the conservative giving away his power over time. Since a conservative wants to take care of his corner of the world, that suits conservatives just fine. Conservatives also expect that everyone else will want to take care of their part of the world. That is called individual responsibility. That is the entire premise behind conservative principles. Conservative principles are best outlined in the Constitution of the United States. We need to have candidates that stand behind the Constitution.

Democrats, socialists and liberals all perceive power as a way to make others do what they are supposed to do. They perceive power as a way to make the world into what they think the world should be. They believe the government should be there to take care of everyone and force everyone to conform to some set standard. All socialists (Nazi’s, communists and just socialists) believe that the government should run everything and that everyone should be dependent on the government. Classic liberals are somewhere between the socialist and the conservative. They believe in individual rights, but that the government should be there as a safety net to help anyone in “need”. It was a small step for liberals of the past to become socialists of the now.

We as conservatives cannot let socialists run our government. We have to step up and be the “citizen representative” that was envisioned by our Founding Fathers. If you ask why I do not step up and be a candidate, I am older and in ill health. I would not be able to defeat a socialist that was younger and more vigorous.  It is up to those of you between 20-40 to step up and hold the banner high. Veterans make the best candidates because they have been taught that honor and courage can win the day. We can take the country back if we act quickly. We have not gone too far down the socialist road to turn back and be America again. But, we have to rally around “good” strong conservative candidates, not these Democrat-lite Republicans that masquerade as conservatives.

We are now starting to reap the reward of having a President who has no foreign policy experience and who has advisers who have even less experience. Barack Obama gave his first interview after taking office to an Arab TV network rather than an American TV network. Now, this would not be bad if he had taken a stance toward terrorism like George W. Bush. He took the attitude of most liberals which is: “can’t we all get along?”

Arabs are not likely to get along with someone who asks them the question, can’t we all get along? They believe that they can get along with someone who is strong. They will step on someone who they believe is weak. Someone who asks the question can’t we all get along; will find himself run over by terrorists.

Obama went on the network and said he had lived in Muslim countries and had Muslim relatives. He also said that there is little difference between good people around the world. All good people want the best for their families and friends. All good people want to live in peace and friendship. The problem with that message is he is dealing with a people that are taught from birth that all infidels (every non-Muslim is an infidel) are not worthy to live. This is especially true of the truly despicable infidels called Jews, as far as Muslims are concerned. People taught like this are not likely to get along with you unless they believe you will take off their head if they get out of line. If they believe you will not take off their head, they will take off your head.

The midget from Iran said that as soon as Iran gets a nuclear device he will wipe Israel off of the map. He wants to start a nuclear war. This nuclear war will bring in the 12^th Imam who will institute Islam worldwide. The rulers of Iran do not care if they live or die. They believe in this 12^th Imam and his ability to bring about Muslim rule. They also believe that the 12^th Imam has to come into power through fire. Their interpretation of that prophecy is that the fire spoken about is nuclear fire. This is crazy talk. It is also the kind of people that will not listen to a President who is trying to talk “nice”. They will ignore the nice talk and start shooting.

Obama also believes that the center of the war against Islamo-Fascism is in Afghanistan. He has started moving troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to fight along the border with Pakistan. Afghanistan is the place that God designed where the powerful are brought to their knees. The British found out about that in the 19^th century. The Russians found out about that in the 1980’s. Barack Obama is about to find out about that in 2009-2011. He will find out that we cannot put enough troops to control the area; there are too many valleys to hide the guerillas. The best way to fight in this region is how we have been fighting in this region, put in Special Forces to help the local War Lords control different areas. This keeps the truly bad guys, the Taliban, out of Afghanistan for the most part. We should not worry too much about who rules in Afghanistan as we cannot prop up any ruler there for very long. We should let the local people control who rules the country. If having a divided rule among many war lords is the way the Afghanistan people choose to be ruled, then so what. We should not try to be King Makers.

Barack Obama has a lot to learn about the world and how it works. The problem is he needs to have learned it by the time he was put in office. He is showing the world that he is not ready to lead. How many good Americans will die because this man is not ready is not known at this time, but many will die. I hope that it is very few, but I could easily be wrong. We voted this man into office, now we get to pay the price for his education. Unfortunately, the price is American blood.