So our “Homeland Security” department has now, under Obama, determined that our military is a threat to… who?

WASHINGTON – A newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warns against the possibility of violence by unnamed “right-wing extremists” concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty and singles out returning war veterans as particular threats.

The report, titled “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” dated April 7, states that “threats from white supremacist and violent anti-government groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts.”

However, the document, first reported by talk-radio host and WND columnist Roger Hedgecock, goes on to suggest worsening economic woes, potential new legislative restrictions on firearms and “the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.”

What a slap in the face!  Those protecting us from rogue nations and terrorists abroad are now being singled out by our own government as possible terrorists?!?!  Where, Mr. President, do you find these people?

Here’s where our money is being spent and I’m not happy about it, are you?

Find a tea party near you and attend to show your support.

It’s only taken a short time for President Obama to give rights once only afforded Americans and those who commited crimes within the borders of the united states to just about anyone.  This sets a dangerous precident that will definitely come back to haunt us.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — About 10,000 people rallied at the Bi-Lo Center in downtown Greenville to call for less government spending.

The “Tea Party” was organized by young Upstate Republicans and marked the final protest of the week.The “tea” in “Tea Party” stands for “taxed enough already.”

I’d say that would count as a success.  When you have 10,000 people show up for a protest in a city the size of Greenville, you know that you’ve gotten people excited about something.  Governor Mark Sanford spoke as well as Sen. Jim Demint and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer.  Senator Demint has made himself known in his first term and a senator from South Carolina.  He’s been pushing for less spending and lower taxes since he arrived in Washington.  He is definitely one of the best we have up there.

I was hoping for  larger crowd than we had in February, but I never thought that it would swell to this size.  I hadn’t even heard about it until my friend Kelle Corvin put a post up on her Facebook about it tonight and by then it was almost 7:30, the scheduled end of the party.  Oh well, maybe next time.

The United States cannot save the world. It will be fortunate to save itself. President Bush’s proposed bailout is not simply a socialist measure. It is an attempt to avoid a return to correct valuations. It is an ignorant attempt, in effect, to extend the damage that has already been done.

Further:

“There is no use in interfering by means of a new credit expansion,” wrote Mises. “This would at best only interrupt, disturb, and prolong the curative process of the depression, if not bring about a new boom with all its inevitable consequences.” When Bill O’Reilly says that the disaster is too great, that despite his support for the free market he sees no alternative to the government bailout plan, he is denying the healing power of a depression. He is denying the fundamental lesson of economics. The damage to the economic system has already occurred during the period of false prosperity.

Our government officials are lying to themselves and to us. The false economy and false “boom” that is created by taking money from taxpayers and giving it away to businesses that should be allowed to fail because they are not viable only causes an extension of the pain. Worse yet it could cause our children to bear our pain in the name of saving our own hides. What kind of parent does that to their children?

I believe that President Bush means well. I believe that Senator Obama means well. They both don’t want our nation to be in the financial pain that it’s in, but they are wrong to take away the pain without allowing the wound to heal. The economy is damaged already by too much government interference in markets and private enterprise. Keeping values falsely inflated doesn’t allow the corrections needed to bring about a truly stable economy.

Read the rest of this article and think it over.

A major research institution (MRI) has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest chemical element yet known to science. The new element has been tentatively named Governmentium. Governmentium has 1 neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of governmentium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would normally take less than a second. Governmentium has a normal half-life of three years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause some morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientists to speculate that governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as Critical Morass.

Mr. President… If you’re worried about a confidence gap don’t make symbolic guestures to try to improve your image.  CUT THE DAMN SPENDING!

So what’s next?  Are you now going to bail out the companies who you just cut out of those government contracts the the ones that creat logos?

I’m not buying what Chrysler is saying.  If you have an opportunity to borrow as a lower rate, especially if you are nearing bankruptcy, you are irresponsible if you don’t take it.  To say that you don’t need the money right now, but that you are going to borrow from other sources with higher interest rates points straight to the fact that pay limitations are in your future if you borrow from the government.

So what do you do in this situation?  Either you effectively hand over control of your company to the government, or you risk bankruptcy.  It appears that Chrysler has chosen the lesser of two evils.

I think that it’s a disgrace that a company would agree to pay any employee a “performance bonus” even when the company is in the tank.  The current financial status of the company should be considered in the contract as a common sense measure.  Sure, the car companies might have been ok if not for the economic downturn, but what kind of plan doesn’t have some kind of contengency just in case the economy doesn’t keep on its track of unsustainable growth?

On the other hand, the government should not be in the business of business in the first place.  To hand out my money to a company that’s failing simply does not happen in a true free market economy.  Have you realized yet that we don’t have a true free market economy?  The government controls so much of business both directly and indirectly in the name of the “common good” that we aren’t even close anymore, albeit closer than most other nations around the world.

Corporate subsidies exist because someone was convinced by a lobbyist that industries could not be allowed to fail, yet they weren’t self-sufficient enough to survive in a free market economy.  Amtrak and the airline industry are perfect examples.

Give tax breaks to business.  That’s the way to get industry moving, but don’t allow the government to buy into the company and begin dictating business strategy.  Look at the mess they’ve made with everything else they’ve tried to run and you will see why.

Brian Reidl, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, said all the spending may lead a Democratic-controlled Congress to “overreach and create expensive, unworkable new programs that will not be easy to fix or cut later.”

“There are significant economic risks to rapidly expanding the size of government,” Reidl said. “Countries with large governments produce less wealth and create fewer jobs than countries with minimal government.”

Like any spending the government initiates, it never goes down, always up.

President Reagan came into office believing that government was more the problem than the answer and his policies brought us into a long period of growth.  President Obama believes that government is the answer and only history yet to be made will determine who made the better call.  I know who my money is on.