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100 Days of Obama

Back on February 22, I posed the concept of a revolution in my column, and since then the concept of Texas seceding has popped out from no less than the governor.

This tells me that the fears for our country are not only grounded in the economy but other areas as well.

Now the administration is coming up on 100 days old.

My political philosophy is by no means related to the Democrats or Republicans and in fact I see little difference between them in their quest to build an ever larger government to better exercise control of “The Folks”.

We Libertarians believe in personal freedom while maintaining personal responsibility, and strongly oppose any government interfering in personal, family and business decisions.   

Essentially, we believe all Americans should be free to live their lives and pursue their interests as they see fit as long as they do no harm to another.
We are advocates for a smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.

Back in 2004, I suggested that Mr. Obama was a rising star when he delivered such a stellar speech at the Democratic National Convention that year.

He has demonstrated himself to be a great communicator with powerful skills of persuasion that he uses to great advantage.

Much of his success is the direct result of these skills.

Properly used President Obama could lead the country and even the world out of the malaise of the current economic crisis but he could also lead our “nation of the free” into the slavery of socialism.

Initially, the big issues are related to the control of our economy through the banks and investment firms which is well on the way, with further controls on our educational system, and means of productivity and the financial rewards for being productive.

The claws of this control are poised –

The federal government begins by taking money from us in the form of Taxes and then returns it to us in the form of school aid providing that our children are taught in the schools that they direct they must go to, and where they learn the information as specified and presented in the proscribed manner. This influence continues on to universities as well. Perhaps we can remember threatening removal of federal funds for reasons like the removal of military recruiters.

If we look at the causes of our financial maladies, we see banks encouraged to push government backed mortgages to folks whose assets and income did not support the payments just to guarantee government goals of social engineering.

On the horizon we see shadows of socialized medicine for all.

Health care workers in Canada and England confirm reports of delayed access to many services because of long lines.  In some cases like nursing homes the wait of as long as two years effectively makes it unavailable. It appears that the tax system is having difficulty supporting the English system which is substantially reducing staff. In Canada many are getting U.S. Health insurance so as to have reliable health care available when needed and in Europe many are taking medical vacations to places like India and the Philippines for what they need. Is it any wonder that we hear reports that the cost of Medicare is creating more and more financial problems for the budget? We do not need to be further enslaved with government run health care that may decide that some services are too costly to be provided to the old or mentally infirm!

Could our president be moving our world step by step in particular our nation towards a socialist domination of the politicos supported by the religion of the state as was hinted at in the election rhetoric.

One only has to look at the candidates’ speeches related to experience such as perceiving folks in small towns as leaning on religion or their firearms as a crutch. That comes with a Marxist “elite” tome. In the same vein we cannot forget the excessive legal challenges to the way some celebrate the joy of their religions publically to get a sense of the prevailing directions. 

I personally like President Obama as I perceive him in his public appearances and his beliefs in being open and clear with regard to the operations of his administration.

Which way will the president lead and will we follow? Will it be towards the government control of a Socialist Government or will it be towards a more genuinely representative, republican form of government which might result government interfering less in my personal, family and business decisions.