Ain't nobody got time for that

This is the latest catch phrase around the internet. Maybe I am little late in joining in the craze of the lady who was being interviewed and made just an outright wise statement. Now she has been dubbed and edited and made fun of but what she said is the core of what is happening with fifty percent of the population. We are just too busy to care. Our lives are filled with noise and static. The Bluetooth in the ear. The smartphone in the hand. Wireless laptop, IPAD and coming soon Google glasses that scan the faces of those around you and provide you with their online personas. I have spoken about this before how we keep ourselves busy just to be busy.

Why don't we have the time to care about what is happening around us? We are becoming addicted to digital interactions. Not human interactions. Human interactions take time to develop, to nurture and grow. You have to go out of your way physically and emotionally to establish who you are to who you want to know. Effort is not something we are used to anymore. We want the quick fix, the fast food, the channel surf. I became addicted to the internet a few years back. I thought that having a thousand Facebook friends meant that I actually had friends. When I woke up months later I was more isolated and alone.

I do not remember a time since I have been active politically, that people have been so apathetic towards changing the current political climate. I have to assume that most of us are on survival mode still because of the current economic climate. It would be hard for me to care about what's going on in Washington if I didn't know where or when I would be getting my families next meal. Shouldn't that make us even angrier and more reactive towards our leaders. That we are in such a state of alarm, that was created mostly by politicians, that we worry about our welfare. The fact that policies were put in place to create the economic downturn, should make us angry enough to storm the battlements of DC. When decadence grew in France in the eighteenth century the hungry rebelled. In America, ain't nobody got time for that!

Mother American and Uncle Sam

Term limits. Why doesn't the entire government have term limits. The president does, thank goodness. Every sector of the government including the judiciary should have an expiration date. The majority of our problems are with multiple bodies of the government staying power way too long. The whole idea of being a life long politician doesn't make sense for a republic like ours. The only systems you see these life time appointments are in totalitarian states and monarchy's. What does a man know about his constituents if he spends the majority of his time in the capitol, or in Senator Menendez case Santo Domingo. This entrenchment leads to stagnation then to corruption. Our citizens should be the makers of our rules and regulations, not a politician. Politics should not even be a profession, it should be a hobby or temporary duty like jury duty. You're called, you serve, your out.

If you have been under a rock for the past forty years, you may have not noticed how the federal government is slowly centralizing it power. The states are losing their independence and autonomy by being blackmailed by federal funding. The federal government gives itself more and more of the power that our founding fathers believed were the states. The nanny state has been in place for about thirty years, we are now coming into the era of "Mother America". This is a dysfunctional and codependent relationship that is evolving since the arrival of his majesty BHO. "Mother America" will do everything for you. Feed you, clothed you, medicate you and bury you if needed. Your new mother will watch you from the sky, over your computer, and will take you weapons so you can't hurt yourself. Your mother will never let you grow up and take a risk by fending for yourself. I suspect that like a mother of old "Russia", our new American mother will tell you where and when to work.

See what we need is our good old Uncle Sam back. We all had that uncle. The uncle that would hear your mom tell you something, then he'd tell you about real life and the real world. The uncle who'd teach you how to ride a bike without training wheels because you'd learn faster if you knew you where going to fall. Years later you had scars on your knees that were like war medals and you were proud you succeeded. Uncle Sam would let you work along side of him, but you'd better work hard and earn your keep. The harder you worked the more you made. As you got older he'd rarely interfere, but if you came to him in a pinch, he would straighten you out then send you back out on your own. Uncle Sam we need you more than ever.

Sonic Boom

The universe reminded us what real power was last night in the Urals region of Russia. Something not very big traveling really, really fast created a sonic boom and a few creators eighteen feet deep. Hundreds of people injured and the meteor didn't even strike a populated area. Shows just how little power we mortals have when compared to the vastness of the cosmos, there, that was my Carl Sagan moment on to things I am familiar with.

NAH! Let's stick with the subject. What if we have a near extinction moment. Maybe just a country or a continent is effected. I won't pose a scenario just that a large portion of the world's population is in trouble. Could we all put politics, religions, money, prejudices and hates aside to help? During 9/11 I wasn't surprised to see the Palestinians cheering in the streets over the falling of the twin towers. There was barely a tear shed in any of the middle east. Would Saudi Arabia come to the rescue of China or China of the USA or would it just be seen as chance to gain a foothold once the dust settles. I have become more cynical of our species as I have gotten older. I tend to see the evil in us first until I am proven otherwise. When the crap hits the fan very few run to the panic and the destruction to help, most run and scream every man for himself.

Is it our animal natures, is it sin? Whether you place the blame on nature or the supernatural, there is a flaw in our kind, the flaw is self preservation. Flaw? That may be harsh. That survival instinct is so strong that it invades many parts of our lives not just when it's kill or be killed. Christians call it the flesh. That base part of us that seems to take over when we are at our worst. The hero though finds a way to place that aspect of himself on the back burner. In general we let it affects our businesses, our relationships, our hopes and dreams. Some people, and I admit that I am like this, live in a perpetual state of survival. There is a difference between surviving and living. So a catastrophic event as a meteor strike shows us in a sense who of us has evolved or transcended our human frailty.

As a police officer I knew real quick which one I was. My first gun shot, I ran to it. The fear was taken over by the urge to be of help to rescue, maybe stupidly to be the hero. I remember one New Year's a bullet struck right in between myself and my partner from someone shooting there gun in celebration. We heard the ricochet and my partner found that round. I remember him handing it to me and saying Happy New Years. I never once thought man I could have been killed. I went right to if only I could find the bastard that shot this. I consider myself brave, not arrogantly, I have had to be numerous time in my life. I would have preferred never being in those positions but life and the Lord allowed me to be in them and most of the times I responded honorably. I had to place aside my prejudices and at times my personal religious beliefs to help a fellow human. What makes me different? Could you be?

The Walking Dead

Has anyone noticed that there is absolutely nothing new that our president is saying. I found it shockingly funny that clips played from all his other State of the Union addresses sound exactly the same. I think we are covertly being hypnotized by all of these constant repetitions by Obama. "Rebuild bridges", "raise the minimum wage", "rich pay more". I feel like a walker in the Walking Dead. Since this presidency has begun my higher brain functions seem to be eroding and millions are only operating using their brain stems. Yes I have become addicted to the Walking Dead, but that was a good analogy damn it. The only issue that was somewhat new was the call for a vote on gun laws. Though the topic is an old progressive ploy, so yawn Mr. President. The president seems to be content with being mediocre and keeping the status quo and of course his zombies just have a one track mind, to keep their bellies full.

So keeping with this undead theme let's take a look at how Obama followers and the undead are similar. The dead herd together. The followers of the anointed one see their fate intertwined with the masses. A very Socialist binding is what they feel is necessary for our country. That it's not the individual that fuels creativity and invention but the group is the saving grace of the country. The dead do not think they react. The Obamanation is constantly looking for that next social injustice to try to correct, they are reactive not proactive. The masses follow the loud bang or the glow of the fire. Right now just like the series, the gun is your salvation or you death. The gun attracts the undead or can finish them off. As Realist we must conserve our ammunition use weapons that are quiet when we can, like the filibuster or the holding off of appointments for Obama to win our fight for the second amendment. Having rallies with the AR over the shoulder sound patriotic but it just brings the meat bags closer.

The dead feed on the living. The Obama philosophy is parasitic. Just like a parasite it enters it's host and feeds of the engine of what makes it alive. In America's case businesses and industries. The banking business is infected, it's disease is Dodd-Frank. The car business is infected, it's disease is the bailout. The housing business is infected, it's disease is government regulation. This viral contagion could have been prevented decades ago. How long have we been talking about balanced budget amendments? How long have we been talking about making government smaller? How long have we been wanting to reform our branches of government? To what avail? Talk talk and more talk. When are we going to each become more active in the fight? Every character in the Walking dead has two roles. The secondary role is a cook, cleaner or mechanic. Our everyday professions. The first and most important role is that of a warrior. To pickup arms if necessary to defend the lives of the living. The defense can be done passively by building a barrier ie writing a letter encouraging your representative. Or the defense can be active like running for office. You are just the next victim and soon the change will come if you don't stay alive long enough for the cure to come. Remember, we are all infected.

Droned to death

"It is legal and wise". With those words the administration opened up th door to killing Americans opposed it rules without the need for the rule of law or the courts. Now we are talking about Americans who have turned their backs on this country and decided to support terrorism, a slippery slope has now been created to eliminate "enemies of the state". The previous term makes the hair stand up on my arms. Those words can be used just for disagreeing with the current ruling class. We are awaiting to see the specifics of the memo that ratified and justified the warrant less kill vs capture, I suspect it leaves a very broad definition of what a terrorist is and when the state can act.

Sure I understand the killing of Anwar Al-Alki in a drone strike, but why did his sixteen year old son deserve to die? This boy was an American citizen and deserved due process to determine the extent of his involvement if any. Collateral damage of an American is unacceptable, especially I minor in the fight against terror.

Strange bedfellows me and the ACLU we both agree that without imminent danger to America, a citizen overseas should be brought to justice and that should be the rule not the exception. Too often are we now relying on kill them first let GOD sort them out. Where are the days of boots on the ground intelligence gleaned from live subjects. Renditions have been a staple of our counterintelligence strategy because of their silence and effectiveness. A person disappearing in the middle of the night doesn't give Al-Jazeera footage like a ten foot deep crater in Pakistan does.  What state wants to be known for the court less execution of it's citizens? Are we now third world savages at best? Are we proud that we are now equal in justice to China or Saudi Arabia? I would like to know who decides who goes on that kill list. What branch of the government will now be in charge of executing American citizens abroad? Will my tax dollars pay for those executions?

I want to see terrorist out of business just as much as anyone. What I do not want to see is more power given to the executive branch. Especially the power of life and death over a citizen, until they have been through a judicial process if possible. We have to begin to make clear rules of what the battle is being called these days. Does driving around picking up the laundry for a terrorist make you a terrorist? Should a Hellfire missile rain down from a Predator on an American citizen, even openly defiant against his country?

Can they be stopped?

Being somewhat a person of faith, especially Christianity I am beginning to question whether any of what the president is doing can be stopped. I am not a devote follower or follow my faith blindly. I question, rebel, challenge myself to think and use logic and reason along side my beliefs. I do believe that there are forces in the universe that one cannot explain or see or comprehend, IE. dark matter, strings and the smallest sub atomic particles. Yet science through mathematics and theory seems to believe these objects do exist. Throughout my life I have had physical experiences with the divine that I could not explain through logic and so I put them, at least in my mind with those universal mysteries yet discovered but not thrown away as superstition. This leads me to make the point that the situations that are occurring on a global scale may not be able to be stopped or prevented.

I know I am asking a lot from you all. I am not trying to relate a particular religious belief as much as a sense that something is happening and this change socially and economically is becoming increasing difficult to combat using our Realism or conservative thought. The masses are so stressed and desperate that they are clinging to every act of control being proposed by Socialist who are currently controlling much of the world's government. If we go back a hundred years or so, would we have allowed any of the legislation on surveillance, denial of civil liberties, confiscation of private property? Wars have been started for less, yet on a global scale average citizens are becoming more and more convinced that the way to secure their ways of life is to give up more and more control of their lives to a central government. This centralization of power is spoken about literally and metaphorically in the Judeo-Christian faith and it gives me pause.

I challenge you to tell me an act that our president has pushed for that has not been passed or been ratified using an executive order. This is not on a bipartisan level either, Obama uses the masses to steamroll his agenda over those of us that oppose it. Even with small defeats at the circuit court levels with his recess appointments, I have a suspicion he will when on appeal. More and more power is being focused on one branch of our government than ever in history. The presidency in the last twenty years has taken too many powers away from our legislative branch with little if any resistance. Quietly and slowly president after president has gained more leverage to declare war, raise taxes, and create law where as in the past these were powers of the peoples representatives. Why is is so easy lately? Has the American public changed that profoundly from just four or five years ago? These are generational changes that are taking place in a blink of an eye, and like a thief in the night we are about to lose our liberty.

When does the campaign end?

I have never seen a president so hate staying at the White House. The president seems to enjoy waisting our taxpayer dollars on moving his teleprompter from state to state, country to country. During such an economic disater as we are currently having one would think that the president would take the lead and help save some bucks by doing some of his political damage from the crib. Maybe it's because he knows that if he stays in Washington he might actually have to do some work for the people. Obama just might have to meet face to face with congressional leaders and try to make legislation, start a budget and pass it, and maybe make a decision without it being written down for him. this president has a one track mind and it not set on defending our way of life as much as a a systhematic and fundamental change to what our country has stood for.

Through history you see how the political machine that wanted to completely take over it's countries governmental process have always gone to the people to envoke emotion instead of debate. To constantly criss cross the nation is a well planned machine set to stir up the weak minded and uninformed. To stir up the groupie and the misguided. Let there be no doubt that all of these moves are well calculated and tested and scripted for maximun effect. Every word said is to raise the blood pressure of his minions and to make the opposition seem evil or insensitive. The Obama machine wants to destroy any opposition to this radical change by demonizing or dehumanizing those that believe differently than they do. Their goal is to turn brother against brother, father against son and so on. Until every American is forced to plegde allegiance to this new world order.

I understand how unbelievable it may sound. Look at the current gun debate. Sandy Hook has become their poster child, where anyone in disagreement is branded uncaring. Every current study shows that criminals do not obey gun laws. The CDC even posted that the previous gun ban had little or no effect in crime rates. That more people are killed with fist and hammers tham semi auto's. They have even recruited victims to serve their purposes. Congresswomen Giffords husband was making the rounds spewing bad policy about guns. Not one conversation leans towards getting guns out of the mentally ills hands and the hands of criminals. Weapons in the hands of law abiding citizens are the problem. The current tactic is to when someone speaks out against any ban they cry Sandy Hook Sandy Hook and the conversation ends.