Day187 Friday 03/04/11

ran 2.7 miles

• Minnesota was the thirty-second state to join the union on May 11, 1858, one year before Oregon and eight years after California.

• Population, as of 2009, is 5,266,214.

• Senators are Al Franken (D) and Amy Klobuchar (D).

• Representatives are Timothy Walz (D), John Kline (R), Erik Paulsen (R), Betty McCollum (D), Keith Ellison (D), Michele Bachmann (R), Collin Peterson (D) and Chip Cravaack (R).

• Minnesota has ten electoral votes. Pieced together from part of the original United States, land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase and land attained from Great Britain in 1818, the state voted Republican from 1860 through the onset of the Great Depression, except for 1912 (Theodore Roosevelt). From 1932 onward, Minnesota has voted Democratic except for 1972 (Richard Nixon). In 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain by 10%.

Obama Doctrine of Humility and American Unexceptionalism

In an article by Mark Whittington, he examines the “Obama Doctrine”. What is behind his conviction to refuse to embrace the exceptionalism that America has earned and desires to maintain?

Following our president’s unimpressive and ineffectual response to the current Libyan Civil War, as one example, it seems his passive policy on foreign affairs manifests itself from a unique and unsettling view of America; one that finds strength in weakness. He believes America has been too prideful, has “Shown arrogance”, a phrase he’s used, and needs to be humbled.

While campaigning, Obama shunned the idea of American exceptionalism. He seems to believe that America throws its weight around when it should instead sit idly by rather than attempting to make the world in its own image.

Regarding Libya, another president would have had battleships off the coast of Libya as soon as possible. But that action would have contradicted his defeatist attitude because being the first international country to show up would have displayed way too much power in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Even canceling the U.S. Space Program is suggestive of America disinheriting its superiority. Whittington suggests that “Too much chest thumping arrogance, rubbing the world’s nose into American technological superiority” would be far too immodest.

Other countries welcome our new strategy of humility and they are laughing at us. When Obama does make a demand or gently pose a threat, there is little force behind his words and even less in the ears that receive them.

1,554.6 miles to go.

Day186 Thursday 03/03/11

ran 3.8 miles
Polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 25% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 41% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –16.

• Overall, 45% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of Barack Obama’s performance and 54% disapprove.

• Among likely American voters, 66% believe the private sector works harder than government employees, but that government employees have more job security.

• Only 27% of Americans believe the U.S. is generally heading in the right direction.

• Concerning Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s standoff with the unionized public, 48% of likely American voters back the GOP governor and 38% agree with the unionized public employees. Also, 38% of voters think teachers, firemen and policemen should be allowed to go on strike while 49% do not believe they should have that right.

• Among American voters, 58% say it’s better to have a partial shutdown of the federal government until Democrats and Republicans can agree on what spending to cut.

While Wisconsin is a steaming cauldron of controversy over unionized collective bargaining with no end in sight, a similar measure in Ohio is moving rapidly toward passage. As the distance shortens to lightening what many Americans view as labor’s heavy thumb on public agencies, passing this legislation in Ohio speedily will empower other states to do the same if it is necessary to the budgeting of their own out of control deficits.

The bill was passed in the Ohio Senate and could go the House committee hearings next week awaiting strong support from the full chamber.

1,557.3 miles to go.

Day185 Wednesday 03/02/11

image from ivillage.com

ran 3.8 miles
Tomorrow, from 1p.m. to 4p.m., Muslims will meet outside the White House, led by radical Islamic jihadist Anjem Choudary, to protest American culture at America’s capitol. They are calling on Obama to bow to Islam and for America to accept the rule of Sharia law.

As quoted from shariah4america.com (you have got to see this site to believe it!), “We hereby call upon the Muslims in the US, particularly in New York, Michigan, Chicago and Washington DC to take lessons from their Muslim brothers and sisters in North Africa and the Middle East and rise to implement the Shari’ah in America."

The rally will be sponsored by the Islamic Thinkers Society (a group of radical Muslims based in New York), who have invited other high-profile Imams and Clerics from the United Kingdom, as well…one of which is Abu Izzadeen. Izzadeen was convicted of raising money for terrorist organizations and encouraging terror attacks overseas. Released in May of 2009 from a British prison, there is a good chance he will be on Pennsylvania Avenue tomorrow.

Here’s a quote from Anjem Choudary posted yesterday on World Net Daily, "I do believe that as a Muslim every part of the world will be governed by the Sharia," he said. "So symbolically the flag of Islam will fly from every single country, every single nation."

If you don’t know what Sharia law is or how inhumane and absurd its tenets are, you can read about it here.

It seems too ridiculous and farfetched to truly grasp that tomorrow Muslims from America and across the world will be setting up camp in Washington, D.C. to ride the wave of government protests in Africa and the Middle East in order to demand our president to convert our nation to Sharia Law, but there it is. A couple of thoughts---would they be doing this if Someone Else were president or does Barack Obama have a certain entitling appeal for all things un-American? And what will his response be tomorrow? Anything short of “Thank you, but we are not interested in what you are selling, now get off my lawn” is unacceptable…or is it?

1,561.1 miles to go.

Day184 Tuesday 03/01/11

ran 3.8 miles

• Georgia is the latest state to propose legislation questioning whether Barack Obama was born in the United States, alongside ten other states that are seeking more proof before his name is put on the 2012 ballot. The other states with pending bills include Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Connecticut, Indiana, Tennessee and Maine. The measure has failed this year in Montana. It may seem like kicking a dead horse but Obama brought this speculation on himself. All he had to do was present his birth certificate when it was requested. Anyone else who had nothing to hide would have.

• Barack Obama finally conceded to offer some wiggle room with his overbearing, socialistic health care reform bill. His offer, available in 2014 instead of the intended 2017, would allow individual states to design their own health care programs contingent on the fact that they reach the requirements of the federal government. That concession holds as much opportunity as getting four $5 bills instead of two $10 bills in exchange for a $20 bill. Will each state also have to provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally (page 50/section 152)? Will each state have to allow the government real-time access to individuals' bank accounts with the authority to make electronic fund transfers from those accounts (page 58 and 59)? Will each state be forced to subsidize their plan for all union members, union retirees and community organizations; organizations like ACORN (page 65/section 164)? Will each state force all doctors to be paid the same regardless of specialty, and does each state set all doctors’ fees, the way the federal government intends to (page 241 and 253)? Will each state be forced to ration cancer care according to the patient’s age (page 272/section 1145)? Will each state have to administer “End-of-life planning” seminars, or Death Counseling, every five years for those on Social Security (page 425, lines 4-12)? Will each state specify which doctors can exclusively write an end-of-life order (page 429, lines13-25)? When Barack Obama makes a vague, blanket concession to his health care law, with items like these on the bill, it allows you to see how absolutely worthless and disingenuous the action was.

The cited sections above are a false representation of the health care law and should not be taken seriously. I discovered this fact on 03/06/11 and want to point out that it should not have been used as a news source. See Day189 for details surrounding what is true and false from these sections.

• A small victory today for House Republicans. Avoiding a government shutdown, the House passed emergency short-term legislation to cut federal spending by $4 billion. The bill passed 335 to 91, creating a two-week period of time for the White House and lawmakers to negotiate a follow-up bill to set spending levels through the September 30 end of the current budget year.

1,564.9 miles to go.

Day183 Monday 02/28/11

ran 3.3 miles
If you have the ability to read between the lines of the media and the words of Barack Obama, it is clear that today he was pressured into taking an action he had no desire to perform. Leading up to the midterm election, Barack Obama had this to say about the GOP joining Democratic goals for reform: “They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in the back.” Following his schoolboy, pep rally tone and attitude he had his rear-end handed to him on November 2, 2010. Mere months later and now he is offering concessions on his health reform legislation. He is not doing this because he wants to but because if he doesn’t it will only hurt him for reelection. Simple textbook political posturing. Barack Obama has finally accepted the fact that judges are overturning his health care law because it is deemed unconstitutional and that the majority of our states are burning midnight oil to pass the Health Care Compact, which would give individual states sovereignty to design their own unique statewide health care laws.

Predictably, Barack Obama is now announcing that states will have the right to their own state health care as long as it reaches the federal government’s standards. Originally, states were going to be granted this option in 2017. Obama decided to bump down the privilege of avoiding the federal government’s overbearing power on states to 2014. This is a moot gesture and it is not even a speed bump worth braking for on the road to the Health Care Compact or the possible overturning of the law in the Supreme Court. But it is Barack Obama publicly displaying the acknowledgment that he has to face a country who does not want his legacy legislation, health care reform.



Another topic of interest is the recent news with workers’ unions in Wisconsin, which is trickling to other states, as well. AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka is a bottomless well of controversy regarding Barack Obama’s relationship with the unions. Trumka has a handful of videos floating around, in which he has no shame in revealing how instrumental he is in the White House. As a consequence to the Democratic party, any power the unions lose in Wisconsin or other states will directly weaken the liberals in terms of campaign financing and voter demographics. Trumka toots his horn about how often he is contacted by the White House in contrast to the fact that many Cabinet members Obama had appointed were never even contacted by the president in the first two years of his term. Literally, not one single time. These Cabinet appointees are placed in particular offices for the sole purpose of advising the president on his decisions. Richard Trumka is called upon to offer his input to the White House two or three times a week.



1,568.7 miles to go.

Day182 Sunday 02/27/11

image from andyeklund.com

ran 1.1 miles
Today ends week twenty-six and the end of the first six months of running against Obama. We are that much closer to November 6, 2012, the day we elect Someone Else. It may seem shallow and presumptuous to suggest that anyone, almost regardless of who it is, would be better for this country than Barack Obama, but I genuinely believe that is the case. For Someone Else to defeat Barack Obama, they will have to campaign on a platform that completely contradicts everything our current president has done from Day 1 (his first order as president was to seal his private records), therefore pointing this country 180 degrees from the direction it is heading now. It is a win-win situation for the short-term period of reversing as much of the damage that has been done, and will be done, as possible.

There are many more things to consider before that day arrives, so, one day at a time. For now, I ran 29.3 miles this week, averaging 4.19 miles per day, and here is some current news about the CEO of 3M blasting Obama for being anti-business in America.

Add diversified manufacturing to the list of economically productive enterprises Barack Obama has little interest in to bolster our economy. File it under drilling for oil. George Buckley, CEO of 3M, was quoted in an interview with the Financial Times saying, “We know what his instincts are (Obama)---they are Robin Hood-esque. He is anti-business.”

"Politicians forget that business has choice. We're not indentured servants and we will do business where it's good and friendly. If it's hostile, incrementally, things will slip away. We've got a real choice between manufacturing in Canada and Mexico -- which tend to be pro-business -- or America."

1,572.0 miles to go.

Day181 Saturday 02/26/11

image from photo-pluis.net

ran 2.7 miles
Friday, March 4, threatens to be the first government shutdown since 1996. The current budget will expire if Democrats and Republicans fail to agree on spending cuts in the next few days.

Barack Obama says, “For the sake of our people and our economy, we cannot allow gridlock to prevail.” Yet, the spending cuts he wants have no momentum in working to slash our debt and they suggest no sense of urgency toward the weakened state of our economy. Obama threatens to veto any rational proposal Republicans submit.

House Republicans proposed $4 billion in cuts as part of legislation to keep the government running through March 18. Democrats want a short-term extension at current spending levels to allow more time to negotiate the best and most effective ways to attack our trillions of dollars in debt. Basically, Republicans want to extend the deadline for more debate while also effectively tightening the budget for the duration of the extension and Democrats want more time to debate with absolutely no tangible effort to tighten the budget until an agreement is made.

House Speaker John Boehner insists that a short-term bill without spending cuts is unacceptable.

The liberal interpretation of the fact that America’s economy is suffering and needs to be repaired seems to be delusional and misinformed based on their actions, or inactions. The conservative perception of our economy seems to be fully aware of the crisis America’s future faces and they seem to be the only side willing to make the hard decisions the majority of Americans want.

"Our goal as Republicans is to make sensible reductions in this spending and create a better environment for job growth, not to shut down the government. Getting our debt and deficits under control is the first step we can take, and the single most important step Washington can take, to get our economy moving and create the jobs we so badly need."

Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

1,573.1 miles to go.

Day180 Friday 02/25/11

ran 3.3 miles

• Michigan was the twenty-sixth state to join the union on January 26, 1837, eight years before Florida and one year after Arkansas.

• Population, as of 2009, is 9,969,727.

• Senators are Carl Levin (D) and Debbie Stabenow (D).

• Representatives are Dan Benishek (R), Bill Huizenga (R), Justin Amash (R), David Camp (R), Dale Kildee (D), Frederick Upton (R), Timothy Walberg (R), Michael Rogers (R), Gary Peters (D), Candice Miller (R), Thaddeus McCotter (R), Sander Levin (D), Hansen Clarke (D), John Conyers (D), and John Dingell (D).

• Michigan has sixteen electoral votes. It was the only state to lose population in the 2010 Census, forfeiting one electoral vote. Historically, the state voted primarily red until the Great Depression. From the 1930s to the 1960s Michigan alternated between the two parties and from 1972 through 1988 the state voted exclusively Republican before becoming the Democratic state it is today. Barack Obama beat John McCain 57% to 41% in 2008.

In current news, during an exclusive interview with Newsmax, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in an effort to point out the hypocrisy that exists among the left and the mainstream media, claimed Barack Obama’s decision to not fully enforce the Defense of Marriage law could lead to a constitutional crisis. “Obama has directly violated his constitutional duties by arbitrarily suspending a law.” This is technically grounds for impeachment, not that it will be pursued, but it is what it is.

Gingrich speculated that if a potential “President Sarah Palin” had committed this action, there would have been immediate demands for her impeachment. When asked whether President Obama was subject to articles of impeachment, Gingrich replied, “Clearly, it is a dereliction of duty and a violation of his constitutional oath and is something that cannot be allowed to stand.”

This double standard was no different after Sarah Palin received so much heat for crosshairs she superimposed on certain voting districts on a United States map shortly before the Arizona shootings. Everything the media had to report dealt with Sarah Palin and the Tea parties she supports encouraging violent behavior. A little over a month later and crosshairs are on posters all over Wisconsin encircling their governor’s face as Barack Obama encourages protestors to refuse to relent. This is typical leftist double standardization, in which they feel no shame in doing exactly what they deplore whenever they deem it is necessary for their own interests. And they receive little ridicule or criticism for their blatant hypocrisy from the larger part of national media.

1,575.8 miles to go.

Day179 Thursday 02/24/11

500 miles!!!

ran 4.2 miles
Some polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 26% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 40% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a regressing presidential approval index rating of –14.

• Overall, 47% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance and 53% disapprove.

• Falling to the lowest levels since Obama took office in January of 2009, only 37% of likely U.S. voters say Barack Obama is doing a good or excellent job as a leader.

• Among likely U.S. voters, 48% back GOP Governor in Wisconsin and 38% support the Unions.

• A large majority of Americans, 67%, say the United States should leave the turmoil in the Arab countries alone.

• Only 26% of Americans believe our nation is heading in the right direction.

• Among likely U.S. voters, 56% favor repeal of the health care law, including 43% who strongly favor repeal.

I ran my five hundredth mile today! I’ve been running against Obama for nearly six months and in that time I have gotten involved with some local political organizations and met some inspiring people. Following current events closely and discussing them with others at local, state and federal levels has been extremely eye opening. I found it nearly effortless to passionately disagree with Barack Obama’s agenda when I began running against him. Having a virtually nonexistent interest in politics until recent years, getting involved and listening to others who have so much more experience and knowledge to offer has been the greatest opportunity of this small campaign to contribute whatever I can to restore America, which starts with making Barack Obama a one-term president.
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1,579.1 miles to go.

Day178 Wednesday 02/23/11

ran 4.9 miles

On this day in history, Marine photographer Louis Lowery captured the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of five Marines and one Navy Corpsman lifting the American flag atop Iwo Jima at the crest of Mount Suribachi. This image lives on as the most reproduced photograph in history.

When I look at that photograph it stirs an immense sense of pride in America and immeasurable gratitude for the sacrifices our military men and women have made and continue to make. It reminds me of how petty my own grievances are and how often I neglect to appreciate every freedom I have as an American.

When I look at that picture I do not think of Senators fleeing from their states to hide from the law making process that defines America, which so many countless numbers of men and women have fought and died for. I don’t think of a president who condemns the Arizona tragedy one month and then the very next month encourages union protestors to “Get in the face of" anyone who opposes them. When I look at that picture I don’t think of ungracious, selfish politicians who make their own rules when the fabric of democracy goes against their grain.

If the brave men in that epic photograph had fought cowardly as the Democrats from Wisconsin are now America would have ceased to be what our forefather’s intended long ago.

1,583.3 miles to go.

Day177 Tuesday 02/22/11

image from bigjournalism.com

ran 5.9 miles
Following the tragic Arizona shootings Barack Obama spoke to the nation about carrying on out of necessity and working to create jobs, improving the economy, shoring up the budget and bringing down the deficit.

“These are challenges I believe we can meet. And I believe we can do it a way worthy of those who sent us here to serve. So as business resumes, I look forward to working together in that same spirit of common cause with members of Congress from both parties---because before we are Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans.”

Barack Obama spoke of unity and working to move this country forward. He painted an ideal picture filled with a lot of realistic thoughts and goals that sounded momentous for our nation. However, after the past week of protests in Wisconsin his actions speak for themselves, making his words disingenuous and purely intended to appease a vulnerable nation mourning.

Taking into consideration the message he conveyed in Arizona, he is now actively encouraging the protestors in Wisconsin to “Get in the face” of those who oppose them. Wisconsin's governor has been compared to Hitler and posters hover above the heads of protestors with crosshairs on the governor's face. The DNC is instrumental in organizing the protests and the democratic senators of Wisconsin have fled the state indefinitely. Is this sort of behavior that Barack Obama was talking about when he said we have a common cause and that before any political labels we are Americans?

If Tea party members were trying to pull this shallow, unconstitutional and illegal charade, and George Bush was encouraging it, this volatile scenario that is playing out would have been lambasted with every negative and hateful adjective in the dictionary.

The senators who have fled the state (forgot to mention, Indiana’s democratic senators have also fled their state) took an oath to support and defend the Constitution and they have fled. Who does that? Do they not have any dignity? The law is what it is. Without respect for our laws we bare no resemblance to what America is intended to be. Who do they think they are to bend the laws and our Constitution to suit their needs?

I have been immensely discontent with Barack Obama being the president of this great nation for the past two years, but I accept him as my president because he won the election. It was an outcome I nor anyone else had any right or power to disrupt, which is exactly what these fleeing senators are doing. They are blatantly disrupting the legal process of law as conducted in the United States of America according to our Constitution.

1,588.2 miles to go.

Day176 Monday 02/21/11

image from zimbio.com

ran 7.2 miles

You may not know this, but seventy-four House Democrats have signed a letter to Clarence Thomas requesting him to recuse himself from any deliberations on the constitutionality of Barack Obama’s health care law. The Democrats’ argument is that his wife’s work as a lobbyist implies “The appearance of a conflict of interest”.

The health care law’s constitutionality will more than likely be decided by the Supreme Court and this is the latest tactic by liberals to detour the natural path of justice to their own ends. This is an excerpt from the letter:

“The appearance of a conflict of interest merits recusal under federal law. From what we have already seen, the line between your impartiality and you and your wife’s financial stake in the overturn of health-care reform is blurred. Your spouse is advertising herself as a lobbyist who has ‘experience and connections’ and appeals to clients who want a particular decision — they want to overturn health-care reform. Moreover, your failure to disclose Ginny Thomas’s receipt of $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation, a prominent opponent of health-care reform, between 2003 and 2007 has raised great concern.”

In an article from outsidethebeltway.com, by Doug Mataconis, he outlines the specific law House Democrats are referring to in the Code of Conduct for United States Judges:

A judge shall disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances in which:

(d) the judge or the judge’s spouse, or a person related to either within the third degree of relationship, or the spouse of such a person is:

(i) a party to the proceeding, or an officer, director, or trustee of a party;

(ii) acting as a lawyer in the proceeding;

(iii) known by the judge to have an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding; or

(iv) to the judge’s knowledge likely to be a material witness in the proceeding.

There is little legal validity in the request for Justice Thomas to recuse himself. His wife is affiliated with a Tea Party group that has taken a particular position on the Affordable Care Act, but her involvement is hardly sufficient to result in a biased approach on the part of Justice Thomas regarding the requirements from the code of conduct.

This letter from the liberals arrived on the heels of a letter from Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) last week, which suggested that Justice Elena Kagan should recuse herself from consideration of the health care law’s constitutionality because of her previous position as U.S. Solicitor General.

“I think that Kagan, who was the solicitor general at the time this was all done, probably should recuse herself, which means it might not be resolved by the Supreme Court,” Hatch told Fox News last week. “That means the lower court decision will be the acting law.”

Kagan’s circumstance differs from Thomas’ and holds much more validity:

A judge shall disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances in which:

...the judge served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy, or a lawyer with whom the judge previously practiced law served during such association as a lawyer concerning the matter, or the judge or lawyer has been a material witness;

Justice Kagan served as Solicitor General for the duration that PPACA was being discussed by Congress. If at any time her office gave legal advice to the White House pertaining to the constitutionality of the law being considered, then a firm argument stands for her to recuse herself.

Both sides seem to be preparing for the worst and are resorting to any measure possible to ensure the outcome of their interests. I'm obviously quite partial to the shredding of all but maybe fifteen pages of ObamaCare's five inch thick text of socialized health care.

1,594.1 miles to go.

Day175 Sunday 02/20/11

ran 3.3 miles
Today ends week twenty-five of running against Obama. I ran 27.6 miles this week, averaging 3.94 miles per day.

Representative Jim Jordan’s amendment to the Continuing Resolution will be debated and voted on today. In an article by Netright Daily, without treading through too much waist-deep political jargon that few can understand, this resolution deals with the battle between liberals (who refuse to make significant spending cuts) and conservatives (who refuse to continue spending). If an agreement is not reached by March 4, our government shuts down indefinitely.

Obama’s idea of slashing spending is to not slash at all. Our current national debt is $14.2 trillion and according to Obama’s plan by 2021 it would be projected at $26.4 trillion---an increase of $12.2 billion or 86%. This is not saving. It is not even shaving the tip of the iceberg. The amount of debt proposed by Obama’s budget is larger than the total amount of debt accumulated by the federal government from 1789 to January 20, 2009. Furthermore, if the deficit figures proposed by the budget are realized, all fourteen of the highest deficits in U.S. history will have occurred between fiscal year 2008 to 2021. What is there to argue about the fact that we need to stop spending?

However, amidst all of this irrational debate, Representative Dan Lundgren (R-CA) is opposing Jordan’s spending cuts and sent a letter to his colleagues urging them to vote “No”.

February 17, 2011

Vote NO on Amendment 104

Security & Oversight: Cuts We Can’t Afford!

Dear Republican Colleague:

I urge you to vote no on Amendment 104 to H.R. 1 that would dramatically impact the House’s ability to maintain adequate security and conduct effective oversight. The Amendment’s proposed cuts would also impede on each Member’s ability to communicate and serve his or her constituents.

This amendment would severely restrict the U.S. Capitol Police’s ability to secure the Capitol complex by slashing its budget 11%. A cut of this magnitude would force Capitol Police to face today’s ever-growing security threats with significantly fewer resources and officers.

The Amendment would also hamper the House’s ability to conduct effective oversight and impede on Members’ ability to serve their constituents by cutting committee and Member budgets an additional 11% on top of the 5% cut adopted last month.

In November, we promised a government that would be more efficient, more accountable and more transparent. However, keeping that promise means we need vigilant oversight.

While I support this effort to reduce federal spending, I fear the wholesale approach proposed in this amendment will render the House and its members incapable of upholding our promise to the American people. For these important reasons, I strongly urge you to vote no on Amendment 104.

Sincerely,

Daniel E. Lungren
Chairman
Committee on House Administration

Interpret that for yourself, but all I see between those lines is a representative who wants to sit idly by and kick his feet up in his congressional office while this nation slips further from the loose grip it has on an economic cliff's edge..

1,601.3 miles to go.

Day174 Saturday 02/19/11

ran 3.8 miles
Barack Hussein Obama is an open book of shameless disregard for everything American. This man goes out of his way to show and tell all of America exactly what his ill intentions are for this country. At first, I had within me a fiber of patience to give him a chance. Two years later and all patience has been not only lost but it is critical to get this man out of the White House.

Regarding the current Wisconsin issue with the unions, Barack Obama is attempting to buck Democracy as we know it and to change the rules of engagement in American lawmaking. The protesting in Wisconsin is being organized and directed by Barack Obama’s Organizing for America and the Democratic National Committee. Obama instructed supporters to “Get in the face” of those who oppose them. The only thing he is achieving is to possibly derail the lawful legislative process we as a nation have been using for over two hundred years.

If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, the liberal Senators of Wisconsin fled across the state border to avoid state law enforcement from forcing them to attend the vote for the legislative session concerning the unions. The liberals have a minority in the State Senate and are powerless to stop the legislation from passing in the event it ever gets voted on. So they ran away from the Democratic process they swore to defend and abide by. Now Obama is riling up all the protestors and encouraging them to get in the faces of those who oppose them. Our president’s actions are defying the lawful legislative process, which is the spine of our nation. His actions speak for himself and it will not stop here.

Plain and simple, the majority of states in this nation are fighting as hard as they can to defund and separate themselves from Obamacare. That is only one issue, but it is a big one that trickles down into every nook and cranny of America’s immediate economic future. Obamacare, like so many other defunct endeavors our president has, consists of spending, spending, spending. When you run out of money, spend some more. Create new agencies. Push some more paper around. Talk about twenty years from now with blatant disregard for the present or the more immediate future. Green, green, green. Certainly don’t drill for oil in the Gulf. That would create thousands and thousands of jobs and bolster our economy far too much. Keep paying foreign nations, many of whom despise America, for the majority of our oil when we have enough here to fit our needs. Give other countries billions of dollars in aid while our own economy crumbles. And, all of this on the backs of the taxpayers with no hope or change in sight until he is out.

Barack Obama’s actions and words have a numbing effect because there is so much of it to go around every single day. Some of the things he says and does no longer draw reactions out of people because we have grown complacent in his abundant trait to disappoint. So, rather than say “Obama did this” or “Obama did that”, let’s simply acknowledge the fact that this man evoked the massive and widely successful uprise of the Tea party, he currently has an overwhelming majority of states doing everything they can to avoid his health care law, and today he encouraged Wisconsin protesters to get in the face of the lawful legislative process. What other president can you name that has angered and disappointed so many Americans and entire states to this rare extent in such a short period of time? Who? Do you want four more years of this?

1,604.6 miles to go.