The Venting Post - Speaking Out For A Better America

I am not sure who are the bigger fools, those occupying Wall St. or those that are going to sit on the sidelines this coming election and let these people get another four years in control of the federal government.

Recently the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee jumped on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) support bandwagon with a "petition" page where you can send a message to Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. The pre-made message implores them that "It's time for millionaires, billionaires, and Big Oil companies to pay their fair share." Their goal is 100,000 strong standing with Occupy Wall Street.

Joe "I'm with Bozo" Biden has said “What is the core of that protest, and why is it increasing in terms of the people it’s attracting? The core is the bargain has been breached with the American people. The American people do not think the system is fair or on the level.”

Joe is standing with the OWS crowd. So is Rep Steny Hoyer (Liberal-MD). He defended the OWS crowd from criticism leveled at them by Cantor.

So isn't it a little strange that Mr. Biden had a special lunch today (10/13/11). The fact that Joe had lunch isn't strange, but who he entertained and rubbed elbows with is. Plus, I am sure that the folks down at Occupy Wall Street would find it reprehensible if John Boehner had lunch with these people. But since it was the liberal faction it's ok.

See Joe attended a State Department luncheon on Thursday. It was put on for the President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak. Now it may have been rude of Joe to turn down the invitation but considering that he supports OWS should he and House Minority Whip, Rep Steny Hoyer (Liberal-MD) really have sat at the same table as:

Has anyone noticed the approaching “Fall Break” on many of the school calendars this year? It surrounds the Monday in mid-October previously celebrated in honor of a man named Columbus. He’s also the guy who is getting depicted as this arrogant, genocidal tyrant in our children’s textbooks. It’s quite apparent that Columbus has been under attack and his day of tribute is headed toward extinction. Unless, of course, we Americans consent to uphold this tradition we’ve had since 1792 when New York City celebrated the 300th anniversary of his landing in the New World.

Columbus Day in America has a long and rich history. In 1892 President Harrison called on the people of the United States to celebrate Columbus Day on the 400th anniversary of the event. In fact, the Pledge of Allegiance was written that year in patriotic honor of this anniversary. The United States has long admired Christopher Columbus. As one of America's oldest holidays, it celebrates the beginning of cultural exchange between America and Europe.  America has more monuments to Columbus than any country in the world. The statue of Columbus, which stands in Providence, Rhode Island, was cast by the creator of the Statue of Liberty, Frederic Auguste Bertholdi. In 1971 Columbus Day became a federal holiday in all 50 states – a mere 40 years ago – after Congress passed a law designating it the second Monday in October.

So what happened? Why has the tide changed so recently and so suddenly? There seems to be a culture of people who adamantly oppose this honorary day and will stop at nothing until Columbus Day is forever wiped off our calendars. These are a new wave of elitist “intellectuals” who view themselves as the Enlightened Ones and believe that their own personal analysis of history is superior to what has been written in thousands of books in over 500 years. If one examines closely the words chosen in this new wave of textbooks hitting the classrooms, one will see that their problem doesn’t appear to lie with the man himself. Their problem is with what he represents, which is, the spread of Christianity to the West. 

Let us consider the mindset of the advocates of multiculturalism currently infiltrating classrooms across the country. Not only are they convinced that Columbus did not discover America, they believe he “invaded and displaced a native population.”¹ American Indian activist Mike Anderson insists, “There was a culture here and there were people and there were governments here prior to the arrival of Columbus.”² One current high school textbook reads, “Europeans of all nationalities viewed Native Americans as inferiors who could be exploited for economic, political, and religious gain.”³

What we don’t read about is how Columbus portrayed the peaceful islanders he encountered when he arrived in the New World. He described them as “the handsomest men and the most beautiful women” he had ever encountered. He also praised their “generosity and lack of guile among the Tainos,” and contrasted their virtues with Spanish vices. Additionally, he expressed that although they were without religion, they were not idolaters and he was confident that their conversion would come through gentle persuasion and not by force.⁴

Furthermore, what we don’t read about is while the Indian tribes Columbus first encountered were hospitable and friendly, other tribes he later encountered were justifiably reputed for their brutality and inhumanity. After his second voyage Columbus was appalled to find that a number of the sailors he left behind in the West Indies had been killed and possibly eaten by the cannibalistic Arawaks.⁵ Consider an account by Bernal Diaz generally corroborated by modern scholars:

STEP 1: Today the Department of Energy announced $1 Billion in new loans to solar companies…

STEP 2: SolarReserve [one of the loan recipients] is partnered with a company called PCG – Pacific Corporate Group…

STEP 3: The number two guy at Pacific Corporate Group is Ronald Pelosi. Coincidence??? http://www.privcap.com/snowsnotes/2011/04/how-did-nancy-pelosi%E2%80%99s-brother-in-law-become-no-2-at-pcg/

They really think we are that stupid.

It is the 224^th birthday of the US Constitution. On this joyous occasion, I invite you to find a copy of the US Constitution and read it. Knowledge is the only defense against the ignorance that is rampant in this country today. This country may be able to survive a Barack Obama but it cannot survive an ignorant citizenry that elects people like him.

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States.

The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the three branches of the national government: a legislature, the bicameral Congress; an executive branch led by the President; and a judicial branch headed by the Supreme Court. They also specify the powers and duties of each branch. All unenumerated powers are reserved to the respective states and the people, thereby establishing the federal system of government.

The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in each U.S. state in the name of "The People". It has been amended twenty-seven times; the first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.

The United States Constitution is the second oldest written constitution still in use by any nation in the world after the 1600 Statutes of San Marino. It holds a central place in United States law and political culture. The handwritten original document penned by Jacob Shallus is on display at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. 

Sarah Palin's latest speech at the Iowa Tea Party last week has received a lot of attention - even positive attention from the NY Times - due to its effective and groundbreaking content. Palin spoke extensively about crony capitalism, and what she calls the "permanent political class" on both sides of the party line. These are the wealthy, intellectual elitists of America who have made it so big that their egos have become as overblown as their bank accounts. Consequently, they have determined that they know what's best for us "regular people." Forget vast right-wing or left-wing conspirators, these permanent political class leaders are in a party of their own and they have been conspiring together like one big Mensa meeting-of-the-minds as a totalitarian faction.

We Americans should be most angered by these crony capitalists in our country because in retrospect, they are responsible for the world's hatred toward us. If anyone has blood on their hands, it's the corporate crony capitalists because they misrepresent what a free market society is all about. They have mastered the art of using taxpayer money to pad their own pockets and have deceived the American people with false representation so they can either accumulate more wealth or strategically position themselves for re-election.

Let's consider some real life leaders from this permanent political class that Palin was referring:

Example #1: Michael Bloomberg. Here is a self-appointed third term mayor of New York City with a net worth of over $18 billion. Bloomberg made a determination that he was above the law and disregarded the voice of the people despite numerous polls that showed widespread support for term limits in the few months leading up to his election. In 1993 and 1996 city voters passed term limits by overwhelming margins,