Littlestuff Weekender-4-23-2011

On the national scene there are a couple of significant markers ahead. The first is the question of whether or not to increase the national debt ceiling (we’ve already exceeded the number). I would urge you to “Google” Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and check out his reasoning for NOT raising the ceiling. He illustrates how our debts payments and vital government services can be maintained with current cash flow. While I totally agree with him, I surmise that the President and the spending-addicted appropriators will do as they darn well please and allow a debt “crisis” to occur to “show” the American that if they cannot borrow more money, then government can’t function. It’s the same tap dance your local schools perform when they “cut” busing and extra circulars to “prove” they need the levee.

It’s your money, but the clowns at every level of government are determined to force it from you in order to hire more bureaucrats who tell you how to live your life…or they give to “deserving” people without consulting you. Never, ever trust any politician who does not mention individual liberty or personal freedom as a necessary requirement of the nation. Liberty is your right…given by God, and no system or no politician has the authority to usurp Him. Some politicians may cite “freedom” as a justification for increasing the size of government to give you “freedom” from pain, want or responsibility. Learn to discern the difference.

The Ohio landscape is becoming intense. The Ohio Project’s “Ohio Healthcare Freedom Amendment” is moving along quite nicely, but it needs a big signature-gathering push in the next two months to place the state constitutional amendment on the ballot. Meanwhile Joint Resolution 2 is slinking through the legislative process. It will also put the feds on notice that Ohioans do not wish to play their silly healthcare games. JR 2 does require a 2/3 affirmative vote from each house of the legislature before it can be certified for the ballot. John McAvoy, chair of the Ohio Project, told us on my radio show last night that if both measures are successful (petitioning and resolution), then the parties will get together and pick the best for the people to vote “yes” or “no.” The petitioning must continue because one or two chicken politicians could upset the legislative remedy.

Governor Kasich supposedly has a 30% approval rating. Take heart, John. If thirty per cent of the audience follows anyone in the media, it is a ratings runaway.

You may be getting this late this weekend because we had a severe lightning strike at our home last night, and our internet modem appears to have taken the heat…despite a multiplicity of surge protectors. I have a meeting this morning (Saturday), and when I return, I’ll try to correct the problem.

For those of you of the Christian faith…believers in Christ, this week is special. As a preacher friend once said to me, without the resurrection….Good Friday and Christmas would be ordinary days. This season is special, too, because of the accuracy of its historical timing. The Passover season can be traced back to Egypt, so honoring the last days of Christ’s earthly life can be done with reasonable historical timing. Christmas, on the other hand, is not so precise.

The Rally for the Constitution on the Village Green in Canfield, Ohio, has been tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, May 14^th to begin at 11:00am. If it goes forward, I hope to see YOU there.

On Thursday May, 5^th, Sherriff Mack will be presenting at the North Central Ohio Conservatives at Camden Falls, Rt. 231 and 224, just south of Tiffin. Program begins at 6:30pm. If you can arrive early, Carmie’s Restaurant right there in the building has some really great chow. The entry price is $5 unless you are active or retired law enforcement, then you and your beloved get in free of charge (beloved means your spouse, not your watch commander). Sherriff Mack has a terrific message for all law enforcement people and ALL citizens. Here’s his website:  www.sherriffmack.com .

For those of you who follow Christ, have a wonderful and blessed Resurrection Sunday. For those of you who are on the fence…read the Book. For those of you of other faiths, have a wonderful, serene and beautiful weekend.

We’ll be on 1370 WSPD on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday this coming week from 6:00pm to 7:00pm for “Eye on Toledo.”  That’s 1370 on your AM dial or www.wspd.com if you are streaming.

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Pleasant Dreams

Saturday evening while I was doing some organizational work around my office, studio and man cave, I had RFD-TV on the big screen. They were showing an old black and white “Porter Wagoner Show.” His musical guest was Tex Ritter who sang his classic “Hillbilly Heaven.” That was my inspiration for this column: “Pleasant Dreams.”

I dreamed I was there in Political Heaven

With people who did great things.

All were believers in liberty

Though none were wearing angel wings.

There in the far corner

A redhead was giving a narration,

About a steamy Philly summer

And writing the Declaration.

To his side an elderly gent

Sat with spectacles askew

He was there at the formation

Of a republic so new.

Into their presence

Strode a diminutive man

Of mighty stature and demeanor

With a Constitution in  hand.

Two Yankees sat at a table

Doing what cousins normally do.

One was writing “Dear Abby,”

The other thinking of a brew.

Another bloke was grousing.

Was told “Don’t be a pain.”

He said he couldn’t help it

‘cause that was his family name.

Another Yankee walked in the place.

A merchant with wealth untold

Who gave it up for liberty

And signed his name so bold.

The first state to ratify

Had a little Caesar.

He was a freedom fighter

And a sickly geezer.

In the door came Patrick.

Very alive, you see,

For he favored death to come

If there were no Liberty.

A tallish man rose up,

And out the door he went.

In one voice the assembly said,

“Farewell, Mr. President.”

Then, something happened.

I lost the glory I’d found,

As my body started sliding

Through the floor, then down.

Disoriented I kept falling.

Down and down I fell.

When I landed with a thud

In hot political hell.

There to greet me was Alex.

A bastard and banker was he.

He loved central banking

And its ties to tyranny.

Telling a story to the side

The Rail Splitter was animated.

He violated so many freedoms

That he’s constitutionally constipated.

Across the way stood Teddy

Looking “bully” in his olive drab.

He increased the reach of government

With his progressive wilderness grab.

Ole’ Woody was there

With his nez pierce glasses.

He and his power wife

Treated us all like asses.

“I’m Franklin,” the patrician said,

“Four times the people selected me,

And if weren’t for my death,

I’d serve through eternity.”

“You’ve done enough, FDR,

To ruin our blessed land.

You should have listened to

A little lady named Rand.”

He didn’t like my retort.

He was angry, I could see.

His feelings may be hurt,

But he stole my liberty.

Looking around the room

I saw the Texan, LBJ.

His massive Great Society

Stole more freedoms away.

Tricky Dick was there

Looking grim and sour.

His awful EPA and OSHA

Increased the government’s power.

Then I saw the Bushes two,

The father and the son.

The younger was forty-three,

The other was forty one.

Despite their words about

The government would not grow.

They never took the chance

To tell the Congress “No.”

I looked around the room

Puzzled by what I did not see

Where’s the current president?

Isn’t this where he should be?

“Oh no,” said the elder Texan,

“He’s not doing so well.

He tried to get in here,

But he’s too bad for hell.

The Devil locked the door

When Obama was on his way.

He sent him further down

To his eternal pay.”

“Whoa, wait a second,”

I caught myself thinking.

The Bushes remain alive.

What have I been drinking?

That wasn’t heaven

And this cannot be hell.

Who will believe this story?

Who is it I can tell.

Just that very moment

My alarm began to ring,

 I woke from my vivid slumber

Trying to remember everything.

I dreamed I was there

In political heaven, pray tell.

I also descended below

To overcrowded political hell.

I tell you this, my friend,

With no attempt at mirth,

Those S.O.B.’s in Hades

Have given us hell on earth.

Now we must endeavor

For a new Freedom’s birth,

And make their eternal agony

More hellish as we celebrate on earth.

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