Obama Set Back, A Vote For Freedom

Americans have spoken. We've exercised our right to choose our Country's path, to choose the direction we want for our State, both in very serious economic strife, and today the people win. Some believe this election is a pronouncement against the Obama administration, others see the outcome as a vote against all incumbants which expresses sheer disgust with all government. Many are disappointed, even angry with the President who they believed would bring a new unity among Americans greater than ever before. That he would change government, not make it even more bloated. Obama's attacks against citizens that don't support his actions is atrocious. Never have I heard or seen this type of low level political rhetoric from the leader of the greatest country in the world. It's simply unpresidential and shows a complete lack of respect for his role in leading ALL the people. With the results in we can now hope that a new direction will take shape. Not a reversal to the same stagnant position we saw in previous administrations but a rebirth of the founding principles, where we the people embrace the republic under which we are blessed to live with freedoms to achieve or fail, with honor, with integrity, and renewed faith in the American way.

Fear Monger?

Glenn Beck consistenly strives to bring disparate elements together in ways that shock the viewer into seeing clarity where it wasn't apparent individually. Journalistic hype? I don't believe so. Logic and truth through painful cannot be denied.

Tonight Mr. Beck addresses the Fabian Socialists of 1884 (http://www.nolanchart.com/article4425.html), George Bernard Shaw's eugenics solution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQvsf2MUKRQ), Woodrow Wilson's progressivism and how the gradual nudge toward, an otherwise appauling goal ,"for the greater good", succeeds where the direct leap would never get traction. We appear to be on the precipice of sliding into this frightening deep pit of socialism. Educate yourself. And then VOTE, make a difference in the future of our country.

Thank God for Mr. Beck's passion to save America?

Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness from Americans if they can prevent the Government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
--- Thomas Jefferson

It is uncanny that men 150 years ago had the vision to see what degradation could potentially occur. Jefferson and others warned us. We stopped paying attention when we allowed the supreme court to interpret the Constitution as they saw fit and forbid the pledge and prayer in schools. That led to dropping the teaching of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

So here we are, the hapless sheep who've been taught 'tolerance' have now allowed ourselves to not even realize that We The People, emboldened by our Constitution can decide the fate of our country. Is it too late? Are we too weak, too tired, too dependent on Government to wean ourselves from its grasp and flourish like the leaders who came before us with integrity, honor, commitment, faith and courage.

Quote of the Day

I've been reading a lot the past couple months about our constitution, the founding fathers and assessing why we think we can follow the mistakes of European countries before us and not have the same sad result. More than a century ago, men who gave us liberty could see the dangers and they had less education and less comparative wealth than those men now deciding the fate of our country. The founding fathers did have in abundance HONOR and INTEGRITY.

A democracy ceases to exist when you take from those willing to work and give to those who would not. ---Thomas Jefferson

Village Board Mtg 5/24

$30,000 approved to rebuild pumphouse #5 on a vote of 5:1. I voted NO. It isn't logical to me that our village has spent nearly $4 million to connect to the Appleton water source; that we have a backup system for that new water supply in pumphouse #6 so we should completely rebuild a broken down #5 to the tune of $30,000 for a secondary backup to the backup system. Redundancy that goes beyond practical in my view. "It'll add assets to our balance sheet" yeah, so will cash in a savings account!

Political Opinion

I enjoy a good debate and welcome you to challenge my views with your own.

Like a growing number of Americans, I'm concerned about the state of our nation's economy. I've been concerned for several years already not just since the recent hype hit the news. History is our best teacher. And when I look at the basics it's not hard to summarize; post war baby production entered the workforce with alot of tax dollars entering the system. Debt could be high because income was high and investments from other countries very high. Today, we don't have the baby boom to demand hard goods, lower hard goods production is further challenged by China and India with unlimited low wage resources and our increased aging and unemployed citizens strain a failing 'welfare' system. The candle is burning at both ends and this cannot be sustained. Is this why we should legalize 15 million illegal aliens? Will that add the tax dollars we need? Perhaps in a strong economy but in a state where jobs are not available means alot more people on the wrong end of the system. France, England, Germany, Spain, Greece have all found that a system of universal health care and paid retirement programs cannot be sustained. Looked at the Euro lately. It is on the verge of collapsing from the strain with no way to improve short of increasing the retirement age and reducing health benefits. Hmmm. We already have those elements in place and our government thinks NOW we can add these generous programs? It is insanity. That's my perspective. What's yours.

Doyle Damages Our State...Even More.

Govenor Doyle's passage of a global warming bill disguised as a 'green' jobs program will result in skyrocketing energy costs and 43,000 jobs lost statewide (according to a WPRI study). Your energy bills are estimated to triple because of the renewable electricity mandate costing WI residents $16 billion. And that's just one example of the harmful effect of this inept administration. You can attribute the coming higher gas prices, 61 cents per gallon, to cover another $3.2 billion for a global warming tax. The bottom line is this will cost more than $1000 per household each year over the 10 years of implementation. Spain lost 2.2 jobs for every temporary 'green' job, Germany spent $240,000 for every 'green' job it created and the programs have resulted in failure for all. Clearly, Governor Doyle and the Obama administration think that somehow because we're the U.S. we will have different results than the countries who failed before us. Sounds alot like the healthcare plan to me. The arrogance is astounding.

Village Board Meeting 4/26

It was my first meeting. I requested that the Rules of the Board be changed to state that citizen positions on committees are to be held by non-trustees. Presently that is not the case and could be construed as priming the pump on decisions. Another topic of concern is the TIF expenditures for the sprinkling system at High Cliff Golf Course. I'm told it's been in the works for over 15 years now so there's history here that I simply haven't gotten to the bottom of yet. But it sure seems to me that the owner has little incentive to maintain the existing system when there's a promise of funds down the road. And I have trouble seeing how this expenditure raises revenues for the village. But it does fit in the definition of recreation improvements since the deal will result in properties for parks and trail easements. I voted against the program along with Joyce Laux. It passes. My focus must be the future. But I need your input continuously to know what you want for the future of our village. Be heard.

Barack Country Song

I can't help but be sarcastic when hearing that it's the rich that are unhappy with Obama's plans to bring 'fairness' to our country. This video clearly shows that downhome, no frills folks feel the same trepidation about the course this administration is taking us...inspite of our growing protestations.