Sarah via Facebook:
What am I missing, folks? We’re called obstructionists and made to feel uninformed in the Obamacare debate as we point out this is not a patient-driven, market-oriented approach to health care cost challenges. We’ve been saying for months that this is government takeover of our personal choices of insurers and doctors. We’re called liars when claiming that this is all about government mandates and control of up to a sixth of our economy.
And yet, shockingly, the president admitted yesterday exactly what we’ve been saying: that his Democrats and lobbyists have crafted bills that in fact will prevent us from keeping our current insurance and/or choosing our own doctor. He said:
The last thing I will say, though -- let me say this about health care and the health care debate, because I think it also bears on a whole lot of other issues. If you look at the package that we’ve presented -- and there’s some stray cats and dogs that got in there that we were eliminating, we were in the process of eliminating. For example, we said from the start that it was going to be important for us to be consistent in saying to people if you can have your -- if you want to keep the health insurance you got, you can keep it, that you’re not going to have anybody getting in between you and your doctor in your decision making. And I think that some of the provisions that got snuck in might have violated that pledge. [emphasis added]
Thanks to Tom Bevan at RCP for spotting this. The president’s statement is shocking, enlightening, and in an odd and unfortunate way also encouraging. Folks, this admission tells us we’re not off-base and we need to stay vigilant so we’re not missing anything else in this scheme. This trillion-dollar government takeover of our health care system is full of “stray dogs and cats” (the president’s words, not mine), and that’s what we’ve been saying all along.
Commonsense conservatives have better ideas on how to start tackling rising health care costs. Reps. Paul Ryan, Mike Pence, Eric Cantor, John Boehner, and others have offered solutions. I commend their efforts to counter the White House’s attempt to ram Obamacare through as these Congressmen seek bipartisan, sensible solutions. I implore them to speak louder because we’re listening, and we’re counting on them!
- Sarah Palin
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Stay Focused: Relocating Terrorists' Trial Doesn't Solve the Main Problem
Sarah Palin via Facebook:
People are celebrating the fact that the Obama Administration is considering relocating the terrorists’ trial from New York to another American city. Yet there’s still no talk of moving the trial out of our U.S. civilian courts to where it should take place – a military tribunal.
Now the administration is backtracking in order to fix its initially blundered decision to try these dangerous terrorists in New York City despite the great danger and cost to New Yorkers. This scenario is all too common in Washington. The tactic is to propose something so outrageous that the public will rise up and demand common sense, and then the White House “concedes” and changes its initial decision to give the impression of newfound reasonability and moderation. But the problem still isn’t solved! The trial location debate becomes a diversion so that we’ll take our eyes off the ball. The point missed is that our President still wants to give these terrorists U.S. constitutional protections in our civilian courts, allowing them to lawyer-up on our dime.
This tactic is in the same vein as another Washington game: creating the appearance of a “crisis” in order to push for a radical solution. (“The health care crisis must be fixed by government now or we’re all gonna die! The earth’s temperature is fluctuating; government must fix this crisis now or we’re all gonna die! Private businesses made poor decisions and bureaucrats claim they’re too big to fail, so government must fix this crisis now or we’re all gonna die!”) Politicians and lobbyists announce that there is a “crisis,” and never letting a good crisis go to waste, they propose a radical solution to fix it. The public listens intently, and in a sincere desire to help, an alternative to the politicians’ radical solution gets put forward. The politicians then “concede” and mellow out their radical solution. The public’s attention has been diverted to tinkering on the periphery, all the while ignoring the real problem at the heart of the “crisis” that started the whole debate.
The fact is our government has a choice as to where to try the terrorists. We don’t have to try them in our civilian courts. The peripheral debate regarding in which city to try these evil, dangerous haters-of-America is a diversion. Let’s get back to the heart of the matter: what choice will our government make – terrorist trials in civilian courts or military tribunals?
- Sarah Palin
People are celebrating the fact that the Obama Administration is considering relocating the terrorists’ trial from New York to another American city. Yet there’s still no talk of moving the trial out of our U.S. civilian courts to where it should take place – a military tribunal.
Now the administration is backtracking in order to fix its initially blundered decision to try these dangerous terrorists in New York City despite the great danger and cost to New Yorkers. This scenario is all too common in Washington. The tactic is to propose something so outrageous that the public will rise up and demand common sense, and then the White House “concedes” and changes its initial decision to give the impression of newfound reasonability and moderation. But the problem still isn’t solved! The trial location debate becomes a diversion so that we’ll take our eyes off the ball. The point missed is that our President still wants to give these terrorists U.S. constitutional protections in our civilian courts, allowing them to lawyer-up on our dime.
This tactic is in the same vein as another Washington game: creating the appearance of a “crisis” in order to push for a radical solution. (“The health care crisis must be fixed by government now or we’re all gonna die! The earth’s temperature is fluctuating; government must fix this crisis now or we’re all gonna die! Private businesses made poor decisions and bureaucrats claim they’re too big to fail, so government must fix this crisis now or we’re all gonna die!”) Politicians and lobbyists announce that there is a “crisis,” and never letting a good crisis go to waste, they propose a radical solution to fix it. The public listens intently, and in a sincere desire to help, an alternative to the politicians’ radical solution gets put forward. The politicians then “concede” and mellow out their radical solution. The public’s attention has been diverted to tinkering on the periphery, all the while ignoring the real problem at the heart of the “crisis” that started the whole debate.
The fact is our government has a choice as to where to try the terrorists. We don’t have to try them in our civilian courts. The peripheral debate regarding in which city to try these evil, dangerous haters-of-America is a diversion. Let’s get back to the heart of the matter: what choice will our government make – terrorist trials in civilian courts or military tribunals?
- Sarah Palin
Friday, January 29, 2010
Letting You Know About Some "Better Solutions"
Sarah Palin via Facebook:
On Wednesday night, the president asked us to “let him know” if we had any better ideas, and today John Boehner handed him a compilation of the policy alternatives that have been advanced over the past year. These are ideas that deserve to be considered to turn down the volume on the rhetoric and use common sense. Please take a look at Solutions.GOP.gov. You can read the compilation of policy alternatives, called “Better Solutions,”
here.
- Sarah Palin
Links:
http://www.gop.gov/download?folder=misc&file=better-solutions-1-10.pdf
http://www.gop.gov/solutions/
On Wednesday night, the president asked us to “let him know” if we had any better ideas, and today John Boehner handed him a compilation of the policy alternatives that have been advanced over the past year. These are ideas that deserve to be considered to turn down the volume on the rhetoric and use common sense. Please take a look at Solutions.GOP.gov. You can read the compilation of policy alternatives, called “Better Solutions,”
here.
- Sarah Palin
Links:
http://www.gop.gov/download?folder=misc&file=better-solutions-1-10.pdf
http://www.gop.gov/solutions/
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sarah Palin: The Credibility Gap
Sarah via Facebook:
While I don’t wish to speak too harshly about President Obama’s state of the union address, we live in challenging times that call for candor. I call them as I see them, and I hope my frank assessment will be taken as an honest effort to move this conversation forward.
Last night, the president spoke of the “credibility gap” between the public’s expectations of their leaders and what those leaders actually deliver. “Credibility gap” is a good way to describe the chasm between rhetoric and reality in the president’s address. The contradictions seemed endless.
He called for Democrats and Republicans to “work through our differences,” but last year he dismissed any notion of bipartisanship when he smugly told Republicans, “I won.”
He talked like a Washington “outsider,” but he runs Washington! He’s had everything any president could ask for – an overwhelming majority in Congress and a fawning press corps that feels tingles every time he speaks. There was nothing preventing him from pursuing “common sense” solutions all along. He didn’t pursue them because they weren’t his priorities, and he spent his speech blaming Republicans for the problems caused by his own policies.
He dared us to “let him know” if we have a better health care plan, but he refused to allow Republicans in on the negotiations or consider any ideas for real free market and patient-centered reforms. We’ve been “letting him know” our ideas for months from the town halls to the tea parties, but he isn’t interested in listening. Instead he keeps making the nonsensical claim that his massive trillion-dollar health care bill won’t increase the deficit.
Americans are suffering from job losses and lower wages, yet the president practically demanded applause when he mentioned tax cuts, as if allowing people to keep more of their own hard-earned money is an act of noblesse oblige. He claims that he cut taxes, but I must have missed that. I see his policies as paving the way for massive tax increases and inflation, which is the “hidden tax” that most hurts the poor and the elderly living on fixed incomes.
He condemned lobbyists, but his White House is filled with former lobbyists, and this has been a banner year for K Street with his stimulus bill, aka the Lobbyist’s Full Employment Act. He talked about a “deficit of trust” and the need to “do our work in the open,” but he chased away the C-SPAN cameras and cut deals with insurance industry lobbyists behind closed doors.
He spoke of doing what’s best for the next generation and not leaving our children with a “mountain of debt,” but under his watch this year, government spending is up by 22%, and his budget will triple our national debt.
He spoke of a spending freeze, but doesn’t he realize that each new program he’s proposing comes with a new price tag? A spending freeze is a nice idea, but it doesn’t address the root cause of the problem. We need a comprehensive examination of the role of government spending. The president’s deficit commission is little more than a bipartisan tax hike committee, lending political cover to raise taxes without seriously addressing the problem of spending.
He condemned bailouts, but he voted for them and then expanded and extended them. He praised the House’s financial reform bill, but where was Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in that bill? He still hasn’t told us when we’ll be getting out of the auto and the mortgage industries. He praised small businesses, but he’s spent the past year as a friend to big corporations and their lobbyists, who always find a way to make government regulations work in their favor at the expense of their mom & pop competitors.
He praised the effectiveness of his stimulus bill, but then he called for another one – this time cleverly renamed a “jobs bill.” The first stimulus was sold to us as a jobs bill that would keep unemployment under 8%. We now have double digit unemployment with no end in sight. Why should we trust this new “jobs bill”?
He talked about “making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development,” but apparently it’s still too tough for his Interior Secretary to move ahead with Virginia’s offshore oil and gas leases. If they’re dragging their feet on leases, how long will it take them to build “safe, clean nuclear power plants”? Meanwhile, he continued to emphasize “green jobs,” which require massive government subsidies for inefficient technologies that can’t survive on their own in the real world of the free market.
He spoke of supporting young girls in Afghanistan who want to go to school and young women in Iran who courageously protest in the streets, but where were his words of encouragement to the young girls of Afghanistan in his West Point speech? And where was his support for the young women of Iran when they were being gunned down in the streets of Tehran?
Despite speaking for over an hour, the president only spent 10% of his speech on foreign policy, and he left us with many unanswered questions. Does he still think trying the 9/11 terrorists in New York is a good idea? Does he still think closing Gitmo is a good idea? Does he still believe in Mirandizing terrorists after the Christmas bomber fiasco? Does he believe we’re in a war against terrorists, or does he think this is just a global crime spree? Does he understand that the first priority of our government is to keep our country safe?
In his address last night, the president once again revealed that there’s a fundamental disconnect between what the American people expect from their government, and what he wants to deliver. He’s still proposing failed top-down big government solutions to our problems. Instead of smaller, smarter government, he’s taken a government that was already too big and supersized it.
Real private sector jobs are created when taxes are low, investment is high, and people are free to go about their business without the heavy hand of government. The president thinks innovation comes from government subsidies. Common sense conservatives know innovation comes from unleashing the creative energy of American entrepreneurs.
Everything seems to be “unexpected” to this administration: unexpected job losses; unexpected housing numbers; unexpected political losses in Massachusetts, Virginia, and New Jersey. True leaders lead best when confronted with the unexpected. But instead of leading us, the president lectured us. He lectured Wall Street; he lectured Main Street; he lectured Congress; he even lectured our Supreme Court Justices.
He criticized politicians who “wage a perpetual campaign,” but he gave a campaign speech instead of a state of the union address. The campaign is over, and President Obama now has something that candidate Obama never had: an actual track record in office. We now can see the failed policies behind the flowery words. If Americans feel as cynical as the president suggests, perhaps it’s because the audacity of his recycled rhetoric no longer inspires hope.
Real leadership requires results. Real hope lies in the ingenuity, generosity, and boundless courage of the American people whose voices are still not being heard in Washington.
- Sarah Palin
While I don’t wish to speak too harshly about President Obama’s state of the union address, we live in challenging times that call for candor. I call them as I see them, and I hope my frank assessment will be taken as an honest effort to move this conversation forward.
Last night, the president spoke of the “credibility gap” between the public’s expectations of their leaders and what those leaders actually deliver. “Credibility gap” is a good way to describe the chasm between rhetoric and reality in the president’s address. The contradictions seemed endless.
He called for Democrats and Republicans to “work through our differences,” but last year he dismissed any notion of bipartisanship when he smugly told Republicans, “I won.”
He talked like a Washington “outsider,” but he runs Washington! He’s had everything any president could ask for – an overwhelming majority in Congress and a fawning press corps that feels tingles every time he speaks. There was nothing preventing him from pursuing “common sense” solutions all along. He didn’t pursue them because they weren’t his priorities, and he spent his speech blaming Republicans for the problems caused by his own policies.
He dared us to “let him know” if we have a better health care plan, but he refused to allow Republicans in on the negotiations or consider any ideas for real free market and patient-centered reforms. We’ve been “letting him know” our ideas for months from the town halls to the tea parties, but he isn’t interested in listening. Instead he keeps making the nonsensical claim that his massive trillion-dollar health care bill won’t increase the deficit.
Americans are suffering from job losses and lower wages, yet the president practically demanded applause when he mentioned tax cuts, as if allowing people to keep more of their own hard-earned money is an act of noblesse oblige. He claims that he cut taxes, but I must have missed that. I see his policies as paving the way for massive tax increases and inflation, which is the “hidden tax” that most hurts the poor and the elderly living on fixed incomes.
He condemned lobbyists, but his White House is filled with former lobbyists, and this has been a banner year for K Street with his stimulus bill, aka the Lobbyist’s Full Employment Act. He talked about a “deficit of trust” and the need to “do our work in the open,” but he chased away the C-SPAN cameras and cut deals with insurance industry lobbyists behind closed doors.
He spoke of doing what’s best for the next generation and not leaving our children with a “mountain of debt,” but under his watch this year, government spending is up by 22%, and his budget will triple our national debt.
He spoke of a spending freeze, but doesn’t he realize that each new program he’s proposing comes with a new price tag? A spending freeze is a nice idea, but it doesn’t address the root cause of the problem. We need a comprehensive examination of the role of government spending. The president’s deficit commission is little more than a bipartisan tax hike committee, lending political cover to raise taxes without seriously addressing the problem of spending.
He condemned bailouts, but he voted for them and then expanded and extended them. He praised the House’s financial reform bill, but where was Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in that bill? He still hasn’t told us when we’ll be getting out of the auto and the mortgage industries. He praised small businesses, but he’s spent the past year as a friend to big corporations and their lobbyists, who always find a way to make government regulations work in their favor at the expense of their mom & pop competitors.
He praised the effectiveness of his stimulus bill, but then he called for another one – this time cleverly renamed a “jobs bill.” The first stimulus was sold to us as a jobs bill that would keep unemployment under 8%. We now have double digit unemployment with no end in sight. Why should we trust this new “jobs bill”?
He talked about “making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development,” but apparently it’s still too tough for his Interior Secretary to move ahead with Virginia’s offshore oil and gas leases. If they’re dragging their feet on leases, how long will it take them to build “safe, clean nuclear power plants”? Meanwhile, he continued to emphasize “green jobs,” which require massive government subsidies for inefficient technologies that can’t survive on their own in the real world of the free market.
He spoke of supporting young girls in Afghanistan who want to go to school and young women in Iran who courageously protest in the streets, but where were his words of encouragement to the young girls of Afghanistan in his West Point speech? And where was his support for the young women of Iran when they were being gunned down in the streets of Tehran?
Despite speaking for over an hour, the president only spent 10% of his speech on foreign policy, and he left us with many unanswered questions. Does he still think trying the 9/11 terrorists in New York is a good idea? Does he still think closing Gitmo is a good idea? Does he still believe in Mirandizing terrorists after the Christmas bomber fiasco? Does he believe we’re in a war against terrorists, or does he think this is just a global crime spree? Does he understand that the first priority of our government is to keep our country safe?
In his address last night, the president once again revealed that there’s a fundamental disconnect between what the American people expect from their government, and what he wants to deliver. He’s still proposing failed top-down big government solutions to our problems. Instead of smaller, smarter government, he’s taken a government that was already too big and supersized it.
Real private sector jobs are created when taxes are low, investment is high, and people are free to go about their business without the heavy hand of government. The president thinks innovation comes from government subsidies. Common sense conservatives know innovation comes from unleashing the creative energy of American entrepreneurs.
Everything seems to be “unexpected” to this administration: unexpected job losses; unexpected housing numbers; unexpected political losses in Massachusetts, Virginia, and New Jersey. True leaders lead best when confronted with the unexpected. But instead of leading us, the president lectured us. He lectured Wall Street; he lectured Main Street; he lectured Congress; he even lectured our Supreme Court Justices.
He criticized politicians who “wage a perpetual campaign,” but he gave a campaign speech instead of a state of the union address. The campaign is over, and President Obama now has something that candidate Obama never had: an actual track record in office. We now can see the failed policies behind the flowery words. If Americans feel as cynical as the president suggests, perhaps it’s because the audacity of his recycled rhetoric no longer inspires hope.
Real leadership requires results. Real hope lies in the ingenuity, generosity, and boundless courage of the American people whose voices are still not being heard in Washington.
- Sarah Palin
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Women's Rights Groups: Your Double Standard is Showing
Sarah via Facebook:
Women’s Rights groups, like NOW, commendably call out advertisers and networks for airing sexist and demeaning portrayals of women that lead to young women’s diminished self-esteem and acceptance of roles as mere sexed-up objects.
What a ridiculous situation they’re getting themselves into now with their protest of CBS airing a pro-life ad during the upcoming Super Bowl game. The ad will feature Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mom, and they’ll speak to the sanctity of life and the beautiful potential within every innocent child as Mrs. Tebow acknowledges her choice to give Tim life, despite less than ideal circumstances. Messages like this empower women! This speaks to the strength and commitment and nurturing spirit within women. The message says everything positive and nothing negative about the power of women – and life. Evidently, some women’s rights groups like NOW do not like that message.
NOW is looking at the pro-life issue backwards. Women should be reminded that they are strong enough and smart enough to make decisions that allow for career and educational opportunities while still giving their babies a chance at life. In my own home, my daughter Bristol has also been challenged by pro-abortion “women’s rights” groups who don’t agree with her decision to have her baby, nor do they like the abstinence message which she articulated as her personal commitment. NOW could gain ground and credibility with everyday Americans, thus allowing their pro-women message to be heard by more than just their ardent supporters, if they made wiser decisions regarding which battles to pick. They should call attention to and embrace the Tebows’ message, instead of covertly and overtly disrespecting what Mrs. Tebow, Bristol, and millions of other women have chosen to do (in less than ideal circumstances).
My message to these groups who are inexplicably offended by a pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life message airing during the Super Bowl: please concentrate on empowering women, help with efforts to prevent unexpected pregnancies, stay consistent with your message that for too long women have been made to feel like sex objects in our “modern” culture and that we can expect better in 2010. But don’t let your double standard glare so vividly as to undo some of the good to which you could contribute.
And CBS: just do the right thing. Don’t cave. Have the backbone to run the ad.
To the Tebows: thank you. America is listening. We appreciate you.
- Sarah Palin
Women’s Rights groups, like NOW, commendably call out advertisers and networks for airing sexist and demeaning portrayals of women that lead to young women’s diminished self-esteem and acceptance of roles as mere sexed-up objects.
What a ridiculous situation they’re getting themselves into now with their protest of CBS airing a pro-life ad during the upcoming Super Bowl game. The ad will feature Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mom, and they’ll speak to the sanctity of life and the beautiful potential within every innocent child as Mrs. Tebow acknowledges her choice to give Tim life, despite less than ideal circumstances. Messages like this empower women! This speaks to the strength and commitment and nurturing spirit within women. The message says everything positive and nothing negative about the power of women – and life. Evidently, some women’s rights groups like NOW do not like that message.
NOW is looking at the pro-life issue backwards. Women should be reminded that they are strong enough and smart enough to make decisions that allow for career and educational opportunities while still giving their babies a chance at life. In my own home, my daughter Bristol has also been challenged by pro-abortion “women’s rights” groups who don’t agree with her decision to have her baby, nor do they like the abstinence message which she articulated as her personal commitment. NOW could gain ground and credibility with everyday Americans, thus allowing their pro-women message to be heard by more than just their ardent supporters, if they made wiser decisions regarding which battles to pick. They should call attention to and embrace the Tebows’ message, instead of covertly and overtly disrespecting what Mrs. Tebow, Bristol, and millions of other women have chosen to do (in less than ideal circumstances).
My message to these groups who are inexplicably offended by a pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life message airing during the Super Bowl: please concentrate on empowering women, help with efforts to prevent unexpected pregnancies, stay consistent with your message that for too long women have been made to feel like sex objects in our “modern” culture and that we can expect better in 2010. But don’t let your double standard glare so vividly as to undo some of the good to which you could contribute.
And CBS: just do the right thing. Don’t cave. Have the backbone to run the ad.
To the Tebows: thank you. America is listening. We appreciate you.
- Sarah Palin
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Listen to Us Already!
Virginia, New Jersey and now Massachusetts have made their voices known. They are angry and want our President to listen now! For a year now, President Obama has shoved policy after policy down our throats and has not always let us have a say in it!
The American people have spoken through elections, the Tea Party Movement, Pro-life March on Washington, D.C. and the town hall meetings in the August recess.
Sarah Palin and I believe that we speak for America when we are telling our President and elected officials enough is enough. That voice is loud and Washington D.C. has to acknowledge that, or they will be in for a rude awakening when we take back our country in the next three years.
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Sarah via Facebook:
We’ve now seen three landslide Republican victories in three states that President Obama carried in 2008. From the tea parties to the town halls to the Massachusetts Miracle, Americans have tried to make their opposition to Washington’s big government agenda loud and clear. But the President has decided that this current discontent isn’t his fault, it’s ours. He seems to think we just don’t understand what’s going on because he hasn’t had the chance – in his 411 speeches and 158 interviews last year – to adequately explain his policies to us.
Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m listening,” the president is saying, “Listen up, people!” This approach is precisely the reason people are upset with Washington. Americans understand the president’s policies. We just don’t agree with them. But the president has refused to shift focus and come around to the center from the far left. Instead he and his old campaign advisers are regrouping to put a new spin on the same old agenda for 2010.
Americans aren’t looking for more political strategists. We’re looking for real leadership that listens and delivers results. The president’s former campaign adviser is now calling on supporters to “get on the same page,” but what’s on that page? He claims that the president is “resolved” to “keep fighting for” his agenda, but we’ve already seen what that government-growth agenda involves, and frankly the hype doesn’t give us much hope. Real health care reform requires a free market approach; real job creation involves incentivizing, not punishing, the job-creators; reining in the “big banks” means ending bailouts; and stopping “the undue influence of lobbyists” means not cutting deals with them behind closed doors.
Instead of real leadership, though, we’ve had broken promises and backroom deals. One of the worst: candidate Obama promised to go through the federal budget “with a scalpel,” but President Obama spent four times more than his predecessor. Want more? Candidate Obama promised that lobbyists “won’t find a job in my White House,” but President Obama gave at least a dozen former lobbyists top administration jobs. Candidate Obama promised us that we could view his health care deliberations openly and honestly on C-SPAN, but President Obama cut deals behind closed doors with industry lobbyists. Candidate Obama promised us that we would have at least five days to read all major legislation, but President Obama rushed through bills before members of Congress could even read them.
Candidate Obama promised us that his economic stimulus package would be targeted and pork-free, but President Obama signed a stimulus bill loaded with pork and goodies for corporate cronies. Candidate Obama railed against Wall Street greed, but President Obama cozied up to bankers as he extended and expanded their bailouts. Candidate Obama promised us that for “Every dollar that I’ve proposed [in spending], I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” We’re still waiting to see how President Obama will cut spending to match the trillion he’s spent.
More than anything, Americans were promised jobs, but the president’s stimulus package has failed to stem our rising unemployment rate. Maybe it was unfair to expect that an administration with so little private sector experience would understand something about job creation. How many Obama Administration officials have ever had to make a payroll or craft a business plan in the private sector? How many have had to worry about not having the resources to invest and expand? The president’s big government policies have made hiring a new employee a difficult commitment for employers to make. Ask yourself if the Obama Administration has done anything to make it easier for employers to hire. Have they given us any reassurance that the president will keep taxes low and not impose expensive new regulations?
Candidate Obama over-promised; President Obama has under-delivered. We understand you, Mr. President. We’ve listened to you again and again. We ask that you now listen to the American people.
- Sarah Palin
The American people have spoken through elections, the Tea Party Movement, Pro-life March on Washington, D.C. and the town hall meetings in the August recess.
Sarah Palin and I believe that we speak for America when we are telling our President and elected officials enough is enough. That voice is loud and Washington D.C. has to acknowledge that, or they will be in for a rude awakening when we take back our country in the next three years.
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Sarah via Facebook:
We’ve now seen three landslide Republican victories in three states that President Obama carried in 2008. From the tea parties to the town halls to the Massachusetts Miracle, Americans have tried to make their opposition to Washington’s big government agenda loud and clear. But the President has decided that this current discontent isn’t his fault, it’s ours. He seems to think we just don’t understand what’s going on because he hasn’t had the chance – in his 411 speeches and 158 interviews last year – to adequately explain his policies to us.
Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m listening,” the president is saying, “Listen up, people!” This approach is precisely the reason people are upset with Washington. Americans understand the president’s policies. We just don’t agree with them. But the president has refused to shift focus and come around to the center from the far left. Instead he and his old campaign advisers are regrouping to put a new spin on the same old agenda for 2010.
Americans aren’t looking for more political strategists. We’re looking for real leadership that listens and delivers results. The president’s former campaign adviser is now calling on supporters to “get on the same page,” but what’s on that page? He claims that the president is “resolved” to “keep fighting for” his agenda, but we’ve already seen what that government-growth agenda involves, and frankly the hype doesn’t give us much hope. Real health care reform requires a free market approach; real job creation involves incentivizing, not punishing, the job-creators; reining in the “big banks” means ending bailouts; and stopping “the undue influence of lobbyists” means not cutting deals with them behind closed doors.
Instead of real leadership, though, we’ve had broken promises and backroom deals. One of the worst: candidate Obama promised to go through the federal budget “with a scalpel,” but President Obama spent four times more than his predecessor. Want more? Candidate Obama promised that lobbyists “won’t find a job in my White House,” but President Obama gave at least a dozen former lobbyists top administration jobs. Candidate Obama promised us that we could view his health care deliberations openly and honestly on C-SPAN, but President Obama cut deals behind closed doors with industry lobbyists. Candidate Obama promised us that we would have at least five days to read all major legislation, but President Obama rushed through bills before members of Congress could even read them.
Candidate Obama promised us that his economic stimulus package would be targeted and pork-free, but President Obama signed a stimulus bill loaded with pork and goodies for corporate cronies. Candidate Obama railed against Wall Street greed, but President Obama cozied up to bankers as he extended and expanded their bailouts. Candidate Obama promised us that for “Every dollar that I’ve proposed [in spending], I’ve proposed an additional cut so that it matches.” We’re still waiting to see how President Obama will cut spending to match the trillion he’s spent.
More than anything, Americans were promised jobs, but the president’s stimulus package has failed to stem our rising unemployment rate. Maybe it was unfair to expect that an administration with so little private sector experience would understand something about job creation. How many Obama Administration officials have ever had to make a payroll or craft a business plan in the private sector? How many have had to worry about not having the resources to invest and expand? The president’s big government policies have made hiring a new employee a difficult commitment for employers to make. Ask yourself if the Obama Administration has done anything to make it easier for employers to hire. Have they given us any reassurance that the president will keep taxes low and not impose expensive new regulations?
Candidate Obama over-promised; President Obama has under-delivered. We understand you, Mr. President. We’ve listened to you again and again. We ask that you now listen to the American people.
- Sarah Palin
Monday, January 25, 2010
Alaskan Representation in Vancouver
I just read an article on the Anchorage Daily News that talks about a snowboarder from Girdwood, Alaska that will be participating in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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Young snowboarder Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Girdwood squeaked onto the U.S. Olympic team today after a surge of solid performances in the past few weeks. She competes in snowboardcross.
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For the full article, you can go to:
http://www.adn.com/sports/olympics/story/1109539.html
Congratulations Callan Chythlook-Sifsof! I wish you well in Vancouver and may you make this great country proud!
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Young snowboarder Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Girdwood squeaked onto the U.S. Olympic team today after a surge of solid performances in the past few weeks. She competes in snowboardcross.
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For the full article, you can go to:
http://www.adn.com/sports/olympics/story/1109539.html
Congratulations Callan Chythlook-Sifsof! I wish you well in Vancouver and may you make this great country proud!
Where’s the Oil in Our National Energy Policy?
Sarah has once again spoken up about the one of the topics she's most familiar with: energy.
via Facebook:
America’s energy challenges are getting more and more serious every day, and yet the Obama administration just doesn’t get it. Please see this informative article that sheds light on one aspect of the president’s problem. It starts by explaining our energy demand will increase, and oil will be part of that demand.
Well, what do you know? The Obama administration, whose entire energy posture going back into the presidential campaign has been both ideologically and practically stridently anti-oil, both as an industry and as a form of energy, has suddenly become “concerned” about China’s oil grab.
This is, to say the least, disingenuous.
The U.S. government under Barack Obama has yet to acknowledge once, in spite of widely held estimates, that oil will continue to account for 40% of world energy demand 25 years from now — this while total world energy demand will increase by 50%, at least.
Read the rest here. I look forward to hopefully hearing President Obama acknowledge America’s need to ramp up domestic energy production, including oil and natural gas developments, during Wednesday’s State of the Union address. Let’s hope his advisers advise him accordingly.
- Sarah Palin
Link:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=518743&Ntt=White+House+Needs+New+Look+At+Energy+
via Facebook:
America’s energy challenges are getting more and more serious every day, and yet the Obama administration just doesn’t get it. Please see this informative article that sheds light on one aspect of the president’s problem. It starts by explaining our energy demand will increase, and oil will be part of that demand.
Well, what do you know? The Obama administration, whose entire energy posture going back into the presidential campaign has been both ideologically and practically stridently anti-oil, both as an industry and as a form of energy, has suddenly become “concerned” about China’s oil grab.
This is, to say the least, disingenuous.
The U.S. government under Barack Obama has yet to acknowledge once, in spite of widely held estimates, that oil will continue to account for 40% of world energy demand 25 years from now — this while total world energy demand will increase by 50%, at least.
Read the rest here. I look forward to hopefully hearing President Obama acknowledge America’s need to ramp up domestic energy production, including oil and natural gas developments, during Wednesday’s State of the Union address. Let’s hope his advisers advise him accordingly.
- Sarah Palin
Link:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=518743&Ntt=White+House+Needs+New+Look+At+Energy+
Friendship Circle
Sarah and I congratulate Friendship Circle on being a recipient for the Chase Community Award! As a volunteer who works with special needs children, I have to say that these beautiful children bring great joy to my life. God created these children, not just because they are beautiful, but also because they have the potential of any other child in this world.
Sarah via Facebook:
Congratulations to Friendship Circle for being a Chase Community Giving award recipient! Friendship Circle is a beautiful non-profit organization that creates meaningful friendships between children who have special needs and teenage volunteers. In Michigan, the Friendship Circle has a beautiful one-of-a-kind center called LifeTown. Its main feature is a life-like village with all kinds of realistic stores for individuals who have special needs where they can be prepared to integrate into society and where thousands of volunteers can learn to appreciate the beauty of these special souls. You can learn more about Friendship Circle and support their work by visiting their website. You can also view a wonderful video about them here.
- Sarah Palin
Links:
http://www.friendshipcircle.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZYPT3nQQac
Sarah via Facebook:
Congratulations to Friendship Circle for being a Chase Community Giving award recipient! Friendship Circle is a beautiful non-profit organization that creates meaningful friendships between children who have special needs and teenage volunteers. In Michigan, the Friendship Circle has a beautiful one-of-a-kind center called LifeTown. Its main feature is a life-like village with all kinds of realistic stores for individuals who have special needs where they can be prepared to integrate into society and where thousands of volunteers can learn to appreciate the beauty of these special souls. You can learn more about Friendship Circle and support their work by visiting their website. You can also view a wonderful video about them here.
- Sarah Palin
Links:
http://www.friendshipcircle.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZYPT3nQQac
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Marching for a Beautiful Life
From Sarah's Facebook:
Tomorrow the 37th annual March for Life will occur in Washington, D.C. January is a tough month to schedule a march in Washington, but every year hundreds of thousands of everyday Americans from across our nation brave the cold weather on the anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision to bear a positive witness to the culture of life.
In the years following Roe, we were told that the issue was no longer open for debate and that we should get over it and move on. But we couldn’t get over the stirrings of our conscience or move on from an issue that cuts to the heart of who we are as a nation. Affirming the dignity and worth of every innocent human life and defending the defenseless are fundamental American values. With that in mind, this peaceful, hopeful grassroots crowd of individuals, families and students comes to our capital every year to remind us that every innocent life is beautiful, precious and full of potential. These warrior souls come to show their dedication to the weakest among us: those with special needs, women without anyone to turn to, and children without a voice. They run the helpful pregnancy resource centers, the counseling hotlines, the foster care facilities, the adoption services, and countless other outreach programs that offer compassionate assistance and friendship to women who are struggling. I know from experience the joy and blessings that come from embracing life, and I know how important their work is in helping women choose life despite less than ideal circumstances.
The pro-life movement is pro-women, and it empowers women with the message that we are strong enough and smart enough to be able to pursue education, vocations and avocations while giving life to a child. This movement is largely run by women. In fact, many of the earliest leaders of the women’s rights movement were pro-life – women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul, the author of the original Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, who said, “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” Today, more and more young women agree with these feminist foremothers, for they know in their hearts that the culture of life empowers women by offering them real choices. Unfortunately, rather than portray this positive message, the media often focuses on divisions among Americans on this issue. But this annual rally is not about anger and controversy; it’s about a huge grassroots effort to make our voices heard in support of women and their children.
Though I can’t be in Washington tomorrow, my heart is with the marchers. Those of us who can’t be there can still join them online at the Virtual March for Life. Please follow the link and join the tens of thousands of your fellow Americans who are already marching online. Together we can bear witness to the beauty and blessings of the culture of life.
- Sarah Palin
Tomorrow the 37th annual March for Life will occur in Washington, D.C. January is a tough month to schedule a march in Washington, but every year hundreds of thousands of everyday Americans from across our nation brave the cold weather on the anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision to bear a positive witness to the culture of life.
In the years following Roe, we were told that the issue was no longer open for debate and that we should get over it and move on. But we couldn’t get over the stirrings of our conscience or move on from an issue that cuts to the heart of who we are as a nation. Affirming the dignity and worth of every innocent human life and defending the defenseless are fundamental American values. With that in mind, this peaceful, hopeful grassroots crowd of individuals, families and students comes to our capital every year to remind us that every innocent life is beautiful, precious and full of potential. These warrior souls come to show their dedication to the weakest among us: those with special needs, women without anyone to turn to, and children without a voice. They run the helpful pregnancy resource centers, the counseling hotlines, the foster care facilities, the adoption services, and countless other outreach programs that offer compassionate assistance and friendship to women who are struggling. I know from experience the joy and blessings that come from embracing life, and I know how important their work is in helping women choose life despite less than ideal circumstances.
The pro-life movement is pro-women, and it empowers women with the message that we are strong enough and smart enough to be able to pursue education, vocations and avocations while giving life to a child. This movement is largely run by women. In fact, many of the earliest leaders of the women’s rights movement were pro-life – women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul, the author of the original Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, who said, “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” Today, more and more young women agree with these feminist foremothers, for they know in their hearts that the culture of life empowers women by offering them real choices. Unfortunately, rather than portray this positive message, the media often focuses on divisions among Americans on this issue. But this annual rally is not about anger and controversy; it’s about a huge grassroots effort to make our voices heard in support of women and their children.
Though I can’t be in Washington tomorrow, my heart is with the marchers. Those of us who can’t be there can still join them online at the Virtual March for Life. Please follow the link and join the tens of thousands of your fellow Americans who are already marching online. Together we can bear witness to the beauty and blessings of the culture of life.
- Sarah Palin
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
More Events Scheduled For Sarah!
Fox News:
AUSTIN, Texas -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is heading to Texas to campaign with Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Feb. 7.
The Perry campaign issued a statement Wednesday saying the former Alaska governor will join Perry at a rally in the Houston area. More details will be released in the coming days.
Perry says he and Palin share "conservative values of limited government, low taxes and individual freedom." Palin endorsed Perry in his re-election big last year, and it was expected that she would campaign with him at some point.
Perry faces U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and party activist Debra Medina on March 2 in the Republican
Washington Post:
PHOENIX -- Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain plan to campaign together again.
The Arizona Republican announced Wednesday that the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate will join him in Phoenix on March 26 to help campaign for his re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Palin is scheduled to attend a private fundraising event that evening. The next day, she and McCain will appear together at a public event, likely a rally, according to McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan.
"I'm looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail with my former running mate, and I know my fellow Arizonans will welcome her, as well," McCain said in a statement. "Sarah energized our nation and remains a leading voice in the Republican Party."
Since their failed bid for the White House, McCain and Palin have had a couple of public appearances together, including a dinner in Washington. But the March events will mark the first time the pair will be on the campaign trail together since 2008, Buchanan said.
Palin has criticized McCain's campaign since their loss, saying in her book "Going Rogue" that there was substantial tension between her advisers and McCain's. She also details how she was prevented from delivering a concession speech in Phoenix on Election Night, and how she'd been kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.
Palin hasn't criticized McCain himself, and the senator has stood by his decision to choose Palin as his running mate and has staunchly defended her.
Earlier this month, McCain refused to discuss material in "Game Change," a book that says Palin's vetting was "hasty and haphazard."
"I wouldn't know," McCain said on NBC's "Today" show. "The fact is, I'm proud of Sarah Palin and I'm proud of the campaign she waged. She energized our party."
During the interview, McCain predicted Palin will be a "major player" in GOP affairs.
WXVT 15:
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker at an Arkansas Republican Party fundraising event on Feb. 16 in North Little Rock.
The party announced Monday that general admission tickets to see Palin at Verizon Arena are $65 and $35 and go on sale Friday. Tickets will be available at the arena box office or through Ticketmaster.
Palin, a Fox News contributor and former governor of Alaska, will also attend a dinner and reception. The state Republican Party is selling those tickets separately through its office. Admission to the reception is $500 and includes a photo with Palin. Tickets to the dinner are $175.
Oregon Live:
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin skipped Oregon during her book tour and - come to think of it - during the 2008 presidential campaign as well. But she will finally make it Oregon on April 23 when she speaks at a fundraiser for the Lane County Republican Party.
Lane County GOP Chairman Bill Young told the Eugene Register-Guard that local Republicans have been working with Palin for nearly a year to bring her to the area. He refused to say how much she is getting paid and noted that her contract with a speaker's bureau prohibits any disclosure of her fee.
Palin faced some controversy over speaking fees when an Iowa group, the Iowa Family Policy Center, reportedly tried to come up with $100,000 to bring Palin to the state. That caused quite a bit of consternation with Republican groups in the state who are accustomed to politicians coming to the state for free, what with the Iowa caucuses being at the head of the line of the presidential nomination process every four years.
It's unclear, however, where that $100,000 number came from. A Palin spokeswoman later told Newsweek that the former governor had not asked for a fee from the group.
At any rate, Palin will speak at a Lincoln Day Dinner for the party, which was pushed back later in the year to accommodate her schedule. Young also did not say how much it will cost to attend the dinner - although he said those in the front of the room can expect to pay more.
Links:
-http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/20/AR2010012002927.html
-http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/20/palin-campaign-texas-gov-perry/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fpolitics+%2528Text+-+Politics%2529&utm_content=My+Yahoo
-http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/01
/palin_to_attend_eugene_gop_fun.html
-http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11840395
AUSTIN, Texas -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is heading to Texas to campaign with Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Feb. 7.
The Perry campaign issued a statement Wednesday saying the former Alaska governor will join Perry at a rally in the Houston area. More details will be released in the coming days.
Perry says he and Palin share "conservative values of limited government, low taxes and individual freedom." Palin endorsed Perry in his re-election big last year, and it was expected that she would campaign with him at some point.
Perry faces U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and party activist Debra Medina on March 2 in the Republican
Washington Post:
PHOENIX -- Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain plan to campaign together again.
The Arizona Republican announced Wednesday that the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate will join him in Phoenix on March 26 to help campaign for his re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Palin is scheduled to attend a private fundraising event that evening. The next day, she and McCain will appear together at a public event, likely a rally, according to McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan.
"I'm looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail with my former running mate, and I know my fellow Arizonans will welcome her, as well," McCain said in a statement. "Sarah energized our nation and remains a leading voice in the Republican Party."
Since their failed bid for the White House, McCain and Palin have had a couple of public appearances together, including a dinner in Washington. But the March events will mark the first time the pair will be on the campaign trail together since 2008, Buchanan said.
Palin has criticized McCain's campaign since their loss, saying in her book "Going Rogue" that there was substantial tension between her advisers and McCain's. She also details how she was prevented from delivering a concession speech in Phoenix on Election Night, and how she'd been kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.
Palin hasn't criticized McCain himself, and the senator has stood by his decision to choose Palin as his running mate and has staunchly defended her.
Earlier this month, McCain refused to discuss material in "Game Change," a book that says Palin's vetting was "hasty and haphazard."
"I wouldn't know," McCain said on NBC's "Today" show. "The fact is, I'm proud of Sarah Palin and I'm proud of the campaign she waged. She energized our party."
During the interview, McCain predicted Palin will be a "major player" in GOP affairs.
WXVT 15:
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker at an Arkansas Republican Party fundraising event on Feb. 16 in North Little Rock.
The party announced Monday that general admission tickets to see Palin at Verizon Arena are $65 and $35 and go on sale Friday. Tickets will be available at the arena box office or through Ticketmaster.
Palin, a Fox News contributor and former governor of Alaska, will also attend a dinner and reception. The state Republican Party is selling those tickets separately through its office. Admission to the reception is $500 and includes a photo with Palin. Tickets to the dinner are $175.
Oregon Live:
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin skipped Oregon during her book tour and - come to think of it - during the 2008 presidential campaign as well. But she will finally make it Oregon on April 23 when she speaks at a fundraiser for the Lane County Republican Party.
Lane County GOP Chairman Bill Young told the Eugene Register-Guard that local Republicans have been working with Palin for nearly a year to bring her to the area. He refused to say how much she is getting paid and noted that her contract with a speaker's bureau prohibits any disclosure of her fee.
Palin faced some controversy over speaking fees when an Iowa group, the Iowa Family Policy Center, reportedly tried to come up with $100,000 to bring Palin to the state. That caused quite a bit of consternation with Republican groups in the state who are accustomed to politicians coming to the state for free, what with the Iowa caucuses being at the head of the line of the presidential nomination process every four years.
It's unclear, however, where that $100,000 number came from. A Palin spokeswoman later told Newsweek that the former governor had not asked for a fee from the group.
At any rate, Palin will speak at a Lincoln Day Dinner for the party, which was pushed back later in the year to accommodate her schedule. Young also did not say how much it will cost to attend the dinner - although he said those in the front of the room can expect to pay more.
Links:
-http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/20/AR2010012002927.html
-http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/20/palin-campaign-texas-gov-perry/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fpolitics+%2528Text+-+Politics%2529&utm_content=My+Yahoo
-http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/01
/palin_to_attend_eugene_gop_fun.html
-http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11840395
Congratulations Mr. Brown! Continue the GOP Comeback!
Sarah Palin and I offer our sincerest congratulations to Senator-elect Scott Brown. May this be a message to our Government that the American people are sick and tired of the current actions taking place inside the beltway.
Let us hope that this is the beginning of a Republican Revolution that will come to fruition!
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From Sarah's Facebook:
Congratulations to the new Senator-elect from Massachusetts! Scott Brown’s victory proves that the desire for real solutions transcends notions of “blue state” and “red state”. Americans agree that we need to hold our politicians accountable and bring common sense to D.C.
Recent elections have taught us that when a party in power loses its way, the American people will hold them accountable at the ballot box. Today under the Democrats, government spending is up nearly 23 percent and unemployment is higher than it’s been in a quarter of a century. For the past year they’ve built a record of broken promises, fat cat bailouts, closed-door meetings with lobbyists, sweetheart deals for corporate cronies, and midnight votes on weekends for major legislation that wasn’t even read. The good citizens of Massachusetts reminded Democrats not to take them for granted.
Americans cheered for Scott Brown’s underdog campaign because they viewed his candidacy as a vote against the Democrats’ health care bill. You know that there’s something wrong with this legislation when opposition to it inspired a Republican victory in a state that currently has no Republicans in Congress and last sent a Republican to the Senate nearly 40 years ago.
Clearly this victory is a bellwether for the big election night ten months from now. In the spirit of bipartisanship, let me offer some advice to the Democrats on how to stem this populist tide. Scrap your current health care bill and start from scratch. We all want true reform, but government mandated insurance is not it. Scott Brown campaigned against this top-down bureaucratic mess. We need common sense solutions like reforming malpractice laws, allowing people to purchase insurance across state lines, giving individual purchasers the same tax benefits as those who get coverage through their employers, and letting small businesses pool together to provide insurance for their employees. Focus your efforts on jobs, not on job-killing legislation. Such a change in approach would show Americans that you’re listening.
My best wishes to Senator-Elect Brown. When you go to Washington, may you never forget the ordinary citizens you met while driving that truck through the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Sarah Palin
Later...
I want to again thank the good people of Massachusetts for propelling a commonsense, independent agenda forward! May the working man and woman feel empowered now more than ever to get involved in their government, and let's put this great country on the right track.
The past year continues to offer the promise of commonsense government in so many areas. There are steps we can all take to get there, one of which is to support candidates who promise to fight for the people and against politics as usual. I'm excited to get out and help elect candidates who will bring those principles to our nation's towns, state houses, and directly to Washington D.C. We are already making plans to support the candidates our nation needs to make a difference and speak for everyday Americans.
I look forward to helping Governors like Rick Perry in Texas, Representatives like Michele Bachmann in Minnesota, and heroes and statesmen like Senator John McCain. We will support these candidates and others so that they can continue to fight for our American values.
The special election yesterday in Massachusetts was truly amazing. It is a clear indication of things to come and a demonstration of the momentum we all share in the fight for the values and policies that will get our country back to work. The commonsense conservative principles of liberty and fiscal responsibility are on the rise, and that's why I'm going out and campaigning as hard as I can to make a difference. I can't wait to join all of you in supporting these great candidates and many more over the coming months.
In the meantime, visit the websites of Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and John McCain. And join us as we embark on America's journey to November!
- Sarah Palin
Let us hope that this is the beginning of a Republican Revolution that will come to fruition!
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From Sarah's Facebook:
Congratulations to the new Senator-elect from Massachusetts! Scott Brown’s victory proves that the desire for real solutions transcends notions of “blue state” and “red state”. Americans agree that we need to hold our politicians accountable and bring common sense to D.C.
Recent elections have taught us that when a party in power loses its way, the American people will hold them accountable at the ballot box. Today under the Democrats, government spending is up nearly 23 percent and unemployment is higher than it’s been in a quarter of a century. For the past year they’ve built a record of broken promises, fat cat bailouts, closed-door meetings with lobbyists, sweetheart deals for corporate cronies, and midnight votes on weekends for major legislation that wasn’t even read. The good citizens of Massachusetts reminded Democrats not to take them for granted.
Americans cheered for Scott Brown’s underdog campaign because they viewed his candidacy as a vote against the Democrats’ health care bill. You know that there’s something wrong with this legislation when opposition to it inspired a Republican victory in a state that currently has no Republicans in Congress and last sent a Republican to the Senate nearly 40 years ago.
Clearly this victory is a bellwether for the big election night ten months from now. In the spirit of bipartisanship, let me offer some advice to the Democrats on how to stem this populist tide. Scrap your current health care bill and start from scratch. We all want true reform, but government mandated insurance is not it. Scott Brown campaigned against this top-down bureaucratic mess. We need common sense solutions like reforming malpractice laws, allowing people to purchase insurance across state lines, giving individual purchasers the same tax benefits as those who get coverage through their employers, and letting small businesses pool together to provide insurance for their employees. Focus your efforts on jobs, not on job-killing legislation. Such a change in approach would show Americans that you’re listening.
My best wishes to Senator-Elect Brown. When you go to Washington, may you never forget the ordinary citizens you met while driving that truck through the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Sarah Palin
Later...
I want to again thank the good people of Massachusetts for propelling a commonsense, independent agenda forward! May the working man and woman feel empowered now more than ever to get involved in their government, and let's put this great country on the right track.
The past year continues to offer the promise of commonsense government in so many areas. There are steps we can all take to get there, one of which is to support candidates who promise to fight for the people and against politics as usual. I'm excited to get out and help elect candidates who will bring those principles to our nation's towns, state houses, and directly to Washington D.C. We are already making plans to support the candidates our nation needs to make a difference and speak for everyday Americans.
I look forward to helping Governors like Rick Perry in Texas, Representatives like Michele Bachmann in Minnesota, and heroes and statesmen like Senator John McCain. We will support these candidates and others so that they can continue to fight for our American values.
The special election yesterday in Massachusetts was truly amazing. It is a clear indication of things to come and a demonstration of the momentum we all share in the fight for the values and policies that will get our country back to work. The commonsense conservative principles of liberty and fiscal responsibility are on the rise, and that's why I'm going out and campaigning as hard as I can to make a difference. I can't wait to join all of you in supporting these great candidates and many more over the coming months.
In the meantime, visit the websites of Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and John McCain. And join us as we embark on America's journey to November!
- Sarah Palin
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Martin Luther King
When many think of Martin Luther King, they think of how he was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Dr. King was a great leader who knew, like Sarah Palin, William Seward and Harriet Tubman, that even though he would be ridiculed for his actions, it was still the right thing to do.
As a young American, I believe that Dr. King deserves to be acknowledged for rallying others who shared his belief that we must not be "judged by the color of [our] skin, but by the content of [our] character. I ask that all Americans, young and old, Democrat, Republican or no party at all, to stand together to defend our United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in which Thomas Jefferson acknowledges with us that "all men are created equal."
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From Sarah Palin's Facebook:
Tomorrow, America honors the memory of one of our greatest – Martin Luther King, Jr. He used his gifts and talents in selfless, mighty ways to mobilize efforts against racial discrimination and is deserving of our honor.
Please take a moment to tell your children about this great man. He fought for liberty and equality because he knew they were God-given and he knew that no government should be empowered to thwart our freedom. King summarized his mission when stating that no one should be judged based on skin color, but by the content of one's character.
Seeming to have a foreboding notion of how quickly life passes, he did not waste time on pettiness. He believed that “the quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”
May our children follow in the footsteps of giants like King, who sincerely respected equality.
- Sarah Palin
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – MLK
Dr. King was a great leader who knew, like Sarah Palin, William Seward and Harriet Tubman, that even though he would be ridiculed for his actions, it was still the right thing to do.
As a young American, I believe that Dr. King deserves to be acknowledged for rallying others who shared his belief that we must not be "judged by the color of [our] skin, but by the content of [our] character. I ask that all Americans, young and old, Democrat, Republican or no party at all, to stand together to defend our United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in which Thomas Jefferson acknowledges with us that "all men are created equal."
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From Sarah Palin's Facebook:
Tomorrow, America honors the memory of one of our greatest – Martin Luther King, Jr. He used his gifts and talents in selfless, mighty ways to mobilize efforts against racial discrimination and is deserving of our honor.
Please take a moment to tell your children about this great man. He fought for liberty and equality because he knew they were God-given and he knew that no government should be empowered to thwart our freedom. King summarized his mission when stating that no one should be judged based on skin color, but by the content of one's character.
Seeming to have a foreboding notion of how quickly life passes, he did not waste time on pettiness. He believed that “the quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”
May our children follow in the footsteps of giants like King, who sincerely respected equality.
- Sarah Palin
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – MLK
The Problem with Politicians
I recently read an article from Fox News about Timothy Geithner and how he is in hot water during the AIG Bailout Hearings. You can find this article at http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/16/geithners-battered-image-faces-test-aig-bailout-hearing/, but now that I think of it, this reminds me of an editorial I wrote for my school's newspaper back in November and I'm hoping will be featured soon.
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Almost a year ago, the Presidential Election ended and millions of Americans expected change. I’ll admit that some change has occurred, but I also call it hypocrisy.
We all know that some of our tax dollars are the paychecks for our politicians, but I don’t think our politicians are living up to what we expect them to do. Last week I believe it was, I was watching Fox News before leaving for school and to my surprise, I found out that the Congress isn’t meeting as often as it should be. According to reports, the Houses of Congress were meeting five days per week when George W. Bush was President. But now, reports show that on average, Congress now meets once a week on their respective floors. Honestly, Congress is saying they want to accomplish their goals and yet they’re not meeting as often as they should be in order to do that.
Now, had Congress been meeting as often as they should, the investigation with Representative Charlie Rangel would have been over possibly by the end of September. While his constituents are paying taxes for his salary, he is requesting that the taxes be raised and yet he himself has owed taxes since 1993. I wonder why he didn’t admit to that until now.
In addition to the problems in Congress, there is great hypocrisy behind the doors of the White House. I’m not sure how many know this, but Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, has failed to pay his Social Security taxes since 2001. Now, I know Geithner has repaid those taxes, but that doesn’t mean that he can keep doing that because he could eventually get in trouble for it. Now, Senator Thomas Daschle, President Obama’s nomination for the Secretary of Health also failed to pay taxes adding up to $128,000! Imagine that – a Senator owing that much money in taxes and still holding a position in the Senate! Honestly, why is it that these two people owe taxes, Geithner gets confirmed by the Senate, but Daschle doesn’t?
This hypocrisy needs to stop because quite honestly, this is a huge waste of taxes. If I was paying taxes right now and eventually found out that they are going to corrupt politicians, I would be warning the people I know about where their taxes to the Federal Government are going.
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Almost a year ago, the Presidential Election ended and millions of Americans expected change. I’ll admit that some change has occurred, but I also call it hypocrisy.
We all know that some of our tax dollars are the paychecks for our politicians, but I don’t think our politicians are living up to what we expect them to do. Last week I believe it was, I was watching Fox News before leaving for school and to my surprise, I found out that the Congress isn’t meeting as often as it should be. According to reports, the Houses of Congress were meeting five days per week when George W. Bush was President. But now, reports show that on average, Congress now meets once a week on their respective floors. Honestly, Congress is saying they want to accomplish their goals and yet they’re not meeting as often as they should be in order to do that.
Now, had Congress been meeting as often as they should, the investigation with Representative Charlie Rangel would have been over possibly by the end of September. While his constituents are paying taxes for his salary, he is requesting that the taxes be raised and yet he himself has owed taxes since 1993. I wonder why he didn’t admit to that until now.
In addition to the problems in Congress, there is great hypocrisy behind the doors of the White House. I’m not sure how many know this, but Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, has failed to pay his Social Security taxes since 2001. Now, I know Geithner has repaid those taxes, but that doesn’t mean that he can keep doing that because he could eventually get in trouble for it. Now, Senator Thomas Daschle, President Obama’s nomination for the Secretary of Health also failed to pay taxes adding up to $128,000! Imagine that – a Senator owing that much money in taxes and still holding a position in the Senate! Honestly, why is it that these two people owe taxes, Geithner gets confirmed by the Senate, but Daschle doesn’t?
This hypocrisy needs to stop because quite honestly, this is a huge waste of taxes. If I was paying taxes right now and eventually found out that they are going to corrupt politicians, I would be warning the people I know about where their taxes to the Federal Government are going.
McCain stands up for Palin
From the Arizona Central:
Sen. John McCain last week gave a full-throated defense of his politically risky pick of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential race, suggesting that he may even invite her to Arizona to help him campaign for re-election to a fifth term.
Speaking Thursday at a Phoenix news conference, McCain, R-Ariz., pushed back hard at a new book that claims his campaign's vetting of the little-known vice-presidential prospect was "so hasty and haphazard it barely merited the name." The book, "Game Change," was written by journalists John Heilemann of New York magazine and Mark Halperin of Time.
"It was thorough, and it was complete, and I am so proud that Sarah Palin agreed to be my running mate," he said in response to a question about the vetting. "And the facts are stubborn things, as Ronald Reagan used to say. The fact is that it energized our party. It gave us a very much-needed impetus, and Sarah Palin's popularity continues very strongly to this day. And the hysterical attacks from the liberal left are ample indication of the threat that she poses to the liberal left and especially the feminist, radical-left movement in this country."
McCain said he recently spoke to Palin to congratulate her on her new gig as a Fox News political analyst.
"And she'll be coming to Arizona, I'm sure," he said.
In other developments:
• McCain called Thursday's news conference to announce that eight county sheriffs from around Arizona have endorsed his re-election. One was conspicuously missing: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a longtime political rival of McCain's who already has said he would support former congressman J.D. Hayworth over McCain in this year's Republican primary. Hayworth is considering an insurgent challenge.
"I welcome the support of all the sheriffs, obviously," McCain said. "I'm pleased with the sheriffs we have, and I've worked with the sheriff of Maricopa County in the past and I look forward to working with him in the future."
• McCain's recent round of campaign radio commercials raised some eyebrows - and not just because of the harsh attacks on President Barack Obama's agenda. The ads, aired on Hayworth's weekday KFYI radio show, also were seen as an in-your-face assertion of McCain's conservative credentials over Hayworth's. Hayworth routinely uses the show to blister McCain as too liberal.
"We are running our ads all over the state," McCain said. "We aren't particularly targeting any particular program."
• On Friday, Democratic Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wrote to the state's Capitol Hill delegation to urge members to fight against the so-called "Nebraska Compromise" or "Cornhusker Kickback" included in the Senate health-care reform bill to help secure the vote of holdout Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. The same day, Nelson asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to cut the special Medicaid provision. Goddard's voice was just one in the growing chorus of national criticism over what he denounced as "a sweetheart deal" and "fundamentally unfair."
In his letter to Reid, Nelson said he now wants "a provision giving all state governments the same treatment regarding the state match for the new Medicaid expansion."
Nowicki is The Republic's national political writer. Follow the Arizona delegation on his blog, azdc.azcentral.com. Monitor votes at congress.azcentral.com.
Link to this article: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/01/17/20100117politics-nowicki0117.html
Sen. John McCain last week gave a full-throated defense of his politically risky pick of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential race, suggesting that he may even invite her to Arizona to help him campaign for re-election to a fifth term.
Speaking Thursday at a Phoenix news conference, McCain, R-Ariz., pushed back hard at a new book that claims his campaign's vetting of the little-known vice-presidential prospect was "so hasty and haphazard it barely merited the name." The book, "Game Change," was written by journalists John Heilemann of New York magazine and Mark Halperin of Time.
"It was thorough, and it was complete, and I am so proud that Sarah Palin agreed to be my running mate," he said in response to a question about the vetting. "And the facts are stubborn things, as Ronald Reagan used to say. The fact is that it energized our party. It gave us a very much-needed impetus, and Sarah Palin's popularity continues very strongly to this day. And the hysterical attacks from the liberal left are ample indication of the threat that she poses to the liberal left and especially the feminist, radical-left movement in this country."
McCain said he recently spoke to Palin to congratulate her on her new gig as a Fox News political analyst.
"And she'll be coming to Arizona, I'm sure," he said.
In other developments:
• McCain called Thursday's news conference to announce that eight county sheriffs from around Arizona have endorsed his re-election. One was conspicuously missing: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a longtime political rival of McCain's who already has said he would support former congressman J.D. Hayworth over McCain in this year's Republican primary. Hayworth is considering an insurgent challenge.
"I welcome the support of all the sheriffs, obviously," McCain said. "I'm pleased with the sheriffs we have, and I've worked with the sheriff of Maricopa County in the past and I look forward to working with him in the future."
• McCain's recent round of campaign radio commercials raised some eyebrows - and not just because of the harsh attacks on President Barack Obama's agenda. The ads, aired on Hayworth's weekday KFYI radio show, also were seen as an in-your-face assertion of McCain's conservative credentials over Hayworth's. Hayworth routinely uses the show to blister McCain as too liberal.
"We are running our ads all over the state," McCain said. "We aren't particularly targeting any particular program."
• On Friday, Democratic Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wrote to the state's Capitol Hill delegation to urge members to fight against the so-called "Nebraska Compromise" or "Cornhusker Kickback" included in the Senate health-care reform bill to help secure the vote of holdout Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. The same day, Nelson asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to cut the special Medicaid provision. Goddard's voice was just one in the growing chorus of national criticism over what he denounced as "a sweetheart deal" and "fundamentally unfair."
In his letter to Reid, Nelson said he now wants "a provision giving all state governments the same treatment regarding the state match for the new Medicaid expansion."
Nowicki is The Republic's national political writer. Follow the Arizona delegation on his blog, azdc.azcentral.com. Monitor votes at congress.azcentral.com.
Link to this article: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/01/17/20100117politics-nowicki0117.html
Friday, January 15, 2010
Union Brothers and Sisters: Your Leadership Doesn’t Get It – You Deserve Better
From Sarah Palin's Facebook:
In the latest to come out of D.C.’s backroom health care deals, President Obama yesterday cut a doozy of a deal with labor union bosses. The fed’s health care plan must be so bad that even union bosses had to go to D.C. to say they wanted out. So... to keep their support for a flawed plan they got an exemption to provisions in the deal that others did not. Small business owners, our families running America’s mom & pops, did not get this deal. Ask yourself: why did union bosses get special treatment? And when did our country’s unions get on the wrong track with moves like this that hurt their good members and put them in such a bad light?
Good hard-working, pro-free-market, pro-America union members should join in opposition to their union bosses’ sweetheart deal. Coming from a union background and living in a world with many union memberships among my family and friends, I know that average members will be embarrassed by their bosses’ deal, which basically only delays the heavy tax on their health care plans until 2018 and in the meantime unfairly leaves many fellow Americans in a much less “enviable” position.
Union members don’t want to stick it to non-union colleagues in the private and public sector. Their union leadership is not helping them in the long run, they’re certainly not helping the rest of America, and unfortunately some union bosses are making all union members look bad, selfish, and anti-business with this Big Government backroom deal.
I know that ordinary union members don’t want to hurt their fellow Americans, just as ordinary Nebraskans didn’t want to stick it to the rest of the country with a sweetheart deal on Medicaid subsidies. I urge union members to make their voices heard. Please, call your leadership – don’t put up with these special-interest politics – tell them to fight for all Americans who want common sense health care reform, not this flawed boondoggle.
- Sarah Palin
In the latest to come out of D.C.’s backroom health care deals, President Obama yesterday cut a doozy of a deal with labor union bosses. The fed’s health care plan must be so bad that even union bosses had to go to D.C. to say they wanted out. So... to keep their support for a flawed plan they got an exemption to provisions in the deal that others did not. Small business owners, our families running America’s mom & pops, did not get this deal. Ask yourself: why did union bosses get special treatment? And when did our country’s unions get on the wrong track with moves like this that hurt their good members and put them in such a bad light?
Good hard-working, pro-free-market, pro-America union members should join in opposition to their union bosses’ sweetheart deal. Coming from a union background and living in a world with many union memberships among my family and friends, I know that average members will be embarrassed by their bosses’ deal, which basically only delays the heavy tax on their health care plans until 2018 and in the meantime unfairly leaves many fellow Americans in a much less “enviable” position.
Union members don’t want to stick it to non-union colleagues in the private and public sector. Their union leadership is not helping them in the long run, they’re certainly not helping the rest of America, and unfortunately some union bosses are making all union members look bad, selfish, and anti-business with this Big Government backroom deal.
I know that ordinary union members don’t want to hurt their fellow Americans, just as ordinary Nebraskans didn’t want to stick it to the rest of the country with a sweetheart deal on Medicaid subsidies. I urge union members to make their voices heard. Please, call your leadership – don’t put up with these special-interest politics – tell them to fight for all Americans who want common sense health care reform, not this flawed boondoggle.
- Sarah Palin
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Tragedy in Haiti
From Sarah Palin's Facebook:
Todd and I join the world in extending our thoughts and prayers to the victims and families of those so impacted by the earthquake in Haiti. Our hearts are with the people of Haiti as they rebuild their country. Join us in donating to the American Red Cross relief effort. To assist those in need, consider sending a $10 donation to the Red Cross by texting 'Haiti' to 90999. Click here for details.
- Sarah Palin
Todd and I join the world in extending our thoughts and prayers to the victims and families of those so impacted by the earthquake in Haiti. Our hearts are with the people of Haiti as they rebuild their country. Join us in donating to the American Red Cross relief effort. To assist those in need, consider sending a $10 donation to the Red Cross by texting 'Haiti' to 90999. Click here for details.
- Sarah Palin
Monday, January 11, 2010
Five Stars For "Going Rogue"
Looking on Amazon's website, I can't help but wonder why someone would write a one-star review about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's memoir before it even hits the stores.
These past couple months, I've had the privilege of reading Sarah's memoir, "Going Rogue, An American Life." To be brutally honest with you, my reaction to this memoir goes beyond words. I was completely blown away by what Sarah Palin had to say.
In the past I have read many different books from many well known authors in literature, all of them very descriptive. In my opinion, though, "Going Rogue" is the only book that seems to take me away from whatever room I'm in. When Sarah Palin described everything from life in Alaska to the trials she faced, I almost forgot that I was either in the living room with my parents behind me or in the senior lounge with classmates talking ten feet from me. Honestly, that has never happened to me!
If I had to say what I found interesting about "Going Rogue" I would say it was Sarah's childhood and teenage years. Reading those particular sections, I didn't see a person who was always involved in politics. Instead, I saw a kid that behaved like any other. As a child, Sarah was known for her imagination and as a teenager, she was a little "boy-crazy." If you ask me I think this shows how she can relate to young people today.
I know there are people who don't necessarily like Sarah Palin or agree with her views. Regardless of that, I encourage you to read "Going Rogue, An American Life." If you haven't read it or simply refuse to do so, you seriously don't know what you're missing! I guarantee that once you read this memoir, you will have a better understanding of who Sarah Palin is and what she believes in. Then you can decide if you like her or not.
These past couple months, I've had the privilege of reading Sarah's memoir, "Going Rogue, An American Life." To be brutally honest with you, my reaction to this memoir goes beyond words. I was completely blown away by what Sarah Palin had to say.
In the past I have read many different books from many well known authors in literature, all of them very descriptive. In my opinion, though, "Going Rogue" is the only book that seems to take me away from whatever room I'm in. When Sarah Palin described everything from life in Alaska to the trials she faced, I almost forgot that I was either in the living room with my parents behind me or in the senior lounge with classmates talking ten feet from me. Honestly, that has never happened to me!
If I had to say what I found interesting about "Going Rogue" I would say it was Sarah's childhood and teenage years. Reading those particular sections, I didn't see a person who was always involved in politics. Instead, I saw a kid that behaved like any other. As a child, Sarah was known for her imagination and as a teenager, she was a little "boy-crazy." If you ask me I think this shows how she can relate to young people today.
I know there are people who don't necessarily like Sarah Palin or agree with her views. Regardless of that, I encourage you to read "Going Rogue, An American Life." If you haven't read it or simply refuse to do so, you seriously don't know what you're missing! I guarantee that once you read this memoir, you will have a better understanding of who Sarah Palin is and what she believes in. Then you can decide if you like her or not.
Palin to Join Fox News as Contributor
Fox News announced today that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has signed a deal as a contributor.
Sarah has agreed to share her views on several platforms on Fox News including Fox News Business Channel, FoxNews.com and Fox News Radio. "I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News. It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news," Sarah said in a written release.
Sarah will also host periodic episodes of Fox News Channel's "Real American Stories," a series exploring real life stories of overcoming adversity.
For more information, go to http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/11/palin-join-fox-news-contributor/
Sarah has agreed to share her views on several platforms on Fox News including Fox News Business Channel, FoxNews.com and Fox News Radio. "I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News. It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news," Sarah said in a written release.
Sarah will also host periodic episodes of Fox News Channel's "Real American Stories," a series exploring real life stories of overcoming adversity.
For more information, go to http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/11/palin-join-fox-news-contributor/
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Sunday Sermon: God's Invitation
Today when my family went to Church, our Senior Pastor spoke of how God treats those who are considered outcasts.
In Luke 2:8-20, An angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, extending an invitation to see His greatest gift to the world: His son Jesus the Messiah.
In those days, people such as the shepherds, tax collectors and sinners were considered outcasts in society because they did not follow the rules of Jewish Law. Many thought of them as liars and thieves and avoided them as a result.
God isn't like that though. By having one of His messengers appear to those shepherds, He is showing mercy towards them and allowing them to share in His gift.
This world is full of outcasts. In one form or another, we are all outcasts. We have all sinned and fallen short of God's glory. But that doesn't mean God is going to ignore us. God has proven that time and again and He will continue to do so regardless of whether you are ridiculed by your enemies or a government tries to silence you.
I stand with Sarah Palin and many others who have invited God into their lives and I ask that if you haven't invited Him into your life, I encourage you to do so and He will continue to guide you so that you may see His greatest gift in Heaven : His only Son, Jesus Christ.
In Luke 2:8-20, An angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, extending an invitation to see His greatest gift to the world: His son Jesus the Messiah.
In those days, people such as the shepherds, tax collectors and sinners were considered outcasts in society because they did not follow the rules of Jewish Law. Many thought of them as liars and thieves and avoided them as a result.
God isn't like that though. By having one of His messengers appear to those shepherds, He is showing mercy towards them and allowing them to share in His gift.
This world is full of outcasts. In one form or another, we are all outcasts. We have all sinned and fallen short of God's glory. But that doesn't mean God is going to ignore us. God has proven that time and again and He will continue to do so regardless of whether you are ridiculed by your enemies or a government tries to silence you.
I stand with Sarah Palin and many others who have invited God into their lives and I ask that if you haven't invited Him into your life, I encourage you to do so and He will continue to guide you so that you may see His greatest gift in Heaven : His only Son, Jesus Christ.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55"
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme,
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room
Even in the eyes of all posterity
That wear this world out to the ending doom.
So, till the judgment that yourself arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.
I guess one could wonder why I would blog about a poem that is over 400 years old. Well, for me the answer is simple.
When my English class was reading this particular sonnet, the one people that came into my mind were Sarah Palin and Ronald Reagan. What I believe Shakespeare is trying to say in Sonnet 55 is that when an someone is remembered by his/her supporters, they are remembered before and after the person dies and nothing -- not even wars can diminish the memories.
When Ronald Reagan's Presidency ended, people remember how he came into the presidency facing a recession worse than the one we're in right now. When he cut taxes, the economy literally took off. More jobs were available and revenues nearly doubled by the end of Reagan's second term.
In addition, Reagan helped to restore the faith of citizens who once felt like the Carter Administration was humiliating the country and allowing it to be pushed around. As evidence, 444 hostages in Iran were held until almost immediately after Reagan was sworn in as President.
After Reagan went home to God, his supporters continued to remember how he restored their faith and made his ideas known. Today, many including Sarah Palin continue to remind us of those ideas so that we may never forget them and pass them on to future generations.
Sarah is a clear example of Reagan's ideas. She is a great communicator to the average American because she is and average American.
As an executive, she has cut taxes so that businesses can keep more of what they earn and create jobs. As Mayor of Wasilla she has gotten government out of the way so that Wasilla became the fastest growing town in Alaska. She then brought those ideas to her gubernatorial administration as Governor of Alaska.
From the 2008 Presidential Campaign up to now and possibly forever, supporters continuosly remember her and her message to Americans to keep standing for what we believe in and let anyone ever tell us to sit down and shut up. We must continue to uphold that message so that we may be remembered for believing in the country we live in and will be buried in.
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