Brianna Becker

This is supposed to be a political blog about a luncheon I attended on Thursday featuring John Stossel. He was there to speak about healthcare, and I was one of a handful of bloggers invited to cover the event for the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Stossel had some enlightening insights, and I fully intend to cover them all. In fact, while there I was tweeting live about the event, so my actual notes are on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tracykarol — but more on that another time. You can use the #stossel hashtag to find exactly what I was writing, as well as what the other bloggers wrote.

Media table: (from left) Jenny Hoff, Nancy Coppock, Tracy Karol, Brianna Becker, and Robbie Cooper

I had the honor, while there, of sitting next to a UT student, Brianna Becker, who was an intern for TPPF. While we were obviously all very busy, we did exchange a few words and I mentioned that I had graduated from UT myself. She told me she was a student there now. We went on about our business, covering the speech. Stossel had, as I said, some interesting views on healthcare, comparing insurance to “grocery insurance.” I will go into more depth in a later article.

I found out this morning that, tragically, Brianna was killed while jogging at UT Friday afternoon, hit by an SUV. I was stunned. She was vibrant, full of life, full of potential. I only knew her briefly, but she had her entire life ahead of her.

So while this story should be about the Stossel event, I am choosing instead to pay homage to a life unfinished - to Brianna Becker. I only knew her briefly, but I could tell she had a bright future. May she rest in peace.

Brianna Becker and John Stossel

I’m not going to approve this comment because it contains several instances of foul language (basically the moron is cussing me out). He’s apparently upset and calling me an idiot because I don’t know the backstory of the people arrested who appear in the “Obama Mug Shots” blog. Frankly, I don’t really care about the backstory. It was a simple little blog and obviously these people did something to get arrested. And, to the moron who left the comment (why these Obamacrats always resort to cursing me out is beyond me, but I’ll stick to calling them morons and idiots, which is what they are when they behave this way), it doesn’t really matter. The people were wearing their shirts proudly, they were arrested, and NO, I do not recall in all the time I worked in law enforcement ever seeing anyone arrested wearing a Bush shirt (and I didn’t vote for Bush, so I’m rather unbiased here).

These people, the Obama lovers, proudly wear his shirts (which are reminescent of Castro or other dictators, in my opinion) without even knowing what he stands for. The people who actually voted for him on his (so-called) merits don’t seem to get arrested. When my daughter asks her friends (those who support O and wear his shirts) why they like him, they just say, “he’s a good leader.” She will then press them: “What specifically do you like about him?” Their answers? “Well, he’s cool.”

Yeah, those are the type who end up getting arrested. They have no idea who they are supporting or why. I’m sure when the tax man cometh they will start to wonder…but by then it will be too late.

So, I’m wasting my time writing this blog because I can’t approve a stupid comment based on it’s level of profanity. There you go. I’m sure there are criminals out there who supported Bush or other Republicans (I’m personally Independent, but you get the picture), but I never saw a mug shot of them.

Next time someone wants to leave a comment, please refrain from using profanity…your comment will not be approved and I will still know who you are, and I’ll easily track you down if you are a Facebook “friend” and simply delete you.

Haven’t had much time to devote to this lately as I’m working on other projects, but there you have it. I hope all of you who voted for that change are getting what you hoped for — though I know many are not, since I’ve been approached by so many people personally and told they were “deceived” by Obama and now want nothing to do with him.

Imagine that.

But a case caught my eye today that truly disgusted me — as so many have lately. In fact I’ll probably write about Austin crime quite a bit, as well as Austin politics and law enforcement. One was an officer-involved shooting (the suspect pulled a gun on the cop, cop shoots the suspect, suspect dies, and now the family is suing, crying racism). I’ll get to that case later. First this one. Why the title of this story? Well, you should be able to figure that out for yourself, shortly.

Brian Vanfossen, 22, is on trial for a variety of charges. He’s lucky one isn’t murder, or he’d be eligible for the death penalty, which if guilty he richly deserves. What did Vanfossen allegedly (don’t you just love that word? I know I hate having to continuously use it, but there you go) do?

On September 28, 2008, Vanfossen and a group of others “allegedly” kidnapped a man named Adrian Lopez to score some marijuana. This, according to opening statements made by his own attorney at the start of his trial today in District Judge Bob Perkins’ Travis County court.

Vanfossen’s attorney acknowledged the heinous nature of the crimes (as any halfway decent defense attorney presented with this kind of evidence would have to do) in opening statements. This, if you’ve ever sat through a major trial, is done to blunt the effect of the prosecution bringing it up later. But it doesn’t make it the crime any less evil, or what the victim suffered any easier.

So what exactly did Adrian Lopez suffer? Well, according to the defense attorney, Amber Vasquez Bode, “some of the most disturbing, disgusting, gory things that I hope you ever see in your life.” (Austin American-Statesman, 6/2/2009). Wow, she WANTS the jury to see these gruesome things? Maybe she just said it wrong. I don’t have much affinity for defense attorneys, so my apologies if my bias is showing here. OK, granted, she knows the jury is going to see this stuff. It’s in the evidence, but still…

What’s clear is that this was a drug case. Does that make the victim any less worthy of justice? No, certainly not. Plenty of innocent lives have been lost because of drugs, drug dealing, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I strongly believe that dealing drugs at all is contributing to murder, because somewhere, someplace down the line someone like Adrian Lopez, or some innocent kid sitting in his house, or some girl visiting a friend at the wrong time, will be killed because a drug deal went down. They may be part of it, or they may have nothing to do with it. But the drug deal ultimately led to the pain, suffering or death.

Back to Lopez, the victim in this case. He was, according to Prosecutor Mona Shea, kidnapped by a group of people including Vanfossen and taken to a vacant house in West Campus. The details aren’t yet clear to me, but apparently some heroin was missing, Lopez was accused of taking it, things escalated, the group begin to beat him with a bat….and it got worse from there. Much worse.

According to Shea, one of the men had a sawed-off shotgun and beat Lopez with it, and Lopez was forced into a closet where he wrote the initials of his attackers in his own blood (fully expecting to die) so that someone, hopefully, would know who had done this to him.

But Lopez’s ordeal didn’t stop there. His attackers cut him with a razor, beat him with a bat and — get this — injected toilet bowl cleaner into his neck and hand. It was later identified as Drano.

Vanfossen’s attorney claims the 22-year-old, who is on trial for kidnapping and aggravated assault (I think attempted murder should be added), only participated out of fear for his life and because a co-defendant told him to do so. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that excuse…let’s just say I wouldn’t be so cynical.

Luckily for Lopez (if anything in this case can be considered lucky for him), he passed out and possibly his attackers thought he was dead, leaving him alone. He made his way to help and called 911.

Now I know many of you might not have much sympathy for Adrian Lopez, this being a “drug crime.” Clearly this pack of animals (whoever did what was done to him) did so because they thought he had drugs on him. Honestly, I don’t know anything about the man. But I don’t think he deserved to be beaten with a bat, cut with a razor and injected with Drano by thugs looking for drugs. In fact I KNOW he didn’t deserve that. Whatever may come out later during the trial (and you can be sure things will come out; they always do), he was targeted and tortured.

Also charged are Justin Minor, 25, Victor Sanborn, 24, Gerald Fuller, 51, Matthew Brandon, 21, and Daniel Silverly, 21. They face aggravated assault charges and are in the Travis County Jail. Sanborn also faces aggravated kidnapping charges.

This may have (probably, in fact does have) no immediate impact on your life. But trust me, it has a very big impact on the life of Adrian Lopez and his family and friends. I’m sure the suspects’ families are also suffering, and they are feeling an impact of their own. But since you are so far removed from this case, and it isn’t making national headlines, you might not care to read about it.

I simply urge you to remember that with every heinous crime like this — and make no doubt that Lopez is very, very lucky to be alive — our society is degraded. We cannot dismiss these crimes. We cannot make celebrities of criminals of “persons of interest” like Drew Peterson. We must always focus on the victims, for if we don’t they will too soon be forgotten. And if Lopez had died, I fervently hope the Travis County DA’s Office would have sought the death penalty against each and every one of his attackers.

Link to Austin American-Statesman story: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/courts/entries/2009/06/02/prosecutor_men_injected_drain.html

I have never really written about gay rights. I don’t discriminate against gays, I simply don’t have a “dog in the fight” and to be honest I don’t feel qualified to write about the subject. I am conservative. I believe in civil unions, but looking deep into my own heart I would probably say I’m against gay marriage. Does that make me a hypocrite? Possibly, if you look at it in terms of “seperate but equal.” I guess my gut just tells me that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Why am I telling you this? I’m simply putting my cards on the table. I am a tolerant person. I have known throughout my life many open and “closet” gay people I consider friends. It’s not something we talk about in length, but I have discussed it with some, and I know some who are perfectly comfortable with their lifestyles, while others absolutely would not “choose” to be gay. In their opinion, why would they? It is not an easy way to live and it makes life much harder for them, thus it was something they tried very much to overcome.

So, unlike some people who are very conservative and see homosexuality as a sin, I do believe that it is a complex issue and one I’m not qualified to truly address, other than to say that I think some people are, indeed, born that way.

I have no problem with this. I can’t say I like watching “flaming” gay people like Perez Hilton, who I find terribly offensive, but I also find straight people who flaunt their sexuality publicly offensive. An example would be Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton at the Academy Awards, where they famously announced that they’d just had sex in their limousine.

Now on to the purpose of this story. You know where I stand on our troops, that I consider myself tolerant, and if you’ve read anything I’ve written that I’m no fan of Obama. As for the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military, I honestly have to say I have no idea how to fix that. The military is, obviously, made up more of men than women, and many of them are not comfortable with the idea of serving with gays. It would be easy to say “get over it” and that would be that, but in reality would that fix anything? Doubtful. However, I think many military personnel realize that they do, indeed, serve alongside homosexuals, who fulfill their duties with honor, and have no problem with that. Again, it’s something the military must address, and it should. I don’t pretend to know the answer.

My story focuses on one man, but he represents many. His name is Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, an Air Force fighter pilot who has served our country honorably for 18 years. I came across his story via a very conservative friend on Facebook who asked me to join a group in support of Lt. Col. Fehrenbach, who is facing discharge from the Air Force just two short years before he reaches retirement, and thus will lose his pension. Our fighting men and women don’t get paid that well to begin with, so this man deserves his retirement, but the Air Force is forcing an early discharge on him because he is gay.

I don’t know all the details of how Lt. Col. Fehrenbach’s sexual preference was discovered. I watched an interview in which he stated that he was set to deploy, once again, shortly before he was told of his impending discharge, or trial. He said this was right before the presidential election, and he “hoped” that Barack Obama would follow through on his promise to change the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military and it wouldn’t be an issue. That hasn’t happened. But Obama has failed to deliver on many promises, so pinning hope on him is, at best, a futile gesture and I simply fail to see why the gay community stands behind this man when his position before the election was the exact same as that of John McCain (they both supported civil unions, but not gay marriage).

But I digress. Back to Fehrenbach. A little background on this man and his accomplishments is in order. He’s received eight awards, one for Heroism, and he was chosen to protect the airspace around Washington, D.C. after 9/11. He has flown combat missions in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now, I don’t watch MSNBC as a rule, but I’ve provided a video interview so you can judge for yourself if you believe this man has done anything wrong. In my opinion, he deserves to stay in the Air Force, which he has devoted his life to (and I know a little about the Air Force, having grown up as an “Air Force brat” myself).

There will be some of you who will automatically discard this and want nothing to do with the matter, simply because of his sexuality. Instead, I ask you to look into your heart and remember that while you were sleeping comfortably each night for the past eight years, he was protecting you, just like any other service member. I asked my husband, who is considerably more conservative than I am, how he felt about this issue, and he agreed with me. If you do as well, I’ve provided a link you can use to sign a petition asking that Lt. Col. Fehrenbach be allowed to stay in the Air Force or at least receive his pension.

Thank you for reading this and your thoughtful consideration.

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So what’s my beef? Simple enough. Adam Lambert clearly should have won. Now I have nothing against Kris Allen. I think the guy is a talented artist and if he’d competed another season (say, against Taylor Hicks) I would have been all for him. I also really liked Danny Gokey, Allison and Scott, as well as some of the others. It was a talented pool this year.

If I’m getting down to Idol faves, I’ve had several, and not all of them have been winners. David Cook, who I truly didn’t think would win last year, is one, and I have almost all his music. I loved both Carrie Underwood and Bo Bice, and have bought music from both (much more from Carrie, but I just prefer her). Daughtry — love the guy and he was eliminated WAY too early, but it worked out OK for him. I have quite a bit of his stuff. And Kelly Clarkson, the original Idol — I’ve bought quite a bit of her music as well. I have eclectic taste.

This season early on I thought Adam should win. It was a no-brainer to me. In a group of very talented individuals, he stood out. His raw talent is in a completely different league. Don’t get me wrong — I’ll probably buy music from Danny and Kris, and I was inspired by Scott and loved his piano songs. There were others who left way too soon who I hope get a chance to show their stuff.

But putting Kris up against Adam is like putting a college football player up against an NFL one. They are simply in different leagues. Take, for instance, my two favorite quarterbacks: Tony Romo (Dallas Cowboys) and Colt McCoy (Texas Longhorns). Now Tony didn’t have his best year this season, but even so he if you put him up against Colt right now, he’d beat the pants off him. That comes from experience. Colt will get there, no doubt. But if they were playing against each other, Romo would win. Or if you don’t like him, take Tom Brady, or some other high-profile QB in the NFL. That’s Adam compared to Kris.

So why did Kris win? I have a few theories. First, Danny Gokey fans didn’t like Adam and they voted for Kris out of spite. Maybe Adam is a love him or hate him kind of guy. I just think he’s got mad talent. There were those who didn’t like him because of the eyeliner, the questionable sexual preference, whatever. Personally I don’t care about any of that. Again, Adam has mad talent and he stands (literally and figuratively) head and shoulders above Kris.

So no disrespect to Kris (or Danny, who brought me to tears with some of his music and probably should have been in the finals instead of Kris), but America, in my opinion, got it wrong. Was it the teen votes? Possibly, if my daughters are any indication. Was it a liberal/conservative thing? I don’t really think so, if you’re reading this blog. My husband and I were both heavily in favor of Adam, and he’s much more conservative than I am, and I’m fairly conservative myself. But that could have worked against Adam…not ruling it out, although I think it’s sad and unfair if so.

Using another analogy, it’s like putting me in a writing contest against Vince Flynn. I’d lose, hands down. Simply no competition. The guy is in a totally different league. I couldn’t compete, and if I won, it would be a total fluke. I admit it. Vince Flynn is simply a much better writer than I am, though I aspire to that level of talent some day.

Back to Idol — whatever the reason, it sucks, and I think even the new American Idol knows he didn’t deserve to win. No offense to Kris, because had he been up against Jordin Sparks, I’d have bet on him(though I wanted Blake Lewis that year — loved that beat box).

Well, America spoke, and once again I disagreed. But rock on Adam, and best of luck. I’ll be rooting for you. You seem like a genuinely nice guy, as well as a helluva talented artist.

I did find it rather funny the other night when he had his “100 days” presser and every station except Fox aired it live. What did Fox air? One of its newer (and better) shows, “Lie to Me.” In that respect, I suppose by it’s title Fox was saying the same thing O was to the American people, but in three simple words. I said as much to my husband that night, and he said he heard the same thing on the radio the next day. It’s the little things that bring us joy

I am actually pissed at O, though, I have to say. This whole business with releasing the so-called “torture” memos and closing Gitmo…it’s just plain bullshit. Let’s use a football analogy here: If you are Coach Mack Brown of the Texas Longhorns, are you going to turn your playbook over to Texas A&M so it knows all your secrets for next season? Doubtful. And this is on a much grander scale. These terrorists (and I don’t care what Code Stink says about the guys — that’s what they are) are going to go back to their home countries and train the next generation of terrorists on exactly what to expect. Well, maybe not, since with O in office we’ll probably just have a catch-and-release policy.

That brings me to his idea of closing Gitmo. So the guys who have been locked up, who chant “death to America” on a regular basis, are just going to go home and say all is forgiven? I don’t think so. We have enough problems with regular criminals getting out of jail — now we’re setting free the very people who want to tear our country apart? Bomb us, kill our children, wipe us off the face of the earth? Yeah, they are SO going to be rehabilitated when they get home. All is forgotten and forgiven. NOT.

Seriously, who IS this guy and HOW did he get elected POTUS? Does he even LIKE America? Personally, I can’t figure him out. But a higher power than me is watching out for us, I have to believe. That and the fact that many Americans are waking up to his idiocy and will boot his cronies out of office next year. After the massive spending bill that was passed, I don’t see how anyone with half a brain can be happy — but there are those out there who always want more.
As for elections, I’m closely watching the governor’s race in Texas, and my support is solidly behind Kay Bailey Hutchison. I know that means we’ll get a new senator, but I think she’ll make a great governor. I would even love to see her as president one day. Check my earlier post for her accomplishments, or her website, http://texans.forkay.com/ for information and to volunteer.

In the meantime, I’m still NOT watching MSNBC or CNN because of the blatant media bias (truly sickening), and am actually writing that novel I’ve put off way too long.

Oh, and for those upset about my post concerning Texas’ right to secede — it was (in case you are too dense to understand humor) quite obviously a joke. Tongue-in-cheek, yes, because much of it is true, but still it was meant as humor, so don’t get yourself all worked up. I even said that at the beginning I was passing on an email that had been forwarded to me. But for the record, if Texas truly wanted to secede — I’m sure our leaders would find a way I’m, however, a proud American, and will ride out the storm that is Obama (and pray he doesn’t get us all killed).

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Well, the man’s ego is simply too much to ignore these days. His recent trip to Europe, for example. I suppose a cynical person might think he wasn’t feeling enough love here and remembered back to the good old days of his first grand European tour, the throngs of eager tourists, the media following him like rabid dogs…that could be one reason. Or I guess the G-20 could be another, but of course he made a splash along the way. I’m going with a combination.

What really chaps me is that TOTUS blew of PM Gordon Brown when he came to visit OUR country, yet the UK rolled out the red carpet for the Obamas. Every minute move was reported in the press. Did Michelle Obama touch the queen and was that a bad thing? No! The queen absolutely loved her. Was her dress too casual? Absolutely not. She looked lovely (gag — the woman can’t even stand up straight, probably because she’s as bent and crooked inside as her husband). Would MO or the French president’s wife show better fashion sense? When I heard that one, and some insipid entertainment reporter say “my bet’s on our girl” I thought “Who is our girl?” It literally took me a minute to realize that he was referring to Michelle Obama.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t give a flying flip about her fashion or rather the press think she looks good or not, but it just illustrated for me how disconnected I truly feel from TOTUS and his beloved, angry wife. They don’t represent me. I don’t think they represent America. At least not America as it was founded or as it should be. Please, Obama, stay in Europe, or go back to your fawning fans. I think I’d rather have Joe Biden around. Don’t like the guy, but I don’t think he’s quite as crooked as Obama (meaning he might have some semblance of a conscience).

I could probably still ignore all this and continue living my life, preparing for my peaceful protest via the upcoming Tea Party in my area. However, when I saw the “breaking news” report yesterday that TOTUS was making a detour to Iraq, ostensibly a surprise to rally the troops, I just couldn’t take it anymore.

Does NO ONE remember that Obama was too busy playing basketball on his last European tour to visit the wounded troops? The mainstream media sure doesn’t. Only news I heard was that the troops were thrilled to see him and greeted him like his other fawning fans. I guess his “Yes We Can” MoveOn.org guys have gotten boring. I think one story mentioned that he spoke disrespectfully about the United States, but that was a conservative outlet and it was quickly buried. Why did TOTUS even bother running for president when he clearly doesn’t like the USA? Jeez, can’t he just go run in Kenya or someplace like that?

Wow. I wonder what a staged production that troop enthusiasm was. I guess it’s not too hard to tell the people who WORK for you to act excited when the boss shows up, and I’m sure there are some who actually like him (none I’ve met, but I’ve heard of their existence). I’m also certain they were carefully culled to ensure the best media exposure for TOTUS. He isn’t quite the media darling over here that he was, oh, say, six months ago…though the press still hasn’t opened it’s collective eyes to his total disregard for truth, justice, and the American way (that would be capitalism, not socialism).

This guy makes me sick. Physically ill. Comrade Obama has been a crooked punk since his early Chicago days (go back and read my earlier blogs for details, or do your own research if you don’t believe me) and now he’s running, or ruining, the greatest country in the world. Are we perfect? Of course not. But we still had the best system going. He’s systematically destroying that. The terrorists at Gitmo are unhappy? No problem, let them go. Oh, and then they kill someone — well, hey, the guys have been locked up for a long time, they have anger issues (that’s actually what my daughter’s history teacher told her).

I won’t even get into the fact that he’s socializing banks, sent the federal budget into numbers so far in the red (and people complained about Bush) and gone back on every campaign promise he made (many before he was even elected, like town hall debates and public financing for elections. The guy is just about as bad as they come, and worse, he has the media on his side. This is a fight, and it’s time to take sides. A peaceful fight, but still a fight. The Republican Party, believe it or not, seems to be getting things together and standing firm. Unfortunately, Obama and his buds at ACORN manage to manipulate enough elections that there aren’t that many Republicans around, but I hold out hope for people like Bobby Jindal, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Eric Cantor, John Carter, and a host of others. I think, if things shake out right, 2010 might be a turning point. At least we can “hope” for “change.”

So that’s it for my rant today. I could get into more specifics, but I think I’ll wait a few days and see what the MSM says about him versus what he actually does (or did). For now, God bless America. We certainly need it.

OBAMA APPLAUDS HIS NEW PARTY ON GOING FOR BROKE!

The House of Representatives and the Senate moved merrily forward toward
their decimation of the U.S. Economy in a party-line vote in favor on Obama’s
break-the-bank budget this week. Only 20 House Democrats voted against
the measure, with many Blue Dog conservatives still acquiescing to the
Administration’s massive social engineering expenditures which result
in a staggering debt to be paid for by generations to come.

Although a new coalition of “moderate” Senate Democrats emerged in March, many
of these members voted in favor of the budget excesses, with minor adjustments
intended to ’save face’ in their home states. Even the much-touted ’small change’
middle class tax cuts expire in the 2010 budget, leading observers to wonder
just what these Senators ‘hope’ to claim credit for with their consituents back home.

In a first show of party unity this year, all GOP voted against the budget, including
Senators Specter, Collins and Snowe, who until now have aligned with the Pelosi
driven flurry of Socialist engineered “Change” laws. It remains to be seen
where their loyalties will lie when the particulars in the budget return to the
floor for final decisions - particularly related to massive Health Care and Energy
programs yet to be finalized.

Estimates are that Obama’s new Energy Plan, alone, will cost the average
American household $3,000 to $4,000 annually in added utility costs.
His Health Care Plan remains fraught with special interest advantages,
combined with federally regulated mandates to trim diagnostic tests while
increasing cost-saving regulations to increase “hopeless cause” diagnosis-
thus reducing the quality and coverage of U.S. Health Care overall, especially
affecting senior citizens. Overall advantages of his plan would be afforded to
illegal aliens with the Federal government floating their health care costs.

Although it currently lays on the cutting room floor, credit is due House Minority Whip,
Eric Cantor, for steering a more sensible GOP Budget Plan, which
would have trimmed back the gluttonous spending of the already passed
OMNIBUS and HR 1 Stimulus Plan. While given no substantial attention by
Obama-controlled MainStreamMedia, the careful crafting of these alternative
Republican Budget proposals debunks the Democrat’s propaganda campaign
that has falsely disclaimed GOPs in Congress to be no more than negative
naysayers.

As with all legislation so far flying through the 111th Congress, achieving
this appearance of a Budget consensus, due diligence and fair reflection
were swept under the rug. Only 55 Senators voted for the Budget
while rule shuffling allowed for its passage with a simple majority of 51.

The only good news on the Budget Blueprint are signs of minor cracks in
Democratic cohesion and the emergence of greater GOP unity and clarity.
These indicate growing Capitol Hill apprehension on Obama’s Break America Plan.
Expanded public awareness of the dangers and deceits in this unprecedented
New Party takeover of our nation, combined with Activist Actions on Congress -
could continue to erode Pelosi’s stranglehold on Congress. That’s up to US!

This week’s passage of the revisionist Budget Blueprint is just one step in
a longer term battle whose outcome will show whether We the People take
back our government or let it overtake US. The emerging crisis conditions
within America’s overburdened, no-longer-represented mainstream middle
class needs to move US from shock and outrage to Get Involved and make our
voices heard in online, in the media and in Washington, D.C.

It has nothing to do with race (to those of you who have called me a dimwitted racist). It has everything to do with his corruption, lies, socialist tendencies and the fact that he is systematically ruining this country. I don’t believe him or anything that comes out of his mouth. After studying the man for two years and looking into his backround, I believe I have good reason for my beliefs.

Barack Obama is a corrupt politician. Look at his words while he was on the campaign trail, and look at his actions now. I could go into further detail, and will be happy to do so, but for now — enough said. Just watch the video. Change you can believe in? Yes. He’s changing things. And it’s damn terrifying.