"I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."- Thomas Jefferson

It has been almost 2 years now that I have heard the terms  "Change"& "Hope" and now, almost every day in the news by President Obama. I have heard the cries of thousands of people across this country, screaming "Yes We Can". I have seen the celebrities come out of their Learjet’s and Malibu mansions to bank roll, greet and bow down to their savior. I have heard nothing but hate and discontent for President Bush more so over the past 2 years than in the last 8 years he was president. Every leftist socialite and Democrat has blamed the man for these terrible economic times. Have we forgotten that the House and Senate have been over populated by the Dems and Libs with a Majority vote in the House and Senate for the past 2 years? Have we forgotten the hag Nancy Pelosi’s speech 2 years ago as she walked into Washington as if she was the Queen. In her speech she said: "Let us join together in the first 100 hours to make this Congress the most honest and open Congress in history." I guess the Queen didn't practice what she was preaching to the sheep that day.

During the last 2 years government has grown larger, less transparent and more corrupt than ever. So how do you cover that up? After all the lefties did promise the exact opposite of what they delivered. They came up with a brilliant plan, it shocked even me. All they had to do by using majority of power in the House and Senate and the media was to blame President Bush. He was their scapegoat at every turn and the Republicans were crucified if they came to his rescue. Bush has had to dodge more than shoes over the past eight years and has been dodging rocks, thrown by the Lib's every day for the past eight years. It’s amazing he never snapped and started to fire back. That shows the real character of the man, not portrayed in today's unbiased media.
 
You might now ask why would the Democrats allow such a terrible economic downfall to fall on the people, when they had the power and forward knowledge to prevent it? There is a very simple answer to this very complex question. The Democrats of today are nothing like the Democrats of the 30's through the 50's. The majority of Democrats that serve in high positions of government today are spawn of the 60's revolution. They are the Socialist liberal movement infecting America at every level in today's society. They believe in a one world system, one government, redistribution of wealth, big government oversight, high taxes, equality for all, and national regulation of education and personal protection. So why again would the Liberals want to hurt people by not acting with the falling economy? They want the Capitalistic system to fail. They want bigger government oversight into the private sector, they want to take over major companies and banks that fuel the economy with tax dollars and jobs. They want people to have to depend on the government for cradle to grave security and financial stability. They want a way to bring everyone down to the same level and thus destroy the free market system. That my friends is a the blueprint for the new National Socialism in America. Sure they are not going to call it out like I have done. They will use nice words and phrases like,

"Paying higher taxes is Patriotic, " Joe Biden, 2008.

 “It’s not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” - Barack Obama 2008

The Socialists have received their savior in Obama to forward the cause, they have broken the American economy to start the new system of government and what do they tell the people the solution is? Bailout, for everyone regardless if you pay your taxes or not. Even if you are already on public assistance, i.e. welfare, food stamps. Everyone will receive money from the government, just a small taste of the start of National Socialism. But whose money is being given away? It is the taxpayer’s money. Who pays the majority if taxes? The upper class pay’s almost 85% of the tax burden in America. So why do we not have a say in the matter on how our money is being thrown away to be wasted, like the Trillions wasted in the war on poverty during the last 50 years? Where is the voice of the people to demand answers dammit?

Everyone has been so psychologically raped by Change, Obama's cover up word for Socialism, that they will follow their savior to their death. I want the people to stop being pussies, I want the people to start standing up for what is right and just. I want all people who give a damn about this Nation to open their eyes see the truth and speak against the Socialist evil that has defiled its way in the back door under the fear tactic of racism. If we take a stand and make this happen with our actions and voices, then we have a chance to rekindle the fire that was once this great country. If we do not act we risk losing it all and renaming this country the USSA (United Socialist States of America).

 My generation has been given this task and burden to restore this country back to the greatness it once had, by beating down the hippies, and baby boomers, that have continuously taken and never given back to this country from the 60's revolution forward.  Shame on us if we throw in the towel and don't act.

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

Ever since the first grade, I have been taught to obey the 3 R's: Recycle, Reduce, Reuse.

In our classrooms, we were exposed to all sorts of “eco” guest speakers, stickers and cartoon books. It was basically beaten into our minds that if we don't recycle, then we are accused of hating the planet.

I remember when GI Joe was no longer on TV, it was on one of my favorite childhood cartoons.  Hell I still even like GI Joe!  It was replaced on our channel with Captain Planet.  This new superhero fought crime and evil with "Recycling."  The show just might as well labeled all the villains in the cartoon the ‘Republicans’ and given Captain Planet a rainbow cape with a sidekick named ‘Che Guevara’. 

All of my life I have never really questioned the stupid big blue recycle can next to the trash can.  I would recycle my plastic and paper etc. and put the trashcans on the sidewalk every week. Then I started to think, does recycling really do anything?  Or is it another big scam from the same people who are now bringing us the global warming lie?

I then decided to do a little research.

1. Only 5-10% of what is collected to recycle can be and is actually recycled. 
2. It costs millions more for cities to recycle the 5-10% than to compress and dig deeper landfills. 
3 Landfills are not dangerous, and we have more than enough land where our current landfills reside to take care of all the trash for hundreds of years. 
4. Since it costs more for cities to recycle than to not, a section of New York had to temporarily stop its recycling program, because it cost too much money.  They ended up having to raise taxes to pay off the debt. 

On a side note, I think they restarted the recycling program due to eco-hippy pressure. 
 
The Bottom Line: 

I was lied to and brainwashed as a child by communist liberal public school teachers. They told me that I hate the planet if I do not recycle, that landfills are over flowing and we have no land left, and that global warming will kill all of us if we don’t start recycling now.  I do not appreciate being lied to, and I do not appreciate pulling the plug on GI Joe for Rainbow-man Planet.  As for my conclusion, I will never recycle again.  Therefore I removed the blue can from the side of my house.

I also believe that we should shut down recycling centers across the country because they help raise our taxes and they fund drug dealers who recycle for a living.  Do you really think all these homeless bums who walk around all day and night with their stolen shopping carts help the environment and stop global warming?  No.  They do it so they can get money from the recycling centers after they spend all of their welfare money (that we provide through our taxes) so they can buy more crack, heroin, etc.  I see bums do it night and day in south central Los Angeles, were I work.  They even have personally told me that they do this daily.  Why do you think there is such a huge homeless and drug problem in many cities across the country?  Why are there so many recycling centers in cities in easily accessible areas?  I don’t wonder why, because now I know and so shall you. 
 
Consequently, I’m going to be mean and say, by recycling you are responsible for increasing taxes, sponsoring drug dealers, increasing the homeless problem, and contributing to the spread of infections (including HIV that is contracted from dirty needles bums use and leave for city workers and first responders to be poked with.)  Not to mention you are responsible for forwarding liberal lies that brainwash our children at school, while you work hard everyday to pay increasing taxes just so you can fund this sick cycle of eco liberal crap.  I'm sick of all of it.  I am proposing a "Kill the Blue Can" campaign that should be practiced in your house and local neighborhood.  In doing so, you become a part of the solution and will help to fight crime across the country.

It's you against the world 

rying to raise a real man in today’s world may be harder than splitting an atom.  Everyday our kids are bombarded with images and messages of the most unmanly things imaginable.  Magazines are full of sexually ambiguous models dressed in feminine clothes in homo-erotic poses.  There’s a new book out every month about how you don’t need a man in the house to raise a man.  TV shows typically are full of metro-sexual, gay, and otherwise wimpy male characters, and nearly every Hollywood movie that comes out has at least one homosexual character.  Almost every dad in the movies or on TV is either a miserable lout or a complete buffoon.  At school your kids are subjected to all sorts of programs designed to promote unmanly lifestyles.  Real men have disappeared from history books and have been replaced with politically correct figures.  Any boy reading magazines, attending public school, and watching TV or movies would assume that half of the men in the world are gay, and the other half are metro-sexual or girlie men.  That’s why your job as a father is as tough as it’s even been.  It’s you against the world.

Let’s be clear about a dad’s role in raising a child.  It takes a man and a woman to raise a real man.  A boy needs a mother to nurture him, and take care of him.  He also needs the influence of a strong, masculine male figure in his life.  These influences balance each other out.  If you’re missing either influence, you tend to get less than optimal results.

Children need and rely on their mothers more at an early age.  However, as a boy becomes a teenager and advances through adolescence, his father must step up his influence.  This is the time where boys typically begin to rebel and assert some independence.  This is when they start to become men.  They begin to gravitate towards their fathers.  They seek out more dangerous or risky activities. 

As your boy starts to grow into a man and seeks out your guidance, you still need to support his mother’s influence.  For example, a male teenager will often disrespect his mother because they’re acting out in their masculinity.  No longer are they physically inferior to their mothers.  They’ll usually test their mothers more than their fathers.  A father has to set the boy straight.  They need to be taught to always act respectfully towards their mothers.

Of course, raising a kid is always a crap shoot.  You can do everything by the book, and still end up with a kid who goes completely off the deep-end.  They may rebel, run away, turn to drugs, and act out in all sorts of self-destructive ways you never imagined possible.  Also, how many of us have two or more kids that we’ve treated exactly the same way, only to watch one of them go in a completely different direction.  You drive yourself nuts trying to figure out what you did wrong.  Sometimes, it has nothing to do with you.  It’s just the personality of the child, their friends, and other influences over which you have very little control.

However, chances are that if a boy is raised by a real man in a structured environment, he’s much more likely to grow in to a real man himself - a strong, independent, and responsible man.  So how do you raise a strong, independent, responsible, real man – a man who is honorable, intelligent, financially stable, able to take care of and protect his own family, and able to successfully raise children of his own?  Here are some suggestions:

• Let them play with boy toys

In spite of what the girlie men state, it’s o.k. for boys to play with boy toys.  It’s o.k. for them to play ‘Army’ and ‘Cowboy and Indians’.  It’s o.k. for them to use saws, hammers, drills, and other tools.  It’s o.k. for them to play with toy guns. 

• Let them play like boys

Boys like to be boys.  You should encourage that behavior, rather than discourage it.  They like to play in the mud and in the dirt.  They like to splash in puddles and play in the rain.  They like to wrestle and fight.  Provide boundaries for all of those things, but in general, let them do it.

• Do manly activities with your boys

Take them hunting and fishing.  Go camping and dirt bike riding.  Go hiking and mountain climbing.  Take them to baseball and football games.  Build a fort with them.  In addition to bonding time, these activities are all opportunities to teach your boys man skills:  setting up camp, starting fires, cleaning game, marksmanship, respecting nature, building skills, sports rules, coordination, etc.  You absolutely should also do more ‘cultural’ activities with your boys like taking them to museums, plays, movies, concerts, and fine restaurants.  However, these are things which can be done with the whole family.  Our focus here is specifically on manly activities you do with your boys.

• Do manly activities with other men and boys

Take the opportunity to do manly activities in the company of other men and boys.  For example, if you have friends with boys, you might go on hunting, fishing, or camping trips together.  This gives your boys an opportunity to see other real men in action.  It provides positive male role models, and reinforcements of real man behaviors.

• Do manly activities with your boys regularly

It’s not enough to take your boys on a fishing trip then never do it again.  You need to do things with them regularly.  For example, you might get them involved in Little League during the spring, fishing over the summer, and hunting during the fall.  Throw in a few camping trips and sports events throughout the year.

• Get them involved in team sports.

Encourage them to join Little League or Pop Warner football.  Spend some evenings and weekends practicing with them each week.  They’ll learn how to work in a team environment, learn sports skills, develop confidence as they improve their skills, and enjoy quality bonding time with their father.

• Teach them guidelines about crying

Our society has drilled in to our heads that it’s o.k. for men to cry at any time for any reason – the more the better.  No, it’s not o.k.  It is o.k. for men to cry once in awhile, but never in public.  In general, you need to teach your boys to suck it up.  This teaches them discipline and will power.  It also teaches them to maintain composure during crisis or difficult times when they need all of their faculties to focus on solutions to problems.  There are a few instances when it’s o.k. for a real man to cry: 

• If your mother dies;
• If your sports team loses; or
• If you get home and find that your wife drank all of your beer or ate the submarine sandwich you were saving.

• Provide positive reinforcement

At every opportunity, stress to your boys how special they are, how smart they are, and how tough they are.  Tell them you’re proud of them and that they can be anything they want.  Do it often.

• Don’t save your boys from suffering the consequences

Our society is full of sports figures that’ve been brought up with the idea that they can do no wrong.  They’ve never had to take responsibility for their actions.  Instead, someone was always there to make excuses for them or take care of any problems that they created.  More often than not, boys raised in this manner end up getting involved in drugs, crime, and all sorts of other nasty behaviors.

It’s difficult not to help our kids in certain circumstances.  Our instincts are to care for them.  The problem is that if we’re always saving them, they learn that there are no consequences to mistakes or bad behavior.  Women, especially, try to save their kids every chance they get.  It’s their nurturing instinct.  But you’re not a woman, and you’re not rearing women.  You’re tying to raise a responsible real man. 

Allow your boys to suffer the consequences of their mistakes.  For example, if you reminded them to bring their coat along yet they still forgot it, let them be cold rather than giving up your coat.  If they suffer the consequence, they won’t forget the coat the next time.  If you give them your coat or don’t allow them to suffer the consequence, they’ll probably forget the coat the next time as well.  Of course you want to do this within reason.  You don’t want them to become a human ice sickle in order to teach them not to forget their coat. 

• Don’t rush them in to manhood. 

A boy will naturally start gravitating towards his father in his early teens.  He’ll still go to his mother for sympathy and motherly love.  Don’t belittle it.  Allow him to maintain a bond with the woman who gave birth to him.  Fathers always worry about their sons becoming mama’s boys – an unhealthy relationship with their mothers.  You can minimize that by regularly doing more manly activities with your son.

• Be firm, but fair

Your son needs a strong male figure, not a wishy-washy, milquetoast one.  Set rules for him and let him know you expect him to follow them, otherwise their will be consequences.  But be fair.  It’s easy to get caught up in the authority of being a father and being in control.  It’s easy to sometimes be unreasonable.  Don’t fall in to this trap.  You’ll teach your son far more by being fair than by regularly being an unreasonable jerk.

• Don’t be his friend

You’re his dad, not his buddy.  After he’s an adult, then you can relate more like friends.  But while he’s growing up, he needs strong guidance more than friendship.  By all means, bond, laugh, and enjoy each other’s company.  Just don’t confuse being a friend with being a father.  He’ll develop far more respect for you as his father than as his buddy.

• Show affection

It’s o.k. to shake your sons hand, pat him on the back, and yes even hug him.  It sends a message that even though you’re tough on him, you care for him and love him.  Let’s face it.  As a man, it’s not always easy to tell someone you love them.  If you can’t manage it, you’ll at least be sending that message through your actions.  He’ll know it.  If you are able to tell your boys you love them, the pats and hugs will reinforce what you’re telling him.  Just don’t overdo it with the touchy feely stuff.  That’s his mother’s domain, not yours.

If you follow these steps, you just might be able to beat the odds in our homo / metro sexual world, and end up the proud father of a genuine, real man.  And perhaps someday, the real man you raised will discover the two things that all men do when they reach a certain point in their lives: one, that you were once a kid just like him; and two, that you are in fact a very smart guy, not the dummy he thought you were when he was a teenager.  I’ll allow Thomas Wolfe and Mark Twain the final words to explain this phenomenon.

"Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later  . . . that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could . . . adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life."  --Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

"When I was a boy of 14 my father was so ignorant that I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in only 7 years."--Mark Twain

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