Thursday, November 15, 2007

We need a President:

Into the wilderness for the 3rd year. Happy Birthday to me! Don’t we need a President to represent a revolutionary renewal of America? I think so.

We need a President to ask why more Americans can’t mimic the self-sufficiency in the life story of Tina, whose husband came to the United States in 1980 with nothing but the clothes on his back. From this inauspicious start he educated himself, raised a family and today pays over $50,000 in taxes truly a testament to his success. His efforts paid off - literally - in spite of encouragement from do-gooders that he take handouts, welfare or government assistance.

We need a President who will let drug dealers here and in Central and South America know that they face the death penalty if caught setting up their cartels and peddling their wares.

We need a President who points out the silly stuff taking place this Thanksgiving in Seattle, Washington. A teacher wants her students to celebrate turkey day as a sad, not a happy occasion because of its meaning to Native Americans. Why have fun and a happy tradition been perverted by misguided liberals?

We need a President who says, "That’s my man," to the elderly store owner robbed at gun point who defended his hard earned money by shooting and killing an evildoer in his establishment.

We need a President to point out that the super rich like Warren Buffet are liberal, democrat hypocrites. Buffet says that the rich should pay more but not himself. He donated 30 billion to the Gates Foundation as charity so that he would not pay any estate taxes. As Leona Hemsley another super rich person said, only "little people" need to pay taxes.

We need a President who demands that we call a Christmas parade a Christmas parade and not a Holiday parade. Whose holiday is it anyway? Whoa, Rudolph, to spoil sports and political correctness.

We need a President who reminds us that he and we will not watch TV until it has cleaned up its act. Recently I made the mistake of taking in a few minutes of a sitcom about young men and woman who, in the quasi-pornagraphic scene, dressed, danced and talked like sexy, available hookups. Luckily, I do not need to feel jealous because my age and body mass are alien to the entertainment world’s standards. Who can excuse indecency and immodesty as just signs of the times?

We need a President who discourages frivolous lawsuits, especially class action suits designed to enrich lawyers. A mother is suing the manufacturer of a children’s cold remedy over the death of her four year old claiming an overdose of dextromethorphan because she apparently overdosed the child. I am immediately unsympathetic because the dextro thing saved my life many times after I discovered its effectiveness. Of course, I didn’t overdose or overdose my children having read labels, warnings and dosage, and exercised common sense with the product. No doubt the mother made a mistake, but in her greed, she expects someone to pay for what cannot be undone. If lawyers, even greedier than she, can turn her litigation into a class action suit, they will make millions as opposed to the pittances the clients will eventually receive.. Nothing excuses this irresponsibility and wrongdoing.

We need a President who does not advocate skydiving at 83, a feat performed by past President George Bush just with the help of a paratrooper, to prove that seniors need to remain active. I would rather Mr. Bush remind our children and seniors, that living engaged, requires an active mind. If a local high school theatre production requires a month long preparation of practices 7 days a week, where is the time for homework and study? And sports’ mania has already overtaken our schools.

We need a President who actually uses the words "kick butt" when referring to keeping his citizens safe. How much more should we ask from our leader other than to defend our country, our free markets and our right to practice our religion?

Rudy Guiliani endeared himself to me recently when he said that the problem with American government today is over-regulating, over-spending, over-taxing and over-litigating. These four gerunds should be supplemented by a 5th which demeans Americans, over-indulging, something quite popular in today’s culture. But hedonism is not a government problem; it’s a problem of character.

We need a President who reminds us of what’s right and joyful. Doing something for others should cause joy in the hearts of Americans. Also joy should be derived from working on our character by exercising responsibility and common sense.

We need a President that calls for a renewal of America. Who symbolizes a sort of political religion that assures our shining place on a hill, lit like a beacon to the rest of the world.

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