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Re-Branding the GOP

Less than four weeks left leading to the general election, GOP's fate hangs on limbo. The question remains: Will ultra liberal Al Franken beat Sen. Norm Coleman? Will Sen. Mitch McConnell lose his re-election? And where does Elizabeth Dole Stands in her re-election effort.

It seems like all of their fate has been sealed and Obama has already won the white house and will grab the helm of this nation with his three amigos Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Dick Durban. Only thing now left is the formality of the election and John McCain’s concession speech.

We as a republican and conservative need to ask ourselves: how did we fail so miserably.

But before we can do that we need to understand what is the 21st century version of the Republican Party and who do we have as our membesr and how they got us off the reservation.

Back in 1988 when G. H. W Bush ran against a weak candidate Mike Dukakis, GOP was a conservative through and through; and right after Ronald Reagan, GOP members knew and appreciated the core fundamental values of capitalism, free market economy and originalist interpretation of the Constitution.

Today with Barrack Obama an even weaker candidate than Dukakis and virtually unelectable is leading in the polls. Fortunately for us, Electoral College is not an average of Gallup, Zogby or Rasmussen polls and Obama and democrats still have to wait until the Election Day.

What we need between now and then is to understand our roots and modify our strategies. Today true conservatism is diluted by the mass induction of so-called conservative and moderate democrats who joined us for one or two conservative issues such as immigration, gun rights, or abortion, but they have never fully subscribed to the core fundamental values of the conservative philosophy of capitalism, national security, and free trade. Majority of these new GOP members contributed fuel to the flame ignited by the liberal media and brought about the insurrection against President Bush. In the name of dissent, they openly oppose to the measures required to secure our nation even at the expense of a prolong war. The same group opposed free trade, and ran to the government for help at the first sight of economic down turn.

These are the characteristics of socialism and not the Reagan conservatism or free market economy.   The people of this country are not stupid when they realize that the difference between the GOP and the Dems are all but vanished and they are nothing but virtually two sides of the same coin “Socialism”, then it may be a good idea to vote for the side that promises more welfare and subsidies. 

If the John McCain wants to win, he immediately needs to stop calling the Wall Street Executives greedy. He must be reminded that no one chooses Wall Street as a career because they were the top students out of a theological seminary. The greed of Wall Street brings shareholder value that is passed on to the main street and so the wheel of capitalism keeps rolling forward. 

He needs to come out and oppose the pork filled bail-out plan, and promise to cut every spending bills he sees. He needs to remind the voters that, government in our life means going to bed every night with people like Barney Frank, Larry Craig, William Jefferson, Maxine Waters, and Nancy Pelosi.   He must remind the voters that these people will not be trusted with our car keys or credit card numbers then why should we hand our country and our children’s future to them. John McCain and the GOP needs to, not run away from our conservative values but embrace them. And our responsibilities as conservatives are to educate our new members that registering as a GOP does not make us conservative but it’s the core fundamental values that we live by day to day make us who we are.

God Bless America!

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Obama a Fallen Mesiah?

  Is the mass hysteria with Barack Obama over? Does it mean Chris Matthew no longer feels tingling sensation in his legs?   It seems Obama phenomena has started to cool down a bit or maybe the first group of primary voters and Obama fans started to regret their earlier decisions and questioning Obama’s true qualifications. 

Should the earlier primary voters had known about Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezco, and Obama’s unscrupulous friends, would they have still chosen him over Hillary?

Why can’t these voters see through Obama’s intellectual capacity or lack there off or his inexperience. 

In addition to his earlier gaffes, recently Obama started to show that he is not the type who can walk and chew gum at the same time. In all his recent unscripted interviews, Obama failed to convey a single message, be it about his energy, economic or national security policies.

During one of his recent TV interview, Obama suggested that we apprehend the terrorists and put them in prison, which should be an effective approach to incapacitate the terrorist organizations. Did he not know that, while being incarcerated, the Blind Sheik and Ramsey Yousef somehow managed to coordinate the attacks of 9/11, only this time with a new set of terrorists. 

Obama does not understand the threats we are facing from Islamic Fundamentalist. Rather, Obama was a community activist and has no military experience. In addition to his liberal views and his wife’s hatred for this nation, I do not think he is capable of making rational or sound decisions on national security.

Obama’s domestic policies are equally misleading. His plans to raise the payroll taxes will have devastating impact on small businesses, and his overall higher taxes will drive away all investments.

I do not disagree that Barack Hussein Obama is man of vigor and leaves a great first impressions, but the country needs a leader, a man of substance and not a teleprompter reader. Fundamentally Obama lacks the intellectual capacity to hold the Office of the President of the United States, no matter how well the liberal media packages him.

God Bless America!

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Tribute to the Fathers

  This “Father’s Day” I like to thank my father for giving us a wonderful life. Growing up was tough, my father’s business interest took us all over the world, and my brothers, sister and I have traveled to different countries, enjoyed different food, and learned about different cultures.

My Father always taught us that the world has two types of people, ones who have good characters and the ones who do not. We were taught that no matter where you go and which- ever country you choose to live. The philosophy stays the same. He taught us the value of obeying the law, respecting others and their properties, hard work, honesty and always living with our courage. We were never told of the welfare system and we never knew that it was even an option for decent human beings to ask for public assistance. We never knew of government subsidies, school lunch programs, or free health care.   My father always worked hard, sometimes seven days a week, to pay for our private schools. When we were sick, he and mom stayed up all night looking after us. He taught us the value of Patriotism, faith, and trust in God.

When I see the liberals complaining about handouts and asking why they are not getting more from the government and why they are entitle for wealth or stardom, I truly wonder what their fathers’ taught them.

 The fundamental family structures are under attack, the liberals tell you it is ok to have kids out of wedlock, to abandon your family and seek career in Hollywood, you can even find TV shows depicting two dad’s or two mom’s or whatever else they can come up with.

I cannot understand why the cost of education or raising one’s children is government’s responsibilities and not the parents’.   The irony is, after all the billions of dollars of waste, kids still end up with substandard education.

In our society we need to promote marriage, value of a family, and reconciliation with your spouse. The job of a family is to stand by each other, and stand for each other. Kids do not need the whole village to raise them; instead, they need one mother and one father in a stable family. Our society must reinforce morality, Patriotism, and faith. And the government, instead of rewarding people for their irresponsible behaviors through welfare, should give incentives to people who choose to work hard, stay around and build a family.

My regards go out to those men who choose to be responsible fathers, who actually have the courage to face the world and go out earn a living and truly earn the title to be called “Father”.

God Bless and Happy Father’s Day.

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Drilling is national priority not an option

 

Living in liberal Los Angeles, I am exposed to mostly aspiring individuals with no accomplishment but being brain washed by liberal media: they aspire to be everything and everyone other than a productive citizen, or a proud American or a Patriot.

I do get into frequent arguments, some are more heated than others, depending upon whether they are complaining about the Global Warming or President Bush, or they are blatantly anti-America. 

It took me sometime to understand the bias of the mass media, and how the left has almost completely taken over our airwaves and print media. I can only imagine how confused American public have been when they are bombarded with disinformation and intentionally edited sound bites spread by the liberal media, which is further backed by occasional appearances of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel, Henry Waxman, to name a few, all of whom are standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol like Dirty Dozen, and blatantly lying to the American people about the price of gasoline, the cost of food and the reason why people are feeling the crunch.

I want Speaker Pelosi and all liberal political hacks to know that we, American people, are not dumb, we are here a silent majority that did not appear in the past Zogby, Rasmussen or Gallup Polls, but we know who is lying to us and who is responsible for the oil price hike.

The message to the conservatives are to get some courage, to stand on the same steps of the Capitol and to pull out a map and tell the American people how much oil we truly have under the Rockies, ANWR and outer continental shelf. People need to know how much coal we have and, with the existing technology that convert regular coal into liquid coal. All the energy resources along with nuclear power plants, we can, not only be energy self-sufficient, but lower the price of oil. After all, energy independence is our national priority and not an option that is up for endless debate at taxpayers’ dollars.

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