The 2010 Census – An Endorsement of Socialism

By David A. Black, Sr.

The 2010 Census is officially under way.  The ad campaign, costing millions of dollars, for television, cable, and radio ads, and thousands of billboards, paid for by your hard-earned tax money, tells us all to stand and be counted.

“Help your community get a fair share.”  They proclaim, urging people to fill out the Census Data Form and return it to the Government.

Get their fair share of what?  I had my fair share until the Government confiscated it through taxation, now they want to pretend to give a portion of it back.

According to a letter from the U.S. Census Bureau, “Results from the 2010 Census will be used to help each community get its fair share of government funds for highways, schools, health offices, and many other programs you and your neighbors need.”

In all fairness, the members of the House and Senate are just doing their job.  The Constitution instructs Congress to collect a direct, heavy, progressive tax from every person in the country.  Then, they are to withhold a sizeable amount of the Gross National Product for financing the cost of running the Government.  Finally, Congress is to disperse the proportionately small amount of remaining money back to the people, disguised as ‘Investing in America’.  Any such investing in the ‘public good’ shall be at the sole discretion of Congress, based on the projected return value of those investments, as realized in the results of polls and elections.

Based on the questions contained in the 2010 Census Questionnaire, two out of ten deals with ethnicity, Congress seems quite concerned about ensuring proper funding of ethnic groups.  Rest assured then, so long as you are of the proper, favored ethnicity, Congress is doing their job and looking out for your best financial interest, in relation to ‘Public Investing’.

Pardon my sarcasm.  Actually, unlike most members of the House and Senate, I’ve read the Constitution.  Article 1, Section 2, later modified by Section 2, of the 14^th amendment, calls for representation to be “apportioned among the several States”.  The same paragraph, later superseded by the 16^th amendment, calls for the “apportionment of direct Taxes” as well; and thereby calls for a Census to have been performed within three years of the first Meeting of Congress, and every ten years thereafter.

Therefore, according to the Constitution, the Census was intended to be used only for the purpose of apportioning representation in the House, and apportioning direct Taxation among the several States.  There is no mention of using the Census as a means to justify congressional spending.

Think about it.  For the purpose of “apportioned representation” based on the total populations of the several States, does not call for Congress to have any idea of the ethnicity of the populace; they do not need any demographic data as a means to cater to any particular groups.

This means that Congress does not need to know who owns the house I live in, what the genders of any residence are, the actual age of residents, or if a resident has a secondary residence.

Instead, Congress is using the Census to get the American People to endorse the Socialistic practice of ‘redistributing wealth’.  They took away Constitutional apportionment of direct taxation with the 16^th amendment, and perverted the use of the Census.

Now, we have a scenario where the government taxes the groups determined by the Census, to be the “haves”, to provide benefits to groups determined as the “have not’s”.  This is known simply as Socialism.

For the record, there are only five questions the Census could ask under the authority of the Constitution.

1. Verify your address.
2. How many people live at your address?
3. How many people, living at your address, are of legal voting age?
4. How many people, living at your address, are American Indians?
5. What is your status of residency in the United States?  (Circle one)   Natural Born Citizen   Naturalized Citizen   Legal Resident   Other

As to the cost of the Census, the entire questionnaire, as authorized under the Constitution, would fit on a post card, the cheapest form of U.S. Mail correspondence and would be easily administered by, and reported through, local governments.

It is at this point, I must ask the obvious question; if we, The People, are going to allow the elected members of Government to pervert the intentions of our Founders and the meaning of our Constitution, to what they want it to say, rather than what it actually says, why should we have a Constitution?

Are we truly a nation of Free and Independent People?  Or, are we, The People going to allow the endorsement of Socialism, and idly watch it take root and grow into an uncontrollable despotic dictatorship?

Health Care Reform – Merry Christmas? Or, Welcome Comrades?

By David A. Black, Sr.

So, Senate Majority Leader,  Harry Reid succeeded in forcing his Health Care reform through the Senate on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas, America!

Almost immediately after the Bill passed, an entirely party-line vote of 60 – 39, I believe it was Senator Barrasso, of Wyoming who asked, why, if the Bill so good, did it require exemptions, or special deals, for Senators from at least 13 States.

Good question!

What kind of special deals were carved out of Sen. Reid’s Health Care Reform Act?

Nebraska received guaranteed funding to cover all additional costs for expansion of Medicare to low income individuals, thanks to Sen. Ben Nelson.

Louisiana received a $300 million payoff for Medicare benefits to Sen. Mary Landrieu.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed “Socialist”, from Vermont, gets a huge chunk of change for his “pet project”, the Community Health Centers Program.

Sen. Chris Dodd received funding for a new hospital in Connecticut in an attempt to help his re-election bid.

Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Maine, Nevada, California, New York, and Illinois are all to receive funding for Medicare for low income individuals, some of the funds are delegated to go to illegal immigrants who now qualify for the TANF program (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) who were already in the country prior to the Welfare Act of 1996.

Apparently, Sen. Reid’s Health Care Reform Act was a first step toward Comprehensive Immigration Reform as well.  After all, if we are already paying for “illegal immigrants” under the Health Care Bill, we should find our way clear to legalizing these poor individuals, and make them official, productive members of society.

Wait, just a cotton-pickin minute!  If they have been here since before 1996, and are still on “temporary assistance”, how can anybody profess they are productive members of our society?  This dramatically contradicts the claim that not providing illegal immigrants with a pathway to citizenship is unfair because they already pay taxes, yet receive no benefit.  I guess the “shadows” are not as bad as we were led to believe.

OK, I digress.  The question is, where is this thing headed now?

It works like this.  The Senate Bill goes back to the House of Representatives, causing Speaker Pelosi to meet with Sen. Reid, behind closed doors of course, and find ways to manipulate the rest of their party to reconcile the two Bills, now passed by the separate houses of congress.

Chances are, the Democrats will force a Health Care Bill through by the end of January and present it to President Obama by the first week of February.  Then the Democrats can tout that a “Historical President” has mentored a “Historical Bill” through Congress.  What they will not tell us is that they are in fact making history.  Their Health Care Bill will make America, as we know it, history, in a relatively short time.

If bankrupting the country, in an attempt to usher in a socialistic agenda, is their goal, the Health Care Reform Bill is the ticket to their success.  Think about it!  California, New York, and Michigan, three of the most liberal States, are the leaders of the pack of States, already rushing toward bankruptcy, or at the very least, financial insolvency.

There you go!  We already have examples to follow.

I know, you probably think this is another “The Sky is Falling” episode from Chicken Little.  However, I would encourage you to consider the ten pillars of Communism, as stipulated by Karl Marx, in his book, A Communist Manifesto.

1.  The abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. America was built, in part, on pride of ownership of property.  Have we not witnessed the grabbing, hoarding, and assuming control of land (eminent domain), and uses thereof, by the government in recent history?

2.  A heavy progressive graduated income tax. This is a process of punishing success, or exceptionalism.  When is the last time you got a pay raise and actually received more net income?  Doesn’t happen under the modern U.S. Tax System.

3.  Abolition of rights of inheritance. Can you say “Death Tax”?  As it stands, the Government heavily taxes that which you inherit from the hard earned success of your parents, or grand-parents.  I have heard it said, “It costs more to die, than to be born”.  That is a significant statement for anybody that is a parent.  For those of you who are not parents, ask yours.

4.  Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. All right.  I have no concrete evidence of this.  However, I wonder if the Secretary of Homeland Security announcing that Conservatives and ex-military personnel are potential terrorists would qualify as a precursor to a strategy of this magnitude.  Just a thought.  If you think about it, we did “encamp” those of Japanese descent, during World War II, under President Roosevelt.  He was a “Progressive Democrat” too.

5.  Centralization of credit in the banks of the State, by means of a National Bank, with State Capital, and an exclusive monopoly. OK.  This is a “no brainer”.  Think about the “Financial Bail-Outs”, and the fact that several of the banks that received TARP Funds were told NO when they attempted to pay back the money.

6.  Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State. This is taking place as you read this article.  Liberal Democrats are chomping at the bit to enact the “Fairness Doctrine” to control what is said over the airwaves.  They are currently attempting to put control of the internet in the hands of the President and his Czars.  Of course, they are only considering our “cyber-safety”.  Needless to say, I know very well, the over burdensome regulations of transportation, which tightens its stranglehold on the throat of interstate commerce every year.  But that too, is done in the name of Safety.  Funny, how Public Safety in the eyes of legislators relegates to Government Revenues.

7.  Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of wastelands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. The easy indicator here is a glance at the recent takeovers of the auto industry, and the unprecedented affiliation of the Government with the Labor Unions.  However, to fully understand this aspect of a potential Communist takeover, you must look beyond the surface of Government subsidization and Co-Ops in the farming industry, and think about the control exhibited in the Government’s ability to not only dictate who grows what, but how much, when, and to whom the crops must be sold.

8.  Equal obligation of all to work.  Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. Again, I must refer to the Government / Labor Union affiliation.  How many favors are due to the Labor Unions in return for various forms of assistance to campaigning candidates?  The pay backs from campaign promises to the unions continue to mount at a cost, yet to be determined, to the American Tax Payers. And as to an “Industrial Army”, did not Candidate Obama mention a “Civillian Army”?

9.  Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country. Maybe you have noticed, or maybe it’s just my ill perception, that most of the emphasis of Government Programs deal with urbanizing America by moving people into the city and away from less accessible locales.

10.  Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form. As a candidate for president, then Sen. Obama, pushed for Public Service Volunteers and involvement in Community Service.  I think those statements dovetailed nicely with the “soon-to-be” First Lady promoting the ideology of abandoning the “Corporate World”.  Apparently, there is some form of “Volunteer Act” being floated around Washington, D.C., to accommodate President Obama’s “Civillian Army“, that would require every graduate of the Public School System to various forms of Community Service.  How long before a program of this nature gives Congress the right to dictate who receives what form of education in order to fulfill the “Public Need”?  How long then, until the needs of the Labor Unions are disguised as “Public Needs”?

Just a series of thoughts.  But, I am willing to bet, you get the picture.  The passing of a Health Care Reform Act, that is opposed by more than 60 percent of Americans, and the indication that it is merely a disguised first step to something more sinister, is at the very least, a red flag, maybe even a Communist Red Flag.

I think it is time that even the most uninvolved American should sit up and pay attention to what our Government is up to, and start looking at the Majority of influence on our Government, and gain a clear understanding of where our current path will lead us.

Could this be the beginning of, Welcome Comrades?

Think about it.  You decide.

Squeaky Harry Reid is at it again!

They old adage says, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”

In Senator Reid’s case, more media attention, for which he has shown a willingness to do anything, including the proposal, and intentional attempt, to force-feed socialist style, nationalized health care down the throat of a free nation.

For Senator Reid, the fact that the majority of Americans want nothing to do with what he has to offer has no merit.  The only thing that matters to this self-absorbed, wanna-be dictator is that some form of “health care reform” get passed before he gets ousted from the Senate.  A legacy, if you will.

So, what is he up to this time?

Senator Reid called a press conference to announce that he has a health care bill, but cannot divulge the details until after the CBO is finished analyzing it.

“We have something good.”  Squeaky said, of the bill he is concealing from the public, and anyone who differs from his opinion.  “But, I cannot give any details at this time.”

Why does this sound oddly familiar?

It spurs memories of the times my dear, sweet mother told me, “Here you go.  Eat up, Honey.  It’s good for you.”  As she served that piece of unseasoned shoe leather, she called “liver”, and tried to convince me it was a prime cut of meat.

Compared to nationalizing our health care, and allowing some self-promoting idiot, like Squeaky Harry, the authority to make all my medical decisions, I’d rather have the “shoe leather” and pretend it’s meat.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I understand there are a lot of people that like liver, then again, not 100% of Americans are against nationalizing health care either.  But, just because some would rather have liver, instead of steak, is not my problem.

The fact here, is that Senator Reid must be taught that he is not representing the United States of Obama, and that we, the People, have an absolute right to know that he is attempting to convince us that the mud covered rocks he is serving, is actually left-over stew.

What happened to “transparency in government”?  Or, was that only while he was still relishing the short-lived popularity of his Lord and Master, Big Barry?

After all, the motivating factor is the promise he made to get a bill on the President’s desk before New Years.   Looks to me like Squeaky his vying for a position in the Obama Administration after he gets ousted from the Senate, regardless of the cost to America.

You’re Only Saying That Because I’m Black

So, there we have it.  Those on the left, have clearly endeavored to completely vilify and criminalize conservatives.

Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano accuses conservatives of being “Right-Wing Terrorists”.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi accuses “disruptors”, of whom she was a fan just a couple short years ago, as being “un-American, calling them NAZI’s”.

Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid agrees that conservatives are “un-American”, and insulted dissenters, regardless of whether they are his constituents, by referring to them as “astro-turf”.

Now, thanks to former President, Jimmy Carter, those who oppose President Obama are not only “disruptive, un-American, swastika bearing, right-wing terrorists”, but adds “racists” to the list of characteristics.

In a recent interview, Mr. Carter, in an apparent attempt to create social polarization, espoused the belief that the only reason people are speaking out against President Obama’s ideology, is that the President is black.  Mr. Carter proclaims to know this because he lives in the south, and understands racism.

I guess it is reasonable to assume that Mr. Carter has determined that people living in the north, or out west, have no clue what racism is.  No, Mr. Carter thinks the rest of the nation is ignorant of one of the most defile practices of inhumanity.  Only a Georgia-born Peanut Farmer can truly appreciate the subtle nuances of social racial discrepancies.

Apparently, Mr. Carter believes that a white person’s difference of opinion, with that of a black person, equates to nothing more than the pure ignorance of racism; we cannot actually have a different viewpoint for any valid reason, only superficial hatred.

Does this mean that white people may not participate in debates with black people because the difference of pigmentation inhibits their ability to logically articulate their opinions?

Why is it, Liberals point out the color of someone’s skin, as a reason for a social point of view, then accuse conservatives of being racists because their opinions differ?

Personally, I think the “race-card” has become too easy to deal, when an “old, white man” can publicly declare a societal group racists, simply due to their difference of opinion.  Do not misunderstand my comment; I understand that racism still exists.  However, unlike Mr. Carter, I also comprehend that “white” people are not the only ones capable of the practice.

True American’s, of any color, understand that the first amendment ensures us the right to free speech, even if that means expressing an ideology contrary to that of the President, no matter what color the President may be.  The first amendment also includes the rights to peaceably assemble and petition the Government to redress grievances.

It seems to me, conservatives are simply exercising their first amendment rights, yet Jimmy Carter, Nancy Pelosi, Janet Napolitano, Harry Reid, and others act as though they have reason for conviction.  Their actions remind me of a cheating husband, accusing his wife of infidelity, in an effort to defer attention from his own shortcomings; it is easily seen through.

In regards to all of the above mentioned, I only have two things to say, in response to the irresponsible diatribe typically spewed to the nation, in their attempts to gain some form of public notoriety.

America is not buying the verbal defecation you are discharging from between your lips!

So, grow up!  Or, get out!

America Remembers 911– Despite Obama

My youngest daughter Kim, at age 16, wrote this exactly one year ago as her own personal tribute to the victims of the 911 attack on America.  I feel it is most appropriate to use her writing to commemorate our country’s losses.  I think you will agree.

America Remembers

Young, old, rich, and poor,

There were people who lost many,

As Americans, we lost more.

– – – – –

Our peace was lost, along with trust.

In one fatal swoop, dreams were reduced to dust.

On that fateful day, our hope was worn,

With crashing planes, lives were torn.

With anger, blood, sweat, and tears,

We searched for days with heartfelt fears.

– – – – –

Parents, children, and friends were lost

And as a nation we bore the cost.

Amid the rubble, heroes were gained.

America’s soil, with blood was stained.

– – – – –

Fires ablaze, air thick, with ash and smoke,

The tragic scene would soon provoke.

We raised our flag, with pride once more,

Sent America’s best to even the score.

– – – – –

Paying the price, with liberty at stake,

In victory, another ally we would make

To all those effected on 9-11

May all our losses find peace in heaven.

America Remembers

It really does not matter how many times I read this, I still get a lump in my throat, and then I feel the anger coursing through me with every beat of my “Red Blooded American” pulse.

While listening to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity’s friend, Mark Levin, he reported a story from the American Spectator, about President Obama and his Minions attempting to desecrate the memories of 911.  By signing into law the designation of September 11 as National Service Day, instead of reserving that day as a “Day of Infamy”, the President is attempting to marginalize the importance of remembering the horrific terrorist attacks against us.

I am personally appalled at the Presidents action.  Think about it, in an effort to maintain “Political Correctness” we no longer refer to events such as 911 as terrorist activities, but rather “man-made disasters”; we now call the “Global War on Terror” an “Overseas Contingency Operation”.

These are simply efforts to soften the reality of the fact that our nation was attacked.  What is it about America being attacked that the likes of President Obamahood, Screecher Pelosi, Senate Majority Squeeker Reid, and the rest of their cronies do not understand?  If a sixteen-year-old girl, who was eight at the time of the attack, understands the relevance, shouldn’t those elected to the highest offices of the land?

America was attacked!  Innocent people died!  Along with the families of the deceased, the entire nation was victimized!  Yet, Obama and friends want us to smooth it over and forget!

It has been over two centuries since the British attacked us, over a century since the Alamo, over half of a century since Pearl Harbor and D-Day, yet we still remember.  Why?  Because American blood was spilled at the hands of a foreign enemy.

For that very reason, we will continue to remember what those cowards did on 911, in the name of Jihad, and therefore remember our heroes that were victimized that day, for decades and centuries to come.

America does not forget our heroes!  Never have, and never will!