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CarlV

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Birthday: September 2

Gender: Male

Religion: Christian/Protestant

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MILFORD, Ohio
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Pioneer Automotive Technologies, Ellis-Watts

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Whittier, Calif.. San Jose, Calif. Greeley, Colo. Milford, Oh

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An Opinion-My Own

For nearly everything we try to change any more there is a “12 Step” plan. So, here is my 12 Step Plan for bringing our country back to some sense of reality. There are hundreds of more steps that need to be addressed but this seems like a good place to start, at the least.

Now remember, these are my opinions. You bone heads out there that demand ‘research’ on how to go to the toilet, try hard to remember that. OK? So, here goes:

1. Illegal immigration.

We need to stop coddling illegal immigrants. Secure our borders, destroy the underground tunnels. No amnesty, not again. Find and send back all those criminals that are living here illegally. They can come back the honest way or not at all. For the bone heads: I'm not a racist. I just want it done legally. We also have all the laws we need. Just enforce them.

2. The TARP bill.

It needs to be repealed and no further funding supplied to it. We told them no, and as usual, they did it anyway. Now their whining because the hotshots that got the first of the money made fools of them with it. Enough said. The remaining unfunded 95%, leave it in the treasury where it belongs.

3. Czars.

Since when do we use Russian titles, and powers for that matter, for the heads of our various department. Our system uses checks and balances to avoid failure. These are laws, people, not suggestions. Fire the czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop ignoring our Constitution. It’s done just fine for more than 230 years. Where do these folks get the idea that they know how to do it better. They don’t!

4. Cap and Trade. (now this is a big one)

This has nothing to do with global warming. It is a power grab by the Liberal Congress, plain and simple. It is part of their own “12 Step Plan” to bring the people of this country ‘under control’. News Flash: This is America. Land of the free. Not Land of the Controlled by taxes. Let the tree huggers go hug their trees, and let the rest of us keep the little bit you’ve left us from our paychecks.

5. Universal healthcare. (another really big one)

The healthcare system in this country needs some corrections and fine tuning. That is a fact that I think we all agree on. What it does not need is the government taking overall control. They have NEVER operated a single program honestly and efficiently anytime in history. For references I give you: Social Security, Medicare, the U.S. Tax Code, Veterans Administration, Post Office. Need more? There are plenty to choose from.

Even if I wanted this Healthcare bill, I will not be rushed into another financial disaster. Nor will I allow the Congress and their rubber stamp President to pass something this important in the middle of the night, without the American people having a say in it. Note, I said ‘even if I want it’, which I certainly DO NOT. We can make the needed changes without government intervention.

6. ACORN. (and any other group like them)

I do not want anything to do with ACORN, or any of its affiliates. I certainly do not want them in charge of anything in our government, least of all the 2010 census. In fact if I have my way, I would have them investigated, long and hard. The funding to ACORN and its affiliates, from the government, must be stopped pending impartial audits and investigations. Let them face up to the allegations against them, and get them resolved, before taxpayers get ripped of any more by them. The President and his administration needs to stop protecting his political buddies. They work for us, the people. Investigate them.

7. Redistribution of wealth.

UNACCEPTABLE!! I work hard for the money I make. They have already taken more taxes then they need, and the rest is mine. I will use it as I see fit. Not as the government declares.

I never got a job from a poor person. I work for the wealthy because they are the ones that have jobs they are willing to pay me to do. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I work, they pay me a fair wage. If I want to help some less fortunate, I will. However, I will not be told who, and how much I must give.

8. Charitable contributions.

Seven leads very nicely into this one. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped quite a few in need. Charity begins at home. In our own communities. We know our needs better than the government ever will. We know best how to use our local resources to fulfill them. Simply enough, even for the government to understand. we want to do it ourselves.

9. Corporate bailouts.

Enough is enough. Let them sink or swim, just like the rest of us. Quick and painful? Yes. Will it hurt the economy? Probably. But only temporarily. No more then borrowing, and spending more money then I can even comprehend to try to save them. The economy will recover. Probably faster, and by all means stronger then ever. We will work together in hard times. We always do. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Sadly this is not the case today. We cannot disappoint them more than they have disappointed us.

10. Transparency and accountability.

How about it? Our President campaigned on this issue. It was one of his most important, not to mention most repeated, promises. I guess that is just one more of his promises broken. It’s time they stop manipulating and trying to appease us with clever slogans, and slick ‘infomercials’ from the White House over the Obama network. We are not the idiots they obviously take us for. They need to stop sneaking around and meeting behind closed doors. Stop making deals with their friends that are hurtful to the American people. One day, there WILL BE accountability. Maybe in the form of investigations, maybe simply by voting them out of office. They WILL be held accountable.

11. Unprecedented, never ending, spending.

Stop it!! We are out of money. Our national debt is too large to be calculated without a super computer. They are spending money as if we have some to spend. In order for us, as individuals, to live, we must balance our house hold budget. If we keep spending money we do not have, you can be sure we will end up in bankruptcy court. Yet today they seem to believe that the only way to save our failing economy is to spend more. The VP even said so. Stop it, for Heaven’s sake, before the Chinese end up owning our country because U.S. is in foreclose.

12. Growing government control.

Now this is a really simple one. Stop it. We do not want, nor do we need, to be controlled by any one government body. We need the states rights and sovereignty fully restored. We cannot be free if the government controls our lives. We need far less government in our lives. We need to shrink it to a point that is serves the people, not controls them. Mind your own business Congress. We can take care of ourselves.

While your at it, stop allowing your Liberal judges to make laws from the bench. For starters this is illegal. The congress is the law making body in this land. At least according to the Constitution. You do remember the constitution, right?? You know, it's that document that tells us what you can and cannot do. Oh, I forgot. You don't play that way anymore.

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Well, there you go. Just food for thought. If you disagree, remember, I don’t really care. As I said in the beginning, these are just my opinions. Which, right wrong or otherwise, I am entitled to. All you 'nut balls' out there, remember that before you start sending me hate mail.

It is also my immovable belief that if this country would take these concepts to heart, we might one day find the America we all loved, and still dream of, and will love again, if allowed.

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CarlV says:

Thanks Carol,
I have sent so many of my opinions to them it's hard to remember. :) I very vocal where my country is concerned. More so when some nothead is trying to take it away from me.

Thanks for the support though. It's good to know there are others that feel the same.
God Bless,
Carl

Posted: September 5, 2009 9:58AM EDT

SeaLady61 says:

Hi Carl,
I hope you sent a copy your opinions to every bone head in the White House. Great job...I agree 100%. God bless America ...God bless you. Carol

Posted: September 4, 2009 11:18PM EDT

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