THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION

The real state of our Union is P-POOR. Let's see:

1. Socialists/Communists in control of both houses of Congress and the White House.
2. Same in control of our courts.
3. Same in control of our educational system.
4. Same in control of most gubmint bureaucracies.
5. True unemployment rate of 17.5%.
6. Federal debt so large our great great great great grandchildren will still be paying for it.

Yes, there have been some encouraging developments lately (Socialists being defeated in Virginia, New Jersey, and Mass., 4 or 5 Dems announcing they won't run for reelection because they know they'll lose, etc.) BUT! Don't think when the Republicans get in the graft and corruption is going to be much better. It will be politics as usual, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

Lets REALLY fix it!!! Join GOOOH (see the link above)

Have a blessed day,
Dumb Farmer

OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Sitting down?

1/2 to 1/3 of the 3rd graders in the state of Indiana cannot read well enough to be passed on to the 4th grade. What solutions do the brilliant PHD's running the Indiana school systems propose?
#1. Pass them anyway, it hurts their self esteem to flunk, and statistics show a much greater percentage of kids who fail a grade do not graduate from high school.
#2. More money for preschools.
#3. More money for better teacher training.

Lets address their solutions one by one:
#1. What GOOD is a high school diploma if the graduate cannot read, write, spell, knows nothing about US history or geography, let alone world history and geography?
That diploma tells a prospective employer NOTHING about the candidates ABILITY to do the required job.
#2. We are already pumping a trillion $ a year into government funded preschool programs. Apparently they are not doing a very good job. (Gee, that's a surprise)
#3. Maybe we should ask what's wrong with our teaching colleges that their graduates don't have a clue how to teach???

And just maybe, we should abandon the new methods of teaching reading that were authored by said brilliant PHD's (With absolutely no COMMON SENSE) and go back to PHONICS, which actually works.

I am about to tell you the two TRUE root causes of 90% of the problems in our school systems. With all the reading, watching, listening I've done over the years, I have NEVER seen a TV pundit, columnist, or talk show host or especially politician, admit this.
#1. LACK OF GOOD PARENTING

The job of a parent is not to be your child's best friend. THE JOB OF A PARENT IS TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN FUNCTION SUCCESSFULLY IN SOCIETY by the time they become adults. Included in that definition is having respect for others, respect for the law, self reliance, self discipline, morals, ethics, and accepting responsibility for their own actions. (Hint: the Bible is a great teaching guide) Lack of discipline in the schools is just a mirror of lack of discipline at home.
Today's parents are not spending any time teaching their children anything. They don't even teach them to eat properly, hence the epidemic of childhood diabetes and obesity. They leave it to the TV set, video games, and the schools.

#2. CURRICULA DESIGNED BY ABOVE MENTIONED PHD'S

Ever try to figure something out with the "new math"? It's insane.
Tried to teach your child to read using the "new method"? Again, stupid! See above results of this. What we need to do is throw out every textbook except Science printed in the last 25 years and go back to the old books, WHICH WORKED!!!
AND quite spending valuable class time teaching 5th graders how to put a condom on, how to practice homosexuality, and that the world owes them a living because they happened to be born.

I hate to keep harping at ya'll, but we can gripe to each other about all these insanities till the cows come home and nothing will change. We've got to get off the couch and let our government representatives know how we feel.

Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead,
Dumb Farmer

BACKDOOR GUN CONTROL

It's taken them a lot longer than I thought it would, they were too busy with the bailout and health care, but they're finally getting around to it. But the sly buggers are going to try and slip it in under the radar. Our "one-world government" administration is enthusiasticly backing the proposed UN gun control treaty. This George Soros backed UN measure has been in the works for many years. If the US ratifies this, Congress won't have to enact any direct gun control legislation, thinking they will spare themselves the wrath of the voters. Under the guise of preventing international military arms trade, hidden in the fine print, THIS TREATY WILL OUTLAW PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF GUNS IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

If you are a student of history, you already know the major reason why our founding fathers specifically put gun ownership in our Constitution was so WE THE PEOPLE would be able to prevent tyranny by OUR OWN GOVERNMENT!!! No surprise the Socialists are so anti-gun, is it?

Since Congress will have to vote to ratify this treaty, it is critical to let your representatives know how you feel on this issue. If we're lazy, sit back and think others will take care of this problem, then you have no one to blame but yourself when the Storm Troopers knock on your door. Think it can't happen? It's already happend in England and most other European countries, Canada, and they're trying to get it done in Australia if they haven't succeded already.

Write, write, write,
Dumb Farmer

FIXED LINK TO HEALTH CARE BILL VIDEO

My appologies to any who haven't seen the youtube video on the health care bill. I fixed the link this morning. By the way, don't think this is over yet because of Brown's victory in Mass.
You can bet the Commies will be scrambling to find a way to get it done anyway.

Have a GREAT day,
Dumb Farmer

WELL WORTH A FEW MINUTES TO READ

This gets kind of long but worth it just for the picture of Sarah, who is hot, hot, hot:-) as well as our kind of down to earth conservative. Just kidding, read what she herself has to say about Scott Brown's victory in Mass.

http://us4palin.com/sarah-palin-talks-scott-brown-commonsense-tide-ridin-and-pick-up-trucks-oh-and-we-got-happy-feet/

God Bless and "keep on keepin on",
Dumb Farmer

REPLIES FROM MY SENATORS & REPRESENTATIVE

Received replies from my elected officials about the health care bill. Predictably, both the Republican Senator and Representative voted against the bill and the Democratic Senator voted for it.

Don't these Democrats understand that communism/socialism DOESN'T WORK? It didn't work in the USSR, it doesn't work in South America (see the troubles Chavez is having in Venezuela), it doesn't work in Cuba (check out their unemployment rate), and it doesn't work in China! China did not start to prosper until they allowed private enterprise. Not many in Canada are happy with their health care or government.

Not surprisingly, neither the Senate or House versions of the health care bill address one of the biggest cost increase factors: The proliferation of malpractice lawsuits. Why not? Who benefits the most? Lawyers. If I recall right, I saw a figure a couple of years ago that said 75% or so of our legislators are lawyers. And the American Bar Assoc. gives millions in campaign contributions every year.

As I said before, how much does it cost to own your very own Congressman?

Write your emails, do it for the love of your country,
Dumb Farmer

EARTH TO WASHINGTON!!!

GREAT NEWS MY FRIENDS,

The people of Mass., the most heavily Democratic state in the nation, sent a very clear message to Washington today. By electing Scott Brown, a Republican adamantly opposed to the health care bill, they've clearly stated even the average Democrat doesn't want to live in a Socialist country. Let's all hope they get it this time. Should be fun to watch the rats jump Pelosi and Reid's ship :-) And let's not forget the RINO's, the Republicans In Name Only, who have sold their souls for votes.

Folks, we cannot get complacent now. There is still much work to be done to repair our system of government. Once again I urge you to check out goooh.com. Let's get ALL the career politicians out of there and start fresh. Then we can start cleaning up the state legislatures, some of which are even worse than Washington.

God Bless and thank you all,
Dumb Farmer

ARE YOU OVERWEIGHT?

Are you overweight? Smoke? Drink more than 1 alcoholic beverage a day? Couch potatoe that gets no exercise? Over 65? Your life is going to change if this health care bill gets passed. THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT PANEL THAT WILL DECIDE IF YOU GET TREATMENT OR NOT. And if you do get treated, they'll decide what and how much before you go into the "not cost effective" catagory. And you can bet they will track individual risk factors and attempt to control the way you live.

Don't think this will happen? How is freedom lost? A bit at a time. When motorcycle helmet laws first came up back in the 70's, I told people if we let them do this to motorcycle riders, the next thing will be seatbelt laws and eventually what color toilet paper you can use. (I personally never ride without a helmet, or drive without my seatbelt, but IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENTS BUSINESS TO TELL ME I HAVE TO.)

So let's see, where are we today? Helmet laws, seatbelt laws, can't spank your own kid, can't say certain words or you'll be charged with a hate crime, can't get your own money from a bank deposit until the government has checked to see that you don't owe taxes, child support, fines, alimony, or anything else they can think of.
Traffic cameras, face recognition software, and on and on ad nauseum.

Have a great day in America, Land of the Free,
Dumb Farmer

MORE ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL ABOMINATION

Good morning friends,

Well, I hope it's a good morning. I am so outraged by what's actually in this health care bill I haven't even been able to sleep. As I told my congress people last night, this bill is the ABSOLUTE ANTITHESIS of the principles our founding fathers believed in.

Let me make my personal political beliefs absolutely clear here. I am not a Republican stooge like Rush Limbaugh. I think they have ALL become corrupted slaves to campaign contributors, power, and greed. How much does it cost to own a congress person? Ask any large corporation or special interest group. The Republicans are no better than the Democrats. HOWEVER, in this particular battle against outright Socialism, (you do understand that the only difference between socialism and communism is in the definition, in practicality, they are the same) the Republicans do seem to be on the right side.

Once again I beg you to write your Congress person. IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, THEN YOU ARE A PART OF THE PROBLEM.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

God bless and fight hard,
Dumb Farmer

YOUR GOVERNMENT'S HEALTH CARE BILL

PLEASE PLEASE take a few minutes and watch this video. So much of this bill goes against the very principles this country was founded on even I have a hard time believing our congress could be so close to passing this disaster. If nothing else gets your goat up, pay particular attention to the part of the Health Care bill that gives the government complete access to your bank accounts. If this doesn't get you to email, call or write your Senators and Representatives then I truly feel sorry for you. PEOPLE, IF WE DON'T STOP THIS CRAP RIGHT NOW, IT WILL NEVER END. YOU CAN KISS THE AMERICA YOU GREW UP IN, FOUGHT FOR, AND LOVE GOODBYE!

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBaSP31Be8&feature=player_embedded

Dumb Farmer (who has already written my congress people)

THANK A SOLDIER / VETERAN

Despite all the problems we have today, we still live in the best country in the world. The next time you see someone in uniform, take a minute to shake their hand and say thank you for serving your country. Or better yet, buy their breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

"Greater love hath no man than he lay down his life for his friends".
Jesus Christ

Dumb Farmer

HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE AID

I know I'm probably going to take a lot of flack for this, but please read the whole post before you rush to judgement. Pres. Osama (oops, Obama) just pledged $100 million of our taxpayer $ to Haiti. I wonder if that's in addition to the costs of sending the 82nd Airborne, the USS Carl Vincent, etc.?

Actually, I have no problem with the military help, but I do have a problem with the $100 mil of taxpayer money. Americans are the most caring and generous people on the planet. The way this should be done is the government creates a fund for any American to DONATE to for Haitian relief. It is not the governments job to TAKE MONEY OUT OF OUR KIDS POCKETS to give to other countries. WE JUST CANNOT AFFORD IT!!!
We don't have it, it will just add to the already incredible deficit.

You do understand one reason everything is so expensive today is that the government keeps printing more money without anything to back it up, making each dollar you have worth less and less, right? When the Euro first came out, 1 dollar equaled 1 Euro. I believe the latest exchange rate is it takes $1.50 to equal 1 Euro. This is called inflation, and our government has been fudging the figures for the last 3 or 4years or so. They report an artificially low inflation rate because they factor in the drop in the price of homes. So that reported rate is only true for someone who purchases a home in that year. Lets say they report the cost of living only went up 2.5%. But the price of energy (gas, home heating oil, electricity, etc.) went up 10%, the price of groceries went up 10%, etc. So what is YOUR true inflation rate? Right, 10%. Now the great majority of peoples annual raises are based on the governments inflation rate. So you've been losing 5 to 15% of your actual purchasing power every year for the last several years.

Again I say, make sure you thank your congress for their out of control spending.

Dumb Farmer

NOTE TO THE AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY

Dear Mr. CEO of GM, Chrysler, Ford,

The bottom line of your current situation is this: If you had been building vehicles with comparable quality to those of Honda, Toyota, and Nissan you wouldn't be having the problems you are. GM, your last CEO's ad about quality says it all. "If you don't like your new GM car you can return it within the first 90 days".

Yeah right, the first 3 months is a real quality indicator. What about 2,3,4,5 years down the road when the imported stuff hasn't required anything but oil changes and your junk needed thousands of dollars worth of repairs?????

You are getting exactly what you deserve for your build it cheaper - planned obsolescence engineering.

So, now that we, the American taxpayer, own a large part of you, we want you to focus on real quality instead of how much your bonus is going to be this year!!!

Here is a quote from me, your blogger, back around 2000 or 01: "When a corporation or company starts running their business based on this quarter's profit or loss, this year's profit or loss, and their stock price, they make short sighted decisions that may help the current bottom line, but hurts them in the long run". My bosses answer? "When you're the CEO you can run this company however you want to."

Imagine the satisfaction I got when this was repeated almost word for word several months later by Alan Greenspan, who was the head of the Federal Reserve at the time.

Strive to make a difference in our country, and therefore your life,
Dumb Farmer (Who drives an American made vehicle)

ANNOUNCING THE NEW NACSP BANK!

Good news friends!

I am announcing the opening of the New American Common Sense Party Bank and Trust Co. Even if I succeed in just about collapsing the entire world economy, I promise I will limit my salary and bonus pay to less than $1 million per annum, unlike Goldman Sachs, AIG, Citigroup, Bank of America, et al.
Hurry and join this ground floor opportunity to receive more than 1/2% interest on your savings. Just mail me your paychecks, I'll take care of the rest.

Thanking you in advance,
Dumb Farmer

THANKS AND NO THANKS FORD MOTOR CO.

Thank you Ford for not taking government bailout money. And thanks for sticking it to the American worker again for building your new diesel engine in Mexico. As I said before, who do they think will be able to afford their 50/60 thousand $ trucks when we're standing in the unemployment line or flipping burgers and salting fries????

10TH GRADE ECONOMICS : JOBS

Hello friends,
Why don't any of the politicians or economists talk about the real fundamental causes of our current economic malaise? The bottom line truth is it is GREED. Greed of the CEO's, board members, stock holders (that's us folks), politicians, doctors, lawyers, unions, et al.
When the outsourcing of our jobs to low wage countries first started back in the 80's, I said "Who do they think is going to be able to afford their products when everyone here who used to have a decent paying job is now flipping burgers at Mickey D's???" The truth is you CAN NOT have a viable, sustainable economy based on service. YOU MUST PRODUCE REAL GOODS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE REAL WEALTH. This is 10th grade economics, but nobody wants to admit it. If you don't believe this, ask yourself why China's ecomony is booming and ours is in the tank.

If we are EVER going to fix our economy more than temporarily, we need to bring manufacturing back to this country. There are several ways the government can encourage this to happen.
1. Enact enormous tax increases on corporations who have become no more than importers.
2. Give enormous tax breaks to corporations producing their products in this country.
3. Enact import duties and excise taxes on all imported goods.

Yes, I realize this is the opposite of a free world market. What do you want, an ideal world or a job??? Drastic problems call for drastic fixes.

Frozen in Florida Dumb Farmer

THE EPA

Good morning friends,

The EPA is a perfect example of the lack of COMMON SENSE in our bureaucracies. What is an acceptable amount of emissions from an internal combustion engine? Their goal is 0, none, nada, zip. That would be cool in an ideal world, no doubt. But what do we have today? Diesel pickups that should be getting 22/24 mpg getting 11 to 13, doubling the amount of oil consumed. Like gas and diesel fuel is free, right? Can't we have some kind of real world compromise?

They have put emissions regs on every small engine sold in America. That's why your lawnmower, air compressor, pressure washer, etc. have to run with the choke on for at least 5 solid minutes till they even start to run right, and half the time they never run right because they're so lean. But the best part is now a lot of small engines are coming without oil drain plugs. So you've either got to buy a vacuum pump or, as I suspect a great many do, turn it on it's side and dump gas and oil all over the ground. Why no law about that?

And my favorite EPA boondoggle: Last year they came up with new regs on the allowable lead content of children's toys. Which included dirt bikes and ATV's.
Result? Every dealer in this country had to remove every bike or ATV 90cc and under from the showroom floor, and were not allowed to sell them. Yeah, they have lead in the batteries. Now I've been involved in motorcycle racing for 40 years, and I have NEVER seen a kid licking his battery, chewing on his fenders, or sucking on his handlebars. I know I'm just a dumb farmer but I seriously doubt a child old enough to ride a motorcycle or ATV is doing any of that stuff with ANY of his toys. Manufacturers, dealers, and individuals contacting the EPA got exactly nowhere. ONLY AFTER MONTHS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS DELUGING THEIR CONGRESSMEN WITH PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS WAS THIS INSANITY CORRECTED.

Remember folks, you have got to get involved in our political process or these idiots will legislate and regulate US out of existence!

Dumb Farmer

LIBERAL JUDGES AND REVOLVING DOOR JUSTICE

Local judge Joseph Brownell in Plymouth, Mass. recently set bail for a scumbag with a 9 year long rap sheet charged with raping a 6 year old girl at $10,000 after the prosecutor asked for $200,000. The perp's own lawyer did not even contest the bail amount, but bleeding heart liberal Judge Brownell decided that the perp would never be able to make that amount (and how could we keep this poor, abused as a child man behind bars) and set it at 10,000. Hmmm, I thought one of the purposes of a very high bail was to protect the public from the criminal by keeping him in jail till the trial. Result? Said scumball rapes a 3 year old.
There is a solution to the problem of these bleeding heart judges. Most local judges are elected, not appointed. Recall petitions can be started. The problem is we, as voters, need to take the time to educate ourselves about every candidate for every office that we are going to vote on come election day! If we, each and every one of us, doesn't care enough about our country to do that, then we have no one but ourselves to blame for our current conditions.
Speaking of solutions, how many times have you seen the perpetrator of a horrible crime have a rap sheet as long as your arm? ESPECIALLY SEXUAL PREDATORS. They keep letting these scumballs out and time and time again they commit another sex crime. Common sense tells you there's a real easy fix for that problem, but we won't do it. Why should castration be considered cruel and unusual punishment? A little anaesthesia, a week to heal, and the problem is solved, PERMANENTLY.

God Bless,
Dumb Farmer

QUANTUM MECHANICS

For those of you who haven't heard anything about the field of quantum physics, here's a few things to tickle the brain cells over. The best and brightest minds the human race has produced have been working on the "theory of everything" for many years now. Many of the theorums they have formulated have ALREADY BEEN PROVEN IN THE LABAROTORY. For example they can "entangle" two particles, separate them by an infinite distance, and whatever they do to one will happen to the other. They can induce a clockwise spin on one particle and the other one will also get the spin, even though they are separated in space by an infinite distance. This is one that has been proven in the lab with real world distances. Practical uses? Some day we may have the "beam me up Scotty" beam. They have proven that space and time are not separate things but totally interconnected.
But the most interesting theorum is the one that says if we believed with every atom of our bodies that we could, for example, walk through a brick wall, we could actually do it. Or, let's say, walk on water. Hmmm, seems I remember somebody telling us the same thing over 2000 years ago. "When ye stand praying, believe that ye have recieved, and ye shall recieve". "If a man had faith like a mustard seed, he should say unto that mountain, be ye removed, and that mountain should be cast into the sea." Over and over again Jesus told us "believe and ye shall recieve". Food for thought, eh??

DO YOUR PART

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
Edmund Burke 1729-1797

Believe me, I know how hectic life can be in this day and age. However one of the things that has become simple thanks to technology is communicating your views to your elected representatives. All you have to do is click on "Contact your Senator or Representative" and you can find the email addresses for your politicians.
In less than 10 minutes you can send a message to all of your elected officials.
Yeah, 9 times out of 10 you'll get a canned message in reply, but don't think they aren't keeping track of peoples opinions on issues. Because, as we know, their first priority is getting reelected.
One problem for conservative folks has always been we are too busy earning a living to support our families to be very politically active. Thank goodness this national healthcare debate has finally gotten enough people riled up to actually do something. I am not asking you to take a day out of your life to attend a Tea Party or anything like that. I am asking you to take 10 minutes once in a while to let your elected officials know how you feel about current issues.
By the way, www.libertyandpride.com, which is where the "Contact your Senator or Representative" takes you, is an excellent resource. They have the entire Constitution, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and much, much more on there. Check it out.

Thanks!
Dumb Farmer

EMINENT DOMAIN OUTRAGE

My friends,

How far have even our local governments gotten from the Constitution and the ideals upon which this country was founded?
The city of SeaTac, Washington has started eminent domain proceedings against a parking lot near SeaTac airport. Is this land absolutely necessary for direly needed runway expansion? Is it adjacent to a planned new regional hospital? No. The city has decided they would get more tax revenue from a shopping center and a city owned parking lot on that land. And oh yeah, they expect the owner to accept $2 million less for it than he paid 2 years ago. So the government confiscates private land from a citizen for it's own revenue benefit. And this is not the first time this has been done. Believe it or not, our Supreme Court upheld the right of cities to do this in Kelo vs City of New London, Ct. a couple of years ago. WHAT COUNTRY DO WE LIVE IN?????
Now folks, you realize "the city" is run by elected officials. Mayor, commissioners, board, whatever particular setup they have in SeaTac. Or New London. These people voted to commit this abomination. Since we don't seem to teach American history in our schools any longer, perhaps the time has come we need to make a requirement for incoming elected officials to attend a six week course on American history and government.
Speaking of which, I wonder how many realize that our founding fathers envisioned a government run by men who had become successful enough in private business that they could take 4 or 8 years out of their lives to DONATE their services to their country, and then would go back to private life. I doubt they even considered such a thing as a career politician.

God Bless and keep up the good work,
Dumb Farmer

HOW BIG IS REALITY?

Recieved an interesting email today. While I did not check it for accuracy, it sounds right. Says only 8% of the appointees and staff of President Obama have ever worked in private industry. That's probably the case with the great majority of bureaucrats also. No wonder our government seems to have no common sense whatsoever.
I would bet that 95% to 99% of the politicians in this country grew up in upper middle class or upper class homes and neighborhoods. They have never spent any time in the Bronx, Watts, downtown Detroit, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, or any third world country other than on a political tour. They don't even have any idea what it's like to be an average American working family who has to live within their income level, let alone what life is like for those less fortunate than us. They think you can sit down and negotiate with fanatics like Bin Laden (see Arafat, the inventer of terrorism), come to an agreement, exchange cheek kisses, and everything will be just hunky-dory.
You can evision it this way. The real world is 25,000 miles in diameter. Their world is about 5000 miles in diameter.

God bless and keep striving to make a difference,
Dumb Farmer

COMMENTS WELCOME

Good morning/afternoon/evening readers!

One of the great things about the New American Common Sense Party is that you can make your ideas and opinions known for free. It doesn't take a campaign donation to get your local politician to sit down and listen to you. Your comments, be they just "right on" or "You're an idiot" are welcome. Proposed solutions to problems of government and society are especially welcome. Lets make this a joint effort. Just click on "comments" at the bottom of any post.

God Bless and continue the race,
Dumb Farmer

LOOKING FOR A BETTER YEAR IN 2010

Happy New Year folks!

Here (in no particular order), are a few suggestions of things to pray about for 2010.

A happy, healthy, and prosperous year for our families and friends.
That our politicians will have their eyes, ears, hearts, and minds opened to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
That God will bless and protect our troops in this battle against the evilness of radical Islam.
That He will bless our individual efforts to bring about changes for the betterment of our country and everyone in it.

And my personal prayer for all of you: Lord, may you put your hedge of protection around, your blessings upon every one of us, and your healing hand upon any of us who need it. AMEN

Happy New Year,
Dumb Farmer