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"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
Abraham Lincoln

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HOWDY FOLKS! (ya like that down home hello do ya?)

Welcome to the home of the
"NEW AMERICAN COMMON SENSE PARTY".
(hereinafter referred to as NACSP)

Yep, that's right people, it's time to take America back. Enough is enough. It's time we quit electing the same crooks and scumballs over and over again. Quit pulling the all Democrat or all Republican lever because your daddy was a Rep. or a Dem. God gave you a brain, (oh my goodness, your blogger believes in the Creator, he must be an idiot) use it to study the issues and the candidates before you go to the polls. Before you vote for an incumbent, look at his voting record and see how much of YOUR, YOUR KIDS,
GRANDKIDS and GREATGRANDKIDS hard earned tax $ he voted to waste on porkbarrel projects. With the deficit running in the trillions, congress still doesn't seem to get the message. Of course not, they don't care about America, they only care about getting reelected. We have built a house of cards based on greed, and it's going to come tumbling down if we don't fix it SOON.


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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

HERE WE GO AGAIN, NOTHING CHANGES

The race for the Republican nomination is becoming depressing. Romney takes Iowa and New Hampshire. Proving once again that the average voter today is unaware of anything about the candidates other than what they've seen on the TV advertisements. Proving again that he who garners the most campaign contributions, and therefore can afford the most ads, wins.

Illustrating once more the MAJOR problem with our political system as practiced today. You don't think those huge contributors - personal and corporate - don't expect anything in return for their millions, do you? It's why our tax code is so full of special loopholes, for one thing. Obama has made an art out of rewarding his backers with government (YOUR) money.

I am going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction. If Romney is elected President, don't expect any fundamental change in this situation. In fact, unless Tea Party candidates win the House and Senate by a landslide, I predict we won't see much of a change at all. Oh, they'll make piddling cuts here and there, but definitely not the major spending cuts and policy changes it will take to save our country. 

Lord, help us make wise decisions
Dumb Farmer

CHICAGO POLITICS IN WASHINGTON

Chicago politics, generally recognized as the most corrupt in the nation, are now standard operating procedure in D.C. The man who now occupies our White House is by far the most corrupt politician I can remember in my lifetime. Probably the most corrupt president in our entire history. His history of rewarding campaign contributors with shady deals is only now being discovered, one piece at a time. Solyndra was only the tip of the iceberg, and that one cost us taxpayers over 1/2 billion dollars.

Our current economic malaise was precipitated by several major factors. 1. The federal government, in the person of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, forcing lenders to meet minority lending targets, thereby forcing them to grant mortgages to millions of people who had no chance of making their payments. 2. The greed of shady bankers and stock brokerages "bundling" these "toxic" mortgages and selling them to unsuspecting investors. These were not back street brokerage houses, they were some of the largest, formerly respected, financial institutions in America. George Bush tried several times to shut down the power of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but was thwarted every time by the Democrats, who controlled both the House and Senate at that time.

Here's how Obama rewards the crooks who bear a large part of the responsibility for this mess:

Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregularities in Fannie Mae's accounting
activities. Raines left with a "golden parachute valued at $240 Million in benefits. The Government filed suit against Raines when the depth of the accounting scandal became clear.

Tim Howard - was the Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae. Howard "was a strong internal proponent of using accounting strategies that would ensure a "stable pattern of earnings" at Fannie. Investigations by federal regulators and the company's board of directors since concluded that management did manipulate 1998 earnings to trigger bonuses. Raines and Howard resigned under pressure in late 2004. Howard's Golden Parachute was estimated at $20 Million!

Jim Johnson - A former executive at Lehman Brothers and who was later forced from his position as Fannie Mae CEO. Investigators found that Fannie Mae had hidden a substantial amount of Johnson's 1998 compensation from the public, reporting that it was between $6 million and $7 million when it fact it was $21 million." Johnson is currently under investigation
for taking illegal loans from Countrywide while serving as CEO of Fannie Mae. Johnson's Golden Parachute was estimated at $28 Million.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

FRANKLIN RAINES?
Raines works for the Obama Campaign as his Chief Economic Advisor.

TIM HOWARD?
Howard is a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama under Franklin Raines.

JIM JOHNSON? Johnson was hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee.


Need I say any more?

Dumb Farmer

Friday, January 6, 2012

TRUE COST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION : 338 BILLION PER YEAR!

Something else to thank the scumballs in D.C. for. There is only one reason they have allowed this to go on and on for years and years. They want the Hispanic vote. Once again they prove they care nothing for our nation, only their personal greed and power. Look at this list and ask yourself why in God's name would we be doing all this for people who aren't even supposed to be here, who broke our laws to get here? Who drive down YOUR paycheck. Oh yes, it's not just laborers and pickers any more. Check out the software companies for one.

$22 Billion per year for food stamps, WIC (Women in Crisis), and free school lunches.
$2.5 Billion for Medicaid for illegal aliens.
$12 Billion for primary and secondary school education.
$17 Billion for education of American born children of illegals.
$3 Billion per DAY for incarceration of illegals. 30% of ALL federal inmates are illegal aliens.
$90 Billion for welfare and social services.
$200 Billion in suppressed wages for Americans, because they work for next to nothing.
In 2006, the last year figures are available for, illegal aliens sent $45 billion back to their home countries.

The total estimated cost of illegals in this country is $338.3 billion per year! Beware of any Republican presidential candidate who is not in favor of fixing this huge drain on our treasury!

I have urls to verify all the above figures. If you would like that list, please leave your email address in a comment or those who know me personally can email me direct, I will be happy to provide them to you.

Please remember Congress is every bit as important as the President. Educate yourself on the candidates and VOTE!

Dumb Farmer

Friday, December 30, 2011

HOW BAD IS THE ECONOMY AND WILL AMERICA SURVIVE?

Just how bad is the economy? Forget what the lying sh**s in our government are putting out to the media. Here are some actual figures compiled by our local paper, the Starke Journal. This past year, 10 local businesses have gone under and closed, making a total of 26 local businesses gone over the last 3 years. The local KOA campground, which 3 and 4 years ago was full all winter, is only at 57% occupancy. Traffic counts on US 301, the main route from anywhere on the U.S. east coast to Florida's Gulf coast, are down 27 to 64 % from '05/06 levels. Remember trickle down economic theory? Well here it is in it's current government induced state : every business that closes hurts the suppliers that business bought from. That supplier has to make staffing cuts to stay afloat. The companies / manufacturers that supplier bought from have to make cuts. More and more unemployed.  Remember, Starke is just one small town, this is multiplied thousands of times around the country.

Why do I say this is government induced? What precipitated the housing and banking crisis that started this whole chain of events? It's all politics. Government rules and regulations forcing banks to make loans to people who couldn't ever afford to repay them. (Why? All in the name of diversity)Government "watchdog" agencies that were supposed to police the financial industry in cahoots with the very entities they were supposed to police, actually facilitating the robbery of America. So many government regulations you can't put a swing set up in your back yard without a stinking permit, let alone build something new for a business.

How much longer do you think we will continue to exist as a nation of free men? Considering all the government (federal, state, and local) laws and regulations we have today, are we still really a free nation now? Or has the decades long, gradual, piece by piece, infringement of personal liberty already destroyed that concept?

Why, what personal liberties have we lost, you say? I don't see any difference in my life.

OK, let's start with an easy one : the right to be stupid. Drive without a seatbelt and your government, in the person of a police officer, will issue you a fine if you get caught. Ditto ride a motorcycle without a helmet in some states. Oh well, that's for the common good - the taxpayer has to pay for the medical care of those idiots, so we have the right to take away their right to be stupid. Whoops, who said the taxpayer has to pay for their injuries? I'm sorry bleeding heart do-gooders, that's not my problem. Neither is it my problem to feed, clothe, house and otherwise support the 15 kids you've had while milking the welfare system.

How about the right of free speech? Duh, heard about hate crime laws? That's right, call an African American the n word (unless, of course, you're a black rapper) call a male homosexual the f word, and you could be charged with a hate crime.

How about the right to keep and bear arms? Oh, they are working SO hard behind the scenes to get rid of that one!

Wait one second before you start calling me names. If you're my neighbor, my friend, in my church or community, AND SOMEONE WHO HAS STRUGGLED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY, but fallen on hard times, I will probably help you out of a jam if I can. But, it is NOT THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT TO FORCE ME TO DO SO.

You CAN do something about this. You DO have a say in whether America stays free or ends up bankrupt like the European socialist countries are. Folks, I know some of you are way more liberal than I am. Some of you who are extremely intelligent think the Obama Plan is the way to go. I ask you to look at just one bit of evidence : socialism/communism DOES NOT WORK. It has not worked anywhere in the world it has been tried. Oh yeah, it will work for a while - until you have more takers than givers. Look at the problems of every single European country. Greece and Spain both would be bankrupt today without international bailouts. The rest of them are not in much better shape. Look at OUR national debt, we are only a very few years away from defaulting. NO ENTITY, BE IT A FAMILY OR A GOVERNMENT, CAN CONTINUE TO SPEND MORE THAN IT TAKES IN FOREVER.

Your vote does count, remember Florida and the hanging chads? YOUR vote could be the vote that swings an election. Your OPINION does count. Since 95% of our current crop of politicians only care about reelection, believe me,even though you may only get a form letter reply, they tally the letters on issues. Do you support our troops? Are you a veteran? Have you put your very life on the line for your country? A true patriot who loves your country and what it has stood for in the past? Remember, many, many thousands have DIED to protect YOUR freedom. Surely you can take a few minutes out of your life to let your voice be heard in our government. The Internet has made it so easy and quick to do that. Click on the link above "contact your Senator or Representative". Let them know what you think. And please, please, know the candidates and their positions before you pull the voting lever.

Dumb Farmer

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

WHICH PROSTITUTE WILL YOU VOTE FOR????

The GOP primaries are rapidly approaching. And unfortunately, it's beginning to look a lot like previous races, i.e. your choice will be between the lesser of two evils.

The two current front runners, Romney and Gingrich, are just different sides of the same coin. Career politicians who have flip-flopped on so many issues over the years we really have NO idea of what they will actually do if elected. In other words, they are not only liars, but prostitutes. They will say anything they think will get them votes. Neither one is a true conservative. Both have favored harsh gun control laws, of course trying to hide that now. Romney pushed hard for Massachusetts version of Obamacare, and now says he favors repealing Obamacare. Gingrich took millions of dollars from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to lobby for them so the big bankers can continue their legal robbery of America. He says this was "consulting fees".

Rick Perry is also a wolf in sheep's clothing. An examination of his tenure as Texas governor shows how he says one thing and does the opposite. Another typical politician.

Ron Paul is too radical to ever garner enough votes in the general election to defeat Obama's 46% of people on the government dole that will always vote for whoever promises to keep their freebies coming.

Which leaves Michelle Bachman, who I like, but has made so many ill-informed statements I wonder if she is intellectually qualified to be POTUS, and Rick Santorum. Santorum has consistently been a true conservative, and seems to have a good grasp of the issues.

Right now, my choice would have to be Santorum. Unfortunately, he is way down on the list of poll favorites.

God help us make wise choices in these elections,
Dumb Farmer

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

BE AWARE OF HOW YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED EVERY DAY

Are you totally sick of being bombarded by advertising everywhere? Tired of waiting on slow Internet pages / video to load because they've got gigabytes of ads loading at the same time? Sick of movie channels that require 3 hours to show a 2 hour movie? Ads, ads, and more ads every time you turn around. Well, being sick of it is only the tip of the iceberg. What do you mean by that you ask?

I have often wondered how our society and this country has changed so drastically in my short lifetime. Not the technological wonders we enjoy today, but peoples ideas and attitudes. For you younger readers, believe me it's like a whole different world today than just 30 or 40 years ago. A few quick examples : when I was young, nobody ever locked their doors when they left home. Nobody locked their cars. You didn't have child molesters living in half the neighborhoods in the cities. Politicians mostly tried to do what was right for the country.

Advertising is now a science called "Marketing", and it is responsible for changing our entire society in ways you would never have thought about. And it is no longer just a tool for business to increase sales. Marketing is the application of human psychology to persuade by emotion. And every liberal group / cause (and quite frankly, the right has recently jumped on the band wagon as well) has made tremendous use of that knowledge to change peoples attitudes about whatever cause it is they are espousing. And their biggest co-conspirators have been the news networks. Let me illustrate this way : Pick any controversial topic, abortion, same sex marriage, global warming, or whatever. The way I present the material, pushing the right emotional buttons, can determine how you will feel about the subject. While one instance may not change your mind immediately, when you are continually exposed to stories written using that same slant, using marketing techniques, a majority of people will gradually, UNKNOWINGLY, come to view that topic with whatever viewpoint the manipulators have taken.  Especially when they start the manipulation from childhood. Folks, we've been seriously "had" by a bunch of anti - American communist sympathizing cowards since the 60's. That's right, my generation. The SDS is a perfect example. Students for a Democratic Society. Yeah right. They were about as far from espousing democracy as Stalin. In fact, Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Castro, and Che Guevara were, and still are, their heroes. But let's disguise our true agenda with "Democratic" in our name. These people were college students, brighter than average. Over the years they ascended to positions of power in all types businesses, particularly journalism and politics. Bright enough to figure out how to gradually destroy this country and turn it into their vision of a socialist / communist utopia without having a shooting revolution. And they are darn near to accomplishing their goals.

How successful? Barrack Obama, or whatever his real name is, has definite, proven ties to the 60's radicals. He promised to "fundamentally change America". Are you getting it yet?

In Liberty, I remain
Dumb Farmer

Thursday, December 15, 2011

MONTANA : ONE OF THE FEW BASTIANS OF FREEDOM LEFT

Our founding fathers knew firsthand what it was like to live under a tyrannical government. And when they wrote the Constitution, they specifically designated and granted to the federal government certain powers. Mainly defense, foreign relations, the regulation of INTERSTATE commerce, (that no state could impose taxes etc. on goods from another state) and the personal liberties granted to every citizen, i.e. the Bill of Rights. And then specifically stated ALL OTHER POWERS ARE GRANTED TO THE STATES. Slowly, over the last century, our courts have gradually expanded those powers until today you can't even take a crap without falling under some FEDERAL law. Like "water saving" toilets that you have to flush 3 times to clean. Like mercury filled light bulbs that already are ending up in landfills polluting our groundwater systems. Like the almost unbelievable tangle of federal rules and regulations that are literally choking our economy. If you doubt that, just start a business and see what kind of crap you have to deal with continually, and how much it costs to comply with all the rules and regs. Then add in what it costs to protect yourself from lawsuits (another whole subject in itself). That cost has to go into the price you pay for that product, be it a material good or a service.

Fortunately, there are a few bastions of liberty left in America today. Montana, for one, with a few other states following their example, has been doing something about curtailing federal control over the states. They have a very interesting battle going on for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Check this out : http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin675.htm

It's not only our Federal government that is broken. Our system has become corrupt from the local township/county/city to D.C. From the commonplace bribing of local building inspectors, to our state capitals, to the current gang of Chicago thugs running Washington. Our corporations no longer operate with any sense of morals or ethics. The banks and oil companies screw over every single American to further their already incredible wealth. We are very close to the point where the majority of people today worship money above all else. When money is your God, and you fear no eternal consequences for your actions, then anything that puts money in your pocket is ok. It's ok to lie, cheat, steal, even kill if it makes you rich. If you are bigger, meaner, or smarter then it's ok to just take whatever YOU want from whomever YOU want to take it from. If we are going to fix America before we go bankrupt like Europe, like some of our cities are doing, and California and some other states are on the verge of doing, I truly believe we need to "fix"  "we the people" first. Our society is sick. Homosexuality is  celebrated. Adultery (which destroys the most fundamental trust between husband and wife for a few moments of "pleasure") is commonplace. The family unit is falling apart, with the divorce rate well over 50%. Witchcraft and Devil worship are not as uncommon as you might think. Our courts have outlawed any juxtaposition between government and the Ten Commandments. NOTE: As I have said before, even if you are an atheist, if you are intellectually honest you must admit religion, and it doesn't matter if it's Buddhist, Baptist, Hindu, or whatever, sets forth certain standards for human behavior. Without those standards, we are nothing more than animals with bigger, albeit selfish, brains. I don't know about you, but personally, I like to think I'm more than just an animal.

Why do the polls continue to show Obama - who has proved himself to be not only incompetent, but an outright socialist believing that every ill can be solved by more and more government regulation and taxes, winning against every possible Republican candidate with 46 to 48% of the vote? Because government has created an entire class of people, now very near half the population, dependant on government handouts for their sustenance. Like the woman in Tampa, Fl. with 15 kids screaming on the TV news that "SOMEBODY has to take care of my kids". Now there's one place where the government SHOULD step in. If you're going to collect our modern day hodgepodge of "welfare", you get your tubes tied first.

I know I've covered several different subjects here, but the bottom line is you need to get involved in your local and state elections as well as the extremely critical national elections next year. And no matter what your particular religion, we all need to be praying for our country to return to the values that made this the greatest nation in history to live in.

God bless and keep fighting!
Dumb Farmer