Are You Ready to Speak Out, America?
According to legend, on September 17, 1787 — the day the Constitutional Convention adjourned — Benjamin Franklin walked through the streets of Philadelphia, where an anxious crowd gathered around him. A woman asked Dr. Franklin: “What kind of government have you given us?” And Dr. Franklin replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
These days, we — the American people — face a daunting question: Can we keep this great republic? Can we preserve a government of the people, by the people, and for the people? Or will we repeat the errors of other nations, shrug off the responsibilities of liberty, and entrust our destiny to a bureaucratic elite?
Let there be no mistake: After years of bad policy and broken politics, our country is at a crossroads. We are in the midst of our worst economic crisis in decades. Fifteen million Americans are out of work. The average American household has lost 20 percent of its wealth. And the federal government’s finances are in disarray.
Last year, the federal budget deficit tripled in size, reaching an all-time record of $1.4 trillion. This year we are expected to run an even larger deficit. And according to President Obama, the government will add another $5 trillion to the debt in the next five years. That is unsustainable. There is simply not enough money in the world to pay for all of these debts without raising interest rates or devaluing the dollar (or both).
We owe it to our children and grandchildren to stop these spending policies that weaken our economy at the expense of China and other powers. We cannot let this problem fester any longer. Action must be taken before the problem becomes unmanageable.
Every day, our survival is threatened by radical Islamic terrorists whose aim is to kill innocent men, women, and children, even at the cost of their own lives.
Vital American institutions — from our schools to our banks to our hospitals — are being threatened by more federal control and interference.
Our families are being harmed by an erosion of traditional values.
Our entire culture is under siege from a “just do it” mentality that leaves no room for sacrifice, service, or patriotism.
The spirit of September 12, 2001 — the feeling that we are one people united by our love of one country — has been lost but not forgotten.
We must recapture that spirit to tackle the tough problems that confront us.
Well, this needs to be fixed~! The link is down, and no surprise, Google takes you directly to Democratic Underground and some rather childish and filthy goober speak on Republican efforts. So it must be a great idea…the left is already petrified of it…enough to crash the site.
Republicans, like Democrats, are all for the continuing growth of government. They just do it at a slower pace. Given that neither party has any record of reducing the size of government, or government expenditures, why should we believe this latest P.R. scam?
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I think we should be keeping our eyes on the Brits. They have formed a new Coalition government that puts Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at the same table to tackle problems of government, including deficits, education, etc. What a novel idea!!!! Conservatives and Democrats working together!!!! In the United States, we have Republicans on one side complaining about Democrats making deals behind doors while, in fact, those same fellows have been behind their own closed doors writing obstructionist playbooks and trying to figure out ways to derail our current administration. We may need to model ourselves after the Brits, should they succeed in their “new way of governing.” I thought Obama was trying to set up something similar when he came to office, but how quickly good intentions are shot down by rhetoric or simply by lawmakers sitting on their hands.
We need leadership now. Taking away everything and taxing what isn’t taken away is domination and subjugation. Another Contract With America is needed now to stop the Republicans from being Republicrats and doing to us what the Democrats are doing to us. The fact that the Democrats are exponentially more damaging than any Bush policy doesn’t seem to make it to the media’s level of comprehension. We need fixers and not destroyers.
We need to get rid of the McCains, the Lindsey Grahams, the Charlie Christs, the John Kys etc. We need true conservatives and not Libertarians.
Since when are those dufus heads libertarians?
Your post implies that we’ve had a bunch of libertarians (or Libertarians) in office doing bad things.
There hasn’t been a single Libertarian elected to the US Congress. None of the people you name are libertarians, much less Libertarians.
If you don’t like your dufus republicans, that’s fine, but there’s no reason to go around slandering libertarians by labelling your dufus republicans as libertarians.
I don’t understand all this yearning for another “Contract with America”, considering that the first one didn’t make any difference at all. If the Contract with America was so great, how come we’re screwed with our backs against the wall only 10 years later? If the CwA was anything worth crooning about, it should have staved off disaster for 50 years.
Before concocting yet another web site, perhaps you could get your Republican colleagues to actually be representatives of the people and talk about these things directly with their constituents.
My Republican Congresswoman, Jean Schmidt, cannot be bothered with responding to constituents at all.
My Republican Senator, George Voinovich, well, he lives in La La Land and he thinks voting for every spending bill that comes down the pike as ‘doing his job’.
You have a lot of work ahead of you.
WHAT exactly is the point of this website? There is, as the article and commentators have said Again and Again, a need for active respect — not just lip service — for, and ADHERENCE to the US Constitution i.e THE LAW. How dare Republicans in Congress and Court, and the Republican Party, who have, in collusion with the “liberals” / “Democratic” Party abrogated that Law, now say they desire a new approach. Flim – flam from lawyers and “representatives of the People” who are bound on oath, which oath they have manifestly failed to respect, to defend Americans from encroachments on their liberties. Who and When are “Republicans” to actively initiate REPEAL processes of the MANY LAWS they have helped enact that limit rights protected by the US Constitution. Then maybe their new approach will be credible.
Then campaign against them, in favor or “voter” friendly candidates that rep your values..Why complain, go pro-active for someone else…
This sounds like some farcical effort to sidestep or co-opt the Tea Party movement.
Suddenly there are Republicans that wish to listen?
Must be because we’ve been shouting!
The problem with American politics is the very foundation is corrupt. To wit – the way in which it is financed – and you’ll never fix that until all the lobbyist are kicked out of Washington and more logical campaign financing is found. I wish I had an answer to this – I don’t. The other side of this coin is finding a way to curtail the greed of the corporations. For this too I have no answer.
The evidence of corruption is played out daily right under our noses. You see it – I see it – and we accept it as part of political life. We’ve become jaded to our political processes. Until this attitude changes – and politicians and those who hold sway over them are jailed nothing of real substance will change.
Greed for the sake of greed is what is steering this country – both in the corporate boardroom and in D.C. To the players it’s like a giant Monopoly Game – and nothing will change that without some wholesale changes.
Replacing a D with an R will accomplish little or nothing in the long run. Both have been corrupted yet cannot recognize that they are corrupt.
To a skunk another skunk smells pretty damn good.
The Founding Fathers did a great job of setting this country on the right course but they simply could not see how $s would consume politics 200 years later.
“to a skunk another skunk smells pretty good”
I love it! Permission to use it in the future?
Sure thing
The ideas on that site are already mostly democrats attacking the site, acting like they are republicans. If a republican does not already know what is needed to fix the problem, then they are the first that need to go.
Simple solution – elect NO Democrats to the house in 2010! Don’t Believe Critz (PA-12)and the next wave of Blue Dogs lying to try to prevent loss of the House. NEARLY ALL OF THEM VOTE WITH PELOSI UNLESS VOTES ARE NOT NEEDED TO PASS A BILL. Then and only then do they vote against the Speaker. ALL appropriations (spending) bills originate in the House. PURGE DEMOCRATS.
They are all Democrats now; Change them all,
and hope enough of their replacements have
the honesty, or at least the enlightened
self-interest, to reform the Ship of State
before it sinks; The Incumbents are so totally
invested in the current regime that they have
no choice but to ignore the rising water, and
in the end, go down with their ship.
So let me get this straight. The Tea Parties have been partying for over a year demanding less spending, smaller government and getting back to the constition. Now the GOP is asking what we think they should do? Apparently they haven’t been paying attention and are more out of touch with “we the peole” than I thought! Just verifies why I got out of the party 5 years ago and will not donate to the RNC. I’ll only donate to individual candidates. Steele can’t keep his foot out of his mouth, there was no uproar over Caldoron’s speech by the so-called GOP leaders and now they come up with this. They still don’t get it! Very dissappointing and a disgusting joke!
Yea I know…Constitution, people. So pissed I didn’t proof read.
America Speaking Out will probably sound very different from the expectations of most PJM readers.
Should be fun watching GOP heads explode on contact with thoughtful, reasoned positions supporting America’s progressive values. Maybe the TP crowd will come to realize how far out of the mainstream they really are?
Well, one can hope…
Peace.
DS
Keep minimizing the Tea Party if you like but don’t hold your breath expecting it to die out. As more of our fellow Americans begin to realize what a dismal failure the liberal/progressive movement is – and the chief progressive more of failure than even most of us conservatives had ever imagined. The Tea Party will swell in numbers strength and demand a return to constitutional law. There is little in what Obama is doing that is constitutional.
With just a little bit of imagination (this may be difficult) its easy to see what is happening in Europe today will be coming to our shores very soon. What part of that don’t you get?
Jobs are leaving our country for more friendly climes transforming taxpaying citizens into tax sucking citizens through no fault of their own. The Lib/Progressive movement has chased off companies through onerous environmental policy and work related regulations that often border on the ridiculous that kill profit and productivity.
If Obama is the smartest guy in the room – you guys are in trouble. The smartest guy can’t even get through one single sentence without a tele-prompter without stumbling over his own words.
Libs/progressives remind me of a blind man standing in the road – and can’t see the 40 ton truck that is about to flatten him.
Don’t forget that Obama / Clintons,(as Kennedy clone),and the Media, congress of all parties, academic and financial cohorts sit in the power seat. AND that they have NO SCRUPLES in FORCING their agenda, long in the planning and development onto the nation. Make no mistake. THEY all are in the midst of a war — civil / cold — created BY THEM AND DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, under the flag of fairness and compassion. Which led, oddly, to destroy the identity of citizens as American, pitting citizen against citizen by sub-group identification, e.g. Afro-, Hispanic, Jewish- , Irish- etc. and class. (WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER OR MOST ASSUREDLY WE SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY) A power-grab for ABSOLUTE POWER over the American government and economy. What sort of people can hate America and her citizens so violently that they’ll stop at nothing to destroy her?
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Sure. With obama’s approval falling to 42% and over 60% opposing O-care, it’s easy to see that the mainstream wants more progressive/socialist programs/values.
Jack,
Obama’s approval rating at 42%? Ah, you must be relying on Rasmussen for your data. Why am I not surprised? If you look at the total dataset more critically, it’s obvious that the Rasmussen results are an outlier. Other pollsters have Obama’s approval rating at 54% this week – why should I believe your poll, and not theirs?
It’s true that Obama’s approval has been hovering around 50% lately – but GOP approval ratings are below 30%, so it seems to me that the Republicans have a more severe popularity problem. Moreover, the GOP has a negative approval rating everywhere but the deep south – and Obama has a negative approval rating ONLY in the deep south. The rest of the nation generally holds a favorable opinion of our President.
When it comes to Congress, the GOP also lags the Democrats. The D’s have approval ratings in the high 30% range, while the GOP is down in the 20% range. Moreover, a majority favors health care reform, rather than repeal.
What the mainstream wants is a government that works – the GOP has gone to great lengths to prove that this is one thing they cannot provide.
Peace.
DS
The only poll that matters won’t be taken until November 2nd.
We shall see then who prevails.
ha ha ha ha ha
Site is not really functioning. No email verification. Stupid pubbies. I’ll believe they give a rat’s patoot about me, an American Reagan Conservative when they dump McQueeg and Gramnesty.
David S
Yes I am out of step with your ridiculous statist ideas. Live free or die. Got your ammo cache well stocked? You better have cause if you and yours take this much farther you will need it.
scott,
Would you care to be more specific? What kind of threat are you making here? Why would my ammo cache be any concern of yours?
America was founded on freedom of speech and representative government. Threatening violence against your fellow Americans is not in keeping with the values this nation represents. Tell me – what is it that makes you think I will need a well stocked ammo cache?
You say “if you and yours take this much farther you will need it” – what is it that you expect will be taken too far?
Just curious to know how my perspective on polling got you so worked up that you would feel inclined toward violence.
Peace.
DS
Pardon me, but those in Washington are the problem, not the solution. With rare exception, the Republicans are the party of “we’re not as bad as they are.”
I’m voting anti-incumbent. The old guys are too stupid to learn. At some point, the message will sink in. Wasting my money will cost you a good paying job.
‘With rare exception, the Republicans are the party of “we’re not as bad as they are.”’
I thought I said that already?
What is needed, at a bare minimum, is an immediate (as in “not later than next Tuesday”) reduction in the Federal government of at least 25%, starting with any program, bureau, office, administration, etc. that is not specifically authorized by the Constitution.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I will never vote for an incumbent again. In any office. I don’t care if they’ve been good or bad. We need a citizen government and that means no career politicians and that in turn means no 2-term anythings. The whole system has been tilted in favor of incumbency for quite some time. Instead of career politicians, we need concerned citizens who get elected, serve their one term, and then return home to let the next citizen do their part.
I’m ready to speak out . . . but I don’t think Obama’s “Deaf Panel” will hear us! Humorous cartoon at http://drawfortruth.wordpress.com/category/deaf-panel/
Several other humorous cartoons on why the current Administration can’t be trusted at http://drawfortruth.wordpress.com/category/truthfulness/
And, one of the reasons we are in this mess at http://drawfortruth.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/peter-principle/
David S
Not threatening David. Simply warning you and the Left that it is coming. You have not gotten where you are through free speech. You have subversively taken over the education establishment and the lion’s share of the media. You have manipulated a dependent class through lies and handing out other people’s money. You have committed every form of election fraud known to man through orgs like Acorn. You have foisted a manchurian candidate as POTUS upon us who will reveal nothing of his past. An unqualified untenured university lecturer and community organizer.
If not for the utter failure of the GOP to lead and act correctly as per the constitution and normal American values you could never have taken over this nation. But you did and there are millions of us out here who will not be ruled by you and yours. We will not be enslaved to your elitist foolishness. If it takes another civil war so be it. Are you ready? Do you actually suppose the American military will act as Obama’s jack booted thugs to enslave us?
I would no more sign up to that site than I would invite strangers to help themselves to my wallet. That’s what it is anyway, a site to hoover up names for fund-raising calls as we get closer to the election.
As others have said, if the Republican Party doesn’t know by now what the American people have been screaming they want at the top of their lungs for a year, then there’s no use talking to them at all. We will make our wants substantially known in November.
Republicans are “reaching” out to people that have been telling them they are through with the same old crap…and telling them, and telling them… I won’t put my name and information on any list on the internet.
The tea party has it right and the Republicans are trying to nose in on their movement..
. If they had been paying attention to their voters, they would not need to ask “what are your concerns?”
I am afraid that the independents will split the vote and allow dems in office. The whole voting process is a mess at this point.
Speaking out is one thing, your honor, having some one listen or enact on optimal ideas is quite another. Politicians are excellent at making promises with pre-arranged fail safe excuses. The elected officials were sent to office to better the state or the country. Generally, they better their party, their next election chances, or their own pockets.
Tell me about how these honorable officials can be held to a higher standard, so that any high crimes or misnomeanors can carry a much more assured cost. How will they pay down the deficit of trust if only an election cycle and media donations are the final determinates of the balances of power? Which part of the next contract with America is going to include a swift retribution clause?
I believe we have been speaking out. I welcome the open invitation to be part of the conversation and hopefully the solution. I believe they created the site to help bring a unity to all our actions and face the real enemies of our Republic. These people have quietly infiltrated all aspects of our city, state and federal government. They have become leaders in our communities, teachers in our schools, joined the ranks of our fire and police departments. They have infiltrated both parties, but have totally decimated the Democratic party. Any true blue dog Dem is a republican or independent now. Our common enemy is the “PROGRESSIVES” formerly know as Liberals, formerly known as the Communist Party. As alway there seems to be a radical mid-eastern connection to these folks usually Islamic with Saudi connections, associated with these folks.
Now is the time to reach out to all no matter what party affiliation and become Free Independent Americans again. History is repeating itself right now. We are the solution if we come together and clean house with a clean sweep. We the people make the rules not them. Rescind their contracts and pensions and charge them with treason. All purveyors of a global government are criminal.
This is a fairly transparent attempt to co-opt the Tea Party people and the process already in progress. If you want a platform, you simply need to look up ‘contract from America.’ Really, you can just google it, and like magic, it appears. Many incumbent Republicans are the problem, and won’t be part of the solution. Likewise, there may be Democrats who will run on principles of limited government and fiscal responsibility and actually mean it, although they have not been much in evidence lately.
The site is really slow, really hosed up….obviously another friend-of-donor kind of deal. If they want to be taken seriously they better get this fixed quick.
Forget the website – find the 12 million illegals and kick them out. Charge the country of origin for all expenses and direct that country of origin to charge the expenses in turn to the repatriated. The illegals pay for their own sequestration and everybody doesn’t go home happy but they go home. The end.
As long as money is where people put their trust corruption will always be thick at the political level. Look around, the whole world is in chaos. The conditions are setting the stage for the acceptance of a leader who can bring “order” to a frightened world. Loyalty to a political ideal will only get you deeper into the morass. We have created our own mess, our political leaders are only a reflection of our own immoral hearts. Thankfully there is one who will soon return and rescue us from our pitiful existence.
Very clumsy and slow-operating site, Rep. McMorris-Rodgers. I would have expected better from anything you would be associated with.
As for critical issues, James May at 24 hits the nail directly on the head when he states:
“Forget the website – find the 12 million illegals and kick them out. Charge the country of origin for all expenses and direct that country of origin to charge the expenses in turn to the repatriated. The illegals pay for their own sequestration and everybody doesn’t go home happy but they go home. The end.”
Of course for this to happen we must close, fence and effectively monitor/patrol our southern border.
America Speaking Out is a joke, a last minute attempt to win-over the conservative vote. The Republicans have slowly moved to the center ignoring the old school values of the base for too long. I applaud Obama for one thing…he woke a sleeping giant. Its time to purge Congress of all incumbants, Republican and Democrat. They feed from the same trough and thats big interest and big money. Republicans are no different from Democrats in that their focus is on re-election [said in best Senetor Arlen Spector voice]. I’m tired of Washington politics, its time to bring in fresh faces who will respect America’s traditional values.
Re-elect No One
It’s obvious the Left Loser Loons latched onto the site to babble incoherently, yet with a feculence only the left seems to be able to respond with!
Everything not Obama-Lama-Dingdong is disregarded so these losers have nothing to say to add to a discussion and they don’t even clean up their own droppings.
As serious voters we have to remain the party of NO! NO! To all these idiot policies from the subterranean bottom dwellers and left elites that think themselves above us all.
It’s obvious they haven’t answers they just want the power to dawdle.