Conservative LGBT community responds to Obama.

Empty, empty promises from the President. Here is the Log Cabin Republican's response to Obama's speech at the Human Rights Campaign Gala. We've heard the campaign stump speech--by the way, please inform the president he is no longer a candidate for president, but IS the president. Let's see some action!

From the Log Cabin Republicans

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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS FAILED TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON PROMISES MADE TO LGBT COMMUNITY AND INSTRUCTED JUSTICE DEPT TO BLOCK EFFORTS TO OVERTURN 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' POLICY

(Washington, DC) - Log Cabin Republicans issued the following statement in response to President Obama's speech Saturday at the Human Rights Campaign's gala:

"President Obama may have the highest level of respect for our community, but his lack of actual progress overshadows any kind of campaign-style promises he may make," commented Terry Hamilton - Log Cabin Republicans National Board Chairman. "Barack Obama is the President now - he gave the same speech tonight that we have heard many times before. Being an ally means that you need to need to not just 'have gay friends' but know what we are experiencing, and most importantly to do something about it."

President Obama tonight promised to repeal the damaging & dangerous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Currently, Log Cabin Republicans is the only organization with an active lawsuit given standing by the federal courts challenging the military's discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and was the first case introduced on the issue after the landmark Lawrence decision. 

Despite the President's promise this evening, he has instructed his Justice Department to fight Log Cabin's lawsuit, as well as other court cases challenging this LGBT discriminatory policies. Find more information at :
http://www.logcabin.org/logcabin/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=25795643

"If President Obama is serious about repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", he can take action tomorrow and instruct his Justice Department to drop its challenge to our case," says Hamilton.

Log Cabin Republicans National Spokesperson Charles T. Moran comments - 

"Gays and lesbians are not looking for the same 'hope and change rhetoric' that we've heard for so long. The President's speech tonight rings of hollow promises that we have all heard before. While he gives his speech tonight at the HRC, his senior aides in the White House are engaged in a political game shutting down and putting the breaks on any substantive progress in efforts to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', 'Defense of Marriage Act' and pass employment non-discrimination through legislative and judicial channels. It is time that President Obama stops talking about bringing forth a 'better America' and starts making it happen."

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Log Cabin Republicans promotes legislation to provide basic fairness for gay and lesbian Americans and works to build a more inclusive GOP. The 30-year old organization has state and local chapters nationwide, a full-time office in Washington, DC, a federal political action committee and state political action committees.

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The Biggest 7th grade classroom. Congress.

Yesterday, because there was nothing better to do, I turned my T.V. to CSPAN and watched the U.S. House of Representatives debate and vote on a resolution to rebuke Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) for his "you lie" outburst at President Obama during a joint session of Congress. 

The Democratic support was mainly carried by Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) who time and time again reminded those present that this was not a "political stunt", and that he "does not participate in partisan politics"--Mr. Clyburn, we the American people are not as dumb as you sounded in that weak defense of a resolution that did nothing to resolve the healthcare debate, control spending, address a monstrous deficit or any other thing that would be of benefit to the people of these United States. The house of the people is not a 7th grade classroom--it is there to serve a specific purpose, to carry out those responsibilities enumerated by the constitution, not to bicker and cause a scene in hopes of gaining an apology that has already been accepted by the person offended. 

Mr. Wilson was wrong in yelling "you lie" at the address to the congress, in decorum(as understood by the GOP, dems are another story) only, and promptly called the Presidents administration and apologized for the outburst. The President graciously accepted. In everyday America that apology would have been not only expected, but accepted. 

This resolution was party politics, it was a political stunt, and we know it! Had the Democrats really felt that it was a serious breach of house rules, they would have enacted real discipline such as censure. They didn't. Instead they reached for a wimpy resolution, all of 2 pages long, that had no real consequence to the Representative, then debated it for almost an hour, in order to distract the American people and I suppose buy time for their healthcare reform that is rejected by a majority of Americans. According to Rasmussen, 53% of Americans disapprove of the congressional healthcare proposals while only 42% approve of it. Hell, I'd want to buy time too--midterms are only a year away, and the clock is ticking, looks like some of our congress men and women know that their TIME IS UP!

On a more positive note the debate on the Resolution to Rebuke Congressman Wilson did do one great thing. It saved us the people money. As long as they are pulling ridiculous stunts like these, they are not spending our money. 

Woot Woot for cost-cutting measures!

Uphold Your Oath.

A Marine from Camas, Washington questions his congressman Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA). He brings up one major tough point--The call to remain faithful to the oath that they both took--to "Support and Defend the Constitution of The United States...". This is what we should all be asking our representatives and senators both at home, and in D.C. From one native Washingtonian to another. Amen brother, AMEN!

This is what the Marine wrote on the info section of the youtube post:

I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, I quickly scratched what I wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that I borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before I spoke. So much for the planned talking points of the right wing conspiracy.

We DO need reform!

The other day I stood across the street from Congressman Jim Cooper's (D-TN) office to show that I am another American that believes we do need reform but that a public option is not the right fix. Rep. Cooper has refused to meet with his constituents in a public forum during the entirety of the August recess, so the public showed up to voice their opinion on legislation that will essentially lead to government controlled healthcare. Sounds like the congressman does not want to be held accountable. Don't worry Mr. Cooper, your accountability will be in the 2010 ballot box. 

This notion that the government will be able to drive down cost by offering a public plan actually sounds like a really good idea--so was Karl Marx's 'Communist Manifesto'. What you don't hear about is the fact that a government run option will do more damage than it will do good. That plan will lead to a severe cut into the free market incentive that our nation has been built on. It will strangle private insurance and force a vast majority of the population into the public option thus leading to government controlled healthcare. It will, and I say WILL lead to some form of rationing, since it is entirely impossible to give everyone, everything--thus the reason socialism ALWAYS fails. Don't take my word for it, ask the recipients of government run healthcare in developed nations like Great Britain and Canada, and try to name one country where Socialism has worked for the greater benefit of the people. 

We need to start talking about things like portable health insurance, tort reform and less federal regulation that prohibits the free market to actually function in a capitalist manner. This will do two important things; it will stabilize and drive down the cost of private insurance, and it will reinforce the incentive motive to offer better insurance and better health care. Competition always produces better options. Trust the ingenuity of the American people, not the horrible track record of government run programs. 

The federal government has failed at medicare, medicaid, social security and now "cash for clunkers" to name a few. The first three are on the verge of bankruptcy leaving nothing for future generations, and the latter by admittance of the federal government is lagging because they did not realize how much manpower it would take to process the program from consumer, to dealer to government reimbursement. Seriously!? They couldn't put a program together successfully that has to deal with miles per gallon, but they want us to trust them with healthcare--which accounts for over 1/6th of the U.S. economy. And not only are they asking for our trust, they want it fast, they want it now, and they are even threatening to ram it through on a parliamentary procedure called "reconciliation" or the "nuclear option" which requires only a simple majority vote and no room for honest, open debate, regardless of the fact that poll after poll shows that a growing majority of American's do not want the current plan offered by the government.

Aside from the American electorate being against the current healthcare legislation, Congress has absolutely no right to even make a decision regarding private citizens choices when it comes to things like healthcare. Those things are reserved to the states and to the people. There seems to be this trend of disregard for the Constitution of the United States. It is still a relevant and governing document that limits the powers of the Congress to certain enumerated rights--see Article I Section 8. The only provision that the left can point to is the welfare clause. It's used twice when referring to the powers of the federal government. Once in Article I Sec. 8, and another in the preamble. 

Here's a refresher on the preamble:

We the people of the United States in order to from a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, PROVIDE for the common defense, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution of the Unites States of America. 

The function right before the "promote the general welfare" is "provide for the common defense". The word "provide" and "promote" were picked on purpose by our founding fathers. It's no secret that they often for long hours argued over the verbiage to be used in the Constitution. "Provide" means they will do it, "promote" means they will do things that will encourage the people to do it. They are only authorized to do things that will promote the free market principles to regulate the welfare, not provide healthcare so that the free market cannot compete. 

Another case in point. If healthcare being a right means the government should provide it. Then our right to bear arms means the government should provide free guns to all citizens payed for with taxpayer money. Alas, free guns for all!

Think about it.

The left's one way street.

The "mob" exercising free speech.

The left exercising free speech.

"I think they are astroturf, you be the judge...they're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to town hall meetings..."

-Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Madame Speaker, I think you have the American public confused. The astroturf activism you're speaking of more closely defines your supporters. I guess it's correct to exercise your constitutional rights as long as they don't oppose the Speaker of the House and the Democratic elite of D.C. 

Then again it would be a far stretch to even think that self-serving politicians like Pelosi (D-CA) have a clear grasp on the concepts of our founding documents.

Suggested reading for the D.C. elite:

The Declaration of Independence

The Constitution of the United States of America

The Emancipation Proclamation

BILLS YOU PLAN ON VOTING ON!

The DNC wants you to shut the hell up.

The Democratic National Committee has launched a new ad calling concerned vocal American citizens who are attending Town Hall meetings with their senators and representatives an "angry mob". The ad was launched as a counter to the thousands of people turning out to voice their dissent and opposition to further government takeover of the capitalist private sector that is the essence of the Obama, Pelosi, Reid agenda. After a failed 6 month takeover of the America way of life, looming job-loss increases in a economic recession, and a failed attepmt at "swiftly" taking control of healthcare which accounts for more than 1/7th of the U.S. economy the liberals in D.C. are pissed that Americans, common people, the working class, and the their constituents are demanding that enough is enough. 

Every morning Americans of all ages start the day with a solemn oath of Allegiance. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Let those who oppose civil discourse, fair and honest debate, dissent and the power of the people be reminded what a republic is. We are a nation in which the supreme power is held by the people through their elected representatives. 

Whether or not the people attending the Town Hall meetings are bused there, or share a common set of beliefs is besides the point. The DNC would have you believe that this "mob" is staged and angry. Staged, let's try informed. Angry, I'd say hell yeah. The American people are fed up with government interference in their lives, and their vocal enmity towards those senators and representatives who turn a deaf ear towards their constituencies better pay attention, work for the will of the people or get the hell out of Congress--the people have the power to vote you out, and trust them when they say they will.

The Senate just got a whole lot funnier!

The Democrats have finally got the 60 votes in the Senate they needed to block any filibuster put on by the Republicans. This magical 60 gives them even more power to ram through legislation that is not beneficial to our nation or it's people. The Stimulate nothing plan, Cap and Tax, Health Care "Reform" so on and so forth. To keep things streamlined we can just bundle these things into a tiny little package and top it off with a big Socialist ribbon! Hooray for Marxism!

Aside from a majority party severely abusing it's powers in a nation built on transparent, honest, and bipartisan debate, the road to the magical 60 has been the great laugh that we struggling Americans needed, especially in a time of great economic woes lead by politicians who are more often than not self-serving, secretive, dishonest, and diametrically opposed to passing on a nation that is better, to the next generation, as has been our great American tradition since 1776.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is the lucky number 60 for the Democrats. How fitting and proper that the last contested seat in the Senate goes to a comedian and the former host of Saturday Night Live. Since, after all, the Democrats and the political establishment in Washington needed another clown to make decisions that affect every American regardless of party affiliation or ideology. 

The Democratic list of clowns continues to grow:

President Barack Obama (D)

Vice President Joe Biden (D)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)

And the newest clown to the circus!

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN(SNL))

Forgive my briefness, that was an extremely short list of the "esteemed" politicians that are a great collaborative representation of mainstream America...yeah right!