Dagney's Rant
This is where I will put my upsets, resentments, reasonings and logical commentary on why liberalism is a threat to the United States of America! Dagny Taggart is a character from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged", but she was also my teacher.
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The political situation is so upsetting, so out of control, so .....Oh gosh, what else can I say? If it forces me to limit my talk radio listening, it must be bad. Let's get real, folks. What can our Republican senators and congressmen really do? Nothing other than make a statement that "we don't agree". The only thing left to us is prayer. Ask our Holy Savior to intercede, He's our only hope. On the other hand....
...Strangely, I decided to blog on a totally different subject tonight. [Guess I have to distract myself from the damage the last 5 monthes ...<< MORE >>The Assault On Christians
With the new administration we see numerous onslaughts against Christianity and we're now seeing it in the military. First there was this;
"The monogram "IHS" – a symbol for Jesus –
that appeared behind the podium where Obama spoke at Georgetown was
covered up with a piece of black-painted plywood. This led to
speculation that the White House had asked that all religious imagery
in the hall be covered or removed, as our reader notes. But Georgetown University and the White House have said this was not ...<< MORE >>White Roof, Anyone?
I expected lunacy from the new administration, but it's come sooner than expected.
"He said lightening roofs and roads in urban environments would offset the
global warming effects of all the cars in the world for 11 years.
"If you look at all the buildings and if you make the roofs white and if
you make the pavement more of a concrete type of colour rather than a black
type of colour and if you do that uniformally, that would be the equivalent
of... reducing the carbon emissions due to all ...<< MORE >>An Excuse...2nd Amendment is in trouble!
The TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Parties all around our country on Tax Day apparently has BO's administration a bit upset...but then we know they never let a "crisis" go to waste. With this in mind, you can see how this reaction to the TEA Parties is disturbing to Constitutionalists like me.
"During an appearance yesterday (4/19) on CBS-TV’s Face The Nation, Axelrod was asked for his thoughts on the “spreading and very public disaffection” with President Obama’s fiscal
policies. “I think anytime you have severe economic conditions there is
always an element of disaffection that can mutate into something that’s
unhealthy,” ...<< MORE >>TEA Parties & Ekklesia
I was doing some research to learn more about Ekklesia and came across this link. It made me think of our recent TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Parties across the nation. I found it fascinating that as people of God we've been doing "tea parties" for centuries:
"When the Greek city states found their governments had become too corrupt and oppressive, they would call for an ekklesia,
an assembly outside the civil authority of the city. If enough people
came out and refused to accept the existing centralized civil
authority, that government would collapse. Non participation has been a
successful and peaceful means to ...<< MORE >>San Antonio Tea Party: What A Day!
Even though we were all considered suspect by DHS, patriotic Americans came out in droves in San Antonio, TX yesterday. I haven't heard anyone hazard a guess as to the head count, but it was well into the THOUSANDS! Ours was by design, non-partisan. I manned a booth that took names and e-mail addresses of attendees who wanted to remain in touch with the group for future events. For those pundits & politicians out there who are breathing a sigh of relief that "it's over", think again! It won't be over until the folks on the Beltway get their collective ...<< MORE >>Right Wing Warning....From Homeland Security
The "war" is no longer against Islamofacists (the President said so), it is now about to be against US! I'm not kidding. This is a Homeland Security PDF!
"The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific
information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence,
but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about
several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first
African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and
recruitment.
— (U//LES) Threats from white supremacist and violent antigovernment groups
during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not ...<< MORE >>Voter ID Live Blogging From Austin
I'm in a room full of follks dressed in red, surrounded by them, actually! They are all here, from all over Texas. I met one lady from the Rio Grande valley who is hispanic, and belongs to O.W.L.S. or "Objective Watchers of the Legal System. Because she is pro voter ID, she has been high demand to speak to the legions of reporters covering this "explosive" issue. I''ve never understood why it is considered so explosive? Doesn't everyone want to have (according to a flyer I've just been handed) "One (1) Eligible & Identifiable voter = One (1) LEGIMTIMATE vote"? If not, why not?
One excuse they use is "disenfranchising voters without ID's; i.e. black voters, elderly", etc. Do you know of any black friends who don't have a driver's license? Neither do I. For pete's sake, how do they get on an airplane?
Something tells me this will be like the interminable Senate hearing on this bill. Lots of folks standing around and chatting, no one calling it to order. Like last time I was in Austin, I found a parking place where I could back up where folks (mostly liberals herunue in Austin) can read my bumper stickers.. One says, "If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?", another says, "Don't blame me, I voted for Palin", and my own "Dagney's Rant" (with http) Why Liberals are bad for America". I also have a big "W" with "thanks" under it. I like my Tahoe in its current condition.
The room is filling up. Many are here to testify to their experiences in theiir home county. The lady I met earlier told me, and the reporter who interrupted us to interview her, that the sheriff in her home county brought folks up from Mexico, gave them fake ID's and told them who to vote for! Why else would they be complaining about voter ID, if it isn't to cheat!?!
I've been told the House just broke for lunch, so unless they stay and jaw-jack in the cafeteria, we shouldn't be too far from starting the committee meeting, and hearing the hearings. If they 90% red-wearing occupants. Just spotted a couple of "old hippies" with "Vote NO to Voter Suppression" signs. Voter suppression? Where? Illegals? That was actually an argument used by a "bag lady" appearing woman at the Senate hearings. She believed illegals should have the right to vote in OUR COUNTRY! My guess, she's never had a family member in the military!
15 minutes from the start of the hearing.....I've never seen so many huge cameras! Should be interesting what gets highlighted on local media. Just saw a couple of ACLU lawyers. It could get very interesting!
I've got a couple of cameras over my shoulder. Wonder if DagneyT's head will be on TV tonight?
Just announced; short of a quorum and awaiting more members. sigh
Finally underway!
Randal Buck Wood; anti bill; Lawyer (go figure); 1) bill does require ID, needs to do more (WHAT?) Never found ANY non-citizen...heard of ONE. Therefore it's not necessary, seems to be the gist....must be citizens...provisional are not being counted, and should be verified. RVers are his big issue of folks who don't live here, but travel yet still vote by mail. He calls them "escapees". They vote by mail. He said signs saying "voter fraud will be prosecuted" scarespeopleillegal voters off! Well DUH. He actually called them "voters". One of the committee clarified what is actually in the bill. Every red clad person 80% of the room, applauded. Cameras panned. So much for the 3 minute rule, thanks to questions from committee members.
Sitting next to Skipper Wallace, an author of the bill.....tell you more later. He was talking to an anti lawyer earlier, who complained about the room "full of red". You can guess who is also in red? Skipper tells me they'll take a pro-voter ID person next. This is going to on until the late night...but not with me here!
What If.....?
What if someone in the building during this tragedy had been a concealed permit carrier? A lady who lost both of her parents in this tragedy asked the same question of Texas legislators. She had a gun. It was in her car when this happened. She made a difference by getting legislation passed in Texas, and thanks to her I have a gun in my purse! Wonder if there will be similar actions in the state of New York? My guess is that they will use this tragedy as a way to disarm the rest of us.
God ...<< MORE >>San Antonio Tea Party
We learned last night on the Glenn Beck program that he was planning to attend the April 15th San Antonio Tea Party . Today on his radio show we learned he was going to be broadcasting his TV show from in front of the Alamo. Now I have to explain to all who are unfamiliar with San Antonio's Fiesta that Glenn's coup was nothing short of a miracle! Fiesta is two solid weeks of partying and totally takes over downtown San Antonio! Organizers of our Tea Party wanted to hold it there, but due to Fiesta were ...<< MORE >>
