Freedom’s Wings Has Moved

We are not here anymore.  We have moved on up and become better than ever.  Please change your blogrolls and bookmarks because this site will no longer be updated.  Please feel free to continue to peruse the postings here and comment.  I will still check in periodically.  The new website can be found at http://freedomswingspolitics.com.  Make sure to check the website daily for breaking news, indepth analysis and opinion, a page to listen to the radio show and join chat without the obnoxious Blog Talk Radio ads and activism!  Thank you for your support through the years and I look forward to sharing all the exciting developments in Freedom’s Wings’ future.

Where Have I Been?

Just as the country needs to refound, so too will Freedom’s Wings.  I’m focusing all my efforts into one complete website instead of spreading out across many.  I’ve been working on that real hard and it will launch on April’s Fool Day (April 1st) and the joke is on the Progressives!  The website address is: http://freedomswingspolitics.com

Hope to see you there and please change your blogrolls accordingly! Thanks!

Is Momentum Shifting Towards GOP On ObamaCare

The Slaughter Rule or Deem and Pass has died in the House.  The controversial rule would have allowed the House Democrats to pass the rule rather than actually vote on the Senate version of ObamaCare.  As if we are too dumb to figure out that passing the rule means passing ObamaCare.  Now the plan for Sunday is three big votes: the first to bring the “fix-it” bill to the House floor. The second on the bill. Then the final vote would be on the Senate bill itself. 

I question whether this is the actually order of the votes because earlier this morning chaos erupted at the Rules Committee because a bill has to be passed into law before it can be amended.  Otherwise, the bill would be changed and have to go back to the Senate and be voted on again.  The reconciliation proposals would be moot.  So there is no way that the Democrats can lawfully pass the amendments before passing the Senate Bill and getting the President’s signature.  This would be another lawsuit waiting to happen just as the Slaughter Rule would have been.  That is more than likely why the Democrats dropped it because they knew it would not hold up in court.

Especially a Supreme Court that the President publically called out and the Democrats jeered at the State of the Union Address.

Census Does Not Transcend Race

One would think that with a half black President and decades of civil rights laws, that America would finally be in a place where race is transcended.  Who can forget President Obama’s lecture on race during the presidential campaign of 2008?  And yet the idea that racism is still pervasive in this country is continually trumpeted.  Tea Partiers are accused of being racist for protesting the government simply because the President is black.  Any suggestion of profiling is deemed racist even though it would make society safer.  Calls for reparations continue to be heard.  And now the 2010 Census form has arrived at most homes and indeed, race is a major component of the questions. 

First of all, the Census informs us that question 8, which is about Hispanic origin, has nothing to do with race.  What?  Not only is that preposterous, but why is this question separated from question 9 that is a general race question?  What difference does it make if someone is of Cuban or Puerto Rican descent?  Criminal invaders are terrified to answer the Census because they fear they will be picked up.  (That is laughable.)  This question should leave them quaking in their boots.  Perhaps the Census should have just asked if the individual was in America legally.  And why are we counting these people anyway?  So we can allow them to steal more of our services?

Question 9 is just as ridiculous.  Why does the Census have to know someone’s race?  And how do most of us American mutts answer that?  Many Americans have a mixed heritage.  It would serve the government better to have asked if you were a citizen.  Perhaps even a natural born citizen – if only the government could figure out what that means exactly.  I plan on marking Question 9 as “other” and writing in American.  I am sick to death of the hyphens and seperation in this society.  Obviously, the 2010 Census is racist.

The question is, “Why does the government need this information?”  My answer to that question should have the various races outraged because it is obvious.  Part of the reason we are told that we need to answer all the questions is for funding.  The government wants to make sure everybody gets their fair share.  I believe the government is racist and will assume that minorities have a lower income threshold and thus will need more government service in their area.  That is the only explanation that I can come up with.

There was a time in our history when the race questions on the Census were used for a nefarious purpose.  During World War II, Japanese-Americans were rounded up and put in internment camps – a very dark time in our history.  Census information was used to help facilitate the round up.  So the suggestion that this Census information will be locked up for 72 years and not used for any other purpose is a farce.

I will answer my Census truthfully and fairly completely.  My telephone number is none of their business as well as most of the question, so I will answer them in a truthful way, but not exact.  They don’t need my birthdate, but I will write in “adult”.  So I suppose the Census Bureau will come visiting and they will be able to ascertain that I am “white” and scribble that down.

Karzai Angry Over Taliban No. 2 Arrest

This is getting ridiculous and I again call for our country to pull our men and women out of this fight unless we get serious about Afghanistan.  There are lists of appropriate terms of engagement that handcuff our troops and keep them from finishing this fight.  The Obama Administration does not recognize exactly who our enemies are either by changing the War On Terrorism to the War With Al Qaeda.  We are fighting Jihadists that represent many different groups.  One of those groups is the Taliban.

Recently, Pakistan captured the Taliban number two leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, with the help of United States Intelligence.  Instead of thanking Pakistan and the U.S., Afghan President Hamid Karzai is angry.  He had plans to hold a peace conference and Baradar was to attend.  Karzai has for months made his intentions of working with the Taliban known.  The moment I heard Karzai make such remarks, I was done with this false nation building.  Afghanistan cannot be restored to its former self with the Taliban leading, in any way.  And common sense tells us that the minute the Americans are gone, the Taliban will push Karzai out or bring him over to their side because Karzai is corrupt.

As long as the Afghan leader wants to make peace with the group responsible for harboring, training, funding and helping in ever way possible the 9/11 terrorists and the group responsible for stoning women in soccer fields and the streets, then we should have no troops aiding that country.  But that will not happen with Barack Hussein Obama at the helm of the military.  He held a phone conference with Karzai yesterday and reiterated his desire for reconciliation.  Perhaps he thought that he was discussing ObamaCare with Karzai?

It is time to stop wasting the efforts of our troops and they should not have to give their lives for this.

Reid Cares More About ObamaCare Then Wife

Some might consider that observation that I have made as harsh, but let us look at reality.  Last night during my radio show, one of my listeners informed the chatroom that Harry Reid’s wife and daughter had been involved in a serious accident.  We sent our well wishes that way because nobody wishes these types of things on anybody regardless of your political differences.  One person mentioned that God might be sending the Mouse of the Senate a wake-up call.

A bit later, another listener let the chatroom know that the injuries were not life threatening and that Reid had visited the hospital and then rushed back to D.C. for a meeting with Rahm Emanuel.  We all commented what a jerk he was for leaving his wife.  At the time, I had no idea exactly why Reid’s family was in the hospital.  After my show I read that the Mouse’s wife had a broken back and neck and was in ICU.  Now I really think this guy is a first class jerk!  This is his wife of over fifty years, I believe.  Nothing could tear me away from that bedside at a time like that, not even a political career.  In case the Mouse had not noticed, his polls are tanking and re-election will only be possible if his Tea Party candidate scheme works.

Who exactly do we have representing us in Washington?  Are these people so sold out to power and control that they not only are not listening to We The People anymore, but they are willing to sacrifice everything for their Progressive Utopia?  This incident is an example of just exactly what we are dealing with here: Soulless creatures.

Is Nevada Tea Party Candidate A Plant?

Florida was the first state to have a Tea Party political party registered.  It has been a controversial move and decried by the tea party groups in Florida.  Conservatives know that a third party would take away votes in the November elections and let the Marxists continue their onslaught.  Now Nevada has a registered Tea Party political party as well.  The candidate who co-registered the group and is running on the ticket in Nevada is very similar to the Floridian Tea Party candidate.

Scott Ashjian is the Nevada candidate.  He is a lawyer and owes $200,000 in back taxes.  Frederic O’Neal is the Florida candidate and he is a lawyer who owes $155,000 in back taxes.  Coincidence?  O’Neal is also a former Democrat.  There may be nothing nefarious here, but I would not put it past the Progressives to start these political parties and fund the candidates in an effort to take votes away from the Republicans.  After a Rasmussen Poll revealed that a Tea Party candidate would beat out both Republicans and Democrats, who would doubt the conniving minds of Progressives?

The Patriot Caucus has run a poll asking if people would like Scott Ashjian to step aside and over 90% say, “Yes.”  No tea party organizer will vouch for Ashjian either.  The same is true in Florida for the candidate here.  Twenty Nevada Tea Party groups have released a public statement as follows:

For Immediate Release: March 10, 2010
From Nevada grassroots and tea party leaders
Subject: Unified Statement / Grassroots Nevada is United

We, the grassroots/tea party leaders of Nevada, speaking for the conservative activists in our communities, are united in issuing the following statement.

• We are united in denouncing the TPN (Tea Party of Nevada).
-o The TPN is not a conservative party who speaks for grassroots and tea party activists in Nevada.
-o The TPN is not now, has never been, and will never be affiliated with grassroots efforts in Nevada.
-o The term “Tea Party Candidate” will no longer be used to indicate grassroots support for a candidate or candidates.
-o The TPN will not be invited to or allowed to represent themselves at conservative grassroots events and functions across Nevada.
• We are united in our desire for fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability from legislators and in legislation from Carson City, NV and Washington, D.C.
• We are united in opposition of progressive leanings towards unfunded mandates as a solution to appeasing special interest and delivering ‘social justice’.
• We are united in the belief that our government should be inspiring pride and accountability, and personal strength and opportunity, not a path for us to follow to have our needs met as the government sees fit.

We, the tea party activists and grassroots organizers in Nevada, are united.

Signed on March 10, 2010:

-Anger is Brewing / Debbie Landis
-National Precinct Alliance / Tony Warren
-Citizens Awareness Network / Jesse Law
-Nevada Action Coalition / Duane Smith
-Citizens in Action / Juanita Cox
-Nevada Families Eagle Forum / Janine Hanson
-Fallon Tea Party II / Bob Clifford
-Nevada Patriots / Diana Orrock
-Gardnerville Tea party / Ron Stevens
-NvRA / Travis Christensen
-Glenn Beck Meetup Group/ Sally Minster
-P.A.C.T. / Janice Baldwin
-Grassroots Nevada / Jamie Costello
-Reject Reid / Sheila Danish
-Las Vegas 9-12’ers / Jeff Waffle
-Nevada 9-12 Americans / Charlene Bybee
-Las Vegas Tea Party / Frank Ricotta
-Western Representation PAC / Dustin Stockton
-Patriot Caucus / Eric Odom
-Winnemucca Tea Party / Mike Myrhow

We must stand against any Tea Party political party to protect the Union!

Glenn Beck Interview With Eric Massa A Waste Of Time

UPDATE:  An ethics investigation and subsequent charges have been dropped against Massa.  Hmmm…you don’t suppose that is why he backed off and backtracked do you?  Or was it just that he did not have the goods?

Yesterday, Glenn Beck spoke on his radio show about an interview planned for his television show yesterday evening with Rep. Eric Massa.  He explained that it would be an hour long interview and that he had no idea what Massa would reveal on the show about corruption in Washington and his recent resignation over sexual harrassment charges from a male staffer.  All I could think was why would anyone spend an hour airtime on this Washington scum.  We are the better for this guy stepping down.  Much has been made of Massa being a no vote on ObamaCare, but it was not because he has principles.  The bill is not Marxist enough for him because the public option was not included.

Michelle Malkin agreed with my accessment as well and she spoke on Glenn’s show yesterday defending the idea that this was a waste of time and that Glenn should not give him an hour on television.  Glenn and Michelle debated back and forth and then after a pause Glenn said, “I don’t understand you people.”  Michelle was clearly not happy about that and neither was I.  Glenn eventually apologized to her.  Ed Morrissey has video and comments on this here.  I continue to wonder what is going on with Glenn.  Is his fame and power going to his head?  He regularly attacks those on the same side as himself and made inferrances yesterday about attacks he has received after his CPAC speech.  So basically Glenn is going after those of us who realize that our only option in 2010 is to take back the Republican Party.  He seems to think that this is an endorsement od the GOP, which it is not.  Most of us conservatives go after Republicans more harshly than people on the left.  The problem with Glenn is that he attacks us for this plan while offering none of his own.  He merely thinks educating the masses will make a difference, but if there is no action, we simply have an American population living under tyranny and realizing what that means.

After watching the interview on Glenn’s show, it would seem that Michelle and I were right with our criticism.  Glenn actually apologized at the end of the show for wasting America’s time, which I know is legitimate because Glenn prides himself on giving us quality programming.  Massa was evasive and backtracking.  After three days of claiming that he was forced out of office, he told Glenn that he was not forced out and that he takes responsiblity for his bad behavior.  The revelations of corruption and backroom dealings were not revealed.  Massa appeared to only be interested in saving his political career as Michelle indicated in her comments to Glenn on his show.  Apparently, Glenn got the big ratings he expected from this interview, but not much else.  I hope he did not give Massa an hour simply for ratings.

Nancy Pelosi Wants ObamaCare To Pass So We Know What Is In It

PlastiGirl has put on her old thinking cap to generate some new ideas to help her get the votes she needs to pass ObamaCare.  Obviously, she does not have the votes needed right now even though she claims that she does or they would have passed the Senate bill through the House in order to avoid reconciliation.  Today, Plasti delivered a speech at the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties (NACo). This year marks the 75th anniversary of the organization.

She started her comments with, “Your common responsibilities bring you to Washington with a common cause: to strengthen the partnership between America’s counties and the federal government.  It is in that spirit that I have come here today.  It’s in that spirit that we will work together to, as your theme says, to ‘find solutions in tough times.”  Somehow I do not feel comfortable with Plasti suggesting that the federal government should be walking arm in arm with local government.  Our local government is the area where we can affect the most change in order to get government intrusion out of our lives.

PlastiGirl reminded those who were listening, whom it was that started this Progressive Movement in America by saying, “As you are in Washington this week, we stand at the doorstep of history, ready to realize a centuries old dream, started by a Republican President, Teddy Roosevelt.  He was the one who started this country thinking in this direction, and we are deeply in his debt.  But, we are a hundred years late.”  She went on to relate that Teddy wanted universal healthcare.  She then made this preposterous claim, “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.”  WHAT!?  They have to pass the bill so we know what is in it?!  I thought they have been telling us for a year what is in this legislation.  Who has ever heard of passing a bill so we can actually she what is in that bill? 

She continued with more of the insanity, “Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President’s economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation—innovation begins in the classroom—clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform.  Health insurance reform is about jobs.  This legislation alone will create 4 million jobs, about 400,000 jobs very soon.”  Excuse me?  This piece of crap tax and spend bill is going to create 4 million jobs?!  This is the first time I have ever heard that claim and I would love to know exactly how that is going to happen.  The government will be driving insurance companies into the ground, which will be job loss.  Doctors will get out of the practice because of the impossible regulations and lack of payments: more job loss.

Then she went on to talk about the courage that will be needed to pass this legislation.  That has been her theme lately.  Courage was needed to pass Social Security and MediCare.  Courage will be needed to set up the infrastructure for government healthcare.  Any person with a brain knows that socialism does not require courage, it requires a desire to control.

Rednecks And Science Collide On The Freedom’s Wings Show

The prevalent thought in the world is that environmentalism belongs to the left and that individuals who are anti-statist, conservative, libertarian and do not believe in the hype around man-made global warming, do not care about the earth and the inhabitants (including animals) of that planet.  That is simply not true.  I myself was a Wildlife Biology major when I started college, I have always recycled, I love nature and hiking and I support the idea that we need to conserve and use alternative energy.  I just do not think that the government is allowed to intrude into my life and force me to do that and tax me accordingly.

Tuesday, March 9th, I will be joined by two fellow Blog Talk Radio hosts, Mark and Guy who host the Green T Hour.  The description of their show is “where science and rednecks collide.”  Guy is the Science and Mark is the Redneck and the show is an eclectic blend of sustainable living and renewable energy in real life applications for the common person, economic insight, political impact, personal experiences and much more.  You can check out their show here and there website here.  We will discuss a variety of topics dealing with Cap & Trade, carbon credits, the green industry, Smart Grid, alternative energy and government intrusion in our lives including the renewal of the Patriot Act by President Obama.

Join us here for an entertaining and informative show at 6pm ET.