I’m reminded of the rallying cry of the late Gil Scott- Heron “who will survive in America, who will survive in America, who will survive in America.” From the sound of the candidates running for the Repub nod; no one! Some of the things that come out of their mouths; such as comparing the President to Hitler and Stalin. I love what Newt said calling Kathleen Sebelius  ‘Stalin’, saying Barack Obama is the opposite of freedom. “This is the core of my argument with Barack Obama,” Gingrich said. “He is a natural secular European socialist. He believes in big government. He believes in centralized power. He believes he, as a politician, knows more than we do and he should help us redesign our lives by letting him and other bureaucrats live it for us. It is the opposite of freedom.”

Governor Rick Perry also weighed in “Let’s stop the American downward spiral”. With how the pundits are speaking we must reside in two Americas. Listen to the rhetoric that spews from the would be’s.

We know during the election season things ramp up. Gas prices may fall, troops start coming home, more jobs mysteriously appear and the sun shines a little brighter;  you get the gist. The climate begins to change a bit too. The first thing I noticed were voter I.D. laws.  Isn’t it strange how it appeared out of no where. Notice this in state such as North Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Texas who have recently elected Repub governors as well as legislatures. Nicki  Haley, South Carolina Governor signed a similar bill. Is voter fraud really as bad as it seems ? I know in the great state of North Carolina voter fraud is low; we have in place decent regulations so why grow government even more. Why add when we can work with what’s in place.  Is party affiliation really important as it would exclude independents.  Again why is this all of a sudden such a pressing issue?

Remember Florida, Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris, how they stole the election from Al Gore. Where was the outcry then from the Repubs? Hell it was the British press that broke the story. To learn more about this in detail read, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast. Don’t resurrect old demons, it could be detrimental and NOT in your favor.

Big government, big government! We want small government! The Dems are killing our economy with their policies and spending is the Repubs rallying cry. If I remember correctly in dealing with modern-day small government, we have to give a nod to the Clinton Administration. He cut taxes and didn’t create any new social programs and yes he kept us out of wars. Repubs believe in big tax cuts for the top bracket, and the abolition of almost all government regulation. How did that trickle down supply side work out for you. They produced the largest deficits in history. Severe unemployment, falling family incomes, declining industries. Also then speaker Newt Gingrich said the tax increase would kill jobs and lead to recession. increase  unemployment the deficit. Jeff Madrick in his book The Case for Big Government states…
“The problem with the political claims is that so-called big government has enlarged freedom by protecting civil rights, minimizing discrimination, giving people decent health care and the educational and economic tools to fulfill their lives, which ultimately contribute to further prosperity, and have withstood the return of totalitarianism everywhere in the West. Democracy has simply thrived in “the welfare states” of Europe. In fact, there really is no example of small government among rich nations.”

In talking with a buddy Lu, the owner of LocoLu’s, I mentioned politicians are no longer the answer, look at how they have failed us. It’s going to take a personal revolution, people taking ownership for themselves. We the people need to become more cohesive, abandon party affiliation and concentrate on holistic ideas; OURS!

John Jones

The NON-Conformist