Outrage, Taking Back Our Country

Outrage! Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or anything else, you should be outraged. It started during the Bush administration and is proceeding with breakneck speed under the Obama administration. Right before our eyes, at a lightning fast pace, our country, our democracy, and our freedoms are being lost to a federal government that is totally out of control. In addition, the actions of the federal government will place an overwhelming financial burden on the people of our nation, not only today, but for future generations. An irresponsible Congress is no longer responsible to the people. They blindly approve legislation rushed through Congress that will have a dramatic negative impact on our nation, without even reading it.

It started with what will amount to trillions of dollars in bailout and TARP money. This was supposed to stimulate the economy and create jobs. It will do neither. This money was loaded with political paybacks and pork. It is a near total waste of taxpayer money.

In a swift and mysterious move earlier this year the Obama administration seized control of U.S. Census. It now is controlled by the White House. This should also be a major wake up call if one looks at the ramifications of this move. Census taking has historically been the responsibility of the Commerce Department and under Title 13 of the US Code has been required to be free from politics. This intention has now been violated. This gives the White House the opportunity to manipulate congressional redistricting, the allocation of federal funds, and even the composition of the Electoral College. It gets even worse. The White House has contracted ACORN to assist in the taking of the census count. This is the organization that has been involved in wide spread voter fraud, as well as other illegal and questionable activities. And they are going to assist in the taking and counting of the Census?

Accompanying the Census is the "American Community Survey" that will be the most intrusive and detailed gathering of information on individuals in our nations history. You will be required to give everything from a mini income tax report to such things as your physical, emotional, and mental state, how many autos you have, what you pay for electric, gas, what time you leave home in the morning, a full description of your home and rooms, the number of toilets that you have, etc., etc. This should not be allowed to happen in America.

The federal government seized control of some of the nations largest banks and financial institutions. They have also seized control of the US auto industry. Get out of your head the trick words of "public ownership", you have no say or ownership whatsoever, it is all GOVERNMENT owned. While taking control of the auto industry they stiffed creditors and shareholders while at the same time giving away part ownership to the unions.

Heading fast down the pike is national healthcare. This will again cost taxpayers trillions of dollars, while actually worsening the quality of healthcare in our country. Just imagine the government controlling healthcare! There have even been hints, and strong ones, of eugenically controlling the distribution of healthcare, a selection process of who is worth spending the money on. Rather than attacking the root cause of costs related to healthcare, the plan is just spend taxpayer money in paying for it. Yet statistics show that 90% of Americans who want healthcare, are already covered. (90% is an accurate number if you exclude the wealthy who choose not carry healthcare insurance and the 59% of illegal immigrants, who are not Americans, and have no healthcare.) So instead of fixing the problems with the existing healthcare in our country and going after the root causes of costs, our Congress is going to give us yet another massive ineffective program costing trillions of dollars.

The "climate change" bill, also referred to as "cap and trade" is another disaster for our country. This again will cost taxpayers trillions of dollars and it is even worse than that. First, it will do little to nothing to improve the climate or the environment, the purpose for which it is intended. It is fully driven by political and political correctness motives. It will end up costing business in the Untied Sates, billions upon billions of dollars. It will hurt business dramatically; some will suffer financially, some will close down, some will move out of the country. This will drive unemployment through the roof, more on that later. For homeowners, renters, businesses, etc. the costs for energy will increase significantly. Already high costs of electric and gas will be much higher. Gasoline costs will be driven up. Typically, as much else in recent times, there is no plan! Only words and possibilities of alternate sources have been mentioned, without full investigations on practicality, costs, availability of supply and more. Real sources of domestic supply and alternate energy are being ignored. This bill again has been blindly approved by an irresponsible Congress without even reading the voluminous paperwork.

Reuters recently reported “as many as 21″ czars reporting directly into President Obama. These czars, who weren't elected, and who bypass Congress, yield tremendous power over financial spending and direction of our country in several vital areas. There is a pay czar who will have some control over compensation in private corporations, an energy czar, a healthcare, czar, a regulatory czar, a drug czar, a border czar, an info-tech czar, and this list goes on. Yet, even though they wield so much unchecked power, nobody seems to know how many czars were actually appointed and what their specific roles are. How can this possibly be a good thing in a free, democratic country. Even Democratic Senator Byrd wrote a letter to President Obama in February, criticizing the president’s strategy of creating czars to manage important areas of national policy. Senator Byrd said that these appointments violate both the constitutional system of checks and balances and the constitutional separation of powers, and is a clear attempt to evade congressional oversight. Yet the citizens of this country sit back and do nothing. Where is the outrage?

Along this same line of power consolidated at the top, even though people are demanding that the Federal Reserve be audited, and even closed, and a majority of Congressional Representatives have requested an audit, the Obama administration will be giving the Fed even more sweeping powers. President Obama plans to give power to the Fed for the most controlling reorganization of financial-market supervision since the 1930s, a new move that would touch almost every corner of banking from how mortgages are underwritten to the way of all kinds of financial instruments are traded. Still again this is another dramatic move to concentrate power at the top of our nation, and again there is little Congressional oversight over the Fed. This, by way of default, leaves the people of our nation completely out of the picture, something that should NEVER happen in a democracy, especially on something so critically important.

Unemployment in the United States will skyrocket. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released numbers showing that the unemployment is currently at 9.4% and climbing. The Obama administration previously said unemployment would peak at 8 %, significantly different than reality. Yet he is claiming that 150,000 jobs have already been created or "saved" by his stimulus. These are phantom numbers since there is no way of proving his claim. Further, he is further claiming that 600,000 jobs will be created or "saved". Again no credibility to his numbers. A new after the fact prediction by Obama is that unemployment will now hit 10%. No one is questioning his first prediction, numbers seem to be made up as we go along.

Now let's look at reality. The chain reaction of unemployment due to the auto industry hasn't taken full effect yet. This includes not only closed down plants, but dealerships, auto parts suppliers, and all the others that supply the auto industry with either products or services. This is a huge number of workers in itself. In addition to that there are continuing cut backs with many businesses, as well as others going out of business due to the economic crisis and other factors. All this has yet to hit the labor force numbers. The climate bill will also produce massive unemployment. Unemployment is clearly headed to go well over 11%. It would not be a surprise if unemployment went as high as 12%, or even higher. Recent reports are even more alarming. It is almost predictable if you look at reality, and the real impact of the Obama administration moves. Why isn't the media and those who claim to be financial experts questioning and actually drilling the Obama administration over their employment claims that are obviously way off the mark? Instead of questioning the obvious now, the approach seems to be offering explanations "after the game is over" with fabricated reasons for inaccurate predictions, hindsight analysis rather than good planning and anticipation.

The financial crisis in the United States, believe it or not, is worse than being reported. As our reported national debt accelerates rapidly beyond $11.4 trillion, our real debt is actually multiples of that. As reported in USA Today (May 29, 2009) our real debt when you include the liabilities of Social Security, Medicare, and the military / civil servant retirement programs places our debt in the vicinity of $63.8 trillion. The hole has become so deep that it is very difficult to even imagine how we as a nation can ever dig out of it.

If this information isn't depressing enough, a recent report (May 18, 2009) by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that at least 47 states are facing serious financial difficulties, shortfalls in their budgets. Across the nation the shortfalls projected from the states out to 2011 are estimated at $350 billion. With the immense spending and deficit at the federal level, and 47 states in serious financial trouble it is very difficult to visualize anything positive since we have compounding effects.

There are rumors that behind the scenes some Congressional members are preparing still another massive bail out for the states. This will accomplish three very negative things. First, fiscal responsibility will not be taught. What happens to a state that receives a bail out, then continues to conduct business as usual after the bail out money is spent? There seems to be a "bail me out" mentality rather than responsible financial management. If anyone is curious on how to do it right, they should look to the sates of Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota, where a mix of Democratic and Republican Governors have shown us how to manage a state (or country) in a financially responsible manner. The blueprint is there for all that are (and should be) interested. They are Governors, Freudenthal (Wyoming), Schweitzer (Montana), and Hoeven (North Dakota). Not that it matters but they are 2 Democrats and a Republican.

Secondly, and equally dangerous to our democracy, is once the federal government gives bail out money, as already demonstrated, they will seize the right to dictate to the states. Essentially states receiving bail out will give up much of their sovereignty. Again this concentrates power at the federal level. How much of this has to go on before people wake up! And the third and very obvious negative result is that the bail out drives our nation deeper and deeper into debt, essentially bankrupting our nation and placing our debt in the hands of unfriendly nations that would love to see nothing more than the destruction of our democracy and our well being as a nation. Very, very unhealthy.

There is still more legislation that is being bulldozed through a blind, irresponsible Congress that will curtail our freedoms. This legislation always comes with do good titles that mask out all the strong negatives that curtail our freedoms. As citizens of the United States we can expect unbearable taxes and the extremely high costs of even the bare necessities of life. This combined with a curtailment of our freedoms will result in a citizenry that is totally dependent upon, and at the mercy of, the federal government. The fast paced direction we are headed in is the exact opposite of what the Founders of our country intended, and even specifically warned us against.

The people of the United States should be outraged. Any one of the items above should cause outrage. In total it shows a pattern of a federal government out of control. Everybody should be downright angry. Right before your eyes, at an accelerated speed, you are seeing the destruction of our country and our great democracy. How possibly could anybody just sit back and do nothing?! If not for yourself, do it for your children. Do it for your grandchildren, or other loved ones. It is OK to be angry, as long as you channel it in the right direction. First, cast off the idea that you can't do anything about it. You can and we can. The window of opportunity is closing rapidly, but we can still do something to change the course of events. We have to do it now, not a moment or second later, that is how urgent it has become. The action plan must be aggressive, but, of course, always peaceful and staying within the law, but nonetheless aggressive.

Following is the suggested 10 step action plan.

1) Bombard, and I mean bombard, your political representatives at both the state and federal level with phone calls, letters, and E-mails to express your concerns. Demand a change from the current direction of overly dominant federal government control and fiscal irresponsibility. Demand that your freedoms are protected.

2) As above, bombard newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows...all avenues of public communication with your concerns.

3) Organize groups from your neighborhood, cites and towns, workplace, or any other logical groupings of people, some that you may already belong to, to express concerns in numbers and with leverage. Always network with other groups for strength and leverage.

5) Join in protests and rallies across our nation to show the deep concern over to what is happening to our country. Always do it in a peaceful, non hateful manner, and staying within the law.

6) Encourage good candidates to run for office, whether Democrats, Republicans, Independents, etc. Seek out good people to represent us.

7) Don't be fooled by smooth words and platitudes, we have had enough of that and as a people we should look at facts, actions, and actual history and track records, not just seemingly nice words. Look behind the mask.

8) Vote all of those out of office, irrespective of party, who have helped us move toward our current impending disaster. Dramatic action is required, get rid of them.

9) Hold all elected and even appointed representatives accountable. Make them pay attention to your voice, they are currently ignoring it.

10) Currently the people fear the government and it is getting worse. Thomas Jefferson said, "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." We need to change the direction back to the people.

There is a small time window of opportunity to act. You should be both outraged and angry if you really care about our country today and its' future, for yourselves and loved ones. If we do not act now, and act aggressively, in a few short years the United Sates will no longer be recognizable as a country of freedom and democracy. Citizens of our nation will be living under oppression, and misery. The handwriting is clear, history should be an example. You can no longer sit back. Do something, this is an urgent call to action. Always do it peacefully, without hatred, and within the law, but act. Don't wait, start right at this moment. The future of our country depends upon you.

How to Answer the "American Community Survey", a Suggestion

Here is what is suggested on the "American Community Survey" that is a supplement to the 2010 US Census. It is suggested that people answer the questions they are comfortable with, but refuse to answer those that they are not and use the explanation given below. If all those who feel that the questions are too intrusive use this approach, this may be a case that indeed does go all the way to the Supreme Court. I believe the People would win.

For Questions That Are Felt To Be Too Intrusive:

I find these questions invasive, intrusive, unnecessary, and a violation of my right to privacy. "This "Right to Privacy", was covered in a Harvard Law Review article written in 1890 by the scholars Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis supporting that privacy should exist as a common law right. Brandeis as a Supreme Court justice stated, "The makers of our Constitution...sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations," he stated in Olmstead v. United States (1928). "They conferred as against the Government, the right to be let alone -- the most comprehensive of the rights of man and the right most valued by civilized men."

In addition, the Fourth Amendment protects citizens against violations of their privacy with a ban on "unreasonable searches and seizures" . This questionnaire is deemed no different than an unreasonable search of information in violation of privacy. I respectfully refuse to answer these questions, and firmly believe that this right is protected by both common law and the Constitutional right to privacy.

US Making Major Strategic Error on Iran

The United States is making a major strategic error on Iran. First, we are failing to speak up strongly in support of the people of Iran for their freedom. America that has been the symbol of freedom and democracy since the forming of our nation. The people of Iran are braving beatings, tear gas, and even death and we remain relatively silent in fear that it will anger those who are the oppressive leaders? The people of Iran look toward the United States, even many of the signs that they carry in the streets are in English, pleading for our voice, yet it has been absent. To show the fallacy of our lack of action Iran's "Supreme Leader", Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the chant for the "Death to America" in a recent prayer meeting. The corrupt and illegitimate President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has also used this phrase many times against the United States. So much for our current path of appeasement. It will go nowhere.

By failing to speak up in support of the people of Iran we are missing an important window of opportunity that may lead to a change in the regime. This is extremely critical since Iran is the lynchpin of the entire Mid East. Iran has been sponsoring terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have also been a major supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah, terrorist organizations who have prevented peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Just imagine if this major source of terrorism in the Mid East were neutralized! Like no time in recent history this would allow an opportunity for peace in the entire Mid East.

Our lack of leadership at this critical time is a major strategic error, not only for the United States, but for the entire world.

Major Concerns Over 2010 US Census

There is a deep concern over the upcoming US Census for 3 reasons. First, the White House has seized control over the Census, something never intended under our Constitution. Census taking has historically been the responsibility of the Commerce Department and under Title 13 of the US Code has been required to be free from politics. This intention has now been violated. The White House now has the ability to influence congressional redistricting, the allocation of federal funds, and even the composition of the Electoral College. This should NEVER be.

Secondly, now that the Census is being controlled by the White House, the propaganda being fed us at this time is that the 2010 Census should be the easiest since it first started in 1790, saying it will only take about 10 minutes. What they don't tell you is that accompanying the Census is the "American Community Survey" that will be the most intrusive and detailed gathering of information on individuals in our nation's history. It should be shocking to everyone, there should be outrage over the ACS.

Thirdly, the White House has contracted ACORN to assist in the taking of the census count. This is the organization, with close ties to Obama, that has been involved in wide spread voter fraud, as well as other illegal and questionable activities. And they are going to assist in the taking and counting of the Census?

Citizens of the United States are now placed in a dilemma they should not have to face. Congress needs to interject itself, protect the American people, and not allow the 2010 Census to take place in its' present form, under the control of the White House and ACORN.

Letter to the People of Iran

Since the government leadership of the United States is not speaking up at this critical time, I will. I believe my opinion represents the overwhelming majority of Americans. Please be assured that the people of the United States strongly support the people of Iran and your right to have a free and fair election in order to chose the leadership of your choice. The people of the United States also support your God given right to freedom and the respect of human dignity without any government oppression. We would like nothing more than for you than to have the ability to receive a good education, satisfying employment, and the ability to support your families and live with the ones that you love in peace. It is our hope that you will have all the necessities of life in order to live in your country of Iran in a comfortable and safe environment.

The people of the United States want to be friends with the people of Iran and want to support you in any way that we can. We want nothing more than for the peoples of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and all the Mid east to have basic freedoms and the right to pursue their lives as they wish, with opportunities to support their families, have all the basic necessities of life, and live in dignity, peace, and happiness.

It is our sincere hope and wish that the countries of Iraq and Afghanistan are sufficiently stabilized shortly so that we can withdraw all of our troops from these countries and allow the people to live in freedom, free from any kind of oppression, with full respect for all human rights. We deplore violence and killing of human beings and it is our hope that any issues will be resolved in a peaceful manner working together for the greater good of the people.

This is a letter to you, the people of Iran, to let you know that the people of the United States strongly support you.

US Making Major Error on Iran

It is a major error and missed opportunity not to let the people of Iran know we support their freedom. This is a window of opportunity that we might not get again. All we have to do is let them know that we support their right to a fair election, and most importantly their freedom. The United States has always been a beacon of freedom and democracy throughout the world, but that beacon seems to have faded when it comes to the people of Iran. They are looking to us, not for an military support, not for financial support, not for any other type of support other that our words...that we support their freedom. The weight of these words from the United States is immense, beyond what people realize.

Yet we seem to be operating, not for what is right, but out of fear. Fear that they may do something against us in Iraq or Afghanistan. Is that what the United States has come to and now what we are about? Fear of a consequence rather than doing what is right? I honestly can't remember any time in our history where we have taken that sort of stance.

Where is our leadership in Washington on this?

The Truth on Healthcare

There are approximately 307 million people in the United States. The claim is that there are 47 million people without healthcare coverage. Out of that number 9.1 million people earn $75,000 a year or more and chose not to have healthcare insurance, even though they can afford it. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that 59% of the nations illegal immigrants are uninsured, or about 7.1 million people.

This means that effectively there are approximately 30.8 million American citizens who are uninsured, or about 10% of the U..S. population. To put it another way, 90% of Americans, who want it, have health insurance. Further, for the most part, these 90% are very satisfied with their coverage. The question now becomes why do we want a massive, federal government controlled, trillion dollar plus, national healthcare program when 90% of the American people are covered and satisfied? Further, why do we want to push the United States even deeper into debt when we are already in a significant financial crisis?

There needs to be a plan to take care of those who are uninsured, and there needs to be refinements in our current healthcare coverage through our existing insurance process to make it less bureaucratic and streamlined, easier for the patients and doctors. The root causes of underlying cost also need to be addressed. What this means is refinements, corrections, and minor new initiatives, but not a massive federally controlled healthcare makeover that will result in poorer healthcare at a staggering cost.

Those in Washington who appear to be stampeding toward pushing through still another massive federal program are urged to stop, look at the facts, and make rational decisions on healthcare.

Amazing Increase in Priests

It is nothing short of amazing and again proves the power of faith and prayer. A few short years ago the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts was facing a severe shortage of priests, not unlike many areas of the country. In addition, the Catholic Church was under attack, some deserving, some not, for the abuse issue. There was a critical juncture, however, with the shortage of priests who are foundational to the very existence of the Church. In answer to this there was the convergence of three important elements: The excellent and holy leadership of Bishop Timothy McDonnell of the Diocese of Springfield; the leadership of Father Gary Dailey, Vocations Director; and one of the holiest and well attended Churches in the diocese, Christ the King Church in Ludlow, MA, under the leadership of Father Raymond Soltys.

In 2005 the Adoration Chapel at Christ the King Church was designated as the chapel for vocations in the diocese. A monstrance that is used to hold the Holy Host representing what Catholics believe to be Jesus was sent to the Vatican and this was blessed by Pope John Paul II. The Adoration Chapel is open 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. There is not a time, day or night, where there is not a person present praying in the chapel, if not several people.

The results speak for themselves. This Fall there will be no less than 28 seminarians from the diocese who are studying for the priesthood. This is almost unheard of in most other regions throughout the country. Faith, dedication, holiness, and prayer resulted in a truly amazing and positive story for the Diocese of Springfield. A story that needs to be recognized and told.

To The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe is losing money for a very simple reason. You chose to pursue a far left agenda and for several years have been involved in pushing an ideology rather than reporting news in a true journalistic fashion. People, readers, your customers, immediately recognized this. Not only have they recognized this, they have been outraged by it. Their response has been NOT to purchase to Boston Globe. Sales still lingered somewhat since some readers may have enjoyed certain parts of the Globe...sports, or certain sections or columns in the paper. Even for those, however, the ideological slant became too overwhelming. The result of this is the financial failure of the Boston Globe.

The Globe was able to exist in severe financial difficulty for a time, apparently since there was financial backing and encouragement from behind the scenes sources who wanted to push a far left agenda, not only on Massachusetts, but on America. Eventually, even this source of money will also dry up, and that is exactly what has happened to the Globe. It is a just destiny since there has been a betrayal of journalistic ethics, a betrayal of the profession, and nothing short of a betrayal of America that has been occurring at the Boston Globe now for several years.

All of this can be turned around in an instant. It is simply this...return to pure, unbiased, ethical, professional journalism. What people, your customers REALLY want is news that covers both sides of issues with a fair and balanced approach. One that does not try to fool people or propagandize people, one that is devoid of an agenda. People also want to see true investigative reporting, revealing the truth, not favoring any party or ideology. If the Boston Globe would only follow this approach people would immediately recognize it and sales would increase dramatically, it is a guarantee.

It is a hope that whoever purchases the Boston Globe will follow the approach above. There is still a great need for good newspapers in America, in fact people long for them. Yet there are few. This approach will lead to financial success and reestablish the Boston Globe as one of the finest newspapers in America.

Catholics in Connecticut Must Act

In an attempt to silence the Catholic Church in Connecticut the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut State Legislature, which is chaired by Sen. Andrew McDonald of Stamford and Rep. Michael Lawlor of East Haven, introduced a bill that directly attacks the Roman Catholic Church.


This bill violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. It forces a radical reorganization of the legal, financial, and administrative structure of our parishes. This is contrary to the Apostolic nature of the Catholic Church because it disconnects parishes from their Pastors and their Bishop. Parishes would be run by boards from which Pastors and the Bishop would be effectively excluded.

Once this was exposed, with outcry, it caused those responsible to back off and the bill quietly drifted away. But with all issues such as this you just can bet it will re-surface in another manner aimed against the Church. This recently occurred with "officials" who told the Church it needs to register as a lobbyist to hold rallies at the state Capitol and use its Web site to oppose legislation. These officials are apparently Thomas Jones and Carol Carson, from the Office of State Ethics. This was followed by Rep. Chris Caruso of Bridgeport, the former chairman of the legislature’s Government Administration and Elections Committee, who said the Church has a right to rally and assemble and the state has the right to regulate it. He said the church can't have it both ways. Thank you Rep. Caruso, voters need to remember you.

Just imagine if this were any other religion, other than Catholic. First, those named above would never even dare to introduce such a bill, and secondly, if they did there would be such outcry by the media and those affected it would quickly become a national issue with major repercussions.

Here is what Catholics in Connecticut are urged to do. First, write, call, E-mail, contact by whatever means the Governor and all your state representatives. Flood the media with letters, call ins, etc. and voice your strong objection. Most importantly exercise your right as an American and vote all of those mentioned above out of office. They are attacking YOUR Church and violating your rights, don't let them get away with this.

Obama Made Up Numbers on Employment

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released numbers showing that the unemployment is currently at 9.4% and climbing. The Obama administration previously said unemployment would peak at 8 %, significantly different than reality. Yet he is claiming that 150,000 jobs have already been created or "saved" by his stimulus. These are phantom numbers since there is no way of proving his claim. Further, he is further claiming that 600,000 jobs will be created or "saved". Again no credibility to his numbers.

Now let's look at reality. The chain reaction of unemployment due to the auto industry hasn't taken full effect yet. This includes not only closed down plants, but dealerships, auto parts suppliers, and all the others that supply the auto industry with either products or services. This is a huge number of workers in itself. In addition to that there are continuing cut backs with many businesses, as well as others going out of business due to the economic crisis and other factors. All this has yet to hit the labor force numbers.

I would venture to say that unemployment will go well over 11%. The only thing that can slow this down are the creation of new jobs at the federal government level, government jobs, just the opposite of what we should do.

Why isn't the media and those who claim to be financial experts questioning and actually drilling the Obama administration over their employment claims that are obviously way off the mark?

While We Are Silent

Any one of the actions below by the Obama administration should be an outrage and the American people and media should be screaming in complaint and demand an explanation. In total, it is beyond comprehension how the administration is allowed to get away with it. Failure to act means the end to our great democracy and the freedoms that we enjoy. Below are just some of the major areas of grave concern:

Seizing control of the US Census that determines congressional redistricting, the allocation of federal funds, and even the composition of the Electoral College. This was taken away from the Commerce Department where it was intended to be devoid of politics.

The federal government taking control of some of the nations largest banks and financial institutions; the auto industry; the housing industry; and will soon control the energy and healthcare industries.

The impending bailout of states, cities and towns by the federal government. Currently 47 of our states are in financial difficulty, some of them severe. The same is true of many of our cities and towns. What will occur is that our states and localities will, in effect, be under the control of the federal government and lose their sovereignty.

The spending of trillions of dollars of taxpayer money, much of it highly questionable or being wasted, yet the American people have no say.

A large number of "czars" (something like 18) that report directly to Obama and have the power to shape national policy and influence huge amounts of federal spending without being accountable to Congress or the American people.

Various legislation being rammed through congress that will cost taxpayers even more money, and severely limit personal freedoms.

The federal government effectively controls the main stream media, the information that the American people receive.

Again, any one of these should be outrageous to everyone. In total it is a clear indicator of a pattern of power grabbing that will be destructive to America. Wake up people before it is too late!

Federal Government Over Control Dangerous to America

The federal government is moving rapidly into a very dangerous over control situation and the most startling thing is that the American people have no say. Within a very short time of the Obama administration the federal government seized control of the Census, normally under the Commerce Department specifically to avoid political influence. This gives the White House the opportunity to manipulate congressional redistricting, the allocation of federal funds, and even the composition of the Electoral College.

In a little over 4 months the federal government has taken control of some of the nations largest banks and financial institutions; the auto industry; the housing industry; and will soon control the energy and healthcare industries. This is much, much more than "oversight", this is outright control. Only a day after President Obama announced that the federal government had no desire to run the auto industry, a congressional committee was hammering auto executives over their plan to close dealerships in an attempt to cut costs and become profitable. It doesn't take much intelligence to tell that you can't run a company with that sort of meddling in a business, much of it potentially driven by political motives. This no doubt will be ruinous to the auto industry.

Even more dangerous is the impending bailout of states, cities and towns by the federal government. It needs to be understood that when bailed out, the federal government effectively owns these government entities and will dictate to them. Currently 47 of our states are in financial difficulty, some of them severe. The same is true of many of our cities and towns. What will occur is that our states and localities will, in effect, lose their sovereignty. We will become a federal government dominated country vs. local control.

This is all being funded with taxpayer money that will jeopardize the financial well being of our country and citizens, not only today, but for future generations with the out of control spending. None of this is being done with permission of the people. If all of the above isn't bad enough the federal government effectively controls the main stream media. At first this was voluntary by the media since they overwhelmingly favored the Obama administration. This, however, is gradually becoming a situation of control through innuendo and fear.

As a result of this over control by the federal government and additional legislation that is being rammed through congress personal freedoms will be severely restricted. People who lived through the dictatorial take over of Venezuela by Hugo Chavez are warning us that this is exactly what happened in that country during his early rein.

Our only hope to put an end to this runaway freight train of federal government control will be the 2010 elections and any elections preceding 2010. After that it will be too late, America will become something none of us will recognize, it will no longer be our great democracy. The Founders of our country specifically warned us not to allow this to happen. We are faced with an urgent fight for our very freedoms and democracy.