Our new President is out there somewhere

[FCTP]

My husband and I lived in Houston, Texas during the oil crisis in the late 70's and early 80’s.  We were a young married couple living the good life.  We had just purchased our first home and our first baby was on her way. 

 

We finally had enough money to also purchase a second car.  We were excited and looked forward to a new chapter in our marriage.  We had been married five years and felt ready to take on the parental challenge.

 

Shortly after we bought our home and the second car, something happened in the economy.  We had not paid much attention to politics and all that stuff that affects your everyday life.  Why?  Because life was good and we were doing fine.  The grocery prices were rising but it hadn’t hurt too badly – Yet.

 

Then all of a sudden – and it seemed it came without warning – we watched as everything escalated in costs.  I vividly remember watching a gas station clerk make a poster board with the $1 on it.  Gas was finally hitting a dollar and the gas stations were not prepared for a three-digit number on their signs!  That was 1979.

 

Panic was setting in and people were losing hope.  Jimmy Carter was President and he seemed unable to neither fix the rising costs nor strongly address the world issues that played on the nightly news.  People were uneasy and fearful without a strong leader.  For the first time in my life, I realized the importance of leadership and how it can affect a business and a country.

 

Houston was especially hit hard and we watched as one by one our friends left to find work elsewhere and some walked away from their homes.  Houston was becoming a ghost town and houses were For Sale in every area of the city.  My husband worried about his job as we heard that layoffs for the first time in the history of the company would occur. 

 

At a time in our life when we should have been excited about the birth of our first baby, we were instead wondering if next Friday would be the Pink Slip Friday for him.  

 

In November of 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President and one month later our first baby was born.  We felt a little more at ease BUT President Reagan had his work cut out for him.  He went to work and brought a renewed hope to a hopeless and leaderless society.

 

The economy took a while to turn around.  We had another baby 18 months later and the costs of diapers, food, gas and everyday living was still high and salaries were not increasing to match the costs.  The gas stations put up new permanent signage with three spots for gas prices.  We knew then, the days of gas under a dollar were gone for good.  We adjusted to paying more for everything.

 

My husband was recruited to a new position and we returned to North Florida in 1983.  We left our Houston house with a For Sale sign in the front yard and a few months later sold it at a loss.  We were happy to find a buyer and to get out without too much out of pocket. 

 

Thirty years later – here we are:

• Jobs are scarce and Pink Slip Fridays are common place.
• Gas prices are now nearing $5 a gallon and will settle down to $3.50 according to Economists.  Gas Prices Rising
• People are edgy and feeling “poor” because of the rising costs 
• Homes are selling at a loss or people are walking away from them 
• The price of food and other commodities are rising higher each week 
• The world stage is scary and the nightly news is still filled with wars, killings and acts of terrorism 
• Our President is weak and he provides no hope – only changes that we don’t want 

History is repeating itself.  I had hoped to never experience those times again yet here we are. It was tough to live through it then and this time around – it is even harder.

 

It’s harder because although Jimmy Carter was a weak leader, he seemed to love America.  He didn’t have the necessary skills to be our leader and we suffered for it.

 

This time around our President gives us great concern about his patriotism and love of American values. He is haughty and mean-spirited.  He has used bullying tactics to get his agenda accomplished and the people surrounding him are bullies too.

 

These are trying times and our souls are thirsty for a leader who:

• Is filled with compassion for his fellow man
• Can bring parties together for the good of country
• Believes in personal responsibility and helping others achieve through giving them a hand up – not out
• Will stand up to evil influences
• Will stand with our allies
• Can continue the fight for liberty no matter how tough it gets
• Has a sense of humor
• Will choose the best people possible to offset his/her weaknesses
• Never, ever, ever gives up
• Remains true to his core principles which should match those of our culture and heritage

It was a great day for the American people when we watched Jimmy Carter wave good-bye and Ronald Reagan take his place.  The world’s attitude towards us changed when Ronald Reagan became President.  The world once again looked to us for leadership and the American people were energized and passionate about life again.  (See more about Ronald Reagan’s Presidency here:  http://www.reaganfoundation.org/the-presidency.aspx)

 

It’s time again to send another President packing.   Barack Obama has done to this country what no other President has done since the beginning of America.  He has spent more money than we can print.  He has created hostilities between our fellow men.  He has made fun of us.  He has mocked us.  He has pushed down policies that do not match our heritage or culture.  He has belittled our founding fathers and our documents.  He has embarrassed us.  He has created a culture of hopelessness after running on one of hope.

 

Jimmy Carter and other weak, misguided Presidents created chaos and problems for the American people.  Ronald Reagan and other great American Presidents stepped up to the plate to fix these misguided Presidents’ messes.   

 

We’ve been here before BUT this time is different.  The financial chaos is so huge that it will take a man or woman with wisdom, courage and a “butt-kicking” attitude to fix this.  The people are bruised and hurt from this economy and businesses are barely holding on after years of regulatory abuse and a poor economy.  We have no time to waste with politics – or politicians - as usual. 

 

There is a leader who has been called to this time and he/she needs to step up now.  Too bad if he doesn’t want to do it – no great leader ever does.  A new leader is coming and a restoration of our country will follow. 

 

Ronald Reagan said, “The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.”  May we all be brave as we face the future and pray for “that leader” to show up soon and heed his call to serve.

[amanda choate]

I do not know that I would ever start a campaign in a place called Waterloo. Seems dangerous.

[Jim Ryan]

Michelle Backmann will be on the ticket come 2012.  She's everything Democrat's hate.  She's smart,

she's tough, she decisive, she's accomplished, she has morals, she has integrity, she has presence,

she speaks well without a teleprompter, she's been a great mother and spouse, and she has Christian values.  Oh and in case you missed it, like Sarah who share many if not all of those same qualities, incredibly attractive.  If those characther traits don't say America it will be time to move.  I for one  would not mind having both of them on the same ticket. 

[amanda choate]

Michelle Bachmann will  be announcing in Waterloo, Iowa this week. That gives a totally different perspective.

[amanda choate]

From Meet the Press:

MR. GREGORY:  What about entitlements?  The Medicare trust fund, in stories that have come out over the weekend, is now going to be depleted by 2024, five years earlier than predicted.  Do you think that Republicans ought to buck the public opposition and really move forward to completely change Medicare, turn it into a voucher program where you give seniors...

REP. GINGRICH:  Right.

MR. GREGORY:  ...some premium support and--so that they can go out and buy private insurance?

REP. GINGRICH:  I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering.  I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate.  I think we need a national conversation to get to a better Medicare system with more choices for seniors.  But there are specific things you can do.  At the Center for Health Transformation, which I helped found, we published a book called "Stop Paying the Crooks." We thought that was a clear enough, simple enough idea, even for Washington.  We--between Medicare and Medicaid, we pay between $70 billion and $120 billion a year to crooks.  And IBM has agreed to help solve it, American Express has agreed to help solve it, Visa's agreed to help solve it.  You can't get anybody in this town to look at it.  That's, that's almost $1 trillion over a decade.  So there are things you can do to improve Medicare.

MR. GREGORY:  But not what Paul Ryan is suggesting, which is completely changing Medicare.

REP. GINGRICH:  I, I think that, I think, I think that that is too big a jump.  I think what you want to have is a system where people voluntarily migrate to better outcomes, better solutions, better options, not one where you suddenly impose upon the--I don't want to--I'm against Obamacare, which is imposing radical change, and I would be against a conservative imposing radical change.

 

That doesn't sound like he was misquoted.

[Jim Ryan]

Newt does not have a snow ball chance in hell of winning the general election in 2012.

Nominating him would be like re nominating McCain only worse.  Gingrich is book smart and street stupid.   He has way to much baggage and the media would have a field day raking himover the coals.   If he can't see he is a unelectable candidate maybe I mistake a portion of his book smarts.

So a candidate is boring is bad.  That' s kind of the same argument they used against Reagan back in 1980. Old, not smart enough, a dinosaur, and boring. And with his wife Nancy very boring, relics if you will.  And what did it get us.  The right person at the right time making tough decisions.  And America regained its footing, it stature, and its economic strength returned.   If that's what "boring"

gets you I for one want alot more "boring".

[David J Macfarlane IV]

There is no way some small time potato is going to come up and get enough support to defeat Romney at this point. I think Romney would be catastrophic to elect or even to nominate because he is boring.

I think our best hope to win is in Newt Gingrich. He currently has about 15% of the vote when polled with only the people who are running. (Second to Romney's 30%) That leaves plenty of room for gains when other candidates drop out of the race when they see it is not going to happen. That will make North Carolina and Florida integral in choosing the Republican nominee.

Newt is the leader you are looking for. I know everyone thinks he bashed Ryan but if you look at the transcript it was a trick. He said the line about right wing social engineering and then the interviewer brought up the Ryan plan. Newt never intended to attack Ryan.

Newt has a long history of balancing budgets and lowering entitlement spending. He was tea party before there was a tea party.

The truth is, we know what kinds of things he would do if given the chance. He is an idea man and can solve these issues.

I am calling his shot right now: "Newt off the side and into the White House."

[Leigh A. Mills]

We need Congressman Allen West of Florida to hear and accept the call.  He is an awesome Christian, American, soldier and leader.  I believe he is exactly what our country needs.

 

Vote WEST young men!

[Jim Ryan]

 

Why the Tea Party will prevail...Because history says we will...history says we must...failure is not an option.   You must Belief in yourself and take action in your belief.

"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret - curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable." -— Walt Disney  "The most important thing about a man is what he believes in the depth of his being. This is the thing that makes him what he is, the thing that organizes him and feeds him; the thing that keeps him going in the face of untoward circumstances; the thing that gives him resistance and drive." -– Hugh Stevenson Tigner  "He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law." -– Henry Ford   "The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible." -– Richard M. DeVos

[Mary Jane Travis]

God help us and our country if that leader isn't found soon!  I've lived thru all the wars since WWII and all the ups and downs for our country but I don't ever remember a leader who wants to destroy us and USA as we have now  and is successfully doing it!   We must unite and step up for our own sake  and to preserve America with its constitution.   May God continue to lead us thru this wilderness but provide us with the strength and  leadership we need to protect us from outside forces and those who want to "change"  America.

[Theresa Pletcher]

Reading all of your comments make me proud to be an American and Thank God for all of you knowing I'm not alone in the love of my "real" country.  God Bless You All and THANK YOU!  It's a great feeling I just want to stand up and sing, "God Bless America".  UNITED We Stand!  Thanks again...

Have a Safe, Blessed Weekend and as they used to say in the "olden days" something like this, On  Sunday worship at the Church of your Choice!  It's on a billboard on 301!