I keep seeing this guy on TV all day long every day

Who is this guy who is on TV all day long, every day? Do you know who I'm talking about? I think this guy is obsessed with himself, he can not go for any length of time without being in front of the TV. Guess who? President Obama. I can't think of another President who has been on TV more than President Obama.

I think if Jay Leno did the reality stunts of "Jay Walk" where we find all the ignorant people in the country, I don't think it's possible to find one anymore who would not know and recognize President Obama. Maybe that was his objective, he did appear on the Night Show right?

Constitution of the United States

There is a beautiful document which unfortunately most people in our country have never read, do not understand and are now questioning it's value. I am extremely saddened to discover this reality. We allegedly have several years of education that every citizen had the opportunity to learn and understand our Constitution of the United States.

If you have not read it, please do now: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

It is truly what sets United States as the best country in the world. It founded this country from many men and women sacrificing their lives and all they had to provide for the benefit of all the people. They learned from the corruption of many governments in foreign lands, they established this great document which I am failing to give justice. Please read it over and over again to realize the majesty of what this means for our country. It has provided us with freedoms to live our lives happily and prosperous. We are the richest country in the world with more freedoms than all. It (if enforced), prevents corruption in government - there are so many checks and balances, there are basic freedoms people in the past could only dream. Why have people flocked to the United States? because of the freedoms and the beautiful country we live in made possible by the Constitution of the United States.

If people only understood the Constitution, would they understand the role of government and appreciate the significance of it in their lives. The Constitution is under threat today because people don't understand it and the people if they turn on the Constitution or try to change it will lead to a government full of corruption and tyranny which the founders of this country tried to prevent by signing this Constitution into law.

Teleprompting

I find it very interesting to watch and listen to President Obama speak. He is said to have very good communication skills. I think of all the good that we could benefit from someone who had good communication skills if what was being communicated was accurate and true. Another thing I observe with President Obama is that he always takess time to speak slowly and very calculated. It reminds me of President Clinton. Yet, though he has good communication skills I do not see him state anything of significance, it's very political, going around the bush. LOL. no pun intended.

But, the sad thing though is that President Obama has to rely on a teleprompter. When he first started, he only had one teleprompter to speak the words to him. He got into lots of trouble by speaking the lines of other people in conversations. He at one time introduced himself (someone else was supposed to do that; I forgot the instance when this happened, but there have been many of these). Critics complained at one point that he just stared into the teleprompter and never looked at the audience, then he magically got two teleprompters. Now you will see him turn his head like a puppet - guess what he is doing? He is turning from one teleprompter to the other, trying to make it seem like he is not looking at one.

I personally find it more appealing to just speak off the cuff and speak from the heart. Any conservative knows what he believes and can speak from passion and the beliefs. We never change our policies because there is no need to change things that work. So since our policies are successful every time they are tried, we don't need to worry about mis-stating things. There's a simple reality, just like gravity is constant, so is the logic and common sense of conservatism (when understood properly). Other politicians fail to find a rational thought to combat the common sense of conservatism, so instead they rely on fear tactics instead of using logic and explanation.

Oh, I forgot, besides the teleprompter, it is very annoying when Obama in several speaches (in public), turned and said "That's correct right Greg" referring to Greg Craig. It almost sounds like Greg was running the show in many instances. I think he stopped doing this, but I don't know for sure.

I just find it insulting to the public that a President at such critical times as this, has the nerve to spend money and speak from a teleprompter and speak to us like children with his slow speech as if we are ignorant.

Oh, the hilarious moment was at one speech Joe Biden was speaking with the military and it was windy, one of the teleprompters fell over. Joe said in public, "Oh know, now what will President Obama do". It was hilarious.

Fox News - Are they biased ?

Please read my previous post about the "Media" if you have not already done so.

Is Fox News biased ? Some think so, some think that Fox News is totally right wing, conservative only. They think that it is the only news channel that is biased. Is that correct ? Well please read what I have to say below.

I think Fox News is the only channel on TV which shows all the views from all sides. I think it is the news channel which presents news in the most fair and unbiased way. There are definitely shows on Fox News where you will see individuals with biased opinions. However, you will see views from individuals in all categories of the following: democrat, independent, republican, left, right, conservative, liberal, moderate, etc.

Many Americans feel that all of the other news on TV and in the newspaper are completely liberal and democrat biased. This is the first news channel in which Americans can see at least some of what their views are represented. So, is there bias on Fox News, yes, but all sides are represented.

I think people who side and agree with the bias on the mainstream media, are hearing the conservative and independent voices on Fox News for the first time, and since they haven't heard it before, are thinking that they are biased. Also, another factor in this is hearsay about Fox News (for those having not watched it themselves) think that it is biased. It is just like anything else, people should not talk about something to which they have not spent a few minutes checking out for themselves. I think if every American would just listen or watch Fox News for thirty minutes (regular news) doesn't even have to be Hannity or any particular show they could then distinguish between bias and unbias as shown on other news channels.

You know, in order to find out if a Snickers candy bar tastes good, why not take a bite of it? Don't just listen to others and hope that the statements made by others are accurate, taste it yourself. The same with Fox News, watch a little bit of it and decide for yourself what you think of it.

Who do we listen to?

Most of America used to read the news from newspapers every morning and get their news on TV stations such as NBC, CBS and ABC after work every night. That was the primary source of news. These sources of news are often called "Media" or "Mainstream Media". All of these are going out of business and are bankrupt, there is severe decline in readership and/or viewership. Does anyone know why ?

I will tell you why in a minute. Before I do, I wanted to mention a few things about Reporters. It used to be the case that reporters were taught to follow a "code" when reporting news. A good reporter was known for remaining unbiased and representing views from both sides of an argument. Many reporters around the world continue this practice of sharing both views, however, most of the reporting done in newspapers today and the "mainstream media" do not do this at all. In fact, they are extremely biased toward "democrats".

So if you ask why the mainstream media is going bankrupt and losing viewership/readership, it seems to correlate exactly with the decline of being unbiased. Over the last decade I have personally observed the change in the media to only report one-side and show stark treatment of the news. Most people have caught on and as they do catch on, they stop watching or listening and get their news from other sources. Now there are several sources to obtain news, and people are choosing those alternative sources.

There are many examples of this bias, I will cite a couple here. In the last year of President Bush's term in office, the news on a daily basis told story after story about how bad the economy was. Now, while Obama is President, the economy is significantly worse than last year, yet no stories are reported about the bad economy at all. I have not even seen one. The news might quickly state what the unemployment figure is, but the media quickly glosses over it and tries to spin it in a positive way. They have spun it in positive ways by stating things like "the unemployment looks like it is stagnant and it should rise". But no stories are provided, nothing more elaborated. The media takes every opportunity to politicize the news, when they should not. This in fact leads to people leaving mainstream media for alternative sources.

If you are in denial about this, please take a personal invesment in watching the news from different sources and then make your own conclusion. It is impossible to deny what has happened and what is happening here. Also, if you can look at the news in foreign countries vs here. You will find that the media here idolizes and worships Obama not saying one thing, or questioning one thing he is doing. Yet in foreign countries, it is the opposite. I will say no more. They illustrate exactly who they are for those who pay attention.

media - media bias - economy now vs. Bush

Capitalism

Does America, the best example of Capitalism, even know what Capitalism is ?

NO. It seems like they do not. The most thriving people in the world are us (the inhabitants of the great United States). Our system (up to now) is based on capitalism. No other country has it as good as ours. Many keep coming to our country seeking our system and freedoms because they know we have the best system. Yet, can you believe that this system is under attack. It has been slashed at on the corners through the last two decades, however, it is under major attack right now. I will explain in a minute.

To understand capitalism, you must also understand socialism and communism. Capitalism is a free markets where people and businesses can sell and buy products from each other. There are no regulations on prices, etc. It relies on people selling and buying things, setting their own prices. Frankly if something is a bad idea under this plan, or if a buyer is trying to sell something too expensive, people will stop buying it. So it regulates itself. It works so well. If there was no involvement from a government, there is no such thing as a "bad economy" or a "depression". Because in a free market system, it would self-correct. In this system, everyone has an incentive to produce high-quality products and have low prices when there is competition. It corrects itself, if something is made poorly or doesn't work, then people stop buying it, then that person will go out of business. But new businesses can be started, there are so many beautiful things about capitalism. It isn't a perfect system, but none are. It is, however, the most perfect system out of all of them.

Socialism has been tried several times. This is where there are many things nationalized by a government, and leads to high taxes. In this system, the government owns everything. In this system, people never are able to afford anything and their money can't buy anything because everything is nationalized. So for example, health care there are often long lines and you are denied service, leading to death in some cases. It is very frustrating because even if you manage to find money from somewhere, it doesn't matter - you get poor service. Most countries who have followed this system, are in dire straits, their countries are in debt, their people flee to other countries to earn money, and get health care or other services they need. Countries who follow this regime, have shown over time a very low standard of living.

Communism has been tried many times, and failed every single time. One of the best known example of Communism are countries led by dictators, one of the widest known Russia. That was a huge failure. It basically means everyone works, everyone shares everything. But really there is a lot of corruption. When there is no way for people to make more money than another and they have a poor standard of living, then there is no incentive to do anything, and what you are left with is nothing. It has failed everytime it was tried. Russia now is more democratic, they even implemented a flat percent tax I believe 12%. They have reported nothing but success. They no longer have the debts they faced, and they are more stable.

Truth be told, Capitalism works! Everyone is learning from our model.

However, over the last 2 decades there have been jabs at capitalism in our country. There have been regulations made by people in Washington who do not understand the first thing about what makes our country great. They listen to glut and the ears of special interests. There are key industries that have started to fail. If you look at the industries that are failing in the industry, there are regulations which do not allow them to be profitable. For example, the car industry which is one industry which is failing. They have regulations on what types of cars they must make. Really it should be "let the people decide". In a free market, if people don't like a car they won't buy it. Washington has been regulating that cars have to be certain economy types, and many other things. Fact of the matter, people still continue to buy big SUV's by the droves, even though they have the choice to buy economical cars. If the people wanted economical cars, they would buy them. They shouldn't be forced to build cars by the government that people don't want. Why do you think one reason they are going out of business ?

There are several regulations on banks also. So federal and state regulations on industries / businesses stifle growth. Look at every industry that is failing today, and you will likely find a union. Unions lead to so many problems because they hurt everyone. They most times force a business to agree to things which will increase their overhead and they will have less ability to make a profit. This leads to people losing jobs, and less money in the economy.

Our biggest threat on capitalism is happening today while people are not paying attention. President Obama is a deep threat and has already attacked our system. Now, we have the government deciding on where to throw money - at industries and businesses of their choosing. They now have a centralized bank - which is no longer a capitalist environment. This is extremely bad, it is affecting the ability for banks to compete and operate freely in the market. They now have czars in a few industries which pose a deep threat, imposing more regulations than ever. They have introduced limits on income for the banking industry, automobile industry. They have told businesses to stop having meetings in Las Vegas thereby no more tourism or revenue is going to Las Vegas. They now have ownership in General Motors and basically trashed everyone who used to own it. They are arbitrarily deciding who does what. They have made so many threatening moves like this. They are socializing healthcare also. We already had nationalized healthcare for the military, for veterans, and I fail to remember another one. All of them have been a disaster, why do they think an even bigger one will succeed? Even other examples of Canada and other countries have failed, people have died from all of this. Yet we have the "gall" to try this again. Our "capitalism" is no longer the model of success we've enjoyed.

I hope we stop the direction this is going and can restore what it used to be. If we fail to stop these changes, then our standard of living will be what others have. We will no longer be the beacon standing for everyone! We will no longer be able to operate as we have. We will no longer be able to offer charity to others, because we ourselves will need charity.

Communication - Presidents

It is very interesting to note the communication styles of president's and how it influences the people and the media. It seems that the communication skills of presidents have a huge impact on what people think of them and their politics. It seems that if a president lacks in the ability to consverse eloquently, he is seen as incompetent and does not bode well. However, regardless of the results of his actions, if one can communicate well, then it does not matter and their public rating is high.

President Reagan, was great at communicating with the American people. He made sure to speak to the country as a leader. He explained what he was doing and he explained the policies and conservatism for the country as a leader should.

President Clinton , was great at communicating as well. He was able to "lie" perfectly to the American people also. He was so great at it. He was loved by democrats all over because of his ability to communicate well.

President Bush, was not conservative at all (as far as his administration went). He had poor communication skills, but if you know the man, he was a very decent and respectful man. He always had great intentions. He failed to communicate not only what he was doing, but failed to communicate a lot of key things which lead to his detriment and the people feel so much less of him. However, I think if he had better communication skills that people would have more respect for him.

President Obama, has great communication skills. They are forced though, he seems to require a teleprompter all the time. He had to get 2 teleprompters so now he can move his head from left to right as he switches from one to the other. He has made several mistakes though, as he reads from the teleprompter incorrectly. He has at times, read the other person's lines. He introduced himself (someone else was supposed to do that), called people by the wrong names, etc. It is a little funny. Even Joe Biden at one military engagement, made a joke about the teleprompter one time, it fell over, he said "Oh know, what will Obama do?". But truth be told, he has a great communication style; This communication style in his case seems to matter more, people listen to what he says but don't actually care because he sounds so professional and responsible, they don't care to take the time to actually look at what he is doing and find out if his results and the things he does match up to his statements, his promises and other comments he makes.

What we need is a conservative President who can articulate what it means to be a Conservative. We need people in Congress and the Senate who can articulate what it means to be a Conservative. We need people to express the truth about our history and what makes our country great. Unfortunately, the people in this country do not look at results, they only give someone credibility if they can speak well. Further than that, a President can hide the real truth about his agenda, what he is doing if he demeans the people in communicating clearly a false reality of what he is doing. Imagine the power if we had people in Washington with integrity, no corruption, speaking eloquently !