Essays


My Opinion

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I am scared. Very scared. An inexperienced state senator from the Democratic political machine in Chicago Illinois got himself elected as a US Senator, and immediately began using that office to run for President of the United States. That man, Barry Soetoro, now known as Barrack Hussein Obama' succeeded on a mantra of change.

Now, we are seeing what he meant by change. A very basic change in the American way of life and government where the Federal government controls almost every facet of life in these United States.

First, he took over control of the financial industry. He had his rubber stamp Congress pass a huge bill that gave the government control over most of the major banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions. He appointed 'czars', answerable to him, and him only, to control these institutions, set the wages of their executives and other senior personnel and forcing them into 'government loans' that only the government can determined if and when they are to be repaid.

Next came the automotive industry. He forced Chrysler into bankruptcy and then force their sale to Fiat. He forced General Motors into bankruptcy court, unashamedly fired their duly appointed CEO and assumed control of their common stock, kept most of it for the government, and ignoring bankruptcy law, stole money from the stock holders and especially the bond holders and gave it to his friends in the Unions. General Motors is now owned by the US Government and the Unions, two of the main culprits responsible for the problems with GM.

He now has his sights set on the Medical industry where he proposes a 'government plan' to provide 'competition' to the hundreds of options already in the market place. And, rather than just subsidizing the 'government option' with more printed money, he is seeking to kill the 'Medicare Advantage plans' that save retired workers hundreds of dollars per month. He thinks we will believe that a government plan paid for by unspecified taxes on future taxpayers will be able to 'compete fairly' with private insurance plans that rely solely on premiums to make a reasonable profit.

And, if all that is not enough, he is pushing the 'cap and trade' policy to promote 'greener energy' and reduce global warming. 'Cap and Trade' is so insidious that they won't even call it what it is: a very large tax. In case you haven't been paying attention, the whole idea behind 'cap and trade' is to make the existing carbon based energy (oil, coal, gas, etc) so expensive that the unproven and much more expensive energy sources, like solar and wind, become 'economically feasible'. Another way of saying that is' that if gas is $6.00 a gallon, then $5.00 solar energy seems pretty cheap. 'Cap' just says that the energy sources he doesn't like (carbon) are 'capped' on the amount of carbon they can emit into the atmosphere. Anything above whatever artificial limit the government sets, must be offset by sending (trading) real money to the 'green energies'. So, oil companies pay undisclosed fees into the government, thus driving up the price of gas and oil, and the government sends an undisclosed percentage of that money to the green energy producers, this driving down the their price. In other, even simpler words, the government will decide which form of energy you use by manipulating the price. It is really that simple.

What scares me the most is that so much of the public is buying all this crap. The mainstream media is treating him like he is Superman and can do no wrong. When is the last time you heard ANYTHING critical of him from the mainstream media, other than perhaps Fox News.

And it is not just Barry (a.k.a. Barrack Hussein Obama). He now has a full rubber stamp Congress run by the most ultra liberals of all the liberals, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. If these were 'blue-dog' conservative Democrats, I wouldn't be so worried. But, Barry, Nancy and Harry are three of the most liberal politicians in this country. Don't just take my word for it, check their ratings with whatever organization you prefer. They are ULTRA left wing radicals. And they control Congress.

So, I feel very powerless to stop this run-away march to a European type of Socialism. But I do have this little website. And it allows me to vent my frustration. And attempt to collect essays, cartoons and other material by those with similar frustrations. On the following pages, you will find thoughts from people who have expressed the ideas far better than I. There is not enough. If you run across anything else, please fee free to forward them to me. My e-mail address is: BobHutsler@gmail.com or Bob@hutseler.net

Link Content and Introduction
A woman wrote this open letter to Glenn Beck, a political commentator who has a show on Fox News. You may disagree completely with the thoughts and ideas expressed, but they are well presented. She writes and makes her thoughts known better than I. You may not agree, but, if you read it, perhaps you will understand the frustration being felt out here. If you don't, you are not trying to understand.
Star Parker is a black female syndicated columnist. You might know her better as the sole conservative host on the daytime soap opera and talk show "the View". She writes of her experience escaping the welfare state. And worries about the expansion of the welfare state to corporate enterprises.
At the top right hand corner of Page 17 of the New York Post of January 24th, 2009 , was a short column entitled "Replacing Michelle" in the National Review "The Week" column. I found this interesting, so here it is, word for word, as it appeared:
A little different take on the Sarah Palin abdication of her position of Governor of Alaska. This article appears on American Thinker website.
One of the tenets of socialism is that all people are not only treated equally, but are rewarded equally. Or, as Barrack Hussein Obama likes to say, 'We should be willing to share the wealth'. Here is a practical example of how well that works.

Human nature is so predictable.

The National Debt is increasing exponentially. You may have heard Barrack Hussein Obama constantly blaming that on President Bush. Follow this link to get a great demonstration on exactly how and when the debt has and continues to grow. You will be surprised.
Bob Basso author of "Common Sense" plays the role of Thomas Paine to ignite the fire of change in America. I don't think that this is the 'change' that Barrack Hussein Obama was talking about, but it is very close to the change I want to see.
People ask me why I don't like Barry Soetho, a.k.a. Barrack Hussein Obama. The reasons are so many I don't have time to enumerate them all, but this YouTube clip gives you a very good presentation on why I want his policies to fail.
At the top right hand corner of Page 17 of the New York Post of January 24th, 2009 , was a short column entitled "Replacing Michelle" in the National Review "The Week" column. I found this interesting, so here it is, word for word, as it appeared:
Lou Pritchett is a former executive and author retired from Proctor & Gamble. He wrote this letter to the New York Times, but it was never published by them. Instead, it is bouncing around the Internet.

If you read this letter, you will have a much better idea about why so many of us are so frustrated

This is a very brief 3rd Grade Civics Lesson. See if you remember anything from that time.

In other words, have you grown up or do you still think like a nine year old.