It's an All-American Gamechangers, Hype and Promises Thing

Dear America,

well a few big boys met around the table for awhile and got it done...only wish we were talking about the Debt Ceiling and the Balanced Budget.

But today, we can all breathe a sigh of relief, as football is back in business; yet, on the other foot -- dropping as we speak -- we will surely find a worn out cleat, kicking our future on down the field on what appears to be astro-turf, on a record-breaking-scorcher-kind of day.  The District of Columbia might just take notice of how it is done, just sayin'. 

If we were to take a moment to really think about it -- what we saw in the great debate before the start of the 2011 NFL Season, was nothing.  Most of what we saw was a closed door;  meetings were happening, but nobody was really talking in front of the camera; just a whole lot of little boys somehow finding their inner big boy -- and just working things out.  

As a matter of fact, it was getting so late in the day (figuratively speaking, of course, as according to the pre-season calendar posted in everybody's man cave in the back of the mind) -- I didn't think we were even gonna have a 2011 season.  I mean, the first tailgate -- requiring enough Brats for twenty and Beer for fifty -- is right around the corner; put the fear of God in us why don't you... waiting until the eleventh hour before coming to a deal.  Unbelievable! You guys sure know how to freak a girl out.

If only football was as essential to our future as the financial wranglings and un-raveling's in D.C, right?

What else can we expect from a president who learned how to negotiate by street organizers and radicals; throwing any good faith negotiation right from the start playing the only way he knows how -- hard ball.  Here's a good take -- from The Heritage Foundation (just a few of my favorite boys and girls on earth) -- setting up the entire play.

Is the president coming to the table to work things out above board? Or, is he testing the markets? playing politics?  revving up his base to incite chaos, worry,  masterminding utter fear of the unthinkable?

What nobody seems to be questioning -- that is, if you get all your news from the mainstream media -- is that this fear mongering of what may or may not happen, has been fabricated out of the halls of government to create the very situation to go along with this president's favorite go-to play:  never let a crisis go to waste.

But make no mistake, understand that it is our Congress -- those who have the express power to create and legislate the budget -- who have been acting without a budget for over 800 days; while the debt ceiling, in and of itself, is entirely created out of thin air. This didn't just happen to us overnight.

It is the Un-Limited-ness of our government that has failed us; the debt ceiling debate is merely a symptom of recklessness, overexposure, and complete arrogance -- untethered by fame and fortune; basically, the falling apart at the seams, is but a product of ceasing to simply show up and do the mechanical, tiresome, tedious, day in and day out of preparation; in other words, following through with the deliberate exercise of keeping skills sharp, the body toned, and ready to just do what you are being paid the big bucks to do.

The take away should not be Oh My God, we're doomed, give the president what he wants -- even if it buries us...like some kind of phenom running roughshod all over us, giving him a level of unsubstantiated confidence, having been based solely upon an unproven and questionable reputation without a true skill to his name. 

Rather, it should be Oh My God, what in tar-nation is wrong with all of you people...blindly standing in for the home team?  Do you not see the writing on the whiteboard wall? Do you not see how this will play out?

The solution could not be any more elementary or recognizable; just how can you all not see it?

Moody's has already eluded to the fact that it may be too late to save our credit rating; as it is, they do not perceive a certain understanding -- through a thorough connecting of the dots and arrows and x's and o's -- has been sufficiently made.

For Moody's, they need to witness the incandescent bulbs going off inside the beltway before they can have any assurances we have learned our lesson... you know... in order to allow for a certain level of trust in all parties involved, intent on proceeding with caution, due diligence, and in good faith.

According to an array of "Credit Decider's", unless a commitment to a balanced budget is thrown in, we ARE as good as buried and eating the totally organic, USDA certified, hybrid -- though temperamental -- turf.  (And boy, does it cost a lot...but I digress).

The thing is, when faced with negotiations like this -- when clearly both sides need to save a little face while they kiss a little ass while they play around exchanging a few Hail Mary's in the so-called final hours -- those of us in the stands just want the game to continue in such a way that lays tribute to the Real Rules (not rules for radicals).   The value of showing good sportsmanship -- to the level equal to that of our own children, who come to learn by the time they are a fifth grader -- is all we really want to witness from both sides. I mean, playing fair and on principle, how hard can that be?

We surely don't need to watch any of you guys sauntering out to the camera, like you are all that, before a deal is done.

Putting all my allegiances to the girls team aside for the moment -- we just need you guys to be big boys about it; take your cues off the NFL, showing more substance underneath that cup is all we really ask.  (ooooh burn.  you go girl.)

Perfect.  This is a good time to bring in somebody from the bench:

"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." 

--James Madison

or have the ball.

Make it a Good Day, G

the Madison quote came from another All-American team of Patriots:  The Patriot Post. Read this before the day is done.

Dear America,

“The worst possible outcome is not making a decision….

There’s a genuinely weird paralysis I would not have predicted,”

said Ben Wittes, a Brookings Institution scholar

who has urged Obama to announce that there will be no trials for the 9/11 suspects.

“It’s disgraceful and they should be embarrassed by it.

There are pros and cons of any approach you take,

 but there is no good argument to let this fester indefinitely.”

With thanks to an Act for America article,

highlighting a column from POLITICO,

from June 20, written by Josh Gerstein:

"Chances Dim for Swift 9/11 Decision"

But tonight,

we will get the news we have all been waiting for:

LeBron James will be announcing

his big decision.

Please, please,  may he not choose  The Bulls.

As if we don't have anything more important to talk about.

Okay, but the really good thing coming out of LeBron's really big show, is that he is donating all advertising dollars raised -- within the hour it takes for him to make his big announcement, while the rest of us sit at the edge of our easy chairs with a frosty cold Budweiser in our hand -- to the BOYS and GIRLS CLUBS of AMERICA!

He is using the full hour, leading us up to the where his basketball will bounce, using every advertising minute featuring each and every one of his corporate sponsors, and giving it all back to, did I mention, the BOYS and GIRLS CLUBS of AMERICA!

If only San Diego had a dog in the hunt; this is a stand up guy.  No wonder everybody wants you!

But that's all I got on LeBron.  For now, we wait.

In the meantime, how about our slap happy sue slippery administration?

Things we want them to take to the bench -- like a military tribunal for KSM -- they don't; while things we never thought possible would be slam dunked by  our very own Federal Department of Justice; ahh such is the sinking of evidentiary new lows.

WE WILL hesitate, and wait, as long as we have to (as if we can't see through what they are doing), maybe even until just after the November elections, before announcing where we will hold the KSM trials...

But, we will immediately act, throw out actually,  a suit already won based upon the abundance of evidence showing the clear and indisputable positioning of armed voter intimidation, by a person who is also known to be an active member of the New Black Panthers -- somehow his being there was sanctioned by somebody ?? one fine [election] evening in November of 2008.  But based upon the color of one's skin  (racial profiling anyone?), the justice department fails to follow suit.  (oh, did I mention that this guy is the same crackpot who is not shy about proclaiming his personal disgust for white folk...crackers as he calls us...expressly asking his followers to take action... to kill "white crackers" and our babies) NOTE to President:  You need to fix this, like yesterday -- even if it calls for you to jump to conclusions -- and we know how much you hate to do that... jump, like you've never jumped before, before real mayhem happens. 

We won't do that but WE WILL make the announcement, through a slip of the tongue of our very own Secretary of State, while having a lovely visit in Ecuador, that the Department of Justice will be suing the State of Arizona (even while, other states carry some of the same laws on their books...like our dear little Rhode Island...South Carolina...Oklahoma...)

Apparently, the new America will wage litigation and all out war on anything that even smells like old America --  threatening to use methods masquerading as the law under the so called statutes of the "living constitution" the progressives keep hailing...while somehow that looks like going against the people's right to bear arms, of all things. And what country is this?

This administration's loyalties choose the feelings of Mexico's President Calderon, and the "rights" of illegal aliens, over a state and American citizens, is something. While this administration expands NASA with blatant slaps in the face deterring any chance to further embrace space, by reducing it to the official website for creating feel good programs for the Muslim community, is another thing. 

This administration could not give the time of day to Netanyahu a couple of months ago...and now claims our bond with Israel "unbreakable."

Rift?  What rift? We were "flat wrong" on that assumption, a whole nother thing, not to worry about.

This administration sold us out on Health Care by pleading it's case  -- that nothing would really change with the quality of care we would receive, as per the system already in place, and ranking the best health care system in the world, and all the while attract hundreds of thousands of people from all over in search of ways to help make them feel better (even illegal people); things would only change if we wanted it to.

ObamaMD all but told us we were crazy if we thought rationing would have any place in his health care legislation...death panels, poppycock!...nothing will change, everything you will need and count on will be there, same as ever, only better, cheaper, more cost effective, without waste and fraud.  

And just who is the newly appointed director, placed into office only under the duck and cover of recess?  Donald Berwick?  The guy who liberally toots the magnificence of the British Health Care System...oh, how did he put it?  "I'm a romantic about [it]" or "It's not a question as to if we will ration, but if our eyes are open...".

Huh?

In the last year we have sued, or have been sued, or in the process of suing, or thinking about suing, or make the apearance of suing the auto industry (especially Toyota), Wall Street (especially Goldman Sachs), Insurance (especially AIG), small business (especially that Chamber of Commerce), soldiers instead of terrorists, American citizens instead of illegals, capitalism instead government regulation, oil independence instead of dependence, one of our own states instead of encroaching, usurping countries...the list goes on and on.

You know what's gonna get us before we go belly up in deficits and debt?  The bill for this administration...for all of this litigation.

But what do we expect from a President who only knows how to deal with life from the mindset of an attorney; who would have thought his expert testimony, as Lawyer-in- Chief, along with his well teamed and educated CONSTITUTIONAL Law posse, would bring us here?

And given his formative years were in another world like Indonesia, with family roots to Kenya, with his adult life deeply embedded on the education and thugocracy of the streets of Chicago, is it really all that unlikely that this is the way his ideology is played out, full court and center?  He doesn't know any better.

Do you really want to leave a legacy of litigation behind you, along with a trail of corruption and mayhem, or does it even matter anymore? 

You can't even clean up the gulf without heading to the court first -- your environmental followers (with the company of the rest of us) must be fainting in the nosebleeds.  Eighty days and counting from day one -- is a long time to wait for results....oh and what's this new news...the press can no longer watch what your doing, take pictures and record...zoom cameras in or out...interview disgruntled residents and council members, fishermen and countrymen?  Where are we Venezuela?

Well, Mr. President, newsflash: this is not Indonesia, nor Ecuador, nor Mexico, nor Venezuela; we are not, and never have been considered, nor closely resembled, a second or third world country.

This is America. 

We have real borders, a constitution for upholding our Constitution, with lively citizens who speak up from time to time; and for right or wrong, as the case may be, we count on the end game being always the same -- for we believe in our heart of hearts that we belong to the same team --  and home to the greatest nation of people on the planet. 

We are all about our home team, come rain or shine, we are loyal, faithful and committed from season to season, good times and bad, day in and day out unwavering and proud.

You are an American president, standing up for American citizens, on American soil, for America's sake.

In spite of the occasional globe-trotting, you play for US in our house.

Your jersey:  red white and blue
(You may possibly need to humble down a bit to get it over that big, arrogant, immature and thin skinned head of yours, but with practice over the next couple of years, it can be done.)
For you wear it, of all things, while playing for the whole team, with a big fat #1 right in the middle of it.  Undivided, there is no "I" in team; we are all for one and one for all (if in fact, you are lucky enough to be a long lived, born and raised, season ticket holder and citizen). 

Oh my, and while on the subject, and for added whimsy, big guy, we don't sit in separate sections -- Hispanics in H, African-Americans in A, Vietnamese in V, "white crackers" in W ...and so on and so on...you get the picture. 

Truth is, we like sitting intermingled and all together, all wearing the same colors.  It has just taking some of us a little longer than others to figure this out (a wink to Robert Byrd, one of YOUR new favorite people in Washington, God rest his soul...you and ole Billy Bob did him up proud, now didn't ya).

 What a man won't do for a vote.  But the clock's ticking here...

You play for the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and nobody else.

Try that on for size -- and just maybe, with a little effort and over time, you just might be able to fill it out properly; and just maybe, Americans may find it in their heart to rally behind you, maybe so much so, we may choose to keep you when your contract is up -- and if you are really, really fortunate, going by way of LeBron, we might just fight over you (in a good way).

Otherwise, do yourself and Americans a favor -- stop spending our tax dollars litigating AGAINST America  when you should be all for it; America's well being, her livelihood, and her children's future for goodness sake, depend upon it.

And if you can't lead this team to victory, or at the very least play like a winner in every way, shape and form as this team expects you to play, then step aside.

For as your contract with America reads, by failing to follow suit, according to every little living and breathing detail of an American President is expected to be, you do not deserve to be either captain, manager, or even the mascot.

Make it a Good Day America, G
 
be sure not to miss what LeBron does tonight...

An excellent additional perspective,
far better than mine, without fail,  please read this at the Patriot Post ...
you've got lots of time before the LeBron newshour.  Feed your inner patriot.

Dear America,

Good Morning America xx

I feel really good today.  Can't put my finger on it exactly; but it's election day -- and this girl loves an election no matter where the heart of it lies.

I think Republicans are gonna sweep all three; that's my prediction and I'm sticking to it.

The Jersey boys have me guessing, but I think Corzine has made such a mess, even staunch Democrats have to fight back -- nobody likes taxes, or government waste, or fraud, or corruption.  Those are the buzz words of the times; and what a sorry state of politics we are ringing in if America all of a sudden looks more like a third world country when it comes to the integrity of our government -- notwithstanding what happens on election days.

I love the Jif® Peanut Butter commercial, posted in my Dear America this morning. The thing is, we're a country of choosy mothers choosing Jif® while it reminds us of our very principles at stake.  Out of the brotherly love and the beauty of growing up competing for everything, the two boys come to the counter wanting the bigger half...and the heads-up mom knows just how to settle the score; one can cut -- while unbeknown-st to both -- the other can choose. 

Just as Dede Scozzafava made her cut...she decided what principles she was sticking to and which one's she would compromise herself (and party) with...and American voters get to choose. 

Yes, pretty freaky where G's head goes sometimes.

But this is it in a nutshell, ba dump bum.

The whole misappropriations of votes based upon the inconceivable act of deviating from the core ingredients of the tried and true recipe of the Republican party is not only a referendum to question the labeling of all future candidates, it smacks to the roof of our mouth with a paste not likely to go away anytime soon -- ergo the visual of giving a dog a spoonful of peanut butter.

The Republican Party is in the mess that it's in BECAUSE the party didn't hold to it's core principles, the inherent beliefs, and the everlasting faith in sticking with the very essence of the party -- too many politicians have compromised the party in making deals under the table, settling for career choices over country benefits, and falling so far away from financial conservatism and fiscal responsibility -- there were no longer differences between sides.  And Dede is a case in point.

WTF, Dede?  How can you even call yourself a Republican, and how did Republicans actually vote for you in the first place?  The thing is, this is where we can be so stupid  -- we take it for granted that a little thing like party affiliation immediately following a name actually defines the person we are voting for -- not.

and even if someone starts out spot on, Washington tends to destroy all probability that they can hold on without losing their ground from time to time -- the political machine smashes any possibility of keeping personal integrity into a gritty, yet oh so slimy concoction that more resembles Vegemite® than the smooth and yummy peanut innovation -- the quintessential all American spread that consistently bathes bread in tradition, simplicity and integrity.   You know what you get every time -- day in and day out.

Dede had a only one way to go -- and that was out of the Republican party (and lickety split, thank you). The only place for her came in the company of liberals; and if I may be so bold, she just may be looking into the mirror this morning questioning her very identity, asking 'who are you and what have you done to my Dede' in the wake of day.  Certainly, all the rest of us have no idea what she stands for.

Just like Arlen Specter... who is he kidding? 

These people who use the American voter as pawns in their own game of 'ooh which side is better', which side is bigger, which side has more of a chance to get me where I need to go -- that's the side I'm choosing today.

Well, just maybe I'm feeling so groovy today as a few of us voters get to choose; they get to choose the better half, the bigger piece, the best choice for the country. They get a chance to make a difference, to use their vote, and make a change in Washington -- how fun is that. It is so American. I'm so excited.

Oh no, my groovy-ness is slipping into jealousy.  I wish I could vote today. 

Hey people, make it good will you?  G is counting on you to pick the better half-- for this is a "win one for the Gipper day" if there ever was one. 

That's another thing, you know Republicans are unveiling their own Health Care Reform Bill today?  How exciting is that -- another reason to smile!  It is filled with everything we've been talking about like allowing states to open up the Insurance borders, TORT Reform, and cost elements that focus more on saving money than spending money the government doesn't have -- and more on personal responsibility than on universal coverage.  Now that is something to talk about.  Yippy Skippy®

I heard yesterday on Glenn Beck that one of the largest groups trying to push Democrat's Health Care Bill are attorneys, go figure. Apparently, they have been promised a pass on all the scuttlebutt on TORT reform, so as to not adversely affect their earnings by way of sticking it to the doctors, hospitals and insurance companies on behalf of insidious lawsuits demanding ungodly amounts of retribution.  Just a little more of the same, political payback for their financial support for Team Obama -- isn't that sweet.  Well boys, cheaters never prosper...and

GO team GOP GO -- fight back and win! Come back from behind in the final quarter with only seconds to pull off a Hail Mary.  We know you can do it -- and are up on our feet, waving our flags to cheer you on --committed to you as long as you remain loyal to us, doing your very best for the home team.

And it gets better. 

Team GOP also plans on managing the time left on the clock, as they intend to actually read aloud the behemoth 2000 page bill-- the Democrats entire game plan uncovered and revealed in the light of day; with every intention of calling out sneaky plays, lousy sportsmanship, and failed ownership of the American way leading our country into sure defeat -- now that's what I call a counter-insurgency strategy.  Let the good times roll where they roll (in a version to follow along with your air guitar...turn it up and whip it good)

Now take a seat before you hurt yourself, the rest of today should find us planted in front of the television, listening to a little long story about health care (boooring) while eating a peanut butter sandwich with a tall frosty glass of milk, leaving just enough time for a nap.

after that we can eat cake, watching all three races win one for the Gipper  -- America's future.

Make it a Good Day, G

Remember, there is no 'I' in TEAM.