Environment
May 8, 2010, 3:44 pm
Problem for Containment Dome in Gulf
By LIZ ROBBINS
Dr. Alan Phillips, Response
NO ADDITIONAL OFF SHORE DRILLING, WITHOUT STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY
The Gulf of Mexico, even after the initial dome fix effort, continues to bear mute testimony to a pathetic lack of corporate accountability when it comes to drilling for oil along some of the most valuable wildlife areas in the world. Whether viewed from the sea or air the value of the Gulf of Mexico and its ultimate destruction is simply too high a price to pay for unsupervised corporate drilling.
When sloppy drilling is added to the wildlife habitat along with some of the world's most beautiful beaches and their possible destruction from many months of pollution a perfect environmental storm is arising. We are now more aware of the BP governmental lobbying efforts and the dollars expended to obtain waivers from those genuine safe guards required to protect the environment. This lobbying campaign has resulted in a disgraceful series of horrible compromises allowing the Gulf to be threatened. We must say to politicians and agencies, never again will we permit any corporate lobbying to compromise the gulf's environment.
Many are explaining that BP will pay the price for the gigantic spill cleanup effort. In the arena of massive environmental deception and destruction dollars alone do not comprise a cogent or meaningful recovery plan. It is only government and volunteer resources that can provide the muscle and effort to stop a future cataclysm. We must demand of corporations planning to drill in the Gulf a detailed thoroughly documented corporate drilling plan.
Starting today, May 8, 2010, prior to any new deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico an extensive plan must be presented and reviewed by the EPA. This type of corporate plan can be fast tracked and checked for various provisions including drilling safety, well blow out protection, personnel, immediate plans for oil spill containment and recovery, as well as corporate reporting to the government, public. Any drilling plan must include a truth in telling provision which accommodates any realistic assessment of potential damage to the environment. We must make it clear to the companies concerned that we will no longer waive safety requirements for their lobbyists and dollars.
In addition to strict accountability for corporations it is necessary for the federal government to supervise drilling by other countries in the Gulf region. The idea that Russia, China, Vietnam and others are drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without state and federal supervision is at best alarming and at worst potentially disastrous. The Gulf of Mexico has far more value to our nation than strictly the oil held deeply beneath its waters.
This growing national tragedy serves as a wakeup call to each of us that without strong supervision and accountability accidents and spills will spoil and may well destroy the Gulf of Mexico's pristine resources. The seafood industry, tourism, and beauty of the area must not permit any additional poorly supervised deep water drilling. The nation can ill afford another of these massive uncontrolled oil spills. If there is to be drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, it must be strictly supervised and monitored by all entities concerned with the process or we will lose an aquatic gem which can never be replaced.
We as Americans have the will power to make absolutely certain that the Gulf is protected from shoddy drilling. Drill baby drill, will need to be tempered by chill baby chill, until we get to the bottom of this tragedy. We simply cannot afford to ignore the Gulf of Mexico.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
NY Times, Suspect Said to Train in Pakistan
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
N.Y. / Region
Bomb Suspect Said to Train in PakistanBack to Article »
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, SABRINA TAVERNISE and JACK HEALY
Faisal Shahzad, 30, a U.S. citizen from Pakistan, faces charges including attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.
Dr. Alan Phillips, Response
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY IN THIS WAR
From the very moment the twin towers in New York City were attacked on 9/11 we have been at war. Our enemy has not given one inch in their determination to ultimately destroy the people of the United States. Our way of life, and continued support of the nation of Israel have literally guaranteed us an armed conflict that we can and must win. It is unrealistic when many in political leadership refuse to use the word terrorism. This is a type of denial which unfortunately will not make the jihadist problem disappear.
The planting of the bomb this week so close to Disney's presentation of the Lion King, clearly points to our enemies intent to kill and maim women and children. Apparently, the terrorist's opinion of the United States continues to focus on our weak political leadership, their lack of resolve and determination to do battle. The time is soon coming when we as a nation will need the very strongest leadership and determination to defeat this foe.
Enemy combatants conspiring and attempting to kill Americans are not entitled to constitutional rights, Frankly, war is not a matter for the justice department, our military are trained and superbly equipped to wage and win this battle. We have some of the finest military personnel and weaponry in the world. It's past time that we stop disarming, appeasing enemies and begin to use the military strength of the world's greatest democracy.
Since our most recent encounter with the terrorist trained in Pakistan it has been interesting to watch and listen to newscasts featuring talking heads afraid to admit to the truth, we are at war. War is tough and demands strict and often drastic measures. Who can fault President Kennedy for making it plain during the Cuban missile crisis that any missile launched from Cuba against the United States would be considered an attack by the Soviet Union on America demanding a full retaliatory response by our country on the Soviets.
The American people realize that we are at war with an enemy that wants to exterminate the United States and its people because of our way of life and continued support of the Jewish state. Changing terrorist's minds with soft words, threats of sanctions and appeasement will not impede their relentless attacks. Let the historical record show that it was the terrorists that brutally attacked this nation on 9/11. The only thing these butchers understand is a response that defeats them and achieves total victory. The use of the word "victory" seems as out of fashion with the same liberals that fail to use "terrorists" to describe the enemy we all face.
Appeasement and sanctions are in my opinion inviting more attacks against Americans, their towns and cities. The time for weakness and unilateral disarmament on the part of elected leaders is over and should be condemned by the American people. Are our leaders simply waiting for the day when terrorists having obtained a nuclear weapon will use it against New York, Chicago or Los Angeles?
We are at war, a conflict that we did not choose and presently our soldiers and citizens are in the cross hairs and we must support this effort as a nation. Total and complete victory must be our only goal, bold must be our actions, and strength must be our virtue in response to these barbaric terrorists. Their training camps are not sanctuaries, their lives are not sacrosanct and we must defeat them and rid our planet of the destruction they are pursuing. They must be obliterated and for that task we as a nation will require strong and uncompromising leadership. By God's grace and through divine strength we shall defeat this enemy.
May God bless America and give our nation strong leaders that have the will to be victorious over the enemy.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL
N.Y. / Region
Bomb Suspect Said to Train in PakistanBack to Article »
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, SABRINA TAVERNISE and JACK HEALY
Faisal Shahzad, 30, a U.S. citizen from Pakistan, faces charges including attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.
Dr. Alan Phillips, Response
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY IN THIS WAR
From the very moment the twin towers in New York City were attacked on 9/11 we have been at war. Our enemy has not given one inch in their determination to ultimately destroy the people of the United States. Our way of life, and continued support of the nation of Israel have literally guaranteed us an armed conflict that we can and must win. It is unrealistic when many in political leadership refuse to use the word terrorism. This is a type of denial which unfortunately will not make the jihadist problem disappear.
The planting of the bomb this week so close to Disney's presentation of the Lion King, clearly points to our enemies intent to kill and maim women and children. Apparently, the terrorist's opinion of the United States continues to focus on our weak political leadership, their lack of resolve and determination to do battle. The time is soon coming when we as a nation will need the very strongest leadership and determination to defeat this foe.
Enemy combatants conspiring and attempting to kill Americans are not entitled to constitutional rights, Frankly, war is not a matter for the justice department, our military are trained and superbly equipped to wage and win this battle. We have some of the finest military personnel and weaponry in the world. It's past time that we stop disarming, appeasing enemies and begin to use the military strength of the world's greatest democracy.
Since our most recent encounter with the terrorist trained in Pakistan it has been interesting to watch and listen to newscasts featuring talking heads afraid to admit to the truth, we are at war. War is tough and demands strict and often drastic measures. Who can fault President Kennedy for making it plain during the Cuban missile crisis that any missile launched from Cuba against the United States would be considered an attack by the Soviet Union on America demanding a full retaliatory response by our country on the Soviets.
The American people realize that we are at war with an enemy that wants to exterminate the United States and its people because of our way of life and continued support of the Jewish state. Changing terrorist's minds with soft words, threats of sanctions and appeasement will not impede their relentless attacks. Let the historical record show that it was the terrorists that brutally attacked this nation on 9/11. The only thing these butchers understand is a response that defeats them and achieves total victory. The use of the word "victory" seems as out of fashion with the same liberals that fail to use "terrorists" to describe the enemy we all face.
Appeasement and sanctions are in my opinion inviting more attacks against Americans, their towns and cities. The time for weakness and unilateral disarmament on the part of elected leaders is over and should be condemned by the American people. Are our leaders simply waiting for the day when terrorists having obtained a nuclear weapon will use it against New York, Chicago or Los Angeles?
We are at war, a conflict that we did not choose and presently our soldiers and citizens are in the cross hairs and we must support this effort as a nation. Total and complete victory must be our only goal, bold must be our actions, and strength must be our virtue in response to these barbaric terrorists. Their training camps are not sanctuaries, their lives are not sacrosanct and we must defeat them and rid our planet of the destruction they are pursuing. They must be obliterated and for that task we as a nation will require strong and uncompromising leadership. By God's grace and through divine strength we shall defeat this enemy.
May God bless America and give our nation strong leaders that have the will to be victorious over the enemy.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Great to be in Iowa with a great farm family, the John Preussners, April 10, 2010
Being with John, Julie and their super kids, Will, Ellie, and Luke this week in Manchester-Dundee, Iowa was an honor. Julie is home schooling three of the finest young people Mary Beth and I have ever met. John and his family have been major Iowa farmers for years. Great family!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Real Clear Politics, March 22, 2010, END OF A NIGHTMARE I AGREE WITH SENATOR McCAIN
THE REPEAL OF A NIGHTMARE, I AGREE WITH SENATOR McCAIN
The Obama Healthcare Reform bill approved through procedural shenanigans and disregard for the United States Constitution and the voters will be repealed, it’s not a question of how but when. Americans have always harbored the very best in dreams for their children and grandchildren. In one fell swoop the promise of a brighter future more promising than our own is now gone unless there is a repeal or elimination of this legal monster. The immediate explosion of the national debt by billions, the raid of 52 billion from Social Security, the takeover of the student loan program servicing 20 million college students which will generate funds for Obama care, are just the beginning of new taxes and fees and expansion of trillions in debt to be imposed on Americans without their consent. Voters will either purchase this insurance or will be forced to pay a stiff penalty. Those who oppose federal funding of abortion and Planned Parenthood will see their dollars being used for this purpose.
All of these months of healthcare debate have taken the nation’s attention off the 17 - 22 million of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs. An administration which touted their 24/7 focus on creating jobs has done basically nothing to remedy the economic crisis. Today, those who voted for this bill are patting themselves on the back for their journey into historical achievement and prominence. Personally, I think their names will ultimately be recorded in the annals of history as lacking courage to stand against this effort to destroy the Constitution.
I recently published a piece about the day this bill will begin to be reversed. I present it in full in hopes that all Americans might truly be energized to join with millions of others in reversing this action. This ultimate victory will not come without our sacrifice and financial commitment to the cause.
IT'S ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER 2010
It's Election Day across America, it’s November 2010. The chirping of the birds in Washington D.C., the sound of the roaring California surf in Los Angeles, the rustle of the wind through the south Alabama pines, the sound of footsteps, all bear mute witness to voter determination in casting a ballot for freedom and liberty. From the north, south, east and west, the Grand Canyon to the monument at Stone Mountain in Georgia, voters are participating in today's election in record numbers. The world's greatest democracy formed by a cruel and unrepresentative taxation upon the colonists by a despot king named George is now responding across the land.
Americans holding their constitutional freedoms close to their hearts, grandparents, unemployed workers, the poor, the blind, the ill, the young, the rain soaked, all concerned make their way to polling stations and stand for hours in line to cast a ballot to eliminate the selfish scourge that has arisen from their legislative midst.
News outlets, television, radio, cable, all media are reporting the record numbers walking to polling booths. Broken machines, closed election stations, intimidation, long lines, rain, snow, wind are not preventing the voters from casting their ballots for freedom and liberty.
Finally, November has come and the great American giant has awakened with ferocity. Today in November 2010, in contrast to prior election days there is voting across the land with determination and resolve reminiscent of Bunker Hill, Bull Run and the Constitutional Convention. This snapshot of national concern is much like the futility of an earthen dam trying to hold back a flood. Americans are voting today with a passion never witnessed in modern day balloting. This evening when the results are tabulated and the scourge has finally been removed, it will indeed be morning again in America. November has finally arrived for the defenders and supporters of freedom they have arisen in the image of their founders who chose life over liberty to once again be the patriots and sentinels for freedom this November of 2010.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington IL
The Obama Healthcare Reform bill approved through procedural shenanigans and disregard for the United States Constitution and the voters will be repealed, it’s not a question of how but when. Americans have always harbored the very best in dreams for their children and grandchildren. In one fell swoop the promise of a brighter future more promising than our own is now gone unless there is a repeal or elimination of this legal monster. The immediate explosion of the national debt by billions, the raid of 52 billion from Social Security, the takeover of the student loan program servicing 20 million college students which will generate funds for Obama care, are just the beginning of new taxes and fees and expansion of trillions in debt to be imposed on Americans without their consent. Voters will either purchase this insurance or will be forced to pay a stiff penalty. Those who oppose federal funding of abortion and Planned Parenthood will see their dollars being used for this purpose.
All of these months of healthcare debate have taken the nation’s attention off the 17 - 22 million of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs. An administration which touted their 24/7 focus on creating jobs has done basically nothing to remedy the economic crisis. Today, those who voted for this bill are patting themselves on the back for their journey into historical achievement and prominence. Personally, I think their names will ultimately be recorded in the annals of history as lacking courage to stand against this effort to destroy the Constitution.
I recently published a piece about the day this bill will begin to be reversed. I present it in full in hopes that all Americans might truly be energized to join with millions of others in reversing this action. This ultimate victory will not come without our sacrifice and financial commitment to the cause.
IT'S ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER 2010
It's Election Day across America, it’s November 2010. The chirping of the birds in Washington D.C., the sound of the roaring California surf in Los Angeles, the rustle of the wind through the south Alabama pines, the sound of footsteps, all bear mute witness to voter determination in casting a ballot for freedom and liberty. From the north, south, east and west, the Grand Canyon to the monument at Stone Mountain in Georgia, voters are participating in today's election in record numbers. The world's greatest democracy formed by a cruel and unrepresentative taxation upon the colonists by a despot king named George is now responding across the land.
Americans holding their constitutional freedoms close to their hearts, grandparents, unemployed workers, the poor, the blind, the ill, the young, the rain soaked, all concerned make their way to polling stations and stand for hours in line to cast a ballot to eliminate the selfish scourge that has arisen from their legislative midst.
News outlets, television, radio, cable, all media are reporting the record numbers walking to polling booths. Broken machines, closed election stations, intimidation, long lines, rain, snow, wind are not preventing the voters from casting their ballots for freedom and liberty.
Finally, November has come and the great American giant has awakened with ferocity. Today in November 2010, in contrast to prior election days there is voting across the land with determination and resolve reminiscent of Bunker Hill, Bull Run and the Constitutional Convention. This snapshot of national concern is much like the futility of an earthen dam trying to hold back a flood. Americans are voting today with a passion never witnessed in modern day balloting. This evening when the results are tabulated and the scourge has finally been removed, it will indeed be morning again in America. November has finally arrived for the defenders and supporters of freedom they have arisen in the image of their founders who chose life over liberty to once again be the patriots and sentinels for freedom this November of 2010.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington IL
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Economist, March 21, ELECTION 2010
THE ECONOMIST MARCH 21
IT'S ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER
It's election day across America, its November 2010. The chirping of the birds in Washington D.C., the sound of the roaring California surf in Los Angeles, the rustle of the wind through the south Alabama pines, the sound of footsteps, all bear mute witness to voter determination in casting a ballot for freedom and liberty. From the north, south, east and west, the Grand Canyon to the monument at Stone Mountain, voters are participating in today's election in record numbers. The world's greatest democracy formed by a cruel and unrepresentative taxation upon the colonists by a despot king named George is now responding across the land.
Americans holding their constitutional freedoms close to their hearts, grandparents, unemployed workers, the poor, the blind, the ill, the young, the rain soaked, all concerned make their way to polling stations to cast a ballot to eliminate the selfish scourge that has arisen from their legislative midst.
News outlets, television, radio, cable, all media are reporting the record numbers walking to polling booths. Broken machines, closed election stations, intimidation, long lines, rain, snow, wind are not preventing the voters from casting their ballots for freedom and liberty.
Finally, November has come and the great American giant has awakened. Today in November 2010, in contrast to prior election days there is voting across the land with determination and resolve reminiscent of Bunker Hill, Bull Run and the Constitutional Convention. This snapshot of national concern is much like the futility of an earthen dam trying to hold back a flood. Americans are voting today with a passion never witnessed in modern day balloting. This evening when the results are tabulated and the scourge has finally been removed, it will indeed be morning again in the United States of America. November has finally arrived for the defenders and supporters of freedom; they have arisen in the mold of their founders to be the patriots and sentinels for freedom in November of 2010.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington IL
IT'S ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER
It's election day across America, its November 2010. The chirping of the birds in Washington D.C., the sound of the roaring California surf in Los Angeles, the rustle of the wind through the south Alabama pines, the sound of footsteps, all bear mute witness to voter determination in casting a ballot for freedom and liberty. From the north, south, east and west, the Grand Canyon to the monument at Stone Mountain, voters are participating in today's election in record numbers. The world's greatest democracy formed by a cruel and unrepresentative taxation upon the colonists by a despot king named George is now responding across the land.
Americans holding their constitutional freedoms close to their hearts, grandparents, unemployed workers, the poor, the blind, the ill, the young, the rain soaked, all concerned make their way to polling stations to cast a ballot to eliminate the selfish scourge that has arisen from their legislative midst.
News outlets, television, radio, cable, all media are reporting the record numbers walking to polling booths. Broken machines, closed election stations, intimidation, long lines, rain, snow, wind are not preventing the voters from casting their ballots for freedom and liberty.
Finally, November has come and the great American giant has awakened. Today in November 2010, in contrast to prior election days there is voting across the land with determination and resolve reminiscent of Bunker Hill, Bull Run and the Constitutional Convention. This snapshot of national concern is much like the futility of an earthen dam trying to hold back a flood. Americans are voting today with a passion never witnessed in modern day balloting. This evening when the results are tabulated and the scourge has finally been removed, it will indeed be morning again in the United States of America. November has finally arrived for the defenders and supporters of freedom; they have arisen in the mold of their founders to be the patriots and sentinels for freedom in November of 2010.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington IL
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
LA Times March 15, Michael Muskal, Healthcare shapes Obama's Political Message
WHAT IS RIGHT?
Item 5, "Doing right is more important than politics" is both a complex and assumption related statement. It's perhaps best for anyone desiring to do what is right to define the word. Right is analogous to beauty, often found only in the eye of the beholder. In the definition of this word one needs to know, as Ernest May of Harvard has often observed, the individual's history in the head. Life experiences can effectively mold an individual's definition that is critical to identifying one's underlying assumption.
Is right literally to be found only in the person defining the word, if so it can simply be a restatement of a person's strong internal, personal, and prejudicial preference. Some leaders literally act as if they know what is right for everyone. However, right can also be externalized in seeking a definition by asking "what do most people conclude constitutes right?"
Right is more important than politics? Right can also be viewed as a complex word. In our democratic form of government the Bill of Rights and the Constitution require of our leaders that they have the consent of those they would seek to govern. As uncomfortable as that mandate is for a chief executive who has fought long and hard for the office he now holds, the political consensus component cannot be excluded from any working definition of right. I am not arguing that the majority is always correct. I do assume however that negotiation and compromise often lead to a broader perhaps more effective definition as to what is truly right.
Perhaps the founders in their infinite wisdom were mindful of the ancient scriptures that state, there is safety in a multitude of counselors. Absent in literature written about democracies is any definition of right based on secret deals and decisions which have not had the benefit of serious public discussion.
What is right? Again, like beauty it may well be in the eye of the beholder. It also could result from any premise validated by discussion, morality, ethics, and reason. Being a Douglas Mcgregor, Theory Y person, I have found wisely distributed among America's millions of citizens many talented, intelligent, working, freedom loving Americans who have great ideas and opinions that can assist any listening President in arriving at a definition of right. I am not convinced that all knowledge and correctness is merely invested in one person. Autocracies and dictators don't work for me, I am an American.
Item 5, "Doing right is more important than politics" is both a complex and assumption related statement. It's perhaps best for anyone desiring to do what is right to define the word. Right is analogous to beauty, often found only in the eye of the beholder. In the definition of this word one needs to know, as Ernest May of Harvard has often observed, the individual's history in the head. Life experiences can effectively mold an individual's definition that is critical to identifying one's underlying assumption.
Is right literally to be found only in the person defining the word, if so it can simply be a restatement of a person's strong internal, personal, and prejudicial preference. Some leaders literally act as if they know what is right for everyone. However, right can also be externalized in seeking a definition by asking "what do most people conclude constitutes right?"
Right is more important than politics? Right can also be viewed as a complex word. In our democratic form of government the Bill of Rights and the Constitution require of our leaders that they have the consent of those they would seek to govern. As uncomfortable as that mandate is for a chief executive who has fought long and hard for the office he now holds, the political consensus component cannot be excluded from any working definition of right. I am not arguing that the majority is always correct. I do assume however that negotiation and compromise often lead to a broader perhaps more effective definition as to what is truly right.
Perhaps the founders in their infinite wisdom were mindful of the ancient scriptures that state, there is safety in a multitude of counselors. Absent in literature written about democracies is any definition of right based on secret deals and decisions which have not had the benefit of serious public discussion.
What is right? Again, like beauty it may well be in the eye of the beholder. It also could result from any premise validated by discussion, morality, ethics, and reason. Being a Douglas Mcgregor, Theory Y person, I have found wisely distributed among America's millions of citizens many talented, intelligent, working, freedom loving Americans who have great ideas and opinions that can assist any listening President in arriving at a definition of right. I am not convinced that all knowledge and correctness is merely invested in one person. Autocracies and dictators don't work for me, I am an American.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
LA Times, Opinion LA, 3.12.2010, Seceding from Health Care Union, John H.
Within our Constitution one is hard pressed to find an argument for compelling anyone to buy health insurance seems to have validity. Yet nullification of an excessive healthcare plan that spends us into oblivion while cutting Medicare benefits over 500 billion while effectively creating a public option is a poor strategy. To nullify anything is to admit to its potential for permanence in law. That decision is yet to be resolved by that reverent group, the Supreme Court, who Obama, in poor taste recently lectured at the State of the Union 2010 edition.
Several Congressional procedural issues seem in clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and will be ultimately decided by the judicial branch of our government. Yet, awaiting that day of legal revelation which will no doubt effect Obama's healthcare reform miasma, there is another more effective strategy available to the majority of Americans who oppose this legislative detour which has kept the nation's attention off recent massive unemployment numbers.
This basic strategy to eliminate Obama healthcare reform and his misdirection of national resources are the looming elections of 2010 and 2012 and the recognition by all of us of the possibility for change. The Senate majority leader earlier in the year proclaimed that bills unread and quickly passed in the dark of night cannot be amended or changed. Sorry Harry, a nation who put men on the moon can change any provision you have crammed though the Congress. All types of issues are at work with the administration's abrogation of legislative procedures including, due procedure, constitutional compliance, and the ability to change the political configuration of both houses of Congress. Elimination of this new healthcare bill can be accomplished easily in full not later than 2012. The extra taxes take from us soon on income to pay for this plan not even in effect can be refunded by a new Congress and American President in full during 2013. Harry Reid, cram down is always beaten by pay back and when that day comes Americans should get their money returned with interest.
Finally, this bad bill will be reversed by the will to see things changed by most voters. What if we had accepted as a nation the conquests of the Nazi's and Japanese forces in WW II. I assume that some voters probably exclaimed during those horrendous times, these things can't be changed. That's not the way it happened with Americans, we were determined at all costs to defend freedom and ultimately the wars were won.
Assuming this healthcare reform bill is passed, all we need to overturn it is hope and change. Sound familiar, but this time voters are determined to make it more than an empty cliché.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL
Several Congressional procedural issues seem in clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and will be ultimately decided by the judicial branch of our government. Yet, awaiting that day of legal revelation which will no doubt effect Obama's healthcare reform miasma, there is another more effective strategy available to the majority of Americans who oppose this legislative detour which has kept the nation's attention off recent massive unemployment numbers.
This basic strategy to eliminate Obama healthcare reform and his misdirection of national resources are the looming elections of 2010 and 2012 and the recognition by all of us of the possibility for change. The Senate majority leader earlier in the year proclaimed that bills unread and quickly passed in the dark of night cannot be amended or changed. Sorry Harry, a nation who put men on the moon can change any provision you have crammed though the Congress. All types of issues are at work with the administration's abrogation of legislative procedures including, due procedure, constitutional compliance, and the ability to change the political configuration of both houses of Congress. Elimination of this new healthcare bill can be accomplished easily in full not later than 2012. The extra taxes take from us soon on income to pay for this plan not even in effect can be refunded by a new Congress and American President in full during 2013. Harry Reid, cram down is always beaten by pay back and when that day comes Americans should get their money returned with interest.
Finally, this bad bill will be reversed by the will to see things changed by most voters. What if we had accepted as a nation the conquests of the Nazi's and Japanese forces in WW II. I assume that some voters probably exclaimed during those horrendous times, these things can't be changed. That's not the way it happened with Americans, we were determined at all costs to defend freedom and ultimately the wars were won.
Assuming this healthcare reform bill is passed, all we need to overturn it is hope and change. Sound familiar, but this time voters are determined to make it more than an empty cliché.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Lockridge, IA, Phillips with Steve Burgmeier and Hooter Lane Farms
Lockridge, Iowa March 13, 2010
Dr. and Mrs. Phillips were the guests of Steve and Betty Burgmeier. Steve will be Dr. Phillip's advisor on pork production issues. Steve will be hosting a barbeque for the Phillips in Washington County this summer. Also, Dr. and Mrs. Phillips will be guests at the Pork Producer's Association's booth at the Iowa State Fair.
Dr. and Mrs. Phillips were the guests of Steve and Betty Burgmeier. Steve will be Dr. Phillip's advisor on pork production issues. Steve will be hosting a barbeque for the Phillips in Washington County this summer. Also, Dr. and Mrs. Phillips will be guests at the Pork Producer's Association's booth at the Iowa State Fair.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Huffington Post, 3.9, Binckey, Mitt Romney to Third Party: No Third Party Candidacies
Third parties have rarely won elections even with a strong candidate like Teddy Roosevelt. The Bull Moose party with its energy at the top was not able to win that election. Tea Partiers are first and foremost thinking Americans who will make the choices that make most sense to them. Although I am a Republican and so are several of my friends who are tea party voters, they are not ignorant of what split votes can do in an election. Yet, they are unwilling to simply vote for professional politicians who are not committed to representing either the American people or voters on main street.
Tea partiers will evaluate candidates to determine who can help produce the 400,000 jobs per month needed for the next four years to get this economy moving again. Tea partiers want their taxes reduced, government interference and regulations minimized, and less influence of lobbyists representing wealthy wall street and business interests in Washington.
These voters want their schools teaching traditional American values, criminals prosecuted, the country defended, national security strengthened, and American industry revitalized. I am proud of them all and reaffirm the right of all Americans to make their own choices in these matters. I personally will listen to these voters and not the paid political hacks that work for the lobbyists.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL
Tea partiers will evaluate candidates to determine who can help produce the 400,000 jobs per month needed for the next four years to get this economy moving again. Tea partiers want their taxes reduced, government interference and regulations minimized, and less influence of lobbyists representing wealthy wall street and business interests in Washington.
These voters want their schools teaching traditional American values, criminals prosecuted, the country defended, national security strengthened, and American industry revitalized. I am proud of them all and reaffirm the right of all Americans to make their own choices in these matters. I personally will listen to these voters and not the paid political hacks that work for the lobbyists.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL
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