Its Time to Ignore Liberal Bullying - Granite Grok

Its Time to Ignore Liberal Bullying

To the Editor:   

Mr. Veverka and Mr. Hightower would have you believe that any time a liberal imagines a need, the government should reach into your pocket, or at least your neighbor’s pocket, and take your (or his) money.  Or, more accurately, the government should borrow money from the Chinese for which we promise repayment of principal, interest, and a little bit of the opportunities, freedom, and standard of living of our children, grandchildren, and future generations of Americans.  

Anyone who does not immediately jump at this “bargain” will be the target of name calling, lies, and hysterical personal attacks.  This intimidation is to blame for a significant amount of our current approximately $15 trillion national debt and so many flawed government programs.         


The current target of Mr. Veverka’s invective is House Majority Leader Cantor who had the audacity to respond to President Obama’s funding request for FEMA with a bill that doubled the requested funding and paid for it with spending cuts.  For the audacity of balancing the new spending with spending cuts, Mr. Veverka calls Mr. Cantor a “heartless scumbag” who jeopardized people’s lives and property.  

Was anyone’s life or property in jeopardy because of Mr. Cantor’s bill?  No.  The House bill passed with plenty of time for Senate and Presidential action before the current funding was exhausted.  Actually it was Democrat Senator Harry Reid that delayed action on the bill.  And, really folks, does anyone actually believe that Federal emergency people would stand by and watch their fellow Americans die because there was a slight delay in funding from Washington?  Have we changed that much so quickly?  I hope not.                  

Were the spending cuts, approximately $2 billion, so enormous that making the cuts would cause a hardship?  No.  Our government spends over $9 billion every single day, so we are talking about re-prioritizing less than 6 hours worth of spending.   

Was there uncommitted $2 billion that could easily have been cut to provide the FEMA money?  Yes.  At that same time President Obama was evaluating $2 billion in loan guarantees for alternate energy projects.  Apparently President Obama, Mr. Hightower, Mr. Veverka, Senate Majority Leader Reid, and other Democrats are “heartless scumbags” who were willing to sacrifice people’s lives and property rather than delay or give up some of their pet alternate energy projects (which oddly seem to often be owned by major Democrat contributors).         

Did FEMA actually need any more money?  No.  President Obama’s FEMA operation is so incompetent that it didn’t realize it had enough money.    

Last Fall the American people voted to stop the reckless spending and start getting our nation’s finances in order.  Every attempt by the new representatives in Congress to stop the reckless spending has been confronted by President Obama and other Democrat leadership with name calling and threats to shut down the government and to withhold payments to our soldiers, their families, and to seniors.    

Even the attempt to balance this tiny bit of FEMA funding with a spending cut was met with hysterical invective.  Despite all their campaign promises President Obama and other Democrat leadership refuse to negotiate.  They make demands and vilify Republicans who do not just fall in line.  

Americans who know history and who have their eyes open see the hardships that are happening in Greece and elsewhere because of excessive debt.  We see the riots and destruction that result when government is forced to cut its reckless spending.  But, the hardship in Greece is minimized because it is tiny and can be bailed out. 

The United States is too big to be bailed out.  The hardships in Greece will look like a day at Disneyland compared to the hardships that Americans will suffer when our real debt crisis hits, and trillion dollar deficits bring that event closer every day.
  
Democrats have gotten used to getting their way by name calling and intimidating their opponents.  They have used these techniques to stifle opposition to their wasteful, ruinous, and often counter-productive  programs.  Finally, many Americans have had enough of it.  

The American people will have to choose between being called names and being vilified or the financial ruin of our country and for each of us personally.  I wish I could say that you can count on Republicans to put us on the right path, but too many Republicans have been satisfied with just slowing down the Democrats mad dash to our financial disaster.  

Only the TEA Party is committed to restoring our country’s fiscal health.  We are an obstacle to the major political parties “go along to get along”  ways.  The TEA Party is slandered and viciously attacked because we threaten the power of the current political establishment and their mutually supporting special interest groups.  

And, who are the TEA Party?  We are parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, children, siblings, neighbors, friends, acquaintances,and strangers.  We are just Americans of all kinds  who are fed up with the lies, broken promises, mismanagement, corruption, crony capitalism, bailouts, subsidies, and counter-productive programs we get from politicians.  We are just like you except we have already recognized that we must get involved to save our country, our liberties, and our children’s futures.         

TEA Partiers know that putting our country back onto a firm financial footing will not be easy.  We know that it will take sacrifices, shared by everyone not just a few.  But, we believe that our country, our people, our children, grandchildren, future generations of Americans, and liberty is worth the effort, sacrifice, and the hatred, threats, and vilification we encounter.        

You know that there is no such thing as a free lunch.  You know that deficit spending must end to avoid guaranteed destruction.  You know that passing debt for today’s comforts onto future generations is wrong.  You know something must be done.  Be part of the solution.  Join a TEA Party.  Support TEA Party endorsed candidates.  

Don Ewing

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