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Harry's Plan to Fix America

In news conference on June 8, Biden's chief economist Jared Bernstein said of the first 100 days of Obama's administration "we've created or saved over 150,000 jobs". The truth is since February of 2009 the number of unemployed rose from 12.5 million to 14.5 million. Most kids over the age of 10 can tell you that 14.5 is bigger than 12.5, so how do you save or create 150,000 jobs? Why did we spend 800 billion dollars to stimulate the economy? I have a better Idea and it will only cost 305 million dollars.

We could give everyone in the nation a million dollars and saved 799 billion dollars. I mean everyone man, women and child. If we each invested the million dollars in a mutual fund earning 12% interest we would get $10,000 each month and not touch the million dollars. Wow we could pay off our debt, own a house, pay for our own health care, and have leftover to take a vacation.With my plan we can dissolve the IRS, Medicare, and Social Security. Imagine no more Federal Income Tax ever! Collection on tariffs from trade and corporate taxes will pay for the Military and the few required federal services, CIA, FBI, Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches of the Federal Government. Done.

Imagine a Nation with no more poor, hungry, or homeless.

Harry

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Pay As You Go, No Go in Congress

President Obama in a press conference told reporters that any new spending or tax cuts must be paid for, however, we can run a deficit to get health care reform going. Anyone but me see a problem with that statement? It is a lie. Polls tell Obama that he is in trouble with the American people because of his spending. To counteract the polls he is offering a flat out lie. Congress has always had a pay as you go rule, they just circumvent the rule as they please. They will do the same to pass the health care spending bill as well as cap and trade to do it.

Now is the time to find new people to head to Capital Hill. Make sure they are not politicians or lawyers, lobbyist or special interest, and no one from a single union. The people we send should be more concerned with their current job or business and be bothered that they have to serve. That way only issues that really concern the people are brought before congress and congress will only meet for a few days.

They will do away with the IRS because it is bloated and only encourages the Federal Government to spend money. The will do away with all entitlements because only about five cents out of every dollar reaches the people who need the money. Local charities are better suited for handling these operations. Most importantly they will bring common sense to Capital Hill.

Imagine a pay check with no Federal Income Tax, FICA, Medicare, and whatever else we need to pay to the Feds. April 15 will become an ordinary day. Imagine being able to give to a local charity money that the government used to take. In stead of five cents on the dollar they get ninety five. The best part is you get to choose the programs you want to support. Choice is beautiful.

Enough is enough. We have a choice. Use your voice, pen, or computer to tell congress it is over. We are taking the country back. They no longer represent America. They represent the love of your money not you. Stop the lies. Change the makeup of Government. Let common sense rule. We have a choice.

Harry

What Some Think About President Obama

I watched this video and was immediately awe shocked. I was shocked for three reasons; the first being a comparison between Obama and Hitler, the second the comparison coming from an African American Minister, and the third was me realizing a historical similarity.

During Obama's campaign, he promoted "Change" where ever he went. When Obama would enter a crowed they would chant "Change", similar to the way the Germans would greet Hitler with "Hail." Obama promoted "change you can believe in." The only change I see is us moving from a republic to a fascist country.

Today we know that Obama is no different than Bush. Expanding government, spending our money before it has been earned, and continuing to fight wars with troops who have their hands tied behind their backs. The only difference between Obama's and Bush's policies is the speed at which they are being implemented. Momentum is what put Hitler into power.

The Stimulus bill, 800+ billion dollars, spent to get the economy moving. Obama promised transparency, the people should know what is in the bill before it is passed. Oops! Nancy "you know I am lying because my mouth is open" Pelosi, had to go to Rome, so the legislation needed to be passed immediately. The final revision all 15,000 pages printed and distributed at 12:00 AM, was never read by anyone in congress, how ever it was passed that morning. Fast forward 5 months, where are the jobs, why are housing prices still down, why is fuel going up, why are Chrysler and GM filing for bankruptcy, where are the signs of economic growth? Why is no one reporting this? First rule of urban war take out or control communications.

Government owning any part of a private business is called in America, a really bad idea. Tax payers are now the prod owners of banks and car companies. There are cheaper and more responsible ways of owning either, buy stock. Fortunately for America we have Tim "I can't pay my taxes" Geithner, running the banks and Steven "kickback scheme" Rattner Car Czars, running car companies. You think we could get honest people in positions that matter? Wait what was I thinking, Obama can do no wrong. Hitler could do no wrong, he killed the people that got in his way. Obama uses the IRS and the Media to destroy people and businesses.

Serve America Act is a strange volunteer organization, you get something for volunteering. What? Lets look up volunteer: Volunteer To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion. So why are we giving volunteers something, indoctrination. As Hitler indoctrinated young Germans we are doing the same with American youth. If I remember right this is what Mao did to, but I digress. The reason is to in debt them or make them feel reliant to the government. We will take care of you, we will be mother and father, we know better.

Bankruptcy laws have been around for over 150 year. Can someone tell Obama and his staff that. Without the bankruptcy law being changed, Obama has told the companies involved how the bankruptcy would take place and who would get what. How can he do that? He swore an oath to defend the Constitution, yet he has put it in the shredder. Hitler changed laws and rules because he told the Germans that he knew best and this was in their best interest. I fear the courts may rule in favor of the President, if they don't he can always do what Hitler did, dissolve the legislature and make himself a dictator.

Obama's popularity has carried over into his presidency. He continues to push fascist policies on all Americans. He has violated the Constitution, State and Federal Laws, and now appoints czars to positions whom have no accountability to anyone except him. The scary thing is only a few of us are challenging him. What do you say?

Harry

What I Wanted President Obama to Say in Cairo

I knew that there was gong to be pandering and apologizing going on in his speech. I was not surprised when he said we “share common principles -- principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.” Lie! I was not surprised when he made up history “it was innovation in Muslim communities that developed; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation”. I think the Chinese will have something to say about that. I could go on and on taking Obama’s speech apart piece by piece. That is not what this is about; it is what he didn’t say that I want to talk about.

For those who don’t know me I am against gay marriage. Not because I hate them or want to deny them rights, I am against it because it is a religious rite. That being said, why did he not ask for gay or sexual orientation tolerance? I will remind you that being gay in a Muslim world is a death sentence. Values and Principles

Why did he not ask Muslims to change from religious law to common law? Turkey has done it, why not Egypt or Saudi Arabia?

Why only mention Jews, Christians and Muslims? What about the other religions of the world? Do they have no meaning or clout to bring to the table of the world?

What do you say?

Harry

Cap and Trade A Big Fat Lie!

Have you noticed that the talking heads have changed the montra of "Global Warming" to "Climate Change"? Why? Simple it isn't true. We will not be dying of heat stroke any time soon. Read what over 31,000 scientest think about Climate Change by clicking on the following link. http://www.oism.org/pproject/ I believe 31,000 scientest and not Al "I invented the Internet" Gore or Jeff "Run GE into the ground" Immelt. Both Gore and Immelt have a vested intrest in the passage of Cap and Trade. Colusion if you ask me.

Here is Immelt sitting next to Austan Goolsbee, serving on the Council of Economic Advisers and staff director and chief economist of Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, as the "Church Lady" would say "How convienent"!

America please contact your legislators and tell them to vote down any legislation that has to to with global warming, cap and trade, climate change, carbon tax or any new taxes. This non sense has gone on long enough. There are only bad outcomes for any tax.

Harry.

Letter to Rep. DeFazio, Sen. Merkley, and Sen. Wyden

Dear Rep. DeFazio, Sen. Merkley and Sen. Wyden,

Please speak out against Rep. Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, for slapping all Americans in the face. When asked to read a bill out loud, he hired a speed reader to read the bill. He also commented that he himself did not read the bill and does not know everything contained in it. This is unacceptable. What kind of example does this set for Congress. Are you all elitist? Does anyone have any morals or values in Washington? In my profession, I would be fired for a stunt like that, however, Americans have to wait till the next election to remove an elected official.

I am very concerned about the direction that the Federal Government is taking our country. The founding father of the Democratic Party was Thomas Jefferson who hated big Government, however, recent decisions and legislation says the Democratic Party wants Government to control everything. Banks, insurance companies, car companies, cap and trade, and healthcare not to mention all of the other entitlements that are already in place are intruding on me and my family. I used to be able t take care of myself, however, I am taxed so harshly that soon no matter how many jobs I work, the government will take it away from me and give it to someone else.

Why do you support punishing productive Americans? Why do you think the Federal Government knows best? I ask you to not tow the current party line and return to what Thomas Jefferson believed in, a small limited Federal Government.

I will be posting this e-mail on my blog http://ricevillage.blogspot.com as I do with all communications I send to public officials.

Harry Yonemura III

Social Insecurity

Anyone born in 1960 or latter still believe you will be getting Social Security? Well if you are not receiving it now don't expect it at retirement. I know you think you are entitled to the money because you are paying your taxes. Unfortunately you and me are like Bernie Madoff's investors, part of the largest ponzi scheme ever invented. I wonder when the government realized that making only 3% return on the invested amount would not keep up with inflation? Did they also anticipate the number of people retiring versus the number of people entering the workforce would decline? Really who thought this was a good thing? I bet if the government had let the insurance industry invest our money there would be a lot left. Oh wait, I forgot, they did not keep it invested, they spent it. So not only is Social Security a ponzi scheme, the money has been embezzled by the Federal Government. Wow what a shocker.

Now that you have taken your blood pressure medicine or baby aspirin, depending on the severity of the truth hitting you in the heart, I think it will be alright. Here is the plan that will get you into a place where you will feel confident and secure in your retirement. You must first be debt free. If you are not, take Dave Ramsey's, Financial Peace University. For those that are debt free, first get a large emergency fund, about 6 to 9 months of expenses in a bank. Then start investing like crazy. If you can invest $600.00 a month in a Mutual Funds earning 12% return you will in 25 years have over a million dollars in the bank. Yearly interest will be $120,000 or $10,000 a month. Why with that you can afford private health insurance, go on vacations, or what ever you want for the rest of your life. Even working all your life and putting money into Social Security, you will only get at most $30,000 dollars a year. I don't know about you, I would rather have $10,000 a month verses $2,500 a month. Is it fair to put money into something you will never see a dime from? No it is not, however this is whats going to happen. Dependence on the government got us here, independence will set us free.

Harry

How Do We Fix America?

Federal Governments responsibilities

1. Legislative : Article. I. Section. 8. to 10. outline the responsibilities of the House and Senate.
   
2. Executive : Article. II. Section. 2. and 3. outline the responsibilities of the President
3. Judicial : Article. III. Section. 2. outlines the responsibilities of the Supreme Court
   

If you read these Articles of the Constitution, you will not find a single mention of some of the most expensive entitlements we give to our citizens. Welfare, Education K-12, Social Security, Medicare, and Prescription Drugs to name a few. Nor will you find our Government accountable for insuring deposits, private company debt, or regulating the free market, yet they seem to be. It seems that the Federal Government is over stepping it's bounds and needs to be brought under control. So back to my original question how do we fix America?

First, all federal entitlements need to go. Yes they do. If a State wants to continue to provide an entitlement they can, it is their right. The Federal Government should not, I mean can not impose entitlements on the entire country, it is not their responsibility. If they don't know what their responsibility is, they need to read the Constitution.

Second, States need to understand their obligation and survival is dependent on the people who live in their state. Depending on and sometimes demanding the Federal Government help a particular state, prevents other states from providing services to their citizens. Meaning, Federal Income Taxes collected in one state must be used to help another state. Not very capitalistic to me sounds like socialism or communism. Let States fend for themselves. If citizens don't like the politics in one state they can move and give their taxes to a state they agree with. Not that is capitalism at its best.

Third, the President is not going to solve the problems of the country. No single man or women alive now or in the past is smart enough to accomplish this. Problems in America differ from state to state, county to county, and from one neighbor to neighbor. This is why reliance on politicians did not make this country great, it was reliance on one's self and his or her local community that has shaped our country. The President needs to read the Constitution and understand his role is to stay out of our homes.

Fourth, get involved in the community. How many people do not know their neighbors? I mean know your neighbors, like simple things, what are their names, where do they work, do they have kids, etc.? This is the greatest loss America faces. We have been led to believe that the individual is the most important, the customer is king. I am here to tell you that is wrong. Personal responsibility and accountability is what America is lacking. People getting together to solve community problems creates solutions that are specific and measurable to that community. What works in one community my not work in another.

Fifth, judge each other. There needs to be acceptable behavior and when you see someone acting out do something. If someone is breaking the law report it don't ignore it or say it's not my responsibility. Keeping the peace and a community in order is a community responsibility. I am not proposing vigilantes or posies, I am saying if you see a person doing something stupid tell them, if you see something dangerous happening stop it. Use your common sense. What people do in public does affect you, keep them and yourself accountable and responsible.

That's it. Just five things to get America back on tract. Simple in thought but extremely difficult to implement. Removal of entitlements, redistribution of wealth, and allowing the States to have their rights back are difficult to reverse, however not impossible and the outcome rewarding. Lower Federal Taxes, locally sponsored social programs, States spend money where its needed and not have to compete for Federal Funds, lower rates of crime, lower state taxes, less Federal Regulations, just to name a few.

So how do we make this happen? I have no idea where to start, so that's where you my friends come in. Comment, make suggestions, offer better solutions, what ever you think will help let me know. Lets put all together and answer the question How do we fix America?

Harry.

American Capitalism is on Life Support

Today Obama announced he was going after corporations that get tax breaks or move jobs offshore. This is another move by Obama to destroy capitalism in America. Bush started this by giving bail outs to businesses which nearly 70% of Americans opposed. Now just over 100 days in office, our government runs banks and car manufactures.  I thought this kind of integration of government and private companies only happened in socialist and communist countries. Soon I fear we will be tearing up our Constitution and writing a new one.

America was made great because for the most part our government left us alone to make a living for ourselves. Today our government is intruding into our lives in many ways claiming it is in our best interest. When did the government become my parents? When did I lose the ability to make decisions for myself? When did I ask the government to make sure that if I make a mistake they would fix it? When did I lose personal responsibility?
We are all slowly being indoctrinated into socialist beliefs and it starts at a young age.

A pregnant women is asked which daycare her child is attending to which she replies “I will become a stay at home mom when my child is born”. Her co-workers stair at her in disbelief.  In kindergarten, school supplies are taken from everyone and redistributed so every student has the same amount. Isn’t that stealing? No it is insuring everyone has the same and as parents we accept that. The road to socialism begins.

In middle school, your child brings a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich to school for lunch. You get a phone call telling you that you are feeding your bad food and he/she is getting too much fat. They will be sending your child to a class to teach your child what is a proper diet and exercise program. Don’t worry it is a government sponsored program and will not cost you anything. It is also suggested that you attend or allow your child to eat the government sponsored “free lunch”. The lunch is not only nutritious but also kosher and sharia law approved. Wow how thoughtful you say.

In high school health class, teachers trained on the latest health laws, discuss with students the importance of seeking counsel when they don’t want their parents involved in health decisions. In science, students view Inconvenient Truth. The teacher then tell them that although most of the data was incorrect, the message that humans are destroying the planet is all that matters. In an English class, students read the new classics.  Chaucer is replaced by William Morris, Plato with Karl Marx, and John Steinbeck is replaced by Bernard Shaw. In social studies, classes such as US Government, Citizenship, and Economics are dropped and replaced with International Law, The UN and Progressiveism.

Boo! Have I scared you yet? If not you better start paying attention to what is going on right now. We are at a breaking point. We will either break the government or they will break us. We are accelerating towards a government centered country. Our law makers are overlooking the Constitution. They are overlooking capitalism. They are overlooking all of us. We need to remind them that we look over them.

Harry

May Day is Lei Day In Hawaii

In 1893, the Hawaiian Kingdom came to an end. It was little more than 100 years earlier that King Kamehameha united the eight major islands under one ruler. It did not take long for Christian Missionaries to arrive on the shores of paradise with the goal of converting the savages. Little did they know the disaster they would bring to the native people.

For many generations, the Hawaiian Islands, were isolated from the world. Before the arrival of Captain Cook in 1774, no one in the chain had ever seen a white man. The Hawaiian's thought Cook to be a God and treated him as such. Unfortunately for Cook, he overstayed his visit. This was the first foreigner, however, he would not be the last.

As more and more foreigners arrived, the native population was devastated. Having no anti-bodies to combat many common ailments, hundreds of thousands died. The extinction of a race of humans had begun. Today it is a fact that we will see the last pure Hawaiians die off in the next generation, if not sooner. A human extinction that took less that two hundred years.

While environmentalist were worried about the spotted owl, hump back whale, and the condor, they failed to see the end of an entire race of people. Where were the environmentalist when the humans needed them? I know the spotted owls, the hump back whales, and condors still live, what about the Hawaiians?

I write this article because today in Hawaii there are celebrations going on all over the State. I have been missing the festivities for almost eight years now because of moving my family to Oregon. Last night my wife made carnation leis for my little one and herself. The stringing of flowers reminded me of home. My ancestral home, Hawaii.

I have spent most of the day trying to think of something to write about. For the past few days I've been suffering from writers block. So around 11 PM, I thought I would write a story about May Day in Hawaii. I sat down and did a bad thing I read the Local News. Illegal immigrant rights activist march on Portland. Foreign workers, flown in to replace laid off Americans. Union to own fifty percent of Chrysler. And so on. May day became not a celebration for me but an emergency call "May Day, May Day".

Why choose the plight of Native Hawaiians to discuss the problems in America? So history does not repeat it's self. Will Americans become extinct like the Hawaiians? Are we allowing a Government to dictate our lives or as Obama puts it "real change you can believe in". It was not change that Americans wanted, they wanted leadership, but what they got in Obama was Bush on steroids. We are being distracted by one issue after another. The Government using slight of hand just like an illusionist.

The change that we need now is:
Government needs to collect all its bail out money now
No more bail outs
Close the boarders
Enforce Immigration Laws
No more foreign worker visas
Cut all social program budgets with plans to end them
No more death tax
No Cap and Trade
Flat Tax

This is the start. We need to move closer to no government control, not to total government control like we are doing. Let us push forward to make the Government afraid of its people. For if we do not take heed, we may end up like the Hawaiians, extinct.

Harry

Fact or Fiction

I love to discuss politics, religion, science, and personal views. You can find me discussing my views with others who share the same values and principles as I do. Sometimes I will see a posting with a link to an article, YouTube Video, or some ones blog that the poster says it is imperative that I read, listen or watch. Most of the time the links are to credible and meaningful sources, however, every now and then I come across a link that is mostly false.

Why do people post links to false information? Do we have that many gullible people? The internet makes it easy for crack pots to spew conjecture and coincidence as fact. Unlike most reliable news outlets, on the internet you don't have to have corroborating facts or evidence. All you need is an audience willing to buy into what they have to sell. Like snake oil salesmen of the past, they offer an answer (cure) for everything that is happening in the world (what ever ails you).

The face on Mars, planet X, ABC organizations mind control, and 2012 are just some of the fiction out there that many people take as fact. Sometimes no matter what evidence or facts you use to prove the opposite, people will still believe in the fiction. Why? I wish someone would explain it to me.

The reason I am posting this is that I hope there will be less fictional postings. I hope people will find corroborating facts before they post a link. I am tired of reading, watching, or hearing links that are false. Here are a few of my most despised conspiracies:

9/11 was pulled off by our Government. For the last time, it was terrorist. The CIA did not plant explosives, cut beams, etc. The terrorist crashed an airplane into a building.

We have been visited by Aliens. If you are referring to illegal aliens from outside our country you are correct. If you are referring to beings from outer space, please explain the physics to me. I know Dr. Lawrence Krauss would also like to know.

The CIA can control minds. I don't recall a Jedi Temple here on Earth, I forgot that is science fiction. If your mind is currently being controlled by the CIA, please see a psychiatrist immediately, you are out of Meds.

Government created swine flu. Did you know I can make swine flu also? Find a sick pig and hang around it a while. That's how the farmer in Mexico got it. The pig had the flu which jumped species. It happens, it is called genetic mutations. Tell me when is it a pandemic. Right now about 1000 cases reported out of 10 billion people. Give me a break.

People please stop the madness. Use logic and common sense. My dad told me "Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you read". Good advice we all should follow.

Harry

Text to Speech

Hey Folks,

I just added Odiogo to my blog which allows you to listen to my blog as a podcast. It is very cool. Please check it out and while you are at it, read or listen to my archives. Don't for get to post comments, I love to hear from my readers. If you want to send me a private comment, please do so by e-mail.

Harry

Swine Flu an Excellent Case Against Universal Health Care

Swine flu is turning out not to be a pandemic in the US, however, it could be one in other countries. The reason, Universal Health Care. It is true. If you live in the United States, you are able to go to the Doctor or Emergency Room and get care immediately. More importantly, since here we have competition between pharmaceutical companies, they are always developing better therapies to cure illness.

It is not uncommon for people in Canada to travel to the US for medical treatment or just for a simple test. In Canada it may take months for a patient to get a CAT scan or MRI and another month for someone to read it. In the US, you can get a scan within days if not hours and a diagnosis just as soon. Why would any one want to change our system?

Politicians say the main reason is so everyone can be covered at a reasonable price. Why? I better not ask, someone will say I don't care about the children. I say don't their parents care about them? Now I'll be accused of being rich and not caring about the poor. If you say that you have never been poor. I have. I used to pick up cans at a dump to make ends meet, use the same clothes, catch my dinner, boil water for a bath etc. I know what it is like to be poor.

Now I get accused of being different. I am not. I am short, overweight, and never graduated college. Maybe the true difference is when things got tough, I worked harder. What a novel concept. If you need something, work hard and you will get it. I did not believe in a bailout. If my boat has a leak and I am not bailing myself out, I will sink.

Under the current laws no hospital can refuse to treat anyone. If that is the case why do we need Universal Health Care we already provide it. What we need is to reduce the cost of care and treatment. Needles, IVs, hospital beds, or any medical products are not the reason, it is the cost of malpractice insurance and the possible law suits that medical professionals face everyday. Care and treatment is expensive because of tort law.

There are cases that deserve attention, like a doctor leaving and instrument in a patient. It is neglect and should be prosecuted so it does not happen again. The cases I am speaking of are when patients sue their caregivers for a scar from a cut, a women having a child with down syndrome, or not prescribing a drug addict opiates. In some states, doctors have left because the cost of practicing medicine is not cost effective.

If we want lower cost for medical insurance, we need to lower the cost of providing it. Only in a free market society can we do it. Lets change out tort law system so doctors are held liable for neglect only. They should not pay for scars or other out comes that are controlled by a persons body or genes. I haven't meet a doctor yet that has wanted to intentionally hurt me. I have meet some that I would not like to be seen by, and in a free market I can chose another doctor.

If you are poor or work for a company that has no health coverage here are a few sure ways you can get health care. Get another job. If you deliver newspapers or pizzas, you will earn enough money to buy an excellent health plan. If you work for a company that does not provide health coverage you can also get another job or find one that does. Stop being a victim. Do something. If you do nothing you will get, exactly nothing. If I can do it, everyone can.

Harry

Why Carbon Tax or Cap and Trade Won't Work

Congress is still trying to decide how to tax the very air we breath. That's right I said it, the very air we breath. The carbon tax and cap and trade are just another way for the government to tax Americans. They will tell us that the tax will be on companies, however, I don't know a company that does not pass its cost on to its buyers. It is just good business sense.

Now you probably think I don't care about the environment because I don't want this new tax program and you would be wrong. I do want clean air just as much as the next person. What I don't want is another stupid government program that will not work. What won't work? It will not.

A company that creates a lot of pollution just needs to have enough money to pay for more polluting credits to be within their limits. This means instead of the company using their cash to buy or use less polluting methods of production, they just keep on polluting. Now that is something I want.

Here is the solution. If we want these companies to stop polluting or to adopt cleaner modes of production, we need to set standards. These standards need to have severe fines if not met as well as reasonable time-lines for completion. These standards need to be set by scientist not law makers. We can leave the fines to the legislators and use the EPA to determine if and when the companies have complied.

Everyone wins. The environmentalist get their CO2 reduction, lawmakers feel good that they made the scary corporation comply, and all Americans avoid a new tax. I do realize for some Americans the price for some of their products may go up during the transition, however, if you don't like paying a higher price you can move. That's right, don't call yourself a victim, do something, take action.

Harry.

What Do I Stand For?

I believe in God. He gives me meaning and purpose.

I believe in freedom for everyone. Every person on Earth deserves freedom.

I believe in Capitalism. Economic justice comes through self-reliance.

I believe in legislative laws. Legislators create laws and the courts enforce them.

I believe in service to one another. We should help each other without governments help.

Against Abortion or what I call Pro Death

Against Gay Marriage – Gay marriage infringes on religious beliefs. If we allow gay’s to marry then we will be opening the door to Men or women who want to marry kids or others forms of marriage.

Against death taxes

I want secure borders. No documents stay out. If you are an illegal alien you are breaking our immigration law. Come here legally or don’t.

I want laws enforced. We don’t need more laws. We need the laws enforced. What we do need is more lawmen and law women.

I want the strongest military in the world. If we want peace we must work for justice. No country will respect or fear us if we are not ready, willing and able to finish any fight thrown at us. The best way to win a battle is to never have to fight.

I want a balanced budget. When the checking account is zero, we don’t spend any more money. We devote a good portion of taxes to pay off our debt before we sponsor any more programs.

I want welfare handled by local organizations. The government doesn’t see the poor and homeless. To them they are numbers. Let the local communities take control of the poor and homeless, they do a better job.

I want vouchers for every child k-12. Socialized education has not worked let the free market try. If parents want to home school the voucher can be used to purchase the materials they need.

No more Federal College grants or secured loans. You can do it on you own. Get a job. I would also offer that many colleges have endowments that would allow them to let all of their students go to school for free. Going to college is not a right it is a privilege. With no more help from government, the price should go down.
I believe in helping out our friends. If you need help I will be there to serve anyway I can.

I support countries that that the same values while I will continue to chastise countries that do not care for human rights.

I will make mistakes. I am human and am prone to error. When I error I will apologize for my actions. I will expect the same from the people I associate with. I will call them on it even at my own peril.

I will stand up for what is right not what is popular. I am a man of principles and values that do not always align with the majority, however; I will be consistent.

I will not be perfect. I will always strive for perfection; however, I know I will always reach excellence.

I am not always the smartest guy, so I will surround myself with them.

I will always listen to your opinion. It matters to me, however, I may still decide to choose a different path that is more inline with my values and principles.

There are many more to add. This is a good start.

Harry

No Compromise on Marriage!

Marriage is a religious rite. Marriage is not a civil right. Marriage has always been between a man and a woman. When they were contracts, arraigned, or forced, they were always between a man and a woman. Gay marriage has no legal, historical, religious, or even evolutionary precedence.

I like most people do not hate gay people or want to harm them or whatever. I have a religious belief that says being gay is wrong. My government is not allowed to tell me what to believe or take away my Constitutional Right.

The truth of the matter is being gay is a choice. There is no scientific basis for being gay. Natural Selection should have removed the genetic trait. It is impossible for gay couples to reproduce naturally. Darwin would have no explanation as to why a species would want to become extinct.

I don’t care what you do in your bedroom. It is your choice. I do take offence when anyone tries to force his or her beliefs on my family, my religion, and me. When you ask what would Jesus do? I would say this; he would never come into contact with gay people. He would find them unclean and try to heal them. Jesus would never accept their lifestyle. Jesus would never allow the rationalization of a gay lifestyle.

Harry

Abortion needs to End

I am tired of being called “Pro Life”. I like the old phrase “Anti-Abortion”. Anti-Abortion is a better description that reduces the political correctness associated with “Pro Life”. To get to the bottom of the barrel I could call myself an “anti killing unborn defenseless children supporter”. That would be the most descriptive and accurate, however, it may give some children nightmares knowing that we have people in our country who support killing unborn defenseless children. Oh yes, that’s what you should be called if you support abortion, not the politically correct phrase “Pro Choice”.

Now I can hear the screams of women who have been sexually assaulted saying I should be able to have an abortion since I was attacked. Why? Why not give the child up for adoption? It never did anything to harm you, yet you want to kill it? Why? The answer, it is easy to do. Take no responsibility and just do what feels good. Strange that our pets do everything that feels good to them, yet have not come up with a way to have and abortion. Yes humans are the only species that will kill its offspring before it is even born.

Okay now I need to settle the problem of the unborn killing the mother. The answer is go to another doctor. With our technology we can do amazing things that can save both the mother and child. Let us use our minds to develop solutions to problems before we give up. Giving up is not the American way.

Now for those of you who think that it is not a human at conception please pick up a textbook on reproduction. When an egg and a sperm join, in whatever plant or animal that requires both, it becomes what they were meant to be. Yes, life does begin at conception. Genetic material is shared, half male and half female, and thus begins the origin of sexual reproduction. Not nine day later, nine week later, or nine months later it is at conception. This not a religious belief, it is a scientific fact.

Abortions time has come and gone. America it is time we remove it from the law books. Let us become a society that embraces life and family. In the past many believed we needed abortion because unwed mothers were socially unacceptable, medical technology could not save the unborn, contraceptives we either unavailable or socially unacceptable and sadly women had little say or rights. We have changed. Women are no longer second-class citizens their voices are heard. Women who want a child out of wedlock have them. And it is acceptable for women to buy contraception. There are no more excuses.

Harry

Time to put her to pasture

America has had a good run. Like a good horse, she has carried many heavy loads, charged into battle with great leaders, comforted the loss and forsaken, and brought greatness to its owner. Today she is Old and tired. She has been pushed beyond the breaking point on too many occasions. The people who once came to her for comfort now only have indifference and sow the seeds of malice towards her. Her coat once shined from the constant care had become dusty and unclean. The weight of burden is too much and no amount of coaxing will inspire her to win another race. There is hope she is blessed with child.

Like all great horses, breeders look for the best qualities to pass to offspring and continue the great line. No this is not royalty breeding, this is careful, intelligent and planned breeding. America was born with values and principles, bread into her from years of hardship, oppression, and tyranny. She grew strong early on by defending her values and principles, her first rider forgoing absolute ownership, instead choose the rule of law. As new rider took her reigns, she complied. Trusting her riders, one after the other. Even going so far as to allowing her to ware blinders as not to see the troubles on her left and right.

The new colt is to be born soon. This colt has the values and principles its mother has, all is lacking is a rider. A rider that remembers that the colt is not theirs it belongs to the owners. A rider that uses the reigns to guides the colt and not a tool of obedience. A rider that looks at the sunset and contemplates the pass with a focus on the sunrise. A rider who will serves the colt, brushing its coat daily, feeding it a proper diet, and allowing it to rest and recover. A rider who will promises never to allow blinders be put on the colt ever again.

My friends, I ask you to consider the challenges that face us now. There are only really two options as I fear they had in 1776, get more people to support them (elect people to positions of power) or as they did, cede from England. Are we at this point? Do we need to abolish our government and restore the Constitution and Republic? Even if we elect the right people will they be able to repeal the laws that have been created over the years that move us from a Republic to an Oligarchy (Socialism)? Can we come together as a nation of laws? Will the public understand the difference between a Democracy and a Republic?

What are your opinions? What if any are your answers? Please comment; discussion or debate is how we come to understand each other. I want to understand you.

Harry

“That government should be of laws rather than of men”

Jaycee Creed by C. William Brownfield ca. 1946

The point that Brownfield was trying to make was the United States of America needed to continue to be a Republic, limited government, not a Democracy, big government. “Wait a minute,” you say, “don’t we live in a Democracy?” the answer is a resounding no. We live in a Republic whose rule is law. A Democracy is rule by majority. A Democracy is a scary thing for example; a majority of the people says that they can take your money so they do; a majority of the people says that they can take your children so they do. This is not the form of Government we have, we have a Republic or a government of laws.

The following situation will illustrate the difference. A person is accused of raping and killing a seven-year-old child. A mob of people goes out to find this person. When they find the person, they vote to kill the person. In a Democracy they can, however, in a Republic the police show up and tell the mob that they cannot kill the person. That person has rights under the law, to due process, a speedy trial, and a trial of their peers. Not only that, the jury may only find the defendant guilty by consensus, not a majority. This is the benefit of a Republic, “That government should be of laws rather than of men.”

The Greeks were the first to recognize the benefits of a Republic, however, the Romans were the first to try it and it worked great. As time progressed, some Romans realized that they could elect representatives that make laws to benefit a few. Soon there were laws allowing the government to seize private property (eminent domain), farm subsidies, home subsidies, and welfare. Soon the government went broke and the people demanded more. Anarchy reigned and soon the end of the first Republic came. This however was not the end of Rome. Seeking order, stability, and financial control the citizens of Rome put their trust in a dictator, Caser.

This brief history lesson is about to repeat itself. We are moving away from our founding fathers ideals of a Republic. Laws are have been created to benefit a few while diminishing the liberties of others. Social programs and entitlements have bankrupted our Nation. Banking laws encourage a debt lifestyle bankrupting our fellow citizens. Corporate laws have granted the leaders of these companies huge pay at the expense of the stakeholder and the taxpayer. By executive order, laws are created to invade our privacy without due process. And now our government wants to do more, universal health care, nationalize banks, and tax an invisible unscientific problem.

America we don’t need any more government help. We are about to go beyond a Democracy (which really dose not exist) to become a Socialist Society. Government will control every aspect of our lives. Our freedoms will be gone. Voted out and replaced by social programs. Leaving our nation in the hands of the government and not in the hands of the people whom the laws were intended to protect.

Harry

Why Government Social Programs Don’t Work and the Solution to the Problem

I was once the treasure of a government and business program (keeping the name anonymous to protect the people I worked with). I was asked to attend a meeting to see presentations from the different areas of out reach so I would feel comfortable signing the budget. The first presenter was in charge of coordinating the local food banks. He presented a PowerPoint presentation and when he got to a slide showing the success they had achieved I raised my hand to point out a mistake with his graph.

The graph depicted a ten-year trend of food collection; in year one they collected 100,000 pounds of food and now the collect five million pounds. Since the social program he works for was mandated to put people to work, I pointed out that his graph should be headed to zero pounds. Since I was the only non-public employee in the room, all eyes were on me. I explained that if our goal is to get people back to work, why are we collecting more food, increasing the budget, and hiring more employees? I went on to say that the goal should be to put this program out of business. That was too much common sense.
I am not a mean person; I care deeply for the less fortunate. I was once in my life very poor. My dad and I would pick up cans in a garbage dump to make money for our mortgage. I have walked in their shoes. I have gone without many comforts. I understand their struggles and make a point to help. I give to my Church’s soup kitchen and donated food to Church’s food bank for example. This is where social programs need to be, in the local community, run by volunteers, and supported by donations. The paradigm shift will benefit everyone. We will be able to due away with some government run social programs and allow volunteer efforts to expand. Here is how it works.

Instead of me paying tax to the government to support a social program, some that go against my values and principles, I get to choose who I give to. The benefits of doing this are significant. The government does not need to pay people to collect these taxes, prepare reports, print checks, and spend time discussing who gets what, etc. etc. etc. Communities get to choose which non-profit organizations they get to donate to, their money goes further due to fewer overheads, they don’t support programs that are not needed in their community, and the list goes on and on.

This is only one program run by the government that doesn’t make sense. I am sure there are many more. I don’t want to due away with social programs, I want the operations to be conducted by local organizations. I want to be able to choose where my money will go and not have the government decide. I am not helpless. I can decide. I can choose. I can make a difference. And I can do it better without government intervention.

Harry

Medical Record Keeping Plan

During the early 90’s, I operated a computer consulting business. One of my clients was a dentist. He was a man who loved technology and hired me to install a network of computers in is office. The goal was for him to be able to access patient records, x-rays, and other data from any terminal in his office. This was no ordinary task. Back then the top of the line computer had 486 processor, 1 megabyte of memory, and a 40-megabyte hard drive. A compact disk writer was brand new technology and most networked computers were in large companies not in a small business. The hardware was just half the battle. My biggest challenge would come when I would need to integrate, medical billing software, patient information, patient records, x-rays, and what ever else the doctor wanted stored. To make things even harder I had a limited budget.

The doctors reasoning for all this was to reduce his overhead. He was spending a large amount of money every month storing patient records. He could only see a few patients a day because an employee would sometimes need to drive a couple of miles and search though his storage area to find needed files to bring back to the office for review. Seeing how much money was spent doing this convinced him that there must be a better way. I agreed and started work on solving his problem. I wont go into details, suffice to say, most of his goals were meet. It would take technology a few more years to be able to complete his dream.

Lets jump a head to today. All of what my dentist client asked for can be done very simply today. Most doctors and dentist use some sort of electronic patient record storage system. What is needed now is a smart system that will streamline the filing of claims, ensure accurate and secure patient information, and allow patient record secure access anywhere.

This is my design for the all in one device. It will store all your medical records or be the key to access your records from a secure site. It will transmit and receive information and updates via RFID. It will display general information incase of an accident i.e. what medications you are taking, allergies, and who to contact. Once connected to the health care providers system, it will fill out the proper forms, if needed send prescriptions to the pharmacy, and since it is also your flexible spending account debit card, it will pay the bill and update your balance.

All of the technologies exist today to build this device or we could just write a Java based program that could do the same and be loaded into a cell phone or flash memory. The savings in time will reduce cost for doctors who must pay a lot for storage, employees to file claims, payment collection etc. The patient will benefit by always having important medical information with them, avoid medications that they are allergic to, and reduce the amount of time waiting for things to happen. When you are sick or dying speed is essential.

There needs to be standards that health care professionals must conform to such as digital note taking. Speech recognition or typing data in to a persons file will reduce the redundancy of note taking and transcription. They must decide on what each prognosis will be called. This will facilitate database accuracy. There are many more standard to workout, and since I am not a health care provider the rest should be left up to them.

This is just one piece of my health care plan. There are a few more to go. So to keep this as post short as possible, I will stop now.

The K-12 Plan and Solution

Education is an ever-growing problem in the United States. We keep pouring more and more money into it expecting better results only to be disappointed with the results. What is needed is for the teaching system to change. To start lets look at our students.

Everyone excels at a different skill. Some are better at math while others are better at singing. If they are to succeed we need to let them focus on the subjects they excel at and not worry about the ones that they perform poorly at. Of course they must be able to read, do basic math (add, subtract, multiply and divide), understand the Constitution, and understand financial responsibility. Above and beyond that, test scores will reveal the area the student excels at, so they either move to a trade school, apprenticeship, guild, military, college, etc. The reason is we don’t need average students we need expert students.

When I was in high school I was completely board. I was smarter than some of my teachers and a lot smarter than most of the students. I excelled in math, science, and social studies, but I was most interested in science and technology. If I were in my proposed program, I could have spent more time in the lab exploring interesting experiments, developing my programming skills, and electronic skills. The problem was I had to take classes that hand no meaning to me then.

English Lit during my freshman year took up most of my study time. The worst part is I never got it. While other students understood the satire, irony, and social problems presented in the stories, they were only stories to me. Fortunately I have read the books now that I am older and can understand the stories, however they did not help me move forward in my education. The same went for a few other classes during my high school years. I lived in a rural area so I did not have a choice of schools to pick from. This is why we also need vouchers.

If the Federal Government will continue to fund public education, they need to offer vouchers to all students. This will allow students to attend schools that offer the best fit for them. This will also make public schools pseudo private. Meaning that the best schools get funded while poor schools fade away. Why because this is how capitalism works, if you have a product or service people want they will buy it. This also enables parents who want their children to attend private schools the ability to use their tax dollars to pay for it. Everyone wins. Students get to attend schools they want to go to, excel at subjects they are interested in, bad schools get closed, and good teachers get rewarded.

How do good teachers get rewarded? By paying them a commission of course. What? Since parents and students can choose the school they go to, teacher’s salaries will grow by the number of students they teach. If they are excellent teachers more students will attend their class, if they are poor teachers, students should be able to request their money back. Remember parents and students are customers who want the best. No more pay raises’ for everyone, performance in the only deciding factor and parents and students will make the decisions.

Everything up to now has been the hard part, now the easy stream lining the bureaucracy. Superintendent is responsible for school principals, public relations, reporting to the local and state government, and employee policy setting. Principals are responsible for teacher and student safety, facility maintenance, school budget, human resources, community involvement, and discipline. All other commissions, committees, boards, etc. no longer have a role in siphoning off money.

That’s it in a nutshell.

Harry

My Plan for President Obama's Energy and Green Jobs

Global warming is not a fact it is a theory. The theories main claim is man is producing more CO2 than nature can handle thus resulting in the warming of the planet. The problem is, recent data suggest that the planet is cooling. There are even scientist whom believe we are entering into the start of the ice age cycle. Scientist in Antarctica looking at CO2 levels found that the planet has had higher CO2 levels in the past.

Reliable science must be done so we can have a better understanding of climate. Non-scientist like Al Gore getting a Nobel Prize for his documentary that includes poor unreliable data, only scares the public. The real problem is that modeling climate is not possible. The amount of variables exceeds the processing power any computer or super computers can handle. To truly discover the changes require anticipating the breath exhaled by a baby, as well as the flapping of butterfly’s wings. The problem is as scientists say non-trivial. To give and an example of the complexity, it is more likely that we will build a highway to Hawaii from California before we are able to accurately predict next weeks weather.

What we need to address, and soon is our reliance on imported fuels. We need to stop buying them and start using our own. We are the most advanced civilization on the planet and yet we still see the need to transfer our wealth to other countries to supply our energy needs. So here is my plan, it is simple, it creates private industry jobs, and we can do it. The only thing missing is the blessing from the minority of people who believe no matter what we do we will destroy the planet. For you guys remain calm and read on.

To start we need to start drilling for oil in areas that we know it is and supplement the US with oil reserves we have. Only companies, employees, materials, and equipment from the US may be used. We have very smart and creative people in the US that will be able to design and build rigs that limit the impact on the environment. They may even invent new ways to extract oil never though of because this project needs to be profitable, pay for itself, be built on time, on budget and offer consumers a better price than foreign crude without government subsidies.

We need the oil to hold us over till we can build enough alternative energy sources to turn us into a country that runs on electric motors and not combustion engines.

Next we need to build large-scale solar power plants like the one suggested in the Mohave Dessert. It could be build so large that it could provide power for the entire nation. I know we will be destroying a lot of dessert, however, the power is needed till we can develop better methods of power production. The net result is very inexpensive power that companies need to manufacture products. Cheap energy means cheap products. Wow we might be able to sell our products overseas because it is cheaper to produce them here than abroad. Wait a minute, when we sell more we hire more people. I think I just put a lot of people back to work.

At the same time that we are building the solar array, we need to look into plasma engines. What you say, aren’t they only for space travel and can’t be use on Earth? You are correct if you want to use the plasma engine in a car or plane it wont work, however, it will be excellent for boiling water. Steam turbines can be powered by plasma engines, which generate clean intense hot exhaust. Just ask NASA.

Now you are saying, okay smarty-pants you are going to ruin the environment with all of the batteries needed to store all of this energy right? Wrong, we can store all the energy we need in flywheels. What? Yes Flywheels. A company called US Flywheels at one time was developing flywheel electricity storage that could store lots of energy. The flywheel was held in place by a magnetic field and placed in a vacuum. This process allowed the energy to be stored for long periods of time with little power loss. This is the technology used in many satellites to store electricity incase the solar panel fails or the satellite is not in direct sunlight.

Wow I seem to be creating new jobs and saving Americans money all the while reducing our dependency on foreign oil and creating a smaller carbon footprint. So what is the cost of all this? I don’t know. What I do know is for this all to work we need to have the focus we had when we were heading to the moon. That’s right I believe that within a decade we can make this happen. What we need now is a leader who will push for private industries to do this as well as open up areas for drilling. We can do this America. President Obama has no plan but to tax and spend us to death. He said where is your plan? Well President Obama here is my plan. It is sound, it is cost effective, it creates private sector jobs, stimulates scientific research, it reduces American’s energy bills, it removes our dependency on foreign oil, it reduces our carbon footprint, and most important it does not put us in debt.

I will, in the next few days, offer my plans to fix education, health care, the budget and any thing else the President has no plan for or has a poor plan. I hope he reads this message and realize that there are smart people in the United States that are willing to help. Bill Gates the riches man in the country surrounds himself with smart people, maybe President Obama should take a page out of his play book.

Harry

The Fed Chair Geithner wants what?

I keep watching the news hoping that our government officials would change their ways. It is not happening. Today Fed Chair Geithner asked congress for more power to take over private businesses. The Press Secretary came out and told reporters that it just makes things easier, don't worry. We need to worry!

First sign of the craziness that is called the US Government came in the form of a bill that was passed that no one read. Next congress wanting to take away bonuses from AIG Executives. Lets break contracts, and lets not forget Chris Dodd lying about the language that kept the bonuses in the legislation. Next my favorite congressman Barney Frank, the very person who destroyed the housing industry and AIG, was threatening AIG CEO Liddy to get the names of executives. Then congressmen and women calling for extreme taxes on the bonuses. What is next?

I want to do something. I want to be a voice of reason. I want to express the need for values and principles. I want to meet people who have the same ideas, values and principles. I want to form a group that meet regularly to discuss the issues, come up with solutions and implement them. Please join me.

Harry

Taxes and Fees

My wife asked me to check out two bills, HB 2436 and HB 2461.

HB 2436 is an Oregon bill designed to provide housing needs for the poor by increasing the fees collected by county and state clerk offices by $15.00. They expect to raise 19.6 million dollars over the next two years. According to the Marion County Clerk, Bill Burgess, in all 36 counties during FY 07-08, there were only 972,723 taxable transactions. Lets do simple math 15 x 972,723 - 19,600,000 = -5,009,155, where are they going to get the rest? Mr. Burgess also says there has been a 20% decline in Oregonians using this service. Lets do more math. 15 x (972,723 x .80) - 19,600,000 = -7,927,324. I wish a legislator could do simple math. The other question is who will be responsible for the low income rentals. Are we now going to let the government operate rental units or are they going to set prices at privately owned apartments? Either is unacceptable in a free society.


HB 2461 Beer tax. The premise is to use the tax money to pay for prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse. What about the wine and spirits producers, don't they need a tax increase too? What about the drug makers and dealers? Should they not also contribute? The funniest thing to me is that we are taxing some of the people that need the help. Hey I forgot a group, the home brewers, we need to tax them also. How you ask? Impose taxes on hops, yeast and other products needed to make beer. In a time of economic downturn this is not what we need. Drug and alcohol problems are not are biggest concern at the moment. While we debate the need to raise taxes, more and more Oregonians are losing their jobs only to feel the government taking more money away from them.

These two bills will just grow government, tax the middle and lower class, and reduce liberties for Oregonians. Some legislators think this is good for Oregon. Let's examine some other revenue streams that harm all Oregonians. Tobacco tax, who smokes more the rich, the middle class, or the poor? Poor. And the lottery, who purchases most of the lottery tickets? Again, the poor. Gas tax, who drives the most? You get the picture. The very people that need most or all of the help that these tax streams provide are paid for by the people who have the least amount of income to spend.

Harry

E-mail to Senator Morse

Dear Senator Morse,

Please do not draft any legislation that imposes a tax on anyone in Oregon. I believe that one of the core values of the Republican Party is to limit taxation. Yes, there is a shortfall in the budget, and yes, the economy is bad. Consider what your values are! Republicans know that in times of economic downturn that the only course of action is to lower taxes to get the economy moving. Consider cutting the budget. I do not want Oregon Legislators to follow the Federal lead of tax and spend and spend and tax and spend some more. Enough with deficit spending. Work within the budget. I know it's not easy to follow a budget, I have to follow one every month, I just don't ever spend more than I have. Please work with the money you do have. Our future depends on men and women, like you, having the strength to seek a way to balance the budget.

Harry

Letter to Senator Kruse

Dear Senator Kruse,

There is no conclusive evidence that there is global warming. Al Gore's movie has no scientific basis to stand on. It was mostly made up using poor and sometimes untrue data. Climatologist at OSU do not believe the Earth is getting any warmer than it has been in the past. Green House gases entering our atmosphere have not even approached levels that have been discovered frozen in Antarctic ice. The media has used scare tactics to keep American's sitting on the edge of their chairs waiting for the next environmental disaster shoe to drop. Environmentalist also use scare tactics such as if you don't comply with what I say you must want to kill children. The language may not be the same, however, the message is clear and for them undebatable. I believe that it is our duty to move towards an electric society vs an oil society. I believe we need to develop solar, hydrogen, and fusion power sources, however, I do not believe that our current energy usage is changing the environment for the worst. There are too many factors to look at. What I do believe is that we need to reduce our need to import resources. Our deficit is a result of American's not wanting to change our ways of spending what we don't have, wanting the government to take care of us, and a move to a more secular society. As Eddy Izzard said "there were only to civilizations that placed their hands over their hearts, Rome was one and the US is the other. Are we destined to repeat history or will we move forward and overcome our current situation. It is my hope that individuals like yourself whom represent many will make decisions that are not right and liked always, just righteous.

Harry