'UNDER ATTACK BY OUR OWN GOVERNMENT': AMERICANS MARCH ON DC AS OBAMA FLIES AWAY TO PUSH HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER

Tens of thousands of Americans from all over the nation marched on Washington, DC today to protest the federal government and, in particular, the action's of the Obama administration.

According to one Associated Press report:

Thousands of people marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, carrying signs with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" as they protested the president's health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.

The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. People were chanting "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.

President Takes Flight

Following the President's Wednesday night speech where he attempted to sell his plan for a federal takeover of the nation's health care industry, Obama's aides scheduled him to be out of the nation's capitol on Saturday. According to the New York Times:

As Mr. Obama traveled to Minnesota on Saturday to rally support for his health care plan, he flew over the crowd in Marine One. The helicopter could be seen flying overhead as the demonstrators made their way toward Capitol Hill from downtown Washington.

From All Over Amerca They Came

According to reports, the protestors came from all over the nation.

They came by bus, car and airplane, arriving here from Texas and Tennessee, New Mexico and New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The messages on their signs told of an intense distrust of the government, which began well before Mr. Obama took office and extends far beyond the effort to overhaul health care. One sign declared: “We are under attack by our own government.” And several signs said,
“Our Constitution has termites!”

The protest, organized by anti-tax groups, opened peacefully, with few visible signs of counter-protesters.

While there was no shortage of vitriol among protesters, there was also an air of festivity. A band of Revolutionary War protesters in colonial gear wound through the crowd, led by a bell-ringer in a tri-corner hat calling for revolution. A folk singer belting out a protest ballad on a guitar brought cheers from listeners.

Protestors From All Walks of Life

According to the Washington Post, protestors were comprised of "conservatives." However, that appears to be inaccurate, as the New York Times noted:

"Throughout the morning, more and more demonstrators arrived, identifying themselves as Republicans, libertarians and independents."

Additionally, although several Republican leaders were in attendance on Saturday, they are also "wary of the anger directed at incumbents of all stripes."

Monumental: Americans Stretched A Mile Long



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HAS AMERICA ALREADY BEEN TOPPLED?

"We can't expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism." Nikita Khrushchev

Is it too late to save America? Has America already been toppled and we are now in a free-fall?

Putting the argument over nationalizing health care aside for a moment and looking at the "bigger picture," there have been some signs over this past year that would steer the casual observer to question and even doubt our nation's future. However, until yesterday, the question of whether or not it is too late to save America would not have crossed the mind.

Yesterday, several articles crossed our path that does make us wonder if America (as we knew it) has already been toppled and all that is left for rational Americans to do is to sift through the debris.

Don't Cry for 'U.S.' Argentina...

First, from the Telegraph:

Barack Obama is committing the same mistakes made by policymakers during the Great Depression, according to a new study endorsed by Nobel laureate James Buchanan.

His policies even have the potential to consign the US to a similar fate as Argentina, which suffered a painful and humiliating slide from first to Third World status last century, the paper says.
....

[Charles Rowley] "It is also not impossible that the US will experience the kind of economic collapse from first to Third World status experienced by Argentina under the national-socialist governance of Juan Peron."

The U.N. to Dump the Greenback?

Also from the Telegraph:

The dollar should be replaced with a global currency, the United Nations has said, proposing the biggest overhaul of the world's monetary system since the Second World War.

In a radical report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said the system of currencies and capital rules which binds the world economy is not working properly, and was largely responsible for the financial and economic crises.

It added that the present system, under which the dollar acts as the world's reserve currency , should be subject to a wholesale reconsideration.

"Replacing the dollar with an artificial currency would solve some of the problems related to the potential of countries running large deficits and would help stability," said Detlef Kotte, one of the report's authors. "But you will also need a system of managed exchange rates. Countries should keep real exchange rates [adjusted for inflation] stable. Central banks would have to intervene and if not they would have to be told to do so by a multilateral institution such as the International Monetary Fund."

Is this the end of America as conspiracy theorists have predicted for decades?

Then, there's this:

The Federal Reserve's policy of printing money has China worried as it warns of a big decline in the dollar. This could prompt China to reshape it's foreign reserve policy.

Former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee and now head of China's green energy drive Cheng Siwei said Beijing was not happy with the Federal Reserve's direction of "credit easing", reports the Telegraph.

In an interview with the Telegraph he said, "If they keep printing money to buy bonds it will lead to inflation, and after a year or two the dollar will fall hard. Most of our foreign reserves are in US bonds and this is very difficult to change, so we will diversify incremental reserves into euros, yen, and other currencies."

And, finally this:

Obama to seal US-UN relationship

Barack Obama will cement the new co-operative relationship between the US and the United Nations this month when he becomes the first American president to chair its 15-member Security Council.

For those who advocate for U.S. sovereignty, individual rights, and free enterprise, all of these (separately) appear troubling, as did the bailouts of the banks, the auto industry and, now, the push to nationalize health care. However, when putting all of these together, the questions then become: Is it too late for America? Has the United States already been toppled by its own government?

Tonight, America will watch its president appear before a joint session of Congress in attempt to repackage his agenda to put the government in control of health care.

Perhaps tomorrow we will know the answer to the above questions because, if public sentiment shift toward nationalization of health care, the collectivists will be emboldened again to move forward on their march toward socialism.

What are your thoughts?

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TEACHER-IN-CHIEF: OBAMA LECTURES AMERICA'S STUDENTS

A week after controversy erupted around President Barack Obama's planned speech to America's students on Tuesday, the White House has released the transcript of his speech.

While much of the speech is directed toward kids with problems, kids in poverty, and kids of single parents, in this regard, Obama's speech can be considered inspiring in an "ask not what your country can do for you..." kind of way.

The bulk of Obama's message is of 'personal responsibility' and 'lifting yourself up' if you're disadvantaged in some way.

For many of America's kids who don't come from broken homes or live in impoverished neighborhoods, the majority of Obama's speech will be viewed as one of those 'preachy' types of speeches. In fact, for kids who have traditional homes, though they may be fewer and fewer, much of the President's speech will likely not connect with them.

In this regard, the President's speech is just like having the stranger with a pocketful of candy come talk at your kids' school. And, for those parents who are concerned about Obama's indoctrination, the lesson to teach the kids is: Don't take candy from a stranger or a politician.

To read the President's speech, go here

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Here are our favorites so far:

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. - Ayn Rand

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). - Ayn Rand

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. - Thomas Jefferson

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned -- this is the sum of good government. - Thomas Jefferson

"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion--when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing--when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors--when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you--when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice--you may know that your society is doomed." - Francisco D' Ancona, Atlas Shrugged

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