So, what could be the worst thing that could happen if Obama were to win on Nov. 4?  Would it really mean the end of our nation?  Our world?  Would any of us really feel a difference?

I'd like to make a few predictions as to what to expect should the Obamessiah win.

First, socialism would finally finish off capitalism.  Obama, with the help of Pelosi and Reid, would begin an immediate shift in policy.  They would pass tax increases, which might eventually reach all the way down to those earning $40,000 to $50,000 (for starters).  While they would begin by taxing the "rich", to pay for the giveaways they desire, that would be a very fluid definition.  Things such as expanded higher education funding, nationalized healthcare and expanded tax credits for the poor would not stop at the very top.  As taxes go up, revenue goes down.  That's common economics.  Would they decide they couldn't afford everything they want to do?  No, they would just increase taxes on the way down until they can get what they want.  That is larger government and larger government control.  The by product will be to drive small businesses out of business and drive larger businesses out of the country.

Second, they will institute a national healthcare system that will eliminate the current model of private insurance companies.  They will regulate the costs and payments.  This will drive more and more doctors and nurses out of the field, as they will no longer be able to afford to pay their loans and it will no longer be desirable to be a doctor.  It just won't make sense.  Companies will end their offering of insurance, pushing employees to the federal policy.  To afford healthcare, just as in places like Canada and England, the government will have to make determinations on who should be eligible for care, using the "quality of life" criteria.  That means many won't get care because they just can't justify the cost for their lives.

Third, Obama, Pelosi and Reid will try to codify abortion into the Constitution.  They realize that at this point it is on shaky ground, at best.  There is no "right" to abortion in the Constitution and it would only take a plurality of Justices to overturn it, especially if the people will it.  They will also fight to overturn the ban on partial-birth abortions and to remove protections for the just born who might require a little help to make it.  They would use their national healthcare and the "quality of life" argument to end the lives of thousands of pre-mature or failed abortion babies.  Their assult on the unborn would escalate.  Eugenics would make a strong comeback.  Also, expect to pay for embryonic stem cell research, even though it has never produced any medical advances, as adult stem cell research has.

Fourth, hate crime laws would become stronger and stronger, making the Bible a book of "hate speech."  You need only look at your local college campus to see what hate speech codes bring about.  You can look at Canada, where pastors are sued and convicted of hate speech if they choose to preach from certain passages.  The First Amendment will take it's most brutal assault since McCain-Feingold.  It will erode until we don't recognize it at all.

Fifth, over time, Obama will appoint judges who will ensure that "gay marriage" becomes the next "right" found in the Constitution.  Even states who have passed amendments to their constitutions will find those laws ruled unconstitutional.  States will be forced to accept these unions, paying for healthcare and granting tax breaks to those their people do no desire to do so to.  Minister's who refuse to "marry" such couples will be brought to task under the previously mentioned hate crime laws.

Sixth, gun control laws will be stricter and stricter.  The appointment of activist judges will make this easier over time.  As time goes on, our Second Amendment rights will go the way of our First Amendment rights.  The Bill of Rights will become less and less relevant.  You could expect mini Waco's in your neighborhood.  It might even be your home, next.

Seventh, expect terrorist activity worldwide to explode.  With the appeasement attitudes that Obama holds, terrorists will be emboldened.  They will attack innocent people the world over.  They will attack our interests and those of our allies.  They will use that same attitude to force "tolerance" within our own country, aided by the hate speech laws, to force people here to accept their activity and laws.  In countries around the world, Muslim communities are being allowed to enact Sharia laws and override local courts where they contradict.  As they expand their communities, so will their influence.

Eighth, expect more and more energy policies to be "green" friendly.  Taxes on petroleum, coal and other forms of "dirty" energy to be used to extinguish them.  We will pay more at the pump and more on our utilities as they are taxed more to "punish" us for not being green.  The farce that is global warming will become the only accepted science, just like Darwinism is the only science allowed in the classroom.  Anyone who questions global warming will be labeled a quack and removed from the public square.  We will be forced to pay for research and technology which support this bad science.

Finally, expect our sovereignty to be sold out to the U.N.  Our role on the global scene will gradually fade and we will not be a major player.  We will see the U.N. garner a larger role and we will be forced to agree, fund and implement whatever they desire.  We will shrink on the world stage until we are no longer relevant.  With our economy shrinking due to overburdening taxation, it won't bother the rest of the world.  Those who have hated us for our freedoms and prosperity will gladly write our eulogy and will be glad to ridicule us and claim that they "American Experiment" did not work.

So, how dangerous will it be to elect Obama?  Not so bad; if you hate America, that is.

***This article has been reposted at Ideally Conservative , a new blog by JayPeriod.***

As we pause on this, the seventh anniversary of the horrendous attacks on our country, I hope it will serve as a reminder that there are those out there who do not value freedom.  They are driven by ideologies that are elitist and oppressive.  They will stop at nothing, not even the inhumane, to drive those from this planet who oppose them and stand in the way of their tyranny.

Unfortunately, I fear there are those who have forgotten.  There are those who even want to give them an excuse.  They feel that by appeasing these enemies of ours they will protect us.  They feel that if we can just "understand" them, we can avoid attacks.  In doing so, they ignore one fact: there are people in this world who are bent on evil and no amount of "understanding" and appeasing will change them.

So, let us use this day to strengthen our resolve to ensure for future generations that there will never be another 9/11.  Let us resolve that we will track down those who are bent on evil and do whatever is necessary to make sure they do no hold the power to wreck havoc on our world.  Let us resolve that we are greater, and better, than they are.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-al Qaida) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-Hamas) are just great at getting in front of cameras and reporters and pining about the rising gas prices.  They can show empathy and state that something needs to be done.  Even Hillary (D-Hezbollah) is showing that she's on our side by demanding a gas tax holiday with the evil gas companies paying for it.  But I see through their thinly veiled eco-terrorist friendly masks.

I've read several reports over the last few days about people with SUVs struggling to deal with the higher gas prices.  The resale of these vehicles is far below the average for used cars and many are having trouble unloading them.  No one seems to want something that gets less than 20 mpg.  My motorcycle and I can understand that.

This led me to think about what has been happening for the last few years on the SUV front.  Terror groups like PETA and Sierra Club have been complaining about the evils of SUVs, telling us that no one needs one.  Eco-minded Hollywood stars parrot those statements just before climbing into the back of their SUV limo.  They've decided that no one should be able to choose one of them, they should be removed from manufacturers fleets and have convinced their puppets in Congress to add gas guzzler taxes and force car companies to up their fleet mileage.

Keeping this in mind, sales continued to rise, so Democrats must have determined that the only deterrent would be higher gas prices.  So, for the last 16 years, they've done all they can to force gas prices up.  They've blocked intelligent, logical drilling in ANWR and other places in our sphere of control.  They've put up roadblock after roadblock to new refineries.  They've done everything they can to make sure gas prices continue to rise.  All the while, though, they've shed crocodile tears, telling us that the Right has been in the pocket of oil companies, wanting them to profit more and more.

Their not done, either.  As Hillary has stated, she wants to cut us 18 cents worth of slack and make oil companies pay with much higher windfall taxes.  I'm sure she knows that oil companies will not simply pay the tax, but will pass that along to us, as well as cutting production.  She's just trying to drive gas towards $8 per gallon, just like her friends in Europe, so we'll have to stop driving anything that remotely looks like a useful SUV.

There really is only one way to cut gas prices.  We must put more product on the market.  We must build more, many more, refineries that can refine the oil at a much higher rate.  We must also flood the market with more, much more oil.  If we were to drill in ANWR and flood the market with cheaper oil, the terrorist supporting nations would be forced to cut their prices.  The Left doesn't want that, though.  It doesn't fit their agenda.

So, as they cry about how the average person is struggling to pay for gas, food and energy bills, behind our backs, they are contemplating what they can do drive those prices even higher.  They are determined to fulfill the wishes of their eco-terrorist supporters, no matter how many people they hurt, or how dangerous they make the world.

Five years ago today, our brave men and women began the liberation of the people of Iraq.  They have fought terrorist from around the Middle East as they flocked to Iraq to fight us.  They have suffered many deaths and wounds.  They have suffered embarrassment as Americans have belittled and protested them.  They have fought bravely in the face of all this, and they are winning, bringing freedom to a country and region that have not known freedom for centuries.

I personally know two young men who have fought there and are proud of what they are doing.  They have expressed their desire to finish the fight and win.  They believe in what they are doing, seeing the effects of their efforts.  I am so proud of them.

Many in our country have protested this war, not fully understanding what is at stake.  They have not seen nor known the enemy.  They have a limited view of terrorism and an even more limited understanding of the goals of the terrorists.

I was serving in Germany with the Army in the mid-1980s, when Islamic terrorists were attacking our troops across Europe, bombing discos, PXs and other places our troops congregated.  I was personally in three buildings where bombs were found, while they were found.  I could have quite easily been another statistic rather than being here today, writing this post.

Yet, because President Reagan had the courage and fortitude to attack the terrorist and those who supported them, I survived.  After he attacked Libya, the attacks stopped.  He knew that those animals only understood force.  Today, Khadafi is silenced and unarmed.  He is no longer a threat.  He was taught that America will not tolerate those who do not value civilized society.

Today, the terrorist Saddam Hussein is no longer in power, or alive, al-Qaida is on the run in Iraq and Afghanistan and millions of Iraqi men and women are free and have self-determination.  This would not have been possible without the bravery of our men and women in uniform.

These brave souls deserve our gratitude, prayers and support, not our anger and protest.  The President who struggled with the decision to send them, deserves our support and prayers for making the tough, unpopular decision to defeat terrorism, wherever it rears its ugly head.  United we can show those uncapable of living in a civilized society that we will not tolerate their intolerance.

So, join me today in lifting up a prayer of thanksgiving for these brave men and women who are protecting us and providing freedom to millions around the world.  Let's let them know we are thankful for them.

Congress is now back after their recess.  They left a few weeks ago (I guess a couple of months of four day work weeks are just too much for them) without addressing the soon to expire FISA wiretapping bill.  This bill would have continued to authorize the intelligence agencies to wiretap any individual in the US who had contact with anyone on the list of al-Qaida found during raids in Afghanistan.  Nancy Pelosi decided to take this bill up after their recess.

So, now that they are back, where is the discussion and vote on this bill?  Instead, Pelosi has decided that she would spend the Congress' valuable time filing a lawsuit against the White House for firing their employees.  She is apparently not worried about what terrorists have to say or what plans they may be making.

This is the kind of irresponsible leadership we have come to see from the Pelosi leadership.  She has her own agenda and not even the safety of our nation will deter her from following that agenda.  She is often flanked by the likes of Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, among others.

What does this say about the Democratic Party?  Where are their priorities?