In the vein of Michelle Obama, today, for the first time in my life, I am embarrassed of my country.

Today, Obama will sign an executive order, rather than suggest legislation, granting federal benefits to same-sex partners of government employees.  This despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe it to be a lifestyle choice and immoral.  This effectively forces those who are opposed and offended by this choice to pay for this choice.  This all the while religion is forced out of the public arena because it might offend someone.

Between this and his extreme liberal abortion policies, he is engaging in the kind of policy that Rev. Jeremiah Wright would suggest gives God reason to condemn America.  Yet, Wright is only concerned with the Jews.  So, yes, I'm very disappointed and embarrassed of what used to be America.

America seems lost now.

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It seems we Conservatives will once again be fighting the evil of slavery.  President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Reid are trying to revive the old practice and dress it up in the clothes of Hitler's Youth.  GIVE and SERVE are two pieces of legislation Hitler would have been proud of.  Interesting, considering the left has been calling Bush a Hitler for years, and that slavery will make a comeback under this administration.

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Last week was quite a week.  There was plenty to report on and comment on.  Whether it was the continued judicial tyranny of North Carolina Judge Ned Mangum, a potential new law in Tennessee to punish teens for texting while driving, the Teleprompter-in-Chief or the AIG bonus tax, Conservatives had reason to scream.

Feel free to check out my take on each of them, and others, over at Ideally Conservative.

During his campaign, Obama promised hope and change.  He's already done what he can to reduce our hope by telling us it may take a while before we can see improvement.  Actually, though, hope is hard to gauge.

So, what about change?  Has he brought us that?  Maybe he has brought some change, though some wonder if it's the right kind of change, but mostly there is no real change.  And that's not a good thing.

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Despite what we think or believe about Barak Obama, today truly marks an historic day.  Today, he becomes the first non-American to become President of the United States of America.  That, my friends, is historic.

Oh, and he's the first African American to become President. (Sorry, Bill!)

All this aside, I hope this becomes a day when we can finally put racial tension and anger behind us.  We are now the first nation in history to have someone from a minority group to be democratically elected to lead their nation.  For this to happen, it took a great number of whites to vote for him.  Even among those whites who did not vote for him, most did not do so because of his skin color, but because of his awful policies.  Sure, there will be those whites who truly hate him for his color, but let's be honest, there are blacks who truly hate whites for their skin color.  Racism, as I have stated before, is not reserved for only one race.

As Conservatives, we can now proceed in one of a couple of ways.  First, we can be bitter and do everything in our power to take this man down.  That, of course, would make us no better than the Reid's and Pelosi's who are so destructive to our country.  Second, we can go forward working to protect our nation from dangerous policies, realizing the man is separate from his policies, showing the nation how to respect someone you disagree with and how consumed with hate the Democrats are.

In either event, Conservatives need to regroup and prepare for 2012 so we do not have to endure a full eight years of these horrible policies.  We should not surrender nor roll over.  It is time to fight.

For this historic day, I am proud to be an American, showing the world no matter how evil they think we are, we are the best nation on Earth.

For the past 7 1/2 years, President Bush has kept us safe from terrorists.  He has kept them at bay, chasing them around the globe and fighting them on foreign soil.  He has kept the ones we've captured out of our country by keeping them at Gitmo.  We have taken steps, through things such as the Patriot Act and listening to phone calls of those who speak to terrorist, to keep them out of our country and from having any footing at all in our counrty.

Now, with most likely his first act, President-elect (PE) Obama is going to close Gitmo and bring many, if not all, of those terrorists into our country and give them their day in our courts.

These are people who have shot at our troops, planned attacks on our homeland and have no desire but to kill or be killed in the fight against freedom.  PE Obama feels that these are the people he wants to bring here and give them taxpayer funded trials and house them in prisons where they could potentially meet others who abhor American and our freedoms; thugs, rapists, child molesters and gang members.  He wants that to be his first act.

One thing is for sure, it will definitely set the tone for his Presidency.  He is willing to make his first act be their next act in trying to bring an end to America as we know it.  Of all the things he could do with his first official act, he wants this to be it.

Here is where the true danger of this election will rear its ugly head.  We now have a man in office who honestly thinks these people just need "justice" and understanding, then they'll go back home and be our friends.  They'll convince their friends to like us, as well.  This is either stupid or naive.  Or both.

Let the insanity begin.

By now, I'm sure you've heard all the hoopla over President-elect Obama's citizenship.  There have been more than a dozen lawsuits filed by citizens and former candidates to stop the Electoral College from finalizing the past election on the grounds that the President-elect has not provided iron-clad proof that he is a U.S. citizen.  To this point, both courts and the President-elect have ignored document requests and deadlines, most citing the lack of standing the plaintiffs have to bring the suit.

These suits will not stop.  Well into his term, more and more people will bring these suits to ask for proof.  There is only one way for Obama to put these suits, which his staff call "garbage," to rest; produce an official copy of his birth certificate.

Much like Sen. John Kerry four years ago, the production of an official document could put an end to the endless claims.  Yet, here we are four years later, and Kerry has not produced the requested documents, which he promised to do.  I fear the President-elect will follow the same way.

We live in a society in which we are innocent until proven guilty.  Yet, there is still the idea of, "what have you got to hide?"  If Obama is confident of his citizenship, he has nothing to fear in releasing the document.  If he indeed has no such document, don't we the people have a right to know?

So, what will happen?  Nothing, I suppose.  The courts have stated that it is the responsibility of the Congress and the Democrat Party to ensure he fulfills the Constitutional requirement of being a "natural born citizen."  In our current state, that's like asking the fox to watch the hen house.  In other words, nothing will be done and this will haunt us for the duration of his term.  History could very likely reveal that he was, in fact, the first unconstitutional President.

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.***

In the recent weeks, John McCain and Sarah Palin have been trying to expose the link between Sen. Obama and ACORN and Ayers.  This is something they should have been doing all along.  They also need to continue to push on his associations with Rev. Wright and Tony Rezko.  People need to be made aware of these.

The problem and where they have failed is they are allowing the Illinois Senator to escape the fray without a hitch.  Why?  They are allowing him to make his case that it's not important and that he is not responsible for their actions.  Obama is able to deflect every accusation and make the Republican ticket seem bitter, angry and as though they are grasping at the wind.  They are allowing him to turn the tables.

What do they need to do?  They need to show the American public why these associations matter and why they make Obama a very, very dangerous pick.  They need to point out that it's not just one association or chance meeting, but a pattern of connections.  They need to show that this man has picked to maintain relationships with people who have horrible backgrounds.  They need to show that these associations continue for long terms.  They need to show that Obama has the worst judge of character, at best, of any one who has ever run for the Presidency.

If they cannot, or will not, make this case, they will continue to be viewed as negative and desparate.  The American people will not make the connection that this man will make horrible choices for such positions as judges and cabinet posts.  They will not see how dangerous this man truly is.

One man may have given all America reason to pause.  People on the right of the blogosphere have been crying, "socialism," for months, yet no one has been interested in listening.  Then, along comes one average Joe, a plumber, and gets Obama to admit to his true agenda in one small question.

On Tuesday, ahead of the final debate of the election season, Joe the Plumber, confronts Obama and asks what we'd all like to know, why he is going to tax hard working Americans.  Obama, not phased by the question, simply states that it's only "fair" to share the wealth around.

There it is.

Obama and Josef Lenin have a lot more in common that President Bush and Adolf Hitler.  Sen. Obama (D-USSA) wants to make the wealthy share what they have earned with those who have no right to it.  He's a flaming Socialist!

I'm around college students all day, seven days a week.  All I hear from them is that they just want the economy to be "fair."  Of course, this is fine for them.  They want someone else to pay for their education so they can go get high paying jobs.  They want someone else to pay for their health care so they can go out and live dangerous lifestyles.  They are worried they may actually have to do something for themselves, and they don't like it one bit.

I pray that as his interaction with Joe the Plumber gets played over and over, that Americans will realize that redistribution of wealth is NOT the American way.  It might be fine for Robin Hood, Lenin and Stalin, but Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln would turn in their graves at just the thought.  Let's kick this un-American baffoon to the curb and tell him to take his socialistic mumbo-jumbo elsewhere.

It seems that every day we hear about a new "association" of Sen. Obama's.  Whether it's a radical, hate filled pastor and mentor of twenty years, or a buddy-buddy, homegrown terrorist, or a radical perpetrator of voter fraud, this guy just has too many skeletons in his closet.  Yet, he seems to brush each one off as if none of it matters.

Each time he is confronted with a new problem association, he just claims that it doesn't matter and we should just move on.  He claims that he had no knowledge of their radical behavior and we can't blame him for the flaws of those around him.  He wants us to shurg off the faults of his associates since they are not his faults.  And, the MSM is buying it hook, line and sinker.

The problem is, character matters.  It does matter who he hangs out with.  It does matter the character of those he chooses to associate with.  It does matter, because it shows, at the very least, a very, very poor judge of character.  And, he wants us to trust him to appoint a few judges to the Supreme Court.

I hope the American people will wake up and smell the foul Chicago machine stench.  I hope they will realize, if this guy can hang around a pastor for twenty years, listening to his sermons, calling him a mentor, and not realize this guy hates American more than Osama bin Laden, he is either too dumb to inhabit the White House, or he is too crooked.  I hope they realize that if he will associate with a group like ACORN, who so disdain America that they are willing to trash our most cherished right, that of voting, and not notice their illegal acts, he is either too blind to be trusted with the power that comes with the Presidency or he is too evil.

I hope McCain, Palin, FoxNews and others will continue to press the "association" issue, otherwise, we may be headed down a road that we, as a country, do not want to go.  And, the world will pay the price along with us.

We are witnessing something that has never been seen in this country and has not been seen since just prior to World War II.  Children are being paraded out, singing the praises of Obama.  On the floor of the Senate during debate for the Wall Street Bailout Sellout bill, when his time expired, he was granted an extension by Democratic leadership, who couldn't contain their giddiness at hearing him speak.  It's full blown worship.

When I see the sight of Obama's campaign using children, singing his praises, the first thing that comes to mind is the youth that Hitler used to persuade the people of Germany that he was their future.  Hitler knew just what he was doing by enlisting and brainwashing youth.  He knew people would associate him with their future and would do all they could to promote and support him.  And, we all know how that turned out!

People on the left just can't control themselves around this man.  They just love to hear him speak, though most likely not as much as he loves to hear himself speak, and will do all they can to provide him the opportunity and hush anyone who doesn't care to hear him.  It is pure worship for the left.  They are giving this guy deity status.

Come November, if the American people are foolish enough to elect this guy, we are doomed to repeat many of the failings of other nations who did the same thing.  Hitler led the German people to a war that devastated their nation, as well as killing over 6 million Jews.  Lenin, who is still worshiped in some parts of Eastern Europe and Russia, led a revolt that eliminated the upper class and created an elite class to replace it, leaving the rest of the people poor.  If we do not learn from the past, we will be destined to repeat it.

God help us if we do.

According to FoxNews, VP candidate Joe Biden says he and Sen. Obama (D-USSA) want to "take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people.”  He says this is the true measure of patriotism for the rich.  So, according to the wealthy Democrats, the only way to be patriotic is to give large amounts of money to the government in taxes.  How long, then, before they increase all of our patriotism?

We have wondered for some time what the definition of patriotism is for the Left.  We know they don't define it as belief that your country is superior to others.  We know they don't believe in the mission of your country.  We know they don't believe it means a belief in the people of the country.  It seems they believe it means working for the betterment and growth of the government.  You know, kind of how Lenin and Stalin defined it.

The unfortunate thing is that people who will vote for them will buy into this class warfare and feel a sense of "fairness" in what they say.  Robin Hood lives on.  What they won't see is that the idea of wealth will move downward as time goes on.  As taxes reduce the wealth of the upper class, the qualifier for upper class moves downward.  As that happens, more and more people are moved into the class of wealthy so they can be taxed to care for the poor.

Before we know it, we are all both poor and wealthy.  As wealthy, we are deserving of higher and higher tax rates.  As poor, we will rely on the government for more and more of our daily needs.  Soon, the government will own it all and the only class left is poor.  That's where we'll all fit.

But, at least we'll be considered patriotic in the process!

Recently I had a discussion with some college students about the coming election.  They couldn't believe I could support McCain/Palin.  They couldn't believe I didn't think we need change in America.  They just kept using that word change, as if it was some magical word.

I reminded them that change is not always good.  Changing for the sake of change can get you in more trouble than not changing, sometimes.  In 1917, the Russians got change.  Looking at history, that's change they could have done without.

They were amazed that I would use that example of change.  I didn't find it so far-fetched.  It's the same kind of change the Comrade Obama is calling for.  As you listen to his speeches about the wealthy and their need to pay their fair share and his talk of tax cuts for the poorest workers, most of which pay zero taxes to begin with, and his class-warfare branded speeches, it isn't really that far-fetched to make the connection.

Lenin incited the Russians in 1917 by bringing the idea of an elite class, those who benefited off the backs of the people.  He realized that class warfare gets to the basest of emotions; fairness and greed.  When we see others with things we want, we feel we are being cheated or they obtained such things through questionable methods.  We want someone to make it fair.  All we need is a great savior to tell us that he can level the playing field.  Enter Comrade Obama.

As we enter the election, we need to look at the change being bandied about.  Do we really want, or need, that kind of change?  Has that kind of change been shown to be successful, historically?

Do we need change?  No, doubt.  We need someone to change the way we do government.  We need someone who will reduce the size of government.  We need someone to look out for our dollars, as individuals not collectively.  I don't believe Comrade Obama has the type of change we need.

It seems the left has found a new angle to attack Gov. Palin: her religion.

With nothing else sticking, the left now want us to look at the religious background of Gov. Palin.  She comes from a conservative background in the Assemblies of God.  This is a denomination which believes the Bible is accurate and authoritative.  I know, I am one.

So, the left is telling us that this should disqualify her to be part of a national ticket.  Just because she believes the same way as a majority of Americans, the left is worried she'll lead us in the wrong direction and into fanatical thought.  They are worried that her beliefs might affect her ability to be unbiased.

This coming from a group who supports a man who spent 20 years under the teaching of Rev. Jeremiah Wright.  Obama didn't just sit under his radical, hate-filled teaching for 20 years, he listed this hatemonger as a mentor, someone he wants to be like and who helps him formulate his life.  Rev. Wright makes any Assembly of God "radical" pastor and teaching look quite tame by comparison.  Yet, the left wants us to worry about Gov. Palin's association with a group that believes the Bible means what it says.