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.***

I have been so glad this week to hear the President come out so strongly criticizing the Democratic leadership for their policies on energy.  He has twice reminded Americans that were it not for the likes of Pelosi and Reid, and their love affair with eco-terrorist groups like Sierra Club and PETA, we could be drilling on American soil and building more refineries.  He is just now placing the blame squarely where it belongs and reminding Americans just who is to blame.

Despite promises during the 2006 election that the Left had the answers for high oil prices, prices have continued to rise.  Maybe that was their answer; higher prices!  They continue to show that they have no idea how to lead this country and how to get lower prices at the pump.

Of course, we have Hillary and Obama out there telling us the answer is to tax the profits of the big oil companies.  In this they show their stupidity and lack of knowledge of how a market economy works.  Sure, they can tax the oil companies $10-15 Billion.  Sure, the companies will send it to the government.  Who do you think will pay it, though?  We will.  The Left has never figured out that every tax they put on business gets shuffled down to us, the consumer.  Stupid.

I hope the President continues to apply pressure on Congress, reminding the people of ANWR and the old refineries.  If he can keep that out there, reminding the Democratic leadership that their inaction in proof that they don't care, maybe we can derail the Left once and for all and rid our country of these socialists.  Let's send them to Cuba where they long to be.

Since the beginning of the Iraq War, supporters of the troops and the war have complained that the Mainstream Media, MSM, have provided aid and comfort to the enemy.  The Left has mocked and ridiculed us, complaining that we are making it up to cast them in a bad light.  The Department of Defense has released a report detailing two surges in US casualties.

Both surges came after specific incidents that garnered much attention in the MSM.  The first was the Abu Ghraib incident and the second was the Congressional ban on "torture."  Media attention from the first caused a backlash from the enemy, strengthening their resolve.  The second resulted in a lack of information being gathered, leading to more attacks from the enemy succeeding.  WorldNetDaily has an analysis of the report you can read here.

The MSM did such a job of trying the Abu Ghraib incident in the court of the public eye, the enemy was further enraged and became more determined.  Rather than allow the military to handle the incident and punish those responsible of wrongdoing, the MSM decided it would be better to point it out to the enemy.  They may have thought it would only cause problems for President Bush in the States, but that's not what happened.  Yet, they have never felt any remorse for the surge in American deaths their actions led to.

The second surge was a direct result of a lack of what the military calls "coercive interrogation."  The MSM and Congress decided to call this torture.  Congress banned a list of techniques, handcuffing our men in action from getting the information they desperately need to save lives.  Interrogators can spend hours and weeks and months trying to get information from terrorists by simply asking them questions.  One waterboarding instance took thirty seconds, saving lives.  These terrorists are prepared for our techniques, willing to wait out our interrogators.  When we throw something at them that they were not prepared for, they break in short order.  Are some of these techniques harsh or extreme?  Maybe.  Did I mention, though, we are fighting terrorists, who don't have any problem in cutting someone's head off?  I think since we are not stooping to their level, we are not, in any way, as bad as they are.

Plain and simple, because the MSM has chosen to attack and attempt to discredit this President with their stories, they have placed our troops in far greater danger and provided aid and comfort to our enemy.  Yet, they want us to believe they support the troops.  I think not.

In a session where a lot of attention has been given to the battle for our 2nd Amendment rights, a ruling by the Supreme Court has made a ruling that should be echoing around the nation, and in fact the globe.  The Conservatarian reports on his blog that the SCOTUS has ruled against both the President and the World Court, in favor of state's rights.  The ruling, 6-3, may give some hope for this court, yet.

"Finally, checks and balances are being recognized by one branch of our government, at least! I just can’t help but wonder why there was so much in the press last week about the Heller gun case than there ever was over this HUGE case regarding states rights and national sovereignty. Makes you wonder about the agenda of the fourth estate, doesn’t it?"  Read more.

In this case, the case of a Mexican citizen, here illegally, the court found that the state of Texas did not have an obligation to contact this criminals embassy without his request.  He was found guilty of murder and was trying to get off on a technicality, but Texas determined his rights were not violated.  The Supreme Court ruled they had that right.

Let's rejoice that we may finally have a Court that has the rights of the people, the true meaning of the Constitution and our national sovereignty in mind.

It's no wonder the Democrats are ready for the primary season to be over.  If this thing goes on much longer, neither one will survive the scrutiny of the process.  I imagine, if it goes on too long, not even their own supporters will vote for them.

In just the past two weeks, we find that one is a bold-faced liar, the other a friend of racists.  Hillary's proclivity to lie should really come as no surprise, though, look at who she's married to.  As time goes on, we are finding out that more and more of Obama's friends are crazy racists.

Hillary's "misspoken" story of her trip to Bosnia, an illegal war started by her husband by the way, has really been found out to be a bold-faced lie.  It is angering many people, least of all the military.  It seems very unreasonable to believe that she would simple forget that there really was no sniper fire.  It seems that what she forgot to take into account is the fact that we live in a very technological age, one where cameras are everywhere.  Did she really think no one would check up on her?

I guess we should give her a pass, though.  She's not used to being under such scrutiny of the media.  For over 20 years, she has had the media in her pocket, on her side.  Now, though, with the media's fascination with Obama, they have to really go after her to ensure his victory.  The tide has turned, so to say.

Yet, with the new media of the internet, even Obama is not immune to scrutiny.  With the number of people out there looking for things, it was only a matter of time before someone found something significant.  Obama now has to deal with the skeletons in his closet.

What started out as just one crazy pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has become more and more crazy racist friends.  It seems that each day, someone new is found to have ties to racists, or his church endorses some other crazy idea.  From Hamas to Farrakhan, his church and friends seem to have as radical ideas as the KKK.

This leads to the question of his selection of those he would have around him during a presidency.  What kind of people could we expect to populate an Obama cabinet?  If he doesn't want to separate himself from these kinds of people during this primary, what leads us to believe he would do so if he won?

Clearly, neither of these candidates is qualified to handle the most important position in world politics.  We cannot accept, nor can we afford, to allow either of these people to occupy the White House.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure the policies of John McCain do any better of a job in qualifying him.

It was announced today that President Bush found it in his heart to pardon 15 criminals, several of which were convicted of drug possession and distribution.  Yet, two American heroes, Border Agents Compean and Ramos, remain in prison for shooting an illegal immigrant in this country for the purpose of delivering 750 pounds of drugs.  Does anyone else see a pattern here?

I have been a supporter of the President on several issues.  I have appreciated the seriousness with which he has fought terrorists, fighting them on their soil rather than ours.  I supported his tax cuts whole-heartedly.  I support his vision for privatizing the failed Social Security system.  For the most part, he has submitted strong, originalist judges.

The seriousness with which he takes in regard to the border, though, has really gotten my ire up.  He has offered amnesty, a free pass, to millions of illegals here in our country.  He has gone out of his way to show the Mexican government that he is accommodating to these criminals on our soil.  In doing this, he has ignored the problems they cause, killing more Americans each year than have been killed in the whole of the Iraq way, and the amount of money they cost tax payers in medical and education dollars.

He had a chance to get it right by pardoning Agents Compean and Ramos after their bogus trial and conviction.  These two heroes were doing their job when they tried to detain a career drug runner, an illegal from Mexico.  When they were threatened, they responded with appropriate force, wounding the thug.  Yet, our government chose to arrest and imprison them to satisfy the Mexican government, rather than free them and honor them.

Now, this slap in the face of these wonderfully brave heroes.  The President see fit to free drug dealers rather than those who actually take serious the war from the south.  Even Hillary and Obama have stated they would pardon them.  Since Bush will not get it right, I hope they can hold on until he is out of office.  Then, surely, someone will pardon them.

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.