GUN CONTROL - NOT ACCORDING TO GEORGE WASHINGTON

With gun control at the front and center of political debate and the left using yet another tragedy as an excuse to push their unconstitutional and leftist agenda, it's good to take a look at what our Founders thought about citizens being armed.

In fact just as George Washington stated as shown in the graphic to the left, all of our Founders believed in gun rights, an armed citizenry and the ability of Americans to protect themselves with firearms from not just intruders to our homes and properties but also from a government that may seek to rob us of our freedoms.

These are the reasons the Framers of our Constitution included the Second Amendment as one of our foremost rights as Americans. Now the left seeks to weaken that right and as evidenced by Dianne Fienstein's recent anti gun bill introduced in Congress seeking to as she puts it, "dry up," guns while claiming to support the Second Amendment.

All legislation does in force law abiding gun owners to be penalized for exercising their Second Amendment rights without having ANY impact on the criminal use of guns. That too is evidenced by the City of Chicago that has the most strict gun control laws in the country AND the highest gun related crime in the country. Excessive gun control laws have proven time and again to INCREASE gun related crime rather than slow it or eliminate it. Every country that has strict gun control laws have MUCH higher gun related crime than The United States. Yet the idiots on the left refuse to look at the evidence and ONLY seek to blame the gun rather than the evil maniac who pulls the trigger. The same maniac that will still find a way to get a gun to do the crime no matter how strict gun control laws become. These laws do nothing more than take away the guns that protect honest law abiding citizens preventing them from stopping the criminals who use illegal means to take life and kill unprotected citizens.

I stand by an earlier statement in reference to the tragic shooting of children and teachers as Sandy Hook elementary school. If ONE teacher had been armed the lunatic would have been dead BEFORE he could kill children. Yet in ALL of the Executive Orders issued by Obama, the recommendations by Biden and the legislation presented by leftists like Fienstien, the one and ONLY thing that could have prevented Sandy Hook, an armed teacher or staff member is not even being considered. They are not looking to prevent this from happening in the future but ONLY to take away more of our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

Ken Taylor

OBAMA THE FAILURE - 24 STATISTICAL FACTS

The second term of Barack Obama is now officially underway. During his first term he has proven to be a failed President yet duped millions still voted for him while several million who were in opposition of Obama failed to take their responsibility as a citizens seriously and just sat at home last November rather than go to the polls and make sure this disaster would NOT return to The White House.

But that is ancient history and we have been shown in his inaugural address that Barack Obama is pushing his extreme left wing agenda now that he knows he will not have to face voters again. His first term was an absolute failure and his second term looks to be far worse than the first.  If you are still blind to the complete failure of Obama following are 24 statistical facts that resulted from Obama's first term which equate to failure.

#1 Under Bill Clinton, the average unemployment rate was 5.2 percent. Under George W. Bush, the average unemployment rate was 5.3 percent. Under Barack Obama, things have been much worse. The month after he took office the unemployment rate rose above 8 percent and it has stayed there ever since.

#2 Under Barack Obama, the velocity of money (a very important indicator of economic health) has plunged to a post-World War II low.

#3 Real median household income has decreased by more than 4000 dollars since Barack Obama entered the White House.

#4 The United States has plenty of oil and we should not have to import it from the Middle East. Unfortunately, Barack Obama has an absolutely nightmarish energy policy. Under Bill Clinton, the number of drilling permits approved rose by 58 percent. Under George W. Bush, the number of drilling permits approved rose by 116 percent. Under Barack Obama, the number of drilling permits approved decreased by 36 percent.

#5 When Barack Obama took office, the average price of a gallon of gasoline was $1.85. Today, the average price of a gallon of gasoline is $3.36.

#6 Under Barack Obama, the United States has lost more than 300,000 education jobs.

#7 Since Barack Obama became president, the number of long-term unemployed Americans has risen from 2.7 million to 5.2 million.

#8 For the first time in the post-World War II era, the employment-population ratio has not bounced back after a recession. The percentage of working age Americans with a job has been below 59 percent for 35 months in a row.

#9 While Barack Obama has been president, U.S. home values have fallen by another 12 percent.

#10 More than three times as many new homes were sold in the United States in 2005 as will be sold in 2012.

#11 Electricity bills in the United States have risen faster than the overall rate of inflation for five years in a row. Thanks Obama.

#12 When Barack Obama first entered the White House, an ounce of gold was going for about $850. Today, the price of gold is over $1630 an ounce which indicates a devalued US dollar.

#13 Since 2008, our economy has lost 1.3 million jobs while at the same time 3.6 million more Americans have been added to Social Security’s disability insurance program.

#14 The number of Americans on food stamps has grown from 31.9 million when Barack Obama took office to 46.4 million today. How much more “hope and change” are we going to be able to endure?

#15 It is being projected that Obamacare will add 16 million more Americans to the Medicaid rolls.

#16 More than half of all Americans are now at least partially financially dependent on the government.

#17 The total amount of money that the federal government gives directly to the American people has grown by 32 percent since Barack Obama became president.

#18 Under Barack Obama, federal spending as a percentage of GDP (25 percent) is the highest that it has been since World War II.

#19 The Obama administration has been spending money on some of the most insane things imaginable. For example, in 2011 the Obama administration spent $592,527 on a study that sought to figure out once and for all why chimpanzees throw poop.

#20 The U.S. government has run a budget deficit of well over a trillion dollars every single year under Barack Obama.

#21 Under Barack Obama, U.S. debt was downgraded from AAA status for the first time ever.

#22 Since Barack Obama took office, the U.S. national debt has increased by 50 percent.

#23 Since Barack Obama became president, the U.S. national debt has increased by an average of more than $64,000 per taxpayer.

#24 During the Obama administration, the U.S. national debt has grown more than it did from the time that George Washington became president to the beginning of Bill Clinton’s second term as president.

Now with the second term underway and Obama clearly indicating that his agenda of failure during the first term will be on steroids during his second term, how can we as Americans expect any improvement before he is finally out of office?  We can't and in fact can only look forward to far MORE failure to increase the decline of our great Nation that exploded during Obama's failed Presidency.

Ken Taylor

BARACK OBAMA - THE CONSTITUTION DESTROYER

We are one week away from the second Inaugural of Barack Obama. He will place his hand on a two bibles, ( more on this momentarily), and take the same Presidential Oath of Office as written in our Constitution as every President has take since our first George Washington.  It states, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

This is a solemn Oath that should be taken with the complete understanding that as Chief Executive of The United States of America, the President represents the people of our Nation and as such his prime responsibility is to, "protect and defend," the very Constitution that by law insures the rights of every citizen of our country.

Barack Obama has yet to fulfill his first Oath of Office so why should we believe he will do so as he takes it the second time. This sacred Oath taken by every President was nothing more that a set of words that to Obama thus far was just another lie he made to the American people.  Not once in his first term did Obama protect or defend anything about The Constitution. At every turn he usurped, spit upon and trampled this document the protects by law the rights of every American.

He sees the Constitution as a series of, "negative liberties," as he stated in a 2002 interview for public radio. I have never known, ANY liberty to be negative. Liberty equals freedom and that makes The Constitution and liberty a hindrance  to Obama since he seeks to enslave free Americans to a communistic government that controls every aspect of our lives.

Next Monday Obama will lie and take this Oath once again using the bibles of Abraham Lincoln, ( as he did the first time), and Dr. Martin Luther King.  It is an insult for the Oath to be taken using the bibles of two Americans who sacrificed their lives through assassination because they sought to protect the freedoms of Americans.

Obama could care less about freedom. He could care less about liberty. He could care less about our Constitution and has already indicated as such for his second term as he is threatening The Second Amendment, has used and is planning on using the Executive Order to bypass Congress and the Constitutional separation of powers to create policy as he sees fit. Ignoring the people and The Constitution.

Will we even recognize America after another four years of Barack Obama?  I cannot with complete certainty predict how our Nation will be in 2016 but I can assure you based on his past experience and his complete disregard for The Constitution and freedom that we will surely be much less free and government will be THE controlling factor in American society. The, "rich," will be punished for success and American from the poorest to the wealthiest will suffer for every moment Barack Obama remains in The White House.

Ken Taylor

REPUBLICANS STOP ACTING LIKE LOSERS

So Barack Obama won a second term! Yes, we don't like it and yes, we all know he is the most destructive force that our country has known because of his absolute hate of our country and what we truly stand for and his obsession with dividing our Nation by class and race.  But Republicans won also and were equally reelected to another term as majority in The House of Representatives but the weak and lame leadership continues to act like whipped puppies and losers.

Caving to Obama on every turn and giving in to his every whim and fancy is NOT the action of a group that believes they have a mandate to STOP spending, tax hikes and expanding deficits and debt by the American people. A mandate that Obama CANNOT in reality claim to have since his reelection was a squeaker while House Republicans though losing a few seats still have a major majority in the House and a mandate by the people to do the opposite of what they have been doing.

Every one has known for the last two years that John Boehner is not only weak but lacks any moral or political convictions to stand for true Constitutional principles and conservative values. But that does not mean the rest of House Republicans have to follow his lead. The Speaker will come up for reelection today and many sources state 17 to 20 House members have indicated they will not vote for Boehner thus preventing his reelection as Speaker. Were I there I would be among the 20 because Boehner must go and a strong conservative who has a, "pair," must take his place and stand up to Obama's lies and destructive policy.

It's time to quit acting like losers and fight for the mandate the people have voted for by placing Republicans in the majority in the House where ALL financial measures by Constitutional provision must originate. The American people have given Republicans full control of the purse strings for a reason and that reason is to STOP out of control spending with REAL spending cuts and not just measures that decrease the growth of spending.  They have been mandated to prevent Obama from raising taxes and not cave to every tax increase designed to divide Americans by class and financial standings.

With the vote for Speaker pending Boehner has made the same old promises and yes, lies he made two years ago about seeking conservative policy and standing up to Obama. He has proven he is not only NOT willing to do that but caves at every turn and dismisses conservatives and our values and ideas.  Boehner is weak without a backbone nor principles and does not deserve reelection.  If he is reelected the House will not change nor will Republican leadership find any backbone and Obama will continue to arrogantly drive all policy and the destruction of our country.

It's time to stand and time to force Obama's hand at every turn. Calling him on his lies and keeping his feet to the fire. The ONLY way that will happen is if House Republicans quit acting like losers and take the mandate of victory and the purse strings that we the people have given them and do the will and demand of the people. STOP spending, NO tax increases, get the deficit under control, make REAL and deep spending cuts and begin paying off the debt. That is the mandate and that is what we the people DEMAND of House Republicans.

Ken Taylor