Obama - The Leader America Needed

I can already hear the screams of horror at this title, but the Scott Brown / Martha Coakley race shows us exactly why Obama was the president the country needed.

Unlike Clinton who discovered very quickly that pushing hard left was not the way to secure his legacy, Obama ran as a moderate and then went hard left in his administration.  This was a good thing for the country.  A very good thing.

Instead of the gentle nudges to the left that only those of us paying attention noticed, he took a big lurch to the left side that woke many Americans from their complacent slumber.  More people are now paying attention to what's going on, and not liking what they see.  More people are speaking out against the irresponsible spending of both political parties.  More people are seeking out people who support the Constitution to run as their representatives and not just accepting the lesser of the evils on the ticket.  More people are demanding the protection of their God given liberties and are willing to fight hard to protect them.  More people are not only accepting but embracing their civic responsibilities.

With Obama's epic ego convincing him that he can force socialism down the protesting throats of the American people, he has done what no conservative candidate had been able to accomplish.  He shook the American populace out of their slumber and showed them the real path of the progressives.  A path the masses do not want to tread.

Don't get me wrong here; I believe that Obama's policies are disastrous for the nation, but I have faith that the people will stop anything irrevocable from happening and that a new era of responsibility will emerge from the ashes of this obamanation, but it is up to us to do it.  Fortunately, there are far more people who recognize what needs to be done and are willing to volunteer their time and energy to do it.

Obama is not the leader we deserved, but he may just be the leader we needed.

The Illogical Age

If the 17th and 18th centuries were considered the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason, can we now be in anything other than The Illogical Age?

The Age of Enlightenment was based on the theory that if men were left free to use their reason, that there would be a utopia. Now, we believe the opposite. If you use reason you are someone who must be silenced, shouted down, discredited and reviled.

The Age of Reason believed that there were universal truths in humanity as there are in science. Now we believe that everything is a gray area and should be dependent on the individual's personal situation.

Our founding documents, Common Sense, The Declaration of Independence and even our Constitution were written with the philosophy that man should use his reason and, if he does so, will be able to govern himself. With every entitlement program created, with every behavior modification tax imposed and with every increase in government power we have taken another step away from reason.

The enlightenment has been steadily dimming, but with the huge progressive push, the lights are all but extinguished on the age of reason. Where is the reason in anything that is done now? The vast majority of what is done is the opposite of reason and logic -- flies in the face of it in fact.

Most recently we have climategate. The man made climate change data has come under serious question, but the raw data on which the assumptions were based have been destroyed. What real scientist ever destroys data? That's illogical. In the face of that, knowing that the climate crisis may be man made but not in the way originally thought, are supporters using their reason to address the issue? Of course not. They deny the facts, abandon their reason and cling to their ideology. The powers that be are going ahead with a treaty that will potentially cost us each thousands per year in order to address a problem that may not, probably does not, even exist. Where's the reason in that?

The enlightenment encouraged people to abandon blind faith and think, but now we encourage the abandonment of thought for blind faith. There is no REASONABLE rationale for the progressive movement, especially since everything it has tried has failed and everything it is attempting to try on a large scale has already failed on a small one. REASON would lead you to deduce that the progressive ideals are inherently flawed and we should return to what has been proven to work.

Unfortunately, in this Illogical Age, reason is in short supply.