But our 'leaders' and politicians, especially over the past thirty years have severely tarnished the perception
of America's original founders. They did in fact, sacrifice everything, (reputation, money and even lives) so that
the United States of America could be formed....formed into the very best independent democracy (republic)
in all the free world, as a viable and powerful nation. It appears to me that we are permitting 538 men and women, the Presidency and those interminable lobbyists to take this country in the wrong direction. How can we let this
happen? Have we indeed become wimps? Are we in some mystical form of denial about all that is happening
around us? Do you really want America to go the way of Europe and settle into a socialistic state? For all intents
and purposes, it sure looks like that's our current direction.
To be sure, the economic turmoil in which
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The Nobel Peace Prize
Before begining my comments, let me make it perfectly clear that I do not subscribe to the extremes of the far left or the far right. For America, in particular, I remain an independent centrist, occasionally recognizing the beneficial aspects of both sides of an issue; thereby trying my hardest, to be as objective as possible in my remarks. However, sometimes I just have to tell it like it is. The following is my 'take' on the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States of America.
The President just won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace. Many people, even those in his own camp, democrats and progressives alike are asking: "For what?" Some have gone so far as to suggest that this is absurd.
However, this goes beyond absurd, in my humble opinion, because the
Oslo Committee has now relinquished any legitimacy and respect that it may once have enjoyed on the international stage. It has diluted its impact and tarnished a once revered award, by becoming purely politically socialistic in its cause. For future recipients it sets up a bogus, transient, almost theatrical prize winning, that will no longer carry its previous distinctions.
The Nobel Peace Prize now carries the risk of looking preposterous and
patronising.
In the past, there have been many very worthy recipients of the Peace Prize. They were recognized for their achievements in efforts to bring a little peace to their particular part of the world, a wonderful anathema to Mr. Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, to recognize those whose goals in life acceded to peaceful agendas.
Mr. Nobel was a chemical engineer, thus we have prizes in chemistry and physics; however, it's not entirely clear as to who decided to establish a Peace prize as well.
The history of the Peace Prize is rich with the so-called 'pastors' of Peace, from Woodrow Wilson to Mother Theresa to Martin Luther King and others. But in recent years, the Nobel Committee in Oslo, has altered its peace mandated mission to one of obvious and even blatant left wing, socialistic motivation. To quote Roger's Rules website: "......a thoroughly discredited politically correct co-efficient of liberal transnational socialism". Now, that's a real mouthful, isn't it? But for all intents and purposes, that does appear to be Oslo's intention over the past 15 years or more.
Yasar Arafat, 'a peace-seeking man', who once addressed the U.N. with a pistol strapped to his waist.
Jimmy Carter, 'a peace-loving man', who cannot abide the Israeli Jews and because of that is frequently labeled a racist.
Al Gore. Oh my goodness. Al Gore accpeted the award for a slide show on 'global warming'! One of the other nominees in 2007, as many of you now know, was a wonderful, brave German woman during the 2nd WW, who managed to smuggle out 2500 Jewish babies and children, before being caught and having both her arms and legs broken.
And now we come to 2009. The Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was visiting Washington. He had an 'appointment' to meet with Nancy Pelosi. Congress conferred upon him its highest civilian award. The President refused to extend him any courtesy. Must we be reminded of China's human rights violations? That's right. Only 11 days in office and a lot of world travel downgrading the 'specialness' of America, berating previous administrations for their 'failures', vacillating on Afghanistan, while young men die every week. Chosen and rewarded for being America's first 'black' President, is the way some see it. I will say this,
because no one in the MSM has said it: Mr. Obama is not black, nor is he
descended from black African Americans. O.K. maybe he was born in Hawaii, but his father was a black Kenyan; his mother, an under aged white girl from Kansas. Those are the true facts, pure and simple.
The Oslo committee has chosen a man, who has failed to score any major breakthroughs on the international stage thus far. In the past, the Prize was given to people who had, over considerable time, actually accomplished a peaceful initiative or agenda. This time it calls upon what our President may or may not be able to do for international peace efforts. He is surprised and humbled and claims that this is a personal call to action. Good luck Mr. President. We want you to succeed in your efforts to reduce nuclear proliferation and seek some semblance of peace around the world, but please, sir, do not demean, denigrate or embarrass this nation and its people in the process. Too many of us wonder why you are being rewarded before you have proven yourself to your own countrymen or the world. Finally, it occurs to me and is a question on the minds of many, that no one has inquired as to who nominated Mr. Obama for this award in the first place?
Respectfully submitted,
Christopher Popham Smith-.Boston, Ma.
Posted November 29, 2009
America Then And Now
So much has happened in the last eleven months, sometimes my head just wants
to explode. Clearly, I never anticipated the myriad of controversy, hate mongering
and propagandizing being perpetrated on a once great nation, by the very people
who are supposed to be protecting our Constitutional laws. Furthermore, I never
saw myself being so critical of our Congressional 'leaders', the main stream media
and above all the President, but thank God, and according to the 1st Amendment,
I am still permitted (at least for the foreseeable future) to freely express myself as a
writer/journalist.
Let's go back to January 20th 2009. A young, charismatic man of mixed race takes
the oath of office of the United States of America to become the 44th President.
Be reminded again, that he is not America's first black African head of state.
He has no roots to black African Americans, who were regrettably brought here
in the 1600's. He was born of a black Kenyan national and a young white girl
from Kansas. He is of mixed race, nothing else, and that's just fine, but to label
him as the first black American president is an indisputable misnomer.
In the eyes of many Americans, this was a wonderful new start, that after 234 years, we had finally voted for a man of some color. He was going to bring us
"hope, change and transparency" in government. But his background of social, religious and political associations were debatable, and in many cases downright questionable. His Chicago attrition through the ranks of political upward mobility left much to be desired. Yet the MSM treated him as the second coming, a veritable political rock star. He was in fact the Elmer Gantry of the 2008 presidential campaigning process. The people would enter his 'tent', swoon to his rhythmic rhetoric and then blindly pledge allegiance to him and his promises.
The MSM were, and still are, intoxicated and mesmerized by his rhetorical acumen. He made so many promises, as all candidates do. He spoke repeatedly of hope, change, and above all, transparency; however, on his first day i n office, he signed Executive Order #13489, effectively prohibiting anyone from viewing his personal records. What? All previous presidents had laid bare their documentations of school, college, business associations, and finances. But the new president would have none of that. Throwing 'transparency' aside, he chose to use his executive authority to block any one from viewing his past. This would not bode well for him.
Additionally, we need to take a very close look at the visitors to the White House
in the past 11 months. Gosh! They were all, for the most part, big contributors to
Obama's campaign. But that's O.K. you say. That's what politics is all about....
forever scratching each other's back. I wonder.
This was the beginning of transparency for his administration?
When he first came to office, I wanted to give him the benefit of at least a year to
determine if he could stand by his campaign promises, but in that time, he has lost me and tens of millions of citizens, who had such high hopes for this new President. At warp speed, with czars in tow, with multiple, ineffectual and embarrassing global excursions, with proposing a health care reform bill, that will fiscally ruin this country, with drunken sailor expenditures that will cripple our economy, and with denying and even condemning the concerns of the American people, he has lost me. We, the American People have noticed everything he has done in just under a year. Just read the litany of criticisms of Barack Obama "noticed by the public" at Snopes.com. It is telling and disturbing. The undercurrent of opinion that I hear from Democrats these days leans towards major voter remorse and downright disappointment; that we have elected a most inexperienced former Chicago social and political networking 'organizer', whose agenda seems firmly planted in the philosophies and ideologies of Saul Alinsky, a sixties extreme political radical.
People all over the country are now genuinely concerned and even afraid, that in
the period of a short eleven months, America is being driven down a very
perilous highway, a highway riddled with enormous pot holes, social, economic and even religious. Between the A.C.L.U., the 14% of Americans who are atheists and
other multiple hard left wing organizations, the America once enjoyed by our parents and grandparents is quickly devolving into a most unsavory state of affairs.
We cannot, we must not, allow this to happen.
A side observation. A friend of mine recently wrote to encourage me to keep
up the fight for a third party in America. Indeed, there is a growing movement
in this country to finally give serious consideration to the expediency and crying
need for alternative values in our political system. The current two parties are
never able to subscribe to any reasonable consensus or bi-partisanship on any issue. Their public protestations in the media contribute to more and more dissension among their constituents and the people at large. Let's continue to give this more thought. After all, anything would be better than Dems. and Reps. riding roughshod over our lives and livelihoods. Wouldn't it? They are all, to a man and woman culpable of dragging this country down over the past 30 years to where we find ourselves today. Are you content with this? Are you going to continue to sit idly by as our basic liberties are infringed upon, or will you react?
Will you send that letter or email or make that phone call to your representaives'
office? Many of them of course know now, that the 2010 elections are coming and
that their careers are on the line, if and only if, we choose to vote them out of office.
It no longer matters what party you may support, for they are both guilty in this
decimation of our economy, our freedoms and liberties, the denial of our
Constitution, and even our sovereignty. All are at stake now. While millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, the Washington powers that be, insist on ramming through legislation (HR3590) that will abscond with 1/6th of our economy, set up 111 new government bureaucracies and prescribe harsh mandates on small businesses and individuals alike. Many Americans have already stated that they would rather go to prison than be forced to subscribe to this government controlled 'health care' program. Perhaps we should be asking where in the Constitution it says that Congress can legislate such mandates
I have reminded my readers in previous articles of one clear fact that seems to be
even more obvious today. The Washington left wing Democrats and yes, even
some Republicans are hell bent on controlling every aspect of our lives, and
Harry Reid's Senate Bill will permit them to do just that. Again, I warn you all.
They have us now exactly where they want us; scared, confused, unemployed and
in some cases just fighting to put enough food on the table for our families.
This evil scenario has been played out in regimes, governments and dictatorships
for centuries. Its purpose is to convince the weak and downtrodden especially, that they need ' governmental assistance' to survive and thrive. It is a tried and true socialistic tactic, born of the elites in power, to gain full control over the people.
However, Washington conveniently forgets, as they continue to shred our Constitution, that this is still the United States of America, where the will and power of the People exceeds and trumps the powers of Congress and the Senate. Although many of you are beginning to rise to the cause, there are still too many, who see everything as just fine. Rose colored glasses are dangerous. America, believe it or not, is in crisis mode. On a daily basis, the White House, MSM and corrupt politicians endeavour to engage us in their spewing of misguided and convoluted propaganda.
Years ago, an elderly client of mine urged me to always remember that whatever
I read or observed in the media was pure, unadulterated distraction from what was
really going on. He was absolutely correct. Until we understand that particular admonition, then we are at serious risk of being bamboozled and blindsided by the false and misleading rhetoric, particularly espoused by the MSM, which is currently in the left wing's hip pocket. Thank goodness for the few conservative T.V. and radio personalities, who help to equalize the imbalance, presenting the other side of public opinion, usually, thank God, steeped in patriotic, rather than messianic, one world government, new world order or socialistic parameters.
Toward the end of the 2008 campaign season, I remarked on a number of occasions, that if Barack Obama were to become president, having swept up more than half the voting population, that in short order, he would turn on America, flip-flopping on all of his campaign promises. He has proven me to be correct in my prediction. Let it not be conjectured that 'conditions' dictated all of his agenda. Indeed they did, to some extent. But that cannot be construed as an excuse for going back on so many promises made to the American people. Once again, at the beginning, I wanted to give him all benefit of the doubt, in terms of being a good, centrist politician for America; however, with far too much haste and waste, we now find ourselves talking about multi trillion dollar deficits, an unhealthy GDP, high unemployment, a health care bill that will be the ruination of what is left of our economy and the forced submission of tens of millions of Americans to an ill-conceived piece of legislation. Is this legal under the Constitution?
In some fashion, I'm still 'hoping' that Mr. Obama might see the light and listen to
the will of the people. But I'm not holding my breath. Some 55% of Americans do not favor the current health care proposals. Have you read all 2074 pages?
His agendas, reforms and impending taxation, reinforced by socialistic advisers at every turn, are now really beginning to frighten me. He has moved so blindingly fast that it is hard to keep up. He is taking America on the fast track to a fiscal abyss. You know, I hope in some strange way, that I am mistaken in my misgivings about this Administration; however, the indicators, supported by economists around the globe point to spiraling inflation, multiple bank failures and even more reliance on a bankrupt government and a fiat (Federal Reserve) central bank. Gosh...how can we borrow any more money, whether it be by printing it or relying on the Chinese or Arabic nations? We're broke and forever beholden to these entities. This is not good economics.
God only knows what tomorrow might bring, but this is still the United States of America, a Republic founded by brave men, intent on giving the People rights, freedoms and liberties, that for now, we still enjoy. If you want to maintain these lawful objectives, then I suggest you begin consulting the first four paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence and the consecrated laws of our Constitution. It bears worth repeating what Sam Adams said: "Our obligations to our country never cease, but with our lives". Let's hope it doesn't come to that again.
Respectfully,
Christopher Popham Smith.
Boston, Ma.
February 16, 2010
Racism in America--Where Do We Go From Here?
A Popham Persective.
by BNJ Columnist Christopher Popham Smith - Boston Massachusetts
Ever since the Portuguese, Spanish and English sea captains began 'importing' black Africans to the New World, we have been plagued with racism. What a royal mess our ancestors left for us to reconcile and repair. Human slavery---a most dirty business. The Muslims began this 'illegality' as early as the ninth century, and along with the Europeans drained the African continent of its most valuable resource---human beings--- for over a housand years. Slave trading still exists today in various corners of the world, from Africa to the far east.
At every turn, it seems that politicians, pundits and pastors are positing their views, opinions and positions on racism issues. In a world pervaded by racism of every color and texture, not to mention religious prejudice and
moral degradation, we continuously find ourselves immersed in the complexities of verbal and written vitriol, cruel rhetoric and deliberately 'mispoken' hateful remarks. Racism, prejudice and the fear mongering, hate-filled distortions, which keep it company, are in the mind of the racist.
Every one of us, black or white are racist to some degree. Who among us has never contemplated a racist 'feeling' about another human being? We are all guilty. We cannot escape it. It is a given, that not one of us, no matter how politically correct we may espouse to be, are, on some level, racially antagonistic toward some segment of society. It's a sad aspect of our culture, of our upbringing, and sadder still of the power of today's MSM.
The extremes of racism serve no purpose, other than to divide a great nation such as the United States of America, and so we are destroying ourselves and our country from within. Prejudice, intolerance, discrimination, bigotry and hate towards another race permeate the very fabric of our society; morally, politically and religiously. "Why can't we all just get along?", said Rodney King.
Well, the fact is that we do try to get along. Many of us try harder than most, but again we are swayed by the previously mentioned societal and family pressures.
In news reports, blogs and commentaries that I read on a regular basis, racism is conclusively evident. So-called responsible broadcasters and just regular folks blast off with their personal fear mongering, diatribe and hate. One person I know is a resolute racist. He doesn't like anyone who is other than a white, conservative protestant. I cringe and frequently take issue with his crass jokes and remarks.
The pathetic rhetoric of racism is likely never to end. People seem to thrive on its controversy. Those who partake in this divisiveness seem to revel in the maelstrom of bigotry, that they create and perpetuate. It is a problem, that at its very core, is the essence of our inability "...to just get along".
Racism resides with those who choose to participate in its morally offensive agenda, only serving to divide and not repair. For we need to remember, first and foremost, that there is only one race on earth---the human race.
Respectfully submitted,
Christopher Popham Smith.
Boston, Ma.
Posted February 25, 2010
by BNJ Columnist Christopher Popham Smith -Boston MA
The President's health care proposal is in sync with the Congressional
2700 pages of dictates, mandates and taxes, which the American people
have been refuting since August of 2009. It creates an exhorbitant--111 to
be exact---number of new federal government bureaucracies. At a time in
history, where we are sill in serious recession, the entire focus of the
Administration and Congress for one year, has been to force through a
convoluted, unread bill of which the plurality of Americans disapprove.
The Blair House 'summit' will accomplish little, other than brow beating a
dead horse. The American people want jobs---now---not inefective, costly
bills that hurt small businesses. Our focus and that of Congress should be
to return our beleagured economy back to some modicum of prosperity; then
and only then can we all, as a people, begin to address the domestic
issues at hand.
Sincerely,
Chrisopher Popham Smith
Posted March 3, 2010
Letter to the GOP from Mr. Christopher Popham Smith and
the Response to Mr. Popham Smith
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From: Christopher P Smith
Sent: Mon 3/1/2010 9:14 AM
To: Coalitions
Subject: Re: RAMMING SPEED
DATELINE: Reconciliation Day on HCR, U.S.A (the near future).
Widespread protests and demonstrations in major cities across America.
Nation in turmoil over passage of health care reform bill.
People very angry that they have been ignored by Washington.
Police call for assistance from military, as protests escalate.
No deaths, but a few injuries reported so far.
White House considers curfews and martial law to control 'situation',
gambling that security forces will not join the people.
Could this happen in a 'free society' such as ours?
Many around the country see this as a distinct possibility.
I certainly hope not.
How about you Angela? Could this really happen in America?
Respectfully,
Christopher Popham Smith.
Boston, Ma.
From: Coalitions @gop.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Subject: RE: RAMMING SPEED
To: Christopher P Smith
Mr. Smith
It is our hope that cool, level heads will prevail and the voice of reason will take over in the legislature. We believe that such an occurrence is highly improbable however. Nonetheless, you paint a grave picture and it, amongst other things, compels us to work so that reconciliation will no longer be an option for the Democrats.
Best wishes, RNC Coalitions
