Teddy Kennedy would have a been a joke or punchline in his own right, but John F. Kennedy war (gasp) hero and somewhat decent guy for a democrat was beloved by this country.  To a (very slightly) lesser degree, so was Robert Kennedy. 

But Teddy was nothing without the deaths of his brothers.

He was reelected over and over because of his family name and the memory of his poor brothers, cut short from this country by assassins.  He was ineffective, a womanizer, a drunk.

Normally, he would have been a Roger Clinton or Billy Carter -- relegated to the sidelines of American history.

But he had the untimely deaths of three brothers (and a date) to pave his way to liberal stardom.

He rode the coattails of his brothers into the political spotlight.

The ride is complete, as he has now has gone as far as they have gone.  Into the grave.

May Camelot fade into memory.

It appears that all of Congress, but mostly our beloved bi-annually reset House of Representatives, have forgotten the true nature of their job.  Instead they have fallen victim to "tradition" of thinking they are our country's rulers.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.

The House is not made up of leaders but representatives.  You are not charged with surveying the horizon and like a parent choosing the best course for us.  Your sole mission is to represent OUR views to the House, not represent to us what the House is doing...to us.

Your constituents are all the people in your district, not just those of your party.  Republican, democrat, independent, conservative, liberal, socialist, whatever.  You took on the job of listening to all voices in your district and weighing those opinions and representing the majority view to the House as a whole. 

And on that note, you represent ONLY your district.  That's your primary goal and the sole source of your employment.  Your district is the reason you are in that office.  Your district is the reason you will leave that office.  The goals of the party, state, or other districts all take a VERY distant backseat to the desires of the constituents you are paid to represent.

No matter how much face-time you get on CNN, Fox, and the networks, you're not a rockstar.  You should be humbled under the crushing weight of the responsibility you've been charged with.  And that charge is not any single issue.  That charge is to (I repeat) represent the views of your district to the House.

The House of Representatives is called "The People's House" for a reason.  Senators are to represent the total interests of the state -- which is why they were appointed originally.  But Representives serve soley to weigh the views of their constituents and cast their votes accordingly.  This is not to say that you are not allowed a conscience and vote how you feel is best.  But if your conscience goes against the desires of your constituents, you should be prepared to face the consequences.  In many cases, you can disobey your employer in ignorance and receive forgiveness.  But when your employer has expressly forbidden you to do something and you do it anyway, don't expect a second chance.

It appears the majority (based on polls and town hall meetings) are against government intrusion into health insurance.  Many want the real problems of the health care system fixed.  Among these are tort reform, state boundary restrictions, and adjusting the tax system to reward doctors who provide care for the indigent.  But you don't fix a problem for barely 5% of the country's population by destroying a system that works for 95%.

The current congressional attitude of "be quiet and take your medicine" just isn't going to cut it anymore.

As several analysts have pointed out, government intrusion into the health care industry will "fundamentally change the relationship citizens have with their government".  Instead of the designed "hands off" approach, the government will now have inserted their influence in our everyday lives in an everpresent, overbearing and completely unwelcome way.  If ObamaCare in any form passes we will have to be blessed with the permission of the government to take care of personal and private health decisions.  This is not right.  This is not necessary.

All 435 of you have been put on notice by the voices expressed by those you claim to represent.  If you fail to do as your employer tells you to do, then you have chosen to face the consequences.  If any "Health Care System Destruction Act" -- especially one with a "government option" -- comes to a vote, I encourage all media outlets to mark each representative with their vote everytime they are displayed on-screen.  Brand each person who voted for so-called ObamaCare with a "Scarlet Letter" H next to the "D" or "R" we traditionally see.

Whether the bill ultimately is defeated, let your failure to represent follow you to the next election.

Break a leg, get a virus, have a medical emergency -- EVERYONE in this country is already covered.  Just show up at a hospital and you will get care.  You may owe a bill on it, but you will get treated.  Health insurance, like other insurance, is to help offset the cost of a major emergency or crisis: fire, auto, homeowner's, accidental death, etc.

INSURANCE IS A LUXURY, NOT A RIGHT.

I've paid homeowner's insurance for 16 years and never made a claim, until last week.  We're getting a new roof due to wind and hail damage.  Had we not been paying $650 per year for our insurance, we'd be out of pocket $7,100 for the roof.  As it stands now, we're only paying about $1000.  I've paid $10,400 in premiums over 16 years. and am receiving $6,100 from it.

Now, the lender requires me to have it and that's fine... but I could have survived without it and been $4k ahead of the game... but you're paying for the peace of mind.  Because the claims could be so much bigger.

But it's still a luxury, not a right.

Health "insurance" is the same way.  Or should be.

Most municipalities even offer low-cost maintenance services -- checkups, immunizations, etc. at health departments, etc.  If poor people can afford cell phones, beer, cigarettes, and lottery tickets, they can certainly swing $10 for a booster shot.  But some think they are too good for the public health service -- like Ray Nagin and the school buses -- they aren't going to demean themselves.  Pride goeth before the fall.

America is a land of opportunity if you set aside your pride, humble yourself and accept the chances offered.  But it's not just the socio-economic "poor" who are the problem.  The fiscally poor college students and newlyweds who think they deserve a house and all the coveniences of mom and dad's (or mom's or dad's) home right away.  "But we have to have... (two cars, four bedrooms, cable, internet, cellphones, dreaded texting, etc...)".

It used to be that people accepted their circumstances, worked within them to better themselves and get out of their situation.  Your job doesn't pay enough?  Get another one.  No skills?  Get them.  Working part-time?  You didn't expect full-time benefits.  For you gamers out there, they earned each new "level" in their life experience.

Now everyone wants to use cheat codes.

So back to health care the "reforms" President Obama is promoting...  As I said, everyone right now HAS health care access.  100%.  But due to the lawsuits the number of doctors is dwindling -- some areas have no local provider.  And with the ObamaCare plan, that number is going to get even smaller as medicine no longer becomes the rewarding occupation (both financially and emotionally) that is used to be and currently is.  Fewer people with a genuine interest will become medical professionals.  Those who already are and can will retire.

Under ObamaCare, our next generation of doctors (now a government job subject to goverment pay grades, perks, and job security) will come from the same pool of people that work in the DMV, deliver our mail, and monitor the scanners at our airports.

In fact, to save money, perhaps Obama should require that the TSA perform X-ray lab services for doctors -- just queue up at the airport, lie down on the belt, and convey right through.

The lines at the airport might even be shorter than the lines at an ObamaCare doctor's office.

The same could be said for most liberals... They think they love America and they think they are being patriotic... I don't doubt most of them WANT to do what is right, but they fail to realize that what they are doing is anti-American.

So why does Obama hate America?  The America established by the Founding Fathers.  The America that has become so great, but may have already peaked due to the downturn of morality, family, and social values.

Obama (and liberals) view the Constitution as a living breathing document, that should ebb and flow with the whims of society...  but as we've seen with Roe. vs. Wade and other bad unconstitutional decisions and laws -- they want America to bend with the ebb, but never return with the flow.

Is it too late?

Has the great country our Founding Fathers created by the grace of Almighty God been reduced to good, fair, poor -- or evil like liberals try to paint us.  Is it too late to reclaim this country and restore it as it was intended: states sovereign, less federal governent, promotion of general well being of citizens and protection of true rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Why does Obama hate America?  Is it because he is not an American -- in reality as some claim or in heart as he appears to be.

Why does Obama seek to destroy something so good instead of just creating their own?

So why does Obama hate America?

Why?

Why?

WHY!?

Barack Obama's spending and taxing policies are outrageous and he just sings along. He's sticking it too America, reaming us, so to speak.... thus the name: Uncle Ream-Us (NOTE: There is nothing racist about this image or comments, it is strictly an observation of Obama's fiscal policies against this country)

1. He sat in the pews of a hate-filled Reverend for over 20 years.  Met with this man for spiritual guidance.  Had him perform his wedding vows. 

• Was he clueless of Wright's anti-American views? 
• Was he aware, but too gutless to say something? 
• Was he brainless and agreed with the man?

2. He served with terrorist Bill Ayers, was friends with him, worked closely with him.  He was 8 when Ayers was setting the example for Tim McVeigh, but he was not in 2001 when Ayers made it clear he didn't do enough and had no regrets.

• Was he clueless of Ayers terrorism?
• Was he aware, but too gutless to denounce him then?
• Was he brainless and just wasn't bothered by or agreed with Ayers views?

3. He worked with, trained, and legally represented ACORN, a group guilty of corporate blackmail and voter fraud.

• Was he clueless of ACORNs criminal and unethical behavior?
• Was he aware, but too gutless to denounce them?
• Was he brainless and was not bothered by or endorsed their behavior?

 

So... Is Obama just clueless, gutless, or brainless?

Does it matter?  Barack Obama is in any case -LESS of what we need for president.

"Who'll Stop McCain?"
by Kevin L. Kitchens
(Parody of "Who'll Stop the Rain" by Credence Clearwater Revival)

Long as I remember, the guy's been running round
Claiming to be conservative, but his message ain't too sound.
He was a POW, in case you had not heard.
And we wonder, we have to wonder: who'll stop McCain?

This ain't his first election.  He's tried in years gone past.
Could never muster enough votes, to make his campaign last.
He thinks he's got a chance now.  So he runs again.
But we wonder, we pray and wonder:  who'll stop McCain?

The New York Times they love him.  Because he's more like them.
A maverick they call him.  But it's all just lying spin.
He sold us out with Feingold, his Amnesty was insane.
But we wonder, we've gotta wonder: Who'll stop McCain?

 

You'd Vote For Hillary
by Kevin L. Kitchens
(parody of I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats)

The liberal brain inside her head
Is running on overload.
The country is going to lose today.
She's gonna lay claim to her throne.
And Billy doesn't understand it.
Always said she's a nagging crone.

And we can see no reasons
'cause there are no reasons
Can a reason even be shown?

Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
She wants to bring... this country down.

Her spin machine, wants to make her queen
So they lie to a believing world.
Well, the Breck Girl's shocked.
And so is Barack
But they seek to run with that spoiled little girl.
It's been her dream, since she was sixteen.
They'll be hell to pay if she meets defeat.

She sees lots of reasons
But there are no reasons
To commit an unreasonable deed!

Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
She wants to bring... this country down.

Down, down, down
Tear it all down!

And all the laughing's stopped
In the country now.
She wants to play with the boys awhile.
The primary's early
And soon we'll be learning
If the Constitution lives or if it dies.

And then the media hacks will
Let loose with cackles
As they explain all the hows and whys.

And they can see the reasons
That there was no reason
What reason made the voters blind?

And the liberal brain inside her head
Is running on overload.
The country is going to lose today.
She's gonna lay claim to her throne.
And Billy doesn't understand it.
Always said she's a nagging crone.
 
But he'll be the First Lady.
Of the old First Lady...
All reason now has flown

Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for, You'd vote for...
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for, You'd vote for...
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
Tell me why!
You'd vote for Hillary?
She wants to bring... this country down.

 One thing that struck me in the DNC debate the other night, was the overwhelming concern for Darfur and the genocide going on there...

Don't get me wrong, I think it's an awful thing and feel that we SHOULD be doing something to prevent it, but it's the democrat hypocrisy that's confused me (though I supposed I should be used to it by now).

As has been proven to all but the ignorant and those with political motives, Iraq has been connected to terrorism, funding and harboring of their agents.  What would in any other arena be classified as proof of WMDs having either been there, in process, or present were found countless times -- yet some continue to claim otherwise.   Additionally, Saddam impeded the UN inspections over and over and over.  In complete violation of UN resolutions both directly for those inspections AND the cease fire terms of the first Gulf War.

Finally, to top it all off, Saddam was in fact practicing genocide on the Kurdish people as well as his own.  Many mass graves were found where we expected them to be as well as some we were led to by locals.

So clearly, the liberation of Iraq was justified on so many levels.  Including genocide, the pet peeve of even bleeding heartless liberals.

Why then, when the United States should "not be involved in crises that do not affect our nationaly security" would the liberals make calls for us to get involved in the Darfur region, but decry our far more necessary involvement in Iraq?

Could it truly be that the democrats are claiming that Iraqis are less important than Africans?  Would they be so racist?  Or is it simply politics?  Bush got to Iraq first, so darn it we have to kick him over it despite how we really feel.

Amnesty
by Kevin L. Kitchens
(parody of Honesty by Billy Joel)

If you want to come across,
It isn't hard to do.
The border's left wide open all the time.
But if you want the benefits
and refuse to wait in line
McCain has heard and now he wants to give...

AMNESTY... Is such a proper word!
Forgive their crimes is what we'll do.
AMNESTY... it really is absurd!
The senate sold out and now we're screwed.

It used to be just Democrats
Bought their votes with lies.
So they could bring the country to its knees.
But now we have the G.O.P.
Being liberals in disguise
Feeding us bull and hoping we'll believe...

AMNESTY... for those that we have heard,
Have stolen jobs and broken laws!
AMNESTY... it really is absurd!
McCain must think he's Santa Claus.

We could seal the borders.
We could send them back.
We could have security
and get us back on track.
They could do it right,
Be welcomed in with open arms.
But no...
But no...

You can't be bipartisan
And reach across the aisle.
Unless the so-called parties are distinct.
Now they seem so blended
In word and thought and style.
Can't we get a leader, who is unique?

AMNESTY... give McCain the bird!
Conservatives should dump him fast.
AMNESTY... it really is absurd!
Let's hope this bill it does not pass.

It's the 11th and the terrorists have struck again.  This time in Bombay, India as 7 explosions rocked the metro transit system during the evening commute.

Seven explosions hit Bombay's commuter rail network Tuesday evening during rush hour, ripping apart train compartments, officials said. Indian television reported dozens may have been killed.

Chaos engulfed the crowded rail network in India's financial capital following the blasts, and authorities struggled to determine the number of casualties.

From http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/11/D8IPR50O0.html

This is not a war against just the United States.  It's a war against the entire civilized world.

Like everyone else, I've got to post a "Welcome to my blog!" message.  So WELCOME TO MY BLOG!  I hope you'll stop by regularly and find one man's views on the world around us -- and how liberals are trying to ruin it.

First with the name:

Idiotology (id·i·ot·ol·o·gy).  A branch of knowledge that deals with the study of foolish or stupid people (e.g. liberals).

Pretty much says it all.  I am pretty conservative, in other words, I have common sense.  Which means I may butt heads with even the nicer "conservatives" who break down and want to make peace on issues.  I love intelligent debates, even with those who I disagree with.  One of my best friends keeps the liberal in libertarian, but we can still get along and find common ground.

I've been banned from FreeRepublic.com, which I wear as a badge of honor now.  One of their mod-Nazis decided he didn't like my views and whammo.   At first I was upset, but from what I'm learning FR is becoming the DU of the good guys.

Well, that's it for now.  Look for posts about politics, education (I have two kids), and pretty much anything else the liberals try to get their hands in and mess up.  I also like to parody songs with current events.  No music or vocals, but the lyrics aren't bad if you ask me.

Oh yeah, my claim to fame was a cartoon during the SwiftVets issue of 2004.  I posted it on FR and found out HughHewitt liked it and plastered it on his homepage.  I was thrilled.

I'll include it below for nostalgia sake.  Look for more in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Until next post...
KLK

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We Help The World
(parody of "We Are the World" by Kevin L. Kitchens)

There comes a time,
When we heed a certain call.
When America
Must come together as one.
In Iraq people are dying.
And it's time to lend a hand.
For we are --
The greatest land of all!!!

We can't go on,
Wasting precious days.
Hoping the UN,
somehow will soon make a change.
We are the main force
of earth's military.
And the truth,
our own approval is all we need!!!

We help the world.
We help the children.
We are the ones to make a better way
So let's start giving.
There's a choice we're making --
We're saving the whole world --
It's true,
We'll make a better day -- the USA!

Send in the troops,
So they know that someone cares.
And Iraq will be --
Stronger and Free.
As France has shown us --
Spitting on thousands of our dead.
So we know, with Saddam
they are in bed...

We help the world.
We help the children.
We are the ones to make a better way
So let's start giving.
There's a choice we're making --
We're saving the whole world --
It's true,
We'll make a better day -- the USA!

When you're oppressed and killed
And there seems no hope all all!
Look for the Stars and Stripes,
There's no way they can fall!!!

Now Now Now let us realize
That a change will only come
If the willing
Fight together as one!!!

We help the world.
We help the children.
We are the ones to make a better way
So let's start giving.
There's a choice we're making --
We're saving the whole world --
It's true,
We'll make a better day -- the USA!