President Obama's
Saturday Morning Radio Address
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Another Perspective:
"Liberty Under God"
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| Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a historic piece of legislation that will open the door to a clean energy economy and a better future for America. |
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| For more than three decades, we have talked about our dependence on foreign oil. And for more than three decades, we have seen that dependence grow. |
There's nothing wrong with "dependence on foreign oil," any more than there's a national tragedy that we're dependent on foreign bananas or foreign coffee.
If there's something wrong with our buying coffee from foreign countries who can grow it much cheaper than up north in the USA, where does the Constitution give the federal government authority to change our buying habits?
As we asked back in March, what makes foreign oil "dangerous?" Does it cause a sludge buildup in the carburetor, unlike safe domestic oil? No, it's dangerous (I assume) because it brings prosperity to governments which are "pro-terrorist." Like Saudi Arabia, recipient of billions of dollars in weapons of mass destruction from the U.S. federal government.
According to the U.S. Dept. of Energy,
The top sources of US crude oil imports for December were Canada (2.033 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.394 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.126 million barrels per day), Venezuela (1.028 million barrels per day), and Nigeria (0.869 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Angola (0.553 million barrels per day), Iraq (0.519 million barrels per day), Ecuador (0.252 million barrels per day), Algeria (0.235 million barrels per day), and Brazil (0.208 million barrels per day).
What's so "dangerous" about getting oil from Canada? From Mexico, Ecuador, or Brazil? Venezuela is ruled by a clinically insane socialist dictator, but how is buying oil from Venezuela "dangerous?" Suppose Obama followed Thomas Jefferson's model and sent Christian missionaries to Venezuela so that the people of that nation would throw off their socialist dictator? Isn't that a better solution than crippling our economy by buying more expensive oil from another "safer" country? Or not being allowed to buy oil at all? |
| We have seen our reliance on fossil fuels jeopardize our national security. We have seen it pollute the air we breathe and endanger our planet. And most of all, we have seen other countries realize a critical truth: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy. |
Pollution caused by fossil fuels has been decreasing every year for decades.
What other countries have realized a critical truth? Who cares what these countries think? |
| Now is the time for the United States of America to realize this too. Now is the time for us to lead. |
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| The energy bill that passed the House will finally create a set of incentives that will spark a clean energy transformation in our economy. It will spur the development of low carbon sources of energy – everything from wind, solar, and geothermal power to safer nuclear energy and cleaner coal. It will spur new energy savings, like the efficient windows and other materials that reduce heating costs in the winter and cooling costs in the summer. And most importantly, it will make possible the creation of millions of new jobs. |
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| Make no mistake: this is a jobs bill. We’re already seeing why this is true in the clean energy investments we’re making through the Recovery Act. In California, 3000 people will be employed to build a new solar plant that will create 1000 permanent jobs. In Michigan, investment in wind turbines and wind technology is expected to create over 2,600 jobs. In Florida, three new solar projects are expected to employ 1400 people. |
Wind and Solar Worth the Investment? Obama says Yes, Experience Says No
Obama and the Alternative Energy Fiasco : The president is wrong to block oil and gas production.
The real goal of "environmentalism" is not to grow the economy and create new industrial and technological jobs. The goal is poverty, which is "natural."
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| The list goes on and on, but the point is this: this legislation will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy. That will lead to the creation of new businesses and entire new industries. And that will lead to American jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced. I have often talked about the need to build a new foundation for economic growth so that we do not return to the endless cycle of bubble and bust that led us to this recession. Clean energy and the jobs it creates will be absolutely critical to this new foundation. |
Wind turbines and solar panels will never provide as much energy as coal, oil, and nuclear energy. They cannot generate the energy needed to transform wilderness into cities and agriculture.
Outsourcing is good.
The "cycle of bubble and bust" is caused by government intervention.
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| This legislation has also been written carefully to address the concerns that many have expressed in the past. Instead of increasing the deficit, it is paid for by the polluters who currently emit dangerous carbon emissions. It provides assistance to businesses and families as they make the gradual transition to clean energy technologies. It gives rural communities and farmers the opportunity to participate in climate solutions and generate new income. And above all, it will protect consumers from the costs of this transition, so that in a decade, the price to the average American will be just about a postage stamp a day. |
Trees breathe in "carbon emissions." They breathe out oxygen for humans and animals. The claim that carbon emissions are "dangerous" is unproven and wildly controversial. Why should government simply issue a law deciding the issue?
In a Free Market there are no "costs" to "transitions." There was no "cost" to make the transition from horse-and-buggy to automobile. There were only savings and benefits. This was the reason that people freely chose to make the transition. Government-imposed transitions are always costly.
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| Because this legislation is so balanced and sensible, it has already attracted a remarkable coalition of consumer and environmental groups; labor and business leaders; Democrats and Republicans. And I want to thank every Member of Congress who put politics aside to support this bill on Friday. |
...and put science, human freedom, and industrial technology aside. |
| Now my call to every Senator, as well as to every American, is this: We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don’t believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth. It’s just not true. |
Economic growth depends on energy. The question is simple: can solar panels and wind turbines generate as many kilowatts of energy and coal, oil, or nuclear power? The answer is NO. That is why people don't invest in solar panels and wind turbines unless there's a government subsidy. |
| We have been talking about energy for decades. But there is no longer a disagreement over whether our dependence on foreign oil is endangering our security. It is. There is no longer a debate about whether carbon pollution is placing our planet in jeopardy. It’s happening. And there is no longer a question about whether the jobs and industries of the 21st century will be centered around clean, renewable energy. The question is, which country will create these jobs and these industries? I want that answer to be the United States of America. And I believe that the American people and the men and women they sent to Congress share that view. So I want to congratulate the House for passing this bill, and I want to urge the Senate to take this opportunity to come together
and meet our obligations – to our constituents, to our children, to God’s creation, and to future generations. |
There is a disagreement, and a long history of this pointless quest.
There is a debate about carbon "pollution."
U.S.A. = "the government," or the American people acting and trading freely?
More on energy.
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| Thanks for listening. |
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Kevin Craig's Platform:
Restoring America's Greatness by
Celebrating Christmas all year long
The Message of Christmas and the Principles set forth by the Christ (the Messiah) who came that first Christmas are the real solution to America's problems. The Federal Government is at war with Christmas and "The Way of Peace" announced by the Prince of Peace.
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- John 1:1-18 - The Incarnation
- The Word became flesh. The Creator of the universe becomes a human being. He came to His own, but His own did not receive Him, preferring darkness rather than light.
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"The State is God walking on Earth"
The 2 parties are cooperating rival sects in the world's most powerful religious cult.
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- Luke 1:1-4
- Eyewitnesses of the Messiah recorded their testimony. Co-Founder of the Harvard Law School says their testimony would prove the resurrection in any court of law in America, at one time a Christian nation.
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No longer a Christian nation, American courts routinely release the guilty and condemn the innocent. |
- Matthew 1:1-17
- Jesus was a descendant of King David.
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Obama is a distant cousin of both Dick Cheney and George Bush
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
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- Luke 3:23-38
- Jesus was a descendant of Abraham.
All those who submit to Jesus as the Messiah (the rightful king of the earth) inherit the promises made to Abraham
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Those who reject the Messiah do not inherit the promises made to Abraham, even though Bush defends their right to do so. |
- Luke 1:5-25
- John the Baptist prepares the way for the Messiah, as prophesied of Elijah.
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As you read the Gospel accounts, ask yourself how you would react if you knew these accounts were really true. Not just true in some "religious" sense, but reported in the New York Times, proven in a court of law, or acknowledged by your personal hero. (How do you know something is true? Do you even have any "heroes?") How should you change your life if your Creator became a human being? How should Washington D.C. react if this human being claimed to be the true Ruler? |
- Luke 1:26-38
- The Angel Gabriel announces the conception of the Messiah, who will be given the throne of David.
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- Luke 1:39-45
- The unborn John recognizes the mother of the Messiah.
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Bush-Obama would chop the unborn John and the unborn Jesus into stem cells for "medical research." |
- Luke 1:46-56 - "The Magnificat"
- “He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.” Luke 1:51
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The Bush Administration is filled with the power-hungry, who commit adultery in reality or in fantasy. |
- Luke 1:67-80
- Zacharias, John the Baptist's father, prophecies the birth of Jesus the anti-king.
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The expectations of Zacharias are 180° opposite those of the Bush-Obama Administration. |
- Matthew 1:18-25
- Joseph told about the Incarnation.
"Jesus" means "salvation"
"Immanuel" means "God with us"
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The Bush Administration thinks it brings salvation.
Obama thinks he is Immanuel.
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- Luke 2:1-7
- The Prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Jesus' parents lived in Nazereth. Therefore God predestined Caesar to issue a decree (probably relating to taxes) that would bring Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem before Jesus was born.
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Bush claims the same global power of confiscation and migration as Caesar did. Thousands of Christians have been forced to move out of Iraq to make way for Bush's Islamic Theocracy. |
- Luke 2:8-14
- An army of angels announces the birth of the Messiah, saying,
“Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace to those with whom He is pleased!”
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Man's chief end is to glorify God and live in peace. The Bush Administration's chief end is to erect a "wall of separation" between God and government so that the State gives no glory to God, and to wage war, thereby "stimulating the economy." |
- Luke 2:15-20
- “Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.”
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Washington D.C. isn't listening. |
- Luke 2:22-24
- Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem to obey Leviticus 12:8, which suggests that they were not rich.
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Washington politicians are among the richest and most financially secure people in America. |
- Luke 2:36-38
- Anna the Prophetess is another well-known Godly person who acknowledges that Jesus is the Child promised by the prophets.
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Where is the Anna of our day who tells us we can trust Washington D.C. to bring salvation? |
- Matthew 2:1-8
- "Wise men from the East" knew of Micah's prophecy that the King of the Jews would be born in Bethlehem.
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Are there any wise men around the world who place their confidence in George Bush, Henry Paulson, Paul Krugman, or Barack Obama? |
- Matthew 2:9-12
- The kings from the east present the Messiah with "gold, frankincense, and myrrh."
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Rather than bestowing wealth on the King, Obama-Bush confiscates the wealth of others. |
- Matthew 2:13-18
- When Herod got word of the birth of a rival king, he behaved in a perfectly logical way (for someone who wants to protect his power): he massacred all male babies the age of Jesus. Herod recognized that Jesus was a threat to Herod's power.
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Every day in America 4,000 unborn babies are murdered. These babies must threaten something.
Millions of Americans who call themselves Christians, on the other hand, are no threat to tyranny. None of them are being killed. Bush has killed a thousand times more human beings than Herod did, and confiscated a billion times more wealth than Herod did.
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The Republican Party Radio Address:
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Response of the Republican Party
Saturday Morning Radio Address |
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 |
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| In the Republican Radio Address, Ohio Congressman John Boehner, House Republican leader, criticizes Obama's Energy and Healthcare fascism. |
Over the years, Republicans have voted for more government as often as Democrats have. When Republicans are out of power, they criticize the Democrats' use of power. When they are in power, they act like Democrats. Actions speak louder than words. |
| I’m John Boehner, House Republican leader. When I’m home in Ohio, I get an earful about the crushing debt Washington Democrats are running up. The president and Democrats in Congress claim this spending binge is necessary to put Americans back to work. |
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| They promised unemployment would not rise above 8% if their trillion-dollar "stimulus" was passed. But our nation has lost nearly 3 million jobs this year. Unemployment has soared above 9%. And now the president admits that unemployment will soon reach double-digits. After all of this spending, after all of this borrowing from China, the Middle East, our children, and our grandchildren, where are the jobs? |
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| It’s about to get worse for middle-class families and small businesses. Democrats are pushing a government takeover of our healthcare system that will cost at least a trillion dollars. |
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| The president has repeatedly claimed that Americans will be able to keep their doctors under the Democrats’ plan, but the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports that at least 23 million Americans would lose their current health coverage and their doctors. |
"Yeah, but health care should be free." |
| Another independent report projects that nearly 100 million Americans may be forced onto government rolls. |
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| Our nation could lose an additional 4.7 million jobs under the Democrats’ healthcare proposal, based on analysis developed by White House chief economic advisor, Dr. Christina Romer. |
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| And 1 million small-business jobs would be lost because of the Democrats’ costly mandates. |
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| Small businesses are the engine of our economy. We should help them weather the storm and create jobs. This would be a real stimulus, but Washington hasn’t tried it yet. Republicans have offered a plan that encourages investment and allows families and small businesses to keep more of what they earn to help get our economy moving again -- a real stimulus plan. |
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| On healthcare, we’ve put forward a better alternative that will reduce costs, expand access, and increase the quality of care in a way Americans can afford -- without new taxes, costly mandates, or a government takeover that puts bureaucrats in charge of medical decisions that should be made by doctors and patients. |
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| This week, the president and Democrats on Capitol Hill continued their push for Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax. By imposing a tax on every American who drives a car or flips on a light switch, this plan will drive up the prices for food, gasoline and electricity. |
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| Even President Obama has said that energy prices will -- quote -- "skyrocket" -- and its consequences will be especially severe in rural communities across our country. The Democrats’ bill will also ship millions of jobs to competitors like China and India. A recent study estimated it will cost us between 2.3 and 2.7 million jobs every year. |
"Yeah, but Obama can prevent global warming." |
| We should be creating American jobs -- not destroying them. That’s why House Republicans have proposed a better way: an "all-of-the-above" strategy to clean up the environment, lower energy costs, and create more jobs. Our plan will increase environmentally safe energy production; promote the use of alternative fuels, such as nuclear, clean-coal, and renewable energy technologies; and encourage increased efficiency. |
It is not the federal government's job to "promote" a particular product. Americans have never needed government to force them to greater "efficiency." |
| Republicans are offering common-sense solutions that will make a real difference in creating jobs, making healthcare more affordable, and promoting a cleaner, healthier environment, and reducing energy costs. We hope our Democrat colleagues will abandon their failed go-it-alone approach and work with us to make these reforms a reality. Thanks for listening. |
Obama promises salvation and something-for-nothing. Boehner offers "studies," analyses, and "reports."
Obama will win that debate in the minds of most government-educated Americans.
The issue is idolatry.
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What Would America's Founding Fathers Do?
The men who threw tea into the Boston Harbor over a tax of 3 pence per pound would not be happy with a tax ten times greater on every gallon of gas. Those who took up muskets over a total tax burden of less than 3% would not be happy with the fact that the federal government now takes more than half of everything you earn.
Today it is illegal for public school teachers to teach their students that the Declaration of Independence is really true (and not just an outdated historical document). The federal government is clearly at war with everything the Founding Fathers stood for.
America's greatest Americans would abolish today's federal government.
Muskets are Not an Option
There are two reasons why we should not take up arms to pull off the violent overthrow of the federal government, even if America's Founders would surely do so. First, the feds have nukes. Second, violent revolution is unChristian and unBiblical. We must beat our swords into plowshares and use persuasion to abolish tyranny. This is time for a revolution of ideas.
Revolution Won't Come in a Day
John Adams once wrote that the American Revolution began in 1761, when Massachusetts attorney James Otis began legal challenges to the Writs of Assistance. He lost the case, but "American independence," Adams wrote, "was then and there born." Now do the math. That means it took 15 years to convince the rest of America to declare Independence (1776). Then another seven years of war was required before a Peace Treaty was signed (1783), and
then six years before the Constitution was finally ratified (1789). That's almost 30 years. (And Jefferson said we shouldn't go 20 years without another rebellion!) How can we hope to convince Americans to fight for principles they were never taught in government schools? We need to be in this battle for the long term. "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty."
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Help End the Mexican Civil War
Black-market profits caused by drug prohibition fund a civil war in Mexico that's threatening to spill over our borders. Drug profits also fuel the terrorists who are killing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. It's time to dry up the black-market profits. It's time to end drug prohibition.
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Make Congress Read Their Bills Before Voting
Make Congress read every word of every bill they create before they vote on it.
Urge your Representative and your Senators to sponsor DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA). |
End the FED
The Federal Reserve System constantly inflates and deflates the supply of money and credit, causing booms and busts. It's time to get off this roller-coaster. It's time to end the Fed.
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No Bailouts!
No government money, whether borrowed or taxed, should ever be used to bailout private financial interests. If you agree, please send Congress a message telling them so. |
TWIC - A Backdoor Real ID Card
Real ID is dying. But the Department of Homeland Security has a new plan to subject every American to a national ID card anyway. They plan to pick off one occupational field at a time, starting with the maritime industry. One man is fighting back. Meet him, and help stop this backdoor Real ID plan.
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Stop the Killer Horse Hormones
The FDA "outlawed" the use of Estriol, an estrogen medication that's bio-identical to human estrogen. Doctors must now prescribe animal-derived estrogen instead. Are bio-identical hormones dangerous, while animal-derived hormones are safe? No. The practice of medicine is moving to chemically identical to human hormones and away from animal hormones. Learn why the FDA decided to endanger women's health in this way, and take action. |
End Asset Forfeiture
If the government suspects you used your house or car in a crime, they can take it and sell it at auction. They don't even have to prove your guilt. They call this practice civil asset forfeiture, but it's really theft. It violates the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 14th Amendments. It also encourages law enforcement to put profits before justice. Tell Congress to end civil asset forfeiture.
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Support an Iraq Referendum
Americans keep debating when, how, or if to leave Iraq. Maybe we should ask the Iraqi people what they want. After all, it's their country. Tell Congress to request that the Iraqi government hold a public referendum on the U.S. occupation. Learn more »
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"Cap and Trade" is not the way
The politicians seem to be unifying around "cap and trade" as a way to cut CO2 emissions. If they take this step it may be the largest increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of government since the creation of Medicare. Worse still, it may not even achieve its purpose. Please tell Congress to oppose "cap and trade." Learn more »
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Iraq Waste
Big government prospers through failure. Each new failure is used to justify more spending and new powers. Wasteful spending in Iraq is the latest example. One way to change this is to hold government accountable. A new bill in Congress seeks to provide some of the needed accountability. Please support it. Learn more »
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Stop the War for Terror
U.S. policy has inflamed the Middle East. It has made terrorism more likely rather than less. We seem to be fighting a war for terror, rather than on terror. This policy must stop. The place to start stopping is with Iran. We must not attack Iran. War with Iran would devastate our economy, disrupt world oil supplies, and recruit more terrorists. Click here to stop this war before it starts.
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