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Two Dimensional Thinking

Two Dimensional Thinking

In the movie Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan, Mr. Spock says to Admiral Kirk,

"He is intelligent, but not experienced, his pattern indicated two dimensional thinking"

This perhaps is one of the best descriptions of President Obama, and yet more accurate applies to members of the house and senate. As a former Military Intelligence Analyst as well as a former Crime Analyst, I believe that these elected officials share the traits of not only children, but career criminals as well.

They know what they want, they think of ways to get it, but are oblivious to the consequences of their actions, the key third dimension in any logical thought process is addressing the ramifications of the action in trying to achieve the goal.

They consistently design legislation and regulation perhaps with the best of intentions (questionable in recent years) yet fail to take the time to actually look at what impact their decisions will have. There are real consequences for every decision we make, especially when it is done spur of the moment or in the heat of the moment. Doing something for the sake of doing something usually does not have the desired results, and even if you achieve the desired result, what impact did that decision have on another aspect of your life.

If you decide that you want to reduce your energy bill by installing replacement windows you have some decision to make. Do you have the money to buy low end windows or do you want the most expensive windows in existence? Do your finances allow you to get cheaper windows and pay for them all at once or will you opt for financing. If you go low end will the seals and frame hold together?, if not will you have to expend more money to replace the replacement windows? If you go high end and finance them have you the ability within your existing budget to adjust the monthly payment on them without throwing you closer to the edge of financial ruin.

Most of us face these decisions everyday, and we deliberate the cost/benefit ratios. The problem with our elected officials is that they do not do that, they make wild predictions about currency reserves and deficits based upon unknown circumstances years in advance. The average citizen makes these decisions based upon a projection in weeks, not years.

We know what we want, and we plan on how to achieve it, fewer and fewer families are willing to continue deficit spending in our own lives and circumstance, we need to demand that those in Washington do the same. The things being forced down the throats of the citizens of this country are going to generate a massive case of acid reflux and those who have doled out this swill, regardless of party affiliation are going to be the ones who are regurgitated out of office.

We the people ask that they stop rushing legislation through before it is read by those who are going to have to pay the bills. We demand that this tyrannical exploitation of the common good which is held by all lawful citizens be stopped.

It is time that Two Dimensional Thinking be replaced with dutiful debate and consideration. We have to stop operating in crisis mode, and survey the entire landscape for the most correct path out of the difficulties we are in. We cannot continue to allow those whose primary consideration remains the retention of their power over us to be the driving force in their thought processes. From our Father and Mother, To our Brothers and Sisters, For our Sons and Daughter, we the people deserve better.

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Conservative Declaration

 

Declaration of Conservatism

When in the course of national events, it becomes necessary for like minded people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of themselves, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the cause which compel them to take action in order to preserve that which others have sacrificed to obtain.

These truths are self-evident, that conservatives are created for the betterment of a nation and that they are endowed by their beliefs and reason with certain guiding principals that among these are the individual right to property, and prosperity, to smaller responsible government as well as National Security and Sovereignty. That to protect these principles we thereby preserve the inalienable Rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. We affirm and declare Governments and the employees thereof, either through appointment or election are subservient to the people, not Special Interest Groups or Lobbyists. 

That whenever any segment of Government, or Political Affiliation becomes destructive of these ends, it is the duty of the Conservatives to alter or to abolish it, and to reinstate those core values, which are consistent with the established principals of our nation.

A group of persons not willing to allow their Government to be changed for light and transient causes; who believe that a strong America is best not for ourselves, but for the free world at large. A nation willing to support the ideas of freedom, to confront oppression wherever it exists, to engage it without apology to those oppressors. Now the oppressions which we can see so clearly elsewhere, are somehow invisible to our so-called elected representatives.

In every year we see new Oppressions We have voiced of discontent and have petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. Members of all Political parties have ignored our attempts to be heard. 

We have been mislead and disappointed by political leaders, who have discarded their oaths of office, at the first opportunity to preserve their positions of power and influence.   Politicians whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be a representative of a free people.

We have petitioned them from time to time of attempts by their legislative agenda to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our belief and concerns. We have appealed to their stated principals, who persuaded many to support them, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of reason and reality.

They have assaulted and permitted to be assaulted our houses of worship by word or deed those who commit acts intended to mock, intimidate and humiliate those of faith.

They have enacted or interpreted established laws, which infringe upon the property rights of the citizens in all aspects of commerce, agriculture and domestication. They have appointed Judges who look to abstract ideas and emotions, rather than the Constitution. These judges then make law in direct conflict with their duties.

The have curtailed protected free speech in the name of reform.

They have seized control over aspects of our society for which the government cannot be expected to understand or manage in any successful manner.

They have placed the citizens of the United States subject to international law, while ignoring the founding documents of this nation.

They have hidden behind immunities for which they believe they can continue to chisel away at the rights of the citizen.

We, therefore, the Conservatives of the United States of America, in General Agreement, Declare That We are, and of Right ought; to be the True Voice of Conservatism, regardless of Party Affiliation that we are Absolved from all Allegiance to the National Party Committees, and that all political connection between us and said parties, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free Conservatives We shall decide who is the best Candidate for all elected offices of the United States of America, denouncing the leadership of the National Political Parties, the National Media as well as the Unions, Special Interest Groups and Lobbyists which have displayed open hostility on us and our principals.

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Identity Crisis?

I see across the media, the radio, the writings and the blogoshere an identity crisis.  Although there may be some Republicans who do not know who they are or for what they stand, Conservatives are not weighed down with that particular problem.  But that could change.  We have nationally known people who seem to be wanting to make us feel that somehow we are whats wrong with a particular party, that we are marginalized and therefore we don't have the insight, intellect or in some opinions the right to speak out.  And those are views expressed by the "Smart people".

We founded Conservative Army Gear, USA (CAGUSANET.com) because we do not believe that we should be hidden away. With all due respect to Sean Hannity and others, we are not part of the Conservative Underground, we are not Conservatives in Exile. We are a large portion of this society, which is not militant, not advocates of violence, or hate or intolerance (even when directed against us). We are the silent majority who can ill afford to be silent any longer.

We have stood by and watched our education system fail our children. We have hoped that illegal immigration would be turned back at a secure border. We have prayed that our elected officials would see the immediate needs of the masses, not the special interests, and do the right things. We have been passed by, disappointed and ignored by those who have taken the seats of power in our state and national capitals.

But of the many things we aren’t, there are some which stand in glaring contrast to those who wish to remake our country. We aren’t the ones who shout down opposing views or force speakers from stages, we aren’t revisionist historians who shower praise upon former adversaries while demeaning the contributions of Americans, we aren’t the ones who damage and destroy buildings, vehicles and infrastructure to demonstrate their contempt for our way of life, we aren’t the ones who have a different set of values depending on which audience they are in front of, and we aren’t the ones who invade places of worship in order to make political statements about lifestyles or world crisis.

There is a common bond which runs through hundreds of thousands of households across this nation. Whether you are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, we share innate beliefs which are not limited to morality, independence, self reliance and drive to succeed in what ever we choose to do to either improve our personal circumstance or the betterment of others.

These beliefs and personal truths make us who we are. We are proud to be Americans. We do not shy away from reflecting upon our shortcomings, but we prefer to proclaim the good of this nation and we as a people. We Conservatives are an Army, we are not an underground to be kept in the shadows for fear of being outed as a radical. We are not in exile, we are here, we are now and we are on the march.

What we do, we do for the good of the nation, so that this great experiment may continue to thrive and be to the rest of the world a haven for the oppressed, the opportunity for the enterprising, and the defender against tyranny, dictators and other despots across the globe.

Within each of us, there is this thread, this continuity. Regardless of race, religion, gender, or any other label those who oppose us use to divide, we share the seed of freedom which for most of us was planted in our subconscious at an early age. It is not indoctrination, but rather education of those principals in life which will shape how we see ourselves and our country.

"From our Fathers and Mothers, To our Brothers and Sisters, For our Sons and Daughters" do not be made to feel that you are somehow in an Underground, or in Exile. Get informed, Get Involved and proudly proclaim to all who you encounter that you are part of the Conservative Army, and you are fighting for their rights as well as your own. Don’’t apologize, don’’t cower, and don’’t let anyone tell you that being a conservative makes you anything other than what you know you are.

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