BORDER WALLS WORK BOTH WAYS

Our government is building a wall along the border with Mexico to keep illegal aliens out. Many Americans are happy about that and think it's about time.

But wait. Maybe the fence will keep us in when we want out. We live in a republic which has evolved into a democracy. (Plato said, "Democracies become despotisms.") The nation is looking more and more like an empire as we station soldiers in 120 countries, we go to war without asking the people's representatives for permission, the press is managed, the national debt is at least $10,000,000,000,000, terrorists are targeting us everywhere, the economy is in a dither, China has claims on the century, oil is headed for the stars while real estate sinks below sea level, our government pays corporations to move overseas, the soil is depleted of nutrients, businesses outsource white collar jobs, you have to press a button to use the English language, the currency you earn is the laughing stock of the world, and a good cookie costs ninety-five cents. Not only that, the government lies to us. What if they're lying about the border fence and plan to use it to keep us in, instead of aliens out?

It's all so simple.

NOBODY VOTED FOR WASHINGTON

Do you hear about anything else these days? The candidates, the polls, the questionable friends of the candidates, the debates, the gender factor, the race factor, the geezer factor, hope, and change make the headlines.

All of this could have been averted if we would only adhere to the Constitution. Our first six presidents were chosen the legal way (by the Constitution) until the bullying political parties seized the election structure and changed the procedure - in extra-legal fashion.

The first six presidents were probably our best, and they were chosen by electors chosen by the state legislatures. Can you top Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams? Send me a list of six better chief executives. I need a good chuckle.

It's all so simple.

THE DEBATE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

Three months before The Decider unleashed his attack on Iraq, Saddam was interviewed by Dan Rather of CBS. At the conclusion of the discussion, Saddam challenged President George W. Bush to a debate to be broadcast all over the world. Saddam said a debate "might stop a war."

The mad but naive operator of the human shredding machine (never found) and producer of countless stockpiles of WMD (never found) could not have imagined how soon his two sons and a 14-year-old grandson would die in a hail of "Coalition" gunfire in their bedroom. Then, Saddam himself was tried and executed for something, I forget what. Oh, I think he ordered violence against his enemies who were trying to overthrow the government.

President Bush did not dignify the challenge to debate with an answer, and the war drums pounded louder and louder.

Saddam had been a CIA operative, you know, so he had plenty to say but no one to tell. Hey, that's probably why Bush wouldn't debate him. While vice president of Iraq, Saddam rounded up and delivered suspected Communists to the CIA office in Baghdad for enhanced interrogations. Bush might have had to wrestle with the strange fact in a face-to-face meeting.

Wouldn't it be a good idea for all "enemies" to debate in public before attacking each other?

The world should have demanded a debate instead of a shooting war. A Bush-Saddam debate might have resulted in a cheaper settlement of the dispute with thousands of people still breathing. Alive & Well beats Shock & Awe..


It's all so simple.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

The term "nanny state" is a familar one that applies in many circumstances when the government assumes the protection function for irresponsible individuals, corporations and organizations.

Most Americans want the government to keep the airlines safe, but a man named Ron Paul insists that it's up to the airlines to provide safe flights. What a concept. Mr. Paul is on target, as usual.

The principle is violated throughout our society.

On a tiny scale, who is responsible for providing clean shopping carts in the supermarkets? Well, the companies, of course. But major chains delegate the task to their customers and offer a paper cloth for them to use.

See here, Mr. Groceryman, don't present me with a dirty, germ-infested cart in which to load my food. I deserve a clean cart, I demand one. I'm not going to be a shopping-cart-cleaner-upper volunteer.

Listen to me or I'll send my lawyer grandson after you and you'll have to give me free groceries for the rest of my life.


It's all so simple.

STIMULUS MONEY FROM UNCLE SAM

President Bush says free money is on the way. Don't laugh when you pocket the fresh capital from the government, because the joke is on you. The treasury is empty - new dollars were printed for the project - and the increased amount of currency in circulation is inflation that cheapens the value of our money. This will cause rising prices. Inflate the currency and you raise prices, just as surely as power corrupts.

Of course the economy will get a boost, as will prices and future taxes. Short term joy; long term misery.

It's all so simple.

ECONOMICS IS PRIME INTEREST

The fiscal news hasn't been cheery. The most popular cocktail in Paris is "America On The Rocks." Last Wednesday - September 19, 2007 - the "Reckless Speculators Relief Act" was passed by the central bank (Federal Reserve.) The Fed bailed out high-risk investors and their creditors, instead of letting them jump out of windows.

The half point rate drop was a surprise which caused dancing in the street (Wall) and a record jump in stock prices. Others were ecstatic: capitalist predators, market gamblers, dumb bankers and too-clever bankers. Only the man in the street (Main) is at a loss to know what happened.

The song, "Don't Know Much About History," should have been written about economics, because what you don't know will hurt you. Fiscal ignorance prevails in academia, government and the media. The economic price is so high that it makes life difficult.

We're skating in the middle of a lake on very thin ice. The national debt- which President Franklin Roosevelt said didn't matter because "We owe it to ourselves" - is said by Rush Limbaugh to be inconsequential in this booming economy. "We'll grow out of the debt," Rush claims.

Tell it to the Arabs and the Asians who hold about half of our $9 trillion debt and are tiring of Bush's dollar-cheapening tactics. They don't want junk currency returns on the bonds they purchased. The Euro is a much more stable currency for investors, and it's partially backed by gold. Can you believe it?

This reminds me of when France's President Giscard d'Estaing met with President Gerald Ford. He asked, "Why do you cheapen your own currency?" Ford's answer escapes me, maybe because there was none.

The U.S. Constitution dictates that Congress control the money supply, but politicians gave it away to a very unfederal reserve banking group of private bankers! If this crime is to be undone, we must hurry to beat the collapse of the dollar.


IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.

A NATION DIVIDED

Even if you don't know much about history, you know that Bush's America is a house divided against itself. "You're either with us or you're against us." The major issue forcing us to choose sides is the war/occupation of Iraq. People supporting wars are called patriots, the others are anti-Americans.

Conservatives good; liberals bad. Hate is fine; tolerance is disgusting. Fear helps the cause; lack of fear shows ignorance. Christian nation for sure; diversity never. Media lies; presidents tell the truth. Authority is always right; challenging is left (wrong.)

We might as well break into two nations - warmongers on the east of the Mississippi River and appeasers on the west side. You're thinking: "They'll go to war with each other." Maybe, but at least we'd avoid a civil war. Those can be ugly.

Are you East or West? You'll have to decide soon.

Meanwhile, Islamo-fascists have to be eradicated. I mean, they strap bombs on their kids and send them to the store. They hate us for our freedom. And don't forget the 72 virgins.

Now go take on the day.


IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.

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PLEASE DON'T FEED THE SNOWBIRDS

Thousands of Snowbirds are packing up and ready to hit the road for our Dixie. Las Vegas can have its tourists, and we have those. But we also have live-in tourists who stay for half a year. These Earth Angels, cheaply referred to as Snowbirds, are part-time citizens of St. George and surrounding communities. They do enrich our lives, we must learn to appreciate that.

But don't give them food - you might make them sick. Nature provides for them.

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HE'S BACK

Ron Paul is no newcomer to liberty. He might have lived before as Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine or Patrick Henry. (Ronald Reagan claimed to have been the latter, so that's taken.) Choose between the Toms. Congressman Paul didn't get this good in our time, he was tempered by the fires of the past.

Every generation, we the people are given a chance to change the course of human events for the better. We let William Jennings Bryan, Robert Taft and Barry Goldwater get away.

The Ron Paul Revolution will succeed only with help from people in every community across the land. The War Party leaders will be obstacles to overcome. The media will be unfavorable to Paul. Establishment types who fear change will vote for one of the lookalikes. Nobody likes Ron Paul except the people.

This is an extraordinary opportunity for liberty lovers, Constitutionalists and good people.

Support a real Republican for a change.


IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.

IT'S A FALSE ECONOMY, SENATOR BENNETT

Utah's other senator is out there painting a pretty face on the nation's economy. He sees and foresees nothing but roses if President Bush's policies prevail. Bennett revels in the tiny unemployment figures, the usually ascending stock market casino numbers, and who knows what else?

But what about our exported factories, the outsourcing of good jobs, the record low wages paid to workers, the sub prime lending circus, the part-time situation in a large segment of the jobs, the recklessly ignored problem of trade deficits, the incredible national debt, and corporate domination of markets?

Corporate earnings are often enhanced by the very factors which do harm to the economy.

While Senator Bennett blows his horn, we hear David Welker, the head of the Government Accounting Office, playing a different tune. Welker warns of impending doom if we continue our anti-economy ways. The $9 trillion national debt is dragging us down, and he foresees a national debt of $40 trillion within the next few decades. You know we'll feel the pain long before that.

Presidents Franklin Deficit Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush understood how deficit spending gives the economy a jolt. But the results are neither real nor lasting. It's about like passing out cash to bidders at an auction. The action increases and people get excited, but the medium of exchange diminishes in value, and there we go again. Inflation, inflation, inflation.

IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.

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Serious Fun:

Presidential candidate Edwards wants us to go to the doctor once a year. He must be getting contributions from big pharma and big doctor.

Senator Craig announced that he would resign, but he didn't promise, did he? Take this as entertainment. We miss Mark Foley, Gary Hart, Bob Livingstone, Newt Gingrich, and Slick Willie. Scary Larry will have to do until a better scandal comes along.

ON A CLEAR DAY, YOU CAN SEE THE OIL FLOW OUT OF IRAQ

Mainstream thinkers are in a vulnerable position. Those who think inside the box often have the lid closed on them, and they find themselves trapped, separated from the truth.

Most of the truth seekers trying to see through the rush to war on Iraq doubted those who protested with: NO BLOOD FOR OIL. They could not accept the oil motive as valid. Let them now lift the lids on their boxes and read the daily newspapers.

The Bush administration has been displaying frustration over the slow progress by our puppet government in Iraq. Our State Department helped write the proposed oil law months ago, but Iraq's parliament has yet to approve it. The law was drafted in secrecy, of course, but now the lights are on. The provisions of the law will enable Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and British Petrol to control royalties, decide production levels and choose who is employed in the oil fields. About 70% of Iraq's oil will be stolen, if we dare use such a characterization.

Reporters for foreign publications have been predicting a major insurrection will erupt when the oil heist becomes an official mandate. The Iraqi people have been possessive about their oil ever since Saddam kicked out the British, Dutch and American oil companies more than 30 years ago.

President Bush was in Iraq yesterday. Your morning paper reported that he said, "Now's the time to get these laws passed."

You'd forgotten WMDs anyway, so just remember oil.

IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.

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Terms to remember for the exam: slam dunk, shock and awe, cut and run, stay the course, rendition, waterboarding, IED, coalition, bring 'em on, no fly zone, dancing in the streets, surge, mission accomplished, and they'll follow us home.

WILL BUSH BOMB WAL-MART?

Rumors circulating in the hallways in the Pentagon suggest an impending military strike on a new Wal-Mart Supercenter in central Minnesota. This is to prevent the devastation of yet another community.

White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters this morning, "We have to stop it sometime. If not now, when: if not us, who? We've stood by and watched the slave labor products from Communist China get into American homes by way of Wal-Mart. No more.

We watched in horror as the big box monster purchased secret life insurance ("Dead Peasant Policies) on select employees as a source of additional revenue. No, to unethical practices.

Americans have seen community after community suffer an average net loss of 65 jobs when Wal-Mart came to town. No, to unemployment.

We listened as Wal-Mart officials claimed a person can save $2,200 per year by shopping their store. No more whoppers.

Wal-Mart must cease and desist criminal operations. If this does not happen, The Decider will decide when to launch Shock & Awe with the cruise missiles, smart bombs, cluster bombs and bunker buster bombs against the giant retailer. Call it Operation Free Shoppers.

Let's roll."

JUNKET

THINKING POSTPONED FOR FACT-FINDING, TRADE MISSION TO MINNESOTA.

THE CHINA CONNECTION

Call it a trade mission, it's still a junket. Utah legislators visiting China loosely and vaguely define their trip as one to increase trade between the filthy Communist slave pen with the glorious and moral state of Utah. Actually, it's not our Utah, it's some corporations in Utah. In an ideal republic, business concerns would do their own promoting. But in this modern world, if they can finagle our government to take the time and trouble - and taxpayers' money - to help in making sales, they'll take it.

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Mini Thoughts

* Wouldn't it be wonderful? I mean, if Senator Hatch started an amendment to the Constitution to delete a president's right to commute sentences and pardon convicted felons? We have amendments that make less sense. The framers of the law of the land probably had a lapse of reasoning when they wrote in the right of presidential reprieves.

* They shoot gamblers, don't they? (Excuse me: gamers.) A Vegas resident tried to kill himself on the fourth of July, but he missed. Two days later, he opened fire at gamers in the New York New York Casino. His five victims are alive.

* Now the City of St. George and Color Country Community Housing with the Dixie Area Workforce Housing Affordability Committee - DAWHAC - (please keep reading) is handing out down payment money to folks who might otherwise have to wait to buy a home. America's Founding Fathers told us not to monkey with free enterprise and the market place. Alan Gardner, Chairman of DAWHAC, and his government cronies think they know better.

* What will the city get into next? Well, we don't have a space needle here. That would make a for a lot of jobs - most likely for aliens. The politicians must spend, spend, spend the taxpayers" money. It's Law #4, human nature.

EVEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS WANT WAR NO MORE

See how they cut and run. They voted for war, supported it, cussed the peaceniks, and now they see the light long after the public opposition becomes loud. Our leaders misled us. Senators Domenici, Lugar and others were too slow to show. The people had to lead them, and that's not the way it's supposed to work.

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Idle Thoughts

* Do the missing WMD bother you and cause you to lose sleep at night? Me, too. But with me it isn't the mustard gas, germs, or anthrax so much as that damn People Shredder. What happened to that? Did the Russian 18-wheelers drop it off in Syria with the rest of the "100 metric tons" (Rummy's calculation) of destruction. Strange, the way that scary contraption disappeared. Did they look behind the anthrax cartons?

* Too bad Putin wasn't born here. He'd make a good U.S. president. The ex-KGB man knows all of our secrets, plus Russia's. And he appears to think before he speaks. (Always a good sign.)

* Is the actor Fred Thompson running or not? Maybe he's waiting for the rumors about him to sort out. They say he has skeletons in his dressing room. The mean stories (sexcapades) indicate he'd make Bill Clinton look unimpeachable. Here we go again.

* A black church in rural Louisiana pays white folks $5 to worship there. The offer has had many takers. Many of the whites leave happy without accepting the five bucks, even though it's like pennies from heaven.

Help Wanted

Strong man to govern Iraq after Coalition Forces leave. Must be able to keep Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds from fussing with each other. A little tyranny might be necessary. Good pay. Excellent fringe benefits. CIA assistance as needed. (No oil considerations involved.) Coup experience helpful. Call Karl Rove.

TALK RADIO MYTHOLOGIES

With the shining exception of a principled Southern Utah radio talk host, most of the babblers on the air spew myths all day everyday. Mythology Network tells half-truths most of the time but slip in some real whoppers occasionally. Perhaps the slickest legend they (Rush, Sean, Glenn, Ollie, Rusty, Michael S., Michael R., Roger, Mark) are selling is the idea that only their kind can make it in talk radio because the public won't buy anything else.

What would that say about the listening radio public? Isn't it more likely that Rush started the style and the others are copy cats? The pattern is set, and the sponsors fall in line. Notice that the same corporations sponsor most of them.

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Blips

* Albert Gore III turns out to be an inconvenient truth for the former vice president. A son can tarnish a father's reputation. But big Al isn't running anyway, right?

* Ron Paul will pull it off. He's the next White House occupant although no one can see how yet.

* The third party route might do well if Ronnie, The Second, can find a solid vice presidential candidate such as Governor Bill Richardson. Remember: you read it here first.

* Mitt is still being Mitt. That means, all things to all people. This works. Most modern presidents were elected using that strategy. Don't worry about Mitt. Not if he loses. Worry if he wins.

* Did someone say money? Common Sense lists the following billionaires and millionaires who receive farm subsidies from the federal government because they own farms and ranches. Are you seated? They are: David Rockefeller, Bob Dole, Charles Schwab, Scotty Pippen, Ted Turner, and Sam Donaldson.

Overheard

At Slippery Slope Saloon: "When they build the new airport, this town will take off."

At the Only The Lonely lounge: "They'd better install stop lights at the roundabout in Bloomington before somebody gets hurt."

SCOOTER SKATES

Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the top Cheney aide convicted of perjury and sentenced to 30 months in prison, won't have to write that tell-all book now that our president committed one of the foulest acts prescribed by the not-quite-perfect writers of the Constitution. Bush used his presidential powers to commute the perjurer's punishment.

The Dixie Thinker predicted it here back on June 2. A stay in prison offers too much time to write and remember and seethe and embellish (not that he has to do the latter.) Bush can't handle another Paul O'Neil, Richard Clarke or George Tenet singing out of tune. I mean, The Decider's approval rating might go below zero.

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Short Stuff


* The population of the nation of Israel comprises only .001 % of the world's people, but it has the fifth mightiest military force on Earth. That includes nuclear warheads.

* The reign of terror raining on the British people is believed to be connected to "the network." The terrorists were supposed to follow the Brits home, but the soldiers haven't even left Iraq.
So much for that line.

* Is there no decent muckraking news guy or gal in this country who will address the depleted uranium situation? This is tragic, on-going and unacceptable. The Pentagon is in the middle of it, and many leaders are purposely looking the other way. DU maims and kills, quickly and slowly.

* DU and oil are the two unmentionables in Iraq.

THE MEDIA IS BIASED, BUT WHICH WAY?

The War People harp and moan about the news outlets being against the war, wanting us to lose and favoring a cut-and-run policy.

'Wait just a durn minute" on that one. The war stories emanating from Iraq for the past four years have come from reporters embedded with the troops. Each news man or woman has signed a contract with the government requiring them to "follow the direction and orders of the military." Their reports are censored.

The media folks were lax in demanding proof about the WMD threat leading up to Shock & Awe. They were complicit in the false call to war.

Let's not forget the days before the war when the UN weapons inspectors were removed from Iraq by order of the UN. According to Fairness Accuracy in Reporting, the UN action was clearly reported by NBC, ABC, Associated Press, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsday in 1998. Four years later, every one of those sources reported that Saddam had forced the inspectors out.

Did they forget their own reporting or did they consciously assist the propaganda of the government, and rewrite history to support the Bush administration's war?

Yes, there is a problem finding the truth, but it's not what the War People say.

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Shorties

* Russia's Putin is visiting the Bushes in Maine. It's sort of a KGB/CIA get together.

* Mysterious bomb attempts in London will change the course of the so called "war on terror,"
depending on the information learned.

* More money to the schools in Utah! Now we'll see if throwing money at a problem helps in the solution. In this case, we're betting it does.

* Did you see pictures of that 600-feet-long tunnel from a house in Mexico to a house in Arizona? Just another job no American would do. They should keep it open in case we have to get out of here someday.

TOP OFFICIALS ARE ABOVE THE LAW

It's true. The president and vice president need only to invoke the old "national security" defense for refusing to let the sun shine in. Before that one, they're trying "executive privilege," which works almost as well. Once again, Congress demands information that Cheney and Bush refuse to divulge.

Too much power is concentrated at the top in this modern day. When America began, The Articles of Confederation had no king, prime minister or president. The articles were working quite well, but the central government control freaks convinced the convention delegates (who were gathered to consider amending certain of the articles) to write a new law of the land.

They gave us an executive branch. We've learned that with power, you get abuse of power. King George is back.

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Short Stuff

* The CIA probably invented outsourcing. They hired the Mafia to murder Castro........or is that just subcontracting?

* The defeat of the secretly-drafted immigration reform bill seems to have left an aftermath of doubt. "Now what?," is in the air. The important thing is to keep this fight civil, no violence.

* Yesterday, President Bush said, "The Good Lord will one day take Fidel Castro away." I guess this means we've given up. We tried to do God's work and failed.

* Pray for rain.

ALIEN SITUATION: STATUS QUO?

The illegal immigration reform bill was defeated in the Senate today. It's toast. This means that the more things stay the same, the more things stay the same. (Or does it?)

One detectable change is developing as a result of recent government raids on businesses hiring aliens and from public sentiment against these employers. We are beginning to see unemployed aliens. That's quite a rare sight. This presents a tremendous internal problem for America - a humanitarian one. But it's likely to slow the flow of illegal immigration.

The alien joblessness is caused not only by public pressure, but also from the real estate slowdown. Property values are actually nosediving and developers are waiting for a better time to get busy on projects. Those construction jobs could be years away.

How many millions of Mexicans will think about staying in Mexico or returning there?

It looks like the public will get what it wanted.