9-12, Obamacare, and national defense.

I had the good fortune to hobnob with all those strange people who attended the Fort Worth 9-12 celebration and march. They are indeed a strange bunch. They want all those things that epitomize good government: fiscal responsilitlity, limited intrusion into their lives, strong national defense, control of immigration, and basically a return to the vision of our founders - a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. They want to give a heave ho to the hokum about the constitution being a living document. It's not.

The 9-12 attendees were all pretty well mannered, run-of-the-mill folks. They represented most segments of our society. They have a common distrust for politicians of both major parties. Many are newcomers to the political scene but all are bent on going to the polls in future elections and making their voices heard. They sound and act like real Americans.

There were a lot of people downtown for the 9-12 march. The Star-Telegram estimated "over a thousand." The march organizers felt it was closer to 25,000. I don't really know but there were a bunch more than 1000 and I don't know why the media insists on minimizing the numbers and conduct when it comes to groups with a conservative bent. The same was true in Washington DC. Somebody said 60,000. Looking at the photos, it must have been over a million.

President Obama gave a speech to the joint houses of congress and as everyone is aware, Congressman Joe Wilson called Obama a liar over the health care provisions regarding illegals. Wilson was wrong in the fact that there is no provision in the house bill for giving health care to illegals. Wilson was right in the fact that provisions to enforce denial of health care to illegals were voted down by Democrats (twice).

Wilson violated the rules of the House and was rebuked. But what of the President's constant referral to his bill and what was in it? No-one has seen the Obama bill. We know what is in the House bill since it has been the only one available to the public. It is difficult to understand what's in the House bill but the Obama bill is a disingenuous charade and we certainly don't know whether any of Obama's provisions will make the final legislation let alone what all the provisions might be.

In a stunning move to weaken this country's national defense, President Obama pulled the anti-ballistic missile system off the table. Bad news for the Czech Republic and Poland, both of which had defied Russia to support the US system. Good news for Russia, Iran, and any terrorist state bent on dominating or destroying the US. To add insult to injury, Obama made the announcement on the 70th anniversary of the Russian takeover of those Eastern European countries.

Perhaps Obama has forgotten that it was Islamic extremist terrorists that destroyed the World Trade Center twin towers. Perhaps he was ignorant of the series of terrorist attacks on embassies, ships, US military facilities, and a prior attack on the World Trade Center, all leading us into two wars. Obama's policy of smiles and concessions is leading us down a path that could destroy our Republic. Teddy Roosevelt said "walk softly but carry a big stick." In other words, be diplomatic but be prepared to use military action to preserve the Republic.

Early this year the Air Force requested $2 billion to procure an additional dozen advanced F-22 fighters. The administration chose to end F-22 production in favor of other, lesser weapons systems. He has done the same with the strategic missile warning system. Ironically, while the F-22 shut down will cost jobs as well as strong defense, Obama has given trillions in bailout, stimulus, and junk cars programs that have done little to cure the effects of a severe recession. Financial institutions gave $32 billion of the bailout money for bonuses to executives who had previously lost $81 billion. We will reward incompetence in lieu of maintaining what Roosevelt called the big stick. Do we have a bunch of geniuses in government or what?