Proud to be an American

It does my heart good to see so many Americans so involved in the recent government health care debate. All these 'Town Hall' meetings being held by congressmen to sell the 'plan' are filled with people who aren't buying it. I watched Senator Arlen Specter holding his meeting on the news yesterday. Those folks were merciless. They asked tough, well thought out questions. They insisted on answers, too. The good senator from Pennsylvania, a state I consider part of the cradle of American liberty, handled himself like the professional politician he is. He can stradle the fence, juggle the facts, change the subject, and dodge the bullet like a professional.

The real benefit, of course, to all these disruptive proceedings is that it's making people aware of the notion that's it's good to question everything in government. People who would never think to doubt what their liberal representatives do and say are seeing that these political hacks don't stand up to scrutiny. When the real tough questions are asked there are no answers. Folks are beginning to see what sort of criminals we have sent to Washington and given unbridled power to. I say criminals because that's what they are. If I abused the trust of friends, co-workers, and associates I'd be taking up residence at some penitentiary somewhere. They steal our money and use it for illegal purposes, or waste it. They have no idea what it takes to make a living out here in the world. Most are lawyers and career politicians who've never done an honest days work in their lives. They bat around billions of daollars like swatting so many flies.

Folks are beginning to wake up, question, the "facts" they're being fed, and not liking what they find. Obama's populartiy, credibility, and veracity are falling at an amazing rate. People no longer blindly follow and simply accept what ever the elite want to feed them. The questions being asked are real tough ones. It's fun to watch these political masters flounder and I hope I see a lot more of it. We have not only the right but, the obligation to be informed, ask our questions, and express our opinions and demand real representation from our elected. If we can't have these things we have another obligation...to REPLACE these elected officials.

Two questions I haven't seen anyone ask are what I feel are among the most important if we want to get down to the real bone of the health care carcass. First, What is the motivation for a congressman to support government health care when it's obvious that so many citizens don't want it? Second, and most important, what constitutional authority does congress have to act in this way?

Ask these questions and insist on answers.