My Nephews Blog...Bravo Chris

My nephew posted this on a blog. I have reposted it here and I give kudos to this budding lawyer.

In response to:

Friends and Family:

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada supports Barack Obama for President. The following quotation is taken from their site:

On January 9, 2008, the United Association became the first International Union to endorse Senator Barack Obama as its candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. This endorsement was discussed with the General Executive Board and they concurred. (source: http://www.ua.org/ua_endorses.asp).

These are the real plumbers who make sure your hospitals have medical gas lines, your amusement parks and businesses have upgraded facilities, and your housing repipes are done by the highest trained professionals in the industry.

"Joe the Plumber" needs to stop talking for all of us. Please vote on Tuesday.

I write:

I think you're missing the point about what "Joe the Plumber" ("Joe") did. He doesn't claim, nor does anyone, that he speaks for all plumbers. Joe got Barak Obama to effectively admit that he is a socialist with the phrase "spread the wealth around"...:

Whether you agree with Mr. Obama or not has no relevance to this matter. America was not intended and is not supposed to be a socialist nation. The reason we are known to be a "free" country is because we have the freedom to succeed, fail, live, die, speak, defend ourselves, etc. without government interference. You can refer to the arguments of our founding fathers in favor of revolution to clarify any confusion about the truthfulness of my statement.

What boggles my mind about the media's representation of recent events that tipped public opinion in Obama's favor, namely the collapse of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, is that they failed to mention that Bill Clinton was responsible for signing the bill that deregulated these companies to promote home ownership in the USA. Immediately after Mr. Clinton signed the bill to deregulate, housing prices stopped rising and falling with the dollar's rate of inflation and deflation. Housing prices began to increase at an unprecedented rate due to the increase in demand. You see, the people who were newly inducted into the home loans market were previously denied by banks for a reason. They couldn't be relied upon to pay their bills and banks, unlike the government, traditionally don't like taking "sure thing" loss risks. I repeat they were denied loans for a reason; they couldn't or wouldn't pay their bills in a manner that earned the confidence of the companies that rely individuals to repay their debts. Republicans warned that deregulating Freddie and Fannie would cause a problem like we recently encountered and blamed on Bush. Bill Clintons actions were that of a socialist.

You can take the wealth from all the rich people and dump it into the bottomless pit of poverty and you'll see a difference for what, a month? Then you have no more rich people and all poor people. But, without the rich people running businesses and producing the products we need and want, the poor are poorer and we, the middle class, are right beside them in misery. No matter how much we envy or are jealous of the rich, we do need them. They need us. We currently have the freedom to become them if we're intelligent enough and they have the freedom to become us.

Envy is one of the seven deadly sins. God aside, it's not respected by current US popular culture individually. So, I ask you to apply your disdain for envy/jealousy to this socialist sentiment of "spreading the wealth around".

Joe didn't intend to speak for all plumbers. Joe spoke for patriotic Americans who love this country and what it stands for. These Americans see the change that Barak Obama is proposing as reminiscent of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Cuba, China, etc.

Don't be upset because I mentioned the Nazis. They are a part of world history and their leader was a great public speaker who took Germany from the brink of ruin and transformed it into a successful nation. He used words like "change" and "hope". I'm curious, what changes Barak Obama will make, will they pass the test of the Constitution, and at what expense are we putting our hope in this man that Louis Farrakhan calls the Messiah? Is Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers any indication of what kind of mentality he tolerates? What kind of mentality doesn't Obama tolerate?

You have to understand, I'm a common American who makes less than the variable $250,000 - $150,000 that Obama promises won't see a penny of increased taxes. But I understand that if you raise taxes on my employer and the guy I buy stuff from (companies), I'm going to pay for it anyway. I don't want government healthcare. No one should pay for me if I'm sick. There are risks in life and, if you're going to go on living, you have to take them. If I get into a car accident, I don't want driving to become illegal. If I become injured hiking, I don't want hiking to become illegal. I want the freedom to succeed or fail. I want the freedom to be rich or poor. Just because some people don't see a way out of poverty other than stealing money from the fortunate doesn't mean there is no way out.

By the way, I hate unions. There was a time when they were useful, but now they're obsolete, corrupt, and a hindrance to growth and prosperity.

I'm sick of the liberal elite, like Barak Obama, trying to run my life. My countrymen and I are patient, but we all have our limits.

Alan Keyes is awesome and he's more intelligent than Barak Obama. Why not write him in this Nov. 4th.

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