An open letter to Senator Jim Webb

Dear Senator Webb,

You need to watch this video from CNBC: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/07/28/nyses_langone_obama_acting_unpresidential_and_petulant.html

I'm sorry that you think the Republicans are "using this issue as a lever to bring about their view of radical change." May I ask you, sir, what are Democrats using this issue to do? Have you thought that maybe America NEEDS radical change? This country can't go on spending TRILLIONS of dollars it does not have. I do not want my grandchildren paying the damage the federal government is causing. I have no doubt that the debt limit will be raised once again. (Note that, since Ronald Reagan's administration, who Democrats take such pleasure in using for their own purposes, raised the debt limit 18 times, that that Congress (not Ronald Reagan) had to vote each time for this to happen. This is a good reason to extend the debt limit only as an emergency measure. Then, let's address the REAL problem: spending more money than we have. CUT THE SPENDING!! Cut taxes on businesses, so THEY can create jobs. That creates revenue.

I'm sick of the games. You guys are all flushing our future down the toilet. How much sense does it make to owe China anything?!!! Hire people to find all the waste in government! Tell people "NO," you can't have everything you want. Let capitalism and a free economy WORK!

It's amazing to me that you would bring Vietnam into this and that you would compare what the Republicans are trying to do to that. I'm sorry that this is hard and that some people might not like you for standing for common sense solutions.

You wanted the job. Now DO it! Do it for our future, not for a two-bit socialist who is "tempted" to do things on his own to "fundamentally transform" this country. If you do, you're selling our liberty.

Sincerely,

Susan Weaver

Whatever happened to HONEST debate?

Today, I was reading an article that is about to drive me up the wall. Hypocrisy to the nth degree! Imagine the swelled head someone has to have to tell another person to shut up, just because they disagree with the point of view. No, it's worse than that. This person believes that the other point of view should be censored, since, apparently, this person's point of view is perfect truth. I am talking about Paul Krugman.

The article that brought this to my attention was written by Noel Sheppard for NewsBusters:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/07/27/krugman-balanced-news-media-true-moral-failure-destroying-america

I also read Paul Krugman's actual blog:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/the-cult-that-is-destroying-america/

He shows his hand, in my mind, when he calls the right "crazies." That's not too demeaning, is it?

The truth is that what people believe, they believe. Some people will change their minds. Some people do not take the time to decide what they truly believe and are led in one direction or another at someone else's whim. Some leaders or commentators think that the only way they can change enough minds to get a majority on their side is to lie to them. The end justifies the means. To my mind, and according to my beliefs, doing the wrong thing, even if you believe it will lead to the best income (again, only an opinion), is still the wrong thing. And, if your voice can only be heard by censoring the other voices, that is wrong. The 1st Amendment is for all Americans. What makes liberals, like Paul Krugman really mad is that people watch and listen to news and commentary that they agree with, because it strikes a chord and acknowledges that they are not alone in their views. The problem is that more people are watching FoxNews and ALOT less are watching MSNBC. (That doesn't even count the people who think John Stewart and Stephen Colbert are reporting news).

Hey, Paul, sometimes I do watch MSNBC, but when I get tired of hearing my own opinions called "crazy," I am happy to turn back to FoxNews or, better yet, watch a good movie...