This is a lesson on why Muslticulturalism does not work and should be banned.  We are a Melting Pot, not a nation of little communities.  Before Multiculturalism, Thanksgiving was not a problem and no one complained about the respect that the Native Americans and Pilgrims had and celebrated the prosperity of the Pilgrims after they gave up Communism.   They created a capitalist community and it grew and the people prospered after they tried a Communist style commune at first.   So the Pilgrims and the Native Americans had a celebration together.   But now that we have Multiculuralism, the country is Balkanizing and is at the forefront of a lot of the problems we have now.

This is not to say you should not respect and celebrate one’s culture.   We should all know where we came from and how we got here.   I know my genealogy is from all over  the place but I am  50% Polish (with some Mongolian, because of Ghinges Khan and his pillaging of Poland) from my dad’s side of the family.  ON the other side I have German, Norwegian, Scotch Irish, and many others.  But to make that the central part of who I am is wriong.  I am an American first, no hyphenated-American.  And American.   My Hyphenated-American name would be a paragraph.

So this year we have people upset over the wearing of Pilgrim and Native American garb.   What is wrong with this, they are only respecting the day that the Pilgrims and the Native Americans had a celebration on the the overcoming of famine and disease by the Pilgrims.   This is outrageous, along with those that protest Columbus Day.

Claremont parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes

By Seema Mehta
November 25, 2008

For decades, Claremont kindergartners have celebrated Thanksgiving by dressing up as pilgrims and Native Americans and sharing a feast. But on Tuesday, when the youngsters meet for their turkey and songs, they won’t be wearing their hand-made bonnets, headdresses and fringed vests.

Parents in this quiet university town are sharply divided over what these construction-paper symbols represent: A simple child’s depiction of the traditional (if not wholly accurate) tale of two factions setting aside their differences to give thanks over a shared meal? Or a cartoonish stereotype that would never be allowed of other racial, ethnic or religious groups?—LA Slimes

WTF???  These are American Children celebrating the celebration of the Pilgrims success.

The Pirates are still capturing ships.  They have captured 9 ships in 12days.

Somali pirates seize ninth vessel in 12 days

The battle with pirates operating off the coast of Somalia grew yesterday when raiders seized two more ships but lost one of their own in an uneven firefight with the Indian Navy. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) described the situation yesterday as “out of control”.

The surge in hijackings came as Saudi Arabia confirmed that a ransom demand had been made for the freeing of the Sirius Star supertanker, seized at the weekend with her crew of 25 and a cargo of oil worth $100 million (£65 million).

Two more vessels – a Thai fishing boat with a crew of 16, and a bulk carrier, believed to be Greek, with an unknown number of people aboard – were seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden yesterday, bringing the total to nine vessels in 12 days.–The Times

I am just wondering, does Obama still think that Iran is not a threat????  It is too small right???  Well, with all the  talks with Iran and the EU, Iran is still chugging away at making a nuclear weapon. When are we in the West going to figure out that Iran and most Muslim countries will lie to us and do it with a straight face???   It is part of their culture to lie to the infidel.  NOW that Obama is President (or in the office of President-Elect), what will he do???   Is he going to have tea and biscuits with Iamanutjob , or will he finally figure out that they are a threat to the whole Middle East???   It is not looking good that he will do anything other than whatBubba did while in the White House (no, not get hummers while talking to diplomats), but send out the law after the terrorists and thug in chiefs.  As we have seen, that does not work and only emboldens the them to do more. Pretty soonwe are going to have Al Queda in our court rooms, because the Loonies on the Left do not like Club Gitmo.

We are in perilous times and need a leader,not the “Present” President.   Obama is going to have some tough decisions to make.  And hopefully for all of us he will make good ones.  But With the people he has surrounding him, I find it hard to believe he will.   He has a whole lot of Clintonistas in his camp now,and we all saw what Bubba did to our military and foreign policy.

Iran said to have enough nuclear fuel for one weapon

By William J. Broad and David E. Sanger

Published: November 20, 2008

ran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors.

The figures detailing Iran’s progress were contained in a routine update on Wednesday from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has been conducting inspections of the country’s main nuclear plant at Natanz. The report concluded that as of early this month, Iran had made 630 kilograms, or about 1,390 pounds, of low-enriched uranium.

Several experts said that was enough for a bomb, but they cautioned that the milestone was mostly symbolic, because Iran would have to take additional steps. Not only would it have to breach its international agreements and kick out the inspectors, but it would also have to further purify the fuel and put it into a warhead design — a technical advance that Western experts are unsure Iran has yet achieved.

“They clearly have enough material for a bomb,” said Richard Garwin, a top nuclear physicist who helped invent the hydrogen bomb and has advised Washington for decades. “They know how to do the enrichment. Whether they know how to design a bomb, well, that’s another matter.”—International Herald Tribune

Alright now that I have the blog all set up, it is time to get to business. I have not really posted too much on politics in my transition from Typepad to here, so I thought I would do a post about my thoughts on the political landscape.

We now have Obama as President and we should be gracious and respect him on his win. He has a great campaign and was not rattled by anything. And the MSM and Elite in Washington gave him him a pass on his associations and his past. So we must get over that. We should not get into the same Obama bashing that the Left has done, we are better than that. Not to say we should give him a pass or not go after his policies, but we need to go after the policies and how they are destructive to our way of life. The taxes that Obama wants to implement will had a negative effect on the economy. His policies will bring us closer to Eurabia (European Union) standards which have been in decline over the past few decades. Their unemployment is much higher than ours and their socialistic policies have been a drag on their economies.

Do I think Obama will be able to drag us into a Socialistic government as the EU??? No I think that too many of the new Democratic CONgressmen elected will not let that happen. They are much more conservative or centrist than Obama, so he will not be able to enact many of his programs. But will he bring us closer to the Eurabia model??? Yes.

And as the minority Party we as conservatives need to try and stop his leftward direction he wants to bring our country.

How to do that???? We need to take the total different direction that the Left did with Bush. We do not need to demonize Obama as the Left has done to Bush. It is destructive and does not bring the country together. What we need is to explain Conservatism so everyone will see it as the better way to go than Liberalism. Our country has been divided for far too long.

We on the Conservative side need to show how Conservatism is better. Not just to say that the Left is always wrong . We need to learn from Obama and his campaign on how to inspire the country on the Conservative path. Onbama has done a great job in inspiring people to his cause. Not that is it the right cause, but that it is a cause that people can follow and believe in.

What do we as Conservatives need to do to inspire people to our cause??? Well, that is the million dollar question. The so-called conservative party (Republicans) have become Democrat Lite, and have left the core principles of Conservatism in the dust. When they had power, they squandered it by spending like drunken sailors and left Conservatives in a conundrum. Do we vote for the Democrat lite or not vote at all. And as we have seen, the conservatives stayed at home the last 2 elections.

So what are we suppose to do as conservatives???? Start a new Party???? Reform the Republicans??? Well, that is what this and many of the blogs and forums and groups that I have joined are trying to figure out. I think that the 3^rd party is not going to work. It only hurts our cause more than helps. Others might think differently, but that is my opinion and many of my friends’ opinions. I am not going to castigate someone that voted for a 3^rd party candidate, that is your own choice. But it s not helpful, unless you get more support.

I think that the best way is to start locally and work your way up. Start with local candidates that are conservative and then bring them up to state and then national level. And I know that along with where I live that is going to be hard, we have not had a Republican here in 40 years, but that i where we need to start. But we need to find local diamonds in the rough that can do up the latter and hold true to the Conservative cause.

This is just my little opinion on what the Republicans need to do. Will they follow??? I have no idea, but me and my friends at Grizzly Groundswell, and many other adventures that I am in are trying to do just that. I and my friends can not do it alone. We need everyone that is on the Conservative side to join in this fight and get involved. Join in local politics, school boards and local government. This is going to take time and effort from everyone.

Just my 2 cents

At least that is what the Guardian UK is saying. I am beginning to wonder if an Obama administration is going to be more of a Clinton II administration rather than a Dhimmi Carter II administration. Obama has 31 of the 47 Move.gov advisers are Clintonistas. I am just wondering why he is doing this, and what the people that voted for him are going to say???? They voted against Hillary in the Primaries and wanted someone other than a Clinton in the White House. But Obama is tapping all of Clinton lackeys and insiders for all his Change. Does that seem like change to you????

H/T to The Right Perspective

Hillary Clinton to accept Obama’s offer of secretary of state job

President-elect Barack Obama reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration

Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.

Obama’s advisers have begun looking into Bill Clinton’s foundation, which distributes millions of dollars to Africa to help with development, to ensure that there is no conflict of interest. But Democrats do not believe that the vetting is likely to be a problem.—Guardian UK

I would love for Fred Thompson to be the RNC Chairman. I was saddened when he dropped out of the Race for the Presidential Candidate for the GOP. But I think that he got in too late and from what I hear, his mom was very ill through most of his run. But with him at the helm of the GOP, I think that the GOP will get turned around and get back on track and bring the Party back to the Conservative side. The GOP has moved to far to the center and it has shown in the last few elections. Many of the base, Conservatives, stayed home or voted for 3rd party candidates.

I know there are few others that are running also. Lt Gov Steele is vying for the Chair and has the backing of Newt Gingrich. And I would fully support Steele also. But I think that Thompson is a bettre pick, but Steele would definitely be my second choice.

Go Fred Go Get the Red Pcik Up back out of the garage and help bring the GOP back home.

H/T to Flopping Aces

Fred Thompson may try for RNC post

By Jennifer Brooks • Gannett Tennessee • November 12, 2008

Fred Thompson seems to be seriously considering a run for the leadership of the national Republican Party, as the GOP prepares to rebuild from the rubble of the 2008 election.

Supporters of Thompson, a onetime presidential candidate and former Tennessee senator, are hopeful that he might run for chairman of the Republican National Committee, a position that would make the former actor public face of the GOP.

“I’m extremely excited that he’s considering it,” said Scooter Clippard, a Middle Tennessee businessman who spearheaded national fundraising for the Thompson and McCain campaigns. “It’s time for a change. Fred Thompson would be the absolute best person to articulate that message for the party.”—dnj.com

While yesterday was Veterans Day, we were all thankful for all the soldiers, seamen, marines and sailors have done fort his country. They protect the freedoms we hold dearly and at great sacrifice. Many leave famlies with young children for years, and leave family members and friends behind. And all to protect our freedoms and to protect us from those that want to do us harm. And all to often we forget that these men and women are human and have feelings and are longing for home. I got this email from my mom about one soldier’s quest to bring some of home in a far off place.

I sure hope the picture will go through for you – of this Army soldier in Iraq with his tiny “plot of grass in front of his tent. It’s heartwarming!! Here is a soldier stationed in Iraq , stationed in a sandbox. He asked his wife to send him dirt ( U.S. Soil), fertilizer and some grass seed so he can have the sweet aroma, and feel the grass grow beneath his feet. When the men of the squadron have a mission that they are going on, they take turns walking through the grass and the American soil.

If you notice, he is even cutting the grass with a pair of scissors. Sometimes we are in

such a hurry that we don’t stop and think about the little things that we take for granted.

Upon receiving this, say a little prayer for our soldiers that give and give (and give up) so unselfishly for us.

You don’t have to send this on, but gosh, who wouldn’t?

Always rememeber the little stuff and never forget to thank all those brave men and women for all their service to this country. And never take for granite the freedoms we have because of these soldiers, seamen, maries and sailors. And always remember them, not just on Veterans Day.

I wanted everyne to know that I have a new blog.  It is Stix Blog ver. 3.0.

I will still come by here and post though.  

I wanted to let the elections sink in before I said anything about, or do a long post about it.   I want to congratulate Obama for a splendid campaign.   He had the organization and the rhetoric that people heard and wanted to follow.   He stated focused and did not make many mistakes.   So I want to congratulate him and wish him luck.   Because whoever was going to be the President is stepping into a hornets nest of problems.   Not all Bush’s fault and not all Democrats fault.   It is the combination of stuff that has finally fallen on our economy, CRA, Greenspan lowering the interest rates too many times and a CONgress that failed to see what was coming because of vitriol going on both sides.   So, Obama I congratulate you and wish you luck,

But with that, I am not going to go along and agree with most of what you are doing.  I do not believe the Constitution says anywhere where you are suppose to “redistribute the wealth” and form a National Military Organization.    Also you do not tax the rich to bring the poor up, that is a false theory.  And it especially reckless in a time of recession.  I do recall that we have tried this before and we had The Great Depression.   it never worked then and will not work now.

Now to the GOP.   or what is left of what the Republican Party stood for.   The GOP has become corrupted with politicians and hacks that are not out for the best interest of the country, but only in it for themselves.   What ever happened to “Limited Government”, “Individualism”, and “Personal Freedoms”?????   When the GOP won the CONgress in 1994, they came in with a plan, but by the time Bush came into power, the GOP had forgotten that Contract With America, and became what they despised, drunken sailors that did not find pork or lobbyists that they did not like.  What happened to the Party of Reagan???    There are only a few left that believe in anything in the Contract With America.   Most have been poisoned by greed and The Washington Elite.

The past few days I have been reading some posts of my friends and fellow conservatives online.  There are many great ideas on how the GOP can get back on track.  Get back to the basics of what got them in power in 1994.  Conservatism did not loose on election day, Republicans lost on elections day.  Many conservative ballot measures were
passed and many Liberal ballots measures were voted down.    So it is not Conservatism that lost, it was the GOP.  So we conservatives should not give up all hope.

Guest poster at Flopping Aces, Wisdom has a 7 point plan that I agree with:

1. We need to self police and purge our Party of the corruption that seeped into the ranks during our years of power. From the halls of Congress, to the living rooms where local Party officials meet, the people who have used political power to advance personal prosperity, illegally and unethically, need to be stripped from their positions of leadership, and censured or prosecuted as the situations dictate. Sarah Palin set a standard for us in how she hit hard against entrenched corruption in Alaska, and we would do well to heed her example.
2. We need to go back to the basics of what makes our Party great. We need to embrace the foundations of our party’s history, such as constitutional constructionism, federalism, individual responsibility, and conservative fiscal policy. We need cast off this idea that it is our job to include all points of view in our Party, and instead set a steadfast standard that others can look up to and join with as they see and understand the superiority of the Conservative Republican Platform.
3. We need to learn from the success of the Democratic Party and use their methods to teach conservative values from the bottom up. We need to become ‘community organizers’ in our own right, and work hard to make sure that our values are taught in our preschools, in our grade schools, our middle schools, our high schools, and ultimately in our colleges and our universities. We need to create our own educational programs to counter the liberal programs that have become entrenched in the liberal controlled education systems. We need to promote and support conservative community programs and charities, and take advantage of any chance to promote conservative social efforts wherever we see them.
4. We have to find strong, honest, charismatic, conservative leaders to take control of the current Republican Caucus in Congress. We cannot afford to have congressional leaders who cannot relate to the national constituency. The chosen leaders have to be able to articulate our congressional objectives, and communicate their importance to the American people. A Democratic majority can stonewall a Republican minority, but they cannot stand against a resolute American public that demands results. When the inevitable political infighting begins in the now too powerful Democratic Party, a calm, steadfast Republican minority can show America what leadership should look like.
5. We have to recruit, promote, and support good conservative leaders at all levels of local and statewide government. The first, and most important, place we can do this is on school boards nationwide. If we can shift the political balance of our education system, we can begin to take the control of our classrooms out of the hands of the far left.
6. We have to recruit, promote, support good conservative candidates to challenge the Democrats for control of Congress in 2010. The Democrats have two years ahead where they will have control of the White House and both houses of Congress, and we can take advantage of those two years to recruit candidates and build successful campaigns. The political infighting of the Democratic Party is inevitable, and a unified Republican Party can take advantage of that to make huge gains in congressional seats.
7. We have to find a great, young, ambitious, charismatic, conservative leader, who has a bulletproof past, who has a grand vision for our nation, to lead our party to victory in the 2012 Presidential race. I know this is asking a lot, but our Party needs a young Ronald Reagan — male, female, black, white, latino — it doesn’t make a difference. If we put forth anything less, then we will be trying again in 2016.

Night Twister at The Minority Report has got some other good Ideas:

We need new leadership for the Republican National Committee. We need someone that can present our conservative ideas to the public in a way that they can understand. Small government. Fiscal and personal responsibility. Strong, but wise defense policies. This is what is important to the core of our nation. There is such a man that can do this. He ran in our Presidential primaries, but was unsuccessful mostly due to his inability to put together a functional campaign strategy. Most everyone agreed he had the best and right ideas to lead our nation forward, but simply wasn’t the person for that job.  This man is Fred Dalton Thompson.
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We need new leadership in the House and Senate. I’ll be the first to agree that we’ve been our own worst enemy in Congress over the past eight years, and the current leaders inherited a good portion of this mess. That said, we’ve hired them to do a job, and while I was willing to let them slide in 2006, they had two years to stop the bleeding and were unable to do so. They’ve had no voice. It doesn’t matter that the MSM has been screaming liberal talking points all along. They know the lay of the land. They’ve got to find a way to get our voice out in such a way that people will hear it, or they need to get out of the way and let others give it a chance. What they’re doing now isn’t working.

Steven Den Beste at Chizumatic also has some very good thoughts:

1. It is no longer possible for anyone to deny that the MSM is heavily biased. The MSM have been biased for decades but managed an illusion of fairness. That is no longer possible; the MSM have squandered their credibility during this campaign. They’ll never get that credibility back again.

2. Since the Democrats got nearly everything they hoped for in this campaign, they’ll have no excuses and will have to produce. They’ll have to reveal their true agenda — or else make clear that they don’t really have any beyond gaining power.

3. Every few decades the American people have to be reminded that peace only comes with strength. The next four years will be this generation’s lesson.

Leslie Carbone also has nail the head on this one:

One of the truest adages in politics–Bad things happen to Republicans when conservatives are unhappy–came true again last night.

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Voters didn’t reject Republicans because they reject conservatism; voters rejected Republicans because they no longer trust Republicans to uphold conservatism.  And there’s no reason why they should.

I know that there are many other great posts and thought out there.  But I do not want to just cut and paste a whole bunch of blog posts here.    What I want is for us to take back the GOP from the political hacks that have ruined the Republican name.  These people have left Conservatism behind and tried to change the Republinan Party to a Democrat Lite Party.   We do not want that, we want the Republicans to be Conservatives, not Moderate Mavericks.    And this is not to poke at McCain, he is a great man and a true American Hero, but he was no Conservative.  he did have Conservastive tendencies, but he was more a less a Centrist.

We need to start now and not rest.   We need to see what the Democrats have done and not exactly emulate them, but learn how to get the message to the average Joe better.   Not just bitch and moan about Obama, but to try and change the minds of the American Public.  Get them to listen and not just watch American Idol or Survivor, and not care what is going in Washington.

I know I do not have all the answers and probably never will.  But we as Conservatives need to unite and not point fingers at each other.   That will just tear us apart.   We need to join together and take back the Party of Reagan and Lincoln.

And if you have any good ideas leave them in the comments.  I really would like to hear what everyone has to say.

Palin has been cleared fo any ethics violation in Troopergate.

Alaska ethics probe clears Palin

Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been cleared by a new report of abuse of power in firing Alaska’s top law enforcement official.

An independent investigator appointed by the Alaska Personnel Board said she had violated no ethics law.—BBC