Solving the Real Problem

Allergy season has arrived in Arizona and this season has been especially hard for those of us suffering from allergies.  To compound things, since my doctor retired at the end of 2012, I had to find a new doctor this year.  When I first went to my new doctor, he gave me an allergy shot and instructed me to continue taking my over the counter allergy medicine.  This worked for a couple of days but my symptoms soon returned.  I went to my doctor again and this time he diagnosed me with a sinus infection.  After prescribing an antibiotic to take care of the infection, I was feeling much better in a couple of days.  The lesson I learned here is that it is necessary to solve the underlying problem and not just treat symptoms.

The recent scandals afflicting the Obama Administration are problems and they make us uncomfortable but they are not the real problem.  The real problem with our country is that we have allowed liberal statist leaders to infect our country.  These leaders have no desire to fulfill their constitutional duty and no desire to abide by the limits placed on them by the Bill of rights. 

In Benghazi, our government was derelict in its duty to provide protection to those men and women working overseas in our embassy.  Even after repeated requests by Ambassador Stevens for additional protections, the administration did not provide the protection.  (1) On the night of the attack, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton were nowhere be found.  When help was prepared to step in and rescue the ambassador and staff at the embassy, they received an order to stand down.  (2)

What we now know is that this administration was more interested in protecting its campaign claim that their killing Osama meant the war on terror was over.  If prior to Election Day, voters discovered that terrorists attacked our embassy in Benghazi, it would mean we were still engaged in a War on Terror. 

The IRS scandal demonstrates this administrations total disregard for the first amendment.  I mean since when is it the business of the IRS to ask organizations about the content of their prayers (3)  and who their donors are (4) in order to determine if they could have tax exempt status.  I thought the first amendment granted these organizations the right to freely pray as they want and solicit donations from individuals agreeing with their opinions.  We have also discovered that the IRS targeted Christian (5)  and Jewish (6)  organizations but gave Muslim organizations quick approval.  (7)  I guess in this administration, only certain religions and organizations have the right to tax-exempt status while others require closer scrutiny.  It would make more sense to give closer scrutiny to organizations with known ties to terrorist attacks around the world.  However, in the world of the IRS, I guess it makes more sense to target potential political enemies of the administration. 

The AP scandal demonstrates this administrations disregard for the first amendment guarantee of freedom of the press. (8) A reporter receiving information from an agent of the government has cause to believe it is okay to publish this information.  If the information was not available for public consumption, the government needs to go after the person that leaked the information to the press and not attempt to intimidate the press into not reporting information they receive.  The sole purpose of the freedom of press clause of the first amendment was to insure reporters reported the truth about what the government was doing to the citizens who elect them to office. 

Many are alarmed to discover that the government ordered Verizon to turn over phone records.  (9)  They may not have listened to the calls but just knowing whom we may have called is an invasion of our privacy.  If having the phone records was not bad enough, we discovered the Prism program. 

Using Prism, “The National Security Agency and FBI are siphoning personal data from the main computer servers of nine major U.S. internet firms.” (10)  James Clapper the director of National Intelligence said the reports on Prism lacked the context of how the program is governed.  (10)  The governing of the program is exactly what concerns us for elections and term limits change who is in charge of our government.  Even if we give the Obama Administration the benefit of the doubt, Obama is term limited out in 2016 and someone else will be in charge.  How can we know they will not use the data collected by Prism or from cell phone records to single out certain groups just like the IRS did.  This is why we have the safeguards of the Bill of rights to protect us from such intrusions. 

While it is important for us to continue investigating these scandals and determine who is involved, we must also work to remove the infection of liberal statism that currently infects our government at its highest levels.  We must begin by praying that our current leaders will either change and begin fulfilling their constitutional duties and only govern within the confines of the Bill of Rights or that voters will replace them with leaders who will. 

Then pray and ask where you can become involved.  I joined the Tea Party Patriots and plan on participating in any events I can.  We can also use social media to get the truth out about how our current government is violating its constitutional duties and our rights.  We also must begin educating the low information voters we know about how many government programs are a Trojan horse that may look good on the outside, but inside is waiting to take away their freedoms and liberties. 

Our government is currently sick with the infection of liberal statism but the illness is not fatal.  We are the antibiotic that can help clear up the infection by praying, planning, and participating.  We may have been quiet in the 2012 election but today is a new day and we are ready to take action.  The question is will you join me.

1. Treacher, Jim. Benghazi: CIA operators made three separate requests for help, were turned down. dailycaller.com. [Online] The Daily Caller, October 26, 2012. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/26/benghazi-cia-made-three-separate-requests-for-help-were-turned-down/.

2. Jeffrey, Terence P. Obama Met With Panetta and Biden at WH As Benghazi Terror Attack Unfolded - See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-met-panetta-and-biden-wh-benghazi-terror-attack-unfolded#sthash.RRyHiNpx.dpuf. cnsnews.com. [Online] CNS News, October 30, 2012. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-met-panetta-and-biden-wh-benghazi-terror-attack-unfolded.

3. Spiering, Charlie. Congressman: IRS asked pro-life group about 'the content of their prayers'. washingtonexaminer.com. [Online] The Washington Examiner, May 17, 2013. [Cited: May 17, 2013.] http://washingtonexaminer.com/congressman-irs-asked-pro-life-group-about-the-content-of-their-prayers/article/2529924.

4. Martosko, David. Revealed: The 55 questions the IRS asked one tea party group after more than two years of waiting – including demands for names of all its donors and volunteers. www.dailymail.co.uk. [Online] The Daily Mail, May 12, 2013. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2323978/Revealed-The-55-questions-IRS-asked-tea-party-group-years-waiting--including-demands-names-donors-volunteers.html.

5. Heine, Debra. IRS Audited Some Churches For 'Being Political' While Others Were Encouraged To Be So. www.breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart, June 15, 2013. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/06/15/IRS-Audited-Some-Churches-For-Being-Political-While-Others-Were-Encouraged-To-Be-So.

6. Pollak, Joel B. IRS: WE INVESTIGATE PRO-ISRAEL GROUPS FOR TERRORISM TIES. www.breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart, June 17, 2013. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/06/17/IRS-We-Investigate-Pro-Israel-Groups-for-Terrorism-Ties.

7. Ansari, Maryam Khan. Do Muslim Nonprofits Have it Easier Than Tea Party Groups? IRS Cracks Down on Tea Party Nonprofits. www.illumemagazine.com. [Online] Illume, May 13, 2013. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://www.illumemagazine.com/zine/articleDetail.php?IRS-Tea-Party-Scandal-14279.

8. Sheld, Elizabeth. AP Chief: DOJ Grab of Reporter Phone Records Unconstitutional. www.breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart, May 20, 2013. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/05/20/AP-Chief-DOJ-Grab-of-Reporter-Phone-Records-Unconstitutional.

9. Greenwald, Glen. NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily. mguardiannews.com. [Online] The Guardian, June 6, 2013. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order?guni=Network%20front:network-front%20main-2%20Special%20trail:Network%20front%20-%20special%20trail:Position1.

10. Leger, Donna Leinwand. Parts of NSA's PRISM program declassified. www.usatoday.com. [Online] USA Today, June 8, 2013. [Cited: June 18, 2013.] http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/08/dni-declassifies-prism-data-collection-nsa-secret-program-obama/2403999/.