Rep. Barney Frank D-MA, has unwittingly given America a preview of what Washington will set out to do if the Democrats gain unfettered control of Congress, the White House and eventually the Supreme Court.
There is an intention to decimate our military with a 25% budget cut. This, while we are fighting in two wars and the world grows more dangerous by the day. The Democrats want to return our military to its' Carter era capabilities. We all remember when the military did not have the ability to fly 16 helicopters into Iran and rescue our hostages.
Obama speaking before the Iowa caucus to a left-wing pacifist group that seeks to reallocate defense dollars to welfare programs. The lobbying group, Caucus for Priorities, was so impressed by Obama's anti-military offering that it steered its 10,000 devotees his way.
In a 132-word videotaped pledge (still viewable on YouTube), Obama agreed to hollow out the U.S. military by slashing both conventional and nuclear weapons.
The scope of his planned defense cuts, combined with his angry tone, is breathtaking. He sounds as if the military is the enemy, not the bad guys it's fighting.
"Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems.
"I will institute an independent defense priorities board to ensure that the Quadrennial Review is not used to justify unnecessary defense spending.
"Third, I will set a goal for a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenal."
His plan, needless to say, is frighteningly irresponsible given the world threats.
Caucus for Priorities aims to redirect 15% of the Pentagon's discretionary budget away from "obsolete Cold War weapons towards education, health care, job training, alternative energy development, world hunger and deficit-reduction."
On the chopping block: the F-22 Raptor, the V-22 Osprey, the Virginia-class sub, the DDG-1,000 destroyer and the Army's Future Combat System.
Cutting allegedly "unproven" missile defense systems is music to Kim Jong Il's and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ears, let alone all the PLA generals wishing our destruction.
Yet Obama wants to kill a program that's yielding success after success, with both sea- and land-based systems. The military just this week intercepted a ballistic missile near Hawaii in a sea-based missile defense test.
Proposing "deep cuts in our nuclear arsenal" amounts to unilateral disarmament, and it's suicidal given China's and now Russia's aggressive military buildup.
Meanwhile, Iran and North Korea threaten nuclear madness, and Osama bin Laden dreams of unleashing a nuclear 9/11 on America.
In contrast, John McCain has vowed: "We must continue to deploy a safe and reliable nuclear deterrent, robust missile defenses and superior conventional forces that are capable of defending the United States and our allies."
We've been down this road before. President Clinton pursued a denuclearization program, including his 1995 pledge to sign a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and it led to him kicking open our nuclear labs to the Chinese, who proceeded to steal our warhead secrets and strengthen their own arsenal.
Like the Ben & Jerry's crowd that supports him, Obama believes "real" national security is "humanitarian foreign aid" — essentially using our troops as international meals-on-wheels in Africa.
We've been down that road before, too, in Somalia and elsewhere. Thanks, but we don't need a third Clinton, or a second Carter, term.
Obama clearly stated:
I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.
I will not weaponize space
I will slow development of future combat systems
I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons and to seek that goal, I will not develop nuclear weapons
Things that need to be looked at closely are:
-Slowing the development of future combat systems would weaken America's
conventional military preparedness.
-Not developing new nuclear weapons and placing deep cuts in America's nuclear
arsenal would leave America left with an increasingly obsolete nuclear capability
and will have little to no nuclear option in case of a threat to our survival.
-If America's ICBMs are off "hair trigger alert," then any response to a nuclear
attack may come too late to do any good at all. This at a time when nations such as
-Iran and/or North Korea have been working to arm themselves with nuclear weapons.
-The cancellation of America's missile defense program or not weaponizing space
would lead to across-the-board unilateral disarmament. This makes about as much
sense as taking all weapons away from your local police department and expecting
the bad guys to no longer do bad things.
I believe that Obama and the Democrats are either dangerously naive or are relying
on the 'good will' of those who have the stated purpose to annihilate the US and our allies. Whether it is blind naivety or inexperience that leads to their poor judgement. They pose a danger to our survival.
The democrats overt desire to expand socialism in the US. is another example of questionable judgement.
We have all learned of their plan to provide 95% of Americans an additional tax refund. They are careful in their parsing of words. This is not a reduction in our income tax rate. It is an additional refund that can be taken away at any time. Another folly in this logic is that approximately 40% of Americans do not pay income tax. We are indeed going to redistribute the wealth by writing this 40% of non taxpayers a check. It amounts to another form of welfare. Or vote buying, depending on how you choose to view it.
An additional 'slight of hand' on the democrats part is the planned increase of our corporate tax rate. Already second highest in the world. The democrats will raise it ten percent. The problem is that corporations do not pay income tax. When their rate goes up, they pass that additional cost onto consumers.
Obama and the democrats are aware of this, but are counting on the media to provide cover until after the election. They know they can not fund their socialist programs with the current tax rates. If they put a tax increase on the lower and middle class in their tax plans, they will lose the election. They will still collect from the lower and middle class but they will do it through the corporate tax rate increase. Letting consumers pick up the tab indirectly.
As we remember from the Carter years, this has an upward spiral affect. As the resulting unemployment and consumer prices increase, so does the corresponding inflation rate. As the resulting inflation rate goes up, the Federal Reserve steps in and raises interest rates in an attempt to slow the inflation. Before long we will find ourselves in the second term of Jimmy Carter.
I have spoken to taxes and our military. I want to touch on the social agenda being pushed by Obama and the democrats.
Obama voted against any restrictions on abortion up through late term procedures. As he appoints Supreme Court Justices and rams them through a 'rubber stamp' congress, his abortion stance will be reflected in constitutional interpretation for decades to come. He also voted to not require medical attention for any child that survives a late term abortion.
Last week a class of 1st graders were taken to their lesbian teachers wedding during school hours. Defenders of this, argued that it would teach tolerance. I do not think children are able to process such information at the age of six and seven. Last Thursday, another elementary school treated their students to Gay "National Coming Out Day". This was done with grades K-8. Without parental notification, and was not included in the school's published calender. This was done to teach children the importance of building 'alliances'. Never mind parental authority. The leftists know what is best for our children.
Additional funding will be flowing to ACORN. The democrats know this is a winner for their reelection efforts. Voter registration fraud on a nationwide scale. This will continue to be funded through the federal 'Housing Trust Fund'.
While hunting guns will be protected, handguns are a target. American Hunters Shooters Assoc, has endorsed Obama. This organization is a front group for anti- handgun backers. The NRA endorsed McCain for a reason.
Obama's 'Global Poverty Act' funding. Currently the GAO and CBO omits funding language in the cost estimates. Filibuster proof majorities will remove the need to hide the actual costs. Actual estimates are $850 billion US taxpayer dollars to fight poverty in Africa. None of this money is targeting poverty in the US. This money will be paid to the United Nations and is over and above current foreign aid.
The 'Global Poverty Act' is part of a greater United Nations program, know as the "Millennium Project". It commits the US to the World Courts criminal division and will usurp the authority of the US. Supreme Court. Google the Millennium Project to learn other included tenants. The ultimate goal here is one world government. A redistribution of wealth globally between nations.
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