Monday, November 29, 2010

Obama Calls for Federal Pay Freeze

The Obama administration has set fourth on a campaign to expand the size and scope of government like never before. Obama has spearheaded a government takeover of almost every part of the private-sector economy one can think of. This is why this the announcement has come as such a shock to many Americans. Why is Obama all of a sudden trying to practice fiscal restraint after proposing the largest budget of all time and adding more debt to our debt than all presidents from Washington to Reagan combined?

Could this be an effect of the recent midterm election? Is Obama going to take the route followed by Clinton or is he going to be a rubber stamp for the agenda of the Lame-Duck Congress? Will he come towards the center or remain on the left, pushing legislation down our throats that we outwardly reject?

This proposal to cap the pay of approximately two million federal workers is a step in the right direction, but I would still not qualify this action as a good one. The federal work force is massive and being funded by money we don't have. One of the first things we must do to get our fiscal house in order is to balance the budget, and to do this civil servants must take part of the hit.

New Wikileaks Documents Dump Sparks Outrage

Over the past day or two, over 250,000 classified or secret official U.S. documents have been illegally released by Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange. This extremely large amount of documents has proven to contain millions of state secrets and could possibly be devastating to the United States and our relationship with other nations across the globe.

There have been many specific instances where countries like North Korea, Iran, China, and Russia come into play when dealing with nuclear weapons and relations in general. One of the most shocking revelations that has come into the light is Saudi Arabia's backing of a plot to take out the leadership of Iran.

Without question, Iran is one of the most, if not the most imminent and violent threat to freedom and democracy around the world. Iran, led by its Dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seeks to conquer the planet earth and unite it under Sharia law. This Hitler of our time, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has referred to the United States as the "Great Satan" and champions the ideology that the United States should be wiped of the map. Iran is a constant threat to nations like the United States as well closer nations such as Israel and Great Britain.

The fact that a nation such as Saudi Arabia, being a solid Islamic state, wants to take down Ahmadinejad sends a strong and clear message. This man is not only bad for non-Muslims and peace-loving people across the globe, the fact is that he is bad for everyone. This comes an an utter shock to most Americans as the Obama administration has taken a less than hostile position on Iran.

For a nation such as Iran, with bold aspirations on acquiring nuclear weapons, we're surely not doing as much as we should thanks to the Appeaser-in-Chief. Are we going to wait until a bomb goes off on American soil or are we going to stand up on our feet and show the world that the United States is not a nation of cowards willing to be conquered? Hopefully our leaders represent our interests rather than those willing to kill us.