Problems to Work On in 2006

Well, that was a fun time, the past three days, visiting with my brother. We don't get together nearly enough, as I have stated previously, but when we do, we discuss everything from fast cars to the birth of Christ.

He is very well read, especially when we discuss the Bible. I marvel at how he describes events in such detail and with such enthusiasm. I couldn't help but be transported into that long ago time and feel a as though I was experiencing some of the event, live. He's good.

The other events that have been center stage this week, politically and other wise, have not been of much importance to me at this time. I know that they will be there when I get back from this fantastic interlude that has occupied me these past days. Just the thought of having to revisit those islands of muck and mire is daunting but, at the same time, I also realize, it is necessary. I want to stay on top of events as much as possible so as not to get blind-sided by something that will impact me directly.

As it seems to be the trend these last days of 2005 to look back at what we think are the important stories of the year, and there are many, I think I can identify some that stand out as being high-impact type items that will and have influenced how we live now and how they will control our lives in the future.

First and most important, I believe, is how the main stream media has dropped any pretense of being anything other than a torch for the socialist left liberal Democrats in this country, The Democrat National Committee, and how the Marxist puppet masters pull the strings that make the media dance to their tune.

It is no secret how that the internet has grown to oppose the misdirection, false and out right lies that the media, on daily basis, subjects the reading public to as a means to impose their agenda that will crush democracy and freedom of thought. This is the most important danger that we face today. We have to be on guard every time we read anything these days as to what bias it holds.

Of course, a media that is invested in the destruction of this country as we know it, influences everything else. Case in point is the war on terrorism. The war on terrorism is my second most important issue this year, and even a blind man can see how a destructive media can have an incredible influence as to what the general public believes to be the real problem in fighting that war. Not just the war in Iraq but fighting terrorists all over the world. Just reading the New York Times tells you all you have to know about how they are invested in defeat.

The third major problem for 2006 is immigration. This has direct impact on the war on terrorism as one might expect seeing that we have over 10 million illegal emigrants in this country now and more on the way. How many of those that are already here are have intentions of doing us harm? How many more that are pouring into this country are criminals? How many have major health problems and those that brought their families enter our schools and welfare programs?

A bill just passed the house of representative that will answer some of these problems. One of the provisions is building 700 hundred miles of fence. But, It has to get through the senate, of course, to make it law and we all know what that means. I can just imagine the outrage. Someone is sure to be disenfranchised.

This law makes sense so Marxist like Schumer and Reid, among others, will fight it tooth and nail. The Democratic agenda demands that the borders stay open to terrorists so they can attack us. The liberals firmly believe that this is a sure route to power for them.

The other problems that will face us in the near future will be on going but need constant attention. Chief among these is health care. Medicare and Medicaid. We must constantly work at reforming these monsters that drives up costs each year for everyone and that will prove to be our undoing if we don't face up to reality.

I don't know what the answer is to health care, but I have some ideas that are born from living over sixty years in and out of the system. They entail everyone starting to shoulder more responsibility for their own care, i.e. everyone excepting more of the risk of health care instead of paying an insurance company to do that. Simplistic? Maybe, but when you are paying the bill out of your own pocket, the hospitals are a lot more careful with the bottom line. I will expand on this idea in the future. I'm sure there won't be many that will like what I have to say.

The budget deficit is rapidly becoming a cancer that will drag us and our children down to ruin if we don't start demanding that our representatives use some common sense when funding old and useless programs, and then funding new ones that benefit only a vocal few in our society.

Social Security, of course, looms large on the horizon. The President has tried to reform this out of control program of retirement assistance but with no luck. Again, it is the Democrats in the congress that scream bloody murder if anyone touches their link to that huge block of voters that relies on those funds for their very existence.

This really is one of the very last strong holds that the Democrats have left from the old days. They think any reform, self directed funds, will seal their fate in all future elections. What bull! It is in everyone's interest to see that the system works. Even knowing that it will fail completely by 2042, they still refuse any suggestions for reform. Go figure.

I'm sure there are many more problems for us to work on that we will have to face next year, but these that I have mention I believe are some of the more pressing ones. The media will be an important factor in how these problems are resolved. Thank God for the internet and talk radio. The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times do a good job as well.

Have a happy and safe New Year -