Since it doesn’t seem to make sense to Obama or all the moronic feds in DC, I’ll share with them how I deal with difficult times:

Last month, I spent less than what I brought in.  Yay, I have $100 to put into my savings account.
The month before that, I did the same but a little less left over.  Yay, I have $50 to put into my savings account.

This month, I had an unexpected expense of about $80.  Did I go borrow the money to pay for it?  No.  Did I dip into my savings to cover it?  Nope.  Did I work out some deal to pay it off over three months and thereby have to pay interest?  Nope.

This is what I did.  I looked around my house, found random household items that I could conceivably sell.  I came up with about 10.  I put them in order of which item is used the most and which is used the least.   I sold the item that is used the least for $90.  I paid my unexpected expense for $80 and put $10 into my savings account.

I came out ahead and will not miss the item that hadn’t been used in 3 years.

When I run out of stuff to sell, I’ll start prioritizing items as “absolutely necessary” and “I can live without”.  Then make cuts based on that.  You’d be surprised at what you can liquidate if you absolutely have to.

Stupid government.  This isn’t rocket science.  I’m not saying they should start selling couches and microwaves, but seriously, BORROW the money?  Are you kidding me?  Start slitting throats (figuratively you FBI snoops).  Cut every government program that isn’t specifically mentioned in the Constitution.  Once you’re done, we’ll have so much money, we could swim in green.

Oh, and start with abolishing the Federal Reserve and revert back to the gold standard under the authority Congress has.  The Federal Reserve is like the city contracting out the mayor’s budget office to a random executive in China.  One of the most unwise choices this country has ever made.

But it was worth it.  Nobody on that court ever made fun of my brother again.  That was probably one of my first lessons of taking justice into my own hands.  Granted it was a simple and common boyhood skirmish, but nonetheless an important one.   You protect and defend that which you love and hold dear.

Luckily, I’m a lot more mature at dealing with ignorance today, but I had a similar feeling about a week ago while discussing something with an acquaintance.

We were discussing Mr. Obama and the fiscal policies he has enabled which will bankrupt our nation.  I asked him where in the Constitution does it grant power to any branch of our government to bail out private business.  No answer.  I further asked him, where in the Constitution is power granted to the government to provide healthcare to its citizens.  No answer.  I was about to ask another question, when suddenly the person blurts out, “You know what, FU#& the Constitution.”

I was taken aback.  I looked at him and said, “What did you just say?”

“You heard me.  FU#& the Constitution.”

I walked away before the urge to punch him came to fruition.

In the back of my mind:   protect and defend that which you love and hold dear

I thought about it for awhile.  I approached him later.  I asked, “Do you know what the Bill of Rights is?”

“Yeah, I think so.”

“Which Amendment to our Constitution guarantees you the right to Freedom of Speech?”

“umm..  The fifth one?”

“No, the First one does.  Which Amendment to our Constitution guarantees you the right to own firearms?”

“The third?”

“Wrong, my friend.  The Second Amendment guarantees that right.  Furthermore, it gives us this right because it is necessary to the security of a free State.  I consider our government’s current anti-Constitutional behavior and the sheep that follow it and endorse it to be a threat to the security of this free state.”

“So?”

“So next time you feel the need to disparage a document and country that I love and hold dear, can you do me a favor and at least read that which you are criticizing?”

Walked away from dead silence in the room.

For the first time in about 25 years, I bloodied a person’s nose.   But this time without throwing a punch.

In hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have said anything more to the person, because people like that subscribe to the victim mentality that Obama has preyed upon since he began running for office.  Many people think the world owes them and should provide undeserved vindication, and these are where the vast majority of votes came from that put this usurper into office.  Offer irresponsible businesses bailouts for ignorance and offer “free” money to beggars, and I assure you it will be taken and squandered by the same irresponsible people that caused the problem in the first place.

And with 20/20 hindsight, I’m really not proud of what I did.  I know fully well that I, myself, can also be verbally crushed by a person more learned than myself. (doesn’t take much more “learned” either.)  But dang it, what the ……??

My question for thought, though, is this:  I wonder how long it will be before Patriots out there without that kind of self-control will have their rage boil over?  I’m asking, because it nearly surfaced in me today and luckily I have the ability to usually think before I act.  And those were just words.  Vicious, ignorant words, but a provocation, nonetheless.  And I’m quite a normal person with no tendencies toward violence.

It’s kind of like the title line for the blog Ace of Spades:

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

-H.L. Mencken

Just a thought.  And a word of advice.  Don’t try to convince an Obama voter of the idiocies of his majesty’s policies.  You’ll likely just end up talking to somebody who hasn’t the slightest notion of what the Constitution is, and who is most likely just another “victim” looking to get something for nothing.

I’ve been watching since before the elections for some kind of proof that Obama is actually qualified under our Constitution to be President.

Article 2, Section 1 of our Constitution has this to say about the qualifications of the Presidency:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Obama has refused to provide irrefutable proof that he meets this requirement.  Until he does so, I, like many others – including active and nonactive service members – will not consider him the Commander in Chief.  This presents a Constitutional crisis like one we’ve never seen before.

Other parties are just as irresponsible for this mess for not verifying that Obama is eligible:  the MSM for refusing to cover the story, the electoral college for refusing to ask for proof, Congress for any number of reasons, the supreme court for refusing to hear the multiple lawsuits appealed to their holy robes.  All have failed on several levels to satisfy the Constitution and should all be held accountable.

Mr. Obama, the longer you wait to do this, the less respect you will get from me.  The more lawyers you hire to avoid providing proof, the more you prove to me that you are a liar and a usurper to the highest office in my country.