The other KrisAnne on ameriKa's neocon problem

Some of you were privileged to hear the tireless Constitutional educator KrisAnne Hall speak before PN members and friends in Fountain Inn, SC or Greenville a few years ago. As brilliant as she is passionate, the multi-faceted patriot extraordinaire travels the country striving to wake her fellow citizens up. A message just received from her rips right through the illusion that either the U.S. government or the RepubliCon Party are doing anything to protect this country from danger:

Congress has possibly the lowest approval rating in history, even lower than possibly the worst President in history.  Perhaps it is because of the apparent disconnect from reality that becomes obvious when listening to some of them.  In a recent email to one of my radio show listeners, Marco Rubio, a Senator who is alleged to really "get it" and is a "rising star" in the GOP, made the following statement:

"I take my role as a U.S. Senator very seriously and I will continue to provide important oversight of these government agencies. Should anyone attempt to restrict our freedom or liberty, I will hold them accountable. Furthermore, I will continue to support and defend the principles and liberties in the U.S. Constitution."

 Seriously? "CONTINUE to provide and important oversight"??  When and where is that happening from Congress, Mr. Rubio?   "Should anyone attempt to restrict our freedom or liberty"?!!? Is Mr. Rubio asserting that it hasn't happened yet, but when it does we should rest assured that he will be RIGHT THERE supporting and defending the Constitution?  FYI, it's happening every day. Someone needs to pump some fresh air in Washington DC because I am seeing significant signs of asphyxiational delusion displayed by the majority of its residents.

Just in case some Senators are unclear about what might restrict our freedom or liberty, here are just a few things going on that could use some oversight and accountability:
  
Governments, being Endowed with these RIGHTS: Entitlements, Surveillance, and the Pursuit of Unlimited Spending...                  
 
1.       Obamacare is a massive tool to restrict our freedom and liberty.  It is a mandate that requires citizens to purchase the healthcare the government deems appropriate and penalizes anyone from working outside the confines of government control.  It gives the federal government the power to not only mandate healthcare but creates a "significant governmental interest" in matters of our health giving the government potential control over every aspect of our lives.  A small case in point is the measure popularly known as the "Medicine Cabinet Tax," contained in pages 1,957 to 1,959 of a law that runs more than 2,400 pages.  This provision FORBIDS AMERICANS from using their health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement account (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase nonprescription medicines. (Sunshine State News, Eric Guinta)---Did you hear that Mr. Rubio...the Federal Government is FORBIDDING AMERICANS from using their own money to buy Tylenol!  Surely THAT is a restriction on our freedom or liberty...Where is the oversight?

2.       In the midst of "government shut down" over budget issues, the Obama administration is set to hire TENS OF THOUSANDS of health care professionals, union workers and community activists (ACORN? Planned Parenthood?) as "navigators" to help Americans choose Obamacare options. Their starting pay as of Oct. 1 will be anywhere from $20 to $48 an HOUR, according to new regulations issued Wednesday. (The Examiner, Paul Bedard)  What will these "navigators" do?  They will be translating Obamacare into foreign languages to encourage the use of Obamacare by non-English speaking people.  Multilingual statism, beautiful! Is this an example of that oversight Mr. Rubio mentioned?

3.       The Senate Budget Committee just recently voted to CONTINUE working with Mexican government to increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps (a program started by George W.).  Exporting government dependency, fantastic! That gives new meaning to the phrase "Made In America."  Apparently our own government isn't doing enough to spend us into oblivion, we will now have the assistance of Mexico in enslaving our children in debt and national bankruptcy.  The PARTNERSHIP, alone, will cost us MILLIONS, not to mention the cost of the Food Stamps (FoxNews.com) (Daily Caller, Caroline May)  Senate oversight in the works, perhaps? No, this is probably just "immigration reform," a.k.a. Democrat voter drive.



That's only a fragment of the piece. Read the rest here:

http://www.krisannehall.com/index.php/blog/174-senate-standing-guard

.........Since the late Dr. Clarkson was a vigorous defender of Dixie and we try to continue all his best traditions, an anecdote you may enjoy -- redolent of the wonderful way people of all kinds and types manage to catch the Southern spirit.

I play music in a church where most people are proud Southerners or at least supportive newcomers to the region. About a year ago a couple joined the congregation that are absolutely great -- very active and enthused despite our small numbers and almost day-to-day existence. As so often happens down here, the couple and I found we had NY and NJ places in common. But the wife just happens to be 300 light years from understanding or liking the Southern thing. The first time she caught sight of the rebel flag in my pencil can on the organ, she suddenly started spewing ugly, bigoted, ignorant clichés. We've remained friends and allies in other things, but I confess the incident still, well, astounds me in retrospect.

A year or less later, another kind of newcomer arrived -- from California via the iciest northlands. This gal quotes the old bumper sticker "I wasn't born in Dixie, but I got here as fast as I could" and is ecstatically devouring suppressed Southern history, hunting Confederate ancestors for herself, and unlearning a lifetime of miseducation. Purely by the grace of God, she sees it where millions of others don't. What joy -- the zeal of a convert!

For the few congregation members that don't share this passion it makes for great fun as this lady and I gab excitedly about it all, including how right the South was in the War and how very, very wrong the North was. Half the fun is trying not to flaunt the dialog, the other half is when folks accidentally get a snootful. We really don't mean any offense, but as you may know I live on a "come on in, the water's fine" basis where spontaneity reigns.

On Resurrection Sunday after church, Copperhead Gal was delightfully ebullient again on my favorite non-musical subject. "Wait a minute," I said, "I think I've got something for you." The PN Executive Director, you see, had given me several gorgeous historical Confederate flags to pass on to people at the Burning of Columbia remembrance in February, and one was still kicking around in my car. We walked out, I slashed the cellophane wrapper off the product, and it turned out to be the breathtaking, meaningful model consisting of a reduced South Carolina state flag on the left with the Confederate ensign taking up the body of the design.

"Molon labe," Copperhead Gal shouted to the world beaming with defiance, in her irresistible Chicago-like western accent and draping the flag across her considerable frame. "Come and take it!!!"*

I looked over my shoulder to see whether by some remote chance Yankee Gal saw it. She appeared to, and how. I then told CG about YG for the first time, but fear she didn't catch the full priceless irony of herself, from California, and me, from NJ, freaking out YG from NY over the stars, bars, moon and palmetto tree.

Don't worry, YG will recover. Hey, a bone's never stronger than where it's been broken.... I was a Yankee once.

Southern fever is centuries old, yet ever new. Saw an article in the Examiner tabloid about haunted houses, tried a search for some in S.C. This was in the results somehow - Sotheby's presents a brand new plantation-style mansion that makes Tara look like a tobacco barn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVUlAFn6iSI

/\/.\/\/.  torpenhow@charter.net

*This couldn't have been more incredibly apt or erudite. Add it to your collection, OK?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe