Parking Meters

Years ago, when my Dad first started working in downtown Houston, I remember riding into work with him one day and him handing me a dime to put in the parking meter. "Be sure to turn the knob all the way back". he told me. I believe I was around 6 years old at the time. That was one of my favorite days with my dad, just me and him, my Mom and brothers were off on other errands. I seem to recall he was off from work that day but he needed to pick up some papers from his office to take home and work on. He picked up his papers and then took me to a little diner on main street that served these huge, whatever you want breakfast platters on the cheap. That was a great day out with my Dad and it was my first experience ever with a parking meter. Years later when I started a job in downtown Houston, many of these same parking meters were still in existence. But then, newer parking meters were added and numbers were painted on public parking spaces and now patrons were required to punch in the number of the slot they were parked in. These meters ran on 12 volt batteries that required a manual recharging and were often out of order. Just a couple of years ago Mayor Bill White of Houston made an attempt to recap all of these lost Parking revenues and had solar powered meters installed throughout the city of Houston. These meters are not only solar powered but also take credit cards and are wifi enabled. You simply follow the instructions, pay the money required and then place the receipt on the dashboard of your car. The date and time and amount of parking time purchased is all listed on that receipt.
So, what is the problem with this, you may ask? Oh, there are a lot of problems, the first being that a lot of the solar powered meters end up losing their charges, due to cloudy skies, trees or whatever, and the public does not understand that they can proceed to any working meter nearby and get a receipt to place on the dash of their car. The biggest problem with these style of parking meters though, is the publics refusal to even try to learn how to work them. Day end, and day out, I see people walk up, look at the meter and immediately start looking around for someone to help them work the meter. They never even try to read the instructions , they just float right into helpless mode. The first instruction on these meters are "Press Any Button To Start" Most don't even read that far, they just immediately turn away and search for someone to do it for them. I have done the demographics and the majority of these people are Black or Brown. I am not being racist, just stating the fact that the majority of people who can not follow the directions and want someone else to help them out, are from these groups. These people don't even make an attempt to figure out something as simple as a parking meter, so how can they make an informed opinion or make an informed vote? The state of our Union Right now scares me. We have too many people who would rather choose a color than a principal, It's not about the color, It's about America and Americans. It's about our freedoms and our rights. It's about being an American and supporting our country and the principals our country was founded on. GOD BLESS AMERICA

Tea Party Patriots

The Tea Party Movement arose out of opposition to the bailouts and stimulus packages of 2009. Like that long ago Tea Party in Boston, Tea Party activists promote the ideals of no taxation without representation and promote limited government. Tea party activist support our constitution and everything it stands for.

I have posted below the mission statement of Tea Party Patriots

The impetus for the Tea Party movement is excessive government spending and taxation. Our mission is to attract, educate, organize, and mobilize our fellow citizens to secure public policy consistent with our three core values of Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets.

Tea Party Patriots support the foundation that this great nation was founded upon. Fly your flag proudly, you are an American.

Coffee versus Tea

I saw a news article recently about a new political group that started in response to the Tea Party movement. My first thought was that this would be a bunch of liberals who supported everything Black/ Brown or Obama. Curious about what exactly a Coffee Party is, I visited their face book page. I am still not exactly sure what their political standings are as the postings from different individuals seem to run the gamut from Loving Obama and hating Sarah Palin to Hating Obama and hating Sarah Palin. The Coffee party states their objective as "a discussion of current events of politics from a perspective based on common sense, morals, and a want for real change." Their's is no real platform or party lines, just everyone voicing their own opinions. Everyone exercising their right to free speech as granted to them in the Constitution. It does seems that the only thing everyone agrees on, is their dislike of the Healthcare Reform Bill and their dislike of Sarah Palin. Way to go Sarah, You have your own facebook page. I hope you like coffee.

Our Constitutional Rights

The Second Amendment to the Constitution grants American Citizens the Right to keep and Bear Arms. This is just one of the many Constitutional Rights that President Obama is trying to take away from us. I say that the citizens should take away Obama's guns. You may say President Obama does not carry a gun and that is true, but his Secret Service detail does. How about we take away the Secret Service Agent's guns? How safe would President Obama feel then? Would he then understand the needs and the rights of the private citizen to be able to keep and carry a gun to protect not only themselves, but their homes, property and families? It is the right of every American to defend what is theirs, whether it be their homes or their country

Unemployment on the Rise

Our local newspaper printed a story last week that Unemployment in our area has declined. They reported that Unemployment was down from 10% to 8.5%. I don't know how they are calculating their figures, because I personally know of at least 30 people who were just layed off from their jobs. Many had been with their respective companies for almost 30 years and were near retirement. Many of these people ae over the age of 45 and they will now be thrust back into a job hunt where they will compete against younger, better schooled job seekers. I have a friend who has been on her job search for well over a year now, she has only been able to find part time or contract work. I know of another person who was recently layed off from a job he had worked at for 25 years. He had just recently returned to his job duties after recovering from a lengthy illness. His illness was debilitating and is still ongoing. He applied for disability from Social Security and was turned down. He returned to work and he was lucky that he had an understanding employer who put him doing desk duties for the same rate of pay he had been receiving. Unfortunately that Company just closed down all offices nationwide. With his illness his hopes of finding another job are dismal. Unemployment is on the rise, Obama needs to focus on bringing this nation out of this recession instead of pushing a healthcare bill that will drive this nation deeper into this recession.

Loyal American

I really hate that as a loyal American, I have a President that I cannot respect. Obama continues to push his socialistic ideas on our country. Obama continues to lie to the taxpayers. Details of Obama Care are finally emerging, and there are startling differences from the Healthcare Reform plan first presented by President Obama and his supporters. Obama promised that Taxpayers who made less than $250,000 per year would not need to worry about The Healthcare Reform Bill increasing their taxes. Now that the details of Obama Care are being published, we learn that American Households making over $88,000 per year will be facing increases in their taxes. By perpetuating his lies about the Healthcare Bill, Obama has shown that he has no respect for the American people and I cannot have respect for him.

A Government For the People and by the People

AC9X7CM36HRV The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution both promise us limited government. More and more, the government intrudes into all aspects of our lives, from how we raise our children, to taxing everything we own and then giving that tax money away. The land of the free and home of the brave is fast becoming the government creed of give us everything you have and then give us more. We are expected to do what the government tells us to do and give up our free will.
If there is no limit to Government, this will no longer be the land of the free, it will be a Obama's Dream of Socialistic Society, where the working class works and supports those who refuse to work.

Declaration of Independence

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,---That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--

It is another Obmination that Obama seeks more goverment control over the American Taxpayer.

Remember 911

I find it hard to believe that in the wake of the Islamic Terrorist attacks of 911 that Americans would stand up and vote for a Black Extremist Muslim to be be this nation's leader. As a child Obama was schooled in the Muslim schools and taught to recite the Koran in Arabic. When he needed to further his political career, he joined a church led by a former Muslim and Black Extremist who preaches the black gospel. Muslims recognize Obama as being a Muslim, why can't Americans. Remember 911.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

I was listening to a conservative radio program the other day, when a listener called in to express his views on the Healthcare debate. He was all for it, but knew nothing about it. He even said the bill was posted online. When the host of the show asked him where was the bill posted, he back pedaled and said he hadn't read it so he didn't know, he just knew it was on the internet. All he knows is that the Healthcare Bill is a good thing and will provide free insurance to 30 million americans who don't have insurance. That's the first time I heard it was free, stupid me for paying for my insurance, when I can get me some free insurance. What about the illegal aliens? Well of course they should get the free insurance too, they are taxpayers. When the Talk show host pointed out that most illegals are paid in cash, he said no they aren't, they work and pay taxes. This is the kind of idiot that voted for Obama. People should read and study the issues before thay cast their votes. We are not choosing between chocolate and vanilla ice cream here. Just because you like chocolate ice cream does not mean that you will like everything made out of chocolate. Look at the issues and make an informed decision. Do not show your ignorance, by approving of everything done by a man because he is black or he is white or whatever color he is. Know the issues and learn the issues. Our country and our freedoms depend on this.

Obama Care

Obama's Healthcare Reform looms on our horizon, with promises to provide coverage to 32 Million uninsured. My question is, who exactly is that insurance going to cover? Will it simply be another way to give free care to the millions of illegal aliens living in our country. Our emergency rooms are flooded daily with illegal aliens seeking treatment for minor illnesses. They go to the emergency rooms so they don't have to pay. They know that most emergency rooms won't turn anyone away. In the end, it is again the American Taxpayers footing the Bill. Another Obamanation.