After listening to the President’s State of the Union Address I have come but to one conclusion- our President has little regard for individual liberties and views “big government” as the solution for issues our nation is facing. His inability to recognize that his massive expansion of government has not fixed a single thing and the voice of the American people don’t have his ear.

His desire to pass Health Care “reform” in which the people overwhelmingly have said “WE the People” don’t want your Plan, indicates he hasn’t taken the time to listen to both sides. Yet, he want’s unity from Congress in this matter and views the opposition as somehow a personal attack on him personally. It is not a personal issue Mr. President, but is the American people’s voice that isn’t being heard and I will stand up for them long before I stand up for your agenda that is laden with “behind closed doors deals”.

You, Mr. President, were hired by “WE the People”, not the special interest groups, the union bosses, and lobbyists. You convinced the American people that a $787 BILLION Stimulus bill would keep unemployment below 8%, yet no jobs are being created, people are losing their homes, and the banks and Wall Streeter’s are standing on solid and profitable ground.

Small businesses are under attack as you press for Cap and Trade, Health Care, and “Card Check”. As I listen to these business owners, they feel threatened by your agenda and will most likely not survive your onslaught of taxes and fees. Yet, you offer the smoke and mirrors that “capital gains tax reductions” and “hiring credits” which in reality, will not create jobs. “Capital gains” don’t happen in a small business, but it’s capital investment in people, in expansion of inventories, and increased business activity they need. Investment in those areas make business succeed and are never subject to any “capital gains taxes”, but are what fuel the economic engine of our nation and result in those PROFITS you want to tax even more. We are not stupid Mr. President as you pandered the those who have never owned a business and won’t understand either, when they lose their source of family income when their employer closes his doors.

Good speeches don’t pay the bills of the ordinary American, jobs do. Cap and Trade, Health Care, and bank bailouts don’t put food on the table, jobs do. More regulations and higher taxes on our Small Businesses, and the threats of even more, don’t cause economic growth, and won’t create new JOBS, Mr. President.

Making college tuition loans part of a Government sounds all nice and fuzzy and having payback in 20 years has a nice ring to it, but making Public Service a condition of a 10 year payoff tells me that more expansion of GOVERNMENT is on the table for this Administration. Mr. President, the PEOPLE want LESS government, and and end to the deficits and your plans will produce another $1.9 TRILLION this year alone. Sooner or later, Mr. President, no nation will want our Debt instruments (bonds), as they aren’t so sure that your agenda will bring back the needed economic growth to pay back that debt.

It is time for Fiscal responsibility from our government and that means accepting the fact we are spending far too much, not taking the steps to cut the size and scope of government, and to offer a “spending freeze” that isn’t really a “freeze” on the areas where government needs massive overhaul. THAT, Mr. President is nothing more than pandering to the American people and is simply more “smoke and mirrors” that the American people are tired of. You promised to cut spending,  not increase it 25% so you could simply freeze a mere $20 billion.

You want to create more exports from our nation, yet, what did you put on the table that would bring more manufacturing from American shores? Those jobs are gone to where Mr. President? Let me give you that answer- China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India. You can’t export things you aren’t making, so those cargo ships that come into Jacksonville’s Port, simple return with the ONLY thing we seem to be exporting- AIR.

I’m sorry Mr. President, but your agenda falls well short of the desires of WE the PEOPLE. Excuses and “blame Bush” will no longer cut it for your failures and inability to listen to what the American people are telling you. No longer will promises of transparency, no lobbyists, and no back room deals for the cronies be acceptable as every single promise you ran on have been broken. We are a Representative Republic Mr. President, not a nation that you “RULE”, but one you GOVERN. You can’t govern unless you listen and you have lost the trust of those who hired you. Our government has 3 distinct branches Mr. President, and your chastising the Supreme Court indicates that you feel all 3 are there for you pleasure, and you don’t understand their roles are to protect us from the very tyrannical “RULE” you wish to impose.

Like any CEO will tell you, without the results you promised, the stockholders want a new direction. Let’s make sure we bring that new direction that works to our nation in 2010 and put our nation back in the hands of WE THE PEOPLE. Let’s not be lulled to sleep by a great speech, but compare the words to the actions and the actions have fallen far short.

If it wasn’t so absurd, one could call it nonsensical. But one writer seems to think that it is something Rep. Corrine Brown should consider.

From blogger and Conservative writer Yosim Postelnik we garnered this gem of wisdom regarding Ms. Brown dropping out of the U.S. Senate race:

“Still, one cannot help but wonder why Corrine Brown has stopped there. Running for US House and Senate simultaneously allowed her to skirt campaign contribution limits. But a run for the presidency would open up new doors altogether. And judging by Obama’s rating trend, at the end of the day she’d at least come in ahead of the incumbent. I can hear Hillary’s 2012 campaign cry already: “No way, no how, no crazy congresswoman.”

Earlier, we reported that Rep. Brown was “gaming the system” in order to double her donations for her U.S. House bid. Again, Mr. Postelnik states it plainly:

“Back to her Senate bid. Did the scheme work? Well, to quote the Florida Times Union’s reporter David Hunt: “The possible Senate run did build some fundraising momentum. Spokesman David Heller said Brown generated about $445,000 in the last quarter. The money was split between her congressional and Senate exploratory funds, but can all be used to finance the House campaign.”

Now, more than ever, Mike needs your help. He is running a race that Mr. Postelnik, and many other Conservatives throughout Florida, knows he can win. In his article, he even states further:

“While Brown was off ostensibly running for both House and Senate (yes, for the purposes of brevity we dare to leave out President, Queen of England and Heiress to Napoleon), someone else managed to launch a campaign to actually take care of the needs of her district. In a welcome change to the politics as usual that until now has been offered as the only choice to the people of her district, that person is proposing real solutions. And he is none other than common sense conservative Mike Yost.

Mike Yost is a man whose caliber we haven’t seen the likes of since Dick Armey. He proposes real solutions for real people. He’s a principled moral and economic conservative who also believes in common sense national security. More importantly, he’s got great ideas and is running for all of the right reasons.”

We thank Mr. Postelnik and many others for their kind words. If you to, agree, then consider what your donation can mean to Mike in his efforts to bring real leadership to this District. If you support his “3 Point Pledge”, then help him have the tools he needs to bring that message to every single person in this District. Help Mike win!

At noon today, as promised, Big Government and Big Hollywood websites released audio from a conference call that included taxpayer funded groups to press forward to promote President Obama’s agenda(s) for healthcare, environment, and other initiatives of the Administration. From the posting:

On August 10th, the National Endowment for the Arts, the White House Office of Public Engagement, and the Corporation for National and Community Service hosted a conference call with a handpicked arts group. This arts group played a key role in Obama’s arts effort during his election campaign, as declared by the organizers of the call, and many on the call played a role in the now famous Obama Hope poster.

In this series of audio conversation, we hear Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Engagement make this series of comments to the participants of the conference call:

• “I just first of all want to thank everyone for being on the call and just a deep deep appreciation for all the work you all put into the campaign for the 2+ years we all worked together.”
• “We won.”
• “I’m actually in the White House and working towards furthering this agenda, this very aggressive agenda.”
• “We’re going to come at you with some specific asks here.”
• “I hope you guys are ready.”

She even questions the “legal aspect” of what she can and can’t say as there might appear to be conflicts of interest in the discussion.

Let me answer that specifically- using taxpayers funds, through the NEA, to further the Administrations agenda is NOT the chartered purpose of the NEA or any organizations the NEA funds with that money.

Using the White House, Serve.gov, or any other government office directly or indirectly associated with this Administration is nothing but total impropriety in pushing forth the agenda. It is a blatant disregard of the legislative process where members of Congress are supposed to bring the debate forward. To “ask” the arts community, again funded by taxpayers, to use their creative, marketing, and other skills to drive the debate in a positive direction for this President pushes the envelope beyond the pale. Especially if it means using the NEA purse strings to do so.

Michael “Mike” Yost, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District of Florida has this to say:

“I am totally outraged that this administration can use the purse strings of the government through the NEA and other government funded groups to pressure people to fall in line with the Presidents agenda. If this isn’t corruption in government, then it sure must be a very close second.”

After fully reading the article, listening to the audio segments and seeing the chain of events that followed, Yost also had this to say:

“This is but another example of why we must reduce the size of our government. The influence peddling by our government, using taxpayers money to do so, is further indication that everyone has their hand out and are bought and paid for by government. I guess with a $3.5 trillion dollar budget, you can get a lot of influence with just a little pressure from the man up top if it keeps the money coming in.”

This is the reason we must elect principled and dedicated people to office. As Mike believes, “Let’s Take it Back”…in 2010 is all about WE THE PEOPLE taking back the reins of government and bring real ideas that will work to make America great again.

With your generosity and support, we can elect Mike to be your next Congressman from Florida. Help Mike bring the change to Washington that will end this government corruption and bring prosperity to this nation. Make your contribution today.