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Letter to the President

Posted by tlbeman on Monday, October 05, 2009 11:26:54 AM

Dear Mr. President,

Now Mr. President it is time to roll up your sleeves! I started out this administration giving you time to see what your intentions were. Now, after 9 months I still have no clue. You have waffled on everything except demeaning our great counrty's history.

Now you hold back on providing the essential troops we need to succeed in Afghanistan. You have previously promised this support before and since you have been President. Now is the time to act, and to act decisively. Maximum force should be used at this time. This should be done to support, and protect our troops in the field, and also to protect the Afghan people.

Think back to the Desert Shield/Storm model on a reduced scale. Colin Powell is the best adviser for this scenario. Unfortunately, his advice was put aside by the former administration, but now is the best time to see the wisdom of the past. Act now and act strong. Do not retreat, do not waver, step boldly and take our victory.
Timothy L. Berryman
Logansport, IN
 
This letter was sent to president@whitehouse.gov
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Chicago Outrage

Posted by tlbeman on Friday, October 02, 2009 5:41:07 AM
Following the tragic violence in Chicago this past week I'm thinking..where is all of the outrage!?  One child dead and another barely clinging to his life, and I don't see activists lining up to condemn the violence.  This is the democrats own backyard and they are saying near to nothing.  The strongest voice I heard about the attacks was the passionate plea from hated Fox News commentator Glenn Beck. 
  How is it there is more outrage about the arrest of Roman Polanski than the death of a 16 year old boy.  Why isn't Hollywood lining up to pour resources into the embattled streets of Chicago.  Is a child rapist more important than a child murder?  Obama, Michelle, and Oprah fly off to extol the virtues of the Windy City instead organizing a counter measure to the violence in the streets.  That is probably why they didn't want to make such a big deal about it.  Pictures of smashed heads wouldn't impress the IOC; meanwhile, another child has a fractured skull.
  Debra Winger talks about philistines, does she even know what that means.  I would not describe a person that decries rape and sodomy of a 13 year old as having too strict of a moral code.  I call someone who supports such activities an animal.  If that is bohemian behavior then they should all be banished to Bohemia. On second thought,  I wouldn't want to do that to the people that really live there. 
  It is just these same misplaced moralities that allows children to run the streets in violent battles.  It condones fathers leaving their families unsupported while he "does his thing."
The racism in this country is not the criticism of Obama and his policies.  The racism is the corrupt inner city dynamic that lets murder and mayhem rule outside our schools, and kills an honor student who just happened to be there.
 
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Van Jones

Posted by tlbeman on Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:00:00 AM

You know..when Obama started in office I gave him the benefit of the doubt.  He had links to Rev? Wright..Ayers.. and a host of other left wing radicals, but I had hoped he had become mainstream.  If you check his rhetoric in the campaign you would think he had moved to the center, but reality has set in.  Barrack Obama is a left wing nut job.  All of his appointments are way out there.  No compromise, no discussion, all criticism is considered blasphemy. 
  I always knew the Rev. Wright relationship was a bad thing. I really didn't believe he never heard it,but by denying Wright I thought maybe Obama had moved past that influence.  These special advisers, (I hate the czar word), have changed my mind.  These people evidently were installed without any concern, or any care to the usual vetting process.  How else could these people be in positions of power.  In the Bush days almost every appointment was closely scrutinized and torn apart in the media before they were installed.  Now this people just show up and have a job at the head of the country!?
  Something has to give.  These people are too radical.  Van Jones is the worst, but you have a whole house of left wing zealots who don't belong in top level politics here.  Out politics is based on compromise, and I see none in this administration.  I hate to wish my life away..but I will be  looking forward to the next elections..I hope we have change we can believe in.
 
 

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Why I'm Sad

Posted by tlbeman on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:49:31 AM
  I'm sad when I think of the America I grew up learning about.  Now it is just a distant memory.  I grew up watching WWII movies, a great and vital NASA, race drivers that didn't smash guitars (what guitars?), and yeah..the Beatles..the early Beatles.  The fab four and an idyllic America that stood for grace of power, and a people who believed in her grace.  That was a long time ago. 
  It started to unravel in 1968 for me.  The Tet offensive, Martin Luther King's , and Bobby Kennedy's assasinations, and the summer of "love" morphing into protests, rebellion, and desecrating the flag.  Cassius became Muhammad, Beatles became gurus, and I began to question dope smoking soldiers thousands of miles away.  Where were the GI's of WWII?  John Wayne had Green Berets, but we all knew that was a lie.  I wish it were true.
  The moon took my pain away for awhile.  What a great moment for the nation.  Woodstock seemed harmless enough at the time, but then the next year was Kent State..and napalm..and Nixon and disgrace at the end of the war.  When I served in the Army the first time, it was a mess.  FTA was the banner call, and hashish was the potion.  GI Joe was stoned in his barracks bitching about having joined the Army even in peace time. 
  The 80's brought a resurgence with the Great Communicator, and the early 90's saw us swelling with "Proud to be an American".  Then what happened?  Democrats.  Interns and corruption, downgrading American ideals.  Lies and legal entanglements forever changed the way we look at our politicians.  I truly hoped Bush II could change it all back around.  "Uh..not happening."
  The horror of 9/11, the rise and the immediate fall of patriotism, all led us to where we are today.  A nation that doesn't love itself by around 50 percent.  OBama was elected on lies of change.  Well, not lies, misrepresentations, he wants change..sorta like Mao did.  I have not seen such arrogance and ignorance in the Oval office in my 54 years of life, and it is all due to the degradation of the American ideal.  OBama would not be President if America did not half hate itself. 
  This is my quandry.  I love America..all of it..I just don't know how to deal with the feelings I get when I think of the half that hates it. It makes me sad.  I guess all I can do is vote..every election..and hope the census doesn't discount me.
 
 
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Hard Realities

Posted by tlbeman on Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:35:18 AM
Working for the healthcare system is a chance to see the utter disregard for the checks and balances as they stand.  Exams are done needlessly, and for other reasons than the patients welfare. Things have got to change, but they won't change with just Nationalized healthcare.  The whole mentality has to change.  You can trust a doctor with your life, but can you trust him with you checkbook? 
  As long as there are unecessary law suits and corruption there will be over charging in the healthcare industry. The day of Papal doctrines, lords and serfs is supposed to be done.  In the healthcare industry that is not true.  HIPPA rules, Doctors dictate, and supervisors mete out the law to humble serflike workers who take the brunt of the pain, next to the patients.
  The patients receive needless procedures and unending appointments for exams they don't need.  Why do I need an exam for osteoporsis if I'm 90 and nothing will change my outcome?  I've seen 88 year olds with major brain trauma get follow up CT's for a week.  What is the point?  They know they are not going to do surgery. You can't expect an 88 yo to survive major brain surgery unless they came in there running the marathon every year.  Rationing of healthcare should never be mandated, but effective and intelligent exam management is a must.  
  The whole system is a mess and I'm sick of it. What can I do? Nothing but vent.  The system will not change until we change our classist society.  A society where those in power rule the books, the rules, the changes , the way of life.
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