The Big Three....

I know what your thinking,here's another conservative rant against labor unions...Well,your wrong. I do think unions do far more harm than good and breed mediocrity but that is not the subject of today's post.I want to talk about ,what I see as the REAL Big Three,the three groups of influence that are complicit in leading us further away from freedom and doing great harm to our country.

The first group in the REAL big three is by far the most complicit,they are in control and are leading us,at breakneck speed down a path that will surely end in socialism if we are lucky enough to have it stop there. I struggled with who all to include in the top tier of the big three and it occurred to me that the top two groups can be classified under the heading "Liberal Elites". Liberal politicians are at the top of the sub-group consisting of the liberal elites.They have prevailed in the past two election cycles and are back in power and wasting no time in making conservatives pay for their years in exile.

Notice I didn't say liberal democrats? Its unfortunate to say, but that wouldn't be an accurate assessment of our political hierarchy in these turbulent times. It seems a significant faction of the republican party has misread the losses in elections to mean that they must be "liberal light" or in some cases outright liberal to gain favor at the ballot box.These folks generally rein from the northeast or west coast and were educated at some of the finest liberal indoctrination centers IE:Ivy League and a growing number of Universities, across the country. Time spent at these institutions is what contributes to their misguided mindset. Its what makes them "liberal elites" and perpetuates their outlook that those of us that hold on to silly things like the constitution and conservatism are stuck in our hapless,uneducated lives due to ignorance,frustration and our faith in Christian values.

None the less, they are in charge now , as Obama never lets true conservatives forget when he holds "bi-partisan" court. They have the purse strings and are wasting no time in implementing their agenda that was forced on the back burner for so many years.Cap and trade,card check,Higher taxes,hidden taxes,welfare,abortion rights,universal health care and gun control are all in the works as we speak.Hell, they are moving so fast they cant even stop long enough to read the bills Obama is signing into law.The era of big government is here!Never mind that we have seen massive spending in poor economic times keep Japan in a recession for over 10 years,never mind that economics 101 teaches us that you cant spend your way out of debt and most importantly disregard the reality liberalism has failed EVERY society that has succumb to its everyman promise of utopia.

Make no mistake. From Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to Arlen Spector and Arnold Schwartzenegger liberalism has infiltrated our government at all levels. If we don't stop and take a good hard look at ourselves and remember with honest history what principles guided us to become the great nation that we are and take back our government in the next election with HONEST, TRUE conservatives,we risk allowing damage to be done that is too great to undo.

As I mentioned earlier,there are two groups of people that encompass the liberal elite. We just discussed the liberal politicians now we need to address the failings of the other group. You probably guessed it.....the media. In this group of "elites" I will also include liberal academia. Why would I include professors in with the media as culpable in this assault on our freedom and the constitution? Because many times it these professors that appear on "news" shows as "experts" that the talking heads go to for insight on the issues of the day. Mind you, they aren't introduced as "liberal",their introduction often includes titles such as "the foremost authority" or "Dr so and so,Professor of political science-Princeton". They neglect to tell you that this person always contributes the maximum allowed by law to every Democrat in their state and suffer from Bush derangement syndrome. Not only do these people go on national television as "unbiased experts" but they are also educating our children with revisionist history blaming all the worlds woes on conservatism,Ronald Reagan,Tax cuts and George W Bush. They betray the trust of parents and students by rewarding liberal bias in grading term papers while punishing a student that may have a conservative viewpoint REGARDLESS of how well the student may have performed.

The media and teachers are supposed to be the watchdogs of the truth. They are trusted to inform our students and populace of the reality of events,past and present.If you follow politics and current events or have children in our education system,you are probably aware of how out of hand this situation has got. You only need to spend an hour watching MSNBC or listen to your child tell of the American History lesson of the day to know that we cant count on these people for the truth anymore. Think about what I just said for a second.......We have actually hit a point where we can no longer count on teachers or the news media to tell us the unbiased truth about what is going on in our country or the world. Isn't the press the "fourth branch" of government as it was referred to in days gone by? How can we hold our politicians accountable when the media is complicit in promoting their agenda and not telling us of the failings of its policies? If Chris Matthews gets a chill up his leg when Obama speaks or grows noticeably angry when Ari Fleisher calls him on misquoting his conservative viewpoint,How can we trust Chris to give us the facts? Unfortunately it goes much farther than Chris Matthews and MSNBC its rampant on most news channels and has even infiltrated Hollywood and every form of media. It's become hip and popular to deride conservatives and conservatism even if you have to misrepresent,distort or outright lie to promote Obama or the liberal agenda. After all these folks honestly believe that if we just had the benefit of their liberal enlightenment, we would be liberal too. We just cling to our guns and religion out of ignorance and frustration.

The 3rd and final group in our liberal big three is not necessarily in a position of power but could very well be the most dangerous. This group is preyed upon by the other two groups and until recently I would have argued were too smart to buy into the indoctrination for any length of time. That's right its the people that make up the liberal and "centrist" part of our population. As the last election proves,they are growing in number but are by and large not our best nor brightest.This is the group I like to call the sheeple. They fall prey to liberalism for a number of reasons,Indoctrination at our universities,poverty,race,misguided compassion or an embrace of popular culture.

It is this group that scares me the most.It is they that we will have to reach if we aim to reverse this travesty that is sweeping our nation. As the government grows larger and squeezes out free markets and opportunity this group will grow ever more dependent on government and liberal politicians for survival.They will continue to vote for candidates that promise to equalize the economy and take from the "rich" what is rightfully theirs. I fear this last election could have started a trend that will not be reversible until self-reliance and production in this country are things of the past. Socialism has a history of equalizing economics,the problem is everyone ends up equally poor.Now more than ever we need to read our Constitution and understand what our federal governments limits are and ,more importantly WHY our forefathers saw the need to limit its power. These days the government operates so far outside its intended limits that individual states have to submit to congress will or die on the vine. Have you ever asked yourself why our country,a Constitutional republic(Group of states bound by a constitution) has to send all our money to Washington and let just over 535 people decide how to distribute it? That's NOT what our forefathers had in mind.States rights were important.The federal government was formed to simply provide for the common defense,to settle international trade disputes and trade disputes between states....that's it.....NOTHING MORE! It wasn't meant to take money from Missouri to pay for welfare checks in California. It wasn't meant to take money from Texas to fund abortions in Alabama.It wasn't meant to take money from Oregon to fund water beetle mating research in Florida.Read the Constitution. Its plain to see.We have allowed the few to take our power away and its evident they are no longer listening.They pander to the weakest of our people to keep themselves in power.How long can we hold this course before it all falls apart? Who knows?,but history and reality show us that we are short on time,unless we remember our roles in this country.From the politicians,to the teachers and media on down to the people that make up our society,we need to get back to our conservative roots or we are destined to fail.