Why you should listen to the State of The Union Address.

in #politics5 years ago

A quote by former President Theodore Roosevelt, quoted by the Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918.

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct... To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. ...it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

President Trump, currently, and has been, throughout him being elected President, criticized, ridiculed, accused, and now impeachment hearings conducted by the Democratic Party controlled House. Conservatives are standing with Trump.

When Obama was the elected President, there was talk of impeachment hearings for President Obama. I don’t remember how far the support for the impeachment hearings went. But myself, I was not a happy camper with the direction of the economy during the time of the Obama administration. But like Trump now, Obama has his supporters, and still do, that got just as angry at Obama’s critics, as Trump’s supporters do with his critics.

I try to listen to the President’s State of The Union Address every year. It’s important to the American people that they listen to the State of The Union Address.

You, the Citizen, is equal to Her Majesty The Queen of England. I know that is strong language. But it is true.

You, as a Citizen do not elect rulers over you, but rather Law Makers, Managers, Care Givers, Implementors, etc., in your local and state elections, and in the federal elections.

The State of The Union Address, is given to Congress, either written in a letter, or given orally. Even though it is given to Congress, the extension of “You”, you are the one that the responsibly of how well the President has done, is placed on the shoulder, and not Congress. Her Majesty the Queen, has her government that reports to her, and you have your government that reports to you.

Every year as the State of the Union Address was coming up during the Obama administration, I didn’t want to listen to it. I had to force myself to listen to it. As I listened, I enjoyed what President Obama would say in his speeches. Very soothing to my ears.

But then, the 12 month span of time in between each State of the Union Address, I had to deal with the way that his administration ran the government that I am a part owner of, along with you. And get red in the face from my blood pressure going up, and his supporters defending him, just as much as Trump’s supporters are defending him.

One thing I am thankful of for Trump, is that I’m able to work, if I choose. Under Obama, if you chose to work, it didn’t mean that you could still would, just because you chose to.

I am for any President that doesn’t promote Socialism, or members of the President’s administration not promoting Socialism. Or any local, state, or federal elected official.

Socialism is about direct control of the population. Dictatorship. When Socialism is promoted, that is what is promoted. Not Freedom. But Freedom is what supporters of Socialism think that they will be implementing, and wealth.

With every Dictatorship, spreading the wealth is the message. But who ends up with the Wealth? The Dictator, and his cronies. That is the reason why Crony Capitalism gives Capitalism a bad name. Because it feasts off the government, and what the government can penalize the American people into paying. Things like Obamacare.

Obamacare was supposed to be “portable”. It isn’t portable.

Portable means that your insurance, goes where you go. If you quit your job, your carry your insurance with you to your next job. But if you former employer’s group was through company A, and your new employer has insurance through company B, your insurance is not going to carryover to the new employer’s group.

The only thing that Obamacare did, was put the federal government’s approval upon a while Industry, to be Crony Capitalist. Not just a company, but a whole Industry. The Insurance Industry.

And the IRS as the Enforcer, or the Gestapo. Enforcing you to be an active participant, putting money into the pockets of the Crony Capitalist.

I’m not knocking insurance, but I am knocking Crony Capitalism at its worst.

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I'm not American, but I tried to watch the State of Union one year and it made me feel sick to the stomach. It is an exercise in wankery grandstanding and that is about it.

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