The Conservative Soldier

You’ve heard him say it how many times? The Presidential Teleprompter has expressed a sense of urgency about new health care legislation (it is certainly not “reform”) almost nonstop since Jan. 20.

So we can only imagine how deeply torn Barack Hussein Obama must have been Thursday night. There he was in Chicago, stuck inside the Gold Coast home of the wealthy socialite (aka, health care underwriter) Penny Pritzker with a bunch of Democratic National Committee elites. They paid $15,200 a plate to hear from The One, who no doubt delivered a few new one-liners about gun clinging religious zealots and “stupid” white police officers.

At least he had a compliant choir toward which to preach about the need for obscenely expensive nationalized health care.

As he served his upscale Kool-Aid — before moving to the Chicago Hyatt (Pritzker owned) for a less intimate get together with 750 potential “victims” of capitalism run amok — Obama had to know what was happening a few miles south, at Soldier Field. And it must have been gnawing at him.

There, as of 9 p.m. CT, more than 55,000 soccer fans (Obama’s statisticians know them better as “uninsured”) were assembled on a lovely summer night to watch their beloved national teams from Mexico and Costa Rica face off in a semifinal match of the Gold Cup. Imagine how they’d have swooned in his presence. Imagine the voter loyalty he might have forged (ACORN Playbook, page 327) amid the promise of reformed health care and liberation from Emergency Room physicians (at least until the soccer fanatics later discovered they might have to pay for the privilege), and all manner of medical benefits to be funded by wealthy racial profilers.

BHO could have demonstrated his boundless capacity to be the World President that Newsweek magazine wants him to be, not merely the leader of the embarrassing United States. He could have apologized for the failure of previous administrations to nationalize youth soccer and make it mandatory for every child, whether they want to play or not. He could have pledged that, henceforth, Mexico and Costa Rica licensed products will be his leisurewear of choice, and formally declare them the National Teams of the U.S.

Earlier in the evening, Team USA defeated Honduras 2-0. Oh, the shame.

CHICAGO (July 23, 2009) — Mexico made it back to in the Gold Cup final, outlasting Costa Rica 5-3 on penalties Thursday after playing to a 1-1 draw. Forward Carlos Vela converted the fifth and decisive penalty kick to send the Soldier Field crowd of 55,173 into a frenzy and Mexican players into celebration. The United States beat Honduras 2-0 in the first semifinal.

Of course, Barack Hussein Obama was giddy in the clubhouse at last night’s All Star Game. The Jock Sniffer in Chief must have sensed the potential tsunami of tax revenue in the presence of all those rich Major League professionals. Those guys, and non All Stars alike, ultimately are paying for Obamacare. As reported Monday by Reuters:

WASHINGTON - A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system to be announced on Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives will include a surtax on millionaires of 5.4 percent, congressional sources said. The tax rate is higher than the 3 percent surtax lawmakers had been discussing earlier and would be imposed on those making more than $1 million a year, the sources said.

But what I can not understand is all of the fawning by these players or, for that matter, millions of their fellow Americans, over this Radical Socialist POTUS amid mounting evidence that Obama’s agenda specifically seeks to confiscate billions of dollars from productive citizens, be they pro athletes, business owners, educated professionals in fields such as law and finance, or others justly compensated based on exemplary performance.

If you want a sense of where household earning power is headed, watch replays of that limp-wristed first pitch Obama tossed from the pitcher’s mound at Busch Stadium. It was delivered on a strictly downward trajectory. In addition to the new looming surtax, a higher ceiling on income tax rates is forthcoming as well as the return of the crippling 55% death tax.

In fact, the pitch looked a lot like some of the softball questions Obama entertained during an interview by Fox Sports’ Joe Buck when he joined Buck and commentator Tim McCarver in the booth Tuesday night.

Buck opined that the poor sleep deprived POTUS must have been happy to attend a baseball game, recounting Obama’s recent trip to Russia, Italy and Africa. Had Buck been able to reel in his tongue from the floor, he might have chosen a different line of questioning for the peculiar looking world leader, he of the White Sox jacket (on a 79-degree night), blue jeans and sneakers.

Buck: “You’ve just come back from Russia, where you made dangerous concessions on missile defense, and from the G8 in Rome, where you met with the Pontiff, and later checked out the backside of a 16-year-old Brazilian girl while photographers feasted, before going to Africa because, well, Michelle and the girls thought it would be fun”.

White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, in a later on-camera chat, lamented he had not had a chance to pose for a photo with the former Chicago street organizer and occasional Illinois Senator. “That’s OK,” Buehrle said. “He has a lot more important things to do.”

Obama could not agree with you more, young man. It is very important that he and his Socialist disciples get their hands on an additional 5.4% of your $14,000,000 salary, just as soon as possible.

With BHO in the house, Buehrle needed a bodyguard and a safe, not a camera.

This stirring remembrance of the Founding Fathers was forwarded to me by an old friend who received it from a collegiate athletic director and American Patriot. When we celebrate American Independence, what we really celebrate are the unparalleled sacrifices and unwavering courage of our Founding Fathers, men who risked it all, even their very lives, in the name of Freedom and Liberty.

Let us draw strength from these men as we defend our nation and our values from the Socialist Army of Barack Hussein Obama!

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!