Watch it, and see how much has been lost in a few short years:

Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address

“….Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: “We the People.” “We the People” tell the government what to do; it doesn’t tell us. “We the People” are the driver; the government is the car, and we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world’s constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which “We the People” tell the government what it is allowed to do. “We the People” are free. This belief has been the underlying basis for everything I’ve tried to do these past 8 years.”

Full text HERE

Aussie elections.

Results as they unfold HERE

Update: Very early results show a swing to the Coalition in key marginal seats.
Update 2: Democracy…..400,000 more people voted for the Coalition than voted for Labor, yet Labor will probably stay in power.  Go figure.

‘Julia Gillard is both desperate and a liar’:

‘If she lies about this, what else is she lying about?

“If Mr Abbott is elected as prime minister he will bring Work Choices back.”
Not just false but impossible. If Abbott becomes prime minister and does not do what Gillard claims, will she apologise for lying to voters?
…….those Australians who still value honesty and integrity will now know Gillard for what she is.’                   Andrew Bolt

She’s a communist–has always been a communist, always will be.  Of course she’s a liar!

2010 Darwin awards:

AND THE WINNER IS…
Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt ( Paderborn , Germany ) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded.
The sheer force of the elephant’s unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him.
It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that proves…. ’shit happens’  source

GOP leadership–gutless opportunists.

‘……How about the GOP leadership coming up with a positive, innovative, comprehensive, optimistic plan to revitalize the economy? If they can convince people they’re serious about the deficit and serious about getting the economy moving again, and not just sitting back and riding hate for the Democrats to victory, what could be a 40 seat swing might balloon into something much higher.’   source

But of course the GOP leadership are just sitting back, relying on Americans who are outraged at this Administration to do their work for them. And you know why? (apart from their lack of spine, that is)  They’re sitting back and saying as little as possible so that if they are voted back into power they’ll be able to cherry-pick those laws and regulations introduced by the Kenyan Gang which they’ll reform or repeal.

Thomas Sowell:

So Much for ‘We the People’
This administration has used many different ploys to circumvent the people’s right to debate their nation’s laws.

Not since the Norman conquerors of England published their laws in French, for an English-speaking nation, centuries ago, has there been such contempt for the people’s right to know what laws are being imposed on them.
Yet another ploy is to pass laws worded in vague generalities, leaving it up to the federal bureaucracies to issue specific regulations based on those laws. “We the people” don’t vote for bureaucrats. And, since it takes time for all the bureaucratic rules to be formulated and then put into practice, we won’t know what either the rules or their effects are prior to this fall’s elections when we will vote for (or against) those who passed these clever laws.’  Source