Years from now when the book “The Rise and Fall of the United States of America” is written by some citizen of whichever country succeeds America as the dominate power on this globe, there will be a chapter on Barack Obama. That chapter will be called “The Final Nail”

I wrote four years ago that this nation was at a crossroads. I wrote that we had a clear decision to make. A vote for Barack Obama would be for a man with very socialist tendencies. Obama won and he spent the next four years proving me right. He misappropriated money from TARP to bailout General Motors and Chrysler, turning the US into a part owner of the companies. He signed the legislation making certain large banks ‘too big too fail”, thus making them government partners, he actively pushes to give labor unions more and more power, his policies have made a greater percentage of people dependent on food stamps, unemployment payments and disability, all the while pushing to take more and more money away from the so-call rich. And finally, the cherry on the Obama sundae, his signature achievement, the final nail; ObamaCare.

ObamaCare sets us on the unmistakable path to government funded healthcare. ObamaCare is now officially unrepealable. November 2012 was our last chance, our very last chance, to repeal this law, and to turn America back from socialism and then collapse. We failed.

ObamaCare is good intentions implemented through a terrible piece of grossly expensive legislation. 2000 plus pages of regulation and taxes that even the lackeys who wrote it don’t understand. But one thing is really clear. It’s expensive. Our nation can not survive this additional expense plus the mismanagement and gross waste that will come with it. Repealing it and replacing it with something more manageable had to happen.

Obama and the entire Democratic Party lack the will, leadership, or fortitude to address the problem of the entitlement programs we already have. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Food Stamps, are all ideas filled with good intentions. But we can’t afford them in their present incarnations. Over 2/3 of our budget, and 100% of the actual taxes we take in, go to fund these programs. We borrow or print money to take care of the things the federal government was intended to do. Things like national defense and infrastructure. When ObamaCare is fully implemented the amount of money we have to tax, print, or borrow only gets worse.

The Democrats won’t change any of those programs, including ObamaCare, for fear of losing votes. The Republican’s can’t change them because they are not in power, and likely won’t be, baring some economic disaster. There is no mystery to how this will end. The house of cards crumbles. Adding ObamaCare both finalizes the inevitable and speeds it up.

So, grandchildren, I’m sorry I could not make this clear to more people. I tried. I never thought I could make a huge difference. But, I did think that all the high profile people pulling in the same direction would make a difference. Obviously, I was seriously wrong. But, one thing is clear; the majority of Americans now fall into one of two camps. They either are too ill informed to make the choice that would keep this country viable, or they believe that Americans need government solutions to their problems.

Government solutions require more laws, regulations, and restrictions. So government must then grow. Government takes from those who produce and redistributes. Those that the government takes from, then have less incentive to produce.  

Government is also overhead. Overhead is non-productive. It is the stuff businesses strive to reduce so there is money leftover. Government does not worry about money leftover (profits). Profit acts as a natural barrier to excess spending and waste. In the real world an entity unconcerned about profits vanishes. But when the government runs of money, they take it, print it, or borrow it. All of those things are bad and unsustainable. They will come to end at some point. We are now destined to spend way more money than we can possibly take in, and there is little left to slow it down.

That is why our die is cast. It is no longer if America collapses, we are down to when.

It’s over and my side lost. America is now on the unavoidable path to the fundamental change Obama promised.

You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t celebrate with the rest of you. 

I have a lot of respect for Libertarians. They want the world to be much like I do; a small, unobtrusive government with people taking responsibility for their own lives. These are the ideas in which our country was founded. These ideas are also the compass that our Founding Fathers gave us to find our way. We have long since smashed that compass and have been looking to Washington for direction, instead of within ourselves.

On November 6th I wish a man like Libertarian Party nominee, Gary Johnson was going to be elected President of the United States. I wish that he was joined by like minded members of Congress and that we could begin immediately dismantling the federal bureaucracy that is strangling this nation. I also wish I was six four with a 105 mile per hour fastball.

On the morning of November 7th, either Barrack Obama or Mitt Romney is going to be elected president. Gary Johnson has no shot, and anyone that tells you different is stupid, delusional, or naïve. You may not like it, but it is the same as not liking Hurricane Sandy. Hate it all you want, but there is nothing you can do to stop it. Given that; Libertarians have only four choices when voting for President; Obama, Romney, Johnson, or No Vote. Let’s look at each one.

Let’s dismiss “No Vote” out of hand. If you are reading this, you care about this country and your vote is the one thing you can do to make a difference.

As for voting for Obama, there is little to attract a Libertarian. Yes, I understand on social issues he might be closer to you. But, his record on gun control is 180 degrees of yours, his record on foreign policy hardly mirrors what Libertarians stand for, and most importantly he is the anti-Christ to a Libertarian who wants smaller government and a government that leaves people alone. A Libertarian who votes for Obama must be a single issue voter, and might as well register as a Democrat.

I can hear the hard core Libertarians yelling; “There is only one choice! Vote for Gary Johnson!”

I am a firm believer in that voting for your party, straight down the line, is the way to go. However, with the exception of a handful of state offices, Libertarians can’t be elected. Being a Libertarian is tough. It’s like being a Navy Seal; there are only a few that are up to the standards. Libertarians believe that you take out a loan for a house, you pay it back. No bailouts. If you get sick, you should have either savings or your own insurance. The government has no part in it. When life kicks you in the teeth, the Libertarian carves his own dentures. This rugged individualistic attitude does not attract enough people to get a Libertarian candidate elected, in most cases.  Sorry, but that is the way it is. Gary Johnson is not going to win. It won’t be close.

Now I hear those same Libertarians scream

“I don’t care! I’m sending a message to those bastards!”