The debt ceiling reminds me of September 2008.  Remember when we were told we had to bail out the banks because the economy would crash if we didn’t?  Remember John McCain had to suspend his campaign and go back to Washington because his country needed him?  Remember President Bush standing at the podium white as a sheet saying we had no choice, we had to bail out the banks? 

That day in September 2008 was the day I no longer slept and the beginnings of my involvement in the tea party stirred in my soul.  All the chaos and confusion sent a message to me that something bigger was going on.  All I saw was what the media wanted me to see and wanted me to believe.  That was not sitting well with my soul so I began months of research to find out for myself the truth.

What I discovered was shameful and shocking.  We had been lied to, we had been used and we had been abused as free citizens of the United States of America. 

In one of those long nights with one cup of coffee after another, I uncovered this video from C-Span.   My heart beat faster than I thought it could and my stomach turned at the knowledge we had been had.  Please watch and remember those times that try men souls:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8viQ_DhS4

As a reminder, shortly after McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate, the polls began to favor McCain/Palin and he surged past Obama .  The Palin shot in the arm showed up in the polls and Obama/Biden were dropping in the polls. 

Isn’t it amazing to see how this ‘crisis’ came out of nowhere when the polls were surging in McCain’s favor.  When McCain panicked and stopped his campaign, Obama sat back and took no responsibility for any of the chaos.  The GOP looked like a bunch of rubes and the Democrats used the ‘crisis’ to their benefit and the media helped them.  Candidate Obama rode the storm out on the wave of rising polls after the banking crisis and ultimately won the Presidential election.  And in the words of Paul Kanjorski – “Somebody threw us in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean without a life raft and we are trying to determine which is the closet shore and if there is any chance in the world to swim that far.  We don’t know.”

Question:  Who threw us into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and who created this ‘crisis’ that helped Obama win?

Fast forward to the debt ceiling chaos in DC.

The GOP is once again in the life boat while President Obama sips his umbrella drink as he lies on the shore watching the GOP boat drift aimlessly.   The difference now is this – Obama is President and can’t hide his responsibility for the crisis.  His out of control spending brought us to where we are today and the GOP for some reason – decided to take on this argument instead of letting Obama pick up the oars.  Let’s remind the American public that President Obama spent us into this mess and the ceiling is about to collapse because of him.  Take a look at the information from the CBO:  http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/HistoricalTables%5B1%5D.pdf

Back track to September 2008. 

Go back and listen to the caller at the beginning of the video.  Do you wonder if her life is any better today than it was then?  Who was President in September 2008?  Who got blamed for her problems?  Reminder:  That would be President Bush.

How many of you could make that call today?  How many could say you have higher utility bills and can’t pay your mortgage?  How many don’t qualify for help because you make too much money - $10 an hour?  How many of you are better off today than you were back then?  How many of you are worse off today than you were back then?

Ladies and Gentlemen:  The August 2^nd deadline is another September 2008 ‘crisis’ and we are being played by our government and others behind the scenes pulling their strings.

So what is the real truth and how does it affect you?  No one knows but we will when history books are written about these times.  The tea party will either be the villains who took down America OR those in charge will be blamed depending on the authors of those books.

I for one choose the old saying, “The buck stops here.”  And that buck lies squarely on the desk of President Obama and no one else.

A Friday message for the GOP:  “Get out of the life boat, swim to shore, kick the umbrella drink out of Obama’s hands and give him the oars.  He made this mess, make him fix it!  Stop being used as a pawn in the Crisis game and let him sink or swim.   You’ve given them different plans and Reid & Obama “pooh-pooh” all of them.  Tell them, you’re done.  He’s the captain of the ship – let him figure it out.”

A Friday message to our tea party members:  “Be proud of the fact you have stepped up and done all you can to Save the USA.  The media and the Dems will call us names (and yes some in the GOP will too) BUT…had it not been for us, the light would have never been turned on to the corruption in DC.  Good job faithful patriots!  Our founding fathers would be so proud of you!

This weekend will be chaotic and all the bad news will come from the media.  America will collapse if the debt ceiling isn’t raised.   If we raise the debt ceiling, the GOP will look weak for not fighting.  If we don’t raise the debt ceiling, the GOP will be at fault.  I smell a rat and he’s in our life boat!

Some of you may tire of me for saying we should pray.  Let me ask you this… “If you were in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean without a life raft, would you pray?”  I think you would and I am hoping you will now.  If you don’t know how to pray, listen to Murray Goff’s song and his prayer asking God to Save the USA. 

God bless you dear friends and please God, Save the USA.