Monday, March 22, 2010
Keep Pushin'
REO Speedwagon is one of my favorite all time rock and roll bands. And one of my favorite songs of theirs is titled, Keep Pushin'. I sang this song in my head all the many hours I used to run training for the many road races in Hawaii and Florida I participated in. The song inspired me and it still does, to keep doing what I'm doing, no matter how difficult, until the goal is reached. This song will make the pain go away for awhile.
It seems the progressive wing of the Democrat party has adopted this mantra as well but for a detrimental purpose indeed. Keep pushin for universal health care. Keep pushin for energy laws that control global warming. Keep pushin for government control. Keep pushin for less personal decisions and more government mandates. Keep pushin for Senator Kennedy. Keep pushin for all the poor, poor pitiful souls who cannot exist in this life without a government handout. Keep pushin for progress. Progress towards what? Why progress towards making this country exactly like all the failed European countries, socialistic havens of good-intentioned idiots making decisions for all the uninformed, dumb masses of people who cannot seem to take care of themselves.
Yes, keep pushin for progress for the American people, as princess Nancy Pelosi said. Now there's a woman who surely has the very best of intentions for the American people at heart, right? Yeah, right. Mrs. Pelosi is the most dangerous politician in Washington DC. This old hippie beast has only her own self interests at heart. She cares not one iota about the welfare of her constituents. She only cares for helping to transform this country into a socialistic nirvana, where government is the sole arbitrator of virtually everything.
This old San Francisco hippie does a great dis-service to original old hippies, like myself, that grew up to realize that the individual is the important entity in the world, not the government, not minority groups or any group of any kind. Everything revolves around the individual. And anything that takes away individual choices and puts them in the hands of bureaucrats is inherently wrong and damaging to the structure of America.
There is something I've noticed about progressive politicians lately. Whenever they are about to pass or sign some giant piece of legislation that the public does not want or need, they always preface their actions on the fact that this is good for the American people. I cringe now whenever I hear the phrase "for the American people" coming out of a Democrat's mouth. It truly means that the American people are getting royally screwed and there is nothing we can do to stop it.
Back to the pushin again. The Dems really wanted a public option in this masive health reform bill. They couldn't quite muster enough votes for that right now so they settled for something less. But all the while they are busy thinking how next to push this bill a little further towards that government control. They pass an imperfect cap and trade bill hoping that some little piece of it will stick and they can come back later and push for more. Keep pushin is their mantra. Keep pushin until we are over the cliff. Until it's too late to undo what they've done. Keep pushin for just a little bit more.
They've been doing it to us for nearly a century. And they have been pushin at us from both sides of the aisle, Democrats and Republicans alike. The progressive movement started with Republican president Theodore Roosevelt. It continued through Woodrow Wilson, skipped a decade in the 20s and then started up again with a vengeance with FDR. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have pushed it to the limit. How far can they push before we stand tall and push back? How many times will they lead us down the path of self-destruction before we refuse to take it anymore? I can only wonder and grieve because I think most Americans are too tired of this fight and too many of us just simply don't care. Too bad.
This is/was a great country. American exceptionalism aside, I think we have lost the will to keep this country great and have determined that we are just another country after all. Like Europe, we will traverse the long and steady decline into financial oblivion and we will not emerge the better for it. I hope like hell I am wrong. But if we are to choose individualism over governmentalism, we must do so right now. The time for hope and change is upon us. Will you be on the side of Americans as individuals or will you be on the side of group think ceding power over your life to bureaucrats who think they have all the answers?
Keep pushin indeed.
OH
Keep Pushin - REO Speewagon
I used to be lonely
till I learned about livin alone
I found other things to keep my mind on
And I'm gettin to know myself
a little bit better
Whoa, I keep pushin' on
Keep pushin' on, yeah
Goin through all the changes
I made so many mistakes
oh yes I did
Tryin to leave behind the heartaches
And sometimes I think
I was a little bit crazy, oh yeah
Whoa, I keep pushin' on
(chorus)
Keep pushin', keep pushin', keep pushin', keep pushin' on
Keep pushin', keep pushin', you know you have got to be so strong
Keep pushin', keep pushin', well even if you think your strength is gone
Keep pushin' on
(instrumental)
Well it's comin' together
I finally feel like a man
oh yes I do
I never thought that I'd be where I am
Oh everyday I wake a little bit higher
Whoa I keep pushin' on, oh yeah
(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)
It seems the progressive wing of the Democrat party has adopted this mantra as well but for a detrimental purpose indeed. Keep pushin for universal health care. Keep pushin for energy laws that control global warming. Keep pushin for government control. Keep pushin for less personal decisions and more government mandates. Keep pushin for Senator Kennedy. Keep pushin for all the poor, poor pitiful souls who cannot exist in this life without a government handout. Keep pushin for progress. Progress towards what? Why progress towards making this country exactly like all the failed European countries, socialistic havens of good-intentioned idiots making decisions for all the uninformed, dumb masses of people who cannot seem to take care of themselves.
Yes, keep pushin for progress for the American people, as princess Nancy Pelosi said. Now there's a woman who surely has the very best of intentions for the American people at heart, right? Yeah, right. Mrs. Pelosi is the most dangerous politician in Washington DC. This old hippie beast has only her own self interests at heart. She cares not one iota about the welfare of her constituents. She only cares for helping to transform this country into a socialistic nirvana, where government is the sole arbitrator of virtually everything.
This old San Francisco hippie does a great dis-service to original old hippies, like myself, that grew up to realize that the individual is the important entity in the world, not the government, not minority groups or any group of any kind. Everything revolves around the individual. And anything that takes away individual choices and puts them in the hands of bureaucrats is inherently wrong and damaging to the structure of America.
There is something I've noticed about progressive politicians lately. Whenever they are about to pass or sign some giant piece of legislation that the public does not want or need, they always preface their actions on the fact that this is good for the American people. I cringe now whenever I hear the phrase "for the American people" coming out of a Democrat's mouth. It truly means that the American people are getting royally screwed and there is nothing we can do to stop it.
Back to the pushin again. The Dems really wanted a public option in this masive health reform bill. They couldn't quite muster enough votes for that right now so they settled for something less. But all the while they are busy thinking how next to push this bill a little further towards that government control. They pass an imperfect cap and trade bill hoping that some little piece of it will stick and they can come back later and push for more. Keep pushin is their mantra. Keep pushin until we are over the cliff. Until it's too late to undo what they've done. Keep pushin for just a little bit more.
They've been doing it to us for nearly a century. And they have been pushin at us from both sides of the aisle, Democrats and Republicans alike. The progressive movement started with Republican president Theodore Roosevelt. It continued through Woodrow Wilson, skipped a decade in the 20s and then started up again with a vengeance with FDR. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have pushed it to the limit. How far can they push before we stand tall and push back? How many times will they lead us down the path of self-destruction before we refuse to take it anymore? I can only wonder and grieve because I think most Americans are too tired of this fight and too many of us just simply don't care. Too bad.
This is/was a great country. American exceptionalism aside, I think we have lost the will to keep this country great and have determined that we are just another country after all. Like Europe, we will traverse the long and steady decline into financial oblivion and we will not emerge the better for it. I hope like hell I am wrong. But if we are to choose individualism over governmentalism, we must do so right now. The time for hope and change is upon us. Will you be on the side of Americans as individuals or will you be on the side of group think ceding power over your life to bureaucrats who think they have all the answers?
Keep pushin indeed.
OH
Keep Pushin - REO Speewagon
I used to be lonely
till I learned about livin alone
I found other things to keep my mind on
And I'm gettin to know myself
a little bit better
Whoa, I keep pushin' on
Keep pushin' on, yeah
Goin through all the changes
I made so many mistakes
oh yes I did
Tryin to leave behind the heartaches
And sometimes I think
I was a little bit crazy, oh yeah
Whoa, I keep pushin' on
(chorus)
Keep pushin', keep pushin', keep pushin', keep pushin' on
Keep pushin', keep pushin', you know you have got to be so strong
Keep pushin', keep pushin', well even if you think your strength is gone
Keep pushin' on
(instrumental)
Well it's comin' together
I finally feel like a man
oh yes I do
I never thought that I'd be where I am
Oh everyday I wake a little bit higher
Whoa I keep pushin' on, oh yeah
(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)
# posted by OH @ 7:53 AM 
