WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TODAY?

            What is wrong with the American people today?  There are domestic problems and international problems, and we can do something about both...if we have the nerve and good sense to do it.  First, let's look at the domestic problems which, in my opinion, have been caused by the current administration.  The tax system in this country is SO screwed up that nobody, from the IRS Commissioner down, understands it completely.  It picks and chooses who, or what, will be taxed and at what rate.  The system has been manipulated so much that the loopholes it has in it makes it look like Swiss cheese...but that only benefits those that can afford to hire a tax expert.  The so-called middle class in this country, and I always thought we were a classless society, takes it on the chin, over and over.

            So, let's deal with that domestic problem, in a logical manner, and that is to abolish the IRS.  We now know that the IRS, again from the top down, is corrupt, convoluted and crazy.  Enact THE FAIR TAX, which is a logical approach to taxing.  You buy something at the retail level, you pay the tax.  Period!  The bill, as it was written originally, is 135 pages, all easily understandable.  When the IRS is gone, you'll find that much of the money that was whisked out of this country to save it FROM the IRS, will be returning.  When money comes back, so do jobs.  We may never regain the pinnacle of manufacturing that we once attained, but enacting THE FAIR TAX will go a long way to achieving that.  I believe that unemployment will go down, and go down dramatically, once THE FAIR TAX is up and running.  So, we've killed two birds with one stone, so to speak.

            My next domestic problem is the government itself.  For reasons unknown to me at this time, we, as a people, have allowed the government to overstep its bounds.  Those bounds were put in place by the founding fathers because they KNEW that government, if left unchecked, can become dictatorial...and it

is approaching that quickly.  So, here's what we need to do for that problem...first, we establish term limits for EVERY elected federal employee, and include the Supreme Court in that.  Congress was never meant to be a home for politicians.  Our brilliant founding fathers meant for a person to be elected, serve his time and then GO HOME to his work, or farm, or whatever.  Career politicians are a modern "invention" and they should be sent packing.   NO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE IN ANY POSITION SHOULD BE ALLOWED

TO RETIRE FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE, with the one exception of members of the Armed Forces.

They would be the only ones to be allowed to serve long enough to retire at 20 years, 30 if they are mentally and physically capable.  The Armed Forces, because of what they do for this country, should be given the best healthcare that is available. 

            Beginning at "time X", aspirants to public office will understand that they get NO pension, NO special health care, NOTHING that the public doesn't get as well.  That, I believe, would winnow out those who want to do public service, from those that are looking for a gravy train.  The Constitution, along with other important documents, will be the law of the land.  No foreign laws will be taken into consideration in any court in the land.   Any further delay in stiffening the American backbone is going to be disastrous…

and you can take that to the bank.

Larry,

AS A NATION, WE MUST STAND TOGETHER

            Wake up America...as a nation we have to stand up, hitch up our big-boy pants and tell the world that we are back!  Of course, that's going to be difficult with the sniveling, incompetent, buffoon we have leading this country...and where is he leading us?  Down the road to oblivion, that's where, but of course, that's only my opinion and I have been wrong.  I think it was in 1941, when I thought I was wrong, but I was wrong.   As an American, and I like to think I'm a patriot, it sickens me to know that one person could bring down a country, MY country, in such a short time.  If the president has the best interests of this country at heart, he would do the honorable thing and resign, and take Joe "Shotgun" Biden with him.  There are any number of people, men, women, white, black and of every political stripe, that could do a better job than what the president is doing.

            Let's have some plain talk when we talk about people.  Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan are, in my opinion, professional black victims and if they had to actually do some sort of work, they wouldn't stand a chance in the working world.  The attorney general, Eric Holder lied to Congress, and got away with it.  Then Secretary of Defense Panetta lied to Congress when he said that troops are never sent anywhere until the situation is known...that is just plain BS.  The re-election of the president trumped any truth about Benghazi.  The IRS is an outlaw agency, which answers to no one, apparently, and it should be abolished.   General Martin Dempsey is more politician than general, and is a disgrace to the uniform he wears.  The big man at the National Security Agency, Mr. Clapper, is not just a liar, he's an idiot.  The president talks about phoney this and phoney that...he is the biggest phoney in the country!   Political correctness is BS, and we need to understand that.

            I will take every opportunity to tell people that I retired from our Navy, because I'm proud of that service and, at the time, I was proud of my country.  Not as much any more.  This country used to manufacture products that could proudly bear the words "Made In The USA", and it's damned difficult to find many things like that anymore.  Sure, we still make sox and underwear, but I think 99% of the electronics in use in this country, including those used by the government, are made in a foreign country!  I even read something that the government was buying American flags from China!  Are we nuts altogether?  Buying our country's flag from another country?  I drive a Ford truck because, as far as I know, it's still made in this country, but I cannot say that for the others of the former "big three".  I went to buy a can of tomatoes the other day and looked to see if it was a product of this country...and it wasn't, so I didn't buy it.

            Now, lest you think this is a right-wing nutcase saying this stuff...well, you may be right, but if it is going to take nutcases to get this country back on track, then that's what I am.  My political affiliation changed when the president won the nomination back in 2008, but this is no longer a right or left problem, this is a national problem, actually a national disgrace.  This country, MY country, is being sold down the river and the majority of the population either doesn't care or isn't smart enough to care, and THAT is another disgrace, the apathy and ignorance of the people.  So, at the risk of repeating myself, and perhaps insulting someone...wake up dummies, America needs you, NOW!

Larry Usoff, U.S Navy, Retired

LET ME SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT MY THINKING

            First, if anybody is reading this, let me set you straight about my thinking on various things.  Some of my listeners to the radio show have written and said that it seemed like I was taking both sides of certain news items, so I'll reiterate my thoughts on various things.  Let's take Fast and Furious, that gun-running scheme operated by our own government.  It cost the life of a Border Patrolman, Brian Terry, but no one has been jailed, no one has been fired, because of the bungling of the Justice Department.  I believe that the top people in the DOJ are a bunch of liars.  The top liar, Eric Holder, was held in contempt of Congress and caught in a lie, but did he lose any sleep over that?  Nope, didn't lose a dollar in pay either.  He should have been fined, at the very least, for lying to Congress.

            The Ft. Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, should have been tried, found guilty and executed within 30 days of the shooting.  There's no excuse for the long delays EXCEPT that the president is a Muslim and he doesn't want Hasan to be executed.  Yes, I believe that the president IS a Muslim.  A review of his administration's stand(s) on various dealing with Muslims will show that he prefers them over other groups.

He talks out of both sides of his mouth, from both faces...yes, that's calling him two-faced, and I don't like either one of them.  If the truth were to surface, we'd find out for sure that he is not born in this country, and yes, I know that's also contentious...but I don't care.

            Our armed forces are being deliberately hollowed-out so that, if a real problem arose, either outside the country or in it, the remaining hand-picked generals and admirals might not want to, or be able to, defend this country.  While I'm on that subject, of arms and armed forces, why are the police forces in this country beefing up like they're Seals or Rangers?  Why has the DOJ bought up billions of rounds of ammunition, of a type that is prohibited in warfare today?   Why are we being spied on?  I believe that there is an "event" of some sort coming, and that the president will declare martial law, suspend the Constitution and its amendments, and name himself King, or Emperor, or whatever other title he likes.

            Actually, under this president, no matter what you do, you don't get fired.  Oh, you might be sacrificed for the sake of an election, like the four in Benghazi, but no one has been fired.  The IRS, which should be abolished if we want to save any part of this country, is riddled through and through with corruption, liars and, probably, thieves.   As I've said before, I love my country...but I fear my government.

            Any comments?

Larry Usoff, US Navy Retired

ENOUGH. IS ENOUGH

To say that I am outraged would be an understatement.  I could chew nails and spit bullets I am so mad!  Now you're wondering what I'm mad about, huh?  It's that Department of In-justice headed by that OTHER incompetent idiot, Eric Holder.  Where does he come off circumventing the Constitution and its 5th Amendment?  Oh, he and the other idiots know all about that one part, where they don't have to answer anything...but they conveniently forget about that part where it says  "nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb".  Yeah, that's the part they skip around, when they think they can get away with it.  George Zimmerman was tried and found not guilty, and that's the end of that.  Even an idiot like Holder should be able to understand that...and then, to top it all, some OTHER idiot wants the UN to look into the case.  The UN has become an anti-American voice for all the countries that dislike us...many of which we have helped with money and other aid.

            When is the American public going to raise their collective voice and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  Ok, we have a black president, so that experiment is over.  It's really too bad that the country elected an incompetent, lying, charlatan, but they had to have him.  Are we going to sit back now and let him finish the job of "transforming" this country from what it was...which was something great, something admired all around the world, to something that is laughed at, shunned, and allows its people to be murdered with no apparent reply to that.  In the old days, a congingent of our finest troops would have been in Benghazi and dispersed the mob, and saved the four Americans.  Yes, I am convinced that Obama left them to die there because it would look bad on his re-election bid.  Well, he's in there now, but he damn sure doesn't have to stay there.  Let's impeach him, indict him and incarcerate him.

            Nothing gets done, at least nothing gets done right, in congress unless it affects someone personally, and usually in the wallet.  That's a bad way to run a country.  If there's any patriots left in that body, let them stand up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, and do something that's good for the country, regardless of what it does for their party or for themselves.  I'm tired, I'm outraged, and I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!

The wimps in congress keep talking gun control and they have NO idea what that means.  First, in many of my listener's opinions, gun control is hitting what you aim at.  The government, or at least this administration, wants your guns because they need to have a disarmed public to do what it is that I believe they have planned.  Transformation?  Oh, you bet...to a dictatorship.  You want to see how well gun control works, look at the statistics from Chicago.  I'm told they have the stiffest gun laws in the country...and the largest count of murders with firearms.

            Larry Usoff, US Navy Retired.

The IRS, AKA INFERNAL REVENGE SERVICE

                    They're at it again.  The IRS, known to me as the INFERNAL REVENGE SERVICE, is going against all the power in the White House, to give out millions of dollars in bonuses to employees.  My guess is that some, perhaps many, of these employees were working with others in the process of discrimination against conservative groups.  By the way, as it's used in the title of their agency, "Service" is what a bull does to a cow...does that clear it up some for you?  I despise the IRS.  They are unregulated, although the taxpayer is regulated to death, almost.  They have no overseer, and even the Commissioners aren't aware of anything amiss, when the one visited the White House about 150 times...and almost no one believes that the tax system is alright.

          I'm a firm believer in THE FAIR TAX, and since you're reading this online, you can look that up online also.  It's written in plain language, you don't have to reference 300 other things in every paragraph and the whole thing is just over 100 pages.  How's that for simplicity, huh?  Here's a few things that you might like, were we already under THE FAIR TAX; you would take home 100% of your paycheck, there would be no deductions; if you bought something at the retail level you'd pay the tax; no matter how much money you made you would only pay for what you buy; no one would be exempted because there would be no loopholes or manipulations; April 15th would be just another Spring day and you could chuck all the receipts that you hoard during the year.

          Changing gears, looking at something different...the Islamization of the United States, and make no mistake, it IS happening.  With every little concession that Americans make, so they won't OFFEND Muslims, we give up a little piece of our freedom.  This country was founded on the basis of religious freedom, and yes, that means even Islam(although I consider it a cult or a sect).  The difference is that, as far as I know, there is no other religion on earth that demands complete submission on pain of death.  There is no other religion on earth that has, as it's prime objective, the domination of the world.  Offend Muslims?  Hell yes!  Let's offend Muslims to the point where they understand that this is our country, not theirs.  Let's offend them to the point where they understand that they have to follow our laws, not institute their own.  Let's offend them to the point where, if they really don't like it here, as it is, then go back to whatever country in which Sharia is the law.

          Our Congress members, at least the males, seem to be lacking the cojones to do the right thing for the country, and to hell with party wants and desires.  I believe I have found the problem.  The men are suffering from something called retractile testicles, and you can look that up.  One of the major proponents of immigration reform is Senator Marco Rubio from Florida.  Originally he called for the borders to be secured before any other immigration proposals should be looked at, but, in a speech given before an all-Hispanic group, in which he spoke Spanish, he turned that around and said he wanted a pathway to citizenship BEFORE the borders were secured. 

          One of my talk-show heroes, Neal Boortz, characterized the immigration problem in a way that everyone could understand.  First, imagine you're in the middle of a very large lake, in a rowboat.  Now, a hole appears in the bottom of the boat and water starts shooting up into the boat.  The boat is the United States, the hole is the border and the water rushing in are the illegal aliens.  So, what are you going to do?  The logical step is to plug the hole in the boat before you start bailing out the water(and that would be deporting the illegals), because if you bail first, the water will continue to flood the boat and eventually sink it.  Think about that.

Larry Usoff, U.S. Navy, Ret.

MR. & MRS. AMERICA LISTEN UP!

Mr and Mrs America...listen to this.  Suppose you woke up one morning, and while you were having breakfast and watching the news on TV, the announcer said that as of today there would be no more gay people, no more Jews, no more Christians, no more Buddhists, all dogs were going to be killed, music was banned, alcoholic prohibition was back, certain types of clothing could not be worn or bought, women had no rights, and the truth was what you were told, not what you believed.  From this day forward, killing of children for minor infractions, such as dating the wrong person, or having pre-marital sex, would be condoned.  Rape victims would be stoned to death.  A woman could not go out in public unless she was with a male member of her family.  Heavy taxes would be required of all people not of a certain religious group and that group has violence and world domination as its goal and will brook no interference in obtaining that goal.  That, my friends, is America under Islamic rule...and it's my belief that we are headed in that direction because of the stupidity of the public in allowing and furthering encroachment by that cult, into the American system.  Anyone that seriously watches the political scene, as I do, has to admit that our federal government is soft on Islam, and that's for a purpose, folks, and that purpose is to establish sharia law in this country.  Our government is under a coup of its own making, and you and I are somewhat complicit in that because we don't, or won't, recognize the creep of Islam in this country.  We continue to make easements for Muslims, when those same people make no allowances for any other group, for any other reason.  In Europe there are no-go areas of big cities because the local governments there cannot enforce the law because they fear the Muslims.  We are going down that same road, whether you want to admit it or not.  Have you closed your eyes to what's happening to our country?  Every day, almost, it seems that a new scandal comes out of Washington and I personally believe that they are all linked directly to the imposter in the White House, and that he is doing them in order to ease us into becoming a caliphate...and him as a local or regional caliph!  I can imagine the groans and moans out there when you read this...but, just look around and look with clear eyes and you'll see that it IS happening.  If you believe as I do, tell your friends, and let's see if we can do something positive about putting the country back on the right path.

Larry Usoff, U.S.N., RET.

The Voice of the American People II

.  In the past year or so, there have been several stories in the news about people wanting to fly the American flag...and not being able to.  Listen, this IS America, at least for the time being and we have the right and the obligation to fly the flag.  Sure, there might be restrictions on the size of the flag, but let's get it out there every day.  We are being taken over by a foreign government, and if you think that's not true you haven't been paying attention.  The imposter in the White House is gathering power, side-stepping the Constitution, ignoring the Congress and doing everything that he can to ease this country into being a Muslim state, with him as the local Caliph.  Again, I have to chide the public, at least that part of it that re-elected the imposter...you're being led down the path to slavery, and if that's too strong a word for you, think of yourselves as indentured servants.  You won't own anything, you'll be working for whatever they want to give you, and sometimes that won't be enough to have any decent sort of life.  Just look at any country that is now under Islamic control and you'll see countries that are mostly backward, divided among themselves according to religion or caste or economic status, quite reluctant to allow modernity to take place.

            Islam is not, by any means, compatible with anything in the western world.  Islam is violent, and its adherents believe that violence is not just alright, but that it is condoned because it's in the Quran, and the Quran is perfect, and the words of Mohammed are perfect, and you cannot improve on perfection, right?   The Muslim-in-chief, the imposter in the White House has propsed bringing in more Muslims, some from Syria, some from Somalia.  Really?  Do we need these kinds of leeches draining off the benefits that rightfully should be for citizens?  My answer is a resounding no!  We do not need more refugees or bandits or leeches in this country, especially from countries that we KNOW hate the United States, and that would do us harm if we'd let them...and the current administration seems to want exactly that. 

            We have domestic problems that seem to be cropping up on an almost daily basis.  The corruption appears to be rampant in the government, and I believe, but can't prove, that it comes right from the top...the very top.  No one gets fired, they get paid vacations, or they get a promotion, or are hidden away in someplace where the public will never hear from them again.  The imposter says for us to trust him, in the midst of the biggest scandals, and this writer believes that if the president's lips are moving, he's lying.  If push comes to shove, where will YOU stand?  You might want to think about that, because the government certainly has laid their plans out.   There must be a reason that they bought billions of bullets, the kind that do the most damage to the human body.  There must be a reason that they bought a couple of thousand of armored vehicles, while the war in Afghanistan is coming to an end.  There must be a reason that they bought several thousand fully-automatic AR-15 rifles, the same kind that they don't want the public to own.  Think about it, and wake up America.

Larry Usoff, USN, Ret.