My sense of Mark and what drives him is growing. Along with my appreciation of his positions, I find his arguments used to sustain his viewpoints nearly impregnable.

Seldom am I upset when a radio talk show host concludes his/her broadcast. Not so with Mark. I’m pissed off that he has shut down because I want more of him, his wit, his intelligence, his anger, his overall persona and his direct approach to the problems we all face.

Just this week he told a caller who praised the health care system in North Korea to “get the hell out” of America and move to North Korea if he thought their health care system was so remarkable. Why, I thought, for the love of God, don’t more people act like Mark and just cut to the proverbial chase? If America is so screwed up, just get the hell out!

Like Mark, many of us believe that the reckless spending and irresponsible actions of our government, State and Federal, have us on a path to utter destruction…and not just financially, but morally as well. That is why I’ve joined him in the crusade against the mad, mad, mad, mad world and work of Barack Obama, his stooges and all of the other self-serving career politicians who don’t give a rat’s anus about average Americans.

My like of and love for Mark Levin is not a fickle, trendy, passing fancy rather, it is predicated upon shared conservative principles, beliefs and problem solving that stem from a belief that we are “endowed by a Creator” with rights and responsibilities not only to ourselves but to everyone around us, including the next generation.

My like of Mark is based upon shared truth, expressed with undying passion born of love for America.

Like Mark, iVoteAmerica believes that the next two elections could well determine the direction America takes for many decades to come.

Like Mark, iVoteAmerica urges you to turn off the television and get off the couch this November to vote. We have to flush the political toilet.

Hop over to Mark Levin’s website.

Yesterday, July 15, 2010, with cautious optimism, BP announced that indeed the leak had been capped and that testing would begin to ensure the long term viability of their solution.

The BP debacle, however maddening, became for me a laboratory where I could learn lessons about the effectiveness of business versus that of government.

Despite the tragedy and its ensuing ecological and economic damage to the Gulf region, a picture has emerged that demonstrates how the real world of business works and how the real world of government pretends to work.

THE REAL WORLD OF GOVERNMENT

Throughout the entire BP episode we were treated (for lack of a better word) to a real world lesson about how government and business deal with and solve problems. In this case, monumental and catastrophic problems. The BP oil spill was indeed the ultimate reality show.

It is indeed interesting to see how the Obama administration began to posture itself from “day one” and to politicize the issue. Officials were paraded before cameras declaring that our government was on top of the situation. They weren’t.

When Bobby Jindal (R), Governor of Louisiana, petitioned Washington for support of his action plans to save the coast line from the consequences of the oil spill he was met with red tape, resistance and ultimately rejection.

All the while, Barack Obama and his minions were hitting the airways proclaiming their competencies while slapping BP upside their corporate head and painting a picture in the minds of Americans of a greedy, self-serving corporate monster.

Now that the leak is capped we will hear more from Obama Land about “oversight” and “being on top” of the BP tragedy. We will hear about the dangerous risks businesses take and how corporate recklessness can destroy our lives.

But what, if anything, did government actually do to help end the crisis? What particular skills did the President and his underlings bring to the table to actually contain the leak? Did our government create the carefully engineered designs for the cap? Was the Washington machine hands-on in any way whatsoever?

Were any of the bureaucrats actually involved in turning any wrenches? Did anyone from inside the beltway operate the joystick and computerized controls involved in the operation of BP’s submersible robots that performed their duties at more than 5,000 feet below the surface?

NO…NO…and, finally, NO! In fact, it could be argued that our government was part of the problem and that the bureaucratic red tape prevented the protection of the precious Gulf beaches and estuaries and contributed to the disaster.

THE REAL WORLD OF BUSINESS

There is no doubt that in the post explosion aftermath BP blundered and did so big time. The BP public relations were a nightmare and only served to further fuel the animosity building in the Gulf.

Businesses, unlike scripted bureaucrats, are not always good at the microphone or the teleprompter.

It became obvious that BP had a monster on the loose. But what is remarkable is the fact that BP appears to have accomplished what businesses always accomplish…solutions.

What is also apparent is the motivation behind BP’s action…survival. In the final analysis, no one could save BP except BP. Herein is my point. Solutions and survival mean different things to government than they do to business people and this was never more obvious to me than during this crisis.

Government regulates, stipulates and postulates; always attempting to tilt the playing field to its advantage. In the case of government, solutions are created in the vacuum of politics where there the line between winning and losing is carefully drawn, moved and misaligned.

Government doesn’t have to solve problems associated with oil spills and other disasters; government can only pontificate and create illusions with respect to its role in our lives amidst tragedies like the oil spill.

In contrast to the role and actions of big government, businesses, driven almost entirely by survival instincts (aka “profit motives”), must actually solve problems in measurable and demonstrable ways. Solutions and survival become a zero sum game to any business facing challenges like the BP oil spill.

Unlike big government’s spin machine, at the end of BP’s day there would be little, if any, wiggle room. Everything is on the line and that is what business is all about and what capitalism is all about. There are no back doors or escape hatches.

Shutting off the plume is a measurable outcome resulting from real world problem solving and a huge amount of actual capital. That is precisely what business does; risks capital to solve problems and provide solutions.

Unlike Barack Obama posturing and warning that he was going to “kick ass” (his words), business people have to plug their leaks everyday and put themselves on the line as they face the risk of potential and ultimate failure.

Plugging leaks is something Barack Obama doesn’t understand, at least not from the standpoint of having actually operated a business, met payroll or created profitable solutions that pay the bills, send kids to college, pay for health care and finance a summer vacation.

There are some lessons we can learn from the BP oil disaster and most of them show us the difference between how most business people live and solve problems and how government pretends to help while it feigns expertise.

The tragedy of the Gulf oil spill will be with us for many years. But I am wondering what situation we might be facing today if Washington D.C., Barak Obama and his legions of bureaucrats were left alone to plug the leak.

The entire event forces us to ask a basic question about whether we believe the nine-to-five bureaucrats possess the same will, fortitude, creativity and discipline to solve problems that the BP management and employees and the thousands of Gulf residents displayed throughout the crises?

The BP oil spill is filled with lessons about our government’s inability to be in charge of our lives at any level.

The BP oil spill is once again filled with lessons about the power of individual people to solve problems, giant problems in ways that government never can.

The BP oil spill has been horrible but there is something important we can learn about the difference between how government pretends to solve our problems and how we the people, when allowed to do so, can and do solve our own problems.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”

iVoteAmerica has left no doubt about our belief that the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is one tick removed from midnight on the insanity clock. This diatribe should dispel all doubt that within her head there resides a world undecipherable to sane people.

We’re not entirely certain whether the Speaker’s intention was to give a policy speach or a sermon. Nonetheless, listen here to the most powerful woman in America as she gushes forth a litinany of spiritual babble in a manner that makes the BP oil spill look like a dribble.

At least we all understand what we are up against with respect to the BP oil spill. In this case, only God and a few highly trained psychiatrists can shed light on just how mental Nancy Pelosi really is.

Our prayer is “Holy God, save us from both our sins and the insanity of our leaders…amen.”

With a wink and nod northward to our President, “felicidades” was one word used by dictator Fidel Castro to praise President Barack Obama’s successful implementation of his new national health care program.

“We consider health reform to have been an important battle and a success of his government,” Castro said in an editorial that further chided the U.S. for taking “an incredible 234 years after the Declaration of Independence” to do so.

Castro further said that medical services for all Cubans was “something that Cuba was able to do half a century ago.”

What does the praise of Castro really mean to us? What does it tell us, if anything?

Obama’s Global Appeal, Expanding

Barack Obama has spent considerable time and effort developing his global appeal. It started with the great “apology tour” that found the President apologizing to Europeans for the mistakes America has made.

Obama’s global appeal at America’s expense was further exemplified by his bowing before the Saudi King. It was maginified at the summit of the America’s in Trinidad in April, 2009, by his recognizing and receiving the 1973 leftist book written by Eduardo Galeano entitled “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent” from Hugo Chavez, who gave our President a back slap and big smile.

Apologizing, Bowing and Back Slapping

Despite the anger of up to 77% of American voters, Obama and the Democrat controlled congress rammed through health care legislation that will most certainly create further economic upheaval in the United States. But never mind the views of the electorate, what seems to count is “change” at any price.

It’s more than a bit puzzling that the pattern of patronization endorsed by Obama in Europe, Latin America and yes, in the U.S. as well, seems to be grabbing the attention of the likes of Fidel Castro, one of the most brutal dictators in history.

We ought to be concerned when our President received accolades from dictators. We should be distressed when our President travels the globe posturing himself as the great apologist, rather than the great defender for all the America has contributed to global stability.

The blood, guts, tears and treasure of America have kept the world and its people from falling completely into the hands of Hitler, Stalin, Mau, Mussolini, Castro, Chavez and the long list of other tyrants who have used the iron fist of government to smash freedoms and enslave the world’s millions. save for America.

Declaration from Castro of “felicidades” followed by his “what took you so long to catch up to us” rhetoric should cause us to wonder what Barack Obama’s long term agenda really is.

After all, it was President Barack Obama who trumpeted the altruistic nature of a his soon to be one term Presidency, was it not?

Post Presidency Retirement for Obama

So, what happens to Barack Obama after the American people vote him out of office in 2012? Some suggestions include, speaking tours in Europe, lectures in Cuba, bowing lessons in Saudi Arabia and co-speaking appearances with Chavez in Venezuela. Perhaps our President can move his annual physical from the U.S. to Havana or Canada, countries with incredible health care systems.

For iVoteAmerica, Oramos por la creación de un gran milagro en América en tiempos de elecciones.”

Translation, “We pray for the creation of a great miracle in America at election time.”