How did he make it this long????

So Eric Holder is stepping down, amazing!!! This guy makes your local corrupt politician look like a petty thief. This guy has given us Fast and Furious, race baiting, IRS scandal, and so much more. With all these issues you would think someone would have stood up to this guy but no. The lame stream media just defended him like it was their job, which it seems it has become. You might have heard a random Republican congressman or two grumble about Holder but has anybody held him in contempt?? The crazy part about this whole things is he is about to get paid big time by the powers that be. Whats really sad is probably Obama will bring in someone worse and nobody will try to stop him. We have let the patients start running the asylum and its going to bite us in the ass. Before any of you Republican start to feel all good about yourselves, just remember you guys have done nothing to slow down Holder or his best friend Obama. Your just as bad as they are. Finally, I have to say that you the average voter are to blame. Did you ever hold anyone's feet to the fire over this guy. Did you write your congressman? Did you send an email to FOX, CNN, MSNBC, asking them why they don't report on this guy? Quit believing someone else is going to take care of this because they ain't.

Platt Robertson

Crushing the Illusion

     I had something silly happen to me the other day that I think points out some of the problems we have in waking people up in this country. A friend of mine posted on Facebook that he had to take his GM truck to the dealer to get fixed. I couldn't help myself and made a crack about "Government Motors." This guy, who I don't know, jumped in a said that it was no longer "Government Motors." I had to remind him that they got my tax dollars and as a tax payer, I can call them "Government Motors." Well, I might as well talked about his mom because he lost it. He told me about how his family had worked for GM for 3 generations and that the bailout was a great thing. I tried to explain the economic fallacy of bailouts and you would have thought I spit on this guy. I so offended him that he threatened me twice with violence over Facebook. The idea of someone being a Facebook tough guy makes me laugh but it did make me realize something. You can do a lot of things to people without them pushing back but when you shatter their illusions, watch out. Probably the most upset a kid ever gets is the day you tell them there is no Santa Clause. Even if in the back of their heads they think he might not be real, when they realize its true it just crushes them for days. This is why the government can get away with what it does because they let you keep your illusions. You can still believe your voice is being heard, that congress and the president actually cares about you. This is also why people like Ron Paul gets so much push back. He shatters people illusions. I want everyone to know that when I say something about certain topics, its not to kill Santa but you tell you the truth. If we as a people are going to progress we have to drop our illusions and put Santa to bed.

Platt Robertson
Write-in Candidate for President

Why do you still believe?

     As adults, we often laugh at children that believe in the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, and the Boogeyman. We think it is so cute that they would fall for such myths. But looking around today, I think its us adults that are the naive ones. Most people actually think there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats.
    I feel that deep down inside you know the left vs right thing is silly. However, to admit that you have been fooled by the political machine is more than most can bare. Do you really think that Obama and Romney are all that different? Do you really thing President Obama is going to get the evil bankers that are some of his largest donors? Is Romney really going to get tough with China? Did you believe Richard Nixon when he said he wasn't a crook? When Clinton said he didn't have sexual relations with that women? So why are you going to go to the polls feeling like one of these guys is better than the other? Its been nearly 50 years since Johnson declared "War on Poverty" but you still hold to the dream that we can legislate away the problem. The congressional approval ratings are at a all time low but you still will vote for the same two parties you always have. I am begging you to get out of the rut and change your paradigm. Tell the two parties you are done with them and their games. You can't change things with the same mentality that got you there in the first place. If you want to stick to "the man" then I ask for you to write me in on Nov. 6th.

Platt Robertson
Write-in candidate for President

Abortion and the Middle east

     I would like to thank AmieTank for this blog. She put a comment up the other day on the blog and reminded me that I had not put my views on abortion and the Middle East. I know these are hot button issues and I apologize for not getting to them earlier.
     First, lets start with the ultimate political hot potato: Abortion. If you want to get people fired up in America, just start talking about abortion. Typically, we look at this from only two points of view. Either your Pro-choice, which mean your for a woman's right to choice what happens to her body. You mostly likely feel that a man in no way should have a say on the decision and to disagree in any way means you hate women. The other side is of course Pro-life. This side claims that life is sacred and some on this side of the issue believe that under no circumstances shall a child ever need to be aborted. They feel that if you disagree with them that your a murderer. There is usually no grey area on this topic and a lot of anger is directed at people on the other side of the abortion issue. However, just like so many things that face us today, we are looking at this all wrong. The reality is we don't have an abortion problem, we have an unwanted pregnancy issue. Think about it, if we had no unwanted pregnancies then we wouldn't even care about abortions. If we take our stereotypical example, a teenage girl is knocked up by her teenage boyfriend, we can see the real problem. The Pro-choice person will say that the young lady has the right to do with her body as she likes because she is a strong, in dependant woman. The Pro-life proponent will say that its not the baby's fault and that its life deserves as much respect as the mother's right to choose. Sadly, we lost as a society when that young lady became pregnant. First off, we probably failed those kids as parents and role models. Second, if these two weren't ready for sex, do you think they're ready for a kid? Even is she has the abortion, you can't say either party came out better for it. If you care about kids, you'll probably want to help our youth avoid a situation like this. Of course, the Pro-choice group likes to throw out rape and incest as reasons we have to keep abortion around. Call me crazy, but I am for stopping rape and incest. Again, the idea that we will worry about this only after an unwanted pregnancy has occurred is nuts. There is no government program that is going to fix this. Its us a citizens that have to get involved. Fathers, spend times with your sons and talk to them about sex. This isn't just about women. Finally the issue of government money for abortions, which I am against. If this is about a woman's right to choose, then its her right not someone elses tax bill. For those of you that worry about that young girl that can't afford to get an abortion, there are many organization that you can donate to that help these young ladies out.
     The other topic of this blog entry is the Middle East. This is a much simpler topic. The only reason we care about the Middle East is because they have oil. If there was no oil there it would be like Bolivia and when is the last time we sent troops to Bolivia? There is also the Petro-dollar but that is more of a Federal Reserve issue. If we were more like Brazil, we wouldn't have kids dying overseas all the time. Brazil has developed their own oil resources, build a relationship with their oil rich neighbor Venezuela, and created a vibrant ethanol industry. We need to build the pipeline to Canada, utilize oil fields offshore and in Alaska, and use other agricultural products besides corn to produce ethanol. One more thing, the electric car. I don't want to here from GM that the technology is 10 years away. They said that 20 years ago. Maybe if we would have let them go broke, we could have had someone come up with a viable electric car. As far as I'm concerned, as President I would bring the boys home and prepare to compete in an open and free oil market. The other half of this issue is Israel. Some of you might not like to hear this but the US signed up for this along with the rest of the UN. We plus most of the western world, felt bad for the Jews after WWII and wanted to give them their own homeland. Everybody living there today are living under the idea that we are going to stick to our word. I am however, not for sending troops over there or starting a war with Iran. Israel is a big boy and can take care of its own self. We'll stand up for them at the UN and sell them some arms but won't send our troops. These folks have been fighting for years and I think we're kind of naive to think we can send Hillary over there for a weekend and hammer this all out.

Platt Robertson
Write-in candidate for President

My Energy Policy

     Thankfully the silly season is almost over. Soon you can quit hearing about debates and go back to watching Honey Boo Boo. Until then, we need to stay focused on the issues that affect us. Today I would like to express my views on energy policy. Note that I said energy policy and not oil policy. I feel that for far too long we have focused and oil and only oil in this country. Obama says we should do a little bit of everything in order to solve our energy issues. I agree with the base premise of that idea. However, I feel the choices should be shifted to the local and personal level and take out of big governments hands. You have heard me discuss personal Independence and and self-reliance. Energy independence is another part of the concept. The following are simple little things I have seen that not only prepare you for anything that might happen but also frees you from the big energy companies.

This little thing is called the Pocket Socket. Its good for charging cell phones and iPads. I am sure many of you have teenagers that have all kind of electronic gadgets. Any little bit of electricity saved adds up and this is perfect in an emergency.

As a homebrewer, one of the first things I would do would be to legalize home distilling. This would also allow you to produce your own ethanol. I know a lot of you have heard that ethanol from corn is bad for food prices. That is true but you can distill from all kind of things. Here is a link to a site that can give you all the details you need.
http://www.permaculture.com/

Free electricity and a workout. Talk about a win-win situation.

This is a smarter way to use nuclear energy.

Under my administration I would curb the power of HOA's and allow folks to put wind turbines in their yards if they like.

     These are just some of the things I have seen to allow for greater energy Independence. There are many more energy production methods out there. Spend some time and see what works for you. If you haven't noticed, these are also green energy sources. We don't need a Dept of energy or EPA is we take power production in our own hands.

Platt Robertson
Write-in Candidate President

Our country's greatest resource

     We have made it through the debates and now are headed down the stretch. The major party candidates have given us their agendas and what they see for this country. They talked about the economy, social security, and foreign policy. However, neither one has talked about our nation's greatest resource - infinite potential.
     I feel that our biggest asset is that with the little bit of freedom we have left, we allow humans to maximize their potential better than anyone else in the world. Its was America that build the Empire State Building and flew to the moon. We have heard countless rags to riches stories and that is why people from all over the world come here. But I'm afraid times might be changing.
     People today seem more concerned about what they deserve from the government and not planning on achieving their goals. We blame poor schools and greedy CEO's for our failures and never look in the mirror. The politicians have convinced many that the path to being slightly less unhappy is through them. Humans weren't meant to just be average. God didn't create us just to grind out a living. What the people in power don't want you to know is that you don't need them. Your are powerful beyond measure. Society tells you that you can only become educated by working your way through "the system." and that formal education is the way. The reality is that the greatest achievers were all self educated. If we as a people strove to reach our maximum potential, things like tax policy and social security would have no effect on us. This issue is like most of the things facing this country. The solution is part government and part society. We need to bring down barriers to people starting businesses and movements. You as an individual have to help create a culture that encourages personal development. The greatest thing you can do for your country is to reach your infinite potential.

Platt Robertson
Write-in Candidate for President