I bet Kathleen is mad.

So I just read that Kansas has decided to tell the feds they are not interested in "helping" implement Obamacare by taking a federal grant to do such.  Considering Health & Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, (who always looks SUPER crabby,) left her job as governor of Kansas in order to accept her federal post, I bet she's not very happy with her home state.  Much of the language in the Obamacare legislation starts over and over again with the phrase, "The Health & Human Services Secretary shall...."  You know, I can't help but resent the idea of one person in our government making decisions that impact the lives of millions of free citizens.  See, this is the thing: in this country, the people call the shots.  I know this is a very hard thing for our elected officials to accept and they probably aren't going to take it very well, but it's a fact and it won't be changing.

The news last night of our victories in Wisconsin was just what the doctor ordered, after the debt ceiling debate that did not end well, the subsequent downturn in the markets (could have told you that was coming,) the downgrade of our credit rating and the very painful deaths of our soldiers.  It never ceases to amaze me how the voters just keep on talking.  They're talking in the polls.  They're talking on the phones to their reps.  They're talking online.  They're talking with the way they spend their money in the market (Ford sales way up after auto bailouts of their competitors.)  They're talking at the ballot box.  The message doesn't change and it is overwhelmingly conservative.  It is just so incredibly encouraging.  The unions, who always claim to have the public on their side, just got their lunch handed to them and there's even a chance one of the Democrats up for recall next week could lose his seat.  The voters of Wisconsin chose freedom.  The voters of this country last fall chose freedom.  We know the path we need to choose and we know the route to take to get on it.

The constant rejection of the government's overtures is like watching a junior high kid who just cannot get a dance partner, but keeps trying anyway.  The government refuses to accept the rejection, which is why we need more like the house tea party freshmen in those positions.

Have you thought about what a rich blessing it is that, while Greece and Britain keep having to deal with infuriated citizens who demand "theirs," in this country we see massive rallies, demanding the exact opposite?  Overseas, they demand their governments do more and more and more.  In the homeland, we demand our government get their faces out of our lives.  What a sweet, sweet gift to reside in a nation that recognizes the value of freedom and expresses a strong desire to protect and defend it.