On June 17, 2013  I was watching “The O’Reilly Factor” and he had a guest who talked about her computer being hacked. Now I am a nobody in particular and am unimportant to everybody except my children and grandchildren. But during the course of their conversation, I said, “Hey, that has happened to my computer.” It has turned on by itself and my emails lately are not where I left off the day before. I openly refer to myself as “technically challenged” and the curiosity of what was happening left me without answers until all of this ‘data mining‘ started to come to light.

The day after the 2012 election, I was so upset that I started to blog. One of my posts was published in a local newspaper.  Not too long after that I tried to log on to post another item on my blog and could not log on. When I contacted the server, they said that there was a problem and that they had to install another firewall. Since I am normally not a paranoid person, I chalked it all up to technicalities. After all, I am just an old lady with opinions about liberty and a love for the freedoms we in America are privileged to have. Now I am not so sure.

My passion for America is reflected in the tenets of the Tea Party movement. Long before there was a ‘Tea Party’, while I was struggling as a single mother, I discovered that much of my earnings were spent on taxes; Income tax, sales tax, property taxes, school taxes, and the myriad of hidden taxes we pay when we use almost everything. Gasoline taxes embedded into the price of the gasoline, a portion of the tolls we pay are taxes for supposed road maintenance (infrastructure), utility bills with taxes, and on and on infinitum. In the late 1990’s, while trying to refinance my mortgage, I was caught in the mortgage debacle and had to sell my home or lose it to foreclosure.  I used to tell people that it was time for another tea party.

For those who have not been taught American History, the Boston Tea Party occurred because the colonists refused to pay the high taxes that the crown (England) was imposing on them for the import of tea. That was in 1773 and was the beginning of a revolt which ultimately led to the American revolution and the birth of our United States. This is a simplified explanation; look it up and learn a lot more. I see the modern day “Tea Party” movement as a similar call to action against the tyranny of a bloated government and ‘taxation without representation’. I have received emails from many of their groups and, while I am without the means to make contributions, I support their efforts by contacting my congressmen on various issues. Their emails have been curiously absent but the reason for that seems to be connected with the administration’s agenda to constrict our freedoms.

My voice alone is not important. With others it will be heard.  I will not be silenced; I will not be intimidated. I am an American and I am free!

Remember, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you”.

First the definitions: according to the dictionary, a fact is something that is indisputable; the truth as opposed to interpretation. A factoid is an assumption or speculation that is repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. Factoids are usually a form of appeasement or desensitization; if you hear an assumption often enough, you become desensitized to its falsehood and begin to accept it. That is why so many politicians will repeat their factoids over and over.

Discernment is the ability to judge well; this term is commonly used in connection with spiritual understanding and guidance. Pray to be able to discern facts from factoids.

“ Make no mistake”, “ I can assure you”, “I will get to the bottom of this”, and “The perpetrators will bear the full extent of the law” all appear to be factoids. For five years we have given this administration the benefit of the doubt and they have taken advantage of it. Now the cry is “plausible deniability”. When are Americans going to wake up? As far as I am concerned, there is NO plausible deniability. This president hand picked his cabinet and czars because he knew they were like minded and would further his agenda. By the way, why call them czars? Why not something that sounds a little more American? Czars (tzars) is a Russian word representative of Caesar, an emperor. There’s a clue for you. Here is another clue, he appointed Susan Rice to a position where she could not be questioned about the lies she told about Benghazi. Quid pro quo on a grand scale. And our Attorney General,  Eric (with)Holder will not go quietly into the night as any man of integrity should. Is he ashamed of his lies? Not a chance! These are the kinds of people that make decisions about our country, dismantling our freedoms one by one. Putting our armed forces at risk until the ultimate sacrifice has been made; then denying them their right to be treated for their sacrifices. This administration attempts to give our American freedoms to terrorists and furthermore, supplies foreign governments who harbor terrorists, with weapons and millions of dollars. The latest IRS scandal should have every American terrified. The problem is that most Americans do not realize that the IRS will be the ones who decide your medical treatment when Obamacare is fully implemented. Are they gathering information on conservatives so that they can deny treatment to them? Silly? Not in the light of all that has been happening. I am just happy that Senator Rand Paul stood up to the suggested droning of Americans on American soil. Thank you, sir, that you did not give this administration the chance to say, “Oops, we did not mean to do that”, when they hit the wrong(?) target.

I applaud Sean Hannity and Judge Jeanine Pirro for their honesty and forthrightness in reporting the facts fearlessly.  Theirs are facts, not factoids! And I believe that Americans are learning to tell the difference.