The images coming out of Japan concerning the earthquake and Tsunami of March 11^th are devastating to see. Japanese citizens staring at water-scoured landscapes that were hours ago homes, villages, and roads. The images also show a universal calm and order among the Japanese people as they move forward in spite of Mother Nature’s recent offensive. No looting, for example. Orderly lines of folks waiting for water rations, another.

Sadly, when this could be an  inspirational story of an undaunted people who must rebuild yet again, the binary American media chose instead to fan flames of panic, indeed exploit mass suffereing, all to  promote a “Green” energy agenda that is decidely anti-nuclear.  In fact, a quick Google news search of the recent crisies in Japan result in such  headlines as:

Japan nuclear crisis now seen worse than Three Mile Island

Japan’s nuclear situation similar to Chernobyl Nuclear meltdown

And my favorite:

Japan Faces Nuclear Disaster Somewhere between Three Mile Island and Chernobyl

Well… somewhere between the only two major nuclear situations is a pretty safe bet.

But why the hysteria? Why does every major news source send a reporter to the scene to stand there and report live?

As now Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel said, “Never let a crisis go to waste”,  the media is most certainly living up to that motto. The comparison of the problems Japan is dealing with is nowhere near Three Mile Island or Chernobyl but rather it’s own crisis that does not need the American media making it into something it’s not.

Three Mile Island led to  no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community.” Here’s the estimate of how much exposure was around Three Mile Island according to the documents at NRC.gov.

“Estimates are that the average dose to about 2 million people in the area was only about 1 millirem. To put this into context, exposure from a chest x‑ray is about 6 millirem. Compared to the natural radioactive background dose of about 100‑125 millirem per year for the area, the collective dose to the community from the accident was very small. The maximum dose to a person at the site boundary would have been less than 100 millirem.”

Would you like another source? The World Nuclear Association website report on the incident states:

The average radiation dose to people living within 10 miles of the plant was 0.08 millisieverts, with no more than 1 millisievert to any single individual. The level of 0.08 mSv is about equal to a chest X-ray, and 1 mSv is about a third of the average background level of radiation received by U.S. residents in a year.

So, if  no one died and no one was harmed at Three Mile Island, if  the actual amount of radiation that people were exposed to was equal to a chest x-ray, why is the American media losing their collective  minds?

Why are the media comparing the situation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to Three Mile Island as a negative? The containment systems worked at Three Mile Island. No one was harmed. Why and how does Three Mile Island fit the narrative? It couldn’t be because the media forced the narrative that Three Mile Island was an awful terrible accident, sensationalizing the event just as they are doing today? Could it be that many on the left, despite their almost religious fanaticism to green energy, do not include nuclear power? Could it be that many believe nuclear is evil and scary because it’s potentially toxic and we have seen too many movies where if you accidentally spill your coffee  into the computer, the whole reactor will shut down and we’ll vaporize half the country.

If we are going to have an energy independent America, we need to honestly look at where our energy comes from and the inherent risks involved in capturing that energy. We have to approach energy aquisition scientifically,  not in the happy hippy mindset that says  the only energy we should have is solar, wind or biofuels.

And speaking of energy alternatives,  what is President Obama’s energy policy? Other than seriously crippling America’s energy needs by passing Cap and Tax, taking profits from the oil companies to supposedly deliver to the American people in a rebate by raising taxes on the Oil companies, and helping organizations such as GE and General Motors with huge subsidies to invest in green technology, what is his plan? Vague, pie-in-the-sky hopes at best. 

He would also like to “Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025” according to his speech in August of 2008. Does wind, solar and geothermal, the renewable sources the President would like is to move to have the energy we need to keep our homes illuminated?

According to the World Nuclear Association, The United States in 2008, “generated 4,119 billion kilowatt hours of net of electricity, 49% of it from coal-fired plant, 22% from gas and 6% from hydro. Nuclear achieved a capacity factor of 91.1%, generating 805 billion kilowatt hours and accounting for almost 20% of total electricity generated in 2008.” “Wind power accounts for just 3% of the country’s electricity”, according to the LA Times. That’s a lot of land devoted to a lot of wind farms when one could just build a clean coal, natural gas or nuclear plant.

Wind power is not going to give us the source of energy that our country needs and desires to power the cell phones, the IPads, the laptops or even our high efficiency washers and dryers. Energy is the future and our future is bright if we embrace energy independence that includes nuclear power. Despite the media’s hyperventilating over the possible meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Nuclear power is still safe, it’s still economically sound and it can get the US the electric power the country needs so that we can work on other alternatives to coal and oil based products. We can choose to move forward, into the future with a sound energy policy that is free from media sensationalism of the boogie man lurking to kill us all and  includes nuclear as a major player, or we can all just sit in the dark. It’s certain he news networks wouldn’t like that.

The time for political correctness is over.  The frauds that run the House of Representatives have just voted to pass the most horrific piece of legislation in the history of the United States of America…and cheered as they did it.

They won the healthcare vote with FIVE votes.  One of them is Joseph Cao – RINO and Junior Congressman.  Step One of shedding Political Correctness is to make sure that the GOP “tent” is no longer welcoming to this Junior Congressman.  Jospeh Cao is Benedict Arnold.  Period.  and his career is over within the GOP.  Period.  We cannot afford mistakes like this in 2010 and either the GOP is on board or they need to be voted out as well.

After a long day and evening of watching C-Span, Lady Libertas allowed a few moments of feeling defeat last night but no more.  We are in the fight for our values, our liberty, our way of life.  The liberal trolls parroted the good cheer of their leadership last night, completely clueless that this will affect them the same as everyone, no matter party affiliation.  Taxes have no care for party affiliation.
As countries around the globe struggle to return right from years of hard left rule, America is sliding towards Socialism at an alarming rate.

This vote was not about healthcare – it was about the takeover of the American government, the expansion of Federal power, the extensive reach of the power brokers in Washington DC and the subjugation of the American people.  Nancy Pelosi and her gang of bully boys do not care about the state of American healthcare; if they did, this would have been an issue much sooner than present day.  What they care about is expansion of their own pork bellies and they have no problem stepping directly on at least half of America to take it.

The vote we witnessed last night was a desperate push by extreme Liberals to inflict their will on this country before they lose control.  FIVE VOTES – certainly not a resounding endorsement for a majority.  Obama has not been the success that they banked on to carry them on waves of victory to a complete takeover of the United States and this country overwhelmingly has no faith in their elected Representatives -  In an October 29, 2009 Rasumussen poll:

Just 15% of voters now give Congress good or excellent ratings, while most (53%) rate the legislature as poor. Those ratings have held relative steady for the past few months but are noticeably worse than those found in May. At that time, 23% gave Congress positive ratings while 44% rated its performance as poor.
Forty-two percent (42%) of voters see most members of Congress as corrupt, the highest level measured in over a year. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say most congressmen are not corrupt, while another 21% are undecided.
Just 15% of voters believe most members of Congress are more interested in helping people than in furthering their own careers. Seventy-six percent (76%) think most congressmen put their own careers first.

As Conservatives, we have been ignored, marginalized or outright derided in the past months.  Obama not only ignores the Conservatives but he and his Administration actively attack Conservative talk show hosts and FOX news and the Tea Party Movement.  There is more divisiveness in this country than ever before.  Obama the Unifier has become the Emperor with No Clothes and we will continue to point that out.  Our rallying points though are strong and we cannot forget New Jersey or Virginia or even New York, where a Conservative running alone only lost by a few points.

The point that Lady Libertas would like to make to Patriots everywhere is WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN.  We have had some  victories and some losses but we cannot lose the will to keep fighting.  The words of James Madison remind us: “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”

There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence and their commitment to the fight for Liberty was astronomical:

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

The only question that remains is this:

Are we willing to make the same commitment that our Founding Fathers made?

Lady Libertas is willing to make that commitment…let the Seeds of Revolution be thrown to the winds to gain foothold in all corners of our great country.  Let the Tyrants and those who would see Liberty be laid low or traded for slavery be put on notice – The Will of the American People is not to be ignored.  We commit to the vision of the Founding Fathers and the preservation of the Constitution of the United States of America.  We commit to the values and ideals that have made our Republic the most powerful in the world: less government, low taxes, free markets, strong national defense, individual freedom and personal responsibility.  We commit to American exceptionalism.  We commit to Action.  From one Patriot to Another – I give YOU my commitment.  Let the Revolution begin…