I believe in seeing the signs.  If you see the signs around you in life, if you can see the reality, then you have a better chance of surviving in this world.

I am seeing some disturbing signs of drug use in the world of sports;  the reports of this Doctor Anthony Galea and the HGH Cocktails he was distributing to athletes,  Floyd Landis accusing Lance Armstrong and his other Postal Service teammates of using performance-enhancing drugs.  We’ve seen and heard the stories and the testimony of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds and seen the signs in all the major league sports.

I’d like to hear what you think.  Where is the main stream media in all of this?  Is this some kind of giant cover-up?  I see the signs in cycling, in golf, football, baseball.  Do you see them?  They are there – but where is the outrage?

You’ve probably heard me talk about looking at and seeing the signs.  Signs are reality.  Signs are the things you see but don’t want to acknowledge.   You and I have got to acknowledge this deficit situation.  You and I have got to make everyone aware of this problem.  If we don’t see the signs, we are going to end up in a situation just like Greece and Spain.

Here are some interesting facts for you:  One in four of all employees in Greece works for the government.  In Spain, the number is one in five.  This is a traditional Socialist, European mindset that historically leads to financial collapse. 

You say, this can never happen to us in America!  It can, and it will if you and I remain silent.  We are no different from any other country or entity that lets its expenses get out of control.  Our debt is rising, our government is getting bigger.  And it won’t stop unless you and I speak up, and speak up loud enough!

Please consider joining the Small Business Party on Facebook, and make sure your representatives know how you feel about them spending money than we have.

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The real story and the real tragedy of Greece is that Big Government took over and delivered services and promises to the Greek people that they could not pay for.  Sound familiar? 

That is exactly the direction that our country is heading with unbridled spending and the debt that we are incurring.  And who is going to stop it?  You and me!  With our voice and our vote!

Here is a little data for you.  Greece’s debt is 113% of their GDP.  Our debt is 58% of our GDP, and racing forward.  Just a few years ago it was 38%. 

If you want to support our voice, check out our Small Business Party.  We are for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, the people who supply 80% of the job growth in this country, the people who pay their taxes, the people who understand that you can’t spend more than you make.

Republican incumbents as well as Democratic incumbents are being thrown out of office everyday – and I support that!  This is not a Republican issue or a Democratic issue.  It is an issue of the survival and prosperity of America.  If we don’t take it seriously, who will?  If you and I don’t want to fix the problem, who will? 

Make your voice heard, and do it now!

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Rory McIlroy is the new phenom of the PGA tour.  Rory is one day shy of 21.  He’s from the little country of Ireland and has won professional golf tournaments all over the world.  He became the PGA Tour’s youngest winner since Tiger Woods this Sunday against one of the best fields of great players at the Quail Hollow Championship, one of the most challenging courses on tour. He shot a record breaking 62. 

While Rory was staring down the great Phil Mickelson to win his tournament, Ryo Ishikawa was shooting a 58 to win a major Japanese tournament.  And Ryo is the grand old age of 18!

 There is added significance to all this.  A new breed of superstar golfer was born yesterday.  They are young, they are bold, and they are hungry.  As Arnold Palmer was ending his great professional career, he said to me, “it’s harder to keep your interest as the years advance.”  

 There is a price to pay to be among the elite golfers in the world.  It’s very hard for golfers to sustain that level.  Look at the records of the great Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer,  and Tom Watson and you’ll see that their great victories came at the early to middle parts of their careers.  Tiger is approaching 35.  We don’t know if he can reach the levels he has reached in the past.  Many golfers think he played his best golf 6 or 7 years ago.  With the hits he’s taken over the last 6 months, the embarrassment, the public bloodbath, will he be able to regain that finite mental and physical focus that one must have to be the elite player of the world? 

 While he is figuring that out, two fresh-faced Irish and Japanese young men have announced that they are ready to compete at the highest level.