Wednesday, September 29, 2010

TAX SHAFT: It’s Only A Matter Of When

Our most-highly celebrated Congress has decided to go home and wait until after the elections to “reach their decision” on whether or not to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire.

What does that mean? Well, let’s think it through together.

Leaving the Republicans aside because we all know where they stand, if the rest of them who happen to hold the majority in both houses and who WILL hold that majority until Congress reseats in January, intend to keep the Bush tax cuts in place, they’d vote on it now to try and gain favor with their constituents. If they intend to keep the cuts in place for the middle class and to raise taxes on the rich, they don’t want to do that right now because that will simply tick off both sides. If they intend to let the Bush tax cuts expire completely and give the whole nation the shaft, they’ll also wait until after the election so they can claim it as a “pay back” for losing both Houses of Congress.

So, it’s one of the latter two.

Nancy Pelosi has already made it plain as day that she intends to see all of the Bush tax cuts expire. Reid is a vengeful man and, after he loses in November, he’ll be all primed to let the Bush tax cuts expire entirely.

All of this conjecturing pretty much paints the picture, doesn’t it? Hold on to your knapsacks.

More than that, the fact that the present majority doesn’t have the guts to stand and be counted before the election underscores the dirty, rotten and conniving ways they have managed themselves for the past two years, with the Health Care Bill, stimulus, etc, etc, etc. The more I see of these lying, two-faced sacks of el toro pupu, the angrier I become. They have played the American public as suckers for so long, I can’t remember.

Joe Biden, the Archbishop of Candor, even had the temerity to tell them to quit their whining.

I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of the whole damned bunch. I’m to the point I don’t want to hear from them, I don’t want to hear about them and I sure as hell don’t want to hear that they’ve been reelected.

Can’t blame me for that, can you? 

Sunday, September 26, 2010

TO ALL CITIZENS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN REPUBLIC

Never before in the history of this great country has the participation of the electorate been more profoundly required. The events of the past two years most certainly have proven that complacency and inaction are intensely dangerous to our Union. It is up to us to assert our rights as citizens and to take back our country from the control of those misguided souls who believe that our Constitution placed the power and authority of government in their hands and not ours.

We must make firm and unbreakable plans to vote this November 2nd. If not registered, we must register. If we are going to be away from our polling places, we must secure absentee ballots now. And, we need to spend an hour or more every day of the week for the next five weeks learning about the various candidates, their views, their history and their track records. We must look with severely critical eyes at the records of incumbents and we must summarily dismiss any lame excuses for poor decisions and failure to respond to the wishes of the populace.

We cannot survive even two more years of the horribly bad government that we have seen for the last twenty-two years. 

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

NOW IT'S OUR TURN

The White House came out yesterday and announced that the recession is over. To my recollection, this is about the third time that the White House has been out trumpeting non-existent success. What we can expect next, as has happened more than dozens of times in this administration, is that in some obscure newspaper in some obscure town on a Saturday morning, you’ll find on page 19 of the local newspaper a one paragraph statement saying that, alas, they made a mistake, the recession hadn’t ended.

I’m sorry to say this about the President of the United States, but the guy is a liar. He is a liar, his administration is a liar, Pelosi is a liar, and Reid doesn’t tell the truth. Virtually every “fact” and “figure” that has been released by these stalwarts of American government has been an outright lie. Think about it. Obama is a two-bit pathological liar and the rest of them are blindly following in the “wanna be” mode. The approval rating of Congress, the last I heard, was down into the teens. Obama, Reid and Pelosi are running around saying what a great job Congress does. What does that tell you?

This total lack of ethics and veracity at the pinnacle of our government has to be destroyed. It’s infecting our government employees, our state legislatures, our local governments, our education system and now, our homes; children come home from school every day with some of the most outrageous excuses for misbehavior that we have ever heard. Poor Lindsay Lohan, she just couldn’t help herself; maybe the caffeine in her lunch drinks did her in. Paris Hilton’s grandfather, believe it or not, ate his cereal without sugar on it and that turned her into a porno star and cocaine addict. Obama’s father left the family when he was young and that gives him the absolute right to lie.

The day is at hand, my friends, when we need to get back to the basics of being parents, children, employees, and Americans. A good place to start is in Washington, D.C. By getting rid of the derelicts who are in charge at such a high level, we have the opportunity to install men and women who speak the truth, accept responsibility for their own actions, believe in America’s heritage, and who are willing to listen to what we citizens are thinking.

I do recognize that this is a tall order, but we all know that it has to be done.

I want someone in Washington who, when 70% of the population is against a bill, will vote against it regardless of what the Speaker or the Majority Leader commands. I want someone there who, when a colleague commits a crime or has a severe lack of ethics, will call that person to task and see that he or she pays the penalty for their transgressions. I want someone who will not allow a 2,700 page bill to be created in the first place but, should that happen, will refuse to vote on it until they have read it.

You know how long this list could be, were I to list the multitudes and multitudes of things this Administration has succeeded in perpetrating against us. It really serves no purpose, other than historical, to list them here. It doesn’t do us any real good to lay out the blame, especially when we by our complacence must share some of that blame. What does matter is that we are virtually at the eve of having the opportunity to do something about it.

The primaries are behind us and now we face the general election. We have done an excellent job of ferreting out some of the bad guys so far. When we step into the voting booth on November 2nd, we have the opportunity to finish the job. Let us not falter or waver in our purpose. We have a job to do; let’s get it done.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

EVEN IN TODAY’S CLIMATE, BAD POLITICS ABOUNDS

SPECIAL POST

It seems to me that when you lose, you lose. I know that as a kid, if I lost a game of chess, I’d just throw all of the pieces on the floor. That of course, made me the winner, because I’d then get up and walk out of the room to leave my opponent with the chore of cleaning up the mess. What a real sport I was.

Turning to politics and the primaries, you’ve had more than one candidate lose to his or her opponent and then decide to run as a third party candidate or even, most recently, a write-in candidate. The theory is this: With three candidates in the race, and with your position now drawing from the other two candidates, you could theoretically win even though you lost.

Here’s how crappy this end-run game plan gets. If you had 100,000 voters in the primary and you lost with only 40,000 votes, then you had 300,000 people turn out for the general election and you won with 110,000 votes, you actually won the whole ball game while being a minority vote-getter. You effectively cheated, in this case, 190,000 people who voted against you in the general election and you only had 110,000 votes.

To me, this goes against the grain of a fair game and it is unethical. Those who play this game including Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Florida’s Charlie Crist should be ashamed of themselves. This is straight from the playbook of “politics as usual,” that we’re all so sick and tired of. You know full well that, if elected back to Washington, they’ll continue to play those games that got us all into this mess. We need good leaders who will fairly represent our interests, not good politicians who spin, twist and don't give a damn about what the voters want.  

Don’t be to blame for more crapola in politics; don’t vote for this type of candidate. 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

HEALTH CARE BILL: The Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost

Well, the next time you run across one of those Democrats who clawed and climbed over each other to sign on to the Health Care Bill that nobody wanted… you know them, they’re the ones who refuse to talk about the Bill in their reelection campaigns because they know we’re more than a tad ticked off about it… ask him or her this question:

“Mr. or Mrs. Candidate, assuming that the Republicans take control of both houses of Congress in November, and assuming that they enact a Bill to cancel the Health Care Bill, and assuming that President Obama vetoes that Bill, how would you vote in a Congressional attempt to override the veto?” In other words, are they embarrassed enough about the damned Health Care Bill that they voted for to retract it? Or, are they only embarrassed enough to duck the issue during the reelection campaign?

Now let’s play some nice, soft music: This one’s called, “The Squirm Dance Rhumba.”

More and more Americans who were ambivalent about the Bill are now coming to the realization that things are not turning out exactly as Barry, Harry and Nancy were saying they would. In fact, Madame Pelosi, now that we’ve had a chance to read the Bill to find out what’s in it, most of us would rather suck on a lemon. How you had the audacity to do this dastardly deed to your fellow Americans is beyond me.

Candidates are well aware of the fact that the Bill is very, very, very unpopular and, although they thought we’d get over it, they’re discovering that their vote for the Bill may have sealed their political fate. While that fact is making them a tad uncomfortable, the plain and simple matter of fact that this was just the straw that broke the armadillo’s back. It was just one more affront to the American intellect, one more bad piece of legislation, one more put-down of a citizen’s right not to have government involved in his daily life and one more example of total government irresponsibility.

Now that we have our Tea Parties, it seems that no one in Washington wants to come for tea?

November 2nd is virtually just around the corner. Short of a declaration of war, the stage is set for the people to extract their pound of flesh. Many incumbents have already been knocked off in the primaries and many more are staring their own unemployment straight in the face. If unemployment kicks back up to 10.0% and it’s because so many incumbents got pink slips, we’ll all be delighted.

And, we’re not to blame. 

Monday, September 13, 2010

JERRY BROWN FLAPS OFF AT THE MOUTH

Jerry Brown, California's Attorney General and now candidate for Governor, (again), made off the cuff remarks that slighted good old boy Bill Clinton over the weekend.  The remarks alluded to Clinton's propensity for lying.  Jerry caught serious flak over it and has had to issued an apology to Clinton and to fellow Democrats. 

Whether or not Jerry hit the nail on the head is not the issue; it's another one of those things about being "politically correct."  Jerry made the remark and stepped into deep pigeon dung and those of us who are old enough to remember when Jerry was California's Guv before know fully well how his mouth often leads him into oblivion.  

They don't call Jerry "Moonbeam" for nothing, and this is but one of example of why.  

We don't need Jerry in office again.  He's an old time politician and we all know how old time politicians have been screwing this country up for decades.  He's part of a problem California does not need again. 

If we vote him in, we will have nobody to blame but ourselves.  

Saturday, September 11, 2010

MY CHOICE FOR A NEW MOSQUE LOCATION

SPECIAL POST

This post may not be politically correct. It certainly is a sensitive issue, especially in light of recent events, but what will be said here has to be said sometime, and I feel that the time has come.

Nine years ago, radical Muslims unleashed the power of their hatred toward us at the World Trade Center. As a result of that attack, our nation became aware that there are certain factions on this planet which want to annihilate us. Indeed, we had somehow had the audacity to presume that, just because we are Americans, the world is in love with us.

There are, of course, many reasons that radical Muslims want to see us beheaded and set on fire; I won’t dwell on them. What IS important to recognize and to fully realize is that our country has become permeated with members of the Muslim faith who have migrated here from countries that foster terrorism. I‘ve heard it mentioned quite frequently in these past few days that we need to be ready for terrorism from within, and we must. Yet, those remarks are made in a general context and usually contain the caveat that we have totally American factions within the country who would do us harm in order to advance their own agendas as well. But, those factions have always existed in this country going back to pre-revolutionary times and we have always been able to deal with them; what we need to really concern ourselves with in 2010 is the threat of domestic terrorism raised from internal radical Muslim groups.

Let me be quick to say that I am not suggesting we should round up all Muslims and ship them out of the country. What does concern me, however, is that Muslims of all walks of life in this country have been somewhat reluctant to denounce radical Islam. One therefore must wonder what side of the fence they would all stand on if the call came from radical Muslim leaders to strike us from within. Would they join us, or them?

I feel that we Americans must be totally aware of the dangers that lurk within our country and that we must constantly contemplate the potential outcomes of possible and probable internal terrorism. In that regard, moving the Mosque from its intended location near the ground-zero World Trade Center site to the actual site itself seems to me to be the right solution. Having the Mosque on that hallowed ground would certainly serve as a constant reminder to us that we are now living in a dangerous time and a dangerous world. Moving it to some other out-of-sight place could serve to return us to our complacent vulnerability. 

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

IF MCCAIN HAD WON?

Would the economy be better? McCain doesn’t have the business acumen needed to get things cooking any more than Obama does. But, I do think he would have called together the nation’s top experts on the subject and that he would have listened to what they had to say. Obama hasn’t even done that.

Would the New York Mosque be built? Absolutely not; I think McCain would have fought that one tooth and nail, just because of his military experiences. And, the guys down in Guantanamo would all still be there; none of them would have been released to go back and fight with the Taliban and Al Queda, as has Obama has allowed. No one would have dared to suggest that Khalid Sheik Mohamed be tried in New York City, either.

Would the new Health Care Plan have been passed? Not in its present form. I think there would have been steps taken against malpractice lawsuits and awards and against escalating insurance costs. On the other hand, I would also have expected an open and outright attack on Social Security and Medicare benefits, instead of the subtle, sneaky one that Obama undertook.

Would there be constant lies about statistics and accomplishments? No, McCain likes to take it on the chin. In this respect, he’s not a coward, but he’s a stand up guy. And, I don’t think he’d be blaming Bush for everything, either.

Would the Gulf Oil Spill have happened? Undoubtedly, but I don’t think McCain would have given BP an award for outstanding rig safety and drilling practices, either. I also think he would have reached out for help and that it would have been mitigated within the first 30 days; he certainly would not have turned away help like Obama did.

Would we have spent trillions of dollars on stimulus programs? Well, we would have spent money, not as much by far, by reducing taxes and giving some incentives for employers to hire. We certainly would not have been taking over banks and automobile companies. I think that unemployment would therefore be lower… not at the 5% levels we had going in to this mess, but certainly not at 10%, either. I think the figure might be closer to 7% and that there would be a somewhat better economic stability, although not by a whole lot.And, I feel there would be a full-fledged investigation into who did what when causing the mess in the first place. 

Would the Tea Party exist? I think it might. There has been growing discontent with Washington in recent years. Nevertheless, I think the Tea Party targets would be the same, to control spending and reduce taxes and to get some sense of responsibility back into the government.

Where would McCain be in the opinion polls? Obama is in the dumps, with the majority of Americans thinking he is doing a poor job. I think McCain would be faring better, maybe 51% or 52% of Americans supporting his job. But, he’d be under horrendous and relentless fire from the media and press.

Would Palin be a better Vice President than Biden? Without question, I think you would see her as being a strong asset for the President instead of detracting and providing an opportunity for guffaws.

The country would not be moving toward Marxism under McCain, that’s for certain. On the other hand, the main drawback to having McCain as President is that the nation would be left without a Robert Gibbs to provide laughter and frivolity while fumbling blindly through the day.

Frankly, we’re to blame for having considered either one of them for the job.

Saturday, September 04, 2010

DEMOCRATS, OTHERS SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS?

If I’ve heard it once in the past week, I’ve heard it two dozen times: the Democrats are afraid of the election and are shaking in their boots. The second fear I have heard, not quite so frequently, is that ALL incumbents are worried about the foreboding November elections. There’s even an inference that we, the citizens, are to blame for their fears.

Well, I’m glad they are shaking in their boots, but they really have no one to blame but themselves. After all, and I’m sure you will remember, they are the ones who called us names, talked down to us in their condescending ways, and then proceeded to pass the health care plan and stimulus plans and other legislation that we, the people, we solidly against. They followed Nancy and Harry and Barry into the back rooms of Congress, struck their dirty deals, and shoved it where the sun does not shine. They even had the gall to admit that they had not read what they passed.

Now, they’re nervous? They’re afraid? I don’t know about you, but I have no pity for them. They have screwed, screwed, screwed and screwed you, me and all of our friends.

Let’s keep the focus. They do have to be removed. All of the squirming in the world does not change the fact that they have betrayed the public trust.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

CHAIRMAN BARACK: MORE OF THE SAME BLAME GAME

Many times in our history when times were tough or the situation dire, Presidents have come back from a brief respite with innovative new ideas to fix things. Chairman Barack has just returned from a ten day retreat with what is obviously going to be more of the same defiant, holier-than-thou attitude that has led our country deep into the throes of impending economic and psychological depression.

He’s still blaming Bush and the Republicans for all of his mistakes. He wants to have more of the runaway, irresponsible spending that is threatening the retirement incomes of our grand children and not helping our country one damned bit. He wants to raise taxes and to place heavier burdens on our unemployed, underemployed, underpaid citizens and businesses. He calls those who question his tactics “irresponsible,” and he derides those who won’t kiss his damned ring and go along with the program.

Hundreds of thousands of people showed up in Washington on the 28th to protest the status quo and to pledge a renewal toward truth and faith.  Our President dismissed them as a “few people” who don’t agree with him; he dismissed Glenn Beck as being one of “those who are always stirring things up.” He has dismissed Americans as being “misguided” as if we can’t think for ourselves.

Well, we CAN think for ourselves, Chairman Barry. We don’t want any more of your benevolent leadership garbage. We don’t want any more of your eloquent speeches and dialogue. We don’t want any more of your talk downs and your arbitrary dismissals of public concern.

We’re tired of your blaming Bush, blaming the Republicans and blaming US for your actions that are worsening our economy, our security and our future every minute of every day.

Yes, we want change all right. Yes, you fit very much in our desires for change. If you don’t have anything good to say, keep your mouth shut. If your actions are hurting the country, quit taking actions. If you can’t do your job the way we want you to do your job, pack up and hightail it out of town. Go stand in the unemployment line for a day or two and get a real grasp on what your administration is doing to our country. There’s a whole bunch of people out there in those lines who can say it better than I can and are certainly willing to do so.

A REAL man, faced with a nation of people who so abundantly have made it clear they do not appreciate what he has done, would stop and be a little more introspective. But, I guess Obama will never, ever be introspective, because he just might find out where the blame for things in America really belongs.