The Republicans are standing in the rain and singing as if they were standing in the sun. They’re singing like canaries in wild anticipation of a bucketful of fresh worms; they…. They think it will be a lead-pipe cinch to win and clean house in 2010.
Doesn’t anyone in Washington get the damned message?
We are sick and tired of every last one of you, Republican AND Democrat! We‘re done, through, finished! We are weary of your stories, lies, misinformation, and disinformation. We’re fed up with your graft, corruption, and unethical, immoral conduct. We’ve had enough of your failures to do your jobs, your wild spending parties, your lavish junkets, and your desperate grabs for powers reserved to the states and to the people.
Your total disregard for our Constitution, your attempts to rewrite or trample our Bill of Rights, your flat-out refusals to hear what we say at Town Hall meetings or Tea Parties… every transgression against us has known no political boundaries or limits. Your name-calling and pious talk-downs are the last straw. You call us “political terrorists,” “douche-bag tea-baggers,” “right-wing extremists,” “lunatics,” and a litany of other names designed to make America know that we are the pissants. The Republicans don’t stand up against this barrage of Un-American activities; just ask one what they think about the name calling and you will be treated to a new rendition of “Tip-toe Through the Tulips.”
No, we don’t want a Republican-controlled Congress. We want an AMERICAN controlled Congress. We, the people, want Senators and Representatives who carry a copy of the Constitution with them every day and every step of the way. We want an end to the lies. We want an American who can recite the Pledge of Allegiance without looking at a cheat sheet. We want someone who will not sell out what is right in order to gain political power.
Republicans, you need to understand the errors of YOUR ways: Your attitudes and actions are no better than the Democrats’ and, frankly, you all make us want to puke.
Make us no more promises. Tell us no more lies. Cover up no more mistakes. Live up to the responsibilities of your positions. These are the only courses of action you can take if you have even the slightest prayer of holding on to your jobs in 2010. If you are not willing to step up to that plate, start packing your bags because you, ladies and gentlemen, are about to become toast.
This country is in horrible shape and you are to blame. We the people are now taking charge.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
DOMESTIC RADICAL MUSLIM EXTREMISTS: WHAT TO DO?
There is no way to address this subject and to be “politically correct” at the same time. So, forgive me if I offend you but, this has to be said.
Radical Muslim / Islamic extremists working under the blessing of Osama killed over 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001. This same faction of the world’s population has been taking out Americans and other freedom loving people for years, both here and abroad. Dozens of plots designed by the same faction have, thank God, been thwarted in the United States. Now, we have an officer in the United States Army, an apparent Muslim radical, who has taken out 12 lives and injured 31 others.
Moments after the Fort Hood attack was over, the apologists went into full spin. Hassan was “under pressure,” he got into the Army long before we had problems with Al Queda, he was “trying” to get out of the Army so he would not have to fight fellow Muslims... There are those in Congress who are against the Patriot Act. They don’t want us to intercept communications to Al Queda or other enemies. No, if someone is wearing a turbine and acting suspiciously, you do not have the right to question him because that is racial profiling. Racial profiling is not politically correct.
Well, and as politely as I can put it…..bull shit.
I am surrounded by dozens, probably hundreds, of radical Islamic cults. At least 10% of the Muslim Mosques in this country preach radical Jihad, according to the FBI. Law enforcement and intelligence officials are hamstrung by rules that prohibit taking a closer look at Muslims than at little old white ladies with knitting bags? Yet, our government wants to take away from me my right to own a gun?
I am not calling for Muslim “internment camps.” I don’t advocate shipping all Muslims out of the country. Nevertheless, we need to empower our law enforcement officials to investigate and ascertain the political ideologies of Muslims and to deport them if they are found by a Court to be a danger to America.
Otherwise, we are all in grave danger, and who is to blame?
Radical Muslim / Islamic extremists working under the blessing of Osama killed over 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001. This same faction of the world’s population has been taking out Americans and other freedom loving people for years, both here and abroad. Dozens of plots designed by the same faction have, thank God, been thwarted in the United States. Now, we have an officer in the United States Army, an apparent Muslim radical, who has taken out 12 lives and injured 31 others.
Moments after the Fort Hood attack was over, the apologists went into full spin. Hassan was “under pressure,” he got into the Army long before we had problems with Al Queda, he was “trying” to get out of the Army so he would not have to fight fellow Muslims... There are those in Congress who are against the Patriot Act. They don’t want us to intercept communications to Al Queda or other enemies. No, if someone is wearing a turbine and acting suspiciously, you do not have the right to question him because that is racial profiling. Racial profiling is not politically correct.
Well, and as politely as I can put it…..bull shit.
I am surrounded by dozens, probably hundreds, of radical Islamic cults. At least 10% of the Muslim Mosques in this country preach radical Jihad, according to the FBI. Law enforcement and intelligence officials are hamstrung by rules that prohibit taking a closer look at Muslims than at little old white ladies with knitting bags? Yet, our government wants to take away from me my right to own a gun?
I am not calling for Muslim “internment camps.” I don’t advocate shipping all Muslims out of the country. Nevertheless, we need to empower our law enforcement officials to investigate and ascertain the political ideologies of Muslims and to deport them if they are found by a Court to be a danger to America.
Otherwise, we are all in grave danger, and who is to blame?
Sunday, November 08, 2009
HOUSE DEMOCRATS SHOVED IT TO AMERICANS
ALL OF THE WAY UP.
And, they didn't use vaseline, either.
Take down the names of those who voted "Yea" and start now, this very minute. Find someone to replace them in November. Start grooming them, preparing them, financially supporting them today.
It doesn't matter whether you replace them with a Republican or a Democrat. Just replace them with an American who believes in the will of the people.
And, they didn't use vaseline, either.
Take down the names of those who voted "Yea" and start now, this very minute. Find someone to replace them in November. Start grooming them, preparing them, financially supporting them today.
It doesn't matter whether you replace them with a Republican or a Democrat. Just replace them with an American who believes in the will of the people.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
AARP STEPS IN DEEP BUCKET
SPECIAL POST
It’s not very often that I’ll put out two opinions on the same subject, back-to-back. In this case, AARP has committed the ultimate of sins, and it needs to bear the brunt of what needs to be said. It has betrayed its membership and its purpose. It’s vision:
Insurers who sell supplementary insurance to cover what Medicare does not, will reap the benefit of having more insurance to sell and at a higher cost. AARP, through mutual arrangements with several insurance companies, sells Medicare Supplement Insurance. It is patently obvious to me that AARP has chosen profit over its vision and at the cost of its members.
The population is aging. In just a few years, the seniors in this country will be able to exert overwhelming power due to their burgeoning population sector.
We shall not forget what a despicable piece of legislation is being voted on at this time, how it will affect us, who voted yes, and the fact that AARP supported it.
We shall not forget.
It’s not very often that I’ll put out two opinions on the same subject, back-to-back. In this case, AARP has committed the ultimate of sins, and it needs to bear the brunt of what needs to be said. It has betrayed its membership and its purpose. It’s vision:
- “AARP works tirelessly to fulfill its vision: a society in which everyone ages with dignity and purpose, and in which AARP helps people fulfill their goals and dreams.”
Insurers who sell supplementary insurance to cover what Medicare does not, will reap the benefit of having more insurance to sell and at a higher cost. AARP, through mutual arrangements with several insurance companies, sells Medicare Supplement Insurance. It is patently obvious to me that AARP has chosen profit over its vision and at the cost of its members.
The population is aging. In just a few years, the seniors in this country will be able to exert overwhelming power due to their burgeoning population sector.
We shall not forget what a despicable piece of legislation is being voted on at this time, how it will affect us, who voted yes, and the fact that AARP supported it.
We shall not forget.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
AARP’S FAR LEFT STANCE IS ANTI-AMERICAN
As a long-time member of AARP, I was shocked when they came forward in support of the proposed Government-Run Health Care Plan. I thought that their opinions, judgments and purpose were to lobby for and to support the goals and objectives of senior Americans. I guess I really did not understand what the organization is or what it stands for.
Imagine my surprise the other day when I picked up a piece of literature putting AARP right at the very top of the list of National Organizations with Anti-Gun Policies.
Our federal government stands ready to put into law a bill that will slash Medicare by $500 billion; that will mandate end-of-life counseling, (yes, it’s back in both bills despite President Obama’s and Congressional promises otherwise); will raise taxes on all Americans without raising Social Security benefits, (meaning we will have shrinking net income to pay for insurance, Medicare and deductibles); does not attack out-of-control malpractice insurance costs to doctors; does not provide a mechanism to reduce drug costs; and does not ensure to any degree whatsoever that insurance premiums will go down, simply because the driving forces that are sending premiums sky-high have not been mitigated. The Bills both mandate… require… that we have insurance or be in violation of the law and fined; that requirement alone is unconstitutional.
Yet, AARP backs the plan.
At a time when more and more Americans, particularly vulnerable seniors, are becoming victims of violence and at a time when the sales of guns for personal protection is at an all-time high, AARP stands firmly against our Second Amendment rights.
In other words, AARP stands against our Constitution on two major national issues and promotes, rather than opposes, two major governmental policies in the making that are totally contradictory to the bests interests of an aging America.
I am upset with myself for being suckered in to an organization that is contrary to what I believe in and what I know is right.
Screw their discounts at major national chains; as a senior, I get them anyway. Screw their “value priced insurance” policies that you can get for less by going directly to the vendor.
I AM to blame for not checking out what I was getting into before I got into it. The “culture” of reaching 55 and automatically becoming a member of AARP is pure bull. I have dropped my membership and I am dropping my insurance policies.
In this case, I’d rather switch than fight.
Imagine my surprise the other day when I picked up a piece of literature putting AARP right at the very top of the list of National Organizations with Anti-Gun Policies.
Our federal government stands ready to put into law a bill that will slash Medicare by $500 billion; that will mandate end-of-life counseling, (yes, it’s back in both bills despite President Obama’s and Congressional promises otherwise); will raise taxes on all Americans without raising Social Security benefits, (meaning we will have shrinking net income to pay for insurance, Medicare and deductibles); does not attack out-of-control malpractice insurance costs to doctors; does not provide a mechanism to reduce drug costs; and does not ensure to any degree whatsoever that insurance premiums will go down, simply because the driving forces that are sending premiums sky-high have not been mitigated. The Bills both mandate… require… that we have insurance or be in violation of the law and fined; that requirement alone is unconstitutional.
Yet, AARP backs the plan.
At a time when more and more Americans, particularly vulnerable seniors, are becoming victims of violence and at a time when the sales of guns for personal protection is at an all-time high, AARP stands firmly against our Second Amendment rights.
In other words, AARP stands against our Constitution on two major national issues and promotes, rather than opposes, two major governmental policies in the making that are totally contradictory to the bests interests of an aging America.
I am upset with myself for being suckered in to an organization that is contrary to what I believe in and what I know is right.
Screw their discounts at major national chains; as a senior, I get them anyway. Screw their “value priced insurance” policies that you can get for less by going directly to the vendor.
I AM to blame for not checking out what I was getting into before I got into it. The “culture” of reaching 55 and automatically becoming a member of AARP is pure bull. I have dropped my membership and I am dropping my insurance policies.
In this case, I’d rather switch than fight.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
D-DAY FOR AMERICA
SPECIAL POST
All eyes and ears are on Washington as both the Senate and the House committees working on the proposed new Health Care Plan have advanced their proposals to their respective floors for debate and full House or Senate vote. The next few days will decide what final versions will go to a joint committee to be hammered out, passed and sent on for the inevitable Presidential signature. Then, according to what Americans have been told, a great new change in health care will be ushered in, flowers will bloom in December and angels will trumpet and sing praises of the Great Accomplishment.
In the next ten years, the national debt will go up by $10 trillion. Unemployment will rise into the teens. Inflation will soar. These things we know and will be forced to accept.
If that is a bitter pill to swallow, here’s a bigger one. As Americans have attended Town Hall Meetings and marched on Washington, as the Internet as been abuzz with opinion against this cram-down, and as opinion polls have clearly shown that Americans do not want this legislation to pass in its current form, Washington has called us every name in the book; Washington has been totally dismissive of our collective voices; Washington has turned its collective back on America; and Washington has had no compunction about doing these things to their neighbors, their families, their constituents.
In so doing, they have attempted to switch the blame for our disastrous economic condition first to George Bush, and then to us.
Obviously, they have contempt for us.
They were the ones in charge when money was spent and misspent. They were the ones who allowed bad housing loans to be made. They were the ones who allowed Republican and Democrat administrations to spend and spend our futures away. They participated in it; they were complicit in it.
We should not accept the blame for what they have done. We should not take this lying down.
We need to raise holy hell right now, today…. We need to let every single one of them know, in clear and most certain terms: “Congress and the President, what decisions you make now on this health care plan and on other spending bills pending will determine your continued employment.”
Fax. Email. Phone. Show up in person.
D-Day is here.
All eyes and ears are on Washington as both the Senate and the House committees working on the proposed new Health Care Plan have advanced their proposals to their respective floors for debate and full House or Senate vote. The next few days will decide what final versions will go to a joint committee to be hammered out, passed and sent on for the inevitable Presidential signature. Then, according to what Americans have been told, a great new change in health care will be ushered in, flowers will bloom in December and angels will trumpet and sing praises of the Great Accomplishment.
In the next ten years, the national debt will go up by $10 trillion. Unemployment will rise into the teens. Inflation will soar. These things we know and will be forced to accept.
If that is a bitter pill to swallow, here’s a bigger one. As Americans have attended Town Hall Meetings and marched on Washington, as the Internet as been abuzz with opinion against this cram-down, and as opinion polls have clearly shown that Americans do not want this legislation to pass in its current form, Washington has called us every name in the book; Washington has been totally dismissive of our collective voices; Washington has turned its collective back on America; and Washington has had no compunction about doing these things to their neighbors, their families, their constituents.
In so doing, they have attempted to switch the blame for our disastrous economic condition first to George Bush, and then to us.
Obviously, they have contempt for us.
They were the ones in charge when money was spent and misspent. They were the ones who allowed bad housing loans to be made. They were the ones who allowed Republican and Democrat administrations to spend and spend our futures away. They participated in it; they were complicit in it.
We should not accept the blame for what they have done. We should not take this lying down.
We need to raise holy hell right now, today…. We need to let every single one of them know, in clear and most certain terms: “Congress and the President, what decisions you make now on this health care plan and on other spending bills pending will determine your continued employment.”
Fax. Email. Phone. Show up in person.
D-Day is here.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
THE STENCH IN THE WHITE HOUSE
It’s time to lay the pleasantries, niceties and political correctness aside; it’s time to take the gloves off and not only to tell the truth, but to tell the blunt truth. The White House is infested with far-left radicals and Marxist-Maoist sympathizers who are exerting tremendous influence on national policy. Our country IS in grave danger of imploding from within.
White House Communications Director Anita Dunn says that she praises the political philosophies of Mao Tse Tung. Today, she tries to dismiss it as being just a joke but, if you’ve watched the video, you know very well that she admires both Mao and Mother Teresa. She is obviously in a position of high influence and for her reward in making that remark; Obama is firing his Chief Counsel and replacing him with Dunn’s husband.
Manufacturing Czar Ron Bloom is the latest in a long line of White House officials who are defending Dunn and espousing their beliefs in Mao as well. Mao, of course, is the benevolent former Chinese dictator who killed 70 million people during peacetime. Bloom also mocked capitalism, "We know that the free market is nonsense." This is of course the sentiment you want from the guy who is trying to create jobs in the manufacturing sector.
Valerie Jarrett, a longtime friend of Michelle Obama and the owner of several slums in Chicago, convinced Mr. & Mrs. Obama to make that ill-fated trip to Copenhagen in an attempt to seize the Summer Olympics so that Jarrett could have her properties redeveloped at government expense. Jarrett was in charge of the Obama-Biden transition team and, prior to that, she has a very, very lengthy and left track record with The Habitat Company and the Joyce Foundation.
Van Jones, Czar for the Environment until his abrupt resignation, was an avowed self-admitted Communist who made many speeches advocating that the rich should be stripped of their bank accounts and that capitalism should be buried.
These are not the only Czars with smelly positions and backgrounds. The Czars have been appointed to powerful Executive Branch positions without the customary reviews and Congressional approvals. The list, as of August, is lengthy:
Obama’s current and past associations with ACORN, Bill Ayers, Bernadette Dorn, Sol Alinsky, Tony Rezko and others were, and continue to be, an indication that Obama’s intentions as President may be less than American-pure. The unanswered questions surrounding Obama’s birth, education, sources of campaign contributions and campaign expenses smell worse than Chicago-style politics. The recent discovery and resulting flap over his obvious attempts at propaganda and political indoctrination in the nation’s school system are indicative of what could be an overt attempt to bring American-style democracy to its knees.
His lack of success in coming to grips with pressing American issues such as unemployment, the economy, the growing national debt, and the war in Afghanistan suggest that he is not fit to be a leader of anything, let alone the free world. As the Chicago Sun Times recently opined, Obama’s excuses are wearing thin. “He's annoying people on both sides of the aisle -- the left (as ripped by SNL) is upset he's not doing enough and the right is angry that he's doing too much. A new CNN poll shows that for the first time people mostly disagree with Obama on the issues.” People are realizing that even if Bush was to blame, Obama is the President and has been in the office long enough that he should be making significant headway on all issues.
Obama and his team must be monitored very closely. Don’t pay any attention to what he says, because he lies more than the White House carpet. Pay attention to what he and his “teammates” do.
White House Communications Director Anita Dunn says that she praises the political philosophies of Mao Tse Tung. Today, she tries to dismiss it as being just a joke but, if you’ve watched the video, you know very well that she admires both Mao and Mother Teresa. She is obviously in a position of high influence and for her reward in making that remark; Obama is firing his Chief Counsel and replacing him with Dunn’s husband.
Manufacturing Czar Ron Bloom is the latest in a long line of White House officials who are defending Dunn and espousing their beliefs in Mao as well. Mao, of course, is the benevolent former Chinese dictator who killed 70 million people during peacetime. Bloom also mocked capitalism, "We know that the free market is nonsense." This is of course the sentiment you want from the guy who is trying to create jobs in the manufacturing sector.
Valerie Jarrett, a longtime friend of Michelle Obama and the owner of several slums in Chicago, convinced Mr. & Mrs. Obama to make that ill-fated trip to Copenhagen in an attempt to seize the Summer Olympics so that Jarrett could have her properties redeveloped at government expense. Jarrett was in charge of the Obama-Biden transition team and, prior to that, she has a very, very lengthy and left track record with The Habitat Company and the Joyce Foundation.
Van Jones, Czar for the Environment until his abrupt resignation, was an avowed self-admitted Communist who made many speeches advocating that the rich should be stripped of their bank accounts and that capitalism should be buried.
These are not the only Czars with smelly positions and backgrounds. The Czars have been appointed to powerful Executive Branch positions without the customary reviews and Congressional approvals. The list, as of August, is lengthy:
- Richard Holbrooke – Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Jeffrey Crowley- Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy
- Ed Montgomery - Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers
- Alan Bersin - Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs
- David J. Hayes - Deputy Interior Secretary over California water issues
- Vivek Kundra - Federal Chief Information Officer
- Cass Sunstein - Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- John Holdren - Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology
- Aneesh Chopra - Chief Technology Officer
- Carol Browner - Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Obama’s current and past associations with ACORN, Bill Ayers, Bernadette Dorn, Sol Alinsky, Tony Rezko and others were, and continue to be, an indication that Obama’s intentions as President may be less than American-pure. The unanswered questions surrounding Obama’s birth, education, sources of campaign contributions and campaign expenses smell worse than Chicago-style politics. The recent discovery and resulting flap over his obvious attempts at propaganda and political indoctrination in the nation’s school system are indicative of what could be an overt attempt to bring American-style democracy to its knees.
His lack of success in coming to grips with pressing American issues such as unemployment, the economy, the growing national debt, and the war in Afghanistan suggest that he is not fit to be a leader of anything, let alone the free world. As the Chicago Sun Times recently opined, Obama’s excuses are wearing thin. “He's annoying people on both sides of the aisle -- the left (as ripped by SNL) is upset he's not doing enough and the right is angry that he's doing too much. A new CNN poll shows that for the first time people mostly disagree with Obama on the issues.” People are realizing that even if Bush was to blame, Obama is the President and has been in the office long enough that he should be making significant headway on all issues.
Obama and his team must be monitored very closely. Don’t pay any attention to what he says, because he lies more than the White House carpet. Pay attention to what he and his “teammates” do.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
BAD BOYS
SPECIAL POST
Bad boys study hard and get good grades. Bad boys finish their homework before they go out and play. Bad boys get up early in the morning and review their homework assignments from the day before. There will be no grading system in the schools. Those who do not do their homework at all are entitled to get the same grade as those who work and study. There will only be one grade awarded in school: passing. There will be no failures.
Bad boys go to private colleges and universities. There must be no private colleges and universities. All post secondary education will be owned and controlled by the government. All students are entitled to have the same opportunity to get a degree in whatever it is they want to be. It does not matter what your skills or abilities are; there will be no discrimination. Any one can do what they want and all are equal. All those who attend four years of college will get a degree. There will be no grading system.
Bad boys marry bad girls. Boys should only marry good girls. Good girls stay at home and cook, do laundry and raise children. Women do not belong in the work force. When there are no women in the work force, there will be no unemployment because there will be plenty of jobs to go around for everyone, including undocumented aliens.
Bad boys show up to work early, drink their coffee and eat their doughnuts and are already at work when the 8:00 AM whistle signals it is time to begin work. Bad boys only take 45 minutes for lunch. Bad boys do not stop working during the day; they do not leave their assigned duty stations to associate with others, check the water cooler, or shoot the bull. Bad boys stay at their duty stations until 5:00 PM before they clean up their duty areas and leave for the day. Bad boys take extra training and try to do their jobs better each day. All employees are equal. Bad boys accept raises and incentives to do a good job; all employees will be paid the same, whether they do a good job or not. All job assignments will have a quota of work output to be expected each day. No one will be allowed or encouraged to exceed that work quota. The work quota will be established so that even the slowest and most challenged employees can accomplish their quota. No records shall be kept of job performance, absenteeism, or extra training taken.
Bad boys buy bigger and better houses to raise their families in. No one shall be allowed to own their house; all houses will be built by and owned by the government. All houses shall be the same square footage, same color, and be on the same sized lot. Bad boys have bigger and better cars, nicer clothing, and more food than the rest of the boys. This creates discrimination. Discrimination is outlawed. Every one is equal and the same.
Bad boys ask questions. It is up to the government to decide what information the people need to know. Boys must dummy up and keep their mouths shut. Only the good boys, who do exactly what their life assignments are determined to be by the government, will be allowed to advance to the elite plateau. Those determined by the government to be eligible for the elite plateau will be allowed to become managers in their professions or to be workers for the politburo. Only those being selected by the government as eligible for the elite plateau can receive higher pay or live in nice neighborhoods.
Anyone who questions the system, or who seeks answers from the government, shall be ostracized and shunned. Banishment from American society altogether is the likely outcome for being a bad boy.
Be a good boy. Shut up and get out of the way.
Bad boys study hard and get good grades. Bad boys finish their homework before they go out and play. Bad boys get up early in the morning and review their homework assignments from the day before. There will be no grading system in the schools. Those who do not do their homework at all are entitled to get the same grade as those who work and study. There will only be one grade awarded in school: passing. There will be no failures.
Bad boys go to private colleges and universities. There must be no private colleges and universities. All post secondary education will be owned and controlled by the government. All students are entitled to have the same opportunity to get a degree in whatever it is they want to be. It does not matter what your skills or abilities are; there will be no discrimination. Any one can do what they want and all are equal. All those who attend four years of college will get a degree. There will be no grading system.
Bad boys marry bad girls. Boys should only marry good girls. Good girls stay at home and cook, do laundry and raise children. Women do not belong in the work force. When there are no women in the work force, there will be no unemployment because there will be plenty of jobs to go around for everyone, including undocumented aliens.
Bad boys show up to work early, drink their coffee and eat their doughnuts and are already at work when the 8:00 AM whistle signals it is time to begin work. Bad boys only take 45 minutes for lunch. Bad boys do not stop working during the day; they do not leave their assigned duty stations to associate with others, check the water cooler, or shoot the bull. Bad boys stay at their duty stations until 5:00 PM before they clean up their duty areas and leave for the day. Bad boys take extra training and try to do their jobs better each day. All employees are equal. Bad boys accept raises and incentives to do a good job; all employees will be paid the same, whether they do a good job or not. All job assignments will have a quota of work output to be expected each day. No one will be allowed or encouraged to exceed that work quota. The work quota will be established so that even the slowest and most challenged employees can accomplish their quota. No records shall be kept of job performance, absenteeism, or extra training taken.
Bad boys buy bigger and better houses to raise their families in. No one shall be allowed to own their house; all houses will be built by and owned by the government. All houses shall be the same square footage, same color, and be on the same sized lot. Bad boys have bigger and better cars, nicer clothing, and more food than the rest of the boys. This creates discrimination. Discrimination is outlawed. Every one is equal and the same.
Bad boys ask questions. It is up to the government to decide what information the people need to know. Boys must dummy up and keep their mouths shut. Only the good boys, who do exactly what their life assignments are determined to be by the government, will be allowed to advance to the elite plateau. Those determined by the government to be eligible for the elite plateau will be allowed to become managers in their professions or to be workers for the politburo. Only those being selected by the government as eligible for the elite plateau can receive higher pay or live in nice neighborhoods.
Anyone who questions the system, or who seeks answers from the government, shall be ostracized and shunned. Banishment from American society altogether is the likely outcome for being a bad boy.
Be a good boy. Shut up and get out of the way.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
WHAT’S COMING AFTER HEALTH CARE?
The President, off to a very slow start on his domestic agendas, is desperate to have anything that he can claim as a victory before the off-year elections in November. And, he now seems willing to risk all of his political capital in order to get a victory. The Democrats are willing to oblige by using the “nuclear option” to give the President a Health Care Plan in a form that is unpalatable to the growing majority of Americans; in recent days, they have made it clear that they don’t give one iota about what the polls say or what the Americans want.
In fact, they are collaborating in an elaborate scheme to mislead the American public about the true costs to the average American for the health care plan they are about to enact. For example, the medical professionals marched on Washington a couple of weeks ago and openly withdrew their support and challenged the new Bill. Nevertheless, the Administration continues to run ads showing white-coated medical personnel on the White House lawn who seemingly are all aglow about Obamacare. Now, the Congress and the White House propose to enact a separate Bill that will funnel $250 billion to the doctors if they do an about-face and renew their support for Obamacare. This will supposedly make up for the cuts in Medicare payments that are included in Obamacare and which the doctors are complaining about. But, the Administration will not include the $250 billion in the estimated $900 billion cost because… well, it’s a separate Bill.
What will be next, after this bold display of arrogance?
Still sitting on the back burner, the Cap and Trade Bill will quickly move to the forefront. Politicians like to follow a “victory” with another “victory” as quickly as possible. Look for Congress to slam the Cap and Trade Bill through, also using the “nuclear option” if necessary, within a week, (two at the most), after passage of the new Health Care Plan. These two bills alone are very likely to add $3 trillion or more to the national debt.
After that, I suspect that the Administration will go after one, if not both, of the following:
One thing is very certain: we’ve seen the last of Town Hall Meetings until the end of Obama’s third or fourth term.
We're not to blame for this; they are.
In fact, they are collaborating in an elaborate scheme to mislead the American public about the true costs to the average American for the health care plan they are about to enact. For example, the medical professionals marched on Washington a couple of weeks ago and openly withdrew their support and challenged the new Bill. Nevertheless, the Administration continues to run ads showing white-coated medical personnel on the White House lawn who seemingly are all aglow about Obamacare. Now, the Congress and the White House propose to enact a separate Bill that will funnel $250 billion to the doctors if they do an about-face and renew their support for Obamacare. This will supposedly make up for the cuts in Medicare payments that are included in Obamacare and which the doctors are complaining about. But, the Administration will not include the $250 billion in the estimated $900 billion cost because… well, it’s a separate Bill.
What will be next, after this bold display of arrogance?
Still sitting on the back burner, the Cap and Trade Bill will quickly move to the forefront. Politicians like to follow a “victory” with another “victory” as quickly as possible. Look for Congress to slam the Cap and Trade Bill through, also using the “nuclear option” if necessary, within a week, (two at the most), after passage of the new Health Care Plan. These two bills alone are very likely to add $3 trillion or more to the national debt.
After that, I suspect that the Administration will go after one, if not both, of the following:
- Nationalization of the oil companies
- Severe restrictions on the manufacture and sale of ammunition
One thing is very certain: we’ve seen the last of Town Hall Meetings until the end of Obama’s third or fourth term.
We're not to blame for this; they are.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: It’s Not The Real Issue
Let’s cut to the chase.
Obama did not nominate himself for the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama cast no votes in the process. That Obama was chosen to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is not his doing. I disagree with trying to make him look bad because of the Nobel Prize; he is not to blame for this. If we have any grudges to air, they should be lodged against the Committee and not against the recipient.
Nevertheless, for a litany of reasons, I am convinced that this period of time will go down as being the darkest period in American history. May God help us through it.
Obama did not nominate himself for the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama cast no votes in the process. That Obama was chosen to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is not his doing. I disagree with trying to make him look bad because of the Nobel Prize; he is not to blame for this. If we have any grudges to air, they should be lodged against the Committee and not against the recipient.
Nevertheless, for a litany of reasons, I am convinced that this period of time will go down as being the darkest period in American history. May God help us through it.
Monday, October 12, 2009
WAR DECLARED!!!
WAR!
Monday, October 12, 2009
WHITE HOUSE DECLARES WAR ON FOX NEWS!
"Fox Will Be Treated As The Enemy!"
"We Will Not Renew Their Broadcast License!"
"Administration Will Not Communicate With Fox News!"
Open Attack On Freedom Of The Press!
Monday, October 12, 2009
WHITE HOUSE DECLARES WAR ON FOX NEWS!
"Fox Will Be Treated As The Enemy!"
"We Will Not Renew Their Broadcast License!"
"Administration Will Not Communicate With Fox News!"
Open Attack On Freedom Of The Press!
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
THE GOOD AMERICANS
With all of the negativity spewing out of Washington you’d think that the country was filled to the brim with racists, Nazis, political terrorists, and gun-toting right-wing extremist conspirators. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When you get out there in Des Moines, IA or Des Moines, WA or Sarasota, FL you discover that this country is filled almost to the brim with church-going, community-minded, family-oriented Americans who work together everyday to meet the needs of their communities and their families in a positive way. I said, “Almost to the brim.” We all are aware that there are bad apples in this country. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the scum always seems to rise to the top.
There are those who have been out there farming and growing food for the rest of the country. There are those who haul the food to processing plants, distribution centers, and retail outlets. There’s the gal at Burger King with the big smile, the priest with his flock, the electrician on the pole, the nurse in the hospital…. These are all good, honest, down-to-earth Americans who rush to the aid of their friends and neighbors when tragedy strikes, who show up in high school bleachers for the Friday night games, who summarily make up the backbone of everything this country has been about since its inception in 1776.
When you take a close look at the values that really matter in this country, such as honesty, ethics, loving care, religion, hard work… They are all cornerstones of Middle America that hold the country together. These American people have been taking it for granted that the rest of the country is filled with people just like them, people who they can trust just as they trust their uncle or the guy down in the feed store.
Today, these good Americans wake up to discover that they have been betrayed by the scum at the top. They learn that their hard-earned money that was sent to Washington in the form of taxes to run this country, have been misspent. They learn of the rampant corruption among the leaders they elected, and they come to recognize that those leaders don’t really care about their country at all.
These good Americans are NOT to blame for the runaway misspending, for the corruption, for the lies, for the manipulations that are leading us to the brink of disaster. But, they are now aware of it and they are madder than hell.
Those in the corridors of power in our government don’t realize it, but the day of reckoning is fast approaching. Middle America, the Good Americans, want their country back. Somehow, I don’t thing the Ugly Americans are going to be able to spin, lie, connive or talk their way out of it this time.
When you get out there in Des Moines, IA or Des Moines, WA or Sarasota, FL you discover that this country is filled almost to the brim with church-going, community-minded, family-oriented Americans who work together everyday to meet the needs of their communities and their families in a positive way. I said, “Almost to the brim.” We all are aware that there are bad apples in this country. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the scum always seems to rise to the top.
There are those who have been out there farming and growing food for the rest of the country. There are those who haul the food to processing plants, distribution centers, and retail outlets. There’s the gal at Burger King with the big smile, the priest with his flock, the electrician on the pole, the nurse in the hospital…. These are all good, honest, down-to-earth Americans who rush to the aid of their friends and neighbors when tragedy strikes, who show up in high school bleachers for the Friday night games, who summarily make up the backbone of everything this country has been about since its inception in 1776.
When you take a close look at the values that really matter in this country, such as honesty, ethics, loving care, religion, hard work… They are all cornerstones of Middle America that hold the country together. These American people have been taking it for granted that the rest of the country is filled with people just like them, people who they can trust just as they trust their uncle or the guy down in the feed store.
Today, these good Americans wake up to discover that they have been betrayed by the scum at the top. They learn that their hard-earned money that was sent to Washington in the form of taxes to run this country, have been misspent. They learn of the rampant corruption among the leaders they elected, and they come to recognize that those leaders don’t really care about their country at all.
These good Americans are NOT to blame for the runaway misspending, for the corruption, for the lies, for the manipulations that are leading us to the brink of disaster. But, they are now aware of it and they are madder than hell.
Those in the corridors of power in our government don’t realize it, but the day of reckoning is fast approaching. Middle America, the Good Americans, want their country back. Somehow, I don’t thing the Ugly Americans are going to be able to spin, lie, connive or talk their way out of it this time.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
OBAMA’S ABYSMAL PRESIDENCY
SPECIAL POST
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times since Obama had the Olympic Door summarily shut in his face: “Just because Obama made a fool out of himself in front of the world, don’t make the mistake of thinking he’s on his way out.” Those who echo such comments are quick to point out that Obama has charisma and that 50% or so of the country thinks he is doing a good job as President. But, on the other hand, 33% think he’s doing a disastrous job. Those numbers, by the way, are far below Bush’s favorable ratings at the same period of time in HIS presidency.
I decided to take a few moments to size up Obama’s Presidency thus far. Thinking back about his start in office earlier this year, two names stick out in my mind: Geithner and Napolitano. Geithner, I think, set the tone for the kind of people that Obama intended to surround himself with, and I really didn’t miss the mark. Geithner is an income tax cheat, caught red-handed. He came out with a weak excuse and Congress, firmly in the pocket of Obama, listened to his tearful explanation and promise never to do it again, and confirmed him as Secretary of the Treasury. Obama proceeded to add more tax cheats and unethical scoundrels to his cabinet and to his new political team, the “Washington Czars.”
The Washington Czars have distinguished themselves through their past records as felons, crooks, far-left radical activists, and so forth. Obama was able to protect them from official discovery by appointing them to positions that don’t require investigation and confirmation by the Senate. Van Jones was the first real casualty of Obama’s administration; you might consider Daschle a casualty, but he’s still very much active in Obama’s administration.
Getting back to Napolitano, she generated quite a stir by creating a list of Americans who were just returning from war, who had rightwing views, who owned guns….there were a few other requirements, but the list was intended to be a register of potential extreme domestic terrorist threats. When the existence of the roll leaked out, Obama and Napolitano out-danced former President Bush with the Texas Two-Step, and the spin machine worked overtime to quell the uproar. Napolitano had another gaffe or two and has since been relegated to the back pew of the Rose Garden.
“Blame Bush” became the White House slogan of the day. Rumor has it that those words are printed on sheets of White House toilet tissue. Obama was immediately faced with horrible economic woes that he blamed Bush for. When former Bush aides were able to point out that the problems stemmed from a Congressional filibuster to skirt around Bush calls for an investigation of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, an investigation that may have prevented the ultimate collapse in the housing market, Obama shrugged it off as still being under Bush’s Administration.
Obama labeled the crisis an “emergency” that required immediate action to give his Secretary of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke total authority over an almost $800 billion dollar bailout, action that had to be taken immediately, (no time for discussion or argument), or the economy would collapse. Here we are nine months later and not all of that money has been spent and we have not yet collapsed. In fact, $387 billion of that happens to be “missing in action,” a fact that rarely gets mentioned.
This was all followed with another "emergency" and the need for the “stimulus,” without which unemployment would surely go above 8%. Even the Republicans folded like waffles and the stimulus was passed. But, unemployment has just reached 9.8% and Obama has had to admit it will go higher. That’s bad news for Obamanomics.
The bailout money blew up in Obama’s face when it came to light that several major financial giants rewarded their execs with monumental bonuses and vacation “conventions” in luxury resorts. Obama and his sidekicks decided to take ownership of stock and actual control of management in several major banks, fueling the flames of socialism. The Administration eventually declared that the banking problem was now under control, but bank failures have continued at an alarming rate this year, reaching a total of 95 by last week. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is running on fumes and is now asking banks to prepay their insurance premiums for several years ahead in order to keep the system afloat. In other words, the entire banking system is now on the precipice and the Administration is hiding that fact from the public.
I’ll get back to one of the bank bailouts in a moment. But, there sit both GM and Chrysler on the steps of the bankruptcy courts, and Obama rushes to the rescue with more emergency bailouts. In that process, the unions gained ownership positions and avoided pay and benefit cuts that may have saved both auto giants had they gone ahead with bankruptcy proceedings and government took ownership positions in corporate industry. Suppliers of parts to both companies took losses in their shorts and now either cannot afford to sell to GM or Chrysler or refuse to do so because of the risk involved; both companies are now ordering parts from Japan and China, creating more domestic job losses, (another fact not well-known). Dealers for both GM and Chrysler are warning customers who are bringing their cars in for repairs and maintenance that they cannot guarantee the parts being used, since many are substandard.
Early in his Presidency, Obama’s White House “arranged” for ACORN to take over the 2010 Census from the Department of Commerce. The polling and counting, normally done by part-time temporary employees of the Bureau of Census, would be done by ACORN. Since Congressional redistricting is done after every census, this put Obama and the Democratic Party in the position of being able to maneuver the counts in order to improve seats in Democratic districts. That message was lost in the abyss of the liberal press, now openly controlled by the White House.
ACORN had been accused of tampering with the voting process in the November elections in many states. Several states ended up bringing charges against ACORN, but Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, flatly refused to get involved. The Federal Election Commission dropped, like a hot potato, an investigation into a donation of $800,000 by the Obama campaign to ACORN that was originally listed as being for staging and lighting. At White House urging, Congress arranged and passed legislation to give ACORN over $8 billion in funding as part of the economic stimulus packages.
When the ACORN bubble burst with the discovery of widespread corruption by two undercover video producers, Obama refused and still refuses to say that he would sign a bill from Congress to cancel all ACORN funding. As that bad news spread, the Department of Commerce dropped ACORN’s participation in the 2010 Census and then… Bank of America came out and said that it would no longer be a partner in funding ACORN projects. The Conservative press and media then put two and two together: Bank of America received billions of rescue dollars from the Administration, even after it was discovered that shady dealings were had with Merrill Lynch. Why? Heading into this weekend, it was revealed that a top-level official of the White House has active connections with top-level people at… ACORN.
The bad news continues. Americans became totally aware that Obama’s spending was nearly twice that of any previous President, even in war time. The horrible economic situation was resulting in decreasing tax revenues and skyrocketing costs of social programs, including unemployment compensation. The government treasury was hemorrhaging red ink. A loan from China came with severe reservations and unknown commitments from Geithner; the official ceiling of the national debt was reached, and quietly passed without fanfare. I’ve been unable to find out how that was legally accomplished, but we all know that the printing press is now busy churning out more money that will increase the national debt and inevitably spark inflation.
The public, now attuned to the looming costs of Obama’s spending policies, was beginning to take a close look at Obama’s cornerstone Cap and Trade legislation that was working its way through Congress. The public was asking just how this would affect the future costs of energy and the national debt, and they were starting to put pressure on members of their Congressional delegations to stop the legislation long enough for everyone to examine it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sensing possible defeat if the Bill took any longer to pass, threatened members of the House into passing the Bill by a narrow margin in the wee small hours of a June morning. The national uproar was deafening and that Bill now sits in the Senate; it is unlikely to pass until, or unless, the President’s Health Care Plan passes.
In the summer of 2008, before the economic wheels came off, I was stating that the high price of gas at the pumps was in danger of causing a recession. I had no idea how deep the crisis would become. The situation was that truckers couldn’t truck and were losing their rigs to the banks. People couldn’t get back and forth to work unless they stopped spending what used to be “discretionary funds.” The prices of consumables increased and the resulting crunches led to soaring inventories and eventual layoffs. What I didn’t know was that the crunch would start to create loan defaults in a housing market that was over-financed as a result of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loan policies that had been loosened as a result of pressure from such organizations as ACORN and the House Banking Committee. The house of cards fell, and it fell rapidly.
The public demanded a solution to the oil problem. They were watching the major oil company profits soar by tens of billions of dollars while their wallets were being emptied at the pumps and layoffs were beginning. The bottom line of this was that everyone agreed we needed to increase domestic production and to take other steps to research and bring into production alternative forms of energy. Once in the White House, Obama managed to shut off expanded exploration in the Gulf of Mexico while Brazil, Cuba and Russia have been involved in exploration in the Gulf in potential fields that should be under U.S. control. We now find ourselves further constrained in how we deal with Iran due to our continued reliance on foreign oil.
Let’s talk about war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the coming nuclear issues with North Korea and Iran. Obama has committed to troop withdrawals in Iraq. Iran has never failed to take advantage of an opportunity to go to war with Iraq. In fact, Iran has been actively providing troops and materiel to enemy forces in Iraq since day one. Iran would love to see the U.S. pull totally out of Iraq and to stir up disagreements and violence between the several factions that exist in Iraq to weaken their military posture and to thereby provide an opportunity for invasion.
Obama said early on that he sees Afghanistan as being the bigger problem, and that is why he is drawing down troops from Iraq. Yet, he turns to our troops in the Middle East and requires that they now read the “Miranda Act” to enemy combatants being taken as prisoners. He investigates those who happen to kill an enemy combatant. And, when his top commander in Afghanistan asks for more troops, Obama stalls. And, Obama has angered American Jews and the Israeli government by insisting that Israel really has no cause for action against Iran's growing nuclear threat against Israel.
In the meanwhile, North Korea and Iran are testing nuclear weapons and missiles in open defiance of the United States and world opinion and the United States is dealing with those issues from a standpoint of “Let’s talk,” as Obama turned loose the Justice Department to investigate the C.I.A. after Nancy Pelosi accused the C.I.A. of being untrustworthy and constantly misleading and lying to Congress. C.I.A. Director Leon Panetta, appointed by Obama and confirmed by Congress, was outraged. Pelosi refused to back her words up; and Obama refused to intervene when Eric Holder announced that he’s going after the C.I.A.
Speaking of talking, Obama prematurely accused the Cambridge Massachusetts Police Department of racism and then invited the major players over for a beer to try and settle the dust. But, the ugly context of the word “racist” would arise again during the President’s relentless pursuit of a health care plan that is fraught with the prospect of cost overruns, reduction of Medicare benefits, a government-run system, funding for health care for illegals and for abortions, and which contains provisions for mandatory counseling for the elderly about death and the costs of healthcare associated with death. Someone in ACORN, I can’t remember who, even suggested that ACORN would be dong the “counseling.”
When the public took to the streets in “Tea Parties” to protest Obama’s inevitable tax increases necessary to support his spending, Obama and his staff dismissed the protests as being “orchestrated” and as basically involving “the enemy.” Participants were demeaned and called down by the Administration and members of Congress. Americans were told to “Shut up and get out of the way.” Former Presidents Carter and Clinton accused participants and those against Obama’s Health Care Plan as being racist, an accusation that Obama downplays, but does not refute.
The divisions in this country have become almost bottomless pits, chasms from which we may not be able to withdraw to more sensible positions. The fact is readily apparent that we are not to blame for all of this; Obama is. Obama, the chief spokesperson for the United States, has been running around the world apologizing for our behavior. He openly displays his shame of being an American to the likes of Cesar Chavez and the rest of our enemies. He kisses the rings of sheiks, bows to the Saudis; it is as if he is trying to explain, in advance, why he wants to overthrow our government. Americans are growing less enamored by his smooth talk and more concerned about his intentions and his patriotism by the moment.
His continuing drop in the polls, his failure to get his Cap and Trade Bill passed and signed, his problems with Van Jones and with ACORN, the stall of his Government-Run Health Care Plan, and his slap in the face with the first-round turndown of the 2016 Olympic Bid for which he flew to Copenhagen to lobby….these are stacking up as formidable odds against his Presidency and his agendas.
When you look for the positive things his Administration has accomplished, you are left with cash for clunkers, (car sales went right back into the toilet after it was over), and cash for first-time home buyers, (no one is lending money and foreclosures are up,).
In short, Obama’s track record as President stinks. Yet, while he claims he will accept responsibility for his mistakes, he continues to blame Bush, the media, cable news and American patriots for his problems. He recognizes that, should his government-run health care plan not pass Congress, the rest of his agenda will be trashed as well. He colleagues in Congress, particularly Reid and Pelosi, sense that their unified triad of strength has been significantly wounded by Obama’s missteps, and they recognize that it is up to them to rescue Obama in order to prevent a total calamity in the coming elections.
Both Barack and his wife Michelle delivered pathetic pleas to the Olympic Committee for the 2016 Summer Games to be held in Chicago. In listening to the pleas, one has to wonder what it was that possessed them to fly there in the first place, let alone in separate jets at taxpayer expense. Their pleas were not well-spoken, their words not organized; in fact, their pleas were more about them than good reasons for the Committee to award the games to Chicago. When the U.S. bid was tossed out in the very first round, it was a shot of rejection that was heard around the world. The Committee had made it abundantly clear that it does not believe Obama is the "Messiah."
So far, it can truly be said that the first nine months of Obama’s Presidency has produced absolutely nothing, except humongous debt that will linger for decades. The fingers of accusation and blame seem to be pointing in every direction except the correct one.
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times since Obama had the Olympic Door summarily shut in his face: “Just because Obama made a fool out of himself in front of the world, don’t make the mistake of thinking he’s on his way out.” Those who echo such comments are quick to point out that Obama has charisma and that 50% or so of the country thinks he is doing a good job as President. But, on the other hand, 33% think he’s doing a disastrous job. Those numbers, by the way, are far below Bush’s favorable ratings at the same period of time in HIS presidency.
I decided to take a few moments to size up Obama’s Presidency thus far. Thinking back about his start in office earlier this year, two names stick out in my mind: Geithner and Napolitano. Geithner, I think, set the tone for the kind of people that Obama intended to surround himself with, and I really didn’t miss the mark. Geithner is an income tax cheat, caught red-handed. He came out with a weak excuse and Congress, firmly in the pocket of Obama, listened to his tearful explanation and promise never to do it again, and confirmed him as Secretary of the Treasury. Obama proceeded to add more tax cheats and unethical scoundrels to his cabinet and to his new political team, the “Washington Czars.”
The Washington Czars have distinguished themselves through their past records as felons, crooks, far-left radical activists, and so forth. Obama was able to protect them from official discovery by appointing them to positions that don’t require investigation and confirmation by the Senate. Van Jones was the first real casualty of Obama’s administration; you might consider Daschle a casualty, but he’s still very much active in Obama’s administration.
Getting back to Napolitano, she generated quite a stir by creating a list of Americans who were just returning from war, who had rightwing views, who owned guns….there were a few other requirements, but the list was intended to be a register of potential extreme domestic terrorist threats. When the existence of the roll leaked out, Obama and Napolitano out-danced former President Bush with the Texas Two-Step, and the spin machine worked overtime to quell the uproar. Napolitano had another gaffe or two and has since been relegated to the back pew of the Rose Garden.
“Blame Bush” became the White House slogan of the day. Rumor has it that those words are printed on sheets of White House toilet tissue. Obama was immediately faced with horrible economic woes that he blamed Bush for. When former Bush aides were able to point out that the problems stemmed from a Congressional filibuster to skirt around Bush calls for an investigation of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, an investigation that may have prevented the ultimate collapse in the housing market, Obama shrugged it off as still being under Bush’s Administration.
Obama labeled the crisis an “emergency” that required immediate action to give his Secretary of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke total authority over an almost $800 billion dollar bailout, action that had to be taken immediately, (no time for discussion or argument), or the economy would collapse. Here we are nine months later and not all of that money has been spent and we have not yet collapsed. In fact, $387 billion of that happens to be “missing in action,” a fact that rarely gets mentioned.
This was all followed with another "emergency" and the need for the “stimulus,” without which unemployment would surely go above 8%. Even the Republicans folded like waffles and the stimulus was passed. But, unemployment has just reached 9.8% and Obama has had to admit it will go higher. That’s bad news for Obamanomics.
The bailout money blew up in Obama’s face when it came to light that several major financial giants rewarded their execs with monumental bonuses and vacation “conventions” in luxury resorts. Obama and his sidekicks decided to take ownership of stock and actual control of management in several major banks, fueling the flames of socialism. The Administration eventually declared that the banking problem was now under control, but bank failures have continued at an alarming rate this year, reaching a total of 95 by last week. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is running on fumes and is now asking banks to prepay their insurance premiums for several years ahead in order to keep the system afloat. In other words, the entire banking system is now on the precipice and the Administration is hiding that fact from the public.
I’ll get back to one of the bank bailouts in a moment. But, there sit both GM and Chrysler on the steps of the bankruptcy courts, and Obama rushes to the rescue with more emergency bailouts. In that process, the unions gained ownership positions and avoided pay and benefit cuts that may have saved both auto giants had they gone ahead with bankruptcy proceedings and government took ownership positions in corporate industry. Suppliers of parts to both companies took losses in their shorts and now either cannot afford to sell to GM or Chrysler or refuse to do so because of the risk involved; both companies are now ordering parts from Japan and China, creating more domestic job losses, (another fact not well-known). Dealers for both GM and Chrysler are warning customers who are bringing their cars in for repairs and maintenance that they cannot guarantee the parts being used, since many are substandard.
Early in his Presidency, Obama’s White House “arranged” for ACORN to take over the 2010 Census from the Department of Commerce. The polling and counting, normally done by part-time temporary employees of the Bureau of Census, would be done by ACORN. Since Congressional redistricting is done after every census, this put Obama and the Democratic Party in the position of being able to maneuver the counts in order to improve seats in Democratic districts. That message was lost in the abyss of the liberal press, now openly controlled by the White House.
ACORN had been accused of tampering with the voting process in the November elections in many states. Several states ended up bringing charges against ACORN, but Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, flatly refused to get involved. The Federal Election Commission dropped, like a hot potato, an investigation into a donation of $800,000 by the Obama campaign to ACORN that was originally listed as being for staging and lighting. At White House urging, Congress arranged and passed legislation to give ACORN over $8 billion in funding as part of the economic stimulus packages.
When the ACORN bubble burst with the discovery of widespread corruption by two undercover video producers, Obama refused and still refuses to say that he would sign a bill from Congress to cancel all ACORN funding. As that bad news spread, the Department of Commerce dropped ACORN’s participation in the 2010 Census and then… Bank of America came out and said that it would no longer be a partner in funding ACORN projects. The Conservative press and media then put two and two together: Bank of America received billions of rescue dollars from the Administration, even after it was discovered that shady dealings were had with Merrill Lynch. Why? Heading into this weekend, it was revealed that a top-level official of the White House has active connections with top-level people at… ACORN.
The bad news continues. Americans became totally aware that Obama’s spending was nearly twice that of any previous President, even in war time. The horrible economic situation was resulting in decreasing tax revenues and skyrocketing costs of social programs, including unemployment compensation. The government treasury was hemorrhaging red ink. A loan from China came with severe reservations and unknown commitments from Geithner; the official ceiling of the national debt was reached, and quietly passed without fanfare. I’ve been unable to find out how that was legally accomplished, but we all know that the printing press is now busy churning out more money that will increase the national debt and inevitably spark inflation.
The public, now attuned to the looming costs of Obama’s spending policies, was beginning to take a close look at Obama’s cornerstone Cap and Trade legislation that was working its way through Congress. The public was asking just how this would affect the future costs of energy and the national debt, and they were starting to put pressure on members of their Congressional delegations to stop the legislation long enough for everyone to examine it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sensing possible defeat if the Bill took any longer to pass, threatened members of the House into passing the Bill by a narrow margin in the wee small hours of a June morning. The national uproar was deafening and that Bill now sits in the Senate; it is unlikely to pass until, or unless, the President’s Health Care Plan passes.
In the summer of 2008, before the economic wheels came off, I was stating that the high price of gas at the pumps was in danger of causing a recession. I had no idea how deep the crisis would become. The situation was that truckers couldn’t truck and were losing their rigs to the banks. People couldn’t get back and forth to work unless they stopped spending what used to be “discretionary funds.” The prices of consumables increased and the resulting crunches led to soaring inventories and eventual layoffs. What I didn’t know was that the crunch would start to create loan defaults in a housing market that was over-financed as a result of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loan policies that had been loosened as a result of pressure from such organizations as ACORN and the House Banking Committee. The house of cards fell, and it fell rapidly.
The public demanded a solution to the oil problem. They were watching the major oil company profits soar by tens of billions of dollars while their wallets were being emptied at the pumps and layoffs were beginning. The bottom line of this was that everyone agreed we needed to increase domestic production and to take other steps to research and bring into production alternative forms of energy. Once in the White House, Obama managed to shut off expanded exploration in the Gulf of Mexico while Brazil, Cuba and Russia have been involved in exploration in the Gulf in potential fields that should be under U.S. control. We now find ourselves further constrained in how we deal with Iran due to our continued reliance on foreign oil.
Let’s talk about war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the coming nuclear issues with North Korea and Iran. Obama has committed to troop withdrawals in Iraq. Iran has never failed to take advantage of an opportunity to go to war with Iraq. In fact, Iran has been actively providing troops and materiel to enemy forces in Iraq since day one. Iran would love to see the U.S. pull totally out of Iraq and to stir up disagreements and violence between the several factions that exist in Iraq to weaken their military posture and to thereby provide an opportunity for invasion.
Obama said early on that he sees Afghanistan as being the bigger problem, and that is why he is drawing down troops from Iraq. Yet, he turns to our troops in the Middle East and requires that they now read the “Miranda Act” to enemy combatants being taken as prisoners. He investigates those who happen to kill an enemy combatant. And, when his top commander in Afghanistan asks for more troops, Obama stalls. And, Obama has angered American Jews and the Israeli government by insisting that Israel really has no cause for action against Iran's growing nuclear threat against Israel.
In the meanwhile, North Korea and Iran are testing nuclear weapons and missiles in open defiance of the United States and world opinion and the United States is dealing with those issues from a standpoint of “Let’s talk,” as Obama turned loose the Justice Department to investigate the C.I.A. after Nancy Pelosi accused the C.I.A. of being untrustworthy and constantly misleading and lying to Congress. C.I.A. Director Leon Panetta, appointed by Obama and confirmed by Congress, was outraged. Pelosi refused to back her words up; and Obama refused to intervene when Eric Holder announced that he’s going after the C.I.A.
Speaking of talking, Obama prematurely accused the Cambridge Massachusetts Police Department of racism and then invited the major players over for a beer to try and settle the dust. But, the ugly context of the word “racist” would arise again during the President’s relentless pursuit of a health care plan that is fraught with the prospect of cost overruns, reduction of Medicare benefits, a government-run system, funding for health care for illegals and for abortions, and which contains provisions for mandatory counseling for the elderly about death and the costs of healthcare associated with death. Someone in ACORN, I can’t remember who, even suggested that ACORN would be dong the “counseling.”
When the public took to the streets in “Tea Parties” to protest Obama’s inevitable tax increases necessary to support his spending, Obama and his staff dismissed the protests as being “orchestrated” and as basically involving “the enemy.” Participants were demeaned and called down by the Administration and members of Congress. Americans were told to “Shut up and get out of the way.” Former Presidents Carter and Clinton accused participants and those against Obama’s Health Care Plan as being racist, an accusation that Obama downplays, but does not refute.
The divisions in this country have become almost bottomless pits, chasms from which we may not be able to withdraw to more sensible positions. The fact is readily apparent that we are not to blame for all of this; Obama is. Obama, the chief spokesperson for the United States, has been running around the world apologizing for our behavior. He openly displays his shame of being an American to the likes of Cesar Chavez and the rest of our enemies. He kisses the rings of sheiks, bows to the Saudis; it is as if he is trying to explain, in advance, why he wants to overthrow our government. Americans are growing less enamored by his smooth talk and more concerned about his intentions and his patriotism by the moment.
His continuing drop in the polls, his failure to get his Cap and Trade Bill passed and signed, his problems with Van Jones and with ACORN, the stall of his Government-Run Health Care Plan, and his slap in the face with the first-round turndown of the 2016 Olympic Bid for which he flew to Copenhagen to lobby….these are stacking up as formidable odds against his Presidency and his agendas.
When you look for the positive things his Administration has accomplished, you are left with cash for clunkers, (car sales went right back into the toilet after it was over), and cash for first-time home buyers, (no one is lending money and foreclosures are up,).
In short, Obama’s track record as President stinks. Yet, while he claims he will accept responsibility for his mistakes, he continues to blame Bush, the media, cable news and American patriots for his problems. He recognizes that, should his government-run health care plan not pass Congress, the rest of his agenda will be trashed as well. He colleagues in Congress, particularly Reid and Pelosi, sense that their unified triad of strength has been significantly wounded by Obama’s missteps, and they recognize that it is up to them to rescue Obama in order to prevent a total calamity in the coming elections.
Both Barack and his wife Michelle delivered pathetic pleas to the Olympic Committee for the 2016 Summer Games to be held in Chicago. In listening to the pleas, one has to wonder what it was that possessed them to fly there in the first place, let alone in separate jets at taxpayer expense. Their pleas were not well-spoken, their words not organized; in fact, their pleas were more about them than good reasons for the Committee to award the games to Chicago. When the U.S. bid was tossed out in the very first round, it was a shot of rejection that was heard around the world. The Committee had made it abundantly clear that it does not believe Obama is the "Messiah."
So far, it can truly be said that the first nine months of Obama’s Presidency has produced absolutely nothing, except humongous debt that will linger for decades. The fingers of accusation and blame seem to be pointing in every direction except the correct one.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
OBAMA'S PATHETIC OLYMPIC DUET
After watching these two pathetic videos, you will fully understand why we never had a prayer of winning the 2016 Olympics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5LvF2rA9I&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKzVHaxvXng&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5LvF2rA9I&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKzVHaxvXng&feature=player_embedded
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
SENATE’S OMINOUS VOTE POINTS TO CRAMDOWN
The United States Senate Financial Affairs Committee voted this morning 13-10 to deny an amendment to the Baucus Health Care Reform Bill that would have prevented government funds from being used to fund abortions. The vote leaves open the door in both the House and Senate versions through which abortions might be funded and is a slap in the face to Right-to-Life protesters and religious taxpayers who have opposed the Bills for that and other reasons.
More than that, the vote offers some insight into what will happen in the Senate when the Bill reaches the floor for a full vote. Combined with the recent vote against a proposed requirement that would have allowed the Senate version to be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before a vote was taken and that would also have required Senators to read the Bill before voting on it, the stage is now set for the Bill to hit the floor and be voted on before Americans know what is in it. There was some glimmer of hope in the Committee vote to drop the government-run option yesterday, but we see that move as a matter of convenience to take some of the rising steam out of opposing arguments. Nevertheless, the government option can now be reinserted into the Bill which can, in turn, be voted on and passed in a late-night session while America sleeps.
The vote tally, 13-10, also portends that the Senate will not be able to pass the Bill with a 60% majority. In fact, it is entirely possible that such an attempt will not occur and that Senator Reid will force the Senate into the 51-vote reconciliation option where a simple majority will win the day. In doing so, he avoids the probability of an embarrassing failure that could inflame the passions of those against the Bill’s passage.
Over in the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has demurely announced that she would be more than willing to post the Senate’s Bill for 72 hours before the House votes on it, but she does so knowing that the Democrat-controlled House will pass the legislation no matter what Americans think.
In other words, Obama is so determined to win and Congress is so determined to back him that no one cares what Americans are thinking and no one cares about the 2010 elections. How they can proceed on this course, knowing that they will inevitably be tossed out of office, poses an interesting question: Is there something already in the works, some future event perhaps, that is slated to take place between now and 2010 that will prevent the Members running for reelection from being replaced?
Another possibility for this evident and flagrant disregard for American opinion is that Obama and his liberal associates see a defeat or a change of course in their health care as becoming an enormous obstacle to future targets on their agendas… gun control, free speech control and free media/press control. Whatever the reason behind their relentless march toward passage of “The Plan,” Americans are definitely and for decades to come, going to feel the resulting pains in their pocketbooks, in their quality of health care, and in the care of the senior population.
They have seemed willing to reopen the pains of segregation and racism, willing to turn a divide in America into a chasm from which we may never recover… in short, they are willing to risk the future of liberty and justice in this country… in order to in. In their own minds, they are prepared to and must win at all costs, costs which we Americans will be forced to pay.
Are we going to be to blame for this travesty, or are we going to continue to assert our positions?
More than that, the vote offers some insight into what will happen in the Senate when the Bill reaches the floor for a full vote. Combined with the recent vote against a proposed requirement that would have allowed the Senate version to be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before a vote was taken and that would also have required Senators to read the Bill before voting on it, the stage is now set for the Bill to hit the floor and be voted on before Americans know what is in it. There was some glimmer of hope in the Committee vote to drop the government-run option yesterday, but we see that move as a matter of convenience to take some of the rising steam out of opposing arguments. Nevertheless, the government option can now be reinserted into the Bill which can, in turn, be voted on and passed in a late-night session while America sleeps.
The vote tally, 13-10, also portends that the Senate will not be able to pass the Bill with a 60% majority. In fact, it is entirely possible that such an attempt will not occur and that Senator Reid will force the Senate into the 51-vote reconciliation option where a simple majority will win the day. In doing so, he avoids the probability of an embarrassing failure that could inflame the passions of those against the Bill’s passage.
Over in the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has demurely announced that she would be more than willing to post the Senate’s Bill for 72 hours before the House votes on it, but she does so knowing that the Democrat-controlled House will pass the legislation no matter what Americans think.
In other words, Obama is so determined to win and Congress is so determined to back him that no one cares what Americans are thinking and no one cares about the 2010 elections. How they can proceed on this course, knowing that they will inevitably be tossed out of office, poses an interesting question: Is there something already in the works, some future event perhaps, that is slated to take place between now and 2010 that will prevent the Members running for reelection from being replaced?
Another possibility for this evident and flagrant disregard for American opinion is that Obama and his liberal associates see a defeat or a change of course in their health care as becoming an enormous obstacle to future targets on their agendas… gun control, free speech control and free media/press control. Whatever the reason behind their relentless march toward passage of “The Plan,” Americans are definitely and for decades to come, going to feel the resulting pains in their pocketbooks, in their quality of health care, and in the care of the senior population.
They have seemed willing to reopen the pains of segregation and racism, willing to turn a divide in America into a chasm from which we may never recover… in short, they are willing to risk the future of liberty and justice in this country… in order to in. In their own minds, they are prepared to and must win at all costs, costs which we Americans will be forced to pay.
Are we going to be to blame for this travesty, or are we going to continue to assert our positions?
Sunday, September 27, 2009
HEALTH CARE: There's Much More Bad We Haven't Been Told
1. Not only do illegal aliens get free health care, they are specifically exempt from paying for it.
2. A board of medical review will decide whether or not you get treatment.
There's a whole lot more you need to know about...straight from the language of the Bill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sQHunYdN8
You really need to finish watching this guy, because he tells it exactly like it is and should be told:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJsF11PsnQ
Please... Watch them both
Our Congress and our President are about to impose on us, against our will, the worst disservice to our country that has ever been perpetrated by anyone, including the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.
No wonder the U.S. Senate just voted to refuse to allow you to see it before they vote on their bill.
2. A board of medical review will decide whether or not you get treatment.
There's a whole lot more you need to know about...straight from the language of the Bill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sQHunYdN8
You really need to finish watching this guy, because he tells it exactly like it is and should be told:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJsF11PsnQ
Please... Watch them both
Our Congress and our President are about to impose on us, against our will, the worst disservice to our country that has ever been perpetrated by anyone, including the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.
No wonder the U.S. Senate just voted to refuse to allow you to see it before they vote on their bill.
Friday, September 25, 2009
CENSORSHIP BEGINS
SPECIAL POST
The Department of Health & Human Services has sent a letter to insurance companies warning them not to communicate to their policy holders on company positions or information regarding the proposed government-run health care plan. The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday sent out a broad directive to all Medicare Advantage participants, telling them to "immediately discontinue all such mailings" and to remove any such material from their Web sites. DHHS has explained that they don't want the public to be "misinformed."
Nine months into Obama's Presidency, his Cabinet Secretaries are now into censorship, a direct violation of the First Amendment?
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY?
The Department of Health & Human Services has sent a letter to insurance companies warning them not to communicate to their policy holders on company positions or information regarding the proposed government-run health care plan. The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday sent out a broad directive to all Medicare Advantage participants, telling them to "immediately discontinue all such mailings" and to remove any such material from their Web sites. DHHS has explained that they don't want the public to be "misinformed."
Nine months into Obama's Presidency, his Cabinet Secretaries are now into censorship, a direct violation of the First Amendment?
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY?
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
DEAR AMERICAN SCHMUCK
One of the first moves he made was to try and make G.I.’s pay for their own insurance. Then, we ended up with a House Health Care Plan that left a large loophole open to allow illegal aliens to get free government insurance. Then, he denied that the plan would provide illegal aliens with free insurance; when challenged on that by a Member of Commerce, he gave a wry and condescending smile as if to say, “The guy who just called me a liar is not American and should shut up and get out of the way.” The next day, no fanfare provided or intended, Congress came up with verbiage that should specifically prevent illegals from getting free government health insurance. However, bear in mind that the final language of the Bill has not yet been approved and our friends in Congress have a nasty habit of dropping such clauses at 2:00 AM, just before the vote.
To add insult to injury, we today hear that he plans to give them all amnesty, to declare them as citizens and then to put them on the government-run health plan. In his mind, that solves the illegal alien issue and the insurance issue and his lying issue all in one breath.
Whenever someone in government wants to pull the wool over your eyes, they obfuscate, pontificate, postulate and prevaricate; writing ANY legislation with over 20 pages, let alone 1,000, provides the writer the opportunity to do all kinds of things. When you hire someone from outside government to write the Bill and you make the Bill over 1,000 pages and set up a timeline for a vote that denies a public reading and understanding, and then you force the vote before even those voting can read and understand, just what is it that you are trying to accomplish, could it be, “pulling the wool?” Or, would you call it “glorified dictatorship?”
Next, we talk about closing Guantanamo and bringing those terrorist prisoners to the U.S. and providing them with free government lawyers. While Obama absolutely insists that we will be safe and have nothing to worry about, an Al Queda associate terrorist and his buddies got caught red-handed in the middle of a plot to blow the hell out of something in New York, and law enforcement admits there are many terrorist cells active in the U.S. Are we trying to facilitate an Al Queda family reunion right under our noses, or what?
What about questions from prior to the election that got swept under the rug without answers?
1. If you are running for President of the United States and you donate $40,000 to someone named Khalidi and the Arab American Action Group which in turn sends it to the PLO to try and take down Israel, and your wife is a personal friend of the guy named Khalidi who sponsored a web page on your campaign website until someone in the media discovered the implications....Would THAT be good?
2. If two men from the Middle East with direct ties to Hezbollah contributed heavily to his Presidential campaign, to which he admitted and said he would send the money back, but several months later it appears that they never got the money back, is THAT good?
3. If his Presidential campaign took in over $33 million in contributions from foreign countries, and if over 500 "unidentified" contributions came from Iran.....Is THAT good? If he refused to provide names of those contributors, wouldn’t that be even worse?
4. If you ask questions about a candidate's ties to terrorism or voter fraud, is that really, as some Congressman has suggested, racial bigotry? Is the question itself racial bigotry? Or, is the whole scene good, bad, or horse-faced? Who really IS playing the race card here, and what is the object? What's this with Carter, Clinton and Cosby calling us "racists?" Would Obama rather have us on the brink of another Civil War as a penalty for being against his stupid health care bill or for showing up and asking questions at Town Hall meetings? Or, is this all about steering us away from the real issues so that he can get his way while our minds run astray?
5. OBAMA denied being connected to ACORN at all. Nevertheless, he did represent them as their attorney. And, nevertheless, he did volunteer to teach them how to pressure banks into giving home loans to unqualified borrowers. Then, after becoming President, he arranged for them to take the 2010 Census and signed into law a Bill giving them $8 billion of our money, and he has the unmitigated gall to say over the weekend that he doesn’t really know all that much about ACORN or pay much attention to them?
Since ACORN is smack dab in the middle of the biggest voter fraud scandal in recent memory, since they are Democratic oriented and strongly support Obama and have asked him to help them after he gets in the WHITE HOUSE, is that Good, Bad, or totally Un-American and really.......against the law?
6. If he signed a petition saying that Bill Ayers is a nice guy, is that good, bad or downright Un-American?
7. If he, as a Presidential candidate, refused access to any of his life history, what is he really hiding? I mean, we already know about his associations. We already know what kind of people he has surrounded himself with in the White House. We already know that he has family living in squalid conditions and that he has not lifted one finger to help them. We already know that he is a manipulative liar. What else could he possibly be hiding that is even worse than what we already know….in his college records, in his medical records and in his birth records? Just why did he spend over $800,000 of his own money on lawyers to fight of access to his birth records, and just why did Congress and the Attorney General drop that question like a hot potato?
8. Why did he list about $850,000 in donations from his Presidential campaign to ACORN as being for staging and lighting set ups instead of for donations, when in fact ACORN was the principle supporter for getting out voters for his campaign? What did he anticipate covering up?
I should rephrase that question: Mr. & Mrs. Schmuck, how do you really feel about all of this?
To add insult to injury, we today hear that he plans to give them all amnesty, to declare them as citizens and then to put them on the government-run health plan. In his mind, that solves the illegal alien issue and the insurance issue and his lying issue all in one breath.
Whenever someone in government wants to pull the wool over your eyes, they obfuscate, pontificate, postulate and prevaricate; writing ANY legislation with over 20 pages, let alone 1,000, provides the writer the opportunity to do all kinds of things. When you hire someone from outside government to write the Bill and you make the Bill over 1,000 pages and set up a timeline for a vote that denies a public reading and understanding, and then you force the vote before even those voting can read and understand, just what is it that you are trying to accomplish, could it be, “pulling the wool?” Or, would you call it “glorified dictatorship?”
Next, we talk about closing Guantanamo and bringing those terrorist prisoners to the U.S. and providing them with free government lawyers. While Obama absolutely insists that we will be safe and have nothing to worry about, an Al Queda associate terrorist and his buddies got caught red-handed in the middle of a plot to blow the hell out of something in New York, and law enforcement admits there are many terrorist cells active in the U.S. Are we trying to facilitate an Al Queda family reunion right under our noses, or what?
What about questions from prior to the election that got swept under the rug without answers?
1. If you are running for President of the United States and you donate $40,000 to someone named Khalidi and the Arab American Action Group which in turn sends it to the PLO to try and take down Israel, and your wife is a personal friend of the guy named Khalidi who sponsored a web page on your campaign website until someone in the media discovered the implications....Would THAT be good?
2. If two men from the Middle East with direct ties to Hezbollah contributed heavily to his Presidential campaign, to which he admitted and said he would send the money back, but several months later it appears that they never got the money back, is THAT good?
3. If his Presidential campaign took in over $33 million in contributions from foreign countries, and if over 500 "unidentified" contributions came from Iran.....Is THAT good? If he refused to provide names of those contributors, wouldn’t that be even worse?
4. If you ask questions about a candidate's ties to terrorism or voter fraud, is that really, as some Congressman has suggested, racial bigotry? Is the question itself racial bigotry? Or, is the whole scene good, bad, or horse-faced? Who really IS playing the race card here, and what is the object? What's this with Carter, Clinton and Cosby calling us "racists?" Would Obama rather have us on the brink of another Civil War as a penalty for being against his stupid health care bill or for showing up and asking questions at Town Hall meetings? Or, is this all about steering us away from the real issues so that he can get his way while our minds run astray?
5. OBAMA denied being connected to ACORN at all. Nevertheless, he did represent them as their attorney. And, nevertheless, he did volunteer to teach them how to pressure banks into giving home loans to unqualified borrowers. Then, after becoming President, he arranged for them to take the 2010 Census and signed into law a Bill giving them $8 billion of our money, and he has the unmitigated gall to say over the weekend that he doesn’t really know all that much about ACORN or pay much attention to them?
Since ACORN is smack dab in the middle of the biggest voter fraud scandal in recent memory, since they are Democratic oriented and strongly support Obama and have asked him to help them after he gets in the WHITE HOUSE, is that Good, Bad, or totally Un-American and really.......against the law?
6. If he signed a petition saying that Bill Ayers is a nice guy, is that good, bad or downright Un-American?
7. If he, as a Presidential candidate, refused access to any of his life history, what is he really hiding? I mean, we already know about his associations. We already know what kind of people he has surrounded himself with in the White House. We already know that he has family living in squalid conditions and that he has not lifted one finger to help them. We already know that he is a manipulative liar. What else could he possibly be hiding that is even worse than what we already know….in his college records, in his medical records and in his birth records? Just why did he spend over $800,000 of his own money on lawyers to fight of access to his birth records, and just why did Congress and the Attorney General drop that question like a hot potato?
8. Why did he list about $850,000 in donations from his Presidential campaign to ACORN as being for staging and lighting set ups instead of for donations, when in fact ACORN was the principle supporter for getting out voters for his campaign? What did he anticipate covering up?
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Mr. and Mrs. America, how do you feel about spending an extra $1,700 a year in energy costs under “Cap and Trade?” How do you feel about paying an extra $3,800 per year in medical insurance expenses while getting declining services and declining access to health care entirely? How do you feel about saddling your children with these ongoing and growing expenses PLUS untold more thousands of dollars a year in tax burdens because your Congress has been a rubber-stamp for everything he says until you held tea parties and showed up at Town Hall meetings and in Washington to protest… And how do you feel about that same Congress, who told you flat out that they don’t have to listen to you… now manipulating to pass a Health Care Plan by using a little known and not-much-used provision in the rules to avoid the 2/3 majority vote required by other legislation and to allow only a simple majority of 51 to enact it?I should rephrase that question: Mr. & Mrs. Schmuck, how do you really feel about all of this?
Monday, September 21, 2009
GOVERNMENT TO BAIL OUT NEWSPAPERS?
Now, the government will own the major banks and the newspapers? Is this truly the end of freedom?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
THE TEACHER, THE PREACHER AND ACORN
ACORN is finally in trouble for dirty deeds that it has been undertaking for many years. Back in the days of its conception, ACORN was intimidating bankers into funding loans for less than qualified home buyers; many of those loans went kaput and were part of the Freddie Mac and Mannie Mae debacles. Who taught them how to do these things? By his own admission, Barack Hussein Obama, a Chicago attorney with nefarious connections to Bernadette Dorn, Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, Farrakhan and others, was the teacher. Was Obama being coached by Jeremiah Wright?
When Obama, the community "organizer," decided to seek public office, ACORN was there to make sure that Illinois voters went to the polls to get him elected to the state senate and then the United States Senate. Obama repaid ACORN by steering state and federal funding into its coffers. ACORN was involved in purported election fraud both in the second-term Bush election and in the Obama election. Obama's campaign donated almost $900,000 to ACORN to get out the vote, a donation that was initially classed as stage work?
Although allegations of voter fraud surfaced across the country, both the Federal Elections Commission and the Attorney General of the United States elected not to investigate the matter and... at Obama's direction, the Commerce Department announced that the 2010 Census would be conducted by..... ACORN.
Now come video tapes of ACORN teaching clients how to break the law, evade taxes, bring underage prostitution into the country.... all while being a tax exempt 501 (c) 3 entity receiving federal grants. Current and former officials of ACORN have been caught embezzling money...taxpayer money... from ACORN, but ACORN did not file criminal charges against them. Neither did the Attorney General, for that matter, and embezzlement of federal funds is a federal crime.
Now, who taught ACORN? What was his name again?
When Obama, the community "organizer," decided to seek public office, ACORN was there to make sure that Illinois voters went to the polls to get him elected to the state senate and then the United States Senate. Obama repaid ACORN by steering state and federal funding into its coffers. ACORN was involved in purported election fraud both in the second-term Bush election and in the Obama election. Obama's campaign donated almost $900,000 to ACORN to get out the vote, a donation that was initially classed as stage work?
Although allegations of voter fraud surfaced across the country, both the Federal Elections Commission and the Attorney General of the United States elected not to investigate the matter and... at Obama's direction, the Commerce Department announced that the 2010 Census would be conducted by..... ACORN.
Now come video tapes of ACORN teaching clients how to break the law, evade taxes, bring underage prostitution into the country.... all while being a tax exempt 501 (c) 3 entity receiving federal grants. Current and former officials of ACORN have been caught embezzling money...taxpayer money... from ACORN, but ACORN did not file criminal charges against them. Neither did the Attorney General, for that matter, and embezzlement of federal funds is a federal crime.
Now, who taught ACORN? What was his name again?
Monday, September 14, 2009
ACORN AND THE PRESIDENT
They’re joined at the hip.
How does it feel to have an ACORN thug as your President?
Do you realize how close we came to having ACORN conduct the 2010 Census?
Does it bother you that ACORN gets massive government funding?
Did you know that ACORN is tax exempt?
Would you be concerned to know that the Administration and Eric Holder, as well as Congress, actively thwarted an investigation into ACORN's crooked election activities?
Was ACORN going to be knocking on your doors to conduct your end-of-life consulting?
If this is the way Obama and his cohorts are running this country, just wait until we get Obama’s Government-Run Health Care Plan. They'll be able to pick and choose who gets treatment and what treatment we get.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NmaZIdz6Vo
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How does it feel to have an ACORN thug as your President?
Do you realize how close we came to having ACORN conduct the 2010 Census?
Does it bother you that ACORN gets massive government funding?
Did you know that ACORN is tax exempt?
Would you be concerned to know that the Administration and Eric Holder, as well as Congress, actively thwarted an investigation into ACORN's crooked election activities?
Was ACORN going to be knocking on your doors to conduct your end-of-life consulting?
If this is the way Obama and his cohorts are running this country, just wait until we get Obama’s Government-Run Health Care Plan. They'll be able to pick and choose who gets treatment and what treatment we get.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NmaZIdz6Vo
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
THEY PRETEND NOT TO HEAR OUR MESSAGE
Have you noticed the almost total lack of coverage of the dozens of Tea Party protests over the weekend?
Maybe they think that by ignoring us, we will dry up and blow away?
Maybe they think that by ignoring us, we will dry up and blow away?
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
OBAMA CALLED A "LIAR" DURING SPEECH
In an unusual outburst from the Republican side of Aisle, Representative Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted out "You lie" when the president said illegal immigrants would not benefit from his new Government-Run Health Care Plan. Obama continued his speech without suggesting that a provision might be included in the Bill to rule out Illegal Aliens from taking advantage of the plan at our expense.
That single moment defined everything that the President had to say as he addressed Congress and the nation.
There was nothing new in his speech, but there were denials that what the public is increasingly saying about the plan is true. He continued to insist, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that he can increase coverage, improve insurance and reduce costs... all at the same time. In the same breath, he said that seniors would not not be adversely impacted by his plan.
In suggesting that he will cut $600 billion plus from Medicare, he virtually guaranteed that the Medicare Advantage program that retirees have the option of buying in to will be eliminated, meaning that health care for seniors will, in fact, get worse. And how any body in their right mind has the gall to stand up before America and tell us that the government is going to cut costs on ANY government program is way beyond me.
His speech is dismissive of all of the issues we Americans have put forth in Town Hall Meetings this summer. He so much as thumbed his nose at us. He did indicate that he might be willing to give in on the "Government Option," but this comes after a remark from a top Democratic Congresswoman this morning to the effect that such a "waiver" of the Presidents "option" would only be temporary.
Frankly, as I have been saying for several months... This Government-Run Health Care Plan is going to be crammed down our throats whether we like it or not. Obviously, you did not make yourselves heard in the Town Hall Meetings. And the President and his puppets in Congress obviously think that you and I are not going to do anything about it. They think that, just as we've always done, we ARE going to shut up and get out of the way.
Could they be correct?
That single moment defined everything that the President had to say as he addressed Congress and the nation.
There was nothing new in his speech, but there were denials that what the public is increasingly saying about the plan is true. He continued to insist, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that he can increase coverage, improve insurance and reduce costs... all at the same time. In the same breath, he said that seniors would not not be adversely impacted by his plan.
In suggesting that he will cut $600 billion plus from Medicare, he virtually guaranteed that the Medicare Advantage program that retirees have the option of buying in to will be eliminated, meaning that health care for seniors will, in fact, get worse. And how any body in their right mind has the gall to stand up before America and tell us that the government is going to cut costs on ANY government program is way beyond me.
His speech is dismissive of all of the issues we Americans have put forth in Town Hall Meetings this summer. He so much as thumbed his nose at us. He did indicate that he might be willing to give in on the "Government Option," but this comes after a remark from a top Democratic Congresswoman this morning to the effect that such a "waiver" of the Presidents "option" would only be temporary.
Frankly, as I have been saying for several months... This Government-Run Health Care Plan is going to be crammed down our throats whether we like it or not. Obviously, you did not make yourselves heard in the Town Hall Meetings. And the President and his puppets in Congress obviously think that you and I are not going to do anything about it. They think that, just as we've always done, we ARE going to shut up and get out of the way.
Could they be correct?
Monday, September 07, 2009
HEALTH CARE ISSUE: NO ROOM FOR NEW IDEAS?
SPECIAL POST
It’s obvious that certain members of Congress, most of them, are oblivious to what the public thinks. They want things done their way, and they intend to have them done their way whether Americans like it or not.
Here’s a fact: Their way will greatly increase the national debt that our grandchildren will have to pay. Since it doesn’t address tort reform, malpractice awards will continue to climb and the cost of malpractice insurance will continue to climb and the costs to us, the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: Since their bill does nothing to address the high costs of drugs or to allow us to purchase from Canada, the cost of drugs will continue to climb, and the cost of health insurance will continue to climb and the costs to us, the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: They have already openly admitted that they will be cutting Medicare benefits and Medicare Advantage will be history, which means that the seniors in this country will be forced into paying more for the coverages and availability of treatment they currently have. When faced with this, seniors will be forced to the government-run health care plan, and the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: Their bills do not deny health care coverage… full government health care coverage… for illegal aliens. So, the costs of the government-run health care plan will continue to rise, and the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here's a fact: Their bills allow for government-funded abortions, an absolute atrocity in the ethical and moral minds of most people who have any religious background at all. In fact, more than one Congressman has said that the government should encourage, or even force abortions where the parents are on welfare or unable to care for their newborns. Not only is this outrageous, but the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: The country is already faced with a shortage of adequately trained medical professionals and staffers. Adding 47 million more people to the system as it now stands while refusing to address the issue of shortage will only mean longer waits, less service, and worse treatment, all leading to more serious ailments requiring more treatment, and the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
So, the costs to us, the taxpayers will continue to climb. The lawyers will continue to get rich, the drug companies and insurance companies will continue to get rich, the seniors will get worse and more expensive care, we’re not encouraging more people to get into the medical profession, and by the time everyone realizes how we have royally screwed ourselves, it will be too late to undo what has been done.
The bills as written and being written are both immoral and repugnant to every sense of decency and financial responsibility to our seniors, our children and our grandchildren.
Given general agreement that health care costs to damned much in this country and that it should be available to all Americans at an affordable price, why is it that we cannot roll up our sleeves and work together to address malpractice awards, drug profits, insurance profits, cost-containment for retirees, coverage for the unemployed, and incentives to enter the health care industry? All of this can be accomplished without the government getting its nose another expensive boondoggle like Amtrack or the Post Office, or bailouts, or stimulus... or religious beliefs.
There can be only one answer to the question of “Why.” Those in power in Washington are hell-bent on gaining more control over us. I, for one, will not sit still for any more government infringement on the liberties and freedoms our forefathers gave their blood for. My position is well-stated in www.myamericanopinion.com
This cavalier mismanagement of our country must stop, and it must stop now. We can, and we must, set aside our Democrat vs. Republican mentalities and put America first. And, unless we Americans are willing to insist that it be done OUR way, by working together and seeking rational solutions, WE will be to blame for the decline in morality, the debt burdens and lack of freedoms our grandchildren will be left with as our legacy to them.
Shame on us if we turn our backs on our country and its future now.
It’s obvious that certain members of Congress, most of them, are oblivious to what the public thinks. They want things done their way, and they intend to have them done their way whether Americans like it or not.
Here’s a fact: Their way will greatly increase the national debt that our grandchildren will have to pay. Since it doesn’t address tort reform, malpractice awards will continue to climb and the cost of malpractice insurance will continue to climb and the costs to us, the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: Since their bill does nothing to address the high costs of drugs or to allow us to purchase from Canada, the cost of drugs will continue to climb, and the cost of health insurance will continue to climb and the costs to us, the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: They have already openly admitted that they will be cutting Medicare benefits and Medicare Advantage will be history, which means that the seniors in this country will be forced into paying more for the coverages and availability of treatment they currently have. When faced with this, seniors will be forced to the government-run health care plan, and the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: Their bills do not deny health care coverage… full government health care coverage… for illegal aliens. So, the costs of the government-run health care plan will continue to rise, and the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here's a fact: Their bills allow for government-funded abortions, an absolute atrocity in the ethical and moral minds of most people who have any religious background at all. In fact, more than one Congressman has said that the government should encourage, or even force abortions where the parents are on welfare or unable to care for their newborns. Not only is this outrageous, but the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
Here’s a fact: The country is already faced with a shortage of adequately trained medical professionals and staffers. Adding 47 million more people to the system as it now stands while refusing to address the issue of shortage will only mean longer waits, less service, and worse treatment, all leading to more serious ailments requiring more treatment, and the costs to the taxpayers who are footing this damned bill, will also continue to climb.
So, the costs to us, the taxpayers will continue to climb. The lawyers will continue to get rich, the drug companies and insurance companies will continue to get rich, the seniors will get worse and more expensive care, we’re not encouraging more people to get into the medical profession, and by the time everyone realizes how we have royally screwed ourselves, it will be too late to undo what has been done.
The bills as written and being written are both immoral and repugnant to every sense of decency and financial responsibility to our seniors, our children and our grandchildren.
Given general agreement that health care costs to damned much in this country and that it should be available to all Americans at an affordable price, why is it that we cannot roll up our sleeves and work together to address malpractice awards, drug profits, insurance profits, cost-containment for retirees, coverage for the unemployed, and incentives to enter the health care industry? All of this can be accomplished without the government getting its nose another expensive boondoggle like Amtrack or the Post Office, or bailouts, or stimulus... or religious beliefs.
There can be only one answer to the question of “Why.” Those in power in Washington are hell-bent on gaining more control over us. I, for one, will not sit still for any more government infringement on the liberties and freedoms our forefathers gave their blood for. My position is well-stated in www.myamericanopinion.com
This cavalier mismanagement of our country must stop, and it must stop now. We can, and we must, set aside our Democrat vs. Republican mentalities and put America first. And, unless we Americans are willing to insist that it be done OUR way, by working together and seeking rational solutions, WE will be to blame for the decline in morality, the debt burdens and lack of freedoms our grandchildren will be left with as our legacy to them.
Shame on us if we turn our backs on our country and its future now.
Sunday, September 06, 2009
OUR UGLY, LYING, CONNIVING GOVERNMENT
SPECIAL REPORT
They’ve been ballyhooing the fact that things are “all right” now, the recession is over and that they were "in control" all along; their stimulus plan and bailouts worked. Tell that to about 18 million people who are out of work. Here’s what our government is really saying…
18 million? I know we’re at 9.7% unemployment, but I thought that was only 15 million. Oh, yeah, we just happened to forget to mention the 3 million who have been out of work and who have already fallen off the unemployment eligibility roles. Just a slight oversight… we’ve made a few lately. No big deal.
Oh…I guess you’re right. There are a few million others who need and want to work full-time but are only working part-time, but they’re not really included in the statistics. Now, don’t you “assholes” forget that we saved you 750,000 jobs already this year and the government is going to hire 273,000 additional employees with your money. So, actually, that’s a positive surplus from the predictions and that’s why we’re out of the recession.
Uhhhh, yeah, I guess I did read someplace that 1.3 million more people will fall off the unemployment rolls by the end of the year, but that will reduce the unemployment figures from the current 9.7% down to about 9.0%, which is another sign that we’re making great progress.
Why we’re not talking about the now 89 bank failures this year? Well, they either did not qualify for bailout money or they did not apply for it, so they don’t count. The economy is fine, take my word for it and…. Hey! Listen up you Nazi moron! You unpatriotic mobster, you! Shut up and get out of the way! We’ve got a new Government Run Health Care Plan to get passed and we don’t want you confusing the public with your meaningless, impertinent facts! God damned Town Hall Meetings, anyway….full of paid Fox stooges….
(Just give us six more months to finish getting everything into place and they can take their so-called Democracy and shove it anyway, right Leonid?)
They’ve been ballyhooing the fact that things are “all right” now, the recession is over and that they were "in control" all along; their stimulus plan and bailouts worked. Tell that to about 18 million people who are out of work. Here’s what our government is really saying…
18 million? I know we’re at 9.7% unemployment, but I thought that was only 15 million. Oh, yeah, we just happened to forget to mention the 3 million who have been out of work and who have already fallen off the unemployment eligibility roles. Just a slight oversight… we’ve made a few lately. No big deal.
Oh…I guess you’re right. There are a few million others who need and want to work full-time but are only working part-time, but they’re not really included in the statistics. Now, don’t you “assholes” forget that we saved you 750,000 jobs already this year and the government is going to hire 273,000 additional employees with your money. So, actually, that’s a positive surplus from the predictions and that’s why we’re out of the recession.
Uhhhh, yeah, I guess I did read someplace that 1.3 million more people will fall off the unemployment rolls by the end of the year, but that will reduce the unemployment figures from the current 9.7% down to about 9.0%, which is another sign that we’re making great progress.
Why we’re not talking about the now 89 bank failures this year? Well, they either did not qualify for bailout money or they did not apply for it, so they don’t count. The economy is fine, take my word for it and…. Hey! Listen up you Nazi moron! You unpatriotic mobster, you! Shut up and get out of the way! We’ve got a new Government Run Health Care Plan to get passed and we don’t want you confusing the public with your meaningless, impertinent facts! God damned Town Hall Meetings, anyway….full of paid Fox stooges….
(Just give us six more months to finish getting everything into place and they can take their so-called Democracy and shove it anyway, right Leonid?)
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
AMERICA REBORN: LET'S ROLL!
As I traveled along Interstate 80 on my way from California to Wyoming, I passed the American Tea Party caravan that was on its second day of a coast-to-coast tour; its mission: to hold rallies and raise awareness of the many problems facing our nation today, from taxes to runaway spending to the national economy, to cap and trade and to national health care. I honked at them and waved at them. I was probably one of tens of thousands of people who will honk and wave by the time their trip is over on September 11th in Washington, D.C.
In the one week since this blog last was written, the winds have changed direction. Americans are heeding the warnings and they are listening closely to what is being said or printed, by whom and to whom. And, as Americans are discovering for themselves that what has been said here and in "MY AMERICAN OPINION," is the truth and has always been the truth, they are coming to grips with the fact that our country IS in serious jeopardy.
Liberty, freedom and justice are under attack from every direction. Members of Congress and our President have set a course for this nation that can only end in violence and loss of life; it must be stopped at all costs. And, when we stand up and ask questions and point out our concerns, they are "playing dumb" and turning a deaf ear because most of them know in their hearts and souls that we are right and they don't have the guts to admit it. They prefer to talk us down, call us names, and to bully and intimidate us instead of admitting the errors of their ways.
Members of Congress. Mr. President. This year on September 11, 2009, America will be reborn, and there is not one damned thing you can do to stop us.
In the one week since this blog last was written, the winds have changed direction. Americans are heeding the warnings and they are listening closely to what is being said or printed, by whom and to whom. And, as Americans are discovering for themselves that what has been said here and in "MY AMERICAN OPINION," is the truth and has always been the truth, they are coming to grips with the fact that our country IS in serious jeopardy.
Liberty, freedom and justice are under attack from every direction. Members of Congress and our President have set a course for this nation that can only end in violence and loss of life; it must be stopped at all costs. And, when we stand up and ask questions and point out our concerns, they are "playing dumb" and turning a deaf ear because most of them know in their hearts and souls that we are right and they don't have the guts to admit it. They prefer to talk us down, call us names, and to bully and intimidate us instead of admitting the errors of their ways.
Members of Congress. Mr. President. This year on September 11, 2009, America will be reborn, and there is not one damned thing you can do to stop us.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
A SIMPLE MATTER OF BAD MATH
Here’s another one of those obnoxious Friday news farts, (bad news that comes out when it’s most likely to get buried on Page 13). The White House now admits that the Federal debt, previously forecast by them to grow by $7 trillion in ten years, will actually grow by $9 trillion. Once again, the White House is been forced to admit to a “slight miscalculation.”
Let’s see….the “slight mistake” amounts to $2 trillion and change. Since the original forecast was $7 trillion, that’s a 35% error. I suppose that, since it’s less than 50%, it’s slight, in Administration terminology.
Moving on, the national debt was estimated to be $11 trillion in ten years before all of this massive spending; now, it will be $20 trillion. At that point, it becomes almost impossible for this nation to ever get out of debt due to the interest alone. And, we haven’t piled on the costs of the President’s new Government-Run Health Care Plan yet.
Obama insists that the costs of the new plan will be fully covered through cuts in Medicare, increased taxes on the wealthy, and other tricks of the political double-talking trade. Before he came up with that spin, he was talking about $950 billion in costs and the CBO was saying $1.5 trillion. Let’s go with the CBO, since they so far have been right 100% of the time and the White House has yet to be right once.
On that basis, the debt will be at $21.5 trillion and, according to many economists, unsustainable. It will be a debt that will eat us alive and a debt that we will never be able to pay off. Ongoing expenses of government plus interest on the national debt will, at that point, be larger than the taxing resources can cover.
Oh, and a small mathematical "by the way..." The national debt ceiling is set by law at $10 trillion. What about that?
What comes next? National depression and total 100% socialism within ten years from today’s date. That’s not only bad math, it’s suicidal math.
We have the opportunity to put the brakes on now, and we must persist in doing so. Either that, or we’re going to have to start killing off our seniors at age 65 in order to avoid our Social Security and Medicare obligations. Since we don’t have enough burial plots in the country, we’ll just toss them all into the ovens.
We need to stop this madness now.
Let’s see….the “slight mistake” amounts to $2 trillion and change. Since the original forecast was $7 trillion, that’s a 35% error. I suppose that, since it’s less than 50%, it’s slight, in Administration terminology.
Moving on, the national debt was estimated to be $11 trillion in ten years before all of this massive spending; now, it will be $20 trillion. At that point, it becomes almost impossible for this nation to ever get out of debt due to the interest alone. And, we haven’t piled on the costs of the President’s new Government-Run Health Care Plan yet.
Obama insists that the costs of the new plan will be fully covered through cuts in Medicare, increased taxes on the wealthy, and other tricks of the political double-talking trade. Before he came up with that spin, he was talking about $950 billion in costs and the CBO was saying $1.5 trillion. Let’s go with the CBO, since they so far have been right 100% of the time and the White House has yet to be right once.
On that basis, the debt will be at $21.5 trillion and, according to many economists, unsustainable. It will be a debt that will eat us alive and a debt that we will never be able to pay off. Ongoing expenses of government plus interest on the national debt will, at that point, be larger than the taxing resources can cover.
Oh, and a small mathematical "by the way..." The national debt ceiling is set by law at $10 trillion. What about that?
What comes next? National depression and total 100% socialism within ten years from today’s date. That’s not only bad math, it’s suicidal math.
We have the opportunity to put the brakes on now, and we must persist in doing so. Either that, or we’re going to have to start killing off our seniors at age 65 in order to avoid our Social Security and Medicare obligations. Since we don’t have enough burial plots in the country, we’ll just toss them all into the ovens.
We need to stop this madness now.
Monday, August 24, 2009
FOX NEWS UNDER ATTACK - CENSORSHIP BEGINS!
SPECIAL POST
The full-court press against Fox has started. Advertisers on the Glenn Beck show are dropping like flies---He's the second most popular host on Fox behind Bill O'Reilly. All advertisers on Fox News have begun to back off. They are all citing Beck's remark that he feels Obama's actions qualify him as being a racist, and also are saying that they do not want to be associated with a controversial network. 33 companies are announcing they do not want their ads on Beck's show. UPS and Clorox are dropping all FOX ads. ColorOfChange, a black political action group that appears to be partially funded by ACORN, is pushing for all companies to drop their ads on FOX.
And so, as Obama plays his own race card....the ending of American liberties and rights continues and our country's final chapter in history gets closer to the end.
The full-court press against Fox has started. Advertisers on the Glenn Beck show are dropping like flies---He's the second most popular host on Fox behind Bill O'Reilly. All advertisers on Fox News have begun to back off. They are all citing Beck's remark that he feels Obama's actions qualify him as being a racist, and also are saying that they do not want to be associated with a controversial network. 33 companies are announcing they do not want their ads on Beck's show. UPS and Clorox are dropping all FOX ads. ColorOfChange, a black political action group that appears to be partially funded by ACORN, is pushing for all companies to drop their ads on FOX.
And so, as Obama plays his own race card....the ending of American liberties and rights continues and our country's final chapter in history gets closer to the end.
Friday, August 21, 2009
SEPTEMBER 13TH - RIOTING IN THE STREETS?
SPECIAL POST
American Tea Party tax protesters have long been planning a march on Washington for September 13th. All rooms anywhere near DC have been sold out for weeks. Obama is worried about what this will look like.
Now, out of the "clear blue," a group of concerned Americans, (ACORN is involved in organizing this), is planning on marching on Washington on September 13th demanding the Government-Run Health Care Option.
This has all of the earmarks of a clash and rioting in the streets. You can rest well-assured that the date of the health care protest was picked deliberately and the probability exists that the White House at least gave its enthusiastic nod. At the very worst, rioting occurs and this gives the President the right to call in the troops and to declare a National Emergency. At the best, the Tea Party gets canceled to try and avert such a riot.
Either way, Obama wins.
American Tea Party tax protesters have long been planning a march on Washington for September 13th. All rooms anywhere near DC have been sold out for weeks. Obama is worried about what this will look like.
Now, out of the "clear blue," a group of concerned Americans, (ACORN is involved in organizing this), is planning on marching on Washington on September 13th demanding the Government-Run Health Care Option.
This has all of the earmarks of a clash and rioting in the streets. You can rest well-assured that the date of the health care protest was picked deliberately and the probability exists that the White House at least gave its enthusiastic nod. At the very worst, rioting occurs and this gives the President the right to call in the troops and to declare a National Emergency. At the best, the Tea Party gets canceled to try and avert such a riot.
Either way, Obama wins.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
WHITE HOUSE “ENEMIES LIST” - What’s Next – Gulags?
The first openly overt move was to ask citizens to report those who might have "misinformation" on their blogs and websites to the White House. The President promised to investigate the potential offenders and to take steps to straighten them out.
If that doesn’t sound like censorship, what does?
The next move was to collect data…email addresses, ostensibly to be able to send innocuous emails from the White House to “friends,” keeping them advised of current Administration plans, news and events. Somehow, (no one is fessing up), that list was permeated with names and email addresses of people who disagree with Administration policies and procedures. Spokesmen eventually claimed that the names may have been input by someone with access to lists of people who had contacted conservative or Republican websites… without White House knowledge. In other words, they insist, they had nothing to do with it. That's the classic "Who, ME?" syndrome.
If the list was intended to be a list of “friends,” why would Axelrod be compelled to write an email to the people on that list treating them as being misinformed on the President’s Health Care Plan, and trying to sway their support? In other words, how did they surmise that the recipients of their email would actually be those who disagree with the President if, in fact, they did not know that the email list contained the names and email addresses of such enemies in the first place? The nail in this argument comes from the fact that no "friend" has yet come forward to say that he or she received one of those emails. Get the picture?
So, it’s another in a long litany of lies and mistruths coming from the Obama Camp that we un-American, evil-doing, swastika-carrying obstructionist citizens are supposed to accept? “Shut up and get out of the way?”
What could be the next step in this endless attack on our rights to speak out and question? Gulags? According to WIKIPEDIA: “Gulag: A History, by Anne Applebaum, [explains]: "It was the branch of the State Security that operated the penal system of forced labour camps and associated detention and transit camps and prisons. While these camps housed criminals of all types, the Gulag system has become primarily known as a place for political prisoners and as a mechanism for repressing political opposition to the Soviet state. Though it imprisoned millions, the name became familiar in the West only with the publication of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 1973 The Gulag Archipelago, which likened the scattered camps to "a chain of islands."
“There were at least 476 separate camps, some of them comprising hundreds, even thousands of camp units. The most infamous complexes were those at arctic or subarctic regions. Today's major industrial cities of the Russian Arctic such as Norilsk, Vorkuta, Kolyma and Magadan, were camps originally built by prisoners and run by ex-prisoners.”
I include the above because you may not know the history of gulags; those who have not studied history are bound to repeat it. Yeah, I know…. Your response what be to suggest that such a possibility is too absurd to be within the realm of possibility. That’s what the Russian citizens said, and that’s what the German citizens said. And here we have the President and his most ardent supporters insisting that you do not have the right to attend a Town Hall meeting unless you agree to “Shut up and get out of the way.”
The plain fact is, the Administration has put together an enormous and slick propaganda machine. It enlists the ACORNS of the world to do its bidding. It stifles free speech and seeks to take away our basic rights and liberties, such as the right to determine our own health choices. It lies to and misleads the American people. It allows members of the Black Panther Party to intimidate people at the polls and then dismisses the charges against them, even after they are found guilty.
Wake up, America! These actions are totally against every thing this nation was founded on and used to stand for. Wake up before it’s too damned late! It’s not going to be very much longer before we won’t even have our Bibles and guns to cling on to!
If that doesn’t sound like censorship, what does?
The next move was to collect data…email addresses, ostensibly to be able to send innocuous emails from the White House to “friends,” keeping them advised of current Administration plans, news and events. Somehow, (no one is fessing up), that list was permeated with names and email addresses of people who disagree with Administration policies and procedures. Spokesmen eventually claimed that the names may have been input by someone with access to lists of people who had contacted conservative or Republican websites… without White House knowledge. In other words, they insist, they had nothing to do with it. That's the classic "Who, ME?" syndrome.
If the list was intended to be a list of “friends,” why would Axelrod be compelled to write an email to the people on that list treating them as being misinformed on the President’s Health Care Plan, and trying to sway their support? In other words, how did they surmise that the recipients of their email would actually be those who disagree with the President if, in fact, they did not know that the email list contained the names and email addresses of such enemies in the first place? The nail in this argument comes from the fact that no "friend" has yet come forward to say that he or she received one of those emails. Get the picture?
So, it’s another in a long litany of lies and mistruths coming from the Obama Camp that we un-American, evil-doing, swastika-carrying obstructionist citizens are supposed to accept? “Shut up and get out of the way?”
What could be the next step in this endless attack on our rights to speak out and question? Gulags? According to WIKIPEDIA: “Gulag: A History, by Anne Applebaum, [explains]: "It was the branch of the State Security that operated the penal system of forced labour camps and associated detention and transit camps and prisons. While these camps housed criminals of all types, the Gulag system has become primarily known as a place for political prisoners and as a mechanism for repressing political opposition to the Soviet state. Though it imprisoned millions, the name became familiar in the West only with the publication of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 1973 The Gulag Archipelago, which likened the scattered camps to "a chain of islands."
“There were at least 476 separate camps, some of them comprising hundreds, even thousands of camp units. The most infamous complexes were those at arctic or subarctic regions. Today's major industrial cities of the Russian Arctic such as Norilsk, Vorkuta, Kolyma and Magadan, were camps originally built by prisoners and run by ex-prisoners.”
I include the above because you may not know the history of gulags; those who have not studied history are bound to repeat it. Yeah, I know…. Your response what be to suggest that such a possibility is too absurd to be within the realm of possibility. That’s what the Russian citizens said, and that’s what the German citizens said. And here we have the President and his most ardent supporters insisting that you do not have the right to attend a Town Hall meeting unless you agree to “Shut up and get out of the way.”
The plain fact is, the Administration has put together an enormous and slick propaganda machine. It enlists the ACORNS of the world to do its bidding. It stifles free speech and seeks to take away our basic rights and liberties, such as the right to determine our own health choices. It lies to and misleads the American people. It allows members of the Black Panther Party to intimidate people at the polls and then dismisses the charges against them, even after they are found guilty.
Wake up, America! These actions are totally against every thing this nation was founded on and used to stand for. Wake up before it’s too damned late! It’s not going to be very much longer before we won’t even have our Bibles and guns to cling on to!
Monday, August 17, 2009
DO YOU REALLY TRUST OBAMA?
SPECIAL POST
He has to pay $15 an hour for plants to show up in his Town Halls. He puts a young girl in the audience with pre-arranged questions. He puts on a "doctor" to testify in behalf of his plan, and it comes out that the "doctor" is not a doctor at all.
In all respects, our President has totally misrepresented the facts, who he is and what his agenda is.
I don't know about you, but I don't trust a damned word he says. And HE'S our President?
He has to pay $15 an hour for plants to show up in his Town Halls. He puts a young girl in the audience with pre-arranged questions. He puts on a "doctor" to testify in behalf of his plan, and it comes out that the "doctor" is not a doctor at all.
In all respects, our President has totally misrepresented the facts, who he is and what his agenda is.
I don't know about you, but I don't trust a damned word he says. And HE'S our President?
Sunday, August 16, 2009
WHERE DOES THE BLAME BELONG?
I don't know about you, but I'm not to blame for:
Cap & Trade
The Housing Crisis
Unemployment
Escalading National Debt
Dumb-Ass Fix for Health Care
So, why are they calling me:
Un-American
Mobster
Misinformed
Cable TV Junkie
Cap & Trade
The Housing Crisis
Unemployment
Escalading National Debt
Dumb-Ass Fix for Health Care
So, why are they calling me:
Un-American
Mobster
Misinformed
Cable TV Junkie
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION; NEW HEALTH PLAN; Is This Finally The End Of Us?
The new Government run Health Plan will provide full health benefits to illegal aliens at the expense of the rest of the taxpayers. Already, it is estimated that the cost to the American public to deal with the many aspects of the illegal alien issue is $86 billion per year. The Federal government, (and the Administration in particular), have not openly revealed what they intend to do about the illegal aliens already in this country. Yet, the guaranteed provision of free health care to illegal aliens will certainly be an intense attraction for more Mexicans to cross the border, especially when you consider the quality of medicine that they get there.
Both political parties have been tolerant of the illegal alien problems because they want to use them to vote. Yes, that’s unethical and should be illegal, but it’s a fact. Our politicians are corrupt to the bone.
In July, the number of unemployed persons was 14.5 million, according to the Department of Labor. That is 9.4% of the labor force. This figure does not include those who have fallen off of the unemployment rolls because their benefits have expired. The actual unemployment rate is closer to 17%, or 25 million. And, this figure does not include the 12 to 18 million illegal aliens and whatever their rate of unemployment might be. The point is, 25 million Americans are totally out of work, (we have no figures available on the under-employed, those who are not working full-time because a part-time job was all that they could find), and competing with up to 18 million illegals for the few jobs available in the marketplace.
Not only is our government not addressing this unemployment issue, but it plans to include them in the new Government Health Plan, and at the expense of those Americans who are working.
A recent poll shows that 83% of Americans are happy with the insurance plans and health care they have. Granted, Americans agree that costs are skyrocketing, but they are saying that they want that issue resolved without changes in the quality of care. It is a given that the quality of care will decline under the new plan. So, the Congress and the President are saying that they are hell-bent on decreasing the satisfaction level of the 83%, and at legal citizens' expense, while providing free care to 12-18 million illegals. Surely, the number of illegals who have little or no health care in Mexico will explode in this country under the government’s healthcare cram-down.
Those on Congressional recess lament that they are hearing the frustration and the anger; they don’t feel that they should have to listen to what their constituents, the electorate, have to say. The President responds by telling Americans to shut up and get out of the way, commanding that we will have a new plan in effect by the end of the year whether we like it or not. Some Congressional Members are now asking Americans to cool down, back off and have a “dialogue.” The fact is that Americans have been raining their concerns and dislikes on Congress for well over two months and Congress and the President continue to ignore them.
The President is now calling on members of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU, to show up at Town Hall meetings and to chase out the protestors. This tactic smacks of what the grand Ayatollah did to the Iranians and Hitler did to the Germans. The Administration is also calling on citizens to “report” to the White House blogs and broadcasts that talk bad things about “the plan.” Censorship looms.
When you back away and look at what is going on, it seems that we are in the midst of an internal overthrow of our government and the will of the people. This is a very dark period in the history of freedom and our country. If we don’t step up to the plate and stand up now, we are soon not going to have either. And then, who can we blame?
Both political parties have been tolerant of the illegal alien problems because they want to use them to vote. Yes, that’s unethical and should be illegal, but it’s a fact. Our politicians are corrupt to the bone.
In July, the number of unemployed persons was 14.5 million, according to the Department of Labor. That is 9.4% of the labor force. This figure does not include those who have fallen off of the unemployment rolls because their benefits have expired. The actual unemployment rate is closer to 17%, or 25 million. And, this figure does not include the 12 to 18 million illegal aliens and whatever their rate of unemployment might be. The point is, 25 million Americans are totally out of work, (we have no figures available on the under-employed, those who are not working full-time because a part-time job was all that they could find), and competing with up to 18 million illegals for the few jobs available in the marketplace.
Not only is our government not addressing this unemployment issue, but it plans to include them in the new Government Health Plan, and at the expense of those Americans who are working.
A recent poll shows that 83% of Americans are happy with the insurance plans and health care they have. Granted, Americans agree that costs are skyrocketing, but they are saying that they want that issue resolved without changes in the quality of care. It is a given that the quality of care will decline under the new plan. So, the Congress and the President are saying that they are hell-bent on decreasing the satisfaction level of the 83%, and at legal citizens' expense, while providing free care to 12-18 million illegals. Surely, the number of illegals who have little or no health care in Mexico will explode in this country under the government’s healthcare cram-down.
Those on Congressional recess lament that they are hearing the frustration and the anger; they don’t feel that they should have to listen to what their constituents, the electorate, have to say. The President responds by telling Americans to shut up and get out of the way, commanding that we will have a new plan in effect by the end of the year whether we like it or not. Some Congressional Members are now asking Americans to cool down, back off and have a “dialogue.” The fact is that Americans have been raining their concerns and dislikes on Congress for well over two months and Congress and the President continue to ignore them.
The President is now calling on members of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU, to show up at Town Hall meetings and to chase out the protestors. This tactic smacks of what the grand Ayatollah did to the Iranians and Hitler did to the Germans. The Administration is also calling on citizens to “report” to the White House blogs and broadcasts that talk bad things about “the plan.” Censorship looms.
When you back away and look at what is going on, it seems that we are in the midst of an internal overthrow of our government and the will of the people. This is a very dark period in the history of freedom and our country. If we don’t step up to the plate and stand up now, we are soon not going to have either. And then, who can we blame?
Sunday, August 09, 2009
HEY, MR. PRESIDENT! IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
SPECIAL POST
How DARE you tell me to shut up and get out of the way! I have the right to question what you are doing. I have the right to ask for explanations of your programs.
And you, sir, have NO right to tell me to shut up and get out of the way.
And, Mr. President, if you do not agree with my right to ask questions and to say what I think, then you, sir, do not belong in this country.
I am NOT to blame for your quagmire; I did not create it. You did.
How DARE you tell me to shut up and get out of the way! I have the right to question what you are doing. I have the right to ask for explanations of your programs.
And you, sir, have NO right to tell me to shut up and get out of the way.
And, Mr. President, if you do not agree with my right to ask questions and to say what I think, then you, sir, do not belong in this country.
I am NOT to blame for your quagmire; I did not create it. You did.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
GLOOM AND DOOM, UNLESS YOU ACT
You need to make yourself comfortable, gather your spouse and kids around, sit down and listen to every last word this man has to say. This message is so important to America right now that I am going to post it on all of my blogs.
I talk to people from all around the country every day. I have been listening to the rumble. The angry tempo of America is growing. A massive explosion in our country looms, as if the tinder is dry, the kindling is dry, and the powder is volatile.
We need to act now, before we step into anarchy.
Click below:
http://la-gun.com/email/manning/
I talk to people from all around the country every day. I have been listening to the rumble. The angry tempo of America is growing. A massive explosion in our country looms, as if the tinder is dry, the kindling is dry, and the powder is volatile.
We need to act now, before we step into anarchy.
Click below:
http://la-gun.com/email/manning/
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