It’s one thing for perception not to match up to reality but quite another for “stick it in your face” hypocrisy. Just try to ask Marie Antoinette.
While some 23 million Americans remain unemployed struggling to pay bills and provide shelter and food for their families witness the latest Michelle Obama extravaganza - this one in sunny, chic Costa del Sol, Spain with an entourage of 40 close, personal friends in tow, staying in a posh 5 star villa.
US Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, though, is quick to point out that some of the travel costs will be borne personally by Obama friends rather than by US taxpayers. But since Michelle Obama will be meeting with the King of Spain, on the last day of her vacation, presumably to discuss vital matters of high import to America, that alone will justify the US taxpayer footing “official” trip expenses.
Hopefully, in return, we’ll see both a detailed listing of the matters discussed by the two and a breakdown of all of the expenses borne by the taxpayer so we can make an independent judgment of how well Michelle’s tete a’ tete served our nation’s interests – or, Good Golly, could it be, the entire p/r ruse is just another excuse to take a junket vacation befitting her station as First Lady?
Seems like it was only, … when was it again, oh yeah – just July when she packed up the family for the 7th summer vacation.
Days before leaving on that trip in nationwide media coverage she exhorted Americans should travel to the beleaguered Gulf Coast despite the oil stained beaches to help financially support the communities there.
“There are still thousands of miles of beaches that have not been touched by the spill,” the First Lady said. “And there are communities that thrive on tourism and on the economic power of beaches that have not been damaged.”
Mrs. Obama said that her husband’s administration is “doing our best” to rectify the situation in the region and take this opportunity to “really build and preserve and make the Gulf the prize of this country that it has been and should continue to be.”
Four days later she and the Family were doing their level best to help those Gulf Region communities – from the picturesque, oil free seaside of Maine!
Postscript – after news reporters asked whether or not the Obama’s should practice what they preach, the White House hastily announced the family will indeed vacation on Florida’s Gulf coast for a few days in August. It will be vacation number 9., just before summer vacation number 10 which follows immediately afterwards up north in the fresh, clean air of Martha’s Vineyard....... to help get rid of all of those noxious oil fumes.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Pelosi calls US House back from summer recess ...
No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
- Mark Twain
The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates.
- Tacitus
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
- George Washington
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
- H. L. Mencken
- Mark Twain
The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates.
- Tacitus
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
- George Washington
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
- H. L. Mencken
Okay, so really … how good do you look naked?
US Federal agencies who have argued for the use of x-ray body scanning devices have repeatedly claimed that in recognition of individual privacy rights that the agencies would not store or have the capability to store the images that they capture of people passing through checkpoints which employ the equipment.
The body scanners are controversial to privacy rights groups because the technology produces very detailed images of a person through their clothing rendering them virtually naked to any observer using the device.
The Transportation Security Agency, last summer claimed "scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.".
Yeah, sure.
Word now comes that in contradiction TSA specifications for the scanning equipment that the agency purchases require the scanners to be able to store and transmit images for "testing, training, and evaluation purposes.".
But, TSA promises, the capabilities won’t normally be active.
Wait, it gets better.
The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that without public disclosure this police agency secretly saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a body scanner at a single Florida courthouse.
No word on why or what the final disposition is of the stored images.
The body scanners are controversial to privacy rights groups because the technology produces very detailed images of a person through their clothing rendering them virtually naked to any observer using the device.
The Transportation Security Agency, last summer claimed "scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.".
Yeah, sure.
Word now comes that in contradiction TSA specifications for the scanning equipment that the agency purchases require the scanners to be able to store and transmit images for "testing, training, and evaluation purposes.".
But, TSA promises, the capabilities won’t normally be active.
Wait, it gets better.
The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that without public disclosure this police agency secretly saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a body scanner at a single Florida courthouse.
No word on why or what the final disposition is of the stored images.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Just one more reason why Pelosi is unfit to be Speaker of the House …..
Rational people with even modest amounts of common sense would agree that it’s sensible and prudent to read a contract before signing it … and at the other end of the spectrum in the alternate universe of Nancy Pelosi we have the now famous remark from the infamously insensible Speaker of the House, “we have to pass a bill so that you can find out what’s in it”.
Well, lah de lah … here’s one of those little gems in the 2500 page health care reform act Speaker Pelosi was referring to.
Democrats in Congress, in their collective zealous stupidity following Pelosi’s lemming march, passed the bill in the face of strong Republican opposition. Democrats provided within the bowels of the measure, language requiring 40 million businesses beginning in 2012 to file an IRS tax form for each vendor with whom they purchase goods of $600 or more per transaction.
Now Democrats don’t want to lay claim to the provision, nor explain what the business regulation is doing in a Health Care Reform bill in the first place, other than it’s supposed to raise $19 billion in new tax revenues.
The IRS says the provision will “bury” the IRS under an avalanche of new paperwork at a cost undoing substantial amounts of the “presumed” new tax revenues. Businesses certainly don’t want it and have begun to express outrage over the provision and the compliance costs they will have to shoulder. Republicans never wanted the legislation in the first place. Democrats are falling all over themselves to distance themselves from the measure.
With Speaker Pelosi’s blessing, House Democrats before their summer recess, late last week, introduced a procedural move requiring a 2/3rds majority to repeal the language – it failed. An earlier effort for an amendment by Republicans also collapsed.
So if everyone wants this nasty little piece of stealth legislation to disappear and just go away what’s the hold up?
Precisely the partisan politics Speaker Pelosi has nurtured and amplified since taking her office.
The GOP would like to repeal all of “Obamacare” out of existence but lack the votes, and alternatively have proposed “finding” the $19 billion in cost cutting from existing programs elsewhere, which naturally the Democrats oppose.
Democrats proposed filling in the $19 billion hole with new taxes on multinational corporations and shutting down gift tax trust exemptions. Republicans oppose these ideas and, indeed, Democrats can’t find enough support among themselves to pass it without Republican help.
And with the mid-term elections looming Republicans are in no hurry to pull Obama out of an embarrassing political jam when his signature accomplishment of Health Care Reform is also drawing fire from all quarters. In large measure we can chalk Republican reluctance up to the hostile partisan environment Pelosi has fostered at every turn.
Nancy Pelosi, Good for the liberal wingnuts among her supporters … but a disaster for America!
Well, lah de lah … here’s one of those little gems in the 2500 page health care reform act Speaker Pelosi was referring to.
Democrats in Congress, in their collective zealous stupidity following Pelosi’s lemming march, passed the bill in the face of strong Republican opposition. Democrats provided within the bowels of the measure, language requiring 40 million businesses beginning in 2012 to file an IRS tax form for each vendor with whom they purchase goods of $600 or more per transaction.
Now Democrats don’t want to lay claim to the provision, nor explain what the business regulation is doing in a Health Care Reform bill in the first place, other than it’s supposed to raise $19 billion in new tax revenues.
The IRS says the provision will “bury” the IRS under an avalanche of new paperwork at a cost undoing substantial amounts of the “presumed” new tax revenues. Businesses certainly don’t want it and have begun to express outrage over the provision and the compliance costs they will have to shoulder. Republicans never wanted the legislation in the first place. Democrats are falling all over themselves to distance themselves from the measure.
With Speaker Pelosi’s blessing, House Democrats before their summer recess, late last week, introduced a procedural move requiring a 2/3rds majority to repeal the language – it failed. An earlier effort for an amendment by Republicans also collapsed.
So if everyone wants this nasty little piece of stealth legislation to disappear and just go away what’s the hold up?
Precisely the partisan politics Speaker Pelosi has nurtured and amplified since taking her office.
The GOP would like to repeal all of “Obamacare” out of existence but lack the votes, and alternatively have proposed “finding” the $19 billion in cost cutting from existing programs elsewhere, which naturally the Democrats oppose.
Democrats proposed filling in the $19 billion hole with new taxes on multinational corporations and shutting down gift tax trust exemptions. Republicans oppose these ideas and, indeed, Democrats can’t find enough support among themselves to pass it without Republican help.
And with the mid-term elections looming Republicans are in no hurry to pull Obama out of an embarrassing political jam when his signature accomplishment of Health Care Reform is also drawing fire from all quarters. In large measure we can chalk Republican reluctance up to the hostile partisan environment Pelosi has fostered at every turn.
Nancy Pelosi, Good for the liberal wingnuts among her supporters … but a disaster for America!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Congressman Anthony Weiner … hoisted on his own party’s petard
US Representative Anthony Weiner (NY, D) yesterday launched into a tirade on the House floor against the GOP when legislation that he crafted to provide financial aid to emergency personnel responding to the 911 disaster failed to pass the House of Representatives.
Foaming at the mouth Weiner repeatedly claimed that since his party mustered 94 % of Democrat votes in favor, that failure was solely the responsibility of the Republican opposition. He ignored the observation that it was his own party’s political maneuvering that torpedoed the measure.
Interestingly, the Democrats who control the House and can pass whatever they want without any Republican support, required that the bill would need a 2/3rds majority. Democrats wanted to prevent Republicans from tacking on any controversial illegal alien immigration amendments. As a consequence of the Democrats’ manipulation, their House Whip failed to produce 100 % of that party for the “yea” vote. Despite the support of 12 Republicans who crossed party lines and voted in favor, the bill still failed for want of the missing Democrat votes and seemingly backfiring on the Democrat House leadership and Weiner himself.
Or, did it?
Weiner claims to have worked on the bill for 9 years for his constituents. But, the reality is something entirely different, making the purpose of his umbrage suspect.
Instead of the political theater, Anthony here are some things you perhaps should consider before shooting off your mouth again.
Nine years to produce a bill? – come on, nobody believes that crap. Which is it, your impotence or your insincerity? Either, you couldn’t find any previous support for a multi-billion dollar bill or you didn’t really make much of a sincere effort to win unanimous support for it in all that time.
How many in your own party dislike you enough to want to thwart both you and the Republicans at the same time? – a two fer’ in the making – they require a 2/3 rds majority to block the Republicans and raise the hurdle for passage for a bill that would have sailed through with a simple majority. Really, was that a smart move? If the Dems got enough Republican support they win passage but if not, well after all, how bad can it be, especially if Pelosi has an opportunity to embarrass the GOP? And anyway, the Republicans didn’t get an illegal immigration amendment, either.
Pelosi can put the Republicans on the defensive and in your case, could it possibly be some political payback? Maybe you ought to re-assess the Democrats who voted against the bill as well as the Democratic Party and House leadership, since it was Pelosi who required the 2/3rds vote when there were enough votes to pass it with a simple majority. It was Nancy Pelosi, Weiner, who killed your bill, not the Republicans.
Without even breaking a sweat your enemies in your own party, whether by design or consequence, have embarrassed you in front of your colleagues and more importantly in front of your constituency. Based upon your past performances they know too, you predictably can be counted upon to also produce self-inflicted wounds with your own mouth.
But then, given what they were working with, perhaps the outcome was always a foregone conclusion.
Foaming at the mouth Weiner repeatedly claimed that since his party mustered 94 % of Democrat votes in favor, that failure was solely the responsibility of the Republican opposition. He ignored the observation that it was his own party’s political maneuvering that torpedoed the measure.
Interestingly, the Democrats who control the House and can pass whatever they want without any Republican support, required that the bill would need a 2/3rds majority. Democrats wanted to prevent Republicans from tacking on any controversial illegal alien immigration amendments. As a consequence of the Democrats’ manipulation, their House Whip failed to produce 100 % of that party for the “yea” vote. Despite the support of 12 Republicans who crossed party lines and voted in favor, the bill still failed for want of the missing Democrat votes and seemingly backfiring on the Democrat House leadership and Weiner himself.
Or, did it?
Weiner claims to have worked on the bill for 9 years for his constituents. But, the reality is something entirely different, making the purpose of his umbrage suspect.
Instead of the political theater, Anthony here are some things you perhaps should consider before shooting off your mouth again.
Nine years to produce a bill? – come on, nobody believes that crap. Which is it, your impotence or your insincerity? Either, you couldn’t find any previous support for a multi-billion dollar bill or you didn’t really make much of a sincere effort to win unanimous support for it in all that time.
How many in your own party dislike you enough to want to thwart both you and the Republicans at the same time? – a two fer’ in the making – they require a 2/3 rds majority to block the Republicans and raise the hurdle for passage for a bill that would have sailed through with a simple majority. Really, was that a smart move? If the Dems got enough Republican support they win passage but if not, well after all, how bad can it be, especially if Pelosi has an opportunity to embarrass the GOP? And anyway, the Republicans didn’t get an illegal immigration amendment, either.
Pelosi can put the Republicans on the defensive and in your case, could it possibly be some political payback? Maybe you ought to re-assess the Democrats who voted against the bill as well as the Democratic Party and House leadership, since it was Pelosi who required the 2/3rds vote when there were enough votes to pass it with a simple majority. It was Nancy Pelosi, Weiner, who killed your bill, not the Republicans.
Without even breaking a sweat your enemies in your own party, whether by design or consequence, have embarrassed you in front of your colleagues and more importantly in front of your constituency. Based upon your past performances they know too, you predictably can be counted upon to also produce self-inflicted wounds with your own mouth.
But then, given what they were working with, perhaps the outcome was always a foregone conclusion.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Bell, California ... recession, what recession?
Bell city officials of late have been taking heat for paying themselves excessive compensation, all the while protesting that their salaries are in-line with other municipalities.
In Bell, with a population of just over 38,000, the police chief gets $470,000 a year compared to his counterpart in neighboring Los Angeles who's paid $150,000 less than Bell's top cop. The City Manager rakes in over $800,000 per year compared to city managers in LA who earn less than $100,000. LA officials should be clamoring for raises or relocating pell mell to Bell!
More perversely, Recovery.org - Obama's watchdog to assure American taxpayers that their stimulus tax dollars are being spent wisely and effectively - reports that for zip codes covering Bell, more than 10.6 million in federal stimulus to date has been doled out resulting in ... wait for it ... a whopping 7.6 jobs created. (.6 jobs ??? )
Ok, so now we can all clearly see and understand, our stimulus money is not being used for any wasteful purpose what so ever, at least in California. You can sleep easier tonight America ... right!
In Bell, with a population of just over 38,000, the police chief gets $470,000 a year compared to his counterpart in neighboring Los Angeles who's paid $150,000 less than Bell's top cop. The City Manager rakes in over $800,000 per year compared to city managers in LA who earn less than $100,000. LA officials should be clamoring for raises or relocating pell mell to Bell!
More perversely, Recovery.org - Obama's watchdog to assure American taxpayers that their stimulus tax dollars are being spent wisely and effectively - reports that for zip codes covering Bell, more than 10.6 million in federal stimulus to date has been doled out resulting in ... wait for it ... a whopping 7.6 jobs created. (.6 jobs ??? )
Ok, so now we can all clearly see and understand, our stimulus money is not being used for any wasteful purpose what so ever, at least in California. You can sleep easier tonight America ... right!
Sen. John Kerry … doin’ the right thing, eventually
During these tough times United States Senator John Kerry (D) firmly believes in doing his part to stimulate the economy…of New Zealand!
The Kerry’s have purchased a new $7,000,000.00 yacht from a boat builder in New Zealand. Yes sir, if you’ve got the cash the bargains are out there just waiting to be scooped up.
Since it’s a little too large to park on a boat trailer in his driveway there’s of course the problem of where to dock the yacht.
Neighboring Rhode Island doesn’t charge a sales tax on boats while Kerry’s home state, Massachusetts does. In Kerry’s case that would amount to a hefty $473,000 tax bill for the Senator. “Taxachusetts” also imposes a $70,000 excise tax each year while good ole’ Rhode Island doesn’t.
Kerry says the brand spanking, new, custom boat which took a year to build in New Zealand has been in Rhode Island for maintenance repairs and work, since it’s delivery in March - though it’s been seen plying the waters off Massachusett’s Nantucket sound.
Hours after the Massachusett’s State Revenue Department began making official inquiries into whether the Senator was evading the tax liability, Kerry pledged to pay the sales tax, “That payment is being made promptly.’’ He said. Though he failed to indicate whether any interest or penalties would be due.
“I’ve said consistently we’ll pay our taxes.”, Kerry protested, “We’ve always paid our taxes. It’s not an issue, period!”
Or, at least it wasn’t for Senator Kerry, until after it was revealed!
The Kerry’s have purchased a new $7,000,000.00 yacht from a boat builder in New Zealand. Yes sir, if you’ve got the cash the bargains are out there just waiting to be scooped up.
Since it’s a little too large to park on a boat trailer in his driveway there’s of course the problem of where to dock the yacht.
Neighboring Rhode Island doesn’t charge a sales tax on boats while Kerry’s home state, Massachusetts does. In Kerry’s case that would amount to a hefty $473,000 tax bill for the Senator. “Taxachusetts” also imposes a $70,000 excise tax each year while good ole’ Rhode Island doesn’t.
Kerry says the brand spanking, new, custom boat which took a year to build in New Zealand has been in Rhode Island for maintenance repairs and work, since it’s delivery in March - though it’s been seen plying the waters off Massachusett’s Nantucket sound.
Hours after the Massachusett’s State Revenue Department began making official inquiries into whether the Senator was evading the tax liability, Kerry pledged to pay the sales tax, “That payment is being made promptly.’’ He said. Though he failed to indicate whether any interest or penalties would be due.
“I’ve said consistently we’ll pay our taxes.”, Kerry protested, “We’ve always paid our taxes. It’s not an issue, period!”
Or, at least it wasn’t for Senator Kerry, until after it was revealed!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Obama’s Best Buddy 1…Bill Ayers
William Charles "Bill" Ayers - In 1969 co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings during the 1960s and 1970s. Now a professor in the College of Education at the Univ of Illinois, Chicago. Married to Bernardine Dohrn, who also was a leader in the Weather organization.
An FBI informant who infiltrated the group claims that Ayers said after the revolution succeeded and the (US Federal) government was overthrown, they believed they “would have to eliminate 25 million Americans who would not conform to the new order.” Ayers denies ever making the statement. (Wikipedia)
Ayers has been described as both a past, personal and professional associate of Obama, with one reporter claiming that Ayers had personally disclosed that he, in fact, was the author of Obama's autobiography. Obama. his administration and news media have consistently downplayed the association between Obama and Ayers.
An FBI informant who infiltrated the group claims that Ayers said after the revolution succeeded and the (US Federal) government was overthrown, they believed they “would have to eliminate 25 million Americans who would not conform to the new order.” Ayers denies ever making the statement. (Wikipedia)
Ayers has been described as both a past, personal and professional associate of Obama, with one reporter claiming that Ayers had personally disclosed that he, in fact, was the author of Obama's autobiography. Obama. his administration and news media have consistently downplayed the association between Obama and Ayers.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Election Coverage You Didn't Hear ...
Candidate Obama was seated next to a little girl on an airplane trip back to Washington. He turned to her and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger."
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to Obama, "What would you like to talk about?"
"Oh, I don't know," said Obama. "How about What Changes I Should Make To America?" and he smiles.
"OK," she says. "That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?"
Obama, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it for a second and finally says, "Hmmm, I have no idea."
To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to change America when you don't know shit?"
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to Obama, "What would you like to talk about?"
"Oh, I don't know," said Obama. "How about What Changes I Should Make To America?" and he smiles.
"OK," she says. "That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?"
Obama, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it for a second and finally says, "Hmmm, I have no idea."
To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to change America when you don't know shit?"
Yeah, It Hurts That Much ...
"People are kind of upset with British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward. Over the weekend, he was out on his yacht. And when President Obama found out that Tony Hayward was on his yacht, he was so angry, he missed a putt." –David Letterman
If You Have Your Health … You Have Everything!
Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
Well, for example, the other day I went downtown and into a shop. I was only there for about 5 minutes, and when I came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
I said to him, “Come on, man, how about giving a retired person a break”? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.
I called him a “Nazi.” He glared at me and wrote another ticket for having worn tires.
So I called him a “doughnut eating pig.”
He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he wrote a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes.
The more I verbally abused him the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, I didn't care. I came downtown on the bus.
The car that he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said, “I LUV Obama.”
I try to have a little fun each day now that I'm retired. My doctor says it's important for my health.
Well, for example, the other day I went downtown and into a shop. I was only there for about 5 minutes, and when I came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
I said to him, “Come on, man, how about giving a retired person a break”? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.
I called him a “Nazi.” He glared at me and wrote another ticket for having worn tires.
So I called him a “doughnut eating pig.”
He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he wrote a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes.
The more I verbally abused him the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, I didn't care. I came downtown on the bus.
The car that he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said, “I LUV Obama.”
I try to have a little fun each day now that I'm retired. My doctor says it's important for my health.
Looking For Votes In All The Wrong Places …or, How I Came To Love ACORN and Illegal Immigration Amnesty
Like any seasoned Chicago politician, Obama would frequently go to the cemetery to register voters. One night he came across a grave so old and worn that he couldn't make out the name on the tombstone. The staffer holding the flashlight got impatient and suggested that they just move on to the next plot. Obama angrily exclaimed, "This person has as much right to vote for me as anyone else here!"
How Much Time Do Ya’ Need? …
In a week –
40 hours devoted to work
56 hours for sleep
72 precious hours left over for the maintenance of self, family and household
And yet, the average American spends 58 hours of it in numb stupor in front of the TV.
40 hours devoted to work
56 hours for sleep
72 precious hours left over for the maintenance of self, family and household
And yet, the average American spends 58 hours of it in numb stupor in front of the TV.
More Obama BS ...
In a televised speech last Thursday, President Obama assured Americans that our "southern border is more secure today than at any time in the past 20 years."
Oh REALLY ?
Then why on the very same day, amid a gun battle on the Mexican side of the border are bullets striking the City Hall building of El Paso on the US SIDE of the BORDER!
Or, how about these little gems -
The U.S. has lost control of actual U.S. territory to drug and migrant smugglers as far as 80 miles inland in Arizona. According to authorities who have posted warning signs any American who enters this area risks being shot dead because of illegal activities there.
The Falcon Dam on Texas' lower Rio Grande was targeted for destruction by a Mexican cartel to destroy a rival's drug and alien-smuggling route. Had the foiled plot succeeded, 4 million people could have ended up downriver with mass casualties and deaths.
Arizona now has the second-highest kidnapping rate in the world, behind only Mexico City, with nearly all of it due to drug and migrant smugglers and their quests for cash and territory.
Mass graves have been discovered in New Mexico, believed by lawmen to be the work of cartels.
Two U.S. border consulates have been attacked, and three people connected with them have been killed in the past three years.
In Washington State and others, national forests and Indian reservations have seen large swaths of land converted by cartels to drug cultivation operations guarded by illegal immigrants, making them also no-man's lands.
New charges have surfaced indicating that the real reasons for the Administration’s legal suit against the State of Arizona’s recently enacted illegal immigration legislation have more to do with Obama’s petulance than any usurpation of federal authority – plain and simple, Obama got pissed off at the Arizona legislature and is retaliating Chicago style to punish its citizens.
All the while, so called “sanctuary cities” across the country openly defy and are in violation of federal immigration law and have yet to be challenged by the Department of Justice.
To many Americans it’s becoming painfully clear that Obama isn’t the leader they pinned their hopes on, but nothing more than a politically motivated thug.
Oh REALLY ?
Then why on the very same day, amid a gun battle on the Mexican side of the border are bullets striking the City Hall building of El Paso on the US SIDE of the BORDER!
Or, how about these little gems -
The U.S. has lost control of actual U.S. territory to drug and migrant smugglers as far as 80 miles inland in Arizona. According to authorities who have posted warning signs any American who enters this area risks being shot dead because of illegal activities there.
The Falcon Dam on Texas' lower Rio Grande was targeted for destruction by a Mexican cartel to destroy a rival's drug and alien-smuggling route. Had the foiled plot succeeded, 4 million people could have ended up downriver with mass casualties and deaths.
Arizona now has the second-highest kidnapping rate in the world, behind only Mexico City, with nearly all of it due to drug and migrant smugglers and their quests for cash and territory.
Mass graves have been discovered in New Mexico, believed by lawmen to be the work of cartels.
Two U.S. border consulates have been attacked, and three people connected with them have been killed in the past three years.
In Washington State and others, national forests and Indian reservations have seen large swaths of land converted by cartels to drug cultivation operations guarded by illegal immigrants, making them also no-man's lands.
New charges have surfaced indicating that the real reasons for the Administration’s legal suit against the State of Arizona’s recently enacted illegal immigration legislation have more to do with Obama’s petulance than any usurpation of federal authority – plain and simple, Obama got pissed off at the Arizona legislature and is retaliating Chicago style to punish its citizens.
All the while, so called “sanctuary cities” across the country openly defy and are in violation of federal immigration law and have yet to be challenged by the Department of Justice.
To many Americans it’s becoming painfully clear that Obama isn’t the leader they pinned their hopes on, but nothing more than a politically motivated thug.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Obama, What’s Important To Me … is, well, Me.
For his inauguration ceremony 10,000 national guard troops were deployed in Washington DC (Wikipedia).
For almost 2,000 miles of porous border between southwestern states and Mexico, and ultimately our national security, Obama graciously and without the least bit of acrimony over illegal immigration issues and certainly without furthering his own political agenda, has ( or soon to, or maybe eventually) deployed for less than a year all of 1,200 national guard troops – but not for security - the troops will be there just for fence repairs!
And the ratio is roughly 8 to 1; or, read that as apparently Obama’s well being, at least on the day of his inauguration, is 8 times more important than the security of the rest of us is throughout the year.
For almost 2,000 miles of porous border between southwestern states and Mexico, and ultimately our national security, Obama graciously and without the least bit of acrimony over illegal immigration issues and certainly without furthering his own political agenda, has ( or soon to, or maybe eventually) deployed for less than a year all of 1,200 national guard troops – but not for security - the troops will be there just for fence repairs!
And the ratio is roughly 8 to 1; or, read that as apparently Obama’s well being, at least on the day of his inauguration, is 8 times more important than the security of the rest of us is throughout the year.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Rick Santelli, Knee Deep In A Sea Of Blithering CNBC Idiots…
On June 28th’s CNBC Squawk Box, financial correspondent Rick Santelli finally had enough of CNBC’s goofball resident economist, Steve Liesman’s vigorous ranting of the need for and defense of the Obama administration’s continued deficit spending to bail out the economy.
Santelli, the person who began the Tea Party revolution during a similar televised outburst, in agitated animation described correcting the misguided efforts of the government in the simplest, unequivocal terms he could to Liesman, “I want the government to stop spending! STOP THE SPENDING, STOP THE SPENDING, STOP THE SPENDING, STOP THE SPENDING! That’s what we want, STOP THE SPENDING!”
Liesman continued to argue for deficit spending coupled with tax increases, "I just keep saying what the data show," Liesman said. "The data show tax cuts don't pay for themselves."
"You wouldn't know data if it bit you on the nose," responded Santelli, "Go read some Austrian economists instead of the funny pages.", or,
"Go back to Russia where you understand the state and the citizen.".
In an informal tally over the years, Santelli’s assessment of market, political and economic factors have consistently been correct while Liesman has been consistently wrong, yet CNBC continues to promote Liesman’s and not Santelli’s star.
Before the tide of idiots comes in further, swim for all you're worth Santelli on over to FOX. In that venue America will be better for you telling it like it is without a CNBC yoke.
Santelli, the person who began the Tea Party revolution during a similar televised outburst, in agitated animation described correcting the misguided efforts of the government in the simplest, unequivocal terms he could to Liesman, “I want the government to stop spending! STOP THE SPENDING, STOP THE SPENDING, STOP THE SPENDING, STOP THE SPENDING! That’s what we want, STOP THE SPENDING!”
Liesman continued to argue for deficit spending coupled with tax increases, "I just keep saying what the data show," Liesman said. "The data show tax cuts don't pay for themselves."
"You wouldn't know data if it bit you on the nose," responded Santelli, "Go read some Austrian economists instead of the funny pages.", or,
"Go back to Russia where you understand the state and the citizen.".
In an informal tally over the years, Santelli’s assessment of market, political and economic factors have consistently been correct while Liesman has been consistently wrong, yet CNBC continues to promote Liesman’s and not Santelli’s star.
Before the tide of idiots comes in further, swim for all you're worth Santelli on over to FOX. In that venue America will be better for you telling it like it is without a CNBC yoke.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Twits To The Right Of Us, Twits To The Left...
At the recent G-20 summit in Toronto world leaders once again humiliated Obama by rejecting his pleas for further and continued deficit spending, “don’t turn away from socialism”, he implored. They, however, grasp what Obama fails to understand about the fatal flaw in Keynesian Obamanomics; trying to keep the world’s economy afloat with increased debt is a gross mis-utilization of resources and not sustainable strategy - they’ve already been to where he wants to take them and they know it is a hopeless and dark place.
Too bad for us that the tax and spend jackasses in Congress are as uninformed about economic reality and the need for fiscal discipline as is Obama.
Too bad for us that the tax and spend jackasses in Congress are as uninformed about economic reality and the need for fiscal discipline as is Obama.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Al Gore, “Rotund, Crazed Sex Poodle”…ugggh
Way back in October of 2006 after what must have been a physically taxing and emotionally draining day of apocalyptic, climate change speech giving, Al Gore apparently sought out the services of a Portland, Oregon massage therapist for relief.
The Oregonian reports that according to the therapist she was intimidated by his physical size, calling him "rotund," and described his "violent temper, dictatorial, commanding attitude" -- what she termed a contrast from his "Mr. Smiley global-warming concern persona." She called him a "crazed sex poodle" and tried to distract him with a box of chocolates. But, she alleges, Gore fondled her back, buttocks and breasts.
Portland Police said they had insufficient evidence presently to charge Gore with a criminal offense. The therapist’s attorney claims the incident will be resolved with Gore as a civil matter.
And you thought "climate change" was all just about polar bears not realizing that the real danger is from poodles.
The Oregonian reports that according to the therapist she was intimidated by his physical size, calling him "rotund," and described his "violent temper, dictatorial, commanding attitude" -- what she termed a contrast from his "Mr. Smiley global-warming concern persona." She called him a "crazed sex poodle" and tried to distract him with a box of chocolates. But, she alleges, Gore fondled her back, buttocks and breasts.
Portland Police said they had insufficient evidence presently to charge Gore with a criminal offense. The therapist’s attorney claims the incident will be resolved with Gore as a civil matter.
And you thought "climate change" was all just about polar bears not realizing that the real danger is from poodles.
And Speaking of Double-Talk…
Anyone remember, Attorney General, Eric Holder claiming on March 16th after the controversy erupted over holding 9-11 terrorist trials in New York City that Obama will be personally involved in the decision on where to hold the trials and we are just “weeks away” from a decision and announcement.
Just Weeks Away on April 10th Holder announced we are just “weeks away” from a decision and announcement.
Now Just 10 Weeks Away, nothing further from Eric Holder, but it seems Obama is worried about mid-term Democrat Congressional losses and has postponed the announcement until after the upcoming November elections.
Wanna’ take any bets that it will still be NYC.
Just Weeks Away on April 10th Holder announced we are just “weeks away” from a decision and announcement.
Now Just 10 Weeks Away, nothing further from Eric Holder, but it seems Obama is worried about mid-term Democrat Congressional losses and has postponed the announcement until after the upcoming November elections.
Wanna’ take any bets that it will still be NYC.
Ken Salazar, rule of law...so what!
Federal Judge, Martin Feldman granted an injunction in favor of oil industry service operators against Obama's 6 month moratorium on deep water off shore oil drilling.
The drilling ban came as a result of an earlier Interior Department report in which the department's head, Ken Salazar, had unilaterally inserted language calling for a blanket deep water drilling moratorium. A recommendation which he said had been peer reviewed by seven National Academy of Engineering experts.
The problem, the experts weren't aware of Salazar's selective editing. What they had concluded was the opposite of what Salazar misleadingly wrote - a blanket moratorium would only serve to punish the innocent through unnecessary economic hardship.
So did Salazar lie? If so, why isn't the Justice Department prosecuting him?
Judge Feldman saw through Salazar's political manipulation, indicating that the agency hadn't provided any evidence that greater injury would occur if others were still permitted to operate and overturned the ban on June 22nd.
A dissatisfied Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in turn announced the continuance of the moratorium in direct defiance of the court's order. Salazar said in a statement Tuesday the Administration would shortly issue a new moratorium with changes. He also told a Congressional hearing that even so "the (original) moratorium stays in place.".
In the mean time, the Justice Department says, despite Secretary Salazar's statements, the government will comply with the judge's order blocking the moratorium.
Really, how will they do that since at the same time Attorney General, Eric Holder has asked the judge to "stay" his order while the Justice Department appeals his decision.
In the race for slimiest, Obama Administration officials are still far, far ahead of spilt oil.
The drilling ban came as a result of an earlier Interior Department report in which the department's head, Ken Salazar, had unilaterally inserted language calling for a blanket deep water drilling moratorium. A recommendation which he said had been peer reviewed by seven National Academy of Engineering experts.
The problem, the experts weren't aware of Salazar's selective editing. What they had concluded was the opposite of what Salazar misleadingly wrote - a blanket moratorium would only serve to punish the innocent through unnecessary economic hardship.
So did Salazar lie? If so, why isn't the Justice Department prosecuting him?
Judge Feldman saw through Salazar's political manipulation, indicating that the agency hadn't provided any evidence that greater injury would occur if others were still permitted to operate and overturned the ban on June 22nd.
A dissatisfied Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in turn announced the continuance of the moratorium in direct defiance of the court's order. Salazar said in a statement Tuesday the Administration would shortly issue a new moratorium with changes. He also told a Congressional hearing that even so "the (original) moratorium stays in place.".
In the mean time, the Justice Department says, despite Secretary Salazar's statements, the government will comply with the judge's order blocking the moratorium.
Really, how will they do that since at the same time Attorney General, Eric Holder has asked the judge to "stay" his order while the Justice Department appeals his decision.
In the race for slimiest, Obama Administration officials are still far, far ahead of spilt oil.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Oooh! … The Gore-Obama Wedgie
For the last decade Spain provided subsidies at tax payer expense for green energy jobs through renewable energy initiatives. Now after reviewing the performance data, the government there, facing a critical debt problem and ordered by the International Monetary Fund to cut its budget, has determined it can no longer afford the subsidies.
A 2009 study in Spain on “The Effects on Employment of Public Aid to Renewable Energy Sources” demonstrated that for every green job created the regular economy lost 2.2 jobs and that the cost of renewable energies are 3.3 times higher than other traditional forms of energy. The author of the study, Dr. Gabriel Calzada Alvarez characterized the subsidies as a gross misallocation of resources by the Spanish government.
In its own analysis The Institute for Energy Research, in Washington, DC, has said that “the United States should expect a worse return from its own subsidies to renewables.”
How ironic is it then that Obama repeatedly and enthusiastically points to Spain as a role model for his renewable energy policies; promising that with Cap & Trade, “millions of additional jobs and entire new industries.” will be created for our country.
Yeah, sure it will, but clearly with an offsetting detrimental effect for the economy due to increased debt and job losses. What Obama proposes with tax dollars is net losses not net gains.
Obama has also used the BP Gulf Oil crisis as political justification for his renewed calls for legislative action on Cap & Trade. Though these are the same people who have yet to demonstrate any competence in rectifying the Gulf Oil spill, Obama nor anyone in his administration or the Congress has yet to explain precisely or convincingly how we cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80% without shutting down virtually all of our economy in the process!
Go Team !!!
A 2009 study in Spain on “The Effects on Employment of Public Aid to Renewable Energy Sources” demonstrated that for every green job created the regular economy lost 2.2 jobs and that the cost of renewable energies are 3.3 times higher than other traditional forms of energy. The author of the study, Dr. Gabriel Calzada Alvarez characterized the subsidies as a gross misallocation of resources by the Spanish government.
In its own analysis The Institute for Energy Research, in Washington, DC, has said that “the United States should expect a worse return from its own subsidies to renewables.”
How ironic is it then that Obama repeatedly and enthusiastically points to Spain as a role model for his renewable energy policies; promising that with Cap & Trade, “millions of additional jobs and entire new industries.” will be created for our country.
Yeah, sure it will, but clearly with an offsetting detrimental effect for the economy due to increased debt and job losses. What Obama proposes with tax dollars is net losses not net gains.
Obama has also used the BP Gulf Oil crisis as political justification for his renewed calls for legislative action on Cap & Trade. Though these are the same people who have yet to demonstrate any competence in rectifying the Gulf Oil spill, Obama nor anyone in his administration or the Congress has yet to explain precisely or convincingly how we cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80% without shutting down virtually all of our economy in the process!
Go Team !!!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Obama's 3 Letters ...
The CEO of a large company upon retirement had some advice for his replacement when he was confronted with a management crisis.
"In my desk drawer are 3 letters – when crisis hits read the 1st letter and follow the advice." said the retiring CEO.
Sure enough, the day came when the first crisis unfolded and the new CEO read letter #1. The advice written in it was, “Blame your predecessor.”
The new CEO did as counseled and amazingly, the crisis soon passed.
Not long after, another crisis fell upon the company and the new CEO recalling how well the first had been resolved opened the 2nd letter. It read, “ Blame the economy.”
That crisis, too, soon abated.
Finally, a third crisis fell upon the company and the new CEO, emboldened with his earlier successes, confidently opened the 3rd letter.
It read, “Prepare 3 letters.”
Does anyone, after Obama’s oil spill speech last evening need anymore, to convince them that this guy is unable to focus on a critical task at hand and is only good at slinging a load of BS?
Mr. “I won’t rest until this mess is cleaned up”, Mr. “The buck stops here!”, and Mr. “It’s my job; I’m responsible!”
How many times do we tolerate his failures? C’mon, is Obama even credible anymore?
The leadership we need sooner rather than later from Obama:
Stop your political manipulations and maybe you can find the resolve to stop the leak. Stop the social and personal distractions on your calendar and maybe you can find the time and sense of urgency to effectively administer the cleanup of this mess. Stop blaming others for your failures and maybe you can re-establish some trust in your administration. Stop the green utopian jobs, pipedream crap and your cockeyed socialism and maybe for a change really, truly promote the economic recovery and relief America desperately needs.
If all we can expect from Obama is the performance we’ve seen from him to date, God help us all, when he gets that 3:00 AM phone call.
"In my desk drawer are 3 letters – when crisis hits read the 1st letter and follow the advice." said the retiring CEO.
Sure enough, the day came when the first crisis unfolded and the new CEO read letter #1. The advice written in it was, “Blame your predecessor.”
The new CEO did as counseled and amazingly, the crisis soon passed.
Not long after, another crisis fell upon the company and the new CEO recalling how well the first had been resolved opened the 2nd letter. It read, “ Blame the economy.”
That crisis, too, soon abated.
Finally, a third crisis fell upon the company and the new CEO, emboldened with his earlier successes, confidently opened the 3rd letter.
It read, “Prepare 3 letters.”
Does anyone, after Obama’s oil spill speech last evening need anymore, to convince them that this guy is unable to focus on a critical task at hand and is only good at slinging a load of BS?
Mr. “I won’t rest until this mess is cleaned up”, Mr. “The buck stops here!”, and Mr. “It’s my job; I’m responsible!”
How many times do we tolerate his failures? C’mon, is Obama even credible anymore?
The leadership we need sooner rather than later from Obama:
Stop your political manipulations and maybe you can find the resolve to stop the leak. Stop the social and personal distractions on your calendar and maybe you can find the time and sense of urgency to effectively administer the cleanup of this mess. Stop blaming others for your failures and maybe you can re-establish some trust in your administration. Stop the green utopian jobs, pipedream crap and your cockeyed socialism and maybe for a change really, truly promote the economic recovery and relief America desperately needs.
If all we can expect from Obama is the performance we’ve seen from him to date, God help us all, when he gets that 3:00 AM phone call.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Shell Games ...
With a public relations disaster for his administration and party as close at hand as the bulk of the oil spill is to the shoreline, a real economic and political crisis is growing underfoot due to persistently high and unyielding unemployment levels.
Obama, with November elections closing in fast and his party in near disarray, has renewed a call for Congress to pass another so-called jobs bill, to enable the Small Business Lending Fund. This legislation for an additional $30 billion - belatedly to target small business enterprises, enabling them to borrow money that Wall Street has so far been loathe to provide through taxpayer funded TARP bailouts. And he no less proposes to do it with money that we don’t have; exclaims House Minority Leader Boehner, “We’re broke!”.
For Obama there are a number of other problems as well. Significantly, the proposal isn’t timely anymore.
To survive, small businesses already were forced into action much earlier in trimming both inventory and payrolls. Understandably they are now reluctant to take on debt. They’re looking for evidence of a sustainable recovery before increasing capacity and risking capital again; rather they would have reductions in the cost burdens imposed by taxes and ill-devised regulation. Time and again they have expressed those needs as incentives to job creation, and time and again a tone deaf administration and Democratically controlled Congress has accelerated job destruction.
As to the money…Obama proposes that the funding come from unused or repaid TARP money. However, Republican representative Mike Pence of Indiana has inconveniently reminded the Congress and administration to do so would violate the law in that TARP legislation states in Section 106, Part D: "Revenues of, and proceeds from the sale of troubled assets purchased under this Act, or from the sale, exercise, or surrender of warrants or senior debt instruments acquired under section 113 shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury for reduction of the public debt."
Of course before passage, we can all remember the endless parade of Democrats and Republicans who assured and swore to the public and press that due to the unprecedented financial emergency and the scope of the funding, TARP funds would not be used for the kinds of purposes now contemplated by the administration or others in Congress. Excess funding and repaid money would be used specifically to pay down the national debt.
And the Obama solution to skirt the law … the funds go into the Treasury where they’re co-mingled with other money. Congress will then ignore PAYGO legislation, which requires there be no further deficit spending without offsetting revenues, as it has done all year long, and passes legislation to authorize the new Small Business Lending Fund as further deficit spending. Get ready for it, here it comes …no actual TARP moneys are used out of the Treasury.
Congressional and Presidential resolve to comply with the law, it’s spirit and their own assertions and promises is as substantial and as permanent as an ice cream cone in mid- August on the Washington Mall – it looks appealing right up to the point the sticky mess drips all over the place!
What remains to be seen is how weary the electorate is of more Washington sleight of hand and charades.
Obama, with November elections closing in fast and his party in near disarray, has renewed a call for Congress to pass another so-called jobs bill, to enable the Small Business Lending Fund. This legislation for an additional $30 billion - belatedly to target small business enterprises, enabling them to borrow money that Wall Street has so far been loathe to provide through taxpayer funded TARP bailouts. And he no less proposes to do it with money that we don’t have; exclaims House Minority Leader Boehner, “We’re broke!”.
For Obama there are a number of other problems as well. Significantly, the proposal isn’t timely anymore.
To survive, small businesses already were forced into action much earlier in trimming both inventory and payrolls. Understandably they are now reluctant to take on debt. They’re looking for evidence of a sustainable recovery before increasing capacity and risking capital again; rather they would have reductions in the cost burdens imposed by taxes and ill-devised regulation. Time and again they have expressed those needs as incentives to job creation, and time and again a tone deaf administration and Democratically controlled Congress has accelerated job destruction.
As to the money…Obama proposes that the funding come from unused or repaid TARP money. However, Republican representative Mike Pence of Indiana has inconveniently reminded the Congress and administration to do so would violate the law in that TARP legislation states in Section 106, Part D: "Revenues of, and proceeds from the sale of troubled assets purchased under this Act, or from the sale, exercise, or surrender of warrants or senior debt instruments acquired under section 113 shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury for reduction of the public debt."
Of course before passage, we can all remember the endless parade of Democrats and Republicans who assured and swore to the public and press that due to the unprecedented financial emergency and the scope of the funding, TARP funds would not be used for the kinds of purposes now contemplated by the administration or others in Congress. Excess funding and repaid money would be used specifically to pay down the national debt.
And the Obama solution to skirt the law … the funds go into the Treasury where they’re co-mingled with other money. Congress will then ignore PAYGO legislation, which requires there be no further deficit spending without offsetting revenues, as it has done all year long, and passes legislation to authorize the new Small Business Lending Fund as further deficit spending. Get ready for it, here it comes …no actual TARP moneys are used out of the Treasury.
Congressional and Presidential resolve to comply with the law, it’s spirit and their own assertions and promises is as substantial and as permanent as an ice cream cone in mid- August on the Washington Mall – it looks appealing right up to the point the sticky mess drips all over the place!
What remains to be seen is how weary the electorate is of more Washington sleight of hand and charades.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Obama Gets TOUGH ... sort of.
Now into the 7th week of BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, America has pretty much resigned itself to the notion that, due to Obama and his administration having bungled the handling of the crisis, we will be unable to avert a major ecological and economic disaster in the Gulf and Gulf States.
In an effort to salvage something of Obama’s credibility, Hollywood film director Spike Lee urged Obama to at least display anger for its public relations value. "One time, go off (on BP)!" Lee said on CNN's 'AC 360°.' "If there's any one time to go off, this is it, because this (handling of the oil spill) is a disaster."
During an interview aired Tuesday with NBC’s Matt Lauer, Obama tried it on for size, though unconvincingly, as it didn’t fit quite comfortably within his line of rhetoric.
Obama said during the interview that “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar; we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers so I know whose ass to kick.”
More to the point, Jon Stewart on the Daily Show observed yesterday that with regard to Obama’s failed leadership, “The ass has been kicking you!”
Unfortunately for Obama he also revealed in the same interview that he still had not yet personally spoken to BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward about any aspect of the disaster; despite the campaign in recent weeks by Obama and administration officials to assure the public that Obama himself was personally in charge of the government’s and BP’s efforts to clean up the entire mess.
Obama offered a weak explanation that left even Lauer incredulous. “My experience,” Obama said, “when you talk to a guy like a BP CEO, he's gonna say all the right things to me. I'm not interested in words. I'm interested in actions."
Surprise, surprise. For someone who throughout his entire term of office has had to deal with the perception and criticism of being incapable of doing any real work to accomplish much more than giving “pretty speeches”, Lauer’s surprised look must have been a moment of real revelation for Obama - that anyone could actually expect him to make good on any of his own words – nope, the irony just evaporated over Obama’s head.
Image is everything, isn’t it.
In an effort to salvage something of Obama’s credibility, Hollywood film director Spike Lee urged Obama to at least display anger for its public relations value. "One time, go off (on BP)!" Lee said on CNN's 'AC 360°.' "If there's any one time to go off, this is it, because this (handling of the oil spill) is a disaster."
During an interview aired Tuesday with NBC’s Matt Lauer, Obama tried it on for size, though unconvincingly, as it didn’t fit quite comfortably within his line of rhetoric.
Obama said during the interview that “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar; we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers so I know whose ass to kick.”
More to the point, Jon Stewart on the Daily Show observed yesterday that with regard to Obama’s failed leadership, “The ass has been kicking you!”
Unfortunately for Obama he also revealed in the same interview that he still had not yet personally spoken to BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward about any aspect of the disaster; despite the campaign in recent weeks by Obama and administration officials to assure the public that Obama himself was personally in charge of the government’s and BP’s efforts to clean up the entire mess.
Obama offered a weak explanation that left even Lauer incredulous. “My experience,” Obama said, “when you talk to a guy like a BP CEO, he's gonna say all the right things to me. I'm not interested in words. I'm interested in actions."
Surprise, surprise. For someone who throughout his entire term of office has had to deal with the perception and criticism of being incapable of doing any real work to accomplish much more than giving “pretty speeches”, Lauer’s surprised look must have been a moment of real revelation for Obama - that anyone could actually expect him to make good on any of his own words – nope, the irony just evaporated over Obama’s head.
Image is everything, isn’t it.
Close Enough ...
Over the weekend in an interview with Chris Wallace about Obama’s leadership regarding BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Haley Barbour, Republican Governor of Mississippi, quipped that “The American people want problems solved. And they don't need Republican politicians like me piling on. The American people are making up their minds pretty clearly about what they think of the administration's performance in this disaster. And I'll let it stand at that.
You know, Napoleon said never interfere with the enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself. So people don't need me to pile on or to talk about what the administration's doing or ought not to do.”
The actual Napoleonic quote was “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”, but we get the drift.
You know, Napoleon said never interfere with the enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself. So people don't need me to pile on or to talk about what the administration's doing or ought not to do.”
The actual Napoleonic quote was “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”, but we get the drift.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Who, Me ??? ...
When asked why she didn't bear responsibility in the AIG bonus scandal resulting from the TARP and stimulus bills she worked feverishly to rush through Congress, Nancy Pelosi said, "Is it worth it to transfer hundreds of billions of taxpayer money, as Secretary Paulson asked us?" "What are the results? Where is the credit circulating on Main Street? Our people are afraid of losing their jobs, losing their homes, losing their pensions, losing the college education of their children. It's just not right."...
You're right it's not ! YOU promised us that TARP wasn't just for Wall Street. That it was needed for Main Street, for credit, to keep people in their jobs, from losing their homes, pensions and college education funds for their children !!!
It was YOU who tried to cutoff debate on the House version of TARP, chided the American public with 'they just didn't get it' when they implored Congress not to vote for the measure, mocked the previous administration for the need for the relief, castigated the Republicans for its failure to pass and then engineered passage in the House of the Senate version of TARP. YOU beamed with smug satisfaction when the stimulus bill was similarly pushed through without meaningful debate or review and then took credit for being the principal architect of its provisions but got 'pissed off' when conferees knocked some of your more egregious social spending programs out - condoms ! for economic recovery ???.
Your indignation rings hollow and hypocritical ... but then you're still running true to form !
LONDON FREE PRESS, Oct. 3rd 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the bill was needed to “begin to shape the financial stability of our country and the economic security of our people.” Typifying arguments the problem no longer is just a Wall Street issue but also one for Main Street, lawmakers from California and Florida said their state governments were beginning to experience trouble borrowing funds for their own operations.
Pelosi said, “We must win it for Mr. and Mrs. Jones on Main Street.”
BOOMERS_BANK, Oct. 3rd 2008
House leaders said the difference was lawmakers’ work to shift the focus from the bailout of financial companies to the boost it would give homeowners, small businesses and individual investors.
“All the attention was on Wall Street, and we wanted to turn that attention,” Pelosi said after the vote.
SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, Sept 26, 2008
Pelosi accused Republicans of "choosing to protect oil companies rather than schools, libraries, and road building."
THE AGE, Sept. 27th, 2008
When Ms Pelosi replied "it's not me blowing this up, it's the Republicans".
REUTERS, Sept. 27th 2008
"It would be my hope, that this could be resolved today, that we had a day for the American people and members of Congress to review the legislation on the Internet that we could bring something to the floor possibly Sunday night or Monday morning," Pelosi said.
CNN, Sept. 29th 2008
Republican leaders, who had pushed their reluctant members to vote for the bill, pointed the finger for the failure at a speech given Monday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Pelosi, speaking on the House floor, had blamed the nation's economic problems on "failed Bush economic policies."
THE SWAMP - TRIBUNE's WASHINGTON BUREAU, Sept. 29th 2008
"When was the last time anyone ever asked you for $700 billion?'' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked the House near the close of debate Monday.
"It's a staggering figure.... $700 billion, a staggering number, but only a part of the cost of the failed Bush economic policies to our country,'' Pelosi said, blaming Bush for inheriting a budget surplus and turning it into a record deficit with " reckless economic policies.... "It's really an anything goes mentality, no regulation, no supervision, no discipline.
"And if you fail, you will have a golden parachute, and the government will bail you out,'' Pelosi said. "Those days are over. The party is over.''
CNN, Feb. 12th 2009
Pelosi, however, said Thursday that, "We're proud of the product ... this is historical and transformational."
"While we would have liked to had more Republican support for it, and hopefully we will, we stand as Democrats ready to be accountable to the American people for this legislation and for the results we predict it will bring," she said.
WASHINGTON POST, Feb. 12th 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), along with many other House Democrats, was disappointed that the final package more closely resembled the Senate's bill than the House's spending-rich package. But she called the legislation "historic and transformational" for its investments in Democratic social priorities.
"Let's just say it was a success," Pelosi told reporters.
FORBES, Feb 12th 2009
House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, calls it "the trillion-dollar spending bill that stressed-out taxpayers feared it would be," after hundreds of billions of dollars in interest are factored in.
Nonetheless, Democrats are confident it will create at least 3.5 million jobs within the next two years. "We will be accountable for this," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters in a press conference Thursday afternoon.
You're right it's not ! YOU promised us that TARP wasn't just for Wall Street. That it was needed for Main Street, for credit, to keep people in their jobs, from losing their homes, pensions and college education funds for their children !!!
It was YOU who tried to cutoff debate on the House version of TARP, chided the American public with 'they just didn't get it' when they implored Congress not to vote for the measure, mocked the previous administration for the need for the relief, castigated the Republicans for its failure to pass and then engineered passage in the House of the Senate version of TARP. YOU beamed with smug satisfaction when the stimulus bill was similarly pushed through without meaningful debate or review and then took credit for being the principal architect of its provisions but got 'pissed off' when conferees knocked some of your more egregious social spending programs out - condoms ! for economic recovery ???.
Your indignation rings hollow and hypocritical ... but then you're still running true to form !
LONDON FREE PRESS, Oct. 3rd 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the bill was needed to “begin to shape the financial stability of our country and the economic security of our people.” Typifying arguments the problem no longer is just a Wall Street issue but also one for Main Street, lawmakers from California and Florida said their state governments were beginning to experience trouble borrowing funds for their own operations.
Pelosi said, “We must win it for Mr. and Mrs. Jones on Main Street.”
BOOMERS_BANK, Oct. 3rd 2008
House leaders said the difference was lawmakers’ work to shift the focus from the bailout of financial companies to the boost it would give homeowners, small businesses and individual investors.
“All the attention was on Wall Street, and we wanted to turn that attention,” Pelosi said after the vote.
SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, Sept 26, 2008
Pelosi accused Republicans of "choosing to protect oil companies rather than schools, libraries, and road building."
THE AGE, Sept. 27th, 2008
When Ms Pelosi replied "it's not me blowing this up, it's the Republicans".
REUTERS, Sept. 27th 2008
"It would be my hope, that this could be resolved today, that we had a day for the American people and members of Congress to review the legislation on the Internet that we could bring something to the floor possibly Sunday night or Monday morning," Pelosi said.
CNN, Sept. 29th 2008
Republican leaders, who had pushed their reluctant members to vote for the bill, pointed the finger for the failure at a speech given Monday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Pelosi, speaking on the House floor, had blamed the nation's economic problems on "failed Bush economic policies."
THE SWAMP - TRIBUNE's WASHINGTON BUREAU, Sept. 29th 2008
"When was the last time anyone ever asked you for $700 billion?'' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked the House near the close of debate Monday.
"It's a staggering figure.... $700 billion, a staggering number, but only a part of the cost of the failed Bush economic policies to our country,'' Pelosi said, blaming Bush for inheriting a budget surplus and turning it into a record deficit with " reckless economic policies.... "It's really an anything goes mentality, no regulation, no supervision, no discipline.
"And if you fail, you will have a golden parachute, and the government will bail you out,'' Pelosi said. "Those days are over. The party is over.''
CNN, Feb. 12th 2009
Pelosi, however, said Thursday that, "We're proud of the product ... this is historical and transformational."
"While we would have liked to had more Republican support for it, and hopefully we will, we stand as Democrats ready to be accountable to the American people for this legislation and for the results we predict it will bring," she said.
WASHINGTON POST, Feb. 12th 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), along with many other House Democrats, was disappointed that the final package more closely resembled the Senate's bill than the House's spending-rich package. But she called the legislation "historic and transformational" for its investments in Democratic social priorities.
"Let's just say it was a success," Pelosi told reporters.
FORBES, Feb 12th 2009
House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, calls it "the trillion-dollar spending bill that stressed-out taxpayers feared it would be," after hundreds of billions of dollars in interest are factored in.
Nonetheless, Democrats are confident it will create at least 3.5 million jobs within the next two years. "We will be accountable for this," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters in a press conference Thursday afternoon.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Obama ... Messes
Way ta go Obama! You're The Man ... one of vision, one of keen intellect, one of ... oh well, you're just the ONE.
House Passes Bill to Punish A.I.G. Bonus Recipients
WASHINGTON — Spurred on by a tidal wave of public anger over bonuses paid to executives of the foundering American International Group, the House voted 328 to 93 on Thursday to get back most of the money by levying a 90 percent tax on it.
When no one at AIG wants to work there to finish winding down the remaining 1.6 TRILLION - do you get it Obama ! - that's TRILLION dollars - of derivatives exposure; what Warren Buffet calls weapons of financial destruction (WFD) and their performance suffers we all end up footing a needlessly more expensive bill or God, Forbid, - AIG actually collapses then we get to kiss anywhere from 80 to 170 Billion goodbye for naught and who knows what ensuing damage to the economy.
All because you couldn't rise up above the vitriol and lead !
Oh, hell, I forgot ... financial ruin, class warfare, institution destruction, constitutional crisis, panic, fear ... they're all necessary for your Socialist agenda ... silly me.
House Passes Bill to Punish A.I.G. Bonus Recipients
WASHINGTON — Spurred on by a tidal wave of public anger over bonuses paid to executives of the foundering American International Group, the House voted 328 to 93 on Thursday to get back most of the money by levying a 90 percent tax on it.When no one at AIG wants to work there to finish winding down the remaining 1.6 TRILLION - do you get it Obama ! - that's TRILLION dollars - of derivatives exposure; what Warren Buffet calls weapons of financial destruction (WFD) and their performance suffers we all end up footing a needlessly more expensive bill or God, Forbid, - AIG actually collapses then we get to kiss anywhere from 80 to 170 Billion goodbye for naught and who knows what ensuing damage to the economy.
All because you couldn't rise up above the vitriol and lead !
Oh, hell, I forgot ... financial ruin, class warfare, institution destruction, constitutional crisis, panic, fear ... they're all necessary for your Socialist agenda ... silly me.
Reining In Congress ...
Musing for a moment on ways to rein in Congress's reckless and wasteful spending habits ... Here's a better version of "Pay to Play".
Most people know that recklessly spending Other People's Money (OPM or "our" tax money) is a seductive temptation our legislators just can't seem to refrain from; equally, most people understand that when it's YOUR money - either going into or out of their own pockets that there's a lot less carelessness involved.
Keeping this fundamental aspect of human nature in mind perhaps our legislators should be required to be the FIRST to pay their share of any bills they introduce and pass in the future.
Before they are called to vote, the Office of Management and Budget could prepare a report showing the cost to every American citizen for the proposed legislation and then calculate each member of Congress' share.
Let's not forget though, that we want to be sure to apply Obama Socialist Principle #1 - "Each according to his ability to Pay".
Therefore, while it adds complication and more work, the OMB will have to look at each member's net worth - and because we know these rascals have already defeated the financial reporting rules by limiting meaningful disclosures on spouses' incomes and financial interests, the OMB will have to determine their "household" net worth - and each member's share will be adjusted proportionately (read upwards) based upon how wealthy they are in contrast to each other and to the rest of us.
Next the OMB will need to calculate the carrying or interest costs of the legislation since we're already running a deficit and otherwise someone else will have to carry the burden in future years - since that's our children and grandchildren and they have no voice or representation in the debate over the merits, if any, of the legislation but will assume the expense of it when they begin working for their own earned incomes.
Again to be fair and since Obama has determined that half of the deficit will be eliminated in 10 years we'll use an amortization of only 20 years to compute interest.
Now, also since Congress gets far better perquisites, and benefits than the rest of us at taxpayer expense; for the privilege of being our legislators each member gets to prepay the first year's interest and that is added to their graduated share of the legislation's cost. The interest for each of the following 19 years will be invoiced to them each year.
When the clerk calls the roll for a vote, each member of Congress dutifully files down to cast their vote with checkbook, though cash is preferred because we all still remember the Congressional checkwriting scandal from a few years ago, or credit card in hand. If they choose to use plastic, they also have to pay the card processing fees.
Once they have a receipt showing that they have paid, each member can proceed to cast his or her vote !
If Joe Biden was still seated can you imagine how quickly Mr. Liberal would turn into a Fiscal Conservative ... Okay, you get the point.
Most people know that recklessly spending Other People's Money (OPM or "our" tax money) is a seductive temptation our legislators just can't seem to refrain from; equally, most people understand that when it's YOUR money - either going into or out of their own pockets that there's a lot less carelessness involved.
Keeping this fundamental aspect of human nature in mind perhaps our legislators should be required to be the FIRST to pay their share of any bills they introduce and pass in the future.
Before they are called to vote, the Office of Management and Budget could prepare a report showing the cost to every American citizen for the proposed legislation and then calculate each member of Congress' share.
Let's not forget though, that we want to be sure to apply Obama Socialist Principle #1 - "Each according to his ability to Pay".
Therefore, while it adds complication and more work, the OMB will have to look at each member's net worth - and because we know these rascals have already defeated the financial reporting rules by limiting meaningful disclosures on spouses' incomes and financial interests, the OMB will have to determine their "household" net worth - and each member's share will be adjusted proportionately (read upwards) based upon how wealthy they are in contrast to each other and to the rest of us.
Next the OMB will need to calculate the carrying or interest costs of the legislation since we're already running a deficit and otherwise someone else will have to carry the burden in future years - since that's our children and grandchildren and they have no voice or representation in the debate over the merits, if any, of the legislation but will assume the expense of it when they begin working for their own earned incomes.
Again to be fair and since Obama has determined that half of the deficit will be eliminated in 10 years we'll use an amortization of only 20 years to compute interest.
Now, also since Congress gets far better perquisites, and benefits than the rest of us at taxpayer expense; for the privilege of being our legislators each member gets to prepay the first year's interest and that is added to their graduated share of the legislation's cost. The interest for each of the following 19 years will be invoiced to them each year.
When the clerk calls the roll for a vote, each member of Congress dutifully files down to cast their vote with checkbook, though cash is preferred because we all still remember the Congressional checkwriting scandal from a few years ago, or credit card in hand. If they choose to use plastic, they also have to pay the card processing fees.
Once they have a receipt showing that they have paid, each member can proceed to cast his or her vote !
If Joe Biden was still seated can you imagine how quickly Mr. Liberal would turn into a Fiscal Conservative ... Okay, you get the point.
Bullshit ! ... AIG, again
"Listen, I'll take responsibility...", Obama said yesterday while traveling in California. He noted that, "... it's my job to make sure we fix these messes, even if I don't make 'em."
You did make it - by pushing through your stimulus bill which had the provisions enabling the mess and to top it off - you've never even read the bill.
So it won't come as any surprise to you when all the other "messes" start rolling in from that wicked little piece of legislation. Nor, should it surprise anyone else that true to form you'll glibly accept responsibility, without any intellectual honesty or genuine consequence, when they do.
You did make it - by pushing through your stimulus bill which had the provisions enabling the mess and to top it off - you've never even read the bill.
So it won't come as any surprise to you when all the other "messes" start rolling in from that wicked little piece of legislation. Nor, should it surprise anyone else that true to form you'll glibly accept responsibility, without any intellectual honesty or genuine consequence, when they do.
Pelosi's Oath ...
"I, Nancy Pelosi, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
It was reported yesterday that Nancy Pelosi, in addressing a group of illegal aliens in San Francisco, declared them to be the true Patriots - she also decried the actions of Immigration and Customs law enforcement personnel and insisted that enforcement of the US Immigration laws was "Un-American" and unacceptable.
What alternate universe does Pelosi live in? Airlines, to insure our safety as passengers, are required to periodically perform evaluations of the mental and emotional fitness of their pilots. Nancy Pelosi stands as the best example as to why there should be the same requirement for the political leadership of this country !
The Speaker of the House has a higher standard of behavior and responsibility than any other member of Congress. Nancy Pelosi has and continues to fail, miserably, in meeting that standard of office.
By law the Speaker of the House is second in line only to the Vice-president of the United States for succession to the Presidency. That puts Nancy Pelosi two heartbeats away from holding the most important position of leadership in the United States.
It is time that Nancy Pelosi be removed by Congress from her office, BEFORE she is capable of inflicting any more damage on the United States.
It was reported yesterday that Nancy Pelosi, in addressing a group of illegal aliens in San Francisco, declared them to be the true Patriots - she also decried the actions of Immigration and Customs law enforcement personnel and insisted that enforcement of the US Immigration laws was "Un-American" and unacceptable.
What alternate universe does Pelosi live in? Airlines, to insure our safety as passengers, are required to periodically perform evaluations of the mental and emotional fitness of their pilots. Nancy Pelosi stands as the best example as to why there should be the same requirement for the political leadership of this country !
The Speaker of the House has a higher standard of behavior and responsibility than any other member of Congress. Nancy Pelosi has and continues to fail, miserably, in meeting that standard of office.
By law the Speaker of the House is second in line only to the Vice-president of the United States for succession to the Presidency. That puts Nancy Pelosi two heartbeats away from holding the most important position of leadership in the United States.
It is time that Nancy Pelosi be removed by Congress from her office, BEFORE she is capable of inflicting any more damage on the United States.
Black Wednesday ... Printing Presses to Crank Up
To most people, yesterday March 18th wasn't all that different a day save for the hypocritical excoriations conducted by Representative Barney Frank and friends at the Capitol during the day long interrogations of AIG Ceo Edward Liddy and the news of the tragic death of Natasha Richardson, actress and daughter of Lynn Redgrave, and wife of actor, Lliam Neeson.
What mostly passed notice yesterday though was the Federal Reserve's decision to purchase about 300 Billion dollars worth of US Treasury Bonds (debt) and up to 750 Billion in mortgage backed securities.
In the preceding weeks, the Treasury Dept tried to sell more US debt to pay for the Obama economic and domestic programs by offering another round of about $40 billion worth of 30 year US Treasury bonds. Notably, the subscription failed with less than half of the amount being purchased because investors either, didn't believe the treasuries were a good investment, and, or because for the risk involved they didn't pay a high enough interest rate.
To pay a higher rate of interest would spur on inflation. Something the Fed is loathe to cause.
It was not a good sign for the confidence of investors in the future prospects of the US economy.
Now, in order to purchase our nation's debt, which is a direct consequence of an undisciplined President and Congress hell bent on profligate spending and unwilling to set realistic priorities - the Federal Reserve has decided to step in to buy US debt to help prop up our economy.
This is important because the only way the Fed can purchase debt is to increase the money supply and the only way to increase the money supply is to print more, new US currency - that is, dollars. Too many dollars and too much debt result in all dollars being worth less, or devaluation.
And cranking up the presses to print worthless dollars is a major problem because it too will spur on both eventual inflation and the devaluation of our dollars - including those in the savings, and checking accounts and payroll checks of every American - as well those dollars held by foreign governments as cash and in the value of the US treasury bonds (debt) they already hold.
Printing worthless money puts all of us on the edge of a terrible precipice - one that with alarming rapidity can cause our country and the rest of the world to fall into a devastating depression.
And the Fed is going to print 1 TRILLION new dollars !
This is precisely what the Chinese government expressed as their concern when they criticized Obama and Congress about his reckless spending programs and the potential to devalue their holdings in dollars, both as currency reserves and in US debt.
In their view the Congress, Pelosi and Obama are acting like drunken whores on a shopping spree with a credit card - a credit card that belongs to the Chinese. Reallistically how long will it be before the Chinese, in an act of self preservation and desperation, cancel that credit card ?
The rest of the world is very pissed off at the change in their economic fortunes because of all of the toxic debt and assets that were created here and subsequently packaged and marketed to them - they see us accountable for it. They intend to hold us accountable for it in due course.
That accountability is already taking form with discussions about replacing the US Dollar with another "world" currency - if and when that occurs - the US and its citizens will really be screwed.
Why weren't you listening Pelosi and Obama ? Over the past 2 months the Chinese have sent earlier warnings about their posture on it. And while there have been no public disclosures as yet, the Chinese have almost certainly beaten up Hank Paulson over this issue during his watch.
Obama is too concerned about pushing his Socialist agenda to give much thought to economic and other realties.
Pelosi on the other hand, famous for wasting tax dollars on jet travel, has a real problem with hearing, and comprehension. While she protests she supports real protection for US taxpayers and their money - she has a bug for the Chinese about their internal domestic human rights policies and treatment of Tibet, because the Chinese audaciously do not conform to her "San Francisco" values and beliefs.
At the G-20 summit Obama's pleas for European Union support of his economic plan was rebuffed by Germany, who basically said that his reckless spending was not the solution and more likely to cause greater economic harm to both the US and the rest of the world. Ow ! - that was a slap in the face, wasn't it Obama ?
Ironically, Communist China, moving quickly and massively in cutting taxes to improve its economy is acting more like a capitalist nation than the United States, which under the Obama/Pelosi's leadership has rejected tax cuts in favor of uncontrolled reckless spending.
What mostly passed notice yesterday though was the Federal Reserve's decision to purchase about 300 Billion dollars worth of US Treasury Bonds (debt) and up to 750 Billion in mortgage backed securities.
In the preceding weeks, the Treasury Dept tried to sell more US debt to pay for the Obama economic and domestic programs by offering another round of about $40 billion worth of 30 year US Treasury bonds. Notably, the subscription failed with less than half of the amount being purchased because investors either, didn't believe the treasuries were a good investment, and, or because for the risk involved they didn't pay a high enough interest rate.
To pay a higher rate of interest would spur on inflation. Something the Fed is loathe to cause.
It was not a good sign for the confidence of investors in the future prospects of the US economy.
Now, in order to purchase our nation's debt, which is a direct consequence of an undisciplined President and Congress hell bent on profligate spending and unwilling to set realistic priorities - the Federal Reserve has decided to step in to buy US debt to help prop up our economy.
This is important because the only way the Fed can purchase debt is to increase the money supply and the only way to increase the money supply is to print more, new US currency - that is, dollars. Too many dollars and too much debt result in all dollars being worth less, or devaluation.
And cranking up the presses to print worthless dollars is a major problem because it too will spur on both eventual inflation and the devaluation of our dollars - including those in the savings, and checking accounts and payroll checks of every American - as well those dollars held by foreign governments as cash and in the value of the US treasury bonds (debt) they already hold.
Printing worthless money puts all of us on the edge of a terrible precipice - one that with alarming rapidity can cause our country and the rest of the world to fall into a devastating depression.
And the Fed is going to print 1 TRILLION new dollars !
This is precisely what the Chinese government expressed as their concern when they criticized Obama and Congress about his reckless spending programs and the potential to devalue their holdings in dollars, both as currency reserves and in US debt.
In their view the Congress, Pelosi and Obama are acting like drunken whores on a shopping spree with a credit card - a credit card that belongs to the Chinese. Reallistically how long will it be before the Chinese, in an act of self preservation and desperation, cancel that credit card ?
The rest of the world is very pissed off at the change in their economic fortunes because of all of the toxic debt and assets that were created here and subsequently packaged and marketed to them - they see us accountable for it. They intend to hold us accountable for it in due course.
That accountability is already taking form with discussions about replacing the US Dollar with another "world" currency - if and when that occurs - the US and its citizens will really be screwed.
Why weren't you listening Pelosi and Obama ? Over the past 2 months the Chinese have sent earlier warnings about their posture on it. And while there have been no public disclosures as yet, the Chinese have almost certainly beaten up Hank Paulson over this issue during his watch.
Obama is too concerned about pushing his Socialist agenda to give much thought to economic and other realties.
Pelosi on the other hand, famous for wasting tax dollars on jet travel, has a real problem with hearing, and comprehension. While she protests she supports real protection for US taxpayers and their money - she has a bug for the Chinese about their internal domestic human rights policies and treatment of Tibet, because the Chinese audaciously do not conform to her "San Francisco" values and beliefs.
At the G-20 summit Obama's pleas for European Union support of his economic plan was rebuffed by Germany, who basically said that his reckless spending was not the solution and more likely to cause greater economic harm to both the US and the rest of the world. Ow ! - that was a slap in the face, wasn't it Obama ?
Ironically, Communist China, moving quickly and massively in cutting taxes to improve its economy is acting more like a capitalist nation than the United States, which under the Obama/Pelosi's leadership has rejected tax cuts in favor of uncontrolled reckless spending.
The Federal Reserve purchases will bolster concern that inflation will accelerate as borrowing costs fall, said Jessica Hoversen, a foreign exchange analyst with MF Global Ltd. in Chicago.
“The Fed is basically financing our deficit by buying the debt issued by the Treasury,” she said. “If the Obama administration pushes through another stimulus package, the dollar is done.”
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Brown Shirts ...
Obama has planned yet this week 2 townhall style meetings as well as a guest appearance for Jay Leno's Tonight Show in California.
If you're wondering what the hell is he doing racking up more costs to taxpayers for transportation and security - which doesn't come cheap - to go to California when he should be at his desk at work in Washington ....
Well, take your pick:
It's the infatuation of flying on Air Force One for free - can't get enough of it, or,
I've never had a real job anyway, and I don't like this "tied to a desk" routine, or,
I'm still campaigning !
If you chose all 3 - Congratulations.
Now that Obama's popularity is starting to slide, and his budget proposals are taking heat on the Hill, it's time to try and fire up some grass roots support.
You may not be surprised to learn that the Obama campaign and it's members "Obama for America" have now become "Organizing for America" to promote Obama's Socialist agenda. Hey, same initials - they can still use all of those old, leftover campaign buttons.
Previous supporters of the "old" OFA, not to be confused with the "new" OFA, are being asked by the "new" OFA to sign a "pledge" to support the Obama economic plan and domestic proposals for education, health care and energy.
This coming weekend OFA supporters have also been asked to go out and canvas neighborhoods, knocking door to door, to garner even more support.
In the future don't be surprised if OFA organizers eventually finalize on a "Brown" shirt for the faithful to wear when they gather in groups to rally and pledge allegiance to Obama.
If you're wondering what the hell is he doing racking up more costs to taxpayers for transportation and security - which doesn't come cheap - to go to California when he should be at his desk at work in Washington ....
Well, take your pick:
It's the infatuation of flying on Air Force One for free - can't get enough of it, or,
I've never had a real job anyway, and I don't like this "tied to a desk" routine, or,
I'm still campaigning !
If you chose all 3 - Congratulations.
Now that Obama's popularity is starting to slide, and his budget proposals are taking heat on the Hill, it's time to try and fire up some grass roots support.
You may not be surprised to learn that the Obama campaign and it's members "Obama for America" have now become "Organizing for America" to promote Obama's Socialist agenda. Hey, same initials - they can still use all of those old, leftover campaign buttons.
Previous supporters of the "old" OFA, not to be confused with the "new" OFA, are being asked by the "new" OFA to sign a "pledge" to support the Obama economic plan and domestic proposals for education, health care and energy.
This coming weekend OFA supporters have also been asked to go out and canvas neighborhoods, knocking door to door, to garner even more support.
In the future don't be surprised if OFA organizers eventually finalize on a "Brown" shirt for the faithful to wear when they gather in groups to rally and pledge allegiance to Obama.
And Speaking of Honor ...
Obama has gone out of his way during the campaign and as recently as this week to praise our service men and women; commenting on the honor they have earned and what we owe them. Yet this very same week, he, and members of his administration refuse to commit to avoid shifting the cost of medical services for veterans injured during service to private insurance carriers and subsequently causing veterans to bear the financial burden.
An Administration spokesperson points out that Obama is trying to save 540 million in the budget.
An Administration spokesperson points out that Obama is trying to save 540 million in the budget.
Honor ...
Charles Grassley, Republican Senator from Iowa, in his zeal to blast AIG over bonus payments, called upon AIG management to do the "honorable" thing and follow the Japanese custom - for failure and dishonor - and commit suicide. A day later, though he continued to refer to the Japanese suicide ritual, Grassley tried to explain that his remarks were made only because he wanted a demonstration of contrition from those responsible, not that he actually wanted anyone to perform the act.
There aren't adequate words to describe how vile, irresponsible and idiotic this man's statements were ... ok, maybe there are ... but I don't want to put them in print !
There aren't adequate words to describe how vile, irresponsible and idiotic this man's statements were ... ok, maybe there are ... but I don't want to put them in print !
Ineptitude ... AIG, TARP Revisited
During his campaign and notably since taking office, Obama has been posturing for his Socialist agenda by pitting populism against the wealthy in America to entrench and further deepen the class schism.
Obama's latest overture - his recent "outrage" over AIG's latest abuse of TARP money - has been to exploit the same for political purposes. But in singlemindedly pursuing his socialist goals he's lost track of some other realities.
If he really gave a damn about taxpayer's money he would have "vetoed" the stimulus appropriations bill that wastes BILLIONS instead of ranting about AIG's millions in bonus payments. Given that he took such a strident position against "earmarks" and that he would champion the stewardship of taxpayer's interest - when it came to tackling the reality of confronting the political interests of Congressional legislators who sponsor "earmarks" - he limply backed away, saying in effect, "well, it's just an old business item carried over from last year; but we'll really address the earmark problem on future appropriations bills.". That's nice, it's only going to cost us 8 billion that could have been prevented.
Well, by signing that bill he not only squandered our money, but his credibility too.
Now he should re-think expressing his "outrage" over AIG.
Presumably some of these people at AIG have specialized knowledge on how to run that business. Unfortunately, we now own most of AIG, to the tune of 80% .
At this point what injures Americans the most ? Should AIG be abandoned and allowed to collapse - or do we continue to prop it up? If, it's the latter, then the same people are necessary to keep AIG functioning, and Obama's and Congress' rantings and threats aren't going to yield optimum performance over at AIG; to the contrary they will insure further failed performance. Yeah, it's piss poor that our leadership and legislators didn't heed the warnings or care and know enough about how to protect our interests before they rushed head long to pass TARP. But what is in our best interests now? It's certainly not the spew coming out of Washington from the politicians.
Obama also needs to consider whether or not he's setting this up for further backlash in Congress. Congress is going to be very hard pressed to justify the next 30 billion round of funding for AIG - and it's coming up soon - let alone any more so called TARP rescue for other financial institutions.
Secretary Geithner's and Treasury's accountability in all this is under scrutiny as well, with calls already for Geithner's resignation! Geithner says he will get all of the bonus payment money back from AIG. Wake up idiot, "WE OWN AIG - you're going to get it all back from US ! ".
Schumer, Dodd, Reid, Grassely, Pelosi, Frank and others are foaming at the mouth to pass some sort of legislation that targets the individuals who received the bonuses; interestingly those who are complaining the loudest bear the greatest responsibility for failing miserably to protect taxpayers in the first place.
The "thinking" of these legislators is especially dangerous - it is "wrong" when government resources are used to "punish" those who are not in political favor or seen as undeserving. In Europe, where they have had decades of injury, misery and suffering from totalitarian and fascist regimes, they understand just how dangerous this kind of political "thinking" is. There are real constitutional problems with what these legislators want to do, and they will be called to account for it.
Some voices are pushing for the bonus agreements between AIG and its employees to be blocked, voided or rescinded - essentially to interfere with legally binding contracts. If no fraud was involved, you can be certain litigation will follow and lost and the cost burden will be borne by the American public at greater expense than the bonus payments alone.
Because of Obama's ineptitude and his fanning the flames of outrage, responsibility for all of this can be laid at the Whitehouse's doorstep.
Lastly, AIG's abuses are only prelude - is there anyone in Congress or the Administration so gullible to believe that with the BILLIONS of dollars yet to be distributed from the stimulus bill that more financial abuses, fraud and voter outrage aren't on the way? Unfortunately, we already know the answer!
Yeah, this really is change we can believe in !
Obama's latest overture - his recent "outrage" over AIG's latest abuse of TARP money - has been to exploit the same for political purposes. But in singlemindedly pursuing his socialist goals he's lost track of some other realities.
If he really gave a damn about taxpayer's money he would have "vetoed" the stimulus appropriations bill that wastes BILLIONS instead of ranting about AIG's millions in bonus payments. Given that he took such a strident position against "earmarks" and that he would champion the stewardship of taxpayer's interest - when it came to tackling the reality of confronting the political interests of Congressional legislators who sponsor "earmarks" - he limply backed away, saying in effect, "well, it's just an old business item carried over from last year; but we'll really address the earmark problem on future appropriations bills.". That's nice, it's only going to cost us 8 billion that could have been prevented.
Well, by signing that bill he not only squandered our money, but his credibility too.
Now he should re-think expressing his "outrage" over AIG.
Presumably some of these people at AIG have specialized knowledge on how to run that business. Unfortunately, we now own most of AIG, to the tune of 80% .
At this point what injures Americans the most ? Should AIG be abandoned and allowed to collapse - or do we continue to prop it up? If, it's the latter, then the same people are necessary to keep AIG functioning, and Obama's and Congress' rantings and threats aren't going to yield optimum performance over at AIG; to the contrary they will insure further failed performance. Yeah, it's piss poor that our leadership and legislators didn't heed the warnings or care and know enough about how to protect our interests before they rushed head long to pass TARP. But what is in our best interests now? It's certainly not the spew coming out of Washington from the politicians.
Obama also needs to consider whether or not he's setting this up for further backlash in Congress. Congress is going to be very hard pressed to justify the next 30 billion round of funding for AIG - and it's coming up soon - let alone any more so called TARP rescue for other financial institutions.
Secretary Geithner's and Treasury's accountability in all this is under scrutiny as well, with calls already for Geithner's resignation! Geithner says he will get all of the bonus payment money back from AIG. Wake up idiot, "WE OWN AIG - you're going to get it all back from US ! ".
Schumer, Dodd, Reid, Grassely, Pelosi, Frank and others are foaming at the mouth to pass some sort of legislation that targets the individuals who received the bonuses; interestingly those who are complaining the loudest bear the greatest responsibility for failing miserably to protect taxpayers in the first place.
The "thinking" of these legislators is especially dangerous - it is "wrong" when government resources are used to "punish" those who are not in political favor or seen as undeserving. In Europe, where they have had decades of injury, misery and suffering from totalitarian and fascist regimes, they understand just how dangerous this kind of political "thinking" is. There are real constitutional problems with what these legislators want to do, and they will be called to account for it.
Some voices are pushing for the bonus agreements between AIG and its employees to be blocked, voided or rescinded - essentially to interfere with legally binding contracts. If no fraud was involved, you can be certain litigation will follow and lost and the cost burden will be borne by the American public at greater expense than the bonus payments alone.
Because of Obama's ineptitude and his fanning the flames of outrage, responsibility for all of this can be laid at the Whitehouse's doorstep.
Lastly, AIG's abuses are only prelude - is there anyone in Congress or the Administration so gullible to believe that with the BILLIONS of dollars yet to be distributed from the stimulus bill that more financial abuses, fraud and voter outrage aren't on the way? Unfortunately, we already know the answer!
Yeah, this really is change we can believe in !
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Nice Work ... If You Can Find It !
How many hours of work a week do you put in...40, 50 or more? If you own a business it's probably not uncommon for you to work 12 or more hours a day, skip a lot of lunches and miss a lot of family events because of time on the job during weekends. If you're a homemaker, you probably work even longer hours.
Now how much time do you think Congress puts in for a full year for $174,000 in pay, not including perqs and benefits - which by the way includes an automatic $4700 pay increase that went into effect in January?
This year Congress is scheduled to work a total of 137 days - for everyone else a normal work year on the job is about 103 days longer or about 240 days.
The rebuttal, of course, is that members of Congress want you to know that they spend the rest of their time in their home districts working very hard - to get re-elected, that is.
Given the magnitude of the economic crisis confronting all of us, the limited number of days Congress actually spends on the job, and as precious as their time is, they apparently found enough of it to grind out that very vital piece of the people's business by legislating March 14th into officialdom as "PI Day" thereby promoting science and mathematics. It must have been a moment of tremendous satisfaction and personal pride, since clearly, quality efforts like this by Congress go a long way in assuring America's technical and scientific pre-eminence in the World.
Representative John Murtha, Democratic septuagenarian, said he thought they were voting for "Pie" Day - those of the fruit persuasion.
Apparently, my 6 year old grandaughter reads as much of the bills pending before Congress as our legislators do - though she comprehends more.
Ed Rendel, the Governor of Pennsylvania has something to say about Congress' work ethic - "How hard do you think Congress works?", he asks. "Until you can show me that you bust your hump every single day of the week—that you're working 10 hours a day, five days a week, and you have meetings on Saturdays—until you tell me that, don't tell me you're working too hard."
Personally, I'd rather see Congress not work at all, or at the very least not increase their hours ... for when they're on the job - it costs all of us a fortune.
Congress - please go away but more importantly, stay away!
Now how much time do you think Congress puts in for a full year for $174,000 in pay, not including perqs and benefits - which by the way includes an automatic $4700 pay increase that went into effect in January?
This year Congress is scheduled to work a total of 137 days - for everyone else a normal work year on the job is about 103 days longer or about 240 days.
The rebuttal, of course, is that members of Congress want you to know that they spend the rest of their time in their home districts working very hard - to get re-elected, that is.
Given the magnitude of the economic crisis confronting all of us, the limited number of days Congress actually spends on the job, and as precious as their time is, they apparently found enough of it to grind out that very vital piece of the people's business by legislating March 14th into officialdom as "PI Day" thereby promoting science and mathematics. It must have been a moment of tremendous satisfaction and personal pride, since clearly, quality efforts like this by Congress go a long way in assuring America's technical and scientific pre-eminence in the World.
Representative John Murtha, Democratic septuagenarian, said he thought they were voting for "Pie" Day - those of the fruit persuasion.
Apparently, my 6 year old grandaughter reads as much of the bills pending before Congress as our legislators do - though she comprehends more.
Ed Rendel, the Governor of Pennsylvania has something to say about Congress' work ethic - "How hard do you think Congress works?", he asks. "Until you can show me that you bust your hump every single day of the week—that you're working 10 hours a day, five days a week, and you have meetings on Saturdays—until you tell me that, don't tell me you're working too hard."
Personally, I'd rather see Congress not work at all, or at the very least not increase their hours ... for when they're on the job - it costs all of us a fortune.
Congress - please go away but more importantly, stay away!
Focus
There must be a peculiar sense of vindication, albeit with a decidedly bitter aftertaste, for those who warned that AIG’s and the fortunes of other Wall Street miscreant’s should have been left to the judgment and correction of the markets rather than the misguided and incompetent meddling of our political leadership.
Now after 4 failed infusions totaling some $ 170 billion of taxpayer funded relief specifically to prop up AIG, our politicians are tripping over themselves to express their moral indignation and outrage that AIG would dare to use $165 million of taxpayer’s bailout money to honor employment contracts. Do these wonks really believe that they can deflect public resentment for the culpability of their own failures in this mess – that no one will recognize what is happening - that these very same politicians desperately want to shift the focus and blame away from themselves by scapegoating AIG? Well, yes … OF COURSE THEY REALLY BELIEVE IT or they wouldn’t be in such a mad rush to get “air time” or any other media coverage!
Certainly, AIG has a long laundry list of sins, misjudgments and missteps to account for, but honoring a legally binding contract is not one of them. And yes, it is one further abuse … BUT no, we should look squarely to place blame and responsibility where it belongs – on those politicians who enabled this latest abuse and the waste and squandering of 170 billion on AIG of our tax dollars in the first place. Those politicians rushed in boisterous zeal to pass legislation without having sufficiently debated the merits of it or comprehending its consequences. And they initially failed to provide for effective control or even rudimentary oversight.
“What the hell, it was only tax money not my own!”
If it can be presumed that no fraud has been perpetrated at AIG and that the company entered into these agreements with its employees prior to receiving any bailout funds, then what an incredible irony.
First, that our pontificating politicians have not shouldered any responsibility for the mess; that our government on our behalf now owns 80% of AIG; that AIG still needs substantial future taxpayer funding; and that if the Federal government tries to block legally binding contracts the resulting litigation will only cost us, the taxpayer, even more than just increased dollars of expense.
Now comes Christopher Dodd, Democratic Senator from Connecticut and the beneficiary of more than $2 million of the financial industry’s lobbying, outlandishly proposing that the way for the Federal government to re-capture taxpayer’s money is to target those who received the bonus with TAXES specifically designed and legislated for them – Apparently, if our leadership can’t provide and exercise sufficient judgment to prevent the wasting away of BILLIONS in taxes in the first place, they can smugly recapture millions by using the resources of government to punish those they deem to be undeserving.
Congratulations Mr. Dodd, your thought processes, and those of your ilk, are indeed proving to be truly dangerous!
Assuaging our politician’s “outrage” is only going to cost the rest of us more in the long run. And sad to say but better to write off this latest abuse of $165 million in bonuses and move on. The least we can learn from it in the future is to better recognize the spoon fed crap we will get from our current political leadership.
Still not satisfied because of the unfairness? Ok, then you want satisfaction. Fine - let’s see the outrage placed where it could better accomplish something more meaningful – not on the $165 million - focus on the $8 BILLION in waste of our tax dollars on “pork” in the last appropriations bill – the $ 270 billion in the same bill that had nothing to do with stimulating the economy – or the TRILLIONS of dollars of debt we’re running up. Express that to Congress.
Take at least one small step ... Send a Teabag on April 1st – it’s a simple, but powerful and symbolic message they’ll finally understand.
Now after 4 failed infusions totaling some $ 170 billion of taxpayer funded relief specifically to prop up AIG, our politicians are tripping over themselves to express their moral indignation and outrage that AIG would dare to use $165 million of taxpayer’s bailout money to honor employment contracts. Do these wonks really believe that they can deflect public resentment for the culpability of their own failures in this mess – that no one will recognize what is happening - that these very same politicians desperately want to shift the focus and blame away from themselves by scapegoating AIG? Well, yes … OF COURSE THEY REALLY BELIEVE IT or they wouldn’t be in such a mad rush to get “air time” or any other media coverage!
Certainly, AIG has a long laundry list of sins, misjudgments and missteps to account for, but honoring a legally binding contract is not one of them. And yes, it is one further abuse … BUT no, we should look squarely to place blame and responsibility where it belongs – on those politicians who enabled this latest abuse and the waste and squandering of 170 billion on AIG of our tax dollars in the first place. Those politicians rushed in boisterous zeal to pass legislation without having sufficiently debated the merits of it or comprehending its consequences. And they initially failed to provide for effective control or even rudimentary oversight.
“What the hell, it was only tax money not my own!”
If it can be presumed that no fraud has been perpetrated at AIG and that the company entered into these agreements with its employees prior to receiving any bailout funds, then what an incredible irony.
First, that our pontificating politicians have not shouldered any responsibility for the mess; that our government on our behalf now owns 80% of AIG; that AIG still needs substantial future taxpayer funding; and that if the Federal government tries to block legally binding contracts the resulting litigation will only cost us, the taxpayer, even more than just increased dollars of expense.
Now comes Christopher Dodd, Democratic Senator from Connecticut and the beneficiary of more than $2 million of the financial industry’s lobbying, outlandishly proposing that the way for the Federal government to re-capture taxpayer’s money is to target those who received the bonus with TAXES specifically designed and legislated for them – Apparently, if our leadership can’t provide and exercise sufficient judgment to prevent the wasting away of BILLIONS in taxes in the first place, they can smugly recapture millions by using the resources of government to punish those they deem to be undeserving.
Congratulations Mr. Dodd, your thought processes, and those of your ilk, are indeed proving to be truly dangerous!
Assuaging our politician’s “outrage” is only going to cost the rest of us more in the long run. And sad to say but better to write off this latest abuse of $165 million in bonuses and move on. The least we can learn from it in the future is to better recognize the spoon fed crap we will get from our current political leadership.
Still not satisfied because of the unfairness? Ok, then you want satisfaction. Fine - let’s see the outrage placed where it could better accomplish something more meaningful – not on the $165 million - focus on the $8 BILLION in waste of our tax dollars on “pork” in the last appropriations bill – the $ 270 billion in the same bill that had nothing to do with stimulating the economy – or the TRILLIONS of dollars of debt we’re running up. Express that to Congress.
Take at least one small step ... Send a Teabag on April 1st – it’s a simple, but powerful and symbolic message they’ll finally understand.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tea Party Slogans -
Save America Now … Send Pelosi Home - Economy Class!
Save America … Shut down Congress.
The Tree of Liberty Is Very Thirsty …
Hey Congress, Before You Raise Our Taxes, Again…Pay Your Own First !
Born Free … But Taxed To Death !
Hey Buddy, Spare Us Your “CHANGE”.
Don’t Stimulate … LIBERATE !
Your Choice - 1776 OR 1984 !
Paying My Mortgage … And Now Paying Yours Too!
Give Me Liberty Now … Not Debt.
Obamanomics – “Chains” You Can Believe In.
Obama, Commander n’ Thief
Stop Subsidizing Stupidity, Repeal CONGRESS or at least, Pelosi !
OBSCENITY – Nancy Pelosi’s use of the word “Bi-Partisan”!
WE GET IT, Pelosi … It’s not Stimulus, It’s Strangulation!
Your Mortgage Is Not My Problem!
If Healthcare is Expensive Now … wait until it’s FREE !
Congress … The Rise of the Incompetent!
Democracy … Not Pelosi’s Monarchy !
Obama’s CHANGE Checklist:
Loss of Wealth
Loss of Property
Loss of Freedoms
Loss of Liberty
Loss of Dignity
Free Markets … Not Free-Loaders!
Next Time Obama Read the Bill, BEFORE You Sign it!
OBAMA The RECKLESS!
233 Years to BUILD the Republic … 100 Days to Destroy It!
Things Congress Does Well … Ok, I Dunno, What?
The Obama Economic Plan … Haste, Waste and Fear!
Liberals - Working Louder … Not Smarter!
I’m 5 Years Old and Thanks to Congress I Have No Future !
Obama Lies and America Dies.
I Want My Money AND My Country Back!
Foreclose The Whitehouse!
You Can’t Fix Stupid … But You Can Vote Nancy Out!
It’s The SPENDING, Stupid !
Hey EveryBody C’mon Over to My Whitehouse – We’re Having Pork, Lobster and Caviar, again !
Pork – Congress’ Charitable Contributions … of our Taxes!
If Everyone Else Is Being “Laid-Off”, How Come Congress Isn’t ?
If It Was A Terrible Thing To Inherit 1 Trillion Of Debt, Why Was It A Good Thing Obama Doubled It ?
Save America … Shut down Congress.
The Tree of Liberty Is Very Thirsty …
Hey Congress, Before You Raise Our Taxes, Again…Pay Your Own First !
Born Free … But Taxed To Death !
Hey Buddy, Spare Us Your “CHANGE”.
Don’t Stimulate … LIBERATE !
Your Choice - 1776 OR 1984 !
Paying My Mortgage … And Now Paying Yours Too!
Give Me Liberty Now … Not Debt.
Obamanomics – “Chains” You Can Believe In.
Obama, Commander n’ Thief
Stop Subsidizing Stupidity, Repeal CONGRESS or at least, Pelosi !
OBSCENITY – Nancy Pelosi’s use of the word “Bi-Partisan”!
WE GET IT, Pelosi … It’s not Stimulus, It’s Strangulation!
Your Mortgage Is Not My Problem!
If Healthcare is Expensive Now … wait until it’s FREE !
Congress … The Rise of the Incompetent!
Democracy … Not Pelosi’s Monarchy !
Obama’s CHANGE Checklist:
Loss of Wealth
Loss of Property
Loss of Freedoms
Loss of Liberty
Loss of Dignity
Free Markets … Not Free-Loaders!
Next Time Obama Read the Bill, BEFORE You Sign it!
OBAMA The RECKLESS!
233 Years to BUILD the Republic … 100 Days to Destroy It!
Things Congress Does Well … Ok, I Dunno, What?
The Obama Economic Plan … Haste, Waste and Fear!
Liberals - Working Louder … Not Smarter!
I’m 5 Years Old and Thanks to Congress I Have No Future !
Obama Lies and America Dies.
I Want My Money AND My Country Back!
Foreclose The Whitehouse!
You Can’t Fix Stupid … But You Can Vote Nancy Out!
It’s The SPENDING, Stupid !
Hey EveryBody C’mon Over to My Whitehouse – We’re Having Pork, Lobster and Caviar, again !
Pork – Congress’ Charitable Contributions … of our Taxes!
If Everyone Else Is Being “Laid-Off”, How Come Congress Isn’t ?
If It Was A Terrible Thing To Inherit 1 Trillion Of Debt, Why Was It A Good Thing Obama Doubled It ?
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