McCarthy Was Ahead of His Time
Looks like Joe McCarthy was right after all, the government is full of Communists…he was just ahead of his time. The United States continued its precipitous slide toward Socialism this week with seemingly every bill passed, Executive Order issued, or policy proposed. President Obama and the Left are driving us closer to a Socialist state, one in which every citizen is dependent on the government.
Many were delighted to see that President Obama put limits on CEO pay for companies who received federal money. You should be appalled. I too view some of the salaries paid to CEOs of failing companies as being exorbitant. But, I see Tom Cruise getting paid $20 million to act in a film that tanks as being ridiculous too…and A-Rod getting paid $25 million to play a game is just as absurd. The problem with President Obama’s mandate is that the Federal government is now, effectively, setting salaries for companies that were once private. Who is to say that the next step is not to mandate salaries of the workers? That, my friends, is Communism.
This should be a good lesson to us all that when the government giveth, it will surely taketh away. Our Founding Fathers believed that we had certain rights, unalienable rights, given to us by God and only to be taken away by God. Socialists, present government included, believe that the Government provides you with your rights…therefore, whenever they deem necessary, they can take those away.
TVs for Terrorists
There is nothing “fresh” about National Propaganda Radio’s "Fresh Air". It stinks. This week an interview was held with Jane Mayer who wrote an article for the New Yorker entitled “Hard Cases”. While being interviewed about the article by the host of "Fresh Air", Mayer began to speak of the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, an al-Qaeda sleeper agent being held in solitary confinement in a military brig off the coast of Charleston, SC. The entire interview essentially painted the United States as an inherently evil country with a Hitler-like dictator at the helm for the last eight years.
Hardly any of the interview was directed toward the overwhelming evidence that al-Marri was sent into the US in the days before the 9-11 attacks with the sole intention of carrying out more attacks on US citizens, including the use of poisonous gasses. In typical Lib fashion, Mayer blasted the United States for use of “torture” on al-Marri that included sticking him in a dark room…and such grievous, horrible things like…not providing al-Marri with a television for five years. She even insinuated at one point that he was “probably subjected to waterboarding.” Of course she has no evidence of that, but why not give the benefit of the doubt to a terrorist instead of the President? Of course, now that President Obama has been elected terrorists can rest assured that they will be treated nicely.
What was most appalling about the interview was to listen to the two laugh haughtily about how al-Marri loved to watch Jon Stewart from the TV that was just recently given to him. Oh, how amusing…ha…ha…ha…I am so happy that someone plotting the murder of Americans enjoys his Comedy Central.
“Make Sure you Find at Least One Republican with Tax Issues…”
Thankfully, the Clinton News Network has jumped on the Sarah Palin tax story and is holding government officials responsible for paying their taxes. On Wednesday, every 15 minutes, CNN was sure to report on the Alaskan governor owing taxes. These tax questions stem from reimbursements paid to her for her children’s travel expenses on official trips. There is no indication that she tried to dodge paying them, nor has there even been (until recently) agreement on whether that should be considered taxable income. CNN, however, is right on the ball…well…there were those Obama Administration officials…you know ones who owed thousands of dollars from years ago…the ones who knew they owed back taxes for years and still didn’t pay…where was CNN then? And, this was a story that broke in October. Why is CNN running this now? Just to show that not all the tax cheats in America are in the Obama Administration…at least one is not…kind of.
Oh, Canada!…We’re So Sorry for Being Greedy
One thing the Economic Stimulus Package did get right was the provision in the bill that required US-made steel to be used in projects funded by the package. Of course, once the Canucks started complaining “aboout” that provision the Obama Administration immediately began to backtrack. Why?!? The purpose of the bill, other than to overtly advance a Liberal-Socialist Agenda, is to stimulate the US economy…not the Canadian economy, not the Chinese economy, not the World economy. It is funded by US taxpayers. By definition it cannot be a stimulus package if the raw materials used in the numerous projects, or the goods bought using this money are not "Made in the USA".
In fact, more provisions should have been added to the bill to ensure US-made products were being bought using US taxpayer money. For instance, part of the bill calls for the US government to replace its fleet of vehicles with more fuel efficient, “greener” vehicles. Wanna’ know how to “bail out” the US automaker? Buy your hybrids from them instead of just giving them money. Oh, oops, that would resemble some form of Capitalism. That might make our Socialist friends to the north mad…we wouldn’t want them to stop shipping us things like…oh…I don’t know…ice or maple syrup.
What's that Smell?
Is it just me or does the stink of Illinois politics keep growing stronger and stronger. Roland Burris (D-IL) reminds me of a middle school student in trouble in the Principal’s office: if his mouth is open, he is lying. Of course, Burris is the Senator who was appointed by former Governor Blagojevich to replace Barack Obama. Ever since the days of the Daly Administration, and the “Vote Early, Vote Often” tactic of the Kennedy Campaign in 1960, Illinois politics has been some of the most corrupt in the nation. I find it hard to believe that President Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel somehow rose through the ranks of Illinois politics without collecting some of that corrupt stink…oh that’s right, Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers….
Transcript of Pelosi and the Pope
“The Things I Think” recently obtained this transcript of Nancy Pelosi’s meeting with the Pope.
Holy Father: Buongiorno, Madame Speaker.
Pelosi: Oh, hi, “Pope”. [snide snicker before kissing the Pope’s ring].
Holy Father: Thank you, as a faithful Catholic, for coming to see me.
Pelosi: Huh?!?…oh yeah…faithful.
Holy Father: What seems to be the problem, Ms. Pelosi?
Pelosi: Oh…well…meeting you seems a little underrated. I mean, I already speak with the Messiah on a regular basis you know.
Holy Father: Well, we all pray to Jesus, Nancy.
Pelosi: Right…Jesus. I was talking about Barack.
Holy Father: Oh… in that case stop supporting laws that allow people in your country to kill babies...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
He Who Controls the Gold, Controls
Nationalization of the banking system seems to be gaining popularity, even among Republicans. Shame on Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and others who back this plan. Graham told the Financial Times, “We cannot keep pouring good money after bad. If nationalization is what works, we should do it.” How about this: stop pouring any taxpayer money into failed institutions and get at what the real issue is here…government regulation and interference. Remember, it was Congressional mandates that forced Freddie and Fannie to give loans to people who shouldn’t have qualified for a loan to buy a dog, let alone a house.
We tried this nationalization thing before…in the early 1800s. President Andrew Jackson (he may have been a Democrat but he was certainly not a Lib...) crushed the National Bank because he realized the dangerous power and precedent that set. He knew that whoever controlled the gold (money) controlled completely. The National Bank at the time was making policy decisions that were undermining the people, the working class of the US, and the government itself. Though it almost cost him re-election, he crushed the National Bank (hmmm…a Democratic President with principles…).
President Jackson knew that too much power in the hands of the Federal government, or in this case a Federal institution, was a dangerous proposition. It was (is) not the job of the Federal government to provide economic equality for its people: “Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not [sic] be produced by human institutions…every man is equally entitled to protection by law [but not the “equality” preached by the Socialist movement]”
If banks are nationalized what is to stop the Federal government from passing mandates that further control your life if you want money from those banks. Think that’s crazy?
How about this: you want a home loan from the bank? You must install solar panels, agree to set your thermostat at 68 degrees and only use a set amount of water every month.
Or how about this one: want a car loan? You have to buy a hybrid. Need money for medical expenses? Sorry, you used a doctor not in the network.
Want to withdraw your money? Nope, the government needs that money right now (see: California and not going to give its people their income tax returns).
If you don’t think the current administration would stoop to such levels, then you are either naïve or drinking the Obama Kool-Aid.
President Jackson, unlike most of our politicians today, understood the true intent and purpose of the Federal government. As I listened to talking head after talking head say, “while we don’t necessarily like the Stimulus Bill or Bank Nationalization, it is a necessary evil”, I remember Jackson’s veto on renewing the National Bank:
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”
Senator Graham, President Obama, and all…the only reason any of this seems to be necessary is because you have already abused the powers given to you in the Constitution…it is a good documen--and unlike the Stimulus Bill you have plenty of time to read it--maybe someone should try to at least look at it.
We tried this nationalization thing before…in the early 1800s. President Andrew Jackson (he may have been a Democrat but he was certainly not a Lib...) crushed the National Bank because he realized the dangerous power and precedent that set. He knew that whoever controlled the gold (money) controlled completely. The National Bank at the time was making policy decisions that were undermining the people, the working class of the US, and the government itself. Though it almost cost him re-election, he crushed the National Bank (hmmm…a Democratic President with principles…).
President Jackson knew that too much power in the hands of the Federal government, or in this case a Federal institution, was a dangerous proposition. It was (is) not the job of the Federal government to provide economic equality for its people: “Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not [sic] be produced by human institutions…every man is equally entitled to protection by law [but not the “equality” preached by the Socialist movement]”
If banks are nationalized what is to stop the Federal government from passing mandates that further control your life if you want money from those banks. Think that’s crazy?
How about this: you want a home loan from the bank? You must install solar panels, agree to set your thermostat at 68 degrees and only use a set amount of water every month.
Or how about this one: want a car loan? You have to buy a hybrid. Need money for medical expenses? Sorry, you used a doctor not in the network.
Want to withdraw your money? Nope, the government needs that money right now (see: California and not going to give its people their income tax returns).
If you don’t think the current administration would stoop to such levels, then you are either naïve or drinking the Obama Kool-Aid.
President Jackson, unlike most of our politicians today, understood the true intent and purpose of the Federal government. As I listened to talking head after talking head say, “while we don’t necessarily like the Stimulus Bill or Bank Nationalization, it is a necessary evil”, I remember Jackson’s veto on renewing the National Bank:
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”
Senator Graham, President Obama, and all…the only reason any of this seems to be necessary is because you have already abused the powers given to you in the Constitution…it is a good documen--and unlike the Stimulus Bill you have plenty of time to read it--maybe someone should try to at least look at it.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Yes! We (only the Democrats and those smart enough to agree with us)! Can (spend us into oblivion)!
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
“This is it,” Regis says with excitement in his voice, “You get this question right and you are America’s next millionaire.” The tension is the crowd is palpable: will it be a hard question, or an easy one? Regis reads the question:
In passing a bill in Congress, which of the following would be considered ‘bi-partisan’?
A. The Democrats, on their own, write a “Economic Stimulus” bill full of Liberal agenda spending then call the Republicans in for a meeting to present the bill and say, “We won, get on board.”
B. When a bill like the “Economic Stimulus” package passes the House and Senate and goes to Conference Committee, the Republicans are literally locked out of the meeting room and not even given the opportunity to see and scrutinize the bill until less than 24 hours before the final vote.
C. The vote tally on a bill like the “Economic Stimulus” has a total of 3 members (out of 219) of the other party vote in favor of a bill. Let’s really call it 2: Judas was more of a friend to Jesus than Arlen Specter is a Republican.
D. When both parties work together through the entire process to write, debate, revise, and pass a bill in Congress with ideas from both parties included.
For most of us, this would be an easy million bucks….Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid would be jumping up and down screaming, “Regis this is a trick question: A, B, and C are all correct!!!!!”
“And you left out ‘A bill is bipartisan when we and the Messiah say it is--even as we call the other party unpatriotic!’”
“Did Limbaugh make this question up!?!?!?"
Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS)
If you ask most semi-knowledgeable Americans what were President Bush’s Top 5 Mistakes in office were they would tell you:
1. No Child Left Behind
2. the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
3. the Iraq War
4. the response to Hurricane Katrina
5. the Economic Stimulus Checks/ Bank bailout
Okay…
#1- The Federal government sticking its nose where it did not belong.
#2- Massive increase in another entitlement program…that we can’t pay for
#3- In case anyone missed it, we did win this war.
#4- I will grant you this one if you grant me
“This is it,” Regis says with excitement in his voice, “You get this question right and you are America’s next millionaire.” The tension is the crowd is palpable: will it be a hard question, or an easy one? Regis reads the question:
In passing a bill in Congress, which of the following would be considered ‘bi-partisan’?
A. The Democrats, on their own, write a “Economic Stimulus” bill full of Liberal agenda spending then call the Republicans in for a meeting to present the bill and say, “We won, get on board.”
B. When a bill like the “Economic Stimulus” package passes the House and Senate and goes to Conference Committee, the Republicans are literally locked out of the meeting room and not even given the opportunity to see and scrutinize the bill until less than 24 hours before the final vote.
C. The vote tally on a bill like the “Economic Stimulus” has a total of 3 members (out of 219) of the other party vote in favor of a bill. Let’s really call it 2: Judas was more of a friend to Jesus than Arlen Specter is a Republican.
D. When both parties work together through the entire process to write, debate, revise, and pass a bill in Congress with ideas from both parties included.
For most of us, this would be an easy million bucks….Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid would be jumping up and down screaming, “Regis this is a trick question: A, B, and C are all correct!!!!!”
“And you left out ‘A bill is bipartisan when we and the Messiah say it is--even as we call the other party unpatriotic!’”
“Did Limbaugh make this question up!?!?!?"
Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS)
If you ask most semi-knowledgeable Americans what were President Bush’s Top 5 Mistakes in office were they would tell you:
1. No Child Left Behind
2. the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
3. the Iraq War
4. the response to Hurricane Katrina
5. the Economic Stimulus Checks/ Bank bailout
Okay…
#1- The Federal government sticking its nose where it did not belong.
#2- Massive increase in another entitlement program…that we can’t pay for
#3- In case anyone missed it, we did win this war.
#4- I will grant you this one if you grant me
(a) the response by the City of New Orleans and its Democratic Mayor was criminal at best
(b) the Democratic governor of LA did jack-crap,
(c)maybe you should listen when they say get out of the city, a big stinking storm is coming.
#5- The definition of Socialism
So on 3 of the 5 things, President Bush failed because he went Socialist. For those of you with BDS, including you President Obama, get over yourselves already. Bush's "failed policies" were failed because he went Left on us.
#5- The definition of Socialism
So on 3 of the 5 things, President Bush failed because he went Socialist. For those of you with BDS, including you President Obama, get over yourselves already. Bush's "failed policies" were failed because he went Left on us.
In his first prime time press conference the President, on several occasions, took covert swipes at the Bush Administration. One time, he very overtly lied, “My administration…inherited the most profound economic emergency since the Great Depression.”
First of all, that statement is simply not true—unemployment in 1981, following the Carter debacle, was 12%...the US just bumped over 8% this week. I thought we were going to deal with scientific truths and the facts here Mr. President?
Second of all, get over the Bush-bashing and start leading already! A capitalist economy is based on confident people spending money, if they keep hearing how much the economy sucks, they won’t ever spend. How about some confidence…how about some hope…how about some “Yes, We Can” when it really matters?
"I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Dog On it, People Like Me"…and If Enough People Don’t Like Me, I’ll Just Rig the Recount
I am not sure what is more disgusting: that Al Franken and his Democratic cronies in Minnesota clearly rigged the recount in Minnesota, or that enough Minnesotans voted for this moron to be their Senator to even make a recount necessary.
For all you Libs out there saying, “This is just like Bush in 2000 in Florida”, you’re wrong…and possibly a moron also (though I won’t pass that type of judgment on all Democrats).
1. President Bush was ahead on election night (about 2,000 votes), and still ahead after the recount (537: more, by the way, than was Gore’s margin of victory in New Mexico). Franken was losing by 215 votes. In the subsequent recount votes went missing, magically reappeared again, were counted twice and suddenly Senator Coleman found himself losing.
2. The USA Today later did an independent recount which found that IF the ballots had been counted EXACTLY as Gore wanted…he still lost…by even more.
Someone wise once told me, “In a democracy it is not who votes that counts, its who counts the votes that matters.” This is the biggest heist in the Midwest since John Dillinger went down in a hail of bullets.
Comrade Obama Directive #10: Sigmund Freud Should be Banned from All Public Discussion
Could anyone else believe long-time White House Correspondent and self-proclaimed Lib, Helen Thomas’s first question to President Obama? You know, the one where she referred to the Taliban and al-Qaeda as “so-called terrorists”. SO-CALLED?!?!?!
Statements like this, and President Obama’s statement to "Joe-the-Plumber", are what psychologists call “Freudian Slips”. Despite best efforts to hide one’s true thoughts and feelings, those thoughts and feelings will subconsciously leak out of one’s mouth.
--President Obama IS a Socialist who believes in redistribution of wealth.
--Helen Thomas, and many on the Left, don’t see the perpetrators of 9/11 as terrorists, they see them as the victims of US aggression.
--Iranian President Ahmadinejad would destroy the US and Israel if he had a nuke.
Oh wait, that last one was not Freudian, he doesn’t try to hide the fact he believes in the destruction of the US and Israel…of course, no one in the Obama Administration is listening anyway. And they won’t until the sound of a nuke detonating in Tel Aviv or NYC reaches the West Wing.
A-Roid, the Mother of 16, and my Momentary Love for President Obama
Alex Rodriguez took steroids…who cares…taking steroids does not make you a better hitter. Most of you, if you juiced up for thirty-three years, still couldn’t hit a baseball, let alone as many HRs as this guy hit. And beside, the pitchers were juicing too…doesn’t that even it out? Don’t we have more important things to worry about like…
…That lady who looks like Angelina Jolie and has 16 kids? It amazes me that some of the same Libs who would argue she has the right to choose to kill her baby in the womb argue that she should not have been given the choice to have more babies. Doesn’t make sense? Of course it doesn’t, a lack of common sense is one of the first casualties of Far-lefties like…
…President Obama, who I have to admit, for a moment a few Sundays ago, I actually was a big fan of. The President said he was cheering for the Steelers in the Super Bowl. So, for that Sunday, me and the Pres were on the same side…of course, that day, he was “Right.”
Change, all that is left in your pockets to count…on.
I am going to give you a number that will absolutely, positively, blow your mind…9,700,000,000,000…
9.7 trillion. That is the amount of money the US government will have committed after passing this latest “stimulus” package to “solving” the country’s financial crisis and it is equal to 2/3 of the value of everything that was produced last year in the USA (Bloomberg.com). $9.7 trillion of YOUR tax money. And President Obama has promised that this is just one leg of the stool…which means there is more to come!
This amount is outrageous. Look, I know people in this country are hurting, I am not callous to that. But, how is this type of out of control spending going to help anyone?!?! One of three things will be done to pay for all of this:
(1) higher taxes—in other words, less money in your pocket
(2) print more money, inflation skyrockets and things you buy everyday will cost more—in other words, less money in your pocket
Barack Obama was right when he campaigned that we can count on change in his administration…that’s all any of us working Americans will have left in our pockets.
And what has all this spending gotten us so far…
January 2008: Unemployment= 4.9%; GDP Growth=1% in 1st Q; about 4.5% in 2 of 4 Q in 2007
$168 billion in tax cuts and rebates in 2008…the “Chinese Economic Stimulus Checks” that went out under the Bush Administration were nothing short of the most Socialist thing a government could do…just give its people money. And, since most people either paid off debt, put it in savings or bought things Made in China, it did little to help the US economy…Beijing sure appreciated it though.
August 2008: Unemployment= 6.2%; GDP Growth= 3% in 2Q
Election season politics take over, we all hear how bad the economy is…so we believe it and stop spending. People can’t pay the loans they never should have signed up for in the first place, banks collapse, and instead of letting them and allowing new banks to take over, we spend….
$700 billion in the “Bank Bailout”, which the CEOs of the banks proceed to blow. This does not include the $2.3 trillion lent by the Fed that we never heard about.
December 2008: Unemployment= 7.2%; GDP= -3.8% in 4Q
As you can see, nothing was solved by throwing all that money at the problem. In fact, things got worse. The fact of the matter is that the economy was not that bad to begin with. Since recovering from the economic blow of 9/11, the economy expanded EVERY quarter except for one. Unemployment hovered around 4.5% for all of 2006 and 2007. In fact, the worst if got in the last 10 years was during the Congressional election cycles of 2002 and 2004 when the Dems were trying to scare the bejeezus out of everyone to convince us how horrible President Bush and the Republican Congress was doing.
And now…despite all the preponderance of evidence that none of this been successful so far the Democrats in Congress just passed another massively bloated spending bill…at least $780 billion. This is serious…things will only continue to get worse if the government continues to spend like this.
9.7 trillion. That is the amount of money the US government will have committed after passing this latest “stimulus” package to “solving” the country’s financial crisis and it is equal to 2/3 of the value of everything that was produced last year in the USA (Bloomberg.com). $9.7 trillion of YOUR tax money. And President Obama has promised that this is just one leg of the stool…which means there is more to come!
This amount is outrageous. Look, I know people in this country are hurting, I am not callous to that. But, how is this type of out of control spending going to help anyone?!?! One of three things will be done to pay for all of this:
(1) higher taxes—in other words, less money in your pocket
(2) print more money, inflation skyrockets and things you buy everyday will cost more—in other words, less money in your pocket
Barack Obama was right when he campaigned that we can count on change in his administration…that’s all any of us working Americans will have left in our pockets.
And what has all this spending gotten us so far…
January 2008: Unemployment= 4.9%; GDP Growth=1% in 1st Q; about 4.5% in 2 of 4 Q in 2007
$168 billion in tax cuts and rebates in 2008…the “Chinese Economic Stimulus Checks” that went out under the Bush Administration were nothing short of the most Socialist thing a government could do…just give its people money. And, since most people either paid off debt, put it in savings or bought things Made in China, it did little to help the US economy…Beijing sure appreciated it though.
August 2008: Unemployment= 6.2%; GDP Growth= 3% in 2Q
Election season politics take over, we all hear how bad the economy is…so we believe it and stop spending. People can’t pay the loans they never should have signed up for in the first place, banks collapse, and instead of letting them and allowing new banks to take over, we spend….
$700 billion in the “Bank Bailout”, which the CEOs of the banks proceed to blow. This does not include the $2.3 trillion lent by the Fed that we never heard about.
December 2008: Unemployment= 7.2%; GDP= -3.8% in 4Q
As you can see, nothing was solved by throwing all that money at the problem. In fact, things got worse. The fact of the matter is that the economy was not that bad to begin with. Since recovering from the economic blow of 9/11, the economy expanded EVERY quarter except for one. Unemployment hovered around 4.5% for all of 2006 and 2007. In fact, the worst if got in the last 10 years was during the Congressional election cycles of 2002 and 2004 when the Dems were trying to scare the bejeezus out of everyone to convince us how horrible President Bush and the Republican Congress was doing.
And now…despite all the preponderance of evidence that none of this been successful so far the Democrats in Congress just passed another massively bloated spending bill…at least $780 billion. This is serious…things will only continue to get worse if the government continues to spend like this.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Don’t Go Left, Young Man
The Slow Road to Socialism
There are some who say that Conservative commentators are overreacting when they say that President Obama and the Left are pushing America toward a Socialist state. Well, Comrade, I am here to tell you it is happening right in front of your eyes. What is most discouraging is that this policy is considered “Progressive” despite the fact that Socialism has NEVER worked. It did not work in the Soviet Union; China only became a world financial player when it privatized business and began running on Capitalistic principles; and Cuba…well, now there is a shining example of the efficacy of Socialism.
"Oh, you crazy Conservative, the reason why those systems never worked is because the people in those countries were oppressed." Wrong! In fact, I would argue that the only time Socialist societies were productive is when the people were most oppressed. Follow me on this one…
Socialism creates a society in which people are dependent on the government for all of their needs. Health care…free. Cost of a higher education or training…free. Everyone makes the same amount of money so there is no gap between rich and poor...redistribution of wealth. All homes are similar and provided by the government…free. Food…free. Sounds great, right?
If you got all this stuff from the government, no matter what you did or didn't do, why would you get up and go to work every morning? Why would you try to invent new things or come up with new ideas? There would be no incentive to do such Capitalistic things...unless of course Uncle Joe would have you shot or sent to the Gulag for not doing those things.
Then, Stalin died, Mao and his successors realized there were not enough places to hide the bodies, and Castro went soft—Socialism around the world collapses. The only incentive for people in these countries was the fear instilled by their government. Once that fear was gone there was no longer incentive to work, invent, or to strive for greater things.
Liberals point to European nations as “model” examples of a progressive society…a place where Socialism thrives. Unemployment rates in France and Italy are above 12% and consistently stay there-- the unemployment rate in Spain is 23%. European leaders realize that the reason their respective economies cannot create jobs is because of the demands of the welfare states that have been created. And yet, Liberals in this country are still under the deluded idea that Socialism can still work…because they are smarter than anyone else who has tried.
Was She With Michael Phelps?
The other day Nancy Pelosi said that every day the economic stimulus package was not passed 500 million Americans lost their jobs…hmmm…if the population of the United Sates is 300 million, then…oh, never mind. I am sure it was a slip of the tongue…
Perhaps, it was just another shot in the hyper-fear campaign that President Obama and the Left are conducting to get their Economic Stimulus package passed without scrutiny. Do we need an economic stimulus…probably. But not this one and never without the scrutiny any spending bill deserves.
Nationalization of Banks and Business
Talk this week also escalated about the creation of a National Bank with the sole purpose of purchasing bad loans. Rumors such as these have not been heard in these parts since the Jackson Administration. Why? Because a National Bank is a bad idea. Banks are businesses that create revenue and stimulate economic growth by loaning money to entrepreneurs and people who need money to purchase items such as automobiles and homes. This transfer of capital creates growth in the economy. By centralizing this capital the government now becomes not only the entity that creates monetary policy, but also an entity which trades massive amounts of capital based on this monetary policy. The opportunity for corruption and/or incompetence is exponential. Additionally, such a bank is funded by the taxpayers, which means your hard earned money would be used to pay off bad loans and bed debt. Your wealth redistributed to others.
This week President Obama announced, in a most righteous tone, that executives from companies that received federal bailout money would have a cap placed on their salaries. So apparently now the government is determining how much people are allowed to earn. This should be a good lesson to all Americans…there is no such thing as a free lunch. If the government provides you with money, they can (and will) mandate how you use that money. Essentially, then, the government has exerted an inescapable control and influence over you…or your company. Remember, what the government giveth, the government will taketh away.
Fairness Doctrine
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said recently on Bill Press’s morning radio show that she believes the Fairness Doctrine should be passed into law again. For those of you who don’t know, the Fairness Doctrine was a law passed in the 1940s as a way to guarantee that opposing viewpoints were heard by the public on public airwaves. The law was deemed unconstitutional by the FCC 1987.
Talk about grabbing the First Amendment by the neck and slapping it silly. If passed, this law would require radio stations that air shows such as the Sean Hannity Show or the Rush Limbaugh Show to air Liberal viewpoints an equal amount of the time. Essentially, the opposition would be silenced (or at least drowned out by the Left’s propaganda).
There is a reason why Air America, the Liberal talk radio station started by Senator* Al Franken, failed…because nobody wanted to listen to it!!! Liberal newspapers around the country such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer are failing because everybody is tired of reading the news as presented by the state-run Leftist media outlets. Fox News continually outpaces the Clinton News Network (CNN), and the Messianic Savior Named Barack Channel (MSNBC) because the American people don’t want to listen to the Liberal message. Frustrated by that, Comrade Stabenow and others are recommending a law to force Americans to hear their socialist message.
Make no mistake about it, the Left will not call this new bill the Fairness Doctrine. In the same manner as Mao, Lenin, and Chavez they will cloak the bill with a noble sounding name like: “The Media Accountability Measure” or “The Radio Transparency Bill”…or maybe they’ll just call it the “Shut Rush Up Bill”. Explain to me how such a measure is essentially any different from Iran or other totalitarian governments shutting down opposition newspapers. You can’t…at least not without being disingenuous.
Barack Obama Starring as Harvey Dent
No, I am not calling President Obama “Two-Face”…yet. Harvey Dent, of course, is a character in the Batman franchise. He is a politician who promises change and results in a city that has lost all hope in its politicians and policymakers. The problem with Harvey Dent is that things don’t go exactly the way he planned, he goes berserk, and betrays the faith the people have in him. President Obama is well on his way to becoming Harvey Dent.
He has promised the people change:
No lobbyists in his government: Failure
A better sort of politician in his administration (no tax cheats): Failure
Bi-partisanship…including Congress: Failure
Transparency: Failure
Making the country safer: Failure (see the “Be Nice to Terrorists Executive Orders”)
In all fairness, it is still very early in President Obama’s administration. And also to be fair, some of the things the President promised on the campaign trail he is finding impossible to do when actual governance is required. However, Mr. Obama, the country cannot afford a failure of faith. The United States needs a leader who understands the severity of the economic crisis we are in and the willingness to fight anyone who wants to pass spending bills that will worsen it…even if that means fighting your own party. The United States needs a leader who will not shy away from the threats that continue to mount around the world in the name of a peace that cannot be achieved…some people just like to watch the world burn…there is no negotiating with people like this. The United States needs a leader who has strong moral backbone and is willing to protect the Constitution as it is written, not as it has been interpreted by Liberal judges.
Make no mistake about it, the people of the United States did not elect President Obama because they supported a liberal agenda (multiple polls show overwhelming resistance to Liberal policies and Socialistic tendencies). The people elected President Obama because they wanted something new from their politicians. They wanted Harvey Dent to save them. They wanted to have faith again in their government. How can President Obama be successful and avoid becoming “Two-Face”?
Don’t go LEFT young man!
Footnote: Since Senator Franken clearly stole the election in Minnesota, an * will always be placed beside his title.
There are some who say that Conservative commentators are overreacting when they say that President Obama and the Left are pushing America toward a Socialist state. Well, Comrade, I am here to tell you it is happening right in front of your eyes. What is most discouraging is that this policy is considered “Progressive” despite the fact that Socialism has NEVER worked. It did not work in the Soviet Union; China only became a world financial player when it privatized business and began running on Capitalistic principles; and Cuba…well, now there is a shining example of the efficacy of Socialism.
"Oh, you crazy Conservative, the reason why those systems never worked is because the people in those countries were oppressed." Wrong! In fact, I would argue that the only time Socialist societies were productive is when the people were most oppressed. Follow me on this one…
Socialism creates a society in which people are dependent on the government for all of their needs. Health care…free. Cost of a higher education or training…free. Everyone makes the same amount of money so there is no gap between rich and poor...redistribution of wealth. All homes are similar and provided by the government…free. Food…free. Sounds great, right?
If you got all this stuff from the government, no matter what you did or didn't do, why would you get up and go to work every morning? Why would you try to invent new things or come up with new ideas? There would be no incentive to do such Capitalistic things...unless of course Uncle Joe would have you shot or sent to the Gulag for not doing those things.
Then, Stalin died, Mao and his successors realized there were not enough places to hide the bodies, and Castro went soft—Socialism around the world collapses. The only incentive for people in these countries was the fear instilled by their government. Once that fear was gone there was no longer incentive to work, invent, or to strive for greater things.
Liberals point to European nations as “model” examples of a progressive society…a place where Socialism thrives. Unemployment rates in France and Italy are above 12% and consistently stay there-- the unemployment rate in Spain is 23%. European leaders realize that the reason their respective economies cannot create jobs is because of the demands of the welfare states that have been created. And yet, Liberals in this country are still under the deluded idea that Socialism can still work…because they are smarter than anyone else who has tried.
Was She With Michael Phelps?
The other day Nancy Pelosi said that every day the economic stimulus package was not passed 500 million Americans lost their jobs…hmmm…if the population of the United Sates is 300 million, then…oh, never mind. I am sure it was a slip of the tongue…
Perhaps, it was just another shot in the hyper-fear campaign that President Obama and the Left are conducting to get their Economic Stimulus package passed without scrutiny. Do we need an economic stimulus…probably. But not this one and never without the scrutiny any spending bill deserves.
Nationalization of Banks and Business
Talk this week also escalated about the creation of a National Bank with the sole purpose of purchasing bad loans. Rumors such as these have not been heard in these parts since the Jackson Administration. Why? Because a National Bank is a bad idea. Banks are businesses that create revenue and stimulate economic growth by loaning money to entrepreneurs and people who need money to purchase items such as automobiles and homes. This transfer of capital creates growth in the economy. By centralizing this capital the government now becomes not only the entity that creates monetary policy, but also an entity which trades massive amounts of capital based on this monetary policy. The opportunity for corruption and/or incompetence is exponential. Additionally, such a bank is funded by the taxpayers, which means your hard earned money would be used to pay off bad loans and bed debt. Your wealth redistributed to others.
This week President Obama announced, in a most righteous tone, that executives from companies that received federal bailout money would have a cap placed on their salaries. So apparently now the government is determining how much people are allowed to earn. This should be a good lesson to all Americans…there is no such thing as a free lunch. If the government provides you with money, they can (and will) mandate how you use that money. Essentially, then, the government has exerted an inescapable control and influence over you…or your company. Remember, what the government giveth, the government will taketh away.
Fairness Doctrine
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said recently on Bill Press’s morning radio show that she believes the Fairness Doctrine should be passed into law again. For those of you who don’t know, the Fairness Doctrine was a law passed in the 1940s as a way to guarantee that opposing viewpoints were heard by the public on public airwaves. The law was deemed unconstitutional by the FCC 1987.
Talk about grabbing the First Amendment by the neck and slapping it silly. If passed, this law would require radio stations that air shows such as the Sean Hannity Show or the Rush Limbaugh Show to air Liberal viewpoints an equal amount of the time. Essentially, the opposition would be silenced (or at least drowned out by the Left’s propaganda).
There is a reason why Air America, the Liberal talk radio station started by Senator* Al Franken, failed…because nobody wanted to listen to it!!! Liberal newspapers around the country such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer are failing because everybody is tired of reading the news as presented by the state-run Leftist media outlets. Fox News continually outpaces the Clinton News Network (CNN), and the Messianic Savior Named Barack Channel (MSNBC) because the American people don’t want to listen to the Liberal message. Frustrated by that, Comrade Stabenow and others are recommending a law to force Americans to hear their socialist message.
Make no mistake about it, the Left will not call this new bill the Fairness Doctrine. In the same manner as Mao, Lenin, and Chavez they will cloak the bill with a noble sounding name like: “The Media Accountability Measure” or “The Radio Transparency Bill”…or maybe they’ll just call it the “Shut Rush Up Bill”. Explain to me how such a measure is essentially any different from Iran or other totalitarian governments shutting down opposition newspapers. You can’t…at least not without being disingenuous.
Barack Obama Starring as Harvey Dent
No, I am not calling President Obama “Two-Face”…yet. Harvey Dent, of course, is a character in the Batman franchise. He is a politician who promises change and results in a city that has lost all hope in its politicians and policymakers. The problem with Harvey Dent is that things don’t go exactly the way he planned, he goes berserk, and betrays the faith the people have in him. President Obama is well on his way to becoming Harvey Dent.
He has promised the people change:
No lobbyists in his government: Failure
A better sort of politician in his administration (no tax cheats): Failure
Bi-partisanship…including Congress: Failure
Transparency: Failure
Making the country safer: Failure (see the “Be Nice to Terrorists Executive Orders”)
In all fairness, it is still very early in President Obama’s administration. And also to be fair, some of the things the President promised on the campaign trail he is finding impossible to do when actual governance is required. However, Mr. Obama, the country cannot afford a failure of faith. The United States needs a leader who understands the severity of the economic crisis we are in and the willingness to fight anyone who wants to pass spending bills that will worsen it…even if that means fighting your own party. The United States needs a leader who will not shy away from the threats that continue to mount around the world in the name of a peace that cannot be achieved…some people just like to watch the world burn…there is no negotiating with people like this. The United States needs a leader who has strong moral backbone and is willing to protect the Constitution as it is written, not as it has been interpreted by Liberal judges.
Make no mistake about it, the people of the United States did not elect President Obama because they supported a liberal agenda (multiple polls show overwhelming resistance to Liberal policies and Socialistic tendencies). The people elected President Obama because they wanted something new from their politicians. They wanted Harvey Dent to save them. They wanted to have faith again in their government. How can President Obama be successful and avoid becoming “Two-Face”?
Don’t go LEFT young man!
Footnote: Since Senator Franken clearly stole the election in Minnesota, an * will always be placed beside his title.
“…Death and Taxes…” Maybe not so much the “Taxes”
Only Two Things in Life are Certain: Death and Taxes. Unless of course you are a member of the Leftist Elite and wish to work in President Obama’s government. It has always confounded me as to why Liberals are always so willing to raise taxes and take more money away from hard working people.
I think I’ve figured it out: It’s because none of them are actually paying their taxes!!!
[Conversation in the Senate, 2002]
Anonymous Senator: “Hey, Speaker Daschle, let’s raise taxes on the rich so we can pay for more entitlement programs that will make people more dependent on government.”
Daschle: “Great idea…hell…I don’t pay them anyway.”
Tom Daschle, nominated by President Obama to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Nancy Killefer, nominated to scrutinize the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), withdrew their nominations after it came to light that they failed to properly pay their taxes. Timothy Geitner, now in charge of the Treasury Department (and the IRS), also owed thousands of dollars in back taxes and penalties for not paying his taxes. Somehow, despite being a tax cheat, he still managed to get the job as arguably the 3rd most powerful person in Washington D.C.
One of two conclusions can be drawn from this: (1) the tax code is so complicated that even the people who are ostensibly qualified to interpret it can’t, or (2) these people are criminals. I think it is #1….......and #2.
No one can turn a criminal into a victim faster than the left. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) fell all over himself on National Public Radio this week defending Daschle. Rockefeller said that Daschle’s issues arose because he never really had any money, that he was a victim of being poor and not being able to afford the same accountants that rich people had. Oh...uh-huh. Other Democrats ignored Daschle’s sins and offered praise such as “he did the right thing”; “how noble of him to fall on his sword for President Obama”; “he knew there were more important things for the Obama administration to worry about”. Its as if Daschle had done nothing wrong and the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy had struck again.
What a great guy…I almost forgot he is a tax cheat and a criminal. Of course, it depends on what the definition of “is” is.
I think I’ve figured it out: It’s because none of them are actually paying their taxes!!!
[Conversation in the Senate, 2002]
Anonymous Senator: “Hey, Speaker Daschle, let’s raise taxes on the rich so we can pay for more entitlement programs that will make people more dependent on government.”
Daschle: “Great idea…hell…I don’t pay them anyway.”
Tom Daschle, nominated by President Obama to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Nancy Killefer, nominated to scrutinize the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), withdrew their nominations after it came to light that they failed to properly pay their taxes. Timothy Geitner, now in charge of the Treasury Department (and the IRS), also owed thousands of dollars in back taxes and penalties for not paying his taxes. Somehow, despite being a tax cheat, he still managed to get the job as arguably the 3rd most powerful person in Washington D.C.
One of two conclusions can be drawn from this: (1) the tax code is so complicated that even the people who are ostensibly qualified to interpret it can’t, or (2) these people are criminals. I think it is #1….......and #2.
No one can turn a criminal into a victim faster than the left. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) fell all over himself on National Public Radio this week defending Daschle. Rockefeller said that Daschle’s issues arose because he never really had any money, that he was a victim of being poor and not being able to afford the same accountants that rich people had. Oh...uh-huh. Other Democrats ignored Daschle’s sins and offered praise such as “he did the right thing”; “how noble of him to fall on his sword for President Obama”; “he knew there were more important things for the Obama administration to worry about”. Its as if Daschle had done nothing wrong and the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy had struck again.
What a great guy…I almost forgot he is a tax cheat and a criminal. Of course, it depends on what the definition of “is” is.
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