One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 59

It seems daily we discover new ways Obama is going to take money from you regardless of your status in American. It's not just the rich that's going to be hit hard. As we found out today, the Obama budget calls for the creation of the Automatic Workplace Pension. Since Social Security failed, they are going to try again and give it a different name. Regardless you will continue to pay at least 6% if you aren't self-employed, 12% if you are self-employed, and those rates will probably rise. Plus you will this additional money removed from your check. Obama lied when he said there would be no tax increases on the middle class. They are coming fast now.

The Definition of Conservative from a 13-Year-Old: He Gets It

For the people trying to redefine conservatism and walking away from Ronald Reagan, a 13-year-old speaking at CPAC just put you in your place. Listen to what Jonathan Krohn defind conservatism in under two minutes. I'd say he's got it down better than Chistopher Buckley at National Review does.

Obama's Forced Government Retirement Plan (Automatic Workplace Pension): Say Goodbye to Your 401K

Mel, the author of Voice for Moms, has been busy picking apart the Obama budget plan today. I guess it's a good thing it's not spring yet, because she found some very disturbing information. Pages 84 and 85 of Obama's 2010 budget contain information of a new government program that will require you to save money for your retirement through a mandatory IRA account. Employers who do not offer a retirement plan will be forced to enroll their employees into a direct deposit IRA. Remember this has been done before and it has failed. They call it Social Security. It's unclear what is going to happen if you are currently enrolled in a 401K plan, but over the past year, Democrats have discussed seizing funds in your 401K and placing them into a retirement account that the government oversees. This seems like a step in that direction.

It is called Automatic Workplace Pension which does the following: employees will be automatically enrolled in workplace pension plans. Employers who do not currently offer a retirement plan will be required to enroll their employees in a direct-deposit IRA account that is compatible with existing direct-deposit payroll systems.

Everyone be sure to visit Voice for Moms and give her a big thanks for this find. More freedoms are dying under Obama, and they are getting more of your money no matter how much you make.

Obama's Military Strategy: The Real Reason Obama is Leaving Troops in Iraq and Increasing Forces in Afghanistan

To the dismay of Democrats and liberals, Obama decided to leave 50,000 troops in Iraq even after the withdrawal planned for August 31, 2010. Obama announced earlier he was going to step up efforts in Afghanistan by nearly 20,000 troops. One has to wonder why Obama chances upsetting his base and Democrats in Congress over Bush's 'failed' (according to Democrats) war efforts. After all, the primary strategy of the Democrats over the past seven years was to politicize the war to discredit Bush and lower his approval ratings.

We already are well area Obama watches his approval numbers. After falling quickly in the Gallup poll a month into his term, Obama quickly drove the rhetoric to the positive side with hope and change again with his address in front of Congress.

What is Obama's strategy in becoming Barack the Warmonger? I can't help but think back to the days after the election when Obama announced he wanted to create a civilian military force, and then I look at the loyalty the Marines had for George W. Bush compared to the ho hum they gave Dear Leader. Do you believe the Marines Obama spoke to this week have his loyalty, or is their loyalty to the country as we know it and love it and to the Constitution? I tend to believe towards the latter.

If Obama begins to take this country down a radical path and creates an uprising from the true patriots in this country to move against Obama, the more troops located overseas will be less resistance for Obama. God and country loving troops are less likely to pull the trigger against their own no matter what Obama's orders are. If Obama stretches our soldiers around the world, leaving them thin in states side, his new civilian army can march against those who rebel against the changes occurring in the country.

Call me crazy, but I never thought I would hear an American president call to create a civilian military for stateside purposes. I might be totally off track, and I hope I am. I also believe Obama is very cold and calculated. I don't believe what he says, and I believe his goal is the death of the America we know for the birth of the Amerika he and his radical associations have longed for.

Recently Alan Colmes interviewed William Ayers. Why would Bill Ayers suddenly interview with Fox News? There was something he said during the interview. He said he didn't agree with the direction Obama was going in with Iraq and Afghanistan. The #3 rule for radicals states that you should cause confusion. What if Ayers is confusing us by telling the world this isn't the direction you would expect from Obama in order to confuse is over the truth Obama may have bigger plans? I would watch this military situation very closely. Obama could easily weaken stateside forces to his advantage to lessen the threat of revolution at home. If Obama creates his civilian military and large numbers of troops are rushed overseas, get concerned--get very concerned.

Do You Trust Someone Who Doesn't Look You in the Eye?:Obama Never Looks Forward

Barack Obama has a pattern when he speaks. He makes a hard left with his head, and he makes a hard right. He rarely looks forward to look you in the eyes. He seems to stare above the people he speaks to, symbolizing his power over them. I have never trusted people who don't look me straight in the eyes, and I consider looking straight forward into the camera looking you in the eyes when you are in front of a camera.

I point this out because there is a lot to be said about Obama's head movements when he speaks. Obviously the trust issue comes to mind. I also think symbolizes that we are no longer moving forward with the principles of the founding fathers. Although Obama is well-established in his political beliefs, it's as if he looks in the other direction for answers as a form of rhetoric. Considering how quickly he has moved to pass his agenda, this is only a rhetorical tool. He knows how he will move the country without looking for answers. Looking forward seems to symbolize the direction of our founding fathers, which he rarely does. He looks away from the foundation of our country and onto other political philosophies. I feel if he looked us in the eye, it would give him away.

The Top Blogs of February 2009: Bungalow Bill's Month in Review

Here are the top blogs for February 2009:

1. As Obama der Fuhrer maneuvered against the Constitution to gain power not granted to him, state legislatures across the nation began to react with sovereignty bills. New Hampshire's HCR-6 gained national exposure inspiring other states to move forward with theirs. If Obama is to be defeated, it must be done by restoring the states rights and described in the Federalist Papers. New Hampshire's HCR-6 Demands Return of Power to New Hampshire based on Jeffersonian/Constitutional Principles.


2. The liberal came out in numbers to attack me for attacking the Democrats and their weatherization. They failed to understand how insulted I was by Democrats, who attempt in some communities in this country, to steal another right of mine while spending billions on weatherization.


3. Travis the Chimp was big news this month. The death of Travis sparked a fierce political debate over a political cartoon. For years, Democrats and liberals got away with comparing George W. Bush to a chimpanzee (not the #3 blog, but worth your time), but compare Pelosi and Congress to a monkey, and the libs quickly throw the race card. It really shows the ignorance of the liberal media and liberals in general. They tried to say the chimp was Obama, but Obama asked for the stimulus bill. He didn't write it. That means Pelosi and company represents the chimpanzee. The blog covering the Travis the Chimp political cartoon is number 3 for February.


4. A simple inventor named Alfred Brock was a little excited about his new invention. He wanted to show it to Dear Leader, and was arrested outside of the White House. Police found a gun in the truck. He was later released.


5. New Hampshire HCR-6 hit a road block during early debate. We hope they keep fighting and declare their right to sovereignty.


6. Michael Phelps was stupid enough to have his pictures taken of him with a bong. I was amazed at the stupider people who came to my site and didn't read what I wrote and commented disregarding the real issue. Phelps broke the rules of USA Swimming. They aren't my rules, but they are rules he agreed to when he applied for their license to allow him to swim in their events. He was deserving of his three month suspension from the sport.


7. The popularity of the New Hampshire HCR-6 blogs show that we aren't a nation who all bow down to Obama's feet. Many of us are quite fearful of his desires to change the United States to his interpretation of a socialist Utopia.


8. The next position really bothers me. I think the people coming to my site were looking for information about the video game which you score points for raping young women. Judging from my search terms that brought them to my site, I judge they were wanting to play the game or at least see what it was about. RapeLay was banned from Amazon earlier this month.


9. The next blog is a blog I didn't write, but it showed the evils of Obama's intentions hidden in the stimulus plan. The nationwide patient health care database is one of the first steps to nationalizing health care in this country. In recent days the Obama administration has run from terms like nationalization and Fairness Doctrine, but as we discovered with the Fairness Doctrine, they can pass a Fairness Doctrine without calling it a Fairness Doctrine. Does anyone remember the HBO show Not Necessarily the News? They used to play a video clip of Dan Rather, sounding rather stupid, saying if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. Well, remember that when it comes to Obama.


10. Not all entertainers support Obama. Etta James said a few colorful words about Obama this month, and she made the top ten at Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom.

Since Obama's Redistribution of Wealth Plans Are Moving Forward, Let's Reexamine the Redistribution of Wealth Game

Obama announced several big plans this week that are designed to redistribute wealth. From higher taxes on the rich, which may put them in a 60% tax bracket, to carbon permits, liberal cheer as long as it's not their own money. We also now know liberals are willing to attack the little guys to gain more wealth. As in Sheryl Crow's case, she thinks she should be paid every time her records a played on the radio. She doesn't care that may just put thousands of disc jockeys out of work, not to mention rob Julio Osegueda from his dream.

Let's go back to the days when I was working hard to gain readers for this blog, and look at how an Obama supporter didn't necessarily support Obama's philosophies and vision for America. But first you need some background.

Let's play the Redistribution of Wealth Game:

This game is going to take some courage, but I assure you it will be fun. There might even be some surprise rewards in it. Here's how we play.

During my numerous fall bicycle rides on the south side of Springfield and the north side of Ozark, I have noticed many beautiful homes that many would consider mansions. They usually have huge front yards, nice gates, and of course very large homes with usually a Volvo, BMW, or Mercedes sitting out front. You want to look for the ones with Volvos in front of them because you should also notice that there will be an Obama sign in the front yard.Here are the rules of the game:

1. When you see a house that matches the above description, go up to the door and ring the door bell (more than likely the bell will be a medley and not a simple ring).

2. When the person answers introduce yourself and shake their hand.

3. Next ask them if they would go ahead and write that check to you and let them know you really need it at this time.

4. When they give you a crazy look at them, point out the sign in the front yard and let them know that you thought they might be excited to get the policies of Obama started and figured they might want to begin redistributing their wealth before the election as proposed by Obama and exposed by Joe the Plumber.

Now let's see what a hard-core Obama supporter really thinks about Obama's redistribution of wealth plans.

I was driving home from my mother's house in Nixa, Missouri (birthplace of Jason Bourne), I found my first Obama sign. Next to the Obama sign was a tomato sign. I could already see this playing out.

I parked my car in front of his house and not in the driveway. I figured that was safe. I walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. A gentlemen comes out of his garage, and I let him know I am here for some tomatoes. He grabbed a grocery bag, and walked me to the scale where there were a lot of tomatoes. Perfect!

"Wow, you have a WEALTH of tomatoes. I don't have the WEALTH of tomatoes that you do."

He smiled at me. "Yeah me and my partner grew them about 15 miles down the road," he said.

He started telling me that he sells them for $2 a pound. I looked at him confused. "I don't understand. I saw your sign out there that said tomatoes, and then I saw your other sign, and I thought you were all for redistributing your wealth of tomatoes."

He looked at me puzzled.

I went on to explain. "I see your for Obama. He supports the redistribution of wealth. Do you support his redistribution of wealth plan?"

He said, "yes I do.

"I said, "Let me get this straight, you think it's okay for Obama to take some one's hard work and money and then spread it around to people who don't work."

"Yes, I do," he said, "and you aren't going to change my mind."

"OK, but when it comes to your hard work that you have in these tomatoes, it's not okay to spread them around, right?"

"Why you... you better get out of here before I kick your ass!" He then proceeded to chase me out of his driveway.

I'm ornery, but I proved my point. Obama supporters are okay with the redistribution of wealth, as long as it's not theirs.

Obama HIV Scare: Man Arrested for Targeting Dear Leader

When I woke up and read the headline today, I thought maybe there is some truth behind the Larry Sinclair and Barack Obama gay relationship which Sinclair has claimed. I noticed a tabloid at Walmart last night was running the Obama is gay story. The question is how was a man targeting Obama with HIV, the traditional way or the crazy way. It turns out it was the crazy way.

Apparently a Chicago man was arrested for sending Dear Leader and his staff envelopes containing HIV positive blood. Saad Hussein, (What is it with men that carry the name Hussein? They all seem insane to me and we have example numero uno leading us.) an Ethiopian refugee, sent a letter with reddish stains and a ticket to Dear Leaders unpaid for Grant Park election night celebration to the state office building in Illinois. There are a lot of people who obviously don't like our Hussein.

HAZMAT teams were rushed to the Illinois Department of Aging and the Illinois Department of Revenue (the nice people who lost one of my tax payments even though the check cleared my bank). After the offices were locked down, they come to find out bloody Hussein is an admirer of Dear Leader Hussein. That's some way to show it!

It turns out bloody Hussein has never held a job in the three years he has lived in the United States. Obviously there is love for him from Dear Leader Hussein who will push all sorts of benefits towards bloody Hussein in the months to come. Not to mention, how many thousands of dollars the refugee cost the state of Illinois with this strange symbol of affection for Dear Leader. He is under psychological observation, obviously at the cost of the taxpayer. Wouldn't it have been simpler to ship Insane Hussein back to Ethiopia?

As for Larry Sinclair, a former Obama buddy, he still claims he snorted cocaine with Obama and then did the dirty with the future Dear Leader. This is how all the Clinton scandals started, well sort off. His scandals were named Jennifer, Paula, Kathleen, and Monica--not Larry.

The Reagan Quote of the Day (2/28/09)

The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straight jacket.

One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days and Lots of Tea on its way to the Capitol

I stood with about 300 other patriotic Americans who don't want to see Obama turn this country into a socialist hell. We don't believe in Utopia. As I stood there saying the Pledge of Allegiance, a tear rolled down my eye. I felt like I have been watching my country die. We were all there to protest something that may be hard to stop, and it's not like people weren't warned. There's a reason why Joe the Plumber was the bad guy. He exposed all of what was about to take place.

I listened to Mark Levin on the way home. He predicted the yuppies and quasi yuppies living in suburbia would soon wake up and turn on Obama. Of course Obama will have already raised their taxes, Social Security, and Medicare rates. How could anyone doubt it's coming now?

Here's my totals:

Sheryl Crow: All I Wanna Do (Is Charge You For Playing My Songs)

Back in 1993, how many times a day did we have to listen to Billy peeling the labels of his bottle of Bud? Enough for Sheryl Crow to become a household name and very wealthy. Radio stations everywhere were playing All I Wanna Do helping Crow's dream come true. Now Crow wants to punish the same people who played her music so she could make more CDs, go on her massive carbon footprint tours, and tell the world they should use only one piece of toilet paper. Crow testified in front of Congress that radio stations should pay her and other entertainers every time they play their songs. Congress has introduced legislation that forces radio stations to pay musicians to play their music. They want to destroy talk radio. They want to destroy music radio. I think they just want to destroy every avenue of the free market they can.

Here's an idea. How about all the radio stations ban Crow's music forever and never help her sell a CD again. This is just crazy. She wouldn't be anything had radio stations not worn out All I Wanna Do, and this is how she returns the favor. I guess the cost of a single piece of toilet paper has gone up in the past few weeks or something? I don't know how else to understand her craziness and her greed. Or perhaps, she understands that Obama is about to take a huge chunk of her money and she now has buyers remorse over her vote. Anyway you look at it Sheryl Crow is another preachy liberal who only cares about herself.

Photos From Springfield, Missouri's Tea Party: Protesting Obama, Pelosi, Stimulus & Bailouts

Springfield, Missouri participated in the nationwide tea party protesting the spending and the policies of Barack Obama. Here are some pictures from the event:

I want Jay Nixon to look this kid in the eyes and tell him how him about the all money that his generation, according to Governor Nixon, will be forced to pay back because of the Democrat's outrageous spending spree. I want Governor Nixon to tell the kid how we are borrowing the money from the Chinese, and what that means in terms of interest and other political issues. Let's not forget what the results of printing more money means for this kid.

This is Chuck Knight, who I met in 1992 while working on the reelection of George H.W. Bush at the Greene County Republican Headquarters. We both miss Sarge and know he would have been there today if he was still with us.

This is conservative talk show host for KSGF in Springfield, Vincent David Jericho with another one of the event's organizers.

Semper Fi: Marines Give Obama Cold Response Unlike Rowdy Responses Given to George W. Bush

The dichotomy between the Marines reception of George W. Bush after nearly seven years of war and Barack Obama after one month in office is amazing. Two words excited these Marines, and they are two words that excite every Marine--Semper Fi. Other than that, these Marines seemed cold to their new Commander and Chief. I can't say that I blame them.

Please watch both videos:





These Marines have sworn to protect the Constitution of the United States first and before carrying out the orders of the President of the United States. I think we know whose side they are on.

Letter Challenging Jay Nixon May Get Published in the Springfield News-Leader

My letter challenging Governor Jay Nixon may receive some more media time. Earlier today, while I was at the Springfield Tea Party, the Springfield News-Leader e-mailed requesting a picture. They said they wanted to print the letter with a picture of the writer. I hope the newspaper run alerts people to the truth of Jay Nixon’s words, which I don’t think have received enough exposure.

Food Stamps Rise at the Fastest Rate in Missouri's History Under Governor Nixon: Governor Nixon's Reversal of the Blunt Welfare Reforms Hurting State

One in six Missourians are on food stamps. Last month Governor Nixon relaxed the welfare roles creating one million new food stamp users in the state of Missouri, according to Rush Limbaugh today. At the same time, Missouri legislators are voting to reduce the school week by one day to cut costs. Our priorities under Missouri Governor Jay Nixon are misguided. During Nixon's first month in office, he reversed the welfare reform accomplishments of Governor Matt Blunt. Missouri will soon be on the list of states needing a bailout.

The First Report from the Springfield, Missouri Tea Party: Springfield, Missouri Patriots Gather to Protest Obama, Stimulus, Spending, and Taxes

About 300 patriots showed up on the banks of the James River in Springfield, MO to protest Barack Obama and the Democrats stimulus spending, omnibus earmark spending, the Obama budget, and the planned tax increases. People showed up with signs, American flags, and lots of tea. I quickly bumped into Chuck Knight, who I worked with in 1992 at the Greene County Republican Headquarters.

The ceremony began with an introduction by Vincent David Jericho, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Star Spangled Banner. The history of the tea party was highlighted and placed in a modern perspective. Everyone formed two lines and dumped the tea into plastic bags. There are three tentative plans for the tea, but the favorite was to send the tea to Senator Jim DeMint who plans to dump the total accumulated tea on the floor of the Senate.

After the tea was dumped in the bag, various members of the community gave patriotic speeches. I had to cut the event short to get back to work. I will post pictures of the event later this evening.

Mike Church on Sirius Patriot May Read My Letter and Challenge to Jay Nixon on his Show Today

Eariler this week, as the news was spreading about Jay Nixon's comments about passing on the stimulus debt and interest to Missouri's children and grand children, I forwarded the link to Mike Church. He immediately played the clip after the break.

Today may be a huge day for some national exposure. Earlier today, I was on the Mancow show discussing the stock market. Last night, after sending my Challenge to Jay Nixon to Mike Church of Sirius Patriot, he responded letting me know that he had a very busy day scheduled for the show today but will try to read my challenge on the air.

Here’s the reply from Mike “King Dude” Church.

Oooh! Well done my friend.

Tomorrow is VERY busy for us BUT if I have time I will very much enjoy sharing your outrage with the audience. Thanks and keep up the pressure!

Mike Church

Mike sent me a second e-mail later in the evening, after I discussed my goals. He said something we all need to keep in mind.

We are not helpless we are powerless at this point but in numbers we will grow. Keep writing!

M C

Mike Church is the only reason I kept my Sirius subscription and turned it into a lifetime subscription. He has an amazing conservative show that’s deeply rooted in the Constitution. He is the reason to get Sirius. Andrew Wilkow follows Mike, but I have been a Ditto Head for nearly twenty years. When Rush has a guest host, I listen to the Wilkow Majority on Sirius.

August 31, 2010: Mission Accomplished

The sign hanging behind Obama, Harry Reid, and the rest of the spineless Democrats reads 'Mission Accomplished.' There won't be American flag, just white flags. The Democrats won the war, at least they won the right to lose the war. On August 31, 2010, the final American brigades will leave Iraq after months of American brigades slowly coming home.

Now that there is a clear date, it is essential to teach the new government in Iraq to defend itself, but Obama's lack of foreign policy vision doesn't give me hope. I look for a needless Civil War to break out in Iraq once we leave. Thanks to President Bush and the surge, things are under control in Iraq, but a quick withdrawal will unravel the progress with the surge.

Sure, I don't like war, but cutting out over doing the job right and making sure Iraq is at peace within it's boundaries is the wrong thing to do. Obama's naive foreign policy efforts will sacrifice lives, Americans included.

I Thought Hillary Was a Friend to Israel: Only During Elections, Right Hillary?

"I'm a very strong supporter of Israel," Hillary Clinton exclaimed as she maneuvered for post White House life. Knowing New York's rich Jewish culture, Hillary's meaningless words generated support many Jews now regret as she continues to work against Israel.

Hillary is no friend to Israel. In fact, recently she promised $900 million dollars to restore the Hamas infected Gaza Strip. Yesterday, she demanded Israel to speed up their aid to Gaza and the terrorists there.

Of course, the Obama administration would never admit to aiding Hamas. They are giving the money to the Palestinian Authority. Hamas will benefit from your tax dollars.

Jewish community leaders in the United States, who have been fooled by Hillary's agenda for many years, are finally turning on her. They are another group used by the Democrats for many years--Democrats who promise support for Israel and then curse Israel behind closed Congressional doors.

"I am very surprised, frankly, at this statement from the United States government and from the secretary of state," said Mortimer Zuckerman, publisher of the New York Daily News and member of the NYC Jewish Community Relations Council.

Mr. Zuckerman, Hillary never loved Israel or the Jewish people. You were all little pawns wiped out by the evil queen's words. You voted for her and she took you off the chess board. I hope you are wakening to how the Democrats use minorities to gain their power.

Americans don't owe the Palestinians a dime. I am mad as hell that our tax dollars, which is now money we are borrowing from China, is being handed to a region that promotes terrorism, the death of Israel, and no love the United States.

Obama's foreign policy is a disaster out of the gate. I can't help but think how many Americans will die because of his radical ideas and hidden support for Hamas.

Do Something Meaningful on Your Lunch Hour in Springfield, MO Today

Our country is under attack from the long-term planning of the radical, left-wing agenda of Obama and Pelosi. They are recklessly spending money in Washington which they don't have. They have asked China to fund some of it, and they are printing more. The Democrats call it stimulus. Since when is controlling the odor of pigs (I am not referring to Pelosi, but to the additional $410 billion they approved day after the stimulus), removal of gang tattoos, and forcing a national health care database stimulus.

It is time to come together as one against these forces that rob Americans of a better future with increased taxes and liberty and as our stimulus bloated governor said, force Missouri's kids and grandchildren to pay many years after we are gone.

The symbolic start of the American revolution was the Boston tea party. Today, across America, American will participate in their own tea parties. Vincent David Jericho of KSGF will host Springfield's tea party at noon today at Lake Springfield Park. I will be there, and I encourage you to as well. I hope we never have to take up arms as prescribed in the Constitution to protect ourselves from an oppressive federal government who are willing to rob Americans of their Constitutional rights. As I see more regulations placed on the First and Second Amendments and the reduction of states rights promised in the Tenth Amendment, we might on day find ourselves fighting harder than we needed to in order to preserve our way of life and our Constitution. Let your voice be the weapon for liberty and freedom today. I hope to see you at Springfield Lake Park. It starts at noon.

Governor Jay Nixon Exposes the Evil Truth About the Democrat Party, Yeah, It's for the Children All Right

Children have been a part of political campaigns since before I was born. From Lyndon Johnson to Obama, Democrats love to use children as part of their political rhetoric. Creepy in a pedophilia way, it's always for the children. Johnson's classic Daisy ad was the first time I saw children exploited for political gain. A camera creeps up on an innocent on an innocent child counting daisy petals, as if the camera is a stalker ready to attack the child. The little girl looks up and a nuclear bomb explodes. Suddenly, in an almost eerily celebratory tone, LBJ begins to speak.




Bill Clinton used it's for the children to create pathos for his many of his programs, and the children didn't grow up with Clinton. Remember the ponytailed guy in the debate begging the candidates to pretend we're your children and then wanting to know how the candidates were going to take care of him if they were the President.

The 2008 election saw its share of children. Once again they were a theme for health care and welfare. In reality, they are mere steps to nationalized health care. Hillary tried topping the LBJ ad with the 3 A.M. ad in hopes to derail Obama. She forgot one thing. We never saw Hillary as the loving mother. She was always the ambitious power grabber.

Obama had the brainwashed sounding children singing his praises (little did they know how much it was going to cost to sing to Obama). Obama quickly acted to fill his promise to make sure all children were covered medically with SCHIP, even the older children like the guy at the Clinton debate. Yes a common theme of the Democrats is ‘it’s for the children.’

We found out what for the children means thanks to the stimulus bloated Governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon. That's right, Jeremiah J. Nixon explained in detail this week what for the children mean. It means we are spending money so rapidly but we don't have to worry about it. We plan to pass it off to Missouri's children and grandchildren. It's for the children all right.

You see, I am tired of the Democrats using children to drum up meaningless campaign rhetoric. They view children like they view you and I. They are future taxpayers just like most of us were future taxpayers at one point in our lives. There's only two things the Democrats care about, you vote and getting as much of your income as they can. There's nothing patriotic about the Democratic party these days. In fact, what Governor Nixon said this week is far worse than anything they have former Governor Rod Blagojevich saying. Why is that? Those of us who lived in Illinois under Blagojevich knew he was full of it. It was no surprise when it came out. Governor Blagojevich disgraced his office. What Governor Nixon said was the equivalent of spitting on each child not only in Missouri, but across our nation.

I should thank Governor Nixon at the same time. After all, he once again showed the true colors of the Democrats. Not only that, but he removed the for the children argument out of politics. I am willing to bet on one truth about Governor Nixon. I bet his courage is limited to C-Span. I am challenging Governor Nixon to come to Southwest Missouri and tell the parents and the children in Southwest Missouri, and across the state for that matter, who is going to pay for this massive debt occurred by the Obama spending spree. He's welcome to come to my house for coffee to discuss this matter with me. I want him to look the children in the face and tell them how much each child in the country is going to be responsible for once they graduate from high school and join the ranks of taxpayers. Something tells me Nixon doesn't have the balls to tell the children what he told a faceless talking-head on C-Span. We shall see.

The Reagan Quote of the Day (2/27/09)

We Americans are slow to anger. We always seek peaceful avenues before resorting to the use of force -- and we did. We tried quiet diplomacy, public condemnation, economic sanctions, and demonstrations of military force. None succeeded. Despite our repeated warnings, Qadhafi continued his reckless policy of intimidation, his relentless pursuit of terror. He counted on America to be passive. He counted wrong. I warned that there should be no place on Earth where terrorists can rest and train and practice their deadly skills. I meant it. I said that we would act with others, if possible, and alone if necessary to ensure that terrorists have no sanctuary anywhere. Tonight, we have.

One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 57 | The New Era of Carbon Taxes and a Trillion Dollars in Other New Taxes

It looks like corporations will be taxed for their carbon output with the announcement of Obama’s Carbon Permits. Permit is a nice word for tax. Think about it. When you buy a hunting permit, you are paying a tax to be given a right. In this case, you are given the right to hunt. Now industries will have to purchase a permit to produce. The same guy who is convincing you he can save the economy, is regulating the hell out of the businesses that are key to saving the economy. Why is this so hard for a man, who we are told is so, so smart, to understand?

Those of us who really know Barack Obama know once these permits become law, industry regulations choke the remaining American industries, and Americans are forced to cars smaller than Mini Coopers, global warming, according to Obama and the liberals will be worse than they first believed when they passed these restrictive laws in 2009. They will raise carbon taxes higher and create new carbon taxes. Those who celebrate the carbon permit know not what they have just done.

Obama announced nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes today. He doesn't have a clue how to jump start the economy. Here's a breakdown of how the government is going to steal more for you. Yup, this is the change 46% of voters didn't ask for, but will get ripped off nonetheless.

On people making more than $250,000 (Count on this number coming way down, say like to $60,000, since the math doesn't add up based on the number of taxpayers at that rate.):

$338 billion - Bush tax cuts expire (we all get a tax increase, not just the $250,000)

$179 billlion - eliminate itemized deduction

$118 billion - capital gains tax hike

Total: $636 billion/10 years

Businesses:

$17 billion - Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion - tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion - codify "economic substance doctrine"
$61 billion - repeal LIFO
$210 billion - international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion - information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion - excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion - repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million - repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million - repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion - repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion - increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million - eliminate advanced earned income tax credit

Total: $353 billion/10 years

All these new taxes will cause even more havoc on the economy.

My Letter and Challenge to Governor Jay Nixon

Dear Governor Jay Nixon,

For years, I have heard the Democrats fill campaign speeches with it’s for the children to justify wasteful spending and new taxes--taxes which often rob families of the extra money needed to enjoy quality time together on vacations and weekend getaways. When I was a child, my dad earned enough to take care of our family. As a teenager, the tax burden combined with the cost of living took away from the family time we once shared and forced my mother to find work.

Earlier this week, I found out what for the children really means. For Democrats, who have gone on a spending spree in Washington unparallel to any time in our nation’s history, children are simply the next generation of American taxpayers to pay for this reckless spending. On C-Span this week, when asked about the stimulus, without any remorse you said we would spend the stimulus money in Missouri and pass the expense of our government’s mistakes to Missouri’s kids and grandkids.

It must be easy to tell a C-Span reporter the truth. What shocked me most was the lack of regret in your answer. It seemed no big deal to you that our current administration is creating a debt that will be passed on to generations of Americans. Well Mr. Nixon, that hasn’t set well with me the more I consider your words.

Instead of telling a C-Span reporter, I want you to visit my home and tell the children in my life what all of this debt means to their future. You owe them an apology sir for your careless words, which I have no doubt is the way you feel. This spending spree isn’t a game so you can get your name on as many buildings in Missouri during your term as Governor. This is a debt that’s going to have long-term consequences in Missouri and our nation. Frankly, I am tired of the Democrats lack of respect towards taxpayers, our country, and most importantly the next generations of Americans.

So Mr. Nixon, I am demanding you come to my home and tell these children what this debt means to them.

Sincerely,

Clayton Bowler



This letter has been submitted to Governor Nixon, KY3, KOLR 10, KSFX 27, KSPR 33, The Springfield News Leader, the Mike Church show on Sirius Patriot, and the Vincent David Jericho radio program.

Timothy Geithner's Experience Vs. Reality

Defeat Obama and the Democrats With the Power of the Federalist Papers: Contact Your Representatives Today

Combining state and federal government gives me two U.S. Senators, one Congressman, one state senator, and one state representative.

My two U.S. Senators are:
Christopher ‘Kit’ Bond-R
Claire McCaskill-D

My representative in Congress is Roy Blunt-R, 7th Congressional district in Missouri.

My state senator is Dan Clemons-R, district 020.

My state representative is Raymond Weter-R, district 142.

You can easily find out this information at www.votesmart .org with your nine-digit zip code. This is the first part of the assignment. It’s essential you collect every person who represents you in the legislative branch of your state and federal government.

The next part of defeating Obama and the Democrats is restoring power back to the states like Thomas Jefferson and the forefathers prescribed when they wrote the Federalist Papers which led to ratifying the Constitution. The Federalist Papers are the backbone of the Constitution and what you should read before interpreting the Constitution.

Many states like New Hampshire (HCR-6) and Missouri (HR-212) introduced sovereignty bills during the past few months. These bills reduce the roles of the federal government and restore it to the states. We need to discover which legislators support limiting the power of the federal government and restoring the power of the states.

Now you need to contact each of the legislators listed above and send them the following e-mail.

Dear XXXX,

I am concerned by the growing power and size of the federal government. Many states have recently introduced sovereignty bills to return the power to the states based on the Federalist Papers and the Constitution. What are your thoughts about a sovereignty bill in our state?

I appreciate your opinion,

XXXX

If that legislator supports the sovereignty bill in your state, then add a point to the voting scoreboard in their favor. If they don’t, do not vote for the legislator when they run for reelection. If a Republican says they support it, mark two strikes against them. This is the only way we are going to defeat the Democrats run on power in this country. The states must stand up for their rights.

Mike Huckabee Names the Stimulus Bill

I thought this little explanation on Obama and Pelosi's stimulus from Mike Huckabee was worth posting. The Congressional Relief Action Program, enjoy!

The Obama Disclaimers: Holding the President to the Same Language Government Standards Imposed on Advertisers

Obama's message to Congress, well, all of Obama's speeches are really long drawn out commercials selling Obama's naive vision for America. Many people buy into it without really thinking much about what he said--you know, the impulse buyers. I tend to think Obama likes these voters the best. He's got four years to deal with buyer's remorse.

These tend to make up a majority of Obama voters. If you really listen to his message, he presents a bi-polar plan. He wants to save the auto industry in one sentence, and then further regulate them into bankruptcy the next. He celebrates the massive spending of the stimulus in one sentence, and then preaches financial responsibility in the next. Obama is a bi-polar leader, governing from both polls. He actually sounds conservative at times, and then he heads back to the other pole. His magnetic pull is strongest on the left pole. The other pole is an illusion of words.

I am reminded of when I began designing Web sites. I designed a Web site for a local Ozark dental office with a team of two other designers. We quickly learned the laws required to prevent the dentist from getting in trouble with the state. This general dentist offered orthodontic services including Invisalign. As we wrapped up the site, we had to put an disclaimer on the Web site which read: Dr. Dentist is a general dentist and is not a specialist in orthodontics. At the time, this was a new law in Missouri. Apparently, one woman was upset that the orthodontic treatment her child received wasn't performed by a specialist, contacted the Missouri State Dental Board, and they worked with Jefferson City to pass a law requiring the verbiage.

After listening to Obama rattle on during Tuesday night's address, we need to require Obama to place the same disclaimers underneath his promises.

Let's start with the promise to find a cure for cancer:

Obama is a slimy lawyer and a community activist. He may have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express during the campaign, but he is not an oncologist.

Here's another claim Obama made during his address that needs a disclaimer:

Over the next two years, this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs.

Obama has never ran a small business or major corporation in his life. For his plan to guarantee 3.5 million jobs, he has to have the approval of the free market which sees a need and hires people accordingly. If there are 3.5 million new jobs created with livable salaries and good benefits, chances are Obama had nothing to do with it unless the government received massive and suffocating growth during his tenure.

When Obama brags about spending nearly $2 trillion dollars in his first month in office, the following disclaimer should scroll across your TV screen:

According to Governor Jay Nixon, it will be fun spending the money but your children and grandchildren will be left paying the debt for many years.

We really need the let's correct the global warming lie disclaimer the next time any Democrat claims that all science and scientists believe in global warming:

According to over 650 reputable scientists, man-made global warming may be a political scam. There is not a consensus in the scientific community that global warming is happening.

When Obama promises no earmarks in his budget:

Removing gang symbol tattoos from dangerous gang members is only an earmark if the tattoo is located on the gang member's ear, in which the federal government will offer no assistance in removing.

I have no doubt that every word that comes out Obama's mouth needs a disclaimer. When you go promising the world to people like Peggy Joseph, disclaimers protect the stupid and should be required. We all know Stimulus II is coming; perhaps, the office of Obama disclaimers for all of his faith-healing promises. That's probably enough to add $100 billion to the growing-faster-than-ever deficit, but it's really not needed since this site provides the disclaimers you need to survive the Obama administration.

'Carbon Permits': A Nice Word for Obama's New Cap-and-Trade Carbon Taxes

Obama’s new budget includes large carbon taxes, known as carbon permits (Don’t you love how they think we are stupid?), which the administration is counting on an additional $300 billion. Just what companies in the struggling economy need, more money leaving their bank accounts in the form of taxes. Of course, these companies aren’t going to pay for their carbon permits. They are going to pass the costs on to you when you buy their products and services.

The permits are required for any company that releases green house gasses linked to global warming. Does anyone else see the danger with this? Don’t all companies release CO2 just by hiring people who breathe? Obama includes carbon dioxide, an essential gas for life on earth.

The plan lacks details currently, but the Obama administration predicts the permits will be required by 2012. It will follow the cap-and-trade system. The government will place a limit—a cap—and when that cap is reached, the taxman cometh. No doubt, the corporations will be forced into purchasing the equipment needed to monitor their emissions, and there will be some punk from the government watching them like a hawk, getting in the way of their production, and furthering their financial hardships.

Alarming: The Out of Control Spending of Obama and the Democrats and What They Are Passing on to the Children (Including Sasha and Malia)

What's Obama's legacy? Spend and then spend some more. And what's it matter? According to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, we won't have to worry about paying it back because we can leave it to the the children and grand children.

After negotiation a trillion dollars of spending down to $750+ billion, the Democrats got the last laugh after the Democrats in the House passed another $410 billion in spending, which includes projects like the removal of gang tattoos at the tax payer's expense. Obama's new budget includes so much spending that the administration is predicting a $1.75 trillion deficit. All this on the heels of Obama demanding financial responsibility from all of us and promising to cut the deficit by 2/3. In the middle of the recession, Obama promises to increase taxes in energy, capital gains, and on the rich. I told you energy prices were going up, and the government will be the blame--not the oil companies.

According the House Budget Committee's minority Web site, even before Obama's budget is debated, they are predicting a $1.3 trillion deficit. That's nearly three times the deficit left by George W. Bush in his final year. The budget creates a double-dipping effect. That is, sectors of the economy that received billions like alternative energy receives billions more in Obama's budget. The National Endowment of the Arts received $50 million in the stimulus package and receives another $21 million in Obama's budget.

The earmarks which Obama promised no earmarks. The new budget contains $11 billion in earmarks. From the fore mentioned tattoo removal to pig odor management to a water taxi service, earmarks are out of control under Obama. Funny how Obama's promises don't mean a thing, and no one cares.

Democrats loved attacking Ronald Reagan for deficit spending. Reagan's pocket book had limits, Obama doesn't. Obama is on path to double or triple the deficit during his term. He's not going to cut the deficit as promised. Obama is full of number two! But, it really doesn't matter does it Jeremiah J. Nixon? The children can pay for the Democrat's evil ways. Someone needs to take the Bank of Commuinist China Visa Card from Obama.

Barack the Warmonger: Liberal Outrage With Obama's War Spending? Anyone? Anyone?

Obama's pledged to spend over $75 billion on two wars that have suddenly been taken off the radar screens of liberals in the country. They are no longer accusing the President of war for oil, of course we know Obama would never do anything to actually help the American economy. Liberal war critics have been hushed as Obama continues the 'Bush' wars. Even some of the largest war critics continue to Obamagasm as Obama announces he may continue surveillance (wire tapping) to listen to our enemies, seek $75 billion to fund the war, and send more troops to Afghanistan. There are no talk of war crimes, even though the military bombed a country we aren't at war with at the end of January.

Liberals aren't discussing a crises in leadership in Washington, despite the astronomical amounts of money Obama spends. The liberals complained about ever dime spent on the war, but now the President can spend trillions which includes war funding, and hardly a peep. To my knowledge Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have no new books planned describing how Obama's losing the war and promoting radical Islam. (I think we will soon learn Obama promotes Islam in other spiritual ways.)

The only Democrat firing words at Obama is Robert Byrd, and they aren't about the war but over Obama's power grab. The Democrats were quite fearful with their rhetoric concerning how they figured Bush would play out his lust for power. Byrd can be hushed with a race card.

Amazing how things change overnight in Washington. In 2002, I spent two weeks in DC, and I quickly learned how fake the city was--a quality you can't even try to hide in 2009. Heck, you can't even find Senator Harry Reid's white flag of surrender in the Capitol these days.

Upstaging the Obamessiah: Recession Tax Cuts (Netanyahu) Vs. Recession, Big Government Spending (Obama)

The tension just got thicker between Obama and Jerusalem. Benjamin Netanyahu announced his economic plans to life Israel out of the recession. They happen to be the opposite of Obama's plan. Although, the media will never admit to it, Israel heads towards the right direction as Obama sets off to increase the national debt at a level never seen before while doing little to stimulate the economy.

Netanyahu takes office in less than six weeks, looks to repeat the same policies he did six years ago. To get Israel out of the recession, he will cut taxes and shrink the size of government. Hey Ben, do you you think once you get your country fixed and slap around Hamas and Iran a little bit, you could come over here, slap around our disgrace in the Oval Office, and save our economy too?

Israel's situation is similar to ours. Their stock market is down 46 percent since October 2007. Their gross domestic product has fallen, and their exports have taken a big hit. The fact that Netanyahu is doing the exact opposite of Obama provides an excellent look at the two methods of recovery. Of course, deep down inside, I know the people of Israel are on the right track, but sadly, when the outcome shows tax cuts and smaller government prevails, Chris Matthews will still be tooting the Obamaloser's horn.

The Reagan Quote of the Day (2/26/09)

The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Springfield, Missouri Tea Party Inspired By Rick Santelli: Vincent David Jericho Organizes Springfield's Protest

Vincent David Jericho, the conservative morning talk show host on KSGF, announced Springfield will participate in the nationwide tea party started by Rick Santelli. The event starts this Friday, February 17, 2009, at 12:00 PM at the Lake Springfield Park.

Purpose is to send a loud and clear, visible signal to President Obama, Congress, and other people around the country that the stimulus bill was not wanted by the American people, that people who play by the rules and work hard don't want to pay the tab for people whose businesses have failed or who bought houses they couldn't afford.

Contact thedangerousone@live.com for more information.

I know where I will be during my lunch hour on Friday.

One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 56

For tax year 2007, I wound owing both the feds and the state of Illinois money--lots of money. During the last quarter of 2007, I lost my job, so money was tight. Today, I called the state of Illinois today to check on my balance. The state of Illinois lost a couple of my payments. So I spent my morning calling the bank setting up faxes of the proof of payment. The Illinois Department of Revenue gave me attitude telling me my lost payment wasn't their problem. The problem is, when I called the Illinois Department of Revenue a month ago, they admitted to receiving the payments, and were still processing the very first payment I made four months prior. That payment processed, but they lost the second and third payments. Lucky me! What else should you expect from the state of Illinois?

Requesting Accountability from Ozark Junior High Teacher Leads to Teacher Insulting Me : Ozark, Missouri

I have noted on a couple of occasions, to restore values and accountability in our country will require following locally what's happening in local government and public education. Since moving to the Ozarks from Chicago, I have become increasingly aware of issues with the local education system that I feel people need to become aware of before it's too late resulting in higher taxes and poor education.

The first issue that alerted me to a problem was the new Ozark Tiger Football Stadium at Ozark High School. The district built a new high school a couple of years ago and the new stadium opened in the fall. The school celebrated its opening with an open house, where they showed off the full-color video playback scoreboard, the field house, the artificial turf, stadium seating, and luxury press box. There are NCAA football teams which don't even come close to playing on field like this.

The school includes a professional weight room, sports medicine center, plasma TVs in the hallways, a color-video sign displaying announcements and student artwork at the east entrance, and many other unneeded luxuries needed for education.

A couple weeks later, the school sent elementary home with fundraisers to pay for testing computers their budget wouldn't allow. It hit me quickly how much more important athletics have become over academics. Ozark schools were sending kids out to sell so they could look better than Nixa, or whatever their reason was to build their stadium and overlook the needs of their students.

Such excesses will provide costly future property tax assessments. Having moved from Chicago, I understand how these luxuries hit homeowners hard when their annual assessments come due. It's not uncommon to pay $4,000 to $6,000 a year in property taxes on an average ranch style home in Chicagoland. I decided it was time to go to work and do my part in hopes of raising the awareness in the community, so we never have to look at the reality increased property tax assessments to those levels.

The second issue happened about a week ago when I discovered Ozark Junior High School was using Morgan Spurlock's anti-capitalism movie, Supersize Me, to teach why you shouldn't eat at McDonald's. The movie promotes suing the ‘evil corporations’ rather than taking responsibility for your actions. Supersize Me demonizes an American company who provides jobs, community service, and opportunities to earn wealth through franchising. The movie contains sexual dialog, a rectal exam, drug references, penis references, and a graphic medical procedure. When I asked a parent of a student if the school requested their approval before showing the file, they told me they weren't even aware the children were seeing it until after the fact. The movie is clearly a liberal attempt to hurt McDonalds, and teachers should be able to teach a healthy diet without needing Spurlock's political rhetoric.

Yesterday evening, an Ozark Junior High student asked me to help out with some English homework. My degree is in technical writing, so I gladly accepted to help out. As I looked over their work, I noticed their inability to use punctuation as simple as a period. It was a pattern throughout the eight pages of their writing. There were other mistakes that weren’t acceptable for a kid a few months away from a high school composition class. I didn't make a big deal of the mistakes. I explained the rules and edited the paper. This student is an all-A student, by the way, so based on their grades, I expect them to know how to use a period and a comma most of the time.

I asked to the see the assignment sheet. They handed it to me, and the sheet alarmed me with its poor grammar usage. This was an English assignment and the teacher showed little attention to those rules many of you hated growing up. It was hard to understand, there was punctuation missing from the end of sentences, and basic style rules were thrown out. This is where you ask yourself should I ignore this teacher who might rob this child of a good education like I was by some teachers, or do you stand up a demand excellence. I remember the teachers that didn’t take my education seriously without any affection, and for this kid, college is a few short years away. This was strike three in my book, and I am tired of watching where entitlement education has led this country over the last few years. The lack of critical thinking skills are killing this country. I decided to say something. I wrote an e-mail to the teacher and the principal. I wrote to express my concerns. I had no idea of the attitude I was about to receive.

My e-mail:

Dear Ms. Houston,

I am helping one of your students with their homework, and I am disappointed with their lack of knowledge of grammar and basic punctuation. When I looked at the assignment, I quickly noticed your lack of attention of style rules in your own writing.

For instance: You need 3 “good” actually bad animals, and 1 animal accused of being bad but he/she was misunderstood and is actually good.

If you are going to teach children English, don’t you think you should consider displaying good writing techniques when you create an assignment? I would consider the Chicago Manual of Style if you don’t already have a copy.

I am not sure I know what a good actually bad animal is. Do you mean good examples of bad animals, or do you mean good animals that have gone bad?

You always spell numbers under ten.

He or she is considered sexist language and should be replaced with a neutral noun or pronoun.

This is an ugly sentence, and you should strive to promote good writing by displaying good writing, especially if you are assigning and grading writing assignments. As I read on, you frequently leave out punctuation throughout the remaining portion of the assignment sheet. You can’t prepare children for the future by demonstrating and celebrating mediocrity. Communication is the greatest skill a child learns in school.

Sincerely,

Clayton Bowler

I seriously wasn't trying to insult her, but at the same time I felt she had a responsibility to her students to display what she supposedly teaches them. If you are not going to enforce the rules by displaying you too follow the rules, then the students begin to think the rules are not important. Not only that, but based on the writing of the student I read, the student is not an A student in English.

Here's the reply:

Dr. Mr. Bowler:

Are you serious? Pardon me if I come off a little less than professional in my attempt to answer your criticisms of my assignment, but perhaps you should spend one minute in my life and then you just might have more insight into what it is I do here at Ozark Junior High School.

On the particular day that I was creating that assignment, I was also making an outline to demonstrate to my speech class, writing a letter to parents to ask them to judge at the Saturday speech tournament I spent my entire day at, and emailing my husband to purchase a book from a Springfield book store for a lesson I wanted to teach the next day. Oh yes, and I was also making a prop list for the One Act play I direct after school. I am currently not using a textbook in English, and I have to come up with many of my own lessons, so those are sometimes created rather quickly (as was the one you mentioned in your email). Since you asked, I will tell you that my day begins at 4:30 a.m. and once I arrive at school (usually by 7:10 a.m.) my mornings are filled with visiting with my students, emailing parents, filling out hot sheets for missing assignments, tutoring students, working in the library, and making copies for my classes. All this I’ve done before 7:45 in the morning. In fact, I’ve had so many kids in my room this morning visiting with me, that I’ve barely had time to respond to this email. I won’t even detail what I do after school, as I simply couldn’t do it in the limited amount of time I have this morning. Suffice it to say, I don’t leave school until 4:00 or 4:30 most days.

I’m not sure what your life is like, however, if you have time to email a junior high school English teacher about one particular assignment she created in the five minutes free time she had that day, you’ve probably got too much time on your hands. Perhaps you should think about a day job. Please accept my humblest apologies for not making an error-free assignment sheet. You are right. I am an English teacher, and in an attempt to teach my students, I should model better work than the sheet in which you refer. I promise to do better next time. I may have to do it on one of the weekends that I’m not spending EIGHT hours with my student performers, or perhaps I’ll do it on an evening after I’ve graded 150 (should I have spelled that out?) essays. I may have to stay up until midnight to get it done, but believe me; the next assignment that I must create myself will be self-explanatory and free from any errors. I hope this will guarantee that people such as you will not take time out of their busy schedules to write me emails filled with disappointment with my lack of knowledge of basic grammar and punctuation. Oh yes, and my pronouns will be as neutral as they can possibly be. In fact, I promise not to make them gender specific at all in the next assignment.

Thank you once again for showing me the error of my ways. Now if you don’t mind, I must wrap this up and go teach a class of thirty-one 7th graders while making less money than an assistant manager at Arby’s.

Sincerely,

Natalie Houston
OJH English Department

Obviously, the insults from this teacher are unbelievable. Beyond that, she doesn't want to take the responsibility of her position to teach children English. She complains about it and the time it takes to perform her job. Then she tells me to get a day job, and continues to discuss the miseries of her job. If it's that bad, quit. Don't rob a child of a good education because you are not happy. If it's about the money, go to Arby's, or go to school board meetings and complain about the money spent on athletics at Ozark. Don't ever insult another adult who is concerned about a child’s education.

Lackadaisical teachers were something I dealt with in high school, and I tired of fighting them and accepted that they weren’t going to teach me what I needed. I shouldn't have, but when you are 15-18 years old, you don't believe your opinion matters. I'd go home and tell my mom the history teacher didn't know history. He just passed out word finds every day in his American History. He had a word find for all fifty states. That's how the year started, and it ended with word finds. I had to play catch up when I got to college.

You don't want your child playing catch up when they get to college, so you should demand excellence from your teachers. No one should ever have to put up with an insulting teacher who forgets parents pay property taxes that fund the school. I am worried about the direction of education in this country.

Change comes from each of us. It's about standing up when a San Francisco kindergarten teacher invites her students to her lesbian wedding and hands out gay tolerance cards. I know those days may be a long way away for Ozark students. If you don't stand up and demand your school system to teach what a child needs to succeed, it's not unrealistic that those philosophies may one day infiltrate in the school system. After all, who would have ever thought I would be insulted for demanding excellence from a teacher?

Missouri's House Passes Four Day School Week (HB242): Kids Get the Short End While Nixon Expands Welfare

Isn't it funny Governor Jay Nixon had no issues with expanding welfare in the state of Missouri during his first week in office? Guess who's going to pay again? The Children. In case you missed it earlier this week, Nixon told CNN the cost of the stimulus would be passed on to Missouri's children and grandchildren. Now he the power of his pen may save the state millions by cutting a day from the school week.

Missouri's Republican controlled House approved the first round of debates that would allow school districts the option of four-day school weeks. Republican Representative Gayle Kingery, of Poplar Bluff, sponsored the bill citing the costs to the state's rural schools.

Did anyone look at challenging Jay Nixon's expansion of welfare that's promoting more Missourians to sit on their butts as funds they could reappropriate to children who have still have a future to do something with the talents they are given? Our priorities under Governor Nixon have become totally screwed up. Missouri's children will pay the another price as they are robbed of a day of education.

For Challenging Conservative Wisdom and Thought: Remember Our 'Web Number,' Right Mr. Biden

For your dose of challenging conservative wisdom and thought, just punch in our 'Web number' in your browser. We'll set Joe Biden straight and make no bones about it, we want 'Obama Socialism' to fail. Our 'Web number' is http://www.bungalowbillscw.blogspot.com/. Place it in your bookmarks today with the rest of your 'Web numbers.'

Market Gives Obama No Confidence Vote After Last Night's Address to Congress

The market voted no confidence early this morning as it’s down over 120 points in early trading. Obama’s speech proved to be a campaign speech with lots of pathos. Obama would have done the economy a favor if he had just kept his mouth shut, and from Hillary’s yawns, I think she agrees.

Obama Talks About a Trillion Dollars Like It's No Big Deal...: Guess Who They are Planning on Paying it Back

Obama and the Democrats discuss spending a trillion dollars like it’s no big deal. It’s only a trillion dollars…and besides it’s needed to spark the economy. I didn’t hear him discuss where the trillion is coming from. Americans need to know Hillary Clinton was sent to the Chinese to request the loan, citing their success is dependent on Americans buying Chinese junk. Obama never cites the truth of what too many dollars spread into the economy does to the value of the dollar. This continued discussion without the truths of where the money comes from, conditions Americans to believe a trillion dollars isn’t a big deal. It’s a very big deal!

According to tax data, there are approximately 90 million Americans who pay income taxes. Not all Americans pay income taxes; although, they all pay taxes out of their paychecks. Many Americans pay in, but get bigger refunds thanks to tax credits at the end of the year. This is how wealth is redistributed in America.

Based on tax data, consider these facts about Obama and Pelosi’s stimulus plan, the bailouts, and the mortgage fix:

Without interest figured in, the cost to each of these tax payers will be $8,000. Governor Jay Nixon of Missouri says we can just pass this cost on to our children and grandchildren like it’s no big deal--the amazing enlightenment of the Democrats. Governor Nixon is the go to guy when it comes to giving!

When you add all the bank bailouts, auto bailouts, and Obama’s mortgage bailout, the average cost to taxpayers rises to $19,000. Are you children and grandchildren feeling the love yet, Governor Nixon?

When you add all of the above to the current national debt, the cost to taxpayers is over $60,000. Remember when Governor Nixon showed how much he cared about college kids during his first week in office? Yeah, he really cares.

Did Prescott Bush Steal Geronimo's Skull for Yale's Skull and Bones?

A court case filed last week, which includes Obama as the defendant accuses the Yale's secret society the Skull and Bones of grave robbing and possessing the skull of Geronimo. The Apache tribe decided to file the suit for the 100th anniversary of the death of Geronimo.

CNN has investigated the mystery and uncovered a 1918 letter from a member, a bonesman, citing the skull was placed in 'the tomb.' CNN has repeated that Senator Prescott Bush, father of President Bush, was one of the grave robbers.

“It’s been 100 years since the death of my great-grandfather in 1909. It’s been 100 years of imprisonment,” Geronimo’s great-grandson Harlyn Geronimo told reporters.

The legend tells the order stole the skull and other artifacts from the grave located at Fort Sill, OK in 1918, and have hid them in a secret location on the Yale campus.

“Skull and Bones, with all its ritual and macabre relics, was founded in 1832 as a new world version of secret student societies that were common in Germany at the time,” reported CBS News. “Since then, it has chosen or ‘tapped’ only 15 senior students a year who become patriarchs when they graduate — lifetime members of the ultimate old boys’ club.”

Why Obama is mentioned in the suit is unclear. He went to Harvard. Robert Gates is also mentions. Both George W. Bush and his father were members. Geronimo's grandson wrote W. a few years ago requesting release of the bones, and didn't receive a reply. Both presidential candidates in 2004 were members of the society.

Here's a list of famous Skull and Bones members:

1830s

• Morrison R. Waite (1837), U.S. Supreme Court Justice[3]
• William Maxwell Evarts (1837), U.S. Secretary of State; Attorney General; Senator; grandson of Roger Sherman[4][5]

1840s

• Dwight Foster (1848), Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, grandson of U.S. Senator Dwight Foster and nephew of U.S. Senator Theodore Foster.

Timothy Dwight (Bones 1849), President of Yale (1886-1899) and one of a number of Bonesmen to go on to posts at the university
• Timothy Dwight V (1849), Yale acting Treasurer 1887–1889, Yale President 1886–1899[6]

1850s
• Daniel Coit Gilman (1852), president of the University of California, Johns Hopkins University, and the Carnegie Institution[7]
• Andrew Dickson White (1853), Co-founder and first President of Cornell University[8]
• Chauncey Depew (1855), U.S. Senator (R-New York 1899–1911)[9]

1860s

• Simeon Eben Baldwin (1861), Governor and Chief Justice, State of Connecticut; son of Roger Sherman Baldwin[10]
• Franklin MacVeagh (1862), US Secretary of the Treasury[11]

1870s

William Howard Taft (Bones 1878), son of the society's co-founder and the first of three Bonesman to become US President
• William H. Welch (1870), dean of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine[12]
• Edwin F. Sweet (1871), Assistant Secretary of Commerce*[13]
• Arthur T. Hadley (1876), Yale president 1899-1921[14]
• Edward Baldwin Whitney (1878), New York Supreme Court Justice[citation needed]
• William Howard Taft (1878), 27th President of the United States; Chief Justice of the United States; Secretary of War; son of Alphonso Taft[11]
• Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1879), United States Solicitor General

1880s
• Walter Camp (1880), founder of American football[15]
• Maxwell Evarts (1884), Vermont State Representative, son of William Maxwell Evarts.
• Frank Bosworth Brandegee (1885), U.S. Representative (R-Connecticut 1902–1905); U.S. Senator (R-Connecticut 1905–1924)[citation needed]
• William Kent (1887), U.S. Representative from California.
• Amos Alonzo Stagg (1888), College football Hall of Fame coach[16][17]
• Henry L. Stimson (1888), US Secretary of War[18]
• George W. Woodruff (1889), College Hall of Fame football coach, Acting Secretary of the Interior and Pennsylvania state attorney-general[12]
• Gifford Pinchot (1889), First Chief of U.S. Forest Service[citation needed]

1890s

• Lee McClung (1892), Yale Treasurer 1904–1909; U.S. Treasurer 1909–1912[citation needed]
• Pierre Jay (1892), first chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York[19]
• Henry Sloane Coffin, president of the Union Theological Seminary[20]
• Harry Payne Whitney (1894), husband of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; investment banker[21]
• Amos Pinchot (1897), progressive leader[22]

1900s

• John Magee (missionary) (1906), Chaplain at Yale, documenter of Japanese atrocities during the Rape of Nanking, assistant rector at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square (Washington, D.C.), father of High Flight poet John Gillespie Magee, Jr. [23]
• Ashley Day Leavitt (1900), Congregational clergyman
• Percy Rockefeller (1900), director of Brown Brothers Harriman, Standard Oil, and Remington Arms[13]
• Charles Seymour (1908), President of Yale 1937–1951[24]
• Harold Stanley (1908), founder of investment house Morgan Stanley[citation needed]

1910s

• George L. Harrison (1910), banker; President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, former Chairman of the board of New York Life Insurance Co., and special consultant to fellow Bonesman, Henry L. Stimson.[26][27]
• Robert A. Taft (1910), U.S. Senator (R-Ohio 1939–1953)[26][16]
• Alfred Cowles (1913), founder of the Cowles Commission[citation needed]
• Averell Harriman (1913), businessman - founding partner in Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; U.S. Ambassador and Secretary of Commerce; Governor of New York; Chairman and CEO of the Union Pacific Railroad, Brown Brothers & Harriman, and the Southern Pacific Railroad[28]
• C. Montgomery Burns (1914), mogul (fictional character)
• Archibald MacLeish (1915), poet and diplomat[29]
• Donald Ogden Stewart (1916), author and screenwriter, Academy Award winner for The Philadelphia Story[20]
• Prescott Bush (1916), businessman - founding partner in Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; U.S. Senator (R-Connecticut 1952–1963), Father of George H.W. Bush, grandfather of George W. Bush[30]
• E. Roland Harriman (1917), businessman - founding partner in Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; railroad executive; president of American Red Cross[citation needed]
• Knight Woolley (1917), businessman - founding partner in Brown Brothers Harriman & Co..
• H. Neil Mallon (1917), CEO of Dresser Industries [31]
• Kenneth F. Simpson (1917), U.S. Representative from New York.
• Artemus Gates (1918), president of New York Trust Company, Union Pacific Railroad, TIME-Life, and Boeing Company[citation needed]
• F. Trubee Davison (1918), Director of Personnel at the CIA[32][33][34]
• Howard M. Baldrige (1918) - U.S. Representative (R-Nebraska 1931–1933)[citation needed]
• Robert A. Lovett (1918), US Secretary of Defense[35] [36]

1920s

• Briton Hadden (1920), co-founder of Time-Life Enterprises[37]
• Henry Luce (1920), co-founder of Time-Life Enterprises [38]
• John Sherman Cooper (1923), U.S. Senator (R-Kentucky 1946–1949, 1952–1973); member of the Warren Commission[1]
• Russell Davenport (1923), editor of Fortune magazine; created Fortune 500 list[39]
• F. O. Matthiessen, historian, literary critic[16]
• George Herbert Walker, Jr. (1927), financier and co-founder of the New York Mets; uncle to President George Herbert Walker Bush[40]
• John Rockefeller Prentice (1928), Grandson of John D. Rockefeller; pioneer of artificial insemination[citation needed]
• Granger Kent Costikyan (1929), a banker, partner of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

1930s

• H. J. Heinz II (1931), Heir to H. J. Heinz Company; father of H. John Heinz III[41]
• Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1936), U.S. Representative (D-New York)[9]
• Potter Stewart (1936), U.S. Supreme Court Justice[42]
• William P. Bundy (1939), State Department liaison for the Bay of Pigs invasion, brother of McGeorge Bundy[43]

1940s

• McGeorge Bundy (1940), Special Assistant for National Security Affairs; National Security Advisor; Professor of History, brother of William Bundy [44]
• William Sloane Coffin, clergyman and peace activist[45]
• James L. Buckley (1944), U.S. Senator (R-New York 1971–1977) and brother of William F. Buckley, Jr.[46][47][48]
• John Chafee (1947), U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy and Governor of Rhode Island; father of Lincoln Chafee[49]
• George H. W. Bush (1948), 41st President of the United States; 11th Director of Central Intelligence; son of Prescott Bush; father of George W. Bush[50]

1950s

• Evan G. Galbraith (1950), US ambassador to France; managing director of Morgan Stanley[51][52]
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1950), founder of National Review[53]
• William Henry Draper III (1950), Chair of United Nations Development Programme and Export-Import Bank of the United States[54]
• William H. Donaldson (1953), appointed chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by George W. Bush; founding dean of Yale School of Management; co-founder of DLJ investment firm [55][56]
• David McCullough (1955), U.S. historian; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner[20]
• Robert Gow (1955), business associate of George H. W. Bush; president of Bush's Zapata Oil[57]
• R. Inslee Clark, Jr. (1957), Director of Undergraduate Admissions; former Headmaster of Horace Mann School[58]
• Winston Lord (1959), Chairman of Council on Foreign Relations; Ambassador to China; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State [59][60]

1960s

David Boren (1963), Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senator, President of the University of Oklahoma[62][63]
• Frederick W. Smith (1966), founder of FedEx[64][65]
• John Kerry (1966), U.S. Senator (D-Massachusetts 1985.present); Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1983–1985; 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee[66]
• Don Schollander Olympic Gold medal swimmer.[67]
• Victor Ashe (1967), Tenn. State House (1968–1975); Tenn. State Senate (1976–1984); Mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. (1988–2003); appointed Ambassador to Poland (2004–Present) by George W. Bush[68][69]
• George W. Bush (1968), 43rd President of the United States; 46th Governor of Texas[70]
• Robert McCallum, Jr (1968), Ambassador to Australia[71][72]
• Roy Leslie Austin (1968), appointed ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago by George W. Bush[73][74]
• Stephen A. Schwarzman (1969), co-founder The Blackstone Group[75][76]

1970s

Edward E. McNally Federal Prosecuter, former General Counsel to the Office of Homeland Security, and former U.S. Attorney for southern Illinois.[[2]][[3]]

1980s and 1990s

• Earl G. Graves, Jr. (1984), president of Black Enterprise[77]
• Edward S. Lampert (1984), founder of ESL Investments; chairman of Sears Holdings Corporation [78][77]
• Dana Milbank (1990), political reporter for The Washington Post[79] [80] [81]
• Austan Goolsbee (1991), staff director to and chief economist of President Barack Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.[82]
• John Wertheim (1990), American lawyer and politician