Thursday, April 30, 2009
Time to Watch the Supreme Court Move to the Extreme Left: Justice David Souter to Retire
Although Souter was nominated by George H.W. Bush, he was far from being conservative. His retirement isn't as bad as it sounds. It will prove how far to the extreme left Obama plans to move the court. My guess, be ready for a shock. Whoever Obama picks, there will be little debate to seat the new justice.
Let's hope the right-leaning justices will hold out for the next four years. That's asking a lot considering the ages of many of the justices. Obama may have three to five picks in his first term. Considering the Supreme Court may be the only body to slow down the Obama administration, that very fact should concern all of us.
A Peak at What You May See at Your Local Chrysler Dodge Dealer
Why Obama's Plans for Chrysler Will Fail: Of Course You Will Never Hear Obama and Fail in the Same Sentence
After the time went by, both car companies flew to Washington in the private jets, and Congress looked down upon the CEOs because they flew. They were told no and to come back in 30 days. Thirty days passed, more money was wasted to keep both companies afloat, and both companies head towards bankruptcy, both under government control.
The first thing that hurts Chrysler is Obama has chosen GM as the company that will survive under the government's favor. In a socialist society on favorite from each industry is chosen by the government and given preference. That company is GM. If GM fails Obama fails. Chrysler can fail and the same truth should hold true, but he can pass off the blame to the UAW who Obama presented with 55% ownership too. That's right, Obama took US taxpayers and paid off the UAW for future Democratic endorsement of his and other campaigns.
Chrysler and Fiat not an exciting mix
Chrysler made a desperate deal to survive. FIAT? Fiat is a struggling car company in Italy who has a history of making ugly cars. They don't even sell cars in the United States. A Fiat in all practical terms is a basic, efficient car. No thrills. America likes thrills. It's really a strange partnership, and the fact Fiat is struggling and taking on more debt to put three members on Chrysler's nine member board, will find Fiat with a sour taste in their mouths as they deal with six board members chosen by the Obama administration. I figure it's only a matter of time until Fiat runs from this deal.
Chrysler's line up is stale
Chrysler's product line has been reduced and has become stale. The Dodge Charger needs revamping, the Challenger price hurts it since it's pricey for its 20 something audience and not practical for the 40 and up crowd, and the Caliber is just ugly. That leaves the Avenger which doesn't compete well with Honda, Toyota, and other mid-size sedans. The Dodge Ram, like other trucks, will come under government attack, which is sad because it's a beautiful truck and is profitable. When you look at the Chrysler and Jeep side of things, it's just as stale.
Fiat's stylist aren't going to add any freshness to this lineup to generate excitement. Unfortunately, the minivan which saved Chrysler in the 80s, has lost share because of poor gas mileage and image. Chrysler vehicles were always priced a little higher than Ford and GM, which doesn't help either. Plus their incentives fall short of what Ford and GM currently offer.
Energy prices
So far this spring has been a pleasant surprise. Gas prices have stayed lower than expected; however, with a super majority, Obama will get his way on his environmental policies. If gas prices do go up once his carbon killing initiatives take place, Chrysler has a bigger headache. If Chrysler has to depend on selling small cars, something it's never been good at, it's in real trouble. Their profits come from their trucks and SUVs. (After last year, I don't think you can count on the minivan as profitable anymore.) Smaller cars have tight margins. How will Chrysler gain any market share in the small car market in the short time needed to turn the company around especially when the market is growing even more competitive. I doubt the Peapod is going to generate any excitement, at least enough to make any type of dent in the market.
Government control
Finally, I think there is going to be resentment toward both Chrysler and GM for taking bailout money (taking advantage of taxpayers) and eventually winding up in bankruptcy. Speaking for myself, and I am a huge MOPAR fan, there is no way I am purchasing another car made by the UAW. The corruption surrounding both Chrysler and GM and their current relationship with the government is going to upset more Americans as more news leaks out regarding how the share holders and bond holders got screwed so Obama could deliver a political favor to the UAW. When Americans realize how their money went to buy Chrysler and give it to the UAW, not many people are going to want the symbol of corruption placed in the garage.
The government is placing six of its own on the Chrysler board to oversea the company. Fiat gets three board members. Everything the government runs is broken--Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public education, etc. Chrysler was broken before they got it, so I am not expecting any miracles when the six government thugs start making decisions.
There is usually corruption involved and since Obama said he will make $8 billion available to Chrysler after they get out of bankruptcy court, there's a lot of free money that will probably disappear into the pockets of these six, the UAW, and whoever else can find away to continue to rob the American people.
Chrysler for all practical purposes is dead this time. It saddens me because I love the classic Coronets, Chargers, and Challengers with their big Hemis. I can't stand watching the taxpayers raped to keep Chrysler alive. This plan will be an Obama failure.
Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom Month in Review: April 2009 | More Obama Chaos
One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 120
Well we are a third of the way through 2009. As my paycheck is deposited early this morning, I will be well over $6000 in taxes. It looks like it's leveled off a bit, but there's many new taxes coming that haven't been listed yet. I am still predicting my tax bill will be over $20,000 this year.
Obama's game, which he calls a tax cut but really is a stimulus payment paid out in $15 per pay period, makes it look like my tax bill has gone down. I am afraid I will wind up owing now at the end of the year. Who knows?
Here's the totals:
As Mexico's Economy Takes Further Hits, Recent Events Predict Chaos if Mexico Suffers Large-Scale Emergency
A few weeks ago, our government released a report predicting the Mexican government as likely to fall due to political, social, and economical conditions. Over the last few weeks, we have watched dignitary after dignitary from the United States including Obama has visited Mexico in hopes to stabilize the Mexican government. The blame of Mexican violence fell on American gun manufacturers and gun stores, which our government blamed most of Mexico’s violence on. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Now Mexico faces even more stress as the tourism business they depend on dries up and many restaurants and other businesses are forced to shut down. This can’t be good for their economy, and one would think may even ignite more violence in Mexico as the push to run drugs from Mexico increases as police focus on the pandemic.
Can Mexico survive a vast outbreak of the swine flu, or any other catastrophe, if it’s more serious than some scientists are saying? An ailing economy mixed with the poisoning elements mentioned above could place Mexico in critical condition. This leads me to ask two things. How many American dollars will be pumped into Mexico in hopes of maintaining order and stimulate the economic condition, and will there be a cost to American gun owners since our government is using Mexico to justify gun control? Remember Obama plans to agree to the Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking of Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials. Remember this bill go as far as making reloading your brass illegal.
My concern is if Mexico falls and violence breaks out for medicine and food, how will the Obama administration react, especially considering the facts presented above. Will he try to push gun control in the United States citing that American guns cause the violence in Mexico? Fortunately, news out of Mexico suggests the cases of swine flu have began to level off. None-the-less, this situation reminds us how fragile our southern neighbor is. If this ever got as bad as Joe Biden suggested it may be, I’d say we would have a serious problem on our hands much more serious than swine flu.
Now more than ever seems like a good reason to close our borders. Too much is on the line, and the loss of the Second Amendment over chaos in Mexico would be unjust—but it might just happen.
Wisconsin Scientist Says Swine Flu Milder That What's Reported: Flu Maintains Obama's Chaotic Leadership
As one Texas doctor seeks attention citing the Swine flu is 10 to 25% worst than the government has led us to believe, other scientists say the winter flu is far more serious and this strain of flu is mild. We continue to see the mix of variable stories concerning the swine flu. Whatever the truth is, I doubt it’s worth killing all the pigs in Egypt over.
Dr. Christopher Olsen, from the University of Wisconsin, doesn’t expect the H1N1 virus to do as much damage as the normal winter strain of the flu. That hasn’t stopped online shoppers from buying all the swine flu protective masks on Amazon.com.
Dr. Olsen says, "Let's not lose track of the fact that the normal seasonal influenza is a huge public health problem that kills tens of thousands of people in the U.S. alone and hundreds of thousands around the world."
"Any time someone dies, it's heartbreaking for their families and friends," Olsen said. "But we do need to keep this in perspective."
I think it’s safe to say the Obama administration has taken a page out of their attack book and decided to go on defensive. Remember the flu became a political liability for George W. Bush a few years ago, who was personally attacked for not being prepared, even though the responsibility of flu prevention isn’t constitutionally defined as a job of the president.
Personally, I think Obama is getting good mileage out of this. While the panic is spread across the country, it’s easier for him to push through is radical agenda with less questions and less transparency. Like everything else in the Obama administration, swine flu has been chaotic. Whenever there is chaos, you should always ask what is Obama up to.
Texas Doctor Says Swine Flu More 10 to 25 Times Worse than Government Reports: Did Joe Biden Slip Again Today with a Government Secret?
A Texas doctor is telling his patient the swine flu is 10 to 25 times worse than the government is saying, which coincides with Joe Biden’s ignorant words today. Dr. Marcus Gitterle has contacted many of his patients over the past 24 hours by e-mail citing this flu is much more dangerous than the government is letting on.
“After I returned from a public health meeting yesterday with community leaders and school officials in Comal County and Hays County, (name removed) suggested I send an update to my patients in the area, because what we are hearing privately from the CDC and Health Department is different from what you are hearing in the media,” writes Gitterle.
“The way they fudge on reporting this is that it takes 3 days to get the confirmatory nod from the CDC on a given viral culture, but based on epidemiological grounds, we know that there are more than 10 cases for each “confirmed” case right now.”
“Since it is such a novel (new) virus, there is no “herd immunity,” so the “attack rate” is very high. This is the percentage of people who come down with a virus if exposed. Almost everyone who is exposed to this virus will become infected, though not all will be symptomatic. That is much higher than seasonal flu, which averages 10-15%. The “clinical attack rate” estimation from CDC and WHO may be around 40-50%. This is the number of people who show symptoms. This is a huge number. It is hard to convey the seriousness of this to those outside of the medical fields,” he writes.
Did Biden slip once again like he did during the election, and if so, does this slip have anything to do with his slip during the campaign that Obama will face something huge in the first six months? Just curious.
100 Days of Obama, 100 Examples of Obama's Stupidity: Joe Scarborough, Glenn Beck and Others List Obama's Biggest Mistakes
1. "Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of 'earmarks,' urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then he signed a spending bill that contains nearly 9,000 of them, some that members of his own staff shoved in last year when they were still members of Congress. 'Let there be no doubt, this piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business, and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability,' Obama said." -- McClatchy, 3/11
2. "There is no doubt that we've been living beyond our means and we're going to have to make some adjustments." -- Obama during the campaign.
3. This year's budget deficit: $1.5 trillion.
4. Asks his Cabinet to cut costs in their departments by $100 million -- a whopping .0027%!
5. "The White House says the president is unaware of the tea parties." -- ABC News, 4/15
6. "Mr. Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the 'teleprompt president' over his reliance on the machine when he gives a speech." -- Sky News, 3/18
7. In early February, the 2010 census was moved out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House, politicizing how federal aid is distributed and electoral districts are drawn.
8. Obama taps Nancy Killefer for a new administration job, First Chief Performance Officer -- to police government spending. But it surfaces that Killefer had performance issues of her own -- a tax lien was slapped on her DC home in 2005 for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help. She withdrew.
9. Turkey tried to block the appointment of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as new NATO secretary general because he didn't properly punish the Danish cartoonist who caricatured Mohammed. France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel were outraged; Obama said he supported Turkey's induction into the European Union.
10. . . . and he never mentioned the Armenian genocide.
11. The picture of Obama and Hugo Chavez shaking hands.
12. Hugo Chavez gave him the anti-American screed "The Open Veins of Latin America." Obama didn't remark upon it. At least it wasn't DVDs.
13. Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega went on a 50-minute anti-American rant, calling Obama "president of an empire." Obama didn't leave the room. "I thought it was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought," he said.
14. Executives at AIG get $165 million in bonuses, despite receiving an $173 billion taxpayer bailout.
15. "For months, the Obama administration and members of Congress have known that insurance giant AIG was getting ready to pay huge bonuses while living off government bailouts. It wasn't until the money was flowing and news was trickling out to the public that official Washington rose up in anger and vowed to yank the money back." -- Associated Press, 3/18
16. "After pushing Congress for weeks to hurry up and pass the massive $787 billion stimulus bill, President Obama promptly took off for a three-day holiday getaway." -- New York Post, 2/15
17. MEGHAN CLYNE ON: "I WON" AND THE DEATH OF BIPARTISANSHIP
"Obama soared to victory on the hopeful promise of a new era of bipartisanship. During his inaugural address he even promised an 'end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.'
"Too bad it took all of three days for the promise to ring hollow.
"Start with Obama's big meeting with top congressional leaders on his signature legislation -- the stimulus -- on the Friday after his inauguration. Listening to Republican concerns about overspending was a nice gesture -- until he shut down any hopes of real dialogue by crassly telling Republican leaders: 'I won.' Even the White House's leaking of the comment was a slap at the Republican leadership, who'd expected Obama to adhere to the custom of keeping private meetings with congressional leadership, well, private.
"It's only gone downhill from there. The stimulus included zero Republican recommendations, and failed to get a single House Republican vote.
"It's not just the tactic of using Republicans for bipartisan photo-ops, and then cutting them loose before partisan decisions, that irks Obama's opponents. The new president wasted no time rushing forward with policies and legislation guaranteed to drive Republicans nuts. The first bill he signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- a partisan hot-button that drew all of eight Republican supporters in the entire Congress. Then there was the swift reversal of Bush policies on abortion and embryonic-stem-cell research -- issues dear to the Republican base.
"And when Obama and the Democrats in Congress took up SCHIP -- the children's health-insurance bill that Republicans say vastly expands government's role in health care -- they had an easy chance for real bipartisanship. After all, the bill had been hashed out in the previous Congress, and a bipartisan accord was reached before President Bush responded with a veto. Did the Obama team push for the compromise version in the 111th Congress? Nope. They went back to the drawing board, ramming through the Democrats' dream version.
"Of course, the lack of bipartisanship isn't limited to Capitol Hill. Obama has taken gratuitous swipes at the Republicans who recently decamped Washington, blaming President Bush for everything from the economy and the war to the lack of sufficient puppies and rainbows. And who could forget the Rush Limbaugh flap -- in which Obama's top advisers, including chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, orchestrated a public relations campaign meant to undermine the Republican National Committee chairman, Michael Steele, by framing talk-radio personality Limbaugh as the real head of the Republican Party.
"For now, Obama's back-pedal on the bipartisanship promise just makes him look insincere. But the real consequences of the mistake will be felt soon enough. As Presidents Bush and Clinton could tell him, congressional majorities do change -- and at some point, Obama will need Republicans on his side. He'd be smart to spend his second 100 days making up for the serious snubs of his first."
-- Meghan Clyne is a DC-based writer.
18. "The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today." -- Department of Homeland Security intelligence report
19. Nixes a "buy American" provision in the stimulus bill.
20. "Yes, Canada is not Mexico, it doesn't have a drug war going on. Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there." -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The 9/11 hijackers did not come across the Canada border
21. "The Obama administration is signaling to Congress that the president could support taxing some employee health benefits, as several influential lawmakers and many economists favor, to help pay for overhauling the health care system. The proposal is politically problematic for President Obama, however, since it is similar to one he denounced in the presidential campaign as 'the largest middle-class tax increase in history.' " -- New York Times, 3/14
22. JOE SCARBOROUGH ON: PROMOTING FEAR
"During his historic inaugural speech, Barack Obama promised to usher in a transformational age where hope would replace fear, unity would overtake partisanship, and change would sweep aside the status quo. But early in President Obama's first 100 days it is obvious that the only thing that is changing is the Candidate of Change, himself.
"The same politician who proclaimed during his inauguration that 'on this day we have chosen hope over fear' soon warned Americans that the US economy would be forever destroyed if the stimulus bill was voted down.
"Why was it that same man who promised to put Americans' interests ahead of his own political ambitions chose instead to use the suffering of citizens to advance his agenda?
"Maybe he was following the guidance of Rahm Emanuel, who famously said, 'You never want to waste a good crisis.'
"They didn't.
"The White House's warnings were so over-the-top that Bill Clinton felt compelled to warn the new president against making such grim pronouncements. Americans would quickly warn that the White House would not channel FDR's eternal optimism but rather embrace the gloomy worldview of Edgar Allen Poe.
"The Candidate of Hope also quickly adopted the Nixonian worldview that Americans voted their fears rather than their hopes. Over Mr. Obama's first 100 days, that cynical calculation paid off politically for a White House that seemed most interested in appeasing the most liberal members of his Democratic Party.
"I expected more from Barack Obama. For the sake of my country, I hope I get it from the new president over the next 100 days."
-- Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and author of "The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise" (Crown Forum), due out June 9.
23. Sanjay Gupta was in discussions to become Surgeon General, but the TV personality withdrew after he was criticized for his flimsy political record.
24. Rasmussen finds 58% of Americans believe the Obama administration's release of CIA memos endangers the national security of the United States.
25. Only 28% think the Obama administration should do any further investigating of how the Bush administration treated terrorism suspects.
26. "Obama thanked CIA employees for their work and said they're invaluable to national security. He explained his decision to release the memos, then told everyone not to feel bad because he was now acknowledging potential mistakes. Theirs, not his. 'That's how we learn,' Obama said, as though soothing a room full of fourth-graders." -- The Oklahoman, 4/23
27. By releasing the torture memos, Obama opened American citizens up to international tribunals. A UN lawyer said the US is obliged to prosecute lawyers who drafted the memos or else violate the Geneva Conventions.
28. In their first meeting, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave Obama a carved ornamental penholder from the timbers of the anti-slavery ship HMS Gannet. Obama gave him 25 DVDs that don't work in Europe.
29. TIM CARNEY ON: PICKING BILL RICHARDSON AS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
"Richardson's value in Obama's Cabinet had everything to do with appearances. First, he was the Hispanic pick. Second, because Richardson had run against Obama for President, tapping him for the Cabinet helped the media write the Obama-Lincoln comparisons by burnishing the 'Team of Rivals' image.
"But Richardson withdrew before Obama was even inaugurated when news came out about a criminal investigation involving David Rubin, president of a firm named Chambers, Dunhill, Rubin & Co. (although there was no Chambers or Dunhill), who had donated at least $110,000 to Richardson's campaign committees and had also profited from $1.5 million in contracts from the state government.
"This was an early warning sign about Obama's vetting process (various tax problems and the Daschle problem would reveal this as a theme), but picking Richardson to run Commerce also highlighted that Obama and Richardson's promise of 'public-private partnerships' -- such as Detroit bailouts, Wall Street bailouts, and green energy--was an open door for corruption and was at odds with Obama's promise to diminish the influence of lobbyists.
"The Richardson mistake was one of Obama's first, and it was emblematic. Richardson embodied Obama's attention to self-image and the problems inherent in his vision of an intimate business-government connection."
-- Tim Carney is a Washington Examiner columnist
30. Timothy Geithner nomination as Secretary of Treasury was almost torpedoed when it was discovered he had failed to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes. He also employed an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper. He was confirmed anyway.
31. . . . Not so lucky, Annette Nazareth, who was nominated for Deputy Treasury Secretary. She withdrew her name for undisclosed "personal reasons" after a monthlong probe into her taxes . . .
32. . . . or Caroline Atkinson, who withdrew as nominee for Undersecretary of International Affairs in Treasury Department, with a source blaming the long vetting process. Geithner still has a skeleton crew at Treasury, with no one qualified -- or willing -- to take jobs there.
33. "Barack Obama has been embroiled in a cronyism row after reports that he intends to make Louis Susman, one of his biggest fundraisers, the new US ambassador in London. The selection of Mr. Susman, a lawyer and banker from the president's hometown of Chicago, rather than an experienced diplomat, raises new questions about Mr Obama's commitment to the special relationship with Britain." -- Telegraph, 2/22
34. Obama's doom-and-gloom comments and budget bill push the Dow below 7,000, from which it's only recently recovered.
35. "You're sitting here. And you're -- you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, 'I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money--' How do you deal with -- I mean: Explain. Are you punch-drunk?" -- Steve Kroft, "60 Minutes," 3/22
36. "We have begun to modernize 75% of all federal building space, which has the potential to reduce long-term energy costs by billions of dollars on behalf of taxpayers. We are providing grants to states to help weatherize hundreds of thousands of homes, which will save the families that benefit about $350 each year. That's like a $350 tax cut." -- Obama, describing something that doesn't cut taxes.
37. "The Obama administration has directed defense officials to sign a pledge stating they will not share 2010 budget data with individuals outside the federal government." -- Defense News, 2/19
38. Backtracking on a campaign promise he made to black farmers, Obama significantly lowered the amount of money they could claim in a discrimination settlement against the Agricultural Department. "I can't figure out for the life of me why the president wouldn't want to implement a bill that he fought for as a US senator," said John Boyd, head of the National Black Farmers Association.
39. "I've been practicing bowling. I bowled a 129. It was like the Special Olympics or something." -- Obama on "The Tonight Show"
40. Obama lifts travel and remittance restrictions on Cuba.
41. Obama considers dropping the embargo on Cuba.
42. After warming signs from Raul Castro, Fidel Castro says Obama "misinterpreted" his brother's words, and that Cuba would not be willing to negotiate about human rights.
43. Obama is considering dropping a key demand to Iran, allowing it to keep nuclear facilities open during negotiations.
44. In a letter to Dmitri Medvedev, Obama offered to drop plans for a missile shield in Europe in exchange for Russia's help in resolving the nuclear weapons issue in Iran.
45. Medvedev said he would not "haggle" on Iran and the missile shield.
46. Obama asked Congress for an extra $83.4 billion to fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a special funding measure of the kind he opposed while in the senate. As a candidate, Obama promised to cut the cost of military operations.
47. After trying to woo Europe as the "anti-Bush," Obama made an impassioned plea for more troops in Afghanistan. "Europe should not simply expect the United States to shoulder that burden alone," he said. "This is a joint problem it requires a joint effort." Only the UK offered substantial help, most others refused.
48. "While the online question portion of the White House town hall was open to any member of the public with an Internet connection, the five fully identified questioners called on randomly by the president in the East Room were anything but a diverse lot. They included: a member of the pro-Obama Service Employees International Union, a member of the Democratic National Committee who campaigned for Obama among Hispanics during the primary; a former Democratic candidate for Virginia state delegate who endorsed Obama last fall in an op-ed in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star; and a Virginia businessman who was a donor to Obama's campaign in 2008." -- Washington Post, 3/27
49. Obama bows to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London.
50. "It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah." -- An Obama aide
51. DANA PERINO ON: REMAINING IN CAMPAIGN MODE
"Has it really only been 100 days? In many ways it feels like a lot longer.
"That's partly because the new administration remains in campaign mode most of the time. Now that's not in itself a bad thing if you can do that and accomplish your agenda. But what's happened is that a popular new president has laid out a very bold agenda in the midst of an economic crisis, and I don't think Congress is going to get a lot of work done on those big ticket items this year. They'll eke out a couple of small wins on issues like healthcare and maybe energy, but the Democrats will hail them as big victories. The Republicans have been working like a cohesive and loyal opposition party, and they need to continue to outline positive new ideas like the recent one to help grow American's savings.
"The early stumbles on the administration's high profile nominations -- Daschle and Richardson for just to examples -- acted like weights around their ankles. In addition, the partisan shots from the White House were unbecoming and I don't think we'll see more of that. Our allies and our enemies -- heck, even we ourselves -- are trying to understand the new foreign policy direction, which in some ways seems to be change just for the sake of change. The next moves by the leaders of other countries -- like Iran, North Korea and Venezuela -- probably will prove that really not much will change just because America has a new president.
"In many ways, it's the next 100 days that will tell us more about our new president and what he'll be able to accomplish than we can forecast based on the first 100 days."
-- Dana Perino was White House press secretary in the Bush Administration
52. "We can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary." -- Obama, describing the stimulus bill
53. Three candidates for ambassador to the Vatican -- including Caroline Kennedy -- were turned down by the Holy See because they supported abortion, according to reports.
54. After saying he wouldn't have lobbyists in his administration, Obama made 17 exceptions in the first two weeks in office.
55. . . . including Tom Daschle, who worked as a top lobbyist yet was going to be appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services -- until his failure to pay income taxes derailed his nomination.
56. For an April 14 speech at Georgetown, the administration asked the university to cover up all signs and symbols -- including the letters "IHS" in gold, a symbol for Jesus.
57. Samantha Power, who resigned from the Obama campaign after calling Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster," was hired to a position on the National Security Council.
58. "Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions." -- Chicago Sun-Times, 2/20
59. Firing Rick Wagoner as president of GM.
60. Threatening to fire Vikram Pandit as CEO of Citigroup.
61. Threatening to fire anyone the administration doesn't like from any company.
62. Not adopting a dog from a shelter.
63. "The GAO study asserts that officials from most of the states surveyed 'expressed concerns regarding the lack of Recovery Act funding provided for accountability and oversight. Due to fiscal constraints, many states reported significant declines in the number of oversight staff -- limiting their ability to ensure proper implementation and management of Recovery Act funds.' " -- ABC News, 4/23
64. "The National Newspaper Publishers Association named Obama 'Newsmaker of the Year.' The president is to receive the award from the federation of black community newspapers in a White House ceremony this afternoon. The Obama White House has closed the press award ceremony to the press." -- Los Angeles Times, 3/20
65. "Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." -- Attorney General Eric Holder
66. "I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances." -- Obama, on consulting with only "living" presidents
67. Obama quietly announced that he would not press for new labor and environmental regulations in the North American Free Trade Agreement, going back on a campaign promise.
68. NICOLE GELINAS ON: MISSPENT STIMULUS
"One of Obama's most poignant missed opportunities was in not using the historic $787 million stimulus package to reorder state and local government's spending priorities. As states and cities continue to spend ceaselessly and without results on education and healthcare, they're crowding out investments in the physical infrastructure that the private sector needs to rebuild the economy.
"In the stimulus, of the more than $200 billion that went directly to states and cities, nearly 70% went to education and healthcare spending. Only 24% went to infrastructure spending.
"But the states and cities in the most trouble already spend way too much on education and healthcare, pushing taxes up and sending private industry away. They don't spend nearly enough on infrastructure, which attracts the private sector and builds the real economy.
"As David Walker, former comptroller general of the US, said at the Regional Plan Association's annual meeting a week ago, nationwide, we are the 'highest in the world' on education. We are 'the highest in the world' on healthcare. 'Nobody comes even close.' On infrastructure, by contrast, we are 'below average' in both critical new investments and in much-needed maintenance spending.
"And, as Democratic governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell said at the same conference, when President Dwight Eisenhower left office, infrastructure spending was about 12.5% of non-military domestic spending. Today, it's about 2.5%.
"This shortfall is obvious to anyone who's ridden on an "express train" to the outer boroughs or driven on the Cross Bronx Expressway recently. But in New York, as elsewhere, the stimulus money has just allowed the state to ramp up spending on its wasteful, inhumane Medicaid program and its nosebleed public-school spending.
"Meanwhile, the subways are about to crumble into oblivion -- taking the economy with them. The same is true of decaying infrastructure in California and in aging states across the nation.
"The stimulus was a once-in-a-generation chance to change this. Instead, it made the situation worse."
-- Nicole Gelinas is a contributing editor to City Journal
69. "The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to overrule Michigan v. Jackson, the 1986 Supreme Court decision that held that if police may not interrogate a defendant after the right to counsel has attached, if the defendant has a lawyer or has requested a lawyer. This isn't the first time the Justice Department, under President Obama, has sought to limit defendants' rights." -- TalkLeft blog
70. "By any measure, my administration has inherited a fiscal disaster." -- Obama
71. "Ahh, see. I came down here to visit. See this is what happens. I can't end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I'm going to get grilled every time I come down here." -- Brushing off questions from the White House press corps
72. On Earth Day, Obama took two flights on Air Force One and four on Marine One to get to Iowa, burning more than 9,000 gallons of fuel.
73. "President Obama's plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs for the treatment of troops injured in service has infuriated veterans groups who say the government is morally obligated to pay for service-related medical care." -- Fox News, 3/17
74. "And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." -- Obama during his first State Of The Union address. A German invented the automobile
75. RALPH PETERS ON: FUMBLING IN AFGHANISTAN, FAKING IT IN PAKISTAN
"We're squandering blood and treasure in Afghanistan. Instead of concentrating fiercely on the vital task of destroying al Qaeda and its friends, the Obama administration's determined to erect a modern nation where no nation exists. Afghanistan isn't a country. It's a dysfunctional reservation inhabited by tribes that hate each other. There's no 'Afghan' identity. And even if our blind-to-reality efforts succeeded perfectly, the result would be meaningless.
"Except as a target range where we can gun down terrorists, Afghanistan doesn't matter. Next door, Pakistan matters immensely. But we don't know what to do about it. With 170 million anti-American Muslims descending into chaos as Pashtuns, Baluchis, Punjabis, Sindhis and others claw each other over the country's shabby remains, Pakistan's corrupt president shrugs, its military cowers, its loathsome intelligence services collude with Islamist extremists, and the safety of its nuclear weapons grows doubtful.
"Pakistan may be this generation's chamber of horrors.
"The Obama administration's response? Drill more wells in the Afghan countryside. Dramatically reinforce our troops in Afghanistan, sticking them with an impossible mission of modernizing a pre-medieval landscape while exposing them at the end of an insecure 1,500-mile supply line through, of all places, Pakistan.
"As for Pakistan itself, the Obama administration wants to send billions of dollars to a thieving government that makes Nigeria's look like a Quaker meeting and to hand Pakistan's military more arms -- weapons that might soon be used against us.
"Pakistan was a bad idea when it was created in 1947. It's a worse one now. Afghanistan wasn't even an idea, just an accident of where other borders ended. We can't 'save' either one -- because neither wants to be saved on our terms.
"Obama said the right things -- that Afghanistan isn't Iraq and that our goal should be the destruction of al Qaeda. But his policies just regurgitate our Iraq strategy (one he opposed) in a profoundly different context, while ambitious generals echo Vietnam-era calls for more forces.
"Our troops will do whatever we ask, to the best of their magnificent abilities. But we should ask them to do things that make sense. We need creative strategic thought, but we're succumbing to sheer inertia. And the presidet's supporters who howled that we should abandon Iraq to concentrate on their candidate's 'good war' don't seem to be volunteering to do any fighting. Menwhle, our presient's trpped himself inside his own campaign promiseing, Vietnam!"
-- Ralph Peters is the author of "Looking for Trouble: Adventures in a BeW" 77. "President Obama failed to consult Congress, as promised, before carving out exceptions to the omnibus spending bill he signed into law -- breaking his own signing-statement rules two days after issuing them -- and raised questions among lawmakers and committees who say the president's objections are unclear at best and a power grab at worst." -- Washington Times, 3/24
78. Adolfo Carrion was confirmed as Director of White House Office of Urban Affairs, but is serving under a cloud after allegations that he accepted thousands of dollars in cash from developers whose projects he approved.
79. KYLE SMITH ON: GOING AFTER RUSH LIMBAUGH
"Every so often an unfocused athlete forgets about the field of play and climbs into the stands. Ty Cobb did it. Ron Artest did it. Maybe no one did it with more sick flir than the greasy, furious Hanson Brothers who, in 'Slap Shot,' climbed into the stands to give a beatdown to a fan.
"In March, Barack Obama sent his own personal Hanson Brothers, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and spokesman Robert Gibbs, out to attack a non-politician -- Rush Limbaugh -- who was sitting innocently in the stands jeering the action. Limbaugh didn't even throw a cup of beer.
"Senior White House staffers, who have already fallen into the classic trap of paying more attention to polls than fixing the country's problems, had become obsessed with surveys showing that Limbaugh was an unpopular figure with swing voters. Pretty soon Emanuel and Gibbs developed Limbaugh Tourette's. To paraphrase Joe Biden's witty putdown of Rudy Giuliani, for a few days every sentence they uttered contained three things: a subject, a verb and Rush Limbaugh.
"El Rushbo, chuckling over his cigar as his ratings skyrocketed, could not have been more pleased if a picture had emerged of Obama wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt and burning the American flag on Harvard Square. Even that portion of the public that doesn't like Rush squirmed at the embarrassing spectacle of the president's men going all Mean Girls on an entertainer. George W. Bush's spokesmen maintained a dignified silence about Michael Moore. Picture them fanning out over the Sunday talk shows to denounce, and drive up the box-office receipts of, 'Fahrenheit 9/11.' Wouldn't you have loved that, Michael?"
-- Kyle Smith is a Post columnist
80. Forced banks that didn't want TARP money to take it, then added on stipulations about pay and government control after the fact. Secretly forced Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch, then allowed the bank to be criticized for overpaying.
81. "More than 90% of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States," Obama said in Mexico, yet factcheck.org says, "The figure represents only the percentage of crime guns that have been submitted by Mexican officials and traced by U.S. officials. We can find no hard data on the total number of guns actually 'recovered in Mexico,' but US and Mexican officials both say that Mexico recovers more guns that it submits for tracing. Therefore, the percentage of guns 'recovered' and traced to US sources necessarily is less than 90%."
82. Obama: "[Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar, Inc.], said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off." Jim Owens: "I think realistically no. The truth is we're going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again."
83. "In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive." -- Obama in Strasbourg, France
84. Joe Biden: "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, if we stand up there and we really make the tough decisions, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong."
85. Joe Biden: "You all worked for change. You wanted to see change. Well, that wasn't a hard thing to try to communicate to the American people. Obviously, obviously, we needed a change almost no matter who was running."
86. Joe Biden: "You know, I'm embarrassed. Do you know the Web site number? I should have it in front of me and I don't. I'm actually embarrassed."
87. "There are more than 6.5 million trucks in the United States. The program Congress terminated allowed 97 Mexican trucks to roam among them. Ninety-seven! Shutting them out not only undermines NAFTA. It caused Mexico to retaliate with tariffs on 90 goods affecting $2.4 billion in U.S. trade coming out of 40 states." -- Charles Krauthammer, 3/20
88. DAVID M. DRUCKER ON: BOWING TO CONGRESS
"Although the president possesses enormous political capital -- both because of high approval ratings and because his administration is still in its infancy -- he has generally declined to exercise it with Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, including when it comes to crafting legislation key to moving his agenda forward.
"Rather he has allowed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) to craft legislation as they see fit -- even though the very bills in question were proposed by the president and involve key planks in his agenda. Among them were Obama's signature $787 billion economic stimulus bill, his first major piece of legislation that was signed into law in February; and now health care reform, currently being negotiated on Capitol Hill with minimal input from the White House.
"This soft-pedal style of leadership runs the risk of forcing Obama to embrace legislation constructed for narrow partisan interests rather than in a manner capable of garnering broad bipartisan support. Over time, the public might come to see Obama's deference to Pelosi and Reid as a weakness of leadership not befitting a president in tough times."
-- David M. Drucker is a staff writer for Roll Call
89. "It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census, there are irresolvable conflicts for me." -- Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who became the second failed Commerce Secretary nominee
90. In the third sentence of his first speech as president, Obama said, "44 Americans have now taken the presidential oath." The correct number is 43, as Grover Cleveland served twice.
91. The $49 million inauguration -- triple what taxpayers spent at Bush's first inauguration.
92. Giving the Queen of England an iPod full of his own speeches.
93. Three prime-time briefings in his first 100 days, eating into television revenues and this Wednesday pre-empting "American Idol."
94. "The United States government has no interest in running GM. Your [GM] warranty will be safe. In fact, it will be safer than it's ever been, because starting today, the United States government will stand behind your warranty." -- Obama
95. GM is given $15.4 billion in loans from the government.
96. The Obama Administration is trying to scuttle a lawsuit filed in federal court against Iran by former US embassy hostages. The lawsuit alleges that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was one of the hostage-takers who interrogated the captives.
97. GLENN BECK ON: BAD ECONOMIC PREDICTIONS
"Ten days before his inauguration, the President's chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Rohmer, released a report describing what to expect economically during the first 100 days and beyond. It presented two starkly different scenarios: one good (if the stimulus were to be passed), and one terrifyingly bad (if we did nothing). Amazingly, the report estimated that if the stimulus package were to pass, the unemployment rate would not go above 8% at any time until at least 2014.
"It's already at 8.5%.
"In fact, while there is an acknowledged level of uncertainty, the projections estimated that the unemployment rate would be lower today if we had done nothing at all. This suggests one of two things: either the administration misjudged the seriousness of our economic problems, or the stimulus plan is actually making things worse. I suspect it's a little of both.
"Remember, when the President's budget was released, he was roundly criticized for his never ending deficits, even under his own optimistic scenarios for growth. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected deficits that were even uglier. But, if the President and his economic planners were this far off, this soon, how much worse does the future look now?
"The election was supposed to bring 'change,' but I was hoping for more than the letter after the President's name, the positivity of the media coverage, and the hypoallergenic qualities of the White House puppy. President Obama didn't get us into this situation, but so far he's doubling down on the same spending philosophy that did. Common sense tells us that new debt is not the cure for old debt. No matter what the slogans say, that won't change in 100 days or 100 years."
-- Glenn Beck is the host of the "Glenn Beck" show, weekdays at 5 p.m. on Fox News.
98. "Education Secretary Arne Duncan has decided not to admit any new students to the D.C. voucher program, which allows low-income children to attend private schools ... For all the talk about putting children first, it's clear that the special interests that have long opposed vouchers are getting their way." -- Washington Post, 4/11
99. Obama enrolled his daughters in a DC private school after making it harder for you to get your kids out of the crummy public school system and allow them access to private schools.
100. "Don't think we're not keeping score, brother." -- Obama to Rep. Peter DeFazio, after the Democratic congressman voted against the stimulus bill.
Reprinted from the New York Post April 29, 2009
Federal Government to Pick Six of the Nine Chrysler Board Members
All the efforts of Barack Obama failed. Chrysler (and probably General Motors) are headed towards bankruptcy. Billions of taxpayer dollars were spent to keep this from happening. How did it fail when you consider the superior intellect of Obama? (Well the media tells us he is smart; perhaps the smartest man ever to serve in the office.) Yet, we see a 6.1% shrink in the economy and more job losses despite his plans now in place.
Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli says he will step down once the bankruptcy is over in 60 days. Unlike Rick Wagoner, the former CEO of GM, Nardelli chose to step down. He was once a fresh breath of air at Chrysler, and now he will soon be gone. I once read an article where he went through what he didn’t like about the Chrysler’s line up and demanded instant fixes. I liked that approach.
After Chrysler’s 60-day bankruptcy, the government—that’s right the government—will choose six of the nine board members to oversee Chrysler. Chrysler’s new partner, Fiat, chooses three board members. Something tells me this is a deal Fiat will soon live to regret. It’s my opinion Obama looks to Fiat to payback the government while the UAW benefits.
Obama Says $8 Billion More For Chrysler Once the Bankruptcy is Over
Obama told reporters today that Chrysler is eligible for $8 billion more in federal aid after their bankruptcy. Let me get this right. Obama has overseen billions of taxpayer dollars to keep them out of bankruptcy claiming the government entity that could save Chrysler. That obviously failed because Chrysler filed for bankruptcy anyway, and once they complete their bankruptcy, Obama plans to give them $8 billion more? If I remember right, Chrysler was only worth $5 billion after Daimler stripped it down from something to nothing and then sold it off to the investment group that purchased Chrysler a year and a half ago. Figure out how that makes any sense to pump more money into a company that what it is worth.
What really gets me, is Obama has overseen billions to both GM and Chrysler and he has engineered it to where the UAW will own 55% of the shares, making the UAW the controlling owner of Chrysler. He says today there is $8 billion more that will eventually find its way into the UAW’s pockets once Chrysler exits bankruptcy court. I can only imagine what the UAW promised Obama once 2012 comes around. Something tells me the UAW will allow workers to leave the line to help ACORN with their voter registration drives.
Bill Clinton's Nuclear Football Carrier Says Obama Had to Have Known About Air Force One Buzzing NYC
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Buzz Patterson, who served as one of the Bill Clinton’s football carriers between 1996 and 1998, told Andrea Shea King last night on her show that there is no way Obama didn’t know about the Air Force One incident earlier this week in which the 747 buzzed the New York skyline at a low altitude.
"I can't imagine that anyone who works in the Air Force thought that was a good idea. I have worked in the White House and having worked for the Military Office, with the guys at Andrews Air Force Base and the ground crews, that (decision) had to come down from on high."
"It defies my belief that the White House staff did not know they were launching the 747 to go up and do this. So it had to come down from the White House. It wouldn't have been done on behalf of the folks at Andrews (Air Force Base). It would have been done at the direction of the White House," he said.
The White House Military Office director is the Obama appointee – Caldera in this particular situation. So, he got the notification, he got the direction from somebody – I'm guessing Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff would probably be the person behind this."
When asked if Obama knew about Air Force One buzzing New York City:
"I'm guessing he probably did. Did Emanuel know about it? I guarantee you he did. It did not come from the Andrews folks. It came from on high," Patterson said.
I think that it shows you… quite clearly the lack of knowledge, the lack of focus or the understanding the Obama White House has toward the military, much like my former boss President Bill Clinton. I think it also shows a kind of arrogance to using toys – I'm sure that would be a phrase President Obama might use, his 'toys' – to get photo op shots around New York City and not recall or remember what happened on 9/11 and the fact that it might have caused some alarm. And I think really, it shows again a hundred days, a hundred mistakes with the Obama administration."
The White House Military Office would have called the presidential pilot office at Andrews and said, 'We want to get this airplane airborne. We want to get some photo ops over New York City. We want to get some photos with the statue of Liberty in the background or the Empire State Building or whatever, and we'll have a couple of aircraft with it taking pictures of the airplane with the background of New York City. And that’s what happened," he said.
In the end, it’s obvious Obama is ultimately responsible for what happens at the White House. This man lied about a bow. He would lie about an air plane as well. I believe there is no way possible that Obama didn’t know about this.
Increase in Hits at BBCW From Government Computers Since Tea Party Day: I Must be on the List
I have been running my end of the month analytics for April for my less-than-friendly Obama blog. Analytics tells me how people are finding my blog, how many people are reading my blog, what keywords are working, and the names of the servers that are hitting my blog. I have found an interesting trend since the April 15, 2009, tea parties.
After the tea parties, there were reports the Obama administration sent agents out to monitor and record the activities and the participants of the tea parties. It’s obvious Obama knows this is a dangerous grass-roots movement that could stall and help inform the American public of the evils of the Obama administrations move towards a mixture fascism and communism, something the Obamabot brain-dead zombies aren’t capable of seeing themselves. It’s been rumored the same government that has tried to make domestic terrorists out of the type of Americans who attend the tea parties were spied upon by the government during the tea parties. Numerous reports claim FBI agents were recording the events and creating a list.
I don’t know how accurate these reports are. I know this has been typical government behavior in the past, so why should I expect any different in this case. I have found an interesting parallel with these reports. The numbers of hits from government computers have increased drastically since April 15.
As I checked my analytics I was alarmed at the amount of multiple hits from various government departments over the past two weeks. It hasn’t just been one or two hits either. It’s been quite a few hits. Yesterday, I had over 20 hits from government computers. Most notably, the Department of Homeland Security, the IRS, the Virginia State Police, the Department of Justice, the State Department, and Congress have made frequent visits to this blog. Maybe I am making more out of this than I need to, but maybe I am not. I would be curious if your blog has received a similar interest in recent days by the government.
Keep Talkin' Joe: It Won't Be Long Until the Airlines Need Bailout
Joe Biden was running his mouth off today telling Americans he would not fly or jump in a subway because of swine flu. Do idiot’s like Biden realize how damaging their comments are? Maybe they do.
With the swine flu reaching a worldwide pandemic proportions, Biden continues to spread needless fear that could have a deep economic impact on an industry that has suffered over the last decade. The last thing the airline industry needs is the Vice President going on TV and telling people not to fly. This is so ignorant. To my knowledge there has been one death in the United States and it wasn’t an American. Let’s kill the airline industry over one death Joe.
Considering the direction of the Obama administration, maybe this is what they need to begin to nationalize the airline industry. Never let a crisis get buy you, right Rahm? This industry has struggled since 9.11, and Biden’s remarks are damaging. Keep spreading the fear to control the masses and continue the path of socialization on the road of least resistance!
The Teleprompter Forgot to Share the Grim News with Obama: The Used-Car Salesman Is On a New Journey
“We have begun to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off,” Obama said. “I’m
pleased with the progress we’ve made, but I’m not satisfied. I’m confident in
the future, but I’m not content with the present.”
The Reagan Quote of the Day (4/30/09)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 119-The Obama Love Fest Day 100
Day 100 of the Obama regime: never have I see so much hype over so few accomplishments. It's almost like Americans are cheering their freedoms away, much similar to the scene in Star Wars where Princess Amidala looks at the Republic's Senate and says, "so this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause." I wonder of George Lucas ever imagined his scene was a prediction of things to come.
What an expensive president Obama has been! I have already outlined how much Obama's plans to continue increasing TARP is costing Americans. Let's consider how much Air Force One has cost taxpayers this week. Not only did we get the expensive and controversial photo shoot over New York City, we also got another pathos based, meaningless town hall meeting. Except at this town hall meeting, Obama decided to attack the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition that greeted him on the outside, as well as the other tea party movements across the country.
How does it feel to have the president look down on our movement and tell us we don't know what we are talking about? I'll tell you how it feels.
In some ways it feels really good because we have obviously irked Dear Leader Obama. On the other hand, he is to represent the people and in his arrogance, he continues to spit on the people. That angers me. It angers me to fight hard in my efforts to defeat Obama and his agenda.
I know the odds are against us. He will kill our constitutional rights so that we can't spread the truths about how evil Obama is. Today, St. Louis saw how arrogant and evil Obama is as he joked about our tea bags. Obviously, Obama doesn't have an appreciation of American history--but we already knew this. We knew this because Obama went to Reverent Jeremiah Wright's church which taught hate against whites in this country and towards this country. Yes, Obama went to a black liberation church, but it is the whites who suffer as he tries to connect conservatives with hate groups. There wasn't a lot of love directed towards whites in Obama's church. Now he looks down upon us as he laughs that we shake tea bags. Obama is a disgrace.
The saddest thing about all of this. I still have to pay my taxes no matter how much he transforms our country from its Constitutional identity. It really irks me.
There was nothing worth celebrating today. Obama has done nothing to progress this country forward. Today, they announced our economy shrunk by 6.1% under Obama's first three months of leadership. Unemployment is up. Yet, the way the media celebrated over this overrated man, you would have thought our country was on top again. As long as Obama leads, our country will continue to head down a downward path. I find it amazing when you consider the truth about the economy. He has pumped so much new printed in money in the economy that his plans are to one day before inflation hits pull it out of circulation. Once this happens, lending will freeze again, and it will be obvious then nothing Obama did made any sense but further jeopardized our country by creating more national debt.
If Obama and Geithner don't pull the money out of circulation, our country faces hyperinflation. Obama is a double edged sword; and the media is either too stupid to figure it out or they are just puppets of Obama going along with the plan. Either way, we are on our way to new taxes to pay for all this spending that will prove didn't work. If I ran my checkbook in this way, they would arrest me. I just can't go writing checks for money that I don't have. Our government does it all the time.
Debunking The Cost of the War Web Site With Something More Startling
The Second Bob McCarty St. Louis Town Hall Protest Video: Intelligent, Thoughtful, and Correct
Thanks Bob for producing these videos. If you have never visited Bob's Web site, be sure to do it. Plus check out his cool anti-liberal t-shirts. (Bob forgive me if I send my troll your way. He claims his World War II 'war hero' grandfather thinks I am unAmerican. For some strange reason, the troll writes in the same style his 'war hero' grandfather writes in.)
In the Middle of the Swine Flu Outbreak, We Need a Little Lesson on Germs from George Carlin
Where did this sudden fear of germs come from in this country?
Have you noticed this?
The media constantly running stories about all the latest infections?
Salmonella, E-coli, hanta virus, bird flu, and Americans will panic easily so
everybody's running around scrubbing this and spraying that and overcooking
their food and repeatedly washing their hands, trying to avoid all contact with
germs. It's ridiculous and it goes to ridiculous lengths.
In prisons, before they give you lethal injection, they swab your arm with
ALCOHOL. Wouldn't want some guy to go to hell AND be sick.
You can't even get a decent hamburger anymore they cook the $*^ out of
everything now 'cause everyone's afraid of FOOD POISONING! Hey, wheres you sense
of adventure? Take a chance will you? Hey you know how many people die of food
poisoning in this country? Nine thousand, thats all, its a minor risk. Take a
chance.
Besides, what d'ya think you have an immune system for? It's for killing
germs! But it needs practice, it needs germs to practice on. So if you kill all
the germs around you, and live a completely sterile life, then when germs do
come along, you're not gonna be prepared. And never mind ordinary germs, what
are you gonna do when some super virus comes along that turns your vital organs
into liquid $*^?! I'll tell you what your gonna do ... you're gonna get sick.
You're gonna die and your gonna deserve it because you're weak and you got a
weak immune system!
Let me tell you a true story about immunization ok. When I was a little boy
in New York city in the nineteen-forties, we swam in the Hudson river. And it
was filled with raw sewage! OK?
We swam in raw sewage, you know, to cool off. And at that time the big fear
was polio. Thousands of kids died from polio every year. But you know something?
In my neighborhood no one ever got polio. No one! EVER! You know why? Cause WE
SWAM IN RAW SEWAGE! It strengthened our immune system, the polio never had a
prayer. We were tempered in raw $*^!
So personally I never take any precautions against germs. I don't shy away
from people who sneeze and cough. I don't wipe off the telephone, I don't cover
the toilet seat, and if I drop food on the floor I pick it up and eat
it!
Even if I'm at side walk cafe!
IN CALCUTTA!
THE POOR SECTION!
ON NEW YEARS MORNING DURING A SOCCER RIOT!
And you know something? In spite of all the so called "risky behavior "....
I never get infections. I don't get em. I don't get colds, I don't get flu, I
don't get headaches, I don't get upset stomach, And you know why? Cause I got a
good strong immune system! And it gets a lot of practice!
My immune system is equipped with the biological equivalent of fully
automatic military assault rifles, with night vision and laser scopes. And we
have recently acquired phosphorous grenades, cluster bombs and anti personnel
fragmentation mines. So, when my white blood cells are on patrol reconnoitering
my blood stream seeking out strangers and other undesirables, and if they see
any, ANY, suspicious looking germs of any kind, THEY DON'T. BLEEP. AROUND. They
whip out the weapons, they wax the motherBLEEP and deposit the unlucky fellow
directly into my colon! Into my colon. There's no nonsense! There's no miranda
warning, there's none of that three strikes and your out bull$*^. First
defense, BAM! Into the colon you go!
Rick Perry Declares State of Emergency in Texas Because of the Death of a Mexican Toddler: Is the Fear Legitimate
After the death of a Mexican national toddler yesterday in a Texas hospital, Governor Rick Perry has declared a state of emergency in Texas over the swine flu. Texas is the first state to declare a state of emergency. Is one death worthy of a state of emergency to apply for federal funds? The death wasn’t even an American (not trying to be hard, just factual).
Governor Perry, who recently declared Texas a sovereign state, now relies on the federal government to deliver nearly one million doses of flu medication. Once again, I repeat this is over the death of one toddler from Mexico who had some other health problems. It really seems the government and the media are creating a lot of fear over the swine flu. Why? Why is it we are making this flu out to be the plague over one death. Coincidentally, the economy failed Obama's expectations and dropped 6.1% during the first quarter. The Department of Treasury is needing to borrow more money, just under a trillion dollars for the second and third quarters. Of course, the Democrats are trying to fast track nationalized health care. This doesn't even include the gun ban treaty Obama agreed to with Mexico a couple weeks ago which bans reloading and makes it illegal to alter your guns.
One death doesn't need to create the hysteria we are seeing take place before us. As a rule, where there is fear there is control. I think I am going to play Pass the Pigs tonight just for fun.
Bob McCarty's Video of the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition Protest at the St. Louis Obama Town Hall Meeting
Gateway Pundit Reports Hundreds from St. Louis Show Up to Protest Obama's Policies
Obama in St. Louis: Open Conversation With Obama? He Doesn't Even Allow a Debate
As mentioned earlier today, Obama was harsh on the tea partiers as he spoke in a suburb of St. Louis today.
Obama said, “Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I’m not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”
“But,” Obama continued, “let’s not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act.”
Mr. Obama, no one is playing games and blaming the recovery act for all of the deficit, but let’s be real. Your recovery act and other programs are adding to the deficit faster than any administration before you has added to the deficit. That’s not the real concern here. You promised transparency, and once again you say you are happy to have a serious conversation about issues; however, I have observed how quickly you rush through getting the Democrats legislation passed so you can put your signature on it. You did it with the recovery act, and now you and the Democrats are doing it with health care. These things need healthy national debate, not a fast track! Your words show once again how you like to come across as bipartisan, but your actions show just the opposite.
It would be nice to have a debate in the country Mr. Obama, but you don’t want to allow it. If you did allow it Americans would be alerted to your schemes and plans which remove power from the people, the states, and from private corporations and seat that power in your lap. The only method you have is rushing without debate. Your words in St. Louis are meaningless pathos Mr. Obama. Once again, you fail to impress.
Obama Attempts to Redefine Tea Party Movement During Arnold, Missouri Town Hall Meeting
Obama insulted the tea parties one more time today in Arnold, Missouri during his town hall meeting. He said those waving tea bags and watching a ‘certain’ news network don’t understand why they are protesting. He wrote off our protests of his massive government spending under his administration as lacking understanding of the total picture. I am amazed the same man who lied to us about a bow in front of the Saudi King now wants to define the tea party movement.
Mr. Obama we clearly understand how the trillions of dollars you are spending to create a strong central and oppressive government is going to enslave future generations of Americans. We don’t need you to tell us what we think.
We are told how brilliant Obama is, and yet he doesn’t understand the people he leads and actually has the arrogance to redefine a movement for a group of people because they are a political threat to him. I for one won’t let Obama redefine the tea parties. There are more tea parties coming, and they are going to grow as the Obama corruption grows. We are tired of the spending. We are tired of the taxes. After this week and Obama’s little stunt to give Chrysler to the UAW because it was bought with our tax dollars, these tea parties are going to grow bigger.
We are tired of being servants to the government Mr. Obama. We are tired of watching a considerable amount of income go to wasteful, anti-Constitutional spending. The fact that you write us off and redefine us is going to make us angrier and stronger to defeat you. You better be careful with your attempts to underestimate us. I don’t appreciate the words you purposefully delivered today knowing the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition showed up to protest your appearance in St. Louis. You can try to admit that you didn’t know they were going to be there, but we know you are a liar Mr. Obama.
Hopefully many of you are insulted by Obama’s words today and will be attending the next round of tea parties on July 4th. I am amazed more each day at just how arrogant Dear Leader Obama is.
Napolitano Wants to Save Farmers by Changing Name of the Swine Flu, but: Our Government Still Wants to Destroy the American Farmer
I laugh as I see Janet Napolitano seeking to change the name of the swine flu to protect the pork farmers across the country. Our government has done little to protect the American farmer during the first 100 days of the Obama administration, and in fact the American farmer has some hard days ahead. If you have been following the news, you know the war on carbon is coming to the American farmer and their evil cows. Pigs will soon be next. These animals’ farts now cause global warming. I don’t see Napolitano worried about the effects of this type of thinking on the American farmer.
I also don’t see Napolitano standing up against HR875, which creates larger government by creating the Food Safety Administration. In fact, I am willing to bet before all of this is over the swine flu is used to help get this through Congress. HR875 regulates the agriculture industry and will destroy it like government regulations have helped destroy the American car industry—which is dead now in my opinion now that two of the three are controlled by the morons running our government. HR875 will heavily fine American farmers with fines up to $1 million for not complying with their regulations, not to mention ORGANIC FARMERS will be hit the hardest.
Once again we get this meaningless pathos from the government. The government cares enough about the farmer to change the name of the swine flu regardless of what they really have in store for the American farmer.
Wisconsin Reader Upset With Russ Feingold's Position in the Constution Committee
I can't believe that Russ Feingold - our esteemed senator that helped craft the law that mutes criticism of incumbent members of congress within 60 days of an election - an obvious violation of freedom of speech - is on the Constitution committee. I have written him asking what portion of the Constitution gives him authority for his new Clean Water act that gives the Federal Government full control of ALL waterways in the country - and all areas that they consider waterways, like farmers fields that may flood for a couple of weeks a year. I got back a response telling me how happy I should be that he is working on nationalizing health care. Even he thinks that Hussein Obama violated the government secrets act and would have given him an F if he had not announced that they will look into all of the Bush administrations use of the secrets act. I think it is time to get Russ a pair of antlers and send him on a walk in the woods the weekend before Thanksgiving.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7443845&page=1
The Ultimate Good Bye to Arlen Specter from Jim DeMint
Once again, I need to take the time to recognized Jim DeMint for his dedication to conservatism. Yesterday, DeMint said the following about Arlen Specter’s departure. “I would rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who really believe in principles of limited government, free markets, free people, than to have 60 that don’t have a set of beliefs.”
This says it better than any other way. Goodbye Mr. Specter!
First Swine Flu Death in United States was of an Infant of Illegal Aliens Running From Mexico's Nationalized Healthcare System
Obama’s press conference before his trip to St. Louis featured Obama making remarks over the first swine flu death in the United States. The swine flu took the life of an infant in Brownsville, Texas—a baby of illegal aliens. They escaped Mexico with its nationalized health care for treatment in the United States—treatment that many liberals say most Americans are denied of, which simply isn’t the case. Our healthcare system even takes care of those here illegally, which drives up the costs of healthcare in our country.
Yes the infant and its parents were here illegally, and Obama spoke as if it was an American child. Apparently, Obama didn’t want you to know that nationalized healthcare didn’t take care of the needs of the infant. The American health care system, which Obama and the Democrats claim is evil and needs reform, took care of this little baby who was a resident of Mexico City.
Definition of Stimulus by Mike Church
I loved how Mike Church described stimulus on his show today. Church said when you need money in your own home and you decide to print it, it’s called counterfeiting. When the federal reserve needs money for their house and they decide to print it, it’s call stimulus. In both cases, there is nothing backing up the meaningless paper, yet one instance is legal and the other instance will get you arrested. There is no doubt the Federal Reserve is one of the largest problems our economy faces. This country should have never turned to a central bank and they shouldn’t have given up the gold standard.
Economy Slipped by 6.1% Even After Stimulus: Obamanomic's Pains Hit Even in Recovery
The economy slipped by 6.1% according to the latest reports on the economy. Obama’s rhetoric tried to sell that we were coming out of the recession, but obviously the stimulus spending has done nothing but give the Obama administration more power. This will make the case for Obama to say we didn’t spend enough the first go round, and talk of a second stimulus will be coming.
Of course this will require more money to be printed and borrowed. This will further guarantee hyperinflation within the next 12-18 months. Even if there is the slightest bit of hope in the economy, the $3 trillion dollars the Treasury has printed since January, will further strain the economy. These are dangerous times, and we have the wrong bozo running matters and making all the wrong decisions.
The problem here is when the money is released to consumers to borrow it might start to stimulate things for a short while. Ben Bernanke will have to pull the trillions out of the economy at some point to prevent hyperinflation, and when he does the economy slows again. Either way, the pains of Obamanomics aren’t going away anytime soon. Obamanomics is a deadly double-edged sword.
Where is This Love After the First 100 Days?: I Don't See the Love For Obama that NBC, CNN, and the Others Report
Today the slanted media will report of the love for Dear Leader Obama. The accolades will be non-stop throughout the day, and in two hours, they will report from St. Louis, showing the usual brain-dead Americans like Trans Fat Woman and Julio Osegueda who beg for Obama to hold their hands and take care of them. They can’t even rid their diets of trans fats unless Obama helps them. It’s pathetic what Americans have become as I watch these town hall meetings. Everybody there wants Obama to hold their hands. The media will celebrate as Obama puts out his hand for the photo op.
You won’t hear today that a group of tea partiers led by Gateway Pundit and Bob McCarty will greet Obama with anything but love. You won’t hear about the Gallop and Rasmussen polls that show the love of the president quickly fading as his corruption spreads. You will only hear how much love there is for Dear Leader.
They will cite the CBS poll, the NBC poll, the CNN poll as they describe the love for Dear Leader. We know there is a bias in the messages these news ‘soap operas’ that celebrate the hate of Jeneane Garofolo. The game plan of these networks is to continue to the attacks on conservatism, coincidentally, their ratings keep reaching new lows.
As I look at the facts surrounding today, I don’t see the love. Even people I suspected to be supporters see that new boss resembles the old boss and then some as he continues the war efforts, as he increases wiretapping activities pushing to make the federal government immune from laws suits from these activities, and as he robs Americans of their freedoms.
When I look at the traffic to my blog, it has dramatically increased since January 20,2009. You can view my stats by clicking on the button at the bottom of the page. The comments support the thesis of this article—not everyone loves Barack Obama. You would never know that talking to the media today. They try to make the migration of Arlen Specter as more proof the country is behind Obama. They forget Specter was a big spender and not of the blood that Reagan shed for the Republican party. Most Republicans are celebrating Specters exit.
The traffic increases every week, and people are looking for answers to the truth behind Obama which the media will not report. Obama isn’t as popular as they make him out to be and the resistance for his policies are growing, and once strong enough you will see the second American Revolution. Americans aren’t going to put up with favors to UAW at the expense of the taxpayer. Once the reality spreads that Americans bought Chrysler with their tax dollars for Obama to hand to the UAW to own and operate and further the Democrats agenda of seeking ultimate power, you will see anger spread across this land. It’s going to take some time for this to resonate, but when it does, watch whatever love that is left dwindle until the only people left who love Obama are the Peggy Joseph’s who don’t want to go to work. They want the government to pay for their scanty existence.
Don’t be fooled today that there is undying love for Dear Leader Obama. This man is dividing this country to gain power, and many people feel the opposite of love for Obama. Those numbers grow daily. We will keep up the fight even if Obama applies the Fairness Doctrine to the Internet to further enforce the belief that Dear Leader is loved. I will be there reminding you he isn’t.
The Tragical History of Senator Specter: How Much for Your Soul Arlen?
Specter has been reduced to a silly puppet with little power because he has Harry Reid will be pulling his strings, and much like Faustus he has no backbone or moral clarity to make the right decision, which we will see as Specter fades to black.
The power Specter gained is the mischievous power that continue to whittle away at our liberties and freedoms. He is now part of the party that looks to spread the Fairness Doctrine to the Internet first and then restore it back to the airwaves. Specter will assist in helping reduce our First Amendment Rights. Now Democrats can do about anything with no debate, including attack our gun rights. I wonder how many Pennsylvania hunters are waking up angry this morning after years of support and contributions to Pennsylvania's sell out.
In the end, Specter will gain no respect after this brief celebration is over. He was irrelevant in the Republican party, and he will soon realize he was the final piece of the puzzle that took something beautiful and brought it to ruin. How much did it cost the Democrats Arlen? Did you get a little cut of GM, perhaps a small part of the banks? Whatever the enticed you with Mr. Specter, it wasn't worth the vision of our forefathers which the Democrats continue to move further away from.
In the end Mr. Specter, you have walked away from the people who supported and financed your campaign, and one day soon, you may wish you had their friendship. You obviously lack the moral clarity these days, which explains why you voted to enslave the children of this country with all the spending you have approved in recent months. Selling your soul has a huge cost Mr. Specter.
The Reagan Quote of the Day (4/29)
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Adobe Photoshop $630.49: Obama's Air Plane Flown Over the Statue of Liberty $328,835
One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 118
Specter Will Fit in Well With the Party of Liars
Obama lies about bows, airplanes flying over New York City, earmarks, running the auto industry, and I could go on all night with a long list of Obama lies without making my point. Consider the above interview. Arlen Specter is set on staying a Republican in a March 17 interview. Considering how quickly Specter changed his story, I figure he will fit in well with his new friends who make a living lying to the American people.
Obama called up Specter today and welcomed him aboard with the rest of the liars and cheats in the Democratic Party. You have Timothy Geithner, Claire McCaskill, Charlie Rangel, and Kathleen Sebelius who all have lied about their taxes. You have Bill Clinton who lied about a blow job. You have Hillary who lies about everything including any enjoyment she has working for Obama, because you know she wants his job. And best of all for Specter, he is now a media darling, so he has the media there to lie for him as well. The way I look at it, Specter will feel right at home.
International Crisis in the FIrst Six Months?: Does the Swine Flu Hybrid Qualify?
It led many people to believe that Biden leaked top-secret information or worse, that maybe something was planned but by who? Could our own government be behind the planning in order to assume more power or is this the work of radical Islam?
We are into the fourth month of the Obama regime, and it has been a hectic 100 days. Whenever something big is about to happen, we are getting use to a distraction to cover it up. The question is was Air Force One designed to distract us from the Chrysler UAW news or was it to distract us from the government's efforts towards the swine flu. In other words, is the swine flu the six month test, which basically means swine flu is a biological weapon coming across our borders from Mexico. (Where was Obama last week before all this started taking place? Mexico) Even a few months ago, a middle-eastern professor cited how easily it would be to spread a chemical weapon from Mexico into the United States. Should we rule out the possibility?
Of course this is probably just a coincidence (I hope). Like I have said, I have become skeptical of the government in the last year. Whenever there is a problem, there seems to be new legislation drawn up very quickly to attempt to provide the government with more power.
Today, I visited a Web site with an article written by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, who wrote a book a few years ago predicting this possible scenario that we see taking place in front of us. Here is part of her article:
Swine Flu in Mexico: The "New" Bird Flu
by: Sherri Tenpenny, D.O.
April 27, 2009
We knew this was coming. Even though the bird flu hype was removed years ago from the nightly news, planning for the global pandemic and the development of pandemic flu vaccines has continued with little notice. Our government has instructed FEMA, made checklists for Homeland Security, given action plans to State and local authorities. These plans include methods and drills for global inoculation with a vaccine that will no doubt have the same deadly consequences as the Swine Flu vaccine in 1976.
My book, FOWL!, published in 2006, foretold the events that are now happening in Mexico. Reported death rates are skyrocketing, from 20 to 60 to 86, in a matter of hours. More than 1,300 others have supposedly become ill with "suspected" cases of the infection and reports are coming in from various States and Canada of swine flu. There are no sources or references given with these numbers; we have to take the word of CNN. A short look back at plans that were put in place several years ago will confirm this is not a spontaneous eruption and the solution – global vaccination – has been in the works for quite some time.
History Repeating
Even though April 30, 1975 marked the end of the U.S. presence in Vietnam, young men across the country continued to sign up for the all-volunteer army. Just after the Christmas holiday in 1975, thousands of enthusiastic new army recruits reported to the barracks at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to begin basic training. However, by mid-January, many were complaining of flulike symptoms; a few had even been hospitalized.
One recruit reported to his drill instructor that he felt tired and weak. Given the option to rest, he opted instead to participate in a five-mile training march on a cold February night. Twenty-four hours later, on February 6, 1975, the 19-year-old Pvt. David Lewis of Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, was dead. Word arrived the following week from the CDC laboratory that his death was caused by an unusual influenza type A virus. Particularly worrisome was that four other samples taken from ill recruits at Fort Dix had also tested positive for influenza A virus—a type that had previously been detected only in pigs.
Within three weeks of Lewis’ death – the only person ever confirmed to have died from swine flu on the entire military base – researchers and public health officials converged in Washington to persuade members of Congress to implement a costly new program to vaccinate the country. A nationwide campaign, launched with the urgency of a five-alarm fire, was started by the CDC which ramped up the vaccine production with millions of government dollars allocated to develop of a novel vaccine for mass vaccination.
The same five-alarm fire is happening today. This morning, April 26, 2009, the federal government declared a public health emergency, as the number of cases of swine flu in the U.S. rises to a mere 20, announcing the arrival of the long-planned for and awaited pandemic.
The Effect of Waterboarding by Joel Barbee: Obama's Art of Distraction
Following the Democrat Money Trail: Obama's UAW Favor Will Fund Democratic Party for Years
It's National Infant Immunization Week in Both the United States and Mexico: Why is the CDC Sponsoring Mexican Events?
The hybrid Swine flu, which it has been reported is a combination of swine, bird, and human influenza, just so happened to rear its ugly head during the National Infant Immunization week, not just in the United States but in Mexico as well. The event is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Division of the Health and Human Services. Strange coincidence, huh?
Why is the Department of Health and Human Services promoting the event in Mexico, the epicenter of the pandemic flu?
The following release is from the CDC:
NIIW Overview
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs and their partners in promoting healthy communities. Since 1994, NIIW has served as a call to action for parents, caregivers, and healthcare providers to ensure that infants are fully immunized against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases. This year NIIW will be held April 25-May 2, 2009.
Vaccination plays a critical role in safeguarding public health globally. During NIIW 2009, hundreds of communities across the United States will join those in the Western Hemisphere and Europe to celebrate Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) and European Immunization Week. Over sixty countries around the world will participate.
Washington State and Cook, DuPage, and Lake Counties of Illinois will host special NIIW kick off events. Additionally, bi-national events are being planned along the United States - Mexico border in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the US-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC), state and local health departments, and other immunization partners. They will be joined by hundreds of communities from across the United States in celebrating NIIW through community awareness, healthcare provider education, and media events to promote infant immunizations.
NIIW provides an opportunity to:
• Highlight the importance and benefits of childhood immunizations, especially to parents.
• Educate parents and caregivers about the importance of vaccination in protecting their children from birth against vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Focus attention on our immunization achievements and celebrate the accomplishments made possible through successful collaboration.
• Revitalize efforts to protect children against vaccine-preventable diseases and give them a healthy start in life.
• Encourage better communication between parents and healthcare providers.
• Remind parents and caregivers they need to make and keep needed immunization appointments.
• Provide parents and caregivers with a toll-free number, 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636), to locate a facility that offers immunizations (Vaccines for Children’s program) for their child.
NIIW also supports efforts to:
• Work with state and local health departments and local coalitions to develop and implement a local communication strategy to increase awareness of the importance of immunization and improve local immunization coverage rates as measured by the National Immunization Survey.
• Create events that attract community and media to increase the number and visibility of national and local media stories on infant immunization.
• Provide a forum to pitch news stories, provide a media hook to interest local media in developing feature stories on the importance of childhood immunization, and create opportunities for local media interviews with immunization experts.
• Recognize local partners and volunteers for their year-round efforts helping to raise childhood immunization coverage, with special emphasis on completing the vaccination series.
• Create opportunities for local organizations and agencies to work together as coalitions.
Every community, large and small, can take an active roll in the reduction and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrate NIIW. Harness the power of your community by bringing together local groups, organizations, businesses, hospitals, day care centers, churches, providers, political leaders and the media to plan local NIIW activities. Below are a few ways in which you and your community can participate in NIIW.
Community
• Plan a NIIW kick-off event with your local partners that include activities such as a news conference or an immunization fair that will encourage the participation of parents and attract media attention.
• Arrange for your mayor or governor to sign a NIIW proclamation.
• Organize an awards/appreciation luncheon or dinner to recognize healthcare providers and community and business leaders who have demonstrated excellence in raising local immunization rates.
• Organize a door-to-door educational campaign or collaborate with an existing community health worker network or other home visit services to raise awareness about the importance of timely immunization.
• Use CDC’s professionally produced, English and Spanish-language infant immunization public education campaign locally. Collaborate with local media outlets to air the public service announcements on local radio stations and place the print ads in community newspapers and magazines. To view and download campaign products, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/.
• Encourage your organization and your partner agencies to show their support for infant immunization. Disseminate valuable infant immunization information to the public by posting the official NIIW icon on your website and linking to the national NIIW webpage. For details visit the website at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/.
Providers
• Encourage local hospitals to conduct grand rounds focusing on infant and childhood immunization.
• Persuade hospitals and healthcare organizations to promote immunization in prenatal classes and during prenatal visits.
• Provide after-hours and weekend immunization services to reduce wait times and eliminate access barriers.
• Implement an immunization reminder system.
• Create and maintain a patient-friendly environment and provide culturally appropriate immunization education materials.
Parents and Caregivers
• Keep an immunization record and update it after every doctor visit.
• Ask your doctor whether your child is up-to-date on her immunizations.
• Write an article or editorial for the local newspaper. Visit http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/ for sample articles.
• Work with local health departments, clinics, and hospitals to promote neighborhood clinics.
• Distribute immunization material to social service agencies and other community agencies that serve children, such as foster homes, refugee centers, homeless shelters, day care programs, schools, churches, libraries, and hospitals. Encourage agencies to share this information with parents of children 24 months and younger through website postings, newsletters and bulletin boards.
Please visit http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw for additional resources on planning an NIIW event and to download English and Spanish-language NIIW campaign materials including print ads, radio PSAs, sample op-ed articles, and other public relations and planning tools.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/2008/downloads/NIIWOverview-508.doc
Al Gore's 30 Cents a Day Cap and Trade Lie
There is one truth when it comes politicians selling tax plans. They always underestimate the amount it will cost you to get you to believe it’s just a small fraction compared to the bigger doom and gloom picture they paint. This was best on display last week as Al Gore spoke before Congress about the silly science he has made millions from.
Al Gore’s figure was 30 cents a day. That’s all cap and trade will cost Americans—about $109 according to Gore. That’s quite a difference between the $2000 to $3000 we have been told by other sources. Thirty cents, that doesn’t sound so bad right?
Before you buy into Gore’s lies, let’s look at a couple things. The government, and I consider Gore a part of it since he is a Democratic puppet for global warming, loves to tell Americans how little they will pay if this is passed. Once Americans rest easier knowing the kind government cares and would never lie to them, then the reality hits and you find out that you were promised a fraction of the actual reality. The truth is you shouldn’t have to pay more than what the supply and demand is for the energy you are purchasing. Let’s look at Gore’s lie, which he contradict himself on during his testimony.
Al Gore, former vice president: I think that the provisions of this bill can lead to a reduction in cost for that family --
Rep. G.K. Butterfield, (D-N.C.) (interrupting): -- Not immediate, not immediate reductions --
Al Gore, former vice president: -- Well, it depends on how quickly they’re implementing, how they’re taking advantage of it.
He first says Americans will see a reduction in energy costs thanks to the cap and trade program. However, the 30 cent number comes out later during his testimony.
“The latest . . . estimate of the cost of the transition is about 30 cents per day,” he said. “And that wasn’t even taking into account the savings that same household paying that 30 cents per day can make if they take advantage of the other provisions that would allow them to insulate and change out the windows and light and have sharp decreases in their energy consumption.”
So it turns out according to Gore that you can save providing you put out the money this year and then wait until next year to get the tax credit. This little if you count on the government you will save money arguments of Gore’s is just plain silly. When was the last time the government saved you money?
Al Gore has no clue where the number 30 cents from. It’s not the important number in the argument. The important number to Gore is the return on his investments in green energy technology. Gore has been getting very rich pushing global warming. I can’t believe more people don’t ask what’s in it for Al Gore before they buy into the hype. Gore knows his return on investment is dependent on selling Congress gloom and doom. When people question his investments, Gore gets angry. It’s funny how Gore feels he can attack big oil for doing the same thing he is doing with green energy. This 30 cents a day, which honestly is more like a conservative $5.48 a day according to numerous other sources, will help Gore become a richer man. That $5.48 equals an estimated $2000 a year in higher energy costs which Gore will profit from. He is lying to you so he can profit.
This is why you should never trust someone who tells you your carbon footprint is too large when you possibly couldn’t equal Al Gore’s carbon footprint when you consider his house, his flights to speak on global warming, and his security entourage that follows him around. He should set an example before he preaches.
Arlen Specter Knows He Would Lose the Republican Party Primary: Switches Party
Rush just reported that “The Hill” featured a March 17, 2009 story that Arlen Specter cited the Democrats were trying to get him to change parties. In the article Specter claimed he was going to stay a Republican. It’s obvious Specter knew he was going to lose the Republican Senate Primary in 2010.
Arlen Specter in Talks to Join the Democrats
News coming from Washington claims Arlen Specter is in talks to switch parties and become a Democrat. You mean he isn’t a Democrat? I had no idea based on his voting record. See ya, Senator Specter. You had a jack ass behind your name for many years, and I won't miss you.
I think Specter knows he was going to lose the primary next year, and this is his way of trying to save his political butt.
A Look at the Possible Talking Points to Obama's Coming Attack on the First Amendment by Reader Phil Hess
Truth: Obama wants to control the content of the Internet to keep the people from knowing what is going on.
Spin: Obama wants to bring us into a new age of enlightenment and peaceful understanding by helping us make the Internet a more friendly place.
Truth: Obama is the worst President under Constitutional Law since John Adams and his Sedition Act.
Spin: Obama understands that this is an evil, imperialistic nation that was designed specifically to enrich the already rich while crushing the poor underfoot and has now made it a nicer more pleasant place to live by offsetting all of the extremist right wing hate with divine knowledge of his messiahship's glorious mission to bring peace and love through weakness and censorship.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96301
100 Days of Disaster Tea Party Protest to Greet Obama in Arnold, Missouri at Town Hall Meeting: For More Info Visit Gateway Pundit
A few minutes after I posted my One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days post asking St. Louis tea partiers to provide Obama with some insight of the tea party movement, since Obama claimed he didn’t know of the tea parties, Gateway Pundit posted an effort called “100 Days of Disaster” to greet Obama in Arnold, MO tomorrow. I won’t be able to make it on short notice, but I hope thousands of tea partiers from Missouri and Illinois who up to give Obama a taste of the movement he ignored and of course further infuriate CNN and other media outlets.
Gateway Pundit is asking people to mind their manners and show up with a great attitude to the town hall meeting. They will meet across the street from Fox High School in Arnold on April 29 at 9:15 am. Would someone who attends please get me the teleprompter's autograph?
Barack Obama's Harvard Law Professor Will Not Accept Award From Notre Dame
Mary Ann Glendon declined the award citing Notre Dame awarding Obama an honorary degree is could have an immoral rippling effect.
The Government Needs to Borrow Even More Money: $361 Billion for April-June
The real issue with all of this is the Treasury is reporting a slump in tax revenue. This obviously sets up the argument that the middle class will eventually get a tax increase, but it will wait until after the midterm elections. I am willing to bet this is on top of the expired Bush tax cuts. Higher taxes are coming. Don't let Obama's words convince you otherwise.
Another Government Lie: Air Force One Stunt in NYC
Let's be realistic about this. A simple phone call to New York's public officials would have taken a few minutes and allowed time for the media to be alerted that planes would be flying at a low altitude in the city. If it was a photo shoot, who was the photographer? Of course, it would be easier and cheaper, not to mention GREENER (if that's really important to the Obama government), to Photoshop the airplane into whatever scene they wanted. Not to mention Obama says he doesn't know where his airplane is at. The White House has to know these things so they can prepare in case there is a national emergency that involves quickly evacuating Obama to some place safe. Something really stinks about the latest government stunt. This is the biggest lie since the bow. Once again we see the government giving us something else to talk about over the things that really matter like General Motors and nationalized health care.
GM to Nationalize to Avoid Bankruptcy: Maybe the Faustus Model is in Their Future
To Coward Private Citizen of Joplin, Missouri Who Sent the Springfield News-Leader a Letter to the Editor Using My Information
This morning, I received an e-mail from the Springfield News-Leader asking me to verify I wrote a letter to the editor they received. It’s been a few months since I wrote a letter to the editor, and I always post the letters to my blog when I do. Confused, I called the News-Leader today to discover what was going on. He said he received an e-mail with my e-mail address and my phone number listed about David Schippers’ comments on the Oklahoma City Bombing.
The letter said, “this is written by a Missourian I am stunned by the callousness.” Then my blog about Schippers followed. Callous huh?
First, I only reported what Schippers said with my continued effort to encourage Americans to question what their government is doing. They site conservatives are terrorists in multiple reports, so based on their continuing efforts to shut down certain rights granted to citizens, we should be considering what our government would be willing to do to set up scenarios to justify their move towards stripping Americans of their rights. I don’t find this callous at all, but it is patriotic.
In my blog I mention that we should question our government, but I don’t endorse Schippers’ views. Where do you get callous out of this? Maybe you want to be a sheeple, but I will pass. I have found sheeple aren’t healthy for liberty. If you want to be upset at anyone, get upset at Schippers. I have called upon victims of the OKC bombings for business as a sales rep, and I listened to their stories about what they witnessed that day. Nothing I said insulted those people, nor would anything I would ever say would be insulting to these people. I have spent hours and the memorial and seen the mementos left on the wall.
Since you obviously uncovered my phone number and e-mail address to send my words in, you obviously overlooked the copyright information. You didn’t ask me if you could use my property for whatever you wished to gain by using my identity to protect your anonymity. Whatever your intentions were, you are a coward for not taking the time to debate Mr. Schippers’ views. I am not sure how what I wrote offended you. It’s Schippers’ words, not mine. I have been consistent and will remain so that Americans should question the actions of their government, just like the airplane yesterday.
Guess what. You aren’t really anonymous. I know you use a Mac using OS X 10_5_6 EN-US and your IP number is 71.234.75.71. I know you sent your letter to the News-Leader yesterday at 5:22 PM and the captcha you entered your letter with was CB90F. I could pursue your use of my intellectual property and my identity, since you used my phone number and e-mail address as your own. You need to keep that in mind the next time you use the internet. Everything can easily be traced. I know you use Comcast, and I am taking this matter up with Comcast.
Next time, you should consider writing your own words and not plagiarize mine for your personal gain. Playing with another person’s identity isn’t cool. If I wanted my blog sent to the News-Leader, I would have done it myself. I don’t need your help or you stealing part of my identity to protect your own identity.
The Reagan Quote of the Day (4/28/2009)
Monday, April 27, 2009
One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days and a Call to St. Louis Tea Partiers
I hate 'Show Me State' but on Wednesday Missouri can become the 'Show Him State.' The 100th Day Obamagasms come to the St. Louis area on Wednesday as Obama chooses Arnold, Missouri to find the next town hall idiots for the media to celebrate. Yes, the next Henrietta Hughes, Julio Osegeuda, or Trans Fat Woman may come from the Show Me State.
I say the good people of St. Louis, let by powerful bloggers like Gateway Pundit and Bob McCarty should consider creating a different story to see if the media pays any attention. I suggest let's have a tea party outside of the Obama Circus of Idiots (AKA the pathos-filled Town Hall Meeting .) During the tea party Obama said he was unaware of the tea parties. I can't think of a better way to show him what the tea parties were about than give him a loud dose. So tea partiers are you ready for Wednesday? Let's get out there and make some noise.
Obama needs to know we are sick of the spending, the taxes, and the new taxes that are coming.
Top Five Moments of Obama's First 100 Days
Dick Morris Releases Video Examining Obama's Foreign Policy: Seems Like Mr. Morris and I are on the Same Page
Obama the Messiah: Artwork to be Displayed in New York to Celebrate 100 Days of the New Idiot
Another Obama Teleprompter Mess Up: Obama is Now Talking to his Teleprompter
Was the Oklahoma City Bombing a Federal Cover Up?: David Schippers Says Bombing was a State-Sponsored Attack on the Heartland
He recently produced a video that can be viewed at http://www.americastruthforum.com/ also.
I for one have become doubtful of my own government and am willing to look at many of these events with an open mind knowing it is possible we were lied to. This is not an endorsement of Mr. Schippers' words however.
Henrietta Hughes Still Looking for Work Despite Obama's Promise
Henrietta Hughes, the woman Obama promised to personally help out and then sent to his staffers after a Florida town hall meeting, is still without a job. To Hughes credit, she has taken upon herself to get training, but a couple months after Obama’s promise, she still doesn’t have a job. Hughes was also homeless when she approached Dear Leader Obama for help.
Obama said this past winter we would do everything we can do to help you, and after nearly 100 days, Hughes is still living in the pickup truck. Hope and change you can believe in, right? I am sure the reporter who dug this woman up for a review on her situation will be scolded for making Dear Leader look foolish.
Of course, I commend Obama on this one, because it’s not the president’s job to see that citizens get a job. He gave such hope to this woman though, and it appears she’s just another woman thrown under the bus, just like Obama’s grandma. Like I have said, if Obama isn’t willing to help his own family, why do you think he would be willing to help you.
Say Goodbye to Pontiac: The First Victim of Government Motors
There is something American about Pontiac. Whether it be the mighty GTO displaying American muscle or Burt Reynolds’ black Trans-Am followed by Buford T. Justice in hot pursuit as the Bandit drives fast to get a shipment of illegal bootlegged Coors beer back to Atlanta, Pontiac is a symbol of the American road.
Like it’s fallen brother Oldsmobile, General Motors has decided Pontiac is the first to go in its attempt to restructure. Personally, I feel this is a mistake. I think the ugly Saturns who have seen little freshness since their introduction would be a better pick. I am not sure this is the direction Dear Leader Obama wanted to take the company.
Since Rick Wagoner stepped down, stories have come out that Obama wanted the GM trucks division gone. Wagoner fought it, and was soon asked by the administration to step down. If General Motors moved to eliminate GM immediately after Obama’s move, it would have proven Obama’s power over GM. Pontiac was the sacrificial lamb to focus attention from Obama and the GM truck line.
Since Pontiac is known for its power, it was the clear sacrifice. Saturn is more in line with the cars Obama and the Democrats in Congress want produced—small, efficient, and ugly.
Say goodbye to the Grand Prix, the Trans Am, and the Firebird. I was really hoping Pontiac would make up for the new, ugly Camaro with a new Trans Am design. That’s not going to happen.
Obama's First 100 Days: We are About to be Sold a Bill of Goods No Consumer Protection Laws Prevent
I wonder how much about Obama's massive contribution to the national debt will take place. In twenty month, he will have easily spent more than George W. Bush in eight years. In fact, he is on pace to outspend the total of all presidents before him.
We know after he left Europe, reporters and the French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy came away laughing at Obama, but we will be told how he brought the world together in 100 days. Even with the people Obama admires most, the dictator thugs like Castro and Chavez haven't shared the flowery rhetoric after Chavez and Ortega met with Obama. During the meeting the friendship and love seemed to build with Obama during their meetings a couple of weeks ago.
The study of Obama is a study in dichotomy. If Obama says it, expect the opposite and the worse. We are watching nationalized health care go through Congress with little debate, something we better get used to as Obama hijacks our country with his Marxist beliefs. There won't be five days to examine the bill like Obama promised. Obama doesn't want you to know what's in the bill. He is only interested in changing forever the political philosophy of the United States.
Wiretapping is the same way. Obama cruised to victory citing an unpopular war and acts surrounding it. Obama promised to stop wiretapping, but now he looks to expand it and make the government immune to any law suits brought against the government for their domestic spying efforts. There's your change. The change occurred in the Obama psyche.
One thing is for sure. Obama has established his legacy in the first 100 days, and it's a legacy which many will curse for decades after. Let's remind you of one of Obama's Democratic cronies said about the Obama spending early on in the administration. Here's Missouri Governor Jay Nixon:
In the end, the legacy Obama leaves behind even if there wasn't a day 101, is a large bill for the debt he occurred. You won't hear the mainstream media remind you of this truth, but those who participated in the Tax Day Tea Parties, haven't forgotten. Yes, the media will spin Obama's first 100 days as something that it wasn't. They will say it was triumphant. It wasn't. Unfortunately, consumer protection laws don't apply to political reporting. You would never get away with these monster-sized lies in any other business.
What Good Would It Do: Until Our Borders Are Secured
"Right now we don't think the facts warrant more active testing or screening ofWhy should she care now? It's not like she has prevented anything else from coming from Mexico across our border. A few airplane travellers from Mexico coming into the country legally with passports aren't going to stop the spread across the border. Until our county allows the Minutemen to do their jobs, and we shut our borders down, this little problem is going to grow out of control.
passengers coming in from Mexico."
What a convenient time for it to happen with so many bills in Congress so the government can further protect you! All these strange coincidences happening at the most convenient times for the Obama administration to pass their agenda, and they keep happening.
The Reagan Quote of the Day (4/27/09)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 116
It's been a long time since I went to bed on a Sunday night this tired. It's been non-stop since Friday night. In the more than two days since I last went to work for myself and to feed some snot-nosed politician with my taxes, I have managed to set up a garden, build a fire pit, attend a farmer's market, teach my mom how to shoot a pistol, visited the range to shoot my Hi Point 9mm carbine, enjoy a tea room with my family, mow the yard, plant some trees, play a round of Frisbee golf, roast marshmallows, roast some hot dogs, grill some rib eyes, watch Ryan Newman drive underneath Carl Edwards flying car at 'Dega, put up with my liberal troll commenting all weekend long (Robert AKA Bungled Bill), put up with liberals telling me Jesus was a socialist (he wasn't and God is a dictator of the loving sort--meaning it's his way or the southbound lane of the Highway to Hell), and sit in front of a fire watching rain clouds come in. The world would be nearly perfect except for the man who sits in the Oval Office who is arrogant enough to single-handily change the political philosophies of the United States in 100 days without much debate. Monday's almost hear again. It's time to go to war again against Barack Hussein Obama.
A Beatles Fan Upset With My Choosing a Beatles Themed Conservative Political Blog Site
I was just wondering if you had a post defending your use of the Beatles (Bungalow Bill, the Sgt. Peppers/conservative leader pic, etc) for purposes contrary to what the actual Beatles defended (notably Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison)? Did you know they were all hippies? Also, do you see the irony of using Brits to further an "American" cause?
I don't see how your logic works. I've been scratching my head, wondering if you had already responded to queries of the same. I can't be the first to confront you with this... Hope to hear from you soon.
Best,
DL
Carl Edwards Crash at Talladega: Watch the Fence
You have to give it to NASCAR for investing in the safety equipment. Their engineering was put to the test today when Edwards car went airborne over Ryan Newman's car and was headed towards the race fans. The fence absorbed the coming car, and Edwards walked away. Eight fans suffered injuries from the accident, and it could have been a lot worse. Thank God no one was hurt.
As a fan, I watched Jimmy Johnson go in to the wall in front of me at Indianapolis Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in 2005. The thought does cross your mind if that fence is going to be enough to stop any piece of the car that might go flying. Even though it didn't stop all it, it stopped what it needed to.
Increasing My Carbon Footprint with some Sunday R&R: Don't Worry, Al Gore Still has me Beat
My old neighbor and Second Amendment advocate Bill was the type of neighbor to make most people move out of the neighborhood. These are the types of people I like living around. I have dealt with the uptight neighbors with I lived in Plainfield, IL. There was literally a war started by Kayleigh's desire to bark at the kids playing in the greenway. Needless to say, I outwitted my neighbors at their own game. Without getting too much into it, let's just say really large wind chimes five foot in length hung around the house brings brought out the neighbor that was turning me into the cops without the courage to knock on my door. Long story, but let's just say if they played nice first, I wouldn't have hung the wind chimes. Anonymous neighbors who write anonymous letters don't fix problems.
Bill wasn't one of those neighbors. Lat Fourth of July, he had a battle of Dodge Ram Hemis as he tied the trucks up to see who could pull who. Some may say it was a white trash neighborhood, but we knew how to enjoy ourselves. That's what freedom is about.
At night would pull his wheel burrow up to the backyard, put some charcoal and wood in it, and we had ourselves an instant bonfire which had half the neighborhood in his back yard enjoying Coors Light and relaxing. Since I moved, Bill built a fire pit, and I wanted one after seeing it.
So I built one today. I am dedicating my fire pit to our president as a rebellious act against his whacked out environmental policies and cap and trade. Unfortunately I have many millions of tons of CO2 to produce in order to catch up with Al Gore, but every little bit helps. It's time to get the marshmallows and light up. It's s'mores night at my place!
The Reagan Quote of the Day (4/26/09)
Barack Obama's Approved Torture Methods: Obama's Eight Hours of Torture Death Sentence
Saturday, April 25, 2009
One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 115, A Day at the Farmers' Market
I went to a Farmer Market in Springfield today. During my first purchase I asked if there were taxes. They guy looked at me and said, "are you kidding? They won't let you get away with anything without taxing you." I let him know I agree with him and he started going off on Barack Obama. It was music to my ears. Throughout the market, there were many other farmers concerned about the direction of the country under Obama. I shared what I know about HR875, which was unknown to many of them but they were concerned by what I told them.
I had a great time at the Farmers Market. There was a section run by the Boys Town, which is set up to improve the lives of young boys. The boys that helped us were amazingly helpful, so I wanted to recognize them.
Obviously socialized medicine is on the mind of many Americans. A good portion of those Americans are fooled into believing they are going to get free health care--FREE. I am amazed at this naive belief from many Americans.There is nothing free provided by your government. You pay for every service they offer by paying taxes. It's almost a sure thing Obama and the Democrats are going to pass the nationalized health care bill without any debate, and I am sure many of them won't read the entire bill. After it gets past, you can count on your taxes going up, up, up. Remember, nothing is free.
It Was a Hard Week for Al Gore: Gore Was Mistaken About Who the Madoff of the Environmental Movement Is
Al Gore had the nerve enough to call the skeptics, you know the people who have had to keep their heat on way into April again this year because the white stuff was falling in places like northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, Benard Madoffs. I find this odd, because Al Gore is the one ripping people from their money, not people like me who point out the inconsistencies of the global warming argument. Gore has increased his wealth from spreading fear over something that doesn't exist. Madoff at least spread hope, so you have to look at Madoff as being the better of the two. The bottom line is both of them have ripped off hard-working Americans over lies. Remember last week we were told the ice is expanding at the poles. Not sure I make the connect to the skeptics, but to give this silly man the benefit of the doubt (notice Gore doesn't just live in a big house, but he is a big American as well), here he is:
Now when Gore defines who Madoff was, I got the feeling Gore was defining himself. It's like when you are a kid and you say it takes one to know one. Gore definitely understands his type.
Which is interesting because we have Representative Marsha Blackburn exposing Gore and his ponzi scheme. It looks like Gore is becoming a very rich man at the expense of many Americans comfort. Listen to how uncomfortable Gore sounds when she brings this up and how he spins it. You don't invest money into something without looking to get a profit from it. An investment isn't charitable. Notice Gore's play on words and how angry he gets.
This isn't the first time Gore has been caught stuffing money in his husky, fat-body britches that have a huge carbon footprint running up and down his back side. I wonder if scientists excluded Gore one of the fat-body useless eaters.
Newt Gingrich then points out the inconsistencies in Gore's (let's call them what they are) lies in front of a house committee meeting this week. This further points out that it is Gore who is the Madoff of the environmental movement, not vice versa.
Finally, what have I and many other conservatives been telling you about the green movement all along? It's about raising your taxes and reducing your freedoms. Well, guess what Democrat Congressman John Dengell exposed during all this Al Gore hype this week. Cap and trade is a 'big tax' 'my dear friend Albert.'
When you can't afford your heating bills because our government has taxed the heat so high, just remember how much Al Gore has made by steering the people to believing a science that hasn't been proven and in fact isn't even being represented with facts.
One Man, Many Taxes, 365 Days: Day 114
In NASCAR, they call it the gas and go. It's when a driver tries to win a race through a risky calculation of how much fuel is in their tank compared to how many laps are left in the race mixed with a driver's smarts of where to accelerate and where to let off. When they realize they are short, they do a quick gas and go to get just enough fuel to get to the finish line. Sometimes in first, but most of the time if you lost the fuel mileage gamble you lose the race.
Last night it was a gas and go. In the real world it's put $5 dollars in because I am to tired to stand there and fill it up. Since this is the first time in a long time I have done gas and go, it makes you realize how much the government gets from the pump. Out of that $5, the government got just over a $1. Based on the crazy 9/10 fraction they use at the pump, the government actually got $1.0008. Considering the number of times that $5 was already taxes, I was cheated out of a lot of gas or anything else I wanted to buy with it.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Obama's Fast Track to Socialist Hell: Socialized Medicine with no Debate
Why aren't the Democrats allowing any debate on an issue that will affect each and everyone of us at some point in our lives. Could it be they don't want you to know the real truth that nationalized health care leads to rationing. Since this country is broke and headed towards hyperinflation, you can be assured when your time comes, the value of your life to the tyrants who control America's medicine will examine the value of your life to the value of the tax dollars it will take to cure you. No, it's obvious the Democrats learned from 1993 and the many protests that took place as Hillary's health care express rolled around the country, and they are going to pass another bill that I guarantee you they haven't taken the time to read.
In the coming years, you can count on a nationalized health care that will constantly be broken. Just like the education system and Social Security, and there will be only one group to blame--the Republicans. You remember, nationalized health care was broken before it even started because America was broke and headed into deeper debt thanks to Obama's spending. This is a disaster that's going to take place in front of our eyes, and I guarantee you when you are on your death bead with some government punk telling you no to treatment that will save your life, you will ask yourself why didn't we fight harder to prevent this. Well, just remember, the Democrats passed this while everyone was looking away at throwing water in Allie BaBa's face.
I have been asking myself if I love my country anymore. I know that's a hard thing to ask, but when you see what it's moving towards and the lack of freedoms that are going to result because of Obama's community organizing free-for-all leadership, it's hard to be passionate over leaving our Constitution behind. Seriously, isn't our health care worth more than the Demcorats sneaking this through Congress without any serious debate? This is another Democrat power grab, and it's becoming more apparent how the debate will turn so we can take our country back.
The All-Knowing, Gotta-Have-Him Timothy Geithner Has No Strategy to Manage TARP Money
CNS News released a troubling story yesterday citing the Treasury Department has no strategy for managing billions of dollars in TARP funds according to the Inspector General of the TARP funds.
Treasury also does not have sufficient oversight authority over a joint Treasury-Federal Reserve lending program that is supposed to expand to $1 trillion, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) said in a report issued Tuesday.
Let’s start with what we know about all of this. We know from a Congressman who slipped there was an attempt to run down money market accounts on September 11, 2008, which led to the justification to issue TARP funds. Banks were told to buy small banks, while Congress told American people the money was needed to free up credit to get money flowing again. Once healthy Wells Fargo bought Wachovia and now are unhealthy. Several banks have tried to pay back the TARP funds and were greeted with a big fat no. Now Obama looks to include the credit card companies in all of this.
The Treasury was told to develop a strategy in January to manage the $600 billion already paid out in TARP. Weren’t we told Timothy Geithner had the answers and was the man for the job despite his attempts not to pay his taxes? Why is a man who was touted so highly as the man with the answers not producing a report?
The writing is clearly on the wall. There is no plan for managing the TARP funds because the truth is our government is trying to take over industries like banks. If there was a report that described what the government was doing we would have proof to charge these scoundrels with crimes. There isn’t a report for that reason alone.
Interesting Islamic Fact Mentioned On Mancow: Waterboarding Works
Farah's Web site is Defend Freedom and writes for World Net Daily.
The Governement Using Cell Phones to Track Your Movement: Technology Advances so Fast...
Keith Olbermann: Drama Queen Challenges Sean Hannity With Waterboarding After Charles Grodin Interview
Would Keith Olbermann have a career if it wasn't for his drama queen antics? I doubt it.
Deadly seriousness of this Keith? Give me a break? What about the deadly seriousness that took place on 9/11 Keith? You are defending men that conspired to kill thousands of Americans with airplanes and making out water to be a hanging platform. None of these terrorist died Keith. Honestly it wouldn't have hurt my feelings if they did.
Of course Mr. Olbermann, you don't have the guts to admit thousands of lives were saved in Los Angeles thanks to a little water. Mr. Olbermann, you are the Gary Coleman of the news industry small, once funny, and always looking for respect you don't deserve.
Mr. Olbermann, if you had any journalistic guts, you would examine how much Nancy Pelosi knew. Of course, you comedy routine won't take a chance of hurting your only friends--the scum who call themselves Democrats.
Something tells me Olbermann wouldn't pay up if Hannity took up his waterboarding challenge. Heck, Mr. Olbermann, I will do it to show Americans that this act is a joke and was used to save American lives. Would somone remind Mr. Olbermann that Obama voted four times against the infant born alive protection act. That's the practice of putting a surviving baby of a botched abortion into a closet and let it die for the next eight hours from lack of care. I don't know Mr. Olbermann, there something much darker about Obama's four votes to kill just-born babies, and since Obama was the only state Senator in Illinois to vote against the law, it really makes Obama's actions toward interrogation methods despicable. Waterboarding radical Islamic terrorist isn't the even close to being dark considering Mr. Olbermann.
The Reagan Quote of the Day (4/24/09)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Goodnight
Hardin, Montana Should be Careful About What they Ask For: With Prison Comes Scummy Politicians
