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Monday, June 28, 2010
How a Common Sense Conservative President Might Have Handled the Deepwater Horizon Spill. . . .
According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:
Sure, we all know Obumble has completely, totally, and comprehensively botched every aspect of the response to the Deepwater Horizon spill. However, "OK, Mr. Smarty Pants. How would you guys have handled it?" Is a legitimate question. Except for maybe the Mr. Smarty-Pants part.
Suppose, instead of the World's Greatest Community Organizer, we had a common sense conservative president in the White House. How would she, or he, have handled the Deepwater Horizon Spill. I think it would have gone something like this.
1. The Jones Act would have been suspended immediately and indefinitely so that foreign offers of assistance could be accepted unconditionally.
2. An Executive Order would have gone out barring all executive branch agencies from interfering with clean-up efforts at the state and local levels.
3. Another Executive Order would have gone out ordering all executive branch agencies to provide any resources demanded by state and local agencies.
4. And if the president were really on-the-ball, he would get the country's top petroleum engineers and geologists together and give them three days to come up with best, second best, and fallback solutions to stopping the leak. All government resources would be made available to implement the solutions the Task Force arrived at.
5. When the beaches were safe and the hole was plugged, then and only then would the president turn his attention to BP's culpability. Also, the Task Force would be asked to submit contingency plans for dealing with future spills.
Realistically, I don't see anyone in the Mitt Palin - Sarah Romney Republican Party having enough vision to implement all of those. Maybe Chris Christie or Bobby Jindal, since they seem to have more leadership acumen. But I think we can all agree that those five steps would have been superior to the Obama response:
1. Shut down deepwater drilling and destroy 50,000 jobs.
2. Play Golf.
3. Refuse foreign offers of assistance until pressure from the right forces you to accept them.
4. Posture about kicking somebody's ass. Whine that you can't suck up the oil with a straw.
5. Play more golf.
6. Allow your regulatory agencies to shut down state and local efforts to contain the spill.
7. Shakedown BP for some money.
8. Push Cap and Trade Legislation.
9. Rename the Federal Agency in charge of regulating offshore drilling.
10. Play more golf.
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Many people seem to be confused about whose responsibility the oil spill is in the Gulf of Mexico. . . .
Is the oil spill really Obama's responsibility? Yes, it is. . . .100% the "Federal Governments" responsibility. It is in the Gulf of Mexico and it is their problem.
During Hurricane Katrina it was a states issue and they had to invite the feds into help. Bush could not have trampled the states rights and rushed in, but Obama is 100% in charge of the oil disaster.
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According to gop.gov:
What is the president's legal responsibility to respond to the oil spill?
Answer: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) provides direct presidential authority for oil spill response. Section 4201 of OPA provides the president with the specific authority and responsibility to remove oil from navigable waters and adjoining shorelines, including directing or monitoring all federal, state, and private actions. Clearly, by law the president is ultimately responsible for leading the oil spill clean-up, although the responsible company will pay for the response effort and taxpayers must not be left on the hook.
http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/06/16/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill
Sure, we all know Obumble has completely, totally, and comprehensively botched every aspect of the response to the Deepwater Horizon spill. However, "OK, Mr. Smarty Pants. How would you guys have handled it?" Is a legitimate question. Except for maybe the Mr. Smarty-Pants part.
Suppose, instead of the World's Greatest Community Organizer, we had a common sense conservative president in the White House. How would she, or he, have handled the Deepwater Horizon Spill. I think it would have gone something like this.
1. The Jones Act would have been suspended immediately and indefinitely so that foreign offers of assistance could be accepted unconditionally.
2. An Executive Order would have gone out barring all executive branch agencies from interfering with clean-up efforts at the state and local levels.
3. Another Executive Order would have gone out ordering all executive branch agencies to provide any resources demanded by state and local agencies.
4. And if the president were really on-the-ball, he would get the country's top petroleum engineers and geologists together and give them three days to come up with best, second best, and fallback solutions to stopping the leak. All government resources would be made available to implement the solutions the Task Force arrived at.
5. When the beaches were safe and the hole was plugged, then and only then would the president turn his attention to BP's culpability. Also, the Task Force would be asked to submit contingency plans for dealing with future spills.
Realistically, I don't see anyone in the Mitt Palin - Sarah Romney Republican Party having enough vision to implement all of those. Maybe Chris Christie or Bobby Jindal, since they seem to have more leadership acumen. But I think we can all agree that those five steps would have been superior to the Obama response:
1. Shut down deepwater drilling and destroy 50,000 jobs.
2. Play Golf.
3. Refuse foreign offers of assistance until pressure from the right forces you to accept them.
4. Posture about kicking somebody's ass. Whine that you can't suck up the oil with a straw.
5. Play more golf.
6. Allow your regulatory agencies to shut down state and local efforts to contain the spill.
7. Shakedown BP for some money.
8. Push Cap and Trade Legislation.
9. Rename the Federal Agency in charge of regulating offshore drilling.
10. Play more golf.
------------------------------------------
Many people seem to be confused about whose responsibility the oil spill is in the Gulf of Mexico. . . .
Is the oil spill really Obama's responsibility? Yes, it is. . . .100% the "Federal Governments" responsibility. It is in the Gulf of Mexico and it is their problem.
During Hurricane Katrina it was a states issue and they had to invite the feds into help. Bush could not have trampled the states rights and rushed in, but Obama is 100% in charge of the oil disaster.
-------------------------------------------
According to gop.gov:
What is the president's legal responsibility to respond to the oil spill?
Answer: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) provides direct presidential authority for oil spill response. Section 4201 of OPA provides the president with the specific authority and responsibility to remove oil from navigable waters and adjoining shorelines, including directing or monitoring all federal, state, and private actions. Clearly, by law the president is ultimately responsible for leading the oil spill clean-up, although the responsible company will pay for the response effort and taxpayers must not be left on the hook.
http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/06/16/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill
'No One Will Know Until This is Actually in Place How it Works'
According to jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com:
2000 page Financial Reform Bill
Yeah, why bother reading legislation before it's passed? A time-honored Democrat tradition. Naturally, the clown who said this will be out of office by then.
Key House and Senate lawmakers approved far-reaching new financial rules early Friday after weeks of division, delay and frantic last-minute dealmaking. The dawn compromise set up a potential vote in both houses of Congress next week that could send the landmark legislation to President Obama by July 4.
Lawmakers pulled an all-nighter, wrapping up their work at 5:39 a.m. -- more than 20 messy, mind-numbing hours after they began Thursday morning.
"It's a great moment. I'm proud to have been here," said a teary-eyed Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), who as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee led the effort in the Senate. "No one will know until this is actually in place how it works. But we believe we've done something that has been needed for a long time. It took a crisis to bring us to the point where we could actually get this job done."
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
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All these new fees and regulations that will be added to the banks and wallstreet will be passed right back to you the consumer, and I can guarantee you will be feeling the results of this "financial Reform Bill" in your wallet soon.
I swear the democrats are really hell bent on the total destruction of the United States of America. . . .
This is just what Nancy Pelosi said about obamacare: “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it"
2000 page Financial Reform Bill
Yeah, why bother reading legislation before it's passed? A time-honored Democrat tradition. Naturally, the clown who said this will be out of office by then.
Key House and Senate lawmakers approved far-reaching new financial rules early Friday after weeks of division, delay and frantic last-minute dealmaking. The dawn compromise set up a potential vote in both houses of Congress next week that could send the landmark legislation to President Obama by July 4.
Lawmakers pulled an all-nighter, wrapping up their work at 5:39 a.m. -- more than 20 messy, mind-numbing hours after they began Thursday morning.
"It's a great moment. I'm proud to have been here," said a teary-eyed Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), who as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee led the effort in the Senate. "No one will know until this is actually in place how it works. But we believe we've done something that has been needed for a long time. It took a crisis to bring us to the point where we could actually get this job done."
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
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All these new fees and regulations that will be added to the banks and wallstreet will be passed right back to you the consumer, and I can guarantee you will be feeling the results of this "financial Reform Bill" in your wallet soon.
I swear the democrats are really hell bent on the total destruction of the United States of America. . . .
This is just what Nancy Pelosi said about obamacare: “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it"
Stalin statue torn down in dictator's hometown. . . .
Stalin statue torn down in dictator's hometown
According to Margarita Antidze at msnbc.msn.com:
GORI, Georgia — Authorities removed a towering statue of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin from the central square of his hometown in the dead of the night on Friday, carting away the monument to Georgia's most famous native. . . . .
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What an insane world we live in. . . .In Stalins hometown they are removing his statue from the central square and in Virginia they just put a Stalin bust at a D-Day Memorial. WTF?
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Joseph Stalin quotes:
“Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.”
“A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.”
“When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope”
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37917574/ns/world_news-europe/
‘Don’t Taze My Granny!’
According to William Grigg at lewrockwell.com:
Lonnie Tinsley of El Reno, Oklahoma made a nearly fatal mistake last December 22 when he went to check on his grandma, Lona Varner.
Concerned that Lona hadn’t taken her medications, Lonnie called 911 in the expectation that an emergency medical technician would be dispatched to the apartment to evaluate the bedridden 86-year-old woman.
Instead, that call for help was answered by nearly a dozen armed tax-feeders employed by the El Reno Police Department.
Understandably alarmed — and probably more than a little disgusted — by the presence of uninvited armed strangers in her home, Lona ordered them to leave. This directive, issued by a fragile female octogenarian confined to a hospital-style bed and tethered to an oxygen tank, was interpreted as “aggressive” behavior by Officer Thomas Duran, who ordered one of his associates : “Taser her!”
“Don’t taze my granny!” exclaimed Tinsley. According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Tinsley’s “obstructive” behavior prompted the police to threaten him with their tasers. He was then was assaulted, removed from the room, thrown to the floor, handcuffed, and detained in a police car. At this point, the heroes in blue turned their attention to Lona.
The tactical situation was daunting; at this point, the police had only a 10-1 advantage over a subject who — according to Duran’s official report — had taken an “aggressive posture” in her hospital bed. The sacred imperative of “officer safety” dictated that the subject be thoroughly softened up in order to minimize resistance.
Accordingly, one of the officers approached Lona and “stepped on her oxygen hose until she began to suffer oxygen deprivation,” narrates the complaint, based on Lona’s account. One of the officers then shot her with a taser, but the connection wasn’t solid. A second fired his Taser, “striking her to the left of the midline of her upper chest, and applied high voltage, causing burns to her chest, extreme pain,” and unconsciousness. Lona was then handcuffed with sufficient ruthlessness to tear the soft flesh of her forearms, causing her to bleed.
After her wounds were treated at a local hospital, Lona was confined for six days in the psychiatric ward at the insistence of her deranged assailants from the El Reno Police Department.
It has long been established that the worst thing to do in an emergency is to call the police. In this case, Lonnie Tinsley didn’t call the police, yet they barged in anyway and quite nearly “helped” his grandma to death.
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I know that cops have to be extremely cautious even in situations like this, but when you have ten cops against one granny I think the odds are in the cops favor.
Supposedly while this schizo granny was lying in bed and hooked up to oxygen she threatened one of the cops with a kitchen knife and said she'd snap his neck like a twig. I don't know about you, but I think even I could disarm an 86 year old oxygen deprived granny.
Luckily for this granny they only used their tasers instead of unloading their 9mm into her chest.
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/60261.html
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/60327.html
Lonnie Tinsley of El Reno, Oklahoma made a nearly fatal mistake last December 22 when he went to check on his grandma, Lona Varner.
Concerned that Lona hadn’t taken her medications, Lonnie called 911 in the expectation that an emergency medical technician would be dispatched to the apartment to evaluate the bedridden 86-year-old woman.
Instead, that call for help was answered by nearly a dozen armed tax-feeders employed by the El Reno Police Department.
Understandably alarmed — and probably more than a little disgusted — by the presence of uninvited armed strangers in her home, Lona ordered them to leave. This directive, issued by a fragile female octogenarian confined to a hospital-style bed and tethered to an oxygen tank, was interpreted as “aggressive” behavior by Officer Thomas Duran, who ordered one of his associates : “Taser her!”
“Don’t taze my granny!” exclaimed Tinsley. According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Tinsley’s “obstructive” behavior prompted the police to threaten him with their tasers. He was then was assaulted, removed from the room, thrown to the floor, handcuffed, and detained in a police car. At this point, the heroes in blue turned their attention to Lona.
The tactical situation was daunting; at this point, the police had only a 10-1 advantage over a subject who — according to Duran’s official report — had taken an “aggressive posture” in her hospital bed. The sacred imperative of “officer safety” dictated that the subject be thoroughly softened up in order to minimize resistance.
Accordingly, one of the officers approached Lona and “stepped on her oxygen hose until she began to suffer oxygen deprivation,” narrates the complaint, based on Lona’s account. One of the officers then shot her with a taser, but the connection wasn’t solid. A second fired his Taser, “striking her to the left of the midline of her upper chest, and applied high voltage, causing burns to her chest, extreme pain,” and unconsciousness. Lona was then handcuffed with sufficient ruthlessness to tear the soft flesh of her forearms, causing her to bleed.
After her wounds were treated at a local hospital, Lona was confined for six days in the psychiatric ward at the insistence of her deranged assailants from the El Reno Police Department.
It has long been established that the worst thing to do in an emergency is to call the police. In this case, Lonnie Tinsley didn’t call the police, yet they barged in anyway and quite nearly “helped” his grandma to death.
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I know that cops have to be extremely cautious even in situations like this, but when you have ten cops against one granny I think the odds are in the cops favor.
Supposedly while this schizo granny was lying in bed and hooked up to oxygen she threatened one of the cops with a kitchen knife and said she'd snap his neck like a twig. I don't know about you, but I think even I could disarm an 86 year old oxygen deprived granny.
Luckily for this granny they only used their tasers instead of unloading their 9mm into her chest.
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/60261.html
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/60327.html
Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope to Tyranny?
Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny?
According to Thomas Sowell at investors.com:
When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics.
Such people were a valuable addition to his political base, since they were particularly susceptible to Hitler's rhetoric and had far less basis for questioning his assumptions or his conclusions.
"Useful idiots" was the term supposedly coined by V.I. Lenin to describe similarly unthinking supporters of his dictatorship in the Soviet Union.
Put differently, a democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive.
In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it.
The president's poll numbers are going down because increasing numbers of people disagree with particular policies of his, but the damage being done to the fundamental structure of this nation goes far beyond particular counterproductive policies.
Just where in the Constitution of the United States does it say that a president has the authority to extract vast sums of money from a private enterprise and distribute it as he sees fit to whomever he deems worthy of compensation? Nowhere.
And yet that is precisely what is happening with a $20 billion fund to be provided by BP to compensate people harmed by their oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Many among the public and in the media may think that the issue is simply whether BP's oil spill has damaged many people, who ought to be compensated.
But our government is supposed to be "a government of laws and not of men."
If our laws and our institutions determine that BP ought to pay $20 billion — or $50 billion or $100 billion — then so be it.
But the Constitution says that private property is not to be confiscated by the government without "due process of law."
Technically, it has not been confiscated by Barack Obama, but that is a distinction without a difference.
With vastly expanded powers of government available at the discretion of politicians and bureaucrats, private individuals and organizations can be forced into accepting the imposition of powers that were never granted to the government by the Constitution.
If you believe that the end justifies the means, then you don't believe in constitutional government.
And, without constitutional government, freedom cannot endure. There will always be a "crisis" — which, as the president's chief of staff has said, cannot be allowed to "go to waste" as an opportunity to expand the government's power.
That power will of course not be confined to BP or to the particular period of crisis that gave rise to the use of that power, much less to the particular issues.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt arbitrarily took the United States off the gold standard, he cited a law passed during the First World War to prevent trading with the country's wartime enemies. But there was no war when FDR ended the gold standard's restrictions on the printing of money.
At about the same time, during the worldwide Great Depression, the German Reichstag passed a law "for the relief of the German people."
That law gave Hitler dictatorial powers that were used for things going far beyond the relief of the German people — indeed, powers that ultimately brought a rain of destruction down on the German people and on others.
If the agreement with BP was an isolated event, perhaps we might hope that it would not be a precedent. But there is nothing isolated about it.
The man appointed by President Obama to dispense BP's money as the administration sees fit, to whomever it sees fit, is only the latest in a long line of presidentially appointed "czars" controlling different parts of the economy, without even having to be confirmed by the Senate, as Cabinet members are.
Those who cannot see beyond the immediate events to the issues of arbitrary power — vs. the rule of law and the preservation of freedom — are the "useful idiots" of our time. But useful to whom?
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/537967/201006211813/Is-US-Now-On-Slippery-Slope-To-Tyranny-.aspx
According to Thomas Sowell at investors.com:
When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics.
Such people were a valuable addition to his political base, since they were particularly susceptible to Hitler's rhetoric and had far less basis for questioning his assumptions or his conclusions.
"Useful idiots" was the term supposedly coined by V.I. Lenin to describe similarly unthinking supporters of his dictatorship in the Soviet Union.
Put differently, a democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive.
In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it.
The president's poll numbers are going down because increasing numbers of people disagree with particular policies of his, but the damage being done to the fundamental structure of this nation goes far beyond particular counterproductive policies.
Just where in the Constitution of the United States does it say that a president has the authority to extract vast sums of money from a private enterprise and distribute it as he sees fit to whomever he deems worthy of compensation? Nowhere.
And yet that is precisely what is happening with a $20 billion fund to be provided by BP to compensate people harmed by their oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Many among the public and in the media may think that the issue is simply whether BP's oil spill has damaged many people, who ought to be compensated.
But our government is supposed to be "a government of laws and not of men."
If our laws and our institutions determine that BP ought to pay $20 billion — or $50 billion or $100 billion — then so be it.
But the Constitution says that private property is not to be confiscated by the government without "due process of law."
Technically, it has not been confiscated by Barack Obama, but that is a distinction without a difference.
With vastly expanded powers of government available at the discretion of politicians and bureaucrats, private individuals and organizations can be forced into accepting the imposition of powers that were never granted to the government by the Constitution.
If you believe that the end justifies the means, then you don't believe in constitutional government.
And, without constitutional government, freedom cannot endure. There will always be a "crisis" — which, as the president's chief of staff has said, cannot be allowed to "go to waste" as an opportunity to expand the government's power.
That power will of course not be confined to BP or to the particular period of crisis that gave rise to the use of that power, much less to the particular issues.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt arbitrarily took the United States off the gold standard, he cited a law passed during the First World War to prevent trading with the country's wartime enemies. But there was no war when FDR ended the gold standard's restrictions on the printing of money.
At about the same time, during the worldwide Great Depression, the German Reichstag passed a law "for the relief of the German people."
That law gave Hitler dictatorial powers that were used for things going far beyond the relief of the German people — indeed, powers that ultimately brought a rain of destruction down on the German people and on others.
If the agreement with BP was an isolated event, perhaps we might hope that it would not be a precedent. But there is nothing isolated about it.
The man appointed by President Obama to dispense BP's money as the administration sees fit, to whomever it sees fit, is only the latest in a long line of presidentially appointed "czars" controlling different parts of the economy, without even having to be confirmed by the Senate, as Cabinet members are.
Those who cannot see beyond the immediate events to the issues of arbitrary power — vs. the rule of law and the preservation of freedom — are the "useful idiots" of our time. But useful to whom?
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/537967/201006211813/Is-US-Now-On-Slippery-Slope-To-Tyranny-.aspx
HOW TO SELL ... TOOTHBRUSHES. . . .
(received in an email. . . .funny)
HOW TO SELL ... TOOTHBRUSHES
The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.
Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."
"Very good," said the teacher.
Little Jenny was next:
"I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher..
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn.
The teacher held her breath ...
Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling"
"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.
"Toothbrushes," echoed the teacher,
"How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand, I gave everybody who walked by a free sample."
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog crap!"
Then I would say,"It is dog crap. Wanna buy a toothbrush?"
"I used the Obama governmental approach of giving you something crappy, but looks good, for free, and then making you pay to get the crappy taste out of your mouth."
The teacher was speechless. . . . . . . . Little Johnny got 5 stars for his efforts, bless his heart. .
HOW TO SELL ... TOOTHBRUSHES
The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.
Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."
"Very good," said the teacher.
Little Jenny was next:
"I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher..
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn.
The teacher held her breath ...
Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling"
"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.
"Toothbrushes," echoed the teacher,
"How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand, I gave everybody who walked by a free sample."
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog crap!"
Then I would say,"It is dog crap. Wanna buy a toothbrush?"
"I used the Obama governmental approach of giving you something crappy, but looks good, for free, and then making you pay to get the crappy taste out of your mouth."
The teacher was speechless. . . . . . . . Little Johnny got 5 stars for his efforts, bless his heart. .
Wise Will Rogers. . . .
(received in an email. . . .enjoy)
WILL ROGERS
Will Rogers was quite the cowboy, with all the wisdom of simple, honest folk. His words still ring with common sense today...
Simple but Brilliant and full of truths! Enjoy!
Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash with his best friend, Wylie Post, was probably the greatest political sage this country ever has known.
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3.. There are two theories to arguing with a woman . . Neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
ABOUT GROWING OLDER...
First ~ Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.
Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.
Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.
And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.
WILL ROGERS
Will Rogers was quite the cowboy, with all the wisdom of simple, honest folk. His words still ring with common sense today...
Simple but Brilliant and full of truths! Enjoy!
Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash with his best friend, Wylie Post, was probably the greatest political sage this country ever has known.
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3.. There are two theories to arguing with a woman . . Neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
ABOUT GROWING OLDER...
First ~ Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.
Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.
Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.
And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Geography 101. . . .Where is Arizona on the Map?
Milwaukee County Board Delays Vote on Arizona Boycott
According to Jon Byman at todaystmj4.com:
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee County Board spent part of the day debating a measure that would call for the county to boycott doing business with companies in Arizona.
Communities around the nation have passed similar measures in response to a law in Arizona that makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally.
There was an odd moment during the debate when Supervisor Peggy West stood up and seemed to be confused about her geography. "If this was Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this saying that they had a major issue with undocumented people flooding their borders, I would have to look twice at this. But this is a state that is a ways removed from the border," West said during debate.
Her colleague, Joe Rice, quickly corrected her, "I just want to assure my colleague that Arizona does in fact share a border with the country of Mexico." . . . .
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WTF is Peggy West a supervisor of? Education? It's dumbasses like this that open their mouths and pure bullsh*t flows out. Otherwise known as a condition called sh*t-for-brains. . . .It is truly frightening that people like this are making decisions that affect our great nation.
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To watch the video and read the full article go to:
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/97093164.html
According to Jon Byman at todaystmj4.com:
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee County Board spent part of the day debating a measure that would call for the county to boycott doing business with companies in Arizona.
Communities around the nation have passed similar measures in response to a law in Arizona that makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally.
There was an odd moment during the debate when Supervisor Peggy West stood up and seemed to be confused about her geography. "If this was Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this saying that they had a major issue with undocumented people flooding their borders, I would have to look twice at this. But this is a state that is a ways removed from the border," West said during debate.
Her colleague, Joe Rice, quickly corrected her, "I just want to assure my colleague that Arizona does in fact share a border with the country of Mexico." . . . .
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WTF is Peggy West a supervisor of? Education? It's dumbasses like this that open their mouths and pure bullsh*t flows out. Otherwise known as a condition called sh*t-for-brains. . . .It is truly frightening that people like this are making decisions that affect our great nation.
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To watch the video and read the full article go to:
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/97093164.html
1,300 Prison Inmates Got Homebuyer Tax Credits. . . .
1,300 prison inmates got homebuyer tax credits
According to the associated press:
Nearly 1,300 prison inmates wrongly received more than $9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being locked up when they claimed they bought a home, a government investigator reported Wednesday.
The investigator said 241 of the inmates were serving life sentences.
In all, more than 14,100 taxpayers wrongly received at least $26.7 million in tax credits that were meant to boost the nation's slumping housing markets, said the report by J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration.
Some taxpayers received the credit for homes purchased before the tax break was started. In other cases, multiple taxpayers improperly used the same home to claim multiple credits. Investigators found one home that was used by 67 taxpayers to claim credits.
"This is very troubling," George said. "Congress created and modified the homebuyer credit to stimulate the economy and help taxpayers achieve the American dream, not to line the pockets of wrongdoers."
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Here are just some of the other issues found in the report:
1. 2,555 taxpayers were given $17.6 million for homes purchased before the dates legally allowed.
2. For one address, 67 taxpayers claimed the credit on the same home.
3. 241 prisoners claimed the credit while serving life sentences, none of which were filing joint tax returns.
4. Over 10,000 people were granted the tax credit on homes used by other taxpayers to claim the same credit.
5. 34 IRS employees who already owned homes filed for and were given the homebuyer tax credit (plus the 53 already under investigation from an internal audit in 2009).
6. Over $9.1 million was paid to 1,295 prisoners who were incarcerated when they said they purchased their homes. While some instances this is still possible, the audit reveals that in most cases it is illegitimate.
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These are the same idiots that are now in charge of 1/6th of our economy with Obamacare. Can't you imagine the fraud and abuse that will happen with that trillion dollar fiasco. . . .
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To read the full article go to:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37870056
http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-news-events/homebuyer-tax-credit-audit-shows-fraud-in-the-millions-of-dollars/
According to the associated press:
Nearly 1,300 prison inmates wrongly received more than $9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being locked up when they claimed they bought a home, a government investigator reported Wednesday.
The investigator said 241 of the inmates were serving life sentences.
In all, more than 14,100 taxpayers wrongly received at least $26.7 million in tax credits that were meant to boost the nation's slumping housing markets, said the report by J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration.
Some taxpayers received the credit for homes purchased before the tax break was started. In other cases, multiple taxpayers improperly used the same home to claim multiple credits. Investigators found one home that was used by 67 taxpayers to claim credits.
"This is very troubling," George said. "Congress created and modified the homebuyer credit to stimulate the economy and help taxpayers achieve the American dream, not to line the pockets of wrongdoers."
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Here are just some of the other issues found in the report:
1. 2,555 taxpayers were given $17.6 million for homes purchased before the dates legally allowed.
2. For one address, 67 taxpayers claimed the credit on the same home.
3. 241 prisoners claimed the credit while serving life sentences, none of which were filing joint tax returns.
4. Over 10,000 people were granted the tax credit on homes used by other taxpayers to claim the same credit.
5. 34 IRS employees who already owned homes filed for and were given the homebuyer tax credit (plus the 53 already under investigation from an internal audit in 2009).
6. Over $9.1 million was paid to 1,295 prisoners who were incarcerated when they said they purchased their homes. While some instances this is still possible, the audit reveals that in most cases it is illegitimate.
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These are the same idiots that are now in charge of 1/6th of our economy with Obamacare. Can't you imagine the fraud and abuse that will happen with that trillion dollar fiasco. . . .
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To read the full article go to:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37870056
http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-news-events/homebuyer-tax-credit-audit-shows-fraud-in-the-millions-of-dollars/
Dems: We’re Not Bound by President’s Tax Vow. . . .
Obama said at his State of the Union speech: "In order to save our children from a future of debt, we will also end the tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of Americans. But let me perfectly clear, because I know you’ll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.
According to Alexander Bolton at thehill.com:
Democrats are looking at the possibility of raising taxes on families below the $250,000-a-year threshold promised by President Barack Obama during the election.
The majority party on Capitol Hill does not feel bound by that pledge, saying the threshold for tax hikes will depend on several factors, such as the revenue differences between setting the threshold at $200,000 and setting it at $250,000.
“You could go lower, too — why not $200,000?” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). “With the debt and deficit we have, you can’t make promises to people. This is a very serious situation.”
Sen. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, concurred, saying, “I don’t think there’s any magic in the number, whether it’s $250,000, $200,000 or $225,000. . . .
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Why not $100,000 or $75,000? WTF why not $50,000?
When the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year and these assh*les raise our taxes even further you still have all these additional taxes to look forward to:
Obama was right when he said "you will not see your taxes increased a single dime" Hell no he's gonna raise them thousands and thousands of dollars.
We are soooooo SCREWED ! ! ! !
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To really get pissed off go read the full article:
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/104919-dems-were-not-bound-by-presidents-tax-vow
According to Alexander Bolton at thehill.com:
Democrats are looking at the possibility of raising taxes on families below the $250,000-a-year threshold promised by President Barack Obama during the election.
The majority party on Capitol Hill does not feel bound by that pledge, saying the threshold for tax hikes will depend on several factors, such as the revenue differences between setting the threshold at $200,000 and setting it at $250,000.
“You could go lower, too — why not $200,000?” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). “With the debt and deficit we have, you can’t make promises to people. This is a very serious situation.”
Sen. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, concurred, saying, “I don’t think there’s any magic in the number, whether it’s $250,000, $200,000 or $225,000. . . .
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Why not $100,000 or $75,000? WTF why not $50,000?
When the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year and these assh*les raise our taxes even further you still have all these additional taxes to look forward to:
- VAT Tax (hidden tax in everything you buy)
- You will have to include your health benefits as income
- Removing the interest mortgage deduction
- Cap and trade tax (your fuel and utilities cost will skyrocket)
- Obamacare tax (You really didn't think Obamacare was going to be free did ya?)
Obama was right when he said "you will not see your taxes increased a single dime" Hell no he's gonna raise them thousands and thousands of dollars.
We are soooooo SCREWED ! ! ! !
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To really get pissed off go read the full article:
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/104919-dems-were-not-bound-by-presidents-tax-vow
California At The Brink Of Complete System Failure. . . .
According to BigFurHat at iowntheworld.com:
From the globe and the mail
Arnella Sims has seen a lot in her 34 years as a Los Angeles County court reporter, but nothing like this
“People think we’re becoming a Third World country,” said Ms. Sims, 55.
It’s a story that’s being repeated all across California – and throughout the United States – as cash-strapped state and local governments grapple with collapsed tax revenues and swelling budget gaps. Mass layoffs, slashed health and welfare services, closed parks, crumbling superhighways and ever-larger public school class sizes are all part of the new normal.
California’s fiscal hole is now so large that the state would have to liberate 168,000 prison inmates and permanently shutter 240 university and community college campuses to balance its budget in the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Think of California as Greece on the Pacific: bankrupt and desperately needing a bailout.
~Snip~
This is not a mystery. California is the petri dish of unfettered progressivism. Bailing out California would be like bailing out the Titanic, today. Cut that state loose. Give it to Mexico, as is.
TEXAS IS DOOMED BY LEFTIST MIGRATION. . . .
According to angrywhitedude.com:
They’ve screwed up their own states with generations of socialist garbage legislation. They have fostered legions of pitiful moochers dependent ever-dwindling producers. These socialist hellhole states are fiscal and moral disaster zones reaching the end of their politically correct, big-government, high taxes run. So what are the citizens of these states to do now that they’ve destroyed their own? Come to Texas!
Texas is doomed! Leftards from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and California are burning up the roads high-tailing it down to Texas. Texas, where taxes are low (no state income taxes), housing is affordable, crime is low, schools are good, economy relatively strong compared to the rest of the country. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Yeah, sure it does…especially when the city you live in won’t even let you eat salt..much less carry a handgun! Well, all of those positives Texas has will be no more when millions of leftards arrive from the North!
Texas is doomed! Leftards from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and California are burning up the roads high-tailing it down to Texas. Texas, where taxes are low (no state income taxes), housing is affordable, crime is low, schools are good, economy relatively strong compared to the rest of the country. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Yeah, sure it does…especially when the city you live in won’t even let you eat salt..much less carry a handgun! Well, all of those positives Texas has will be no more when millions of leftards arrive from the North!
So what does this data show? That Austin, already the only weird place in Texas, is going to get much weirder!
Hey, ever wondered where all those Californians leaving Mexico-owned Los Angeles are heading? Here ya go:
The inevitable disaster awaiting Texas is leftist immigrants from the failed socialist states bring their leftist votes with them. This happened in AWD’s home state of North Carolina. Once the leftist Yankees started arriving, the state has continually moved to the left. Taxes in NC are the highest in the Southeast United States. The state has a huge budget deficit. Of course, NC is controlled by DemonRats! In 2008, North Carolina voted for Barack Hussein Obama. The land of Jesse Helms (may peace and conservatism be upon him) voted for Hussein Hopenchange! I’m glad Uncle Jesse wasn’t around to see that!
Maybe Texas should enact a litmus test for immigrants. AWD would have no problem supporting a law outlawing liberals from moving to Texas. Like I said, we already have Austin. In time, these carpetbagging socialists will do to Texas what they have done to New York. Leftists are a plague that destroy everything they touch. I realize there are many sane people from the failed socialist states. But they are few in number. I welcome them to Texas. But the leftists now trying to escape the disaster they created? No possible way. You created the mess…now live in it!
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I guess that old saying is true. . . .Shit flows downhill. . . .Texans will be telling the yankees and liberals. . . .If you come to live in Texas you better leave your liberal ways behind, accept our ways or get the hell out of our state.
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I guess that old saying is true. . . .Shit flows downhill. . . .Texans will be telling the yankees and liberals. . . .If you come to live in Texas you better leave your liberal ways behind, accept our ways or get the hell out of our state.
Employment in the USSA. . . .WTF?
Employment in the USSA
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
The one supposed benefit of socialism is the theoretical potential for full "employment." In the USSR, two state slaves would be assigned to watch one cow graze all day for barely enough money to stay perpetually drunk, but no one could say they didn't have a job. In the USSA, school crossing guards watch over intersections when there are no kids around. From suburban New York:
NEW ROCHELLE — School crossing guards continue to stand at or near 18 intersections in the city from 11 a.m. to 1:10 p.m., nearly a year after the district ended half-day kindergarten programs.
Where the topics of employment and insanity cross, both government and unions are surely involved.
School and union officials say the guards' contract was not changed to reflect the new hours after the district moved to full day kindergarten last September, and the schedule is expected to stay in place through the end of 2011, when the contract expires. …
"It's a frustrating issue and it seems silly, but it is mandatory collective bargaining," said City Manager Charles Strome…
Rosetta Pegues, who represents the city's crossing guards in the Civil Service Employees Association Local 1860, said guards need to work a certain amount of hours to qualify for unemployment benefits.
The Maytag repairman can stop feeling sorry for himself; New Rochelle crossing guards are even lonelier:
"They put me here and I don't see nobody," said Patricia Carlos, 55, who stood alone at Mayflower and Webster avenues on a recent Wednesday.
Students are no longer dismissed at midday except for the rare half day, so the guards have few, if any, children to cross at those hours. …
The Journal News visited five crossing guard posts and found that all were staffed by their assigned guards, but there were virtually no students. The guards read and sat in their cars or chatted with each other during their shifts.
Meanwhile, our liberal rulers are aggressively expanding the reach of both government and unions, so that our entire economy can be run at this level of efficiency. The Soviet Union won't be the last bloated socialist superpower to collapse if Democrats aren't turned back sharply and soon.
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
The one supposed benefit of socialism is the theoretical potential for full "employment." In the USSR, two state slaves would be assigned to watch one cow graze all day for barely enough money to stay perpetually drunk, but no one could say they didn't have a job. In the USSA, school crossing guards watch over intersections when there are no kids around. From suburban New York:
NEW ROCHELLE — School crossing guards continue to stand at or near 18 intersections in the city from 11 a.m. to 1:10 p.m., nearly a year after the district ended half-day kindergarten programs.
Where the topics of employment and insanity cross, both government and unions are surely involved.
School and union officials say the guards' contract was not changed to reflect the new hours after the district moved to full day kindergarten last September, and the schedule is expected to stay in place through the end of 2011, when the contract expires. …
"It's a frustrating issue and it seems silly, but it is mandatory collective bargaining," said City Manager Charles Strome…
Rosetta Pegues, who represents the city's crossing guards in the Civil Service Employees Association Local 1860, said guards need to work a certain amount of hours to qualify for unemployment benefits.
The Maytag repairman can stop feeling sorry for himself; New Rochelle crossing guards are even lonelier:
"They put me here and I don't see nobody," said Patricia Carlos, 55, who stood alone at Mayflower and Webster avenues on a recent Wednesday.
Students are no longer dismissed at midday except for the rare half day, so the guards have few, if any, children to cross at those hours. …
The Journal News visited five crossing guard posts and found that all were staffed by their assigned guards, but there were virtually no students. The guards read and sat in their cars or chatted with each other during their shifts.
Meanwhile, our liberal rulers are aggressively expanding the reach of both government and unions, so that our entire economy can be run at this level of efficiency. The Soviet Union won't be the last bloated socialist superpower to collapse if Democrats aren't turned back sharply and soon.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Jon Voight’s open letter to President Obama. . . .
His complaints: Obama’s handling of Israel and Arizona.
… You have propagandized Israel, until they look like they are everyone’s enemy — and it has resonated throughout the world. You are putting Israel in harm’s way, and you have promoted anti-Semitism throughout the world. … You have brought to Arizona a civil war, once again defending the criminals and illegals, creating a meltdown for good, loyal, law-abiding citizens. Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover. …
Earlier this month, Voight visited the Times‘ editorial offices and voiced his negative opinions of Obama then, saying, “Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this ‘Obama’ – this character who is there whenever the world needs something.” He has also bashed Obama in 2008 and 2009.
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FINALLY someone from Hollyweird that makes sense. . . .
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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/06/jon-voight-attacks-obama-for-civil-war-in-arizona/1
Chairman Zero Considering Mass Amnesty by Executive Order? WTF?
Chairman Zero Considering Mass Amnesty by Executive Order?
According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:
This is one of those times one hopes one is just being paranoid.
Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens. Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), eight Senators addressed a letter to the President asking for answers to questions about a plan that would allow DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to provide an amnesty if they can't secure enough votes for a bill in the Senate.
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One blogger wrote:
If this executive order takes place, and the healthcare bill steamrolls ahead, it will be enough bring down this country in ways unimaginable. There isn't a make believe revolution like in the 60's, the one happening now is real.
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"We're living now where there are no checks and balances on the president's power. Not Congress, not the media, and barely the courts." ~ Rush Limbaugh
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I believe if Obama signs an executive order allowing amnesty of 20 million illegals there will be a revolution in America. We the people have had enough of his Chicago style politics.
According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:
This is one of those times one hopes one is just being paranoid.
Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens. Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), eight Senators addressed a letter to the President asking for answers to questions about a plan that would allow DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to provide an amnesty if they can't secure enough votes for a bill in the Senate.
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One blogger wrote:
If this executive order takes place, and the healthcare bill steamrolls ahead, it will be enough bring down this country in ways unimaginable. There isn't a make believe revolution like in the 60's, the one happening now is real.
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"We're living now where there are no checks and balances on the president's power. Not Congress, not the media, and barely the courts." ~ Rush Limbaugh
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I believe if Obama signs an executive order allowing amnesty of 20 million illegals there will be a revolution in America. We the people have had enough of his Chicago style politics.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ON IMMIGRANTS - 1907
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ON IMMIGRANTS - 1907
According to northwoodspatriots.blogspot.com:
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907:
'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag...
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language…
And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.
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This is the exact opposite of what the illegal immigrants that enter our country feel about America today. They have already broken our laws by refusing to wait in line to enter legally. They have no loyalty to our great nation. The immigrants of yesteryear were excited to become Americans. The illegals today still want to wave the Mexican flag, speak only spanish and get handouts from the government.
According to northwoodspatriots.blogspot.com:
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907:
'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag...
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language…
And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.
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This is the exact opposite of what the illegal immigrants that enter our country feel about America today. They have already broken our laws by refusing to wait in line to enter legally. They have no loyalty to our great nation. The immigrants of yesteryear were excited to become Americans. The illegals today still want to wave the Mexican flag, speak only spanish and get handouts from the government.
Wind Farms Paid to Shut Down When the Wind Blows. . . .
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
One of the reasons windmills cannot generate energy efficiently is that the wind doesn't always blow — and when it does blow, bureaucrats pay wind farms to shut down:
Energy firms will receive thousands of pounds a day per wind farm to turn off their turbines because the National Grid cannot use the power they are producing.
Critics of wind farms have seized on the revelation as evidence of the unsuitability of turbines to meet the UK's energy needs in the future. They claim that the 'intermittent' nature of wind makes such farms unreliable providers of electricity.
The word "claim" in this context means "observe the obvious fact."
The National Grid fears that on breezy summer nights, wind farms could actually cause a surge in the electricity supply which is not met by demand from businesses and households.
The electricity cannot be stored, so one solution — known as the 'balancing mechanism' — is to switch off or reduce the power supplied. …
The first successful test shut down of wind farms took place three weeks ago. Scottish Power received £13,000 for closing down two farms for a little over an hour on 30 May at about five in the morning.
Whereas coal and gas power stations often pay the National Grid £15 to £20 per megawatt hour they do not supply, Scottish Power was paid £180 per megawatt hour during the test to switch off its turbines. …
Earlier this year, The Sunday Telegraph revealed that electricity customers are paying more than £1 billion a year to subsidise wind farms and other forms of renewable energy.
This is why the corrupt crony capitalists at GE are so into green energy that they have devoted their NBC Universal holding to propagandizing on its behalf. It is an utter boondoggle, but so long as it is coercively subsidized to the hilt, they'll make a fortune off it. Meanwhile, the "small people" (as Obama's pro-green energy financiers at BP call us) will pay much more for much less, so that politicians can thump their chests and proclaim that they've saved the polar bears by altering the weather.
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Here's what a couple of bloggers wrote:
So typical left - PAID to NOT work.
What I don't get is if the whole idea is to be "green" than why shut down the wind turbine when it is producing? Why wouldn't they suspend the coal or oil fired plant instead?
You know if this is happening in the UK the liberals in America will do the same thing. We pay farmers not to farm so paying wind mills not to turn doesn't sound that outrageous.. This is just total insanity. Not only is there no way to store the energy produced by the wind farms, but they are unsightly and ruin America's landscape.
Sounds like wind energy is about as useless as the biodiesel that congeals in the freezing winters of Minnesota and according to the mighty El Rushbo:
"They've got windmills in Minnesota. You know what? The windmills have stopped working. You know why? Because it's cold!"
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To read the full article go to:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/7840035/Firms-paid-to-shut-down-wind-farms-when-the-wind-is-blowing.html
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/biodiesel-congeals-school-buses-stall/
One of the reasons windmills cannot generate energy efficiently is that the wind doesn't always blow — and when it does blow, bureaucrats pay wind farms to shut down:
Energy firms will receive thousands of pounds a day per wind farm to turn off their turbines because the National Grid cannot use the power they are producing.
Critics of wind farms have seized on the revelation as evidence of the unsuitability of turbines to meet the UK's energy needs in the future. They claim that the 'intermittent' nature of wind makes such farms unreliable providers of electricity.
The word "claim" in this context means "observe the obvious fact."
The National Grid fears that on breezy summer nights, wind farms could actually cause a surge in the electricity supply which is not met by demand from businesses and households.
The electricity cannot be stored, so one solution — known as the 'balancing mechanism' — is to switch off or reduce the power supplied. …
The first successful test shut down of wind farms took place three weeks ago. Scottish Power received £13,000 for closing down two farms for a little over an hour on 30 May at about five in the morning.
Whereas coal and gas power stations often pay the National Grid £15 to £20 per megawatt hour they do not supply, Scottish Power was paid £180 per megawatt hour during the test to switch off its turbines. …
Earlier this year, The Sunday Telegraph revealed that electricity customers are paying more than £1 billion a year to subsidise wind farms and other forms of renewable energy.
This is why the corrupt crony capitalists at GE are so into green energy that they have devoted their NBC Universal holding to propagandizing on its behalf. It is an utter boondoggle, but so long as it is coercively subsidized to the hilt, they'll make a fortune off it. Meanwhile, the "small people" (as Obama's pro-green energy financiers at BP call us) will pay much more for much less, so that politicians can thump their chests and proclaim that they've saved the polar bears by altering the weather.
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Here's what a couple of bloggers wrote:
So typical left - PAID to NOT work.
What I don't get is if the whole idea is to be "green" than why shut down the wind turbine when it is producing? Why wouldn't they suspend the coal or oil fired plant instead?
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Sounds like wind energy is about as useless as the biodiesel that congeals in the freezing winters of Minnesota and according to the mighty El Rushbo:
"They've got windmills in Minnesota. You know what? The windmills have stopped working. You know why? Because it's cold!"
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To read the full article go to:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/7840035/Firms-paid-to-shut-down-wind-farms-when-the-wind-is-blowing.html
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/biodiesel-congeals-school-buses-stall/
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
"You Picked a Fine Time to Lead Us, Barack". . . .
"You Picked a Fine Time to Lead Us, Barack" by Jonathan McWhite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W57aBMYKvU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W57aBMYKvU
Of Mosques and Men: Reflections on the Ground Zero Mosque
Listen and learn the real reason that muslims want to build a 13 story mosque near ground zero in NYC.
"This mosque is not to honor the victims of 9/11, but a symbol of islamic victory"
One friend said:
I say dump a bunch of pig entrails right in the damn middle of the site. Send this f'ng imam a damn pig head (ala Godfather style)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxFzFIDbKpg
Democrats Vote Down 5 Percent Rule. . . .
(received in an email)
Democrats Vote Down 5 Percent Rule
In a bid to stem taxpayer losses for bad loans guaranteed by federal housing agencies Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn) proposed that borrowers be required to make a 5% down payment in order to qualify. His proposal was rejected 57-42 on a party-line vote because, as Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) explained, "passage of such a requirement would restrict home ownership to only those who can afford it."
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"You can't fix stupid, but you can vote them out" ~ Marvin Bahnman
Democrats Vote Down 5 Percent Rule
In a bid to stem taxpayer losses for bad loans guaranteed by federal housing agencies Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn) proposed that borrowers be required to make a 5% down payment in order to qualify. His proposal was rejected 57-42 on a party-line vote because, as Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) explained, "passage of such a requirement would restrict home ownership to only those who can afford it."
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"You can't fix stupid, but you can vote them out" ~ Marvin Bahnman
2011 Taxes. . . .
(received in an email. . . .get ready for the tax man cometh)
One of the surprises we'll find come next year, is what follows - - a little "surprise" that 99% of us had no idea was included in the "new and improved" healthcare legislation . . . the dupes, er, dopes, who backed this administration will be astonished!
Starting in 2011, (next year folks), your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company. It does not matter if that's a private concern or governmental body of some sort. If you're retired?
So what; your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get.
You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen. Take your tax form you just finished and see what $15,000 or $20,000 additional gross does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many, it also puts you into a new higher bracket so it's even worse.
This is how the government is going to buy insurance for the15% that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases.
Not believing this??? Here is a research of the summaries.....
On page 25 of 29: TITLE IX REVENUE PROVISIONS- SUBTITLE A: REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS-(sec. 9001, as modified by sec. 10901) Sec.9002 "requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employees gross income."
Joan Pryde is the senior tax editor for the Kiplinger letters. Go to Kiplingers and read about 13 tax changes that could affect you. Number 3 is what is above.
Why am I sending you this? The same reason I hope you forward this to every single person in your address book.
People have the right to know the truth because an election is coming in November.
One of the surprises we'll find come next year, is what follows - - a little "surprise" that 99% of us had no idea was included in the "new and improved" healthcare legislation . . . the dupes, er, dopes, who backed this administration will be astonished!
Starting in 2011, (next year folks), your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company. It does not matter if that's a private concern or governmental body of some sort. If you're retired?
So what; your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get.
You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen. Take your tax form you just finished and see what $15,000 or $20,000 additional gross does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many, it also puts you into a new higher bracket so it's even worse.
This is how the government is going to buy insurance for the15% that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases.
Not believing this??? Here is a research of the summaries.....
On page 25 of 29: TITLE IX REVENUE PROVISIONS- SUBTITLE A: REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS-(sec. 9001, as modified by sec. 10901) Sec.9002 "requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employees gross income."
Joan Pryde is the senior tax editor for the Kiplinger letters. Go to Kiplingers and read about 13 tax changes that could affect you. Number 3 is what is above.
Why am I sending you this? The same reason I hope you forward this to every single person in your address book.
People have the right to know the truth because an election is coming in November.
Spy Drones to Patrol U.S. Skies?
According to foxnews.com:
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO, GLENN BECK'S GUEST HOST: Since taking office, President Obama has expanded the use of drones in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to aid our military. But now, the FAA is under pressure to approve the use of unmanned spy vehicles here in the United States.
Will that put Americans under a government-monitored microscope? Let's ask Wayne Simmons, former intelligence operative and Jacob Hornberger, the founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation.
Gentlemen, welcome here. Wayne, to you first. Do drones work? And what do they do when we use them in Pakistan or Afghanistan or Iraq?
WAYNE SIMMONS, FORMER INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE: Hi, Judge. Yes, they absolutely work. We have — we have actually, judge, second generation platforms now called multi-platform technology.
We can actually put a dirigible up that can stay up about seven days from about 20,000 feet over virtually any type of war zone or any type of area and real-time view, the enemy coming at us from virtually any direction.
So I suspect that we can take that same technology, move it over onto the southern border or perhaps the northern border and use that to keep an eye on the bad guys trying to come across our border.
NAPOLITANO: But Jacob, the last time I checked, the military is not allowed to operate in the United States. The CIA is not allowed to operate in the United States. The right to privacy is still enshrined in the Fourth Amendment.
Question: Can the federal government put satellites in the sky, whether you call them drones or something else, to spy on us as we go about our daily business in this country?
JACOB HORNBERGER, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION: Of course not. And it's never going to be limited to just, quote, "the bad guys." You're talking about the continuing trend toward the militarization of the American society. Ad it revolves around things like the war on drugs that is a failed war that has gone on for some 30 years.
They're going to be using these drones to monitor backyards of people, to see what they're growing and what they're smoking. This is the road to "1984," Orwell's nightmare, judge.
NAPOLITANO: Wayne, should these drones be able to kill Americans who are in foreign countries whom the president has targeted even though the Constitution requires the government to arrest Americans, charge them with a crime and put them on trial?
SIMMONS: Well, that is certainly way above my pay grade, judge. It's a good question. It's a question that someone way above me is going to have to deal with at some time. But the bottom line is, I admire and respect Jacob and his work.
But I would suspect that he's just way off on this issue about spying on Americans on the southern border. That's not what this technology is for. It can be utilized only to spy on the terrorists that are at the border.
And we need that. We don't have a fence. We have don't have a wall. This can provide and go a long way to protecting Americans and our national security at the same time.
NAPOLITANO: Jacob, what is there to keep the drones just on the border? What is there to restrain local police from asking the feds to spy on somebody? Stated differently, isn't this the beginning or the likely beginning of a slippery slope to the government watching us wherever we go?
HORNBERGER: Of course. It's just the same concept that cameras on every street corner. Well, why don't we just put a camera on everybody's home and car? That will keep everybody really safe.
I came across an article — I don't know how reliable it is — but where a county in North Carolina has been using drones to monitor a motorcycle group at a fair grounds because they look suspicious.
This is the type of thing that inevitably happens when you have government having this kind of military type of power, judge.
NAPOLITANO: Wayne, you would agree that the drones and the government has no business spying on ordinary Americans. You would only support this if this were kept to the borders looking at people trying to get in.
SIMMONS: That is correct, judge. And listen, I work and battled way too long, for too many years to protect the rights and civil liberties of Americans. I'm not about to endorse anything or allow anyone, quite frankly, and would do everything in my power to prevent it to spy on Americans.
That's not what we do with this. And by the way, these are not — these drones not necessarily — would not necessarily be owned by the military. They would be private.
NAPOLITANO: Got it. Got it. Wayne Simmons, Jacob Hornerberger, thanks for joining us.
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I can understand using the drones on the borders, but the next thing you know it they will be used to be chasing speeders and following American's who this administration disagrees with. These drones have infared/thermal/night vision that can see inside our homes. And remember that during the 2010 census they took the gps coordinates of every house in American. So the Government knows who you are and where you live ! ! ! !
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594838,00.html
http://news.cnet.com/Drone-aircraft-may-prowl-U.S.-skies/2100-11746_3-6055658.html
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO, GLENN BECK'S GUEST HOST: Since taking office, President Obama has expanded the use of drones in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to aid our military. But now, the FAA is under pressure to approve the use of unmanned spy vehicles here in the United States.
Will that put Americans under a government-monitored microscope? Let's ask Wayne Simmons, former intelligence operative and Jacob Hornberger, the founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation.
Gentlemen, welcome here. Wayne, to you first. Do drones work? And what do they do when we use them in Pakistan or Afghanistan or Iraq?
WAYNE SIMMONS, FORMER INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE: Hi, Judge. Yes, they absolutely work. We have — we have actually, judge, second generation platforms now called multi-platform technology.
We can actually put a dirigible up that can stay up about seven days from about 20,000 feet over virtually any type of war zone or any type of area and real-time view, the enemy coming at us from virtually any direction.
So I suspect that we can take that same technology, move it over onto the southern border or perhaps the northern border and use that to keep an eye on the bad guys trying to come across our border.
NAPOLITANO: But Jacob, the last time I checked, the military is not allowed to operate in the United States. The CIA is not allowed to operate in the United States. The right to privacy is still enshrined in the Fourth Amendment.
Question: Can the federal government put satellites in the sky, whether you call them drones or something else, to spy on us as we go about our daily business in this country?
JACOB HORNBERGER, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION: Of course not. And it's never going to be limited to just, quote, "the bad guys." You're talking about the continuing trend toward the militarization of the American society. Ad it revolves around things like the war on drugs that is a failed war that has gone on for some 30 years.
They're going to be using these drones to monitor backyards of people, to see what they're growing and what they're smoking. This is the road to "1984," Orwell's nightmare, judge.
NAPOLITANO: Wayne, should these drones be able to kill Americans who are in foreign countries whom the president has targeted even though the Constitution requires the government to arrest Americans, charge them with a crime and put them on trial?
SIMMONS: Well, that is certainly way above my pay grade, judge. It's a good question. It's a question that someone way above me is going to have to deal with at some time. But the bottom line is, I admire and respect Jacob and his work.
But I would suspect that he's just way off on this issue about spying on Americans on the southern border. That's not what this technology is for. It can be utilized only to spy on the terrorists that are at the border.
And we need that. We don't have a fence. We have don't have a wall. This can provide and go a long way to protecting Americans and our national security at the same time.
NAPOLITANO: Jacob, what is there to keep the drones just on the border? What is there to restrain local police from asking the feds to spy on somebody? Stated differently, isn't this the beginning or the likely beginning of a slippery slope to the government watching us wherever we go?
HORNBERGER: Of course. It's just the same concept that cameras on every street corner. Well, why don't we just put a camera on everybody's home and car? That will keep everybody really safe.
I came across an article — I don't know how reliable it is — but where a county in North Carolina has been using drones to monitor a motorcycle group at a fair grounds because they look suspicious.
This is the type of thing that inevitably happens when you have government having this kind of military type of power, judge.
NAPOLITANO: Wayne, you would agree that the drones and the government has no business spying on ordinary Americans. You would only support this if this were kept to the borders looking at people trying to get in.
SIMMONS: That is correct, judge. And listen, I work and battled way too long, for too many years to protect the rights and civil liberties of Americans. I'm not about to endorse anything or allow anyone, quite frankly, and would do everything in my power to prevent it to spy on Americans.
That's not what we do with this. And by the way, these are not — these drones not necessarily — would not necessarily be owned by the military. They would be private.
NAPOLITANO: Got it. Got it. Wayne Simmons, Jacob Hornerberger, thanks for joining us.
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I can understand using the drones on the borders, but the next thing you know it they will be used to be chasing speeders and following American's who this administration disagrees with. These drones have infared/thermal/night vision that can see inside our homes. And remember that during the 2010 census they took the gps coordinates of every house in American. So the Government knows who you are and where you live ! ! ! !
---------------------------------------------
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594838,00.html
http://news.cnet.com/Drone-aircraft-may-prowl-U.S.-skies/2100-11746_3-6055658.html
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day 2010 ! ! ! !
Pops, Daddy, Papa, Dado, Dad. . . .A "Man" known by many names. . . .is a "Man" loved by many ! ! ! ! I love you Daddy with all my ♥. . . .
Happy Fathers Day ! ! ! !
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance ~ Ruth Renkel
For those of us who grew up without cell phones ! !
Received in an email. . . .too funny ! ! ! !
Growing up without a cell phone
If you are 30 or older, you might think this is hilarious!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning....Up hill...Barefoot...BOTH ways? yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!
I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!
Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!
There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shop lift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby! Dig?
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!
There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror...not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there's TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are.
And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, a bookie, a drug dealer, the collection agent... you just didn't know!!!You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen... Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!
There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-finks!
And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long. Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside...you were doing chores!
And car seats - oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on. If you were lucky, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!
See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or any time before!
Regards,
The Over 30 Crowd
Growing up without a cell phone
If you are 30 or older, you might think this is hilarious!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning....Up hill...Barefoot...BOTH ways? yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!
I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!
Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!
There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shop lift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby! Dig?
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!
There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror...not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there's TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are.
And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, a bookie, a drug dealer, the collection agent... you just didn't know!!!You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen... Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!
There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-finks!
And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long. Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside...you were doing chores!
And car seats - oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on. If you were lucky, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!
See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or any time before!
Regards,
The Over 30 Crowd
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Just Plug the Damn Hole. . . .
US Red Ink Spill (Debt) vs Oil Spill
Breaking news:
BP announced that this morning they installed a wedding ring around the leaking pipe & it quit putting out.
Obama Gives Back Major Strip of AZ to Mexico. . . .
According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:
There are now places within our national borders in which it's easier for the local government to post signs warning Americans to stay out than it is to warn armed foreign invaders to stay out.
I note with interest that it's not translated into Spanish.
"We call armed foreigners crossing the border invaders, Democrats call them voters."
To read more:
http://www.thefoxnation.com/gulf-coast-oil-spill/2010/06/15/obama-gives-back-major-strip-az-mexico
Winston Churchill's Cigar Goes Down the Memory Hole. . . .
Winston Churchill's Cigar Goes Down the Memory Hole
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. ~ George Orwell
Those who control the present share Adolf Hitler's disdain for smoking, so they went back in time and snatched away Winston Churchill's trademark cigar.
"So much for the notion that only communist tyrants airbrushed history."
Dems Move to Seize Control of Internet. . . .WTF?
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
The radical leftists currently in control of the federal government know that they have until the November elections to do as much damage to our country and our liberty as possible, and they aren't wasting a minute. The latest outrage — the Senate is handing Comrade Obama totalitarian power over the Internet. From CNET:
A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of or even shut down portions of the Internet.
The legislation announced [last] Thursday says that companies such as broadband providers, search engines, or software firms that the government selects "shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed" by the Department of Homeland Security. …
That emergency authority would allow the federal government to "preserve those networks and assets and our country and protect our people," Joe Lieberman, the primary sponsor of the measure and the chairman of the Homeland Security committee, told reporters…
Note that the nefarious Joe Lieberman is also a sponsor of the latest attempt to deliberately plunge us into a depression with Cap & Tax. Some say Lieberman isn't so bad, because his fellow moonbats resent him for siding with Israel against its Muslim enemies. But this lone redeeming quality does not make him any less a menace to our country. No one who would participate in Al Gore's attempt to bully his way into the White House after losing the 2000 election belongs anywhere near a position of authority.
This latest leap forward toward totalitarianism is encountering resistance:
TechAmerica, probably the largest U.S. technology lobby group, said it was concerned about "unintended consequences that would result from the legislation's regulatory approach" and "the potential for absolute power." And the Center for Democracy and Technology publicly worried that the Lieberman bill's emergency powers "include authority to shut down or limit Internet traffic on private systems."
"Absolute power" is not hyperbole.
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One blogger wrote:
Keep the internet and shut down the government.
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What "Emergency" would this administration consider to shut down the internet? Obama's poll numbers too low? Bloggers getting the word out on all the corruption in Washington?
I guess we can say good-bye to the First Amendment of Free Speech and the Bill of Rights as we have always known it. If the FCC's desires to regulate the Internet, we will eventually lose our right to Privacy, Free Speech and it will be bye bye to our ability to interact with whomever we please.
A huge portion of my phone bill is in the form of "Fees, Charges and Taxes" already. The FCC is just looking for a way to "regulate" and then tax the internet. And, once again telling the fools it's for their own good and protection.
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. ~ Ronald Reagan
The radical leftists currently in control of the federal government know that they have until the November elections to do as much damage to our country and our liberty as possible, and they aren't wasting a minute. The latest outrage — the Senate is handing Comrade Obama totalitarian power over the Internet. From CNET:
A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of or even shut down portions of the Internet.
The legislation announced [last] Thursday says that companies such as broadband providers, search engines, or software firms that the government selects "shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed" by the Department of Homeland Security. …
That emergency authority would allow the federal government to "preserve those networks and assets and our country and protect our people," Joe Lieberman, the primary sponsor of the measure and the chairman of the Homeland Security committee, told reporters…
Note that the nefarious Joe Lieberman is also a sponsor of the latest attempt to deliberately plunge us into a depression with Cap & Tax. Some say Lieberman isn't so bad, because his fellow moonbats resent him for siding with Israel against its Muslim enemies. But this lone redeeming quality does not make him any less a menace to our country. No one who would participate in Al Gore's attempt to bully his way into the White House after losing the 2000 election belongs anywhere near a position of authority.
This latest leap forward toward totalitarianism is encountering resistance:
TechAmerica, probably the largest U.S. technology lobby group, said it was concerned about "unintended consequences that would result from the legislation's regulatory approach" and "the potential for absolute power." And the Center for Democracy and Technology publicly worried that the Lieberman bill's emergency powers "include authority to shut down or limit Internet traffic on private systems."
"Absolute power" is not hyperbole.
---------------------------------------
One blogger wrote:
Keep the internet and shut down the government.
----------------------------------------
What "Emergency" would this administration consider to shut down the internet? Obama's poll numbers too low? Bloggers getting the word out on all the corruption in Washington?
I guess we can say good-bye to the First Amendment of Free Speech and the Bill of Rights as we have always known it. If the FCC's desires to regulate the Internet, we will eventually lose our right to Privacy, Free Speech and it will be bye bye to our ability to interact with whomever we please.
A huge portion of my phone bill is in the form of "Fees, Charges and Taxes" already. The FCC is just looking for a way to "regulate" and then tax the internet. And, once again telling the fools it's for their own good and protection.
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. ~ Ronald Reagan
More Zero Tolerance Idiocy from "Educators". . . .
According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:
In deep blue Rhode Island, an eight year old boy was sent home from school for wearing an Army hat with plastic soldiers on it. You see, the tiny plastic soldiers carried even tinier plastic "guns," which violated the school's "no weapons" policies.
Here's how the school's super-genius superintendent justified the action.
Superintendent Kenneth R. Di Pietro said the principal told the family that the hat would be fine if David replaced the Army men holding weapons with ones that didn't have any.
Di Pietro said the district does not allow images of weapons or drugs on clothing. For example, it would not allow a student to wear a shirt with a picture of a marijuana leaf on it.
Yeah, soldiers with guns = hippies with doobies. Liberal thought at its finest.
The kid should have just sliced off the weapons and posed the plastic soldiers erotically. He would have gotten a standing ovation.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Blame Game. . . .
Courtesy of BigFurHat at iowntheworld.com:
Alternative caption:
“So I said to him, ‘Barry, I know Abe Lincoln, and you’re no Abe Lincoln!’”
Alternative caption:
“So I said to him, ‘Barry, I know Abe Lincoln, and you’re no Abe Lincoln!’”
Filthy Hippies. . . .
Filthy Hippies
According to BigFurHat at iowntheworld.com:
This isn’t about any cause. This is about riding around like a moron with bells and whistles saying “loooooook at meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!”
The tires they ride on – made with oil.
The plastic helmets – made with oil.
The foam bicycle seats – made with oil
Stupid Elton John sunglasses – made with oil
Plastic water bottles – made with oil
The apshalt streets – made with oil
The camera that is recording their idiocy? – made with oil
EVERYTHING is made with oil
yet….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJKt8Etu64&feature=player_embedded
According to BigFurHat at iowntheworld.com:
This isn’t about any cause. This is about riding around like a moron with bells and whistles saying “loooooook at meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!”
The tires they ride on – made with oil.
The plastic helmets – made with oil.
The foam bicycle seats – made with oil
Stupid Elton John sunglasses – made with oil
Plastic water bottles – made with oil
The apshalt streets – made with oil
The camera that is recording their idiocy? – made with oil
EVERYTHING is made with oil
yet….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJKt8Etu64&feature=player_embedded
And They Say There Are No New Business Models. . . .WTF?
Courtesy of iowntheworld.com
She sells lemonade by the sea shore. She is purportedly making $250 a day ! ! ! !
Pelosi: We'll Stop Blaming Bush When the Problems Go Away. . . .
Pelosi: We'll Stop Blaming Bush When the Problems Go Away
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
Wondering when our Democrat rulers will stop blaming their failures on the previous administration? Probably never, according to Nasty Pelousy, who says she'll stop blaming W "when the problems go away"
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One blogger wrote:
I think all that botox has finally gone to Nancy's brain and destroyed her two remaining brain cells.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-GPwDn8NU&feature=player_embedded
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
Wondering when our Democrat rulers will stop blaming their failures on the previous administration? Probably never, according to Nasty Pelousy, who says she'll stop blaming W "when the problems go away"
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One blogger wrote:
I think all that botox has finally gone to Nancy's brain and destroyed her two remaining brain cells.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-GPwDn8NU&feature=player_embedded
Under Socialized Medicine, Belgian Nurses Admit to Killing Patients
Under Socialized Medicine, Belgian Nurses Admit to Killing Patients
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
Our government-dominated healthcare future is already on display in Belgium, where liberalism has triumphed to the extent that many Belgian nurses freely admit to killing the patients in their charge:
A high proportion of deaths classed as euthanasia in Belgium involved patients who did not ask for their lives to be ended, a study found.
More than 100 nurses admitted to researchers that they had taken part in 'terminations without request or consent'.
The legal term for this is murder.
Since its legalisation eight years ago, euthanasia now accounts for 2 per cent of deaths in Belgium — or around 2,000 a year.
The researchers found that a fifth of nurses admitted being involved in the assisted suicide of a patient.
But nearly half of these — 120 of 248 — also said there was no consent.
Of course, those are only the ones foolish enough to admit to homicide.
It is likely many nurses "under-reported" their involvement for fear of admitting an illegal activity, the study said.
Dr. Peter Saunders, director of Care Not Killing, is trying to keep euthanasia out of Britain's already highly hazardous version of socialized medicine. As he remarks,
"We should take a warning from this that wherever you draw the line, people will go up to it and beyond it."
Especially when the people involved are acting on behalf of increasingly unrestrained Big Government.
Down the slippery slope we slide. At the bottom is a world in which only those deemed valuable to The State are allowed to exist.
According to Van Helsing at moonbattery.com:
Our government-dominated healthcare future is already on display in Belgium, where liberalism has triumphed to the extent that many Belgian nurses freely admit to killing the patients in their charge:
A high proportion of deaths classed as euthanasia in Belgium involved patients who did not ask for their lives to be ended, a study found.
More than 100 nurses admitted to researchers that they had taken part in 'terminations without request or consent'.
The legal term for this is murder.
Since its legalisation eight years ago, euthanasia now accounts for 2 per cent of deaths in Belgium — or around 2,000 a year.
The researchers found that a fifth of nurses admitted being involved in the assisted suicide of a patient.
But nearly half of these — 120 of 248 — also said there was no consent.
Of course, those are only the ones foolish enough to admit to homicide.
It is likely many nurses "under-reported" their involvement for fear of admitting an illegal activity, the study said.
Dr. Peter Saunders, director of Care Not Killing, is trying to keep euthanasia out of Britain's already highly hazardous version of socialized medicine. As he remarks,
"We should take a warning from this that wherever you draw the line, people will go up to it and beyond it."
Especially when the people involved are acting on behalf of increasingly unrestrained Big Government.
Down the slippery slope we slide. At the bottom is a world in which only those deemed valuable to The State are allowed to exist.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Unexpected Addition to our Family. . . . .
Here's why your emails weren't filled with my blogs over the weekend. . . .I was a little preoccupied. . . .
Our sweet little Pepee surprised us by having a puppy. . . .We had no warning and little Kobe arrived about 1 am last Friday night. She is soooooo precious.
BTW. . . .I didn't know nothin bout birthin no puppies :) :)
Death Panels. . . .
Senate candidate Maurice Ferre advocates capping Medicare spending on end-of-life care for elderly
WEST PALM BEACH — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Maurice Ferre says the U.S. spends an "absurd" amount on end-of-life care and should gradually move to a universal health system in which the government controls costs by setting prices for medical procedures and capping expenditures based on age and medical condition.
Speaking to The Palm Beach Post editorial board today, Ferre said he would have voted for the health care overhaul approved by Congress and signed by President Obama this year as "a step in the right direction." He later said the "Medicare-for-everyone" system he favors should be phased in over about 25 years.
Ferre, 75, is a former Miami mayor running a low-budget Democratic primary campaign against U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami and Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene.
Answering a question about the long-term solvency of Social Security, Ferre said eventually raising the retirement age should be considered. He then went into a discussion of Medicare costs, saying a large amount of money typically is spent in the final three months of a person's life.
"I've already written in my will that I don't want you to go spending half a million dollars to keep me alive for three more months all tubed up with all kinds of liquids going in and out of my body and my mind slowly slipping away. It's a torture chamber," Ferre said.
"Now you say, well, that's a 'death panel.' Well, you know what, when you get to be 85 or 90 years old, you're going to die. And I'm sorry, you call it, Sarah Palin, what you want, but the fact is that it is absurd for us to be spending the types of money we're spending to extend life three months."
Asked what he'd do as a Senator to control such costs, Ferre said: "I would absolutely say that this is the cap on how much is available for you to spend at age 90, 87, with a heart condition of this sort, with diabetes of this sort, two legs missing and, you know, this is how much is available for you to spend. And you spend it any way you want."
He added: "My logic tells me that it is illogical to spend half a million dollars to extend a diabetic person who has two legs cut off, that we spend half a million dollars to tube up that person and extend their lives six months."
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Well by golly Hitler felt the same way. . . .He didn't think there was a need for the elderly, mentally or physically disabled either.
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/senate-candidate-maurice-ferre-advocates-capping-medicare-spending-737744.html
WEST PALM BEACH — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Maurice Ferre says the U.S. spends an "absurd" amount on end-of-life care and should gradually move to a universal health system in which the government controls costs by setting prices for medical procedures and capping expenditures based on age and medical condition.
Speaking to The Palm Beach Post editorial board today, Ferre said he would have voted for the health care overhaul approved by Congress and signed by President Obama this year as "a step in the right direction." He later said the "Medicare-for-everyone" system he favors should be phased in over about 25 years.
Ferre, 75, is a former Miami mayor running a low-budget Democratic primary campaign against U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami and Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene.
Answering a question about the long-term solvency of Social Security, Ferre said eventually raising the retirement age should be considered. He then went into a discussion of Medicare costs, saying a large amount of money typically is spent in the final three months of a person's life.
"I've already written in my will that I don't want you to go spending half a million dollars to keep me alive for three more months all tubed up with all kinds of liquids going in and out of my body and my mind slowly slipping away. It's a torture chamber," Ferre said.
"Now you say, well, that's a 'death panel.' Well, you know what, when you get to be 85 or 90 years old, you're going to die. And I'm sorry, you call it, Sarah Palin, what you want, but the fact is that it is absurd for us to be spending the types of money we're spending to extend life three months."
Asked what he'd do as a Senator to control such costs, Ferre said: "I would absolutely say that this is the cap on how much is available for you to spend at age 90, 87, with a heart condition of this sort, with diabetes of this sort, two legs missing and, you know, this is how much is available for you to spend. And you spend it any way you want."
He added: "My logic tells me that it is illogical to spend half a million dollars to extend a diabetic person who has two legs cut off, that we spend half a million dollars to tube up that person and extend their lives six months."
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Well by golly Hitler felt the same way. . . .He didn't think there was a need for the elderly, mentally or physically disabled either.
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/senate-candidate-maurice-ferre-advocates-capping-medicare-spending-737744.html
Obama Calls Oil Spill An 'Environmental 9/11. . . .WTF?
Why Didn't Chairman Zero and BP Accept Assistance from Royal Dutch Shell to Clean Up the Oil Spill?
According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:
Soon after the explosion crippled the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, commencing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation offered BP and the Obama Regime the use of some fifty supertankers — that were standing by, ready to go — to skim up the oil and limit the damage from the spill. BP and the Obama Regime refused.
Why would they refuse to use a proven method of oil spill containment in the opening days of the disaster? The main theory is an archaic, 1920s ERA protectionist law called the Jones Act — which exists primarily to shelter unionized workers from foreign competition — prevented Chairman Zero's regime from accepting aid from a foreign company in cleaning up the spill. That is, he would rather see the beaches of states that didn't vote for him befouled with oil than upset his union puppet-masters.
There's also the theory that Obama is just monumentally incompetent. But I have yet another theory why Chairman Zero would have refused help from the Dutch. Unfortunately, it is NSFW.
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Obama Calls Oil Spill An 'Environmental 9/11. . . .
"In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come. One of the biggest leadership challenges for me going forward is going to be to make sure that we draw the right lessons from this disaster. Move forward in a bold way in a direction that finally gives us the kind of future-oriented... visionary energy policy that we so vitally need and has been absent for so long." ~ President Obama
Sounds like Obama believes just like Rahm Emanuel the current White House Chief of Staff that lived rent free in an apartment of a BP Advisor for five years. . . .
"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." ~ Rahm Emanuel
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WTF? Another Patriot type act for an oil spill? Oh hell yea. . . .This is code for the "American Powers Act" formerly known as Cap and Trade.
President Bush dismissed the "Jones Act" for a couple of weeks during Hurricane Katrina, so why wouldn't Obama? Let me tell you. . . .He would have hell to pay with the unions. . . .
There are thousands of miles of "boom" in warehouses right here in the US. This boom could be used to stop the spread of the oil, but it is just gathering dust while the oil spreads to Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. Why would the Obama administration not give Governor Jindal of Louisiana permission to build all the sand berms he requested to keep the oil from destroying the the marshes?
Obama doesn't want this crisis to go to waste and he will do everything in his power to pass the "American Power Act" which will be the biggest and costliest scam in the history of the world. Get ready to watch oil prices and your utilities skyrocket.
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http://politifi.com/news/Rahm-Emanuel-Lived-Rent-Free-in-Apartment-of-BP-Advisor-for-Five-Years-780562.html
According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:
Soon after the explosion crippled the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, commencing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation offered BP and the Obama Regime the use of some fifty supertankers — that were standing by, ready to go — to skim up the oil and limit the damage from the spill. BP and the Obama Regime refused.
Why would they refuse to use a proven method of oil spill containment in the opening days of the disaster? The main theory is an archaic, 1920s ERA protectionist law called the Jones Act — which exists primarily to shelter unionized workers from foreign competition — prevented Chairman Zero's regime from accepting aid from a foreign company in cleaning up the spill. That is, he would rather see the beaches of states that didn't vote for him befouled with oil than upset his union puppet-masters.
There's also the theory that Obama is just monumentally incompetent. But I have yet another theory why Chairman Zero would have refused help from the Dutch. Unfortunately, it is NSFW.
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Obama Calls Oil Spill An 'Environmental 9/11. . . .
"In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come. One of the biggest leadership challenges for me going forward is going to be to make sure that we draw the right lessons from this disaster. Move forward in a bold way in a direction that finally gives us the kind of future-oriented... visionary energy policy that we so vitally need and has been absent for so long." ~ President Obama
Sounds like Obama believes just like Rahm Emanuel the current White House Chief of Staff that lived rent free in an apartment of a BP Advisor for five years. . . .
"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." ~ Rahm Emanuel
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WTF? Another Patriot type act for an oil spill? Oh hell yea. . . .This is code for the "American Powers Act" formerly known as Cap and Trade.
President Bush dismissed the "Jones Act" for a couple of weeks during Hurricane Katrina, so why wouldn't Obama? Let me tell you. . . .He would have hell to pay with the unions. . . .
There are thousands of miles of "boom" in warehouses right here in the US. This boom could be used to stop the spread of the oil, but it is just gathering dust while the oil spreads to Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. Why would the Obama administration not give Governor Jindal of Louisiana permission to build all the sand berms he requested to keep the oil from destroying the the marshes?
Obama doesn't want this crisis to go to waste and he will do everything in his power to pass the "American Power Act" which will be the biggest and costliest scam in the history of the world. Get ready to watch oil prices and your utilities skyrocket.
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http://politifi.com/news/Rahm-Emanuel-Lived-Rent-Free-in-Apartment-of-BP-Advisor-for-Five-Years-780562.html
Ax May Fall on Mortgage Interest Deduction. . . .WTF?
Ax May Fall on Mortgage Interest Deduction
According to Paul L. Caron at taxprof.typepad.com:
The Hill, Ax May Fall on Tax Break for Mortgages:
The popular tax break for mortgage interest, once considered untouchable, is falling under the scrutiny of policymakers and economic experts seeking ways to close huge deficits.
Although Congress last year rejected the White House’s proposed cut to the amount wealthier taxpayers can deduct for home mortgage interest payments, the administration included it again in its 2010 budget — saying it could save $208 billion over the next decade.
And now that sentiment has turned against all the federal red ink — and cost-cutting is in vogue — Democrats on President Barack Obama’s financial commission are considering the wisdom of permanent tax breaks such as the mortgage deduction and corporate deferral. Calling them “tax entitlements,” senior Democratic lawmakers have argued they should be on the table for reform just like traditional entitlement programs Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. ...
Although the backers of the mortgage interest tax break defend it as a key incentive for people to own rather than rent their homes, some say that’s not so. A Brookings-Urban Tax Policy Center study found that the mortgage interest tax break costs more than $100 billion annually but does little to encourage the middle class and less wealthy to buy homes. “I’m not sure that we need to subsidize homeownership at all through the tax system,” said Eric Toder, the study’s lead author.
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One blogger wrote:
But it doesn't save anything. It takes more from people. To say it will save the government money is to assume the money was the government's in the first place.
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WTF?
Bet you probably haven't heard this yet. . . .The democrat majority in congress now wants to remove the interest deduction on our mortgages.
I would think that if they wanted to stimulate the economy they would bring back the interest deductions on purchasing a new car and on credit cards, but oh no these bast*rds want to screw us over even more with our mortgages by removing this deduction. I don't know about you, but last year we paid in over $8,000 in interest on our home. Can you imagine what you will owe at the end of the year if this interest deduction is removed.
If your home is almost paid for this is no big deal to you, but you need to think of your children that may be close to purchasing their first home. If this congress would just cut spending and we got to keep more of our money each year this might be feasible. . . .but you know this money hungry congress will NEVER cut spending and entitlements.
This will mean that you will be paying much more to the government every year than you do now and no matter how you dice it or slice it. . . .it will be a tax increase.
I thought Obama promised that "I won't raise your taxes one dime"
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http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/06/ax-may-fall-.html
According to Paul L. Caron at taxprof.typepad.com:
The Hill, Ax May Fall on Tax Break for Mortgages:
The popular tax break for mortgage interest, once considered untouchable, is falling under the scrutiny of policymakers and economic experts seeking ways to close huge deficits.
Although Congress last year rejected the White House’s proposed cut to the amount wealthier taxpayers can deduct for home mortgage interest payments, the administration included it again in its 2010 budget — saying it could save $208 billion over the next decade.
And now that sentiment has turned against all the federal red ink — and cost-cutting is in vogue — Democrats on President Barack Obama’s financial commission are considering the wisdom of permanent tax breaks such as the mortgage deduction and corporate deferral. Calling them “tax entitlements,” senior Democratic lawmakers have argued they should be on the table for reform just like traditional entitlement programs Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. ...
Although the backers of the mortgage interest tax break defend it as a key incentive for people to own rather than rent their homes, some say that’s not so. A Brookings-Urban Tax Policy Center study found that the mortgage interest tax break costs more than $100 billion annually but does little to encourage the middle class and less wealthy to buy homes. “I’m not sure that we need to subsidize homeownership at all through the tax system,” said Eric Toder, the study’s lead author.
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One blogger wrote:
But it doesn't save anything. It takes more from people. To say it will save the government money is to assume the money was the government's in the first place.
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WTF?
Bet you probably haven't heard this yet. . . .The democrat majority in congress now wants to remove the interest deduction on our mortgages.
I would think that if they wanted to stimulate the economy they would bring back the interest deductions on purchasing a new car and on credit cards, but oh no these bast*rds want to screw us over even more with our mortgages by removing this deduction. I don't know about you, but last year we paid in over $8,000 in interest on our home. Can you imagine what you will owe at the end of the year if this interest deduction is removed.
If your home is almost paid for this is no big deal to you, but you need to think of your children that may be close to purchasing their first home. If this congress would just cut spending and we got to keep more of our money each year this might be feasible. . . .but you know this money hungry congress will NEVER cut spending and entitlements.
This will mean that you will be paying much more to the government every year than you do now and no matter how you dice it or slice it. . . .it will be a tax increase.
I thought Obama promised that "I won't raise your taxes one dime"
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http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/06/ax-may-fall-.html
Will Our Money Go To Hamas?
Will Our Money Go To Hamas?
According to Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) at biggovernment.com:
We are $13 trillion in debt. We will be $19.6 trillion in debt come 2015. Yet, the President wants to send $400 million for “humanitarian aid” to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, an area controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas. As well intentioned this offer may be how can we be sure our money will not be used to fund terrorist activities? Well, we can’t.
If the money given to the late PLO chief Yasser Arafat is any indication, our dollars will be used to fund more terrorist activities and line the pockets of those in charge. Moreover, people have been sentenced to prison for funneling money to Hamas under the guise of “humanitarian aid,” so it’s a bit peculiar that our government would send money under the same conditions.
Before one dime is handed over to the Palestinians, Congress needs to do its due diligence to ensure there are safeguards in place to prevent money from being used for terrorist activities.
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One blogger wrote:
Ughhhhh.....what money? You mean we have some left?
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So you can go to prison for funneling money to Hamas, but it is okay for Obama to send this same terrorist organization $400 million of our taxpayer dollars in "humanitarian aid” As disgusting as it is for our tax dollar going to support terrorist. Why would this be any more hypocritical than the other things that our government does?
Bernie Madoff is spending 150 years in prison for a billion dollar ponzi/pyramid scheme. What is Social Security? A trillion dollar ponzi/pyramid scheme. Social Security depends on there always being someone "new" to pay into the system to continue paying the current recipients. This is exactly why cities all across America are going broke.
Just take a look at the Dallas Police Department. The DPD has thousands of retirees drawing a hefty pension. The Dallas Police Department is now laying off, so there is no "new" blood paying into their retirement fund. So you multiply this with almost every Police and Fire Department across the country and you will see why the cities are short millions of dollars.
Now Obama wants to spend $50 billion emergency taxpayer dollars to bailout cities. When will this madness end?
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http://biggovernment.com/mbachmann/2010/06/11/will-our-money-go-to-hamas/
Friday, June 11, 2010
OBAMA SINGS KICK ASS SONG. . . . .
OBAMA SINGS KICK ASS SONG. . . . .
To watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yghFBt-fXmw
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